Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1896, Page 2

2 : THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Most Important Testimony of the Walling Trial. SCOPT. JACKSON BREAKS DOWN Fatal Trolley Car Disaster at oe Orange, N. J. Seg ST. PAUL'S NEW RECORD NEWPORT, Ky., June 5.—The most im- Ppertant testimony yet secured in the trial ot W ng for c murder was given t who had not been f son was tried. Mrs. tt Jack- Keep- er of the toll gate near the > of the murder of Pearl Bryan, testified that about am. February 1 a one-horse curri rushed through without paying toll. She heard them c« and tried to get out in e called after them, paying no attentte time to collect toll. S$ Uut-they dashed to her. on, distil- to see- morn- n y corroborate the evidence ‘kson, the colored cabman. Jack: e as to this n when he iriving the the front iMmg-on seat with him ckson holding Pearl Bryan in the othe- seat. Scott Ja: kson, k. He wa ion of w trouble last Ja who has been condemned t inc ce his rying today, the on his part s: sD BY A CAR. A Wagon Run Down and the Driver Mects Death. _ NEWARK, N. J., June 3.—A trolley car of ated Traction Compan: system ran into a wagon at Bloomfield ave- rue, near Orange, today. The wagon wa wrecked and the driver, a farmer named Wagner, was killed. Two other men who were with Wagner sustained serious In- juries. VOLNEY ASHFORD’S EXILE. of the Case Made by His Brother. FRANCISCO, Cal., June 5.—Volney rd, mentioned in yesterday's advices Honolulu, is in the French Hospital in this city, where he has been confined for nearly nine mon suffering from a va- riety of ills, which ended in a paralytic stroke. An effort was made to see Col. Ashford relative to the advices from Hon- olutz, but he declared he had no infor; He referred the reporter Attorney Clarence Ashfor gentleman made the following A Stateme: tion.to give. his and to brothei that having been convicted b; of the offense cf misprision (failure to disclose his alleged of treason d by others), to whom he aj the idence n be set as reon be m that my brother has repe F to land ld do so. At p ability of his « TAMOND ROBBERS ARRAIGYED. vd Gattt Deolop » but Turner Will Stand rial. RK, J 5.—William rt m Turner, former in the household of I. T d who were extradit on the charge of robl of over $50,000 worth o: aigned in the c burt I to the triet attorne: pd for sentence. Tur Hl be tried during the present term ourt. GERMANY DEWANDS INDEMNITY. wth of June quen offic recently the Were detailed to murder of one of the dof the Vicerc have lei to abjected they the by Part o& a scheme to drive out and place the Chinese army fan contre TERROR A > T ST. Jos Severe W ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 5.—A severe wind sterm early this morning caused many pecple in this c to seek their cellars The wind ble erfect gale for abou half and hov nd many were almost ter- ror-stricken. WHEREAS ‘S OF HERMANN. St. Louis Police Have Located the Fugitive Clergyman. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5.—Chief Harrigan ana ‘fits de ves think they hi Rev. Brancis Hermann, the f ister of Salt Lake City, Utah, ed with w double matder. It i Was at the union station in this out May 11, and that his movements en have been traced to his place of ~ Harrigan ‘4 rit a telegram to ¢ Lake City informing him that had been | d and telling hin the Salt Lake author: would ugh money here the St. Louis police would bring ab: iON. at the fugitive’s apprehen- States Church Arn =W YORK, June d States Chnreh Army, a body like alvation Army, bas been founded in this city. Col. Hadley commands it, and ex- General Thomas L. James i: hey have | aveme, ‘whtc ley trom Ei sed » build Had- ining Li ums fa! arm: Hadiey From July 15 to Se ber Will.center its werk at Asbu: the Park. The officers wiil be attired in a u-iform oi .bright blue, silver, gold and black. ~—___ St. Louis Clothiers Fatt. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5.—The wholesale clothing house of I. Klaw & Co., 621 North 9th street, did not open for business today, the establishment being In the custody of the Bank of Commerce, e@ creditor to the amount of $4,000. The total Habilities are $112,000. Impairment of the firm's credit is the cause given for the failure. FACILITIES FOR REPORTING Assigning Seats in the Press Gallery at St. Louis. Nomivation by a Narrow Margin in Indiana—Late Returns From Ore- gon—Arizona Democrats. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5.—Arrangements for the allotment of seats reserved for the press at the national republican con- vention have been practically completed. The press committee had a lengthy con- ference with Sergeant-at-Arms Byrnes, and it was finally agreed that no paper should be allowed more than six seats in the press gailery. The morning dailies of New York, Chi- cago, Cincinnati, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Pittsburg, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver and San Francisco will each be s' given of those < seats, while the afternoon papers ies will receive from one to four seats. The St.,Mouis papers agreed to take the rear seats, giving the visiting press the more advantageous places. The papers from the less important cities will receive from one th four seats each. According to the present arrangement there will 54 seats in the press gallery, and only working newspaper men will be allowed te occupy them. The press com- Il tomorrow send word to the y papers of the country the num- that have been allowed them ard notifying ihein that the tickets and badses for the seats or seat will be given the representative who presents properly signed credentials upon his arrival at St. Lou WON BY NARROW MARGIN. Nomination of Jadge Crumpacker at Michigan City, Ind. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., June 5.—Judge E. D. Crumpacker of Valparaiso, who was ncminated yesterday for Congressman by the tenth district republicans, won that place by the narrowest margin in the his- tery of politics. Judge Crumpacker’s majority over J. Frank Hanly of Willamsport, the present represeniative of the old ninth district in the Hcuse, was on the right-hand side of the decimal point, and so close was the contest that the result was in doubt up to the time the very iast one-hundredth of a vote cast by White county was counted. A painful hush fell over the convention hall when the ballot was closed, and breathless excitement held sway for sev- eral minutes while Chairman Gil'ette of Valparaiso counted the ballots. He finally announced that Judge Crumpacker had a y of fifty-two one-hundredths of all » votes cast, and declared him to be the neminee of the convention. The total vote was 245, of which C1 ed 122.76 and Hanly 1 5 vention enced a bitter contest that ught about by the gerrymander ccmbining a portion of the old ninch viis- rict with the new tenth. It was a fight r supremacy between the factions that had before represented counties In distinet districts, and therefore local pride was larg at stake. LIS MAY BE ELECTED. Oficial Count Will Be Necessary to Ascertain Resulis in Oregon, PORTLAND, Oreg., June 5.—Returns and correctio: received last night things and indicated that Ellis (republi 1a plurality of sixty ever Quinn (popu- t) for Congress in the second dist mplete returns are still missing from three count in the first district a mistake was dis- covere1 in the count in Yamhil county ed Vanderburg’s (populist) vot in that county by 200. ‘This, together wiih partial returns from Curry county, gives Vanderburg @ plurality of 100 over Tongue (republi In both d sit will un- require the official count to de- ne the result. count in this city was completed last evering. Penroyer, for mayor, a plu- rality of 2,284 in a total vote of 1 . ARIZONA DEMOCRATS, Phe Territorial Convention Held Monday. TUCSON, Ariz., June 5.—The democratic territorial convention will meet here June S. All of the counties except one have elected delegates, who are unequivo- to Be on to the Chicago convention. The Iministration was refused in- ecnventic NEW ATLANTIC RECORD. ‘The St. Paul Lowers the Time From Southampton. YORK, June 5.—The American amer St. Paul has broken all South- She was sighted east of 22 this afternoon. The St. Paul left Southampton on May 30, about NEW Lire st and to Sandy Hook lightship, she will be due at that point before 2 o'clock this afternoon, and her time will be about six ys, flve and one-half hours. The best previous westbound time of the St. Paul was made on her last voyas which ended May 16, and was six jays, nine hours and five minutes., She has | therefore oa her present trip reduced that time by over three and a half hours. And not only has she reduced her own record, but has also made a uew western record from Southampton. Until. today the Scuthampten record kas been held by the n liner New York. and was six en hours and fourteen minutes, in September, 1804. Later.—The St. Paul passed the Sandy Hook lightship at 2:05 o'clock. ae NEARLY A GREAT TRAGEDY. Collision Between Lake Vessels in a Fog. CHICAGO, June 5.—A gaping hole in the ‘k side of the Goodrich line steamer Virginia just abeve the aft gangway tells of the nirrow escape the steel lake grey- hound and 200 passengers had last night from being central figures in a terrible lake tragedy. While the Virgirla was returning from Milwaukee last night she collided with the schooner Mary A. McGregor. A thick fog Sled at the time, which rendered ob- ects at a distance of a few feet very hard to discern. A panic on board the Virginia followed and a rush for the upper decks was made by the terrified passengers. The quick command of Capt. Stetn of the Virginia, who was on the bridge, in altering the course of the steamer just as the two ves- sels came together, prevented a horrible disa As it was there is a large hole in the e of the steamer, while the schooner b sprit carried away and other- wh: amaged by the collision. ‘The schooner was bound from Racine to Milwaukee. Capt. Stein said that the col- | [sion was unavoidable. The Virginia, he running slower than usual, and to this fact he attributes her escape from foundering. PROFITABLE ADVERTISI There is only one reason why advertisers use Lhe Star. It pays them. If you want to know who the . successful ones in business in Washington are examine the advertising columns of The Star. You will find them all. They are all in The Star be- cause it pays them to be there, because they want to reach the people of Washington. They don’t care much about reaching the ash barrels, vacant houses and waste paper men. PREPARING FOR SUMMER. Intentions of President Cleveland His Advisors. To@ay’s session of the cabinet was devot- ed to the consideration of legislative busi- ness calling for action on the part of the executive before the adjournment of Con- gress. All the members were in attendance except Secretary Herbert, who is at An- fapolis. The President and all the mem- bers of his cabinet are arranging their off- cial affairs, so as to enable them to depart on their summer vacations as soon as pos- sible after the adjournment of Congress. The critical state of our foreign felation: however, will probably keep Secretary Ol- ney at the capital much longer than any of his associates except Secretary Carlisle, who may find it necessary to remain at his Post almost continuously throughout the summer for the better protection of the government's financial interests. It is expected that the President will go to Gray Gables almost immediately after the adjournment of Congress. He will es- { tablish an executive office at his summer retreat and will transact business there in accordance with the custom of previous years. Recess appointments and executive erders will be announced from the White House as usual. It will be so arranged that at least one member of the cabinet will be in Washing- ton throughout the summer to represent the President and to transact any business that may be found necessary. It is not likely that ihe President will re- turn to this city until October next, unless sooner called here by the exigencies of pub- lic business. P How Senator Quay Proposes to Throw It to McKinley. Though Senator Quay will not talk on the subject, it appears to be pretty well un- derstood here now that after his name has been presented to the convention he will at once withdraw, so that the Pennsylvania vote may be transferred to McKinley be- fore the close of the first ballot. It is said that Mr. Quay’'s chief object in having his name presented to the conven- tion, now that ne regards McKinley’s nom- ination as assured and has jAlmself a quiesced in It, is to bring Governor Hast- ings prominently before the conventio Governor Hastings Is to make the nom- inating speech for Quay, and it is calculat- ed that he can make an impression on the convention which will aid in the plan to place the governor on the ticket with Mc- Kinley. Mr. Quay was to have gone to Pittsburg last night to take charge of iis interests in Allegheny, but just before leaving he kot a dispatch stating that his presence would be unnecessary. This is accepted as ndicating that the understanding of his intentions has proven satisfactory to his opponents in Allegheny. —— AT CHICAGO, EXEC HON Windrath Hanged for the Murder of Carey Birch. CHICAGO, June 5.—Manacled, but strug- sling feebly with his guards, and with in- echerent cries ringing from his lips, Joseph Windrath was executed this afternoon in the county jail. Even to the last second Windrath feigned insanity. As the steel bracelets were snapped on his wrists he kept up a continual ery of “Hang up Man- now,” “Hang up Manno’ “Hang, * “Hang.” Then he changed to “I will sleep bye and bye.” As the rope was placed around his neck his eyes glared, and again he commenced shouting, this time, “Put the straps on,” ‘Lenox open the bad box,” the cries coming chokingly as the jailer tightened the noose. Not until the drop fell, tightened for the last time rath’s neck, were the awful cries stilled. The condemned showed great. vitalit and it was fourteen minutes later befo: his heart ceased beating. Death was cause by strangulation. Windrath was e¢: and murder of ¢ . Birch, money r ceiver at the Armitage avenue station of West Chicago Street Railway Com- "s murderers masked, but and the rope und Wind- for the robber Windrath and Julius M court and in jail was y was sentenced to be han ed, but at the moment fi uon a respite of three w pending investigat Jury found that he had shamming. Winc rath was born in Germany, and is said to have a iong criminal record there. > sanity. TO NEW ORLEANS. John Cunningham Surrendered to the Louisiana Authorities, Judge Hagrer this afternoon directed that John C. Cunninghgm, wanted in New Orleans for alleged false pretenses and forgery, be surrendered to the New Or lepns officers, who brought a requisition here from the governor of Louisiana for the man. The prisoner was therefore sur- rendered to them, and they expect to leave tenight with him. Cunningham has been in jail here since last February, having been indicted, to- gether with Daniel F. Dwyer and Charles Mortis, 4 “Boston Charlie,” for de- frauding Judge Lindsey by means of a Legus telegram, His attorney, Mr. George F. Curtis, claimed that the requisition papers were defective, and that Cunning- hem had not been sufficiently identified He also insisted that the man being un indictment here should not be surrendered to authorities of another jurisdiction. Judge Hagner, however, decided against him on all the points. > DISTRICT CONGRESS, Pay of Printers. Mr. Cummings of New York has intro- duced a bill in the House, proviting that hereafter all printers and hookbinders, and all skilled mechanics, such as carpenters, machinists, plumbers, and painters, em- ployed in the government printing office, shail be paid at the rate of fifty cents per hour for time actually employed. Can Enter Washington, The Senate yesterday afternoon passed the House bill authorizing the Baltimore and Washington Transit Ccmpany to enter the District. —e The Prince a Game Loser. EPSOM, June 5.—It appears that about a furlong from home in the race for the Oaks today, Carterbury Pilgrim swerved and bumped Thais badly. All of those con- nected with the winner expected an objec- tion to be raised, but the Prince of Wales declined to make one. After the race there was a sudden out- burst of cheering for the Prince of Wales as he stepped up to Lord Derby, shook his hand and heartily congratulated him upon his victory. a Chevy Chase School. The commencement exercises Of the Chevy Chase School took place yesterday. A French play was charmingly rendered by tne pupils of the school, which makes a specialty of French. The school will re- open on October 1. ee The Grand Opera House. The board of directors of the Washington Light Infantry Corps will hold a meeting this evening for the purpose of considering questions in regard to the Grand Opera House, which is owned by the corps. In this connection it is stated that an offer will be made by Mr. O. G. Staples, who owns the second mortgage bonds, to pur- chase the first mortgage bonds, with the view of consolidating the two issues. Propo- sitions of a somewhat similar character have been made before by Mr. Staples. ——.__ Fire This Morning. Fire broke out at 11:26 o'clock this morn- ing in the carpenter shop occupied by J. J. Goodrich, in the rear of 1508 5th street, and an alarm was turned in from box 826. The cause of the blaze is not known, and it was put out without much difficulty shortly after the arrival of the department. The damage is about $400, covered by insur- ance. | THE JUDGE’S PROMISE Told Washington Holt He Was to Be Executor. HOUSE RANSACKED FOR WILL Testimony Given in the Interesting Case Today. MR. STERETT’S VIEWS Another goodly crowd of spectators gath- ered in Judge Bradley's court this morning t. listen to the testimony in the Holt will case. The developments of yesterday were so interesting that public curiosity seemed whet‘ed, and there was a general hope that today would prove no less interesting. When court opened this morning Mr. Worth{ngton again called Col. Sterett to the stand for further examina‘ion. One of the most interesting features of the trial so far was tho first apyearance on the stand yesterday afternoon of Col. Wm. G. Sterott, one of Judge Holt’s neph- ews and an helr-at-law. The colonel’s name has been mentioned so cftzn that when he was‘ called as a witness there was a gen- eral craning of necks on the part of the spectators to catch a better view of his face. During the seven years that he has been here as the Washington correspondent o? the Galveston and Dallas News Col. Ster- ett has occupied a prominent place among the newspaper nen. He ts a man of unique personality, with a pieturesque diction and a boundless fund of humor. Some years ago an attempt was made by some of his confreres to make a sort of naiional figure of him as a “quaint ‘Texas humortst,” but the attempt fafled, mainly through the ob- Jection that Col. “iil” made to being a figure of any sort. There are few people in Washington who have not heard of the eclonel or hear das having been told by Col. rett, and yet ly misunderstood. He is quite of a blatant, posing person. On the contrary, he ts naturally a modest man, but wherever two or three newspaper men are gathered together he is al prominent figure. There is a cert about him that contributes I: he is plain and unaffected. true western man {n every essential, and at first meeting one might take him for a cowpuncher who has sol] a bunch of stock and come east to blow in the proce Interesting Charac Being so far away from the home cffice of his paper, and enjoying so thoroughly the confidence of his employer, Bill Sterett 13 In a position to do his newspapel ne busi- He is a deterniined bass fishermar as likely as not to quit the Capitol at any Pe to east he time and go off up the Potomac for a few days. At st nds a few columns of “inside ne Woodmont, or sends not a line for day a time. It is said- that his coatract w his paper will expire only whea BUll do. Col. Sterett is extremely popular with men in high position, for they realize that there is not a suggestion of the truckler or tim fi sycophant abgut him, and he would talk to a member of the cabinet precisely as he would talk if, he were trying to make a pair of jacks “stand up” in a game of draw. Again and dgain, when he has gone to the White House for an clusive news item, he hi Summoned into ihe Pres- enee, and tl ds of laughter that come from the President's room show that the conversation ja not upon affairs of state, and the susp'cion gali8 ground tha. the col! = the President with a few ness stand yesterday el wheiber will to the r. he did not, az as true, for if thé will is s him out of his sixth of the Holt e. Col. Sterett : fied conce paper whicl dauz Judg he colo > Hi f y of it When he r ashington Hoit. When Col. Sterett and Post of were publish death. Mr. Worthington said that th > Introduced for the purpase of sho’ » hotoricty that was given to the ad had a will fn ave pro Mt rpose of contradi that he was un- time and place of th funeral, and so t atte Due not given in the Post on the day of the funeral, arrangements having been made too late the night before for publication in The Star, which paper, Mr. Devlin said, he always read. Mr. Darlington objected to the evidence, and Judge Bradley sustained the objection. Col. Sterett testified that when he went to see Judge Holt after his fall, a week before his death, the judge asked him not to tell his folks in Kentucky about the ac- cident. Judge Holt alw showed the greatest consideration for all his family. The witness went at some length into the matter of his uncle's feclings towards his relations, as shown in his conversations. In reply to an objection Mr. Worthington stated that this was for the purpose of combating Mr. Darlington’s claim, as made in his opening statement, that ‘from the time of the war down to the date of th alleged will, Judge Holt was a man with- out a family. The evidence was admit On cross-examination Mr. Darlington questioned Col. Sterett at soine lengih as io his relations with his relatives, and especally wih his Uncle Joe He said that he never received but one letter from Judze Holt. The latter did not attend the funeral of witness’ mother, who died in 1 “In 1873," asked Mr. Darlinscon, your uncle know whether you w or dead?’ “Now, Mr. Darlington, I really do not know if Uncle Joe knew whether 1 was liv- ing or dead.” “Did you ever see him in your house here?” “Yes, once. I saw him at the gate many times. I wasn't home very much myself. You know I am a newspaper man.” In answer to questions from Mr. Darling- ton the witness again went over the details of the brief {ugeral exercises in this city, and the final luterment in Kentucky. Col. Sterett said’ that on one occasion he was sitting in the’Riggs’ House with Wash. Holt when Luke Devlin came up and said something about, visiting the Holt man- sion for the bewefit of whoever might finally receive thé property. “IT told Was said the colonel, “that it was none of Mr. ‘Devlin’s business. An ad- ministrator bad bgen appointed for the es- tate, and I thought that his interference was a piece af—’ “Never mind what you thought it,” said Mr. Worthington. “You had: consiferable feeling about this matter, did {oe not?” asked Mr. Darling- ton. x “T guess I Md.’ “And now?" “Weill, I think it {s all wearing away new . “Did you say to @ reporter last August that you intended, to fight this will thro to ttne mitten dent eanrcueD “I did say just that.” “Did you say that you thought the prop- erty ought to go to his relatives, and not to outsiders, and that you had never heard your Uncle Joe speak of the Throckmor- tons?” “T aa” “Now, colonel, in your sworn statement in your application ‘to the court for the appointment of an administrator you said that Judge Holt died intestate.” “I did.” “What do you think now?” “My opinion has undergone no chang After some further questions, which de- veloped nothing new, 1. Sterett was ex- cused, and Mr. John W. Holt, another nephew, was called to the stand and ques- tioned as to the judge’s relation to his family. ession he might also for the p ing Mr. Deviin able to learn t statemer ° “did re living Stolen Papers, Mr. Holt said that he was a cotton plant- er, and as a boy served for a short time SSS in the confederate army. He only met Judge Holt a couple of times, at his house in this city, but his uncle treated him in a most kindly and hospitable manner. He testified that he was present at the Holt mausion after the judge’s death, when @ fruitless search was made for a will. He was asked whether he removed any papers from the house, and sald that the only one he took was an old family letter referring to the state of affairs in Ken- tucky during the war. He did not see any Papers mutilated or destroyed. The day after he reached the city all the papers of value in the house were sealed up and taken away by the trust company. Mr. Holt said that when he first saw the Httle scrap of paper bearing the words “Date of will,” &c., he attached no par- ticular Importance to it. He made an at- tempt to find out who the people were whose names—Roundiree and Knott—were written on it, but failed. This plece of paper, he sald, remained in h‘~ possession, as there was no one then au.horized to recetve it. He kept it with some other papers which were in a valise that he had with him when he was travel- ing north from Kentucky. Early one morn- ing the val'se was stolen from him in the sleeping car. The valise was afterward re- covered and sent to him by the chief of police of Bristol. When he opened it he found that it had been rifled and all his papers removed. He returned at once, and the man was apprehended. A search was made of the room that the man had occu- pied, but all that was found was some burnt paper In the grate. Some scraps were identified by Mr. Holt as his, but the particular piece of paper in question has never been found. in answer to questions from Mr. Worth- ington the witness said that he had noth- ing to do with sending the alleged will of 1873 to the register. Neither did he have anything to do with sending ex-Detectives Blocit and Flinders to the Holt house. The cross-examination of this witness de- veloped nothing of interest, and he followed on the stand by Mr. Wash. D. Holt, the nephew who was most intimately connected with Judge Holt. Mr. Washington Holt. He testified that he was a native of Ken- tucky, the homestead coming into posse: sion of the Holt family in 1811. His father was born and died there. The place is known as Holt’s Bottom, and {s located at Holt Bar, on the river below Cincinnati. Judge Holt’s father and mother lived and died there. Mr. Holt told of his earliest recollections of Judge Holt, and Mr. Wilson, who con- ducted the examination, spent ‘some time eoing over family matters with him. Mr. Holt testificd that In IN64, at the age of eighteen, he entered the confederate army, Where he stayed until the next year, when he surrendered. During the war a desul- tory correspondence was kept up betwee witness’ father and Judge Holt. After the war the judge visited the old home, while his brother, witiess’ father, was still al All this evidence was offered for the pu pose of showing that the judge's relations toward his family were not broken in upon even by the feelings that grew out of the war. Witness’ father and uncle, he said, Were always the best of friends, and there was never a break between them. Mr. Holt also told of the judge's different Visils to the old homestead and the interest he always took in the old place. Witness also saw him three times in Florida. This sort of testimony occupied the attention of the court until the midday recess. The Search, After recess Mr, Levy, formerly a deputy in the office of the register of wills, was called to the stand. He testified to the rch that was made for a wiil and said that he was the official who saw to the sea of all th ng papers that were found there in August, Isl. He d that he did not tind the alleged will and had nothing to do with sending it to the. regls- ter’s offic: On cross t to the insta nination he said that he was alt hou. at of 4 He was sent to make an i prop and while there Mr. said t nd a Ww hin ly wher king © open for papel Mr ed of Juc Holt’s ¢ vorthern y heard of the event s were no relatives in graphed to Mrs. Telle tor from Colorado, ask.ng if she would sent the family at the funeral. mily Matters, > was in h. Holt twas placed upon the ain und was questioned by Mr. Wilson in gr matter! Mr. Holt s me he ever visited the j t ng days of quite a part Nl the ladie 1 t Ju it, 188 nd himsel na was of the Holt s affairs wanted made leath. Judge Holt told him that he had made p! ion of such a sort that the ol homestead could always be retained in the family. Judge Hoit, he said, told him several times that he had made his will, and that he, Wash. Holt, named in it as the executor. On the last day that he ev saw the Judge the latter said to hin “Wash., 1 want you to know that all I have is yours. Again, the witi “Talways felt a delicac such matters with a man of his extreme age, had one foot in the grave. I might say, in parenthest: that I wish now I had talked more freely. Ransacked the House. The witness said that on one occasion Judge Holt remarked to him: Wash., when I am dead and gone you all go to Europe and stay as long as ‘ou want to, for you will have money enough to do it.” Mr. Holt able t ship there in talking about who, by reason : at he thought it remark- hat in so long and intimate a friend- ad never been a break or a greement, fhe witness then told of the first news he had of Judge Holt’s critical condition, of his coming to Washington, reaching here after the judge’s death, and of what he did here. On his arrival here, he said, Martha, the cook, gave him Judge Holt’s watch’ and keys and gave him a message from the Judge to the effect that he had left a will, which contained his directions for funeral. For this reason a search for th) will was at once instituted, but nothing of the sort was discovered. They found reg- istered bonds to the extent of 366,000. These he placed in a box at the safe deposit be- fore they took the body to Kentucky for burial. He said that he believed then, as he believed today, that a will had been made. On his return from Kentucky he mage a most thorough search of the w house, even looking into ail the book: “If there is any doubt,” he said, whether that house was ransacked, I want to relieve that doubt right now, for I ransacked it myself. So far as I ean learn no outside party entered the house while we were in Kentucky, and on my return I found things in precisely the same condi- tion that I left them.” Mr. Holt said that a lot of refuse papers were burned simply to get them out of the way. No letters and no papers of any value were destroyed. He said that they all thought that the property would come to them the hetrs-at-law, so that nat- vrally they were not destroying things of value. No will wes found. Mr. Holt is suffering from partial paral- ysis, so that he was excused at rather an eerly hour this afternoon before his tes- timony was concluded. After a_repre- sentative of the trust company had testi- fied ‘as to the removal of the papers and the finding of the old will of 18i8 and the search for another will, the trial was ad- jotrned until next Monday morning. = eet TED TO THE HOUSE. PRESE: Mr. Dingley’s Report on the Senate Bond Bill, Mr. Dingley presented to the House this afternoon the adverse report on the Senate bond bill agreed upon by the majority of the House ways and means committee. Boston Brewery Damaged. BOSTON, Mass., June 5.—Fire early to- day destroyed the Boyleston brewery's mammoth ice house and damaged the main building of tne establishment. The total less is $75,000. MR. LAWRENCE'S TESTIMONY What He Told a Senate Committee in Re- gard to Cuba. Dygert’s Imprisonment—Trial of the Competitor Crew Conducted Entirely in Spanish. . The testimony of Frederick W. Lawrence, taken before a subcommitte2 of the Senate committee on foreign relations on May 20, in regard to the situation in Cuba, was made public today by the Senate in grant- ting permission to Senator Morgan to have it printed as a part of his remarks. Mr. Lawrence stated that he had gone to Cuba a8 @ newspaper correspondent and had been expelled. He sald that as a corre- spondent he had found it tmpossible to secure much information from the Spanish authorities, and that he learned afterward that what was given out was untrue. Dygert's Imprixonmen: Speaking of the imprisonment of Walter Dygert, he said: “I found Mr. Dygert im- | prisoned at the prison at Guines, in a lite cell in which there were twenty-two other men, and in which there were no sanitary arrangements worth speaking of. The room was very small, and jt was simply filthy. ‘The people with him were the dirt- jest men I ever looked on in my life, and T have been in a great many American | prisons.” Dygert, he said, had been there | about three months at that time, and Mr. Lawrence said the Spanish authorities had then been satisfied for two months that he was innocent of the charges against him. Trial of Labarde and Milton. Referring to the trial of Labarde and Milton, captured on board the Competitor, Mr. Lawrence said that neither the prose- cutton nor the defense asked any questions, that five men were tried at on nd that the trial, which resulted in the sentence of | death, lasted less than a day. Asked If there was an interpreter present, Mr. Law rence sald that there was, but that he did not make his presence known to the pris- oners until they were asked whether they had anything to say in their own defense. These long statements were read by the judge advocate in Spanish. The evidence was given in Spanish and not translated in their hearing. Counsel Could Not Speak English. “Their defender did not communicate to therm the substance of !t nor utter one sin- gle word to them,” safd Mr. Lawrence. “I have every reason to think their defending counsel could not speak English. Then hey were asked what they had to say in te znge, but ret in English. ‘The presiding officer of the court-martial—there were ten of them, what we might call the jury—the presiding officer of that body said to La- borde in Spanish: “What have you to say?” He said a few words, and so it went until the last man was reached—Wil- liam Gildea—and the presiding oficer spoke to him, and he d.d not understand him, and then the interpreter got up and sa “bo you wish to say anything Gildea arose and said: “All I have got to say is I do not understand one word that has been said @ t me, , at any rate, I appeal to both the British and e cor suis.’ ” incre 3 who could not here we vo prisone! tand Spanish, Milton and TROUBLES. Lively This Yesterday was pension day,and the veter- ans who got in their vouchers early got their money in time to spend it last night, others did not get their until While saloons in the the pens! -y did not have the us large 1 quarterly some other s the mon id some of the pensio Stranded as early as this afterno: of them come here from distar Wken their money is ab. mber of drinking 7 got part patrons, of ¥ r to g9 home if they away at the expense of thi eral h persons called upon Officer Frank this afternoon and asked for | iransportation. j a One man who calied complained that Sec- retary Smith had sien to $24, : ing fro: the man’s condition, tho cretary was not far from righ This particular pe: ho it of cloth ut so many drinks s refused to d ith him, a awa, to spend wh mon left then m city care him. He wa Veral v led upon tt Officer Frank r deal with all eomer: the women and hodied applican Indictments by Gra The following indictments were returned by the grand jury this afternoon: Frank Myers, housebreaking; Arthur Welch, Frank Welch and B Lewis, do. James Steptoe, alias Ross, do. Daniel Shields, larcen alias Preston Ross, setting up a gami larceny. The charge pe prefer against Henry Giles was ignored, as was that of false pretenses inst James 1, Clarke. Millennial Festivity in Hungary. BUDA PESTH, June 5.—The festivity of the millennial was opened tod by a pub- lic exhibition of the regalia. The weather was brilliant. ee — Transfers of Re: Louis D, Wine et al., truster Wilson, part lot 49, sq. 101; §: ent C. Curr et ux. to Geo Muth and Chas. Phillips, lot 94, Uniontown; $10, cDonald et ux. to Nic Caroline Newdby Mary E. Dulin, lots 65 and & Jno. J. Malone et ux. to F Y, Oak View; $10. jax et al. to Henry Co m to Flora A. Brown and sq. 1 aneds r to Stilson Hutehins, part Jot 90, et al. © J. Smith, tot to Wm. A. Jobn- $1.3 son. part © rdaer, to John I. and Nellie J. Sawyer, 771; $10. ee, to Geo. R. anor; $1 Turpin et al., truste Currler, lot B. Grain and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. 1 street, members New York stock exch: correspondents Messrs mann & New York. FINANCE AND TRADE Politics Seem Likely to Dominate Speculation, AWAITING © WASHINGTON ADVICES What is Apprehended of Foreign Holders of Securities. GENERAL MARKET REPURTS —__— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, June 5.—Prices were ad- vanced this morning under the covering of short contracts, a revivel of sound money arguments inspiring a more confident un- dertone. London contributed almost noth- ing to the volume of local business, the de- mand from abroad having been withdrawn bending the appearance of better Iocal sup- port. Politics promise to dominate specu- istion to the exclusion of all other forces, and present indications are that neither account will be wholly benefited theret Whatever enthusiasm may be inspire St. Louis is liable to yield almost immedi ately to the prospective action at Ch! The significance of the action to be the latter city is becoming more parent from day to day. W; hington vices indicate an early dissolution of Con- gress, but the exact date is still undet ZO. take: mined. The really-essential factor in telligence of uiis character ts conseque lacking. The market for forelgn exchange shows an encouragirg tendency toward lower rates, urd the gold ontflow, if normal and not unusual conditions prevail, should fall off materially in volume. The danger to be contended agairst at this juncture is that Europe may take alarm at the first official expression favoring a more exten- sive use of silver and withdraw gold Iber- ally agatist seles of our securities. Ex- change conditicns are eonsequently not Ikely to be accurately Gefined until after the two purty platforms have been sub- mitted to the test of popular approval The report submitted to the rapid tran- sit commission by the special committes of Manhattan directcrs was utilized to good purpose against a sensitive short in- terest. Under a fair volume of business, the bulk of which was credited to the short account, an advance ef 24 per cent was re- corded. The proposed plan provides for liberal extensions into all parts of the city, the adoption of modern motive power, presumabiy electricity, and a maximum speed of twenty-five miles an bour. The new equ'pment is estimated to cost at least SW,(00 per mile. A more active demand for all grades ot refined sugars, coupled with the prospe an early adjournment of Congr arp upward mover during the af 888 assumed umtion th again ae yle stock was market The general sulative list was no’ ably strong throughout the day, the of the dem Scarcely warrants idence in any material extension of the movement. Railroad earnings, as was terday, were not « ay i reports now being made The ing of th the most active of the day, of traders’ contracts being a signifi- nt at the close of business was mistic than at any time during FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are and the lowest New York stock mark: by Corson & Macart lock exc! oore & Sch . SY Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. Ty 8X 124% oy 6x Erie isvitie Wy 5) St OK ong Inland 355 Metropolitan . Manhattan ws” 105 By 28% National Lead G Bo National Lead Co U.S. Leather, Pfd. New Je © NY.&N. 5 N.¥.C. & St Northern F c Northern Pachic, North American’ Unt. & Western. Facitte Mail Phia & K Pullman Pa Southern Kallway tha. iraction. Lexas Pacitic enn. Coai & irou Union Lacith Wavash Wabash, Pid Waeeling & 1. Erie Wheeling & L. Erie, Pfd Western Union 4c Sliver........ Washington Stock Exe Sales regular call istered, $1,000 at Sho at wie 1 Bonds. ant Metr pel Railroad Belt Railew: ington Tatlroad Railroad fs, Inly. Fe,t Flour dull, unchanged—re- | sbipments, 261 barrels. her—spot and ino § Sey 4 447.098 bushels: at by sample, month, stock, i. Rye slow N, arby; 42a43 western—receipts, 25,733 ock, 37,159. bushels. Hay firm, "good mand—choice timothy, $16.50a$17.00. Grain fre firm—steam to Liverpool per bushel, 24d. July; Cork for orders per quarter, ‘2s.9d." June. | Sugar and butter stea@y, unchanged. firm, unchaneed. Cheese steady, unebanged. Whisky unchanged. {bly asked. ¢ Insurane Fraukiin, « bid. lv bid, bid, S asked . diy bid Real Title Insure 143 Did, 110 asked. shed. Wasiington ‘Titie, bid, 10 asked. bid, 50 asked. 25% bid, 125% asked. Lanston Mo § St, “arked. Washington Market, 12 bid Fails Ice, 120 bid, 180 asked. ‘Lincoln Hall, asked. Ex éiv. reat »”