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2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY; JUNE 20, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, zs LATE NEWS BY WIRE Death and Damage Caused by Wind in Nebraska. RAILWAY STATION AT ORD UNROOFED Full Reports Yet to Come From the Stricken Towns. HEAVY RAINFALL IN IOWA OMAHA, Neb. June 20,—At 2:30 this morning a hesvy wind stcrm passed over the town of Ord, in Valley county, Neb., partially unroofing the Union Pacific de- pot and overturning several empty box cars and small builéipgs.- As far as_can be ascertained, no one was killed or injured. REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb., June 20- terrible wind sterm passed over this section last night and did much damage, and resulted in some iors of Iife. The towns touched by the storm have not beon heard from, but it is known that the resi- cence of P. Duncan was completely de- molished and the debris strewn in all di- recticns. Mrs. Duncan was killed instant- ly, and Mr. Duncan, two sons and a daugh- ter ba ily-hurt, and may die. MASON CITY, Iowa, June 20.—The heav jest rain in eighteen years fell here la: right. It fell to a depth of over four inches. In the north and west part of the -ompanied by hail and wind, for a distance of twenty miles, wide, were destroyed. €orn not cut off was destroyed. Rye and larley, because of its early maturity, svffered most. ——-—__ BURNED TO DEATH. Tragic End of a Centenarian New Jersey Hermit. LAMBERTVILLE, N. J., June 20.—Jo Greenleaf, a very old man, who lived the life of a hermit, was burned to death today in his house. Greenleaf is said to have been about one hundred years old. The fire is believed to have been caused by the ex- plosion of a kerosene lamp. The house was a frame structure, situ- ated in an out-of-the-way place, and tae alarin was not given until it was ioo late for the remen to be of any use. pete sees OVER 30 SETTLERS MURDERED. Revolt of the Matnbeles is Serious. CAPETOWN, Africa, June 20.—Dispatches received here from Buluwayo show that the revolt of the natives in the Umiali district of Matabeleland is of the most se- rious nature. The bodies of thirty to forty whites have aiready been discovered, and sent toward the settlers becn ordered to the laager at Most Fort Salisbury, Wwiich is’ itself considered to be in danger. Sir Frederick Carrington is sending rein- forcemenis from Mashonaiand, and has asked authorites of Cape Colony to dispatch a force of 2 mounted infantry to the seene: of the disturbance. ITALIAN BANK FAILURE. Likely to €nuse aw Great a Seandal as the Ban Romang Affair. ROME, June 20.—The Sceieta Immobiliere is declared to have failed to meet its en- gagements. LONDON, June 20.—A dispatch to the Standard from Rome says that the Societa Immobilie! failure was owing to grave irregularities and the utter disorder of the books. This state of affairs, combined with the absence of important documents, will, it is believed, the Standard correspondent adds, be likely be followed by arrests and a seandal which may rival that of the Banea Romana. The Capitale, he also says, states that 28,000,000 francs’ worth of the shares of the Societa Immcbiliere are held in Ger- many end Switzerland and 20,000,000 francs’ worth are held in Italy. +S. ‘TIONAL DERBY. GREAT It is Expected That 25,000 Persons Will See It. ST. LOUIS, June 20.—A finer day for the great naticnal derby, with’ its $20,000 guar- anteed stakes, could not-be tmagined, and it is expected that’ the iargést crowd ever gathered on the fair grotmds tracks will be present this afternoon when the bugle calls the field to the post in the big event. The lowest estimate puts the attendance at 25,000. Six or eight horses will start, all good ones, with the best riders in the country astride. The distance to be run is a mile and a half, the greatest that has been traveled over the fair grounds track this season. The horses are in splendid shape and have made trial runs which are in every way satisfactory. Horsemen from all over the country have made special pil- grimages to St. Louis to see the event and to put their mon y star! ites. The probable are: ME. er’s Ben . M. F. Dwyer’s Ben Eder ron M ‘3 Prince Lief, P. Dun Captive, Santa Anita stable’s Ramiro, Santa Anita stable’s Argentina, E. F. McCloan’s Loki, Barney Schreiber’ Don Carillo and G. J. Long’s byron Mc orites seem to be Ben Brush, Ben Eder and Prince Lief, although all the horses are much liked in some quar- ters. Mrs. Nettie Craven Shows a Deed to $1,000,000 Worth of Fair Property. SAN FRANCISCO, June 20.—A sensation i today when a friend of Mrs. ven filed for record a deed by late Senator Fair, conveying to her two very valuable pieces of San Fran- cisco property Tke deed is dated Sep- tember S, 1894, and was acknowledg2d be- fore Notary Public Cooney, September 22 of that year. The entire document, which purports te be in the handwriting of Sen- ator Fair, ts im lead pencif, and the ac- knowledgment is in Ink. “For love and af- fection” the Senator deeded a large lot on the corner of Pine and Sansome streets, and half a block of land on Missin street to Mrs. Craven. The property is worth 31,000, Some time age it was rumored that Mrs. Craven had in her possession a document showing that ske had been mar- ried to Mr. Fair and a deed to valuable Property. The filing of the deed is the first confirmation of the rumor. ——— ee cling in the West. DENVER, Col, June 20.—An enormous crowd at the Denver Wheel Club Park yes- terdzy afternoon saw O. E. Hackenburger beat W. W. Hamilten in a twenty-five mile Professional bicycle race. A sudden and heavy rain made the track somewhat heavy, interfering with the time. Hacken- burger le! from the start, gaining slightly at almost every lap, and finished the twen- ty-five miles in 1.07.17, with his competitor @ sixth of a mile behind: Time at five miles, 11.25; ten miles, 24.05. —-___ Banker Wyckoff Dead. NEW YORK. June “).—George H. Wyck- off, president of the New Amsterdam Bank, who was shot in his office in this city by George H. Semple Monday, died at 11:40, Mr.Wyckof’s family were with him at the hospital all through the night. —_——__-_ Revolt Guatemala Dented. HAMBURG, June 20.—Several firms he-e doing business with the republic of Guate- mala have received cable messages denying the report from San Jose yesterday that a revolution has broken out in Guatemala. @he agents of the Hamburg houses say Fast €; tha: all is quiet in the republic. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the. circulation sworn to is a bona fide one. ay It is easily possible for q news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstaads, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, and bogus cirtula- tlons don't give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in ‘excess of any other Washington paper and is be- Heved to be fully five times thatvof our afternoon contemporary. Ctreulation of ‘The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, June 13, 1896. * MONDAY, TUESDAY, June 16, 1396. WEDNESDAY, Juue 17, 1995. THURSDAY, June 13, 1896 FRIDAY, June 19, 1596... Total... Daily average. 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of Tue EVEN= ING Srar circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, June 19, 189%—that 1s, the num- ber of copies actually wold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and thaf none of the coptes go couated are returnabie to or remain in the office unsold. 3. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twentieth day of June, A. D. 1896. JESSE W. RAWLINGS, Notary Public, D. C. NO TRIAL TODAY. One of the Holt Jurors is a Seventh Day Adventis: When the Holt will case adjourned at a late hour yesterday afternoon it was with the expectation that it would go on teday—an unusual preceeding, as ordinarily court does rot sit on Saturday for the trial of cases. Judge Bradley announced, how- ever, that every effort must ve made to bring the trial to a speedy end, lest some jvryman or lawyer might be taken sick, or scmething else happen that might delay the case. So far there has been no suc interruption, and court has been in ses- sion every day, according io the schedule. But after the adjcurnment of court yes- terday Judge Bradley learned that one of the jurymen was a Seventh Day Adventist, fer whom Saturday is the Sabbath, and he Was unwilling 9g,.ynable 3a continue to- day, so the case had to go over unfil Mon- day. Judge Bradtey compromised on the agreement that herezfter the trial should begin at an earlier hour than usual, and centirue ur til later‘in the afternoon. When court adjourned yesterday afte! nooa Miss Throckmorton was on the stand, having been called by Mr. Darlington to give further evidence in rebuttal. During the time she was giving her testimony she contradicted a good many of the state- ments made by, the servants at Judge Holt’s house aS ‘to ‘the relatfons that ex- isted between shercand the judge She said that it was through the machinations of the servants that she was denied admission to the house, and not as a result of any rs given by Judge Holt to keep her ° Referring to one occasion when she. called at Judge Holt’s house, Miss Throckmorton said: “The servant who came to the door, the girl sitting over there (indicating Martha Thomas), said Judge Holt had just gone out, but just then J saw my godfather walk acroas the porch, so I called to him, and told him the girl had said he was out. He asked her how it was, and she replied: ““The young lady misunderstood me; I said you had just come in.” “When did you first begin to have diffi- culty in seeing Judge Holt?" ~ “The first time was in 1887, of which I have just told you. “Again n' 1883 I went to his house.»dilen, the cook; came to the door, and told me my godfather had gone to Kentucky, and would not be back for six months. The next morning I went to the market and met. my godfather’ there. “I told him I thought it was queer, and he said: ie “When you are coming to-se® me just write and let\me know.’ I noticed after- ward that when I wrote to Bon Pere I never had any trouble in getting into the Miss Throckmorton said that: dudge Holt gave her many handsome presents, and al- ways showed an affectionate interest in her doings and her whereabouts, even going so far as to offer to send her to Europe to study art. The reference to her father’s troubles and her visits to Judge Holt in his behalf proved too much for her, and she broke into tears. She said that Judge Holt was deeply affected on the occasion of her visit, and advised her carefully as to what she ought to do to assist her father. In the course of her testimony she referred frequently to her father’s army record and the injustice which she thought had been done him. When Gen. Butter- worth brought up the subject of Judge Holt's letters to the Throckmorton famil: he asked the witness where these le ters had been kept prior to the discovery of the will. She replied that they were kept in a wooden box, which was tightly nailed. The cross-examination was begun shortly before 4 o'clock, but the court adjourned before it had proceeded very far. —_-—- PARDON CASES. The President Declines to Interfere in Two Capital Cases. The President has declined to exercise clemency in two cases where the sentence involves the death of the convict. One is the case of an Indian named Maomi July, convicted in Arkansas of rape, and sen- tenced to be hanged July 1. The other is the case of Samuel Sampson, also convicted in Arkansas of rape, and sentenced to be hanged June 30 next. In the first case the President indorsed the application for commutation as follows: “Denied. Tne crime for which this con- vict was sentenced to death was a most atrocious and revolting one, and I cannot interfere with such sentence with any due regard to the safety of those living de- cently in the Indian territory and who are entitled to every possible protection against outlaws and murderers.” = In the Sampson case his indorsement was as follows: “Denied. I feel compelled by the char- acter of this convict’s crime and the hor- ribly aggravating circumstances surround- ing it, and in the Interest of protection to Peaceable and decent citizens of the In- dian territory exposed to the attacks of outlaws and desperadoes, to decline inter- ference with the sentence of the court in this case. In the case of Jesse M. Morrison, con- victed in Georgia of conspiracy and sen- tenced November 17, 1894, to ten years in the Ohio penitentiary, and to pay a fine of 31,000, the President has commuted the sentence to five years’ imprisonment. The nineteen months’ sentence imposed in the case of James H. Reagan, on con- viction in Texas of receiving smuggled Property, has been commuted to twelve months’ actual imprisonment. Our Advertising Columns. Read the advertising columns of The Star carefully. They are an invaluable guide to the buyer. You will find the an- nouncements of all the success- ful business houses and will miss the fake concerns and habitual bankrupts. You won’t find the latter. Reputable advertisers dislike being found in their company. ’ STEADILY GROWING| | Advancement of the African Metho- dist Episcopal Zion Church. CELEBRATION OF ITS CENTENNIAL Interesting Addresses Delivered by Its Representative Men. STATISTICS SOME The celebration of the centennial of A. M. E. Zion Church, which began yesterday morning at Metropolitan Wesley A. M. B. Zion Church, D street between 24 and 3d southwest, was continued after the re- port in“The Star closed, with but’a slight intermission for recess until late last night. Many interesting topics, of interest to the connection at large were discussed. The subject treated by Bishop Small was “Our Literature.” In part the bishop said the African. Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was standing upon the last round of the first century of her existence, and; as she claims the recognition which. this period of noon-day enlightenment demands, it might be asked ‘Has she a literature, and of what does her literature consist?” Thirty years ago, he said, the race was not merely debarred from all branches of literary pursuit, but it was a punishable offense for any member thereof to be seen with a piece of paper in his hand trying to discern the letters of the alphabet. It could not be expected that with scarcely thirty years’ advantages in the field of literature that the highest quality of literary achieve- ment could be reached. Nevertheless the race had a literature, and, for its chances, the wor!d must admit they need not be ashamed of it. Colleges and Authors. Bishop Small then noted Livingston Col- lege, an institution which has spread its influence far and wide, and is one of the numerous and undeniable evidences uf the ability of colored men to lead in a yreat undertaking; Jones University; Booker Washington's Institution at ‘Tuscaloosa Ala.; Petty High School, Lancaster, S. €.; Greenville High Schcol, Greenville, ‘Tenn.; Zion High School, Norfolk, Va.; Greenville High school, Greenville,’ Ala.; Atkinson College, Madison, Ky., and other schools of note. “There were,” he sald, “quite an array of authors, the product of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, of which the world as well as the church may be proud. Among these he named Bishop Christopher Rush, Bishop John J. Moore, Bishop James W. Hood, Bishop Singleton T. Jones, Rev. G. L. Biackwell, 8. T. B.; Rev. Dr. R. R. Morris, Rey. John Weesley Brown, Rev. Dr. John FE. Price, Rev. J. Harvey Anderson, J. B. Small, Bishop C. C. Pettey, D. D.; Rev. Dr. BE, George Widdle, Rev. L. D. Blackson and others. Mr. John C. Dancy, editor of the Church Quarterly, had for its subject, “Civil and Religious Liberty,” and treated his subject in an instructive and interesting manner. “The Origin, Progress and Achievements of the A. M. E. Zion Church” was the sub- Ject of the address of Rev. W. H. Mai shall of Harrisburg, Pa., assistant secre- tary of the conference, and Professor Wii- liam Howard Day of Harrisburg, secrecary of the M. E. Zion Church, spoke on “Our Educational Institution.” ‘The speak - er traced the work the A. M. E. Zion Church had done for education, and claim- ed that this church was the pioneer inthe cause of negro education. ‘Vhe centennial hymn, ritten especially’ for the occasion by Re . R. Alonzo Scott of Tennessee, was sung by the author as a solo, the large audience joining in the chorus. Future of the A. M. E. Zion was the theme of Rev. J. S. Cowles of York, Pa., who, in part, ‘sailt: “Having risen from a handful of members, having conquered the crudities of its for- mative period, ind having met all its op- Positions and vanquished them, so that to- day what was a handful kas become a strong army, it is reasonable to presume that the future will be brighter than the. past, and that Zion Church is to march forward to complete victory.”’ Rev. Dr. W. H. Chambers talked of “ Girls and Their Possibilities. = Some Interesting Statisties. Rev. Dr. George 8. Adams made anad- dress on “Our Numerical, Intellectual and Religious Strength,” and in the course of’ his remarks sald: “The A. M. E. Zon Church i= not only the oldest colored or- ganization in the world, but also . the largest. It has 497,871 members, 4,7t preachers, 30,000 Sunday schools, 125,004, | scholars and nine of the ablest bishops liv- ing, regardless of church or race. Heu.| borders stretch from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, from the sun-lit hills of the | Atlantic to the golden gates of the w st, She has also hoisted her banner in the west Indies and Africa; she has hoisted her banner in two worlds; has inscribed upon it the Insignia, “The World for God and for A paper expressive of the: satisfaction of the membership generally in having the conference meet here was read by Mrs. C. N. Robinson of Harrisburg, Pa.; one on “Woman's Place in the Churca,” by Mrs. Bishov J. B. Small, and another on “Origin and Development of Sunday School Work,” by Rev. W. J. Holland. During the evening meeting the speaking was suspended to permit the committee on temperance to make its report. The report recommended, among other matters, that every minister addicted to the use of to- bacco be left without appointment by the bishop during the ensuing conference year. This part of the report created much op- pesition, and, on motion, was stricken out, whereupon the rest of the paper was adopt- ed by a unanimous vote. The conference resumed its business meetings this morning, and the entire ses- sion was occupled with the examination of the characters of the ministers. All pass- ed satisfactorily. —S— Mr. MeAdoo’s Tri Assistant Secretary McAdoo will leave here Monday morning on the Dolphin for a visit of inspection of the naval militia of Pennsylvaria, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He will be ac ‘ompanied by Lieutenant Niblack, his aid, and probably by Mr. William Howell, his private. seer tary. ‘The itinerary is as follows: Leave here Monday morning for Phila- delphia, stopping Tuesday on way up Dela- ware river at navy yard, League Island, to inquire into the condition of monitors ‘for which requests have been made from the naval militia; Wednesday inspect the mon- itor Ajax and other government property now in possession of the New Jersey naval militia at Camden; also meet and confer with the officers regarding the condition of the organization, its wants, etc. From Philadelphia, go to New York and inspect the Portsmouth and the eastern naval battalion of New Jersey at Hoboken. From New York to Gardiner’s bay to,select a joint camp site for the naval brigades of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The surgeon on board of the Dolphin will advise as to the sanitary conditions, et>., of ground selected. From this point leave for Detroit, Mich., arriving there in time to inspect and witness the departure of the Michigan naval militia on board of the U. S. S. Michigan. From Detroit to Chi- cago to irspect the naval militia of Illinois; leaving there, return in time to attend the camp, if possible, at Gardiner’s bay, and from thence to Washington. The Vice President’s Summer Plans. The Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson, Miss Letitia Stevenson and Mr. Louis Stev- enson have gone to Boston to attend the dedication of the statue to the late poet John Boyle O'Reilly, between “whom and Gen. Stevenson there existed warm friend- ship for many years. They will leave Bos- ton Tuesday and go to Cape May, where the family hes taken quarters at the Stock- ton Hotel for a protgacted stay. The Vice President will attend’ the Chicago eonven- tion, according to his present plans, and at its conclusion will rejoin his family at the seashore. ae Changes at West Point. Lieut. John S. Winn, 2d Cavalry, has been relieved frem duty at the Military Academy and ordered to join his troop. Lieut. John W. Joyes, Sth Artillery, is crdered to duty at the Military Academy. -pinseTohs. GREB LABRARY. sears : *€ommissioners. Late e THA Afternoon. | | Late this afternoon the ComrofSsioners assembled"in Ygurd session to vonsider the subject of the _appantment of a board of trustees for the frée-likrary. “There were a great many: a) ts for the positions, and. glarge ngmifr of names have been mentioned to the’ Commissioners in con- Chosen by nect/on with tke position. : The Commisstpntes: finally decided upon the following _ gentlemen ‘v serve, lg *arranged alphatetically -ethbarrassment: could be a.selection of a chair- man of th2 board: A.:T. Britton, J. 7. Du Bois, Gardiner/G., Hubbard, J, B. Larner, Theodore W. Noyés, R. Ross Perry, J. M. Toner, B. HL. Ws r and S, W. Wood- ward. - , the names in order. that made in relati# —-— CRIME AT ST. PAUL. é Two Persons Murdered by Tramps— Attemptéd Murder and Suicide. ST. PAUL, Mion., June 20.-This morning John Paul.and Jacob Hays of Wyoming, Minn., were murdered by unknown tramps, who also seriously injured Dr. Foster of St. Paul.«'Dr; Fostet wanted-to be-driven across to Wyoming -mills;-and-Paut and Hays, weré’getting a team ready for him, | when three tramps xppearéd’ and ordered them all to ‘hold “ip their hans. ~ Dr. Foster fight, and Paul and Hays promptly came to his relief. The tramps. fired. one ,vollgy,.:-Haya, ag@ Paul Loth falling,dead.., After poundjng Dr. Fos- ter about the head the murderers escaped, and officers are now hunting for them. Dr. Foster has‘ been brought ‘t6 ‘the city, and will probably recover. F Wm Schoffner, .aged forty-four, _ this mcrning, after an all-night quarrel, as the culmination of long-continued family quar- rels, shot Hut missed his wife and put a bullet through his son, who had tried to save his mother's life. The son, Paul Schoffner, aged twenty-two, is not ex- pected to recover. The father then locked himself in “his room and fired a ball through his temple;sdeath resulting in- stantly. GRAVES ‘TURNED DOW! Seuator Hurrin® Committee Will Not S Hear Him Further. NEW YORK, June 20.—The subcommit- tee of the finance committee of the United States Senate, now Investigating the bond sales of the last two and a half years, held their third and final session in this city at the Hoffman House today. It was the intention of the committee to close their inquiry yesterday, but at the request of William Graves, who has figured in legal proceedings against Secretary Car- lisle, the committee subpoenaed two wit- nesses, James Kitchen and Ernest Thal- man. After the committee had waited for him for almost helf an heur, Mr. Graves en- hurriedly and asked leave to make a staterrent, which was granted, and he read from a paper as follows: desire to supplement to my statement miade before this Committee a request, that as a citizen I be permiited to file a legal brief by cminent counsel an dat my own cost and expense; that J. G. Carlisle, Sec- retary of the United States Treasury, did sell “to buyers some $4,700,000 worth of bonds of recap. is and that he did, without authd rari) law, transfer said property to parties of his cnoice, and failed any reimburse Harris eyed’ G nt to the purchas- Chairman for a moment andisaid: » “Sir, you have sought from the first to divert us from they objects and purposes set forth in the resolutions creating this ves” ‘sharply committee. I decline to encumber the rec- ords with mat! 's of private controversy. I-should mot have entertained your sug- gestions, had Aho wot concerned a higtr government official, You. haxg,, not, ,. systaiped by a elbrit fact.’ OPS Graves stated ‘that the’ testimony ‘of Mr. Jordan had dorhe him out in bis charges. Paying no attention to this,-Senator tar- ris went on:"We are not here to try pri- vate grievances, and we refuse to argue iy matter further” ‘othe’ reporters “Senatos- Hurris said: “Thatman Graves nas abused the courtesy of. the comm{ttgp from the firat time he en- tered this room. He will recelve scant courtesy in the future.’ The President’. Position and What is ovo Seid) 'in Diplomatic’ Circles. . , “Phe debate in the British Héis@' St! co: mons in fegard to the Venezuelan affair ‘nas ‘directed attention to the unfinished; state ‘of the negotiations» between the United States dnd Great Britain for the arbitration of the Venezuelan boundary dispute. It Is sald that this question.is.the ‘only obstacle in the way ofthe conelusion: of: a general 'treaty of arbitration between’ England and this country: The’ Piééstdent, it'ls sald, insists upon the ing}ysion,of the, Venezuelan dispute, but the British author- ities hesitate to yield on that particular point, being willing, however, to agree to a general arranger-ent for the settlement of all other questions at issue with the United States. The recent clash between the British and the Venezuelans in the ter- ritory near the Schomburgk line is said to. have temporarily interfered with the Progress of the arbitration negotiations. The fact that the British ambassador here has been authorized to receive proposals from the Venezuelan minister is accepted by some diplomats as an indication of the desire of the British government to reach some agreement whereby the boundary dispute may be’ reopened to diplomatic consideration between the two countries directly interested. ee Saloons in the Division. The excise board.met this afterncon, and unexpectedly took up the problem cf grani- ing liquor licenses to salocns in that sec- tion of the city krown as the Division. After considergble argument a number of cases were approved and license granted, while, on the other hand, six or eight were held up, pending further inquiry. The board, with the excepticn of one case, acted unanimously. ‘Those licenses whic! were issued were as follows: Frank P. Burke, 1324 D street northwest; P. J. Drury, 1228 D street northwest (this case was disapproved .by Mr. Morsell); George A. Davidson, 301 14th street; Michael Hay- den, 315 14th street; Hugh McCann, 302 lith street; Dennis Mullany, 500 ' 14th street; James Richardson, 218'12th stree Charles A. Senseney, 304 14th street; Will jam C. Schwarz, 1200 D street. ‘The excise board has also issued a licen: to Joseph Lane, 6 Delaware avenue northeast, and Theodore Ruppert, 1221 7th street northwest. a Bat They Took the Dog. “Don’t take my dog! Please don’t take my dog!” ever) The dogcatchers’?were on their rounds yesterday morhing} and shortly after 7 o’clcck had netted/@ stray canine on P street near New Jetwey avenue. It wasn’t much of a dog, but to the poor woman who owned it ‘theresdid not just then ap- pear to be anything more valuable on earth. The little pet ‘was’ tagless, of course, so the poundmaster’s -burly staff officers had the law on their side, and they laughed at the woman’s»hgoy. It was evident that she was not a woman of means and prob- ably had not the two-dollars with which to buy a licemse;‘her features indicated poverty and sorrow; her rusty-black dress was evidence vf ‘respectability and grief. The dog was probably the only thing on earth that cared fom her—was perhaps the only remnant of life upon which she be- stowed afiy affection—and when the negroes laughed she sprang at them with all the force that sometimes comes to despairing penury. She got the dog out of the net and tried to force him away, but the terri- fied animal could not run fast enough to escape and was speedily dumped irito the wagon. And as the wagon moved on the miser- able. woman stood helpless in the street and cried with heartbreaking intonation, “Don’t take my dog! .Please don’t take my dog!” ‘ eS Gave Bond for His Appearance. First Sergt. John.F. Lawler, who is sta- tioned at the navy yard, has given bond in the sum of $500 for his eppearance in court next week. Katie Tillman, colored, eleven years old, charges that the sergeant took her to the house of Mrs. Arrington, on Canal’ street, Tuesday night, and there committed an assault. He denies the charge. ALL MIXED UP North Oarolina’s Gold and Silver Democrats at Odds. 80, 100, ARE POPOLISTS AND DEMOCRATS The Republican Ticket Looks For- midable Just Now. PULLING THE WIRES Special Correspordence of ‘The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., June 17, 1896. Some of the North Carolina democrats are new occupying themselves with what is termed “rainbow chasing”—that is, they are trying to capture the populist vote. Though the populists revile and snub them, their attempts to win the coveted prize con- tinue. It is the most laughable folly of the campaign. And some of thuse who are en- geged in it.arp those who four years ago were the loudest ‘im-denouncing populists. « There was quftd a’ Aghsdtion in the, state when news came from Washington that Daniel L. RdsséHl, the republican’ nominee for governor, had written a letter to per- scns” in high position in his party~ inti- mating his readiness to “come off’ the ticket if the interests of the party required. Russell says this is not true, and Senators Pritchard and Butler make denial. It was Part and parcel of this story that in Rus- sell’s stead the name of a populist was to be put at the head of a ticket. Another pretty tale came all the way from Washington. This was to the effect that the North Carolina republican electors would all be taken down and the names of free silver men—populisis, of course—put up instead. This story gained some cre- dence. J.C.L.Harris, ex-secretary of the re- publican state committee, says that he told his committee the names of the electors would have to come down, as if they were kept up the republicans would surely lose the entire state. James H. Young, a mem- ber of the republican state committee, says that a majority of the members thereof favor taking down the electoral ticket. Sliver the Test. The free silver democrats have gone so far as to set up free silver as the standard and test of party faith, and not democracy. Some of the republicans are disposed to go almost as far. It all shows the great ex- tent to which the free silver agitation has sapped the life of the old parties. There are democrats who out-Herod Herod, and whose one desire and aspiration appears to be to ride into office or prominence on the crest of the silver wave. The office seekers of the party have, it is declared, done more than any other influence to set the rank and file against party and for silver only. To show how times change, an instance will suffice. Senator Butler influenced sore democrats to call a state silver convention here September 25 last. Most of the demo- rats who led in ihe call absented them- selves when the supreme moment came. The convention was es great a failure as Was ever seen in the state. Senator Butler ebsolutely dominated it. He drew the reso- lution regarding silver. It was a straight and strict pledge to vote only for open and avowed silver men who promised to vote only for free silver men or measures—a sort of double pledge. Thousands of demo- crats denounced this as undemocratic. But Jast Saturday, at the democratic county ¢onvention held in this city, a resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote instruct- ing delegates to all conventions to vote for no delegate to the national convention or for any officer who {s not unequivocally in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, without wait- ing for the action of any other government. Silver Men Strong. The silver men are “in the saddle” in North Carolina. They ignore the “gold bugs,” as they term the sound money dem- eerats. The extent to which this has gone is amazing. And the gold men have Hter- ally effaced themselves. One of them, Richard H. Battle of Raleigh, for years the tate chairman, told me he did not go to primaries; that the tickets with the ists of rames were printed beforehand, pnd at the-head of each was the inscrip- jen: “For free silver, 16 to 1.” There was 0 place for a gold democrat. , The populists wish greatly to get control of the. legislature. They say so, and are working with that end in view. The re- publicans also want the legislature, their chief purpose being to elect their own men to places in all the public institutions. D. L. Russell has since his nomination tor governor resolutely refused to allow himself to be interviewed. He and his friends regard his election as a certainty. It is intimated, rather than said, that a considerable number of republicans who opposed his nomination, and who, they claim, were overridden and unfairly treated by him in the convention, will not support him. If democrats rely on this as any- thing worth counting as a spiit or defection in the republican party they lean on a broken reed, for the republican votes which will not be cast for the regular nominee of the party will be pitifully small. The Negro Vote. There has been a great deal of talk of a bolt of negroes, and it has been claimed that 20,000 of them will not vote for Russell. There are about 100,000 negro voters in the state. It is a very Mberal estimate to say that 5 per cent of them will not vote for Russell. The anti-Russell negro element calls a state convention in Raleigh July 2. They claim that at least sixty of the ninety- six counties will be represented, while some observant people assert that sixteen will be rearer the actual number of counties. One of the points just now chiefly in dis- pute among the democrats is whether their State convention shall at its session, June 25, nominate a state ticket and adopt a platform, as well as elect delegates to the national convention. The extreme free sil- ver men are in many cases for two con- ventions, because they wish to wait until after the national conventions, so as to trim their sails, it is alleged, and try to catch some populist votes. There is a bitter feel- ing against the two-convention idea on the part of those democrats who swear they will not truckle to the populists, will not vote for a compromise ticket and who de- sire straight nominations of straight dem- ocrats. There appears to be every reason to believe that there will be a sharp clash between these two discordant elements in the party. It is asserted by some observ- ant persons that the onc-convention men will carry the day, but the two-convention adherents claim they have unknown strength. Heretofore the work has always been done at one convention; to hold two will be an innovation in this state. The Probable Ticket. ‘The date of the democratic state conven- tion is June 25, and the assertion is made that if the state ticket is named Julian 8. Carr of Durham 1s likely to get the nom!- nation for governor on the first ballot. The present outlook is that there will be at least five men whose names will be presented for the gubernatorial nomination, these be- ing Carr, ex-Senator Jarvis, R. L. Dough- ton, Theodore F. Davidson and James C. MacRae. Perhaps Lee 8. Overman and Thomas W. Mason may also be named. There are 1,005 delegates. It is said that the extreme free silver men are on the quiet opposing Carr. Jarvis may be elected state chairman. J. H. Pon, the present chair- man, declines to be a candidate. It ts al- leged by some persons that MacRae will develop considerable strength as a candi- date for the nomination for governor. Senator Butler, who is state chairman of the populist party, has enemies who are seeking to undermine him. Among the most zealous and determined of these are Con- gressman Harry Skinner, James M. Mew- borne and Cyrus Thompson, and the three are working in harmony. Some time ago, in April, to be exact, the Populist state committee declined to ‘fuse with the republicans on the state ticket. ‘The committee also decided not to have any convention to elect delegates-at-large to the national convention, but that the commit- tee should itself choose these. The war against Butler began on that instant. Some of the populist = intimated that a con- vention ought to held to elect delegates- at-large, and called on members of the party for their views. Mewborne, in response, wrote so bitter an attack on Butler that no populist paper would publish it. No Populist Convention. A few days ago Butler issued notice that SSS Ty the committee stood by its determination not to hold a convention to elect delegates, and also gave notice that in a few days a meeting of the committee would be called to hold state nominating convention, prob- ably the first week in August. The associate editor of Senator Butler's paper. which is the official organ of the Populist party, insists that the democrats must this year vote with the populists, if they wish to defeat Russell and the repub- Ucans. In fact, this is the bait which But- ler’s paper has waved before the eyes of democrats for weeks. It is the populist Purpose that W. A. Guthrie shall be the Populist nominee~ for governor, and that democrats shall vote for him. It is an at- tempt to force the democrats to drop their own party. Thousands upon thousands of populists swear they will never vote for a democrat, and thousands upon thousands of demo- fiat Swear they will never vote for a popu- a : - Gold democrats say that 10,000 of their party in the state will not vote for a silver man for President, and add that if Teller should be their party nominee 20,000 will fail to put in a ballot for him. ——__ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. - Commissioners’ Opinion. In a memorandum accompanying a re- quisition the Commissioners today say: “It tg the-opinion of the Commissioners that no part of the appropriation for ‘pay- ment of lots, Potomae flats,’ act of June 11, 1896, should be charged against the revenues of the District of Columbia, and this pequisition is therefore made solely for the reason that Congress having in- corporated this item in the District appro- priation act, designed thereby that the cost should be borne equally by the United States and the District of Columbia. The right is reserved to appeal to Congress hereafter to relieve the District from the charge now made against its revenues, in- asmuch as the land to be purchased is required solely for the improvement of the Potomac river, and the title thereto is to be vested entirely in the United States.” The amount involved in the present case is $26,684.09. Ralirond Schedules. Owing to the indefinite character of the schedule showing the running of cars on the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home ra!l- road with respect to its North Capitol street branch, recently submitted by the railroad, the Commissioners have disap- proved the same and directed the railroad company to submit another and more definite schedule at once. Special Assessment Division. Pursuant to that provision in the District appropriation bill, the Commissioners to- day reappointed the clerks in the special assessment division, which places them up- on a regular clerical footing and entitles them to leave of absence with pay. The new assignment is as follows: J. W. Daniel, special assessment clerk, $1,700; G. W. Trow, W. H. De Shields, C. 8. Hyer, W. P. Walker, M. L. Southron, H. W. Hamilton and D. M. Cridler, clerks, at $1,200, and J. E. Boteler and R. A. Arnold, clerks at $900. “Happy Jack” in Court. Matthew Merrigan, alias “Happy Jack Lawton,” the alleged professional crook, who was arrested Thursday afternoon by Precinct Detective Sutton and Policeman Tayman, charged with using “knock-out drops” on Richard J. Burriss, the Mont- gomery county farmer, as published in yesterday's Star, was taken to the Police Court today. The charge preferred in court Was assault and battery with intent to kill, The case was continued and the prisoner was committed in default of security. The Virginia authorities have been notified of the case ard it is thought that the prisoner will be turned over to them for trial. He has secured counsel and may make a fight should requisition papers from Virginia come bere for him. Mr. Burriss, his vic- tim, is recovering. This afternoon Precinct Detective Sutton went with Farmer Burriss to the office of Justice Burch, in Alexandria county, and the latter swore out a warrant charging “Happy Jack Lawton” with grand larceny. The penalty in Virginia for this offense 1s from one to ten years. -_——_—>___ For the Fireme: Families. A check for $5.14 has been received at the office of The Evening Star as the pro- ceeds of an entertainment given by Misses Carrie, Maude and Mariette Baer, Jennie Brewer, Cora, Irene and Lillian Sommers, Maude Ltchtenstein, Eva Morgan, Bernard Bair, David_and Rita Bair, Rina Fischel and Carr. Kaufman for the benefit of the families of the firemen who lost their lives in the Louisiana avenue. fire. eee Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Wm. C. Robertson, 27, and Lillie C, McIntosh, 19; Christian J. Mifer, 47, of Millville, Minn., and Virginia E, Hicks, 42, of this city. Colored—James A‘ SthY'son, 24, and Mary E. Selvy, 23. ‘Today about noon there was a fire scare at the Spanish legation, No. 1705 Connecti- cut avenue, caused by fire in the chimney. No. 9 engine company was called out on a local, but its services were hardly need- ed, for the flames soon disappeared. There Was no damage done. —_ Sales of Real Estate. Roser:berg & Co., real estate dealers, re- Port th following sales for the past week: To Joseph Auerbach, house 21% P street, corner 22d and P streets, $13,500; to Wm. A. Thompson, house 723 11th sireet north- east, $4,100; to Fred’k A. Reeves, lots 205, 208, 207, in square 672, being ground on orth Capitol street. at $1.50 per foot, $6,500. Ask Her Removal. Charles P. Fletcher and other heirs-at- law of the late William Fletcher, have filed a petition in the Probate Court for the removal of Annie C. McCartney as ad- ministratrix. The petitioners claim that the administration is hostile to them, and that the estate has not been managed in the best possible manner. Articles incorporating the Capital Co- operative Burlal Association have been filed by George W. Lee, Robert T. Boulding and James H. Winslow. The burial of the dead is the object of the association. aS Mr. Abbott Continues to Improve. Mrs. Abbott, wife of Representative Ab- bott of Texas, has reached here and is present at the bedside of her injured hus- band. She was telegraphed for Monday and came at once. Judge Abbott's condition continues to improve, and the attending physician does not look for a relapse or a backset. ————_-e+____ Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. Guay, 5h ‘Wheat—July. Sept. Corn—Jul 2 pesmi nryped re a kansbary, io 38 678 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, June 20.—Flour quiet, unchanged— receipts, 8,732 barrels; shipments, 13,283 bar 3 Darrels.~ Wheat irre <j sales, 600 b lat and firmer— t, Gaba; Septetaves esteem sea, As, j s ~—ecelpt stile; ‘stock, 374176 bushels’ eaich, s1.ome bane els—southern wheat by sample, G0a64; do.’ on grade, Corn firm--spot and month, 381;a32%: a; August, 33% bid; September, 33! eee 3144a31%—recei; 3,708 bush: ee Oe 7 bushels; 606,901 bush- 3 bushels—soutbern white ‘corn, 8a 3€a86%. Oats weak-—-No. 2 white 24024; No. do. ),248 bushels; 30,000 q stock, 265,828 bushels. Rye inactive—No. 2, 36a3t nearby—receipts, 100 e 26,048 bnshels. ae timothy, $17.4 re ae unchanged. ‘Sugar, itter = s unchanged. | Cheese firm and active, mo- | changed. Whisky FINANCE AND TRADE Public Interest in Speculation Has Almost Disappeared. See ROUM = CPERATORS ONLY REMAIN Beneficial Influence of the Sounge Money Victory. GENERAL MARKET REPORT/ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 20.—Public interest in speculation has dwindied almost to the vanishing point, and the vagaries of the room element are alone reflected in current quotations, ‘The sound money victory at St; Louts has had a beneficial influence on sentiment, but practical results are lack- ing. The rehabilitation of the federal treasury is to be undertaken, and the m ods proposed are generally indorsed, but the future alone is provided for by this resolve, The present is less encouraging and new contracts will be made-cautiously. Indus- trial presperity 1s Gn essential condition to legitimate improvement in stock values, and this, too, is merely foreshadowed. ‘There are evidences of coming impro ment which should serve to prevent lquida- tion, but there is no strong impelling up- ward force. Tie season is one of idleness and stationary prices, with the usual trad+ ers’ deflections, are apparently the most reliable probabilities suggested at this time. The low prices temporarily recorded from time to time will be taken advantage of by conservative purchasers, whose resources admit of = patient wailing for results. Sentiment favors this view, and seems iike ly to invite just such trading unul af the elections. The silver question promises to come prominently into the speculative foreground during the next fortnight, but the agitation of this question is alone ap- prehensive. Gold is essentiaily necessary and will force its own recognition. Crop prospects are good, and while the yield 1s by no means out of danger, it is con- sidered unusually safe. Railroad earnings are fairly good, and should improve. The tendency is in the right direction in all of the more important business circies, and g00d results have only disappointment to contend against. The gold movement has not reached sig- nificant proportions during the week, and exchange rates are apparently disposed *o yleld slightly from the specie point. At yesterday's rates the exporter musi ship at a loss unless the German method of adding a commission is resorted to by importing houses. Today's narrow dealin ed in de- clines varying from 1-2 to 3-4 per cent, th profit-taking of traders being credited h this result. London again sold Nashville and St. Paul, but in no significant amount. The foreign balerce sheet will probably reflect but a small excess of purchases during the week. The bank statement was somewhat disappointing in as much as a Joss of $1,134,000 was substituted for a predicted gain in lawful money. The bulk of this Joss has been in sporie. An in- crease of a trifle more than $500,000 in loans was reported, but no other changes of note appear. Money rates are secm- ingly disposed to rule at a level entirely satisfactory to the borrower. —— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar. 122K 128% 128 American 81 i 4 Re ‘American To Gy ery ts ame 39g “BY » C. & StL. hicay B&Q. - Chic. & Northwestern... Chicago Gas, Cis. C. M. & St. Paul ‘ GM. &St. Paul, Pra. Chic. kT & Pacie.:: Del., Lack, & W.... ... Delaware & Hudson aoe K. Grande, Pa. Cattle Feeding. General Eleciric, Mlinois Central, Lake Shore. WN Michigan Central Missouri Pacitic. National Lead Co. ational Lead Co., Pf . 8. Leather, Pfa New Jersey Central. New York Central \ ¥.&N. Eng. Cte. X.¥.C. & St Louis. Northern Pacific... Northern Pacific, Pid North American ‘Ont. & Western, Pacific Mail... Phila. & Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Go Southern Railway, Pfd. Phila. Traction...... ‘Lexas Pacific Yeun. Coal & Iron. Union Paciti Wabash. i Wabash, Pfd in Wheeling & o% Wheeling & L- Erie, Bikg ‘estern Union ss Sliver, Betas —>—_— Washington Stock Exc! regular «all 10 at 113. 12 o'clock m. Aimer U.S. 4s, 3.48, coupon, 1 11s asked.” U 1T% bid, is, currency, bid. Miscellancous Bonds.Metropolitan Railroad Ss, 106% Did. Metropolitan Railroad cony, 6s 12314 axked. Belt Eckington Railroad 6s, Columbia Rail 11 ‘ashington mpany Gs, series Washington Gas Company 6s, se Washington Gas Company conv. 6s, apeake and Potomac ‘t can Security and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 5s, A. and 0., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 110. bid. Vashington Market Imp. Gs," 110 bid. Washington Market Com . 110 bid. Ma- J Hall Association Washington Ameri- Stocks. —Bank of Washing*on, 275 did. Bank of the Republic, 240 bid. Metropolitan, 285 bid, 300 asked. Central, 280 bid. Fars nd Mechanics’, 180 bid. S 133, asked. Citizens’, shumtsi 1 West End, 109 bid, t ders’, 98 bid, 100 asked. Lincoln, 104 hid, |. Obie, 85 bid. Safe Deposit and Trost Companies — Natl Deposit and Trust, 116 bid. Washingto: Trust, 119% bid.” 123 asked. Americ and Trust, 140% bid, 145 asked. Wax! Deposit, 50 bid. Railroad Stocks. Capital Traction © bid, 74 asked. Metropolitan, 114 bid, Capital, 115. bid. ‘Tra 1. Columbia, 55 bid. Belt, asked bid. Georgetown and Tennallytown, 7 bid Gas and Electric Light § Washington Gas, 44% bid, 47 asked. Georgetown Gas, 44 bid. UL S. Blectrie Light, $118 bid. 12 skid Insurance Stocks.—Fire 3 bid. 35 bid. Metropolita: oreoran, Potomac, 67 bid. Inzton, 130 bid. American, 160 bid. National Union, 1 asked. Columbia, “11 bid. 14 asked. bid, 8 asked. People’s, Sig bid. Lince asked. Commercial, 4% bid, Si asked tle Insurance Stocks.—Real Esiate Title, 108 110 asked. Columbia Title, 5! Washington Title, 3 bid. District 7 bid, 10 asked. Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 38 hid ake and Potomac. 611; bid, G4 asked. A Eraphophone, *8 bid. 9 asked. American hone, preferred, 10 bid, 11 asked. Pneumatic Gua Rarrisge, 20 bi4,_25 acked. Miscellaneous ‘Stocks. — Mergenthaler Linotype, *122 bid, 125% asked. Lanston Monotype. 73 bid, sked. Washington Market. 13 Falis Ice, 12 bid, 125 asked. Lincoln Hi asked. °Ex div. Naval Movements, The Marblehead has arrived at Venice from @ protracted visit to the ports of the Ottoman kingdom. The Alert has arrived at Mazatlan from a cruise on the west coast of the Isthmus of Panama,