Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1896, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE Senior Crews Waiting to Start at , Poughkeepsia = - EVERYTHING READY FOR THE RACE “Varsity Men Stand Fairly Even in Practice. —— BETTING IS LIGHT ge POUGHKEEPSIE, N. ¥., June 26.—The dzy of the four-cornered ‘varsity race opened inauspiciously. There were heavy clouds, mist showers and generally threat- ening weather conditions early in the day, but toward noon the prospect brightened somewhat, and the possibility of a clear sky by the time set for the race—5:30 p.m. —appeared much greater. In spite of the threatening weather, the city is full of people come from a distance, and Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania and Harvard cach has its shouters among the crowds that throng the streets and the banks of the Hudson. The officials selected for today’s rac are: Refere L. Rives, Cok judges on boat, Columbia, Guy Richarv Harvard, George S. Mumford: Cornell, H. T. White; University of Penn- sylvania, Reginald L. Mart; timers, Co- umbia, Walter B. Peet; Harvard, : Watson; Cornell, F. W. Welly; Pe nia, Louis C. Madeira, jr.: judges finish, Wm. B. Curtis; Columbia, Harvard, J. B. Moulton; Cornel! E. M. Howland: nia, Joseph E in the final p vard showed n and Pennsy!- Vania the speed water was choppy ard the wind a direct head one, so tha conditions might count fer nothing thi afternown. Columbia went out first this morning for a brief s n and in form wa: the best she has displayed yet. The crew greatly. The rough water crew much and th ard fight with Penn- Bylvania at least if the waters this after- noon are rough are good. With the wind in the west, to which in- dications y i at midday, Harvard will have the ntage mooth water, shared in a bit by y Cornell and Columbia will Water unless the wind droy An inte g statement of future racing at Pow came from Capt. Bullard of Harvard to and is to the effect that if Yale expects to row with Harvard next esti year she must row here with the crews that are pday’s regatta. Capt. Bullard says: “We have a two years’ agreement to row Corneil and this is only the first year. We must row her next year. It is prob- able that we will patch up things with Yale ani she will want to row us. We can’t row here and at New London too. If Yale wants to row £ see no way out of it but for her to come here.” The betting up to noon today was light. ee FOR SILVER BOLTERS. Senator Cannon w COME re ted by 20,000 Persons. BUTTE, Ment. evaticn ever acc tana was that given Congressman Hart- man upen his arrival from St. Louis. He Was met at the depot by thousands of peo- ple and a band, and after he entered a carriage the horses were itched and a Tepe attache to the veh Several hun- tic silver men from all par- ge a mile up the hill ple went wild. Buildings were and with brass bands peop Peraded the city all day. In the evenin: Mr. Hartman addressed 5,000 peo: explained in detail the St. Louis bolt. He said he had turned his back on the national republican organization until it again rep Tesent=d the people. Amii cheers of 2,000 persons and the booming of cannon, § tor F. J. Cannon, the silver Senator of Utah, was received at his home in Ogden. A procession a mile in Jength was formed with bands and drum corps at their head amd Senator Canuon fol- lowing in a carriage, hauled by a gr line of men. He was taken to Lester Park and into the paviton. William’ Glassnan, President of the silver clubs of Utah, was made chairman and made a rousing silver speech. Senator Cannon followed in a short talk. He spoke feelingly of the St. Louis con- vention days, and was cheered from first to last. Several other speeches were made, and when one of the speakers referred to the alternates who stepped into the places of Cannon and brother bolters theré was hooting and hissing by the entire multitude. Representative Chartes A. Towne met with an ovation from the people of Duluth, Minn., on his return such as nevér has bee: accol to any person in the history of the city. Fully ten thousand persons stood in the mud and part of the time in a drizzling rain and listened to him as he explained the position he would take dur- ing the campaign and to the reasons why he withdrew from the republican party. When he rose to address the people the crowd surged back and forth in one solid mass, cheering, shouting, laughing and cry- When he finished hats, cap: ing as if mad. —James H. Trus who brutally mur- ‘amp of Goshen, N. J., was hanged toe ‘The drop fell at 11:44 o'elo eck being broken by the fall. arose at 6 o'clock this mornin: worn and downeast. He had ev ommenced to weaken. He donned suit, and was angry because it did not fit. He ate a hearty breakfast of ham, eggs and potatoes, and seemed to relish it. At 10 o'clock Minister Westerficld, his spiritual adviser, entered the cell and r mained with the prisoner until he taken to the gallows. Mr. Westerfield plored him to make a confession if he were dently a blac guilty. For a t'me there was a heated dis- evssion between the men. Truss became and in a loud tone exclaimed: “I y arything because I am not The execution wes private. Truss, who had previously berne a good reputation, ‘ mp for money, while ihe lying at Chesapeake of the crime, tut his lavish outlay of money caus- ed suspicion and he was arrested. A strong chain 5f circumstantial evidence was woven around him, the jury convicting him after being out but a few minutes. A son of Cept. Camp, the mur¢ man, was among the spec of the execution. SPIO STATS SIOUX ON TH LITTLE BIG HORN. the Massacre of Custer and His Men. CMAHA, Neb., June Six thousand Sicux, the remnant of the most powerful fighters of the American Indians, are cele- brating the great event in their war his- tory—the twentieth anniversary of the command on the ig Horn, June 25, 1876. They are dat the scene of the terrible sacre, and though peaceable, are in- dulging in all the fantastic dances and geremories incident to their traditions. Frere will be another big celebration July Celebrating nihilation of Custer's ittle ee Filibuster Time. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 26—A de- gision in the case of Capt. John D. Hart, @he reputed owner of the fillbustering @teamer Bermuda, and Capt, Riley, the commander of the vessel, which was to have been announced today by United Btates Commissioner Craig, was again post- Poned, this time until July 10. THE HENLEY ENTRIES. The Full List Made Up and Closed Today. HENLEY-ON-THAMES, June 26.—The entries for the regatta of 1896 closed last evening, and the list was fssued this morning. For the grand challenge cup there are nine entries, Yale, DeHoop, New College, Leander, Thames, London, Trinity Hall, First Trinity and Eton. The entries do not give the names and Positions of the actual crews, and they will not be handed in untif four days be- fore the race. Leander, however, will in all probability have the following crew: Bow, W. F. ©. Holland; No. 2, H. Graham; No. 8, E. C. Sherwood; No. 4, R. Carr; No. 5, BE. R. Balfour; No. 6, Guy Nickolls; No. 7, T. E. Stetch; stroke, H. Gold. All the members of the Leander crew are Oxford men, and Sherwood, Carr, Balfour and Gold were members of this year’s Ox- ford crew. Gold was strcke of the dark- blue eight which beat Cambridge after such a hard fight this year, and he was a member of the Eton crew, which made a fine showing at Henley last year. He is considered to be a wonderful stroke. For the Diamond sculls, Mr. Rupert Guin- ness, the holder of that trophy; Dr. M Dowell of Chicago, Mr. Arthur Guinness, Nickolls, R. K. Beaumont, F. Beddingto: H. P. Blackstaffe, J. J. Bluise, J. E. Joice: J. E. Moher, S. S. Swann and E. A. Thomp- sen of Montreal are entered. The total number of entries is fifty-eight, € greater than the number entered in 1#93, which, up to the present, was record year. —— HONOR FROM OLD FRIENDS. Mek: ley, His Wife and Mother Given a Royal Reception. CANTON, Ohio, June 26.—The reception to Governor McKinley, Mrs. William Mc- inley, sr., and Mrs. Wm. McKinley, ir., ranged by the women of Canton and Stark county, began at 3 o’Clock this af- ternoon, when the guests of nonor, the re- ception party composed of some eight or ten ladies of the immediate McKinley re- lations who are now in this city, and Mrs. Alice D. Jones appeared on the west bal- cony of the residence of the late J. cob Miller, M Jones was the spokesman for the ledies of the city and county, and in a most happy and appropriate speech, listened to by thousands of lad extended the best hes of the women of Stark county to vernor MeKinley and their hearty con- gratulations to his wife and mother. Governor McKinley responded briefly on behalf of himself and his wife and mother. Then the doors of the house were thrown open, and while strains of sweetest mus echoed through the corridors from an 0} chestra stationed Eehind a bank of flow ers and exotics, the crowd passed through the parlor to shake hands with the guests of honor. ‘The scene was one of brilliancy seldom equaled. The blinds of the windows were jrawn and the effect of floral decorations and drapery in new and novel electrical effects was superb. It was cooler in Canton this morning and Gov. MeKinley looked in splendid health. Charles Emory Smith arrived this morning. While driving to the McKinley home, he expressed himself as delighted with’ the ‘ket and the platform. On the same train came Chris McGee, the Allegheny count politician, Director Ellis Bigelow, and Hen- ry Von Bon Horst of Pittsburg. exe Riots. LONDON, June 26.—The Daily News has a letter from Canton, China, giving an ac- count of the attack upon the American mission at Kiang Yin on May 15 last, as was reported at the time by the Asso- ciated Press. The Daily News’ correspondent says that a crowd gathered on account of the slander which has been disemminated that the missionaries were kidnapping infants “Sure enough,” the letter continues, “the body of a child was found beneath’ some dried leaves in the garden. The mandarin refused to protect the mission, and as the crowd was armed with poles, knives and sickles, the missionaries would certainly have been killed if they had not escaped over a wall to the fort on a hill nearby.” ——— Thinks They Are Serfs. COLUMBUS, Ohto, June 26.—Thne com- mittee in charge of the local celebration of the Fourth ef July had arrarged for 100 miners from the valley to march in the parade" in their mining outfits and with their mining lamps in thelr hats, but President Penna of the United Mine Work- ers of America a/vised them last evening not to do it. He s that by doing this they would proclaim themselves beneficiar- ies of the Declaration of Independence, whereas they are mere serfs, and would in that way act a lie. —_——>———_ From Matabeleland. SALISBURY, Matabeleland, June 26.— Taylor's patrol has returned here, after having relieved the Jesuit station at Chissl- assa, which the priests had defended with- out loss of life on their side. BULUWAYO, Matabeleland, June 26.— Laing’s troopers have surprised and routed a large body of insurgents on thé Belingwe range, and have killed Chief Salemba and his seven sons, besides recovering the cat- tle and loot which the natives had obtained in their various raids upon the property of the whites. SS Scuttled a Burning Steamer. LIVERPOOL, June 26.—Fire broke out last night in the hold of the British steam- er Lucerne, Capt. Stewart, loaded with a general cargo for Montevideo. Five hours elapsed before it was decided that there was no way of smofhering the flames ex- cept by scuttling the ship. ee eae The Luther League. LANCASTER, Pa., June 26.—The execu- tive committee of the Luther League of America met here this morning, and de- 4 to hold the National Luther League convention at Chicago on November 17 next, to continue three days. A badge was also adopted and a program prepared. ——— Mr. McAdoo at New York. NEW YORK, June 26.—The United States dispatch steamer Dolphin passed in at Sandy Hook today, with Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy McAdoo on board. Mr. McAdoo is on a tour of inspection of the naval militia of the northern states. - =a A Big Fire. POINT PLEASANT, W. Va., June 26.— Fire destroyed the millinery store of An- nie Norton last evening and Hoof's Opera House and other stores, shops and dwell- ings, causing a loss of $100,000, with but litule insurance. ——_—_ Out for Target Practice. New Yerk, June 26.—The United States cruisers Cincinnati and Montgomery went outside of Sandy Hook today for target practice. ——— Triple Execution. CANON CITY, Col., June 26.—A triple execution will take place in the state peni- tentlary today. The men who are to be harged are Thomas Colt, Elbert Noble and Dominica Romero, who killed Policeman John Solomon in Trinidad. The Essential Point. Shrewd and successful adver- tisers know that a bogus, fake circulation, given away or sold at a nominal figure and predes- tined to the gutter, ash pile and garbage dump, does not bring results. Advertisers pay for profitable results and to get them they know that a home circufation is essential. That’s why the ad- vertising columns of The Star are a daily directory of the ‘suc- cessful business men of Wash- ington. THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1896--TWELVE PAGES. EPWORTH LEAGUERS Their Grand Rally at Harrisburg This Week. : Baltimore Bejng Urged for the Next Meeting—Effort to Have Bi- ennial Gatherings. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HARRISBURG,Pa., June 25.—The Wash: ington party to the Epworth League con- vention was the first large delegation to arrive in Harrisburg. The arrangements made by the local committee for assign- ing the delegates were excellent. The visitors, and especially those from the na- tional capital, seem greatly pleased with the homes to which they heve been as- signed. The warm and cordial hospitality which is being shown by the citizens of Harrisburg 1s adding greatly to the pleas- ure of the convention. The Washington visitors seem to have fared extremely well. Rev. W. H. Richardson, pastor of Gor- such Church, and Secretary Frank T. Is- rael_ contributed largely to the pleasure of the trip from Washington to Harrisburg by their vivacity and general good na- ture. ‘The usual caucus of delegates was held after leaving Baltimore. President Tasken presid It was decided to support the Baltimore delegation in the contest for the honor of holding the next convention. The same action was taken several months ago by the board of control of the Washington District Epworth League. There seems to be no doubt at this time that Baltimore will he successful in the race. It is understood, however, that the board of control of the convention, at a meeting held yesterday, decided to recommend to the body that the gatherings be held every two years here- after, instead of annually, as is the custom at present. It is hardly probable, however, that this action will be ratified. The meeting of Washington delegates named H. B. Moulton for the committee on rominations, E. W. Williams for that on resolutions, and Rey. H. B. Leech for that on credent It was also determined to suggest for election the following: E. illiams, treasurer: Miss Estelle Crump, junior league superintendent. One of the first familiar faces seen by the Washington visitors was that of the popu- lar ex-president, William Burdette Mathews. The large auditorium of Grace Church was packed to overflowing at the opening of the convention at § o'clock last evening. The exercises were in the nature of a wel come reception to the visitors, and were presided over by President I. C. Fosier. An eloquent address of welcome, on be- half of the city of Harrisburg, was deliver- ed by Mr. John D. Patterson, mayor of the city. On behalf of the churches of the city the address was delivered by Rev. B. F. Dimmick, D.D., pastor of Grace Church. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss of Philadelphia led the devotional exercises. He aiso conduct- ed the communion vice at 9 o'clock this morning. The 6 o'clock prayer meeting was in charge of Rev. FE. B. Patterson, D. D. ‘The morning session was devoted largely to the department of spiritual work. Ad- dresses were made on this phase by Rev. O. M. Boswell and Rey. Madison Swadener of Cincinnati, Ohio. A conference was in charge of Wm. B. Mathews, who made upon this subject a practical address. The conference was participated in by F. T. Israel, H. O. Hine, E. W. Williams, all of Washington. the afternoon session the annual re- ports of the president, the secretary, treas- urer and the junior ‘superintendent, Rev. H. B. Leech, were presented. All evide a remarkable incrcase In the member of the ion during the year. The ¢ nt of mercy and help was ably presenied by Miss Laura O, Davis of Baltimore and others. One and one-half hours were devoted to the interests of the juniors. A most interesting feature was the exhibition by the Junior Leaguers of this Delegates Still Pouring In. Delegates have been arriving by every train, there are now almost 1000 in the clty, and more are expected. The regular ness of the convention was taken up this morning. The election of officers has been made the order of the day for 2 p.m. this afternoon. It looks at present as if Rev. Mr. W. R. Strickler, pastor of Hamline , will be placed upen the board of Prof. E. C, Foster, president; F. bs, Prof. H. E. V. Porter, Rev. J. Naylor, Roland E. Remley, secretary Rey. R. A. Denton, Wheeling, W. Va., and Rev. H. B. Leech of Washington, mem- bers of the board of control, are the guests of Gov. Hastings, at the executive mansion. When Mr. Wm. B. Mathews stepped upon the platform he was greeted with great applause. He congratulated the conven- tion upon its great success, and conducted his portion of the program admirably. The Washington delegation is proud of him. The time for speeches has been limited to three minutes. Judge Moulton and F. E. Tasker took prominent parts in the discussion this morning. The caucus of the Baltimore conference delegates held at 1:30 today recommends the following names to the convention: President, F. E. Tasker; third vice presi- dent, R."M. Moore; corresponding secre- tary, H. O. Hine; treasurer, BE. W. Will- jams; superintendent junior league, H. B. Leech. The convention will be asked to Indorse the movement which has been started to try to secure for Washington the third international ccnference of the Epworth League in 1899. nes BLAND IS -MAKING. He is Driving 2 Farm Team and Get- ting in His Hay. While democratic state conventions in Texas, Ohio and Illinois rang with the name of “Silver Dick’ Bland, the Mis- scuri candidate for President, that plain citizen was sacuting “Whoa and gee” to a team of Misscuri horses in a hay field. He was driving a4 mower on his farm near Lebanon, and there was nothing in his ap- pearance to distinguish him from the farm hands who raked the hay in the wake of the machine. Bland is attending to his farm by day and lcoking after his politics by night. He drives in from Lebanon each morn- ing te get his mail and dispatches, and with the ald of his wife, sorts and reads and answers as many as possible in the evening. He isn’t going to Chicago, but will be 1epresented there as probably no other can- didate will be. While he goes on gather- ing his crops in a biue jean sult and broad- rimmed hat, two thousand members of the St. Louis Bland Marchirg Club, with five bands of music, will be parading in Chi- cago and bearing banners and shouting Kis rraises. Fifty thousand dollars has been subscribed by the twenty-six demo- cratic wards of St. Louis organizations to equip the marching club. Bland’s managers will, go to Chicago early next week to opén headquarters. They are Col. Nicholas W. Bell, Col. Jo- seph K. Rickey and George W. Allen. ee Appointments in the Navy. The President today made the following appointments in the navy: Commander, Seth M. Ashley; lNeutenant commanders, Chas. P. Perkins and Benj. H. Bucking- ham; chief engineer, J. P. S. Lawrance; assistant surgeon, Hugh F. Parrish; leu- tenants, Daniel P. Menefee, John H. Gib- bons, Thomas Snowden, Edwin H. Tillman, Robert F. Lopez and Frank W. Kellogg; lieutenants (junior grade Joseph Strauss, Volney O. Chase, George R. Slocum, Wm. G. Miller, George W. Kline and John P. McGuinness. —__—_-+e+____ Fort Myers New Commander, Col. Samuel S. Sumner, who succeeded Col. David S. Gordon, retired, in command of the 6th Cavalry, reported at the War Department today, after which he went to Fort Myer, regimental headquarters, and assumed command of that post. He comes here from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and is accompanied by his wife. They are tem- porarily domiciled at the Richmond. + +______ Representative Cooper Defeated. Representative C. M. Cooper of the first Fiorida district has been defeated for re- nomination by the democrats of his district. Col. R. W. Davis of Palatka secured the nomination. He 1s a silver man, while Rep- resentative Cooper is for ‘‘sound money.” Mr. Cooper, it is said, will make the race for United States Senator, to succeed Sena- tor Call. LADIES’ OF THE G, R. PROTEST. Do Not Want the High School Cadets te Go to Richmond. U. 8. Grant Circle, No. 1, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, by resolu- tion, has protested fo tie District Commis- sioners, to all payents and to all loyal, Uberty-loving citizens against the partici- pation of the High Schépl Cadets in the re- union of confederate yeterans at Rich- mond, Va., June 38, on the ground that “such participatiof® cdxinot be viewed in any other light tin &@ a condonance of treason. The resolutions were prepared by a committee, ang arf as fcllows: Whereas within afew days there is to be dedicated in the city of Richmond, Va., a Monument to the, memory of Jefferson Davis, archtraitor ‘and principal agent in the four years’ effort to destroy the gov- ernment of our fathers, and supplant our priceless star spangled banner; and Whereas thirty years or more of earnest effort on the part of our peace-loving and lew-abiding citizens have been given to neal and assuage the asperities of the past; an Whereas it is reported that the organiza- tion known as the High School Cadets of the city of Washington, D. C., fostered by the government which the said Jefferson Davis tried to destroy, contemplates going to Richmond to participate in the aforesaid Gedicatory services; and Whereas such participation cannot be viewed in any other light than as a con- donance of treason; and Whereas if Jefferson Davis had been suc- cessful in his purpose for four years all the sacrifice of the boys in blue would not only have been fruitless, but our High School cadets would not be permitted to enjoy the gracious educational privileges they possess; and Whereas the duty of every American citizen in every part of our domain is to teach and practice the lessons of true pa- triotism, with loyal consecration to our flag, and all that it represents Therefore U. S. Grant Circle, No. 1, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, whose membership embraces the wives, mothers, daughie and sister of Union Idlers, together with ex-army nurses, in regular session does resolve: 1. To protest to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and, through them, to any other organization having jurisdiction in the premises, against permitting these cadets taking part in any such parade or dedicatory services. 2. To appeal to all parents to restrain their sons from taking a step which means approval of treason and disrespect to the defenders of the national flag. 3. To all loyal, liberty-loving citizens to vse their influence against giving any en- couragement to any ‘scheme or project which shall lower the standard of patriotic sentiment in our free America. ——— GOING TO CHICAGO. ‘The Interstate Democrats Will Travel in a Special Train. ‘The Interstate Democratic Association is going to the Chicago convention in fine style, and has selected the picturesque Bal- timore aid Ohio road to run its special in over. The special will leave here at 11:30 a.m. July 5, and reach the convention city hext Gay at 11. Every person on the train will wear a badge bearing the club motto: “The Demccratic Party; Its Plat- form; Its Candidates.” Mr. D. W. Gall ts the chairman of the transportation com- mittee, with Mr. T. A, Bynum, secretagy, and they are being kept busy assigning ac- commodations to the many who will make the trip, making their headquarters at the club, No. 1328 New York avenue north- it. meeting of the association will be held tomorrow (Saturday) night for the election of officers for the ensuing year. It is ex- pected that president Frank H. Horsford will be re-elected. iat Sa ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Result of the Ingues€ on the Drown- ing of Willic Newton. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook this after- noon held an inquest at Lee's undertaking establishment to determine, if possible, the ner in which Willie/Newton, the little bey who was found drowned beside the 11th street wharf late'yesterday afternoon, as reported in The Star,-hapened to fall into the water. 5 Several witnesses‘testified that Willie Newton made his appearance on the oyster wharf shortly after 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and Charles Javins, who resides at llth and Water streets southwest, stat- ed that a large number of boys are usually playing on the oyster wharf. He was in- formed yesterday afternoon by a colored lad that a boy was drowned. Witness raised the little Newton boy out of the water and covered the body with canvas, Robert Lee, a small colored boy, who went to the oyster wharf yesterday to take dinner to his father, testified that he dis- covered the body in the water yesterday end called the attention of some men to the "act. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning. —>—_ No Discrimination, ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: I would like to know if a bicycle ridden by a letter carrier, mail collector or special delivery messenger is less dangerous than one ridden by the ordinary individual? If not, it seems to me that they should be compelled to comply with the law requiring “all” bicycles to carry lights. I have seen several special delivery mes- sengers riding rapidly after night without lamps, and the mail co‘lector who carries a light 4s the exception rather than the rule; in fact, I can’t recall having ever seen one. The bicycle lamp law 1s a good one and should be enforced against all alike; the wearing of an “U.S.M.” uniform should be no safeguard from punishment for its violation. While, of course, it would not do to ar- rest post office employes while on duty, It would be an easy matter for the officers who are so active in their pursuit of small teelegraph messengers who ride without a light or bell to further increase their effi- clency by taking the names or numbers of these violators. Warrants could then be sworn out against them and convictions se- cured the same as with the ordinary of- fenders. cB L Sa A Receiver Asked For. A pill in equity was fileG today by Henry Iseman against George Iseman and others, and one by George Iseman against Henry Iseman and others, in toth of which bills a receiver is asked to be appointed for premises 603 to 611 Pennsylvania avenue southeast until the claims of the parties thereto can be adjusted. Attorney Leon Tobriner represents the complainants. ree Officers Elected. At the last regular meeting of Empire Council, No. 14, S.iof J:,’ the following of- ficers for the ensuing term were elected: Werthy chief, A. J. Sandford; vice chief, Geo. W. Chandlery patriarch, Wm. H. Cocker; tredsurer, Jas J Spaulding; finan- cial secretary, Wm. B. Kelly; recording secretary, Jas. Campbéll; guide, John Horning; assistant. guide, Howard Grif- fith; Inside watch, Ghas.. McGowan; outside watch, John Sope: i An Assignment, Wm. L. and Leakder G. Wilson, trading as Wilson & Wilson, printers, at Nos. 513 and 515 9th street northwest, today filed a deed of assignment to David A. Gourick. The assets are givén as $1,967.79, with lia- bilities of $1, ¢ 9, 22S Denth of Duc De Nemours, The Duc de Nemours, second fon of King Louis Phillipe, died in Versailles yesterday. In February, 1831, he was elected King of the Belgians, but his royal father declined, on his behalf. this offer of the national cengress, as he did also at a later period a similar offer of the throne%of Greece. +o+—. Mr. Carlisle’s Denial. Secretary Carlisle emphatically denies the statement attributed to him by H. H. Smith, ex-journal clerk of the House of Representatives, in a recent interview at Kalamazoo, Mich. Mr. Smith stated that the Secretary told him last winter that if the Chicago convention declared for free silver he would support McKinley. Mr. Carlisle said he has not talked with Mr. Smith for two years, and added that the latter’s statement was a gratuitous and malicious falsehood.. TWO. VOTES PLEDGED Mr. Wiileon’ Joins Mr. Morgan for James GL Norris The Fight on Membership of the Na- tional Democratic Committee Grows More Interesting. The members of the District democratic delegation to Chicago are slowly but surely making up their minds what they are go- ing to do when they reach the convention, and announcements of their intentions may be expected at any time. The object of se- lecting a national committeeman is now uppermost, and if those of the six who have kept mum thus far follow the lead of their two colleagues who have already spoken there will be no change in that committee so far as the member from the District of Columbia 1s concerned. Mr. F. P. Morgan declared, through The Evening Star a few days ago, that he would vote for Mr. James L. Norris as ‘his own suc- cessor. Mr. George Killeen used the same far- reaching medium today to make a similar announcement. A Star reporter met Mr. Killeen this morning, and asked him who was his choice for national committeeman. Mr. Killeen is Emphatic. “James L. Norris,” replied Mr. Killeen, “for in my opinion he is the only man in the District who {s entitled to it, and one of the men who has the time and ability to fill the position. I am under no obliga- tions to Mr. Norris, but knowing what services he has rendered to the democratic party and from respect for the memory of lis great democratic father, whom I had the honor of knowing for twenty or twenty- five years, I have made up my mind from the start that I shall vote for Mr. Norris first, last and all the time. There are other good men, no doubt, in the District who could fill the position, but I know Mr. Nor- ris best and I am going to make him na- tional committeeman if I am able to do it. “I fully believe that Mr. Norris’ standing in the District, politically and financially, will make him ‘very valuable upon the na- tional democratic committee, where he has already had much experience. We all know that when funds have been needed for the expenses of a campaign his efforts and influence have been most valuable fac- tors in swelling the contributions, and he has given his time and labor and his own money without stint to promote the suc- cess of the party. I think such a man is too valuable to be placed on the shelf.” An Interesting Problem. It now remains to be seen to whom the other delegates will swear allegiance. Mr. Mattingly will support Mr. Lawrence Gard- ner unconditionally. What will be done by Messrs. Boyle, Holmead and Jordan it is impossible to say, save that Mr. Holmead will not support Mr. Norris under any cir- cumstances. The announcement of Mr. Killeen may cause Mr. Holmead, it ts thought, to join Mr. Mattingly in behalf of Lawrence Gerdner. But what Messrs. Boyle and Jordan will do is conjectural. They may support Mr. Jordan himself, and then the delegation will be again divided. The problem is interesting in more ways than one. et THE LOST BICYCLE. Disappearance of a Wheel and A: other Wheel and a Man. The plot continues to thicken in the case of the lost bicycle. As will be remembered by those who first read of this remarkable bicycle in The Star, W. W. Delano lost a National bicycle from 26% 14th street on Wednesday night of last week. On Mon- day night of this week Mr. George Aukam found a National bicycle in frent of his law office at 6W F street, occupying a position against a tree box previously occupied by a brand new Sterling which belonged to him, and which he had left there when he went in. The National wheel was looking a good deal the worse for wear, and Mr. Aukam turned it over to the police and re- perted the loss of his wheel. Tuesday morning Mr. Delano went to headquarters to report that he had heard of a National at Bladensburg. The wheel returned by Mr. Aukam was shown to him, and after scratching the paint off, which had been put on to deceive, he found, by the num- ber, that the wheel belonged to him. Here Mr. Delano disappears from the story. Mr. Aukam, having learned that there was a wheel in Bladensburg, and suspect- ing that his had gone there, he went out to see about it. He found a wheel, but it turned out to be a National. This was duly reported, and Agent Billingsley of the Na- tional company, having lost three of his wheels and found two, concluded this was the third, and he went out to see about it. In order to have things in good shape, he took with him Mr. Aukam and Detective Boardman. They went out on a train Wed- nesday afternoon, carrying three wheels in the baggage car to ride to the home of the man who had the wheel, which was some distance in the country. On the way out, the detective, the agent and the lawyer expressed themselves very forcibly as to the fate of the man who had taken that bicycle, in case they caught him. They were even dire in their threats, and things were looking squally for the culprit, when Mr. Aukam happened to look around, and behold, immediately behind them sat the man they were looking for, and he was smiling at the pleasant things they were saying about him. This unex- pected discovery disconcerted them very much, but they could do nothing, seeing that they must have the man and the bi- cycle together before they could do any- thing desperate. Mr. Aukam had seen them together when he had called, but that didn’t count now, 80 they determined that one of them should watch the man to prevent his escape, while the other two got the bicycles out of the baggage car so they could at once follow him up. Everything seemed to be all right as the other two received the three bicycles from the car, but as the train sped away, the three gents from Washington were paralyzed by observing on the rear plat- form of the train the very man they want- ed, and to make it more tantalizing and paralyzing, he was giving them the ha-ha in great shape. At this point this man drops out of the story. : Made desperate by this unmannerly treatment, the three made up their minds to go to the man’s house, anyhow, and see what was there. They found the young man’s father, who assured them that his son attired in a bicycle suit, had ridden the wheel away, and he didn’t know when he would come back. Notwithstanding the young man had told Mr. Aukam that he had bought the wheel in Washington, the father said he had bought it in Richmond, but the old gent might have been mistaken, just as he had been about saying the young man had on a bicycle suit. Anyway, the pursuing trio had no recourse, and nothing to do except to go back to town, which they did. Detective Boardman last evening recov- ered Aukam's Sterling bicycle and arrest- ed Joshua Tankard, a negro living about a mile from Benning. Tankard was before Judge Miller in tke Police Court today, charged with stealing two bicycles,and was held for the grand jury under $500 bonds in each case. ee SILVER AT SEVENTY CENTS, ‘The Demand for It for Subsidiary Coinage Expected to Increase. From the New York Tribune. The price of silver bullion certificates on the stock exchange yesterday touched 70 cents an ounce, the highest price attained in two years. The dealings footed up 195,000 ounces. Cea es Pauline Hall Fined. Pauline Hall, the comic opera singer, went, riding in Schenley Park, Pittsburg, on her wheel yesterday. She was spinning along when Solomon Coulscn, assistant superintendent of police, saw she had no late on her wheel and arrested her. Miss Fran was taken to the Oaklend police sta- tion and turned over to the matron. Mag- istrate MacGonigle because of her ignor- ance of the ordinance reduced the fine of $25 to $1 and costs. ee aos Mrs. Fleming Draws a Crowd. Mrs. Fleming, who was acquitted in New York of poisoning her mother, is the guest of her attorney, Mr. Shaw, at Somerville, N. J. Yesterday she went shopping and a big crowd gathered to sec her. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. The Medical Board Completed. By virtue of the act of Congress regulat- ing th> practice of medicine, the Commis- stoners tcday appointed the beard repre- senting the eclectic school. They are as follows: Dr. W. H. Heiser for a term of ope year, Drs. M. L. Julthn and Frederick M. Sweet for a term of two years, and Drs, Thomas Robinson and William Geddis for a term of three years. The appoint- ment of these gentlemen was upon the rec- ommendation of the Eclectic Society of this city. All of them are physicians well known in the city, and their appointment has given general satisfaction. This board will meet tonight and select a president. As soon as the homeopathic board meets and elects a president a meeting of the ad- visory board will be called and prepara- tions begun to carry out the terms of the law. It 1s doubtful that there will be an examination in July, althovgh an effort will be made to get ready by that time. Notes. Tke Commissioners toGay leased the wharf at the foot of 30th and K streets to Littlefield, Alvord & Co. fur the sum of $181.01 per annum. The Commissioners have allotted $100 from the emergency fund for the work of removing the caterpillars and cocoons from the street trees. The Commissioners teday ordered: “That paragraph 6 of the general orders to regu- late the future platting and subdividing of all lands and grounds in the District of Columbia is hereby further amended by the addition thereto after the word alley in the lest lines thereof of the words provided further, that the limitation as to width of lot shall not prevent the subdivision of land covered by substantial bulldings ex- isting March 19, 1896, into lots conforming in width to the width of such buildings.” Because a plumber who failed to pass an examination entitling him to registration displays a sign over his plece of business, the Commissioners today notified him to remove the sign and discontinue doing work as a plumb —_—_.___ THE W. ©. T. Interesting Reports Read at Quarterly Meeting Today. The regular quarterly meeting of th> Dis- trict W. C. T. U. is being held today at Metropolitan Baptist Church, corner of Gth and A streets northeast, with Mrs. Marga- ret B. Platt, president, in the chair, and Mrs. Emma F. Shelton, secretary. At the morning session the principal ad- dress was made by Mrs. L. M. Wells of Chattanooga, Tenn., her topic being “Out of the Night Into Day.” Addresses were also made by a number of other ladies, and among the visitors were Mrs. Tatum, pres- ident of the Montgomery county, Md., W. C. T. U., and Mrs. Miller, also of Maryland; Mrs. Haslup of Baltimore, Miss Mary Wil- lard, formerly of Berlin, and Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, national organizer of the Florence Crittenton Missions. A colection in aid of the proposed tem- perance temple here was taken, and the delegates from each union in the District, most of whom were represented at the meeting, pledged themeelves to raise a cer- tain sum, which in the total aggregated a handsome amount. The rest of the session was occupied with the hearing of reports, and at 1 p.m. a re- cess until 3 was taken, when the further reading of reports will again occupy the attention of the meeting. Sie PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOR. wu A Company Organized to Carry Out Work With Ordinary Camera. A company has been inconporated at Rich- mond under the laws of Virginia to develop the invention for producing colored photo- graphs, taken out March 22, 1892, at Wash- ington, by James W. McDonough of Chi- cago. The capital is set down at $500,000, and the chief backers of the scheme are Spencer D. Schuyler of the Maxim Powder and Torpedo Company, 43 Wall street, and E. M. Dickerson, a New York lawyer and amateur photographer. Mr. McDonough’s method is to take a glass screen finely ruled with parallel or crosswise stripes of three colors of the spectrum, such as orange-red, yellowish- sreen, and violet-blue, and place it in front of an orthochromatic plate fitted inio a camera in the usual wa: This negative will show a photograph in ratural colors, since all the colors are sifted out by the screen except the rays of the same color as those on each particular part of it. The ruling is done so that there are 300 lines to the inch, and the different colors are not perceptible to the eye except with the aid of a magnifying glass. If the sensitized paper be ruled with the colored lines before the print is made and the register is adjusted exactly, a perma- ment photograph in natural colors can be made. An ordinary camera may be used. —— MURDERER DAWSON’S SECRET. -Claims to Possess the Damascus Steel Formula. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 8. R. Dawson; convicted at Des Moines, Iowa, of murder in the second degree for killing his son-in-law, Walter Scott, is the central figure of another sensation. Daw- son was without means, and when he came to employ lawyers he agreed to hypothe- cate his great secret, on which he has been at work for years, a process for the pro- duction of Damascus steel. The process had attracted wide attention, and was re- garded as very valuable. To procure coun- se] Dawson wrote out what purported to be the secret, and placed it in the hands of a trustee, who was to represent both Daw- son and his creditors, and use the secret for the benefit of both in forming a com- pany that was to manufacture the steel. The attorneys defended him, and the trial resulted in his conviction of murder in the second degree. The lawyers and trustee, concluding that they might as well try the process, went to a foundry and attempted to make a batch of steel, but it would not work. They could not make anything like Damascus steel. They hired expert metal- lurgists, and they also failed. They had been hoodwinked, and Dawson still pos- sessed his secret. He has not yet been s tenced, and the reason was learned today. The lawyers went to the presiding judge and asked for a delay till they could worm the real secret out of Dawson. They have not had success in this. Me insists that they have the proper formula, and do not know how to use it. It is probable ser- tence will be passed in a few days, as the court is becoming tired of waiti Daw- son’s secret, unquestionably a very val- uable one, will probably die with him. — A Murder Mystery. AKRON, Ohio, June 26.—Among the wit- nesses examined this morning in the trial of Romulus Cole, charged with the murder of A. N. Stone, his wife and Ira Stilson, were Emma and Hattie Stone, both of whom had terrible struggles with the mur- derer. Neither could throw the slightest evidence on the identity of the murderer on the night of the murder. —_— 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. GRAIN. Wheat—July. RibsJuly. Sept: Month, August. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., June 26.--Flour quiet, un- changed—Recetpts, 11,628 barrels; shipments, 4i),- 440 barrels; sales, 405 barrels. W it steady — Spot and month, “o1w@s14; July, G1@61is; Au- gust, G1@GI4; ‘September, GIKCO1% — Recelpts, 10,238 bushels; exports, 112,000 bushels; stock, 183,006 bushels; sales,” 30,000 bushels Southern Nheat, vy gampl do, on grade, 50% 0 iat dull—Spot and®month, 321y@38; July, 3: 3 August, 33%; "September, ” 23% mid eamer mixed, 31G31%-Receipts, 5.276 bushels: xports, 190,744 bushels; stock, 361,877 bushels: ies, 20,000 bushels—Southern” white corn, 364 6% ; do. ‘yellow, 36%@37. Oats dull—No. 2 white western, 234@23%; 2 mixed do., 21% —Re- celpts, 71,490 bushels; exports, none; stock, 342,- GA bushels. Rge gulet and steady—No. 2, ‘abcado nearby Stock, 31,190 bushels. Ha, gulet, Inlined to easier prices—Choice timothy, $12 bid. Grain freights quiet, but firm, unchanged. Sugar steady— Granulated, $4.95 per 100 Ibs. FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Dominated the Whole Mar. ket. FOREIGN ORDERS WERE MALI, Th Railroad List Was Thor oughly Dull. WHAT WAS ees DONE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 26.—Opening prices this morning were fractionally higher than those recorded at the close of yesterday’ bvsiness, but no significant change in con ditions was reported. London's early cables reflected fractional improvement, but the volume of foreign business was too small to influence local values. The trad- ing in Sugar completely dominuted the market, the first hour's trading again ex- ceeding 50,000 shares. The stock was open- ed at an advance of % per cent from clos- ing figures, and attracted liveral sales for both accounts, resulting in a sharp reac- tion to 113%. At this level a liberal vol- ume of buying orders was encountered, which forced un advance of more than 2 per cert. The covering of short contracts and some significant new buying result in the conclusion that U had run its cow in all grades of refined sugars, ranging from % to % per cent, was an im- » but jertant incentive to t the effect of the usual v, is not to be undere: movement which ha trading in this stock m: ly duplicated, but the I ly accumulate he at this level. yer cent dec in Leather preferred and a deliberate attack on Tobacco, with profitable results, were te of some importance to the professional ele nnd barely ste BI lues in this me trom outside sources, » is lamentably lack- ing. The free silver declaration at Chicago will have an adverse effect primarily, and © improv kly pr imated. ‘7 characterized ry ot be imm st interest will continue as a menace to values until @& gold v figures, T hile not al- ways accurate, all probability re- flect temporary prospects of silver success the Such show- ings wi y European holders and gold will be demanded in settlement of such transactions. In the of the gold reserve such s deci al prices. The shipment of $200,000 gold by tomorrow's steamers was Somewhat of a surprise and yresent condition ling would have is wholly unjustified by the prevailing rates of exchange. It is probable that it is part of an old contract maie with a pro- vision for a commission in addition to the usual rate. The market promises little beyond the limits of a trader's turn until after t political lines have been accurately drawn by the action to be taken at Chicago. The resent view of the situation is almost unanimously opposed to being extensively jong of the market until after the first effects of this action has been disci Conservatism will tend to emphasize the present narrowness, and until a broader market is established fixed improvemen’ rot likely, are ee FINANCIAL AND COMM i AL. The following are the opening, the highest end the lowest and the closing prices of the ew 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. Midi 116ss MIB 119% American Sagar, a 102 2 653g 65% Chg Wig 124 18 4K Bee Is SQ ISK hicago Gas, Cfs, CM. & St. Paul e CM. & St. Pani, Pra: Chic., K.T & Pacitic..: Del., Lack. & W.. Gelaware & Hudson Den, & K. Grande, Pid. Dis. & Cattle Feeding. General Eiectric Mlinois Central Lake Shore. Erie ..... Loutevitie & Long Island ‘Traction Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated ichigan_ Central Missouri Pacia, ‘ational Lead ‘ational Lead Co., J. 8. Leather, Pt New Jersey Cent New York Central . NY. &N. Eng. Cts. N.Y¥.C. & St. Louis. is" BOX Ont. & Western. Pacific Mali. ia. & Keading. Pullman Pal. Caf Go Southern Railway, Pfd. Phila. ‘Traction. Texas Pacitic. Tenn. Coal & iron Union Pa Wabash. Wabash, Pfd, Wheeling & 1. Erie Wheeling & L- Eric, Pfd Western Union Tel. Silver. conv ilroad 81 bil Sasked. Columbia BK ed. Washington Gas € Washingt American bid, 103 A. 161 asked: znd Trast fs, A. and 0, 101 Washington Mark: ompeny n Market airy Ist Bank of Republic, Central, Onto, 83 asked. Safe Deposit a Deposit and and Trust, 119 vid. 45 bid, 45, ted bid. Metra Potomac, 65 Wid. h, 169 bid. te Tith bid, G ask 13 “ks.—Mergenthater Linotype.*119 . 13 bid Lincoln Hail, pe A 81,000 Asked for a Dog. One of the most valuable dogs in the country, the English sett8r “Bessie M. owned by Richard V. Fox of Harrisburg, which had taken valuable prizes at the American Geld trials held annually in North Carolina, was run over by a trolley car, and Mr. Fox has begun suit for $1,000 damages against the street railway com- pany.