Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1896, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Funeral Services Over the Late Wn. E. Russell. CAMBRIDGE WAS DRAPED IN MOURNING President Cleveland Goes by Train to the Services. BODY LYING IN STATE ne CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 20.—Thon- sands of mourning visitors are thronging to this city today to pay their last tribute of respect to Massachusetts’ dead states- man, ex-Governor Wm. E. Russell. On every side somber decorations are to be seen upon buildings and in windows, while vpen hundreds of coat lapels the picture of the dead ex-governor, framed in black, ig being worn as an evidence of the eral desire to join in an expression of honor to the memory to the late chief executive of the commonwealth. Long before the hour set for the body to be placed in the rotunda of the city hall throngs of people were pressing toward that building, taking their place in line to await the opening of the doors. The private funeral services at the resi- dence on Brattle street were neld at 11 o'clock by Rev. Alex. Mackenzie, at whose church Mr. Russell was an attendant. Out- side the house under a sky which had assumed a somber hue, under prevailing clouds, a large crowd had gathered, but a detail of police was present to prevert intrusions upon the privacy of the occa- sion, if such should be offered. Within all was quiet, and the entire family waited for the clergyman who was to conduct the services. When he came an earnest Prayer and words of sympathy and com- fort were offered. After these had beeu uttered the family retired and prepara tions for the removal of the body to the city hall were begun. ‘Ten of the classmates of Mr. Russell at Harvard, who had been chosen to perform the duty, took up the casket by its bars of silver and bore it to the waiting hearse. A large number of floral emblems were placed in carriages, and then, under escort of six- teen Cambridge patrolmen, the procession moved toward the city hall. Or, each side of the casket stood six sentYnels wearing white uniforms of the Boston Cadets. The casket was almost buried beneath the profusion of Soral offer- ings from members of the family and from others from every section of the state and Many points elsewhere. A few intimate friends were permitted to view the body before the gencral public were admitted. Then for three hours solid Ines of people pagsed the bler without a break, the total number of them reaching irto the thousands. At 3 o'clock the doors were closed, and scon afterward the body was removed to the Shephard Memorial Church, where, at 4 o'clock, the public fimeral services were cenducted by Mr. Mackenzie. Interment at Mount Auburn followed. BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass., July 20.—Prest- dent Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson left here at 11 o'clock this forenoon for Boston to attend the funeral of ex-Governor Rus- sell at Cambridge, Mass., this afternoon. The President boarded the train at Gray Gables’ flag station. Mr. Jefferson. who was driven over from Crow's Nest, joined the President at this station. It {s ex] ed that Mr. Thurber will complete the party when the train arrives at Tremont. The flag at Gray Gables is at half-mast today. BOSTON, Mass.,July 2).—President Cleve- lend arrived In Boston this afternoon from Buzzards’ Bay. He was met at the Knee- land street station by Gov. Wolcott and driven to the Somerset Club, where lunch was served. A big crowd was awaiting the arrival of the train on which the President was a Passenger. Soon after the train stopped Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Joseph Jefferson ap- peared on the platform of the car. Governor Wolcott, attended by Adjt. Gen. Dalton, were waiting on the platform as the distinguished visitcrs descended. After an exchange of greetings the party proceeded to carriages and were driven to the club house on Beacon street, where lunch had been prepared. After lunch the party remained at the Somerset Club until nearly 3 o'clock, when carriages for Cambridge were taken. >——— BULLETINS TO CEASE. Mr. Vanderbilt's Condition Shows Steady Improveme: NEW YORK, July 20.—Cornelius Vander- bilt, according to his physician, passed a ccmfortable night. Dr. McLane left the Fesidence at 6:45 o'clock this morning. He sald that while he had been in the house all night, he had not found it necessary to re- matn all the time at the bedside cf the pa- tient. Mr. Vanderbilt, he said, had slept soundly from 11 o'clock until 6 o'clock this mornirg. ‘The physicians sent out this bulletin: 12:40 p.m.—Mr. Van- condition continues to show steady improvement. He has commenced taking solid food. No further bulletins will be is- sued. James W. McLane, W. Draper, Francis Delafield, E. J. Janeway. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt and Harry Payne Whitney went driving soon after the bulietin was posted. > -— WHOLESALE jUTCHERY. A Went V nin Family Muarderously Assaulted With an Ax. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., July 20.—A. J. Call and Nettle Call, his daughter, were killed in a shanty boat six miles east of here this morning. Lollie Call will also die and several smail children are et the point of death. Etta Robbins ts in jail accused of the murder of all of them, using as a weapon a double bit ax. Call and his daughters who are dead have their heads severed and all the children are slashed in a horrible manner. One Woman leaped into the river and saved her life. The greatest of excitement vre- vails. No Cause ts assigned for the deed. —_ A Rumor About Huntington. PORTLAND, Ore., July 20.—A rumor is current here in railroad circles that Collis P. Huntington and the Southern Pacific People have a hand in the new govern- ment of the Oregon Railway and Naviga- tion Company, which will, on August 1, be transferred from the jurisdiction of the federal courts, where it has been Involved in ltigation so long, the recetver dis- charged and the road pass into the hands of the reorganized company. It is be- Heved that Huntington has, Indirectly cr otherwise, obtained a share in the con- trolling power on the purchasing com- mittee appointed by the reorganization board at New York to acquire the Oregon corporation's property. —_——>+_—__ Mrs. Mackay's Father Dead. ROME, July 20.—Daniel E. Hungerford, father of Mrs. John W. Mackay, died at 11 o'clock this morning, at his home in this city. Colonel Hungerford was a native of Herk- imer county, N. Y. Going to Callfornia in 1849, he remained on the Pacific coast until the treaking out of the civil war, when he returned to New York. and from that state enterel the Union army as Heutenant colonel of the 36th Regiment of New York volunteers. In 1877 Colonel Hungerford moved to Europe, yut two years later re- jurned to New York. In 1887 he took up his residence permanently in Rome. His Geath was caused by tumor of the liver. —_._ = The Raleigh Sails for New York. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 20.—The cruiser Raleigh, which has been lying at the League Island navy yard for a few days, left today for New York. pee aie Sailed for America. LIVERPOOL, July 20.—Among the pas- sengers who gailed for America by the Cunard line steamer Lucania on Saturday Were Sir Mackenzie Bowell, K. C. M. G., late premier of the dominion of Canada, and Sir Donald Smith, K. C. M. G., the Canadian capitalist and statesman. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. SMALLPOX AT KEY WEST Official Reports of the Scourge Now Pre- Marine Hospital Service Lends Aid to the State Officials to Check the Disease. The latest issue of “Public Health Re- Ports,” the official publication of the ma- rine hospital Service, indicates that the smalipox outbreak at Key West, Fla., has assumed serious proportions. Under date of June 30 Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, state health officer of Florida, wrote as follows to Surgeon General Wyman: “In regard to the appearance of small- pox at this place, I am unable at the pres- ent time to trace the source of the disease. Careful inquiry just ndw fails to connect the cases with Havana or Cube, either in individuals themselves or through baggage of passengers. The cases as far as found have been among the colored Bahama pop- ulation, and with the exception of an in- fant male, the female sex have been the sufferers. “There has been quite a number of cases of varicella among white children during the past months, amounting to almost a mild epidemic. I saw a case two months ago in a mulatto boy quite plainly recog- nizable. Dr. Sweeting and Dr. Guiteras, I am informed, have both seen cases of this eruptive disease in both black and white, but to last Wednesday, 2ith instant, they assure me that they had seen nothing that they could diagnosticate as variola. “The cusea that I have discovered are lo- cated in different secticns of the city, and with but one exception in the colored quar- ter of the town, and are all of the negro element of population. An interesting fea- tere of this outbreak is that all of the cases when discovered could be designated aa ‘old ones;’ that is to say, with the stage of vesiculation and pustulation well devel- ored, and ranging from the ninth day of the disease, calculating from the period of inital fever, to the thirtieth day, when des- uamation was nearly completed. Again, these cases are located in a dense center of negro population. with houses closely pack- ed together, with no restrictions on com- munication, and an environment inviting a rapid spread; yet I have only discovered six cases, with detective force employed to aid me. That the case which died on the 26th and the woman now sick on Thomas street have unmistakable variola I think there can be no doubt, at least there was no disagreement between Dr. Guiteras, Dr. Sweeting and myself on the subject; neith- er is there any doubt in my mind now about the other cases, although at first visit the case of the infant boy admitted of some dispute (the case being mild, with no temperature,) until his sister was seen, which cleared up all doubt. Upon discov- ering the cases, isolation. with guards over t premises, was immediately enforced, and the matter promptly reported to the munic:pal authorities, requesting action in removing the cases and segregating the ex- posed. In the absence of a pest house on the island, or tents to use in this way, this isolation had to be enforced at the homes of the sick. An effort was made by me to Procure tents from the United States bar- racks at this place, which, at first granted, was the next day refused by the War De- partment. It was intended to use the two hospital and two wall tents, for which re- quest had heen made of the military, for a nucleus for a camp until added to and en- larged when those loaned by you should arrive. The municipal government of Key West was immediately apprised of the gravity of the situation, and appealed to for both moral and physical co-operation with the state health authority in meas- ures to prevent a spread of smallpox, and expecially asked to pass and enforce an or- dirance of compulsory vaccination. The ordinance was passed on its first reading this morning. “I have placed a surveillance over travel from Key West to the extent that passen, ers must exhibit elther satisfactory evidence of vaccination or be vaccinated before tak- ing passage on any of the steamers or sail vessels, and the baggage of second-class passengers or those not exempted on the face of the certificate will be left at Tampa bay quarantine station for sterilization. This cequirement is being observed by the agents of the steam and gail lines. “The weather fs hot and dry and it is hoped may prove a potent factor in aiding the suppression and prevention of a spread of the disease.” In response to a request from Dr. Porter for tents in which to isolate the suspects and for the detail of an officer of the serv- ice to assist him, twenty-five tents wer> shipped and Passed Assistant Surgeon J. H. White, M. H. S., was ordered to Key West to assume charge of the isolation camp and to co-operate with the state au- thorities in the suppression of the out- break. Under date of July 3 Dr. G. M. Guiteras of the service wrote from Key West that there had been so far but one fatal case. The body was wrapped in sheets soaked in Dichloride of mercury solution, placed in a tarred coffin and interred in the ceme- tery by employes of the board of health. No new focus of the disease had been dis- covered since tho appearance of the first three cases. He inclosed a copy of an erdinance passed by the board of commis- sioners of the municipality of the city of ee West, relative to compulsory vaccina- tion. This ordinance imposes a fine of from $5 to $100, or imprisonment for from five to ten days, for violatiors. Five days later Dr. Guiteras reported as follows: ‘Up to and including July 7, there have been twenty-four cases of the disease, three of which have resulted fatally. In the past two days two cases have been found in a part of the town hitherto un- infected. Ail foci of infection are being guarded. Compulsory vaccination is being rapidiy pushed. The state board of heal*h will commence today the construction of 2 Pesthouse in the outskirts of the tity. The disease seems tq be spreading very slowly, and it Is hoped that it may not as- sume grave proportions. The tents have not yet arrived, but are expected today.” +. ———__-e. CLEVELAND'S CENPENNIAL. v tors Thronging to the City to See the Festivities. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 20.—Notwith- standing threatening weather and occa- sloral showers, many thousands of persons gathered early today around the great arch upon which the finishing touches are now being placed, in the center of Monu- ment Square, in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Cleveland. The centennial celebration proper began today, and every incoming train brought big crowds of vis- itors to witness the festivities. The city is in holiday garb and the decorations of business houses and residences are on a scale never before attempted. The official program of the celebration Was issued today. It is an elaborately printed book of forty-eight pages, with a trillant cover in colors, bearing a drawing descriptive of the one hundred years that have passed and representing an Indian mounted on the cliffs surveying 2 scene of primeval beauty, in contrast with a mod- ern laboring man dressed in the garb of the skilled mechanic and surrounded by Eis tools. The program for today’s exercises was as follows: Opening of the Ohio National Guard and United States regulars encampment. Massing of troops around fiagstaff. Music, First Regiment, O. N. G. Band. Presentation of encampment grounds by the military committee, Colonel A. Gar- rettson, chairman, through Mayor Robert BE. McKisson, president of the centennial ccmmission, to the commander-in-chief, Governor Asa S. Bushnell. Acceptance by Governor Bushnell, nam- ing encampment Camp Moses Cleveland, and turning over same to Adjuta— Gen- eral A. Axline. Response by General Axline. Sounding of the honors by the band— Sixteenth Regular Band. Unfurling of the flag. Music, “The Star Spangled _Banner’— Seventeenth U. S. A. Regular Band. ———— Henry Irving's Son Weds. LONDON, July 20.—Many members of the dramatic profession were at St. Pancras’ Church today to witness the wedding of Mr. Henry B. Irving, eldest son of Sir Henry Irving, and Miss Dorothea Baird. Lady Irving, Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry were among those present. Mr. George Du Maurier, the author and artist, gaye the bride a diamond pendant and an original drawing. WIDENING ITS SCOPE Enlarged Field of Action of the Re- publican Congressional Committee. MILLIONS OF DOCUMENTS 10 GO OUT EncouragingReports Received From Kansas and Nebraska. ee THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE et a As one result of the conference between Chairman Babcock of the congressional ccmmittee and Mr. Mark Hanna and Maj. McKinley last week the scope of the work of the congressional committee is to be greatly widened during the coming cam- paign. Mr. Babcock was summoned to Canton and Cleveland by invitation of Maj. McKinley and Mr. Hanna, although Mr. Babcock does not state that fact, and the conference which then took place will have important bearing upon the work of the campaign. The Literary Feature. The republican congressional committee wiil from this time on perform more work and in different fields than has ever devolved upon any previous congres- sional committee. Mr. Babcock’s organiza- tion will take charge of the literary feature of the campaign entirely. The committee, in addition to supplying the various con- gressional district committees throughout the country with literature, speeches and documents, will also furnish the state cen- tral committees in every state in the Union with campaign material. This is a big un- dertaking, but Chairman Babcock is lining up to do it In good shape. In the last campaign the congressional committee confined its labors to about one hundred congressional districts. In this campaign it will widen its fleld of operations to take in every place in the United States where there is a chance for a@ contest. The conditions are very differ- ent, too, from those that existed two years ago. Then the issue was cut and dried by the Minneapolis convention of two years p.eviov's, and the committee was ready for work many months in advance of the rela- tive period this year. Millions of Documents to Go Out. The number of campaign documents that will bo sent out between now and next Nevemter by the congressional committee will reach several millions. From one State alone an order has been received for 700,000 documents, and there are a num- ber of orders for 400,000 and 500,000. The majority of these documents will bear upon the financial question, for it Is real- ized thet that 1s to be the Issue west of the Alleghany mountains, and, in fact, it will not be lost sight of among the work- ing men of the east. Mr. Babcock says that the awakened interest of the peonle in the financial question since the raising Of the issuo between sound money and free silver by the two parties is marvelous to contemplate. His mail is deluged every day with applications from party workers ard local political committees all over the country for educational matter upon this subject. The extended fleld of operations of the congressional committee 1s regarded in po- litical circtes as a deserved compliment to Chairman Babcock, Vice Chairman Apsley and the active members of the committee of two years ago for the work which they berformed for the republican congressional ticket at that time. The congressional cum- Mittce of two years ago eclipsed all others in the magnitude of its efforts, and this One tt ts said, will smash that record eas- y. At Work on the Campaign Book. The congressional committee will get out the campaign book this year and is now at work upon ft. It is said that this volume Will be a standard work in republican cam- Paign literature and will outrival all pre- vious efforts in the same line. The congressional committee is very much encouraged at the reports that are being received from Kansas an Nebraska of republican success in those states. It 13 said the local managers throughout the two states mentioned are confident of re- publican success this fall. They claim that the people have got enough of populism after several years’ trial and are anxious now to settle down upon a solid and rub- stantial basis, such a one as they insist is held out by the republican platform. The Democratic Committee. The democratic congressional committee is getting itself into shape slowly, but sure- ly, for a vigorous season of work. Orders have already been placed for a number of campaign documents, free silver speeches being in the majority, and they will be dis- tributed by the committee as rapidly as pos- sible. Of course, the democratic commit- tee was several weeks behind its rival or- ganization of the other party in getting down to work, owing to the uncertainty of the lines upon which it would be called to operate. It Is said there is perfect under- stanging between the democratic national committee and the congressional committee, and the work of the two bodies will pro- ceed harmoniously and without duplication. The democratic committee has not as large a force at work as is being employed by the republican committee, and it is prob- able it will not be called upon to employ as many people. Chairman Faulkner will reach the city this afternoon or tomorrow morning, and will take hold in earnest of the work before him. —_—Ss o DR. JAMESON ON TRIAL. With Others Charged With Violating the Neutrality Laws. LONDON, July 20.—Dr. Jameson, Major Sir John Willoughby, Col. R. Gray, Col. H. F. White, Major R. White and Henry F. Coventry were arraigned before Lord Chief Justice Russell, Baron Pollock and Mr. Jus- tice Hawkins today, charged with violation of the neutrality laws by tnvading the ter- ritory of the South African republic. Most of the leading members of the bar of Great Britain have heen engaged either for the rrosecution or for the defense. Long befor the hour had arrived for the beginning of the trial every nook and cor- ter in the court room allotted to spectators wes thronged. There were many ladies among those present. Sir Edward Clarke, for the defendants, made a motion to quash the indictment, on the ground that it was indefinite in its alle- gations, and that it had not been proven that the foretgn enlistment act had been proclaimed where the offense alleged had taken place. : Sir Richard Webster, Q. C., the attorney wencral replied on behalf of the govern- ment. When the attorney general had closed his argument the court adjourned until to- morrow. —>__. An Abused Wife Attempted Suicide. CHICAGO, July 20.—Because her husband abused her, Mrs. Henry Wellhouse attempt- ed to drown herself and four children last evening in the Take at the foot of 25th street. Together with the children she walked a short distance into the water, taking the youngest child, who is eight months old, in her arms and telling the others to wade out fato the water for a bath. Her actions were witnessed by sev- eral by-stande who notified the police, and the woman and children were taken to the Cottage Grove station, where she told her story to Sergt. Amstein. Last even- irg Mrs. Wellhouse and the children wi taken to the house of a fricnd. ees ——_ An American Horse Wi LONDON, July 20.—Mr. Pierre Lorillard’s American horse Magical won the Wigston two-year-ald selling plate of 15 sovs. at Leicester today. Mr. Taylor Sharpe’s Rad Nob was second, and Lord Crewe’s Mrs. Proudie third. Shadow led from Magica and Mrs. Proudie to the distance, where Red N assumed the lead, but was quickly chal- lenged by Magica, who won by three-quar- ters of a length, the same distance sepa- rating the second and third horses. Seven horses ran. The betting at the post was to 4 against Magica. o a a a LIKELIHOOD OF A BOLT| ABOUT THE AQUEDUCT Dissatisfaction to Follow in Any Event at of Pleasing All Fae- Impossibiiit tions in at opulist Convention— The Warring Elements. ” Special Frem 9 Stat? Correspondent. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 20.—This ts an assemblage of &tatesmen—populist states- men. They do net fill the city as did the republicans coming to their ccnvention. The crowd isn’t lurge, and it ts confinetl chiefly to the Lindell Hotel, with a few who scek seclusfon at the Planters’. ‘Two conventions are to meet at the same hour Wednesday; the populists in one hall and the silver party in another. They are both silver parties, but no pent-up silver policy can confine the expansive populist mind. The silver party convention is easy. If the leaders are not all mistaken, that Is already arranged. Bryan is to be indorsed or nominated by them, and the silver plank of the democratic platform, and nothing else, is to be adopted. Today there are almost as many populist conventions as there Is room in the Lindell for groups to form. Every group is a con- vention, and if a single delegate finds him- self separated from all groups, he resolves himself into a committee of one on the state of the Union and settles the social and economic system to his own satisfac- tion, The transportation urrangements are such as to prevent the early arrival of delegates. Therefore cemparatively few are here yet. But all who ere here are talking. They are all talking at the same time. They cast the republican convention in the shade for clamor, and already rival the Chicego convention in confusion. They @re all leaders, and hardly a man of thom but has some pet theory, wiich is exclusive- ly the product of his own mental opera- tion, which he wants made an article of faith by ary party seeking his support. They are an earnest, enthusiastic, even fanatical lot of men, taken as a whole. Their great object 1s to !mprove the con- dition of mankind, each according to his own idea of what is to benefit the race. Even among populist conventions this Promises to be unique. A terrible conflict ts going on even while a majority of the dele- gates are still on thelr way or are waiting for the ticket office. All are in favor of silver, but many are reluctant to confess that the silver question fs any more than a pigmy alongside of the other questions. The real leaders are working hard to get order out of this chaos. Many conferences were held last night and this morning, and they say now that everything is work- ing well and that Bryan will be indorsed. The opposition to a union with the democ- racy comes chiefly from the southern popu- lists. It 1s strong and extremely violent, theugh the Bryare people are more influen- tlal and apparently in the majerity. If an indorsement of the whole democratic ticket is not to bz secured a compromise may be effeated,<by which Bryan will be indorsed and a ‘tandidate be put in the fiekl for Vite President against Sewall. Many who ate ofiposed to a union will be satisfied with this, and there 1s a great deal of compromide tdik this morning. If a compromise of this sort be made there is. almost a gertainty of a bolt by one faction or the other. If the democratic ticket is indorsed outright a considerable faction will bolt, Many democrats are inclined to think this is the best thing that could happen in the interest of Bryan., It would relieve them of what popularly called the extreme “crank” element, and give to the indorse- ment more an air of conservatism. If the middle of the road men have a majority and put an independent populist ticket in the field the “conservatives” will probably bolt and go to the support of Bryan. J.P.M. gen A RECEIVER ASKED. Serfous Charges Made Against Bicy- cle Manufacturer Thorn. A bill for an accounting and an injunc- tion was this afternoon filed by the George L. Thompson Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Ill., against Joseph A. Thorn and Charles E. Thorn. Joseph A. Thorn, acccrding to the bill, was engaged in the manufacture of bic: cles in this city until recently, and made large purchases from the Thompson com- pany on credit. But notwithstanding ‘Thora’s saies and receipts were large, it is set forth he fafled to turn over any money to his brother and assignee, Charles E. pen and has scheduled no money so re- eived in his deed of assignment, filed July 16. The complainant charges that Joseph A. Thorn has retained, secreted and concealed large sums of money for the purpose of hindering, delaying and defrauding his creditors in the collection of their just debts. Immediately preceding the date of the as- signment, it is alleged, Thorn shipped from the District large quantities of bicycles in a finished and an unfinished condition, also for the purpose of hindering and defrauding his creditors. Charles E. Thorn is stated to be an improper person to act as trustee under the deed of assignment, the com- plainant ‘verily believing that he will take No steps to recover any portion or part of the property which has been secretly re- moved by Joseph A. Thorn from his place of business, or to collect and obtain from Joseph A. Thorn the sums of money and cash fradulently retained by him.” In view of the foregoing the appointment of a receiver is asked, and also that Chas. E. Thorn be decreed to deliver up to the receiver all’ the assets and a full account of the business of Joseph A. Thorn. ———.__ An Expensive Jar of Milk. A colored boy, whose name was given as John Coates, was before the Police Court this afternoon on a charge of stealing a Jar of milk from a house on E street, and he entered a plea of guilty. “Why did you take this milk?” Judge Miller asked him. “I saw it there, and thought I would drink it.” " Bet hough to eat at home?” “Don't y “Yes, sir. “Then why should you take this milk when it did mot balcng to you?” “Just becayse I saw it.” He was filed $5,or fifteen days. > District Delegates Gone to St. Louis. The District of Columbia delegates to the populist ‘and. silver party conventions left here today.;,, Representative Bell of Colorado also left this afternoon for St. Louis and will thke part in the delibera- tions of the®popullst convention. Mr. Bell is heartily for the indorsement of the dem- ocratic ticket, and says that the populist convention will have to indorse the ticket. Col. O. C. Sabin, one of the most promi- nent silver men in the city and well posted as to the populist situation, said to a Star reporter this’ morning: “The convention of the silyer party will unanimously indorse the Chicago nominees, and I do not think there is any donbt that the populists will nominate the Chicago ticket themselves.” Her Daughter-m-Law the Beneficiary Cornelia Lomax, @ daughter-in-law of the late Mary Lomax, is named as sole bene- ficlary and executrix in the will of the latter, dated March 18 last and filed this afternoon for projate. —_——__. Mandates in the Railroad Cases, “The mandates of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia were this after- noon handed down in the cases of William T. Smith and Isaiah Stevens, the railroad engineers who Were .arrested several months ago for running engines in viola- tion of law. Capt. Gaillard’s Report of Operations During Last Year. ge CONSUMPTION AND WASTE OF WATER Work of Raising the Dam at the Great Falls. THE LYDECKER TUNNEL ee Capt. D. D. Gaillard, the engineer officer in charge of the Washington aqueduct and its accessories, submitted his annual report of operations during the’ past fiscal year to Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, today. “During the past year,” he says, “not in- cluding the numerous occasions when t water level was lowered by ~he supply be- ing shut off for the purpose of raking re- pairs or of removing deposits from +he ccndult, the extreme fluctuation of water level in the distributing reservoir had a range ‘of but 1.8 feet as against 4.1 feet for the preceding year. This marked im- provement is due to two causes—first, the effects of the removal of deposits from the conduit; second, from putting ihe Dalecar- la reservoir into service, thereby doubling the reserve supply and avoiding the throt- tling effects of a section of the by-conduit but elght feet in diameter. The high ser- ylce reservoir In Georgetown was thorough- ly cleaned and sixty cuble yatds of depos- its removed therefrom. Operations for t removal of deposits from the conduit an by-condults were carried on vigorously whenever it was practicable to empt¥ the conduit without interfering with the water supply of the District. By the plan fol- lowed, 63,051 Mneal feet of conduit and by- conduit were cleaned and 8,946 cubic yards of deposits removed. “The maximum of obstruction by deposits varied from 12.8 to 16.4 per cent of the entire area of the cross-section of the conduit. ‘All cracks were cleaned out and stopped with cement-mortar. In all 5,186 lineal feet of cracks, varying in width from one-quarter to one and one-half inches, were stopped. These cracks were, almost without excep- tion, longitudinal ones, and occurred where the condult rested on embankments. The total cost of removing the deposits, stopping the cracks, repairing the break in the by- conduit, etc., was $10,473.12, leaving a bal- 88 to be turned into the treas- ury. “IExtensive repairs were made to th® dirt road, two and one-half miles, between the club house and Great Falls. General re- Pairs, such as cleaning out culverts and ditches, cutting down bushes and trimming slopes, were made to the entire road tween Georgetown and Great Falls.” Consumption and Waste of Water. Capt. Gaillard says that measurements of the daily and hourly consumption and wastu of water were made on June 25 and 30, 1896, and @ mean of the two results gave the daily consumption as 44,113,571 gallons. Based upon an estimate of 255,000 consumers of Potomac water, as given by the assistant in charge of the water department of the District, this corresponds to a per capita daily consumption and waste of 173 gallons. Based upon an estimated total population of 255,000 ia the District of Columbia, irre- spective of their source of water supply, it corresponds to a dally per capita of 155 gallons. The great extent to which this water is wasted is shown by the fact that during the hours of 1 to 5 a.m., when the consumption ts least, two-thirds as much wate: is used as during the corresponding Period between 7 and 11 a.m., when it is greatest. The trunk mains leading from the distribucing reservoir into the city are overtaxed, and, while the removal of de- posits from the conduit and the raising of the dam will increase the capacity of the system supplying that reservoir, but little practical benefit will be experienced by consumers in the city until some method is provided for getting an additional supply of water from this reservoir Into the city. A commission of experts appointed by the Secretary of War in November, 1895, re- ported that the completion of the unfinish- ed tunnel between the distributing and Howard University reservoirs furnished the most economical method “for bringing increased water supply from the reservoir in Georgetown to Washington by pipes or otherwise.” Raising the Dam. In regard to the project of increasing the water supply of Washington by raising the height of the dam at Great Falls, Capt. Gaillard says that at the close of the fiscal year the dam had been raised to the full height for a distance of 1,294.8 feet, and rip-rap revetment had been placed for a total distance of 1,825.8 feet. Cut stone to the amount of 974.08 cubic yards had been quarried or purchased, and 4,659 cubic yards of rip-sap had been brought from Seneca to Great Falls. The dam extends from the Virginia to the Maryland shore, sing Coan's Island. Its total length is 77 feet, and its top width 7 feet 9 inches in the Maryland channel and 8 feet 3 inches across Conn’s Island and in the Virginia channel. The dam {s to be raised 2.5 feet, so that at its low-water stage the river will just fill the mouth of the conduit. To strengthen the conduit against Increased internal pressure when the dam has been raised the embankments over culverts 16, 18 and 19 were widened by the addition of 1,667 cubic yards of earth. A suspension cableway, purchased for $10,245, has been in constant use since April, 1896. If or- inary conditions of the river prevail until winter the dam will be completed during the present season. Upon recommendation of the chief of engineers, approved by the Secretary of War, an officer of the Corps of Engineers was appointed to meet an engineer selected by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com- pany to form a commission to report upon the probable damage to the company by raising the dam at Great Falls. The two commissioners recommended that “the canal authorities release the United States from all claims for damages to the canal embankment and towpath by reason of raising the dam two and one-half feet as authorized by the act of March 2, 1895, and that the United States pay the estimated cost of the protection, $15,000. This recom- mendation was approved by the Secretary of War, and the officer in charge of the aqueduct notified the general manager of the canal that _he was authorized to pay the company $15,000 upon the condition that the trusteees should execute a paper re- leasing the United States from all claims for damages on account of raising the dam and should formally authorize in writing on official to receive the sum in question. These papers have not been executed by the company, and the award is held awalt- ing their presentation. It is believed that the balance of the appropriation ®emaining is sufficient to complete the dam and strengthen the conduit in accordance with the approved project, and no further ap- propriation for this purpose is recommend- ed.” The Lydecker Tunnel. Capt. Gaillard reviews the work of the expert commission which tested the Ly- decker tunnel conduit, and recommends that the sum of $650,000 be made imme- diately available for resuming the work of completing the tunnel conduit between the distributing rescrvoir and the new reser- voir near Howard University, and for the other work connected therewith, including the latter reservoir. The commission esti- mated that the tunnel conduit could be completed ready for service for the sum of $897,837, and that the Howard Univer- sity reservoir could be completed for $198,013.30. Capt. Gaillard says that in this connec- tion it is important to state that & balance of over $266,000 of the appropriation made by the act of 1882 and subsequent acts for “increasing the water supply of Washing- ton, D. C.,” remains unexpended in the treasury of the United States. This sum, he says, should be made available for the purposes just indicated, thereby reducing the amount to be appropriated anew to the difierence between this unexpended bal- ‘ance and the sum of $650,000 recommertied as necesary for resuming the work. The Dalecarlia Reservoir. He-reports the completion of the improve- ment of the Dalecarlia reservoir under the supervision of Col. George H. Elliot, corps of engineers, retired, with the excep- tion of the acquirement of a small piece of land, nearly half an acre, the property of John P, Hickey, by condemnation, proceed- tions compiled by the District for the light- ing of the streets by gas. They were not acceptable to the gas company, and it was for this reason the company had been ferced to submit a bid upon its own specift- cations. He called attention to one clause in particular, which required the company to have all the gas lamps lighted by a cer- tain hour. This was an impossibility. Here. tofore the company had been allowed a cer- were designed to divert from the reservoir the drainage from a watershed of about 2,825 acres, which drainage had so pol- luted its waters as to cause the reservoir to be thrown out of service in the spring of 1888. The works as completed consist of 4,809 feet of open paved channels; four earthen dams, of an aggregate Yength of 62) feet: a shaft, 51 feet deep (56 feet to the bottom o fits water cushion), and two tun- nels, with an aggregate length of 1,400 feet. Through the breaking of the by-conduit around this reservoir on July 27, 1805, the water was turned into the reservoir on that date, a few days earlier than was intended. Since that date the reservoir has remained, ccntinually in service up to the close of the fiscal year, except when purposely shut off in order to repair the by-conduft and to re- move deposits from the by-condult and the section of the conduit below this reservoir. The works of protection are in excellent condition, says Capt. Gaillard, are very sightly in appearance and effect perfectly the object for which they were designed. Estimates for Next Year. Estimates are submittted for a new tele- phone line between the office in George- town and Great Falls; for a combined store- house and stable at Great Falls; for the purchase or condemnation of a site for a storage yard; for protecting the inlet to the conduit at Great Falls, and an increase of $1,000 in the annual appropriation for the maintenance and repair of the aque- in order that the entire conduit and by-conduit may be inspected and thoroughly cleaned at least once a year. The present appropriation for care and maintenance is $20,000, ‘The sum that can be profitably expended on the Washington aqueduct for the fiscal year ending June 20, 1Nvs, is $44,- 000, divided among the following items Telephone line, $5,000: storehouse and stable, $3,000; storage yard, $10,000; pro- tection of inlet at Great Falls, $5,000, and operation, maintenance, etc., of the aque- duct, $: ings for the acquirement of which are still in progress. These works of improvement LIGHTING TH STREETS The Commissioners Still Secking a Solution ™ of the Problem, The Gas Light Company its Heard Through Its Attorney—An Early Settlement Probable. The street lighting problem is the subject of most importance now before the Com- missioners. The attorney for the District is expected to submit his opinion upon the right of the Potomac company to operate evst of Rock creek during the week, and the Commissioners are waiting for advices from this source before acting upon the contract for gas lighting. This morning Mr. R. Ross Perry, repre- senting the Washington Gas Lignt Com- pany, had a hearing before the Commis- sicners. The hearing was a secret one, and the doors to the board room were kept locked while the discussion was carried on. Mr. Perry called to discuss the specitica- tain tme in which to Nght the lamps, and the difference was takeg off the time in extinguishing; in other words, if the com- pany received orders to Nght at 7 o'clock it began at that hour, and commenced to extinguish at the time named for all Iichts to be cut. In this way both the District and the gas company were treated altke. Where one lost a little time at one end of the process, it was made up at the other end. There has always been considerable diffi- culty over this point, and last year it was raised and settled in favor of the estailish- ed rule. This year, however, the Engineer Commissioner insists upon his way, and the Commissioners, with Mr. Perry's argu- ment before them, will now decide how the lighting shall be done. . iaaiiarS = Bill to Foreclose Filed. A bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage on lot 22, Green’s subdivision, “Girls’ Por- tion,” was filed late this afternoon by the Southern Butlding and Loan Association against Galen E. Green and twenty-two others. —_——. A Venerable Charch. From the Philadelphia Record. The third oldest church in Philadelphia, exceeded in point of years only by Christ Church and old Swedes, is St. Peter's, at 3d and Pine streets. The old chimes have called many to vocrship who now calmly repose within the sturdy brick walls of its burial space. Here le the remains of Geo. M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States; Commodore Stephen Decatur,whose monument tespeaks his illustrious and he- roic naval achievements while in his coun- try’s service during the revolution; John R. Scott, bcon companion and adviser of Edwin Forrest; Benjamin Hall, signer of the Declaration of Independence; Benjamin Carr, philanthropist and distinguished pro- fessor of music, who died in 1881, and whose monument was erected by the Mu- sical Furd Society; Charles Wilson Feale, whose tablet tells us was born 1741 and died 1827, and that “he participated in the revolutionary struggle of our independence, and as an artist contributed to the history of this country.” Near him Me comrades offs, Woods end other eminent civilians whose names are most familiar to old Phil- adelphia residents. sos Life of Glass Eyes. Aitchison, the greatest manufacturer and dealer in glass eyes in Europe, was re- cently interviewed. He says that England alcne consumes 50,000 glass eyes annually. A good English glass eye will last about a year and costs $5. Glass eyes of German and French make are cheaper, but will --ot stand wear so long as the English. The greatest destroyer of the glass eye is the salt contained in the tears, its caustic ac- tion upon the glass has up to this time baffled all human invention. Soper 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 Wheat—Sept. Dec. 3 3: i ELabstdel * 4 BES: S eeeeses OS, Ey Bsa SHER PROSD swoosecos, # Skee! eas BB SUEE BASSE ener gene a BERR) Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., July 20.—Flour dull—west- 1. B5a$2.20; do. extra, $2.35a82. 3.50088, 10; wpri ft, 17,020. barrel rrels. Wheat 90; do. patent, $3.69a wheat straight, exports, €2,000 bushels; s sales, 100,000 bushels — heat by sample, 0a62%; do. on grade, . Corn dat ened 31%; August, a3 1; steamer mized, 30a30% exports, 25,000 bushels; southern white and yellow corn, 33134. Oats firm — No. 2 white western, 23%a24; Xo. 2 mixed do., 2la 21% recelpts, 21,876 imshel 333,801. No. 2, neart 35n35%—receipts, 302 bushels; expor 16.924. Hay quiet and firm—cholce ‘timothy, asked. Grain freights quiet, rates fairly stendy: ream to Liverpool per bushel. 2 ad. At for . The. per 100 ib aay Co receipts, 47,763 bushels: Stock, | 439,407 bushels 48, none: tock, $16 nagust ; August. Sik, Sad etal gs ter stondy—tancy creamery, 15a16; 13a14; do. ladle, 3 good packed, (Sa10. | Regs weak Bit: don. 39 pounds, dats, Byssie: dos Whisky —$1.30a$1.31 per Ma ics, 4 Rotated goods in car loads; $1.31a$1.32 per gal for jobbing lots. ladie, fresh, nds, whose valor in the days of "76 established an Inheritance for their country and pro- | > geny. In peaceful slumber also rest such distinguished townsfolk as the Willings, Craigs, Bicdles, Cadwalladers, Donaldson: Frazers, Ingersolls, Kelths, Wilcoxes, Wil FINANCE AND TRADE Effect of Lower London Prices and Expected Gold Shipments. ———— ABILITYTO FLOAT ANOTHER BOND ISSUE Wall Street Awaiting Declaration by the Administration. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Diapatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, July 20.—Lower prices ‘n the London market and the engagement of more than three millions gold for ex- port tomorrow resulted in further declines in all classes of securities this morning. The first haif of the session was devoted to liquidation and an extension of the short account. Prices rallied reluctantly and failed to hold, the selling, at even a fractional advance, being superior to the buying. Speculative hysteria is rampant, aud securities are sold indiscriminately, the good and the bad yielding without opposi- tion. The dread of a reign of terror is no longer disguised, and fear is making inroads upon the forces with which it is to be combatted. The fury of the decline may stay the process later on, but at the moment indica- ions of improvement are decidedly in the minority. So much of the prevailing fear as is a’ tributable to anxiety as to the government's ability to sell bonds, to protect the gold reserve, may be set aside as being wholly unwarranted. In an interview with a rep- resentative of a prominent financial news agency, Mr. Morgan is quoted as being con- fident of a market for a further issve of bonds, should this action be forced upon the federal government. The cause of the present scare did not originate in the bond- purchasing districts, nelther will such dis- tricts assist in the tarnishing of the na- tional credit by withholding their support in an emergency. The condition of the foreign exchange market is wholly unsatisfactory, a good demand for all classes of bills being report- ed at rates reflecting a comfortable margin of profit to exporters of coin. The few bills offering are drawn, mostly, against gold shipments and absorbed as soon as offered. It is perhaps too soon to expect any offi- cial advices as to the administration's will- ingness and determination to issue bonds, but such advices would materially improve the present uation. Past records offer small consolation in times of general sp- prehension. No ordinary fear vould have dwarfed values beyond the point of recog- nition, and no ordinary or routine develop- ment will restore them. An uprising against repudiation and a positive declaration that a Lond txsue will be annovnced the moment the danger point is reached are both essential at this lime. If the former need was as sure of being supplied as the latter thé short ac- count would immediately decline in popu- larity. The industrial shares were the subject of an attack in the interest of depressing the raliway list. A reduction in he rates for refined sugars assisted the mu.cment in American Sugar, and a jack of support in leather preferred simplified the decline in that property. The international issues were especially weak throughout the day, and the Coa. shares were offered down by traders with- out regard for the risk involved in the Frocess. It is well to remember that many of the dividend-paying properties now sell irg under par have reported no signitic falling off in either earnings or prospects. These properties will eventually find favor in the eyes of investors, and will be the firsi t> feel any chang tn speculattve sen- timent. Taere mey be a preponderance of argu- nent against large purchases, except for cesh, but it is also true that selling at the a igges Jevel is attended with unusual! rink. —_—_~__ FENANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The foHowing are the opening.the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as ~eported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. ' Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. +. 108 , 3 Hid — 4 can Cotton Of1 Atchison. kes ore & Ohio. ae ee Canada Pacific...22.. Chesapeake & Ohio. €. C. C.& St. Louis” Chicago, B. & Q.. : Chicago & Northwestern ‘Chicago Gas ©. M. & St. Paul Cc. M, & St. Paul, Chicago, R. I. & Pac! Consolidated Gas. Den. & RioGrande, Pfd. Dis. & Cattle Feeding... Erle General Electric. llinols Central Laclide Gas Lake Shore. ee Louisville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missourl Pacific Nattonal Lead Co. National Lead Tenn. Coal & Iron . Union Pacitic.. U.S. Leather, Pta. Wabash, Pid... Wheeling & L. Erie..... Wheeling & L. Erle,Ptd. Western Union Tel Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call-12 o'clock m.— Uni Fleetete united States Light, 10 at 99. American Graphophome, Government Bonds. bid, 107% asked. U. asked. U.S. 4s, 1935, 113 bid, 113), a 5a, 191% bid, 12% asked of Columbia Bonds. ear Fund. gold 6a, 110 bid. Water 4s, coupon, 107! 08 8. 4s, registered, 10 vid, los US year Fand. 5a u wucy Te, 1001, 110 bid.’ Water Stock cur a is, » 110 bid. Pund. corrency 3.658, 111 asked. Miscellaneous Bends.—Metropolitan Tuflroad 110 asked. Metropolitan Ratiroad conv. @8, 114 bid, 118 asked. Belt Railroad Ga, 80 asked! Eek: ingion Raflroad 6x, 96 . Columbia Rattrond 6s, 112 asked. Washington G: ¥ Ge, 108 bid. "Washington Gas Company, ser. B, Ga, 109 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Ss, 100 bid. American Security and Trust Ss, F. and A., 100 bid, 104 axked. “American Securi Trust 5a, A.’and 0., 100 bid, 104 asked. het Company Ist 6s, 108 bid) W ington 64,208 bid. Washington F exten, Ga. 208 wid. Masonic . |. Washington Light fantry Ist Gs, $0 bid. National Bavk Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 270 Md, 300 asked. Rank of Republic, 240 bid. 275 vid, 300 asked. |. Farmers and Mecha! asked. Second, 123 bli, 133 asked. bid. “Capital, "112 bid. West End, 105 bid. 1m asked: ders’, 94 bid. Lincoln, '94 Did. Ohio, 85 bid. Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—Nationat Safe Deposit apd Trast, 120 asked. hingt 120 asked. Ame jall In- Sys al ‘Trust, Trust, 144 asked. Raliroad Stocks. Capital Traction Company, bid, 66 asked. Met: Mtan, 100 bid, 108 a Columbia, 55. bid. 1, 30 ington, Georgetown and Tennallytewn, 30 asked. Gas and Electrle Light Stocks. Washington Gas, 42 bid, 46 asked. Georgetown Gas, 40 bid. U ted States Electric Light, 98 bid, 09 asked Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 82 014. Prauktin, 35 bi, Metropolitan, @ bid! “Corcoran, 50 bid. Potomac, 60 bid. Arlington, 130 id, 140 asked German ‘American, 100 Mid. National Union, # hid, 14 asked. Columbia, 9 Wd, 14 asked. Riggs, 7% bid, Toeple's, 5% bid, 644 anked. Title Inurauce’ Stock Heal Estate ‘Tithe, 100 Mid, 110 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, 6 asked. Washington Title, 2 bid. District Tithe, 6 bid, 10 ed. 7 Cepbone Stocks. Pennsylvania, 38 bid, 50 ask Chesapeake and Potomac, 65 usked. * Ai ‘Graphophone, asked. Am 5 bid, 5% i phone, pfd., 12 asked. Pnemmatic 25’ ast ed. Ianeous Stocks. —Mengenthaler Linotsp bid, 120 asked. Lanston Monotype, 5&4 € asked. Washington Market, 12 bid, 14% anked. Great Falls Tee, 120 bid, 130 asked. “Lincoln Hal! 90 y *Ex. div.