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— inning easterly and westerly, providd@ jowever, that ¢ police shall have the ower to modify this rule and regulate the tYavel at the intersection of streets and where they are stationed. 10. All vehicles using the streets during Re nighttime shall carry a light, with plain es front 11 Every person violating these rules, or any of them, shall be prima facle Hable for all damage and injury caused by col- m with any other user of the street, id shall further be liable to a fine, accord- ing to the police regulations. A Discussion. ‘After the reading of the memorial the Aiscussion became informal. The bicyclists tated that they were being discriminated against by the police, and cited a number of instances where the police had appar- ently gone out of their way to make it un- pleasant for the riders of bicycles. They believed also that the Commissioners should either revoke that section of the regulations requiring bicyclists to carry lights and bells, or make it general and compel moving vehicles to do “the same. ‘True, there was a regulation in force com- pelling public vehicles to carry lights, but the average public vehicle moved at such a low rate of speed it was not a dangerous element in the streets. It was the private carriage which was exempt from the ope- rations of the law that worked the greatest damage. They moved along the streets at a fast rate of speed. n there were the heavy brewery and bakery wazons, Ice and Stone wagons, that paid no attention to the wheelmen, but crowded them close to the curb line, oftentimes causing -hem to run into the sidewalk or be run down. The po- lice, when complained to, were not dis- pesed to help the bicyclists. missioner Truesdell said it was the duty of every citizen to prosecute these rivers. If the bicyclists would only carry these reckless drivers into the Polics Court the dangerous practice would s:en sto to the regulations which would give b clists the right to run over sireet crossings at the same rate of speed as teams. This, Commissioner Truesdell thought, could be arranged. The committee also nointed out the necessity of a regulation prohibiting persons from throwing glass cr other like material in the streets. After some discus- sion on these points it was deemed expedi- ent to appoint a number of wheelmen spe- cial policemen te arrest violators of law, and the proposition was favorabiy received by Commissioner Truesdell. ‘The attention of the Commissioners was called to the dangerous condition of the fence which incloses the parking on Penn- sylvania avenue southeast between Ist and Sth streets. For some time this fence. which is made of wire, has been in a bad - condition, and the loose wires have thrown & number of wheelmen and otherwise in- jJured their heels. The Commissioner _Premised to give all the matters careful consideration at the next meeting of the board. FOR HORSE STEALING. ‘Two Men Caught by the Local Police Force. Mounted Polfceman McNamara of the eighth precinct made an important capture this morning when he arrested Nathan An- derson and James Williams on the road near Brightwood. They are young colored mer who live in Virginia near Arlington, so they say, but they have been up in Maryland, for in their possession the of- ficer found a horse alleged to have been stolen from near Frederick during the past few days. In addition to having the alleged stolen horse in their possession the men were heavily armed, although they made no effort to use their big revolvers. Early yesterday morning it was reported that these men had been seen out in the country within ten miles of the city, and this in- fogmation reached Officer McNamara last night about midnight. But the men, who were then not far from the summer home of Dr. J. Ford Thomp- son, had evidently seen the officer, and fearing they were being looked for, they Jeft the woods with the horse and went as far as the farm of ex: Shepherd. Theze they remained in the woods over night, and shortly after daybreak they made a fresh start for the city. All night leng the po- liceman hid searched the woods for them without success, and when daybreak came on he concluded to cover the roads leading to the city as well as he could. It was about 6 o'clock when he saw from the Brightwood Hotel a colored man riding a horse, being closely followed by a col- ored pedestrian, the latter being some dis- tance behind “Good morning,” said the officer to the man on horseback, who proved to be Will- jams. Where are you going?” “To Washington.” “Where are you from?” “About eighteen miles up the country.” “J guess 1 want you,” the officer sald, and feeling certain the man was armed, he preceeded to make a search, and found in his pocket a big revolver, in which there were four bullets. Just then a citizen named Lincoln came alcng, and with his assistance tha officer soon had the pedestrian under arrest, and in his pocket he also found a loaded wea- pon. The two prisoners were then tuken to the siation and locked up on charges of carrying deadly weapons, and the authcri- ties at Frederick were notified of the re- cevery of the horse. In Court. ‘This afternoon in Judge Miller's court the prisoners were arraigned, and they pleaded guilty. The prisoner Anderson said, when questioned by the court, that he lived in Virginia at a place he thought was called Arlington Heights. He and Williams had been up in Maryland as far as Dickerson’s looking for work, and on their way home they found the horse in the road, and, thinking the animal had been lost, they thought they would take it and hold it for a reward. The pistol, he said, had been loaned to him by a friend. “Where was the horse?” the judge asked. “He was grazing near a telegraph pole,” was the prisoner's answer. “There was a red blanket on tne horse, but we threw it away.” They got the horse Friday, they said, and started this way, but did not come directly here, because they were afraid that if they came here on Sunday their old clothes would attract attention and they would get arrested for vagrancy. “When were you coming?” “Today. You see, policemen don’t take so much account of workingmen’s clothes dur- ing the week as they do on Sunday.” Williams told substantially the same story of their travels. He said they could have sold the horse Saturday, if they had so de- sired, but, as they were honest, they were just keeping the animal for a reward. The Pistol found on htm, he said, he got from his mother. Both men said they were ac- quainted in Georgetown, and had worked here for contractors. Judge Miller gave them stx months tn jail and ordered the destruction of the weapons. ——— An Entire Issue From The Star. From the Denver Active Member. It is seldom that we attempt to publish the Active Member without using some original matter, but In this number we will devote the news Columns entirely to re- prir ting extracts, clipped from The Ev. Star of Washington, D.C. which paper da voted a vast amount of space fn its issues of July 8 to 14 to reporting the internation- al Christian Endeavor convention. What We are able to present here is but a sam- ple of what The Star contains, and those desiring a full and interesting account of all the convention sessiors would do well to send 10 cents to The Evening Star, Wash- ington, D. C. By so doing you will doubtless learn more of what transpired than had you been there in person. The Stur and the C. B. Convention. From the Cincinnat! Christian Standard. The receipt of The Washington Evening Star from July $ to 14, inclusive, containing the report of the international convention of Christian Endeavor is hereby acknowl- edged with heartfest thanks. The Stand- ard’s representatives have furnished so much material that !t has no room just now for anything from a different source, but in the weeks to come the treasure furnished by The Star will be drawn upon as occasion demands. There ts little doubt that this is the most elaborate report of a religious convention which has ever been made. The initial number, July § gives eleven full pages to the convention. No report of the ‘great political conventions recently held J¥as as full as this one of the world’s En- Geavor convention. It speaks volumes for the enterprise of The Evening Star, and is yet more significant of the growing in- fiuence of religion in public affairs, next best thing to enjoying the convention will be a lessurely reading of the immense report of the same. The Star offered to prey reer ops, yet bag Sorrel the United States Canada for 10 oents. It is to be presumed that the offer holds gocd until the supply is exhausted. LATE NEWS BY WIR Terrible Effects of the Colorado Olouf- burst. REGULARS ORDERED OUT AS RESCUERS Severe Sforms Sweeping Over Wis- consin and Ohio. GREAT DAMAGE IN MICHIGAN DENVER, Col., July 27.—The terrible ef- fects of the cloudburst in Clear Creek Canon, above Golden, Col., last Friday are still coming to light. Four more bodies have been found among the debris several miles below Golden, ‘They are of two old men and two young women, none of whom have been !dentified. There is also a report of eight men employed in a Denver brewery, who passed through a few hours before the storm on their way to Idaho Springs for an outing. They have not since been heard from, ard parts of what {s believed to be their wagon have been found. Col. H. C. Merriam, commandant of the United States troops at Fort Logan, has de- tailed 100 of his men to assist in searching the wreckage for bodies. DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 27.One of the heaviest rains ever known in Dubuque oc- cvrred last night. A tornado passed over the city, followed by torrents of rain. One of the power houses was struck by lght- rng and the dynamo burned out. The dam- age in the city is great. WHEELING, W. Va, July 27.—Frank Cunningham, Mrs. Sylvester Long and Miss Daisy Long were drowned yesterday while trying to cross the Ohio in a shell The current was so strong that it carried them urder a snag boat. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 27.—Two severe storms swept over the eastern por- tion of the state Sunday. Many places were struck by lightning and much damage has been done. There was a small cloudburst over this city last night, and the rain fell in such quantities that the streets are filled with water, and cellars in the down-town districts are flooded. DETROIT, Mich., July 27—A disastrous tornado swept through the southern part of the state Sunday evening. Most alarm- ing reports came from Homer, Calhoun county, where great damage was done to farming property. Farm houses are report- ed overturned and wrecked and all crops laid low. The rain and wind following the storm was go severe that it has interfered with both telegraph and telephone service, ard 1s practically impossible to secure de- tails. The storm in this vicinity was very severe. Fully two inches of rain fell inside of three hours, doing considerable damage by flooding basements of business houses. DETROIT, Mich., July 27.—Today’s re- ports show that the last night's electrical storms extended all over southern Michi- gan. At Northville the Rouge river over- flowed, doing $10,000 damage and driving several families from their homes. Many houses and barns at Homer and vicinity were blown down. Doc Markham, a farmer near Marshall, was fatally injured by hav- irg his barn blown down on top of him. The loss of fruit blown from the trees in western Michigan fruit belt is immense, and many frame buildings in that part of the state were destroyed. Heavy damages from Hghtning are reported from several towns, but no loss of life. DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 27.—A fierce rain storm swept this section last night, the fall being 4.82 inches. The streets were full to the curbs, while those up the hills were torn out and the debris carried down and lodged on the street railway tracks, block- ading the roads for hours. The Iilinois Central has not had a train In since mid- night. At Durango, on the Chicago Great West- ern, where five persons were drowned dur- ing the flood last May, the creek was again at flood height, and the bridge that stood the tide then was swept away. A bridge on the Milwaukee line at Catfish creek, south of the city, is gone. rts from all points in this section are of serious damage to raflroad property and county bridges, but no yet Sen ae : loss of life has CLEVELAND, Ohio, damage was done rifle wind storm. t Beulah Park, just east of the cit; eight oF nine houses were completely de. stroved-s and a large tabernacle blown down. estima of kee at many thousands Maj. Stockman of the local bureau re- Ports that the wind reached sixty-four miles an hour. SACs July 27.—Much Jast night by the ter- — WILLIAM HENRY SMITH DEAD. Formerly the General Ma: the Associated ea - CHICAGO, July 27.—William Henry Smith died at his home in Lake Forest, at 3:30 this morning. He had been sick for several days, having had pneumonia. The funeral will take place at 3:15 Wea- nesday afternoon. Wm. Henry Smith was born in*columbia county, N. Y., December 1, 1833. His par- ents moved to Ohio, where he had the best educational advantages the state afforded. He was a school teacher for a time, and rext a tutor in a western college. Later he became the assistant editor of a weekly newspaper in Cincinnati. At the age of twenty-two Mr. Smith had risen to the po- sition of eater: At that time he was also loing work for the Literary Review. At the beginning of the civil war he was en- gaged on the Cincinnati Gazette, and took an active part in raising troops and for- warding supplies, and, through the medium of the press, did much to strengthen the government. Largely instrumental in mak- ing John Brough governor of Ohio, he after- = ard pecan the governor's secretary, and er was elected secretary of state, bet re-elected in 1863. sts asc Mr. Smith retired from office and became the managing editor of the Evening Chron- icle. He was obliged, however, to desist from such exacting work on account of ill health. In 1870 he became manager of the Western Associated Press, having head- quarters in Chicago. Several years later, upon the personal request of President Hayes, he accepted the office of collector of customs at Chicago. During his term of office he was instrumental in bringigg about many needed reforms in the custéms de- partment. In 1883 he again became actively engaged in Associated Press work, and in January of that year he effected a consolidation of the New York and Western Associated Press, taking the managership of the united systems. Mr. Smith was a student of historical sub- jects, and was the author of “The St. Clair Papers,” two volumes, Cincinnati, 1862. He was also the author of the biography of Charles Hammond, wrote several pam- phiets and had contributed frequently to American periodicals. While secretary of state of Ohio he founded a department of archives, a matter which had been wholly overlooked since the admission of the state, and he succeeded in recovering many valu- able papers which are now on file in the state house at Columbus. By his investiga- tion in the British museum he brought to light many unpublished letters of Washing- ton to Col. Henry Bouquet, and showed that those which were published by Jared Sparks were not given correctly. Mr. Smith also wrote a “Political history of the United States” and a life of the late President Hayes, as the literary executor of the dead President. Mr. Smith retired from the management of the Associated Press in March, 1893, and since that time, until his illness, had em- ployed his time in Iterary work. — SENOR CANOVAS THREATENED. The Spanish Premier Insulted by an Apparently Insane Man. MADRID, July 27.—A man, believed to be insane, forced his way today into the pres- ence of the premier, Senor Canovas del Cas- tillo, and insulted and threatened him. He was promptly arrested. Eye Knocked Out by a Foul. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July 27.—While watching a game of ball yesterday Oscar Gilchrist was struck in the eye by a foul fly with such force that the eye was knocked into @ pulp and fell out of his head. It rolled down over his cheek and fell on the ground. » THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1896-TEN PAGES. QUESTIONING THH GOVERNMENT. —_ B Ministers’ Interrogated by 2 lembers of Parliament. LONDON, July 27—In the house of com- Mons today the parliamentary secretary for fofeign office, George N. Curson, it the Venesuelan statement had Rot yet reached the government, but was ©n its way here frem Washington. Mr. Cutgon was also asked whether the government was awere that another king had been elected in Samoa in opposition to King Malleto, and that through German fastigation. Mr, Curson replied in the negative. Later Mr. Curson was questioned as to had been = wi peceamane formed that Herr Branders, whose en- deavors to annex Samoa to Germany some years ago were defeated only by the ac- tion of the United States, is returning to Somao in the capacity of chief justice. Mr. Curzon replied that the government ¥as not aware that such was the case. Mr. Josep! hamberlain, the secretary of state for the colonies, replying to Mr. John Morley, late chief secretary for Ire- land, who asked him whether the govern- ment would lay on the table information relative to limits and population of the Settlements within the territory in dis- pute between Great Britain and Veneguela, said that the definition of the settlements would have to be decided firstly by nego- tations and then by investigation on the spot, and the government, therefore, could not give the desired information. ——_—_ LONG STRIKE ENDED. The Brown Company at Cleveland Concedes Workmen’s Demands. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 27.—The long- drawn-out strike of the employes of the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Works, which was inaugurated nine weeks ago and has resulted in a series of bloody riots, is at an end, a Satisfactory settlement be- tween the company and the representatives of the employes of the company having been reached today. The terms of the settlement have not been made public, but it 1s known that the company concedes all the main points con- tested for. It agrees to receive grievance committees from employes, grant a half holiday on Saturday and time and a half for all over time. All old employes are to be reinstated regardless of any part they took in the strike. The men will return to work tomorrow morning. The announcement of the termination of the struggle caused wild scenes of enthusi- asm at the hall of the locked out men. Grand Master O'Connell sald that it ned been the hardest fought and the cleanest all-around victory for labor that had taken place in many years. Much credit is due to the state board of arbitration, Mr. L. A. Russell, attorney for the strikers, and Mr. James O'Connell, grand master International Association of Machinists, who have labored untiringly to bring the great struggle to a close. eeersiae gers HALF-BREEDS DISFRANCHISED. They Say They Will Vote and Trouble is Threatened. GUTHRIE, Okla., July 27.—About two weeks ago the commissioners appzinted to investigate Osage citizenshtp recommended that ever 100 half-breeds should be stricken from the rolls, but they submitted separate Teports, not being able to agree upon the lists. Secretary Smith has rot yet passed upon any of these reports, but the council ef the Osage nation, controlled by the full- bloods, has, in special session, passed un act of disfranchisement for all the half- breeds so reported. The half-breeds de- clare their intention of voting at the elec- tion August 3, and trouble will likely oc- cur. ——— Lively Trading in Grain. WICHITA, Kan., July 27.—The week just closed has witnessed the liveliest grain trade in southern and central Kansas that these sections have experienced in five years. Just now the bulk of old corn from this sec- tion is going to St. Louis and New Orleans, but dealers from northern, eastern and southern points are buying heavily. The shipments, while enormous, do not in any sense represent the business done, as a very large amount of corn has been contracted, but is held, awaiting cars. A great deal of the corn is in unroofed cribs, and on ac- count of recent heavy rains it is too wet to shell. ee Wholesale Grocern Confer. CHICAGO, July 27.—A conference of the executive boards of the Wholesale Grocers’ Associations of the states of Illinols, Micht- gan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Minnesota was held today. The con- ference was presided over by H. P. Sanger of Detroit, president of the Michigan asso- elation. The purpose is to secure an agree- ment on the prices, credits and general business methods among the wholesalers of the territory embraced in the several associations. An effort will also be made to correct the evil of freight aowances and the collections of accounts by drummers. ——— Walter Winans’ Succes: LONDON, July 27.—Walter Winans, the American pistol shot, has won first prize in the first, second and third series of the revolver competitions here, his ecores being 30, 42 and 38. Mr. Winans, who hails from Baltimore, Md., has held for eight years the revolver championship of the South London Rifle Club and for three years has held the championship of the North London Rifle Club. He has now won in all twelve first and three second prizes at the Bisley re- volver competition and has also won the revolver championship. In addition to the prizes mentioned which Were won with the military revolver, Mr. Winans also won the first prizes in the first, second, third and sixth series of com- petitions, with any revolver. His scores Were 38, 41, 89 and 42. He also won all the aggregate prizes. —_=__ Young Couple Killed Instantly. MALONE, N. Y., July 27.—While Levi Sancomb and Nellie Bushy, aged respec- tively eigtteen and sixteen years, of Cha- teaugay were returning to that village about 10 o’clock Saturday night, they were struck by an engine on the Central Ver- mont railroad, as they attempted to cross the track. Sancomb and Miss Bushy and gue a they were driving were instantly led. ee Meteor'’s Topmast Carried Away. SWANSEA, July 27.—In the race for the gold cup here thay Allsa beat Britannia, Satanita and Caress. Meteor carried away her topmast and gave up the race. Rev. Dr. Hypes Dead. DAYTON, Ohio, July 27—Rev. W. L. Hypes, D.D., a Methodist Episcopal min- {ster, member of the Cincinnati confer- ence, and well known tn Ohio, died at his residence, this city, late last night, pamees cig ca The Crew of the Faller. BOSTON, July 27.—The Plant line steamer Olivette arrived from Halifax today with First Mate Bram and the crew of tha American barkentine Herbert Fuller on beard. The men, who are Under arrest pending a further investigation into the murder of Capt. Nash, Mrs. Nash and the eecond mate, were taken in charge by the pelice. After being detained a short time at the station, the prisoners were taken before United States Commissioner Fiske. Bram and Brown were both formally charged with murder and both pleaded not guilty. The hearing was then adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon, the ac- cused men being ordered held without bail. The other members of the Fuller's crew, and Monks, the passenger, were ordered held as witnesses. Mr. Monks was roleased fe his own recognizance after the hear- ng. ———.__. The Sugar Bounty Clatms. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has finally passed upon the last of the cases under the sugar bounty refund act, involving the con- struction of that act, and there is now no obstacle to the settlement of the remainder of these claims on the basis of 64 cents on the dollar, which is as much as the five mil- lion appropriation will prorate among the claimants. . ‘The Secretary affirmed the decision of the commissioner of internal revenue, rejecting certain claims on the ground that the Heensees were not the producers of the Bugar, as required by law. POOR SHOW FOR ENGLAND. Bound to Suffer, Whoever is Elected Prestdent. LONDON, July 27—The Globe this after- noom piblishes. a long article headed “American Communism,” and concludes as follows: Xe “There is a cléar issue between the gold w@andari a! to extreme protection and free coinage coupled wifh confiscatory so- Glalism. Whether McKinley or Bryan 1s elected, Britisly jnterests are bound to suf- fer. While thé fictory of McKinley is cer- tain to harass qur trade with the United States, that of. Bfyan could not fall to pro- duce a financjal- convulsion, which might a the old world to its very founda- lons.”” The St. James Gazette publishes an edi- torial article of the same tenor as the ar- ticle in the Globe. In addition to the interview with Mr. Jo- seph Herbert Tritton of the banking firm of Barclay, Beverly, Tritton, Ransom, Bou- verle & Co., published in the Daily News this morning, there were other interviews on the currency question in the United States printed in the same newspaper, but the names of the persons quoted were not given. The Daily News, commenting upon these interviews, said that Anglo-Ameri- can financiers think that the silverites are developing unexpected strength, adding: “But they (the Anglo-American financiers) do not believe they will succeed, for if the people imagined free coinage was really coming, there would be a panic and the chief sufferers would be Americans. They also point out that the supreme court stands between investors and unconstitu- tional laws.’” ogee GRAIN RATER WAR. The Next Cut Will, It is Believed, End the Fight. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 27.—The grain rate war, which has been waged for the past week, will, according to the state- ments of several leading traffic men of this city, practically be concluded when the next cut in rates is made. This, It ts an- ticipated, will occur within a few days at most. One of the active lines wired from Chicago to its local representative asking what rate would be required on wheat to hold the Chicago market as against the southern ports. The reply was that it would require a rate of 8 cents per 100 flat. It 1s belleved that such a rate will be put in, possibly to- day. The rate is less than actual cost, and it is thought none of the lines will care to maintain it for any great length of time. ‘When business is done at a loes it will be a matter of a short time to get managers in a conference for adjustment. It is useless =* *¥e nreeant time to discuss compromise. It is stated the fight ts to a finish. EXCITEMENT AT MADRID. Ships Promised Sp: Said to Have Been Bought-by America. MADRID, July 27—It 1s announced here that the shipbullders of Genoa have re- pudiated the contract which their repre- sentative made with the Spanish govern- ment to furnish the latter promptly with two cruisers of 7,000 tons. Great excite- ment prevails here, as it is added that these vessels have been purchased by the United States. soe ES BIG FIRE AT BELFAST. Property Worth a Million and a Half Destroyed. BELFAST, July 27.—The Harland & Wolff and Workman & Clarke ship building shops and their contents have been almost wiped out by fire. The conflagration started in the establishment of Harland & Wolffe and spread from that to the Workman & Clarke Company. It was estimated that the loss at the ship yards would be $1,500,000. The property de- stroyed was partly insured. a Looked Like the Princess. LONDON, July. 27.—Mra. Mahlon Sands died suddenly-'on Friday last at her resi- dence in this eity. She bore a remarkable resemblance tothe ‘Princess of Wales, h whom she w4s ‘thon terms of intimate friendship. On two occasions, at fancy dress balls, at the princess’ request, Mrs. Sands*and the princess dressed alike, and it was impossible to decide which was which. Mrs. Sands’ husband was thrown from his horse and killed in Hyde Park some years ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mah- Jon Sands were most popular. Mrs. Sands died of fatty degeneration of the heart. She was quite well at lunch time on Friday, and was found dead in her room at 5 o'clock the same afternoon. ‘The funeral will take place at St. George’s Chapel tomorrow. The remains have been embalmed and will be taken to New York to be buried beside those of her husband. ge Died in His Ratlway Berth. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 27.—Mr. E. W. Hutchins of the millinery firm of Osborne, Hutchins & Hunt of this city died in his berth on a sleeping car on the Cincinnatl, Hamilton and Dayton train near Toledo last night. His wife heard him gasping, and, going to him, found his breathing his last. He had recently had a fall from a street car, and it is thought that might have been the cause of his death. —— Incendiarinm Suspected. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 27.—The handsomo stone Methodist Episcopal Church at Willow Grove, Montgomery county, Pa., was entirely destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this morning. The fire is sup- posed to be the work of an incendiary, as flames of mysterious origin had been dis- covered twice before. The loss, which is heavy, ie covered by insurance. — Vietim of Religious Mania. PASSAIC, N. J., July 27.—Religious mania caused Willlam Carroll, aged twenty-six years, to commit suicide at the home of his mother, on the Boulevard. He had been acting strangely, and late yesterday after- noon he bade his folks good-bye. He then went to his room and took a dose of cyanide of potassium. He left a letter, in which he had stated that God had forsaken him, and he had nothing more to live for. ———— Mr. Vanderbilt Improving. NEWPORT, R. L., July 27.—Dr. McLane, who came on from New York with Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, states that the patient ‘was very comfortable this morning, and there were no signs of any ill-effect as the result of the trip up the sound. Dr. Mc- Lane asserts a bellef that Mr. Vanderbilt's improvement will now be very rapid. SS Large Corn Crop in Oklahoma. EL RENO, O. T., July 27.—Corn this year in Oklahoma will;be so plentiful that it Frobably will not bring more than 8 cents a bushel. Aside frem a few districts where the crop was dejured by hail an unprece- dented average yield is reported, and it is thought that thera-will be a surplus of al- most half a waillion bushels in the terri- tory to ship. | ,,, a A Youthfal Desperado. ST. JOSEPH, M0:, July 27.John Toms, @ youthful deSperado of this city, is at large in the vitinity of Dearborn. He has caused the offiters of that town no small amount of troublé, a@ number of deputy sheriffs having ‘put'in a solid week hunting him. At one time*one of them corralled him in a cornfield, ‘but Toms held the offi- at bay with a:shotgun, and has since iccessfully sta arrest. He is wanted 2) Loss of the Drummond Castle. LONDON, July 27.—The board of trade has decided that the loss of the steamship Drummoné Castle off Ushant on June 16, resulting in the drowning of about 250 per- sons, only one passenger and two seamen being saved, was due to the fact that she Was not navigated with proper seamanlike care in view of the prevatling conditions. ———— ‘ The Campaign in Ohio. CHICAGO, July 27.—Charles A. Kurtz, + national committeeman from Ohio, is au- thority for the statement that the republl- can campaign will be officially opened at Columbus, Ohio, on August 12. On that date a great ratification meeting will be held, and it is expected that Major Mo- Kinley will be present to make the first speech of the campaign, THE GOLD RESERVE. Bankers Pledged to Deposit $6,000,- 00 Within the Next Few Days. The gold reserve today amounts to $104,- 600,000, and bankers in different parts of the ceuntry ere dnder pledge to deposit 96,000,000 additional gold coin within the next few days, thereby effectually remov- ing the question of another issue of bonds from further consideration for the present. The new $2 silver certificates are being rapidly finished at the bureau of engraving ard printing. They will probably be ready for istue by the United States treasurer in Umited amounts next week. These new notes are said to be very artistic in ap- pearance. The front contains an allegor- ical representation of “‘sclence presenting steam and electricity to commerce and manufacture,” and the back contains vig- nettes of Grant and Sheridan. 2+ _—__. ASSAULT CASES. Two Men Charged With Strikt Women. Walter Hawkins, colored, thought that so leng as his trouble was all in the family the police had no right to interfere, but be did not confine his troubles to the house, and therefore a policeman arrested him. Walter, who is not a very hard working man, went. on a plenic yesterday, and when he got home about midnight the fumes of stale beer and gin made known to his wife how he had been spending the day. He had been home only a short time before he undertook to witp his daughter Mary, and she ren from the house. Once outside she thought she was safe from the clutches of her father, and when she went under the porch she felt certain that he would not follow, but In this she was mis- taken, for the father did follow her, and was holding her down and beating her when the girl's exhibition of lung power attracted the attention of Policeman Ver- million, who arrested Hawkins. There was a charge of assault against Hawkins when the case was called in the Police Court to- dey. “What had you been drinking?” the court inquired of him. “A few beers.” “And his wi she said she took from his pocket,” the officer. Walter said he was correcting his daugh- ter for disobedience, but Judge Miller said that he not only took an improper time for correcting her, but his manner of punish- ing her was also improper. He was fined $15 or forty-five days. Joe Sands, also colored, was in court be- cause of domestic trouble, his wife appear- ing as complainant. “Aare you his wife?” the judge asked a little woman who appeared. “Yes, sir,” was her response. “What did you do to him?” “Nothing.” “And what did he do to you?” “Struck me in the eye and on the cheek.” “But she struck me first,” said the hus- band. “She struck me i nthe face with a poker.”” Joe was acquitted of the charge of assault and vas fined $10 for disorderly conduct. ———__ PERHAPS A MURDER. showed me a bottle of gin added Shooting at a Colored Picnic in Maryla Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ODENTON, M4., July 27.—A disturbance cceurred Saturday at a colored picnic at Gambrill’s Chapel between two brothers, ramed Daily. Howard Gibson approached them, when Wm. Daily shot him in the mouth and escaped. Gibson is supposed to be fatally wounded. He was taken to thi Baltimore hospital. = orn ee WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL. Bids Opened Today for the Proposed Site. Proposals were opened by the Commis- sicners this afternoon for supplying the District with a site for the new Western High School. This is the second time bids have been opened for this purpose. The cther time all bids were thrown out, be- cause they were too high priced. The bid- Gers today were as follows: Jay Cooke, lot correr Washington and Stoddart streets, $25,000 (same as last time). The lot adjoining was offered separately last time at $4,000. This time the entire lot, 1s offered at $30,000, S. H. Fickling offered lots 4, square 1243, at $23,000. kage A. P. Fardon offered a lot on U street, in Square 112, containing 31,845 square feet, at $25,000. He also off ered lots 166 and 167, square 54, at $26,000. J. H. Bradley offered part of lots 93, 94, 95 and 6, square 87, containing 24,000 square feet, at $30,000. R. E. Pairo offered sub lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, square 124, containing 26,025 square feet, at 70 cents per foot. ~ John Marbury, agent, offered part of lots 228, 220, 230 and 231, square 1290, at $21,700. Rittenhouse and Randall Hagner, trustees, offered the property at the corner of Q and Mill streets at $26,000; the same lot is offered with some additional land at $30,000. Theodore Friebus offered lots 3 nad 4, in square 23, at 70 cents per foot. J. W. Pilling offered portions of The Cedars, 35th street between T and U streets, at $20,000, $25,000 and $35,000, respectively. Pedaled Another Century. The following members of the Columbia Athletic Club, Faber, Stevenson, R. C.Will- jams and Ed. S. Byrnes, made another century run yesterday to Baltimore and re- turn, putting in the 100 miles by riding in the vicinity of Baltimore and returning via | the Laurel road. The boys were paced by Williams, and made the trip in nine hours and thirty minutes. The following were unattached, with the exception of Sam Barnhardt, who is one of the Queers: C. M. Coon, Luther Fridley, J. Mackaver and swift Billy O'Connor. | Yoday's Departmental League Game. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Light Infantry teams, the great rivals of the season of '95, will try con- clusions at Natienal Park today. The In- fantry team has lost the services of Smith, who has gone south to play professional ball, but the boys promise to give a good account of themselves, and will try their utmost to lay the laurels of the Bureau team in the dust. Ladies are admitted free to all games of the Departmental League, and as the game promises to be more than merely interesting, a good attendance is looked for. Stabbed by a Fellow Druggist. CAIRO, Ill, July 27.1. N. Coffee, pres- ident of the state board of pharmacy, was stabbed and killed at 12 o'clock last night while on his way to take a train .or Spring- fleld to attend a meeting of the board, by Dr. Crabtree, in front of the latter's drug store. Crabtree is in jail. Coffee was stab- bed twice with a dagger; one thrust reach- ed the heart. Both men were prominent druggists. ————— Killed by a Gas Explosion. ASHLAND, Pa., July 27.—An explosion of gas occurred at West Bear Ridge col- liery today, instantly killing William Quinn, fire boss, aged thirty-three years, and Michael Bazzle, single, aged twenty- three years. Two foreign laborers were also injured. The cause of the explosion is unknown. —_——_—_ Raised a Row. William Beker, a farmer who works near Benning, but whose home is at Twining City, likes his beer, and every Saturday right, he says, he gets a whole keg of the beverago at the brewery because it is cheap. Saturday night’s keg of beer got im in trouble, and today he found himself in the Police Court charged with keeping a Gisorderly house. while his wife, Annie Baker, and a neighbor named Annie Ward were charged with fighting. William toid the judge that he usually goes home only cnce a week. Tho judge thought his wife was partly responsible for the disorder at the house and imposed a fine of only $5. Mrs. Baker was fired 2 for fighting, while a fine of $5 was imposed on Mrs. Ward. SS Case Nolle Prossed. Delia Ryan, the old white woman arrest- ed several days ago on a charge of coun- terfeiting, and who was declared mentally unsound by the jail physician, was today released from jail, District Attorney Birney having nolle prossed the charge. ee 1 firm- FINANCE AND TRADE Looal Prices Opened Lower in sym- pathy With London. PROTRACTED PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY Influence of the Political Campaign Upon Stocks. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Eee Special Dispatch to Tha Eveulng Star. NEW YORE, July 27.—Local prices open- ed off in sympathy with the declining ten- dency of the London market and became moderately steady under a restricted vol- ume of business. In several instance, par- ticularly in Sugar, the initial sale was made as low as possible in the hope of influen! ing the general list. The extensive co’ ing of short contracts at the close of the week, coupled with the outcome of the populistic convention, deprived the market of its greatest elements of support. There was no evidence of aggressiveness on the part of the pessimistic clement, however, dullness being substituted for active de- pression. Contraction is the logical out- come of a protracted period of uncertainty and little else is assured at this time. The committee appointed at last week's meeting of internatioral bankers to draft a plan looking to the protection of the gold reserve and the prevention of specie ex- perts for speculative purposes, submitted its report .o a full meeting oi all interested this morning. The plan was unanimously adopted, and will become immediately ope- rative. The dgails were withheld from motives of policy, but it is practically cer- tain that previously published accounts of the probable process are accurate in all essential particulars. The artificiality cf this scheme of relief is xeneraliy conceded, but its influence, for the preseni, will at lcast tend to prevent demoralization such as was threatened at the time of its con- ception. Tt is not reasonable to expect permanent improvement in advance of the actual counting of the rates at the close of the November e§ections. Temporayy expedi- ents, it is held, must be relied upon to sup- ply the gaps made by the retreat of capli- tal, and to disconcert the enemy by show- ing a determined front in every emer- gency. The rally in prices which followed the announcement of the adoption of the ex- change device was due largely to the cov- ering of short contracts by prominent room traders. This element of professional operators, while representing the activity of the pres- ent market, is conscious of the watchful eyes of those associated in the protective scheme, and is easily discouraged in con- sequence. Small profits are accepted, and demonstrations, without discrimination, are no longer a feature of the daily oper- ations. Mr. McKinley's letter of acceptance is awaited with increasing interest, owing to the belief that an attempt will be made to force prices up in sympathy with his dec- laration for @ sound currency. No am- Diguity on this point is to be expected, the developments of the last few days having increased the necessity for outspoken ut- terances. This letter, it ts thought, should have the effect of at least contesting the Space monopoly conceded to silver by the press throughout the country. There is no significant demand for silver, the prices for the certificates today being practically-| stationary at an advance of 1-4 per cent from Saturday’s bid price. This is a sig- nificant fact, and one deserving of more than casual attention. ———___ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar... 206° 108% 103g 10435 American Sugar, Pid... 91% 91% 91% 97% American Tobacco. an ee od American Cotton Oil. 8 9 Bx Canada a= as Chesapeake Into. . C. C. & St Louis. Chicago, B. & Q.. Chicago & Northwestern Chicago Gas. C. M. & St. Paul CM, & St. Pani, Pf Chicago, RB. I. & Pacific. Consolidated Gas. Metropolitan Traction’ Manhattan Elevated. Pullman P. C. Southern Ry., Pf Phila. Traction. Texas Pacific. ar call—12 o'clock m.—United States Electric it, 10 at 98. Metropolita: rc n Railroad, Government Bonds.—U. S. 4s, registered, 106 bid, U.S. 48,” coupon, “107%. bid, 103% asked. 0.8, 43, 1023, 114 Bld, 114% asked’ U 3s, 111 bid, 112 asked. Z wee District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year Fund. 5s, 104 bid. 30-year Fund. gold 6s, 110 bid. Water Stock currency 7a, 1901, 110 bid. currency. 73, 1903," 110 bid. 112 asked. Miscellaneous Bonds.- Water Stock Fund. currency 3.65s, Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 107 bid, 110 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 111% bid, 120 asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 70 bid, 80 asked. Eckington Ratiroad 68, 90 bid, 95 asked. asked. Washington Columbia Railroad €a, 113% Gas Company, ser. A, 6s, 108 bid. Washington mpany, ser. B, 8s, 109 bid. Chesapeake and Gas ¢ Potomac Telephone 3s, 101 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. Amreican Se- curity and Trust 5s, A. and 0., 100 bid. Washing- ton Market Company Ist 6s, 106 bid. Washington Market Company imp. 68, '106 bid. Washington Market Company exten. 6s, 106 bid. Masonic Hall Association 58, 106 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 270 bid, 300 asked. Bank of Republic, 240 bid. Metro- politan, 289 bid, 300 asked. Central, 275 bid, 300 asked." Farmers ‘and Mechanics’, 170 bid,’ 195 asked. Second, 130 bid. Citizens’, 120 bid’ Go- lumbia, 120 bid. Cs 110 bid. “West End, 108 asked.” ‘Traders’, asked. Lincoln, 100 asked. Ohio, ‘85 bid. ‘Safe Deposit_and Trust Compantes.—National § Deposit nd ‘Trust, 120 asked. Washingtes oars American Security and Mal asked. Stoel ‘apital Traction Company, bid, 06 asked. Metropolitan, 104 bid, 10y waked Columbia, 55 bid. Belt, 27 asked. Eckington, 27 asked. Georgetown and Tennallytown, 27 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 82 bid, 46 asked. Georgetown Gas, 40 bid. Uni. ted States Electric Light. 97% bid, ‘82 asked. Tnsurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 33 Mid. Franklin, a. 68 bid. Corcoran, 60 bid. Metropolitan, 63° bid, 74 asked. “Arlington, "125 bid. Till Fy Greman ’ American, 150 bid. National U: asked. Columbia,’ 14 asked. Biggs, i tha” sy asked. People’s.” 5 bid, @ askek” Lincula, sit anked. Commercial. 5 asked. itle Insurance Stocks.—Feal Estate Title, 100 bid, 110 asked. Columbia Title, ington Title, 2 bid. Seat cS Jephone Stocks.—Pennsylvanta,38 bid, 50 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, %57 bid, 63 . - foan |Graphoptione, $% bia, pg age hophone, pfd., - ae " Pi ated = umatic Gun Car- Miscellaneous Stocks.—Mergenthaler — Linot: LP bid, 121 asked, | Lanston Monotype, bia 6 ‘ashington Murket, 14% bid. Great Falls 128 asked. “Lincoln Hall, 90 asked. = Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, M@., July 27.—Fiow 7 supe. $1.60u$2; Q0, extra, $5608 Oe do, Tani ess winter wheat Patent, $5.40u83.65. .» $3.500§3," 5. spring wheat ‘straight, —spot month, ae, 61 ‘Corn 4 3040 56,874 Gasnela; white and yellow fo, 12 white. western, 1234,—receipts, 28.352 stock, 288,082 bushels. itye , S4a85; Buds4,, ; wt 355 busels. Hay firn—choice timothy, $16 bid. Grain freights quiet Li , per , 24d seed taney 3 sheng rt q = Creamers, 3 do. mite toa, 13a14; do. ledie, 12; good Indie, 10011; packed, 8nio. weak~ 10, ‘Cheese un: changed. W i, $1. 81 per gal. for finished flats ™ car loads; $1.31061.82 ‘Per gal. for Jobbing —_——__ Grain Cotton Market. Purnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F ftreet, members New York stock exchange, correspendents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. High. Low. Close. rn cy ace | 1% S1% Gi GIs 25" 26 2s 2e oar wih 692 6.92 32% 327 3.00 3.60 B27 327 + 342 342 COTTON. Open, “High. GST 432 6.42 6.29 November 6.2 i RESTRICTING GOLD EXPORTS. Success of the Bankers’ Plan to Con- ceded. NEW YORK, July 27. The committee of seven appointed at the recent meeting of exchange bankers to de- vise a plan for the prevention of gold ex- ports during the next ninety days, today presented a complete repcrt to the full body body at a meeting held at the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. The plan was pro- rounced effective and was unanimously adopted and the committee discharged. The plan will take effect immediaiely. A mem- ber of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., sald no public statement could be made at this time. Deposits by local banks at the subtreas- ury foot up $375,000 and swell the grand aggregate to $18,015,000. ——— E COURTS. Equity Court No. 1.—Judge Hagner. Robey agt. Fenton et al.; order confirm ing report of auditor. Taylor agt. Dunca: son; order for investment of fund in court. Columbia Chemical Company agt. Ham- mond et al.; testimony before J. R. Gow, examiner, ordered taken. Prehate Court._Judge Hagner. Estate of Catharine Wagner; account of sales filed. Estate of Christian A. Soh!: will partly proved. Estate of Wm. FE. C. Moorhead: proof of publication. In re Mary M. Heath, guardian; report of auditor filed. In re Rebecca Shallcross, guat surety, returnable July 31. H. Ellis; inventory filed. Estate of Allan McLane; order on executors to pay income to trustees for Anne Cropper. In re Thos. J. Edmonston, guardian; rule on guardia returnable July 31. ———_—. —__ EVAPORATED FRUIT. From the Rochester Post-Express. In 1871 Elam Hatch, a farmer living in the town of Webster, by accident discovered that sliced apples could be made a clear, pure white by the use of fumes of bri stone. The old way of drying apples w: to slice them and carefully distribute them on trays, which were then hoisted to the roofs of outbuildings and sheds of farm houses or elevated from the ground on posts, being left exposed to the rays of the sun, which, if the day was pleasant, would half-dry them. The result of this method of drying the apples was not entirely satis- factory, however. The apples were always of a peculiar reddish tint and lost consider able nou! ment in the process of sun drying. Mr. Hatch ts said to have been the first one to have put into use the plan of pre- paring apples by the use of fumes of bri stone, which dried them and left them of a particularly white color. When these dried apples first came into the local market they commanded a price far above that of the sun-dried variety, and were at once in de- mand. Other growers at once took up with the idea, and David Wing of Brighton be- gan to deal in the produce extensively. Men set about attempting to find the easiest and least expensive way of preparing these ap- ples for the market, and the result was the building of many fruit evaporating towers. It was found that by shoving in a sieve laden with the sliced fruft and allowing the fumes to pass through it, then hoisting that sleve and shoving in another, then hoisting the two and shoving in a third, and so on until the sieve first put in had reached the top of the tower, the heat could be best ap- plied and the process be best simplified. Patents were immediately applied for, but so many technical improvements were matie that no one device ever came into very extensive use. Through all these years the original plan of the drying tower has re- mained the temporary feature of the dry- ing process of what has now grown to be an extensive industry. ‘The idea of bleaching by the usc of brim- stone fs not a new one, instances being re- corded of its having been used in the process of preparing barley and malt 2,000 years back, and it was in rather extensive use in Germany seventy-five years before it was put to any great use here. In 1847 a noted chemist of that country read a paper, in which he practically foreshadowed the re- sults which have since been achiev ‘The fact of the matter is that the industry has grown to such proportions in the United States, and more especially in the im mediate vicinity of Rochester, that the product is shipped to all parts of the worid, Large shipments are annually made to France, Germany and Russia. A man who has traveled much abroad and who has just returned to the city, tol a reporter of the Post-Express that when he was in France he met a foreigner in- terested in the fruit-drying industry. The foreigner learned that the traveler was from New York state, and he at once in- quired if he knew where Rochester was located. The American smilingly said that he did. “Well,” said the Frenchman, “‘all the people over here know a great deal in a certain way about Rochester. It must be great place. Do the people there do any thing aside from drying fruit?” When he was assured that the city was one erabra ing a great many various manufactories and noted for other industries, he expressed surprise. He actually believed that was done by the inhabitants here preparation of dried fruit, so well known is the Rochester product. ————— THE QUEER FARMS. ing *Poxsams, the One Devoted to Ra’ or From the New York Journal. Mr. H. I. Twigg, a young English farmer, has secured a large tract of land in Ken- tucky, near Richmond, and announces that he has established a "possum farm. Were he a Yankee, it would be suspected that the announcement of the ‘possum ranch was part of a scheme to colonize the ad- jacent district with colored people, possible buyers of small tracts of land. But Mr. Twigg is said to be quite sincere in his un- dertaking, having figured out that, as 'pos- sum is considered such a delicacy as to command fancy prices, there is money in the scheme. He has under advice of an experienced old colored “gemman,” who has assured him that “the "possum am a very dainty eater,” planted on the ranch a large number of persimmon and haw trees and hazlenut bushes. He has started in with twenty "possums in the warren, and, calculating upon the remarkable fecundity of the animals, ex- pects by next fall to be able to supply the Louisville demand at least. A similar experiment is being made in the cultivation of rabbits in Sullivan coun- ty, this state. The difficulty is to secure food for the growth on a limited reserva- tion, and ultimately the animals overrun the surrounding country and become a pest, as, for instance, the opossums of Long Island. ——_——ee. Visible Supply of Grain. NEW YORK, July 27.—The visible supply of grains Saturday, July 25, as compiled by the New York produce exchange, is as fol- lows: Wheat, 47,142,000 bushels; increas 399,000 bushel Corn, 8,810,000 bushe! in- crease, 144,000 bushels. ‘Oats, 6,58 brshels; decrease, 570,000 bushels. Rye. 1,- 557,000 ‘bushels; ‘decrease, 90,000 bushel: Barley, 740,000 bushels; decrease, 800 bushels.