Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. Cleveland had made known his disapproval { the proposed third ticket project, the President telegraphs as follows to the Evening Post: “BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass., August 6. “It Is absolutely untrue that I have given ary advice touching the course of the f jolis conference ac “GROVER CLEVELAND.” POPULISTS. KA ‘They Kept at Their Werk of No jat— ing All Night. ABILENE, Kansas, August 7.—The popu- list state convention remained in session Practically all night. The convention nomi- nated Rev. J. B. Botkin for Congressman- at-large over E. C. Little, by a vote of 440 to 22% For Meutenant governor, J.M. Dins- More of Neosho county, A. M. H. Harvey of Shawnee county and G. Bohrer of Rice county were placed in nomination. The first ballot showed that A. M. H. Harvey had a clear majority and his nomination was made unanimous. After a short re- cess for dinner, the balloting was resumed, but the proceedings were slow and tedious, each candidate placed in nomination being called before the convention to make five-minute speech. For attorney general L. C. Boyle of Fort Scott was nominated by a vote of 260 to 254 for John Madden of Emporia. For secretary of state W. E. Bush of Mankato, Lyman Nagle and W. P. Boyd were placed in nomination. Bush was nominated on the third ballot. For state treasurer David H. Heffeibour of Miami, John W. Boyles, W. H. Biddie and Mack Ross were placed in nomination. Heffelbour was nominated by acclamation before the completion of the first ballot. At I o'clock the convention refused to ad- Journ until morning. MR. EVANS WILL NOT RUN. He Declines to Be a Candidate for Governor of Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., August 7—H. Clay Evans positively declines to be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor at the Nashville convention, August 12. This he does in a telegram to Mayor Stahiman of the Nashville Banner. Mr. Evans 1s out of the city, but his son, H. Clay Evans, jr., corroborates the dis- patch. OUTLOOK IN MARYLAND. Senator Wellington Agrees to Axsint Speaker Mudd. Bpectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 7.—Senator- elect Wellington left here for his home in Cumberland this morning, after complet- ing the arrangements for the rental of the new headquarters for the republican state central committee. The committee will oc- cupy a suite of rooms on the second floor of the Baltimore News building, Baltimore and Calvert streets. Possession will be taken early next week, and as soon as the rooms are occupied a meeting of the com- mittee will be called, and the campaign Will open in earnest. In commenting on the conduct of the campaign Mr. Wellington reiterated his statements that the financial question will dominate all other issues, and that the utmost care would be preserved to make the fight one in which sound money democrats can ally themselves with repub- licans. He said it would be the aim of the Managers to make the meetings as largely non-partisan as may be possible, and to that end gold democrats who intended to vote for McKinley will be asked to take the stump. The members of all parties will be asked to aid in electing the sound money nominees. Mr. Wellington has just returned from a campaigning tour on the eastern shore, and told The Star correspondent that he firmly believed that the first district would be carried by the republicans. He said that he had been informed that a number of democrats would be out for McKinley, while the republicans are steadfast in their loyalty to their party n«minees. Before leaving town, Mr. Wellington held & short conference with Speaker Mudd and several fifth district politicians, after which it was given out that he would do all in his power to al! Mr. Mudd in his fight for tie congressional nomiration in that dis- trict. Ex-Controller Marion De Kalb Smith,who Vas in town today, holds radically different views from Mr. Wellington as to the situa- ton on the eastern shore. Mr. Smith sayz that the silver sentiment there is by no means confined to the democrats, but that ™many republicans will vote for Bryan and Sewall. In Kent county he says he knows of a number of republican voters who may be safely counted for silver. WILL VOTE FOR BRYAN. Ex-Chairman Taubeneck dicates How Fusion Will Be Arranged. CHICAGO, August 7-H. EK. Taubeneck, late chairman of the populist national com- mittee, has come to Chicago for consulta- tion with leaders of his and the democratic party. He is confident that the populists of the whole country will vote for Bryan and has little doubt that satisfactory ar- Tangements will be made for electoral tick- ets in all the states. In Illinois it is understood four of the democratic electors will be retired and four Populists substituted. It fs also the under- standing that at least one of the candidates on the state democratic ticket will be with- drawn and his place filled by the populist convention, which meets next week. Mr. Taubeneck expresses the opinion that ev- erything will work out all right, not only in this state, but throughout the country, al- though he says the recent interviews with Senator Jones and Butler and the utter- ances of Vice Presidential Nominee Watson have so conftsed him that he hardly knew what was going on anywhere. BRYAN AT CANTON. Little Done Toward the Demonstra- tion in His Honor. CANTON, Onto, August 7.—Major McKin- ley will be at bis home next Monday when Nominee Bryan passes through Canton at 124 p.m. on his way to Madison Square Garden, New York, for his official notifica- tion. Secretary John C. Harmony of the Canton Bryan Club, returned home this morning and said to the Asocilated Press that a subscription Mst had been passed around for funds to hire a band to go to the Pennsylvania station and greet Mr. Bryan. “Beyond this,” said Mr. Harmony, ‘I think nothing has been done. I did not ex- pect to serve as secretary of the club after tonight. This evening the club will hold a meeting and decide on some formal de- ‘icastialon. Mr. Bryan will travel on a regular train. I do not expect he will stop here, except for the usual few minutes’ train stop. He may speak from the rear platform. but I cannot talk knowingly that. All I think can be safely said row {3 that there will probably be a band at the station, and that thousands of peo- ple will doubtless gather there to see him ss through town.”* POLITICS IN VIRGINIA. Both Parties Appear to Have Internal ‘Trouble and the Situation is Mixed. Sprdul Dicpateh to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va. August The re- election of J. Taylor Ellyson as chatr- man of the democratic party in Virginia, in spite of his letter of declination, fol- lowed up by @ verbal refusal by him to the state executive committee, in session last Tuesday night, places the chairman in a very awkward position, inasmuch as he was a pronounced advocate of the gold standard previous to the Staunton conven- tion. It will be renfémbered that at the Staun- ton conventicn Senator Daniel offered the chairmanship to Mr. Ellyson in open sei sion, notwithstanding his previous att! tude. and in the absence of the latter the Matter was left open until the meeting of the new silver committee last Tuesday. Ever since that time Mr. Ellyson has re- frained from committing himself in the matter and the unanimous manner in which he was re-elected has been a great surprise to the ardent advocates of silver in the party. Lack of Funds Feared. It leaked out at the committee meeting that in the executive session of that body, Mr. Ellyson expressed some fears about obtaining the necessary funds for the proper conduct of the campaign in Vir- sinia, that the men who had been contrib- uting the campaign money in the past were bitterly opposed to the Chicago plat- and would not lend the party their } financial ald even if they would support the ticket for sentimental reasons. For the first time in the history of the committee the reporters of the democratic press were excluded from a portion of the meeting, which is the best evidence ac- cording to the belief of the sound money men that the party leaders are not satis- fied with the situation. Ellyson’s Bold Move. Mr. Ellyson, beyond doubt the best posted politician in the state of Virginia, in ac- cepting the chairmanship has made the boldest move and ferhaps the most uncer- tain in his political cazeer. It ‘s well known that he aspires to he governor of Virginia, and @ year ago he made it known to his friends that he intended to ask to be Gov. O'Ferrall’s successor. When the Staunton convention committed the state uneguiv- ocally to the free coinage of silver, he saw his cherished hope waning and certainly the realization of it delayed. The result of it all, however, has made him much surer of the prize, for his acticn, so dramatically carried out, will undoubted- ly place the present party leaders urder lasting obligations to him. Unless there is a radical change in the situation when Gov. O'Ferrall’s term of office expires next year, Mr. Ellygon will receive the nomination at the hands of his party, notwithstanding that he ts from this city, which has hereto- fore been considered an almost insurmount- able bar to gubernatorial ambition, as it has long been an unwritten law that the nominee of the democratic party for gov- ernor of Virginia shall come from outside the capital of the state. If the electton to be held in November next were held tomorrow, Bryan and Sew- all would carry the state by at least 20,011) majority, and at least two-thirds of the ten Congressmen from Virginia would be free silver democrats. But, unmistakably, a widespread reaction against the Chicago platform has set in in th's state, which time avone can measure as to its extent. The Republican Situation. If the democratic situation in Virginia presents a unique attitude, that of the re- publican pelitical management gives to view a program none the less novel. The wrangles that commenced in the county conventions when delegates were to be elected to the state convention, showing a want of harmony among the leaders and resulting, in a large number of cases, in two meetings and two sets of delegates, are being repeated in the district conventions now that candidates for Congress are to be nominated, and the jealousies that cropped out then are bearing well maiured fruit now. Col. Wm. Lamb, the republican state chairman, who raised up bitter opponents by the methods adopte} for his election to the office at the famous Petersburg meet- ing, has either been unwilling or unable to placate them, and the troubles which com- Menced so early in dis career as party manager continue to crop out. Not even in his own district was he able io keep down the dissension, and the spectacle cf two nominating conventions and two candidates chosen for the congressional race w: sented to public view at Hampton W The Lamb faction even hear overtures from the meeting org: under the Borden influence, and hence the first question for the new campaign com- mittee, the appointment of which in Itself is a rebuke to the chairman, will be the settlement of trouble in his own district. There ts little doubt that R. A. Wise will be recognized, and Jno. J. Dyer, the bolt- ing candidate, will be turned down, and that Col. Lamb will secure a small victory to temper his great defeat. From time to time each faction seems to have gained some advantage in the way of reevgnitien in the higher counsels of the party, and songs of triumph have been sung, only to be hushed by the announcement of similar victories on the other ; dent to those who had the party interests at heart that the personal enmitics were about to sap the chances of the campaign, and the national committee steppe] in. The democrats recognize, in the appoint- ment of a campaign committee under ad- visement in all its acts with a member of the national committee, a more potent wea- bon for McKinley and Hobart than It was pessible to create out of the dissenting forces of the republican party in Virginia. CHARLES COUNTY POLITICS, Farmers Talk on the Currency Ques- tion—Congressional Nominations. Spscial Dispatch to The Evening Star, LA PLATA, Charles County, Md., Au- gust 7.—Gold and silver and corn and to- bacco go hand in hand throughout the en- Ure county now, and although the quer- tion of good crops is the more important to the farmers, they manage to find time to discuss politics. During the past few days the heat has been so intense dur- ing the middle of the day that the farmers have left the fields and met beneath the shade trees and other convenienf places and discussed the political situxtion. Rain is very badly needed just now, because the corn and tobacco are showing the ef- fects of the continued dry w-ather. The corn is perhaps too far advanced to affected very much, but unless there is rain the tobacco crop may suffer. At pres- ent, however, the crop is in good condi- tion, with every prospect of a good crop and it is thought that about 35, heads of tobacco will month. Of this quantity about 12,000 hozs- heads will be sent to France,as usual. Corn is in fine condition, and the farmers are very highly elated. With such bright prospects ahead the farmers anticipate a prosperous year generally, unless the mar- het is affected by this fali's election. The question now with the farmers :s whether silver or gold will benefit. them most, and in solving this problem no at- tention is being paid to the individuality of the men who will be presented to them for election. Among the republican voters many are to be found who favor free sil- ver, but the colored people generally are favorable to the gold standard, for, as one of them puts it, the talked of ratio means sixteen dollars for the white man and one for the colored. On the other hand there are some democrats who will not be guld- ed by party lines, but who will vote agairst the free silver proposition. Politics will be launched upon the pe ple in earnest when the republican « gressional cofivention meets here on 18th cf this month. It ceded that Sidney E. Mudd re the Is generally con- will have a walk over when ghe convention takes a ballot. There will be tweniy-six delegates representing Charles, Prince Georg St. Mary's and Calvert —_couatie: the seventeeth ward of Baltimore city and the second district of the city. It {s known that Mudd will have thirteen delegates who will stick to him through thick and thin, and this will at least caure a deadlock. His managers claim they will have enough votes to nom- inate him on the first ballot, although there is talk of a combination favoring the election of James A. Geary of Balti- more, but if this is done it will be with- out his consent. Thomas Parran of Calvert county will in all probability make the speegh presenting Mudd’s name to the conventfon. He is a farmer and politician, and ts one of cleven brothers, and is the only one of them who ts a republican. He is an able man, and an orator, and when he went into poli ties he succeeded in reversing the usual democratle majority. ‘The democratic convention in the fifth district will be held in Baltimore city Sep- tember 10, but who will be nominated the leaders have no idea. The name of Wm. Claggett of Marlboro’ has been mentioned sa has that of R. H. Edelin, but it is thought that neither of them is anxious to make the race. GEORGIA POPULISTS, ‘They Nominate for Governor a Young and Fiery Orator. ATLANTA, Ga., August 7.—The delegates to the populist state convention having per- fected the organization yesterday and lis- tened to Thomas E. Watson's address last night, settled promptly down to business at this morning's session. The discovery that, on account of his not having resided in the state long enough, Gen. J. B. Gambrell was ineligible for the governorship, having removed him from the field, the sentiment this morning crystal- ized in favor of Zaborn Wright of Rome. When the chairman declared the conven- tion ready to undertake the nomination of a candidate for governor, Mr. Wright was placed in nomination by Judge James K. Hines. No other names were presented, and Wright was nominated by acclamation. The nominee is a young man of high standing, and famous throughout the state as a fiery and eloquent orator. He is pos- sessed of large means, and is expected to ke an active and aggressive canvass of the state. To Receive Bryan. DES MOINES, Iowa, August 7.—Arrange- ments have been completed here for a srand reception to Mr. Bryan this evening. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Governor MoKinley Said to Be Oriticising Hanna. ALLEGED FAILURE 10 SECURE WHITNEY Perfunctory Way Kansas Demo- crats Fuse With Populists. —_—_»—____ THE FREIGHT POOL Speeial Dispateh to The Brening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 7.—Chair- man Hanna is expected here this after- noon. That he failed in his mission to New Ytrk is believed by many republicans here. Hanna's mission was not so much to secure an ablding place for the republican com- mittee, which any New York house agent could have arranged in half an hour with- out Mr. Hanna so much as leaving his of- fice in the Perry Payne building, but it was for the much more important purpose cf making an alliance with ex-Secretary Will- iam C. Whitney, for whose venerab! father-in-law Mr. Hanna’s Cleveland oc! fices are named, for a coalition between the gold democrats and the national republican ticket, and to smooth, if possible, that po- litical mazistrom known as the New York republican situation. It was in the highest hopes therefore that ex-Governor McKinley saw his man- ager depart for New York. How rudely these hopes have been dashed to pieces may be easily gained by summarizing the result of Chairman Hanna’s trip. In pursuange of Maj. McKinley's instruc- tions Chairman Hanna took the earliest op- portunity to meet Mr. Reid. They spent a night together at the latter's home, Ophir Farm, on the Hudson. Then Mr. Whitney's proposition was fully set forth to the re- publican manager. In vain did Mr. Reid impress upon the western manager the importance of such an arrangement. Bui Chairman Hanna was too much in- texicated with past successes to take the advice either of Reid or McKinley. He did not propose to have any democrats sharing in McKinley's administration. His trip is regarded here as the most tious blow the republican ticket has yct sustained. The results are absolutely null and the chagrin of the republican !eader here is undisguised. ———— FUSION IN KANSAS, Short of Endorsing the pulist Nominations. KANSAS CITY, Mo, August 7.—A special to the Star from Hutchinson, Kan., says a dozen men, representing the rem nant of the Kansas state democratic con- vention, assembled at 8:30 o'clock this merning to perform the formal duty of reminating the state ticket selected at the Populist convention at Abilene. When the names were read from a telegram, they were taken down by Secretary Peppereli, and at once declared the nominees of the democrats without discussion or remarks. Thus far the democrat part of the fusion agreement fully carried out. > LORILLARD’S COLT WON. Draco Took the Astley Sinken Today. LONDON, August 7.—Pierre Lorillard’s Amenican ch. g. Draco won the Astle stakes at the Lewis summer meeting to- day. The Astley stakes are of ten sov each for acceptance, with 500 sover added, for two-year-olds; distance, five fur- longs. Mr. Leopold DeRothseaild’s b. c. Brigg, by Bragg, out of Gagoula, was second and Kilkerran was third. SS SURVEYOR HARRISON HOME. Sick From His Confinement in Venezuela. LONDON, August 7.—Crown Surveyor Harrison of British Gulena, who has just arrived in London, was interviewed today by a representative of the Associated Press. Mr. Harrison is the official who was recent- ly arrested by the Venezuelans while en- gaged in or near the territory in dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain and wno was subsequently released by orders from Caracas. He has not quite recove! trom the illness which caused him to leave Georgetown for England, but related the story of his arrest, etc. Mr. Harrison made no addition to the statements on the subject which have al- ready been cabled to the Associated Press. > ROADS TO BE FINED. He ts Stl The Interstate Commerce Investiga- tion Into the Western Pool. CHICAGO, August 7.—The expected ex- plosion before the interstate commerce commission took place this morning, and the top was blown off the railroad pool, un- covering an unlawful combination. The prosecution is now confident that the inves- tigation will end in the imposition of some large-sized fines against most of the west- ern roads. There has been a strong pres- sure under the apparently smooth surface of the present week's investigation. Yesterday when President A. B. Stickney of the Chicago and Great Western railroad took the stand he created a mild sensation by the disclosure of the methods of bis company in outwitting the others in the handling of grain. This morning the cross- examination of Stickney was up to ex- pectations. He charged his follow railroad men with inelting the present investigation to catch him in a weil-iald trap on the charge of rate-cutting. a SPING ON MONEY. SLE A Massachusetts Forger Caught With His Plunder. BOSTON, Mass., August 7.—A man, who subsequently gave his name as Michael E. McNulty of Fall River, was found asleep on the Stnbury street sidewalk by the police this morning. Under his head was a bundle of crumpled bank notes, amount- irg to nearly $1,000. The man was book: at the station on a charge of drunkenness, and when searched $2,000 more was found in his pockets. Besides the money he had a check for $00, two gold watches, a diamond stud and a diamond ring of value. About 9:30 this morning the man was brought before Capt. Cain for examination. The captain ordered the prisoner to place his money in the savings bank for safe keeping, and ac- companied by an officer, he did so. In answer to a query sent to the Fall River authorities as to McNulty’s identity, a telegram was received asking that Mc- Nulty be detained, as he is wanted in that city to answer to a charge of forgery. — CABINET BREAKS. GERMAN Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chan- cellor, Resigns. BERLIN, August 7.-The Neuesten Nach- richten announces that Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor, has resigned, and that he has left Berlin for Kassel. It is added that further changes are im- pending in the ministry of finance. ———— Some Officers Elected. At the afternoon session of the Galilean Fishermen voting for national officers be- gan at 2:15, and at the time The Star went to press the following had been re-elected for the ensuing year Grand ru:ler, Rev. Thomas H. Shorts of Hampton, Va.; grand secre- tary, Mr. Columbus Gordon of Baltimor assistant," Miss A. G. Heath of Baltimore; grand treasurer, Miss Hester Smith of Maryland. - MR. HILL AND THE TICKET/THE IRWIN MURDER Little Doubt That He Will Support It at the Proper Time. What Chairman Jones Says of His Interview at Normandie- j by-the-Sea. There ia rothing in the stery coming from New York to the effect that Senator Hill has declared his intention to support the Bryan ticket. Chairman Jones says that the story is made up of inferences and not based on anything which has occurred between him and Senator Hill. There 1s little doubt entertained by dem- ocrats that Mr. Hill intends to support Bryan, tut up to this time none of the democratic leaders are in @ position to say what the New York Senator will do. The assertion is fully warranted that Mr. Hill has not declared directly to Senator Jones or any other of the democratic leaders either that he does or does not intend to indorse the ticket. Nor has any one repre- senting the democratic national committee asked any question on the subject. It has been assumed from what Mr. Hill has said in the past, from Ms course at the Chicago convention and from his general relations toward the party that at the proper time he would give his formal indorsement to the Bryan ticket. But no word has passed between him and any one in authority. Hill's Attitude All Along. In his speech in the Senate, when en- gaged in a tilt with Senator Tillman before the democratic national convention was held, Hill declared that he woutd abide by the decision of the convention, and criti- cised Tillman for his threats to bolt ¢f a sound money candidate was nominated. At Ohicago, after it became apparent that no consideration whatever would be shown the gold men, Hill consulted with silver men in a manner to indicate that he didn’t admit of the possibility of his loyalty to the ticket being’ questioned. In all intercourse between him and other democrats since then the assumption on both sides has been that his attitude was not subject to question, it going without saying that he would act with the party. Mr. Hill has acted as if he thought tt unnecessary to make any ‘formal avowal, and that it should be taken for granted that ‘his partisanship could be relied on. nd it has so been taken for granted. The interview between Senator Jones and Sen- ator Hill, at Normandie-by-the-Sea, was not for the purpose of determiniag what Mr. Hill's attitude might be, but proceeded on the assumption that there was no doubt involved. It is not believed that Hill is going to make any formal declaration before the state convention has acted, but it Is cer- tain that in a passive sort of way he will Keep in touch with the democratic orgent- zation. No doubt is entertained, nowever, that the state convention will {tndorse Bryan, though it will adopt a different platform, and Hiil is expected to be as active as usual in the state campaign. Up to the present time Mr. Hill has not thought it necessary to define ‘tis osition, What Chnirman Jones Says. Chairman Jones was back at lemocratic headquarters today. He said concerning his visit to Senator Hill that there was no authority for statements that Mr. had Hill declared himself to him (Jones) on political situation. On the contrary, . Jones says, Gov. Hill is a man who s his owns counsels, and like others New York is probably awaiting the state convention in Septem- ber. When asked as to the remark at- tributed to him that “Hill is all right,’ Mr. Jones said he had stated from time to time that he had no doubt Gov. Hill would be all right, but there was no rea- son for giving any significance to this opinion, in connection with the meeting in New York. Chairman Jones goes to Frostburg, Md., tonight to remain until Monday, when he will go to New York to attend the notifica- lon meeting at Madison Square Garden. His family is coming on from Arkansas and will be at Frostburg during the hot term. Ex-Clerk James Kerr of the House of Representatives will meet Mr. Bryan at Pittsburg and proceed with him to New York. in action of th e+ KILLED BY- THE SUN. The First Victim of the Prevailing Hot Wave. A white man, apparently about thirty- eight years of age, dropped at the corner of 18th and L streets a few minutes after 2 o'clock this afternoon from the effects of the heat. The ambulance of the Emer- gency Hospital was quickly summoned and the sufferer was hurried to that in- stitution. The efforts of the doctors were of no avail, however, and he died a few minutes after his arrival without regain- ing consciousnees. His name could not be learned. —— ae A VERDICT OF SUICIDE. est in the Cane of the Cabin John Tragedy. Coroner Dividscn, with the assistance of Deputy Sheriff Embrey, impaneled a jury, and at 2 o'clock this afternoon an inquest was held over the young man who com- mitted suicide near Cabin John bridge. The jury consisted of Messrs. James H. Lough- borough, William H. Bobinger, John L. Schmitz, John Harper, Edward E. Crockett, Van Kanady, James Tapps, Noble C. Dow- ling, James Burns, Robert McBride, Dennis @uohy and Albert Dowling. The testimony of a number of witnesses was heard substantially as stated elsewhere in The Star. The only additional evidence was that of Dr. Pratt, who made an examination of the body, and stated that the unfortunate man had made more than one gash at his throat. He stated that from the appear- ance of the man he was evidently a con- sumptive and had not long been out of the hospital. After hearing the evidence the jury re- tired, and in a few minutes brought in a verdict of suicide. A_protograph of the suicide was taken ty Mr. Alexander Yowell, after which the remains were placed in a box, packed with ice, to await future identification. > Why Messenger Moore Resigned. L. C. Moore, a colored free silver demo- crat from Mississippi, has resigned his po- sition as a laborer in the office of the chief clerk of the Treasury Department, because of his alleged dissatisfaction with the course of Mr. Logan Carlisle, his superior in office, in having repudiated the platform and candidates of the Chicago convention. He is alleged to have said that he would not serve under a democrat who had bolted the ticket of his party. Moore has made himself conspicuous among the treasury messengers of late by making a poll on the money question. —_——_+e+____ Mr. Carlisle’s Trip Postponed. Secretary Carlisle has postponed his de- parture for the President’s home at Gray Gables until tomorrow, It was his original intention to have started today, but he was prevented from doing so by an unex- pected pressure of official ‘business. As already stated in The Star, the Secretary will make the trip on the lighthouse ten- ders Maple and Mistletoe, and will he ac- companied by Mrs. Carlisle and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carlisle and their children, An inspection will be made of the light- houses on the route, o-—___ A Pistol Fight. NEW YORK, August 7.There was a pistol fight in the streets of Sheepshead Bay, L. I. soon after midnight, and Frank Messenger, eighteen years old, a resident of this city, will die, while Policeman Haines is suffering from a wound in the abdomen. Se ‘Winding Up a Rum Down Paper. DES MOINES, Iowa, August 7.—Henry Wallace, treasurer of the property, has asked for the appointment of a receiver for the Homestead newspaper and the Pierce Wallace Company, which owns an interest im the same. He charges mismanagement and improper use of funds, Effect on Matthews of the Tragedy at Marlboro’. FEELING AGAIN? THE WO More of Her Letters to the Alleged Murderer. A PREMEDITATED CRIME —__.__ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COX, Md., August 7.—News of the Marlboro’ tragedy reached here early this morning, and it seemed to have a depress- ing effect on those engaged in the investi- gation of the Irwin case. For a time the people here seemed to lose sight of their own affair and turned their atteation to a discussion of the means calculated to put an end to these tragedies. When Mat- thews heard of the Marlboro’ affair he seemed very much shocked, for the dis- cussion of the tragic end of Dr. Waring was accompanied with violent language, and the prisoner seemed te have an idea that perhaps his life was in danger. But the people here have no idea of using vio- lence, and then, too, the jail at La Plata 18 an unusually secure structure of brick and stecl, with combination locks, and it would require considerable force to effect an ertrance. When the coroner's jury reached Allen's Fresh this morning there was a general outpouring of the populace and everybody was anxious to hear what the witnesses said, but this was not per- mitted. Constable Joe Howard reached Allen's Fresh after an all-night drive hunt- ing witnesses, and State's Attorney Posey and the prisoner were there from La Plata. Feeling of the Citizens. Speclal Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. BEL ALTON, Charles county, Md., Au- gist 7.—The case involving the cowardly murder ot Jim Irwin at Allen’s Fresh Sun- day night has caused much discussion con- cerning Charles county's criminal record during the past few years, and concerning the cause of them no one disputes the idea that the failure of the courts to do justice -8 wholly responsible. Residents of the county are able to recall a score of cases in which there was a wanton disregard of human life, but in not a single case do they know the infliction of the death penalty. In fact, it is stated that there have heen ceses where it was certain that death was the result of violence, which were never «ven so much as investigated. What is the se of investigating them? is asked. When the evidence 1s obtained and produced the juries acquit, and the heavy expense on the county is incurred with only disastrous re- sults, for the acquittal of a person in this way is a sort of tree license to others that they may go and do Ikewise. In this con- nection suine verdicts in homicide cases here have been severely derounced, and many citizens freely express the belief that such verdi-ts, being only premiums on crime, induce others who are tired of their lie partners to use sume violent means, poison or deadly weapons to free themselves from the bond of matrimeny. Cause of Cocking’s Lynching. And it is the belief of many people in this vicinity that the lynching of Joseph Cock- ing was the result of the failure of the commonwealth to get the case before the courts and have a speedy trial. The sad fate of Cocking, as is well known, followed the demand for a change of venve which would have taken the case to St. Mary’s county and involved an additional expense of more than $1,000, and it is believed would have ended in an acquittal there. With so many cases in the past few years, in which alleged murderers went free, the citizens concluded that in the absence of the proper administration of justice they would make an effort to redeem the good name of the county. And it was with this idea in view that Cocking was removed from this mundane sphere to another world. He was not lynched by a crowd of intoxi- cated rufflans, the result of a bar-room gathering, but some of the so-called best citizens took part in the early morning af- fair. With this as an example it was thought that the county would not be the scene of another murder for some time to come, but almost before Cocking’s body had decom- posed came Sunday's night's horrible affair. Outcome of the Present Case. Now, that the proof on hand,it is thought, makes out a case beyond any doubt, and the reasonable certainty that both George Matthews and Mrs. Irwin will be held, the question of the final outcome of the case is being discussed. It is generally believed that the outcome will be entirely different from that of the case of Belle Farrell for the alleged murder of her husband by poi- soning. Some of the citizens who are anxious to have the stamp of condemnation put on such crimes think that both the man and woman will have to suffer the death penalty, while there are those less hopeful ones, who, judging from past ex- perience, hope for nothing other than ac- quittal. So far as the punishment of the woman is concerned, public sentiment dif- fers. . In this connection reference is frequently made to the hanging of Mrs. Surratt, and those who make this reference are opposed to the infliction of the death penalty on her, but favor the hasty execution of the man. “If something is not done,” said a prom- nent man of the county, “our homes will rot be safe.” A great many people here, however, favor the same punishment for both, for, indeed, the feeling against the man is not so in- tense as is that against the woman. ‘That the man should have erred is blamed on the woman, and most of the blame is upon her, for she had a husband who cared for her as well as most men in ordinary cir- cumstances. That he loved her is shown by his continued devotion even after she had openly wronged him, and after his life had been threatened and he had been warned to leave her to save his own life. And again, this 1s not the first time her con- duct has resulted in bloodshed, for shortly before she was married her relations with @ man caused the cutting of a man’s throat and almost his death. She was known down in Cobb Neck by most of the oystermen, while in this vicinity she was by no means a stranger, and the comments about her were never of a flattering char- acter. Feeling as to Matthew On the other hand, George Matthews was a single man, and it is said that he had caused trouble in other families. He came here when he was but an orphan boy, hav- ing been brought here from Havre de Grace. His explanation of his reason for borrowing the gun from Charles Goode was explained here today by a man from Rock Point or Cobb Neck, who had known Mat- thews for a number of years. It appears that there was a Virginian who had come across the Potomac to live, and because of his manner of living the men about the cyster village concluded to have some fun with him and scare him. For this purpose they dressed themselves in female attire and went out as alleged “regulators” in imitation of the conduct of men in other states. When they met this old bachelor on the road they rolled him in sand and used switches on him, so badly frightening him that he returned across the water to the old dominion. And it was because of this occurrence that Matthews said a man had been attacked, and he wanted the gun because he needed protection. But this oc- currence had happened some time previous to the botrowing of the gun, so that those interested in the investigation have thus far failed to see the connection. Additional Evidences of Intimacy. Almost every time the officers make a move they succeed in finding additional letters or other evidence to show the in- timacy which existed between Jim Irwin's wife and the Cobb Neck oysterman. The last search of the oysterman’s house re- vealed a package of letters the man had re- ceived from the married woman, and they were couched in the most endearing terms. There was hardly a line in any one letter in which she did not call him her “Baby boy” or “Sugar baby,” as well as other names which indicated just how she felt toward him. While in these letters she 1 referred to Matthews as “ saby" she re- ferred to her husband as “old crazy.” In one letter appeared this: “ “Old crazy’ is going awa: Come over and let your honey kiss you all night.” When she first commenced the correspondence a loug t.me ago she signed her name “Ema,” not know- ing how to spell the name. ‘Later. how- ever, as heretofore stated, she signed two cross marks, and he did the same. Because of the horrible character of the wound the doctors are no: fully certain whether there was more than one shot fired or not, and therefore it is not certain whether one fron or two actually par- ticipated in the killing. By some of the Jurors ft ts believed that both Matthews and Mrs. Irwin took part tn the actual violence, while others believe she only paved the way for the man and probably held a piece of lighted paper in order that he might make his aim sure, for a plece cf burned paper was found in the room. Possible Attempted Poisoning. The theory that Mrs. Irwin had attempt- ed to poison her husband and failed is gen- erally believed by the jurors and others who are interested in the investigation. The small vial containing a quantity of the deadly fluid was found in George Mat- thews’ shanty, but why he had it there he has not yet explained. A man who lived in the shanty with him says he did not have it there for the purpose of killing rats, for there were no rats in the shanty. He, however, knew nothing of the presence in the house of the poison until State's At- torney Posey, Constable Howard and Juror Robertson made the search. Mrs. Irwin, many seem to think, put the polson in some of her husband's food, thinking he might be taken suddenly ill in the night and die, and nothing more would be thought of him. This, of course, would free her of het husband and allow her an opportunity to go to her “sugar baby boy” down in Cobb Neck. While this belief is shared in by many, there are others who believe that the poison was obtained for this purpose, but that the wife became frightened and made her lover take the poison home, probably to be used later on. Result of Premeditation. That Jim Irwin’s brutal murder was the result of premeditation there can be no doubt, for it 1s generally believed, especial- jy about the vicinity of Allen's Fresh, that his killing had been agreed upon about the latter part of April, when the wife was so persistent in her efforts to have Jim go to church and renew his peace with God and the world, for although she loved another far better than she did her husband she charitable enough to him to nt him to die in his church and leave his Christian parents this much consolation when his sudden removal finally tcok place. But the tinal arrangements were :aade on Friday at the meeting on the road near Harris’ Lot, so the state's attorney thinks. This was the memorable meeting in response to a letter from the woman, and Hattie Barnes, the woman's sister, was present at the meeting. It may be that she knows some- thing of the arrangements, so the pro: cutor thinks, and last evening an officer went in search of her after she had not been found the previous day. If she Is found before the inquest concludes this afternoon she will be fut on the witness stand and put through a rigid cross-exam- ination. While the ofhcers were out making this investigation and getting the additional ev- idence, the woman was still under treat- ment in “Dick” Swann’s house, while Mat- thews was in ‘Matthews’ prison” at La Piata. The woman is still sick, and Mat- thews is beginning to show the effects of solitary confinement. His incarceration vir- tually amounts to solitary confinement, for he is the only prisoner in the jail, and Wash. Burch, the colored man who has charge of the prison, is seldom there to minister to his few wants. Matthews is very quiet in prison and celdom has a word to say to the colored keeper unless he ‘s addressed. He never talks of the crime unless he is addressed, and it is against the orders of the state's attorney to have any- thing said to him upon the subject of the crime unless he is present. His question- ing is always done in the presence of wit- nesses, for the state's attorney wants out- side witnesses to hear what is said in event of either of the prisoners breaking down and making a confession. Meshes Closing Around Matthews. The meshes are closing around George Matthews. The jury will undoubtedly hold Matthews as a principal of the crime and Mrs. Irwin as a witness, if not an acces- sory, for the grand jury for the murder of James J. Irwin. The ccroner’s inquest met this morning at Aller’s Fresh, “he scene of the murder. State's Attorney Posey first went into the house where Mrs. Irwin has been since the night of the murder. Here in the presence of some of the coroner’s Jury he examined her as to what she knew about the murder and her rela- tions with George Matthews. The accused woman lay in her bed as she was being ex- amined and the jury sat around her. No one else was allowed to be present at the exgmination, not even the newspaper men. State’s Attorney Posey told the jury that be had talked in a friendly way with the woman, attempting to get ber confidence, and had not tried to connect her with the murder. She contradicted several of Matthews’ statements already made to the jury. Mat- thews had said that he had given her 20 cents on Friday when he met her near Har- ris lot for making twe shirt waists for a little boy he was raising. This she denied positively. Mrs. Irwin Admits Mlicit Relations. She admitted for the first time that she bad illicit relations with the accused, and admittei all the letters, both to her and from her, which had been offered in evi- dence as genuine. She then told Mr. Posey that she had been cruelly treated in not being allowed to see her husband's body. She did not know jthat Irwin had been buried, and when the state’s attorney asked her if she really wanted to see the body she then remained silent, and afterward went into a fit of weeping, upon which the state's attorney and the jury left her. John Stein’s Evidence. The most important witness of the day was John Stein, a fisherman and crabber who lives at Rock Point, his house being thirty or forty yards away from Mat- thews’ shanty. It will be remembered that Matthews tes- tified that on the night of the murder he had rowed out to Chaptico, looking for a friend and not finding him had returned to his home at 10 o'clock and had gone to bed. Stein, whose reputation for honesty and veracity seems well established in the community, testified that at 3: a.m. Mon- day his wife croused him as the alarm clock went off and told him that some one Was out on the crabbing grounds before him. He got up and looked out the window and replied, “That's no one but George Matthews.” ————— The Choctaw Chief. SOUTH M-ALLISTER, I. T., August 7.— Returns from the Choctaw elections, while not complete, insure the election of Green McCurtain as chief of the nation by a good majority. —_—__. Grain and Cotten Market. ¥Furhished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRSIN. ae Low. “Chose, Etied 584% 24%- 24 24 23K 4 Bew ing ig St 6. os 6. 702 685 «6690 3.20 215 3.17 357 352 3.55 335 827 3.27 3.55 3847 3.47 Hi ait 73 7-80 7.89 Raltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, Md. August changed—recelpts, 9,507 barrels. Wheat " weak—spot September, OU%4a f i's, nome; stock, ste pouthere wizat grade, S8%a0l%. Cum and September, 20329! and eianieaen 19,000 sample, S722; do. on dull and easy—; FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Decline and Everybody Wants to Sell. POSSIBLE ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES Support is Forthcoming From No Quarter. mercer deed GENERAL DEPRESSION Sey a wraians Special Dispatch te The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 7.—A new low level was established this morning for all activ: Speculative issues. From a comparatively steady opening, prices yielded easily under @ continuous pressure of stock for both ac- counts. The decline at midday extended from 1 to 7 per cent. Rumors rela probable issue of clearing house « were utilized to good purpose by fessional room element. Bankers pre ly identified with relief meast of this character denied the necessity for an im- Mediate issue of these certificates. The authority granted the clearing house com- mittee during the December crisis has not been revoked and a new issue of certifi cates can be made at a moment’s notice, should the occasion for prompt action arise With the exception of these rumors, there were no new developments to which the decline could be attributed. Brokers creil ited with the bulk of yesterday's sales w again noted among the large all points of activity. Manhattan was se- lected as the center of the attack, and was forced down rapidly, until 7 per cent had been detracted from’ the initial sale. Bur- lington was easily influenced also, and sus tained a substantial loss, liquidation at times being conspicuous, while tie short interest in the property was materially ex- tended. Sugar attracted a lberal volume of the day's total usiness, and after the first deflection below par received only different support. Every rally subsequet ly recorded attracted new sales, and were only temporary in consequen-e. There is almost no demand for stoct except such as is directly traceable to the ccverirg of short sales. The pessimistic element Is in absolute control of the situ- ation, and at the moment there are few indications of support from those interests heretofore relied upon to appear at every radical decline. The fury at such a move- ment as that of today may a>complish its own abandonment. Injury may be done meanwhile, however, and indifference at this juncture may mean disaster to the more venturesome. The do-nothing policy, previously noted as prevailing among conservative sion houses, will materially reduce the pros- pects of financial embarrassment. ‘Th policy of the active element is apparently to continue the depression until substantial support is detected. Considering the period of uncertainty ahead, support of this char acter is likely to be a long while in develop- ing. Today's decline reflects large profits to those responsible for it, and this fact ts relied upon to force a rally in the very near future. The customary delivery hour rally was recorded today, but new sales were at- tracted by the added frac The eastward movement of the silver speech to be launched in Chicago tomorrow night may afford some incentive to specula- tion. If eastern hopes and predictions are realized such incentive sould rot be op posed to improvement. The market for fcreign exchange is reported to be dull, with conditions unchanged irom those pre viously quoted. The money market was erratic throughout the day, rates fluctu: ing between 3 and 8 per cent. The adv ing teadency of this market will materially essist the banking syndicate im keeping exchai ge -*tes below the specie point. The trading during the final hour was urchan ed in character and irregular in results Cenfidence in a traders’ rally was general but there was no disposition to favor ths lorg side of the market except for quick turns. Mr. Whitney's denial of a state ment credited to Lim as to McKinley ability to carry thir state was mainly re- sponsible for the firal rally. —_- FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the cloning prices of the New York stock market today, as ~eportet by Coreon & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & “Schley, No. 8 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar........ 1 1WX 96% 86 American Sugar, Pid... 95q soe 90% 95 American Toba aT orn wares") American Cotton Oli * 9 Atchison... Sig Bg Baltimore & Onio 136 w Bay State Gas. A ite Chie. 4 Consolidated Gas. 184 Del., Lack. & W 140 Delaware & Hudson. ué 6 115 Den. & RioGrande, Pid. 40 40 “BT Dis. & Cattle Feeding. %% Me Oy Ene We 12k 1K General Klectri By RK LIN cMineis Cemtral.2220002 as Laclide Gas 18% 18 18k Lake Shore. 1M 8818S Louisville & Nashville aly 41 BS: Metropolitan ‘Traction.. $4 84" 763 Mauhattan Elevated Ss ss we Michigan Central. eaese osese 18% 15K ig TR Wy 1 6 New Jersey Central. Wy Wig 8BI5 New York Central. a Northern Pacific 4K OSS 3% Northern Pacific, Pf We We 104 North American. 5% Ont. & Western 1%, 1 Pacific Mall.. iT 15g Phila. & Reading. » ay Pullman P. 140 1g Southern Ry., Pid. ee ee Phila. Traction. oO, Wy SK Texas Pacis ae ee ‘Tenn. Coal & Iron dye 141d Unton Pacitic Sy oh thy U.S. Leather, Pid. Se BR 4s Wabash, PI 1s 18 Wheeling & L. Eri Se BK Wheeling & L. Erie, SB BR Western Union Tel ns —_—___ Washington Stock Exchange. The board will adjourn over Saturdays during July, August and September. Sales— ‘iar cali—12 Loan and Trust, 10 at 115. United States Electric Light, 10 at 100%. Lanston Monotype, 100 at 5, 100 at 5, 100 at 5, 25 at 5, 2 at 3. After call Washington Loan and Trust, 10 115. bid, 108g naked US da, coupon, tooss id, OTe i 4. 8, coupon, asked. U. 58. 48, 1025, 111% bid, 112 asked. U_ 8. 5s, 109 bid, '110 asked. District of Columbia Bouds.—20-year Fund. 5s, 104 bid. 30-year Fund. gold Gs, 110 bid. Water Stock currency 7s, 1901, 110 bid.” Water Stock cur- rency 7s. 1903, 110 bid. Fund. currency 3.055, 110 asked. Miscellaneoas Bonds.—Metropolitan Ratlruad Se, 103 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. ts, 110 bid. Belt Ratlroad 70 bid, 80 asked. Eckington Railroad 6a, 90 bid, #5 asked. Columbia Railroad $s, 108 bid, 112 asked. Chesapeuke and Potomac Telephone Ss, 100 bid. American Security and F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. and 0, 100 bid. tngton S225 tos A . a ny exten, Ge 105 bid.” Masonic Hall Association bs 103 bid. National Bak Stocks.—Bank of Wastington, 270 iblic, 240 bid. Met tan, bid, Farmers and 170 bid. Cotumbia, x West End, 110 asked. Traders’, 06 asked. 93. bid, 169 asl ed. ‘clock m.—Washingtoo ‘Trust, 115, - S24 Trust, 14) asked.” Wastington Safe Deposit, atieoed Stocks Ra cocks. ee tan, 107 bid, 112 asked. Colum- Mie"Gs vid felts 25 asked. Hkington, 28 sated. Ge ccown and Teamallytown, . Gan ae rad States Electric Light, 100% bid. “ se Bt _Firewren’s, 32 bid.” Frankia Insurance Stocks. bid. an, 68 Htc, BS wid National Union, Columbia, 9 bid, 14 asked. bid, 6 asked. Lincoln, 8