Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1896, Page 2

2 ‘THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1896—-TEN PAGES. Tnguest Into the Death of Baron vor Zedtwitz. * NO ONE BLAMABLE FOR THE DISASTER — —-+—- The Deceased Was Formerly Sta- tioned Here. TL ft TABROAD TRIBUTES TO All of the papors = expressive LONDON, August 1! this morning contain ed! of regret because of .the accident to tir yacht Isolde and the death of Faron Zedt- witz, her proprictor. ‘Phe Chrovicle “One trembies at the idéa of have happened if tt been Meteer ard Emperor William had been on beard." __ According to all accounts received here the Meteor had a miraculous ¢scape, LATE = HILL’S MANY TROUBLES Affairs in New York Are Shaping to Bother Him. ‘Tammany’s Skort Memory Is a Handi- ca and the Sound Moncy Dem- craix Are Threatening. appears In the New York silver men succeed in at the democratic state yf the sound money dem- support the republican state in that event’ ihe republicans the es convention some ts will vil achieve an easy criumph. It is considered that, practically, there are no state issues wo y to be pressed question. The Raines rt was very objection- mniny Hail S$ aggressively take many of the sound unite with the re- 1 : along the line, in local, as it was, howevei 3 as in national affairs. seratehed ia cu he reput already in office, Interviews wiih me of t are perso y popy articular- Various crews show sometniag popular po iS position to comment “on “tne late to succeed himself, but ug of the Micteor, dyriz No real eviue one of the yacnts ever, has yet developed No One Ht RYDE, Isle St Wight quest was epencd remains of Baron Germat mer Moritz € of the Royal Albert Yacht Club, off 5 Bea. The captains of t were among tho: mander of the Prir Barow von Zedtwitz. pressed the on have given I tion that Meieor ought ide a wider berth and a t there had be ded that he ‘hous! moan error of judgmer : Ce Ger also testified the rules and roor ha nty 0 had not the Saint siruck the latter out of cross that of Meteor. ion with he continued, ¢ not then be cept by collid with Britan- nia, which, he expiaine!. would have re- sulted in a far more serious The jury rendered a verdict Was to blame for the accident. mashup. that nobody ye for the nomination is so Ii e may be called upon to run again in he interests of harm it is not sit that in cumstances: he ould decline the office st acceptably ody, and he ‘s uundest of sound money men. s Sew York city Morton out of the ans haye men in p office the s: nm of any e of whom would make it an easy mat- y democrats, full of re- the silver Issue, te go over to sreally to Senator Hill's Although a sound money man f, he is standing between the sound This adds ver ffieull ropey fire and the free silver tire. He, as he recognized democratic 'eader in the state, is expected to shape the action of ne Buffalo money jemocrats are i in, must be o backward step tak: of June must be the deliverance also of ber. But the delive and the Si vention is expected to, put y = ectors in the field. Bryan’ afd Sewall tors oa a sound money platform would urd. of June ember mmany and tis allies, ea the other hand, a rance. Reg alaril is Tammany’s chword. back remory ABO. mere goes ne any ciple yster Died Poison Given by Ley. x August 19, the Bee from Lincoin, ser’s jury case found that the wath as « result of by Ciiff Hegey for that the Cla ud, who me eunty Attorne Ui Li OMAHA, A special to the core ter murder to his istered 2 of robber Laura and st night to acces- Woodward, were series to the crime. it developed that Hag: Hutc&as. This morning J. W chins, a lroad man frhm Stuart, Lowa, called at police stat'on and asked to s ‘The body of Baron Zedtwitz has been | pected man. identin embalmed and will be taken to Dresden for | Srother, bu meeting betw burial. was not a It appea Capt. Miles of the Isoide dezcribed the 1 who ¢ Hag 3 adopted mix-up of the yachis, He said that Britan- | ¥y a fainily o name v he was a nia and Meteor were both under his let id two or when The Saint luffed up from under his lee trying to wind him. But he Saint could not clear Lsolde's boom and struck it. In consequence Isolde swerved, and her bow Was driven toward Meteor. When witness Noticed Meteor she was coming into him, and was only ‘about six feet away. There- fore he did not have time to.atter his cour: years old that nai siderably older, The pote huns. th.ng to do With the killing of E: > WAS NO FIGHT. THERE Meteor’s bowsprit went through Isolte’ oy Se - Bi it ec N mainsail, and all her gear fell or, deck. Wit. | 1° Soldier Ly Sosee: News ness Jumped overboard, and thus escaped ‘ e pore: > ee DENVER, Col, August 19.—A special to Continuing, Capt. Miles said that when Baron Von Zedtwitz saw the danger the acht was in -he ran forward, and when itness regained Isolde’s deck, after the col- lision, he found two of the crew trying to rescue the baron from a mass-of wreckaxc overboard, in which he was entangled. They succeeded in hayling the baron up on deck, but he was whconscious, and died soon atier being taken on board a stéam yacht for the News fi News correspondent has just come the place where action was said to have taken placs-between the Yaquis and Troop E, Seventh Cavalry. He found the report of the fight to be without founda- The soldier who represented himself be a courier was a man from Capt. Ariz., says: The tion. to transportation to the hospital at Ryde. Hare's troop, Seventh Cavalry, on sick Capt. Miles could nof say whether Meteor | leave, and not from that of Lieut. Bul- had or did not have time to alter her course. | lock. The soidier is under arre Dr. Dawson of New York, who was on = board Mr. Ogden Goelet’s’ steam yach:| The following is the report referred to: White Ladye, went to the assistance of Baron Von Zdtwitz, when the latter was taken from the water, but the baron was dead, a al injuries, when the doctor reached his side. BERLIN, August 19.—The official Retch- senzeiger toda: ay3 a warm tribute to the en services reudered by the te Baron Von Zedtwiia Killed yesterday in a yachticg accident off the Isle of Wight, tn all the offices he has held, inciud- | ing that of German mnisier to Mexico an: { y n legat.ons at St. urs, Stockholm and W of the Gern Tokio, Was Well-Known Here. Baron von Zedtwitz, who was fatally in- Jured aboard his yacht, Isolde, yesterday, was well known ia th y and was a great favorite In so yhile attached to the German I i ere he was among the most prom: ers in the di matic corps. FE € ta and, being a talented vic ways in the lead of the mus! y. on set, which at that Ume was most eoaspicuous. His courtship of and subseaueat marriage with Miss Lena Caldwell foFnied the grand finale of his Washington residence. Marringe With Miss Lena Caldwell. The marriage ceremony was the first ana ovly one ever celebrated in the éhapel of the Catholic University, and most fittingly so, as the handsome bride had built the chapel as a memorial to hee mother. Her elder sister, Miss Mary Caldwell, gave the magnificent sum which foun the uni- versity. The marriage c remony was at- tended only by the relatives of. the. bride and the necessary witnes and was <ol- lowed by a wedding breas at the Ar- lington Hotel The latter was a grai event, and was attended by the diplomatic cerps and most of the promirient people in seciety. The handsome groom, striking mil.tary costume, and.the stately bride, in her wedding gown of duchess lave and satin, and sparkling with fine gé1 Made an ideal couple. Just previous to h marriage Baron von Zedtwitz had been ap- pointed minister to Mexico, and to that country he first took his bmde. Since their return to Germany the baron’s prominence Was enhanced in every way by his charm- ing wife, and they became very prominen: in social life. Since the marriage of her sister to Baron von Zedtwitz, Miss Mary Caldwell has lived abroad, mostly in Pa: A Yachting Enthasiast: The Baron von Zedtwitz was a compara- tively recent convert to the sport of yacht- ing, having been elected a member of the Imperial German Yacht Club in 189. He became a decided enthusiast. The baron entered tae civil service in Saxony in 18 ard commenced a public career, and from that time he_held many official appoint- | ments. In 1S7S he entered the diplomatic pervice of the empire, and the offices he held included the secretarysh:ps of the im- rial missions at St. Petersburg, Toxio, tockholm and Washington, while in 18s he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Mexico. It was while in this country that he be- came aware of the merits of American Yacht builders; hence {t was no great suy- Prise to find him settling down to yachting | and intrusting an American firm with an order for a racer. in an unusually Seventh Cavalry in a Gallant Fight. A courier who has arrived at ‘Tucson, . from Oliver Ca: that Troop kk comunand- ai Indians Mon- south of Tues had a fight ung ien miles ed from 5:40 until Sz them in the.r stronghold, i nuire band of thirt one mor‘ Yaquis th Winch sters, pistols and e better armed than the They will be taken to Tucson AT NEWPORT. Defeated Three Straicht Sets. NEWPORT, R. 1, Au; TENNIS R. D. Wrenn Hallowell nis tournament today interest the preliminary match tween Wrenn and N. P. Hallow night, but stopped by rain. When play stopped Hallowell had two sets and was in winaing ferm, but this morning the ex-champion vw in better playing condition, apparently, and he took three straight sets. Score 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. The first round, which will require stx- teen games, was opened by vens and Miles. Stevens relied upon his »ase-line play, and had no trouble in winning. The following games in the first round were finished before lunch tim Cragin beat Lyman 3-6, Ware beat Edwards 6-2, 6—0, 6-3. C. Neel beat Carpenter Budlong beat F. Stevens 6. R. begun FIRED AT THE ADMIRAL. A French Battle Ship Used the Flag Ship as a Target. PARIS, August 19.—During the artillery practice on the French Mediterranean squadron yesterday off Toulon, says a dis- patch frem that city, Admiral Gervals and his staff had a narrow escape. Instead of e:ming at a target, which was being towed 500 yards behind the flag ship Brenaus, a tattle ship of 11,000 tons displacement, the cruiser Vautour turned her quick-fire guns on the flag ship for some time. ‘The shots rained around Admiral Gervais and his staff, and their escape was a miracle. The glass in the admirai’s conning tower was died and a sailor was wounded. There is much mystery as to how the mi <e occurred, a3 it is thought impossible th gunners could have missed the mark | 500 yards. ————— Children Must Stay In. TOPEKA, Kan., August 19.—The city council has enacted a curfew law. It pro- vides that all children under sixteen years of age found on the streets or in public places unaccompanied by guardians, after 9 p.m. in summer, and 8 p.m. in winter, shall be arrested and fined not less than $5 nor more than $25. The fire bell will ring ee evening fifteen minutes before the our. \uPOPS” TO STAY HERE i National Headquarters Will Be Located in Washington. anata Branch Will Be Opened in Chicago—Chairman Butler Has Many Things to Think Of. There was no formal session of the popu- list executive committee until a late hour today, owing to the fact that Chairman utler had his hands full of conferences with leading democrats and silver men. He talked with Senator Jones a good while this morning before the latter went to Chicago and went to the train with the democratic chairman. After that he spent a good le with Senator Faulkner, and later talked with Vice Chairman Stevens of the silver party. it has been definitely decided that Wash- ington shall be the headquarters of the populist national committee, and that inch headquarters will be established in ago. Chairman Butler will announce ‘tor tomorrow the names of the sub- i il have charge of the has secured rooms in the Wo: quarter: s mittee. The subcommittee of the dem- coratic national committee will aiso have reoms there. It is learned that Chairman Butler will be given the est power In.the manage- ment of the ¢ t campaign. He will ret only have charge of the national paign of his party, but he has been p! at the head of the populist congressional committee. He will therefore do the work | At the he has his hands full of the Hing tangle. n't seem in the least worried over ion ef work which has been m. His jaunty blue cap sits s head in most at style, mokes many cigars a day as cart ifferenUy as he appears to that is usually given to two men. same time the comp! put upon the ti it is sald, will have about The Senator, four lieutenants of note under him at headquarters here, and will ploy as,| many people as the populist funds ‘vill per- mit. One thing he will have to do at once wil be the getting out of populist fitera- ture. There is a smal! supply here, ship- ped from the former headquarters in St. Lo: There were no new arrivals of the com- mittee members today. Mr. Brledenthal of Kanai expected, but a telegram was received from him that he had been elected chairman of the state central committee of the Kansas populist party, and could | not well leave the state campaign unless it was absolutely necessary that he should’ come here, ¢ Finance Committee Named. hairman Butler this afternoon announc- 1 the appointment of the following finance committee for the cumpaign: H. W. Reed of Georgia, chairman; Dr. C. F. Taylor of ylvania and M. C. Rankin of In- The committce will make a report the executive committee on some un- ed matters of the past campaigns be- the executive committee adjourns. George F, Washburn of Massachusetts has been appointed to take charge of the eadquarters to be established at Chicago. tter going to his home and getting his $s aifairs in shape Mr. Washburn go. He will keep in close ‘h with the national committee here. rman Entler says that headquarters will be opened up tomorrow or next MR. HANNA NEW YORK. Political Matters From Many Differ- ent States. NEW YORE, August 19.--Chairman M. A. Hanna of the national republican commit- tee arrived in this city today from Cleve- land. He was in rare good humor, and that everything looked promising for necess of the republican ticket i western states. Mr. Hanna said that things were moving with a rush at “he headquar- ters in Chicago. ‘Tons of campain litera- ture are being sent out. He would say nou | ing in regard to the ninth member for the national executive committee, but seemed to be pieased to learn that Richard Kerens of St. Louis, who has been meatidaed in con- nection with the place, was in the city. Mr. Hanna said that he would remain in New Yerk for a week or ten days. The Californian Campaign. LOS ANGELES, Cal., August 19.—The democratic campaign in southern Cal!for- nia was opened here last night by Senator Stephen M. White, who discussed the va- | us phases of the financial question. Hiinois National Party, rel DECATUR, IIL, August 19.--The state convention of the naUonal party of linois Tmeets here today. Charles S. Bentley, the party candidate for President, will be pres- ent and deliver an address ‘this evening. The nationalists are broad gauge prohibi- sts, opposed to fusion. The Iowa Campnign. MOINES, Towa, August Tt was here last night to open the Iowa n campaign September 3 with on, Gen. Benjamin Harrison and Robert G. Cousins. After Campaign Matertal. BXICO CITY, August 19.—J. M. Haw- thorne, envoy of the silver party of the United States, Is here coilecting data, for use in the campaign. i To Flood stnine with Spect Silver Literature Dispater to The Evening Star. LEWISTON, Me., August 19.—The dem- ocrats, who up to this time have taken no active steps toward inaugurating a vig- crous campaign in Maine, now say they are to hi aggressive work. The state committee is prepared to flood the state with silver literature, and will at once sign speakers for all sections of the state. They say at all Important poinis speakers of naticnal reputation will speak for the democratic candidate for governor and Bryan and Sewall. TRICT GOVERNMEN'T. D) For Engineer Angell’s Funerat. The Commissior ers this afternoon allot- ted $75, the customary amount, from the firemen’s relief fund to cover the expenses in connection with the funeral of the late J. D. Angell, engineer of No. 5 company of the D.strict of Columbia fire depart- ment. The amount was made rayable to Catherine Angell. Public Hack Stand. The Commissioners this afternoon destg- nated the corner of 19th and K_ streets nerthwest as a public stand for not more than six vehicles—three on each side of ith street north of K street. This action was taken as a result of complaint made regarding the number of vehicles that have been occupying the stand. Appointments, ‘The Commissioners this afternvon ap- peinted Burton H. Duvall an additional private of the metropolitan police force for duty at the Bijou Theater. William J. Haner has also been appointed an addi- ticnal private of the pohce force fur duty in the locaity bounded by N and O, 13th and Columina streets. “SILVER DICK” AT LAUREL, Mr. Bland Will Make an Address to Pemocrats. Richard P. Bland, the apostle of free sil- ver, who was so near the nomination for the presidency at Chicago, and who hgs been swinging the circle recently with the more fortunate Mr. Bryan, will make a speech to ihe demccrats of Laurel, Md., the home of Senator Gorman, next Friday ening. Mr. Bland will be the guest of First Auditcr E. T. Baldwin of the treas- ury while In Maryland, and great prepara- ons will be immediately made to give Mr. biand a rousing reception. — Judge Cox Declines to Serve. Judge Waiter 8. Cox, who was named as executor in the will of the late Ellen M. Boggs, today filed a renunciation of his appointment. the | | which extended to the middle of the main ! 1 ——* THE. CITY LIMITS | Four THOUSAND THERE They Extend to the Opposite Shore of JUDICIAL TIONS $0 DECLARE Mr. Hugh T. Taggart's Formidable Array of Authorities. DISTRICT OFFICIALS DIFFER The question having been raised in con- nection with the; authority granted the Capital Railway Company yesterday by the Commissioners to propel its cars by means of the trolley acréss:the Navy Yard bridge. whether or not the bridge is within the city limits, a Star reporter today asked the opinion of several District officials on the subject. The reply, without hesitation and unanimous, was that the bridge 1s entirely in the county. That fact Js plainly set forth, so it was said, by the maps showing the bounds of the original city of Washington: : It was explained by an official of the en- ginecr department that the case of the trol- ley on the Navy, Yard bridge is precisely similar to that of the trolley of the Wash- ington, Alexandrta and Mount Vernon Rail- way Company on the Long bridge. The Long bridge is without the limits of the city, and equally so, it was called to at- tention, ts the Navy Yard bridge. An Unanswerable Demonstration. In the opinion of Assistant District At- torney Hugh T, Taggart, whe is probably the best-informed. man in the District on the subject, the city limits extend to the opposite shoves of the, Potomac; certainly, he thinks, to the opposite shores of the Eastern branch of the river. In support of his. position, Mr. Taggart. referred,.t@..the decision of the District Supreme Court in General Term in the case. af, the United States against Martin F. Morris and others, commonly ‘Known as the Potomac flats case. This case was decided the 17th of last October, Judge Hagner . delivering the unanimous op:nion of the court, his asso- ciates in the case being Chief Justice Bing- harm and Judge McComas. The United States was represented in the case by Mr. awgart, and among his contentions was one to the effect that the limits of the city of Washington include that tract of re- claimed land in the Potomac known as the KidWelk+meadews. Tiat eontenien,. wes sustained by the court, and, In referring to repeated grants of jurisdictiun by the United States to the corporate authorities, the judge says they are demonstrative of the bel'cf of Congress that the waters of the Potomac in front of the city were un- doubtedly within {ts Mmits. Unquestionable Authorities. “But,” continues “the court, “this very point has been the subject of judicial decis- lon by the courts of this District. In pur- stance of the<power's confided. to it by these various laws, the corporation passed | the ordinance of February 7, 1852 (Webb's Digest, 363), providing, ‘That it shall not be lawful for any-boat or vessel propelled by steam to run at a kigher rate than eight | miles per hour, in approaching or leaving the city, north of the Washington arsenal,’ and imposing a penalty for its violation. ‘The corporation. brought suit, May 19, 152, before a justice of the peace against: the master of a.sleamer, to recoyer the pen- alty, charging him with the violation of the ance, and recovered judgment, which, appeal to the Circuit Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, was affirmed. The court decided the ordinange was a valid police regulation; amd that. the place where its in- fraction occurred, being east and north of the main channel and north of the arsenal, was within the corporate limits of the city, channel of the river. Vol. 2, p. 521. Declarations Even More’ pennite. * (But the court goes further, for, after-ré< férring to the acts cf Congress passed respect to a bridge across the Potomac near the location of the present Long bridge, Judge Hagner says, speaking of course for the Court in Gereral Term: “By the act of March 3, 1839, ch. 229 (5 Statutes, 364), it was enacted that the bounds of the city of Washington and of the county of Wash- ington were extended so as to comprehend the causeway and bridge lately constructed across the river Potomac to the opposite skore; and the corporation was thereby em- pewered to adopt and enforce necessary rules and regulations for the safety and security of persons and property passing the causeway and bridge. The purpose of this act for the protection of the bridge was to extend the jurisdiction of the city beyond the middle of the main channel, to which it had previously been limited, and not ts confer jurisdiction over the waters for the first time, as was urged ,hy John, Wilsvhi ‘tn ‘his brief to the commiss:cner in behalf of the patent. * Sac “* additional, Proofs, Submitted. * “By chapter 23, 1841 ( Stat., 462),” fur- ther explains the court, “Congress appro- priated a sum of money for the repair of the Long bridge, to be expended by the Engineer Corps; and’by the act of 1852, ch. 108 (10 Stat. 93), another sum for the re- pair of the bridge over the Rastern branch; and required ‘that: the-bridges across the Potomac, and Eastern branch thereof be surrendered-to the’ authottits ‘of the Dis- trict of Columbia.’ ” Sull another legislative declaration as to the city’s limits is referred to by the court in the following words: “By the act of 18th of August, 1856 (11 Stat., 120), it was declared that the bounds of the corporation of Washington were extended so far as to comprehend the lower Eastern branch or Navy Yard“bridge; and it was empowered to enact regulations respecting the safety of persons or property crossing it,” In concluding its reference to this phase of the case, and in sustaining Mr. Tag- gart’s contention, the court said: “It is not corceivable that a policy should then have been Inaugurated that would circum scribe the powers of the city within nar- rower limits than those slwiys committed to ordinary municipalities similarly located. The presumption vould rather have been that, within the just bounds of free re. publiean government, Congress would en- dow the capital clty with excepti ive Heges and powers.” Scar eon Justice Story’s Words. Then the court quotes the words of Mr. Justice Story in the.ease of Van Ness vs. the city of Washingtun: “They (the Original owners) must also have contempfiited that a municipal cor- poration must,s00n.t3 created to manage the concerns tnd polics and public inter- ests of the cit¥; and“that such a corpora- tion would and gught fp possess the ordinary powers for raynicipad purposes which are usually confided to guch corporate bodies. They might, and ingeed must, also have placed a just confidence in the government, that in foundi th city it would do ro act that would ‘obstruct its prosperity cr interfere with its great fundamental ob- Jects or interests. If, could never be sup- posed that Congress’ would seek to de- stroy what its’éwn i€islation had created and fostered into being. On the other hand it must have been obvious that, as Congress must forever have an interest to protect and aid the city, it“would for this very purpose be most impolitic and incenvenient to lay any obstructions to the most free exercise of its power over it. The city was designed to last in perpetuity, capitoli im- mobile saxum.” Surveyor Forsyth’s Iden. Mr. James H. Forsyth, the clerk in charge of the District surveyor's office, stated to a Star reporter today that the city limits are generally regarded to extend only to the water front of the river. However, he ex- plained that nothing in the records of the oMce definitely fixes the city limits, al- though the river front and Boundary sireet have by common consent been always re- garded in the office as defining the city limits. Bridges across the river, he was in- clined to believe, are under the control of the general government, and he thought Col. John M. Wilson could give such infor- mation as would determine the matter. A Throng Today at the National Base Ball Park. To Welcome the Washingtons Home— The First of the Two Games ‘This Afternoon. The dovble attraction of a new third beseman and two games with the Cleve- lands for one price of admission drew about 4,500 people to National Park this after- noon. Selbach, the popular left fielder. hurt his leg while learning to ride a bicy- cle this mornirg, and was out of the game, Lush going to left field and Abbcy to right. The new third baseman from Atlantic City has the appearance of a first-class ball Player. The ground balls handled by him were very difficult, but were taken care of in a way that indicated that he would be a gcod man for the place. At the end of the second inning of the first game the score was 4 to 4. ae eae GROWTH OF SOCIALI Principle Underlying Much of Our Recent Legislation. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 19.—There was a large attendance in the convention hall at the opening of the nineteenth an- nual meeting of the American Bar Asso- ciation today. When Lord Russell, Sir Francis Lockwood and Montagu Cracken- thorpe, together with their ladies, entered the hall they were greeted with hearty applause. Judge George 8. Batchellor es- corted them to seats at the front and near the platform. The president of the association, Moorefield Storey, conducted Lord Russell, Sir Francis Lockwood and Montagu Crackenthorpe to seats on the platform. Among others honored with seats on the platform were: J. Randolph Tucker, Edward J. Phelps, Wm. Allen But- ler, Henry Hitchcock, Austin G. Fox, Chas. Claflin Allen, Francis Rawle and James C. Carter. President Storey called the association to order and «delivered his address. The address of the president was upon “The Most Noteworthy Changes in Statute Law on Points pf General Interest Made in the Several States and by Congress Dur- ing the Preceding Year,” as required by the constitution. He pointed out that the legislation in different states, though widely separated and representing both the oldest and the newest civilization, strongly showed the essential unity of this country in dealing with the same problems that confront all the states. He pointed out that while the past year has been marked by much dis- content among the people that the laws show only profound peace and general prosperity. Discontent does not affect leg- islation. Another noticeable point Is the “rapid growth of a disposition to assert the gen- eral interests of the community at the ex- pense of individual freedom.” The underly- ing principle of socialism, that everything that a man owns he holds for the state, is asserted more and more frequently. The statutes of every state contain laws that would have seemed unwarrantable inva- sions of private rights not many years ago. Such legislation is the collateral inherit- ance tax, the graduated income tax. the graduated tax on the estates of deceased ersons when adopted, and the character and number of the uses for which money is now raised by taxation. The most important and longest part of the address is devoted to railway reor- ganization; it Is based upon a statute of Kentucky which for the first time attempts to deal with this subject and which the address considers as a step in the right direction, as it enables the courts to pro- tect the interests of investors by making every reorganization of a railway the sub- Ject of judicial investigation and securing for every interest a hearing. In the course of his remarks he said: “To the reckless use of power by the managers of great corporations and by those who profit in their downfall, we must attribute much of the discontent, the hatred of capital and capitalists, of cor- porations and their officers, which under- lies the movement which now excites our alarm.” Elections to Membership. After President Storey had concluded his address, the executive committee reported the nominations for membership,and eighty- eight new members were elected. The ag- gregate membership of the association is 1,342. The treasurer's report showed a bal- ance of $4,133.58 The following general council was elected: Alabama, J. J. Willett; Arkansas, M. M. Cohn; California, J. A. Gibson; Colorado, C. E. Herrington; Con- necticut, J. S. Curtis: Delaware, I. C. Grubb; District ef Columbia, 8. R. Bond: Florida, R. W. Williams; Georgia, P. W. Meidrim; Idaho, H. S. Gregory; Illinois, E. B. Sherman; Indiana, S. 0. Pickens; lowa, A. J. McCrary; Kansas, J. D. Milliken: Kentucky, E. J. McDermott; Louisiana, W. W. Howe; Maine, C. F. Libby; Mary- land, J. T. Meson;’ Massachusetts, A. Jones; Michigan, G.’P. Wantz; Minnesota, R. Whelan; Mississippi, R. H. Thompson; Missourl, James Hagerman; Montana, W. F. Sanders; Nebraska, J. M. Woolworth; New Hampshire, J. W: Fellows; New Jersey, R. W. | Parker; New | York, W. H. Robertson; North Carolina, J. L. Bridgers; North Dakota, B. C. Corbet Ohio, M. D. Follett; Oregon, J. J. Hail: Pernsylvania, W. G. Smith; Rhode Island, A. M. Eaton; South Carolina, C. S. Nettles: South Dakota, J. W. Wright; Tennessee, J. M. Dickinson; Texas, J. T. H. Scott; Vermont, E. B. Tafft; Virginia, J. Lyons: Washirgton, C. E. Shepard; West Virginia, B. Sommerville; Wisconsin, A. L. Terry: Wyoming, C. N. Potter; Arizona, E. E. Ellenwood; Indian territory, J. W. Mc- Cloud; Oklahoma, H. E. Asp; Utah, R. B. Shepard. DR. BROWN’S CASE AGAIN, Miss Overman Confesses d Puts the Clergyman in a Bad Light. SAN FRANCISCO, August 19.—Mattie Overman, who figured so conspicuously and unenviably in the Brown church scandal, has made a confession, in which she de- clares that she is a perjurer, #14 that Dr. Brown is all his enemies represented him to be. This startling admission of Miss Over- man, made after menths of silence, and after Dr. Brown has taken up a new home In a new field, has reopened the entire case. ‘The woman's confession has been fully consiiered by the ministers and laymen who formed the trial ccurt. Mr. Tunneil has gone before the members of the ecclesiastical court, and has cor- roborated. all that Miss Overman confessed. ‘Che members of the council could listen to the stariling story, but as a council they could do nothing. Miss Overman’s confession was placed in the custody of the secretary of the Bay conference. A resolution asking the Bay conference to take action in the matter was adopted by a unanimous vote. The Bay conference will therefore meet without delay in special session. Dr. Brown will be notified of the new turn in his af- fairs, and will be ordered to appear in per- son or by representative to show cause why the judgment of suspension for an in- definite period from the ministry shall not be made absolute and permanent expul- sion. Dr. Brown must answer to the Bay conference or be expelled. ee area sta LI HUNG CHANG’S VISIT. Gencral Miles and Secretary Lamont Conferring About His Reception. Gen. Miles has gone to New York to con- fer with Secretary Lamont in regard to the arrangements for the reception of Li Hung Chang. As has been already stated, the President will receive the distinguished Chinese visitor at New York, and the oc- casion will be marked by a military and naval display. Li will arrive on the St. Louis on the 28th instant, and after he has been officially received, he will make visits to Philadelphia and this city. He will probably remain in this city about a week. Quarters have already been secured for tie viceroy and his suite at the Arlington, and entertainments in their honor will be given by the Chinese minister, ex-Secretary Fos- ter, and others. An army and navy cfficer of high rank will be detailed to accompany the party: Now Captain Devoe. ‘The Prestdent has appointed Lteut. Car- roll A. Devoe of the 25th Infantry to be captain and assistant quartermaster. Lieut. Devoe is now stationed ut the Wisconsin University, at Madison. |THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW Contractor W. W. Winfree is Alleged to Have Broken It. On Trial, Charged With Working His Men Over Time on the Wallach School Building. In Judge Mills’ court the trial of Con- tractor William W. Winfree, charged with violating the eight-hour law, was taken up this afternoon. This is the case about which complaint was made by the Federa- tion of Labor because the defendant, ¢o it was charged, worked his men more than eight hours a day. The defendant was awarded the contract for making extensive repairs to the Wallach school building at Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street south- east, where the men in question were em- ployed. When the jury was called the individuals were questioned as to their knowledge cf the case and their relations with the de- fendant. Messrs. Wilson and Barksdale representing the defendant asked the jurors if they were members of the Federat‘on of Labor or kindred organizations, They did this, tney said, npt because of any refle tion on the federation, but because it reputed that this prosecution was tuted by this organization. None of the jurors were members of the organ'‘zation, and only one of them, Mr. J. A. Meloy, is 2 contractor. He was d by the prose- cution, as was Mr. W who said he was an employer of The jury was finally sworn, and Mr. Mul- lowny, in his opening, said that the prose cution had been brought under an act of Congress of 182, which made it am fense for employers, contractors or contractors to work men on government works more than el¢ht hours, unless an extraordinary emergency exists. He said he expected to show that there was ro such emergency in this case, and that competent men who made applications to the defendant for work were refi “If,” he concluded, I shall ask inst aking the Testimony. The first witness sworn was L. R. Bord, a musician, who says he ts also a delegs to the Federation of Labor. We testified that the defendant fs engaged in a gneral reconstruction of the Wailech building, as such employs a number of mechanic: laborers. On the 5th of this with other members of thy at the building bef morning, and spent consi At 4 o'clock in the layers stopped work, bu laborers conti t Witness qu tioned some of the men working on the building, and they said they were working nine hou! “What kind of a day was the 5th of Au- gust,” Mr. Muilo i “It was a clear Gay and somewhai warm, for I know I was glad to get in the shade when I could.” Witness mentioned the names of several workmen, among them a colored man named Albert Whiting. He saw this man there during the day, and asked him cer- tain questions. Whiting asked witness if he was the new timekeeper, but he made no response. 4 “Did you not lead him to believe you were the new timekeeper?” I made no answer, but left him to be- lieve what he pleased. Witness saw Whiting there at 7:30 o'clock cleaning brick, and a few minutes before 5 o'clock he saw him assisting to load a wagon. He did not know how much time Whiting had for iunch, “Were you in the building during the day?” “Yes, sir. “Did you ask Mr. Winfree’s permission?” “J did not.” “And did you see a sign excluding all but employes?” “T did.” “And still you went in there’ “Yes, sir. When asked how he came. to go there he said because he had heard that the eight- hour law was being violated. The other members of the committee, he said, were dames ‘lrainor, a gtreet car driver, and Jcseph Adams, a carpente’ Says an Emergency Exists. Building Inspector Brady testified that the defendant, Mr. Winfree, is the con- tractor doing the work, and the building will have to be ready for occupancy on the 15th of September. Questioned by counsel by the defendant as to the existence of an emergency, the building inspector said the contract called for the completion of the oid building by September 15; and the new part by the Ist. of next January. The appropriation was not available nntil the ist of July and { the specifications were ready on the 3d. The reason why the old part must be com- pleted by September 15 is because between 40) and 500 children are to be accommo- ated there, and unless the building is ready there will be no plece for them. This, he says, constitutes a pressing neces- sity, and he considered it as an emergenc Witness was questioned concerning a re- pert made by one of the assistant inspec- tos, and the report was produced. The report, the court , would be received at \ the proper_time. “Do you know anything about the num- j ber of hours the mechanics and laborers | are working on the building?” the inspector was asked. ot. personally.” Witness knew the character and details of the work, but could not tell how long it would take to complete it. The case was still on trial when The Star's report closed. —— BRADLE le Prevents a Return of the Judge to Washington. It was expected that Judge Bradley would teday relieve Judge Cole, who has been the only member of the District Supreme Court in the city for some time, but word came today that Mrs. Bradley is so ill that Judge Bradley cannot leave her. ‘They are at Northeast Harbor, Maine, where they have been spending the summer, and it is feared that Mrs. Bradley is threatened with tever. Judge Cole will, therefore, continue to pre- side here. jock in the erable time there <rnoon the brick- the carpenters and MRS. 'S ILLNESS. oe Will of G. A. W. Williams. The will of the late George A. W. Wil- Hams, dated November 19, 1894, was filed today. The widow of the testator, Jose- phine Williams, is named as executrix, and after making several small bequests to relatives, the testator directs that she shall have his estate. If she remarries lot 13, square 926, is to go in equal shares to his stepchildren, Domirgo and Lulu Pistprio. — One Mary Was Lucky. Mary Smith and Mary Hill, both colorei, were arraigned before the Police Court to- ay, charged with illegally selling intoxicants in Hillsdale. Mary Smith was held in $100 bail for the grand jury. The other woman was discharged. —_— Got Freedom and a Bicycle. Alonzo W. Boyd, the young man who was arrested two days ago on a telegram from the authorities of Gainesville, Fla., on a charge of stealing a bicycle in that city, belonging to J. O. Lofontisce, was dis- charged from custody this afternoon and given ihe bicycle. His release was ordered by Sheriff Tillis, who stated that the gov- ernor would not issue a requisition unless the loser of the wheel would pay ail ex- penses. ——.__. Silver Headquarters to Remain Here. This afternoon it is officiaily stated that the silver party headquarters will remain in Washington, and that rooms have been rented in the Wormley building for the use of the national committee. The rooms will be adjoining thos> of the democrats and populist Chairman Stevens has appointed George P. Keency to take charge of the organiza-- tion of clubs. The Natlonal Association of Stiver Clubs will be the organization over which Mr. Keeney will preside. ee Postmasters Named. Seventeen fourth-class postmasters were appointed today. Of these thirteen were due to resignations, three to deaths and one to removal. FINANCE AND TRADE Initial Figures Recorded a Loss in Values. PRICES LATER Movement in Gold Has Turned This Way. ‘TOOK AN UPWARD TURN —— GENT L MARKET REPORTS Ao - Special Disgmtoh to Whe rening Star. NEW YORK, August 19.—The exp higher opehing of stocks at the exch: today, due. to tke enthusiastic meeting of the Sound Money League iast night, did not materialize, ond initia: tyrures were re- corded with a slight toss. not progre The selling did far, howey very ly after the noon hour pr to vance. ‘The dispiay, of resistance in the market for the pasi tw« cousidert the dittteult es ercou is due in part to the fact that since t ment set In th at every oppor to all favorabi of i Aproy e has } un en a cli 3p ney ente te be helped by the outside publ would.be duped inte the market by tl tinued rise in values, and by low prices for “which” at present age are still iate of affairs in commercial i} paramennt 4n th ef Was « Xpericuced by the importing of low rate of exchang ws Very iring thisenbout, av& the « mit KAO voll gold “ brought 2 go into the mark “ew howes the credit due us has + through the “efforts of U: h trolled the fo 2 its ong have bo trent of securities United States, there cx the outcome of th then, however, been demonstrat servative bank has changed f London wuot day, but shortly after ate buying orders be arit 5 irregular eur openi ame ontil omits the rate war. somewhat inj» of rocm cable th these ro: pact ndvANOwAT WrePe Gle “to importation ed through tclesed a li haltoum-but th and the jowes New York stock m Balthincre & Gh Bay State Gas... Canada So Canada Pacitic Cuexapeake & Oni. ©. ©, & 5t Louis Chicago, K. TL. @ Pactitr Consclidated Gas... Del, Lack. & ¥ Delaware & Hu Metropolitan drags Manhai : ei Michigan Cex Missouri Pacific... Natfonal Lead Geo... onal Lead Co., Pid New Jersey Central... Rew York Ce: Northern North Americ Got. & Wee ing & 1. Vheeling & L. Erie,Pid. Western Union ‘iel. Silver... Grain Furnished nd Cotton Market. W. B. Hibbs & Co. s New York stock e! 8.00 R07 bnshela Grain f Hay firm Aghite oon. Steady, machined IS: do. bition, good ladle, Tt; frosts, 13) jars, a Ths. plenien, tinne i Butter firm The Seeretary Back From the S: With Nothing to Say. Secretary Hoke Smith returned today from Lincolnton, N. where he has bee! a much-acede t with his fam! fortnight. The Secretary nad no comment to make on politics, and was non-com-ait- tal as to the report that he would stump Georgia for the democratic nom! tween now and November. Senator I of Georgia is in tne city and had an view with him this morning. aOR To Bring Roche Here. The War Department has sent a phy- sician to Tennessee to bring Lieut. H. M. Roche, retired, from there to Washington for treatment at the St. Ehzabeth Insane Asylum. Lieut. Roche attempted to com- mit suicide by cutting his throat. He has been in the asylum before. The unforiu- nate man has a wife and childrea.