Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1896, Page 2

a THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1896—-TEN PAGES. erats with that bill. The one they finany | passed was a vastly different one. But the mischief had been done. The shock had stopped business. Then came the income tax, unconstitutional and destructive, de- clared so by the Supreme Court, and then the attendai.t -deficiency. That deficiency has been a breeding sore ever since. That deficiency and the way it has been man- aged has scared and frightened our people beyond all reason. What are four hundred million dollars increase of debt to a nation so rich that one of its big railroads on half its lines can lose twice as much as paid the whole revenue of good Queen Bess in the days of her highest glory, and never pass @ coupon or refuse a dividend? Why has th's four hundred millions frighteged us so? Because the government has refuted either to raise revenue or separate the deficit from the redemption of greenbacks. Had the House revenue bills of last session passed Congre and become a law, the country, with full hope in a republican ad- ministration in the near future, would then ha rted upward aed onward. “But the conditien has been peculiar. We have a three-cornered triangular gov- ernment. Everybody has been in the minor! and hence nobody has had any responsibility, and we have drifted sailless and rless, but, thank God, with a stout = stouter than all the winds that blow. next you put that ship tn commissic had yeu not better have a harmonious captain and crew, all of them men who have be ? I know that the four gentlemen, Watson and Bryan and Sewall, have been at sea for m. is a dif- ferent thi Confidence Must Be Restored. “We must restore confidence. How can we restore confidence? First, by putting anarchy down and all manner of disturb- ance. Peace and a stable government are the first necessity. This is a borrowing and a lending world. No amount of de- nunciacion of money lenders, no wild talk about Wall street, which, by the way, is the greatest money borrower in the world, will ever put down that fact. Enterprises are carried on by the united confidence of men of money and men of brains. Bring this thing home to yourselves and then you will understand it. If you had money or any other capital you had earned your- self or your father had left to you, or even if you had won in the luck of a lot- tery, would you let it out to everybody on earth who was liable to give you back only part of it and want to call it square? ff you w a business man, would you make things on a gold basis and sell them on credit to a people who were trying to see if they could not pay you on a silver basi ; efeat of the Bryan-Watgon- combination will come certainty of repayment of capital borr at abroad. certainty that b Swill have a firm foundation, . with its attendant years of suc . will Mft us to ancther height of suc- cess where perhaps another set of misguid- ed citizens, forgetful of the past, will way- lay shali have to beat them that this contest today is n bimetallism and monometal- lism. That subject would hear discussion. This contest is between silver monometal- lism, which we have not, and gold mono- which we Trat subject test is not between the east and ‘There can be no such contest. interests are identical. With their comes our growth. We cannot go We have sent our children out Our money is there. No misfortune happen to them that does not happen te us. We here have full esteem for the pion rs of the west, and rejoice in their Y. very wise man agrees that 1 sissippi les the great wealth days to come. In the final develop- ment of this wealth we are all interested, we in the east are not the unwise men * that we are not concerned in the and future of the west. Un- sectional fferences are without ex and it will be woe to those who try to foment them. The west is too vigorous not to find out the truth, and it is too val- jant not to follow it when found. What the west needs is loanable ¢ which will yp its res rt of this 1 is so cor in restoring conti- the undeveloped territory. The has a similar interest. But down there just now assert- - rights and keeping down the ne- If they could be persuaded to look after their interests, what a happy country this might be.” In conclus “Th as ter Times Coming. ion, Mr. Reed said: financial matters are governed by nd take their course like the rolllag ef the round earth or the glitter of the ars. Suppose a man were created wn and set upon a solitay earth facing the dawn. As the panorama of sunrise, the march of the fountain of Nght across the sky, the red sunset and the 1 ss came over him, what could > of the termination of the gorgeous of the skies? Nothing but dark- tion and death, and a wild call- unknown gods to help him. But man who has from earliest boyhood 1 the sun disappear into the red west to p up another day may be ignorant of r’s laws and of Galilee’s faith, but he pagentry knows greater cer y_on earth than the day follows the night. A man who kas only seen IS might well wonder and call for rescue; but we who have seen 187 e read of 1825 and 1851 in E in America, know that surediy r again to business and pros- perity hat tomorrow's sun shall rise. “Be eived by false prophets. In the west they tell th that Maine is faltering. You and I he was never so steadfast. Here east they te’ us th t Is blazing with silver crosses on is crowned with silver thorns, but whe » tug of battle comes the gallant i by our children, will show to brothers true and tried, the who » fought so many fights, shoulder to shoulder, in the great flict of human progress, will never be separated from each Other, or that great party around Ts all the gi t illustrious years ries of thirty of this country’s YACHTS AGAIN. Venecedor and ¢ nada Started at 11 O'Clock. TOLE Ohio, August 25.—The thing of chief est here this morning was the ulation centered on the proba- race for the lake international uiled. 1 Vencedor went out early stice on the line. The Can- odds of 3 to 1 on their boat cided to and Canada ptly at 11 o'¢ lead. The Ca and the Vencedor b rt the race. Vence- ed across the line needor slightly in set her balloon jib, oke out a spinnaker, but 1 to break and it hung on The Canada lowered her boom, aitempt to set spinnaker. $ South by east one-quarter © wind south southeast. Treshe zt dor sa ed the time of low about six knots ith, with prospects of de ations are that the boats will not be the nor to mak: time. the race, although it will he course today is to »pposite direction from Ast, he wind that carried the he line so nicely has died 1 their canvas. shakes. cedor soon after the nued to pull away. ‘anada rounds the first stake. -Vencedor rounds first stake. second leg Ca: soon had a big Before the stake boat was reached as nearly three-fourths of a mile a rounded the second stake boat encedor rounded the second stake vind very light and dying Eelieve {t will be impossible to make the race. ——_ __ Wrenn Defeats Hovey. NEWPORT, R. L, August 25.—Wrenn wirs first set with Hovey in all-comers’ tenris match, 7-5. Hovey wins second set, 6-8. Wrenn wins third set, 6-0. Wrenn wins set and match, 6-1. Sw Mr. Bryan in the Mountains. NEW GRAND HOTEL, Summit Moun- tain, August 25.—Mr. and Mrs. Bryan ar- reved here at 10:30. Along the way people fiom the boarding and farm houses pre- sented Mrs. Bryan with flowers. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt Married to Mr. Whitney. HER FATHER IN AN INVALID'S CHAIR The Ceremony - Marked With Simplicity. DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR —————— NEWPORT, R. IL, August 25.—The wed- ding of Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Van- derbilt, to Mr. Harry Payne Whitney, eld- est son of the former Secretary of the Navy, W'iliam C. Whitney, took place at noon today at “The Breakers,” the Van- derbilt summer residence. Although the wedding has been awaited with great interest, it was In a way a dis- appointment to the exclusive set in society Miss Gertrade Vanderbilt. here, owing to its simplicity. This was necessarily so on account of the state of Mr. Vanderbflt’s health, his physician thinking it unwise for him to undergo any- thing but the quietest ceremony. There- fore, outside of the immediate bridal party, only about fifty persons were present. ‘The legal marriage ceremony was_per- formed by Rev. George F. Magill, D.D., rector of ‘Trinity Church, of which Mr. Vanderbilt is a member. It was originaily intended that Bishop Potter shoul act in this capacity, but Rhode Island lawa forbid a clergyman from another state to perform a wedding ceremony here. There- fore the plan was changed, and Bishop Potter delivered the benediction. The Ceremony. The bride and her attendants. assembled in the upper hall and proceeded down the grand stairway. The bride entered the room on the arm of Mr. Chauncey M. De- pew, and preceeded to the priedieu, where she was met by the groom. Miss Vander- bilt was given away by her father, who was wheele! into the room on a reclining chair. The bride's costume was of white satin trimmed with old lace, which has been in the family for years. She wore her mother’s bridal vell. She carried a bouquet of stephanotis and gardenias. The brides- maids wore mouselin de sole over white silk, fluffy ruttles of queen valenciennes lace, beaded with Insertion of the same. The waists were of valenciennes inserting, with puffings of the same material, and Van Dyke collars. The sleeves were full length with cuffs of valenciennes insert- ings and small puffs at the shoulders. Shaded rose-colored belts lent a pleasing touch of colors to the costumes. Miss Giadys Vanderbilt, sister of the bride, and Miss Dorothy Whitney, sister of the groom, were the maids of honor. They wore organdie muslins, with fluffy collars of valenciennes lace. The bride's gift to the bridesmaids were forget-me-not brooches of diamonds and pearls. Mr. Whitney’s gifts to the best man and ushers were pearl and diamond stickpins. Mr. Whitney wore a boutonniere of gar- den‘as, the best man a white orchid on the lapel of his coat, and the ushers small sprays of lilies of the valley. The bou- quets of the five bridesmaids were of roses and lilies of the valley, caughi with broad pink satin ribbon, upon which were em- broidered lilies of the valley. The bridesmaids were the Misses Sloane, Shepard, Gerry and Taylor. Mr. Payne Whitney, who has just returned from Eu- rope, was the best man, and the ushers were Messrs. Frank Polk, Columbus Bald- win, Rawlins L. Connenet and Alfred Van- derbilt, brother of the bride. After the ceremony the couple passed into the gray room to receive their guests. They occupied a position beneath a bower of tropical foliage, surmounted by a canopy composed of two immense Areca lutescus. Seven standard blooming rose trees, eigh' feet high, alternately white and pink, form- ed a boundary to the lipe of guests. ‘The Decorations. White and pink were the prevailing col- ors in the white floral plan of decoration. Most elaborate decoration was in the grand hall, through which the bridal party passed on their way to the gold room, in which the ceremony was performed. Cascades of the finest asparagus and maidenhair fern fell from the sides of the lofty hall and Harry Payne Whitney. from the capitals of the columns that sup- port the gallery. Multitudinous white lil- ies, hydrangeas, white and pink roses and gladioli Mteratly flooded the green draper- ies. White and pink sweet peas were also used on the twelve festoons of ferns, which reached almost to the floor. The columns which esupport the arches were guarded by rose tree fentinals. springing from a turf of the finest ferns. At the head of the grand stairway stood a specimen palm thirty feet high. Garlands wera festooned on the massive pifars and the balustrade of the staircase was interwoven with ropes of fragrant bloom. The gold room fs at the north of the grand hall. Here, also, the decorator had distributed his work with lavish hand. Huge vases brimming over with longl- florum lilies, Augusta Victoria roses and Encharis Amazonia, were set in the spaces between the groups of twin columns which form the alcove at one end of the room. Write sweet peas and lilies of the valley made up the priedteu. Vases of pink and white cut flowers of the most rare species were scattefed about the room. The great fireplace was Hterally packed with Farley- ercis ferns and ancifodium album. The bridal party left Newport on a pri- vate car with a special engine at 2 o'clock this afternoon, but no one would disclose their destination, although it {is still be- Meved they will proceed to Lenox, Mass. AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE B. H. Bolton Shot Himself in the Head Today. ‘The Ball Did Not Penetrate the Brain and the Man Will l Recover. i R. H. Bolton, who lives at No. 106 4th street southeast, attempted suicide this af- ternoon by shooting himself in the head. His mind has been deranged for several years, and when Dr. Friedrich called to attend him he could not understand what had happened. He was in the bed room talking to his wife when he suddenly grabbed the pistol and sent the bullet into his right temple. Not a Fatal Wound. . The ball did not enter the “brain, but passed out back of the ear, making a wound which is thought will not prove fatal. The unfortunate man is about fifty-seven years old, and has a wife and one child, a grown son, who is in business. As soon as the shot avas fired neighbors were called in, and Dr.Friedrich was among the first to respond to the call. The patient is doing well, under the doctor’s treatment, and will in all prob- ability recover. a DEMOCRATIC LEADERS CONFER. Chairmanship of the Campaign Com- mittee Discussed. CHICAGO, August 25.—Gov. Stone of Missouri came into town unexpectedly, and immediately upon his arrival at democratic headquarters held a long conference with National Chairman Jones and State Chair- man Hinrichsen. One of the subjects un- der discussion was the chairmanship of the national campaign committee. B. F. Shively, democratic candidate for governor a Indiana, was alsoa caller at headquar- ers. National Committeeman William F. Shee- han of New York is at the Auditorium, but has not yet called upon Chairman Jones. Fusion in California. SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.—The union in this state between silver forces on presi- dential electors is complete. The people's party state executive committee has de- cided in favor of the proposed agreement, giving five electors to the democratic party and four to the popullsts. Fusion Throughout Missouri, ST. LOUIS, August -—The Republic (democratic) this morning says: “Fusion in the doubtful counties is to be made the or- der of the day by the democrats in this state. It is the intention of the state com- mittee to bring about a union of the dem- ocrats, free silver republicans and popu- lists In every county where the republicans cannot be otherwise routed.” —— ee ADDRESS TO BIMETALLISTS. They Are Urged to Organize in Every School District. CHICAGO, August 25.—An address was issued today to “The friends of bimetallism in the United States” and signed by A. J. Warner, president American Bimetallic Union, and George E. Bowen, secrefary. After declaring the importance of the sil- ver question in the present campaign, the address says: “The great contest is now on, and it can only be settled at the polls. To the end that the decision may be right, the American Bimetallic Union strongly urges the formation of silver clubs and leagues in every state, county, city, town and schcol district in the Union. “To all interested In the cause we say: ‘Organize end we will assist you to the best of our ability.’ “Our means are limited and the wealth of the country is arrayed almost solidly against us, but we will aid in the work of organization and education to the utmost of our ability. “Such literature as can be furnished free we will piovide gratuitously, and all that neccessarily involves expense will be re- ceived at cost. In every legitimate way we will assist in disseminating correct infor- mation upon this subject, the correct solu- tion of which means so much to the people of our common country. —_—_—_ PRISONER GONE MAD. RELEASED Scathing Comment of an Irish Paper on Prison Methods. SKIBEREEN, Ireland, August 25.— Alfred George Whitehead, the Irish-Amert- can political prisoner who was released from Portland prison last week, and who arrived here yesterday evening, became completely deranged after seeing his mother, and disappeared soon afterward. He has not been seen since, although searchers have been scouring the netgh- borhood all night Icng. DUBLIN, August 25.—The Kilkenny Jour- nal, commenting upon the release of John Daly, the Irish political prisoner, from Portland prison, says: “The Red Indians’ torture of captives Is humane when compared with the torture inflicted upon Daly in England.” Continuing, the periodical mentioned re- fers to the allusion in the queen’s speech to the outrages in Armenia, and adds: “The queen can find nearer home more vent for her hypocritical tears than among the Kurds,” and asks: ‘Where's the queen’s clemency? Daly was released a few months before death would have released him, and three others have been driven mad by tortures in penal servitude, com- pared with which Siberian exile is drawing- room imprisonment. This is the way Vic- torila wishes to signalize her reign. She would not have been a loss to the victims of her brutal rule in Ireland if she had gone years ago. At the present moment she knows she is standing in the way of those who wish to see her in her royal sepulcher, and she has neither the grace to abdicate nor the humanity to open her prisons to Irishmen until they precede her on the voyage from which none return.” MR. HOBART AT CANTON. Second Trip of Major McKinley’s Running Mate to Ohio. CANTON, Ohio, August 25.—Garrett A, Hobart, republican nominee for Vice Presi- dent, arrived in Canton on the Pennsyl- vania road just before noon. He was ac- companied by H. H. Kofilsaat, editor Chi- cago Times-Herald. This is Mr. Hobart's second trip to Canton. ‘The greeting be- tween Maj. McKinley and Mr. Hobart was most cordial. It is understood they are this afternoon considering their letters of acceptance. Maj. McKinley's letter will not be published before Thursday. —_——. —_ SUNK BY AN ICEBERG. -The British Steamer Moldava Wreck- ed, but All on Board Escaped. NEW YORK, August 25.—Capt. Burn- side and crew of twenty-two of the British tramp steamer Moldava were picked up at sea by the steamer Circassia, which ar- rived from Glasgow today. The Moldava struck an iceberg during a fog last Wed- nesday end almost immediately sank. All hands were saved. The Moldava was bound from Cerdiff for New York. —_.—___ Brooklyn’s Trial Postponed. BOSTON, Mass., August 25.—Edwin 8. Cramp decided today, after consulting with the members of the official trial board, to postpone the test of the cruiser Brook- lyn's speed until Thursday. There are four big engines in the Brooklyn, and it was found, after yesterday’s trial, that the work of cleaning and getting them in con- dition for the great -race against time cculd not be properly done in twenty-four hours. ———————— Prof. Nicholas Rudiger Dead. MUNICH, August 25.—Nicholas Rudiger, the professor of anatomy at Munich Unt- versity, is dead. He was born in 1882, be- came professor of anatomy in 1870, and was the author of a number of valuable works upon anatomical subjects. A GREAT, CROWD TODAY Twa Games With Cincinnati Prove a \ Some of the Detaila of the First Game—Ti\g Washingtons Mak- ing ¥ Good Record. as A beautiful. gfternoon, ladies’ day and two games for‘the price of one admission drew a large ctowd to, National Park this afternoon. At 2jo’clock the bleachers were full, the right fleld 50-cent seats were also crcwéed, and the main stand held many ladies. It is estimated that at the begin- ning cf the second game fully 6,000 people will be present. Mercer and Farrell and Ehret and Vaughn were the batteries in the first con- test. Three runs were scored in the first inning through the successive hitting of the Cincinnati team and an apparent ina- bility of Mercer to keep the ball away from the plate. Washington scored the first run on q beautiful exhibition of the hit-and- run game. From the first inning on Mercer settled down ‘and pitched very good ball. Smith’s playing at third was a featur Ehret was apparently easy for the Sena tors, phenomenal fielding alone keeping the locals down. In the fourth inning the score was tied by beautiful hitting by Brown and Cartwright. O'Brien went to fist on a force hit, Brown followed with a beautiful three-bagger and Cartwright, who seems to have regained his batting eye, corked out a two-bagger. pela Ese THEIR LONG LOST SON. A Romantic Story of a Supposed Georgetown Man in a Mexican Prison The State Department has been asked to look into the case of Jerry McCarthy, an American railroad engineer, serving as engineer on a railroad in Mexico, who is reported to have been arrested by the Mex- ican authorities at Pedras Negras. A Press dispatch states that McCarthy !s ac- cused of causing the death of two Mexi- cans by the fast running of his train, and is held tn jail, without ball, pending a trial. Mr. Edward Daly of Georgetown, D. C., called at the department today and en- deavored to learn the details of the arrest. He thinks the Jerry McCarthy mention- ed is his brother-in-law by that name, who went into the railroad business many years ago and headed toward Mexico. There will be a vein of romance in the case if the Mexican prisoner proves to be the same McCarthy. The Georgetown boy by that name disappeared elghteen years ago, and his family has never been able to get track of him, further than that he was somewhere in the west or in Mexico. His aged parents, Charles and Catherine McCarthy, live at 3401 M_ street, George- town. They were much affected on seeing the press dispatch stating that the one be- lieved to be their long absent son was in a Mexican prison. The acting consul at Pedras Negras has been communicated with as to the facts, and steps will be taken to ald the imprisoned man. STEWART INDUSTRIOUS. He is Engaged tn Answering All the Gold Bugs. Senator Stewart's answer to the recent speech of Semator Sherman will be given to the press thig, afternoon. The document is understocd to be typical of the Nevada Senator. It will: make something like two columns, and the silver people hope to give it widespread circulation. Senator Stewart is writing ah ankwver to the speech made yesterday by Maj. McKinley to the delega- tion of farmers; which called upon nim at Canton. = -e- The Brooklyn's Trial. The Navy Department has received no reports on the preliminary run of the Brooklyn yesterday, as it was unofficial. It is felt, hOwever, that the first showing indicates that the Brooklyn will take place with the othér very fast ships of the new navy, and that she! will earn a cénsidera- ble premium for her butiders, the Cramps. The Brooklyn will be the last ship built under the premium system. ——_—- —+ 2+. Atlantic Squadron Movements. The Navy Department ts informed that the battle ships Texas and Maine left Nor- folk this morning for TompKkinsville, N. Y., to join Admiral Bunce’s fleet for the pur- pose of assisting in the demonstration in honor of Ear] Li Hung Chang, the Chinese ambassador. on his arrival on the steam- ship St. Louis, Friday next. —____—e<_____ TRAGEDY FOLLOWED. FAILURE. SENATOR A Young Lowell, Mich., Banker Shot Wife and Them Himself. LOWELL, Mich., August 25.—Charles Church, junior member of the private bank- ing house of C. J. Church & Co., shot and fatally wounded his wife and then com- mitted suicide closed its doors yesterday, giving as a rea- son that it was unable to realize upon its assets. This morning Deputy Sheriff Cowan called at the younger Church’s house to serve a writ of attachment. When Church saw him he locked the docr, and imme- diately after three pistol shots were heard. The door was broken, and Mr. and Mrs. Church were found lyigg on the floor, the former dead and the latter mortally wounded. The elder Church has disap- peared. _ Cardinal Martinelli Consecrated. LONDON, August 25.—The Daily News this morning publishes a dispatch from Rome to the effect that Cardinal Rampoila, the papal secretary of state, has conse- crated Father Sebastian Martinelli arch- bishop of the Titular See of Ephesus_ Father Sebastian Martinelli, prior gen- eral of the Augustinians, was recently ap- pointed to succeed Mgr. Satolli as papal delegate to the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. a Ohio Populist Convention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 25.—Delegates to the populist state convention are gather- ing at Springfield, but it is thought that not more than 100 of the 700 delegates en- titled to seats will be present. Jeff Creager of the populist state committee says the demccrats have offered them half of the state ticket for fusion, but they will also ask for half of the electoral ticket for Wat- son for Vice President. se Sound, Money in Delaware. Special Diapateh ta-The Evening Star. WILMINGTON, Del., August 25.—A mass meeting, under ‘the auspices of the Honest Money League ‘ef Delaware, will be held tonight. Severa? hundred democrats have signed the call. for the meeting, and it ts expected th&t At least 1,500 democrats from all parts of the state will participate in it. Addressé# will be made by several rominent sheakérs, including William M. Sirgerly of the Philadelphia Record. At the meeting tonight the sound money dem- ocrats will choose six delegates to the In- diapapolis convention. =————=— ° Strikers Sing for Joy. ELWOOD,sInd, August 25.—The tin plate strike was ended at midnight by the com- pany signing, the-scale. Thousands are out in force rejoicing with the strikers over the peaceful settlement of the great strike, and are parading the streets, singing and shouting. Intended for the Cubans, DETROIT, Mich., August 25.—The Free Press says that it is now definitely known that the new wurchaser of the fast steamer Unique intends her for the use of the Cubans. He is * aoulle merchant named McGonigle, who is famous gas the owner of thes eee eed Friends. The Unique leave for Mobile as soon as some necessary repairs are made. A corps of engineers are now at work lo- ®& spot to begin a canna) soreeet Mountain, near Sham it wi aoe distance between that city and Phila by twenty miles or more. this morning. The bank | SILVER NOT WANTED The Treasury Uitable to Keep tho Dollars in Circulation. Paper Preferred to the “Dollar of Our Daddies”—Some Statistics as to the Weight of Silver Money. The practical failure of the Treasury De- partment to keep the standard silver dollar in general circulation is shown by the rec- ords of that department. One of the offi- cials says that the department has treated these coins more generously than any other form cf mcney ever issued by the govern- ment, and has offered unusual inducements for their use in business transactions, but that experience has shown that, with ex- ceptional cases, the people will never take the “dollar of our daddies” whgn they can get its paper representative or other cur- rency equally as good. The total standard s‘lver dollars coined up to the Ist instant number 431,852,041. Of this number 379,852,244 are lying idle in the vaults of the treasury and 51,109,797 are in circulation, being less than one-sev- enth of the coinage. The largest amount of these dollars ever in actual circulation was 67,547,023, in December, 18. During the past ten years their circulation has va- ried between 60,000,000 and_ 50,000,000, and has never fallen below the latter figure. To maintain this circulation the govern- ment pays all express charges of transpor- tation on all the silver dollars it sends out. There is no other kind of money that is similarly shipped to individuals at the en- tire expense of the government, with the insign.ficant exception of nickels and cents when forwarded direct fron! the mints. The amount of silver dollars shipped each year varies from 25,000,000 10 330,000,000, at a cost to the government of about $0,000 a year. According to an official, this ex- pense is a tax upon the people at large for the benefit mainly of bankers, who, when they need money of small denominations in the movement of the crops or other large trade operations, call on the Treasury De- partment for silver dollars in order to avoid the express charges that would ac- crue to the shipments of other kinds of money. It is also alleged that some bank- ers also get the dollars in large amounts in order to vse them in meeting their bills. Even this practice does not suffice to keep the silver in the hands of the people, how- ever, and it soon gets back into the trez ury in. exchange for the more convenient paper currency. Under the present financial system the only know2 objections to the use of silver money are its size ond weight. An idea of the weight of silver in bulk is given by the following figure: Seventeen silver dollars, one pound; thousand dollars, fifty-nine pounds; 34, silver dollars, one ton; and one million ver dollars, twenty-nine tons. The weights given above are avoirdupois. It is said at the department that with free coinage of silver, at the present market value of sil- ver, the proportionate weights would be doubled. SS MRS. BOGGS’ WILL. Marbury Named as Co-Col- lector of the Estate. There were further developments today | in the difficulty over the estate of the late Mrs. Ellen M. Boggs of Georgetown. Willam L. Marbury of Baltimore, who Saturday last petitioned the Probate Court to remove Mr. Randall Hagner as collector of the estate, has filed an amended pe- tition, setting forth additional alleged facts and asking that the will and four codicils be admitted to probate; that letters testa- mentary issue to Mr. Marbury and Judge Walter S. Cox, and that the letters ad colligendum, heretofore issued to Randall Hagner, be revoked and annulled. A Co-Collector Named. Judge Cole today signed an order ap- pointing William L. Marbury co-collector of the estate with Randall Hagner, provid- ed he give bond in the sum of $25,000 for the faithful performance of his duties. Lawrence G. Boggs, son of the deceased, today filed a caveat to the fourth codicil of the alleged will, claiming unsound mind of the testator and undue influence on the part of her daughter, Katharine Stuart | Berry. The joint answer of Lawrence G. Boggs, Mary Elizabeth Boggs, Mary L., William B., Charles R. and George R. J. Boggs to the petition of William L. Marbury was also filed today. Among other things, they deny that Randall Hagner is in any way disqualified or unsuited to act as collector of the estate, but, on the contrary, they aver that especially because of his knowl- edge of the circumstances of the case he is pre-eminently qualified to act as collector. —— BICYCLE THIEVES ACTIVE. Wm. L. Three Such Robberies Reported to the Police Today. The bicycle thief continues active and is giving the police a great amount of trou- ble. Today three thefts of bicycles were orted to the police at headquarters. One of the stolen wheels belonged to Ar- | thur Ames of 1013 U street northwest, and was taken from in front of a summer gar- den on l4th street last night. Mr. Ames left his wheel on the sidewalk when he went in a house and when he came out to go home he was surprised to find that his mechine had been taken. William Hopper was in the Capitol ygs- terday and left his wheel in the crypt while he went to another part of the building, but when he got ready to leave he found that he had to go on a street car, while some pedestrian had enjoyed a ride on his wheel. The third report was made by Charles Lane of 1802 18th street. His bicycle was stolen from in front of 1634 1Uth street several days ago, but the report was not made until today. In addition to these thefts several small rcbberies in various parts of the city were reported. Bee ee Marine Band Concert. The program for the Marine Band con- cert at the Capitol tomorrow afternoon, be- ginning at 5:10 p.m., has been announced as follows: 1, March, The Washington Times......Innes 2. Overture, Semiramide Rossini 3. Waltz, Espana...... .Waldteufel 4. Grand Selection, from Haensel and Gre- tel.. Humperdinck ‘5. March, King Cotton. -Sousa 6. Grand Suite D'’Orchestre. -Guirand 1. Prelude. 2. Intermezzo. 3. Carnival. T. (a) Patrol, The Glorious South..Fanciulli (b) March, The American. Fanciulli 8. Hail Columbia Fyles Woman Charged With Theft. A colored woman ramed Annie Ross, allas Henderson, was arrested today by Precinct Detective Barnes and locked up on charges of theft. She is charged with having gone to persons houses and obtain- ed clothes to wash and with failing to re- turn them. The case may be heard in the Police Court tomorrow. —__ Condemned Horses. Five horses of the District of Columbia fire department having been condemned as unfit for further use in the department, the Commissioners have crdered that they be turned over to the property clerk for disposal. —_—.——_ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—John L. Poats and Theresa An- derson; John R. Griffith of Prince George's county, Md., and Lillie E. Yewell of Phoe- nix, Md.; Victor Henry Esch and Mary L. Blundon; Jefferson D. Pitts and Cornella A. Stubbs, both of Richmond, Va. Colored—Thornton Colston and Mary Hite; William Paul Simms and Mary EB. Burley; Robert Terry and Margaret Simms. AS Brownlow Only Slightly Hurt. Mr. William Brownlow of this city was “reported in the morning papers to have been accidentally killed by the discharge of a gun near Elizabethton, Tenn. The re- port was incorrect. The following tele- gram was received this morning from Nel- son G. Thompson, who is with Mr. Brown- low: “Slight accident. Recovery speedy. Gun exploded accidentally.” FINANCE AND TRADE Beneficial Effect of Reported Engage- ment of Gold. ON OTHER IMPORTATIONS — Stagnation the Dominant Feature FIGURING in Speculative Circles. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 25.—The reported engagement of $1,250,000 gold for import had a moderately beneficial influence on stock values this morning. Prominent for- eign banking hovses are known to be fig- uring on further importations toward the clese of the week should exchange rates continue favorable. The offering of $300,000 on call, at six per cent, by a prominent bank, after a previous loan of $500,000 had been negotiated, had a good effect on the money market. The of- fering of upward of $1,000,000 subsequent to these transactions attracted no bid higher than five per cent. The absence of any demand for clearing house certificates at today’s meeting of the committee was favorably commented upon in financial cir- cles. The opposition of the stronger banks to a revival of this artificial means of relief is still noticeable and may operate to prevent an issue in advance of actual necessity. The success of previous issues and the ul- timate benefit to all partics in interest should discourage the presumption that such action is the forerunner of financial disaster. No successful expedient should be con- demned for purely sentimental reasons. Clearing house certificates are not an evi- dence of prosperity, but they decrease the probabilities of wides money-saving class: not lacking In merit. As to the general market, stagnation continues to be its dominant f@ ature, Prices advanced during the early trading for rea- sons previously noted, but narrowness promptly intervened to prevent any. sig- nificant changes in either direction. Sugar aitracted the attention of the room e! mert carly in the day and was bought moderately up to 103, a gain of i 1-4 per cent from the initial price. Moderate cov- ering of short sales in the general list re- sulted in gains varying from 1-2 to 3-4 per cent. The failure of the Leather directors to take action on the dividend was passed over without notice. Politics have given away, for the time, to a closer consideration of the results ‘at- tendant upon the proposed resolution national honesty. The uneasiness, lcrg confined to prediction, has at last es tablished itself in all money cen and ccnservative action has been extended into pread hardship to the , and consequently are jaily fluctuations in prices is con- sequently a mere professional interpre tion of the outlook. The frequent evidence of inconsistency are due to the fact that no large interests are operating, and the penalties for mistaken judgment are not as speedily enforced as formerly. The assurance that every possible pre- caution is being taken to prevent per- manent injury to values ts the most hopeful aspect of the immediate situation. A decline in exchange rates late in the day, offerings being reported at 4444, while generally regarded as a favorable develop- ment, failed to improve prices in the active list. ‘De-iines, under moderate activity by the room, extended, in man: instances, to the full extent of the early gain. The market ts an exceedingly difficult one to judge from day to day owing to the sig- nificance now given to events which would have passed unnoticed a few weeks ago. There wouid seem to be no occasion for increased apprehension; neither is there any material increase in the desirabie fea- tures of the speculative outlook. es FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opentng,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as veporte! by Corron & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 8 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. 103% 105 108K 20855 American Sugar. American Sugar, Pta. American Tobacco. American Cotton Oil Atchison... Baltimore Bay State Gas Canada South Canada Pacitic. Chesapeake & O1 Cc. C. C.& St Louis Chicago, B. & Q... BS BOY BBY BB Chicago Northwestera 83" 93 one 2254 Chicago Gaa...... By BLY C. M. & St. Paul. 63, CM, & St, Pani. Pd. oe ee ae Chicago. R. I. & Pacific: 54 B8iy “BAY Consolidated Gas, Mi 140 Del., Lack. & W Delaware & Hud: Den. & fio Grande, Pfd. American Spirits... Erie Gen Miinots Ce Laclide Gas. Lake Shore Louisville & Nashville. olitan ‘Traction. Metr Manhattan Elevated... Michigan Central. 5 Missouri Paciti National Lead National Lead New Jersey Central. New York Central North American Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail. Phila. & Read Puliman P. c. Co. y i nd Iron, Union Pacific U.S. Leather, pfd_ Wabash, Pfd. Wheeling & L. Erie. Vheeling& L. Erie,Pfd. Western Union Tel. Silver.. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORD, Md., August uneh; umer exports, bushels — mixed, 2344323 “re ports,” 67,346 oushe! 83 bushels, 34aZ5: we Hay quiet rain fre! eady —ch fairly changed, Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Tha! mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Wheat—Sept. D peenes ARASSE Low. Close. 7.95 8.01 790 7.98 794 8.00 T9T 8.05 WELCOMED TO CLEVELAND. ‘The Supreme Lodge of the Pythias. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 25.—Nearly every supreme representative to the Su- preme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias was in his place when Supreme Chancellor Richie called the lodge to order at 10 o’cleck this morning. The meeting was held in the ball room of the Pythian tem- ple, on Huron street. The building was beavtifully decorated and the inside of the ball room was a bower of flowers and emblematic designs of the order. Chairman James Dunn of the committee on arrangements addressed the supreme representatives in a brief talk, welcoming then in the name of the local knights. He then introduced Mayor McKisson, who spoke briefly. Chancellor Richie responded to Mayor ~Eei reais hearty welccme briefly, but elo- ahi lodge, immediately went into secret Session, and. after being duly organized, conferred ‘the Supreme. Lodge rank of forty-eight new candidates. ‘The reports of the officers printed yesterday were referred to committees The lodge then adjourned to meet tomor- row morning. General brigade meetings were held at the different state headquar- ters this morning at 10 o'clock for the transaction of general business. SOUND MONEY IN ALA MA. Delegates Elected to a State Con- vention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, BIRMINGHAM, Ala. August 25.—Fur- ther reports from yesterday’s sound money mass meetings show that the following counties elected delegates to the sound money democratic state convention, which meets in Montgomery Thursday: Montgom- ery, Jefferson, -ambia, Lauderdale, Cull- man, Colbert, Walker, Pike, Lee, Bullock, Barbour, Etowah, Chilton, Calhoun and Morgan. The mestings geperally were not largely attended, but many of those who took part were democrats of prominent The speakers were all ensparing in their excoriation of the Chicago platform. Every meeting indorsed the administra- tion of President Cleveland in strong terms and ®roncunced for another democratic ticket. Two hundred citizens have called a sound money convention in Mobile today. It is expected that perhaps a dozen or more ccunties will act today and tomorrow thus making it probable that half the counties in the state will be represented at Thursday's convention. At the Opelika meeting yesterday Con- gressman George P. Harrison of the third district made a speech allying himself with the sound money movement. He denounc- ed the Chicago platform and declared that he would not support the nominees. In that county (Lee) it is said that the county democratic committer can’t get @ qvorum together to accept the resignation of the sound money members who are go- ing with the new movement. Ex-Governor Thomas G. Jones presided at the Moat- gomery county convention. EG Cear Leavers St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, August 25.—The czar and czarina left Peterhof at 13 o'clock this mornirg on thelr way to Vienna. Their majesties we accompanied by Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky, the minister for foreign affairs, and a numerous suite. > The Venezuelan Case. LONDON, August 2 The new Venezue- lan Blue Book, which will be tssued here shortly, was forwarded to Washington Sat- urday lest. Jenlous of His Former Wife. SAN PEDRO, Cal., August Robert 0, Johnson shot and killed his divorced wife, Mrs. H. 8. Lane, yesterday, and then shot himself twice through the head, dying soon ward. Jealousy at the woman's re- age is believed to have been John- motive. Se THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1.—Judge Cole. In re Estate of James Fortune, lunatts; sale authorized and reference to auditor or- dered. Koehler agt. Talburg; auditor's ra- port confirmed. Roach agt. Hyle trus- tee authorized to pay $175 to United Securl- ty, Loan, Insurance and Trust Company of Pen Ivania. Crandell agt. White; re- straining order, returnable September 5, granted. Nelson agt. Ellis; sale finally rat- ified. Perkins agt. Morrill; erence to auditor ordered. Boogher Weaver; commission to get testimony Ind., ordered to issue. Circuit Court No. 1.—Judge Cole. Bryan agt. War Photograph Company; mction to set aside judgement and io quash writ overruled. National Metropolitan Bank agt. Baltzley; demurrer set aside as frivolous and judgment for plaintiff. Probate Court—Judge Cole. Estate of Ellen M. Bo; order appoint- in Goshen, ing Wm. L. Marbury co. bond, 25,00, Estate of Osccola > aes count passed. Estate of Matilde F. Gilbert: do. Estate of Theo. C. Barber: will filed. Estate of Pauline Heller: will fully proved. Estate of Jas. W. Taylor; affidavit of ad- ministratrix, in leu of account, da. In re Alice G. Kelly, minor; Jno. F. Kelly ap- pointed guardian; bond, $2,000. Estate of Henry F. Schonborn; petition for probate of will filed, with assent of next of kin, and order to examine safe deposit box. — MORTON FOR PRESIDENT. A Leiter C roed as a Declaration That He Will R Towa's s..nd money democratic conven- tion tomorrow will probably indorse Sec- retary Morton of Nebraska for the nomina- tion for President in Indianapolis. Mr. Morton was invitei to attend the lowa con- vention and speak. He was unable to do so, but has written a letter, which is con- sidered as practically announcing his will- inguess 10 be considered a presidential candidate. The lecter was written to Col L. M. Martin of Marshalltown, national committeeman for Iowa in the sound mone ey democratic organization. Its significance ts chiefly in the fact that Iowa sound money democrats have given considerable discussion to the advisability of instructing their delegation to Indian- apolis for Mr. Morton. In view of this, his letter fs construed as a declaration that he will run if nominated, and along with this goes the assumption that he will have the backing of the Cleveland administration. "In his letter he says if after the free an@ unlimited coinage of silver has been adopt- ed by the government of the United States a silver dollar centaining oniy 53 cents? worth of bullion can be m: parity with a gold doliar, silver watch be made b: valuable as a gold wat much? > to float at a why cannot a statute just as h costing twice as If you can put value into silver for you can put value into silver fcr art purposes, for plate and for jewelry with equal facility by a simple “be it enacted” of Congress. eee THEY SANG “MAVOURNEEN.” Burial of Prof. F. W. Nicholls Crou Among the Confederate Dead. The funeral of Frederick William Nich- olls Crouch, the composer, took place Sun- day from his late home, 6%) West Lom- bard street, Baltimore. Only relatives of the de members of the Confederate admitted to the house, but the esteem in which the public hold the name of the composer was testifi- ed by the presence of a crowd so dense as almost to block the street. A great number had gathered to pay their last respects to the dead at his grave in Loudon Park cemetery. Of the 500 pre ent, probably 400 were women. The great- est number were massed at the open grave. At the close of the services the choir ren- dered the ever-popular “Kathleen Mavour- neen” with great feeling, and many of the hearers were moved to tears. The number present and the genuineness of thcir grief for one man formed pe of impressi ness not often witnes Members of the bereaved family were collected from widely separated — points. Among them were Mr. Fred Crouch of the United States Expr: came his sister Ros an engagement with the Company at Long Branch. Miss Rose 4 known to the public as “La l’etite Ros Mr. Walter Crouch, a son of the deceased, Was present from’ Washington. Mrs. Mawdsley, ore of Mr. Crouch Mrs. Batton, her daughter, and Mrs. Batton’s children were also on hand. Miss Elizabeth Varnum, a niece of Mr. Crouch, and at whose home he died, had come with the remains from Portland, Me. The republican plots in Spain have come to a head in Barcelona, where a manifesto advising the troops to refuse to embark for Cuba has been circulated broadcast among the reinforcements which will sail from there. Huntingdon, Pa., will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary next month. With him