Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1896, Page 2

‘2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Return of the Dynamiter Suspects From Europe. KEARNEY PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE ; Charges Scotland Yard Men With Manufacturing Evidence. EXPERIENCE UNDER ARREST = - NEW YORK, 1 cabin passengers who arrived Oecteder 16—Amung the on steamship Werk>ndam today from Rotterdam were two men whose names Were not on the published list of pas: gers. Their tickets bore the names of John Williams and Henry Smith, but the men themselves were John F. Kearney and Thomas Ha‘nes, respectively. Kearney and Haines were arrested on September 13 in Rotterdam for having dynamite bombs in their possession aud as being concerned in a conspiracy against the, lives of the Czar of Russia and the Queen of Eng- land. When a representative of the Associated Press boarded the Werkeniam from a revenue cutter In the upper bay and asiced the purser and stewards whether Kearney or Haines were atoard no one seemed to know them’by those names. The reporter, however, met tro men the upper deck who were coaversing in a quict w his attention was drawn to them by their proncunced Irish acceat. Wher asked ff their names wer2 not Kearney ani Haines both gazed at the reporter with looks of mixed amazement and amusement. They demed positively that they were the men whom the reporter wisked to see, and maintained a stolid indifference to ali ques- tions put to them until had been warped the Wersendam to her dock in Hoboke admitted their identity. d Press representative suc- ceeded In getting the following statements frem the recently released suspects: John F. Kearney said that he had gone some weeks ago to Antwerp and later to Rotterdam to see his wife's friends on fam- ily and business matters. While there he said that he met Haines and both recog- nized each other simply through thelr speakirg English. Kearney speaks ard reads German fairly well, while Haines, who was on a tour of plea only speaks English. They stopped at the same hotel in Rotterdam, where they arrived on September 11. Haines was then ill, and was confined to his room on the following day. On Sunday morning, the 13th, about 9 o'clock, while occupying the same room at the Queen's Hotel. Rot- terdam, they were awakened by a rapping | at the door of the room. Kearney jumped from his bed and opened the door. As he did so he was confronted by six Dutch po- lice officers and an inspector. Their Arrest. The inspector, who spoke English fairly well, told the men to consider themseives under arrest. They were surprised at this, and asked what was the charge against them. The inspector informed them that he had.grders to arrest them, and asked them if they would come peaceably to the police barracks. They dressed themselves immediately and consented to be hand- cuffed. They were taken to the barracks or police station, and held there without being given any further information until 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Then they were served with some sandwiches and coffee at their own expenses. On the following Wednesday, after being separated in the meantime, Kearney was broughi before the commis- sioner of police. In his own words he de- scribed the interview this way: From Sunday afternoon until Wednes- and, in fact, for the remainder of the "me I was confined in the prison, I was pt aloof frem all the other prisoners. I Was continually under the watch of two guards, who were armed, and after 1 got out of my cot In the morning until I r>- tired at night I was compelled to sit in a chair which had a rope instead of a cane bottom. When brought before the commis- fener of police and inspector { was in- formed that T was charged vith manufac- turing and having in my possess‘on dyna- mite bombs. This I knew to he false, as I had never had possession of these thi and when told that several of ti found underneath the bed In and I had slept I almost had a fit I thought of the danger I was in. man, they might have gone off at any min- ute. I am positive, however, that tnege explosives, if such’ they were, w2re not placed there by either myself or my fricnd Haines. A Scotland Yard Plot. “It was simply another of those dee -a!@ plots of the Scotland Yard men, who won't stop at anything in order to make a case against Irishmen whenever they find it necessary, no matter how inconvenwnt. Those explosives were put there after we were taken out of the room. I iived on prison fare during the time I xvas m prison, but nearly all the time 1 was troubled nausea, as I could not eat the bread, piece of which I will show you. (Here Kearney handed the reporter a thin slice .of very heavy, dark brown bread, about a quarter of an inch thick and abovt two irches by three inches in size.) “I got a few slices of this for a meal three times a day, with an allowance of ene quart of milk and three quarts of wa- ter per diem. When I entered the prison t took away my handkerchief and é a3 well a3 my money, and present- ed my with reading matter in the shape of novels, printed in English. The type, how- ever, was so small that I could not make it out without my giasses. Then they handed me some oid German newspapers, which were printed in-large type, and out of them I contrived to obtain some infor- ration. “Ht said, Mr. Kearney, that you had a siderable amount of money on you when you were arrested,” observed the re- porter. Their Release. “Well, I don’t know what you might re- gard as a sign of a considerable amount. But I had a fifty-dollar bill, American reney, and forty gulden, which made, i all, sixty-six dollars. The charges at the hotel for my three days there, one of which 1 bad not had a chance of eating anything, places the Queen's Hotel in Rotterdam away ahead of the Waldorf for high rates. 1 knew nothing of what was being done in my case until a week ago last Saturday, when two officers came to my cell and told me 2 come e out. 1 met Haines at the en- of the prison, and we were both into a carriage which was in wait Accompanied by the officers. we were Griven to the Netherland pler and put atoard the vessel. We were handed second- ts to New York at our own ex- h. I was then handed the bal- arce of my money, which was very mean. My arrest has deprived me of the opportu. nity of making money during this cam- paign, as I issue a paper every fall known as the Irish Nattonalist, the revenue fr, which is generally a profit to me of $2,500. My being detained on the other side has mude the publication of this paper before election an almost impossible task. Ivory Again Remanded. LONDON, October Edward J. Ivory, altas Bell, the alleged dynamiter, was again brought up on remand at Bow street police ccurt today. Counsel for the crown asked for another week’s remand, which was op- pesed by counsel for the defense on the sround that the long delay in pushing the Case against the prisoner had already dam- aged his business in w York, and that there was no evidence against him. The magistra: however, remanded the prisoner, remarking, in so doing, that there Was considerable evidence against him. Release of Tynan. BOULOGNE, France, October 16.—P.\J. P. Tynan, the alleged dynamiter, who was re- lersed from prison last evening, got his ef- fects at the prefecture this morning, and will go to Paris at reon. He resents tne charges of intemperance brought against him by the Britist press, and when asked to make a statement said: . Talk for the benetit of the newspapers? t at any price. All I cam do ts to shout bei lhe my might, ‘Down with the Eng- ish! BAY STATE GAS COMPANY. Appointment of Receivers of the Big Corporation . WILMINGTON, Del., Oetober 16.—Before Judge Wales in the United States circuit court today ex-Senator Anthony Higgins made application for the appointment of receivers for the Bay State Gas Company of Boston and this city, the principal office being located here. - 5 Judge Wales granted the application and | nar od J. Augustus McCaulley, president of j the Artisans’ Savings Bank, this city, and Dwight Braman of Boston, Mass., tre- ceivers. Security in the sum of $25,000 was demanded, and will be furnished later. The appointment of receivers being only temporary, a rule was issued upon the of- fice of the company, returnable November restraining them from selling or dispoe- ing of any of the company’s effects. The proceedings were entirely ex parte, Mr. Add:cks not being represented. ‘hargen Against Addicks. The complaint upon which the applica- tion was based is made by William Bu- chanan of New York, a holder of Bay State Gas stock to the extent of $100,000. The ccmplaint is very long, but in brief it makes the following charges: That the company has not paid any in- terest since April, 1883; that the capital stock of the company was raised from $3,- 0,000, and that the majority of this stock Was retained by Addicks and his agents, without just consideration, and fraudulent- ly; that the directors and officers of the company are the creatures of Addicks and submissive to his control; that Addicks en- deavored to dispose of $4,500,000 of the stcck to the Bay State Company of Boston; that but for the maladministration of Ad dicks and his agents the company would have been paying dividends of 7 per cent. The petitioner further alieges that in his cpinion the affairs of the company will not be conducied in any better manner while J. Edward Addicks is in control. He claims that the company is indebted to him in the sum of, $2,000, and asks the court to adjudge it insolvent and appoint receivers. Associated with ex-Senator Higgins as counsel in the case are Roger Foster cf New York and Frederick E. Snow of Bos- ton. The United States marshal was looking for Mr. Addicks all of this morning in or- der to serve him with notice of the appoint- ment of receivers and the rule to show cause why the appointment should not be made permanent. He could not be found, however. Inquiry at his home in Clay- mont, Del., near here, was met with the tesponse that he was not there, and up to 2 o'clock he had not appeared at the of- = of the Bay State Gas Company in this city. BOSTON, October 16—The Bgy Sta-e Gas Company of New Jersey was incor- porated in 1889, principally for the purpose of consolidating the fourteen gas com- panies then supplying the city of Boston. This company, in addition to obtaining con- trol of all the Boston gas companies, sub- sequently absorbed the Brookline Gas Com- pany, at a cost of about $125,000. The financial statement on January 1, 1896, is as follows: Capital stock, $15,000,- 000; funded debt Boston united gas first mortgage sinking fund, gold, fifty years, $500 bonds; due January 1, 1939; interest, January and July, issued, $9,000,000. Boston Gas Company second mortgage gold $5) bonds; due January 1, 1939; inter- est, January and July, issued, $3,000,000, Bay state gas income, 7 per cent; $1,000 bonds; due 189%); issued, $2,000,000, Total stocks and bonds !ssued, $20,000,000. The authorized issue under the mortgage of 1889 was $12,000,000, of which 37,000,000 is secured by the Mercantile Trust Com- pany, trustee of nearly all the stock of the Boston, South Boston, Roxbury and Bay State (of Massachusetts) Gas Light Com- pany of Boston, the reported cost of whic! to the company w: $10,000,000. Of the balance ($5,000,000), $2,000,000 were reserved for betterments and improvements and $2,000,000 to acquire control of other gas companies. An annual sinking fund of 1 per cent of the entire issue was provided for, and bonds can be drawn at 1¢ All bends issued are deposited with the Mer- cantile Trust Company, New York, which issued its Boston gas trust certificates. SS COLORED ODD FELLOws. Celebration Today of the Anniversary of the Founding of the Order. The celebration of the fiftieth anniver- sary of the founding of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in the District of Co- lumbia, which occurs today, was begun this afternoon at 1 o'clock at Odd Fellows’ Hall, on M street between 16th and 17th streets northwest. A large number of members of Patri- archies Nos. 18 and 44 and Households of Ruth who assembled there were address- ed by P. G. M. John A. Simms, Dr. A. H. Stevens, Mr. David Warner, Rev. W. J. Howard and Rev. F. J. McIntosh, the lat- ter of Californi At the close of the speaking a procession was formed under the chief marshalship of Alexander Morton, and a parade through the principal streets in the northwestern part of the city took place. Mr. Morton’s assistants were William Swann, left aid; Philip Williams, right aid; GC. H. Ford, se: ry; Algie White, chief inspector, and J. O. Holmes, chief of staff. Tonight there will be a banquet and fur- ther interesting exercises. The committee of arrangements is com- pesed of, P. Jumes E. Ennis, presi- dent; P_N.F. A. E. Roberson, vice president; P.N.F. Wm. L. Tignor, M.D., secretary: P.N.F. J. E. Adams, assistant secretary: MLV.P. Geo. Carter, treasurer. a MGR. MARTINELLI IN NEW YORK. He in Neing Escorted by Archbishop Corrigan. NEW YORK, October 16.—Magr. Martinel- li, papal delegate in this country, who has succeeded Cardinal Satolll, left the archie- piscopal palace in Madison avenue at 9-30 o'clock this morning for a visit to the Su cred Heart Academy at Manhattanville. He was accompanied by Archbishop Corrigan and Mgr. Sbaretti of the papal legation. In the trail of the distinguished ckurch dignitaries rode Rev. Dr. Rooker and Rev. Father Cordella of this city. ‘the party will be entertained this after- noon at luncheon by the sisters of the academy. —————— FOUR KILLED OUTRIGHT. Fatal Explosion im an Arkansas Camp. MENA, Ark., October 16—A courier brings in word from Kennedy’s camp, on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf rail- road, of a premature explosion. Four m were killed outright and several more in- jured. Contractor Kennedy 1s badly hurt. Doctors have gone to the scene to care for the wounded. The camp is about twelve miles from here. Se ROBBERY AT LA PLATA. Moncey Drawer of the Post Office, With Its Contents, Stelen. Special Dispatch to The Evening Str. LA PLATA, Md., October 16.—The post office here was broken open and robbed last night. The thieves got only about $10 worth of postage stamps, postal cards and small chase from the money drawer. ‘There were over $300 in stamps and money in the safe in the office, but no attempt was made to break it open. ae Mr. Reed’s Voice Given Out. FORT WAYNE, Ind., October 16.—Speak- er Thomas B. Reed of Mainé, who spuke here last night, ts confined to his hotel it this city with illness, and was unable tc resume his speaking tour this morning. His voice has given out, and he is unable te speak above a whisper. His engagements at Cambridge City and Peru have been can- celed. He leaves for Chicago at 4 p.m. today. —_——.—__ More Troops for the Philippines. BARCELONA, Spain, October 16.—Two thousand infantry embarked here today to reinforce the Spanish troops in the Philip- pine Islands. anges Earthyuake at Mentone, NICE, October 16.—An earthquake shock was felt at Mentone at 6:30 this morning. ar Regw! Cabinet Meeting. _ The regular meeting of the cabinet today was attended by all the members. THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. WANT CARLISLE Wage Earners ‘of Baltimore Dekire Him to Speak There. DELEGATIONS CALL AT THE TREASURY Speeches Made by Representative Men to the Secretary. MR. CARLISLE’S REPLY Secretary Carlisle this afternoon received a call frcm a large delegation of the Wage Earners’ Patriotic League of Maryland, which has now 10,000 enrolled members, the purpose of which was to urge him to go to Baltimore and make an address to members of the league and workingmen genera!ly on the issues of the day, similar to that delivered by him in Chicago last spring. The delegation numbered 300 men, and was thorough!y representative in char- acter of the wage earners of the monu- mental city. Among the large manufactur- ing firms represented by their men were Bartlett, Hayward & Co., Henry McShane Manufacturing Compary,Stieff piano works, J. Regester & Sons, Lazaretto Guano Com- pany, South Baltimore car works, B. and O. shops, Ryan, McDonald & Co., Uehm & Co., Schloss Brothers, Thomsen chemical works, Maryland Steel Company, E. J. Codd Company, George Franke, Strouse Brothers & Co. and other well-known manufacturing industries. The president of the Wage Earners’ League is Mr. H. K. L. Johngon of Stieff’s piano works, the executive committee being the following: August Berkemeier, Fredk. Thurn, Robt. L. Gulash, W. H. 9. Thomp- son, Isidore Hirshberg, J. H. Armsirong, Charles E. Foxwell, George F, Grothaus, J. J. Smith, Jas. W. Lindemore, Alkert L. Frank, Frank Sutherland, Geo. W. Geddes, Charles E. Ferrell, Charles W. Rutledge, John F. Sapp, Charles Hahn, Wm. G. Kranz and A. Scheder. A special train of seven cars brought the delegation to this city. It urrived at the B. and O. depot at 1:30 o'clock. The cars were decorated with the inscription “Wage Earners’ Patriotic League of Maryland.” Each man wore a bad: upon which is the inscription, in addition to the name of the league, “Honest Dollars for Honest Toil,” “Patriotic Defense of National Honor.” The Speeches. The visitors marched in a body to the Treasury Department and took their places in the main vestibule, at the south front of the building. Sccretary Carlisle did not keep them in waiting, but went to them as soon as notified of their arrival. When his well-known face and figure appeared at the doorway, a voice shouted “Three cheers for John G. Carlisle!” and they were given by the crowd with hearty en- thusiasm. Mr. H. K. L. Johnson, president of the league, then addressed the Secretary, as follows: “Mr. Secretary: This delegation repre- sents the Wage-Earners’ Patriotic League of Maryland, which numbers at this time over 3,000 members, is rapidly increasing ir membership, and was formed for the pur- pose, as inscribed on this badge, which I have the pleasure to present lo you, for maintaining ‘Honest Dollars for Honest Toil’ and ‘Patriotic Defense of Nationa) Honor.” “Our delegation today of some three hun- dred men represents the bone and sinew of Maryland's industries, and has been se- lected by the league from the various man- ufacturing establishments of Baltimore. You see before you men from the shops of Bartlett, Hayward & Co., Henry McShane Manufacturing Compan; Stief€ piano works, J. Regester & Sons, Lazaretto Guano Company, South Baltimore car works, Baltimore and Ohio shops, Ryan- McDonald Manufacturing Company, Oehm & Co., Schloss Bros., Thomsen chemical works, Maryland Steel Company, E. J. Codd Company, Geo. Franke, Strouse Bros. & Co., und other well-known manufactur- ing industries, who have come to Wagzhing- ton to urge you to honor our league with an address under our auspices, to be held in Baltimore, similar to that made by you to the workingmen of Chicago last spring, to be delivered at such time as may be agreeable to you. While our league 1s a non-partisan body the delegates here today are democrats. ‘They are Carlisle and Cleveland democrats, sir, who do not believe that labor can pros- rer when capital is attacked, and who have determined at this election to sink party_and stand for the honor of our na- tion. We propose, sir, at this election, dem- ocrats though we are, to cast our votes for the only candidate possible of election at this time, who can maintain the dollar paid to us for our labor worth one hundred cents in gold. We do not believe that the wage earners of Maryland wid submit to their dollars, earned by bard labor, being cut in two, and we believe that those men who cast their ballots for the so-called democratic free silver candidate weuld not do so were they famillar with the currency question. While, sir, we do not mean to say we who are here today are versed in the ques- tion of finance, we have given some study to the subject and have marked out a course which we will pursue at this elec- ton. lt is with the end in view, therefore, of not only instructing our fcllow-wage-carn- ers, but also ourselves that we have come here today, representing as I have said be- fore the great manufacturing industries of Baltimore, to appeal to you to devote to our workingmen one evening during this campaign at any time you may select. We hope, Mr. Secretary, that you will grant this request. Mr. W. H. O. Thompson of the E. J. Codd compeny stops, and 2 member of the e committee of the league, spoke after Mr. Johrson as follows: Secretary: As a member of the Wage Earners’ Patriotic League representing as I do one of the large iron working estab- lishments of Baltimore I have joined my fellow-workmen in making an appeal to you to give us one afternoon or one even- ing of your time in addressing the work- ingmen of Baltimore. The meeting can be arranged by our league at any time you name, either in the afternoon of Saturday, October 31, at 3 o'clock, or the night of October 30, or an earlier day if this time is not convenient. “We would prefer a meeting on Saturday afternoon, the 31st, at which time we couid erect a suitable stage in our largest square, and this day being Saturday, we can ap- peal to our employers to make Saturday, the 31st, which is the last active day of the campaign, a holiday after 12 o'clock. “Knowing as I do the sentiment of the employers of labor in Baltimore, I can as- sure you, sir, that our employers will heartily respond to @ request coming from so large & number of wage earners as our league represents, and, we can therefore guarantee to you such & meeting as Mary- land has never Hefore witnessed. “We want to hear such an authority as you in our city on a question so vital to the workingmen. I contend that we who work for our living, who have no money stored away for a rainy day, are more vitally in- terested in keeping the dollar worth one hundred cents than those who have been so fortunate as to accumulate great wealth. It is a serious question to us, Mr. Secretary, and we want our dollar to purchase in the markets as much as the dollar of any civi- lized nation on the globe. “Phe wage-carners you see before you are employed in various manufacturing in- dustries of Baltimore, representing some ten thousand men; hence, you will see how important to us is our mission here today. “I trust, Mr. Secretary, you will grant our request.” Secretary Carlisle’s Reply. Secretary Carlisle advancef’ to respond, and was again chsered. He spoke as fol- lows: > “Gentlemen, I am much obliged to you for this visit, and very sorry that it ts not in my power to comply ‘with the request you have come here to make. The reasons why I am not able to do so, I think, are tolerably well understood by the public. “My business has been so arranged as to permit me to make a few specclies in m; own state, but under the eireum: rd ywould not be possible for: me to. go else- where. .I cannot, therefore, - your invitation to go to Baltimore, but one or two have been by the ad-— suggested Just made about which I would ike to say a very few words to you while you are here. (Cries of “Tell the truth.”) Secretary Garliqle: I will try to do so. If tuere is # laborigg man in the United States who } ly believes that the money he is now for his wages is too good for hi dt is buying too much food, too-m: lothing for himself and his family, or thgtiit is paying the rent for a better ‘houseMhAn he and his family Ought to live in, it is duty to vote for the free and unlimit. inagé. of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. =) If there is qny laboring man in the United States ahé bas saved money out of his earnings and has deposited it in a savings baniy gr building association, or paid it on a polfty of insurance for the benefit of his’ f&mily, and who desires to have it paid k to him in a currency worth about as much as the money he paid out, he also uught to vote for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, for that will give hit’ exactly what he wants. Om the othep hard, every man in the United States, whether he works for wages or not, who wants to preserve the value of what he has already accumulated, and to insure the value of what he may hereafter receive, ought to vote against the free and unlimited coinage» of silver and for the maintenance of a sound and stable cur- rency in this country. (Applause.) While every man who works for wages or receives a fixed compensation for his services. must be deeply interested in the result of the pending cohtest, those men who work for railroaé companies and other transportation companies, many of whom reside in your city, and some of whom are perhaps here, have a special interest in the questions involved, because their employers are confronted by a'situation which makes it impossible to so increase wages as to ccmpensate for the diminished purchasing power cf the money in which, wages must be paid if the policy of free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 1s adopted. These companies cannot increase wages unless they can increase the receipts from their business; they cannot increase the re- ceipts from their business unless they can increase the charges for carrying freight and passengers, and if they would attempt to increase the charges for carrying freight and passengers, it ig safe to say that the very men, the very people, who are now most clamorous for the free comage of sil- ver would be the. firgt to protest aguinst it and to demand legislation to prohibit it in all cases where such legislation is not al- ready existing. (Applause). The man, therefore, who works for a transportation company would find him- self the helptess victim cf a policy which diminished the purchasing power of his weges about one-half and compelled him to work on and on for the same number of dollars he received before, thus destroy- ing all hope of improvement of his condi- tion. But, gentlemen, the laboring men have their fate in their own hands. They have the power to protect their wages against depreciation, and to protect their country against financial disturbance and ruin, and if they are as intelligent and patriotic as I believe them to be they will So exercise their power that no reckless agitator will hereafter dare to approach them in behalf of his wild and revolution- ary scheme of finance and civil govern- ment. (Prolonged applause.) “Now, gentlemen, 1 thank you again for this visit, and 1 tender, to each and every one of you my best wishes for his prosperi- ty in whatever calling he may hereafter be engaged.” (Applause.) >—— THE FIGHT IN TEXAS A Secret Deal Begween Populists, Republi- cans ané Gold Democrats, Populist Mantigers Here, However, Think the State Will Go for Bryan, Notwithstanding the Combine. It is admitted by populist managers that the situation in Texas is not what they would like it. fo, be. It is admitted that the majority of the populist leaders there have not followed the rules Jaig down for the guidance of populists by the national committee.. Notwithstanding this nothing has been done by Chatrrsan Butler or any of the othersi*Something ts expected, however, and there Js, 1i@ telling how soon action will, be taken... 8 It is not admiited-by.the populist man- agers that the state-1s In doubt. They sey the state WHI be carried for Bryan by 75,000 to 100,000 majority. "This is an open inference that the populist electoral ticket and its republican and democratic allies will be defeated by the democratic ticket, which seems to be the only one in Texas which can now be depended on for Bryan. Since the attitude ofthe populist national committee became known the Texas popu- list leaders have been reticent as to their intentions in dealing with the national managers. They have written few let- ters about the situation. They have not communicated their plans, and they have not been frank ineany way. - Their policy has been to hide: the state of affairs in ‘Texas from the national committee. This state of affairs has gone to such an extent that it is said that the natioml commit- tee has depended on other than official sources for its information from that state. It has depended on those known to be ab- solutely loyal to»Bryan. A Secret Deal. The information reéelved here is con- firmatory of the stories that there has been a secret deal between the populists, republicans and gold democrats. By this the two latter agree to support the populist electoral ticket and the candidates for state offices and Ariat or that rty {f the populist electors will agree Rot to vote for Bryan. This agreement seems to have been secretly made by all the populist electors. ‘The information is that Electors Wood and Williams have ccme out openly against Bryan and de- clared their intention to vote for Populist Norton of Chicago. The populist electors, it is stated, are not bound to anybody. They were not instructed by their state convention, like the democrats and re- publicans, Many Bryan populists in Texas, it is declared, distrust the whole electoral cket. vone populist national committee ts said to be in possession of these facts, yet it has so far taken no action to carry out the threat made by Chairman Butler that if the populists fused with the republicans he would repudiate the whole business and put a loyal populist ticket {n the fleld. It is alleged that Chairman Butler has taken no action because he knew the state was safe and saw no reason to be in a hurry about jumping on the recalcitrant leaders. It is regarded now as too late to do much toward stopping the three-cornered deal in the lone star state. Even some of the popu- list national leaders are disposed to the be- lief that the electoral ticket now in the field will lack a great deal of-getting a solid populist support; that the position of che electors is well known, and that all who are for Bryan will vote the democratic electoral ticket. Some Think It May Go for McKinley. In republican circlgs much weight is given to the fusion Tat fas been arranged, and there are many,,cgnfident claims that the state will go for McKinley. Well-posted politicians fresh, from Texas say that the gold standard démocratic vote is going to be much heavier than is supposed. ‘This, with the poputists: and republicans, will make a strong; cembination, and doesn’t leave @ clear fielt far the democrats by eny means. gee To show that ithe: Texas populist leaders are not in harmgn¥iwith the national lead- ers it may be menUpned that the populists there have a plenary state committee, which has had a number of conferences with the repubficans. Yet,this committee has never written a Hne td Ktadquarters here of its objects or purpésest The national commit- tee has been kept Wt thé dark from begin- ning to end. <i. 0 — se DISTRIOT* GOVERNMENT. Le Droit Park Improvements. The Commissioners gave a hearing to a committee composed of Messrs. W. T. 8. Curtis, Thos. Eagan, C. H. Merwin end ‘W. E. Rodgers, representing the Gurley Memorial Chureh‘and the property owners, {for the improvetment of Spruce and Bohrer streets, Le Droit Park. , Health Officer Woodward's Report. Health Officer Woodward, who attend- ed, in compliance withthe order of the Dis- strict. Commissioners, the-annual meeting of the ; ie Hesith Association, whiten wai hela {rt Buffalo, ‘trom September, 1 to 18 qaade,a.report. to the Com- thissioners, account of the tran- saclions of UNCLE=SAM’S ARMY Some Facts Abont It as Gathered by Adjutant General Ruggles. MILITARY INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS He Favors an Increase in the Mil tary Force. WIRES UNDER GROUND Adjutant General Ruggles, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, states that the work of making a military reconnols- sance map of the United States was com- menced at a ntmber of army posts during the past year, and that it will occupy sev- eral years. The-department has been mak- ing an effort to secure more exatt informa- tion than has before been had in regard to tho armament and equipment of the militia and the quantity of supplies that would be necessary to enable the state troops to take the field for sixty days. Gen. Ruggles strongly recommends th passage by Congress of the militia bill pre- pared by the department last year. The number of enlistments and re-enlistments during the past year was 8,49S—62 2-3 per cent being natives and the remainder nat- uralized citizens. The aptitude and inter- est of the students under military instruc- tion at military colleges was generally sat- isfactory. There was a decrease of 3,401 in the at- tendance at these colleges, attributable to the prevailing monetary ‘depression, and there has been acme complaint because in many Cases the faculties of the colleges uid not require the students to take pullitary instruction even where an officer was de- tailed for the purpose. Therefore the ad- jutant general recommends an amendmeat of the law touching these details, so that no army officer shall be detailed for duty where the number of pupils cnrolled for military instruction is not at ‘east 150. Public School Instruction. e A very complimentary reference is made to the support the department has received from the Omaha authorities in the ease of the High School, where all of the pupils were placed under compulsory enrollment, with gratifying results. On this subject Gencral Ruggles says: “The favorable comments of the citizens of Omaha on the High School Cadets has stimulated the pride of the latter and cre- ated quite a spirit of emulation among the younger boys. I concur in the recommenda- ticn of the military instructor that more substantial assistance be extended to the boys in the way of arms and equipments. ‘Yhe material benefit derived by the cadets is shown by the high standing in military matters taken at once by those of them who have entered a military college. There 1s conceived no better opportunity of dissem- inating military knowledge among those whose minds are at the most receptive stage than by encouraging in every possible way military instruction in the public High Schools of the country.” Favors Underground Wires. Gen. Ruggles, in a brief chapter favoring a system of underground wires in this city, says: “The storm which visited this city on the 29th of September extended in violence no farther north than Bakimore, yet it so completely prostrated all telegraph wires that Washington was, for the time being, isolated from the rest of the world, and tel- egraphic communication was only com- pletely restored on the Sth of October. In times of great excitement evil-minded per- sons may easily cause like interruption of communication from the seat of govern- ment, and the necessity of laying wires underground from this city is thus made apparent.” The adjutant general calls attention to the fact that army officers at seaports are new required, both by custom and regula- tions, to extend courtesies to foreign com- manders of war vessels arriving at their stations. This is a matter of considerable expense to them, he says, and they should, like officers in European countries, be al- iowed a proper expenditure for the purpose to be met by the government. Increase of the Army. Gen. Ruggles again calls attention to the necessity for an increase of the military force and the reorganization of the in- fantry, plans for which have been submit- ted to Congress, and speedy action is urged. The number of desertions during the year was 1,365, an increase of 200 over the pre- vious year, and 60 per cent were men, he states, in the first year of their service. generally restless and unable to bear the monotony of a regular life and mild disct- pline? In cases of older soldiers who de- sert, the incentive, the report adds, is like- ly to be found in some local entanglement. “The cause of desertion,” says Gen. Rug- les, “is, therefore, not altogether in the service; it is part of human nature. Ite absolute eradication cannot be hoped for.” Regimental Bands. He also calls attention to the, necessity for a proper support by the United States of its regimental bends and seys: “A bill to this end introduced in the interest of citizen musicians in their desire to prohibit competition of military bands, rather than in that of the military service, is now be- fore Congress. Its provisions are incom- plete, and need careful revision.” In view of the pressing needs of the serv- ice, the adjutant general recommends*that a temporary force of ten clerks be added to the present force of his office for a pe- riod of two years. The post exchanges are reported to be giving the greatest satisfac- tion, and it is a significant fact that the sales of beer have decreased gradually un- til they are now over 40 per cent less than in the early days of the exchanges. The net profits from the system were $349,151. ‘The value of gymnastics in military train- irg has been fully demonstrated in the opinion of the adjutant general, and he recommends that a properly equi; ped gym- nasium be provided at every post not de- pendent as now upon the profits from the exchange for maintenance. > es DEATH OF BRENT L, BALDWIN, It Occurred at Rainbow Lake, New York, This Morning. Mr, Brent L. Baldwin, one of the hest- known young business men of this city, died at an early hour this morning at Rainbow Lake, N. Y. Mr. Baldwin was the cachier of the Traders’ National Bank, and the first news of his death came in a telegram from his wife, who was with him at the time. ‘The news of Mr. Baldwin's death was by no means unexpected, but it came as none the less of a blow to his friends and busi- ness associates. He had been a sufferer from consumption for some time, and early in the summer he went to the Adironda>ks in the hope that the bracing air of the mountains might proiong his life. This was not the case, and he weak- ened gradually until the end came this morning. Mr. Baldwin was a native of this city. ‘He was a grandson of Mr. W. W. Birth and a son of Mr. Edward Baldwin, who was in his day a prominent business man in this city. Upon leaving school he entered the Bank cf the Republic and worked his way up until he became the paying teller of that institution. When the Traders’ Bank was organized he was elected cash- fer, a position he had filled ever since. He was in the fortieth year of his age, and leaves a wife and three daughters. A brother, Mr. Wm. B. Baldwin, who was the cashier of the National Capital Bank, died about a year Mrs. Baldwin will leave for home with the body of her husband this evening. It will be taken to the resndence of Mrs. B. F. Moxley, 1508 35th street. The ts for the eceeeel have not gon been com- jieted, will probably held from Sire. Moxley’s house some time Sunday. ; ————— ‘tist.Church were filed today by Andrew ‘Brooks, Alexander Hall and Edgar Alten, ee DEATH FROM POISON. ‘The Case of Wiltard B. Rogers, a Young Colored M: A lone pedestrian who chanced to be Passing along 7th street at 2 o'clock this morning noticed om approaching M street & man on the sidewalk writhing in great pain. So intense was the suffering of the unfortunate individual that no information as to his name or home could be obtained, so the person who discovered him hastened off for assistance. A patrol wagon soon, reached the scene, and the man was re- moved to case was diagnoged by the $h: arsenic poisoning. His sufferings con- tinued until 6 o'clock this morning, when death ensued. All that was found about on Person ee Was a card giving bume ress as Will Basil nee 1503 Marion street. Nate : ‘ogers was twenty-three years of age, and though a colored man, his complexion Was of so light a hue that he was oftimes mistaken for a white man. He was a hand. some young fellow, possessing a fine Physique, ard was connected with several of the most respectable colored families of this city. The young man lived with his mother at the mentioned. For scme time past he has been conducting @ catering establishment at the northeast corner of 13th street and New York avenue, and among his patrons were several weli known residents of the northwest section. About a week ago, however, young Rogers found it necessary to surrender proprietor- ship of the place, although he retained a connection therewith. Rogers has enjoyed the very best of health, and last evening seemed to be in an unusually happy frame of mind. He left his home early in the evening, but returned at 10:30 o'clock and inquired if his chum, @ young man named George Washington, had called for him. After chatting pleas- antly with the members of bis family for about an hour, Rogers left the house, saying he would walk up the street and look for Washingtcn. That was the last seen of him, alive by his relatives. Ever. indication points to suicide, al- though the young man made no statement the time he was found at 7th and M streets until his death. An autopsy dis- closed his physical condition to be all that could be desired. Death was caused by a quantity of powdered arsenic augmented by about a teaspoonful of Fowler's mix- ture, an arsenic compound. It is not known from whom the drug was procured, though it was called to mind this afternoon that for some time past Rogers has had in his room a box containing a quantity of some white, powdery substance. This is to be analyzed to find out if possible whether or not it is arsenic. : The news of the death of Rogers was a great shock to his family. The young man was very well known throughout the city, and it was believed that he was without ar enemy in the world. He was a nephew of James Rogers, the sexton of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, who was drowned in the channel of the Potomac river near the arsenal a year or two ago, and a cousin of Rev. William P. Gibbons, pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. The body was removed from the hospital to the home of the mother of the deceased on Marion street this afternoon. The fun- eral will probably take place Sunday from the church mentioned. —_——_ BUXTON ASSAULT CASE. A Cont Found iden: longed to What ts considered the missing link In the chain of evidence tending to prove Sydney Randolph guilty of the murderous assauit cn the members of the Buxton family near Gaithersburg, Md., some months ago, was discovered late yesterday afternoon. The day following the assault a colored girl tes- tified that she saw Randolph in the vicintty of the Buxton house soon after tle bloody ceed was committed. At the time, she said, he wore a dark coat with a pin stripe. The night preceding the assault Randolph visit- ed several stores in Gaithersburg, wearing a coat of the pattern described. When placed under arrest he was coatless, and the woods and streams in the vicinity were searched for the missing garment, but all efforts im that direction proved unavailing. E. T. Mills, who owns a farm located about one mile from the Buxton residence, while removing stones from a pile that has teen lying in a grove of woods on his prop- erty yesterday afternoon unearthed a coat which has been identified to be the one worn by Randolph. On both lapels were splashes of blood, and on the lower portion of the garment {fs a bloody smear, as though e@ hand had been wiped thereon. It was recalled to mind that Randolph wes traced to the stone pile in question, and the supposition is that in crossing a small branch nearby he washed his hands, wiped them on the coat, and proceeding to the stone pile, carefully removed the stones, as though digging a well, interred the coat in the aperture and as carefully closed the opening. At the time the search was in progress the stone pile was visited, but as it presented every appearance of not hav- ing been disturbed, no attempt was made to examine its interior. Although the general belief in the vicin- ity of Gaithersburg is that Randolph own- ed the coat, and that he placed it in the stone pile, there are some who do not hesi- tate to state as their belief that the lynch- ing party, or some member of it, being aware that Randolph had worn such a coat, imbedded the garment found yester- day in the pile for the purpose of dispelling the feeling that an imnocent man was lynched. ————— The Cox Divorce Case. In the divorce case of Florence Cox against Frank H. Cox, Judge Hagner this afterncon granted Mrs. Cox $50 a month alimony pending the final disposition of the case. ———— A Divoree Granted. Judge Hagner has granted Emma D. Roys a divorce from Frank D. Roys, on the ground of desertion, also granting her permission to resume her maiden name of Mobeiey. ——__ Thrown From a Mule. William Payne, a sixteen-year-old col- ored boy, was thrown by a mule this af- ternoon and sustained a fracture of the left arm. After the injury had received sur- gical attention at the Emergency Hospital, Payne was taken to his home, 631 Gordon’s place northeast. —_.—__—_ A Physician’s Peril. Dr. Burke Lawrence of the house staff of the Emergcncy Hospital, who has been threatened with blood-poisoning for severa! days past, as the result of a cut on the left hand, received while conducting a post- mortem examination recently, was consid- erably improved this afternoon, and it ie thought that all danger has passed. —_—_ Complaint of Illegal Fishing. Complaint fs being made by anglers that illegal fishing is being done in the river near Four-Mile Run. Fishermen who are using the nets claim that they are in Vir- ginia waters. these fishermen have caught any number of large black bass in their nets. ———__. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., October 16.—Flour firm, unchanged—receipts, 26,344 barrels; exports, 2,695 barrels; sales, 1,050 barrels. Wheat unsettled and higher—spot and month,764a76%; December,?7a77%; steamer No. 2 red, 724a72%—receipts, 20,363 bushels; exports, 24,000 bushels; stock, 882,202 bush- els; sales, 8,000 bushels—so1 sample, 74277; do. on grade, 73%a70%. irmer—spot and month, + Novem- ber and December, new and old, * 4a31%; steamer mix: 23a 28%--receipts, 63,976 bushels; eapernet 70,230 bushels; stock, 1,165,255 bushels; sales, 120,- 000 bushels — southern white and yellow corm, 82a33. Oats steady to firm—No. 2 ES 26 bid; No. 2 mixed, 21%a22—recelj ay 3 FINANCE AND TRADE Oaution in Dealing Induced by the Approach of the Election. ENTERPRISES EELD IN ABEYANCE Ss Engagement of More Gold in Lon- don for Export. * es GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —__.___ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 16.—The stagnation point was narrowly avoided in today’s list- less stock market. Dullness was the most roticeable feature of the trading, prices holding well because of the occas'onal pur- chases against outstanding short contracts. The cautien incident to the approaching presidential election, while suggesting in- activity, does not inspire sales. The risk is conceded to be reduced to a minimum in the long acgount, but not so confidently as to attract significant stock accumulation. Numerous speculative and industrial en- terprises are known to be in abeyance, the Perpetuation of existing monetary stand- erds being a condition precedent to their execution. An easier rate for call money prevatied during the later trading and caused some buying agatnst the sales made at the close of yesterday's business. The engagement of $3,300,000 gold in Lon- dor. for consignment to local representa- tives of foreign banking houses, and the withdrawal of £430,000 from the Rank of Ergland on balance, had a benefielal in- fluence on sentiment. The actual receipts of gold at this port to- day ‘were $1,652,000, raking the total im- portations since last August, in round num- bers, $60,000,000. This amount does not include the with- drawals of this morning. The proportions of the return movement would have {n- sured a more substantia! reflection in cur- rent prices had not the latent fear of a premium on the metal proved superior to all other considerations. Tne rehabilita- tion of the country’s gold supply will be utilized to good purpose as a background for the display of gratification at the out- come of next month's election. The appointment of a receiver for the Bay State Gas Company and the sugges- tions of fraud embodied in the process were regarded as being closely allied to Dela- ware politics. The stock opened off 3 per cent upon the announcement, but ruled around 8 during the greater part of the day. The action of the property during the week has clearly indicated the development of some plan in- jurious to the value of its stock. Sugar was sold on rumors of a powerful anti-trust combination, but recovered on the publication of an interview denying the correctness of the published rctatemenis on this subject. The strength of the pres- ent company has never been overestimated, and while rivals may be attracted by its increasing evidences of prosperity the oc- cupation of the fiel¢ against it is an un- dertaking the reverse of encouraging. ‘The railroad list was steady at fractional gains over the opening level. The short in- terest in Manhattan was credited with an advance of 1 per cent in thai property, the price being bid up at every opportunity by the manipulative interest. The trading of the last hour was dull around the best prices of the day. > 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 -eported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. #0 Broadway. Open. High Low. Close. American Sugat........ 1083g 10% 1063¢ American Sngat, Pfd K 855 American Tobacco... 6% 38 American Cotton Oli: Mw Atchison... "2 18K Baltimore & Mis Bay State Gas 8% 7 ‘Canada South 4 Delaware & Hudson... Den. & Rio Grande, Pfd. 8% 5% Erie.....2-..-2000- PRESTO eae General Hiectric. Wh MK Oy 85K Ilinois Central. - a 2° om om Laclide Gas. - MK OS Lake Shore. ae rT vaerr yan? ae) Louisville & Nashville. 423, 42° 42% 42 Metrojotitan Traction.. 94% 14% 9 9 Manhuttan Hevated. we my ay Sea ss Washington Stock Exchange. Sal call—12 Gray jes—regular o'clock = m.—American phone, 100 at Gi. ¥ istrict of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fand 5s, 101 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 110 bid Water stock 7s, 1 Gurrency, 111 bid. 3.658, » currency, 1 id. Miscellancous Bonés.—Metropolitan Ratlroad conv. 6s, 108 bid, 110 asked. Metropolitan Railroad cer- tificates of indebtedness, 103 bid, 110 asked. Hatlroad 5s, 50 asked. Peake und Potomac Telephone Ba, uty, bid, 103 asked.” American Security and Trust Ss, i. ai A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, AL and O., 106 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 2% Did. Bank of the Republic, 240 bid. | Metropolitat 280 bid, 300 asked. Central, 270° bid. ment ‘and Mechanics’, 170 bid. Capital, 113 bid, 124 asked. | Traders‘, 100 asked. icoln, “100 asked. 95 asked. ‘Safe Deposit and Trust es.—National Sai Deposit aod Trust, 12) ackehe Washineten Lat and ‘Trust, “110 120 asked. American Security gad Trost, 145 . Washington Safe Deposit, Railroad Stocks.—Capltal Traction Company, 2 bid, 65 asked. Metropolitan, 90 bid, 103. ask Cotambie, 50 bid. Georgetown and ‘Reanallstems, Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, *40% bid, 4 3asked. etown Gas, 40 bid. U. 8. Hlectric Light, 90 bid, 102 asked. Tosarance Stocks.—Frankiln, $3 bid. Mctropolt- tan, 65 bid. Potomac, 63 bid. Arlington, 125 bid. National Union, 14 Riggs, 7 bid. ‘Peo bid, 8 asked. iocks.—Real Estate Title, 116 asked. Washingtos He, ‘Title, 5 asked. we = °6 bid, 6% asked. tie Gus Carriage, .12 bid, .25 asked. big, 11S asked. iaton, Cionotrpe, “Big bia d y Falls Ice, 130 osked. ® Oa: Ex. div.