Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. —————e PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. ya ae 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, ; - The i Company. ‘The Evening Star 1s served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on thefr own account, at 16 cents a TE counter 2 cents each. By United States or Canada—pastage prepaid—60 cents per month. é Saturday Quintuple Brest sar. $2 per year, with tercign prathee adacds . (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. 0., a8 second-class mail matter.) lass. tions must be paid in advance. 7All mail subscrip’ = No. 13,613. WASHINGTON, D. ©, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. WHEAT AGAIN JUMPS Wild Excitement Characterized the Trading at Chicago. EFFECT OF LIVERPOOL ADVICES Violent Fluctuations in the Price Occurred. WERE AMAZED eee BULLS CHICAGO, Octover 19.—Wheat made a record-breaking jump today. The Decem- ber opticn, which elcsed Saturday at 755-8, opened this morning at 78 1-2a79 1-8,steady- irg at the latter figure, an advance of 31-4. The wildest excitement characterized the trading. There was talk of possible failures as a result of the unparalleled ad- vance. After a momentary reaction to 7, December wheat soon went beyond the top figures at the opening, touching as high as 791-4 several times within the first fiftecn minutes of business. Just before 10 a.m. the market took a sudden plunge downward and fell to 781-2, reacting later to 783-4. Shortly after 10 a.m. the price receded to 781-4, but at that point the market whirled sharply upward again, and within a few minutes advanced a full cent to 79 1-4. Dur- ing the frenzy at the opening some few trades were made as high as 794-2, while sales at ‘the same moment in other parts of the pit were at different figures ranging all the way to 78 1-2. About 10 a.m. the price was 783-4 De- cember. this point another 1-cent-a- At beshel edvance was recorded with amazing rapidity. Almost before the tickers could lace the figures on the tape in the brok- offices the quotation had leaped to 743-4. This was within 1-8 of 4 cents a bushel added to the value of the cereal Within a single hour. Before 11 o'clock the pit witnessed a netable example of “whipsaw.” From 7 3-4 the market fell as rapidly as it had risen, dropping a cent almost in a straight line to 783-4. Scattering sales were made at 785-8, and then the market once more re- bounded, the ruling price at 11 a.m. being 7v for December. ne Caused by Cable Advices, The advanc2 today was due to the Isiyer- povl candles, which reported that market excited, and from % 1-2 to Sd higher. No such jump has been experienced in that market for years. In the first half hour's crazed rush to cover here most of the trading was around 79 cents. Tremen- dous lines were dumped on the market at about that figure. All the news was not bullish by any means. Northwest receipts were heavy, 1,642 cars, against 1,887 last year, and un- official world’s shipments were liberal. The cables, however, were the pre-eminent in- fluence, and trading was enormous, with fluctuations violent and frequent. Curn opened strong, though trade suffer- ed from the wheat excitement. Receipis were large, bui were offset by strong cables and sympathy with wheat. May opened about a cent higher at 301ga30%, ad- vanced to 5t-cents and reacted to %4% cents. Oats was active and firm, with other rains. May opened about % cent higher at 22%3 cents, adyanced to 23 cents and reacted to 24 Provisions opened excited and moderately higher, but heavy realizing and selling by packers caused a reaction. January pork opened 25 higher at 8.35, and declined to 8.172. January lard opened about 15 cents higher at 4.70, anu declined to 4.65. January ribs opened 10 cents higher at 4.10 and de- clined to 4.07%. \ Gradual Kelap: Between 11 o'clock and 12:15 p.m. there was a gradual relapse. From 79, Decem- ber slumped ‘to 34. In the next half heur it was again ascending the ladder, and reached 78 5-8, but during the succeeding fifteen minutes it returned to the down grade, and at 1 p.m., fifteen minutes before the close, was quoted at 77 4-4° The de- cline continued during the final quarter of an hour. Just before the bell struck, De- cember was 71 1-4, and the last quotation for the day was 77 3-8 bid, 1 1-2 cent higher than the close on Saturday. The excitement in the pit was too great, and the trade too active to permit of intei- ligible understanding of the personnel of the trade. But in a general way floor traders realized. John Cudahy sold a big line through traders. Logan and S. Dupee were heavy sellers, to such an extent, in fact, as to cause one of the frequent and violent breaks which characterized the trading. Baldwin also soll early, as did Bartlett. Oa the other hand, Armour was a buyer. Milmine, Bodman & Co.-and Schwartz, Du- pee & Co. took in large lines. Niew] bought about 241,000 bushels at 79. A big surprise was occasioned by the In- dien shipments of 72,000 bushels. This was totally unexpected and seemed to indicate that the seriousness of the Indian situation had been exaggerated. There was a lot of selling done on it, and it was with this as a reason that the price of December sagged to 77% cents during the last hour's bus- ines: Liverpool was not the oniy foreign market to advance. Paris repcrted a jump equivalent to 3a8 cents per bushel. The Berlin advance equaled 24-5 cents and Antwerp 5al0 cents per bushel. Jump of 41-2 Cents at New York. NEW YORK, October 19.—Wheat made a perpendicular advance of 4% cents a bush- el, following a stupendous jump of 6 cents at Liverpool, and general speculative ex- citement througheut the whole of Europe. ‘The bull movement was accompanied by iftense local excitement and heavy trading the first few minutes. Buying orders, of course, predominated. Even the bulls them- selves were amazed at the enormity of the advauce, which has not been equaled in yea The December option, which closed Sat- urday at SI%, opened today at 85%, and before the demand could be appease-i had jumped to 86%. Following this came a cent reaction, with a let up in trading. Corn and oats shared wheat’s advance, both scoring sharp rises over Saturday night. At noon the tremendous strain of ex- citement in wheat exhausted itself and prices fell off a cent a bushel through the cessation of the strong demand which had been a feature of the morning. The Iccal feeling was still very much unset- tled, however, and traders on every hand were alert to catch the least indi¢ation of a charge in the market symptoms. The fact that late cables were a shade easier contributed not a little to the reaction in Erices. As an evidence of the market’s ac- tivity it was estimated that up to 1 o'clock over, 12,000,000 bushels had been traded in. There have been many entire days in past months when sales did not ‘over 2,000,000 or 3,000,000. 2 ——.—_ COMPLETED THEIR EXAMINATION, ‘The Experts of the Venesuclan Com- mission. THE HAGUE, Holland, October 19.—Prof. Burr and Mr. De Haan, the experts of the Urited States Venezuelan commission who have been: in Europe for-some:tvme study- ing the archives of-Londen;Madrid-and The Hague, fcr the purpose of assisting the commission In its investigation of the boun- dary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain, have completed thefr- work. Prof. Purr will sail for New York from Liver- peol Wednesday by the Teutonic, and his associate will leave Rotterdam for New York by the Spaarndam this week. average” SOME SILVER LEADERS BRYAN VISITS QOHIQ|THE A P. A. CIRCULAR Their Attitude Causing the Campaign Man- agers No Little Uneasiness. Two Virginia Senators, John R. Mc- Lean and Mitchell of Wisconsin Apparently Lukewarm. The attitude of certain silver leaders for some weeks past has given the managers of the silver campaign no little uneasiness. There has been a haurting fear of luke- warmness on their part. Their devotion to the silver issue has not been doubted, but it has seemed strange, that they should not enter with more zeal into the fight. The Virginia Senators. ‘The names of the two Virginia Senators are on this list. Senator Martin, it is true, is a rew convert to silver. He went over to that side only lest spring. A good deal has been expected of him in this campaign, but, so far, he has cut no figure in it at all. His name has scarcely appeared in print since the holding of the Chicago conven- tion. Senator Daniel, who presided at Chicago, sailed soon afterward fcr Europe. But he returned home in September. He has just been heard trom on the stump, with only two weeks of the campaign remaining. He comes out now against that feature of the party platform upon which Gov. Altgeld and his friends in Illinois are relying for so much help. He justifies the action of Mr. Cleveland in dealing with the Debs strike. The fear is therefore that so far as the middle states are concerned the break- ing of his silence by Mr. Daniel may do more harm than good. Mr. John R. McLean. The claims of democratic strength in Ohio have not seemed to consist with the failure ef John R. McLean to appear on the scene and take charge of the campaign in person. Mr. McLean is the most potent man among the silver buckeyes. He has wealth, po- litical experience and he controls the party machinery in the state. The. silver men “have been waiting for his coming, but he has not come as yet.” He has kept up a steady fire through his Cincinnati newspa- per, but his personal presence, it is con- sidered, would have been far more valuable to the cause. They have not entirely aban- doned hope of seeing Mr. McLean in Ohio before the fight is over, but November is so close at hand a visit at this latéspay could uot effect much. * 2 Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin, like Sen- ator Martin of Virginia, is a recent convert to silver. But he has not gone beyond de- claring his purpoee to vote for the Chicago ticket. He has had no part or lot in all of the hot. campaigning in the northwest. His colleague, Mr. Vilas, who repudiated the Chicago ticket, has, on the other hand, taken a very prominent part in the fight, and it is largely through his influence and activity ‘hat the cause of sound meney is now so strong in Wisconsin. Some Explanations. There has been some speculation as to what the explanatton is in cases like these. The best opirion expressed is that the breader lines upon which the democrazic campaign has heen conducted have not been altogether acceptable. Men who be- Heve In silver, or who are willing for the party’s sake to accept silver, are not in sympathy with the attacks on established institutions which have characterized so many campaign utterances. Senator Mar- iin is a lawyer prominently identified with the business progress of Virginia... He is leading counsel for-several railroad com- panies, and it is not thought possible that he can approve of the war that agitators like Mr. Debs are making on railroads in the name of democracy. Senator Daniel is a lawyer of prominence, and a man of wide reading, and of much dignity, and it is not thought probable. that he ‘sympa- thizes with the attacks ‘on the Supreme Court in which many obscure. man ip the name of democracy are indulging. Men of. Property. Mr. McLean and Senator Mitchell are both men of property and influential busi- ness connections. It has been strange enough to many to observe them in the Bryan camp. It Is seriously doubted if they indorse all that is being done-by the cealition formed to put Mr. Bryan jn the White House. They have a great deal at stake, and it does not seem reasonable that, however they may have felt when the cam- paign first began, they can now lend ap- proval to such extreme appeals as are being made to class prejudices, and to such de- nunciation of property rights as are being delivered in the middle states and through- ont the northwest. - A Pertinent Question. - And the question comes up: If this sort of feeling explains the apparent lack of push and fight in these men, ali of whom are good democrats, how much further does it extend in the party? How many men are to be found throughout the country who wish silver well, and who may give their own votes to the coalition ticket, but wha are making no strenvous efforts to get the ticket elected? o MGR. MARTINELLI RETURNS. He Attended the Farewell Reception to Cardinal Satoll PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 19.—The Most Rev. Sebastien Martinelli, papal dele- gate to the United States, left this morning for Washington, which city he left last week to attend the farewell reception to Cardinal Satolli in New York. Monsignor Martinelli came to Villa Nova, Pa., near here, Saturday, to pay a brief visit to the “Mother's House” in this country of the Hermit Fathers of St. Augustine. Mgr. Martinelli is pro-general of the Augus- tinians throughout the world, and the order of which he is the head claims an antiquity of 1,500 years. The delegate was accompanied by Mgr. Sbaretti, auditor of the papal delegation, and Very Rev. Charles M. Driscoll, 0.S.A., provincial of the Augustinians of this prov-. ince, who was summoned to Rome soon after Mgr. Martinelli was appointed to suc- ceed Mgr. Satolli, and who accompanied the former to this country. Yesterday Mgr.Martinelli celebrated mass for the :students of Villa Nova College, and in the afternoon he was driven through the surrounding country, visiting, among other places, the grounds of Haverford Col- lege and the Bryn Mawr College for women. —— ON THE ROBBERS’ TRAIL. - Pursuit of Those Who Held Up the U. P. Trai OMAHA, Nebr., Octover 19.—It is believ- ed that the scouts who are looking for the robbers who held up the Union Pacific fast mail train near Ogden Wed- nesday are close upon their trail. ceived a telegram from one of the search- mg party saying that he had good reason to believe something go0d “would develop: within a very short time. Another tele- gram was also rece!ved thnt $791 worth of checks and drafts had beén found-*in -a place where the registered mail pouches had evidendy been open r Gbbers must have opened the. soon after he. poy leaving the train, for the drafts.and-other letters of no to them in a cornfield not far from Unitah. Some of the railroad officials are inclined ta-be-. Heve that the robbers after opening the aaa pouches ene Back to len and are now a re or in Salt Lake City. 2 Chief Canada of the special service bureau re-| ee He Made the First Extended Speech It is Now Being Sent Out From Headquarters at Lima. CAMPAIGNING GENERALS AT CANTON One of the Most Enthusiastic Meetings of the Year. CURRENT POLITICAL NOTES TOLEDO, Ohio, October 19.—The buckeye state, the home of his opponent, was again visited by William J. Bryan today. At o'clock today the special car Idler, bearing tke party, was pulled out of Detroit, and 6:30 the city of Toledo, which some weeks ago gave the nominee such a hearty wel- come, was reached. Here a crowd had gath- ered about the depot and outside the gates and cheered the nominee. At 7 o'clock he made a three-minute platform speech at Perrysburg, and another at Deshler a half hour later. Short speeches of less than five minutes were made by him at Ottawa and Lelpsic junction. The train today was in charge of Daniel McConville, chairman of speakers’ national bureau, and with him were W. W. Durbin, chairman of state central committee, and Grant Holliday, a member of the state ex- ecutive committee. At Toledo Mr. Bryan stepped out on the back platform and acknowledged the cheers and applause given him by a few appro- priate words. He told the people that they must not cheer him so much, but should save their voices in order to make converts between now and election day. ‘This advice provoked more cheers and ap- Plause. "The speeches at Perrysburg, Deshler, Ot- tawa and Leipsic junction were of the same general tenor as those usually made by Mr. Bryan in his short tall-end platform speeches, Shortly after 9 o'clock the first speech of any length was made at Lima, where for ttirty minutes the nominee expounded free silver doctrine. THE GENERALS AT CANTON. An Enthusiastic Meeting Held in the ‘Tabernacle. CANTON, Ohio, October 19.—Major Mc- Kinley arose early ard took a drive in the fresh alr. He called on his guests of yes- terday, the old veterans, at the railway station just before their. departure. The generals’ special train left Canton shortly after 8:30 o'clock this morning for a swing arcund eastern Ohio, and will conclude their Ohio tour tonight at Cleveland, enter- ing Michigan from Toledo tomorrow morn- ing. ‘There was freezing weather this morning, but the big tabernacle was crowded at 7:30, and flags and festoons and flowers made the scene a warm and brilliant one. Gens. Howard, Alger, Marden, Stewart, Walker and Sickles and Corporal Tanner mede addresses. At their conclusion each of them was presented with a basket of flowers by the Canton Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the G. A. R. The meet- ing was one of the most enthusiastic of the campaign. Gen. Sickles, as he spoke in a low voice, sitting om’a chair, saub;he -was. the demo- ciat of the party, and there was no office in the government he would take, but he said the silver mine owners of America could make $150,000,000 a year if the gov- ernment would stamp free of charge for them 50 cents worth of silver as a dollar. He said these mine owners had a fund of $2,000,000, and their plan was to deluge and corrupt the doybtful states if there were any a few days before election. THE SOLDIER CANDIDATES. Generals Palmer and Buckner Have Gone to the Northwest. CHICAGO, October 19.—Generals Palmer and Buckner left for Milwaukee and the northwest at 10 o'clock today. They will visit Omaha and probably Lincoln, Bryan's home city. They will come east through Towa, and perhaps go to St. Louis. With only two weeks of active campaigning left the officérs of the rational democratic com- mittee are more than ever satisfied that Palmer and Buckner are going to receive their full share of votes in every state where the democrats have organized. Ad- vices indicate, the national committee says, that thousands of democrats who had in- tended to cast their votes for McKinley are now under the standard of the Indian- apolis convention. * WATSON CONTRADICTED. It is Claimed That He Once Agreed to Fusion. = ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 19.—Chairman Rosselle of the state populist cgpmittee has had his attention called to the recen:ly published denial of Thomas E. Watson, populist candidate for Vice President, of a statement in the Lamar Leader, Rosseile’s paper, that he, Watson, favored the elec- toral fusion in this state. Mr. Rosselle has now given out a signed statement, in which he declares most em- phatically that Mr. Watson did, at his recent meeting in this city, in the vres- ence of National Committeeman Wash- burn, Rankin, Reed and Gen. Paul Van- dervoort and J. B. Follette, say that the fusion as arranged “was perhaps the best that could be done,” and also that he had no objection to fusion on electors, giving him and the party adequate recognition. ——— SUNK IN THE NARROWS. The Alsenborn Collides With the Fishing Steamer Peconic. NEW YORK, October 19.—The steamer Alsenborn, which plies between Baltimore and New York, collided with the fishing steamer Peconic at 5 o'clock this morning in the Narrows. The Alsenborn’s bow was badly stove, and she took water in the hold rapidly, but was beached at the Red dock, a short distance north of Fort Hamilton, where she lies with bow submerged. The ‘hoid is full of water. Her catgo is general and is badly damaged. The stem is twisted to starboard. The crew of the Alsenborn were unable to say how much, if any, dam- age was sustained. 5 :Efforts. have already. begun to. get: her floated and taken to a dry dock for repairs. ‘The tug D.-S. Arnott is alongside pump- ing her out, and the steam lighter Octarara is taking out cargo. a THE PANAMA CANAL. Gen. Belin Arrives at Colon With 150 Laborers. COLON, Colombia, October 19.—Gen. Be- lin, the Panama canal. director, has ré- tyrned here from Parison the French | stéamer Germain. He .brought with’ him fgm the West Indies 150 taborers to.work,}-Fverett, Wash. Se 4 5 upon the canal. 2 Pe Rate See The Panama railroad steamer Finance, which was due here on.Saturday, has not. yet arrived. x . Frost Nips Mississippl Cotton. GREENVILLE, Miss., October 19.—Frost fell yesterday morning sufficient to kill the top Iéaves of the cotton. At 9 o'clock the cotton fields looked as if they had been scorched. This stops the top crop abso- lutely in this section, Principally Upon a Letter of Mr. Bryan to Mr. — Beatty. It Dwell The A. P. A. circular attacking Bryan, mentioned exclusively in The Star last week, his been printed, and is being sent out from the supreme headquarters here. ‘The supreme officers, when asked for a copy of the circular today by a Star re- perter, declined to give it, and stated that all work of that kind wag secret and could not be made public. They further said that even if it was not secret it would be discourtcous to make it public in advance of its receipt by the A: P. A. councils. Every council in the country will receive a copy of the circular, and it is expected to cut a big figure in the election, especial- ly in doubtful states. In Maryland, for instance, it is hinted that the circular is expected to solidify the A.;P. A. vote in fevor of McKinley. The yote of the order in that state, however, 1s [even now said to be practically solid for bit The contents of the circular were given substantially in The Star Jast. week. The facts then given in The Star were correct, as will be ascertained whén the circular is made pubitc. It is said pbw it may not be made public at all, unless-ft leaks out with- cut the knowledge of the officials of the order. The circular is being sent out under the seal of the order, which makes it a secret document, as much as'any of the gecret. werk of the order. : The princtpal portion of the circular, or that which the officials dwell upon most freely as showing Bryan's antagonism to the order, is a letter which Mr. Bryan wrcte Mr, Beatty, a Washington A. P. A. giving his views on the order and on the Jurior Order of American Meechantes,-- Mr. Bryan @istlaimed A ee in cue and said, ced in ir; ~that he aid not Belleve in any order which dis- crimixat against any church. ié cular will be read in the councils cf the order throughout the cdurtry so soon as received. z While the order in Maryland {s said to be almost solid against Bryan, It {s said to be fighting ex-Representative Mudd, the re- publican nominee in the*fifth ~He in a: Catholte: ard ‘everythings possible is being done against him. « { ents SILVER IN VERGINIA. Rallies to Be Held AI® Qyet the State From Now On, The silver managers of' the-eampaign in Virginia do not admit that there is any chance of McKinley caeryinge the state, but ft 1s saf@ today that a vigorous cam- paign is to be-made-from now on. A. J. Wedderburn, the silver party national com- fhitteefian for that Stateygaid Yo a Star re- porter today that eilvet rallies are to be held ali over the state. from now on. On Saturday next there Wfll be a rally at Mar- shall, Fauquier county, at!wéfich Benator Daniel will speak. There® willl. wey speakers. On the sanie déy &t Hainilton, Loudoun county, there wil'be a rally. A flag and a pole will be ‘raised. A silver club was organized at Hamilton Saturday, 120 members being enrolled, it is stated. “Rixey ‘will be elected to Congress from the eighth district,” said Mr. Wedderburn today, “by a majority of 4,500 or 5,000, and I think every democratic nominee in the state will be elected.” Mr. Wedderburn as- serts that there are republicans in every silver club organized in. Virginia. J. M. Devine, the populist orator attached to headquarters here, spent last week mak- ing speeches In Maryland. He made twelve speeches in the sixth district. “Bryan dnd Lee will carry the sixth district with ease,” gaid Mr. Devine to-a Star reporter this morning. “During my tour of the district I met hundreds of silver republicans who will vote for Bryan. Baltimore will have to turn out a.big republican majority to overcome the Bryan majotity in. the bal- ance of the state,” - : - eis —e+_ Personal Mention, Postmaster General Wilsoa is back from Charlestown, W. Va. ‘ Judge Arthur @ Moseley of Denison, known. in, lega) circles ‘throughout Texas, fs In the city in attendance upon: the ses- sions of the Supreme Gourt. He ig at the Ebbitt. i Mr. James H. McIntosh -of Omaha, Neb., is In Washington in conneetion with busi- ness before the Supreme Court. He is at the Arlington cool Lieut. Col. James Gilliss of the quarter- master’s department js at 1105 H street on leave of asence. y Maj. Frank H. Phipps ‘and Capt. J. C. Ayres of the ordnance, department are at the Richmond. They are here to attend a meeting of the board of fortifications. Lieut. S. L. Faison, 1st-Infantry, is at the Cochran. 5 Miss E. L. Sylvester, daughter of the late Maj. Sylvester and editor of Art in Advertising, has been visiting her sister, Mrs, Kimball. She will return to her home in New York this evening, Col. William L. Trenholm, formerly con- troller of the currency and-now in business in New York city, is now pn a visit to this city. ‘ Supreme Court, Cases, In the Supreme Court today a number of motions to reassign cages. were granted, among them being the,, United States against Joseph Dunlop of Chicago, which was set for the second Monday in Decem- ber. Dunlop is @ newspaper proprietor who was convicted ‘of sending obscene mat- ter through the maily, and has appealed to the Supreme Court. Justice Peckham announced the decision of the court in the case of thé Bear Lake and River Water Works an@ Irrigation Company against the Jarvis Conklin Mort- gage Trust Company, attirming the decision of the supreme court ofthe territory of Utah, in favor of the® first-mamed com- pany, A motion was made by coutisel for the plaintiff to dismiss cr gifirm the decision in the case of Harriet. Menroe ‘against the New York World, involving the publica- tion of the world’s fairjode by the World previous to its reading at Chicago. Sixteen cases involvingsthe eonstitution- ality of the Ohio, Indiawa an@ Kentucky State laws taxing _rail¥ads, » telegraphs, telephones and bridges, Were set for hear- ing on the first Monday is Decémber. Y gee Naval Movementst The gunboat Castine, which ison her way from Brazil to New ¥drm witW a draft of short-term men, left. ia today for St. Lucia. The Marblehead left Smyrna today for home with men reljeveg from: duty on the European station. Gibrgitar #7ill be her first stopping place. The Ww has ar- rived at St. Augustine, Fla%.on Mer way to New York. She will be relfevedZof crusing duty’in Floridam, wat t! leigh, now on her: wa¥i-gouth, ia and Yorktown are at Cheefoo. The Marion has lett‘Arica f6¢ Cleo. The Bennington is at ‘Where Sedeetses @arlisle Will Speyk. Secretary .Carlisle will_deave here Wed- nesday afternoon, aifd will make speeches in favor of an honest ¢curfency at the fol- lowing named place¥ in Kentucky: Coving- ton, Thursday, October 22; BoWling Green, Saturday, October 24; Owensboro, Monday, October 26; Louisvilte, We , October 28, and Lexington, Friday, October 30. These speeches are expected to have a Powerful effect on the campaign. MR.WATSON’SLETTER| JUSTICE RICHARDSON DEAD/A LEAP TQ DEATH Said to Have Been Mailed to Chair- man Butler Last Week. > EFFORT 10 HAVE HIM MODIFY It The Chicago Address Was Intended to Discount It. MORE TROUBLE AHEAD The political public is wondering what all the present talk of Tom Watson is about. All kinds of conferences are reported to have taken place at the home of the popu- list candidate, and all sorts of future con- fabs of the same kind are on the tapis. Yet nothing definite is given out as to why all this is taking place. At the same time comes in Tom Watson's acceptance of the vice presidential nomination. It was said to have been put in the mails and sent to Chairman Butler the first of last week, at the time of the meeting of the populist na- tignal committee at Chicago. Chairman Butler asserts that he has never had the copy of acceptance in his hands, and has never seen it. Secretary Edgerton also has not seen it. Notwith- standing this it has been announced_ that the copy was mailed to Chairman Butler, and'the story 1s going the rounds that the chairman is suppressing it to force Watson to modify some of the things sald in it. It is Fall of Pepper. Whether Chairman Butler has seen the acceptance or not, it is well understood in political circles that all the juggling which ds.geing on now with Watson is for the [purpose of making him rewrite his letter ‘of acceptance or modify it. The letter is Said to be full of pepper, and the silver managers fear it will be a dangerous docu- ment to go to the public now. They are afraid it will do Bryan harm in the states woich are recognized as too close for any yotes to be lost. Among these states are Kangas and Nebraska. Mr. Watson is mad about the fusion arrangements in Kansas, and~he-has promised to leave no stone un- turned to overthrow the existing arrange- fhents there. If he cannot overturn things he can make trouble in that state, as well as elsewhere. He has a.large following everywhere, and they are willing to follow him in whatever he suggests, no matter what the cost. The republicans are watch- ful of openings of this kind, and stand geady to foment whatever trouble is begun. The democratic and even the populist mai agers see these things; and that’s why Wat- son is being talked to and about so much row.” No Love is Lost. It is believed that if Watson’s letter goes to the public as it was written it will cre- ate a sensztion. To offset it or to prevent ft doing too much harm, the populist man- agers of the national committee will be Son. It is further believed they will dc ‘this, if necessary. There has never been any love lost between ‘Watson and Chair- } man Butler, and if Watson leaves an open- ing his astute opponent may be depended on to “slug” him, to use ringside parlance. eon will Jo the same for Butler if he in. Whatever the situation may be, the feel- Ing toward Watson mm officia, populist cir- cies is anything but. cordial. He is looked upon as a dangerous man, and as doing harm every time he upens his mouth. This feeling has wn-more intense with time and with ateon’s pranks, and. should Watson attempt a master stroke at the last minuie, as seems tc be scheduled, he will incur the bitter aud lasting enmity of the strongest mep managing his campaign. It is said ir. well-credited- circles, despite denials, that the address issued from Chi- cago last week was for no other purpose than to discount Watson's letter of accept- ance. It was known then what was in the letter, and the committee set to work de- liberately to “queer” it and Watson in ad- vance. That is, they hoped they would do this. The maneuvers. now in progress in- dicate that the process wasn’t as much of a clincher as it might be, and a rivet is now being hunted for. There is ne reason to believe that Wat- scn means to withdraw his name. That it not why Chairman Jones is reported to be billed for 2 conference with him. Watson has stated positively that he Intends to make the race, and every mgn who know him knows that he means what he says. In a nutshell, Jones and the populist lead- ers are trying to keep Watson’s letter from getting to the public. There is a suspicion that Watson has de- layed giving his letter out to see what is going to be done in his state about fusion. He will watch the movements of the demo- crats, and if he finds that they aré not sin- cere he will use this as a pretext for giving out the letter,. which will be full of reflec- tions on the party; probably on its candi- date and managers. The following letter was sent from popu- list committee here today: Washingtcn, D, C., October 19, 1896. Hon. Thomas E. Watson,, Thomson, Ga.: Dear sir: Senator Butler notices that you are reported iti an interview as stating that you mailed your letter of acceptance to him at Washington, D. C., on last Wod- uesday, October 14. = He requests me to inform you of the fact that no such letter has been received by him. Yours truly, FRANCIS H. HOOVER, Private Secretary. AMERICA’S EARLY HISTORY. Volumes on It Presented Italian Government. Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, to- day visited the White House by appoint- ment for the purpose of presenting the President, by direction of the King-of Itaiy, with a testimonial of friendship and esteem in the shape of a set of volumes of the greatest historical value touching the early history of America. The work is in four- teen volumes, being a-collection of papers relative to the discovery of America ani the enterprise of Christopher Coluinbus, as well as of the Italian explorers in this hemisphere who preceded the great naviga- jtor. 1t.wes compiled by a special commis- sion appointed by the King of. Italy and printed by the Italian government. by the ——_e-____ THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY. ~ Capt. Gaillard’s Return From the - Work of Survey. Capt. D. D. Gaillard of the engineer corps has returned to. the city from a special visit to Alaska, where he-went, under or- iders from Chief of Engineers Craighill, to make a survey of Portland channel, the southwestern boundary between Alaska and British Columbia. Captain Gaillard was. | temporarily relieved -of duty in charge of the Washington aqueduct in order to per- mit of the execution of this snecial duty, the necessity for which is urgent im con- nection with the settlement of the Alaska boundary dispute. Major Chas. J. Alien, in charge of the Potomac river improvements, is, In addition, temporarily in charge of the Washington aqueduct. ———— To Be Examined for Promotion. Lieutenant Commander H. W. Clifford of the New York navy yard and Liect. W. H. Beehler of the cruiser Montgomery have reported at the Navy Department for ex- amination for promotion. called upon to practically repudiate Wat- |° Chief Justice of Court of Claims Passed Away His Long and Brilliant Career in the Legal Profession—Leaves a Daughter. Chief Justice William A. Richardson of the Court of Claims died this morning at 8 o'clock at his residence, 1739 I street. He suffered from a complication of dis- esses, which could not be checked, owing to his advanced age. The only member of his immediate family who survives him is his daughter, the wife of Dr. Magruder of the navy. The iuneral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at All Souls’ Church at 2 o'clock, and the interment will be at Oak Hill. The Court of Claims met this morning, and immediately upon the announcemert of the chief justice's death adjorrned until Thursday, as a mark of respect. William Adams Richardson was born in Tyngsborough, Mass., November 2, 1821. He was graduated at Harvard in 1843, ana in the law department there in 1846. In the si.me year he was licensed to practice, and was judge <dvocate and governor's ald in Massachusetts. He was president of the common council of Lowell in 1853-4, of the Wameset Bank and of the Mechanics’ As- scclation. He was appointed to revise the statutes of Massachusetts in 1855, and sub- ‘sequently was chosen by the legislature to edit the annual supplements of the general statutes, which he continued to do for twenty-two years. He became judge of Probate in 1856, and held this position until 1872. He declined a superior court judge- ship in 1869, and in the same year became assistant secretary. of the United States treasury. He went to Europe as a financial agent of the government in 1871 to negotiate for the sale of the funded loan of the United Stetes, and made the first contract abroad for the sale of the bonds: -He became Sec- retary of the Treasury in 1873, resigning in 1814 to accept a ‘seat on the bench of the United Sjates Court of Claims, of which he became chief justice in 1885. For several years he was an overseer of Harvard, and he was a lecturer and professor in George- town Law School of this city. Columbian University gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1873. He wrote several books on finan- cial subjects, and prepared and edited a supplement to.the Revised Statutes of the United States and a history of the Court of Claims. > MANY ARMENIANS ARRIVE. But It is Not Certain That They Will Be Allowed to Stay. NEW YORK, October 19.—One hundred and sixty-seven Armenians arrived on the steamship Obiam today, and were at once transferred to Ellis Island, where they were examined by the health authorities and the inspecto: of immigration. There was one family of sixteen, including husband, wife, children, uncle, aunt and cousin. The Armenians, as a rule, were well Gressed, intelligent-looking and did not ap- Peps to have auflered.any privation. refugees were met at Elits Isiand by representatives of the Salvation Army and ladies from the Women’s Christian Tem- perance Union, a representative of the Red Cross Soctety and several charitably-dis- posed persons. Upon their arrival at Ellis Island they were grouped and phgtographed and interviewed. by representatives of the Christian Herald. A protest from the residents and tax- payérs ‘6f Hohokus, N. J., was pi sented to Dr. Senner, commissioner of ii migration at Ellis Island, signed by a com- mittee, consisting of Saul B. Moffatt, Fred Shilling and John Y. Dater, This protest stated. that for some time past men and wemen dressed in the uniform of the Sal- vation Army have been engaged in sys- ‘tematic -begging for the support and main- tenance of “a horde of Armenians, the same. being, aliens and paupers, and we protest against the said aliens and paupers being sent into this community.” Another letter was from Rev. J. N. Trom- per, pastor of the Christian Reform Church at Rameeys, N. J., where it is proposed to colonize the Armenian refugees, . Pastor Tromper says that he has been requested by his congregation to extend the sym- pathies of his church and congregation to the movement to colonize the refugees. Gen. Booth-Tucker is expected at the is- land this ¢fternoon to speak in behalf of the refugees. At noon Dr. Senner was not in a position to state whether the 167 refu- gees would be admitted to the United siates. He will reserve his decision until he has heard both sides, and may possibly refer the matter to the Secretary of the ‘Treasury. ——— PACIFIC COAST FISHERY. Statistical Agent Wilcox Engaged in Securing Information. SAN FRANCISCO, October 19.—A. M. Wilcox ‘of Washington, D. C., statistical agent of the United States commission on fishes and fisheries, has arrived from Ore- gon and Washington, for the purpose of preparing a statistical report of the fishing industry on the coast. He has been indus- triously engaged in the pursuit of his in- vestigations and inquiries in Oregon and Washington for several weeks, and will de- vote the next month or two zo the work of gathering data concerning the fish and’fish- eries of California. Mr. Wilcox said that for several years ast the fisheries of the west coast of the ited States had been growing in import- ance to such an extent that the United States fish commission had deemed it ad- visable and highly important that an elab- orate and accurate report of the status of the fishing industry be obtained, and he bas been sent here for that purpose. His report is calculated to prove of great bene- fit to the commercial fishing industries of the coast, for the reascn that it will show the need for more hatcheries and a more thorough stocking of the streams and in- land waters of the coast states. He sa’ it is highly probable that the United States fish_ commission will decide to establish half-a-dozen new hatcheri2s in California before long, for the reason that the fishing industry of the Pacific coast states, includ- ing Alaska, has grown until it ranks next to that of New England and middle At- lantic states in extent and importance, while the value of the fishery products is greater than In the south Atlantic, gulf and great lake states combined. —SS BERLIN LAWYER STABBED. Councillor Levy Killed in a Fight With Burglars. LONDON, October 19.—A Berlin dispatch to the Daily News says that on Sunday morning Councillor Levy, one of the best- known of. Berlin-Jawyers, was stabbed to death in-his bed by two men, and his wife was so badly injured that she had to be seit to- “the hospital. The murderers escaped. + The Daily ‘Telegraph's Berlin correspon- dent says tha® Councillor Levy was killed in a struggle with burglars. i THROWN FROM THEIR CARRIAGE. Duke and Duchess of Hedford Ser- fously Injured. EDINBURGH, Scotland, October 19.—A dispatch from Cairnsmore, Kirkcudbright- shire, amrounces that the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, while out driving this morning, were thrown out of their car- riage and seriously injured. The duke was aid-de-camp to Lord Dufferin while the 1; ter was viceroy of India. Otto Braun’s Jump From a Third- Story Window. SECOND ATTEMPT AT SUICDE A Sensational Morning at the Emergency Hospital. ->——_—_ DIED FROM SFOCK By far the most sensational occurrence in the history of the Emergency Hos: a happened at that institution at 10 o'clock this morning, when Otto Braun, attired in the regulation hospital night shirt, left his bed, rushed across a ward, mounted an- other bed, made a flying leap through a third-story window and descended with great force, together with a cloud of fiy- ing glass, to the sidewalk below. Although surgical assistance was rendered immedi- ately, the shock was so great that Braan died two hours later. Braun, os was reported in The Star Sat- urday, attempted to commit suicide that moraing by stabbing himself twice in the left breast and cide in the yard in the rear of the mstaurant of Mr. P. Cannon, 1004 Pennsylvania avenue. Braun entéred the restaurant and asked permission to go into the yard. A couple of minutes later a colored man employed by Mr. Can- non was startled to notice Braun stagger and fall into a chair and to observe biood gushing from his side. The wounded man was hastily removed to the Emergency Hospital, where the cuts were dressed. Braun was forty-five years of age, and claimed to be a resident of An- hhapolis, Md., where he said he was a bar- tender for his brother, Frederick Braun, a saloon keeper at that place. The only ex- planation the man would make of his rash act was that it was the outcome of troubie at home. Braun, after the cuts were attended to Saturdcy, was placed in the cot nearest the entrance to the north ward on the third floor cf the Emergency Hospital building. The windows of this ward on D Street, and Braun's cot stood with its head against the side of the room opposite the Windows. Since Saturday his condition, it was thought, had improved somewhat, and the nan stood a _ chance to recover. He hed been 4rit is heavily before he stabbed himself, however, and appeared to be in a ly nervous and excited frame of mind. ye eat wgereym ob ; aw terady he left ut return mpt- ly each time when ordered to do so by the physicians or nurses. Everything was quiet this morning in the north ward of the hoxpital. The patients had received attention and the house staff were attending to tLeir duties elsewhere in the building. The nurse on duty the ‘ard was occupied in avother portion of the room, when suddenly the crash was heard. Braun had evidently made a careful study of his p'an of action, and when the proper opportunity presented itself quiedy left the bed, ed acrces the room, and, as stated, mounted the other bed beside the window, and not taking the time to ra‘se the sash leaped through the large pane of glass. The act was accomplished with such rapidity that the other patients and the nurse could hardly realize what had happened. The few pedestrians who happened to be passing along D street at the time were shocked to see a figure in white descend through the air and fall prostrate on the sidewalk. The falling glass was heard in- side the building, and the engineer of the hospital, hastening outside, found Braun lying but a few feet from the entrance of the building, flat on his back, with arms outstretched. The engineer carried him into the emergency room, where Drs. West, Lawrence and Turner made an examina- tion to see how hadiy Braun was injured. His back was found to be bruised ali over and there were a number of small cuts caused by the glass. were dressed and the man wae taken to the ward and placed in the bed he had left but a short Ume before. He was not unconscious, for he asked that a pillow be placed under bis head while the examination was in prog- ress. No other statements of an intelligible na- ture, however, could be extracted from him. He mumbled something about “Rosy,” and talked in a rambling sort of way about large amount of money. Most of his ut- terances were in German. He would say nothing in explanation of his desire and de- termination to end his life. ‘Phe man died a few minutes after 12 o'clock. The coro- ner was notified this afternoon, and he will Probably direct that an autopsy be held. Braun had not been visited by any one since his arrival at the hospital, and it is not known what disposition is to be made of the body. The bed at the hospital, in which Braun stood when he made the leap, had been v cated just a few minutes before by a pa. tient who was transferred to Providence Hospital. The physicians and nurses al the Emergency regret the occurrence very deeply, although they claim that it was beyond human possibility to prevent it, The man had been carefully watched, and the nurse on duty had but a moment before been at his vedside. She turned her back an instant and Braun, with insane cunning, made fis fatal dash. SS MISS CALDWELL MARRIED. Becomes the Marquixe Des Monstriors- Merinville in Paris. PARIS, October 19.—Miss Mary Gwendo- lin Caldwell, founder of the Divinity Col- lege of the Catholic University at Wash- ington, D. C., was married today at St. Joseph's Church, Avenue Hoche, this city, to the Marquis Des Monstriors-Merinviile. Bishop Spalding of Peoria, Ill., the guard- ian and adminisirator of the estate of Miss Caldwell, assisted by Father Cooke, offi- ciated. < Punctually at noon the pair entered the urch and occupied seats beneath a canopy of flowers. After a complimentary address, Bishop Spalding performed the marriage ceremony, which was followed by a mass, celebrated by the chanoine, Father Dufort, superior of St. Philipe de Roule, a friend of the bridegroom. The music was superb. The witnesses for the groom were Counts Henri and Pierre Des Monstriors-Merinville and thé bride’s witnesses were Mr. John Carter and Bishop Spalding. Among the guests present were the Duke and Duchess Doudeauville, the Marquis and Marquise De Micecourt, the Count De Turenne and the Marquis De Vogne. —_——-— NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. The Reported Attempt on the Spanish * King’s Life. MADRID, October 19—The newspapers report that the departure of the court from San Sebastian, where the king and the queen regent have spent the summer, for this city was delayed hy the discovery of a dynamite cartridge at Sumarraga, on the line to Le traversed by the royal train. As the cartridge did no: have a detonator, and as inquiry failed to reveal the slightest ad- ditional suspicious circumstances, no im- pertance was attached to the incident. SERRE ts Sentenced to Thirty Years. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 19.--W. A. Cummings, convicted of the rap: of Myrtle Rockwell and Bessie Stephens, eight and fifteen years, was sentenced today by Judge Holmes to fifteen years’ imprisonment on each charge. The second sentence is to be given after the firsi is served.