Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1896, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE Briskly Opening the Last Week at Canton, Ohio. DELEGATIONS FROM SIX STATES Bryan Demonstration by Illinois Col- lege Students. CANDIDATE’S ALMA MATER ae CANTON, O., October 26.—The morning in Canton was beautiful with bright sunshine. Major McKinley, after breakfast at 9 o'clock, attended the funeral services at the residet.ce of his old friend, William K. Miller, who died Friday nigat last. Early callers had to wait at the house until 10 o'clock. This is the last week of the campaign, and it opened with six delegations sched- vled to visit Major McKinley from as many states. It was about 11 o'clock when the first arrived, and there has since been a continuous stream of people from the sta- tions to the McKinley home. ‘The first to greet Major McKinley came from Indiana, and was composed of the railway men’s gold standard clubs of Sey The mour, North Vernon and Washington. purty care in a special train of six co: es, which had been on the way since 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The men for the most part were employes of the Bal- timore and Ohio Southwestern system. Their spokesman was ©. W. Montgomery of Seymour. While the Indiana people were being ad- dressed a large delegation of employes of the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheel rcad, from the shops, from the do Lorain and from along the line, waited the street at the foot of the hill. The party was introduced by L. H. Eddy, a lccomotive engine as the “stanch sup- porters of the rept ent campaign, repr Tailrozd work. While the Ohio railr » party in the pres- ing all branches of 1 men were being addressed the shouts and cheers and the muste of the bands with the New Jersey ations were heard approaching the Ohioans crossed the street to the lawns on the opposite for the new arriv magnificent parade, side to make reom and reviewed the ech Major Mc- edgments from a the little reviewing ed not having been re- filled with spee- to Kinley bowed his acknow m the front yard, ordinarily ed. The stre the crow and cheer after s given the club. John B. of Newark introduced the New Jersey party, Following the New Jersey delégation came the employes of the Erie railroad from east and west. Three trains were r quired for their transportation. One from east, starting at Meadville, Pa., con- Sted of thirteen cars. Two from the west, the first of which started from consisted of fourteen c reached the McKinley home soon after o'clock, and completely filled the yard, so that it was impossible to reach thein from the porch, and the speaking was done from the table on the iawn. Maj. McKinley endeavored hands with all these visitors, and the re- sult was one of the greatest jams of the campaign. The delegation was introduced by Locomotive Engineer Meinish of North Judson, Ind. BRYAN to shake AT JACKSONVILLE. Demonstration by the Students of His Alma Mater. JACKSONVILLE, Iil., October 26.—Per- haps the noisiest demonstration that ever was given any one within the walls of the chapel of the Illinois college was the one paid William Jennings Bryan this morning hy the students of his alma mater shortly after 10 o'clock. He spoke to the students of the college from which he graduated, and the applause which greeted him seemed out of place in the room devoted to the de- votional exercises of the institution. His address, while of a political nature and a defense of the double standard theory of finanes, was s+ dipiomatically given that no student within his hearing could take ofiense. es EXTRA ENGINES SUMMONED. Loss of Over a Million Caused by Fire at Chicago. CHICAGO, October 26.—The Pacific ele- Vator at Hines street and the north branch cf the Chicago river burned this afternoon. A large amount of grain was stowed in it. The flames threatened the large malting house of Hales & Curtis, ad- joining and ie2 extra fire engines were called. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 26.—The dye works of Frederick Neuman & Co., at #211 and 3213 Frankford avenue, were dam- aged to the extent of $20,000 by fire today. Nearly all the centents of the building were destroyed. The loss on buflding ts $10,000, and on contents the same. Both elevator A and elevator B of the Pacific Elevator Company were destroyed, with other small buildings. The loss will approximate 31,500,00u. By 1 o'clock the fire had assumed such dangerous proportions that a general alarm was turned In. It had by this time spread te several small frame buildings used as weighing offices and these were soon de- stroyed. The heat from the burning cle- vators was terrific and finally compelled the abandonment of four lines of hose which had been run into the botler room of elevator A. Five firemen of company 33 nearly lost their lives while fighting the flames from the roof of the office, a small brick build- ing, in close proximity to the elevators. Notwithstanding the fact that the roof had caught fire, and was burned beneath them, they stuck to their post, till suddenly the roof fel! from beneath them. Five of the men were close enough to the edge of the wall to grab it, and were left hanging there as the roof fell in. The other three went dewn, but held en to the hose, and were with great difficulty rescued. The Pacific elevator was composed of three separate buildings, each six stories in height. Elevator A was the first to go, and then elevator B caught fire. Burning timbers were carried by the high wind, and for a time it was thought many other buildings tn the vicinity were doomed. Heavy lines of freight cars standing on the tracks were removed as fast as possible. ———_ BRADFIELD REPLIES. MR. Denies That He is an Expelled Mem- ber of the A. P. A. To the Editor of The Evening “Star: In The Evening Star of the 24th instant there Is what pvrports to be a state- ment made by Col. J. W. Echols, the su- Preme president of the order, in whica, along with other false, malicious and scan- dalous charges, is one, the positive asser- tion that I am “an expelled member of the A-P.A.” Now, every member of the or- der in Washington who knows anything of the matter knows that statement to be un- true; and Col. Echols knew it to™be false when he made it. And since he has sworn to deal justly by his fellow man, this unjust and untrue statement on his part is per- Jury intended to bolster calumny. I shall prosecute Col. Echols for criminal libel; and If, in the legal proceedings, he shall swear to his statement In The Star I shall certainly convict him for perjury. If he will_affirm what he says against me, or deny seriatum the charges made by me against him, on oath, in epen court, I promise to convict him of perjury. I de- nounce Col. Echols as a moral perjurer, a calumniator and.a would-be assassin, as an exemplar of perfidy and a fit instrument of corruptionists. JOSEPH BRADFIELD. Sa Arrested for Hunting. Albert Simms, colored, went gunning Sat- urday, and when found on the Shipley prop- erty on the Hamilton road, where James Joyce lives, Policeman Marr arrested him for trespass. Judge Miller fined him $10 when the case was tried this afteraoon. CONGRESSIONAL - DISTRICTS A Review of the Situation in the State of Maryland. Both Parties Show Confidence—Cir- cumstances Surrounding the Different Contests. Correspondence of The Evening Star. | BALTIMORE, October 24, 1896, There has been a radical change in.the course of the last month in the popular estimation of the political situation, ‘and those who a few weeks ago would haye ridiculed the possibility of the election of the Bryan and Sewall electors in Maryland are In many instances admitting that the fight is by no means over. Here in Balti- more glowing predictions of an imposing majority for McKinley in this state are no longer accepted as gospel, and while it is still believed that the sound money nom- iness will be successful, it is not thought that their majority will be as overwhelm- ing as was claimed some time ago. The many intimations of a surprise in sto; or republicans and gold democrats in thé tay the labor vote of the city wll be cast is having a decided effect upon the opponents of silver, and they are dubious now about accepting the polls of factories and business establishments at their face value. Many rumors are afloat which, if true, entirely repudiate the published accounts of sound money sentiment among the working class- es, and the sparsely attended ant!-silver meetings arranged for “wage earne! are paraded by the free coinage people ag cor- rohorating these reports. This growing anxiety has spurred the al- led sound money forces on to fresh exer- tions, and when the campaign is brought to @ conclusion the most exciting political battle ever fought in Maryland will have passed into history. The interest in the six congressional con- tests is attracting scarcely legs interest here than the struggle for the presidency. The republicans are claiming four districts, and say they will not be surprised if they are successful in five, and the democrats make the same claim precisely. The republicans expect to elect their nominees in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth districts certainly, and have hopes of carrying the second. ata say they will win In the third and fifth, and are quite Preparec to see Mr. Blair Lee defeat Cap- tain McDonald in the sixth. The First District. It is universally conceded that the first district will give Congressman Miles a substantial majority, although many re- publicans assert that if Dr. Barber was given the sistance” which has been rendered to the other nominees, he would stand a fair show of election. The east- ern shore is pretty thoroughly impreg- nated with silver sentiment, hewever, and but little attention is being devoted by the republican: committees to the fight on that side of the bay. Dr. Barber, -however, takes a very sanguine view of the situa- tion, and is apparently confident of clec- n. He declares that his own county of Talbot will give him 690 majority; ‘that Dorchester will give him 7vv, Somerset 500, and that he will also carry Caroli which is generally regarded as elise. Easi- ern shore democrats ridicule these claims, and State Senator Oswaid Tilghman, who was a caller at the state headquarters at the Carroilton today, told The Star cor- respondent that the doctor would be lucky if he carried Taibot by 200 majority, and that his majorities in Dorchester and Som- erset would be proportionately ‘slight. He further staied that the heavy democratic majorities of Worcester, Wicotaico and Queen Anne's would give the district to Mr. Miles by at least 2,000 majority. he Second District. Despite the great personal popularity and excellent record of Congressman William B. Baker, conservative judges expect to sce Mr. George M. Jewett carry the sec- ond district. Mr. Jewett is no recent con- vert to silver, for as early as 1878, while a resident of Ohio, he was an aggressive champior of free coinage. He is ene of the wealthiest men in the state, and one of the most attractive, per- sonally, of those who have appeared before the voters of the district as a candidaie. The district is democratic under ordinary conditions, and the silver sentiment, which is particularly strong in Harford, Cecil and Carroll counties, has brought back in line nearly all the democrats who voted for Lowndes last year. ith these are many republican “converts.” Mr. Baker expe2's to be re-elected, and bases his confidence on the sound money sentiment in the Balti- more city wards and among the business men who vote in the suburbs in Baltimore county. He admits that the silver senti- ment is strong in the upper tler of pre- cincts, but looks to Baltimore county and the twenticth, twenty-first and twenty-sec- ond wards to give him the election. Mr. Jarett believes that he will not only carry Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties, but will sweep Baltimore county as weil, and while it is not thought that the majcrity either way will be very large, it is believed among those in a position to know that the democratic nominee will be elec*2d. The Third District. In the third district Mr. Thomas C. Weeks, the silver nominee, is making a vigorous and apparently highly successful campaign. Mr. Weeks ts a born orator, and at his meetings he invariably arouses his hearers to a degree of enthusiasm which is very rarely attained by thé ef- forts of his opponent, Dr. William 8. Booze. At present the situaticn is rather more favorable to the silver candidate, but the republicans are determined to carry the two city districts at all hazards, and whether he is glected or not Dr. Booze will have no reason to complain of lack af as- sistance from the party managers. The Fourth District. Mr. A. W. McIntire, the republican nom- inee in the fourth district, is expected to re- ceive a large majority over William J. Og- den, the silver nominee. The sound money democratic defection is stronger In this dis- trict than elsewhere in the city, and it is an open secret that if the regular demo- crats belleved it possible to carry the dis- trict they would not have nominated Mr. Ogden. Interest in the Fifth... Next to the interest felt here in the third and fourth district fights, popular attention is chiefly directed on the contest between Messrs. Mudd and Moss in the fifth. The career of Speaker Sydney E. Mudd has oc- easioned considerable concern among the regular democrats, and his defeat in the approaching election would be particularly gratifying to them. Mr. Mudd, next to Senator-elect Wellington, is regarded as the most formidable antagonist a local demo- erat can encounter. He is shrewd, adroit and skillful, and his thorough knowledge of the ins ard outs of practical politics is well understood by the democracy. Mr. Mudd does not hesitate to let it be known that he aspires to succeed Mr. Gorman in the United States Senate, and his election to Congress this year would be regarded as a mere stepping stone to the higher honor. The ordinary difficulties in the way of over- turning a politician of the speaker's experi- ence are well understood, but it is thought that a defeat at the present time will so impair his prestige that he will be unable to make the more pretentious flight, should the republicans carry the next general as- sembly, and a most determined effort is therefore on foot to overthrow him. Mr. Mudd's Opponent. Although Mr. Mudd’s value as a party man is well established, he is not oyer- popular in his own party, and it is thought that a good many crocodile tears will be shed should he go down before ex-Senator Moss. Among the recent spellbinders-who have stumped southern Maryland for Mr. Mcss is the veteran ring democrat, Mr. George Colton. Mr. Colton, although in his eightieth year, is displaying deep interest in this campaign, and reports the situation In te fifth district to’ 'bé “highly satisfac- tory as far as Mr. Moss is concerned. He says that Speaker Mudd will not only lose the support of the free silver element in his party, but that a number of republi- cans are only waiting for election day to display an opposition to his candidacy which ts largely personal...The speaker is making a brilliant fight, Mr. Colton says, but he believes the odds are against him. Anxious About Mr. Gary. ‘ Mr. Mudd’s supporters are also. anxious . 2s to the real position of Mr. James..A. Gary in the fight. It is well known that Mr. Gary does not like the speaker, and also that he does not hesitate to express his dislike of him on every occasion. The Gary elemcnt, as well as the Malster.ele- ment, have ever since last winter accused Mr. Mudd of treason to his friends and to those who aided him to become speaker of the house. Some of them are displaying so Iitile interest in the congressional cam- paign that alarm is arising lest they may carry their lack of interest so far a8 to refrain from voting for any but the presi- dential ticket on November 3. If they act in this way, there is no doubt that Mr. Mudd will be left at home, and Mr. Moss succeed Mr. Coffin at Washington. Mr. Coffin’ hates Mr. Mudd and will do nothing for him, and there are other elements at work, notably the American Protective As- sociation, which at ihe present time render the outlook in soufhern Maryland as ex- tremely doubtful. The hostility to Mr. Mudd will not, however, affect the vote for President, and there is very lttle douot that the fifth district will give the Mc- Kinley electors a fair majority. The Sixth District. At republcan headquarters a large ma- jority is claimed for the electcral ticket in the sixth district, but it is admitted that Capt. John McDonald will fall behind the rest of the ticket, Ex-Congressman Milton G. Urner of Frederick was in town today and he brought gloomy reports as to the situation in Frederick, so far as it would effect the congressional nominee. He said that the county was safe for a large ma- jority for McKinley, but that the factional fight would. take many votes away from Capt. McDonald. No disaffection is report- ed from other counties, and it is highly probable that the electoral and congression- ai tickets will both win in the sixth dstrict Ly large majorities. ee z U A JUNIOR 0. M. It is Not an Adjunct or Offshoot of the A, P. A. To the Fadltor of The Evening Star: In your tssue of Thursday last in an arti- cle regarding the A. P. A. you incidentally referred to the Jr. O. U. A. M., character- izing it as an adjunct or offshoot of said A. P. A. I write to disabuse the minds of both yourself and readers of your excel- lent paper of any such idea. In the first place the Junior Order United American Mechanics was organized years and years before the American Protective Association was ever dreamed of, namely, in 1853, dnd has had a steady, healthy growth sirce that time with the exception of the period embraced by the civil war, when it was of necessity non-progressive. It is not a partisan organization, and any attempt to draw it into partisan politics is promptly rebutted. In the second place, uninformed people sometimes think that because we are called “junior” necessarily we must be young- sters. The word is now really a misnomer, but in former years it was used to distin- guish us from the “Order United American Mechanies,” which latter order was a se- nior one, and to which the junior was, 50 to speak, an apprentice, which, when he became of age, was at liberty to join. The word “junior” thus leads some persons to think that we stand in the same relation to the A. P. A. The junior O. U. A. M. has nothing to do with the O. U. A. M., the former having now practically supplanted and incorporated the latter. The appended qualifications and objects of the order mean just what they say; nothing fore, and there is no reading be- tween the lines: Objects of the Order. First. To maintain and promote the in- terests of Americans and shield them from the depressing effects of foreign competi- tion. Second. To assist Americans In obtaining employment. Third. To encourage Americans in busi- ness. - Fourth. To establish a sick and funeral ‘und. Fifth. To maintain the public school sys- tem of the United States of America, and to prevent sectarian interference there- with, and uphold the reading of the Holy Bible therein. The qualifications for membership require that an applicant shall be: A white male person, born in the United States of North America, or under the pro- tection of its flag. Of good moral character. A believer in the existence of a Supreme Being as the Creator and Preserver of’ the Universe. Opposed to union of church and state. Favorable to free education and American public school system. Between sixteen and fifty years of age for bereficial membership; over fifty years hon- orary membership. The word “junior” in the title has no re- Istion to the age of members. It was adopted to distinguish the order from the O. U. A. M., and has no other significance. Nor is the word ‘mechanic’ to be con- strued literally. It refers in no manner to artisans, but embraces every pursuit. WM. L. BOYDEN, State Council Secretary. — +. JUSTICE LANE REPRIMANDED. ¢ the The Two Prisoners Whom He Releas- ed Committed. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 26.—At the session of the county-court today Judge Chichester administered a severe reprimand to Justice Lane for his action in releasing John Nelson and Buck Offutt in the county court. H2 commented also upon the pro- ceedings of Justice Lane's court, which, he said, seemed to have been conducted with- out his knowledge. He had committed the two prisoners whom Justice Lane released. ee eee SICKNESS OF JAIL OFFICIALS. to Appoint Substitutes. Warden Leonard of the District jail stated to a Star reporter this afternoon that seven of the twenty-four officers of the prison are incapacitated by sickness. He had, therefore, secured authority to appoint temporary officials, and has appointed the following as such: Frank Smith, William Gallagher, Edward L. Robison and Edwar« V. Roache. ; ee ee Personal Mention. Capt. H. L. Miller has gone to Indiana to visit his aged mother, who is in ill-health. Assistant Secretary Curtis has resumed his duties at the Treasury Department after a brief visit to New York. Capt. H. C. Taylor, president of the Naval War College at Newport, is in the city. Passed Acsistant Engineer W. H. Alder- dice and Surgeon S. M. Battle, retired, are at the Army and Navy Club’on leave of absence. Z . Mrs. Elia Powers of Covington, Ky., who has been with her sister, Mrs. S. W. Mad- dux, sr., No. 145 C street northeast, through her serious illness, will return to her home next Thursday, as Mrs. Maddux is now censidered out of danger. Commander R. B. Bradford of the Mont- gemery is at 1522 P street on leave of ab- sence Capt. Wm. H. Beck, 10th Cavalry, is in the city on business before the Indian pu- reau. Necessary Temporary ————— Decided Against Fairchild. NEW YORK, October 26.—Supreme Court Justice Dykman has decided that the name of Ben L. Fairchild as an independent can- didate for Congress in the sixteenth dis- trict, should be stricken from the official ballot. This is a victory for the Robertson republicans over the Platt republicans. ——_. Bicyele Thief Sentenced. Lewis Contee, alias Tanzie Moore, a young colored man, was convicted in Crim- inal Court No. 1 this afternoon of stealing @ $100 bicycle from Arthur A. Snyder the 21st of last July, and with stealing a $70 bicycle from John J.. Pittman the ilth of that month, In view of the previous good character of "the defendant, Judge Cole sentenced him to a year and a day in the Albany peni- tentiary in each case, the second term to commence upon the expiration of the first. = SEE On Trial for Robbery. Martha Newton, alias Johnson, a young colored woman, was placed on trial in Criminal Court No. 1 today, charged with robbing Mary Dazenbrook of $115 the 15th of last June. Up to a late hoyg this | afternoon the jury were still cons! case, having re- tired about 1:30 o'clock. be) ‘ An Intergsting Contribution to Confer porary History. Soe SEABOARD AND SOUTHERN Whether the Seaboard Air Line,-or, more Properly speaking; the Seaboard and Roan- oke Railroad Company, 1s to continue to occupy the independent position it has had for several years past; whether it is to be practically,: though not nominally, con- solidated. with: the Southern system; whether the Louisville and Nashville com- pany will soon acquire it, or whether it is to be made the nucleus of another great system of raflways which will penetrate almost every southern state, and, through friendly connections, reach Washington and points further north, continue to be the all-absorbing topics of discussion in the railroad and banking world. That the new owners of the Seaboard, Messrs. Ryan and Thomas, are abundantly able to hold the purchase and consolidate it with other properties owned by them in southern California and other states is no longer a subject. of doubt, for no less a person that President Samuel Spencer of the Southern said yesterday that ‘‘Messrs, Ryan and Thomas not orly had immense capital, but fine credit." In the discussion of the various pvints which have arisen as the result of the transfer of ownership of the Seaboaril, it has been developed that the Southern and Louisville and Nashville companies are operating the Central of Georgia, through an organization formed by the two com- panies, under a joint lease, and this has been a subject of intense interest through- out the south, as evidences have not been lacking that the Louisvilie and Nashville has been apparently trying to get the en- tire control of the Central for itself. Samuel Spencer Interviewed. The Southern’s title to the use of the property was derived from Messrs. Ryan and Thomas, and Mr. Spencer thus ex- plained how thgse gentlemen became £0 largely interested as they are in the Cen- tral, and aiso a statement heretofore made by him that the Southern has a beneficial contingent interest in the Central. “This is," said Mr. Spencer, ‘the result of two things: The Richmond Terminal re- organization committee inherited the ma- jority block of the old Central stock from the Richmond Terminal Company, and in addition to that, thé Richmo1d Terminal reorganization. committee held a_ claim against certain curities of the Central, which were involved in an attachment suit in New York. Then this resulted: The capital stock of the new Central was de- livered to the rebtganization committee of the Richmond Terminal to satisfy that claim, and in exchange for the old stock. “The minority stockhollers of the Cen- tral got income bonds, and the majority stock got new cothnon stock in exchange. Messrs. Ryan and ‘Thomas received the new stock of the:Central as part payment for the property they had hought--that is, the Central—and ‘they delivered the prop- erty to the mew ‘Central of Georgia Rall- way Company, the stoztk of which was transferred to the reorganization commit- tee of the old Rithmond Terminal. That explains how the-new stock passe through the hands of General Thomas ana Mr. F. F. Ryan. They bought and reorganized the Central for the security-holdera, The Southern Has an Interest. “The new stock of the Central is lodged today in the hands of the Richmond Ter- miral’s Teofganization committee. The Southern has an interest in it. If it is legal for the Southern t6 hold it, it will some day come to the Southern. If it is not legal -for the Southern to own it, the stock will be sold and the Southern will get the proceeds. Ii is entitled to the ben- efits accruing from the stock. “That the Southern has a beneficial in- terest in the stock Is undeniable, but the Southern has never attempted to exercise physical control of the Central. The di- rectors are nearly all Georgians, nearly ell of whom were selected by President Comer. The two organjzations are separate and distinct, and the Southern has never at- tempted to direct how the Central's freight should be rated, and has never interfered with its policy in any way. If we held all the stock in oyr hands and had the legal right to use it we would exercise our influence in the management of the prop- erty, but the Central would be operated for the benefit of the Central, and it would be a wrong policy to do anything else. ‘The Men in Control. “The rating power of the Central's stock is in the hands of the cld Terminal’s reor- ganization committee. That committee con- sists of Mr. Joline, Mr. Sherman and Mrz. A. J. Thomas. Mr. Joline is a lawyer, a member of the legal firm which is counsel for the Central Trust Company of New York. Mr. Sherman is a vice president, possibly the second’ vice president, of the same company. Mr. Thomas is a business man of New York, who has had a good deal to do with reorganizing railroad prop- erties, and he was at one time, I believe, the manager of a road in the west some- where, and these gentlemen, with Mr. Chas. H. Coster of Mr. J. P. Morgan's firm, re- organized the Richmond Terminal.” To illustrate how the Southern and Cen- tral might exchange business with each other and be on the most harmonious bus- iness terms and yet be entirely independent as to ownership, Mr. Spencer said: “At Knoxville, Tenn., where the Southern owns every road, except the Marietta and North Georgia, the Southern hauls out a sleeping car to deliver to the Louisville and Nash- ville for Louisville, although the Southern has a sleeping car line of its own between the two cities by way of Harriman. Fair Competition the Best Policy. “It is the best policy for railroads to maintain stable rates toward competitors and give the others a show. “All precedents show that whenever one railroad tries to monopolize the business some other line will cut rates and are tion. The East Tennessee lines Ceuta ‘open to the Seaboard Air Line, and still are, becausé it is the wisest course to’ pursue.” ag, again to the reorganization of the Hichmont andiDanville, or Richmond Terminal Company, Mr. Spencer said: “This reorgatiization .committee of the Richmond Terminal Company includes: two members of ‘the Central Trust Company, which is trustee for certain bondholders of the Centrat Railroad Company. The offi- cers of that strustccompany would not git quietly and sse merdictate a policy for the Central whichs woudd be detrimental to the interests of the bondholders whom they represent. -Those gentlemen . represent three hundred! or four hundred millions of securities, and they are managing their securities forthe benefit of all. They hold the Central stock and vote it.” Ex-Secretary Whitney’s Interest. ‘The latest information in referénce to the Seaboard is that e¥Secretary of the Navy Whitney is lasgely interested in the prop- erty, and it ig,reported that Mr. Whitney’s connection with the syndicate forms a large part of the basis for the assertion which has been made that Ryan and Thomas have practiqally unilmited capital, as well as abundant credit. It is. further reported that the resigna- tion of President R. Curzon Hoffman is a question of but a short time, and that Mr. Thomas F. Ryan, who, in addition to being one of the owners of the Seaboard, is secre- tary of Mr. Whitney's street railway sys- tem in New York, will succeed him. It is said that Vice President and General Man- ager St. John has been invited to remain with the new company, and it is under- stood that he will manage the property in full harmony with its neighbors. It can be sf&ted'on the best authority that there is no longer any doubt that the deal made between two and three weeks ago, when. Ryan and Thomas, with the help of Gen. Gill of Baltimore, gormed the pool which ‘secured the control of the Seaboard stock, will be carried through on the lines as originally intended. Mr. Ryan is now in practical control of about 8,000 shares of the stock, and Gen. Gill.has about 2,700 more, which insures its transfer to the new owners. To part with the active control of the property, with such bright prospects of continued rate wars and at excitement, has been a severe blow, bu! some of the biggest holders, aside from pe- ounlary advantages, have been in a meas- ure philanthropic, for they say that @ de- sire to end the disastrous rate war has them to agree to the terms offered by the Ryan syndicate. The Senboard in Good Shape. The Seaboard, it 1s claimed, is at present in excellent shape, and there is little doubt that its new owners will take advantage.of this condition to further improve the prop> erty. pocene developments have: shown that wi Mr. St. John hi ward the Southern in Tae ee enemies, he has also demonstrated that he has many friends, and the great majority of these are to be found in the ranks of those who furnish the Seaboard with its best and most profitable business. ANACOSTIA, Mr. Jefferson D. Moreland, who has been super- Antendent of the Masonic hall ever since its com- pletion several years ago, has tendered his resigna- tion. Mr. Wilbur Dodge, who has been ill for some weeks, is now theught to be convalescent. ‘The St. Andrew's Club of Emmanuel P. E, Church met Saturdsy evening and. transacted a large amount of busibess. epost e at Ardwick was broken into Sat- urday night and robbed of a considerable number of postage stamps and postal cards and a small sum of money. A large and enthusiastic meeting in the interest of McKinley and Hobart was held at Fort Foote Saturday- evening. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith (nee Rhodes) have re- turned from their wedding trip, and will in future reside on Washington Circle. 2 HYATTSVILLE. Mrs. Marla Louisa Thompson died of pneutnonia at her residence on Maryland avenue at ‘2:15 orclock this morning. Deceased was born in Hyattsville, and leaves a daughter, Mise Haddic Thompson. The funeral will take place from the Presbyterian Church at 4 p.m. tomorrow, Rev. C. Y. Livingston conducting the services, and the re- mains will be interred in the old Bladensburg cemetery. The Montgomery County Grange, which includes in its Jurisdiction the granges of this county, will hold its regular quarterly meeting at Chillum Hall ‘Thursday, the 20th fnstant. Importact business will be transacted. The following members of Chil- lum Grange were appointed to provide for the tertainment of the guests on thet occasion: M. Enos Ray Mrs. Voigt, Mrs. Gude, Mrs. And son and Mrs. Age ©. L. 8. C., held an int Chillum Castle Circle esting inceting last Friday evening.” with Pi Elias Rowell in tho chair. In addition to the ro: tine course of the Chautauqua study, the followi order of exercises was rendere ‘Scripture by the president, recitation by Miss Gertrude solo by Miss Pumphrey, r by Miss Shiple; parting hymn, At-a recent meeting held at Chillum Hall, with Mrs. E. C. Wineberger in the chair, a society was organized called St. Paul's Guild. The object of the organization is to further the efforts of Rev. Dr. Buck of St. Paul's Church to er > chapel follows: treasurer; Miss Pumphre ry. Rev. Edward Wall, former ‘tor of the Pinkney Memorial Church, occupied. he pulpit of that hurch yesterday, and preached an interesting ser- mon. ao TAKOMA PARK. A “missionary tea’ was given Friday night at the Presbyterian Church, under the management of Mrs. J. W. Webb and an efficient corps of assist- ants, Different countries were represented by young Indies in appropriate costume, each giving an in- teresting outline of the condition and pecullarities of the missionary work in the country represented, as follows: Corea, Miss Louise Follmer; China, Mrs. Blodgett; Mexico, Miss Florence Smith; India, Miss Mary Lamond; Siam, the Misses Linda and Helen Whittaker; Japan, Miss Carrie Longfellow; Laos, Miss Myrtic Follmer; Syria, Miss Stella Ben- rett; United States of Colombia, Miss Maud Wat- Kins; Persia, Mrs. Campbell. After this part of the program a collection was taken up for the benefit of the mission work, after which light re- freshments were served and the remainder of the evening spent cf Later in the evening che gathering was very much entertained by several recitations by Mrs, Campbell, who has intely be- come a resident of the Park. The church w: handsomely decorated with flags of this and other counties and with Japanese and Chicese orna- ments. Several tables of curios, loaned by the ladies and interesting in connection with mis- sionary countries, were also on exhibition. A meeting of the Takoma Park Silver Club was held Friday night at the hall, Mr. C. M. Heaton presiding. — Addresses were made by H. Maurice Talbott and T. P. Dewees, after which aunounce- ment was made that Mr. Blatr Lee, candidate for Congress from the sixth district of Maryland, and Mr. Stilson Hutchins would be the speakers at a meeting of the club to be held at Takoma No- vember 2, The Campbell family have closed their home on Chestnut avenue and removed to West Newton, Pa. ‘The home of Dr. and Mrs. J. Lee Adams at Almas Heights, near ‘Takoma, was the scene of a pretty but quiet wedding Wednesday afternoon last, the ‘daughter, Miss Katie O. Adams, and Mr. Clarence M. Parrish being the contracting parties. Rev. John Van Neas performed the ceremony. The bride was attired in white silk, trimmed with lace, and looked very pretty. As the bride and. groom drove to the railroad station they received a shower of rice and old shozs. Mr, and Mrs. Par- rish will make thelr home near Baltimore. —_——__ FALLS CHURCH. The home of Mr. John D. Payne, mayor of Falls Church, was the scene of a pleasant gathering Saturday night of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Payne, the occasion belng the celebration of the eighteenth anniversary of thelr marriage. An in- teresting feature of the evening was the christen- ing of Baby Ruth Payne, their infant daughter, and two children of Mrs. Jacob Birch, sister of Mrs. Payne. Mrs. Matie Putnam gave a solo entitled “The Door Step,” and Mr. Ballinger of Washing- ton recited two dialect pieces with fine effect. Short congratulatory addresses were made by Rev. J. W. Norris and Mr. Jacob M. Thorne, to which Mayor Payne feelingly responded. A supper was served and a pleasant time spent by all. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Niles, Mr. and Mrs. Ballinger, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Payne, Mr. and Mrs, E. C. Putnam, Mrs. J. M. Veitch, Mrs. Jacob Birch, Mrs. Kate Donaldson, Misses Olive Niles, Rosa Givaudam, Olive Birch, Emma Jacobs, Ella Sebastian, Mamie Givaudam, Laura Jacobs, Ruth Thorne, Nellie and Blanche Gott, Anna and Emma Lichau, Beulah Donaldson, Vitgie Gott, Rev. J. W. Norris, Richard Ballinger, ‘John Sebastian, Edward and Clinton Bal- linger and E. F. Rorebeck. Mrs. M. L. Chamblin has contracted with Mr. B. T. Noland for the erection of two houses at West Falls Church. Miss Nettle Nichols of Silcott Springs, Va., is visiting Mrs. J. W. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Breckinridge of Leesburg are visiting their son, Mr. D. A. Breckinridge. adit, Altert, Von. Hurbulls Las purchased the house lot the erwe subdivision to Mr, ©. D. Choate. =e Mr. Edward Southgate of Louisville, Ky., and Father Southgate of Maryland are the guasts of Dr. and Mrs. N. F. Graham of West Falls Church. ir. and Mrs. J. W. Ginnaty, Mrs. Stephen Ryder and her son Frank, Mrs. Dr. Pettis of Washington and Mr. W. H. Whelpley and bride, nee Miss Walsh, of New York city, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Crump at the Bvergreens last week. ‘The members and friends of the M. E. Church South held an interesting sociable at the residence of Mrs. Kate Wright Friday night. The program consisted of a reading by Mr. Hi. A. Mrs. H. C. Febrey; recitation, Miss Lenora Wrigl piano solo, Mrs. W. N. Febrey. Among those pres ent were’ Mr. and Mrs, W. M. Ellison, and Mrs. H.C. Febrey, Mr. and Mrs. W. X. Febrey, Mrs. John Febrey,’ Mrs. Homer Hurst, Mrs. ward Tucker, Mrs. W. H. Shreve, Misses Estelle and Eva Birch, Myrtle Johuson, Blanche Gott, May Barry,* Claudie Curtis, Lelia Jacobs, Flora. ‘Chap- man, Edna Bailey, Virgie Ficlds, Lenora Wright, Elsie Febrey, Kate Tyndall, Rev. A. M. Cackley, Messrs. W. W. Kinsley, Jr, H. A. Beach, E. 3. Talbott, R. 8 Shreve, Thomas Downey, F. Vanden- burg, G. G, Birch, Bronson Buxton, Edward John son, Johnnie McKillen, Ross Wright. ‘The members of the San Sousi Club are - ing for a musical and Mterary entertainment to be given at Odd Fellows’ Hall next Saturday night. Mrs. H. L. Turner, who has-been visiting friends in Washington, returned Friday. Mise Boyd and Miss Mary Rhodes of Washington ae visiting Mrs. M. 1. Chamblin at West Halls iwurch. Mr. F. M. Wright, who has been occu house of Mr. Isaac at Bast Palle Church, has moved to Washington. county the last will and testament of c ie tee a eae ve a berty of» “s county, Mary- loud, who was the guest of Rev. SP Shipman last ‘week, has returned home. Miss Georgia McKean, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Lowe and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gculd, has accepted a position as teacher of the Public school at Vienna, end left Saturday to take charge. pine, Daughters of the King of the old Falls scopal Church are making’ a ments Goll bazaar at Odd Fellows’ fall in December,” Miss Belle Eskridge, assistant matron of the Teuise, Home. Washington, was out Saturday. ‘W. O. Berryman of Washington was in town Fri- day, and contracted for improvements to his prop- erty here. yite Ladies’ Dramatic Club meets at the home of wiings tonight. Prof. R. J. Yates has rented the house of Mr. H. ©. Ev Washington street, and will move in the Ist of November. The union services of all the churches of the town, held under the auspices of the Christian En- feat might, ati were largely attended? Rev de Te it night, aod were ai Ie f'Itichmond preached. “Teev- AN Sf. Gack Hy. 3. 'W. Kinchloe.w ipreseat in the pulpit. . 3. OW. were In the soe ‘Sing ed the young people's mecting 7 : Miss Ella ‘of Washington is visiting Mrs. Jones on Little Falls street. WATSONS BIG MISTAKE|FINANCE AND TRADE Plan to Make Him Vioo President in the " ‘Event of Bryan’s Election. He Would Not Take Advice From His Friends and Stuck in the Mid- die of the Road. “Watson has made the mistake of his life and upset the plans of the shrewdest men of his party looking to making him Vice President of the United States In the event of Bryan's election,” said a prom- inent member of the people’s party today in conversation with a Star reporter. There is no doubt that there was a very clever plan on hand among the most influ- ential of the populists by which it w: hoped a situation would be created so that Watson could be substituted for Sewall in the electoral college in the event that Bry- an should have a majority of the votes, with the vote for the vice presidency di- vided between the democratic and popu- listic candidates. Watson's friends hoped their candidate would accept their view that his chances for the vice presidency should be allowed to rest wholly with the electoral college, and that in order to secure preferment there he should go into the field and work for Bryan's election, taking the stand that his own ambition or the ambition of any one else should not stand in the way of getting from the American people an in- dorsement of the principle of the free coin- age of silver. They regarded Watson as a brilliant man, flery and effective as a speaker, and with a splendid following in his own party. How It Was to Be Done. They argued that if Watson would make a tour of the country and show himself to be a disinterested friend of the free coinage of silver and would make friends among the democratic leaders, when the electoral college came to de- cide on the vice presidency, if the demo- crates and populists together held a majori- ty in the college, it would be an easy mat- ter for the populists to ask a division of the spoils, and to hold out against the election of Sewall and in favor of getting their man the second place on the ticket. ‘They believed the influence of the populists and Watson's own good record, which they hoped would be made, would together be influential enough to secure for the Geor- gian the honor to which he aspires. But Watson took another view of the situ ation. He wanted Sewall to retire at once and give him the fleld alone, and not only did the demcerats resist this, but even the shrewdest populists saw it would not be a 00d move to make before the election. So it was Watson who would not listen to the counsels of his frienc. and went off to pad- ale along in the “middle of the road.” -< SENT TO BALTIMORE. CROWLEY The Washington Man Charged With IMegal Registration. Dennis Crowley, the Washingtonian charged by the Maryland authorities with illegally registering in Baltimore, was brought before Judge Hagner this afier- noon, being represented by Attorney Eu- gene J. B. O'Neill. District Attorney Bir- ney Jaid the papers before the judge, mov- ing that the accused man be delivered over to the agent of the state. Detective Pontier objected. Mr. O'Neill claimed that the requisition papers were defective, because the copy of the indictment attached was without the signature of the foreman of the grand jury returning it. He also claimed that Crowley is not a fugitive from justice, merely being temporarily employed here. Judge Hagner, however, held that the pa- pers were complete, the proper officials of Maryland having, he explained,duly certified that the copy was a true one. That appear- ing, said the judge, it was not necessary that the attached copy of the indictment should bear the foreman’s indorsement. The court therefore delivered Crowley over to the Baltimore officer, who took him to Baltimore. —— BLAIR LEE CONFIDENT. He Thinks Bryan Will Carry the State of Mary! " Blair Lee, democratic nominee for Con- gress In the sixth Maryland district, had a long conference at democratic headquar- ters this morning with Chairman Faulkner. At the conclusion of the conference Mr. Lee was seen by a Star reporter and asked as to the situation in his district and state. “The outlook is hopeful in my district,” said Mr. Lee, “but I find that the more cheerful a).d confident the democrats grow the bigger the majorities claimed by the republicans. This is true in my district, as well as throughout the state. All the democratic leaders who have made esti- ates recently give Maryland to Bryan. “Ten days ago I thought the election Would be ciose, but now I feel certain that Bryan will carry the state.” Mr. Lee has finished his regular canvass of the five counties of his district, but will make a number of scattering speeches from now on. ———_—__ +2 -_____ BROOKLAND. The Baptist Young People’s Union had a pleas- ant meeting last night, at which many interesting remarks were made. Rev. Mr. Schultz of Washington preached last night at the M. E. Church of Brookland in place of the pastor, Rev. Wm. H. Chapman, who is re- covering from a recent fllncss, Mr. and Mrs. Noteman of South Brookland gave thelr hter Floy an enjoyable dance Saturday night. ‘The young folks danced until far into the night, when a seasonable repast was served. those present were Merle Barton, Carrie Jullien, Consuello Yztaga, Lula Jullien, Helen Brooks, Marie Howe, Emily Brooks, Edith Brown, Fred. Godfrey, Edward Carmick, Harry Burr, Char ley Brooks aud Louls Jullien, Russ, Nicodemus, who has been visiting her sis- ter, Mrs. R. S. Wolfe, returned today from a short stay in Baitimore. ‘The ladies of the M. E. Church are making arations for a lunch at Masonic Temple in ington, to be held the first of next mouth. soiene eran Fireside Confidences. From the Chicago Record. “If I should die you would never get an- other wife who would look after you as I have done.” “No; not if I could help it.’ - ———_ «+e 0 —__ _ Grain and Cotton Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, corresponients Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. |, one ne g% 28% 18: ‘ash- Wheat—Dee. Mi Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, October 26.—Flour dull—western super, $2.40a$2.65; do. extra, $3.00a$3.55: do. fam- ily,- $3.90a$4.30; winter wheat patent, $4.40a$4.65; spring do., $4.15a$4.40; spring wheat | straight, $iistga'36—recotpta, 20;714 barrels; exports, S& 5 barrels. Wheat tnactive and firmer—spot and month, 75a75%; December, 76%a76%: steamer No. 2 red, 71a71 2 133,105 bushels: sales, 16,600 bushels—southern wheat by sample, 74a7 do. on 71%a75%. Com steady—spot and sales, 182,000 bushels—southern white vorn, 30a32; do. yellow, 20033. Oats quiet and steady—No, 2 white, 26 bid; No. 2 mixed, 22122 Teceipts, 58,564 bushels: stock, 1,093,220 bushels. Rye steady nearby, dla 42; western, 43 cales—receipts, 30,110 bushels: ex: ports, 70,000 bushels; stock, $4567 bushels. “Hay Grain freights irm—choice timothy, $13.00 bid. rather qulet—steam to Liverpool per bushel, 5d. January; for orders per quarter, 4s.6d.ais.iM. Nover and December; 48.34. January. Sugar Steady—grapulated, 4.20 100 “pounds. Butter firm—fancy 1 z do. imitation, 18315; Wo. laille, 13; good ladle, 10a12; store packed, 8410. Fes firm—fresh, 12; cold storage, 14a15. Cheese exon yatg? a Prat q loads; $1 ssiagl 32 P32 er gallou dor Jooblng tots. Prices Unaffected by the Lower Range in London. LOOKING FORWARD 70 THE ELECTION Confidence Inspired by ‘the Bank Statement. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——— > Special Dispetch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 26.—Opening prices this morning compared favorably with Saturday's closing notwithstanding a lower range of values in the London market. The marketing of speculative holdings was a noticeable feature of the early trading, but the concessions from the cause were in no case significant. The demand for fractional lots has increased considerably as the result of a growing confidence among the small investment classes. High-priced securities were sold and the proceeds in- vested in a double quantity of the better class of low-priced issues. ‘This action is conceded to be an extreme- ly shrewd and conservative method of tak- ing the most profitable advantage of wide fluctuations should present political fore- casts be verified next week. High-priced securities are likely to be discriminated against by all ante-election purchasers, owing to the increased interest charges and the probability that no market movement will be undertaken in them until after the first outburst of election enthusiasm has passed. Money rates advanced to 8 per cent dur- ing the morning, but apprehension of this character is distinctly less pronounced. The strength of the local banks, as demc strated by last weck’s statement of aver- ages, has Inspired confidence in a relatively gatisfactory money market. This conclu- sion will not, however, entirely overcome the spirit of conservatism now preveiling among moneyed interests. Men who have entered into business con- tracts with the understanding that the triumph of sound money 1s to be a conc tion precedent to thelr exccution will not invest individual fortunes in any enter- prise in which this condition 1s omitted. The indications may be entirely favorable, but if securities are a purchase at all their value will not be destroyed one week hence, when the percentage of risk will be reduced to a minimum. This view of the situation is especially applicable to margin accounts. Investment buyers having no anxiety to the future couse of the money market and confident of the events of the next week are willin to anticinate the general demand whic will follow the election. The 4 hoard gold has unmistakably de and the nervous element may sur’ without a fresh outbreak. The re- turn ef hoarded gold to its natural chan- ne will be a factor of unusual igniti- nce once the occasion for the recent care has passed. The several statements of earnings sub- mitted during the day were in the main unfavorable, a decrease of $333,000 in St. Paul for the month of September being especially significant. For the time being traders are disposed to base operations on election probabilities oniy, but a gen- eral recognition of fundamental principles must sooner or later be recorded. Burlington, Sugar and Chicago Gas were the features of the day's trading, the first on the improving prospects for corn and the ‘second and third on election prospects only. ——. — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, s reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. "Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar. MP 1G 1a Tay American Sugar, 955 99% 100 American Tobacco. c4 8 74% American Cotton 0 1a Wy 14h pry 18% Bay State Gas. 9% 10K Canada Southern... Canada Pacific. . Chicago. R. 1. & Pacitie Consolidated Gas...... Del., Lack. & W Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Kio Grande, Pra. American Spirits... Erie Gen Miinols Central Laclide Lake Shore... ° Loutsville & le. Metropolitan Traction Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific National Lead Co.. National Lead Co., Pfd New Jersey Central... few York Central Northern Pac: Northern Pacific, Pid. North American. ‘Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail. Phila & Reading. . Pullman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., Pfd. Phila. Traction. Texas Pacitic Teun. Coal and iron Union Pacific. U.S. Leather, pfa.. Wabash, Pia... Wheeling & L. Erie Wheeling& L. Erie, Pid. Western Union ‘el Sliver... Washington Stock Exchange. Government Bonds.—U. 8. 48, registered, 1 bid, 107% asked. U.S. 48, coupon 10st, hid te &; (i, 49°. 110% bid, 1173) anked. "U.S! Ss, 1908, hid. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Lanston Mono- type, To at at istrict of Columbia Bonds. —2¢ bid. 30-year tund 64, gold, 110% » currency, 110 bid. 111 bid. Wate 3.063, funding, Miscellaneous Ronds.—Metropolitan Ratlroad Ss, 102 bid. Metropolitan Railroad eouv. Gs, 109 bid. Metropolitan Railroad ceriiticates of indebtedness, 105 bid. Belt Railroad 5s, asked. Bekingtoa Railroad 6s, 43 esked. Gotu flroad Gs, 107 bid, 112 asked. Washington pany Gx, we ries A, 109 bid. Washington Gas Company 6x, se ries B, 110 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone 5s, 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust F. and_A., 100 bid, 105 asked. American Se- + 100 bid, 105 asked. Ist Gs, 107 bid. pany imp. @s, 107 Company ext. Ga, 107 ion 5s, 10 bid. tional Rank Stocks.— Bark of Washington, bid. Bank of the Repuitic, 240 bid. Metra 280 Did, 300 gsked.” Central, 270 bid. and Mechanics", 170 bid. Second, 120 tid, asked. Citizens’, 120 bid. End, 110 asked. ' Traders’ bid,” 103 aske Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 110 bid, 120 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 110 bid, 120 asked. can Se- curity and Trust, 185 bid, 14 Sasked. Safe Deposit, 50 bid allroad Stock: 138 Capital, 113 bid. “West 100 asked. Lincoln, 95 Am Washington Capital Traction bid, 65 asked. Metropolitan, 96. bid, Colarabla, 50 bid. Belt, 11 asked. asked. Ges and Electric Light Stocks.— Washington Gas, #40 bid, 43 avked. Georgetown Gas, 40 bid. Electric Light, 88 bid. Insurance Stocks.—Franklin, 33 bla. Metropoli tan, @5 bid. Potomac, 64 bid. Arlington, 125 bid German-American, 150 bid. NW: onal Union, ® bid it asked. Columbia, 9 bid, 14 asked. Riggs, bid, 84 asked. Lincoln, 5 bid. Commercial, 7% bid, Si2 asked. Title Ineurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 110 asked. Columbia Title, asked. Washington Ti- Ue, 7 asked. Distri 10 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks. nsyTvanta peake and Potomac, can Graphophone, *3% bid, 7 aske Graphophone, preferred, 13 asked. Carriage, .10 bid. .25 asked Miscellaneous Stock — Mergeathater Linotype, 116 bi, 117 asked. Lanston Monotype, 5 5 asked. Washington Market, 10 bid. Great Ice, 130 asked. Lincoln Hail, 90 asked. "Ex. div. —————s Knowledge of the Stars. From Truth. Stranger—“Do you know where I can get a drink around here?” Policeman @oubtfully)—“I know where 1] can get a drink. But they might take you for a detective.” . Am Preumat!