Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, ‘NOVEMBER 16, 189¢-—FOURTEEN PAGES, eople, whether they were of «irt or the course of his remarks the cu: sioner went on to explain that the com- mission had used such powers as it pes sessed to justly regulate the rates in the interest of all the pcopie. The substitution of the one road for the cther in no way affected the original power to control or affectad any principle involved. He pressed upon his hearers the importance of governmental control. Unifor.n motive power compels uniform vehicles and mo- tors, but it does not cuange the relative position of the government and the roads. It was the duty of the government to compel the impartiality of rates for all cla: and individu: There shouid be t, even and equitable charges for al. There should be absolute equality, and all iavoritism shoutd be abolished, all rates made uniform, and there should be no de- viation therefrom. He alluded to the diffi- culties under which the commission had labored, and said that the evil effects of failure ‘to enforce equality were nuw be- coming evident. What Must Be Done. ‘There were two important questions for consideration—first, that which related to discriminations between individuals, and second, that of enforcing the standard when agreed on, and then, when necessary, he standard could be changed. was hard to secure an evenness of rate that weuld prevent one from having an advan- tage over another. All burdens should be equally shared by every one. When the matter of discrimination had been settled then we will come to the probably more im- pertant one of adjusting thuse between lo- calities. The power to enrich or impoverish communities lay in the hands of the roads. This contlict has arisen, and great com- mercial centers, with numbers of competing lines, have, in ofe or another way, uni- formly received advantages that have made them@rich, and to this was doubtl-ss due the phenomenal growth of our great cities ard the comparative poverty of those places which did not possess the same ad- vantages. The ultimate question was how to secure just rates between communitics and individuals. Lecturer’s Hour. Saturday evening a new and interesting feature was inaugurated in the National Grange at the suggestion of Worthy Lec- turer Messer, who is a most suc: ul organizer of entertaining programs. It consisted in devoting the evening to le-- turer’s work. The work was so admirably handled and so entirely satisfactory that it will doubtless continue to be a pera nent feature in the gral ‘The jecturer called upon first one state lecturer and then another to give their views as to the t means of promoting grange work. It Master Thompsen of Delaware was introduced and made a few appropriat remarks. Worthy Master Knott of West Virginia submitted his report. The then declared the grange in open s and the worthy lecturer took sharge proceedings, introducing S. O. Bourn nnsylvania, Oliver Wilson of Lilinots, W. W. Greer of California and Ed Wiggin of Maine, all of whom made interesting addresses on the importance of the le turer’s work in the order. ecretary Trimble read a paper from the lecturer of the New Hampshire g¢range. He was followed by E. B. Cole, lecturer cf the New York state grange, who wade a most interesting address. Mrs, 0. J. Wood- man of Michigan made an interesting and instructive address, which was well re- ceived. ir. Horton of Michigan stated that some years ago in his grange there was a little cs who recited beautifully, and on com- ing to Washington he had found her here, and called on Mrs. Florence Russell Lyon. She responded by reciting in a most at mirable manner “The Wind and the Moon. The storm of applause that followed forced an encore, and Mrs. Lyon recited one of Will Carleton’s poems. T. R. Smith read an interesting paper by C. M. Freeman, lec turer of Ohio State Grange. J. D. F. Wool- ston of New York spoke briefly of the paramount importance of the educational benefits of the grange, saying that when people were educated it made them strong and self-reliant, well qualiticd to overcome the many difficulties they may enc unter, that uneducated persons would see sO many beautiful things to admire, all about us, when the ignorant and unlearned would simply pass it by, and see nothing to admire and please. He then gave an excellent original poem, entitled “Beavti- ful Things.” = J. S. Robinson, lecturer of the Maryland State Grange, made an interesting addre: > Tow! flora of New Hampshire Si range, made a most interesting add and the evening was closed by an addr F H. Plum of the American Agricul- During the evening Dr. Mann, on behaif of the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, extended an invitation to the nge to attend the morning and evening of their church to hear Dr. Tal- : ‘The grange adjourned a few mi utes to 10 o'clock. The grange will visit Mt. Vernon tomorrgw. How the Grangers Spent Sunday. Every hour of yesterday was used by the grangers to enjoy the beautiful Accepting the kind invitation to e esbyterian Church about two hundred of the members listened to Dr. Talmage in the morning, and nearly one hundred at night. A large number attended the Metropolitan M. E. Church at night. The vistors scattered over the city during the afternoon, some visiting the Zoo and others the Soldiers’ Home and Arlington. They were tired but pleased with everything they have seen and with the entire session so far as it hag progressed. Aaron Jones. Aaron Jones, overseer of the National Grange and master of the Indiana State Grange, is a native of Indiana, and has al- Ways been an active farmer. He 1s in fuil sympaihy with all enterprises that tend to improve and advance the interests of the agricultural classes. At present he is a member of the state board of agriculture and chairman of the executive committ-e of that body. He is also, and has been for the past twenty years, secretary of the Farmers’ Mutual Fire insurance Company of that state, a company that has heen very Successfui, and saved to the farmers of In- diana many thousands of dollars in pre- miums. Mr. Jones organized and served for many years as president of the North- ern Indiana and Southern Michigan Agri- cultural Fair Association, one of the most successful fair associations of the central states, and one that has exerted a great improvement in stock growing and seneral farm management Mr. Jones is an advo- cate and promoter of farmers’ reading cir- cles, believing that improveraent to agri- tre must come through Intellectual cul- ture and activity. He is also an earnest advocate and worker in farmers’ institutes, believing that the annual theetings of farm- ers in county institutes have a tendency to make farmers better acquainted with each other and more sociable, and to bring about a better system in agriculture ard tend to make farmers hettor acquainted with their own business and with the other business interests of the country. Farmer and Teacher. Professor Wm. B. Alwoed of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and vice director of the Virginia agricultural experiment sta- tion, was born August 11, 1559, in Fulton county, Ohio. He was brought up on the farm, received his early educacion in coun- try schools and the Deita Hizh School, and afterward studied at the Ohio State Uni- versity. He joined the grange at the age of seventeen, and before he was twenty-ore years old had served poth as secretary and master. On the organization of the Ohio agricultural experiment station in iss he was elected superintendent, being at that time only twenty-two years old. This was the fourth agricultural experi- ment station organized in America. He served five years as superintendent of this station, then resigned io ent a position as assistant in the division of entomology in the United States Department of Agri- culture. Two years later he was elected e director of the Virginia agricultural experiment station at its organization in 1888, which position he still holds, and for the past five years has been professor of horticulture, entomology and mycology in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He is a farmer, and owns and operates u farm in Bedford county, Virginiag where he grows fruit, and breeds fine hogs, cattle and poul- ty. F ee Sale of Cranston’ NEWBURG, N. ¥., November 16.—Cran- ston’s “Hotel, the property of Cranston West, Point Hotel Company, was sold at Sheriff's sale in this city today. The prop- erty was purchased for Mrs. Sarah W. Bradley, Washington, D. C., for $2,410, sub- Ject to mortgages and other claims aggre- gating about $67,000. The hotel will be con- ducted by practically the same company, with Henry Cranston as manager. Hotel. LATE NEWS ———— |The Cocking Lyching- Denounced by Judge Briscoe. THE W. G7. U, READ REPORTS OF Arrest of Mayor Gleason of Long Island. City. SENATOR VOORHEES’ HEALTH Speclal Dispo'ch to The Evening Star. LA PLATA, Md., November 16.—At the November term of the circuit court of Charles county this mornitig, Chief -Judge John P. Brisece in his charge to,the grand Jury scored the sheriff and the jail officials for alleged neglect in allowing prisoners to escape from jail. He sald that not only by the people of the county, but el where where the fact$*were known, “the escape of the accused murderer George Matthews was regarded as a piece of ¢rim- inal negligence, and he urged the. grand jury to thoroughly investigat> the escape and to present those found negligent in the matter. ieee The Cocking lynching Judge Briscoe char- acterized as a brutal, premeditated and ccwardly murder, that had been denounced by law-abiding citizens everywhere. in -the country, and by the press, not only in this, but in foreign countries. He urged that every effort be made to ferret out the lynchers, and he added he would have no hesitancy in inflicting the severest penalty cn those found guilty. = et LISTENING TO REPORTS. Fourth Day’s Session of the N: tional W. 6. TU. ST. LOUIS, Mo. November 18.—The fourth day’s session of the twenty-third annual convention of the National ¥ Cc. T. U. began with the usual prayer meeting at Schuyler Memorial House, led by Mrs. Charity Edholm of New Ycrk. An hour later the regular meeting was called to order at Music Hall by Miss Wlilard. Mrs. Annie M. Palmer of Iowa, naticnal é¥an- gelist, led in prayer, after which the regu- lar program was’ proceeded with. It was the reading of the minutes and report of the ‘executive committee, part ef which was adopted. Mrs. Sophie Grubb, superintendent of the work among foreigners, reported that it was progressing favorably, although influ- enced by the general depression in busi- ness. Th2 seven national associates had done effective wi in the German, Span- ish, Dutch, Scandinavian and Danish di- visions. “Our American flag,’ cluding, “still floats over the saluen (on Ellis Island) at our chief port of entry, and immigrants are welcomed with the greet- ing of the saloon.” Mrs. M. B. Carse, president of the pub- lishing asscciation, reported that the re- ceipts Were $125,337 and the expenditures $125,151. The receipts for 186 were $14,- 62 less than in 1805, but the net gain was %16. The financial storm had been weath- ered by reducing expenses, the volume of business being smaller. Mrs. Carse also submitted a report about the temple. She had raised $141,098 of the $300,000 needed to buy the trust bonds and would try to secure the balance this year. The interest on the bonds had been paid The states subscribing over $1,000 Illinois, $4.274; New_York. $2 chusetts, $2,581; Penn: $2,287; Michigan, $1.55 133; Maryland, $1,059; Missouri, $1,040. efi MAYOR GLEASON ARRESTED. she said ia con- He Declares That It in Merely Part of 2 Political Feud. NEW YORK, November 16.—A warrant of arrest was served upon Mayor P. J. Gleason of Long Island City today. The order was based upon an indictment found by the grand jury of Queen's county last week, alleging that Mayor Gleason had violated the election law in ignoring the | Jeffersonian party in the appointment of inspectors. Mayor Gleason started immediately for Brooklyn to give bonds before Judge Gay- ner. Befcre leaving the city hall Mayor a on said to a reporter of the Assoviated ‘This indictment, like the other proceed- ings instituted against me by my political enemies, will amount to nothing. I have nothing to fear, because I can show that I appointed none but competent eleztion inspectors and did not violate the law in any way. This is purely anoiher chapter in the old political feu % —. SENATOR VOORHEES’ HEALTH. Startling Reports of His Condition Contradicted at His Home. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 16.—A special to the News frerm Terre Haute, Ind., says: United States Senator Voorhees is circulating among his old friends here. dally, and gives promise of a speeily resto- ration to his old time vigor. He expects: to return to Washington within the next two weeks. FLOODS IN THE NORTHWEST, Washouts on the Line of the Northern’ Pacific. 2 : PORTLAND, Ore., November 16.—Ac- cording to reports received by the weather bureau the storm is rapidly moving gast- ward. Portland was dircctly in the storm center yesterday and the temperature ‘fell during the day to 34 degrees Fahrenhejt, an almost unprecedentedly low” tempera- ture for this time of the year. The rainfall during the twenty-four hours ending at 5 o'clock was 2.66 inches. A number of washouts are reported on the line of the Northern Pacific between this city and Tacoma. fe iE TACOMA, Wash., November. 16.—The Puyallup, White and Black river val leys. between Tacoma and Seattle,’ are flooded, causing such danger to traffic that the Northern Pacific has .abandonet ‘its’ entire service cn-the Seattle branch. Only one wire out of seven is working between ‘Tacoma and Seattle, making particulars of the flood hard to get, as the railroad is using the single wire. Last night a log jam formed in the White | river at Kent and the railroad bridge was washed away. It will probably be several days before trains to Seattle can be re-. sumed. The rain changed to snow yesterday morning. It continued falling all day, and the ground {is covered with from one to two inches of snow. 5 ————— TO BLOW UP A HOTEL. Attempt at Destruction Possibly for, Revenge. BOSTON, November 16.—There was an attempt made early today to blow up the Hotel Highland, Roxbury, by the use cf dynamite. The hotel is a four-story, elght- apartment house. The chimney and one of the upper stories were badly wrecked by the explosion. It is alleged that the dynamite was used for the purpose of revenge.~ —_>—_—_. ARMY PROMOTIONS; « -- e Those Caused by the Retirem: Col. Thos. M. Vineent. | . The retirement of Col. Thomas M. Vin-, cent, assistant adjutant general, has caused the promotion of Lieut. Goi.-:Mer- ritt Barber, stationed at Chicago, to the grade of colonel, and of.Maj. John C. -Gil- more, on duty at the War Department, to the grade of lieutenant colonel and teaves a vacancy in the list Of majors in’ the ad- jutant gereral’s ‘department, for .whieh there are already applications on file from over one hundred captains and leutenants’ in the line of the army. No one has yet been assigned to the va- cancy at the head of the bureau of military information, vacated by Gen. Vincent. Mr, Bryan and Another Presidential Nomination. Responses by the Sound Money Democrats, the Populists and the Republicans, No Political Reat for the Nation. By taking the field immediately for an- other Presidential nomination, Mr.. Bryan has not only done the unusual thing, but has given the politicians of all parties a great deal to talk about. The step is as bold as unusual, and there are already three responses to it. : The first response is from the sound money democrats. They announce the in- tention of keeping up their organization for the express purpose of again opposing any effcrt that may be made to force a policy of independent free silver coinage at 16 to 1 on the country. They will fight that polley under any leadership and wherever presented. They refuse to accept it as- democratic, or to affiliate politically with those who do. These men consider that they played an important part in the election of Mr. McKinley, and they will play the same part again, or a greater one, in his behalf, or in the behalf of any other. candidate who may carry the banner of sound money. So long therefore as Mr. Bryan keeps the field as sllver’s champton so lorg will a reunion of the democratic rty be impossible. Phe second. response is from the popu- lists. They are wanting to know whether, Mr. Bryan is expecting to make his next race as a democrat or as a populist. They will not support him again as a democrat. If he ts to poll their votes in 1900 it must be as their candidate. The fight for silver, they assert, is their fight, and can only be won under their leadership. This may simply be a form of warning Mr. Bryan off: Populist as he is in sympathy, he could not take the field as one without losing the support of many free sflver democrats. The, warning comes from the newspaper con- trolled by Senator Putler, who in 1900 -will be of the Presidential age, and may aspir to lead the populist host himself that yea The third response is from the republi- cans. They have their eyes on Mr. Bryan and his lieutenants, and are preparing to follow and appraise all of their maneuvers. Their present organization is not only to be continued, but on lines that will make -a union with the sound money democrats en- tirely feasible again at any time. They are not undervaluing the opposition, nor mis- conceiving ft in any way. They realize the necessity of vigilance and union. A fea- ture of the republican position is the bellef of Mr. McKinley's friends that, aside from, all questions of precedents, or what he may deserve at the hands of his party for duty, well performed in office, his renomination will follow as a matter of course if-Mr. Bryan runs again. If the financial ques- tion can be kept alive so long, and Mr. Bryan champions free silver then as he does now, the logical candidate of the other side will be the man under whose leader- ship one national victory has already been registered. ut_ some very able men who supported Mr. Bryan in the race just closed have their misgivings about the program he now lays down. They do not care to be quoted by name at present, but may after a while come out frankly with their views, As they see matters, no further agitation of the silver question is necessary for the time being. The policy the country has just indorsed at the polis must have a trial. If it realizes the expectations of its friends and the country prospers under it, it can- not be overthrown in 190 by the silver question or any other question. If it fails, and the country is again at that time dis. satisfied, the silver question, or some other question, will come to the front of its own accord. What these men fear Is a line of conduct which will class the friends of sil- ver among the number of professional agi- tators. oe PROMISED VENGEANCE. An. Unnatural 5. Court. A rather remarkable and certainly un- usual scene occurred this afternoon in the Police Court, when a young man who Las just attained his majority declared to the court in a boasting manner that he had at one time broken his wrist because of the force used in striking his father, sixty years of age, in the face. “And,” continued the young man, with a threatening shout, “if I go down this time it will go hard with him when I get out. I'll promise you that all right.” George Howlett was the name of the de- fendant, and his father is William How- lett. The latter was the complaining wit- ness, and he charged his son with threats. The father testified that the boy has fre- quently assaulted members of the family and until recently refused to work. They stand in mortal terror of him, it was stated. ‘I ain't got no use for that man,” said the boy, taking the stand. “Isn't he ur father?” asked the court. “Yes, he ii “What have you against him?” next in- quired Judge Miller. “He never treated me right. I used to pay him $8 a week board out of my hard- earned money,” satid the voy, bursting into in the Police tears. “That was simply atrocious,” remarked the court. “I wonder how many times your father has paid $8 for you.” It was stated that some time ago How- lett struck his sister and was sent to jail for fifteen days. When released he at once went to his home in search of ven- geance. He assaulted his old father, and that was the occasion when his wrist was broken. At this point young Howlett made the declaration to do his father bodily harm in case he should be sent down. It proved an unwise move on his part. “You mean to stand here before me and threaten to assault your father?” asked the court, wfth surprise. : “That's all right,” was the defiant reply. “This fellow is a half-way prize fighter,’ volunteered Bailiff Darr. “He has sparred at a local theater.” You can give $400 bonds or go to Jail for six months,” ruled the court. “And, young toan, if you give your father the slightest trouble when you get out, I'll take good care of you for so doing.” On the way to the cell below Howlett threatened to “do up” Bailiff Darr as soon as he regained his liberty. The bailiff re- plied that he will await the visit with eager anticipation. > Appropriations Clerks on Duty. Mr. Courts and Mr. Cleaves, clerks, re- spectively, of the House and Senate ap- propriations committees, are now on duty atthe Capitol, and making preparations for the work of their committees at the “coming session of Congress. A meeting of ne or more of the subcommittees of the House committee will be held November 30, at which time it is expected the advance copies of the official estimates will be at hand. The estimates are usually given to the committees in advance of the assembling of Congress, in order that the preliminary work of shaping the first drafts of the ap- propriation bills may be commenced. ““A’call was sent out this afternoon for a meeting of the subcommittee having charge of the- legislative and pension bills to as- gemble at 11 o'clock November 30. ———_-.—______ Sent a Cheek. -Charles E. Barber, the patent attorney who walked out of court last week without ‘payitg his fine, has settled his bill with the ourt and ended the case. He sent a-check fiom Philadelphia to Lieut. Kelly for $27.50, the amount of the fine and cosis imposed. ————— . Changed Its Name. -Last. week the National Building Regis- ter entered upon the eighth year of its career and at the same ‘time announced a change of name, which is now the National ‘Architect-and Builder. i — Naval Officers Commissioned. The President has issued commissions to the following named officers ‘of the navy: Commander Clifford H. West, Lieut. Com- manders E. S. Prime, Wm. H. Beehler and Giles B. Harber, Lieuts. Wm. Truxton, A. P. Niblack, A. A. Ackermann, H. C. Pound. stone and J. B. Bernadon, and Paymaster John A. Mudd. BY WIRE|A 8°10 STE PISEVERE CHARGES company: “the year.1887. to the 20th of June, 1891, abfi-the affidavit also states that on Bebruary¥1g, 1894, $82,000. of the boncs of the raflwaySompany,-and on the 10th of March,» 1904}, $30,000 ‘additional of the bonds were ghdyged to the account of one Richard F. Bower, as representing Elkins and Widener, which account was credited by the transfer of the account of Filkins and Widener in‘ the amount of $56,422.87, and from the transfer of the account of BE yard, Munnikhuysen in the amount of 7 95.30. «it is declared that the $32,400.36 of these accounts as so transferred, being for mon- eys advanced defendant railway company, and interest credited said account so trans- ferred from the 30th day of June, 1893, to February 17, 1804, when the first charge of said bonds, amounting to. $32,500," was charged to the account of Richard F. Bower as representing Elkins and Widener. Mr. Patterson's affidavit also declares that prior to 1892 the: road was operated at a profit, but that since that time it has been overated wth a. large annual loss, stated by the accountant as follows: Aver- age monthly loss, April 30, 1892, to Desem- ber 31, 189%, $1,675.89; average n during the year, 1894, $4,822. monthly loss during the year 18 average loss eight and two-thirds months of the present year up to September 20, 1596, , . A Mixed Compantes. The affidavit'of Accountant Davis states that the capital stcck of the railway com- pany consisted of 10,000 shares, of the par value of $50 per, share, on, which, there has been paid $22,9 The answer avers that Elkins,’“Widener and Dolan ™ trarisferred their entire holding of 5,003 shares in Oc- tober, 18%, to the Central Trust Company of New York, but that it will clearly appear from facts whicif have come to the knowi- edge: of: the American Security and Trust Company since the filing of the bill in the sult that the actual interest therein of the sald Widener, Elkins and Dolaa has con- tinued. It is then recited -that ‘Elkins, Widener and Dolan. in 1892, became inter- ‘ested In promoting the construction of an electric railroad line to conne>t Baltimore and Washington, and to that end .ertain companies were incorporated. The Halti- more and Catonsville Construction Com- pany was incorrorated for the purpose of constructing, buitding and “equiping Mnes of railways, and on June 2), 1805, enjered into a coniract with the Columbia and Maryland railway, whereby on receiving from the said railway $0,000 full-paid shares—the authorized issue—of the capital stock of said raflway of the par value of $0 per-share, and amouating ‘to: $4,000,000, and also $500,000 of the authorized issue Of $6,000,000 of bonds of said railway the said construction compaay agreed to fully build and equip a continuous double-track railway from Saratoga and Howard streets in Baltimbte “to connect with the thacks of the Belt Railway Company and of the Eckington and) Soldiers’ Hom- Railrcad Company in Washington,” and to acquire all necessary rights of way, power houses, install all a chinery and supply everything the full operation of the road. struction company fully agreed to eq in all respects far operation hy. electricit or compressed air or other motive power the lines of the Belt and the Eckington and Home Failroad Company. The construction /eonthany further agreed to transfer and {to make over to the Columbia and Maryland rallway a number of stocks, bonds, securities,and properties, including 10,6 shares “Of “the capital stock of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company, 5,408 shares of the capital stock of the defendant Belt Railway Company of the city of Washington, and the iajority stock of all ated. The answer! thet, declares that it is in- formed and believed that the construction company did so secure the transfer of the shares of the Soldiers’ Home and Kcking- ton and the Belt vailway companies owne. by Elkins; Widener and Dolan, who re- celved for thom bonds of thé Columbia and Maryland raitway! amounting to from $13, 000 to $15,000)3and which bonds, or a larg portion of them, dre still held by the said Elkins, Widener and Dolan. The answer! further avers ‘that at the time of the purchase it became a matter of general community knowledge in Washing- requisite to The con- p purpo the el system of propulsion, and dec that after obtaining the control of th Belt Company, Elkins, Widener and said olan so conducted its operations and manage m. nt by ceasing to operate portions of the hy irregularly operating other por tions thereof, by arbitrarily dividing th railway line as chartered and constructed id by charging two fares for transporta- on where one fare had heretofore been charged as to cause friction with the public and large loss of patronage and revenue. The answer continues that the act incor- porating the Belt Railroad Company makes | each stockholder individually Hable for the | in an debts and Nabilities of the compan amount equal to the amount of stock held by such stoekholders, and that it appears that the stock purchased by Elkins, Widen- | er and Dolan never appeared upon the books of the company in their names, but was transferred to the Raltimore and Ca- tonsville Construction Company, which ha become bankrupt. and ig now in a receiy- er’s hands, and that said stock now stands In the name-of the Central Trust ‘Company of New York, which holds it to secure the bonds of the Columbia and Maryland rail- way, and the defendant is informed, and believes, and charges that_all these’ acts and things were done in order to evade tie ability: of the ‘stockholders of the Belt Railway Company, as imposed by its char- ter, “and to the manifesc injury of such railway property to the extent of the hold- ing.of said stock therein, as originally pur- chased by the said Widere:, Elkins and Dolan." Pretty Serious Charges. It is further averred that in February and March of 1894 Elkins, Widener and Dolan, or some of them, received Belt bonds in about the sum of $60,000, ostensi- bly in. satisfaction of certain prior ad- vances made by them to the.compaay, which “sums could not have been so ad- vanced for any of the purposes of original construétion which would lawfully author- ize the issuance or delivery of bonis to E¥kifis, Widener or Dolan or any of them in payment or satisfaction thereof. Contemplated the Present Conditions. It is‘ further declared that it is how manifest from the proceedings in the cause since the filing of the complaint, and par- ticularly from the report of the receiver made in pursuance of the order of the court on October 27, 1893, and the pro- bosals filed with’ said report, that certain of the averments made in the bill of complaint as constituting grounds for the appoint- ment of a recejver‘and for the granting to the receiver the authority asked for in the | it wefe and are wholly incor- ut fdiindation and fact—that fess of equipping said essed air motors had commenced and had bill of complaint was polit where the cars Were nearly ready to be put in operation and that the! 3. Porter Company of Pittsburg had‘hot then, and has not now. any completed; atr motor, or even a fully constructed #d. Se dnertnecras air motor which has beet tested or used in the actual Erepulsion of by stfeet car ar, cars as fully shown dy the Fomuuication made to the receiver by thé same firm and_attach oe receivers aoe spss ae is recited that ‘te Feceiver S mends-that an€xperiment be tried with ane gther air motor, known as the Hoadley. Knight motor,,to bg, supplied by the Com. pressed Air Company of New York. He also subnifts’ pfoposa¥s rade by the Ameri- can Power Compahy of New ‘ork, to oper- gte an experimental motor and for equip. Ping the, entire -route with an air -matey which’ is alleged to be now in practical Operation in New York. The defendant trustee avers ‘that &n inspection of the re- celver’s..report and the company exhibits will show no good reason for the recom- mendatton~made “by: the receiver, and thet they disclose no grounds for the determina. tion bythe “court that 'the air motors pro- posed to be furnished ‘and-instaticd 2y the Conrpressed" Air Company of New York over the air motor and systen pzoposed to be furnished and Installed by the American ‘Air Power Company. “= ou D .Dhe Secret, Gomes.-Out;: Then’ comes thé most “interesting part of the document. ** sages “It further _axer#-:that -it,.1s-.snformea ard believes and upon information and belief, charges that the Compressed Air Company of New York, the acceptance of whode proposal is recommended by the re- bill of complete rect-and ‘with is to say, the pr railroad’ with *tom| not been thoaretofofé rot-at thé tinte thi filed progressed to:'d he gtier Companies enutner- | : | that he contended that Congsess has ex- ceiver, is a corporation incorporated un- der the laws of New York, with a capital of $1,000,000, the officers thereof being Joseph Hoadley, president; Almeric Hugh Paget, secretary and treasurer. The di- rectors are William C. Whitney, Thomas J. Ryan, William W. Cook, W. H. Knight of New York city and Thomas Dolan, ¥. A. B. Widener and W. L. Elkins of Phila- delphia. Elkins, Widener and Dolan in Control Further on, the answer, after reciting that those who controlled and managed the Belt Company wholly failed and neglected to make any effort to equip the road with air motors, as required under the act of June 10, declares that notwithstanding the fact that a majority of the stock of the Belt Company does not stand in the name of Widener, Elkins and Dolan, they and their associates do still, in fact, control this stock, and it is alleged that the appoint- ment of a receiver and the issue of recei er's certificates were not made in the ex- pectation of the equipment, of said road with air motors, or in the expectation that those in control of said road would be re- quired to pay the cost of such equipment; “but in order, through a collusive suit, to create and occasion a color of necessity for the issue of recciver’s certificates which should be a first lien upon the property of the company, to displace the Men of the bondholders, to defeat the claims of unse- cured creditors and to destroy the value of the stock of the minority stockholders. The purpose of those owning and holding a majority of the stock of the defendant railroad as aforesaid is further shown by the efforts that are apparently being made to have receiver's certificates issucd for the purpose of making experiments with and testing the value of an air motor in which they are personally interested.” Desires the Property Sold. In conclusion, the answer reads as fol- Tows: “They admit that the defendant railway company is utterly and hopelesssly in- solvent, as shown by the reports of the re- ceiver and the books 2f sail company; that it is being operated at a daily lors, und that the property ani franchises of the said deiendan: railway company should be sold, leaving the purchascrs thereof at full Nverly te proceed under the said Congress of Juue 1 or otherw they they may be a d, unembarrassed by any action of this court with respect to any change of motive power. “Wherefore, this defendant trvstee con- sents to the sale of the property and fran- chise of the said defendant railway com- pany as prayed by the complainant acting for and by the direction and approval of a majority of the bondhclders.” The answer is signed by Mr. Charles 3. Bell, president of the Amerizan Security and Trust Company, acting for that pany, and is sworn to by E. I., White, notary public. <S ELECTRIC LIGHT CASE. of The Argument Over the Terri the Two Companies. Arguments in the hearing befor Judge Cole of the cas> of the United Statcs Elec- tric Light Company against the District Commissioners and the Potomac Electric Power Company were resumed this morn- ing, Mr. James K. Redington continuins fis argument in support of the prayers cf the complainant company, which company seeks to enjoin the Commissioners from contracting with the defendant company for lighting the streets and avenues of the city east of Rock creek, and also from granting permits to defendant company to extend its wires in said territory in order to carry out the contract. ‘The Competition Recognized. Mr. Redington explained that the United States Company admitted that Congre recognized the right of the Potomac Com- } pany to operate in cpposition with it west of Rock creek. Both compantes occupy that western ter- ritory of the city, and there was no deny ing the fact the complainant company has been underbid there. Of that It did not complain, and {t mattered not what the | court does in respect to that western ter- ritcry. ss “Yet,” interrupted Mr. A. S. Worthington, special counsel for the District Commis- sicners, “you ask the court to enjoin even the contract there.”” as Sot if the defendant company,” ex- plained Mr. Redington, “supplies the lights there called for by Congress.” ‘ Then Mr. Redington went on to explain ory pressly divided the territory but confine the defendant company to that part of the city west of Rock creek, both companies being permitted, however, to operate in Georgetown, Mr. Redington expects to conclude today He will be followed by his associate, Mr. Jere M. Wilson, the arguments to be con- cluded by Mr. Worthington. CELEBRATED MASS. Continua of the Diamond Jubilee of Gonzaga College. The observance of the diamond jubilee or seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding ef Gorzaga College, whica began yesterday | mcrning with the celebration of pontifical ‘high mass at St. Aloysius’ Church by his excellency, Archbishop Martinelli, was con- tinued in the same sacred edifice today. The services were begun at 9 a.m. with the celebration of pontifical high mass by Cardinal Gibbons. The cardinal was as- sisted by those named as follows: Assist- ant priest, Rev. Michael Dolan, S. J.; dea- cons of honor, Rev. Cornelius Gillespie, S. J, and Rev. P. J. McGinne: J.: deacon of the mass, Rey. P. J. O'Connell, S. J. subdeacon, Mr. William O'Gorman. > Personal Mention. Mr. H. T. Huguley has gone to Boston “| spend a few days with his parents. Col. Wm. M. Graham, commanding the 5th Artillery, with neadquarters at New York city, is at 1513 L street on leave of absence. i Rev. Mr. Rhinelander, tht bishop-chap- lain, who is also in charge of St. Alban’s Church, Tenleytown, and Rev. Mr. Hayes, the bishop assistant at St. Mark's Church, i on Capitol Hill, are staying with Mrs. Everard R. Todd, 1515 Rhode Island avenue. Capt. H. F. Picking, president of the board of inspection, is at 1818 Jefferson place. Lieuts. John G. Quinby and J. B. Berna- dou are registered at the Army and Navy Club. Prof. R. T. Greener of New York, who took such a prominent part in the west in the campaign, is In the city and stopping at 934 S street with Mr. Daniel Murray: Capt. John Guest, retired, has taken up his residence at 162 19th street. —_____--= Disposal of Sewage in Birmingham. From the Century. One of the worst features under the old management was the disposal of the sew- age. By way of remedy, two systems have found adoption. Under one the health com- mittee collects the offal of houses and either destroys it or turns it into ferti- lizers. This Is more offensive and less suc- cessful than it might be made, but {s ap- parently a necessity until the pan system has been abandoned. A sewage farm of nearly 1,300 acres has been devéloped sev- eral miles from the city, some 400 feet lower in elevation. The sewage, first mixed with lime to prevent too rapid decomposi- tion, and to assist in the precipitation. of the solid matter, is passed through a series of depositing tanks, during which process the mud is removed. The remainder 1s dug into the land, one-third of which is dealt with each year, the effluent being dis- ckarged in a harmless state into the river Tame. Upon the other two-thirds are grown early vegetables, and grain and hay for cows kept for milk and market: The net annual cost to the city is about £24,- 000. ss 2 Sixty Thousand Seeds in One Plant. From the St. Louis Republic. The common purslane is one of the won- ders of botany, as far-as seeds are con- cerned, at least. A single seed of this plant will produce about twenty seed-pods in a season. The average number of seeds in each of these, by actual count, ts 6,000, making 60,000 in all. As far as we -have been able to learn, there is no instance of simit@ fruitfulness in any plant found growing in this country. A single piant of either the Jamestown weed (“‘jimson”), the butter weed, the rag weed and some of the vervines produce an enormous number of seeds, but it is doubtful if any one of them produces one-fourth as many in a year ap the purslane does, ‘| an effort to cover was announced. | Phila. & Reading. FINANCE AND TRADE Speculative Circles Inclined to Dis- count War Rumors, PRICES LOWER Meaning of Activity in American Sugar. IN LONDON . GENERAL MARKET REPORTS > SS echt] Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 16.-—Opening prices were about on a parity with last week's firal figures, but were only indiffer- ently supported later in the day. London cebles offered little encouragement to local operators and reported fractional con sions in the market for American railway shares, Traders sold moderately for both accounts, prices yielding stuybornly not- withstanding a decreased volume of com- mission buying. Activity in departmental circles at Washington furnished additional matérial for Cuban war rumors without adding anything to the exact facts. The confident forecasting of the future of this controversy, in quarters usually over- supplied with misinformation, would be ridiculed under less sensitive market con- ditions. The best opinions obiainable are opposed to the probability of the neces- sity for any interference on the part of this government. Developments which may find substantiat reflection in market quo- tations may be announced at any time, but it ts conceded that Washington is the least likely source of either reliable or sig- nificant information. ‘The street’s supply of sensational incen- live has been reduced considerably of late, and the Cuban text will not be abandoned until the market shows a preference for less clastic material. ‘The decline in prices toda: ing almost exclusively by t element, while the purchase counts litle concerned with the daily range of values. The creation of a short account would not meet with serious opposition, perhaps, as those who hold securities al- ready. and those who wish to accumulate holdings are willing that a decline of mod- erate proportions should be recorded. Tardy purchasers would be given a new oppor- tunity ahd patient holders would be as- sured of the certainty of higher prices once reflects sell- professional were for ac- The tendency of the market is least pro- nounced in the direction of lower prices, consequently trading at any further dc- cline is Wkely to be in the interest of ( jong accoun® unless some unlooked for event is recorded during the next fort- night. American sugar was sold by traders and brokers usually representing large inter- ests. The reassembling of Congress, the special applicability of the Cuban rumors and the usual depression in anticipation of buying for the dividend are sufficient rea- sons for the present manipulation of the property. Continued purchases of 1,000 share jots every 1-4 point down contirms the dividend theory urged above in justiti- cation of the stock’s action. The reported declaration of 2 1 per cent dividend on Pacific Mail was followed by a geod demand for the stock of that com- Pany, resulting in a substantial advance over first prices. A reduction of 13 per cent in posted rates of exchange was announced during the guy as the result of a decreased inquiry. fiom remitters. The money market is un- changed, races ruling low, with funds avall- able tn liberal amounts, on terms repre. senting the wishes of the borrower in many instances. Traders continued to depress prices dur- ing the afternoon, gaining courage from the lack of resistance on the part of the larger intoresis. The railroad list was ¢ pressed below fractional limits at the moi active points, a fair-sized short being created the process: Western Union attracted a liberal volume of the day's business, but conceded market value for activity. The grengers were attacked with some vigor, und yielded for lack cf support even from sources confident of future vale. The entire list was given over to “he irad- ing element during the final hour, and was Beneraily, though irregularly, depressed. The day's decline represents no signiti- cant liquidation, and will, it is thoug establish a more healthy marke: p cal helders will be forced out an confide buying, aided by a disa teres! nt inted short in- should follow. Newspap2r comment Jumbta, 12 Wid, 14 asked. Riggs, bid, 8% asked. People's, 6 bid. Lincotn, bid, B asked. Commercial 43g bid'3 aked. ocagik ae asked. olnmivta ‘Title, 5 hid, waked. Vash- ‘on Title, 7% asked.” Distelet W asked. ‘elephone Stocks.—Peansylvagia, 38 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 52% bid. American - phone, 6% bid, American Grapho Th ophone, Preferred, 13 asked. Preamatic Gun Carriage, .25 Miscellaneous Stocks.—Merganthaler Linotype, 130. bid, 2834 asked. | Lanston Monotype, Si bid. asked. Washington Market, 12 bid. Great Pulls Ice, 130 asked. “Lincoln Hall, 90 asked. proeenuith ised Government Bonds, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers, per cents, registered... per cents, coupon of isiT. per cents, rxistered of 17. cents, coupon of 12s nts, registered of nts, coupon of 1904. + 4 + 4 3 7 Currency 6 pe Currency 6 per Street, members New York stock. exchange, cerrespondents Mesers. York. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co, Ne Wheat —Dow.. May. Ribs Jan. Mi COTTON. Open 1G. —Flour quiet — ates, §3.iaRS 90 Wheat patent, § $1.G5a84, receipt, 11.876 barnelx: salex, ‘3 spot wnd month, Sule bid: steamer No.S2 red, 4 bid 92 Inisbels; Dg 1 dash Is mixed, Bie 2y revel Tush quiet and stendy tern, 44tge eh sh Fi $14.00. verpool per Dmeh Ts per quarter HIS MIND. Henry Thought He Wished Commit Suicide, Charles Henry, a well-known printer of this city, attempted suicide this morning by jumping into the river at the arsenal He shouted for help when he struck the water, and was hauled out. CHANGE! Mr. to National bank notes receiv redemption, $386 4 today for Government receipts $825,745; customs, From the New York Farmer. The question the cost of oleomar- karine, the sale of which was so detri- mental to the interests of the datrymen until the traffic was suppressed by rig ly enforced laws, has been an opaque one to farmers and others all over the country. The solution is hand in the following table, which is computed at practically current prices for the com- modities named and is ba: used in the sworn formu Armours: Ibs. neutral lard, a! Ibs. oleo ofl, 2 1-Nc bs. cotton seed oil, ibs. milk, Te. Ib.... # Ibs. salt, about Ic. Ib. Trace of color on the method made by the x per M4) pounds...... Cost of mixing per 100 Ih Net cost at Chicago per each 100 ibs. manufactured _ Commissioner of Agriculture der whose direction the table was pry says the farmers of the state readily can on the Cuban matter must pe considered | see what great good the suppression of a factor for the moment, no matter what the oleomargarine traffic was to them. its character may be. In the table given the item of veutral ——— |lard might mean grease, for all the public FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. know. : The following are the opentng,the highest What Wild Animals Cost. and the lowest a the closing prices of ie] From the Philaddphia Record. New York stock market today, as reporte: ene as een bey by Corson & Macartuey, members New| An itteresting catalogue w 4 York stock exchange. — Correspondents, | Published by Hagenbeck of Hamburg, and Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. | the real value of a menagerie can be pret- Open. High. Low. Close. | ty closely estimated by this price list. Amegican Sugar. U93y 11936 1i8% | quotes a hippopotamus at $4,500, an Afric: mefifan Sugar, Pid ‘American Tobacco. American Cotton Oi Atchison. . Baltimore Bay State Gas. Canada Southern.. Canada Pacific. Chesapeake & Ohio. c. Cc. C. & St Louis - Chicago, B. & Q.. Chicago & Nortt western Chicago. R. 1. & Pacitic. Consolidated Gas, Den. & itioGrande, Pta. American Sptrite Lou.svi . Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central Missouri Pacific w Jersey Central. New York Central. Northern Pacific. Northera Pacific, Pid. North American. Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail Pailman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., Pid. Phila. Traction. Texas Pacific. ‘Jenn. Coal and i Wheeling & 1. Wheeling& L. Erie,| Western Union Tel Silver. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call— $1,000 at 109s, Monotype, 50 att 0 at 6. Dister-t of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, .. 80-year fund Gs, gold, 110 bid. Wat 1901, currency, 110 bid! “Water stock carrency, 111 vid. bi fiscelianeons Bonds.—Met: bid. Metropolitan” Raflruw 120 asked. litan Railroad Ss, conv. 68, 116 bid, Metropolitan Railroads certificates of indebtedness, 11734 Lid. Belt Railroad 5s, 80 asked. Eckington Railroad Gs, 95 asked. rund 6s, 108 13 asked. Washington pany 8, seties A, 112 bid. Washington pauy ts, series B, 113 bid. Chesapeake tomac Telephone 5s, 102 bid. American and Trast Ss, F. 100 bid. American ite m- and Po- curity and Trust Gs, A. aud O0., 100 bid. Wash- ington Market Company ist 6s, 108 bid. Wash- ington Market Company imp. 65, 108 bid. Wash- ington Market Company ext. 63, 108 bid. Ma- sonic Hall Association 38, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank Washingtoa, 250 did. Bank of the Republic, 240 bid. - Metropolita 280 bid, “300 asked. Central, 270 bid. Farme and Mechanks’, 178 bid. Second, 122 il. 135 asked. Citizens’, ‘120 bid. vid. 43 Uide 105 asked. Lincol bide tot a Incolu, 2S! id, 10) ‘ule, '95. asked. = ‘Safe Deposit and Trast Companies. National Sate Deposit and Trust, 115 bid. 125 asked. Wastington ‘and Trust, 118 bid, 121 asked. America’ Se, curity and Trust, 135 bid, 143 asked. Washing-on Sate ‘Deposit, 55" bid. Beidrond, Stocks. “Capital Tractim Compan. 50 bid, 61 asked. Metropolitan, 120 bid. 115. asked, Columbia, 5) bid. Belt, 12 asked. Eckington, 13 ced. Gas and Electric it Stocks.—Washington G: asked. 45% bid, 48 asked. reetown Gas, 40 bid. 5 8. Brectric Light, $2 bid, 06 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen'a, 83 bid. Franklin, ‘Metropolitan, 68 bid. Potomac, 5 bid. Agling‘on, 125 bid. “German-American, "150 bid, National Union, 9 bid, 14 asked, Co rhinoceros from $2.50 to $3,000, female elc- phants, according to age, $2,000 to $2,500; male elephants, with tusks two feet jor 2,000; a pair of African lions from the Sahera, only $1,500; a Nubian lioness, $600; a trained group of wild animals, consisting of two pairs of Nubian lions and two male Bengal tigers, $7,000; a female Bengal tiger, Si0; a pair of Sumatra tigers. $1 pair of jaguars, $790; a female Japanese leopard, with a cub, $300; an African mak leopard, $150; a black panther, $400; a pair of full-grown wolves, SW; @ ‘gnu, $600; a large male polar bear, $300; a large brown bear, $0); pair of zebus, $730; an alligator, ten feet long, $90; a boa constrictor, twent three feet long, Somali ostrich, $1 a pair of Borneo apes, $100, and a baboon, The greatest increase in price from for- mer lists is in the case of the giraffe, a male specimen of which is now worth while only two years ago such a specimen might have been had for $300 or #0. Scarcity of these animals and the in- sibility of the Egyptian Soudan are responsible for this increase in the price of the giraff Private Swimming Tanke. New York Letter. Swimming tanks are now being placed in the basements of many mansions on 5th avenue. Big houses that ssess these luxurious bathing ennexes requently hold merry swimming parties, which. are said to be fashionable. The fad is especially popu- lar among the ladies, and “bathing hops” will probably be added to the pleasures of jety before the end of the winter season. Tue unfinished mansion of C. P. Hunting- ton, at 5th avenue th street, contains @ gorgeously constructed Turco-Russian bather, larger by far than any other pri- vate bath in the city, perhaps in the world. It occupies almost the entire basement floor. The most magnificent bath rooms in the ‘orld are said to be in the homes of rich Gothamites. From the Philadelphia Record. There was an amusing occurrence at an auction in one of the rural towns of Penn- sylvania, where a house, barn and farm were offered for sale. Farmers came from all the surrounding country with a view to making a day of it, and some of them im- bibed too much corn juice in honor of the occasion. In the barn was stored betweea twenty and thirty hundredweight of hay —prime timothy—on which the bidding started at four cents and gradually rose, a quarter of a cent at a time, until it neared the market value of 71-2 Cents or & cents per pound. The auctioneer was annoyed by the reckless bidding of a typical old hay- seed, who was so drunk that he could hardly stand. He was determined to buy that hay, regardless of its cost, and when the last sober bidder feebly cned, “Bight cents” he shouted, “Ten.” Of course, no- body would go higher than that, and ‘the farmers chuckled to think how their neigh- bor was to be taken in. “Do yeu mean fo pay cash for this hay?” asked the auction- eer, who hegan to belévé hé had a good thing. “Wall, I reckon,” replied the in- ebriated hayseed. “And how many hun- dredweight are you going to take?” ““Dun- no as I keer “bout takin’ a hundredweight,* said the purchaser, “you might gimme "bout one pound.” What the auctioneer said will be remembered by the farmers of Montgomery county,