Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1896, Page 2

2 - THE. EVENING STAR,. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1896—14 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|SPREAD OF DIPHTHERIA Investigating the Jacksonville, Fla., Police Department. TAKING OF BRIBES 1S CHARGED Inquiry Being Made by the Cit Council. WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 20.— Efforts are again being made to suppress gambling in this city. The latest attempt has taken the form of an investigation of the police department by the city council, the charges being that certain police offi- cials (names not mentioned) have received money to permit gambling houses to con- tinue In business. No definite results have been reached, ex- cept that the following facts have been es- tablished. Bribes have been offered by gamblers in the city to members of the police force and refused. One man in the city who was named has received money from the gam- blers guaranteeing police _ protection. Gambling has been going on in the clty. me so-called gambling establishments have been closed up, while others have been allowed to run. No orders have been issued by the heads of the police depart- Irent to the detectives and patrolmen to clcse up gambling places, and several of the gamblers in the city have very con- venient memorie: The investigation is being conducted by Councilman J. E. ‘T. Bowden, who becime renowned as manager of the Duval Ath- letic Cleb, which pulled off the Corbett- Mitchell fight in this city three years ago. ae ee HANNA AS SE! TOR. Movement in Cleveland to Send the Chairman to Washington. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 20.—Re- cent developments have led the friends and advisers of Chairman M. A. Hanna to believe that he should rather aspire to Wear a senatortal toga than to take a po- sition in the cabinet of President-elect Mc- Kinley. In fact, it is positively stated this morning by the closest friends of Mr. Han- na that he will not be the next Secretary of the Treasury, and already plans are on foot to land him in the Senate as successor to Mr. Sherman. Hence it is said that it would not be surprising if Mr. Hanna took a hand in local politics next spring, in or- der to reseat Mayor McKisson, Foraker’s friend, and thus secure a hold on the Cuy- ahoga county politi¢al machine The Foraker machine in tne state is strong. Hanna knows that Foraker con- trels Hamilten, Frankiin and Lucas coun- ties, and that the legislative delegations from@thcse counties to the next Ohio as- sembly will be pledged io support his can- didate for United States Senator, who is nghe other than Gov. Asa S. Bushnell. In Cuyahoga county McKissoa is weak and Foraker’s chances seem to be gone a glimmering, hence Cuyahoga county will be a battle ground next fall. Whether it is the rumor of Mr. Hanna's ineligibility or not that has caused the re- vival of the senatorial story, there are many facts which bear out, and make it highly probable, that this matter is the plan of the national chairman. Mr. Hanna will not accept a position which would de- mand his whole and undivided attention after March 4, 1897. Indeed. the position of Secretary of the Treasury is no sinecure. Its duties are arduous and exacting, and many of its in- cumbents have left the office broken in health. These objections do not apply to the sen- atorship. Its duties are lighter, there are intervals when private affairs can be at- tended to, and above and beyond all these reasons it is the fact that Mr. Sherman's term does not expire unti} March 4, 180. Thus Mr. Hanna would have abundance of time to attend to his private affairs. To go into the cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury and make a failure would be the political death of Mr. Hanna. To win, of course, would make him pre-eminent 2 Amercan statesman: —_-+——-—_ STRIKE OF MINERS. Will Try to Force the Ma Come to Terms. LEADVILLE, Col, November 20.—The most important, move yet made by the striking miners is today announced on what is tomsidered reliable authority. Tne statement that the governor had decided to take summary measures to suppress further ~“viofehte Rere ‘dnd to bring the strike to an end has, 4t is-satd, caused the officers of the union, with the backing of the Western Federation of Mirers, to decide to Play a trump card, -which, they think, will force the mine managers to come to their terms under pressure from the managers of mines in other districts’ of the state. The union has sent emissaries to all other unions in the state to urge them to inaugu- rate sympathetic strikes, thus tying up all the mines in the state. Cripple Creek and Telluride are to take the initiative and the other unions to follow rapidly. In this connection it is stated upon au- thority that the mine. managers of Montana have decided upon making a reduction in Wages of iW cents a day soon, and this is expected to precipitate a strike by the largest miners’ union in the country. The Montana unions have been coutrib- were to uting liberally in aid of the Leadville strikers, but with a strike imminent in their camp it is believed they will here- after need te Keep all their money at home. —_—__ FOR GOVERNMENT ISSUES, Knights of Labor Stand on Paper Money and Silver. ROCHESTER, N. Y., November 20.—The general assembly of Knights of Labor de- clared today for free silver. The action taken was In the adoption of an additional clause to the seventeenth plank of the deciaration submitted by the committee on law. As originally framed this plank held that interest-bearing bonds, bills of credit or notes should never be issued by the gov- erpment, but that when need arises the emergency should be met by the issue of legal tender non-interest bearing money. To this was added the following: “And that gold and silver when issued shall be the free and unlimited in coinage, at the ratio of 16 to 1, regardless of the action of any other nation.” > LEAVES PARLIAMENT. James Martin White Sued for Breach of Promine. DUNDEE, Scotland, November 20.—The Dundee Courier today announces that James Martin White, member of parlia- ment for Forfarshire, and member of the firm of J. F. White & Co. of New York, has applied for the Chiltern Hundreds, which is equivalent to resigning. In a letter to the Itberal executive com- mittee Mr. White upbraids its members for circulating the “false report that he had re- signed a week ago” and for “being the first to publish damaging rumors’ without men- tloning that he had expressed himself as “prepared to meet the charges at the proper time.” ‘The charges alluded to are believed to be a sult for breach of promise of marriage brought by the eldest daughter of Rev. Mr. Grant, parish minister of St. Johns, Dun- dee, which is to be tried in March next, when Mr. White, who has gone to India, will return to defend himself. Se HOLT WILL CASE, ‘Phe Court of Appeals Grants Right to Argue the Appe: Late this afternoon the Court of Appeals granted the application of the heirs under the will in the Holt will case to appeal the case to that body. The appeal will be argved before the court later. 85; One Chan 7) Another School Building Closed for Disin- Now Almost Sixty Canes in Ee Ccity— Children Shoald Be Isolated When Attacked. The Force School building was closed this morning because of the diphtheria, and another case from the Peabody school on Capitol Hill was reported. There were eight cases of diphtheria reported to the health office yesterday, and this morning’s mail brought reports of two additional cases. One scarlet fever case was also re- corded. In the Force building, which is located on Massachusetts avenue north- west, between 17th and 18th streets, a con- dition of affairs similar to those in the Peabody School on Capitol Hill about ten @ays ago existed, only there were not so many cases there as there were in the Pea- body. A total of four cases in the Force building greatly alarmed the parents of the children attending there. Yesterday mcrning more than eighty ab- sentees were reported in the Force building, while the afternoon session of the schooi showed an increase to a total of about 130, A similar condition of affairs stfll ex- ists in the Peabody building, although it was disinfected more than a week ago. This large rumber of absentees from the Force building made it apparent that some action must be taken in order to allay the fear of parents, as well as to put the build- ing in perfect condition and prevent any further spreading of the disease, if possible. Still, as the officials say, there is danger from infected children ‘associating with those who are not infected, and to pre- vent the children meeting on the streets and associating together {s next to impos- stble. It is advised by the officials that the clothing of the pupils be fumigated at their homes, as a precautionary measure. Sixty Cases. There are now more than sixty cases of the disease in the city and about as many houses placarded. The cases cf diphtheria are not now all confined to children, for some older persons are also suffering from the disease. In one case reported today the patient is twenty-four years old and at- tends a law school. One case has been re- ported from the Carberry building, which is only a short distance from the Peabody, and it is thought probable that a Peabody pupil may have caused this case. There are also two cases in the Pierce school, which-is also in Northeast Washington. It has been suggested that the streets and number‘of-the house.in each case should be published when reported in order that the public mignt know where most of the cases are, but the officials think this might cause some unnecessary alarm. The fact that warning cards are displayed on the houses, they think, is sufficient notice to the public of the location of the disease. Should Be Isolated. Officials interested in the contagious dis- ease work desire to again warn parents that patients should bé{S6lated from other members of the family, as far as possible. Mention was made, today of a case in which a number of children in a house are permit- ted to virtually ive tn'the sick room, and the inspeetor said he would not be at all surprised if a number of cases in the fam- ly resu?ted from this negligence or care- lessness. Witk the number of cases of the diseas+ that are in the city the officials say there is nothing like an epidemic about which there shouldbe:much alarm. The disease is as bad in many cities as it is here and in some cities it is much worse. With the proper care and attention of parents it is thought the city will be saved from a se- iemic, for the health officials are doing all they can in the matter. ‘There were no reports of new cases re- ceived in the nocn mail today. Health Officer Waodward has received a report from the Philadelphia health offi- cialis, showing that in that city last week there were nineteer deaths from diphtheria, seven from membraneous croup and one from ordinary croup. —___ WEATHER CUT THE ATTENDANCE. Fourth Day of the Meeting at Ben- ning. The cold weather cut the attendance at the Benning~ course this afternoon, the fourth day of the fall meeting of the Wash- ington Jockey Club, to little more than the regulars. But as there are a thousand or more of them, there was quite a large crowd present. It was a betting throng, and speculation was as active as on any of the preceding days. The general belief at the track is that the track being built just over the District line will be a short-lived affair. It is claimed that the venture will. prove a losing one frcm’ the outset, as it will be impossible to attract either horses or sufficient public support. Eclipse and Predicament were scratched in the first race, and Rockefeller in the second. Jockeys and odds in the first race were: Sun Up (Sims), 8 to 5 and 1 to 4; Illusion (@ogsett), 3 and-even; Eloroy (Harrison), 15 and 5; Navahoe (Gifford), 20 and 6; Fin- dont (O'Leary), 5 and 8 to 5; Lambert (Hirsch), and 1 to 2; Venitia 2d (O'Connor) Lambent Wins. The first race, one mile, was won by Lam- bent; Findout second; Navahoe third. Time, 147 3 Mohawk Prince Wins, The second race, five furlongs, was won by Mohawk Prince (Waller), even and out; Euphemia L. (Gifford), 6 and 2, second: hot (Sims), 4 and 6 to 5, third. Time, 1.04 Tomorrow's Entrics. First race, one mile—Eclipse, 110; To- moka, 98; Tanis Star, 97; Distant Shot, 101; Telegram, 101; Lambert, 98; Galilee, 110; Hermia, 98; Nick Johnson, 108; Royal Prin- cess, 98. Second race, five-eighths (i4)—-Lady Mot- tle, Altonwood Star, 80; Dye, 107; Mohawk Prince, 85; Buddha, 108; Minnie Alphonse, 85; Maud Adams, 91; Azure, Percedical Star, 80; Wordsworth, $5; Ponnetta, 95; Aunt Sally, 95; Rockfeller, 96; Hurl. Third race, three-quarters of a mile Havwell, 110; Tremargo, 1 Sun Up, 104; Zanove, 112; The Swain, 116; Graziosa, 10S. Fourth race, five-eights of a mile (10)— Ross, O., 109; Hi Daddy, 107; Billall, 108; Kinnikinic, 88; Naughty Girl, 85; Taka- Lassee, 103; Dr. Jim Star, 82; Wordsworth, e, Euphemia L. Fifth race, steeple chase, about two and a half miles—Sir Roderick, 135; Southerner, Hiawassee, 138; Decapad, 165 Glenall, Caress, 143; Mars Chan, 147. ———— THREATENED HIS WIFE, John T. Clarke Compelied to Give Bonds to Keep the Pence. John F. Clarke, a saloon Keeper on 7th street near K street southwest, was in the Police Court today, charged by his wife, Annie Clarke, with threats. Mrs. Clarke. explained to Judge Miller that she was married to Clarke eight years ago, and has one child. Her husband, she said, about four months ago turned her baby and herself out of doors. In order to live, the witness said, she was forced to accept a position at the Hotel Oxford. Wednesday last, according to Mrs. Clarke, her husband visited the hotel and threat- ened to kill her on sight. The deZendant claimed that he went to the hotel for the purpose of securing the signature of his. wife to a legal paper and denied making threats. Judge Mill2r re- quired Clarke to give $200’ bonds to keep the peace. ————S The Petrel to Go to Chin: Orders have been issued to put the gun- boat Petrel in commission at the Mare Istand navy yard on the 19th proximo, with Lieut. Commander Edward P. Wood in command, for duty on the Asiatic sta- tion. The light draught of this vessel makes her specially serviceable on the Chi- nese station, where there are so many small rivers to be navigated. Commander Wood has been on duty in the bureau of navigation for two years past, in charge of enlistments. A NEW RECTOR Dr. Oonaty Said to Have Been Chosen as Bishop Keane’s Successor. AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ROME Nothing Has Been Heard at the Catholic University. + A DISTINGUISHED CAREER Sa A special cablegram to the Baitimore Sun from Rome announces that Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Conaty, rector of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Worcester, Mass., has been appointed by the pope rector of the Catholic University to succeed Bishop John J. Keane, who resigned September 20 last. AL the meeting of the board of directors of the Catholic University held kere October 20 three names were selected to ba submit- ted to the pope for the position of rector. The favored ones in the order named were Dr. Conaty, Rev. D. J. Riordan and Very Rev. Joseph F. Mooney, vicar general of New York. There was a general impression Dr. Conaty. at the time of the meeting that Dr. Conaty would be selected as Bishop Keane's s cessor because of his success as the head of the Catholic summer school: at Platts- burg having been recognized as distin- guished. The announcement made by-Cardinal Sa- tolii in Brooklyn the night before he sailed for Europe, that his choice for the rector- ship was Dr.’Conaty, was believed to have had considerable effect upon the action of the directors in this regard. Dr. Conaty was also favored for the position by Arch- bishop Corrigan of New York. Sketch of Doctor Conniy. Dr. Conaty is about forty years: of-age. He was born in Ireland, but was brought up in this country and is an American citi- zen. He was educated at the College of the Holy Cross by the Jesuits, atid later spent eight years at the Troy Seminary of the archdiocese of New York. Since then he has been rector of his church in Wor- cester, Mass., and has also been the head of the Catholic Summer School at Platts- burg for several years. He is the publisher of a weekly paper, the Catholic School Ga- zette, and is regarded as a ‘firm sapporter of the parochial school. In 188 he was given the degree of doctor of divinity’ by the University of Georgetown. Dr. Conaty is identified with the conser- vative schcol of thought. Whlie Dr. Conaty represents the conser- vative party, he has always been a friend of Bishop Keane, end the latter has fr quently lectured at his school. Dr. Conaty is well known as a temperance man, and has frequently lectured throughout the country on this subject. Not Confirm at the University. A Star reporter visited the Catholic Uni- versity this afternoon to ascertain if the announcement of the appointment of Dr. Conaty had been received by the authori- ties there. Nothing whatever knowa at the university about the matter an4 owing to the delicate position occupied t the officers and faculties of the insijtution no expression of opinion as to the truth of the report could be obtained. ? A call at the papal legation on I st was answered with the information both Archbishop Martinelli and were absent. In some Influential Catholic circles here the report of the appointment of Dr. Conaty is not credited, the impression be- ing very strong that the next rector of the university will be Vicar Mooney of New York. The general belie however, is that Dr. chosen, et that Dr. Rooker Conaty, nas... been. ge ALABAMA’S OFFICIAL COUNT. Results Declared by the, oBard. of C anvassers. Speciat Dispatch to The Evening Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala., November 20.—The state board of canvassers declared the re- sult of the election this morning. that Bryan and Sewall received 107,137 votes; McKinley and Hobart, 54,727; Bry- an and Watson, 24,089; Palmer. and. Buck- ner, 6,464; Levering and Johnson, 2,147. The count shows the following Congress- men elected: First d‘strict. Geo. W. Tayloi secerd, J. F. Scallings ton; fcurth, T. S. third, H. Plowman; fifth, Willis Brewer; sixth, J. H. Bankhead; seventh, M. W. Howard; eighth, Jos. ' Wheeler: ninth, Oscar Underwood. All the members elect are democrats except M. W. How- ard (populist). Contests will be made in the fourth, seventh and eighth districts.. ee Second Heaviest Bell. From the Westminster Gazette. The second bell in weight in the world, that at Mingoon, in India, has lately been raised from the ground and arranged so as to ring again, after a lapse of nearly a century. This bell weighs between ninety and a hundred tons. Jt is surpassed by the giant at Moscow in weight, but the latter has lost a large piece out of it, and, as it is used as a chapel, cannot now be rung. There is, however, an other bell at Mos- cow, which is used, and is said to weigh one hundred and twenty-eight tons. Tho Mingoon bell is twelve feet high and about eighteen feet in diameter at the rim. The immense wooden beams on which it for- merly hung have long since been broken down at the shackle. It has recently been rehung on a steel girder at a height of twenty-five feet from the ground. It is proposed to encase the supporting columns and girder with carved teak in a Burmese design, and then erect a cupola over the whole structure. The bell at Pekin, which is the third largest in the world that can still be used, weighs only fifty-eight tons. ——__+0+____ Asparagus for the Czar. From the Gentlewoman. The asparagus served at the Elysee ban- quet cost the respectable sum of 3 francs per piece, or 90 francs the bundle, and any one fond of reckoning may form a guess as to the probable total cost of this course alone, and the amount consumed amng 200 guests. Still the price was not unrea- scnable, «ll things considered, as asparagus during the month of October has hitherto been an unrealized dream of cultivators, who so far have only managed with the greatest difficulty to raise a poor apology for the real vegetable in December by miskns of hothouses and unceasing care and pains. Every one knows the difference between the latter and fresh spring asparagus; but that placed before the czar was freshly cut, and in no whit inferior to the very best grown in April or May. The expensive dainty comes from the far-famed gardens of Carpentras, whence all the finest produce of the kind in Paris comes, and the growers of that district are justly proud of their latest success, which has excited much in- terest in horticultural circles, and will no doubt do lasting good to the growers, ————ee. The Argentine chamber of deputies has passed a bill placing an internal tax of 6 centavos per kilogram on sugar and pre- viding for a bounty of 12 centavos on ex- ported sugar. General, thshows: CARDINAL SATOLLI'S DENIAL His Qotmngnts ‘en Recent Sensational State- 5 foe Loyalty to the Chureh and untry Has Ever Been His Motto. he One of ake most important contributions to the controversy ‘which has been in prog- ress regarding the attitude of Cardinal Sa- tollt toward the Catholic University and the leaders of the so-called American party in the Catholic Church appears this morn- ing in the Baltimore Sun from its corre- spondent at Rome. The Sun's representa- tive, under date of November 6, says that the day following his arrival in Rome Car- dinal Satollt proceeded to the Vatican to announce his return to the pope, to whom he had much to say and many important deductions and interesting experiences to express. ‘fhe correspondent states that the cerdinal spent a portion of two days with the pope, and that his presence was desired again later in the week. The writer then recounts an interview which he had with Cardinal Satolli at the Piazza Mignanelll. This portion of the article is as follows: His Experiences In the United States, In reviewing the more salient of his many experiences in the United States and meas- uring the probable and natural effects of the mission with which he had been charg- ed, he expressed, with emphatic voice and in well-weighed words, his full conviction that the delegation to the United States would continue and become a permanent institution. People of every form of political opinion and religious belief had come to regard it a8 a-condition of things quite in keeping with the progress the country has made. Without much exaggeration, it might be said that they were pleased with it. During the latter period of his stay in the United States he had, he said, traveled over nearly the whole of the country from one end to the other, and everywhere he went he was recelved'with attention and respect, and in many places even with affection, by all classes of persons, without distinction of creed or party. This shows that the presence of a papal delegate is familiar in the minds of the peo- ple and not unpleasant to them. ‘Taking his experiences all in all, he pre- serves the most vivid and kindest recollec- tions of the American people. . The Catholic University. Coming to the more immediate object of my ‘visit—that of asking Cardinal Satolli whether he would allow himself to be quo- ted for the benefit of the readers of the Sun—there was a pause when this was “nenttoned to him. z He assured me again—a fact which I knew of old—that he was quite opposed to what is called “the interview.” He agreed, however, in consideration of being avked on behalf of the Sun, to make a statement on the matters I was about to bring Lefore him. 2 drew his attention to the reports umorg which had been made about him immediately after Bishop Keane's res- fgnation of the rectorship of the Washing- ton University, and of the part that he is saidst6 hawe played'tn ity) > ' dis) attention was also directed to the change tht was said to have somewhat suddenly come ebout in his attitude to- wardecertain members of the hierarchy. The various phases and the full details of these! rumers and reports, which are so well;knovgr to those who have followed the polewtics that arose on this question in the United States during the last few weeks, were evidéntly quite unknown to him. THe clippings which I had made-of them front_Ametican journals appearing between the Oth ang 12th of October were then pre- sented to ‘him for the first, time, Solemn Utterances, After glancing rapidly over the headings, for he reserved their full perusal for a quiejer 2f@ more convenient time, he said, after a patise: “You mag: say that, having seen the car- dinal (Satoli) and having spoken to him of these reports which have appeared in the newspapers: concerning the matters to which you have just drawn his attention, he says solemnly that they are wholly de- void of foundation. “Such as he hag been’ heretofore, such he is and such he will continue to be in re- .pbgct to the United States. : “AS representative of the holy father be has striven to rise, and considers he hes succeeded in rising, above al}. differences and personalities.” And then, forgetting for a moment the fermal method of utterance which he had been employing, he spoke in the first per- son singular, saying the following words: “T have striven on every occasion for the peace and the common weal of the church and the country! “‘Lovaity to the Church and the Coun- try," which is the title of my book, has ever been my..motte.” reas The correspondent says in conclusion that. when the cardinal hud’ condiuded that he wrote and read to him the anove words aut consented to their publication in the un. - REVISING THE COMMITTEES. Meeting of the Board of Trade Direc- tors to Discuss the Subject. .« Bhe-board of director's or tie "Washing- ton board of trade held an-adjourned meet- ing yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Ames bullding on G street. Almost the en- tire membership of the board was present, President Woodward occupying the chair, and considerable business was transacted. The principal object of the meeting was to consider a report of the special com- mittee appointed at the meeting last Thursday to revise the list of committees of the board of trade, striking out such as had outlived their usefulness, continuing those which were actively engaged in work and consolidating others which ap- peared to have too small 4 scope to be continued as regular commitees. This special commitee consisted of Dr. Samuel C. Busey, Mr. George H. Harries and Sec- retary J. B. Wight, and the report was submitted in full. Owing to its length, however, the board did not consider all of its provisions, and the remainder will be taken up at a meeting to be held next Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. The portion of the report considered and approved by the board recommended that the public health committee, of which Dr. Busey is chairman, be continued as here- tofore, and the same recommendation is made with respect to the committee on public library, of which Mr. Theodore W. Noyes is at the head; the committee on railroads, with Mr. Frank Hume as chair- tang the, river and harbor improvement committee; Mr. Charlés B. Church, chair- many and} the committee on streets and alleys, ofowhich Col. Myron M. Parker is the chairmyan. A recommendation was also mad’ thatca committee upon public order be egtabliahed, and President Woodward announced Mr. George H. Harries as the chairmanof this committee, after the recoftimeniiation had been approved. — THEY WILL CONTEST, oH uck’y’ Democrats Will Secure More Electors. Sedvetarly: Gus Richardson of the demo- crati¢ ‘state democratic committee an- rouyes hig party has definitely decided to centest tke election of the eleven Mc- Kinley electors in Kentucky. The democrats concede the election ‘of the foremé@st McKinley elector, S. H. Kash, who ran 244 votes ahead of W. H. Smith, the leading Bryan elector, who in turn ran ahead of his associates by over 2,000 votes, the otker eleven McKinley electors re- ceiving a greater number of votes than the other Bryan electcrs. The grounds of contest are given as ir- regularity and fraud in a large number of counties. The republicans make as many charges of irregularity and fraud as the. democrats. The state contest board is com- posed entirely of republicans. eee SS Fraternal Congress Election. At Wednesday morning’s session at Louis- ville the national fraternal congress elected the following officers: J. G. Johnson, Pea- body, Kan., president; J. E. Shepard, Law- rence, Mass., vice president; H. W. Sackett, Pennsylvania. secretary and treasurer. w is Ke Try to FINANCE AND TRADE Ooalera Were in Good Demand, Read- ing Especially. VOLUME OF BUSINESS WAS SMALL Prices Were Supported, but Not Improved. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 20.—The main features of today’s transactions in the s¢e- curity inarket were identical with those of yesterday. Prices consequently were only supported, not improved. There. is no con- fidence in lower prices cutside of the room and even there yome skepticism is notice- able on this point. Any Increase in the demand should result.in a covering move- ment of moderate proportions and receni fractional concessions should te restored. American Spirits and Sugar were liberally sold. by traders, the manipulation being temporarily withdrawn in the case of the fcrmer ahd the decline being part. of the manipulation in the latter. A further reduction in all grades of soft sugars aided the latter movement. The general market gave little heed to the action of these properties and was well rustained notwithstanding u disappointing volume of business. Consolidated Gas was a feature of the day's operations, a good volume of buying advancing the price 3% pez cent from the crening level. Rumors of a probable scrip dividend th the near future inspired the major part of the activity. The company has an amount of treasury stock which, if distributed as suggested, would be equiv lent to a dividend of 10 per cent on the present issue. ‘The decision of the company in regard to the disposition of this stock should be made known during the coming week. The anthracite coal shares were again in good demand, Reading especially being bought in round amounts by interests thor- oughly familiar with its prospects. The movement in this property predicted to follow the elections, has not assumed pro- portions equal to general expectations. Any activity favorable to the price of the stock now is likely to be regarded as the com- mencement of the much-delayed movement. The narrowness of the general market, however, operates to the disadvantage of enterprises of this character. 4 Traders sold the general list during the afternoon on the news of a declining wheat market. Commission orders were reduced to a minimum cad prices yielded easily from lack of support. The decline brought out no significant amounts of stock and the extension of the short amount was not protested by those committed on the oppo- site side of the market. The actual owners of securities may permit others to fix their value for a time, but not for # long time. It is estimated that the banks will show @ gain of «hout $7,000,000 in cash holdings in tomorrow’s statement of averages. Con- sidering the liberal gains recorded for the previous week this Improvement !s unusual- ly large. Money rules easy around 2 per cent, recent loans being at or below that rate. The abundant supply of money and the optimistic character of all vital busi- ness advices are factors which sooner or later must come into greater prominence. London advices report a slightly stiffer discount market as the result of the con- tinued demand for gold from Russia. The local-exchange market was slightly easier as the result of a less urgent demand from remitters. The dullness of the morning was empha- sized toward the close of business, prices becoming stationary during this period at irregular net changes for the day. eg en FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Tho following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, a3 reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. ‘Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. 116% TR 16h 116K American Sugar... American Sugar, Ptd. American Tobacco. American Cotton hicago, B. & Q.. Chicago & Nortr western. Chicago Gas, 5 C.M. & St. Paul” 3 C.M, & St. Pani, Pid. Chicago. R. 1. @ Pacific. Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack. & W. Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Kio Grande, Prd. ilinois Central. Laclide Gas. Lake Shore Louaville & Nast ‘Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Paciti National Lead Co.. National Lead Co., Ptd. New Jersey Central. New York Central Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, Pfd. North American. Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail... Phila. & Reading. Pullman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., Pf Phila. Traction ‘Texas Pacific. ‘Lenn. Coal and Union Pacific. Leather pfa. Wabash, Pia. Wheeling & L. Erie. Wheeling& L. Erie,Pta. Western Union Tel. Washington Stock Exchange. les—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Metropolitan Railroad 6s, $1,000 at 117. Washington Loan and y 19. Metropolitan Railruad, 25 at 110; 7 100 at 1: ads. — 20-year fund 30-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid. Water stock , 1901, currency, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, 111 bid. 3.658, funding, currency, 107 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 107 bid, 112 asked. Metropolitan Ratlroad conv. 6s, 117 bid, 120 asked. Metropolitan Railroad certifi- cates of indebtedness, 117 bid. Belt Railroad 5: 80 asked. | Eckington Wallroad 64, 95 asked. © lumbia Railroad és, 112 bid, 113% asked. W ington Gas Company 6s, series A, 112 bid. W: ington Gas Company, 6s, series B, 113 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 102 bid. Ameri- can Security and Trust Ss, F. and A.. 100 bid, 105 asked. American Security and Trust Ss, A. and 0., 100 (bid, (105 asked. | Washington Market “Com Ast Gs, |. Washington Market Company tmp. Gs, 108 bid. Washington Market Company ext. @s, 108 bid. Masonic Hall Association Gs, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks —Bank of Washington, 280 bid. Bank of the Republic, 240 bid. Metropolitan, 282 bid, 300 asked. Central, 270. bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 174 bid, 190° asked. Second, 123 bid. | Citizens’, ‘120 hid. “Columbia, 120 bid. Capi- tal, 115 bid. West End, 106 bid, 110 asked. ‘Trad- ers', 97 bid, 105 asked. " Lincoln,’ 99 bid, 165 asked. Ohio, 95 asked. Safe Deposit and Trast Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 115 bid, 120 asked. ton Loan and ‘Tru: Security and Tru: ton Safe Deposit, ; Rallrond Stocks. (Capital Traction Company. 55% bid. 61 asked, | Metropolitan, 110 bid, IL ‘asked. Columbia, 30 bid. Belt, 15 esked. “Eckingzon, 15 ed. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 46 bid, 47% asked. Georgetown Gas, 41 bid. U- 8. Electric Light, 92 bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 33 bid. Franklin, politan, 65 bid. Corcoran, 85 bid, 42 asked. “Met: 50 bid. Potomac, 66 bid. Arlington, 125 bid: German-American, 150 bid, 180 ‘National Union, 9 bid, 14 asked. ' Columbia, 12 bid, 14 asked: Rt 74% bid. People’s, 5%’ bid, 6 asked. Eincoin, fr bid 9 asked. Commercial, 4% bid, asl ‘itle Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 115 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, 8 asked. Wasbing- ton Title, 8 asked. District Title, 10 asked. Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 38 bid. Chesa- Peake and Potomac, 59 bid, 61 asked. American Graphophone, 74 bid, 7% asked. American Graph- Qphone. preferred, § bid. 11 ‘asked. Pneumatic Miscell age, -16 bid, .18 asked. laneous Stocks. thaler Linotype, 130 did, 181 asked. Lanston % asked. _ Wash lonotype, 6 bid, ton Market, 10 bid.’ Great ‘Falls Ice, 117 vid, 13 Steamboat, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 90 asked. asked. Norfolk and Washington Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., November 20.—Flour dull, unchanged—receipts, 10,685 barrels; exports, 17;764 barrels; sales, 300 barrels. Wheat inactive end lower—spot and month, Dushele: caporte 32,000 bushels: stock, Siz. = ushels; 5: 512,- 850 bushels; sales, 3,000 bushels—southern wheat by sample, 90a91; do. on grade, Sia 90%. Corn steady—spot, month and No- vember and December, new and old, 28a 28%; January, 28%028%; February, 2924; steamer mixed, 26a26%—receipts, 157,089 bushels; exports, 290,431 bushels; stocik, 1,131,536 bushels; sales, 286,000 bushels— southern white corn, 28429; do. yellow, 22a 28. Qats weak—No. 2 white, 25226; No. 2 mixed,. 23 asked—receipts, 111.984 bushels; Western, 44a44%—receipts, G2 bushels; exports, none; stock, 164,968 bush- els.. Hay firm—choice timothy, $13.50a$14. Grain freights dull, unchanged. Sugar steady, unchanged. Buiter firm—fancy creamery, 2la22; do. imitation, 14a16; do. ladle, 12a13; do. ladle, 11; store packed, 8al0; roll, llal4. Eggs steady—fresh, 20; cold storage, 16a17; limed, 15a16. Cheese firm, unchanged. Whisky unchanged. ee Government Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. Bid. Asked. 2 per cents, registered... 95 4 per cents, coupon of 190 109% 4 per cents, régistered of 1907. 169% 1104 4 per cents, coupon of 1925. iMyig 11 4 ber cents, registered of 1925. lv 119 S per cents, coupon of 1904. 1128; 113 5 per conts, registered of 1904. 12% 1134 Currency 6 per cents of 1807 102 per cents of 1898. 104% Carrency 6 per ents of 1808. 106% Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, cerrespondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co, New York. GRAIN. ‘Open. ” Hi 77 Low. By Dew 79 Wheat—Dec. Mi EaRE peewnae SRE SeHe2 S255) CLOSE OF THE GRANGE. The National Body Winds Up Its An- nual B: The last session of the National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, began at 2:30 yes terday afternoon, with the worthy master Fresiding. The most important matter con- sidered was the general report of the com- mittee on agriculture, submitted by Mr. Smith of Ohio. The report demands equal- ity and protection for agricultural pro- ducts, pure food laws and free mail deliv- ery. The subjects were fully discussed. After a few verbal amendments the report was adopted without division. w The ‘executive committee was ordered to print 6,000 copies of the proceedings and such number of reports in leaflet form as they deemed proper to send to the subor- dinate granges. The executive committee of the National Grange was instructed to see if relief to the cotton raisers could be secured by re- ducing the tax in the foreign markets. It was ordéred that a full report of the action of the National Grange regarding the selection of a Secretary of Agricul- ture be published in full in leaflets and ‘sent to the stbordinate granges. A resolution commending the Nicaraguan canal was adopted. Among other things the committee on foreign relations submited the following, which was adopted: “Dominion Grange of Canada has been ably represenied at this thirticth session of the National Grange and most cordially welcomed by its members. The order in that ‘section {* repos to be in a pros- perous condition. *“May this fraternal relation and co-oper- ation continue to exist, adding strength and power to the noble cause, now cham- pioned by thousands of our best people.” The committee appointed to visit the President-elect in reference to selecting a Secretary of Agriculture were empowered to fill any vacancy in their number. The executive committee, through Worthy Master Brigham, made a brief re- port, setting forth that H. O. Devries had been appointed a subcommittee to look after legislation before Congress, and, on his suggestion, the full committee had been summoned to Washington to assist in se- curing the passage of the filled cheese bill. The committee met in Washington and ap- peared’ before the proper committees and presented the farmers’ views on this mai ter. He referred to the work of Mr. Wil- bur of New York in pressing the matter through Congress. The committee also went before the ways and means com: tee and urged adequate protection to agri- cultural products. Mr. Wedderburn introduced Secretary Thcs. S. Stadden of the Virginia State Grange as a forty-niner and pioneer agri- culturist in California, having raised prob- ably the first vegetables in that state and planted the first fruit trees on the coast, and who, with his good wife, now de- ceased, were ptoneer patrons in Virginia, and te wkom was due more than any other one man ‘fhe Iife of the order in Virginia. Mr. Stadden sald he was a native of Pernsylvania and moved to Michigan, and in March, 1549, followed an ox cart over the Reckies in search of gold. He went into mining, but being a farmer, started a garden near Sacramento. He would take a wheel barrow load of radishes, cabbages, cucumbers, etc., to town, and get from $125 to $135 per load. This was almost be- yond belief in these days of low prices, but he .recelved $1 each for cucumbers and other things in proportion. However he had to pay for his seed and gave two ources of gold dust for the seed of one watermelon, and an ounce of gold for an ounce of cucumber seed. He had secured the seed of a few fruit trees and planted them on his place. He returned east, as mary others did, and finally settled in Virginia and joined the grange. On motion of Mr. Batchelder of New Hampshire a resolution was adopted thank- ing the manager of the National Hotel for the nospitality shown the National Grange. On motion of Mr. Greer of California a vote of thanks was tendered The Washing- ton Star and the public press of the city for their reports. Also a reSolution of thanks to the committee on reception — Messrs. Knott of West Virginia, Devries of Mary- land and Wedderburn of Virginia. J. H. Brigham of Ohio, N. J. Batchelder of New Hampshire and Dr. John Trimble of Washington, D. C., were appointed as the national legislative committee. The worthy master exemplified the se- cret work of the order. The journal was read and approved, and at 6:15 o'clock the thirtieth session of the National Grange closed in due form. The National Grange executive commit- tee was reorganized yesterday, Mr. N. J. Batchelder, secretary of the state board of agriculture of New Hampshire, was, on motion of Mr. Rhone, elected chairman of the committee, and Mr. J. J. Woodman secretary. The committee examined the accounts and attended to routine business. The grangers left Washington for home greatly pleased with their visit to the capital city and the kind reception accorded them by every one here. The impression is such as to greatly strengthen the purpose of the friends of the temple to Ceres, which they hope to erect in this city. The special committee appointed to in- vestigate the rumors regarding the Grange Camp Association, composed of Messrs. Hale of New York, Batchelder of New Hampshire, Horton of Michigan, Thomp- son of South Carolina and Devries of Mary- land, met last night. Mr. Judson of lowa, who introduced the resolution of inquiry, was informed of the meeting, but failed to appear. Mr. Wedderburn submitted a statement in writing that contained the action of the Virginia state grange on the subject which he had prepared in the eai days of the session. The committee direct- ed that the records of the Court of Appeals in the matter be secured, and adjourned to meet next year. —-+- Capt. Manson's Retireme Captain Jacob F. Munson, 6th Infantry, has been retired by operation of law on account of age. He has a gallant war record, having enlisted as a private in the 88a New York Infantry in 1861, and receiv- ing the brevet of captain of volunteers in March, 1865. He entered the regular es- tablishment as a second lieutenant in 1866, and became a captain in 1880. His re- tirement causes the promotion of First Lieutenant L. W. Torrie to be captain, and Second Lieutenant Wm. 8. Graves to be first Meutenant. SS A special from Clyde, N. ¥., announces the death of Helen M. Saxton, wife of the Neutenant governor of New York state. She was fifty years of age. \Goldenberg’s. November, Jackets and Capes. “Things are so different now,” we're continually hearing folks say. What this city needed was a wrap house that would show the most ex- clusive and most. stylish garments and sell them at more popular prices, Our coming was hailed with de- light, for we have done just what was expected and we have gotten our reward—heautifully—have got- ten the business. Without exaggeration we state that fine, stylish, worthful garments at prices as low as ours cannot be had in this city. That we undersell, is of much more interest to you than how we manage to do it. We have found the secret of buying and you profit as well as ourselves. Give us half a chance and we shall show you that we speak the truth when we say “fine, stylish, worthful garments at prices as low as ours cannot be had in this city.” $5 and $6 coats, $3.95. Ninety-five black boucle, beaver cloth and tan Irish frieze jackets— either fly or box fronts; elegantly made; trimmed large bone buttons deep collars. $3.95 each instead of $5 and $6—what you will pay at most stores. g-dollar coats, $6.98. Thirty-five all-wool Persian lamb jackets; have deep arctic collars; are all silk lined; Jarge pearl buttons— $6.98 instead of $o. 15-dollar jcoats, $10. Seventy-five handsome imported tan; brown, green and black kersey cloth coats; fly-or bias fronts—some .braided—some-. plain; half satin lined; others balf changeable taffeta silk lined; really, the most stylish coats of the season—and sold fot $15 most anywhere you go—here at $10. s Girls’ $4 coats, $2.98. Fifty little girls’ mixed cloth ang navy and green beaver reefers, extra cape; neatly braided and sold usue ally for $4—here at $2.98—very styl ish jackets and very reasonably priced. ch, coats, $4.98. Twenty-five girls’ all-wool greeq and blue Persian lamb coats, sizes to 14 yeats; fly fronts; extra cape; trimmed with heavy black braid an large fancy bone buttons—$4.98 each instead of $6—what you'll be asked elsewhere. Girls’ $8 coats, $6. Thirty-three girls’ navy and greew kersey coats, sizes 4 to 16 years, with deep afctic ‘collars and cuffs; new shietd fronts trimmed with small fancy buttons; half silk lined—S6 in- stead of $8. Infants’ $1.25 coats, 8oc. Infants’ colored striped Eiderdown short coats, have bishop sleeves, are lined, and trimmed with white a gora fur, for 8yc.—the sort for which others ask $1.25 for. 6-dollar capes, $4.75. Twenty-two seal plush capes; 19 inches long; large sweep; deep storm collars and fronts trimmed with bear fur; all satin lined—for $4.75 instead lof $6. 15-dollar capes, $9.75. Handsome 21-inch crushed plush capes, extra wide sweep, trimmed | with marten fur and tails—some with | jet, lined throughout with satin; sold | usually for $15—for $9.75 each. Saturday’s Special Values 4-inch Satin Gi . in iolaek and all the ne e. yard inst Bde. Women's Fine Handkerchiefs, with lace ond Mexican drawn-work all around—ie. instead of 25e, Women’s Fine Swiss Embroidered Haudk: chiefs—ve. iustead Women's Heavy Ribbed Balbriggan Vests and Pants 25c. each Instead of 3. For a day we offer all the new styles of Men's Linen Collars for Ye. Instead of ie, Glace Kid Gloves— ck, tan, red and white—with white and lack stitched tacks—for a dollar; and they’re the finest Gloves ever sold for a dollar. Women's Fast Black Hose—double soles and high spliced heels fustead of 2c. Boys’ Fast Black Ribbed School Hose— double knees and heels, sizes 6 to 914, for 10c. instead of 13c. pair, Goldenberg’s, 926-928 7th—706 K Sts. it ve