Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1896, Page 2

enn On 2 THE EVENING STAR,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896—24 PAGES, - Shears told the officer that he (the officer) was drunk. The officer said “I am, am I?” and then grabbed Shears. The struggle then began and the two men fell over the eofa and broke the window. * During the struggle her husband called to her: “Honey, pick-up my pension papers.” The officer was some time in getting out his pistol, and if people had answered when she made a call the killing would have Deen prevented. “After making a cry,” she said, “I re- turned, and when I saw the pistol I turned say back.” She sald she heard the pistol snap ence, end two shots were fired. “What was the trouble?” she was asked. “There wasn’t any trouble,” she answer- ed; “but we do have words sometime.” “Wil you tell the jury why the officer didn’t use his club?” “When I got back Shears nad taken the club.” “Why did ycu call for help?” “Because I saw the officer trying to get his piscol.”” 4 She said that Shears was lighting his pipe and the cfficer walked to the door after he had been given satisfaction, and started out, but returned and caused the trouble. “He certainly was drunk,” said Mrs. Shears. ‘*"Deed, God knows, I smelied whisky on his breath. He was so drunk that he couldn't stand still. That was why he couldn't get his pistol. Questioned by Mr. Shillington, witness dectared that there had been no quarrel, and said there was no reason for ihe offi- returning the second time. he admitt hat her hushand nad been fined for assaulting her and her boy, as well as for a similar offense on Eliza Rod- ney. The cfficer and her husband, she said, did not fall on the floor, but did fall on the sofa, and the broken glass cut the police- man’s face. She heard the officer say to her husband, I'm going to kill you, —— -— you, I'll take you out of her Surgeon Hickling. Police Surgeon Hickling testified to the injuries received by the officer. His face was seratched and there was one cut on his head. There were bruises, showing that other wounds had been inflicted on his head. The officer told witness he had been hit with a baton, and witness thought such a weapon had inflicted the wounds. The blow on the head was a very heavy one. “Was the officer intoxicated?” “He was not. I was with him more than thirty minutes, and there was no odor of liquor on his breath.” Witness thought the officer could not have been drinking during the afternoon without his having detected evidences of it. The Wounds, Deputy Coroner Glazebrook testified to the autopsy. He found that the dead man’s coat and trousers had been torn, as if done in a scuffle. His face cnd hands were covered with clotted blood. and his clothing were also besmeared with blood. Witness told of fresh wounds on the man’s face. There were two bullet holes in his back. One bulllet had passed through the right lung and had passed through the heart. The other bullet had fractured three ribs, and the shot must have been directiy downward. ——_—.__ THREE PERSONS ASPHYXIATED. Gas Pipe in the Cellar Lenked, With Fatal Results. Mass., December 5.—A strong jor of gas noticed by a passer-by at ‘ewcomb street, in the Roxbury district, at about 9 o'clock this morning led to an investigation, which revealed the fact that the inmates of the house, three in nuniber, had been killed by the fumes, while in the adjoining house, No. 35, four persons were found in an unconscious condition, one be- ing more seriously affected than the others. The dead are Mrs. Sarah Lawrence, aged forty years; Miss Sophie Lawrence, nine years, daughter of Mrs. Lawren Sawyer, thirty-five years, a lodger the ‘The names of those found unconscious ave George Curran, fifty-six years; Nellie Curran, sixteen years, daughter of George: Fivgh Curran, twenty-one years, son of G-orge; Edward H. Thomas, a lodger. homas was barely alive when found, and was taken to a hospital. The others were soon revived, and afe out of danger. All the dead were negroes. Wher the house was cleared of the fumes, @ search was made for the source of the trouble, and it was found that a leak had @vcurred in the cellar at the junction of the pipes which supplies both houses with gas. ee COL. FELLOWS’ ILLNESS. Hopes of His Recovery Now Enter- tained. NEW YORK, December 5.—District At- torney John R. Fellows les critically ill at his home in this city. The patient Is very weak. At one time during the night his physicians thought that the end was very near. He was still conscious at noon. His faml- ly now entertain hopes that his constitu- tion will pull him through. A distressing hiccoush accompanies the disease, gastritis, and aggravates the suf- fering of the patient. ed FLOODS IN THE NORTHWEST. Effect of Heavy Rainfall and Rapid Melting of Snow. TACOMA, Wash., December 5.—The six inches of rain in four days, together with the rapid melting of six inches to a foot of snow, which last week covered the valleys tributary to Puget Sound, is causing an- other flood. The Puyallup, Green, White, Black and Stuck rivers north of Tacoma ate higher than they were in November. Teaffic on the Seattle branch of the North- era Pacific is suspended, the White river bridge having been swept away. Water is a foot deep in the streets of Auburn, and a large part of White. Stuck and Puyallup ¥elley farm lands are similarly covered. Toe Green river is higher than ever known bezore. ——————— RIOTING AT BREST. Seldiers Fight Together and With the Police. BREST, December 5.—Serious rioting oc- cvrred here last evening at a festival of artillerymen. There were many conflicts in the streets, scared merchants closed their shops and non-commissioned officers and privates paraded the strects with drawn swords. The soldiers threatened the civilians they met in the streets, and after they had tesned off the gas supply a hundred ma- ric gunners made an attempt to storm the A-beville barracks, where the ‘h Battal- of Artillery was quartered. ‘aptain xon, with a squad of armed men, de- feaded the gate of the barracks. The as- lants showered stones upon the defend- force, and the police who attempted to il the disturbance were so roughly teated that their chief ordered them to re- » Inside their stations, in order to avoid ted gunners pursued the po- the decors of their Stations, them with death. hi thr A number of people were wounded during ti > rioting. A sergeant of marines had his head spht open by a saber, and is in a ciitical conditio; —____ SHOT BABY AND HERSELF. Act of » Woman * lieved to Be In- sane. CLEVELAND, Ohis, December 5.—A spe- ci?! from Newark, Ohio, say: A. FP. Gleisner, wife of a glass blow- who came from La Salle, Ul., four years ». shot her infant child in the head this morning, killing it i-stantly. She then shot herself in the mouth, and is now lying in a precarious condition. Mr. Gieisner thinks his wife is insane. ILLNESS OF DR. CAROLINE WINSLOW She is Prostrated by a Stroke of Poralysin. Dr. Caroline B. Winslow, who two years ®g0 suffered a stroke of paralysis, received another stroke yesterday morning, and is lying in a very critical condition. Dr. Winslow Is one of the oldest practitioners in the city. She graduated in 1853 from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and has practiced her profession continu: eusly since, until within the last few years. She was most active in the military hos- pitals in Washington during the war, and her influence has been behind a great num- ber of local works of philanthropy. Ce Rc IIE —————EE LATE NEWS BY WIRE Launching the Vicksburg’ and the Newport. : TWO GONBOATS ADDED TO THE NAVY Viewed by an Immense Gathering at Bath, Me. VESSELS DESCRIBED + THE BATH, Me., December 5.—The new gun- boats Vicksburg and Newport were launched from the yards of the Bath Iren Works this afternoon before an immense gathering. The Vicksburg went into the water at 12:35 o'clock, and the Newport followed twenty minutes: later. The launching was very successful in every respect. The Two Gunbonts. The gunboats, Vicksburg and Newport, jaunched today at Bath, Me., are vessels of entirely new type so far as our navy is concerned, in that they are of composite construction, all of the framing being of steel, but planks of Georgia pine being worked on the frames below the water line, secured by composition bolts in such man- ner as to prevent galvanic action, and ke- ing then covered with copper. ‘This will make the vessel largely inde- pendent of docking fgcilities and economi- cal in the use of fuel”as the expoliation of the copper causes the barnacles and sea grass to fall off as soon as the ship moves, this keeping her botto.n clean, and insur- ing the maintenance of full speed with minimum coal consumption. Another feature of these vessels that dis- tinguishes them from other naval ships is the use of full sail power in addition to steam. They will be rigged as barkentines, and will be able co sail twelve knots an hour without using their engines, so that they will prove most economical cruisers for foreign stations. The Vicksburg and Newport are sister ships of 1,000 tons dis- placement, drawing 12 feet of water, 168 feet long by 36 feet beam, and will cost $229,400 each. —————— FIGHT TALK SUBSIDIN Bets Are Being Paid on the Sharkey- Fitzsimmons Contest. SAN FRANCISCO, December 5.—The storm that the contest between Sharkey and Fitzsimmons raised 1s rapidly subsid- ing. Those who insist that Earp rendered an unjust decision are no less emphatic in their assertions than they were on the day after the fight, but they have nothing new to add to their story of fray Sharkey is still contined to his bed, end will not be allowed to leave his room until Wednesday. Dan Lynch, the manager of the sallor, has made another attempt to obtain the money from the Anglo-California Kank on the certificate of deposit, but the officials declined to pay the money. They explain- ed that the superior court had issued an injunction against payment, and that no meney will be paid until the restraining order is dissolved. A story that Sharkey is willing to com- promise with Fitzsimmons has gained cur- rency, although it has no foundation in fact. Local bcokmakers are now paying bets on the fight. They have accepted the de- cision of Earp as final, and are giving the winners what is due them. This has had a marked effect in gilencing the storm of angry protests and arguments. >— WILL DEMAND PROTECTION. Owner of the Three Friends Will Send Arms to the Cubans. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December 5.—The Cuban delegate here has received a re- quest frcm General Antonio Maceo for a large supply of arms and munitions and medicines to be sent to him immediately. The Dauntless and the Three Friends will leave for Cuba at once with the supplies. No attempt hes been made at secrecy, and the United States marshal has been in- formed that the Three Friends will carry a cargo of munitions of war to Cuba. Mr. Bans, the owrer, goes to Washington at once to inform the Attorney General that he kas contracted to land a cargo on the coast of Cuba and will demand that his vessel be escorted there by a United States warship. He insists that under the ruling of the United Statcs Supreme Court in the Horsa case, carrying arms on an unarmed vessel Is not violating the law. The Daunt- less will take on her cargo of arms at Eau Gatiie. Tne Commodore will leave Cuba with arms. ments of the expedition. Col. Emilio Nunez of the Cuban junta is now in Jacksonviile, directing the move- pe Oe ALLEGED STOCK JOBBING SCHEME. How Money Was to Be Made by False Election Reports. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 5.—The story of an audacious scheme on the part of a syndicate of London speculators to control all of the European cable oifices on the night of the American presidential election is printed here today on an au- thority which is pronounced to be of high character. The plan was said to be to se- cure the issuance of a report from the European cabie offices to the effect that Bryan was elected, which it was believed wouid send the steck market rapidly tum- biing dowaward. it is alleged that the schemers thought then to buy everything their availabie means could obtain, and realize a fabulous sum after the public re- ceived the correct news and the reaction set in. It is declared that preparations for the attempt were actually in progress for seme time previous to the day of elec- tion. ‘The direct trformation, it is stated, came from John C. Covert, the veteran Cleve- land newspaper man and formerly ediior of the Leader. The story came to nim frcm a gentleman of righ standing in this city, a physician who has won scholarly houors, but whese name Mr. Covert is not at liberty to Cisclcse. The doctor heard the story from men acquainted with the promoters of the syrdicate, and having direct knowledge of the enterprise. These men were felicw passengers with the doc- tor of a trais-AUlantic steamer, which came from England to New York about three weeks ago. —_.__— CUBANS AS BELLIGERENTS. today for Representative Cobb Says That Con- gress Will Take Action. ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 5.—Represen- tative Seth W. Cobb of St. Louis is author- ity for the statement that Congress will recognize the belligerent rights of the Cu- ban patriots, whetber President Cleveland recommends it or not. tuation is a grave one,” said Mr. nd it is difficult to say what the President wili do. It is my opinion. how- ever, that President Cleveland will in his message to Congress speak very Kindly of the Cuban patriots, but will not recommend any action. I don't think he is in favor of taking any positive steps, leave that to Congress. _ Criminal Court Rules. Chief Justice’ Bingham and Justices Cox and Cole ef the District Supreme Court were in consuliation today respecting cer- tain proposed amendmenis of the crimina? rules of the court. One of the amendments proposed, it is understood, refers to reas- signment of criminal cases when there is a disagreement by the jury. It is expected that the amendments, if adopted, will be promulgated in a few days. ~—_ Luther League, A Luther League was organized last evening at St. Mark's Lutheran Church Rev. J. C. Bowers, pastor, with twenty-one members. The officers eiccted were: Presi- dent, Mr. Cornelius Eckhardt; vice presi- dent, Miss Edith Hofman; secretary, Mr. F. W. Leonhardt, and treasurer, Miss Dal- sy Fridley. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- ..low will show that the circulation sworn fo is a bons fide-one. | It fs easily possible for a news- Paper with an elastic conscience to . swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive advere ‘tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an ~ honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, Judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is ~ many taousands in excess of any other Washington paper, and is be- lieved to be fully five times that of our afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, November 28, 1896. MONDAY, November 80,1896. -33,478, 2717 TUESDAY, December 1, 1896, 27,832 WEDNESDAY, December 2, 1696. RULITT THURSDAY, December 8, 1896, 28,057 FRIDAY, December 4, 1996.... ++-28,039 ‘Total... seeee 172,900 Daily average. esses I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, December 4, 189¢—that is, the number of copies uctually sold, delivered, farnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifth day of December, A. D. 1996. SESSE W. RAWLINGS, Notary Public, D. C. GERMANY PROTESTS, Restoration of Tonnage Dues De- clared to Be Megal. BERLIN, December 5.—The Cologne Ga- zette says that the North German Llo and the Hamburg-American steamship lines will be the chief sufferers by the wit drawal of the exemption of German ves- sels from the payment of tonnage dues in the United States and adds: “President Clevelard hi taken this de- cision in order to secure himself a brilliant send-off on his retirement. But the de- cision {is illegal. President Cleveland’s as- sertion that state tonnage dues are levied at German ports is incorrect. No such dues are levied. The dues imposed are for the use of special port accommodations.” Continuing, the Cologne Gazette says it trusts that if the proclamation is enforced the American law courts will see that the principle of right and justice is upheld “even in the case of Germans in America,” and it further expresses the hope that “in the meanwhile the German government will succeed in convincing Washingion that Ger- Many cannot accept such an infringement of her rights.” The North German Gazette declares that President Cleveland's tonnage dues con- tention is disputed by the German govern- ment, which has lodged a protest. — MAJOR McKINLEY'’S CALLERS. Charles G. Dawes Leaves for Wash- ington After a Conference. CANTON, Ohio, December 5.—Maj. Me- Kinley had little opportunity for an outing this morning. He was engaged most of the time with Mr. Charles G. Dawes of Chica- go, who remained the guest of the family during the night. Mr. Dawes left for Wash- ington on the 2:05 p.m. Fort Wayne train. Mr. Dawes, it is claimed, has been offered the post of private secretary. Represent: tive Albert J. Hopkins of the eighth Illi- nois district, was amorg the morning call- ers upon Maj. McKinley, stopping in Can- ton on his way to the national capital. With Mr. Hopkins was Representative George E. Foss of the seventh Illinois dis- trict. The Representatives had a pleasant talk with the President-elect, and left on the afternoon train for the east. Represen- tative-elect McIntyre of Maryland arrived this morning and went to the McKinley residence. Mr. D. M. Brown of Wichita, Kan., and Col. Drury of York, Pa., had a very pleas- ant talx with the President-eiect during the morning. st TUITION FEES AT HOWARD. Secretary Francis Makes Some Inter- esting Comments. A sweeping recommendation is advanced by Secretary Francis in his annual report in regard to Howard University. The Secre- tary says the annual appropriations for this institution appear to be pure gratul- tles, as the university, unlike other benefi- claries of the government, is not obliged by Jaw to render any equivalent to the United States or the District of Columbia for the moneys appropriated for its use. The president of the university states in his report that tuition ts free in all its de- partments except the medical. ‘There is nothing in the charter of the institution to prohibit the trustees from charging tuitlon whenever they please. The Secre- tery recommends that future appropria- ticns in aid of this institution be made so that no part of them can be applied to the maintenance of departments of the uni- versity in which tuition fees are charged. — PROCLAMATION ON CUBA, Mr. Hitt Says That the President Will Soon Take Decisive Action. Congressman Robert R. Hitt, chairman of the House committee on foreign affairs, was entertained yesterday afternoon at the Union League Club, in Chicago, at an in- formal luncheon. A score and more prom- inent republicans were present. At the conclusion of the feast Mr. Hitt said he was on his way to Washington. He as- sured his listeners that within a month the President would issue a proclamation that would prove decisive. As to his own posi- tion, he said, he always had held to what seemed to be the prevailing sentiment among Americans, that is, that he cordial- ly sympathized with the Cubans. He even went co far as to say the United States should give them material assistance. Just what shape this should take, however, he did not say. He left for Washington later. —— Bids for Mail Wagon Service. The second assistant postmaster general has opened bids for mail wagon scrvice in various cities. The contract for the imall station service here was awarded to S. G. Proffic of Floyd, Va., $16,170. Personal Mentton. Mr. Herry T. Hopkins, who hes repre- sented the Richmond Star in Washington for the past three years, and which was recently consolidated with the Richmond State, will represent the Norfolk Dispatch during the short session. Secretary Lamont has returned from a short visit to New York. Lieut. J. J. Peyshing, 10th Cavalry, is in the city on leave of absence. Assistant Engineer C. B. Price of the navy is in the city on his way home. aS Called at the White House. Representative Dingley of Maine called at the White House today and had a short talk with the Preasident in regard to the legislative outlook. In view of the promi- rent part he is likely to play in the forma- tion of a revenue measure within the uext few months his movements at this time are congidered of more or tess s'gniticance, . MB. HANNA'S MISSION Gossip,'at Canton on His Visit to Conferences: With Senator Sher- man a hid Leaders, CABINET RUMORS i Correspondence of The Evening Star. CANTON, Ohio, December 3, 1896. Canton yields t¢ Washington as the source of cabinet news while Mark Hanna is at the national capital. The chairman of the national committee carries to Wash- ington some very distinct impressions of Maj. McKinley's views, yet he will not as- stme to represent anybody's opinions. In- stead, he will act.as a sounding board for the President-elect. He carries no proffers of cabinet portfolios with him, but the lght he gets may blaze the way for two or three republican leaders at a later period. Mr. Hanna left‘Canton the other day, in- sisting that policies were more important than men just now, and that’ the prospects of tariff legislation ought to be settled be- fore cabinet making begun. Nevertheles: both subjects are sure to receive his at- tention. Mr. Hamna’s Mission. Here in the immediate surroundings of President McKinley that is soon to be some things about Mr. Hanna's mission are pretty thoroughly understood, possibly bet- ter than in other parts of the country. For instance, it is known that he does not go for the purpose of baiting Senator John Sherman with a cabinet hook. When Sen- ator Sherman gave The Star his interview repudiating the report that he was to be- come Secretary of State in order to open the path for Mr. Hanna to the Senate, his frank declaration was recelved with relief in Canton. Major McKinley could not well afford to deny that he intended to ask Sen- ator Sherman into the cabinet, yet the mere suggestion that his administration Was to be used as a pasture for turning statesmen out to grass began to prove harmful. So when the Senator himself stopped the gossip he did a service to the President-elect...If Senator Sherman felt that Major McKinley or Mark Hanna had encouraged this talk by indirection, the national chairman will assuredly be at vains to undeceive him. Mr. Hanna expects to confer with Se ator Sherman on behalf of Maj. McKinle: regarding legislation and the extra ses- sion. The major wants the Senator's sup- port in his policies, as well as in his ap- ointments. The interviews in which Sen- ator Sherman advocated the passage of the Dingley bil and the increase in the beer tax as the best means for ra revenue was not*in line with the views the incoming ‘administration. Nevertiu less deference wit be shown Sherman's opinion, and ff other republicans of like standing egresithat there Is a prospect for legislation no“hindrances will be put in the way of tHeir going ahead. The For- aker people aré sispictous that an under- ‘anding may’ also be reached by which Major McKinley un Hanna will know defi- nitely whether Senator Sherman intends to be a candidaté for. re-election to the Sen- ate. It would’ unquestionably be an ad- vantage to know the Senator's intentions, and Foraker's followers have a feeling that they wi bé taken into Sherman’s confider.ce. Headgquasters in Washington. If the intimations thrown out here-and in Cleveland be correct, Chairman Hanna is almost certain t6 throw his weight in favor of making Waphington the permanent na- tional headquarters for the campaign th behalf of sound ‘money and reptiblican principles, whidh I to be kept up without intermission till the next presidentia; cam- paign. The matter will be decided while he is there. The subject of consolidating the work with that of the congressional com- mittee was touched on when Chairman Babcock was in Canton the other day. Their plan seems to be well thought of, though some of the members of the con. gressional committee fear that their orga zation will lose its identity and their im- portance will suffer in consequence. The Chicago folks are still bidding to keep the educational headquarters there. National Committeeman Jamteson of Illinols told Mr. Hanna that the work must be continued in the west, and the distributing point should be in that section. Henry C. Payne is said to hold the same view. Nevertheless the probabilities favor Washington. Civil Service Education. An educational campaign of another sort 1s; in Chairman Hanna’s mind, and he wants the immediate co-operation of the Corgressmen and cf the newspapers in it. This is to e@ucaté the public to the full extent to which civil service now prevails and the consequent limitations of the Mc- Kinley administration m the distribution of offices. His own mail gives him a faint {dea of the pressure which is go'ug to be exerted for positions which are not at the disposal of the administration. He is aghast at the demands for recognition. The only relief he sees is in an educational Propagenda which will make the public understand the hopelessness of secking offices when none are to be had. The fact that Senators and Representatives have begun to make recommendations for pos tions now within the pale of the civil ser ice indicates the need of self-education by the Corgressmen before they start to teach the outside world. Ohi> will have to be thoroughly educated. It is a fair computation that the Ohio re- publicans who think their services to Maj. McKinley entitle them to special recogni- tion are numerous enough to take all the places which should be divided among forty-five states. They seem to be ynder the delusion that the civil service does not apply to OFio men who were for the major from the beginning. It Is altogether probable that after a week's stay in Washington Chairman Han- na will bring away much more definite im- pressions about the cabinet than he takes with him. One point is giving Maj. Mc- Kinley concern. He does not want to take strong men out of Congress, where they may be needed to sustain his administra- tion, yet he must G@raw on the leaders in Congress to some extent. Can Represen- tative Dingley be spared from the House when there is to be constructive tariff leg- islation and when Speaker Reed, too, may be antagonistic tO the administration? Out of half a dozer Senators—Allison, Al- drich, Cullom, Ladge, Proctor, Quay—who can best be spares Silver fennters’ Attitade. A-coll:teral Hne’ of inquiry, which Mr. Hanna will follbw yp, will be the attitude of the silver gsfaté, Senators, Major Mc- Kinley wants definite information, and not speculation, on™ their purposes. Reports have been recefved that Senator Dubois of Idaho is the oyly,one of the five original obstructionists« who will now hold out against the pagsagé of tarWf legislation without a free,silyer rider. Doubts are thrown on this $tatement, though the wide gulf which seyeratgd them in the cam- paign has not-destroyed the personal friendship (hat exjsted between Senator Teller and Major McKinley, and the Col- orado Senator 1g;saiq to be in a conciliatory mcod. Mark Hgnng has a way of getting to the bottompof things, and when he comes vack to Ganton he will have positive Intelligence regarding these silver Senators. Cabinet Gossip. Coming back to the cabinet, while Mr. Hanna will have little to tell the statesmen in Washington about who is going into it, he may give some definite information about men who won't be in it. The process of exclusion ig still going on, and the pro- cess of natural selection is beginning to develop. Mr. Hanna is said to feel a pe; sonal interest in Henry C. Payne of \ip- consin and. ex-Gov. W. R. Meriam of Minnesota, yet he may yleld hiv wishes as to one ef them through fore, of circum- stances. Which ong {3 Ur. unsolved prob- lem. The middig w-st °s yet open for cab- inet map-magir’.” “senator Cullom has written @ {o.n* recently that he knew of no intentiw, on the part of Maj. McKinley to ask b* nto sit at the cabinet board. The Tilinolr p:achine, which ts controlled by the Chicago combination and Gov.-elect Tan- ner, is showing a covert disposition to op- pose Cullom because he may not be sub- servient to its. wishes. Senator W. D. Washburn and other Min- nesota republicans have let Major McKin- ley know that there is local opposition to beth Merriam and Senator Davis. The friendliness manifested by Major McKinley to the Pacific coast, and his disposition to recognize it in the cabinet have been met with 1s as to who shall be the man, and protests against every one sug- gested. A similar condition has been en- countered tn the border southern states. Objections come from West Virginia to either Judge Nathan Goff or National Com- mitteeman N. B. Scott. Marylard has made a better showing in this respect. When Senator Wellington was in Canton he told Major McKinley that all the éle- ments of the party would like to see James A. Gary in the cabinet. Other influences, hewever, seem to be working against Mr. Gary. CHAS. M. PEPPER. MR. WILLIS WILL CONTEST He Will Ask a Congressional Investigation Into Delaware's Election. He is Backed by the Union Republi- can Party in His State—Effect of Judge Lore's Decision. Correspondence of the Evening Star. WILMINGTON, Del., December 4, 1896. The contest which Corgressman Jona- than S. Willis proposes to make of the seat of Levin Irving Handy, the democratic free silver Congressman-elect of Delaware, is now the cynosure of all eyes in the dia- mond state. Mr. Willis is in real earnest about his contest, and proposes to give Mr. Handy a great deal of trouble when he &oea to Washington. In connection with his contest, Mr. Willis will petition Congress for an investigation of the election system in Delaware. His petition has already been prepared, and it covers four legal cap sheets closely type- written. In it he declares that Delaware has not a republican form of government, and that elections here are not legally held. To support his contention against the seat- ing of Mr. Handy, he declares that the eiection In November was irregular, and that in one county many republican voters were fraudulently deprived of their right of franchise, and others intimidated, 2nd in two counties rlaring frauds were commit- ted by which the republican candidates were deprived of the fruits of victory. The leaders of the union republican party, whose candidate for re-election he was, are behind Mr. Willis in his contest, and propose to go before the House com- mittee, or give affidavits, if necessary, to show the condition of affairs in Delawa The principal object, it is believed, ho ever, of Mr. Willis’ contest of Handy’s seat is to secure a congressional investigation of the situation In Delaware. By the application for a writ of error the democrats in Kent county yesterday suc- ceeded in practically postponing a recount of the vote of Kent county, as ordered by the court yesterday, and in this way pre- venting the republicans elected in that ceunty to the constitutional convention and the legislature from taking their seats. The case will now come up in the court of errors and appeals for final determination, but that court does not meet until after the legislature will have assembled and have chosen a United States Senator. The court of appeals {s democratic, and in view of this fact the union republicans are anx- lous that Congress institute an investiga- tion of the situation here as soon as possi- ble, in order that it may be in possession of the true facts of the existing vexatious condition of affairs in order to meet the de- cision of the court, which they expect will reverse the decision yesterday. In his decision yesterday in the Kent ejection matter. Chief Justice Lore said that if the democrats assumed to say that the republicans had no remedy, and would be obliged to accept the situation as it was, then the state must certainly be in a state of revolution and anarchy. The remedy that the republicans applied for was to have the vote recounted and the certificates of election given to those candidates legally elected. The returns in Kent county show- ed that the republicans carried the entire county ticket by from 300 to 350 majority, hut the democrats, who were in control of the board of canvass, threw out several republican districts, and declared the demo- cratic ticket elected by 150 majority. The above point cited by Chief Justice Lore is being quietly nursed by the union republi- can leaders, and they propose to have Mr. Willis bring {t out clearly in his petition ‘for an investigation. —— ONLY APPROPRIATION BILLS. Representative Richardson Looks for No Legisintion Beyond Them. Representative Richardson of Tennessee is another member of Congress who does rot look for any legislation in the coming session beyond the passage of appropria- tion bills. Mr. Richardson is regarded by many democrats as the most probable suc- cessor to the leadership of the minority in the House. He has had a long legislative experience, and has frequently served as speaker pro tem. His acquaintance with public men is intimate, and his knowledge of rational politics is wide. He was re- garded as one of the stand-bys of the na- tional democratic committee during the last campaign. Now that Speaker Crisp has been removed from Congress by death, Mr. Richardson is looked to to play a more prominent part than ever in shaping the policy of the minority. “I do not look for any legislation except the usual routine work at the coming ses- sion of Congress,” said Mr. Richardson to a Star reporter today. “I do not think the Dingley bill will be passed, because the people who begot it do not want it, and those who were opposed to it at the last session do not want it, and consequently I do not think it will be passed. The Ding- ley bill does not meet the demands of the republican party, and is not satisfactory to the democrats. “Do you look upon the silver issue as a thing of the past?” Mr. Richardson was asked. “I consider the silver question is a very live one, and one which will never be set- tled until silver has equal privileges with gold at the mints. If we should have a period of unparalleled prosperity the prob- abilities are the people would let the silver question drop, as they usually do not go very far in legislation when times are pros- perous. But as I do not look for any gen- eral prosperity, I am bound to believe the silver question will be kept alive, and that the battle for it will again be fought four years hence. “Will a conference of silver men be held during the early days of Congress?” “That has been talked of, and an under- standing on that matter will shortly be reached, but I am not informed regarding what will be done. For myself, I am in fa- ver of it. The friends of silver should act in harmony with one another.” Mr. Richardson is the only democratic member on the House committee on the District of Coiumbia who has been re-elect- ed to the Fifty-fifth Congress. Speaking of legislation of interest to the District at the coming session, he remarked: “As we have a short session before us we will hardly be able to do more than act on measures already partially considered. I do not look for any very important legis- lation relating to District matters.” “How do you regard the proposition for a grand union depot to be built here by a ter- al company?” the reporter asked. have not yet had my attention called to that matter. I want to investigate It, and decide what is best for the District and the railroads. It seems to me some- thing of the kind is very much needed. We should get rid of our grade crossings.” SS An Incorporation. ‘The Woodburn Athletic Club was incor- porated today by artiles filed by Eugene C. Wilson, George W Funk, Thomas A. Mar- tin, George MazDonald and Thomas Mac- Donald. The establishment, maintenance and management of a club for improvement in athletics and the promotion of all manly exercises and sports are stated to be the objects of the chib, Diphtheria Statistics. Quite a diphtheria scare occurred at the Pierce Schocl yesterday afiernoon, but on investigation it was found that but one exec, and that of a mild nature, exists. No further cases were posted in the mai! re- j ceived at the health office at noon today. FINANCE AND TRADE | ‘Weokly Bank Statement Shows In- creased Specie Holdings. CONTINUATION OF EASY MONEY RATES Belief in Conservative Legislation Gaining Ground. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 5.—London’s failure to respond to th dividend on South- ern Railway preferred was somewhat dis- appointing in local speculative circles this morning and discouraged any significant buying for either accourt. The statement of the road in question for the fourth week of $97,604, making the total decrease for the month $209,843. Earnings from July 1 to November 30 show @ decrease of $449,474. From these figures it is readily seen that the proposed disbursement is«not from re- cent earnings, and can under no circum- stances be considered a fixture. The period of prosperity incident to the increased traf- fie to and from the AUanta exposition prob- ably laid the foundation for the fund from which payment is to be made. The real significance of the determination to give shareholders @ modest return on their in- vestmeat at this time concerns the general market rather than a particular stock. Had London responded to the announcement with an increased demand for this and oth- er American shares, the real object of the dividend would have, perhaps, been accom- plished. The money to be paid has been earned, a circumstance warranting special mention at this time, but its distribution without the probability of similar action during any of the familiar dividend period must be taken as indicating a desire to accomplish scmething out of the ordinary. If this desire 1s to begin a significant advance movement in the general markef the fail- ure of the first attempt is of small con- sequence. Prozessional domination of the security market is practically waning from other causes, and needs only the aggressive em- ployment of experience and capital to be theroughly routed. Market developmenis after the reading cf the President's mes- sage to Congress Monday will in all prob- ability attract a new significance. For the first time in many weeks the as- scelated banks report a decrease in i holdings. ; pe eae The amount is less than one million and is fully offset by the gain in legal ten- ders, which brings the net gain in lawful money up te $3,000,000 for ne 4 Loans have been Increased $8,623,000, which | coupled with the increase in cash accounts for the gain of $11,411,700 in deposits. A trifle over one million is added to the sur- olus reserve holdings. This statement foreshadows a continua- tion of easy rates for money, a circum- stance likely to find substantial reflection in the bond market. The easier market for | money in London, loans being made 1 per cent under the official bank rate, is a fac- tor arguing well for local securities of rec- ognized merit. Forelgn bankers are of the | opinion that the Bank of England will | maintain its 4 per cent rate during the bal- ance of the year, but lower rates are prac- tically assured in the open market. Dividend-paying stocks should follow the activity in the local market, and even:ually speculative issues will feel the influences of | abundant employed capital. Congress may interfere with the natural tendency toward recovery from time to time, but the im- pression is daily gaining ground that con- servatism will prevail at all critical legis- lative periods prior to the 4th of March. aa FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, a3 -eported by Corron & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley. No. 80 Broadway. ‘Open. High. Low. Close 13% 13% 133g 13: 116 les 13% u6* American Spirits. American Sugar. American Sugar, Pid... 103% 108%, 103% 108 American Tobacco i Te” | American Cotton O1 FEIT Atchison. lag 14yg Baltimore 1B 1B Bay State Gas. PRS | Canada Southern... 49x | 56 7 Chicago, B. & Q.... Chicago & Nortt western Chicago Gas. CM. & Bi ©. M, & St. Pani, Bf Chicago, B. 1. # Pacit Consolidated ‘Gas. Del., Lack. & W..0...... Delaware & Hudson. | Den. & Rio Grande, Pra. Erie... sy General Electric illinois Central Laclide Gas. Lake Shore. Lousville & Nashvil Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Klevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacitl National Lead Go. ‘ational Lead Co., Pf Jersey Central... jew Xork Central j Northern Paeific.. Northern Pacinc, Prd. North American. Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail. Phila. & Reading. Puliman ”, C. Co. Southern y., Pfd. Phila. Traction. S. Leather piu... - Wabash, Pfd. Wheeling & L. iri Wheeling& L. Erie,Pid. Western Union ‘el Silver... Sales—regular lock m.—Washington Gas B bonds, $1, Chesapeake and Po- tomae Telepho merican Gi 53 at $4. Mergent type, 10 2 1 at 180: 4 at 129%." Laaston Monotype, 250 at oN. | MisceManeous Bonds. Metropolitan Railroad 6s, 107% did. Metropolitan Kallroad conv. 6s, 115 Wid, 117 aked. “Metropolitan Kaievay in: | debtedness, 117 bid. Belt’ Railroad so | asked. Ekington Raflroad 6s, $5 bid, 95 asked. | « Railroad 6s, 110 bid, 113 asked. Wash- | 1 3 Company 6s, series AL 113 bid. Wash- 8 Company és, series B. 116 bid. Ches- | 4 Potomac Telephone 5s, 100 bid.” smeri- § and Trust 3s, AA. 100 bid merican Security and ‘Trust ds, A. ‘and 0., 100 a. Wasl Company OS bid. npany inp. 1s id. Company ext. Gs. 108 bid. | riot Ss, 103% iid. | ocks.—Bank of Washington, 280 | Republic, 240 bid. | Merry | 1. Central, 270. bid. | bid, 190° aske Columbia, 105. bi Deposit. and Trust, Trust, 1g hid, ‘Atuerican ‘Be- curity and Trust, 138" bid, 142" asked. Kaiimad Capital Traction Com bid ropalitan, 110 "id 34 asked. 50 bid. Gas and Electric ed. Real Estate Title, 1 Columbia 4 asked. Did, 614 asked. W } ington Thue, 6% . Dis Pitle, 10 asked. ‘eleplione Sto*ka.—Pennsy 50 asked. Chesapeake and Potom: ed. Amer- | fcan Gzapaophone, S& bid, kay American bephone, ared, 10) Pueaumtic | dun Carriage, AT asked. Miscellaneous’ Stocks. cathaler Linotype, id, 121 reked. Lanston Monotype, Gy tid, Sassen qs 10 Vid. Great’ Falls | d seed Nop 1d. Washington eee aka tal ae | —— Baltimore Markets, IMORE, December $.—Fiour dull, unchanged gis barrele: cayoris, 5.61, varesie: sates, O00 karrels. Wheat firu—spot, 9) May, S9a8944: stcamer No. 2 rd, Sig asked- celpis, 22.245 bushels; exports, 169.200 Wusbols stock,” 407/401 busbels—southern wheat by sample, | legislative | proceedings. | course, be no trial of the | sider and report to them an effective ; deicabon: tteamer mined: nl <3 2a ee yellow, 27: Oats 110.060 bushels; Rye easier—No. 2 near: 42043; west exporis, ” 34.286 Hay firm. 44% 1% S73 shels Sado stock, 98.384 buxbels. is —cholce timothy. Cetion Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann& Co., New York. GRAIN. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. 2 per cents, registered 4 per cents, coupon of ii07 4 per cents, rexisiend of 1907 4 per cents! compon of 1925... 4 per cents, registered of 1025 5 per , compen of 1904. 5 per cents, rezistered of 1908 Carrency @ per cents of L8P7. Currency 6 per cents of 1898 Currency 6 per ccuts of 1899... a SLIM CHANCES. Representative Broderick Seen No Great Hope of Revenue Legisiation. Representative Broderick, one of the re- publicans who has been re-elected from the state of Kansas, is among those who think the chances for legislation on the revenue at this session are slim. “There ts a de- mand,” he said, “for a general revision of the tariff, ani this should be made at an extra session of the Fifty-fifth Congress. The Dingley bill was as good a bill as we could hope for at the time of its passage through the House, but ft was not satisfac- tory to republicans, and it is better that the matter should go over to the next Con- gress. A good many things are demanded in a new tariff by various industries. You take the cattle men in the west; they are suffering from the shipment of cattle over the border from Mexico. Cattle can be ship- ped into this country for two or three dol- lars a head, and there is practically no protection. The cattlemen will seek sor relief, and there are any number of in- terests, both east and west, that must bi looked out for.” Mr. Broderick said the hardly thought i: would be possible for the republicans enact any financial legislation even in the next Congress. It looked to him as if the Senate might stand in the way. The ses- sion, he thought, would pass away with- out much legislation of a general characte The judiciary committee, of which he is a member, he sald, would try to give a ter- ritorial form of government to the Indian territory. “At present,” he sald, “there is no government: the law is administered by judges, and there is no executive or any proper form of government. Whether ft was intended to be so or not, there is a large white population in the territory. Three hundred thousand white people hav+ taken up their residence there, with the consent of the Indians. Towns of two or three thousand Inhabitants have grown up, having brick houses, churches and school houses, and the conditions demand that there should be some form of government.” Another thing he thought might be accom- | plished at this session was the passage of the bankruptcy act. by the House at the last session and w: reported to Senate with amendments. Mr. Broderick thought that if a bill couir be got through the Senate the two hovses could adjust their differences in conferenc and that a proper law could be enacted Speaking of the senatorial situation in Kansas, Mr. Broderick said that there would certainly be a populist elected, and that he thought Senator Peffer had th best chance, and would probably be bh own successor. “Peffer,” he said, “is a very good man, aside from his’ moncy views. He is a man of capacity and some experience: is friendly to the and generally quite popular it This bill was passed soldier! Kansi Mr. erton Chapman Eapected Here Next Week. District Attorney Birney was today in- formed by Mr. Jere M. Wilson, of counsel for Mr. Elverton R. Chapman, convicted of | refusing to answer certain inquiries before the Senate sugar trust investigating com- | mittee, that Mr. Chapman will surrender himself to the custody of the marshal of the District early next week. Tuesday, Mr. Birney thinks, but not later than Wednes- day in any event, he was informed. Immediately upon the surrender of Mr. | Chapman, he will apply to one of the jus- tices of the United States Supreme Court for his discharge, through habeas corpus In support of his application Mr. Chapman will submit that the statute under which he was convicted is unconsti- tutional, and in that way his counsel hope to have the Supreme Court pass upon t! question. If the writ of habeas corpu granted, which Mr. Birney believes to as doubtful, and the contention of Mr. Chap- man’s counsel is sustained, there will, of other indteted men, Messrs. Macartney, Havemeyer, aries, Seymour, Edwards and Shriver. On the other hand, if the Supreme Court again decides against Mr. Chapman, he will have to submit to the sentence tmposed upon him, a fine of $100 and thirty days’ im- prisonment, the minimum sentence, by the way, and then Mr. Birney will try the other defendants as promptly as possible. _—— RELIEF COMMITTEE Asked to Consider Means to Perman- 5 the Poor. The central relief committee, which is to provide for the urgent needs of the deserv- ing poor of the city, wiil meet for the pur- post of completing its organization at the rooms of the board of trade, 1410 G sireet, next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The names of those invited by the Commission- ers to serve upon the committee were printed in The Star yesterday. In their let- ter of notification to the members the Com- missioners have embodied a request that the committee will, at its convenience, eon- Man for the permanent relief of the poor of the District, including such measures of retiet as may come from the erection in Wash- ington of convenient and comfortable homes to be let at reasonable rentals to persons of small means, having especial in view proper sanitary and healthful su roundings. > - DIX DISPENSARY. THE Notice of Dissolution Court. Mary Bruce Hague and Cornelia Jones Chadwick, the president and secretary, re- spectively, of the Dorothea Dix Dispenss incorporated here June 11, 1894, today fil with the recorder of deeds a certificate the dissolution of the incorporation 25th of last month, ied a of the ne jarringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been tssued to the following: White—Frederick J. Haig and Laura M. Morgan. la Jobn- Bailey. Coloreé—Glenmore Moten 20.1 son: Caswell W. Jones and Arey >_> — Granted a Divorce. Judge Cox today granted Vina R. Gillis a divorce from Frank R. Gillis because of the husband's desertion and abandonment of his wife. Mrs. Gillis was also granted the custody of their child. _ They Prote The Commissioners have received a letter from F street merchants protesting against the continuance of work on the big F street sewer during the winter months, on account of the interference with business.