Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1896, Page 2

aa G STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1896-16 PAGES. has begun ness the inaugural procession early this year. and the disposition is to pay big prices for good places to witness the procession. One business man on the avenue near 11th street has sold a room over his store, fronting two wa: for . The purchaser of this privilege is a New Yorker, who intends to bring his fam- y and a number of friends here. He ex- cted a big rush, and came on here some time. ago and closed the arrangements with the business man. [t is said that other deals of this kind have been made, and that correspondence is in progress to many others. Chief Marshal of the Civic Division. Gen. Horace Porter today designated Mr. B. H. Warner, chairman of the committee on civic organizations, as chief marshal of the civic division of the inauguration pz- rade. First Executive Committce Meeting. The general subject of organization was the main topic of discussion at the initial meeting of the inaugural executive com- mitt®> held Saturday night at the Ameri- can Security and Trust Company’s bullding. The attendance embraced nearly all the’ chairmen of the committees, and their re- ports showed that the preliminary work was already well in hand. Chairman Bell preaid- ed. with George H. Walker as secretary, the others present being John Joy Edson, Chapin Brown, Henry A. Willard, John W Thomyson, J. E. Bell, Gen. H. V. Boynton, George Gibson, George B. Williams, Thos. Somerville, B. H. Warner, Simon Wolf, John B. Wight, A. T. Britton, Crosby 3. Noyes, James L. Norris, A.’ M. Clapp. Theodore W. Noyes, T. E. Roessle, Stilson Hutchins, Michael L Weller, Henry E. Davis, Levi P. Wright, Beriah Wilkins, R. Ross Perry, Benj. Butterworth, Judge Long of Florida, Col Cecil Clay, C. C. Glover, W. W. Dudley, Milton M. Holland and John F. Cook. Resolutions of thanks were adopted ad- dressed to the Secretary of War for his tender of the portion of the State, War and Navy Department under his control for the use of visiting military organizations as quarters, to the board of trade for the offer to the committee of the use of its rooms in the Ames building, and to the In- dependent Ice Company for its proffer to furnjsh ice free to the headquarters and the inauguration ball x A resolution was also adopted providing that while the several committees will spare no pains to extend to all visitors hearty wel- come, ard make every possible provision for thetr comfort, whether coming as indi- viduals, as associations, or as military or- ganizations, a free entertainment to any one will be impossible, and no application of such a character, or for the payment of #ny portion of the expenses of visiting or- ganizations, will be considered. The com- mittee hopes, however, to be able to keep the price down to ordinary rates, and to prevent extortion or extravagant charges, and such a notice will be printed and sent cut to all. It was decided to adopt the rules that governed the inaugural committees of ISM4, ISN and IZ. The appointments made by Chairman Bell of executive com- mittee officers, including Mr. Frederick A. Holden as bookkeeper, were confirmed. Chairman Bell made a short address dur- ing the meeting, stating that he expected men of all parties to aid in making the ap- proaching inauguration ceremonies a credit to the capital, and that he anticipated no- thing but success. The various chairmen sybmitted the lst of their committees, and when they have been looked over and any duplications of names revised, they will be made public. eens INFERIOR STEEL PLATE. ‘The Amount Much Larger Than Was at First Supposed. ‘The special board appointed by Secretary Herbert to investigate the charges that plate of inferior quality has been furnished for the battle ships now building at New- pert News will resume its inquiry at that place today. As far as it has gone, the inquiry indicates that the amount of defective plate supplied is much larger than was at first supposed, and that the ences may be serious in way of ng the work of tructing the battle ships, in which Jepartment fs much interested. As it the inquiry has caused the susp= work on the hulls of the battle ships, and 4) workmen have been laid off, a disagree- ok for the Christmas tlde. The p is said to be great in the case cf constructing compa which has ac- the plate upon the report of the ernment steel inspection board, and is r Z the probability of being obliged remove a goof deai of the plating which has already been placed and riveted, besides being under the neczssity of sus- pending actual constructioa. It is likely that the outcome of the inquiry will be a eomplete change in the prsent inspection tem, and if Congress can be induced to make the necessary provision, a corps of civilian expert inspectors will replace the naval officers who are now detailed for in- speetion duty. _+e+___ EXAMINATIONS FOR ENG! INEERS. They Will Be Conducted by January 12. ‘The civil service commission has decided to hold an examination January 12 for applicants for the position of mechan- ic in the engineer branch of the government service. Those examinations will take into account age, character, tech- ical experience, intelligence and physical tity, and will be conducted by mai These places were brought Into the ciassi- fied service by the President's sweeping or- der last May, and at a recent examination it was found that there was a scarcity of desirable candidat>s ani that the best m2- Mail a chanics did rot respond to undergo the reg- ular examining be ordeal. The examinations into the inspe-iors’ and sraie. The technical part will a Weisht of per cent, and both grades may be taken by comp -e- A Parcels-Post Co: Efforis are no will divided being made to secure fons between this coun- Argentine Republic. The s-post conve: Chile and the postal branch of the van government has just formally asi. er the execution of a convention. This would permit the transmission of merchandise up to eleven pounds by the mails between that country and the United States, no merchandise being now allowed in the absence of such treaty. The request recalls a convention Is and signed by rel Wanamaker and which after leaving is was never heard ine for a con- but ha. from Argen orm of a petition from citizens residing th are likely, to Both con- early. ening Opening. Palais Royal will throw open its doors this evening for a grand electric dis- y to mark the “opening” of the holiday season. The windows wif be a vision of fairyland, especially those given up to the display of filmy, gauzy handkerchiefs, and of toys ard games. The interior of the great store will be brtiliantly illuminated The with electri offering a sylendid oppor- tunity to Christmas shoppers to inspect and make thetr selections. — Applied for Divorce. Noel Steffani today applied for divorce from Carolire Steffanf. to whom he was married bere April 2, 1894, Mrs. Steffani's teciden name being Lombard. They lived together until October 18, 1804, when Mrs. Steffani deserted and abandoned her hus- band, so he charges, i removed to Bos- n, where she now is believed to reside Attorneys A. S. Taylor and Flora & Rupli represent the vlainant. > — Claims Damages. Clara Taylor, an infant in law, through her next friend, Annie Boone, today filed 4 suit against Patrick Connors, claiming famages for alleged false arrest. plaintiff charges that the defendant maliciously and wickedly charged her, Jan- 2s, INK, with stealing $75 from’ him. The accusation, she says, was false, and because of it she declares that she was arrested and imprisoned for about cight hours. until her innocence was clearly ¢s- tablished. Attorneys A. B. Webb and Chas. W. Fitts represent the plaintiff. ——$—— ‘The ambassadors of the powers have sent @ joint note to the porte demanding the re- call within forty-elght hours of the norte’s Special enyoy to Crete, who ts accused of tnwarUng reforms vrojected. IN CONGRESS TODAY Three Cuban Resolutions Introduced in the Senate. TIL? BETWEEN ALLEN AND HOAR Lively Debate Over a Pension Bill the House. PRESIDENT’S VETO SUSTAINED Senator Teller (Col.) made his appear- ance on the floor of the Senate today for the first time since the session opened. On his desk was a large basket of flowers tied with heavy ribbon streamers of red, white and blue. Mr. Teller was cordially greeted by his associates an both sidea of the chamber. The Vice President announced the names of Messrs. Sherman (Ohio), Elkins (W. Va. and Mitchell (Wis.) as a committee to ar- range for the coming inauguration of the President-elect, in accordance with a reso- lution introduced by M1. Sherman. Mr. Blanchard (lowa) presented the cre- dentials of his successor, Samuel Douglass McEnery, for the term beginning March 4 next. In. preseating a Turkey-Armenian me- morial Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) said he fully approved the terms of the memorial, in- cluding the statement that the great pow- ers of Christendom should intervene, even if it resulted in the dismemberment of the Turkish empire. Monetary Commission Proposed. Mr. Peffer (Kan.) introduced a compre- hensive resolution for the appointment of a commission to investig: te and report on the escablishment of a permanent monez- tary system. The resolution recites that the recent election did not show definitely that the people favored any one of the four monetary policies on which the campaign proceeded, viz., gold monometallism, inter- rational bimetallism, silver and gold at 15 to 1, or the 16 to 1 ratio supplemented by legal tender notes. The commission #5 pro- posed is to consist of one national demo- crat, one republican, one democrat and one Pepulist, these to select a fifth person of recognized learning in finance. ‘They are to be appointed by the President; to sit at New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Den- ver and New Orleans; to revsive $00 per month each; to conclude their investiga- tions within twelve months. The resolu- Uon proposes an appropriation of $50,000 for the commission. Mr. Hale (Me.) offered a concurrent reso- lution for the holiday recess of Congress from December 22 to January 5, which was referred to the appropriaticns committee. ‘Three Cuban Resolutions. The Cuban question came forward again wher Mr. Call (Fla.) presented three sepa- rate resolutions. One denounced the kill- ing of Gen. Antonio Maceo as follows: “Resolved, That the killing of Gen. An- tenio Maceo, a renowned general in the ser- vice of the republic of Cuba, if true, while under a flag of truce and with an assur- arce of safety from the Spanish captain general, was a violation of the rules of civilized war, an outrage of base treachery, a murder cowardly and disgraceful, which demands the execration of every govern- ment and of all the peoplegpf the world, whether civilized or savage; that the gov- ernment which authorizes, permits or fails to punish the assassins who are connected in any way with the guilt of this crime with the extreme penalty of the law is an outcast trom the family of nations, and from the pale of civilization and public aw. “That the committee on foreign rela- tions be directed to make inquiry as to the facts and report to the Senate at an early Another résolution by Mr. Call requested the President to demand the release of all United States citizens imprisoned in the Spanish penal colony on the Island of Cen- ta, off the coast of Africa. The third resolution from Mr. Call asked the Secretary of State for a list of all Unit- ed States citizens imprisoned in Spanish settlements, etc., with the circumstances of arrest, charges, conviction, ete. he three Call resolutions were referred ithout comment te the committee on for- eign relations. Mr. Allen (Neb.) was then recognized for a speech on his resolution reciting that states have not the power to legislate in such a manner as to violate the obligation of contracts. His speech will be found elsewhere in The Star. A Brief Exchange With Mr. Hoar. At the close of Mr. Allen's speech he asked to have his resolution passed, which brought on a brief exchange between him and Mr. Hoar (Mass.). The latter first noted the absence of a quorum, and a roll call showed fifty-four Senators present. Mr. Hoar asked as to the purpose of the resolution, to which Mr. Allen said that it was meant mainly to correct public reports ulting from a speech of Mr. Hoar before i¢ Home Market Club, Boston, expressing surprise that Nebraska and certain other western states had lent themselves to a “crazy program of revolution.” Mr. Platt (Conn.) said that the proposi- tion to reaffirm the doctrines of the United States Constitution was, to use a homely term, “all clap trap.” Mr. Allen said this resolution was de- signed to make clear the purpose of the populist perty not to violate the sanctity of the courts. Mr. Peffer added a defense of Kansas against the attacks prevalent in the east that contract Habilities were being violated. He paid a high tribute to the integrity of his state. The resolution, with several amendments, was then referred to the Ju- diciary committee. Senators by Popular Vote. Mr. Chandler and Mr. Mitchell (Oreg.) had a brief tlt at 2 o'clock, when the reso- lution for the election of United States Sen- ators by popular vote came up as the spe- cial order. Mr. Chandler said he hoped this populist proposition had had its day, and he was surprised to hear it urged by the Oregon Senator. When it came to a vote he hoped to see McKinley republicans, silver republicans, Bryan democrats and Palmer-Buckner democrats all vote against this plan, leaving only the populists to support it.” Mr. Mitchell dissented from the idea that this was a “populist proposition.” It had come from a republican committee and would, he believed, receive more than half of the republican vetes of the Senate. Mr. Mitchell said the resolution could go over, but he would urge it to a vote at the first opportunity. Mr. Quay (Pa.) arose and remarked sug- gestively that the Oregon Senator should not push his resolution, for there might be developments in his (Quay’s) state which would assist the theory of the reso- lution, so that a Httle delay might aid its prospects. The immigration bill was then taken up, and unanimous consent was reached that a final vote be taken next Thursday at 4 p.m. The Senate then turned to private pension bills on the calendar and passed a number of them. ‘ * THE HOUSE. ‘The reported assassination of Maceo, the Cuban patriot, and its effect on the attitude of this country toward the revolutionists was almost the sole topic of conversation on the floor before the House met today, and there was a general expectaiion that some radically sensational resolutions would be introduced. No resolutions, how- ever, were offered 4n open session. Mr. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means committee, presented a concurrent resolu- tion for a holiday recess from Tuesday, De- cember 22, until Tuesday, January 5. The resolution was adopted without division. A bill to constitute a new division of the eastern judicial circuit of Texas, and to provide for holding court at Beaumont, Texas, was passed. District Day Postponed. Today, under the rules, was District of Columbia day, but, at the request of Mr. Babcock, chairman of the committee, Dis- trict day was postponed until Thursday. A bill was passed to authorize the con- struction of a bridge across the Onachita river, at Monroe, La. Several minor bills were passed by unani- Tous consent. Ammong them was a bill ‘to reimburse Ellis H. Roberts, late subtreas- urer at New York, in the sum of $800 for money paid by him on a raised check. A Pension Case Debate. Mr. Poole (N. ¥.) moved to pass over the President's veto a bill te pension Lydia A. Taft. Mr. Cleveland returned the bill at the last session with his disapproval, bc- cause the beneficiary had divoreed her sol- dier husband, and was, by the bill, pen- sioned as his widow. Mr. Turner (Ga.) defended the President's veto briefly. He called attention to the fact that the beneficiary, no matter how un- fortunate she now might be, had cast off rer husband es worthless, and he did not think that she should now appear and ask Congress to compensate her for his loss. Instead of being a calamity, his death, Mr. anne thought, was # distinct advantage 1o- her. Mr. Poole, in reply, admitted that she did civorce her husband for habitual drunken- ress; but subsequently, he said, after the soldier's habits had improved and he had entered a soldfers’ home, she looked after Ris clothes, and upon his death had taken the body home and given it burial. He urged she was entitled in equity to a pen- sion. Mr. Baker (N.H.) argued that the soldier's Grunkenness was due to his army service. Mr. ‘Turner asked if the soldier had in- curred his ‘‘disability’’ in the line of duty. “No,” replied Mr. Baker; “but it was in- curred in the service.” “Do the pension laws contemplate com- fensation for a disability not sustained in the line of duty?” “They do not,” answered Mr. Baker, somewhat sharply, “‘and the gentleman well krows it. We are here to afford relief in cases that come outside, not inside the ws.” The President's veto was sustained—0s to 85, two-thirds not having voted to over- ride the veto. ‘The Speaker announced the appointment of J. W. Douglass and Garainer G. Hub- bard as trustees of the Memorial Associa- tien of the District of Columbia. The Morse Bill Up. The House then voted on the Morse bill to amend the law relating to the sale of in- toxicating liquors in the District of Co- tumbia, which was the pending question when the House adjourned on Thursday. The roll call upon the engrossment and third Teading of the bill resulted in 132 ayes and #1 noes. Mr. Babcock raised the poirt of no quorum. Mr. Maharey of New York moved to ad- journ. This motion was defeated by 8+ Noes to 34 ayes. Thereupon Mr. Morse moved a call of the House under the rule, which was granted, the doors of the House were closed, and the sergeant-at-arms was directed to ar- rest absent members and bring them to the House. Pending this, an effort was made to recommit the bill to the District commit- tee, but Mr. Morse objected, ee jected, and the call Rend a Third Time. The call of the House produced 169 ayes and 51 noes. A quorum being thus develop- ed the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Mr. Morse thereupon moved for the previous 4yuestion on the Passage of the bill. And the previous question was ordered by a vote of 105 to 60. Mr. Babcock then moved to recommit the bill to the committee on the District uf Co- lumbia, and asked permission to make a statement to the House, showing why this motion should prevail. By an agreement Mr. Babcock and Mr. Morse were each given ten minutes in which to speak upon the motion. ——+e+____ ASKS A RECEIVER. Senator Stewart Wants an Accounting of the Silver Knight. Serator Wm. M. Stewart of Nevada to- day filed a bill in equity here against John H. Turner and Oliver C. Sabin praying for an acccunting, the appointment of a re- ceiver and a dissolution of the partnership in the matter of the Silver Knight Publish- ing Company, which was formed for the publication of a weekly newspaper here. ad- vocating the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Senator Stew- art also asked that the defendants pe re- strained from conveying away or dispos- ing of the copartnership effects and from collecting and devoting to their own use any moneys belonging to the copartnership. ‘The bill was presented to Judge Cox, who granted a temporary restraining order, re- turnable Wednesday, together with’ the usual tule against the defendants requiring them -o show cause. In his bill of complaint Senator Stewart states that July 30, 1805, he, the defend- ants and James L. Tait, Saml. 8. Yoder and James A. D. Richards formed a part- nership for the purpose of publishing here the newspaper in question, but that Messrs. Tait, Yoder and Richards soon withdrew. Although the co-partnership articles, says the Senator, obligated him to advance not more than $1,000, yet, he declares, he has advanced $16,000, besides being obligated to meet $6,000 additional, while the defend- ants, he charges, have advanced 10 money and have not turned over any property of value to the use of the co-partnership. Senator Stewart charges that Mr. Sabin has not only failed to devote sufficient time to build up the paper, but has employed unnecessary and extravagant assistance, and has, contrary to the agreement, with- drawn from the copartnership considera- Ule sums for his own use. Turner, he says, received a monthly salary of $50, but has falled to devote the necessary time and attention to the paper, employing assist- ants to do the work he obligated himself to do, says the Senator. The affairs of the concern, says Senator Stewart, have rested largely in the hands of the defendants because of his absence, and he charges that they have been. con- ducted on an extravagant basis. The in- debtedness of the company amounts to $7,000, one party having entered suit for an alleged indebtedness of $400. Various other creditors are demanding their money and threatening to sue, and he says that unless a receiver is appointed there is danger that the assets will be wasted. He also says that there is danger that the defendant may further wrongfuily waste the assets. The circulation of the newspaper, The Silver Knight, and National Watchman, is about 35,000, and it has con- siderable advertising patronage, he asserts, besides a large and valuable printing plant. Senator Stewart is represented by At torneys Ralston & Siddons. Sena‘or Stew- art says the Silver Knight will be issued under the receiver until the partnersnip ts settled and he will continue to edit the paper. —_—-_—_ CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. An Outcome of the Wilkins Oleomar- garine Case. The Wilkins oleomargarine case is sct for trial in the Criminal Ccurt tomorrow merning, and the presence of the Wilkins brothers, Walter P. and Joseph Wilkins, is also desirad in the Police Court. There is a charge of assault preferred against them by one of the government witnesses in the ofeomargarine cases, The witness iz Philip Piummer, a colored man who had worked for the members of the Wilkins firm. He asserts that this morning the Messrs. Wil- kins stopped him on the street, and one held him while the other pounded him. ——__ Undertaker Winslow in Trouble. Two warrarts were issued this afternoon for the arrest of James H. Winslow, a lo- eal colored undertaker. One sets forth that Winslow, being the superintendent of Payne’s cemetery, failed to register his rame in a book kept for that purpose at the health office, in compliance with the re- quirements, while the other charges him with interring in the cemetery the dead body of * human being without first secur- ing from the health office a permit au- thorizing him to do so. It is understood that the body buried was that of a child that had died of diphtheria. ‘The warrants were issued upon complaint of Inspector R. D. Boss of the health office, —_—--—— Death of Major Bowie. Maj. T. F. Bowle died in the sixty-first year of his age, at 5:30 p.m. yesterday, at his home, 808 A street southeast, after an illness of five weeks. : - The bill has been signed authorizing the Brazilian government to assume the note issue of the bank®, and to issue 80,000 con- tos In currency as a substitute for the cur- rent cedulas. SS FATALLY BURNED ‘Thonigs Fell Against a Stove Pode She Was yer @me Hundred Years of AgéS— Terribly Burned « ‘ Abeut the Body. Mrs. Alice Shortly before noon today Mrs. Alice Thomas, colored, who is so old that her true age is not own, met with a fatal accident in her rcom in house No. 2013 Sth street northwest, where she lived, with her daughter, Addie Thomas, who !s sbout twenty years old. While alone in the room she fell across the stove, ard although her face was badly burred and below her waist she was burned almost to a crisp, she was alive when taken from the stove, end had strength enough left to say, “Lord, save me.” Mrs. Thomas -spent her earlier days in Warrenton, Va., and people who have known her for many years say she is at least 102 years old. while others think she is nearly eight years older. Her daughter has supported her for several years, and her grandchildren and great grandchildren frequently called to see her. The daughter who has been supporting her went out to her work this torning, leaving her mother alone, as usual, and the fatal accident happened some time after she had gone. It had been the custom of the daughter to sit her mother on a chair near the stove where she could keep comfortable, and this she did today. The old woman had Leen almost helpless for about a year. She was able, however, to side down in her chair, and it is supposed that she was doing this wken she met with the fatal accident. She was unable to make a call for assist- ance, ard was also unadle to assist herself off the stove. Had it not been that Mason Phurr, her greatgrandson, called, she would have died before assistance reached her. When he treached the house and saw the smoke he rushed up to the room and lifted the elderly woman to the floor. Two chairs on which ske had been sitting were also against the stove. Despite the fright- ful manner in which she was burned con- scicusness had: not left her, and her feeble voice was heard calling on the Lord to help her. An alarm of fire was turned in from box 214, and this brought several companies of the fire department to the scene of the awful occurrence; but it was not necessary for them to go into service, for other than the clothing worn by the unfortunate wo- man and the chairs on which she had been sitting nothing was burned. The police patrol wagon from the eighth precinct was Promptly on hand and the dying woman Was removed to Freedman’s Hospital, where the doctors could do nothing for her other than to relieve her sufferings. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the patient Was still alive, although the doctors ex- pect her death at any moment. _— MORSE’S BILL. Question of Appeals From the Board to the Courts, The Commissioners today reported upon House bill 1888 to amend the act govern- ing the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia. In reporting on ‘his bill they simply indorsed an opinion of the atfcrney for the District as their views of the bill. In this opinion the attorney said: “Having read this bill carefully, I have the honor to say I fu!ly concur in the pro- posed amendment of section 1, but am una- tle to see the propriety of the change pro- posed in section 2 of the act of 18%, which if it becomes law will make the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. a Court of Appeals in excise matters. Such a change is quite as undesirable as it is un- necessary, it seems to me. The excise beard, being composed of practicable men of affairs, is fully competent to deal with both law and the fact in excise matters. But azide from this, as the law now stands, any contestant or opponent to. the granting of a liquor license if dissatisfied with the action of the board may petition the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbla for a writ of certiorari and have the question of the jurisdiction of the ex- cise board to grant a particular license re- viewed, and if the court, after hearing, considers the board was without jurtedic. tion, it will, by its judgment, annul the license. On the other hand an applicant for a l- cense, if the“tame be refused for want of Jurisdiction in the board to grant it, may also petition said court for the writ of man- damus and have the action of the board re- examined, and if the board erred as matter of law, it may be required by tne judg- ment of the court to issue the license: — DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Favorable Action. Favorable action is recommended by -he Commissioners upon House bill 3973, ‘To validate deeds in the District of ‘Columbia. To Lay Trackn. The Commissioners today sent to Con- gress a draft of a resolution authorizing them to Issue permits to steam railroads to occupy certain streets for the purpose of accommodating the traveling publte dur- ing the inaugural. The permits are to be valid but fifteen days. In a letter accompanying the resolution, the Commissioners expliin that the present facilities of the railroads are cntirely in- adequate to accommodate the crowds, and that it was highly desirable that they be granted the use of any additional space for the comfort and convenience vf persons visiting the capital during the :naugura- tion. — Improved Order B'nai B'rith, Supreme President Jullus H. Wyman of Baltimore, accompanied by the executive ccmmittee of the Supreme Lodge, Improved Order B'nai B'rith; Messrs, K. Katz, su- preme treesurer; Leopold Brown, supreme secretary; Ch. Jones, H. Newhan, Wm. Baumgarten and quite a large delegation of Liberty Lodge of Baltimore, met at Freund’s parlors yesterday and instituted National Capital Ledge, No. 77, with forty ycung active members. After the installa- tion exercises the new lodge ushered their guests. into the large banquet hall, wher the next two hours were spent around the festive board. The officers elected and stalled were as follows: : Past president, Alexander Wolf; preai- dent, Isaac Gans; vice president, Morris Erick; guide, Fred, Sellinger; secretary, Herman Baumgarten; financial. secretary, I. E. Rubenstein; treasurer, Jos. Moser; in- side guard, E. Sickle; cutside, H. Weiss. ———o The Holiday Recess. ‘The Houge has, adepted a joint resolution for adjournment for the holiday recess from December a2 to January 5. SSeS Contract. Awarded. General Craighill, chief of engineers, has awarded the contract for the construction of a mortar battery at Fort Point, Galve: ton, to Henry L. Brenerman of Paris, Tex., at his bid of $94,492. Consuls Recognized. The Preffdent thas *recognized Guisseppo Natali, as Italian consul at Pittsburg; Man- uel ‘de Tornoh, a8 Spanish vice. consul Jersey City, and, Juan J. Pino, as Ecua- doran consul at San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Ward Assigns. Philip H. Ward, engaged in the grocery business at 1252-54 20th street, today made an assignment for the benefit of his cred- itors to John ‘T. Crowley. The assets are placed. at $5,052.18, and the Mabilities. at _—_— Official Voté of California. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., December 14.— The vote of California for presidential clec- tors has been tabulated and shows the fol- lowing totals: Republicans, 146,38%; fusion, 144,768; prohibition, 2,572. —_—.>—__ \preme Court Helid4y Recess. The court announced a recess for the holi- days from next Monday until the first Mon- day in January. ’ FOR HABEAS CORPUS| FINANCE AND TRADE‘: Action Taken Today in the Oleomargarine Cases. Cemvicted Dealers Surrender and Ap- art ply to the Supreme C for Relea: Israel C. Kollock, Wm. 0. Lusby and Saml. J. McCaully, the tradesmen convict- ed and sentenced last spring for violating the oleomargarine laws, this morning sur- rendered themselves in Criminal Court No. 1, and, upon the motion of District Attor- ney Birney, the men were committed by Judge Cole to the custody of the marshal for the-enforcement of the sentences im- pesed upon the men. Messrs. Henry E. Davis and Jere M. Wilson, counsei for the men, at once left for the United States Supreme Court, for the purpose of filing there petitions for writs of habeas corpus, that the Supreme Court might in such pro- ceedings consider and pass upon the con- stitutionality of the oleomargarine laws under which the men were convicted. The Petitions. The petitions presented te the Supreme Court did not materially differ, each of them charging that the respective de- fendants are unlawfully restrained of their 'berty by the marshal of the District. The petition of Kollock sets forth that “The act under which said indictments, and each of them, was found is contrary to the Constitution of the United States, in this, among other things, that it is rot within the power of the Congress of the United States under the Constitution of the United States to delegate to the commis- sioner of the internal revenue or the Secre- tary of the Treasury of the United States, cr any other person, authority or power to determine what acts shall be criminal, and the said act of Congress aforesaid does not sufficiertly define, or define at all, what acts gone or omitted to be done within the supposed purview of the said act shall constitute an offense or offenses against the United States,” ‘The petition of Lusby, who, like Kollock, was convicted in two cases, and who re- ceived lke sentences, and that of McCaully, the latter being convicted in but one vase, and being sentenced to pay a fine of $000 and $28.50 costs, set out those facts and prayed for similar relief. Order Granted. Upon the presentation of the petition to the Supreme Court, the court allowed them to be filed, and also directed that the writs of habeas corpus issue, returnable before the court.the first Monday In January. The court also directed that the three men be released on bail meantime in the sum of $1,000 each. When the marshal of the District makes his return the first Monday in next month, it is expected that the Supreme Cou:t will then set a day on which the :matter will be argued before it. That will be, it is thought, some day in January. The three men, who had been detained in the rar- shal's office, were released on hail this afternoon shortly after the ord+r of the Supreme Court had been received. SS eet THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY. New Bailding Not Likely to Be Used for the Ball. The opposition to the vse of the Congres- sional Library building for purposes of the inaugural ball has practically won its fight. “Senator Proctor who accompanied Mr. Hanna on his visit to the Capitol in order to secure the consent of Senators and mem- bers for thls use of the new library build- ing, will not push his advocacy of the pro- Ject, which has met such general condem- nation. In speaking (> a Star reporter to- day, Mr. Proctor said: “I have not taken it that Mr. Hanna has at any time wished to secure the use of the new library building for the inauguration ball if there was general opposition to it. He simply thought that that would be a good place to hold the ball, and would like to have seen it there. I did not see Mim just before he left the city, and, therefore, cannot state what Fis conclusion in‘this ‘matter has been. Kor my own part, I would not care to see this matter pushed in the Senate if it were met by a strong minority opposition, even if it could be carried through. I think that the fact that there is a strong opposition against It is sufficient Lo make some cther plan and not to use the new Ubrary building.” Senator Morrill said fo a Star reporter this afternoon that his committee was ready at any time to make a favorable re- port on his resolution prohibiting the use of the new library building for any pur- poses other than those of the library itself. He has not yet called together a meeting of the committee in order to secure this report, but will probably do so in a few days. —_+e+_ HURRIEDLY PUT TO SEA, Work of Coaling the Newark Sud- denly Suspended. KEY WEST, Fila., December 14.—The United States cruiser Newark was lying in dock coaling today when suddenly this work was suspended and she hurriedly put to sea without taking on board her full supply of fuel. Her destination is not known here, but it is reported that she is on her way to Havana. ————— The Bimetallic Propositio: The committee of the republican caucus to consider a bimetallic proposition held a meeting today and informally discussed the subject, coming to no definite conclusion. Senator Hoar, a member of the commit- tee, gave the other members some points from his investigation of imetallism abroad. oo Burned His Father's Stable. James Morgan, a young white man, was convicted in Criminal Court No. 2 this af- ternoon of burning the stable of his father, John Morgan, the 2d cf last October. . SS Snle of Milk. The Commissioners this afternoon sub- mitted to Congress with their recommenda- tion the draft of a bill to further regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia. The features of this bill have heretofore appeared in The Star. ——— Public Sales. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., auctioneers, have sold at public sale lot 10, square 683, front- ing 73.9 feet on Delaware avenue, between C and D streets northeast, with an average depth of 172 feet, and containing 12,260 square feet, to Samuel Bieber for 60 cents per square foot. Also house 830 Delaware avenue northeast, to Thomas Culhane, for $1,350. Thomas Dowling & Co., auctioneers, have sold at public sale house 148 Kentucky avenue southeast, to J. H. Fulmer, for $2,300. —_s—_—_ Mid-Winter Exhibition. The members of the Washington Photo- graphic Club were busy today with the Preparations for the mid-winter exhibition of photographic art which opens this after- noon in the club house parlors of the Capi- tal Bicycie Club, 409 15th street. The ex- hibition will last through Thursday and will be open afternoons from 2 to 5 and evenings from 7 to 10 o'clock. About 130 of the best examples of the work of local artists who are members of the club have been accepted by the committee. —————— A Warrant Not Served. Detectives Carter and Gallaher had a warrant for the arrest of James Lown, the suicide, charging him with perjury in the Walters divorce case. This, it is thought, was one of the troubles of which he spoke in his letter. ‘The deceased was well krown in. this ‘city during the war. His funeral will take place tomorrow from Lee’s under- taking establishment. The body will be buried at Arlington. ~ —>—_—— S M. A. Spurr, convicted of falsely certify- The Cuban Situation Causes a De- LOOKING 70 WASHINGTON FOR ACTION Continued Sales Resulted in Sub- stantial Net Declines. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ————— Special Dispaten to The Eventmg Star. NEW “YORK, December 14.—Opening prices this morning were fractionally lower and receded for substantial losses under further sales by the room. The tnterna- tional list, Reading and Burlington, we: the features of the early decline. No sig- nificant lquidation was reported, ‘the de- cline resulting from an extension of the short account. A Spanish treachery and congressional sym- pathy for Cuba were the motives behind the selling movement. Press dispatches as to the manner of Maceo's death were relied upon to force radical action on the part of Congress and to cause serious international complications. The room has depended on such condiftons as these for several weeks. Stocks have Leen sold as opportunity of- fered, in the hope of getting them back ckeaper the moment Spain resented the action of Congress. The resolutions offered last week were passed over without any significant re- action in prices, but the attack this morn- ing was more successful, because of the more plausible arguments behind it. Should the latest accounts of the deliberate mur- der of the insurgent general prove correct, it is génerally conceded that reasons for this country’s Interference were never raore urgent than now. Traders failed to attract sales from out- side sources, but it is equally certain that those sources saw nothing in the specula- tive prospect to warrant purchases. it is urged in certain quarters that -he | tear of possible legislation is the only draw- back to a prompt recovery in prices in all | departments. This may or may not be true, but the significant fact remains that interests possessing the money, the cx- perience and the brains of Wall street are not noted among the speculative buyers of | securities. The investment market reflects good bay- ing of a conservative sort, but the control of the room over such shares as the ma- jority of the financial world 1s interested in, remairs undisputed. This condition cannot prevail indefinitely, of course, and while tke prospects favor a decided ad- vance, vltimately they seem now to fore- shadow a waiting period in which the log- ical ccurse of prices is not in the direction of sustaired improvement. American Sugar, with a large outstanding short interest and a 3 per cent dividend due to stockholders of record at the close of the | day's business, sold off 1 per cent from Sat- | urday’s prices. This stock has always been looked upon as a speculative leader, its in- fluence extending to the more acttve rail- road list during every pronounced move- ment. This sympathetic domination is more in- auspicious in a narrow market, and when a short interest is willing to pay a 3% per cent dividend on this property the forces promoting this determination are likely to find reflection in the general market. The market was weak during the closing hour under continued sales by the room, prices yielding for substantial net declines in almost every instance. ems FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening.the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today. 4s ~eported by Corzon & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley. No. 80 Rroad way. Open. High. Low. Close American Spirits....... 124 12% 12y 12% American Spirits, pfd ©: 983 99° eT 97 Awerican Sugar... + M6 116% 115% 1154 American Sugar, Pfd... 103% 1034; 1e3y 1034, American Tobacco. Tay 74% Ty Ty 74 American Cotton Oli. sts Bees Atchison. Baltimore & Ohio. Bay State Gas.. Canada Soutnern... Canada Pacitc, Chesapeake & Ohio. GCE est Lous. Chicago, B. & Q.. : Chicago&Nortr western. Chicago Gas... . C.M. ast. Kaui | C.M, & St. Paul, Pid... Chicago. K. 1. & Pacitic. Consolidated Gas. . Del., Lack. & W.. Delaware & Hudson. - Den. & Kio Grande, Pta_ IMinois Central. Lake Shore. ash' Lousvilte & E Metropolitan Traction... Manhattan Elevated... Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific : National Lead Co.. 711: National Lead Co., Pfd. New Jersey Central... | New York Central...... Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, Pfd Ont. & Western Pacific Mall... Union Pacific. . U.S. Leatner pta Wabash, Pru.. Wheeling & L. Erie..... Wheelingé L. Erie,Prd. Western Union Tel “3 Silver. 2 o'clock m.—Capizal Trac- 50 at 33%. Mergenthaler Linot Jo at all—Capital Traction, 25 at 521g. jumbla Bonds.—20-vear fund 3s, 103 |. 1G bid. Water stock Water stock 7x, 1:1 funding, currency, I Railre 60 bid, Bonds. Metropolitan . id. Belt Railroad Ss, Eckington Railroad Gs, 80 5 bia Railroad és. 110% bid, 113 asked. ington Gas Company 68, series A, 113 bid. ington Gas Company 6s, series B) 114 bid. peake and Potomac Telephone Ss, 100 bid. Amert- an Security and ‘Trust Gs, F. and A.,” 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. and ©.. 100 bid. | Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 108 bid. Washington rket Company imp. 6s. 108 bi Washington Market Company ext. 63, 108 bid. Ma- sonle Hall Association Ss, 103 bid. ‘ational Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 250 Bank of the Rej 240 bid. Metropolitan, Wash- Chexa- bid, 300 asked. tral, 270 bid. Farmers and Mechante: bid, 190 asked. cond, 128 bid. 140 asked.” Citizens’, 11. Sbid, 128 asked. “Colum- bla, 118 ‘bid. Capltal "114 Bid. West nd, 106 old, 112 asked, ‘Traders’, 97 bid, 102 asked.” Lin- cola, 103 bid, 108 asked. ' Ohio, 95 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Safe it and ‘Trust, 125 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 119 bid, 124 asked. American Security and ‘Trust, 135 Wd, 145. asked. Washlagton Safe | It, BS-bid. > iiroad Stocks. —Capital Traction Company, *S3 Metropolitan, 108 bid, 110 asked. bid, 54% asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Wa: ton Gas, 45% bid, 48% asked. Georgetown Gas, 40 bid, 50 . U.S. Blectric it, 91 bid, 95% asked. nin neat vice "Stetropellian, o8 bid. nl iT a L. jet a, 5 Potomac, @& bid. Arlington, 140 asked. American, 150 did. asked. Columbia, 11%, Bt bids S asked, Commercial, ‘Title’ Insurance Stocks.—Real te asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, 64 asked. Wi ton Title, 64 asked.” District Title, 10 asked. lephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 38 bid, 50 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 62 asked. Graphophone, 8% bid, 9 asked. American Grapho- vipreteired: Bi bid, 10% asked. Pocuantic Stn Gabriage “IS. bid, “tasked. t 130% asked Laaston Memory the z on, " Padkea,” Wackington Market ti bid. reat falls Ice, 180 asked. 3 ‘and Ws ‘on Steam: Bont, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 90 “Ex div. bee bushels: exports, 88,316 bushels 288 “bushels; sales, 400.000 southern white-corn, 22\a2S's: do. yellow 22ya2s\. Oats quiet and steady--No. white western, 25a20; No. 2 mixed do., 22 a23—receipts, 41.887 bushels: exports. busheis; stock, 483,82) bushels. Rye firmer —No. 2_nearby, 41\gad2: western, 484——re- 14 bushels: exports, none ‘86.861 bushels. Hay firm for choice de: stock, bushels tions—choice timothy, $13.50a$14. freights very dull, demand still light steam to Liverpool, per bushel, Sted. Janu ary; 34d., February; Cork, for orders, V quarter, 3s.3d.. December, Ae. Ded. ats 3d. January. Sugar steady—gramulated. $4.44 Per 100 Ibs. Butter quiet fancy creame 23a24: do. imitation, 1@al7. do. ladle, 14a’ good ladle, Malz: store . *% packed, Saiz: rolls, 12el5. Exgs weak—fresh, 18: cold storage I6al7; limed, Ial6. Cheese firm— New York, 60 Ibs, 1Oyal0%: do, 10%gal0%; do. 22 lbs., 10kail. ’ $1.30a$131 per gallon for finished goods in car loads; $1.31a$1.32 per gallon for jobbing semerrer healing Goveramest Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. a Bid. Askest 2 ws 4 be pire ‘ row 4 per cents, cony lav 4 per cants, 130s & per cents, coupon of 1004... 113% 5 per cents, fered of 10d 13ay Larrency 6 per cents of ISVT. Surrency G per cents of 1806. urrency 6 per centa of 1890. redioemepsicite Grain and Cotton Markets. Furntshed by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 street, members New York stock exchang>, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN, ie 105, h Wheat —May, = . duly. Ty Com 2 25K Oats 20M Pork—Ja ~” May... S01 dard = 3a May... 4.12 Ribs: Jan. . 302 May 407 Mouth, High. Taw. Close 723 674 i” One oe fm TOR 7.00 CHAIRMAN HANNA AT HOM Will Go on to Ca in a Few Cleveland, Ohio, December 14.—National Chairman M. A. Hanna was back at his | office desk again this morning busily gaged in attending to a large accumulation of mail. He stated that he would probably go to Canton within a few days. A gentleman close to the President-ele as well as to the national chairman, sta |today that he knew for a certainty that the rteasury portfolio had not been offered to Mr. Dingley as has been reported. od AN IMPORTANT PROMOTION. Richard Rath im Charge at the Smit! | Richard Rathbun, chief of the division of scientific inquiry in the United States | fish commission, was today appointed to the position of assistant in charge at the | Smithsonian Institution, which was made vacant by the death of Mr. W. C. Winlock Mr. Rathbun’s appointment takes ¢ January 1, 1897. a TELEPHONE SERVICE. mmaniention From the Dt Commissioners on the § | The Vice President laid berore t today a communication from the Commissioners, in response to a resolution calling for a report piece Distr to the of telephone companies in this and other cities, in order t t a comparison of sir rates might be shown. Tae Commis- nsmit wich theic communication | statement by Superintendent Miles of } the telephone and te raph services of aw of Columbia, giving the informa ked for. sea renee Diphtheria Ca | Four new ca of di r ported to the bealth offi ay. The re. ports received during the past week shows a decide. falling off in the numer compered with the number eral preceding | as during s 5 ek os quaran- while Saturday quarantined. —oo Death of Ex-Con: NEW YORK, December 14. Catlin, a former United States cons: Zurich, died in St. Luke's Hospital from the effects of an operation. He re- turned from Europe a short time ago with his daughter, who was the wife of Frank wee L. at teday Dewolf. Dewolf and his wife had separ- ated. The former about two weeks aco committed suicide by taking poison tn a saloon in Paterson, J., in which city the Catlins lved. ee By Balloon to the Pole. PARIS, December 14.—Godart and Suc- uf, the aeronauts, are about to organize balloon expedition to the North pole. They state that the idea was first suggest- ed to them some three years ago by Wal- | ter Wellraan, American journalist, but the idea was given up owing to the attempt of Prof. Andre. i rrow Encape. Clinton Brown, a well-known plumber, came near being killed at athe corner of Louisiana avenue and 6th street about 3 o'clock this afternoon by a runaway horse attached to one fo Havenner's bakery wagons, The animai cleared Louisiana ave- rue from the ciaty hall to 6th satreet, tk- ing two wheels from a vehicle in front of the Gunton law building. Near the corner of 6th street the plumber. whe was sitting with his hack towards the runaway, was not aware of the danger until his buggy was struck. Fortunacely for him the shaft of the wagon caught a tree and threw the animal violently against the tree. The course of the wagon was also changed, and this saved the man from injury. FLY MACHINES IN FLOCKS. The Way They Appear in California Now. Oakland (Cal) Cor. of the San Francisco Mysterous lights were seen floating over Oakland and Alameda last night. Shortly Lefore § o'clock a light shot up over Pied- mont aad drifted up into the clouds. About 9 o'clock another light was seen drifting in the vicinity of Alameda. Thousands of people saw the lights, and many reputable citizens were ready to affirm that they had scen the mysterious airship. Joseph D. Strong, who spent this evening in Oakland, said that he had obtained glimpses of “flocks of airships. They seemed to him to be going up in all direc- tions, grouping themselves in the sky much as a flock of geese in springtime follows the | parent gocse and gander. Another explanation of the wandering light that has been pursued over the hilis of Oakland has been given. All of those who have seen the light have described it as being like the searchlight tha: shone over the midwinter fair grounds m San Francisco. The conclusion is that the light comes from the chutes each night, and when reflected on the fog gives a weird appearance. Mrs. E. H. Crawford a Miss Kate N. Bassett, who reside at No. 522 10th street, saw the tight several times Juring | last evening. It traveled back and forth | through the heavens just as described, and the ladies are satisfied that it the searchlight at the chutes. — Sisterly Affection. From Londou Figaro. “Do I love George?” mused Clara, softly, “or 1s it simply a sister's affection that I feel for—” Just then Bobby burst nvisily into the room and interrupted her medita- tions. “Get out of here, you little brat!” she shouted, and, selzing him by the arm, she shot him through the door. “Ah, no,” sighed, as she resumed her interrupted of thought; “my love for George is It is something sweeter, holier,” ———__+ee —__-