Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1896, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE|. oe Half a Million Dollar Fire at Pitts- burg. ——_s__—__ SKATING RINK AND THEATER BURNED Caused by the Explosion of an Am- monia Cylinder. — ~ = HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS ee PITTSHURG, Pa., December 17.—The Ca- > Skating Rink and Summer Theater, a re resort in Schenley Park. was de- 4 by fire early this morning. loss will approximate $590,000, hh the insurance is small. The fire was caused by the explosion of a cylinder in the ice skating plant. Almost immediately the entire build- Ing seemed to be a mass of flames, and in less than three hours the beautiful struc- ture was in ashes. it was 2:15 o'clock when the explosion oc- curred and the fire department responded promptly, but consideradle time was lost in getting e‘fective streams of water on the building account of the Geep hollow which extends along th side where the fire started he nexious vapors which filled the in- on ar ammo on terior vented the firemen from entering the Casio and figh*iiuz the flames from the insde. and it was nox long until the flames hed the whole interior and soon burst from the roof in many pk By 4 o'clock the whole structure was rning and formed a grand sight. Al- weh it was such an unusual hour, hun- is of persons scon assembled in the icintty and gazed on the spectacle. h Shortly before 5 o'clock the Schenley Park bridge the caught fire and burned raotd! emen by streruous efforts 5 n saving it from total destruction. asino cost $300,000, and its equiv- ment snore than $100,000 more. The tee skating plant, which was the first thing reached by the flames, alone cost $30,000. In the rear of the second floor was stored the fine and costly scenery used in the summer theater, and this was soon de- voured. It cost’ $40,000, During the progress cf the conflagration the bridge across the hollow was crowded with people, and many were appreh«nsive that it would be unsafe. When the fire ap- peared at the eastern end of the baicony communicated with the bridge there a great scattering, and many of the spectators were cut off and compelled to pass into the park. Manager James but Conant said the loss would exceed half a million. The building was Insured for $75,000, and there was a small insurance on the contents. A number of persons were slightly in- jured, but none seriously. >: YALE MAKES A CONCESSION. Witling te Row Harvard on the Hudson. NEW HAV Conn., December 17.—E. E. . president and manager of the Foot Ball Association, has visit to Cambridge, where, le's representative, he met Harvard’s * committee and discussed the ath- sstions, athiet letic qu Mr. Garrison made the following state- ment to a4 representative of the Associated Press. While ing a s the pending negotiations regard- es of contests in all branches of athletics between Yale and Harvard can- not be said to be definitely determined, there is a hitch in regard to the date of the boat race. Yale having acceded to Har- vard’s condition that the race should be rowed over the same course as the race between Harvard and Cornell. Under no conditions could the Yale crew leave New Haven before June 12, the day after the close of recitations, this having been strictly adhered to, even in the case of last year's trip to Henley. Yale has offered to row at “Any time after June 27, leaving the place of the race to Harvard. This condition the Harvard thorities are unable to accept.” Yhe wording of the statement 1s consid- ered here to mean that Yale could not accept Harvard's proposition to row two “eeks before the Cornell race; that Har- vard could not arrange to row Yale in the two weeks intervening, June 12 and June 27. and that Yale would not and Harvard does not care to row after June 27, and that Yale will not consider the proposition to enter a triangular race in which Corneil figures as a competitor. Mr. Garrison announces that he is not In @ position to give Harvard's reasons for not accepting Yale's offer, saying that he must leave that to Harvard to make public. —_—.__ DIPHTHERIA CASES. SIX New Ones Reported to the Health Office Today. there were only two cases of ntheria reported to the health office, and - were In a house where there was al- ya case. W m there were only three es reported yesterday the health officials ught the disease was on the wane, but today there were six new cases reported. ‘The consequence fs that the doctors are again busy ISER BOSTON STR/ NED. Ran Ashore Twelve Miles Chemalpo, Core: VICTORIA, B. C., December 17.—The United States cruiser Boston has been so badly strained by rvnning ashore on the coast that {t is expected she will to return home for repairs. News reaches here in a private letter to one of the officers of her majesty’s ship Imperius that November 5 the Beston was proceed- ing to Chemulpo, when she struck heavily on 4 sand bank in “Flying Fish" channel, twelve miles from the city. She succeeded in xetiing off next morning with the rise of the tide, and it was at first supposed her injurtes were slight. but since then she was found to be leaking owing to a badly strained plate amidships. From Coresy have ees s ips Arrived. LIVERPOOL, December 17.—Arrived— Pennland. Philadelphia LONDON, December 17.—Arrived—Mani- tuba, New York. BREMEN, December 17.—Arrived—Trave, New York, via Southampton. NEW YORK, December 17.—Arrived— Bremen; Circassia, Glasgow. ——_— Disastrous Fire at Galvesi GALVESTON, Texas, December 17—At an early hour this morning the Galveston ounty court house was a mass of flam-s, and it is doubtful if any of the records outside of those th the steel fireproof vaults could be saved. The loss outside of the records will approximate $100,000. Ingur- ance cannot be ascertained. -_— Lasker Again Wins. MOSCOW, December 17—The eleventh same of the championship chess match be- tween Stefnitz and Lasker, a queen's gam- bit declined, was won by Lasker after sixty-six moves. Present score: Lasker, 7; initz, 0; drawn, 4. —_——__. The Union Down. ‘The Amertcan flag, which floats over the House of Representatives during the ses- sions of that body, was inadvertently hoist- ed with the stars at the bottom at noon yesterday. The mistake called forth quite a Uttle eommeént from the people who noticed it, but it was rectified as soon as the fact reached those in charge. See Coulda’t Find the Filibuster. The Navy Department is informed of the arrival of the cruisers Newark and Raleigh at Key West, after an unsuccessful chase after the alleged fillbustering steamer Three Friends. The corvette Marion arrived at Libertad yesterday from Panama on her way to Jaquilisco bay, Salvador. WARNED BY THE MARSHAL. Denial That a Raid of Cuban Head- auarters in Dallas Was Contemplated. DALLAS, Tex., December 17.—The re- port that United States Marshal Love. had contemplated a raid on local Cuban head- quarters is an error. Hearing that the local Cuban organization «contemplated equipping men for Cuba, Marshal Love called at thefr headquarters and informed the officers that such action is a violation of law. Thereupon the officers of the club issued an open letter declaring that ‘their burpose was to give moral aid to the Cubans through Congress and that under no circumstances could any movement looking to the recruiting of a company be tolerated There were no warrants issued. Marshal Love merely warned the leaders against a possible infraction of the law. Though there are reports of departures of three or four men from here for Cuba, the reports cannot be verified. The headquar- ters of the insurgents in this state aré at Galveston, where the New York junta has a representative. ‘There has been very little ‘lone here beyond holding. the mass .meet- ing on Sunday last. Offers of assistance, both of men and money, for the Cubans have been received here from Kansas, and even as far north as Michigan, and have all been forwarded to Galveston. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 17.—Corf- svessman Josiah Patterson, from the Mem- THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 1896-14 PAGES. THE CONTRACT ISSUED] |MMIGRATION 4 i : Commissioners Sign the Agreement With | the Potomac Company. ~ BILL Tt Was . ~% Senate Committee Did Not Wish It Held Up—The Permits It Carries. AS °T0-AGE OPFERED ted: From Exclusion During Present Trouble. rea”. MATTERS IN THE Gn" motion“ ot Mr. Hale (Me.), the Sen- ate today agreed that When it-adjourns today It be until Monday next. The House amendmengs to the Senate Dill as to the lands-of the Atlantic and Pa: cific Railroad Company were laid before the Senate, and, on motion of Mr. Hill, N. Y.,. were non-capcurred in, and a conference The Potomac Electric Light Company has at last obtained a foothold in Washington east of Rock creek. With the refusal of the Court of Appeals to permit the United States Electric Lighting Company to take an eppeal from the judgment of the Su- preme Covrt of the District, and the as- surance of the Senate committee on the District that it had no objection to cffer to the signing of the contract with the Po- tomac company, the Commissicners signcd the much soveht after contract, and ended the matter late this afternoon. The contract, unsigned by the Commis- sioners, has been before the Comraissioners since Judge Cole rendered his deciston. The Commissioners decided, as stated in The,Star, not to take any action until the HOUSE Lhis district, Tennessee, was here yesterday on his way home. He said, on the Cuban question: 2 “I, for one, belleve that it is about tim: in the interests of humanity and on behalf of the American citizens on the island, and to save great property interests, for Inter- vention by the’ United States. “It has reached that point now when we do not need to recognize Cuban belliger- ency. She has not any permanent seat of government, anyway, but we would step in and stop the butchery In the name of humanity, and then if the matter could not be settled any other way, why, fight. I be- lieve there is something going to be done very shortly.” CHICAGO, December 17.--At a meeting of the executive committee of: the Polish National Alliance $500 was appropriated for the aid of Cuba, and it was decided to collect $2,000 more ‘for the same purpose among the Polish citizens of Chicago. Res- olutions of grief for the death of Maceo and sympathy for the cause of Cuba were also adopted. PORT ANGELES, Wash., December 1 The Cuban junta has a represeniative -in this city who has succeeded in recruiting eighty-five young men for the Cuban army. They ire prepared to leave for tne east on receiving transportation, which has promised by the junta. It is authoritaiiy ly stated that they will be joined by sev- eral other companies forming on the sound. The plan is for them to go to Si. Louis, where they will be supplied with arms and six months’ provisions. eir destination from that point is kept secret, but they are promised safe transportation to Cuba. In the event of success of the insurgents those who enlist are to receive a tract of jand, the amount of which is tc depend upon its value, but to be not less than eighty acres. This land is to be supplied jantations. prom’sed by the confiscation of Spanish Agricultural implements are als for working the land. ‘» Attention. CINCINNATI, Oni December 17.—When President Gompers called the Amerizan Federation of Labor to order for its fourth day's session the roll-call showed a full at- tendance. There has been a disposition to keep cut such questions the socialist agitation made at Denve silver issue at New York and other questions that dis- turbed other annual nd not convention te protract this session longer than the present week fut after the adoption of the resoluticn yesterdsy demandiag th it ents ordered, Messrs. Hill, Platt, Conn., and Clark, Wyo. being named as Benate con- ferees. : Mr. Chandler, N. H., presented a large number of petitions from Alabama, recit- ing, that by reason of the election methods prevailing in Alabama the state was with- out @ republican form of govetnment at the present: time. It brought out a statement from Mr. Allen that the Alabama investiga- tion proposed by him had been defeated by republican votes. Mr. Chandler responded that the defeat Was due to Mr. Alien’s mismanagement of his resolution, and that the investigation could be resurrected. Mr. Call (Fla.) offered a resolution, which was referred, appropriating $10,000 as a relief fund for the sufferers from the tidal wave and storm which occurred on the Florida coast last October. & A bill was passed anthorizing the Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railroad Com- pany to Luild a bridge across the Sabine river between Louisiana and Texas. ‘The Senate then went to the calendar and passed the-bill- to authorize the readjust- Court of Appeals had decided the motion for appeal. When the word was brought to the Dis- trict building this morning the Commis- sicners had a secret conference. They had almost simultaneously received &@ copy of the Senate resolution calling for an investigation of the contracts, and they were in somewhat of a quandary as to the proper method to pursue. They did not de- sire to incur the displeasure of the Senate committee by signing the contract pending the investigation, so one of the Commis- sioners hastened to the Capitol to learn what the ~iews of the committee upon the subject were. ‘There he was informed that the commitee did not desire to allow the resolution to act as an estoppel to the issuance of the ccntract. Returning to the District build- ing the conversation was repeated, and thereupon the Commissioners ail signed the contract. The precious decument was not given out, however, until after Clerk Wil- lett of the Court of Appeals had handed the Commissioners a copy of the opinion of the court in the matter. The effect of this action on the part of the Commissioners gives the Potomac com-| ment of accounts of army officers who pany a legal standing in the District east | Were graduates of West Point Military of Rock creek, and incidentally gives them | Academy. oe romlo wing: Fone ea ‘ The Immigration Bil. ‘ontract to light twenty-four lamps wes' : ee of Rock creek at $4.90 per lamp per annum, | At 1 o'clock the immigration Dill was ‘To erect forty-five electric arc lamps easi | taken up, previous agreement having been of Rock creek from 44 and P streets south west to 6th and Missouri avenue north- west, and on P and L streets southwest, at $10) per lamp per annum. To erect thirty-five electric are lamps along the line of the Metropolitan railroad from 9th street and Massachusetts avenue horthwest to 10th street and Florida ave- nue northwest, ard on Florida avenue northwest from 7th to {th streets, at $100 per lamp per annum. To erect nineteen electric arc lamps on New York avenue from ‘th to 14th streets. northwest. at $100 per lamp per annum. It is understood the company will make an effort at the present session of Congress to materially increase its line, and also to furnish power along said Ines. — FATAL ACCIDENT. t by Her Twelve-Year- Old Brother. There was a fatal accidental snooting this morning on the Pierce Mill road, the news of which quickly spread through the village of Tenleytow The victim was Martha E. Masterson, a seven-year-old col- ored girl, and her brother, John Mas made that the final vote would occur at 4 p.m. z Mr. Pasco (Fia.) secured a modification of the Senate substitute, so that the exclusion will apply to “all persons over fourteen years of age who cannot read and write the language of their native country or some other language, but an admissible immi- grant over fourteen years of age may bring in with him or send for his wife or parent or grandparent, or minor child, or grand- child, notwithstanding their inability to read ‘and write.” : Mr. Vest (Mo.) moved to make the age of admission sixteen years, and Mr. Palmer moved that it be twenty-one years. ‘The age limit caused extended debate, Mr. Lodge, in charge of the bill, opposing any change from fourteen years. The Palmer amendment as to twenty-one years was defeated without division. The Vest amendment. making the age limit six- teen years, was.acespted py Mr. Lodge and agreed to. Mr. Morgan's ‘Amendment. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) offered a new section to the bill providing that the exclusion shall not apply to persons arriviag from Cuba. 1 Little Girl erson, | Mr. Platt, suggested that the section aged twelve, committed the deed. The | would be inconsistent with treaty: obliga- children belong to the family of John and tions giving like rights tovall citizens of all recognition of the Cubans as belligi was announced in th the silver questien woul and cause a long discs res. There was considerable canvy; fer the election of oflicers, w place tomorrow afternoon. It era! opinion that ali of the genera Will be re-elected except Secreta McCraith, whois opposed hy #raitk Mor- rison of Chicago, the representative of the Internaticnal Typographical Union. A’ special committes was appointed to vislt the proprietors of the Cinciniati Free: Press and Adand Press to get them to unionize their offices. On the call of committees the committee on organization reported the condition of the different traces upions, most of which needed and aske# for help from the federy tion. Most of these applicati p assih- arce were referred to the ming ex- ecutive council, but the federation organiz- ers were directed to give immed sistance to the Engineers’ Progressive As- sociation, the Horseshoers’ Union and to various state and local organisations. Charges Against the Officers. Delegate Mahone of the Street Railway Union, created a sensation at noon by ris- ing to a privileged question, and stated that very grave rumors were being cireu- lated against the general officers, and moy- ing that a commitvee of five be appointed to Investigate these charges. Mr. Mahon would not name the charges, and none would mention them, but the rumors wei generally conceded to be in connection with the agitation for the annual clection tomorrow afternoon, Other minor chrges are made, but the principal charge is that the officers op- erated with certain politieal leaders during the recent campaign, and that some of those who revoked the commission of W. C. Pomeroy as organizer -weré tnemselven guilty of the same offense in using their official prestige for political purposes. Pan or ia KIND OF A HO Passengers Robbed of Thelr Vala- ables by Fellow Fanncagers SEDALIA, Mo., Décember 17.—While the Missouri, Kansas and ‘Texas flyer was ap- proeching Sedalia at.an carly hour this morning three men, who had boarded the train further up the road, commenced to rob the passengers cn the chair car, re- ing today h takes the g: NEW lieving them of watches, jewelry | and money, mee A wild scene followed, some of the awak- ened passengers making a show of fignt and the women screaming with fright. C. H. Hopewood of Firnegan,. Ill: who had’ lost his watch, grabbed the timepiece from ene of the robbers and a seuffie ensue Other passengers came to Hopewood’s a sistance, but the thieves fought their way to the platform and jumped off the train Just as it was entering the city. They escaped after securing three goid Watches and a smati amount of money. Not a shot was fired by robbers, or.pas- sengers, and the thing was over inside of five minutes. >—— CAPITOL TOPICS. fo Abolish the Indian Commissioner, The House committee on indian affairs today authorized a favorable report on a bill introduced by Representative Sherman of New York providing for the abolishment of the office of commissioner and assistant commissioner of Indian affairs ani to cre- ate in their stead a board of Indian com- missioners of three members. : The Pacific Funding Bill, The Pacific railroad funding bill will be the first business taken up -by the House after the holiday recess. ‘The committee on rules has decided to give the railroad com- mittee the three days which Chairman’ Powers has asked for to debate the bill, and the debate will begir: on the 3th or 6th of January. To Be LIustalled J ry 17. BALTIMORE, December 17. — Cardinal Gibbons has been informed. that the Rev. Dr. Conaty, the newly appointed rector of the Catholic University, will be fistalled in Washington January 17, 1807, - ——— Bids Opened. Bids were opered by the Commissioners teday for bufiding an engine house at Brightwood. The bidders were J. M. Dunn, $8,995; Peter McCartney, $9,175: C. Thomas & Son, $9,196; Melton & Watts, $0,250; Isi- dor Pavarini, $0,334; W. T. Garrison, $9,887, and J. H. Howlett, $10,000. —_———>—.. New Bishop of Buffal The report that the pope has approved the selectton of the Rev. James F. Quig- ley, D. D., to be bishop of Buffalo, N. Y., is confirmed. 2 Mary Masterson, both of whom are out working during the day, leaving thetr three offsprings at home. They live on the old, Wermley place, on the Pierce Mill road, about half a mile from the Tenieytown read and a short distance from Connecti- cut avenue extended. The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock, as near as can be learned, and a little later than two hours afterward the girl tied, not having spoken a word. ‘The only ‘story of the shooting that can be obtained” is from the boy himself, there being no wit- nesses to the deed, though several pedple reached the scene soon after the shooting. According to the boy he secured a double- barreled breech-loading shotgun belonging to his father, and took it out in the yard te shoot some birds. His little sister was ai. x vould be proper to re- sweeping in the yard beside the house | Mr. Lodge sald tt woull be proper to re when the boy spied a bird and brought the | Ccive Cubans pending the disorders on ‘the gun to his shoulder. Just as he pulled the | island, but not to maxe the exception per- trigger Lis sister rushed in front of the }'manent in time of peace. Mz. Hoar there- Pisce pa piece yea ies contents ior fr | uron changed his amendment s0 as to ex- above*the ear. She was so close to the | Cebt from exclusion Cubaas arriying in the muzzie that the powder scorched her skin. | United States “during the continuance of the present disorders in Cuba.” She fell to the ground with a loud cry A lady who lived near by hearing the re- Mr. Caffery (La.) opposed the bill as a whole, urging that a test of literacy would port of the gun reached the scene and picked the unconscious giri up and carried | not insure good citizens from abroad. The countries. Mr. Chandler said that the same theory as to excepting Cubans would apply to Ar- merians. : Mr. Morgan urged that the conditions in Cuba were so pecullar that we should. wel- come the Cubans, from the rule of the most tyrannical government in the world.. We should turn no Cuban back fram our shores. The Senator said he thought the “most favored nation” clause ougtt to come ‘out of All our treaties, althotzh he did uot be. lieve this exception woul afvec: any t Mr. Hoar (Mass.). syggested a modifica tion of the Morgan section, giving the Sec. clusion such persons as imay be fleeing from tyranny or the results of’ war. banx to Be Admitted, her in the house. The mother quickly | needs of the south and west demanded an rached the place, but the father was | influx of immigrants to aid in the develop- working in the clty and could not be*| ment of these sections. reached, Mr. Gallinger (N. H.)"supported the ex- reptions of Cubans, declaring it would be Dr. Slaymaker of Tenieytown was svum- moned, and word of the shooting was | inhuman for us to turn back a Cuban to the ccmmunicated to the Tenleytown police. | “cruel, despotic -and murderous Spanish When the physician reached the scene he | government.” saw that the case was recessarily fatal. The cntire left side of the head had been bicwn in by the No. 10 charge of shot in the shell, and the only wonder was that death was ‘not instantaneous. The only need of medical skill was to alleviate the suffering of the victim, but this was only in a measure successful, and after Hn- gering in agony the child died at 10:15 o'clock. Word had been sent to the sta- tion house for the patrol wagon, and the child was io have been moved to the hos- pital hal there been the faintest hope of saving her life. Thé coroner was imngediately notified of the death, and will examine into the kill- ing this afternoon most likely. Though the boy's story is the only statement of the shooting it is believed, and the killing is thought to be accidental. —— He Was Tired. Marshall Robertsen and Henry Wheeler, two small colored boys, visited a store on h street near O street last evening and walked off with several cups without pay- ing tor them. The lads were arrested and taken before Judge Miller today. am tired of seeing your face in this remarked the judge to Wheeler. n go to the reform school. I will dispose of Robertson later.” elect iD ey The Salvation Army. Brigadler Wm. Evans of Philadelphia, ac- companied by Dr. Nice of New York, the famous violinist of the Salvation Army, who has just returned from a most suc- cessful trip to the Pacific coast, will con- The Morgan-Hoar amendment excepting Cubans from the exclusion of the Immigra- ‘tidn bill during the continuance of the pres- ent disordur in Cuba was adopted—yeas, 47; nays, 6. ‘ The new. section as adopted is as follows: “This act shall not apply to persons ar- riving in the United States from any port or place in the Island of Cuba during the continuance of. the-present disorder there, provided that such persons have heretofore Leen inhabitants of that island.” € THE HOUSE. When the: House met today the pending qgiestion was on the adoption of the aménd- ment to the army &ppropriation bill to ex- cept the Army and Navy Hospital at Hi Springs, Ark., froia all benefit in the ap- Propriation for hospitals. The attempt to cut off all provision for this hospital was contested all day yesterday, and when the dvestion was again put to a vote today Mr.. Little (Ark.)- made the point of no aucrum {the vote having resulted 90-27), and thus forced the yeas and nays. The amendment: was adopted—i51-80—and the army bill was passed without division. Mr. Curtis (N. ¥.) reported the Military Academy appropriation bill. Mr. Babcock (Wis.),, chairman of the committec on’ the “District of Columb! under the agreement madu~on Monday, claimed the day for the business from his ccmmittee. - The House agreed to the Senate's re- quest-for a conference on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad reorganization bill. rere duct a special meeting at the Salvation : Army Hall, 930 Pennsylvania avenue tomor- ee row evening at 8 o’clock. Both these| Judge Hilgner” today granted Eleanor officers are well known, and deservedly | Clark-a div6rce {rom James A. Clark be- popular m Washington, and their many friends will be glad to welcome them again. ‘This Is the first visit of Brigadier Evans since the city of Washington was placed di- rectly under his charge. Ensign Worthing- ton and Lieutenants Hopkins and Brad- shaw will also take part in this meeting. a All Correct. “Theodosius McSwat,” remarked Clerk cause of the husband's acts of cruelty, im- pairing the health of the wife and endan- gering her life. — * 20 tue ge Marjne. Baad is Ordered. Gen. W. W. Dudley, as a member of a committee df thé°*Union Veteran Union, re- cently wrot#’ to fie Sccretary of the Navy, asking that the Iné Band be ordered to Harper in the Police Court today, “it is | accompany ‘the ynion when it meets Pres- charged that you were disorderly last | ident-elect MeKinley on. his arrival in this cigher city March 2- next. In reply, Assistant “Ker-rect.” Secretary cad Pert has issued an “Theodosius McSwat,” continued Clerk | 24er for.the bai make Ro engagements Harper, “the court fines you five dollars" | for the date named, and adds that the de. “T’anks.’ partment will await details from Gen. Dud- ° ley: as'tortinte, plate, &c. Writ of Error. In the case of Thos. G. Lansden against the Washington Gas Light Company and others, in which Mr. Lansden was awarded $12,500 damages for alleged libel, the Court of Appeals today allowed a writ of error to the United States Supreme Court. —-—__ Divorce Granted. In the case of Mary E. Jordan vs. James A. Jordan, Justice Hagner today granted the complainant a decree of divorce, and also the restoration of her maiden name of Gapen. Rodolphe Claughion appearedefor the complainant and Campbell Carrington for the defendant. $ . —_>—__—. Recess of the Court of Appeals, The Court of Appeals today adjourned -until the first Monday in January, the 4th. Freed@ian’s' Bank Depositors. A petition was*introduced in the Senate by Mr. Lodge, signed ‘Wy depositors of the Freedman’s Savinge.Bank, esking - Con- grese-'tocappropridte sufficient’ money to make good to them the losses:sustain: the failure of that institution. eon Oller to: Be Issuca, By authority ‘Of thé Seoretary of War, an oller—a small cylindrieal metal ¢ase con- taining oll for ‘oiling. y troops armed.with’ the-new ‘United States ee ee oe = bs tela ‘the buté,, ? e stock ” : celved,' the issue of these. oilers” will he Itmited to non-commissioned. officers only, to be-carricd fr tte curtridge Delt” = * retary of State power to except from ex-. TESTIMONY ALL IN Some Tea- Rebuttal. The defense in the case of Walter P. and Joseph Wilkins, charged with violating the oleomargarine law by selling to the Dis- trict reform school October 17, 180, an unmarked sixty-pound tub of the stuff, had their inning today before Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 1, the government hav- ing closed its case yesterday afternoon. Just before the trial was adjourned yes- terday, District Attorney Birney called Percy E. Gallant and Philip I. Plummer, colored, who stated that y had been em- ployed by the defendanis, and their testl- mony tended to curroborate that of Philip A. Karr, another employe of the defend- ants, who, as stated in The Siar, swore yes- terday that he, together with other em- ployes, had frequently been required to re- move all distinguishing marks and revenue stamps from original packag7s of oleo- margarine. Lawrence Ha: and A. J. Kenny testified to receiving unmarked packages of the stuff from the defendants uncer the impression that they contained butter. Clarendon Smi*h, a local butter dealer, closed the testimony for the gov- ernmen:, and he testified that the Gefend- ants had endeavored to induce him to handle butterine, proposing to Dill it as butter, and promising to prote:t him in the proposed sale of it. The Defense. When the trial was resumed this morp- ing Mr. Henry E. Davis, of counsel for the defendants, asked the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in their favor. In support of his motion Mr. Davis referred to the incorporation of his clients as a company, and contended that the indict- ment charged them as individuals and not as a body corporate. Mr. Davis arguedahe matter at some length, but Mr. Birney did not deem a reply necessary, and Judge Cole prompily denied the motion, holding that their incorporation could not relieve the defendants of liability, and that the government had made cut a case sufficient to place them on the defensive. The te- fense noted an exception, and then Mr. Davis opened the case of the defendants to the jury. He stated that they would show that the alleged sale to the reform school was not made by the defendants or either of them individually, but by the Wilkins Company, a body corporate. The defendants would also show, said Mr. Davis, that the tub in question was never in their possession, and that it was, therefore, never sold or de- livered by them to the reform school. Then, as their first witness, the defense called Attorney F. H. Stephens, for the purpose of showing the incorporation of the de- fendants. Mr. Birney objected, on the ground that the testimony would be im- material, and Judge Cole sustained the ob- jection, the defense noting another excep- tion. Mr. Davis next called as witnesses Arthur A Chapin, Harry 0, Beck and visewell Wheeler, who identified the marks “ A. A.” on the tub in question as being those of a manufacturer with whom the defendant did not deal. John Augus- terfer, Charles Pfluger and Andrew Loef- fler testified that they are pork dealers, and sald that they had frequently pur- chased empty butter tubs from the de- fendents. Then the defense called several more witnesses, some of them employes of the defendants, who testified that the marks “0 A. A." were pot the marks of those makers with whom the defendants deult. Robert H. Armstrong, employed by the defendants, testified to calling at the. re- form school for the tub in question and to seeing and marking it. The tub, he said, Is a butier tuh, baving no oleomar- garine marks on it, and he declared that it was not a sixty-pound tub, but had con- tained seventy-two pounds gross, nine pounds being deducted for weight of tub, etc. He was confident, he said, that the tub had not been delivered or sold by the defendants. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Armstrong’s testimery, th> defense, much to the sur- prise of the spectators, announced the close of their case, not having called the de- fenéants to the witness stand. In Rebuttal In rebuttal, Mr. Birney calied Geo. C. Langley, a local butter dealer, who stated that it is the custom to deduct eleven pounds for weight of tub and wear. But, he said, the gross weight of tubs varied. Tbe next witness called by Mr. Birney was Mr. E. O. Whitford, who testified that he has dealt here in butter, butterine, and like products for the past three years. He had frequently, he said, sold the defendant empty butter tubs, selling them twenty or more at a time. He had, he explained, dealt in the “9 A.A.” brand. The testimony of Mr. Whitford was vig- orously objected to by counsel for the de- fendants, who claimed that it was not in rebuttal. Judge Cole, however, that it was, and allowed its introduction, the defense excepting. Mr. Birney again announced the close of his case, when the defense recalled Mr. Armstrong, who stated that he had never known the defendants to handle or receive the “? A. A.” brand. With his testimony the case was declared closed on both sides, and counsel on either side proceeded to submit their prayers and arguments. A verdict may be reached this afternoo: ee LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, mtire Status of the May Be Changed. The anticipated removal of the Library of Congress to its new building may involve an entire change of the status of the in- stitution as well as of its officials, and it has already given rise to an interesting congressional discussion on a question of patronage. The legislative appropriation bill whieh is soon to be brought before the House pro- vides for the library a clerical force of 187! men, which ts an increase of 144 over the present establishment. It has been attempt- ed by the joint committee on the library, which corsists of three Senators and thre: Représentatives to secure entire jurisdi tion over the Hbrary and its working fotce, except the director or librarian, who will probably be appointed by the President, but the appropriations committee declined to carry this plan into effect In its bill, and instead provided that the library empioyes be selected by the librarian on the basis of fitness for the work. - When the committee on rules discussed the matter today there was considerable opposition manifested against putting so much patronage in the hands of the six gentlemen on the Hbrary committee. It was even suggested that the power of ap- pointment and removal could not be given to Congressmen, under the Constitution, and the proposal to put. the Hbrary clerk-, ships under the civil service commission was talked of. As an upshot of the discus- sion, it is probable that some plan will be developed by which appointments will be made through civil service examination. Incidentally it was proposed that the li- brary be made “the government Mbrary,” instead of merely the “Library of.:Con- gress,” as it is designated at present, and be put on the same status as other inde- pendent bureaus of the government. No definite steps have been taken in this di- rection, however. The stitution Private Bishop’s Sentence, Private Roy A. Bishop, Battery A, 4th Artillery, having been convicted by court- martial at the Washington barracks of con- duct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, was sentenced to forfeit $8 and to be confined at hard labor for a Period cf thirty days. Department Com- mander Ruger has approved the sentence, and has directed that it be executed at the Washington barracks. a? oe ——-—o+—___ Army Orders. Sed Lieut. J. D. C. Hoskins, 3d Artillery, has been ordered to examination for promo- tion by a board, of which Maj. Calvin De’ Witt, surgeon, is president, convened, at, * Post Cheplain’ Joseph E. Irish ugust 7, 1897, on account of sickness,” .) thought, BIMETALLIC UNION. mecca, ne eee | FINANCE Revising the Constitatton. ‘The executive committee of the American Bimetallic Tnion is s in session at its offices in this city. It will probably finish its work tonight. The discussion of the future work of the organization has been | Belief at the Near Approach of th« Congressional Recess. continued, these discussions belng over ; changes in the constitution and by-laws of cabins sag the union having for their object the en- | LOOKING FOR SHIPMENTS OF GOLD Siecincilip aaa : AND TRADE largement of the work and scope. The | leading changes were outlined in yester- | ie | Railway List Advanced for Small It is officially given out that the com- mittee has had full and frequent consulta- ° tion with leading bimetallists in Congress, Fractions. which have resulted in a determination to continue the fight for stiver more vigor- ously than ever. The enlarged plan of work proposes not only the free distribution of literature, but the holding of public Meetings and the management of lectures. Object of the Ovgantzat The revised constitution, it is stated, is to meet existing conditions. The object of the organization is explained in the revised edition as follow: “The object of th's union ts to re-establish in the United States the bimetallic system of money as it existed from the foundation | of our government down to 1873, instead of the present unjust standard of gold alone, and to preserve the regulation and control of all currency in the hands of the general government, in order by these means to stop the continual rise in the value of money and fall in the prices of property, with donsequent loss of employment. and decline in the earnings of labor conditions that must forever attend our present sys- tem, and necessarily prévent the return of Prosperity to our people. Provision as to Membership. ‘The following is the revised provision re- garding membership: “Any person who is in favor of this ob- Ject and of immediate action by the United States, without waiting for other countries, to restore the unrestricted coinage of bozh silver and gold at the retio of 10to 1. as it existed prior to 187%, and who holds this cavse to be paramount to all others, and will labor earnestly for its accomplishment, may become a member of this union upoii | —— GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——_—e * Special Dispatch te The Evening Star NEW YORK, December 17.—The relief felt at the near approrch to a temporary respite from congressicral agitation was rartially reflected in stock fluctuations this morning. The undertone of the market de veloped unmistakable evidences of returning optimism, but the speculative breadth Necessary to sustain improvement to be expected at this season. The inclines to the opinion that the January interest disbursements will precede any pronounced change in market conditions American spirits improved moderately under buying interests originally credited with tts advance. The temporary abandon ment of the plan lopking to a more com- picte control of the trade is thought have been largely discounted during recent weakness in those shares The money market rules easy at changed quotations, ard foreign excl. reflects only the possibility of @ beticr de mand. The payment of foreign Interest and com mercial obligations during the initial month of the year will take out considerable gold and government depositories, and the for eign banks are already making arrange ments to meet demands of this character ‘this movement being a natural incident ot the season, and being generally expected is room no 10 the un- should h: but s ence on stoc! Agreeing to this constitution and tee ee | hould have but slight influence on stock ann ee annual fee of $1, which shall! The sale of a block of 5.000 sha “ unten fim to all the publications of the nhattar, resulting in a sharp decline of [2 per cent in the price of that steck, a Am Appeal Inaued. | tracted considerable attention becaus the impressiun created that Inside holdings th The cmelusion of the committe vor! consists of the following appeals” Y°"* More than six millions of véters already stand immovably for the foregoing object and purpose, They know that self-preser- | vation calls them to greater sacrifices and more strenuous endeavors than any they | have ever hitherto made. They know that avarice, whether at home or abroad, must | perpetually drive them down to the utter, ensiavement of themselves and their chil-| dren, und that it will never desist from its instinetive work until it meets and is held were being liquidated. During | of improvement incident to the ¢ noon the price recovered on cove: chases, but the demand c of this character. Western Union was not in sympathy wi the general tendency of the market, traders selling it to an extent about equal to their purchases elsewhere. Both accounts were represented in the trading in American Sugar, the stock profiting the activity | The change of sentiment ar to this pe y aft ng pur 1 with buying Sc by. | property fs almost wholly dur he ac “ reins power of resistance stronger | Soutnuieat Fa ag an oie ina = bat power of resistance can |? °rne nen aay aul be found only in the aroused, compacted, | poor’ recent steady decline Saggy been interrupted and by interests | customed to an immidiate defeat of a care fully conceived plan. The buying of stocks | on a scale down from the pri organized forces of American manhood. The Bimetallic Union, reiying confidently upon the sincerity and determination of the members of the great army already enlist- , y to i 7 ed for this Supreme service, calls upon | Sa ee them and all others who may agree to as- | * Forei: sey oda < | Foreign houses are” believed to be pre- Sree on ae ae themselves | paring for a moderate shipment of gold to mitted ton eee the | Germany during the coming week. So ac plans herewith submitted for their consid-| tual oracte are reported, bnt an outward eration and Sdoption: | Movement of coin by Tuesday's steam. 7 7 | &&eregating two or three millions. would UNLAWFUL POOLING ! cceasion no surprise in well-informed cit . | cles. Should next week be passe! withou Hard Work to Find Judges Who Do | shipments the movement woul i all pro wv lity be postponed until the new year oa AND COMMERCIAL, | { ‘The Senate committee on interstate com- merce today held a meeting, under Senato: Chandler's resolution, to inquire as to the | existing agreement of the so-called Joint ‘Traffic Association. FINANCIAL The follawing are the cpening, the highes | and the lowest ard the closing prices of th | New York stock market today, as reporte Wallace Macfarlane, district attorney or PY Corson & Macartney, memi the southern district of New York, was | York stcck exchange. | Corres heard and explained the sults which he | Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway coniucted against the asseciation. | oe Mr. Macfarlane spoke of the difficulty en- | AMerican Spirits. as oN countered in finding judges who were not a) See ann eee disqualified from trying the case by rea- Wt 101° Lo son of holding stock of some of :he vari- | Ameme : 4% ous companies Who were parties to the | american Cotton Oil, agreement. Of the eight judges, circuit Atchison. and district, in the jurisdiction where the | Baltimore & Ohi suit was brought, but one—Judge Wheeler— | Bay State Gas... was found who was not disaualfied for | Catada Soutnern.. this reason, | Canada Pacific. . aes | Chesapeake & Onio. Tae c DROVE OFF THE WORKME) Trouble Caused by Striking Ita ear Syracuse. } CM, & St. Pani, * SYRACUSE, N. Y¥., December 1 : | Chicago. I 1. @ Pacitic by stviking Italian laborers is in progress | Gesolidated Gas....... today on the Erie canal improvement works | Delaware & Hudson. near. this city. Armed with pick axes, the | Den. & iloGrande, Pra rioters went over the section contracted to | BOCs i gieciae ts: 7 McDonald and Sayre of New York, near! iMinols Central. Geres locks, breaking wheelbarrows and | LakeShore eee the plank runways, and compelling other | LoUsville & Nashvilie =e + and compelling other | wetropolitan Traction, , laborers to quit work. | Manhattan “levated. Serious trouble is reported at Warner's. | Michigan Central The strikers have organized and armed | Missouri Pacitic ‘with clubs and shovels refuse to allow any | National Lead Co. men to go onto the works. Several fights i National Lead Co., have taken place, and some Italians have | N@¥ Jersey Central heen badly beaten. ew Yorn Central... Northern Pacific. Northern Pacitic, | Ont. & Westera Pacific Matt. Phila. & Reade > — To Bebuilg the Constitation. Petitions are being circulated at Ports- mouth, N. H., asking for an appro-| puliman i. c. co. priation to rebuild the historic. old war | Southern Ky., Pfd. vessel Constituticn. The ship is now | Pilla. Traction. suarded by three ship keepers, ‘vo are | denn Coal and iron, kept busy at the pump in order to prevent | Union Pacific... the vessel from sinking. A bill looking to 43 eae. pta the restoration of the craft is now in the Wheeling & Lexie. ards of the Senate naval committ Wheeling Le ie Bid. = Western Cuion Tel... Silver. The admirers of Mr. Ramsdell, who was elected mayor of Lynn, Mass., Tuesday held a big celebration that night, with a Mechanics” Kank, parade, In which there were 1,500 par- 10 at 108: 5 at 108, been, at 128; 10 at 126, District of Columbia Bonds.— 20. Nd. ear fund Gx, gold, 110 ucipants. The following telegram was re- ceived by Mayor-elect Ramsde! year fund fis, Wit Mid. Water xtouk . id. Water st 7s, Lt. “Lincoln, Neb., December 15.—To Hon. | currency, Tie bid. tte, eater Ste ‘lt Walter L.’Ramsdell, Lynn, Mass.: Accept | an?” UN Sa BEENES congratulations; Lynn has at last put the Miscellaneous Bonds. Me troy shoe on the rignt foot. “WILLIAM J. BRY. toe Willing w Figh The Dodge Light Guards at Council Bluffs, lowa, have adopted resolutions de- nouncing the assassination of Maceo, and conv. Gs, 113 bid, 1164, asked. certificates: mbia Railroad Gx, bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series A. bid. Washingtor Com 4 § Chena Potomac Telephour Ss, bid. American Security and Trust ds, F, and AW, 100 bid. American Securliy and Trust 5s, A. and | O.. 100 bid. Washington Market Company Txt 6s, 10% id. Wantiington Markee ‘Compa "Resolved.-by the members of Company | jun nit: yg aehingtou Market Co i L, #d Regiment Iowa National Guard, tional Bank Stocks.—-Bank of Washington, 280 Known ds thé Dodge Light Guards, that we | Sy mid S00 eke att ee ae tam. pledge ourselves to uphold any action taken by the United States government, and we volunteer our services, if necessary, to re- sert lo arms in upholding such action.” | and Mechanics’, 178 bid, 190 asked. Second, 125 | bid. Columbia, 116 bid. Capital, T+ bid. West | End, 206 bid," 112 asked. Traders’. 97 bid, loz asked. Lincoln, 102 bid, 108 waked. Olio, 95 Safe Deposit avd Trust Companies. — National Safe Baltimore Markets. | Deposit God Tet. A) Dard. Wastin fanan BALTIMORE, Md., December 17.—Flour | Sh) prust: 11% Wid: 125 anked./ American Security dull, unchanged—receipts, 7,508 barrels; ex- | Depoci SS bn Mh 149 asked. “Washington Sate ports, none: sales, 150 barrels. Wheat dull capital Traction spot, 9) bid: May, receipts, 5,080 Meteopottian, 100 bid tt 5 ny, % asked. Columbia, 5 Ovid. Gas and ectric Light Stocks, il, 46 uxked. Georgetown % rhe Light, 90 bid, 95 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 35 bid, 46 asked. 66 Wid! Corcoran’ » 86% asz- bushels; exports, 16,000 bushels; stock, 349,- 582 bushels; sales, 3,000 bushels—southern wheat by sample, 91a92; do. on grade, S6iza = 90%. Corn steady—spot, 27%a28: year and | January, 27MavT%: February, 27'g027%; . 27%a28: steamer mixed, 25%a25%e— | he receipts, 181,057 bushels; exports, "105,404 ct via te ‘| bushels; stock, 1,878,007 bushels; sales, 07,- | Ul" Th bid. Oj-ankeed = 3 bad 000 bushels—southern white corn,27'4 asked Lincoln, 8% bid, ¥ asked. Commerct: 4% bid, do. yeHow, 27% asked. Oats steady to firm } —No. 2 white, 25426; No. 2 mixed, 2023 — tle Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate ‘Title, 115 receipts, 60,024 bushels; exports, 237,853 | Frc" g,, cumbia Title. Gis, asked. Washington bushels; stock, 1,088,660 bushels. Rye easier Stocks. Peum-ylvauia, 3s bid, 50 avked. and active—No. 2 nearby, 41a42; Chena, aad Potomac, 66 bil, 62 asked. Amer. 43%a43%4—receipts, 10,509 bushel ican Graphophone, *s% bid, 8% asked. American 25,713 bushels; stock, 117,710 buhsels, Hay quiet and.steady—choice timothy, $13.50a $14. Grain freights very quiet, unchanged. eambonbone, penterreds “8% bid. Pmeumatic Gua ‘Miscellaneous Stocks. -_Mergenthaler Linotyp~, #125 bid, 126 asked. La Movot spe. % bia. Sugar, butter and eggs steady, unchanged. | 7 asked.’ Wash bid. atts Cheese firm, unchanged. Tun | fee 130 asked. “Norto smd raters changed. age 100 asked. Cincom Hall, 90 asked. —_——_—. ° Grain and Cotton Markets. Government Bonds. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- street, members New York stock exchange, | ney, ban! correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- =: mann & Co., New York. zs = a oe | 2 & ye coTTON. :