Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1896-14 PAGES, al was dumped this mor re busy putting it awa: cellars when the bell rang for Sehool morning. Some mischievous youth ~d that It would be a good idea to donate far the occasion, but this year she was urable to do so, being-in want herself. The parent thought the goods a Godsend. At the Blount school, in which Supervisine Principal Janney has his office, the dona- MR. HALE AND CUBA coal pile inte the pound party, | ticns were very liberal. There are 120 » they entered the building every | scholars in the building, and they gave as | Has No Doubt That the Cameron y carried one or more pieces of coal and | large a variety of eatables as aby of the Ww ed it in the boxes that were set out | other schools. Resolutions Wi S reception of furl. Te/mads quits w ill Be Defeated, ui unfortunately for the boys Eke Sante Ginns Clee rome did not meet with official] Besides the contributions of supplies nd they were compelied to carry | made at the public school bulldings, many ind every piece of coal, back and | subscriptions have been received at The SENATOR HOAR OPPOSES THEM it in the pile o the sidewalk. rs rs Star office today to the fund of the Santa Claus Club. The subscription list will be held open for the benefit of those who seek a ready way of contributing to the poor at this season. The money will be expended capital jo but there w < the coal into the no fun at all tak- No Excuse for the United States to Practical Charity. could not afford Many children who tol! Bon Nenieine pane brine: ranch lin the: way,of; @xsemaivereracer: | Sats oe aa Interfere, ies did bring coal and wood from their | of poor children. Subscriptions have been hom howe nd in this way enough | received as follows: fai pk 4 to warm many a | Heretofore acknowledged. WILL NOT FILIBUSTER child that ‘ought his or Her SS ee 8 morning enjoyed party im- Mitison: Senator Hale has received a letter from Ts dere ee ones na Senator Hoar, who is absent from the There were many others who city, announcing his opposition to the forgot or neglected to bring their Cuban resolutions and asking Senator Hale this morning. they felt that to pair himein any way that will defeat “ae See ee oS ica el delay or bring to confusion the resolutions which they had no part. The mistake was reported froam the committee on foreign an ‘easy one to re and when they relations. t home at recess there was : Senator Hale, who is expected to lead the opposition to the Cuban resolutions in the Senate, is preparing for the conflict. which he expects to be precipitated after holiday recess, cking of cupboards and result that the ries, with almost rin the the donbled the amount ri day Many ¢ the teachers in the public school took ntage of the oppo It is the general understanding that the — reise Ler Por ipr ese lhs question will be one of the first to be se hg telus {oth aa raised after the reconvention of Congress, ie yeaes 16 come min theceniniren (Gz and it is coming to be understood that it today have grown into the men and wo- will be a battle royal. “The advocates of Men of tomorrow, the bone and sinew of the resolution,” said the senator from Maine the community. This is the especial re tcday, “were at first inclined to claim two- thirds majority. -I doubt whether they feel so sanguire now, and I am sure they would rot if they knew how rapidly the conserva- tive sentiment in the Senate is growing. Hopes to Defent the Resolution. “I was sorry to see,” the Senator con- tinued, “‘that I had been quoted as saying in a boastful manner that we should be able to defeat the resolution on a vote. I would not want to claim that result at the present time, but I hope for it in the end. Indeed I am receiving assurances from in- son why the public school author‘ties take n active interest in the werkings of ening Star Santa Claus Club. An Educational Idea. course of a conversation this morning, Supt. $174.00 ee PRITCHARD AND SILVER. with a| Said Powell When te Fa Free Coinage Not Tied to a Tariff Bil. Special Dispatch to The Evening = RAL . C., December 23.—Senator Butler, in a letter to his paper, denies ab- solutely any deal last year by which the pop- ulists are to vote for Pritchard for United States senator, and he says he made merely reporter work of The Eve Claus Club has an educa side to it hould never be overlooked. It has a upon the children, and I hav uble in noting the good resulis club in the years that it has been Nistence. Tam not at all unmindful of | a personal statement when they were both fluential Senators every day of sympathy 4 e club does in assisting oa A Sa os wi the movement ef of suffering among the poor. but that | lected that he hoped the co-operation of gaits Believec hoveuetin estes resolution, and I believe the sentiment in si the country is rapidly veering that way. work speaks for itself. It is the othe s and republicans would continue. that appeals with particular strengt! _The organ of the National Farmers’ Al-| Of course there ate meetings and resoln. me. for Tam sure it is ree ble to ov liance says thet Pritchard's statements are | tions on the other side, but one can gather why. how and when to give, The contribu. | Hot to be trusted. gebisigna uresi/oralniosr oe aE ns this year will be quite as heavy a Pritchard's close friend, ex-Representa- | fy, Wpatures to almost ore ee they were last year. if they are not he > Ewart, says that Pritchard is a true! men and thinking men of the country are gt hope they allt hex free silver man, and will vote for free and | Opposed to any step Whicne Sone ie Watteacs ad Reports. bene Aloe hee aoe: March 4. plunge, aie country into war. In my own : : 5 provicted 5 tinet state, for instance, there is only one prom- Similar reports owing ho thoroughly m1 e ich a iS a . Similar reports showing how thoroughly | not vote for such a DMM If It is a nent: newspaper whlcls, advocates. the the methods and work of the club are ap-| anoth as course advised by the Senate committee on precfated were made to Th ie The Pledges for Pritchard. nore merclatio) A Leah pe i ape Ge Be 2 a} pug ear steer ee We have just gone through a campaign the first division; Mr. Pairbrother of the | TR foregoing dispatch shows that the | in which we have promised peace ty the wth division and Mr. B.T. Janney or{ 'sht for the North Carolina senatorship 'y. Is it consistent to present the in- the sth division. AM caid that se tar aa | 8tewing hotter. ‘The dispatch indicates | coming administration with a war on the hey were able to judge at that hour. that the populist leaders have succeeded in | threshold of Its existence? True, there is an undesirable condition of affairs in Cuba, bui I believe the reports are exaggerated. At any rate, it is true that however cruel ¥ was every bit as ad possibly more winnir rtial victory. Several of them | that they would support Pritch- jons were not visited, t a would pledge himself to act with | the conduct of the Spaniards, it finds its ved from them by the men. Some of Pritchard’s friends | counterpart in the behavior of the Cuban: , giving the ouraging | stated that he would make no such prom- | It is their way of fighting: they are differ. news promising big before the | j. It begins to look promises | ent f1 From whatever standpoint Jay was over, Ck Pe hard does | the ¢ carded there is no excuse J Schoo! Ana-~ in reason or precedent for the United States pounds of will tor 4 de er getting populist aid. art to interfere in this insurrection. the Senate is rapldly and am, therefore, I believe coming to realize th The epi of several populist leaders ts | the end.” that the present plan will not succeed. Will Not Filibuster. Some of them seem to think it might suc e 5 ee ease ritchard would make (hese It has been intimat suggested the ST ONeE own signature and in a| eporter to whom Senator Hale was talk- which would leave no doubt of his} ing, “that you will filibuster to defeat the 1¢ is thought In some quarters | Cameron resolution in the Senate Agee wets hes nee ats “No truth whatever in that,” he respond- the Statements of his friends | ed. “It will not be necessary that we + | that stand for silver are thrown | should do so. The question raised by the Alice Lloyd! gut as f If they carry their purpose | committee is one of vast magnitude, and it ds. Harry | Cngugh will have been done. will excite much debate. The question of In Line With Silver Republicans. | the respective prerogative of the executive tor Pritehard’s friends have been | @Md legislative branches of the govern- scuaeeae’ : S ment, which Mr. Olney's letter has raised ne time that he is a friend of | is calculated in itself to set the iawy he his standing ming admin- now say that without impairing with the ine could vote | talking at one another, and there is no te! ing how much time may be consumed or this point. Hence I say that even if the opponents of the resolution desired delay— for silver Ss a republic year, and in He could vote for silver in a di- | Which they do not_they would not have to that event z and against it if ted to @ | resort to extraneous modes to secure it. tions we less. | tariff bill, would put him in line with | [t is, above all, foreign from our intentions ilding: j silver re like Senators Mitchell of | to attempt to use the appropriation bills to stgaakage on, Warren of Wyoming, Wolcott of | accomplish the postponement of the Cuban do and They are bimetalli question. We are willing that this subject Pharr: except when it comes in conflict with a] should be brought up promptly, and are for ught c with willing hea ¥ way gratif. | tariff bill, Mr. Pritchard could even vote with the extreme silver men, it i content to use only legitimate w eapons in 1} our warfare against it.” not lose standing with the new administra- Scher ete ee es tion. This position, it is said, ought to ani gts all, over a ton would suit some of the North Carolina pop MAY BE A TI rere donate¢ tates apenas : & ote © to the Associated © Senator Butle fight on Pritchard has Strect Railway of Boston. the city, which wili judiciously | developed into a personal one, and it is be- | BOSTON, December 23.—The conductors ache needful things among the | lieved he will keep it up, no matter what | ang motormen of the West End street rail. eo tannes. the oe Betcha (oe way have voted to demand the formal the fifth « aes recognition of the Conductors and Motor Star reporter, exp Last hac men’s Union. In case recognition is not ac- arte ite, re the Gpest of Governor | ©oTded by 12 o’clcck tonigat, the men say, ihe edcdetnetion accinven: the road will be tied up. collection this year to be’ as I ATLANTA, Ga., December 2,-Wm, g,{_ At the headquarters of the union it was ar, though there was a deci Bryan arrived in Atlanta last night from | learned that the cmployes of the road haye id that ‘Gully a to ok ee Chicago. At an early hour this morning | #nother and more serious grievance in the n received, and was weil 1 called on by Governor Atkinson | Tefusal cf the officials of the road to make - showing made by some of the escorted to the executive mansion, | ‘he usual agreement as to ecale of wages, School, Mrs. L. A. Bradley he will remain as the governor's | hours of work, &c. 6 pupils. perhaps made | gvest during bis stay in Atlanta. A large | At noon the result of a ballot of the em- = snowing of any individual school. | member of prominent citizens caliled. on | Dloyes Was made Lnown, which showed $3 collected in cash. and a half small wagon loads of i provisions. The donat i cheted cauned goods of all kinds. fr: salt tea. cofft Irish pota hing that can 2 ornstareh for making pasir . and shortly dered a break the Young M a large majority in favor of a tie up. As soon as the result was declared the execu- tive committee decided to give President Little until % o'clock this afternoon to sign an agreement. If no intimation is recetved from him that the agreement has heen signed, committees after noon he was ten- t at the Kimball House by n's Democratic League. — D TO THE CUBANS. . CHARG The Recent Demonstration by Spanish ane at that time will start out for the various A Pretty Little Story Republicans. division headquarters and order a tie-up, to es s MADRID, December 23—It is believed | take place carly tomorrow morning. is pipes a T. €. Roeser. principal. | that the band of men said to number only Gee West Baal CTE Gi We fa ose with :t# scholars, made the next best wae ye az, | this forenoon. President Li ys that show ‘The donations filled a large sugar | rie ree Coating a republican flag. | ne “has received uo communication of any which was recently dispersed by gendarmes Novelda, province of Alicante, was y composed of bandits, although the sort from any organization of the West End employes, and is not aware of any con- templated strike. barrel, two large clothes haske « cked upon the floor. donations amounted to $2 with a The Almost ev at mere tity report is spreading that they were pald by Sea ATT hild in the building contributed something. an agents to provoke a panic and diy SHOT AT THE RACE TRACK. and everything in the line of groceries was | #ttention frcm Cuba. 3 mee olection. Flo med to predom-| Im ministerial cireles here it is denied | Jamex Brown KDied by William in though there were plenty of potatoes | that the government intends to call out Montgomery. and apples. One little tot in the primary | fresh contingents of troop: Spec 3 erpvenine Stee grade brought a large armful of gools. The ot: Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. t nowing that thi the OPPED ON THE BRINK. BALTIMORE, Md., December 23.—James ‘ Was poor, was surprised to see the Brown, a race track follower of Washing- ation. ; Narrow iEeeasele ton, was shot and killed at Elkton this Wag ten ico CAs ee | way morning by William Montgomery, both through these coli ad now that ahe RMINGHAM, .. December 23.—A | colored. Brown was snowballing in front has got a bttle bit left over she wants me | passenger train on the Southern railway, | of Montgomery's house. Montgomery, an- to it to you." due here at an early hour this morning, | gered, used a shotgun. He was promptly It is safe to say that the child's dona- accom lena jailed, Brown's parents live in Washing- better received than those of | Pad @ Marrow escape from destruction at | 10," His slayer pleads self-defense. . bith a point near frondale, about twelve miles pe cea he ‘Threlke bert east of Birmingham. The train was ren- mice coe ock principal. ning at the usual rate of speed when, upon ow approaching a short trestle, the engineer . a > * infan [discovered that a rail had ‘been removel | Smet Whiten and blacks Pouring ttonr and f from the structure, presumably by would- 2A 1 Les for almost the waoie win- | be robt The air brakes were appiled | ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 23.—A special wer to pth, of the iagean® jard the train stopped in time to avols a | from Masfield Ky., says: The chances for ‘ng partly ever the break tn’ the eats, | st race War here are good. Special trains have brought armed negroes and whites to town, and they are preparing for fight. An attack is hourly expected. Reports have it that the negroes propose wreaking ven- geance upon those who lynched Jim Stone and followed this by annoying color ‘am- ilies who hved on the outskirts of town. Gatling Gun on Its Way. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 23.—A spe- cial to the Post from Mayfield, Ky., says: At 4 o'clock this merning a detachment of thirty whites from Fulton, thirty miles ut remaining on the trestle. Southern railway officials claim that no one on the tram was injured in the least an, that the delayed train has reached Birmingham without further mishap. CHATTANOOGA, ‘Tenn., December 23.— Assistant General Superintendent Vaughn of the Souchern railway says that the re- pert sent out the Associated Press is corr No ove was injured aud the train went into Birmingham without great de- lay. visions and ¥ IrKge, thing. For ‘ ood showin, joulder, wh'le 2 ‘ought packages of re Gave, but Now 1 e number of patmeal a BANKERS § CHICAGO RRENDER. es = sata away, came into the city, armed to the Miss M. F. Gore, principal of eran school received a Charzed With Hegally Receiving De- | teeth, and prepared to resist the negroes. the ‘request’ for. dona! ponlts, Eddyville, Kuttawa, Wingo, Princieton, Pa- rge quantity of mate CHICAGO, December 23—E. 8. Dreyer | dueah and’ neighboring towns have been oe ne asked for aid, and companies are being ng the scholars the and his partuer, “Robert Berger, of the | formed at each of these places. The inging the most goods banking firm of E. 8. Dreyer & Co., which | ond regiment, Kentucky State Guard, at ere Were two'fam'lies, whose chil collapsed Monday as a result of the clos- | Paducah, has been asked for a Gatling attended the school, that were known to I ing of the National Bank of Hino’ gun, and the plece is now on its way to , and in 2 ged of the necessarles of life, and also | for whose arrest warrants wre issued last | this city. another family, ving nearby, which was! night, gave themseives up today. Ar- A OEE samo bese Sead Wenie. ptnees, AM | rangements had already been made for Punished for Assault. of the fem vere white. ‘The teachers . and the tw e < coliccted some of the goods, and made Paste cerning i ria he two bankers were}! 1 Goat alley, In the District of Colum- thr large baskets full of groceries and bia, on the Sth day of December, 1896, one Dreyer and Berger are charged with re- provisions and distributed these among the | ceiving a deposit on Saturday last, know. Henry Fortune, colored, with force and poor. A large ham, donated by one of the scholars, was cut im half and a plece given | 2S thelr bank was insolvent. sili par re old anion —— to two familles. That the donations were |~ — Oceam Steamsehips Arrived. Bemet Jane vert Uy acer ee bee ae liberally received was evidenced vy a note NEW YORK, Decembe 23.—Afrived: with a club. received by Miss Gore from the mother of : * mber 23.—Atrived: | «four months,” ruled Judge Miller in one of the families, in which she expressed her leartfelt thanks for the gift, and stai- | werp: Anchoria, Glasgow. ed that heretofore she had always been QUEENSTOWN, December 23.—Arrived: wive her children something to J Majestic, New York for Liverpool. Bremerhaven, Antwerp; Kensington, Ant-| gisposing of the dis yg g in the Police Court. “And,” he , “if prisoners were required to work at the jail the sentence would be five years.” A: NAVAL CONFERENCE Officigls Discuss a Plan vf Offense Vand Defense, ‘Whe Tock Pari—What Done if-the Emer- faeney Arises, Fs Leading eae Some ot mph As win a At a recent ‘cdnference of leading officials of the Nav¥.Department arrangements were considered for a plan of naval offense and defense, iy accordance with the long- established policy of the department. Al- though the conference had no direct rela- tion to the possibility of war with Spain, there is no doubt that some thoughts on that point were in the minds of the officials in discussing a general naval policy. All the officials assert that there was nothing significant in the conference. Those Who Were Present. There were present at the conference on Friday last Rear Admiral Francis M. Ram- say, chief of the bureau of navigation; Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, command- ing the North Atlantic squadron; Capt. Wm. T. Sampson, chief of the bureau of ord- nance; Capt. Henry C. Taylor, president of the Naval War College, and Lieut. Com- mander Richard Wainwright, chief of the bureau of naval intelligence. They were called together under this spe- cial order, issued on August 19 last, by Acting Secretary McAdoo: “Plans for the defense of the coast, pre- pared at the Naval War College, will be considered and revised by a board com- posed of the commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic station, the chiefs of the bureaus of navigation and ordnance, the President of the War College and the chief intelligence office, and then submitted to the department. Plans approved by the Secretary will be filed in the office of the chief intelligence office.” Result of the Conference. The result of- the conference is an official secret, and can be no more than ‘surmised unless and emergency should arise which Would disclose the plans agreed upon. It is said that the plans considered were these drawn up during the sessions of the War College held for three years past. They in- clude the plans for the defense of the coast from Delaware to Cape Cod, from Cape Cod to the Penobscot, Delaware and Chesa- peake bays; from Cape Hatteras to East- port, Maine, comprising the three sections already named; of the southern portion of the Atlantic coast of the United tSates and of the gulf coast and its vicinity. It is also said that the board considered the dis- tribution and the operations of the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron in case war should occur, and discussed the strength of the navy, including the ships in commission and those now laid up, as well as ihe auxiliary navy, composed of mer- chant steamers converted into cruisers. DR. RODRIGUEZ ‘whe President Recognized a New Gov- ernment President Cleveland exercised his prerog- ative of recogaizging a new government without the knowledge or consent of Con- gress by formalty receiving Dr. Rodriguez as minister plenjpotentiary and envoy ex traordinary of, the greater republic of Cen- tral America, compesed of aragua, Honduras and’ Salvador, whose recognition has boen withheld for several weeks await- ing investigations as to the character of the new repybjic. RECEIVED. = -e- BALL INCREASED. Judge Binghatt Acts in ¢ Came. Chief Justicé Hthgiam this afternoon not cnly refused! to'release Wm. H. Bateman, the alleged Gire¢tory swindler, on ba‘l in the sui of $8,000! but doubled the amount. The applic#ttoht was made by Attorney Josenh Shilifiigtdt, but it was cppdsed by Assistant Distrig¢t Attorney Jeffords, who explained to the court that he was about to ask that the bail fixed by the Police Court—$1,000—be increased. Mr, Jeffords said that he had been advised by the New Jersey autuorities that Bateman has been indicted in that e for a similar offense, and also that“he had jumped his bail. Although Mr. Shillington denfed that Bateman had jumped his bail in New Jer- the court said that he would refuse application, and would also increase the amount fixed by the Police Court to $2,000. Mr. Shillington said he was unable to give that amount at present, alihough he might do so later. -_ ELECTRIC ADOPTED. UNDERGROUND Metropolitan Traction to Use It ‘Two New York Lines. The directors of the Metropolitan Trac- tion Company of New York yesterday gave orders for the equipment of the 4th and 6th avenue lines in that city with the un- derground electric system, supplanting the cable, which has been in use on these roads for several years. This is an extension of the policy recently adopted by this com- pany in its decision to equip the Lennox avenue line with the underground clectric, after an extensive trial of an air motor. The Metropolitan Traction Company re- cently leased the 4th and 6th avenue lines from the Vanderbilts. It is announced that work will be begun as early as possible in the coming and the anticipation is that it will ished before the end of the year 189 —_——.—_—__ Verdict for Railron Judge McComas today, in the case of William Howard and his wife, Laura V., against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, directed a verdict for the com- pany. Mrs. Howard, November 18, 1886, pur- chased a ticket at Louisville, Ky., for this city. On the way here the sleeping car which she occupied left the track and fell down an embankment, she sustaining in- juries which permanently crippled her. She thereupon sued the company, claiming $50,- 000 damages. Tne company pleaded that the accident did not: happen on its line and that it could not, therefore, be held liable. Judge McComas, after lengthy arguments on the point, sustained the company’s contention and directed a.verdict in its favor. a Grayeling Streets, The committee on streets of Lanier Heights Citizens’, Association, composed of Messrs. R. U. Goode, R. I. Geare and A. M. McLachien, called, upon the Commissioners this merning ,to. urge the graveling of the streets in that. swbddivision, as well as the laying of sidewalks on Poplar and Summit avenues. They aso urged thac favorable consideration,be given the bill which au- thorizes the extenfion of the Metropolitan railroad up 1th greet through their sub- division. —— Mr. Waller a Candidate. It is announeed:that Mr. John L. Waller of Iowa is a candidate for recorder of deeds of the Distfict; Mi. Waller was the consul to Madagascar “ulfaer Harrison's adminis- tration.. His. recetit confinement for eight months in a French prison made him an international character. ° ——>———_ Sold ‘at Auctto Ratcliffe, Sutton & Company, auction- cers, sold yesterday at public sale the store and dwelling at the northwest corner of New Hampshire avenue and I street north- west to Mrs. M. A. Jennings for $4,600, Both Duellists Wounded. STUTTGART, December —In a duel with pistols fought near here today be- tween Baron von Wargerhelm, secretary of the German legatior at Copenhagen, and Lieutenant Count von Gylienband; the fcrmer was wounded in the kidneys, and the latter in the abdomen. Both combat- ants were taken to the hospital. —_—— Mr. Hatch Still Alive. HANNIBAL, Mo., December 23.—Ex-Rep- resentative Haich is still alive, but is thought to be dying. His friends are gath- ered around his bedside, expecting moment to be his last. He is totally. par- joo ge unconscious anc apparently with- out pain. « . ‘The Work Will-Be Commenced Next Mon-| An Amerionn Here Bearing Many Ugly . The Formation of Thin Iee om the Pools Will Not Materially Re- tard the Operations, Unavoidable circumstances have compell- ed the postponement of the beginning of the work of seining the canal until Monday morning, and early on that day the super- intendents and their men will start out and continue operatons until all the pools and holes have been seined and the bass con- tained in them transferred to the river. Owing to thie ehange of date, the water in the canal will not be drawn off for a day or two. There has been some uneasiness felt over the probable freezing of the water in the pools and the prevention of seining on this account, but unless very thick ice fcrms there will be but little difficulty in getting out the fish. The men will be wermly clad, and in addition will wear heavy rubber suits. In case there is ice on the pools it will be broken and raked off ard then the seining will be begun. Mr. L. R. Harron of the fish ecmmission and his three assistants, who will have charge of the work frcm Harper's Ferry to this city, will probably leave here for the former place Surday night. The result of the novel project is being awaited with great interest by anglers gen- erally over the country, many letters hav- ing been received from distant places, showing that the seining of the canal is not being watched by Washington fisher- men alone. The Evening Star has received nearly $200 toward the expense attendant on the work as the following subscription list will show: Si ing the Baws: Subscriptions heretofore received by by The Evening Star. Jules A. Demonet. From a fisherman. THE BARROWS CASE. Postponement of the Hearing Until Monday. The hearing in the matter of the petition of Superintendent Robert G. Callum of the District Messenger Company for the re- lease by habeas corpus proceedings, of Frank Barrows from the District reform school, set for today, was postponed by Chief Justice Bingham this afternoon un- til 10 o'clock next Monday morning. The postponement was made because of the illness of Mr. A. A. Lipscomb of counsel for Mr. Callum. The boy was committed to the Schooi by Col. Cecil Clay, president of the board of trustees, and i understood that the school authorities will submit that he was committed upon testimony which sat- ised Col. Clay that the boy is incorrigible, and that the commitment was made at the request of the believed custodian or guar- dian of the boy. The school authorities will a it is said, deny the alleged un- Reform ‘0, constitutionality of the law authorizing such a commitment. NEARLY CAPED. Jail Prisoner Used a Rope, but Was Caught. Yesterday afternoon one of the jail pris- oners came near making his escape, and would have succeeded had it not been for the quick and effective work of Captain H. H. Smith, one of the jail gua The prisoner, George Howlett, was at “work doing some painting and the rope used in cennection with the scaffolding he used to lower himself to the ground. The only thing that was between him and the free air was a large pane of glass, and this he smashed in order to get outside the bars. Captain Smith knew there was something wrong when he beard the glass smash, and hurrying from the building he reached the parking in front just as the prisoner had landed there and was about to make a bold break for liberty. A loaded revolver held to his face had the desired effect, and the man who had been a fugitive only for a few seconds, was returned to his cell. In sliding down the rope he had painful injured his hand. He will now serve the remainder of his six months’ sentence without doing any work. : aeigert PHILADELPHIA BROKER ARRESTED. 1 for Board W a Check That Was Not Good. PHILADELPHIA, December 23.—Broker Charles E. Lewis was arrested at his home in this city today on the charge of swin- dling Hotel Keeper Alfred P. Crosby of Troy, N. ¥., on a bogus check for $225. Mr. Lewis stated at the magistrate’s hear- ing that he had given the check for board and received some cash in change, fully believing that his account with the bank on which it was drawn was good for the amount. The magistrate held the prisoner to await a requisition from the New York authorities. — GREETED THE POPE. Cardinals and Prelates at the Vati- can. ROME, December 23.—The pope received in solemn audience today the cardinals and prelates, who tendered him the season's greetings. The reception took place in the throne room. His holiness appeared to be in excellent health, and in a clear voice re- plied to the usual protests against the posi- tion of the holy see. He asked what the use of laws for the safeguard and dig- nity of the pope, when even his charitable and disinterested idea of consoling tie Italian prisoners in ee had been for made a public target calumny. outrage and An Aristocratic South Carolinian Charged With Taking a Pocketbook. E. Brooke Sligh, said to be a member of one of the best-known families of South Carolina, a lawyer, a delegate to the re- cent naticnal republican convention at St. Louis, a candidate for Congress in his na- tive state and later an employe of the na- tional’ republican committee in this city, was placed on trial before a jury this af- ternoon in the Police Court, charged with the larceny of $34 from Mr. Richard R. Biack, a cierk in the Treasury Department and a student at the law department of Georgetown University. It was charged that Friday last Sligh took a pocket book containing $34 from Mr. Black’s room while the latter was asleep. In his defense Sligh admitted that he went to Black's room, but denied taking the money. The case was given to the jury a few minutes before 3 o'clock. Failure at Sioux City. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, December 23.—The Parsons-Belletier Dry Goods Company, one of the largest houses of the kind in Sioux City, did not open for business to- day. The stock is in the hands of mort- gagees. The failure is due to insufficient capital and the general stringency of the times. No local firms are affected. —>__— Mr. Lapreux’s Fatal Injuries. Mr. Louis Lapreux, the old gentleman who was so badly injured by being struck by a street railway car at 34 and D stree! Monday evening, as stated in yesterday’s Star, was still alive at the Emergency Hos- pital up to a late hour this afternoon. He had not regained consciousness, however, ard death was expected momentarily. Mr. Lapreux, who is seventy-five years of age, although of French parentage, is an American ard has resided in this city ail his life. At different periods he was en- gaged in the grocery, harness and feed bus- iess, and resided for years at the south- west corner of 12th street and Pennsylva- nia avenve. He retired last March, and has been living at 215 Ist sireet. Mr. Lapreux is 1 well-known and highly respected citizen of the city. He is mar- ried and has four children, all grown, So far as can be learned, Mr. Lapreux was crossing the street Monday evening en he was struck by the car. The in- juries received Include a big on contusion the back of the head, fractures of. rits, a lacerated wound of the ear an abrasion of the forearm. 2 Wounds, ‘The Nemerous Adventures and Hair- breath Escapes of Marion Perdue of Richmond, Marion T. Perdue, twenty-two years old, Was sent to his home in Richmond today by Sanitary Officer Frank. He told a long story of having been in the Cuban army, and says he owes his life to Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, consul general, who represents this country in Cuba. The consul, he said, in- terested himself in his behalf, and managed to get him released from the Cabannas prison in Havana. After his liberation from prison he joined a filibustering party, and having been wounded in the stomac with a machete, and haying endured many hardships, he concluded to return, h and reached here about the Ist of Sep- tember. Two years ago, he said, he shipped from Philadelphia on the English ship Ernwell, laden with fron ore for Havana. Soon after reaching the island he became interested in the cause of the belligerents and joined the Cuban army at Santiago de Cuba. in the army, he says, he served under Lorenzo Palomeno. That was carly year, and he went to the province of F del Rio, Duriae the time of his acti vice he saw fighting endure the fool wee treated. He was forced into battle and was wound ed by a machete. There is an ugly scar across his stomach, which has healed. Be- sides this wound he received two bullets in his leg, and his leg was broken when hk was beaten with a musket. ad of being taken prisoner and snot rescued by the belligerents and re- turned to the hills of Pinar del Rio, and when he was improved he was transferred to Jamaica, where he was given hospital treatment. Being a good sailor he was en- Baged to do some filibustering for Cuban cause, and he went as captain of the boat known as the “Ammunition King.” This little filibuster made two successful trips, but on its third trip a Spanish gun- boat captured it and took all on board to the Cabannas prison. Life in the prison during his four months eration was not hard except when he became un- ruly and merited punishment. Then he Was put in a dungeon and fed on bread and water. a good and not badly During ordinary times the eating, he said, was fail Knowing what t Spaniards had been in the habit of doinx with Cuban pri s, he expected he would be shot. Twice was among thi lecied to die, and each time Gen. Lee sav him, because he is an American citizen. The secon time he was selected to be shot Gen. Lee succeeded in getting him released. During the time he was on the “Ammuni- tion King” he saw the Laurada being pur- sued by a Spanish gunboat. Discussing the situation in Cul 2 says he is certain that the ¢ will eventiially win, for every man in the army is sworn not to surrender, and they are much more enthusiastic and much harder fighters than the Spaniards. When Cubans capture Spanish soldiers, h they take their ammunition from ‘them and let them go, but this is not true when Spaniards capture Cubans. They almost in- variably kill the Cubans by shooting them, elther on the ficld or on the morning after their capture and transportation to prison. The Cubans put to death native Cubans who are captured in the Spanish ranks. General Lee saved him during the latter part of August and sent him to Philadel- phia, where he arrived about the Ist of September. He remained about Philadel- phia until a short time ago, when he came s far as Baltimore. Yesterday he here from the monumental city and last night he slept at a house on 11th street southwest. . This morning he called on Mr. McMichael at the Central Union Mission and was referred to Sanitary Of- ficer Frank. He says he has never had to ask for assistance until now, for he got money from the Cuban army officers for his work on the Cuban filibustering boat He leit here on an afternoon train for his home. A FAMILY A Young ™ Was Belleved to George Edward Johnson was furnished transportation to Vineland, Sanitary Officer Frank yesterday after- noon. He is about. thirt i years old, and tells a strange story of his life. His father, he says, is Capt. Edmund Johnson, who served in Company E, 31s New? York Voluni and who he supposed was killed in batule. Recently, however, he learned that he was a prosperous merchant in the New Jersey town. Soon after the news of his father’s death was received his mother concluded to go to California, and in 1868 she was furnished transporta- tion west.-Believing the captain to be dead, she remarried in Virginia City, Nev., and afterward died there. In the meantime, Johnson he learned that his father had also remarried, and he came here to starch the government records. He says he learned that his information concerning his father was well founded, and that he is not only living, but is drawing a pension At the time of his mother’s death, he says, she hinted that she had been wronged her husband's relatives, and now he be- lieves he has learned the true facts about the alleged wrong. ———_—_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Sherman Avenue. It is evident ncw that Sherman avenue will rot be widened under the terms of the current appropriation bill. It will be re- called Congress stipulated that before the appropriation should be available for the work the owners of abutting should first dedicate the land ne, the widening. ‘This the owners have refused to do, it Is believed the appropriation for the im- provement of the avenue will Japse. Capital Railway Compan: The Commissioners have recently had brought to their attention the subject of the charter of the Czpital Railway Com- pany, which, it vas claimed, had been for- feited by the fallure of the company to be- gin operations. This is the Congress Heights railroad. Application was recently made for permits, and the Commissioners, anxious to get at the exact status of the company, looked into the matter, with the result that according to the last amend- ment of the bill the charter rights of the company have nct been forfeited. ——— Appropriation Bills Approved. The President has approved the general pension appropriation bill and the urgent deficiency appropriation hill, Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Wheat—May. July. the | Sad. | The Usual Holiday Dullness Charao- terized Speculative Dealings, DECLINES WITHIN FRACTIONAL LIMITS Cuban Situation Regarded as Less Threatening. —_—_> . GENERAL MARKET REPO Special Dispa & © Stay YORK, 1 NEW emoe Today's stock market refle © usual holiday dullness and was given over to the ins - 8 of the prcfessional elemen Prices rarely profit by » ions and the net result of the day © sustains the record of previous year here were no stocks pressing for however, and the declines exceeding fractional limits were brought tion on the part of th Western advices reported small bank, bu provement in the At this center about only by cc rted er room t fail ratifying im. uation, ting azo s stitn= tions are working ther harmoniousiy and it is hoped that preatened run of yestenlay has been ntly averted Liquidation in the regarded as ha sales of securiti a be ng Tun tts cours: are likely to pre afely ant t real estate, and such other inflated as: as are known to exist in that section ¢ the country. If the process of liquidation is conservatively undertaken, no » 1 dis. turbance should result, but enforced selling would involve sacrifices beyond all reaxon- able doubt. Recent disclosures have had the ot discouraging enthusiasm mong ° otive speculative in’ and suri an dications wre not whoily en: aging to a higher market @ ng the holiday p Dullness is, however, more proba fous decline. uban incident of le ack toward nd is not serious niive to immediate fina Diplomatic affairs themselves into r than sion arzuments to supply The short interest in Dela Hi son was active during the forenoon in erirg the siock sold on yesterday's rumor of a proba fuction in the diviuend rate company has sold -oal this year than last, but has rece! a gr profit on its proauct than ofore divide is con only ut 1 per cent of considering the plus and the futvre it is not unlikely tha il be maintained next month he declaration of an extra dividend 3 per cent by the Pennsylvania ©. pany reflects in a measur © po: of the trade during the coming se seme mcre harmonious working hecomes operatl The executive committce of the United States Rubber Company has been in ses- sicn during a greater part of the day the result of the meeting will nov t nounced until after the close of bus A_corsiderable number of the committse will, it is understood, favor the declaration of a small dividend, probabt on the common stock of the ny ‘The market was irregular during the hour, and entirely professional, the volur of business being too small to warrant significant fluctuations, EELS FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the highes and the lowest ard the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York ‘steck exchange. " Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. High. Close. American Spirits... 12 11% American Spirits, pfa BX 2% BY American Sugar... 110" 10944 10945 Ameri American Tobacco. American Cotton Oil. .. we: Atchison. 13% Baltimore x Obi S 15 Bay State Gi ~ 1i4y Canada Southern... 12 : Canada Pacitic . ‘ Chesapeake & Ohio. 5 18 C. C. C. & St. Louis Chicago, B. & Q. 7 rt went Consolidated Del., Lack. & W. Delaware & Hudson. - Den. & itio Grande, Pd. "1 eral Elect illinois Central Lake Shore........... Louaville & Nashville jetropolitan Traction Maunatian ated... Michigan Central Missouri Pacitt National Lead Co. National Lead Co., Pid. . New Jersey Central. New York Central... Northern Pacy Northern Pacific, Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail. Phila. & Keadung.. Puliman ¥*. ©. Co. Southern Ry., Pfd. Wheeling & [. Erie. Wheeling& L. Erie,P:d- Western Union Yel Silver... Rail ita It Kailroad flrowd Gs, 85 bid. peake and Potomnc Telephone Sx. 100 tid. can Security and Trust ds, F. and A., American Security and Trust 5s, A. and 0. bid. Washington Market Company Ist Gs, 108 bid. Washington Market imp. Gs, "108 Washington Market Company ext 108 bid. sonic Hall Association 5s, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks. Washing bid. Metropolitan, 270 bid. Farmers and Mech axked. "Second, 125 bid, 115 bid, 130 asked. Columbia, 115 bid! West End, 106 bid, 112 a: 92 bid, 100 asked.” Lincoln, 102 Ohio, 9 Sasked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Sate Deposit and Trust, 118 asked. Washington Loan and Trast, 118 id, American Security 135 bid, Washington Sate asked. Columbia, 50 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks. Washington Gas, Did, 45'4 asked. “Georgetown Gas, 40 bid. U_ S. Bleetrie L Siig bid, 90 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 29 bid. Franklin, 39 bid. Metropolitan, 65 bid, 90 asked. Corcoran, 50 bid. Potomac, G5ig bid. | Arlington, 140 asked, National Union, 9 bid, 14 asked. Columbia, 11 bid, 14 asked.’ Riggs, T% bid. People's, 5 wid. Tjncoln, Si bid. 9 asked. Commercial, 4% bid, atic ‘Insurance Stockn.—Real Estate Title, 115 asked. Columbia Title, 6% asked. | Washington Title, Gy axked. Telephone Stocks. — Ivana, 38 bid, 59 asked. and Potomac, 47 oo — Amer. ican Graphophone. *8% bid, 8% asked. Ainerican G preferred, 9% bid, 11 asked. Pneu- natle Gun Carriage, 15 Did, 17 asked. ‘neous ix. — Mergen notype, o1221, bid, 125 asked, Lanston. Monotype,” bid. 7 asked. Washington Market, 12 Wid. ». 118 bid, 125 asked. Norfolk and Wash. peg Siemon, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 90