Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1896, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1896-12 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|SHIFTING THE 1SSUE/CRYING NEWSPAPERS The Dead Body of Editor McCullagh of St. Louis Found. THEORY OF SUICIDE DISPUTED Banker at ‘Sumeastaanatd Shoots Himself. A GERL a site RSELF body of Mr. J. B. McCullagh, chief cdttor uf the Globe-Democrat, was found at 6:20 «clock this morning lying on the stone pavement beneath the window of his room in the residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate Manion, 3837 West Pine street. It is supposed that he flung himself from the window sometime during the early morn- irg. His skull was badly crushed and the body otherwise injured. A Post-Dispatch extra gives the following in regard to the death: Dr. C. H. Hughes, his physician, said: “Mr. McCullagh was tired of living and killed himself. He gave ro premonition of suicide during his fl- ress, however. I saw him for a little while last evening. He said he felt sleepy, and seve me to understand he wanted to be left alore. His brain was affected, but his intellect was all rght. He never gave any signs of mental breakdown during his ili- ness. He suffered from profound nervous exhaustion, complicated with a recurring kidney trouble. He also had a sympathetic affection. The late campaign undermined his health.” The Post-Dispatch then adds: “Mr. McCullagh’s illness came upon him shortly after the close of the late republi- can national convention. It took the form ef acute asthma, complicated with nervous depression. When he passed through the acute stage he found himself slow in re- covery. His limbs had lost their vigor, his arms were numb and there were premoni- tions that the brain had come under the same shadowy spell. But Mr. McCullagh would not admit that he was failing either physically or mentally. He insisted on managing his newspaper from his hed rcom. All through the day he sat in his arm chair wrapped in blankets, received reports from his subordinates and gave them orders for the conduct of the paper.” Mr. Joseph B. McCullagh was born in eland, and with his brother, came to this untry in his youth. His first important bewspaper work was done in Cincinnati $4 ceworter and correspondent upon the Enquirer. Later he came to Chicago and ok the managing editorship of the Chi- cego Republican, succeeding Mr. Charles A. Dara. He occupied this position until shortly after the Chicago fire. When he went to St. Louis and took the editorship of the St. Louis Globe, which was subse- quently consolidated with the Democrat and became the Globe-Democrat. The theory of suicide ts not accepted by all of Mr. McCullagh’s friends. It is be- Meved by many that he had one of his at- tacks of asthma during the night, and in bis struggle for breath he threw ap the window to obtain air, and in his weakened cendition tottered and fell out. No writings were found in Mr. McCul- lagh’s room explaining his act or leaving instructions for the arrangement of his af- irs after death. a SHOT HIMSELF IN CHURCH. Suicide of the Vice President of a Bank That Has Failed. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 31 George B. Wilkins, vice president of the Commercial National Bank of Selma, which failed for half a million yesterday, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head in the Episcopal Church at Selma at 4 o'clock this morning. He had been vice president of the bank and treas- urer of the church for thirty years, and Was one of the best-known men in the state. Suicide by Asphyxiation. PITTSBURG, Pa. December 31.—Mary Wileox, aged about twenty years, commit- ted suicide at the Pennsylvanta Hotel, 1137 Liberty street, by blowing out the gas, af- ter carefully locking ali the Goors and win- dews and closing up every place that would admit air. She was on her way from Bethesda, Ohio, to California, Pa. The ho- tel people say that the girl acted strangely during her stay there, but that they knew nothing else about her. > BANKER DREYER ILL. Financial Troubles Have Aggra- vated His Condition. CHICAGO, Dec®mber 31._—E. S. Dreyer, of the banking firm of E. S. Dreyer & Co., which was dragged down by the collapse of the National Bank of Illinois, is very ill with inflammation of the kidneys, and m the members of his family are to see him. The recent financial ples he has passed through have ag- his condition to such an extent FS are entertained for his ees DING TO EUROPE. Senator Wolcott and Prof. Walker to Consult Foreign Bimetallixts. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 31.—It is learned on the best authority this morn- ing that Senator Wolcott of Colorado and Prof. Francis A. Walker of Massachusetts will sail for Europe this week or the first of next im the interest of international bimetalliem. The trip is said to have re- gelved the indorsement of President-elect McKinley When Senator Wolcott was at Canton. he offered to make a trip to Europe and to ascertain by direct conference with states- men of Europe what might be expected should an international bimetallic confer- ence be arrenged. Senators Chandler and Hoar are in Mr. Wolcott's confidence and are working with him. Just what he expects to accomplish tm Europe is not clear, but he will remain there until the Ist of March, and when he returns he will be fully prepared to show the Senate and those interested in the bi- metallic movement just what can be done. It is said that Senator Clark and Repre- sentative Mondel of Wyoming received the assurance of the support of Major Mc- Kinley when they called at Canton yester- ay Major McKinley and Vice President-elect Hobart are expected here Saturday. Sev- eral other party leaders will be here also. ‘The New York and Ohio situations will be thoroughly reviewed at this meeting. ets Ocean Stenmships Arrived. BREMERHAYV Deceraber 31.—Arrived ~Lahn, New York via Southampton. SGOW, December 31.—Arrived—Cir- New Yerk LONDON, December hawk, New York. ee Not There, it ts Said. The statement telegraphed from New York last week to the effect that the pub- Ushers of the principal monthly magazines im that city had attended a meeting held in that city to protest against the passage of the Loud postage bill is contradicted by a special dispatch from authority that is Ekely to be well informed on the subject. It is claimed by the friends of the bill In question that it does not affect publications of that class, but is intended to relieve the wails from 31.—Arrived—Mo- present law: —— Bonrd of Trade Reports. The aunual report of the board of trade, including the reports of the various com- mittees of the board, printed in The Star some weeks ago, have just been issued in permanent form in the shape of a pamph- let, which makes an attractive and val- — addition to the history of District affabrs. buses that have grown up un-! der a forced or too liberal construction of | Suggestions Made to Spain toGrantAutonemy to Ouba. If the Insurgents Demand Independ- ence Will They.Be Treated as‘the Cause of Distarbance? The understanding here is that the Span- ish government is to act upon the sugges- tions of Mr. Cleveland that autonomy be granted Cuba, but that the concession will Fave to be made in such a form as to pre- serve the dignity of Spain according to their own ideas. The declaration of Senor Canovas that nothing will be done until the province of Pinar del Rilo has been cleared of rebels is regarded as a modification of the former contention that the insurgents should first lay down their arms, and is simply a preparation for the institution of reform more or less in compliance with the suggestion of Mr. Cleveland. The prospect that Spain may make a pre- tense of granting these reforms raises an interesting question. It is known that the Cuban leaders will not agree to anything short of absolute independence, since their experience has taught them that no benefit can come from alleged reforms which must be administered by Spain. The devel- opment of Mr. Cleveland's policy would, therefore, if Spain should adopt his sug- gestions, place the insurgents in the atti- tude of standing in the way of the pacifica- tion of the island, which the American in- terests demand. The question then arises whether this country, feeling that American interests de- mand peace, will treat the insurgents as the irritating cause of disturbance and at- tempt to force them to accede to the terms which Mr. Cleveland has, in a way, exacted from Spain. The Spanish government will contend that If they adopt Mr. Cleveland’s sugges- tions, even in their own imperfect way, the responsibility of the continuation of the struggle and consequent injury to American interests will rest with the in- surgents, and that the moral support of this government, if nothing more, will have to be given to Spain. It looks to some like a shifting of the issue, and the question is whether, under such a condition of affairs, Mr. Cleveland would feel it to be more warrantabie for this government to inter- fere to compel the insurgents to accept-the terms proposed, than it would be for us to interfere now in behalf of the insurgents. Conference With Secretary Olney. Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister, had a confererce with Secretary Olney at the State Department today in special refer- ence to the alleged filibustering expeditions being fitted cut in Florida. Although the report lacks official verification, there is reason for the belief that the Spanish min- ister has, unofficially, advised the Secretary of State that it is probable the Spanish gov- ernment will accept the offer of the United States for the mediation of the Cuban trou- bles, and that the Cubans will be granted everything they demand except compivie autonomy and independence. It is said that Consul General Lee, who is now at Havana, will be instructed to open unofficial negotiations with the insur- gents with a view to a termination of hos- UMties on an honorable basis, with che un- derstanding that the United States will guarantee the performance of the reforms promised by the Spanish government for the amelioration and improvement of their cordition. It is considered unlikely that the insurgents will consider any proposi- tion short of autonomy or complete home rule. —_-—____-e+ BRICKS BLOWN BY DY MITE. A Woman Hart by an Explosion at the Lansburgh Rink. ‘There was an accident in the ruins of the Lansburgh building yesterday that came near having fatal results. Workmen en- gaged in pulling down the walls on the rear of the lot used dynamite to expedite mat- ters. One stick was placed under the tallest File and loosely covered over. When it was discharged one of the bricks was sent fly- ing through the air. It tore through the rear window on the third floor of the house a* 728 13th stret. The third floor of the house is occupied by a dressmaker, and one of the seam- stresses, Miss Minnie Harrison, was sit- ting some little distance from the window. The brick struck her with great force on the side of the neck. She was rendered unconscious and for a time it was thought she had been seriously injured. She was much better today, however, and was able to be at work, although still suffering con- siderable pain. A brick also fell in a wagon on 14th street, coming near striking the driver. Building Inspector Brady said this after- roon that in tearing down the walls the workmen had been allowed to use a small amount of the explosive, but only as muzh as was used after the Knox fire. One of the inspectors in his office was on hand yesterday to oversee the work, but the frst he knew of any accident was when he was told of it by a Star reporter this afternoon. a A CONSULSHIP. WANTS Col. Perry Carson After a Diplomatic Position. . Col. Perry Carson is a candidate for a coasulship under the McKinley adrministra- tion. As a delegate from the cclored people of the District of Columbia to republican national conventions for the last twenty years he has gained the name as a “leader of his people.” He doesn’t claim to be an original McKinley man, but Senator Allison is his friend, and he believes his record as a staunch republican will pull him through. He does not want a “job’’ under the Dis- trict government, and his desire for a con- sulship will be partly based on the condi- tion of his health. “I want to go as a consul to some place where I will be relieved from the asthma, from which I am constantly suffering,” said the colonel today. “To look at me no one would think I am anything but healthy, but I am not a well man. Every night I have to sit up two or three hours in bed to get relief from the misery in my side. Not only does the asthma trouble me, but I have heart trouble. I don’t show the wear of years, but that is because of the people I came from. People won't believe it when I say my grandmother was a Mo- hawk Indian, but that is the fact, and there are people in Kent county, Md., who will guarantee that fact. My father lived to be ninety-five years old, and never had a wrinkle in his face.” ‘The colonel would like to go as a consul to the new republic of Cuba or to any other southern port, where he could hope for re- Hef from his cough by a mild climate. The colonel has changed his habits of life a good deal of late. “The time was,” he said today, “when I liked excitement, but that time is past. Now I go to my room in the evening and stay there. I am passing along in life, and I hope to be able to spend a few years in a mild climate and coax good health back ————-+_ DERAILED IN THE DEPOT. A Baltimore and Ohio Train Runs Of the Track. Passengers on a St. Louis express train, which left here from the Baltimore and Ohio depot about 1 o'clock this afternoon, were badly frightened, and some of them were slightly injured. The rear car of the train was derailed within the yard limits. The, car toppled over on its side and was dragged a short distance over the ties. ‘Those who were in this particulier car were badly shaken up, and one woman’s screams adaed to the fear of the passen- gers, who were trying to regain their feet. The car was badly wrecked, but, as al- ready stated, none of the passengers re- ceived serious injury. As soon as possible the passengers were transferred to another car, and the train fesumed its journey east. The accident happened on the switch near the rear end of the yard, end ea gang of wreckers soon had the track in condition again. The wrecked car was taken to the Baltimore shops. { —_——_-— Closed at Neon. All the uptown departments were closed at roon today. oe Ministers Who Object to It Sunday HEARING BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS !ncidentally Church Bells are Brought Under Discussion. A NEW RULE PROPOSED ele tape Bees A very lively debate on the subject of the crying of newspapers on the streets of the city Sunday mornings took place before the District Commissicners today. All sides of the question were aired in the hearing, which lasted for an hour and a half. Commissioners Ross and Truesdell were not present, having been detained in an examination of a proposed site for the Wes- tern High School, so that it was neariy 12 o'clock before the hearing was opened, al- though it was announced to be begun an hour sooner. A committee representing the Protestant churches of the city was pres- ent In the persons of Rev. Dr. J. G. Butler and Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis. Rev. William E. Parson .was also present, and during the discussion spoke in advocacy of the proposed measure. On ihe opposite side there were present Gen. William A. Birney, William A. Crof- futt, William P. Wocd, Perry Carson, D. Webster Groh, Samuel M. Baldwin, H. M. Taylor and J.'W. Adems. The discussion was opened by Rey. How- ard Wilbur Ennis, who said that together with Drs. Butler and Parson they were be- fore the Commissioners to represent the Protestant denominations of the city to seek a law prohibiting the crying of news- papers on the streets Sunday mornings. They had not come there to ask that any restriction egainst the sale of newspapers on Sunday morning be made. They pro- tested simply against the crying of news- Papers on Sunday mornings. He could net, he sald, see any differerce between the cry. ing of fish on Sunday morrings and the erying of newspapers. “Our chief objection,” he said, “to the calling of Sunday ‘newspapers on the streets of the city is the fact that it dis- turbs public worship. Church people are only human, as are other people, and when they are in church they are disturbed by a boy calling his newspapers near the en- trance of the church. Our movement is not regarded as ethical, nor even as broad- ly moral, in its standpoint. We do not seek to abridge any one's privilege, and it might be that we would propose allowing the boys to have stands along the streets, so that they @an sell their papers there. We do not come before the Commissioners either to approve or disapprove the Sunday news- paper, but merely to insist upon one single point, and that fs that the calling of news- Papers on the streets be prohibited.” Upon the conclusion of Mr. Ennis’ re- marks, Gen. Birney asked if those who were opposed to the proposed measure could be heard. Col. William P. Wood quickly arcse to his feet and energetically advocated that each side to the contro- versy be given the same amount of time in which to state their arguments, and an- nounced that the movement represented by the ministers present was simply a form of religious persecution. Commissioner Ross replied that both sides of the question would be given an equal opportunity to be heard. Gen. Birney's Reply. General Birney then spoke at some length on the subject. He said that he wished to speak in behalf of a little news- boy of his acquaintance who, by the sale of newspapers, was supporting a decrepid old mother and father. General Birney Preceeded to argue that the present iaw accomplishes everything that the ministers present wish to accomplish. It gave am- ple protection, he thought, to the churches. Continuing, General Birney said ‘he reverend gentlemen present have collec- tions taken up in their churches on Sunday and prosecute their business on Sunday. They are paid fer the labor they do on Sunday. The newsboys do a part of their work on Sunday, and it seems to me that they have as much right to do so as have the churches. I have never seen a news- boy baw! his paper in the door of a church. It strikes me that that must be rather a rare occurrence.” Gen, Birney went on to say that he did not think that the ministers present had much standing, or should have much stand- ing before the Commissioners, as they paid no taxes. Col. Wood here interrupted to remark that the churches owned millions of dollars of property, on which they pay not a single cent in the way of tax. Mr. Birney continued that he did not know whether any syndicate of news stands in the hotels was back of this movement, as he thought it would result naturally in the sale of more papers at the news stands instead of by the boys. : Gen. Birney continued to say that the church bells should not be allowed to ring on Sunday mornings if the boys were not allowed to cry their papers. Rev. Mr. Ennis said he had nothing to say against the selling of newspapers on Sunday mornings. So far as the church bells were concerned, he thought he was willing to meet Mr. Birney on that point and to agree with him. He asked that the arguments of the gen- tlemen opposed to the proposition urged by him be confined strictly to the subject of calling newspapers. At Dr. Parson's request the police regu- lation regarding the calling of papers on the streets was read. Its prohibition is against the calling of papers at any other time than between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m, on week days and 7 and 10:30 o'clock on Sun- day mornings. Newsboys and Church Bells. Mr. Croffut urged that the newsboys should have the same right to cry their wares as the churches had to ring their bells. He said that later on the Secular League would ask to be heard by the Com- missioners in favor of a regulation pro- bibiting the ringing of church bells in the morning, as it was a great disturbance to working people who wanted to rest until a later hour. affe sald. he hoped everybody would re- member that this is the nineteenth century and the twentieth century is almost here, and tnat efforts to freme legislation would be directed accordingly. Rev. J. G. Butler advocated the measure proposed. He said that under all govern- ments church property is exempted from taxation, but he said that church people pay their taxes to as great a degree as any one else, and that he thought that the larger part of the taxes collected were taken from that class. He thought if all the people were in the churches the Com- missioners would be able to decrease their estimates for the police force instead of creasing them. neo Wiltam P. Wood gave the churches a scoring in a general way. He said that if the Commissioners saw fit, they could treat the churches as they did the saloons. They need not have a newspaper cried within 300 yards of a church. Mr. Ennis said that he was in full sym- pathy with the newsboys, as he had ped- dled newspapers in order to get through ccliege, and was a reporter afterward. The legislation they asked did not interfere with anybody’s rights. D. Webster Groh said that the ringing of church bells -and Salvation Army drums were an annoyance to many people, but tkey were not there to complain of them. He said that while the Christian Endeavor- ers were in this city, it was common to find them singing on the street cars, and making considerable noise in that way, but he or no one else, 30 far as he new, had complained of i. Rev. Mr. Parson said that he had no bell in his church, and he knew that Dr. But- ler had none. Mr. Ennis remarked that his was the only Presbyterian church in the city that had a bell, and in that case the bell was a relic, and would shortly go into a museum. Gen. Birney asked the Commissioners to let Mr. Carson give his views on the sub- ject under consideration. Mr. Carson said that he was there tn behalf of the news- boys, and he didn’t want any law passed to prevent them from selling Sunday news- Mee was tala that ao suck Proposition was THE LUMBER INTERESTS They Were -Presented to the House Ways ntatives Ask Claim- low the Average Tarift fox, Thirty Years. pr peers The hearings beire the ways and means committee toda @vered wood and manu- factures of wood and pulp, paper and books. There wer several large delega- tons present. Thé. forenoon was given to the lumber interests. C. W. Goodyear of Buffalo appeared as the representative of a committee of twenty, appointed by the convention of thé lumber men which met at Circirnati early in December. At that convention were representatives of the lumlermen from all parts of the United States. The committee met in this city yesterday snd prepared the outline of a formal retition to the ways and means committee, which Mr. Goodyear said would be presented later. An abstract of Mr. Gocdyear’s views is printed elsewhere in The Star. In corclusion Mr. Goodyear said that the lumbermen beljeved that if the protective idea was to be enforced in regard to any industry, none stood on a firmer footing than they. He estimated that the sched- ule they asked for would be but 20 per cent ad valorem, while the act of '90 aver- aged 50 per cent, and the act of "94 40 per cent, so that what they asked for was below the average tariff for thirty years. “There is an impression,” suggested M Tawney of Minnesota, “that there is a trust to control the output on the ber. What do you say to that ‘There exists. no such institution,” de- clared Mr. Goodyear. A lumber trust is not possible. There may be iron trusts and other trusts, but tt would be as impossible to form a lumber trust as to combine all the people of the United States in a trust agairst themselves. Judge Page Morris, a congressman-elect from Duluth, Minn., was called upon to speak for the lumber interests’ He dwelt upon the disadvantage in the matcer of stumpage, in which the lumbermen of the United States, who are obliged to buy from private individuals or government reserva- tions, are placed beside those of Canada. The nominal tax for the right to cut in Canada. was one cent an acre a year, while In the United States the tax was the full value of the lands. To build a railroad and mills, it was necessary that there should be sufficient lumber for ten years, and the risk of fire, taxes, insurance on plant, ete. had to be considered. In Canada the gov- ernment. carried the fire risk, paid the taxes and improved the streams, while pay- ment of stumpage was not required until the lumber was ready for market. The dif- ference in wages was from 30 to 50 per cent in favor of the United States. Cana- dian wages ranged from $3 to 90 cents a day in mills, American from % to $1.25, the average being $1.80 in the United States and $1.20 in Canada. The labor cost on planks selling at $10 a thousand feet was from $6.50 to $7, so that the tariff to cover the labor difference should be $2. He favored free logs becaure they kept our mills open, but if Canada attempted to impose an export duty on logs he thought the United States should retaliate. I. C: Enochsvef Jackson, Miss., represent- ed the southern lumber interests. As a lumberman from a,section heretofore never heard from in tariff matters, he sald he came to join in'ithis*appeal for adquate pro- tection to lumber.” T. B. Walket: ofMinneapolis, Minn., de- voted himself-largely to the Statistics of the lumber industry as a foundation for the claim of the lumbermen for adequate pro- tection. 1 i A. H. Winchester of Buchanan, W. Va., represented the hardwood district of the United States.eThermain argument he used for placing miform duty of $2 on ali woods was thgt woods were interchange- able, and if om cldss became cheap it dis- placed the dedrer woods. Representative Boutelle of Maine made a brief argument on behalf of the lumber- men of the east, who, he said, had never sought an invidious discrimination in thetr favor. The spruge jnterests of the east, he sald, were always willing to co-operate witn the white pine interests. of the northwes:. At the concluston of his remarks the com- mittee took a recess. The afternoon, session of the ways and means committee was opened by “Mr. C. H. Lang of Boston, Mass., who presented a memorial from rattan manufacturers. Louis C. Wagner of 79 Duane street, New York, appeared to protest against the dis- crimination against cigar labels and bands in comparison with other-articles consider- ed as lithographs under the present law. The pulp and paper schedule was next announced. Mr. John Morris, business man- ager of the York World, first spoke. —_——__—_-e+—____ HAIL AND FAREWE Many Churches to Watch 1896 Out 1897 In. Tonight is the night for the good old- fashioned watch meeting, when with prayer, song and exhortations, the old folks were wont to see the old year out and the new year in, while the young folks made Cupid climb as mercury fell. There will be.several watch meetings in Washington. - The colored churches will quite generally observe the passing hours that mark the flight of another year. Many other churches will have special services. At Foundry M. E. Church, 1éth and G streets, service begins at 10 p.m. There will be an address by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Brown. At Waugh M. E. Church, 3d and A streets northeast, watch night services commence at 9:30 o'clock. There will be a sermon by Rey. Dr. Luther B. Wilson and a recep- tion by the ladies from 4 to 9 p.m. tomor- row at the church. At St. Margaret’s there will be the Feast of the Circumcision, service and holy com- munion at 11 a.m. tomorrow. At Wesley Chapel, corner 5th and F streets northwest, watch night service be- gins at 10 o'clock. ‘ At Grace Church, th and D streets south- west, Rev. H. Fields Saumenig in charge, there will be evensong and sermon this evening at 11 o'clock. ‘As has been customary in former years, a prayer meeting will be held tomorrow mcrning at the Church of the Covenant frem 9 to 10 o'clock. A thanksgiving service will be held this evening at 7:30- o'clock at St. Aloysius Church, at which time a sermon will be preached by Rev. Martin J. Hollohan, S.J., of New York, and a solemn Te Deum’ sung by the full choir, under the direction of Mr. 8. J. Kubel. a — MRS, BRADLEY’S WILL. Bequests Madé and the Other Pro- ’ visions. The will ofthe late Mary Ann Bradley, dated Marchi, 1896, and appointing her son, Joseph #. Bfgdley, as executor, was filed today. ‘fo eagh of her sons, Joseph, Walter and (George, the sum of $30 is given. The edtate 20 be charged, with re- maining unpéfd’ trasts, excepting premises 2213 M street ang, until they are entirely liquidated no,eyispe is to take his portion thereof. ie ees The testatdis hiisband 1s given a life in- terest in the real estate. Premises 2213 M street are giyen.to Joseph F. Bradley, a son, part ofjilot..M, square 102, being be- queathed to/Waiter Bradiey, another son, and his wife;°with'remainder to-their chil- dren. To Geo. W. Bradley, a third son, sub lot 23, squard 72, is bequeatited, with remainder t# hischildren. The sum of $1,000 is given 10'Sarah Bradley, widow of the testat#ix’s: 66n, Elihu. The personal estate after the death of the tgstatrix’s husband is to be equally divided among her heirs. =e The will of the late George W. Cox was also filed today. It 1s dated November 20, 1895, Anna Love, a sister, being appointed executrix, and ff the event of her death Belle Love, a niece, is to be executrix. To Henry and Morris Lenzberg of Baltimore, Md.; Sophia Fox of Cleveland, Ohio; Felix Lenzberg of Pittsbu Pa., and Lizzie eet Log Angeles, Cal., the sum of each ts given. The residue. of tit estate ta Le beraary to said Anha Love, one in the event of her death, to said Belle <. : 5 (Resident Student, 8. B.‘ Moore ‘has-been sppointed by the Commissioners a res! student-at the Washington Asylym: ERROR IN THE SCORE Dissatisfaction Among Riders in the if Bicycle Race. Tt WAS CORRECTED BY THE REFEREE Men Are All in Good Condition, With Hearty Appetites. SCENES IN THE HALL — The fourth day's racing of the six-day eight-hour bicycle contest at Convention Hall began this afternoon with more en- ergy than ever before. The men appeared to be in good condition, and the opening was marked by brisk riding. Ed. Plummer ts delighted with the appe- tites of his two men. Up to last evening they had consumed about five pounds of rice and four pounds of oatmeal, besides a avantity of chicken broth, beef tea, coffee and tea. The American riders have equal- ly as good appetites. te As the men appeared for the race this af- ternoon they were dressed slightly lighter than yesterday, but they wore paper tucked beneath the racing shirt. Shortly before 2 o'clock the referee .for the day, Mr. W. T. Robertson, called the men together, and a mistake in the score of several laps, over which there was con- siderable dissatisfaction, was considered and rectified. The Start. The racing was started later than at any other time since the opening. Chapple was Gissatisfied at the action of the referee and officials who refused to allow him two laps that he claimed. The start was made at 2:31, and the men struck up a heavy pace. Lawson was forced to change wheels a few miles after the start and lost six laps. A Battle of the Giants. Tt is now a battle of the giants, and, bar- ring accidents, there is not a man in the bunch who is not confident of getting a place in the wind-up. Two men are very apt to be mistaken, but who they are will hardly be known for some time at least. All day yesterday the riders swept around the arena with steady pace and apparently unwearled muscles. They all sat tn the saddles as solidly and as firinly as at the opening day, and the only trouble seems to be from sources not directly traceable to sitting in the saddle. The eyes of all of the men, with perhaps the exception of the Swede, the terrible rider, who sits in his saddle just as easily and pedals as nicely as though he were on a pleasure jaint, in- stead of being In a contest, have suf- fered. The bending over position for eight. consecutive hours, the glare cf the electric lights, the reftection on the ice. the moving crowd of spectators on the in- field and, last but not least, the somewhat coid temperature to the riders, all combine to irritate the eyes, and Ke them blood- shot and sore-looking. ‘This is something which will have to be attended to, and if the rider is not careful his “peeps,” so the trainers speak of the eyes, are apt to swell up to such a size as to prevent see- ing. e racing was remarkable in more ways. than one. It was remarkable because it shewed at the end that almost as many miles had been covered as on any previous day. Another notable thing was the size of the audience, which was the largest of any night, showing that the interest in the event is increasing. The contestants when they left the track last evening appeared to be much fresher than on any of the previous evenings. There was hardly a man in the tot who could not have sat on the saddle some time longer, if necessary, and 4s soon as the riders dismounted they shook them- selves, something after tne fashion of a dog, te take away the cramp caused by the riding in one position for so long. After this they walked from the crack, unaided, and started for their “boarding places, where, under the hands of their trainers, they were treated in such a manner as to fit them for a good rest and take away the stiffness. As soon as the ride was over Waller donned a pair of pantaloons and a coat on the track, went over and kissed his wife, who was in the audience near the finishing point, and, in her company, left the place. The Probable Record. Just on2-half of the week's work is done for the riders, and if the same speed is kept up as last. evening the winning man will in all probability have about 875 miles and a few laps to his credit, possibly more: but It seems as though the 900-mile mark will not be reached. ‘The record of Charlie Ashinger, made in 1891, is clearly smashed, and Ashinger himself is keeping well up in the front in the record-smashing business. His record for the third day's ride in that attempt, on an old ordinary, was 128 1- miles, and every rider yesterday went eigh- teen miles over that score. It is remarkable to see how close the men stick by each other. With all of the hard riding yesterday, only two or three laps were gained in all. Soon after the start the entire bunch, through a spurt by Maddcx and Waller, lapped Forster. Ma other attempts at lapping were made, failed. Late in the evening a plan w: ar- ranged between the two leaders, and they spurted with such success that they gained their only lap of the day on the whe bunch. Emboldened witi the success of this they tried the trick once more, but it fatled. Just before the close another great spurt was made, but all of the bunch with one exception followed, and Chapple, the plucky English rider, was the only one who was lapped. This lap placed him and Forster in exactly the same position they were at the beginning of the day, and the jevial German was happy over thé result. Effect of Pacing. The totals of yesterday were much larger than for the second day’s riding, and near- ly equaled that of the first day for the leaders. This increase was due to pacing which was put in. In the afternoon Eddie Bald went on the track, and carried the men around at a record-breaking pace, he staying on the track for nearly half an hour. : In the evening George 8. Ball went in and paced the men, carrying them around at a liyely rate. He was followed by Frank Albert as pacer, and the bunch was still kept on the jump. At 9 o'clock Tom Lin- ton took the pace, and kept the men going at a steady gait for nearly an hour. The prettiest riding of the day happened just before the close, and the bursts of speed were numerous. Nothing was gained by this, however, though the audience cheered long and frequently. ‘There were frequent calls for the Swede to take the lead and give an exhibition of his sprinting abilities, but he kept in the ranks until a few minutes before the end, when he made a magnificent sprint that took the hovse by surprise, and main: tained the lead until the finish. He did this to keep from being counted out of a lap when the ride ended. Forster's Good Showing. Forster, who at present is the end man in the procession, is perhaps making the best showing of any of the riders, taking all things into consideration. He is of slim build, but apparently all sinews, and pedals around, moving most of his body. He was in the recent Madison Square con- test, and rode over 1,300 miles in the six days, a much greater distance than any of the other contestants in the prescnt race. He is still sore from the results of that ride, but last night he was heppy, stating that he was just feeling his old self again, and that before the end of the week his position would be changed considerably. Charley Ashinger is another of the long- distance men in the race, he riding nearly 1,600_ miles at Madison Square. He still ma/ftains his third position, being nearly two miles ahead of the Swede and only eight laps behind Maddox. The riding hes just put him into condition, and last even- ing he said he felt better than ever before. Maddox and Waller were also in the Medi- son Squere race, but neither finished, drop- out before many miles were are comparatively taking the other two old riders into con- ‘sideration. quite sp well the early evening, that he did not indulge in any of his spurts. He was perfectly satisfied to hoid his po- sition, and in this he succeeded. Chapple, the English rider, did not maintain his usual style yesterday, and failed to push the wheel with his customary vim. Hun- ter, however, managed to keep right up in the push. Exhibition Rides. After the close of the races last evening Teddy Hale, the Irish champion, came out in his green costume and rode a mile, un- paced, in 2:36. He made better time than that in his long ride at New York a few weeks ago. Eddie Bald went aguinst the three-quar- ter-mile record ard rode it in 1:45, reduc- ing his old record of 1:30 by five seconds. Tom Linton went against the five-mile record, and in spite of the fact that he oe the men in the big race for nearly an cur, he covered the distance In 11: hi old record being 12:06. oes The track has been measured by Manager David Towers, and has been found to be sixteen inches over twelve laps to the mile, ‘so that all of the records made will siand. Last Night's Score. The standing of the contestants at the close of last evening, completing the twen- ly-fourth hour, is as follows: Ist 2d Ba 5 Day. Day. Day. Waller ...... 47-7 143-7 146-8 Maddox ..... 147-7 143-5 146-6 Ashinger ... 46-9 143-5 146-5 436—10 Lawson ..... M448 1440 146-3 435-1 Hunter ...... 14-7 1438-5 146-6 4346 Chapple ..... 41-7 144-3 146-5 Forster BT 142-6 146-6 This evening after the close of the big race Teddy Hale will give an exhibition two-mile ride. Eddie Bald will come out for one mile against his vnpaced record for the distance, while Tom Linton, the English wonder, will ride ten miles against his record. DOCTORS DISAGREE. Police Court Considers a Quarrel a Fine Follows. When doctors disagree, who is to decide? The question was answered by a Police Court jury today, who, after deliberating precisely three and three-quarter seconds, by a stop watch, returned a verdict declar- ing Dr. James G. Eggleston guilty of as- saulting Dr, Edwin M. Hasbrouck. The prosecuting witness testified that Dr. gleston and himself rented a house joint- at 2500 14th street. I found that co-operative housekeeping is not a success,” Dr. Hasbrouck went on to say. “Dr. Eggleston failed to pay his share of the rent for December, and we re- ceived notice to vacate. Monday last I be- gan moving out my things, when Dr. Eg- gleston interfered, saying that he did not propose that he should remain there and pay all the rent. He then struck me. “Dr, Hasbrouck raised his hand to strike me, and I got in the first blow,” was the defense of Dr. Eggleston. Counsel agreed not to address the jury, ard the charge of Judge Miller was brief and to the point. “Gentlemen,” he said, with a smile, “this is a very momentous question, and a grave responsibility rests upon you. I therefore direct you to give it most careful consider- ation.” > The jury retired and immediately return- ed, reporting the verdict stated. “You have been convicted of a technical assault,” remarked the court to Dr. Eggles- ton. “The fine will be five dollars. es SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY. Hearing of m Valkenburg, Wana- maker's Political Manager. POTTSVILLE, Pa., December 31.—Some startliag testimony was given today in the preliminary hearing of E. A. Van Valken- burg, who has charge of John Wanamak- er’s senatorial campaign at Harrisburg, and who was arrested last night charged with attempting to bribe Representative Webster C. Weiss of Northampton county to vote for Mr. Wanamaker for United States senator. After Van Valkenburg had been called and pleaded not guilty, the prosecution called J. Tillard, who said he was em- ployed by the interstate detective agency of Scranton. Tillard said he was sent to the Wanamaker people early in the sum- mer to hire out to them and then disclose all Information he could get to his su- reriors. He described at length interviews he haa with Mr. Van Valkenburg. He said it was agreed that he was to help the latter se- cure votes against Senator Quay’s candi- date for United States Senator. He told him he had conspired with and induced | Van Valkenburg to give him money to bribe representatives in various parts of the state, notably in Luzerne, showing a photograph receipt from Dr. sMackey of Luzerne county for $1,250, and pledging himself to vote for Wanamaker. Tillard acknowledged that he had kept $50 out of the original sum, which was $1,300. He said it had been given him by Van Valkenburg to give to Dr. Mackey. The defendant's counsel objected to the testimony as having no bearing on the Weiss case, but the justice admitted it. ‘A recess was then taken. Mr. Van Val- kenburg says Tillard’s statement is a tis- sue of lies. a THE FACE OF MOTHER EARTH. Numerous Papers Read Before the Geological Society. The Geological Society of America con- tinued its sessions at the National Museum today. The lecture room was filled with a large and studiously attentive audience, and a number of important papers were read, and many of them illustrated with stereopticon or by drawings on the black- board. A number of papers of lesser importance were read by the council of the society, which was in session during the day in one of the offices of the museum. Papers were read this morning by Harry Fielding Reid, Bailey Willis, Warren Up- ham, I. C. Russell, Charles R. Keyes, F. D. Adams, J. F. Kemp, J. E. Wolff, Joseph F. James and David White. The annual banquet of the society came off last night at the Raleigh. —_— The Oregon Accepted. The Navy Department today accepted the battle ship Oregon, built at San Fran- cisco. ee ee Government Bonds, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. 2 per cents, registered. 4 per cents, coupon of 1997. 4 per cents, registered of i 4 per cents, coupon of 1925. 4 per cents, registered of i 5 per . coupon of 1904. 5 per cents, tered of Gutrency @ per cents of 1897 Currency 6 per cents of 1898. Currency 6 per cents of 1899: Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Open. High. Low. Close. aah wa 78! 7 ‘78 IS% sath, 3 i F; 7 ve 745 7. 7390 78 TTT 7.77 3.80 382 S77 3.77 400 400 39 3.95 3.75 76 3.75 875 ‘comox. 3.97 395 B.S uigh. “low. Close. 79 6. 679 6.93 683 698 683 6.98 6: 706 692 7.06 Ts 715 7.05 7.14 aE i i: “ ha i srnthera ‘wheat ‘by. susnple, 85a05; 0. on” grade. 340) FINANCE AND TRADE Net Changes Were Small and Without ae ees Manhattan, Sugar and Leather Most Active. MARKET REPORTS GENERAL Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 31.—The course of prices in today’s stock market reflected the customary prejudice against carrying stocks over a holiday, as well as the py sure of private business affairs incident to the close of the year. Net changes for the day were consequently insignificant and were not the result of any special recard for merit. The year ends with some encouragement for the future, but It is unreasonable to expect much of the immediate situation A retrospective view of the market shows the average price of ten of the most active stocks to be 2\y per cent higher than the highest price recorded for the same group on the closing day of last year. The same stccks were selling at noon today at an average advance of 15 per cent over the midsummer panic level. This low level will be remembered as the period preceding the invasion of the east by the free silver agitators and ended with the Madison Sqvare fiasco. The prices for this day one year ago re- flect the sharp rally following the Vene uelan scare, so that two panic periods hav been passed, and stocks are now a (rifle better after a year of repeated sctbacks. The comparison with today’s figures does not represent the best prices for the year, by any means, but refiects the post-election liquidation, the timidity of capital, the ag- gressiveness of the bears and an extremely lean period of earnings—a series of cir- cumstances contributing wholly to depres- sicn. Considering the resent tendency of the foreign exchange market, the better prices for cereals, the increased exports of farm products and the certainty of large inter- est disbursements, any radical change in fundamental conditions should be in the direction of improvement. ‘The best results of the improvement per icd will be delayed, however, by the threat ened complication of the Cuban question, owing to a possible extension of the discus- sion beyond the limits of the two nations directly concerned, and the probability of a marked increase in our imports. This latter result will follow a more general knowledge of the certainty of higher tariff schedules next summer. The increase in government revenues during this period of increased imports will have a tendency to at:ract temporary in- dersement to a revenue measure which seems destined to accomplish its mission after the certainty of its repeal is estab- Usted. All things considered the record for the New Year should reflect a greater percentage of improvement than the one now erding. Manhattam Sugar, and Leather were the three active issues in today’s narrow mar- ket, because of special reasons not appli- cable to the general list. The refusal to allow the injunction against the payment of the Manhattan dividend advanced the price under covering to 9, the highest re- cent level. The reselling of Sugar by the interests which covered yesterday resulted in a 1 per cent decline from first prices. The death of the president of the Leather company encouraged sales by the room, on the theory that a large block of stock would come on the market. The railroad and miscellaneous list outside of the secu- rities named was entirely void of feature. > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the cpening, the highes: and the lowest ard the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. ' Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broad Open. High. Low. Clone. American Spirits........ ny 1% ll Aumerican Spirits, pid 2) ....* paces ee American dugar.- my im 1103 American Tekeson."*: pi ‘ete mn 1 : % American Cotton Ott cee ae Atchison... Mu le 18) le Baltimore & Ohio. « Bay State Gas... 1Canada Southern... Canada Pacific. 2Chicago. R. 1. & Pacitic Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack. & W. Delaware & Hudson." Den. & Kio Grande, Ptd. amie. oe General Electric Aiinois Central SLakeShore....... Louville & Nashville Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacifi 20 National Lead Co... pee National Lead ST New Jersey Cent: i 100 4New York Central. 4 Northern Pacific.. Northern Pacific, P1 Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail. Phila. & Keading. Puliman 1’. C. Co. s . Pid. “By 26 ae U.S. Leather pta. Wheeling & L. Erie. wi & L. Krie, Pia. Western Union Tel Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Notice.—The board will adjourn over until Mon- day, January, 4, 1897. les—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Mergenthaler Linotype, § at 124. Larston Monotype, 100 at 6%. After call_Columbia Railroad Gs, ¥1,000 at 110, $1,000 at 110, $1,000 at 110, District of “Colmmbia Bonds.—20-vear Pund. 5s, 103 bid. 30-year Fund. gold 6s, bid. Water Stock currency 7s, 1901, 109 bid.’ Water Stock eur rency 7s, 1908, 110 bid. Fund. currency 3,658, 108 bid, 100% asked. Miscellancous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad Se, 108 bid, 112 asked. Metro; Gs, 113% bid, 115! Certificate tan Rajleond conv: asked. Metropolitan Railroad wt 100 bid. Washington —— ee ee Market imp. L. Vas Market Company exten, Gs, 106 bid. Mi alt Association Se, 104 bid. Washington Light Infan try Ist Ge, 95 bid, 100 asked. Aational “Rank | Stocks.—Bank of Washington, *27 bid. Metropolitan, *278 bid, 390 anked: Central, *268 bid.” Farmers and Mechanics’, *168 jumbla, *119' bid. * Seked West Hod, "100 bia, ‘1b ankea ‘Tenders °90 bid. 100 asked. Lincoln, *100 bid, 108 asked. Mate Depaatt aud Ws ONale Depasit = on Loan and Trust, 118 bid, 121 ambed, American Security: and “Trust, 185" bid. “Wastiingion ‘Sate o ics. —Cay 51 ‘Stocks. pital Traction is = pg ees Metropolitan, 104 bid.