Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1897, Page 2

* de i a _THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1897-24 PAGES. 2 nittees to look after various details. It wus al’- decited to have abundant means fire at the pension building, in- # at least twenty firemen, a supply “f chemical extinguishers, and ‘other ap- yaratus Teady for instant use. ‘There will Iso ‘e a hospital room fitted up in the mild:ng, which will be equipped h all uppliences and be in charge of ph. ans eady for any em y that may reed heir services, Arrangements will be made @ have all street cars stop runniag curing inaugural parade is mov mittee meeting w ns to be selected discussed. ed January in the project of having 300 voices participate in the night concert. committee on illumination and fire- was in session about four hours, and ted Chairman M. I. Weller to again upon the executive committee the pro- sdopting the plan to « intersections. Fi were received from Paitt ot Louts Waller of St. Louis, A. L Cincinnati, and the Roches ‘ompar.y. A recommendation as warding’ of the contract will prob- made at the executive committee 7 tonight. nstri es FORGOT HER OWN CHILDREN. ing the Others. Tex., January 16—At a late night the hoys’ wing of Duck- ban Home, five miles from the 3 destroyed by fire. Five boys per- the flames, and several others - The dead are Carlos Jones, Britton, “Milton Britton, Martin and an unknown child. Mrs. Britton, the matron, re- r the night she had them clean out pare a stove situated in the room der hers. This was her usual cus- he then sent one of the large boys, whom she depends regularly for that kind, to see if the work had operly done. He reported that was all right, and she then re- ed. “rd 2st cm “pon xork een 1 been in bed but a short time smelled smoke, and immediately dup to investigate. The floor under *t was almost too hot to stand upon. ing this, she immediately raised rm, and runners were sent to all te rooms to rouse the children and get out cf the building as quickly as tnxiety to get the children out she @ to assist those in her own room. seeing a large percentage of the had been removed from the ‘bulld- { that others would be out In a few she suddenly remembered her wae ildren, and, running to her room, adeavored to reseue them. She » too late, however. The fire had Ireaty entered the room, and, although te fought the flames with desperate zeal, he was compelled to retreat with the af- righted cries of her children ringing in er ears. knowing they were doomed to a rtain death nfusion which reigned while the being hurriedly assisted from building many were overlooked and I of the little fellows were seriously srned. The building, with all its fur- iture, was destroyed. ag TisSHERMEN WERE SAVED. Vhey Had Drifted Out on Lake Michi- gun on an Ice Floe. January 16.—Nothing rd of the fishermen blown out on + Jake on aa ice floe yesterday afternoon. Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'ciock a strip f ice. about ten miles long, extending m the mouth of the Menominee broke from the west shore and was wried rapidly toward the east shore of sreen bay in the direction of Death's Door. the ics floe left its anchorage, thir- rmen from Menekaunee were on © ten ling their nets, but were so far the crack that by the time the farm had been given, the crack was so id= they could not escape to the shore. r on all doubt as to the fate of the removed. Manuel Holgren, Johnson and Otto Larsen rom Green Island in a skiff >uth ver LATE NEWS. BY WIRE Discussing the Populist. ‘Nomination at Raleigh. as a 5 sane CURIOSTEY AS 70 DEMOCRATIC PLANS Uncertainty in the Situation at Springfield, Ill. OREGON THE OUTLOOK IN Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., January 16—The aom- ination, of Cyrus Thompsen,: seeretary. of state, for senator by tae populist caucus fat they had left six others 1 the island. They will be brought over the lignthouse’keeper’s boat. -kly as the tishermen felt the cur- n the bay changing yesterday after- von they knew danger was ahead, and <st of them scurried for the island. Ail rived safely but Ed. Hoffman, who was ‘img borne aw4y on the ice, when a boat ent out and rescued him. ‘The most re- ‘arkable escape was that of Sam Lund, ae got to shore.dn his sled. He was far at on the bay and put up twenty-seven et_of canvas and literaily- skimmed over ugh and cake ice and jumped cracks four et wide before-reaching strong ice. He as drenched from head to foot. The ice went out in half an hour yes- tday, and, though the bay looks open om here, ‘the fishermen say the ice is ushed in between Green and Chambers ds. ave fears are felt for the safety of 1eodore Johnson of Sturgeon hay, former- Vice president of the Menominee River Mingle Manufacturing Company. Mr. shnson staried from Menominee yesterday to skate to Sturgeon bay, and thing has been heard of him since. In- uirles are being sent out all along the east ore, and it is hoped he reached Egg Har- The sudden movement of the ice in yesterday took out over $0) worth ing nets. pane DIVED EIGHT STORIES. ticide of a New Yorker Discouraged by Business Reverses. NEW YORK, January 16.—Charles Roths- ild, former! the cloak business in ookiyn, killed himself in the Cable build- = on Broadway today by jumping from * eighth Qvor through light shaft to + ground. He was aimost instantly killed. lis wife was st one of the urth-floor window haft as Roths- ild’s body shot downward. She looked wr at th ot of the shaft, and, rned face, she shrieked, 2nd,”* swooned. When she was ought to her senses she became so vio- atly hysterical that she was removed in + ambulance to a hospital. Business re- rses probably led to the suicide. POSTMASTER GENERAL. as {t lay at the gnizing the up- “Its my hus- J UPANESE > Makes = Visit to Our Post Office Department. Yostmaster General Wilson received a il yesterday from the Japanese director neral of posts, Mr. R. Ken, who is on © way home from the international tele- aph convenjion at Buda Pesth. After a asant conversation on international pos- facilities, the Postmaster General ac- npanied his distinguished visitor around @epartment and through the post office sseum. The director general expressed -at pleasure in what he saw of the work- s# of our postal system. —— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Favorable Report. The Commissioners have sent to Con- “$8 a favorable report on Senate bill 9 to authorize the Washington and n Echo Railroad Company to extend its scks Into the District 600 feet. An Appointment. ‘harles F. cross has been appointed a ivate on the olice force. eter tame < Continental Memorial Hall Site. The House committee on public buildings 1 grounds has authorized a favorable re- vt on @ bill granting “to the National So- ty of the Daughters of the American volution a site for a build: to be used @ continents! memorial The site t@ be locates uu the Monument reserva- m, fronting on Lith street, adjacent to © bureau of « Excise Board, “he akxeise board has granted the follow- 5 Hoenses: Thomas Collins, transferred m Herman Jacobsen, 1227 20th street ‘thwest; Charlés ©. Abbott, No. 517 7th wet northwest; and rejected the follow- : Washington Social and Literary Club, ward R. Reyuolda., st @apitol sre ids. president, No. 1520 last night created a profound sensation. He is the strongest man thepopulists have. Pritchard's closest friends declare they ex- pected. this move and had aiscotttitet Tt; but Thompson’s nomination, amLaccepiance are a great surprise to all the bolting pop- ulists and to the rank and file Of the’ re- publicans. Dr. Mott says: “It is a bombshell.” Some republicans say they are-im-the: humor to join forces with the democrats, and elect a democrat ff they find Pritchard can be beaten. Others say they feel re- lieved that Butler has_at Igst_ put up his candidate. All agree that it !s good poli- tics for Butler, putting Thompson out of his way as a rival four sears, hen leaving him to deal with Harry alone, as the chief of the bolters. There is intense interest to know what the democrats will do--that --is;.-whether they will vote solidiy for Thompson, whose campaign against them last year was bit- ter. Democrats are feticent. They deny statements current today that anyvof them have said they would not vote for Thomp- son at their ceucus Monday evening. Skin- ner says that Senator Odom, one of the populist majority, today’ jotred “the boNers. Five bolters have returned to the cauc ‘There are now fifteen boltérs, But two thor of these are expected to desert their fac- tion. It is asserted that the colored republizans made a demand for office before supporting Pritchard, and that a North Caroliza negro was promised the position of recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. Monday the legislature committee begin the :nvesti- gation of the charges ‘brought iy: populists of bribery and fraud in the senatorial ccn- test. i aides UNCERTAINTY AT SPRINGFIELD. ne Skinner Candidates to Appear. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, January 16~As to who will te the next United States senator there appears to be more uncertainty to- day than ever. The retirément’of*Martin B. Madden has been .. follawed by the growth of a vigorous lot of candidates. They come from all pa¥ts“of the stkte and all have friends out doing missionary work. Up to date the candidates talked about are as follows: 8. W. Allerton, W. ‘J. Calhoun; Representative J. G. Cannon, Col. Clark E. Carr, ex-Senator Chas. B. Farwell, ex- Gov. Jos. W. Fifer, ex-Gov. John M. Ham- ilton, W. H. Harper, Representative Robt. R. Hitt, Representative A. J. Hopkins. Ex-Representative W. Lorimer, ex-Repre- sentative W. E. Mason, Gen. John Mc" Nulta, Representative Walter Reeves, John M. Smythe and Gov. John R. Tanner. ~~ Some of these men are confident of vic- tory, while others are merely posing in the hopes that they may be struck by the sen- atorial thunderbolt in the confused “and muddled condition of the political affairs. ‘There are wise politicians here, who count themselves wise, who profess to believe that the man who is to succeed Senator John M. Palmer in the Senate has not-yet been named. They claim that matters have. become so complicated that the republicans will have to select a-dark horse. There 1s some belief expressed that the matter will not be decided in joint caucus, but that the matter will go before the joint assembly of the legislature. Should this. be. the rout- come it may be thatiweeks. will go by be- fore a man can be elected. Gov. Tanner Leuds a Hand. CHICAGO, January’ 16.—The Herald Springfield, Il!., special says: Governor’Tan- ner has taken the field for Representative Lorimer in the senatorial contest. Hundreds of telegrams, have. been’ sent td local leaders throughout the state__who. have influence over the legislators fro1 their districts. They read thus: 5 “Come in at once, please, and call to see me. JOHN R. TANNER.” Had these telegrams been sent directly from Governor Tanner's own hands‘ft could be charged that they were possibly in the interest of some candidate other than Lort- mer, or that they referred to matters for- eign to the senatorial fight altogether. But the fact that they were sent from the.exn ecutive mansion to Lorimer headquarters, and were handed by Lorimer to one of his lieutenants, who took them to the tele- graph office and sent them, clinches their character and fastens the governor for a time, at any rate, to the scheme,to,elect Lorimer. SITUATION IN OREGON, Mitchell's Supporters and the Opposi- tion Equally Confident, .. SALEM, Ore., January 16.—The house spent the entire day in making’ ilatozy motions. Many members left the capital to spend Sunday, and as they will not re-_ tern until Monday afterncon itis‘ highly probable that the organization of the house will not occur befor® Tuesday, which will again <ielay the vote for United States sen- ator for a week or until February. Tv Mitchel! men express *confidence in their ability to keep their forces in ‘Ine until a vote is taken, while the opposition is just as confident they will bring ghout a defeat of Senator Mitchell-for’ re-election. eee = PANIC IN A HOTEL. ve Robbers Dashed Through, Flourishing Revolvers. KANSAS CITY, Mo., January 16.—Two robbers, with drawn revolvers, recently created a sensation among several guests at the Bonaventure Hotel, a family hostel- ry. They had been surprised white at work robbing a house in the ‘vicinity, and were soon being chased by two gfficers.and a crowd of people. The hotel appeared to the fleeing robbers to be a chance of eScdpe, and they dashed into the office, flourishing their revolvers at the dozen men and wo- men there. a ‘The guests, with the exception of F. Clay, 4 prominent citizen, fled in fright, and when the pursuing crowd swarmed into the hotel a minute or two Tater, cne of the robbers was in the act of shooting Clay. A dozen men pounc2d upon the rob- ber and squelched him. ah In the meantime the other robber had rushed into the dining room and escaped through an open wiadow. The captured man was forty years of age, and gave the name of J. W. Smyth. His pockets were filled with stolen jewelry. —.—__. -Luis Hearing Postponed. Fugt NEW YORK, January 16.—The prelimi-] nary examination in the case of Gen. Ro- loff, secretary of war of the so-called Cu- ban republic, and Dr. Joseph J. Luis, who are jointly charged with having violated = ncceaner See in comme es ‘an al- leged filibustering expedition on eam- er Woodall, which left this port Yet eas June 28, 1 was today ed to January 2, —_—___ Samoan Mail Advices, ‘The steamer Monawa! brought ‘the fol- lowing Samoan advicest > Chief Justicé Ide has carried out ‘his’ tention of completing the in con-| nection with claims fo lands in Bedona be fore the end of 1896. * a It is rumored that Mr. merly United land BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be * low will show that the circulation . Sworn to is a bona fide one. It is easily possible for a news- Paper with an elastic conscience to * swell its legitimate circulation enor- +s Mously, im order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- ; turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, » Judge by results, and bogus_circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many tnousands in excess of any other Washington paper, and is be- + Heved to be fully five times that of our afternoon contemporary. LIGHTING But eat I want to-em- i Ls issoners acted in id. wel e law... Theylaw is su- ye ho Ailscretion in carry- has Eeen made, it was of the- Commissioners. company ‘for lighting issiohers invited bids, ompeny-réfused to sub- Potomac company not id the price chtrent for el com- ees You are familiar with the decision“of thgcdurts in thé mat- ters ard how.theatetion pf the Commission- ers was upheld. It. did.got matter to which company. the -coptrac! was granted, the streets had to be opened. The Commision- ers; in Awarding ‘the Guna to the ae iac compan, only gave ii that part of the city Senet was without gonduits. Under the terms of the law we had the right to ve that company the entire public light- it we always reserye to ourselves the bid.pr,part of, bid, and this colnpany's bid, be. "Cireulation of The “Evening Star: a not desire to open the streets SATURDAY, January 9, 1997.... Shere conflults alreadyt: Ca The United January 11, 1897.. States company’s ‘cbndufts ate In- bad shape; and could not accommodate any more wires. They are faulty iu construction, as was attested some time ago, when one of its manhole covers was thrown into the -air by an explosion" “The conduits laid ‘Wy the*Potomac com- pany, om ithesother hand,. are well built, and the District..is given, two cells free. The permit Issued to that company was more Stringent in ‘mariy of its terms than any “similar -permit ever: issued. This United States Company, is a constant vio- lator of the law. It ‘nas today more over- head wires than it had in 1888, and we have thelr affidavits ‘to prove it. Wires are strung overhead every week, every day, every ‘night, -évery! Surday. But this has nothing to do.with the subject. The Commissioners: permitted the Potomac company. to open the streets. because they were confronted by the law. Judge Cole went into the case thoroughly before he handed down his opinion, which confirmed the action~-of the Commissioners. We knew nothing of any arrangement between the companies and Congress; we had the law to guide us, and we acted.” Commissioner Ress begged to be ex- cused from discussing ‘the situation. Commissioner Truesdell, after consider- ing a little while, said: “All T have ta say is, the Commissioners acted in accordance with the law, and for the best interests of the public.” Fecling“in tle House. Inquiry among some members of the ap- prepriations committee of the House as to the proper action” upon the Cockrell resulution prohibiting the Potomac Ele2- trie Company from continuing its opera- tiors, elicits the statement that there will be a vigorous fight against the Cockrell resolution when it comes over to the House. It is said ‘that there are a number of men in the House who have taken a deep interest in-this. question, and will manifest it when:the proper time arrives by oppesing the resohution. The opposition will be based upon the ground, it is said, that the Cockrell reso- lution would ‘defeat;the end to which the House labored: very assiduously at the last sessicn. This end was the opening up of the electric lightingofranchise of the city to competition. It is explained now that ‘the House insisted at: the last session that @ certain degree of competition should be granted in the matter of electric lighting. In order to obtath this the House had to fight the Senaté*vigdrously, as tne latter body, it is satd, a disposition to mairtain the el&ciric!tighting franchise in the hands that then controlled it. The House was succl&sfid in obtaining a slight measure of competittin and the courts af- terward extende it." ‘ It is stated now that the House will not entertain a proposition looking to the cur- taifment of “the “competition which Con- gress has obtaified. At least; this is the position. of some members of the House who will endeavgr to rally enough strength when the mattet pore to a vote to main- those who would ain that stand a) is Milling to, Setes in e Senate. It has not Fo ad yet what vround the House “Dist jompimittce will take in the matter. “Sime niembers of the com- mittee will tindgubtedly sustain those of the appropriations comimiitee who hoid the views just explajned, afd will assist in fighting the resolution from start to finish. Other members of the ‘tommittee are non- Feonmmittal at this time and refrain from expressing an opinion upon the ground that they do not wish to prejudge the question, which is to come up in committec later. The agitation of this subject at this time. will have the effect, it is thought, of astening the action im the line of subway investigation. Such ar investigation has already beer. commenced by Mr. Odell and Mr. Richardson of the District committee, but was suspended temporarily, and before ‘any-headway was made, for several rea- gons, one of them being the fallure of an electrical expert to attend, who had been summoned to Washingéon-to give his tes- timony. Then Mr. Odell-was called away from the city and is still absent, so that the matter languishes for: the present. Rushing Work ox the Conduits. When the Potomag Electrie Power Com- pany became aware through a publication in, The.Star last evening that the Senate committee on the District of Columbia had Voted #0 make a favorable report on the Cockrell resolation -a grand race to com- lete the underground conduits of that company began. The tompany ‘had been pushing its work very energetically, but the force at its command was instructed to work night and day,-and between four and five hundred men were: engaged through- out last night in cutting through the as- phalt pavements, digging trenches and laying the conduits for-electric light wires. Work will not be interrupted except dur- ing Sunday. Mr. Crosby gave instructions today for his men td’ stop work at 12 o'clock. tonight, -but.-they. will begin again at one minute past 22 pnMonday morning. ‘To -@ Star reporter today Mr. Crosby stated that when he read of the action of the Senate committee “in The Star, his company had under ground about 325,000 feet of conduit, whereas the United States Electric Lighting. Compsny-had but 212,¢50 feet of conduit, according to its statement made last year, and“he ‘said that quantity had not been added to since. Of the lergth of dondult.now completed and belonging to the Potomac tompany, 200, feet have been laid, in order that that company might carry out ‘its ‘présit contract for public lighting with-the: District, this con- tract making necéssary“dhout 400,000 feet. of, underground gee jn addttion to that already owned by, ‘TUESDAY, January 12, 1997 WEDNESDAY, January 13, 1897. THURSDAY, January i4, 1897 FRIDAY, January 15, 1897.. ‘Total... Daily average... +/29,778, I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, January 15, 1897—that is, the umber of copies actually sold, delivered, farnish- ed or mailed, for valuable constderation, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so courted are returnable to or remain In the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of January, A. D. 1897. . JOHN B. SLEMAN, Jr., Notary Public, D. C. EULOGIES ON CRISP. Tributes Paid in the House to the Late Ex-Speaker. There was a small attendance in the ‘House today when the gavel fell. The principal feature of the day was the culo- gies upon ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp of Georgia, who died in the recess of Con- gress. In the first hour several small bills were passed. A bill authorizing the Columbia and Red Mountain Railroad Company to bulld a bridge across the Columbia river in Stevens county, Wash., called up by Mr. Doolittle, was passed. Delegate Catron attempted to secure the passage of a bill to give the deserted Fort Marcy military reservaiion at Sania Fe N. M., to the American Invalid Ati Society of Boston for the establishment of a sani- iarlum for pulmonary diseases, but it failed on objection. Several pension bills were passed. The eulogies upon Mr. Crisp began at 1 o'clock, when Mr. Turner (Ga.) offered the usual resolution, and spoke upon it. The chairs on the democratic side were nearly all filled and in one of them sat Mr, Charles R. Crisp, the youngest riember of the House, who succeeded his father. Many republican members took their seats. Speaker Reed remained in the chair, and the audience was the largest which has listened to tributes to a deceased member in years. * ——-e.______ ELOGGING ON SHIPBOARD. ~* Resolutions Protesting Against the Senate Bill Adopted at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 16.—Seha- tors Frye and Hale, who are responsible for the’ Senate substitute for House Dill No. 2663, which restores flogging :n the merchant marine, are being séverely con- demned by representatives of the 300,000 members of the Western Seamans’ Friend Society and various branches. At a meeting of the local trustees of the organizaticn, who are prominent business men, the following resolutions were unanir- mously adopted: “Resolved, That the W. 8. F. S., with its numerous branches along the chain of lakes from Buffalo to Duluth, and on the rivers ‘from Pittsburg to New Orleans, including @ population of 300,000 sailors and river men, protest against the Senate substitute for House bill No. 266%, which restores flogging in our merchant marine, changing entirely the nature of the bill now before Congress, which was intended to alleviate some of the worst features of poor Jack's fe. “Resolved, That we are astonished that such men as Senators Frye and Hale should be the authors of so barbarous a clause. “Resolved, That our general superin‘end- ent correspond with the American Seamen's Briend Society and other independent or denominational societies throughout the country, urging them to call meetings and protest against the bill.” . The resolutions then Indorse the Plimsol act, which, it is said, has worked so satis- factorily to the British sailor and ship owner, as a substitute. A copy of the resolutions will be for- arded to Speaker Reed and Representa- tive Burton. A Misanderstandizg, Says Mr. Frye. - Senator Frye, chairman of the committee on commerce, who drew the provisions of the substitute for House bill 2663, which has passed the Senate, says that the pro- visions of the bill cannot be construed to mean the restoration of flogging on the high seas. The provision of the bill as it passed the Senate Is as follows: “Eyery master or other officer of an Arkerican vessel on the high seas, or any ether waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States who, without justifiable cause, beats, wounds, or imprisons any of the crew of such vessel, or withholds from them suit- able food and nourishment, or inflicts upon them any cruel and unusual pun‘shment, shall be punished by a fine of not mcre than‘one thousand dollars, or by imprison- ment not more than five years, or both.” provision in the House bill was as follows: -“Every master or other officer of an American vessel on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and meritime jurisdiction of the United States, who ‘willfully beats or wounds or without justi le cause imprisons any of the crew of ‘such vessel or withholds, etc.” . Seuator Frye says that the House bill allows any sailor to at! other officer, and that he would not be al- lowed to defend himself or his vessel. + ‘The substitute was reported from the committee on commerce December 21 last, and passed the Senate several days ago. The route travevsed:‘sy the conduits of the Potomec coi yates: along M street Fennsylvanie. averttie, tH’nce to New York avenue, to 9th street} go Mlorida avenue; also from New York avemue and 9th street pinay the south a} oe ee. 0 7 et os yenus, slong Mttaciune ta gps to Sth Street. o Louisiana ayemee; street, to, arsenal gate. Pertuiié-fer-the above work have already been the Commission eee JOY IN OKLAHOMA. Perry Goes Wild Over the Passage of the Homestead Bill. Perry, Okla., went wild over the receipt of the news of the passage of the free homestead bill by the United States Senate. The people of Oklahoma give great credit ——_—_1—_____- rane ‘Prof.’ Swift Honored. Profr‘ewis Swift of Mount Lowe Ob- servatory, Cal. ‘has récelved notice that the’ Royal Astronomical Society of England pes the awarded ta hie 2 Jackson Sole peegat 7 1 Mr. Neamo Granted 9 Divorce. : ‘The eis] of the action for divorce brought from Rock creek.xto. Lith-atreet south, to, The Star have to ‘Senator Berry of Arkansas. In this | have been appli thems to" lay“ portion. ef Cherokee strip every farmer js } branch. conduits ta Jt : saved $500 on his claim of 160 acres. Ten | Parke,. beth.of -w! WHENGHE under thousand guns were disc! and every. tract with the tehdént of: Tiistle jp. town blew, S04, the people cele- Dulldingw etic 5 re arated tha thoroughly western way. ark they Balk gaya songs fa - jana dvenie and 4% go to conference. A conference report is in order at any time in either house and in that manner it might be possible for sena- tors who want to stop the work of the Po- tomac company in tearing up the streets for their conduits to be successful. cs As the fight over the electric light con- troversy progresses there is developing more and more bitterness on the part of senators on the appropriations committee, and the fact that the Potomac company has a fair chance of getting its conduits under ground before action can be had by Congress is causing intense indignation. ‘There was a rumor in circulation this afternoon that a number of senators would Join in asking the President to remove all the District Commissioners, but the foun- dation for the rumor seemed to be laid on the general knowledge of the indigna- tion felt by the senators. What May Be Done. While here is a general feeling that the Potomac Company may succeed in getting its conduits wnder ground before congres- storal action can be secured to stop them, if it can be secured at all, there is also a belief current among those well inform- ed regarding the contrcversy that the Sen- ate committee on appropriation will find a wey to retaliate against the Potomac Com- pany when they frame the next appropria- tion bill, providing for public lighting in the District of -Columbia. It is said they may specify in that bill that the pubiie lighting is to be done by the United States Company and so make the conduits of the Potcmae Company useless. ———__ COLUMBIA CLUB. Ladies Entertained in a Handsome Manner. During the past the Columbia Athletic Club has entertained its friends.on many cccasions and in various ways, different, but all delightful, but it is probable that the entertainment given by the club last evening will go down in its history as the most successful affair of the sort it has ever undertaken. There have been smok- ers, athletic entertainments and musical smokers, but last night the club essayed a musicale of high artistic merit. Through the efforts of the indefatigable amusement committee the entertainment went off with a dash and spirit not always met with. Several hundred invitations were sent out, and the attendance taxed the accommoda- tions of the club’s handsome and com- odious home. The club house was beauti- fully decorated for the occasion with flo ers and potted plants, and from an early hour until late the club house was thronged. The ladies especially enjoyed the oppor- tunity to see the inside of a man’s club, and they fully enjoyed the hospitality for which the members of the C. A. C. are famous. The big gymnasium at the top of the building was transformed for the evening into a charming little theater. At one end a stage had been erected. and a big Amer- ican flag did service for the curtain. Dr. C. Exner officiated as stage manager and acquitted himself with credit. The room was crowded, for there were more than 600 people present. Every seat was occupied, and standing room was at a premium by the time the performance was well under way. The program of the evening's entertain- ment was as follows: Overture, Raymonde, by Thomas, Haley's Orchestra; Ballade I, Op. 23, Chopin, Miss Gertrude | Ravenburg; “Song Without Words,” Mendelssohn, and ‘Traumerei,” Schumann, Mr. Ernest Lent; aria, “Mai tha,” Von Flotow, Mr. Melville D. Hensey; “Still Wie die Nacht,” Bohm, Chanson de Florian, Godard, Miss Emilie Russell; Span- ish dances and bole: Orchestra; song, ‘ Miss Fannie AtLee; “La Circe,” “La Gio- conda,” Mrs. Marguerite Nolan-Martin; This Hour of Softened Splendor,” Pinsuti, “Old Folks at Home,” Neidlinger, Allegro Quartet, M. D. Hensey, Lé Roy Gough, Ed- ward Asmussen and J. Taylor Croni “Cavatina,” Raff, Mr. Edward A. Lov} Romanza, “‘Tannhauser,” Wagner, Mr. Taylor. Cronin, and selections, Thomas, Haley's Orchestra. D. G. Pfeiffer. The amusement committee was composed of Mr. C. W. Schneider, chairman; Mr. Irv- ing C. Brown, Mr. M.'C. Stiles, Mr. L. Fisher, Mr. E. W. Callahan, Mr. Adam ¥ Johnson, Dr. J. C. Exner, Mr. William Mes- servy, Mr. J. M. Rieman, Mr. M. D. Hen- sey, Mr. J. Taylor Cronin, Mr. L. L. Korn, Mr. H. C. Caruth and Mr. W. F. Morrow. si “Mignon,” Accompanist, —— Service Postponed. The service by the chaplain of the 2d Regiment, National Guard, ordered for to- morrow afternoon, bas been postponed un- til a board of survey has acted on the dis- position to be made of certain quarter- master’s property now stored in the lecture hall of the armory, and thus preventing its vse. There js no other room available for the purpose. Se For the Central Relief Committee. The following contributions for the cen- tral relief committee have been received at The Star office: Heretofore acknowledged Mrs. O. 4: Pov. Elbert Robertson. Mrs. R. On January 14 R. E. L. was credited with $10 and it should have been W. H. B., $10. + The Grand Jury. The grand jury this afternoon returned the following indictments: Ulysses, alias Uley. C. Brown, assault with intent to kil George Smith, second offense of petit lar- ceny; Sonney Blackstone and William Kel- ley, housebreaking; William Banks, false pretenses; James Booker, larceny from the person; Richard E. Stewart, assault with intent to kill; George Beckett, larceny; John J. Couzzins, assault with intent to kill; John T. Clark, d ag ELS The Bass Saving Fund. The Evening Star fund which ts devoted to meeting the expenses of seining the canal and saving the bass therein now amounts to $339.50, as follows: Heretofore acknowledged $334.50 H. Rozler.......+..0+0++ 5.00. * Total. .eccccceeeessooere + $339.50 ae genes Divorce Granted. Judge Hagner today granted Elizabeth E, Herbert a divorce from Edgar C. Herbert, with permission to resume her maiden name cf Fowler, because of the husband's desertion and andonment of his wife. ‘The suit was filed January 20, 1896, the papers in the case being withheld from publication. ——— For Divorce. Alice E. McBride today applied for di- if} yorce ftom James D. McBride, to whom she was married at Philadelphia, April 30, 1880, her maiden name being Thompson. ‘Two children were. born to them, and Mrs. McBride charges that her husband desert- ed and abandoned her in June, 1894. She is represented by Attorneys Worthington and Heald. ——— “The Slack Children. ‘The mandate of the Court of Appeals in the matter having been filed, Judge Mc- Comas has signed an order giving Mrs. Mary Kemble Slack full and absolute cus- tody and control of her two children. This action of Judge McComas Is understood as. ending the long legal -fight which Mre. Slack made for possession of her two little girls, a contest with which the readers of been made familiar. ——>——_—_. A Girl Lost. ‘| Inspector Hollinberger was asked: this” coln.| afternoon to have the detectives make a. FINANCE Prices Made Substantial Advanoes on - Good: Volume of Business. FAILED 0. DISCOUNT THE FUTURE ee Bank Statement Shows a Big ‘Gain in Lawful Money. —— GENERAL MARKET REPORTS a Speclal-Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 16.—The discovery made during the final hour of yesterday's business. that the largest interests on the shcrt side of the market had covered out- standing contracts was not fully appre- ciated until this morning. Prices opened vp at substantial advances over yester- day's closing and were further advanced frem 1-2 to 2 per cent on a good volume of business. The activity of commission houses was an important contribution to the general sitvation, and is taken to indicate the near approach of public participation in the se- curity market. The advance recorded during the last two days is not the.result of new arguments. Conditions have been steadily improving for weeks, but the prejudice for the short account has tended to underestimate the significance of new developments. Wall Street is provd of its reputation for dis- counting the future, but in the present in- stance has delayed the process beyond the customary Mmits. The scarcity of stocks has long been commented upon, the tenacity demons- trated in two panic periods being unshaken by professional drives on the eve of a business revival. Traders, satisfied that the abserte of aggressiveness in an op- posite direction justified short selling, have but recently discovered that some one has always been ready to buy on a scale-down. Fractional rallies have not attracted real- izing sales, thereby increasing the hazard of the short account. Frequent demonstra- tion of these facts have finally resulted in the abandonment of unprofitable devices. The market is willing to rally and refuses to recede. Traders admit it and have, as originally predicted they would do, arrayed themselves along the line of least resist- ance. The bend market has been an important factor in the week's financial develop- ments. Bonds of varying merit have been in demand at substantial advances over previous sajes, the supply being reduced to a minimum in consequence. Money is seek- ing investment on all sides, and after ex- bausting other methods must eventually seek. the stock market. Dividend-paying stocks will be sought as second choice, and then the low-priced speculative issues will be considered. The street has devoted the last two days to anticipating this demand. Early week prices are likely to be marked up on ac- count of the demand inspired by the pub- lished recapitulations of the week. Such a demand will attract realizing by the room, because of the market's failure to broaden in proportion to the advance. The main situation will not be influenced materially by the future attitude of the professional trader. The application for a receiver of the Wheeling was announced during the morn- ing, but the recent action of the stock had fully discounted the action. The bank statement reflects a gain of over $10,500,000 in lawful money, principal- ly “in legals. Loans have b: increased orly $283,000, indicating a restricted Ge- mand from bofrowers. The surplus is in- creased $8,108, bringing the surplus holdings of the associated banks up to 091,000, The strong position of the banks, the low rates for money. and the growing confidence in future industrial property are strong ar-. guments in favor of improvement in values. An efcouraging gold reserve, no signifi- cant demand for coin, the absence of gold shipments at the season usually attract- ing an outficw are matters of public know! edge working in harmony with the move- ment in seeuritics. Fears of congressional action are no longer a serious menace, earnings shculd improve and short sales for all these reasons should be discontinued exeept for fractional profit on the part of the venturesome. es FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are.the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York :-stock .exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Low. Close. 18% 18% High. American Spirits,...... 14 American Spirits, ptd. 4 American Sugar. ‘Antetican Sugar, pf American Tobacco. ‘American ‘Cotton 18% 13% 29% 116%, BK 2995 tg 1144 Bay State Gas. Ghio: .C. & St. Louis. ago, B. & Q.... ago&k Northwestern. Chicago Gas, CM. & St. Paul CM. & St. Paul, pid. Chicago, R.I. & Pavific Consolidated c Chie: c Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. ‘Wasktegton Stock Exchange. I-12 o'clock m.—U. se lity $4000 anit Us {ropolitan Sales—regular steed, $1,000 150 at 111. Ne! tl #8 a i lif : i ERE f fie ! ih I f AND TRADE |'37%: “sgrae ee Se : Ty bid, % asked. People’s, 5% . Dd, © asked. i bid, Sy asked. RS wa. is take ‘com: mereial, 4 b Title “Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, ot Did, 165 asked. ambia Title, 4% bid, 6 . Washington Title, 6 asked. District ‘Title, 10 asked. Telgphone Storks.— Ponnsy sapeake and Potowac, caphophone, 8% Bid. 24 isk cone, 10 bid, 11 asked. Plage, "38 Wid. 40. asked. Miscellancoas Stocks. 123% bid, 1 ask . | American “Gra Pocumatic Gun Car- Mergentbaler Linotyp dm Monotype, 6 bi 20 tid, 18 asks Norfolk and Lincoln Ball, Government Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. 2 per cents, re 4 _ ao Currency 6 per cents of INWS. Currency G per cents of 1890. —_ Baltimore BALTIMORE, Jam larkets. 9,982 barrel _ NBtgASSt stok, 2 exports, a: M Sugar + angrd. Cheene Grain and Cotton Furnished by W. B. Hfobs & Co., bankers Markets. and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. iRAIN. Close. Wheat x Corn There was a study in yellow today in the Police Court during the hearing in the case of Charles Coates, a colored youth, charged with assault with intent to kill Sam Lung, a Chinaman, by striking him with an iron pipe. Sam Lung’s testimony was confined to the statement: “Man hittee me with plipe, and he would say nothing further of an intelligible character. Dr. Lawrence of the Emergency Hospl- tal described the Injury of the Chinaman, and Detective Hartigan told of the arrest and the confession of Coates. Jchn Hurley, a colored boy, who was with Coates at the time of the assault, tes- tified that Coates struck the blow in self- defense. The story of Coates was practically iden- tical with that of Hurley, in behalf of his client gion maintained that Sam La “lied as only a’ Chinaman can lie.” Ye: interrupted his honor, “and so has the defendant. He is held for the action of the grand jury in $200 bond Later the case tcok an unexpected turn. Assistant District Attorney — Mullowney nol'e prossed the warrant charging as- sault with intent to kill, and Coates was arraigned on an information charging sim- Attor- ple assault. He entered a plea of guilty and. was fined $10 and costs. That ends the affair. i MISAPPROPRIATION CHARGED, Ex-City Chamberiain of Gloversville, Arrested, - 4 N. Ys Jarwary 16-0 chamberlain from 1890 this morning on the GLOVERSVILLE Frank Davis, city to 1894, was arres te charge of misappropriating funds amount- oy ing to nearly ”. The examination of the city books showed a deficit and the order for the arrest followed. City Clerk Wilmarth was also arrested on the same charge. The arrests have caused a big sensation. See ie BE Suspended by Sherif! Tamsen, EW YORK, January 16.—Sheriff Tam sen today suspended Warden Roé of Lud- low street jail and the two keepers, Rumpt and Finkelstein, who were on duty at the | time of the escape of the four men from that prison Thursday night. sade eae ‘s Method of Punishing. _ > January 16—The Chronicle says it is authorized to announce that.it* has becn determined to annex the Benin kingdom and to depose the “kitig: oh ac count of the massacre of the British e«- pedition. eer es Bishop K New Office. ROME, January Bishop Keane, tor merly rector of the Catholic University at Washington, has en appointed counsel to the sacred congregations of the propa- ganda and studies. oc Commodore Matthews Explains. Commodore Matthews of the naval bu reau of yards and docks had a conference today with the subcommittee of the naval committee, which is preparing the appro priation bill. He explained the estimates for, his bureau, and particularly urged the desirability of the Norfolk improvements, for which the department estimates that a million dollars will be necessary. Te Protect the Senis. The Senate committce oh fishéries today listened to an argument by Prof. Henry W. Elliott in advocacy of the bill pro- viding for a new tntenational agteement for the proiection of the fur bearing seals, Prof. Elliott exhibited a large number of colored charts showing the habits of the seals. He contended that from an eco- nomic and human voint of view it would be far better for the United States to kill all the remaining seals outright than to permit the slaughter to continue under the present conditions. ee Trade Relations With Casada. Messrs. Chariton and Farrer, two iiberst members of the Canadian parliament, are in the city for the alleged purpose of secur- inng more intimate trade relations between the dominion and the United States. oo Personal Mention. Rev. Arthur Little of La Grange, LL, te visiting his father, Dr. Little. Paymaster McGowan of the United States steamer Marblehead has been on a brief visit to friends here. Adjutant General Ruggles returned this afternoon from a visit to Milwaukee. Lieut. George O. Squier, 34 Artillery, ts at the Army and Navy Club; — Surgeon H. L. Law, ——, who lives at Hartford, Conn., is at the one visit of several weeks. ——_—_—__ ea ey Acts Approved. - . = The President has approved the bill for the relief of Oscar A. Bulétte of Tlinola, and the bill granting a pension to Elvira Bachelder.