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2 acy ee ESF THE deer EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1897-12 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Chairman Lauterbach in Conference With the President-Elect. ——_-.__ CUSSING NEW YORK AFFAIRS Jiner Callers on Major McKinley at Canton. UAIRMAN HAHN VISIT January 19.—Edward Lauter- of the republican county ew York city, and an inti- fate of Thos, C. Platt, came to on this morning to confer with Pre: t MeKinley. On the train with him w er McKinley and W. J. Ar- kill and Artist Hamilton of Judge. Abner McKinley ok the party directly to the he Mr. Lauterbach said to the ed s reporter that he had come anton to talk over the New York he President-elect. with he came es- Platt or to Mr. Platt whet say Mr. ip about McKinley's spon a close nos. Me- ading republican iend of Major Me- ng of Columbu Ohio State Agr Ohio, chai in the la ion gove jaen conference using to bur: au © commis as —— AGAIN INS The Queen's Speech Opening Parlia- ment Today. (Copyr . 1897, LONDON, Jz of the \¥ the Associs ted Press.) ary 1%—The third sessi parliament was fo fourt opened by 1 commission at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The fu on was observed with aut 1 due and customary ceremony ss) ech was as follows: ~men: My rela- wers continue with alt f a friendly character. res which have inople and in other lominions have call- tion of the powers Paris. Papers showing the con- aced the powers to oa of the Ottoman special consulta- atives at Conat which © at Constan Ottoman consi d with the nd of Ver r pend er betw of Brit ted to arb may fully adjusi- t may have a tion of a of war may be "s speech then refers to the re- the ret in South Afvica mmission to gar Industry of the We. “It with msc feelings ot the deepest sympathy © heard that, owing to the fai ns and scarcity, fam- sures taken to from famine, ani bubonic plague government to take measures to eradicate resent t permit y he spirit of prudent for you have of re © of my empir rring to relief of volun- adding to ses, to ture and ing the fore reforma HE MONEY. rt of Appeals in r Will Case. ¥.. Ja 19.—The court thes he Sto dehar th will s F to edu I th ourt holds in eather Intended amounting Bo to the ninth article - would not have wary legatees hud I y them or in their ba of their leg + under an equit - of it; that they t to disappoint his belief, based #,which thus induced him to ¥ disposing of the »roperty feed of gift to eleven hospitals leges, of which only five and six of t latter were > one can take ad- ow the made f the act of 1860, which prohibits a having a husband, wife, child from devising or ‘hequeathing if of his or her estate to enevolent or literary institu- low or tof kin, who, es, do not operate as © and abandon all the tights ierived from that statute; to the enforcement of x removed tt bound the $s and compelled them to omise to the testator and turn iuary estate to the twenty Uoned in the ninth article of colleges 1 was written by Judge Vann. concurred except fon 1s to distribute mong the following as in equal preportion: Amherst, Dartmouth, Williams, Yale, jumbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Maryville. Marietta, Adelbert, é Park, the Wesleyan University of Roches- ter, Cornell. Virginia and Hampton and the Union Theological Seminary. Several hospitals and charitable tns¢ tions in New York are cut out of benefit by this decision. ge Conside: Fees of Justices. There was a brief session of the Court in General Term this afternoon, held for the purpose of discussing @ proposition to raise certain fees of District justices of le peace. j from the Hearing by the House Committee on the Market House Question Farmers Unanimously Ask for the Senate Resolution—Commiasioner Truesdell in Opposition. The House District committee assembled today to give another hearing upon matters cornected with the use of the Center mar- ket sidewalks by the farmers. A number of farmers and produce dealers were pres- ent, while Commissioner Truesdell and Mr. Ordway represented the District govern- ment ard the market company, respective- ly. Mr. Shannon asked Mr. Truesdell whether it was the intention of the Comimssioners to remove the farmers or disturb them in their occupancy of their places. “It is not,” replied Mr. Truesdell. “But you have Issued an order to remove them, have you not?” “We have.” “Has it bee t has not “Do you propose to revoke it?” “There is no necessity for revoking it. We do not intend to disturb them, because it seems to be the intention of the two t committees to legislate upon the subject.” Mr. Ordway gave the committee some in- formation respecting the occupancy of the spaces by the farmers. Mr. Truesdell said it has been the prac- tice of the market company, up to a recent revoked?” date, to charge these farmers for the oc- cupancy of these spaces. He sald the street W: d and the sidewalk laid at public expen: and the market company had no right to close it up. Mr. Truesdell wanted the regulation of these spaces to be vested in the Commis- stoners, while Mr. Ordway insisted that the clerk of the market should have charge of the matter. Speaking of the Senate resolution relating to the subject of the use of the silewalk, Mr. Truesdell said the resolution was sole. ly in favor of the Washington Market Company, and the litle of it should be changed so as to read an act to grant new privileges to the Washington Market Com- Pany Mr. Ordway said the resolution was for the benefit of the farmers, who had no complaint to make, except against the Commissioners’ order of removal. Representative Hulick asked the farmers present who favored the Senate resolution to hold up their hands. Every farmer present, to the number of 20 or 30, held up a hand. Mr. Mr. Truesdell said if Congress desired to give these farmers a sta i use of the sidewalk, to which the Commis- sioners had no objection, it should be done by placing the matter under the control of the District Commi. joners and not be given over to the Ket company. At the conclusion of the hearing the com- mittee held a short executive session and concluded to postpone action upon the Sen- ate resolution for the present. About Retailing Poisons. Mr. McCormick of New York, who re- cently offered the pure food bill in the House, has introduced the following bill: That it shall be unlawful for any person except a registered pharmacist, or under the personal supervision of such, from and after the passage of this act, to retail ar poisons enumerated in schedules A and B, as follows, to wi ule A—Arsenic 1 its prey uns, Nor without first labeling the vial, box or paper containing the poison with its nam the word “poison” and the name and place of business of th ler. Nor shall it be lawful for any registered pharmac assistant sell or deliver a poison enumerated in schedules A and F, unless, upon due inquiry, it be found that the pur- chaser is a or his are of its poisonous character, and represents that it is to legitimate purpose. Nor shall it be lawful for any registered pharmacist or his assistants to sell any poison included in schedule A without first placing said poison in a three-corner- ed container and before delivering the me to the purchaser causing an entry to made in a book kept for that purpose, tating the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser, ‘the name and quantity of the poison sold, the purpose for which it is represented by the purchas- er to be required and the name of the dispenser; such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities and to be preserved for reference for at least five years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons upon the prescriptions of practitioners of medi- cine, except as provided for in the fol- lowing clause: That it shall not be lawful for a registered pharmacist or his assist- ants to compound or dispense more than once a prescription containing opium, morphine, cocaine or chloral when such prescription has written or printed upon its face the words ‘not to be repeated.” Any person vi used for a plating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction reof. be fined not less than $4 nor more 1 $100, in the discretion of the court, ‘ach and every offer Raising the Age Consent. The House judiciary committee today wave a brief hearing upon the bill raising t nsent to eighteen years in the hose who spoke before the com- . Elizabeth H. Catching, mith, Mary B. Pratt, Mrs. Ellis ev. Mr. Brooks Speakers made earnest pleas for the te of the bill in the interests of mor- mitice Mrs. we ality in the District. Several states had pas! a ‘ar Dill, and the District should head the lst of communities in morality. No action was taken on the bill by the committee today. Mr. Mc illan presented formal petitions following organizations in favor House bill # » to raise the age of pro- ion for girls: Gorsuch M. E. Chureh, and L eets southwest; St. Luke's ored Baptist Church, Brightwood; Shi- Joh Colored Baptist Church, Baptist’ Min- isters’ Union. Anacostin Railroad Report. The Vice President has laid before the Senate the annual report of the Anacostia and Potomac Railroad Company. The re- port shows total receipts of $164,762.06, and expenditures of $165,274.85. The traffic re- celpts were $45,439.23. The amount paid in salary and wages was $23,359.50. The num- ber of passengers carried was 1,127,568. ‘The Sunday Law. A petition has been presented to the Sen- ate by Senator McMillan from citizens of West Chester, Pa., asking that the former law of the District of Columbia against Sunday traffic be restored. Yo Enter the District. Mr. Gorman has introduced in the Senate Heuse bill 10004, to authorize the Chesa- peake Beach Railway Company to extend its line into and within the District of Co- lumbia. The bill was referred. ee NEGOTIATIONS WITH SPAIN. or tec Said to Have Ended and Their Exist- ence Denied. MADRID, January 19.—The Heraldo as- serts that the United States has refused to continue the negotiations to restore peace in Cuba, cn the ground that the time for such negotiations has passed. In official circles, however, it is reiterated that such negotiations were never instituted. ee WILL HAVE A WARSHIP. One Will Re Ordered to New Orleans Daring the Mardi Gras. Secretary Herbert has decided to accede to the request of the citizens of New Orleans and order one of our modern war- ships to the crescent Gras, March 2 and & city duging the Mardi CAME TOO LATE A Pension Bill for a Female Army Nurse. DIED BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT UP The Nicaragua Canal Bill Again Up in the Senate. MR. TURPIE AGAINST IT —————— The day in the House, in pursuance of the special order adopted yesterday, was devoted to the consideration of private pen- sion bills. Under the terms of the order, debate on each bill was limited to ten min- utes. About 900 private pension bills re- main on the calendar. The Bill Too Late. There was a pathetic incident in connec- tion with the first bill called up. It pro- posed to grant a pension of $12 per month to Margaret O'Donnell, a volunteer army nurse, who devoted her services from 1862- “65 to the wounded of the 22d Regiment of New York Light Artillery. Her claim has been pending before Congress for several years. Today, when the Dill was brought up, Mr. Thomas (Mich.) moved that it be laid on the table. : “The relief carried by the bill for this poor woman,” said he, “comes too late. Our committee has just received word shat the beneficiary ts dea:l. Bills to grant pensions as follows were passed: $30 per month to Richard C. En- right, colonel 63d New York Infantr: to Wm. T. Walker, 13th Indiana Cavalry ‘2 to Geo. B. Merchant, 4th Ohio Infantry; $30 to widow of Capt V. Glover, 34th New Jersey regiment; > widow of Maj. Gen. Erastus B. Tyler. THE SENATE. In the Senate today Mr. Hale of Maine called up a bill providing for the organiza- tion of a naval battalion in the District of Columbia. The bill was passed. Bills were passed for the relief of Ellis H. Roberts, late assistant treasurer at New york, reimbursing him in sum of $800; for a public building at Altoona, Pa., to cost $125,000; for the incorporation of the Amer- ican Instructors of the Deaf; to confirm certain cash entries of public lands in Ar- kansas; a joint resolution forbidding the general laying of electric Nght wires in Washington city until a systematic plan for conduits be adopted was called up by Mr. Cockreil of Missouri. It was opposed by Mr. Hill (N. Y.), who said that it was drawn in the interest of a monopoly. Th citizens of the District, he said, were favor of the competition of another com- pany, which was seeking to improve the city. In conclusion, Mr. Hill said he exculpated the senator from Missour!, Mr. Cockreil, from any unworthy motives in drawing the bill, but he was subject to human prejudice and the bill should be debated. At 2 o'clock the subway resolution was displaced by the Nicaragua canal bili. Mr. Turpie (Ind.), took the floor to make a speech against the measure. Mr. Turpie said the history of conces- s and attempts to construct the canal were mentioned; all such attempts had c » sublimate hite precipitate, red | failed. There w nothing extraordinary precipitate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide this bill, which would insure the suc- of px um, hydroeya: strychnine of the project. and all other pois al he enormous profits to be gained from nd their salis al oil of bitter al- ul operation of the canal had is, opium and its preparations, except of. Not a financier in any paregoric when sold in quantities of not | part of the world would consider the de- more than one ounc sign. This, he said, was an outcast, a hedule B—Acon: beggar, a pariah among enterprises. No cum, conium, nux ve private money would be invested in it, Kot, cotton root, aithough it had been widely advertised the digitalls and their pharmaceutical prepara- | world over. The stocks and bonds of the “ons, croton oil, chloroform, chloral hy-| construction company, if the appropriation Grate, sulphate of zinc, mineral acids, car-| were made, would have a -commercial bolic acid and oxalic ac . value. The stock of the Maritime Nica- ragua Canal Company, depending for vaJue upon the completion of the project, would be worthless. ee en SUNDAY STREET MUSIC. Points of Strictness in the Regulations, In a communication published in yester- day's Star concerning bands of music at Sunday funerals the writer of the com- munication failed to include in his quota- tion of the law an amendment made by the Commissioners, so a police official remarked this morning. The regulation quoted reads: “Bands accompanying processions shall not play except upon a permit by the major of police, which permit shall designate the route to be followed by such procession and the hours within which such playing shall be done. No musical instrument of any kind shall be played on Suaday In any of the places heretofore referred to in this ion.” further vas amended by adding “except up- on special orders issued by the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia.” It appears that the music complained of by the writer of the communication was permitted because of the Commissioners havicg Issued a special order, and the police had nothing to do with it. Sunday funerals with music attachment have always given the police as well as the citizens consider- able annoyance, and it was not at the sug- gestion er with the approval of the police that the reguiatiun was so amended. ae NG PROGRESS, Work of Removal From the Old to the New Corcoran Gallery. The work of removing the slatuary, pic- and other works of art from the old » new Corcoran Gallery is progressing in a most Satisfactory manner. All of the statuary and the casts on the first floor of the old building have been transferred to the new marble structure, and the re- moval ef the bronzes and of the Tayloe collection will be undertaken this week. Visitors will be admitted to the picture gallery in the cld building until Saturday, when the delicate work of removing the treasures on the upper floors will be com- menced. It is expected that everything will be transferred and be placed in per- merent position in the new gallery by the middle of February. S9 far no injury has overtaken any of the articles during their transportation, and this gratifying result is an irdication of the careful and pains- taking manner in wnich the important work has been directed and conducted. eee ee THE INAUGURATION SPECIAL. President-Elect McKinley Will Ar- rive in Washington March 2, 11 a.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 19.—Tne special train carrying the President-elect and party will leave Canton at 7 p.m. March 1, instead of 3 p.m., as heretofore announced. It will reach Pittsburg at 10:15 p.m.; Baltimore at 9:40 the following morn- ing, and erriving in Washington at 11 a.m. The train will consist of a baggage car, dining car, two Pullmans and two private cars. Either First Vice President McCrea, Fourth Vice President Wood or Generai Manager Loree of the Pennsylvania will accompany the train as an escort repre- senting the company. ———— PRINCE ASKS DIVORCE. Sequel to-the Elopement of Princess de Chimay With Her Gypsy Lover. (Copyrighted, 1807, by the Asroclated Press.) CHARLEROI, January 19.—The action for divcrce brought against the Princess de Chimay, formerly Miss Clara Ward of Detroit, Mich., who eloped last summer with a Hungarian gypsy musician named Janos Rigo, opened here today. The Prince de Chimay was in attendance, accompanied by his cousin, Prince Joseph. The hearing was in gecret. ——_>—_—_ Marine Engineers Meet. The National Association of Marine En- gineers, an organization which includes the greater part of the 19,000 licensed engineers | of the merchant marine, assembled in an- nual convention here today. Delegates from nearly every section of the Union are in attendance. * bere OF A YEARIWANTS HIS CHILD Annual” Meeting of the American Coloni- Liberia Prefgnts a Fine Field for Im- misra{ion—Many Take Ad- ~ 7y = qantage of It. ‘The annual . eeting of the American Col- onization Socisty was held this morning in the roonts of the society in the Colenizaticn building, Pennsylvania avenue and 4% street. iIn thevabsence of Bishop Potter of New York, the president of the society, Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderlatd presided. There were present as delegates from the Penn- sylvania Colonization Society Pay Director Alexander W. Russell, U.S.N.; Arthur M. Barton, John W. Dulles ard Gilbert Emley. Mr. Isaac T. Smith of the New York <o- clety was present also, thovgh not officially as @ delegate. The local members present vere Secretary J. Ormond Wilson, Treas- vrer Reginald Fendall and Rev. Dr. Sun- dertand, Dr. W. W. Godding and Rev. A. J. Huntington, D.D., members of the ex- ecutive committee. The business of the day consisted of the reading of the annual report by Secretary Wilson, the appointment of committees and the election of officers. After the business cession a substantial lunch was served. Committees were ap- pointed as follows: On education and for- eign relatiins—Dr. Huntirgton and Messrs. Dulles 2nd Wilson; on accounts and finance Messrs. Dulles ad Wilson and Dr. God- ding; on auxiliary societies and agencies— Messrs. Dulles, Fendall and Emley; on emigration—Messrs, Burton, Wilson "and Emley; on nomination—Messrs. Burton, Russell «nd Emley. The election of the president and vice presidents resulted in the choice of Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York as president for the sixth successive term. All the for- mer vice presidents were re-elected, with the addition of Bishop John F. Hurst of this clty and Mr. John Welsh Dulles of Pennsylvania. The Annual Report. The eightieth annual report of the soci- ety, submitted at the meeting today, began by paying a tribute to the memory of the late Thomas G. Aédison, D.D., and George W. Samson, D.D., both of whom were mem- bers of the executive committee and ac- identified with the werk of the soci- The report then continued, in part, as During the past year this society has made no expenditure on account of trans- portation of emigrants to Liberia, but nev- ertheless this year’s emigration was larger than it was in any other ycar for more than a quarter of a century. Of the hundreds of thousands of negroes in the United States in a conditton of abject poverty, in the em- ployment of or wholly dependent upon oth- ers, living from hand to mouth, and anx- ious to emigrate to Liberia or any other ntry, it may safely be stated in general that neither themselves ner the country to which they might go would gain anything the change. Especially is it true that in Liberia, a country however bountifully en- dowed by nature, where the conditions e SUM primitive, the emigrant not suffictently intelligent, courageous and industrious to rely upcen himself and by the sweat of his face to w t his hving and fertune from soil had better remain where he can ve the menial and subordinate emple toents and assistance fo y in coun- s having th e advanced and the acquired own expenses in emi- hing himself in Liberia best evidence that he possesses these ential -quaiifieations. Reliable information has been receiv t not less than negroes have from the United States to I during the year, who went out of thelr ow: accord and received no pecuntar: ance from this society or otherwise. Une the old system, of colonization at the ex pense of this society, it would have ci from $10,000 to $50,000 to have given these persons free t sportation to Liberia and support there for six nfonths after their arrival. » Many of these emigrants arevreported a. Pleased with thelr new homes and doing well. A few have returned to the United States and demonstrated their unfitness for the self-r ant, intelligent and industriou life required of a pioneer in a new country. The number of those who have put their hand to the plow and looked back, however, has not been larger than accompanied th ertire experience of the colonization of Li- beria when this society was accustomed ‘o give colonists a free passage out and fur- n'sh them wih provisions for six months after their arrival. A successful effort has been made to in- terest the younger and better-educated generation of negroes of the United States in the welfare of Liberta and the excey tional opportunities it now offers to thelr e, if they have any aspirations for an independent and prosperous government in any part of the great continent of Africa, which now is passing rapidly into the hands of the white races, much of it evi- dently to remain under their control for a long time to come. To one familiar with the changes that the map has already un- dergone, and which are still progressing. it is clearly evident that Liberia furnishes the last chance and hope of accomplishing so desirable an object. Under the pressure of the flerce compe- ution and struggle for place in this coun- try it is quite certain that the increasin, number of young negroes educated in such schools will more and more turn their at- tention to Liberia, where their services are greatly needed, and where they will not be driven to the wall by unequal competi- tion with the white race. Liberia’s commerce is, of course, a small affair as yet, but it is to be regretted that it is almost entirely in the hands of the English and Germans, whose steamships on the west coast of Africa touch frequent- ly and regularly at Liberian ports, and some of whose enterprising merchants are located in the more prominent seaport towns of the little republic. American goods are preferred by the Liberians, and are now used to a consider- able extent, but they are purchased second hand in Liverpool and Hamburg, instead of New York and Baltimore. In the earlier history of the country traf- fic with the native tribes of the hinterlands was almost the only occupation from which the people derived money, but in recent years coffee raising has been taking its place—an industry requiring but little cap- ital or machinery, and in which the great body of her citizens can profitably engage. An unprejudiced examination of ali the facts will furnish no reason for despairing of Liberia's future. In no part of the world has the negro during the same time done better, If so well.~ The negroes of Li- beria, taken as a whole, are today more competent for independent self-government than those of any other part of the world, and their social and material condition more favorable than generally found else- where. ——__ MR. WILLARD’S FUNERAL. Interment This Afternoon at Oak Hill Cemetery. The funeral of the late Joseph C. Wil- lard took place this afternoon. At 2:30 o'clock the remains were borne from the residence on l4th street to the chapel at Oak Hill cemetery, where Rev. Dr. Rat- cliffe, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, conducted the serv- ices. The casket was then placed in the family vault. The palibeary were Dr. J. C. Boyd, Mr. Ver , Mr. George E. Howe, Mr. H. K- Willard, Dr. A. L. Stavely, Dr. L, W. Glazebrook, Mr. C. R. Wyatt and Mr. R. F.,Wells. Those who attended the ceremonieg were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Willard, Mirg.98. D. Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs, C. C. Willard, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Willard, Mrs. J. C. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ford, Mrs. Sloau, Miss Sloan, -Mr. €. Sloan, Miss Antonia Wells, Mr. Wm. F. Mattingly, Gen. H. V. Boynton, Dr. Stone, Mr. Walter A. Brown, Dr. Harrison, Mr. Lee, Mr. Donahue, Messrs. Bradley, Mr. Reed and the family servants. —aae Felt From His Chair. “The police ambulance was summoned to .| 2227 32d street at 10 o'clock this on acount of the sudden illness of Louis Crocker, a white man fifty-three years of age. Crocker, was sitting in a chair when he suddenly fell to the floor unconscious. When he reached the hospital the man’ was in a state of coma. He died at 12 -o'ctock.- So far°as can be determined the death resulted from heart trouble. Representative Wilber Secures a Writ of Habeas Corpus. SEQUEL 10 THE RECENT ABDUCTION a: The Daughter Must Be in Court Tomorrow. BEFORE JUDGE COX Se Representative David F. Wilber of Ni York, whose wife, Myra C. Wilber, last Wednesday sued him here for alimony and support, this afternoon, through Attorney Leon Tobriner, filed a petition for a wr of habeas corpus,- to recover the custody of Edith M, Wilber, the fourteen-year-old child of the parties, . The petition was presented to Judge Cox, who directed the writ to issue, command- ing Mrs. Wilber to produce the child be- fore him in court at 10 o'clock tomorrow merning. In his petition Mr. Wilber recites the marriage between him and Mrs. Wilber, stating that the child was born October 30, 1882. The 28th of November, 1896, says Mr. Wilber, he was appointed, in New York, guardian of the child’s person and estate until she reaches the age of eighteen years, Mr. and Mrs. Wilber having sep- arated May 15, 1805, Drove Her Aw The child, alieged Mr. Wilber, remained with her mother until August 3, 1896, when, he charges, Mrs, Wilber expelled and Grove the said child from and out of the |-house where they were then residing,which had been provided by him. The child immediately took up her resi- dence with and ceme into the control ard custody of her father, he says, and so re- mained until the 12th of this month. From the Zith of last September until the 12th instant, says Mr. Wilber, the. child, with. the exception of the Christmas holidays, spent with his mother, at Oneonta, N. Y., attended Washington College, this c! where she had been placed by him for edu. cation. The Recent Abduction. The 12th of this month, says Mr. Wilber, Mrs. Wilber willfully and forcibly abducted the child from the college, and has since then detained and controlled her at the house of one E. Quincy Smith, 2024 R street, this city, refusing to deliver the child to him, or permit him access to her. Therefore, he prays that Mrs. Wilber be required to produce the child in court, When the child may be released from her alleged illegal restraint and detention and delivered to him. When Mrs. Wilber filed her suit, she ob- tained an order temporarily restraining Mr. Wilber from molesting her custody of the child, and that order Judge Cox also made returnable at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. — HE DREW THE BRITISH FLAG. And He Did It on White Marble at the Capitol. Edward Monroe is now langu the workhouse because vyesterd fered a grave insult to the mig ment of these United States. According to Special Policerran Hamblett, Monroe visited tne Capitol grounds and was pr ceeding to mar the immaculate whiteness of the marble of the coping with vart-col ored chalk, when interrupted by majesty of the law. p The most damaging feature of the c hcwever, was the fact that Monroe was reproducing the British flag. The patriotic blood that flowed through Policeman Har HMett's veins ly boiled with indignation as he witnessed such brazen effrontery, and no time was lost in placing Monroe on the other side cf a cell door. I was merely drawing a diagram of the excavations that are being made for the electric lighting extensions,” pleaded Mon- roe. “You elected a very cestly foundation for your draftin replied Judge Kimbail. “You will have to pay a fine of $10 or go to the workhouse for thirty day: “You may as well cut my throat or hang me as to fine me $10," remarked the pris- oner. “I can’t pay it. The point was raised that Monroe may be of unsound mind, so the court directed that he be examined as to his mental condition by the workhouse physicians. —- Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary McAdoo has engage- ments to speak at the Newark board of trade dinner Thursday night and the Naval Academy alumni dinner in New York Sat- urday night. Postmaster General Wilson has gone to Albany, N. Y., where tomorrow evening he will deliver an address before the Bar Asso- ciation Col. Harry L. Swords, for many years sergeant-at-arms of the republican national commitiee, and at one time an official of the Treasury Depariment, is to be appoint- ed secretary to District Attorney Olcott of New York. Representative Wheeler's youngest son, Master Tom Wheeler, Is quite ill. Mr. Isaac R. Hitt of Chicago, IIL, is at 9 Grant place. Comn.ander E. W. Watson is in the city on his way to Portsmouth, N. H. Lieut. J. C. Wilson reported at the Navy Department today for examination for promotion. Leaves of absence have been granted as follows: Maj. Mott Hooton, 25th Infantry, for two months; Lieut. Henry T. Ferguson, 23d Infantry, for three months, and Lieut. Yegram Whitworth, 18th Infantry, for two mont. Maj. W. F. Tucker of the pay department is in this city on leave of absence. Capt. L. R. Hare, 7th Cavalry, ts at the Arlington. Surgeon W. S. Dixon of the Brooklyn is at 1421 29th street. Lieut. C. E. Vreeland of the Massachu- setts is at the Army und Navy Club. He was recently naval attache at Rome, Ber- lin and Vienna. Major Clarence E. Dutton, ordnance de- partment, and Capt. Frank C. Grugan, 2d Artillery, have been granted leave of ab- sence for three months with permission to go abroad. y govern- —_+-s + —______ AN EIGHT-YEAR SENTENCE. Richard Stewart’s Penalty for As- saulting His Parents. Chief Justice Bingham this afternoon sentenced Richard E. Stewart, the young negro who assaulted his mother and step- father, Maria and Thomas Perry, the 28th of last month, to eight years at hard labor in the New Jersey state prison at Trenton. —_—_~——— VOTING FOR SENATOR. Pritchard Has a Majority of One on Joint jot. Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., January1%.—The demo- crat’s caucus this merning decided to nomi- rate ex-Lieut. Gov. R. A. Doughton as thei: candidate for the Serate. Balloting for senator began at noon. The republicans nominated Pritchard, the pop- ulists Cyrus Thompson and the democrats Doughton. The vote in the senate, which has fifty members, wa: Prtichard, 24; Thompson, 17; Doughton, 8 and in the house, which has 120 members, Pritchard received 62; Doughton, 27; Thompson, 24, so there was no election. One senator was absent. One representative, Dockery, was excused from voting, and Speaker Hile- man and five members did not vote. Pritchard has a majority of one on joint ballot. It is claimed he will get three more votes tomorrow. Advices at the Capitol. At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon a bulletin was received by the Western Union at the Capitol, stating that Senator Pritchard has been . re-elected. The information quickly spread from Senate to House, and among the republicans created general satisfaction and enthusiasm. Senator Pritchard is high- ly regarded by senators and representa. tives, and a great deal of individual effort has been contributed to his aid. FLOSSIE OF MANY NAMES Suit by Her Putative Father to Get Posses- sion of Her.” A Queer Chapter of Events Surround- ing the Life of a Little Mother- less Five-Year-Old Girl. Judge Cole today heard testimony in the contest over the custody of Goldie Marie Frost, or Burroughs, or Collins, a five-year- old child now in the possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Fleck, whose custody Robert Frost, claiming to be the child’s father, seeks to recover through habeas corpus proceedings. The mother of the child, Margaret Col- lins, or Burroughs, or McCanna, or Frost, as she was variously known, died here last month. Some time in 1889 or 1890 Frost commenced to live with the woman, and he claims that they were married August 1892, the chiid being born in April or May, 1891. The parties lived together until March 4, 1885, when they separated, the child be- ing placed in St. Ann's Infant Asylum. Subsequently the mother secured possession of the child by habeas corpus proceedings, and still later Frost filed a suit to annul the marriage on the ground that at the time It took place the woman was the un- divorced wife of one McCanna. Last March Judge Cox annuled the mar- riage because of the woman's marriage to Meta awarding Frost ihe custody of the child) But some time later the judge revoked so much of the decree as gave Frost the custody of the child, and award- ed the custody of it to the mother. Some time before that, about two years ago, the mother gave Mrs. Fleck the custody of the child, and after the woman's death Mrs, Fleck trensferred it to ihe custody of Mrs. A. E. Aldeman of Marietta, Ohio, a woman of means, who agreed to adopt the little one, and remarkably bright and hand- some child, as her own. When he learned of the child’s mother Frost instituted the habeas corpus proceedit claiming to be its father, and ag such entitled to the custody of the child. He claimed that the little one was being detained by Mrs. Fleck or by President Wm. L. Bruen of the Bruen Home of this city, at the institution. Mr. Bruen an- swered that the child was not at his home. and Mrs. Fleck replied that she had placed the child in the custody of Mrs. Alderman, She also charged that Frost had evinced little, if any, Interest in the child, and recited that its mother had often denied that he was its father. The child having meantime been brought back to Washing- ton by Mrs. Alderman Judge Cole decided to hear testimony on both sides as to the matters at issue, and today was spent by him in hearing such ev’ > THE NATIONAL RI dea of the The Old Organization Continues in Exixtence. At Saturday's meeting Dr. C. Neil Barry <ted financial agent of the National ’ corporation, or as the office is other- wise known, “chairman of the hall com- i in‘ place of Captain George W. who has held the office, in con- vith Capt. Manson, since de- ceased, ever since the company was in corporated. It is said that Capt. Evan and his friends were not at all pleased by this change. Another matter said to have ca Evans considerable annoy: and the other offi junction fied tha nation as to were subject to their qualifications as a nec to their regular comm‘ lent as ol the N understood to take th He Fis long s is ved w wh the officers of the Rifle the N The majority of the membx B stand by their captain int Is indi their action r me when they di ply for individual discharge tional Guard and to have Co pany Pome tered out. This cou w recommet by Capt. Evans and other leading memt| f the company, and was adopted by meeting. This action, however, does not -ffeci the status of the National Rifles, which will is posi at Saturd. rided to from the continue its organization as an indepen compa formerly, but it will result i the disbandment of Company B of the tional Guard. Many of the members that company have expressed a desire remain with the guard, and they will transferred to other companii —_.— = A NAVAL BATTALION The Bill Providing for One in the District Passed the Senate. The Senate this morning passed the bill introduced by Senator Hale to provide for a naval battalion of the District of Colum- bia, and reported this morning by the naval affairs committee. The wort “reserve” is stricken out whe ever it occurs in the bill and sections 4, and 6 are also stricken out. Section 4 authorized the President to ap- point an officer of the navy as instructor. Section 5 instructed the Secretary of the Navy to provice ordnance, ete., for the bat- talion, to remain the property of the United States. Section 6 authorized the Secretary of the Navy to provide facilities for in- struction. > Senator Sherman inevired as to the cost | in- | of maintaining a battalion, and was formed by Senator Hale that it would come from the regular sources. House committee on naval affairs today made a favorable report on the bill to or- ganize a branch of the naval militia ia the District of Columbia. The bill is sim- tiar to the measure passed by the § —__<_e-—______ STATE DEPARTMENT. Senator Sherman Has a Conference With Secretary Olney. Senator Sherman, who is to be the next Secretary of State, called today at the State Department upon Secretary Olney, and had a short talk with him respecting the appearance of the Secretary tomorrow before the Senate committee on foreign re- lations to answer the inquiries of the com- mittee touching the Anglo-American arbi- tration treaty. AT THE ——— =< —____ Grain and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, corresponcents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Open. Hi Low. Close. IV% 9 ly T5% — 76%-% TO 758-35 Is 18% 18 tale 15>, iw 398 4.05 4.10 Close. FINANCE AND TRADE Buying of Low-Priced Securities Credited to Foreign Account. Sea ene GRANGER SHARES WERE CONSPICUOUS Prospective Advance Postponed, but Not Abandoned. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —— Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta y YORK, January 19.—Yesterday’s reaction in prices had a tendency to tract from the optimistic enthusiasm of th last day or two, but the advance was con- ceded to be postponed, not abandoned. Early London cables reflected some tr- regularity in the American security mar- ket, but moderate buying of the low-priced issues, later in the day, was credited to foreign account. The scarcity of stocks was again the feature of the day’s business, buying or- ders for moderate amounts invariably re- sulting in sharp fractional gains. The general market was less active than yes- terday, and the volume of commission bus iness was somewhat reduc: The ability of the real owners of secu 8 to protect their holdings has been so frequently demonstrated of late that concerted efforts to force impossible liquidation are likely to be permanently discontinued. The effort necessary to advance p' has been doubled in the opposite direction without svcc The street is consequent- ly working itself up to the belief that the short side of he market will be profitable only at rare and extremely brief intervals. The one thing lacking is an outside de- mand commensurate with inside ideas. This demand is in process of creation, however, and will develop rapidly under normal con- ditions. Washington is scarcely a menace any longer, and hopes are entertained that neither th epresent nor the extra sess' of Congress will develop anything to re tard business revival. Eamings are not what they should be, but the future is being discounted, and neither of the other tenses are a considera- tion. Sentiment is hopeful and sentimental improvement is not infrequently the fore runner of a movement which acquires sub- stance as it progresses. The suit co test the validity of an issue of $8,200,000 bonds of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad brought against the former directors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe was reported to have been decided against the legality of the issue. A suit to set aside the sale of the bonds in question is likely to follow should the above reporied action be confirmed. Board room gossip denied the accuracy of the dispatches later in the day, but -he denials were not authoritative. Atchison securities were sold by the room on the first version of the report. American Sugar regained da: loss on a good volume of buytrg j against outstanding short contracts. The | market position of the large inside intere all of yester- in this property is still the subject of cor siderable doubt, but the movement in the stock reflects no dissatisfaction with «ts present cour: he Grange shares and the low-priced indvstrials were Neuous during the act trading ing substantial frac- distributed, n issues was in thoro curit > | NANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. | and the lowest an New York steck ma & Macartney, exchange Mocre & New pondents, members. Corres sob by Corson | | | | | | | __ The following | | | Atchison 4X 1 ON ae ! Baitimore & Ono Wy Wy 165 by ! Bay State ay 12K Oey | Canada aK a6 aay nada Pacific... Seine aie! uh | Chesapeake & O10 1% isi . & St. Louis... Lake Shore : by Ub 14a 158g Louisville & Nashville.> 5ijg Say 51 BUA Metropolitan Traction. 1093 1104 109% L1OK ahattan Vig 9 OR BR higan Central BaEee: EERE! eee Missouri Pacitic Wig “88%, BY Bh National Lead Go...) 264 2666 ‘ational Lead Co., pfd - ee ee esker New Jersey Central 102 0B 108” 128g ew York Central 9 9S. orthern Pacific... 13% 18% «18% «18 prthern Pacific, pid a BY Be Ont. & Western? : . 4 Union Paci U.S. Leather, pti 6S 63% Wabash, pfd. % rtd ry Wheeling & 1 2% Bey Wheeling & L. frieptd. Western Union fel GPa cc, Washing: Sales_ regula Bank, 3 at 10 at 11s: Capiial 7 19 at 96; at 35 cents, District of ¢ \ luabia Bonds. —y-year te 30-year fund Gx, geld, 110 bid 1901, currency, 110 bid.” Water stock’ 110. bid. 3.658, fundiaz, currency, ener bid, 108 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 108 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. Gs, 110 bid, 111 asked. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of Indebtedness, 120 bid, 135 asked. Belt Railroad 6) bid, ‘80 asked.” Eckinzton Railroad 6s, 54 Md, 94 asked. Columbia Railroad 6s, 114% ‘bid, 114% asked “Washington Gas pany Gs, series A, 113 bid. Washington ompany Gx, serled B, 113 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Teleptione 160 Bid. ‘American Security aud Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 5s, A. and ©., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist Gs, pid. Washingten Market Company tmp. Se, 107 bid. | Washington Market Company cxt. da, 107 bid. Masonic Hall Association Ss, 104 ‘bid. Washington Light Infantry: Ist 6s, 93 bid. National Bank Stock. Rank of Wasliagton, 283 bid. Metropolitan, 28 bid, 300 asked. Central, 265 bid. Farmers’ and Mechanies’, 170 tid. Sec: ond, 130 bid, 140 asked. Citizens’, 115 bid. Co lumbia, 122" bid. Capital, 120 bid, 130. asked, Best End, 107 bid. 112 asked. Trader’, Sis Mid, 93% asked. Lincoln, 102 bid, 108 asked.” Onio, asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 113% id, 11 Sagked. Washing. ton Loan and Trust, 120 bid) 125 asked. Americag Security and Trust,” 138 bid, 141 asked. Washing- top Safe Depostt. 5 bia. Railroad —Capital Traction ge oe bid, 59 asked. Metropolitan, 102 bid. Colombia, 45 bid. Gas apd Electric Light Stocks —Washineten Gas, 44% bid, asked. Georgetown Gas, wid, So aaked. “CAS Rectric Light, BF bid as naked Insurance | Stocks.—Firemon's, 30 bid, 4 Sasked. Met 80 asked.