Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1897-24 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE! or An American Schooner Wrecked on the Nova Scotia Coast. ANOTHER “GRAVEYARD” VICTIM A Portland Bark Runs Ashore in a! Snow Squall. —paaa : OTHER MARINE Dts: LOCKPORT, N. 3. January 23.—The wreck of the American fishing schooner Yo- semite was discovered on an island four miles from this town today. The vessel ran ashore during a thick snow storm Thursday night and became a total wreck, and two of the crew perished. The xchocrer was bound from a Newfoundland port with a cargo of frozen herring. consigned to a Gloucester, Mass.. firm. Most of the cargo was wasned ashore and is scattered along the beach In | TUESDAY. the vicinity of the wreck. A dispateh from Shelbourne today says that the stern of an American schooner was found on the shore near Little Harbor, which ix in the vicinity of the place whore Yosemite was seen, the Si y the It is believed that -Iburn report refers to the wreck of semite. = schooner was built at Essex, Mass., the vin in ISMI. and registered 115 tons net. She was 97 feet long, 23 feet in breadth and 11 feet depth of hold: She was owned at ; Mass. party has gone to the scene of Ashore in a Snow Storm. 2 ARD HAVEN, Mass. Januar 2 pt. Hayman and crew of the Gay Head life-saving station, and Capt. Cook, wreck- ing master of this port, left here at day- reak this morning to go to the relief of he bark Isaac Jackson of Portlahd, Me., which was reported ashore on Pasque Isi- and late last night. The United States revenne v Dallas has also started for the 3c The bark went on in a thick snow squall and ste grounded hard on that part of the island known as “The Graveyard,” one of the most U cherous spots along the coast. She lies in a dangerous position, and it is feared will , as only on calm weather can be approached in safety by a craft of any size. The fate of the crew is unknown. The Isaac Jackson is of »71S2 tons, 145 feet long, 32 feet beam and 17 feet draught. She was built at Me., in IS74 She is laden with salt from a h American port, and was bound for Boston. PORTLAND, Me., January 23.—The bark Jacksor orted ashore at Vineyard Haven. . is ewned by J. S. Winslow of this city, and is commanded by apt. EM. Davis. She sailed for River Plate seven months ago with a crew of ten men and was on her return voyage when she went ashore. Advices received by the owners here state that the crew are safe, and the cargo 3 fully insured, but ry Was no insurance on the vessel. An Eventfal Vosnage. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., January 2%. ‘rench collier Madelein has arrived from Peru, via Acapulco, after a remark- and disastrous voya Before the steamer put into Callao one of her boile exploded, badly injuriag five of her crew, who were left in the hospital. near Acapulco on January F Callao, tioh a which was breeding between the neer, Obe Necanicen, and Second ‘ymand ended in what is to be The engin deliberately shot 1 officer. Reymand fell to the feck badly wounded, and the Madelein was quickly headed again for Acapulco to secure med 1 assistance for the man. anicen was clapped into irons and when s reached turned over to the of- a Mexican man-of-war that was The engineer was said io be Reymand’s attentions to his and shot the man to avenge his hen- anicen will be tried for murder by xican authorities 1f Reymand diles, ‘Tank Steamer on Fire. HAVRE, Fr —Tne Brit- nk steamer L'Oritlamme,Cap:. Tucker, Philedelphia for Roven, which went nd January 20, above Honfleur, and rward took firs, is still burning. danger to navigation is caused by vessel, as she has 5,000 tons rn on beard, and explosions are ie B: ACH HAY steamship en the morning of January 18, was hauled off by the wrecking tugs at high water last night and proceeded to New York In tow. pumps of the steamer were kept con- tly at work tc make it possible to han- fle her. She had spent 114 hours on the beach NEW YORK, isworth king YORK, January 23.—Another Ledy found on the “gue, from the wreck aworth Floated. ‘, N. J., January 2 —The “che January » was sighted « morring bound in tug. tow of a row nt The body to pieces on is believed Davis beady dis- -r First Ma A. Modto-k. Th and the face was Do lie. nuary 3i.—A meeting of the f the First National Eank, of Lyman J. Gage is president, was today to decide as to whether the af the institution would permit jaze’s withdrawal to accept the tre: -elect. MeKinl ould the place be offered to him opposition to Mr. Gage's acceptance it was finally decided to er entirely to Mr. Gage. rviewed on matier, Mr that he had yer decided course, but that would do so © da About CHICA Hires whieh heid vusines: u the not he THE fe Settle the Dower Interest of the Widow. Hige Hag ner has appointed W. Clarence David D. Stone, H. Bradley Dayid- 8. Swormstedt and Henry A. to lay off the dower of Mrs. Helen in the te of her nusband, the th lass all, \ Sensational Elopement. rh to The Evening Star, RICHMOND, Va. January The at Wytheville of Mrs. Annie E. tn bas created a great sensation the partles are known. The young cloped last Monday with a man of sin named Jotn Hardy, leaving rman with the two infant chil- trvant couple took the west- Diaper 1 train ic is said that Mrs. Simmerman obtained bessession of a considerable amount of inoney and other securities belonging to her husband before her departure with Hardy. - Simmerman caught up with his wife near her former home at Walton Furnace, in Wythe county, fifteen miles from Wytheville, and yesterday morning breught ber to town Last night, having for some purpose gone he station, she again boarded the west- nd train and departed, leaving her hus- band standing On the platform, a-gasp with surprise. ——SS ‘To Follow New York's Example. ST. LOUIS, Mo. January 23.—Health Commissioner Starkloff will at the next meeting of the board of health recommend tbat pulmonary tuberculosis be declared in- fectious, as was done in New York city Tecently. } twenty-third day of J Badsworth, which went ashore | does, 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- mously, in order to deceive adver- tlsers, 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 ts many taousands in excess of any other Washington paper, and is be- lieved to be fully five times that of our afternoon contemporary. Cirew tion of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, January 16, 1897 MONDAY, January 18, 1897. nuary 19, 1897. January 20, 1997. THURSDAY, January 21, 1897. FRIDAY, January 22, 1897. WEDNESDAY. ‘Total Dally ave +: 29,989 I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circilated during the six secular days ending Friday, Jannary 22, 1997—that 1s, the number of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the coples so counted are returnable to or reinain in the office unsold. 4. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this mnuary, A. D. 1997. JESSE W. RAWLINGS, Notary Public, D. C. WOLCOTT'S MISSION Said to Be Not Satisfied With the Result of Great Britain Will Not Act First and the United States Must Take the Int itive. (opgrighted, 1807, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, January 2.—It is rumored that Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Col- orado, who has been visiting England in the interest of bimetallixm, is not quite satisfied with the progress of inquiries here. He has been delayed in meeting peo- ple, owing to their absence from town, and, of course, he could not be received by the Marquis of Salisbury because he had no official credentia! The Bimetallic League, however, has given Senator Wol- cott the heartiest reception, and Sir Wil- liam Henry Houldsworth, conservative member of parliament for the northwest- ern division of Manchester, who was the British delegate at the monetary confer- ence at Brussels in 1892, and Lord Alden- ham, senior partner in the firm of Antony Gibbs & Sor bankers and merchants, and formerly governor, now a director, of the Bank of England, have had long inter- views with the senator, and are aiding him in every way possible, Senator Wolcott finds that the position here remains uncharged from the time of the Brussels conference, namely, that the British government and the house of com- mons are committed to do all in their power to secure by international agree- ment the stable monetary par of the ex- change of gold and silver. The Bank of England is still willing to keep a fifth of its reserve in silver bars. But, in spite of the willingness of Great Britain, which has heen expressed to Senator Wolcott,to bring in the mints of India into any international agreement, Great Britain, under no cir- cumstances, will take the initiative in call- ing a new conference, considering, as she that the above offers are the first practical step toward international bimet- allism taken by any government. She now wants to see what practical steps other governments are willing to take. The continental powers are equally un- willing to take the lead in calling a mone- tary conference, as they unanimously be- lieve that the United States, both by its posit nm and tive. A Remarkable Demonstration. The attempt of Sir William Rose, who is a mémber of the Canadian bar, and who has served in the Canadian militia, to shut from the historic grounds of Ss seat, Moor Park, near Farnham, Sur- rey, has created a great deal of ill-feeling, and led to a remarkable manifestation on Sunday, when the gates were locked for the first time in generations. Hundreds of peo- ple, headed by the Farnham district coun- cil, marched to the gates and demanded admittance. When this was refused the councilmen cut the bolts and chains with chisels and hammers brought for the pur- pose, and the crowds flocked into the grounds, cheering for the council. There was much hooting when the crowd passed the mansion. The chains and fastenings of all the other gates were cut out in the same manner. The Expedition to Khartoum. ‘The latest news from Cairo indicates that the start of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition to Khartoum may be expected within six months. The preliminaries are being ex- bedited, and when Sir Redvers Buller, V. C., the adjutant general for the forces (for it is no longer doubted that Buller will supersede Sir Herbert Kitchener at the head of the 10,000 British troops who are | going to stiffen the backbone of the Egyp- tian army), starts for Khartoum he will probably find but little to impede a rapid advance on this side of Berber. There 1s no reason why Kitchener should be super- seded, except on account of his youth. Sir Herbert Kitchener was born in 180 and Sir Redvers Buller was born in 1839. But it is felt that a veteran is needed at the head of the expedition, which ts to make the important advance about to be under- taken. It is understood, however, that Siz Herbert Kitchener will be given the com- mand of the army of occupation. The Qucen’s Jubilee. Interest in the queen's diamond jubilee is augmenting rapidly everywhere with the universal preparations to celebrate the siftieth anniversary of her reign. West End rents have already doubied, and large numbers of the aristocracy who usually let their houses for the season are remain- ing in town, A house in Grosvenor Gar- dens has been let by the week for the season at sixty guineas ($315) weekly, and importance, must take the : the tradesmen predict that the coming sea- son will be the most profitable in years past. Business is already phenomenally active. Recent cable dispatches from London to the United’ States stating that. the health of the queen ts so bad that she shows some evidence of insanity have led the Lancet to declare, on authority, that such reports earnest era. of good and commercial circles the (Bn ft ion to every wi fe ay to establish an BILLS PASSED TODAY The Senate-Spends a Busy’ Satar- day. MANY MEASURES CONSIDERED Senator Morgan Asks for More ‘ Information. See THE NICARAGUA CANAL aS Saturday secsions of the Senate are so. unusual that there was a very meager at- tendance at the opening of the session to- day. An egrcement was reached at the cutset that after 12:30 the day would he given to private pension bills and other minor bills on the calendar. This assured @ cessation of the exciting debate over, the Nicaragua canal bill and the protest of Minister Rodriguez, as the agreement con- templated laying aside that question, when it should be reached m the regular order at 2 o'clock. The Union Pacific Agreement. In the brief interval before taking up the minor bills Mr. Allen (Neb.) secured the adoption of the following resolution: “Re- scived, That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate whether he has entered into an agreement or stipulation with what is commonly known as the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific railroad respecting the foreclosure of the government lien there- on, and the amount, if any such agree- ment or stipulation has been made, said reorganization committee is to bid in the event of the fereclosure of said lien; and also to send to the Senate the full text of such agreement or stipulation, together with the names of tne persons comprising the reorganization committee, as well as the authority he may have for beginning such foreclosure proceedings, or entering into any such agreement or stipulation.” The Senate then turned to the calendar and passed a number of bills. The bills passed included the following: To refund to Ames & Detrick of San Fran- cisco, Cal., drawbacks on grain bags ex- ported in 1882; appropriating $15,000 for the heirs of the Italians killed by mob violence at Walcenburg, Col., in March, 1895; grant- ing medal to Daniel E. Lynn of Port Huron. Mich.: appropriating $30,000 for es- tablishing a light house on Swan Island, belonging to the United States, in the Car- ribean sea: establishing a life saving sta- tion at Fort Gratiot, Mich. A Nicaragua Inquiry. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) secured recognition at this point and presented a resolution re- questing the President for all correspond- ence relating to the Nicaragua canal since 1887 between the United States and any minister or representative of Nicaragua. e resolution is as follows: Resolved, That the President is request- ed, if it fs not in his opinion inconsistent with the public interests, to send to the Senate copies of all correspondence and official communications relating to the Nic- aragua canal since 1887 with the govern- ment of Nicaragua, or any minister there- ot, or between the United States and its ministers accredited to the government of Nicaragus Mr. Hill (N. Y.) was disposed to object to the immediate adoption of the resolution, saying it ought to be examined. Mr. Morgan was about to explain that the resolution applied to the letter of Minister Rodriguez, read to the Senate yesterday Mr. Hill withdrew his objection and the resolution was agreed to. Other Bills Passed, Returning to the calendar, the Senate passed the bill to reclassify railway postal clerks and prescribe their salaries. The bill fixes the following classes and salaries: First class, not exceeding $800; second class, $000; third class, $1,000; fourth clas: $1,100; fifth class, $1,200; sixth class, $1; seventh class, $1,400; eighth class, $1, ninth class, $1,600; tenth class, $1,800. Also the following bills: Authorizing the President to promote Col. Henry L. Ab- bott, U. 8S. A., retired, to the rank of briga- der general, retired. ‘Transferring Lieut. Jerome U. 8..N., to the 75 per c@nt pay Morse, ist of re- tired officers; authorizing a railroad bridge e Illinois river at a point within Appro- M. across t tive miles above Grafton, DL priating £30,700 to the estate of Chas. Roberts: appropriating $80,000 to the Po: land, Me., company for work on two gun- boats; authorizing extra compensation to the Atlantic works gf Boston for work on naval vessels; to pay the heirs of the late John Roach, deceased, $230,511 for labor and mat . dockage and detention and oceupation of yards and shops for the gun- boats Chicago, Boston and Atanta. A Lincoln Statue. The bill appropriating $50,000 for a statue of President Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pa., was passed. Three Distinguished Callers on the President-Elect. Ohio, January 23.—Presi:lent- elect McKinley had not fir shed his break- CANTON, fast thts morning before a dozen of callers sent in their cards for a conference. The early morning trains brought three dis- tinguished Indidna citizens, Senator-elect Chas. W. Fairbanks, National Executive Committeeman W. T. Durbin and Supreme Judge L. J. Monks. They reached Canton at 9 o'clock from Cleveland, where they had been to confer with National Chairman M. A. Hanna. They were driven directly to the McKinley home and were soon in con- sultation with the President-elect. They were driven directly to the Mckii ley home and were s in consultation with the President-el They left on the = ‘ort Wayne train for Indianapolis, Senator Fairbanks said to an Associated Press representative that their visit had no special political nificance and was of @ confidential nature. Mr. Durbin said thet a great many mat- ters had been talked over during the in- terview, but he was not in a position to diselose their nature. He said that he was led to believe that his state wouid not have a representative in the next official family. “We are greatly interested,” he said, ‘in Mr. Hanna, and many of our people would like to see him in the cabinet. I am con- vinced that Maj. McKinley desires to have a thoroughly business administration, and with Mr. Hanna and Mr. Sherman in the cabinet, he would have what ne desires. Mr. Sherman's selection is a wise one, and Mr. Hanna should be his coiloague. “There is regret expressed in many quar- ters that Cornelius N, Bliss of New York did not accept the navy portfolio, as he is one of the best business men in the country. The 10: o'clock Fort Wayne train brought ex-National Chairman Thomas H. Carter of Helena, Mont., and Senator John L. Wilson of Spokane, Wash. They were met by Capt. Hetstand and driven directly to the major’s home. —— GAGE’S POLITICAL RECORD. on A Singlé Taxer and Voted for Cleve- Innd Three Times, The report that Lyman Gage of Chi- cago may be appointed Secretary of the ‘Treasury has created surprise here. It is understood that Mr. Gage is a free trader and a believer in Henry George's single tax theory, and that he has voted for Cleveland three times. —_——_o-+—__. Bricklayers Elect Officers. WORCESTER, Mass., January 23.—The two weeks’ convention of the Bricklayers and Masons’ International Union came to an end today. The following officers were elected: President, Wm. Klein, New York; first vice presklent, Jeremiah Harrington, MANY, DISTRICT MEASURES Bills ThattCame’ Up for Discussion in the ay 3 An ov. m That Revives Memorien ots Dayn—The National cave - jasecum Bu! 2” Tie Senate today devoted its attention to the passage of bfils on the calendar, and disposedof a number of measures. Senate “hit 2100, authorising the Secre- tary of. the Intertor to quit claim and re- lease unto Francis Hall and Juriah Hall and the'r heirs and assigns all right, title and Interest of the United States to the east twenty feet front by the full depth of 100-feet of lot 2, in square 45, in this cliy. The report accompanying this hill stated: “The circumstances which have brought about the request for legislation in this case are peculiar. It appears that Jane Hall was born a slave in Maryland in tie year 1799. She ran away from her master and came t) Washington about the year 1820. After arriving in Washington she had two children, both born while she was yet a slave. In i821 she was manumitte “Jane Hall continued to reside in Wash- ington until her death, in 182, never hav- ing married. In the year 1842 she bought the east twenty: feet frent by full depth of 100 feet of lot No. 2, in square No. 493, of the city of Washington. She built a small house on the said ground and lived there continuously until her death, and from the time of her death until the present time the house and grounds have been occupied by her son, the said Francis Hi “It appears that the said Jane Hall died intestate, and in the absence of collateral relations that the title to the said lot has escheated to the United States, and that in erder to secure to the said Francis Hall Ms rights and the relinquishment on the part of the United States of all right and title to the said lot must take the form of an act of Congress.” Senate bill 815, to redeem outstanding certificates issued by the board of audit and the board of public works of the Dis- trict of Columbia, was called up, but its consideration was objected to by Mr. Cock- tell, and went over. _ The National Muscum. Senate bill 698, to provide for the erec- tion of an additional fireproof building fo: the National Museum, was reached. M Sherman suggested that as Mr. Morril who had reported the bill, was absent the Measure should. be passed over to be con- sidered later, Ford Theater Bill Passed. When Senaie bill 3117, to provide compen sation for injuries to employes of the gov ernment in ,the Ford's Theater disaster, was reached it was suggested that it be passed over, and Mr. Fauikner explained that the commission to examine into and report on these cases was engaged in con- sidering cases that had been tarown out cf the appropriation bill in the House last year. They would, he said, be ready to re- port to the Senate in a day or two. The Flectriv Light Controversy. Senator Hill submitted to the Senate an- other petition, signed by about seventy-five citizens of, the District, asking that the Senate and House reject the Cockrell joint resolution or any other resolution tending “to strengthen the monopoly in the matter of electri lighting in the District of Co- lumbia.” The petition states that the signers understand that the contracts now held by 'the'Potomac Electric Power Com- pany are nearly completed, so far as neces. sary work 16 concerned, but.that any inte ‘ference wilt “delay the day when the citi- zens of the District may have compctitive companies.‘ The petition further express. its approvat of the action of the Commi: sioners and the superintendent of publ buildings: and grounds in awarding th contracts. to the lowest bidders. Senator Hill asked that the petition, as well as,the one presented. by ‘him January 19," be printed, +z ; To Change’ Street Names. Senator Gibson, from the Senai+ Distriet committee; introduced inthe Senate to- day the House bill to change the names of certain streets in the city of Washington. Fraternal Beneficiary Secietien. The bill ihtroduced in the Hlouse yesier- day by Mr. Lintoa for the regulation of fraternal heneficiary societi+s, orders, or associations in the District ¢f Columbia, was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Gailinger for Mr. M>Millan. es COLD WAVE. Traveling This Way From Northern Montana. There is a severe cold wave prevailing in northern Montana, which may reach thi city in about thirty-six hours. In that r gion the temperature at § o'clock this morn- ing was ‘6 degrees below zero, with the wind blowing from 25 to 30 miles an it There was considerable snow, which was working toward the southeast. ‘The weather conditions this morning were somewhat similar to those prevailing during the blizzard of 1805. At that time there was not only an extreme coll wave in Se region of northern Montana, but there was a falling barometer in Texas, which condition, to a lesser extent than in 1895, is prevalling today. The indications are that there will a fall of snow in the region of Mary. Virginia and the District of Cotumbia b; tomorrow night, and there is a possibility that the low thermometer and the falling barometer in Texas will combine, as it Gid_ {1 1895, to produce extremely’ severe weather in Washington. The cold wave at § o'clock this morning had reached Chi- cago, where the thermometer was at zero, and where the snow was failing. {t had also gotten as far south and east as In- dianapolis and Detroit. ———_-e+____ Engineer Tower's Retirement Chief Engineer George E. ‘Tower, U. S. navy, who was before the naval retiring beerd at the Washington navy yard this week, has been’ recommended for retire- ment. . Mr. Tower's last duty was as chief engineer of the battle ship Indiana,” but he remained there only a short time, as he and one of his assistants broke down dur- ing the maneuvers of the North Atlantic squadron last August, and he has been under treatment in one of the naval! hos- pitals ever since. The assistant was re- tired some months ago, but as it was thought that Mr, Tower would uitimately recover He‘was continued at the hospital. His recovery, has been so slow, however, be 1, that the pital authorities came to the cor.clust at It would be better for him to be ordered before a retiring board. Mr. ‘Tower tx sn officer of Jong service, having served during the entire period of the civil war, and always had important duiy on shore and afloat. The Navy Register just issued by the Navy pens shows that as many as twelve ae r oncers: were ae aun ing the year, althoug! ly_four o: them ret?#ed on account of age. That the conditions déxisting in the navy are such that a greater strain is thrown on.the en- gineer thar on any other officer is shown by the fact thet of officers retired for causes other than age the engincer corps had 4% pew cent of its numbers rctired, the medieabtorps 2% per cent, the line 2 1-4 r cent;iabd the pay officers 1 per cent. that # may be broadly stated that the per¢entage df engineer officers retired for cavses other than age is twice as great as the average in the three other seagoing .corps of the havy for the same causes. + William*Pantroy, father of the late John Fantroy, téday filed a bill in equity against ‘Sidney A.’Fitch, trustee of lot 34, square. 308, praying: for an accoupting in the mat- ter of the sale of the property, and that any surplus oe aid to. hin Attorneys John Ridoyt ané Thos. B. Warrick vepre- “| Literary THE CHARITY INQUIRY [HELP FOR THE POOR ‘The Number of Applicants for Aid Steadily Tncreasing. Institutions to Be Investigated by the Joint Committee. DUTIES IMPOSED UPON THAT BOBY The Question of Religious or Eccle- siastical Control. TO MEET NEXT MONDAY SES eS The work of the joipt select committee of Congrces to investigate the charitable institutions of the District of Columbia will prove of great interest to all those connected with institutions that have re- ceiv>d aid from the government, but which, in accordarce with the policy adopted by Congress last year, cannot continue to re- ceive such assistance. As stated in The Star yesterday, the joint select committee to carry on an investigation of these chari- ties has been organized by the selection of Senator McMillan as chairman, and will begin its vork next Monday. This joint select committee was given authority to carry on its investigation through a provision in the District of Co- lumbia a)-propriation bill passed at the last ‘ssion of Congress. This provision follows: “And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the government of the United States to make no appropriation of money or property for the purpose of founding, | Maintaining or aiding by payment for serv- ices, expenses, or otherwise, any church or religious denomination, er any institu- tion or society which is under sectarian or ecclesiastical control; and it is hereby enacted that, from and after the 30th day of June, 1897, no money appropriated for charitable purposes in the District of Co- lumbia_ shall be paid to any church or religious denomiration, or to any institution or society which is under sectarian or ec- clesiastical control. “That the joint select corhmittee is here- by authorized, to consist of three Senators to be appointed by the presiding officer of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, which select committee shall make investigation of the charities and reformatory institutions of the District of Columbia, and especially of those for which appropriations are made by this act, as respects their relations to the government of the District of Colum- bia and to the United States, whether by special charter or otherwise, their effi- ciency, their management and resources, whether by appropriations, investments or otherwise, and also what portion, if any, of appropriations heretofore made to them have been used for the purpose of main- taining or aiding by payment for services, expenses, or otherwise any church or re- ligious denomination or any institution er society which is under sectarian or eccle- siastical control; whether such charitable or reformatory institutions are effective and economical in their organization, meth- eds and expenditure to provide for the poor and destitute in the District of Co- lumbia; whether it 1s practicable for the Commissioners or other authority in the Dis to make contracts or to otherwise provide for such care of the poor and des- titute with any of said institutions, and if so, which of them and to what extent, within the limitations of the policy herein- before declared; and if not, the probable expense cf providing and maintaining pub- lic institutions for such purpose. “Said committee shall make report as soon as practicable after the beginning of the next session of the present Congress, including in such report any changes by them deemed advisable as respects the methods of dealing with the chari the reformatory institutions of s trict. “Said committee is authorized to sit dur- ing the recess, and the necessary expenses of the committee, including clerical and stenographic work, shall be paid out of the contingent funds of the Senate and House of Representatives, jointly, on the certifi- cate of the chairman of the committee.” The Institutions Concerned. Under the provisions of this act the insti- tions that are included in this investi- gation and the amounts appropriated for them at the last session of Congress follow: Temporary Home for ex-Uuion Soldiers and Sailors, Grand Army of the Republic, $2,300; Women’s Christian Association, maintenance, $4,000; Central D:spensary and Emergency Hospital, maintenance, $15,000; Children’s Hospital, maintenance, $10,000; National Homeopathic Hospital As- sociation of Washington, District of Co- lumbla, for maintenance, $8,500; Washing- ton Hospital for Foundlings, maintenance, $6,000; Church Orphanage Association of Saint John’s parish, maintenance, $1,800; German Orphan Asylum, maintenance, $1,900; National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, mantenance, including repairs, $9,000; Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, $5,400; Association for Works of Mercy, mainten- ance, $1,800; House of the Good Shepherd, maintenance, including repairs, $9,000; Saint School, maintenance, $4,500; Saint Joseph's Asylum, maintenance, $1,800; Young Wo- men's Christian Home, $1,000; Hope and Help Mission, maintenance, $1,000; News- boys and and Children’s Aid Society, main- tenance, $1,000; Eastern Dispensary, msin- tenance, $1,000; Washington Home for In- curables, maintenance, $2,000; municipal lodging house and wood and stone yard, in- cluding rent, $4,000; Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, maintenance, $20,000; for repairs to building, $5,000; Re- form School, $16,342; Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, $10,500; Government Hos- pital for the Insane, $104,045 ee ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC ROAD. THE The Concern is to Be Reorganized, bat Not to Have Its Land Grant. The conferees of the two houses reached an agreement today on the bill for the re- organization of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. Many of the provisions contained in the House amendments are retained, but the language of most of these was changed. As agreed to, the bill authorizes a reorganization of the old company, granting to it all the privileges and fran- chises of the original concern. It is also to be subject to the regulation and duties of the old concern toward the United States as toward other creditors. ‘The capital stock of the new corporation is not to be allowed to exceed the amount of the mortgage, except upon the payment of cash for additional stock, the Secretary of the Interior to approve the same. The purchasers are to be required to relinquish all claim to the company’s unearned land grant. The provision inserted by the House that the company shall be incorporated in each state that the road traverses is omitted in the agreement. —————————— PUBLISHERS GIVE THEIR VIEW. A Senate Committee Hears Arguments m the Lond Bill. The Senate committee on post offices and post roads resumed its hearing on the Loud second-class mail bill tody, Orville J. Victor, chairman of a New York com- mittee of publishers, being the first to be hear. He said the bill was in the interest of express companies, and opposed to the interest of the public, which demands good c! literature. oupha Miderkin of the New York Ledger claimed that under the pr law such papers as the Ledger would be excluded from the privilege of being entered as.sec- cond-class mail matter. Mr. 8. 8. ae Stleviaw ns Retrevo es- pecially to Senat Chandier’s proposed amendments to the Loud till. Any. addl- tion. to the cost of distribution, he said, would render it yess to Began a it es. advance price rma to 15 cents would be to cut cir- culation in half. | Senater Chandler-seli he did not propose to prees his amendment. ‘Mr. J. 8. Ogtivie asserted that the goy- ‘ernment was under an implied contract lwith the publishers to maintain present of the New York tron Age, fa- bi - Senator Chandler stated : : Yesterday there were more than 200 ap- Plicants for assistance at the office of the Associated Charities, the largest number in any one day this winter. With the lim- ited mears at the disposal of :he organiza- tion but half could be aided. The perso appeals sent by the central relief com- mittee have resulted in a timely addition to the charity fund, but this has been a mere drop in the bucket compared to what was needed. When the committee started work this winter it was with the under- standing that if $10,000 could be raised to carry on the work there would be no neces- sity for a general house-to-house canvass. In point of fact, the contributions received have amounted to ‘ess chan $2000, ond these were frcm a comparatively small number of people. With the cold weather today there was every reason to think that the number of appeals would exceed even that of yester- day A welcome donation today came in the form of 4” big loaves of bread from Mr. L. M. Saunders, and this has been used to supply many a family that was absolutely out of food and face to face with starvation. The Associated Charities has been called upon recently to take care of a number of poor families in which there are cases of contagious disease, several of ther being cases of jiphtheria. In such instances the wage-carners are quaran- ; tned and unable to work even if they had employment. Certainly not for a number of years have the relief organizations of the city been so ill-prepared to answer the cries of need. The Associated Charities has a store room at the corner of Sth and 1D stre2i and in addition to money, would appreciate ccn- tributions of meat, groceries, clothing, hats, shoes and fuel from shopke pers who do not feel able to give in money. MANSFIELD SUED AGAIN. Actrens, Clal Due Her. Ethel Douglas of New York city, an actress by profess‘on, entered suit here to- day against Richard Mansfield, the well- known actor now playing an engagement in this city, to recover the sum of $550, balance of the salary alleged to be due her under a contract and agreement claimed to have been made between them July 13, 1895, Miss Douglas alleges that Mr. Mansfield engaged her on the day in question as an actress for the season of 1895-"%, trom September 2, 1895, to June 20, 1806, at a weekly salary of $50, said payments to be made on tre Saturday of each week during said season. She declares that she faith- fully rendered Mr. Mansfield her services from September 2, 1895, until April 1%, 1806, during which time she was paid as agreed, except for two weeks, when she was, she asserts, paid nothing, although she ciaims to have tendered herself ready and willing to render ter services as agreed. From April 18 to June 20, 1806, further States Miss Douglas, she so tendered her services, but declares that Mr. Mansfield refused, not only to avail himself of them, but also refused and failed to pay her the alleged agreed-upon salary, a period of nine weeks. Therefore she sues for sal- ary for said nine weeks, as well as for the two weeks preceding April 18, 1896, eleven Weeks in all, with interest from June 20, 1896, exclusive of $35.72, paid her March 7,_ 1896. Miss Douglas is represented by Attorneys M. J. Colbert and Charles J. Murphy, who represented Miss Mary Sanders in the suit filed by her against Mr. Mansfield, and in which she was a few weeks ago given a judgment of $1,300. The plaintiff is said to be Sprague, daughter of ex-Senator Sprague of Rhode Island and Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, who are now divorced, and grand- daughter of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. Miss Sprague. it will be remembe ed, embraced the theatrical profession sev- eral years ago, and has since been a mem- ber of different companies. About six Weeks ago the papers contained an account of her marriage to Dr. Douglas, in San Francisco, accompanied with sensational features of the events leading up to the marriage. Dr. Douglas was said to be a member of-a Baltimore family, who was leading a sporting life on the coast, with whom Miss Sprague had become enamored. : eefae ees DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Miss Ethel Eatension of 16th Street. The Commissioners have set aside W: nesday, the 27th instent, at 11 o'clock, as the time Jor a public hearing relative to the extension of 16th street. . Hearing Requested. The Commissioners have requested a hearing with the Senate committee on the District of Columbia to discuss with the committee on public buildings and grounds of the boerd of trade Senate bill 427, to pro- vide for a municipal building for the Dis- trict of Columbia. A similar request was sent to the House committee. Numbering Houses. The Commissioners today created a com- mission to be composed of three persons, one to be designated by the building in- spector, two by the Engineer Commissio! er, one of the two to represent the water department, to devise a plan for the num bering of houses north of Florida avenue. Excine Board. The excise board held a short session to- day, and acted upon the following case Retail allowed—James F. Conners, 343 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Chiches- ter & Dickerson, 1616 K street southeas! John H. Jamison, 731 3d street southwest. ‘The board rejected the application of E. J. Daly, 107 H greet northwest. > Divoree Granted. Judge Cox today granted Rose Jackson a divorce from Andrew Jackson. The par- es were mirri2d at Baltimore, Md., De- cember 25, 1888, and Mrs. Jackson charged that her husband deserted and abandoned her January 2, 18%, and asked for per- mission to resume her maiden name of Hardloser. ee Government Bunds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers, FINANCE AND TRADE ~ Discussing the Recent Course of WHAT THE WEEK HAS SHOW | A Strong Undertone, Which It Wil Take Time to Develop. heen: MARKET REPORTS sd Special Dispatch to The Evening Star NEW YORK, January 23.—The week clos- ing today has been disappointing in its re- sults and demonstraies again the mistakes of over-enthusiasm. Future prosperity, while inspiring confideace and receiving hope in all branches of trade, is not to bx discounted by a handful of room traders with limited resources. Bidding up prices is a simple process compared to finding purchasers at the advance. Conditions have been improving for man} weeks, but until ten days ago all evidences of improvemeat wers persistently ignored by the professivnal clique determining the ccurse of the market. Toward the close of last week, the market having become stegnant, a concerted effort was made to advance the general list. Prices were bid up several points, a nervous short in- terest forced out of the market and public attention invited to facts which had been Fatent to every intelligent observer for weeks. Commission houses were given a better supply of orders, and for a time the de- velopment of a protracted upward move- ment seemed to be in progress. It became apparent early in the week that traders were Iberal sellers, supplying the outside mand through the medium of both ac counts. The market had not acquired the capacity necessary to digest these Mberal realizing sales, and concesstons followed hard upon every call. Another false start has been added to a somewhat long list of speculative failures The recovery of the whole country must of necessity slow, and the superior foresigat of Wall street cannot add value permanently to properties which will de- vote the coming six months to acquiring it. Some improvement is warranted, of course, but the good results of a logical advance ere often belittled by the artificial devices which always hover around the edges of a substantial movement. The market has developed a strong u dertone and needs only breadth to reps the ravages of the panic periods. It is useless to expect the advance to be ax sud- nm as the deci'nes of the last year. Pa- tience and judgment are as essenti#l as formerly, and the opposite traits have Ieen divested of none of their penalties. The Mquidation in the soft coal shares hurt the market considerably and extended its influences to the high-priced anthracite roads, which have nothing in common with the former properties. Delaware and Hud- son and Hocking Valley were, however, equally weak, and discouraged the entire market. The settlement of Union Pacific diff-r- ences with the government, now practically assured, is an important development,which must eventually work to the great ad- Vantage of the whole speculative situation The weakness of the foreign exchange market and the possibility of renewed for- eign buying of our securities is another en- couraging factor not reflected in surface conditions. The bank statement reflects a gain of $6,418,000 in lawful money, mostly in legals. The decrease of $1,000,000 in loans indicates the congested condition of the money market, but gives renewed assurance to the borrower. An increase of nearly five mil- lions in reserve brings that item up ts $57,067,800, ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of ihe New York stock market today, as repor? by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. " Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schicy, No. 80 Broadway. Open, High. Low. Close. American Spirits. 14 1818s, American Spirits, pfd... 30%; 80% 0, 30, American Sugai . Mig 117% 16, lleK { American Sugar, pfd... 108 103%; 1084, American Tobacco . 6 x iB ‘American Cotton Oli 4 isd Atchison ....... Baltimore & Oai Bay State Gas. Canada Southern ay ake Gee £& Lows cnicago, je Chicagoa Nortnwestern, Chicago Gas... c. M. & St. Pant C.M.& St. Paul, pid. Chicago, RL & Pacit Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack. & W.. Delaware & Hui Den. & lo Grande, p Erie General Biectric. Minois Central. Lake Shore Mahattan Elevated. Michigan Central... Missonri Pacitic. ..... National Lead Go...) | National Lead Co., pid New Jersey Central New York Centra! Northern Pacific Northern Pacific, pfd Ont. & Western. Pultman P. C. Co Southern Ry., pid. Phila. Traction ‘Texas Pacific Tenn. Coal & Tron. Union Pacite.. U.S. Leather, pfd.. bash, pid. Wheeling & L. Eri Wheeling & L. Erie,pfd- Western Union Tel. Silver. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock _m.—Bekington Ratiroad 8, $1,500 at 90. Central National Bank, 10 at 270. “Meiropolitan Railroad, 6 at 107. Paeu- matic Gun Carriage, 100 at 40 cents; 100 at 41 cents; 200 at 41 cents: 100 at 41 cents; 100 at 41 gents. Lanston Monotype, 30 at 6%; 20 at 6h 20 at 6%. After cali—Pneumatic Gan Carrias 700 at 42 cents: it 42 cents. Lamston Mono type, 100 at t 6%. ppiseriee of Columbia Bonds. 20-vear fund 5a, 10% Bo-year fund a, gold, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1001, » 110 bid.” “Water stock Jn, 2x, (urrency, 110 bid! 3.65, funding, currenes, 10734 Miscellancous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad Sa, 108 bid. Metropolitan Railroad cony. 68, 110 bid. asked. Metropolitan Railroad certitieates of edness, 125 bid, 185 asked. Belt Ratlroad 5a. 90 bid, 80 asked. Eckington Railroad @s, 8 90 asked. Columbia 114. bid, i avked. Washington Gas Company Gs, series 4, bid. “Washington Gas Gs, series