Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1897, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1897—12 PAGES, SLOW LEGAL BATTLE [EXTENDING THE TIME/MORE. ABOUT CUBA “Fighting Every Inch in the Van Ris- wick Will Case. ——_=+ ONE WITNESS HEARD TODAY} The Trial Will Probably Last for Weeks. AMILY \BOUT RELATIONS ris] of the Van Riswick will case | continued before Judge McComas tn Court No. 2 this morning in the | © of an unusually large throng. many of thos+ in attendance today, previous days of the trial, were uit presen Very ax law ats, who are attracced by reason “f the many interesting legal questions arising im the conduct of the case—a case which members of the bar expect will her stter be referred to as one of the leading } The trial is also daily x’ ng an unusually large number of members ot the bar. who are Interested in ft for the same reason. Today was the sixth of the irial, and yet mut witnesses have testifled, two of whom merely testified as to the physical ondition of Wm. A. Fenwick, a brother ef Mrs. Mary Van Riswick, the maker cf the contested will, who was too infirm to appear in court, and whose deposition ‘was, herefore, read to the jury. Of the other two witnesses, one of them, Mies May Cleary, Mrs. Van Riswick’s zandniece, was on (he stand all of yesterday, and this morning she resumed the stan, her ex- mination not having been concluded when the trial was adjourned vesterlay after- noon. The giving of testimony, however, much less time than legal arguments by by the obj. ions of on, Wm. ©. Mattingly who represent Mr. Mrs. Van Riswick's will cases, has So far occupied the numerous vecasioned have He and Wilton J. srandson, who is charged by oer daughter, Lambert. Mrs. Martina Carr, with having procured he will through undue ifluer alleged o have been practiced by him upon his that from catled juded, randmother. It is understood o b) witnesses will have b stand before the trial the case is as stupbornly fought out as it has been so far, the trial an be safely counted upon to be the long- est in the history of the District ceurts. Resumed the Stand. Miss Cleary was called upon by R. Ross Perry and A. S. Worth- counsel for Mrs. Carr, to resume stand this morning, she related an in- at which occurred in the summer of about eighteen months after the will made. It was a very hot day, said Cleary, and Mrs. Van Riswick called 4) Mr. Lambert's office in the morning to m to Oakland. He declined to go nlil in the afternoon, despite the objection rs. Van Riswick to remain in the city When intil then, because of the heat. Wilton allel a cab, and sent Mrs. Van Riswick smd witness to a friend's house until the rfternoon. On that oecasion, said the wit- Mrs. Van Riswick remarked that sh r opposed Wilton and always gave in » him. Such a thing she told witness on eral other occas The will under contest gives Mr. Wilton t piece of country property Van View. aid to be worth and this morning Miss Cleary t Mrs. Van Riswick had told her Wilton wanted it, and that the Lam- were after her to have her leave it to Miss Cleary next related an incident occurred two nights before Mrs. swick died. The witness had sug- i that he should remain during the as she believed his grandmother lie before morning, when he refused and left the house, saying that he ot believe + would die so so An ¢ which ud moved > one whieh alleged that Mr. en entering his al M Lembert meld hi grandmother's sick room, ing that or sicke! % trivial. questi . he said, is ths f the seemed as Lambert's s to the vitality of Meo bh he moticn, ling th: ents might be only be considered by ‘¥ are worth. then went on ambert would v others in his grandmother’: © would inquice what . he would say it w: and laugh. The w Lambert had complain- was extravagant, ant i. general- that Mrs Carr did not appreciate She also cemplained | nse h he ing differen that Mr. v Mr. Larabert xtravagant ar alue of money her daughter was extravagant in her | and that she had disposed of h erty. Miss Cleary said that on mn Mrs. rian, an Riswick refused to hiding in a cluset to avoid The wi tness said that Mrs. Van F in the habit of giving Mr. Lambert . money hat i 2 Mrs 5 of taking independent action, be- ng 4 woman of feeble will and ecasil fuenced. Mis Cleary was not. hov ed to say whether in her 0} Mrs. Van Riswick was influenc-d by Mr. 2 or by her other daughtor, Mr. S mother, Judge McCor:1s ai the facts on which the wiine ion would be the bes! r. ding hat w An Argument. ‘ . ye Mrs. Carr noted exe-piions , t's and then ¢ witness were excus © arguing an obje ambert’s counsel to a question asked Miss Cleary clarations of in. both being de- as to alleged ¢ a joint executor with lispos of the Cay was spent in arguing late this afternoon Judge ned the objecti the ing considered quite an for Mr. Lambert. The then adjourned w morrow | Mien Pi uswer a Grave Charge. SEW YORK, January 26—The grand Jury today indicted Herbert Barnum Seeley, Jame H_ Phipps 1 Theodore Rich in , tion wit nt dinner given by Mr. Seeley at The dictments large them with conspiring to procure the nt exposure of two dancing women. red to plead to the in- of general sessions ——— POVERAL OF MINISTER WILLIS. ‘The Kemains of the De: Diplomat Barted at L ville. LOUISVILLE January ral servic e remuins S. Willis, late minister to Hawall, was this morning at the First Christian d the greatest simplicity char- every detail. The burial, at the Mrs. Willis, was private. ‘The flags on the custom house. city hall and other public institutions will be kept flying at half-mast today in respect to the memory of Mr. Willis. The mayor and ther prominent city officials attended the ral services. The alumni of the vilie Male High Sehool, of whi was a graduate, were also church. Joint Resplution Favoring the Eckingtea and Belt Line Railway. Another Opportunity to Experiment With Air Moetors—What Senator McMillan Says About I In tne Senate today Mr. MeMillan report- ed favorably without amendment joint reso- lution 215, extending time for compliance by the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and the Belt Line railway compantes with pro- visions of an act of June 10, 1806, whicn provided for the intreduction of rapid tran- sit on those lines. As stated in The Star yesterday, Mr. MeMillan concluded to give ! the rafircad companies another opportunity to test the air motor which they clatin they can put upon their lines. The joint resolution was passed by the House on December 17, having been introduced in that body on the day betore. It has been fought by the North Capitol and I:ckington Citizens’ Association because of the length of time it allows the companies to intro- duce rapid transit on their lines. ‘The full text of the joint resolution,whi h will doubtless be passed py the Senate, fol- lo ‘That the time granted by the act ap- proved June 10, 1896, within which the said Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia and the Belt Railway Company of the District of Columbia shall begin to equip those portions of their respective lines which are situated within the boundary of the city of Washington with compressed air motors be, and it is hereby, extended to July 1, ‘Sec. 2. That if said compressed air mo- tors shall be adopted, said companies shall completely equ:p their respective lines with such motive power on or before July 1, 1508. ‘Sec. 3. That if said compressed air mo- tive power shall not be adopted on or be- fore July 1, 1897, then said railway com- panies shall, within one year from July 1, 1397, equip the respective lines in the city of Washington with au underground elec- tric system: Provided, That in case the said companies shall fail to comply with all of the requirements of this act by the time therein fixed the said companies and each of them shall orfeit and pay to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia the sum of $100 for each day of such fall- ure: And provided further, That if said companies shall fail to operate the whole of their respective lines, as provided by an act entitled an act to extend the routes of said raliway companies, and so forth, ap- proved June 10, 186, in such manner and on such schedn’=s as the Commissioners shall approve, then said companies and each of them shall forfeit and pay to the Dis- trict Commissioners the sum of $100 for ch of such failure. ec oe All acts or parts of acts, incon- : with this act are hereby appealed Senator McMillan, speaking to a Star re- porter this afternoon regarding the joint resolution to extend the time in which the ‘kington ard Soldiers’ Home and Beli Line railways will have to introduce rapid transit on their lines, said: “I have received assurances from the ington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Con pany that an air motor will be placed on their line immediately, and that within a month or two a number of motors wili be in cperation. A compressor is to be brought to this efty at once and the first car is to run over the full length of the line. through Eckington to the Treasury Departme: without change. Although I was auth ized by the District committee to report this joint resolution some dzys ago, 1 had an hour's conference with revresentatives of the North Capitol and ington Citi- zens’ Association, and. after going over the matter very ecatefully with them, we reed that the best thing to do for oncerned was to report this joint resolutia I believe the road company will now proceed to improve the service on its lines and that the people of Eckington within a reasonable time, enjey the benefits of rapid transit.” k- LIGHTING THE PARKS. Wilson's Action as to the Po! mac Company Approved. A few days ago Col. J. M. Wilson, charge of public buildings and grounds, wrote # letter to the chief of eng regard to the execution of the with the Potomac E! Power ( for putting elec lights in ta Franklin, Judiciary and Lincoln Proposals for this work 1 open duly last, but delay arose in awaré contract owing to certain legal questions as to the authority Com- missioners to author through the streets. : In his letter to the chief of engineers Col. son says that the courts having appar- ained the Di in the legal questicns involved and the tomac company having commenced laying subways in the streets under permits from the District Commissioners, he assumed that the questions of law were setiled and therefore recommended the award of the contract for lighting the parks to the Po- tomac company as the lowest biter. His recommendation was approved and (he executed accordingly. Col. Wilson says that the Potomac com pany Ras reached Lafayette Square with its ‘conduits, but not with its electric cables, and now desires to enier the park to excavate and lay subw “In the ntime,” says Col. Wilson, “the Senate ¢ United States has taken up the sub- Ject and is investigating the question of authority of the Commussioners to permit ibways to be laid. I am informed a joint clutien on the subject will be reporte: and that there is a possibility of c S- sional further action prohibiting for the p: excavations and subways. p to this time, so far as this office is concerned, the company has incurred ro expense, so far as I am aware, in con- nection with lighting the parks, as iis con- tract was only approved January the company notified January 1 “No damage can accrue to the States by . and ft think that out y the legislative branch of the government demands we should walt a reasonable period to see whether Congress int is to take further action in the matter. 1 tnerefore recom- mend that I may be directed not to grant authority to open trenches in the par! for subways antil Congress, efther by di- rect action or by-lack of action during the present session, shall irdicate its wishes in the matter. His recommendation was approved by “ol. Mackenzie, acting chief of engine+rs, and he was authorized to withhold the de- sired permission for opening trenches in the parks until the “possible action by Con- gress at its present session in regard to the matter is known.” The company has been notified that its application has been denied rt the present. 12, and United to —+ e+ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Fire Department. Private N. H. J. Bredekamp of the fire department has been fined $25 for violating the rules of the department, The resignation of N. Arthur Johns, in the engineer's departrent, has been ac- cepted, and N. D. Fairchild appointed to fill the vacancy. Excise Hoar The excise board today gr to O. G. McCall, nted a license manager of the West Washington Hotel Ccmpary. This is Schladt’s old place. The board rejected the applications of J. E. Stone, 612 11th Teet southwest, and D. J. Bulkley, 527 st street northwest. ee ARREST OF A POSTMASTER. . . Draper of Cheyenne and His Son reed With Theft. CHEYENNE, Wyo., January Post Office Inspector McMeckin has arrested Geo. A. Draper, postmaster of Cheyenne, and his son Charles, charged with stealin, a registered package, containing from the Chicago mail pouch. The post office has been turned over to the bonds- men. Geo. > Friends of the Cubans. ALBANY, N. Y., January 25.--In the sen- ———— Charles J. Kern, at one tme treasurer of Chicago and a prominent German politi- an. hws died of Bright’s disease. ate today there was a long debate over the Cuban resolutions passed by the assembly last week. After being amended so as to call for recognition of the belligerent rights of insurgents, the resolutiens were adopted. Senator Turpie Concludes His Speech About Reoognition. ge HAS NO FEAR OF WAR WITH SPAIN —_.-__ The Bill for an International Mon- etary Conference Taken Up. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE In the Senate today the credentials were presented of Mr. Jones (Ark.) and Mr. Gal- linger (N. H.), re-elected for the terms be- ginning March 4 next. Mr. Frye (Me.) presented memorials urs- ing the early ratification of the Anglo- Am>rican arbitration treaty. In presenting a@ remonstrance against the bill said to re- store the praciice of fiogging on vessels, Mr. Frye said there was no measure pend- ing which in any way restored flogging. but, on the contrary, the bill referred to gave greater security than ever before to sailors against brutality on shipboard. Mr. Hoar (Mass.) endeavored to pass the bill authorizing the chief justice of the Supreme Court to designate a member of the federal judiciary to sit in the hearing of the L'Abra mining cases before the Court of Claims, but on objection the bill went over. Mr. Lodge (Mass.) gave notice of eu- logies on the late Representative Cogswell (Mass.) on February 6. Mr. Hill (N. Y.), from the committee on judiciary, made a report on the general question of concurrent and joint resolu- tions of Congress. The subject was re- ferred to the committee when the question arose as to the necessity for presidential action on congressional resolutions relating to Cuba and Armenia. The House amendments to the Senate bill for a survey of a water route from the mouth of the jetiies at Galveston, Tex- as, to Houston, were agreed to and the bill flrally sed. Mr. Turple Resumes His Speech. Mr. Turpie (Ind.) then resumed h's speec: cn the Cuban question. He spoke of papers recently sent to the Senate reciting the claims of Americans against Spain. These, if allowed, could not be paid in ger- erations from Spain’s impoverished purse. “I would rather trust the resources of the Cuban republic,” declared the senator, “than thcse of Spain, stripped, as she will be, of the resources of Cuba.” Mr. Turple then cited the past instances in which speedy recognition had been given by the United States to the revolutionists of South American republics against Spain. ‘fwo years after the Argentine ou:break President Monroe urged recognition of be!- ligerency, and four years after urged th¢ recognition of independence. There was no suggestion of autonomy, home rule and re- Storing peace, and yet this outbreak was brief compared with the present one in Cu- . now in its twelfth year. It is often sald that our recognition of Cuban bell ency woull bring on war with Spain. But recognition of belligerency is not a cause for war. Spain, the very embodiment of diplomatic punctillios, knows that fact. “What did Spain do?” exclaimed Mr. Tur- pie. “Spain acknowledged the belligerency of the confederate states in the earliest mont) of the first year of the war, and if this recognition of belligerency is aux casis belli, then we ought to have declared war ca Spain the day after the surrender of lve at Appomattox.” No Fear of War. Bot, continued the senator, there was no fear of war with Spain, there never had been such a war, and he hoped and be- lieved there never wouid be. The recogni- tion of belligerency was a recognized right; Pet a cause of war. After Mr. Turpie had referred to Monroe's repelling European intervention, the sena- : “And now we hear it intimated powers are to intervene in . It would be an apt official reply in that case that the United States will repel such intervention. Yet all we hear is ‘pacification,’ ‘pacification of the island.’ There 1s no intimation that Euro- pean intervention will be repelled; but, if I must y it, rather an anxiety that the revolution shall fail.” The senator spoke of the 35,000 Cuban troops, well armed and disciplined, and 35,000 more, poorly armed, and much like our old continentals. The whole 70,000 had the macheie, more dreaded than the bullet or the bayonet. Mr. Turpie noted the distribution of the Cuban forces in Pinar del Rio and else- where. Each corps was duly commissioned by President Cisner Each man was fighting for a cause, just as that little handful of Texan rangers stood before San Jacinto. Spain had utierly failed to make headway against the rebellion. With an overwhelming military and naval force, Spain had not re-established her power in the single state of Pinar del Rio. he forces of Spain have been engaged?” declared Mr. Turpie, “not in the suppres- sion of the revolution, but in guarding the berson of Captain General Weyler and the property of Spain at Havana. Mr. Turpie closed as follows: “It the Cuban patriots succeed we may then claim that we were friends of that re- public; friends in need, in the hour aud day of dange It failure is before them—which may God avert—our action will still lose nothing of grace er of grandeur, and we shall then keep faith with tae quenchless spirit of freedom, and In the words of the great emancipators, wish that all men, everywhere, might be fre Mr. Hill's resolution for the recognition of Cuban belligerency was, at his request mena from the table and placed on th calendar. ‘The Monetary Conference. The Senate turned to the Wolcott bill, providirg for an international monetary conference. Mr. White (Cal.) spoke derisively of Mr. Wolcott's trip to Europe as the represen- tative of the coming administration in be- half of bimetallism. This envoy antecedent had not met with the most hearty recep- tion, if the cable reports could be believed, but had been referred by British statesmen to their brothers on the continent. THE HOUSE. Owing to the severely cold weather, the attendance in the House today was very light. Hardly one hundred members were on the floor. Several pension bills were passed by unanimous consent. Mr. Linney (N. C.) created some amuse- ment by fervid eulogy of an ex-Union sol- dier, named Jerry Smith, whose pension the pension committee recommended should be increased from $8 to $12. He described how Smith had combated the opinions of North Carolina’s most brilllant statesmen who favered secession, and had joined the fed- eral army. Mr. Linney was so much im- pressed by his eulogy of Smith that he asked the House to be generous and grant hin an increase of $35. When Mr. Loud (Cal.) threatened to ob- ject, Mr. Linney hastily repented of his rash proposal and amid great merriment accepted the $4 increase recommended by the committee. Mr. Curtis (N. Y.) asked unanimous con- sent for the consideration of a bill to retire Gen. Alexander Stuart Webb of New York as a leutenant colonel. Mr. Erdman (Pa.) objected. A Peculiar Claim. A bill to satisfy a peculiar claim was passed on motion of Mr. Turner (Ga.). It was the claim of John F. McRae, a deputy United States marshal, for keeping thirty- six African slaves landed by the ship Wan- derer at Savannah, Ga., in 1859, until they could be shipped “back to their homes, in accordarce with the provisions of the laws for the suppression of the slave traffic. ‘The amount was $462. Mr. Hitt of Tilinois, chairman of the committee on foreign af. fairs, reported the diplomatic appropriation Dill. Mr. Kirkpatrick (Kan.) then, as a matter of privilege, moved that the bill to pension Jonathan Scott, 58th Towa Cavalry, at the rate of $72 per month, which was recently vetoed by the President, be passed over tho veto: The beneficiary was dropped from the pension rolls in 1893, on the ground that the disability for which he was pensioned ex- The Saturday Star > * By. Mail One Yee, One Dollar. isted prior to Wis Jpniistment in the army. The President sepported the justice of this act in his veto, ud also asserted that the bill, if i: became %-law, would be inopera- tive because a 3 cal error-in the bill as- signed his servite to the wrong regiment. Passed Oversthe President's Veto. Mr. Kirkpatriek-made an hour's speech in favor of the passage of the bill over the veto. He took the ground that the clerical error would not make the bill inoperative. Mr. Lacey (lowa) took issue with Mr. Kirkpatrick on this latter point. He thought the bill should be withdrawn and a new and perfect bill presented. In ac- cordance with the provision of the Consti- tution, the vote was taken by yeas and nays. The bill was passed over the veto— to 52. The beneficiary of this bill lives at Oswego, Kan. ‘ The House then went into committee of the whole.and resumed the consideration of the Indian appropriation Dill. a THE SMITHSONIAN REGENTS To Meet in Annual Session at the Institution Tomorrow. Matters of exisiation te Be Discus- sed—Speculation as to the Late Mr. Goode’s Successor. The annual meeting of the board of re- gents of the Smithsonian Institution will be held temorrow morning, and will prob- ably last through the forenoon. Chief Jus- tice Fuller is the chancellor of the board, which consists besides éf the Vice Presi- dent, three senators, three representatives and half a dozen other well-known men. It is probable that there will be a general at- tendance of the members and considerable rouiine business will come up for consider- ation. Secretary S. P. Langley will pre- sent his anaual report and the pressing need of a new Wnilding for the National Museum will doubtless be discussed, to- gether with other matters of legislation which are needed in the interest of the in- stitution. ss There is some question now as to wheth- er the board of regents will be called upon tomcrrew to act in the matter of the se- lection of an assistant secretary in charge of the National Museum, to succeed the late Dr. G. Brown Goode. The custom has been for the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to name ifs assistant, and the nominai.on is then acted upon by the board of regents. Among scientific men in Wash- ington th cpinion prevails that Prof. Langley has not as yet picked out a suc- cessor for Dr. Goode, and it is more than likely that at tomorrow's meeting he will annou that when the late Prof. Baird was at the head of the Smithsonian In- stitution six years elapsed without the ap- ant, and that he now to walt until he can find a man in way qualified for the important du- ¥ the office. As every ene familiar the workings of the Smithsonian this wil! be no easy task, for the late Dr. Goode was a remarkable combina- tion of scientific and executive ability, and few believe that his place can ever be en- tirely filled. Since his death a great deal of influence has beer brought to bear upon Prof. Langley in behalf of the various ap- plicants for the pesition, and this very fact has doubtless hampered him considerably in making the choice. A telegram from Madison, Wis., to the effect that Prof. R. Van Hise, the head of the geological department of the Wiscon- sin State University, has been offered the position of assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and has declined ed among well ‘ormed people. in this city. In the fir place, they point out that Prof. Langley could hardly have made the offer, In view ‘act that the office is filled by the beard of regents, and all he can do is to make a nomination to that body. In the ond place, they question whether there are very many scientists inthe country who would decline the appointment if it were tendered to them. The position pays a pretty good salary, and, aside from that, it gives the incumbent a fixed and v. tractive position in the scienti worlds. To be known as Dr. Goode's suc- cessor would of itself be no small honor. Furthermore, It is not Secretary Langley’s custom to do business that way. In the se- lection of a man for the place a great deal of interest attaches to the question wheth- er he will be a man of executive ability or a scientist. A combination of the two, such as Dr. Goode presented, ts compara— tively rare, and should any man be nained for the position who is outside of scientific life the romination will doubtless meet with determined opposition from the scien- tists. A number of names have been sug- ested from time to time, but as the mat. ter rests with Prof. Langley, and as he is one of the men who are reticent until the time comes to speak, it can be 5 the whole business has not yet from the realm of guesswork. ° see SN-QUEEN LI pointment of an a prefer: knows, UOKALANI, She Haw Kept Indoors All Day om Ac- count of the Col The cold weatker has been too much for ex-Queen Lilluokalani and she has spent most of the time lately shut up in her rooms at tre Shereham, reveling in the warmih ef a steam heater and thinking of the baimy breezes of her island home ‘The ex-queen expressed herself as ygreat- ly pleased with the reception which was accorded her yesterday by her “great and good friend” at the White House, and came away with the highest opinion of the President's graciousness :nd bospital- ity. She was not at all pleased with the state ment in some newspapers this morning to the effect that during the interview the President carefully led the conversation away from Hawall. This, she says, isn't 80 at all. On the contrary, Mr. Cleveland seemed to take a deep interest in that part of their conversation which dealt with the eople of the islands and life in the South Pacific. This afternoon she will give a reception to newspaper reporters. Mrs. Dominis has not accepted any of the many invitations of all sorts that have been sent to her. The only exceptions she has made were in the case of invitations that were not for social affairs. Treasurer Morgan has invited her to. make a visit to the treasury>aod this she has accepted, as she has an invitation to visit Masonic ‘Temple. The latter was extended to her because of the, plgh position her late hus- band occupied ih ‘the; Masonic fraternity. Defncing the Webster Statue. A man who gaye his name as Mortimer Downing was cfiught in the act of striking. @ match on tht“marble statue of Daniel’ Webster in stdtuary hall at the Capitol this afternoon.. Being noticed by Capitol policemen he at once taken into cus- tody and sent to,the sixth precinct station house, where he Gave collateral in the sum of $5, ‘and was atléwed to depart. ‘TMs is the second. case during the past week of an arrest, for striking matches on Webster's satu The statue stands at the northern entranicé te Statuary Hall, just where a visitor ‘might readily deface it as he passes by, "He first attempt’ shows in a long streak of'stlphur on the statesman’s coat, the second’ offense resulting in a like streak on the statesman’s big toe. The po- lice have lately been carefully watching the Statues, ready to arrest any one who seeks to light his cigar by defacing them with matches. The fine imposed for this offense is from $5 to $15 and a Jail sentence. ee Will Filed. The willof the late Elisa Meinking, wid- ow of William Meinking, was filed today. It is dated June 8, 1887, and. William Mein- ing, a son of the testatrix, is named as oneclee ‘He is dirécted to setl the real estate, -part of ‘lot 3, square 527, within ninety days, and divide the proceeds equal- ly between ‘himself, Adolphus, Christiat and Julia Meinking, children of the tezta- trix. The residue of the estate is divided among said children. p HUNGER AND COLD! Great Distress- Among the Poor of the City. POLICE ARE without FUNDS! Associated Charities Overrun With Applications for Relief. TO RAISE F —e = UNDS The continued cold weather causes in- ereased suffering among the poorer classes, and according to the statements made in official circles, hundreds of families were without even the necessary amount of fuel to keep them warm. In police circles more was seen of the suffering than among others, although the health inspectors and Physicians to the poor see a great many victims of poverty and cold weather. Early this morning at the police stations there were many sad scenes when women and children called and asked for enough food and fuel to kecp life in them. But the Police were powerless to assist them, so far as public money and contributions were concerned. Some of the appeals were so touching, however, that some of the police- men put their hands in their own pockets and gave small sums to the applicants. Had the police been able to have given some food and fuel this morning a great many suffering ones would have been re- Heved in all sections of the city, but as it wes all the police could do was to refer the applicants to the Associated Charities. This necessitated long walks from the police precincts to the headquarters of the Associated Charities, on G street, and a number of the women said their condition was such that they could not go so far through the cold. While scores of appli- ants are calling upon the police, the num- ber is smail as compared with what It would be if there was a fund at the dis- posal of the police. While most of the poor People are calling at the police stations, quite a number of them are calling at head- quarters, as well as upon Col. Tracey, superintendent of charities. Sanitary Offi. cer Frank also receives many callers of the Poorer class, because he is in charge of the ambulance service, and has charge of the hospitals, so far as the sending of poor peo- ple to them are concerned. The free wards in most of the hospitals are filled, but the officials at some of these institutions are doing the best they can with the overflow sick and are caring for them. At some of the hospitals yesterday, however, patients were refused, after they had been out in the coid in an ambulance, and this necessi- tated their being taken through the colé to another hospital or returned home. One Gay last week a poor woman who needed an operation was taken to three hospitals, where she was refused, and then she was taken back home. Yesterday there were seventeen runs made by the ambulance, and most of the people hauled in the ve- hicle were sick people who needed hospital treatment: Other poor people are calling upon the sanitary officer and asking for transportation to their former homes. Many of them plead for free tickets to their old homes for the reason that they are unable to earn their living here, and can manage to get along if sent away. In cases where the parties are worthy, and where the trips are not too expensive, the applicants are accommodated. Tramps who call and ask for transportation are gener- ally refused. The Situation. Capt. Austin, speaking of the charity sit- uation this morning, said to a Star reporter that there were probably more destitute and suffering people here than there have been at any time for several years. But, as the fund is exhausted, the police are un- able to relieve the sufferers. “Relieving the poor is a great responsi- bility,” said the captain, “and in order to do it properly requires a great deal of work.” During such extreme cold, when it is almost impossible for women and chil- dren to leave their homes, he thinks the police should have some fund on which to draw for assistance. The pol he said, do not want the responsibility, but, because of the many sad appeals, he thinks there should be some way by which the officers could give immediate relief in the most dis- tressing cases. Almost every hour, he said, cases of extreme poverty come to the notice of the police, and a small amount of food and fuel would do more good than one can easily imagine. The work of the Potomac Electric Light Company in putting down its wires, he said, has been in the nature of a Godsend to poor people, and has kept down the number of applicants to some extent. Late yesterday afternoon a char- {table woman, who refused to give her name, called at headquarters and left $2 for a destitute family in South Washing- ton. She had read of the family’s condition in The Star, and, unless some provision had been made for the family, she wanted the money to go there. This morning Mr. W. H. Barnes, who lives in Le Droit Park, handed Lieut. Gessford a $5 note to be ex- pended for the poor. Great Saffering. This morning at the daily meeting of the lieutenants at headquarters the charity question was discussed, but nothing could be done, because there is no fund. The police wiil receive donations of any kind food, fuel, clothing or money—and distrib- ute it where it will do most good. Acting Lieutenant Shilling of the first precinct, speaking to a Star reporter, said that the applications for assistance had not been so numerous during the past few days, for the reason that the poor know there is nothing to be given them. In this precinct the number of poor people has always been smaller than in the others. But now there are people in rooms, in ten- ement houses and office buildings who are actually suffering for food and fuel. On the top floors of many of the office build- ings, said the acting lieutenant, there are respectable families of people who have been comparatively well off at one time. Now they suffer because they will not beg until starvation is actually staring them in the face. the second Teeple say: actually star ‘The situation,” he said, “is almost as bad as it possibly could be. Women and children come to the station with their baskets, and when told that there is noth- ing to give them, many of them go away crying.” He sald that many people who are asking for aid now have never asked before, and, as a rule, these are the people who ere actually suffering ior want of something. jeut. Boyle says that the number of suffering poor in the third precinct is as large as ever, but they know the police have nothing for them, and not many are calling. Early in the winter there was big rush of poor people, he said, and h knows there are more needy ones now than there were then. “At least twenty-five applicants called be- fore 9 o'clock this morning,” said Lieut. Vernon of the fourth precinct. In this pre- cinct there is a large alley population, and in addition to these there are hundreds of people about that section who live in small shanties and who are not able to even pay their rent. “I cannot begin to describe the condition,” the lieutenant said, “for there is so much actual suffering, and I couid cite scores of cases in which immediate aid is necessary.” Some of the cases reported last night were so bad that the officers went down in their own pockets and ren- dered assistance. “In Southeast Washington ihe distress among the poor is unusually great,” so Lieut. McCathran said, ‘and I have had to go down in my own pocket in some cases. Last night a woman called and said that her children and herself had been without food since Saturday, and Sergt. Wright's wife sent her a basket of provisions.” He explained that this was only one of many sad cases, and although the poor peo- ple know the police have nothing to give, many of them still call and ask for help. “There is no doubt a great deal of suffer- irg in my precinct,” said Lteutenant Kelly of the sixth, “but when we have no funds what are we to do? We refer them to the Associated Charities, and that’s all we can do.” ‘The number of applicants has been very large, he said, but would have been much larger had there been aything to give. ‘ Lieutenant Swindells, who is in command | of the Georgetown precinct. says he has received ap; tions from a large number of people ‘hate never before asked for assistance. These are in addition to those [FINANCE AND TRADE Coal Shares Sold Yesterday Repur- chased Today. DEALINGS DOMINATED BY DULLNESs sick ‘sons who have to be assisted dur- ing the entire Sear. He finds that fuel is in great demand. t night: a woman whose husband and four chijdrenjare sick called for help and had to be refused. Soon after she left a charitable citizen contr!b- uted a ton of coal and. the tenant promptly provided the family with fuel. Licutenant Gessford says that the num- Ler of poor people in the eighth precinct has not decreased, but because there is vothing to give those applying are not quite #0 numerous as they have been. In the ninth precinct Lieutenant Heffner says there are plenty of poor people, but a great many of them are at work, and he finds that they assist each other to a large Opinions at Variance as to the Cause. extent. Some few sick families are in need of assictance. seta Se ee Ansociated Charities. The pressure on the Associated Charities INERAL MARKET REPORTS is quite as strong today as any day yet. i St were It is now likely that the Central Relief committee will tomorrow decide to make a canvass in the effort to raise $10, carry the relief work through the winter. Some Contributions. This afternoon the police were able to render some little assistance in the several sections of the city, because of the hearty responses to the appeals of the poor people for aid. Chief Clerk Sylvester, who has charge of the poor fund, announced the re- ceipts of donations as follows: Commissioner Ross, 35: Behren’s bakery, 200 loaves of bread; August Noack, one ton of coal; employes of Post Office Depart- ment, $32 for coal. Special Dispatch to Phe Evening Star Ww wary 26. : changing of securities on the meager sale which characterized today’s perations in the stock market preciuées ihe possibility of significant change in prices. The coal sharex, which were liberally <old during the final hour yesterday, were repurchased to day, 1 per cent being added to the active members of the group. The short interest supplied the demand for the majority of such purchases, The Granger shares and the mis: ous list advanced a few fractions and The in Mane Mr. Cole, Thyson House, 100 loaves of | came stationary. See eee Denon SMe ROOM es verk Aiaatras Gee mbt bk RELAY with the stability of its ueighbors, a de- cline of 11-4 per cent veing accomplished without resistance. Commission houses have disappeared as a factor, the tem- porary interest cf the public having com- pletely relapsed into the coma of a mir summer period. ‘The total transactions during the first half of the session amounted to 43,700 10.00 | Shares, less than cne-fifth ofa good day's 5.00 | business. 5.00] London advices reflected further irregu- fo | larity in that market for American se- Sof coal | Curities, but foreign houses had a fair ional contributions | scpply of buying orders slightly under the have been received at The Sti Central Relief Comm r office ruling level. Money is abundant in both the local and Heretofore ac- fcreign market, and ix ccnsequently inn knowledged. ..$4 way responsible for the stagnation of the Paymaster Ed- urity market. Opinions vary conside win, Stewart, abiy as to the real cause of the present U. 8.2 dullness, but the simplest explanation Mrs. Walter stems to be that few sound arguments for Pitkin... 5.00 ALD. M extensive purchases are to be had. Money- W. 8. Pitkin 5.00 N. ed interests possessed of the greatest ex perience in financial undertakings and stu- dents of opportinity see no occasion for hasty action Earnings are expected to improve. today’s additions to the record for the Mrs. E.D.Gran- but third week of (he month indicate prolonged ex- Until the fu- Something on account, there need ot G. H. B. Whi a W. M. D ~ 10.00 Mrs.E. R. Mid- 1.00 — dieton. pectation in this particular. ture pays » no fear of a sudden prohibitive. The tariff bill now in process of con ation should be credited with a greater amount of responsibility for present cond! tions. While the discussion of the various schedules is being conducted with as littl publicity as possible, in actually con cerned are kept fully ady of its drift To tie up funds in doubiful investments establishment Associated Charities. Heretofore acknowledged i 4 when a possible opportunity for greater Se 2 are: promis tea protected commodity is. being Total created ix considered the reverse of sound business judgement Consequent! unt! commercial transactions |i elded a TELEPHONES AND WIRES. profit and prosperity becom re general aa there will not be a sufficient volume of Seme Sparks Fly in an Interview at | money to accomplish a permanent rise in the District Building. For twenty minutes this morning Pres dent Bryan of the Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone Company had his say be- fore the District Commissioners, and with desirable securities. So j-| vances are due to professional manipula tion, just so long will the assurance of a retura to the former level be a part of the transaction. jong as the ad- Dull at ine 7 level, n View of a smile and a May morning manner relat-| What seems to be ahea is the most — cases be called some plain trathe about] se! ene Set see ee eee overhead wires. The conversation took] ing market. the present level might sates place in Major Powell's private office. be impre Negative forc re not al President Bryan called to Inquire about a] ways reliable in financial operations, how ee “he pooling: Will discussie, mow. set for A merchant residing on 6th street recent-| griday’ will attract @ great deal of atten ly applied to the telephone company fo: ticn during the balance of the week, and telephone. The application was * neg gee bsg gg eco pong because, as President Bryan sts prek bieckaene Commissioners refused to permit the erec- Ge ee Pre tion of any additional overhead wires. This : ns made the merchant mad. His next-door INANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. neighbor had a telephone, and he did propose to be discriminated against. He sat down and wrote a strong letter to the Commissioners. When President Bryan not The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing es of il ew ek et toda report heard of the letter he repaired at once | he™ core Stock market today. as reported to the District building to further inform | Wyae"tene. enchanee madubentn himself. Maj. Powell denied that the Com- | York § c <aptineing Messrs. Moore & Sch! missiowers were to blame in They had the law before them mandatory upon them to carr; Mr. Bryan complained of rulings whi he asserted discriminated against tne tele- phone company. Commissioner Powell thought that the company should go before Congress und wet legislation. That was the only way to obtain relief. President Bryan replied that the com- pany had tried that once, and had sin been informed that the engineer de: ment of the District had fought it s During the discussion he s: the Commissioners were not satistied wit an opinion they immediately employed sp. cial counsel and got a decision to themselves. Major Powell denied any knowledge of this. the matter. and it was it out. American Sngar. American Bay State s Canada Sout Canada Pacific. ... Chesapeake & Onio tie | CnC. C. de St. Louis, d that when | h sui : p dated Gas. aware & Hndson & Rio Grande, ptd. ae Prof. Dantel's Condition. Prof. Joseph H. Daniel, the venerable teacher of music in the District publi> schools, who has been dangerously ili with NRABG Seite. Miinois Central... Lake Shore Louisville & Nashvilie 504, Pneumonia for about ten days, was this | Metropolitan Traction 109, afternoon rported to be resting easily. He | Mahattan ee adie} is, however, still dangerously ill. and grave | Michigan Central. et doubts are felt as to his recovery, age, | National Lead My ay fe eighty-one years, being against him. Nationallend@o.pfd-. ss se” os —_>——_ New Jersey Ceni 7 We Oy A Stable Bi ed. New York Centrai ™ “ ny Shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon a | Northern Pacitic Se fire broke out in the stable of Dr. Lewis W. | Ont. & Western” Drake meee Ritchie, in the rear of his residence, 3250 ; - Phila. & Reading N street. The horses were gotten out safe- | puis: & Keadt ly, but the stable was completely gutted. The loss will am nearly $500. Phila. ‘Tra ——o va gep es = - ‘enn. Coal ron. oe Union Pacide. Secretary Herbert has decided to accede tC. to the request of the citizens of Mobile, | Wabash, pfd..... Ala., and have a naval vessel there during | wheeling & i: Ee a Mardi Gras. Another vessel will be sent | WesternCnion re to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras there. Silver ee Grain and Cotton Market Farnished by W. B, Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. i eine Washington Stock Exchange. Sales— regular call 12 o'clock curity and Trust, 5 et 138i). i t 47 certs. Mergenthaler Lin American Se- ital Traction, 2 00 at 47 cents: 6 at 15. at 58. Pneumatic Gun Carriage Mstrict of Columbia Bonds. 20-rear tand Ss, 10% |. B-year fund ts, gold, 10 bid. W stock 7s, 1901 rency, 110 bid.” Wate 1908, currency, 110 bid) 3.656, funeding, 17K, bid. Miscellereous Bonds. — Metropolitan Railroad cony, $s, 112 Wid, 113 asked. Metropolitan Railroad eer. tificates of indebtedness, 125 bid, 125 asked. Belt Railroad 5x, 80 asked. Eckington Rallroud @, SS bid, U3 axked. Mx Railroad Ga, 114 bid," 115 Washington Ga: ny Ge, series A, 118 Washington Gas Company @s,'series B, 11% Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 100% bid. American Security and Trust Ss, Fo and A- 100 bid. American Securlty and Trust Bs, A. and 0., 100 bid. Waskington Market Company lst 6s, 107 bil. Washington Marke pany - Ge, 107 bid. Washington Market Company ext. Gs, eee foe we Se, 103 bid. Vashington it famtry ist bid. BALTIMORE, January 26.—Flour dull, w “National ‘nan Stocks. uk Of Washington, 280 —receipts, 10,372 barrels; exports, 3,285 bid. Metropolitan, 282 bid. Central, 260 sales, 500 barrels. Wheat weak—spot, 80% Farmers and M bid. Second, 120 nc eee, nee So) Seem exact = —* 71145 asked. Cisne 113 iia. vocals, 4 bid! x ols by le. ed. We Dias: “Gorn on grade, MINA Caen AES, | Capital, 120 bid. 128 asked. Wost End, 107 bid. 112 asked. Traders’, 90 bid, 100 asked.” Lincoln, 100 bid, 104 asked. Ohio, 90 bid, # asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Compauics. “National Sate Deposit apd Trust, *110 bid, 115 asked. Washing ton Loan and Trust, *118 iid, 12% asked. Ameri can Security and Trust, 137% bid, 140 asked. ction Compaay, i Metropolitan, 104 bid, 300 suked. 24a2s%: February, 25 es 4; tenner: mixed, ee 3 950 bushels: sates, B4080 bushels—southern ‘white ‘corn, 22427; “do. "yellow, 21 gts quiet anil stendy—No- 2 white, 24a 24%; No. 2 mixed, 21a22—receipts, 24,075 bushels; exports, none; stock, 497,285 bushels, “Rye easier 2 nearby, 424a42%; 16,594 bushels; exports, nouc; stock, els. y, firm—cholce timothy, ” $13.50a814.00. Grain freights rather more active—steam to Liver. err Sesd-cae dca, Sees yh Sd. eee rter, 88.3d.838. Iaunary, $3. pruary. Sugar, butter and ‘emen steady. ancha Cheese spot and mcnt Ba: Mas, 260264; Railroad ‘Stocks, Capital Mid, 8 and: nged. Cheese very firm—fancy New York, 60 pounds, 11%,011%,: do, 35 pounds, 11%a12; do. 22 pounds, 11%al2i,. Whisky unchanged. ee x