Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1897-12 PAGES. ie LATE NEWS BY WIRE|>!ST#ICT IN CONGRESS - Great Growth Reported to the L. A. W. Gathering at Albany. A MOST PROSPEROUS RACING SEASON Chairman Gideon Expresses Him- self on Sunday Meetings. - —— FIGHT FOR THE PRESIDENCY ee ALBANY, N. ¥., February 11—Prior to sion of the L. . W. this morning, ation meeting of :he Potter faction was held at th tanwix Hotel. The fol- lowing slate was agreed upon: President, Isaac §. Potter of New York; first vice presid 7 3 on @£ Wiscon- #06 eat, C. Frank Kirk- eker of New Jerse i surer, E. Cosmo- iot-ky of Towa. The second day's s ssemibly Hevo: to the organiza much 1 president and treasurer subm their reports. That of President £ hows a present memlership of 74 about SS per cent over that of 18 balance the tr ry $8,000, My experience, ne president, “has fally satisfied me that tn ay to ad the gos of good roads is hrough the regular standard p which are read by th confer “Our Whom we w 204 roads month! a valuable help, was net a success as a missionary, for the reason that it was taken and read only by those people who already agreeu with the E Last April I closed a the Can edian ¢ members of the gue of en are permitted to enter ‘anada without the payment of linarily required. t one of the most a e disease uf bicycle klepto- pass laws which will ¢ enalties for this kind ef theft. of the of tt AL W newspay cannot be ne reader is u bureaus estat are a potent me cf the toward the influence new members.” Abbott Bassett of ail with the sub- road iaaking in the Cha ideon’s Report. Chairman George D. Gideon of the raci committee was introduced by the prestdent as the most abused member of the League of American Wheclmen, and yet the nost upright and deserving one in the organiza tion. Three hearty cheers were given for Mr. jeon as he mounted the nlatform. His report in part stated that the year 183 had witnessed the gr. racing season in the history of the -W. The racing throughout was of the sharpest, cleanest kind. The number of suspe during the y for terms exceeding thirty days was 1,308, vhich seventy we! permarent. At the close of 15% there were but ninety p fonals. At the be- ginning of this had about 700; now there are 1 A far greater need is for official judges and timers. The judges at some of last meets were unsatisfactory in the e. It has also been demonstrated 4 entirely separate and distinct se eur and profe be provided. Re e be controlled 1 anctioning of s!3 couraged. Such ra #n advantage to the sport. by your board that div permitted in regard to have in this for Sun it is believed & option shouia be urday racing. We tate fifty-two men s a y racing, whose term will expir= 1 next Jul and who should be grantea a amnesty if restrictions on Sunday racing are removed. In regard to Titus’ application for rein- statement the board fdered the rved the pun- to entertain it. of racing we to $1,300, was ordered airman Gideor his salary. Conflicting Claims. During the recess of the L. A. W. there was heated fighting for votes for president and both sides claim the victory at this hour. The principal discussion of the after- m will be on Si racing. It ts he- that vill carry the positicn for local optiom Both ¢ -tiott men are plainly wo 2 of the west- erners, who have d to stand out for the election of W nnetly of Danville, DL, to the offic dent PHILADELPHIA BROKER'S DEATH. Spencer Ervin Succumbs to Pneu- monia After u Short IHness. PHILADELPHIA, February 11.—Spencer E the well-known stock broker, died today of pneumonia at his home in this ¥ ‘ir. Ervin had been ill but a short time, and, as he was a man of unusually robust health, his sudden death was a shock to his family and friends. Spen Ervin was a member of both the Philadelphia and New York stock ex- banges, and has long been classed as one of the leading operators in this city. He Was for several years associated with Edw. D. Toland, under the firm name of Ervin & Toland. When A. A. McLeod was president of the Reading Raliroad Compény Mr. Ervin fig- ured prominently in the deals by which the company secured control of the New Eng- laud and other lnes. SS eee OFF FOR THE GOLD FIELDS. Keport of a Great Discovery Causes a Rush to Alaska. SEATTLE, Wash. February 11.—Once #gain miners and searchers for their for- tunes are getting ready to enter the gold regions of Alaska. The news brought down yesterday on the Topeka by a party of men who made the dangerous journey out from the upper Yukon of a new discev- ery,and a marvelous one,on Klondike creek has touched the match to the excitement. Boats leaving for the north are already rrying passengers who are anxious to eet near the gold districts as early as pos- sivle, and by March tt ts expected that the rush will beg greater than ever. ©: ——— MR. WILSON CHOSEN, Elected President of Washington aud Lee University. LEXINGTO: Va, February 11.—The board of trustees of Washington and Lee University today unanimously elected Post- master General William L. Wilscn presi- dent of the university, in place of Gen. G. W. C. Lee, who recently resigned. It is Well understood that Mr. Wilsoa will ac- cept the position, and will enter cpon the duties of his office on the first day of next July ee Occau Steamships Arrived. DELAWARE BREAKWATER, February 1i.— Arrived: Ilinow, Antwerp. NEW YORK, February 11.—Arrived: Havel, Bremen. BALTIMORE, February 11.—Arrived: Al- ma, Leith. — Gimm and Waller Tied. PITTSBURG, Pa., February 11.—There Was mo change in the positions of the con- tedtants in the seventy-two-hour bicycle contest at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The men appeared fresh and fast riding was the feature. Score, 2 p.m.: Waller, 676 miles; Gimm, 676; Schoch, 654; Hall, 630; Forster. 614; Ruckel, 586. Amendments to Be Offered in the Senate to the Appropriation Bill. To Improve 37th Street—Providing for Two Isolating Buildings—To Extend Co: Ave. on a Straight Line. In the Senate today Mr. McMillan gave nctice of an amendment he would propose to the District of Columbia appropriation bill, es follows: “For improving 27th street between Back street and Tenleytown road at or near Schneider lane, $274.48 (the same being ua- expended balance of e2ppropriation of June ll, 1896, for paying court expenses and fees of commissiorers and paying for ground taken and damages to property to open and extend said street), together with 00 additional for the same purpose.” Alse the following: “For deepening and straightening the channel of the Anacostia river and reclaiming the Anaccstia flats, $150,000." Mr. MeMillan also reported favorably from the committee on the District of Co- lumbia the following proposed amendment to the District of Columbia appropriation bil: “For two isolating buildings to be censtructei in the discretion of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia on tke grounds of two hospitals, and operated as a part of such hospitals, $30,000." Extension of Connecticut Avenue. Mr. Stewart gave notice in the Senate ikis afternoon of an amendment to the District of Columbia appropriation bill which he will propose, to secure the Straight exten- sion of Connecticut avenue. The proposed amendment follows: “The Commissioners of the District of Celumbia are authorized and directed to extend and open Connecticut avenue on the straight extension of the line thereof as now established for the city of Wash- ington, from Florida avenue to Connecticut avenue exterded. as now lahi out and epen- ed on the west side of Rock creek, by pw chase or condemnation. And they are au- thorized and directed to abandon the de- flected line for Connecticut avenue, hereto- fore ad ed, acd conform the plan of high- sion to the straight extension of cut avenue, as aforesaid. “That corditioned upon the dedication by the owner: f the preperty ly ing within the of said proposed extension between Waterside drive on ihe east side of the present extension of avenue on the west side of the Rock creek and Correcticut Rock creek, the sum of $200,00) is hereby apprepriated for the purchase by the Cum- missicners of the District of Columbia cf the property ‘ving within the said straight avenue, and ex- de drive south- easterly to Florida avenue, and the said Commissioners are authorized to pay for the grourd and improvements so pur- chased the following prices: Fer lots or parts of lcts between S street and Bancroft place not exceeding $5.50 per square foot; between Bancroft e and Le Roy plece, $8.50; on the north side of Le Rey place, $2; south side of Cal- lfornia avenue, $1.50; between California avenue and Wyoming avenue, $1.75; on north side of Wyoming avenue, $1.73: on south side of Kalorama avenue, $1; norta de Kalorama avenue and extending to the utherly Ine of the Kalorama tract or division, $1.25; lots within Kalorama cn and on southerly side of Bel- mont road, *4) cents; on north side Belmont road, 40 cents; south side Waterside drive. ‘or Mr. Handy's residence, $8,000: Miss E. L. Dorsey's residence, $6,000: J. B residence and stable, $14,000; W. ses’ residence and stable, $25,000, ‘As to all lots or parts of lots and im- proveinents not purchased or contracted to be purchased within thirty days from the Passage of this act, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are instructed to commence suit for condemnation. . The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to secure designs by competition for a bridge or viaduct across Rock creek on the line of the extension of Connecticut avenue, and the sum of $2,000 Is appropriated therefor. “Fifty thousand dollars is hereby appro- priated for the immediate commencement of the fourdation for such bridge or via- duct after such designs shall have been received. The above proposed amendment was re- ferred to the committee on the District of Columbia. Te Settle Outstanding Claims. Mr. Mitchell of Wisconsin introduced a bill In the Senate today to amend an act to provide for the settlement of all out- standing claims against the District of Co- lumbia, ete., providing as follows: “That hereafter in all cases heard and determined in-the Court of Claims under the provisions of the act of February 13, 3885, and said court shall allow such rates as in their judgment are fair and reason- able for the work done and materials fur- nished, provided the same shall not cx- ceed the rates established and paid by the board of public works. The District Bill to Be Taken Up. The District of Columbia appropriation bill will be taken up tomorrow morning by the subcommitte> on the District of Columbia of the appropriations committee of the Senate. This subcommittee consists of Messrs. Teller, chairman; Allison, Cul- lom, Cockrel! and Gorman. SS CONTAGIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL. The Proposition Now Pending Before the Senate. Four propositions have been made for the sale of sites for a contagious diseases hospital in the District of Columbia. Mr. Gallinger gave notice of an amendment which he would offer to the District of Co- lumbia appropriation bill to appropriate $112,500 for the purchase of Analostan Is- land for this purpose, and communications have been placed before the Senate com- mittee on appropriations offering for sale the Schuetzen Park grounds, a tract of eight acres near the Government Hosp'tal for the Insane, and a site in the vicinity of Rhode Island avenue and 3d street north- east. The proposition for the sale of the Schuetzen Park came from Dr. Sowers, representing the owners of the park. With the present understanding that exists in the Senate regarding means for providing a contagious diseases hospital in the Dis- trict of Columbia, there seems to be little likelihood that any of these propositions will be entertained by the committee on appropriations. The amendment proposed to be offered by Mr. Gallinger not having been referred to the standing committee of the Senate, will be subject to a point of order when it ts calied up, and the other propositions have not yet taken very defin- ite form. Mr. McMillan, from the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, today made a favorable report, as published elsewhere in The Star, on a proposed amendment to the District of Coiimbia appropriation bill ap- propriating $30,000 with which to build separate quarters adjoining two hospitals in the District of Columbia, which are to be determined upon by the Commissioners, these separate quarters to be used for the accommocation of patients suffering from contagious diseases, In view of the present understanding that seems to exist among senators and the tremendous opposition to the purchase of a site for a hospital to be used exclusively for patients suffering from contagious dis- eases, there is little likelihood that any of the land offered to the government will be accepted and appropriated for. —<——— The Davis’ Nomination. Up to the time The Star went to press the nomination of Henry E. Davis was noi considered. Upon going into executive ses- sion the Senate immediately continued the consideration of the ration treaty. Announcement of CARSON, Nevada, February 11.—Carson will have the fight. Dan Stuart has so an- neunced. e The Saturday Star By Mail One Year One Dollar. MANY CALLERS ON McKINLEY. An Overflow Waiting Room Had to Be Improvised. CANTON, Ohio,February 11.—The library of Major McKinley's residence was inade- quate part of the morning to accommodate the large number of visitors, and an over- flow waiting room was improvised in the front hall. Many cities were represented by men who had traveled many miles for a few minutes’ talk with the President- elect. The length of time consumed in some cf these interviews was marvelously short, while others take far more than the desired five or ten minutes. There is apparently no diminution in the number of visitors, but a noticeable change has taken place in the prominence of the callers. Occasionally a senator, representa- tive, general or cabinet possibility drops into the city, but the majority of the call- ers are those who wish to speak for minor offices for themselves or a friend. “Social calls’ are frequent and have become quite popular as a reply to the newspaper men. It is true that the people do call on the major to merely shake haads with him and wish him Godspeed in his administration. These usually do not ask for a private talk, and express thelr good wishes openly in the library. A half dozen traveling men greeted the major thus in the library this morning and he shcok hands with them, thanking them for their good wishes. Mr. Abner McKinley, President-clect Mz- Kinl- brother, arrived from Washington at 10% this morning. He has rot been in Canton for several weeks, and was driven to the home of Mother McKinley. where he will remain as guest until Friday, He lunched with when he returns east. Major McKiniey ard had a ckat with him. Among the mcre prominent visitors of the day was W. F. Rockwell, president of the Meriden (Conr.) Publishing Company. Mr. Rockwell is a close friend of Private Secretary-elect J. Addison Porter of Hart- ford, Conn. social, and whatever. Among the other callers during the morn- ing were: M. E. Forner, C. 8. Hu ex-Lieutenant W. H. Elliott, U. 8. manager of the Courier of Newcastle, In Chas. L. Stone and Wm. A. Jones, Syra- cuse, N. Y., who are here, they say, on a “special_mission;” B. F. Havens, Terre Haute, Ind.; Calvin Whitney, Norwalk, Ohio; Jas. R. Hosmer, New York; Capt. W. B. Gary. Cleveland, J. S. Cameron and Judge L. Piper of Marysville, Ohio; W. C. Whitt- house, ‘Tennessee; Dr. Geo. D. Bollard, Jef- ferson, Ohio: Benj. Jones, North Lawrence, Judge Henry G. Thayer of Indiana, elector at-large and messenger to Washington for the Indiana electoral college. He passed through the city this morning on his way home. He was accompanied by Mr. Abner McKinley from Washington. SECRETARY CURZON'S STATEME} Reply to a Question Regarding the Eastern Situation. LONDON, February 11.—The parliamen- tary secretary for the foreign office, Mr. George N. Curzon, answering a question in the house of commons concerning the troubles in Crete, said that the British con- sular reports showed that chere were 700 Christians on tie heighis of Halepa, aud an unknown number to the westward. He added that the general tenor of the reports indicates that the Christians of that dis- trict were rather the assailants than the “Continuing, Mr. Curzon sald that the British naval commander in Cretan waters cabled Sunday tiat an agreement had been made by which the Christians were not to advance any further. He had no in- formatiow to show that the Turkish au- thorities had armed or encouraged the Mus- sulmans. ‘A Mussulman mob, Mr. Curzon sald also, had forcibly seized the rifles in the arsenal at Candia. two Turkish guards being killed in the affray. —e- Gen. Weyler Moving. HAVANA, February 11.—Capt. Gen. We: ler camped yesterday at Placetas, some distance eastward of Santa Clara. Scere- tary Palmerola and the intendent general left Havana by trair: this morning in order to sfe the captain general oa Important business, the nature of which has not transpired. He said his call was purely had no political significance ——__ Personal Mention. Lieut. Commander A. Dunlap of Blake ts at 1308 New Hampshire avenue. Surgeon Wm. 8S. Dixon of the Brooklyn is at 1421 29th street on leave of absence. Conmander Wm. P. Randall, retired, is at the Richmond. Capt. R. H. Patterson, 1st Artillery, is at 2011 I street on leave of absence. Mr. Mansfield Judah of New York city, son of the late Gen. H. M. Judah, U.S.A., is in the city. Lieut. Robert Sewall, 7th Cavalry, is vis- iting friends at 3406 U street. Capt. James O. Mackay, 3d Cavlary, has been granted one months’ leave. ————_—_ + 0+ Friendly Suit. Emory Speer and James Mosher, two of the administrators of the estate of the late Dr. James E. Morgan, today filed a friendly suit in equity against James Dud- iey Morgan and others, praying for a dis- tribution of the estate, valued at about $300,000. Cross bills and answers were filed by the heirs-at-law and _ legatees agreeing that the asked-for settlement of the ertate shall be made, with the excep- tion of the estate of Dr. E. Carroll Mor- gan, a deceased son of the testator. His executor and trustees will answer later, and will probably agree to the distribution. ——— Small Fire. The alarm of fire at 2:25 this afternoon was caused by the burning of the frame house 526 8th street southeast, occupied on the first floor by the shoe store of Morris Pelfman and on tke second floor as a dwelling by J. W. Reaver and family. Pelfman’s loss is about $800 and Reaver’s is $100. the — United Press Looking for Peace. At a meeting of the executive committee of the United Press and its allied asso- ciations in New York city yesterday, the following was adopted: “Resolved, That a committee consisting of a representative of each of the four New York newspapers which are a party to the contracts between the New York State, Philadelphia, Southern ard New England associations, be appointed tu con- fer with the officers of the Associated Press with a view to the settlement of differences existirg between the United Associated Presses and the Asyociated Press, said committee to report at as early an hour as possible.” — Will Meet Next im This City. The State Council of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Order of American Mechanics, at Fredericksburg, Va., yester- aay elected the following officers: State councillor, W. A. Clarke, jr., of Ricnmond; vice councillor, A. J. Blackman of Wash- ington, D. C.; secretary, W. H. Thompkins of Richmond; treasurer, WW. P. Whitehurst of Richmond; inductor, t. ©. Hart of Fredericksbui examiner, T. . Stratton of Richmond, and protector, O. Fox of Richmond. Washington was selected as the next place of ineeting and Iebruery, 1898, as the time. oo —__ Renders to Be Congratulated. The Atlanta Journal yesterday afternoon said editorially: “The Macon Telegraph, already one of the ucst newspapers in the south, will be further improved by the Associated Press dispatches. The Telegraph has tried the United Press for some time, but has come to the conclusion that the old reli- able Associated Press har no equal as a general news-gathering agency. As the | Telegraph wants the best of everything, it has gone into the Associated Press. We congratulate our contemporary and its readers on the change.” 2. Naval Orders, Commander E. W. Watson has been or- dered to the Washington navy yard for ordnance instruction. Pay Clerk J. Brooks, now at Port Royal, has been ordered to Ae on the Minneapolis, on the European station. e+ —__—___ Acts Approved. to quiet the title to certain lands tn a Louis- IN CONGRESS TODAY Both Senate and House. THE DIPLOMATIC BILL PASSED F ortifications: Measure Favorably Acted on’by the House. OTHER BUSINESSTRANSACTED In the absence of the Vice President, Mr. Frye, president pro tem., occupied the chair in the Senate today. There was some amusement over a report by Mr. Vest for a bridge over the Columbia river in Wash- ington. The identical bill had passed and become a law, and yet the House passed it again. As the House wanted another law on the same subject the senator said he made a favorable report on the second bill. Senate bill. to provide times and places for the trial in Oklahoma territory of cases under the federal laws. was passed. The House resolution appointing Gen. John Marshall Brown of Maine as a mem- ber of the board of managers of the na- tional homes for disabled soldiers, to suc- ceed the late General Beale, was agrecd to. The Allen Pacific railroad resolution went over until Monday next on request of Mr. Thurston. Senate bill providing for the retirement of enlisted men of the army and navy. af- ter thirty years’ continuous service at three-quarters pay. was passed. The diplomatic and consular appropria- tion bill was then taken up. Vhe Greater Republics. Mr. Morgan questioned the items of $10,000 for a minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador, and $10,000 for a min- ister to Guatemala and Honduras. It was understood, he said, that a union had been formed by three of these countries, and that our ministers to Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador had lost their respective functions, as their foreign cffices had been closed. The union, under the name of the Greater Republic of Central America, had sent a minister here, who, it was under- stood, had been received and recognized by eet was an awkward situation, he added. “It all arises,” de- clared Mr. Morgan, “from the fact that the President does not think it worth his while to inform Congress as to the status of our foreign relations. He seems to think that he can do it all himself, and that it is un- necessary to inform Congres: The sena- tor thought it was time to end the differ- ences between the executive and Congress relating to grave public questions. Here the Senate was about to act in the dark, appropriating for ministers to countries which no longer had foreign offices. Mr. Hale, in charge of the bill, said the question would have to be settled later. Our ministers were in actual service in those countries and would have to be paid. If the union discontinued the places the department would have to discontinue the salaries at a suitable time. Mr. Morgan did not press the objection, saying his only-purpose was to have the public understand the peculiar conditions. The Bill Passed. The consular and diplomatic appropria- tion bill was passed, .the committee amend- ments being agreed to as reported. Mr. Lodge (Mass.), in charge of the conference report on the immigration bill, asked that the final vote be taken on Monday, but yielded to appéals for more time, and an agreement was madé for a vote ncxt Wed- nesday at 4 o'clock. At o’clock, on motion of Mr. Sher- man, the Senate went into executive ses- ston. The Arbitration Treaty. The Senate, ontrary to yesterday's ‘un- derstanding, ‘ay resumed Consideration of the Pauncefote-Olney arbitration treaty. Ib had been arranged that the immigration bill should be given right of way today, but this order was changed on accuunt of the absence of Senator Cartcr, wito de- sired to be heard on it. Senator Turpie was the first of today’s Speakers. He advocated the ratification of the treaty and directed his remarks in re- ply to Senator Morgan's attack upon the treaty. He was opposed to amendnients, and de- clared that the treaty should be ratified as it came from the President. The amend- ment could do no harm except to defeat the treaty. The arbitration proposition, de- clared Mr. Turpic, was no new thing. It had been proposed many times. In the Fifty-first Congress a concurrent resolution was adopted by a Congress republican in both branches in favor of the general prin- ciple of arbitration. The resolution was as follows: “Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to invite, from time to time, as fit occa- sions may arise, negotiations with any gov- ernment with which the United States has or may have diplomatic relations, to the end that any difitrences or disputes arising between the two governments, which can- not be adjusted by diplomatic agency, may be referred to arbitration, and be peace- ably adjusted by such means.” This resolution, Mr. Turpie said, gave expression of that Congress In favor of ar- bitration, an expression which the people believed in, and whicn had never been con- demned. Mr. Turpie was listened to with great interest by the Senate. THE HOUSE. Without preliminary business, the House today went into committee of the whole and began consideration of the fortifica- tions appropriation bill. Mr. Hainer (Neb.), who had charge of the bill, explained its provisions. The bill car- Tied $9,178,325, based oi recommendations aggregating $18,390,: Of the items in the bill, $4,195,076 were to meet contract obli- gations authorized by the current law. Mr. Hainer called attention to the comprehen- sive scheme for fortifications entered upon last year, the appropriations previous to that time for nine years having averaged but $318,568. If it were not for the urgent necessity for economy in expenditures, he said, the committee would have felt fully justified in bringing in a bill carrying the full amount of the recommendations. Sundry Civil Bill Reported. The committee rose temporarily to allow Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, to report the dundry civil appro- priation bill. Mn Bartlett (Ga.), on behalf of elections committee No. 1, submitted the report tn: the contésted election case of Watson vs. Black, from the tenth Georgia district. The report’ was unanimously in favor of the sitting “member. Mr. Bartlett stated he would! cal? up the case at such time as was conyenfént to the contestant. The fortificatfons ‘bill was again taken up. Mr. Fisher XN. Y.) offered an amend- ment to approprfate ‘$1,000 for an investiga- tion of the feasfiNt¥ of constructing forti- fications and sea coast defenses on Romer shoals, at the entrance of New York har- bor. ‘The amendment we ft order. 2S The Bift Passed. An amendment, was adopted on motion of Mr. Bartlett (N.¥4), appropriating $75,000 for the construqtion pf riprap walls on the eastern sheres of the United States lands at Sandy Hook. Without further amend- ment the bill was passed. The coramittees were then calied. Funding the Debt of the Territories. A bill providing for funding the debt of the territories aroused the opposition of Mr. McMillin (Tenn.), because it provided for gold bonds and the payment of interest in gold or its equivalent. Mr. Knox (Mass.) sald that the stipula- tion ruled out on a point why tories should not: be permit issue the go.d bonds, He EEid this bill-bore no Telation to the quae tion of whether we should put gold in the bends of the United States. He said he had not voted to put gold in the bonds when the administration put the country in a position Siping to do so would cost the people $12,000,000. Congress refused, and now the taxpayers would have to pay those $12,000,000. “And yet you” maintained,” interrupted Mr. Terry (Ark.) “that we should pay those bonds in gold, although we paid $12,- ee for the privilege of paying them in er.” ‘Every one maintains, almost every one maintains,” replied Mr. Payne, “that the bonds are payable in gold. Even the late democratic candidate for Vice President (Sewall), who ran on a silver platform, held gold bonds, and the silver mine owners, who were rampant for free silver senti- ment, wrote ‘gold’ in their notes.” Mr. Hartman (Mon.) indignantly denied this latter statement, but Mr. Payne in- sisted he was right. He said that western debtors, in order to get money at a re- spectable rate of interest, were obliged to agree to pay principal and interest in gold. He said he believed every United States bond should be paid in goid. Honesty of Silver Men Questioned. Mr. Maguire (Cal.) replied to Mr. Payne. He said the honesty of the believers in free silver was to be questioned, because some of them in loaning their money made gold contracts. Silver had by law been de- prived of its legitimate function as money. Gold had been given special privilege. Sil- ver was mere token money. Why, he ar- gued, should a business man abandon the business advantage which the law gave him because of his conviction that as a Matter of policy silver should be remone- tized? Mr. Bailey (Texas) made a brief argu- ment to demonstrate that a gold contract, being contrary to public policy, was illegal. Mr. Knox, speaking to the merits of the bill, said the bill did not authorize the issue of an additional dollar of bonds. It simply authorized the territories to refund their existing debt into fifty-year 4 per cents. Personally, he said that if he believed gold was so scarce that it had unduly appreci- ated ne would think gold unfit to be the standard, but believing as he aid that there Was a sufficiency of gold to furnish a good, stable and elastic currency, he was un- waveringly in favor of a gold standard for this and ail other commercial countries. Mr. Walker Gives His View: He then yielded to Mr. Walker (Mass.), chairman of the committee on banking and currency, who declared it was as notorious as that the sun shines that there were cer- tain states of the Union whose monetary system was beyond the reach of coagres- sional legislation. There were seven states where all transactions were in gold, and yet it was curious, he said, that the repre- sentatives from those states on this floor sought to compel the rest of the Union to take 50 cents on a dollar. He insisted that Congress should not interfere with private contracts. He urged the House to vote down an amendment that had been submitted by Mr. McMillin (Tenn.), which was as fol- low: ‘Provided that the principal and interest of the bonds funded under this act shall be payable in any lawful money of the United States except the Arizona bonds above described heretofore issued.” Mr. Bartlett (N. Y.), who described him- self as_a “gold democrat.” warned the House that the adoption of this amendment was equivalent to a declaration in favor of soft money. ——_—___-e-—______ HAD BEEN DECEI athetic Features in a Case Reported Today. A case with some pathetic features, and one showing the extremes to which resort will be taken in order to secure money, came to the attention of the local police department this afternoon, when an ac- ccmplished and unvsually attractive young woman visited Inspector Hollinberger and appealed for assistance, as the result of unnaturai conduct on the part of her hus- band. ‘The visitor was Mrs. Mary Doen of South Bend, Ind., who is a member of one of the most highly regarded and respected families of that town. Up to two months ago she was a widow, the mother of two children. She formed the acquaintance last summer of a man who gave his name as C. War- ren Doen. He was a handsome, well-dress ed and entertaining young fe'low, who claimed to be a commercial traveler for a whisky house in Pittsburg. He was un- remitting in his attentions to the young widow ard easily succeeded in installing himself in her affections. They were mar- ried in December last, and the wife was very happy, notwithstanding the fact that Doen’s alleged business called him fre- quently away from home. The husband explained to his bride that he owned considerable property in Wash- ington and Annapolis, and had a brother who was an officer in the navy. Soon after their marriage Doen showed his wife a letter which he said was written by his attorney in this city, O. H. Hoover. It set forth that some difficulty had arisen in regard to a piece of property owned by Doen, and stated that if he raised a mort- gage of $500 he could then easily realize $2,500 on the house and lot. On this show- ing Mrs. Doen turned over to her husband $500, a gold watch and a costly ring, all her possessions of value, and he left for Washingtcn. Several days ago Mrs. Doen received a letter from her husband inclos- ing a check for $2,500, drawn on the N: tional Capital Bank of this city, by S. H. Hoover, the father of the attorney men- tioned. The check was sent, explained Doen, to convince his wife that everything was all right. He directed her to come to Washington at once and bring the check with her, saying he would meet her at the depot and they would go together to the bank and have it cashed. Mrs. Doen reached the city yesterday and was greatly surprised when her husband failed to put in an appearance. After wait- ing some time, and having very ilttle cash with ner, she made her way to the National Capital Bank. There she was more sur- prised when informed that the check was bogus. No course was left open for the unfortunate woman but to turn to the po- lice. It was plain to Inspector Hollinberger at a glance that the check, the alleged letter from the attorney and the letters from Doen were written by the same hand. Mrs. Doen was informed that she was the vic- tim of a designing and skilled rascal. His letters were written on the official paper of the House of Representatives, and, as Mrs. Doen had a photograph of her way- ward husband, inquiry was made at the Capitol. Captain Garden and other officials recognized the face as one that has been often seen about the building. Doen, how- ever, hi undoubtedly left the city. His wife does not know the firm for which he claimed to work nor anything of his past history. It will be necessary for the police depart- ment to furnish Mrs. Doen transportation to her home at South Bend. oe SS Marriage Licenses. Marriage license8 have been issued to the following: White—-Wm. H. Hunter and Mary V. Swain, both of Alexandria, Va.; Nathan Myers and Bessie Myers, both of Loudoun county, Va. Colored—Harry Parker and Alice Lucas; Benjamin Watkins and Emma Scott. ——— Standard O11 Case. Mr. Clarence A. Brandenberg, on behalf of the Standard Oil Company, today noted an appeal from the decision of Judge Hag- ner rendered Tuesday, enjoining the com- pany from erecting additional oil works in South Washington and ordering the abol- ishment of the works after the Ist of next June. The judge fixed the appeal bond at »,000,, = explained in The Star, the injunction Was granted upon the application of Mr. John C. Oeser and others residing in the immediate vicinity of the company’s ware- houses and tanks, the petitioners charging that the works amount to a constant menace to their lives, health and property. The effect of the company’s appeal, says Mr. Brandenberg, will restrain the enforce- ment of Judge Hagner’s decree until after the Court of Appeals passes upon it, which may not be for several months. Senator Pritchard’s Mlness. A MAIL BOX SU'TIFINANCE AND TRADE Complaint Made of the Way in Which a ontract Awarded. Solomon C. Wynn of Toledo, Ohio, yes- terday filed a bill in equity here against Postmaster General Wilson, Wm. D. May- berry and Waring H. Ellis of Detroit, Mich., praying that the def2ndants be en- joined from entering into a contract for furnishing street letter boxes, package boxes, and posts for street letter boxes for use in the free delivery service. The bill was presented to Judge Cox, who refused to grant a temporary restraining order, whereupon it was withdrawn by the complainant’s attorneys, Messrs. Ham- ilton and Colbert. It was, however, sub- sequently refiled. The advertisement for the proposals was made December 28, 1896, the time for re- ceiving them closing at noon the 25th of last month. The complainant and others, including Mayberry and Ellis, submit: Proposals, and a_committee, consisting vf Alden EB. Hurt, Thos. B. March and Ber- nard Goode, officers of the Post Office De- partment, were named by the Postmaster General to open and examine the proposals and report their recommendations in the matter. Mr. Wynn charges that his bid was the lowest with one exception, which was with- drawn, he asserts, by the bidder at the suggestion of August Machen, superin- tendent of the free delivery system, yet, he says, the committee recommended that the proposal submitted by Mayberry & Ellis, partners, be accepted and that the con- tract be awarded to them, a thing the Postmaster General is about to do, or has done. Then Mr. Wynn goes on to charge that the committee's action was procured by fraud and collusion between them and Mayberry & Ellis and Supt. Machen. He asserts that the latter stated in the presence of one of the committee that he would see that the complainant's proposal and box would not be considered, and that he and the defendant would have nothing to do with his box. Mr. Machen’s state- ment, the complainant charge: m in the presence of the former's subordin: a member of the committee. for the pur. pose of influencing his (the committe: man’s) action in making his recommend tion and report. ‘ The complainant also charges that Sup- erintendent Machen dictated the names of the committee, and urged the rejection of his box and proposal. He further charges that Superintendent Machen is financially interested with Mayberry in the box se- lected, and in another box proposed to be used in a system of “house-to-house” mail collection. Mr. Wynn alleges that| May- berry told Dr. E. D. Schebb of Toledo, Ohio, that he (Mayberry) had two days be- fore the bids were opened been assured by the officials having the matter in charge that the contract would be awarded to him. Mr. Wynn has also filed with the Post- master General a protest against awarding the contract to Mayberry & Ellis, on the ground that the award was not fairly made. The Postmaster General has this protest before him for consideration, and no action has yet been taken upon it. The award was made to the same concern which nad the last four years’ contract. The new box, which will take the place of old ones that are broken or unavailable, combines the main features of the oid box, with a new drop. device, which, it is said, is non-pick- able and non-breakable. The Wynn_ box, according to the committee which made the award, was radically defective, because the dropping device took up half the space of the box, and by that much curtailed its capacity. >—— VAN RISWICK CASE. Arguing a Motion to Take Frem the Jury. The attention of Judge McComas in the Van Kiswick will case was occupfed today by counsel in their arguments on the mo- tion to take the case from the jury. The jury has been excused until Monday morn- ing next. ‘The general impression mong those members cf the bar who have foliowed the case is that Judge McComas will over- rule the motion. —_—__. Senator Allen to Expla' The Serate committee on inilitary affairs today briefly considered Senator Allen's resolution directed at Gen. Miles instruci- ing the committee to inquire mto the law concerning the acceptance of valuasle presents by officers of the army. The chairman of the committee was directed to refer the resolution to the War Depart- ment, and also to write a note to Senator Allen requesting him to furnish ‘he com- mittee an explanation of his motives in of- fering the resolution, as a basis for begin- ning the inquiry, and any facts he may ssion beariag upon it. sic et Awarded Damages. Contractors Columbus Thomas & Son were awarded, in Circuit Court No. 1, to- day, $305.10 damages against the District, because of extra work done by them in the erection of No. 10 engine house, on Mary- land avenue northeast, a year or so ago. The plaintiffs, wko were represented by Attorneys Lipscomb & Walker, claimed that the District surveyor made a mistake in laying out the lot, which necessitated extra work on their part. They claimed $400 damages, and the jury knocked off $94.90. Death of Joseph De Souter. Cororer Hammett, after investigating the death of Joseph De Souter, the Belgian shoemaker, who was found lifeless in bed at G07 Gth street yesterday, as reported in The Star, issued a certificate of death from accidental asphyxiation. ———> — Will of Charles W. Paitro. The will of the late Charles W. Patro, dated February 15, and appointing his widow, Mary Jane Pairo, as his executrix, was filed today. The estate ts left to Mrs. Pairo for life, with remainder to the chil- aren of the testator—Richard Edes, Alice and Elinor C. Pairo. 2a Grain Cottun Markets. Farnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. ate 3% 24! fete poatate 2a 7 TY ay TT 7 ST 0 00 Tow. 73 80 S68 M2 gens) ay : a im eS Depressing Effect of the Threaten- Business Conditions More Desirable. Becoming ee * GENERAL MARKET REPORTS anne = Special Dispatch to The Eveulng Star, NEW YORK, February 11—The reported ordering of Grecian gunboats to Crete had a depressing influence on security values in the foreign markets this meruing. Lon- don sold moderate amounts of the more active international issues, the local mar- ket taking all offerings at fractional con- cessions from the opening level The volume of business does not improve materially, and no important transactions seem likely during the next fortnight, ua- less subsequent trust investions revive ap- prehersion and force liquidation. Accounts containing miscellan ties might be expected to be nsiderably should a decline in cne group demand a general lightening of speculative burdens. Excepting this prospect the arguments fa- voring depreciation lack that degree of dness warranting activity in the short unt. The market from day to day defies pre- diction, but the main features of the spec ulative situation are by no means pessi- mistic. large interests are comimitted to neither account, the short account being unattractive and the long ‘ount sug- gesting a period of waiting which may safe- ly be gone through without incerest obliga tions. Business conditions are not wholly desirable, notwithstanding the clamors of the over-confident, but they are becoming more and more so. The process will not be uniformly ¢ couraging, but the results are believed to be assured, consequently real owners of securities are not disposed to sell, and would-be owners delieve that no change will come so unexpectedly as to preclude proiit participation, The floating supply of stock is kept at a minimum because of this inability to force liquidation, and short selling is periodically brought to a halt for want of securities with which to make deliveries, Each suc drive at the better class of securi 3s invites hases which su el reduce the floating supply and re selling unusually hazardous. The fashicn of being short of stocks tined to be displaced by sotne- more logical. It is not ne 2w conditions should ari: Ss purpese. A more accurate interpre’ tion of those now existing would suffice: The Chicago situation, owing to certain pirely local difficul continu to flect a lack of contidence in improved v ues. Gas wars and a variety is against existing corporate privileges serve to un- ttle ve opinion. Locaily, how- ever, confidence in something better, at an indefinite period subsequent to the advent of the new administration, is almost unan- imovs Washington advices on the new tariff bili continue to absorb attention. The schedu fixing the sugar duties is sa‘d to be partic- viarly undesirable to the American Sugar Company and the belief prevails that re. visions in favor of the company will be d:f- ficult, once discussion begun. On the cther hand, recent campaign assurances, if lived up to, will deal radically with privi- leges already granted, The reassembling of the state investigating committee on Satur- day is relied upon to develop some new material for the professional bear element The railroad list was fairly steady during the day and void of significant features, Tomorrow's close holiday attracted moder- ate covering of short contracts from time to time, but the irregularity of the early trading continued up to the close of bus- iness. _— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reporied by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. Sv Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits.. 18%, 13% BIg BiG American Spirits, pf Se ae +d American Sugar. WR BG TNA, 1NI5g American Sugar, pfd... 181K 101K, LOLs American Tobacco . Bx Cex o% American Cotton Oil e 5 z Atchison 143g 14g 14a, is 15g iy 1g Mss nada Pacific...) esapeake & Ohio c.. C. C. & St. Louis. chicago, B&Q... Chicagoa Northwestern. Chicago Gas... ©. 4. & St. Paul... C. M. & St. Paul, pfd. Chicago, RI. & Pacific Consolidated Louisville & Nashville Metropolitan Traction Mahattan Elevated Michigan Central.. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co. National Lead Co., pfd New Jersey Central New York Centrat. Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, pfa. Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail. 4 hington Stock Exchange. ogtl—32 o'clock | m. thc at $1.10; 100 at $1 —Pueumat it WO cents; 200 at $1.07; 200 Lanston Monotype, 100 at 64. After cal matic Gun Carriage, 100 at $110; 100 at $1.00. Mstrict of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Ss, 103 bid. 30-year fund 6s, mold, ‘Zs, 1901, currency, 111 bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, Currency, 111 3.65e, funding. currency, 109%{ 5 Miscellancous Honds.—Metropolitan Railroad Sa, 110 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 114 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, 120 bid, 140 asked. Delt Railroad 3a, 80 Eckington Raflroad 6s, 85 bid, 90 asked. Colum- bia Railroad 6s, 116 bid. Washington Gas Com- pany Gs, series A, 113 bid. Washington Gas Com. Gs, series B, 114 bid. American Security and 55, F. and’ A; 100 wid, American Security and Trust 5a, A. ., 100 ibid. Chesapeake Potomac ee 100 bid. Washington Mar- ket Company Ist Gs, 108 bid. Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 106 bid.” Wi Market Gontainy, ext. 6s, 108 bid. “Masonic Ansocia- tion 3s, i Sie Satta ae bid. » FE tan, 236 bid, 300 asked.” Cen asked I va un I