Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1897, Page 2

THE EVENING ‘STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1897-12 PAGES. _ LATE NEWS BY WIRE The President-Elect Takes a Drive and is Benefited. FORBIDDEN 70 RECEIVE CALLERS oe Will Not Be Able to Go to Cleve- ‘and This Week. — HANNA‘’S ANNOUNCEMENT CANTON, Ohio, February 18.—Dr. T. H. Phillips this mornirg gave out the fol- lowing siatement concerning the President- elect ‘Major McKinley has about recovered from his tliness, but needs and must have absolute rest and quiet. He cannot re- ceive any callers this week, nor will he go to Cleveland before the first part of next week.” Many friends and neighbors of Major and Mrs. McKinley stopped at the house to in- quire as to the health of the President-elect and his wife. They were informed that the former's condition had greatly improved, and that Mrs. McKinley appeared to have regained her usual health. The house was very quiet and the rest from business and reception of callers has proven very beneficial to the President- elect. Dr. Phillips found his patient very much better. He prescribed a short drive, and after his visit the family carriage was brought to the front steps Accompanied by Mrs. Mrs. Heistand an ot. Floyd, about the city taken for about an hour, the major t ensconsed behind w furs and robes to preclude the possibility ef catching cold. They returned to the house, the major appearing to have sreatly en- joyed the ride Dr. Phillips will insist upon the President- elect receiving no one during the time he remains in Canton, other than members of the family and his secretaries. The major’s mail continues to be very heavy, and letters by the hundred are re- celved at each delivery. Many of these letters are direct applications for positions or indorsements and petitions for friends from prominent people. Private Seeretary-elect J. Addison Porter is expected in Canton this evening. After Office. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., February 18.—J. J. De Haven ts bound for Canton. He left town last Monday, and before his return he will doubtless know who will succeed Judge McKenna as United States circuit court judge for this district. Major Frank McLaughlin, chairman of the republican state central committee, and H. W. B. Hamilton are also to be found in Canton. Mr. McLaughlin has repeatedly stated that he fs not a candidate for federal office, but it is said the President will ten- er him the office of superintendent of the mint in this city. The petition of Speaker Coombs for ap- potntmen’ as minister to Japan is in circu- lation at Sacramento. Assemblyman Ken- yon of Los Angeles is seeking the consul Generalship to the Hawalian Islands. CLaVELAND, Ohio, February 18. John Grant, member of the national re- publican commitiee frum Texas, was 2 the office of Chairman Hanna to- s in conferen: the national chairman. » for some time er of Minneapolis, Minn., = those who conferred with the da: MR. HERBERT AT CHARLESTON. Arrival of the Party Announced Salute. CHARLESTON, 8. C., February 18.—Sec- retagy Herbert and his party urrived from Washington at 6 o'clock this morning. In the party were Rear Admiral Gherar: Senator Butler, Col. T. S. Farrow. auditor of the treasury: Chief Clerk Micou Departmeat, Mr. Jarvis Hi flerbert's son and several ladies. The party was met at the station by Mayor Smythe and the committee on Feception. A detachment of the naval reserves were St the station, and saluted the party with twenty-seven guns. The party was driven to the Charleston Hotel and breakfast was served. At 11:30 the party was taken aboard the revenue cutter Colfax for a visit to the Squadron at the mouth of the harbor. The governor, the Meu enant governor, the state officers, the speaker and the members of the general assembly of South Carolina arrived from Columbia on a spe- cial train over the South Carolina and Georgia railroad at 11:30. A committee of reception had met the party at Branchville and accompanied them to the city. They were taken in charge by committees on their arrival, and Went out to the water’s carnival to visit the warships The blockade maneuvers are now over. The line of blockade Is broken and the ships tre all bunched at their anchorage Without regular formation. The remainiag Stay of the vessels will be devoted to social entertainment. ——__ PRODUCED THE AGREEMENTS. Sugar Trust Document: Hefore the Investiguting Committee. NEW YORK, February 18.—In calling the trust investigation committee to order this morning Senator Lexow sail Parsons present; is Mr. Havemeyer here, Mr. Parsor o, sir, Mr. Havemeyer is attending Mr. Bt. John’s funeral at present, but he will be herve later, if necessary “The directors of the American Sugar Re- fining Company met yesterday afternoon, end the request of the committee that they furnish agreements in regard to the pur- Chase of the Philadelphia retining concerns and certain figures regarding labor and the emount of taxes paid by the company in the state of New Yérk was considered. I ‘Was author’ y the directors and do now present the agreement in regard to the Purchase of the Philadelphia concern and the Information regarding labor and the taxes paid by the company.” Mr_ Parsons handed in the documents, @nd Senator Lexow thereupon inquired “Will Mr. Havemeyer be here later?’ “Yes, sir, if his presence is needed.’ ———___. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. A Deaf Woman Was Walking on the Track at Rockville. Mpecial Dispatch to The Eveving Star, ROCKVILLE, Md., February 13.—A col- ®red woman, whose name is supposed to be Lizzie Simmes, was struck by the train which passed here about 1 o'clock today. The woman is alive, but there is little hope of her recovery. She was walking up the track when the accident happened. The engineer blew the whistle several times, and made an effort to stop, but was unsuc- essful. The woman is known to be very deaf and somewhat weak minded. > — A Receiver Asked. Eugene Hellen and Marie H. Sanger to- day fled a fill in equity against Joseph Hellen and Willard P. Tisdel, asking the fale of certain real estate left by the will of the grandfather of the complainants, the late Johnson Hellen, who died in Jan- wary, 1867, and the appointment of a re- ceiver. ————_— A™ for Heroism. Secretary Herbert carried with him to Chartesten a valuable medal, which he will im person present to the gallant landsman ef the Maine who sprang overboard in the midst of the tempest on the way to Charles- ton {n the attempt to rescue Apprentice Kogel. The medal ts of gold, and bears upon the face a picture of the U. BB. ine in relief. On the reverse is the in- scription, “William J. Creelman, U. 8. mevy. For extraordinary heroism.” | SANDS IN THE SENATE. He Confers in Regard to His Confirma- tion as District Commissioner. Mr. F. P. B. Sands, nomjnated to be Com- missioner of the District of Coluntbia, was at the Capitol this afternoon and saw a large number of senators regarding his prospects for confirmation. Mr. Sands re- ceived a number of assurances of support, and it Is understood that he has received from Senator Hunton, chairman of the sub- committee of the District of Cclumbia which had in charge tne bill he advocated for the incorporation of the National Cap- ital Gaslight, Heat and Power Company a letter, which states that Mr. Huntoa has no ill feeling toward him on account of the language he used as an attorney of that company. Mr. Sands’ statements were pub- lished in The Stir last evening, and while severely criticising the members of the District committee, are regarded by Mr. Hunton, it is understood, simply as the declarations of an attorney doing all he could to secure ‘he passage of his bill. What Mr. McMillan Say Senator McMillan, also a member of that subcommittee, said to a Star reporter today that he regretted that anything had been published regarding Mr. Sands’ action in giving correspondence with him to Senator Kyle to be used on the floor of the Senate. Mr. McMillan said that, so far as he was concerned, this little Incident had long ago passed out of his mind, and he gave it no weight. He said also that he had for- gotten to a large extent the language used by Mr. Sands in criticising the report of the committee of which he was a member and kad no feeling on the subject growing out of those actions. He sald that, so far as he was concerned, when Mr. Sands” nomination comes before the committee of which he is chairman he will simply con- sider It in view of Mr. Sands" qualifications as a Commissioner of the District of Co- Iumbia. There are some other Senators, who, while they do not wish to be quoted still have a feeling of hostility to Mr. Sands’ confirmation. —_____-e+____—_ A Disgraced Scientist. LONDON, February 18.—Osmond Walter Jeffs, the old employe of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company who disappeared with £2,000 belonging to the company while on his way to Mexico, and who was arrested at Liverpool Monday, was sentenced today to five months’ imprisonment at hard labor. He was a geologist and a member of the British Association. 3 pee Five Days Without Food. LANCASTER, Pa., February 18.—Benja- min Flory, sixty-five years old, an inmate of the county almshouse, was found last night in a rickety outbuilding on a farm just east of this city, sick and starving. Saturday morning he was passing the place when he became exhausted. He crawled into the dilapidated structure, where he lay for five days too weak to move and without food and practically exposed to the elements. a Twenty Years for Murder. NEW BLLOMFIELD, Pa., February 18.— Dr. Thomas L. Johnson, who was con- victed at the January term of court of murder in the second degree for the Fill- ing of Dr. George S. Henry of Duncan. non, Pa., was today sentenced by Judge Lyons to twenty years’ imprisonment. He atempted to kill his wife at the same time, alleging that she had been intimate with Dr. Henry. _— Senator Wolcott's Mission. BERLIN, February 18—The North Ger- man Gazette today, referring to the far- reaching bimetallic conclusions some news: ached to the recent visit of Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colo- rado to Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial ch:rcellor, declares that tie senator's au- dience was practically one of courtesy. eg The Pastor Found Dead. DOYLESTOWN, Pa., February 18.—Rev. Levi C. Scheip, pastor of Salem Reformed Church, was found dead in bed this morn- ing. He had complained of a cold for sev- eral day The congregation was just about to take possession of its new church. He was well known throughout eastern Pennsylvania. He was a native of this (Bucks) county, and was about sixty years old. papers have at > The Arrest of the Turkish Consul. The Turkish minister, Mustafa Bey, was at the Stat: Department today and made fresh representations to Secretary Oincy respecting the arrest and confinement 16 New York of Jos. Iasigi, the Turkish con- sul at Boston, who is held in New York for extradition to Massachusetts on charges of embezzlement. No statement celaiive to the matter can be elicited from the min- ister or the Secretary of State, but it is believed that the Secretary has advised the minister to resort to habeas corpus pro- ceedings if he feels that the privileges of the consul have been infringed. ——— Abolished the Steel Board. Secretary Herbert has abolished the steel board, and hereafter the steel needed for the construction and engineering work of naval vessels will be inspected and chosen by the two bureaus using the material. The board was created at a time when the use of steel for naval purposes was in its infancy, and it was believed to be neces- sary to create a board of specialists to define the qualities the material must pos- sess and provide for its inspection. Now, however, it is felt that the choice of structural material may be safely left to the constructors and engineers who are obliged to make use of it, hence the Secre- tary’s order. The Sanguilly Case. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions today again postponed action upon the resolution demanding the release of Gen. Julio Sanguilly from his prison in Cuba on assurance received from the State Department that the Spanish authorities at Madrid had agreed to liberate Gen. San- guilly immediately, as heretofore announc- ed by The Star. On this assurance the further consideration of the matter was deferred until the next regular meeting, Wednesday, with the understanding that if the promise shall not have been fulfilled by that time the resolution will be reported by the committee. Appointments of the Library Force. The method by which the 147 employes of the new Congressional Library are to be appointed was explained by a discussion held in the House yesterday over the con- ference report on the legislative bill be- tween several members of the House. Mr. Bingham, who had charge of the matter, said, in reply to a question from Mr. Quigg as to who had the power to make appoint- ments in the library: “I would state to the gentleman, I hope in such positive and definite terms that he will be fully able to answer the inquiry, that the librarian will have the appointment of all the subordi- nate force pertaining to the library, and the superintendent of the butiding will have the appointment of all the subordi- nate force pertaining to the superinten- dency of the building. The allowance con- tained in the conference report for the librarian is the same as was agreed upon by the House. The allowance contained in the conference report for the superinten- gent of the building is the same as In the House bill.” ———————-+o+____ For a Meat Inspector. The civil service commission will hold an examination in this and other large cities, where there are applicants, on the 26th in- stant, to secure eligibles for the position of meat inspector at the Department of Agri- culture. The number of veterinary sur- geons eligible for the position of meat in- spector had not hitherto been quite equal to the demand, and this special examina- tion is held to replenish the registers. Ap- pointments are made usually at salaries of $1,200 or $1,400 per annum. ————_-+2+_____ The Everglades Decision. By a decision of the Secretary of the In- terior, the great tract of swamp land in Florida known as “the Evergiades,” 1s con- veyed to the state of Florida. The tract comprises about 2,242,200 acres. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS To Pay Government Printing Employes on Account of Leaves of Absence. te Public Build- Request to Hlumi ings on All Patriotic Occnsions— Other Matters of Interest. .An amendment was proposed by Mr. Voorhees in the Senate teday to the gen- eral deficiency bill appropriating $57,850 to psy printers and all other employes of the government printing office and former em- ployes of that office on account of ‘gives of avsence they had received from 1887 to 1804. Senator Daniel offered an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill appro- priating- $20,000 for making borings, sound- ings, etc., for the memorial bridge froin the Naval Observatory to Arlington cemeiery. The amendment states that the bridge is not to cost over $600,000. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge has written to Senator Sherman in behalf of the Sons of the American Revolution advocating the Proposition to illuminate the buildings own- ed by the government in this city on pa- triotic occasions, such as February 22, July 4, ete. He asked that proper provis- ion for such illumination be made in the surdry civil bill. He also advocates the passage of an amendment to the sundry civil bill ap- propriating $1,000 to keep in repair monu- ments of revolutionary soldiers in the Con- gressional cemetery and in other cemeteries in_the District of Columbia. Senator Voorhees introduced an amend- ment, appropriating the following sums for work done in_reporting stenographi- cally the trial of Hallet Kilbourne in his case against the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives on the occasion when he was imprisoned in 1884: James O. Clephane, $220; E. D. Easton, $36; R. 8. Boswell, $164. To Open North Capitol Street. Senator Cameron has given notice that he will offer as an amendment to the Dis- trict of Columbia appropriation bill an ap- propriation of $21,078 to pay for ground for the opening of North Capitol street, as was proposed in House bill 10167. Georgetown Barge Company's Report. The Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company bas made a brief re- port to Congress. The report states that the company spent $8,000 last year in a double track upon its right of way in Georgetown and is still at work. An Addition to Garfield Hospital. Senator Burrows has given notice of an amendment he will offer to the sundry civil bill for an appropriation of $35,000 for the building of an addition to Garfield Hospital, provided the hospital shall give to the Dis- trict of Columbia the necessary ground for widening Florida and Grant avenues. eee eee HALL OF RECORDS SITE. Secretary Carlisle's Report on the Ohio Avenue Location. Secretary Carlisle has transmitted to Congress 4 report on the sultability of the public reservation at the intersection of Ohio and Louisiana avenues with luth and 12th streets as a site for the proposed hall of records. The Secretary says that the site fs conventently located for the con- struction of such a building, but he is not prepared to make a final report ‘ecause of the questions which have arisen as to the character of the soil and the practicability of securing a foundation. He made the best investigation of possible with the limited help at his com- mand. He refers Congres: repor made by Gen. M. C. Meigs as to excavations, etc., as well as to the couclu- sions of the architect's office. Me says that he also deems it proper to stave that pro- tests have been made against the use of ‘he location by people who have used it as a market. = ee RAILROAD MEN FINED. Penalty of $4,000 and Corts ing the Interstate Law. A telegram to the interstate commerce commission from United States Attorney Gurley, at New Orleans, announces that L. S. Thorne, vice president and general man- ager, and E. L. Sargeant, general freight agent of the Texas and Pacific Railway Cempany, charged in the United States die trict court with unjust discrimination un- der the act to regulate commerce, have each been sentenced by the court to pay a fine of $4,000 and costs, and to stand com- mitted until such fine and costs be paid. —___-e. sal A Medal for Gen. Marland. A medal of honor has been awarded to Brevet Major General William Marland of New Iberia, La., late captain 2d Indepen- dent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artil- lery, for most distinguished gallantry in action at the battle of Grand Coteau, No- vember 3, 1863. This officer, when sur- rounded by Green's cavalry, bis support having surrendered, ordered ‘‘caissons to left of pieces; cannoneers in line of lead drivers; draw revolvers and charge.” Green's cavalry broke, enabling Mariand to save the section of the battery which he then commanded. Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $349,596. Government receipts: From internal revenue, $469,087; customs, $384,414; miscellaneous, $14,586. Survey of Sabine Lake. ‘The Secretary of War has transmitted to the House a report on a survey of Sabine lake, Texas. It is estimated that a ship canal through the lake 25 feet deep, with bottom width of 100 feet, would cost $4,- 117,800. A similar channel 12 feet deep would cost $2,900,000; an 8-foot depth would cost $550,000." The purpose is to provide a navigable depth from Sabine pass to the mouths of the Neches and Sabine rivers. The larger channels, it ts believed by the eugineers, require an expenditure greater than is warranted. ——————————— Southern Pacific Claims. Senator Gear, from the committee on Pacific railroads, has favorably reported the amendment to the general deficiency biil heretofore introduced by him, provid- ing for an appropriation of $1,310,427 for the payment of the claims of the Southern Paciric Railroad Company against the gov- ernment for transportation services. —_—_—_—_ e+. To Pay Sugar Bounties. Senator Thurston has given notice of an amendment to the sundry civil appropria- tion bill for the appropriation of $1,085,156 to pay unallowed sugar bounties under the act of 1805 for sugar produced in 1804 and >. It 1s claimed that this is the balance due on claims which have already been al- lowed. Violat- ————_o-—_____. Acts Approve: The President has approved the joint resolution providing for the distribution of geological maps and atlases; the joint reso- lution to furnish the Congressional Record to members of the press; the act for the relief of H. C. Herndon; the act permitting @ part of the Fort Lyon military reserva- tion to be occupied for a soldiers’ home by the state of Colorado; the act in regard to a bridge across the Tennessee river near Chattanooga; the act for a bridge across the Arkansas river in Pawnee county, Ok- Jahoma; the act for two bridges across the Red River of the North between Minnesota and North Dakota; the act for the improve- ment of Eastchester creek, New York; the act in regard to a bridge over the Mon- ongahela river, in Mifflin township, Pa.; the act to enable certain persons in Mississippi to procure title to public lands, 5 District Acts Approved. The President has approved two District bills, and they are now laws. One is the act authorising a survey for construction of a bridge across the Eastern branch the Potomac river, in line with Massschus setts avenue extended, eastward, and the other is the act to cure the title to certain real estate in the District of Columbia in heirs, A PRCULIAR MAIL OX. The Collector Never Sees the Letters . He Gathers, The Count. and gCountess Di Brazza Sa- vorgnan of Mtaly,had an extended inter- view today Jwith-Postmaster General Wil- son and d° ANsistant Postmaster Gen- eral Neilson} in hich they set forth the workings ofan inintion of the count’s, in the shape oj bag and box. The device ha: sf peculiar combination time lock, GF, rat pr, a half lock, on the bag, and a corresgonding half lock on the box, so arrgnged}that when joined be- tween certain hor the mail collector can work the cdmbination and open box and bag in such a way that the letters in the” box will fall into the bag. When the bag 18. detached from the box both receptacles are closed and locked? and the collector never sees the mail matter he has gathered. At thg post office the bag is placed on a frame similar to the mail box and opened. ‘The device attains a remarkable degree of security, and was highly commended by Mr. Wilson and his assistant. There is no likelihood that cur govern- ment will adopt it for some time yet. The invention will be exhibited at the inter- naticnal convention in this city in May. Se ees Big Business by the Suex Canal. ‘The business of the year just closed was the most remunerative ever experienced by the Suez canal, according to United States Consul General Penfield at Cairo, and the traffic aggregated almost $16,000,000 in val- ve. The number of vessels using the water- way was twenty-seven less than in the preceding year, but the tonnage was great- er and the canal receipts were enhanced by the transit of a great number of Italian soldiers going to and from the Abyssinian war. British ships fell off in number, but stil) made up two-thirds of the traftic,while the German shipping in the caral increased. Not a single ship bearing the United States flag passed through the canal last year. oe Dredging in the Potomac River. Proposals for-dredging in the Potomac river at Washington, D. C., were opened by Major Allen at the United States engi- neer office yesterday. The work to be done consists of dredging in the Virginia channel above Long bridge to the amount of abcut 260,009 cubic yards and in the same channel below Long bridge to the amount of about 28),000 cubic yards. There were four bids received Clegg of this city, 5 Dredging Compan ”); Frank C. Som- ers, Camden, N. J., $75,060, and Egan & Bochman, Charleston, S. C., $01,800. The contract will be awarded in a few days. Pardoned by the President. The President has pardoned Frank Por- terfield, president of the First National Bank of Nashville, Tenn., sentenced in De- cember, 189, to ten years’ imprisonment and costs for embezzling the bank’s funds. “This conviet,"” says the President, “has been already imprisoned for a longer term than that imposed upon his equally guilty associates in the offense of which he was convicted. He has made all the restitu- tion tn his power, and without the promise of favor he gave important, if not indis- pensable, testimony upon the trial of those concerned with him in wrongdoing. His Pardon Is earnestly requested by the judge who sentenced him, and strongly recom- mended by all those engaged in his prosecu- tion. I am satisfied that his pardon is Jus- tifled by every consideration that may Properly apptal to executive clemency.” The Presidéht has commuted to life im- prisonment ithe death sentence imposed upon Alexander Afien, convicted of mur- der in the Cherokee’ Nation. The application for a pardon in the case of Wm. Freeman, sentenced last April in Florida for illicit) distilling to fifteen moaths’ imprfsonmént, has been denied. ees t : Army Orders. Capt. George B: 'Davis, commissary of subsistence, fas been ordered to duty in Chicago. , : Lieutenant Colonel Wm. J. Volkmar, as- sistant adjutant:general, has been granted one month's leave. © . Capt. Philip: G. Wales, assistant surgeon, has been granted four months’. leave. «Boards of officers have been otdéred to meet February 27.in various parts of the country for the mental and physical exam- ination. of such candidates for the Military Academy as may be authorized to appear before them. Lieut. H. A. Barber, 9th Cavalry, has been relieved from duty with the Ist Cav- alry and ordered to join his uoop. The following assignments of officers have been announced: Col. Charles A. Wikoff, to the 22d Infantry; Lieut. Col. Charles’ C. Hood, to the 19th Infantry; Major Constant Williams, to the 7th Infantry. Col. Wikoff will join his regiment upcn the expiration of his present leave of absence. Lieut. Col. Hood will report by letter to the com- manding general, Department of the Mis- souri, for assignment to a station, —_—_—_—_—_—_-e.___ Naval Orders. Assistant Surgeon J. C. Rosenbleuth has been detached from the Raleigh and or- dered to the Wabash. Assistant Paymaster J. Fyffe to the Wabash for instruction. Bcatswains W. Carter and D. Ward have been retired. Se PresidentinI Nominations. The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: State—Thos. Willing Peters of the Dis- trict of Columbia, to be consul ef the United States at Planen, Germany. Navy—Passed Assistant Surgeon Lloyd W. Curiis, to be a surgeon in the navy. Also the following first lieutenants to be captains of infantry: R. B. Turner, Daniel A. Frederick, Bdgar Hubert. Second Meutenants to be first lieutenants of infantry; Wm. O. Johnson, Jas. R. Lind- say. Sergeants to be second lieutenants: J. W. Clinton, 4th Cavalry; A. T. Ovenshine, 21st Infantry; R. Field. Sth Cavalry. Also Cor- poral Henry E. Eames, 4th Cavalry, to be second lieutenant. o——___ The Battle Ship Indiana. Senator Cameron has given notice of an amendment to the naval appropriation bill appropriating $97,914, being the amount due Cramp & Sons for extra work and ex- penses in constructing the battle ship In- diana. o-—___ A Medal of Honor. A medal of honor has been awarded to Sylvester D. Rhodes of Parson, Pa., late captain, Company D, 6lst Pennsylvania Infantry, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Fisher's Hill, Va., September 22, 1864. This officer was one of the skirmish line. which drove the enemy from the first intrenchment, and he was the first man to enter the breastworks, capturing one of the guns and turning LY, upon the enemy. te MRS, DOMINIS eheied AROUND.” re The Hawaiian View of the “Gracious Lady's” .Yisit Here. From the Pacific, Commercial Advertiser (Honolula). The reason .gf Mzs. Dominis’ visit with President Cleyeland. is no doubt largely due to the bi giatesmanship of Capt. Palmer. He wouldjnaturally advise her to “browse around a Iittle,”’ take observations and if the Hawalign tree shook out any plums, catch.gome,,as they fell. As Mr. Cleveland wilj,,s00n, be out of office, she was under some gation to thank him for past favorg, before he left. At the same time this seryed to bring Capt. Palmer be- fore the nation, so,that if he succeeds in bringing about, a jestoration and in con- tracting an ce he can write his next book “From Cod to a Throne.” oo To Purchase Eophones. The Secretary of the Treasury has trans- mitted to Congress an estimate of $12,000 for thé’ purchase of twenty-five eophones for the revenué cutter service. The eophone is an instrument by means of which bell and whistle signals and other sounds can be more readily heard and lo- cated than under ordinary conditions, —————--—____ Report Returned. ‘The Commissioners: have returned to the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Rallway Company the annual report re- feently submitted by that company because Eis cone ener e Ww, wi sec! to affidavit to the entire report. FIGHTING PEACH YELLOWS A Successful Use of Tennessee Pits for Stocks. Extensive Planting of Orehards in the Neighborhood of Falls Charch im Recent Years. Written for The Evening Star. Years ago, and before the yellows ap- peared in the orchards, this locality (Falls Church) was the finest peach-growing re- gion that the writer had ever seen. The climate and the soil seemed to be adapted to it, in the highest degree. The winters never killed the peach buds nor the springs the blossoms. Peach production then was a large and profitable industry at place. Bu. this cor dition was disastrous! changed when that mysteriously destruc- tive influence, effect or force, atmospheric or otherwise, nobody knows what, but gen- erally called the “yellows,” appeared. growers clearly knew that something was the matter. While this strange condition of umhealthfulness was steadily growing worse, the growers picked the fruit every season and marketed it so long as the trees produced any, and then they died. I never heard one of the growers say that the de- struction of the trees was caused by the “yellows,” and it is safe to declare that none of them here at that time knew what killed the trees. I had heard of the yel- lows before the orchards here were at- tacked, and I presume that others had heard of it, but it was in very remote re- gions of our country. And I may safely say that none of our growers even dreamed or thought of the possibility, not to say the probability, of the yellows appearing in our peach orchards. It is equally cer- tain that none knew that it moved over the country. My own view of it was that it originated in a region with a cause con- fined or peculiar to that region. Whatever may have been the opinion of other grow- ers, or whether they had any on the sub- ject, I know not. I may digress here for a moment tc say, possibly, with much in- terest to all peach growers,.that it would be an exceedingly interesting act if some one would seek out the region of its birth and ascertain under what conditions the disease originated. If its origin was spon- taneous what were the local peculiar con- ditions that gave birth to this intangible force? Following this destruction of the peach orchards there was a period of complete discouragement with regard to peach grow- ing. Many of them didn’t even clear away the dead trees and burn them, as is now held to be absolutely necessary to rid the ground of the presence of the mysterious yellows. They seemed to think that peach growing was at an end, with no proba- bility of its being a success here again. When the orchards were killed here there was a locality to the north of this some two or three miles that was nearly sur- rounded with timber that survived the ruin here. The timber seemed to serve as a protection Whether they have suc- cumbed to the destroyer or not I do not know. But what was the extent of peach grow- ing here? On what was the old Barret farm there were 2,600 trees. On the farm then owned by Judge Gray there were 4,000 trees. On John Febrey's farm there were nearly, if not quite, 5,000 trees. On Levi Parker's farm there were 700 trees. On William Sprankle’s farm there were 2,000 trees. On the writer's little farm there were from 300 to 400 trees. The remarkable fact in regard to this orchard was that it pro- duced the largest, most beautiful and the finest flavored peaches that up to that time had been marketed in Washington. These peaches brought the highest price without any banter by the purchasers. Here were 14,700 trees lost. Besides these orchards there were many others of various from a few trees up to 100 trees or more, the product of which in the aggre- © gave to the Washington market a jarge amount of peaches. The destruction of these orchards, large and small, when considered in the true light by the denizens of the city even, must be deemed of a calamitous character, while to the growers it was a calamity of the most disheartening and impoverishing character. It left them without a thought of ever attempting to grow peaches aguin. The importance of these orchards to Wash- ington’s citizens was comprised in the fact that the proximliy of the orchards to the city enabled the growers to carry the fruit every morning to the market and to the very doors of the consumers fresh and in most tasteful condition. The old growers were in a condition to need a demenstration of what could be done in a new attempt to grow the iuscious fruit again. Nothing short of this could inspire them to undertake the once pros- perous and profitable hidustry again. At this juncture of the peach-growing interést Mr. D. O. Munson commenzed an eaperi- ment that promised good results. Peach stones were obtained, I understand, from the mountainous regions of interior Ten- uessee, where no yellows had ever been, and the trees were natural, long lived and healthful. The stocks from these pits were budded from unaffected trees. The vari- eties were ten in number, as follows: Fox's Seedling, Mountain Rose, Morris Red, ‘froth’s Early, Stump the World, Chair's Choice, Smock, Reeve's Favorite and Sal- way. These were varieties of acknowl- edged excellence and covered the fruiting season from early to late. The old-time Amsden and Alexander, which ripened the latter part of June, and Bilyens’ late, the latest of all peaches, but of inferior quality, are now discarded. In 1895 I visited this orchard when the very earliest picking was being made. Ap- proaching It in the distance the sight was a beautiful one. The foliage was a dark, glossy green, and reflected the sunlight with fine effect. The beauty of the scene was sensibly enhanced by the abundance of handsomely colored fruit on the trees. The ground was in fine order, smooth and free from vegetation. It is treated as often as needed with a covering of bone ferti- lizer, well cultivated in. ‘The roots of the trees are examined twice a year for the borer. The trees from their size I should judge were yielding possibly thetr firs: ap- preciable crop. Mr. Munson picked that season 700 crates, and as abundant as Peaches were they netted him % cents a crate. This orchard contatas 1,000 trees. It is a gratifying fact that we have this orchard for an “object lesso! and it is the only one in this region, to show the possibilities of peach production. The peach growers took heart from Mr. Munson’s success, and commenced to set orchards. In the fall of 1894 Mr. Duke Torrison set 1,000 trees, Mr. Marr set 100 trees, Mr. La Shane set 1,000 trees, Wm. Sprankle set 500 trecs, Mr. Munson set 1,200 trees. The varieties used were Geary’s Hold On, Ringold’s Mammoth Cling, Grand Admiral Cling, Wonderful, Crosby, Wheatland, Late Red Rareripe, Globe, Early Louise, qe) Canada, Brandywine and French's te. In 1896 I visited Mr. Mun3on’s orchard again, when the fruit was nearly ready for picking. The trees had made a very perceptible growth. The growt.. was in the same excellence of tilth, and looked well, and although it was the “off year’ for peaches, the trees were fairly well set with fruit of good size and handsome coloring. This season’s visit established with me the Possibilities of peach growing here again. There were three times as many trees set the spring of 1896 as in 1895. With the course pursued by Mr. Munson in really obtaining new stock for his first orchard it would be a rational conclusion that if the yellows was not in his stock, as it would seem it was not, that his orchard would be exempt from it, at least for a time. But it was not so. It was there. The mysterious influence was lurking about for the attack. When a tree showed the premature ripening on a portion of it he knew the disease was there, and he blazed it, to be taken out when the fruit had been picked for market, and a tree was set in each place when the transplanting season came. Thus it appears to be dem- onstrated that the peach production here that was once so large and successful, so excellent in quality and that made this ocenty: po amous sit which was tree trously en yy the appearance of the yellows in the orchards, may be regained to an appreciable degree, by a resetting of orchards and by a greatly improved and more thorough care and cultivation of the But there are experiences in peach grow- ing tn a remote region from this that may be turned to valuable account. More than thirty years ago, probably, I passed through the famous h growing region along the country the eastern shore of Lake and dur- ing a period of three or four years. I was there at ee puerres st dime. zives astonished peaches could be grown that latitude. It to me that the production of veaches could be carried on there in a higher latitude than in any other Portion of our country, such being the softening and protecting temperature of the lake. The experiences of the growers there are of importance to the peach grow- ers here. It is claimed there that the yellows is @ contagious disease, affecting the peach, almond, apricot and nectarine as relative fruits; that color of leaves is no evidence of yellows; that the earliest symptoms are almost entirely without feature. The symp- toms are premature ripening of the fruit. The fruit is abuormally colored and spotted and has its flesh marbled with red, the ordinary winter buds, as well as the fruit buds, swell prematurely. The buds newly formed sprout from the trunk and grow into shoots. Here they grow in pretty clus- ters. In all cases where this premature ripening. with the sprouts on the bodies and with the red spotting, or marbling of FINANCE AND TRADE No Significant Changes in Underly- ing Conditions, COMMISSION INACTIVE Prices Not Affected by the News From the East. HOUSES the flesh. Is deemed conclusive evidence of ee le yellows. The appearance of the trees | EX ARK T: withcut the spotting of the trees counts for | 7ENERAL MARKET REPORT nothirg. There being no remedy that will =n See cure or ward off the disease, the trees are to be removed. root and branch, and burn- ed. The removal is done promptly. These Michigan growers say that sor twenty years they have been fighting it with the ax and with fire, and have greatly reduced the extent of the attack. The results of the course pursued by Michigan growers is to my mind conclusive evidence that if the peach growers here and elsewhere in our country will rigidly pursue the same plan the yellows can in time be extermi- nated. Prof. George Thurber says that probably the yellows “is correctly ascribed to @ minute fungus; the remedy is to cut or burn the trees on the first appearance of the disease.” I understand that Dr. Irwin F. Smith declares that it fs not a fungus. The doctors disagree. L. S. A. Se MR. WILSON HAS ACCEPTED. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. EW YORK, February 18,—Today’s trans actions in miscellaneous securities reflect no significant changes in underlying conditions. The demand from non-professional sources is inconsequential, and current prices con- tinue to represent only the room's estimate of values. Dullness, the logical result of @ monetary convalescence, is overcome by the attractiveness of lower prices. Com- mission houses remain inactive, but con- tinue to be confident of the long-predicte revival of broad-gauge operations, This revival is set down for an une tain date subsequent to the initial demon- stration of ability on the part of the new administration. Foreign cables announcing the mobiliza- tion of Russian troops had a depressing tn- fluence on prices during the first hour. London prices reflected apprehension as to the outcome of the strained situation at Crete, but extreme dullness in the security market prevented material concessions. Unsatisfactory financial condittons in In- ja were credited with inspiring caution in conservative foreign circles, but no liquida- tion was reported. Considerable interest centered in Bur- lington during the day by reason of tomor- row's meeting of directors 19 act upon the dividend for the current ay ton He Will Be the President of W: ton and Lee University. Postmaster General Wilson this afternoon announced that he had accepted the presi- dency of the Washington and Lee Univer- sity at Lexington, Va. — THE TS. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Bittinger agt. Jacobs; commission to get infant's answer ardered to issue. Mar- connier agt. Marconnier; alimony and counsel fees granted. Marceron agt. Daly; restraining order discharged and motion sourc advices from usually reliab Ss pre- for receiver denied Lawler agt. Lawler; | Gict the continuation of ihe presens A per payments of arrears of alimony ordered. | cent rate. No'withstand:ng ‘these actor, Wise agt. Wise; alimony and counsel fees granted.- Shaw agt. Butler; time to take testimcny Imited to thirty days. Brown agt. Jordan; sale decreed, with Job Bar- nard, D. W. Baker and T. E. Waggaman, trustees, to sell. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Hessler agt. Love; time to take testi- ances, however, Chicago houses sold the stock in the belief that a reduced dividend or a bond tssue is likely. The short interest in the room bought most of tae stock offer- ed on the scale down. The coal shares, especially New Jersey Central, were conspicuously vulnerable, as the result of known adverse trade condi- mony Imited. Berkley agt. Berkley; ap-| tions. In this group prokers usually em- pearance of absent defendant ordered. a by the ye — a cg the ™ o lecline were active. The railroad st a Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Cole. whole was strong and weak by turns United States ex rel. Nelson agt. Sey- mour; mandamus ordered to issue. Gotts- chalk Company azgt. Dyer; judgment by default. Western Assurance Company agt. Lee et al.: do. agt. Lee and Roberts; Strouse agt. Ruppert; judgment by default. American Car Company agt. W. and G. R. R. Co.; on trial. Estate of Mary J. Smith; motion for new trial overruled. United States agt. Hendley et al.: judgment by de- fault against Hendley. GrifMth agt. Parish: erder for withdrawal of note. Greenapple agt. Cake; judgment by default. Anderson agt. Bergling: motion for new trial filed. Circuit Court No. 2—Judge McComas. Estate of Mary Van Riswick; on trial. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Bradley. Evening Star Newspaper Company agt. Shehan; on trial. Probate Court—Judg> Hagner. Estate of Chas. Bendire; will fully proved. Estate of A. Chapman Williams; receipt filed. Estate of Emeline J. Brown. entory filed. Estate of Lewis Clephane; will fully proved. Estate of Richard T. Bryan; will partly proved. —__— A CELEBRATED CASE, throughout the day, with the downward tendency most pronounced. The buying of American Spirits was the feature of the day’s trading in the indus- trial department. The agreement between this company and the independent distiller- fes is said to be certain of receiving the consent necessary to make it operative at an early date. Every advance in these se- curities has had the seme explanetion dur- ing the last two months, but nothing has developed thus far. Efforts have been made without interruption, however, and ultimate succees is not unlikely. American Sugar was stronger than the general market, in spite of the fact that reports of numerous new rivals were freely circulated. The steady accumulation of the shares of this company clearly indi- cates a market movement of more than ordinary proportions. The best informed interests In the trade are apprehensive of congressional action detrimental to the present ratio of profits on the refined pro- duct. This prospect is set aside for the time being by those engaged in the present movement and cannot safely be discounted until extensive profit-taking ts detected. American Tobacco and Leather preferred Were sold on the prospects of favorable disclosures before the investigation com- mittee. The money and exchange markets reflect no important changes in conditions. An advancing market for forelgn accommoda- tions would not be surprising in view of the certain increase in tariff rates, oe: FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. It is Now on Trial for the Third Time in Virginia. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 17, 1897. The trial of what is known as the Smith Brothers case, now going on for the third time in the husting court of Radford, bids fair to become celebrated. On technical grounds it has twice failed of conviction, and a jury from Lynchburg is sitting now. The remarkable incidents in the case make a story without parallel in the history of the Virginia courts. In October, 1895, Capt. Ambrose Robin- The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. son, the oldest merchant in the place, and Open. High. Low. Close. for many years city treasurer, made an as- = a oot el ne sigrment, greatly to the astonishment, of 118% Ldjg 118% 113% the community. Baldwin's detectives were los 108108 108 put on the case, and Radford was startled Tig TW TL a year later by the report that W. D. see tases tenes . Smith, B. H. Smith, formerly post- mester at East Radford under the Harrison administration, and M. J. Smith, constable of Radford, and formerly a member of the police force, were ar- rested for being in collusion with Captain Robinson's two oldest sons, Ford and Press, who, under the influence of the Smiths, wee we 1 had been systematically robbing their 6x TEN ibe father of clothing and dry goods. This Was the cause of the failure. It ts claimed that the Smith brothers kept one or both of the Robinson boys drunk and worked tpe scheme through this means. Shortly before the arrest of the Smith brothers | Delaware & Hudson. JOT 10ry 106%, one of them had Press Robinson arrested | Ere © tO Grandes PEt i oe for stealing something from him. Prior to rai J 4 this, Ford Robinson had left the country. While Press was in jall the detective ob- tained from him a confession of his guilt, and also information which led to thou- sards of dollars’ worth of goods and cloth- ing in the possession of the Smiths being found, and some in the house where B. H. Smith was living. Bolts of silk were dis- covered between the mattresses of Mrs. Hall's bed. Press Robinson told how he had stolen goods for liquor with which to get drunk. Another startling feature has developed. It is claimed that James Fisher, ex-city sergeant of Radford, was caught in the act of trying te get Press Robinson so under the influence of liquor as to make him sign a paper that he (Press) had lied at the several trials of the Smiths. Capt. Robinson got wind of this, and found Fisher in a saloon, with a paper on the bar before him. This paper was secured by the captain, and is said to be in W. D. Smith's handwriting. The commonwealth attorney entered a nolle prosequi in the case of Fisher, so as to get him as a wit- ness against the Smiths. ————— Grain and Cottun Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Megsrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann on Co., New Yor GRAIN, Loulaville & Nashville. M tan jon... ae Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Go. National Lead Co., New Jersey Central, New York Centrai. Northern Pacific... Northern Pacific, ptd. Ont. & Western. Pacific Maul... Phila. & Reading. Pullman F.C. Co Texas Pacific. Tenn. Coal & I Union Pacific C.8. Leather, Wabash, ptd.. Wheeling & L Erie. Wheeling & L. Erie,pfd. Western Union Tel. SS Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Capital Trac- tioa, 10 at 54. American Graphophone, 4 5 at 9X." Pneumatic Gun Carrlag at 1.30; 100 at 1 100 at 1 at 1.26; 100 at 1.27; 100 at 1 at 1-82; 100 at 1.32; 100 at 1 100 at 1:32; 100 Open.” High. Low. at 1.32; 100 at 1.32. z BH TH District of Columbia Bonds.—20-rear fund 5s, 103 ny 70% Did. 30-year fund €s, gold, 110 bid. Water stock 233 2a 28 7s, 1901, currency, 111 bid. Water stock Ze, 1903, 2 Fad as quireney, 111% bid. 3.655, curren-3, 109% 17% 17% 17 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitam Railroad bs, 79 8.00 790 8 10% bid, 112% asked. ° Metropolitan Railroad conv. $05 B12 805 810 | ds, 11315 bid. “Metropolitan Hallroad certificates of 395 400 395 4.00 120 bid. Belt Railroad 5, @5 Wid, Ta 4% 407 6402 407 | asked. Eckington Mallroad a, 85 bid. 91 asked. 405° 4.12 405 412 | Columbia Railroad Gs, 110% bid.“ Washington Gas 412 417 4.12 4.17 | Company Ga, series 4 4 — Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, 114 Chesapeake High. Tom. Clone. Poreaee Selagene bid. aoe x Be ¥ letropolltan, bid: “Farmers and Mechan. ES 2 ‘Central, ics’, 170 bid, 190 asked. Second. 130 bid, 140 prey sod 135 bid. Columbla, 125° bid. eres ; Pig sf 28}n27. Oats quiet—No, 2° white, No. 3 Boas: stock “OST-O1E buahaion Roe nner ord Senriy, s0madt 41ael ‘S970 i Fe steam Per 34. March; Gewese a Daa Be eee oes ee p