Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1897-12 PAGES. Buffalo, N. Y.. is a candidate for commis- sioner of navigaticn. Major Farquhar was the first chairman of the committee on merchant marine and fisheries of the House and was the author of the bill which pro- vided for a commissioner of navigation. He secured the first appointment under the bill for a friend. * Senator Allison and Representative Hull of I ave im had a talk with President favor of the appointment 6f Con of Iowa to a oger was min- lent Harrison. Fiynn of Okla- pular men who y ‘n the House, sement of the re- of jast House for nor of Oklahoma, and it is said te ain that he will the the pos secure For e applica y do not e an early appointment to made. papers of Felix 1 w York have already be ~d io the President. His frien: he has the solid king New York republicans and a good ether members of ¢ s. He doorkeeper of House. 2 her applicants - Frank W. F Fos- of the same s Colonel of i and John L. Kennedy of 1 Harr y Otis of Cali- as the types yw . y to b istant secretary of wa: who been the conductor the Los Angeles Times for many } well known in Washington, and pointed is certain to make an efficient and alar officer. ational Cemraitteeman N. B. West Virginia is said by his friends have a sure thing in the position of com- onel Otis. missioner of internal ravenue. They State that Mr. Scott stands so well with the President that he came very near being the southern member of the cabinet instead of Mr. Gary. Will Mr. Eckels Rema: There is a story afloat that Secretary of the Treasu is anxious to retain Controller Eckets in his place, and that he will do all he can to persuade Mr. Eckels to remain in the department. Inasmuch as this place had be: n to Charles G. Dawes, it is s to be the intention to ask President McKinley to give Mr. Dawes something ¢ qually as good. ‘The positicn of chief clerk of che Treas- ury Department may go to a Marylané man. He is Fred. Brackett, formerly ch clerk of the department nly s 2 republican 2 vernment. Theo. F. ze is being ed for the plac enator Platt and the New York republicans. One ef these me Hkely to get the rlace, it is said. Interesting Talk of Senator Cameron. An appointment ramor in circulation is that ex-Senater Cameron of Pennsylvania will Uhl as am ador to Germany place was wanted by the Massachrsetts delegacion for Gen. William F. Draper, but Senators Quay and Pen- rose urge Mr. Cameron's appointment. If this shou Draper would succeed Amba eagh at Rome. It is said that ex-Surgeon G 1 John B. Hamilton is preparing to mae a fight for his old place. He and on General Wyman have been at outs for s time. To Succeed Judge MeKenna. The published announcement. that ex- Senator Mitchell of Oregon would be a candidate for circuit judge of the ninth circuit, to succeed Judge McKenna, has brought out numerous other names. Every state in the circuit has candidates. Among those whose claims are being pushed are Jvage Hanfe B. S. Grosscup and J. Z. Moore of Washington, Judge Hunt and ex-Senater Sanders of Montana, William B. Heyburn of Idaho and others. It is intimated that Judge Morrow of California end ex-Senator Allen of Washington also will be pressed for the place. The best information to be obtained that some man from San Francisco is likely io be named. - PROMINENT CITIZ) IMPLICATED. Sensational Statement of a Chicago ‘Thiet. CHICAGO, Mar Joseph wh e Judge Tuthill, of guilty to rcbbing Christopher Schrage, a miser, of a large amount of valuable bonds, has made a sensational statement, Gordon, entered a plea a, in which he charges prominent citizens with being implicated in the robbery. Gordon's allegations were made to Chief of Police Badenoch, State's Attorney Den- en and Judge Tuthill. These officials ques- tioned Gordon closely, but failed to break him down in any particular of the charges, 1 it is now probable that another brage investigation will be necessary. The offictals, when seen, refused to give out any names of the promi plicated. They take little stock in the story, but at the same time they say that on account of the good reputation of the men who are drawn into the affair by Gor- dcn’s statement, a thorough investigation will have to be made. This investigation may or may not result in sensational de- velopments. nt men im- > RIVERS IN GALENA STREETS. Effect of Rains and the Melting of the GALENA, IL, March time in a year the streets in town have been turned into rivers. y and warm ruins have melied snows and made theusands of rivulets feed treacherous streams. he electric Lgnt plant which furnished s illumination and several manufactori inundated. The Chicago and Northwestern railway is blockaded. The water is stili rising. DES MOI Towa. March 9—Both rivers have been rising rapidiy since last nignt, and low lands above the city are flooded aS ure still falling in rn Ie ice in the rivers is at least elgh thick, and it is expected that it will begin to move to- night. If it does. much damage will cer- tainly be done to dams and bridges, and in case of gorges the would be flooded. TALK ON lower parts of the city > - BIMETALLISM. Senator Wolcott Has a Long Inter- view With the President. Senator Wolcott of Colorado last evening called at the White House and remained arly all the evening. The time was de- d entirely to the subject of bimetallism, Senator Wolcott told the President main features of his trip abroad and informed him of the litions which he found. It is 1 that Mr. Mc- Kinley was an earnest Estener. and that was also much encourag by the re- t Senator Wolcott brought back. -2-- Sepator Harris’ Condition. Senator Harris expects to leave the cit; fer Biloxi, Miss., next week. Mr. Harris’ condition hgs so far improved that he will probably be able to travel in a week or ter. days. It ts not likely that he will attend the sessions of the Senate during the spe- cial session of Congress. _————e—______— Pr © George Athlete. From the New York Herald. Prince George cf Greece, second son of the King of the many respects a Hellenes, is said to be in remarkable young mai. The comma:idant of the Greek torpedo flo- tilla, whose movements off the coast of Crete are now beirg watched with unt!- versal interest. is not yet thirty years of age. He stands nearly six feet tive inches and is bre ‘opertion to bis height. Although us some nineteen stone aad is of massive build, his activity is that of a trained athlete, and many stories are told of his muscular achievemeats. His fondness for wrestling induced him some years ago, witcn visiting Russia, to have a friendly bout with the late czar, who was then in the prime of a splendid’ man- hood. The emperor found in him a pow- erful and resolute opponent, and ultimately was forced to yield to Prince George’s su- perior strength. His reyal highness is de- voted to the navy. in which he is at pres- ent taking a prominent piace, and in pri- vate life is a man of quiet, retiring and studious disposition. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Camp Meetings Discussed at the Bal- timore Conference. A WARM DISCUSSION HELD Passage of a Comprehensive Res- olution. — + - | rir WASHINGTON DISTRICT — Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md. March 9.—Camp meetings were a topic of warm discussion in the Baltimore annual conference this morning. Th2 debate ended in the adoption of resolutions depicting the desecration of Sunday at camp meetings, and urg- ing ministers and members of the churches to abstain from participation in camp meetings having trains run to them on Sunday, or in Sunday excursions by land or water, which are marked by Sunday desecration. * ‘The resolutions also go so far as to direct officers of the conference not to invest funds in the stock of any company e¢n- gaed in the violation of Sunday or in maintaining resorts where ‘ntoxicating liquors are scld or where improper amuse- ments are carried cn. Rev. Dr. Lucien Clare sprung the camp meeting denunciation as an amendment te the report of the committee on Sunasy observance. Said he: “We see already the lack ef good fruits from meetings which result in Sunday desecration, and may be they will cease to become a curse. Churches within twenty miles of camp meetings ure almost broken up during the camp meet- ing season, and not by infidels either. It is time to call a halt and declare that we will not patronize any ins: jon, no mat- ter what name it may be called, which en- courages Sunday desecration.” Rev. M. F. B. Rice defended camp meet- ings. He said the Sabbath was desecrated a thousand iimes mere in early times when horses and carriages were used to transport visitors to camp meetings on Sunday in- stead of railroad trains. The best preach- ers generally, he said, visit the camp, and that is a good thing for illiberal country congregations. After a parliamentary tangle, in which motions to amend, strike out and lay on the table were made, the amended resolu- tions were passed with only about a dozen members voting against it. Washington District Collections. Benevolent collections from the Washing- ton district amounted to 320,695 in a total of $88,226 in the conference. Tae amount was thus divided: Missions, $9,053; church extension, $457; Sunday School Union, $98; Tract Society, $05; freedman’s aid and tion, $340: general education, $325; Bible Society, Women’s Foreign Missionary Soc! Women’s Home Missionary Society, Bpis 1 fund, $525; conference claimants, $1,371; sustenance fund, $700. i} Conference passed a special resolution lof thanks to Matthew G. Emery for his generous gift of a parsonage for Metro- politan Church, Washington. The foliowing statistics of the confer- lence were reported correct: Church mem- bers—Probations, ; full members, +,- 912; local prea: death, 558; bap- tized children, 208; adults, 33); Sunday schools, officers and *teachers, 7,551: pupils, conversions, 9. Church Number of churches, 41. alue, 8,900; parsonages, 127; value, $458,550; for buildings and improvements, $61, paid on old indebtedness, $25,049; pres- ent indebtedness on church property, $294,- 04%. Ministerial support—Paid pastors and for house rent, $19 36; paid presiding eld- ers, $11,300; Episcopal’ funds, $2,387; con- | ference cialmants, $6,682. Se gos ARRESTED IN BALTIMORE. Three Washington Men Who Came to Grief. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Mé., March 9—Thomas Sweeney, a dealer in bic; and sundries at 66 H street northwest, Washington, D. C., spent last night in a cell at the central station on the charge of imversonaing a police officer and disturbirg the peace. He was arrested on Baltimore street near Harrison, in company with Otto Fearson and Joseph Brand, also of Washington. All three were locked up over night to await a hearing this morning. When tney were arraigned before Jusiice Suitzer of the central police court Sweeney was found to be wearing a badge of the metropolitan police department of Wash- irgton, and the two men who had been ai rested with him were placed on the stan They testified they were in the saloon pla: irg pool, when Sweeney came in and ex- hibited his badge. He said he was an officer from Wash- ington, and told them they were wanted in that city for stealing two bicycles. He placed them under arrest, but they defied him and he ran out. They pursued him in- to a house, where he was found hidden in an upstairs room. They then called an officer and had him arrested. The same officer took them also into custody. When asked to explain where he got the badge, Sweeney said it belonged to a private de- tective of Washington, who is in Balti- more trying to locate a married woman who has eloped from Washington. All three prisoners were released, but the badge is in the keeping of the police de- partment. Killed at the Dupont Powder Works. WILMINGTON, Del., March 9.--A rolling mill at the Dupont pewder works exploded this afternoon at 1:25 o'clock. One man was killed. an Noted Murderer Found Dead. MIDDLESBORO’, Ky., March 9.—Leslie Combs, the most noted moonshiner in the mountain, was found dead near Hazard with his throat cut. He was a confederate bushwacker. He claimed ‘nat he had killed fifty inen. gy The Fern at New York. NEW YORK, March 9%—The United States dispatch boat Fern arrived in port today from Hampton Roads, via Delaware breakwater. _ The Transvaal Raid Inquiry. LONDON, March %.—The inquiry of the parliamentary committee into the Trans- vaal raid was resumed today in West- minster Hall. Public interest in the mat- ter has lapsed since the examination of Co]. Cecil Rhodes was completed. There were but few persons present today, but the evidence was of no particular interest. ——a Ocean Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, March 9.—Arrived, Call- fornia, Marseilles. LIVERPOOL, March 9.. goliaa, Portland, Boston. GLASGOW, March 9.—Arrived, Siberian, New York. : QUEENSTOWN, March 9.—Arrived, Waes- iand, Philadelphia, for Liverpool. pasate Safety of the Ohio. PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—A cablegram received in this city today by the Inter- national Navigation Company announces that the steamer Ohio arrived at yesterday morning and sailed for Vera Cruz in the evening. ‘Arrived, Mon- via Halifax; Pavonta, The Saturday Star By Mail — One Year One Dollar. ty, 5 ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING. Narrow Escape From a Great Disaster at Stamford, Conn. STAMFORD, Conn., March 9.—What ap- pears to have been an attempt to wreck the Boston express, passing througn here at 1248 am., and consisting exclusively of sleeping cars, was ‘discovered by the en- gineer of that train as the train passed this city. He had observed something on his pilot, stopped his train, and found wedged tightly in the cowcatcher a heavy railroad tle. The timber had to be sawed before it could be removed. Below the station at the South street bridge there were indications that the tie had struck the uprights. Ties were strewn by the roadbed and all bore marks as if they had been struck by the locomotive. Had the train gone a few yards further the tie would undoubtedly have struck the up- rights of the new Atlantic street bridge, and the force of the collision might have hurled the train ‘rom the bridge to the street below. —————— STEAMPIPE VALVE LEAKED. Accident on the Raleigh That Looked Dangerous. PORTSMOUTH, Va., March 9.—An acci- dent occurred today on the United States cruiser Raleigh which it was at first fear- ed would terminate in the same way as the accident on board the Cincinnati. Steam was found escaping from the for- ward starboard bunker, which is next to the magazine. The bulkheads were dan- gerously hot and an explosion was feared. However, the crew got to work quietly and the coal was taken from the bunker. Then it was found that no fire existed, and an exaini mm revealed the fact that a steampipe valve was leaking slightly. No damage was done, and no ammunition was moved. ———— DISSENSIONS OF POPULISTS. Milton Park Sends a Significant Letter to Senator Batler. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 9.—A special from Dallas, Texas, says: Milton Park, a populist leader, acting as chairman of a special committee appointed for the purpose at the recent Memphis meeting of the National Reform Press As- sociation, has mailed to Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina, national chair- man of the populist party, a letter demand- ing a_meeting of the executive committee on a date not later than May 1, 1897. Mr. Park declirtes to give the letter out for pub- licat‘on at this time, but said: The letter was written after careful de- Hberation on the part of the Reform Press Leagues, who are the exponents of :he best thoughts of the party. It is respectful in tone, but positive in statement. Mr. Bu ler cannot fail to comprehend its mottv Its publication, however, at this time would create widespread discussion, criticism fa- vorable and unfavorable, and possibly dis count or curtail its intended purposes. If Mr. Butler dees not heed its request we shall publish it broadcast.” ‘The letter is said to be in effect a decla- ration of war on Chairman Butler's policy and a determination jo fight what is known as the Bryan democratic element of the people's party. a ee VETOED BY GOV. LEEDY. Why He Disapproves of the Railread BL TOPEKA, Kan., March §.—Gov. Leedy vetoed the railroad bill in a message of about 4,000 words. In his veto message Gov. Leedy says the bill suggests no way by which an ag- grieved shipper can s2cure practical relief. The penalties named are so hedged about that they will neither compel obeiience to the terms of the law nor enforce subjection to the orders of the commission. ae aa THE MAVERICK BANK CASE. District Attorney Sherman Hoar Brought It to an End. BOSTON, March District Attorney Sherman Hoar apparently has brought to an end the famous Maverick Bank case of six years ago by placing on file the in- dictments found by the United States grand jury in 1891 against Asa P. Potter, president of the defunct bank, and Austin B. Tobey, Irving A. Evans and Wm. §. Bliss, directors of the institution. The in- dictments, it is claimed. were defective, and every attempt to press them has been unsuccessful. The disposition of them by Mr. Hoar is merely formal. Moreover, ex-President Potter is now a resident of New York, and Evans, who was the head of the State Street Banking House of Irving A. Evans & Co., which collapsed in the wake of the Maverick Bank, ts dead, having blown out his braigs soon ‘after the crash came. Judge Aldridge of the United States ccurt has decided .to allow an indictment against Wm. H. McNeil, ex-president of the Lancaster National Bank of Clinton, to stand. McNeil was charged with rob- bing the bank in 1885, and, it is supposed, fled to Canada. ee LEHIGH VALLEY FINANCES. Drexel & Co. Have Agreed to Make a General Readjustment. PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—It is offi- cially announced by the trustees of the Packer estate today that they have ar- ranged with Drexel & Co. to fund for a period of years the entire indebtedness of the estate. In connection with this transaction Drex- el & Co. are given the voting power on all the Lehigh Valley stock controlled by the estate. An equally important announcement is that the Lehigh Valley railroad has con- tracted with the same firm for a general readjustment of the railroad’s finances. It has agreed to create a series of $5,000,000 five per cent bonds, to be secured by ample vrincumbered assets now held by it. Of these bonds $5,000,000 are to he issued now, and have been sold by Drexel & Co. and $3,000,000 may be issued as needed in the next two or three years. The company reserves the right to increase the amount of the mortgage after 1809 by $1,000,000 arnually for seven years, these last men- tioned bonds to be used to acquire new property, &c., all to be subject to the mort- Bage. The $5,000,000 now sold are expected not orly to pay the entire floating debt of the railroad company, but also to leave it a substantial working capital. —— FATAL FIRE LIN BROOKLYN. A Panic Stricken her Throws Her Babe From the Window. NEW YORK, March 9.—Fire broke out this afternoon in a five-story apartment building at Canton street and Auburn place, Brooklyn. It was first discovered in the elevator shaft. Mrs. Clara D. Doddard, who occupied the top floor, became panic stricken at the sight of the flames, and threw her eight-months-old baby out of the window. The little one’s brains were Gashed out on the pavement, and the moth- er, when she had realized what she had done, jumped out of the window also, breaking one of her legs and sustaining several other injuries, The body of Charles Doddard was subse- quently found by the firemen on the top floor of the building. He was smothered by the smoke. Doddard’s wife is in a pre- carious condition. A Mrs. Duncan, who dropped from the third-floor window in at- tempting to escape, is suffering from a fractured skull. a Labor Troubles in New York. NEW YORK, March 9.—A strike occurred today on the new Columbia College build- ing. which affects about 800 men. A gen- eral strike of all building trades may be orcered by the Central Union if the differ- ences are not settled soon. The troubles ave arisen chiefly over the employment of non-union ean contractors. . ui str e = tees eo eee simultaneously a fresh strike was by twenty-five of the others in the same trade. ee A Missing Clergymanm Reappears. WHITEHALL, N. J., March 9.—Rev. E. Remington of New York, who has been the past ten davs, arrived He, N. ¥., this morning. se ih THE EAKE FRONT CASE The Expensive Qjgim to a Rich Part of Judge Lamore Favored It, It is not likely Judge Silas W. La- moreux, commisst Jof the general land office, who- went to “Wisconsin early last week, will reteraljtorhe duties of nis office. For a fortnight before leaving, Washington he had ‘been sick abed with nervous prostration, and it was with great trouble: he was able to make the journey home. Pom Much has been said in regard to Judge Lamoreux's retirement and the decision of the Chicago lake front-case. This is the claim brought by Matthias Benner and Harvey M. Lafollette, who bought a few years ago for $37,000) a piece of scrip issued by Congress to a man named McKee, aid row seek to file it on™?60.3 acres of land in Chicago. This scrip has the peculiar value that it can be filed on any- unoccupied gov- ernment land. A decision sustaining the ground taken by the claimants would not only give the 160 acres, but nearly all the North Side up as far as Lincoln Park. This land is now worth, it is said, $100,- 000,000, and owners of Valentine scrip are ready to file on it if the present title is upset. Among counsel for Benner and Lafollette is John G. Carlisle, late Sec- retary of the Treasury. Judge Lamoreux, Judge Emory F. Best of the Secretary's office and Mr. Shaw of the lands and rail- roads division sat together in hearing the case, and it is known that they did not agree and that two decisions were written, Judge Best taking a view at variance with Judge Lamoreux. Yesterday Secretary Bliss directed that an order by Secretary Francis February 22 be made public. This order is as follows: ane. Commissioner of the General Land Of- ic Sir: I direct you to suspend judgment in the matter of Matthias Benner and Har- vey M. Lafollette, applicants to locate Mc- Kee strip, on what is known as the Chi- cago lake front, vs. N. K. Fairbanks et al, protestants, until further orders of this department. t The magnitude of the interests involved and the need of an immediate and final dis- position of the matter by this department after the judgment of your office shall have been announced require a postpone- ment of action until,my successor shall have been appointed and qualified. My own tenure of office will now be too short to allow of my personal consideration of the case. Very respectfully, D. R. FRANCIS, Secretary. This means that the arguments for the claim will in all probability be heard again by a new commissioner of the land office, and that Secretary Bliss will himself make # decision in the matter. It is understood that land office officials regard the title to the land in question doubtful. Judge Lamoreux is quoted as saying that the lind has always been in the government and is yet. The 160 acres to which claim is made includes property belonging to Pot- ter Palmer, H. H. Kohisaat, General Mc- Clurg, Allan Manvel, Mrs. M. D. Ogden, the estate of the late Rev. David Swing, Robert T. Lincoln; Franklin McVeagh and other prominent Ghigpgo people. o—____ WORKING F@R TRUESDELL. a Those Who Want:to See Him Renp- pointed Commissioner. President McKinley does not propose to hurry in the matter #f appointing Commis- sioners for the Dfstrict of Columbia to succeed Messrs. Ross and Truesdell. A prominent cit{zerf of the District had a talk with Mr. McKinley on this subje Saturday and was told by Mr. McKinley that he proposed: to deliberately consider all applicants for fhé'commissionership and that it would be Some little time before he would be prepared’to’make an appointment. It is undersicod’ that Mr. McKinley will dispose of a good deal of urgent) business before he turns his attention to the District of Columbia. His time is row being taken up almost exclusively in giving audiences to his callers and he has but little opporis- nity to do work that\ requires careful con- sideration. A delegation called at the Capitol yester- day, consisting of Messrs John Joy Edson, S.W. Woodward and R. W. Tyler, to see Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate commit- tee on the District of Columbia, in terest of the reappointment of Mr. Tru dell as a Commissioner of the District of Columbia. It was stated to Mr. McMillan that Mr. Truesdell has been blamed for much for which he is not responsible. T gentlemen declared their confidence in Mr. Truesdell as a faithful Commissioner, one who brought to his work not only a’ con- scientious determination to do his duty, but business and executive ability. There is not a very strong opposition to Mr. Truesdell in the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, to which commit- tee his nomination, if made, would be sent by the Senate, there being only a few mem- bers of it who are regarded as strongly an- tagonistic to the Commissioner. The chief opposition in the Senate which would be met by the nomination of Mr. Truesdell would be found in the committee on ap- propriations. It is believed by Mr. Trues- dell’s friends that a clear statement of the case relating to the electric light contro- versy will cause senators who have severe- ly criticised Mr. Truesdell’s course to re- frain from bitter opposition to him should Mr. McKinley see fit to renominate him. Mr. Myron M. Parker was also at the Capitol in company with Mr. Chapin Brown. Mr. Parker introduced Mr. Brown to a number of senators, and endeavored to secure what influence he could for Mr. Brown's nomination as a Commissioner of the District of Columbia. It fs understood that Senator Proctor of Vermont, who is one of the original McKinley men in the New England states, will champion the cause of Mr. Brown. Mr. Proctor is looked upon as being very close to President Mc- Kinley. 2 - An Opera Company Wrecked. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 9.—A special train bearing a French opera troupe ‘of 150 people, bound for San Francisco, was wrecked about midnight near Casa Grande. The train consisted of three Pullmans, two tourist sleepers and three baggage cars. Under the second baggage car a boy, about fifteen years old, was found dead with one of his hands protruding from under the wreck. There were about ten tramps on the train, and several were bad- ly injured. One of the opera troupe was slightly injured. A track was built around the wreck. $ er Forrest Heme Celebration. PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—The officers and inmates ef,the Edwin Forrest Hom2 today celebrate the ninety-first anniver- sary of the birth ff the founder. No pro- gram had been ‘arranged, and the entire Proceedings were Foca In the after- noon the inmateé Of the Institution came to this city from Hofmesburg and proceeced to St. Paul's Church, where they partici- pated in a brief! setvice, afterward decorat- ing the grave of the great tragedian with flowers. Later an ane day the aged actors and actresses whé'are the beneficiaries of Forrest's noble>rimrity- assembled in the hall of the home end listened to eulogistic addresses and :peminiscences by those of their number whp had known the dead actor. The Secretary, Qeclines to Interfere. LONDON, March 9.—The efforts of Sir Donaid A. Smith,,the Canadian high com- missioner in London, to secure the re- lease of Mate Amos of Nova Scotia of the British ship George T. Hay, who was brought to London'oA January 8, charged with causing the death of a seaman named Brostow, by ill-treatment during a voyage from Mobile, Ala., to Rio de Janeiro, and who was found guilty of committing an assault on February 410, have failed, the home secretary declining to interfere with the sentence of two: months’ imprisonment. a ¢ PROT Able to Drive Ou LONDON, March-9—Lieutenant Governor George A. Kirkpatrick of Ontario, who has been confined to his nurse home since he un- derwent an operation et the South Street the south coast, by Saturday next. TICKETS OF ADMISSION. Senator Mitchell's Report as to Number and Disposition. The Senate committee of arrangements for the inauguration of the President and Vice President has made a report relative to the auditing of tickets for admission to the Senate galleries on March 4th. The report made by Senator Mitchell’ of Oregon follows: * “Having been appointed by the commit- tee of arrangements for the inauguration of the President and Vice President as a subcommittee to audit the tickets of ad- mission to the Senate galleries delivered to you by the bureau of engraving and print- ing and by you distributed upon the orders of said committee, I hereby certify that I have personally examined the tickets re- maining and find as follows: “First. There were 100 tickets of admis- sion to the diplomatic gallery of the Senate received by you. You hold the receipt of the Secretary of State for 60 of these, 1 was canceled and used at the door of the diplo- matic gallery as a sample on the day of the inauguration, and I find in your pos- session, as they came from the bureau, the remaining 39. “Second. There were 200 tickéts of ad- mission to the Senate reserve gallery re- ceived by you: You hold receipts from the 125 persons designated by the committee to receive them, 1 was canceled for use at the door of said gallery, and you have in your possession the remaining 74, as they were received from the bureau. “Third. Fifteen hundred tickets of ad- mission to the other galleries were received by you. You were ordered by the commit- tee to distribute 1,181 of these. You hold receipts for 1,177 of these, and the 4 tickets allotted to Senator-elect Harris of Kansas, are in your possession, as he did not arrive in Washington until after the conclusion of the ceremonies and sent you no order for the disposition of the tickets assigned to him. Hleven of these tickets were used, after being canceled, as samples for use of the ticket takers at the nine doors of these galleries and at the two doors of the Sen- ate wing of the Capitol, and I find in your possession the remaining 398 tickets, as they were received by you from the bureau of engraving and printing. “Before the arrangements were finally determined upon two outside stands in the Capitol grounds were contemplated by the committee, each to seat 2,500 persons, and tickets were prepared before it was found impracticable to erect these stands. I find in your possession these 5,000 tickets, and as they are beautiful specimens of the en- graver’s art and much desired as souvenirs, I suggest that you bring the matter to the attention of the committee on printing, that they may be adopted as a public document in order that they may be distributed be- tween the two houses of Congress in the usual proportion.” Es FOR HOME RULE. Mr. Parker Indorsed by the McKinley and Hobart Club. A regular meeting of the McKinley and Hobart Republican Working Club was held at Israel Church last night, with Mr. R. D. Ruffin, president, in the chair, and with Rev. Thomas H. Gibson, secretary. A iesolution was unanimously adopted respectfully calling the President's atten- tion to the home rule and praying and be- lieving that he will adhere to this plank in the platform on which he was nominated and elected. The resolution further set forth that there is no city in the country that exerts a greater influence over the voters in the various states than the city of Washington. It also sets forth that during the last campaign the representa- tive of the national republican committee raised nearly $100,000 to aid in the repub- lican campaign, and in addition to that the republicans of the District spent nearly an- other $100,000 in sending speakers to the various states and distributing campaign documents, and in keeping their clubs to- gether for the benefit of the grand old party. For this and many other reasons, the resolutions say, “we trust that the home rule may be adhered to, and that Col. Parker may be appointed as marshal of the District as part of the recognition for the grand services performed.” A resulution was also unanimously adopted indorsing Dr. Charies B. Pervis for postmaster of the District of Colum- bia, and recommending that a copy of the resolutions be forwarded to the President for his consideration. It was further set forth in recommending Dr. Pervis that there could be no higher type in manhood found anywhere, nor one better fitted for the position in ‘the District of Columbia, than Dr. Pervis; that he is a scholar, a bus- iness man, a gentleman and a man of means, and one that no citizen, regardless of party, could raise any reasonable ob- jection to. —__ JOHN STETSONS WIDOW? Trial Begun in Boston to Determine Adah Richmond's Claim. BOSTON, March 9.—A trial to determine the question whether Adah Richmond is the lawful widow of John Stetson, the wealthy theatrical manager and real estate owner, which will deny or establish her right to contest Mr. Stetson’s will, which gives his whole estate to Kate Stokes-Stetson, was begun in the supreme court today. R. M. Mere, counsel for Miss Richmond (or Mrs. Stetson), in his opening argument, stated he would show that after persistent refusals Adah Richmond accepted an offer of marriage from Mr. Stetson, and that pa- pers and agreements were drawn up by which Mr. Stetson was to give her $20,000. After that the parties went to a Catholic priest in this city to be married, but the priest declined to marry them without a license, and unless their intended marriage was published, according to the rules of the church. Mr. Stetson then, according to counsel, proposed to her that they go to Providence, where it was much easier to get married, and they went there and were married. The Providence minister gave Miss Rich= mond a certificate of marriage, it is claira- ed, and Stetson proclaimed her his wife and caused a notice of their marriage to be published in the newspapers. The certifi- cate was signed by Luther N. Hanson. They lived together in Boston after that for three or four years and that she bore two children to Stetson. ———————— DEMOCRATIC CONTEST. The Candidates for the Speakership Nomination. There is quite a spirited contest going on among the House democrats over the nom- ination for speaker in the democratic cau- cus, because the position gives the success- ful man the leadership of the minority, a piace on the committee on rules and pos- sibly ways and mears. There is now a three-cornered fight for the place, McMil- lin and Richardson of Tennessee and Bailey of Texas being the candidates. It was also said that Bland of Missouri would be a candidate, but if he is the fact is not known by the democratic leaders. The present outlook is that Bailey is in the lead. < 0 Precarious Condition. Edith Parker, who was stabbed several weeks ago in house 204 11th street by Nat Arnold, is reported at the Emergency Hos- pital to be in # critical condition, death be- ing expected at any moment. In the event of her demise a charge of murder will con- front Arnold. —————— Seeks Divorce. Anthony W. Sefton, after a married life of thirty-three years, today applied for di- vorce from Eleanor P. Sefton. He charges his wife with deserting him three years ago. —_—>__. Stele From a Secretary. Hattie, alias Tillie Wheeler, and Ida placed on trial before Chief Justice Bing- ham in Criminal Court No. 1 today, charged with the larceny of about $200 worth of jewelry from the residence of Assistant Secreta of War Jcseph B. Doe the 5th of last November. ‘The Wheeler girl was convicted, Ida Lyles being acquitted. Sentence was de- ferred. ‘ fhe women were engaged to clean the hpuse, and, after the jewelry was missed, euch charged the other with taking it and dividing it between them. —_-——_ ‘The British steamship Ardbeg reinsured at 35 guineas salted for Copenhagen February 10, and has not has been from been heard } |FINANCE AND TRADE Conflicting Advices Reosived From the Levant. FLUCTUATION IN ENGLISH CONSOLS Various Directories of the Gould Properties Meet. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evering Star. NEW YORK, March 9.—Opening prices this morning were about on a parity wiih yesterday's final figures, but the day's sub- sequent developments were not favorabie to sustained improvement. Conflicting advices from the Levant em- phasized the nervousness occasioned by fears of actual hostilities and inspired cau- tion in all the financial markets. English consols and French rentes advanced during the early hours and attracted sympathetic advances in the misceilancous departments. Later advices from the scene of the iin- pending political crisis ennouncing a con- flict between the Turkish and insurgent forces caused a recession in all specalative issues. Liquidation was not apparent, how- ever, the professional element alone con- tributing to the decline. The meetings of the various directories of the Gould properties were the most sig- nificant events of the day, In popular opin- ion: The unofficial figures relative to Man- hattan earnings have for months past in- dicated the early abandonment of its per cent dividend disbursements. Some skepiicism was inspired by the pos- sibility of yielding to what some manage- ments consider policy, and declaring the old rate. During this period of presumptu- ous doubt the price of the stock was marked up 1 per cent, but was iiberaily sold at the new level. The declaration of only 4 per cent was announced during the noon hour, the price of stock receding 1% per cent under noon selling, The extensive short interest began a par- tial covering on the announcement and prevented the decline from extending to more substantial limits. ‘The figures on which the dividend was de- clared were temporarily withheld. Western Union, another Gould property, paying 1 cont more dividend than Manhattan, Was selling slightly under the price of the latter during the greater part of the day. The executive committee of the telegraph company has recommended the recent quar- terly disbursement of 1% per cent, which action the full directory will confirm to- morrow. Missouri Pacific, the third member of this group, reports a deficit for the year, after all charges, of $1,261,761. Substan- tially the same directory was elected. A traders’ movement in this property, based on the figures of the annual statement. de- tracted 1 per cent from the market value of the stock. These developments, quite naturally, act- ed as a deterrent to improvement in the zeneral list. The shaves not directly con- cerned were sold for accounts demanding future purchases. The main situation is consequently noi undesirable, but the narrowness of the market permits a temporary appearance of weakness. Advantage was again taken of passing influences to attack New Jersey Central, the vulnerability of which is well known since the publicaticn of actual earnings. ln the industrial department Sugar was the feature at a substantial decline, based on additional tariff advices. The hard- ships of this company, in a legislative sense, are conceded to be daily increasing. The prominent position given the com- pany in recent campaign oratory is re- sponsible for the belief that the same ma- terial will be worked over in congressional debate. Until something definite is known as to what Congress will do during the early days of the new session it is not likely that the market will attract more than indefinite support. cic, tars 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 reported by Corson & Macartney, members Ni York stock exchange. Correspond: Messrs. Mcore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits. Wy «14y 1B By American Spirite, pi a ue 34 3 ‘American Sugar. 1G 163% 153g 15K American Sugar, pfd. 104%, 104% 1047, 104%, ‘American Tobacco . Wy WY TN TT American Cotton Oil, 2 is °12 Atchison . Soe, Sa ny Baltimore & Oalo. 5 Bay State Gas. 10355 10% Canada Southern. *Canada Pacific. Che e & Ohio. Tig €.,C.C. & St. Louis - Chicago, B&Q. ... 76% rs ChicagoaNortnwestern. 107 Chicago Gas.... Eg C.M.& St. Paul Iltnots Central Lake Shore Loutaville & Nashvilie.- Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co. National Lead Co., pfd New Jersey Central. New York Central. Northern Pacitic Northern Pactfic, pf Ont. & Western. ‘Siiver.. *Ex-div. l. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, March 9.—Flour dull, unc! receipts, 6,834 barrels; exports, 18.657 barrels: sales, 123 barrels. Wheat i and casy—spot, 89 bid; M. 81%4a81%—receipts, 17,915 bushels; ex- 1s, none; stock, 497,270 busbels—southern wheat ict spot and mouth, SoMasoxe: April BS julet- pot = - = May, 2figa2t%; steamer imixed, 2a25%— receipts, 160,645 bushels; exports, none; stock, 1,939,177 See 2 = a 's, 2 oJ be raneigith ruta ports, mone: stock. BO4,- receipts, 12, 3. ed none; stor fen, 40K, sales receipts, 2083. bushels: exports es : exports, fone: ‘etek, T2582 Mushels Hay ateads~ choles timothy, $33.50a$14.00. Grain freights quiet and steady, unchanged. a= bu jeualy.. changed. reak —1 ean 10%, cy steady, wi unebanged. Whisky unchanged. ce A reread Washington Stock Exchange. Sal ilar call—12 o'clock m.—West End Na- tional Bank, 1 Oat 1 Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 22 at 75 cents; 28 at 70 cents. Lanston Monotype, 5 at 8%. ‘District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5«, 103 bid. 30-year fund 6s, 110 bid. Water stock Ja, 1901, currency, 111 Water stock 7s, 1903, ee a 3.65s, funding, currency, 109 bid, "116 asked. Rallread ‘certificates of indebtedness, 115 bid, 130 asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 80 asked. Railroad @x, 80 bid, 100 ‘Columbia @s, 117 bid. Washing- ton Gas Company 6s, series A, 113 bid. Washing- ton Gas ¢s, series B, 114 bid. and Potomac T. Se, 100 bid. “American Se- curity and Trust Se, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust Se, A. and O., 100 bid. Wash- ington Market Company Ist Gs,”108 bid. Wash- ington Mazket Company imp. €s, 108 bid. Wash- ington Market ‘ext. 8,108 bid. Masonic Hall Association ‘Se. 104 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist Gs, 95 bid. bid, 290 asked. Bank of the Hopablic B00 tad, 250 sie. Metropolitan, 245 bia. S40 asked. " Bia, "305 15 bid. 130 asked. ‘Traders’, 92 bid, asked. ‘Safe —National fon ican Did, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 109% wid, 110) asked. Columbia, 15 : Ges and Electric Light Stocks. —Washington G: id 45 aatend,_Grengrsowe Gan, 46 bid. U. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 28 Md. Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 69 bid! Corcoran, 5S bid Potomac, GS bid. Arlington, 128 bid.” German- Americaa, 188 bid. National Union. 10% tid. 11% bid, 18 asked. Kizex, 4 Wid, 6 asked. Lancota, Su phd, Big asked 14 rial, 4% Title Instrance Stocks.—Real Extate ‘Tithe, 97 Did, 107 asked. Columbia Title, 3 iid. 6 asked Washington Title, 6 asked. iiatetet ‘Tirte. 8 phone Storks.—Dennsylvania, 38 bid, 50 asked. esapoake and 1 SS bid, G2 asked. Atwer- can Graphophone, LMS asked. American -aphophone, rred, 9 Wid. 11 asked. Puce matic Gon So asked Miscellaneous Stocks haler Linotype, 125 bid. 126. pe, Sh. sy asked. Washington Market, Great Falls Ice, 125 anked. ae ene Government Bon, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. Bid. Asked 2 per cents, rezistered 25 as ry coupon of 1907 TES ay coupe reginte 6 per cents 6 per cents Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by Hibbs & Co,, bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New Y stock exchange, coriespon Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., GRAIN Fire at Mapleton, Pa. HUNTINGDON, Pa., March 9.—The fire which originated in ihe general store of Luther Pedrick at Mapleton last night was gotten under contro! with but smali loss. Aid was asked from the Huntingdon fire department, but before they started for the scene word was received that the fire under control. _ Separated by Denth. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 9.—Orlando Howe of this city quarreled with his wife and decided to separate. Being without money, Howe took his twin sons, aged ten years, and started to walk to Stillwell, Mo. A train struck the father and two sons on @ trestle near Oliphant, instantiy killing Howe and one son, and fatally wounding the other boy. nae rears International Agents at Hot HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March hundred members of the International Agents’ Association of the United States ard Canada arrived in the city yesterday €n route to the City of Mexico. A grand ball was given them last night at the East man Hotel. They will leave today, going di rect to San Antonio, where they will hold their seventh annual meeting for th c- tion of officers. They will then proceed to the City of Mexico. Se Suit for Half a Million. BUTTE, Mont., March %.—The Boston and Montana Mining Company has com- Merced suit in the United States court against the Montana Ore Purchasing Com- pany and F. August Heinz, for $500,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of valuable ore taken from the Pennsylvania ming the property of the Boston and Montana, by means of under- ground working from adjoining mines owred by the defendants. The sult in- voived some interesting mining questions and construction of United States statutes be to the right to follow veins on their Pp. —_— Cimcianati’s Stock Vards. CINCINNATI, March 9.—Reports made by the Cincinnati Stock Yards Association for the year ending March 1, 1897, show total receipts of 1,554 a decrease of 100 head. Of the receipts there were 0; Sheep, 46, Hogs and cattle showed 0) head each. Sheep and exhibited a decrease of 128,000 head ind calves, an increase of 5 calve each. —_— Roughest Passage in Years. NEW YORK, March 9.—Captain Rupe of the French steamsbip La Bretagne, which arrived from Havre today several days overdue, said that the trip just con- cluded was the worst he had experienced in his thirty-four years on the Atlantic. The entire passage was remarkable for strong weather. In a single hour the ves- sel encountered head seas and winds, hail, spow and rain. La Bretagne suffered no damage. Among the passengers was ex- President Carrillas of Central America and Colonel Bailly Blanchard of New (Orleans. The remains of William H. Stewart of Philadelphia, who died on February 1M, after a residence of over thirty years in Paris, also arrived on La Bretagne. —_—__. VALUE OF CORN FOR FLEL. At Nime © is a Bushel It is Cheaper Th A press bulletin of the University of Ne- braska agricultural experiment station says: The present abundance of corn and its low price have occasioned much specu- lation as to its fuel value. There fs such a diversity of opinion and so little actual knowledge regarding the profitableness of buying corn instead of coal that ft seemed desirable to conduct a comparative test that would show the relative heating power of the two materials. Whether it would pay to raise corn for a fuel is a question not contemplated ip this investigation, but the interests of the large number of people living in the region of cheap corn call for the determination of its most profitable use after it is upon the market. To make the test, a good grade of yellow dent corn, on the ear, of this year’s crop, and not thoroughly dry, was burned under the boiler used to supply power for the de- partment of practical mechanics, and the amount of water evaporated by the burning of a known quantity of corn was noted. The test lasted nine and one-half hours, and 5,232 pounds of corn and cob were con- sumed. The next day the same boiler was heated with screened Rock Springs nut coal for five hours, burning 1,888 pounds of coal and the amount of water evaporated w recorded. The data thus obtained show that one pound of coal evaporated 1.9 times as much water as one pound of corn. In other words, 1.9 times as much heat was liber- ated in burning one pound of coal as in burning one pound of corn. Several calori- meter tests were made, which agreed very closely with these results. ‘The coal used cost at Lincoln 96.65 per ton. With coal selling at this price, and worth 1.9 times as much for fuel as an equal weight of corn, the fuel value of the latter would be $3.50 per ton, or 12.25 cents per bushel. The following table shows how much coal ts worth per ton when its heat- same as that used in the corn is selling at a 4 3 BF >Re be i i i fe 5 g