Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1897, Page 2

ol = i THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY; MARCH 30, 1897-20 PAGES. ed on the free st. Mr. Henderson of fowa took occasion at this point to say that this bill was not framed in the interest of the east. He pointed out that the west held @ majority on the committee, and were ‘rely competent to care for the interests to which they were committed. Tax om Mexican Cattle. Mr. Cowherd (Mo.) declared that the tariff on Mexican cattle was a blow at the farm- ers and the wool schedule also. The cattle came in young and ate up the farmers’ crops and paid for them. Trade had been ! increasing with Mexico in oranges and oth- er products, which the bill proposed to stifle. In reply Mr. Dolliver had read a letter from Norman Gibbs of Mt. Vernon, Mo., president of the Short Horn Association, asking a duty of $10 a head on Mexican cattle in the name of the cattlemen of that section. The committee amendment per- wmitting entrance r bonds of works of art for exhibition by public associations was pr ‘hairman Diagley, where- upon Mr. Smith (dem.), Arizona, talked about the cattle schedule, asserting that the rates amounted per cent ad to valorem so far as they concerned his terri- tory. In rebuttal of Mr. r (Ala.) re Dotliver’s letter Mr. i a letter from Norman oleman of St. Louis, the first secretary ef agriculture, asking for an ad vaiorem duty on that Mexican stock might be broug’ © this country for feeding. course of Mr. ) attem: point hairman «d means y Yeading in connection with plicy of exclusion towar: Mex- in the bill t yer cut on th 1 sawed in N free of d prov Croix river runswick to be t wa id, lowing Tun Maine reciprocity for the benefit of ne, but when it came to Mexico it was different. pended on whose ox was gored. Mr. y explained that this provision was ry by the treaty of 1542, that the lower part of the St. John river was in Canad: ce that time the lumber grown on the upper part of the St. John had been floated down the river, sawed and reimported into the United States THE s ATE. The Sepate today recelved from the At- torney eral information as to the status of the foreclosure proceedings against the > railroads recently requested by the Powell Clayton of Arkansas, re- d confirmed as minister the floor and talked Mexico, h several senat Among the petitions was beard of sheep commissioners of Montana, the ample protection on wool, th the platform pron g that the one from the and asse would not quate prot a fon to the wool-growing inter- The Cuban Question. The Cuban que brought forward stion was again b an (Ala.), who presented a re tion requesting the President to in- form the Ser whether letters had been received by the present and former chie? executive from Gen. Maximo Gomez, com- mander of the revolutionary forces in Cuba. ‘The resolution recites at length the letters sai to have been forwarded to President McKinley and his prede ‘sor from Gomez published in the papers t The resol with a request that the Pres’ also inform the Senat: panish authorities in to allow cipher dis- between the Mr. Morgan's the over until tome Hoar of request Tow sachusetts suggested should call for all let- Gomez, and not those resolution red that he would amendment when the for all of sognized for ring it to on: to impose iff taxes ssaries of daily consumption in | » Ahrich certain favored classes at the masses. Mr. Allen’s Speech. senator's remarks were in the nature @ iegal argument, showing the constitu- n the taxing power of of his speech he to consider the of the men mak- protective legi: be y are not the laborers themselves—thos is said prot to t t manufacturers, th and the lobbyists who ap- ne Wage earner. the laborers wages are tional Congress. the In ot lieve a high tariff, shall be ecessary con- f per cent of the people for Fr special benefit. It is true there are onally a few wage earners, ignorant ot the principles underlying this question, who, in consequence of belng repeatedly told so, believe prosperity is dependent in some measure on a projective tariff, and they are induced by the crafty and greedy for whom they labor to importune Congres .o pro} the particular branch of industry in which they are engaged. But these men are few indeed, and they are almost al- ways incited to such appeals by those for ‘hon. they labor, and in the interest of those who reap in their name the benefit of nigh protective leg: ior In conclusion the senator said: “I place myself cn the solid and impregnable ground that under our Constitution Con- gress does not possess power to tax the people to enhance the private fortunes of the few, and that the full measure of the taxing power !s reached when a tariff for with incidental protection, is im- y¥ other construction would lead tion and incidentally to enforced repudiation, the two worst conceivable of anarchy and disorder in a civilized and such a deduction, when carried legitimate length, would lead to the 4 the rights of cannot serve tagontstic hat is for t fare is against the trusts and t oke more than of his remarks to the Mr. Alien s he finance commit- reso- mendments to the Senate 1 appropriating $25 for x of life and property along the »pl river were presented and agreed <|LATE NEWS BY WIRE Another Crevasse in the Mississippi River Levee. LIVESTOCK DROWNED IN NUMBERS Conference of Legal Representatives of the Big Eastern Roads. ‘The Meeting Will Be a Secret One— Consultation of Southwestern Trafic Officials. People Are Fleeing to the Railway Embankments. NEW YORK, March 30.—Among railroad men the greatest interest attaches to the conference to be held in this city today of the legal representatives of the roads in the Joint Traffic Association. The meeting, which is specially called to discuss the de- cision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of the Trars-Missouri Traffic Association, will be conducted in secret. A prominent railroad lawyer who repre- sents one of the thirty odd roads in the as- sociation was seen shortly before the time appoinied for today’s meeting. “I cannot say whether or not our road will be represented at the meeting,” said he, “and to be frank, I don’t think it’s any- body’s business. Things are in a snarl just now, and I don’t see what we have tb gain by taking the public into our confidence.” ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 30.—An informal conference of traffic officials and railroad organizations representing St. Louis lines was held yesterday in the office of the Southwestern Traffic Association to dis- cuss the recent ruling of the Supreme Court. It was suggested that it might be well to continue the existing organiza- tiors for the purpose of classifying freight and to serve as a clearing house for regu- lating joint rates. A committee was appointed to formulate a plan of action to be presented at some future day. The committee is composed of Vice Presidents Yoakum of the ‘F Ramsey of the Wabash and Miller of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. AUSTIN, Tex., March 30.—Texas railway circles are considerably agitated at pres- ent over the fact that the Texas railway commission is preparing a big sensation. The interstate commerce commission will come to this city in April to hear several ‘Texas cases. In the meantime the Texas commission has summoned nearly 200 job- bers, cotton men and lumber men to be present. It has been intimated that Texas roads have been violating both state and interstate rights in the matter of discrimi- EXCITEMENT PREVAILS es JACKSON, to the Miss., March 30.—Telegrams sociated Press from Greenville, o'clock this morning anothor occurred above Mounds Landing, about fifteen miles north of this city, and at 4 o'clock yesterday evening a break occurred near Australia, Miss., about twelve miles north of Rosedale, Bolivar This, with the crevasse at Lake Lee, ten miles below Greenville, will deluge the en- tire great Mississippi delta. Nearly all of Bolivar and Washington counties will go under in the next two day All of Issaquena and parts of Sun-* flower and Sharkey will also be flooded. Live stock are drowning in great num- bers and people are fleeing to the railroad embankments and levees for safety. It is impossible to estimate the amount of property which will be destroyed by the water, and suffering throughout this region will be intense. Greenville, Rosedale, Stoneville, Arcola, and in fact all the delt: towns south of Rosedale to Vicksburg wi! greatest excitement preva'ls all along the line. The Greenville levees are still holding, but are getting mushy. Thousands of men line the embankments north and south of Greenville, and are working like demons. AN business is suspended, and the people are fighting for their lives. Greenville lies in the center of a crescent, surrounded on two sides by the river, and is twelve feet below the level of the em- bankments. Should the huge ridge give way here the loss of life and property will be frightful and will rival the Johnstown | nation, disaster. The men along the levee are exhausted —— by long vigil, and many of them have not CONFERENCE STATISTICS. food for twenty-four hours, and sss is almost unknown. Important Figures Submitted to the IPHIS, Tenn., 0.—The steam pewam ton) Cathey ios: tus tio Rey, charte the St. Ly iis | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, Republic as a flood relief boat, suns in| STAUNTON, Va., March 30.—The Balti- forty feet of w this morning. 1 longings. A private dispatch to a cotton firm in this city from Capt. Mark Cheek of the steamer Kate reports a break in the levee on th. side at Laconia Circle. La- conia Circle miles below Mem- phis, and the 1 at that point protects some of the best plantations in the state. VICK March 30.—Last night occurred in the levee n miles north front of Mem his lost all their be- ter in he crew e annual conference of the Methodist iscopal Church South today iook upon it- elf the task of raising money to lift the debt on Wesleyan Female Institute of this place. Today nearly $1,500 was subscribed, m: with $2,000 conditional upon raising all the amount of the debt. and Other subscriptions collections will be taken in the Statistics of the conference are s follows: ‘op La ss Local hers, 96; white memt i of Arkan’ makes the third seiepee beara w Hecate be eieie i; infants baptised, 1 NEW ORLEANS, La., March 30.—The | baptised, Epworth Leagues city gaug eight-tenths of a foot above | crease, 67; Epworth League membe the revised danger mark, but a few weak spots have developed in the levees, and these have been promptly repaired. ARKAN CITY, March 3 he gauge hool pupi extensions, ¢, $361; mu registers a slight rise. The church edific which comes through the value, nurnbe creeping Into the back of parsonag: values, white man named Smiley was drowned at parsonage alue, Cayer’s Landing. He and another were | tional statistics Randolph Mecon College thrown ‘rom the skiff, and as he could not swim he was drowned. L. CONVERSE DEAD. 5,000; endowments, pupils, 132; Randolp Bedford, V pupils, 120; Academy, Front Royal, professors, 6 pupils, 81; Randolph Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Va.—value, $124,000; endowments, 5. professors, $126,000; pro- Macon Randolph Va.—value, $102,000; GEORG! He Was a erat? When in Congress. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Maren 30.—Represen- ive George L. Converse died this morn- ing after a long illness, aged seventy years. He was taken ill while defending Editor W. J. Elliott from a charge of murder five years ago, and was never entirely well again. He served in Congress, representing this district in the Forty-sixth, Forty-sev- enth and Forty-elghth Congresses, and, be- ing a protection democrat, joined with Samuel J. Randall in opposing the Morri son horizontal tariff reduction bill. This led to his retirement from prominence in the part: d though calling himself a democrat, he was an ardent protectionist, and supported Mr. McKiniey last fall. Mr. Converse graduated at Denison Uni- versity in 1549, read law, served as pro: cuting attorney and in the house and sen- ate of the Ohio legislature from_ 1860 to 1stge and again in the house in 1873, when he was speaker. ———e EXPLOSION A TUNNEL. Two Men Killed by a Blast Under Lake Michigan. CHICAGO, March 30.-Two men were killed and four seriously injured by an ex- plosion in the northwest water tunnel at the foot of Oak street today. The dead are Owen O'Malley and Peter Gallagher; the’ injured, Thomas Gallagher, Dennis Hayes, Patrick Conway, George Blank. The explosion took place at a point 2,300 feet under the lake, where excavation was in progress fcr a water supply inlet. An unusually heavy blast had been prepared by the men. The flying rocks and debris seemed to have more than ordinary force, and besides being burned by the explosion the men were crushed and bruised by heavy stones and masses of clay. — FELL OVER THE RAILING. County Commissioner Petrie Killed at Chicago. CHICAGO, March 30.—County Commis- sicner Nichclus Petrie fell over the rail- ing of the front stairway at his home, at 286 Nerth State street, at 2 o'clock this morning and received injuries from which he died haif an hour later. rned at that hour with a party and, as they were chattin: pleasantly, he started to go upstairs. Upon reaching the top he lost his belance and fell over the railing into the basement areaway. His skull was fractured and he { the resolution now goes to tne ride of Oregon presented an from the governor of niment of Henry W. nator from that state. The the appointment ix thus curing ct in the first credentials, t fix t Umit of service. - Senate went into execu- POSSIBILITIES OF TRADE. Cbina Has Opened the West River to mmerce. t d States Minister Denby, at Pe- king, has notified the Department of State result of the efforts of the Brit- ernment, China has consented to open to commerce the West river, on which situated Canton, and at the mouth of which les Hong Kong. Mr. Denby has much to say of the importance of this event, and the vast possibilities of trade along this great waterway, and mentions the fact that the removal or modification of the onerous internal transit taxes wiil follow the opening of the river. SSeS SHOCK FAR AHEAD. The 3 O'Clock Score im the Six-Day Cycle Race. ‘The score at 3 o'clock In the six-day eycle race at Convention Hall was: M Shock. ae ~awscn ‘So -§ Albert os Golden 4 6 1 3 1 The you will get an auswer. died in half an hour from concussion of the brain. ——-—— CHICAGO TANNERS STRIKE. Two Thousand Men Quit Work, Re- fusing to Work Longer Hours. CHICAGO, March 20.—Two thousand men employed by the different tanneries in the city went out on a strike today. The strike is over a question of hours, the em- ployers insisting on a ten-hour working day, instead df eight, as at present. es NEW SPANISH TAXES. Contemplating Provision for Cuban War Expenses. MADRID, March 30.—The government is ccntemplating imposing new taxes in order to provide for the Cuban war expenses. It is rumored here that Gen. Sanguily will succeed Gen. Rivera, now prisoner in the hands of the Spanish, as commander of the Insurgent forces in the ce of Pinar del Rito. = > Said He Was From Here. This afternoon Maj. Moore received a telegram from Coroner Y. R. Lemonnier of New Orleans giving information of the suicide of a Washington man, Wilson Will- iams, in that city. He asked that informa- tion concerning the man be wired immedi- —_ but the police here could learn noth- ng. : —_»__ Capt. Reed of the Oakes Arrested. NEW YORK, March 30.—Captain E. W. Reed of the ship T. F. Oakes was arrested today upon a warrant issued by the United States court. The Oakes is the ship upon there was much suffering and several deaths result- ing, as alleged, from insufficient and im- which during its last voyage Proper food. ——.__ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. pupils, pupils, 1 Staunton, Va- 3. HUNTER THREE SHORT. Mere Bz ing for United States Senator at Frankfort. FRANKFORT, Ky., March The fol- lowing was the ballot (sixth in joint ses- sion) for United States lature today: Hunter, 0 Davie, 13; Boyle, 7; Ston choice, ¢ The Seventh ballot followed On the seventh ballot there was no change in the voting. ‘A motion to adjourn was made and lost, the silver democrats voting with the Hunt- er men in order to give the latter ail the balloting they want. The motion was lost by a vote of 128 to 1. "The eighth ballot resulted as did the sixth and seventh. There is evidently a determination to elect a senator before the joint assembly adjourns. * ‘There vas no change in the ninth ballot except that Rev. Johns (sound money dem- ocrat) voted for State Senator Henry L. Martin instead of George M. Davie. ———— DAMAGED BY THE STORM. i iderable Destruction by Flood in Texas. DALLAS, Tex., March 30.—The damage from Sunday's storm was the greatest in central Texas. Railroad bridges and tracks are gone in many places, and passenger trains are running frregularly on the Santa Fe, Waco and Northwestern, Texas Cen- tral, Texas and Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Damage to barns, out- houses and growing crops witl be enormous. Hundreds of head of stock have been drowned. The whole eastern end of Waco, blocks, is under water. — MONTANA'S OFFICIAL SCANDAL. Co: 100 Employe of the Senate and a Former Legislator Indicted. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 30.—A special to the Tribune from Helena, Mont., says: Secretary of the Senate John Bloor was today indicted by the grand jury for falsi- fying the public records. His alleged of- fense is the losing of a bill the night the last legislative session expired. Bail has been fixed at $10,000. Martin Buckley, an ex-state representa- tive, was also indicted upon the charge of accepting bribery, which he himself had acknowledged, at the last session. Both are under arrest. es SHOT HIMSELF. Charles F. Houghton, Reported te Be Worth if a Million. SYRACUSE, N. ¥., March 30.—A special to the Herald from Geneva says that Chas. F. Houghton, principal owner of the Corn- ing Glass Company, and reputed to be worth half a million, shot and killed him- self at that place today. Se FRENCH DEPUTY ARRESTED. Charged With Being Invoived in the Panama Scandals, PARIS, March 30.—M. Antide Boyer, the socialist deputy, was arrested today on charges connected with the Panama scan- dals. The police have seized a number of important papers at the residence of Dep- uty Naquet. Other arrests are believed to be immi- nent. ———.—_—_ Capture of the Tug Monarch, KEY WEST, Fla, March 30.—The tug Monarch has been captured by the revenue cutter Winona and was brought here this morning in charge of one of her officers. The Monarch was captured at Bahia Honda, about thirty miles from here. Noth- ing was found aboard her, She is simply being held on suspicion. ‘ Ocean Steamship Arrivals. NEW YORK, March 30.—Arrived—Bovic, Liverpool; Anchoria, Glasgow. ——_>+—__ Mr. Gladstone Leaves Cannes. CANNES, France, March 30.—Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone started today h turn to England. See RAILWAY LAWYERS TO MEET| CHARGE. DISMISSED (Continupa from First Page.) location of thd jeft wrist and a fracture of one of the small bones of the wrist. In the opinion of the witness, considerable force and violence would be. required to cause such an injury. An ordinary de- gree of force would not dislocate the wrist. It could not he/done by the struggles of the girl, the [officer merely holding her arm in a firm grasp. Dr. Sohon was cross- examined at length. The Defense. The government at this point rested dts case, and Attorney Nauck moved that the charge against the policemen be dismissed, arguing that Mellen did not break the arm of the girl. Judge Miller replied that the question was whether the defendant had a right to take hold of her at all, and Dr. A. B. Hooe of the Emergency Hos- pital was called as a first witness for the defense. Dr. Hove stated that he examined the arm of the girl when she was taken to the hospital, and, if any injury existed, it did not amount ‘to anything. The pa- tient resisted examination to some extent, saying the arm pained her very much. He thought that her actions of suffering, however, were assumed to a great extent. Dr. Hooe testified that he never saw a fracture of a small bone of the wrist, and never expects to. Dr. Hooe was also examined, re-exam- ined and cross-examined, and finally the court interposed with a remark that there are hundreds of men today deprived of the use of their limbs because doctors did not know whether or not the limbs were broken when they were called into the case. If we leave this matter to the doc- tors, said the court, we will never know whether the arm of this girl was broken Dr. Chas. H. O'Connor of the Emergency Hospital was called as a witness. He said he examined the arm of Madge Fisher when Dr. Hooe had concluded. The wit- ness stated positively that when the girl was at the hospital no fracture or disloca- tions of her left arm existed. He thought it hardly probable that the wrist should be fractured by being manipulated in the manner described. Policeman Mellen then testified in his own behalf. On the evening in question, he said, he was met by Jane Ross, em- ployed in Lucy #tewart’s house, and re- quested to go to the house. The Stewart woman met him at the door and said the girls inside were very disorderly. Madge Fisher and Lillie Chanaler were at the house, he said, when he and Carlsson reached there.’ In his presence the Stew- art woman ordered Madge Fisher to leave the house, but she refused to go. The girl said she had a friend who was a lawyer and congressman and said she would see that the buttons of the policemen were removed. She became hysterical. Carlsson placed her under arrest. All Mel- len did, according to his statement, .was to slip the hand of the girl off a door knob which she grabbed tightly In reply to a question, Mellen stated that he had been at the house of the Stewart woman two nights before because th woman sent for him and asked his advice. The witness said he advised Madge Fisher to leave the Division, telling her that if she came there cruising around he would take her into court. “Wasn't it a fact that the Stewart woman was wrought up because the girls were g0- ing to leave her house?” asked the court. “That is where the whole trouble in this se lies. I would like to know what right a policeman “as to engage in the settle- ment of a dispute between the keeper of a house of the sort and two of the girls in it.’ Policeman Carlsson testified also, his statements bellig substantially the same as those of Polidébmari Mellen. —— TO PROTECT INVENTORS. Act Introduced in the Senate by Mr. Hansbrough. Senator Hapsbraugh of North Dakota has introduced a Dill to prevent inventors and others from being deceived and de- frauded by alleged patent attorneys. The text follows: That hereafter it any 1 or persons tion, aged in pfocur! patent claims to offer or award siness correspondents or cl gift, prize, or chance to win one, medal of honor, certilicate of stock, or any other article or thing: of real or supposed value, ic or otherwive; and any person o¢ $ viol ung th ovisions of ii be med guilty of a _misde- stion thereof shall for ed by a fine of not and not more than $1,000, or t hard labor for noi less it shall be unlawful for firm or corpora- and prosecuting to their nny on act than nme — more than one year. all applications for pat- or Section 2, ents which may hereafter be filed by through en attorney, or any person rey senting himself as Such, shall be accom- panied by an affidavit of such attorney or person that he has not violated the pro- visions of the first section of this act, and that false swearing thereto shall constitute perjury. Section 3. That in all cases where the government has heretofore or may here- after receive fees for or on account of de- vices already patented In the United State: the amounts thereof shall be promptly re- finded to the respective payees. Section 4. That the commissioner of pat- ents shall, as early as practicable, prescribe and promulgate rules for the admission and disbarment of attorneys practicing before the patent office, said rules to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Senator Proctor introduced in the Senate today two bills of great interest to local sportsmen. One of these measures is for the preservation of game and for the pre- vention of its sale during certain closed seasons, and the other for the protection of fish in. the District of Columbia, for the maintenance of a permanent spawning ground in the Potomac river within the District, and for other purposes. The act for the preservation of game provides that no person shall kill or have in his possession, either dead or alive, any partridge between February 1 and Novem- ber 1, nor any prairie chicken, otherwise krown as pinnated grouse, between Feb- ruary 1 and September 1; nor any snipe or plover between May 1 and September 1; nor any wild duck, wild goose or wild brandt between April 1 and September 1; nor any water rail, ortolan, reed bird ot rice bird between February 1 and Septem- Ler 1, under a penalty of $5 for each bird so killed or held in possession, and in de- fault of this fine, imprisonment in the workhouse not exceeding thirty days. Pen- alties are also imposed for the killing or holding in possession of any deer meat or venison and various game during restricted seasons. ‘The act for the protection: of fish regu- lates the time when fish cannot be caught, and makes provision to prevent the waters of the Potomac and its tributaries from being befouled vy the waste products of gas works, etc., $0 as to protect the fish. Taxes and Tax Soles. Mr. Curtis of IéWa has introduced in the House the bill offered in the Senate by Mr. McMillin, réiating to taxes and tax sales in the Distrfct of Columbia. To Pay Mr. Shipman. Mr. Gormarf'intrbduced in the Senate to- day a bill afproptiating $35,000 out of the 3.65 District bonds to pay John J. Shipman for material furnished the board of puo- lic works. nile Se BILL. No Retroncfive Clause Likely to Be Adopted. It is not likely that a retroactive clause will be enacted with the tariff measure, even if pre! ‘the framers of the bill. Aside from t that such a provision would be of questionable eonstitutionality, the embarrassment which it would cause would lead to sufficient opposition to de- feat it. Even if the House should = it it, the Senate would strike it out, its prospects of being a part of the jaws when signed by the President, seem too remote to be worth discussing. It will be argued that if the duties can be made to date back @ month or two months before the enact- ment of the law, they may be dated still earlier. If the amendment is pressed a proposition will. be made to amend the amendment ao as‘to make the provisions — Set back to the date of the loption ‘o! e mn dill, which fail as Cierines innoeen This will be done to reduce the prop: » ©9 absurdity. and it will be apt to injure the chance of its adoption in the fo___. A BOLD ROBBERY/FINANCE AND TRADE ‘A Metropolitan Railroad Employe Loses 81,700. The Affair Occurred This Afternoon on Ninth Street—No Clue to the Criminal. Mr. Arthur O. Badendrier, superintend- ent of the 9th street division of the Met- ropolitan Railroad Company's lines, visited the Washington Loan and Trust Company office a little before 2 o'clock this after- noon and drew therefrom $1,700 in cash. That amount he placed in a hand satchel and proceeded to the Vatoldi lunch room on 9th street between E and F streets for luncheon, Leaving the satchel containing the cash with the cashier, Mr. Badendrier enjoyed his repast, and when he again visited the cashier it was found that the satchel had disappeared. It is believed that some thief witnessing the drawing of the money from the trust company followed the superintendent to the lunch room, and there succeeded in making away with the satchel unseen. It has been learned that Mr. Badendrier has been in the habit of visiting the Wash- ington Loan and Trust Co. every Tuesday afternoon about the same time and draw ing from the deposit of the company there large sums of money for the purpose of meeting current expenses. He has also been in the habit of taking luncheon at the Vatoldi. Detective Carter was assigned to the case by Inspector Hollinberger and he is active- ly engaged in endeavoring to secure infor- mation that will lead to the identity of the bold robber. The detectives have reason to suspect a man about fifty-live years of age, five feet, five or six inches in heigat. The party suspected is stout, with gray hair and mustache, a florid complexion, and wears eyeglasses. He was seen acting in a suspicious man- ner in the vicinity of the entrance to the lunch room. The description given has been sent to all the police stations of the city, with instructions to arrest the party arswering the description on sight. ——— GROUNDING OF THE No News at the Department and No Alarm Felt. As no cablegram has reached the Navy Department giving information of the grounding of the Yantic at the mouth of the Uruguay river, the officials here feel that the matter is of no consequence. As a fact, they say the boat has been aground many times in the river, which abounds in mud flats, and no damage results. The Yantic is under orders to return to the United States. She has been many years on the South Atlantie station, most of the time being stationed in the River Platte, or some of the nearby rivers, and is unfit for active service on the high seas. When she returns she will probably be sold or broken up. YANTIC. es POOLING Senator Foraker Introduces a Com- prehensive Meanure. Senator Foraker today introduced a pool- ing bill. It is practically a reproduction of the Patterson bill introduced in the last Corgress. It is intended to meet the ob- Jections to pooling which were raised by the Supreme Court of the United States in its decision recently rendered in the Trans-Missourl Freight Association case. —__e CAPITAL A BIL THE RAILWAY. Hearing Continued This Afternoon Before the Commissioners, The hearing upon the permit to the Capi- tal Railway Company for permission to use the Brown system of underground trol- was continued this afternoon. Pr dent Griswold of the Company was present to urge more in de- tail the objections of his company to the granting of the permit. He said his com- Anacostia Railroad pany objected to the permit, first, because it would preclude it from exercising pow- ers and privileges conferred by general statutes, and because there was no well- defined and comprehensive for con- ng the portions of the Capital rai c tracks with that part under consid- eration, and he submitted that plans s of the shown be- ing the location and constructicn tracks and other structures 1 fore further permits are granted. further, that it would be unjust to allow this company to install a tem of mo- tive power that could not be used by his road. He had no objection to the use of the system in use by the Metropolitan company, nor would he interpose any ob- jection to the use of the Buda-Pesth sys- tem, but as both of these could - erated in connection with the Anacostia road, which would shortly put in a system of rapid transit. The hearing was still in progress when The Star’s report closed. AND STILL THEY COME. He said, More Applications for Office Filed at the Treasury Department. Applications for office continue to pour into the Tréasury Department. Today’s bulletin contained the following applica- tions: A. R. Colburn of Takoma, Md., to be deputy auditor for the War Department. W. H. Crowell of. Washington, D. to be deputy auditor for the Post Office De- partment. P. J. McMahon of Tangiphee, La., and S. S. Patten of New Orleans to be inspector of steam vessels at New Oricans, and N. H. Lawton of New York to be inspector of steam vessels at New York. W. H. Lippincott of Pittsburg, Pa., to be surveyor of customs at that port. J. P. Bates of Chicago, Ill, to_be ap- praiser at Chicago, and F. S.-McKeel of Shreveport, La., to be appraiser at New Orleans. T. W. Whittley of New York to be as- sistant appraiser at that port. ©. H. Rumford of Wilmington, Del., to be naval officer at Philadelphia, and P. S. B. Pinchback of Washington, D. c., to be naval officer at New Orleans. Cc. W. Tucker of North Andover, Mass. to be examiner of drugs at Boston, and W. H. Galbraith of Germantown, Pa., to be same at Philadelphia. Collectors of customs—J. L. Alexander of Prattville, Ala., at Mobile, Ala.; E. R. Gunby of Tampa, Fla., at Tampa; J. S. Harriman of Belfast, Me., at Belfast; H. N. Whitbeck of Berea, Ohio, at Cleveland; D. T. Roy of Minerva, Texas, at Corpus Christi, Tex. If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. High. Low. Close. ™ 4% Tle% He BE EBhs 25%4-% 26 ity, 14% 17: 18i¢ 18 183 857 852 855 8.70 8.65 8.67 423° 425° «(4.25 437 435 435 462 462 4.62 4.70 4.65 4.67 High Low. Close. 6x 6. 6.03 6.94 697 69T 697 6.97 701 6.97 66.98 7.05 7.01 7.08 Baltimore Markets. March 30.—Fiour dull, oar ee BALTINOE: HECHT & COMPANY “The store where your promise to pay buys as much and for rs Uttle as cast.” Parquise waists, 29c. We have bought an immense lot of the cele- Good Effect of an Improved Tone Abroad. EXISTING RATES TO BE MAINTAINED Strict Orders Sent to All Railway Freight Agents. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. brated Holtzman **Mar- NEW YORK, March 30.—Improvement in uise’ wais i the tone of the foreign security markets, as t ts, aga reflected in early cables, encouraged a arden sperm ba- strong opening in the local market this istes, C., a i morning. Initial prices reflected advances é » at a price that will enable us to offer them for 29c. in- stead of $1 and more. This is a most ex- traordinary offering, for the season has scarcely begun. . tomorrow 3 morning—on thesecond floor. Plenty of extra salesladies to wait upon you. varying from % to t% per cent, and were subsequently improved beyond fractional limits. London bought Atchison securities lMberal- ly, and St. Paul and Nashville moderately. This change in sentiment abroad forced a covering movement on the part of the room, but no significant new business was re- ported. A revival of the selling in New Jersey Central resulted in a decline of 3% per cent from the opening level. Rumors of a reduction in the company’s dividend at next week's meeting of directors accom- panied the attack. The entire coa! group was heavy in sympathy with the weakness in its most active member. The railroad situation is perhaps a trifle less demoralized than at any time since the trensmissouri decision, but no satis factory solution of the rate question has been reached. Strict orders to mainta existing rates have been sent to all fr agent Ea DEE TN TET UEy Ey SET TOSI ENTET TTT TTTTCTTOTOST EST Tees int Credit when you want it, hi but the action cannot be regarded We're going to have the as possessing permanent merit. It is all illinery o P ., 4 that can be done without authority for millinery department ready 3 legal concert. and may serve to ward off next Monday. We'll have & ‘ficulties until some definite conclusion sav a i is bad on the eulgece more to say about it later. ¥ The introduction of a pooling bill in the A whole floor isto be devoted 4 Serate was announced from Washington ie cE shertly after the noon hour, but to inspire any buying outside of the short interest. The difficulties surrounding this measure are generally recognized, and un- til some concessions on the part of the op) ition are reported its influence must be limi Liquidation was less pronounc: yesterday, and holders of securit again yielded to patience. Outside of the interests concerned directly with the de: sion of the Supreme Court conditions ar: ‘ailed Hecht & Company, 515 Seventh Street. It OMOEA AA PNM «M than s have * at Pyles ) the prices. tut not unfavorable. Once the railroads are ( 5 5 s) relieved of present difficulties the general | (/ L ttl P situation should reflect the relief by a 1 € rices Mm > sharp recovery in all speculative depart- ) ments Tariff advices indicate clearly that the | ¢ sugar schedule is not to be reached in ad- | (/ Every- day Needs: vance of the vote on the bill. The dilatory | > l vance, of vote othe bl he anor |) DTD roceries. leave this entire question to be tled in | (/ the Senat as was the case during the | / A little last change in rates. For this reasor the : trading in Sugar has been somewhat cau- tious in character. It would m to be logical that the passage of the bili in the House would be the signal for a decline in the stock in order to give point to the re- cent lamentations of the manage it. As the company has really been liberally treated, it is possible that the so-called management may find it difficult to depress the price against the wishes of large hoid- ers. The remaining industrial shares we irregular, under narrow margin of bu: ne: The net changes for the day were in the main favorable. tian =a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. - % pee )) The following are the opening, the highest | <2 J. 4; D. Pyles, s and the lowest and the closing prices of % New York stock market today, as reported 12 4ta st =. } List tod: ER DUST (( Pooud OYSTER CRACK Pound CAKES cams BAKING POWDE AND BORAX SOAL . cake by Corson & Macartney, members New |‘\ FIVE ave, me. § York stcck exchange. | Correspondents, | (( Tth et )) Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. STORES. aagtos tian eidenen Oi, Open. High. Low. Close. Anacost i ee American Spirite....-- Bx Te Uy | ee SYS pA American Spirits, ptd_ aiaerican Bugar nowt at | Drop P. costal or “Phone 156a for American Sugar, pfd. WL 1005 100 American Tobacco . American Cotton ON Atchison Baltimore & Onio. Bay State Gas. Canada Southern. Home-made Pies! Not t akers” alled but swaol us ples, made hom uked im a dren Hol 1 c yks aud cele eo ostyle. You'll Canada Pacific. Chesapeake & Ohi nounce them unsurpa All kinds, Only C. & St.Louis. 20 cents each. Deliver aywhere, Holmes’ Landover Mkt., Sts. Lm ae - Regsessoee 4 Shedd’s Ist & hicago& Chicago Gas. CM ES Pi apecaeoeoeee 432 9th Si ‘That Old Zinc ‘Bath Tub <of yours dees not cocrespond with other fixtures and furniture im Let us replace it with a tes Gas. Del.. Lack. & W. Delaware & Hudson Den. & Rio Grande, pid. Erie. General Hlectric. Minols Central Lake Shore... Louisville & Nashvilie Metropolitan Traction, Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Miseouri Pacific. National Lead Go- National Leaa Co., pfd New Jersey Central. New York Central Northern Pacific... Northern Pacific, pf Ont. & Western. “BIN i64iy Baer nnneeeeenes PES eHooUSE a Be 2 Bi aa NING, KANGES. 3 Ease 9th St. { o PP PPA LP PPEL LLL PIPPI PAA You N Need Nourishing Food » pale and thin, — You're mw right kind of food now: be thin, = WHOL BREAD ts a perfect food t It’s rich in Just those Southern Ky., ptd. Phila. Traction . Texas Pacific. Western Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. ( Body needs for growth au Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U, splendid bread to tered, $1,500 at 111. “Washington Ga: 3 at’ 44" National” Union Insurance, 20 at 11 American Graphophone, 100 at S%."_ Pneumatic Gua Carriage, 100 at 7 cents; 100 at 73 cents: at 7 cents. 0 at 70 cent District of ear After call—Pneumatic Gun Cur PFESES ESD °DGPSRIAD tim ni Soo Sih. Youves to the barrel ‘Which Will | ‘You Buy? ; 0-year fund 5s, 103 d 63, gold, 110 bid. Water stock currency, 111 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, c¥, 111% bid. 3.658, funding, currency, 109 Miscellancous Bonds.—Metropolitan Raflmad cony. Gs, 113 bid, 11444 asked. Eckington Raflroad ts, SJ bid. Columbla Railroad 6s, 11Tig bid, 119 asked’ ington Gas Company 63, feries A, 114 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, 119 Chesapeake and Potomac Te 5s. 101 bi American Security aud Trust 5s, F. and A., 101 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. and 0., 101 bid. 4 shington Market Company’ Ist 6s, 109° id. When you ys shoes— )) Washington Market Company imp. Gx, 103 bit 4 Washington Market carte ext. 109 bid. ears you ask for the cheap- Maxonlc Hall Association Se, 108 bid. “washington est shoes in the store—or do you insist on having Bank or the Reput Hii 3 ) ea aes riers an Mlechaaies i bia iso stylish, well-made, com- 4 Second, zens’, 120 bid. fortal good-wearii lamblia, 125, bid, Capital, 118 bid, 130. asked. fortable, sd aaa » West End, °105 bid, 110 asked. Traders’, 94 bid, —— shoes? 9 asked.” Lincoln, "102 bid, 164 asked. ‘Oblo, 90 Did, 100 asked. Safe Deposit and Trast Com ..—National Safe Ble d. Depoalt and ‘Trust, 113% bid, 114% asked.“ Wash- Ce eal I I nt I li Coan ‘and. Tease 119 |, 121% asked. rr 119% Aberican Security and frast, fa bid, 1445 asked. | /( Washington Safe Dey it, 55_ bid. \ bid SS asked A pal Tesctiee Tha ho0's | © et asked. Columbia, 50 bide ST asked. = ~ Gas and ilectrie Light Stocks.—W: Is BEST. Flour Will you ees for the ~ She flour that "NEVER FAILS to make ideal — bread? === . B. Earnshaw “A a id, 4434 asked. Georgetan Gas, 45 bid. U 75° < rte Eight, *89 bid, 00" Ss i Syne oenatesean a one, 24 bid. Franklin, ‘cheapest flour — 34 id, "Metropolitan, "@4 bid. Corcoran, 35 —— grocer can+ ly—or ‘American hid. Sational tinlon, 10% ‘=m — oe you INSIST>on hav- asked. Columbia, i EA e pig's 5% bid. ‘8% bid. 1, 3% —_ ‘CREAM BLEND” Title eee Title, 96 bid, 107 asked. Columbia bid, 5% asked. District Title, 6 = sd cee ee asked. Washington Moret, 31" iu is Z 90 asked. s *Ex div.