Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1897, Page 2

MLATE NEWS BY WIRE ‘Resuming the Investigation of the Transvaal. WHAT DR. JAMESON EXPECTED ‘Would Have Been Forgiven Had He Succeeded. —_ +—_—_ WHE OFFICERS PROTECTED LONDON, April 9—The parliamentary ccmmittee which is investigating the Transvaal raid held its sixteenth sitting today in the committee room of Westmin- ster Hall. There was a large attendance of peers and members of parliament. Dr. Jameson arrived with Sir John Willoughby, the military commander of the raid, and the former was again placed in the witness ox. The chairman, Wm. L. Jackson, mem- ber for North Leeds, conservative, explain- ed to Dr. Jameson the circumstances of Sir John Willoughby’s refusal to divulge the subject of the conversations regarding the rald which had taken place between them. In reply Dr. Jameson said that if the committee had asked Sir John Willoughby to « a the circumstances under which a certain letter to the war office was writ- ten he would probably have given the whole story. Dr. Jameson added: “Since Tuesday last Sir John Willoughby and myself have reviewed our whole con- versation of that six months, and the evi- @ence I have already given represents the trne conclusions. Sir John Willoughby learned that under certain circumstances his officers would be deprived of thelr com- missions, and he consulted me in regard to that fact He afterward guaranteed them, rizhtly or wrongly, their commis- sions before they crossed the Transvaal berder, an by my advice, he sent a let- ter to the war office with the view of sav- ing his officers’ careers from ruin. He wrote the letter in the strongest and short- ter possible, not as self-justification, ag it Incumbent upon him to do ething. I did not see the letter before was sent, but when I ascertained its rn the prison grounds of Holloway I objected to its wording.” The chairman then proceeded to ques- tion Dr. Jameson as to whether the im- perial authorities referred to meant those of the Cape or of London. ‘The witness replied that he had mostly im mind those of the Cape; but he was willing to admit that the officers might have formed an exaggerated idea and gathered more therefrom than he intend- ed to convey. As to Sir John Willoughby's guarantee- ing the officers’ commissions, Dr. Jameson admitted he would have done the same, because he expected the affair to succeed and was confident that in that case his countrymen would have forgiven him and would not have touched the officers’ com- missions. Sir John Willoughby then took the stand ard admitted the much discussed letter was drafted by B. F. Hawksley, the law- yer of the British Chartered South Africa Company. Continuing, the witness sald he svppesed that Dr. Jameson saw it pefore it was posted and was horrified dis- cover that be had not. He (Sir John) knew perfectiy well that he could neither retain his own commission nor accept it back. Here the witness was greatly moved. Sir Jchn Willoughby said he did not de- ferd the wording of the letter. Time pressed and words did not seem of im- portance. He could not give a better ver- sion then Dr. Jameson had given of the Private conversations which had taken place between them. His mind was rather jumbled regarding the sequence of events. He admitted, however, that he was quite wrong in using the words “imperial au- thorities.”* Dr. Jameson, in the course of his re- plies, Indignantly denied having told the officers that he had the queen's govern- ment at his back, rémarking that it would have been idiotic in him and absolutely untrue to say so. ——— KNOXVILLE FIRE VICTIMS. Two Certain Deaths, Another Prob- able and Another in Doubt. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 9.—A spe- cial to the News from Knoxville, Tenn., gay S. E. Williams of Springfield, Mass., and W. H. Hollway of Newport, Tenn., are known to have perished in yesterday's fire. J. M. Bogle’s death is now ‘thought to be a matter of only a few hours. The loss is now estimated at $1,100,000, with insurance of $600,000. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 9.—The S. E. Williams mentioned in the dispatches as having been burned to death in the big fire in Knoxville, Tenn., is supposed to be jah A. Williams of this city, a retired gold chain and shirt manufacturer. He left this city February 11 with W. G. Ham of the American House for a southern trip. After having visited Nassau, N. P., and Florida points, Mr. Ham left Mr. Williams in St. Augustine March 17 and came home. ‘The last heard from Williams was when he left St. Augustine about March 25, intend- ing to go to Atlanta and Knoxville on his way to Washington. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 9.— cial to the News from Oakdale, Tenn. that A. E. Weeks of Locke, N.¥., who wa3 thought to have perished in the big fire In Knoxville, is safe and well at Oakdale. —— RESISTED HIS ASSAILANTS. L. G. Matalene, a Chicago Politician, Made a Plucky Defense. CHICAGO, April 9.—L. G. Mattalene, who lives at 78 North Clark street, was shot in the left side near the heart last night at the foot of Chicago aven' by one of two men, who, he says, decoyed him to that lonesome spot by a false invitation to a reception of the Delaware Boat Club. Matalene resisted the attack, and his as- sailants were attempting to escape when he fired two shots at them. One of the men fell, and Matalene fs of the opinion k as wounded. Matalene has been ac- tive in politics, and his assailants are thought to be men who have lest their po- sitions as a result of his edforrs. > TO CONNECT THE OCES Honduras Will Grant Concessions for a Railway. TEGUCIGALPA, ton, Texas, April 9. Honduras, via Galves- Congress has decided to grant a concession to a Honduras syn- dicate, acting in conjunction with a party of New York capitalists, for an interoceanic iilway from Puerto Cortez, on the At- antic, to Amapala, on the Pacific. Ste MORE JAPANESE EXCLUDED. Action Taken by the Hawalian Gov- ernment Regarding Immigrants. YOKOHAMA, April 9—The government of Hawai! has prohibited the landing in Ha- wall of #0 Japanese immigrants and the Hawallan court has confirmed the action of the government. I: is reported here that the United States has decided to dispatch a warship to Ha- wall and that the Japanese government has decided to do the same. eee SNOWING IN OHIO. The Ground Covered to the Depth of Five Inches. WAPAKONETA, Ohio, April 9.—The ground here is covered with snow to the depth of five inches and still snowing. The ruit crop will be badly damaged, because all fruit trees are budding. It is turning colder, and the wheat tn the field will pro! ably be ruined. ha a Sleet and Snow at Indianapolis, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 9.—The rain which started early yesterday morning and continued all day turned into sleet and ke ee ental Asa = tele- and yhonie communication is badly hampered. THE JEFFERSON DINNER What is Expected of Mr. Bryan in This City, on That Occasion. He Will Probably Strike Fire and Sound the Key Note for the Coming Fall Campaigns. One effect of the result of the local elec- tions just held will be to increase interest in the celebration here next we k of the Jefferson anniversary. The preparations already warranted a good attendance and a lively time, but the promise now is of an outburst of enthusiasm. Mr. Bryan will be the principal speaker, and another stirring address from him—somewhat in the line of his Chicago effort—is expected. It is known that he constraes the returns ag distinctly favorable to the silver cause, and he may enlarge upon this topic in what he shall have to say. What Mr. Bryan’s Friends Expect. Mr. Bryan’s friends are looking forward to the occasion with some eagerness, and they predict that he will improve it to the full. They give two reasons why he should end will. The theme ir itself will be inspiring. As they view it, if Jackson was the man of action, Jefferson was the man of thought. The Virginian has supplied the party with all of its most effective shibboleths. Put in the vernacular, whatever Jefferson has said still goes. The Bryan democracy claim him for {ts patron saint, and quotes from him largely to sustain its position on many leading propositions. Mr. Jefferson spoke for the peopie, and Mr. Bryan claims to be the people’s champion, and hence his fol lowers see an opportunity for a panegyri which will add to his fame both as an ora- tor and as a party leader. ‘To Redeem His Lecture Fallure. It !s considered time, too, for Mr. Bryan to give the country another taste of his best quality. He is making it too long between drinks, so to speak. It is almost ten months since he stormed the Chicago €onvention, and since then he has appeared on more than one occasion when his audi- ence was disappointed. He frankly con- fessed to a sense of failure himself. He abandoned his active program because he realized that he could not in such a way meet the reasonable expectations of the people. Audiences would gather expecting an address of some fire and even passion, and would be disappointed when called upen to accept instead a literary discourse delivered in a conversational tone and manner. His admirers want him to striko fire again, and many of them consider that, with Jefferson for his theme, and these local democratic triumphs to give present point to his observations, he ought to be at his best on the evening of the 13th. A Keynote for the Party. Stil a third reason given why Mr. Bryan's deliverance next week should be one of his best is that it will be likely to serve as a keynote for the party in next fall’s state campaigns. These campaigns will undoubtedly be contested with twice the vigor that they would have been had the republicans held their own in these city campaigns. In Ohly, particularly, a fight equal in intensity to that of last year is said to be on the cards. Mr. Hanna will practically be the fssu>, and the democ- racy will exert every influence possible to defeat him. Mr. McLean wants the office of senator, and. it is sald, will personally direct the democratic forces. He has large means, a powerful newspaper, and a wide acquaintance in the state. But he must also have orators afd 1 keynote, and Mr. Bryan, it is held, is the man to sound it. It was intimated iast week that Mr. Bryan at this celebratloa might pay more attention to trusts tuan to silver. But these elections have revived expectation that silver will again be his ieading topic. pie ie ee CHARITIES INVESTIGATION. The Board of Children’s Guardians Heard Today. The congressional joint committee on charities resumed its hearings this after- noon at 2 o'clock. There is a great deal of werk still before the committee, and it has been decided to postpone further hear- ings until April 19, 20 and 21. The sched- ule will be rearranged so as to take in all of the subjects the committee decided to investigate. The subject of today’s hear- ing wes dependent children, and President Woodward of the board of children’s guardians appeared. He read a statement setting forth the work of that organiza- tion. He detailed the circumstances under which he thought children should become amenable to the jurisdiction of the board. He maintained that judicial process was the only practical method of committing children to the board. He said the board was frequentiy caffed uporyto care for chi!- dren from other states who were brought here for that purpose, and the necessicy for taking the case through the Poli. Court sometimes induced the parents to abandon their object and to take the chil- dren home. Mr. Woodward called aitention to the fact that there is no jaw in the District to require a parent to care for a child, and said he believed that if such a law were enacted it wouid reduce the experse to the Fublic one-third or one-half. ——_____-e —_____ To Command the Maine. Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee,for many months hydrographer of the navy, has been de- tailed to command the battle ship Maine, and he will leave tonight in order to join that vessel at Norfolk tomorrow. He has jest been advanced one number in the line, and is the junior captain of the navy. In taking command of the Maine he relieves Capt. A. S. Crowninshield, who has been appointed chief of the bureau of naviga- tion, Navy Department, vice Admiral Ram- say, retired. Capt. Crowninshield was con- firmed yesterday, and wiil be commissioned as soon as the President returns from his excursion on the Dolphin. He is now in the city, and expects to enter on the discharge of his duties at the Navy Department Mon- day morning. e+ ____ Assignments of Officers. The Secretary of War has ordered the following assignments of officers recently promoted: Capt. John €. F. Tilson, to the 14th Infantry, Company I; First Lieut. John H. Wholley, to the 2ith Infantry, Company A; First Lieut. Peter Murray, to the Sth Infantry, Company B; Capt. John C. F. Tillson, 14th Infantry, will remain on duty with the Sth Infantry until July 1, 1597, when he will proceed to join his company: First Lieut. Peter Murray, 5th Infantry, will join his company on or before May 1, tsv7. —--————-2 + Found in the White House. Two days ago Mrs. L. F. W. Cushing of 1226 11th street northwest, while escorting a friend from Boston around the city, lost ker pockeibook, which contained, besides the usual miscellaneous articles carried in @ woman's purse, a card bearing her ad- dress and, incidentally, a few dollars in money. This morning the pocketbook was delivered to Mrs. Cushing by the Presi- dent's messenger, it having been found in the east room of the White House. It is unnecessary to add that the contents were intact. ——_—_—__+e.— Harold Benedict Resigns. Public Printer Palmer last night asked Mr. Harold Benedict, chief proof reader in the government printing office, for Lis resignation. Mr. Benedict is the nephew of ex-Public Printer Benedict, and has been an employe of the government priating of- fice during both of the terms when his un- cle was public printer. No charges were made against his performance of the duties of his position. Although Mr. Benedict was under the classified civil service, he at orce complied with Mr. Palmer's request. ——_+e-_______- Mill Seized by the Sheriff. TROY, N. Y., April %—The Egherts woolen mill, one of the largest in Cohoes, has been seized by the sheriff on a judg- ment of $20,525.81 in favor of Peter Mc- Carthy of Troy. The compa - corvorated in February, i808. eine eae tal stock of $50,000. The assets bilities are being computed. np THE} EVENING: STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1897-16 PAGES, ROOS EVELT HERE|HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS! DRILLING LABOR'S FORCES FINANCE AND TRADE SENATE REORGANIZATION Efforts to That End. Secretary McMillam Predicts That the Matter Will Be Successfully. Accomplished, The committees representing respectively the republican and democratic sides of the Senate resumed thetr efforts today to reach an agreement on a basis of reorganizing the Senate committees. The full republi- can committee was in session early in the day. The democratic committee did not meet at the same time, but Chairman Gorman was at tho Capitol and most of the members of his committee were within call. The republicans have gone to work with the serious intention of taking charge of the committees, but they find that in as- suming this task there are many delicate points to be settled. In accepting the democratic proposition to take care of most of the silver republicans and populists they find that they are compelled to assign places to old senators in those two parties which are much sought after by straight Tepublicans who have not been so long in the Senate, but feel that they deserve to be rewarded fur party service. ‘The dispositicn would be to favor the straight party men at the expense of oth- ers but for the fear that this course would have an injurious effect upon the fortunes of the tariff bill. The tariff is indeed giv- ing the managing committee and all the re- publican senators mere concern than any other facter in the situation. It is doubt- ful whether they would attempt to proceed but for this bill. They fear, however, that if they do not take the work in hand, the bill might be seriously delayed, some of the democrats having practically warned them that they would object to any further legislation of any character unless the com- mittees should be filled. ‘There is also a feel- ing on the republican side that any allot- ment which might appear to discriminate fnvidiously against the populists and silver republicans would imperil the tariff bill by precipitating an unseemly wrangle on the eve of its presentation to the Senate. The committee will do its best to over- come the difficulties thus presented, but the work of making the adjustment is like- ly to consume more time than was ex- pected. The republican committee was tn session about three hours today, and after it ad- journed Senator McMillan said that such satisfactory progress had been made as to warrant the prediction that reorganization would be accomplished. Notices were or- dered sent to the republican senators ask- ing them to specify the committees on which they would prefer to serve. THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. The Last Administration Blamed for Some of the Present Disaster. Some of the disaster in the Mississippi valley 1s laid at the door of the late ad- ministration of the War Department. It is complained that the contracts for levee work last year were all delayed. The de- partment was urged to take early action. All of the river authorities were predicting high water in the near future, and thought that wherever levee work was contem- plated, or was in progress, it should be pushed as rapidly as possible. The desire was to secure considerable headway by the Ist of December. Instead of that, work was not begun until December, and the flood came before it had been advanced far enough to be effective. It is also stated that the reports of the engineers proved to be remarkably accurate in every particular. At the very points where they had recommended additional work against very high water, that work, it has since been shown, would have been invaluable. The river is now pouring through breaks at several of these points, where, had the levees been heightened and strengthened in time, much valuable proper- ty, it is asserted, would have been saved. But {t proved to be impossible to hasten the letting of contracts in the premises, and everything stood still all of last fall when everything should have been in motion. One explanation offered of the matter re- lates to the short commons upon which the government has been forced to exist tor several years. The deficit in the revenues skimped everything. The corners were cut close in all of the departments. Con- tracts were delayed in every quarter, and in some quarters payments on work done for the government were delayed. The general management of affairs proceeded on a hand-to-mouth method, and to the detriment of both the government's inter- ests and individual interests. Everything that could be postponed was postponed as leng as possible where appropriations en- tered into the calculation. It is considered that there is an addition- al argument in this for the amount of mon- ey proposed to be raised by the Dingley bill, and for the prompt passage of that measure. The government is committed to certain internal improvements which can- not be delayed without injury all round. Ir delays occur for want of funds, previous disbursements are imperiled, and some- times are lost altogether. There are some friends of the Mississippi valley who be- lieve that If the work recommended by the government's own officers for that river had been properly pushed by the War De- partment, some of the heaviest losses that have just occurred and are still occurring down there would have been averted. oe MR. HAMLIN’S POSITION, It Will Be Simply Advisory to Gen. Foster. Mr. C. 8. Hamlin, ex-assistant secretary of the treasury, who has been retained by the government as counsel to assist in the conduct of the negotiations with Great Britain looking to a permanent settlement of the Bering sea seal question, said today that his position would be simply advisory to ex-Secretary John W. Foster, who will have general direction of the negotiations. Mr. Hamlin will return to Boston to re- sume his law practice, but he will come to Washington from time to time for corsulta- tion with Mr. Foster. The sealing regu!: tions under the Paris award were put into operation in 1894, and were to run five years, or two seasons, longer. The apparent decrease in the number of female seals during the last two or three seasons has reached such proportions that it is feared two more seasons of indis- criminate slaughter by pelagic sealers will have practically destroyed the industry. The British, as. well as the American in. vestigators, have reached this conclusion, and it is the purpose of the United States in the pending negotiations to bring about @ new agreement, under which both coun- tries shall take ‘active meusures looking to the preservation of the seal herds for all time to come. It is expected Mr. Foster will give his entire time to the question until a final settlement is reached. ——_—-e+______ Waiting for Auditor Timme. Surprise is expressed by treasury off- clals at the non-appearance of Mr. Timme, auditor for the State and other depart- ments. His was among the first nomina- tions sent in by President McKinley, and his commission has been held at the Treas- ury Department awaiting his appearani ever since March 27. He ls a tealdent oF Michigan, and it is supposed that he |is now at his home arranging his private affairs for a prolonged visit to this city. It is not known, however, when he will come. Meanwhile Auditor’ Holcomb, the democratic incumbent, 1s performing the duties of the office, and will continue to do 80 until relieved by the absent Mr. Timme. ——— oe “The Man in Gray. NEW YORK, April 9—The “Man in Gray,” who for a time last month terror- ized the. vicinity of Central Park by a series of highway robberies, supplemented by the robbery of the residence of Wm. M. Barnum, in East 35th street, where he presented a pistol at a servant's head and forced his way in, is now believed by the chief of the detective bureau to be Thomas Oliver Raines of Atlanta, Ge. Under the name of Frank Linden, “The Man in Gray” is now serving a sentence of five years’ imprisonment in the Elmira re- formatory. S 2 Secretary Gage has leased for the sum- mer the residence of Representative. New- lands of Nevada on Chevy Chase circle. He Paid a Flying Visit to the Navy : Department, —+— WILL QUALIFY Oy HE 19TH: INSTANT Had a Long Canference With As- sistant Secretary McAdoo. —_+—— INTEREST OF THE EMPLOYES ge Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, who will suc- céed Mr. McAdoo as assistant secre’ of the navy, came to the Navy Depart- ment this morning and had a long talx with Secretary Long. He also spent two hours with Mr. McAdoo, Hstening to the. latter's explanations of the methods of the Navy Department, and especially the mat- Theodore W. Roosevelt. ters with which the assistant secretary is particularly charged. Mr. Roosevelt will not qualify and assume his new office until the 19th instant, returning meantime to New York to arrange his private business affairs. A Flying Visit. He made only a flying visit, reaching here from New York this morning and returning by the afternoon train. His business re- lated solely to the duties of his new office. He was closeted with Assistant Secretary McAdoo for several hours, and obtained a good general idea of the peculiar duties he will be called upon to perfom in connection with the administration of naval affairs. He informed Secretary Long that it would not be convenient for him to take hold before the 19th instant, inasmuch as there were several important matters be- fore the board of police commissioners of New York that he desired to dispose of before severing his official connection with that department, and it was also neces- sary fcr him to-atfend to some private business before giving up his residence in New York city. During his cohfexence with Assistant Secretary McAdoo he summoned Mr. Wm. Howell, the private sécretary of that of- ficlal, and informed him that he desired him to remain in,.the same capacity with him after he took hdld, adding that he could feel safe in that office so long as he gave satisfaction, | Will Take Hold on the 19th Instant. There was a great deal of interest shown by the officers and ctvillan employes in the visit of the new assistant secretary and there was a general desire to ascertain his plans and purposes. Mr. Roosevelt was not ready to express himself on that subject, however, and beyond the state- ment that would, take hold on the 19th instant and would haye no official stand- ing in the naval ‘establishment until then, reused himself ‘from general conversa- tion. At the request of Seeretary Long, Mr. McAdoo will continue to discharge the du- ties of assistant secretary until the date fixed by Mr. Roosevelt for taking the oath of office. Inasmuch as he has not recelved his com- mission, and cannot do so until the return of the President, it would have been tm- possible for Mr. Roosevelt to have qualified today, even if he had desired to do so. There was considerable comment today over Secretary Long’s action in curtailing the duties of assistant secretary, as out- lined tn yesterday’s Star, right on the ad- vent of his chosen assistant, but so far as can be learned the new order means mere- ly that there shall be but one head of the Navy Department at a time, and that the assistant secretary shall act in that capac- ity only when specially designated by the President, by reason of the absence or in- capacity of the Secretary. It is generally believed at the depart- ment that the first important duty assigned to Mr. Roosevelt will be to thoroughly in- vestigate the business methods and gen- eral administration of affairs at the New York navy yard, with a view to the in- troduction of reforms said to be greatly needed there in the interests of the service. + e+ _______ Old Soldier Found Unconscious. NEW YORK, April 9.—Charles White, sixty years old, who says he is an inmate of the Soldiers’ National Home at Hamp- ton, Va, was found lying unconscious on the sidewalk at Roosevelt and Cherry streets at midnight last night. At the hos- pital after he had recovered his senses he stated. that he came to this city a short time ago to see some friends. White acted as if he was not right in nis mind. — Fatal Result of Greediness. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 9.—Seaman Cline of the cruiser Philadelphia died today. Two of the other sailors are dying and several more are in a precarious condition from drinking wood alcohol mixed with eggs and condensed milk. They broke into the medi- cine chest during the night, stealing the alcohol, of which they drank large quanti- tes, —— Qecan Steamship Arrivals, NEW YORK, April 9.—Arrived—Ger- manic, Liverpool. BALTIMORE, April 9.—Arrived—Howard, Boston; Alsenborn, New York. CAPE HENRY, Va, April 9.—Passed in for Baltimore, Durango, from Rotterdam; wenense from Rotterdam; Eugenie, from ston. See = Nelson Weeks Indicted. NEW YORK, Afril'¥—Nelson M. Weeks, who was suspectéd df having caused the death of Aimee Smith of Hackensack, N. J., who died in this city, from carbolic acid polsoning and cacebra@l congestion several weeks ago, has been. indicted for man- slaughter in the, first, degree. = Sa See King George Jnyijed to Nashville. NASHVILLE, ®enns; April 9.—The ex- ecutive committee, of the centennial expo- sition has adoptedia Tasolution inviting the King of Greece and royal family to attend the centennial agdqxpressing sympathy witn Greece in thg pr¢gent crisis, A ae To Prevent ,Thrye-Cent Fares. INDIANAPOLI®& ~ Avril 9—A suit to knock out three-cent railroad fares in In- dianapolis, provided: by a recent act of legislature, was filed in the United States court yesterday by the Central Trust Com- pany of New York, trustee for the bonds. It asks an injunction against the street raiiroad company to prevent it in any way observing thlaw, against the city for at- tempting to enforce it and against the pros- ccuting attorney for prosecuting violators of it. eas ees Mr. Bryan Only Slightly Hurt. ATLANTA, Ga., Apri] 0.—A spectal to the Journal from. Jacksonville, Fla., says: Mr. Bryan, who was slightty injured by the falling of the hotel piazza here last night, is all right this morning, except for a few | bruises. “He left for Taltat e, where he will address ‘the legislature tonight. Narrow Escape From Death of *E. J. Underwood. Found in the Marsh Back of Anales- tan Island—An All-Night Predicament. E. J. Underwood, a patent attorney on Hi éatreet between 4th and 5th, was taken to the Emergency Hospital abcut 8 o'clock this morning in an almost unccnscious condition. This afterncon, however, he 1s improving, and will recover unless there is an unexpected backset. He will be able to go to his home by tomorrow or next day. This morning, about 7 o'clock, R. W. Henderson, living in Cissel’s alley, George- town, while across the river in Virginia, discovered a white man lying in the marsh near the old causeway leading from Vir- ginia to Analostan Island. A hasty ex- amination revealed that life was not ex- tinct, though the body was partly imbedded in the mud. An alarm was quickly given and assistance rendered by others in ex- tricating the unforturate man from his Position. A boat was secured and the man removed to Passeno’s boat house, from which place the police were notitied. Mr. Underwood described the situation to a Star reporter. He said: “I went up the river yesterday shooting aad fishing. I went to the neighborhood of Little Falls, and then returned to Little river. I went out Little river to where it bends back of Analostan Island. When it began to grow dark I started home. Instead of going back out the river I went into the ‘cut off” channel. The tide was falling, but I thought I would have no trouble in getting out all right. I had not gone far when I struck a log across the channel. I tried to cut the log out of the way with a hatchet, so as to go on, but did not succeed. Then I tried to haul the boat over the log. “In trying this I got wet ard chilled all over. Then I tried to row out of the chan- nel the way I had come, but found I could go nelther forward nor backward, because of the falling tide. I concluded I would have to stay there until somebody heard me call, and I got in my boat and covered myself with a sail. In a little while I was benumbed with cold. I got out of the boat and tried to walk to shore, but got stuck in mud nearly to my waist, and was too exhausted and chilled to get out. I cried out all the time, thinking somebody would hear me. What time I was discovered I don’t know, but I do know it was a nar- row escape.” Mr. Underwood was in his dangerous predicament nearly all night. Sees WILL SEIZE INYACK ISLAND. British to Gain a Foothold at the En- trance to Delagon Bay, CAPETOWN, Africa, April 9.—The Argus of this city announced today that it had recelved trustworthy information from Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal, that the British have secured Inyack Island, at the entrance to Delagoa bay, and that a squadron of warships from this port will proceed there to take possession of the island and proclaim it British territory. —— STAYED ON THE DOLPHIN. The Pres lent Did Not Go Annapolis, ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 9.—Everything las been in readiness at the Naval Acad- emy all day to give President McKinley a royal welcome, but up to 1 o'clock the President had not come ashore. Orders were given to the gunners to be ready for a salute, and preparations were made for an artillery drill by the cadets, but the continuous rain has kept the President aboard the Dolphin. —.__ PHILIPPINES? REVOLT. Ashore at THE Fortifications Being Erected Favorable Positions, MADRID, April 9.—Dispatches received here from Manilla, capital of the Philip- pine Islands, say that the insurgents have killed several monks, and have burned the shurches of Buena Vista, Guideva and En- dang. Insurgents are also said to be erecting fortifications in favorable positions. The Spanish military operations are al- most at a standstill, pending the arrival of further reinforcements from Spain. —.—_—_ CURIOUS CLOCKS. Interesting Specimens of Timepieces Which Have Been Made. From the Commercial Advertiser, The origin of the clock is unknown, but such timepieces were known in Italy as early as the tenth century. Some think they were first invented by the Saracens. From that time many elaborate and whim- sical designs were constructed, and those which were skillfully and wonderfully made brought fabulous prices. An old Italian soldier, who served prior to 1689, construct- ed one of the most curious of these. By its mechanism the figure of a tortoise was made to drop into a plate of water, having the hours marked on its rim. The figure would float around and stop at the proper hour, telling the time like “a learned pig.” A lizard also was made in the same time- keeper to ascend a pillar on which the hours were marked and point out the time 4s it advanced. A mouse did the same thing by creeping along an hour-marked cornice. The figure of a golden cock that flapped its wings twice with the approach of the hours and crowed twice was also a popular favorite for ancient timekeepers. Of the various specimens that might be given of early designs of the clockmakers’ art not the least interesting are the several types of lamp clocks. One of these was of a kind quite common in the seventeenth century, and consisted of a lamp burner placed at the base of a glass ofl receptacle mounted vertically upon a sultable stand- ard. ‘The oil reservoir had attached to it a scale, facing the burner and showing the hours, beginning at 4 o'clock in the after- noon, at which time the lamp was to be lghted in winter, and ending at 7 o'clock in the morning. The lamp being .ightcd, the gradually descending level of oil, as combustion proceeded, marked the hours. Another device—ot later origin, dating back to the beginning of the present century— utilized the same principle. It consisted of two communicating oil chambers, super- posed by a clock dial. In one of the cham- bers was placed a night lamp to illuminate this dial, and in the other was suspended a float from a cord which passed around a small pulley. The latter was mounted on a horizontal axis ending in the center of the dial. The float, of course, descended as the oil was consumed, and carried the index hand along with it, thus marking the hours precisely as in the case already cited. At their best, these timepieces could have had only an indifferefit degree of accuracy, yet they probably served their purpose well, and certainly are interesting at the present time as illustrating some of the expedients adopted by mechanictans of an earlier period. ee Some Royal Blood. From tho Atlanta Constitution. ‘There is a man living in Florida who can rightfully boast of royal blood coursing through his veins. A. J. Murat of Apa- lachicola, Fla., is the aristocrat, and he kas some very high family connections. He ts a_great-great-grandson of Marshal Murat, Napoleon’s famous general, who afterward became King of Naples. He is the great-great-nephew of four kings—Na- poleon, Louls of Holland, Joseph, King of Spain, and Jercme of Westphalia. He is a third covsin of Louis Napoleon and great- great-grandson of Napoleon’s mother, who died in 1836, the year he was born. Mr. Murat is a man of about sixty years of age, and one of the quietest, most unas- suming men imaginable. Se Rather Heavy. From Puck. Barr—“There’s a new bicycle tire factory in Chicago that Is the: biggest fraud of the age.” = Tyre—“How’s that? They surely ought to be able to furnish wind to last a whole season.” Barr—“That’s not it. It’s their tire. It has been discovered that they were using nothing but wreaths of Chicago smoke.” Organising Workingmen on Military Lines, Circulars Sent Out From This City— ‘Worthy Foreman Bish Commander-in-Chiet. General Secretary-Treasurer John W. Hayes of the Knights of Labor and M. J. Bishop, commander-in-chief of the “Min- ute Men” of America, today denied to a Star reporter tht a manifesto had been, as was stated in a Philadelphia paper, ts- sued from the headquarters of the Knights of Labor in Washington advocating the drilling of organized workingmen in the use of arms. Mr. Bishop admitted, however, that “min- ute men” were belng organized all over the country, and said that the reason for this was that no labor organization is in a Position to cope properly with the giant ccrporations of the day. Theso “minute men” are not, it fs said, officially connected with the Knights of Labor. Mr. Bishop said to a Star reporter in re- Sard to the new organization: “The committees of safety and supplies are at present located in Washington, and have selected me as general commander, and the mustering in is proceeding all along the line. No publicity is given to our membership, and information of co- ercion can be forwarded in absolute confi- dence. The methods pursued by the min- ute men are strictly legal, but undoubtedly will cause bitter animosity among such employers as are affected, so that secrecy is a necessary feature to protect our mem- bers from retaliation.” A Confidential Circular. A prominent official of the Knights of Labor furnished The Star reporter with a copy of a secret and confidential cireular which has been sent throughout the Union, but whether it has reference to the “Minute men” or not he declined to state. ‘The circula says: “The Industrial Army fs a national er- fanization of reformers, who understand the situation, and who pro; to You must realize the one great ne in such an or, tion, having such a tremendous purpose in view. That neces- sity is absolute secrecy. You would rot care to join a society wh y is known to the worid, ard ya ing the waltor and the wre a field for nefarious work. You will readily eive that to succeed we iaust regard every one with suspicion. “At the head of th names are known ¢ are men whose erywhere. Were their identity known, thi would perish in a night, and they would be cooling their heels in’ a plutocratic bastille in as snort a period. You are asked to curb your nat- ural curiosity, and to unite with them wit the assurance that they are known to you as tried and true veterans in the ranks of reform fcr a quarter of a century. With this assurance you must be content; w can reveal no more. “At the head of the industrial army, as its commander-in-chief, is Nemo, who has been selected because of his connection with the industrial movement, and because were his identity known to the reformers of this country his fitness for this im- portant mission would be at once recox- nized by all. He it is who directs the mighty forces of this order, and whose hidden hand will checkmate the cunning moves of plutocracy on the political check- erboard of America. “Assisting the commander is a group of reform veterans, known as the national committee, who have direct cherge of the movement throughout the United States. This committee is in communication wi:h the reform movement thrcughout the world, and it is thoroughly posted upon the actual condition of affairs in every community in the United States. “In each state the national organization has selected cne person known to us to be a reliable and earnest reformer, and to that person is given the task of organizing his state.” -- LOAD OF FIREWORKS EXPLODED. Ten Persons Lost Their Lives at menos Ayres. BUENOS AYRES, Argentina, April 9.— An immense amount of damage has been caused by the explosion of a cart loaded with fireworks. The accident occured near a block of buildings adjacent to the bourse, end the bulldings almost immediately caught fire. A whole block was destroyed before the flames were under control. Ten pe ms lost their lives through the ex- plosion or during the conflagration. ——. MAYORS DISAGREE. New York Charter Returned to the Legislature. ALBANY, N. Y., April 9.—The Greater New York charter has been returned to the legislature with the disapproval of Mayor Strong of New York. Mayor Wurster of Brooklyn end Mayor Gleason of Leng Is- land City approved the charter. oe The Peculiar Oxford Paper. Of the famous Oxford paper the Daily News gives the following curious and doubtiess authentic history: Fifty-four years ago several packets of a fine kind of paper, with books printed from it, were brought home from China by a member of the university. The paper was used for the printing of a few volumes at the University Press. As the volumes were gradually distributed over the country, pub- lishers, printers and booksellers became in- terested in the new kind of paper. Inquiries were made about it, to which the authori- ties of the Oxford Press were unable to give any answer. They themselves did not know in what part of China it was manu- factured, nor how it was manufactured. They sent a representative to the east to make researches, but little or nothing came of them. Then they began a series of chemical analyses and experiments. About twenty years ago their analysis was suc- cessfully completed, and the Oxford paper, now known all the world over, was the re- sult. It may not be the exact ditto of the old Chinese substance,but it is unapproached and unique. Ever since the invention print- ers’ end publishers’ spies from all parts of the world have been prowling about the Oxford and London offices of the University Press. “Why,” asked a visitor, the other day, of Mr. Frowde, “don’t they analyze your paper and find you out, as you did wita the Chinaman?” To which the answer was: “A diamond is simply pure carbon I'll give you as much carbon as you like if you will make a diamond of it. The after- preparation—that’s the secret; and the se- cret of this paper is known only to three men,” which sounds conclusive. Greater Grain 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. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat—May... 66% 67% 6% 61% July... 65% —G64-5% 61% —-GAlg Corn—May... 23% 23% 22% 22i¢3 July. 24% ie Ae 2u-% Oats—May... 16% 16% 15% 15% . July... 17% 17% 17% 17% Pork—May... 820 822 817 817 July... 832 852 827 830 Lard—May... 4.10 412 410 412 July... 422 422 422 422 52 ST 452 455 37 4.52 4.57 High. Low. Close. 712° 7.05 7.09 T1710 5 AT 721 715 718 19-722 TAT T19 ee Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 9.—Flour Aull unchanged — receipts, 10,361 barrels; exports. 507 els; saul v0 is. Wheat inactive and firm Et month, T3i_a73%: May, 7244072%: July, GON naked; Augast, 60% \—receipts, 2,138 bushels: s1 Gora easy po ‘ard mouth, oypeoTs May, atigs y- mont 3 y. 27! 2th: Sug, Besiato steamer snikes, aaa me ceipts, 4.838 bushels: exports, 400 bushels; stock, 2,505,521 busbels; sales, 325,000 bushels— southern white corn, 3 Fellow, 2iazi. No. 2 ; do. western, 4,610 bushels, bid. ‘Grain trolghte fai steady, Fane we Fae a Se ate Eta Sel ae Se a 3 1617; ladle, 11a12; store packed, 8a12. Freeh, 0." Cheese’ steady) unchanged. changed. Expecting a Peaceful Settlement of the Cretan Difficulty. FOREIGN SECURITIES WERE ACTIVE Sugar Trust Has Gone Up Five Points in Three Days. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ead: Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Stan NEW YORK, April 9.—Assurances of a pacific settlement of the Cretan difficulty were reflected by higher prices in all the foreign markets this morning. British censols and French rentes were espectally active and almost buoyant. Under the in- fluence cf these conditions local prices were marked up at the opening for sub- stantial fractional gains. The buying was not of the best order, however, the short Interest and speculative purchases by the room being credited with the bulk of the demand. A moderate investment inquiry for the better managed dividend-paying securities was reported, but the propoSions of this demand are not equal to the task of sus- taining pr! unassisted by room trading. The securities which have been most con- spicuous during the week were again fa vore interests Ame y was successfully forced up to the opening hour, a net cain of pnt in a fraction less than At this level a disposition to n1 some rather good selling, on of % per cent advance in these shares continues to a logical explanation, explana~ are nevertheless abun The s have ant inside interests are said to done nothing to promote the advance, but opinion is divided as to who are really in control of the speculative welfare of this property. Conservative houses have not ? tive in the recent movement and to urge legislative unc in juscift- cation of their policy of inaction. Wash- ington advices, while somewhat mixel as to the details, are of the opinion that the tariff be well on toward its close its character becomes in the least favorable to this prop- erty. Chicago Gas was 1 under buying for both accounts, tment demand improving in coi e of decreasing fears of an adve: {eal complication. Renewed selling of New J tral was a feature of the day’s trailing, the sympathetic advance of the last two days having served to establish a new basis for short operations. The reduction of the short interest in the general market has done more to destroy its stability than any single development of the week. The attempt to belittle the influence of a protracted tariff discussion, accompanied by amendment, now unthought of perhaps, is having no effect outside of professional cles. Trade interests fuily recognize the difmf- culties of the situation and idle money will not be risked in speculative enter- i until something more detinite ts determined upon. The various devices now offered as a substitute for legitimate buy- ing will perform only temporary service. The market must broaden or remain in a state of magnificent fluctuation around the recent average level. On declines some investment buying will appear, on advances selling for both accounts will be encountered. Positive conditions will reduce the latter action and increase the former without regard for prices. on 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. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Aimerican Spirite. 19% American Spirits, pa... .... American Sugar. 14s American Sugar, pfd. WRK 10R%® LOW 1047 American Tobace Tay 73 Tay TA ican Cotton Oil 1% 1085 10% Canada Pacific. Chesapeake & Ohio... €.,C.C, & St. Louls. Unicagd, B&Q. ... Chicago& Nortnwestern, ‘Chicago Gas... ©. M. & St. Paul. Cas ss Pack, pie Chicago, RI. & Pacific. - Chicago, St. Paul, M.£0. Consolidated Gas Del.. Lack. & W Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Kio Grande, pfa. Erie 5 Metropolitan Traction, Se Centr Missouri Pacific National Lead Go. National Leaa Oo., pfd. New Jersey Central. New York Centrat. Northern Pacitl Northern Pacific, pid. Ont. & Western... Pacific Man... Phila. & Reading. Pullman PF. C. Co . Southern Ry., pfd Phila. Traction Texas Pacific Tenn. Coal & iron. Union Pacific tock Eachange. Yelock m.— Traders’ Shwnapeake aud rgentialer Linotype, 10 ¥ 100 Washington ular call—12 B. at 4s.20-year fund 3s, 103 Ad, 111 bid. Water stock bid.” Water stock 7s, 103, 058, funding, currency, 109 ds. Metropolitan Raflroad 5s, Metropolitan Kallroad conv. G6, 114% tropolitan Railroad certiticates of indebted: 113% bid. Belt Railroad 5s, 40 bid, 80 asked Eckinzton Railroad 6s, Sly bid. Gs, 115%, bid, 117 asked. W: pany ds, series A, 114 bid. pany Gx, series BB, 115 bid. : : tomac Telephone 5s, 101 bid. American Socustty and Trust 5s, F. and A.. 100 bid. American Se- curity and Trust Ss, A. ond O., 100 bid. Washing- ton Market Company ist 6a, 108 bid. Washings Market Company imp. 68, "108 bid. Market Company ext. 6a, 308 bid. | Masoute Association 5s, 108 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ast 6s, % bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of ore 260 bid. Bank of the Republic, 204 bid. 280 bid, 310 asked. Central, 200 bi and Mechanics’, 170 bid. Second, 1, zens’, 122. bid.” Columh’ bid, 130 asked. bid, Traders’, 95 bid, 9 Tasked. ‘Lincoln, 102 bid. ate Depoatt and T c ‘National Saf s it a ‘rust les. —Natt fe Deposit and Trust, 113 bid. Wastlagion Loan and ‘Trust, 119 bid, 125 asked. American Security and ‘Trust, *140 bid. “Washington Safe Deposit, 52 bid. Railroad Stoc ital Traction, 514” bide. 53 asked. Metropolitan, 1114 bid. Columbla, Si bid. Gas and Electric it Stocks. —Washington Gas. 43% bid, 45 asked. etown Gas, 47 bid. U. S. Electric Light, 88g bid, 90 nsked. Insurance Storks.— en's, tional Union, 11% asked. aoked. People'e oh bid Sk ankel” Litheoine sit bid. 8% asked. Commercial, 4% bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—R. 4, 9%, "bid, 101 Be a, a 121% bid, 122 asked. Lanst lonotype, 7 bid. T wy Market. bid. 43 ‘Washington Great Falls Ice, 118 bid, 125 asked. Lincoln 90 asked.