Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1897, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1897-24 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE| Gloom Hangs Over the Valley of the Mississipi. DESPERATE WORK ON THE LEVEE Doubtful if the Banks Can Stand the Strain. PERIL IN NEW ORLEANS aa a NEW ORLEANS, La.. April 10.—Gloom hangs over the valley. Everywhere the river is rising. As the mighty stream rolls toward the sea its great weight bears upon the banks. Nerved by the appalling thought of the ruin its entrance through any of the protecting levees would bring, thousands of men are at work strengthening the bar- riers. Any tiny rivulet trickling through the bread embankments Is cause for a sig- nal of alarm. Keenly each sign is watched for. repidiy a relief train responds to the call, hurriedly a lumber bulwark is built ard earth-filled sacks packed in behind. So far each summons has been promptly an- swered and each effort met with success, but the water is growing greater in volume and mightier in force, the alarms coming with more frequency, and it is doubttul if the splendid system can prevail against the Jeng-continued strain, which has just begun anew. Yesterday Gov. Foster answered truly that Louisiana was in no need of relief. None can tell what his answer will be a week hence. Still Louisinan is better xed than her sister states. Her levees are stronger and her levee beards ate in gocd financial concition. A railroad runs along: the river on each side almost to the upper line of the state, and men and material can be placed with greater facility. In ail this hangs her hopes. The flood is already greater than ever known before, but each day's record will be broken by the next dey for at least a "k to come, and the le already built » to stand the water expected are being built higher to stand the water that is cer- tain to come. Right here in the city, despite the care- fully built and solid wall around it, the engineers have advised increasing the bul- ee warks, and Mayor Flower has ordered all the city forces to be in readiness to aid the levee board in case of emergency. The night guards have been doubled, the directors of the fight all along the state line have little chance to sleep, and the end of the struggle and its results are beyond even the hazard of a guess. Gloomy News From Greenville. JACKSON, Miss., April 10.—The Associ- ated Press correspondent at Greenville wired at noon today as follows: ‘There can be no exaggeration of the flood situation in the Yazoo, Miss., delta. River bulletins ef Friday evening indicated an in- detinite prolcngation of the flcod height in the Mississippi valley from Cairo south. Throughout cll the country tributary to the Mississippi there were heavy rainfall: The crisis is yet to come, and the vast ex- tent of human suffering and destruction of property cannot be conceived. Here in the delta alene it may be truthfully said that the half has not yet been told. The river is still at a stand because of the water ceming back into it from the St. Francis at Helena, and the White and Arkansas, just above Arkansas City, kee up the rise at the latter point, in spite of all the breaks in the levees south of that piace. People here and where the water has not reached them, strange to say. hi only just begun to realize the magnitude of the calamity, Yesterday afternoon a call was issued by repre ive colored men for a meeting to organize a standing re! The river bulletin just received promi: a further rise at Cairo, to begin about to- morrow, and continue for severai days. The Ohio is again rising from Pittsburg south, and the Arkansas is again rising. CAN ISSUE RATIONS ONLY. Gov. Jones of Arkansas Suggests Din- tribution of Money. Secretary Alger has received another re- sponse to his tel2gram sent yesterday to the governors of the overflowed states in the Mississippi valley, inviting them to designate names of persons to receive ra- tions for distribution. it was from Go D. W. Jones of Arkansas, at Little Rock, and read as follows: “I am advised and believe that the / tribution for sufferers from overflow this state should be to committess money and not in rations. I wrote you fully yesterday, and beg that you will wait receipt of that letter before acting. If, however, you finally conclude to issue rations only, then I will cheerfully comply with your request contained in your tele- gram of today. I await your further ad- vices. An inspe resolution ment is 2 in in fon of the terms of joint nder which the War Depart- ing in relieving the flood sut- ferers soon demonstrated that the depart- ment was bound to tssue only rations; therefore Sec-etary Alger made the follow- ing reply to Gov. Jones’ message: “I am sorry that aid cannot be furnisned in money. Our officers will be on the «round today, and will furnish such sup- plies as are necessary as far as possibl here were no reports this mornins from the engineer officers along the Mississi which is taken as a sign that the situa remains unchanged, or at least further damage of moment has be~ tained by the government works along banks of the river. WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS Main Levee Below Vicksburg in Yet Intact. The following reports have been received today from the weather bureau officiais in charge of river districts: St. Louis, Mo.—Slight rise at St. Louis by Sunday to a trifle less than 2% feet. Fall- ing tendency by Mon Missouri wiil fall, and little change in the upper Miss: sipp! is expected. Cairo, Ul—River continues on a siand at 448 feet. and will remain stationary ve rise very slightly tonight and Sunday Memphis, nn.—River stationary at thi with more breaks ii ar and cool upper leve weather. proba arly stationary Miss.—Hiver continues to ris rapidly from crevasse water. Some pri vate levees broken, but no new crevasse in the main line are reported, although th situation is serious and work on the levees is being pushed. Weather clear and cool. New Ori La.—A general slight ris below Vicksburg. Levees continue damage from high winds wave wash in localities. to hold the elow Vicks- burg, and utmost vigilance continues all along the line. Showers ha ne watersheds of the Ohio, Cu ‘Tennessee, up- per Mississippi and lower Missouri rivers Owing to the heavy rains of yesterday the cpper Ohfo has risen ravidly. Th Cumberland and Red and upper Arkar risen slightly. The Mississippi risen from La Crosse to Davenport, and ri ours mov The feet on the the highes New Orle highest reac! from Vicksburg to r at Vicksburg is at i . which is 1.1 foot abov water of Isso. The river at s is at 17.9 feet, which is the hed during any previous food. | — LEATHER MEN COMING. u Will Meet in This City Wednesday of Next Week. NEW YORK. April 10.—members of the hide, leather, skin and kindred trades op- posed to a duty om hides and skins held a eting in the “Swamp” today to protest against the removal of hides anJ skins from the free list. A committee of seve of which ex-Mayer Schieren of Brooklyn is the chairman, was appointed to go to Washington to represent the facts te con- gressmen. A meeting will be held of the combined trades which would be affected by this pro- pesed tax at the Arlington Hotei, Wash- ingten, Wednesday next. BON -FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation sworn to is a bona fide one. It is easily possible for a news- paper with an elastic comscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Aprit 8, 1897. -36,589 MONDAY, April 5, 1 -30,301 TUESDAY, April 6, 15 -30,331 WEDNESDAY, April 7, 1897 THURSDAY, April 3, 1897 FRIDAY, April 9, 1997........ Total Daily average... «- 31,343 I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, April 9, 1897—that is, the num- ber of copies uctually sold, delivered, farnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnabie to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this tenth day of April, A. D. 1997. FREDERICK A. FEN . ary Public, D. C. SENATE COMMITTEES. Final Agreement of the Combined Opposition in the Matter. The final agreement among democrats, silver republicans and populists in the Senate looking to a permanent coalition was reached at a meeting of representa- of those parties held in Senator Gor- committee room at the Capitol to- There were present at the meeting: T:emocrats—Senators Gorman,Cockrell, Wal- thall, Jones of Arkansas and Murphy; sil- ver republicans, Senators Cannon and Man- tle; populists, Senators Allen and Petti- grew. , It was decided that the combination should hold out for the assignment of ail the places on committees heretofore hell by democrats, while it was agreed that the republicans should have the places hither- to filled by republicans. This will give the republicans all the committee chairman- ships vacated by the retirements of Sen- ators Cameron, Sherman, Dubois, Squ Mitchell of Oregon ard Brown, but it will give the combination about seventy va- cancies, while it allows the republicans only about thirty. If the republicans accept the terms which the combination will attempt to dictate the republicans will name a man to suc- ceed Senator Sherman, while the silver combination will name Senator Voorhees’ successor. This will insure the continued preponderance of silver men on the finance committee, while it will not interfere with the republican program on the tariff. Sager YET COMMISSIONER. NOT Waiting for the Decision of a Case by the Court of Appeals. Mr. Butterworth has not yet qualified as commissioner of patents, and it is not set- tled when he will do so. The delay is on account of the case of Brodie agt. the commissioner of patents, now pending on appeal from the District Circuit Court to the District Court of Appeals. In the court beiow Brodie applied for a writ of mandamus on Commissioner Sey- mour to compe! him to recognize the priority of Brodie’s claim in an interfer- ence. The court granted his application, and the commissioner appealed. It is to get the dectsion of the Court of Appeals on the question involved that Mr. Seymour re- mains in office ard Mr. Butterworth stays out. A mandamus is a personal writ, and the situation is the same as it was in the fa- mous Long pension case. The Circuit Court held that tae principal examiners in the patent office were in: pendent judicial ofileers, and the case will assume Consiterable importance in patent office practice if it is susiained by the court above. Mr. Butierwerth expects to qualify some time next wee —_—_-e—___ PINGREE IGNORES BLACK. Refases to Recognize a Requisition for Sheriff Ferguson. NEW YORK, April 10.—Governor Pin- gree of Michigan refuses to recognize the requisition upon him issued by Governor Black of this state for Sheriff award E. Ferguson of Lenawee county, Michigan. At the instance of District Attorney Oleott of this city, Sheriff Ferguson was indicted for allowing A. B. Christensen to escape from custody. Christensen had been ar- rested in this city on a charge of swindiing the Ridgeway Creamery Company of Len- Michigan, and turned over to ate officersson a requisition or Pingree. Ferguson accept- ed from Christensen the amount taken from the creamery and let his prisoner go. ristensen was rearrested when the facts rame to light, and is now in the Tombs under indictment. The contention of the New York officials is that the state machinery must not be used by other commonwealths for the pur- pose of collecting debts. Governor Pin- gree is reported to have said that Sheriff Ferguson is too decent 2 man to be taken back to New York as a criminal — CLOSED BY Raid on the Open Board of Trade in New York. NEW YORK, April 10.—On a warrant issued by Magistrate Mott Chiet of Police Conlin’s private staff have closed the open board of trade at 46 Broad street. The place was quite crowded at the time, but only those persons found behind he operating rails were arrested. It is said that the police took something like $20,000, which they found in the safe in xe of Manager Charles H. Gagland. ‘The open board of brokers was former- iy known as Todd’s; the place was raided once before, about two years ago, since which time it is claimed that the members operated under a charter which gave them ail the privileges enjoyed by members of the stock exchange. On the street it is said that the raid has been instigated by stock exchange. ‘fae prisoners, who are Charles H. Gar- land, the manager, and two clerks, Wilbur F. Hubbell and C. F. Hibbard, were ar- raigned in court, pleaded not guilty, and were beid in $0 bail for examination. Th> complainant on whose affidavits the warrants were issued is Charles F, Whiting of Brooklyn, who alleges that he paid money to the board for speculation in wheat and that he has not recelyed any return. POLICE. —_ ADMIRAL RAWSON’S MISSION. Rumored That He Will Oppose Ger- many im the Delagon Bay Matter. LONDON, April 10.—A dispatch from Capetown this afternoon says that Admiral Rawson, the commander of the British squadron in South African waters, will sail shortly with sealed orders in the direction of Delagoa Bay. It is rumored that he has been ordered to make a demonstration against Germany's attempts"to get a foothold in Delagoa bay. EASTERNS WERE SLY|MR. VOORHEES DEAD The Central Girls Were Outplayed at Basket Ball. CONTEST BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOLS Sharp Plays and an Interesting Contest Throughout. see ee TWO MORE GAMES —— ee The first of the three games to determine the champion girls’ basket ball team of the high schools was played this: morning at the Carroll Institute gymnasium between teams representing the Eastern and Cen- tral schcols, the Eastern school girls win- ning by a score of 6 to 4. The second game will be played between the same teams at the gymnasium at 3:30 next Thursday af- terneon, and the third one, if a third one be necessary, at the same place Saturday, the 24th instant, at 11 a.m. The victory of the Eastern School team was, outside of their adherents, an unex- pected one, the general impression b2ing that the Centrai girls would win easily. Indeed, so confident were their followevs that they were astonished that any one could even imagine they would be beaten. “Why,” said one pretty Central girl to The Star's reporter, “the Central always beaten the Eastern boy you suppose that we will do less? No, dced,” she remarked, with a saucy tos! her head, ‘you just watch and see what our girls will do with them. Why, don't you know, we really can’t lose.” After the game that young lady tearfully explained that she was never more sur- prised in all ber life. “Why, do you know those astern girls were just as mean as they could be. And see hew sly they were. They just pretended all along that they just knew the rules of the game and that was all, never letting us dream they could play so well. f think that was downright m gut I dent care. Just wait and see what we will do with them in the next two games. Why, they won't have the ghost of a show.” They Were Sly. It really was remarkable what little the Bastern girls and their friends had to say before the game. They merely smiled at the confidence of their opponents, simply ig: “Wait, until after tae game.” And they were awfully sly, ioo. In their preliminary practice they fell and slipped down and rolled over one another in a very awkward way, throwing as wild- ly as could well be imagined. But when the game commenced they dropped all that, and played in a manner that enthus their adherents and caused cold chills to ckese one another down the spinal co!- ums of the Central School contingent. When the game was over they smiled con- deseendingly upon their astonished rivals, as much as to say: “You play fairly well, and with a little more practice might be able to make it interesting for us. Bui you have an awful lot to learn, The Teams. Prof. Maurice Joyce, the physical strucior of the Carrell Inst‘tute gymnas and the trainer of the two teams, umpired the game, and when he started it, a few minutes after 11 o'clock, the place was well filled with the t holars of th schools and ineir friends. g the inter- ted spectators were Supt. Powell and Principal Lane of the Central School, they and The Star reporter being the only mea admitted Lo witness the contest. The play- ers were attired in the regulation gym- nasium blouzes and bloomers of blue cloth, each player wearing the respective team colors. The colors of the Central team were navy blue and white, while those of th opponents were light blue and white. Three ten-minute innings were played, with rests of five minutes. The teams lined up as TERN. Georgie Forbes (¢ irley Potter. ee Gardner. Lockwood... + Rozzelle The E Position, pt Tae Right forward Right back Lett buck. rieune Pease Schoemborn -Aliee Ruff Eastern team won the toss, taking the western geal. The moment the bail was put in play it was seen that the C trai girls were more aggressive. Their p) Wes sharp and their passing excellen Mies Tyndall, their captain, being parti ularly good at passing and throwing. V in a few seconds of the close of the inning the ball was cleverly captur. Forb-s, e placed it in the basket, securing two ‘ints for the Eastern team. Just previous to that Miss Ruff secured the same num- ber of points by also throwing from the. d by and, with a beatiful throw, field. The first inring, therefore, closed with the score a tle, 2 to 2. In the second inning a foul was com- mitted by each side, and Umpire Joyce al- lowed @ throw from the fifteen foot line to each team, Miss Forbes and Miss Ty dall, respectively, failing to get the b in the basket. A moment later, however, Miss Forbes again successfully threw from the field, and the second inning closed with the score 4 to 2 in favor of the Eastern girls. Spirited Play. The third inning was characterized by the most spirited plays cf the xame, and within a minute’s time Miss Tyndall tied the score by a long throw from the field. The score remained a tie but a few sec- onds, however, for Miss Rozzelle, by a great throw from the field, slaced the Eastern team again in front by two point despite the determined, vigcrous efforts of the Central girls, who were urged on b: the cries and shouts of their followe Time was called with the ball in the vos- session of thelr victorious opponents. The team work of the Eastern girls was more effective than that of their rivals, and to their steady play was due their success. But the tearas are very evenly matched, and the next game will be an unusuaily interesting one. The victors took their st calmly, while the Central girls were very much cut up by their un- exnected defeat. > EXCITED GRAIN An Unreasoning War Senre Prices in New York. NEW YORK, April 10.—The grain mar- kets were wild this morning. The first five minutes trading in wheat figures pre- sented one of the most exciting during the year. Prices, rocket-like, shot upward with an over-night bound of 11-2 a bushet, viz., May, to 727-8. E The buying orders were urgent. Offer- ings, however, were very ‘ight, and left an open gap for the buying brokers to cover. Traders stood in open-eyed wonder at th sucden change frem yesterday's demoral zation. But there was a quick rally, and more excitirg, a selling movement commenced. Prices dropped by quarter cents a bushel, sometimes without_transactions interven- ing, declining to 72%. The trading was mostly local, and realizing and short sell- ing were the features, Lower. consols and a _ speculative or manipulative war scare were the invigorat- ing influences. Foreign markets were quiet and showed no concern, but this fact was wholly overlooked. After the first ten minutes all excitement had abated, and then a graduating dullness prevailed. eS Two More Resignations. The resignations of W. E. Shields and F. H. Melick, in charge of the fourth and fifth divisions of the government printing office, respectively, were placed in the hands of the public printer yesterday. Their places will shortly be filled by Mr. Palmer. a No Proof of Crime. The case of E. J. Barrett, who, as here- tofore published in The Star, was charged with obtaining $4,090 under false pretenses from the Navy Department, was today dis- missed by Judge Miller at the request of Presecutor Mullowney, who stated that after making a full investigation he had arrived at the conclusion that the gov- ernment had no proof of crime on Mr. Bar- rett’s part. zs —_. “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring enswers. MARKETS. Affects, (Cont from First Page.) in Indiana, bfit fhe cairied the legislature by @ popular majority of more than 30,000 and majcrity onJqint ballot cf 23 against Den- jemin Harrisony the rival candidate. Six years later hg seas elected by 40 majority. and again in“January, 1891, by a majority of 69, which Was unparalleled in the history of the Indiana” legislature. He served in the Senate nineteen years, three months and twenty days, a much longeseperiod of service than has been accordéi any other senator from In- diana of anf party since the state came into the Un! his majorities also being larger than received by any one else who has held ‘tl t position. Mr. Voorhess: vag elected to the Thirty- seventh, Thiftgseighth, Thirty-ninth, For- ty-first and FoMty-second Congresses, but was defeated for, the Forty-third Congress by reason of the nomination of Horace Greeley as the democratic candidate for President. He had long been known as an advocate of the free coinage of silver. Soon after entering the Senate he addressed that body in favor of free coinage and the pres- ervation of the greenback currency as full legal tender money. Father of ‘the Library Building. Mr. Voorhees’ name will always be re- called in connection with the new Con- gressional Library building as the leading advocate of the building of that marble palace. On the sth of May, 1890, he made a carefully prepared speech in the Senate sctting forth the deplorable and disgrace- ful condition of the library of Congress and the total inadequacy of the present heme of the library for the accommoda- ticn of the collectiop of books. The speech attracted marked attention, Senator Blaine and other leaders of the Senate crowding around and listening in- tently to his words. The result of that speech was the prompt action of the Sen- ate in appointing a joint select committee entitled “ The committee on additionai ac- commodatiors for the Library of Congress,” of which Mr. Voorhees was unanimously made chairman. With the exception of two years, while chairman of the finance com- mittee, he remained through every change of the political complexicn of the Senate at the head of this joint committee for the construction of the library, anyi_when he retired on the 4th of March, 1897, he held this chairmanship, which was given to him nearly seventeen years ago. Personal Characteristics. The most striking personal characteristics in Mr. Voorhees’ career may be said to be his eloquence before audiences, his strong personal magnetism and his poWer to hold his friends. Mr. Voorhees came of an old Dutch fam- ily, being of the seventh generation In un- broken descent of Steven Coerte Van Voor- hees, who came to this country from Hol- land in 1660. He leaves four children and two grandchildren, James Paxton Voorhees, who has reaped considerable distinction as a sculptor and author hees, Dr. Reese N. Voor- eticing law in this city S. Voorhees, who now is at Spokane. and was a representative in Con our years from that state, and a er, Miss Hallie Voorhees, A grand- F. Voorhees, a son of James a great favorite of the dis- Indianian, as was his grand- who fi th her parents in who is pr: Voorhee inguished daughter, pokan: Senator Voorhees had a gentle and poetic nature. During the jatter part of his lite, when his health was failing, his principal delights were. found in the gentler sides of nature and fh’ a vertain poetic philosoph ing. It was’ his’ frequent habit to drive through thexparks in early spring aud io look for the first appearance of the robins. He regarded) fhe robin redbreast as one of the most beAlititul of birds and associated with peaceful‘howve li His favorite drive was through the‘Smithsonian and Agricul- tural grounds, whe! dwell, few of these birds having cyyaped the ravages of the Spatrow. Whenever he saw the st of thé robin as it hopped along nd he’ would have the driver stop and would sft; fopia few minutes watching the bird in ijs spprt or its feeding. Hiy, Defense of Coo Senator Vo9rnees was regarded as one of the most clonent’ and powerful advocates that evér aditrested a’ ju Some of speeches hefaye a, jury haye een p: e ery- , and are regarded by.scholurs as clas- sics.. His tirstspromitetice before ihe coun- try was acqtfired through his defense of yeuttg’ Cook, Kho was associated with the Jchn,, Brown raid. “Cook was scarcely more than a boy, as handsome 4s in Apollo and an enthusiast who sough? nothing ncre than martyrdom. He was tried for higit treason, and, like John Brown, was executed. He was the brother-in-law of A. P. Willard, then governor of Indiana. Gov. Willard was a friend of young Voorhees, and on account ot that friendsnip, and also account of his disposition to go to the nse of those who seemed left defense- young Voorhees underiopk the case. Friends from all sections of the coantry urged him not to do so, Prejudice ran high, and it was regarded as unsafe, as well as destructive of his career, to undertake the defense of one against whom public feeling ran so high. At the trial young Voorhees delivered an address which" attracted much notice and hes since been ptiptished In every language of the civilized. .world. Lamar, the late Justice of the Supreme Court, who was a scholar and man of letters, pronounced the -ca the superior of anything he had ever rd or read. Voorhees nad no manu- script nor notessof this speech when deliv- ered, and it made such an impression that hed men who pre attracted hy the intense interest felt in the trial and were present to hear it, urged him to immediately reproduce it in riting, if he could. This he undertouk to He secluded hireself in a room at the and his ftiends gave orders that no one Should intrade upon him. In the midst of his work there was a knock at the door, and presently a man entered and asked to sce Mr. Voorhees. entity, and the.man then introduced i self as Senator Mason of Virginia, and sa‘a that he had come to see Mr. Voorhees tu urge him not to permit that speech to bc lost to posterity, but to write it immediate- ly. Voorhees toid him that he was then en- gaged in attempting to reproduce the speech, and Mason immediately retired, de- clining to interrupt him further. This at- tracted attention to Voorhees throughout the country, and while the life of Cook was uot saved, the law being such as to render that impossible, the jury, after listening to Mr. Voorhees’ éloquence, recommended the prisoner to mercy, Without even leaving the bourn Case. of Mr. speeches was before the jury in the ¢ Another Voorhees’ most noted of Hallet Kilbourn. He was Mr. Kil- beurn’s attorney in the suit for damages for false imprisonment. At the fi the jury brought in a verdict of sit ‘The court set this aside, and at a new trial a verdict of $38,000 was rendered. ‘Trts was also set aside,and at the third trial a verd-ct of $4070) w2s brought in, the jury stating that tdheyawould have rendered a heavier verdjgt but for the opposition of the court. Ty} coyrt again intervened and caused the vepdict,to be rec red und reduced to $20,000, Where it stood. The suc- cess of this case in the face of the strong opposition of the coyrt was attributed to the marveloug powsrs of Voorhees before a jury, and his Moquént defense of the rights of citizenshipgand the sacredness of human liberty. ° Prosecysion of Young Hains, Mr. Voorhees’ last-appearance in a crimi- nal case in this neighborhood was in Sep- tember, 1891,-twhem he acted as one of the counsel for the présecutién in the case of ‘Thornton J: “fain# who was on‘trial at Hampton, Va,, fog killing young “Nea” Hannegan. he two young men were out in a boat together omly a few hundred yards from the Hygeid tHotel, when, for some reason, Hains, who is a son of Colonel Peter C. Hains, United. States army, shot and killed his comrade. The case was al- ways shrouded in considerable mystery, but the plea was self-defense, and on that plea Hains was acquitted. Young Hannegan, who was well known in this city, was a protege of Senator Voor- hees, and enjoyed his friendship to a re- markable degree. When the trial came cn the Indiana senator volunteered his as- sistance on the side of the prosecution. It was a long and intensely interesting trial, and through it all the tall, impos- ing figure of. Mr. Voorhees was a feature in the little crowded court room. He did not seem to take an active part in the con- duct of the case, but he made an address to the jury toward the close that will never be forgotten by those who heard it. Voorhees disclosed his } NOTHING BUT TALK How the Time of the Session of the House Was Occupied. MR. SIMPSON AS AN OBJECTOR He and Mr. Bailey Do Not Agree as to Policy. ———— A QUORUM COUNTED oh ee The chaplain had just finished his prayer in the House of Representatives today and the clerk was about to begin the reading of the journal of the last meeing when Mr. Simpson (Kan.) shouted: “Mr. Speaker—” “For what purpose does the gentleman rise?” Speaker Reed inquired. ‘To make the point that there is no quo- rum present,” Mr. Simpson replied. The Speaker thereupon proceeded to count a quorum. There were quite as many mem- bers on the democratic side of the House ason the republican, and several democrats wo came In late asked to be counted. “ The Speaker announced, “There are 181 members present—a quorum,” and the re- publicans applauded. Then Mr. Dingley rose to move that when the House adjourn it be until Wednesday next. Mr. Bailey's Question. Mr. Bailey (Tex.) inquired the purpose of the motion. “The gentleman is well aware,” Mr. Ding- ley answered, “that there is no business to come before the House until the appropria- tion bills are returned by the Senate.” “We are not inclired to insist upon the republican party legislating,” said Mr. Bai- ley. “We feel that the country suffers when the republican party legislates. We have contended this all our lives, and we sincerely bel’eve it. We have no desire to urge the republican party to make laws, but we desire to understand their policy.” Mr. Dingiey said that the session was called for a specific purpose, to provide suf- ficient revenue to carry on the government. The House had acted on that suggestion. As the committees had not been appointed there seemed nothing else to do. Mr. Simpson Wants to Know. Mr. Simpson called attention to the fact that the House was proceeding by unani- mous consent, and added: “I will demand the regular order, unless I can be let into this.” The Spedker “Perhaps Jar orde: Mr. Simpson wanted to know whether the repubiicans intended to have the commit- tees appointed this session, and Mr. Dingley replied that he had no authority to answer the question; the matter rested with the remarked, sarcastically: ,the House would prefer the regu- Speaker. Mr. Bailey next took the floor. He said that if the republican party thought it could bring prosperity by in- creasing taxes and expenditures of public money it acted wisely and patriotically to do no more. If that was all the republicans Froposed to do the democrais were ready to adjourn as early and as often as the re- bublicans desired. “We are here ready to discuss any measures you desire to bring up, but believing that nine out of ten of them would be bad we are ready to help you if your policy is to do nothing,” he concluded. He Differed With Mr. Bailey. Mr. Simpson did not indorse Mr. views. The country, lie s financial legislation, and the republican party should be given a chance to show what it could do, and should not sit idly for two or three months. He then repeated his recent attack on the Speaker's power. declaring that the members of the Ho: by giving him autocratic y's id, was demanding : power disfran- chised the constituents who had elected them. After Mr. Simpson had subsided the House drifted into a somewhat perfunctory political discussion. Mr. McRae (Ark.) called attention to the platform promises of the two parties con- cerning Armenia, Cuba and the restriction of immigration. “It is time for the Ameri- can Congress to say in no uncertain voice that it is time to recognize the Cuban in- surgents as belligerents, and for American citizens to be released from Spanish pris- ons, if at the cannon’s mouth,” he shouted. Mr. Walker Wanted Financial Legis- lation, Mr. Walker (Mass.) believed it to be the scutiment of 99 out of 100 citizens that Congress should provide revenue for the government by tariff revision before doing anything else. But there was a demand throughout the country, which had been voiced by the Indianapolis conference and other bodies, for financial legislation. _The House should not adjourn without taking steps for si legislation. It should, through a special committee or by some other means, enter upon the prepazation of some financial plan to be reported to the House when it met next December. Mr. De Armond (Mo.) protested that for one he should not forego his privilege of criticising the dilatory conduct of the ma- jority. Mr. Cannon (lll.) decried the idea that legislation alone could bring prosperity. The country wanted Congress to provide revenue, then to adjourn and allow private business enterprises to have full sway. It was an open secret that the Senate as it was organized could not agree on any financial legissauon. The country did not want to hear the stale platitudes of the lest campaign thundered forth in Congress. Mr. Simpsor: called attention to a para- graph of the speaker’s remarks of Wed- nesday, in which Mr. Reed had said that a Speaker usually had from the 4th of March to the first Mcrday in December to esti- mate the qualifications of new members for committee appointments. He thought it an assumption for any man to say before a Congress met that he would be Speaker and characterized it as the greatest case of political “sconerism” on record. Mr. Fleming (Ga.) contended that the Speaker had no option but to appoint the committees, as the House had by the rules directed him to do so. Mr. Bailey's Closing Speec! ‘The debate for the democrats was con- cluded by Mr. Bailey. The democrats had so often been charged by the republi- cans with incapacity to legislate, he be- gan, that they were tempted to reply with counter accusations. But the temptation to win cheap applavse should be over- ruled by higher considerations and the democrats should help the republican party to save the country from the consequence of. what that party would do if it was at work. If the republicans should agree up- on any financial measure it would be one to perpetuate the national banking system. if the democrats should gcad the majo to make the sort of laws they had always denounced the country wouid doubt their sincerity cr their honesty and probably both. The republicans had said before the election that the country needed only the restoration of confidence, which the return of the republican party to power would bring. i if they succeeded in. restoring prosperity, the democratic party might as weii nake no nominations for the next election. If the republicans falled, they might as well make no nominations. He was so confident that they would fail that he wanted to give them every opportunity to demonstrate what they could do. Mr. Mahon (Pa.) assured the democrats that the republican party” would take czre of the financial question as it had of all other questions, ‘There was a short passage between Mr. Boutelle of Maine and Mr. Hopkins of Lilinois. Mr. Boutelle desired to have read to the House Secretary Long’s letter re- garding bids for armor plate, but Mr. siop- kins objected. Mr. Boutelle appealed to the Speaker to know if there was no method by which a subject of great importance could be brought before the House. Printing in the Record was tuggested, but Mr. Hopkins objected to this also, and at 1:10 p.m. the House adjourned until Wed- nesday. a If yoo want anything, try ar ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an auswer. CAUGHT IN THE ACT Two Burglars Who Were Hard at Work When Discovered. Had Brokem Into a Store and Were Making Free With the Goods. During the past few weeks a number of Hiquor saloons have been burglarized and the result has been that many persons have been able to buy expensive liquor at reduced prices. While in some instances the police succeeded in capturing the bur- glars and reccvering the plunder, in other cases they were not quite so successfal. This morning two young men, Milton John- son and West Walker, visited William Dietz's saloon, and had gotten out about a dozen bottles of whisky and a box of 15- cent cigars before they were captured. They were not satisfied with this amount of plunder, and when they returned to make another haul they were captured by Policemen McCort, Hollinberger and Mil- ler. Dietz’s salocn ts at No. 1203 Pennsylvania avenue, Hagerty’s old stand. It was ten minutes after 3 o'clock when Policeman McCort looked in through the w:ndo’ discovering nothing wrong he walked a’ the avenue toward 12th strect. While standing on the corner a citizen came along and gave the information that there was somebody in the saloon. Returning to the saloon window the officer saw the top of a man’s head behind the bar. The man was probably looking after the money drawer or hiding, but the policeman instead of making his presence known went off to get assistance. He found Policeman Hol- linberger, whom ke stationed in front of the place, while he (McCort) went to the rear. Then Policeman Miller came with a lantern, and he and McCort went in the saloon from the rear. ‘they climbed to a shed, and then got through a window that had been left open by the young men who were inside, Reach- ing the back room, they found the youn men, who realized that they could not es- cape, and although they were armed, one with a pistol and the other with a black- Jack, they made no effort to attack the of- ficers, but went with therm as if it was their first offense and they had forgotten all about their arms. Thev hed with them an oM ax they had brought from the home of Johnson's 5 in South Wasaington, while a dile dice pick and screw driver that belonged in the saleon had been used to open the money drawers. These implements, together with the liquors and cigars they had put near the gate, were taken to the station as evidence. Then the ycung men were relieved of their weapons and what else they had on them, and were locked up, charged with burglary. Johnson is twenty-one years old, and Walker is two years his jurior. So far as the police know, the young mcn had not figured in anything of the kind before. Both are respectaly ccnnected. This moraing Johnson’s paren caiied at the station wi for him. He was shabbily d his companion, and this was don the po- lice think, in order to assist in disguising themselves. — CRIERS OF THE COURTS. Messrs. J. E. Krouse and D. M. Good- acre Appointed to the Places. The Court in General Term today pro- moted Mr. J. E. Krouse, crier of Circuit at ‘0. 2, to the position made vacant death of Crier Robert Ball, and by appointed Mr. Daniel M. Goodacre to fill the pesition vacated by the promotion of the Mr. Krouse. Mr. Krouse’s place pays $4 a day, while Mr. Goodacre will recetve $3.50 a day ‘The promotion of Mr. Krouse was a mat- ter unanimously decided upon by the court, but the selection of his successor was only made after several consultations by the judges, there being some forty or more candidates for Mr. Krouse’s position. Mr. Goodacre is said to have been nomi- nated by Judge Hagner, and it is under- stcod Chief Justice Bingham, and Judges Hagner, Cox and Cole finally voted for him. Mr. Krouse was appointed a crier of the District Supreme Court eleven years ago. Both men are quite prominent in G. A. R. circles. oe GENERAL NUNEZ ARRESTED. Federal Authorities Taking Precau- tions Against Filibusters. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 10.—Gen. Emilie Nurez was arrested at Palm Beach today, charged with violating the health regulations. He was put ashere in 2 row boat from the Bermuda, and was promptly arrested by the deputy collectors of cus- toms. A car load of Cubans w2at down the coast Thursday night and were to have been trensferred to the Bermuda at Palm Beach, but the activity of the government pre- vented the plans from bcing carried out. The cruiser Marblehead and Cutter Winowa nave been ordered from Key West to Palm Beach at the request of the Span- igh vice consul there. ——_»——_ Suit Against a Local Contractor. The Vermont Marble Company of New York today filed a suit here against Wm. W. Winfree and Augustus Burgdorf and George A. Shehan, on a $25,000 bond given by Mr. Winfree, Messrs. Burgdorf and Shehan being his sureties. The plaintitt company claims that Mr. Winfree has fail- ed to pay an alleged balance of $7,8% due on marble said to have been furnished for the construction of the amusement hall at the local Soldiers’ Home. ‘The company is represeited by Attorneys Needham and Cotton. eget a Showalter Again Tiex Pillsbury. NEW YORK, April 10.—The nineteenth game of the Showalter-Pillsbury chess match was finished today, resulting in a win for Showalter,after seventy-two mov: Score: Pillsbury, 8; Showalter, 8; drawn, — Suit to Annul a Tax Deed. Mary G. Brecht today filed a bili in equity against Chas. T. Yoder to annul < tax deed : lot 10, square 1086, dated June 8, 1895. 1 She is represented by Attorney Daniel O'C. Callaghan. i Government Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. Asked. Bia. 2 per cents, registered. 4 per cents, coupon of i . rexistered of or cents, registered of per cents of ISVs, 6 per cents of 159 ———— 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. BALTIMO! April 10.—Fiour dull, receipts, kee ees exports. 5,309 ae M j2! ae duly feceipts 4208 busied receipts, ‘4.2: southern wheat by. FINANCE AND TRADE ed Lower Prices Caused by Fractional Declines in London. | WASHINGTON'S NEWS AS TO THE TARIFF Awaiting the Supreme Court Bell Telephone Case Decision. ‘ERAL MARKET REPORTS — - Special Dispatch to The Event ‘Star, NEW YORK, April 10.—Fractional de- clines in the London marke: and moderate selling for foreign account resulted in a lower opening in the local stock market this morning. St. Paul and Nashville were sold by foreign houses throughout the morning, adverse developments in the Cre- tan situation furnishing the incentive. The coal shares, Reading and New Jer- sey Central in particular, were weak dur- ing the first half of the session under fur ther selling by the short interest. ‘The industrial issues were given fair support, confident buying of Chicago Gas impart- jag a surface appearance of strangth to che entire group. Western interests are once more in strict accord with the eastern holders of Chi- cago Gas, and are co-operating in the present upward movement. From the char- acter of the demand it is argued that poli- tics is not threatening the welfare of this naturally prosperous corporation. The elimination of political antagonism, coupled with past evidences of dividend Capacity, has resulted in a substantial indorsement of the various theories relating to the value of the plan The arguments applicable in this indi vidual case are not to be app) enerally to the present narrow and unaffording speculative situation The fa pecially such as from Washington, are against improvement in equities in enterprise: with tariff schedul The finding of the Suprem: ly concerned Court in case of the Bell Telephone Company, now approaching a cision, is awaited with ual interest in trad nt and speculative circles. The of the company insures tae immediate application of many millions of dollars to the per fection of a telegraphic service in nection with its present system. curities of the company being cipally by investors reflect general expr a ave thus far faile tation as to the come of the controversy. prin to out- It is somewhat different with Westerr Union, however, and professional sales ef this property are noticed from time to ume as the result of a growing conviction that a strong rival is about to enter the field Conservative operators, remembering the tardiness and the frequent disappointment incident to legal decisions, are net commii- ted to either view. Interest is strongly marked, however, and will tind substantial reflection in prices once the requisite know! edge is supplied. The market at the close of 1 fers no evidence of increasing breadth Buying is largely speculative and based on hopes of quick returns. There is neither liquidation nor enthusiasm, and from the absence of both, almost stationary prices are likely to follow ‘The bank statement again reflects a la decrease in lawful money, due chiefly t the heavy payment of duties, which was not fully refiected in last week's statement Notwithstanding the large needs of im- porters and merchants, the loans have been d over $220,0000, e week ot- in the deposits and ex- The surplus, as the net these changes, is reduced $1.4 Cheap money fails to attrac nd will probably la do so 1 after the tariff bill becomes a known spec continue to quantity. _ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of + New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondent Messrs. Mcore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits. Wty By TR Ry American Spirits, pt st ok American Sugar... My Md 113K American Sugar, pid. American Tobacco . ity ‘American Cotton Oil ated Atchison ......... 104 Baltimore & Oaiv. oes Bay State Gas. 9 Canada Southern. Canada Pacific. Chesapeake & Ohio 16% mcet. de St. Louis. 2 hicago. B&Q... io, icagu&Nortnwestern. 20835 Chicago Gas... BIR Alinols Central. Lake shore ‘ Louisville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction. . Mahattan Eievated Michigan Central.. Missoun Pacific. ; National Lead Co...... National Leaa Oo., pfd New Jersey Central New York Centra. Northern Pacitic.. Northern Pacific, pfd_ Onl. & Western Pulman ¥. C. Co Southern Ky., pd. Phila. Tracton . Texas Pacific Tenn. Coa! & Iron Union Pacite 5x U.S. Leather, pta.. bay Wabash, pfd. Tey Western Union ie. sy, Stiver...... re tiem, 20 at 5: 10 ait 1114s. Mergenthaler Linotyp year fund A Gs, gold, 111 bid. Wat . 112 bid.” Water stock 112 bid. 3.658, fanding, curres jetropolitan Railroad Metropolitan Ratiroad sapealce American Telephone Security and Trust 3x, Security and Trest Ast Gs, imp. Gs, es Company ext. Gx, 108 ts 103 bid. m Market Wasinngton Marke sonic Hall Aswecintion 5s, Light Infantry Ist Gs, 95 bi National Bank ks. Kank of Washingvon. 200 tid) Bak of the Republic, 200 bid. Metzopolitan, YSO bid, 310 asked. Central, 260 275 asked: Farmers and Mechanics’, 173 bid, 195 asked. See- ond, 182 bid, 138 asked. Citizens’, 122 bid. ¢ lumbin, 131" Wid. Capital. 120 bid, 130) asked. West End, 105% bid, 110% asked. Traders’, 94 bid, 98 asked. Lincoln, 102 bid, 105 asked. Obie, 20 -bid, 190 asked. ‘Sate Deposit-and Trust Companies. National Saf Ma- Washingt» posit and ‘Trust. 113% Washington Loan ‘Trost, 119 bid, 123% asked. American Se- curity and’ Trust, 140% Washington Safe De- pasit, 52 bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 524 bid, 52% asked. Metropolitan, bid. Columbia, Si bid! Gas and Eleccric Light Scocks.—Wasiington Gas bid, 44% asked. Georgetown Gas, 47 bid. U. 8. ric Light, SS bid, 90 asked. Insurance Stocks. —Firemen's, 28 bid, 36 asked, Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 68 bid’ Corcoran, SR bid. ‘Potomac, G8 bid. Ariimgton, 128 bid. 14 eked. German-American, 188 bid. National Union, 10 bid, 113 asked. | Columbia, 12 13 asked, Rizes, 7 bid. By bid, "5%, an Lincotn, *S% bid, 8% asked. Commerc !, 4 5 Insw Stocks. Iteal Estate ‘Title, 96 ve va Calon Title, 54 bid, 5% waked. & 2 asked. ey ream ivania. 38 Wd, 50 asked. % hid, 6 asked. Amer- 9 aked.