Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1897, Page 11

—— THE EVENING STAR. egies PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennaylvazis Averue, Cor. llth &, by Evening Star Ni Com; Batre cAUFYMANW Pres.” New York Office, 49 5 ‘The Erening per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. red at the Lclass mail matter.) ©All mazi subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. General Offices Columbia Bicycles. J. HART BRITTAIN, = Local Manager, 452 put before them. other. Yours truly, Part2. . Che Fpening | Star. Pages 11-14. Yost Otfice at Washington, D. C., |= pectations for the $50 Hartford Bicycle. QPrinfers’ In& (fhe fittfe shoots master of advertising), saps: Jf is claimed for te Washingfon Stor, and proSabhfp frut$tuffe - cfaimed, thaf no offer netospaper in f§e countrp gors info 80 fargz la percenfag: of aff fe Gouses tiffin a radius of fwenfp mifes WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. from f6e office of pufficafion. eM IMPORTANT NOTICE. RELATING TO HARTFORD WHEELS. Pope Manufacturing Company, - HARTFORD, Conn., April 9, 1897. Pa. Ave., Washington, D. C.: Dear Sir: As the season advances we find the demand increasing beyond our ex» We were prepared to make a good many of them, but it is too late now to increase our facilities, for, by the time we had done so, ‘the trade would slack off. We have, therefore, decided to adopt The Hartford Bicycles at $75 are the best values for the money that there are on the market: we believe they are equal to any bicycles made, except the Columbia. We are proud of them, but the demand seems to be more largely for the Columbia and the $50 bicycle; therefore, in order to relieve the demand for the $50 Hartford we have deter- mined to reduce the price of the $75 Hartford to $60, and of Patterns Nos. 9 and 10 to knowing that there are no other bicycles on the market, except the Columbia, for which one will receive so much value for the money. We believe that a large number of the buyers of the $50 Hartfords will see it for their interest to strain a point and put out $10 more to obtain one of these valuable machines. at less than $75, and would not be if we had enough 1’s and 2’s to meet the demand. This is an opportunity which economical buyers cannot overlook, if it is properly, The new price will go into effect on the 12th instant. Of course we believe that a person who has-money enough will be better satis- fied to buy a Columbia and have that name-plate on his bicycle than to buy any POPE MANUFACTURING CO. They ought not to be sold heroic measures. ii if ce ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Church Services Were Largely Attended Yesterday. Local Notes of General and Especial Interest to All Con- cerned. . April 12, 1897. The beautiful springlike weather of yes- terday brought to this city a large number tors from Washington and through- day the streets were crowJed, while many Alexandrians took advantage ef th weather for a stroll in the country. The various places of historic interest were sur- rounded by strangers. In the churches the congregations were larger than usual and in most of them the resident rectors offi- At the German Lutheran‘ Church jay morning a class of candidates was confirmed by Rev. Mr. Eberlein, the service being in English. The exercises very sole and impressive. The urch was prettily decorated with flow- blems of religion. The following loners confirmed: Willie Strobie, Earl Helmuth, Louis Fel- Sbert, Bertha Recker, Lottie Recker and Anna Didszoneit. Church the Rev. E. Hez evangelist, who has been con- vi preached in the . the iz revival z at 11 o'’clo lock and at night at gregatiol His sermons were , interesting and his delivery forceful. has done a great deal of good preaching at the Baptist congregations greet him . At the @ Presbyterian Church A. P. Saunders preached morning and ning to large congregations. at the railroad reading rooms the Theological Semin- . was largely attended i very interesting. rday being Palm Sunday, the serv- Mary’s Roman Catholic Church solemn and appropriate to the occa- There was the blessing and distribu- of palms to recall the triumphal en lem of Jesus of Nazareth. Thursday and Friday will be th great solemnity in the holic and Episcopal churches. ice in St. was sion. and communion service 7:45 p.m 11 a.m.; Easter day, 11 a.m. Rev. tt of Baltimore will preach at y night services. J. Ernest Thacher has accepted the all to the Second Presbyterian Church, and me to this city in time to preach the nday in May. Alexandria Light Infantry. ers and members of the Alexan- a Light Infantry are working hard to get a good company together to go to New York for the Grant mausoleum exercises. Low railroad rates have been secured, and lready about thirty-five members have ex- pressed a willingness to go. There will be @ meeting of the company tonight, at vhich the matter will be fully discussed. Funeral of Mrs. Corse. The remains of Mrs. J. Douglas Corse, who died at Takoma near Washington, which were brought to this city Saturday, interred from the residence of her sh Miss Eliza Smith, on. upper King str yesterday afternoon. The interment was in Ivy Hill cemetery. Rev. Berryman Green of Christ Church conducted the ser- vice, being assisted by Dr. McKim of Wash- ington and Rev. Mr. Van Ness of Takoma Park. The following were pallbearers: Messrs. George S. French. Douglass Stuart, Malcoim McLean, Wattles, Lamar and Dr. Siaughter. were ter, Police Court. In the police court this morning the fol- lowing cases were disposed of: Arthur Mankin, fined $7; Archie Hulett, fined $, and —— Sandord, fined % for disorderly conduct, and Ernest Travers, on the same charge, was dismissed; Gilbert Stimpson, charged with assaulting Mr. J. T. Beck- ham, was dismissed, Mr. Beckham not caring to prosecute Simpson; John Green, : Elzy Walter, Sarah Levi, George ter and James Jackson, charged with dis- orderly conduct, were dismissed. Co-Operative Charities Committee. The ladies of the co-operative charitics committee will mect at Miss Burke's stu- Park. dio at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and'in the future on the second Monday in each month until further notice. General and Personal Notes. Rev. Father McKeefry of Martinsburg, W. Va., will preach the last Lenten ser- mon in St. Mary’s Church tomorrow even- ing. The Ancient Order of: Hibernians held a meeting yesterday afternoon. The remains of Mrs. Elvina H. Arnold, who died at the infirmary, were shipped yesterday by Undertaker Wheatley on the steamer Wakefield to Nomini. A large number of Alexandrians will go to Washington tonight to see Bob Fitz- simmons, the champion pugilist of the world. Rey. C. E. Ball has been called to Con- necticut on account of the ‘leath of a friend. There will be no services at Grace Church until Good Friday. ——— COLLISION NEAR CHARLOTTE. Three Persons Killed and Several Badly Injured. Three men killed, another fatally injured and half a dozen others scalded, bruised and cut, is the record of a head-end col- lision between two Southern railway pas- senger trains near Charlotte, N. C., yester- day morning. Both trains were in motion, one going about forty miles an hour. The dead are: T. Clingman Benton of Charlotte, postal clerk; Titus Eudy of Forest Hill, Will Donaldson, fireman. ‘The injured are: W. B. Tunastall of Dan- ville, engineer, badly scalded about the head, arms and face; J. C. Kinney of Thomasville, engineer, scalded about chest, back, arms and neck; wiil die; James Lovell, conductor, cut on the face; Fitz- hugh Lee, colored porter, legs hurt; Will- fam S. Clemens of East Durham, N. C., slightly hurt; R. E. Gallagher, ‘express messenger, hurt about the head and arms, also badly bruised. The fast mail, consisting of engine, two express cars, two postal cars, a baggage ear, two coaches and two sleepers, from the south, left Charlotte nearly two hours late yesterday morning with instructions to pass a local from Richmond, Va., at Harrisburg, thirteen miles north of Char- lotte. The latter was jus. approaching the sid- ing north of the station at Harrisburg when the fast mail went thundering by the station at full speed and without even a warning whistle the trains came together with terrific force. YOUNG ATKINSON REMARRIED. The Georgia Governor’s Son and His Child Wife Formally Wedded. The son of Governor Atkinson of Geor- gia and Ada Byrd, the Atlanta school- girl, were married again yesterday, the ceremony being performed at the residence of I. C. Mansfield, on Oak street, at Chat- tanooga, Tenn. The boy and girl eloped a week ago from Atlanta and went to Kensingion, where they were married. They then went to Rome, Ga. News of the elopement was im- mediately conveyed to Governor Atkinson and Mr. Byrd, and they offered a reward of $200 for the apprehension of the fugitive ccuple. ‘They were found at Rome and taken back to Atlanta. Governor Atkinson held his son a prisoner in the execut!ve man- sion. Numerous councils between the.Byrd ard Atkinson families were held, and the marriage yesterday in the presence of the Parents was the result. ‘The bride arrived Saturday night and was driven to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mans- field. The following party arrived yester- dzy morning: Governor W. Y. Atkinson, Attorney General Terrell of Georgia, Judge Spencer C. Atkinson, Charles P. Northern, Capt. Oscar J. Brown and W. K. Atkinson, ir. They were all present at the ceremony. Dr. McDonald of Atlanta performed the ceremony, and when it was concluded the bride burst Into tears. The couple left for Nashville, where they will spend their honeymoon. The wedding gown of Miss Byrd was her first long dress, a pretty dark blue and white plaid. The boy groom was attired in @ light suit. He has the appearance of a fcurteen-year-old lad. The newly wedded ccuple will live with the boy’s father. Governor Atkinson’s eleven-year-old son attended the wedding. Before leaving his mother she told him not to get married before his return. She did not attend the wedding. ————+ e+ —___ DRIVER WAS EXONERATED. Inquest Into the Death of Represent- ative McIntire’s Daughter. ‘The daughter of Representative McIntire of Maryland was fatally injured Saturday prostrated with grief over the loss of their little daughter. She was a pretty, bright Httle girl, and Mr. McIntire recalls how affectionately she kissed him good-bye when he left his home Saturday morning. A number of friends called at the house in Baltimore yesterday to extend their sym- pathies. Among them was Postmaster Gen- eral Gary. Coroner Buddenbohn held an inquest in the case at the Central station, in Balti- more, yesterday, and the jury rendered a verdict that the affair was an accident, and exonerated Sapp, the driver of the wagon that crushed the little girl, from all blame. He was released from custody. From the evidence, it appears that the little girl was on her sister's bicycle. Her sister was trying to teach her how to ride, when the heavily laden wagon came along. As the child neared the right rear wheel of the wagon, she swerved on the bicycle, which caused the machine to collide with the wheel of the wagon. In an instant she was thrown under the wheel, and, before the horse could be stopped, {t passed over her Sapp picked up the child and car- ried it to her home, where she died in a few minutes. oe _____ DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. Mr. Bailey’s Resolution Was Adopted —Those Who Mat Speeches. ‘The democratic caucus 11 the House Sat- urday lasted until late in the afternoon. The following resolution offered by Mr. Bailey was adopted: Resolved, That the democratic members of the House of Representatives are willing to consider any legislation which the Tepub- licans may. propose, to support it if it is good, to oppose it if it is bad. But believing that Tost of the measures proposed by the re- publicans are opposed to the best interests of the country, they will not urge the re- papers es take action. Substitute for this resolution was pro- bosed by Mr. Handy of Delaware, declaring the democrats to be opposed to the repub- lican policy of inaction and pledging them to us2 every parliamentary means in their powers to ee ~ republicans to organize ramittees of the Houss wan legislation. eat oes e substitute failed and, the affirmatt vote on the Bailey resolution was ‘about 2 to 1. Mr. DeArmond of Missouri offered @ second resolution, declaring that the democrats did not indorse the republican program of House sessions every third day. The DeArmond resolution was adopted also by a small majority, many having left the caucus when the vote was taken. Mr. Bailey made a long speech in elabora- tlcn of the views which he had Presented in the House. His position was supported by Messrs. Williams, Mississippi; Lentz, Ohio; Swanson, Virginia; Simms, Tennessee; Say- ers, Texas; Fleming, Georgia; Carmack, Tennessee, and others. Most of the speech making was by those who opposed the Bai- jey resolution. Some of those who spoke Mr. McMillin of Tennessee, who had been the rival candidate for the speaker- ship; DeArmond, Missouri; Terry, Arkan- sas, and of the new members, Lewis of Washington, Handy of Delaware, Coch- ran of Missouri, Gaines of Tennessee. e+ JAPAN AGGRESSIVE. Wili Send Two “Warships to Hawaii and Will Stop Emigration. ‘The government of Japan has decided to send two warships to Hawail, stopping meanwhile all emigration. A_rumber LR pe emigrants have by citi ie Japanese press is urging the = ernment to take a firm attitude toward the Havaltan und American governments. ——___~e-- ‘Will Sell Her Finger, Miss Grace Dinsmore of Binghamton, N. Y., who has gone to New York to seld the middle finger of her right hand for $1,000 to Mrs. C. V. Barton of Houston, Texas, said: “I have met Mrs. Barton, dnd made 2 contract with her for more than $1,000. I shall not be able to tell you how much more. My throat is sore from replying to questions about this. The operation is tobe performed next Monday, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Yes, I am willing to lose a finger for $1,500. Mrs. Barton's ad- drees I do not know, or I will not tell. I have been told that there is a statute INTEREST INCREASES| The Case Against Wilkins and Butler Generally Disoussed, CHARGES OF SPBCEAL AGENT BOWEN Astonishment That a Compromise Should Even Be ‘Considered. DEFIANCE OF THE LAW The developments made in The Evening Star Friday regarding the violations of the oleomargarine laws and the regula- tions of the Treasury Department which were framed for the purpose of regulating the traffic in imitation butter created much additional interest in a subject that has already secured a sttong place in the public mind. Several inquiries have been made as to the exact charges pending against Wilkins and Butler in- Philadel- phia, which the treasury officials are now believed to contemplate dropping in return for the payment of a large sum of money to the fraud fund of the treasury by the representatives of the defendants. The facts in the case are as follows: Early last fall Special Agent W. H. H. Bowen of the internal tevenue office be- came acquainted with the fact that the revenue stamps, and other distinguishing marks required by law‘ to be placed on packages of oleomargarime and like pro- ducts were being systematically removed from packages, tubs and boxes at one of the Philadelphia wharves. The internal revenue officers in Philadelphia were also aware that such a practice was being foi- lowed in their city. lal Agent Bowen kept a watch upon the shipments of oleo- margarine from this city, and Saturday, December 19, 1896, he learned that a large shipment of oleo had been sent from: this city to Philadelphia. He determined to fol- low it. He went to Philadelphia on the afternoon of Saturday, and having been informed that the work'of removing the stamps and otler distinguishing marks. was usually done on Sunday, he made his way early the next morning to the sus- pected place of operations. The Location is.Digeovered. Mr. Bowen did not 9 unaccompanied, but took along with himSpecial Agent Van Horn and several othery ;As a precaution- ary measure Mr. Bowem gent one of the party to the warehouse; where it was be- lieved the operations were-being conduct- ed_as a scout, and the*latter returned and reported that he had heard noises in the warehouse that sounded Hke scraping was being done. Mr. Bowen eded to the Place indicated and heagdjthe noises as de- scribed. The building was in charge of a watchman who, when’ informed of the identity of Mr. Bowen-efd-his party, ad- mitted them to the building, Locating the point whence the nofseg caine, Mr. Bowen and his party proceeded: toward it. Piles of furniture, boxes of merchandise and other freight bid them from view as they approached, and in a few moments they had secured positions from which they could look down upon all that was going on. The Opetators at Work. Mr. Bowen states that he-was astounded when he saw Joseph Wilkins, who had been acquitted in Washington less thar: forty-eight hours before ’@n the charge of selling oleomargarine to the reform school under the revresentation ‘that it was but- ter, engaged with Howarg Butler and one or two other men in regaoving from the Packages of oleomargarine the revenue stamrs, and the other distinguishing marks provided for by law. The work was being done, says Mr. Bowen, by means of water, sponges and scrapers, arid the men con- tinued’ at It ffi absolute “ignarance of the Presence of the special agent until Mr. Bowen stepped out from his place of con- cealmept, Heavy Scizure by Bowen. i Mr. Bowen declares that he confiscated about 8,000 pounds of the, stuff from which all the stamps and marks had already been removed in violation of law, and that this amount was contained! in 120 packages, tubs and boxes. He aisa charges that he confiscated the scrapers, sponges and other implements the men were using in their work. He madc no arrests at the time, but after reporting the results of his ex- edition to the Philadelphia internal rev- enue office and the Treagury Department Mr. Bowen came on to Washington. He swore out warrants against Joseph Wil- kins and Howard Butler, which were placed in the hands of Deputy Marshal Cusick, who made the arrests on Wednes- day, December 23, 1806; and took the ac- cused men before United States Commis- sioner Mills. A postponement of the hear- ing was asked until January, and the re- ques: was granted, the defendants being Tequired to give bonds of $2,000 each for their appearance when wanted. Failed to Appear. The case was regarded’ as the strongest that had ever been made by the agents of the internal revenue bureau. The law pro- vides a penalty of $50 for each stamp re- moved from a tub, package or box of oleo- margarine and imprisonment in jail for each offense for not less'than thirty days and not more’ than six’ months. Spectal Agent Bowen declared that no less than 120 stamps had been removed. Wilkins and Butler were indicted by the Philadelphia grand jury and qa day set for their trial. When the case was called neither man put in appearance and bench warrants were is- sued for them. The warrants were sent to United States Marshal.A..A. Wilson of this District for service, but’ they were not WW! taking the ground was a well-known busi- ness man, who had promised that he and Butler would appear “whem wanted, and that therefore he did not. think it neces- sary to arrest them on thé bench warrants. The Offer to Campromise. Immediately after this; it-is said, the rep- resemtatives of Wilking ahd Butler offered $12,000 or an 2 large sum to the commissioner of revenue if he would withdraw the prosegution of the case in Philadelphia. The cpmmissioner of in- ternal revenue sect ‘ o! - ings notwithstand ng the boat thet Willies and Butler were in contempt of the Philadelp! of their failure to aopeae for trial, and thus the case now stands, 4 aneihee i ss of astonish- en e treasury even cons! for a: ent the advisa- bility of compromising a case where the law was set at such bold defiance by per- sons who have been with : 01 lleved that county and special stead of seizing it here on the boat, al- lowed it to reach its destination and then arrested the dealers to whom it was sent. These cases probably {have been or will be ccmpromised. of oleamargarine was made from this city to Stulze & Co., a commission firm in Wheel- ing. Representatives of the firm claim that genuine butter was ordered. Whether this is correct or not the fact remains Wi stuff, firm recovery, with all the publicity that such @ course would assure. - Significant Testimony Undisputed. eS ea lll shoes--worth at least twice what we ask. indeed,-- worth much more. Spe- cial Easter price Men’s $4 Patent Leathers institution in Washington. LADIES’ TAN OXFORDS --in new ’97 colors--fash- ionable shapes and toes-- very well made and stylish AT NINETY-SEVEN CENTS! Our great annual Easter sale of Ladies’ Footwear is becoming an There’s all the comfort here of shopping in . a high-grade store, and all the money saving that has made Stoll’s “810” familiar as household words. The special prices below for Easter week are record breakers—every one. dollar Shoes. Come and see for yourself. TAN BOOTS AND SHOES. LADIES’ TAN BOOTS-- in Lace--the new fashiona- ble shades--chocolate, &c. This is an extraordinary It’s a ninety-seven price for 97¢c. correct in 9Te. $2.47 $ Men’s Shoes = high shoes. Lat- est shapes only. VICI KID BOOTS AND SHOES. LADIES’ BOOTS in fine Vici Kid, a special bargain LADIES’ Vici Kid Oxfords --stylish spring footwear-- well made and cent sale for two- ladies’ 9'7e. sha eQ7e, | and toe. Special. 3 4 Tan $2.98 “Tell the Conductor to Let You Off at Stoll’s.” STOLL’S, « TH. 4 | wn practice that shows the confidence they evidently feel in the powers that are be- hind them. AN Regulations Ignored Completely. The persons who deal in oleomargarine in the markets of this city coolly ignore the regulations of the Treasury Department which prescribe that no subterfuges in the shape of misleading signs shall be placed on stands where the Stuff is sold and which direct other requirements that must be complied with. These regulations were for- mulated and issued by the department a. year or more-ago, but were never com- plied with wholly, and are now not re- garded any more than if they had never existed. The special agent of the internal revenue bureau stationed at the local of- fice whose sworn duty It is to enforce the regulations has not done so, and there seems te be a gereral laxity in the same regard on the part of the officials connected with the branch of the internal revenue dis- trict embracing the District. The regulations of the Washington Mar- ket Company relating to the sale of but- terine are apparently treated with the same disdain. In September, 1896, a letter was sent by Mr. Percy 8. Smith, clerk of the Center market, to all dealers in butter and butterine doing business in. the market. The following is a copy of it “WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15, 1896. “Dear Sir: As an occupant of a stand in the Cen- ter Market from which butter or butierine is sold, 1 beg to quote to you, for your instrnction and guid- ance, the following vote of the board of directors and compel each dealer selling butterine to. sh by proper signs what he is selling and who is the manufacturer thereof.” “The wisdom of this is apperent, and it is be- you and all other dealers in butter or butterine will see t eat advantage that will gre accrue to all interests and ald tn this matter the management of this market in its efforts to protect the public.”” It 1s declared to be an undeniable. fact, however, that in spite of this action butter and butterine are now being sold in geome cases from the same stand in the Center market. This condition has been called to the attention of President M. G. Emery of the Washington Market Com- pany. and some action will probably be tgken to compel the dealers to carry out the order above quoted. The Power Behind the Dealers. The general impression prevails that the real power behind the oleomargarine men in the east is exerted by the great firms in Chicago. which manufacture the stuff. ‘They are aware that the District of Co- lumbia is an ideal spot under present con- ditions for a central distributing point from which the product, after the tubs, packages and boxes containing it have had all the revenue stamps and legal marks distinguishing it carefully scraped off, can be shipped into the states of Virginia, ae West Virginia and Pennsylva- nia. Not very long ago a shipment was made down the river to merchants in Charles treasury agents, in- . About a year ago a shipment that Stulze & Co. were charged with the illegal sale of oleomargarine by internal revenue agents and paid into the treasury as a compromise a sum said to be in the is also de- repaid to the Wheeling firm by the hington parties. who shipped them the , after the legal representative of the had threatened legal proceedings for It will be remembered that two former employes of the firm of Wilkins & Co. tes- tified at the trial of the members of that firm in December last, when they were ar- reigned on the charge of having furnished the Boys’ Reform School with oleomarga- rine for genuine butter, that they had fre- mony above quoted showed, however, how the defendants had violated the oleomar- garine '»ws and regulations by scraping ihe marks <nd stamps from packages contain- ing it, and other developments in the trial also led to the indictments of Joseph Wi!- kins and Walter P. Wilkins for violating the oleomargarine laws, and they are now un- der bail to appear for trial. These indictments were returned January 4 last, and were included in the last return of the grand jury for the October term. The indictments charge Walter P. and Jo- seph Wilkins with having sold oleomarga- rine for and as butter to Wm. R. Meitzier, Richard E. Miles and Andrew J. Kenney. With such knowledge of the constant and defiant violations of the law the general public is naturally amazed and indignant that the internal revenue bureau has stead- ily pufsaed a policy of compromising the cases brought against the offender It is declared with much force by legal authorities, including prominent officials of the Department of Justice, that the power vested in the Treasury Department to set- tle cases of violations of the internal rev- enue and customs laws out of court by the private imposition of fines was never in- tended to be exercised except in instances where there were palliating. circumstances existing, or where the government feit sure that a settlement by compromise would prevent future violations of the laws. The treasury officials, however, and especially those high in authority in the internal revenue bureau, coolly claim that their rights in the premises are unques- tioned and supreme, and that they can do as they please without interference. The violators of the oleomargarine laws know this, and being confident that the enor- mous profits resulting from the illegal sale of the stuff will amply provide for the pay- ment of any fines, however large, that may be privately imposed upon them—when they are caught—continue their practice and snap their fingers at the laws and regulations. It is also asserted with equal truth that the special agents of the in. ternal revenue bureau do not exert them- selves very earnestly to apprehend vio- lators of the laws in question simply be- cause ‘the cases are compromised and they get no credit for their work, such as would come if trials were had and convictions fol- lowed. Opposition to a Compromise. It is perfectly well known that the Phila- delphia internal revenue officers, Special Agent W. H. H. Bowen, who made the case against Wilkins and Butler, and the law officers of the internal revenue bureau are absolutely opposed to letting the prosecu- tion against the men drop on any account whatever. The Department of Justice and the Department of Agriculture are equally strong in their opposition to any form of a compromise. Still, -with a full knowledge cf the sentiment prevailing all over the coun- try, and in spite of the communicatioas and letters being received from all sections cn the subject, protesting against the release of Wilkins’ and Butler until their trial is over, the commissioner of internal revenue, according to his own statement made to The Star reporter some time ago, will with- draw the prosecution of the alleged offen: ers if the amount of money they will pay into the fraud fund is big enough to meet his requirements. It is said at the depart- ment that the matter will be decided ene Way or the other in a very few days. ‘The Prevailing Sentiment. Some of the most influential business men in the country identified with the hon- est dairy interests are pleading that the case be allowed to go to trial, and in a recent letter John 8. Martin, the largest dealer in butter in New York city, whose establishments are located at Nos. 168 Chambers and 299 and 301 Greenwich streets, referring to the proposed compro- mise wrote among other thing as follows: tinuous violators of ment one won- who their business accord- i? 8 | JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY The Dinner Here Will Be an Elaborate Affair. The Toasts d the Committee ig Charge—Simplicity to Be the Key: The subscription dinner to take piace at the Metropolitan Hotel tomorrow night | in celebration of Jefferson's birthday prom- | ises to be a very large gathering. Covers | Will be laid for 200 people, and so many | Subscriptions are being received it may | be necessary to increase this number. Every effort is being made to have the dinner given with Jeffersonian simplicity, The viands will be indicated on the pill of fare by American names. The musical prcgram will be made up of airs that were commonly played in the younger days of the republic, The officers in charge of the arrange- | ments are: President, Chauncey F. Black; secretary, Lawrence Gardner; treasurer, William A. Clarke: assistant secretary, W. 8. McKean; executive committee, McMillin, George H. bers Smith, C. C. Richards, Lean, H. D. Money, W. J.” G. Maguire, Edward’ Murphy | Jackson, John L. Mitchell, Chas. J. Faulk. |ner, William J. Stone, George Fred Wil- | ams, J. C. Sibley and Horace Chilton. The subscription list will be closed today and the final meeting of the execut committee will be held at noon at the bitt_ House to complete arrangements. Among the prominent democrats from outside points who have sent in subserip- tions and expect to be present are: J. Tay- Jor Ellyson, chairman, and Joseph Button, secretary, of the Virginia state committee Jchn M. Garman, chairman of the Pena sylvania state committee; L, Irving Handy, chairman Delaware state committee; John T. McGraw, chairman West Virginia state cemmittee; J. C. Truman, chairman execu- tive of the New York ‘state committee; Alexander Troup, chairman of Connecticu: state committee; Dr. A. E. Conrow of New Yerk; George M. Jewett, Glenville, Md.; ex-Representative James Kerr of Pennsyi- Yania; Blair Lee of Maryland; Maj. Gen. Ber Piatt Runkle (retired) of Ohio, Judge John Brannon of West Virginia, Willis J. Abbott of the New York Journal and Thcs, H. Birch, Burlington, N. J. Toasts will be responded to as follows, scme of which were on the list at the cele- brated dinner of 183 “Thomas Jefferson—We celebrate the an- niversary of his birth not in the spirit of personal idolatry, but from regard and reverence for his political principles." William J. Bryan of Nebraska. “The diffusion of information and ar- raignment of all abuses at the bar of pub- lic reason.” (From Jefferson's inaugural address.)—James K. Jones of Arkansas. ‘Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principles of re- publics.” (From same address.)—Charlos J. Faulkner of West Virginia. “Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” (From same address.)—Richard P. Bland of Missouri. “The Declaration of Independence—An enduring monument of that devotion of lib- erty and abhorrence of tyranny which stamp the character and mark the whole covrse of ‘the life of its author.”—Josepi C. Sibley of Pennsylvania. 2 " commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” (From the same address.)—John J. Lentz of Ohio. “An aristocracy of wealth is of more harm and danger than benefit to society.” Gefferson.)—Andrew A. Lipscomb of Vir~ il q i i