Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 189716 PAGES. President of the United States should have been asked to witness some productions of our public school children. “What evidence has the President today that the negro in the District of Columbia has produced anything since his emancipa- tion? Did we present anything in our parade today to make an impression of any power? It is always the custom to present the greatest objects that will tend to impress. Instead of having the beating of drums and blowing of horns there should have been shown evidences of our progress since emancipation. “The negro should not ask for sympathy, if he is capable of demonstrating to the administr: powers that he is what I claim he should be. The negro is a suc- cess in law, notwithstanding the prejudices of some of our courts, and as a physi he js equal to the white man. Our Fri men’s Hospital will equal to day any in this coun’ Our public schools are the equals of any in the country, with but one exception, which I shall not at this junc- ture sate. But I will say that the im- portation of teachers from other states, to the exclusion of our Normal School gradu- ates. should be stopped. Parents whose occupation is in the washtub struggle to enable them to educate their children, and after their graduation to have their ciaims vet aside fer outsiders does not help the children of the emancipated in the Dis- trict of Columbia. “In politics the negro is a failure. He lacks the stability and manhood that is found in those of the more fortunate races., ‘They boast of their great political strengtir and of being political factors, but are too timid to resent a political political beggar, and the republi knows ii. They clamored in the recent campaign to be recognized, as they thought they could discuss the monetary question and the great economic issues that were agitating the public mind, and which threatened dissolution of the republic, and which was only a revolution on paper that ended like a tempest in a teapot. but the negro, it was claimed, knew nothing about the money question, but timidly submitted to what was said and concluded that he did not know anything about it. Human rights, civil and political liberty, in which the negro could have waved the bloody shirt, are issues of the nast. The great political apostle. Mark Hanna, found in the negro a voting factor, but not a vote- maker. “Instead of the negro log-rolling for of- fice during the four years of democratic rule he should have been studying these ‘onomic questions. These political para- sites from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the extreme north to the extreme south, are clamoring for the recorder's office. They are like the parrot that has been t one thing, and can only repeat one ‘recorder's office!’ Some of them never attempt to learn anything new. “When the American negro shall have Jearned to act like the white man, when it is to his interest and the welfare of his people, then his future success in life will be looked for with pleasure and admira- tion. Just as certain as the blue end gray have laid aside their raunitions of war and meet one another as friends and brothers, just as sure will the negro at some future date cast his lot among those whom he regards as his enemy. “The report of the superintendent of po- lice shows a large list of criminals among the negroes. And why is this? It is be- cause the enemies of the negro. under the diguise of being his friend, seem to take delight in convicting him of the most petty offense. If there is not an immediate change im one branch of our District ju- diciary there is no telling what will be- come of this unfortunate class of our fel- jow-citizens. I don’t mean to say that the negro should not be convicted if he is guilty, but I go mean to say that many offenses that come up daily in some of our courts should be thrown out.” —— ADDITIONAL CHANGES. More Contemplated in the State De- partment. Additional changes in the personnel of the Siate Department force are in imme- giate prospect, involving changes in the heads of two or more bureaus. Promotions are also to be made in the diplomatic bu- reau, in ¢onsequence of the appointment of Mr. Cridler as third assistant secretary of state. Mr. Sidney Smith, an $1,800 clerk, is next in line of promotion ard will proba- bly succeed to the head of the diplomatic bureau. Mr, Jchn M. Biddle, who has been en duty in the chief clerk's office with so much success for several years, has been transferred to duty in the appointment di- vision. Mr. Rochester of the appointment office takes his desk. Mr. King, chief of ihe bureau of indexes, an appointee of the last administration, is temporarily acting as chief clerk until arrangements can be made with the civil service commission for the appointment of Mr. Michael, who has been selected as Mr. Renick’s successor in that office. At present there is some question as to Mr. Michael's eligtbility for the plage, inasmucy as he has never been in the regular classified civil service. He Was a clerk in the interstate commerce bureau before the force of that office was imetuded in the classified service. He is a veteran of the war and is in the preferred class on that account. It is confidently stated that all objections to his appoint- ment will be easily overcome. The friends of Mr. Renick are hopeful of their ability to have him transferred to another branch of the government service. ee MR. PEARY’S TRANSFER. Says He Will Resign if Ordered to Sam Francisco. The proposed transfer of Civil Engineer Peary, the arctic explorer, from New York to San Francisco ts being vigorously op- Posed by his friends, who say it will hamper the raising of a fund for another expedition to the frozen north this season. under Peary’s leadership. It 1s said that Peary will resign from the navy unless he is allowed to remain east to assist in raising the desired fund. Civil Engineer Peary has been in the navy sixteen years, durirg which period he has been employed in :he government service only eigh: years. Jor this reason the naval officials are opposed to granting him further leave of alsence for private enterprises. Informatién has been received here that the president of the Swiss republic has been selected us arbitrator of the boundary dispute between Brazil and French Guiana. The territory involved exceeds that at is- sue between Great Britain and Venezuela, and incledes rich gold districts. It was thought President McKinley would be designated as arbitraior, but as France was one of the parties to the treaty a European @rditrator was preferred. The dispute reached an acute stage a few months ago, when a French warship was dispatched to the territory in question. In one of the border conflicts several French officers were killed. It is understood that the. ar- bitration will settle the boundary line and also adjust the claims growing out of the border confticts. —.-__ Treasury Applications, Applications for presidential ‘offices under the Treasury Department have been filed as follows: James T. Joslin of Rockford, IIL, to be assistant secretary of the treasury. , J. Edwin Leas of Atiania, Ga. to be sur- veyor of customs at Atlanta. ('L. Young of Springfield. Mass, to be surveyor of customs at Springfield: M. J. Brewn of Philadelphia. Pa., to be assistant appraiser at Philadelphia. J. M. Clokey of Decatur. Il, to be collector of internal revenue at Springfield, II. ——— Naval Orders. Lieut. G. P. Colvocoresses has been or- dered to Washington for examination for promotion. Wm. G. Cassdrd has been com- missioned as a chaplain. Ensign L. R. de Steigner, from the Katahdin to the Mont- gomery. Ensign C. T. Jewell, from the Montgomery to the Michigan. Chief En- gineer J. H. Chasmar, from the San Fran. eiseo to the Cincinnati. Passed Assistant Surgeon E. S. Bogert, from the New York Ravy yard to the naval rendezvous. Prof. M. Paul, to the Naval Observatory, Henry N- Worts, appointed pay clerk for duty at Puget sound. - ————— West Point Visitors, ‘The President today appoint-d the board of visitors to the United States Miltary Academy as follows: George F. Evans of Portland, Me., James E. Fleming of New- ark, N. J.. L. W. Hall of Harrisburg, Pa., W. H. Upson of Akron. Ohio, A. F. Walker of New Vork city, Wm. B. Plunkett of Adams, Mass, W. R. Smedburgh cf San Prancisce, Udi. LATE NEWS BY WIRE | Horrible and Strange Crime at Sack- ett’s Harbor. BRUTAL MURDER OF TWO WOMEN Their Male Associate Also Nearly Dead. . eee ARREST OF A SUSPECT a WATERTOWN, N. Y., April 16—A spe- cial to the Standard from Sackett's Harbor, ten miles from this city, says: One of the most horrible crimes ever com- mitted in this village was perpetrated in ; the early hours this morping, but by whom is not known. By the crime Mrs, Wilber Crouch and Miss May Daly lost their lives, and George Allen is close to death’s door. Last evening Allen engaged a rig of a liveryman here. He then went to the bar- racks of the 9th Infantry and got Mrs. Wilber Crouch and Miss May Daly, two domestics employed by Lieutenant Arder- son. Taney drove about the village and surrounding country nearly all night. Be- tween 3 and 4 o'clock this morning they Were coming on the road leading from this village to Brownville, when, according to Allen's story, Crouch leaped from the road- side and began firing at the three occu- pants of the carriage. The horses became frightened and ran back to the livery barn in the rear of the Everleigh House. One of the women was between the dashboard and the wheel, with her head hanging nearly on the ground. The other was lying on her side. ‘The ciothing of both was badly torn. The dress of. one of the women was burned aiong the arm, as also was her flesh, which makes it conclusive that the firing was done at short range, causing the clothing ‘to become ignited. In the rig was found a six-chambered re- volver, with four loaded cartridges and two empty chambers. The revolver is the property of Allen. According to Allen's story, he was thrown out of the buggy near the Iron ‘bridge, which spans Mill creek, and fell jnto the water, but soon extricated himself, and shot and stabbed.as he was he managed to crawl to the kitchen door of the quar- ters, but on his arrival there. was. unuble to speak. He was nearly unconscious. Crouch was arrested amd placed under close surveillance. A knife was found in his pocket, but no blood stains were on it, nor was there anything about his appearance, nor about ‘his actions, to’pomt toward his guilt. Crouch and his wife have not lived together for a Tong time: —_s—__ DELAY ON THE GUNBOATS. How Work Progresses on the Newport and Vicksburg. BATH, Me., April 16.—From .present indi- cations it seems hardly possible that the gunboats Newport and Vicksburg, which are being built at the Bath iron works, will be completed by May 1, the date to which the contract time was extended last Feb- ruary, and it is expected the contractors will be compelled to ask for a further ex- tension. The delay, it is asserted, is due to changes in specifications and other details. While work on the Newport, which ts to be fitted up as a practice cruiser for the cadets of the Naval Academy, now mainly consists in the adjustment.of the engines and getting the boat ready for her trial trip, much of the inside work will have to hanged. “She will probably have her trial trip some time in May or June, and will then be sent to the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H., to be fitted with rigging, spars, sails, boats and electric plant. It probably will be late summer or-early fall before. she is ready for the reception of the cadets. On the Vicksburg work in some respects is further advanced than on the Newpért, and in others it is less so. She was in- tended to be a sister to the Newport, and will be so in description of hull and engines. Only her interior work and poasibiy someot the deck fittings will. differ. 7 2 3 WILL 4@CEPT THREE CENTS. ‘The Citizens’ Street Raflway Company Decides to Yield. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 16.—For the present, at leasi, the Citizens’ Street Ratl- road Company has decided to give up its fight againet the three-cent fare law. “A. L. Mason, president of the company, says that until the zase is settled in the courts three cents will be accepted as a: fare. This announcement was made by Mayor Taggart. * About 10:30 this morning the mayor sent for Mr. Mason and told him that the pc- lice would receive ‘orders to see that the three-cent fare law was enforced. He sug- gested that the street car company had better do something to protect Itself and its men from arrest. Mr. Mason said he would instruct the employes that from now until the case in the upper courts is settled they would ac- cept three cents as a fare On thé car. ‘There were many riotous scenes on some of the streets down town today. The street railroad tompany had repeated yesterday's verbal instructions to conductors to pay no attention to the law, fixing. feres at five cents, and had posted in the barns a glaring notice that five-pent fares should be collected. An informal indignation meeting was held in the forenoon hours at Illinois and Ohio streets. The announcemen*’ of Presi- dent Macon, it is thought, has been made just In time to avert serious-trouble. The county grand jury was today called together and instructed by Judge McCray to investigate the violations of the law by the Citizens’ Railroad Company and its emploves. —. Army Officials Puzsled. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 16.—The officials at Jefferson barracks are in a quandary. An order has been recetved from the War De- partment commanding Troops A, D and H to report to the Arcadia rifle range May 15 for the annual target practice. The farm- ers from whom the property has Leen leased annually are. much chagrined over the defeat of the bill in Congress appropri- ating money to buy the range and refusé positively to listen to any negoiiacions whatever tending to a renewal of fhe lease, Extending Ratlway Franchises, SPRINGFIELD, ‘11., April 16—The Humphrey bill extending street ratiway franchises fifty years and providing @ tax on the gross earnings of street car tines was passed today by the state senate—29 to 16. The bill has yet to Pass the house, and is being bitterly opposed, particuiarly in Chicago by the municipal reform. or- ganizations. eee oe Inventor Lane Dying. CHICAGO, April 16.—John Lane, the yet- eran inventor, is dying of heart failure at his home in this city. Mr. Lane invented the method of plating on iron, or what is known as the “iron center” in metals. He was born in New York state in 1425. His father manufactured the first iron plow made in the United States. Dr. Stlelds of Richmond Dead. RICHMOND, Va., April 18.—Dr. Chartes ‘M. Shieids, the well-known eye, ear and | throat specialist, died this morning after a brief itiness from consumption. : =o Jexcph L. Masoa Dead. - NEW YORK, April 16—Joseph L. Mason, the actor, died at his home in Winfield, L. L, eed sixty-four years, of -pneumonia, contracted in Chicago, where he —r ing ia the “Cherry Pickers” ‘Company ——+ Henry F. Gillig’s Hiness. NEW YORK, April 16—Henry ¥. Gillig, formerly manager of Gillig’s Exchange- in Leonéon, is in @ precarious condition at his home in Newdrop, 8. I. Last a blood vessel in his head burst, end it was only by prompt screens that he was MRs. 5s. She Was M. HANNA’S DEATH. the Mother of the Ohio Senator. ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 16.—Mre. 3. M. Hanna, who died this morning at Ashe- vite, N. C., was the mother of six chfl- dren, of whom Senator Hanna is the old- est. The other children are L. C. Hanna, H. M. Hanna, Miss Lillian Hanna, Mrs. Col. Pickands and Mrs. J. Wyman Jones, formerly Mrs. George Chapin. Ever since her husband’s death, which occurred some years ago, Mrs. Henna has lived alone in the large Hanna mansion at No. 736 Pros+ pect street, with only her daughter Lillian to keep her company. Last fall Mrs. Han- na concluded that a sotithern trip would greatly benefit her, and, with Miss Lillian, visited several watering places in Florida. For the last few: weeks she has been so- journing at Asheville, and, while there; about a week ago, contracted a severe cold, which first developed into bronchitis and then into pneumonia, the latter being the immediate cause of her death. Mr. H. M. Hanna was with his mother when the first alarming symptoms made their appearance, and telegraphed his brother, Leonard C. Hanna, to “Come im- mediately and bring Dr. Cushing, the fam- ily physician.” In response to the tele- gram Mr. Hanna immediately traveled south, and he in turn telegraphed to Sen- ator Hanna, and at the time of Mrs. Han- na’s death nearly all of the members of the family were at her bedside. It has not been decided as yet where the funeral services will be held, the family being undecided as to whether the services should take place from the old homestead, on Prespect street, or from the residence of Mr. Leonard C. Hanna. ASHEVILLE, N. C., April 16—Mrs. Han- na died at the Kenilworth Inn, Biltmore, at 4 o’cleck this morning, of pneumonia. She had been in Asheville only a few days ago, visiting the kindergarten, in which she was much interested, and her death was totally unexpected here. Mrs. Hanna came to Kenilworth Inn several weeks ago, accom. | panied by her daughter, Miss Hanna. Senator Hanna has been summoned from Washington .and is expected to reach here this afternoon. The body of Mrs. Hanna will be taken te Cleveland, Ohio, tomorrow afternoon. —>.__. BROUGHT SAFE TO PORT. Crew of the Abandoned Senta, Sup- Poned to Have Been Lost. PHILADELPHIA, April 16.—Capt. Haa- vig, Mate Hellisen and nineteen seamien of the Norwegian ship Serta, who were sup- posed to have been lost at sea, were brought into this port today on the British Ship Snowflake from Penarth for Philadel- phia for a cargo of petroleum. No one'on board the Senta was lost, but all expe- rienced a distressing time during the twenty-four thours prior to their rescue. The abandoned ship was recently reé- ported at London as having been sighted by the steamer Idaho in lat. 48, long. 29, dismasted, and until this morning it was believed that all who had been on board the unfortunate vessel were lost. The Senta left St. John, “N. B., March 16 for Newport, England. From the time of her departure from St. John she had strong westerly gales and on the night of April 1 she was struck by a terrific cy- clone. At 2 o'clock on the following morn- ing her deck load of deals was swept over- board, her main and mizzenmast, together with her rigging, were wrecked and swept away and two of her lifeboats also went overboard. Later on the tiller broke-and the rudder was lost, thus leaving the ves- sel helpless. The pumps were also ed and the water casks and all movables were swept from the deck. : The crew had many narrow escapes from injury from fallen masts and other flying wreckage, and one poor fellow, a Belgian sailor, had a leg broken. Three: others sustained severe bruises, but were not seriously hurt.. Signals of distress were displayed, and after the’ Senta had floated about heiplessly for several hours she was sighted by the steamer Snowflake. Mate Cook of the latter vessel, with four men, put off in small boats to lend succor’to the unfortunate crew, but, owing to the rough sea and the danger of their boat being smashed by the wrecked steamer, they were obliged to lay off some little distance from the vessel. After several ungiiccess- ful attempts they finally got a line_on the Senta, which was made fast by those on board. The work of rescue then began. In an orderly manner with an‘entire ab- sence of confusion the twenty-one men lowered themselves on the rope ta. the water and passed along to the small boat and were then taken to the Snowflake. The injured Belgian was tenderty aided by companions, and later received surgicab treatment on th@prescuing vessel. The Senta was abandoned between 4 and 3 o'clock April 2, in latitude 48.2, longi-: tude 29.20. The Senta was built in Hol- land in 1868. Her registered tonnage was ee = IN THE SOUTHERN HEAVENS. ; Many Discoveries Made by the Lowell Observatory. MEXICO CITY, April 16.—The Loweil ob- servatory, which was transferred from Flagstaff, Arizona, to Mexico early. in De- cember last for the purpose of observing the apposition of Mars and for the meas- urements of.southern double stars, has been dismounted and sent back to its original Iccation after months of remarkable ser- vice. Dr. Lee, who was in charge of the ob< servatory in the southern heaven, an- Pounces that since January 1 more than 200,000 double arid triple stars have ‘been. n-easured. More than half were new, hav- ing never been reported by an astronomer. The report will be the largest and most im- portant addition to southern stellar as- tronomy since the observation of Sir John Herschel.Full reports of their work are to be forwarded soon to the Royal Astronomicat Scelety at London. Among his discoveries are many brilliant stars and perhaps fifty difficult stars separated by less than one sccond of an are. In addition to these dis- ccveries corroborative points argument as to the formation of heavenly bodies will be exceptionally interesting. —_—_—_ BRITISH NAVAL DEMONSTRATION. Arrival of the Cruiser Raccoon at Durbaa, Natal. DURBAN, Natal, April 16.—The British cruiser Raccoon, which left Cape Town on February 12 under sealed orders, arrived here dhexpectedly during the aight with six other British warships. Two nicre war vessels of the British fleet are expect- ed here tonight. The object of this naval demonstration is not known here. = CUBAN LEADERS SURRENDER. Julian Zarraga Said to Have Given Himeelf Up. HAVANA,” Aprfi °16.—A dispatch from Liberdad, province ‘of Pinar del Ri6, says that thé vell-known ‘insurgent leader Ju- lian Zarraga, who'ls charged with having blown up several trains, with the use of dynamite, in Pinar Ge] Rio, has surrendered to the Spa authorities there with five of his followers, all.armed. . —_-_-—_—__ State of the Coal Trade. NEW YORK, April 16—The Engineering ‘and Mining Journal will report in its iesue of April 17 that the anthracite coal trade moves along smoothly with a fair amount of business doing and prices continue to be firm. The bituminous ‘trade is quiet, with a c-nsiderable number of loaded cars at shipping perts. New-York harbor trade shows even less activity than usual. ~~ Oe For a Railway Men's Hospital. ' Spcctal Dispatch to The Evening Star. * RICHMOND, Va., April 16.—The Gladys Inn at Clifton Porge is to be converted into &@ modern hospital by the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, for the benefit of the -em- ployes of the system. The men will’ small monthi: assessment for its benefits, The Chesapeake and Ohio Company yester- day started the work on a handsome — fnereaer: hotel to take the: the Wanted by Chicage University. *” PHILADELPHIA, April 16.—Prof. Fran- cis N. Thorpe of the School of History in the college department of the Un‘yersity of Soir ain Sal ten See SP BILLY WILLIAMS HELD Viet YS ofthe Attack =~ mo o——— Before an audience which tested the ca- Pacity of Judge Kimball's court to the utmost Mr. Isadore Efren of San Antonio, Texas, who, as Has already been stated in The Star, as brutally beaten and rob- bed, it is allegedy by William Williams and Albert Tolson in the White Lot Saturday night, this afternoon related the particu- lars of the affair. Upon being arfhigned Tolson plead guilty. Attorney Albert Sillers, who appeared as counsel for Williams, said he expected to prove aa alibi for his client, and asked that the case be coritinued for several days, so that he could procure witnesses who could show that it was not possible for Williams to have been at the scene of the crime at the time of its commission. Judge Kim- ball declined to grant this, but stated that if there should be developed in the course of the hearing any doubt as to Wiilams’ Participation in the affair that would be taken Into. consideration. After hearing the testimony of Mr. Ef- ren, Detective Sutton and James D. Bur- ley, Judge Kimball, at the request of Prosecutor Mullowney, held both prisoners in $5,000 bail for the action of the grand jury. Ball was not furnished, and Tolson and Williams were committed to jail to await trial. The capture of the prisoners as told by Detective Sutton, who arrested Tolson, and through Policemen Ward and Owens se- cured the arrist of Williams, was regarded by those who-beard. the recital as one of the cleverest pieces of detective work that has ever been performed in this city. The Victim’s Story. Mr. Efren said he reached Washington from Philadelphia Friday last (to which city he had gone from San Antonio) and stopped at the St. James. Saturday he changed nts boarding place to No: 916 15th street northwest, and that night went to several places,“ among others, the , Hotel Raleigh to meet political friends. After leaving the Raleigh, which was about 10 o'clock, Mr. Efren walked to the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 15th street, and at that point, in consequence of not being well posted as to the streets, unfortunately turned south instead of north, -as-he shquid have done, to reach his boarding house. Mr. Efren walked down 15th street as far as Ohio avenue, when he convinced that he had lost his way. Noticing two men, who subsequently proved to be Wil- llams and Tolson, he approached them and asked’ them to direct him to the place he wished to go. They assented, and with Mr. Efren started toward the White Lot, by crossing which, the men said, they could save a square of the distance. Immediately upon reaching a dark place vin the lot, Witltams, Mr: Efren sald, struck him in the head and knocked him down, afterward kicking him in the side, Mr. Efren, continuing, said: ‘‘While lying on the ground I began to call for help, and Wil- Hams said, with a vile and indecent name, -that if I called out any more he would murder me. I kept very quiet after that, because [ fel: cure that Williams would carry out his threat. The men then robbed me of about: $60 in money, a pocketbook containing a eheck for $50’ and other pa- Pers, Sold wetch and chain and a Masonic charm. They.then.ran away.” Mr. Efren related his experience at the Emergency Hespital, which he managed 10 reach some time later in the night, and at the first precinct station, where the case was taken in charge by Detective Sutton, as well as since that time, and in refer- ence to the course of the police authori- ties Mr. Efren said: “I never was treated better anywhere in my life, than I have been by the police of Washington. 1 tind the officers an efficient ‘and honorable set of men, and they tmquestionably left noth- ing undone to-arrest my assailants,” Detective’s Testimony. In reply t@@ question from Lawyer. Sil- lers as to-whether he’ carried a weapon on Saturday night last, Mr. Efren said: “No, sir. I never do. It may seem strange to you that a man frcm Texas goes unarmed, but my experience here has been that deadly weapors are more needed in Wash- ington than in Texa: Mr. Efren positively identified Tolson and Williams as his assailants. Detective Sut- ton told at length about the steps taken by tim to secure the.arrest of the prisoners, also to recover the property stolen, the most difficult of which was that of the pocket book owned by Mr. Efren, which Willlams threw into the sewer at the cor- ner of 17th and De Sales streets, from which place it was taken by two of the employes of the sewer di ent under the supervision ‘of the detective. Mr. Sut- ton further related the words of the con- fession made by Tolson to the fo: in the presence of Lieut. Amiss ard Wil! and which were fully confirmed by subse- quent investigation. James D. Burley, who was with Tolson and Williams in the earlier part of the evening and had been told by them to meet them at 11 o'clock that night at Pennsyl- vania avenue and 15th street, gave testi- | mony as to his other movements, and said he hea: x. .Qfren cry out as the men at- taeked bid. "s a Mr. Sillers made ‘an earnest plea for a lower amount of bail for Williams than that. fixed by. Judge Kimball, $5,000, but Mr. Mullowney toid the court that Hams was onee convicted of manslaughter in Vir- ginia and broke jail, and he wanted him here for-triat when he should be needed. Judge Kinsball informed Mr. Sillers that he could not comply with the latter’s re- quest. A Her Inscription, A paper purporting to be the last will of the late Nora M. Hughes, dated No- vember 26, 1806, wag filed teday, A portion of the personal estate is divided among rélatives, and the testatrix directs that her house be sold and’ the proceeds divided among her legal heirs. She also directs that a lot ifi Oak Hill cemetery be pur- chased, and a monument be erected, in- scribed “To the Memory of One Who Was Sac ed by Her So-called Friends.” The 8: ‘of the decedent, Sarah A. Palmer, filed a petition th the Probate Court stating that the personal estate was about $2,000, and praying that Frank J. Donnelly be granted Intterg of administration. _———— : , An Incorporati The Mt. Pleasant Athletic Club was in- corporated today. by articles filed by Harry J. Warthen, president; Wm. F. Holmead, vice president, Hasty C. Snyder, treasurer; Wm. G: O’Deryerp secretary, and Wm. B. ell, RobettH.‘ Young, Geo. W. Cox, Crowell, 3 ir, 1, 8. Maurice Appleby, Percy H. Cranford'ind Philip H. Fitzhugh, directors? “TA€ sal thcorportors comprise the board oY governors “for the first two years. poe To ‘Kindergartens. The Barongss Bulow Wendhausen, who is to speak at the Washington Club tomorrow mornifg &t-11 o'clock on the kin- dergarten in {Gertigny, 1s the leader of the Froebel, systqm of,pducation in that coun- — Western Prébyterhin Uhucth Services ‘There will be.an illustrated Good Friday service at -the ‘Western Church this evening at 8 o'clock. The sub- ject will be “The Universe in Sorrow.” Tomorrow evening,will be the final lec- ‘ture. in the. CNRS: PR “Jesus the Christ in Palestine,” which jhe pastor, Rev. Howard Whbur Enois,bas been conducting since with the masterpieces, of art. The music reidered is by quartet and solaisis. A Sttendance last evening fled the Suet toriam. ” “i ¢ = ; seis a pe cater ee wh I if to males Siete tae are mane “want” ad. in ‘The Biarwilt reach the person who can fill your need. _ ive Sutten—The ) MAJOR SANGER’S RETURN. He Tels Secretary Alger What He Saw im the Southwent. Major Sanger of the inspector general's department arrived in Washington this morning, being the first of the officers sent out by Secretary Alger to the flooded dts- tricts to return to this city. He is prepar- ing a. written report of his operations, but meanwhile he explained verbally to the President and Secretary Alger just what had been done by him under his instruc- tions to ascertain the condition of the flood sufferers and arrange for their relief. Major Sanger's district lay in the Missis- sippl valley from Memphis down to Helena. Before leaving Memphis he talked over the dest method of proceeding with the Mem- phis general relief committee, and the members of the executive committee He found that they. were accustomed to just such emergencies as now confront them, and decided that he could not do better than adopt for his own guidance the plans laid down by the committees. Chartering a steamboat at Memphis, with the best captain that could be found, a man who, the major said, was of the gre est help and wilting to go anywhere to re- lieve distress, he took aboard two weeks’ supplies of a character suggested by the Memphis committee, and started down the river, accompanied by Col. Rogers, chair- man of the Arkarsas levee Loard, who was thoroughiy familiar with the country to be visited. It was found that the Memphis people had already established stations for the relief of the refugees in many places «throughout the St. Francis district, in addition to the big camp they had pitched in West Memphis. All of these were visited, and in addi- tion Major Sanger established stations at other points where they seemed to be needed. The relief boat ran up the St. Francis river, up the L’Anguille river and across country over cotton fields and farms in every direction where it was supposed people were to be found in need of help, acting largely upon advices of the local relief committees along the route. ~ Returning to the main river a visit was made to the Flower Lake crevasse, which was found to have extended to a width of 1,800 feet. Major Sanger says that coun- try overflowed from: this break, some uf the richest bottom lands in the south, is under water ranging in depth from two to twenty-five feet. As stations were established negroes were sent out in canoes throughout the flooded districts to notify the people where they might come. Major Sanger says the in- habitants of the ficoded section are bear- ing their infliction with extraordinary pa- tience, clinging closely to their half-sub- merged cabins and undergoing hardships in the hope of better times. He says that if the waters recede by the 20th of May all will be well with them and that with economy and careful distri- bution the funds already appropriated will be suflicient for the maintenance of the absolutely destitute. But if the water holds up and it is not possible to make @ crop this summer the distress that will result will be terrible. A NEW SET OF TREATIES. China to Be Able to Adjust Her Rev- enues to Her Needs. China is to have a new set of treaties with the great nations of the world, which will in some measure emancipate her from the onerous restrictions she is now under, and erable her to adjust her own revenues te the nation’s needs. Much of the credit for securing the con- sent of the commercial powers to the nego- tiation of these treaties is due to Li Hung Chang, who employed to’ the best advan- tege the opportunities afforded by his tour of the world. Still the change would have been long deferred had not the war which China waged unsuccessfully with Japan so involved the former in debt as to oblige her foreign debtors to recognize the fact that China must be given powers to raise ad- Gitional revenues. At present the percentage of duty that may be collected on goods imported into China from any of the great commercial tations is limited by treaty, and ‘the amount of revenue thus derived is entirely insufficient to meet the present enlarged ex- penses of the Chinese government. Efforts have been made to increase the revenues by the imposition of “‘leking”’ taxes, or duties collected on foreign goods passing from one Chinese province or district to another. These taxes, however, have always been bitterly resisted by foreign merchants, and have given rise to so much trouble that on both sides there is a disposition to abolish them. The orly recourse apparently is an in- crease of the tariff rates, and this can be acccomplished only by consent of the paw- ers which have treaties with China fixing the maximum tariff rates. It happens that the first of these treaties to run its course and require renewal is that between China and Spain, and this will serve as the model upon. which the other treaties will be modeled as they are renovated. Already negotiations have been initiated between the two governments, and because the in- terests of the United States, are similar to those of Spain, the Department of State is being consulted at every step. -—-+ 2 TRUSTED SECRETARY GAGE. Lewis Patterson Afraid to Go to Court Under the Last Administration. Michael McLaughlin, a stable boss at the bureau of engraving and printing, was this afternoon fined $20 by Judge Kimball for an assault committed nearly a year ago on Lewis Patterson, a mail messenger in the bureau. Patterson testified that on May 2, 1896, while performing his regular duties as a messenger, and at a time when he had both hands full of mail matter, he was attacked by McLaughlin, who struck him in the face several violent blows, from the effects of which he was compelled to remain at home for nine days, and that he had delayed until now prosecuting the case because he was threatened at the time of the assault with dismissal from his place if he took the matter to court. “I had,” continued Patterson, “a family dependent on me for support, and my wife was seriously ill, having incurred a para- lytic stroke, from which cause she has since died, and consequently my condition was such that I could do nothing in the matter of getting redress or protection of the law until the friends of law and order came irto power, and I now seek the pro- tection that the law entities me to, and for the above reason. I have delayed pro- ceeding in the court until this time. “I suppose,” said Judge Kimball, “that you are not now afraid of being discharged for bringing the matter -between you and McLaughlin into court.” 5 “I will trust myself with Mr. Gage,” re- plied Mr. Patterson as he stepped down from the witness stand. The circumstances of the assault were testified to by Mr. James L. Johnson and severa] other witnesses, and the charge be- ing admitted by McLaughlin the court im- Dosed the fine as’ above stated. Sees See POLICE CENSUS RETURNS. Figures Showing the Population in Seven Gut of the Nine Precincts, Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment has received the unrevised re- turns of the census taken from seven of the nine precincts, and the amount of in- crease in the seventh precinct. The fol- lowing shows the returns thus far made, together with the number shown in the census taken two years ago: Precinet. 1897, * 1895. , Gain. Secon mes | fens | BS 83,368 34,769 33,078 AS qe = not given. 389 so 37,841 41. as 506 3o539 388 1,0 from the sixth and seventh tomorrow, when show only @ slight increase over the figures reported two years ago. —— Increane of Leather Duty. ‘The United States consul at Bergen, Nor- way, reports to the State Department that the Norwegian tanners have petitioned their storthing to increase the duty on leather to protect them: against the com- petition of Sweden and America. The lat- try, g oe cumntcy, they say, es two thirds leather duties. CAPTURE OF KRANIA A Severe Check Given the Advancing Greeks. FIERCE FIGHTING ON BOTH SIDES Irregutars Said to Have Been Badly Handled. TURKS HOLD THE PASSES eet (Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.) LARISSA, Headquarters of the Greek Army in Thessaly, April 16.—Severe fight- ing has occurred in Macedonia between the Greek irregulars and Turkish forces. The column of irregulars sent to the right from Pigavitza, after having invested and captured Sitovon, continued its advance toward Kritudes, Plisia and Kuourduzi, with orders to hold Kourduzi at all costs, as it commands the right approach to Grevena, the objective point. This column, com- manded by Chiefs Zermos and Luzzo, at- tacked Kritudes Tuesday. The place was defended by two companies of ‘Turks. After a severe fight, during which eighty Turks were killed and twenty-five were taken prisoners, the position was captured by the Greeks, who also obtained posses- sion of 130 rifles and a quantity of cartridges. A Greck Reverse. The insurgents, however, have suffered @ severe check in another direction. A strong force of Turkish troops, from Meco- von, with a number of mountain guns, ad- vanced on Krania, which had previously been captured by the Greeks, and attacked the four hundred irregulars of Greece, who occupied an entrenched position. It is re- ported that the fighting was ferocious on both sides. The insurgents eventually were compelled to retreat north to the mountains. Some of them, however, succeeded in breaking through the Turkish lines and escaped to Baltino, the town just across the frontier, in Macedonia, first captured by the Greek irregulars and used by them as a depot for provisions and ammunition. Chief Milonas Wounded. The accounts given by the refugees of the Turkish losses are believed to be ex- aggerated. They say that 265 Turks were Killed, while the irregulars only had eight men killed and s-venteen wounded. The leader of the Greeks operating in that di- rection, Chief Milonas, was among the wounded, and returned later into Greek territory with a number of the refugees. One of the latter says that a portion of the Turkish force was composed of irreg- ulars, whose dress resembles that of the Greek Insurgents. This, it appears, en- abied the Turkish force to execute a flank movement unheeded by the leaders of the Greeks. The refugee referred to blames the Greek leaders for badly handling their men. All the refugees bore traces of having experienced great fatigue, and it is report- ed that the Ethnika Hetairia, or National League, has ordered the Greek irregulars to retreat into Greek territory, regarding further bloodshed as useless unless the regular army of Greece supports the irregulars. Arrival of the Crown Princess. The crown princess has arrived here io take part in the work of the ambulance corps. It is thought probable that Prince Con- stantine, the crown prince and commander- in-chief of the Greek forces, will shortly move his headquarters to a more central position near Zarkos. There is a feeling of great satisfaction here at the declarations made by Premier Delyannis in the Greek chamber of dep- uties. Three hundred Hungarian horses, intend- ed for cavairy remounts, were landed at Volo yesterday, and are being forwarded to Trikhala. (Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.) Irregulars Organized by Regulars. ELASSONA, Headquarters of the Turk- ish army in Macedonia, Thursday evening; April, 15 (delayed in transmission).—The representative of the Associated Press at the Turkish headquarters has just seen a prisoner who was captured by the Turks during the fighting which has taken place at Krania with the Greek irregulars. The man was dirty, wore tattered clothes and had on his head a helmet upon which was the badge of the Ethnike Hetairia, the Na- tional League of Greece. He declared that he belonged to a band of irregulars which left Trikhala, after receiving an ovation from the inhabitants of that place, under the command of a captain and two leu- tenants of the Greek regular arm; companied by a medical officer, wounded. This expedition, the prisoner added, was organized by officers of the Greek regular army, and was openly order- ed to invade Turkey, not to harm the vil- lagers and to fight the Turkish troops only. After these statements it is difficult to deny that the Greek irregulars were or- ganized with the knowledge of the Greek authorities. This confirms the inquiries made on this subject by Seyfoulah Bey, an officer on the staff of Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, formerly an attache of the Turkish legation at Atifens, and, consequently, familiar with the per- sohal appearance of many Greek officers, some of whom he recognized among the insurgents. ‘The whole matter appears to form the basis for a grave accusation against Greek good faith, Passes Held by the Tarks. - The representative of the Associated Press has visited the greater part of the frontier line in this district, and, after in- specting all the passes, is convinced that ‘Turks hold such strong positions that the Greeks will never be able to enter Turkish territory in force. In fact, the correspon- dent cannot even imagine the Greeks will make an attempt to do so, while, on the other hand, the Turkish commander-in- chief could send a mass of troops into Greece by seyeral routes and easily cap- ture —-—— --— FISHERMEN WARNED OFF. Action of Canadian Revenue Officials OM British Columbia. TACOMA, Wash., April 16—W. N. La- zier, cne of the owners of the American steamer Edith, which fished off the North Pacific halibut banks during the winter, says the officers of the Canadian revenue cutter Quadra warned the vessel not to fish off the coast of British Columbia, un- der penalty of seizure, although she was several miles ‘beyond ‘the three-mile ttmit. Laziet says that other American fishing vessels have also been warned. He claims. to have reported the matter to the United States authorities, and is waiting advices. He hesitates, under the conditions, to send the -vessel to the banks. The greater part of the Edith’s catch was shipped from Tacoma to New York Boston. The vessel might be sent out Columbia ports under ee Ts3 ge thy ] th acute to be remedied by pious aspirations, adding that he did not believe President r, who bimself urged a maintenance of the convention, would resent Cape Colo- ny its opinion. In conctusion, Mf. Innes said that Great Britain could not interfere in the Tran: vaal unless she had such locus stand! as would justify her conduct before ail the world. —- SUPPOSED DEAD MAN ALIVE. Oliver Pike, Thought te Have Been ried, Turns Up. CHICAGO, April 16—Oliver Pike, the sup- Posed victim of the Salt Lake, Utah, trunk mystery, has turned up. He has written to his mother and friends at Fayette, Ohio, where his body was supposed to be reposing in a grave in the Fayette cemetery. To the Fayette Record he has written a letter, in which he says: “I wish to inform my friends throug your paper that I am Mv ing, notwithstanding contrary reports. When I wrote home a shor: time since I found some trouble in proving that I was myself, for a strange combination of clr- cumstances seemed to prove that I was dead. “I lived in Fresno, Cal., two years, In Hanford two years and the past year in Los Angeles ani Redlands. “Since leaving Puget Sound I have lived under an assumed and any one wishing to inquire will learn nothing dis- creditable by writing to the places I have mentioned and asking for Harry Price, by which name I was known. Of the cause which led me to take the course I did I will sey nothing, for 1 do not think I could do it, satisfactorily. “Tam. a laundry business I havi years. (Signed) “OLIVER PIKE.” ‘The letters to the Ohio newspapers afd his mother and friends are taken as au- thentic and they no longer doubt his iden- tity. As explained in Pike's letter he had some difficulty in establishing the fact of his existence to his relatives, as they had identified his body, they thought beyond th shadow of a doubt. pgm cee yman by occupation, which followed for nearly five COUNTY Decision in the Ch Court at Rich- mond of the Alexandria Suit. Spectal Dispateh to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 16—In the mat- ter of the suit of the supervisors of Alexan- eria county against the council of the city of Alexandria relative to the sale of town Icts of improved property and equal al- vision of the same, Judge Willford, in the creuit court this morning, decreed as fol- lows: First, that the demurrer of the city coun- cil be overruled, Second, that Louis C. Bailey be appotnt- ed special commissioner to ascertain and report as follows: 1, What was the holding of the property at the time it was conveyed to the governor of Virginia in trust: 2, value of the property at that time; 3, its value now; 4, whether it can be partition. ed: 5, what the interest of the city and that of county; 6, any other matter that elther party may require or (ie commis- sioner deem pertinent. Third, by consent of all Parties concerned the case may be heard and decree entered in vacation. “REBELLION NEARLY QUELLED.” im the Field in en, MADRID, April 16.—Captain General Polavieja, prior to leaving Manilla, capital of the Philippine Islands, gent a dispatch to the government here saying the rebellion is nearly quelled; that only 6,000 insurgents, partly armed, are in the field, that 24,000 insurgents have already submitted to the Spanish authorities and that 20,000 insur- gents are upon the point of yielding up their arms. — THE TENEBRAE AT sT, PETER’s. Impressive Services Tonight in Com- memoration of Good Friday. The order of exercises at the tenebrae“At St. Peter's Church tonight is as foliows: The three lamentations will be sung re- spectively by Messrs. Devereux and Wetd- man, and the third to be harmonized by the vested choir. nv The Miserere—Mr. -Bugene French’ as chantor and Messrs. Deveroux, Weidmen, Wright, Johnson, Atchinson end Ackert as chorus. The Benedictus—Mr. Charies Wright chantor, with the above named chorus, The rest of the psalms will be sung by the vested choir, under the leadcrshin of Rev. M. O'Donoghue, assistant pastor. The services commence at 7:15. Rev, Father oe of Barnesville will deliver the ser- eee SS Suit to Coastrue a Will. Jose M. Yznaga, executor under the will of the late Mary E. Colburn, today filed @ bill in equity against Mary Talbert Work and Wm. B. Judge, her sole next of skin, and several local Catholic institutions, praying for @ construction of the will. The testatrix provided in her will that 200 should be given to St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Brookland, D. C., and $100 each to St. Vineent’s, St. Joseph's and St. Ann's Orphan Asylums, the Little Sisters of ti Poor, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and Sisters of Mercy Home, this city. | The defendants, Work and Judge, object to the bequests, claiming that they are invalid because the testatrix died within a month after the execution of the will. Attorney A. G. Heyimun represents the complainants. = Injared by a Base Ball Bat. James Allen, a young negro, about twen- ty-five years of age, while watching a game of base ball on the monument ground this afternoon, was struck a hard blow on the right cheek by a broken bat and received a painful cut in the face. Allen was stand- ing near the home plate at the time of the injury. The player at the bet hit a ball with such force as to split the bat, the jagged end flying through the air and striking Allen in the face, inflicting a severe bruise and an ugly wound. He received et attention at the Emergency Hos- pital. 625 ee Looking for Stella Burke's Teeth. The mystery surrounding the peculiar case of Stella Burke has not yet been en- Urely dispelled by. the physicians at the Emergency Hospital. It will be remember- ed that the patient was sent to the hos- pital for treatment, alleging ihat she had swallowed her false teeth. The teeth have not yet been found. Probing has failed to disclose their presence, and resort is now had to the X rays. An attempt will be made late this afternoon wd obtain a4 negative through the agenc; ee al rquaiities of ine rays. hits day afternoon the scientists tried to obtain @ Negative, but one of the Crookes tubes burnt out and the attempt was unsuccess- ful. The ph ihe ; i t i!