Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1897, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Plucky Fight Against the Flood Was in Vain. BIG BREAK IN THE BIGGS LEVEE ——- Vast Territory Threatened by the Rushing Waters. PERIL OF THE CO[PNTRY MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 17.—The crisis has arrived in northern Louisiana. The mighty foree of nature has won the fight. Last night at 10 o'clock the workers on the levee at Bibbs, four miles below Delta. La., were horrified to see a sudden bulge in their embankment. A small yellow stream began to trickle through the aper- ture, and a moment later there was a crash. The Loutstana main levee system had at last succumbed to the fearful on- slaught of the Mississippi river. A general alarm was sounded, and the inhabitants of the vicinity began moving their most val- uable effects. In thirty minutes the crevasse had in- sreased in size from a dozen feet to fifty yards, and the water is pouring through the opening with fearful velocity. There is a strip of swamp about two miles wide im- mediately behind the levee where the break occurred, and beyond that are many of the finest plantations in northern Louis- iara. Until the crevasse can be stopped, the overflowed area will include the lower haif of Madison parish and al! of Tensas and Concordia parishes. The water will then flow into the Tensas river, and should that stream prove its inability to carry the great volume of water into the main chan- nel, the flooded area will extend to Frank- lin and part of Catahoula parishes. The fifth district levee hoard had conc2n- trated nearly a thousand men along the line of levee adjacent to Biggs, this strip having been regarded as one of the weak- est points in the re system. The fer- tile lands that will be inundated are in the highest state cf cultivation, and the loss will be tremendous. Progress of Relief Through the Army Officers. There has been a call for more tents from the submerged districts, and thts morning Quartermaster General Weeks telegraphed the officer in charge of the depot at St. Louis to ship 420 tents immediately to the mayor of Vicksburg. which he estimates will afford shelter to 2.000 of the destitute people. With those shipped today the quartermaster’s’ department will have loaned 1,376 tents to the people in the over- flowed districts. Of this total 338 have gone to Memphis, 420 to Helena and the remainder to Vicksburg. These temporary homes shelter no less than 11.000 people, In some cases ten people occupying a single tent. Commissary General Sullivan received a telegram from one of his officers at Mem- phis this morning, as follows: “Have shipped today supplies to all sta- tions between Memphis and Rosa, Ark., twelve in number, to all stations St. Fran- cis river district, eleven in number. Steam- er has been hired for latter district. Ex- pect beat to make irip in three days; only way to reach these stations; all relief sta- tions where establishment is known by me Provisioned now until! latter part next week. Have sent questions to station agents; answers will give reliable data for future suppli¢s.” ‘he Loui ma Levees. The inspecting officer at Vicksburg tele- grapked the Secretary of War as follows: “Hope.a: to Louisiana levees in my district sburg te Helera) is: still stoutiy maintained, but with Miestssippi coutinuing to rise the situation is feli to be very se- rious. Disaster at any point will be fol- lowed by speedy influx of refugees in large numbers to this place and Natchez. In that event the assistance of the general sovernment in sheltering amd feading the greater portion of these Louisiana refugees will be required without delay. That these two cities should be the principa! places of refuge is unavoidable under the circum- siances. Refugees from the Mississippi side ar> arriving in considerable numbers, and especially from Davis Island. Several hundred are being cared for by the local relief committees. Current reports of loss of life at Davis Island are sensational. Ke- perted cases of accidental drownings are reduced to three, and even these camnot ‘be verified. I was at this island for two hours about noon of the 12th. The mail boat there took off a large quantity of stock from one plantation. The gin hozse hal been fitted up as a safe refuge for all the families, and batteaux were being built for safety and convenience. The proprietor cf the plantation reported that the water was then running over the levee. “No request for assistance was made from the other plantations, and that the pro- prietcrs should have fallei to make prep- arations for the situaticn, which was only fully developed two days later, 1s unac- ccuntable. The mai! boat took trom the island last night 279 men, women and chil- drea, and returned tcday for shipment of fteck. Some stock has been drowned, but the loss probably ts not heavy. A few calls for rations are coming in from the suSmerged Mississippi plantations, but I think the distress is as yet quite limited, and that it can be relieved in the locality. To insure against suffering in the section below Natehez I recommend that a limited stpply of rations be placed at the disposal of Master Thomas Prince, muil steamer Liberty, at Natchez. He is thoroughly ac- quainted with that section and its people, has it under daily observation, and will distribute raticns free of charge and see that only the needy receive assistance.” Another Crevasse. Ger. Wilson, chief of engineers, received a telegram this morning fronr the inspect- ing oMfcer at Vicksburg saying that a crevasse occurred In the levee at Biggs, about two and one-half miles below Vicks- burg, last night, and that a purty had Started out on the steamer Meigs from Vicksbirg to investigate the damage to afford all possible relief «OS ™Ak* and The Biggs Levee. Biggs levee was ecmparatively an old one. Work was begun on this levee about two weeks age, and the levee was broadened and strengthened by dirt thrown over the top and down the sides, front and and the work ra'sed fully four fect. with @ very large base. The Louisiana convicts were at work on tne levee and had com- pleted about half the work, and perhaps @ little more. Assistant State Engineer H. ©. Brown was in charge of the work, and a cee a the levee came near breaking im the same place tha bn geen pi. lat it broke Assisiaht State Engineer Thompson was at the Biggs levee Monday and Tuesday lasd and every effort waa made to com- plete the work The levee is in the lower end of Madison parish and the crevase+ will probably effect the lower end o®-Ten- sus and all of Concordia parish. A ridg> extends across from the river back to Mill Bayou. a confluent of the Tensas river, ard this will most’ probably protect the northern and the front portion of Ten- sas rarish by diverting the crevasee wa- ‘kK into Tensas river, which gradu- pproaches the Mississipp! river, fur- own near Lake Concordia. It will cause Immense damage, as there are some large cotton plantations, not only in the immediate rear of the break, but ali the way down to the Ouachita’ river, whieh wil! act as the barrier to keep it from extending further south. The levee is from sixteen to eighteen feet high, and it will be impcssible to Stop the crevasse, as the land behind the levee is fully sixteen feet below the level of tne water. Retarsed From the Biggs Crevasse. CKSbURG, Miss. April 17.—The United tates steamer Meigs arrived at 1 p.m. from the Biggs crevasee,with Mr.Max- well aud Assistant Engineer H. B. Thomp- son. They report the break was 500 feet wide at 3 a.m., 500 feet wide at 5:30 a.m. ‘The state convicts, 380 in number, were ali safely put on the steamer Natchez this morning for Baton ; nee of saving people in danger of losing le. The rumored break at Bedford's store is not correct. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that: the cireviation © ‘sworn to is a bona fide one, It is easily possible for @ news- paper with an elastic conselence te swell its legitimate circulation enore mously, in ofder 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 taousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, April 10, 1997..... MONDAY, April 12, 1897. TUESDAY, April 18, 1907. WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1997. THURSDAY, April 15, 1997. FRIDAY, April 16, 1897... Total... Dally average. -31,584 I solemnly swear thatthe abave statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, Aprit 16;"16%_that is, the num- ber of coples-actually sold, deltvered, furnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or sabsciibers, ‘aud that none of the copies-so counted-are returnable to.or remain in the office unsold, z J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and-sworn to before me this seventeenth day of April, A. D. 1997. _ PAUL E. SLEMAN, “Notary Putte; D. C. CASHIER STICKNEY'S MURDER. Police Believe They Are ‘Track. SOMERSWORTH, N. H., April.i7.—The police of this city belleve they are now on the track of the man they want on sus- picion of having beer connected. with the murder of Cashier Joseph A. Stickney of the Great Falls Natfonal Bank, and ihe robbery of the bank yesterday. Word was on the Right received from Milton during the forenoon that the team which ha’ °figuféd in the bank case was at Phoenix stables, where it had been left by a man answering the description of the orfé Whb was’ seen to erday noon. enter the bank y in Berwick, in which the robbers of the Great Falls National Bank are supposed to have escaped, has been found at the Phoenix stables here, where it was left by a man who boarded a train.at ten mimutes past four yesterday afternoon.. The team was identified as Whitten’s this morning. It wag learned that the man answering the deserfption of the one who left the team went to North Conway, where he purchas- ed a ticket for Quebec. pe WHEAT GOES UP FOUR CENTS. More Excitement im Chicago Than Has Been Seen in a Long Time. CHICAGO, April May Wheat today closed at 733-4 cents, a clean atlvance of 41-8 cents since Thursday. This advance cn a short'faturday session was attended with much excitement, and th2 session throughout was as lively a one 2s has been witnessed in many months. Every one wanted.to buy wheat, but there was little for sale, and the advance was at times 60 rapid as to fairly take the breath away from even the fortunate nolders. Beginning with a slight decline the market in the first twenty minutes’ trading shot up 2 cents a bushel. After a brief rest another cent was added. Another let up, and then the final bulge, during which the market jumped a quarter cent at a time, until just as the closing bell rang 733-4 cents was recorded. There were several rcasons for the sudden fright of the shorts. The more immediate caus, however, was the report from New York that wheat was up 3 cents a bushel there, and that at Antwerp and Berlin it was up about 2 cents. e ‘fhe big winners in the local crowd were not many. Probably the most successfui ene was John R. Linn. who, it is said, has teen on the winning side of the market of- tener than any of the men whose names are familiar in the speculative world. John F. Barrett. W. T. Baker and A. J. Well, the New York stock plunger, were also good winners. —_-.- OBITUARY. Henry D. Hyde. BOSTON, April 17.—Henry D. Hyde, the famous corporation lawyer, and counsel for the West End street railway, died at his residence here today as.a result of blood poisoning from a carbuncle on the neck. Major Green Peyton. RICHMOND, Va., April 17.—Major Green Peyton, the venerable proctor at the Uni- versity of Virginia, died early this morn- ing in Charlottesville. S: Col. W. L. Kellogg. ATLANTA, Ga., April 47.—€ol: W. L. Kellogg, commanding the 5th United States Infantry, died at McPherson barracks, near this city, this morning.. He-had been in ill-health for about a year, and only two weeks ago g.retiring board considered his case, with a view to relieving him from active service. —_——___ JEDGE DAY'S’ CUBAN TRIP. Doesn't Expect to Remain in Havana Over Two Weeks. ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. . CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 17.—Judge Wm. R. Day of Canton, who is to be com- missioner to Cuba, will leaxe. for -Wash- ington thts afternoon. He stated at Can- ton this morning ttat he béifeved the in- vestigation to be made at Havana will not occupy more than a week, or two weeks at most. He hopes to leave the island on his return trip before the rainy season sets in. In Wastingfon he wi make a close examination of papers iow in the possession of the Devartment of State relating to Cuban affairs, and .will receive personal instructions an-1 sugges- tions from President McKin‘ey. SRA Sa LOUIS ROADS TIED UP. sT. Syndicate Power House Parti: troyed by Fire. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 17.—The Hamilton syndicate power house, which furnishes motor power to the citizens, the Northern Central, Cass avenue, Union, Baden, St. Louis and Southwestern and Marcus ave- nue car Hnes, covering the western and northwestern sections of the city, was par- | tially destroyed by fire last night. While the logs to machinery and building will not be more than $10,000 the roads depending upon it were unable ta get any.power, and are vonsequently t'ed up. For this reason many thousands of. people were compe! to walk to work today. It will be some time before the roads will get to-ronning regularly again. —_._—_— She Weathered the Storm. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April: 17—Advices from 8t. Joseph, .Mich., state that’ the steamer Frank Woods, concerning whose safety grave fears were felt. entered that port this morning all right. She weathered 'y Den- the storm in the open lake, captain deeming it imprudent to attempt to make «@ harbor. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1897-28: PAGES. tion to Duty. It fm expected that five auditors and six Geputy auditors of the treacury will \be nominated next week,.probably Monday or Tuesfay. Secretary Gage has disposed of these eases, so far ag he is concerned, and his recommendstions in the matter are be- fore the President. Mr. James J. Willie of Florida, deputy auditor fot the State De- partment, was removed today on account of alleged flagrant neglect and inattention to duty. It it is said he has been absent nearly two-thirds of his time. He spends most of his time at his home in Florida and does not come to Washington even to receive his salary. It is mailed to hi by It was stated at the Treasury Depart- ment to day that politics had nothing to do with the cases of Mr. Roads, chief of the stationery division, and Mr. Wetzel, as- sistant chief of the customs division, and that they were removed simply and solely for the good of the service, of con- tinued lack of attention to their offic: duties. The dismissal of the two women in the superivising architect's office was due to the alleged fact that the appropriation for the office for the current year is run- ning short. “ ——_-+e—____ THE ARBITRATION TREATY. Senator Davis Will Try to Fix a Day for a Vote. Senator Davis, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, said to- day that he would exert himself to the utmost to secure a vote on the Anglo- American arbitration treaty next week. “I gave way,” he said, “in order to give the bankruptcy bill a chance, but I do not feel. that the situation demands further yielding. I shall move for an executive Session early Monday,” he continued, “in order to take up the treaty and shall press the matter to a finish.” The senator declined to express any opin- jon as to the time that may be required, but other senators make the prediction that there will be comparatively little de- ‘bate in the future consideration of the treaty. There is a possibility ‘hat Sena- tor Daniel, who is one of the stanchést opponents of the treaty, may wish to be heard at some length. He has been ab- sent during the greater, part of the pres- ent session and has not had an oppor- tunity to express himself on the merits of the agreement as modified by Senate amendments. There is no mistaking the fact that there is comparatively little in- terest in the treaty in the Senate at pres- ent, but it is also true that republican senators at least are anxious to get it out of the way for the tariff. Some of its best friends are of cpinion that Great Britain would not accept the treaty in the changed form, for the reason that the English press has aroused public sentiment in that country to exnect more from, the treaty than it would give in its amended form. Senator Davis will renew his effort Mon- day to get a day fixed for a vote and he is very hepeful of success in that direc~ tion. ——___- ++ THE ‘FORECLOSURE SUITS. Mr. Bland’s Resolution for Inferma- tion About Them. The resolution introduced by Mr. Bland of Missourl, and which he tried to have considered by the Heuse ay, follows: Whereas, there are a number of suits pending in the courts of the United States to foreclose the first mortgages in the Union Pacific Railroad Company, that sald foreclosures may endanger the rights? equities and liens of the government as second mortgages, therefore be it Resolved, That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish this House as speedily as practicable all the information he has as to the number of suits brought to foreclose said mortgages, the amount of the government's claim against said railroad company, what, if any, proceedings have been ‘taken to se- cure the government against any loss in this behalf. Also as to whether the gov- ernment has been made a party to these foreclosure proceefings; ff so, by what authority, and state to the House whether, in his opinion, the executive officers of the gevernment have authority to bring. suits or enter the appearance of ihe gov- ernment £0 as to bind it or preclude it in any manrer affecting the pecuniary inter- est of the government in this behalf, or to impair the power of the government now existing by law to regulate and control said corporation as to rates for freight or passenger traffic, or as to the -ig: of the government to the use of said roads as a military and postal road; also what, if any, legizlation is necessary to protect the government in the matters herein set forth. It is further resolved that the Speaker should et an early day appoint a com- mittee on Pacific railroads to the end that the House can give due and sp sideration to this subje THE GIRL. ACCUSES ‘The Wall Scraper Suspect Tries to Shift Blume for Robberies. Isaiah Washington, alias “Hammer,” the so-called “wall scraper” thief, who was arrested by Detective Lacy and Special Officer Breckenborough, is still talking, and the officers are still recovering stolen prop- erty. What he said yesterday resulted in the officers visiting Baltimore last night and arresting two colored servants—Irene Dorsey, alias Smith, alias Brown, and Gertie Bates, alias Smith, alias Jackson. Gertie was Isaiah's former sweetheart, 50 it is said, and he has said so much against her that the officers do not believe all nis accusations. He knows he is ceriain of a long term of imprisonment, and the offi- cers imagine he wants to have her put away until he gets out. The girls are charged with the grand larceny of $60, the preperty of Samuel Mackall, an old colored man, who lives at 1351 Cedar street. In December of last year they vis- tted his house, so it is alleged, and, while he was out “rushing the growler,’ the money was taken from his trunk. At that time Isaiah Washington was robbing houses, and, in order to avoid being sus- pected, he was giving the police informa- tion. He told Detective Lacy of the rob- bery of the old man, and said that be had been made banker by the girls. A war- rant was issued fer their arrest, but it was not until last night that the officers succecded in getting them. In their cap- ture they were assisted by Detectives Gault and Mobtey. A colored man named Charles Brown was also arrested, but he was subsequently released. This morning Washington faced the girls in police head- quarters and repeated his charges against them. They denied everything he said. None of them was taken to the Police Court today because the officers were busy recovering the stolen property. Monday morning the cases will be tried. oo MILLIONS OF MARKS DAMAGE. Fire Burned Ali Night Six Miles From Hambarg, Germany. HAMBURG, Germany, April 17.—A fire which is estimated to have caused damage amounting to several million marks raged ail night long at Harburg, six miles from here. The flames destroyed an oll factory and the warehouses at the Brinckman Company and Friedrich Thoerl, and burn-. ed down the buildings of Heinson & Bram- mer, shippers. rl Personal Mention. Capt. C. W. Gridley, light house inspector, is at 1511 I street for a few days. 5 Mr. William E. Curtis, ex-assistant secre- tery of the treasury, is arranging his per- sonal affairs here preparatory to his re- moval to New York city next week. Mr. J. M. Simpson, chairman of the state republican committee of Kansas, after some vreeks here in the interest of certain appli- cants for federal appointments in his state, end being successful in several cases, has returned to his Kansas home. While here he was the guest of his sister, Mrs. A. P. ey. Mr L. 8. Brufmidi, who sustained an un- fortunate fracture in a recent bicycle co!- Histon, is rapidly convalescing. Mr. Carroll T. Fugitt accompanied his college nine on their brief tour to Rich- mond and the south. Mr. George S. "3 numerous friends are gratified to know he has recovered from a regent attack of the grip and Is able to be cut again. Mr. Charles M. Tulmer, jr, of Philadel- phia and Mr. Sam. Brad. Fisher are visiting the latter’s parents at their » No. 7K street northeast. FARMING IN MARYLAND . oa eae Injury to the Sjat€ From the Cestom of Tax Discriminsti¢n Agsjnst SF iS wae <5 Mr. James T. DaiBols of this city has had many vivid expertentes in his career, and Peesesses to a rare“@egreé the ability to describe them. ‘Probgbly no peried in the life of Mr. DuBois, however, teems with as much Iincldent as that which he devoted to farming several years ago in Anne Arun- del county, ‘Md. It was the pleasure of the guests at the luncheon resently given by Mr. B. He Warner at the Shoreham to the Maryland Republican Editorial Association to listen to a recital by Mr. DuBois of the stirring episodes. that crowded his bucolic existence on the banks of the Patuxent and the thrilling adventures that. befell his fartner and himself. During the course of his remarks Mr. DuBois said that he was in a measure a Marylander. ,."1,0wn abqut 700 acres on the Patuxent in Anne Arundel county,” he continued. “The unfortunate parties who bought this Property with me voted. the democratic ticket in 1892 and went bankrupt in 189%, as that seems to be the normal condition during democratic supremacy. The result was this property, with all of its responsi- bilities, fell into my charge with one of those indescribably dull thuds which some of you have probably experienced during the late but not lamented administration. “Now I havé been experfmenting with that property. I started a pig ranch on it about two years ago, and I did this in spite of my knowledge of the fact that one of John Randolph’s friends started a pig ranch down in Charles county, and after two years’ experience he ‘summed the result up as follows: The negroes raised the corn and fed the corn to the pigs, the pigs’ ate the corn and negroes ate the pigs, and thus I was able to make both ends meet, and even things up_all around. He Duys' Up Pigs. “But I went into’ the business notwith- standing. this experience of John -Ran- dolph’s friends, and I bought -up all the pigs for five miles around, sometimes unsignt and unseen. As sdon a8 any one heard that I wanted his pig he promptly put a fancy price on him and kindly delivered him at my ranch. One day a wagon loaded with four negroes and one of my unsight and .unseen purchases bound up in about two rods of rope arrived on the scene. After the brute had been gafely landed in the lot my partner and I took.a look at him. “He had-all the prominent points of an African hyena, but it turned out that he* was only -half hyena, gand the other half was just razor-back pig, for he had heen captured wid in the bottom lands of the Patuxent. He was thinner than a free trade theory, and he was uglier than the deadest donkey you ever saw. My partner quietly climbed over the fence, into the lot where he was, and said in a soft and gentle voice: ‘Come, piggie, pig, pig, pig,” and the brute stood not upon the order of his coming, but came with nose down and back up and mouth pwide open. Aly part- ner made a double-baek-action handspring, and landed on the other side of the fence, and I sald to him, ‘Why, captain, why in the world did you, jump?’ and he replied, with considerable. agitation, ‘My dear sir, simply because J hadn't any wings to soar.’ We soon turnéd the brute irto our. general lot, with fifty fine, sleek, fat pigs. At feeding time jhe took his place at the head of the long trough, and marched up and down it, a Ferttable hog of all he surveyed. The fifty’ fine pigs grew to shadows in less thasi'a fortnight, but the Tazor-back hyeng’ never gained ‘a single pound except at meal times. A Prise: Pig Imported. “One day my partner said to me: ‘My dear sir, this will never do. We must bring down a prize pig from New -York state that will lick thé bacon out of that thing and build up our‘herd.’ The prize pig was ordered and arrived. in the spring. He was a gentlemanly brute, with an aristocratic carriage, and a pedigree as long a: line of Ohio effice seekers at the House. He had a retrousse nosc, ai veal hatr spring curi to his tail. He wa as plump as, a peach, and way altogether tuvely for a pig. “We finally turned him in to mix up ina general way with the herd, and soon there- after my partner left to spend the summer m the north, on Lake Cayuga, and I quiet- ty retired to my farm of rocks and rattle- snakes in Pennsylvania. “In the fall we went down to the ranch together, fairly wriggling with anticipa- tion to see the result. The keeper called in the herd from the bottom land. ‘The first thing that appeared was the hyena of the Patuxent. He trotted into the inclos- ure as proud and a$ thin, and as hungry and as ugly as ever, and he promptly took his place at the head of the big feeding irough. Ten other shadows of pigs, ali there were left of the fine herd of fifty, vame staggering slowly toward the feeding Place like a case of tuberculosis on its last legs. ' The Prise Porker. “My partner, with a spasm of pain twist- ing-about his mouth, turned to the keeper and said: ‘Where in the world is our New York prize pig?” The keeper winced a little and said nervously, ‘There he is, over there. Gentlemen, {t was a sight to stop a clock or scare a trolley. There he stood, that once pride and glory of the New York state agricultural fairs; his aristocratic carriage was all out of gear. ‘The charming hair spring curl to his tail had vanished. His beautiful retrousse nose looked like the: point of a sixteenth century shoe, and his plump and pingu'd form had dwindled to a bunch of bones, covered with widely scat- tered hair, and it would nave taken two of his kind to make an ordinary shadow: My partner turned in a dazed condition and flung a pathetic glance at me, and commenced talking like a theater manager who was suffering, from contracting box receipts. < “He said in a sort of dreamy tone ot voice: ‘My friend, once upon « time a negro. caught an immenze.fish. He fastened it securely to the bank of the river, and hur- tied off io fetch som2 friends ‘to see it. While he was gene another fisherman @ame along-with a-measly little fish, bout three inches long, and sudstitued it for the big one. The negro soon came back wish his friends, and full of expectant pride he veached down into the water and pulled up the litth measly sudstitute, and hold- ing it aloft with an expression of surprise and amazement he cried. ‘Lord a massy, boys, now dat dar fish shrunk.’ “The next day my partner left for his home in central New’ York, but before he departed he nailed auto.the largest pig pen on the rauch the following placard: ‘Corn won't grow fast enough for wind-splitters and razor-backs 6% this ranch. There is no place like home. © 2‘ have gone north to spend the winter‘with my mother-in-law.’ ‘Things That Have Héen Since Ratsed. “But, gentlemen; -1 persistently and pa- tlently stayed, and J,still.qwn the 700 acres in Amne Arundeb €ounty, and nothwith- standing the favt ‘that the soll: is very fair, the only thing'I have succeeded in raising down thézeés a disturbance with the county comfiissioners. And that ts probably becaus¢’thpy have succeeded so well in raising ,guéjageous taxes out. of me during the past four years. My friends, I want to say one serious word to you on this point and I am done. Maryland is a great state, and full of promise for the future, anc you I and all interested in that splendid commonwealth are anx- fous to help make it strong, prosperous and glorious. -Antl “I, am -persenally con- vinced that oné ‘of ‘the quickest ways to accompHsh that end is to do away with the outrageoue systems of discrimination in regard to taxation now existing, especially in the agricultural’ districts of the state. “For instance, I pafd $1,080 for my 700 acres, and I have been assessed $7,000 ever since, which is 40 per seat more than it cost and 60 per cent han itis worth. I bought at piblic sale the adjoining farm of 400 acres for $1,250, and I sold it for the same sum~>to @~ well-known fruit grower, whom I jesited to interest in ex- perimenting and ‘tn helping te develop the frutt-growing in’ of the state. And he has been ever since, which is more then three times what it cost™ him.” We are_ new comers and strangers in Maryland. Now here is difference: Prnisst aoa’ farms containing acres. as land as ours, which was: sold at pantie ale to a, native of Maryland for and he has SR EE ENR A UE See it gi Red eral ad a Ser la he oil Leben es neath acre-than my land is have appzaled time cougty commissioners for but. we never have sage ta even 60 much as the courtesy of “If you should ask me why they don't reply I would simply say that I can't an- that question” any more ‘than the Itttle boy who stuttered could answer the question ofthe stranger who met him on the public highway and asked him how far it was up to Jones’. The little boy sald: ‘M-m-m-mister, it’s a-a-a-a-bout f-f-f-f-f- ive; d-d-darn it, go. o-on, for you'll get there teforre I can tell you.’ “I say, gentlemen, thet Maryland is a great state, and with fair treatment. capi. tal and Industry will come into it and help develop. its splendid agricultural resources and place it where it really belongs among the mighty commonwealths of the republic. And I earnestly urge you, gentlemen of the press, to fight persistently and bravely for an honest and fair adjustment of this unfortunate condition of things in regard to taxation, and thus help us and help all who desire to meke the beautiful state of Maryland a strong, a prosperous, a happy and a glorious commonwealth. And, gen- ‘tlemen of the press, if you do not succeed in reforming your commissioners at first, remember the-prayer of the little girl. whose mother told her to always ask the Lord to try and make her a good Hitle girl, and when she prayed she said: ‘Good Lo: bless dear papa and dear mamma and try. to make me a good little girl, and if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.’ ————— MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Co ention of the Woman’s Baptist Foreign Organization. The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Baptist Missionary So- cléty willbe held In Calvary Charch of ‘this city next Wednesday and Thursilay. There will be three sessions each day, in the fore- noon, afternoon and evening, to all of which the public are cordially invited. The annual executive meeting of the officers of the board®and the state secretaries will be held Tuesday afternoon, and on Tuesday evening a reception will be given in their honor and for the returned missionaries at the Ebbitt House by the ladies of the local circles.’ All of the Baptists of the District and all others who are interested are cordially invited to be present. The object of this organization is “for work by women, through women, for wo- men in heathen lands.” It has only been in comparatively recent years that women have been doing anything, distinctively, for either home or foreign missions. In’ the early sixties an undenominational effort was made in this direction, but eventually the different denominations established auxillaries of their own, until now every evangelical denomination has its women’s missionary circles. The Baptist branch was organized in 1871, and now has rep resentatives in almost ali of the churches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, In these churches there are 1,600 women’s circles, 300 young ladies’ circles, 300 children’s bands and about 25,000 contributors through the Sunday school primary classes. The general society is managed by a na- tional president, two corresponding secre- taries, a treasurer and a board of directors, who are elected in three equal classes, one class going out of office at each annual meeting. Each state has a local president, a general and junior secretary, and each local society its own officers. As an evi- dence of the devotion of these women to the cause for which they are engaged, it can be said that no officer receives any compensation for her services, except the national secretaries and the treasurer, who devote their entire time to the work. The society {s supporting sixty-five missionaries on the foreign fields,-and has five under appointment. They also have 163 Bible wo- ™men, 305 schools for the education of chil- dren and 10,095 pupils. The meeting next week is for the purpose of hearing the reports of the last year’s work, and to plan that which is to be un- dertaken in the coming year. A large dele- gation is expected, and an enthusiastic time is anticipated. Mrs. Smith of the E Street Church is the District president, and Mrs. Bliss of Calvary is the chairman of ar- rangements of the whole for the conven- tion. ee Faver the Bailding. The Commissioners today received a long petition from the property owners ana residents of Columbia Heights setting forth that they had no objection to the building contemplated at the corner of Binney ana 14th streets, but on the contrary believea that it would be gn advantage to that sec- ticn of the city. Accompanying the peti- tion was a letter from Cyrus Mantz, which. read as follows: x “The Columbia Heights Association,“con- sisting of residents of Columbia Heights, did not nor have not requested any one to oppose any improvement contemplated in our section, and regret very much that they should have been placed in such a position by any individual. They are very indignant that such action should have been asked of the honorable Commission- ers.” What Damaged the Oregon. SEATTLE, Wash., April 17.There is still some uncertainty as to the extent of the damage to the battle ship Oregon. The obstruction in the dredged channel has been discovered. It is a bank of old sunk- en piles and hardpan, which evidently has been there for some time, and was prob- ably left by contractors. Samples of the obstruction have been forwarded to Wash- ington. — Government Receipts. National bank notes feceived today for redemption, $461,777. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $416,104; customs, $613,063; miscellaneous, $14,930. —____. -e-—_____ Herdics Better Than Nothing. To the Editor of ‘The Evening Star: Will you kindly inform me why ii is that the herdics have been restored on 16th street only, while a large number of the former patrons living above 17th street are left with no means of reaching their offices except by a long walk to the Metro- politan cars or by the Georgetown cars through Pennsylvania avenue (a round- bout wy involving a loss of valuable time)? As much abuse as has been given to the poor herdics, they were invaluable &s a means of transportation to a large proportion of the residents on or near F and G street northwest, who would all be greatly pleased to see them restored to the eld routes. Anything that you can do through the columns of your'valuable paper to further such a consummation would be much a@p- preciated by « A SUFFERER. =e Army Orders. Major Charles Smart, surgeon, has been ordered to proceed to Fort Sill, Oklahcma territory, to accompany: Troop E, Ist Cay- alry, on a practice march for the purpose of making a thorough test of the emer- gency ration recently established by the President, and, when his services shall be no longer required with the command, to return to his proper station in this city. Captain J. D. Glennan, assistant surgeon, has been transferred from Fort Sill, Okla- hama, to ¢t rk, Texas, zelieving Ma- jor H. S. Kilbourne, su Leaves cf absence have granted as follows: Lieutenant M. E. Davis, Ist Cavalry, two months; Captain J. R. Cla- gett, 234 Infantry, for four months; Cap- tain Wm. Auman, 13th infantry, for fifteen days. —_—__-+-o-- Na Orders. Civil Engineer C. C. Wolcott, from the League Island navy yard to the Puget sound station; Civil Engineer F. O. Max- son, from the League Island = . Hollyday, from Puget ere ation to tho Mare Iatand yard: Sos sign J. F. Hubbard, from the Eagre ana RACING AT BENNING. ‘The Second Spring Mecting of the Washtagtes Jockey Club. The gates of the Benning race course were thrown open this afternoon, when the second spring meeting of the Washing- tcn Jockey Club was commenced and the legttimete racing season of 1897 in the east ‘vas inaugurated. The cool, blustering weather had iiittle’ effect upon the race- loving public, ard the attendance was grat- ‘fyingly large. The number of ladies pres- ent was very large, and the grand stand and club house balcony were made brilliant by the rich dis; ef spring costumes. Last sights ener ‘rain nad little effect on the track, it merely being made some- what slower. The pi ited for rogram the day's sport was an cxcellent one, in- cluding the Arlington stakes at fa mile, the first two- year-old event run this season in the east. The last of the five races on the card was a hurdle event at a mile and a half over six burdles. Among the visitors atthe track were As- sistant District Attorney Laskey and Chief Clerk Given of District Attorney Davis’ office. They visited the track to investi- gate the complaint made to Mr. Davis that bookmaking wanli be carried on. It was rumored that arrests would be made at thelr request, but they assured The Sta: reporter that they were merety at the track to acquaint themselves as to the manner of betting indulged in, for the purpose ot reporting to District Attarney Davis. The form of betting indulged tn at the track at last year’s meetings of the club is known as the handbook. That is, the betting is done between man and man, no tckens or money being exchanged, ani no Gisplay or calling out of odds. It ts oom that District Attorney Birney held that such form of betting did not consti- tute the setting up of a gaming table, and he did not interfere with it, It is not be- lieved that Mr. Davis..will interfere until the law ts willfully violated, and the man- agement of the club promise that that shall not occur. a A MASONIC FAIR. Forthcoming Event. at Hyattsville That Prominés to Be Enjoyable. Preparations for the Maschic fair to ve held in Hyattsyille during the coming week are progressing rapidly. Under the skillful hands of the ladies who will ‘have charge of the fair both the hall and the booths have been well decorated with flags and verlously colored--bunting.. A large attendance of visitors from Washingtoa and “vicinity is “expected. A visit is promtised-from Orient Command- ery, Knights Templar; the Order of the Eastern ‘Stay and other -Masenic bodies, whose coming will udd’ largely to the in- terest of the occasion. Some of the booths are very elaborately decorated. The following 1s a list of booths and of the ladies in attendance upon them: Candy booth, octagonal, pink and white— Mrs. Gore,-Mrs.-W.-W. Van Loan, the Misses Schoepf, Mrs. Lewis F. Holden, Mrs. John G. Holden and Mrs. W. I. Smith. Flower booth, octagonal, green and white—Mra. John E. Latimer, Miss Mary Dorsey, Miss A. L. Fuller, Misses Nellie and Lottie Fenwick. a Keystone Chapter booth, red, with white trimmings—Mrs."'M. ‘F. Hobbs, Mrs. Dr. 8. C. Cox, Mrs. Blanche Noel," Miss Beatrice Cox, Miss Laura Lewis, Miss Noel, Miss Stormont and Miss Mamie Shettle. St. Elmo’ Commandery booth, black and white—Mrs. H. B. Major, Mrs. E. F. Gth- bens, Mrs. V. Norwood, Mrs. V. Acker, Mrs. W. Cook, Mrs. Arthur Carr, Miss Lil- lie Acker, Miss Ruby Suit and Miss Louise Campbell. 2 Farcy booth, red ani tlue—Mrs. Dr. Alon- zo M. Buck, Mrs. J.R.Collette, Miss Corinne McFarland, Miss Lelia Aman and Miss An- rie Collette. Cake booth, pink and white—The Misses Tise, the Misses Bowen, Miss Elizabeth Cartwright and Miss Eliza Baukhages. Cigar tcoth, black and pink—Miss Letitia Ccle Lemonade booth, green and white—Miss Carrie Acker and Mrs. Howard Frits, Post office—Miss Julia and Miss Lizzie Kearney. Maryland booth, black and yellow. Jos. R. Owens, Mrs. Chas. H. Welsh, Mrs. L. H. Campbell, Mrs. H. C. Dobbs, Mrs. A. D. Bailey, .Mrs..Porter and Miss Gordon. Ice cream tables—Mrs. J. C. Robinson, Mrs. F. A. Hokien, Miss Eva Moran, Miss Edith Gallant, Miss Mary Carr, Miss Mag- gie Carr and Miss Iva Drury. Fish pond—Miss Annie Long, Miss Nan- nie Hobbs, Miss Agnes Ladson, Miss Olive Postley and Miss Blanche Wilsey. Supper tables—Mr. George H. Lanhardt, Mr. J. F. Smith, Mr. J. V. Johnson, Mr. J. C. Ellis, Mr. Evarts and the Misses John- son. Paddle stand—J. C. Robinson, Geo. M. Markward, E. A. M. Lawson and Chas. Weeks. Railing and voting—S. W. E_ Love and Geo. D. Fischer. SS A Vacangy Made. W. A. Burrell, superinténdent of the paper supply room in the mail equipment division of the Post Office Department, has been removed; to take effect, with thirty days’ leave of absence, from April 15. The ground of the removal was that Mr. Bur- rill is not an expert judge of paper, a re- quirement essential for the position. —_—__ -e-- — ——_ Gone to Nashville. Mr. John Biddle of the State Department has been placed in charge of the State De- partment exhibit at the Tennessee cen- tennial exposition. He left for Nashville this afternoon and will be away nearly all summer. ———————————— The Europead Squadron. Cable advices:to the Navy Department show that the Bancroft arrived at Alexan- dria, Egypt, this tmorning, ‘and that the Minneapolis and Cincinnati left Mersine, Syria, this morning, the former for Syria and the latter for Smyrna. tes Died Suddenly. William Nomens, aged thirty-five years, whose home was at Fulton, Md.,was picked up at the corner @@outsiana avenue and 9th street about. 1 o'clock this afternoon suffering from the effects of a hemorrhage. He died white on the, way to the Emer- gency Hospital. Coroner Hammett was notified. —« ‘ —__—_-—_— ‘Mr. Holman Very Il. The condition of Representative Holman of Indiana, who ts lying fll at his residence in this city, was net “impfoved this after- noon. Inquiry at this residence elicited the statement that he jis a very ‘sick man. {e+ ‘To Stamp @ut Hog Cholera. Secretary Wilsd{* Of ‘the Department of Agriculturs:has.set the bureau of animal industry upon a work which he hopes will result in the eradication of hog cholera. ‘The Secretary proposes to shortly take up this matter ectively, ahd by devoting his attention to one-eection of the country at a time stamp out the cholera, and to estab- ish such regviations as will result in pre- venting the introduction and spread of the disease. Raltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, Apg} 17, let, unchanged — receipts 4300 barred: copes Be barrels. Weed strug and higher—spot aod mouth, 7; Say, 732 784; July, 79 asked_receipts, 11,022 bushels; ex- porta, ‘Rone; ‘stock, 475,835 bushels—southera wheal sample, 78379. Corn steady—spot Bioiagtl “stay, 2an2sie: 3 mixed. 24% ie recat ports, 712,008 bushels; 1: Sales, 55,000 bushels—southern’ white ‘corn, 30: 40. fellow, 20." Outs steady—No. : 2 mixed, 23% sales—rec 3, Bone: 147.7 Furnished by W: B.-Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. ‘one month's leave. .Chaplain W, § Cassera, to the Indiana. ope ee High. Low. Ciose. Seven laborers in the mail bag repair B% 2% 2% 2% room of the Post Office Department were a. eta %-% today relieved from duty, owing to a slack- 16% is a! a ip Ba eK Toate sre sent 201s Bee: aye Bede 8G ae pioyes now in the office. When there is a be Gee 855 800 tush of work, there are at times as many 422 422 422 Derary, and’ the office is in the uncisasiied thin @ & service. - 47% 4 47 40 : . = FINANCE AND TRADE Close of a Week of Disappoint- ment. EFFECT OF A PROTRACTED HOLIDAY Disturbing Influence of the War- like Outlook in the East. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS eer ee CY Special Disp .cch to The Evening. Star. NEW YORK, April 17.—The week closing today has been ore of Gisappoiptment in nearly all active fnancial circles. London has sold securities on a more liberal scale than usual, and the local market has failed to increase in breadth. The political situation in the east is far fron. promising, and the Kaffir markets have again afforded material for unfavor- able rumors. The foreign holders of specu- lative American tssues were not willing to carry them over the protracted Easter holl- day, as the result of this uncertainty, and the local market has been forced to assume the responsibility. , In today’s short session the international list was especially weak, Nashville, St. Paul and the Northern Pacific securities selling down under moderate offerings. In the event of favorable developmenis abroad a revival of the foreign demand is relied upon to insure profits on the usual traps- actions into which the American market was forced by reason of the temporary Incentives to Nquidation abroad. Unless some definite policy is agreed up- on, and the warlike preparations aban- doned, it is Mkely that the present unwill- ingness to assume new obligations will continue for an indefintte period. Domestic conditfons have not ‘been satis- factory, and serve to deter participation on the scale essential to sustained improve- ment. ‘The growing hostility to organized cap- itel, as demonstrated by the actions of several state legislators, the floods in the west and tariff uncertainties continue to weaken confidence in financiai enterprises. The good features of the situation have failed to find a proper reflection because of the surrounding disappointment. The perfection of the New York Central funding plan was an incident of unusual significance, yet the market fatled to show it the least attention. ‘The shares of that company, which are directly influenced for good, have receded substantially since the announcement. Con- fidence is lacking, and the professional domination of prices seems certain to pre- vail in defiance of value. ‘This condition is artificial, however, and is the direct result of an absence of a fixed Lasis on which to plan future transactions. The elimination of legislative conun- drums would do more for the cause of prosperity than apy one thing now lacking. Until Congress furn! more definite prospects for an early adjournment cau- Uous trading will be a feature of the stock market. The bank statement reflects an Increase of $1,475,600 In loans and about an equal amount in lawful money. The increase in the first item is eepec The surplus also reflects an increa first time in some weeks. Money is ex- tremely abundant and awaits only reason- able assurances of freedom from unexpe>:- ed attacks to find employment which will insure beneficial results to ali in interest. Se FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & ney, members New York stock exchange. indents, Messrs. Mvore & Schley. No. 80 Broadway. 3 ¥ —w. & 4, ee —" rnd (ei Tesetion, 10 at 52h. $200 at 124. tan, Ratiroad, 10 at 112%. race, 100 at District of € bid. 30-year 7s, 1901, currency, 114 bid. ‘Miscellaneous 114 bid. Me tan tand u rl ark o*