Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1897, Page 2

© expel the Greeks from Turkish rritory at the expiration of the fortnight’s notice given them to leave, when diplomatic rela- tions between Turkey and Greece were severed on last Saturday. Many Greeks, however, are already leaving. There is much concern among the Turk- ish government officials on acc»unt of Bul- garia's persistent claims for berats for five additional Bulgarian pishops in Matelonia and for the appointment of Bnigarian com- mercial agents at Uskub and Monastir. The Bulgarian representative here, D. Markoff, had an audience with the sultan on the subject, and Informed his majesty that unless the berats were conceded by Friday next Bulgaria would begin to bobilize her array on Saturday. The sultan promised to grant the berats, but asked Bulgaria to be patient until the war with Greece is over. His majesty also granted Buigar‘a’s request for permission to ap- point commercial agents at Uskub and Moaast'r In spite of this the Bulgarian representa tive yesterday presented an ultimatum at the Yildiz Kiosk, and, subsequently, the Russian embassy informed the Bulgarian representative that ihe moment was _in- opportune for insisting upon the sultan granting the berats, adding that Russia would not support the demand if the Bul- garian army was mobilized, and that the Tesponsibility for the censequences would fail exclusively upon Bulgaria. An official notice just published ‘crders all vessels flying the commercial ensign of Greece to leave Ottoman waters within a fortnight from Saturday last, April 17, the day of the severance ef diplomatic Scene of Naval Operations. relations between Turkey and Greece. the same order all Turkish ves waters are required to leave them within the same period. Finally, at th- expiration of the fortnight the services of the Turkish iight in the Gulf of Salonica will be suspended and the gulf itself will be closed at night to navigation while the war lasts. In the Milew Pass. HEADQUARTERS OF THE TURKISH ARMY, MILOUNA PASS, April 21, 11 a.m. —Very heavy fighting has teen in progress since dawn. The Greeks have endeavored to take by orm the Turkish position on the hill oppesite the entrance of the ravine. ‘The Greeks were repulsed upon each occa- sion with tremendous lors. The engage- ment is siiN procecding. The Turks have a strong reserve force ready to be brought imte action if needed. During yesterday's fighting in the same ity a Turkisn general of Lrigade was killed. Minister Skouzes Protests. LONDON, April 22—The Greek legation here has received a dispatch from M. Skouzes, the minister for foreign affairs of Greece, in which, referring to the order for the expulsion of all Greeks from ~Tur- key at the expiration of a fortnight from Saturday last, the date of the rupture of diplomatic relations between Greece and Turkey, he says their expulsion is con- trary to the principles of modern eiviliza- tion. He adds that Greece desires all Tur- kish subjects residing within Greek terr?- tery to renain as long as their conduct does not afford ground for complaint. Weald Greece Abandon Crete? PARIS, April 22.—Accor:ling to a dispateh received here from Constantinople, Greece has informed the powers that she will abandon her claims to the Island of Crete if the powers will force Turkey to cede her Epirus and Mount Olympus, accorded to her by the treaty of Berlin. RUSSIA TO INTERVENE. It is Said That the Necessary ures Have Been Taken. Meas- PARIS, April 22—Le Jeurnal’s corre- spondent at Odessa telegraphs that all the tecessary measures have been taken at Sebastopol for the eventual intervention of Russia in the war between Turkey and Greece. TO FIGHT FOR GREECE. Many Volunteers Will Return to Meet the Turk. LONDON, April 22—A Special dispatch from Marseilles says that two hundred Greek volunteers sailed for Athens yes- terday evening, accompanied by sixty American Greeks. The crews of the Greek merchantmen everywhere have been ordered home to join their respective regiments. CHICAGO, April 22.—Two hundred Greek volunteers for King George's army will leave Chicago for Athens this evening, and as many more will follow their comrades on Monday. All day recruiting is going on in the Greck church on Kinzie street. Greenbacks and gold and silver are piled high in front of the altar. The aggregate of the collections amounts to about $6,000. Archbishop Feehan gave $25. Excitement is at fever beat in the crowd- ed church, witn many affecting scenes and episodes. Emotional woren siruggle with purhing, crowding members of the stronger sex in a patriotic rivalry to have their contributions received. The work will be kept up until enough money is raised to defray the transportation charges of every Chicago Greek wno wants to battle for his native land. “If this recruiting keeps on much ionger at the present rate,” said Father Phiam- bo, “I may as well pack up my traps and go to the front with the rest, for my con- gregation and my occupation will both be gone. ve hundred men, it is said, will be on their way to join King George's army next week. The Minneapolis contingent of Greeks paseed through the city last evening, as aid also the recruits from Texas and’ the southwest. The Chicago recruits leaving this even- ing will sail from New York by a French liner Saturday morning. Turks Capture Greck Positions. LARISSA, April 22.—The Turks have oc- cupied several Greek positions near Neze- ros. Very severe fighting occurred west- ward of this place during the morning. ‘0-Observe War Movements. Tne War Department today cabled to Capt. Scriven, United States military at- tache at Rcme, permission to proceed to Athens and report to the United States minister there, with a view to gutherlag technical information in regard to the war between Greece and Turkey. Capt. Dorst, the United States military attache at Vi- enna, has also been granted permission to ms to Corstantinopie and accompany the rkish troops in the campaign in a sim- ilar capacity, If he cares to do so. This action was taken after correspon- THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1897-14 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|NEWSPAPER COMMENTS Water Pouring Through a Big Broak in the Levee. DEPLORABLE STATE OF SEPFLERS Surrounded by a Sea of Water Twenty Feet Deep. ON STARVATION RATIONS a JACKSON, Miss., April 22—A special to the Associated Press from Greenville, Miss., says: The latest news this morning from the Promised Land break in Issa- quena county estimates the crevasse to be nearly 400 feet wide and pouring throush in heavy torrents six or eight feet deep. Rackwater is rising with startling rapid- ity, the ccuntry being already overflowed. A message from Baleshed, Mr. B. Dun- ca’s plantation, six miles above the cre- vasse, says the backwater rose one foot three Inches last night, and that all dry spots were rapidly disappearing. Great loss of mules and cattle has already re- sulted, and it is expected that human life has already been lost In the Steele Bayou country, where people believed themselves safe from any further rise. br. J. B. Toombs ef this city, a prominent ph; ‘ian and planter, made a trip out In the Bogue country, twenty-five miles north- east of here, yesterday, and brings hack ¢eplorable accounts of the condition there. He says that 500 negroes, men, women and childrer, are huddled together with starv- ing horses, mules, hogs, poultry, cats and degs, on a piece of railroad grade. They are being Inoked after by no one. and have star’ They have no tents and their only skelter is a patchwork of rags, stretched on poles and walled in with cross tles. The grade is cut through by the water above and below them, and they are lit- erally surrounded by an ocean of water, from twenty to twenty-five feet deep. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 22.—The river at St. Louis, it is expected, will rise to 27.5 Friday, ard then will remain about station- ary for a day or two. The Missouri will fall slowly. The upper Mississippi will fall, except south of Hannibal, where there will be a slight rise for another day. A rise of 0.3 of a foot was shown by the auge here this morning with an advance of 0.3 at Hannibal. Above there on the Mississippi river the water is falling as well as In tue Missouri river. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 22.—The Mis- ouri has fallen one and three-tenihs feet since yesterday and is still receding. The Bauge reads today 21 exactly, the danger mark. There now seems no likelihood of a further rise. ALMETA RUSSELL’S DEATH. Suspicious Circams ing It to Be Special Dispatch te The Evening Star. FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, Va, April 22.—Mr. J. W. Russell, who resides near Burk, station, Fairfax county, was here yesterday to consult with the common- wealth’s attorney, James M. Love, with reference to the prevailing report that his daughter, Almeta Russell, who died March 28, had been foully dealt with. Almeta had been Itving with the family of Peter Wagner since her mother died, several years ago, and it has been currently re- ported that she was ill-treated by Wagner. It ts declared now that those who laid out the young woman's body say there were marks of violence on her side. Dr. W. P. Moncure, who attended Almeta, Saw her the day before she died. He says she was suffering from a fever, which he did not consider serious, and did not make a crit- ical examination. He says he met Wag- ner on his way home in an mtoxicated condition as he was returning from the lat- ter’s house. Mr. Russell is considering the propriety of having the body of his daugh- ter exhumed and medically examined. Proceedings of the Wo- man’s Baptist Missionary Seciety. The final meetings of the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, which began yesterday in Calvary Baptist Church, are being held today, with large audiences in attendance. Reports were read and an open parlia- ment held. At noon the delegates went to the White House and were received by the President. The officers will be elected this afternoon, Miss Sarah C. Durfee of Rhode Island being the choice for president. ———._—. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. The New Members Taken Into the As- sociation Today. The National Academy of Sciences de- voted the morning to a business session, at which the annual clection of new members was held. The following well-known sclen- tists were honored by being taken Into full membership: William H. Dall, Washington; Frank A. Gooch, New Haven; Charles 8. Minot, Boston, and Edward W. Morley, Cleveland. Dr. Dall, the only Washing- torfan elected, is an honorary curator of the Smithsonian. At the open session this afternoon a num- ber of papers were read. At the clese of the afternoon session the acidemy adjourned to meet in Boston No- vember 6 next. —— ed MINISTER ANGELL’S VIEW. He Has No Doubt of Turkey Ultimate- ly Winning. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 22.—James B. Angell, president of the University of Michigan, and President McKinley’s ap- pointee as minister to Turkey, spent iast night here on his way to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he goes to confer with the trustees of the university in regard to his accept- atce of the position tendered him, Before his departure this morning he was seen by an Associated Press representative, and in response to queries talked freely on the Graeco-Turkish situation. He stated emphatically that he had no doubt of Turkey ultimately winning, and declared that if no outside interference oc- curred Greece would be totally annihilated. Mr. Angell refused to state positively whether or not he would accept the ap- pointment tendered him, but he intimated that he would do so. ——.____ ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTED. An Effort te Kill the Chief Executive of Uruguay. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, April 22—An attempt has been made to assassinate the president of Uruguay, Senor Jidiarte Borda. He was shot at by the would-be assassin, but the mullet missed its mark. The president's assailant was arrested. ——__ “DIAMOND FLOSSIE” STRANGLED. Her Husban rested on Suspicion and Committed. NEW YORK, April 22—Flossie Murphy, better known as “Diamond Flossie,” but What is Said of Mr. Obarles A. Dana’s Re- traction. The Sum’s Statement Concerning « Director of the Associated Press and Its Apology. From the Philedelpbia Ledger. On the 17th instant the New York Sun publiehed the following correction: “On February 22, 1895, the Sun published an editorial article entitled, “The Work of Rascals,’ in which certain severe strictures were made upon Mr. Frank B. Noyes of The Washington Star. “We desire to correct our statement in reference to Mr. Noyes, and to withdraw any remarks reflecting elther upon his per- sonal or business integrity. The article was written under a misapprehension as to the facts in the case, and we regret its publication in the Sun, as doing grave in- justice to a gentleman whose character is above reproach.” By making this frank and explicit state- ment of its error regarding Mr. Noyes it has done the simplest act of justice to one of the ablest, most esteemed and honorable journalists of the ‘country. The complete- Ress of the correction was due not less to Mr. Noyes’ high character than it was cred- Itable to the Sun’s sense of what was owing to its own reputation for fairness and truth. . The Sun Makes Amends. Frm the Buffalo News. An epilogue to the tragedy of the United Press was printed in the New York Sun yesterday. It was a complete withdrawal of charges agairst Mr. Frank B. Noyes of The Weshington Star and an apology therefor. The charges were made when the fignt was on between the two associa- tioas and was one of the most savage at- tacks ever made by a newspaper on a newspaper man. Its withdrawal and ex- Plictt denial must be. very gratifying to Mr. Noyes, as well as to the Associated Press, whcse ruin was predicted by the Sun in the article referred to, charging Mr. Noyes, a trusted official of that association, with conspiring to betray ite financial in- terests. - On February 22, 1895, the article ap- peared, and legal proceedings for vindica- tion of Mr. Noyes followed. These have now been withdrawn in com sequerce cf the amends made by the Sun. In undoing as far as possible the injury in- fiicted, the Sun has followed the only course open to an honorable newspaper misled into injustice. The United Press fight has been a pretty severe trial to Mr. Charles A. Dana, its president and editor of the Sun, nor only in the difficulties which ended the life of the association, but if the controversies it led him into. Mr. Dana is a big enough man to take the back track in a matter of this kind without humil- fation. It is the petty snarlers of the pro- fession of which he has long been the dean that are bound by a fatal consistency to stick to a false attitude and to continue at- tacks that have no foundation in justice or truth. Mr. Dana can well afford to do justice. He 1s a hard fighter, but an open one. The Sun will lose none of its prestige by its vindication of Mr. Noyes. The News desires to say this with the more em- phasis because in the haste of editing tele- graph news yesterday the true significance of Mr. Dana’s action was overlooked. The Sun’s frank avowal of its mistake shou!d not be construed in any vindictive spirit. and the captious treatment of the matter in the headlines referred to is regretted. ‘The friends of Mr. Noyes, and the list includes the publishers of all the big papers of the United States, will be glad to see the Sun’s retraction. Mr. Noyes has enjoyed the confidence of his essociates throughout | the history of the reorganized and now unrivaled Assoctated Press. He is a young man of remarkable business capacity, and his integrity has never been questioned ex- cept by the Sun, which paper now frankly proclaims its suspicions to be utterly un- founded. : From the Syracuse Herald. The retraction of the New York Sun of its article defaming the management of the Associated Press and particularly Mr. Frank B. Ncyes does tardy justice to Mr. Noyes and the other gentlemen attacked. As told briefly in our news columns on Saturday Mr. Noyeg instituted legal pro- cecdings charging criminal libel against Messrs. Dana and Laffan, the latter the publisher of the Sun. This action was brought in the courts of the District of Columbia on an indictment by the grand jury of the District, and application was made to the circuit court of the United States in New York city for the extradi- tion of Messrs. Dana and Laffan. It was contended by the counsel for Mr. Noyes that the courts of the District of Columbia were national courts in the same sense as the district and circuit courts of the United States, and that extradition for trial was, therefore, allowable under the rule which prevails in the national system last mentioned. Counsel for Messrs, Dana and Laffan contended that the courts of the District of Columbia were special in character, corresponding to the state courts and were no part of the national system compreherding the United States district and circuit courts and that as a defendant in criminal libel could not be taken for trial from any state court to the courts at Washington it followed that the applica- tion in this case should be refused. The court so decided. Thereupon Mr. Noyes brougnt suit for criminal libel in the United States circuit court in New York city, The case was to have been tried last week, but Messrs. Dana and Laffan wisely decided to eat humble pie, and so published a eom- plete retraction of the charges against Mr. Noyes, paying also the entire expense in- curred by him in counsel and court fees. At the time the Sun made fts assault upon Mr. Noyes the Herald expressed its entire confidence that there was no basis what- ever for it, Mr. Noyes having enjoyed a reputation for unimpeachable integrity as a business man, and It rejoices that a most repreFensible, gratuitous and mall- cious libel of an amiable and honorable gentleman has been shown up in its true character. From the Kansas City Star. The man of true courage {s always ready to acknowledge an error and make what- ever reparation is possible for injuries in- cident to his fault. It is not surprising, therefcre, that the New York Sun of Sat- urday should have contained ay apology most ample and unequivocal for a grave aspersion cast uvon Mr. Frank B. Noyes, busir.ess manager of The Washington Star, a little more than two years ago. It will occur to some people that the amende honorable came a bit late, and others may think it curious that it follows on the heels of the failure of the United Press Associa- tion, of which Mr. Dana was president. Mr. Noyes is a director in the Associated Pregs, and it was in connection with his duties in that office that the severe siric- tures were made in the San. A newspaper must have a news service to keep up with the procession, and Mr. Noyes was in po- sition to keep the Sun out of the Aaso- ciated Press, in which all the other New York papers have found solace for their diss ppointment over the loss of Mr. Dana's bantling. Mr. Dana having retracted and apologized, Mr. Noyes would be hard- hearted, indeed, if he excludes from the As- sociated Prezs so bright 2 luminary as the Bun. i Latest Treasury Applications. Today's list of applications for places un- der the Treasury Department is as follow: Samuel A. Pearce of Columbia, 8. C,, to be auditor for the War Department; W. B. Hinkley of Bristol, Conn., to be deputy auditor for the Interior Department; J. 8. Crawford of Washington, D. C., to be dep- DISTRICT, CHARITIES Providence Hospital. THE EASTERN DISPENSARY 2. Se At the charities hearing this afternoon before the congressional committee the subject of inquiry was general hospitals. Those to be heard were officers of the Homeopathic Hospital, officers of Garfield Hospital, officers of Freedmen’s Hospital, officers of Providence Hospital. Thetopics were: Is there duplication in the work of the Distriet -hogpitals?. Why should not the District share the expense of Garfield Hospital and of Providence Hospital? Should the work of the hospitals be super- vised by District authorittes? Should the controt. of Freedmen’s Hospital remain with the Secretary of the Interior? Con- tagious diseases in hospitals. Training schools for nurses. The salaries of the hospital staff, ,The next hearing will be Monday at o'clock, and the program will be as fol- lows: Subject: Charitable Work for Young Women. To be hedtd: Officers of the Wi man’s Christian Association; cfficers c: Young Woman's Christian Home; cfficers of the Association of Works of Merc: Fi - cers of the Hope and Help Mission; officers of the House of the Good Snepherd. Topics—Temporary homes fur young wo- men seeking employment. The need of several institutions. The work of the House of the Good Shepherd and similar institutions. How far should this work be maintained by the public? Is there dupli- cation in this work? It was 2:15 o'clock before the hearing be- gan, and then Mr. C. C. Lancaster, presi- dent of the board of directors of the East- ern Dispensary, was heard. He said the dispensary supplied the needs of the poor of East Washington who were not able to get down to the Central Dispensary. Mr. Lancaster told of the organization of the dispensary and of the work which was accomplished last year. The average cost of the treatment of patients last year was, he said, 28 cents each. He said that the dispensary worked for charity alone and did not treat people who could afford to pay for medical attention elsewhere. He said strict precautions were taken to see that orly worthy people were treated and when there was a doubt In the matter it was resolved in favor of the dispensary and the application refused. Mr. Lancaster said that an emergency hospital is needed for East Washington. Surgeon Gerferal Sternberg was then heard in behalf of Providence Hospital. ————.— TURKISH FLEETS UNITE. Naval Fight With the Greeks. THE DARDANELLES, April 22, 6:35 a.m. —A second Turkish fleet has joined the first ficet in the Bay of Nagara. Preparing for Changes by Secretary Wilson. Changes in the Department of Agricul- ture: Edward G. Harrison, New Jersey, appointed expert, public road improve- ments, $6 per day for fifteen days; Miss Everly Anderson, Tennessee, laborer, di- vision publications; $40; Mrs. Catharin Freemsn, Pennsylvania, laborer, division of publications, $W;.Wm. ex-Union soldier, remstated, clerk, divisio oi statistics, $1,200 per annum; Chas. E Pauly, Indiana, having served <ix inonths’ probeticnary period, permanently xppoint- ed private in weather atreiu, 40 per an- uum; Paul W. Gibbs, Tennessee, appointed map distributor, weather bureau, $15 per month, vice Chas. 2. Saunder, M. King, Ohio, Murderer Kelly’s Return. DOVER. N. H., April 22.—Joseph E. Kel- ly, the Somersworth murderer, arrived in this city today and was taken at once to the Strafford county jail. An enormous crowd was present at the station, but there was no disturbance. . ga eee tS To Reduce the Clerkw’ Salaries. Mr. Lanham of Texas today introduced a Lill entitled “To reduce the expenditures of the government, to decrease federal sal- aries and to discourage thé office-seeking industry,” which provides for a reduction in the’salaries of all persons 6n the rolls of the United States 33 1-3 per cent. ‘The*preamble declares that there ts an abnormal disproportion between the com- pensation of government employes and citi- zens in private occupations, which causes an unseemly race for office. A Boatswain Accidentally Killed. The commandant of the League Island navy yard has informed the Navy Depart- ment that Jahfes Dwyer, a boatswain, na- tive of New York and thirteen years in the navy, was accidentally killed this morning. + The Dolphin Goes to New York. The dispatch boat Dolphin left Fort Monree this morning for New York, to take part in the Grant monument cere- monies. — Murderer Durant’s Case. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 22.—Many intimations are made that the execution of Theodore Durant, the convicted murderer of Blanche Lamont, wilt never take place. ‘Two of the state board of prison directors, in interviews, have said they think Durant should not be hanged;.two others favor his execution, and the fifth is non-committai. Gov. Budd dectined to ‘say how he will act when the petition for clemency is presented to him, but many of his confidential friends state that the governor has privately ex- pressed his belief in Durant’s guilt. They consider it improbable that there will be any executive interference with the death sentence, ———a Asks 2 Divorce. Mary C. McAuley today asked for a di- vorce from Richard C. McAuley, to whom she was married here December 18, 1879, her “maiden wamné yeIng Van Syckle, She states that they Myed together until March 3, 1893, when, becoming ill, she went, with her husband’s’ Aptoval, to hez parents’ home, remain il the 23d, of the fol- lowing month.,, Thgp..when she returned to her husband’a; hows, she declares, he re- fused to perthit» Mer to continue in the house, threatgnin put her out if she refused to lewte? "She ‘charges, therefore, that her husifmdoUcserted and abandoned her. Their chiid d#,with. her id... She prays for permission to resume maiden name. She 15 “relfleonted by Attorneys Chas. H. Rut! ‘alex. H. Bell. ‘ua. siatfe! ; An percent: ee Frank Cl ol gaged in the jewelry business atr3j16.Bastrest, today made an "The assets, conslsting ‘of $1,200 in ‘trade and $00 book ac- ccunts, are placed. at $1,200, and the Habili- I A A a a a et EE a Si oe Se ON ce ge BETTING AT BENNING. * A Test Case om the System Likely to Be Made. The fine weather attracted another large crewd to the Benning track this afternoon. The-card was one of the best of the meet- ing, although it cailed for no stake event. The track was dry and fast, and specula- tion was unusually brisk. Among those who attended the races this afternoon were several local d¢tectives, and it was generally understood that their chief, Inspector Hollinberger, or his men, would, during the afternoon, indulge in an effort to “spot” a winner. Not for gain, however, but, it was said, for the sole pur- pose of obtaining evidence to present to the grand jury, complaint having been made that the system of betting done at the track is in violation of the District gaming laws. The purpose of the officers was well known to the managers of the club, and the club officials were very much pleased to know that a test case would be made. lt was understood that no arrests would be made until the grand jury had, if it ever does, taken such action ag to necessitate the arrest‘of some one. The managers of the club have been advised that the hand- book system of betting, the form indulged in during the meeting, is not contrary to Taw, they so far having proceeded under such advice, and with the knowledge that District Attorney..Davis’ predecessor, Mr. Birney, who was an active opponent of gambling, believed that this system was Rot a violation of the District laws. Tomorrow's Entries. First race, five furlongs—Ray S., 112; Fred Douglass, 112; Waltzer, 112; Medium, 111; Pochino, 108; Out Galop, 108; Morman, 108; Marsian, 108; Beaumont, 108; Miss Lynah, 106; Charentus, 96; Lottie H., 94. Second race, six furlongs-—-Mahoney, 111; Templestowe, 111; Bob Leach, 108; Black Velvet, 108; Musketeer, 108; Revel, 106. ‘Third race, six 2ni a half furlongs—Har- rington, 112; Lambent, 108; Dr. Jim © Ibs. apprentice allowante), 98; Slow Poke, 96; Square G Ibs. apprentice allowance), $8. Fourth race, selling, four and a half fur- longs—Percy F., 110; Ma Petite, 107, Choir Boy, 101; Blanchard, Gree>point, 98; Nettle Cox, Cliftondale, Water Crest © Ibs. apprentice allowanz2), 93. Fifth race, one :nile—Will Eliott, 102, Brisk, 100; Billalt, 87. BICYCLIST LE: ‘S MURDERERS. They Were Tried and the Charges Against Them Dismissed. United States Consul Bergholz at Erze- rcum, Turkey, has reported to the State Department that the Turkish court there which has hee1 trying the Kurds and Ar- menians cherged with the murder of young Lenz, the American bicyclist, while on his tour around the world awheel, has acquit- ted the accused. The trial was conducted in their atsence. The magistrate found that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant the conviction of the accused per- sons, and dismissed the charges, a matter ef small moment after all, considering the fact that none of the accused had been found by the authorities, having fied the country. —_—__-e-_______ DISMISSING WATCHMEN. Changes in the Department of the In- terior Made Today. ‘The work of reorganizing the watch force of the Department of the Interior is pro- gressing. A few days ago four appoint- ments of watchmen were made, as an- rcunc>d in The Star, and to make room for the new men the following have been re- moved: James W. Moyer, John H. Hinnant, H. L. Right ard Irwin C. McRae. Hinnant and Moyer are said to be confederate sol- Giers. Lieut. John R. Gilliland has been re- duced and made a watchman. Samuel H. Merchant was dismissed, but has been re- instated. All these places are under the classified service, the places of those dismissed being filled by ex-Union soldiers who have been reinstated. e+ KANSAS STORM-SWEPT. Sand Blown at a Furious Rate Over the Arkansas Valley. TOPEKA, Kan., April 2%—Terrific sand storms have swept over the Arkansas val- ley in southwestern Kansas. The wind blew at the rate of forty miles an hour. ‘The storm was so violent that corn planted two inches in the ground was blown for miles. ——__— A Consular Marshal. The President has appointed Spencer Pet- tis Gracey of Massachusetts marshal of the United States consular court at Fu- chau, China, and Willlam Tseng Laisun interpreter of the United States consular court at Chungkiang, China. Es To Attend the Grant Ceremonies. The Vice President announced as the committee of senators to. attend the Grant ceremonies in New York Messrs. Hawley, Platt of New York, Murphy, Foraker, Cul- lom, Cockrell, Proctor, Walthall, Shoup, Sewell, Gray, Butler, Warren, Faulkner and Burrows. —EE The Terror at New York. The United States monitor Terror was re- ported passing in Sandy Hook at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. She left Fort Monroe with Admiral Bunce's fleet Monday for New York to take part in the Grant monument ceremonies, but failed to keep in company with it on account of heavy seas, and con- sequently arrived a day behind. —____-+20+____ Rev. Dr. mry Gordon’s Death. ‘The Rev. Henry Gordon, D.D., for half a century pastor of a United Presbyterian church at Cambridge, N. Y., died yesterday. He was prominent in G. A. R. circles. — ee Fruit Growers Apprehensive. Unseasonably cold weather during the last three days has created the gravest fears among the fruit growers in the middle west. Through Ilinois and Indiana and the scuthern: part of Wisconsin the culd has been especially severe, and the reports are anything but reassuring. —___—_-oo—__ ‘The Oldest National Guardsman. Dewitt C. Taylor, first lieutenant of Vet- eran Company A, 3d Missouri Regiment, said to be the oldest naticnal guardsman in America, is dead at Kansas City, aged eighty-two years. He had an enviable record as a scout under Gen. Hancock. He ‘was born near Bath, Me., and belonged to the 2d Michigan Volunteer Infantry. a ee Claims Damages. ‘Wm. C. Eaton, a street car conductor, to- day sued the District, claiming $2,000 dam- ages because of injuries alleged to have been recelvyed by him the 25th of last April in falling iato an unguarded and dangerous hole in the sidewalk op 8th street’ near lL southeast. ————-—— ‘The Question of Precedence. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: Sir Julian Pauncefote raises the point that as representative of his sovereign “near the person of the President of the United States,” he is entitled to take prece- dence of the Vice President and members of the cabinet, and that the Vice Presi- dent’s only real function is President of the Senate, and that'in ceremonial functions in Ais tad $ 4 : i | k i FINANCE AND TRADE Opening Prices Lower in Sympathy With Foreign Advices. CONFLICTING ROMORS CAUSE CAUTION Cessation of the Demand From Abroad for Securities. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 22.—Opening prices this morning were fractionally lower in sympathy with the tone of the foreiga markets. Conflicting rumors from easte:n war centers inspired cautious trading abroad -and left the local market wholly under the influence of domestic conditions. A reported insurrection at Athens result- ed in a moderate recovefy in prices, but the subsequent denial of such rumors was. followed by a prompt reaction. The waver- ing attitude of the smaller European states serves to keep the markets in an expect- ant state, and to discourage new business. Consols regained an early loss and French rentes advanced slightly toward the close of the day, circumstances indicating a con- tinued absence of acute apprchension. The cessation in the demand from abroad had a tendency to emphasize the narrow- ness of the local situation, and to reflect a lamentable lack of legitimate buying. During the two previous days London or- ders forced the professional element into a general covering mevement, thereby de- priving the market of one of its chief ele- ments of strength. An exception to the general stateme: may be noted in the coal shares, the active members of the group loaning at fractional Premiums during the opening hour this morning. The liquidation of this outstanding short interest was therefore the source of much of the sirength reflected during the ina>- tive trading im the general list. New Jer- sey Central was marked up 2 per cent on a demand of this character and Delaware and Hudson was moderately sympathetic in the same direction. Reading was given good support under a moderate demand from the short interest in that property, but the uneasiness of borrovers was less marked than in the two higher priced issues noted above. Traders mede a successful attack on West- ern Union, 15-8 per cent being conceded under the pressure of short stock. The reported invention of a rapid tele- graphic device was urged as an incentive to the weakness in these shares, but little serious consiceration should be given to such motives. The real reason for the extreme sensi- bility of this property may be traced to fears of active competition along its pres- ent lines and with prevailing methods. ‘The Granger shares and the international issues fluctuated idly within fractional limits. The industrials were fractionally lower, but no evidence of genuine weakness appeared. The failure to estadlich lower prices was due more to restricted opera- tions than to any especial demand. ‘Phe market 1s in a waiting mood, and would respond easily to aggressive aciion in either direction. Rumors of an agreement to pass the divi- dend on the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were circu- } lated during the day from authoritative sources. It is understood that an order o1 the court allowing the receivers to in- crease the present floating indebtedness has been issued. The new issue will have priority over the first mortgage bonds, it is said, and will tend to still further com- Plicate the finances of that corporation. > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highe: and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as repo! by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway. Open. Hizh. Low. Close. Ty 11, wy 10: 3086: American Spirite... American Spirits, pfd. Sugar. ‘American = American Sugar, pfd American Tobacco. American Cotton O11: Atchison Baltimore & Oaio Bay State Gas... Canada Southern Canada Pacitic. .. ci C.M. & St. Pant. C. M. & st. Paul, pfd... Chicago, R.I. & Pacific. . Chicago, St. Paul, M.£0. as. Del.. Lack. & W.. . Delaware & Hudson... Den. & Rio Grande, pid. Erie. ae General Electric. ‘Milnois Central. Lake Shore Louisville & 4 ie... Metropolitan Traction... Mahattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co. National Leaa Co., New Jersey Central New York Central, Northern Pacific. Northern Pacifie, Ont. & Western, Pacific Maul. Phila. & Reading. Puliman P. C. Co Washington Stock Exchange. Sales— regular call—12 o'clock m. ‘Metropolitan Railroad, 4 at 112, Mergeuthaler Lik a at 120, 10 at 120. ston Mewpispe,, 35 at ‘6y. Frency. rency 7s, 1903, bid, 112 auked. liscellancous Bonds.—Mctropoiitan Railroad 110 bid, 117 asked. Metropolitan Railroad cone, oo 114 bid, 115 asked. Belt Raflroad Se, 60 bid, asked. Eckington Railroad 80 bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, 115 bid, 117 asked. Washington Gas Company, ser. A, 6s, 114 bid. Washington Gas Company, ser. B,"Gs, 115 bid. Chesapeake tomae Be, i Security ‘Trust ‘be, F. F curity and Trust 5a, A. and O., 100 bid. Washing- Market non "300, bid Wasntetion Market exten. Ga 100 bide Misa! fete 00 ee e eid pay atigaal, Bank Stocks. — Bai ony fon, Bank o! bid, 310 asked. tral, 200 bid, 20 saben tase ers’ and Mechanics’, 174 bid, 190 asked. Second, 130 Citizens’, bid. Columbia. 125 bid. S08 asked eaters 93 bid, 100" aaked. ‘ocala, 102 bid; 105 asked. é ah ‘ational Safe Deposit and Trust, 115 bid. Washington Ioan and ‘trust, 117 bid, 122 ty ‘Trust, 341, bid, 146 asked. “Washington safe De- os! : bid, 53 asked. itan, 1 112 asked, land Electric Light, Stock Ws Gas, Be Gas, 45 bid: bushels May ‘tm, good demand choice timneth $14." Grain Frolehts ‘ery Sell. a . butter, and ‘cheese steady, unchanged. Whisky unchat ———— Government Bonés. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. f and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRaIN AN EXCITING SCENE. Testimony of Surgeon Kellogg Before the Remeyn Court-Martial. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., April 22.—Shortly after the military court, which is trying Capt. Romeyn at Fort McPherson, convened this morning, Lieut. Carbaugh, the judge ad- vocate, closed the case for the prosecution and the defense opened When the judge advocate announced that he had closed his case there was much astonishment, because of the almost unt- versal opinion that he would introduce Mrs. O’Brien. In opening his defense, Romeyn called Surgeon William B. Kellogg, the son of Colonel Kellegg, the laie commandant of the post, to the stand. Kellogg testified that his mother, who, owing to her posi- tion as vife of the garrison commander, was the recognized leader of barracks s0- ciety, had refusel to atte>d the row famous dinner party given by Mrs. O'Brien. This statement by the witness led to a stormy scene, and the contest grew so warm that President Guenther ordered the room cleared. The prosecution insisted that any such testimony as this should come from Mrs. Kellogg herself, and when the judge advocate concluded his protest Captain Romeyn simply said that he felt a little delicacy in summoning the bereaved woman, but that she had expressed a per- fect willingness to take the stand if her testimony was necessary. It was at his (Romeyn’s) suggestion that her son was called. It developed during the sharp debate that a conference of the ladies of the garrison was held yesterday morning at the resi- denc> of one of their number, when the propriety of their taking the stand was Giscussed with much agitation. It ad- Journed without definite action. The court sustained Romeyn, and Dr. Kellogg was permitted to testify for bis mother. His evidence was strongiy against Mrs. O'Brien. H> said the ladies of the garrison refused to associate with her. —— 10US FOREIGN TERMS, c The Government Compilation ot Weights and Measures Phraseology. From the New York Times. For the purpose of assisting the trades- men of this country to a proper under- standing of the weights and measures in countries with which the United States has established trade relations, the State Department in Washington recently caused a compilation to be made of foreign weights and measures, with their American equiva- lents. This compilation contains some cu- rious as well as instructive features. The word ndy” in india means 500 pounds in Madras, and 529 pounds in Bom- bay. The word “barrel” in Spain means 100 pounds of raisins, while in Malta it is a customs phrase for eleven and four- tenths gallons. “Dun” is Javanese for one inch, and “Li” is Chine: for 2,115 feet. In Germany the word “last” means two metric tons, or 4,450 pounds, while in England it stands for 82% bushels’ of dry malt. A persou who said “Pie” in the Ar- gentine Republic would describe nine-tenths of a foot, and the person using the word “Sho” in Japan would designate one and six-tenths ef a quart. “Rottle” in Palestine means 6 pounds, and in Syria 5% pounds. “Seer” is Indian for 1 pound 13 ounces; “Salm” is Maltese for 490 pounds and “Pood” is Russian for 36 pounds. A “Catty” in China, Japan and Java means about 11-3 pounds, while in Sumatra it indicates about 2 1-8 pounds. “Coyan” is Sarawak for 3 pounds and Siamese for about~2% pounds. “Fanega” is a common unit of dry measure in South and Central America; it means 2% bushels in Chile, 3.88 bushels in Uruguay, 1% bush- els in Venezuela, 1% bushels in Mexico and about the same in Cuba. “. ” means 321-3 pounds in Brazil and 251-3 pounds dn the Argentine Republic. “Arshine” is Russian for 28 inches, and “‘Artel” in Mo- Tocco means 1.12 pounds. In Denmark and Sweden some queer rames prevail, with widely different mean- ings, although the pund (ound) fs the pop- ular unit of weight in both countries. In Denmark “Tonde” means 3.94 bushels, and “Tondeland” means 1.36 acres. “‘Cent- ner” stands for 110 pounds in Denmark and 93.7 pounds in Sweden. In the last- named country “Tunna” describes 4% bush- els, and “Tuanland” 1.22 acres. “Mil” in Denmark means 4.65 miles. “Bu Japanese is one-tenth of an inch, end * in the same language is 2 pecks. “Tan’ is Japanese for one-quarter of an acre. ————_—_+e+—--_ THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE. The Most Famous and Beautiful Square im Gay Paris. From the Chautauquan. The most important public square in Paris, and one of the handsomest in the whole world, is the Place de la Concorde. In the center rises the obelisk of Luxor, presented by the Pasha of Egypt to Louis Phihppe. It is flanked on either side by a large fountain. The Place de la Concorde seems somewhat wrongly called, in view of the history of the spot. One hundred and fifty years aga it was an open field. But in 1748 the city accepted the gracious. permission of Louls XV to erect a statue melted down the statue and converted it into two-cent pieces. On the 30th of May, 1770, during an exhibition of fireworks here, a took place, and twelve bun- dred people were trampled to death and ‘two thousand more were severely injured. occasion was the at of the peo- ple to express, by a grand their unbounded joy at the recent marriage of