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2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1897-14 PAGES. more hopeful, and people are beginning to recognize that the situation is not as crit: ical as at first supposed. A detachment of 2) Garibaldians has left this city for Epirus, but Riccotti Garibaldi rematns here to organize the Ital'an volun- teers who are constantly arriving. Colonel Manos, the commander of the Greek troops operating against the Turks tn Epirus, is preparing to leave Arta and Tesume the march upon Janina. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25 (delayed in transmission).—The news sent from Janina. Epirus, by the foreign consuls, shows the situation there to be precarious. The con- suls have barricaded their residences, and troops have been dispatched from MonaStiri against the mutinous Albanians. STOCK EXCHANGE CHEERFUL. London Seemed to Regard the War Virtually Ended. LONDON, April 26.—The stock exchange €pened cheerful today. Prices were dis- osed to advance all round. The war be- tween Greece and Turkey was regarded as being virtually over, which, combined with the cheapness of money and the low range of prices prevailing, imparted a marked tone of firmness to the entire house. Inter- national securities were freely bought in view of the speedy end of the war. Ameri- can securities were disposed to improve. The Pall Mall Gazette says: There is a widespread feeling that Ameri- cans will witness a considerable advance in the absence of further unfavorable develop- ments in the east. RETREAT OF THE GREEKS. Edhem Pasha Cannot Understand Why ‘They Abandoned Lar! LONDON, April 26. svecial dispatch from the headquarters of the Turkish army near Tyrnavo, Thessaly, published today, says: I have just received from Edhem Pasha confirmation of the disorderly retreat of the Greeks. Seated in a captured Greek tent, he said to me in French: “It is finished. No one, however, understands why the Greeks abandoned a position naturally strong and well fortitied.” E m Pasha believes the Turks would specdily have crushed the Greeks; but it aid that the Greek commander was red of the arrival of the Turks by a priest belonging to a Greek village, who heard the Albanian soldiers singing. ‘The Greeks fled southward, destroying bridges ard leaving vast quantities of stores of barley, maesse and sardines, and, above all, brandy. A Turkish officer jok- ingly remarked to me: “The Greek officers must live on brandy.” At Tyrnavo the shops were found to be empty, and the population had entirely dis- appeared. Edhem Pasha is maintaining strict order, has posted sentin«ls at the doors of ail the churches, and all the pris- oners are treated humanely. SES PROMINENT DEAD. Vice President Havemyer of the Sugar Trast. NEW YORK, April 26.—Theodore A. Havemyer, vice president of the American Sugar Refining Company, died at an early hour this morning at his home in this city. A. M. Friedlander, Artist. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, April 26.— Augustus M. Friedlander, the portrait painter of New York, died suddenly in this city last night of consumption. He came to Colorado about two months ago on the ad- vice of his physicians in New York, and has engaged in painting portraits of promi- nent Colorado Springs and Denver people since residing here. Col. J. H. Gray. HARRISBURG, Pa., April 26.—Col. Joseph Hi. Gray of Pittsburg died this morning at the Harrisburg Hospital of apoplexy. He Was taken ill late last night while en route from Pittsburg to New York as a guest of the 14th Regiment, N. G. P. He died thirty minnie after being admitted to the hospi- tal. The remains were this afternoon shipped to East Liberty. Banker Chas. B. Fosdick. NEW YORK, April 26.—Charles_B. Fos- dick, president of the Second National Bank, died at his home in this city today, aged seventy-three years. He was one 9f the founders and the first president of the Hide and Leather Bank. Dean French of Syracuse University. SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 26.—Dean John Raymond French, vice chancellor of Syra- cuse University, died at his home in this city today. He was seventy-two years old. He was regarded as one of the best mathe- maticians in the werld. He had been con- nected with Syracuse University since 1571. e _—— BASE BALL COMBINE. A Sensational Story of a Coalition of Players. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 26.—The Post-Dis- patch today says: “If ‘coming events cast their shadows before,’ the end of the base ball season just commenced will witness one of the strongest cealitions of players that has ever existed, not excepting the Brotherhood, which seceded from the mag- nates, and organized a league of its own. ‘The peculiar conditions existing between the players and the magnates are respon- sible. “Primarily the reserve rule which con- verts a skillful ball player into a chattel, who can be sold and forced to play with a team obnoxious to him. and with no voice in the matter; the agreement between the club owners regulating salaries; the power to fine, suspend and discipline a player with no redress to the performer from cun- sequent loss of salary, and several other grievances, amcng which are the docking of men wher unable to play from injuries received in the game, are the causes which are compelling the active agents’ pastime to band together for self-preservation. “The players believe, and with the best of reasons, too, that with the support of the men who constitute the strength of the va- riovs teams, as an organized body benind them, that the rights of individuals would command a consideration that does not now exist. This sentiment is growing fast, and the trafl of the Chicagos lies over f all. Just why this team should be the cru- saders in the movement it is hard to say. “Captain Ansen is well aware of the feci- ing which exists. ‘Of course, I know there is a revolt,” he said when approached to- day “Clark Griffith is at the head of the mu- Uireers on the Chicago team, and he has some willing lieutenants. They have been doing missionary work in Cincinnati and I understand intend to try it here. But let me say this, and the captain's face took or a serious expression: “The ring leaders are known. The league has spotters everywhere, and no steps can be taken ‘without the club owners being posted as to every detail.” He intimated that it would 5e unpleasant for the player who became too zealous in his reform movement. The brothernvod the captain said, in conclusion, was sci! enough of a recen: dis- aster to cite as an instance of the big league's ability to hold its own and weath- er all gales stirred up by players. Clark Griffith, the pitcher of whom Cap- tain Anson wis so open in speaking of as the big chief of kickers, 1s the only man on the white stocking team who has not yet written his name on a contract. It is urdersteed Griffith is holding out for $2,500. In conversation, three or four of the Chi- cago players admitted that they expected to keep up the work and lose no oppor- tunities to gain converts. The men would not say what policy they would follow in case the magnates declined to hear their grievances and satisfy or partly satisfy their requests. Ocean Steamship Arrivals, ew York—Veendam, Rotterdam; Hes- At Hamburg—Pennsylvania, New York. At Guibralterc—Werra, New York for Naples and Genoa. At Havre—La Normandie, New York. At Bremen—Aachen, Baltimore. At Glasgow—State of Nebravks, New York. At Liverpool—Cestrian, Boston. * —— If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. POLICEMAN ° BURGLAR BREAD AND CONFECTIONERY An Officer Arrested-om a. Charge of A SENSATION IN GEORGETOWN ae Facts That Came Out After a Row in the Family. PILFERING ON HIS BEAT —_+—____. A sensation was caused in police circles this afternoon when Inspector Hollinberger ordered the arrest of Policeman James E. Pierce of the fifth precinct on two charges of dishonesty, perhaps burglary. Pierce, who is twenty-eight years old, had been a member of the force for four years,. and after having done duty in the sixth pre- cinct for some time was transferred to Georgetown. Had he not got in trouble there he would probably have been doing duty west of Rock creek today, but since this trouble he was transferred. It is now charged that while doing duty in Georgetown he was carrying on a system- atic robbery at two houses, in which was property belonging to Mrs. M. Cooke, daughter of Commodore Nicholson, and Mrs. Fannie McMillan. The houses robbed were not occupied at the time. Mrs. McMillan’s household ef- fects were stored at 1534 28th street, and it was from this house that about $200 werth of china, cutlery and household articles were stolen. Mrs. Cooke's un- occupied house at 30th and Q streets was rcbbed of similar articles, but not so many of them. These rabberies were discovered scme time ago, Mrs. McMillan being in New York at the time. From Gotham she communicated with Inspector Hollin- berger, and Mrs. Cooke made complaint about the same time. Detectives Helan, Boyd and Lacy were assigned te the cases, and their investigation resulted in the arrest of the policeman this afternoon. ‘The Investigation. When the complaints were made to In- spector Hollinberger and referred to the detectives for investigation, they naturally went to the precinct officers. Pierce, among others, was told of what had been done, ard was ordered to make an investigatioa. The houses being on his beat, he was sup- posed to have oeen more deeply interested in the matter of apprehending the burglar than were the other officers not on that beat. He listened attentively to the read- ing of the report, and perhaps jotted down the names and numbers. He showed no signs that he knew any- thing about the robberies, nor did any of his brother officers suspect for a moment that he was able to throw light on the affair. If he visited the house for the os- tensible purpose of examining the premises he did so in the regular daily routine, and did not attract any tnusual attention. Day after day he went along, making his rounds as he had before the robberies were committed. But a time came when he had trouble at home. When he went home on tke occasicn referred to he found 4 brother officer, Policeman Edwards, in his house with his wife, and a desperate fight was the result. ‘Then came a trial before the police trial loard. and the fate cf the two policemen is now in the hands of the Commissioners. Would Net Believe It. ‘ Just how suspicion regarding the robbery was first directed toward Pierce is not known, and the police will not tell. But it is said that the fight with his brozher of- ficer and the consequent family disturb- ance resulted in the giving-of the first in- formation against him. Even tien the in- formation was discredited. The detectives did not think Pierce could be guilty. They had heard of suci things im other ‘cities, but they were loth to believe that a mem- ber of the metropolitar potice force of the capital of the nation had- been mixed up in such an affair. Still the detectives’ were ‘not going to abandon such a clue, and Saturday they oecame satisfied that they were on the right track. Pierce lived at G17 C street southeast, and the officers had information that the plunder, or at least some of it, was in this house. Today’s search proved to them that they had not been misin- formed. This morning Mrs. Cooke was at police headquarters, and after a consuita- tion with Inspector Hollinberger and the detectives in the case ske went to the Po- lice Court and swore out a search warrant, giving in the legat document a long list of Property alleged to have been stolen. It was about noon when this was ob- tained, and Mrs. Cooke went with the three tomers to the house in Southeast Wash- ington. Pieree’s Arrest. An hour later a message was received act headquarters that a considerable amount of the plunder had been found in the house of the policeman, and then Inspector Hol- linberger called up the fifth precinct on the telephone and inquired: “Is James E. Pierce In your precinct?" When an af- firmative response was received he called in the transmitter: “When he comes off duty at 1 o’clock arrest and hold him for this office.” It was about 1:15 when the officer re- turned to the station from hjs beat. He appeared surprised when informed that he was a prisoner. A Barrel of Plunder. This afternoon when the detectives re- turned to police headquarters they had a barrel well filled with beautiful china, that had been recovered from the policeman’s house, as well as a couple of slumber robes. The goods had been used in Pierce’s house for decorative purposes, and some had been in use on the table. This, the detectives said, was only a small amount of what was stolen, and they had been told where they would find more of it. Later developments show that much more property was stolen then was at first supposed, and the detectives say inat they have recovered about $1, worth thus fer. Pierce was on duty when his house was visited, and he was so complctely surprised when he was arrested that he could scarcely speak. Pierce, who, as stated, is only twenty- e:ght years old, has been on the foree since 18%. He is a native of Vermont and was a street car conductor in thts city prior to his appointment on the force. The arrest of a policeman on a charge of dishonesty is rot an altogether new thing, but so far as Washington policemen are concerned the ir stances have been rare. Many years ago when Col. James G. Berret was mayor of the city, an officer was arrested on a charge of robbing his house, and because of the pleading of Mrs. Berret he was sent to jail ir stead of to the penitentiary. That robbery was committed under cir- cumstances not exactly simtler to those in the present case. There was considerable stealing in the city at the time and the officers were put out in eltizen’s clothes to | look for the burglars. One officer, a col. ored policeman, who ‘went out in citizen’s clothes, visited the mayor’s house for the purpose of protecting it, but once in the house the temptation to ass AS 160 great and he yielded. Detective Catan who Was then a sergeant, arrested him. ‘Taken te Headquarters. | ‘ The prisoner was brought to Inspector Hollinberger’s office this afternoon shortly before 3 o'clock by Detective Boyd. Qn hia way to headquarters from the station he made a full confession to the detective. He said that somebody else was impli- cated, but he will never divulge the name of his confederate. He called attention ta the fact that onl; of the goods 1 been found in iat ivenes ‘end ania his = federate had the remainder of ag Detective Boyd feared that officer might attempt suicide, and in order to pre+ vent such a possibiiity déprived him of the prisoner séid Work Accomplished by the Strong Organisa- tion Formed. Business to Be Considered at the Ap- proaching Internation: Conven- tion of the Union at Cleveland. The delegates from the Bakers’ and Con- fectioners’ Union of this city to the trien- nial international convention of the organ- ization, which begins in Cleveland, Ohio, Menday next, will start for that city Sat- urgay evening. It is generally believed by those who are engaged in this brarch of industry that the convention will be the mcst Impertant of its kind ever held. Within the last two years the original werk of the international union has been stpplemented by a general movement for Sanitary bakeshop legislation and the ap- Pcintment of state bakery inspectors. As a result of this movement the following states enjoy. the benefits of state inspec- tien of bakeshops: New York, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada. The union succecd- ed in having special inspectors appointed in New York, Ohio, Maryland and Mis- sourl. These laws are of immense im- portance to the public weal, intended to irsure the production of bread under clean and healthy conditions. The international union, with this record to its credit, with a membership of 10,000 active members and 192 local branches, extending from the At- lantic to the Pacific, 1s ready to embark upon a still wider field of labors, which latter the coming convention will have to lay out. Questions of Importance. The convention will consider and take action upon the following important mat- ters, which will have to govern the work of the union fer the coming three years: Inaugurating the elght-hour work day in steam bakeries; securing bakery sanitation laws in every state in the Unior.; organiz- irg the cracker bakers, and inaugurating a general movement against the United States cracker trust, for which purpose the conventien will extend the scope of both the union crackers and bread labels; sending out of commissioned organizers and label agitators to arouse the peovle of the country to the dangers of the rising cracker and bread trusts; to organize the unorganized bakers; the institution of a general sick, death and out-of-work benefit fund within the organization; the inaugura- tion of a general movement to induce the master bakers’ pouls of New York and Chicago to recognize the unions of their Jeurneymen; the consideration of the re- striction of night work, and the substitn- tion of day work in bakeries wherever pos- sible. Its Officers and History. The present officers are: Henry Weise- mann, international secretary, who res' at Brooklyn, N. Y.; John Schudel, assistant secretary, Brooklyn; Charles Thiemsen, treasurer, also Brooklyn. The executive board is as follows: Frank Knoth, No. 200 Sheriff street, Cleveland, Ohio; John Heller, Cincinnati, Ohio; Charles Groh, No. 102 Loraine street, third ward, Allegheny; G. A. Dongus, No. 100 Dunlop street, Indian- apolis, Ind.; F. A. Harzbecker, No. 8 La- mont sireet, Roxbury,Mass.; Albert Herbst, No. 396 North street, Rochester, N. Y.; Otto Winzen, No. 1352 State street, New Haven, Conn.; Stephan Schmidt, No.9S Scott street, Detroit, Mich. The union was organized January 16, 1886; in the first national con- vention of the bakers’ unions of the United States, held in Pittsburg, Pa. Twenty-six delegates were present at this convention, and they represented twenty-four local so- cieties. The first national secretary elected was George G. Black of New York, who held office till May 1, 1889. The convention resolved to publish an official weekly paper, The Bakers’ Journal, which subsequently became the chief instrument of organizing the journeymen bakers of the entire coun- try. The first object of the union was the ab- olition of the boarding house and saloon employment agencies. These saloons were the principil refuge of idle bakers in those days. They were aiso the fountains of their moral and physical corruption and a standing menace to every better instinct of the men. Good Results Accomplished. As a result of the union’s work they have been abolished in most of our large cities almost entirely, und the union labor bureau, conducted by managers paid by themselves, have taken their places. An- other reform achieved by the union was the aboliticn of ihe old-time system of boarding and lodging with the employer. As a result the wages of the journeymen have risen and encouragement to establish- ing homes of their own has been given. So that now the percentage of married bak- ers is more than 50 per cent more than be- fore these reforms were effected. Other results obtained by the union was the reduction of the hours of labor from fifteen and sixteen per day to an average of ten; in many cities the total abolition of Sunday work; a steady increase in wages from an average of $2 per week in the ’80s to $12 per week at present. ———— MR. STEVENSON’S PLANS. Will Attend the Nashville Exposition and Then Go to Europe. BLOOMINGTON, IIL, April 26.— Adlai Stevenson will leave this city this after- noon for Nashville, Tenn., where he will attend the formal opening of the Tennessee exposition. He will be accompanied by his son, Lewis G. Stevenson. The former Vice President will remain at Nashville a day or two and thence will go to New York ‘to meet Senator Wolcott and General Paine, his associates on the international bime- tallic commission. He thinks they will sail for Europe about May 10. Mr. Steven- son will be accompanied by his daughter, Miss Letitia, who will remain abroad until her father’s return. She will first visit the family of her father’s cousin, Jas. 8. Ewing, United States minister to Brussels, and with her father will make a visit in London, their visit being timed to the cele- bration of the queen's jubilee. ——— MRS. KIMBALL DISAPPEARS, She Doesn’t Want to Testify in the Romeyn Court-Martial. Special Dirpatch to The Kvening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., April 26.—There was a sensation at the Romeyn court-martial to- day when it was announced that Mrs. F. V. Kimball had gone away to escape being subpoened. Capt. Romeyn insists on her testimony, and the court agrees that she shall be brought back if found. Her hus- band, Lieut. Kimball, ts now on the stand, and a hot fight is in progress between Romeyn and the judge advocate as to his right to speak for his wife. The War De- partment has an officer here investigating Capt. Romeyn’s counter charges against Lieut. O’Brien. A shake-up in the garrison is certain to result. REAR ADMI~AL MEADE. Seriously Ill, Though With a Good Chance for Recovery. It was reported this afternoon that there Was no material change in the condition of Rear Admiral R. W. Meade, who has been seriously ill for several weeks past. He is at the private hospital of Dr. Johnson and underwent an operation for appendicitis about ten days ago. Yesterday afternoon he had a slight re- leree, and fatal consequences were feared. His physician says, however, that if no new complications arise he a good chance of r. though sixty years of age the patient has a good constitution, and it Is hoped will be able to recover frcm his present ilincss. : —_— oo Roumantia’s Prohibition. % ‘The State Department is informed that Roumantia has prohibited the entry of Jews, M’ELHONE’S TRIAL How the Obugressional Library Was Pilf8ted of Documents. The Defendint Assisted Them in ely Gettify the Testimony. PURCHASERS OF DOCUMENTS +. ‘The trial of Philip McElhone, charged in three indictments with having, while an em- ploye of the Congressional Library last Jan- uary, abstracted 2 number of valuxble docu- ments and manuscripts from the library, was resumed before Judge Bradley in Criminal Court No. 2 this morning. The trial was commenced Friday last, the court having granted a motion that McElthone and Lewis McKenzie Turner, the latter having been jointly indicted, be tried sepa- rately. The examination of but one wit- ness, Librarian A. R. Spofford, was con- cluded Friday, the second witness for ‘the government,. Wm., F. Havemeyer of New Yerk city, being called to the stand a few minutes before the court adjourned. When the trial was resumed this mori- ing, the court room being crowded, District Attorney Davis recalled Mr. Spofford for the purpose cf identifying certain checks and letters indorsed and writlen, respcc- tively, by the accused young men. He iden- tified ‘them, and also a letter written by Washington, at Morristown, N. J., in De- cember, 1779. Mr. Havemeyer was then recalied io the stand, and identified letters written by him to the defendant McEthone last Novem- ber, and a check given by him. He was shown the Morristown letter identified by Mr. Spofford,-and asked from whom he purchased it, Mr. Davis explaining that he would subsequently show the connection of both of the accused young men wlth the purchase. Counsel for the defense objected, and Judge Bradley sustained the objection, the witness stating that he never saw Mc- Ethone until he saw him in court during the present trial. He also stated that he could not say from whom he received one of the Benedict Arnold letters. Secret Service Testimony. Mr. Havemeyer was then excused for a time, and Mr. Davis called Secret Service Detective Wm. J. McManus of Philadel- pkia, who identified a letter written by Mc- Elhone last February to W. J. Campbell, a Philadelphia dealer, inclosing two of the letters in the Force collection, and asking Campbell what he would give for them. The next witness called was Detective Geo. O. Barker of the secret service office, and he identified a letter received by Me- Elhone from Campbell the 11th of last February, returning the two letters, one of them having been vritten by William Williains, onc of the signers of the Dec- leration of..Independence. Barker stated that McElhone gave him the Campbell let- ter after ituhad. been demanded. Geo. W. Haven, another secret service agent, next testified, stating that February 10 he saw McElhone at the Congressional Library axd écorted him to the secret service office, Where he was searched. Mc- Elhcne subsequently gave him an order for a certain tin box kept at his (McElhcne’s) home. McElhone was taken to Com- missioher Mills office. The regimental roll identified by Mr. Spofford McElhone handed to the witness. In the tin box the witness discovered a commission signed by John, Hancock, also identified by Mr. Spofford as being parp,of,the Force collection. The Braddock orderly book and the Newburg letter witngas recovered from W. E. Benja- min of New York, the Morristown letter be- ing recoverad fom Mr. Havemeyer, besides several other articles named in the indict- ments, including the Beredict Arnold let- ters. The witness ‘said that he had conversed previously with’ Mr. Spofford, but upon an objection by Mr. Davis, he was not allowed to say whether Mr. Spofford did or did not claiin that nothing was missihg from the Force collection. To counsel for the de- fense the witness said that the defendant said he did not know that the papers in question had been stolen from the govern- ment. The defendant admitted having some of the alleged stolen papers in his posses- sion, and also stated that he had sent two of them to Campbell. Witness did not tell the defendant that he was an innocent party in the matter, but did advise him to disclose the whereabouts of the papers, which he voluntarily did, handing over his keys. “Then,” said Mr. Shillington, “the de- fendant searched himself.” “Was the defendant under arrest then?” inquired Judge Bradley. 'No, sir; not exactly.” “Then, what right had you to search him?" continued the judge. “As a preliminary to his arrest.”” “Do you make a practice of searching people as a preliminary to their arrest?’. asked the court. “Sometimes, sir."” “Well, you have no right to do so, and some time you will get yourself in trouble by doing it.” Bought Documen: The next witness called by Mr. Davis was A. J. Bowden, formerly in the employ of W. E. Benjamin, the New York dealer. He stated that McElhone and Turner called together at Mr. Benjamin's place last sum- mer, and on two or three occasions later, and that as a result of their visits several of the documents were purchased. Turner did most of the talking, the purchases being made after the accused young men con- sulted together. Turner explained that the Papers belonged to his uncle, but that Mc- Elhone had an interest in them. Miss Effie K. Winans, also in the employ of Mr. Benjamin at one time, identified the defendant and Turner as having called at the store last August, when one of the documents was purchased from them. W. E. Benjamin, the employer of the pre- ceding witnesses, next testified. The latter part of last August the defendant called at his office. He brought with him some manuscripts and several early American almanacs. Counsel for the defense objected to what the defendant stated at that interview, when Mr. Davis explained that as no one saw the accused tuke the stolen articles he was forced to convict them, if at all, by circumstantial evidence, and claimed he should be allowed to forge the chain link by link. The court sustained the objection, when Mr. Davis showed that the witness, as a result of the interview with McElhone, correspon ith Turner, subsequently purchasil ti McElhone some forty- eight so-called ‘Benedict Arnold letters. Judge digy overruled a motion made by the da to strike out the answer, but when ‘the Witness fatled to identify the two Arnolg leti¢rs mentioned in the indict- ments as ybeing, of the number purchased by him e tion was renewed and granted. Mr. Benfamfy’ had not left the stand when the midday recess was taken, and upon, hat ig. the stand after recess he stated’°that’ he suggested Mr. Have- meyer to the défendant as a possible pur- ted that the Braddock chaser. or- derly books, the Newburg circular letter, and the > ington diary were in his possestion, they’ being the articles identified by Mr. ff as being part of the To Mr. Shitiington he denied sending tem here ¢o go apres arene! nent fo the purpose of -ascer' ra y be- longed to°thekovernment, he making #h- a however, of Senator Hokr and Mr. Allen of the Department of State. Chief Hasen’s Testimony. Wm. P. Hazen, chief of the secret ser- vice, next testified, stating that he first saw McHlhone at his office the 10th of last Turner were U. S. SUPREME COURT and Made Public. The Right ef Property in ‘Dogs De- fined—Rights of Municipal Governments. The United States Supreme Court today decided a case involving a claim for dam- ages for killing a dog, which has made its way from the lower courts of New Orleans through the various phases of litigation, to be finally decided here in opposition to the claim. The suit was instituted by George W. Sentell, jr., against the New Orleans end Carrollton Railroad Company. The dog, a Newfoundland, valued at $200, was killed by a car owned by the railroad company. ‘The case turned upon the validity of an act of the Louisiana legislature recognizing degs as personal property only when placed upon the assessment rolls. In this case the dog was not assessed. Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the court, sustaining the constitutionality of the law and refusing damages. Jusiice Brown laid down the law in regard to dozs in general in the following terms: “The very fact that they are without protection of the criminal laws shows that property in dogs is of an imperfect or qualitied rature, and that they stand, as it were, be- tween animals ferae naturae, in which, un- til subdued, there is no property, and do- mestic animals, in which the right of prop- erty is complete. “They are not considered as being upon the same plane with horses, cattle, sheep and other domesticated animals, but rather in the category of cats, monkeys, parrots, singing birds and similar animals kept for pleasure, curiosity or caprice. Unlike other domestic aniraals, they are useful neither oe of burden for draught nor for In the case of the Long Island Water Sup- ply Company agt. the City of Brooklyn Justice Brewer handed down the decision of the court, sustaining the city’s conten- tion. The case Involved the city's right to abrogate a contract to supply water’ to a portion of the city. The court also upheld the municipal gov- ernment of the city of Baltimore in its claim to the right to decide whether a street should accommodate one or two street car tracks. The decision was ren- dered in the case of the city of Baltimore agi. the Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company. The court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller, dismissed for want of jurisdiction the case of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company agt. the City of Louis- le. The suit was a test case to determine whether the railroad company was entitled to a discount on tax bills under the state law of 1884, which, while providing for a general discount for early payments of taxes, did not in terms include railroad property. The chief justice announced a final ad- journment for the present term on the 2ith of May. The call of the docket will be sus- pended on next Friday, when the court will take a recess until May 10, when there will be a sitting for the purpose of delivering opinions. Another recess will then be taken until the 24th, when the final sitting of the term will take place. —— WANTS AN EARLY TRIAL. Charles A. Ruffee of Minnesota Denies Defrauding the Government. Charles A. Ruffee of Minnesota, indicted here the 16th of this month for violating section 5421 of the Revised Statutes, with intent to defraud the United States, was brought here Saturday night by United States Marshal R. T. O'Connor, being brcught into the Criminal Court this after- noon for the purpose of giving bail. The indictment charges that Ruffee, a citizen of Great Britain, became a nat- uralized citizen of the United States in Minnesota in 1877, and that in order to prosecute a claim for $100,104.69 in the Court of Claims he did on the 17th of April, 1894, unlawfully utter and publish @ certain falsely altered writing, the said naturalization paper, issued by Stearns county district court of Minnesota October 46, 1877, it being necessary, so the igdict- ment alleged, that in order to prosecute the claim for Indian depredations in the territory of Minnesota Ruffee should show that he was a citizen of this country at a period between the spring of 1867 and March, 1867. Senator C. K. Davis of Minnesota, who has known Ruffee for many years, saw him at the city hall today, and spoke very highly of him. The accused denies the charge, and is desirous of an immediate trial. He is represented by Attorney A. A. Lipscomb. ee CHICAGO LAKE FRONT CASE. Hearing Begun in the General Land Office Today. The Chicago Lake Front case, on which hinges the possession of lands in the Chi- cago city limits valued at u>ward of $15,- 000,000, was given a hearing at the general land office today. The hearing, which will occupy three days, is before Commissioner Hermann. Assistant Commissioner Best and Chief Shaw of the public lands division also sat with the commissioner. The arguments today were largely over the motion filed by the counsel for the scrip locators, Benr.er and La Follette, both of whom were present, asking the commis- sioner to require each of the prctestanis and objectors in the case, who claim title to any part by deed of conveyance or by contract, to show by full and complete chain of coaveyances or abstracts of title the source or nature of such alleged title. ‘They made the contention that unless able to skcw interest in the lands, per- sons snould not be permitted participa- ‘tion in the case. This important phase of the controversy will be passed upon to- morrow. In support of it the scrip locators’ counsel cited conflicting statements in the Protests to the application. —____e+—____ TREASURY CLERKS. Committee to Inquire Into Their Gen- eral Efficiency. Acting under instructions from Secretary Gage, a committee, consisting of Private Secretary Vanderlip, Appointment Clerk Brackett and Chief Clerk Swayze, is en- geged in an investigation of the general officiency of the clerks and employes of the Treasury Department with a view to a re- adjustment of their assignments on a more equitable plane of merit and efficiency that has prevailed of recent years. The main idea is to do away with favoritism, and to give the men and women who really do the work in the various offices the financial benefit of that fact. Industry and faithful- ness are to be rewarded by promotion, and idleness and neglect of duty are to be punished by reduction or removal, accord- ing to circumstances. The committee was in session in the office of the Secretary this afternoon, and will be engeged in their big task fer some time. ‘The result of their. researches will he reported to the secre! in the form of a confidential report. sae eee NOT YET SUPPRESSED. The Revolt in the Philippines is Yet Quite Acti FINANCE. AND TRADE Steadiness Given Values by Frao- tional Improvement Abroad. BURLINGTON THE FEATURE OF THE DAY ForeignWar Situation Was Scarcely a Factor. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS SS eS Rpecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 26—Fractional im- provement in the foreign markets imparted a steady undertone to local trading this morning, but no really significant transa:- tions were recorded. The death of a promi- nent sugar refineries official caused sime seHing of that property, initial figures be- ing 2 per cent under Saturday's closing level. A sharp recovery followed the early decline, the demand at the low level coming largely from the short interest. The fact that the declining movement Was not prolonged adds color to the pre- sumption that the larger inside interests are not heavily long of the stock,and there- fore are not apprehensive of liquidation. The tariff schedule relative to this com- modfty 1s expected to become an important factor in determining the price of the stock during the present week. Burlington was the most conspicuous feature of the regular list, 1 per cent be- ing added to opening figures as the result of an improved buying demand. Reliable evidences of a decided improvement in March earnings continue to operate in favor of the market price of this stock. The neighboring Granger shares were well supported, but the buying was largely of a professional character. Western Union was weak during the first half of the session as the result of further shcrt sales based on the prospects of early eggressive competition. The market as a whole, while demon- strating an undertone of strength, was ex- tremely narrow, tomorrow’s holiday having a direct tendency toward inspiring con- tracted dealings. The foreign war situation was scarcely a factor, the prospects of an early adjust- ment of the dispute being generally relied upon by the best informed operators. Domestic conditions have always been more of a factor than this distant foreign complication, and must sooner or later ex- ert themselves to the complete exclusion of ali_other considerations. ‘The passage of a tariff bill is regarded as the first requisite to future prosperity and pending its enactment sustained move- ments are not jikely. Assurances of prompt action are abun- dant, but opinions entitled to the best con- sideration are not sanguine on this point. Amerdments must be made, and this pro- cess, while perhaps desirable in its re- sults, will produce uneasiness during its haif-completed stage. Confidence in general business must pre- eede confidence in the security markets. To secure this condition precedent all leg- islative uncertainties must be removed. There are at present no evidences of haste in this direction. A dull market, with small profits alter- nating between each account, seems to be most generally predicted. The saving in interest by non-participation would, per- haps, be fully equal to the profits whicn might intervene before the first maierial advance in the general market. _——_ 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 dy Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Mcvore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. American Spirite.. American American Sugar. ‘American Sugar, American Tobacco. Metropolitan Mahattan: Elevated. 123 ih Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regalar call—12 o'clock m.—National Safe it and T: 10 at 114; 15 at 113%. Wash- Deposit snd Trust, 20 at 1 t : > currepey, 100 Metropolitan Railroad 5s, ‘Metrop 16 asked. Belt Railroad 80 asked. Eckington. Railroad 4s, 82 bid, 310 Columbia Ratlroad 6s, 115% bid, 117 asked. ington Gas Company ‘6s, series “A, 114 Wid, ington Gas Company 6s, series B, 115 bid. Chesan peake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 102 bid. Ameri is, F. and A., 100 bid. it and 0., 100 Market Company 18t Gs, 100 bid. jarket Company imp. Gs, "109 bid. fon Market Company ext. Gs, 100 Associ: 38, 103 bid DoaDOly— receipts, 178,530 = sacked. Geta —— quiet, a. fal ow steam to Liverpool, bushel, 2%. asked, May strong—cranulated, quarter, 2x... April and 4.58 i Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. ‘Open. BET2. eS EERE eastsnen Hee Government Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. registered of coupon of 1904. - 5. per cents, registered of 1904 Currency 6 per cents of TUS. Carrency 6 per cents of Is. TRIAL OF JAMES LEWIS. Chichester's e Case Was Taken Up. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FAIRFAX C.H., Va., April 26.—Accord- ing to custom and the usual courtesy, and part from the great love and high esteem of the members of the bar for the late Judge Chichester, there would have been no session of the county court today, but there has been so much excitement in Alexandria and Fairfax during the past week over the two rape cases that at a meeting of the bar held yesterday it was deemed wisest to let the case of James Lewis, the assailant of Mrs. Riedel, go on trial today. Lewis was kept in the Leesburg jail till this morning, when he was taken by Sheriff Williams of Herndon on the first train as far as Hunter's Mill station, and from there brought to the court house. The residents of Fairfax had been much stirred up over the lyncning party that was expected here from Alexandria and the lower part of the county Saturday night, but the report that Sheriff Gorden h taken Lewis to the Alexandria jail, to be placed under the protection of the Al andria Light Infantry, stopped the party. Mr. Geo. Appach, the jolly German in- terpreter, is indignant that the scare given the Fairfax authorities should have been attributed to him, as he was in no way re- sponsible for it. Another Assault by Lewis. Constable Webster has secured two wit- neses to prove that the negro attempted to criminally assault an old colored woman on the same day that he brutally as- saulted Mrs. Riedel. The witnesses are Wilson Jennings and his wife, Rhoda Jen- nings. Jennings, whe is a well-known old colored man, resides near Fort Lyons, a few miles from the Riedel farm. He says that on the day the crime was committed he and his wife were working in the field, when Lewis approached them and asked for work. About this time the old womar returned to the house for some seed. Lewis immediately feigned having the toothache, and asked the old man to permit him to go to the house for some salt to relieve the pain. Lewis went to the house, and had been there but a few minutes whtti Jen- nings heard his wife screaming. The old man seized his spade and hur- ried home, to find his wife lying on the floor, wher> she had been thrown by the man. Lewis escaped from the building, but shortly returred, armed with a club, doubtless with the intention of killing the old man. The approach of a neighboring farm hand frightened the negro off, and he went down the road in the direction of Mr. Riedel's farm. I: is supposed that he remained in the neighborhood until after dark, when he went to the Rosehill farm and assaulted Mrs. Riedel. 3 p.m.—M Riedel was the principal wit- ness in the case this morning. Her testi- mony was very strong against the prisone: The case is not likely to go to the jury under two hours. —_-——— Compressed Air vs. Electricity. To the Editor of The Evening Star: April 15, 1807. The advocates of compressed air, who claim for it a dangercus rivalry of elec- tricity, could have witnessed a practical demonstration of the superiority of the lat- ter to the former had they been at the cor- ner of R street and Eckington place on Tuesday evening of this week. As the Hoadley-Knight air car, now on trial on the Eckington line, was making its retucn trip on the evening stated, after its customary run of about a mile and three-quarters from the power house te the Treasury Department, it became hope- lessly stranded in ascending the short grade of the halt square between Quincy and R streets, ind was unable to reach the top. Under the skillful manipulation of the lever and brake by the expert in charge of the car, every possible effort was made to force it up the grade, but without success. The car was backed and forwarded severa. times, but each attempt to reach the sum. mit resulted only in its getting further and further down the hill. Finally, in despair, the receiver of the road, who was on th: back platform of the stalled car, directed the conductor, sotto voce, to signal the tro} Jey car, which was a short distance in the rear, for assistance, and electricity, re- sponding promptly to the call of its com- petitor in distress, came to the relief oi ccmpressed air and with perfect ease push. ed its heavy-weight rival up the hill and over the curve to the downward grade where it could help itself. I have been on this air car a number of times when it was barely able to reach the top of the grade at this point, and I had heard of several similar “hold ups” to the one above described, which the car had ex- perienced at the same place, but I mention this particular instance because of having been a witness of the occurrence. The most noticeable peculiarities of this eir car are its evident aversion jes wien and its decidei tendeney to get wind: forced to climb a hill, all of which goes to support the doubt e: in my recent- ly published criticism of the air motor ex- periment as to the ability of this car make one round trip successfully over the Eckington line. I mean by one round trip, following the $ usual course of the other cars on the line,