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2 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5; 1897-14 PAGES. there were things In it which he did net like. He sa‘d as to the Havaiian treaty that he did noz the treaty ndirect method sion clause. said that he , in some respects, Was a distinct a from the Dingley bill. The duty on tea and the tax on beer, he thought. was a departure from the re- publican position and the adoption of the democratic idea of duty for revenue. He id that it looked a little as if the repub- ng that the people of eeded clothing more than did beer, and also that the republican of prot m was inconsistent with mg sufficient revenue. Mr. Dockery"s Comment. resentative Dockery said that the Senate finance committe been forced to adopt democratic metho:s of raising rev- tu make up for the deficiency of rev- enue wt would result from the app cation of the principles of protection. He ct the republi- said that as a matter of f : ves confronted with the sing rev- enue © same time ping out itportati for the purpose of protection. In order to get revenue the high protec- tive idea had to be abandoned 1 that the bill was irregular and ction. The republi. cultivated extravagant now it is necessary in expenditures that expenditures order to meet approximately 3500,000,000 a year would have to be raised. these It was impossible, he sail. to raise this under the system of protection which the republicans had adopted. Their policy of high protection ard extravagant expendi- tures meart on the one hand the cutting otf of re ue by diminishing importations, and on other a demard for larger rev- enues to meet expenses. ‘Treasury Officials’ Views. It is said at the Treasury Department that the action of the Senate committee in striking out section 27 of the tariff bill, pro- viding for the reliquidation of duties on imported goods purchased after April 1 (the retroactive clause), will not necessarily cause the revocation of department's order requiring samples or other evidence of the character and value of the goods to be re- tained pending a final settlement. On the contrary, it is believed that the order will remain in force until final action is had oa the bill. The department has no eviderce that the Senate is not in favor of the provision, and inasmuch as the House is likely to insist on its retention, the treasury officials do not feel justified in de- stroying its effect by falling to keep a proper record of the goods imported un- der tt. REGRETTED BY HAWAIIANS. The Course of the Senate Finance Committee on the Tariff Bil Hewailans now sojourting in this city express surprise and regret at the action of the Senate finance committee in striking out of the tariff bill the clause exempting Hewalian imports from the operations of the act. They express confidense and kope that the committee's action will be nega- tived by the Senate, and point to the fact that under both the McKinley and tke Wilson bills an attem)t was made by ind!- rection to abrogat> the reciprocity treaty oted down by the express2d that the r naturally will exation ques- will result in on ts merits s importance de- by the Senate tas felz, might what prospects for an- mands. on th now exist. ter Hatch was askel for an expres- of jon on the but de- ng for r Thurston. now here on a special mission, said create a univ smash up én a business way antil thin. and oth ft r fon weuld United States when Daniel W. tion thar ms in the islands than had the committe: not a uni out the exemption clause, and he hoped it would be restored. jo a AUDITOR PUGH RESIG Nomination of His Successor Expected ‘Tomorrow. Probably in anticipation of the appoint- ment of his successor, Mr. William H Pugh of Cincinnati, Ohio, auditor for the Navy Department, tendered his resignation to the Secretary of the Treasury today, to take effect at his pleasure. Mr. Pugh was appointed commissioner of customs under Secretary Carlisle's adminis- tration and held that office until it was abolished under the Dockery law. He then had charge of the income tax division of the internal revenue bureau until that division was abolished by the decision of the Supreme Court against the constitution- ality of t income tax law. About this time Mr. Morton of Maine, then auditor for the Navy Department, got into a con- troversy with Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Car- lisle ard resigned. The vacancy was filled by the appointment of Mr. Pugh, and he has remained there undisturbed ever since. It ts expected that his successor will be nominated to the Senate tomorrow, and there will be no surprise at the appoint- ment of Mr. Morris of Ohio, who held the oftice under the Harrison administration. ———ae MR. CALHOUN ARRIVES, He Has Nothing to Say About His Trip to Cuba. Mr. Calhoun of Illinois, who is going to Cuta as the President's personal repre- sentative to investigate the Ruiz case an] look over the situation generaily, arrived here this morning from his western home, «i registercd at the Ebbitt House. He fought shy of newspaper men, and spent most of his time today at the White House and the State Department. It is understood he has arranged his pri- vate affairs so as to permit him to start on his mission as soon as he receives his final instructions from the Secretary of State. Judge Day, the new assistant secretary of state, who was first selected for this im- fortant -nission, is expected here tonight or lomorrow. Inasmuch as he made a thorough study of the Ruiz case from the records of tie department, it is Mkely that Mr. Calhoun will delay his departure until he shall have had an opportunity to consult further with him. Jt is possible that Mr. Calhoun may be eventually selected as Consul General Lee's suecessor, but no information on this is now forthcoming. The present pein’ plan is for him to assist Gen. Lee in the reconsideration of the Ruiz case. a GEN. SHAFTER WILL TAKE CHARGE n. Merritt, Commanding De- t of the East, Goes Abroad. . Gen. Wesley Merritt, com- mancing the Department of the at New York, goes abroad? Brig. Gen. Wm. R. Shafter, recently promoted, will be as- signed to the command of that department during bis al Several days ago Gen. Merritt was grant- ed leave of absence for four months, with permission to go abroad, his purpose be- ing to make personal observations of the Progress of the war between Turkey and Greece. It 1s now sald that he has ahan- doned the trip and has asked that his leave of absence be revoked. His change of plans is variously attributed to the peedy termination of the war and nt family affliction. The urders . Shafter to assume command of the Department of the Eest were to have been issued today. They are held up, ho’ ever, pending information as to Gen. Mer- ritt’s intentions. o—____ Will Cause Dismissals. A number of removals in the Department of Agriculture wiil be necessary at the end of the current fiscal year. In the division of farmers’ bulletins the appropriation for the next fiscal year has been reduced $5,000 and in the Secretary's office $1,000. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Renewed Hostilities Between Greeks and Turks at Velestino. HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SD Col. Vassos to Be Brought Back From Crete. FIGHTING AT OTHER POINTS VOLO, May 5.—The Turkish forces made a flerce attack today on the Greek troops at Velestino, but were repulsed. There was heavy losses on both sides. Fighting is proceeding between the opposing forces at two other points. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 5.—A dispatch from Larissa, Thessaly, dated yesterday, says that the fighting between the Grecks and Turks at Velestino conzinues. ATHENS, May 5.—Crown Prince Con- stantine telegraphs that two Turkish reg- iments are marching on Karditza, and that the Greek commander there has asked for reinforcements. To Bring Back Col. Vasson. ATHENS, May 5.—The government of Greece is negotiating with the admirals In command of the fleets of the foreign pow- ers in Cretan waters for permission to send a Greek warship to the Island of Crete to bring off Col. Vassos and the other Greek officers who have been recalled. Greeks to Remain. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 5.—The French, Russia and British embassies have replied to the Porte, insisting that the Greeks In the service of the embassies, lega- tions and consulates, throughout the Turk- ish empire, be permitted to remain. The porte, therefore, will extend the per- iod of expulsion another fortnight, and it is thought possible that peace between Tur- key and Greece wifl have been arranged by that time. Advices recelved here from Tokat sa: that the court which is trying the Mussu!- mans implicated in the massacre at that place has thus far sentenced six men to death and others to imprisonment for from seven to fifteen years. Turks Defeated at Larissa. LARISSA, May 3 (delayed in transmis- sion).—A Turkish detachment today at- tempted to capture a strong position occu- pled by the Greek forces, but, being out- numbered, retired. The main body of the Turkish forces has arrived before Velestino, the Greek head- quarters. Tne Greek position, it is said, will be changed without serious opposition or account of the movements of the Turk- ish troops at other points. ee McKENZIE’S FRIENDS INDIGNANT. Fake Report of the Minister’s Death Alarms His Family. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 5.—A fake re- port of Minister Jas. McKenzie’s death, sent out from Washington by a local pa- per’s correspondent, has caused the widest- spread condemnation. Colonel McKenzie arrived here this morning in sood health, having stood the trip well, and says it is distressing that his family should have been given such a cruel shock, all for noth- ing. But for the worry over the canard he was looking greatly improved. —_——_—_ WILL MOVE TO RICHMOND. Decision Regarding the Wayland Baptist Seminary of This City. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., May 5.—The trustees of the Virginia Union University met here yesterday and indorsed the project of moving Wayland Seminary from Washing- ten to Richmond. The executive committee of the hoard Was authorized as soon as possible to erect the new buildings, subject to the indorse- ment of the executive board of the A i- can Baptist Home Mission Society in Ww Ycrk. The board purchased five acres of additional land on the Brook road near the city, making a site of twenty-four acres in all. Work on the new buildings will commence this summer. —__ MONITOR AND YACHT COLLIDE. The Terror Believed to Have Collided With the Penelope. NEW YORK, May 5.—The United States monitor Terrer, which passed out quar- antine this morning, bound to sea, accord- ing to a report received from quarantine this afternoon, seems to have been in collision with the steam yacht Penelope, which has been on a pleasure cruise. She sailed from Bermuda April 26 for the Chesapeake. She has lost her foretop mast and has her bulwarks and starboard bow stove in. She passed in quarantine at 1:48 o'clock this efternoon. Quarantine also reports that the monitor Terror passed in at 2:05 this afternoon, returning. ——— TIME IS EXTENDED. Interstate Drill at San Antonio to Be- gin July 17, SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 5.—The date of the interstate drill has been extended from June 28 to July 17 to 25, inclusive, giving all companies three weeks addi- tional time In which to prepare for the drill San Antonio has the greatest grounds for drilling purposes in the world, being on the banks of a river, shaded by trees 200 years old. a Gov. Black Signs the Charter. ALBANY, N. Y., May 3.—Goyernor Piack affixed his signature to the Greater New York charter today. primis ESS Galtee Wins New Market Stakes. LONDON, May 5.—Mr. Grubbin’s Gultee mare won the two thousand guineas stakes at New Market today The Lorillard Beresford stabies colt Ber- zak ran, but was not placed. —_— Persian Envoy’s Arrival. NEW YORK, May 5—Among the pas- sengers who arrived on board the Red Star Line steamer Noordland from Antwerp were hia excellency, Mustesharul Vezureh, the envoy extraordinary.of Persia to the United States, and Major Boyajian and Mohammed Alley Khan of the riinisier’s suite. —_—_. Some New Stampa, From the Chicago Hecocd. Stamp collectors will be interested know that Corea has issued a new stamp, bearing a curious combination of hiero- glyphics, which are interpreted to be sym- bolical of Ife and death, night and day. Gen. Pierola celebrated his accession to the presidency of Peru by issuing a new stamp with @ vallant-looking, bearded warrior. Uruguay has a new one that is similar, but @ little more gay. Portugal eetebrated the seventh centenary of St. Anthony with a new stamp bearing a picture of that juaint monastic saint. ce has recently fa- sued a new series for Madagascar. Perak has a new one carrying a tiger with large, open mouth. The Grand Duke of Luxemburg has pub- Ushed his portrait in the shape of a sta: Prince Boris of Bulgaria has followed example. Mauritius has a new’ series, which, Instead of the rait. of her majesty which ornament arms, consist i ae its ane — = of a key, a ship and something that looks like a lighthouse. The finest works of art in the stamp line are those issued sum- mer by Greece to celebrate the’ Olympic Ot the Acropolis, the Mercury of Precianes of the Z 4 and other interesting subjects. Goats ety If you wnt anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. a9 to a @ very. TO AID HANNA'S CANDIDACY. Maj. Dick and Director Smith Expect- ed in Cleveland. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5.—The sena- toris] campaign of Mr. Hanna will begin in Ohio early next week. Maj. Charles F. Dick will be here to superintend the cam- paign, and Joseph Smith, recently ap- pointed secretary of the bureau of Amer- ican republics, will follow Mr. Dick a few days later. Col. Haskell, the local man- ager for Senator Hanna, insists that Mr. Smith's visit is on business connected with his new book, the history of the republican party, but it is understood he will remain here some time. The friends of Mr. Hanna are enlisting the support of the Ohio League of Republi- can Clubs. Yesterday the new president of the league, Mr. John J. Sullivan, met with Col. Haskell, Charles F. Leach and others concerning Hanna’s tandidacy. It is proba- ble that the assistance of the league will be enlisted through the efforts of ex-President Chas. F. Leach, who is at present making himself valuable to Mr. Hanna. It is more than probable that if the pres- ent plans are carried out the league will be one of the great forces which Mr. Han- na will command to aid in securing his re- election. Col. W. C. Haskell today declared that the republicans of Cuyahoga county are fractically unanimous for Hanna. ‘There is absolutely no defection,” he said. “I am going to give a new hat to anybody who can show me any materfal defection from Mr. Hanna among Clevelend republicans. It can't be found, for it does not exist.” Se BRITISH STEAMER MISSING. Fort Williams, Overdue at Norfolk, Believed to Be Lost. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NORFOLK, Va. May 5.—The British steamer Fort Willlam is missing. She cleared at Shields, England, for Norfolk on December 16, 1896, and has not been heard from since. The Fort William was a tramp, traveling between this port and the continent, where- ever she could get a cargo. She was 1,807 tons gross register, bullt In Belfast in -1888 by Workman, Clark & Co., and was owned by Clark & Service, Glasgow, Scotland. She was built of steel, and was ‘a stanch, safe vessel. The shipping agents feel steamer is lost. a MR. CLEVELAND GOES FISHING. certain the Cruising in Buzzard’s Bay in E. C. Benedict’s Steam Yacht. BUZZARD’S BAY, Mass., May 5.—The Oneida, Mr. E. C. Benedict’s steam yacht, which has been anchored ‘in the bay off Gray Gables since Friday, left here at 4 o'clock this morning, with ex-President Cleveland, ex-Secretary Carlisle and ex- Postmaster General Wilson on board. The distinguished gentlemen are guests of Mr. Benedict, and came to Buzzard’s Bay for a few days’ fishing last week. Bad weather has interfered with their plans until today. >_——. BRYAN’S BRUISES WERE SERIOU He is Gradually Recovering at His Home in Lincoln, Neb. LINCOLN, Neb., May 5.—Mr. W. J. Bryan is gradually recovering from the in- juries he received at St. Augustine, Fla. The bruises were more serious than at first thought, and have been slow in healing. His mail still occupies all his time during the day, but he reserves the evenings for reading. ed UNDER A REIGN OF TERROR. Raiders Continue Toll Gate Thelr Work in Kentucky. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 5.—Toll gate raiders last night demolished two gates in Bath county, running the keepers off and threatened them with death by dynam:te. They also tore down two gates in Mason county, mistreating the wife of one keep- er terribly. ‘The Buckeye gate in Garrard county was demolished, with the home of the keeper, } and the keeper, with nis family, driven from his home at midnight in their night clothes. It is believed some of the dastards were recognized, and a posse is searching for them. The indignation is unbounded. In Garrard county the rule of the raider becomes more terrible every day, remedy for the evil has not thus far heen found. Nearly a million dollars’ worth of property has been destroyed by them in Kentucky within a ye: —__ + S. TREASURER. ASSISTANT Cc. H. Linville, a Nephew of Senator Platt, ix Slated. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE Md., May 5.—Mr. Charles H. Linville, a prominent local republican and the nephew of Senator Platt of New York, is announced as a candidate for the assistant treasurership of the United States, the office made vacant by the death of Judge Hammond last Saturday. Senator Wellington, who was in town to- day, said that the Maryland delegation in Congress would hold a meeting shortly to decide whom to recommend to President McKinley for surveyor of customs to suc- ceed Col. Buchanan Schley, United States district attorney to succeed Mr. William L. Marbury, and internal revenue collector to succeed Mr. Murray Vandiver. It is generally understood that Dr. Wash- ington G. Tuck of Annapolis will be the next collector; Controller Robert Graham the next United States district attorney, and that Mr. Phillips Lee Goldsborough of Dorchester county will be appointed by Governor Lowndes to succeed Mr. Graham as controller. United States Treasurer D. N. Morgan is in town, and will be in charge at the local subtreasury until Judge Ham- mond’s successor is appointed. —— ee Named After Col. Baker. The President has directed that the forti- fication at Lime Point, at the Golden Gate, €an Francisco harbor, be designated Fort Baker, in honor of the late Col. Edward D. Baker, United States volunteers. Sg es Will Speak at the Naval War College. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will make an address at the opening of the Naval War College at Newport on the 2d proxi- mo. ———_-e+____ Pension Office Changes, The commissioner of pensions has desig- tated Capt. Chas. W. Filer of Connecticut acting chief and Wm. Wilson of New York aciing assistant chief of the army and navy division of the penston office. ———__--—_______ Sensation at McKinney, Ky. Speclal Dispatch to The Evening Star. STANFORD, Ky., May 5.—Tanner Broth- ers, merchants at McKinney, Ky., find they have been systematically robbed of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchan- dise. Tats morning they caught William Hughes and Sheridan Davis in the ac! ‘They implicate Winter Wright and She: man McKinney. All the accused belong to the best families in the state, and intense excitement prevails over the affair. —_ Policeman Pierce'n Case. Ex-Policeman James E. Pierce, commit- ted by the Police Court several days ago to jail for the acticn of the grand jury on @ cherge of housebreaking, was admitted to bail by Chief Justice Bingham in Crim- ial Court No, 1 this afternoon in the sum of $2,000, Chas. W. Slater and Thos. W. Soron qualifying as his bondsmen. Pierce’s case is now the grand jury, indictment against him is expected to be returned the this or the first of next month. ——___. Commissioner Jones Sworn In, The new commissioner of Indian affairs, Wm. A. Jones, whose nomination was cen- firmed Monday, ts now in Chicago looking after the letting of Indian contracts. Mr. fones took the oath being i i | to confirmations, and the tr MR. DEBOE SWORN IN Tho New Senator From Kentucky Takes His api Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Taken Up—Senafe Tien Goen Into Executive Session, we #5 ; The new senator from Kentucky, W. J. Devoe, was on the floor of the Senate to- day for thé first time since. his election. Accompanied by Senator Lindsay of Ken- tucky, he entered the chamber shortly be- fore the Senate opened°and held an im- promptu levee in the rear of the republican side of the chamber. A towering bouquet of American beauty roses and lilles was placed on the desk to be occupied by Mr. Deboe, which adjoins that of Mr. Hanna, and is in the rear row of the republican side. Several of the Kentucky members of the House came over to greet the new sen- ator. It was evident, too, that the Ken- tuckians were represented in the galleries, as they appinuded his entrance to the Sen- ate. Immediately after the reading of the journal Mr. Lindsay presented the creden- tials of his colleague, and arm in arm the two proceeded to the desk of the Vice Pres- ident, where the oath of office was ad- ministered. The sundry civil appropriation bill was then taken up. Mr. Allison offered an amendment to the item for a survey @ the Nicaragua canal route,’so that the pro- posed commission shall consist. of from three to five members, from the army or navy or civil life, at the discretion, of the President. The amendment was contested on the ground that it discriminated against the United States engineer corps. Mr. Berry (Ark.) asserted that it was an effort to re- flect on the United States engineers who had reported against the Nicaragua canal project. Mr. Morgan of Alabama, chairman of the Nicaragua canal committee, defended the amendment, saying it was desirable to give the President the widest latitud2, so that he could turn to General Craighill, former chief of engineers, and now on the retired list, or to such eminent engineers as those who had built the Chicago drainage canal. There was no purpose, he satd, to reflect on the United States Engineer Corps. Mr. Hawley (Conn.) proposed an amend- ment that at least one engineer from the army and one from the navy, active or re- tired. be included in the commission. The item went over for consideration later. Considerable civil service discussion fol- lowed the introduction of an amendment by Mr. Wilson of Washington requiring the appointment of commissioners to classify Northern Pacific lands in the northwest “by and with the consent of che Senate. Mr. German urged that this was an effort to take the offices out of the civil service. The amendment was finally modified and adopted so that the appoiniees shall be confirmed by the Senate, and shall be di- vided between the political parties. Mr. Gorman remarked that he hoped the Prevision as to a due consideration of the poli:scal partics would be carried out in good faith. In certain recent appointments no attention had been paid to such provi- sions. Commissioners had been appointed, he said, without reference to their party loyalty and partyrinterest. He hoped that in this case at least we would have men representative of!thef* party. Mr. Morgan offered. an amendment ap- propriating $50,00¥ fof the improvement of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Mr. Aldrich (R. I.) said he sympathized With the purposes of the amendment, but it should not be puf‘onthis bill, as a similar item had been rejected by the Hous> last year. Mr. Morgan felt that the House might change its attifude. amendment was' agreed to. 10 p.m., on‘notion of Mr. Davis, the went into! executive session. Discussing the Arbitration Treaty. The Senate weht intu executive s»ssion for the purpose “of céncluding constera- tion of the arbitratto# treaty; in accord- ance with tne agrtement of two weeks since. E ae The first hour, of the sessi: 7. was ‘devoted eaty was rot taken up until 3 o'clock. Senator Miils then spoke In opposition to the ratification of the treaty. —sie-<-- CONSIDERABLY CUT DOWN. Reduction in Size of the Law Divi- sion, Pension Burenu. The commissioner of pensions has issued an order, which today resulted in cutting down the force in the law division of the pension bureau from seventy-five to twen- ty-five. The part of the force of the law division. which has been dispensed with will be distriouted to other duty in the bureau, most of them going to the ad- judicating division. This change has been maée possible by the introduction of a system. which confines the work of the law division strictly to certain legal mat- ter: :oinected with: the granting of pen- sioi.s fer which the law division was cre- ated. For some time there has been a ten- dency to enlarge the scope of work of the division, but it is now believed there will be a large economy of labor by the new method. ee A Fighting Quaker. From the Detroit Free Press. It is possible to trespass too far on the patience of a Quaker. The Friends have been holding a series of revival meetings lately in Ida county, Iowa. Crowds of tough youngsters from Ida Grove and neighboring towns have taken advantage of the occasion to disturb the worshipers by loud talking, profanity and practical jokes. The ushers frequently admonished them, but the youths, presuming on the peaceful character of their hosts, persistently disre- garded these warnings. Friend Sweet, a leading member of the local colony of Quakers, finally took a hand. Several young men openly announced their intention of enjoying themselves as they saw fit when the old man begged them to discontinue their playfulness, but they refused. There- at Friend Sweet hurled threc of the men through the nearest window, defaced the features of one or two others who under- took to rescue their friends, and sat calm- ly down to continue his meditations. ———— e+ Egegn Preserved by Electricity. From the New York Journal. A New York electrician has discovered a method for preserving eggs in an edible condition for a number of years. The only successful method now is to soak the cggs in lime water, which closes up the pores of the shells and kills’ any germs which may be attached tg them. Under the most favorable conditiog, however, this method will not preservessan ‘egg for more than three months: The! new method is mucif more complicated.J:It 4s well known that an egg shell is more-Ur less porous, and that alr passes into.the egg and hastens its decay. In bregervi eggs by the new method the egg is‘frst Placed in a vacuum chamber, which draws the air from the interior. The ej argithen painted with a. composition oriheh renders them “air- tight. After this they’ will be placed in barrels of water sind sibjected to an elec- tric current strong’enoagh to destroy any germ life which may he present. re A. French, Lay Chup. A novel veriety!'of {he now universal “ladies’ club” hai jut been started in Paris by a benefuctresg of her sex, who claims to be actuated solely by altruistic motives. Having a large and loneiy draw- ing room at ‘her house, in the large Rue Notre Dame des Cham; conceived the idea of ead bas’ chvon to. this refuge. a-hishconions ven to a title"Le ‘Cenacle des Femmes"—but it LAUREL’S FIRE PROTECTION. Citizens Diseuss the Subject and Al That of Water Works. Special Dispatch to The Eveutng Star. LAUREL, Md, May 5.—A meeting of citizens was held at the Academy here for the purpose of heating the report of the committee to solicit funds for the purchase of suitable chemical engines for fire protec- tion, with the necessary apparatus. There was but a small attendance. 3 A member of the committee si $256.50 had been paid into the co: in cash; that $163 had been promised *to be furnished on demand, and that $100 more had been subscribed. He also stated that from estimates received three chemical en- gines could be purchased with force pumps and other apparatus for about $1,300. It was the idea of the committee to place a chemical engine in each of the three wards. The amount so far subscribed and on hand would not justify this, although a number of persons residing in the different wards subscribed with the proviso that an engine be placed in their own ward. A motion was made to the effect that the committee wait upon the subscribers and get their consent to purchase one chemical engine, and when a sufficient amount had been raised to purchase more. Several addresses were made, in which the necessity of immediate protection from fire was urged. The question of water works was touched upon, and ex-Representative Compton said that the question of putting in a water works plant had been discussed and esti- mates furnished, but ro estimates or infor- mation had as yet been given as to how to carry the water off, or the expense of a sewerage system. He acknowledged that the town, from a healthy, convenient and a fire-protective standpoint, needed water works, but did not think it was in a posi- tion at this time to Incur the debt neces- sary to secure water. The most feasible and possible plan for fire protection, at present, he thought, was the purchase of chemical engines. It was finally decided to continue the old committee, and allow them to wait upon those who had already subscribed and get their consent to the purchase of one en- gine, and to continue soliciting funds uatil enough money was raised to purchase two more chemical engines. The committee will also confer with a number of ladies upon the subject of holding a fair. So Sees NIAGARA’S NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE. Steel Structure Being Built to Take the Place of the Suspension Bridge. From the New York Herald. The historic suspension railway bridge over the Niagara gorge will be entirely re- moved by July 1 and a new steel struc- ture, remarkable in many of its features, will be in place. The new bridge is be- ing built around the old and the change from one to the other will be made with- out interference to traffic. This new bridge will consist of one mighty steel arch span, 550 feet between springing points—the largest arch in all the world—flanked on either side by a trussed span, 115 feet in lergth, connecting the same with the cliff on each side of the river. In addition to this there will be approaches aggregating 200 feet in length. This mighty structure, to cost half a million dollars, and to weigh 7,200,000 pounds, is to take the place of the present suspension bridge, which was long considered one of the best in the world. It was built in 1855 by John A. Roebling for the Niagara Falls Interna- tioral Bridge Company of New York, and the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Com- pany of Canada. In 1880 the original wooden suspended superstructure was found inadequate, and was substituted by a new steel stiffening truss 820 feet long. Six years later the stone towers on top of the cliffs supporting the cables were found to be crumbling, and were replaccd by new ones of steel, withcut interruption of traffic. Both of these changes were made under the direc- ticn of L. L. Buck, chief engineer in charge of the rew structure for the Pennsylvania Steel Company, which is doing the work for the two corporations owning the bridge franchise. Now comes another and a great- er change. The old bridge, with its single track, is inadequate for the enlarged traffic and the increase in weight of locomotive engires, and will be replaced by a new bridge with two railway tracks on its up- per deck, and with wagon ways, sidewalks, and trolley tracks beneath. The lower tracks will be used for an electric line from the United States to Canada around the Whirlpool gorge. A strange feature in changing from one bridge to the other is that it will be done without interference with the heavy traffic, though the new bridge is being built on the exact site of the old one which it sur- rounds, and with which it is interlaced. The rew structure gets not one ounce of support from the old, es it extends from the cliffs on either side out into the air in’ an apparently mysterious manner, and to the eye of the tyro defies gravity. Its huge pieces of steel, which in some in- stances exceed thirty tons in weight, are being extended with apparently only the atmosphere under them. When these two sides of the arch meet in the center of the span and are joined, the old bridge will be blocked up on the new one, the new bridge carrying it in addition to its own weight and the regular traffic. The latter will then be disconnected piece by plece, and the new floor system placed in position as the work progresses. The last work will be to remove the four cables of the su: persion bridge, each weighing 170 tons and having a length of 1,600 feet. Then the towers will come down, and a landmark long famillar to tourists to Niagara Falls will have disappeared. MRS. CUSTER ON ARMY LIFE. The Romeyn Court-Martial Presenis Some Unique Features, From the New York Tribune. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, whose books dealing with military life at the frontier Posts have fascinated many thousands of persons wholly unfamiliar with that life, possesses a charm of manner when talking which makes what she says rank even above her literary style in interest. In a talk with a Tribune reporter about life at miiitary posts, her attention was called to the trial now going on in Atlanta of one of the officers of Fort McPherson for hav- ing slandered the wife of a brother officer, and the fact that several women of the post are summoned to testify. Mrs. Custer knew nothing about this case or the per- sons concerned in it, but she said: “It is a very unusual thing; so rare in the annals of the army that it must be almost without precedent. If matters of that sort ever come up they are seldom allowed to become the public property of a court- martial. The officers of the post meet se- cretly and settle the affair as quietly as possible. If it is decided that the accused person is guilty of the charges he is soon made aware of the fact, and almost inva- riably leaves of his own accord as speedily as he can. No matter what he has done against the proprieties, he always seems to retain enough of the instincts of a gentie- man and a soldier to desire to bring as lit- their brother officers left the post between sunrise and sunset, never to be heard of in the place afterward. It was as if they had dropped out of the army completely, as, in fact, they usuaily did, rather than risk a public investigation. One striking feeling which governs the judging of officers by one another is the ‘esprit de corps’ which exists throughout the entire regiment. While extremely critical of each other's conduct at the post and in all matters per- taining to the garrison an officer’s action, so like this: “Oh, that is an outside affair. It dors all. Here he .| FINANCE AND: TRADE changed. Exes firm, unchanged. SChees steady, unchanged. Whisky unchanged. Government Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart ney, bankers. Tariff Schedule Unsatisfactory to the Sugar Trust. TTS STOCK SUFFERED ACCORDINGLY | 2 per cents, 4 per cents, $ ber cents, Der cents, coupon of 4 Der conta, recket 5 per cents, coupon 5 per cents, regis of 1907 registered of 1907) 1925. Grain and Cotton Markets. Fernished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers Gould Properties Again Showed and brokers, 1427 F st.. members 7 stocl exchange, correspondents Messrs, Signs of Weakness. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. oe High - a ‘Open. ew. Close. c; : oe” ty tomy “GO GENERAL MARKET REPORTS SF oh Sy oh ty Thos Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. s& xe NEW YORK, May 5.—The covering of ts iS short contracts and the professional out- a4 4 burst of enthusiasm which marked the corrox.” trading at the close of yesterday's busi- Open. “Hich. ness were not duplicated this morning. ie e-3 London was generally irregular, and for to 740 the most part fractionally below the local ce cl ene) level. THE SPITTING HABIT. “Except in a few instances, commission orders reflected either profit-taking or liquidation. The amended tariff bill is conceded to be lacking in thore features which would benefit the American Sugar Company, and its stock was for sale throughout the day at a liberal discount from yesterday's final figures. A large outstanding short interest was forced out at yesterday’s advance, and to- day a new short interest was inaugurated solely on the theory that the committee's Uberality would invite economies of a rad- ical nature later on. The sugar trust is in the position of having been given exactly what it wanted, but with a parting injunc- tion to retain what it can. The Gould shares were again features of unusual prominence, the liquidation of lorg holdings in the higher priced issues being noticeable at times. Western Union was especially weak under superior selling, a new low level being established in the Process. Rumors of all sorts are current during weak periods in this property, but the prospects of competition are the real in- centive to the selling. Manhattan was weak under sales for both accounts, but speculative long stock has been marketed during the week as opportunity offered. Missouri Pacific we the third weak mem- ber of this group, a substantial reduction following early sales. The weakness in these shares was for a time overlooked as an incentive to concessions elsewhere, but the dull afternoon period reflected sales in all departments. Chicago Gas was a noteworthy exception to the general market. Advices predicting the certain passage of the consolidation bill served to hold the price well above the opening level. The coal shares were weak, notwithstanding rumors of pending favorable changes in trade conditions. Foreign bankers are reported to have en- tered into an agreement not to ship gold at present prices. This decision is leved to have been the outcome of a gen- eral desire to aid in the refunding of the New York Central loan. An outflow of gold would interfere with Mr. Moran's negotiations abroad. ——E FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. How Women Are Annoyed by Results of the Trick. From the Ladies’ Home Journal. If men were compelled to wear skirts for @ period I think they would insist more than they do now that ‘their fellow-men should stop the nasty habit of spitting in public. There is no practice of man which is more distressing to women than this disgusting habit. Women constantly com- plain of it, especially in our larger cities, where sometimes the sidewalks are scarcely fit for them to walk upon. They revolt at the practice, and they are right in so doing. Yet year in and year out the habit not only continues, but increases, and the pro- tection of cleanliness, to which every wo- man walking upon our streets has a per- fect right, is denied her. In New York city the board of health has taken the matter up on the grounds of public health, and the police department is lending its operation in the enforcement of an ordi- nance dire>ted against the evil. No action taken in New York for years is so highly to be commended, and the ordinance should quickly extend to other cities and be put into force. It is an undertaking which pub- lic opinion will sustain in whatever part of the country it is attempted. Every community should be urged to try the ex- periment. The time is ripe when every decent man should take some steps to see to it that the nastiest and most vulgar of all American habits should be entirely stopped. New York city has started the reform. Let the boards of health of a few of our large cit- jes take up the question, and the reform, which appeals to every clean-minded man and woman, will soon spread. It is a work in every way calling for the attention and action of boards of health and all bodies and citizens interested in the health of communities. The spitting habit is an ab- solute menace to the public health. Smaller communities need not wait for the larger cities. The decent men of the smallest community can come together, awaken in- terest in the matter and see that a prohib- itive ordinance is passed. And if the men are slow in seeing their duty it is to be devoutly hoped that the women will take the question in hand and see to it that this disgusting habit receives that necessary _— attention which it has lacked in the past. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported »y Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. | Correspondents, Messrs. Mcore & Schiey, No. 50 Broadway. Open. Hich. Low. Close. ———_+ e+ —___ GEN. HAWLEY’S ESTIMATE OF GRANT Clean Conversation and Disliked Strong Langua The world is coming to know Gen. Grant American Spirite... 10% ‘10% 10 | much better, but not yet to understand him American Spirits, pfd tim ix eis altogether. It thinks there must have been Aart es jie jose | Something in him particularly unusual and American Tobacco 683 68% | peculiar. “Tell me all about him,” I said American Cotton Oil to Horace Porter, after he had been ne Atchison .. the general for a considerable time. don’t know him any better than I did be- fore; he is just Grant and nobody else,” sald Gen. Porter. He was not the bloody-minded man, the “butcher,” as his enemies said in the battle Chicago, B&Q. Chicago&Nortnwes Chicago Gas... Se summer of 1864. He was a tender-hearted CoM St Baal. Bs WX and merciful man, an affectionate son, . M. & St. Paul, pfd... BLA {| husband and father. But when the great Chicago’ St Paul S80, so so days dawned upon him in the spring of Consolidated G: 62 that dreadful year, and he looked upon hit hosts of more than a million, he felt that the future centuries were coming to judge him and them; he put no price upon them. How many could we sacrifice? Enough to save the republic, be it more or less, Apparently he could have ordered a hun- dred thousand to their death, giving no sign of excitement. If we had seven and the enemy five, after each side had lost two, we should be five and the enemy three. After again losin two each we should be three and the enemy one, and the end would be at hand. He did not stride or pose. When Ap- pomattox came and passed his first act was to telegraph orders stopping enlist- ments. The world knows how generous his terms were; it knows that he did not march in triumph through Richmond. We thought him wonderfully sflent. So he was when he wished to keep his coun- sel. He sometimes met a meddlesome in- quiry with a silence so dead that the ques- toner felt like hiding himself. But with trusted friends he was, of oc- casion, talkative, fluent of speech and .| cheery. And he was clean of speech. At @ dinner with men only, one who had’ al- ready touched the borders of propriety looked about and said: “I heard a good story yesterday, and, as there are no ladi present—" “But there are gentlemen hi said Grant. He did not endeavor to give artificial strength to anything he said or did by oath or adjuration of any kind—not with “By — or “By Jove!” or even “Great He was one of the plain people, a man in harmony with all men in all ages, like and Lincoln. He was what the nation needed— Patient in toil, serene amid alarms, inflexible in faith, invincible in arms. New Jersey Central. New York Central. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Capital Trac- tion, 50 at 53. Pneumatic Gun Guten 100 at 45 Mexgentions 5 at 121. Lanston Ronis. Metrepelltaa eae 4 tropolitan Railroad conv. bid” Belt Hasirond bs, 60 bid, 80 asked. Ec in Eatirond Ge, (80 bid, 87 aaked. Columbia Satooat ington Gas Company Gs, se- SE iés A, 114 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, se- fies #118 bid Chesapeake and Potomac Bill Nye om Buss Saws. From the Mississippt Lamberman. Owing to having been brought up in Wis- consin, where you can scarcely find a town that does not boast of at least one saw mill of greater or less pretentions, Bill Nye was Hepublie. 235 id” “St : ed. Central, 236. bids Farmers 300 asked. x familiar with :hem. One of the stories that Soe amneie” “ade nal coat nao Socont, 133 | ne used to tell when om the platform: with tal, 118 bid, 130 asced. West End, 105% bid, Tos James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, feked. Traders’, 94 bid, 99 asked.” Lincoln, 103% was about saw mills and buzz saws and ran passer cnt et Seri mst | out a fll: Loan and Trust, 118 bid, 123 asked. American Be- | _ “Northern Wiconsin is where they yank and Trust, 141 bid., Washington Safe De- tle Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 100 108 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, asked. District Title, & bid, 8 asked. 3 § i Hein ii j BRE § g $ iff i