Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1897, Page 2

ended badly, while ours were served tVeT | better than usual. The Turkish attack upon Vasili wes made withcut any previous plan. The men were ordered to capture the place, and they advanced, quietly shooting 1s though hunting. The Greeks maintained a wither- ing fire. T saw a Turk, wounded in the leg, ad- ‘Vancing to the attack on all fours. The correspondent of the Associated Press is writing this dispatch in the midst of bivouac at Edhem Pasha’s headquar- ters. ‘Th& general and his staff officers at the same time are forming a little group around a lantern, studying the war maps for tomorrow's operations. During the day the Turks captured a Mountcin battery and eighteen mules, a great quantity of ammunition and provi- sions and the personal effects of the Greek Princes Constantine and Nicholas. From the Turkish Legation. The Turkish legation has received a dls- patch from Constantinople supplementing that of last night announcing the occupa- tion of Pharsalos. It says: “Today at dawn (Thursday) the !mperial troops having attacked the enemy located at Pharsalos, who had in part commenced to fly during the night. whipped them and took possession of the town. The cavalry division pursues the enemy on the road of Domokos and Khairi Pasha's division las been ordered to proceed in that dire The Hellenes left at Pharsalos ammun of war and provisions.” a Confirmed by Minister Terrell. Minister Terrell has irformed the De- partment of State under daie of yesterday that a telegram has peoeap received from Edhem Pasha, stating that he had captured Pharsalos in the morning and that he was pursuing the Greek army to Domokos. The minister says the mountain passes be- low Domokos could be easily defended, but it is reported that the Greek army is gre ly demoralized. — AW THREATENED. Harrodsburg. Ky., Citizens Preparing to Wreak Vengeance on Raiders. Spectal Dispatch te Evening s HARRODSBURG, K: y For two Fears vaiders have caused a reign of ter- ror to exist in this county, and the peop! intend to rise in their might and crush out the evil. Last night two hundred residences LYNCH tar. and business houses in this city had warn- ings posted on them by the raiders, in which threats of the use of dynamite for the complete destruction of the city were made. Eight alleged raiders are under ar- rest and will be tried today. The self con- stituted regulators say if men are convicted they will carry execution their threat. A number of the city’s most resolute men are preparing to go to the homes of the supposed leaders and lynch them if neces- sary to end their depredations. The community is in a whirl of excite- ment and rifles and ammunition are at a premitm. The worst is feared, and it is believed at noon that bloodshed is as sure to result from a visit of the vigilants as the sun sets this evening. —-—— AT WILLIAMSPORT. th into EXCITEMENT Trouble Liable to Result Over At- tempted Outrage on Miss Taylor. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 7.William- sport, in this county, is in a fever of ex- citement this morning over an attempted outrage and probable murder. Jack Lemon, a young man about twenty years of age, son of Mr. Thomas J. Lemon, @ prominent merchant of that town, cailed vpon Miss Lizzie Taylor, a prepossessing young lady aged eighteen years, daughter of Wm. Taylor, former proprietor of the Taylor House, and invited her to tak walk. She consented, and upon rea. a vacant lot in the center of the Lemon made proposals, which were re- pulsed. This enraged Lemon, who drew a knife and attempted to cut the young lady's throat. He made several ugly Sashes, which may prove faial. Lemon was promptly arres:ed, but was released on such ridiculously low ball by the magistrate as to cause the greatest in- dignation throughout the community. Serious trouble is likely to result, i Bee FAVORABLE TO HANNA. His Friends Arrange the Date for the Ohio Convention. Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 7.—The zepubli- can state convention will be held during the week of June 22, 2 and Gen. Gros- venor arrived from Washington early this morning and with Major C. H. Dick, rep- resenting the interests of Senator Hanna, held a conference with Gov. Bushnell with the above result. The general cpinion is that Toledo will get the convention. She has a large dele- gation here working for it, and the major- ity of the central committee seems to be favorably inclined to the Maumee city. Major Dick said: “You will be safe in saying I think that Gen. Grosvenor will be chosen the temporary chairman of the convention.” The Foraker men say Gros- venor will be persona grata to them in this capacity. Members of both factions dey that any attempt is to be made to displ. Charles L. Kurtz as chairman of the state executive committee. > ANXIOUS ABOUT THE THORNES. Their Friends Fear They Perished in the Paris Fire. EASTON, Pa., May 7.—The officials of the National Switch and Signal Company, whose big works are located here are alarmed for the safety of President Oak- leigh Thorne and Mrs. Thorne, who have been in Europe for some time. They were due at Paris on Monday, and were to have visited the charity bazaar. No word his bec@ received from them since the disaster, and their friends here are fearful that they may have been in the ill-fated build- ing at the time of the fire. ee THEY ARE FRIENDS STILL. Russell Sage Denies Rumor That He md George Gould Are at Ow NEW YORK, May 7.—Russell Sage today characterized as utterly false the state- ment that he and George J. Gould have had @ falling out over the Missouri Pacific construction acccunt, and in regard to the management of other properties, in which he and Mr. Gould have been jointly inter- ested. Mr. Sage said further that he had not Gemanded any accounting or statement as to the bonds mentioned, that there were no thought of a receiver for Missour! Pa- end that the report was simply cir- ulated by the bears for market purposes. George J. Gould ts out of i will not return until Monday. Edwin Gould, however, indorsed the denial by Mr. Sage, summerized abev BURYING THE DEAD. Twenty Victims of the Paris Fire Durled Today. PARIS, May 7.—Twenty victims of the fire of Tuesday last at the Charity Bazaar on the Rue Jean Coujon, were buried today. ‘The churches, where the funeral ceremonies took place, and the routes traversed by the ee were thronged with people. ‘The crowds displayed the deepest sympath: the Felatives of the victims. | Pathy for ee “Owney” Was Not Killed. It having been reported that “Owney, the pet of the railway mail clerks, was re- ently clubbed to death by a policeman in Cleveland, Ohio, an investigation was made by Mr. A. S. Pratt of the Humane Society in this elty, by correspondence with E. C. Parmela of the Cleveland soctety. and Mr. Pratt says that the report was without foundation. He received a letter from Mr. Parmelee, in which the latter says “Owney” is “safe, sound and well in St. Louts, ready to make nis wonted trips whenever opportunity shall afford.” ——— “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Dr. Casuso Says Spain Expects to Lose Cuba. HE HAS JUST ESCAPED FROM MADRID Gen. Weyler is Blamed for the Conditions in Cuba. CORTES WILL MAKE CHANGES SS Special Dispatch to The Evening Sar. JACKSONVILLE, Fia., May 7. Dr. Gabriel Casuso, who was released from Cabanis fortre: Havana, after eight months’ confinement, with fourteen other “incommunicados,” in a dungeon twenty- four by fifteen foet, without once seeing sun light, and then deported to Madrid by or- der of General Weyler March 20 last, and who on April 3 gained his liberty by the “underground railway” from Madrid, is here with his family. He says while in Spain those high In au- thority asserted that Cuba is lost to Spain owing to the cruelty and imbzeillty of Weyler, which has made the burdens of taxation more than the people can endure; and that the Casanovas following is all that prevents Spain making terms with the insurgents. They predict that tne cortes will change the whole situation. Movements of Gen. Weyler. HAVANA, May 7.—Captain General Wey- ler arrived today at Manncaragua, province of Santa Clara, from San Juan de Las Yeras, having left the latter place yester- day by special train with a small escort. 3en. Suarez Ynclan has informatisn say- ing that a quantity of ammunition which had been landed by a filibustering expedi- ticn on March 17 has been found. ALEX. BECHHOFER DEAD. Publisher of Baltimore Herald Died This Morning After Long Ulness. BALTIMORE, May 7.—Alexander Bech- hofer, publisher of the Baltimore Herald, died this morning, after a lingering ill- ness. —____ PORT ORCHARD DRY DOCK. Reported on Verge of Collnpse—Com- ander Moroney Denies the Story. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—A dispatch from Tacoma to the effect that the new Port Orchard dry dock, recently construct- ed at a cost of $1,000,000, was in a state of collapse, and that as a result of ine dock- ing of the battle ship Oregon the basin kad settled in an alarming manner, making it necessary to float the war vessel aga‘ in a hurry, created a sensation in naval circles yesterday. The telegram also stated that she founda- tion of the dock was ‘afd on slippery quick- sand, that the whole country in the neigh- borhood was filled with subterranean springs, which made the sround treacher- ous, and that the settlement of the site was brought about by approval of the cor- poration, composed of real estate men, who had cleared half a million dollars by the transaction. Commander J. C. Moroney, United States ¥, who resides in this city, was in charge of the Port Orchard station before the dry dock was built, and stayed in com- mand there till after the United States steamer Monterey had been floated in and out again. He had general supervision of the whole construction, making weekly reports to his government, supplemented by official pho- tographs taken at every siag2 of the work. When seen he denied emphatically that there was any truth ia the report coneern- ing the dock’s condition, and gave the rea- sons for his belief. He’ sald. “In the first place it {s always customary after the docking of a large ship to run the levels over the basin and make a report to the bureau. The statement therefore that a report concerning the condition of the dock is on its way to Washington is prob- ably true, I don’t believe for a moment that there is the slightest truth in any other part of the story. “I am quite confident the dock was built according to specifications and honestly constructed by the contractors--honestly, if only for the reason that our government inspectors took good care that it should be. “As for the statement that there has been a sinking of the cradle of the dock- ing of every war vessel, I, mysetf, f, had the levels run over the bottom after the dock- ing of the Monterey, and there was not 2 flaw of any character found in the work. I cannot believe that there is a word of truth in the story. — TO PROTECT TH Revenue Steamers Rush and Corwin Sail for the Arctic. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—The United States revenue cutters Rush and Corwin have started for Alaska to join the Bea: The three vessels will co-operate during the summer to enforce the sealing regula- tions. None of the revenue cutters will re- turn before October. . ‘The Hartley and Golden Gate will remain in this locality during the summer months. pence ariars MINISTER McKENZIE RESIGNS. Says the Republicans Are Entitled to the Fruits of Victory. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 7.—Minister to Peru Jas. A. McKenzie, who has just re- turned home, has sent nis resignation to President McKinley. He says his failing health compels him to retire, and besides, he thinks republicans should enjoy the spoils their party has won. He will locate in Bowling Greea to sp2nd the remainder of his life. es RESULT OF MALPRACTICE. Dr. Wille of Louisville Charged With Murder of Rittle Fehler. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 7.—A sersation was created here just before ncon by the arrest of Dr. H. C. Wille, a well-known physician, on the charge of performing a criminal operation upon Kittle Fehler, a pretty girl, who died at her home in this city. Murder is the charge against Dr. Wille, but he denies the charge, and says he can prove his innocence. WILL GO OUT OF Battle Ship Oregon Must Wait Some ‘Time for Repairs. SEATTLE, Wash., May 7.—The battle ship Oregon will probably leave the Port Orchard dock at high tide on Saturday night. It may be two months before the repairs can be made to the ship, and the authorities determined {t would be better fer the Oregon to be in the watef mean- time, owing to the strain the ship would be subjected to during so long a stay in the dock. DRY DOCK. ————— Robert L. Stevenson's Executor. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—Lloyd Os- bourne, stepson and literary executor of Robert Lou's Stevenson, has arrived from Samoa on the steamer Alameda. He will remain here two months. Osbourne says an uprising of the native Samoans need not be apprehended. —— Suicide of Rhoda Raymond. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio, May Rhoda Raymond of this city committed suicide because her lover discontinued call- ing on her. She left a letter to him, say- ing she could not live without him. —__->—__ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the followin, White—Harry M. Cayvis of-Concord, N. c., and ee, =a of this city. Colored—C! ‘ontee 7 Bae and Hattie K. CaDAT dr NING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1897-16 PAGES. or -a-nory. Stands to His Post While Expecting a Dynamite Explosion. HOUGHTON, Mich., May 7.—With a box containing 200 pounds of dynamite on fire ten feet away from him, John Thomas, a boy who runs a compressed air hoisting engine in the Tamarack mine, stuck to his post and saved the lives of men at work in the mine by hfs wonderful bravery. Ten seconds after Thomas had hoisted the men to the level, the dynamite explod- ed, smashing the engine to pieces and do- ing other damage, but the men and boy. to whom they owe their lives were in a place of safety. — : 5 The miners: working in the twenty-third. level head put seven cases of dynamite in a box for future use. At noon a miner, ac- companied by Thomas, went to the box and found it on fire. Thomas went to his post, gave the alarm to the miners in the level below and ran his engine until he had hoisted them out. He then fled. The alarm of fire caused great excitement, but no miners were injured in the rush to reach daylight from a depth of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet. ——————— JUDGE CHICHESTER’S SUCCESSOR. is to Who Will Be Judge and Attorney. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FAIRFAX C. H., Va., May 17.—Some speculation is indulged in as to who Gov. O'Ferrall will appoint as judge of the cour.ty court to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Chichester. So far there is but one candidate here, Mr. Jas. M. Love, the present commonwealth's at- torney. It is understood that there are several aspirants in Alexandria c!ty, prom- inent among whom is Mr. L. E. Barley. It is urged by the friends of Mr. Love that a resident of Alexandria city is ineligible inasmuch as that city, having a separate court of its own, is not a part of this ju- dicial district. They contend that a resi- dent ef Richmond would be just as eli- gible. Should Mr. Love be appointed judge the cffice of commonwealth’s attorney would te vacant, and it would devolve upon Mr. Love to fill that vacancy. So far there are two candidates for that of- fice, viz, Messrs. R. E. Thornton and C. Vernon Ford. Mr. Love says that he will not decide between the candidates, but will leave the matter with the people. How the people's choice will be ascertained has not yet been determined. APPROPRIATIONS FOR INDIAN Speculation Agreement of the Conferees on the Bin. The conference committees of the Senate and House today reached an agreement on the Indian appropriation bill. The er- ences of the Uncompahgre reservation were reconciled on the basis of a provision for the leasing of the gilsonite lagds instead of the purchase of them. The compromise agreement authorizes any person to take one claim on lease and hold it in perpetuity upon the payment of a royalty of 75 cents a ton on all the gilsonite mined. There Is, however, a provision against trusts, which was inserted upon the mo- tion of Senator Pettigrew. The Seneca oil lease is confirmed and one avdlditionai judge is allowed to Indian territory. HUBERT BOHNKE’S LICENSE. The Exeise Board Awniting Attorney Thomas’ Opinion in the Case. Considerable interest centers about the case of Hubert Bohnke, an applicant for a wholesale liquor license in the county, and liquor men generally are anxiously await- ing the decision of the attorney for the district upon the case. A nice question is involved in the application. Bohnke, up to within a short ume ago, kept a bar room. By reason of numerous protests he was refused a license this year, and was compelled to :lose. Shortly afterward he put in an application for a wholesale license. The objectors to his ap- Flication then came forward with the state- ment that he was debarred by law from ob- taining a wholesale license, as he was with- in 400 feet of a church. ‘The applicant offset this with the sta Ment that his criginal place was establish- ed prior to the church, and, if the excise board saw proper, a license could be grant- ed to him. But the protestants put forward the argument that the clos f£ the bar room virtually made a new place of the premises, and the applic: coukl not rest his ease upon the law : This set the exciss board to thinking, and, not quite certain as to their power in whe premises, the cas? was submitted io the attorney for the trict, with the re- quest that he furnish them’ with a legal epinion of the matter. ee A GRAVE CHARGE. e- ON Edward P. Flynn Accused of Embesz- sling Twenty-Five Dollars. Detective Lacy arrested Edward P. Flynn this afternoon on a warrant charging him with the embezzlement of $25 of the funds of the Journeymen Bookbinders’ So- ciety, and took him to the Police Court, where he gave real estate bonds for his ap- pearante. The warrant was sworn out by James L. Feeney, and the accused was found at his home, No. 26 I street north- west. Mr. Flynn was president of the society mentioned, so it is said, and tt is alleged that on March 31 he embezzled the amount stated. It is charged that the money was given to him to distribute as a death or sick benefit, and the charge is that he con- verted it to his own use. ° Mr. Flynn, it is said, has resigned his po- sition in the government printing office, to take effect today, and that is why the war- rant was served at this time. The vase may be heard in the Police Court tomorrow. ae et ean NO DISSENSIONS. Statement by Those in Authority in the Daughters of the Revolution. The executive board of the Daughttrs of the Revolution has been in session here for several days, with Mrs. Stevenson, wife of the former Vice President, presid- ing. It has been determined to visit the Tennessee centennial exposition October 19, when the daughters will celebrate the bat- tle of Yorktown. When inquiries were made as to reports of dissension in the association, it was stated that the ex- ecutive board would not dignify the re- ports with attention, as they were un+ founded, and inspired by malice. — ALTRUISM IN ANIMALS, Some of Them Show Friendly and Un- aclfish Traits Difficult to Understand. From the Chteago News. A French scientist has lately written an interesting paper on altruism in animals, arriving at the startling conclusion that animals are perhaps better Christians than men. He says, “Animal societies are less polished, but perhaps more humane, all thiags being equal, than our own,” and gives several instances of animal species made use of by another and performing services for the latter without receiving anything in exchange. Among others is mentioned the case of the crocodile and the bird trochilus on the banks of the Nile. This bird performs two services for the crocodile. It enters into its mouth and dispatches there the worms and leeches which trouble the crocodile: it flies rapidly away, giving vent to a peculiar cry, when the ichneumos, the enemy of the crocodile, approaches, thus apprising its companion of the ichneuman’s presence. In return, the crocodile shakes its tail whenever it wishes to close its mouth, thus giving the bird warning. The croce- dile In no wise recompenses, bu: contents itself simply with respecting the person of the little animal. The service rendered is unilateral. But it is easy to understand that by the exercise of extremely iittle in- telligence, if not unconsciously, ihe croco- dile may be led to defend its trochilus,” Sometimes one anime! will borrow the services of another temporarily, as in the case of the serpent who is ferried across a stver by a dnck, or, as frequently seen, several animals ussist one another in crossing streams of water, in lifting large sto.es, in moving the trunks of trees, in coustructing dains, in hunting or in mu- tual defens>, 41 iphida, who have the power of secreting ahcominal fluid of watea anu are passionately fond, are kept hy the arts in sa bies: Mks milch cows, and carefully wateaed. : AT THE i . Conserahie Roatino Business Done “<> hy the Cabinet, “MESSAGES - 10 CONGRESS SENDING: Arranging the President's Trip to Philadelphia. POSTAL CONGRESS BILL The cabinet transacted a good deal of routine business at the White House today, but there was nothing of general interest. The question of the transmission of mes- sages to Congress was brought up. The opinion of Secretary Sherman was that, in nearly all cases, these messages should be transmitted through the President. This Tule, however, does not apply to the Sec- retary of the Treasury. The question of the entertainment of the postal congress was incidentally referred to. Postmaster General Gary stated that a committee, at the head of which is Assistant Post- master General Heath, is in charge of the matter and is formulating a program. Conrad N. Jordan, the subtreasurer at New York, went to the White House wita Secretary Gage, but-remained only a few minutes. Mr. Jordan is said to have dis- cussed. the gold withdrawals with. Secre- tary Gage. Prof. Angell, the new minister to Turkey, accompanied Secretary Sher- man and had a short talk with the Presi- dent. Prof. Angell has not definitely de- cided when he will leave for Turkey. He said he would confer with the State De- partment before deciding. ‘The Philadelphia Trip. Secretary Porter is arranging for the President's trip to Philadelphia next week. The dedication of the Washington monu- ment will take place on Saturday, the isth. The President and members of the cabinet. will leave on a special train on Friday afternoon, May 14, about 1 o'clock. The members of the cabinet will not be ac- companied by their wives. The party will be entertained by the Union League Club on Friday night and will be the guests of the city of Philadelphia during their stay. President McKinley has had very little to say regarding the defeat of the arbitra- tion treaty. Several senators who called yesterday and today talked with him, but he expressed no disappointment, having” probably expected the defcat. The President has as yet made no ar- Tangements-about a summer vacation. Abner McKinley has invited the Presi- dent to go to his summer home in the Allegheny mountains, a pleasant place which the President has often visited in former years. Approved the Postal Congress Bill. President McKinley early this morning ap- proved the bill passed by Congress making an apprepriation of $50,000 for the ex- penses of the Congress of the postal unton. This was done so as to make the appro- priation available at once. _Representative Butler of Pennsylvania filed with the President this morning the application of W. H. Ridley, colored, of Media, Pa., to be recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. Senator Thurston is working hard to se- cure an auditorship for ex-Representative Andrews of Nebraska, but so far has re- ceived mo direct encovragement. The Pres- ident is evidently having a hard time in making a selection for the three places re- maining. He has had the names of a number of men under advisement for some time. The contest is a spirited one, as the pesitions are considered the best left in the departments here. A large delegation of Oklahomans were at the White House today. Goy. C. M. Barnes, the newly appointed chief execu- tive, headed the delegation, which was composed of Seymour Price, Capt. J. V. Admire and Wm. M. Jenkins, candidates for secretary of state; Judge H. E, Havens, candidate for district attorney; C. H. Da- ford, for marshal; L. M. Shipley, candidate for consul to Vera Cruz; Col. Billingslea, Dr. J. W. Southard and M. C. Hart, can- didates for marshal; B. T. Hainer, candi- date for United States judge; Lee Patrick and Maj. D. J. M. Woods, candidates for Indian agencies; John W. Bishop, Frank Gillett, “Buffalo” Jones, Wm. Clark, A. G. Cunningham, Samuel Murphy and G. A. Beidler, who has been appointed postmas- ter at Oklahoma City. An Oklahoma Delegation. Mayor Rice and sister of Canton and Mayor Harper of Akron were among the Ohio visitors during the day. Representative Fowler of New Jersey called with R. H. Atwater of his state. Mr. Atwater would like to get an auditorship. Representative Evans and National Com- mitteeman Yerkes of Kentucky were cali- ers. Mr. Yerkes is said to be skated for the collectorship of internal revenue of the Danville district of Kentucky. A story is published that Gen. J. J. Mc- Cook of New York, who was at the White House yesterday, is being urged to go to Cuba as consul general, to succeed Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Who fs urging General Mc- Cook is not stated, but on the face the story is improbable. General McCook declined to go into the cabinet unless he could be- come Attorney General. He is a man who would expect a better place than the Cu- ban consul generalship, and it is belleved that if the President wanted him in the consular service he would invite General McCook to accept a first-class place. Senator Platt of New York has asked the ‘President to hold the appointment of a minister to Hayti until a delegation of New York business men can be heard from. It is represented that, because of important commercial relations between this country and Hayti, the New York business men want a white man as min- ister instead of a colored man. Governor of Alaska. Advices sent from here to Alaska in- dicate, ft is said, that C. 8. Johnson will be the next governor of Alaska. He lives in the territory. He was sent from Ne- braska to Alaska during Harrison’s ad- ministration to fill the position of United States attorney for Alaska, and is very popular. eee eee ee ——_—+-e + __ NOT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED. The Failure to Ratify the Arbitra- tion Treaty. The failure of the Senate to make public its action on the arbitration treaty has created an unusual condition of affairs. There is-no official information that the Senate has taken any action, or that the treaty has been rejected, or that the de- feated treaty was different from the one originajly sybmitted. All that is known officially is that a treaty was concluded by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote and seht to the Senate. It then went into executive Sdssion, so that no official in- formation has been given as to the amend- ments *mad@-and the final action taken. ‘The secrecy’ of executive session does not permit the State Department or the British government;to be notified as to what has occurred. 3. : It is felt to be due to the other contract- ing party to the treaty that some notice should be given as to what has been done and ag.to,the form of the treaty when it was rejected. In case the Senate never should make its action known, the last offi- celal record_on the treaty would be its sub- mission, to, the Senate four months ago, oe ‘Shiloh Church, ‘There was a business meeting of the con- gregation ‘of the Shiloh Baptist Church held last hight, but the lively scenes of last week's. meeting were not repeated. A resolution reinstating the members of the beard of trustees was adopted, and Trustee Thomas’ L. Jones resigned. The congrega- tion complainéd that stme of its members had git information to the press con- cerning last weck’s proce2lings, and a committeé ‘to ascertain who had violated the’ chureh fules‘in “this way was ap- Fointed. ; If you wiint anything; ad. will get an snewer. WHITE HOUSE} , ‘THE HOLT WILL CASE. unt ef Appeal Bonds Reduced by Judge Hagner. In the contest over the estate of the late Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt, Judge Hagner today, in the Probate Court, reduced the appest bonds of Luke Deviin and@ Josephine Holt Throckmorton, the ex- ecutor and benefielary, respectively, under the alleged will of 1878, from $5,000 to #00. ‘The judge will tomorrow hear the matter of the distrfbution among the heirs-atlaw of-one-half of the estate, that part devised under the instrument to Miss Lizzie Hynes of Kentucky, the other equal beneficiary under it. Her interest in the estate, it will be recalled, was transferred to the heirs- at-law by her, in consideration of a certain amount, after the alleged will had been set aside by the jury. ——.__. PERMANENT TARIFF COMMISSION. Senator Cullom Gives His Approval of ghe Suggestio: In reply to inquiries as to his views én a permanent tariff commission Senator Cul- Jom has written the following letter: “WASHINGTON, May 6. “Mr, Samuel B. Archer, Secretary the Tariff Commission League, Newark, N. J. “My Dear Str: You have asked me two or three times whether I have been and am now in favor of a permanent tariff com- mission. I have for many years thought that there ought to be some means de- vised by which we could avoid these con- stant and extreme changes in tariff legisla- tion—first going far in the direction of a high tariff, and on the occasion of a change of politics going as far the other way. I believe that througn the judicious agency of a permanent tariff commission, com- posed of experts, statisticians and business men, such changes could be made from year to year by Congress as might be in- dicated and clearly snown to b2 wise. This would save the necessity of requiring a change of the whole tariff system by what- ever party came into power. “Certainly we cannot continue indefinitely as we have been doing with reference to that subject, because the business of the country will not tolerate it. I hope sin- cerely that this Congress may provide for some kind of a commission which will aid in changing the situacion, and I should be glad if an amendment of the kind indi- cated were to be incorporated in the bill now before the Senate, known as the Ding- ley bill. Very truly yours, “S. M. CULLOM.” ——_—___ + e+—___ VICTIMS OF SMALLPOX, Residents of Guines, Cuba, Decimated by the Dread Scourge. A special to the New York Herald from Havana, Cuba, says: “Some idea of the appalling state «f affairs In Guines, a city whose population has been increased to perhaps ten thou- sand by Weyler’s scheme of concentration, is afforded by the fact that during April 1,285 deaths were reported there. Of these 28 were due to smallpox. It was in Guines that smallpox patients slept two in a bed. “There is considerable adverse comment among Spanish officers because Lieut@n- ant Fernando Weyler has received the cross of Marla Cristina. The decoration ts to be won only under fire, and it is alleged that the young man has never been under fire in Cuba. “Rumor has had Gomez all over the country in the last few days, one story be- ing that he is in the Candelia hills in this province. He is probably near Placetas. “A rebel trick has caused come amuse- ment at the expense of the military com- mander of Sagua La Grande. On the morn- ing of April 3 a dozen pacificos secured passes to go outside the lines for vege- tables. While they were still In view of the forts a small company of rebels stripped them of their clothing and told them to go home. “The pacificos, when they were within 600 yards of the forts, waved to the troops, signifying that they needed help, and the lieutenant In charge thought they were in- surgents who wished to surrender. He sent word to the commander, who ordered out 250 mounted men to meet them. “When the Spanish soldiers started out the insurgents appeared again about three- quarters of a mile away. It was decided not to pursue them, as the military com- mander suspected that the few insurgents had been sent to lead his troops into am- bush. “Meantime a report spread that Brigadler General Robau was about to present him- self for surrender in order to prevent Hs aged father from being deported, and fully 2,000 persons followed the soldiers who had been sent out presumably to meet him. Then, instead of the insurgent leader, there appeared advancing with some confusion the twelve pacificos. The rebels waved their hats from a distant hil! and the comedy in General Weyler’s newly pacified province was over.” ——_—__+-e+______ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. ——_—_ SOME HARD GREEK NAMES. They Are Not Pronounced Quite as the Average Render Would Suppose. From the New York Tribune. Greek proper names have been the source of considerable study to the reading pub- lic of the United States since the Greek troubles began, and the pronunciation of the names of some of the officials who are prominent in Athens at the vresent time has been the subject of controversy. A man who is well versed on the subject said that the modern Greek peculiarity was to a great extent the accentuation, and gave as an instance the name of Mauromichales, the Greek secretary of the interior. The name is pronounced Mov-ro- michalis, with strong accent on the second syllable. The secretary of foreign affai Alexander Skouzes, pronounces his name Sko-u-zes, with strong accent on the u. The name of Philip Varvogles, minister of justice, is pronounced Var-vo-chlees, the ch in the third syllable being hard like the German ch. Nicholas Metaxas, minister of war, has an easy name for foreigners, but the minister of marine, Levides, pro- nounces his name Levee-thes. The presi- dent of the chamber of deputies writes his name Zaimes and pronounces it Za-i-mis, with accent on the second syllable. Can- aris, the fleet commander’s name, is pro- nounced Can-arees, with accent on the first syllable. The name of Delyannis appears in print every day and most readers have ideas as to its pronunciation. His Greek neighbors call the premier Delee-yanees, with accent on the second syllable. Like the Russians, the Greeks have no family names, except in the higher walks of society, and a man whose name is Gre- gorious will call his son Gregoriades, pro- nouncing the d much like th in though. The son of Demetrius is called Demeth- riades. One of ‘the most common names in Greece is Pappadopoulos, which may be assumed by any man whose father was a priest, and a man, instead of taking the name Antoniades may call himself by the longer name, if Father Antonia was a priest. The d in Antoniades, Pappadopoulos and in all names where it comes before a vowel] is pronounced like th in though. SS Had a Slung Shot. Walter Ellis, colored, was at the circus yesterday. He was arrested by Policeman Plemmons for a minor offense. When searched at the station a dangerous-look- ing slung shot was found on his person. In the Police Court this afternoon Ellis was sent to jail for six months, Judge imball remar’ that a man armed with such a weapon apt to commit murder at any moment, Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $407,528. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $360,944; customs, $446,910; miscellaneous, $29,107. a Kentucky Coal Company Fails. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MADISONVILLE, Ky., May 1.—The Monarch Coal and Coke Company has as- signed. The failure :s charged to damage.| suits resulting from the recent explosion in ono raines, in BS ee men were killed coat much surprise in commercial cles. Open. Cc. Chicago&Nortnwestern. Chicago Gas... { | FINANCE AND TRADE Little Ohange in Tone in the New York Stock Market. GOULD STOCKS WEAK AGAIN Western Union, However, Took An Upward Turn. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 7.—Today’s stock market was practically a duplication of that of yesterday. The Gould shares were sold down by traders during the first hour and repurchased by the same interests later In the day. Occasion was again taken by prominent directors to repudiate all rumors relative to inside estrangement, and to predict a season of prosperity. A steady undertone followed, but no new business was reported. In Western Union rumors of a delay in the handing down of the decision in the Bell telephone case were utilized to influ- ence covering. The advsnce resulting from this movement was not eccomplished by @ process warranting confidence in its en- durance. Pos Omaha was again weak under continued selling for both accounts. Unfavorable earnings were urged in justification of the decline, the absence ‘cf support facilitating the process. = Chicago Gas was depressed 1 per cent during the morning under realizing sales, but no significant liquidation was reported. The general market reflects an indisposi- tion to sell rather than an increasing de- mand. The factors tending toward de- pression, except in special instances, are comparatively few, but repeated failures to sustain prices have Inspired cautious operators in all departments. Corsols were up 4 and French rentes ten centimes as the result of the prospect of a settlement of the eastern war. The American department in London closed strong after a disinterested open- ing The sugar and hides schedules of the tariff bill are looked upon as probable texts for severe non-partisan criticism which will find prompt reflection in stock values. The shares of the American Sugar Company are moderately well supported, but no ag- gressive buying is reported owing to the general recognition of the uncertain out- come of discussion of the tariff. The epgagement of $1,000,000 gold for export by tomorrow’s steamers was an- nounced by a prominent French banking house. This outflow, while som>what un- expected, does not alter the intention, pre- viously noted, to restrict the outflow. Oc- casional movements may be reported from time to time, but the real object of the re- cent conference of foreign bankers will final!y be realized. The forcing oct of a large short interest in Western Unioa marked the proceedings of the final hour. The best informed heuses in the street were liberal sellers at the advance, a circumstance of some sig- nificance. —_.—__. 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 >y Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Mvore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. High. Low. Close. American Spirite... Ws 13g 1 sy American Spirits, p 2° By 89 B97 American Sugar.. 11534 116% 115% 11575 American Sugar, p! Ss Ses aster ‘American Tobacco. x “Tix “Gig “Ti ‘American Cotton Oi Atchison. Baltimore & Onio. Bay State Gas. Canada Southern. Canada Pacite: Chesapeake & Ohio. .,C. C. & St. Louis. ieago, B. & Q. C. M. & St. Paul. Cc. M. & St. Paul, Chicago, R.I. & Pacific Chi St. Paul, M.at Consolidated Gas. Del.. Lack. & W. Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Rio Grande, pid. le General Electric. linois Central. Lake Shore. Louisville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. ichigan Central. Missouri Pacitic. National Lead Co. National Leaa Co., pid. w Jersey Central New York Centrat Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, p' Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail. é Phila. & Reading. Paliman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., pfd. Phila. Traction . Texas Pacific. Tenn. Coal & iron. Union Pacific... C.S. Leather, pfa. Wabash, pfd. Western Union Tel. Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales lar _call—12 o'clock m.—Metropolitan Rallroad, 1 at 113. Washington Gas, 25 at 4343; B at 43%; 20 at 4314. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5a, 103 bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 109 bid. Water atoc 2, 1001. currency, 113% bid. | Water stock 78, 1908, currency, 114 bid 3.06, funding, currency, 109% bid. Miscellancous Londs.—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, itan Raflroad conv: 113% bid, 116% asked. Met: 6s, 116 bid. “Belt Ratlroad 5s, 65 bid, 80 asked. Eckington Rallroad 68, 85 bid, 87 asked. Columbia Raflroad 68, 115 bid. “Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 11414 bid. Washington Gas Company. Oa, rele: series B, 115% bid. eee peake and Potomac hone Se, 102 bid. American Security and Trust i F. and 101 bid American curity and Trust 5s, A. Cony t a Company tmp. be pomoay ext. Gs, 109 bid. Washington Light In- fantry Ist 66, 95 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 260 bid. Bank of ihe Republic, 226 bid. Met iitan, 280 bid, 300 asked. Central, 255 bid. mers and 173 bid, 190 asked. Second, 136 bid. 125 bid. Columbia, 127 bid. Cap!- tal, 120 bid. West End, 105% bid. Traders’, 9 bid. Lincoln, 10544 bid, 110 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust. Companies.— Deposit and Trust, 114% bid ington Loan and Trust, 115 Amer- ican Security and Trust, 142 bid, 145 asked. Wash- MRallroad Stocks Capital ‘Traction, 52% bid, 52% ‘tocks.—Capital et! 5 asked. Met litam, 112% bid, 11: asked. Co Tambla, 30 bite 0) ueked: ~ Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, hee 44 asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 bid. U. 8. Blectrie Light, 86% bid, 90 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 30 bid, 40 asked. Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 68 bid, 80 asked. Corcoran, 58 bid. Potomac, 68% bid. Arlington, *128 bid, 148 asked. German-American, 188 bid. National Union, 10 bid. Columbia, 12 bid, o asked. ea. ocks.—Real Estate Title, 100 bid, 108 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, 5% asked. District Title, 6 bid, 9 asked. Stocks. —1 lvania, 38 bid, 50 asked. % bid, 70 asked. Amer- ‘asked. American Jmumber over sixty years of age is Fidco cant qctcety May: juarter, 2s. aieGd. May ted, 4.64 per 100 5 190, ed. frm — ed. y unc ee Gratn and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1477 F si stock exc! F a35582 High. Law. Close. 7 735 740 Tas TR Tae 743 732 742 713 TOT 712 —_——_—_ AGE AND CLIMATE. Figures Showing That Life in Longer in Temperate Cl From the New York Sun. During 18% the death of 188 persons over ninety years of age—fourteen of them being over 100—was recorded in Great Britain and Ireland. It is a somewhat curious cir- cumstance that the average longevity is greater in Scotland than it is in Englard, and greater in Ireland than in Scotland, the birth rate being larg- est in England and least in Ireland. Of a thousand persons, men, women and chil- dren, resident in England, the average or scmewhat more than 7 per cent. In Scot- land the proportion over sixty years of age is 7.7 per cent, end in Ireland it is 10.5 per cent. Ireland stands second to France as re gards the longevity of its inhabitants, the praportion of men and women in Fran over sixty years old being by the last census 12.7 per cent, or 127 of each 1,000 population, The official figures of the census report show that longevity is, to a consider- able extent, regulated by climate, that is, in countries within the temperate zone, the duration of life is greater than in warmer or semi-tropical countries. The average number of persons over sixty years cid in 1,000 inhabitants in the Unit-d Kingdom is and in the German empirs, the climate of which is similar, it is the same. In Hol- mmark, S4; in Swe- den, SS, and im Norway, ®). In Russia the lorgevity of the inhabitants is greatest in the northern provinces an] !owest in the scuthern ones. The average of European ceuntries in the north tempera England, Germany and Mo!land—i7 a thous. ard—falls to 71 in Austria and in Portugal. In Spain, where the climate is generally milder than in Portugal, the number of persons over sixty years of age in a thous- and is 38 only, and in Greece it is 56. In the East Indies, as far as there are any authentic figures, the ave: age only 40 in @ thousand inhabitants. In South America the average ts about 50, though there are, of course, many excptional cases. The United States do not stand very high in respect to elderly persons. The duration of human life is loagest usually in oid, and least in new, Countries. THE CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Nearly All the Congressional Contests From the South This Year. There are sixteen contested election cases in the House of Representatives this year, and, unlike the experience of previous Con- Bresses, necrly all these contests come from southern states and principally from districts in which heretofore the demo- cratic ‘ead has been great. There are four contests in the delegation from Alabame— en unusval number. There are two con- tests from Tennessee, one from Delaware, one from Mississippi, one from Kentucky, three from Virginia and two from South Carolina. The Mississippi contest is in the third district, which extends from Claiborne county, in the southern portion of the state, clear up to the north state sine along the Mississippi, and has come to be known as “the shoestring district.” The controver- sies which have arisen from time to time against Mr. Catchings have made this dis- trict well known in Washington, and for a considerable time J. R. Chalmers was a republican contestant. The vote in Missis- sippi has been so much reduced under the restrictions of suffrage established by the rew constitution that the total vote of an entire congressional district is much less than that of an ordinary New York ward. The shoestring district of Mississippi in- cludes ten counties. In them at the last election Mr. Catchings, the democratic can- didate, received 3,009 votes. There were two republicans running against him, a regular republican, who received 369 votes, and an independent republican, who re- ceived 582. Ht is the former who is making the contest. The position of the republi- can party in the state of Mississippi at last year’s election was assuredly not a digni- fied one. The state is overwhelmingly dem- ocratic, and all its republican voters com- bined, even if not disfranchised by consti- tutional statute, could hope to make but little more than a fair show in opposition, Yet they ran two rival McKinley electoral tickets and two congressional candidates in nearly every distri @ne of the Me- Kinley tickets polled 2,785 votes in all the seventy-five counties of the state. The other McKinley electoral ticket polled 2.53 Bryan's vote was 58,000. In some of the districts in which the republicans had least chance of success their factional divisions were most pronounced. In the fifth dis- trict, for instance, lying on the Alabama border, the democratic vote was 10,000, and the populist vote 2,200. There were two republican cardidates in the field in this district. One received 212 votes; the other received 142. There are also contests from two other districts—one in New York and one in Oregon. The New York contest ts from a Westchester cotnty district and does not turn on any question cf fraud, false count- ing or disfranchisement, but on the legal effect of a Supreme Court decision. There were two aspirants for the republican nom- ination—one favored by the Robertson and the other by the anti-Robertson faction. The former was declared to be entitled to have his name printed on the republican ticket as the regular candidate. The de- cision was appealed from, and after elec- tion was reveised, and the anti-Robertson man was upheld too late for him, but not too late for the democrat to make a con- test based on the irregularity of the sit- ting member's certificate of nomination. ———__++_____ Reflections of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. Some girls seem to think that when they walk along the stfeet all the men ought to wear blinkers, like horses. A woman can never understand why her husband has to work so much harder than other men to get along when he is so much smarter than they are. When the devil met Eve in the garden the day she ate the apple he probably began by saying: “What a handsome husband you've got!” When you meet a man of a shy, retiring disposition you may be pretty sure he used to recite pieces at all the church enter- tainments when be was little. When a girl picks a thread off your lapel she always looks sideways and tilts her ‘head back. If women were angels they would always be worried for fear the men would muss their feathers all up. The only real happy animal is the goat. He can eat anything. As soon as a man gets through the furnace he has to begin to take up the carpets. ‘When a girl decides that she has dys- pepsia she lmits her dinner to a plate of lobster salad and @ big cucumber i