Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1897, Page 2

THE EVENING ‘STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1897-14 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|4 voice —_ _+—_—_ Remains of Mrs. Hollingsworth Found in Her Son’s House. MISSING SINCE FRIDAY HAD BEEN Body Had Lain in an Unfrequented Room Since Then. DISCOVERED BY THE STENCH PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 19.—The body of Mrs. Amanda Hollingsworth, aged sixty years, was found late last night lying at the foot of a stairway in the nouse of her son, with whom she meade her home, at 1856 North 11th street. Mrs. Hollingsworth had been missing since last Friday and her strange disappearance had been reported te the police. The stairway where the body was found leads from a back room of the house: to the second story. There is a door at the fuot of the stairs, which always kept closed, and the stairs were seldom used. When the search was made for the missing woman the stairway was not thought of. Mrs. Hollingsworth was quite wealthy, but weuld occasionally yield to a desire for strong drink. The theory of the police, as well as that of tne family, is that she fell cewn the stairs and was injured so badly that she remained unccnscious or helpless until death ensued. The stench from the remains ted to the discovery of the dead woman last night. For four days the family had eaten their meals within a few feet of where the body had been lying. ——____ TO MARRY A RICH WIDOW. Alleged Motive for Luctgert to Mar- der His Wife. CHICAGO, May 19.—Back of the history of the downfall of Adoiph L. Luetgert, the wealthy sausage manufacturer, who is now in jail charged with wife murder, is said to be a peculiar story in which Luetgert and R. W. Davey, an English promoter, figure as the principal characters. Davey, it is said, came to Chicago last November and placed an advertisement in the papers stating that an English gentleman repre- senting some large capitalists would be Bled to meet with persons having manu- facturing property to sell. Luetgert was attracted by the advertisement, and after several conferences a deal was arranged whereby ihe property was sold foc $100,- 000 to a so-called English syndicate and the property bonded. Luetgert’s attorneys became suspicious and Davey was unable to get hold of the bonds. Such was Luetgert’s confidence in the man, however, that Davey succeeded in borrowing $16,000 In cash from him be- re leaving Chicago last February. It is sail that the absence of so much ready mouey involved Luetgert in the financial ditheulties which culminated in his failure. ‘The police claim there is a woman in the case, in the person of a well-to-do widow. She and Luetgert, it is said, have been friends for years and it is the theory of :he police that Luetgert's anxiety to marry the woman and thus obtain possession of ner ; or at least of the ready cash of which he was sorely in need, drove him to the crime. The police claim they have proof of undue intimacy betwcen the two, and also that the day following the dis- appearance of his wife Luetgert trans- ferred a considerable portion of his prop- erty to the wealthy widow. ———_.___ WILLIAM THORNE DEAD. 4 a Prominent Abolitionist—Co: mected With Underground Railway. WEST CHESTER, Pa., May 19.—J. Will- jams Thorne, who was conspicuous in the ranks of the abolitionists, died at his home in Sadsbury yesterday, aged eighty-one years. He was a prominent agent in the work of helping runaway slaves into free- dom by means of the underground railwa Some years ago Mr. Thorne’s land inter- ests led him to locate in North Carolina, where shortly after he became a member of the legislature. During his membership of that body he was most vigorously and persistently attacked by the southern mem- bers. = OSCAR WILDE RELEASED. Says He Will Continue to Write Over His Own Signature. LONDON, May 19.—Oscar Wilde, who was sentenced on May 25, 1895, with Tayior, a companion, to two yezers’ tmprisonment at hard labor, after having been convicted of immoral practices, was released from prison this morning. Wilde, who seemed to be enjoying robust health, goes to Paris immediately. He in- tends, however, to return to this city to engage in literary work. He says he does not intend to hide his identity, but will write over his own signeture. ‘The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says that one of the first acts of Oscar Wilde on regaining his freedom was to refuse £1, for a story of his prison expertences. — gee LIBERALS’ TRUCE ENDED. Ex-Peemiecr Sagast: Amnounces a Policy of Future Opposition. MADRID, May 19.—Ex-Premier Sagasta, thé liberal teader, at a meeting last even- made a violent attack upon the Bev ernment. He declared that the truce grant- ed by the Mberals was ended, that the bolicy of the government was’ dangerous end that it must be vigorously opposed. ——___ WERE EATEN BY CANNIBALS. Confirmation of Report Conce: Liechtenstein amd His Co: SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.—The brigan- alilee, which arrived yesterday trom Tahiti, brought confirmation of the news that young Lichtenstein, the wealthy En- glishman, had been killed by cannibals on the Santa Cruz Islands. The officers re- ceived the story from a vessel that touch- ed at Papete. Nothing bl tae as to the identity of. ‘* who was killed and eaten the mtssiona: at the same time. ———+__. FLOOD LOSSES $13,300,000. Belief at New Orleans That the Dan- wer Poiat Han Paased. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 19.—A Special to the Re >ublic from New Orleans, La., says: It is ‘hought there will be no further damage done by the overflow. ‘The losses in Louisiana are estimated at 7 in Mississippi at $8,500,000, and rkansas at $4,250,000, or a total of $13,- » not serious a loss as in many ~vious years of overflow, when the river was not nearly as high as it is now. a COAT MAKERS JOIN THE STRIKE. Prospect That %,000 Operatives Will Be Out This Week. PHILADELPHIA, May 19—The coat meakers’ branch of the Garment Workers’ Unicn, to the number of 290, joined the garment workers’ strike for an increase in wages this morning. Several branches of the union also decided last night to join in the strike. and meetirgs will be held this afternoon and evening by other branches of the organization. It 1s be- Neved that upleas the contractors accede to the demands there will be from 7,000 to 8600 garment workers on strike by the end of the week. —_—>—_—_. Kentucky Comviet Escapes. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FRANKFORT, Ky., May 19.—Thomas Sjn- clair, convict bookkeeper, who testified to changing figures in his lumber reports which defrauded the state out of $19,000, escaped Jast night in some unaccountable way. Efforts are being made to catch him. but it is said he was furnished with money and clothing on the outside and is now in an- other state speeding his way westward. |. Superior line and traded between Chicago | rant is accused of the murder of Minnie FROM THE DEEP Bottle Picked Up Bearing Message From a Lost Vessel. First Tidings of Steamer Manistee, Which Foundered n'a Gale Fourteen Years Ago. BAYFIELD, Wis., May 19.—Five miles | south of this harbor, half imbedded in the sand on the beachgJames Taggart, a lum- berman, discovered the first message from the forty rersons who perished in the wreck of the steamer Manistee nearly fourteen years ago. It was a note carefully inclosed in a heavy glass bottle. The writing had faded with the lapse of years, and the glass of the bottle was worn thin with its constant beating against the sandy shores of Chequamagon bay. The message on the note was as follows: “November, 1883. “Lef: Bayfield at 1:10 p.m. Just in sight of Michigan light house. We may not sur- vive the storm. Heavily laden and hard to turn in the storm. “CAPTAIN McKAY, “Steamer Manistee.” The writing had faded so as to be almost illegible. Taere is a general impression in this town that the message is genuine. The action of the sand and waves on the bottle shows that it had been tossed around the beach for a long time. The faded writing also proves conchisively that the note was ret written a few weeks or months ago for the purpose of a hoax. The Manistee was a wooden steamer and Was owned by the Lake Michigan and Lake and Duluth. On the night she went down she was on the way trom Bayfield to On- tonagon, on her trip to Chicago. It was to have been the last trip of the season and ic was late in November. A north gale be- gan shortly after the steamer left port and the weather was bitterly cold, the thermom- eter registering near the zero mark. The fate of the Menistee was never known. The steamer City of Duluth of the seme line left Bayfield just ahead of the lest ship, and for a lorg time that night saw her lights. When last seen she was ciear of the group of isiands at the mouth of the bay. known as the Aposties. When the non-appearance of the Manistee made the officials of the line arxious a searching expedition was fitted out. The only result of this was the finding of some wreckage from the lost boat. Out of the forty persons on board when she went down no one was left to tell how the steam- er sank, nor were any bodies washed ashore. With the exception of the floating wreck- age, nothing was ever found from. the steamer until Taggart picked up the bottle. A belief has been general that the ma- chinery of the steamer gave out that night in the gale and the spray had frozen over the falls of the life boats so that it was impossible to lower them to save the crew. This is further strengthened by the fact that the City of Duluth went through the sale all right. The cargo of the Manistee was largely mill stuffs «nd therefore she could not have been overdeep in the water. ——_— MAY HELP DURRANT. New Witness Discovered in the Min- nie Williams Murder Cane. SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.—A very im- portant witness in the Minnie Willlams case has been discovered in Mrs. Schwalt- zer. She positively affirms that on April 12, 1805, the day before the body of Minnie Williams was found in the Emmanuel Bap- list Church, she saw the unfortunaie girl with the Rey. Geo. J. Gibson on the Ala- meda ferry boat. coming to this city. She says her attention was attracied to the person whom she identiftes as the Rev. Mr. Gibson because of his clerical appearance. and the further fact that he carried the girl's basket and seemed very solicitous for her welfare. The Rey. Mr. Gibson's neck is somewhat disfigured by old scars, and Mrs. Schwalizer says she observed such. scars on Miss Williams’ companion, and they served to impress the features of tne man upon her memory. Although -Mrs. Sehwaitzer is a resident of this city and for the Past two years has been aware of the fact that Theodore Dur- Williams, her reluctance to have her name involved in the notorious case in any man- ner has prevented her from appearing un- Ul now. She explains that she thought her testimony would not be necessary, but, af- ter Durrant had been sentenced to death and removed to San Quentin to await the execution of the judgment against him, she considered the matter carefully, and decid- ed it was time to reveal what she knew. Se DAVIS HEIRS STIRRED UP. American Tract Society Acts on a Convict's Confession. BUTTTE, Mont.,May 19.—A stir nas been §reated among the heirs of the Davis es-" tate by the receipt of a letter from the Ameican Tract Society in New York, in- closing another from Edwin Stoddard, an inmate of the Trenton (N. J.) penit=n:lary. Stoddard claims to have positive knowl- edge of the existence of a will made by the Jate A. J. Davis by which the American Tract Society, American Bible Socie-y and American Board of Foreign Missions were cach bequeathed $10,000, and by which $5,000,000 was set aside for a university in Butte. Stoddard's knowledge, he claims, comes from the fact that he had the will in his possession for a long time for the purpose of forging another will at the instance of some of the legatees mentioned in it who were dissatisfied with their 52quests. The scheme for forgery, however, was not com- pleted when he was sent to the peniten- tiary, and he only recently learned that the original will had not been probated. He says the will was executed tn 188), and is still In existence. a FOOTE WILL NOT COMPETE. Former Tennis C pion Cannot En- ter for New E mpionship. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 19.—Arthur E. Foote, formerly intercollegiate tennis champion, has cabled to his parents in this city that he will not enter the tournament for the New England championship, sched- uled to begin on the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Club next Tuesday. Mr. Foote won the New England trophy cup, valued at $400, for two consecutive years, and needed but one more year to hold it Permanently. He has, however, been in France on busi- ness since last summer, and cannot com- pete, although till recently he intended to return in time to. defend his. t! England champion. Nee Nee = Reception t. W. J. Bryan in Cleveland. = Special Dispatch to The Urening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 19.—Part of the program of the Bryan meeting here June 2 is a parade in which women will march. A feature of this political Pageant will be the appearance of sixteen women dressed in-silver and one in gold. The ‘women par- tcipating are members of the Bryan Wo- man's League of Cleveland. ———_—__ TWO CONDUCTORS MISSING. Were Delegates to the Convention of the 0. B. C. at Low Angeles, LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 19.—Cornelius Curran of Baltimore and C. E. Dunn of Huntingtog.. Ind.; both delegates to the conductors’ convention, have. mysteriously disappeared, Icaving absolutely no clue to their whereabouts. Curran, who was ac- companied to this city by-his wife and two children, left hi apartments at the Clifton House- eatly Monday morning, telling his wife he would return about noon: ‘She hes neither seen nor heard from him since, and DENOUNCINGWEYLER|A Senator Cannon Debates the Morgan Resolution. ; | KEEPING NAMES OF CONSULS SECRET Mr. Vest Asks if Gunboats Have. Been Sent to Protect Them. MR. MORGAN’S STATEMENT ns It was expected that Senator Burrows of Michigan would open the Cuban debate when the Morgan resolution was taken up at 2 o'clock today in the Senate, but he told his friends on entering the Senate that he felt indisposed and. would not go on to- day. The prospects of a continuance of the ex- citing Cuban debate filled the Senate gal- leries again, the crowds waiting patiently through the routine morning business. On the opening of the session Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts moved that when the Senate adjourn tomorrow it be until Mon- day next. Mr. Mills (Texas) promptly called atten- tion to the absence of a quorum, remark- ing to the senators near him that he want- ed a vote on the Cuban resolution. The call showed fifty-one senators pres- ent, more than a quorum. Mr. Hoar renewed his motion, explaining that he would not press it if any senator objected. Many senators, he said, desired to go to Monticello Friday, and he ‘thought it desirable to have an‘understanding in ad- vance as to adjournment. “I do not wish to interfere with the pleasure of senators, even a junket of this kind,” said Mr. Morgan, “but when a ques- tion of terrible consequence is pressing this motion should not be urged.” “Then I withdraw it," concluded Mr. Hoar. Many Bills Passed. ‘The Senate then took up the calendar end passed bills as follows: Authorizing Payment by the United States of state and county taxes on land he!d in severalty by Indians; granting medals to the survivors ard heirs of vclunteers of the Port Hudson foiorn “hope storming party; appropriating $28,100 to the representatives of John Reach, deceased, for work on the dispatch boat Delphin; regulating the pay of non- ccmmissioned officers of the army after Juiy 1, 1898, as follows: sergeant, major, quartermaster sergeant and first sergeant, $30 each per month; sergeant, $23; corporal, $17; authorizing the re-examination and al- lowance of refunding claims by certain fire insurance companies, oanks, etc.; uu- thorizing the President to reappoint John Clyde Sullivan as paymaster in the navy, with rank of lieutenant commander; appro- priating $125,000 for a public building at Altoona, Pa.; $10,000 for Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park; $100,000 for Evanston, Wyo.; $350,000 fer Oakland, Cal.; authorizing two bridges across the Missis- sippi river at or near St. Paul, Mina.; mak- ing Great Falls, Mont., a port of entry. The Cuban Resolution. Shortly before 2 o’cleck, when the Cuban resolution was to be taken up, Mr. Chan- dier (N.H.) renewed the motion that when the Senate adjourn tcmorrow it be until Menday next. He said the previous objection from Mr. Morgan was due probably to a desire to secure a vote on the Cuban resolution. ‘He suggested that the friends of the res- ointion make a request Monday next that a time be fixed for taking the vote on the resolution. Mr. Chandler said the opponents of the Cuban resolution should be acquitted of any design to delay action. He knew of no such purpose to delay or to resist having a time fixed for the vote. Refused to Observe Secrecy. Mr. Morgan opposed the motion that the Senate adjourn from tomorrow until Mon- day, and gave some details of the recent visit of a subcommittee of the Senate com- mittee on foreign relations to the executive, in the effort to secure information in re- gard to the condition of affairs in Cuba. He said he had been a member of the subccmmittee, but that he had refused to. accept the consular information at the hands cf the executive at the injunction of secrecy imposed. He said the two other members of the committee had- received the Information. but that he would not consent to receive information which he could not impart to other members of the Senate. Explaining, he sald the injunction of secrecy applied only to names of con- suls. In reply to a question from Mr. White, Mr. Morgar. said both the President and Secretary of State had imposed this con- ion. Mr. Foraker said the department had im- parted all the information at its command freely. He had received no injunction, and Was not conscious of any restriction upon himself. The State Department is now, he said, preparing all the information on hand for the Senate. The only restriction had teen as to the use of the names of con- suls. The motion of Mr. Chandler to adjourn from tomorrow until Monday and vote then was agreed to. Mr. Vest asked, in view of the fact that there was fear of the danger to consuls in giving their names, if the government had sent any gunboat to Cuba for their protec- tion in the emergency of the possibility of assassination. No one replied to this question. Mr. Foraker said another reason for not making known the sources of informazton was the fear that publication might cut off the information. The other remarks as to the danger of consuls was incidental. The intention was to protect them. Every scrap of informa- tion at the department’s command and names of authorities would be sent, but it would be sent as private information to be considered in executive session. Mr. Hoar said it would be most unusual to make public the names of the authors of the consular communications. Mr. Vest asked if there had ever been a case where a committee of the Senate had received such an injunction as that im- posed by the President and the Secretary of State. : Mr. Foraker said this injunction applied only to giving the information to the gen- eral public. It did not apply to the sena- tors. Mr. Hoar said he wanted an early vote and was anxious to avoid collision with the tariff bill. He intended speaking at length on the resolution, but had refrained be- catse he wanted the resolution out of the way for the tariff. Mr. Gallinger said the Cuban resolution had been befere the Spnate forty-nine days, yet complaint was made by the opponents that they had not had time to present their views on it. He thought the Senate. had made a mistake in agreeing to adjourn over until Monday. He mentioned a cur- rent report that an agreement for a vote on Monday would be secured, but sais there was no assurance to that effect. Mr. Cannon for a Protectorate. Mr. Cannon said parties might come and go, but jingoism would go on forever as long as such a mac dog as Weyler was et large. Weyler he characterized-as>a ravisher of women, an assassin of men, a crucifier of children. He said the Senate should be a temple of liberty, but in- stead he could have believed from the ut- ‘terances here that he was in the Spanish cortes. It was evident, he said, that the money-changers were in the temple. He acjured the United States to learn to stend alone in their politics politically, in- ternationally and financially. To bid the | Spécial Diipatel td: The Evening Star. * ‘that | Stoms-will continue two-or thres-days. Im- T THE, WHITE HOUSE A WAYWARD BO . B Van Auken Under Arrest in New York City. ID A COURSE Forgeries of Checks. Among the Faults Laid to His Door. AE Hs MPD fice Tn of Candidates. oe Ex-Senator,.. burn of Kentucky paid his respects to President McKinley today. ‘They were members of the ways and means committee of the House together and per- sonally are good friends. Mr. Blackburn's interest is now in the coming state demo- cratic convention of Kentucky, to be held June-2. The ‘ex-senator will dominate the convention, and promises a silver platform “on which to make the fight this year: He says he is confident the democrats will win. Senator Blackburn was at the White House shortly after President McKinley was inangerated. He had not been thtre before for three years. Senator Mason made a social visit to the President with Mrs. Judge Florin C.-Col- lins and Mrs. Bass, wife of State Senator Bass of Chicago. Representative Hemingway of Indiana presented James B. Gamble and Jesse Welk of Indiana. Mr. Gamble wants to be col- lector of customs at Sitka. Civil Service Commissioner Procter had an interview .with the President. A mem- ber of the cabinét yesterday asserted that the President would make no changes in the civil service. Senator. Pritchard and Representative Plerson of North Carolina recommended to the President today the appointment of H. S. Harkins of Asheville as collector of in- ternal revenue of the fifth North Carolina district. : Col. Pat. McCaull of Virginia saw the President and had a pleasant talk with him. Col. McCaull has an application in for a good consulate, and may land.’ Recorder of Deeds Cheatham called cn the President. Robert Taber and his wife, formerly Julia Marlowe, were callers, and were pleasantly received by the President. German. Lutheran Visitors. Fifty ministers of the German Lutheran synod, which has been in session in Balti- more, were received by the President. They were headed by Rev. Frederick Brand of Pittsburg. Callers and Candidates. Judge O. M. Denny of Oregon, who has been presented by western republicans for minister to China, was at the White House with Senators McBride and Wilson. It is hinted that the mission has been promised elsewhere. Senator Debce and Representative Colson of Kentucky presented W. A. Gaines, Leslte Combs and J. L. Bosley. Gaines wanted to be recorder of deeds and then filed ap- plication for register of the treasury. Senator Deboe was given to understand today that the register of the treasury is going to another man, but the President sald he would take care of Gaines, who is a prominent colored republican. Mr. Combs wants a pension agency and Mr. Bosley would like to get a treasury auditor- ship. nee Senator Beloe is sald to be still urging ©, E. Sapp-for collector of internal revenue of Louisville. --It is stated that Senator Vest-and other democrats would defeat the nomination of Mr. Sapp because of his con- nection with the A. P. A. This may pre- vent the nomination of Mr. Sapp. WHAT HIS FATHER SAYS ——————— J. E. Van Auken, the nineteen-year-old son of Mr. F. L. Van Auken, the F street | real estate broker, who has his home at Alexandria, was arrested in New York Monday night. Yesterday he was brought before Justice Mott and committed in de- fault of $500 for trial. Young Vafi Auken, who ts well known in this city, is sald tv have been spending money with startling freedom in New York of late, and the police of that city claim that several hotels and stores have un- settled bHis against him that will require a considerable sum of money to liquidate. He was known in New York, it seems, under the name of Roston E. Van Rensal- leur, and was arrested in an apartment house just after he had received a severe whipping at the hands of a young woman, who declares that she has been deceived by nim. The young woman has been for several years in the chorus of various Broadway theaters. She declares that he promised to marry her, and arranged that the wedding should take place last week, and that he and bis bride should sail for Europe last Saturday. He sent her huge bexes of flowers, she says, took her driving and to elaborate dinners. She concluded Monday morning that the young man had been deceiving her; she was told that he did rot have any money; that he had been swindling hotel keepers and Broadway storekeepers, and that even the flowers which he had showered upon her had not been paid for. She learnctl that he was wanted by the proprietors of the Hotel Imperial for a bill of $40. She had a photograph of him, and sent It to the hotel detective, asking if Van Auken was the man they were looking for. As a result of this action Detective McMullen of the hotel called at the apartment on Monday evening and interrupted the inter- esting scene wherein the young woman was belaboring Van Auken over the head with her leather belt. His Past Record. It is said that several years ago young Van Auken became addicted to yellow- back literature, and when he was sixteen years old he took the next step, and got infatuated with things theatrical and pugi- listic. He frequented the variety theaters, grew acquainted with the actors and actresses, and was regarded, although so young, as a “high roller.” About two months ago a combination company, which seemed to possess singularly powerful fascinations for the boy. left Washington and he fol- lowed it. It needs money to travel with a variety troupe, and in order to get it the young man, it is said, proceeded to write names other than his own at the bottom of checks and get them cashed by accom- modating strangers. The names he thus utilized were sometimes that if his father and sometimes that of another relative or close connection, who overlooked the trans- gression each time in the hope that it would be the last. Forgeries of Checks. Young Van Auken, it appears, must have eventually found difficulty in getting simply drawn checks cashed, because one day several we2ks ago a check, purport- ing to be drawn by F. L. Van Auken, and indorsed by J. E. Van Auken, with what ap- peared to be a cectification of its genuine- ness and worth by Cashier C. P. Williams of the West End National Bank of this city written across its face, was sent to the local bank by the First National Bank of Brooklyn for collection. The certifica- tion, though closely imitating Mr. Wil- liams’ writing, was at once pronounced a forgery and the Brooklyn bank so notified. ‘The morning of April 23 another check was presented for payment at the West End Nationat Eank. It came through the Citizens’ National! Bank from the White & Wilcox Organ Company of Meriden, Conn. The check was for $100, signed by F. 4. Van Auken and indorsed by J. E. Van Auken. Across the face of it was written “Certified. O. K. C. P. Williams, cashier.” Mr. Williams, when the check was shown to hin: immediately proriounced the certi- fication a forgery, and at once telegraphed the Wilcox & White Company as follows: “Check indorsed by J. E. Van Auken, one hundred dollars, purporting to be certified by me, is absolute forgery.” = Mr. Williams, in reply to this message, received a letter from F. E. Bemis, secre- tary of the organ company, which said: “Your telegram was received yesterday and wis a great surprice to us. We are now waiting to consult our lawyer to see what steps to take in this matter.” lis Father's Statment. Mr. F. L. Van Auken, when interviewed upon the subject of his son's arrest, said: “My son has been in delicate health and subject to morbid spells, during which his actions w‘re often beyond my control. “One day, just before the McKinley in- a.gural ball, he asked me for $50. Because I declined to give it to him he became mor- ose, and the next morning walked out of the house. I have not seen him since. “I do not know how he has supported himself, as I have sent him no money, and I know of no one who has furnished him any. He has never known the value of money, and his debts were often a source of much annoyance to me. I am not sure that I shall communicate with the authori- ties in New York, unless my son appeals to me.” Kansas Popolists Fall Out Over Non- Enforcement of Prohibitory Law. TOPEKA, Kan., May 19.—The agitation for the erfforcément of the prohibitory law in Karsas, rénewed recently-by the State Temperance Union, as a result of open vio- lation of the law in Topeka, has developed a split in.popuiist ranks. Governor Leedy appeared last night at Hamilton Hall,where the “temperance people bekt a second big mass‘meeting. At the first meeting the gov- ernor apd his police commissioners were roundly denounced for failure to enforce the prohibitory law. Governor Leedy startled the audience by a_ little denunciation of his own. He de- claréd that the State Temperance Assocta- tion had fallen into the hands of agents of the railroads and corporations and that they were making of it a political weapon against the populist administration instead of an instrumentality for good. He assert- ed further that the city government of To- reka did not assist the police in their ef- forts to enforce the law, and he declared that if the temperance people were honest in their agitation, the liquor traffic would be very quickly abolished. - The governor’s remarks proveked a retort from ex-United States Senator Peffer. “I am ashamed of him,” the ex-senator shout- ed. Mr. Peffer deplored the governor's at- tack upon the temperance people and inti- mated that the state administration was not sincere in its attitude toward the liquor traffic. Annie L. Diggs; another populist leader, spoke in the same strain, though she de- clared that Governor Leedy was doing as well as any other governor since John A. Martin, a pronounced temperance man. 3 —>+__. ROW IN THE RANKS OF THE A. P. A. Eighteen Councils in Missouri and Kani Under Suspension. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 19.—The Republic this morning says: A tremendous sensa- tion has been produced in the ranks of the American Protective Association in every section of Missouri by the suspension of eighteen counctls of the order in St. Louis and Kansas, for participating in the recent rump convention held tn this city under the misrepresentation that it was a regularly called state council of the organization. In addition to this half-a-dozen of the most prominent members of several of the suspended councils have been individually suspended and will have to answer to charges before the regularly constituted authorities. ——_>—_. MAKES_A GENEROUS OFFER. Rockefeller Will Give $250,000 Baptist Home Mission Society. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 19.—The most im- portant of the May anniversaries of the Northern Baptists began this morning, when President -H. K. Porter of this city called the American Baptist Home Mission Society to order ‘for its sixty-fifth annual meéting: About 1,000 delegates from all parts of North America were in their seats when the,poavestion apened. After bidding delegatesd welcome,.-he briefly referred tote offer ofJohn. D.. Rockefeller to give $250,000. tor clear the society of debt if a similar afnouht:was raised before July 1, 1897: Mri? Bomter. said that while the amount was nbt-yet in hand; it would be before the: dase named. The repbrt af the executive board, which was. then réid; by Chairman Harrison, stated thmt the fiscal year ending May 31, 1887, badobeem the most perplexing in the history of the society. The year began with a debt of. $86,245.41, and with a scale of expen considerably in advance of the anticipated receipts. No new work of importancd ws undertaken, and retrench- ment wasimade where advisable. ‘The new plan. of.,gp-oppration with the White and oe, pu of oe NN guth, which went roo forth Carolina and Alabama,tnad been ndee to South Car- sy LYMAN’S NEW OFFICE. Now Chief of the Stationery Divi- sion, Treasury Department. Mr. Charles Lyman has been appoint- ed chief of the stationery division of the Secretary’s office, Treasury De- partment, vice Mr. Rhodes of Massa- chusetts, recently dismissed for “inatten- tien to duty.” Mr. Lyman has been in public life a 1ong time, and 1s probably one of the best-known civil service reform advocates “in the federal service. Many years ago he was assistant chief of the Mationery division, under Mr. Sturtevant, who lost his place under the last demo- cratic administration. Later he was chief clerk of the treasurer’s office. While there he jucted most of the examinations the ry Department, and sho" stch aptitude for that work that in May, 1883, he was appointed chief examiner un- der the c:vil service commission. He served ip that capacity until April, 1886, wher ke was: appointed a member of the civil service commission. He afterward presklent of the board, and re- to eng in private business. Having served in the Union army di . the war, he was eligible to reinstatement the classified service STAUNTON, Va., May 19.—The ffty-first Grand-Council of Virginia, Improved Order of Ret Men, met here ;today, a large num- portant matters. tobe considered plan. peown Se death benefits An Official Qalis Attention to Some Criti- isms. . The Necessity fer Not Giving Out In- formation—The Proposed Western Trip. “I was greatly pained upon reading in ‘The Star last evening an article regarding the manner in which the proceedings of the universal postal congress are con- ducted,” said a prominent official to a Star reporter today. “It must be remembered that nothing this postal congress can do is complete until the agreed action is laid before each country represented and ratified. The en- tire proceedings are upon treaties. Like the Senate. “You know, the most sacred secret work of the Senate is upon treaties, and gener- ally when anything ‘of great importance is taken Into executive session of the Senate there is a renewed oath for secrecy, the idea being that if proceedings upon the treaty are made known and commented upon the object to be attained is frustrated and often defeated. In point of fact, there is nothing before this congress of any great Public interest. If there was. a publication of the proceedings the work, I think, would be nil. Already the publication of some of the actual and of a gcod deal of the imagin- ary work of the congress has been cabied to Europe, and information has come back that shows that much damage is being done innocently by the published reports. If the work of the congress was final and binding as soon as completed there could not be much objection to a verbatim rc- port of the entire work; but when it is all done under the treaty stipulations and must be rtified by each country, there must necessarily be a long time intervening after tne adjournment of this congress be. fore the work is carried into effect. Y - You Sr Nay ecm too free publications would way of interference. the character of the work. aie f Providing for Reports. “An arrangement was made upon the as- sembling of the congress for the giving out of such information explaining the pro- ceedings “as would be admissible and broper. The first two or three days thure were a few things of interest. “Lhe the Proceedings lapsed ‘nto monotonies upon three or four technical Subjects. It was not supposed that these subjects contained enough of gencral interest to make their Publication of value to anybody. So far as the American delegates are concerned it must be remembered they are placed in @ peculiar situation. If there should ve a Publication which would frustrate the con- deration of a measure now before a com- mittee the delegates representing this gov- ernment would be charged with giving out sthe information, They would be blamed and any failure in the work of the congress would be charged to them. I feel sure there is no disposition on the part of the American delegates to establish a censor- ship over publications regarding the pro- ceedings of the congress or to prevent other delegates from expressing themselves 8 they see fit. “I noticed it represented in The Star that the proposed trips to the Pacific coast and to Richmond were abandoned because of the action of some of those connected with the congress. The fact is that if any cther journeys are taken it will be because they have been agreed upon as more desirable. “I regret the criticisms made in The Star because it appears to be a Physica] impos- sibility for the delegates to even attempt to do their duty without criticism from the outside or censure from the inside.” ——~—~+e—_____ ATTENDANCE IS LARGE. Annual Meeting of the Associated Press Begins in Chicago. CHICAGO, May 19.—The annual meeting of the Associated Press was held in Re- cital Hall Auditorium today. The at- tendance was very large. In calling the members to order Presi- Gent Lawson congratulated them pn the outcome of the contest with the United Press, saying they should continue to dem- onstrate by their wisdom that they were worthy of the high estate to which they had come. ie beard of directors, in their report, statec that a year ago they declared the Associated Press had made great progress toward the accomplishment of its original and proper purpose—“tke control und ad- ministration of the news gathering and news distributing business of the country by the rewspapers of the country.” It was their privilege and pleasure now to justify the claim that the progress of the preceding year had its complement in the achievements of the past months, and to announce that the idea had been ac- complished, the Associated Press now in- cluding in its loyal membership all the es- tablished newspapers of the country, with comparatively few exceptions. - It was a matter for mutual congratula- tien that the contest which had for nearly four years divided the press of the country had been brought to a conclusion which commanded general acceptance as perma- jrently assuring the best interests of the whole American press. ———— SENATORS IN COURT. Trial of the Base Ball yers for Violating Sunday Law. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 19.—The at- terneys of the Washington and Cleveland base ball players, who were brought into the police court today for playing ball on Sunday were treated to a surprise. Judge Solders, counsel for players, filed a motion to quash the proceedings, when Judge Fiedler called the cases up. This was promptly overruled, as was also the demurrer. Then a written demand for a separate trial and a trail by jury in each case was presented and promptly granted by the court. This was entirely unexpected by the at- torreys for the players, and for a few minutes they seemed rather crestfallen. Judge Solders then asked permission to withdraw the demand, but“Prosecutor Ken- nedy objected and Judge Fiedler refused to consent. The attorneys then requested that Jno. Powell be tried first, and the other cases be con- tinued until'a more distant date. This the Prosecutor acceded to as a matter of cour- tesy, and Power's case will be commenced tomorrow afternoon, while all of the other cases were set for July 10. ——.j.-——_— Government Bon ‘ Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Wheat—Julr. ety Sie aR ¥ i By 18 Bt 18 a2 BL 8.15 380 3880 3.80 geo 17 . ‘Gone. Te 31 Zz 120 6.98 ‘ Y | POSTAL CONGRESS SECRECY) FINANCE AND TRADE Dullness Was the Chief Characteristic on the Stock Board. FLUCTUATIONS IN CHICAGO GAS Due to Unsatisfactory Advices From Springfield, Ulinois. —__s—___ |GENERAL MARKET REPORTS See Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 19.—Opening prices this morning were generally steady undec the influence of favorable foreign cables. Government securities throughout Europe reflected the improved prospect incident to a speedy adjustment of the eastern 4iffi- culties, French rentes and British consols were especially influenced by the change in con- lent support, but no new buying was re- ported. Dullness was the dominant characteristic at many points, new ventures being de- layed on the presumption that profit-taking would force concessions later In the day. An attack on New Jersey Central met with little opposition, the price receding 14 per cent under selling for both ac- counis. This property has been, it seems, destined to be for some time the center of professional attacks. Recent disclo- sures of reduced earnings and the general disadvantages in current trade give color to the prevailing sentiment against im- prover.ent in price. The entire Coal group is lMkely to feel the influence of any pronounced movement in this active member. While the balance of the railroad list was largely neglected, the transactions in Chi Gas attracted con- siderable attention. Buying against short sales and some additions to the long ac- count advanced the price to 824 during the forenoon. Later in the day Chicago advices indi- cuted a change in sentiment at Springfield not favorable to the success of the consoli- dation bili. Cautious selling was cttracted by the prospect, the stock declining to x2, around which price the customary support was encountered. The defeat of the bill was announced ear- ly in the afternoon with the stock selling at the latter price. A sharp break to 79 3-S followed on sales of both long and short stock. The majority against the bill was so large that it would seem impossible that friends of the property could have been 50 thoroughly misled as to the chances of success. Buying against short sales forced a re- covery from the low level, inside support coming promptly to the froat. It is said by those in position to judge accurately of the company’s prospects that dividends be continued and amply earned. The feat of the bill, however, will undoubtedly encourage legal attacks looking to the en- Joining of dividends under the present ar- rangement. The situation is complex, and the market action of the stock will be such as is usual in cases where doubt and manipulation only are assured. Sugar was dull at a fractional decline, the trading in the stock being insignificant in volume. If a decline is not acceptable to the lerger interests in this property it is reasonably certain that an advance meeis with as little favor. The Granger shares continue strong un- der buying a trifle suverior to that re- flected in the general market. The market for foreign exchange is duil and firm under extremely Nght offerings. Should the demand increase moderate amcunts of gold would go out by Satur- day's steamers, but not in sufficient volume to warrant the slightest concern. —ae 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 repor.ec by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. | Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits... American Spirits, pfd. American Sugar-......) 119% ish i12X 1i8\ American Sugar, pd... 103% 103% 103% 108% American Tobacco. Tg Ty TOT American Cotton Oil. ore... Louisville & Nashvitie.. Metropolitan ‘Traction... ington Steck Exchange. call—12 o'clock m—D. C 3.65:, National Safe Depesit and Trust, 115. Capital Traction, 1 at 534. Gas, 25 ut 43%; 25 at 43%; 2 at 48: 43%. American 100 regu at 110%. at 115%; 10 at District of Columbia ag oe og fund Se, 10 bid. 30-year fund Ge, 112% . Water stovk 7s, 1901, cu » 2 if bid. Water stock 7s, 190%, currency, 114% 65a, funding, iW 1 asked. Bonds.—Metropolitan Ratiroad Se, 114 bid, 117 asked. Me tan conv. Gs, 115% bid, 117% asked. Railroad 5s, €0 bid, 0. Eckington Ge, $5 bid, 90 asked. SS ee Bd i < ington Gas Company Gs, series B, 125%, bid. Cheaa- and Potomac i, Ament "0 tei 106 wid. 100 bid. bid. Ma- ‘ashington one iets SF am Si 135 138 130 bid "West , OS bid, v6 Deposit and ‘Companies. —National Rafe 5, alegre Tact a 12 bid, 116 asked. aikeL, Metropolitan, bid, f i E * i