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2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 22. , 1897-24 PAGES. the printing office was made up of em- ployes of the office and were about equally ivided between the different political par- tes. The civil seryice commission consulted members of the board as to the lists of questions to be prepared. The full board never met, however, to pass upon the ques- tions. He sald the public printer objected to holding practical examinations in the printing office, and a@ controversy arose with the civil service commission over this potmt. About this time Mr. Collins had re- celved his commission as a member of an examining board, and Mr. Baker told him that while the controversy with the com- mission was pending he might as well with- hold action as a member of the board. The same advice was given to another mem- ber. He did not know whether the board had ever acted since then or not. He knew there had never been a full meeting of that board. He had given that advice to the members of the board partly upon the sug- gestion of the public printer. The matter had been talked over with the public printer and Mr. Baker had then Informed the civil service commission of the advice he had given the members of the examining board. In answer to questions by President Proc- ter, Mr. Baker sald that tke character of the people wno are coning in now under the present system of examinations Is “very good.” Only about ten have been dropped for inefficiency. He admitted that there is less cause now for dismissal. Mr. Procter said that before the civil service law went into effect the dismissals aver- aged from % to 400 a year, while under civil service rules they average about 28 a year, and Mr. Baker said this was the fact. Senator Elkins examined Mr. Baker close- ly as to the beneficial operation of the civil service law in the office. He was re- luctant, he said. to express his personal opinion, but upon being pressed Mr. Baker said that the law was beneficial to the service. Senator Elkins asked about the difference in working time between the clerical and mechanical forces In the office. Mr. Baker said the mechanical forces are paid by the hour and work eight hours. The clerical force, which is small, works as the clerks do in the departments on a regular salary ard puts in six and one-half hours of time. Mr. Baker said the questions put to the mechan'cal forces are practical In their character. In answer to a question Mr. Baker sald that about 900 of the 3,000 employes are from the District of Columbia. The gov- ernment printing office Is excepted from the rule applying to state quotas. Standing of a Non-Union Man. In answer to a question Mr. Baker said that a non-union man might get in the office under civil service rules, but was not likely to stay. It was usually found that the man was incompetent after four cr five days’ trial. Senator Pritchard expressed surprise that an incompetent man should get past the sivil service commission in the first place. “I want to know,” sald Senator Elkins, “whether a non-union man «ould stay in that office?” “It would require a great deal of back- bene on the part of the puolic keep him there,” replied Mr. Bake: “Whether he was cer! tent or not?” asked Sen: Mr. Baker smiled assen‘. “Then it seems there fs something greater than the civil service law,” sald Senator Etkins. “The senator is doubtless familiar with labor unions,” suggested Mr. Baker. Inercaxed Efficiency Shown. Mr. Harold Benedict was then sworn. He was formerly employed in the govern- ment printing office. In answer to ques- tions by Mr. Procter, Mr. Benedict said he was a member of the civil service examin- ing board of the office. The members of the board, thirteen or fourteen in num- ber, were workmen of high standing as to effictenc: in the office. This board sug- ions for the civil service ex- The examinations were con- sidered by the printers as practical and satisfactory in character, and likely to bring good men to the office. Mr. Henedict thought that the efficiency the force is 50 per cent better under methods than under the old true that under the old tem incompetent men were retained in office for political reasons. Under Public Printer Palmer's first term men were em- ployed for political reasons, and a con- siderable per cent of them’ were incom- petent. When Public Printer Benedict came in the second time he had the ad- vantage of a previous experience, and he gtarded against incompetency to a large extent, although he appointed men for political reasons. In answer to a question, the witness ad- mitted that the fair way to extend civil service to the government printing office would have been to require every employe there to undergo an examination at the time the law was applied. He cited a case under the old system where a senator's in- fluence had even kept a non-union man in the office. Democrats Appointed by Mr. Palmer. Mr. Benedict said that during the latter part of Public Printer Palmer's first term he appointed a great number of democrats. The office was overcrowded by Mr. Paim- ers wholesale appointments. and his ac- ticn was presumably for th> purpose of ° the democratic administration, which had then just come into power. Wren Public Printer Benedict took hold he found the office overcrowded and dis- charged men right and left. Tae witness suppesed that in making the discharges to bring down the force more republicans than democrats were dismissed. “During the latter part of P: Palmer's term,” said Mr. Benedict, “when he was trying to retain the friendship of the demceratic administration, Representa- tive Jame Richardson of Tennessee had about cever: © cimploye nt printing oific snt created a mild sensatior n the committee. “Who else had a large number?” asked Serator Elkins. “Well, Senator Gorman had about appointees.” said Mr. Benedict. “And this was under a republican public printe: : “Yes, but the tide had set way,” said Mr. Benedict. Senator Pritchard, in the course of a serigs of questions, made the assertion that the construction put upon the term “skilled laborers” had done more to bring the oper- ations of the civil service law into disre- pute than anything else. Mr. Benedict held that there was no way to make a division between skilled laborers and other laborers in the government print- Ing office. Wants More Practical Examinations. Mr. J. L. Kennedy was then examined. He held that a man’s merit does not give him protection under the civil service sys- tem nor prevent the head of the depart- ment from removing him. The civil service commission could not go behind the state- ment of the executive officer that an em- ploye was removed for cause or for good of the service. He held that if the exam- inations were entirely practical there would be mo serious objection to civil service in the government printing office. He said some of the best compositors he had ever known could not pass the civil service ex- amination. Special Post Office Agents. Mr. August W. Machan of the Post Office Department was next sworn, He referred to the testimony given at a recent hearing by Mr. Hill as to the employment of the confidential special agents in the free de- iivery service. Mr. Machan tien proceeded to relate in detail the causes which he said led to the necessity for the appointment of these men, consuming considerable time in this recital. Mr. Machan denied scme of Mr. Hill's statements abowt the New York office as being absolutely false. Mr. Machan then took up the allegations made against him that he had assessed the special agents for political contributions. #rese he denied. He said that some of the agents, twenty-two in number, got together and voluntarily resolved to make contribu- tions to the Ohio campaign fund. This was considered legal by the civil service commission, but vpon appeal to the Attorney General the comission was over- ruled. Mr. Machan concluded with the state- ment that as far as the free delivery serv- ice is concerned the civii service law is strietly enforced. lic Printer 200 the other LATE NEWS BY WIRE Minister Skouloudis Says Greece Will Not Pay Indemnity. ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN. VOLUNTEERS France Does Not Want Turkey to Take Thessaly. CARE FOR ROYAL FAMILY PARIS, May 22.—Advices recetved here tcday from Athens say that the Greek minister for foreign affairs, M. Skouloudis, in conversation with several of the foreign envoys at Athens, has declared Greece will not pay any indemnity to Turkey, nor agree to a rectification of the frontier. American Volunteers Arrive. ATHENS, May 22.—The arrival here of the volunteers from America yesterday ex- cited curiosity but no enthusiasm. They will proceed to join the army of Crown Prince Constantine. The losses of the Greeks in the battle of Phourka Pass were 800 killed and wounded. All the irregulars have been disbanded. ‘To Take the Royal Family Away. LONDON, May 22—A special dispatch from Vienna says that the Austrian cruiser Kronprinzessin Stefanie has been ordered from Salonica to Phalerum, near the Pi- raeus (the port of Athens), to remain there at the disposal of the royal family of Greece, if required to convey them from that country. France's Sympathy With Greece. PARIS, May 22.—The chamber of deputies was crowded today when M. Gautier in- terpellated the government on eastern af- fairs. In doing so the deputy expressed the hope that France would not permit Thes- saly to be taken from Greece, or permit a European control of Greek finances. He also expressed regret at the fact that Ger- man influence at Constantinople had super- seded French influence there. The minister for foreign affairs, M. Hano- taux, in reply, sald he hoped that. in view of the accord of Europe Turkey would re- nounce her pretensions, but, he added, al- though the task would be slow, it was rea- sonable to believe that the counsel of the powers would ultimately prevail. ——— TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD. Meonament Given by Mr. Rouss Un- vetled im Mount Hope. NEW YORK. May 22.—The monument given by Charles Broadway Rouss, the mii- Nonaire New York merchant, to the confed- erate veterans’ camp was dedicated this afiernoon in Mount Hope cemetery in West- chester county. There were several thous- end people present at the exercises. There Was a procession from the Mount Hope station to the cemetery. Commander A. G. Dickinson and his staff headed it. Then follawed delegations from the Old Guard Society, Charleston Society, U. S. Grant Pest, Brooklyn Post, Elizabeth Veteran Zounves, Alexander Hamilton Post, Far- ragut Association of Naval Veterans and others. . Th2 monument was presented to the camp by Comrade Wm. S. Keiley in behalf of the donor, and it was accepted by Com- mander Dickerson in behalf of the camp. Rev. Dr. Stephen E. Granberry, the chap- lain of the camp, delivered the prayer, which was followed by the singing of the hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee,” by a boy choir. After the dedication the graves of veterans of the southern army were strewn with flowers. After an hour or so the visitors returned to the city, where a reception will be given to Mr. Rouss this evening. The monrment is the finest in the ceme- very. It cost $5,000. It is of New Englana granite, sixty feet high on a base of ten feet. The pedestal is composed of only three pieces and is nine feet high. The following inscription is at the base of the monument: “Sacred to the Memory of the Heroic Dead of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York.” ——— WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION. Doke of Tetuan Will Remain in the Spanish Cabinet. MADRID, May 22.—The Duke of Tetuan, the minister for foreign affairs, who ten- dered his resignation yesterday after box- ing the ears of Senor Comas, a liberal sen- ator, has withdrawn his resignation on the advice of the premier, Senor Canovas dei Castillo The personal question of the dispute was closed by the seconds of the two parties deciding that a duel was not necessary. In view of the pendency of Important international questions Senor Canovas thought the ministry should not be disorganized The law students have made a manifesta- tion in front of the house of Senator Co- mas, hooting the Duke of Tetuan. They were dispersed by the police. es OCEAN STEAMER ASHORE. On the Rocks at Flt Island, Cape Breton Coast. HALIFAX, N. S., May 22.—News was brought here today by incoming fishermen that a large ocean steamer is ashore at Flint's Island, off the Cape Breton coast. Owing to the thick weather no further particulars were obtained. ‘The steamer is suposed to be the Delta. She is ap~ parently deep laden. — FOREIGN MISSIONS DISCUSSED. Reformed Presbyterian Synod Con- tinues Its Work in Pittsburg. PYITSBURG, Pa., May 22.—When the general synod of the Reformed Presby- terian Church resumed its sessions this morning the subject of foreign miasions was taken up and Rev. Dr. George W. Scott spoke again on the work in India. Some cf the siations, he said, were self- supperting, and the Christian Endeavor Scciety had been started with the help of the natives. ‘The report of the treasurer of the board of education, which was next presented, showed receipts of $5,246.04. Of this amcunt $4,000 was the Gibson bequest for the Cedarville, Ohio, College. The com- mittee on finance appointed to raise an amcunt sufficient to defray the expenses of the gereral synod advised that each con- gregaticn be assessed to pay the expenses of the delegates, and that a special taxa- tion be made pro rata upon the member- ship of the churches. > COAL IN COLOMBIA, One of the. Largest Fields in the World Discoyered. ‘The discovery of one of the largest coal fields in the world is reported to the State Department by the United States consul at Cartagena, Colombia. The field is in the ‘artage! coal is semi-anthrecite and anthracite, and is good steam coal. The fields contain about 300,000,000 tons, and comprise 215,000 acres. ——_—-e-+_____ TALKS OF HIS DUTIES. i fr it 3 he -BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation Sworn to is a bona fide one. It is easily possible for a news- Paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor mously, in order to deceive adver tisers, by sending out thousands of, Papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact rev turned, “but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. ‘The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Ev. SATURDAY, May 15, 1897. MONDAY, May 17, 1697. TUESDAY, May 13, 1897. WEDNESDAY, May 19, 1997. THURSDAY, May 20, 1997. FRIDAY, May 21, 1897. Total... teen tence sesesenec eee: -- 183,968 Dally average... eis I solemnjy swear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR crretiated during the six secular days ending Friday, May 21, 1997—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona Ade purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-second day of May, A. D. 1897. GRENVILLE A. WHITAKER, Notary Public, D. Cc. = = INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CHANGES. Promotions, Appointments and Rein- statement of Clerks. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary—Promotions, Miss Annie L. Miller of New York, clerk, $1,600 from $1.400; William H. Lucie of Massa- chusetts, clerk, $1,400 from $1,200; Miss Ellen Macfarland of New York, clerk, $1,200 from $900. Patent office—Appointment, Josiah L. Carr of the District of Columbia, messen- ger boy, $360. Psomotions, Lineas D. Un- derwood of Indiana, fourth assistant ex- aminer, $1,200, from copyist, $000; Mis? Janet Fitch of Colorado, copyist, $900, from messenger, $810; Miss Mary C. Taylor of Missouri, messenger, $840, from model at- tendant, $800; Miss Julia E. Dickinson of the District of Columbia and Miss Ursula E. Hopkins of the District of Columbia, copyists, $720, from laborers (classified); $600; Alvin G. Belt of District of Colum- bia and Henry Minor of District of Colum- bia, laborers (classified), $600, from labor- ers (classified), $480. Resignation, Miss Mae H. Anson of Minnesota, copyist, $720. Pension office—Appointment by_ transfer from Treasury Department, R. Grant Barnwell of Pennsylvania, clerk, $1,600. Reinstatements, Cornelius R. Boorom of Connecticut, Henry B. Brown of Massa~ chusetts and Charles Fairbanks of Ver- mont, clerks, $1,400; Michael A. Gelwick of Indiana, special examiner, $1,300; Charles H. Bliss of Illinois and Alexander R. Banks of Kansas, clerks, $1,200: George M: Van Buren of Ohio, clerk, $1,000; J. Tyler Powell of Hlinois and Abram Myers of Illinois, copyists, $000; William A. Shute of Massachusetts, ‘messenger, $340; William M. Barnett of West Virginia, watchman, $720. Promotions, Ferdinand’ D. ' Stepite- son of Illinois, chicf of division, $2,000, frcm principal examiner, $2,000: James A. Macauley of West Virginia, principal ex- aminer, $2,000, from assistant chief of division, $1,800; Henry G. Burlingham of New York, principal examiner, $2,000, from clerk, $1,800; Horace Coleman of Ohio, a qualified ‘surgeon, $2,000, from clerk, $1,200; Harris C. Hamlin of New Jersey, assistant chief of division, $1,800, from special ex- aminer, $1,300; Albert L. Jackson. of New York, medical examiner, $1,800, from clerk, $1,400; Henry 8. Stotler of Pennsylvania. clerk, $1,800, from $1,600; Charles A. Meyns of Minnesota, clerk, $1,600, from $1,400; Miss Annie A. Hollohan of Illinois, stenographer, $1,600, from clerk, $1,400; Mrs. Lillian Arnold of New Jersey and Joseph E. Bradford of Massachusetts, clerks, $1,400, from $1,200; Miss Lucretia B, Lacy of Iiinois, clerk, $1,200, from $1,000; Theodore Mead of District of Columbia, principal examiner, $2,000, from medica: examiner, $1,800. General land office—Promotions, Charies- A. Boynton of Ohio, clerk, $1,800, from $1,600; Mrs. Augusta C. Starkey of Maine, clerk, $1,200, from copyist, $000; Emil Mol- kow of District of Columbia, clerk, $1,000, from copyist, $900; Miss Fannie G. Has- well of Ohio, copyist, $900, from tran- scriber of records and plats, $600. Geological survey—Appointment, Gerard H. Matthes of Massachusetts, hydrographic aid, $60 per month. Miscellaneous—Appointments, Henry Mel- drum of Oregon, an engineer to survey the boundary lines of the Blackfeet Indian reservation in Montana, $10 per day; Ed. M. Hewins of Oklahoma territory, cus- todian of the Fort Supply atandoned mili- tary reservation in Oklahoma, vice Brewe W. Key, resigned, no compensation; Davic?} J. J. Hornbeck of Nebraska, appraiser otf the Fort Randall abandoned military res- ervation in Nebraska, $4 per day; Setl: Woods of Nebraska, appraiser of the Fort Randall abandoned military reservation ii: Nebraska, $4 per day. Office of the assistant attorney general— Reinstatement, Luther R. Smith of Ala- bama, assistant attorney, $2,000. ——_—__-e REQUIRES AN APPROPRIATION, Report on the Damage to the Dry Dock im the Brooklyn Yard. The report of the special board of civil engineers appointed to ascertain the cause of the failure of the large dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard was received at the Navy Department today. The board found that there was a large hole just in front of the dock, made originally by the disturbance of the protecting sheet piling by a dredge. Through this hole the wa- ter rushed behind the piling and around the sides into the dock at the rate of over 10,000 gallons a minute. The board hopes that the damage may be repaired by divers, which would obvi- ate the necessity of constructing an ex- pensive coffer dam to reach the defective place, Even im this case the res Oe -~ LOND foe Roi Prices of Every- ‘ The Dye Wanted a Shade of Red Used, Only by Royalty. ROSS DIVORCE SCANDAL LONDON, May 22.—London is already plunged into the queen’s jubilee prepara- tions, and for the next six weeks it prom- ises to be the most uncomfortable city in Europe. Along the route of the procession the fronts of the: buildings are disfigured by hideous © scaffoldings, preparatory to building seats. Even churches like St. Martin's-in-the-Fields have been sold speculators, who have alinost completely covered the edifice mentioned with building Preparations, 4 little sign, reading “Serv- ices as usual,” being about th2 only indica- tion left of the church ‘propér. St. Paul's Cathedral is likewise disilgured by huge stands. The’ price, of provisions has already ad- vanced, anfeverything has t least doubled in cost. For the jubilee west several of the large hotéis refuse’ to make any definite arrangements for rooms, even to old patrons, until a week before the Jubilee. Every person who has be2n able to do so has let his or her house for the celebra- tion, and is preparing to tiee to the coun- try. The fact is that every one in London is, to use a slang expression, “on the make.” Tuesday’s Drawing Room. Tuesday's drawing room at Buckingham Palace was by far the smartest of the year. The weather was beautiful, an? enormous crowds of people lined the streets in the neighborhood of the palace and the Mall. A striking feature of the day was the many state carriages in line. The coach of the Duke and Duchess of Mari- borough ecltpsed all of them. It cost $5,00! and has, taken a long time to finish. body was of a deep red, and the coach was adorned, in addition to a ducal crown and coat-of-arms, by a princely coronet, as the Duke of Marlborough is a prince of the Roman empire, and, as the Daily Mail says, “he ig not inclined to abate one jot or tittle of his titles.” The supports of the carriage are in the shape of red-mounted silver serpents, with real silver ofnaments, made by a skilled jeweler, on the hammer cloths. There were three footmen behind the coach. They wore red liveries, which’ were covered with gold embroidery, that part of the work being done in Italy, in order to insure the embroidery against tarnishing. ‘There is a story printed here to the ef- fect that when the Duke of Marlborough ordered his liveries he chose a brighter red, but the tailgr, refused to make the liver- ies cf that color and pointed out to the duke that, the particular shade of red which hé most admired was’ confined to the use of royalty. The duke, as a result, Wes obliged to be contented with the shade ef red (sed by uhis ancestors for the liver- fes of their servants. Duchess ‘of Mariborough‘s Jewels. The Duchess of Marlborough wore more Jewels than any one present at the draw- ing rccm, and her very tall dlamofd crown and her nevkl&ce, composed of the famous Vanderbilt pearis, caused a sensation. The trial at'Edinburgh of the suit for Giverce, brought by Sir-@haeles “Henry Ross cf Balnsgowen castle, Roszshire, agairst his wife, Lady Winifzed Ross, furnishing considerable gossip, ag the par ties to the syit are prominent in society. The precéedings, wliich were commenced last year,’ were ‘resumed on Wednesday be- fore ‘the Edimburgh court of sessions, Lady Ress is a sisignef Lady Olivia,Cairna, who was cited Lo testify, The co-regpondents, De the and Brinton, are officers of the Sth Hussats and Life Guaris, respec- tively. Some of the evidence presented htop of @ nature, too disgusting ifor pubiica- tion. : With few .exceptions there has been a remarkable slump in’ the business of the theaters. The suddenness of the collaps2 has nonplusged the managers, Plays that Kave teen doing splendialy have gone to nothing, and it is evident the queen's jubi- Tee will not be a blessing to the theatrical managers. A remarkable exception to this rule is the Adelphi Theater, where the Amcricens are appearing, which is packed nightly. ——— FIGHT WITH RAIDERS, Collision at Owingesville, Ky., Between Officers and Toll-Gate Raiders. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. OWINGSVILLE, Ky., May 22—At the Owingsville abd Wyoming toll gate last night Sheriff'Lane and forty deputies tried to arrest an attacking party of raiders. The latter fired on the officers, wounding ‘wo. The officers returned the fire, killing a man named Johnson, one of the county’s best cltizens, and mortally wounding William Clark, a wealthy planter. Many of the raiders were recognized. Arrests will fol- low today. The greatest excitement pre- veils. It is said the raiders are massing in the western part of the county and will re- sist any attack-by officers. It is also learned that Chas. Jones, an- other raider, was killed and that three others, whose nan:es are being concealed by the raiders, were mortally wounded and still another ;killed outright by the bullets from the officers’ rifles. The sheriff with two hundred deputies has gone to arrest the men identified last night, Serfous re- sults are almost certain to follow. ——_—___ FATHER KNEIPP IS ALIVE. No Trath in the Report Concerning’ Hin Death. WOERISHOFFEN, Bavaria, May 22.— There is no truth in the report which orig- inated in a dispatch from Paris to the Dally Chronicle of London today saying that Father Knelpp, famous throughout the yore for his water cure, is dead. Father netpp Is still alive and somewnat better. oo WILL HELP CANOVAS, Passage of the Morgan Resolution Re- warded as 2 Grave Step. MADRID, May 22—The newspapers here consider the adoption by the United States Senate of Séifttor Morgan’s belligerency resolution to’ bt a very grave step. They say it will tend to strengthen the premier, Senor Canovas®él Castillo, in checking the proposed -liperad. attack on the ministry. 0: th HAD: ALL THE MONEY. Bank Messenger King Arrested at Earmington, Maine, -FARMINGTON, Me., May 22Albert M. King, the Boston bank messenger, who dis- ‘appeared''Gh*tesday with’ $30,000 of the 4j.W2S arrested here today. ON ON THE MAKE], FOUR MEN INJURED. @ Tom of Dirt Falls on Them in the F Street Sewer. Considerable excitement was. caused among the F street crowds of Saturday shoppers this morning about 11 o'clock by an accident which occurred in the work on the sewer now being built on that thor- oughfare. The excavation is a deep onc and between 12th and 13th streets midway ot the block the laborers are working twen- ty-five feet. below the surface. The dirt is removed by means of an iron tub con- taining a cubic foot of earth, weighing twenty-five hundred pounds. This tub is lowered by heavy chains into the excava- tion, and -when filled by the laborers is hoisted to an elevated track above the opening and run back to the completed sewer, where its contents are released to fill_up the hole. The tub bottom is on hinges, and it is held in place by a heavy latch while being hoisted and running along the tracks. Just after it had been hoisted to the tracks at the hour named this morn- ing the latch or hasp slipped, the bottom fell down and the contents fell into the hole. Frank Scott, George Addison, Chas. Henderson and John Miller were at the bottom and were struck by the dirt. Scott had his nose broken, his head bruised and his right arm badly cut between the elbow and shoulder. Miller had his right hip cut and contused and was cut about the head and chest; Addison and Henderson were badly bruised. The injured men were treated at the Emergency Hospital. The dirt, which was loose, fell a distance of thirty-five feet before striking the men. ——.—__ MOTION OVERRULED. Judge McComns Denies Application of the Capital Traction Company. Judge McComas has overruled the mo- tion of the defendant in the case of Frank C. Adams against the Capital Traction Company, in which judgment was given against the company several days ago for $3,500 for injuries sustained by Mr. Adams in January, 1893, The case has been tried four times. In the first trial Mr. Adams was awardéd $5,000 damages. That judgment the Court of Appeals set aside, and in the second trial Judge Bradley took the case from the Jury. After the third trial, which occurred Jast winter, had progressed a day or so it was discovered that one of the jurors had mistaken the name of another for his own, when the jury Was first impanelled and Was sitting in the place of the furor called. Judge McComas thereupon discharged the jury, and the fourth trial was ordered. Mr. Adams, who was standing on the Platform of one of the company’s cars, claimed that he was thrown off at the slight curve at 7th street and the avenue, because the platform gate had been lef: open. He suffered a fractured skull, and, through Attorneys C. Maurice Smith and Edwin Forrest, demanded $15,000 damages. > COL. BRIGHAM HONORED. Ohio Board of Agricalture Presents Him a Gold Badge. The memters of the Ohio state board of agriculture, with their ladies, who are visiting Washirgton, are especially paying their respects to their former fellow mem- ber, Col. J. H. Brigham, assistant secretary of agriculture. At an informal social gath- ering of the party in the parlors of the National Hotel last evening Col. Brigham was made the recipient of a beautiful gold badge, the official emblem of the Ohio beard. President J. T. Robirson of the board made the presentation speech, and was fol- lowed by the secretary, Capt. W. W. Miller, in appropriate remarks. President Robin- son said, in substance: “Col. Brigham, we have invited you to be our guest this evening, and we take this occarion to e>press to you our high ap- preciation of your many acts of kindness to us as individuals and as a body. The farmers of Ohio recognize in you a tried and trusted friend to their interests, and in recognition of your faithful services, your true devotion to the cause, the Ohio board of agriculture has unanimously voted you this official emblem, the appropriate insig- nix of the calling to which you have been and are still devoting your earnest efforts. We wish now and here to pledge you, and through you to the honorable Secretary of Agriculture, our earnest support in all your efforts and the efforts of the Department of Agriculture generally in advancing the farming interests of this great nation. May the token presented tonight represent the seal of our friendship and our love and best wishes.” Col. Brigham, in accepting the badge, ex- pressed his high appreciation of the honor done him, and of his warm friendship for his Ohio friends and his Ohio associations. The ladies in the party rendered a few se- lections on the piano, and the party spent the remainder of the evening in a social Way. ————— ABOUT THE DUST. District Employes Had a Mi standing This Morning. With a fire Thursday morning and a fight today, the District building scems to be very much in need of the fire and police departments having representatives on hand all the time. The fire, it is true, did not do much damage, but this morning when two of the colored messengers came together there was some damage done, but as John Wilson, the victim, had the serv- ices of Dr, J. E, Jones, there is no danger that blood poisoning -will follow and re- move him from this mundane sphere. But this morning’s fight is by no means ended, for Orlando King, who is Health Officer Woodward’s colored messenger, will be called into court to explain how his teeth managed to penetrate the fleshy part of Wilson's left hand, This trouble happened in the health office long before the arrival of any of the clerks and resulted from a dispute about the amount of dust that King was making. John Wilson, it appears, is one of the trusted assistants of the janitor, and he ob- jected to the dust being permitted to fill the hall of the building instead of being sent out through the windows, Wilson says that when he spoke to King about it the latter made a response which conveyed to him an ugly invitation. Presently, he says, King kicked him, and then rushed toward him with a milk jar. As he did so Wlison says he raised his hand just high enough to get it in King’s mouth, and the latter was cruel enough to close his teeth. On the other hand, King says that Wilson came in the room, where he had no business, and meddled with his affairs. Wilson, he says, struck him first, and then he (King) kicked Wilson. Finally, he says, Wilson’s hand got in his mouth, but he does not know that he bit him. Judge Kimball will settle the contest next week. — HEAVY DAMAGES CLAIMED. der- Patrick Cratty Sues the Capital Trac- tion Railway Company. Patrick Cratty today filed a suit against the Capital Traction Company, claiming $15,000 damages, because of injurtes alleged to have been sustained by him the 2d of last month. ‘The plaintiff, who is represented by At- torney O. B. Hallam, states that on the Gay in question he boarded one of the com- pany’s cars on 14th street, north of Thomas Cirele, and was unable to secure @ seat on room or seat in the fratler s/ bax che: He stond cn Se oot form of the 3 Plottopunding ‘Thomas Circle, he charges, the car: wes: GmxeD-At = aajeeeue One arpa ck saiecing ca trokem axon aad other injurics. FINANCE AND’ TRADE Strong Undertone to the New York Stock Market. JERSEY CENTRAL ATTACKED AGAIN Decision in Freight Rate Cases *Anxiously Awaited. — GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 22.—Notwithstanding some irregularity in prices, the steady un- dertone developed during the last half of the week continued up to the close of to- day.. London prices were firm, but foreign interest in local securities fails to assume Proportions capable of influencing prices beyond fractional limits. Sentiment is strongly optimistic and the obstacles in the way of improvement are being slowly but systematically overcome. The short side of the account 1s in dis- favor, except in cases where particular in- fivences make harmony with the general situation impossible. = The coal shares fail to attract support, the price of every issue in this group ylel4- ing after each covering movement is termi- nated. The recovery in New Jersey Cen- tral yesterday misled no one, and served vas as an inspiration to new selling to- ay. The decline of 2 per cent from the open- ing level reflected further Nquidation and invited aggressive sales on the part of the Profersional interest. Western Union has been held firmly bove the recent average level, as the re- sult of a demand from the short interest, which now seems to have been literally supplied. Mevements in securities of this class are special, and do not reflect ac- curately the conditions which give charac- ter to the general market. The granger shares have been the feat- ures of the week's developments, and have profited by the moderate dealings recorded in that department. Toward the close of the week an improved demand was noted on the prospect of a favorable decision in the Nebraska maximum freight rate case. A careful investigation of the reasons prompting this confidence in advance of the actual rendering of the opinion discloses the fact that nothing definite is known as to when or what the decision will be. Simi- lar cases of less importance have resulted in rulings favorable to the railroads, and the street is simply hopeful that the doc- trine applied under similar conditions will be claborated sufficiently to cover this im- portant question. The fact that Monday is the last opin- ion day of the present term, naturally re- sulted in the selection of that day a3 the probable one or which opinion would be handed down. Next to a favorable verdict for the railroads the postponing of the de- cision to the October term would be most acceptable. In any event the forepart of the. coming week will find interest cen- tered largely in the grain carrying roads. The opening of the tariff debate and the possible passage of the Chicago Gas con- solidation bill on Tuesday, will govern ac- tivity in the industrial list. The strength of Sugar and its comparative neglect demonstrate again the superior manipula- tive ability of the management. The ac- tion also indicates the presence of doubt as to what sort of sugar schedule will ul- timately pass into iaw. The bank statement reflects further large receipts of money from the interior, the net gain being about $1,500,000. A small in- crease, less than $100,009, in the deposits allows, practically, the entire gain in law- tul money to be reflected in the surplus, increasing that item to $45,908,950. The loan account continues to point to the im- possibility of profits from money lending. Nearly $1,000,000 has been deducted from the total amount of employed capital dur- ing the week. —_—_—_ 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 by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. | Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. - WY Wy Wy 10 By 118i 118% 10335 American Spirits....... American Spirits, pfd. American Sugar.. American Sugar, pfd. American Tobacco. American Cotton Oil “ 2. Chcagoa Noriaw: chi jan... c. Me St Paul. C.M.& St. Paul, pi Chicago, R.I. & Pacific. . », St. Paul, M.&£0. d Gas. Ww. Metropolitan Traction. Mahattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacitic. Washington Stock Exchange. “call—12 o'clock m.—D. trict 30-year fund currency, Tia. bid: 8.65s, funding, bid, 112 ‘asked. ton Gas Compa ang Potomac Te Be, curity and Trust os, F. and ington "Market "Gomping” Ast 6e, ‘on. ington Market Comfang Hall Associaticn 5s, fantey Ist 6s, 95 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of bid: Bank of the 282 bid. bid. lee’, 173, bids 6 ‘asked. Fe-ns, 125 bid, 140 asked. a area ate Deposit and ‘Trust, 119% Railroad Stocks. tate id errs eapecte 8 | ceipts, 63,220 i bushels: exports, 8.691 bushels; stock, pels: sal White corn, 33%; do. y1 haze ‘bushels: 613. Songts 00, “Oraln Sugar, butter, . Whisky unchanged —cholce timothy. freiehts very dll, unchanged banged Sooeeeew ts, 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—Jat: we BA 88% Ty se 255% Bp 17% 17% - 18 174 8.30 830 820 2 S27 RB S55 385 8M 397 OT S87 rie" Fs" ir 22 722 7 Tw 715 a ee —___ INTERESTED IN DAVEY. Local Detectives Watching Progress of a Chicago Murder 7: Inspector Holtinberger and the members of the local detective force are interested in the outcome of the Chicago murder case in which Adolph L. Luetgert, the wealtiy sausage maker, is accused of wife murder. Their interest in the case is because of the fact that Robert W. Davey, an English- man, ts figuring conspicuously in the af- fair. Luetgert is quoted as saying that Davey responsible for his downfall and for the sfortunes of his wife. Davey, it is #l- leged, figured in a business transaction with Luetgert, and, it is claimed by the prisoner, swindled him to the extent of $16,000, Davey is known in several large cities in this country, as well as in England, and, i: is charged, has been a principal in'a num- ber of matrimonial adventures with widows who had cash, and, while it is alleged he got money from some of them, it does not “ppear that he ever married any of them. fe was arrested in this city in December, 184, on complaint of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Blakeslee, but the amount of money in. volved was made good and he was not Prosecuted. While under arrest here he was ques- ticned by Inspector Hollinberger, who had been asked to find an Englishman named Woods. The man Woods, the inspector was informed, had deserted his wife and twelve children in England, and, although the prisoner insisted that hi e was Davey the inspector believed he was the individual whom he had been asked to locate. Subsequent to this experience Davey re turned here, the detectives say, and had what purported to be some English bonds in his possession, but the police were un- able to learn anything concerning them, because of the expense that would be in- curred in sending cablegrams. According to the Chicago papers, Davey has an international reputation as an leged swindler. He was on friendly rela- tions with the Prince of Wales, it is re- ported, and figured in police circles in New York. During the world’s fair he was in Chicago. He left there before the close of the exhibition, and did not return until No- vember, when he interested the sausage maker in a scheme to sell his factory t syndicate. de FITZSIMMONS’ COMMENTS, rt Fight Corbett for a ion Dollars, Champion Fitzsimmons became very in- dignant this afternoon when shown the alleged pictures in a New York paper pur- porting to be taken from the Edison veri- Scope and depicting an alleged foul blow which the champion is giving Corbett while the latter is on his knees. Bob had just finished reading several letters and was playing with his big Dane when a Star reporter flashed the pictures on him. At first the champion was loth to talk, but after persuasion said: “All-I want is for the American public to wait until the veriscope pictures are placed on exhibition. Every one of those publixh- ed today in the New York paper is a bare- faced fake. Brady is booming Corbett and bis club in New York, and is paying for the publication of the fake pictures. “I never struck Corbett a foul blow, and he knows It as well as every one that wit- nessed the fight. Why, that picture up in the left-hand corner of the paper would preve a foul for me, as you see the Ameri- can beauty is hitting me below the pelt. “It is all rot for Corbett and his backers to cry ‘foul’ at this tate day, but good com. mon sense wil’ tell the public that had such a thing occurred it would not have been left ui noticed at the ringside by men wha had thousands on the fight, not to speak of the thousand and one ‘heelers’ that the fake fighter had there to see him win by feir means or foui.” Fitzsimmons then went through several movements that were made by both fight- ers just before the knock-out blow was de- livered, and said any sparring professor could see at a glance that the positions as- sumed in the pictures were impossible after the delivery cf the blows in Carson City that had won him the fight. In conclusion, Bob said: “I would ike to see the X-rays flashed on Pompadour Jin just for a moment, and I am willing \& wager that it will disclose yellow streakt all down his back. He is a quitter, anc nothing more. I didn’t knock him out, bu he knew I would if he got on his feet, anc for fear of his beauty quit there and then Fight him again? Not for a million dollars I'm done with him forever.” —__.— WANTS TO PRACTICE, Pie Dr. Alderman Seeks a Writ of Man- damus Against Medical Board. Asahel H. Alderman, who claims tha‘ he was befpre the approval of the «ci of Congress of June 3, 1896, regulating thc practice of medicine and surgery in the District, a practicing physician and sur- geon, today asked that the board cf medi- cal supervisors be commanded and directed by writ of mandamus to grant him the similar request, and it has been refused although on the authority of Secretar: ‘Woodward, he says, no charges have beet E g 4 i i | | i i E E l z | | f f | . I