Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1897-14 PAGES. —— LATE NEWS BY WIRE > The Powers Fear Turkey Will Insist on Keeping Thessaly. STRONG ARGUMENTS 10 BE USED Porte Will Be Taught a Version of the Golden Rule. SEEK AUTONOMY FOR CRETE -_——— CONSTANTINOPLE, June 9.—It is ex- pected that strong pressure will be needed to overcome the resistance of the Turkish government to surrendering Thessaly. Re- ports that Great Britain is opposing on re- ligious grounds Turkey's retention of Thes- sSaly are being circulated here with the view of exciting Mussulman fanaticism. The powers contend that as they guar- antee the integrity of Turkey the latter T™must respect the Integrity of others. In a memorandum submitted to the Turk- ish government the powers propose that the crests of the mountains on the Greek frontier be occupied by Turkish instead of Greek troops, and also that the indemnity be in proportion to the resources of Greece. It is further proposed to modify the ca- pitulations or special privileges, enjoyed by Greek subjects in Turkey, with the view of abelishin in abuses which have been the subject of complaint upon the part of the Tu = E ‘© Tatter question: 1 be intrusted to a commission of the de- limiting of frontier wil ited by an international mili now rests wit govern- conclud- believe not, and it t a tch of 1 rts in cireala- have com- where many 1 destroyed by 1€ to the that the Turkish Trre Mitted excesses in 1 villages are said to b them. FOR Te CRETAN AUTONOMY. Possibility That Francis Joseph May Be Made Governor. Island of Crete, June 9.—The ates will meet at Armyro to- CANE. Cretan de @ay in order to discuss the preposed auton- omous form of government for the island. The delegates from the western districts of Crete are willing to accept autonomy if the Turkish troops depart. The election of Prince Francis Joseph of Battent married to Prin “ro, to be gover- well received by The prince » Victoria, and he czar and t From Carpet Weay- Hall, Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, June 9 that hia. They were to eling among the manu- cidedly cheerful ported, are one of the Dornan at of Thomas i to be on full is running on full 5 ut the pros- 1 ©. Reed's mill and Hamilton are aiso st coms running, ms are rapidly xample. ——— PEWABICS HULL LOCATED. Steamer Sank Thirty-Two Years Ago With 150 Passengers. MILWAUK —The hull of the steamer Pewabic, which was sunk by the Meteor thirty-two years ago, was located last eventhg cff Alpena in 160 fect of water. The wreckers are to recover tons of copper which con- Stituted part of h: cargo. Her pre t Arrangements with *na companies, which assure the wreckers 60 © value of all property re- value is about $90,000 the Home and i the insurance: per cent ed. A of Pewabic, with about Su- and a came with her sister steamer, Me- to exchange mails, and being drowned. a amount of % mostly in d intact, ound my in addition to the valuzble cargo. SAYS NO SI — = AL Was GIVEN. jon Stood Near When the Accident Occurred. YORK, June 9—In the inquest is in Tress at Vall ream, L. > of the disaster there on of he tally-ho was run hear the au- ng of the ap- . Miss Ella A. Pel- passed the coach just | dt the crossing, and that, Sollity of the party, sh r bicycle within 75 ck to take a second She was posi- LELEMENT. D. Farrington, Superintendent Design, Arrested —Ciaude D. Far- of the National vf Design, has been arrested on a Claude nd larceny. He ts accused of ezzled over $4,000 cf the acad- The complaint against him by James E. Snillie, treasurer of tendent of | past seven | an of high n exami- at covered a r yea that th These vered. SUICIDE. She Was n Clerk in the Wilmington, Del., Post Office. TO forty y hington post of! committed this morning by throwing herself | from a thi story window of her boardin ho a West streets. Her neck | the suicide si Sth was broken by the fall, and her body was terribly cr i. She had at first tried to Kill herself by inhaling {lluminating gas, as an examination | f her room showed that the gas was turned on full force, an@ the crack at the bottom of the deor had been Stoppec with bedclothing. No cause is known for the suicide. ——- Tennessee Cutting Affray. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 9.—A cutting affray took place about six miles from Mountain City yesterday, in which Bud Price, a North Carolina desperado, killed James Hampton and fatally injured his brother, Theo. Hampton. Ali were drinking. Price has not been captured. MEMBERS OF A BAD GANG Three Colored Toughs Who Are Suspected of Various Offenses. One Makes Confession of Having Been Present When Zadock Kessler Was Shot in February. Detectives Lacy, Horne and Weedon have succeeded in arresting two colored men, and a third one is already in jail, who, it is said, are wanted on charges of having com- mitted several serious offenses. The men are all colored, and named Ike Jones, Bliss, alias Will Clark, and William Hawley, alias Hall, respectively. The capture, Inspector Hollinberger thinks, 1s an {mportant one. The princtpal accusation against them is that they vistt- ed the store of Mr. Zadock W. Kessler about 10 o'clock on the night of February 23 last, for the purpose of robbing him, but escaped from the place without getting any money, but not until after Clark had shoot Kessler in the neck. Mr. Kessler, who fs an elderly man, keeps a store at 248 10th street northeast, ard the shooting caused considerable excitement in the neighborhcod, having the effect also of making other storekepers uneasy. Mr. Kessler was getting ready to close his store the evening he was shot. Two colored men, whose faces were partly covered with handkerchiefs, entered and made a demand for money. Mr. Kessler refused their de- anacs, and one of the men opened fire on ‘im. Detectives Get a Clue. A few days ago the detectives got a clue to his alleged assailants, and Monday they arrested Jones, who willingly informed on the other two men. His statement was that he bad teken the revolver from the heuse of a friend and loaned it to Clark, who afterward told him that he (Clark) Was the man who had shot Mr Kessler. The morning after the shooting, so he tcid the detectives, Clark read to him an account of the affair printed in a city paper, and said he was the man who had committed the crime. He denied that he was with the men wken they went to the store. When Jones had been locked up the offi- cers went after Clark, and searched several in South Washington, including the of his mother and a young woman with whom he had kept company; bat it Was not until this afterrocn that they man- aged to apprenend him. It is also suspected th. bed the store of J. N. I ly, No. 15 street. northeast. In this case two colored men went to the store and asked for the change of a dime, and while the proprietor was making the change one of them grab- bed a bag containing between % and $6 and ran off. Held Up a Street Car. Jones admitted to the officers that he had participated with the others in the “hold-up” of an Anacostia street car one night last winter. They got on the car and had a struggle with the driver, he says, and when he and Clark left the car they supposed Huwley had secured the cash box, and were disappointed to find that he had not. Clark is Identified. Mr. Kessler called at police headquarters this afternoon and fully identified Clark as the man who fired the shot. While Clark's companion went behind the coun- ter, he said, Clark came up to him and said: I want your money and I want it quick, too. men rob- Ni th rougat the ‘as about fist when pistol and fired. he bullet is still in Mr. Kessler’s posses- n. having entered his neck near the 5 sed around his shoulder neck, from which it It, is likely that 2 will be heard in the Police Court Ww, unless the detectives want tim! arther investigation. > AUGUSTA A CENTENARIAN. merchant to his feet te deal Clark a blow the latter pulled his The Maine City Celebrates the Event With Much Pleasure. AUGUSTA, Me., June 9.—Augusta today celebrated the centennial anniversary of its birth. The city was elaborately deco- rated. The day was ushered in with a ring- ing of bells of the city churches. J. W. Bradbury, the president of the day, ts the oldest living ex-United States senator. He will be ninety-five years old tomor- row. The invocation was given by Rev. Dantel Cony Weston of Washington, D. C. Chief Justice M. W. Fuller of the United, States Supreme Court delivered the oration of the day. —_—> THE DISTRICT JAIL. Committee Appointed to Prepare Ad- ditional Rules for Its Government. At a meeting of the Court in General Term this afternoon a committee, con- sisting of Justices Hagner, Bradley and Cole, was directed to consider the propriety of making additicnal rules and regulations for the government of the District Jail. The court did not decide, however, that the pres rules and regulations of the prison are InsufYctent or inadequate, leav- ing that matter to be determined by the committee. The committee is the same that was ap- Pointed some time ago for the purpose of considering what further rules, if any, are necessary to be made to govern the prac- tice before the dift District Supreme s ent branches of the art. uking to a Star reporter after the aJ- jevurnment of the court, Chief Justice Bing- hum said that it 1s hardly likely that the court will take any action in the matter of the charges preferred against Warden Leonard by Lawrence Ball, a prisoner in the District jail. The chief Justice intimated that the war- answ. ihe charges ended the matter, although he could not say, of course, that the committee of justices ap- pointed today might not report that the prison rules and regulations needed revis- ing. “If the committee reports in favor of a revision,”” said the chief justice, “the re- vision will, of course, be made.’ ‘The chief justice referred ty the recent visit of the grand jury to the fail, and to the intimation of their foreman yesterday that they inter ced submitting a :cpurt, but remarked that the grand jurors are not re- quired by law to visit or inves‘igate the jail, nor had they been directed to do so by the court. The chief justice said, however, that if the report showed that there is any mis- management at the prison or anything else wrong there the court would take proper action in the matter. — ee rrespondent Charged With Libel. Charles H. Monroe late this afiernoon warrant for the correspondent of the Detroit Evening News, on a charge of libel. Monroe claims that Miller recently wrote and caused to be published an ar- ticle naming him es the author of certain threatening le aid to have been ad- dressed to Speaker Reed. Assistant District Atiorney Mullowney will consider ihe application tomorrow. ————— His Victim a Policeman. ‘imrod Davis, a young white man, was for the action of the grand jury this moon by Judge Kimball, in the Police Court, in $309 bonds, to answer a charge of false prete The victim was Policeman Goss, who vouched for Davis in securing a full dress suit on credit. The suit was wanted, it was alleged, so that Davis mignt Secure a position as a wu Instead of going to work, however, he departed from the city. a Nolle Pros. Entered. On complaint of William C. Hickey of 2% D street, Patrick Fitzgerald was ur- rested last night by Detective Hartigan and charged with highway robbery. After an Investigation District Attorne: Mul- lowney nolle prossed the case today. = if you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. | NEW JERSEY G. A. R. CAMP. Several Thousand Veterans in At- tendance at Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CIfy, NW. J., June 9—The thirteenth annual encampment of New Jer- sey, Grand Army of the Republic, com vened here today. There are several thou- send old soldiers in town from this an@ other states. The grand parade and in- spection took place at 8 o'clock this after- neon. Commandéer-in-chief of the G. A. R. T. 3. Clarkson of Nebraska, General Sewell, United States senator from this state, and General D. S. Murphy arrived today. Gov- ernor Griggs, who was expected, has not et reached the city. Tne downpour, of rain last night made the streets muddy and unfit for marching. Despite this fact, at the appointed hour the veterans began to trudge over the route. ‘The three divisions of the marching pa- geant were made up of New Jersey and Pennsylvania veterans and civic organiza- tions and local fire companies. . The most important matter to be brought before the convention will be the question of taxing inmates of the Capital Soldiers’ Home at Kearney. Under the present sys- tem every inmate of the home receiving a pension of $8 per month or over is charged one-third of the amount of his pension for board. —_—_—_— SAVAGE’S TRIAL BEGUN. pee He is Charged With Stealing Cannon From West Point. NEW YORK, June 9.—Henry Savage, one of the men accused of the theft of cannon from Fort Clinton, West Point, was given a preliminary examination before Commis- sioner Shields today. The secret service agent who arrested the accused man testi- fied that Early, one of the prisoners, had told him that twe of the guns were taken in November, 1896, broken up with dyna- mite and the pieces sold to Berstein, a junk dealer of this city, the proceeds being divided among the men concerned. In March of this year two more guns were stolen, and these also were disposed of to Berstein for $81.60, which sum the thieves also divided between them. These two cannon were not broken up. After taking the testimony of an employe of Kahn Bros., who bought the guns and metal from Berstein, the case was adjourn: ed until Monday. i CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY. Celebrated at Staunton, Va.—Promi- nent Hebrews to Be Married. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. STAUNTON, Va., June 9.—Confederate memorial ceremonies were observed today by a parade of the local military, civic so- cieties, the municipal officers, the Stonewail Brigade Band and a long line of ex-con- federates. The twenty-seven dead soldiers in Thornrose cemetery were covered with Hiowers, and an eloquent oration was deliv- ered by William R. Alexander of Winches- ter, who was introduced by Harry St. George Tucker. Miss Madeline Barth and Mr. Albert Shultz, leaders in Hebrew circles, will be married at the Synagogue tonight, Rabbi Saliset of Richmond sulemnizing the cere- mony. Handsome gifts of stlver, cut glass and generous checks have been received, and after the wedding a large reception will be had at the Hotel Eakleton. F. SON Congressman — Expresses Confidence in His Being Acquitted. ST. PAUL, Minn., June §.—The case of Congressman F. C. Stevens of This city, in- dicted on a charge of grand larceny for overdrawing his account with the Minne- sota Savings Bark, while president of the institution, has come up for trial. Jt had been decided in another cas TRIAL, Minnesota thai d jury which returned his indict- in that one of the jur- and when the Stevens ors was an alien, came up, it was developed that the it jury also had been irregularly drawn. However, Mr. trial, sted on an im- ake advantage of any i ing the great- est confidence in being able to ¢! simself very quickly from the charge. E. were secured when court adjourned. ee STILL AFTER WHITE BULL. mediate Cheyenne ‘Chief Still at Large, With 300 Men Pursuing Him. MILES CITY, Mont., June 9.—There is very little change in the Indian situation. The sheriff ought to reach the reservation this morning. It is generally thought among citizens who knew Chief White Bull that he will not be taken alive. White Bull and his followers are at large and 300 deter- mined men are trying to arrest him. Four companies of soldiers on hand make mat- ters very complicated, and a mix up may occur at any moment. Orders have been received by the com- manding officer of Fort Keogh from the War Department at Washington to inform Maj. Neweil, who has eharge of the troops from Fort Keogh at the reservation, to uot return to Fort Keogh until further ad- vised from that office. It was Maj. New- ell’s intention to leave the reservation soon ard reach Fort Keogh by June 15. The or- ders were immediately forwarded to Maj. Newell by couriers on bicycles. —— REFUSE TO ARREST FIGEL, Have No Evidence Against Hoffman's Bookkeeper. SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.—Despite the fact that Attorney Ache has openly stated his conviction that Isaac Hoffman was murdered, and that the bookkeeper, Theo- dore Figel, is short in his accounts with the firm of Hoffman, Rothschild & Co., no steps have been taken to arrest Figel. The police insist there is no proof of a com- mission of a crime by him, and that in any event the onus ef the filing of a complaint rests upen those who accuse him. Ache, on the other hand, insists that it is the duty of the police to arrest Figel upon sus- picion, ciaiming that there is sufficient évidence of embezziement to warrant his detention. Police ARRESTED FOR COUNTERFEITING. Three Men and » Woman Charged With Making $5 Pieces. SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.—Arthur Gul- roy, Alfred Williams, James F. and Kate Rogers were arrestefi by Secret Service Agent Harris in this city upon the charge of being implicated with a dentist named Stark in the counterfeiting of $5 pieces. All four were arraigned before Commis- sioner Heacock and remanded for examina- tion until the 16th instant: Stark, who wus arrested last week, was examined and held to answer. eo Delegates Visit Buffalo. BUFFALO, N., Y., June 9.—The delegates to the international postal congress arrived from Niagara Falls at 9:05 o'clock today. The members were met by a delegation of prominent citizens and taken for a drive about the city, the route including Fort Porter grounds and a portion of the park system. At 11:45 o’clock the party left for Rochester. = Gov. Tanner Signs the Allen BilL SPRINGFIELD, IL, June 9.—Gov. Tan- ner signed the famous Allen street railway bul at 10:45 a.m. today. The bill authorizes 50-year extensions of existing street railway franchises, allows 5- cent fares to continue, permits consolida- tion of companies and makes no provision for compensation to municipalities, —_—__ Gen. Draper to Meet King Humbert. ROME, N. Y., June 9.—Gen.. Wm. F. Draper, the new United States ambassador to Italy, was recelved in audience at 3:30 P.m. today by the minister for foreign affairs, the Marquis Visconti Venosta. Gen. Draper requested au audience of King Humbert for the purpcse of presenting his credentials, ——___- John C. Welty a Candidate. CANTON, Ohio, June 9—John C. Welty this morning formally announces that he will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor at the state con- vention, and that he will have the support of his home county. The wan reached yesterday, he says, PARTY. PLATFORM timenaten’ bas boom nereotore stvn. "" |A PERPLEXING PROBLEM /FINANCE AND TRADE < Tho Topic Stirred Up in the Senate aril Debate. PROTECTION AR) THE DEMOCRA Senator Milis ‘Protests Against a : Change in Principles. SUGAR NOT YET REACHED The venerable Mr. Morrill of Vermont, chairman of the finance committee, was in the Senate today, after an illness of sev- eral weeks. A concurrent resolution, offered by Mr. Allen (Neb.), was agreed to, nationalizing the trans-Misstssippi exposition, to be held at Omaha, and requesting the President to invite foreign nations to participate. A joint resolution on the same general subject was agreed to, suspending the im- migration and Chinese exclusion laws, so as to permit foreign labor to take charge of foreign exhibits at the trans*Mississipp! exposition. Consideration of the tariff bill was re- sumed at 12:15 p.m. No mention was made as to the time of taking up the sugar Schedule, and the debate proceeded gn the agricultural schedule, On the rice paragraph, Mr. Allison, in charge of the bill, withdrew the committee amendments reducing the House rates, leaving the House rates stand. Mr. Mills (Texas) moved to strike out the entire rice paragraph, and substitute a new one, placing a uniform duty of 40 per cent ad valorem on all grades of rice. Rejected as, 19; nays, 40. | - Five democrats—Bacon, Clay, McEnery, McLaurin and Tillman—and four populists —Allen, Butler, Heitfeld and Stewart—voted with the republicans in the negative. The rice paragraph was then agreed to as it came from the House. Rye and rye flour was agreed to as re- ported. Paragraph 231, on tapioca, had been struck out by the Senate. The Chicago Platform. On the question of agreeing to this change Mr. Rawlins (Utah) took the floor to answer Mr. Vest’s statement yesterday that a “new evangel” of democratic doc- trine was being proclaimed by certain dem- ocratic senators. Mr. Rawlins said he had been a member of the committee on resolu- tions and platform at the Chicago conven- tion, presenting that tariff clause which had been under discussion, and on his mo- tion it was agreed to. Mr. Lindsay: (Ky.), platform in hand, in- terrupted to ask Mr. Rawlins, since he pre- sented the tariff clause, why the good old democratic word “onty” after “tariff for revenue” came to be omitted. Was it an intentional omission? Mr. Lindsay asked. “I think not,” responded Mr. Rawlins. “I can throw some light on that subject,” said Mr. Tillman, ‘who was also a member of the committee on platform at the Chi- cago convention..,“It was omitted pur- Posely, after, discussion.” Mr. Rawlins reviewed the course of the democratic party {i carly tariff legislation. The essential‘ principle of this was that all burdens and behéfits should be borne equaily. Thi¥ was'ino new evangel, no vile reptile or nattlesfake, as Mr. Vest had characterize@ it, arid there was no need of any democratic sénator invoking the Al- mighty agatwst sach doctrine. It came to democratic ‘#enatbrs pure and undefiled from the dethocratt fathers, and he would support it. My..Mills Protest Mr. Mills (Tex.) spoke on the general features of the’ bil. For two months, he said, the eengtessional committees had sought to adjuet and readjust and readjust again the tariff Jaw, in the interest of a monstroys trust ‘fund which this bill-is in- tended to raise. He came, he said, to speak for the “forgotten man’'—the taxpayer— from whose labor and sweat was to be wrung by legislative rapine this vast fund for distribution among favored beneficiaries. Here was a bill of confiscation, he declared, proposing to take the property of those who were not favorites—the “forgotten man,” who is laboring in the streets and fields. And yet, when an explanation was asked for the exorbitant rates of this bill, no answer was given save, “What are you going to do about it?” Mr. Mills warned those on the other side of the chamber to remember that biblical injunction, “For all these things God will bring you into judgment.” The process of framing this bill proceeded against the fundamental principle of the Anglo-Saxon doctrine that every man shall have a hear- ing. But there was a tribunal whose doors always stood open, and before that tribunal the projectors of this bill would be sum- moned. In 1890 a similar act had fallen like the bubonic plague on the country, &nd the tribunal of the people had put the republican party in quarantine. Mr. Mills declared that the effect of this bill was to swell the value of manufactured products to the extent of billions, adding it to the wealth of its possessors and tak- ing it from the pockets of the masses. Against this stupendous system of legis- lation, robbery and rapine he protested in the hope of arousing the attention and indignation of the American people. Mr. Mills referred to the efforts at past democratic national conventions to lead it away from its fundamental opposition to @ protective tariff and to make it “walk blindfolded into the republican party as the advocate of class legislation.” He spoke of the contest in the democratic na- tional convention of ’Y2 over an unequivo- cal democratic declaration on the tariff. Turning to the democratic senators who had voted yea for a duty on cotton, Mr. Mills showed how the delegation of Georgia, South Carolina and Utah had supported unequivocal declarations in na- tional conventions against a protective tariff. = Mr. Mills spoke of the aspirations of our early fathers toward the freest application of natural laws, free trade, free men, free press, free religion. With this freedom of trade realized, with taxation on wealth as it ought to be, then there would be the real prosperity of natural, God-given laws. It was toward that happy condition that our fathers had been looking forward. But instead of that hed come the gradual bulld- ing up of a plutocracy of wealth. Mr. Mills gave tables showing the vast fortunes of a few individuals, who were, he said, te receive the benefits of this bill. After reviewing many state and national demccratic platforms, Mr. is) doclared that a man could not ke a democrat who did not support the doctrine that a tariff must be Mmited’ to revenue only. But a new doctriné of emocracy was now pro- claimed, inviting!democratic senators into the camp ofythe enemy to sing hosannas to the monstrgus inties of this bill. But, fortunately, the, Senator said, there were no Elishas jhere\,to smite democrats with such blindness. “To whom does _the senator allude?’ de- manded Mr."Rawlins, one of the democrats ihe had voted with the republicans. “Every man may wear the garment, if It fits him,” #esporfded Mr. Mills. “If it doer not, he may throw It aside.” Mr. Millsuthen tirned his attention to the daughters of millionaires, “fatted like heif- ers” and gent road in quest of titles. When the Yet ‘fortunes had been built up by unjust taxat then, he said, these daughters stwere's “put on the market, hawked and pedgled, sold for princesses and duchesges gAd countesses and mar- chionesses ‘and aff otner “cesses.” And here was Congréss legislating the money to pay for these trips abroad. Jf the American pecple accepted this condition then they were not worthy of self-governmen*. Mr. Mills closed with an ominous pre- diction that the abandonment of demo- cratic simplic:‘ty would bring forth out ot for Prosperity. Mr. Cannon took the floor, but yielded a moment to allow Mr. Thurston (Nebd.) to Present what he termed some evidences of “returning prosperity” in the shape of. some editorials from Nebraska newspapers, showing a general revival of business. “Is rot the Wilson tariff law still on the statute books?” asked Mr. Gray (Del.). “Tt is, but it is the expectation of the ol i Measure,” replied Mr. Thurston, “which is causing this re- vival.’ “May I ask what Nebraska declared for at the last election?” interpcsed Mr. Can- non. “For all the heresies of the Chicago plat- form,” replied Mr. Thurston, “but it is the first and last time my state will take that Position.” ——_~e____ MIGHT REQUIRE A CAUCUS. The Finance Committee Not Agreed Regarding Hawaiian Treaty. The Senate committee on finance has not yet been able to agree upon the form of a Provision in regard to the Hawalian reci- Procity treaty, and a member of the com- mittee today expressed the opinion that it might be necessary to hold another caucus to decide upon a course of action. IN BEHALF OF OUR BEEF. A Systematic Effort to Be Made Against Féreign Discrimination. Mr. Bellamy Storer, the newly appoint- ed minister to Belgium, was at the State Department yesterday afterncon receiving his final instructions preparatory to his de- parture for his post. One of his most im- portant instructions was to protest to the Belgian government against its alleged policy of discrimination against American beef. and to open negotiations for the re- moval, if possible, of the present resiric- tions against American products. It is said that similar instructiuns have been sent to the United States ambassadors at London, Paris and Berlin, and that a unit- ed and energetic plan of action is to be ob- served for the removal of the restrictions in England, France, Germany and Belgium discriminating against American beef. ee ae eee THE MARBLEHEAD GOING NORTH. After a Presentation She Will Pro- ceed to Cape Breton. _ Secretary Long has issued orders to Ad- miral Sicard, commanding the North At- lantic squadron, to send the cruiser Marble- head, which is now engaged in patrol duty on the Florida coast, to Marblehead, Mass., in order that the people of that city, after which the vessel is named, may have an opportunity to present her with a silver service and look her over. After a short stay at that port the cruiser will proceed to the fishing grounds off Cape Breton for the better enforcement of the fishery laws, so far as vessels of the United States are concerned. This will be the first visit of ar American warship to those waters for many years, and_has no further significance, according to Secretary Long, than a desire to dis- Play the American flag in that vicinity. The gunboat Wilmington will replace the Marblehead on the Florida staticn. ———_-e-_____ A DRAWBACK REGULATION. The Treasury Department to Break Up an Existing Practice. Assistant Secretary Howell has issued a customs circular which modifies the ex- isting regulations in regard to drawbacks on imported materials subsequently ex- ported. Several cases recently have come to the notice of the department where articles manufactured at factories using Indiscrimi- nately imported and domestic materials of the same kind, and keeping no separate record thereof, have been entered for draw- back and where, as a consequence, the deciarations for the identification of the articles have proven wholly inadequate. In one case an exporter of preserved fruit, using imported and domestic sugar, did not keep a record showing whether the sugar used in the exported fruit, and upon which drawback was asked, was the identical sugar tmported. He thought he was within the law so long as he asked drawback on no greater quantity than he imported and subsequently exported. This practice is held to be illegal, and hereafter proprietors will be required to keep a scparate account of all imported materials and keep such account open at ali times for Inspection. TRYING TO GET A JURY. Slow Progress in the Trial of Tobacco Trust Officials. NEW YORK, June 9.—The work of get- ting a jury for the trial of the offcers of the American Totacco Company, indicted for contpiracy, was continued today in the ccurt of genera! sessions. Four jurors were secured. The counsel for the accused was augmented this morning by Charles C. Beaman, ——__ Want Places in the Treasury. F. T. Roots of Indianapolis has filed an application for appointment as register of the treasury. Other applications filed to- day were those of G. A. Benham of Chi- cago, to be assistant controller of the treas- ury, and W. A. Lamson of Chicago to be deputy auditor. —_—_o-._______ Virginia and Maryland Postmasters. Fourth-class postmasters have been ap- pointed as follows: Maryland—C. M. Murray, Hampstead, Carroll county; S. S. Yingling, Reistertown, Baltimore county. Virginia—A. J. McCoy, Millboro’, Bath county; A. E. Hancock, Trevilians, Louisa county. —-e+______ Will Be Acting Postmaster General. First Assistant Postmaster Perry 8S. Heath returned to the city today, having left the party of delegates to the postal congress at Niagara on their return eas’ ward. Mr. Heath will be acting postma ter general during the absence of Mr. Gary, who accompanied the President to the Ten- nessee exposition. —_—_o+—_______ Passengers on the Paris. NEW YORK, June 9.—Augustin Daly and Ada Rehan were passergers on the steamship Paris, which sailed today for Evrope. Among the other passengers were Miss Kate Forsythe, the actress; G. Creighton Webb, one of the secretaries to special ambassador Whitelaw Reid; the Earl of Westmeath, Sir William Jardine, Smith M. Weed, Right Rev. Daniel S. Tut- tle, bishop of Missouri, and the Evening Telegram jubilee party of six. —_—+ Bicycle Races Declared Off. BUFFALO, N. Y., June 9.—The bicycle races of the New York state bicycle cir- cuit, scheduled to be run at Fredonia, have been declared off, owing to the inclemency of the weather and the fact that a number of riders have engagements at Rochester tomorrow. see Burglar Shoots Two Policemen. OMAHA, Neb., June 9.—While trying to arrest three burglars at 3:30 this morning Police Officers Tiedman and Glover were shot, the former perhaps fatally. Glover's wounds are not thought to be serious. The burglars escaped. —— Ex-Auditor Winram Dead. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 9—Sam B. Winram, ex-city auditor, and a prominent Poiitician. is dead. He was born in Cincin- nati in 1842, and served through the war the dark. some historian to write the chap-| in the navy. ter on the “decline and fall of the great American peoplé.’ The Senate amendment was then agreed to, SUN out the House provision on tapioca 5 : ‘Mr, Vest moved to strike out the para- graphs (232 and .233) placing a duty on wheat at 25 cents per bushel and on wheat flour bt 25 per cent ad valorem; rejected-— yeas, 15; nays, 35.. Four democrats, Bacon, McEnery, Mc-’ Laurin and’ Tillman, and two Allen and Heitfeld, voted with publicans in the negative. The hs on seat and wheat 0. populis' the Te: —————————— Sugar Trust’s Dividend. NEW ‘YORK, June 9.—The directors of the American Sugar Refining Company to- day declared a regular quarterly dividend of 3 per cent on common stock, and 1% on preferred stock. — Vassar’s Largest Class. : POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y,, June 9.—The class of 1897, comprising 104 young wo- men, the largest in the history of the col- lege, graduated from Vassar today. —_———.—— “Want” ads. in The Star pay because answers, on ag- ' they bring Cormissioners Still Wrestling With Street Swoeping Plans. A Compromise May Be Adopted Pro- viding for the Employment of Some New YXerk Features. Lower Prices Prevailed on New York Stock Board Today. OFFERINGS, HOWEVER, WERE LOW With the street sweeping situation in a] Phere Was an Entire Absence of maze of tangles, the Commissioners are locking for some kind fairy to touch the Magic skeins and thereby solve the riddle as to how the streets of the city are to be kept clean during the coming fiscal year. Yor several weeks they have been thinking, and for several days they have been inves- tigating. The former has resulted In prac- tically nothing, while the investigations have given them informatgn enough to -e- Tnove several obstacles. Gradually the sev- eral propositions for which they advertised have dwindled down, until now they are confronted with only three plans for keep- ing the city clean. One 1s to do the work by machines, under the new specifications, which provides for broom men to clean de- pressions in asphalt pavements, and which the authorities believe will greatly im- prove the present method of street sweep- ing; another is to combine the machine work with a system of hand labor, with the patrol system on certain streets, and a third is to sweep the entire city by hand in licu of machines. One Decision Reached. One thing at least has been decried. There will be no pick-up machines em- ployed, no matter what plan is followed. The Commissioners do not think them ticable, and have decided not to have them tn Washington. i Except upon the principal business streets and a few of the more important residen streets, the patrol system, as employed in New York, is impossible. The District has not the money to do the work, although the Commissicners are all convinced that by that method the streets of the city can be kept cleaner than by any other system. There are several propositions under con- sideration, and it is expected that some time this evening the board will evolve a plen which at least will give the city a semple of hand !abor with the patrol fea- tures. One idea is to sweep the less in- portant streets by machine, to the extent of say two-thirds of the appropriation, leaving the balance to be expended upon the principal business streets, with a feiv of the residence streets thrown in. To in- crease the amount of hand labor that can be done, it is proposed to reject all bids for cleaning Pennsylvania avenue by hand, as at present done, and take that money and apply it to the general fund. This will largely increase the means available for the work, and fs believed to be an excellent plan, Conditions Are Different. It has been found difficult to apply the experience gained in New York to Wash- ington. The coniitions are so widely dif- ferent that a comparison is hardly pos- sible. It has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of all the Commissioners, how- ever, that such a system of cleaning is the best, and with a sufficient appropr? tion they would not hesitate to inaugurate the method here. They point out very con- clusively that if a street is once thorough- ly cleaned, it is an easy maiter for a la- borer to constantly patrol it, and keep it clean. But here in Washington, where Street schedules are made necessary by reason of insuflicient appropriations, and streets are not cle every day, the patrol s As an example, take a swept but twice a week by m patrolman intras' several of the: Sts are find it an impossible task to sweep all the the streets and keep them clean, because of the iarge amount of dirt, which must necessarily accumulate during the days the streets remain untouched, It is this consideration that has brought the Commissioners to a realization that, to iraugurate hand sweeping. they must effect scme compromise between a hand system and a machine system. They do not altogether subscribe to the belief that a gang of laborers, with scoops, shovels and brocms, can go along a street and clean it as well as a machine, unless there is some kind of patrol work done after- ward. This, however, is combated by Col. Waring, who stated broadly that hand jJabor was rrore efficient than machines. The friends of hand labor, however, are earnest in their protest against machines, and the ‘business men who signed the Pe- tition for hand labor still believe that hand sweeping during the day is better than machine sweeping at night. A Compromise Pla This brings the Commisioners to a con- sideration of a compromise, and here they ere resting, strcng in the belief that by the employment of a combination method, as mentioned in a previous paragraph, all can be satisfied and the city receive a sys- tem of cleanirg that would be in every way better than the one now in use. The repcrter of The Star who visited New York with Commissiorer Black, to investi- gate street sweeping, made a calculation today upcn the combination system pro- pesed. Briefly it may be summed up as fcllows: At the present time the contractor sweeps in the neighborhcod of 320,000,000 square yards of smface streets per year. Should the Ccemmissiot.ers decide upon a mixed system they could have 260,000,000 square yards per year of unimportant streets swept ky macbires and 75,000,000 square yards of streets swept by hand labor, with the patrol feature, and still be within the ajpropriation. Add to this the money ex- pended upon Pennsylvania avenue, and in- clude that street between Ist and 17th streets in the hand patrol system, and the Commissioners could include several other streets in the hand method. It is understood there will*be another conference upon this street sweeping mat- ter this afternoon. ———— Army Notes. Capt. Wm. V. Richards, 16th Infantry, has been ordered to Chicago for duty on the staff of Maj. Gen. J. R. Brooke, com- manding the department of the Missouri. First Lieut. Thomas M. Defrees, Sth In- fantry, has been placed on the retired list on account of disability incident to the service. Lieut. Defrees is a son of ex- Public Printer Defrees and is well known in this city. Government Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. 2 registered. 96. r cents, istered. . . eeaee 4 per conta’ coupon of i907. 2 12y 11 4 per cents, registered of 1907...2. 110% 1114 4 per cents, coupon of 1925...002111 124g, 1248 4 per cents, registered of 1925.2... 128 5 per cents, coupon of 1904. > 113! 5 per tents, registered of 1904..... 7 Currency 6 per cents of 1898. - lon Currency 6 per cents of 1899. 2 108% SSS SS Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, serge Co., New York. Open. High. Low. B44 T0%-H 6s! 3 2 23% 1s) 18%-% 17%-18 18 78T) 7.70 a 352 3.52 3.62 3.62 422 4.22 427 4.27 COTTON. High. = ae fs 723 7.28 7.0T 7.08 69l 681 ets. EAUTINORR, — 9. iow am, unchanged —re- celpts, reis; export rrels: sales, L100" parrete, “Wheat ursettled—spot, Ti?aa77%: Stocks Seeking Market. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 9.—Lower prices in London, due to the disinterestedness inci- dent to the regular fortnightly settlements, ‘were generally duplicated in the tocai market this morning. The selling was not important at any time and fractional ae- clines only were recorded. The willingness to buy the better class of securities continues to manifest itseif from time to time, particularly during profit-tak- ing periods, The fractional declines which are recorded at occasional intervals are no longer construed into adverse argu- ments. Instead, they are regarded as spe- cial inducements to participation in an improving situation. Efforts were made by the professional clique to force Gown tre price of the grain- carrying roads on repcrted unsatisfactory crep conditions The government crop the close of business tomorrow, is not gen- erally expected to confirm such report Concessions throughout the group partic- ularly .nterested were, consequently, not rermaneat Rock Island and Northwest were given the preference, however, in the new buy- ing instead of Burlington, as heretofore. A new group of securities is now expected to come forward as features of primary in- report, due after terest, namely, the properties In the more advanced stiges of reorganization. Mr. Morgan's return from Europe furnishes the basis for this expectation, as hi cent stay abroad is said to tended with encouraging res The securities in which the prospects for special market attention seem most en- couraging are Reading and Northern Pa- cific. The advance today in the properties named was credited to the operations of houses most intimate with the plan for im- proving the general standing of the var- ious securities involved The market as a whole reflects an almost entire absence of stocks seeking a market. This fact is particularly significant in view of the unmistakable evidences of an in- creasing demand. rnings, if as satisfactory at the the month as they now are at the beginn will be the direct incentive to improvement of a substantial character. The fears of gold exports are not alarm ing, and this, with the posstbilities of the Cuban situation, are admittedly the only Visible sources of evil. American Sugar was again a feature of unusual interest, the opening price being curtailed 1 per cent on sales of 4,000 shares. From this low level the price was forced re have been 2t- Its. up sharply under contident buying to 123%, and was held steadily within 1 per cent of thot level during i ent trading The re quarterly dends of on the common and 1% on th cent erred w ounced during the me i termination of ican Tobacco by a substantial the price of the shares of that com- against zo Gas wa ithstanding the of a rival at tomor > ciiy alder most satisf during this period i recorded for the m FINANCIAL siven proba g000 sanctionin US session of losing hour wes the _— AND. «€ RCIAL. The following are the opening, the h'ghest d the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Mac, York stock exci: American Spirits. A -an Spirits, Sugar, pid American Tobac: Atuerican Cotto Atchison Baliimore & Onto. Bay State Gas. Canada Southern... Canada ary" ay Chesapeake ol o2 .,.C.C. & St. Louls c , Dia. Chicago, R.I. & Pacitie Chicago, St. Paul, M.&£0 Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack. & W Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Kilo Grande, ptd. Erie General Biecitic. Louisville & Nashvilie Metropolitan Traction Manhattan Blevated. Pacific Maul...... Phila. & Reading. Pultman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., pla. Phila. Traction . U.S. Leather, Wabash, pfa! Western Untoi Silver. Laci Washington Steck Exchange. I-12 o'clock m.—Warhington Sales—regular call. Gas, 1 at 43%y. U.S. Electric Light, 10 at 10 at 92%; 10 at 93. Lincoln Fire insurance, . Washington Tite Insurance, 50 al can Graphopbone, 50 at 9%. Pneumat! 92%; 6 at ‘Ameri- Gun Car- cents; 100 at 49 it Lan- riage, 100 at 51 cents; 50 at 5 cents. Linot: Mergentbaler pe, Sat 7%; 10’ at 7%; 10 at 7%. , 8+ Electric’ Light, 10 at 92%; 10 ac $23: 10 at 92%; 10 at 92%. Piariet of Columbia .— 20-year fund 5a, 103 bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 112 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, Li3t "bid. Water stock 7s, currency, 114% bid. 3.658, bid,’ 112 asked. cur: Ratiroad Washington Market tial Bak a of Washington, 260 Nation Stocks.— ¥ 300 asked. Rank of the Republic, 212" bid. bid, 300 i Metropolitan, 280 bid, 290 asked. Ceatral, 255 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 175 bid, 195 asked. ond, 185 bid. Citizens’; 125. 135 asked. Co- 125 bid, Jumbia, 127 bid, 130 axked. Capital, 119 bid. | West 104 bid, 10S asked. Traders’, bid, wo asked. Lincoln, 102 bid, 105 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Sompnnten. tional Safe Deposit and Trust, 114 bid, 117 asked. Washingtos Loan and Trust, 119 bid, 125 asked. American Se- curity sod srust, 142% bid. Washington Safe De- Ls , oS PRalisoad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 53% bid, ae res tam, 114% bid, 118 ed. “Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, Met 5 " 45 take. Artingtoa, 127 ane 188 ‘Nia, ations? U 101% jonuiia, 12% bid. 12 axked. ceed. ie ‘5% bid. Lincoln, Stork = Real Heat Tithe, O7 bid, ‘Coluinbta, om bid, 5S Co-