Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1i, 1897-10 | PAGES. fest reason that controlled the legislative nd. miastorney Smith referred to the fact that the act of 1803 provided that no license should be issued fer a saloon within 400 feet of any public school or church, meas- ured by the shortest course of travel. He argued at length along the line that it was unreasonable to vary in the method of measurement bet saloons and schools and church, on one hand, and saloons and the Soldiers’ Home property on the other. “Why should the distance between a saloon and a school house or a church be measured by the shortest course of travel, and the distance between a saloon and the Soldiers’ Home property be measured by air line?” asked the attorney. Mr. Smith's Concluding Points. In concluding his argument, Attorney Smith said: “The act of 181 should be con- sidered a protection to the inmates of the Sold ers’ Home; the act is obscure in regard to measurement; the word “property” should be restricted to mean the buildings; the measuren.ent should be from the build- ings and not from the boundary of the Soldiers’ Home grounds; the act of 18% should be considered as interpreting, not as repealing, the law of 151, and the stand taken by the excise board snould be con- sidered unreasonable and unjust in every respect. “This matter is so plain to me that it is somewhat awkward to argue it to your honor,” began Attorney Thomas, when Judge McComas interrupted to say that he desired to consult the authorities before hearin; from the respondents. The Judge's Remarks. After a delay of several minutes Judge McComas, addressing counsel, remarked that he was unable to experience any diffi- culty ty reason of additional statutes relat- ing to the same subject. The act of 1893 is concerned with the whels sxbiect of the sale of intoxicating Hqtor in the District of Columbia, con- tinued the, court. The concluding section expressly prohibits any repeal of the one- mile limit act of 1891. The act of 1894, ex- plained the court, was amendatory of se: tion 16 of the general act of March 3, 189 its only purpose being to make clear cer- tain an.biguity that marked section 16. The two enactments, the general regulation and the amendment of it, on one hand, and the prohibitory act on the other, are dis- tinct in term and are kept distinct by statute The Air Line Limit Upheld. “The Soldiers’ Home property is a home for the old soldiers,” continued the court. “There are no buildings, so to speak, for the inmates are allowed to go from one building to another. “The test of aistance is from any point on any boundary of the Soldiers’ Home pr erty to the point whi the license is sought. A straight line is the shortest dis- tance between two poin' that Mr. She+hy’s place is within a the boundary of the Soldiers’ Home erty. it is conceded heeby's Place Within the Limi In the constructicn of the court, the lo- cation of Mr. Sheeh: place is within the distance prohibited by the statutes. Hav- ing no hesitation about the merits of the case, I will dispose of it by dismissing the petition of Mr. Sheehy. I will not pass, hewever, on the question of the authority of this court to review the proceedings of the ise board.” Notice of Appeal Given. Attorney Smith announced that the case will be carried to the Court of Appeals. MOB LAW AT ASHEVILLE Negro Ravisher Taken From Officers and Will Be Lynched. They First roke Open the Jail and ers Escaped in Melee. Se ASHEVILLE, N. C., August 11.—A mob stormed the county jail here last night to xet Bob Brachett, the negro assailant of Miss Henderson. The negro had been spir- ited away by deputies. The mob battered de vn the door, liberat- wd set out in pursuit of the deputies. They caught up with the officers and took the prisoner from them. The governor has ordered the Asheville In- fantry. - A ial from Black Mountain, N. ., to the on s that the mob that took Rapist Grachett from the officers last night could not agree as to where 19 lynch him, end the report there is that the party are now on the way to the scene of the ult, six miles north of 4 He. will not go through here, § leave here to try to ii —_-. — CONDEMNATION PROCEEDIN First Section of Permanent Highways Be Again Taken Up. The first.se tion of the permanent system of highways is soon to be taken up again by the courts in condemnation proceedings. It will be remembered that such proceed- ings were instituted in the courts nearly two years ago, due notice of which was given in The Star, the proceedings being intended to cover the forty-seven subdi- visions of the first section. Only two sub- divisions were acted upon by the jury, when the court, through Justice Cox, de- clared the law unconstitutional. It was then that the Commissioners appealed to the Court of Appeals, and afterward, conjunction with the property holders, ¢ ried the matter before the Supreme of the United States. The decision by the Supreme Court,which was printed a short time azo in The Star, sustained the law in all parts and reversed the judgment of the lo court. Many questions have been recently asked at the District building as to when the condemna- tions are to be again taken up, and in what erder the subdivisions are io be passed upon. ‘The court decided during the spring that nothing should be done until September, and the order of work will then be regu- lated solely by the enterprise of the prop- erty holders. "Notices are now being pre- pared for all persons interested in these condemnation procecdings. A great many thousand of lots are involved, and the tas of giving the proper notice isa large one. or POTOMAC FLATS CASES. Persons as Squatters Be Ejected. Mr. Hugh Taggart, who for years has heen in charge of the Potomac flats cases on behalf of the government, said thi ternoon that if there w: persons Were mere squatters w ‘¥ claim of right, they would be ej but as to those who claim to hold under those who are parties to the suit, now peading, it is likely that no steps can be taken to eject them until the final decision of the case in the Supreme Court of the United States. ee POINTED. Property of Mt. Vernon and Marshall Hall Company Involved. The Central National Bank, late yester- day afternoon, filed suit at law against the Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steam- boat Company, based on an alleged indebt- edness of $5,000. An attachment was is- sued, and today the steamers Macalester and River Queen held at their wharves. The matter was called to the attention of Judge McComas this afternoon, when tt was set forth that the total indebtedness of the company amounts to $70,000. In order that the company may continue to conduct its summer business without further interruption, the court appointed James S. Edwards end Enocn L. White re- celvers, to assume control of the property of the company. were cod It matters little what it Is that you want —whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fili your need. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|FOR 8RY Populist Convention at Columbus Breaks Up in a Row. MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD CONTROL The Fusionists Charge Them With Selling Out to Hanna. RESORT TO FISTICUFFS ———_+—— Special Dispateh to The Evening Sta COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 11.—The popu- lists’ state convention broke up in a gen- eral fist fight this morning. The lines were drawr between the fusion and anti-fusion- ists. The fight arose over a proposed rule re- stricting the speeches to five minutes. The fusionists charged that this was a scheme of the middle-of-the-road delegates, who are in erploy of Maj. C. W. Dick, Senator Hanna's agent. They have a check drawn by Maj. Dick at Washington, on August 9, in favor of Hvgo Preyer, a prominent Cleveland popu- list, for $25. The police are now in control of the convention, and order is restored. Police Restore Order. The police restored order in the cony2n- tion after an hour’s work, and the conyen- tion again proceeded under guard of a squad of police, in command of a sergeant. The five-minute limit rule, over which the quarrel developed, was adopted. The middle-of-the-road delegates from Franklin, Hancock and Pauiding counties were seated by a vote of 535 to 170, which shows that the middle-of-the-road popu- lists are strong in control of the conven- tion, and a separate ticket will be nomi- nated. Each side is in bad temper, and the fu- sionists are likely to split off from the con- vention. —— PANIC IN A DINING ROOM. Negro Waiter Opens Fire on Another With Fatal Effect. Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 11.—Charles Langdon, a colored waiter at Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, shot and fatally wounded Charles Stewart, another colored waiter, in the dining room of that fashion- able resort last night. The shooting was the result of a difticulty between the two men, and created much excitement among the guests. The ball passed through both of Stewart's lungs and struck another waiter on the hand, break- ing a ring on his finger. ESCAPED THE PENITENTIARY. A Boy Gets Of With a Jail Sentence for a Second Offense of Petit Larceny Joseph Beavers, a boy about sixteen years old, was today sent to jail by Judge Mills for four months for stealing cloth- ing and a watch, with some jewelry, from his cousins, George Beavers and Samucl Beavers. The case was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict of guilty, with recommendation to mercy. While the jury was out the fact came to the knowledge of Prosecuting Attorney Mullowrey that the prisoner is already serving a term of six months in jail for stealing a bicycle. Mr. Mullowney stated to the court that had he known this part of the history of Beavers he would have #o informed the jury. Judge Mills in sentencing the youth told him that it was very fortunate for him that the government officers had lost sight of the fact that he had already been con- vieted of petty larceny, for a second con- viction for a similar offense would have carried with it a term in the penitentiary. — TAKES THE OATH. Diston Sworn in as Sarveyor General of Alaska. This afternoon Col. William Diston of H- Hinois called at the Interior Department and was sworn in as surveyor general of Alaska. He will depart for his post as soon as he receives instructions from the de- partment, and will remain there during the winter. Col. Diston is from Quin Col. Il, where a nander of the G. The salary of the surv $2,000 a year, and the he Sitka. The duties are to have the survey of all public lands in Alask: for commercial or mineral purposes. past department mi A. R. > TWO YOUTHFUL FIENDS. They Torture a Three-Year-Old Child to Death. GRAPEVINE Tex., August 11.—Monday evening a little negro was killed by two other little negroes. The murdered child was but three years old. The others were six and eight years of age. They tortured the little fellow by burn- ing him all over with a hot iron, which caused him great suffering, and to stop him from crying they took him by the head and feet and threw him cff a porch three feet high end then jumped on him and stamped him to death. ——-— CONTRACTOR BADGER KILLED. Caught in the Collapse of an Arch- way of a Building. BOSTON, August 11.—An archway in a building at the South End, waich was be- ing remodeled, collapsed early this morn- ing, and W. F. Badger of the firm of Bad- ger & Badger, contractors, who had charge of the work, was killed. One of the workmen was slightly injured by a falling timber a TIN PLATE FOR EUROPE. Elwood, Ind., Factory Records. the First Shipment Abroad. ELWOOD, Ind., August 11—The first tin plate manufactured in America to be sent to Europe is, according to local manufac- turers, that started today by the American Tin Plate Company of Elwood on its way to Italy. It was a car load, consisting of 500 boxes of the most exp@nsive tin plate made here, and it is sa.d that this will be followed by other shipments, because of a growing de- mand abroad for American tin plate. The company will tomorrow make a similar shipment to England. ee Heavy Rainfall in Texas. DALLAS, Texas, August 11—There was a heavy rain all over north and east Texas yesterday. Cotton was especially benefited and late corn was saved. Early corn is too tar gone. The rain will make. more than half a crop. ed President Faure Returns to Paris. PARIS, August 11.—President Faure has returned to the Elysee from his summer villa 2t Havre. . SS New Yacht for Prince of Walen, LONDON, August 11.—The rumor is re- vived that George L. Watson is designing @ new yacht to replace the Prince of Wales’ cutter Brite nnia. _ 2 William Compliments Nichetas. ST. PETERSBURG, August 11.—Emperor William of Germany has appointed the grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitel to the honorary colonelcy of the Magdeburg Hus- ears. ———— Umpire ‘Hurst Fined §100. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 11—Umpire Tim Hurst, who threw a beer glass at the spectators during a game here last week and severely injured Fireman Cartyvelles, was fined $100 and costs by Judge Schwab in the police court today. 4 { 1 Opening of Virginia State Convention Taken Up With Oratory. Evident That the Chicago Platform Will Be Indorsed—District Rec- ommendatiens Ratified. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ROANOKE, Va., August 11.—The Virginia state democratic convention called to nom- inate a governor, Meutenant governor and attorney general assembled in the Academy of Music in this cfy a few minutes past noon today. The body, which consists of 1,548 dele- gates, a large percentage of whom are pres- ent in person or by proxies, was called to order by Gen. George J. Hundley of Amelia county, who was selected last night by the state committee te perform this initial act, State Chairman Ellyson of Richmond having declined to appear in person and render this service on account of his candi- dacy for the zovernorship. General Hundley, in announcing the opening of the convention, stated that the gavel which he held in his hand was carved from wood employed in the con- struction of the American warships Kear- serge. General Hundley then read the list of the temporary officers and closed by in- troducing as temporary chairman Greenlee D. Letcher of Lexington. John Bell Big- ger of Richmond was announced as tem- porary secretary. ixtels W. J. Bryan. Mr. Letcher, in accepting the honor con- ferred, made a speech, which consumed more than thirty minutes in its delivery. tie returned iv Jefferson as the demigod of democracy and to Bryan as Jeffersons natural su@essor, and also as the next President of the United States. This last reference to the “boy orator of the Platte” was greeted with loud applause. Mr. Leteher extolled the merits of the Chicago platform in its entirety, and declared aim- self an enthusiastic advocate of the free coinage of siiver and an income tax. Mr. Letcher dubbed Henry Watterson the “cock-eyed goddess of-sour mash,” and said that before Carlisle had retired from e cabinet he was at Lynchburg, Va., in a private car, serving the Mephistopholes (meaning Pierpont Morgan) who had bought his soul. Mr. Letcher is an member of the house of delegates of V and is a son of John Letcher, Vir- ginia’s war governor, who was known all over the state as “Honest John Letcher.” Col. Bigger a Hamorist. Colonel Bell Bigger, the secretary who is perhaps the most unique character in Vir- sinia politics followed Mr. Letcher in a humorous speech, which fairly caught the convention by storm. After receiving and ratifying the recom- mendations of the different congressional districts for membership on the committee on credentials and resolutions and organiza- tion, and also a vice president for each dis- trict. and the members of the state com- mittee the convention adjourned at 1:30 o'clock until 3 p.m. The most determined fight will be over the proposition to adopt a plan for nomi- nating United States senators by primary. The developments of today indicate that the most conspicuous party leaders of the state will antagonize it. Congressman Jones of the first district, who is cham- pioning the plan, declares that he will make a bold fight for it. EXTREME PENALTY IMPOSED Judge Mills Sentences William Lucas for Assaulting Bessie Gladmon. Eleven Months and Twenty-Nine Days in Jail—The Court's Com- ments on the Crime. Judge Mills today sentenced William Lucas, the assailant of little Bessie Glad- mon, to jail for 11 months and 29 days. ‘The particulars of the crime were publish- ed in The Star of yesterday, and confirmed by witnesses on the stand today. ‘The trial began about 11 o'clock, and was attended by as many persons as coffld gain admittance to the court room. The charge was simple assault, as a graver crime could not, under the circum- stances, be proven. Mrs. Laura Gladmon, mother of the lit- Ue girl, stated that Monday afternoon sae saw her daughter, Bessie, go to the door ’ house in r The door was ting on the sill. I the little girl to sit a onse to a call from of him. ne! i mouth and placed her on the floor. ‘Then he raised the child's clothing and exposed her form. At this juncture, Mrs. Gladmon said, she ran to the fi eparating Lucas’ house from her own, and, as she said, called him a dirty brute. “I meant no harm,” was Lucas’ and Mrs. Gladmon told him sie di Heve him. reply, not be- The Father Informed. “My husband was away from hom® at the time,” the witness continued, “and when he returned I told him about what Lucas had done. Mr. William Gladmon, father of the lit- tle girl, testiffed that upon being informed of Lucas’ conduct by his wife he went to the home of the accused, where he met him and promptly knocked him down, using bis fist. What he did after that has been already published in The Star, Lucas es- caping into his own hovse. Bessie Gladmon, the child in the case, was placed on the stand, but she was so nervous and excited that she was unable to testify further than to confirm what her mother said. Lucas Defends Himself. Lucas testified in his own behalf, assert- ing that he did not do as was charged, and alleged that he sfmply patted the little girl on one of her limbs, and claimed that Le thought too much 9f the child to do her apy injury. i Referring to the punishment of Lucas by Mr. Gladmon, Judge Mills said: “I do not believe a jury could be found who would convict the father of this litle girl if he had punished Lucas much more severely than he did. 5 “I believe it to be my duty to the Little children and the parents of this community to provect them, and I shall punish every person convicted of assaulting children to the fullest extent in my power. “The charge against Lucas is one of simple assault, and no other could have Leen made by the government, as the time of day it was committed precludes the pos- sibility of an attempt at rape. But it was a gross ard indecent assault, and a greazer outrage because of the age of the victim. If there is a class of assault that is worse than another, it is the habit of some aged ne to take improper liberties with little girls. “Not only is the assault a crime of itself, but its commission is ant to demoralize the mind of the unfortunate victim and per- haps contaminate the minds of many chil- dren in the neighborhocd.” Judge Mills then imposed the sentence, as above stated. —$_ > Low Bids for Granolithic Paving. Property owners who desire an improved sidewalk in front of their property will be glad to learn of the substantial cut in price, ‘resulting from the recent competition. The current price per square yard for grano- lithic pavement is $1.22. The lowest bid re- ceived at the opening of bids yesterday af- ternoon is S# cents per square yard. The bidders were the Cranford Paying Com- pany, 80 cents per square yard; Kemp & Son, $1.08 per square yard; Andrew Gleeson, $1.18 3-4 per square yard, and the Cincin- nati Granotoid Company, $1.18 9-10 per square yard. ——_— Substantial Real Estate Deal. By a deed filed today Ewald Schneider purchased from Lorenz Stelzle and wite lots 20, 21 and 22, in square 616, at North Capitol and O streets, for $20,000. AN AND SILVER WILL New Propagition to Be Offered the +--—_ Oper ators ely on Destitution to Br&ak the Strike. REPORTS FROM WHEELING PITTSBURG, Pa., August 11—The com- mittee having in charge the matter of se- curing signatures to the proposed uniform- ity agreement to govern coal production in the Pittsburg distritt has decided not to urge the operators to sign the document un- til they have been given an opportunity to examine the same carefully and come to seme conclusion of their own mind. The committee feels that so much time will elapse before the proposed agreement is to become effective that nothing is to be gain- ed by hurrying matters. Besides that there is no one person specifically charged with Icoking after the affairs. It is proposed to appoint a secretary to the committee who shall corduct the correspondence of the body, and to whom the signed contracis may be sent. Profit-Sharing Plan Proposed. There is a story being discussed about the mines and on the street corners in Pittsburg that the New York and Cleve- land Gas Coal Company has under consid- eration, at leas}, if it has not already adopted it, a plan that is entirely new as applied to coal mining.- It is nothing more or iess than sharing the profits annually with the miners. The plan will not be put into effect, however, until after the strike, and those ¢laiming to have knowl- edge of the purposes of the company in this respect say it fs copied after the sys- orce in Wanamaker’s stores in Philadelphia and New Yoric and in other large retail establishments in the east. ‘T. B. De Armitt, when seen regarding thé proposed new plan, said he would rather not talk about it at present, as it was not fully decided upon, and would not go into effect until after the strike. De Armitt Gets Threatening Letters. Several threatening letters have been re- ceived by President De Armitt recently, he Says, some of them menacing him per- sonally, and others the property of the company.eTo these no attention has been given other than to take precautionary measures lest a person of disordered mind be prompted to attempt to carry out the threats that have been made. Coal is still plentiful here and prices are steady. There is still 2 large quantity of coal in the river available for rail Shipments, but tuch of it held for emergencies is now be- ing sold, as it 1s regarded by the operators as almost certain that a break will be made by the miners at several places within the next ten days. The reason given for this view 1s that there is great destitution among the families in the villages sur- rounding the mines. The contributions from the public haye been devoted largely to the feeding of the men at the camps, while the women alid children in the iso- lated villages shaveiheen neglected. Appeals to the officials come from the villages every day for aid for the families of men who are at the various camps. High, Wages Offerea. As high as 7 cents a ton, 10 cents more than is demand#d, has been offered by some operators, whcge contracts specify coal of a certain gradg, and: which-is only obtain- able at fancy: figurest The mecting to be’ held af Irwin today is regarded as alfhost ¢ertain to result in the cessation of production. at!.the mines of the Penn Gas 43oat €0.; Westmoreland Gas Coal Co., the Renn-Manv# shaft and small- er mines in that: vicinity.’ There is. talk among the leaders,of’a march to the mines ot the Keystone Coat an4 Coke Co.) largely owned by Copgressmar Geo. 1H) Huff of Greensburg, to get the: @izgers employed there out,-as' from thei six mines’ operated by the company much'coal coming to Pittsbarg is preduced. The tompany’s out- put capacity.4s GL00 tons & day, and all its mines have been -ranning fif The Oak Hil miners, whose wages were withheld by the De Armitt-Company yes- ty becuse they had struck, met -at ton last night and after denouncing the company’s metion formatly declared the strike at Oak’ Hill on, and ‘decided to re- main outuntil the district price of 69 cents per ton is paid. More Men Return to Work. Notwithstanding this action there were ™more men at work in the mine today than on any day since the marchers appeared in the’ neighborhood. At least twenty men went in the pit at 5 o'clock this morning who were not there yesterday or the day before. Nearly all of them were among the ramber who were refused cash for their check weighman slips yesterday af- ternoon, and'a few of, them were at the meeting at Newton last night. Most of them live in Turtle Créek ‘and went into ;the mine in flat cars on the De Armitt coal oA before Gavlight. 2,The pound parade at the camp of the Strikers in Turtle ‘Creek brought. to the commissary provisions hardly enough for one meal. There zre about 300 men and two bands in the-camp, and after their usual morping march, an the ‘Oak Hill mine “they were served short rations. Vice Président McKay, whe ts in charge of the camp, said that the larder would be re- plenished befere 10on. At Plum Creek the force was increased. The full quota of 285 men went in before 7 e'ciock, and the De Armitts are jubilant. The striking marchers watched them go in, but they still-hold that they will be out in afew days. _ At Sandy Créek there has beon no change in the situation since Monday. The strik- ers continue their. .marches; and about twenty-five men continue at work. ‘The output of thg Oak Hill mine yester- day was four cars. _ Sandy Creek produced three cars and Plum Creek twenty-three cars, according to the strikers, but’ the company officials say they shipped thirty-one cars. Ex-National. Vice President _ Cameron Miller of the United Mine Workers’ Asso- ciation entered suit today for $3,000 dam- ages against T, B. De- Armitt, superintend- ent of-the Turtle Creek mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas ‘Coal Co., for al- leged malicious prosecution. In addition to serving injunctions.on Miller, Mr. De Ap mitt had him, arrested on charges of riot and unlawful assemblage. These charges were not substantiated at the preliminary hearing of the case. before Justice Sem- mons, and the .gase jwas dismissed. Reports; Are Conflicting. CLEVELAND,' Ohlo, August 11.—A spe- cial to the Platfjdeai8r from Wheeling this morning say ped : “Reports fron thé Kanawha valley are conflicting. The_organizers claim they have the best of it,.gnd-that-the miners will all ve out before Saturday. “On the other hand, disinterested persons say that the °Dianiind, Winifrede, Big Mountain and -@oumt Carbon miners all went back to werk this morning, and in a bad humor with the orgenizers for making reckless promise’ to Induce them to strike. “In this distefet thére is no change to- day. Moundsvilte, ndele, Boggs Run and Elm Grovg-areqout, and the strikers are working on the Jfw men employed in the Peddling ks, At Fairmont great preparations-aré ing for the Gomyers meeting tonight but/there is no change in the situation. The Tunnelton miners were organized last night, 120°strong. Strikers March on Canomkburg. ‘CANONSBURG, Pa.. August 11.—Five hundred strikers marched to Canonsburg last night and established camps near the Canonsburg and Cook mines, which are again in operation. Almost a full force of men are at work gat both mines. Deputies are on guard and no trouble is appre- hended. ———— : Made Acting Chief. - Orlando U.. Iekis: of Iowa has been as- signed to duty.as acting chief of the board of review of-the pension-office. . . 3 SHARE PROFITS|4 MATTER OF Opinion of Attorney General on Discrimi- ing Duti The Question Raised on Diemonés— Precious Stones From Canada ~ Subjeet to 10 Per Cent. Attorney General McKenna this after- noon sent.to the Secretary of the Treasury an opinion as to a part of the question of levying an additional duty of 10 per cent on goods brought into this country through another country. The opinion is as follows, and is self explanatory: In your communication of the 6th in- stant you state that recently, since the tariff act of July 24, 1897, went into effect, certain diamonds have been imported into the United States from the Dominion of Canada, a foreign country contiguous to the United States. These diamonds were the production of a foreign country not contiguous to the United States, and were worth $90,000, so they eannot be regarded as imported in the usual course of strictly retail trade. The method of trensporta- tion of the diamonds from Canada into the United States, whether by vessel, rail or otherwise, is not stated. After calling attention to the provisions of section 22 of the tariff act of July 24, 1897, you inquire: First, whether a discriminating duty of 10 per cent under section 22 should be lev- fed on the diamonds described. Second, whether, in determining the lia- bility of the diamonds to the discrimin- ating duty, it is material to ascertain the mode of conveyance used in the transporte- tion to the United States from Canada. Quotes the Law. In reply, the Attorney General quotes the section of law bearing upon the matter, wkich will certain reservations is appli- cable, and is as follows: Section 14. Phat a discriminating duty of 10 per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected and paid on all goods, wares or merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States; but this discriminating duty shall not apply goods, wares and merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States, entitled, by treaty or any act of Congress, to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall be paid on goods, wares and merchandise imported in vessels of the United States. Section 22 of the tariff act of July 2 1897, continued the discriminating duty im- posed-by section 14 of the former law, and added a discriminating duty of 10 per cent on all goods which, “being the production or manufacture of any foreign country not contiguous to the United States, shall com> into the Unjted States “from a continguous country,” without being imported “in the usual course of strictly retail trade.” The full text of the section ts as follows: Sec. 23. That a discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected and paid on all goods, wares or merchancise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States, or which being the production or manufacture of any foreign country not contiguous to the United States, shall come into the United States from such contiguous country, but this discriminating duty shall not «ppiy to goods, wares or merchandise which skall be imported in vessels not of the United States, entitled at the time of such importation by treaty or convention to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall then be payable on goods, wares and mer- chandise imported in vessels of the United States, nor to such foreign products or manufactures as shall be imported from such contiguous countries in the usual course of strictly retail trade. Differences Defined. The former law imposed discriminating duty only on goods imported in certain for- eign vessels. The present law imposes a discriminating duty also on goods whica come into the United States from a cont!gu- .ous country and are the product of a for- cign non-contiguous country and 2re not imported “in the usual course of strictly retail trade.” It will be observed that the word “im- ported” is not used in connection with goods which “come into” the United States from a contiguous country, save in the exception exempting goods’ “imported in the usual course of strictly retail trade,” but for the purpose of this cpinion it is not necessary to consider the precise. ef- fect of the words “come into,” as distin- guished from the word “imported,” if in- deed there be any difference in meaning. Question Not Material. In determining whether the goods under consideration are subject to the discrimi- nating duty, it is not material to ascertain the mode of transportation or method of importation; it is sufficient to know that they “come into” the United States from a contiguous country, and are within a class subject to duty, namely, are the “pro- duction or manufacture of -a foreign coun- try not contiguous to the United States,” and wre not “imported in the usual course of strictly retail trade.” Your first question is, therefore, anewer- ed in the affirmative; your second in the negative. Very respectfully, J. K. RICHARDS, Solicitor Generel. Approved: Attormey General. ‘The foregoing opinion does not cover the question of tea imported into this country. An opinion has been requested from the Attorney Generai on this subject, and will be given by him within a few days. The opinion rendered today is in accord- ance with the views of the Treasury De- partment. The question decided is very Gifferent to the question now being con- sidered by the Attorney General. —__—__-+e i PICTORIAL APPLICATIONS. Photographs That Have Been Sent to the Congressional Librarian, Photographs, drawings, books and many other things are put in evidence by people who apply for places in the new Congres- sional Library. Young authors proudly send their published volumes to show the Lbrarian that they are literary enough to fill high-salaried-positions in the library. There are numberless photographs. filed away with the applications. One young ‘divorcee sent three photographs of her- self, in different poses. The pictures show her to be a very fascinating-looking young woman, but as the undivided attention of the male employes of the library is re- quired for their official duties, it is doubtful if she gets the place. This person also sent a photograph of her baby. There are many other pictures of young women among the applications, and they are all shown to be: prepossessing in appearance. Scme men have had the nerve to file their photographs also. One cld soldier, who was pretty badly shot up at the battle of Antietam, sent a photograph of his bared back, showing the bullet holes ard scars of battle receiv- ed at the hands of the enemy, and which he thinks ought to entitle him to a place in the library. —_—__—_—_-o+___. Bequest to a Church. The will of the late Martha E. Welch, dated April 10, 1897, was filed this aftor- ncon for probate. The testatrix .girected that the bulk of her property be transferred to the Plymouth Congregational Church, et. 17th and P streets. ——— Mmess of Poru Kwang Soh. Mr. Poru Kwang Soh, formeriy Corean minister at this city, and now a member of the Corean privy counsel, is ill at his home th street. He has an attack cf Seeeonien of the lungs and is not expected to recover. He has been ailing only two or three days. Seeks Divorce From a Convict. Lillie Kemp Grimes this afternoon filed suit for divorce from William C. Grimes, stating that her husband ts an inmate of the Maryland state penitentiary, and has been confined there for the last two years, being under a ten years’ sentence for for- : i 4 | Carriage, .72 bid, 73. asked. aren. | Palle tee 115 vide ios econ 2° he Raltimore Markets. a {} BALTIMORE, August 11.—Plour frm, unchanges | skill from INANCE AND TRADE Big Volume of Business Transacted on New York Stock Exchange. ~ PRICES GENERALLY RULED HIGHER Realizing Sales at the Close Cause Slight Reaction. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 11.—Opening prices this morning were generally higher as the result of increased earnings, encouraging crop conditions and an increased demand from London. Foreign houses sold for a time, but later became buyers of the favorite international issues. St. Paul, Northern Pacific pre- ferred and Union Pacific were in good de- mand for foreign account. Fears of tight money in London, due to a probable outward movemeni of gold to the United States, were reflected ir the price of consols and the general European security issues. The certain application of these condi- ticns to local betterment being recognized abroad, the moderate increase in the de- mand for our securities followed. inter- ests now identified with the advancing movement would undoubtedly utilize gold importations to their fullest extent. Routine events continued to be encourag- ing, and extraordinary indications of te- turning prosperity will simply lessen the effort and double the result. Buying on all concessions continues to be the policy of the most conservative in- terests. Two days’ trading, amounting in all to the interchanging of over 1,200,000 sheres of stock, has improved instead of detracting from prices. The professional buying power is not equal to 25 per cent of such an aggregate, and a strong public de- mand must be admitted. Syndicates, cor- Porations, pools and individual investors combine in making prices now, whereas but a few months ago a handful of pro- fessional jobbers were intrusted with this responsibility. Reactions under the circumstances are only natural, and act as a safety valve to a situation which over-enthusiasm might rob of its best qualities. The Granger shares were advanced a trifle beyond the week's best level, and earnings were again the inspiration to the demand. Corn and wheat are going for- ward in quantity, and new dividend pros- pects are increasing cn all sides in con- sequence. The coal shares, as a group, were in good demand, interest centering especially in the serial Reading issues. ‘The first pref: ence stock of this company is being pushed forward by the most conservative houses in the street. The common stock shares its strength to a degree, but possesses no no value but speculative. A short interest in New Jersey Central is likely to be made the subject of a sharp attack in tke aear future. The Northern Pacific issues advanced easily ur der a good demand. Berlin has re- sumed purchases of these shares, and this fact is regarded as an indication of @ com- plete understanding as to future manage- ment. Increased earnings, both passenger and freight, contribute to the success of the present movement. Large blocks of the preferred stock have been accumulated quietly during its recent periods of ap- parent neglect, and its support today around 5) was fully as good as when it was ten points lower. Missouri Pacific in particular and the Gould group generally are expected to advance to points which will more nearly duplicate the improvement in neighboring issues. The former stock by reason of its low price and future prospects is most in_ favor. The customary realizing toward the close of the Gay detracted slightly from the previous high level, but the undertone was unmistakably strong. ———__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. : Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits... Wy kk American Spirits, pfd. MB Eo American Sugar.....°° 145 146 14535 American Sugar, pfd... 163g 1163 163g American Tobacco...... 95 9% 4 American Cotton Oi 1945 19% Erie. General Ble Mlinois Central. Lake Shore. Southern Ry., pfd. Phila. "Track =e Sales—rezular calt—12 o'clock m.—U. Light, 5 at 100: 10 at 100; 10 at 100. Gun, Carriage, 100 8. Electric Paeumatic 72 cents; 100 at 72 cents; 100 at 71 cents. After call—Lan- sion Monotype, 20 at 17%: 6 at 1814. Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 101 fund 6s, 112 bid. Water stock Water stock 7s, 1903. funditig, currency, 110 Metropolitan Railroad 5s, Railroad conv. Gs, 118 bid, Metropolitan Railroad certificates of Andebt A, 108 tid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, B, 108 bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, 117% bid. "Washington Gas Com- pany Gs, series A, 10% bid. | Washington G Company Gs, ses 11 bid. U. 8. Electric bid. Chesapeake and Po- id. American Security : , 100 bid. American Se- curity and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. Washing Mi « apa wy is oe imp. Market Company ext, Assvclation os, 103 bid. National Bank Stockx.—Bank of Ws Metropoll Miscellaneous Bonds. N12 Lid. Metropoliten 120 asked. edness, Railrosd S*ocks.—Capital Traction me oe eg bid. 56 asked. Metropolitan, 117 bi Gas ani Blecttic Light Stocks. hes Ha ett -Fagilagton ne Georgetown Gas, 43 bid. U. 5. aciimarance Siocks —Firemes'a, 39 bid. Franklin, bid... Metropotttan, 6) bid, 40° asked. Corcoran, 55 bid. Potomac, 67 bid, 72 asked: uate, 137 bid, 150 asked. National Union, — a4 asked. Columbia, 3% bid, 13 asked. ™ bid Erople’s, 5 SM hid. Comimer- Title ‘Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title. 100 tid, 110 asked. ‘Title, 5 Lid. Washing- ‘Columbia ton Title, 2 bid. District Title. 4 bid. Telephone Stocks. wania, 38 bid, 50 asked, ‘ra phopbone, bid. "9% ‘asked. American ferrod, 6 Pneumatic Gun Merge:thaler Monot, > stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ledenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. . High. 1 o . toy hte Yom “rap Dee: Rly MORNING cane, sre ; mont! 8S 34a A314: steamer Bat Repiemn rion stock, mixed. 2oa20\. 226,513 baste; exports, mone; stock, Ni.- firm--No. 2 nearby, 47; No. —receipts, 1 4 port 5 stock, Quict—choice timothy, $18.0a814.00, quiet and anc Suga: Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers ind brokers, 1427 F st, members New York th a . Sees z Hi Hz" oon eaan aakea } Close. sie BASES. sere eae OT ve "8 To. O68 ow oe 2 of Cd oJ Government Bonds, Quotations reported by Corson & Magart- rey, bankers. Asked. 2 per cents, registered... 4 per cents, coupon of 1907, 4 per cents, re: 4 per cents, 4 per cents, 5 per cents, Sis nad of 1 4 113% insioners Are Now ed in Drafting Them. The Commissioners are drafting a num- ber of new regulations governing bicycles in the District of Columbia. These regulations are based upon a let- ter from the major of police in answer to several communications suggesting amend- ments to the regulations. He says the practice of riding through the streets with hands off the handle bars is unquestionably reprehensible, especially in cold weather, when the rider projects his machine with hands in his pockets, and ‘When the rider has hold of the handle bar it seems to me that the machine can be safely managed without the brakes.” He can find no objection to the amend- use of ment recommenéed to section article 10, police regulaticns, which proposes to prohibit riding with the body and head bowed down, such an attitude being the cause of many accidents. He concurs in the suggestion that so much of section 5, article 1, as applies to the passing vehicles be made to re follows: “That any vehicle passing another which is approaching shall keep to the right, but in passing another going in the same di- rection shall pass to the left.” He also concurs in the amendment pro- posed to the same section to the effect that in turning to the left into an intersecting Street sufficient space shall be left be- tween the vehicle so turning and the lef:- hand curb to permit of a safe passage cf another vehicle. Major Moore says there can be no ob- jection to the following as a new section to article 4: No person being the driver of any v: hicle with a draught animal attached shall intenticnally so drive as to crowd any person on a bicycle on or against the curb of the street, or on or against any other vehicle or object in such street or off or over any embankment at the side of the roadway of any street.” He recommends that it be made unlawful for more than three persons Thounted upon bicycles or similar vehicles to ride abreast upon the streets or avenues in the Distri of Columbia. He recommends als: “No bicycle shall be propelled across any intersecting street on which there are car tracks in che city of Washington at a gre. speed than six miles per hour; rate ef speed betw and avenues or across streets there are no car lines than twelv hour; nor at a greater speed o: Aas miles per ny public street or roadway outside of said city than fifteen miles per hour. ee NEE Eb ART LEAGUE, A Society Which May Be Destined to Do a Great Work. From the New York Evening Post. A society which may be destined to do a Sreat work faas been recently formed, un- der the title of “The Public Art League of the United States.” Its president Fien- ard Watson Gilder, and some of the offi- cers and directors are: C. F. McKim, Au- sustus St. Gaudens, F. L. Olmsted, Charles Dudley Warner, G. C. Hubbard, re Smithsonian Institution; D. C. president of Johns Hopkins Universit W. P. Laird, prestcent of Fine Art League, Philadelphia, and Edward Robinson of the Museum of Fine A Boston. Its obj as contained in article II of the consti tion, is: “To promote the passage of a law or laws by Congress requiring tha’, before purchase or adoption by the government of any work of art (sculpture, painting, architecture, landscape design, coin, seal. note, stamp or bond), the cesign or model for the same shall be submitted to a com- mission of experts for an expression of opinion as to its artistic merit, and that the approval of such committee shall be a prerequisite to its adoption.” Article IV. States: “Persons interested in the obje: of the league may become members by at thorizing the secretary (Glenn Brown, architect, No. 918 F street) co sign their names to the constitution.” The roll al- veady comprises more than 560 members. Few who recall the many ill-considered at- tempts at architecture perpetrated in «he government's name—for ene example, shall we cite that colossal calamity, the new post office at Washington?—will deny that this league is needed. A bad building is not, like a bad dinner, temporarily dis- tressing, but remains as a corrupter of taste and a permanent disgrace, with the added power for mischief in ‘this case of a government sanction. “But the horizon of possible usefulness extends beyond the reailzation of this im- mediate object. Such an organization may become a permanent board of advice on questions of art, which will be consulted by state and municipal bodies all over the country. And even a greater destiny may await it. This league marks a new depar- ture. Not only are representatives of every one of the arts uniting for a common pur- pose, but they have stret their hands by an alliance with the laity. Ar- tists have been heard to lament the ab- sence in thts country of state aid. Public encouragement ts small, so they would ex- change King Log for King Stork. Pater- nalism is only a disease, not a principle, of republics; witness the last reductio ad ab- surdum, which has placed the artist on a level with the lumber baron. But in this society, with its universality of represen- tation and its union of the layman and the professional, we shall have, if it continues to represent in its official personnel the art interests, not of one or two communities but of the whole country, an ideally demo- cratic substitute for state aid, viz., an in- creasing co-operation of the community, ‘The Public Art Leagve of the United States” is an acorn with unlimited possi- bilities of growth.” Washed His Heart. From the New York Tribune. . Report is made of a most interesting sur- gical operation performed at Parma, Italy, by Prof. Camillo Verdelli, in the presence of all the physicians of the Parmese Hos- pital, and with very satisfactory results. ‘This operation was nothing less than the washing of a youth’s heart—the first of the kind, the washing apparatus employed be- ing ore lately invented by Prof. Riva. Af- ter making the necessary incision Profes- sor Verdelli first cleaned the pericardium of the patient, a twelve-year-old boy, of the put which had there PUBLIC ‘Communications relative to bu