Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1897, Page 2

2 | —— rommittee on resolutions be amended to read on resolutions and on pian of action. Whole Matter Tabled. This brought out a flood of amendments and motions, but the whole matter was finally tabled and the meeting adjourned until 2 p.m., at which hour the report of the committee on credentials will be pre- s ed. When asked as to the truth of the state- ment reputed to have been made in Pitts- burg by Mr. Garrick, president of the ytherhood of Painters and Decorato! regard to the mobilization of idle mi t Pittsburg, President Ratchford of the T Mine Workers of America said: “f know nothing about it; I have never heard of such a plan being proposed; it may have been without coming to my at- tention. as I have been away from Pitts- burg for some time.” LUETGERTS TRIAL BEGUN Chicago Sausage Manufacturer Accused of Murdering His Wife. Gruesome Experiments Made to Test the Theory of the Prosecution in tae Celebraied Case. CHICAGO, IIL, August 30. Luetgert was calm and confident looking when brought into court, and he had ap- parently been greatly refreshed by Sun- day's respite from the daily court room or- deal District States Attorney McEwan for- mally opened the case for the state. On the wall close to the jury box were hung large maps of the Luetgert sausage fac- tory, the Luetgert home and all the sur- roundings of the place where it is charg the prisoner killed his wife and then de d her body. attorney for the state began with i yearance of Mrs. Luetgert on . and next described the visit on May Bicknere, brother of Mrs. called to see his sis- © had disap- pparent indif- s statement e police, but nvtation ter and peared. ference He of he would him if anything had discovered concerning the where- ibouts of Atterney told the jury that Luetgert’s statement that he had hired two detective rch for nis wife would be preven fa McEwan said it is the theory of the state that Mrs. Luetgert accompanied her husband into the factory between 10: and IL o'clock. About 14 o'clock her little son Louis returned from the circus and saw her sitting ia the kitchen. ation of the boy with The conv! his mother was interrupted by Luetgert, who came in and ordered the boy to bed. Kefore going to sicep the boy heard his father descending the back stairs toward the factory, where he had slept for vears. Mr. McEwen said it is the theory of the state that Mrs. Luetgert descended the stairs at the same time and went to the factory. The boy did not hear her = wore house slippers, whic made no noise. Lueigert and Fis wife were seen in the alley in the rear of the hous: few minutes later. They were seen going through a gate which led to no place ex- cept the factory. Detailed Prisoner's Movements. The attorney for the state then detailed the movements of Luetgert in the factory. the turning on of the steam to the vat, the ng of Watchman Bialk, shortly after 1 o'clock, to a drug store, and Bialk’s sub- sequent errand to the drug store, all of which kept him out of the factory for an hour and a half. He was away when Mrs. Luetgert was last seen alive in the alley. The alleged motive and operating reason which actuated Luetgert, according to the theory of the then describ Mr. McEwen said despised his wife. He had t her with violene as the evidence for the state will show. had no affection her, and lived alone in the factory. the attorney s he had been v other wome: Judge Vine ed to this but Judge Tuthill overruled the Mr. McEw utement, objection. a witness will testify ert choke his of hi t kill x n, for I have no mor did that ma: and not overruled by the court. Wien Mr. McEwen concluded, Vincent announced that no opening dress would } at preseat for the de- The first witness was then called. Haafe of the city map department the correc ¢ the drawings Dy Attorney ne: the prosecuti WANTS GIRARD'S MILLIONS. Kansas City Woman Claims to Be an Heir-at-Lav CITY, Mo., August 30.—Mr fe of Frank Sigler of this alesman for a Philadelphia made the following sen- fon: “Iam a descendant sation: . the multi-millionaire ef founder of Girard College. at grandfather was a brother ‘ather. ard cied im 1831 he ‘eft mereased until it is He hed no direct ollateral descendants ot be found, so he left nis estate to I going to try to wreck Girard ‘ge and get my money.” —— ASTUS CORNING DEAD. _ E Wealthy Banker of Albany, N. Y., Suc cumbs to Apoplexy ALBANY, N. Y., August 30.—Erastus Cerning died today, aged seventy yea He was descended from Samuel or “En- sign” Corning of Beverly, Mass., and was one of the most wealthy men in the state. His charities were numerous. Death was caused by apoplexy Erastus Corning a son of the Er. tus Corning who died in 1872. Upon the death of the elder Corning he succeedsd to the presidency of the Albany City Na- onal Bank, and continued in that posi- years up to tae time S85 Mr. Corning was New York Central Mr. Corniag’s In ‘or of the and Hudson River railroad. wife, who survives him, is a daughter of the late Amasa J. Parker. ——-—__ ATTACK ON MAGC RLANG. Philippine Rebel in Reported ax Far From Being Settled. TACOMA, Wash., August 30.—The latest advices from Manila papers show the re- bellion in the Philippines is still far from being crushed. A determined attack has been made on the important town of Magcarlang, tn La- guna province, by a party of rebels under the command of Miguel Malvar. The Span- ish troops, being outnumbered, retired to the convent, where they fortified them- selves until the arrival of the, troops sent by Gen. Imramillo, when the rebels retired, leaving twenty-five dead and carrying their Wounded off as usual. The Spanish loss is not stated. The friar priest of the town fought like a Hon. —$—$<——___ Te Go to Halifax Dry Dock. HALIFAX, N. S., August 30.—An officer of H. M. 8S. Crescent has informed the As- sociated Press representative here that the United States authorities have decided to send the battle ship Maine to Halifax to go In dry dock during the last week in Sep- tember, and that the Maine is likely to be followed by the Iowa. z — Atlantic Mills Resume Work. LAWRENCE, Mass., August 30.—Opera- tions were resumed at the Atlantic mills today, after a shut-down of four weeks. This will give employment to about 1,200 hands. Work was also resumed in the Weaving department cf the Methuen Com- pany’s mills at Methuen. Nearly all of the 450 operatives employed in these mills are now at work. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1897—12\ PAGES. LATE NEWS BY -WIRE YOUNG BURGLARS CAUGHT Two More British Posts Captured by Insurgent Tribesmen. KOHAT PASS AFRIDIS STILL LOYAL The Ameer of Afghanistan Predicts a Holy War. COLONEL REID OFF TO UCH SIMLA, August 30.—The Shinwari and Kahi police posts on the Samana range were attacked, evacuated by their gar- risons and burned by the enemy on Sunday night. : In addition, the Orakzais on Sunday night looted the Nariab, Samana bazaar and burned the school. The Kohat Pass Afridis are still loyal, in spite of the Mullah's strenuous efforts to excite their chiefs.. They promise not to oppose the Peshawuri troo) wko are marching on Kohat. Ameer Predicts Holy War. The Memorial Diplomatique of Paris as- serts that the Ameer of Afghanistan has ordered the faithful to hold themselves in readiness for a holy war, and that a meet- ing of Mullahs has been convened at Cabul to discuss the situation. og The London Times’ correspondent at Mal- akand says that a force under command of Col. Reid has started for Uch, in the Swat valley, to co-operate with the Khan of Dir. Another detachment will advance to the Utmankhel country by way of the Inzeira Pass. The rest of the peeks || force will remain in the lower Swat valley. Reports from native sources are to the effect that Hadda Mullah became incensed at the Khan of Dir for siding with the British. Some of the influential khans of Buner ere reported to be desirous of nego- tiating peace. Relief for Kurram Valley. A dispatch from Simla yesterday says: A strong column of native troops and the Royal Irish Regiment, with four guns, un- der command of Colonel Richardson, have started for the relief of the Kurram Val- ley forts, and another force has been sent to the assistance of the Shinwari garrison. It has developed that the capture of Fort Lundi-Kotal was accomplished through treachery, and that the original report that a fight lasting two hours took place within the walls of the fort is unfounded. The three hundred and fifty Khyber Rifles who were stationed there belonged to va- rious clans, and included a number of men from the Peshawur valley. After fighting of a desultory nature, some of the Shin- waris dropped from the walls and fled to their homes. The Afridis on the walls scon began to exchange greetings with the besiegers of the fort, whereupon the gates were opened from the ide and the enemy poured in. Some of the defenders fled and others remained and fraternized with the besiegers. The Peshawurs were disarmed. Six of them wers held as pris- oners, and the remainder, to the number of thirty, were allowed to go free. it was this news which led to the dis- arming of a part of the garrison at Jam- rud. It is believed that the Khyber Rides garrisoning the forts in the Khyber Pass had acted in a similar manner. SS PORTLAND BROUGHT $750,000. More Money Expected on the Steamer Next Trip. SEATTLE, Wash., August 30—It has been stated that the North American Trad- ing and Transportation Company brougnt in $750,000 on the Portland from its vari- ous stores and trading posts along the Yukon, but this cannot be verified. It was generally understood that the company would not bring out its monéy until the next trip of the Portland, when she would be convoyed by a United States revenue boat detailed by the Treasury De- partment. To Dock the Portland. In order to enable the steamer Portland, which has just arrived at Seattle from Alaskan gold fields, to return to that re- sion before navigation closes on the Yukon, | ¢ will be put in dry dock at the govern- ent dry dock at Port Orchard on Puget Sound, instead of having to go to the dry dock at San Francisco to receive necessary repai Arrangements to tis end we the Navy Department today. company will stand all the ry to the docking of the made with MAY BREAK UP THE CAMP. Strikers Think This Will Be Last Week of the Struggle. PITTSBURG, Pa. August 30.—What many of the strikers in Camp Isolation, in the De Armitt coal region, predict will be the last week cf their outing opened with a heavy rain storm. By daylight the roads in the vicinity of Plum Creek were several inches deep in mud, and marching was practicaily abandoned. A few of the campers turned out for missionary work among the miners, and reported that they had induced several men to quit work. Capt. Bellingham, with a squad of strikers, went to the Peterman mine, on the Saltsburg road, during the morning. They claim to have some cess among the men employed there. The present weather is having a bad ef- fect on the campers. While the general health of the men fs good, a number have vere colds, and one man is dowa with pheumenta. —_s——_ JUDGE DAY CALLS ON McKINLEY. The President is Enjoying Himself Quietly at Hanna Homestead. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 30.—Presi- dent McKinley spent a very quiet morning at Senator Hanna's home. The morning was spent in receiving the immediate friends of the President. A delegation frem an adjoining county called for a few minutes and paid its respects to the chief executive. Among the callers were Senator James R. Garfield and Mr. Williim Chishoim. Just before luncheon President -and Mrs. McKinley and Senator and Mrs. Hanna took a drive to Rocky river and into the country lying west of the Hanna home. Judge Day, assistant secretary of siate, was the orly guest at luncheon. He came up from Canton to see the President before returning to Washington. The remainder of the President's visit to Cleveland will be absolutely without ostentation. Soe QUESTION CONCERNING TARIFF. Hearing Before United States Ap- praincrs to Determine a Dispute. NEW YORK, August 30.—The board of United States gereral appraisers gave a hearing in this city today on a nun ber of protests against the ruling of the Treas- ury Department regarding the “date ot effec of the Dingley tariff law. H. M. Somerville presided, Colonel J. B. Witkin- son, jr., and Charles H. Ham, other mem- bers of the board, were present. W. J. Gibson and W. A. Donaldson rep- resented the Treasury Department, and a score of lawyers representing protesting merchants were in attendance. A decision will be given at an early date. The question under dispute was whether the bill went into effect at midnight on July 23, as held by the government, or when the President signed it, shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, as held by the merchants. ee ee Suspect Prisoner Released. - BALTIMORE, Md., August_ 30,—James T. Kane, the young man who was arrested here last night, on suspicion of having been corcerned in the murder of William C. Wilson, in Philadelphia, was today dis- charged hy the police authorities, there being no evidence against him. 2 Three Rogues in Qustody Oharged With Various Offenses. Numerous Recent Losses by Mer- chants Traceable to Them—Their Disclosures to the Officers. Policeman Tom McNamee of the sixth precinct has made two arrests which are of considerable importance to merchants, because of the number of robberies they have suffered from, as well as the number of thefts the arrest of the prisoners will no doubt prevent in the near future. In addition to these arrests Precinct Detective Hartigan obtained information which re- sulted in the capture of three other sus- pects, and the five prisoners are now lock- ed up at the sixth precinct station, where they will be hel@ until their systematic rob- beries can be further investigated. The policeman found two boys, Ellis Kane, white, and Frank Williams, colored, on 7th street under suspicious circum- stances, and he locked them up. They are each about eighteen years old. When he had them in custody, he learned that they had robbed Tennille’s clothing store on 7th street, and the three suits of clothes ihey had taken had been hidden in a stable in rear of No. 923 G street northwest. In ad- dition to these clothes, the boys had titted themselves out in choicest undergarments. They were arrested between 6 and 7 o'clock, and soon after being locked up they told Policeman McNamee of their mis- deeds. Landed Three Others. Precinct Detective Hartigan took a hand in the case and soon had three more per- sons under arrest—~Wm. Brennan, white, eighteen years old; James Clanty, colored, the same age, and Wallace Maurer, white, three years younger. When the five pris- oners had been landed behind the hars they became talkative and told of the dif- ferent cases in which they had figured dur- ing recent months, According to statements made by the prisoners, they were all concerned in the robbery early yesterday morning, but had separated before the officer caught the two boys on 7th street. Their admissions show that they have been in the work for some months, and have robbed at least seven places of business. Ford's lunch room, cor- ner of 7th and F strcets; Ford & Graham's lunch room, on T5th street, and the Log Cabin lunch room, on F street, were among the places robbed by the crowd. Money at Each Haul. At each place they got some money, not more than $5 at any one time, and also seme smcking material. P. Closs’ saison and Kaufman's clothing store were also robbed by them. At the former place they got cigars and cigarettes, while at the latter they took a quantity of clothing. From a shoe shop on Vermont avenue they carried off several pairs of shoes, and one morning last week a member of the gang of alleged youthful thieves also made an unsuccessful effort to rob the show case in front of Parker & Bridget’s clothing store. The proceeds of the robberies, with the exception of what cash they got, they sold about the streets, in one instance getting 40 cents for a suit of clothes and 10 cents for a pair of shoes. Tomorrow they may be given a preliminary hearing in the Po- lice Court. —=> MARKET HOUSE CLAIMS. The Commissioners Given Warrant for the Money Appropriated. The Secretary of the Treasury has is- sued a warrant for $5,000 in favor of the District Commissioners in execution of the clause of the general deficiency bill, passed at the special sion of Congress, provid- ing for an investigation of the Northern Liberty market house claims. The pur- pese to which this money will be put is explained in the provision of law above referred to, in the following words: That in all claims pending under the act to provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia by drawback certificates, approved Jan- tary 26, 1807, the allowance shall be limited to the actual value of the fixtures, tools and stock in trade, so far as the same were lost or destroyed, and to the fair value of the stall.privileges for the unexpired term of the fiscal year ending June : no other or further claim shall be allo under said act, and the auditor of th preme Court of the District of Columbia shall report said claims, so far as allowed by him, but without allowance for erest, to the Commissioners of the Dis- triet of Columbia, who shall, in they approv aid ims, ort the same to Corgre in their annual estima for ayment out of the revenues of the trict_cf Columbia. And no further dra’ back certificates shall be issued under s All parts of said act which are in- tent herewith are hereby repealed, ding so much of said act as provides for the allowance of intere claims, and no interest s paid_upon any such cla of $5,000, or so much th may necessary, be and the same is hereby ap- propriated, payable wholly out of the re en of the District of Columbia, for the nent of the necessary costs and ex- of the proceedings had or to be had under this act and this amendment thereto. sean aes t upon > allow id For Assaalting an Officer; Zacheriah Johnston, Henry Green and Lucy Wood, all colored, were today charg- ed before Judge Kimball with assaulting and beating Detective Barncs of the sec- ond precinct Saturday night. The testimony showed that the officer arrested Johnston for disorderly conduct, and that Green and the woman attacked him, knocked him down and kicked him in the head and on his limbs, Barnes was painfully but not dangerousiy hurt. Johnston was sent to jail for six months, Green for four and Lucy Wood fired $10, with the alternative of thirty days in jail. eee Officinl Orders Insued. The Commissioners have issued the tol- lowing orders: That 4th street northeast between G and H streets be repaired by spiking and rerolling, at an estimated cost of $1 That E street from 23d to 24th streets northwest be replaced on the schedule of streets to be improved in the northwest section, at an estimated cost of $4,300. Also that 24th sireet from E to F street north- west be placed on the same schedule, at an estimated cost of $4,500. That George Earle, jr., be appointed “transitman” in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia at a compensa- tion of $2.25 per diem, vice Thomas Me- Fadden; appointment to take effect Octo- ber 1, 1807. Also that Ed. Talcott be ap-- pointed chainman in the office of the suryey- or at a compensation of $2.25 per diem, vice Richard J. Saffel; appointment to take effect September 1, 1897. That 5th street northeast between K and L streets be repaired by spiking and re- rolling, at an estimated cost® of $225, chargeable to current repairs to streets, avenues and alleys, 1898. That 6th street northeast between K and L streets be repaired by spiking and reroll- ing, at an estimated cost of $225, That leaves of absence, with pay, is here- by granted the following employes: J. E. Payne, one-half day, August 27, 1807; W. D. Fairchild, from August 30 to September 1, inclusive; Henry Donovan, from August 28 to September 11, inclusive. — Sale and Partition of Lot. Juliet E. Winfleld today filed a bill in equity against Eddy b. Townsend and others, praying for the sale and partition of sublot 65, square 207, of the estate of the late Ebenezer G. Townsend. The com- plainant is represented by Attorneys Ral- ston and Siddons. - —$ + Naval Orders. Chief Engineer W. F. Worthington has been detached from the Montgomery and ordered to the Clemson College, Fort Hill, 8. C.; Chief Engineer I. 8. K. Reeves, from the Columbia to the Montgomery; Assist- ant Engineer R. R. Merritt; from the New York yard to the Cincinnati. R. L. Gressitt has been appointed pay clerk at the Norfolk yard; James H. Proc- tor, pay clerk to settle accounts of the ont, J. Direkinck, clerk: the Cincinn at 2 eee “a8 | tatrix's children: A CHARGE OF FRAUD Local Brokerkge Firm Accused of Im- W.HLVAN SEXDEN-A SILENT PARTNER Formerly Private” Secretary of the Sécretary ofthe Treasury. ate tenet HEAVY BAIL DEMANDED Herman W. Van Senden, who during the administration of President Cleveland was private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle, and Dennis J. Canty, a former clerk in the office of the in- terstate commerce commission, were arrested about noon today by Detec- tives Boyd and Carter on the charge of embezzling $4,887.50 from Joseph Wilkins and Frederick W. Emerich, trading as Wil- kins & Co. Canty and Van Senden were also charged, on the oath of Mr. Emrich, with setting up a gaming table at No. 1381 F street northwest. They were each held in $10,000 bail. The accused refused to make any state- ment at this time, but the complainants say that the firm of Canty & Co., of which ‘Van Senden was the “company,” has been from time to time intrusted by them with considerable sums of money for the pur- pese of speculating in stocks for Messrs. Wilkins and Hmrich. It is further stated that there are likely to be several other charges filed against both defendants, and that the total amount involved will be about $18,000. A Partnership Formed. It is understood that shortly after Sec- retary Carlisle retired from office last March a partnership was formed between Canty and Van Senden, for the purpose of carrying on the stock brokerage busi- ness, under the firm name of Canty & Co., the business office being at No. 1331 F street northwest. Among their customers were Messrs. Jos. Wilkins, Frederick W. Emerich, Dr. Mc- Murty and others, whose names had not up to a late hour heen filed at the detective bureau. Tt was especially understood, Messrs. Wilkins and Emerich said, that nty & Co. were acting as agents for m ,and that the funds intrusted to the firm were to remain the separate property of the investors. Instead, however, of re- garding the matter in that light, Canty & Co., it is alleged, put the funds referred to in bank to their own credit, and drew upon the account for their own use. Wednesday last the firm made an assignment to Messrs. Wolf and Cohen. Immediately following the assignment a demand for the amount of the sum alleged to have been intrusted to Canty & Co. was made by Messrs. Wilkins & Co., and to their astonishment they received the reply that there were no funds. Thereupon the warrant was sworn out which specifies that the sum named therein, $4,887.50, was em- bezzled by the accused ‘om the com- plainants August 12, 1897, and today the prisoners were itakem into custody. Merely Silent Partner. ° While neither of the accused would con- sent to make a Statément, Mr. Van Senden told a friend that he was simply a silent partner in the firm of Canty & Co., and had no part in mahaging the business of the concern, havinft he ‘said, been absent in Kentucky almést frém the time the com- pany was forried dntil a few days ago, when he returned to: Washington. Mr. Van Senden said fugther that, having been sev- eral months ago appointed state agent for Kentucky of a life insurance company, he 1 since that @ate Wevoted all his time to pushing of that‘enterprise. It is ex- ed that Mes €anty and Van Senden “ill be released on bail during the after- noon for a héaring later. The Allegations. Messrs Joseph Wilkins and F. W. Em: rich, the prosecutors in two, of the cases, said this afternoon that they were dealing with Canty & Co. as Wilkins & Co., and that they shad no connection with the in- corporated concern of Wilkins & Co. which does brsiness on 9th street opposite the Center market, The prosecutors refuse to give for pub- tion a statement of the affair today, ying they will do se later. They state, however, that Canty & Co. haye been do- ing business for a long time, the firm form- erly having been composed of Canty and Joseph Rickey. Shortly after the 4th of March, they allege, Mr. Van Senden bought the interest of Mr. Rickey, paying $2,000 for it. In addition, he put 36,000 cash into the business. It is hinted that Mr. Canty liad little money. cumulations of Profits, Messrs, Wilkins & Co. say they did busi- ness with the new company until the 13th of August, when the firm notified them that it had suspencged business. They al- lege that their profits on different stocks had accumulated until It reached 8,000 on t day of suspension. They allege that the day previous to the suspension of busi- ness of Canty & Co., the firm received from Willard & Co., their correspondents in New York, the sum of $9,742. Canty & Co. deposited this with Crane & Perish, having an amount aready on deposit there sufficient to make a total of $14,400. The morning after the money was de- posited, it is alleged, and the same day the customers were notified of a suspe! sion of business, this amount was drawn cut of bank, Mr. Canty getting $3,200 of it, and Mr. Van Senden the remainder, an amount Sufficient to reimburse him for what he had put in and to give him $3,200 besides. Previously Paid Promptly. ‘The prosecutors say that Mr. Van Senden told them they would be paid every cent due them, but did not specify a time. They admit, however, that there was some talk of paying them in four, eight and twelve months. It is stated by the prosecutors that up to the time of the Bigelaton of Canty & Co. the firm had paid all profits promptly. The Silent Partnership, It has been generally supposed in Wash- ington that Mr. VanSenden was in Ken- tucky in the insurance business, Imme- diately after the new admiuistration came in he sent in his. resignation, and it was announced that he had accepted the state agency for Kentucky of the Equitable Life Insurance Company at a salary far larzer than the one he had been receiving. As- sociated with him there was Mr. Dillday, the firm name being’VaaSenden & Co. The firm still existal ‘fo a statemerit that Mr. Van Senden was a silent -partrér ofethe concern, Messrs. Wilkins and Rmrichsmile. They say posti- tively that he Has been an active member, taking part person@liy: in nearly all the tratsactiors, and being on hand almost constantly. 5° = During the Gleveland administration Mr. Van Senden was a aman of considerable in- fluence. He swas-qtrusted by Secretary Carlisle to a great extent. He secured a number of appointments for friends and made himselfja pert of the administra- tion. Mr. Meyer C&hen/°f counsel for the ac- chsed men, steed 46 a Star reporter that the whole affaip is: simply a business trans- action, and t hig,ciients will be shown to be wholly thnocegt of the charge made against them. ‘® *** i Arrangement# hav® been made to take the accused before-Judge Kimball during this afternoon, In order. that they may be admitted’ to bail, It is understood that Robert Y. Slater will become their bonds- man. —— _ Will Fitea, é The will of the late Emma Derrick, dated September 28, 1883,.and naming her son, Edward Pas executor, was filed to- day. All househald* furniture’ and effects are to be divided equally among the tes- tatrix’s Eoang and Feta and: lot 2214 I street are to given hter, Emma Derrew, for life oF until she marrice property ts. €o tealivided between: | trustee, Upon said -the tes- her gon for’ the Edward being Property. = TEST NOT SATI Rabbits Ineculated Died, but Net of Rabies—Another Trial Made- Dr. Salmon’s Belief. The scientists in the bureau of animal industry of the Department of Agriculture are afraid that they will obtain no direct results from their experiments on rabbits with the virus from the body of young Springman, who was alleged to have died of hydrophobia about five or six weeks ago. It will be remembered that about twenty- feur hours after the death of young Springman a piece of his spinal column wes obtained for the purpose of making virus for inoculating rabbits to accurately determine whether the young man had really died from the effects of rabies. The experiment was one which was looked upon with great interest by scientists who had a knowledge that it was to be made. The Rabbits Dead. Immediately after the virus was made three rabbits were inoculated, and their symptcms were noticed from the very be- ginning. It is learned today that the three rebbits died, but Dr. Salmon, the head of the bureau of animal industry, states pos- itively that they did not die of hydro- phobia. They died from the effects of some disease which Dr. Salmon will not now state, as he expects to make a detailed report on the entire case. He says he is convinced beyond doubt that young Spring- man died of hydrophobia, but he is any- thing but satisfied as to the first results obtained. ‘The second experiment was made nine. teen days ago, when two more rabbits were inoculated with the virus. The scien- tists state that the results of an inccula- tion of this kind will manifest themselves in from sixteen to twenty-eight days. So far the last enimals inoculated have shown no symptoms of any kind, and are as fresh and healthy as when the virus was first injected. Embalming Fluid Interfered. Those making the experiment are now afraid that the embalming of young Spring- man prevented their obtaining virus of a satisfactory nature. They will speak of this matter in the report to be made. The embalming fluid, as is well known, fre- quently destroys even the symptoms of poisoning. Young Springman was embalm- ed about twenty-four hours before the piece of spinal column was taken from him. So soon as it is demonstrated that rabbits have been affected or not, as the case may be, Dr. Saimon will write a repurt which will deal fully and in detail with the whole experiment, and ‘his report will be of great scientific, as well as general, in- terest. SS TO KEEP OUT THE CHINESE. Instructions for Better Enforcing the Exclusion Law. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General have prepared a circular of instructions for the better enforcement of the Chinese exclusion laws. It will be issued this afterncon. It is directly chiefly against the violations of the laws on the Canadian borders, and makes one radical change in the existing system. Heretofore Chinese laborers have found It an easy matter to evade the law by enter- ing the country in that way. When ar- rested on suspicion they were taken before United States commissioners at the port of first arrival and usually had no trouble in satisfying the examining officer, gerer- ally through perjured testimony, of their right to admission. Under the rule now laid down all such Chinamen will be taken to the place where they claim to have prior residence and examined there, and unless their state- ments are subsiantiated they’ will be de- ported to China. It is expected that the new plan will minimize the possibilities of collusion for the evasion of the exclusion law. 2+ ASKS DIVORCE. Unfortunate Result of a Youthfal Marriage. Mary Elizabeth Watson, who was mar- ried to Sidney Powers Watson here Au- gust 8, 18% today applied for divorce. She states that at the time of her mar- riage she was a mere child, not over fif- teen years of age, and charges that within two weeks thereafter her husband began to give evidence of being tired of her, finally threatening to kill her if she failed to return to her mother. She went to her ‘nother's home, subse- qvently returiing to her husband upon his premise to treat her properly, he begging her to return to him. June 10, 189, he left her, she says, and has since refused to support her and their child. Mrs. Watson is represented by Attorney J. McD. Car- rington, and she asks for the permanent custody of the child and for alimony and counsel fees. Se REPORT DENIED. Corean Legution Knows Nothing of Minister Ye’s Recall. It was stated by the secretary of the Corean legation that there is no truth in the report of Minister Ye having been re- called on account of dissension between Corean officials here. This report originat- ed, it is thought, from the minister's fail- ure to attend Mr. Soh’s funeral. Minister Ye, it is stated, may return to Corea of his own volition before long. eee Ss ; Was Too Accommodating. A young man named Charles Nichols was afrested near the Baltimore and Potomac depot this afternoon by Policeman Lam) for discharging a pistol in the street. There was a cat on the street, and a man who wanted it killed did not have courage to shoot it. Nichols took the pistol and shot the cat, and for this he was arrested. The report of the shot attracted a large crowd and caused nome little excitement. The case will be tried in the Police Court tomorrow. SSeS Mr. Adee to Wheel in Europe. Assistant Secretary Adee of the State Department will leave New York next Wednesday on the steamship St. Louis for a bicycling tour in southern France. He has been on constant duty all summer and feels the need of a short vacation. ——————— Detailed to a Military Academy. Lieut. Thos. W. Winston, Sth Artillery, has been detailed to duty at the North- western Military Academy, Highland Park, Ill, to take effect September 15. ee A New Military Reservation. By direction of the President, 270 acres of Jand instownship 3, Florida, have been reserved and set apart for the future mili- tary and naval defense of Pensacola, Fi: The land is proclaimed a military reser- vation. SSS Troops Ordcred to Nashville. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has ordered four troops of the 3d Cavalry at Jefferson barracks, Mo.. to proceed to Nashville, ‘Tenn., not later than the 15th proximo for duty in connection with the Tennessee cen- tennial exposition. The troops will remain there until the close of the exposition, No- vember 1, and will undoubtedly prove an attractive feature of the exposition. The exposition authorities will defray the ex- Penses of transportation. . - District of Columbia—Aaron Robinson, Joseph Seldon, William H. B. Stout. Maryland—Sarah Miles, Baltimore; Helen C. Jones, Baltimore; Debby A. Baynard, Fs , Baltimore; q Dopman, thall. FINANCE AND TRADE General Trend of Stock Market Was Toward Higher Prices. LONDON BUYS AMERICAN SECURITIES Low Priced Shares Were the Fea- ture of the Day. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS a ee Special Dispatch to the Evening Star. mW YORK, August 30.—An increased volume of commission buying and itigher prices in London were dominant factors during the opening hours this morning. ‘The execution of out-of-town mail orders which had accumulated over Sunday forced prices up substantially over the closing parity. The icw-priced issues which closed at top prices on Saturday were especially in demand, and made new high records dur- ing the day. Chesapeake and Ohio, Wa- bash preferred, Missouri Pacific and Pa cific Mail were all in good demand through- out the morning, as the result of the in- creasing popularity due to improved earn- ings. The professional room element sold some stocks during the active period, on the theory that the advance had been too rapid to hold. Later in the day these sales re- fiected small fractional profits, the cess. tion of commission buying leaving the mar- ket entirely within professional contest. Keading issues invited some good buying on the repetition of the July esti- mate of earnings, and the suggestion that some additional inside reasons for an ad- vance would shortly be announced. ‘The coal shares as a class, and the bet- ter managed iron properties, are likely to come prominently to the front as leaders of the 1 market. Trade reports from these industries would seem to justify a more thorough reflection of improving merit. The overdue statements have a tendency to restrict the volume of business in such shares, but there can be little doubt of the predicted improvement. The Granger shares, except around the opening, were a trifle less sympathetic than usual. Burlington in particular failed to duplicate its record of Saturday even at the period of extreme buoyancy in the general market. This action is directly tributable to the fact that July earning: are either delayed or purposely withheld. The original estimate of $400,000 increase in gross and at least half of that amount in net is still insisted upon, however, by usu- ally reliable judges. Rock Island and St. Paul scored frac- tional advances, but were scarcely equal to maintaining a new lev Omaha, the feature at week, was marked up under the opening excitement to 73, but realizing was far superior to the new buying during the re- mainder of the day The marke% as a whole, in spite of its reactionary periods, presented fresh evi- dence of its general trend toward higher prices. The selection of a new stock or group of stocks each day is a familiar incident to such a market, and gradually higher levels are assured as the outcome of such a pro- cess. The crop situation is again in harmony with the advance, and the only menace to prices would seem to be possible forced liquidation of weakly margined accoun The present local short interest is not sutti- ciently large to be depended upon as a fac- tor in the improvement. London houses bought a few stocks dur- ing the day, and the American market ut that center closed steady in spite of an irregular closing for home securities. The fears of tight money abroad are clearly marked, consols again declining on mod- erate transactio: The London skert ac- count and increased exports should be- come important factors in the local market at_an early e. The closing was mainly slightly under the best level for the day. —_—$—_+—___ 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 steck exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits... eae Oe ae American Spirits, pfd 33 BB Bay American Sugar. 149 149y 1494, American Sugar, pfd 6 American Tobac 9136 Alm n Cotton Ol. Atchison ......... Baltimore Bay State Canada 8 agoa Normwestern. ago Gas. -& St. Paul. & St. Paul. pfd ‘ago, RI. & Paciti Den. & itlo Grande, pfd Erie General Zlectric. Mlinois Central. Lake Shore. Louisville & Nashvilie. Metropolitan Traction. Maxattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacitic: National Lead Go. National Leaa Co... pf New Jersey Centrai New York Centrai.. Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, pi Ont. & Western Pacific Mau. Phila. & keading. . Puliman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., pfd. Phila. Traction ‘Texas Pacific... Washington Stock Exch: Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Mergenthaler Linotype, 25 at 122, seller 10; 10 at 121%. Lan- Motioiype, 6 at’ 16; 100 at 1634, seller’ 10; 100 at 164. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 101% bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 113% bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 118% bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, currency, 113% bid. 3.058, funding, currency, 111 bid, 115 asked. Miscellaneous Bonds:—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 115 bid, 116% asked. “ Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 119 bid, 122 asked. Metropolitan Railroad cer- tifieates of indebieduess, A, 122 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of’ indebtedness, B, 110 bid. Belt Railroad 5s, 90 asked. Eckinzton Railroad 6s, 100 asked. Columbia Railroad Gs, 118% bid. Wash- ington Gas — Ge, series 4,11 a da; Wesn- ington Gas Company 6s, series Ii, pid. UL 8. Electric Light debenture imp., ‘104 bid. | Chesa- peake and-Potomac Teley 5s, 104 bid. Ameri- can Security and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid, 103 asked. American Security and Trust A.” and O., 160 bid, 168 asked. Washington Mai ‘Com- pany Ist Gs, 110 bid. Washington Market Company p. 68, 110 bid. Washington Market Company £31. Ge. 110 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 104 National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 272 bid, 305 asked. Metropolitan, 270 bid, 305 asked. Central, 265 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 177 bid, 195 asked. Second. 135 bid. Columbia,” 127 bid! Capital, 125 bid. Lincoln, 106% asked." Ohlo, 90 Safe Deposit and Trust ‘ational Safe ‘Trost, 18 mericap Security and ‘Trust, 443 vid, 146 asked. Washington Safe Stocks.—Capltal Traction, 55' x53. Gas and Blectric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, ate Tz bide 120 asked.” Li Insurative —Firemen’s, 20 bid. 35 tid. 6s bid. Franklin, See ete pore deni pigs 5 bia. St bid Comtinercial, 3% Title the close of the > receipts, 9.418 barrels: eEperts, 136 barrels: sales, 1.000 Larrels. Wheat edsy—apot and month, 96iqa 86%; September, t No. 2 red, ge: 82K recetpts, 2 ; exports, fa5.0o b Is; stock. 1.404.629 bushels: sales, §: els southern wheat sample and on mont 98. Cor firm—spot ai » SAR: October, 115.1 B45.a ecelpts, 2 mixed, Xporis, no LazZ receipts, 231,071 bush Nay xte rain freights firm i amked Sey ster erpool per tushel, onlers pe rm. unchanged. Hutter. wees and checae firm, unchanged. Whisky. $1.24 per ation for finished goods tn car loads Sy tor et bing lots. Government Bonds, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bonkers, Bid. Asked coupon of registered Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st. members New York Stock exchange, corresp nts | Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. ss High. Low Wheat #2 BS ss! Cora . Oats Pork Lard Ribs * COTTON Opn Bich, Low of Banker Seligm: NEW YORK, August 30.—The fu David ‘ligman, the at Hollywood, N. J., on from his home here today and Was attend only by the n ers of the family. The services we > oengacts i by Prof. Felix Adle —_>- Sloop Yacht “Cora V" Ca PUT-IN-BAY, Aug sloop sil in last nig squall, has strw Ohio, cht Cora V. ¢ the worst that st Some time. A pleasure party, « Mr. and Mrs. Revera and son a mer Bennig and Ben Ch nd t a li the yacht, were rescued by fi in the saving crew, T struggling about water for a little whil George W. Hi NEW YORK, Aug w. Haven has received notification from the Secretary of the Treasury of his promotion to the position of chief oper: of t secret service bureau in this department The promotion was made because of - traordinary services” rendered by him in arresting counterfeiters. Mr. Hazen enter- ed the department in 1804, DIRECT TO KLONDIKE A Ship to Salil From Charleston Ly Feb: Z From the Charleston Everybody in Charleston, and, In fact, threughout this section of the south, who wants to do so is going to be afforded an opportunity of going “to Klondike. Th won't have to go scrambling around over the country to get there, either, but will merely have to beard a swift and com fortable steamship right at one of the docks on the Cooper mver and get ashora again at Dawson City. The en prise ‘s a big one, and an interesting one, and it indicates as few other things could do that Charleston is right in the procession the days. A reporter for the News and Ce learned yesterday morning that Mr Emerson wa: at the head of a syndicete of capitalists who had conceived the plan, ard would carry it through. When Mr Emerson was called upon he stated that the report was true, and that the trip to Klondike would ma He mnsidere. ly_ pre They jd that he and his frie the matter carefully, ai pared to carry out their ente propose to charter a big steamship and bring her to They have not picked out the Charl hiy they have becn in cor ondence leading ship owners, and t have eval vessels in mind, any one of which they can get, and every one of which will serve their purpose well. All in good time the ship will be bro’ re. She will Fe from Charleston on or and will go to St. Michael's, sai? by way Cape Horn. At St. Michael's the gold hunters from Charleston will be plac “i aboard smaller vess and will be towed by tugboats directly to Dawson City, which is right in the heart of the Klondike re- gien. see - Labor Troubles in England. World we appealed to the From the Londo In our last issue resentatives of employers and empl the engincering trade to meet round a table and rejson together with a determination to find a way out of the present conflict without strike or lockout. Superfiuous to add that no step has been taken in that direction. They prefer to “fight it out” until many firms have been ruined, war chests emptied, trade driven to foreign lands, and until the forces on both sides are exhausted and thousands are face to face with starvation. We repeat, the bel- ligerent forces prefer this. It the re- verse of complimentary to add t they firmly believe and openly declare that an occasional fight is necessary, and that a satisfactory peace for any length of time is unattainable until after this process of exhaustion. The same argument was used before the outbreak of the Franco-German war. But that war was the outcome of vanity and tyranny. For nearly a hundred years we have been able to settle questions of in- fimitely greater importance than the mar- riage of a princess—disputes between our- selves and the United States—without war, vntil now the idea of a war between our- selves and the republic is laughed at on both sides of the Atlantic. And if the re- sponsible persons at the head of the Mas- ters’ Federation and the unions of the men would but search themselves, they would find that vanity has undue influence in keeping them apart, in allowing a great industry to be paralyzed, and in causing untold misery in the great engineering trade and cognate industries. ——— see Unrest in India. Mejor J. G. Pangborn, en American who has devoted much time to the study of railroad problems and the railroad situ- ation in Asia, is now in Baltimore visiting friends. In the course of a recent conver- sation he said that the industrial and po- litical condition of India was a cause for sTave apprehension, and he expressed the opinion that the trouble and discontent there were due much more to economic causes than to those connected with the local government or with religious hatreds. There are in India, said Major Pangborn, about 100,000 resident Englishmen not con- nected with the civil or military adminis- tration. They, sometimes alone, and some- times with Mohammecans and Parsees as partners, have organized small manufac- turing establishments, and are trying to supply local demands. These efforts are jealously watched by the manufacturers in Engiend, with whose market they inter- fere, and effective influence has been ex- erted by them to make the home and In- dian governments pass laws that restrict the enterprise and decrease the profits of these dangerous rivals. “This,” the major, “has caused de»p anger among the Angio-Indians, and the bitterest criti- cism of England that I heard there came from them, and not from na@ives. But these English denunciations of the home rep= in ‘tyrants’ The explanation is decidedly interesting, but it Bot make enough account of race ani- | mosities and religious fanaticism. Both are potent likely