Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1897, Page 2

= THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1897-1 GES. then coolly informed the officer he was not ‘going until he was extradited. At the jail, which is a mammoth cld bhilding at the extreme eastern end of town, The Star's representative, through the courtesy of the governor of the institu- tion, had an interview with the culprit. He met the reporter pleasantly, and seemed surprised at his presence. Putting on an air of importance, he inquired in what way he could serve The Star. In the interview which followed, Hawk- ins said: “As God is my living judge, I ain't responsible for the stealing of that money. On that Tuesday afternoon I did not have any idea of doing it, and if I had been given time to think about it, there is no argument that woul! have made me Weaken. God knows I have always been honest, and remember how I found fiv> thousand dollars and returned it, but that afternoon the devil seemed to be in me, and when that man said, ‘Hawkins, take this money and go to Canada, or some- where, and I will follow and take care of yeu,” I just couldn't resist. He told me he v one thousand dollars short in his ac- counts, and begged me. for God's sake, to help him, and so [ did, but [ wouldn't do it again for all the gold at Klondike.” How He Got Into the Safe. “Then he did not lock the safe that after- he did, and spun the combination around before he left me. hen how did ycu get the money out?” “He came back afterward <nd opened the safe and left me in there. When I found myself alone with all" that money I did net know what to do. 1 put the bex in the bottom of the hstand and tucked the bills under my vest. ‘When I went oui the door I was very nervous. Something told me to get out of tewn quick, and I went directly home, gave my wife some mone T don't know how nuch, told her good-! and caught the 6 orth. ‘ow. T ain't going back with Detective Helan, ‘cause I know people down Washington won't take my word. Wha: does a nigger’s word amount to down the anyhow? And then there's my pride Commissioner Ross. but my pride is d and s> will I be before I look Mr. Ros the fa “Oh, no. there fs nothing for me to look forward to but death. Give me a dose of laudanum and I will die this minute.” The report-r gav> hin a couple of pills ye * o'clock train for the for headache, and told him they were morphine and would kill him, but he push- ed them aside and After all T caa- not kill myself. Ged wuld never forgive me. It's awful to be hunted down like they used to slaves before the war. What's the way Mr. Davis was 4 se good to m treated him s st of the money y be won't be hard on me for this first offense. De- tective Helan told me Le was coming. I d to meet ht Do you think he will nd then the face of s before me. He was to get . r told him he did not, and peinted out that the deputy collector was a bonded officer, and it was all foolishne: to accuse him. Then Hawkins said: “We Iam going to sti to that story; no Will believe that with my one eye I lear the combination. Cellecctor Davix Arrives. Just then Collector Davis and Detective Helan entered. Mr. Davis said: “Well, fiawkins, | am sorry to see you here. How gould you tr Hawkins, who was sitting on a bench, arose and half-way extended his hand. Then he withdrew it and said: “No; I can't shake han rith you, although he- fore God. Mr. Davis, I didn't steal your menev. I brought it up here, but I was the tool for another.” “Who was it?” asked Mr. Davis. Hawkins would not reply, but hung his head. He did not speak for some moments, and the reporter repeated what Hawkins |° had told him of the deputy collector. Mr. Davis appeared greatly. surprised, al- though he had heard the charge before and lavghed at its impossibility. deputy collector is a bonded Officer,” he . “He couldn't have done it. Hawkins, tell me the truth.” But uld not talk, until grad- he became loquacious and Uhis conversation he had with The implicated his wife. who, provided for the day how much he had given lid not know. He “just re down in his pocket and pulled out a big bench and gave it to her.” add- ing. “E ke this for you and the bal Tam x away.” w at the policemen depot. knew, bi: rest) Mr. question, = mind to he would y left th the next mornine he bs the attitude, a to go home without catraci He wa: in an adjeining where the tive sergeant me ured him and asked a few question lof Which pertained to hi occu- Pation. He was quit 1 not arswer the questions. RESULT OF HAWKINS’ CRIME. The Absconding Messenger’s Wife in Custody of the Officers, Hawki wife of the former in Collector Davis’ office, was Yr arrest ihis morning by De- don and Lacey, and charged received $100 of the money stolen by her hus- made because of am from Detective ight in which he said that the Stated to Mr vis and him- had given fe a package he 2 Inspector Matti mo With its ¢ ully diseu ns was also telegram. 4 number of ¢ ight of the if he Was no certa’ t in the house. « befo nd h Partial searche how results, they tho it almost useless to make an inve at this tim in view of the statement made by t per, In- Spector Mattingly thought it best to make the hand take the woman in custody. Without waiting warrant, the offi- cers hurried to the house of the’ Hawkins family, on 6th street near Howard Uni- Versity, and there they found Mrs. Haw- Kins. A number of friends were in the house at the time and most of th remed to know the offic here every in- n tha * would follow an ef- place under arrest. unde. © Authority. When she realized that she was about to taken into custody, Mrs. Hawkin: manded that the officers show her a war- Was no warrant to show just fter a short conversation she vould not act con- ade did not suit her friends, but they were pow- erless in the matter, and could only remain and take care of the house after she had gone with the detectiv Before leaving the house the officers made search for the missing one-do! they failed to find an: e ugh she was under arrest, the de- ves declared they did not have one word of evidence against Mrs. Hawkins. he was arrested.” explained the detec- tives, “simply because of what was stated in the telegram. Mrs. Hawkins iv enly about thirty years old, and is a good-looking mulatto. She is & Gaughter of the late Carter A. Stewart, who was proprietor of the Willard’s Hotel barber shop for a number of years, and a sister of Rose Stewart Ball, the singer. Soon after she reached headquarters At- torney Jonn M. Langsten came in with several friends. He called as a neighbor and friend as weil as in the capacity of attorney. Before he was permitted to see her the woman was questtoned ty In- spector Matungly and the detective who errested her, but she only repeated the denial she made the day after her husband's disappearance. She declared she did not even knew of what her husband had been charged until the day after he had taken his departure. Merely Conjec! ‘The amount mentioned in the warrant is simply a matter of conjecture. Deputy Collector Collins said this morning that so far as he h.d learned there is a shortage of something more than $600, and while he thought the man could not have spent so large an amount on the trip to Toronto, jhe had no idea what disposition he had made of the missing money. There were fifteen packages of $1 bills taken from the safe, each one containing $0. It ts Mr. Collins’ idea that he probably gave to scmebody a package of #4) composed of the larger bills. Mrs. Hawkins, who seemed weak and nervous, was this afternoon escorted 9 the Police Court, where Detective Lacy had sworn out the warrant charging the receipt of $100 of the stolen money. She had to be assisted up the steps by her counsel, and when the case was called to Judge Kimbali's attention Mr. Mullowny, the prosecutor, safd he was willing to have the bend fixed at $300, unless the court desired to fix a larger amount. “There's nothing in the case, anyhow,” remarked Attorney Langston. “She's my neighbor, and I heve known her a number of years.” Released on Bail. The court fixed the bond at the amount suggested. and W. H. Horseman qualified as her bondsman. Her attorney, spevking te a Star reporter, said he was certain of the woman's innocence. He knew her to be an honest woman, and says he knows she is almost penniiess. It is his opinten that ste will have to be assisted by the neighbors. Learned the News. When infcrmed by a Star reporter this afternoon that the prisoner had retracted his statement so far as it reflected on Deputy Collector Collins, and that he had also concluded rot to demand extradition papers, Inspector Mattingly said he was not surprised. So far as Hawkins’ reflec- tions on Mr. Collins was concerned he had felt all along that this would be retracted, for the reason that there was no semblance of truth about it. He said he also thought that when Collector Davis reached To- ronto and talked with Hawkins the latter would change his mind about the legal broceedirgs and would return home with- out putting the officers to the trouble of getting the papers. But in event of his persistin gin making the fight, Inspector Mattinely had arranged to have the papers made out and sent to Canada this week. It was his intention to have had one of the judges of the District Supreme Court convene the grand jury in special session This could have been dene one day and the next day the extralition papers could have been prepared at the State De partment. He is glad, however, that th prisoner has changed his mind as he has, for it will save a great amount of trouble and expense. The retraction of the statement madc about Mr. Collins was good news to the latter's ociates in the collector's office, and they were first informea of it by a Star reperter. It was through the special ecrre- of The Star that the police offi- that Hawkins was on his CONFIDENCE IN MR. COLLINS. District Government Officials Take Formal Action on Hawkins’ Charges. The chefs of nearly all the different de- partments of the District government as- sembled in the board room at the District building at 2 o'clock this afternoon to take action upon the declaration made by Varick Hawkins, the absecrding safe robber, that the money abstracted from the tax col- lector’s safe was given to him by Deputy Charles W. Collins with the understanding that Mr. Collins was to meet Hawkins in Canada and divide it. Mr. Hope Darneilie, disbursing officer of the District government, occupied the chair, and there was an attendance of highly indignant officials, who voiced in no unmeaning manner their confidence in the integrity of Mr. Collins and the high esteem in which he is held. Before the meeting Commissioner Ross stated that there was no necessity for such a meeting, except for the purpose of allay- ing any erroneous ideas people outside of WasPington might have upon the subject, becouse every man, woman and child In Washington who knew Mr. Collins knew that there was no truth in Hawkins’ asser- tions. This sertiment was emphasized in resolutions tha were passed at the meet- ing. The resolutiers recited that it had been reported that Thomas Varick Hawk c self-convieted thief of upward of $u from the collector's office, had Mr. Charles W. Collins with compli his crime, anc that it was this false © might com tion of these whe not acquainted with Mr, Collins. It w fore resolved th the officers and sof the Distr ernment, unqualified con- fidence _respe em in which Mr Collins is held in the District of Columbia, unanimously and crapkatic adiste » made by ‘ollins, whos: never for a his superior ity in possible that to the atten- urd and matic dawkins and against 4 honesty mcment been questioned offic his assoc' 3 Daniel Curry the mecting, eerity by or the publ was the tary of iperintendent Henry @ telegrap’ S. Davis of the street rtument, Chief of the Fire De partment F Superintendent of Stree and Avenve Cleaning Stutler, Assessor: Rates, Johason and Trimble, Av cleaning de itor M nzie, W ohn G. Beall, ail the emy stor's offic puty Ass ; Secretary Clifford Howard, Chief Clerk McLean of the nealth department, Building Inspector Br and Deputy In+ spector Snowden Ashford, W. W. Simms Frank Loving and many others were no speeche Major I ing that th olutions be adopted, which was carrie journment w Inspector 3 th: te Detective s had imm ettingly said at ) o'clock noon that he had not heard from Heian toda: aS sDY SETTLEMENT PROBABLE. SP Graeco-Tark ‘Terms Be Adjusted. May LONDON, September 7.—The Marquis of Salisbury’s latest mer proposal for the settic che terms of peace between Tur- nd Greece is generally regarded as a y for German Giplomacy and uch bitter displayed in England over the British premicr’s backdown. A fresh pro- of posal was what Germany had been hold- ing out for, namely, the control of the Greek revenue in the interest of all the creditors of Greece as well as for the se- writy of the loan to Greece for the pur- of paying her indemnity to Turkey. Russia Blames England. The corre po pondent of the Times at Con- Stantinople telegraphed that, owing to a note from Count Muravieff, the Russian minister for foreign affairs, intimating that Great Britain was responsible for the “in- calculable 7 from which Greece and ‘Turkey are suffering through the delay in the conclusion of peace between the two countries. ‘The Marquis of Salisbury submitted fresh proposals for the settlement of the permanent peace between Turkey and Greece, namely, the constitution of an in- ternational commission, representing the six powers, under whose control Greece shall pay her revenues, guaranteeing the interest to the holders of old bonds, and to the holders of the bonds of the in- demnity loan, this step to be followed by the prompt evacuation of Thessaly by the Turkish troops. A dispatch from Vienna said the Polit- ische Correspondenz announced that Greece had abandon-d her opposition to the de- mands of Germany regarding the control of Greek finances, and that, therefore, there was a possibility that the Marquis of Salis- bury’s latest proposals would lead to a sét- tiement of the matters in dispute between Greece and Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 7.—Tne Marquis of Salisbury’s proposal for the constitution of an international commis- sion, representing the six powers, to as- sume control of the revenue with which Greece will guarantee payment of interest for the holders of old bonds, as well as payment of the indemnity loan, has been uccepted by the powers. The only remaining question is the dates for the payment of the indemnity. The powers desire to insert these dates In the treaty of peace, but the British ambassa- dor, Str Philip Currie, suggests that they leave the dates to be determined upon by the international commission. ‘The ambassadors expect that all the de- tails of the treaty of peace will be settled on ThursGay next. MYSTERY AT LAUREL No Clue Yet to Identity of the Mur- dered Woman. SEARCHING WOODS AND STREAMS The Authorities Have Taken No Steps Yet. WAS A WOMAN’S BODY Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LAUREL, Md., September 7, 1897. ‘The town of Laurel continues astonished at ihe bringing to light of one of the most remarkable murder mysteries in the his- tory of crime. All Laurel is sitting on door steps and hotel porches, wondering While the populace and the officials are thus benumbed, so to speak, the newspa-~ per men are wide awake and active in ac- complishing almost superhuman acts in an effort to ferret out the murderer and the identity of his victim. Developments have proved conclusively that the case of the finding of the body Sunday in Kellogg wood was one of mur- der. The suicide theory, to all who have followed the proceedings carefully, has been dispelled. At the suggestion and expense of the newspaper men, the remains, that had been interred Sunday, were exhumed late yes- terday afternoon and a careful examination made by several physicians. They declared the bedy was that of a woman. Although badly decomposed, the formation of the pelvic bones left no doubt as to the sex. Then again the careful scrutiny of the right side of the body showed that the corpse was not that of a man from the appear- ance of the breast. While the officers of the law were think- ing the matter over today, Messrs. Carpen- ter and Downey of the New York Journal and a Star reporter, with a number of paid assistants, were searching every clump of bushes and nook and corner and stream in the vicinity of the horrible occurrence. The theory of the searchers is that after mur- dering the woman the murderer removed all clothing from the body and made away with it, in order to render identification im- possible. It is not thought 'kely that the man car- ried away with him the clothing, as the finding of such a bundle in his possession would have proven his guilt conclusively in the event that he should have been ar- rested soon after the commission of the crime. ‘The newspaper men searched Lhe clump of woods most thoroughly in the hepes of finding the clothing of the wa- man. They are convinced that it is hidden semewhere 1n the locality. After cvery inch of the woods had been scrutinized a move was made to a small branch of the Patuxent river, about six hundred yards from the woods, the supposition being that the murderer might possibly have secreted the clothing pbencath the surface of the branch, whichsis lined on both sides by a dense growth ef bushes. On the way to the water something dark, almost covered with mud, chanced to be seen by one of the party. It was lying in a cabbage field, and proved to be a portio of a stoking. The foot was missing. The mud was carefully removed, and it w: then seen that the stocking was turned in side out, as would natura!ly be the case if ii was drawn from a person's limb. It was somewhat torn. The stocking was of good material. This find encouraged the search- ers in the belief that the clothing of the murdered woman was to be found in the branch. Searching the Streams. With rakes attached to long poles th little stream was dragged rnost carefully for the distance of a mile. The rakes were also dipped Into a suspicious-looking place near the banks of the Patuxent. Nothing was found. Late this afternoon, the.seareh+ ers directed their endeavors to anoth stream on the other side of the woods, in the neighborhood of which it has been learned the man who is suspected of the murder was seen by several persons. The search is to be continued as long as hope exists of finding something tangible that may lead to the solution of the m tery. The country is such, however, that the closest character of search, long con- tinued, might not result in the bringing to light of anything that may have been hid- den by the murderer. The belief entertained by some that the body had been where it was found for a number of months and possibly, since early spring is disproved by the fatt that the careas of a cow, left on the edge of the woods July 31, is more decomposed and in far worse cordition than the human re- mains discovered Sunday morning. The indications are that the murdered woman and the one who ended her existence be- long to a respectable class. The witness: who saw the parties in the woods say the young woman seemed to be well dressed. Phe man had on no clothes when seen in the woods, but when he appeared in town he did not seem to be a tramp. He had what is described as a hard face and an evil eye. Thought Remarkable. It is really remarkable that the could have remained at the spot it was found for two months without attracting the attention of some one. The wood is in thousand yards of the railroad station at Laurel and within 500 yards of a row of residences. About twenty feet from one edge is a dumping ground that is frequently visited. The body was found in the most open part of the wood, beside a well-defined path. Forty feet to one side of it is a corn field. In this fleld two weeks ago a colored man was at work, and he says he noticed an odor from the direction of the woods and a large numier of buzzards in the trees. He did not investigate, however. The residents here say that the wood {s seldom visited, except by hunters and those in search of wild grapes and the like. The fact that a pair of trousers were fcund hanging on the limb of a tree near the corpse, with a hat on the ground, would indicate that the murderer attempted to a leave impression that the case was one of sui and that the body was that of a man. it is not likely that the murderer depart- ed from the ‘scene without his hat or trousers, and it is not plausible that he carried any extra baggage. Therefore, the conclusion is reached that the clothing and hat were secured from the dump. That clue is now being followed. More Evidence of Murder. That the case is one of murder is strengthened by the fact that Saturday, | August 7, 4 man was seen in the woods with a woman. The following day another person saw the same man there, but the woman was not visible. The man was without clothing, aad was apparently care- fully washing himself. It is belleved that he was removing the stains resulting from his bloody work. Careful measurements of the remains show that the victim was about five feet two inches tall, and weighed about 140 pounds. One of the hands and one of the feet were missing and the skull was com- pletely severed from the trunk. In the opinion of the doctors, the head was not torn off by birds or animals, but was cut from the kody at the time of death or shortly afterward. The few strands of hair that were sticking to the skull were shert, dark brown and very fine. The del- icate hand indicated that the person was urused to manual labor, and the finger nails showed she was probably a woman of some refinement. The Inquesi Last night the jury of inquest recon- vened, and som=2 seusational testimony was given by Dr. T. M. Baldwin and Frederick Duvall, both of this place. Dr. Baldwin stated that during the first week in Au- gust a man, who tallied exactly with the description given in The Star yesterday of the man seen by F. W. Knowlton at the place where the skeleton was found, and about the time the woman is supposed to have been murdered, came to his office and asked him for some newspapers, which he said he wanted to read. The doctor gave the man some papers, and he went off. He described the man as about five feet ten inches in height, weighing about 175. pounds, with sandy hair and mouetache. ‘When these facts became known today a more careful examination of the woods was made. and some pieces of newspaper were found$ also an envelope addressed to Dr. ldwih, which it fs supposed was mixed! up=With the papers and carried to the woods by the man. The only other clue Was the word ‘“‘Leene” written on the edge Of,one of the pieces of paper. Mr. Duvall stated that about August 6 or 7 he been employed by Mr. Samuel Darby,: wld lives near the scene of the murder, to-paint a wagon. He finished the job in the afternoon, and, not finding Mr. Darby at his house, went down into the cornfield in°’earch of him. He whistled for Mr. Darby, but received no answer. As he reached the clump of trees where the body was found he saw a man rise from the ground ard look fiercely at him. The man was dressed in a pair of trousers and an undershirt and answered the de- scription given by Mr. Knowlton and Dr. Baldwin. While Duvall was watching the man, a woman, dressed in a shirt waist of dark material, with wide sleeves and @ dark shirt, started to rise from the ground, but was roughly shoved down by the man. Mr. Duvall aaid that he heard the man say to her: “Lie down. It is only a man whistling for his bird dog.” He could not see the woman's face, and when the man turned and glared at him a second time he became frightened and went back to Mr. Darby’s house. He told Mr. Darby what he had seen, but the latter paid Httle attention .to it. Mr. Fatrall, a grocer, remembered a man of the description given by Knowlton, Bald- win and Duvall coming to his store for some tobacco and causing some trouble. The coroner’s jury adjourned until Sep- tember 16 in order that the investigation might be continued. It {3 understood that the sheriff of the ccunty has not yet been officially notified of the finding of the body. Bailiff Robey stated to The ‘Star correspondent that as far as he knew, nothing would be done in the case but await developments. Detec- tives have not been employed to act in the matter. The body, which has been lying in the town hall since yesterday, will be re- interred this afternoon. One of the employes at the railroad sta- tion informed The Star correspondent this afternoon that about the Ist of August a man who seemed to be laboring under great excitement alighted from a Baltimore train at Laurel. He was accompanied by a young woman. The man answered the description of the one who was seen in the woods. He made inquiries for the court house, and seemed very much disuppeinted when told that the county seat was at Marlboro’. He was ev- idently in quest of a marriage license. So far as this employe could trust to his mem- ory, the couple bearded the train and left Laurel soon after their arrival, but he is not certain on that point. ——— BUREAU CHIEFS SELECTED Presidential Appointments of Great Interest to the Navy. Naval Constructor Hichborn Reap- pointed and Commander Bradford Succeeds Commander Chadwick. The President made two appointments to- Cay of great interest to the navy. Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn was appointed chief of the bureau of construction and re- pair, to suggeed himself, and Commander R. B. Bradfprd was appointed chief of the bureau,,of gauipment, vice Commander F. E. Chadwick, relieved. ChiefiConstructor Philip Hichborn has devoted his life to the work of naval con- struction. Starting at an early age in the f.4 shipwright, as an apprentice harlestown navy yard, and serving as suck'‘unt#l he arrived at the age of man- hood, he took a voyage by sea by way of Cape Horn, to California. On hfs t1njval there he took up his pro- fession, and in two years rose to be mas- ter meeaunic of his ‘trade. After serving as such’his' bility was acknowledged by an offer of th? position of assistant naval construftor,” which he declined. Seven years Iter, however, he was again offered the position, which he accepted, and has since advanced'rapidly to the present high position he°now occuples. Since his first appointment, as chief constructor of the uawy, the added responsibilities due to the reorganization of the several duties of tne various bureaus of the Navy Department increased his duties correspondingly, and the faithfulness with which he has per- formed the great responsibililies has been rewarded by his reappointment to the office for the second term. His reappointment gives general satisfac- tion to the other officials of the Navy De- partment, * who rd it as not only a tribute to his aoility, but see in it another evidence of Secretary Long's close observ- ance of the affairs of his department. Commander Bradford; the new chief of the bureau of equipment, ‘s regarded as one of the brightest and most officers in the service. He is a Maine, and entered the navy in 1861. re He was recently detached from command of the cruiser Montgomery, and has since been on.special duty. Commander Chadwick will be given a short leave of absence, and will then be as- signed to the command of a vessel of the cruiser class. So far as known, nothing is settled with regard to the case of the chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, but the belief is strong and general in naval circles that Medical Director N. L. Bates, in charge of the naval museum of hygiene in this city, will be appointed to succeed Sur- geon General Tryon, whose term expired today. Medical Director Bates is the se>- end renking officer in the corps, and has been acting as the President’s fainily phy- sician for several years. Surgeon General Tryon will retire for age in about two years, and_his failure to be reappointed will mean @ loss in rank and pay as.a re- tired officer. ee DID SOME SLASHING. He ched his present grade in March, 1889. Charles Young Sent to Jail for Serious Crime. Charles H. Young, colored, was today sent to jail for four months by Judge Kim- ball for cutting Clementine Graves, also colored, with a knife while she was asleep last night. The woman testified that she did not see the accused during the even- ing, but woke up to find that she had been cut on the arm and one limb with a knife. She reported the matter to Sergeant Dun- nigan of the Second precinct station. Policemen Stroman and Murphy, who arrested the accused on suspicion of being the man wanted, sald that when taken into custody Young acknowledged having done the cutting. The prisoner made no de- fense. ————.—_—_ Erederick Freund’s Funeral. The funeral of Frederick Freund, whose sudden (feats occurred at Atlantic City, as stated in The Star of yesterday, will take place tdmorrpw afternoon at 8 o'clock. The ‘arrangements will be under the charge of the Masonic erder, and the interment will be in Rock Creek cemetery. ‘The remains will arrive here at 3:38 this afternoon, and be taken to the late resi- dence of the deceased, 815 10th strect northwest. * ——-—__ Charge is Nolle Prossed. District Attorney Davis today nolle prossed a charge of grand larceny pre- ferred against Wm. McIntire, that of steal- ing, the 16th of last month, a horse and buggy, the prope-ty of Wm. E. Ow. valued at $80. Sard FEVER UNDER CHECK New Orleans Health Officials Think the Disease Will Not Spread. NO NEW CASES REPORTED TODAY a aS Marine Hospital Officers Ajd in Hedging in the Scourge. ae MORE SURGEONS ORDERED NEW ORLEANS, La., September 7.—It was considerably after midnight this morn- ing when the board of health office was closed for a few hours and the tired phy- sicians went home to snatch a few hours of rest. Up to that time, although the widest publicity had been given to the Gelpi case and the desire of the board was known that every suspicious case should be promptly reported, no news was re- ceived at the cffice to lead to the belief that there existed a single case of yellow fever in New Orleans. The cffice was re opened early this morning, but up to 9 o'clock no report was made of any sus- picious cases. The Loard will hold another meeting to- day to act on quarantine regulations and there will be informal conferences daily while the scare lasts. It*is understood thai at the meeting today there will be some modification of the regulations adopted yesterday quarantining the entire coast. and steps will be taken to allow residents of New Orleans, who are sojourning at unaffected ports, to return to the city after having been properly examined and fur- nished with certificates that they have not been In proximity to any cases of yel- low fever. Will Not Retaliaie. Although the action of Mobile and Gal- veston in quarantining New Orleans is naturally resented, there Is no disposition here to retaliate unless fever shall appear in one or both of those cities. Many small towns in Mississippi and Louisiana have quarantined against New Orleans, but the barriers are likely to be raised at once if no more cases develop here. In the meantime the physicians are un- shaken in their belief that such a cordon can be drawn around the Gelpi residence as to prevent the spread of the sickness. Dr. H. A. Gant of Water Valley, member of the state board of health, has taken charge of the situation at Ocean Springs, and will spare neither pains nor money in an effort to stamp out the prevailing fever. He is of the opinion that with care and good management this can be done in a very few days. All the houses where fever has been or may be will be thoroughly looked after, aha the sick will be isolated. Tod the board has put out disinfectants in the principal streets, and the town will be strewn with lye from one end to the other. Excitement Quiets Down. The excitement has quieted down con- siderably, and the people, now that the first scare Is over, see that things are no worse thar they have been all along; and, in fact, are better, as there has been one new case reported in the pest twenty-four hours, and there are but three so-called suspicious cases among the fever patients in the town. The other cases are all do- ing well. The duration of the fever is only from twenty-four to forty-eight hours, and some of the patients do not take to their beds at all from the disease. ‘The Louisiana board of health has a rec- ord of all people who have come from Ocean Springs in the last few days, and is giving strict attenticn to all of them. No Fear in New York. NEW YORK, September 7.—Several offi- clals of the health board of this city, in- cluding President Wilson, Dr. Benedic chief of the bureau of contagious diseases, and Dr. Tracy of the bureau of records, said today that there is not the slightest danger of yellow fever coming here. Dr. Benedict said that the disinfecting methods of the health department gave no chance for yellow fever to get into the city. Yellow Fever in New Orleans. The following telegram was rece! 2oat the office of the surgeon general of the n-arine hospital service today from Assist- ant Surgeon Wasdin, at Mobile, Ala.: “Wyman, Surgeon General, Washington, D. C. “Dr. Oliphant wires one new case of yel- low fever dead in New Orleans; three new cases reported. WASDID Dr. Oliphant is president of the ate beard of health of Louisiana, so that the ws contained in the dispatch, which was can be re- no re received shortly before nooa, arded as official. There se2ms to be doubt entertained now by the author Ss that the disease is the dreaded “yellow Jack. Surgeon General Wyman is abs has wired that he expects to Washington some time this afte: has been in close communn Acting Surgeon Gener: been taking char i e. Dr. Bailbache, while admitting that the disease is yellow fever, expresses the opin- ion that it will soon be stamped out, and that every precaution has been taken or arrangements are being perfected by which its ravages willl be prevented. Surgeon General Wyma but in t, arrive nor He ution with 2, Who ilas * Direction: That every precaution is being taken by the surgeon general is shown by the fol- lowing telegram seit by Surgeon General Wyman early this morning from Provi- dence, R. I., to Dr. Bailbache here: “Order Oakley to Waynesville with au- thority to employ labor to load campy on cars. Wire Murray to assume charge. Wire Wasdin that until cordon is establish- ed to have railroad agents sell tickets only to northern pvints, points north of Wash ington, or points in mountainous districis, and to keep record of all who leave, with points of destination. Notify by wire the local authorities. Authorized to employ necessary help. Tell to arrange for cordon and turn matters over to Murray on ar- rival. Wire health officers action has been taken. Will arrive in New York 6:15. Can be reached by wire Pennsylvania depot, Jersey City ‘WYMAN, Surgeon General.” Another telegram was sent by Surgeon General Wyman yesterday, stating that Dr. John Guiteras of the’ University of Pennsylvania woald leave last night for Ocean Springs, Miss. Dr. Guiteras is a well-known authority on yellow fever, and has been more than once where it was epidemic. He has had the disease itself, and the bureau has great faith in his ability to assist in staying its progress, as well as satisfying the au- thvrities that it is really yellow fever. Of this latter, however, there is no doubt ex- pressed now. Dr. Wasdin, who was sta- tioned regularly at Mobile, Ala., as as- sistant surgeon, but who was granted per- mission to visit Ocean Springs, Miss., wired that a second autopsy Confirmed the con- clusions reached by Drs. Hunter and Har- ralson of the state board of health of Mis- sissipp! in their report to the government. Many Telegrams of Inquiry. No force will be sent from Washington, Acting Surgeon General Bailbache told The. Star reporter today, unless startling developments come later, and these are not expected. The bureau is being flooded with telegrams of inquiry regarding the dis- ease from all parts of the country. It may be of interest to state that frost in the New Orleans region averages about December 8, but it occurs at no stated period, being mest irregular in this respect. The earliest recorded date was November 11, 1877, but it is not an uncommon thing for it to be postponed as late as Christ- The Epidemic of 1878. The yellow fever epidemic of 1878, which swept through the south, causing the deaths of abcut 14,000 persons, prevailed in the early part of July. It was attributed to a ship which arrived from Havana the latter part of May. The disease ran its course by the Ist of October. Horrifying to Southerners, to southerners in Washington who have had experience with the fearful disease. They recall the outbreak in New Orleans, when the disease spread with such rapidi- ty, and ended in thousands of deaths at Memphis and other cities. Those who have gene through the fire say the disease is Worse and more malignant when it follows a dry summer like the past one. They say there has been so little idea of a recurrence of yellow fever in the last few years that health regulations have been negle Every condition is ripe for the disease. They do not believe the disease wi be easy to stamp out if it has really obtained @ foothold. The people who fled from the place where the disease originated have probably carried the germs with them, and it would not be surprising, it is sai hear of outbreaks in many directions new on. The legal quarantine regulations, it is said, will not be as effective as the shotmun ine put in force in m: southern A regular guard station is « armed with shotcun every every man who is from the neighborhood of is oft a fever-stricken town, city or village told to pass on. If he attempts to ge his life is ended quicker than the fe could take him off. Railroads are notiti dn such a way as rot to violate that thi Must not seil uckets to points to which the disease can be carried. One who was a refugee from New Or- leans during the epidemic said today that it would not surprise him to see 20,0) pes ple rush through Washington on their way north within the next few weeks if the situation in the south grows any more alarming. Government Tents Procured. The Treasury Department has procured 200 tents from the War Department for use at the permanent yellow fever di tion camp, which inas bes stabil sboro’, Ga. There s its there, but the ¢ has been es- tablished as a precsutio: measure. eee Actively Seare’ The police seem te have confidence in the rumor that Dorsey Foultz lingers in the nortawest suburbs of the city, and an ive search for him is in prog: It reported today that Foultz was in hiding in the woods north of Grant's road, be- tween Tenleytown and Con: : extended. Several people declared they had. seen him, and the woods are bel closely watched by crowds of people, well as by the officers, The belief is that the fugitive has made his way to the Brightwood section, whe! he is in communication with some of his friends. Held for a Heinous Crime. Edward Gitbert, colered, axe twent ve year: as this afterno for the action of the grand jury by Judge Kimball to answer the charge of hay attempted to commit a felonious on Isabella King, aged el mcst a year ago. A warrant wa’ for Gilbert's arrest on the day following the allege] crime, but he had left the and did rct return here until a few di ago. The eviderce showed that Gilbert was detected in the assault upon the child by the ter’s mether, and, in making his King down, escape, not cnly Knocked Mrs. to her but also several others who came assistance. —_—>—_—. No Flim-Flam in Pan’ From the Punxsutawney Spirit. A few weeks ago a man who w larging pictures visited the residen Mart Williams of this pt: c “We are doing some very fine work,” said the agent, “and in order to introduce it to the public we make you the first picture free. We will expect you to show the pic- ture to your neighbors, of course, and help advertise us in that way. The picture will not cost you a cent. B Mr. Williams hunted up a picture and gave it to the man to enlarge. _ The other day he returned with the en- larged picture, It was inclosed in a gaudy frame. “Of course,” ture costs yo fe the man explained, “the pic- nothing, but we charge $5 a frame like that.” “The picture is ell right,” said Mr. W) liams. “It pleases me first-rate. I will i take it into the other room and see what my wife thinks of it.” And Mart went into another room, re- moved the picture from behind the glass, and returned with the empty frame. wife likes the picture first rate, said, as he handed back the frame she thinks we cannot afford to buy the frame. We like the picture first ra By the way, we have two or three mo? tures here that you may pic- large on t same terms. I am always willing to help a fellow along that w: when I can do it without any expense to myself. But the man didn’t take any more. H« felt that Mart was a poor subject to work any flim-flam games on, and so, with a strained “Good day,” he left for greener fie} carrying his empty frame. An Untrodden Canadian Wilderness. Frederic Inland in Scribner's. The vast country north of the gulf of St. Lawrence is, to the uncommercial ex- plorer, the most interesting region on th continent, if not in the world. For nearly four centuries the ships of civilization have sailed by it, yet, except at the very water's edge, there has been no intrusion upon it. The rivers which pour forth from every opening in the hills bear witness that the back country is a network of lakes and water courses. Ask the commissioner of crown lands of the great province of Quebec today what his department knows of that region, and he will tell you that it is the least Known portion of North Amer- ica; that only a few of the lakes havc been surveyed: that two exploring parties have recently crossed the peninsula; tha" a handful of fishermen’s houses fringe t gulf; that for the rest of it the wander- ing Montagnais Indians are the only tour- ists who traverse half a million square miles of territory. Steamers go up the Saguenay. Lake St. John is reached by rail. But away to the northeast is a tre- mendous tract of country, from whence issue streams greater than the Hudson, the headwaters of which no White man has ever seen. — Government Bonda, Quotations reporied by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. Bia. 2 per cents, registered. oS 4 per cents, coupon of 190 113 4 per conte, ceghstered of 190 111% 4 per cents, coupon of 1 cents, registered of nts, coupon of 104 114 ts, registered of 1s 14 @ per cents of 1s 16: Currency 6 per cents of 1 105 -———__ Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st. members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN, High, Tow. Close 9644 Hang ax ey, Ser SST Erie a ad Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., September 7.—Flour firm, changed—receipts, 12.356 barrels: exports, sales, 450 barrels. Wheat firme: $m 1.00" No. Ph 865 bushels; exports, 677,418 bushels; stock, 1,293, 831 bushel piles, Taeu, webele—seathors, spat sample,’ 95a$1.0144; . Y7a$1.01. Corn. trme“spot ‘ond month, 36K: October, 36%a38%4: November or December, new or oli arked; steamer mixed, 34a34%—reccipts, 220.885 is: rts, 154.246 bushels; sto-k, 1,603,242 70,009 bushels southern ‘white and ‘B8a39. Oats steaty—No. 2 white, 24a mixed, 3 No. 2 sie; _caports, meee: firmer—No. 2 nearby, receipts, 35.077 bushels; exports, 17,143 } stock, 111.516 bushels. "Hay steady—choice timo- 21ea22—recetpts, 82,556 bush- mock 306,493 bushels. thy, $13a$13.50, new, | Grain steam to Live bushel, for aicra per auatter, Bee, strong —granula' 14. FINANCE AND TRADE Heavy Realizing Sales Failed to Break Stock Prices Materially. NORTH PACIFIC TOOK A BOOW Grangers nal Dividend Paying In- dustrials in Good Demand. eb GENERAL MARKET - > REPORTS NEW ¥) lation of commiss! boliday and almost uniform the London market r scoumu- er the dew aviv an unusuel- ning. By c parison with Saturday's fir ing advances varied from 1, io 1 Earnings from ions country ‘vere large, except in the Nashville, and underlying almost exclusively favorable ment. In spite of this fact, tensive realizing was in the first half of the sess is e various of case of conditions we to improx however, ox- bess n. One operator timated to have sold in all somethi “s over 30,000 shures of long stock The market ected frac this selling. but the buying on down was exceptior ally fine ir, as net results indicate. In many the highest prices of the day were reco: ‘ter the culmination of this selling move ment re ly instances Foreign houses bought moderate amo: of St. Paul, Reading and Southern prefer red. The lo demand for thes was equally good, with the possible tion of the latter. The granger tssues were given good suj port around the highest points yet record- ed for them. nts issues excep- The feature the day’s transactions however, was the resumption of the ad vance in the Northern Pacitic issucs Me preferred st k of this company was mark- ed up nearly # per cent from last week's final sale. Earnings are not exactly what they should be at the moment. but future Lupon to show marke: he comir railroad decision rential on is depended forward moveme y be well in this te that the F Mail Ste ny and the various lines ander mrnagement are equally inter- ested in that thstanding their Detter riainty of a et for an ear ment of all mining differences 1 coal territory. the The ambition of the leading interests is now thought to embrace the f - trol of both the hard and sé dustrics, 4 nal advance of ‘3 ton was announced 4 s of the sec Coal and Tron Co: y This af within a few days Th s, and in siand for the company” In view of this showing t ting the attention of influent a growing di tr mar- nd much higher prices are the dividend- giver sa and in the case 3 ugar, higner prices were Trequenidy re 1 All thir red, the market has had another day of ng. Had the be for the recent improvement lacked lastin quality, today’s sales would have fe sions in all departments. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York s market today, ported | Macartney, mem New York stcck exchang Corre sponde srs. Moote & Schley, N SO 1) Open. High. i “4 Low. an Spirits... Spirits, p re ‘obace American Cotton Oli Atchison . ee es Baltimore & Omo. Bay State Canada Sout Canada Pac! a St. Paul... & St. Pani, Paul, M&O jidated Gas... Del, Lack. & W Delaware & hudson, Den. & KioGrande, pfd Erie ates General lectrie Dlinois Central Lake Shore. Louisville & Nasnvine. Metropoittan ‘Traction Mahattan Bievated... Michigan Central Missouri Pacific National Lead Ce onal Lead Go., w Jersey Ceutrai w York Central prthern Pacitic. Northern Pacific, pfd. Out. & Western. Pacitic Maul Phila. & Keading. Puliman PC. Co. Texas Pacific : Teun. Coat & iron. Union Pa U.S. Leather, pt Wabash, pfd. Western Union Tel silver. ar 10 at 116%, Vuited States os—reen je Light re Ins Toor ds. —2¥ Fund. year id, American 100 bid. Washington Markef Ist Gs, bid. Washington Market ¢ imp. &s, bid, Washington Market Exten. 6s, 1 bid, Masonic Hall Assoc National Bank Stocks ‘bid, Metropolitan, 255 bid, bid. Farmers and Mei 25 ond, 138 bid, 145. axked. tal, 120 bid. "West lumbla, 130 bid. a. 104 bid, 106), bid, 107 asked €aj Lincoln, asked. Saf 150 asked. Ratlroad ka. — 1 Traction Company, 56 bid. 5S asked. Metropolitan, 116 bid, 121 asked. Cotuminia, 55 bid. Gas amt Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 44% bid, 45 asked. United States Electric Light, 116g bid, 117i asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s 30 bid. Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 69 bid. “Corcoran, 56 bid. Potomac, 6b! Arlington, 138 bid erman- American, 200 bid. National Union, 10% bid. 24 asked. Columbia, 11 bid. Riggs, 7% bid.” Peo- ple's, 5% bid. Lincoln, 5% bid. ite Insurance Stocks. — Real Extate ‘Title, TH 110 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, 7 asked. Dis: trict Title, 10 asked, ‘Telephone Stocks. Pennsylvania, 40 bid, 50 asked, apbopbone,” Sia bide banked. Americ . ed. American Graphophone, pfd., 10 Wid, 11 asked. Pueumatic Gun Carriage 63 bid. Minggllaneous | Stocks 124 asked. can — Mergenthaler Linotype, Clara Y. Flint, through Attorney Henry W. Sohon, has applied for divorce from Flint, to whom she was married Mrs. Flint states that been born to them, and deserted and