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remarked to myself that the man must be a tramp or a loafer, in spite of his story that he was formerly well-to-do, for other- wise he would not have been loafing about Laurel. I thought no more of the matter until I read a description of the man last evening in The Star.” Mr. Lewis Haislett, who was working with Mr. Smith on the occasion described and was in the shed during the conversa- tion with Brown, verified the foregoing story in every detail. Gave Him a Ride. Mr. Smith today accompanied the re- porters to the town hall, where the remains are lying and positively identified the hand that remains a part of the corpse as that of the woman known to him as Mrs. Brown. = After reading the description of the sup- posec-murderer in The Star, George W. Stansfield, the farmer who lives several miles from Laurel, and who drove into Washington Tuesday, August 10, remem- bered that he had allowed a man answer- ing the description to ride in the wagon with him. As stated, he met the man on the road near Beltsville and allowed him to ride all the way to Washington. Constable Harrison of Beltsville was vis- ited by the reporters, and remembered that “about four weeks agc” a man answering the now well-known description passed alorg the road in front of his residence. An important feature in connection with the statement of Constable Harrison is that the man was accompanied by a black dog. The couple seen in Laurel had with them two dogs. one yellow and the other black. The yellow dog deserted them, and is now staying with the colored maff near the place the body was found. In a Store. Friday morning, ust 6, a woman, with a@ man and two dogs, arrived at Laurel and went to the meat store of W. (. Shaffer. The woman went inside the store and pur- chased some bologna 2nd some dog meat. Mr. Shaffer, who waited un her, says she spoke In broken English, and while ke was waiting on her ihe man and dog re- mained outside. The woman, Mr. Shaffer Weclared, was about five feet in height, with a fair complexion, short brown hair and rather plump, weighing about 135 pounds. Benjamin Ashby, a clerk in the same store, who made a clese observation of the woman, said that she wore a white apron, the lower right haad corner of which was torn. According to Messrs. Shaffer and Ashby, the man on the outside tallied very much with the description of the man seen by Messrs. Knowlton and Duvall in the woods on the day the murder is supposed to have occurred. Messrs. Shaffer and Ashby described the man as being about 6 feet in height, with jong. sandy hair and a full, red mustache. He wore a dark slouch hat pulled over the upper part of his face, and for that reason they were unable to see his eyes. The lower part of his face was covered by a stubby beard, and, from his appearance, the man looked as if he had not been shaved for at least two weeks. A peculiar and noticeable feature about both the man and the woman was that the woman walked with a slight limp, and the man had @ stoop shoulder, which caused him to bend forward as he walked. White the man was outside the store waiting for the woman he became involved in a quarel with a lad named Keyes, a brother of Thomas Keyes, who found the body in the woods on last Sunday. The lad had lost some money which the man had picked up. and the latter refused to give it to the bey for the reason that the boy could not positively identify it. Just as the man and boy were quarreling about the money something occured which probably showed the nature of the man and the woman, and probably was one of the reasons why the crime was committed. The woman came out of the store while the man and young Keyes were having their difficulty, and, after learning the situation, the woman in a rather dictatorial manner ordered the boy to let the man keep the money, and the bey obeyed. The man continued to grumble as the pair moved away, demonstrating that he was of % quarrelsome disposition. : To Be Preserved. As has already been stated in The Star, when the Skeleton was found, and as re- lated then, it was the general impression that the skull had been severed from the trunk. Outside of this fact, there is no di- rect evidenge of<foul play. The skuil, by the way, will be preserved for further. iden- tification. The face is pretty well preserv- ed, and the teeth, which are always good objects for identification, are in excellent condition. The rest of the body, which has been lying in the town hall today, will be buried tomorrow in Laurel cemetery. One of the dogs which arrived here with the strange man and woman-is in the pos- session of 2 colored man by the name ct Basil Levy, whese house is nearer to the place where the skeleton was found than any other: habftation. “Sheriff Underwood of this county was ap- prised of the case today, and he will detail a detective tcmorrow to come here and go to work on the mystery. Had the sheriff been notified earlfer in the day, it is very possible that the county commissioners weuld have offered a reward for the ap- prehension of-the supposed murderer. . It is stated on good authority that such a re- werd will be Offered this week. ‘Phe Present Theory. It is believed that Brown, if he was in reality the murderer, nad no purpose in luring his wife to Laurel in order to make way with her. Had that been his purpose he would unquestionably have chosen one of the many lonely spots that border the road from Relay to Laurel. The couple, it is quite certain, passed along that road. The murder was very likely due to a sud- den impulse. Witnesses say that the woman was quarrelsome and nagging. The man, perhaps angered by her actions, and in a reckless frame of mind, due to their penniless condition, ended her life. It is pretty clearly established that the throat of the Woman was cut. The murder occurred some time Satur- day. The man was seen washing himself in the woods Sunday. He did not leave the locality until Monday night. He pro- ceeded to the house of Mr. Allen Wood, the nearest residence to Kellogg’s woods, Monday afternoon and made his way un- seen into the kitchen. There he was found by Miss Wood. She inquired what he wanted, and he replied that he wanted a drink of water. She told him that the place for him to get water was at a near-by pump. The man started to say im reply to the inquiry: “She told me I could get some fire here,” but cor- rected himself and asked for water. He aid not go to the pump, but proceeded to some thick bushes near an old cemetery. The man was seen by Miss Wood, her sis- ter, Mrs. McGaughey, and Miss Winn, the latter a guest at the house. They all agree that he wore a look on his face that was “miserable, almost pathetic, but not vicious.” The man was seen near the old ceme- tery that night by a colored servant, em- ployed In the Wood family, named Becky. ‘The latter had occasion to go to the cem- etery in search of her children, who had Started out to look for wild grapes. There is evidence that the man slept that night in the bushes. ‘The supposition ig that he departed very early Tuesday morning and proceeded in the direction of Beltsville, where he met Mrs. Stans- field, who gave him a ride the remainder of the way to this city. Made a Camp. After making their purchases in Laurel August 6 the couple stopped at the rail- road station and inquired the fare to Washington. When told that it was 55 cents for each person, they started to walk down the road, the evident intention being to walk until they reached a station from which they would have sufficient money to travel the remainder of the distance by The woman was limping, and it was plain that she was footsore. After walking a short distance she probably reached the conclusion that she could go no further, and the couple then made their way to Kellogg's woods to rest and partake of the food they had purchased in Laurel. ‘The city council and the mayor of Laure! have taken no steps in the matter, because, they say. the body was found outside the town limits. For the same reason they have offered no reward. Practically ail the steps that have ben taken in the di- rection of solving the mystery have been the work of the newspaper men. ‘The body of the woman was discover=d last Sunday morning. The sheriff of the county was informed of the matter yes- terday. He is reported-as saying that he will begin an investigation tomorrow, per- haps, and may then engage 4 detective to look into the matter. crc PB SE ~ Resident Physician. re Dr. Stuart C. Johnson has been appointed resident physician at the Washington Asytum Hospital ~~ Prosecution Springs Surprises in the} Consal General is Reticent About Luetgert Trial af Chicago Today. CORSET STEELS IN EVIDENCE | CISNEROS Manufacturer Identifies Them as Product of His Factory. PRISONER’S KNIFE -FOUND eS ee CHICAGO, September 8.—The alleged wife murderer Luetgert seemed pleased at the comments of the papers today regard- ing his entrance into the court room yes- terday. Accordingly, when this morning he stepped into Judge Tuthill’s court room for the thirteenth day of his trial, he re- peated his smiling salute to the jury and ignored the spectators, who evidenced their disappointment at the slight. The ypris- ener attempted to catch the eye of the pre- siding judge, but the latter dignitary com- pletely ignored the attempt of the big sausage manufacturer to bid him good morning. Luetgert held a familiar con- versation of a few minutes’ length with the newspaper reporter near his seat, and then settled down to a consultation with his attorneys. He seemed to be in un- usvally good spirits, despite the damaging evidence heard during yesterday’s ses- sions. The spectators continue to be mostly of the fair sex, and the crowds are growing larger daily. A greater crowd than ever before congregated today at the huge stone entrance of the criminal court building, .nd a score of bailiffs and many of Inspector Shaack’s officers were required to keep open a passageway. Reporter as a Witness. The first witness called was Eugene B. Palmer, a reporter for the Chicago Jour- nal. Palmer testified to having held a small bottle under the stream of pinkish matter which flowed from the sluiceway of the vat when the police opened the valve. Palmer was followed by W. H. Stewart, a’so a Journal reporter, who corroborated the testimony of his conferee, and also testified to having delivered this same bot- tle of pinkish slime into the hands of an expert, who will be called later in the case. Policeman Kernard Preuss was called and identified two bits of steel as the pieces he fcund in the ashes where the supposed residue of bones and other material which was scooped from the vat was dumped. Policeman Fred Talworwitz testified to having found a hairpin in the same pile of refuse, and the hairpin was produced as evidence, after an objectfon by Attorney V:ncent to the effect that it was improper to introduce as evidence any and every ob- ject which, owing to its similarity to ob- jects worn by any and every woman, could uever be identified as having been the property of Mrs. Luetgert. Sensation of the Day. Then came the sensation of the day. J. H. Odenbrett and W. G. Cady, corset makers, were placed on the stand in suc- cession and positively identified the two alleged corset steels as having been the product of their factory. Certain marks on the two bits of metal were shown to cor- respond with similar marks on new steels which were produced in court. The wit- nesses each testified positively as to the similarity and also to the fact that the new steels were of the pattern usually sold by their factory. It was considered by the state to be a great blow to the defense and was unexpected by the latter, who hoped to prove that the two pieces of steel were scale bands. Carl Klein, jr., who is employed by a dentist, described a set of false teeth,which he had sold to Mrs. Luetgert. Klein seem- ed to be burdened with a sense of his own importance in the case, and in the cross- examination by Attorney Vincent, “chief counsel for the defense, he continually ob- jected to the questicns asked and refused to answer several questions until the court ordered him to do so. His conduct on the stand caused considerable merriment among the lawyers and spectators. Emma Schimpke, sister to Guttliebe Schimpke, who testified to having seen Luetgert and his wife enter the factory on the fated evening, was placed on the stand to corroborate the testimony of her young- er sister. She was a very faltering wit- ness and suffered under the scathing cross- examination to which she was subjected. Emma Schimpke was apparently imbued with the idea that she must testify only to those matters which hurt®the cause of the defense. Judge Tuthill administered a kindly but firm lecture to the trembling girl. From her the defense secured the admis- sion that she was not sure she saw Luet- gert and his wife enter the factory, and the defense also forced her to admit that she could not remember anything that happened on any other particular night than May 1. When asked the day of the week upon which May 1 fell, she hesitated, and then said: “‘Saturday—wasn't it?” The defense felt that their cause had gained perceptibly from her testimony. Sergernt Spangler’s Finds. Police Sergeant Spangler, who was ac- tive in procuring evidence for the prose- cution, testified to having secured either from officers or from the factory and vi- cinity, corset steels, a celluloid hairpin, half a tooth, particles of bones, scrapings from both the interior and exterior of the vat in which, it is alleged, Mrs. Luetgert was dissolved, and slime from the sluic leading from the vat. = Vickerick Bicknese, brother of Mrs. Luetgert, identified two photographs as likenesses of his sister. The pictures were passed around among the attorneys and Luetgert attentively compared the two ard consulted about them with his at- torneys. Another seasation was sprung when Mrs. Christine Feldt was again called to the stand. The witness identified an ugly aprearing knife, which she safd Luetgert handed to her for safe-keeping on the day of his arrest. Acccerding to Inspector Shaack, Luetgert used this knife as the means whereby he killed his wife. The evidence was a complete surprise to the defense, and the prisoner craned forward to see the weapon. The knife was passed around among the attorneys, ani Luct- gert examined !t. He smiled as he han- dled it, and talked with his attorneys about it, admitting that it had been his property. —_- —— CUSTOMS EXAMINER SUSPENDED... W. H. Ayres Mixed Up in a Charge of False Entries. rm Special Dispatch te The Evening Star. F CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 8.—Sur~ veyor of Customs Lemon today relievet from duty Customs Examiner W. H. Ayres, pending the investigation of charges made against him in cannection with the im- portations of alleged cherry juice by a local firm. The government claims that false im- port entries were made by the firm and sults aggregating $130,000 are now in the hards of United States District Attorney Cleveland. Charges of dereliction were preferred against ayres by Special Treasury Agent J. D. Power of Washington, who instituted the investigations and spec age has also called upon United States Ap- praiser Schulte for an official actions in —_—— UPRISING AT AN END, Oficial Report That the Afridis Are Dispersing. | términation to protect Conditions on the Island. CASE WAS EXAGGERA' He Had No Idea When the War Would Cease. TO VISIT WEST POINT NEW YORK, September 8.—Consul Gen- eral Fitzhugh Lee, accompanied by his son, Fitzhugh Lee, jr., arrived from Havana on board the Seguranca today. The general said that he had been suffering bilious- ness for -some time past, but he felt very much better after the sea trip. When asked whether he would return to Cuba the general shook his head and said: “I canrot answer that, and I would rather not talk on Cuban affairs until I make my report in Washington.”” Case of Miss Cisneros. In speaking of the case of Evangelina Cozsio Cisneros he said: ‘‘The young wo- man is now confined in Casa Reconidas. She has never been tried, and I do not think that it was ever intended that she should be banished. The stories of her ill- treatment are very much exaggerated, and were it not forthe hubbub which has been raised about her the girl would probably have been released long ago. In fact, I was given to understand that her name was on the pardon list. She has comfort- able quarters and is treated as well as possible under the conditions. There is a good deal of suffering in Cuba, but the Americans, rumbering 1,400, are being cared for from the fund of $50,000 which was appropriated for that purpose. They receive relief daily, and up to the present time about $15,000 has been expended.” No Telling When ihe War Will End. “Is there any sign of business improving or a change for the better in Cuba?” asked the reporter. “No, I am sorry to say there is not,” re- plied the general. “And there will not be any improvement until the war is ended.” “When will that be, general?” To this last questior: “General Lee replied in Spanish, a free translation of which is “That is too much for me; I cannot say.” General Lee and young Fitzhugh Lee, jr., will go to West Point today to see his other son, George M., who is at the Mili- tary Academy there, and tomorrow they will leave for Washington. Among the other passengers on board were Robert L. Oliver, United States con- sul at Merida, Mexico, and George W. Fishback of this city, who was said to have been sent to Havana on business for thé United States government. : Mr. Fishback’s Experience. Mr. Fishback said that his trip to Ha- vana was purely on private business. He added that there was a great deal of suffering all over Cuba, and that the condition of the people was even worse than when he was there last as secretary to Commissioner Calhoun when the latter Was investigating the Ruiz case. He saw Miss Cisneros at the Casa Riconidas and he said the reports regarding her treatment were grossly exaggerated, and that the young woman was fairly well treated and did not complain when he was speaking to her. see STANDS ON HIS RANK. Col. Cochran Refuses to March Under a Junior's Command, Special Dispatch to The Evening, Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 8.—Coior Cochran of the 6th Infantry, United States army, appeared before the arrangements committee of the reunion of the Army of West Virginia and peremptorily refused to march in the parade tomorrow under Col. Poland of the 17th Infantry, United States army, because he ranks Col. Poland in the army. It was thought yesterday that the matter was all fixed up. Col. Cochran was order- ed here by the War Department, and marched his company into the city this mornirg. He has telegraphed Washington for further orders, and says he will not murch his command in parade unless he is positively ordered to do so by the Secretary of War. Col. Poland ts willing to retire from the command of the parade, but the committee refuses to permit it. — ARMY OF WEST VIRGINIA. Reunion of Veterans at Columbus, Ohio, a Notable Event. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 8.—The So- ciety of the Army of West Virginia met here today, Gen. W. H. Powell of Illinois in the chair. Gov. Bushnell and Mayor Black welcomed the veterans. Capt. Thos. H. McKee of Washington made the ad- dress. : The other exercises consisted of responses to welcomes and patriotic songs by a trained local republican glee club and the audience, and music by the lith United States Infantry Bard. The session will continue three days. Among those present and expected to ar- rive are Gen. W. S. Devol of Kansas, Gov. Atkinson and Gen. I. H. Duvall of West Virginia, H. Clay Evans, Senator Foraker, ex-Gov. McCorkle, West Virginia, and oth- ers, The central streets of thé city and Audi- torium arc decorated for the occasion. Pic- tures of generals of the late war and. of the Army of West Virginia are conspic- uously displayed. The 6th United States Infantry, being here on its practice marcl: from Fort Thomas at Newport, Ky., will, with the 17th United States Infantry and local military, join in the parade with the old soldiers tomorrow. ————— WILL PROTECT COLORED CITIZENS. Mount of Indiana Acts on a False Rumor. INDIANAPOEIS, September 8.—The re- pert sent out from Elwood, Ind., to the ef- fect that the negro residents of that town had been notified that they must leave town within a week, has brought a letter of protest to Governor Mount from the National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law Asso- elation at Springfield, Ohio. The associa- Gov. } tlon,suggésts that the governor should ex- .ercise ‘4is\-authority and stop. any such | action: pen he. receipt of this’ protest Governor oui 6te to Mayer Finch of Elwood, ‘ing for information that would tend to refute the. reports and expressing his de- the inalienable rights of «every citizen of the state without regard to color. ‘To this letter Mayor Finch has just re- plied denying the truth of the report. The mayor says the story is a manufactured one, and that the Elwood negroes are not to be molested. The mayor also expresses his intention of making a formal denial of the report. ——.__ TOBACCU SHIPPED AS LARD. Custo: Officials at Colon Discover Attempt to Evade Duties, COLON, September 8.—The customs au- white corn, 2 white, 240 22—receipts, BG118 bushels: S80 bushels. K: “Western Union Case. - AMODNT.DUE FINED AT $256,869.84) FEW REALIZING SALES NOTED Based on Rates Before and After Mr. Wanamaker's Term. in Wall Street Opening. creamers, “Is: do. indie, 12013; ond Indie. “ioett Li. ges weak—foesh, 14, __e Goverament Bonds, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, benkers. American Sugar Fell Off On Disap- pointment in Dividends. Assistant tary of the Interior Web- ster Davis has just¢returned from a short trip into Ohio \Pennsylvania. He de- livered the Pionee® day address at Steu- benville, Ohio, on the occasion af the cen- tennial anniversary of Jefferson county. ‘This gave him tHe opportunity of mecting many people from all parts of Ohio. Then he took his aged parents on a visit to friends in Ebensburg, Pittsburg and Johns- town, Pa., delivering several public ad- dresses and meeting numbers of people from western Pennsylvania. When asked today by a Star reporter as Asked. AWAITING COURT OF CLAIMS ——— GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——— Special. Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 8.—Lower prices in the London market had a tendency to restrict buying during the opening hour this morning, but subsequent trading re- 5 per cents, coupon of 1904 5. per cents, registered of 104. Currency 6 per cents of 1898. Currency 6 per cents of 1890. First Assistant Postmaster General Per- ry S. Heath has made a report to the Court of Claims as referee in the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company against the United States. This case in- volves a claim of the telegraph company Grain and Cotto Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & C nkers and brokers, 1427 F st. members New York stock exchange, nts Messrs, Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., York. ‘ 2 flected continued confidentte in the local G .. to the ou for. times in Ohio and “aca 5 pet ape th ck ser eras for compensation for the transmission of | financial situation. ieuike kc Open. teh. “Times are surely growing better. Every-|telekrams during Postmaster General | The operations of the larger interests | ~""* Nay oy ow body I met in Ohio seemed to be feeling | Wanamaker’s administration. Mr. Wan- | demonstrated conclusively the absence of | Com—Dec. =. good; their hearts were light and their faces smiling, for the granaries on the old farms were full to overflowing, the trees in the orchards were bending low under their weight of luscious fruit, and the cattle are fat and sleek. ° “In the cities the merchants, wholesale and retail, were ali busy, and complaining of their irabitity to supply the demands of thelr customers. The railroads are busy carrying cattle and ‘grain. The smoke of the furnaces and the whistles of the mills and factories told: the pleasant story of the thousends who-honestly desired em- ployment having once again found work. I waa told that many a happy mother was busy making new clothes for the little sons and daughters in order that they might atterd the public schools, which were to open this month. The children were especially happy, because, for some time, they had not been able to attend schoo! for the reason that father had been out of work. * “In Pennsylvania all seemed activity again. Pittsburg and Johnstown seemed perfect beehives of industry. At night time the sky was aglow with the light of their furnaces, and on every hand could be seen the rugged workmen, black with the*stains cf honest tofl, happy in_ th work and thankful for the many substa: tial evidences of returning prosperity. The mines, too, ure in operation. The farm- ers, In the valleys and on the hill sides, are rejoicing because of the good prices they are receiving for the products of thelr labor, for the farmers get good prices when working” people have em- ployment and ure earning something. The American people always eat well when they have money to pay for what they eat, but it is very difficult for men who are out of employment to pay good prices for the products of the farms. “How plain ft is. Prosperous factories and mills make prosperous workingmen and women, and these, in turn, make pros- perous and happy farmers. And when all these are prosperous then the merchants and professional people, the railroads, the steamship lines, the schools, the colleges and the churches are all prosperous. “One thing seems especially gratifying, and that is the fact that nearly all the great newspapers, and most of the patriotic men and women who are, upon principle, opposed to thegpres t admivistration, are glad of the return of better times, and are willing tu give credit to whom credit is justly due. They are patriots and lovers of their countsy, and-believe in the wel- fare of their fellow citizens ‘first, and poli- ticians and partisans afterward. This is amaker fixed a rate for payment of such telegrams, which the company was un- willing to accept. Accordingly all tele- grams of the government during that pe- riod were received under protest and sent, but no bill was rendered, and the company declined to accept any payment for them. After Mr. Wanamaker went out of office a new rate satisfactory to the company was fixed, and the company went to the Court of Claims to get payment for its former service. The matter was referred to Charles 0. Shepherd and Wm. H. Browne az referees representing the government and the com- pany, but they fafied to agree. Mr. Heath was later appointed sol> referee, being sat- isfactory to both the Post Otfice Depart- ment and the Western Union Telegraph Company, and began work June 28. In ,his report to the chief justice and the justices of the Court of Claims Mr. Heath says in part: “I find that the amount which would be due for the telegraph service rendered by the claimant to the defendant for the period embraced in the claimant's petition (July 1, 1889, to June 30, 1893) at the rates of tollS for telegraphic service fixed in the orders of J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agri- culture, and Wilson S. Bissell, Postmaster General, respectiveiy, aggregates $258,560.54. “The gross amount of the service render- ed by the Western Unioa Telegraph Com- pany during this period was $610,470.18. ‘The payments made by the government through its various executive departments te the Western Union Telegraph Company during this period amounted to $351,600.34, leaving, as stated above, a balance of $253,- 869.84 due for services rendered. “The total number of telegrams involved in the audit is 1, 500. It will thus cecur to the court that the total amount of materials placed in my hands to be searched and used in this audit was very large. There were more than three wagon lcads cf telegrams alone. The shzets or abstracts alone, the residuum of the in- formation contained in the vast amount of raw material, would almost make an additional wagon loa The amount $258,869.81 found due the Western Union Telegraph Company for their services is the amount that would have been paid them had their bills been settled on the basis of rates charged before and since Mr. Wanamaker was Postmaster General. The decision of the Court of Claims in this case will be watched with much in- terest, as it will relate to the power claim- ed by Postmaster General Wanamaker to any intention to realize extensively on present holdings. The stocks selected for the new business of today were mainly those in which busi- ness prospects have been revolutionized, and in which increased dividends are a Probability. In this group may be noted New York Central, Minois Central and St. Paul. The report of the former road for the month of August reflects an increase of $456,219 by comparison with the same period oné yéar ago. The total increase since July 1 is consequently $628,454. The second property rzmed is known to be making liberal gains over last year, and, as its statement is likely to appear within a few hours, the buying during the after- noon was especially confident. The diregtors of St. Paul will determine the dividend question at tomorrow's meet- ing, and if today’s buying is not misleading the rate will be advanced. There is, how- ever, nothing definite on thts point. The entire Granger list was given good sup- port around the best prices of the present movement. The Atchison directors at their meeting today declared interest on the adjustment bonds for the period ending June 30 at the rate of 3 per cent. In consequence of this action all the securities of the company were in better demand. This road is mak- ing rapid strides in earnings, and an en- trely new range of prices are likely to be recorded for its several stock issues. The failure to declare more than the regular dividend on sugar common re- sulted in the selling of some disappointed holdings, but there was no general licui- dation In the property. The price was de- pressed from 156% to 153 on the announce- ment of the directors’ action, but the Strength of the general market forced a sharp recovery from this low level. The entire industrial lis: was active, but at_times somewhat irregular. The buying of high-priced investment issnes is still a feature of the present se- curity movement. Consolidated Gas and Pullman in this market and Bell Telephone up to $275 per share in Boston, may be noted among the conspicuous features of this buying. There continues to be every indication of confidence in the endurance of the return- ing prosperity and ordinary advances no longer attract selling. The room trader is not a significant factor at the moment, the conirol of prices having gone bodily ‘over oe TOO HOT ON THE BLEACHERS. Senators’ Good Work Could Not At- tract a Crowd. The sun was most too hot for the aver- age base ball fan about noon today, there was only a small gathering at tional Park at 2 o'clock when the fi of the two arranged between th lands and the Washingtons started Umpire Carpenter made his debut on the local grounds and was given a cordial r ception by the sp=ctater: Wilson and Zimmer were in the poin:s for the Spiders, while Swain: and McGuire occupied the same positions for the Sena- tors - Should the Senators win the first game they will be in the first division, if only for a few hours. Selbach was the first up for Washington and struck out. Brown flew out to Picker- ing in center, but De Montreville had bet- ter luck ,placing a safe one between short and third. On a try for second De perished, catcher to second. > Burkett, hit a sizzler to DeMon e died at first. on a pretty play. Childs could. do no better, flying out to Gettman in right, while Wallace fouled out to McGuire. No runs. McGuire hit a liner into left, but directly into the hands of Burkett. Tucker hit one to Tebeau and die@ at first, first to pitcher. McKean and Tebeau took charge of Reilly. No runs. O'Connor started off with a Texas League hit, a dumpy little fly just back of Tucker, that fell safe. McKean started to sacrifice toward Srst, but beat it out and both run- ners moved up a base on Tucker's bad throw to Swaim, who covered the bag. Pickering’s fourth bad ball went wild and O'Connor scored, McKean going to third ard Pick to second. Tebeau flew out to short. Hillary struck out, Zimmer and Wilson went out, shgrt to first, a lucky termination of the bad be- ginning. One run. Gettman hit to Childs and stopped at as it should be. Peace, happiness an ee rst, and little Leahy shot on third Prosperity for@pur country and our people SE a eet Se en anexeete nike toes soe (aarnonee ea eure Hillary then Jol- ; telegraph companies for the transmission ee ; ciety stienr saning first; and thep;-other. thing: Of SOVarAMEAY wassmagenl Tike Statateran: | eaeHOna ane Mkkely “trom ’ tines. to: tiem: anpet obad viel tit renee fottegh ed der which he claimed this authority will be | Dut there is nothing at present threatening | SCORE Lives : ~ in this particular. hit to pitcher and was out at first. Swaim A deciine of 2 or 3 per cent would make prices look cheap again, and new buying would in all likelihood spring up promptly. So long as earnings continue on their present scale of increases new buyers will be found upon every con- cession. passed upon by the Court of Claims. going to second. Brown closed the inning with a strike out. One run. Burkett fouled out to McGuire, Childs singled into left center, but Wallace foul- ed out to Tucker. Childs stole second and went tc third on Leehy’s error, oui died there. O'Connor went out, second to first. No rurs. - De Mcntreville started the fourth with a double over third. McGuire failed to ad- vance De Montreville, flying out to Childs. Tucker's best was a cracking long fly to right, that O'Conner just managed to touch with bis left hand, the ball going into the bleachers, Tommy Chasing DeMont home. O’Cornor had to retire to the hospital SS es DISTRICT OFFICIALS INDIGNANT. tt SUPERINTENDENT CARR Angry at the Attempt to Lay Tracks om Aqueduct Bridge. The. District authorities are highly indig- nant over the attempt made by Manager Phillips to take possession of the Aqueduct bridge. It was the belief at the District building that it was simply the intention of the railway company’s representatives to get rails laid on the bridge in order to get the question of its occupancy in the ——__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, Acting Postmaster General, Heath had o confererce today with the Attorney Gen- eral as ‘to the course to be pursued by the officers of the Posi Oifjce. Department in cases where old postmasters refuse to The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway vacate f6r gw ‘ues, or whgre clerks de-| courts tee Open. High. Low. Clove. | with a badly torn hand, McAllister, going fi 2 a t is also freely charg that Mr. ips | American Spirits. 13% 13% «18 into right. eilly 10 left, bur ce u ‘emo me: nS ‘ ste bieican amped Ge Virbiors a acted in bad faith with the District Com-| American Spitite, 3 33" 38° | dropped the bail, and Reilly came home groun: i ey are protect vy the} missioners, after having cordially agreed to | American Sagar: 15657 155:; | from second on Gettman’s nice hit inte civil service regulations. The Attorney | abide by the provisions of Senate bill No. | American Sugar, 120 left. Leahy hammered another into left General advised him that the proper course | 1083, which provided for the widening of for two bases, scoring Gettman, but died Sa BUC ae catia en Soa tecer Cie sriettet | uingie track fer-etrest cates eater Siosed the inning, golng out third to Mest Ss Pa ieaseee ingle tra street railway clos: Ye eS Bou t with the papers, to the United States dis- | 118le track for street railwe Sur ae trict attorneys and their deputies. Senate District committee, July 12, 1897, McKean fouled out to McGuire, but ‘The conference’ was the result of an in- | the Commissioners made a report upon the Swaim failed to suit Pickering and he quiry from Postmaster Gordon of Chi- | bill in question, saying that it was intended alked to first. Tucker caught Pick a to provide a very desirable street railway connection. They recited that the two prin- cipal street railways of Washington as weil as of a suburban trolley road terminated at the north end, while the railway leading to Arlington, Fort Myer and Falls Church terminated at the south end of the Aque- duet ‘bridge, the gap between which was the length of the bridge. The Commission- ers stated that a few visits would satisfy any one of the propriety of providing, under proper arrangement, for the transfer by rail of the large number of foot passengers cninute later asleep, but the umpire failed to see it. On the next ball pitched Picker- ing stele second. Tabeau was hit by the pitcher and walked. - Zimmer followed with a hit over second, and Pick scored, Tebeau going to third Wilson flew out to Leahy, and Tebeau scored on poor handling of tne ball. Bur- kett then close@ the fourth inning, going out, second to first. Two runs. cago, who asked for instructions in the case of Superintendent Carr of station O in that city, who refused to accept a trans- fer to a clerkship in the general office and secured a restraining order from Judge Jenkins. Mr. Gorgon asked permission ‘to turn the papers over to the. district at- torney. After Mr. Heath's eonference witn Attorney General McKenna he wired Mr. Gordon as follows: “The United States district attorney 1s the proper officer to act for you in a, pre- chicago, B® Q. Ciicagoa Nortawestern. WANT TO LEAVE CUBA. limirary hearing, and you may turn over] who cross it from one terminus to the 106} 1655 108K 3 > all papers to him‘and ‘request him to act | other. Lake Shore.. Scrat eer te oe | Mae ace “i nearer weve to Ge ¢ for you. The district attorney here has} The Commissioners then stated that a | Louisville & Nashvili 5 C3 Gime 62% _—— pre charge of our cases.of a similar character | railway crossing could only be practically oe ‘Traction.. 32334 aoe aoe a3 In his last report to the surgeon general and the Department of Justice advises that } accomplished on the present piers, a new | Manatian Elevated. 105%, e 3% WOK + tte marine hocpltel service Sanitary structure being impracticable for many rea- sons, and went into a general review of the whole case. It was declared at the District buildings today by an official in highest authority that the recommendations of the District Commissioners mentioned above were agreed to in every particular by the Wash- ington and Great Falls Railway Company representatives, including Manager Phil- lips. ~ The Aqueduct bridge is the property of the United States, but under an act of Congress the custody of it is vested in the District of Columbia. It is held to be pos- sible that Mr. Phillips has made himself liable to criminal prosecution, under the law providing punishment for the destruc- tion of United States property, it being understood that during the operations last night a portion of the footway on the east side of the bridge was torn up. In case investigation discovers that such proceed= the district, attorney at Chicago act for Inspector Brunner at Havaxa complains of the number of persons who apply for certificates to go to the United States, but who are not admissable under the regula- tions. He gives the following illustration: “1 found one family who applied for cer- lificates to go to Tampa, Fla., bearing papers which stated that they were born in the province of Pinar del Rio, and on being questioned stated tnat they had lived in the country all their lives until two years ago, when they came to the city. Taey had never had yellow fever. When told that they could not go to Tampa they left the office, only to return a few days later, bearing an official statement that they were born in the city of Habana, and nad resided here for some time. They were again rejected, when a physician's cer- tificace was furnished that he had attend- ed them during an attack of yellow fever. you. § Hereafter ,.this policy will be pursued in all cases in the Pcst Office Department in which executive action is called into ques- tion by persons-removed from office on the plea of protection under the civil serv- ice law. ‘The post office officials are,-quite anx- ious that there should be an early judicial opinion defining their prerogatives in mat- ters of appointment or transfer: They are somewhat embarrassed by the present status of .affairs, and by the. objections trade under the civil service regulations to their acts. A Thus far''the Department of Justice has given no public intimation of the position that it will take, but the result of the con- ference Between Attorney General Mc- Senna and Mr. Heath justifies the infer- ence that the Post Office Department’s con- tention will be sustained by the legal de- National Leaa Go.. pia. New Jersey Centrai. New kork Centrat, Steck Exchange. lar call—12 o'clock m.—United States 5 at 117. 8%, Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 50 at @2 cents. | They were then rejected for the taird time. artment. ings can be successfully prosecutéd, such | 5 #t lage, hey © Post Office Department offictais say there | action will be taken. Or Ae SO pee eng ends a sear fant... | This is but one of similar cases, and is - will be no change in tHelr conduct until de- | It can be authoritatively stated that the | Stock currency 78, 1001, 113% bid. “Water Stock | described to demonstrate the difficulty of cided against by the higher courts. They | recommendations of the Commissioners, | curre: Zs, 1903, 114 bid. Fond. currency 3.65s, | the work here, the persistency of the peo- included in the bill submitted to Senator McMillan, but which never reached a re- port, that they were largely inspired by the management of the Washington and Great Falls company. Growing impatient at de- lay, it is charged, Mr. Phillips attempted hold that th. r acts of removal or transfer are purely t:ecutive; that in making such changes the. seprésent the President, and that the Pre ident has a perfect right to construe the civil service ruies, which are of -his own ereation,-‘as he may see fit. ple here to transgress our sanitary laws, and the facility with which persons can get official papers to suit the requirements of the occasion.” Dr. Brunner says that yellow fever has increased slightly over the week previous. 5, 114 asked. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Rall-oad 5s, 1S big. | Metropelitan Raftroad conv. Ge, 118% bid, 121 asked. Metropolitan Rallroad debtedness, A, 120 bid. Metropoltt: : fe f the thirty-one deaths recorded but one Hence, they ccntend that the matter is one | to sieze what he did not wish to .wait far, or . with which the courts have no concern. ‘The police will continue: sm wath; the Gas Company’ ser. i 6s, 112 bi, United | CCCUFFed amonx civilians, the others being SS See bridge in order to prevent fursher ttemps | States Electric Light Debentare imp, 104 bia, 110 | ONE the Lge yr Hlen ores Peel neg WILL CALLSTRIKE OFF. to lay tracks thereon. e9zon} 3 iy MF ami] steadily increased cach week. — A. The inspector at Santiago de Cuba says he has been beri bert gate. informed of the existence of Opinion Regékding 4ction of Minerw . at Guantanamo and will investi- Conventiowet Columbus. COLUMBUS, "Onio™ September 8.—The national convéktion° df the united “mine workers met st’ 10°#m.; appointed a com- mittee on credéntials”and then adjourned until 1 p.m. It’s profably the largest dele- gate miners’ convention ever held here and Columbus has;had-ntbst-of them, PROFESSIONAL RIDERS INJURED.’ SEATTLE, Wash., September 8.— final of the half-mile scratch race for pro- fessionals, held here last night under elec- tric Ught, five of the best riders on the coast fell and were severely injured. John Stever of Portland sustained serious in- +e. * CALL TO COLORED VOTERS. ad West Virginia. is xgpresented by twelve | juries about the head and body. Ziegler, — — meeting of the colored voters of Ohio has Tae roporersfecelh otiraaton” from | site at haag” Wham has ates | Saat Sey Mele, 6 O28 AN | en clea to ment Im Cincinats Sapiens various delega! the effect that the | Was badly bruised, as were ‘Gen an ta ber 15. Governor Bushnelf’s actions in the convention will’ probably decide to return Downing of San Jose and George Crawford of this city. Serious results are expected to follow. coming from ‘Fifinols° mining sectioror twWe In: Ohio. » eral sertous-thinking col- ored eitizens of the state of Ohio, who have not the political yoke around their ‘August 21 was Captain Von Hagen, the deputy governor of German New Guinea. —_—-—— Galtee More Wins Another Stake. under. the original call os ee | a