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2 THE EVENING STAR, ——— 7 eee ern MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1897-14 PAGES. was the opinion of ninety-nine out of every hundred naval experts in the world that if it didn’t go to the bottom it would prove imadequate for the purpose which it was intended. Worden acc2pted the new com- and with the-enthusiasm, that alwa: characterized him throughout his career, and when the cruciab ¢est came he proved anew, the splendid ability and the daz- zling courage that were the most predom- {nant among his many exalt od charscteris- ties. He badly injured on the Monitor during ngagement, but returnec im- tely to duty, In April, and until ated with Admiral Gregory struction of Iron- 74, was ordered to ‘opean squadron, ached October 7, memover of the = board, where aced upon the retired list, he which from promoted to the grade of rear svember 20, IST2. he comm: Sovth At and on the 2sth of estroyed the confederate pri- *, under the guns of that h his usual bray- by Admiral Du- pon the defenses ¢ Admiral Worde rming personalit, later years » retirement, interest of af. HURTING PROSPECTS. What is Thought of Hix Western Popalistle Support. Se “f the free, silver democrats who ely to ayor of Greater New first nominated hav their vie They are of his election, nor as fave Mr. George in Union and dee laration that he is not personally a silver man, th sh it may have added to the sta js ticket in the b munity ef New York, has gr silver men. regarded as the serious mis- —the thing ects of elec promine: nd socialist ation of ex- and other with the ¢ iness com- tly cooled in Mr. enthusiasm which has aroused am the K nder the leade of J icusly belie ii 1 to have se- i Mr. Geor; =t in his ¢ *h is most feared by the busi- appears to the that no harm can from of the leading theorist on to a purely local office. The of money bi popu- avowals ¢ support from indfeatin: single tax . De advocate: ard his election as important to. the ement of their political future. The entertained that Mr. George's is ri y making theory of government the to be considered in voti him. amount is! ————— MUST STAY UNTIL 4. Diss: n Ove} ival of a uireme! ting Office K. An ol] rule has late the fe roum of the in It pr her vdin fie. piece work t until 4 o'clock da they finish fhe maximum amount of work awed them. The amount of work govern ides that of work on make $4 a day, but new earn only $1.50 per diem. The allows the rapid hands te finish s work at 12 or 1 o'clock daily. worke: ave left the office as soon as they got through, but this privi- lege, it was thought by the foreman, was hand. Sor an an incentive to overhasiy and careless work. Tkere were a number of instances of mistakes made which it was thought re- sulted from the « to Ret througn. To prevent this danger, there was that the workers could ing before 4 lock, n old rule the buiid- would be no incentive for rushing day's labor. It is this ru’ at has lately been enforced to t faction of many of the piece worker: The piece workers say ust work rapidly during the dull sea or they will lcse power to do co when the effice be- |LATE NEWS BY WIRE Lawyer Deneen Closes His Argument in Luetgert Trial. DEFENDANT GROWS VERY NERVOUS Trembled Under Scathing Arraign- ment of the Prosecuting Attorney. comes crowded wi sions of Congr Work during the ses- HAVE To w: IT FOR THEIR Pay. Net Enough Money Appropriated for the Army. In his annual report, submitted toda: neral Stanton, paymaster general of t army. says it is a source of regret to hi office that rit is found neces: to re rey in the apr for the support of the A comparison of the amount estim: ¥ to pay the army with amount actuaily di bursed, he says, will show that the exe of the estimates over the disbursements exeveds 1 per cent, which is not argin to provide such a working in one department d to defer payment of »ps until funds can ke trans- ferred irom some other department. in Which there may be a small surp The estimates } f on the known number of listed men authori shall not be compel Part of the tr ade, based and 3 only _un- ing the amounts which y for clothing, travet and deposits of enlisted h items are, however. closely ap- Proximated by averaging the p f a@ serles of years), should not be reduced, he says, when the entire sum asked for arcely affords such a working balance ble the army to ke paid promptly and y of a new disbursing ments for the army, Stanton sev: In the efforts made from bring the army to as nearly a perfect or- anization us possible, the thorough and the supply depart- f great importance. The em to have arrived when a e from present methods of disbursing prropriations for the y should be earnest'y considered. The attention of the hone ry of War is therefore re- spect d to the nec y v ing one yeneral disbursing department for the arm: propriations for th military establish- meat a among t severai aft corps. To simplify the of all the staff corps, the disbursemen various appropriations should to one department. having officers com- jored and bonded for this spe under orders and regulations to be pre- seribed by the President and Secretary of War. At present there ‘is no uniformity in tae matter of bonding.officers who are in- trusted with public fu The officers ot the quartermaster’s, departments are r bonded, while officers of the Corps of Engineers and of the ordnance department are not so re- quired. ——_--e-____ Hiness of John W. Thonspson. Mr. John W. Thompson, who yesterday ‘Was quite ill, is reported today at his resi- dence, 1419 I street, to be much better. His attending physician, Dr. J. W. Shaw, states that unless complications now unexpected arise, he has no doubt of Mr. Thompson's recovery. Several days ago Mr. Thompson had an attack of gout, and it is thought that this condition so effected the circula- tion of the blood that at one time a rupture of an artery in the brain was apprehended. As stated, it 1s believed that this danger is now practically past. be GREAT CROWD PRESENT CHICAGO, October 18—The ninth week of the famous Luetgert trial opened this morning with the greatest crush yet seen at the criminal court uilding. It was known that today would be the closing day of the great trial and that State's Attorney Dereen would make a spe ‘Thousands of persons formed in line before the crimi- ral court building as early as 7 o'clock in the morning. Luetgert came into court smiling 2nd ap- parently in a pleasant frame ef mind. He shook hands with a number of his friends and took his accustomed seat. State's Attorney Deneen Closes. State's Attorney Deneen promp‘ly began his closing argument. He opened with a defense of several of the leading witnesses for the prosecution. “After four or five days of eratory on = part of Judge Vincent and Attorney n, what have we to answer?” asked ate’s attorney in quick, emphatic y ridicule. answering I shall not waste time the assertions of orators who ussail the reputations of men of learning are sniged authorities upon the ‘jects, which they were called to tes- Continues His Argument. “There are three matters of vital import- ce, which are deserving of discussion in this great trial,” he said. “First, the the- of soap, “Second, the evidence of the Schimpke the mysterious woman at Keno- will take these points as my text, and also discuss some collateral matters. The theory that Luetgert desired to scrub lis factory in order to sell it to a syndi- cate has been exploded. If it were true, should he desire to make soap at night? “It has been shown that the sausage fac- tory had not been in operation for several month . Luetgert was not busy during y time. Why should ke make soap t night? It was shown that the middle vat in the basement was scrubbed the day Iold on, Mr. Deneen, that statement incorrect,” interrupted ex-Judge Vin- cent. “The scrubbing did not occur the day before Mrs. Luetgert disappeared, but everal days before.”” “Well, we will not discuss that point ther—there are other things to consider more importance. But I want to say a word right here with reference to the police report. The defense has heaped abuse upon Inspector Schaack and the men who have for months past been eted with this case. They have been rjurers. Gentlemen, there are nd cases and more tried in this art each year, and the police are the ecuting witnesses in all of them. e the: i Il the time? has is the original Ridic- also been in this It who was kitted. Filial du ed him to avenge her death. He h: er day nor t to bring t He ss deserving 1 dishonest criti jus cruel Those Bones Again. The state's attorney next devoted his at- jon to the bones found inthe vat. Prof. Dorsey, Pref. Bailey, Prof. Howse, Prof. Delafontaine fdentified som of these benes as human metacropals, human fe- Fuman phalanges, human tempo- hat has the defense Gone wiih these Lones?" “All this talk and contention that the woman left her home while suffering an attaek of insanity is the veriest bosh, cun- ningly devised and supported by perjured testimony. Mary Stemmering? Ah, there is the keynote. She is the woman for love of whom one of the darkest deeds in crim- inal history was done. She perjured her- self and cast a blot upon her soul on the witness stand in this court. She has been impeached and her evidence destroyed, but she stands today as a living example of the desperate methods employed in the de- fense of this man.” Mary Sicmmering Criticined. State's attorney criticised Mary Siemmer- ing in cutting tones. He also paid his re- spects further to Wm. Charles and closed with a glowing tribute to the memory of Mrs. Luetgert, whose last days on earth he said, were fraught with sorrow and an- guish. ee SALISBURY WILL NOT RESIGN. English Premier Denies Ramor Pub- lished in London Papers. LONDON, October 18.—The Marquis of telegraphs to the Associated ss from Hatfield House, Hertford, say- ing there is absolutely no truth in the story published by the Daily Chronicle of this y, saying the premier is anxious count of ill-health and anxi- respecting the health of the Mar- of Salisbury, and that an early re- construction of the eabinet is probable. Sea JOHN W. BAKER KILLS HIMSELF. Prominent Railroad Man and Former Oficial of Butte, Mont. BUTTE, Mont., October 18—John Ww. Baker, formerly assistant city treasurer, has committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Baker came to Butte from Phiggdeipnia d was widely known in railroa® circles, ving formerly been with the No! western, in Chicago, and the Union Pacific, in Omaha. a ITALIAN EMIGRANTS POISONED. Four Hundred Ate Verdigria and Many Will Die. GENOA, October 18—Four hundred emi- grants on board the Italian steamer Agor- dat, bound from this port for Santos, Bra- zil, have been poisoned by verdigris, which had become attached to the vesseis in which their food was cooked. It is ex- pected that many of the sufferers will lose their lives as a result of this accident. STEAMER TRITON GOES DOWN. Spanish Transport Wrecked on Cuban Coast—Many Liv Lost. Dispatches from Havana, Cuba, report that the transport and coasting steamer ‘Triton, with a hundred Spanish troops and passengers and a crew of thirty, went ashore Saturday morning near Mariel, on the north coast of Pinar del Rio. It is impossible to give the exact number of those who were lost, but it is estimated that they were no fewer than 150. No pas- senger list has been found. ——— FEVER SPREADS AT NEW ORLEANS. Net So Bad at Edwards, Miss. and Mobile, Alu. NEW ORLEANS, La., Octover 1$.—At 1 o'clock the beard of health officially report- ed eighteen new cases and six deaths to- day up to that hour in this city. At noon tcday e Baton Rouge bulletin reports one case of fever in that elty. MOBILE, Ala. October 18—Six new cases of yellow fever and one death. Seven were discharged as cured. EDWARDS, Miss., October 18. — There haye been four new cases of yellow fever reported today. Three deaths are reported since yesterday. The number of patients under treatment is gradually decreasing, and none are reported dangerously ill to- day. The general situation today is more encouraging than at any previous t'me. WILL MIGRATE TO MEXICO Cherokee and Choctaw Indians Negotiating for New Home. r Secretary Ivry Says the United States Has Not Kept Its Promises With Indians. ST. LOUIS, Octobe 18—A special to the Republic fvcm Chelsea, I. T., says: Much exeltement has been caused by the pru- Posed emigration of the Indians to Mexico next spring, when the prcpesed United States laws are to be put into effect in the territory. It seems that the colony is or- ganized and snly awaiting the time to go. A. E. Ivry, a teading fullblood, who is secretary of the association, and who was in this city, said: “You may say it is on fect. It is a big move. I have all tae plans and details, but cannot give them out. There are Cherokee and Choctaw rep- resentatives in Mexico now. It is to be hcped, though, that our people will never be driven from their homes here by the harsh action of Congress. This country is dear to our people. They bought and paid for it. The United States pledged its sclemn vow that it should be the home of our people for all time, but it begins to look as if that pledge is to be broken. If we are forced te give up our lands and government, you may be sure we will place no further dependence in anything the United States may agree to do, but will pluceé ourselves under the protection of a government that: has some regard for its treaty promises. “Communication is going on among our people and the Mexican government, and the prospect that we shall reach a satisfac- tory agreement for removing to that coun- try in a body is good. Our intention is to arrange to have an independent state in Mexico, a purely Indian state, of «ourse. All this depends upon what action Con- gress takes in regard to our people. If we are forced into territorial government under the United States laws and our self- government, guaranteed to us by solemn treaty, is abolished, then you will see us pull up stakes, sell all we have and land in Mexico, Central or South America. Our minds are made up, and negotiations look- ing toward the proposed exodus are far advanced.” ———__ RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. Condition Shown by the Superintend- ent’s Annual Report. The annual report of the superintendent of the railway mail service shows at the ciese of the year there were 1,164 railway post office lines, manned by 6,854 clerks; 33 electric and cable lines, with 102 clerks; 42 steamboat lines, with 57 clerks; making total number of lines, 1,239, and total num- ber of clerks, 7, In addition to these there were 311 clerks assigned to duty at important junctions and depots, and 288 d_ to clerical duty in the various offices of the service; making a grand total of 7,562 clerks. e+ POSTAL TRANSPORTATION. Report and Estimates of Assistant 'P. M. G. Shallenberger. . An interesting review of the principal developmeris in the postal transportation service of the United § and cennectiny, foreign mails is given in the annual report of W. S. Shallenberger, seccnd assistant postmaster general, just made public. -It shows an aggregate of appropriations for this large part of the pe service for the! current year of $51,041,258; the probable Geficiency is $500,000, making the estimated expenditures this year $51,541, i will be $1,623,045, or 3% per cent more for the fiscal year just closed. The esti- mate for the fisea = 20), which is $1,796,021 more than the estimated expenditure for the cur Their Advancement Recommended. Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn has recommended the advancement of three officers of that corps on the retirement of Naval Constructor Fernald on the 7th. prox- imo. These are Constructors Robert 8. Stocker, on duty at Newport News; Frank W. Hibbs, at New York, and Elliot Snow.at San Francisco. Their promotion rests with- in the discretion of the Secretary of. the Navy. ——_-..__ Increase of the Navy. Amiong the recommendations to be made to Congress by Secretary Long is oné that the enlisted strength of the navy jhe .in- creased from 11,000 to 15,000 men, which latter number is said to be necessary to properly man the vessels now in service and to be put in commission during the next fiscal year. Investigating the Crossings. The Commissioners were the guests of the Pennsylvania railroad officials this af- ternoon, having been invited to an inspec- tion of the grade crossings along its line. At 1 o'clock today they took Supt. Ban- nard’s priv: car and proceeded to Dean- woed. From there they traversed the main line of the road end then the southern branch, stopping at several crossings and investigating the approaches thereto. The trip was planned to allow Commissioner Wight an opportunity of investigating the matter of grade crossings, which was re- ferred to him by special order of the board. The best of feeling prevailed during the trip, the railread company agreeing with the Commissioners as to the necessity of protecting the several crossings. panes Partnership Dissolved. Upon the petition of Arthur Copeland, Judge Cox today dissolved the partnership existing between the petitioner and Martin G. Copeland, in the awning business, since October 1, 1896, and appointed Clarence A. Brandenburg and James H. Taylor re- celvers of the firm The partnership was dissolved because of irreconcilable differ- erces. Mr. Brandenburg represented the petitioner, Attorneys Taylor and Payne representing his partner pee Ss Fell on Broken Glass, C. F. Wood, a clvil engineer, living at No. 1417 Corcoran street, fell on a piece of broken glass near his home today and cut one of his hands badly. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital. ed Dan Williams’ Trial Postponed. The case of Dan Williams, the ex-police- man, who is charged with the embezzie- ment of Police Court funds, which was set for trial before Judge Bradley in Crimi- nal Court No. 2 today, was postponed until. next Monday. The postnoav:nent was se- cured by Williams’ attorney, Mr. Tracy L. Jeffords, who explained that he could aot try the case vefore then. —<—=___ Suit for Injunction. T. Cushing Daniel and others today filea a bill in equity against H. S. Griffith and the American Nutuscope Company, praying that the defendants be enjoined from ai- rectly or indirectly making, using or sell- ing certain devices, which, the complain- ants allege, are covered by letters patent owned by them. —————— Verdict Not Guilty. Lewis Occhionero was acquitted in Crim- inal Court No. 1 this afternoon of ussault-. ing Joseph Anderson, a colored boy, with intent to kill him, the 18th of last month. The prisoner claimed that he was assault- ed by Anderson with a brick, and that he fired a blank cartridge at him to frighten. —_.___ Suit Dismissed. Judge Cox has dismissed the suit of the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company against Lewis C. Denham, as assignee of J. W. Boteler & Son, directing the assignee to forthwith make a distribution as provided by the report of the auditor of the court. eles Paris Wants Grain Duty Reduced. PARIS, October 18—The municipal coun- cll of Paris passed a resolution today ask~ ing the government to make a four ers were bona fide purch: SOUTHERN, PACIFIC LOSES Adverse Decisin on a Big Land : ~-. Grant. Hundreds of Thousands of Acres in Cuitigents Involved=A Most pS rtant Case. eS >—_——_ cod = af “+. The United States Supreme Court. today rendered an opinion against the failroad company in the,case of the Southern-Parific Railroad Company ys.- the United States, breught here from the tircuit court for the ninth circuit, - The case-involved~about 700,000 acres of land in southern California and grew out of the fact that the forfeiled iand grant-ef the Atlantic’ and Pacifie’Rail- road Company..was overlapped to some €x- tent by lands.claimed uhder government grant ky the Southern Pacific, The At- lantic and Pacific: Raiitoad Company crigi- nally claimed the lands’ in controversy, and its original maps of location along the line “of “thése ands: were *aecepted by the land office, but Gengress deciared the lands ferfeited, and thereupon-the Southern Pa- cific,.. whose. grant overlapped. that of the Ritcnde” aed acific, set up title to the lands. The circuit court, however, decided against .the Southern. Pacific, and the Su- preme Court today affirmed that dec so far as-concerns the-railroad company, but remanded to the lower court. for deci ion the case of about 200 persons who had purchased part of the .ands from the -ail- road vompany. ea = Durrant Case Advanced. The Supreme Court today advanced the argument of the Durrant murder ca brought here from San Francisco, and set it for hearing November 15. The ‘Supreme ‘Court today affirmed the decision of the court of appeals of New York in the case of Benton Turler, plaintiff in error, vs. the state of New York, in- velving. title to lands in Franklin. count: which had teen soid in 1877 for non-pay ment of taxes, The decision affirmed the validity in all respects of the statute of June 9, 1885, relating. to. conveyances by the controller of the state of lands sold for the non-payment’ of tixes. The Supreme Court: today reversed the decision of the court of private land claims in the case of the United States vs. FE. L. Bergere et al. appellants, deciding that there was no evidence to support the claim of the appellants to title to the lands claim- ed. The appellante claimed title to eleven square leagues of territory in‘/New Mexico, alleged to"have been graated to one Bartol- ome Boca by the acting governor in 1819. She claimed to be one of the legal heirs of Boca. The court decidea from the facts presented to it that there was no evidence of title to any portion of the lands. é Important Suit. The judgment of the court is not only against the claim of the Southern Pacific railroad to these lands, but is also against the Central Trust Company of New York city, and other tfustéés for mortgage bond holders, it having been contended inas- much as a mortgage was made by the Southern Pacific company of these lands, to secure their bonds, that such bond hold- rs. The court ‘déclares itself against this and establishes “the title of the government against the -railrgad and against, tae, bond holders. -- The Supreme Court holds further , that the prior suits brought by the United States. against the Southern Pacific Raifroad Com “pamy -reported in 146 U. S., which adjudged the title to.be in-the United Sidteés' tir cér- tain«lands..in the forfeited Atlantic and Pacific grant, was a complete adjudication of the questions sought to. be again-openct and_reviewed by, the Southern Pacific Rail- road Company in this case; and thecourt further held that the record in the former case was in evidence witnout being pleaded by the United Stat not only persuasive at decided in the former cases, but ‘that ft was conclusive of the questions there udjadicated, which ques- tions are the same'-as those now. sought to be raised by the Southern Pacific Rail- road ‘Company: 5 This is the most important suit, from the amount of land involved, as well as from its pecuniary value, which has éver been brought by the United States against a land grant company, since ‘the estab- lishment of the government. SOLD THEIR CERTIFIUATES. ~~ Cattlemen Did ‘Not Deal ‘Honestly With the Govermhient. ' ~’ Commissioner of Immigratiqn, Powderly bas revoked the circular issued by his pre- decessor in 1894, authorizing the granting ef certificates of re-entrance to cattiemen crossing to Europe with cattle. Hundreds of men cross the water yearl¥'in charge of American cattle goirg to European mar- rkets. The certificate given them was to avoid complications at the ports upon their return. Commissioner Powderly has received in- formation from American consuls that cat- tlemen have been selling these certificates to anarchists and others’ desirous of es- caping to this country. They received from $5 to $500 for thelr certificates. Many of the cattlemen are foreigners by birth. When they crossed with cattle they would take their naturalization papers with them in addition to their certificates. They would seil the certificates and had no trou- ble in re-entering cn producing gheir citi- zenship papers. Hereafter cattlémen who are not native or naturalized citizens will have to prove their occupatiun and go through the same investigation given to regular immigrants. Commissioner Pow- derly says it 1s. too.gangerous to ionger continue the issying of certificates. Jose Ventre, the French anarchist who went to Mexico. with the intention of re- embarking for this coyntry, is having a hard time. Mexico and this country are both on his trail, and neither will let him land, He got'on a vessel‘'at’ Tampico to go to Vera Cruz, Mexico. The authorities at Vera Cruz refused to let him land, and he was™ placed on a Mexican man-of-war. Where he will be landed next he probably does not know himself. He is litgrally without a home. +e. __ WATER FILTERS IN SCHOOLS. Report of a Committee to Examine Bids Submitted Today. In the current appropriation bill there is an item of. $2,000 for water filters to be placed in the public schools. Bids were recently invited under this clause, and a riumber of concerns submit- ted proposals. A committee was subse- quently appointed, consisting of Superin- tendent W. B. Powell of the public schools, W. A. McFarlond, superintendent of the water depdttméi’ and Health Officer Woodward, -to ¢kamine the several bids and make: xecommendations thereon. This the committee has done, their re- pert being ‘sphmjtted today. The report. recgmmends that. the con- tract be awarded to the George L. Squire Ee oo pany. ° . Moketary Commission. The monétary ‘commission resumed its sessions at the Arlington Hotel today. The commission spent: the forenoon consid- ering the questiofis of bank reserves and bank note ¥édempfions. Considerable dis- cussion enstied, afd it was resumed: at the afternoon s¢ joni! a _ Whereakosts of Warships... The Newport has arrived at Newport, the Marietta at San Francisco, the Nash- ville at, ton Roads Tigaauemnige Bente tnd she Monoosey from Venice for Mersine, ——— oe ~ Auditor Castle's Return. 4 Captain Castle, auditor of the treasury for the Post sree iain returned here today from home in St. Paul, Another Vietim' of ‘Theater Disaster. ‘|’ CINCINNATT, “OEM, “Gétodér 18.—Lale ust night Mrs. ‘A. Scudder of Co: ‘Ky., one of the victims of the Opera Ho: ~\ THE HIGH SCHOOL CADETS FINANCE AND TRADE OSCAR ELLIS RETURNS The Organisation, With Exception of the ‘Western School, Fully Organised, Appointments to Company Positions Anmhounced Today — Business and Central Already Officered. _ With the exception of the company at the Western High School the High School Cadets will be fully organized by the time the drill hour closes this afternoon. The appointments for company positions were read at the Business school this morning; the appointments at the Central vere read at the beginning of drill this afternoon, while those at the Eastern will be read to the cadets at the close of the drill hour, about 4 o'clock. The reading of appointments is,always one of the most interesting events in the soldier life at the high schools. It means a year of elation and pride in the joy of wearing tke comforting shoulder straps. It is a cold day, indeed, that a newiy-ap- pointed officer must wear his overeoat, ior overceats hide these glowing badges of rank. Of course, there are disappointments over rank obtained and some declinations of the rank bestewed,‘end sometimes stu- dents have even gone so far as to leave school because of this disappointment, but ‘un the whole the great majority of the cadets are generally well pleased with their appointments individually, and know that if they have not obtained a coveted shoulder strap or a sergeant’s chevrons, it is because they have been amiss in some little school duty that has been slipped over. Business Roster. The appointments at the Business School read this morning were received with every mark of satisfaction by the boys. ‘They were as follows: Capiain, Company H @Business company), Thomas J. Tyd- ings; first lieutenant, John Mahaney; sec- end lieutenant, Joseph F. Hodgson; first sergeant, John R. Weyrich; second ser- geant, Ford E. Young: third sergeant, Clarence C. Weideman: fourth sergeant, Frank V. Atlee, and fifth sergeant, Fred- erick H. Heidenreich. Herman ans was appointed adjutant for the 2d Bat- talion, with the ranix of first lieutenant. The company was formed this afternoon with the newly appointed officers in their places, and the exercises were a noticeable improvement on those of other days. ‘The committee in charge of military affairs at the Eastern school met this afternoon at 2 o'clock, but by the time the drill hour had commenced had not made sufficient progress to read the ap- pointments to the cadets. The work was finished shortly after drill began, how- ever, and the list will be made public at 4 o'clock. The Central. The work of the military committee at the Central School was finished last week, but some new questions came up this morning so that the appointments could not be read until this afternoon at 2 o'clock. These appointment® embraced company positions, and were as follow Captains, Companies A, B, C, D, C. D. Young, S. W. Bogar, H.’ E. Wheeler and T. B. Everman. First lieutenants, S. R. Karpeles, I. J. Costigan, G. J. Stormont, J. H. Gunnell. Second’ lieutenants, L. R. Alden, M. Stewart, C. N. Gerry, J. AL Murphy. Adjutant, Ist Battalion, with rank of first lieutenant, D. A. Tracy. Sergeant major, Ist Battalion, I. C. Nor- wood. Sergeants—P. Ballenger, C. G. Heylmun, J.D. Reed, P. D. Frost,’ J. B. Robertson, H. M. Shuster, H. K. Bradford, E. V. Dick: son, H. R. Johnson, J. O. Merwin, J. W. Brinkerhoff, C. Paul, B. J. McCormick, H. E. Baum, F. A. Dentson, E. 'T. Slack, G. A Washington, E. R. Schayer, L. Hodges, i. Wainwright. Corporals: W. P. Reinohl, J. B. Johnson, T. R. Heath, H. M. Jewett, A. L. Clark, M. A. Walker, 8. P. Harrison, R. Fish, W. ii. Woolverton, S. Willi! J. K. Bishop, Pet M. Adee, R. D, Black. The uniform of the cadets will undergo a change this year in the matter of caps. ‘The vote taken a short time ago showed that by a majority of the cadets they wish- e1 the old-style, or cadet, cap, as against the “regulation” such as the regular army s. The vote disclosed but on; at the Eastern in favor of the “regula- tion,” and but fourteen at the Central. The vote at the other two schcols In favor of the “regulation” was also extremely ‘small, and the change will be made in ac- cordance with this expressed desire of the boys. B. cadet ——_—__ MASONS OF HIGH DEGREE. Inspectors Generul in Session, Also Royal Order of Scotland. The Supreme Council of Inspectors Gen- eral, 38d degree, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, began its biennial session in the House of the Tem- ple, corner of 3d and E streets northwest, this afternoon. All the members were pres- ent except Inspectors General Henry M. Teller of Colorado, J. Q. A. Fellows of Louisiana, R. C. Jordan of Nebraska and W. M. McLean of Georgia. The session was devoted to listening to the allocution of Grand Commander Cas- well and the reports of the various officers. The annual convention of the Royal Or- der of Scotland began this morning at Scottish Rite Hall, No. 1007 G street north- west. In the absence of Sir Josian H. Drum- mond of Maine provincial grand master, the deputy, Sir Thomas H. Caswell of Cal- {fcrnia, opened the Provincial Grand Lodge, and called upon Sir William Oscar Roome o? this city to preside over the sessions. ‘The morning session was occupied by the hearing of reports of the executive ctli- cers, which was not concluded when a re- cess was taken, and upon reassembling at 2 p.m, the submission of reports was cun- tinued. The annual dinner of the society will take place this evening at the Hotel Raleigh. Se THE PRIZE WINNERS. Concluding Events in National Rifle Association Meet. The second annual meeting of the Na- tional Rifle Association at the Ordway range, near Magruder Station, Md., was terminated late Saturday afternoon. After The Star’s report of the day's proceedings closed, the Columbia, moving target, re- volver and Heyl re-entry matches were fired. In the Columbia match Capt. Frank W. Holt, Company A, Engineer Battalion, won first prize, Private W. M. Farrow of the same organization took second place, and First Lieut. Frank L. Graham, adju- tant, Engineer Battalion, finished third. In the Heyl re-entry match First Lieut. A. O. Hutterly, Company A, Engineer Bat- talion, won first prize, First Lieut. Glendie B. Young, inspector of i2fle practice, Engi- neer Battalion, second prize, and Color Ser- geant W. W. Cookson, Engineer Battalion, third prize. Capt. F. W. Holt finished fourth. Sergeant S. I. Scott, Lieutenant G. B. Young and Lieutenant F. L. Graham, all of the Engineer Battalion, carried off first, second and third prizes, respectively, in the moving target competition. Captain J. E. Bell, inspector of rifle practice, 2d Regiment; Lieutenant G. B. Young and Lieutenant A. O. Hutterly, both of the En- gineer Battalion, won first, second and third prizes, respectively, in the regular re- volver match, while the revolver re-entry match was won by Private W. M. Farrow, A, Engineer Battalion. Lieuten- General Advance in Prios-of Stocks in New York Today. LED BY AMERICAN SUGAR The Market, However, is in the Hands of Professionals. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 15.—Higher prices in London and a moderate local demand combined to establish a strong opening in today’s stock market. Traders were dis- Posed to cover short sales, and a few pur- chases of long stock were also credited to the same professional interest. The vol- ume of business was extremely narrow, however, the absence of pressure to seil and the limited demand resulting in fre- Guent periods of absolute inactivity. The ratitcad list was well sustained, as the result of the gratifying prospe increased earnings. Burlington is rel vpon to show an increase of more th: $600,000 in the gross for Septem der to do this the total gros: be 34,000,000 for the month eclipse the famcus 1802 peri this season, as frequently mi are combared with the pre-electio: tien of just year, and the: Jarger relatively v aralngs must and would be the may wns for teetly normal 1 To be wholly reliable, therefore, earnings should..be compared with a season not in any way influenced by the political agita- tion of the money problem. In many instances present returns are better than at any time in the history of the roads, and important strides in the business community must be conceded. Conditions which add value to Securities are consequently encouraging, but the re- flection of such conditions in the stock market is deiayed by reason of defects in the methods recentiy employed to attract public interest. Buying by influential in- t Sts is reported from time to time, but there is no organization for that purpose. The professional room trader has been allowed to dictate prices and small holders have been forced to accept his terms by reason of exhausted margins. Ten per cent declines have been forced in the railroad list, and the industrials have receded, in some instances nearly four times that per- centage. This setha.k, it is argued, is as substan- tial as can ~-fely be accomplished through the medium of short selling ane the liquida- tion of marginal holdings. The disposition to buy does not necessarily follow immedi- ately upon the recognition cf the risk in selling, and for this reason prevailing opin- ion favors a waiting and narrow market. An advance of 21% per cent in American Sugar was the feature of the day’s busi- n The buying of these share largely from the operator c the midsummer rise. The tr y cision on the Holland expert bounty thought to be but a few days off, and in- dications point strongly to a countervailing duty on all Dutch sugars. Such an nouncement would undoubtedly find refle tion in a sharp advance in the Sugar is sues, as the company’s monopoly on the trade would be considerably increased. The best prices of the day were made during the afternoon, the market holding well, in spite of the lack of iaterest. The dismissal of the stock jobbing suits agai Manhattan was announced during the d. ut had little influence on the price of tnat stock. Some disappointment was shown at the further posiponement of the Nebraska maximum freight rate decision. Should this decision sustain the position of the railroads, and the impression is gen- eral that it will, a sharp advance in the market is likely. Under existing conditions some developments of a positive character are necessary to activit: — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- forted by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. SU Broadway Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirite.. 0% 10% 108 American Spirits, pfd... 233 281g 83g American Sugar... 19 ads, TBS American Sugar, pfd.. 14a American Tobacco. ..... sy American Cotton Oil... 2 Atchison 13% Bay State Gas... Canada Southern... Canada Pacific. CM. & St. Pant, pfd Chicago, R.I. & Pacific. Chicago, St. Pau!, M.&£0 Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack. & W Delaware & Hudsoi General 2 Mlinois Central. Lake Shore. Louisville & Nashvilie.. Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacitlc National Lead Co. National Lead Co.. pfa.. New Jersey Centrai New York Centrat Northern Paeltic Northern Pacific, pfd Unt. & Western. Pacitic Mau. Phila. & keading. - Puliman P. C. Co. Seuthern Ry., pfd Phila. Traction . Union Pacific. U.S. Leatnel Wabash, pa Western Unt Washington Steck Exchange. Sales—regular call—12__ o'clock _m.—Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, $100 at 9%. | Metropolitan National Bank, 6at 285. Washington Gas, 25 at 47%. American Graphophone, preferred, 15’ at 12. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 100 at 51 cents, Mer- genthaler Linotype, 10 at 122. District of Columbia saa oe Ss, 3 5 Vater stock Ta. 1500 caceronca ke tid Wak x is, + a Vater sto: 7x, 1908, currency, 112 bid. 3.658, fi car tropolitan Railroad 5s, 115% bid, 119 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv: 6s, 118 bid, 123% asked. Met Certificate Indebtedness, A, 122 bi asked. Eckingt Railroad @s, 118 bid. Washington Gas Company series A, bid. Washington Gas Company 112 bid. U.S. Electric Light De- ‘Chesapeake and Potomac 6s, és, One of a Party Which Left Here in July for Gold Fields. His Account of the Death of Samu George—Gold Stories Greatly Exageerated. Oscar Ellis, one of the party of four Ival- ians who left Washington July for the Klondike, has returned here. brings He back with him a harrowing story of { misfortunes and difficulties which en tered the would-be prospeciors m= that country. Samuel George, one of the party, who kept a fruit stand at 1th and G streets, died on the way up the Yukon riv- He er, as heretofore stated in The Star. died of stomach trouble, with which E' says that at least one-third of the up there are afflicted. Me said that he saw forty or fifty persons who had died from the disease. The party of four, including 1) George, Jack Otto and Rushed + not reach the Klondike. They got ther than a point about 1,100 m! Yukon, where the steamer C Hampton, on which they had take amuel id om, no Sup th arles HL. passage Michael's, was forcet to turn back account of low water. George died two days before they reached the point wher turned back, about Septem) 163 persons on bow mer, All’ except seven women we their goods, 1 the mde- ight men shore on to the Klondike if Elis Makes a Speaking nd with tement. of the trip, Ellis said: $ to go up the Yakon though we were advised net y the persons we saw in St My friend, ¢ . who wa ad of the party, ken siek and ~d in a very short time. We buried him September t the Russian mission, at which we stopped. The boat was forceil to make frequent stoppages to take on wood of which it used a great quantity. “it was thought when we started that we would be able to reach -Circle City which was said to be about 100 miles from where we had to tern back, but the water became very low, there being only about two and one-half feet, on account of th sources which supply the river freezing up. I never saw such a demoralized cr A in all my life. It was pitiful to see t people who had sold everything they had and started out in the search for gold “I know positively that nearly all of the stories published in the newspapers have been exaggerations. On the steamer Clev land, which passed us coming down as went up, there was not over $1,000 in gold, 1 am positive. We were greatly surprised on r return to St. Michael's to learn that the Cleveland had taken down a half ton of the yellow metal. Results Very Poor. “I saw people up in the Yukon district who had been there for five, eight and ten engaged in mining, and they had enough money to bring them back. “I was told that all the stories of the rich- ness of the strike at Dawson City and the other points were greatly exaggerated. From what I saw all the money that was up there was taken by the prospectors and Was not dug out of the ground. “When we reached St. Michael’s on our return trip we found 360 persons there waiting to go to San Francisco. They were terribly worked up over what they consid- ered misrepresentations which had been made them regarding every point, and the majority of them said if they could ouly reach home they would never start out on such a wild goose chase again. “The largest amount of money I saw any man have was about $2,000, and this was exaggerated into five or six times that amount. Cold in September. “When we reached St. Michael's, which I believe was September 17, the ther- mometer was four degrees below zero. There were plenty of provisions in the town—enough, I heard, to Iast ten thous- and people eight or ten years. The prices were, of course, immensely high. We had to pay $2 for a pair of socks and $8 for a sweater. Our outfit we sold at 300 or 400 per cent advance, so that we did not come out £o badly on the trip as we would have done otherwise. My friend, Rushed Sleem, was so determined to visit the Klondike that he took his stuff, when the boat stop- ped, and pushed on with it. Otto and my- self had become so discouraged at the death of our friend, and at what we saw and heard, that we got back as soon as we could.” —— AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOW: Real Estate Transters—Work of Gang of Hoodiams. Real estate and building circles are still showing activity in this section. Mrs. Shoe- maker has taken out a permit to remouel the two stores owned by her on the soutit side of M street between 3st and 32d streets, in accordance with plans prepared. George W. Roy has bought of Henry B. King lot 8, in Fickling and others’ subdi- vision of square 1277. The property is cated on the east side of 25th street tween R and 8 stree John D. Croissaat and David D. Stone, trustees, have sold to John 8. Wilfong lots li and 12 of block 21, of the American University subdivision.” The consideratioa is placed at $1,000. The president and ectors of G tewn University have given a quit-claim deed to Frances Dement to lot 96, In sq 702, Iccated in Washington. A gang of hood!ums on Prospect avenue have been enjoying themselves at the © pense of the bicyc! "Ss Who use thcroughfare. The youngsters have more than one occasion, it is suid, p! rows of tacks across the street, points up, and so close together that no bicycle could pass without the tire picking up a point A number of wheelmen suffered in this re- spect, te the enjoyment of the hoodlums. The police have been acouainted with the facts in the case, and a case in court may be the result. A Governm Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. ou, sae. 2 per conts, registered. wm 4 ber cents, coupon of 100 Hed 4 per cents, registered ¢ 2 4 ber cents, Coupon of 125, 127 4 ver cents, tered of 1985...... 1h 5 per cents, © of 1904... > 5 per cents, erpistered of 1004.0... Udy Currency 6 ‘per cents of 1898. 2 zy Currency 6 per cents of 1800: 10% eee 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. Open. High. Low. Close. toy SOT Sy Sta BS% BD 2h ie Is Ist ‘of Fas Tu 437 400 j eu2 66 607 6.15 BALTIMORE, October |18.-Floar, em western Eve $4.00n88.55- winter wheat’ patewt, 5.00085 2; = wl $5.00085.25: spring w’