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2 THE EVENING STAR,’ WEDNESDAY;~OOTOBER. 20, 1897-14 PAGES. = are said to bé the ones which will be se- lected. They lie between 7th and Boundary streets and Grant read. Some Opinions. Lawyer Chas. A. Armes, who owns prop- erty in the subdivision, said: “The result of the verdict, I venture to say, will be a clearing away of the ob- seurtties .and difficulties which em- barrass the execution of the highway act. I do not think a repeal of the entire act is necessary. If that should be done the immense expense that has been in- curred fer surveys and court proceedings would be a loss to the government, and weuld necessarily be ineurred again when, in the near future, they extend the streets that are necessary for the convenience of the public. The law can be so amended that the work done for-the opening of streets now wanted may be adopted and thu: ¥ repetition of the expense of survey and condemnation, and at the same time provide for condemnation of such thoroughfares in future as the needs of the District may require, and provide for com- pensation as the land may be taken.” Attorney Donald erson said: “Re- r award of the garding the rec jury in case No. 419, Dentson and Le n subdivision, I.would state that in a -ral aspect of the case, was decided- ly able and satisfactory, as much so as the complicated and interminable character of this law would-permit.. The position taken by the jury wi bably the only just one posstble or practicable: street ex- visable and he nsien should § t promptly no street ex- ated that does and “‘uiequivecally provide jon in cash for lands taken rurred, and- for which the should pay its proper pro- This undoubtedly could mendment of the existing B neral William Birney, of the counsel and representing nine owners, reporter for The Star be the effect of the ad time to examine the fig- but have the impression ij impartially and ~urate knowledge. The awards most of them, fair and in ac- with the instructiens from the n. In some cases the owners will mplain, and in more the land could not sale for the compen- not likely any jury Bs erdict relates, of ry's inability to find on = one-half of the awards assess all special benefits nd deduct them from the the land taken; and they charged the awards to the revenues of the put they could find no land that pay the other half, because of ceived. jury might have assessed the other the lots in the subdivision, but the cost of s1 tion of most of the lots. “Or it m=ght have a: ssed it upon all the lots in the séetion covered by map ‘1;° ju y did ssessments for the fo: ons in that section, of the section not in a course which w also ed in subdi- ald have piled ssments upon in the section. done the best thing cir- A permit. Its action will very friend of the District to ap- to Congress for a 1878, the organic act of this In that the Commissioners are nit each year estimates of nses, and ‘to the extent to all approve of said esti- shall a ropriate the » per centum thereof.’ supposed to be the equivalent th Distric*. ef taxation en real estate owned in the District by the United Sta The gov- er: ment then owned a little more than half ate; it now owns more than If it will pay its half, the although by exemp- d another the taxable educed to 42 per cent been L. Cole of counsel for the land- ers said toda: he verdict of the ce: ttling one thing, that ts that the law in its will never be ¢arrfed into operation. nust be apparent to any one who will study the situation that the high- must now be eit repealed or in one rticular, that is, + the attempt to If of the cost of the proposed highway scheme by special assessments. Any plan for special assessments for sup- pesed benefits to acerue to a particular neighberhood on account of the rectifica- tien or an irregular street system must necessarily result in very many instances im great inequality and hardships, and, in my judrment, never ought to be resorted to, and that is especially apparent in con- nection with the plan of the general exten- sicn of highways all over the District as Proposed by the present law. These pro- posed improvements are not local, I mean, are not confined to a particular locality. but extend to all parts of the District, and are to be taken up according to the provi- sicns of law, one after the other as rapidly as can be done, so that each section and part of the city will in its turn receiv whatever benefits may result from the ex- €cution of the plan, and for this reason the most equitable course to pursue in raising the necessary money to defray the expenses of the tmprovements proposed would be by general taxation. t is apparent to any one that the ex- pense of carrying into execution this plan cannot be paid out of the current reve- nues of the District. If the plan is to be carried out as proposed, the only way to accomplish it, in my judgment, is for Con- gress to at once provide for ‘an issue of bends sufficient for the purpose. If Con- gress is not prepared to step and t ¢ then, in justice to prop- this jury in t least erty owners, it should forthwith repeal the act and abandon the general seheme of highway extension, and adopt the slower and m e methed of opening streets from time to time sities seem to requir — STONECUTTERS WIN A POINT. as publie neces- Step the Use of Prison-Cut Stone on New York State House. ALBANY, N. Y., October 20.—The com- mittee of state officers having in charge iring of the state house In this city d Contractor Hall that he e the use of stone cut by jing Sing prison. This is the of a protest filed with the control- mmittee representing the Stone Cut Unions of the state. The state house was constructed of marble taken from the state quarries at Sing Sing pris- or —_—_.——__ Strikers Appeal for Aid. LONDON, Octeber 40.—The Amalgamated Society of Engineers today prepared a manifesto which is to be sent to the Ameri- can newspapers and labor organizations, appealing for money In order to enable the society to keep the striking engineers from giving in to their employers. ee gee ni Nonsuch Wins at Gatwick. LONDON, October 2 t the second day's racing of the Gatwick October meet- ing today the Lorillard-Beresford stables three-year-old bay filly Numsuch won the Gatwick handicap of 1,000 sovereigns. Lord Durham's Son o’ Mine was second; Maj. Westerras’ Upguards, third. ————__ Declined the Honor. A number of the members of the Repub- n National League called upon Attorney ‘W. Preston Willlamson yesterday and re- quested permission to urge his appointment @s 4 successor to District Attorney Davis. Mr. Williamson stated to a Star reporter thet he declined the honor, but suggested to the delegation Attorney Thos. C. Taylor a3 @ most competent man for the place. _— A Legacy for Josephine Nix. United States Consul Roberts, at Cape Town, Africa, informs the Department of State that a legacy awalts one Josephine Nix, supposed to reside somewhere in New Jersey, which legaey was left her under a will by her uncle, Shekaniah Joseph Rhodes, who died in Basultoland, South Africa, October 24, 1896. The di was @ native of New Jersey. —————-e--_______ Robbery of a Pensioner. Andrew Gettings, a young white man, John J. McGraw, an He was of robbing old pensioner, of $30 last month. remanded for sentence. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Georgia Seminary Girls Study Art of Getting Married. MOCK MARRIAGES REHEARSED One of the Most Interesting Courses Taught at the School. DETAILS OF THE--CEREMONY Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. GAINESVILLE, Ga., October 20.—The Gainesville Seminary for Young Ladies has gone a step in advance of the newcentury education of girls, by giving instructions in the art of getting married. It has just leaked out that a night or ‘Wo ago a brilliant mock marriage was held there. At 5 o'clock the strains of:the Lohengrin march pealed forth from the artistic touch of Prof. Wallace on the beautiful pipe organ. The auditorfum was decorated with golden rod and palras. Miss Evelyn McCul- ley entered on the arm of Mrs. E. H. Rhodes, Miss Belle with Mrs. E. Van Hoose, and were met at the altar by the grooms, Messrs. Benson 8. Thompson and E. Guilbert Carswell, accompanied by their best men. Father M. Potter performed the cere- mony, twenty attendants, all in waite, made a beautiful picture; the brides ap- pearing as so many flowers in toilets of pure white. After the marriage the party repaired to the reception hall, where, af- ter an informal reception, an elegant sup- per wes served. At a late hour the familiar sound of the room bel! peaied forth, and once more the quiet routine of study was resumed. ——.__ VANDALLS LOOT THE COURT ROOM. Carry Of Every Loose Thing for Mementos of Luetgert Trial._ CHICAGO, October 20.—The court room of Judge Tuthill, before whom the Luetgert case waS tried, is the scene of vandalism that has no parallel in the annals of sensa- tional trials. Some of the spectators took acvantage cf the absence of the bailiffs end Clerk Knoch, and seized on every port- able article of stationery. Sections of the improvised desks used by the newspaper reporters during the tedious trial were car- ried off by the morbid crowd. Judge Tuthill, in the course of his fre- quent communications with the court room by telephone, inquired after his gavel and inkstand. He said he was particularly anx- ious to keep beth as memertoes for his wife. When he was told that all the small articles were gone he expressed himself in vigorous language. ° ——_ MRS. PULLMAN REACHES CHICAGO. No Arrangements Made Yet for Her Husband's Funeral. CHICAGO, IL, October 20.—Mrs. George M. Pullman, acccmpanied by her son, Sanger, arrived in Chicago on the Penn- sylvania limited today from New York city. She was met at the Union depot by her son-in-law, Frank Louden, 2nd was driven at once to the family residence at Prairie avenue and 1Sth street. It was stated at the house that no rengemeuts for the dead miliionaire’ funeral had as yet been made or hardly even dise , and nothing will be deter- i upon until late this afternoon. Mrs. Pullman's wishes in regard to the matter are not known, but will undoubtedly be carried cut. Se ee MARRIAGE OF AGED COUPLE. Bride is Mnety Yenrs Old and the Groom is Eighty-Seven. WATERTOWN, N. ¥., October 20.—Ben- jamin F. Hunt of Bridgeport, aged eighty- seven, and Mrs. Julia Ann Sherman of this city, aged ninety years, were married here this afternoon. Mrs. Sherman was the wife of the late John A. Sherman, once a wealthy resident of this city, who practi- cally Jaid the foundation for the cheese making industry of this county. Mr. Hunt is a native of Rodman, this county, and rad been married twice. He has three married sons, Daniel F., now of Chicago: Fred S. of Bridgeport, who, with his father, established and successfully managed the first 99-cent store of the east, and Benjamin F. Hunt, jr., a multi-million aire manufacturer, who resides in Boston, but who is now traveling in Europe. ‘The wedding was an event in Water- town's social circles. After the ceremony the venerable couple received congratula- tions, and an elaborate collation was served to about 300 friends. a ILLINOIS MOB AFTER ITALIANS. Seven of Them Are Charged With Brutally Murdering Young Man. METROPOLIS, Ul, October 20.—Sheriff Parks of Williamson county and a deputy arrived today from Cartersville with seven Italians, to be lodged in the Massac county jail for safety from an infurlated mob of 150 men. The Italians, it is charged, murdered a Mr. Young Saturday night near Carterville, brutally stamping out his brains and bow- els, while George Colombo, it is alleged, cut the poor victim's liver out with a butcher knife. They will be held here until next Mon- day. as BIEBERSTEIN GOES TO TURKEY. Will Replace Baron Saurma Von Jeltsch—Rosebery Visits Bismarck. BERLIN, October 20.—It was officially announced today that Baron Marschall Von Bieberstein is going to Constantinople, there to replace Baron Saurma Von Jeltsgh, who is going to represent Ger- many at Rome, in succession to Baron Von Buelow. Baron Marschall, however, re- tains the title and rank of minister of state. Lord Rosebery, the former premier and leader of the liberal party of Great Britain, in company with Count Herbert Bismarck, is visiting the former chancellor, Prince Bismarck, at Friedrichsruhe. RAILWAY WRECK IN JAPAN. Whole Train Tambles Down Embank- ment—Landslide at Mimagun. VICTORIA, B. C., October 20.—The most serious railway accident that ever oc- curred in Japan happened October 2 on the Tokai Do railroad, between Oyama and Yakameta. The road had been dam- aged in the floods and a train was precipi- tated into the river valley. Of forty pas- sergers only five escaped without injurtes and seven were killed. At Mimagun, Japan, a landslide occurred, by which houses were buried and five men were crushed to death. The Japanese steamer Sesstu Maru has been missing since September 3, the date of the big storm. She had twelve passengers and a crew of forty-five. —— ‘TO EXTEND SUFFRAGE AT HARVARD University Council Favors Lettin; ruduates Vote. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 20.— The members of the Harvard University council have expressed themzelves in favor of the extension of suffrage for election of over- seers, to graduates of all departments of the university. At present only those who held degrees of B. A. are elected. The council has also requested the corpo: Au AN ACCOUNTING DEMANDED DIVERGENT VIEWS KINSEY MUST RESIGN J. Pierpont Morgan & Company Asked: ‘to Tell Their Whole Connec- mection With the Road. NEW YORK, October 20.—A bill of com- Plaint was filed today in the United States Circuit Court by George Hoadley, special assistant to Attorney General McKenna, in the suit brought by the United States against the Union Pacific raflroad and Frederick P. Coudert and others, as re- ceivers, and J. Pierpont Morgan and others as partners, under the firm name of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. ~ 4 Mr. Hoadley in his complaint requests that he be furnished by the defendants with a statement showmg the amount. of assets and property turned over by the Union Pacific Railway Company to Drexel, Morgan & Co. and J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. 2 He also asks that defendants furnish a statement showing all the dealings of these two firms, with the assets, and that they be required to show who is now in posses sion of the assets and property of the rall- Way company, and what portion now re- mains in the possession of these firms or other of the defendants. fats In the bill it is further asked that de- fendants be required to show. what amount“ of money or cther property has been real- ized by J. Plerpont Morgan & Co. fFd: the sale or other disposition of the assets of the railway company, and in whose pos- session these proceeds are at the present time. it is further asked that by amendments of the bill of complaint orders of the court may be issued making persons or corpora- - tions which have recetved any such asscts or property or the proceeds thereof from J. Plerpont Morgan & Co. and who are now pessessed of any part of such assets of''the Property parties to the sult. a Mr. Hoadley further asks that an’ ‘Ac- counting be held to determine the clal and rights of the complainants, when suc! claims are due and the amount of these claims, after giving legal credit for all as- sets and property held as surety therefor, | to the extent available therefrom as se- curity for the complainant. : It is also asked that final decree be ren- dered against the members of the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., and other de- fendants, subjecting the assets and prop- erty of the Union Pacifie Railway Com- pany or their proceeds, which may now be in possession of Drexel, Morgan & Co., or J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., to the lien of the United States as security for the| residue, which thay be due the govern- ment on such an accounting because of the issue of subsidy lien bonds issued in aid of the corporation of the Union Pacific railway. —_~__ v ENGLAND'S PLANS OF DEFENSE. Special Commissioners Will Visit the Colonies on This Mission, LONDON, October 20.—In connection with the increase In the strength of the ‘British army, the defense of the colonies of ,Greqt Britain is recetving unusual attention. The government has just dispatched a fermer under secretary of state for war, Sir Ralph Wood Thompson, to Australia, with instructions to report to the war office upon the condition of the defenses ot, the Australasian colonies, to urge an in- crease of the colonial forces und to'sibmtt’ proposals for arming the local troops and exchanging battalions from Australia wita those of the motherland. say The mission of W. S. Fielding, the Can- adian minister of finance, to Great Britain, also includes discussing with the colonial office what proportion of £1,500,000, which it is proposed to expend in strengthening the Canadian defenses, should be borne by the imperial government. BOY AND STICK OF DYNAMITE. He May Not Survive—His Teacher's Dress in Shreds. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., October 20.—Ray-. mond, the twelve-year-old son of A. D. Alien, stenographer in the circuit court, Ee Det 5 oT He: Cath HIS RETIREMENT ‘PROBABLE a ~ wes te The board of directors of the Catholic University of Amgerica’éonvened in annual meeting in an apartment on’ the second floor of the McMahon Hall of Philosophy at 10 ‘O'elodk? this morving? “There were present’ Cardinal ‘Gibbons, thie chancellor, who presided, Atéhbishdp Williams of Bos. oF; “ARCHBM Hp “Cbrriga Sf” New York, Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, Arch- bishop Ireland of St. Paul, Archbishop ‘ChtppMe er Sarta Fe, “Arctitistiop Riordan of San Francisco, Archbishop Keane, titu- lary archbishop of Damascus and the repre- sentative of the’Afnérftan‘Church at Rome, -Bighop: Spalding of - Peoria, Bishop Maes of Covington; Ky. Bishop? Foley of "De- Agoit..., Bishop. Hortsmann ? of | Cigveland, Bishop Farley, auxiliary Bishop ‘of W: York; Rev. Thomas S. Lee,.pastor of 8! Matthew's Church, and ‘thomas E. Wagga: maiy. ef this -eity,-and Mansigner. Dhomas J._Conaty, rector of the University, ex- officio. The active trustees absent..were Michatl Jenkins of Baltimore and Joseph Banigan of-Providefice, RF It was deti- puitely understood befere the meeting that vo ¢ehingés would be made+in. the’-policy OF, in the organization of the university. Dr. Schroeder’s Case. : “Wherlrecess for dinner? was taken at 1 o'clock Monsignor Conaty announced that only routine business hatf been transacted during the morning sesston:;' Archbishop Ryan of Philadetphia said the results of the morning ‘business had shown a very ‘good ‘coridition in university. affairs. The main interest at the university was felt over the case of Dr. Schroeder, pro- fessor of dogmatic theology, against whom it was understogd that charges had béen preferred that he was a, disturbing ,ele- ment inthe institution. “At the morning session it, was decided to take this matter up at 4 o'clock today. It was the decided opinion of those at the university who ate best conversant with the conditions in the case that the result would be Dr. Schroeder’s retirement, and that the charges to be presented against him would embrace allegations not precise- ly connected with his official attitude in-the ution, There was little credence institu snown in the rumor that’lms been: indus- triously circulated within the past day or two to the effect that the Vatican author! ties under instructions from the pope had virtually directed the retention of Dr. Schroeder in his position, 0 uous. One story had it that a prominent Euro- pean cardinal in a recent,letter had recited in detail a cttiversation with Pope Leo, in which the latter bad discussed tine SeHived! er case and had expressed a wish that he would not be,removed. Another phase of the gossip tdbk the Shape that Archbishop Martinelli, pkpal ablegate, had received a cablegram wthin“tle past two days from the Vatican, Officially reiterating the pope's } destre: that Dr: Sehideder be retained at eo Ee te : Aree Sradachy OR" thevorhiér stde ft was laned .3yjth much emphaXis’ that thé" 6fily sk er Da tion received from Rome on the stiajéct Was one expressing regret at the unfortu- nate controWersy,! and stattmt writ ft Was the earnest prayer’ bf the pope that it might be arranged 4 an’amicable Spirtt, ‘but con- p taining “no gtigedstiqns or commands re- sibn' of the directors. q, when seen this é-‘Watiers conéerning i it*geuld be manifestly impropet in’ him*'to ‘taik “of such.things While the diréctors’were in session. He pur- sued his daily duties as usual at Divinity Hall, and did not seem ’to-be in any way Gisturbed about the outcome of the cage. Tt was said in the gossip, at, the wnt sity that in cate Dr. Sctitoedées! atias onism to tke policy of the university ang went to school carrying a portion of.a stick jty'thost* directing its affairs was not coht of dynamite. The explosive, which the boy had’ 'Ytina in a stone quarry, was in his pocket -with. a knife, top and marbles and a quantity of other things common to boys’ pockets. In getting into his seat the boy banged his dangerous collection against the desk, caus- ing an explosion which will probably-cost his life and which was heard for,,.two blocks. The child’s right hand was blown off, and in his right groin a terrible wound was in- fiicted from which the surgeons say he ean- not recover. The teacher, Miss Mack, was close by and had her skirts torn into shreds, but she was not hurt. The explosion caused a panic among the other children, and sev- eral were hurt in trying to get out of .the building. REINDEER TO CARRY THE MAIL. Dr. Jackson Says This is Solution of ‘Transportation Problem. SEATTLE, Wash., October 20.—Dr. Siel- don Jackson, United States superintendent of Alaskan schools, who has just returned from Alaska, says: ‘There is but one sa- lution to the transportation problem in Alaska, and that is the reindeer. I be- lieve that the mines of the Yukon. can never be fully developed without the use of the reindeer. It is my belief that the government could accomplish great good for the people living in Alaska by estab- lishing reindeer stations on the Yukon all. the way from Dyea to St. Michael. In this way mails could be transported regularly and expeditiously, and the food supplies would never be allowed to get to that point - where a famine is imminent.” — YELLOW FEVER RECORD. Thirty New Cases, Six Death, at New Orleans Today. NEW ORLEANS, La., October 20.—At 1 p.m. today the board of health reported thirty new cases and six deaths up to that hour in the city. MOBILE, Ala., October 20.—There were eight new cases today of fever and one death. Deaths to date, twenty-three. EDWARDS, Miss., October 20.—No new cases or deaths to report today, and no czses reported as seriously ill. There is every reason to hope for continued im- provement in the situation. Good many of our citizens are on the streets today for the first time. ——.__ IMPARCIAL IN A RAGE. Madrid Paper Scolds About Allegea Filibustering Expeditions. MADRID, October 20.—The Imparcial made a violent attack today on the United States, based on the alleged departure from American ports recently of fiifbuster- ing expeditions bound for Cuba. The 1m- parcial urged the Spanish government to ask explanations of the government of the United States. The paper, in this con- nection, recalled the words of Senor Sagasta before he assumed the premiership, and concluded as follows: S “It is imposs‘ble for us to submit to such humiliations. We must act with energy toward Washington.” —_—_—. Dishonest Clerk Gives Himself Up. BOSTON, Mass., October 20.—William Hayne, a confidential clerk in the employ of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of this city, who was reported missing a week ago, and for whom warrants have been issued, for the alleged larceny of $3,- 0v0 in money, Walked Into the offies of tte company today and gave himself-up. sidered sufficient to cause his: rwithdramtal from tke faculty that charges comprising certain qlleged Iaxities would. be then cont sidered. Surprise at. Hin Course. While ‘the’ visiting members of the di- rectors of the university and the hierarchy of the American Catholic Church, repre- sented by the archbishops "wh! met" ih council tomorrow will not talk for publica- tion over Dr. Schroeder’s case, there is a general feeling of surprise at the persist- ency_he has. shown in retaining -his pro- fessorship when he is aware that he is persona non grata to nine-tenths of the university “administrators and distasteful }to-neaty’all the archbishops, serous s He might as well be living on a desert island, it is said, as at the university so far as his personal relations with the pro- fessors and instructors are concerned, but it is admitted on all sides that he will not relinquish his position until he {fs virtually expelled, as any action on the part of the “directors leading to his departure, it is de- clared, will be taken now as expulsion, pure and simple. Monsignor Schroeder's followers feclare he will not be disturbed, but the general sentiment at the. university, as before stated, is that he will be invited to resign. WILL, BESIST, EVICTION... Keepers .of .Disveputable, Houses, 40 Appenl to Court. It is understvod that ‘the Keepers of ‘¢ér- tain, allgged , disteputable , houses _soyth of the avenue will in a day or two file a peti- tion in the Equity Court for the purpose of enjcining tho- District. Commi from carrying put their reported intention of evicting the Women. 14 0 Qo. It is understood that Attorney Campbell Carrington:.will- file the::petition: for. the women. - wi Offered for 1 Will of the lute Jacob J. Noah, dated December~18,/ 1804... was *filéd today.” Phe testator’s widow, Esther Noah, is made sole and absolute beneficiary, being’ also The will of the late Martha Hunter was -also filed today., It, ig’ dated December. 9; 1896, and names her husband, John W. Hunter, as qmecutor... The estate is divided between hey, bughand and children, Cor- nelius- Has Fignter and Lawrence N. Panter and,Ma Hunter, a.granddaugh- er. bs os awe SSS bee iu: Faving of-Fifth Street. Replying’t®) thé Hequst ‘éf "W. A. Gwyer, jr., for the/paving of 5th street northwest ‘between’ ‘Spftice Ghd Him streets,’ Captain Beach recommend3:" “As Sth street ts not a fas the Distridé @d8s not own the entire in- tersection of Etm#haSth streets, the street was not congidéred as importan others in the@ameysection, and as-Le Droit Park had mpre gfteets recommended pro- pertionately’ Hast et other aanurpen sec- tion In the Bary the Commissioners did not feel jusfifive "WY ad ‘Sth street to the _ Meeting "of. Catholic Archbishops. The meeting of the Catholic archbishops of the United States,td be held toniorrow at the Catholic: University, will be de- through street, ana Charged With Bad Work in the City Post Faults im Construction Ascribead to Him—Replacing the Cement Floors —OMficials Are Reticent. ‘The Treasury Department has requested the resignation of J. W. Kinsey, who was for four years the superintendent of the new post office building, and who was re- moved from that position and sent to Buf- falo, N. Y., as superintendent of the federal building in construction there. It is not expected that he will make a fight of any kind, although under the regulations of Secretary Gage he is entitled to reply to the charges which have led to his removal. It ig now known that much of the faulty construction of the new city post office is charged to Mr. Kinsey, and that it is on charges of his lack of ability that-he is now removed. Treasury officials will not give out anything on the subject, but ad- mit that clarges were filed and that they were given careful consideration. On these charges and the fear that Mr. Kinsey weuld Pot prove competent. as foreman of the Buffalo building rests his eager ts ‘he matter has been, upder consideration for eee dade onl te noonterente was held between Secretary Gage and Assist- ant Secretary Spaulding. It is now admitted that the replacing of the cement which recently cracked on sev- eral of the floors will cost the government between $16,000 and $20,000. In addition to that the sewers are said to have been laid so faultily that they will either have to be replaced or their reconstruction will cost considerable money. li is said that in the matter of the cement floors and the sewers Mr. Kinsey did not follow the plans and specifications. Treas- ury architects will not answer any ques- tions relating to these sewers, or whether Mr. Kinsey was at fault in any other in- stances. Mr. Kinsey was appointed to his position in June, 1893, succeeding Thomas C. Stew- ard, at present superintendent of construc- tion. He was sent to Buffalo in June of tnis year. Assistant Secretary Spaulding wil probably prepare a statement when the resignation is received. —-_ On Trial for Gross Assault. Chief Justice Bingham and a jury were occupied today in Criminal Court No. 1 in the trial of Cornelius Campbell, colored, who is charged with criminally assault- ing one of his daughters several weeks ago. —_>—__ The Poor Necd Work. From the Chicago Record. The impulse which leads people to allevi- ate suffering, to help the hungry man to @ supper and the shelterless man to a bed is commendable enough, but its effects are disastrous. Unless this winter in C is very much unlike the winters preceding, housands of penniless men will be found on the streets at night begging for help. Many hundreds more, with their wives and families, will be suffering at home and cail- ing for the bare necessities of life. , It is useless for kind-hearted peopie to evade the question by 4 well-meant effort tto discriminate between “‘worthy” cases and those which are unworthy. When it comes to a matter of keeping men from starving, all cases are ‘‘worthy” to the ex- tent that the immediate need for help ts imperative and must be mei. But the only true heip is that which not only offers tem- porary succor, but puts the suppilant on his feet, makes him self-dependent and self- respecting. This kind of charity cannot be performed by individual effort. It demands organization, system and scientific study. —_—_—_~ e+ _—_ Racteriology Instead of a Tariff. From the Philadelphia Record. According to German officlal reports not a single head of American cattle, nor a pound of American fresh beef, has been imported into the empire since October 14, 1891, “Sanitary” regulations are evidently more effeciive barriers to trade than even sky-high protéctive tariff walls. The slum- bers of German “sanitarians,” however, will most Ikely be disturbed by the report that the first shipment of American butter has arrived at Hamburg in prime condition, and sold at gocd prices. Nobody need be surprised if the German official bacterio- logists shouid prove equal to the emergency ane find a new danger to the public health “because of the presence in the American dairy product of the butter making mi- crobe, known to scientists by the name of micrococcus butyri-aromafaciens. The fact that this microbus is contained in all butter ‘will make ‘no difference. Only American butter will be examined; and as to the Ger- man product—where ignorance is bliss it would be folly to be wise. ——-eo —___ Charity Within Reason. From Rev. S. G. Gunter’s Adiress at the Battle , Creek, ditch., Congress of Civic Philanthroplets “It is time that the conclusien of scien- tiflc charity should be made fundamental in all future efforts. There are three class- es of remedies for poverty. They are palli- ative, curative or preventive. The value of these is exactly in the inverse order of their general attractiveness. Generations of human history teach the painful fact that society can have all the beggars sne is willing to feed. As emotional giving by untrained fingers simply multiplies the evils that it seeks to relieve, it must be put un- der the ban. So, equally, mast political giv- ing be put down. More than $10,000,000 every year is spent in what is known as outdoor relief by the hands of public offi- cials, It is not too Much to say that this enormous sum in ike bulk is not only wasted, but tends to create and perpetuate @ pauper class in almost every community. The new methods of organized charity de- mand the federation of charity agencies. The relief agencies of municipalities, of churches and of private charities should have a central bureau, where the entire dependent popviation of the community, after careful investigation, is properly reg- istered. This knowledge is the foundation of all wise and effective relief.” ——+eo—___ A Disagreenble Word. From the Philadelphia Record. Rudyard Kipling, it appears, is strongly excited to wrath by the word “colonies.” He is quoted as saying: “I dislike the Worg ‘colonies,’ and if you look through my verses you will find I very seldom use it. It is out of date and misleading, be- sides being provincial.” There are a num- ber of Canadians, judging from the new manifesto of the Independence League of Canada, who think as Kipling does about that word. “Our Lady of the Snows” wishes her one star to shine alone. ———\!_oe+o___ ‘The American Trolley in Spain. From the Cincinnati Times-Star. It will be a bitter pill for the hi | of Madrid and Barcelona to ride on Ameri- can troiley cars, but they will. have to come to it. An English company, fe $500,000 worth of American and motors. Even pruay benomete the rails may in this country, = oe ———~++e___ Pretended Activity at Panama, From the Sun Francisco Chronicle, The return to Africa of 500 natives who were taken to Panama a year ago recalls @ diverting bit of canal history. When these negroes landed they had, according to pres- ent advices, another hundred with them, who have since died or run away. These 600 the canal o1 it was widely brulted that “work oy a hmus canal” would go forward as of old. ‘The hope of benefit from this now palpable fake was two-fold. The Panama schemers wanted to head off the Nicaragua canal project for one thing, and to their shady securities for another. Whether the last result was attained. we have no cares of knowing. As for the former it is to be why dpe pare there were al FINANCE AND TRADE New York Stock Market Active Un- der Sharp Advances, DUE 10 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT Grangers Take the Lead, Followed by the Entire List. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evcning Star. NEW YORK, October 20.—The trading In today’s stcck market resembled in many respects that of the active midsummer pe- riod. Advances varying from 1 to 3 per cent were recorded in all departments. The undertone was unmistakably strong, and confidence in intrinsic values was mate- Tially increased. _ There were no new developments of im- portance, a more general recognition of business improvement and business pros- pects alone stimulating the advance. The buying throughout the day was superior in_character, notwithstanding a liberal covering of short contracts. Interests here- tofore conspicuous in the advancing move- ments were openly active in the long ac- count today. The professional decline had reached the Umits of enforced liquidation and became hazardous in view of the constant increases in railroad earnings. Short sales were abandoned as being contrary to policy, and after a few days of dullness an agressive buying movement was decided upon as be- ing in harmony with the facts. Room traders, after their usual custom, adopted the new arguments, paid for their experience with the old and became as op- timistic as the most conservative investor. The market was consequently one sided during a greater part of the day, but this feature was wholly beneficial to prices. The most significant Gevelopment of the movement was the increased demand from commission houses. Prices advanced easily under the demand, thereby demonstrating a minimum resistance in that direetion. The granger shares were early selected as the logical basis for the new movement, both by reason of the short interest in them and their actual merit. The Vanderbilt issues, New York Cen- trai in particular, attracted a geod demand and advanced easily. The Gould siares, by reason of a specially large short est perhaps, made the most conzpicuous geins of the day, the advance in Manhat- tan being especially pronounced. The southern roads were in good demand by the short interest, owing to the liberal selling in i by the yellow fever scare. Nashville advanced under covering, not- withstanding its recent decreases in’ earn- ings and its proximity to the fever dis- tricts. ‘The low-priced issues, which attracted so much attention in August, were again tak- en up and made to sympathize with the general market. American Sugar was active at a sharp advance from yesterday, the buying being credited to inside interests and a few pro- fessional traders. The treasury’s decision on Belgium su- gars is added to the list of arguments mak- ing it reasonably certain that a counter- vaillitg duty will be made applicable to the Heilande product. Should this latter de- cision be handed Gown in a market as structurally strong as the present one a sharp advance in the shares of the Amer- tean company is certain. Chicago Gas has advanced under buying for both acco but that for the short account was most pronounced. Pulimaa recovered an “additional 3 per cent of its loss yesterday. This property is not likely to suffer materlally by the death of its former president, as all of its interests are in contpetent hands. Some profit-takmg was in progress dur- ing the final hour, but the main features of the market were decidedly promising at the nev level. —_~—__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the cpening, 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, roadway. Mesers. Mocre & Schley, No. 80 Open. Bi American Sugar, American Tobacco. American Cotton Oil. Atchison . .. Baltimore ‘asked. cola, 8% Did. cha. -—Real Ketate Tithe, aS ‘THO, 3 bid. Sis asked. bid. District Tithe, 4 bid. . Amer- ‘asked. American ll asked. Dpeu- age, 50 bid, 26 aad. ‘ocks. —- Mergenthaler Linotype, . Lanston Monot; ey bid. Washington Market, 10 bid. Great Palle I 135 asked. Norfolk and Weatiagt div. i Lincoln Hall, 90 —_ Government Bonds. Quotations vy = = ons reported by Corson & Macart. 2 per cents, registered... 4 per cents, coupon of 1907 4 per cents, segistered of 1 4 Der cents, compon of 1425. 4 per cents, vegistered of 1 S per cents, <onpon of 1904 5 per cents, registered of 130%. Currency 6’ per cents of ISIS Carrency 6 per cents of 1809. —_——— Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co and brokers, 1427 F st. members New York Stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmaun €.Ce., New York. : GRAIN, Wey 105 . bankers Troliey Car From the Cosmopolitan Magazine. One of the questions that agitated Cairo last winter was, “How can the street rail- way company be compelled to curtain more effectually the trolley car harems?” A large part of the city, and by no means the European section exclusively, is served by a rapid transit system. The cars do not differ materially from the open cars em- ployed on American lines, but the rear seat is reversed for women, instead of smokers, and its use is indicated by curtains that might be drawn, but in practice are not drawn, at the sides. There is no curtain in front to divide the harem from the other seats, and on an important route, like that, for example, from the Ezbeklyeh through the Loulevard Mehemet Ali to Old Cairo, the ceaseless chatier of its black-cloake black-veiled occupants, regardless of tne silk-robed men in front and the red night- capped hangers-on at the sides, gives steric suggestion of a picnic attended by masked mourners. Many of the solid Moslems of Cairo are disquieted by the publicity of the street- car harems, and their feclings are under- stood, and to some extent shared, by a few of the Anglo-Ezyptians of the second and third generations. The short line of the Constantinople underground railway is more mindful of Moslem customs. The harem divisions of its cars are fully cur- tained; but these divisions are too small hold the women who flock from the G - Pera sections during shopping hours to the bazaars of Stamboul and there is usw: verflow in the main part of the ts are provided, and the pri the Turkish woman, homeward bou: sunset, after a war of wits with the diplomats of the oriental bargain co is comparable to that of the standing throng in a rush trip on a Brooklyn bridge car. coe A Pledge to Raine Whent. Montgomery (Ala.)Dispaich to Atlanta Constitution A meeting of farmers of Dale and adjoin- ing counties was held at Ozark yesterday It was caliéd by Commissioner of Agricui- ture Culver for the purpose of discussing the cultivation of wheat and cereals. Cheap cotton and a skort crop furnishes abundant evidence that the farmers of the section were erring in single-shotting cotton, and the big assembly of a hundred or two prom- inent farmers indorsed the plan of diver- sifying crops and raising everything to eat at home. One hundred of the delegates pledged themselves to sow from five to twenty bushels of wheat this fall, and deposited money with the probate judge to purchase the seed wheat for them. The Dale meeting was such a success that Commissioner Culver will try the plan in other counties. EEE EBISN Se SR ee Didnt Know He Was Rich, From the New York Herald. The grand jury of Middlesex county, N. J., recently indicted William Sutton for maintaining a public nuisance. The nuis- ance was the walls of the Allen Theater, which was destroyed by fire about a year ago. Tne walls were left standing aftef the fire, and have been a menace to life and property ever since. The grand jury found that the property was in Sutton’s name and indicted him, and he was ar- rested yesterday. Sutton is a laborer. The man declared that he owned no build- ing, and protested vehemently against his arrest. This morning he said that the only explanation he could think of was that he was formerly employed as a gardener for F. B. Allen of Newark, formerly owner cf the theater. One day about two years ago Mr. Allen took him to a justice's office and some papers were signed. It is supposed that Mr. Allen conveyed the property to Sutton at that time, but the latter was un- aware of the fact. Detective Housell this morning took Sut- ton down to the old Allen building «nd showed him the ruins of his property. The astonished man could only say: “And I never knew it. I guess if I'd known I owned this I'd have calied for some tickets to the shows.” Prosecutor Voorhees and Alderman Daly listened to the man’s statement ct the sheriff's office this morning. It was plain to them that Sutton was ignorant even of the nature of his offense, and he was re- leased on his own recognizance. No fur- a action is likely to be taken against im. —_—_+e-_______ A Milli ire’s Generosity. Denver Special to the New York Herald. Wilbur Scott Stratton, the newly made millionaire mining king, came to the relief of H. A. W. Tabor, a former United States the currency, with a letter requesting to accept the money as a gift. ——$_—$—+o-—____ THE i