Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1897, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE|AT THE WHITE HOUSE/SENORITA CISNEROS British Columns Form a Junction Against Indian Insurgents. DESULTORY FIRING GOING ON Enemy Massed in Force on Hills Around Kharappa. Ege ere TS FOR CAVALRY ees RECRUI SIMLA, October 22—Dispatehes received teday from Kharappa announce that the plan of campaign against the insurgents has been so far successfully carried out that a junction has been effected near Kharappa between the British forces under Gen. Sir Yeatman Biggs and Gen. Sir Wm. Lockhart. After the storming and capture of Dar- gai Ridge, on the Samana raage, by the troops of Gen. Biggs,,on Wednesday after- noon, the plan was for the latter to push on so as to hold the frontal hills and then ccntinue his advance to Kharappa, where he was to join forces with the column un- der Sir William Lockhart: This has been done, and ihe two columns are now amped bout two miles from Kharappe. The British troops met with only slight resistance, but the enemy is Massed on the hills arovnd Kharappa and desuliory firing-is. proceeding. Capt. Arnold of the Dorsetshire Regi- ment, Lieut. Dingwall of. the Gordon High- landers, and Lieut. White of the Sikhs, are among the British officers severely wound- ed, in addition to those whose names have already been cabled. ENGLISH TROOPS FOR FYDIA. Large Drafts of Soldiers to Recruit Cavalry Regiments. LONDON, October 22.—Large drafts of soldiers have been ordered to be got ready to reinforce the eight British cavalry regi- ments now in India. ———— ABYSSINIANS ON THE WARPATH. Have Dispersed Four Somali Tribes, Committing Great Atrocities. CAIRO, Egypt. October 22—News just received here from Somaliland shows that the Abyssinians are devastating that country. They have already dispersed or wiped out four great Somali tribes, have stolen all their live stock and have com- mitted horrible atrocities. l the prison- ers taken by the Abyssinians, it is added, were mutilated. The area laid waste extends from the banks of the Uebi to the source of the Jubat. EEE BISMARCK’S THROAT AFFECTED. Ex-Chancellor Cannot Take Accus- tomed Exercise on That Account. BERLIN, October 22.—Prince Bismarck's throat, it is announced in a dispatch from Friedrichsruhe, has been affected by the recent bad weather and he is unable to take kis usual out-of-door exercise. The wife of Julius Jagot, a saddler of this c sped with Edward James, mville, Fla. The couple tcok with them 3,000 marks belonging to the woman's husband. —————— EULOGIZES HIS GRANDFATHE! Emperor William Makes a Character- istic Speech at Carixruhe. CARLSRUHE, October 22. — Emperor William yesterday inspected the monument in honer of his grandfather, Wiliam I, erected on the Kaiser Platz. Replying to the burgomaster’s addre: his majesty Said: “This monument is a palladium which strengchens us for the great aim we have in view. Just as it was a pleasant and popular crstem in Berlin for everybody, before commencing the day's work, to go and view the emperor sitting at his writ- ing table window, and then proceed to their duties more cheerful of heart, so may every cne who beholds this metal monu- ment find therein exhortation to joyfully do his duty for the welfare of the town and fatheriand.” His majesty concluded with calling for three cheers for the Grand Duke of Baden. ARGUING WEDDERBURN’S CASE. Ju ize Wilson and Mr. Small Speak Before Gen. Tyner. When the proceedings in the case of Wed- derburn & Co. before the assistant attorney general for the Post Office Department were opened this morning Judge Jere Wil- son made an argument in behalf of the re- spondents bearing particularly upon the character of the literature they had sent out. He claimed that it contained no prom- ise that was not actually complied with by the company. Judge Wilson was followed by William Small, who closed the argument by counsel. Mr. Small claimed that the practices of Wedderburn & Co. were such as to bring them under the ben of the lottery law, the law forbidding the use of mails for fraud and for the carrying out of gift enterprises. When The Star’s report of proceedings ! before Gen. Tyner closed yesterday after- neon R. Ross Perry made an argument in behalf of the respondents, in which he laid stre upon the claim that the great power ment to issue nm it, not as a been’ done, but ention of the present perpetration of a fraud. —— oe UNION PACIFIC'S SALE. The Subject Not Discussed Cabinet Meeting. at the It can be positively stated that not a word was spoken in the cabinet meeting to- the coming sale of the Union The stories published in New York »t given any attention. Attorney ral McKenna stated to a Star reporter hat up to this time there is no intention of asking for a posiponement of the sale. Attorney General MeKenna said that if Russell Sage was in fhe city he knew rething of the matter. It ts believed that if the government saw a guaranteed op- pertunity to get a larger bid than the re- organization committee will make, it would ask a postponement, but so far It sees no cppertunity. It would be glad should there be many bidders, but does not propose to stop the sale on unfounded stories in cir- ulaticn in New York. Russell Sage today in New York makes emphatic specific denial of the report that he is at ‘he head of an opposition pool to buy in the Union Pacific railroad. “The Teport is olutely without foundation,” said Mr. Sage. “I have not been invited to ferm a U m Pacific syndicate by Pres- Ydent McKintey No subscriptions to the amount of $75,- 090,000 or any other sum have been made by anybody htat I know of. I have not Subscribed $20,400,000 or any other sum. I do not know that I would subscribe, if a Syndicate was formed. —e Change in Auction Firm. A change has taken place in the well- known auction fitm of C. G. Sloan & Com- Pany. Mr. Allison Nailor, jr., retires from the firm, and the business of C. G. Sloan & Company will be carried on by Mr. C. G. Sloan. Mr. Sloan has been at the head of the firm for a number of years past, and is well and favorably known. He was brought up in the auction business, and his experience has been of special value in es- tablishing the important connections which the firm has with the leading auction houses of Europe and this country. Mr. Sloan does a purely commission and the collections of artistic and antique furniture which he has had from time to time has enabied housekeepers to enrich their homes with some of the choicest articles that have been design: Many Consular Appointments Made by the President. Efforts to Secure the Pardom of Cashier Redwine—Local Mat- ters Discussed. The President nade the following ap- pointments tcday: To be consuls—John Howell Carroll of Maryland, at Cadiz, Spain; Charles B. Har- ris of Indiana, at Nagasaki, Japan; Wm. Wallace Mills of Texas, at Chihuahua, Mexico; Oscar F. Williams of New York, at Manila, Philippine Islands; Wm. Mar- tin of New York, at Ching Kiang, China. Robert C. Schenck, to be assistant pay- master in the navy. John H. Sutherland of Minnesota, agent for the Indians of the White Earth agency in Minnesota. : John M. Harding of Edgerton, 8. D., agent for the Indians of the Yankton agency in South Dakota. Col. Peter C. Hains, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., member of the Nicaragua canal commissicn. Matthew B. Mcfarlane, collector of cus- toms for the district of Tampa, Fla. Robert Schenck is the son of Pay Direc- tor Caspar Schenck, who retired several weeks ago, and who was the senior pay officer of the navy. Ex-Seeretary Carlisle Calls. Ex-Secretary Carlisle was one of the first visitors at the White House this morning. He was with the President about ten min- utes. He said that he nad not talked with the President about currency matters. It is rumored that he represents some of the capitalists who are interested in the sale of the Union Pacific. Senator Bacon of Georgia had a talk with the President about the case of Louis Red- wine. A few years ago Redwine was a leader in Atlanta society. He was cashier of a national bank. The bank was found to be $60,000 short and went into liquidation. Redwine was convicted, after a sensational trial, of embezzling the money and was sentenced to six years in the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary. His term has been shortened by good conduct, and he will be a free man on the 4th of November. His friends are anxious to save his citizenship, and Senator Bacon came here to ask the President to pardon Redwine. Ex-Representative Turner of Georgia, ac- companied by Mr. Oglesby, saw the Presi- dent for a few minutes. They are warm personal friends, having served in Congress together. Discussing District Affairs. District Commissioner Wight saw the President and talked with him about Dis- trict affairs. Since the death of Dr. Bates the White Hot family has been under the care of Dr. Woods. He is a Gaily visitor. He was one of the physicians of the White House during the Cleveland administration. There are said to be a large number of army and navy surgeons who would like to become the physician to the President and Mrs. McKinley. Vignette of the President. The bureau of engraving and printing will soon turn out an engraved vignette portrait of the President. It will be the official picture of the President, to remain in use probably ages after the President is dead. In years to come it will adorn gov- ernment securities. Because of its great value, the bureau always takes pains in preparing this vignette. Claude Johnson, the chief of the bureau, has been collecting photographs of the President from the best artists of the country. He saw and talked with the President today about selecting one of these pietures from which to make the -vignette. No agreement has been reached. The President has not found mzeny photographs of himself which suit him. He thinks the run of photographs do not bring out the expressions of his face. Chief Johnson will put an engraver to work when he finds a photograph which suits the President. oe DEADLY GRADE CROSSINGS Conference Over the Compromise Plan to Abolish Them. ‘There was an important conference this morning at the Commissioners’ office be- tween the railroad committee of the board of trade and the District Commissioners. The object of the discussion was to dis- cuss the compromise plan of the Commis- sicners for abolishing grade crossings «long the line of the Pennsylvania railroal with- in the limits of the District. Of the committee Messrs. Hume, Curri- den, Lambert, Church and Frizzell were present. It was stated at the opening that the committee desired to subordinate all other questions to that of the abolishment of grade crossings and that it was willing to leave the details to the Engineer Com- missioner. The computing engineer was sent for and a large map showing the ele- vations of the new system was spread upon the table. loner Black explained that the ich had been approved by the Com- missioners and had the indorsement of the railroad company contemplated a combi- vation of an elevated and a depressed sys- tem. He pointed out on the map where the tunnel commenced, and explained that from this point the tracks would be de- pressed along the present line of the rail- road, becoming elevated at a point helf way between South Capitol street and Delaware avenue. An Important Feature. Attention was called to an important feature in this connection, which per- mitted the use of the New Jersey avenue yard without any change. At South Cap- itol street the plan, he explained, was for an elevated structure whereby all inter- secting streets as far as 4% street could pass under a bridge without change of grade. At 6th street he demonstrated where the trecks would be lowered about two feet from the present grade, permitting the tracks to run on an elevated structure to the present depot, which, he explained, would be almost entirely reconstructed. The committee evinced great interest in the new railroad station, which Commis- scr er Black explained fully and which has heretofore been referred to in The Star. The southern connection of the railroad was briefly touched upon, and it was point- ed out how at Virginia avenue and 6th street the branch for the southern connec- tion descends from an elevated structure to become a depressed system, which is accomplished at 9th street and continues to the bridge. The committee referred par- ticularly to the proposed new bridge, and Ccmmissioner Black explained the details of the new structure. Will Recommend Indorsement. In the desultory conversation which fol- iowed the members of the committee stated that it was entirely satisfied with the plans and would recommend that the board of trade give it a hearty indorsement, that a subcommittee would be appointed to look into the question of damage to private property, as well as switches and railroad connections with business property, all of which would be embodied in a special re- port to the Commissioners, a NO CHANGE IN CANADA’S DUTIES. Miners’ Packs Worth Less Than $100 Are Exempt. OTTAWA, Ont., October 22—The report telegraphed from Victoria that the Cana- dian government had decided to charge a duty on every class of goods taken into the Klondike country, including miners’ packs, is not correct. There has been no change in the customs laws affecting that country, and miners are still permitted to take in an outfit free of duty when not exceeding $100 in value. BEES is Boas Condition of John W. Thompson. Mr. John W. Tlompson 1s reported to be not quite so well today as he was yester- day. During the past two days he been doing as favorably as could be pected, and it is hoped. that he will tinue to Improve. hE } With Her Party She is Domiciled at the Arlington, ENJOYS A DRIVE AND VISITS SHOPS Remarks Upon the Beauty of the National Capital. HAPPY OVER RELEASE Looking as if she had stepped from a fashion plate instead of so recently from the barred window of a loathsome Spanish prison, Evangelina Cisneros, who arrived in Washington last night, appeared blithesome and smiling; at the Arlington Hotel this morning.. Notwithstanding the dark day there was sunshine in her heart, she said in Spanish, and she danced excitedly up and down the rooms, scarcely taking time to eat her breakfast. “I want to gee the capital of the coun- try of my adoption, and perhaps I may meet the head of the nation himself, who knows?” and she went off into deep medi- tation, finger on lip and her big black eyes gazing abstractedly out on the street. The young heroine of the unfortunate is- land—she is only nineteen, and looks two years younger—came to Washington last night with Karl Decker, who rescued her from the Recojidas prison. Mrs. Decker, Miss Kaufman and Mr. Goudie, the latter. her interpreter, i+ native Cuban. The party were driven direct to the Arlington Hotel, where a suite, one of the finest in the large caravansary, had been reserved, as it was not desired that there should be any demonstration over her visit to the capital All of the visttors, with the exception of Mr. Decker, the hero of Recojidas, remained indoors, Miss Cisneros quietly spending her time in re- garding the surroundings of the Arlington and making her queer but bright com- ments to her interpreter, who translated them to the others, for their amusement. Source of Surprise. From the time the train was taken in Jersey City to the hour at which the young girl arrived here the ride was a source of everrecurrent surprises for her. She had rever before ridden in a first-class, easy- running Pullman car, having had exper- ience only on the slow-moving trains in Cuba, and her exclamations of interest at the way the cars glided along, “like flying,” she told Mr. Goudie, were unvarying. She was so delighted and so enlivened at the entire trip that she failed to indulge in a single one of her characteristic brown studies on the journey. “Everything in the United States is so wonderful,” she exclaimed, clapping her small hands—and Evangelina has hands any Connecticut avenue belle would be proud of—in ecstatic enjoyment. During the drive up the avenue from the Pennsylvania depot to the Arlington she kept her face pressed closely to the win- dow pane of the vehicle, determined to see as much of Washington as possible,.ewen under such unfavorable circumstances. The wide boulevard caught her attention, and she commented on this. As the vehicle passed the Executive Mansion grounds the home of the President was pointed _out, and she gave vent to her favorit2 expre! sicns of surprise and interest: ‘“Oh!,ah running from one into another in quick succession. It was not late when the young girl sought her couch, for, though she protes:- ed she did not feel tired, she had an_excit- ing day of it. Anxious to See Washington. The party slept till nearly 10 o'clock this morning, when breakfast was served ‘in the rooms. Evangelina could scarcely he pulled way from the window, she was so anxious to see Washington. When the meal was finished, and it did not take long fer this on her part, under the guidance of Miss Kaufman, the young Cuban entered a coupe ard wes driven about town, and a number of the shops were visited. She wore a lcng golf cape and had on a‘stylish hat with large blue fiathers in it. A number of the large shops were visit- ed, und though Evangelina was delighted with the expedition, she made no démidn- stration, 2s she is exceedingly reserved and quiet, when she chooses to be, possezsing, as one of the party observed, “the stoicism of an Indian.” “She is the strangest girl in one respe:t I ever saw,” said Miss Kaufman. “Sh does not care whether she eats broile: spiders or pate de fole gras. She seems. .o ‘be entirely indifferent as to her bodily com- forts. * So she did not rave over the contents of the shops, acting as demurely and in’as dignified a manner as any maiden would who had been brought up to do such things. Then she had shopped in New York, and this made a difference. The two returned tothe hotel shortly before 12 o'clock and retired to their apart- ments. Evangelina, as she was alone among friends, tripping from one room to another, and clasping her hands in frequent out- burst of happiness. Miss Cisneros received The Star reporter with an outstretched hand and a smile yhen the introduction was made, through the kind offices of Mr. Goudie. -®eauty of Her Face. The first impression of the girl {s her slenderhess and the beauty of her face. Wren she speaks in her rippling Spanish tongue it appears as if the charm of her person is her voice. When the impression created by this has partly been effaced the real object and cause of her attractiveness becomes apparent. It is her eyes. Ah! Yes, it is her eyes. They are large and lquid, at one time melting into a translucent glow, with only a spark in the center like a dim light at the end of a chasm of ebony blackness, and again flash- ing fire, like the sparks from an electric machine. The mention of Weyler’s name produces the electric display, and doubt- less if the cause of it ever came within reach of those orbs the would be shocked in more senses than one. The girl resembles the pictures made of her, or at times It seems she does. She is so changeable in her moods it is hard to get an “average” of the fleeting expres- sions. At one moment there is a glimpse of white teeth, shining eyes—then again there is a rather frowning, petulant ex- pression. It is simply Evangelina’s way. Her figure is very slender, and her face is essentially of the Spanish type. The complexioa is dark. Her forehead is high and is shown by the manner in which she wears her hair brushed back from it. Her hands are seldom still. They are long and lithe, and she snaps them in the stereo- typed Cuban manner, and shrugs her shoulders in the same way, though all un- conscicusly, of course, and entirely with- out attempting an effect. The shrug 1s most graceful, and is accompanied by a Uttle look of disdain. The Maiden’s Self-Possession. One thing that strikes a new acquaint- ance most forcibly is her self-possession and grace. She is as well poised as if she had been accustomed to attending society's functions all her life. It takes a great deal to disconcert Evangelina Cisnercs, Her lips are red, and her teeth are—to use a hack- neyed but true expression in her case— pearly beyond a Joubt. She was attired, when The Star reporter talked with her tiis morning, in a plaid waist and green skirt, and wore on her breast a little knot of the ‘red, white and blue,” which shé arranged with deft touch occasionally. She reclined, rather than sat, in an easy chair, while she answered the 1eporter’s questious. “Was she pléased with Washington? Oh, 80 much!" i “If it is not so crowded as New York,” with a shrug of the shoulders, “the stfeets are wider and I think it is lovely, even though it is raining outside. It is a won- ‘Srawfripay, OCTOBE 92, 1897-16 PAGES. Sons. RAILWAY TRANSFER|NEW CuRRENCY DESIGNS Seoretary Gage’s Plan to Produce Uniform- 411 Be Free. é ity of Coins. lear os Sake ‘be "tne Seaman * ‘wishes it. ° Reith cae: x = Would Reduce the Number of De- under the ish yoke.” ge RESUMPTION OF WORK signs From Twenty-Seven to Nine “No, no n& -What happens, I shall always be it of the United States where te the: Cabinet. now. I feel,,t! the people of the United | — States are my frilgids and their friends are fect Local Branches mine. I wil P soon be titled to full orivi- Eff of Sale om B Secretary Gage interested the President leges in e1 can not vote, I and cabinet today with his plans for a new design of currency. He carried designs with him and exhibited them to the cabinet. He found that the plans took well, and it is probable that within the next few years there will be an entire change in the ap- peerance of the currency of the country. It would take that long to get the new money in circulation and take up the pres- ent currency. Unless the secretary sees more objections to the plan than now pres- Matter of Speculation. ¥ ading the interpreting. To the statement that The Evening Star extended congratulations on her escape, she smiied and said “Gracias” in a most fetching manner. . r i That the girl, in spite of her youth, is bright and wel) up in worldly affairs is shown by an inéident which happened in New York. She was visited there by some Cubans who had raked up a real or alleged relationship with her. GARRETT ESTATEINTERESTED ——>—_—__ ‘The long-pending negotiations for the fu- ture ownership of the Columbia and Mary- land railway were concluded yesterday in Baltimore, when the property passed into “f your: pardon," she asked, absent- {the hands of-a syndicate of Baltimore cap- | €nt themselves he will carry into execu- mindedly, =but .what -did-you. say your | italists, composed in part of some of-the | tlon his ideas. The secretary said to a a mast, 1a,"aad then ‘said, equally in-| PYolectors of the road. It is stated that Star reporter this afternoon that the plan became more feasible to him.the more he studied it. At present there are nine denominations of currency, and in each denomination there are three classes, treasury notes of 1800, silver certificates and greenbacks, making a total of twenty-seven xinds of meney in circulation, each having a de- sign of its own. These designs are fre- quently so similar as to permit of raising. A $1 bill of Any one class can be raised to $10, and frequently passes on the unsus- pecting. Secretary Gage’s plan is to reduce the number of designs to nine, one for each de- nomination. He proposes to give to each denomination a characteristic so peculiarly its owr. that when the people become ac- quainted with it there will be no possibility of being fooled by the raising of a note. Secretary Gage illustrated his idea with a $1 note. As stated, there are three de- signs of these notes in circulation, oi each of treasury notes, silver certificates and greenbacks. He will have only one design of the new $1 notes. It will probably carry in the center an immense eagle with spreading wings. When the people become accustomed to it a man will know a $1 bill at once by the eagle. He cannot be deceiv- ed by a counterfeit of this, and he will not have to lock at the figures on the bill. To distinguish between the classes of the $1 note three colors would be used. The num- ber and seal on the treasury note would be of red color; on the silver certificate it would be green, and on the greenback it would be some other color. Of course, the woris on the different classes would be different, as they are now. The object of the colors is to facilitate counting and classification in banking houses erd in the treasury counting rooms. A cashier would have no trouble to classify the notes by the colors. The same plan would be worked in all the other denomina- tions. Claude Johnson, chief of the bureau of engraving avd printing, says that he pre- fers not t> discuss the change -until the Secretary has finally decided what he will do. He thinks, however, that the change could be easily carried out. Secretary Gage is delighted that no flaws in the plan were found at the cabinet meeting. Even the President was deeply Interested, and saw no objections. —— —_.. MINISTER DIES there is now ‘no doubt that the work along the line, which has been suspended for many months, will soon be resumed and the road yuickiy completed: There is a marked indisposition on the part of ‘those atereaied in the matter to disclose the names of those who comprise the syndicate, but it is pretty well under- stood that among its members are Messrs. T. Edward Hambleton, ‘for several years president of the Baltimore “Traction Com- pany; Mr. John M. Nelson, secretary of the Baltimore reorganization committee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Nelson Perin, president of the Consolidated Railway Compauy of Baltimore; the estate of the late John W. Garrett and Miss Mary Garrett. All these parties except Messrs. Hamble- ten and Nelson have for many years been largely interested in, ‘and, in fact, con- trolled the City and Suburban Railway Company of Baltimore, the predecessor of the Consolidated Railway Company, which some months ago was formed by the merging of the Traction and the City and Suburban companies, the latter pur- chasing a controlling interest in ¢he for- mer, the president of the City and Subur- ban, Mr. Nelson Perin, becoming the presi- dent of what is to be in future known as the Consolidated Raflway Company. Company’s Financial Condition. The consolidated company enjoys, it is claimed, the unique pcsition among rail- road ccmpanies of not owing a dollar; has @ very large cash surplus on hand; its bus- iness is reported to be constantly growing, and as a matter of course its dividends are nocently: “Excuse me, but I am not certain wheth- er or not I heard your name mentioned in As the latte? “was jail_in which she Was confined, the ‘infei é ‘was plainly to J be made. She laughed: heartily when tell- ing the story afterward: ‘That she acknowledges her obligation to | Karl Decker is ‘plainly evidenced when he is anywhere near fe¥. “She has for him a bright smile and‘a-lMquid’ expression of the eyes. = “You look tire@/‘thy friénd. You had bet- ter take a rest,” she told’ him. At the Theater Tonight. Miss Cisneros will attend the Lafayette Square Theater tonight, when Karl Decker will be with her.as mucz of the time as he can snatch from attending the performance at the Columbia heater. Tomorrow the senorita will attend the matinee at the New National. : Karl Decker~has not been forgotten in the advent here of Miss, Cisneros. A re- ception will be tendered him here tomorrow evening at 8 o’cloek at Convention Hall. ‘There will be a grand parade, which Miss Cisneros will review at the Arlington. Preceding the reception Mr. Decker, who will be accompanied by Miss Cisneros, will be escorted from his headquarters at the Arlington Hotel'ts Convention Hall by the military organizdtions of the District and Alexandria. Invitations have been ex- tended to the Washington Light Infantry, the Fencibles, Corcoran Cadets, Nationai Rifles, Morton Cadets, Emmet’ Guards, the He GE as Band, the High School Cadets and the Alexandria Light In- fantry to participate. As Mr. Decker was | Paid regularly. at one time a member of the High School] No one who has given the subject Cadet Corps the latter have more than the | thoughtful consideration doubts for a mo- asiat: listencst te Ano attain ment that sf the Columbia and Maryland The exact route of the parade will not | failroad shall be completed as originally be finally decided on until tomorrow morn-| designed, and as it is now stated to be ing, except that it will move from the Ar-|the purpose of the new owners, between lington Hotel, down Pennaytvanta avenue | the citles of Washington and Baltimore, it and along such streets as will give those | Will do an enorn.cus business. It is Te- persons who may not be able to attend the| ferred to as & mutter of history that ‘n reception an opportunity to see Miss Cis-]¢ery part of the country where electric Tee aE a RSSICE: roads have been built parallel to. steam peat & lines the business of the latter has in- The; Decorations. - veriably fallen off—in some instances to Convention Hall will be, tastefully dec- } such an extent as to necessitate the tak- : = Sub: .& off of local trains, which, previous to crated’ with Atrietican ani’ Cuban flags, | HE OF of Jocen ns we comipertioe aa while the musical program promises to be | been run at a large margin of profit. an elaborate cne. A platform will be con* The developments of the last few days structed for’ espedfally invited’ guests, and /have, it is said, shown to those interested will -be: arranged to accommodate 300 per- Oratogs of national reputation: ;will in the securities of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company that a reorganization address the meeting... Arrangements have been made fér ‘an dverflow meeting should that company can only be brought about very heavy assessment on the hold- such ‘be néteasary.! Seats will be provided fer 5,000 people. ('t aE ers of the common stock—some think like 40 per cent—or the holders of the bonds and Telegrams; have; been sent to.prominent men to make addresses, and a. number of mortgages of the company will have to consent to a severe scaling process. It is the leading ‘éitizens of the District will act as vice pi efits ‘at the” affair: The Dis- oi record that J. P. Morgan & Co., who, it is generally believed, will have charge of trict Commisstoners”® have’ acdépted invi- tations. tq: attend, Detaila have net yet the matter of reorganization, invariably re- been completedy vss nt cucu “Pucsday nin} tis bAnduet to’ SF, Decker quire that not only shall the stockholders by his newsfidpeH*brethrén will’ We given, furnish a sum of money sufficient to put the roadbed and equipment in a first-class and this, At is -expected,“#ill be a firm ‘ex- pression of, esteem. condition, but also supply a good workiag eS: MAY BE RETRIED: AT. ONCE OF FEVER. Sixteen New Cases and Three Deaths at New Orlenns. NEW ORLEANS, La.,” October 22.—At 1 o'clock the board of health reported ‘six- teen new cases and three deaths, among the latter being Rev. D. I. Purser of the Valenes Street Baptist Church. ——_. Family Feud Results Fata’ SALEM, Ind., October 22.—Yesterday near Saltilloville, fourteen miles northwest of Saiem, Green Slaughter shot and mor- tally wounded George Slaughter, his uncle, and John Hotsapple. He fired a number of shots at each with a shotgun and revolver. There was a family feud existing between the parties, caused by a lawsuit. At last reports the murderer had not been arrested. NO AUTHORITY claimed, it will wipe out, financially speak- ing, all the smaller stockholders and per- haps seriously affect many of the larger enes. To be able to keep their holdings, which amount, it is-said, to $15,000,000, the Garrett estate and Miss “Mary Garrett would have to pay an assessment of, say, 36,000,000, while “the Johns sfopkins’ Uni- versity people, who have nearly 31,000,000 in stock, would pay about $400,000. It is said the university will not pay the assess- ment, in which event holdings would be entirely lost. - What course the Garrett estate and Miss Mary Garrett might see proper to pursue those who know will not say, but it seems to ‘be the impression that the next Sest course to adopt would be to use the means at their command to extend the scope of other railway properties held by them, and thus receive dividends on as many invest- ments as possible, and this appears to be offered in the completion of the Columbia and Maryland road. What Will Be Gained. In the latter, under the new order of things, the Garrett estate and Miss Gar- rett would exercise an influencé equal to that they so long possessed in the Balti- more and Ohio, but which they could not hope to have with Morgan & Co. in con- trol, even if they paid the enormous assess- ment required, which is likely more, rather than less, than $6,000,000, The Columbia and Maryland will un- doubtedly be equipped with the latest and best appliances, and it is within the range of probability that its through trains will be run between the two cities in half an hour. Great as this speed would be, it is less than the inventors of electrical pro- pulsive machinery are estimating upon, for, as will be remembered by the readers of The Star, the Baldwin works in Philadel- phia have already produced an electric locomotive which has traveled at the rate of 120 miles an hour, and it is fully ex- pected, as was stated by one of the man- agers of the Philadelphia concern to a Star reporter, that in the course of a very few years there will be an electric air line rail- way between New York and Washington, and that the distance can be covered by express trains in a little more. than two hours, as against five hours, as is now re- quired. Considerable work has been done toward the construction of the Columbia and Maryland railway between Washington and Baltimore. On the Baltimore end the tracks are laid within the city limits to the terminus at the corner of Saraioga and Howard streets. Unlike the tracks of the city rapid-transit lines the tracks of the Boulevard line, as the Columbia and Mary- land is calied, are of the guage used as standard by steam roads. It is estimated that the work already done represents an outlay of about $1,000,000. The price paid by the new owners of the property is said to be considerably less than this amount. Eckington and Belt Lines. capital, and if this be resorted to, it is s18 971 i for Next Pipes Oannot Be Laid in Connection With Compressed Air. Luetgert Cate’May Bo Sat" sont tore ach CHICAGO, UL. October: 22.+Juage “Tut- hill,: State's Attorney: Deneen, “Assistant State's Attorney: McEwen, ex-Jydgé | cent and ‘Attorney Phalén had an informal ebnférence, Jasiing gyer,an hour, timthe Judge's, private clumber today. Luetgert was brqughtuinto court, “antl the’ réport went abroad that a fofmal motiby th ‘admit him tovbaib would immediately follow the conference. When the conference Was over uetgert was taken back to jail. ©}. Geo. Middleton, the manager ‘of ‘&' mu: suem, was in the criminal court building today, and it was said he was feady to schedule $25,000. andto sign Luetgert’s bonds if the noted prisoner” would place himself on exhibition -at a salary of $500 per week. Liuetgert ig, not, favorably im- pressed with the preposition, as he believes it would injure his busmess in the future. No agreement was reached at the ‘con- ference. State's Attorney Deneen vigor- ously oposed the demand that, the prisoner be released on bail, and the upshot of the argument was that no formal demand for the prisoner’s admission to bait was made. Ex-Judge Vincent said,he would. let the mattér rest. for, two og three days, and then make, formal appligation, He added that any reasonable bond could be given. It was intimated that if the formal demand was denied a writ of habeas corpus would be applied for. 4 If this action is taken, State’s Attorney Deneen says he will at once put the Luet- gert case on the call for trial again, and it is among the, possibilities}that the Dig sau- sage maker may again be on trial for his life by the middle of next week. Speaking of the prospects of a new trial, Sidge Tuthill said: “¥faticy Luetgert will never again be: tried ins court in this county. That is a question which must ‘be cecided upon when the state gets ready to make another. move, r “From the wide publicity, however, which the newspapers..have given the evidence in the case, the marked attention which it has attracted in all parts 2 the country, and the frenzied*intérest" Which the people of Chicago have taken in ithe outcome of the trial since the case went to the jury, I hardly think that the prosecution can find twelve men who*have not alfeady tried the accused in thelrown minds, and eéither acaultted or convicted him, That is the problem confronting the. Spade! attorney: now, and unless he solves ft by producing the men, of courte 'Laictgert ‘will go free.” eS According to an opinion received this afternoon by the Commissioners from the attorrey for the District the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company and the Belt, Railway Company have no right under their charters to lay pipe Hnes in connection with the installment of the compressed air system on their respective lines. It will be recalled that Receiver Schoepf of these railroads recently applied to the Commissioners for permission to install a compressed air system and lay pipe lines as adjuncts thereto. The Commissioners being undecided as to the construction of the charter of these railroads and the au- thority for doing this work, submitted the entire question to the attorney for the Dis- trict, with instructions to submit a legal opinion thereon as soon as possible. This was done today, the attorney, as stated above, holding that the company had no right to open the streets and lay pipe lines. Attorney Thomas, in his opinion, quotes the law governing the introduction of any improved motive power and then says: “\Whether this application shall be grant- ed depends upon the question whether the authority of said railroad to make excava- tions and trenches in the streets relates to their equipment with compressed air mo- tors. The word ‘air motor,’ as the name implies, is a motor operated by compressed air, carried in mechanical devices upon the cars. In other words, a compressed air motor is a surface motor which does not depend on underground construction tor re- inforcing or aiding it. The underground electric system pro- vided for in said act by its very name com- prehends underground construction, and the making of needful and convenient trenches and the installation of the neces- sary machinery for operating such system. “In my judgment the provision in section 8 of said act permitting said companies to make trenches and excavations in the streets and to place in such trenches ond excavations all needful and convenient de- vices for machinery for operating said rail- road in the manner and by the means aforeeald, relate exclusively to the instal- lation of the underground electric system and not to the operation of said railrcad by compréssed air motive power. ‘The first section of said act provides for UNLICENSED DAIRY. In Washingtcn the Boulevard line con-| experiments with air motors and the ab- Eaaiitiomace trols the Kekington and Soldiers’ Home| sence of any authority in that section to William N:tHoff Suffers a Penal 3 its road make excavations irenches and to lay PonCuating-Ome. 021 7 27 {hut Belt railways, and has its road tn op- | DOSs ohne Strecte demonstrates that these eration as far as the District line. Grading were not within the intention of Congress, on the Washington division from the Dis- otherwise the experiments could not have been made. My opinion is these applica- tions should be refused.” ——_—_ Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st. members New York For conducting 0 dairy ‘at “122 D street southeast without a license, and theréby violating, thes lawlaremarding'the sale of railk, William: V. Moff was this afternoon fined $20 bygdudgeoKimball in the Police Court. The “prosecution was brought. by the health @epartment. It iwas. testified and. Ellicott City. Between Ellicott City and Baltimore most of the construction has that Hoff wap refused a Hcense' because place of business ail not comple ae ae stock exchange, ndents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. sanitary Tepplationa of the health office, but he continued to conduct a-dairy with, Ht out a licensés;; dd a Raltimore Markets. BALTIMORE,- Ma; the Line Haat at and its future has stirred up ble 13. Wheat strong-—Noof red, spot-and-October, iscussion. This road since its STAT; EAL go _~ ; ‘December, 7%; steamer No. 1, H1%as2; = ern, by sample, 91a98; do. on grade ‘eavrg —receipts, bushels; exports,’ 16,000 bushels; stock, 1,210,036 bushels: Bt 123,046 31%; Sciaber and 3 aber, Siang mes rem] x % or old, Nov or December, FINANCE AND TRADE Weakness and Inactivity Character- ized New York Stock Market. SUGAR ANDCHICAGO GAS EXCEPTIONS Pending Political Campaigns Cause the Unsatisfactory Conditions. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 22.—In mpathy with lower London prices, the lecal stock market opened with concessions ranging from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent. Foreign houses sold moderately, and traders assisted the movement. The ‘deniand for gold in London, princi- pally from Germany and Russia, had a tendency to advance money rates, consols declining 1-4 per cent in consequence. Ind may also make some dema\ on the Brit- ish gold supply, erd the United States surely will. While these transactions in the inoney market had their izfluence on home sec ties, London’s reasons for selling American tesues were multiplied by rumors of further Cuban complications. The approaching session of Congress ts being gen>rally her- alded as one of vital significance in the matter of our foreign re! reasonably safe to presun account will not be ove stocks on the first Monday The local elections, as well as those in the several states, are still to be counted in the percentage of risk involved in stock transactions. Outside of politics, however, routin velopments are, for the most part, encour- aging. But the political atmosphere must clear before the full effect of other forces is recognized. The market was again almost exclusively cne of small operators and professional traders. At the decline of the early mo ing dullness became prominent ar eral tone of heavy un a demand for Chicago Gas caused a sharp advance in the general list. The control of the rival gas companies is said to hav Passed definitely into the hands of the corporation named and without unneces- sary expenditures. The latter statement is received with some skepticism, as the forced buying of an unessential commodity cannot be regarded as wholly inexpensive. American Sugar rallied 1 per cent from the low level of the forenoon, and was mcderately active throughout the day. Tie reasons for this movement are largely besed on pending developments at Wash- ington. The two industrials named were the acs tive features of the day and gave direction to the entire market. The railroad list was strong and weak by turns, but confined its fluctuations withe in narrow fractional mits. A few of the neglected specialties were marked up as opportunity offered, but this buying was either manipulative or in the interest of covering. Sensational newspaper attacks on the Union Pacific purchase had a tendency te reduce the price of those shares, but a sharp recovery in the price indicated the inconsequential character of the selling re- sponsible for the decline. The afternoon was given over to limited trading in the interest of completing the week's contracts. There was no new buying and no pres- sure to sel]. The most conservative inter- ests are convinced that there ts profit in waiting for a more definite basis of opera- tions. During the next fortnight the mar- ket is likely to remain in the hands of @ tew traders. tions, and it is _—— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the cpening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices ot the New York stock market today, as re- rorted by Corson & Macartney, members Correspondents, ‘0. 80 New York stcck exchang Messrs. Moore & Schiey, Ni Broadway Close, American Sprrite....... ny American Spints, pf... ....° American Sugar... 148 1443 1425, 148% American Sugar, pid... .... 11S 11S 115: American Tobacco. SY BRE BI REG American Cotton Oti wy Bg eae gon 1% 15% Bay State Gas... Canada Southern... oaeas Pacific... Lake Shore. Lounville & Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central... Missouri Pacitic.... National Lead Go. Nationai Lena Uo., pid. New Jersey Centrai Pacine Mail. ‘ Phila & keading. Puluman P. C. Co. Suuthern Ry., pfd.. Phila. ‘Traction ..- Texas Pacific. Tenn. Coa & iron. — Paciti 12 o'clock ~m. Metropolitan ,"” $24.44 at 110. Peumatic Gan Carriage, 100 at 51 cents; 100 at 51 cents. M: geuthaler Linotype, 10 at 1245). Lanston Moto- type, 17 at 16%. ‘After cali—Capital Traction, 65 ab Sem, Mergenthaler Linotype, 2 at 125%; $ at 25%: 3 at 128, Disirict of Columbia 20-year fund 101% bid. 30-year fund Gs, , 12 bid. Wate som Te, AOL. camrencs, Uz bid. Water stock iM currency, 2 ee, >, curnene I bid Ts agra. Miscellancous Bonds.—Metropolitan Raflroad 5s, 116 bid, 120 asked. “Metropoi:tan Railroad conv Metropolitan Raliroad Cer A, 122 bid. Metropolitan id, Gs, 118 bid, 125 asked. tedness, B, 111 bid, nit Se, 75 asked. Eckington Rail: Columbia Ratirad €s, 119 bid, 1 sn y Gs," series A, on oe 5 112 bid. U.S. Electric Light Debenture Inp., 303 Hi. Chesapeake ‘and Potomac Tvlepione Ge, 104 tid. American Security and Trust Ss, FP. A.. 100 A Sec zt Trust Ss, A. aud ©., 100 bid. Washington Market Company 1st 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company =, 8,110 Washington Market Company ext. i bid: Masonte Hall Association #5. 10d bid. "Wasi ft Licht Infamtry ist 68, 90 bid. National Bank Steaks. Weak of Washington, 270 Did. | Metropolitan, 258 bid, 300 asked. © Central, a and tes’, 180 Did, 196 Second, c tes. tional Safe ‘Trust, 12) akan Washington Loan Aterican Security and Trust, Safe Deposit, 39 hid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, #0 bid. M, 63 bid. io Pa. 30 bid. Franklin, Corcoran, 36 Wid!