Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1897, Page 2

sre drowned because g them. t while the bank . it was equally possi- all right, they w - cold water era le a driving Tod of the engine had Broker eo i off the track, had “St the in the wreck or int ved to be in the day ¢ jes in water up to its roof. off King’s d The diver who took six ut of car last evening said he could find no more bodies. A good however. that more bodies car when it is raised. om this car and at least twelve e ort s, which been temporarily suspended at this morning. the parlor ear Alpine had been ho'sted, was resumed As the ocx sof the other the riv n ac- the cone rand porter: amed that no Wagner pas- killed. hief Detective with superintendent M Superintendent Weeks and ack, at the wreck rintend!n, the search for on the Glen Alpine, this morning sent the rec yperty to the Grand al sta to be claimed and dd by t Considerable Money Found. There found in this one car, in wal- and pocket books, $0 in money, in ranging from $15 to $300, and eight hes, one of them being a lady's Some of the watch ar y which they can be identi- also found a varie ons, studs 4 Paring app One vest con’ out to F. Parsons of and another card bore the name Bingham. ings were made to locate the loco- r which are sup) Engineer Foyle, Fireman Tomp- ivate secretary is sup- posed t y feet of water, un- er or ear Hermes and of the day coach, n taken, ible that i away bottom of the river. ntral railroad train er thr jles fore daybreak and twenty-eight per- ner resort, north ite West Poin nan plunged to the scomutive, meetin: Behind them came woination car and these piled on top in Put- New i Must Have Been Weakened. that the atmosph was a nd that the track was not ut if t was any break S of steel when the accident o of recent hap- hour before a heavy . laden with human freight. over it. jon of the best on t vy retai to have hap; tracks and th d was that the heavy the las » and the on the torn-up ay sixty lives were sav of Help. » were none except with a tow its lights as it nd then aw the train e flashing around ter gr tug, whi Carr had a boat, rowe: As they turned a came upon the ex- ation car floating om shore, but sinking were taken and efforts » inside. A few , rs left upon a human bridge to the re to carry the wounded men. Fought as Th Died. coach and smoker had gone per water, and rescue for th ts was impossible. In the smok- ar the ¢ 3 must hi: been wful. The tu wssenger € car 1 completely over, 1 of it was in the deep ee end stood up to- men in the lower like fiends for a es when taken out It Was the Stare Express. wrecked tr known as the expre Ir o at 7 pm. a w York at 7 s its last n arrived at in the smoker, in agent, Herman s in his com- , on their way to New York, supposed to be sconsin avenui cept the baggag. eighteen or dor Killed. ch were the fifteen passen; Niobe, about fifteen; the l the Racket Hiver, speed ytown at the s an hour. . those » Whi Smoker in their IXJURED DOING WELL. John E. Ryan's Day LL, N. from Experience in the he Octobe PE ea 25.—All of York Central who were Hand Hospital in th: ty and the phy t the injuries of none of them vow ad Ww echt tot Garrison's -Helpir doing we as if they had Only one of them is Quang Ding. As uxgled into this his lips are s He says that » twelve Chinamen in the party. ement ts correct, all the Chinese accounted for, as eight were combination smoking car ent to New York yesterday and three are in the hospital here. John Ryan's Story. Ryan of Jersey City was feeling Well and to a reporter of the Associated Press said: “I get on the train at Albany and went into the day coach. I am sure there were ten passengers all told in this car, includ- ing two women and a man, with his son, a boy nine or ten years of age. I was doz. ing when the accident occurred, and was awakened by the jerk. The day coach Went inte the river fn an upright position and floated down the river a short distance Just as it stood on the tracks. In a few seconds the car filled with water until it was but six Inches from the top-of the car. The iamps went out and all was dark. I swam to one of the ventilators in the top ef the car and with my right hand began to whether rs they we smashing the glass. In doing so I nearly severed two fingers from the hand. The cries of the other occupants of the car were awful. When I had made a hole I held fast. A’ woman rose above the water in the car, but she soon sank. Presently the man whom I had seen with his son swam over to me and I gave the boy my window and broke another, which his father and I held onto. A man and a friend whom he cally ‘Billy,’ had occupied the seat in front of me, and I could hear the first call out, ‘Hold on, Billy,’ but Billy could not. I heard a gurgle and I knew Billy was drowned. “While we were holding on we could see a tug near by; but although we called as loud as we possibly could, we could not attract any one’s attention. Oh, it was @ horrible experience. Every minute seemed an age, and we thought we could never get out. Cut Out With an Ax. “Soon we saw a man on the bank with an ax in his hand. He appeared to be calling to some one, but was not answered, for he jumped into the river and swam to the top of the car. We could hear him chopping away at the roof. He made slow rogress. PetA ter five minutes’ work he gave this up. I calied to him to chop at the side. The boy was fast losing strength, and the man who called to Billy gave up and sank. In ten minutes the man with the ax had chopped a hole in the side of the car. I shoved the boy out first and the rescuer caught him. The boy’s father tried to get out after him, but the hole was not large enough. The man with the ax made it larger. The father went out and I fol- lowed him. I was the last person out of the car, and we three were the only ones that escaped alive. “No one escaped by breaking windows, for it was impossible to do so. The car was full of water, and it came in before any one knew where we were or had a chance to help himself.” —— PLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK. Senator Hanna Confident of Victory im Ohio Election. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 25.—Senator Hanna expressed himself as satisfied with the Ohio outlook this morning. He held a long conference today with the county ecmmittee, reviewing the work of the cam- paign and laying plans for the last week. The sonator speaks here tonight, and to- morrow starts out on the last week of the Ohio campaign. He will make two or three speeches each day, beginning tomor- row. Friday, Saturday and Sunday ke will ad at home Monday he will go to k county, winding up the campaign at the home of President afcKinley. nna has not the slightest fear yahoga county will go republi- ean by a safe plurality. MORGUE RONBED. DUNNING Five Bodies Stolen From Cook County, Asylum. CHICAGO, October 25.—Five dead bodies —four men and one woman—were stolen 1 night frora the morgue at Dunning. The corpses were removed by men who forced Gpen the doors of the morgue. The S were those of paupers at the The rebbery, from all indi- had been carefully planned and berate way. The Yale ‘ken and the rd to con- ug inside. confident county asylum. cations, ntendent Lang is that seme or all of those concerned in the affair were familiar with their surroundings. The 'S were undoubtedly wanted for medi- as bf the twelve corps e cal purpose the morgue sin were only the Francisco Girl. SAN FRANCISCO, October ce Elliott, nee Clarke, he the daughter of the late Imb alleged to have left a fortune of $25,000,600, is confident that she will have no trouble in proving her right to inherit this vast ‘[estate. When asked if she would fight the case to the end she said: Ww the: nothing to fight. The preperty is mine, and [ll go to England and get the papers. That's all. I'll give something to those eastern girls, who will have to pay their lawyers, Vice dent Hobart and Governor Griggs lib- . becuse they I'll come back, idence and make m: Vi marry an American. No foreign utle for me. I'm going to found a splendid home for friendless children and dedicate it to my father's memory. It’s hard fo realize I'm so ri And in this strain she continued to talk as though the somewhat visionary fortune was already in her hands. Tl be e home here, and h. After a search for heirs extending over a seere, Of Ye the estate of Inblay Clarke, now appraised at $25,000,000, secms about ‘te come t its rightful p or, A mine owner who la over twenty years ago. r M. Elliott, adopted daugh- illam H. Elliott, a saloon keeper, who took her from the Home for thé Friendless in 1878, when the matron as- him her parents were dead, her Imblay Clarke, leaving her in the home, and that he afterward died ia Aus- tralla. A few days ago the Elliotts read a dis- Patch to the papers to the effect that Vice President Hobart and Gov. Griggs of New Jersey would make application for a $25,- woo,udy estate in behalf of Nan Clarke Sauire of Jersey City and Grace Clarke of “w Brunswick, grandchildren of Imblay Clarke's brother, and they thus received first intimation that the father of their -d daughter had possessed any prop- at once communicated with Vice lent Hobart, and intend to push the claim in the courts. Miss Elliott, or s an elocutionist, and has fre- ken part in public entertainments for charitable purposes here and in Chi- cago. the ——~ WIFE ACCUSED OF JEALOUSY. Petition of Clement H. Davison for Divorce Filed Today. In petitioning today for divorce from Mary O. Davison, Clement H. Davison charges that ne was compelled to leave his home for his own peace of mind and safety about three weeks ago. He states, through Attorneys Birney and Woodard, that his wife Is insanely jealous, possesses an un- gevernable temper, subjecting him to the most painful cruelty, encangering his life and health and ulting him more than ence. He is willing to give three-fifths of his weekly salary of $25 for the support of his wife and children, and asks for a lim- ited if not absolute divorce. ——— RUSH OF HOMESEEKERS. Old Fort Randall Reservation Openca ; for Settlement. CHAMBERLAIN, S.D., October 25.—Long before daylight this morning scores of sol- diers gathered outside the United States land office and remained there constantly until the office opened for business at 9 o'clock. The occasion was the opening of the military reservation. or the past two days intending home- steaders have been arriving by train and team. In the line this morning was a woman who had come over a hundred miles to se- = a quarter section of South Dakota land. Many of those here to make entry today have been squatters on the land they dé- sire for several years, and have extensive improvements. The claims of many of the squatters conflict; some tracts have two or three claimants, and contests will be neces- sary to determine who has the most right to such tracts. The Fort Randall reserva- tion was established by executive order June 16, 1860. A military post was estab- lished there in 1854. The post was aban- doned and an executive order of October 20, 1893, placed the reservation under the control of the Interior Department for dis- posal under the homestead law. The res- ervation contains a total of more than a hundred thousand acres, a portion of which lies in South Dakota, the remainder in Ne- braska. That portion lying in this state was opened to settlement today. In the early days Fort Randall was the handsom- est and gayest of frontier military posts and played an important figure in the his- tory of Dakota. + >. ae Ee pe taieet es Se ag So te Y, OCTOBER 25, ae Se ae en Seley oe ee 1897-14 PAGES. LATE NEWS. BY WIRE Column of British Troops Starts After Osman Digna. WILL DRIVE DERVISH CHIEF OU? He Has Punished the. Jaalin Tribes- men Severely. BRITISH ADVANCE IN INDIA —_>+—___ CATRO, October 25.—A column of troops commanded by Gen. Hunter, it is. an- nounced in a dispatch from Berber, on the Nile, has started to drive Osman Digna, the great Dervish general, from the Atbara river. But, the dispatch adds, it is feared Osman Digna will not wait for the Anglo- Egyptian treops to attack him. Details just obtained of the revenge of the Dervishes upon the Jaalin tribe, caused by the refusal of the latter to join the forces of the khalifa against the British, show it. to have been terrible in the ex- treme. The left bank of the river between Berber and Metmmeh was practically de- pepulated. The Dervishes butchered every male member of the offending tribe, and took the pretty women to their harems, after seliing 150 selected virgins to the Khalifa. The Dervishes, in addition, threw many women and children into the river. Advanée on Sempnagha Pass. SIMLA, October 25.—Official dispatches from Khangarbur, received today, say that the advanc> upon the Sempagha pass, on both sides of which the insurgent tribes- men are collecting in great force, and where the next serious fighting is expected to oc- cur, will be resumed iomorrow. The position taken up by the enemy fs of the strongest description and can only be assail@d in front and over broken ground. The tribesmen are expected to make a most determined resistance to the advance of the British troops. It is also expected that the Peshawur column will have warm work to do, as 4,000 -\fridis have collected at Barkai and Mai- Mai, near Bara. ——___ LUETGERT’S SECOND TRIAL. Alleged Wife Murderer May Be Ar- raigned Wednesday. CHICAGO, October There is a possi bility that the second trial of Adolph L. Luetgert, the alleged wife murderer, will begin this week. State’s Attorney Dencen said today that unless the defense asked for a continuance and still persisted in their demand for the release of the pris- oner on bail he would put the case on t trial calendar for Wednesday. ‘The state's attorney does not know what judge will be selected to hear the second trial. Judge Horton has been suggested, and the case may come up before him. ‘The second trial will not be as long as the recent trial was,” said State's Attorney n. “We know the defense now. We are also better prepared with our own evi- dence, and there is much of it that was submitted during the trial just ended t will be omitted on the new trial. We hav iderable important new evidence which will introduce. But now that we know situation thoroughly, the progress of new trial will be more rapid, but none less interesting, than the first trial. - shall not consent to bail, and if the defense will not ask for a continuance the trial will proceed as indicated.” ee ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVIS. His Campaign in Ohio Creating Great Enthusiasm. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 25.—Assistant Se Webster Davis of the Depart- ment of the Interior has been in Ohio dur- ing the past week doing heroic work in the interest of the republican ticket. He ha had largely attended meetings, and such a favorable impression has been made by him that a report is in circulation that he is to be followed by Wm. J. Bryan in an effort to offset the effect of his speeches. Great enthusiasm was shown by Mr. Davis’ au- dience at Bellefontaine, where he was given a@ great ovation. The same reports of en- thusiasm have been given of his speeche at Lima and Fredericktown. He has spoken heartily in the interest of Senator Hanna and Gov. Bushnell, his tributes to President McKinley being especially forci- ble. polis; Ironton, and it is ¢ that he will speak at the big rall, cinnati Saturday night. Sa DROWNED IN SUMMIT LAKE, Fate of a Seattle Man on the Skaguay Trail. SKAGUAY, Alaska, October 12, via Steamer Farrellon, to Seattle, Wash., Oc- tober 25.—Silas H. Hamilton of Seattle was drowned Friday morning in Fort Summit lake, sixteen miles from Lake Bennett, on the Skaguay trail. Hamilton, Wesley Young and R. N. Redfield, also of Seattle, were going down the lake in a smali boat heavily laden. The morning was very foggy, making navigation difficult and dangerous. A heavy squall sprung up, driving the boat into the breakers along the edge of a small island in the lake where {t was capsized. Its occupants were thrown into the water, and Hamilton sunk. Young and Redfield were rescued by a passing boat. Three alleged thieves were captured Thursday on the Skaguay trail. Their names are Charles O’Brien, John S. Day and Wm. Davidson. They ‘were formerly residents of Seattle. Fred. Bernard had found that a cache on the trail had been robbed, and he tracked the thieves, found where they had hidden their plunder and set a watch upon it. A few days later O’Brien, Day and Da- vidson appeared, opened the cache and loaded the provisions on their horses. Then Bernard and his companions seized the men and took them down the trail a few miles, where twenty-five or thirty angry men debated the fate of their prisoners. Lynching was urged by some, but ulti- mately the men were brought down to town and turned over to the deputy United States marshal. They are now in jail awaiting trial. The prisoner’s assert their innocence and say that Bernard's cache was opened by mistake. SS SEVERE STORMS IN CALIFORMIA. pected at Cin- Loss to the Vineyard Interest Esti- mated at $1,000,000. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October Reports from the interior show that the heavy rains which fell this week all over the northern part of the state have caused immense loss to farmers and vineyards, and will in all probability put an end to the shipment of grapes to the east. The total loss exceeds $1,000,000. In Fresno county. alone it is estimated that the storms caused a loss of at least 360,000 to raisin men. At least one-quar- ter of the entire crop is lost. ————— FALL OFF IN REGISTRATION. os Vote in Ohio Will Be Considerably Below Last Year's. Syecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 25.—The reg- istration in Ohio, which is now closed, in- dicates a shorter total vote at the state election than was anticipated. Compared with the registration of last year, Cincin- nati is 11,000 short; Cleveland, 10,000 short; Toledo, 3,000 short, and Dayton, 1,500 short. Columbus has the most complete registra- tion, 20,000 votes in all, but that is 1,000 less than was registered last fall. Re- publicans claim that the loss will affect the democrats more than them, and the democrats claim just the reverse of that. The probability is that the failure to reg- ister is due to dissatisfaction in both par- ties with the party management. AFFAIRS ALONG THE YUKON Captain Ray’s Report to the War Depart- ment. Cond{tion of Things 4n the Territory o£ Snow an Iec—Low River Koper resres ° The War Hepar@hent has just received a most intergting@renort from Capt. Ray of the army $f condition of affairs in the gold regign age has found them from St. Michael jo Yukon, supplemented by the accounts~of the most reHable>per- sons he. could com#fiunicate with as to the state of affairs in the Klondike and neigh- borhood.** The officer, who was Sent espe- cially for the purpose“ of making recom- mendations for the betterment of affairs there, has some radical suggestions to make. Among them he urges the division of Alaska into districts, the southern dis- trict to remain under the present jurisdic- tion, while the northerii district, including the gold region, is to be placed under a form of military government until Congress ‘am make other provision. The place se- lected by the captain for a military post is near Rapid City, about 250 miles below Dawson. Capt. Ray’s ‘report. is dated Fort Yukon, September 15, where his boat failed 10 cross the kar. Hé’says: “Having failed in every attempt, her cargo has been dis- charged here, “and she leaves for St. Michael's in a@ few hours. It has been snowing steadily’ fur the past four days, and if cold weather continues the river wili_soon close. ‘This leaves the situation at Dawson City and above unchanged, and there exists no possible hope of getting sup- plies into the Klondike country by the river route this fall. “I find Mr. Eli Gage here, he having just come down from Dawson by small boat. He reports that the people at Dawson had not been advised of the condition of af- fairs kere when he left, August 18. Word had been sent from here by Indians four days before my arrival, which renders it unnecessary for me to go forward at once, as I intended. Mr. Gage also reports that the supplies in the stores at Dawson when he left were very low, and nothing: had been delivered there: by either company since that date except one barge load of liquor and boots. “The Alaska Commerc! t Andreasfky, Nulato, Nukeukayet anak), Rampart City (Manook) and Circle City. The white settlements ar Cirele City and Rampart City, 3) 1.200 and the second 1 St Mic Circle City is practically aban- doned. Miners arriving here since T I report only thirty people there were waiting for a boat to get aw! “The principal mining camps are Forty Mile, Birch Creek and Manock Creek. Ram- part City had a population of about on the 7th Instant, which includes thos the mining camp twelve miles away. I counted seventy tents, one store and ten huts. The people were getting out logs, whipsawing timber and new cabins were going up rapidly. ‘The city (2) of Weare T found represented by four spruce logs crossed as a foundation for a cabin; pop- 1 Company has ulation, 0. It is located three-quarters of a mile below the A. C. Company’s store at Nukeukayet. find but three mining camps within our territory, already mentioned. The firts two, Ferty Mile and Birch creek, were abandoned when the discovery was made in the Klondike. Since then miners have been slowly drifting back. I have reliable ation that unless people from the Klondike comé in~they will soon be de- serted. ts “The great lack of sufficie! checked nearlyell development for this winter. I did not have time to visit the mines at Mayock,sand cannot speak as co their value. I saw over three hundred dol- ars in nuggets and dust alleged to have been taken out of a ten-foot hole on one claim, which:claim; was sold for $5,000 to some partieson this poat. Many miners coming down from the Klondike are stop- ping there, and many coming into the ter- ritory by this: route will stop rather than winter here, where there is no chance to work. “Owing to the dense growth of forest and moss, the country Is one of the most diffi- cult in the world to prospect, and the work of development will be slow.’ I have tal t food supply with many experienced miners, who all agree in having discovered many valuable lodes of low grade ore, bnt the present high price of provisions bars the working of any placers or ledges that do no} than an ounce per man per da “Up to the time the boats failed to pass the bar at this point I estimate that from the boundary to the sea there were about 1,200 people, not including those stranded ai St. Michael’s. The oniy lines of com- munication are by the waters of the Yu- kon and its tributaries, which are open pay more from the last days of May until from the Ist to the 15th of October. “There is no regular communication be- tween the mining camps during the winter, and no mail facilities between Circle City and St. Michael's during the same period. In my previous report I haye noted the transportation facilitles now in exis on the Yukon, and what preparations are being made to meet next year's business. The steamers on the river seem ill-suited for the up-river work, “I am reliably informed by Mr. Prevost. the Episcopal minister at the mouth of the Tananah, and others, that there is a prac- ticable route from the Tananah across the divide to the head of Coox’s Inlet via the head of Copper river; that Indians pass to and fro trading during the winter. If this information proves correct, I believe pack animals or wheeled transportation could be placed on this route in the summer and a better and a shorter route opened to the mines, in our own territory. “From all I can’ ascertain, I am now of the opinion that, as soon as the develop- ment of the territory will justify, this will be the shortest and most practicable route for railroad communication with the open sea. With rail communication from the head of Cook’s Intet to the Tananah, the commerce ef the whole Yukon valley could be controlled by routes lying wholly in our own territory. “Should I be able to obtain a sufficient number of serviceable dogs I will attempt the exploration of this country during the coming winter, or make {t my first work should I remain in the territory. “I shall go to on to Circle City as soon as I can obtain svffictent transportation for my supplies, us there 1s practically nothing there, and shall communicate at once by mail. “Should I not receive any order to the contrary, I will proceed to St. Michael’s by whaleboat as soon as the ice breaks up in the spring and await further orders there. We have ample supplies, are both in good health and condition, and will devote the winter to the work of exploration.” SSS oe INTERNATIONAL SEAL CONFEREES. All Members Met in Executive Ses- ston, The international seal conference met again at the State Department today with all of the members present. The proceed- ings are secrgt in $fe sense that no one but the delegates are!allowed in the meeting room, save dértain’ persons who are called upon to givé’ expert testimony as to the conditions ofseal jife, and the state of the market for skins. It is expected that the conference will be-in session some time. Meantime Professor D'Arcy ‘Thompson, the chief Bfitish” expert and one of the delegates selécted by Great Britain to rep- resent it at the special conference between representatives ofithe United States, Cana- da and Great:Britain, has arrived in’ Wash- ington. He called upon ex-Secretary Foster yesterday inscompany with Mr. Adams, the charge of tke British embassy, and later on he had tin informal conference with President Jordamy one of the American member§ of the present conference. Mr. Macoun, the Canadian minister of marine, who is to be Professor Thompson’s colleague on the conference, has not yet reached Washington, and. until he comes it will not be possible to make any arrange- ments for this special conference. SS ee New Jury of Appraisers, Marshal Wilson this afternoon summoned the jury of seven appraisers in cases 420, How's; 436, Prather's, and 473, Wright & Cox’s subdivision’ of Mt. Pleasant, the street-extension caSes which have been set down for trial Thursday next before Judge Cox in the District Court. ‘They are as follows: Charles B. Bailey, James B- Lambie, Edward Graves, George W. Moss, William H. Hoeke, Frederick L. Moore and S. W. Woodward. ISOURCE. OF DANGER Report of Inspector Allen of Damage * From Electrolysis. SUGGESTS A REMEDY FOR THE EVIL Commissioners Possess Authority to Order the Changes. RETURN CIRCUITS FaULTY Inspector Allen ef the street lighting de- partment today submitted to the Commis- sioners an important. report concerning electrolysis. For several months he has been engaged upon a series of experiments and investigations, with a view of laying this matter before the Commissioners, and to- day completed his labors. His report is ex- haustive, covering the subject in upwards of fifty pages of typewriting. After point- ing out the great damage done by electric- ity, he says the Commissioners have the power to remedy the evil, and recommends ceriain changes which will bring about the desired end. The report gives in detail the electrical construction of the several railroads using electricity as a motive power, and discuss- es at length the damages which have re- sulted to the water and gas pipes there- from. He says immediately upon the in- stallation of the Potomac lighting system from_a grounded circuit, the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company com- menced to have trouble with its cables, the resulting damage being so great that the telephone company was compelled to draw into its circuit a bare copper wire, to which is bonded all its cables. Inspector Allen gives the tests which have been made, and then points out how woefully inadequate is the return circuit of the company. Continuing, he says: . Solution Suggested. “The solution of this whole problem is The extension of the under- is em- quite simpie. ground electric system, such as ployed on the Metropolitan railroad lines, to the suburban trolley roads is too ex- But its sub- easily The pensive to put in operation. stitute, the double trolley, can be installed and successfully operated. complications of intersecting lines, such as are found inside ctor in the Di practically a large. cities, are not a ict. Each trolley road is sparate and distinct line, which greatly simplifies the matter and renders the introduction of the double trolley system easy. Legislation by Con- gress, however, is necessary before the roads can be compelled to adopt this sy tem. “That Congress has fores extent the ne subject is se in the recs arters for street rail in the District, which, besides providing that roads shall be liable for damage sed by electrolysis, require the di: the single ‘overhead trolley sys a certain period, unless continuous track rails are used. As stated in the report of Saptain Fiebeger, the charters of some of the railway companies now operating by overhead trolley do not give sufficient au- thority to the Commissioners to enable them to control the electrical construction. Rails for Return Circuit. “As long as the rails are used for a por- | tion of the return cireult, the system will be grounded and the current, to a greater or less extent, will seek other paths than those provided for it. The Brown underground system, as in- stalled on M street and on 11th street south- east, is a grounded system. The electro- magnetic system, as operated on the North pitol street branch of the Eckington and oldicrs’ Home railway, was not a succ The third rail system is also a grounded one, in which the trolley conductor, usu- ally placed overhead, is supported oa an insulating strip of wood as a third rail and set between the running rails. are, of course, bended and return the cur- rent as in an ordinary trolley road. “If the double troliey or other equally good metaic-circuit system is not required and such amendment to the charters of the railroads as outlined by Capt. Fiebeger shall be adopted, I wouid suggest that the following be inserted: i ‘Second line after ‘service connections,’ ert ‘electric light, power, telephone and telegraph cables and other subsurface me- tallie constructions.’ This whole should be inserted in each street r. charter as religiously as that rega protection of the works of the Wa: aqueduct. Commissioners Have Power. “The Commissioners have the power to remedy a great portion of this troubie, particularly within the city limits, and by so doing protect not only the water pipes, but the gas pipes and the telephone and electric light cables from destruction. The Potomac Electric Power Company sup- ply current to all the public are lamps w: der their contract with the District and with the United States government from their grounded railway. generators, thus sending that current st to Lincoln Park, south to the arsenal and north to the G: field Hospital. “The contract particularly provides that ‘all portions of ail lines and circuits used to operate are lamps shall be thoroughly insulated from the earth.’ (Contract No. 240, section 7, Electrical Conditions.) As mentioned above, the return used by this pany is only partially insulated, t carrying the most current being bare copper. It is not alone essential that the cables—both feeding and return—sup- plying current to the lamps should be in- sutated; they should also not be connected with a generator, either pole of which is grounded or connected to any grounded construction, Potomac Electric Company. “I would, therefore, recommend that the Potomac Electric Power Company be re- quired, under their contract with ‘the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, to operate the public are lamps from a gen- erator or generators, neither pole nor term- inal of which is grounded or connected electrically to the ground, and to thoi oughly insulate all portions of all lines and circuits so that when any point on such lines or circuits is grounded or <on- nected to earth for test, no leakage nor escape of current shall be perceptible. “The District is responsible to a certain extent for the damage done to the tele- phone cables, which ure the only under- ground construction so far badly dam- aged, by allowing such a system to be used for public lighting, and I certainly think the means at their disposal should be applied to remedy it. ——— CONFESSED HIS GUILT. James B, Locke Admits to Bigamy and Receives Sentence. James B., 2las Jamie B., Locke, who was recently indicted for bigamy, today with- drew his plea of not guilty and entered one of guilty. Chief Justice Bingham there- upon sentenced him to five years’ imprison- ment in the New Jersey state prison at hard labor, the maximum penalty. Locke, a white man of thirty or thirty- five years of age, married Ida V. Jett, Jan- uary 25, 1804, and the 25th of last July married Eva Pearl Graves. The first wife wrote to the district attorney, asking for leniency for her faithless husband, while wife No. 2 remarked that he ought to get all the law allowed. Chief Justice Bingham remarked that Locke deserved no mercy, for his offense was one not only against a deceived woman, but also against society it- self. —__—__— Contract Awarded. ‘The building committee in charge of in- stalling the underground electric system en the Capitol Traction Company has awarded to the Edward P. Allas Company of Milwaukee the contract far furnishing the engines. This is the company that supplied the engines used when the road was equipped with the cable system. ——__o—__ His Golden Anniversary. - Judge Walter S. Cox of the District Su- preme Court was made the recipient of many congratulations today, the fiftieth anniversary of his admission to the-bar, The latter 6 1 c x38 THE AIR MOTOR PROBLEM Commissioners Decide Today to Deny Per- Order Adopted on Recommendation of Commissioner Black and Eckin: tom Road Receiver Notiticd. There will be no permit granted the Eck- ington and Belt Railway Companies to open the streets along their respective routes for the purpose of laying pipe lines in connection with the air motor system of rapid transit, with which they propose to equip their respective lines. It will be recalled that this question was raised some time ago by Captain Black, who notified Receiver Schoepf of his posi- tion in the matter. This was followed hy a long argument from the receiver, in which he endeavored to point out the authority vested in the Commissioners for permitting this construction under the terms of the railroad’s charter. There being some doubt in the minds cf the Commissioners as to their jurisdiction in the matter, the papers were referred to the attorney for the District, who reported, as exclusively stated in The Star at the time, that there was no warrant of law whereby the Commissioners could grant the Eckirgton railroad a permit to tear up the streets of the city for the purpose of iay- ing a pipe line. This opinion was the subject of an im- portant conference today by the Commis- sioners, and the whole matter was finally referred to Engineer Commissioner Black for final recommendation. This afternoon Capt. Black made the fellowing report, which was approved by the Commissioners: “Respectfully forwarded to the Commts- sioners of the District of Columbia, recom- mending that the opinion of the attorney be approved and let the receiver of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and Belt Railroad companies be notified that the Commissioners cannot grant him permis- sion to lay pipe lines and make excava- tions in connection with the installation of compressed air system on said railwa as requested by him on the 13th instan since they are advised by their attorney that they have no authority to grant such @ permit under the act of June 10, 18% —— BUSINESS WITHOUT LICENSE. Proprietor of Employment Bureau Placed Under Arrest. Sergeant Jordan of the second precinct arrested a well-dressed young colored man named Joel L. Height this afternoon on a charge of conducting an unlicensed em- ployment agence: He is one of the propri- etors of the Royal Employment Bureau on ith street northwest, and the oificer who made the arrest went to the headguarters of the bureau because of complaint made to him. There he was told that the bureau was regularly licensed, but as the authority was not produced the sergeant called at the license office to have the books exam- ined.. He found Height in the office mak- ing application for a license, and insiead of allowing him to complete the transaction he arrested him. Tomorrow the case may be heard in the Police Court. —— PLEADS FOR DIVORCE. Rill Filed Today by Mrs. Zilphia E. Norton. Iphia E. Norton today petitioned for divorce from James F. Norton. The par- ties were married here October 30, 1895, the wife’s maiden name being Lord, she charg- ing her husband with deserting and aban- doning her and her child the 1th of last February, with cruelty, and with adultery with Julie Barnes and other women. Mrs. Norton, who is represented hy At- torneys W. Preston Williamson and muel Fugitt, asks for alimony and counsel fees, for the continued custody of the child, and for permiss ume her maiden name. ——— CORRECTION OF ERRORS. Order by Justice Cox to Jury of Ap- praisers. Judge Cox today directed the jury seven appraiser: Leighton’s subdiv ant Plains of in case 419, Denison and sion of Mt. Pleasant and of the street extension » to correct such clerical errors as be pointed out in the verdict they rendered last week, and to then file the corrected verdict in court tomorrow morn- ing. When that fs done, counsel for the Dis- trict will, it is understood, move that the verdict be vacated, on the ground that, as they contend, the jury failed to carry ont a provision of the highway act of March On behalf of John B. Sleman, one of the land owners, Mr. Chas. H. Armes asked the court to recommit the verdict to the jur. with instruction to return a verdict fix! the entire area of the District of Colu bia_as benefited by said proposed impro’ ments, and postponing the work of appor- tioning the 50 per cent of the aggregate amount of awards until all proceedings in section 1 shall have been completed, or un- til the further order of the court. Judge Cox, however, overruled the motion. ———— Marriage Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Edward S. Staleup and Mirta V Johnson, both of Fairfax county, Va.; D vid H. Mallery and Mary E. Trotter; Thos. A. Carroll and Mary C. Proctor; William Ejliott and Ada Lillard, both of Rappahan- nock county, Va.; Wm. J. O’Brien, jr., of Baltimore, Md., and Bessie V. R. Kern of this city; Wm. E. Colburn and Frances Avgusterfer; Wm. R. Nagle and Ada Phil- lips; Geo. W. Anderson and Cora A. Bote- ler; Thos. E. Hoffman and Annie A. Ketiey; Thos. L. McDonald and Adelaide V. Car- son; Edwin B. Homer, jr., of this city and Eva A. Kemp of Bolivar, W. Va. Colored—William Robinson and Louisa Felton, Enoch Smith and Emma Jackson; Dennis T. Bland and Margaret Hawkins. a= eee Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12_ o'clock m. Lon and Trust, 10 at 114 Gun Ca cents; 100 at 53 3100 at 53 « ts; 100 at 53 cents cents; 100 at 5 2cents; 70 at 52 cents ts’ Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at ston Mouotype, 50 at 17. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund loli bid. | So-year fond Me. gold, 112 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currrency, 112 bid.’ Water stock 7s, 1903, currrency, 112 bid! 3.65s, fanding, currency, 1 bid, 115 asked. Miscellaneous ouds.—Me:ropolitan Ratlroad 5s, bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 119 bid) asked. Metropolitan Railroad Certificates of Indebtedness, A, 122 bid. “Metropolitan Iallroad Certificates of Indebtedness, B, 111 bid, 111% asked. Belt Rallroad ds. 50 bid, asked. Eckinzton Railroad Os, SO 100 asked. Columbia Rallroad 1; 6s, 119 bid. Washington Gas A, 111 bid, 115 asked. Washi 6s, series ‘B, 112 bid. U.S. benture Imp’, 105 bid. Chesapeake and ‘[ Telephone 104 bid. American Securit; PF. ‘and 100 Did. American Security t 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s," 110. & Washington Market Company imp. 68, 110 bid. — Washington Market Company ext. 6s, "110 bid. Masonic Hat Association 9s, 104 bid. Washington Light Infantry st 63, 90 bid National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 270 bid. Metropolitan, 284 bid, 300 asked. . 250 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid, 100 asked. Second, 138 bid. Citizens’, 135 bid.” Co- lumbia, 130 vid. Capital, 120 bid. "West End, 103 bid, 108 asked.” Lincoln, "104 bid, 108 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. —National Safe Depesit and Trust, asked. Washington Loan and Trust, xl19%' bid, 123 asked. American Se- curity and’ Trust, 145 hid. Rallroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 524% bid, 53 asked. Metropolitan, 119 bid. Columbia, 60 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, XAG Yh Md, ATH asked. | Georgetown Gas, 414 asked, 8. Blectrle Light, 111% bid, 113 asked. Insurance Stocks.Firemen's, 30. bid. Franklin, bid. Metropolitan, 65 bid.“ Corcoran, 56. bid. Potomac, 65 bid. Arlington, 159 bid. "German: eked. Columbia 10 bide dd asked ‘Rise, 7 a umbia., 14 asked. % bid. People's, Oi, bia. Lincoln, “8% bid.” Com mercial, 4% bid, 5 asked. ‘Title "Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 93 bid, 103 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, 5% asked. Washington Title, 2% bid. ‘Telephone Stocks.. wanta, 88 bid, 50 asked. ‘Chesay ce and Potomac, x64 bid, 66% asked. Smerkean Graphophone, Si bids OM asked? Aust can ye ferred, 10 bid, 11 asked. Pneumatic Gun 58 bid, .54 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks. —! bid, tasked. Lanston Monotiper te oh i 4, Eis See ee oe as on Hicamboat 100% aaa’ panel ‘Hail, 90 naked FINANCE AND TRADE Chicago Gas Alone Advanced on Today’s Market. UNION PACIFIC LED THE DECLINE Which Was General Throughout the Entire List. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ee OE Ae Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 25.—-Cuban dii- culties, extensively enlarged, and Union Pacific complications combined im produc- ing an extremely feverish stock market this nrorning. In addition to local factors of this character, all London securities were weak in sympathy with the stiffening money rates at that center. The Bank of E nd was a borrower of money in the open market, thereby empha- sizing the hardening tendency in interest rates. Early cables reflected concessions. extending to a full point in the American department, and brought some selling or- ders to this side. Opening prices here were substantially lower and attracted a considerable volume of liquidating orders. Declines varying from 1 to 3 per cent prevailed in all de- partments at the close of the noon hour. Heavy sales of Union Pacific were a fea- ture of the trading, rumors of a postpone- ment of the sale and the dissolution of the reorganization syndicate adding impetus to the decline. Later in the day the syndicate was ported to have agreed upon a comple granting of the government's claim in order to insure the sale at the original date. This announcement, however, was followed by continued selling, and the subseque establishment of the day’s lowest prices When it is conside’ that many of th most conservative interests in the street have all along regarded the common stocx com- the fac should finally prev announe- ort interest created tuday would btedly furnish the background for a@ arp rise. American sugar wats liberal saies, but at the s noticeably better than in the the » at other industrial list with the ex- ception of Chicago gas. The buying of the latter was superior to the selling throughout the day, a gain of 144 per cent being recorded in the face of a weak mar- ket. ‘The consolidation of the various rival e295 companies is said to be in the same un tain condition as at the close of the wee There is evidently something an understanding on this the buying today would have less consequential interests. The granger shares were sold in the gen- eral movement, but the decline in this group was deliberate and without any in- dication of a general lack of contide! situation is not, how iraging ‘9 higher prices in the ate Tuture, Earngngs could y ter, but with so much doubtful election material at hand the full force of these arguments must be postpored. 3 ngress otherwi n left to is already having its work y the guessing clement, a conclusicns m very hour, but i mediately yielded to new selling, in Union Pacific was particularly conspicuons, cinaear lanes FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the hich- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. Bligh. Low. Close. 1 8610 oy 28K 141g American Spirits. American Spirits, pf American Sugar American Suga American Tobacco. American Cotton OU, Atchison .......... Baltimore & Vaio... Bay State Gas Canada thern c |. & St. Paul, pf i R.1. & Pacific. it. Paul, M. Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack. & W Delaware & linc General Fectri Dlinois Central. Lake Shore. Louisville & Nashvilie. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacitic Dat onal Lead Co. tional Lea Co.. pd. New Jersey Centrai...2 New York Centrat.. Northern Paciti Northern Pacifte, pf Ont. & Western Pacitic Mail Phila. & keai Puliman P. Southern Ry., pfd Phila. Traction Texas Paciti Tenn. Coa & iron. Cnion Pacige C.S. Leatner, pid. bash, pf Western Union Tel silver. Capital Traction. wo ses SE Baltimore Markets, Fiour firm—westera 0. 2 red spot, Qetuber and Noves %; December, YS%ay; steamer No. 34; Southern toy 9; do. on ge Feceipis, exports, bushels; stock, sales, S100 bushels) Corn ‘w a Xo: vember, BUGK30%: Dee Wy camer mixed, do, ‘stock, Oats firm 1WwalVy small, ‘I1at S her, gallon for fiulsted, goods ‘$1.28a81.29 per gallon for Jobbing lots, —— pons Government Bon Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. per cents. registered. or cents, coupon of 1907, or cents, registered of 1007. 4 per centa, coupon of 1925. 4 ber cents, registered of 1925. 3 per cents, coupon of 1904. 5 per cents, registered of 1804. Currency @' per cents of 159: Currency G per cents of 1899. ———__—_ Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st.. members New York Stock exchange, correspondents Messrs Ladenburg, ees = & ©o., New York. “Opes High, Low. Close. 9 85 | BB4-% BIG 92% 92% MH” vE 26% 25% 2 BO, 20K 29K mop BB 7. Te 7, is is im ie $52 452 452 “High. - Close. Be bar S 598 B.S BMS 600 595 6.00 GOS 602, 6.07 a It matters little what it is that you want—whether a situation or a servant--a “want” ad in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need.