Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1897, Page 3

2 THE, EVENING STAR, for not less than one nor more than five Considering a Substitute. While the flags of the city, including that Dn the mayor's office, were flying at ‘half- mast, Tom L. Johnson was calling a meet- Ing to discuss what they would do under this law. Many prominent men did not reach the headquarters on account of the early hour, so it was decided to postpone definite actio1 until 3 o'clock this afternoon, to which time this morning’s meeting was adjourned. Mr. Johnson this morning ielt {mclined to advise that the strength of ‘he ticket should be thrown to Low, because he said that in many of Mr. George's speeches he had said that if he himself were not a candidate he would vote for Low. Other members of the committee said that they thought it would be a good idea to put up some one else to be voted for, so that the will of the independent democracy could be expressed against Tammany. The names suggested were those of Justice Gaynor, Richard George and Col. E. N. Knox. The name of Bolton Hall was also suggested, but it was understood that Mr. Hall would not permit his name to be used. ‘The name of Charles W. Dayton would un- doubtedly have been the first one suggested to replace that of Mr. George, but the law forbids that his name should be withdrawn as candidate for the office of controller. Declined by the Son. It was at first suggested that now that Henry George is dead, Henry George, jr.. become Henry George, and that that would be one way out of the difficulty, but young Henry George immediately said that even if the law would regard nim as the candi- €ate elected, he would not run under such circumstances. It would be a species of deception, he said. Willis J. Abbott, the chairman of the ex- ecutive committee, intimated in a personal way that his committee would indorse Low. The consensus of opinion at this writing is that the committee will indorse Seth Low or, rather, instruct the Thomas Jefferson democrats to use the Low paster at the head of their ballots. It is believed that the George meetings will go on and that the audiences will be asked to vote for Seth Low, in obedience to the repeated requests of Mr. George that Mr. Low should get his votes if he could not be elected. It was said that the followers of Henry George;-who knew him to be an honest and sincere man, would still be loy- al to him and his wishes. But that" 1s a question, and whether George's followers will flock to Seth Low in sufficient numbers to elect the Citizer Union candidate is an anxious question. In some quarters it is believed that a suffi- cient delivery cannot be made to stem the tide now setting toward Van Wyck since the death of the man who has made such serious inroads*into Tammany’s ranks. Effect on the Betting. It is not at all unlikely that all bets on the mayoralty contest will be declared off as a result of Henry George's death. It is estimated that something like $150,000 has been wagered on the stock exchange alone. Van Wyck has led in the betting, with Low second choice. In addition to bets en the main issue, any number of bets have been made that Low would poll more votes n Tracy, and vice versa. rd Tal- cett, who ts one of the heavicst of the stock exchange bettors, and who has laid was Ts amounting to about $10,000 on the election, ed today that he had Municated with the men whose moncy he holds with the idea of bringing them to- gether to effect a settlement of their bets. “It is my purpose,” said Mr. Talcott. “ have my betting friends appoint a co. tee of arbitration This committe decide whether or not it is best, in Mr. George's death, to declare all bets off. I, for one, will willingly abide by the de- cision of the committee. No fair-minded man can fail to see that George's death must Tforee redonud to the advantage \dvantage of one or more of the candidates left in the field. Then, too, let us suppose that the George people decide to indorse Low. All persons having wag- ered that Lowe's vote will be greater than Tracy's will be sure winners. The only way out of it that I can see is to wipe the slate clean and begin all over again.” The decision of the committee to be ap- pointed by the stock exchange brokers will doubtless be accepted by all sporting men. Ex-Sheriff James O'Brien, who led the united democracy te the standard of Henry George, grieved over the death as though it touched his home cir: Said he: “I think that our place should be tc vote in honor of Henry George at the coming €lecticn, even though he is dead, in order to voice our protest against the things which Mr. George protested against, then leave the question of legality to the courts.” By Assoctated Press. Sketch of His Life. Henry George was born on September 2, 1839. He received a common school educa- tien, and then went into a counting room. He was also a sailor, and learned the print- ers’ trade. In 1858 he reached California, where he worked at the printers’ case un- til ISé6, when he became a reporter and afterward editor, working at different times nes and Post. returned to New York in 1880, and t to England and Ireland ihe following , where he was twic us but afterward relea: s iden- com- Mr. uty became ablished. is best known to the world at jarge through his writings upon economic questions, no- ‘Progress Hi tably his work entitl and Pi othe: and Policy, ‘stion, ‘Soctal Prob- Property in Land,” a con- with the Dui eof Argyle, 1ss4; ‘he Condition of bor,”” an epen leiter to Pope Leo XIII, 1801, and “A Perplexed Philosopher” (Herbert Spenc Isvz. In Iss6 Mr. George was nominated by the united labor party for r of New York, polling 65,000 vote: ast 000 for Abram S. Hewitt, the democra¢c nominee and #, » for Theodore Roosevelt, now as sistant secretary of the navy, republican. Made an Active Canvass. After his nomination for mayor by the Jeffersonian democrats a month ago Mrj George made an extremely active canvass, speaking several times every evening and working from early quarters. He gave to the campaign its most sensational incidents, its attacks on Richard Croker and Senator Platt, whom he threatened to prosecute for various crimes, such as levying blackmail upon city contractors and aspirants for office, should he be elected mayor. His candidacy gave to the coming election its greatest element of uncertainty, for according to expert poli- licians it was practically impossible to es- timate how much of Beyan’s vote of 1 year would go to George instead of Van Wyck. Last night Mr. George spoke in the bor- ugh of Queens and later in the borough of amhattan at the Central Opera House. He was greeted by large und enthusiastic crowds everywhere. In one of his last night's speeches Mr. George sai have labored for years to make myself kaown, and now at last these things are all writ- ten down. I believe that all the needed reforms are summed up in the philosophy: The right of every man to eat, to drink, to speak, as he sees fit, so long aS he does not trench on the rights of other men.” Later in the same speech he repeated his threats against Mr. Croker in a ringing voice that greatly affected his hearers, say- ing: “Let him go to the penitentiary. He shall go there.” Sketeh by A. H. Lewis. ‘The Journal and Advertiser this morning contained an article on Henry George, writ- ten by Alfred Henry Lewis, who visited the famous single tax advocate at his head- quarters in the Union Square Hotel yes- terday. Of his impressions, Mr. Lewis wrote: “The Henry George I found was not the Henry George I had met fewer thaa two months ago. When I saw him last h3 was to late at his head- |’ tranquil, quiet, even. steady as to nerves, rational. sedately contented, talking of his books and his tax dreams. Today I met a man haggard, pinched, with a face as thin and peaked as a pen. His eyes roved, his hair was tumbled, his face the theater of disorder. If he was the picture of any- thing, it was his unfed ambition made des- berate. There was despair, too, in his face, as if in a dim way he looked into a future black with disappotmtment. I tell~you it was a shock to see the man.” 5 Mr. George was about five feet five inches high and of slender build. His head was bald and his brown beard was fast becom- ing gray. SONS NAME SUBSTITUTED. Jeffersonian Democracy Makes Henry George, Jr., Its Candidate. BULLETIN—NEW YORK, October 29.— The Thomas Jefferson democracy this af- ternoon substituted the name of Henry George, jr., for the name of his father, Henry George, as candidate for mayor of Greater New York. WANT LOW INDORSED. Chicago Single Taxers So Advise Heary George, Jr. 3 CHICAGO, October 29.—Efforts are being made by the friends of Henry George in Chicago to get his sor, over his signature, to issue an address, in which he will urge all the supporters of Henry George in the New York mayoralty campaign to use their votes and influeace in behalf of Seth Low, the Citizens’ Union candidate for mayor. Early today Secretary Moore of the Chi- cago Single Tax Club sent Henry George, jr.. a telegram urging him to take this course. In the telegram after expressing words of condolence Mr. Moore said: “Ad- veeate under your sigrature the election of Mr. Low. Your father’s life has been given to break bossi=m.”” “Mr. George repeatedly said that if _he could not be elected he wanted to see Mr. Low elected and thus break bossism,” said Mr. Moore today. “That is why he entered the campaign. He had no personal mo- tives. What he wanted was to bring good government to New York. In this tele- gram I believe I have merely voiced the sentiment of the friends of good govern- ment and given expression to the thought that will first enter the mind of young Mr. George when he considers the effect of nis father's death on the campaign in progress. I shall write him today and give my rea- sons for this position more fully.” The news of the sudden death of Mr. George was received with much sorrow by his many friends in Chicago. The Single Tax Club will hold its regular meeting this evening, and resolutions expressing sorrow for Mr. George's death will be adepted. Senator Hi ‘*s Expression. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 29.—Senator Hanna, befcre leaving for Cleveland, was advised of the death of Henry George. The senator szid: “It is a shock to the country. Henry George was an honest ian; a man of conviction. But, as far as his usefuiness was concerned, it was neutralized by his one ea. Had he been broader in his views he would have been a great hene- factor of his country. But he was uo dem- agogue. George wes winning many votes from Tammany.” ———_ MORE GOLD COMING. Stenmer Excelsior Brings 4,000 Oances From Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO, October 20.—The Alas- ka Commercial Company's steamer sior, ptain Higgins, has arrived, four- out from St. Michael's and eight and one-half days from Unalaska, the only intermediate port at which she stopped. She brought 8,000 ounces of gold, all be- longing to the Alaska Commercial Com: pany. No miners came down on her. She carried three passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Ducos, who started some time since for Dawson City, but got no further than St. Michael, and Edward Hamilton, the journalist. There has been no recent communication with Dawson City, the Yukon being im- passable, but the latest information re- ceived from Fort Yukon, which now con- stitutes the base of supplies for the places further north, that the peo- ple are swarming out of Dawson City and Circle City by every p: cape suffering and possible starv: Scarcity of Food Confirmed. Small boats can still be used on portions of the’ Yukon, and in one of these an agent of the Alaska Commercial Company came down from Circle City to Fort Yukon. He confirms the reports of a great scarcity of provisions at ali the mining camps. Those who succeeded in getting out in time will be very fortunate, for hunger will surely be the fate of most of the winter dwellers on the Klondike. The rush to escape fro mthe gold fields exceeds the influx, and the indications are that a large colony will winter at Fort Yukon. Captain Higgins of the Excelsior con- firms the news of the probable loss of 5 portion of the whaling fleet, but can add no details to those brought’ down by the Thrasher. He also tells of tne rescue of the men of the Navarch from an ice floc, but says that there were sixteen saved, and not fourteen. as was reported. ———es RICHER. THAN KLONDIKE. tion. New Gold Fields Discovered on Kotze- bue Sound. SAN FRANCISCO, October 29.—Captain B. Cogan of the steam whaler Thrasher asserts that there are richer gold fields on Kotzebue sound that anything that has yet been discovered on the Yukon. When the whaler was at Point Hope on her way into the arctic last spring the indians came in with a quantity of gold in small sealskin bags. They said there was plenty of the same stuff in the Guckland, Neatak and Newak rivers, and what they had had been scooped up with their paddles. Capt. Cogan, Capi. Wiltham, late of the steamer Fearless, and one or two other Whalers are bound for Kotzebue sound next spring. The whaling bark Northern Light, now in Oakland creek, will probably be fitted out, and will carry the party to Point Hope. ee COLORADO'S SNOW STORM. ‘Trains S$ ek in Drifts — Woman Freezes to Death. DENVER, Col., October 29.—Two Rock Island trains that left Kansas City twenty- feur hours apart arrived here within a few minutes of each other. They were de- layed.at Limon Junction, where, the train- men boy, six miles of track were covered with twenty feet of snow. Wires were down, end for forty-eight hours the where- abouts of the train was not known. Word has just reached here from Elbert, Col, iof the death by freezing during the recent blizzard of Mrs. Laura Hunter. She left Her home to visit a neighbor, and was overcome 300 yards from her home. Near Monument, Col., John Roach was found frozen in the snow. ———— Gen. Fits Lee's Plans, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 29.—Consul General Lee said today he would leave for Cuba next Wednesday or Thursday, stop- ping en route in Washington. —— CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE, Ann 1 Report of the Quartermaster General. General Weeks, quartermaster general, in his annual report, makes a detailed statement of the operations of the quar- termaster’s department during the past fiscal year. There was paid out for cloth- ing and equipage supplies the, sum of $1,- 24,307, leaving a balance from appropria- tiens of $48,109. The issues to the militia of the several states and territortes during the year amounted to the sum of $164,204.29. To the militia of the District of Columbia there were issued during the year clothing and equipage, transportation supplies and regular supplies to the value of $744.79. General Weeks again recommended the erection of a hall of records in this city, and favored the improvement of the public rosd from the Aqueduct bridge to Arling- ton, but for some unexplained reason the recommendation was stricken from the re- port by Secretary Alger. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1897-16 PAGES. if TWO POINTS DECIDED) “= w, Judge Cole Renders an Important Decision Today. COMMISSIONER MILLS’ STATUS His Appointment Declared to Be in Due Legal Form. THE POLICE COURT + Judge Cole this morning disposed of the question recently raised by District Attor- ey Davis as to the validity of the ap- pointment, last July, by the District Su- preme Court, of Samuel C. Mills as a Unit- ed States commissioner, holding that the appointment was authorized and sanctioned by law. In disposing of the matter, Judge Cole also decided that the Police Court of the District is a court of the United States, and that a person sentenced by that court to imprisonment in default of a fine im- Pesed therein can be lawfully discharged by an United States commissioner under the provisions of what is known as “the Poor convicts’ act,” which act provides that, where a person is confined in default of the payment of a fine, the convict shali, after the expiration of thirty days’ of im: prisonment, be released upon the commis- sioner being satisfied that the convict is not worth more than $20, and is, therefore, urable to pay the fine. 5 The District Attorney's Contention. It will be recalled that Congress in May, 1896, enacted that the terms of office of all United States commissioners should ex- pire June 30, 1807, and that thereafter they should be appointed by the District courts of each Of the judictal districts cof the United States. Several weeks ago a man sentenced by the Police Court to pay a fine of $15, or, in default of its payment, to be imprisoned in jail for sixty days, ap- plied to Commissioner Mills for his release oad the provisiors of the poor convicts’ act. District Attorney Davis being notified of the man’s application, filed in the District Supreme Court a petition for a writ of cer- tiorarl, which petition, being granted by Judge Cole, brought up before the judge for review the whole matter. The case was argued several days ago by District Attor- ney Davis, representing the United States, and by ex-District Attorney A. A. Birney, on behalf of Commissioner Mills, Mr. Davis’ contention being that the District Supreme Court was, and is without lawful authority or power to appoint United States commissioners, because, as Mr. Davis sub- mitted, that court did not and does not ex- ist in any of the judicial districts of the United States. Mr. Davis also argued that the Police Court of the District is not a court of the United States, that the pro- visions of the poor convicts’ act do not apply to persons sentenced in the Police Court, and that when the defendant failed to accept the privilege of paying the fine the sentence resolved itself into one of im- prisonment only. Mr. Birney’s Position. Mr. Birney, of course, took just the op- posite position on each of Mr. Davis’ prop- ositions, and Judge Cole today sustained Mr. Davis’ predeccssor in each instance, with one exception, Mr. Birney having con- tended that Commissioner Mills’ juris- diction and authority shouid have been questioned by quo warranto instead of by a writ of certiorari. After reviewing at great length the iaw providing for the establishment of the cld Circuit Court of the District of Columbia and the District Supreme Court, Judge Cole decided that while the District of Columbia is not one of the judicial district: United States in the general acceptance of that term, yet it is, nevertheless, a judicial , having a District Court, and that 8 intended, in the act of May, 1&6, that United States commissioners shall be appointed by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, as it undoubtedly authorized the old Circuit Court of the District of Columbia to appoint them. In- deed, said Judge Coie, such authority of the latter court received executive, juai- cial and legislative d tion for three- fourths of a century, and Congress, in pass- ing the act of May, is%, cid so with full knowledge of all that. Referring to the contention that the Po- lice Court of the District of Columbia is not a court of the United States, Judge Cole said that the United States Supreme Court has decided that the District Supreme Court is a court of the United States, and the Court in General Term, in the case of the United States against Norval, held that a United States commissioner ‘has jurisdic- tion to discharge, under the provisions of the poor convicts’ act, a person sentenced in the District Supreme Court. In legis- lating for the District of Columbia, ex- plained Judge Cole, Congress does not act merely as a local legislature, but as the representative of the United States, and, in establishing the District Police Court, it therefore made that court a court of the United States. The judge remarked that it would be anomalous to hold that per- sons in other parts of the country, as well as those sentenced in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, could be released under the provisions of the poor convicts’ act, and those sentenced by the District Police Court could not be. Power of a United States Commis- sioner, The prisoner, in the present instance, ex- plained Judge Cole, was sentenced to pay a fine of $15, or, in default of its payment, to be imprisoned sixty days. That court, he further explained, undoubtedly had the power to set aside the fine at any time dur- ing the term in which it was imposed and make the sentence one of imprisonment, but that was not done. Consequently the prisoner, at any time during the term of imprisonment, could have escaped further incarceration by paying the fine. In other ords, remarked Judge Cole, he is impris- sed because he did not pay the fine im- posed upon him, and is entitled to his re- release under the provisions of the poor convicts’ act, provided, of course, he satis- fies the commissioner that he is unable to pay the fine because of his poverty. Judge Cole thereupon directed the writ of certiorari to be quashed, and remanded the case to Commissioner Mills for his action. ———.__ AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. is of the Improvements to Aqueduct Bridge and Other Local Affairs. The work of improvement on the Dum- barton Avenue M. E. Church is being push- ed forward as rapidly as possible, though the weather of late has not been favorable. Despite all drawbacks, it is expected that the improvements will all be completed and the church ready for occupancy in time to hold the Christmas services in the new edi- fice. Workingmen are now engaged in put- ting in the new front, and when this is completed all that remains to be done is the interior work. Services preparatory to holding a re- vival were held in the lecture room of the Congress Street M. P. Church during the first part of this week, in charge of the pastor, Rev. W. S. Hammond, D.D. They will probably be continued next week. The work of rebuilding the pier on the Aqueduct bridge has been delayed through the death of Contractor Hathaway, which occurred recently, while he was on his wa; to his home. Arrangements are being made to hurry the work to completion. It is un- derstood that some Philadelphia people are ready and willing to take up the work, and carry out the contract which was signed by Mr. Hathaway before his demise. Tracy L. Jeffords, Creed M. Robert H. lot 95, of square 1257, known as premises 3027 O street, and was recently put up at public auction and sold. The price paid is given at $4,644. According to information received here, Miss Agnes Gibbons of 28th and N streets is lying dangerously ill at the home of her sister in New York, where she went on a visit. She was stricken with the Aaueauct brides wn e uct ge burning ing. SECRETARY|BIG FIRE AT PITTSBURG Union Trost Company's Large Building a sH. con Total Loss. Harrieg Ohosen by the Washing- {fon Board of Trade Report 1 Committee Unan- | Fireman Killed in the Ruins—Loss imous! ited by Directors - Estimated at From $150,000 In isi Membership. to $200,000. ‘he board;of directors of the Washington | PITTSBURG, Pa., October 29.—The Union eet of trade fet Iate yesterday after- | Trust Compuny building, Nos. 335, 337 and 339 4th avenue, caught fire from an over- heated smokestack at 10 o'clock this morr- ing, and in less than an hour the structure was in ruins. One fireman is reported killed and several others had arrow escapes. The building was occupied by the Union Trust Company, Pittsburg stock exchange, Fidelity and Casualty Company, East Side Land Com- Pany, executive committee for the trien- nial encampment of the Knights Templar, Durr’s cafe and a large number of stock brokers. The fire spread so rapidly that the occu- pants were unable to save anything but their books, and the loss will be total. For a time it was feared that the flames would reach adjoining buildings, but after a hard battle the firemen succeeded in confining them to the original limits. The loss is estimated at from $150,000 to $200,000, cn which there is an insurance of about oni noon in the rooms of the organization, in the Ames building, on G street, and elect- ed Major Gtorge_H. Harries, ex-president of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, permanent ‘Zecretary of the board of trade. This action was taken in pursuance with the report of @ special committee, consist- ing of Messrs; John Joy Edson, District Commissioner John B. Wight and Col. A. T. Britton, which was charged with the duty of considering the question of appoint- ing @ secretary who should devote his en- tire time and attention to the important business of the, board, and be paid com- mensurately for his services. The commit- tee,.in making its revert, paid high and deserved comb!iments to Mr. A. O’Ncill, whe has been the secretary since Commis- sioner Wight was appointed to office, for the faithfulness, energy and integrity with which he has addressed himself to_his duties, as well as for the amiable cdurtesy with which he treated the members of the board, as weilas those who had business to transact with It, The committee unanimously reported in favor of Major ‘Harries’ selection for secre- tary, and the report was unanimously agreed to. > , It was also decided at the meeting that all persons desiring to become members of the board, and who should pay one year’s annual dues at the present time, would not be subject to any further payment of dues during the year 1808. There was an impression that the membership of the board would be‘largely and mfluentially in- creased in the immediate future, and this was heightened today when Secretary Har- ries stated that he had already secured ap- Plicatioas for membership from twenty or twenty-five gentlemen. The annual meet- ing of the board will take place at the Builders’ Exchange on the evening of No- vember 15, when the reports of the various committees for the year will be read and disposed of. Several of the reports are al- ready prepared, and most of the others are nearly completed. The gentlemen present at the board of directors’ meeting yesterday were President S. W. Woodward, Mr. John Joy Edson,Com- missioner John B. Wight, Col. A. T. Brit- ton, Mr. Isadore Saks, Maj. Henry L. Bis- coe, Mr, Thomas W. Smith, Mr. R. Ross Perry, Mr. Frank Hume, Mr. Archibald Greenlees, Mr. Frederick L. Moore, Mr. Tal- madge A. Lambert and Mr. James W. Som- erville. The bullding was erected by Capt. J. J. Vandererift for the Pittsburg oil exchange, but was sold to the Union Trust Company a few years ago for $150,000, the oil ex- change removing to other quarters. eae Yellow Fever Situation. NEW ORLEANS, October 29.—The fever situation at 11 o'clock was still favorable, the board of health announcing but seven new cases and one death. This is a big decrease from the records of the past week. ———— How Oregon Was Saved by a Mule. Dr. Marcus Whitman's horseback ride of more than three thousand miles from Ore- gon on his way to Washington, D. C., to insist upon our government taking posses- sion of Oregon, to prevent it from falling into British hands, is graphically described in the Ladies’ Home Journal by George Ludington Weed. “More than once, in- deed frequently, during that journey in the winter of 1842-43, a winter of unusual severity,” writes Mr. Weed, “Dr. Whit- man leads the way through rivers whose waters are frozen on either side. Buf- feting the waves of foaming currents he plunges with his horse completely under water. Blinded by storm in every direc- tion he is compelled to remain ten days in @ gorge. Hope dies even in his courageous heart. One thing seems inevitable—the snow must be his dying bed and winding sheet, and the moaning winds his dirge. Believing that his life’s journey is ended, with that toward Washington unfinished, he dismounts and kneeling in the snow he prays—for Oregon and for her who in loneliness is praying for him, unconscious of this special danger. ““Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.’ So runneth the proverb which Dr. Whitman was not repeating when it was verified in a way suggestive of sudden transition from the solemn to the almost ludicrous. A mule, with stubbornness stiffened by the cold, yet with instinct preserved, pointed with his Jong ears in one direction, then another, as if seeking the way, and at last, plowing through the snow, became a unique guide where the human had failed, leading the despairing company through drift and canon to the camp of the pre- _———— ORTHODOXY IN KENTUCKY. Minister Shot at for Denying the Devil's Existence. McKINNEY, “Ky., October 29.—A report from Mintonville states that the Rev. Gil- ham of the Christian Church preached a sermon there, in which he affirmed there is no devil. The congregation took offense, and when the reverend gentleman attempt- ed to speak again he was ejected from the house and about twenty pistol shots were fired after him: | <> MAIL ROBBERS LOCATED. They Took #14,000 From Registered, Mail Package. CHEYENNE, Wyo., October 20.—It is re- Forted here that the persons responsible vious night. That mule also saved Oregon for the disappearance of the $14,000 pack- | to the United States.” , age sent from Chicago to a Utah bank has See oe been located!” The men who tock the pack- age, it is said, dre known in Cheyenne. Other men who had a hand in the:robbery have been under surveillance in other cities, and it is said several arrests will be made very shortly. The packége ‘reférred to left Chicago several weeks. ago\im the United States mails as registered matter and, disap- peared after téaving Omaha. Ux §, S.:YANTIC-IN COLLISION. Strikes ‘the Coasting Steamer La Canadichha In Quebee Harbor. QUEBEC, October 29.—The United States ship Yantic, which left port earty this morning for Montreal, came. in collision op- posite Sillery with the coasting steamer La Canadierne. The latter boat was badly damaged, and had the Yantic not been a wooden craft, she would have cut Le Cana- dienne in two. One man was reported missing, but it 1s believed that he jumped aboard the Yantic and proceeded up the river with her. The Yantic is en route from Boston to Detroit, where she will serve as a training ship for the Michigan raval reserves. a Local Clab to Take Action. The Single Tax Club of this city will meet at Typographical Temple tomorrow even- ing to take action concerning Henry George's death., Every one is invited. —__>__. John W. Thompson’s Condition. Mr. John W. Thompson is reported to- day to be better. _———.__. The Corvected Figures. A corrected report of the damage done by the power house fire, as made by Fire Marshal Drew, shows that the total loss Was $607,085, while the total insurance is $354,600. This leaves a loss of $347,085 not covered by insurance. ——_o—___ Pictured Postal Cards. From the London Telegraph, Illustrated postcards are slowly creeping into use in this country, but enterprise and art have an opportunity here of increasing and meeting a demand in this direction. Postcards with representations of interest- ing local scenes" have long been popular on the continent with residents, and visitors readily fall into the fashion. Ornamental postcards and envelopes are constuntly used by correspondents, and postcard collecting abroad 1s quite as common as stamp col- lecting was in this country some time ago. ‘The cards are fastened in an album, espe- cially made for the purpose, or artistically arranged in groups on walls and tables. Our illustrated postcards will probably be made more varied as the taste grows, and with art and technical schools on every hand there is To reason why they should not lead to the establishment of a new de- partment of indugtry. There ‘s certainly no more ready of Pléasing way by which a friend can give hie correspondent an idea of his surroyndipgs. Many of the great publishers ate-now issuing views of Kng- lish cathedrals ‘and other places of historic interest and®not ®'few pretty landscapes. Some hotels, teorslare using cards with views calculated to invite customers. But People in this cqamtry generally use the plainest paper and, postcards. On the cen- tinent the sales Of'these interesting little works of art! areenormous, and it is stated an attempt to geb ane better will be made by enterprising .manufacturers there who contemplate reproducing works of :he old masters in miniatyre. Firms in London who are connected with German publishers say they sel¥4 vist’ number of these orna- mental postcards, abroad, and that their customers greatly, value them, The Bligk: Man’s Opportunities. Pacific Oyster Beds. From the Portland Oregonian. There has been some question as to whether the eastern oysters introduced in Yaquina bay last fall have suffered from the freshets of the last winter. Prof. Washburn of Eugene, Ore., is in re- ceipt of information from those in charge of the oysters at Yaquina to the effect that the mortality among the oysters has been slight, not more than would be expected after their long journey and transplanting. The oystermen of Yaquina bay, realizing that the success of the experiment means much to them in future years, have shown great interest in the undertaking, and have evinced their willingness to co-operate with Prof. Washburn in his attempts to induce the oysters to spawn here. The professor has received from the United States fish commission in Washington, D. C., a self- registering deep sea thermometer. for use in shallow water, and three salinometers. With these instruments he expects to take important observations during the coming summer. a eee A Very Old Church. From Serlbner’s. One of the very few old churches still standing and practically unchanged is St. Luke's, at Smithville, Isle of Wight coun- ty, Va. It was built in 1632, as attested by the date on some of the bricks, under the superintendence of Joseph Bridger, whose descendants still live in the county and worship in the church. The records of the family, which are unbroken for a period of 150 years, establish the date of the builcing of the church, and are full of interesting details of early colonial his- tory. It appeares that St. Luke's was originally so well built and of such excel- lent material that no repairs were made to it until 1737, 105 years after its completioa, At that time it was ordered “that Peter Woodward do the shingling of the church with good cypress shingles, of good sub- stance, and well nailed, for 700 pounds of tobacco, 300 pounds being now levied.” It was again reshingled in 1823, eighty-four years later. SSS The Lives of Mountain Women. From the Chautanquan. The lives of mountain women are nar- rowed to a pitiful compass of toil and do- mestic sacrifice. They are often very pretty in extreme youth, with a gentleness of expression and an inherent dignity wholly inexplicable except on the ground of ancestral reflection, for it is certain that some of them have an infusion of good old blood. Their outdoor life gives them a peculiar softness and brilliance of coloring which, with the subtle charms of youth, lends beauty to even the plainest face; but unfortunately hard work soon does away with any beauty they may. pos- sess, and they age long before their years would warrant. They merry very young, and then the real hardships of life begin, for until that time their mothers shield them from the heaviest burdens. When a_moonshiner marries he takes his. bride home to his father's house, while he puts up a shack near by with perhaps two rooms, and they begin to work the ground around it. The little bride follows the plow with her hoe all through the Jong hot spring and sum- mer with cheerful patience and resign: tion. Even when the children come 2 does not shirk the work, but takes them with her, and the first little toddler is taught to watch over the helpless infant lying in-the shadow of a wide-spreadin; tree at the edge of the clearing. is z So the years pass in unremitting toil un- til the children are big enough to take her place, and all her efforts have brougut oniy the simple necessities of life. ————_--o2—-____ Chulalongkorn’s Useful Orders. From the Paris Messenger. People gradvally begin to discover the ids in this country all the Tosources of progress and future power, He kas land; he has labor; he owns his aguterate wealth Of the coleee poaniatie we 01 col of the ee reiengsrhire eee milljons. schools, thousands of.them,-and scores of colleges and inatltntions of syeness learning. If ‘he chooses to remain -ignorant, he will. be cheated and despoiled; if he @ vicious brute,” he. wilt THE SCOTTISH RITE/ FINANCE AND TRADE Sessions of the Supreme Council Approach- ing a Close, Gran@ Orient Change Postponed— Election of Officers and a Pleasant Keception and Ban et. At the morning session of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council, held at the hall, 908 Pennsylvania avenue, a number of resolu- ticns were passed and reports heard. The ladies this morning, in charge of Chairman McLaughlin of the entertainment committee, visiied Arlington. On their re- turn they were driven through the north- ern part of the city, and a visit paid to the Soldiers’ Home. Location of the Grand Orient. At the afterncon session of the council the committee on the constitution and laws was heard. This was in regard to the re- moval of the Grand Orient from New York here, the matter being brought before the body in the form of an amendment to the constitution, It was stated that in a likood the question would be reser tl the meeting of the body next ye: There is another question of vital im- portance before the body. the nature of which, it is stated, cannot be revealed just yet. It is hoped that all business will be com- pleted at this afternoon's session, which will adjourn at 5 o'clock. Tonight the fraternal social reception, for which invitations have been issued to Ma- sons in this jurisdiction, will take place at Scottish Rite Hall at 8 o'clock. Officers and members of the Supreme Council will make addresses. While this is continuing the ladies will meet at the residence of Grand Sovereign Major W. Bayliss, 1412 9th street, where it is stated there will be something in the matter of a surprise for Major Bayliss. The New Officers. At yesterday afternoon's session, which was ended at 5 o'clock, the election of officers took place. There were few changes made ir the directory, which now stands as follows: Major W. Bayliss, grand commander, Washington, D. C.; Willard C. Vanderlip, lieutenant grand commander, Boston: Alexander Atkinson, grand minister of state, Omaha; David W. Thompson, grand treasurer general, New York; J. G. Barker, grand secretary general, Brooklyn; Robert L. Wright, grand keeper of the archives, New York; Calvin W. Edwards, grand mas- ter of ceremonies, Albany; J. J. Stoddart, grand marshal general, Columbus, Ohio; H. W. Morton, grand standard bearer, Provi- dence, R. I.; John A. Glidden, grand cap- tain of the guard, Dover, N. H.; John R. Wright, grand prior, Washington, D. C. Grand marshals of the camp—W. W. Car- penter, Waltham, Mass.; N. D. Sperry, New Haver, Conn.; Elmore J. Swerer, Colum- bus, Ohio. The foliowing are commanders-in-chief of grand consistorics: George E. Fullerton, Iowa; Edwin S. Foster, ssachuseits; J. Frank Calhoun, Minnesota; J. J. Stoddart, Ohio Deputies—James H. Curtain, for New York; Lucius B. Hinman, for Connecticut; Powell S. Lawson, for California; R. G. Blanchard, for New Hampshire; Christian Boseker, for Indiana: William N. Ingra- ham, for Florida; Henry A. Haskel, for Nebraska; Henry W. Squires, for Michi- gan; Joseph H. Van Deman, for Tenness: Richard J. Graham, for Washington Stat George Gibson, for District of Columbi Mareus W. Morton, for Rhode Island. Members of the committee of general ad- ministration—Hopkins Thompson, Peter O. Anderson, John G. Barker, John B. Harris, David W. Thompson. Enjoyable Reception and Banquet. The reception and banquet tendered the Supreme Covncil last night at National Rifles’ Hall, G street between 9th and wth streets, by Columbia Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, was largely attended. There were present, beside the delegates to the council and the ladies visiting the city with them, a large number from the capital. There were six tables set in the form of a gridiron. Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, thirty-second degree, invoked a blessing, and the banquet began, the orchestra rendering a number of selections as it continued. Tonsixs and the Responses. Toastmaster George Gibson introduced the speakers, and the responses were all in a happy vein. a Army Discipline. From the Chicago Tribune. Col. Hall of Fort Sheridan does Capt. Lovering no good in public estimation by his defense and approval of Lovering’s treatment of Private Hammond. Instead, he injures himself; and not only himself, but also the army. He may sneer at the idea that public opinion of the army cuts any figure. Probably he does, for that is a way with the gentlemen educated and fed at the public expense in West Point, and supported in ease all their lives by the pub- lic. But he will find one of these days that Congress, the President and Secretary of War are creatures of public opinion, and that if the public concludes that the army needs overhauling and regeneration the army will be overhauled and regenerated in short order. 2+ Virgin: Flag. From the New York Tribune. Some excitable confederate veterans in Virginia are agitating the question of re- moving the stars and stripes from the school buildings throughout that state, and flying the state’s distinctive flag instead. Public sentiment in the Old Dominion is not likely to countenance such a peevish and irrational policy. Virginia’s state flag recalls no martial memories and inflames no lingering animosities. As in other states, no familiar suggestions cluster around {t; at best it does service merely on show days or on armory walls. If in the true southerner’s affections the stars and stripes could be supplanted by any other emblem, that emblem would be no state flag, but the forgotten stars and bars. —— 7s>+o_—___ A Thoughtful Wife. An English paper tells a story of a poor man who lay dying, and whose good wife was tending him with homely but affec- timate care. “Don't you think you could eat a bit of something, John? Now, what cen I get for you?” to i With a wan smile he answered /feebly: “Well, I seem to smell a™}am "4-céoking somewhere; I think I could’ fo with & little bit of that.” 3 “Oh, no, John, dear,” “he anstrered, promptly, “you can’t have. that.’ ‘That's for the funeral.” St Di Nunzio Gets New Trini, Judge Bradley this afternoon granted a new trial to Bernardino di Nunzio, the Italian musician who was recently con- victed in Criminal Court No. 2 of assault- ing Dora Ax, a little girl, wit! intent to commit a rape. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, October 29.—Flour firm, unchanged mice tRs, 19.430 darrels: exports, 17,400 barrels: sales, barrels. Wheat ensy—spot, month and November, 100% 100%; — December, steamer No. 2 red, ig Ra Probability of Low's Election Stiff: ens Prices of Stocks. EFFECT WAS MARKED ATCLOSE There Was Much Irregularity Noted During the Day, GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Oe Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 29.—There was a lack of aggressiveness in both long and short account in the market today, the market plainly indicating the presence cf forces beyond its power of interpretation. During the early morning the market wa. without feature, except for the sudden reactionary tendency in American Sugar The shares of this company declined 2 per cent under sales of round amoants for a prominent trading clique. This decline very naturally emphasized ness elsewhere, but there was sition to make the most of the Burlington's report of earnings for the month of September, showing a er in- crease of $1,249,000, and a net increase of $619,000, was taken as an indication of con- itions which are more vital than the day to day moods of the room. ‘The stock was not bought, sales a half point down following the announcement, simply because of the election holiday period and the doubtful results of the day's actions. Increases of these proportions cannot be maintained long without more substantial appreciation in the values of the various securities influenced thereby. As has been the fashion since midsum- mer, the effects of such magnificent earn- ings are curtailed by the foolish, practice of exaggerated estimates. No one’ possess- ing either information or experience be- lieved serfously that Burlington would show an increase of $5,000,000 in ‘gross, yet the failure to approach that standard was followed by sales of speculative holdings. In a market sufficiently broad to be sig- nificant this drawback to the situation would speedily be eliminated. Traders will continue to control prices for a few days, bit next week should more accurately reflect the position of the more influential market interests, The covering of short sales occupied the attention of the room during the late af noon, and advances from the opening level were recorded in every active issue saving Sugar. The buying incident to this improvement did not reflect anything more important than an unwillingness to be short of stocks over the next few days. The same unwill- ingness to be long was apparent, and the market was simply the result of prudent buying and selling. The routine develop- ments are all making for good, but the legislative season is close at hand. Low's election was generally predicted at the close of the day, and prices were mark- €d up in all departments in consequence. Sat secapaacie FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the cpening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley. No. 8) Broadway. * Open. High. Low. Clone, American Sp:rits.. 10 w 0 »” American Spirits, pid... ..... iors Sp American Sugar... 17) IBS 140%; American Sugar, pf UB\ By American Tohaceo. Sq Sag American Cotton Oi wy gg Atchison . By BW Baltimore io 4 as SS SY ras 4 ai gee 34%, 8475 w Chicago&Nortnwestern, Chicago Gas. CM. & St. Paul. .& St. Paul. pid Chicago, R.1. & Pacifi ‘Chicago, St. Paul, M.&0 Consolidated Gas. Lake Shore. Louisville & Nasi Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central Missouri Pacitic Nationa! Lead Co.. Nationa! veaa Uo.. pta.. New Jersey Centrai New York Centrai.. Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, pfd Ont. & Western. Pacific Man..... Phila. & keading. Pullman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., pfd Phila. Traction ‘texas Pacific. Tenn. Coa & Union Pacific. U.S. Leatner, pi Wabash, pfa_ Western Union Tei silver. Capital ‘ractiol se Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock ‘ational Safe Deposit and Trust, 7 at 17%. Capital Traction, sty 4. Washington Gas, 51 at 46! U. 8. - tric Light, 1 24g; 10 at 1 surance, 100 at 9; 100 at 9. 5; 50 at 5. Pneumatic Gun 100 at 70 cents; 100 at ; 100 at GS cents: 500 at 67 100 at 66 4a; 10 at 131, 20-year fund lly bid. 30-year fund Gs, 1 bid. W stock 7s, 1901, ‘currrency, 112 bid. 12 bid.” 3.65, Lan- Ss, ‘ater stock funding, currency, 123 wid, ot 115 id. 180 asked. indebtedness, Metropolitan Railroad conv. €s, Metropolitan Railroad certificates B, 111 bid. “Belt Railroad 5s, asked. Eckington Railroad Gs, 85 asked. Columbia Railroad 6s, 115 bid. Gas Company 6s, series A. "119 bid. Gas Company 6s, series A, 131 bid. U. 8. Light debenture’ imp., 105 bid. Chesap Potomac Telephone 5s, 104 bid. © American and Trust 5s, F. and A. 100 bid. curity and Trust 5s, A. and 0.. 100 bid.. Wa ton Market ‘Company Ist 6s, 110 tid. Washington Market Compacy imp. 68,110 bid. Washing Market Company ext. 6s, ‘110 bid. Masonic Hall pAmscctation Se, 106 bid. “Washington Light Infan- Ist Gs, 90 bid. ‘ational Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 270 bid. | Metropolitan, 287 bid, 300 amked. Central, 250 bid. rmers and Mechantes’, 170 bid, 1 Asked. “Second, 138 vid. Citizens’, 135 pid.” € lumbia, 139 bid. Capital, 130 bid. "West End, 2 bid, 108 asked. Traders’, 93 bid. Lincoln, 104 bid, 108 asked. Safe D-posit and Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, x116 bid, 120 asked. Wasliing- ton Lean and Trust, x119 bid, 125 asked. American Security and Trust, 145 bid.’ Washington Sate De- it, 50 bi Paitrond "Stocks.—Capltal Traction, 53% bid. 54 asked. Metropolitan, bid. Columbia, 60 bid. Gas and Klectric Light Stocks.—Washingtoa Gas, xis Did, 4714 asked. | Georgetown Gna, 48 asked, U.S. Electric Light, "110% bid, 113. asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firem: x38 bid. Metropoliti i Potomac, 66 bid. Arlington, 150 asked. American, 185 bid. National Union, asked. Columbia, x10 bid, 14 asked’ “3 People's, 54 bid, % "futie insurance Sto bid, German: 10 bia, 14 Miscellaneous Stocks. Linotype, 130 bid, 132% ankod. Lanston Moot rm AT BM, ‘ashi Market, 10 Gi Ice, 115 SS asked. Norton Kai ‘Washington Steamboat, asked. Lincoln Hall, 90 asked. a Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st. members New York io Ladenburg, Thalmann & New