Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1897, Page 2

2 ——— ed by close figures to vote against Hanna by threats of contests. This can hardly operate, however, for the reason that the senatorial election Will occur at the open- ing of the session before.contests could be fairly begun. CANVASSING THE VOTE. Beth Partics in Ohio Watching the Official Coa: By Associated Press. S COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 4.—The canvass of the official vote is in progress | in most of the counties of the state today. | The result will be watched carefully and } awaited anxiously in the close counties also in the Marion-Legan senatorial dis- trict. The democrat and the republican state headquarters will be kept open to get the official figures from the close counties. Some of the disputed ‘counties are very close, with pluralities on the legislative candidates of less than 100. No further in- terest is taken inthe state ticket since the complete unofficial returns at republican state headquarters last night showed a re- can plurality in the state of over Rival Party Statements. With local complications in Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo and other cities, and with rain on election day, the republicans express no surprise at the result. The democrats call attention to the 86 re- publican majority in the last legislature and to the close margin of the new general S ly. also ta the majority of 51,100 for McKinley for President being reduced one-half. The contest between Marcus A. Hanna and John R. McLean for the legislature is ing. The republicans today confident- m a majority of five on joint ballot, that Summit county is the only joubt. and that its two representa- tive have been put in the democratic or doubtful column till the official count is completed. Republican Claims. The republicans claim the election of fifty-eight representatives and concede forty-nine to the democrats. Counting the two doubtful representa- tives from Summit county as democrats, the house stands, fifty-eight republicans and fifty-one democrats. The only state senator in dispute is in the Marion-Logan district, claim but the republicans confidently o rict and that the senate nm democrats and seventeen This makes the legislature ve republicans and sev- enty democrats, with a majority of five on joint ballot for United States senator. Chairman McConville still maintains that the democrats elected a majority in the He contests the republican ble and Wood counties, and to the Marion-Logan district, which would make the legislature stand lemocrats to 72 republicans on joint ballot. He claims two of the twelve representa- tives from Cuyahoga county and three frcm other counties, not named, pending the investigation of alleged frauds. The publication of a movement to form a combine between anti-Hanna members of the legislature and the democratic mem- bers to defeat Hanna for the Senate has caused quite a sensation in political cir- ces. It is claimed ti:at there was factional treachery durmg the campaign, and that with no more of a margin than five or six on joint ballot, enough republican members can be found to go with the democratic members to elect Gov. Bushnell or some other republican than Mr. Hanna to the Senate. It is stated that there have been frequent conferences on this proposition, ard that it may cause a sensational ses- sion of the legislature. Se was indorsed by the last repwhlican state -nvertion for senator, the same as Sena- tor Foraker was indorsed two years ago, a fore will have no opposition for nomination, but it is said that be made to keep enough repub- Heans out of the caucus to defeat him for election. Protests Being Filed. Up to neon the state committees had not .changed their respective claims. Their advices from close counties indicated that protests were being filed today, in an- ticipation of contests for about a dozen seats in the legislature. The republican state committee on revised figures given out at neon claim a republican plurality of 24,798 for Bushnell for governor. The Dispatch (ind.) makes the republican plu- rality in the state 28.448. While the state ticket is no longer in dis- ute, the interest in the vote of close coun- ties on members of the legislature is in- creasing. The first close vote to be received - Officially today was that of Delaware coun- ty, which gave Bushnell a republican plu- rality of 325, and Smith, the republican can- didate for representative, a plurality of only 29. The pluralities in Wood and Noble coun’ ties are also close, and in Wood county it is thought to be less than in Delaware. Representatives of the democratic state committee are in these counties watching the official count, and have filed protests to the counting of certain precincts, and other- wise prepared for contesting the seats of those receiving certificates of election. Democrats Cry Fraud. The democratic state committee charges fraud in these three counties and in Adams, Pike, Belmont. Hancock, Mahon- ing, Morgan, Muskingum and Williams counties, where ft is said the efficial count is also being watched and investigated. + It is learned today that the republican state committee has begun investigations of alleged frauds in Van Weft, Hocking, Vinton, Summit, Tuscarawas, Perry, Pauld- ing and Knox counties, and that informa- tion is being secured for charges on which ecntests will be carried into the legisla- ture. The republicans charge that gross frauds h: ready been committéd in the above counties, and that additional frauds are being attempted today. eee Railway Brotherhoods to Federate. °O, Cal, November 4.—C. sistant chief of the Order of Conductors; has arrived trom headquarters in Chicago. He says h lieves within a few months there will big federation of all the railroad brother- hoods of the country. Gaston Rivierre Will Ride. NEW YORK, November 4.—Gaston Ri- vierre, the French long-distance cyclist, has decided to take part in the six-day race in Madison Square Garden next month. He will train for the event on an indoor track at Atlanta, Ga. Gen. Blanco’s Latest Appointees. MADRID, November 4.—Dispatches re- ceived from Havana announce that in all probability Senor Brezon and Senor Vas- allo, members of the autonomist party of Cuba, will be appointed, respectively, pre- fects of Havana and Puerto Principe. SSS Dr. Congosto Reaches Cuba. HAV: November 4.—Dr. Jose Con- gosto, the former consul of Spain at Phil- 2delphia, and who was recently appointed secretary general of Cuba, arrived here teday by the steamer Yumuri. of Sancti Spiritus, province of Santa Clara, Senor Marcos Garcia, and Senor Tabla Freyre, both prominent autonomists of that city, have arrived here on a visit to Captain General Blanco. The mayor Killed by a Freight Trat NEW YORK, November 4.—Dominick Coby und James Hennessy were killed to- day by a freight train on the New York and Long Branch railroad. They were driving across the tracks near Asbury Park when the train struck them. ead Stolen From the B. and 0. SOUTH BEND, Ind., November 4.—John W. Talbott, a prominent young attorney of this city, was arrested last night on a charge of receiving stoten goods and held under bond. The goods in which he is in- terested are alleged to have been stolen from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad rear Walkerton, this county, Steamship Arrivals. At New York, Trave and Weimar, from Bremen. At Colum! from New Y« “< Plymouth, bia, ‘ork, LATE NEWS BY WIRE Madrid Papers Stirred Up by Senor Salvani’s Publication.” EX - MINISTER TAYLOR ATPACKED Proceedings in Competitor Case Justified.. OFFICERS _ARE DEFENDED MADRID, November 4.—The letter of Senor Saivani, published in the Spanish newspapers yesterday, replying to the ar- ticle of Hannis Taylor, the former United States minister to Spain, on the Cuban question, rezently published in an Ameri- can magazine, has created the greatest stir here. zi The Spanish papers hotly attack Mr. Taylor fer his utterances. The Spanish cabinet has now decided to reply to the United States minister’s ac- knowledgment of the receipt of the Spanish note in reply tc the representations of the United States on the subject of Cuba, de- claring in guarded terms that in reference to granting autonomy to Cuba, Spain will do what she deems fit. It is also understood that the Spanish government is determined in the case of the American schooner Competitor, cap- tured in Cuban waters, in April, -1896, to maintain that the Spanish officers acted correctly in making the capture of the Competitor and that the protocol of 1877 solely referred to American citizens resid- ing in Cuba. BS ROUGH EXPERIENCE OF SAILORS. Crew of Sealing Schooner Arrested by tom heretofore adopted of advertising for Russian Authorities. SAN FRANCISCO, November 4.—A letter was received here today, giving an account of trouble encountered in the last trip of tthe American sealing schooner Golden Fleece, Capt. Funck. On September 8 the captain, with eight men, in three boats, dr2w away from the vessel, and being urable to find it, started into the coast of the Kamtchatka, finally landing on a very desolate beach. There being no food there a successful attempt was made to reach Petropaulovski, 200 miles distant. Here the men were ar- rested for poaching on seal preserves and compelled to work in a stone quarry until liberated by the British cruiser Daphne on September 27. The captain of the Daphne persuaded the Russian authorities to try the accused men, and they were acquitted on October 3. They were then taken to Kobe, Japan, on the cruiser. ———_—_ CAUSED BY BUSINESS REVERSES. ‘m, Once MUllionaftre, Commits Suicide. SILVER CITY, N. M., November 4.—M. W. Bremen of Globe, Ariz., a well-known mining man, committed suicide in a hos- pital in this city. About ten years ago he took $3,000,000 from his silver mines at this place. Recent business reverses were the cause of the suicide. Mr. Bremen had been drinking heavily recently. MR. ECKELS’ ASSOCIATES. He Will Take Two Old Friends to His New Duties. CHICAGO, November 4.—President-elect James H. Eckels of the Commercial Na- uorul Bank of Chicago will have associat- ed with him in the management of that in- stitution at least two men with whom he has been closely associated within the past. John C. McKeon, formerly bank examiner of this district and latterly receiver of ‘he National Bank of Illinois, will be vice president of the Commercial National, ond Joseph T. Talbot, the present bank exam- iner of this district, will be cashier. Mr. McKeon is one ef Controller Eckels’ clesest friends. Mr. Talbot is a Virginian by birth, and is well known in southern and northwestern banking circles. They will essume their new duties January 1 with Mr. Eckels. ————_—_—_ CALIFORNIA’S NEW LAW. Reply to Criticism of the Eastern Press. LOS ANGELES, Cal., November 4.—The criticism of many eastern newspapers in regard to the law recently passed by the California legislature, in connection with the use of home products in state insti- tutions, has brought a reply from J. W. Zehaudelar, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association in this city. ‘The spirit and intent of the home prod- law, prohibiting public institutions from advertising for any specific brand or ucts any patent article or apparatus, is evi- dently misunderstood in the east. The cus- any brand of manufactured article dis- criminated against all others of the same character, and as a consequence eastern as well as California products of the same character were practically excluded. The present law does in no way contem- plate the exclusion of eastern compeiltion, simply providing that quality and price be- ing equal, preference must be given to Cali- fornia manufactured articles. If it is shown that the price being equal but the eastern product is of superior quality, that product will be awarded the contract. it was not the intention of the California legislature to erect a barrier against east- ern manufactures, but simply, as far as possible, to protect them as well as Cali- fernia products. ——_—_. RESULT IN NEBRASKA. Indications That Sullivan Will Beat Post by 10,000. OMAHA, Neb., November 4.—Fifty-two counties have made returns on the head of the ticket up to the hour of going to press today. These give Sullivan, 65,950; Post, 59,245. The same counties last year gave Holcomb, 81,077; MacColl, 67, 0. This shows the vote to have fallen off 16.9 per cent from 1896. ‘The counties yet to be heard from gave @ total vote that year of 62,991. If this vote decreases in the same proportion as that already reported the counties yet to hear from will give a total of 51,793 for the head of the ticket. Judge Sullivan has received so far 53.5 per cent of the vote cast. If this rate is maintained, he will get 27,709 voies in the remaining counties, and Post will get 24,084. This will leave the total vote approximate- ly: Sullivan, 93,659; Post, 83,329. Sullivan's plurality, 10,330. ——— Wom: ‘s Board of Missions. NEW LONDON, Conn., November 4.—At the closing session of the woman’s boatd of missions today Mrs. Albert Bowker was elected honorary president and Mrs. Jud- son Smith of Boston ‘president. Mrs. J. A. Copp of Easton, Pa., was one of the vice presidents chosen. —_s—— Chief Mayes on, Allotment. CHELSEA, I. T., Nevember 4.—Chief Mayes of the Cherokees has expressed his opinion that allotment of land would not be fought by the Indians, if the scheme is’ projected in the right manner.‘ The chief ion of one state by the THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, “NOVEMBER 4, 1897-14 PAGES. BURIAL OF JUDGE -MILLER Obsequies Largely Attended by Friends of the Dead Jurist, Impressive Services Conducted by Rev. C. H: Johnson of Takoma—_ Floral Tributes Numerous. Unusually sad were the ceremonies this afternoon that marked the solemn laying to eternal rest of the rernains of Thomas F. Miller, late judge of the Police Court, and one of the ablest jurists and most respect- ed men known among the residents of the District of Columbia, whose death occur- 1ed Tuesday afternoon. in respect to the memory of the honored dead, the Police Court adjourned early this afternoon, and before 1 o'clock Judge Kimball, Clerk Potts and his deputies, and all the other employes of the court, the offices of the district attorneys and the mar- shal assembled at the late residence of the deceased, on Chestnut avenue, Takoma Park. At the residence also gathered the intimate friends of the family, including @ number of weli-known local attorneys. Grief was plainly marked on the coun- tenances of all, and the scene burdered on the pathetic. All who knew Judge Miller have endeav- ored to express his untimely taking away in words, but words have proved to be in- adequate. The only other means was through the medium of flowers, denoting purity and truth. The floral tributes sent by the friends of the deceased were mag- nificent. The members of the Reems represented by an immense double a with intertwining palms, studded with roses. The Police Court employes sent a beautiful token, as did the several organ- izations of which Judge Miller was a mem- ber. Other friends also took this means to feebly express their sorrow, and the hand- some casket was almost hidden from vie by the mass of flowers. os The Pallbearers. a The pallbearers, Messrs. Charles Maurice Smith, Alexander R. Mullowny, James L. Pugh, jr., J. J. Darlington, B. F. Leighton and Meyer Lewin, met at the office of Mr. Darlington, and were driven to the resi-' dence in Takoma Park which was so lately the home of the deceased, now overcast with gloom. After a last look at the face of the dead by those who had assemblea at the house of mourning, the lid of the: casket was placed in position, and a sor- rowing little funeral pageant slowly pro- ceeded to Rock Creek Church, reaching there shortly before 2 o'clock, where the funeral services prescribed by the Episco- pal church were held. The historical little church within the cemetery inclosure was filled with scores of friends of the family, many members of the bar and representatives of the organ- izations mentioned, as the pailbearers bore to the pulpit the flower-laden casket. It was followed by the grief-stricken widow and three young children of the late Judge Miller, who were sorrowing over their be- reavement—the loss of a loving husband and devoted father. Rev. C. H. Johnson, pastor of the Episco- pal Church at Takoma Park, of which Judge Miller was a member, conducted the funeral services, at the conclusion of which the mourners accompanied the remains -to the family burial lot, where Rev. Dr. John- son read the few words provided for such occasions at the grave, the casket was lowered and all was over. ‘The funeral cortege reached the cemetery at 2:4) o'clock. Judge Kimball and the Police Court officials went direct to the cemetery instead of going to the house. There were also a large number of mem. bers of the police force present at the cemetery. The music for the occasion was very appropriate, and was rendered by a selected choir. Clerks Take Action. The clerks of the. police department, who are under Chief Clerk Sylvester held a meeting this afternoon and adopted resolu- tions, to the effect that in the death of Judge Thomas F. Miller of the Police. Court the clerks of the department have lost an earnest adviser and unselfish friend. They extended to the bereaved family of the deceased their condolence and sym- pathy in this hour of thelr bereavement. = Paid the Alimony. James W. Offutt today paid his wife, Henrietta Offutt, $7.75, the amount of ali- mony he was ordered to pay her by Judge Hagner, pending the final disposition of the suit for divorce he instituted against her. ‘The payment was not made, however, until he had been placed in custody by order of the court for failing to sooner make it. panel eas Accidentally Shot. Robert Cowell of Beltsville, Md., was brought to the Emergency Hospital shortly before 3 o’clock this afternoon, suffering from a wound in the thigh, which was re- ceived last evening about 7 o'clock. He was accidentally shot by Randolph Bell, who was cleaning a gun at the time. >——_ Ladies’ Auxiliary Meeting. The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Auxil- jary of the Emergency Hospital was held yesterday afternoon at No. 1405 G street northwest, and all the retiring officers, with the exception of the treasurer, who de- clined, re-elected for the ensuing year. ———— Convicted of Second Offense. Frank Ruffin, colored, was convicted in Criminal Court No. 2 today, for the second time of breaking into the house of Lewis Hoppenmater several weeks ago. The de- fendant was remanded by Judge Bradley to jail to await sentence. ———__ Confessed to Housebreaking. George Randelle, alias C. W. Corwin, a well-dressed young white man of apparent intelligence, today pleaded guilty in Crim- inal Court No. 2 of breaking in the dwell- ing of Watson Karr the 5th of last Sep- tember, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station’ the 9th of that month, and into the dwelling of Jeremiah E. Rankin the follow- ing day. Juige Bradley remanded the young man to jail to await sentence. Agreement of dian Commissioners. ANTLERS, I. T., November 4.—The agree- ment entered into between the Choctaw, Chickasaw end the Dawes Indian commis- sion at Atoka last April has been ratified by the Choctaw council at Tushkahomma, and has been approved by the governor. The Chickasaw legislature passed an act Monday ratifying tho agreement. A bill has also been passed creating a commis- sion of six members to wind up the affairs of the Choctaw Nation. —__ Want Secretary Wilson’s Presence. DENVER, Col., November 4.—It has been decided by the members of the chamber of commerce of this city to arrange Yor an- nual meetings of all the prominent cattle- zmen in this country beginning with Jan- uary, 1898, and a convention will be called for that time. The purpose is to discuss cattle, sheep and hog interests, and per- haps steps will be taken to unite to pro- tect the interests of stock raisers. It is proposed not only to induce every stock- man of ice to attend the first con- vention, but also to bring Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and his-predecessor at Washington. i —_——.__ Earthquake Shock at Helena. HELENA, Mont., November 4.—At 2:05 o'clock this morning a slight earthquake shcck was felt here, rocking buildings. It was of seven seconds’ duration, but as yet Be Remage ss Known: 10 Saracen paused y neeSasos ae A New Virginia Postmaster. R. G. Guilliams has. been appointed fourth-class postmaster at Pig River, Franklin county, Va. CAPT. E. LAYERIYS'S SBI. Gen. Miles Directed by the President to Appoint the Court. By. ctian of the President General Miles: : of war, this after- noon court-martial to meet at Fort hear Chicago, on the 22d instant for the of Capt. FS Lover- ing of the 41m Infantry, om a charge of a eininkan officer and a gen- Brig. Gen. B.s§. partment of Dak al W, F. Bando orga Artillery; ry; Maj..W. F. jolph, rtillery; ‘A. Rafferty, 2a-Cavalry; Maj. G, W..Miner, 6th Infantry; Maj...W. S. M Caskey, 20th Infantry; Maj. A. J. Forse, ist Cavalry; Capt. C. S. Roberts, 17th In;_ fantry; Capt. J. F. Stretch, 10th Infantry; Capt. T. 1 Knox, ist Cavalry;Capt. @.. H: Hunter, 3d Cavairy, with Lieut. Col. Ed- ward Hunter, deputy judge advocate gen- eral, as judge advocate of the court. Sere ene eee IS AGRICULTURAL LAND. Lend Office Decision in. a California Mining: Contention. A very important decision was rendered today by the commissioner of the general land office in. reference to a well-known mining contetitionin California,’known'as the Santa Clara ‘Mining Association or Guadalupe mine in contest with various agricultural claimants. . The mine is‘ sit+ uated in Santa Clara county, ard is claimed by the Mineral Association as a portion of the Guadalupe Quicksilver mining claim, The claimants contend for the whole as one compact body, while the egricultural claimants claim in separate, tracts. : The defendants are all settlers upon the land-and:-contest this claim and submit proofs as to the agricultural character ot the land:--’Phe same land; as far back as 1883, was decided by the Secretary of the Intérior’to’ be mineral land; “when: the same issues were involved, but the claim of the mineral. contestants being subse- quently declared invalid the contention on the part of the agriciltural claimants was renewed in 1893, and the contest has been waged from that timé to the present. ~The commissioner in the present decision affirms the decision of the local land office ‘Vat San Francisco upon the facts, and holds the land to be ‘agricultural in character, and in passing upon’ the> question: of law invelved decides that a mineral survey alone ‘does not segregate the land involved from. the public domain, and that the char- acter of ‘the public land, whether agricul- tural.or.mjner, is open to question until title thereto passes. ——__—_+e+—_____ LOWER COURT SUSTAINED. Decision of Court of Appeals as to Jury's Findings: | Phe Court of Appeals today, in the case of Mary E. Sweeny agairst R. Ross Perry and the National: Safe Deposit, Savings:and Trust Company, executors.of the estate of Michael Crane, affirmed the judgment of the court below (Judge’ McComas) ‘that in a contest over real estate the verdict of a Circuit Court jury: sustaining an alleged in- valid will {s not a~defense in a suit in ejectment brought tb recover, possession of the real estate involved. The appellaté’ tribunal holds that the Circuit Court juty-Imtrying the issue raised in the Probate-Court: as to the validity of a will acts merely. as a branch of the Pro- bate Court, the jurisdiction of which ex- tends only to personal property. It will be recalled that there is pending before Congress: a bil extending the juris- diction of the Probate Court over real es- tate, RECEIVING tts MATERIAL. . Capital’ Trattion Company Making Ready? for’ Its’ Conduits. The three-masted schooner Cc. R. Flint is lying at a whapf in; Georgetown between 82d street and«Potemac avenue, unloading @ cargo of 12,000: lengths of ‘the material which will be used to ndke the conduit to be laid Betwech the tracks of the Pennsyl- vania avenue and Jdth street lines of the Capital Traction 'rattrokd. ‘These lengths are ‘heing unloaded and plaé¢ed in piles about five feet high. It ib calculated that if the entire number of lengths necessary for the system were Placed together, closely as possible, they would cover considerably more than one acre of land, and be tive feet high. These lengths are the same as those used by the Potomac Electric Light Com- pany in the construction of its under- ground ‘conduits. They are about ten feet lorg, and have an interior coating of cement; with an exterior coating of sheet iron, riveted together. The whole is cov- ered with a liberal application of tar. ‘This style ‘of material is said to be much cheaper than terra’ cotta for conduits, equally ag durable, and with a cost of considerably less than one-half for put- ting in place. The lengths are shipped from the fac- tory in New York, and several more schooner loads are ‘expected shortly. According to official measurements, it will take 80,000 lengths to introduce the underground electric system on the two lines. With these arriving in such quanti- ties, it ts likely that no time will be lost in starting the work. ——————— INSURANCE CASE DECIDED. An- Opinion of Interest to Beneficial Associations. The Court of Appeals this afternoon in the case of the executors of the estate of the late Frank Schwarz, who committed suicide December , 30, 1892, against the Knights Templar .and Masonie Life In- demnity Company, affirmed the judgment of-the court below, which held that the estate could only recover $19.50, the amount paid by the deceased on a $5,000 policy of life insurance issued to him -by the de- fendant company. ‘The policy provided that if the insured committed suicide, voluntarily or involun- tarily, sane or insane, his estate should only recover the amount of the assessments. he had paid thereon, without interest. The court -below sustained this condition .of the policy, and directed a verdict for $19.50, and that judgment the Court of Appeal: im an opinion written by Chief Justice Al- vey, affirms, —_—_>—_ Rescue of the Fortuna. VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass.,November 4. —The schooner Fortuna, which collided with ‘the schooner Edward E. Briery off Montauk Point Tuesday, which it is feared had gone down,,arriyed here. The Fortuna was drifting helplessly about, having been badly damaged in the collision, when the schooner Laura L. Sprague of Lynn, Capt. Nixon, from Jacksonville, for Portland, Me., hove in»sight: and helped her into port,. The Fortuna was bound from New- port News for Boston, From Shirt Sleeves: to Shirt Sleeves. ‘From the Chattafooga News. It_is better ., e coun! that most rich men’s sons, are ke Pullman’s, rather than Vanderbilt's. at it should be three generations frqm shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves is a wisg proyision of Providence to Prevent the republic,from becoming a few princes of finance on the one part and millions of pat gm the other. It is wey craton, in pushy digponed to ppand wat eration is y Lo wi the. fol gen accumulated. Thus OPEN THANKSGIVING DAY] FINANCE; AND. TRADE Library of Oongress to Receive the Publio on a Holiday, Visitors Will Be Admitted Between “10 A. M. and 4 P. M., bat No Books Distributed. It was announced today that the Library of Congress would be open Thanksgiving day from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Mr. Young had a consultation with the superintendent of the building, Mr. Green, last night, when the arrangement was made. This will be for the benefit of visitors who come here from outside and who have no other oppor- tunity to see the finest public building at the capital. There wiil be a sufficient number of watchmen detailed for the purpose. The reading room itself will be open for inspec- tion, but no books will be distributed, as the assistants will take their accustomed holiday. Librarian Young will endeavor to have an appropriation of $12,000 made by the coming Congress for the purpose of hav- ing the library kept open at night. Tha eee will be from 9 in the morning until p.m. This matter was suggested by the brary cemmittee, and Mr. Young is heartily in favor of it. The appropriation will be ‘for the purpose of paying the extra watch- men who will be detailed at the. building. Only the reading room will be kept open. The reading room continues to be splen- dicly patronized. There are several hun- dred readers daily, and the list grows as the time advances. Only those who sig- nify their intentions of taking out books and reading them are admitted ‘into this department. There are galleries above, from which visitors may inspect the room. Beginning with today a list will be kept of the number of visitors to the reading room, and later on similar ones will be kept at the desk, show- ing the number of books taken out and their classification, as regards the different subjects. It is expected that these lists will make some interesting data for the library. The reading room for the blind is being well patronized. There were several of the sightless readers in it today. They made use of the different volumes placed on the tables for them, and expressed themselves ete greatly pleased with the arrange- it is thought that in a short while there will be a sufficient number of students there every day to justify the beginning of read- ings for their benefit. The hours, as stated before in The Star, are from 2:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon. Bocks for their benefit will be added from time to time. Mr. Alvord, superintendent of the art department, has returned from Syracuse, N. Y., where he was called on account of the illness of his father, who died recently. Mr. Alvord is getting ‘his department in shape. Mr. Young is extremely busy mak- ing out his annual report to Congress. —— A Profitable Throw. From the Detroit Free Press. “Had I caught my train that night,” laughed the man who had nothing to do for @ quarter of a century but sit and watch pine trees grow to swell his bank account, “I would probably be a farmer now, trying to raise a mortgage and a few other things. I had gone to a little town in lower Wis- consin to see a colt that a man there want- ed to sell me. I was a good judge of stock and shrewd on a trade, but a greener coun- try lad never broke into a town. I would have walked back to the farm after I found myself too late for the train, but I saw a hand bill announcing a show that night and couldn’t resist the temptation to see it, though it did cost a quarter. “In my hilarious appreciation I was more of an entertainment than they had on the stage, especially as I was utterly oblivious of the fact that I didn’t look like any one else in the audience. Toward the end a uge fellow came out, tossed cannon balls fn the air, held men out at arm’s length and lifted heavy weights. After this show- ing of his prowess he offered $10 to any one whom he could not throw inside of two minutes. I was the crack wrestler in all our section, though none present knew it, and I felt as though the challenge was aim- ed directly at me. I turned hot and cold during a few seconds of intense silence. Then I sprang up and as I came out of my old blouse shouted: ‘I’ll go you, b’ gosh! There was a roar of laughter and then some of those about me urged me not to go up there and have my neck broken. But one old man told me to go in. It was a tough job, but I finally threw the giant almost through the floor with a hip lock. There was a little hesitancy about giving me the $10, but the crowd shouted till 1 got it. Then the old gentleman took me home with him and in a week I had charge of all the teams in his lumber camps. In time I became a partner and he cleared the way to make me rich. That was really a match for a million.” Queer Way to Pay Rent. From the London Times. For nearly seven centuries a curious old ceremony has annually taken place in the exchequer on the rendering of quit- rents for certain lands in the counties of Salon and Middlesex, consisting of the chopping in twain two small fagots of wood, one with a hatchet and another with a billhook, aad counting a certain number of horseshoes and nails. These are prob- ably the most ancient rent services now rendered in this country. The earliest known record of the first service is found en a-roll of Shropshire serjeanties of the date of 13th John, 1211, which merely says: “Richard de Medler holds one virgate of land, and renders for the same, at the Feast of St. Michael, two knives.” On Wednesday iast the city solicitor and secondary, as representing the corporation, into whose possession the properties came nearly three ceaturies ago, attended before Mr. George F. Pollock, the queen’s re- membrancer, when proclamation was made thus: “Tenants and occupiers of a piece of waste ground called the ‘Moors,’ in the County of Salop, come forth and do your service.” ‘Thereupon the city solicitor rendered a hatchet and a billhook, which have been long since substituted in lieu of two knives, ang Anerewich severed two small fagots of wood. Further proclamation was then made thus: “Tenants and occupants of a certain tenement called the ‘Forge,’ in the parish of St. Clement Danes, in the County -of Middlesex, come forth and do your ser- vice.” The city solicitor thereupon counted six horseshoes and sixty-one hi The queen’s remembrancer pronounced them “Good numbers.” The horseshoes ard nails, which are very ancient, are retained in the custody of the queen’s remembrancer, and aré used from year to year. : Some people may think that such a very antiquated ceremonial should be allowed to cease; but the corporation of London wise- ly think otherwise, and prefer to keep in touch with by-gore ages in retaining this very interesting and quaint old quit-rent service. Her majesty took so much inter- est in it that last year she desired that the Bears Had It All Their Own Way-in New York. ~ . LITTLE BUYING AT DECLINES Reaction: Due to Unsatisfactory Elections. ——————_ GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Se es Special Dispatch *o The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 4.—Today's stock market was entirely without support and lower prices failed to attract buying for any purpose except to cover sales previous- ly made in the short account. Even this buying was lacking in confidence, as was demonstrated by almost immediate selling in the same account. The situation is filled with complexities, and while lower prices may not be war- ranted if a proper regard for merit be a consideration, depression is the easier pro- cess, and the stock market is no exception to the tendency to proceed along the line of least resistance. London sent over a slightly higher range of prices, but the foreign interpretation of Tuesday’s elections is not favorable to American securities. Looking into the future with itr usual farsightedness, for- eign capital finds little comfort in the re- versal of last year’s sound money majori- ties. Toward the close of the day the cov- ering of short sales resulted in London's working back to a parity with cur closing ‘ast night. About this time the local market was extremely weak, under the influence of Ohio election returns predicting a demo- cratic majority on joint ballot. Prices were offered down at every point, and the pro- cess was not questioned by the opposition. There was even some skepticism as to the existence of the latter. As was the case yesterday, the extreme weakness in American Sugar forced the entire market into sympathetic imitation. The illness of Mr. H. O. Havermeyer was used as an argument justifying the whole- sale offerings of the company’s securities. The sale of over 10,000 shares of long stock by a prominent commission house Was equally operative in the depression. The selling, while generally credited to important interests, is believed to have been, in part, for the account of a trader about to retire from active participation in the market. It is immaterial who relinquish- ed his holdings in view of the patent in- disposition to buy the stock at a 25 per cent decline from the summer's high point. There are strong interests in tne preperty holding more stock than the officials, and the fears of liquidation, because of the ill- ness of one of the latter, while logical enough for a trader's decline, are not to be accepted as covering the present situation. The stock had developed symptoms of weakness while its president was in his usual health Disappointing earnings in the coal prop- erties were a factor In the day's develop- ments, but in view of the restricted ton- nage the falling off in revenue is not un- natural. The granger shares were especially weak at times, and earnings were not even con- sidered. Burlington at 93 and St. Paul un- der 91 are prices not warranted by earnings one. With routine developments more satis- factory than otherwise the fear of what Congress may do is already working against the value of securities. Attempted currency legislation, Cuban patriotism and Hawaiian annexation are all likely to chill the financial markets. In consequence of this prospect there is little likelihood of anything more than a traders’ campaign during the evening-up period toward the clese of the year. Around delivery hour the covering of early sales added a few fractions to the previous low level, but there-was no radi- cal change in sentiment, Liquidation was in progress throughout the day, and sell- an unwillingness to hold securities during a waiting period in which the widest fluc- tuations may be toward a lower plane. Today's prices are the lowest since the climax of the upward movement about the 2ist of September. ~ —_>—__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- Ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits....... 4 American Spirits, pfd. ig American Sugar.... .. ‘185: American Sngar, ptd. 31035 American Tobacco. og Americnh Octteh OR... 2 <2. 99". ne lence: Atchison .........-.0. . 12% Baltimore & Uno. 13% Bay State Gas... Canada Southern oe C.,,C.C. & St. Lous. 38%, vhicago, B. & Q.... 93: Chicagosnortnwestern. 12034 Chicago Gas... es 9555 C. M. & St. Paul. 91% C M. & St. Paul. pf 139% Chicago, RI. & Pacific. 8 Chicago, St. Paul, M.&0 ae 153 110 855 ‘82 toot 170 " co Metropolitan Tractton.. 22.00 sec, ceeee eee Manaattan Elevated... 10036 Michigan Central...000> 0 oon. oe toons Missouri Pacific..... 2835 National Lead Co. 33 ing of this character is taken to ihdicate’| pattscslancons Stocks: —Mergathaler 1S ‘Gevat Fails ‘ i. Ice, 1) Steamboat, ‘Ex div. Norfolk and Washing 135, asked. ‘aaked. Gincoln Hall, 9) asked. BALTIMORE, Novem’er 4 — Flour all, unchanged 23,008 barcels; exports, 18,082 barrels; sales, 200 barrels. Wheat unsettled and lower— Spot and meat, lay, 96 asked; steumer 314681: stew 6.408 bushels: export . 88648 bushels; sales, white and_ yellow corn, firm—No, 2 white, 27a27¥; No. 2 ah a Ne ceipta,” 17.987 bashela; oxporta 'St.4se stock,” 202.337 Hay steady choice Ui aureis: “ $13.00a813.50. Grain is steady, un- hanged. fr ateomg: unchanged. Butter sient, Keen, firm_tresh, Cheese steady, Goverzment Bonds, Quotations reported by. Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. 2 per cents, regiatercd ‘bushels; Asked. ts, Currency 6 ‘per cents of 1898. Currency 6 per cents of 1899. > Grain, Prov! 3 and Cotton Markets Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st. members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. I. High. Low. ae ‘Menth. Novemb*, December. January March. CISNEROS. Pretty Cuban Receives Offer From Chicago Business Man. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Press from Chicago says: Evangelina Cos- sio y Cisneros has received an offer of mar- riage from a wealthy Chicago business man. The pretty Cuban refugee does not know the suitor, but her companion, Miss Katherine Thomas, who accompanied her from Washington, admitted the genuine- ness of the offer. She said: “No, she has not accepted it. I think we shall keep her until we reach Washington. All I can say is that the proposal comes from a well-to-do business man of respon- sibility, an eligible person in every respect.” Miss Cisneros has also been offered the po- sition of cashier in a Nashville bank. —~e--______ Brave Scandinavia. From the Providence Journal. The promptness with which the Norwe- gian and Swedish scientific men have pre- pared to search for the Andree balloon should win one’s admiration. The vessel to be sent to Prince Charles promonto: ‘y_ by departing immediately will be subjected to the terrors of the arctic winter, which at that locality, though not usually so severe as farther to the northward, might excuse the venture. Capt. Sverdrup has had no little experience in such ice as he will meet, however, and should be capable of making the best of his chances of reaching the scene where the airship is reported to have been seen. Many persons acquainted with the Andree scheme must hesitate to accept the balloon story. Yet the dashing read- iness of the entire body of arctic explorers in Scandinavia to undertake the expedition in the face ef such a discouraging 2m- stance only reficcts additional crejit on their humanity. The men who will strike into the dangerous region will confront. far more depressing obstacles than any of those who were sent out from the United States after Gen. Greely, but 11 may be believed that they will be more successful in push- ing their way through to a satisfactory conclusion. —\—2+e—__ Prince of Walex’ Happy Home Life. From the London Figare. Qne of the kindest and most considerate of hosts is the Prince of Wales. Both his royal highness and the princess allow their guests to be happy in their own way and Jeave those whom they invite to partake of their hospitality entirely According to their own inclinations. At Marlborough House there is, of course, a certain amount of ceremony observed, but when at their Nor- folk home the princess is altogether infor- mal. Rarely a day passes by without her royal highness visiting the stables and making a call on her ponies, laden with apples, carrots and sugar, for their benefit, and every morning regularly she may be seen in a big white apron, feeding her dogs from a basket hanging from her arm. Within doors the scene is one of supreme cosiness. The furniture is most luxurious ond the house a perfect bower of flowers, for tne princess wiils it so. The conserva- tories are always ransacked during the prince and princess’ stay. There is a post office in the house, where stamps and mon- ey orlers may be had and telegrams sent Both the prince and princess are simplg adored round about their Norfolk home. and deservedly, for they never fail t@ study the comfort and well being of those who serve them, or to make their people's troubles their own. 000 If We Do Not Annex, Then What? From the Seattle Times. If the annexation treaty in its present shape is neglected, it may cause us to lose prestize in the eyes of the world, and thus embarrass us in adhering to the policy of maintaining our prestige in the islands. The world might not unnaturally say that what we reject we should not keep others from having. Yet there is no doubt that the overwhelming sentiment of the United States is against the acquisition of Hawaii by one of our European or Oriental rivals, for that would mean a Pacific Gibraliar within five days’ easy steaming from San Francisco. ‘There is every reason to be- lieve that Europe now would be disposed to acquiesce in that annexation which it has long regarded as the manifest destiny of Hawaii. What it might do should we decline to annex the islands is another matter. —~oro—__ Bottom Rails. From the Savannah News. A curious state of affairs can be secn at one of the new