Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1897, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE|MAUD GONNE HERE|A HIGHWAY ROBBERY |S™4TE'S CASE OPENED/ AT THE WHITE HOUSE|CANNOT REACH Many Rumors of Deals at National League Meeting. WAGNER NEGOTIATING WITH REACH Philadelphia Magnate Also Dicker- ing for Boston Players. ATLANTIC LEAGUE NOTES PHILADELPHIA, November 9—Among the notable arrivals of delegates to the National League convention this morning were Manager Adrian C. Anson of Chicago, Chris Von Der Ahe of St. Louis and George and Earle Wagner of Wash- ington. Rumors of deals were again prevalent this morning, one of them being to tne effect that the Boston triumvirate desired to secure Catcher Clements of Philadelphia. It was hinted about that Bobby Lowe would be offered in exchange for Clements, but Mes Soden and Conant stated posi tively that there was no intention what- ever of permitting Lowe to be dropped from the champion team. Wagner Seeks New Blood. There was also talk of a probable deal of some sort between Washington and Phila- delphia clubs. The first meeting today was that of the league board of directors. This board, which met shortly after noon, consists of Messrs. Wagner, Freedman and Soden, from the east. and Pulliam, Robison and Von Der Ahe from the west. The func- tions of the board consist of hearing ap- peals or protests pertaining to clubs within the National League, and io receive the annual reports of the secretary and treas- urer. This rd has no jurisdiction over minor league affairs. Following the meeting of the board of di- rectors the national board of arbitration again went into session to dispose of mat- ters unfinished at last night’s meeting. Then followed the first session of the Na- tional League and American Association of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or, as it is familiarly known, “The Big League.” Atlantic League Adjourns. PHILADELPHIA, November 9.—Although the Atlantic Base Ball League yesterday adjourned to meet today, President Bar- row stated this morning that there would be no further formal gathering of the dele- gates until the regular spring meeting. He said that the delegates who are still in the city have concluded that there is no necessity for further meetings. The ieague will be represented today in the presentation of the petition “8? the class A leagues to the national board of arbitration for a modification of the draft- ing rules. ‘s A leagues are the : Atlantic. said today that the atement published to the effect that the Atlantic league had fixed upon $1,500 a year as the maximum salary of any of its play- ers was an error. He said $150 per month duriag the ing season was the maxi- mum Y agreed upon and that the maximum outlay of a club for salaries was limited to $1.4 a month. Philadel- phia will contin of the Atla of Allentown for the Phi the circuit will be the son. e to be the headquarters @ with the change delphia Athletics, me as last sea- —_—. LATEST FROM DAWSON CITY. Returned Prospector Confirms Re- ports of Scarcity of Food. NANAIMO, B. November 9.—The steamer George W. Hider has arrived here. Among her passengers was Donald Nichol- . who left Dawson September Mr. jolson says the food problem was a most perplexirg question when he left Dawson. Seven steamers were then over- due. chdison says that Skookum Gulch prov- ed an absolute fatlure outside of one claim. He believed the country to be rich, but it can never be properly developed until pro- visions are cheaper. Work is plenty at $1.50 per hour. The gold commissioner and mounted po- lice do not consider it advisable, under ex- isting circumstances, to collect the 20 per cent royalty and to reserve alternate claims for the government. The miners are not required to take out licenses, but have to pay $15 for staking claims, which pays for ag and recording, and $100 for the claim the second year. oes GOLD COMING NEXT SPRING. EM J. Gage Talks of the Richness of Klondike. EUTTE, Mont., November 9.—Eli J. Gage of Chicvgo, Son of Secretary Gage and aucitor of the American Trading and Transportation Company, passed through Butte on his return from Dawson City, ecming Gown from Dawson on the last beet. He says that the stories of the vealth cf the Klondike have not been exeggerated, and that the first boat dowr. im the spring will bring at least 315,000,000 in gold. Mr. Gage looks for other discoveries in that country equally as rich as the Klon- dike. He says there are at present about 7.0” people in Dawson City, and he pre- dicts that there will be a great deal of suffering, from the fact that many men rushed in there without sufficient pro- visions to last them over winter. Two stores have stopped taking orders for pro- visions before he left, having sold out their entire stock. The stock of the others was getting very low. ———— RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION, Be Early Taken Up by Congress. One of the first measures of public im- portance that will come up for considera- tion in Congress next session will be a Ml to restrict immigration. The admin- istration is committed to such a bill, and the republican leaders in the House and Senate will devote their attention to its passage curly in the session. It will be rememered that the last Con- gress passed an immigration bill. It went to President Cleveland, who vetoed it. The House promptly passed the bill over his ¥eto, but, owing to the lack of time, the Senate did not act upon it. When Speaker Reed appointed his com- mittees for this Congress he supplanted Mr. gartholdt, the chairiaan, who had op. posed the bill) with Mr. Danford of Ohio, who is in syu pathy with the edministration on the immigration question. It is likely that the bil, which President Cleveland vetced may be shorn of some of its features in order to satisfy those who Opposed the measure in sympathy with the objections which he urged against it. It is certain, however, that the bill Congress is expected to pass will be even more strin- gent in some features than the old one. The new bili will provide for the exclu- sion of anarchists. It will aim to keep out the ignorant classes of immigrants, who form the dangerous elements in cities. It will exclude the men in certain skilled branches, who are accustomed to come to America in busy seasons, take the places of better paid American labor and then when times are dull go home again to spend their savings. it will discriminate against French Ca- nadians and others who are citizens of a foreign government living across the bor- der, but who enter the United States every morning to compete with American labor and go home in the evening to buy their groceries. ‘The immigration bill will be backed by Speaker Reed in the House and by Senator Lodge in the Senate, with the whole power Se Mekinks stuleietraten ie nip- Conferring With Dr. Jackson. Alger had a conference with Jackson, with a view to the use lef tw of reindeer in sending reli supplies miners in the Klondike over the Dalton trail from Juneau. Treland. = Arranging for a Return te the O14 Country—The Centenary in 98. Maude Gonne, the prophetess of Ireland's ultimate freedom, who came to the United States recently in the interest of the “#8 centenary,” arrived in Washington today, and {is at the Hotel Normandie. She visits the cepital to see the sights, of which she has heard much, and bearing letters of in- troduction to many persons prominent s0- cially and officially, but will not be heard in public until later In the season. Maude Gonne is a young woman of un- usual height and grace of figure, and her voice nas eloquence of tcne that forms a most persuasive accompaniment to burning phrases of accusation agairst England, for the woes of Ireland. She has big, brown eyes that flash as she recounts the scenes she has witnessed, notably an eviction on the ate of Lord Defresne in Roscommon, where powder was ignited on the straw reofs, and the wretched tenants burned out. Her eyes fairly reflect the flames she pictures. Her curling brown hair is ar- ranged in Trilbyesque fashion, and she has the perfect complexion of the women of her country. In conversation she is brilliant and earnest, and plainly enough is heart and soul for Ireland’s rescue. Maud Gonne, Paris, appears on the hotel register, for this young woman is editress of L'Irlande Libre, the European press bui- letin of the Irish cause. She is treasurer of the organization now at work all over the world for a great national demonstration in Ireland in 1898—a centenary. Thousands of pilgrims who have been forced from their homes will hasten from the countries of their adoption in all parts of the world to gather on the battlefields where their comrades lost and won, and pay homage to patriotism. “Extermination,” said Maud Gonne, “is the policy of England toward us, even as in India, where famine is created, because the money formerly used for irrigation is being spent on strategical railways and defenses. I am delighted to find such ardent interest in the centenary in this country. We are superstitious, you know, and we firmly be- Leve that the death of Queen Victoria will mean England's ruin and our triumph.” An anticipated accomplishment of the or- ganizers of the centenary is the liberation of nine political prisoners now under iife sentence. Maud Gonne is of excellent family, her father having been mil:tary attache of England at Vienna for many years. A number of social affairs have been~ar- ranged in her hercr. —_< ROSSIFER FIRST IN. Good Crowd at Benning Despite Un- favorable Weather. The third day of the second fall meeting of the Washington Jockey Club brought out a fair-sized crowd, despite the very threatening weather. The number of reg- ulars showed no d'minution, and Sspecula- tion was as brisk as on yesterday. The track was again slow, but not as heavy as was expected. Aurelian and Mohawk Prince were scratched in the first race, Kings Highway in the second, Kinnikinic and Ben Roland in the third and Tappan and Merlin in the fourth. Starters in first race—Holton (O'Leary), 4 to 1; Toronto (Bergen), 5 to 1; Flames (Coylie), 40 to 1; Eleanor Me. (Hirsch), 2) te 1; Prompt (O' > to 1; Rossi- fer (Maher), 2 to 1; Break O’ Day’ (Garri gan), to 1; innie Alphonse (Sanger), io 1; Mount Washington (Neville), 12 to 1. First race, seven furlongs—Rossifer, first; Minnie Alphonse, second; Prompt, third. ‘Time, 1.32 1-5. Entries for Tomorrow. First race, all ages, 6% furlongs—Thomas Cat, 131; Blue Devil, 121; The Manxman, 121; Break O'Day, 118; Sly Fox, 108; Au- rum, 98. Second race, two-year olds, 7 furlongs—- Handpress, Warrenton, Longacre, Rinaldo, Aurum, Sir Dick, Pinkerton Scout, 110; Herdly, Black Dude, Bardello, 107. Third race, for three-year olds and up- ward, selling, three-quarters of a mile— Geo. H. Ketcham, 115; South Africa, Albert S., 110; Kaiser Ludwig, Tappan, Manti 102; Venetia I, Campania, Dalgretti, 11 Summer Sea, 105; Maud Adams, Hurl, Her Own, 99. Fourth race, selling, two-year-olds, three- quarters of a mile—Sly Fox, 110; Hardly, 1 Charagrace, 102; Plantain, > Hat pin, 98; Isen, 100; High Hoe, Checkers, 95 Lucid, 90; Merlin, 100; Pontet Canet, 92. Fifth race, selling, three-years-old and upward, mile and sixteenth—King T, 116; Marshall, 111; Ben Ronald, 110; Sue Kittie, Alarum, 108; Counsellor, Howe, 1¢ Lans- dale, Abingdon, Dalgretti, James Monroe, 108; Squan, L. B., 95. _— ORDERED TO RETURN. Sanguilly Threatened W' ig He Refuses. Considerable interest is felt in the seem- ingly authoritative announcement that Gen, Julio Sanguilly, the Cuban patriot, has been ordesed by Gen. Maximo Gomez to report for duty in the insurgent army by December 10, under pain of being re- duced to the ranks and discharged without honor. The report is not ,believed here. The State Department has no means of know- ing whether there is any truth in the state- ment, but every one familiar with the cir- cumstances in the Sanguilly case belleves that the story is without foundation. This government is not directly connected with the agreement between Sanguilly and the Spanish authorities, by the terms of which Sanguilly was not to return to Cuba after having been released from the Spanish prison. The only way the State Department became Involved in the matter was through its intimation to the friends of Sanguilly that if he refused the conditions proposed by Spain his chance of freedom was slim, as there was no more this government could do for him. This course by the ad- ministration was severely criticised in the Senate at the time, it being held that his release should be insisted upon without condition, on the grounds of his American citizenship. it is thought that for him to go to Cuba now would be prejudicial to the cause of American citizens in Cuba, especially those who bear Cuban rames, and that it would injure the cause of Cuba more than could be compensated for by the service he could perform in the Cukan army. If he should be captured, this government would do nothing for him, and the State Department wouid be very careful thereafter in taking tp the cause of alleged American citizens. It is not thought, therefore, that the Cu- bans would be foolish enough to insist upon his joining the army. Sanguilly, who is a major general in the Cuban army, was arrested in Havana over two years ago, charged not only with be- ing a rebel, but a traitor to Spain. He was at that time holding an office under the Spanish government. His case occasioned long diplomatic negotiation between the United States and Spain, Sanguilly having become an American citizen since the ten years’ war, in which he was made a col- onel and a brigadier general by Maximo Gomez, who now orders his return to duty. Gomez has since the present. began made him a major general. The efforts of the United States resulted in the release of Sanguilly upon his mak- ing a pledge upon his honor to the authorities and Secretary Sherman that he would have naught to do with the revolu- thor he supremacy of Spain. h Disgrace return to the insurgent army. Cuban sym- pathizers in this city believe that Sanguilly will suffer a discharge, as threatened, sooner than break his pledge not to participate in the revolution. . THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1897-14 PAGES. Modical Student Assaulted ona Public Street in Daylight. HIS POCKET BOOK AND MONEY TAKEN Assailant Uses a Knife, Inflicting Several Stabs. POLICE ON THE TRAIL . Mr. Bedford M. Downing, a medical stu- dent at Howard University, who lives at No. 810 6th street northwest, was murder- cusly assaulted and robbed by an un- known colored man on Florida avenue nerthwest between 6th and 7th streets about 5:40 p.m. yesterday. He received four cuts and was robbed of his pocket book, which contained $34.95. Inspector Mat- tingly’s detectives were called into the case, and they are locking for the crim- inal, of whom they have not a good de- scripticn. Althcugh the affair happened within so short-a distarce of the terminus of three car lines and at a time of the day when mseny persons are-on the -streets going home from work, there was no excitement occasioned, due probably to the fact that Mr. Downing made no outcry. He was in bed today under the care of Dr. Hall when a Star reperter visited his house and learn- ed from him the circumstances of the as- sault. The young man left kis home on 6th street in time to reach Howard University at 6 o'clock, the time set for a lecture. He went out 7th street cn a cable car and, when he reached Florida avenue, went in a store and bought a cigar. A $5 bill was tendered in payment, fe said, and Mr. Downirg, after lighting the cigar, started out the door, at the same time placing his mcney in his pocket book. Accosted by the Robber. When he had walked almost as far as 6th street his attention was attracted by somebody in the rear calling: “Hold on, there.” “What do you want?” he inquired, and he turned and saw a tall colored man ap- Proaching, who had evidently followed him from 7th street. “I want your pocket book,’ was the col- ored man’s: response. Instead of handing over his pocket book, Mr. Downing called him a *“ fool” and dealt the man a blow with his fist, but not with force enough to do any damage. The confessed highwayman then grabbed him and a short struggle ensued, during which the wounds were inflicted and pocket book taken. Although very much excited, in addition to having been worsted in the combat, Mr. Downing boarded a southbound car and returned home. It was not until Dr. Hall responded and made a careful ex- amination that he knew to just what extent he had been wounded. There was an ugly stab wound in the left breast, about three inches above the heart, another in the right side of the abdomen and another in the fleshy part of the thigh. There was a fourth wound in the left wrist. The doctor found that a pointed blade, probably a penknife, had been used by the assailant, and while considerable blood had been*lost there is no reason to fear serious results. at Dealer Makes Denial. Speaking of the cigar incident, he said he bought the cigar in an Italian fruit store, on the southeast corner of 7th street and “lorida avenue, and, as already stated, he says he gave the storekeeper a five-dollar bill in payment for it. Louis Cuneo, keeper of the fruit store, was secn by Inspector Mattingly and Detective Parham, and he denied that he had received a five-dollar bill in payment for anything last night. He Was certain that no one tendered’ hime ia tive-dollar bill in payment for a cigar. Patient's Condition. This afternoon the patient's condition Was much better, and in a few days he will ve able to leave his bed. His clothes were badly slashed by the colored man’s knife. As soon as the case was reported In- spector Matting!y sent two officers to Mr. Downing’s house, and they heard his ver- sion of the affair, as given above. Mr. Downing gave the officers as good a de- scription as he cuuld of the colored man. He said he was tall, and he thinks he had @ mustache. The officers are making a further investigation of the affair. Cuneo, the cigar vender, was taken to the house of the injured man, but he failed to recognize him as having been in his store yesterday, althouga he said he had frequently seen him passing the store. On the other hand, Mr. Downing failed to identify Cuneo as the man who waited on him. —_—~—-—_—_ RECORDER OF DEEDS. ‘Transfers te District Must Be Proper- ly Cared For. The Commissioners today issued the fol- lowing order: “Whereas it is necessary for the proper conduct of public business that all instru- ments of conveyance of land or interest therein to the District of Columbia, and a record of the same, be kept in one office, it is hereby ordered: “That all officers and employes of the government of the District of Columbia be directed to immediately transmit to the surveyor of said District, for record in bis office (or make to the Commissioners a full statement of reasons why it is not practicable or advisable to do so), all deeds or other conveyances to the District of land or rights of way or interests therein in their custody; likewise to furnish the surveyor with any other information in their possession which will enable him to make a complete record of any such land or rights, or interests therein. “That all such deeds or other convey- ances of property or rights of way, or in- terests therein, hereafter executed, shall be transmitted promptly to the auditor, who, after taking any action thereon that may be necessary in his office, shall, with- out delay, forward said instruments or data to the surveyor for his record and custudy. “Tkat the auditor shall cause to be re- corded, in the office of the recorder of deeds of sald District, all of such instru- ee which have not aiready been record- ————___ HIGHWAY EXTENSION . CASES. Taking of Testimony Continued Be- fore .Justice Cox. The introduction of testimony as to val- ues was continued today in street extension cases 429, Haw’s; 436, Prather’s, and 487, Wright and Co: subdivision of Mt. Pleas- art. Mr. Chas. B. Bailey, one of the jury of appraisers, was too indisposed to sit in the case today. Both sides, however, agreed to go on with six jurors, and counsel for the District examined Builder Joseph Rich- ardson as to the value of the houses affect- = an the proposed condemnation of the nd. After recess additional testimony was in- troduced, and shortly before 2 o'clock the ecurt adjourned until tomorrow morning. —__ PREMIER SAGASTA’S NOTE, ‘at the State De- partment. Y. It was said at the State Department this dent. It is not denied that Sagasta’s note defin- ing Cuban policy of the present Spanistr the- ministry was considered at the cabinet meeting today, but it said that, even it that ‘@ fact, it would not s the of the administration to Unchanged. r a0 ‘ Thora Coteciee as. Usual—Defense at . . Insists That State Must First re Show a Marder. NEW YorK, November 9.—The Gulden- suppe jurorg, after the adjournment of ccurt at Long. J City yesterday were taken by deputy sheriffs to their respec- tive homes in order that they might make necessary arrangements for their. prospec- tive enforced absence. Afterward they were taken to Garden City, where they wit! be lodged during the trial. The hotel at which the jurymen will be entertained is twenty miles from the court house in which the trial of Martin Thorn is in Progress, but. the cheriff has so arrang:d tkat there will be no delay on that ac- count. : Thorn was cheerful. today, and professed to his keepers entire- confidence that the outcome of his tridl will be his acquittal. Prosecation’n Case Stated. When court convened District Attorney Youngs opened the case for the prosecu- tion. He recited the story of the alleged murder of William Guldensuppe, the find- ing of the dismembered corpse believed to be that of Guldensuppe, and all the inci- dents ‘often rélated fi connection with the case, which form the chain of evidence upon. which the state expects to obtain the conyiction of Thorn and later that of his alleged accomplice, Mrs. Nack. Mr. Youngs occupied thirty-five minutes in his opening address, and during the en- tire time Thorn kept his eyes fixed steadily on the prosecutor, but his face did not be- tray the slightest’ emotion. Lawyer Howe requested the court to ex- clude all the witnesses in the case from the court room, with the exception of the Medical experts.. The court so ordered, and the witnesses were conducted to the jury room. First Witness Called. The first witness called was John Mc- Guire, who was one of the two lads who, while bathing in East river, at the foot of ith street, found the upper portion of the body said to be that of Guldensuppe. Young McGuire identified the piece of ofleloth produced in court, and also a pho- tograph of the portion of the body. These were marked for identification. He -was not cross-examined. James McKenna,’ who was McGuire’s companion, corroborated McGuire in every detail, and also identified the oilcloth and photograph. He also was permitted to leave the witness chair without being cross- avestioned. 6 Other evidence was submitted which completed the history of this portion of the bedy until it was deposited in the morgue. Julius Meyer and his two sons, Edgar, aged thirteen, and Herbert, aged twelve years, who found the lower portion of the body tied up in a bundle in Ogden’s woods on Sunday, June 27, narrated the circumstances attending their ghastly dis- covery. During:the examination of Edgar Meyer, Mr. Howe, counsel for Thorn, in- terposed the ‘st, objection offered durin. the taking of testimony. “Your honor, he said, “I sybmit that until the death of Guldersunpe. boven. any testimony as to the finding of Any portion of remains is incompetent,” irrefevant, immaterial and premature. a First :@bjection Overruled. “Your objettio#“is overruled,” said Judge Smith. Soe ad These three,wijtnesses identified the wrap- pings of thesbuntle and a photograph of the portion ofthe body which ‘they had found. Otherieviittnce was merely to show that the bun@fé' Had been carried to the morgue. tise In the Coutge gy Detective Aloncle's’ tes- timony he sala ‘the had seen both por- at. uons of the body tn’a coffin at the morgue. “Did they appear to you to belong to the same person?” asked Mr, - Rosalsky, , for the prosecutién. 7?” fatto? | -?E object,’ shouted Mr. Howe. ” “This man is not #n anatomical expert.” “Objection sustained,” sald the court. Matthias Frederickson, chief boatswain’s mate, testified’to the finding of the package at the cob-dock. ' It was made up of two human legs wrapped in white oilcloth and | white duck. Detective Sergeant James E. Downing of New York police headquarters told of the transfer of the legs and wrappings ftom Brooklyn to the New York morgue on the evening of June 20. He identified the white oilcloth and white duck; also a pho- tograph of the limbs. NAVAL REORGANIZATION Long Sessions of the Recently Appointed Board, The special board on the reorganization of the personnel of the navy has been in session nearly eight hours every day since Monday week, and it is said that good prog- ress has been made with the troublesome subject on hand. Assistant Secretary Roose- velt, who is president of the board, is de- termined to have the board reach an agree- ment, if possible, on the main questions at issue, with a view to having Congress legis- Tate on the matter at the coming session. He hag laid aside all other business for the time being, and it is probable -the board will conclude its deliberations before the close of the present week. The sessions are secret, as it desired to avoid outside discussion as far as possible. A Reported Agreement. Although it was regarded as unlikely that the board as at present constituted—one civilian, seven line officers and four engin- cer officers—wotld reach an agreement sat- isfactory to the line and the staff, it is re- ported that an agreement of that kind has actually been reached. One of the meas- ures submitted for the consideration of the board for the reorganization of the per- scnnel was a bili producea jointly by Lieut. Commander Wainwright and Lieut. Sharpe ot the ine and Passed Assistant Hollis of the staff, the main teatures of which were recently published in ‘Che Star: According to report the board has approved so much of that measure as proviues ‘for the aboli- tion of the engineer corps in name and the transter of its vlficers,to the line, with ac- tual rank, except a small proportion, who are to be retained to design naval machin- erry. Under the “it da agreement all ofticers formerly of the" eer Corps above a cer- tain grade to bé dltermined are to perform duties not yet determined uniil they retire. None of these~-are to be required to per- torm sea servioetor be placed in charge of naval stations or ,gerve as chiefs or bu- reaus. All féfmef “engineers below a grade to be determmed/are to be given an oppor- tunity of pertecting themse:ves in must of the auties ngw performed by line officers, ‘They will algo do, engineers’ work as well. 1t is predicted that at the end of ten years engineer o! taking this course will be tuily equippped fof the duties of the grade they will nave attained by that time. Line officersiabave a certain rank are not to be required a any engh aut neering work, but o' pers. low it are to perfect themselves ‘hey ities Toe-Bound Whalers Considered by the Cabinet. SPAIN'S REPLY READ 70 THE MEMBERS Report of Commissioner Butter- worth's Resignation Disbelieved. APPOINTMENTS MADE TODAY —_+—__. The following appointments were. an- nounced at the White House today: Eugene A. Webster of South Carolina, collector of internal revenue for that state. John T. Wilder of Johnson City, Tenn., pension agent at Knoxville, Tenn. Dwight Jarvis of Florida, to be appraiser of merchandise at Tampa, Fla. Captain John C. Watson, to be a com- modore in the navy. Commander French E. Chadwick, to be a captain in the navy. Lieutenant Commander Frederick M. Wise, to be a commander in the navy. The appointment. of Mr. Webster as col- lector for South Carolina will be a sur- prise to politicians from that state. The term of office of S. A. Townes, the demo- cratic incumbent, does not expire until next April, and it was generally thought that he would serve until then. In few in- stances has the President made appoint- ments of collectors before the expiration of terms of incumbents. Mr. Webster is the national committeeman from his state, and has dispensed all the patronage so far. He was collector of internal ¢evenue for South Carolina under President Harri- son. Kentuckians See the President. Senator Deboe, Pr. W. G. Hunter, O. A. Reynolds, R. P. Ernst, W. McD. Shaw, 8. J. Roberts and E. T. Francis, all Ken- tuckians, called upon the President to thank him for the appointment of Dr. Hunter as minister to Guatemala and Hon- duras. Kentuckians generally in Washing- ton are pleased at the appointment. They regard him as the man to whom more than any other belongs the credit of repub- lican victories in the state. They say that Dr. Hunter has spent a small fortune for his party. The Kentuckians are now in hot chase of other positions. During their talk with the President they requested the chief execu- tive to do something for Maj. 8. R. Crum- baugh, who was mentioned as the suc- cessor of Gen. W. W. Duffield of the coast ang geodetic survey. They also pressed the appointment of W. A. Gaines, colored, as register of the treasury. They feel hope- ful that Gaines will be appointed. It_is pretty certain that a successor to J. Front Tillman will soon be appointed, and it has long been believed that the man will be either Gaines or ex-Senator B. K. Bruce. It is authoritatively stated that Senator Deboe has not withdrawn his indorsement of*Mr. Barnett for surveyor of the port of Louisville in favor of tdayor Todd, who was defeated for re-election last week. It is known, however, that if the President has many more good places to give to Ken- tucky Senator Deboe will ask for one for Mr. Todd. No intimation has come from Mr. Todd as to what he wants. He is ex- pected here soon, and will express his de- sires. Evading the Immigration Laws. Mr. T. V. Powderly, commissioner of im- migration, had a short talk with the Presi- dent this mornirg. Mr. Powderly is pre- paring some data on the subject of im- migration with a view to communicatir it to Congress if called upon to do so. Com- mittees of Congress generally call the com- missioner before them. Commissioner Pow- derly thinks that one of the most serious phases of the violation of immigration laws is in the coming of foreigners to this coun- try through Canada. He hopes that some action will be taken to suppress the in- flux of unwelcome people from this di- rection. Mr. Powderly said that steamship companies bringing immigrants to Canada prepare their manifest lists to show certain immigrants bound tor the United States. Under the laws, he said, the inspectors of this country can examine only the immi- grants so recorded. Immigrants whose des- tination is not so recorded go unmolested. When they get ready they go from Quebec to Winnipeg and slip across into the United States. Canadian railways, it is alleged, encourage these violations of the laws of this country. Rev. Hugh Johnston, pastor of the Metro- politan Church, called on the President this morning and introduced Rev. Dr. J. N. Davis, formerly of this city, but now of Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Meeting of the Cabinet. The full reply of Spain to the first note of Minister Woodford was read to the cab- inet by the President. Outside of this there was no talk about Cuba or Spain. The cabinet also gave consideration to the ice-bound Bering sea whaling fleet. ‘Two plans were discussed, one to send the Bear, which cannot be got ready for two weeks, and another to send the Thrasher, a whaling vessel, now at San Francisco. This latter determination was reached-after the receipt of a telegram by Secretary Long from the commandant of the Mare Island navy yard. The Thrasher can be provi- sioned at once and sent immediately on her mission. It is stated that there is a very good supply of provisions at Point Barrow and another supply at Herschel Island, also that at least three vessels well supplied with provisions will winter in the arctic. The location of the reindeer in Alaska, which are wanted for transportation, is not known, but it is believed a supply can be obtained. Several Virginia Offices. Virginians look to see the President make several appointments for that state before many days. The marshalship and attorneyship of the western district are among these. The term of District At- torney Montague, democratic attorney gen- eral-elect of Virginia, expired several monthe ago. He was temporarily reap- pointed until a man should be chosen, and is now serving. The warring elements of the republican party have so ae been a able to agree upon a man. ey are in session at the Hotel Johnson today for the » it is said, of trying to arrange thelr differences and to select a man for this position. It has generally been thought that Representatives Yost and Walker would be allowed to name the man. It was also expected that they would name the man for the marshalship, but it is alleged that Senator Hanna promised that to Brown Allen, who was a delegate to the St. Louis convention. About a year ago appointed J. H. White as district attorney of the eastern district of Virginia. He is a gold demccrat, and it is said that the President will sllow him to serve his full term of four years. The Butterworth Resignation. No f£onfirmation “can be obtained at the ‘White House of the story that Commis- the Ice-Bound Whalers. Important Telegram Received at the ‘Treasury Department This Morning. Capt. Shomaker of the revenue cutter service today received an important tele- gram from Capt. Tuttle, commanding the cutter Bear at Seattle, Wash., in regard to the fitting of the Bear for a relief expedi- tion to the arctic regions. Capt. Tuttle says that the repairs to the Bear will cost $1,500. He then says: “Before the Bear can reach St. Michael the bay will be frozen over. The vessel cannot winter at St. Michael, as the ice would carry it away. There is no harbor nerth of Unalaska that does not remain frezen until late in June. Bering strait is closed by ice in November and remains £0 until June. “The whalers at Point Barrow are within six miles of the point and eighteen miles from the former refuge station. I under- stand from Capt. McGregor of the steam whaler Karluk that the agent at the refuge Station has about :#0 barrels of flour. With this and the provisions of the vessel, theve should be no starvation. Those frozen in at Dedmarklation Peint have the supply sta- tion at Herschell Island to fall back upon, while it will probably be necessary to abandon the vessels. “I do not apprehend that the crews will meet with anything worse than privations and hardships. The Bear can be ready to start in two weeks. There is plenty of coal at Unalaska. I can see no way of rendering assistance until the ice opens In July. No vessel can do anything in the Arctic ocean until July.” ——_-+e.+_____ PRONOUNCED “BUNCOMBE.” A Report of Chief Hazen’s Visit to New York. The Treasury Department pronounces as “buncombe” a sensational story in a New York paper that Chief Hazen of the secret service is in New York city, accompanied with much mystery by fifteen or twenty sleuths, and having important business on hand. Chief Hazen has received no instructions from the treasury to investigate sugar fineries or the smuggling of Chinamen, as intimated in the stcry. The secret service would have nothing to do with either of these matters. They are handled by the detectives of the special agency of the treasury. Caief Hazen’s bureau has never arrested a Chinaman. It is probable that the chief is arrang- ing for the trials of counterfeiters who have been arrested in New York city. ——_+e+_____ SENATOR HANNA’S DISPATCH. Latest Information as to Mr. worth’s Condition. At 2:15 p.m. Mr. Coffin received the fol- lowing from Senator Hanna: There is no change in Maj. Butterworth’s condition today and no cause for either en- couragement or discouragement. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 9, 3 p.m. —A bulletin just issued reports Mr. Butter- worth’s condition as not quite so favorable, but that he is in no immediate danger. Ba A SENSATIONAL EGHO. Butter- Miss Bessie Stacey Agnin in Legal Difiiculties. An echo of the decidedly sensational ar- rest lest spring of Miss Bessie Stacey, the adopted daughter of an eminently resp2ci- able resident of this city, who, it was charged, was caught in the act of purloin- ing valuable jewelry from a well-known establishment on Pennsylvania avenue, was heard late this afternoon, when a peti- tion for divorce was filed in the Supreme Court of the District by James A. Talia- ferro, who seeks a legal separation from Elizabeth Louise Taliaferro. ‘The latter was formerly Miss Bessie Stacey. It will be remembered that Miss Stacey waived preliminary examination in the Police Court, and was held for the action of the grand jury. It is understood the charges pending against her were dropped when it was stipulated that she had been married and would hereafter reside with her husband in Florida. In his petition, filed this afternoon, Mr. Taliaferro states that he was married to the defendant the Sth day of last May at St. John’s Church, corner Potomac and O street, in this city. On the 14th day of October his wife deserted him, and they have not lived together since that time. Since and before the desertion, Mr. ‘Taliaferro charges, his wife has committed immoral acts. Mr. Taliaferro charges further that his wife has committed immoral acts with men in a house of ill-fame in Baltimore. It is also set forth in the petition that Mrs. Tal- jaferro gave away money belonging to the petitioner at various times and places since his marriage last May. Continuing, Mr. Taliaferro says that his wife has at varivus times and places been under the influence of liquor, and while in such condition has conducted herself to- ward him in a cruel and profane manner. He further says that her present place of abode is over a restaurant in a questionable locality, where, he says, she has acted in an immoral manner with a number of men under assumed names. In conclusion, Mr. Taliaferro states he always provided for the defendant a com- fortable home, and in every way conducted himself as a good husband, adding that her mother had also offered her a home in New York, which she had declined, saying she preferred to live in Washington. ——_ ADVANCE AGENT COMMITS SUICIDE. He Was a Presbyterian Preacher E: ployed by Mme. Moultenord. LOS ANGELES, Cal., November 9.—The Los Angeles engagement of Mme. Moui- tenord, the oriental lecturer, has been marred by the suicide of her advance agent, Rev. W. T. Veale, a Presbyterian clergy- men. Rev. Mr. Veale shot himself in his room at the Hollenbeck Hotel. He was an En- glishman, forty-nine years old. Temporary insanity, due to an injury to his brain, is the supposed cause of the suicide. ——.__ Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, November 9.—Flour dull, unchanged —recelpts, 17,091 barie's; exports, 16,794 barrels: sales, 400 barrels. Wheat steady at decline—spot and month, 95% bid; els; exports, 3 wt bushels. Rye firm—No, 2 nearby, 53; No. 2 western, 54—re- stunk 266/368 bushels, Hay?quiet—cholce Coty aq ce . $id.0d naked. Grain freigits yuict and steady, wr. a Sugar strong, ‘firm — fresh, 18Kal0. | Cheese — fa ew York steady. large, 1 do. 37, medinm, 10%4a10%; do. 3 moni, Liat: “Whisky “unchanged. . THEM'FINANCE AND TRADE Prices of Stocks Showed Slight Im- provement Today. RESULT OF BETTING ON EARNINGS Little Permanent Improvement Ex- pected at Present. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS a See Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 9.—The presence of some commission orders and moderate improvement in London had a beneficial influence on prices this morning. The short interest was forced to cover in many instances and gains varying from 1 to 2 per cent followed. During the opening hour, efforts were made to renew the decline and prices were offered down for a time some cess. There was some 4 in the volume of such offerings, however, and this fa¢t was taken to indicate a wan- ing confidence in the propriety of extend- ing the short account. Accordingly several of the more prom- inent room traders instituted a buying movement into which the short interest was to be forceckas allies, and as ts usual with concerted plans, success of moderate proportions followed. There was no radical change in senti- ment, however, and a rally of a few poin Was all that conservative judges were will- ing to predict. The movement had a ton- dency to increase the dullness, and this ac- tion, next to absoiute improvement, is the most favorable of all the possibilities of such a complex situation. Waiting for Congress to convene and to Cutline its winter's work will be a con- spicuous feature of the next few weeks. Daring the afternoon the question of earnings attracted attention, and the uni- formity of the increases was taken to in- sure important dividend developments in the near future. Wagers varying from $500 to $1,000 were offered that Northwestern, Burlington and Rock Island would increase their next dis- bursement to shareholders. Strangely enough, this offer to wager money on what in well-informed circles has been consid- ered a foregone conclusion had a per- ceptible influence on prices. During the most demoralized periods of the recent de- cline earnings came in on a scale increas- ing profitable returns to shareholders, yet their significance was totally ignored. Com- ment on the spectacle of decreasing prices and increasing value was made without adding a fraction to the shares directly concerned. The situation was scarcely normal then, and its momentary return to reason today does not insure sustained improvement. If the larger operators are forced to cover, as the opposition now propose, higher prices will follow, but the invest- ment public will not, in all probability, buy extensively at the new level. A trader's market within a radius of 2 or 3 per cent should be the outcome of these conditions until after the new year. The sugar decision now under considera- tion by the Treasury Department is likely to be attended by important stock market results. Should the evidence fail to sustain the contention that the Netherlands gov- ernment is paying a concealed export bounty on exported sugars, all continental sugars would be shipped from those ports to the manifest injury of tne American companies. The only offset to this influence would be the fact that the home company is in com- plete and almost absolute control of the fie The activity in the steck of late in- dicate. very clearly the trade opinion of the significance of the impending ler. During the last hour the market ‘vas @ull at fractional net gains for the day in many irstances. ———___. 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- rorted by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spurrits.. . 9 American Sugar, American Tobacco. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated hingto: jock Exchange. les—regular ca'l—12 o'clock _m.—Washington Gas, 2 at 46%; 25 at 464; 50 at 46. Lanston Mo- 50 at 18%. Capital Traction, trict of Columbia, Bonds 20-year fund. Ss, bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 112 bid. Water Zs, 1901, currency, 112 bid.’ Water stock 7s, 1908, currency, 112 id. 3.65u, funding, currency, 111 bid, 115, Misceli asked. Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad Se, 115% bid, 118% asked. Metropojitan Railroad conv. 12144 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, A, 122 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebt B, 111 bid, 112 asked. Belt Ratiroad 5s, 60 asked.’ iroad Gx, 200 asked. Columbia Ralleoad Ge, 119 vid. W iF