Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1897, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Prosecution Introduces Some New Witnesses in Thorn Trial. DAMAGING TESTIMONY 70 DEFENDANT His Story of His Movements June 25 Flatly Contradicted. ee CAPT. O'BRIEN TO TESTIFY —— _NEW YORK, November 26.—The first witness celled in the Thorn murder trial today was the barber, Keohne, whose ex- amination had not been concluded when the court adjourned last Wednesday even- ing. In reply to Mr. Howe's questions, this witness admitted that the stilleto which he had shown to Jhern had a >oisoned point, and he seemed to be very uncomfort- able fter having made this admission. Then he said he only kept it as an orna- ment, afterward explaining that his broth- er had made him a present of it. Edwaid Speck, a bartender, testified that he saw Thorn in a saloon in East 3tih street on Tuesday, June 29. Thorn was showing a watch to a driver named Fed derer. Thorn had also exhibited some money and sai ‘This is what I got oui ef my carriage ride last Saturday.” dderer’'s Awkward Mistake. Feddere. was next called, and when ask t out the man who showed him and money, he pointed to on of the reporiers who was sitting abou five yards away from where the prisone: was sitting. Th used general laugh which was quickly subdued by a rap o the judge's gavel. The witness said he saw Thorn produce a pistol from his pock et and while handling it during the play- of cards, said: “It is a casc th with me. ement was rather irrelevant ané ‘s did not connect the prisoner. who had in the meantime stood up at the request of his lawyers, with the Gulder s ase in any way te Oth avenue fila e that he knew Mrs. Nack and als« aac whom he thought wa: Edward Gorden, a newsboy who frequent- ed the 3th street saloon where ‘Thort aid he saw Thorn on Saturday, Jun¢ Hello, peanuts,” and th . barbe Carl Metich, who keeps a barber shop. testified that Thorn told him about liv: with Mrs. Nack and having had a with her der (Guldensuppe), a! whom he fired a p but did not iftten: h WwW occurred in Marct Damaging to Thorn’s Side. This witness said that he had sent Thor: for a bottle of “shampco mixture” er Wednesday, Jrne 23. It be remember rding to Police Captain O'Brier s did no He had re orn, in which y that he was ser oo mixture on Junc ce together pari gave the letter tc ptain O'B after Thorn wa- arrested. M: ed the letter y handed him by the pros y of the murder. horn on Friday, known Thern for a lon: ner always bore an time and ient char- it the arri y chief of t a! @etective bureau of York, who was to be the next witness ,put who had not reach- ed the court house. Mrs. Nack in Court. Before taking the witness stand Capt. -n held a whispered conference with Mad@ox, lasting several minutes. was brought into court in order ‘At be identified by the captain. r counsel, accompanie: Howe, addressing Capt. O’Brien, said: “Captain, is that the woman who said what you said said after sne was arrested?” pointing to Mrs. Nack, who was sitting close by the witness’ chair. plied the captain. “Do you wish to retain the witness any nger?” asked the court. x hcnor,” said Mr. Howe, Insin- 1 would like pim to remain Mrs. Nack is called as a wit- ness, if she is to be called.” After some dickering between the law- yers for the people and Mr. Howe, Surro- Weller said: “Mrs. Nack will not ve today. all I wart to know,” said Mr. . O'Brien was then instructed ver the woman should be called. Former Detective John McCauley, now a nan, was sworn. He d that on ior to her arrest, he informed k of the finding of the parts of a which he believed were portions I do not believe that * The witness also » by the prisoner to the detective bu- hings Thorn told the ‘Mrs. Nack said to him: “Gul- did not treat me right, and he me io open a house of prostitu- » was brous' mong other Capt. O'Brien Corroborated. $ practically corroborated a of what Captain O'Brien had Wednesday as to what Thorn did police adquarte! Several the examination of this wit- ze on Mrs, Nack, met the woman arching look. and was the bar- ave con- rder, w u His direct ex- District At- om Thorn is vout the he had known He told of see es blacked last Feb- at ‘Thorn to! w the first opportunity. One - witness and Thorn went a game of ba Thorn pul da stiletto “How would was all over. He told her to go back to New York and return about 5 o'clock in the evening, when everything would be “fixed up.” Thorn also told how he cut up the body and said in the separation of the parts he used a saw. Mrs. Nack had bought the oil cloth in Astoria, but Thorn said she made a botch of it. Thorn bought the cheese cloth in a store on 2d avenue, New York. The prisoner told him that he bought some plaster of paris on the morn- ing of the murder and after he had in- cased the head in it he threw the bundle into the river. The witness then told of the disposition of the other parts of the bedy as Thorn had described to him. This closed the direct examination of Gotha, and the court took a recess of an hour. ————— GERMANY’S OBJECT DISCLOSED. Diplomats Regard Hier Demands on China as a Ruse. LONDON, November 26.—Special dis- patches received here today from Shang- hai say that Baron Von Heyking, the Ger- man minister to China, has presented to the Chinese government the demands of Germany fer reparation for the recent murder of German missionaries and the destruction of German mission property. These demands include the discovery and execution of the murderers of the mis- sicnaries, Nies and Hennle, the punish- ment of the implicated official, the recon- struction of the miszion buildings, the pay- ment of an indemnity of 600,000 taels to the relatives of the victims and the pay- ment of a heavy indemnity to cover the expenses of the German expedition and the maintenance of the German force at Kiao Chou bay. ‘The Chinese government replied that Kiao Chou bay must be evacuated before the demands can be discussed. Baron Von Heyking refused to consent to this, and a dead lock was the result. The foreign diplomats, the special dis- patches further announce, say ihat the German conditions are impossible of ac- ceptance, and they assert that they were enly presented to enable Ge: iy to retain Kiao Chou bay and to ex northward her hold of Chinese territory. WILL SHOOT NEARLY NINE MILES. Remarkable Record Made by Maxim's New Gun. PORTSMOUTH, November 26.— Hiram Maxim's new quick-firing gun was tric] kere today with remarkable results. With twenty-five pounds of cordite it showed ar effective range of 16,000 yards. DECISION POSTPONED. Judge Bradley Not Upon Wi It was expected that Judge Bradiey would today dispose of the motion for a new trial nade in the case of ex-Policeman Dan Wil- liams, convicted recently of the embezzle- ni of Police Court funds, but the judge announced this afternoon that “he will not dispose ef the matter until some time ext week. The judge explained that his elay in rendering his decision was due to » fact that in his consideration of the se he had come across some points which either side had suggested to him. SS FIRE SWEEPS STOCK RANGES. ‘Thousands of Sheep in Danger Near Mexico, N. M., November prairie fire is sweeping over the country south of this point. The grass is very high and there has been no rain for weeks. The course of the fire is through the great cut- range belt, and for over 200 miles there is no barrier in its path. The wind is blow- ing very hard from the north. Thousands of sheep are in danger and are being rush- ed_to places of safety. Should the wind change te the south, which is now indicated by clearing skies, the danger will not be so gre there is no estimating the pro tion. So far only two ranches destroyed. DR. GEORGE HORN DEAD. Prominent as a Scientist and Member of Many Societies. PHILADELPHIA, November 26.—Dr. Geo. R. Horn, who for a numbtr of years was secretary of the American Philosophical So- ciety, died yesterday in this city, aged fifty- ht years. Dr. Horn was president of the American Entomological Society, and had a large umber of pupils in that bh h of science. Next to the late Dr. John Labonte he was Icoked upon as the leading entomologist in America. He was active in the Academy of Natural Sciences and served as its corre- sponding secretary for some time. eas OFFERED TO CORRUPT A JUROR.” Serious Charge Against Ross Lutshaw at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 26.—An- other sensation in connection with the fftal of Dr. Jefferson D. Goddard for the murder of Laundryman Fred J. Jackson is the swearing out of a warrant for the arrest of Ross W. Latshaw, a well-known poli- tician, charged with attempting to corrupt a juror in the second trial of Goddard. The warrant was sworn out by Geo. Jack- son, a brother of the murdered man, who alleges that Latshaw agreed to give Clar- ence M. Boyd, one of the venire drawn for the second trial of Goddard, the sum of $50 to qualify as a juror and hang the jury in the interest of the defendant. Latshaw ased on a $500 bond signed by his brother, Ralph Latshaw, who is one of God- dard’s counsel. er Holderness Elected Captain. BETHLEHEM, Pa., November 26.—James Cuthbert Holderness of Cambridge, Mass., class of "99, was today elected captain of next year’s Lehigh foot ball eleven. Hold- erness has played full back on Lehigh’s eleven for thi years. > Entries at Pimlico Tomorrow. BALTIMORE, November 26.—Following are the entries for tomorrow at Pimlico: First race, seven-eighths mile—Jack Don- . Reeves, 102; Dogtown, 105; Duchess Annette, 102; Mills, 105; Pink “hambray, 102; Gun Metal, 102; Crayon, Second race, South Afri Prompt, 10: 103; Loui: pan, 102; Fisher, Third race, one mile—Albert 'S., lali, 105; Premier, 124; Sun Up, 123; Hugh Penny, Ben Ronald, 118; Kinntkinic, 116; Old Saugus, 115; Bromo, 114; Sensational, 117. Fourth race, six _furlongs—Warrenton, 110; Plantain, Mont D'Or, Taboret, Long- acre, Alleric, 107; Senator McCarren, 110; Tinkler, Juda, My Maryland, 107; Black Dude, Homelike, 110¥ Fifth race, six and one-half furlongs— Lansdale, 108; Marsian, 105; Buckeye, Mar- Beau Ideal, 108; Abingdon, 105; Lad, “104; Waterman, 105; Her Own, Minnie Alphonse ix furlongs—Oceana, 111; 1i7; Minnie Alphonse, 102; Convention, 102; Ten ‘Spot, Salaire, Mantle, Tap- Hi Daddy, 100. GAME SHOULD BE MODIFIED AT THE-WHITE HOUSE | WHOLE TOWN BLOWN Down Ohesterfield, Indiana, Wrecked by an Ex- plosion of Dynamite. President Jones of Hobart College Discusses The: B idetit’'ay Menta re : Disbuzsed iby:tl® Cabinet. ONLY ‘THE}PINS, TOUCHES. WANTED Ambassador =Patenotre Presents Létteré of Recall. Points Out Objectionable Features, but.is Unalterably Opposed to Prohibitive Legislation. Though Widespread Pecuniary Dam- age Was Done, Fortunately No Lives Are Reported Lost. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 26.—A special from Anderson, Ind., to the Evening Chesterfield, Ind., was almost wiped off the map at an early hour this morning by the explosion of eighty quarts of nitroglycerine, which had been brought overland from Montpelier and placed in an open field a half mile from the town. Marion Mansey and Sam Maguire were working at a gas well near by when the explosion occurred. Mansey was thrown fifty feet, but not fatally injured. Maguire was thrown a hundred feet in the air and badly lacerated, but will recover. James Gold’s house, 300 rods distant, was torn to pieces. The explosion tore a hele in the ground down to the water line. A three-ton engine was torn to fragments and every living animal near it was killed BUFFALO, N. Y., Noyember 26.—Presi- dent Jones of Hobart College, who witness- ed the game yesterday between his college and the University of Buffalo freshmen, said in the ccurse of an intervie) “I like foot bali and enjoy seeing a game. Of course players do get hurt in it, but that is true of other But serious accidents are rare in feot ball, as ccmpared with other games of like nature; yet because they do happen I want to see the game modified—modified only, not abolished. There are many ways in which this can be done without spoiling EXCHANGE OF REGRETS Se SS Not a bit of it. The cabinet held’a session of-some length today, but nearly all the time was devoted to the reading of.the President's forthcom- ing message.to.Congress and to @ discus- ston of its: features. The message is in such shape-that the President has nothing to do but-put on a few finishing touches. Nothing is known at the White House of any arrangement :by which President Mc- Kinley will pose foft a life-size statue to be built of selid gofd for exhibition at the Paris exposition, it is said by those close to the President that he would never give his. consent -to-amy-sueh a-scheme, ahd would-not even discuss the matter. is not believed that~the~ sculptor will evervget an audience with the-President on this subject: 4 Before the cabinet meeting this morning Secretary Alger atcompanied Major Gen- eral Dodge to.the *Wahite House. ternoon they will make a visit to the studio of the artist who will build the statue of General Sherman. {They will go over the plans for the statue. Only Representative Harmer Received Representative Harmer of Pennsylvania was the only man who saw the President before the cabinet meeting. over some of the features of the message with the Presitfent. He afterward said to a Star reporter that the ratification of the treaty for the annexation of Hawali would probably go through the Senate early dur- mg thé coming session. Regarding Cuba, Gen. Harmer said that this country ought to exercise caution and patience in dealing with Spain, ft would do ‘so. policy of the United States should not be controlled by foreign nztions,” said Gea. Harmer, “but we should have some respect for the countries across the water. e In arswer toa question as to probable legisiation ‘at the coming se: “We don’t want much Should Be Fewer Mass Plays. “I believe that there shculd be fewer mass plays and more open playing in a game. ‘Then, too, I would like to see low tackling abvlished. The danger in foot ball is not of the big accidents that we always hear of, but the little ones. The wrenched knees, strained shoulders, such things ere the harmful results of the game, and all or many cf these could be eliminated by making a few changes in the manner of playing. Again, there is too mucn professionalism in the game as play- ‘The little town of Chesterfield is a mass Every house was moved from its foundations, smashed in, every light put cut and the plastering shaken from the walls. Several people-were shaken out of bed. At Dalesville, two miles away, and at Yorktown, five miles distant, the was almost as great. injured, and it is a miracle that none were killed- outright. The jar of the explosion: was felt for fif- teen miles in all directiors. well was blown out and a workman named Cooper lit it and caused another explosion, in which he was fatally burned. The dam- age cannot be estimated. DISMISSED WITH WARNING. hurt ankles and Many peopl “Understand, this 1s not a charge against our opponents of yesterday. gether too much of getting men into col- lege because they ean play a good game. ‘They are induced to come to a certain col- lege either by offers of money, tuition or ‘They register as students and play on the college team.” Against Proposed Legislation. When asked his opinion about the anti- foot ball legislation in Georgia, he gave in one short werd—“Nonsense.” said the doctor, reflectively, great game, and I enjoy seeing it. merly when I saw a man get laid out in 2 zame I used to feel sorry, but I was—well, was rather anxious to have the game Now my first thought fs now can 1 square matters with his mother. Eee 5 AND GAME, There is alto- The gas in the other things. Chief Justice Bingham Releases Three Youthfal Burglars. Ellis Kane, William Brennon and Wallace Maurer, white boys, and Frank Williams, a colored boy, today pleaded guilty into the store of Edwin Ford the 25th of last July for the purpose of robbery in Criminal Court No. 1, apd Kane and Williams pleaded guiity of a similar offense in connection with: the store of Wm. D. Tennille the 29th of the following started again. “The foreign The Question ef the Red Men’s Right te Hunt During the Closed Senson. From the Denver Republican. It is said that the federal authorities in- tend to investigate the border betwe Attorneys Storie, Green and Taylor, on behalf of the boys, stated that the wronged parties did not care to press the cases, and, In view of the youth and previous good character of the boys, they asked that they be released on their personal recognizance, and that sentence be suspended during thelr good behavior. The district attorney did not oppose the motion, and Chief Justice Bingham, after ziving the youngsters some excellent ad- ice, warning them that if they do wrong again they will be given heavy sentences, granted the motion. ——— LIBERIA A PLAGUE SPOT. trouble near the | sicn, he remarked: the Utes and the What it is thought would be’ accomplished by the proposed investiga- tion is not disclosed, but in any event, it can do no harm. ‘The relation of Indians to the game laws of the far western states is one of great importance, if these laws are to be enforced ad a genuine attempt made to preserve It {s a subject to which few persons have given any thought, and doubtless it as not occurred to many persons living 17 the east that there is any occasion for com- 1int against the Indians on account of vi of the game law: and that’s, all. things, something, should be done to stop raids on the gold reserve. Representative Harmer has long been a member of the’ District of Columbia com- mittee of the Hguse.. “I have nothing par- ticular in mind -now as to District legis! “but. I shall do ali in my power to promote the presperity of the I was on the District ccmmittee at’ tho‘beginning-of the improv: ents which, have helped the city so much, first to suggest in Con- the general government 8 stidre of the cost of im- Whesbistrict will find me ad. for its people cn all oc+ ticn,” said he, national capital. Frightfal Experience of Negroes Who Went There. om the London Mail. There have just arrived in Liverpool from Liberia eight colored persons, citizens of the United States and formerly would-be citizens of the Liberian republic. a fearful story of their distress to a Datly Mail representative. Seventeen months ago these poor people, whose names are G. F. Farmer and wife and Otley Waite and five children, were tempted to sell their all in America and proceed to the dark African republic, which was pictured to them as a land flowing with milk and honey. company with 315 others they left Savan- rah in the American schooner Labrador. On their arrival at Liberia they soon found that it was no Canaan. resolved to make the best of it, and that bad indeed. are now alive. Liberian government, indeed, granted the immigrants land, but nothing could be done The iand was a hotbed of fever and it was dangerous to live on it before Waite tried to cultivate a portion eighteen miles from where his family lived. He was afraid to take them to his holding, as the number of abandoned ‘huts round about warned him of the dead- liness of the place. The immigration agents represented in their circulars that Liberia was the home of the negroes and all were invited to come ‘home. Gold and diamonds were said to be as common as stones in America. said Waite, with a tinge of sarcasm, have never seen one since I have been I have been looking mighty hard for American and was one_of t gress the idée& tha should pay provements. Vocating justice It will be. well, investigation brings to light the real situation, and, shows st how difficult cement of such laws. re, and that is that game enforcement of laws for the purpose of providing the ns with good hunting grounds. Either laws should be enforced against In- dians as well as against whites, or the at- tempt to enforce them at all might as well Public sentiment would not enforcement would restrict the liberty of white men in ways that would inure directly to the bene- fit of the Indians. Utes have claimed eertain hunting privileges in that part of Colorado which | y sold when they their rights or privileges are should be clearly ascertained and definitely deter- mined. To grant that they have a right to hunt does not inyolve they have a right to do so out of season. They have ne superior right than the peo- ple of Colorado, and if the legislature of this state can prohibit citizens of Colorado m killing game at certain times of the y the prohibition can be extended to the Ute Indians. Everything considered, the proposed ‘in- vestigation by the federal authorities would probably be productive of good. authorities should conduct an investi- gation also. This should be done regardless of what the authorities in Washington may i 4 t Rachanged Regrets. the French the public ju. make the enfo M.- Patenotre, presented hifMetters of recall to the ‘Pres- ident-at the White House at 11 o'ciock this morning. -Hig-called first. at the State De- partment, in ‘company with M. ‘Theibaut, cretary ofthe french embassy, and’ was escorted to fhe White’ House by Secretary arty was ushered into the ere. President McKinley n prg@senting his letters of ambassador, be given up. awaited thepi, essing régret Gt the S pleasant. ficial .rela- ‘thé Authorities here, ang the President’ replied in a sim; been transferred to eave New York for will be succeeded as ambassador to the United States by M. bon, thé former governor of Algiers, who is expegted to arriy i weeks, Meanwhile M, Theibaut will act as ¢harge d'affaires of the Frénch embassy. + Offutt-Thompson Case Postponed. ‘Thy case-of Mary R. Offutt and Samidet . Thompson, charged with the larceny of of diamond earrings, valued at $200, from Sarah 1. Smith, the details of which have heretofore appeared in The Star, and which was set-for a hearing this afternoon Before Judge Kimball, w Wednesday next. ‘The, case of Mrs. Frances McCarthy and charged with keeping a disorderly housé’on Missouri avenue, which was pertially heard before the court and a jury Monday, was resumed. felicitous adgress, Nevertheless they Madrid, ahd.-he will the admission that | jsurope tomorrow. here in a few ¢ @ne was “salted.” , Hunting in England." From the London Spectator. There is at present no sign that, as has been foreboded, hunting is on the wane in England. Agricul- tural depression, it was feared, by strait- ening the farmer’s resources and making it moré necessary to attend closely to busi- ness, would disincline him more and more to have his fields ridden over by strangers and his poultry devoured by foxes; and, if farmers as a class were alicnated, mainstay of hunting would be gone. It can only exist with their sufferance and good But, though it happens perhaps more often than formerly that a farmer warns he hounds off nis land, or barricades his fences with barbed wire, the British farm- S a role, is still what he always has been, a keen lover of sport, especially of And he knows that in many in- direct ways he benefits by the hunt. creases the local demand for hay and straw and fodder generally; it gives him oppor- tunities for showing off a likely young horse; it puts plenty of money into circula- tion in a rural neighborhood; and, if any damage is done to his fences, his poultry yard, he is fairly sure of com- pensation. He would rather, probably, if the choice were given him, have the hounds across his farm two or three times in a season and a few foxes in his coverts than the constant neighborhood of a great game- preserving estate alive with pheasants and ground game. Public opinion in country districts is still strongly in favor of hunt- postponed until one. Out of the 315 who went with him in the Labrador ninety-three died within six He then lost count, but he is now of the opinion that quite half of those who went in the ship are dead. All who could went back to America, but these were few. They had all made up their minds on board the ship to stay together and form one settlement in Liberia, but this the gov- ernment officials would not allow. said they were told openly that the Liber- ians were afraid if they settled in the place they would become too powerful and take the government from the Liberian subjects. In America they were told the Liberian soil could grow anything, but they could only grow cassava, potatoes and coffee, and as coffee took six years to bear the emi- grants could not wait. The climate, how- ever, wus terrible to the newcomers. cry was general among ail the emigrants to get back to their homes in the states. According to Waite’s statement there were at present at least 500 colored Americans in Liberia who were longing to leave that country and were prevented doing so solely on account of having no fuads. Both Waite and Farmer say if they can get back to America they will take care that no more negroes emigrate to Libezia. At present they are destitute and unless ig they will not achieve the star of An Unappreeiative Audience. From the Detroit Free Press. “That winter,” said the man who lets boats and does general utility work about a summer resort during the sea8on, “I de- cided to do something easier than to go into the woods and do heavy work in the lumber camps through the winter. got hold of a.graphophone, a magic lan- tern and a mixed lot of views, about which I fixed up a running lecture that I thought would make a hit. I-was doing first rate in the Httle towns in the upper part of the state and refused a couple of guod offers to “About the middle of the winter 1 went to the Inaian village at the head of Burt Lake, and when the time for exhibition came was the only white man in the house. The pictures seemed to please my stolid but I never got a hand or a laugh. Just to see if I couldn't warm them into some show of enthusiasm, I turned on a comic song from the graphophone. It stirred them, but not in the way I had hoped. By the time the énd of the first verse was reached hi men of the village were holding a council in the middle aisle. They jabbered away in a language Z could not understand, and nothing could be read from their faces. That something was wrong, however, ap- peared in the fatt that the eyes of youngsters seemed popping out of their heads and thessquaws held their ears as they watched the old men. vanced solemnly to the litth nothing, but emitting sig: They were bent on. seeing where that. voice test of mine received fon. They looked in Place, ripped up the ‘ook all my machinery became angry because mysti- %,. to the little boat on threw my traps fn and we. The lake was boiling, . was nervous, and be- r loss befalls help is forthcomin; their desire. i A House on Wheels. From the Buffalo Commercial. A curious motor caravan is attracting considerable attention in its experimental runs through the suburbs of Paris. The coach is 25 1-4 feet long by 8 1-5 feet wide. The hauling mechanism consists of a steam tractor of 30 horse power of the new well- knuwn de Dion and Bouton type. The tractor has feur wheels, the caravan only two, the front portion of the vehicle rest- ing on the rear of the tractor. The caravan comprises two sleeping chambers, taining four folding beds, a dressing room. bath, kitchen, a water tank and a pantry. The kitchen is situated at the rear, and oc- cupies the whole width of the van by five feet in length. It is provided with two folding beds for the servants. The a dozen of the old Nugget in the Hopper. From the Philadelphia Press. Charlies Wainrighs of Toms River, N. J., the proprietor of a flour mill, thinks there is no necessity of his going to the Klondike region, as the Klondike product seems to be coming to him, without any troubie on The latter ad- le stage, gaying came from, and,no p A few days ago Mr. Wainright received # carload of western corn, and while he was grinding it he noticed that something was wrong with the heavy process rollers. He stopped the machinery to investigate, fied, ied me dew: ordered me fore I reached THE EXTREME PENALTY. JasYce Bradley Gives Wm. Perry « Eight Years in Penitentiary. Judge Bradley, sitting in Criminal Court No. 2, this afternoon again demonsirated that no one convicted before him of at- tempting to take the life of another will escape the imposition of the extreme pen- alty of the law, when he sentenced Wil- Mam, alias Boodlum, Perry, a young col- ored man, convieted recently of shooting Charles “Brooks, colored, the 11th of last September, to eight years at hard labor in the New Jersey state prison. It appeared during the trial that Perry shot at Brooks twice, one shot hitting him in the arm and the other striking an old clam man, who said: “Ef I libs to see tree weeks to Chris’mus on a We'n's- day at 10 o'clock of de 6th, I'll be gwine into fifty-nine.” In imposing sentence, Judge Bradley said: “Several years ago I announced, while holding Criminal Court, that I would there- after impose the maximum penalty in every case where there had been an at- tempt to take human life. I made that an- nouncement that the lawless class might fully understand what to expect from me. “I can look with some leniency where property has been taken, but where it ap- pears that there has been an attempt io take human life, or where it has been Placed in jeopardy by a reckless disregard, I can view such a thing with no leniency. “I have never imposed the minimum pen- alty in such a case and I never will, for If I feel that a person aas not been shown to be clearly guilty, I will grant a new trial in the case. But when the guilt of the party is clearly established, I shall impose the extreme penalty, regretting that I can- not make it greater. “Such offenses are entirely too f, juent. Hardly a day passes that we do not Beak of them through our local Press. The only way to stop them is to impose in every case the maximum penalty. The defendant is entitled to no leniency whatever and I only regret that I cannot give him more.” TWO GRAVE VIOLATIONS. Attempted Murder and a Case of Wife-Beating. The entire police force of the city, es- pecially the members of the second pre= einct and particularly Policeman Samuel Elis, are very anxious to see George Tay- lor, a young cclored man, who made an un- successful attempt late yesterday after- ncon to end the earthly career of Ellis. The policeran was about to make an arrest fer disorderly conduct in Marion court. He started after Taylor, who turn- ed, drew a revolver and fired directly at the guardian of the peace. The latter jumped aside and luckily es- caped the shot. During the excitement that followed Taylor made good his escape, al- though a hunt that continued for an hour was made for him. The police are also on the lookout for William Green, colored, twenty-four years of age, who was employed at the Hotel Vendome as elevator conductor. Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Green engaged in a row with his wife, and as- saulted her brutally, it is charged. Her condition is now regarded as serious. Green is keeping away from the police. —— Collar Buttons for Insomnia. From the Topeka State Journal. - A Topeka man was recently troubled with insomnia. He thought that some young medical student would be glad to take his case for the practice there was in it, and a small fee, if any. He sought out a medical student who seemed to have the proper appearance, and la!d his case before him. “I think this prescription will be just what you nec said the coming practi- tloner. “Three at a dose.” “Pills?” queried the invalid. “Yes, but just the xind you need.” “How often shall I take them?’ “When you feel as if you needed them.” The patient took the prescription to a nearby drug store and had it filled. The pills were placed in a small box and wrap- ped up. The man took them home, and, absent-mindedly, tossed them on top of the bureau. He went to bed that night forget- ting ail about his ailment and the pills. He was unable to sleep, and thought perhaps the pills would bring Morpheus to his res- cue. He got up in the dark, groped around fer the box, found it, unwrapped it, and was surprised to find but three pills, He took them and returned to bed, and was asteep in a few minutes. He met the young student in the street the next day and told him of the wonder- ful effect that his remedy had produced. The young hopeful was quite elated over his success. The man returned home that night. During the evening's conversation, his wife asked him if be had seen anything of a box of collar buttons that she had pur- chased the day befcre. “I put them on top of th> bureau,” she said, “but the box has been opened and they are gone.” a Andre Monument tm Danger. From the New York Journal. It is more than likely that the Andre monument that Cyrus W. Field put up at Tappan, N. Y., and the plot on which it stands, will scon be sold to pay taxes. It has already been advertised by the super- visors of Rockland county. Mr. Field tried to give the land and the mcnument to the county, but there was so much opposition to it that the gift was never accepted. At a mass meeting at ack Mr. Field was asked to take away his monument. He declined to do so, and two weeks after it was blown several feet down Andre Hill with dyramit Splendors of Paris in 1900. From the New York Tribune. Twenty million dollars is the sum which the French government proposes to devote to the Paris expesition of 1900. Nearly $10,000,000 wil: be consumed by the con- struction Of two palaces in the Champs Elysees, and those in the Champ de Mars, in the Esplanade des Invalides and on the Quays. Th» bridges across the Seine are to cost $1,000,000, and the mechanical and electrical ‘services another $1,009,000. In one word, France proposes to do the whole thing on a scale of unprecedented magnifi- cence. ———_+ e+. Baltimore Markets. Flour qnict, un- Is: exports, 45,165 Spot and month, Y9'gasels; ‘d5u99%> Jacuury, 1008100); 94a9i%6—roceipts, | 52, 5 6,00 bushel Stock, 9.647 tushels; 000 bushels—southern wheat by oo pe do. on grade, 4av9. Corn steady— spot ard month, 3242324; December, 32\a: ereenee Se pers new = 32h january, 4 3; sieamer mixed, ceipts, 101.313 bushels; exports, 139,7: bushels; stock, 734,721 bushels: sales, €3.000 bushels—south- ero white corn, 34235; do. yellow, 33a34. Oats firm—No. 2 white western, 2¥a29! 26026%.—receipts, 43.759 bushes; 1 stock, 302.281 bushels.’ Hye firmer. No, 2 western, 54 bid—receipts, ‘As; soar none; stock, 249,098 bush- els. Hay firm—c.oice ti thy, 213.0) csked. Gouin freights firm—steam to Lh per bushel, 4d. ag a per quarter, 4s. Decem- lated, 5.0 Butter atendy fancy creamery, 23; do. imitation, 17a18; do. ladle. 1416; good iadie, store Eggs firm. ‘4 FINANCE AND TRADE Commission Houses Have Again Be- come Purchasers of Stocks, BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE MARKET Manhattan and the. Grangers Led in the Advance in Prices. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 26.—The same conditions which prevailed during the last three days of trading last week predomt- nated In the market today, and consequent- ly dullness was the real feature. The opening quotations were higher, in sympathy with early prices from London, + but afterward selling orders from the other side caused a healthy reaction in all the international securities. This selling by London soon resulted in the same move- ment in the local market, with a loss te the entire list, but there was no pressure to sell stucks, and the market rallied from the decline. ‘Tke most noticeable feature of the trad- ing today was the buying by large commis- sion ‘houses. During the present dullness these houses have continued to call atten- tion to thé general improvement in all lines of business and the opportunity for picking up good securities. They have con- tinued to call attention to facts and have urged buying, with the result that there has been considerate stock picked up of late and stored away. This effect on the market has been felt in all declines, where there seems to be a desire to buy. The strong stock on the list today was Manhattan, which was put up on buying orders from the same sources that were in- strumental in the rise the other day. There was no particular news regarding the stock except of the continued improvement in the situation between the rapid transit roads. The initial quotation was 100 1-4, and from that price at advanced to 10214. Of the most important declines of the early trading that cf St. Paul was most frominent. The loss in the price of the stock was due to the announcement ef the net earnings for October, increase, $2.7), which in comparison with previous months, Was not regarded as very favorable. The other grangcr stocks were strong, especial- ly C. B. and @., on the outlook of a good report for October to be announced prob- ably next Tuesday. The trading in industrial stock was some- what neglected, with the excepiion of Sugar, which attracted its usual amount of attention and continued to improve. Bond values continued to advance today, especially for gilt-edge securit which Were quite strong. Prices continued to improve up to and in- cluding the last hour of trading, and closed feeling better and in most stocks a gain for the day. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and tne lowest and the closing priccs of the New York stock market teday, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. American Spirits... American Spirits, pid 4 American Sugar.... .. 131 u 30% 1834, American Sugar, pfd.. 110%; 110% lo, Tex American Tobacco, si Baltimore & Uno. Bay State Gas... Unicago, B. & Q. Chicagoa Nortnwestern. Chicago Gas. CM. & St. Paul. C M.& St. Paul. pti Chicago, RI. & Paciti Chicago, St. Paul, M.&0 uJ Den. & Kio Grande, pd Generai Blectric. Louisville & oe etropolitan Traction... Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central, ri Pacitic. National Lead 5 ‘Nationat Lenu Uo. ptd.. New Jersey Central. New York Centrat.. Northern Pacific. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Am can Security and Trust, 10 at 1474. Traction, 40 at G1, 10 at 61, at 61 15 at 62. Washington Gas, 20 United States Electric Ligh: at 111, 10 at 111, 10 at 111%, urance, v%. 0 at 111 Jumbia Title In: Graphophane, o otype, 10 at 142%, 1 at 147%, 11 10 at 142%, 10 at 142%, W at 142%, 10 at 142%. Lanston Monotype, 5 at 39, 40 at 19%, BO at 19%, 100 at 19ty, 50 at 19%, leu at 19%. After cull—Lanston Monotype, &) at 9, District of Columbia Bends.—20-y Fund. 5s, 1 bid. 30-year Fund. gold 110 bid. Water Stock currency 7s, 1901, 1 bid. Water Stock currency 7s, 1903, 110 bid. Fune. currency 3.65s, 113 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Ruil- road 5s, 116 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. Gs, 120 bid. Metropolitan Railroad Certificate of Indebtedness, A, 125 bid. Metropolitan Railroad Certificate of In- debtedness, B, *110 bid. Belt Railroad 5s, & bid, 70 asked. Eckingten Railroad 6s, 5 bid, 100 asked. *Columbia Railroad 6s, 120 bid. Washington Gas Company, Gs, 111 bid. Washington Gas Company, ser. B, Gs, 112 bid. United States Electric Light Debenture Imp., 101 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 105 bid. American Security ard Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 110 bid. Washington Mraket Cor pany exten. 6s, 110 bid. Masonic Hall A: sociation 5s, 106 bid. Washington Light In- fantry ist 6s, 95 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washin; ond, 140 bid. Citizens’, 135 bid. Columbia, mai entrance to the caravan is situated in the center of onc of the sides. As will be seen from the plan, there is a passage 20 inches wide running along the whole of one side as far as the kitchen, the sleeping cham- ‘7; James Munroe, | and fourd a nugget that looked just like nor Mc, 105; Taranto, gold had come through the hopper with th race, steeplechase, two and one-| tho corn. night, June 2% half miles—Decapod, Tom Moore, Brock, He took the nugget to a local jeweler, witness that he had been | 163; Tripoll, who unhesitatingly pronounced it to be rk. That day Thorn > mative gold. It weighed nineteen penny- Country’ cotthne- and Fred. Burleigh’s Condition. weights and eighteen grains, and Mr. Wain- Being to move out | The condition of Fred. Burleigh, the boy | Tight was offered $18 for it, but preferred to keep it as & curiosity. Where the gold who is under treatment at Freedmen’s Hos- | came Some is a myaters. but Miller Wain pital, suffering with a serious gunshoty right inclines to the opinion that some wound accidentally inflicted several days | Western farmer who had such a bountiful 12al3: st ced, J1al2. fresh, 21 Cheese steady—fancy New Ye large, 5 8 ucy New oe3 (ionsion: fast shore. I had lost do, 7, medium, 10a10%; do. stall, 1 Waisky everything put thy boat, to which I clung. T quit the lage and: took to the aca Hypnojiem4 Cures Hiccoughs. From the New Yare ay ‘orld. Ida Steely! the/"pretty sixteen-year-old daughter of a fare-er living near Glovers- ville, N. Y.,, fpr many years been af- flcted at tinjes with violent hiccoughs. The disease, a4 130 ‘bid. Capitai, 120 bid. West End, 163 asked. He bid, 106 . Traders’, 97 bid. Lincoln, 106 bid, 110 asked. » Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—Na- tional Safe Deposit and Trust, 115 bid, 120 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 120 bid, 125 asked. American Security and ‘Trust, eye 149 asked. Washington Safe aitroad i) Stocks —Capitat Traction Com. pany, asked. Metropolitan, °119 bid, 124 asked. told 1 SS Government Bonds. Moving Was Postponed. On the following Monday Thorn said ihe Columbia, *63 bid. . = a lways succumbed or- ang ro Pat comme ome, poned. as Guldcnsupge | ago near Galthersburg, was said to be | hervest this otering BF eo eh nck] Onary eatineke willl cn aitgeg Sense ae Cea Teed gs fgg pg ear ro bad come home sick the previous Thurs- | slightly improved this afternoon, but is not the tien. aiiteriten Save oenc eee commenced ‘pn, Navember 1, and i She Wants Female Policemen. Gas, 46 asked. United States Electric Cay. On Monday, July 5, Thorn went into | ¥et out of danger. His mother is now with | the, WY Golonse Toll MRE days Si ee Light, 111% bid, 112% asked. the barber shop at 135th street and Sth | him at the hospital. Rae oe gS ae uaa riven mehe thous mae geaneenaesy ee Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 30 Dia. vemtie, where the is was eaipis Saas 4 : 2 ni The Rev. Anna Shaw of Chicago Me! tan, evemtie, where the wit was employ nanasuie aoe Soclety for Welcoming Foreigners, | hot recover. One of the ohne, sar hopes Franklin, 38 bid, 43% asked, Metropol! scon to be appcinted a:policeman. “I would rather be a policeman than be President,” she says. “The one crying reform that is 4 had- his hair cut and musta a . : <4 Thcen deka ee John Cochran, the well-known tobacconist | FF! the New York ‘Tribune. of this city, died early this morning ot| The “Kihin-Kai,” or Society for Welcom- acute pneumonia. Mr. Cochran had been | i=® Foreigners, of Japan, has for its object ill but one week and his death this morn-| !© Provide strangers with every facllity for @ bid. Corcoran, 56 bid. Potomac, 64 bid, 8 asked. Arlington, 150 asked. German- sked him to meet him t efternon; he reluctantly agreed. Ta, get in a saloon that afternoon and some bi After a few minutes’ conver: n began speaking of the murde: transacting their business or pursuing their rally suid he committed it. ‘The wit. | Ing will be in the nature of a sorrowful ies dae cae : yess then related in detail the alleged con- | Surprise to his many friends and acquaint-| Pleasure without 4 pia cise gested, Ina Halt joking way, that hypno- tism be tried. "The mother grasped Pine idea, and Dr. F. J. Bush, a dentist, who had practiced hypnotism among friends in |" a quiet way, was asked to try his powers. Bush reluctant consented. to try the ex- periment,; using the. usual theds, me! feesion made to him by Thorn. ances. The deceased was a son of Mr. | expense. On pe katons at an office which | P! Re unde rere eas, januenee. In brief, he said Thorn told him that Geo. W, Cochran. has been opened in the chief hotel a 5 ould Ken, at. went to the cottage in Woodside exh ne * visitor | certain with’ her hi : —>_—_. procure all the information uires. Friday, June 25, and brought his pistol with Sustained Serious Injury. Sa ceca him. He tested it to see if it worked all William Ridgely, jr., of 716 13th street, | distinction and to business firms. Honest right and fired a couple of shots out of it. f the assistant division superint : Mrs. Nack and Guldensuppe arrived at the | 80" Of the 9; tenitent house shortly after 10 o'clock that morning. | ef the city post office, caught his right The woman went into the yard, and G&-| hand in a milling machine today at the densuppe went up stairs, where Thorn was | mail bag repair waiting for him, with his shoes off. he is 1 |. and sustained a painful Thorn shot Guldensuppe in the head and | injury. He was taken the ‘Emergency went down stairs and told Mrs. Nack it | Hespital for surgical Prints ig - ’ . lccougs gone. At 3:30 p.m.., time named, she ke with- ut a sign of “the, hers S and although reeks have: : w of. petialapsed there: diag: