Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1897, Page 2

= eer fee THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1897-296 PAGES. CZAR'S LATEST COUP Rumor, That Russian Troops Have Occupied Port Arthur. CHINA'S LARGEST NAVAL STATION Wrested From the Japanese After the Late War. So AN OPEN PORT IN WINTER Se oe LONDON, December 18—A dispatch to the Standard from Vi mered there that pied Port Arthur. na says it is ru- the Russians have oecu- which is situated at the extremity of the Leao-Tong peninsula, has practically been in the hands of Russia | for some time past. After the Japane: evacuated the port, which was the scene of the terrible massacre of Chinese during the war with Japan, Russian engineers began supervising the reconstruction of the ks and forts, which had been destroyed by the Japanese previous to leaving the place. Port . Arthur, China’s Largest Naval Station. Previous to the war between China and Japan Port Arthur was the largest naval Station possessed by the Chinese, and was strongly fortified. There was a naval dock yard there, bu‘it by the French company, a large refitting basin with a depth of i at low water, Spacious wharves and two docks, | one ## feet long, and facilities for repair- ing ships of ali sizes, from ironclads to torpedo boats. The foundres and work- shops were constructed on the most im- proved models and contained the best mod- ern machinery. Japan Coveted the Prize. Japan was very anxious to hold Port Arthur permanently, but Russia strongly objected and would have backed up her objections by force. Russia's great anx- jety to possess I’ort Arthur is due to the fact that the harbor is free from ice all the winter, which is rot the case with Viadivostock, the present headquarters of the Russian’ fleet in the far east. It is proposed to connect Port Arthur with the Russian railroad now being built througn Manchuria, which In_taurn will connect erian railroad. —— MERRIAM AT PORTLAND. GEN. He Will Arrange for Transportatio of Supplies to Yukon. PORTLAND, Ore., December 18.—Briga- ier General H. C. Merriam, commanding the department of the Columbia, was here in consultaticn with a committee of the Portiand chamber of commerce regarding the transportation of relief to the Yukon miners. Gen. Merriam, in accordance with instructions from Secretary of War Aiger, Will detuil two officers, who will probaoly leave here for Dyea on the steamer Hidor, which sails December 23. Gen. Merriam has not yet designated the officers who are to proceed to Dyea, but Will ;robably issue the order tomorrow. The relief committce have engaged eignhty- five men, whose services will be offered to the War Depertment in transporting sup- pies to the north. ene NOT ENTITLED TO CITIZENSHIP. Judge Springer Decides Case Adversely. the Watts MUSKOG I December 18—The Watts citizenship case, which interests more than 300 applicants, has been decided by Judge Springer, who affirmed the deci- sion of the Dawes commission, and hela that the claimants were not entitled to citizenship in the Cherokee Nation. In 1871 the claimants, who came from Tennessee and Georgia, were admitted to citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, but in 18@8 another court of the nation held that they were not entitled to citizenship. — COACHES TURN UPSIDE Down. Peenlizr Accident to Limited Express Train in Iowa. . December 18.—The overland estern railroad,which left Chicazo at 6 o'clock last night, ran into an open switch near here at 6 o'clock this mor! Every car was overturned, but accorcing to the best information now ob- jt not a single passenger or train- ty hurt. h, it seems, flew out from VAIL, low limited on th catch lever, broke ened the catch, forming a “lip The train was going at the rate of sixty an hour. Tne engine and maii car on the track, but the buffet car, epers and two hes were com- overturned en prairie. Every- beard was d about con- and man scratched and person was. kill- hort time the pa: way to Omaha. ZANOLI'S CASE GOES OVER. Prosecution Wus N It Toay. NEW YORK, December 18.—Charies Za- noli, who is accused of homicide, in causing h of his fourth wife, and whose ns of insurance money upon | s of others have given rise to sus-} Ready to Try picions of w le murder, was again arraigned today in police court. It was expected Uiat the charge of murder would be mai st him, bi the ecu- tion was not ready with its evidence, the case went over to December 2%. See SUPPORTED BY THE STATE. Ministers’ Reports om Postal Tele- wraphs, Telephones and Banks. In answer to a Senate resolution adopted at the he Secretary of State sulmitted @ great mass of docu- rmation collected by United misters abroad as to postal tele- postal telephones and postal sav- ks in foreign countries. The re- n all of the Buropean languages, ources, compri: ing a most c ory of the develop- ment of these various government agencies extra session, tod ports a and are and the plan of operation in each country. o- IN WHISKY TRADE. BIG FAILt akes nm Assignment, 1.000 Linbilities, s Ky., December 18.—R. . for himseif, the Glenmore Distil- d the Eagle Distilling =med today to the Columbia Finance Trust Company of Louisville. The assets and liabilities are estimated to be each about $750,000. The long depres- sien in the whisky business and inability to continue loans wre given as the cause. —— COLLECTOR WHITE’S APPEAL. {t Was Docketed Today Im the United States Supreme Conet. In the United States Supreme Court to- day was docketed the appeal of Collector White of West Virginia from the recent decision enjoining the collector from re- assigning storekeepers and gaugers. Sen- ator Faulkner appeared for the plaintiffs in the case and Assistant Attorney General Boyd and District Attorney Gaines of West Virginia for the collector. Immediately after the recess of the Su- | ™@n at $780 BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. low will show that the circulation sworn to is a bona fide one. It ts easily possible for a news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell iis legitimate circulation ener- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, bat nevertheless are’ in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circutation. Intelligent advertisers, however, jua y rescits, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circalation of The “Evening Star.” 35,559 -29,579 SATURDAY, December 11, 1897. MONDAY, December t: ‘TUESDAY, December 14, 1397. WEDNESDAY, December 15, 1397. THURSDAY, December 16, 1897. FRIDAY, December 17, 139% I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents ouly the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR cirenlated during the six secular days ending Friday, December 17, 1897—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- dor mailed, for vaiuable copsideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain In the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Sebscribed and sworn to before me this eighteenth day of December, A. D. 1897. JNO. C. ATHEY, Notary Public. D. C. CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE. Faverable Action on Many. Pres! dential Nominations, The Senate today confirmed these nomi- nations: Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri, to be minister to Russia; Archibald J. Sampson of Arizona, to be minister to Ecuador; William R. Finch of Wisconsin, to be minister to Paraguay and Uruguay; Laurits S. Swenson of Minnesota, to be minister to Denmark; George H. Bridgman of New Jersey, to be minister to Bolivia; W. Godfrey Hunter of Kentucky, to be | minister tc Guatemala and Honduras; Wm. | W. Thomas, jr., of Maine, to be minister to Sweder. and Norway; Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia, to be commissioner of in- ternal revenue. To be consul generals—Luther W. Os- born of Nebraska at Apia and Nukualofa, Tonga; John L. Bittinger of Missouri at Mortreal; Eugene Seeger of Illinois at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; James T. Dubois of Pevnsylvania at Saint Gall, Switzereland; Wiliam R. Holloway of Indiana at St. Petersburg, Russia, Frank C. Partridge of Vermont at Tangier, Morocco. To be consuls—Frank M. Brundage of Pennsylvania, at Aix la Chapelle, Ger- many; Irvin Shaw of Pennsylvania, at Bar- | ranquilia, Colombia; Talbot J. Albert of Maryland, at Brunswick, Germany; Daniel Mayer of West Virginia, at Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic; John H. Carroil of Maryland, at Cadiz, Spain; Chester W. Martin of Michigan, at Amherstburg, Ont. Rafael Madrigal of Marylend, at Carta- gena, Colomvia; Charles E. Monteith of : idaho at Chatham, Ont.; William W. Mills | of Texas, at Chihuahua, Mexico; C. P. Snyder of West Virginia, at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico. John A. Barnes of Illinois, at Cologne, Germany; John, C. Ingersoll of Illinois, at Copenhagen, Denmark; Julian Phelps of Iowa, at Crefeld, Germany; L. B. #mith of Maine, at Curacao, West Indies; Ed- ward C. Cramer of Wisconsin, at Florence, Italy; H. S. Culver of Ohio, at London, Ont.; Jos. I. Brittain of Ohio, at Nantes, France; Chas. B. Harris of Indiana, at Nagasaki, Japan; James Franklin Darnall of Indiana, at Nogales, Mexico; John E. Kehl of Ohio, at Stettin, Germany. Augustus G. Seyfert of Pennsylvania, at Stratford, Ont.; Mifllin W. Gibbs of Arkan- at Tamatave, Madagascar; Abraham . Jones of Alabama, at Tuxpan, Mexico; Alvin Smith of Ohio, at Trinidad, West Indies; Jos. T. Heke of West Virginia, at Windsor, Nova Scotia. Robert P. Skinner of Ohio, at Marseilles, France; Frank W. Mahin’ of Iowa, at Reichenterg, Bohemia; Lewis Dexter of Rhode Isignd, at Leeds, England. all ead of New York, at Bir- mingham, England. Win. Penn Nixon, to be collector of cus- 5 marshal of the States northern district of Mlinoi J. Spear, jr.. of California, surveyor of cus- tems at San Francisco; John Peterson of 8. Minnesota. to be collector of customs, dis- t of Minnesota; James H. Cooper of ew York, to be collector of customs, dis- trict of Oswego, N. Y. Richard LeBer 'rveyor general of Col- cradoz John H. Walkenherst of Missouri, tu be 2ppraiser of merchandise, port of St. Louis, To be Indisn agente—Harlan C. Baird of Nebraska, at Santee agency; W. H. Smeed of Montana, at Flathead Indian agency; Thos. H. Fuller of Montana, ut Blackfoot Indian agency; J. C. Clifford of Montana, at_Tongue River egency in Montana. Samuel Gordon of Montana, to be regis- ter o fthe land office at Miles City, Mont.; Jes. M. Rhoades cf Moxtana, receiver of public moneys at Miles, Mont. —_—___-e-_____ APPROPRIATION BILLS, General Outline of the am. The program of the appropriation bills to be reported to the House has been out- lined in a general way. The appropriations committee will get to work on the District of Columbia bill just before Congress con- venes after the holiday recess, and it will be several weeks before it can be put in shape for report. The next bill the committee will take up is the fortifications and the sundry civii bill will be brought up late in February or March, as now indicated. Meantime the urgent deficiency bill will be taken up and put through. All these will originate with the appropriations committee. The army bill will be reported to the full committee in the first week after the recess and will go to the House probably early the following week, It will carry a large de- crease from tif® estimates, though an in- crease over the last year’s appropriations. The agricultural bill will be finished by the subcommittee the first week after the re- cess and will be reported immediately. The naval bill is now pending the con- sideration of the subcommittee. The post office appropriation bill may be called up Monday if the subcommittee is here then, but at any rate will not be réported until the middle or latter part of January. —___-e+_______ Plumbers Mast Show Cause. ‘The Commissioners today directed Plumb- ers Fowler and McCarthy to show cause why their license as master plumbers should not be suspended for violating the plumbing regulations. It is contended by the Com- missioners that the firm committed a vioia- tion by connecting premises 2416 Bright- wood avenue with the water service of No. 2414; No. 2420 with No. 2418; No. 2424 with No. 2422, and No. 2362 8th street with No. Committee's ———.__ Promotions Ordered. L. B. Williams, chatnman in department, has BRAINERD TO BE IN CHARGE| RFI [F A reference to the statement be- - | Will Probably Ge te the Klondike With Supplies Secretary Alger’s Preparations te ‘Send Relief to the Miners— Bids to Be Asked. It is probable that Captain David L. Brainerd of the subsistence department of the army will be placed in charge of one of the relief parties that Secretary Alger will send into the Klondike region with provisiors. He is now on duty at the army ilding in New York city and has been ordered to report without delay to General Merriam, the commander of the Department of the Columbia at Portland, Ore. On the way he will stop in Washing- ton for consultation with Secretary Alger. Captain Brainerd is chosen to take par- ticular charge of the’ commissariat depart- Tent of th> expedition, a Guty for which *he is particularly well fitted, not only by reeson of his present station in the army, but because of his arctic experience. Cap- tein Brainerd was a sergeant in the old signal corps and accompanied General Grecly on his arctic explorations. It was largely owing to the heroism of Braincrd Uhat the smail remnant of the Greely party Was enabled to prolong life until succor arrived. in addition, Brainerd held the honor un- til Nansen’s later teat of having made the farthest north ever reached. He will go to Dyea, or Skagugy, or Cnul- cat river with two officers, to ve seiected by Generai Merriam, to arrange for tne reliet expeditions, und if the others, as is ex- pected, find it necessary to return to Seat- ue to report, Capt. Brainerd will remain on the ground to carry out tke arrangements. Secretary Alger and Gen. Miles are giving much study io the best means of getting in supplies to the miners in the Yukon coun- try, and it has been decided to ask bids for the delivery of stores directly at Dyea, Skaguay or Chilcat. This is believed to be a better course than to have the goods delivered at one of the seaports in wash- ington or Oregon or California. Already @ great deal of rivalry has sprung up among the towns on the coast for the honor of being the shipping port of the stores and the business that will follow, and by re- quiring bidders to deliver their goods di- rectly in Aleska, the War Department wil! be saved the necessity of making a choice ameng them. Secretary Alger’s estimate now is that no less than 3,000,000 pounds of food stores wiil be required for the expedition, and this fact makes tke transportation problem a very serious one. It is estimated that a reindeer carnot safely be loaded with more than 300 pounds, so that no less than a thousand head of these animals would be required as a pack train if they were the sole reliance. One question that has engaged the Secre- tary’s attention is that of securing the con- sent of the Canadian government for the passage of the relief expeditions over that part of Canadian territory which must necessarily be traversed in reaching the miners. It will be necessary to obtain a | Permit for a military expedition to pass, for one thing, and also to secure a remissien of duties on the supplies that are to be carried in. It is probable <hat to attain his object in the shortest possible period of time, Seeretary Alger will go himself to Ot- tawa in a few days and deal directty with the Canadian authorities instead of relying on the slow-moving processes of diplomacy. 2 + DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAST GIVEN UP. In View of the Recent Death of the President's Mother. In view of the recent death of the Presi- dent's mother, the breakfast usually given to the members of the diplomatic corps by the Secretary of State at his residence New Year morning, following their pre- sentation to the President at the White House, will be omitted this winter. Notice to this effect has been given to the various embassies and legations. They have also been officially advised that there will be.no reception at the Executive Mansion on New Year da: ——_—__~+e.— THE HOOPER SCHOOL, Prospect That It Will Not Have to Clone. Mr. Bailey Willis of 1330 F street, treas- urer of the Hcoper Kindergarten School, which was described In Thursday's Star, expresses the hope that the school will not be forced to close after January 1, as was thought might be the case. Responses have been received by him for the school in the shape of contributions for its con- tinuance, and it is expected that others will follow. If subscriptions do not come in sufficiently large numbers to insure the continuance of the school after the first of the year, Mr. Willis, as treasurer, will most likely make strenuous efforts to raise the amount necessary. The school has been languishing greatly for the past two cr taree months, and has been practically supported by one or two persons. As was told in The Star, the sum of $38 a month is all that is required to insure its con- tinuance after the first of the year. It will not close before June should the money be sufficient. ——_>—_—_ BELT RAILWAY SALE. Decree of the Court to Be Signed Monday Next. The decree of the court ordering the sale of the Belt railway will in all proba- bility be signed Mondey next. Mr. Nathaniel Wilson of counsel for the trustee representing the bondholders of the railway company, expressed that opin- jon to a Star reporter today. The unsecured creditors of the company will have twenty days after the signing of the decree in which to note an appeal from the decision of Judge Cox. The cred- itors have expressed their intention to prevent the sale of the road and thereby protect their interests, if such is possible, and it is likely that notice of appeal will be given soon after the signing of the decree. Messrs. S. S. Daish & Son are the only creditors who can carry the matter to the Supreme Court of the United States in the event that the Court of Appeals sustains Judge Cox, as the claim of that firm is the or!y cne among those of all the creditors that involves a sum greater than Lrg Mr. John B. Daish, a member of the firm, today assured a Star reporter that its claim will be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, if such step be necessary. —>—— Hearing Adjourned indefinitely. Arguments were begun today before Judge Cole, in Cireuit Court No. 1, on the rule to show cause, issued the 3d instant, cn the petition of Maria Antoinette Valen- tine of Brooklyn, N. Y., who prays the ccurt to command Ellis H. Roberts, treas- urer of the United States, to pay to her, as assignee, residue of interest on two board of audit certificates, originally issued to the Evans Cencrete Company, of $19,616.25 and $909.40, respectively. The treasurer claims, in a letter to the petitioner's attor- rey, B. F. Valentine, of November 3, 1897, that he has no authority to pay the said additional interest. Judge Cole, desiring to consult author- ities in regard to certain points in connec- tion with the matter, the hearing was ad- jcurned indefinitely. ——.___. The Woman’s Law Class. ‘The Woman's Law Class closes its ex- amination for the last quarter this week and begins the quarter withclasses in contracts, wi recite to Mrs. Elien Spencer Museey; in equity, to Miss Emma Agrers to the Conference Re- port. {SUPPLIES MUST, BE PURCHASED 1. Eulogies on theLate Representa- A : tive ‘Cooke. AN EXECUTIVE SESSION This being the last day of the session before the holidays, the chaplain of the House of Representatives took occasion, in his opening prayer today, to refer to the approaching season of peace and good will, and to pay a tribute to the late Rep- rescntative Cooke of Tilindis, whose eulogies were set for today. The conference report on the emergency relief measure for the Klondike country was presented and agreed to. It compro- ises the amount of relief at $200,000, pro- vides for securing the, consent of Canada to extending the relief to the Canadian side, and authorizes the use of the army to carry out the relief measures. It also pro- vides that the supplies must be purchased instead of being donated. S House bili was passed confirming certain cash entries of public lands. The Speaker announced several commit- tee changes, including Royce (Ind.), to suc- ceed Johnson (ind., resigned) as chairman of elections committee No. 2; Codding (Pa.), to succeed Kirkpatrick (Pa) on Pa- cific railroads. At 1230 p.m. Mr. Boutelle (IL) offered resolutions of profound regret on the death of Mr. Cooke (IIl.), and eulogies were be- gun. i it was the first time Mr. Boutelle, whe succeeds Mr. Cooke,’-had spoken in the House. He paid a high tribute to the de- ceased, and referred to President McKin- ley’s recent bereAvement in the loss of his mother. Mr. Boutelle said in the course of .his re- marks: “My acquaintance with Mr. Cooke, which afterward ripened into friendship and es- teem, began when he was about to enter public life, and since then there has been a singular sequence in the events of our lives. Fifteen years ago he was elected a member of the general assembly of the state of Illinois from what was then the sixth senatorial district, a district which was almost identical with the present sixth congressional district. When his term in the state legislature expired thirteen years ago he declined to be a candidate for re- election, and largely throvgh the influence of Mr. Cooke and his friends I was nom- inated and clected as his successor. In 1894 and again in 1896 he was elected a member of this House, and when, a few months ago, he was called to a higher assembly, and it become necessary to elect his suc- cessor, the choice again fell upon me. “And so it has come to pess, as part of this strange series of coincidences, that the first words that I should be called upon to utter in this chamber should be a tribute of affectionate regard to him who was doubly my friend and predecessor. But what place cculd be more fitting in which to pay such a tribute than, thig -pall—the scene of his best labors, where his genial presence was so familiar and where we would all rejoice to see him again today. To me the cloud that overshadowed the contest for the choice of his successor was the thought that it was to fill the place of one whose life has been so full of useful labors for the people, s6 rich, in promise of a still more useful future.” Those who paid tribute to the deceased member were Messrs. Boutelle, Foss, Hen- derson, Belknap, Royce, Mann, Brostus, Hopkins, Dinsmore, Graff, Moody,’ Prince and Peters. At 2:10 the eulogies being concluded the Hovse adjourned to January 5. SENATE. . , In response to a resolution introduced by Mr. Allen (Neb.) the Seeretary of the’ ‘Treasury today reported to the’ Senate that there “aré- no supernumerary €mployes in his department, ‘ahd that no employes have been retired upon pay, except some mem- bers of the revenue cutter service, who have been retired under law. A joint resolution was pasbed providing for the expenditure of $10,000 mor than originally intended upon the government building at the trans-Mississippi inter- national exposition at Omaha, Neb,; that $2,500 be appropriated for a building at the exposition for a display of the life-saving service, and that the cost of the govern- ment display be reduced from ¥ $137,500, the entire cost of the government buildings at the exposition to be $62,500. Mr. Cullom (ill.) secured the adoption of a resolution directing the heads of the several executive departments of the gov- ernment to inform the Senate what posi- tions in their departments ought, in their opinion, to be excepted from the operation of the Civil service Jaw, and what changes or modifications in ‘the law ought to be made Mr. Platt (Conn.) secured the adoption of a resolution callijig upon the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Senate the present status in the Choctaw and Chicka- saw nations, in the Indian territory, of the freedmen of the Choctaw 2nd Chickasaw Indians, and also his suggestions and recommendations as to further legislation properly to adjust their status and settle their just claims. Mr. Alien (Neb.) introduced a_ resolution, which was passed, directing the Postmaster General to inform the Senate of all railway and steamship mail contracts made with the United States now in force, the names of persons or companies with whom they are made, the service to be performed and the sum to be*paid by the United States. Mr. White (Cal.) presented a resolutio: which was agreed to,- calling upon t President, if not incompatible with public interests, to inform the Senate what action had been taken in behalf of J. K. Spring and Charles W. Nelson, citizens of Califor- nia, he!d as prisoners in the republic of Colombia. Mr. Kyle (8.D.) introduced and had pass- ed a resolution calling upon the Secretary of State for all papers from the Haitien government relating to Bernard Campbell. On motion of Mr. Hale (Me.), the Senate then, at 12:40 p.m., went into executive ses- sion. At 2 p.m. the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, January 5, 1898. ———— REGULATIONS AMENDED. New Clause Introduced to Govern Electric Circuits, ‘The Commissioners have amended the police regulat! changing the number of article iY to le XVIII and by adéing thereto,the following, to be known as article X Section 1. The furnishing of electric light or power on @ gireud any portion of which is through a groundéd return, or which is intentionally grounded, will not be permit- ted, exceptingyin the power stations, cars and car housts of at street crossings required to be lighted by any railws ag omnes under the terms of its charter? ‘nor ‘one pole grounded be used to furnish elec- tric light or except for the purposes wer, abeve mated a a Section 2. Any person’ violating’ any pro- vision of. this article shali, upon FFOR KLONDIKE |THE FI 1 lectric railways, and j SS a NANCIAL SIDE Mesting of Committee to Arrange fer Enter- taining H. E. A. Convention. List of Contributors to the General Fund—Report Made by See- fetary O'Neill. A meeting of the financial committee of the local executive committee of the Na- tional Educational Association was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the office of the Spencerian -Business College, 9th and D streets northwest. It was presided over by the chairman, Thomas W. Smith, and was for the purpose of fully organizing, as well as receiving individual suggestions from the different members of the committee, for the carrying out of financial plans for the com- ing convention. Contributions were announced by Secre- tary O'Neill, as follows: Isadore Saks, $100; William A. Wimsatt, $10; W. B. Moses & Sons, $100; Joseph Auer- bach, $20; Frederic L. Moore, $25; Bernard T. Janney, $10; John R, Major, $10; B. B. Earnshaw, $10; Henry 3B. Looker, 2; Thomas W._ Smith, $100; Henry F. Biount, 3100; Loring Chappel, $10: James B. Lambie, $10; Frank Hume, $i Pe I. S. Stone, $10; William H. Saunders, ; A. Gude & Bro., $10; George W. Coch- ran, $25, ; S. B. Hege, $10; cash, $60; Lans- burgh & Bro., $25; M. J. Mulaney, $25; Dr. G. L. Magruder, $10; R. Ross Perry, $I! Stilson Hutchins, $0; Marcus Baker, % William D. Campbell, $; R. A. Msmore, $5; Geo. A. Armes, $5; Jas. L. Parsons, $25 William G. Lown, $10; H. ; Woodward & Lothrop, $1 M. Read, $10; George F. Huff, $10 Rev. B. L. Whitman, $#, W. S. Thompso $25; Wolf Nordlirger, $5; A. T. Stuart, 32 A. J. Huntington, $10; John W. Ross, $25; C.A. Muddiman, $5, Gen. Ellis Spear, $20, Job Barnard, $10;J. B. Gregg Custis, $10; Norfolk and Washington Sieamboat Com- Fany, $100; Rev. J. Haven Richards, “$5 Henry Evans, $5; Independent Ice Com- pany, $25, Thomas Somerville & Sons, $25; The Advertising Company. $1; Evening Star Newspaper Co., $100; Washington Post, $100; Washington ‘fimes, $l: Mrs. Sara A Spencer, $100; Mr. S. W. Woodward, $10; Mr. S. B. Hege, $19; Charles J. Bell, $10; Riggs and National Hotels, $500; Arlington, $00, Ebbitt House, $500; Columbia Rail- way Company, $1. Cash contributions—Thomas W. Smith, $100; Williar M. Galt & Co., $100; Inde- pendent Ice Co. (C. B. Church, president), $25; Charles B. Church, $10: Dr. Richard Kingsmann, ; A. S. Worthingion, §1: Johnson & Wimsatt, $10; Ellis W. Brown, $10; Robert F. Hill, $1; Myron M. Parker, $10; Daniel Fraser, $10; E. F. Droop & Sons, $10; C. H. Burgess, $5; H. P. Mont- gomery, $; R. A. Dinsmore, $; F. P. May & Co., $10; H. M. Johnson, $1. Total, $352. A meeting of the local executive com- mittee, of which Rev. Dr. B. L. Whitman is chairman, will be held Tuesday after- noon, at 4 o'clock, at the Columbian Uni- versity. A circular has just been issued by the financial committee, telling of the wants ad needs of the convention and giving oth- er details. es LITTLE TOMMY TOMASSO. Contest Involving His Guardianship Pending in Police Court. Tommy Tomasso, the little Italian boy who was to have been sent back to Italy next week, in accordance with an arrange- ment made between the Italian consul and the proper authorities of the District, was today remanded by Judge Kimball to the care of the board of children’s guardians until Thursday next. Tommy was before Judge Kimball a few days ago because, as was alleged, he was not properly treated by his father, and dur- ing the investigation it was developed th: the older Tomasso claimed to be a subject of Italy, with no intention of becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States. Judge Kimball, as was stated in The Star at the time, handed the boy over to the board of children’s guardians to await the disposition of the case, which it was ex- pected would be made today. When the case was called today, Judge Kimball explained to those interested that he had several conferences with the Italian consul on the subject, and that he had decided to return the boy to his father upon the promise that the latter would at once send the boy to his mother in Italy. Counsel for the boy asked Judgé Kimball not to finally dispese of the case until he had more fully investigated the matter; that the surrendering of the boy to the pa- rent meaut handing him over to “torment and torture.” It was further ciaimed thet the statements made py the father in at- tempting to retain possession of the boy were a tissue of falscloods. Assistant District Attorney Laskey said he would previous to Thursday have a conference with the proper officials of the State Department in reference to the au- thority of Judge Kimball over the case. The boy was then given into the care of Chief Clerk Douglas of the board, until the day appointed for the rehearing. CHARGED WITH HORSE STEALING. James J. Schenck to Be Brought Here for Trial. James J. Schenck, who says he lives in Delaware, was given a hearing in Phila- celphia yesterday on a charge of having stolen # horse and buggy from Mr. P. H. Christman in this city, several days ago. Detective Gallaher-was present at the hear- ing with a Police Court warrant for the man’s arrest, and the Uniied States com- missioner before whom the case was brought committed Schenck for the local authorities. Bond in tne case was fixed at $1,200, which the prisoner was unable to furnish. The same day Mr. Christman’s team was taken a horse and buggy belonging to Mr. Frank Carver, the architect, was also stolen. This outfit was subsequently found in Baltimore, where it had been abandoned. Schenck, who is under arrest in Phila- deiphia, will be brought here by the mar- shal of that city. The prisoner denies that he stole the property, and says he purchas- ed it at his home. eS PUBLICATION DELAYED. Sixty Pages of Stereotype of New City Directory Stolen. Henry Dean today pleaded guilty of the larceny of fifty pounds of type metal, val- ved at $3, from Hartman & Cadick, and was sent to jail for sixty days by Judge Kimball. Mr. Hartman testified that over sixty pages of stereotype of the new city directory had been stolen from them, thereby delaying greatly the appearance of the 1898 edition. ——— Exempted From Taxation. The Commissioners today ordered that all the lands and buildings of the Catholic University be exempt from taxation, com- mencing from July 1, 1807, and so long as they are used for educational purposes. ——— eee Restricting Merry-Go-Rounds. Hereafter, so the Commissioners propose, no circus, merry-go-round or flying-horse machine shall be located or operated on any lot or open space in the city unless the written consent of two-thirds of the resi- in each direction from the proposed ‘viacé of location ‘shall first have been obtained. To carry into effect this measure, the Commissioners have ied sections 13 and 14 of the pouce es It is the Other Auditor. | From the Ccuncil Binffs (owa) Nonpareil. THE N. BE. A. CONVENTION. Committee em Halts Arranging fo? Its Accommedation. ‘The first meeting of the local committee nm halls in connection with the approach- ing convention of the National Educational Association, to be held in this city in the early part of July next, took place yesier- day afternoon in the board of trade rooms, Ames building. The chairman of the com- mittee, Superintendent of Schools W. B. Powell, opened the meeting with a brief outline of the work to be done, stating that arrangements must be made to provide the fOnvention, and also the seventeen sections into which it is divided, with suitable places of mecting. The secretary read a letter from Rev. J. G. Butler, stating that he would be giad to use his good offices in having the Luther Place Memorial’ Church, of which he is Pastor, put at the disposal of the com- mittee. On motion of Mr. Marcus Baker, a sub- committee, consisting of the following named members, was appointed, wita in- structions to obtain all available inform: relative to various halls and! churches of the city, seating capacity, con- | venience, rental, ete., report thereon to be | made to the full committee at its next Meeting. The committee-consists of Prof W. B. Powell, chairman; Mr. Marcus Baker, Mr. C. D. Clark and Miss Anna Tolman Smith. It was also decided that the members of the subcommittee should ascertain, as far as practicable, from the pastors of the prindipal churches of the city to what ex- tent the latter would be available for the use of the convention and its severa: de- partments. During the course of the meeting it de- veloped, from the expressions of some of the leading clergymen of the city, which were brought to the attention of the com- mittee, that the churches would doubtless co-operate heartily to the end that the members of the great convertion and taeir guests may be accommodated ia the best possible manner. The committee is much ercouraged over the outlook, and believes that the churches will not hesitate in con- tributing the desired accommodations as their share of the work which is entailed on the naticnal capital im the entertain- ment of the association. Tv present at the meeting were Prof. W. B. Poweil, Rey. Teunis S. Hamlin, D.D. Re H. Greene, D.D. ail, Marcus Baker, S. W. Woodward, Siul- son Hutchins, C. D. Clark, W. H. Rapley and Miss Anna Tolman Smith. ——— CHRISTMAS DAY CLOSING. Merchants to Keep Their Estab! ments Shut All Day. There is a movement on foot, with every indication and promise of success, to secure | an agreement between the merchants of | Washington to close their establishments ! ali day Christmas. A paper is being circu- | | lated containing such an agreement by Mr. | G. A. Stoner, and has already been signed | by Saks & Co., Emmons S. Smith of the | Boston Variety Store, Seaton Perry, Par- ker, Bridget & Co., the Bon Marche, Robin- son, Chery & Co., S. Kann, Sons & Co. and M. Dyrenforth & Co. A well-known merchant said today, in conversation with a Star rtéporter, that he hoped that all the stores would be closed all day Christmas. “The clerks are now, and have been, working overtime on account of the Christ- mas business rush, and next weck they will be on duty night and day, working like beavers for their employers. They should certainly have Christmas day in its en- Urety, and I am in great hopes that all merchants will be found of my way of | thinking. The public is not in a buying | mood on such a holiday, anyhow,” he con- tinued, “and I believe 1 am within con- | servative bounds when I state that ninety eight out of every hundred people in the District will heartily approve the course of the merchants if they give their clerks an all-day holiday on the greatest festival of the year.” A Christmas Gift. The Saturday Star by mail. Send one dollar now for year’s subscription, to start Christmas day. —>. Annotated Editorials From The Star. From the San Antonio (Tex.) Express. The Washington Star, which ts regarded here as the mouthpiece of the administra- tion, closes a labored editorial on the cur- rerey reform pledge embodied in the re- publican platform last year with the fol- lowing significant utterance: “Tae repub- lican party has no history which comports with mere juggling with catch phrases. It declared ut St. Louis for protection, and the Dingley Pill is the redempiion of teat promise. It likewise declared for currency reform. No es it mean by cur- rency reform? How the country to know until it presents a measure embody- icy? Disevesion at least is in o: s will not be disturbed by From the Hagerstown (Md.) Herald. The Washington Star makes a very com- mendable s t the granting by the inters e commission of consent to the safe appliance equipment period for five years. It is dif- ficult to see why it should take so long a time to comply with the provisions of such an admirable law as that designed to pro- tect the lives and limbs of railroad men. The Washington Star still further mud- dies the money question by calling atien- tion to the fact that in Dawson City gold remains at a discount, with a heavy pre- mium on canned gvods. ARLINGTON. Mrs, Charles Corbett and family have gone to Cripple Creek, Col., and will make their home there. Mr. Robert Dye bas been called home from Bal- timore on account of the illness of Lis mother. Mrs. J. B. Hull and daughter, Margaret, and ‘Miss Sara Sommers, started Wednesday gmorning for a lengthy visit to relatives in Maconi, I. Quite a large sum of money was realized from the concert recently given in the M. E. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo G. Hayes i started for California on Weduesday last. They Will hereafter reside in that state. A reception Was given to Mr. and Mrs. Hayes in the Baiston Presbyterian Chureh prior to their departure. An elaborate program was reudered, after which re- freshments were served. Among those who par- ticipated were Rev. Mr, Andrews, Messrs. Whal- Jon, Ball and Croson, and Mrs. Young, and Misses Munson and Foster. ——— Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, December 18.—Flour dull, un- hanged receipts, 22.403 barrels: exports, 12,006 barrels; sales, barrels. Wheat rteady—spot and month, 974097%; January, 974093; steamer No. 2 red, 91 '%4a82—recelpis, “91.190 tmshels; ex- Is; stock, 1,217,686 tushels; Is—sonthern wheat by sample, asked. Grair: freights quiet. unchanged. ga strong, unchanged. Butter quiet. unchanged. Eig; and cheese steady, Whisty unchanged. ———.__ Government Bonds. - Corn easy—spot, | 58 32K as2%; December, new or eld, | T ; Febraai FINANCE AND TRADE New Jersey Central Advanced 9 Per Cent Today. SUGAR DECLINED 5 PER CENT The Week as a Who'e Showed a Fractional Loss. se a GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 18.—In compari- son with early week prices, today’s final figures reflect considerable frregularity, in which New Jersey Central, at an advance of nearly 9 per cent, and American Sugar, at a decline of 5 per cent, are the most conspicuous. Taking the more active issues in all de- partments into consideration, the net result of the week's operations is fractionally un- favorable to prices. result is due entirely to professional coupled with the assistance of profit-taking on speculative holdings over the holiday Underlying sentiment is strongly preju- «iced in favor of higher prices, and no sig- nificant opposition to this view is visible. The trading this morning was de- Voted to a liberal coverug of outstanding contracts, advances varying from \% to 2% per cent following. In almost every in- Stance the best prices were recorded during the jast tn minutes of trading. Rumors of iarge gold importations were utilized in advancing prices, but the lead- ing foreign banking houses were quoted as being ignotant of such intentions. A slight tendency toward increasing firmness in the money markei inspired these reports, the presumpUon being that local institutions having foreign credits would draw against them in order to take advantage of the loan demand Incident to the January trade settlements. The weekly reports of commercial opera- Ucns were all of an encouraging nature, and indicate a growing demand for holiday and staple commodities. Railroad earnings for the last week con- tinue to reflect substantial increases and, in many instances, are accompanied by as- Surances that the current period will re- fiect even greater prosperity. The banks have lost during the week #,- 451,0%) in lawful money, all in legai ten- ders. The loans have decreased 81,000, 000, which is somewhat inconsistent with the general idea of an increasing demand for borrowabie funds, but this demand is pros- Pective only. There seems to be little @oubt thet the banks will have a more profitable interest acccunt during the comi year. The de- deposits have decreased about $525,000,000, bringing the surplus down to $15,726,050. In view of the probable demand for money it is not unlikely that foreign balances will be added to the latter fund. Contrary to recent custom, Washington legislation is not at present a menace to prices, and there seems to be a reasonable possibility of evading agitations of an un- welcome character. Should this continue, routine developments will not be thwarted in aiding the advancing move- ment. The coming week may open under the in- fluence of today’s strength and higher prices prevail for a time, but the holidays are to be included in the dominant factors and realizing sales are certain toward the clese of that period. Lower prices within fractional limits from a higher levei will not, therefore, be lacking in explanation. —.> — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and tne lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. is 18 18 American Sugar... °°. 187%; 180% 188% American Sugat, pid... 2.0... fins rican Tobacco... BK Boy og can Cotten Oil aa es Atehise 73 13q & Ome Battim buy State Gas, Canada Southern cific Canada 1 ‘aga, St. Consolidated Gas. Dei. Lack & W Delaware & Ji 53% pra Lake Sore. Lowsville Bie Metropolt New Jersey Central . New York Centrat Northern Pacitic.. Northern Pacitie, j Ont. « Western Pacifie Mau. Phila, an Poliman Pc. Ge Southern Ky., pf Voile ‘Vra . Texus Paciac. Tenn. Coa: x 1701 Cuion Pacitie... U.s. Leather, pf Watash, pid... Western Union Tei Sliver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—tegcler cal!—32 o'clock m—Capital Trac tion, 3 at 68g; 3 ut G4. American Graphephons, 50 at Mi; Zo at Oly: Oat He; 7 at MG. Law ston Monotype, 50 at 20\5. Atier call—Americar Graphorhone, “preferred, 100 at 10%; 20 at 10% U.S. Laectric Light. 10 at 1004; 10 at 100% District of Columbia Bo ear fund 10214 bid. 111 bid, asked. M4 vid! 105 sked. Mscelluncous Bonds.—Metzopolitan Railroad 5s 116% bid. Metropolitan Raflroad conv. és, 12 bid, 125% asked. Metropolican Railroad certl cates of Indebtedness, A, 125 bid. Metropulltat Raitroad certificates of thdebtedness, B. 1 Belt Kallvond 5s, 7 Sasked. Eckington i 25 bid, 100 asked. Columbia Rail ~ 20-71 Ds ear fund Gs, gold, i: 3.658, “funding, currency, a Washington G: U. 8. Blectric Vasbines: Market pany imp. 6s, 110 bid. Wadlington Market Com my ext. G8, 110 bid. Masonic Hall Assoctation 107 bid.” Washington Light Intantrs Ist @x ¥ bid, 10C asked. tional Bank Stocks.—Rank of Washingtan, bid, 390 asked. Metropolitan, 205 bid, 315 Central, 250 rmers =. 18 bid. Second, 140 bid. Citizens’, 135 bic. Catum bia, 130 bid. Capital, 120 tid! West End. 16r bid, 107 asked. Traders’, 97 bid. Lincoln, 109% bid. Deposit and Companies.—National 2m ‘Safe Tmt Safe Deposit and Trost, 115 bid, 11K asked. Wash. and Trust,” 121 bid, asked. Amer. ite and, Trost, 147i, Mid, 100 asked. fe Deposit. 50 bid. Reflro: ‘ks.—Capital Traction, 624 bid, 6:4 asked. Metropolitan, 119 bid. Columbia, 65 bid, asked Gan and Electric Light Stocks.—Weshington Gas. orn Gar, bid, 46, 46% Wid, 47 asked. Georget fax. 42h asked. U.S Electric Light, 5100 bid, 101 asked, iremen's, 30 1 Grain, Provisions and Cotten Markets by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers 1427 F st., members New York ts Messrs. New York. Furnished stock & Co., RAIN. Insurance Sti Frankiin, Did, BM o ‘Title ‘Iusarance Estat bid. 95 Stocks. Real te 7 Columbia Title. 56% Mid. 5; saked. Wa Tage 5 Ma. District irks, 3 bie. Stocks.—Pennsyivenia. ni * preferred. 10 bid. Faensoatte Gun Gavinge, "a4 i, vat y bia, ‘Tithe, x86 Jobu N. Cobb from Theresa L. M. Cobu. suit instituted June last. the