Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1897, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1897-14 PAGES. 4 LATE NEWS BY WIRE|L!8RaRy gees France Now Claims to Be Mistress of the Nile. MAJOR MARCHAND ATTAINS RESULT India Paper Criticises British Cam- paign Against the Afridis. INEFFICIENCY CHARGED PARIS, December 23.—The Gil Blas today publishes a letter from Major Marchand, the French officer wh expedition was re- cently erroneously reported from Brussels to have been m: ered. The letter, which is dated from Somio, on June 17, says the work that neec shed is enormeu He adds the French hold Domziber, strongly 1 Meshraerrek, and that by August nee would thus be firmly established on the Nile, without firing a shot. Commentin upon thi communication, the Gil Blas says the rivals of France can ro longer prevent her from being mistress of the Nile British Campaign Criticised. ALLAHABAD, India, December Pioneer publishes a scathing criti the recent fighting on the Indian frontier and says the operations have ruined more than one reputation. The Pioneer asserts that the off s have disappointed expecta- tions 1 calls upon the commander-ia- chief to weed out t who have signally failed to prove their fitness to command or perform staff duties. The paper asserts that the instances when the were well handled have been serious blunders were numer, happy-go-lucky arrange- ments were the rule, “resulting in a few d Sepoys forming ain and again to hundred Hritish troops the rear guerd having a fight desperately to save their skins, while within two er three miles thousands ot their comrades were doing absolutely noth- ing.” Gross Carelessness Shown. The Pioneer says furt “The whole campaign shows carciessness and indifference for the safety of the rear guard and bad disposition of the fighting strength. Whii t fortified inclosures and homesteads of the Afridis have been latter have had their re- actual conflicts. If the Afridis coerced, more skill is requisite tf must be weeded forthwith, ye of personal feeling: > CHICAGO BONDS SELL WELL. Issue Bearing 31-2 Per Cent Interest Brings 31.0266. CHICAGO, December 23.—Controller Wa ler has mad the city of ¢ KO worth of mount of 7 per ce Jenuary 1 next. bid was that of C. J. Blair for National Bank, and the to it tomorrow. This bit the entir =a NEW YORK BLIZZARD SWEPT. Deep Snows Reported at Watertown and Dunkirk. WATERTOWN, N. Y., December 23.—One of the worst blizzards that has visited this tion in a number of years began last evening and c inued all night. Two feet of snow now cov the ground and is still coming. The snow, so far, has caused little delay to railroad traffic. DUNKIRK, N. Y¥., December 23—The heavy blizzard which struck here yesterday is raging with increased fury this morning and there is now ten inches of snow on the level. Trains on all roads are being de- layed more or less. DEATH CAME TO BOTH. Husband and Wife Pass Away Almost Simultaneously. SOUTH BEND, Ind., December 23.—Chas. S. and Mary Charlotte Chapman, husband and wife, died here yest jay, he first and she but fifty-five minutes laier. Apoplexy caused his death. Mrs. Chapman died from pneumonia, ignorant of the death of her husband a short time before. An instance of a similar character was the almost simultaneous deaths of the pa- ternal grandparents of President McKinley ago at their home few miles his city. Mr. and Mrs. McKinley 3 in the cemetery of ‘Widow of the Celebrated Artist Passes Away in London. LONDON, December widow of Sir John Millais, €ent of th Academy, is dead. La: is had been suffering for some time past from cancer of the throat, the same se which caused the death of he. husband on August 13, 189%. She was the divorced wife of Joun Ruskin, who vol- untarily gave her up when it was evident Lady Millais, the late presi- that she d Millais. Ruskin stood by in the chu wh in 1855, she was mar- ried to M Her maiden name was Euphemia Imers Gra, a TRACK WILL BE FULL LENGTH. ete for Meeting of Michuel and Chase. —The track at 1 not be short meet Saturday laps to the mile in- or nine and a half which had 1 just as it is nx rat 2 During banked Chase ar or tome ly eo six vea feet expected row was nd oday at the L. A. SAE of the track tin the cen- TWO MEN LYNCHED AT COL xX. Murderers of Orville Hayden Hanged > Farmington Citizens. SAN FRANCISCO, Cai, December 23.— T spe aI from Spokane, V h. Says: Several persons who have come here from Colfax declare that notwithstanding all de Is, a lynching occurred there Sun- @ay night or Monday mo It fs as- verted that Chadwick Marshall and John McDonald, the alleged murderers of Or- ville Hayden, a prominent cit¥en of Farm- ington, were taken from the county jail b: @ mob and hanged to trecs near the town. % to this prevails ang not been per Bererai notice. es WILL GIVE 1,500 MEN WORK. ory a press censorship ntly the fas have ted to make thelr way to Preparation: Being Made to Tube MIM at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Pa., December 23.—Prepara- tions are being made to start the tube mill ef the Oil Well Supply Company, on 2d avenue, this city. This plant has been idie for the past four years, and its starting Means that 1,500 men will be given employ- ment. The ri @bout six weeks. Start | accommedat ‘sumption will take place in | sion brokers, ordering produce EXAMINATIONS Every Employe to Be Tested as to Fitness for Permanent Appointment, Mr. Young Gratified at cuaieaccrsset) the Department for the - Blind. The beard appointed by Mr. Jchn Russell Young, the librarian of Congress, to pre- pare examinations for the employes of the Hbrary, has completed its preliminary work, and the examinations will commence in a few days. Every employe of the library will undergo an examination to determine his or her fitness for a permanent appoint- ment. " The Chinese minister visited the library this afternoon and was conducted through the building by Mr. Young. The minister was very much impressed with the library and its management, and gave frequent expressions of delight. Librarian Young is gratified over the suc- cess which has been attained by the depart- ment of the library devoted to the blind. As heretofore published in The Star, a room was set apart for the use of the blind, and all the Hterature which has been published for them was collected there. The department was placed in charge of Miss Giffin, and she has made a success of it. One of the most interesting features of the work in this department has been the daily reading from 2 to 3:30 o'clock, when persons interested in the blind have volunteered their services to read to them out of books which might not be published in their own special class of literature, and to which they would otherwise be denied access. Readings to the Blind. Some time in December Mr. Young sug- gested this course of readings, intended to be weekly. It was found, however, that so many persons interested themselves in the idea, it would be possible to have dally readings. So it has continued dally since then and there are engagements billed for readings every day until the middle of February. Among those who have read in the f in addition to the names heretofore pub lished in The S Te the fuuovsug: 06s. Hooper, Miss Parkinson, Miss Belain, Mrs. Lamon, Mrs. Macintosh, Miss Medford, Miss Keim, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Miss Mors P. Dr. Mackay Smith, Mrs. Burt, John Kennedy, M Holmes, Miss Nowlin, s. Charlotte, M. Conger, Mrs. Mills n, Mrs. J. B. Lockwood, Mrs. Solberg, . Patrick and Miss Hall. Those who will read on future dates are Mrs. Ruth Giffin, Mrs. Emma Leckie, Miss rover, Miss Culbertson, M Christie, Palmer, Mrs. Couden, 's Ramey, Keith, Miss Garrison Miss i Smith, Re y v } Hurlbut, M: Mrs. Hedg Harrington, s Hughes, Miss iy Keim. Many of those who have read will read are for the blind in this de- | partment covers a wide range of subject | Virgil's Aeneid down to Emerson’s | s and from Robinson Crusoe to cone } et trom music, a blind pe son could decipher. ERVICE EXAMINATIONS, CIVIL s Places to Be Filled Under the Govern- ment in February. The United States civil service commis- sion announces that, cn February 5, an examination will be held at Washington and other s for the position of clerk, h a knowledge of marine engineering, in the office of the United States inspector at Wolff & Swicker’s tre and, Ore., at a salary of $3: 0 fs an examination will be held to fill a vacancy in the position of acting tant surgeon in the mafine hospital rvice, at Fernandina, Fia., at a salary of $360 per annum. The same day an examination will be held to fill « vacancy in the position of draftsman with 2 knowledge of typewrit- ing, in the engineer office at West Point, N. ¥., at a salary of $1,000 per annum. ———e—____ R $4,000 PENSION. GIVEN OV A Widow Who Applied Many Years After Her Husband's Death. A pension has been granted to the widow ot Knud Knudsen, a soldier in the late war, the back pay of which aggregaics cver $4,000. The man is a native of Nor- way and was married to the woman who new gets the pension In April, 1858. Knud- sen emigrated to this country in 1861, en- listed January 1862, in Company H, h Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer In- 27, fantry, and died in the service October 16, 1s63. In conection witn allowance of the aim the pension office makes the follow- ing statement: “On August 31, 1804, thirty-one years after the soldier's death, the widow, whe has never left Nerway, applied for a 1 sion. Under the present laws she has ticle and the claim must be allowed, granting arrears of pension from the date of the soldier's death, making the first payment amount to between $4,000 and $5,000. In ell claims filed subsequent to July 1, 1sSv, and prior to June 7, 1858, pension, if al- lowed, would begin from date of filing the application. On the latter date, however, an act ‘as passed which provides that ail pensions granted to widows hereafter stall commence from the date of the sol- dier’s death. DEPOSITING MONEY ORDERS. They Will Be Received by Banks in This City. What is known as the “Clearing House ystem” of payment of postal money or- ers has been put into operation at the city pe office, an arrangement having been mace with the banks forming the Clearing House Association. Under this arrangement money orders drawn upon this post office are received on ceposit for collection by the several banks the same as ordinary drafts or checks, and at once credited to the account of the de- positor, whi is thus spared the necessity of presenting them at the post office. The Post Office Department, desirous ot ng the business houses, which are the payees of some millions of these orders, hes recently modified certain of its regulations for the convenience of banks and the business public, and under the method above described the prompt pay- ment of orders will be greatly facilitated. Money orders deposited in bank for this purpose need not be indorsed to the bank, b mply receipted on the face as when nted by the owner at the post office. tracts from reports received at the Post Office Department show how this sys- tem, which, like the letter carrier service, promotes public convenience, while it tends to relieve pressure at the post office, is ap- breciated where it has been tried. At times the number of applicants in line at the money order division prevents that expedi- tious payment which is desirable. ————_-e-—_______ FRAUD ORDERS ISSUED. Ss: Action by the Post Office Department in Many Cases, The Post Office Department has issued fraud orders against the following: Frank- lin-Turner Publishing Company of “New York city, for offering elaborate premiums and failing to send them; Waller C. Swart, alias the Union Manufacturing Company of Schenectady, N. Y., for receiving money end making no return; Pura Parella Drug Company of New York city, for offering premiums and not sending what it offered, a misleading advertisement; Michigan Medicine Company, Celery City Medicine Company, Thomas Slater, Western Medi- cine Company, Builard’s Remedies, J. A. Koener and Jas. P. Johnston-at Kalamazoo, Mich., and Fort Wayne, Ind., for advertis- ing remedies to restore vitality, etc.; Frank B. Holiand, J. A. and A. W. Clements, alias Leader Grocery and Wholesale Pro- duce House, for pretending to be commis- and failing EXPORT DUTY ABOLISHED. Dutch Sugars May Now Escape the Countervatling Duties. THE HAGUE, December 23.—The second chamber has adopted a bill abolishing the export duty on Java sugar. The action of the Dutch government in removing the export duty on Java sugars is vrdoubtedly for the purpose of escaping the countervailing duty recently levied on Dutch sugars by the Treasury Department. For a long time the Treasury Department had under advisement ‘the question of whether the Dutch government was not paying a bounty on sugars. Assistant Sec- retary Howell carefully considered the mat- ter. The Netherlands minister appeared before him on the subject. The bounty is paid in an indirect way and the matter was hard to get at. Finally Mr. Howell ruled that Dutch sugars imported to this country must pay additional duty. This decision amounted to a practical prohibi- tion of Dutch sugars from this country, to which the imports are heavy. When the Treasury Department officially learns of the action of the Dutch govern- ment and is convinced that a bounty is no longer paid, Java sugars will be exempt from the countervailing duty which was imposed. —_—-.—__. EX-CASHIER BURR PARDONED. w in the Missouri Penitentiary for Embezzling $20,000. ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 23.—William E. Burr, jr., ex-cashier of the St. Louis National Bank, now serving a sentence of five years at the Jefferson city state peni- tentiary for the embezzlement of $20,000, has been pardoned by President McKinley. ‘The pardon, it is said, was issued on the recommendation of Attorney General Mc- Kenna, who received petitions of clemency from National Republican Committeeman Kerens, the two democratic senators and other influential people of the state. >_— CLAIMS INFRINGEMENT OF RIGHTS. George Maurice Curtice Sues Paulist Missionary Society. NEW YORK, December 23.—George Mau- rice Curtice of this city, who claims to ba the proprietor of fourteen designs of re- ligious pictures known to Roman Catholics as “The Stations of the Cross,” has brought suit in the United States circuit court against the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle. He claims that the Paulist missionaries are selling copies of his pictures, and thus infringing his rights. Curtice asks that they be perpetually enjoined from infringe- ment upon his copyright: > WANTS THE GOLD STANDARD. Calcutta Chamber of Commerce Sends Memorial to Government. CALCUTTA, December 23.—The Bengal chamber of commerce has sent an address to the government in which it says that the time has arrived to adopt the gold standard, pointing out that it is four years since the mints were closed, leaving India without a currency system, ‘asserting that the suspense is harmful to trade, and urging the government to disclose any measures which it may have in contemplation. — VON DER AHE WILL NOT RETIRE, term Capital to Be Interested in the Browns. ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 23.—Chris Von der Ahe, owner of the St. Louis B: Ball Club, said today: “I have come to the con- clusion, after studying the situation at length, to give up all thought of retiring and will remain at the head of the local club.” ‘The St. Louis president's plan, as far as known, is to interest Mr. Brush of Cincin- hati and other tern capitalists in the Browns. Eas! > ONLY THREE DAYS BEHIND TIME. Conrad Heins Créxsex the Continent in Eighty-Three Days. SAN FRANCISCO, December 23.—Conrad P. Heins, who left New York last Septem- ber to ride to San Francisco on a wager and make the Golden Gate in 80 days, has arrived. He made the trip of 3,912 miles in 83 days, after going through seven rain storms, flve snow storms, one blizzard and three sand storms. He rode across the Al- kali plains when they were covered with mud and crossed snow-covered mountains. In all the trip he had no serious break- downs. He used only one pair of tires and one wheel. His total equipment weighed neariy 40 pounds, He still hopes to make the trip from coast to coast in $0 days, but will remain in California this winter. ——— MR. ADAMS AND FAMILY POISONED. Georgia Preacher Who Had Scored Mleit Distillers, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., Decem>er 23.—Five mem- Lers of the family of Rev. C. D. Adams, pastor of the Methodist Church at Sylvania, Ga., together with the negro cook, were poisoned yesterday morning. The eldest boy, Wesley, is dying. All were seriously sick for several hours, and it took hard work and constant attention to bring them cut all right. The poison used was arsenic, and Mr. Adems thinks it was put into ‘the waver that they drank. Those of the family who did not drink water that morning were pot affected. Adams has been preaching against illicit distillers Se ee Escaped Crazy Man Arrested. BUFFALO, N. Y¥., December 23.—James A. Nolan, a lawyer of Topeka, Kan., who escaped from the Kansas State Insane Asylum about two months ago, was ar- rested in this city today, and is being held for the Kansas authorities. eS Warner Pleaded Guilty. ALBANY, N. ¥., December 23.—Albert 8. Warner pleaded guilty today to an indict- ment found against him for assisting in the kidnaping of Johnny Conway. At his own request he was remanded for sentence vniil 3 o'clock this afternoon. ——— Big Cargo of Wheat. TACOMA, Wash., December 23.—The mammoth tramp steamer Algoa sailed from ‘Tacoma last night with the largest cargo of grain ever loaded in a single vessel, car- 04) bushels of wheat, valued at ‘The Algoa is bound for the north- coast of Africa, and is expected to be about seventy days making the voyage. _ To Investignute Cuba's Food Supply. FORT WORTH, Texas, December 23.— George W. Simpson, president of the Fort Worth stock yards, who has been appoint- ed speciai food commissioner to the Island of Cuba, wiil sail for Havana next week. He has instructions from the Agricultural Deparintent to make an explicit report oa the food situation existing in Cuba. ae Italy to Send Ships to China. LONDON, December 23.—A special dis- patch from Rome says that at a meeting of the Italian cabinet today it was decided to dispatch a squadron to Chinese waters. Seen egee Mrs, Booth’s Condition Unchanged. NEW YORK, December 23.—The physi- cicrs at the Presbyterian Hospital said that Mrs. Ballington Booth’s condition has net changed since yesterday. She is still very ill. —_———— Dynamite Exploded in His Pocket. SAN JOSE, Cal., December 23.--Amazon Hernandez, a Mexican wood chopper, was in the habit of carrying giant powder car- tricges in his pockets, as he frequently used them for blasting tree stumps. Yesterday he tripped and fell, a knife in his pocket struck a cap and nine explosions followed in quick succession. Hernandez was ter- ribly mangled and will die. -—_—+—_ Fatal Explosion of Fire Damp. DORTMUND,-Prussia, December 23.—Six- teen persons were killed by an explosion of fire damp in the Kalserstuhl II pit here yesterday. ee Steamship Arrivals. New York—Kensington, from Antwerp; ‘Rotterdam, from Rotterdam;. Nomadic, from Liverpool. BIG JANUARY PAYMENTS Osution Used With'Respect to the Money Market, Steps Taken tly ‘the Treasury in Re- gard to th? Udlon Pacific Rail- wity Hurchase. Assistant Secrétaty Vanderlip, in speak- ing of the heavy. payments by the govern- ment January 1, said: “Secretary Gage intends that there shall be as little disturbance as possible in the money market as a result of the payment of the principal and interest of the Union Pacific railroad bonds which mature Janu- ary 1. The amount of the principal of these bonds is $29,902,000, and the interest due thereon, $807,000. Up to last night $10,195,120 of these bonds had been pre- sented for payment, and treasury drafts to the amount of $8,350,173 had been issued and sent out from the treasury. “This represents the actual cash pay- ments made up to date. There were up to last night $2,143,300 proceeds of redeemed bonds held in the treasury to secure circu- lation of national banks. Checks repre- senting the actual cash payments already made and to be made between now and the 27th will be available on that date in the banks. It is probable that the amount of cash payments to that date will reach $15,- 000,009. On the same day the reorganization com- mittee of the Union Pacific railroad will pay into the treasury the sum of $8,538,401, and in order to guard further against any disturbance of the market Secretary Gage has arranged that $4,000,000 of this amount shell be deposited in the National City Bank of New York upon bonds being tura- ed over to the government for security. The balance, $4,548,401, will represent the actual amount withdrawn from the money market and paid into the subtreasury ct New York. The whole amount of bonds falling due on January 1 will, of course, not be pre- sented by that time. There is usually a certain percentage which is slow in com- ing in, depending mostly upon the condition of the money market. If the market is easy holders of bonds prefer to let the money for safety remain with the govern- ment, and if the price of bonds is high, there is also a tendency to present them slowly for redemption. Such is the case at this time. There has been a congestion of currency at the money centers, and, ex- cept within the last week or ten days, the money market has been exceedingly easy. Bonds to the amount of $7,350,000 are now held as security for special deposits in na- tional banks on account of the purchase of the Union Pacific railroad, and to this ex- tent there will be no actua! money trans- action. It will be seen, therefore, that the measures taken by the Secretary will, so far as the redemption of the bonds is ccncerred, and the payment to the govern- ment of the next imstallment of the pur- chase price of the Union Pacific Railroad Compary, prevent any disturbance of the mcney market on these accounts. The last payment to be made to the government on the Pacific railroad account will be January 0, 1898, and will amount to NOTHING KNOWN OF HUGHES. Commissioner Jones Discredits ports of Wichfta “Boomers.” There is appareMily ‘fo truth in the pub- lished reports of the ofganization of a band of boomers undeg Capt. Hughes to rush into the Wichita country and take posses- sion. D Mr. Jones, commissioner of Indian affairs, has just returned froma visit to the coun- try, and, hearing the rumor, procceded to run it down. He could not locate any one by the name of Hughes who was fitting out an expedition to take possession of the country, and inquiry of the leading citizens in the country failed to disclose any such plan. The commissioner told a reporter of ‘The Star this afternoon that he was con- vinced there was nothing in the story. ————— DIED AT A HOSPITAL DOOR. Re- Ella Williams, 2 Young Colored Girl, a Victim of Heart Disease. Ella Williams, a colored girl seventeen years old, who came here recently from Chattanooga, Tenn., her native place, died today at Freedmen's Hospital, where she had just arrived. Ella had a room with irs. Taylor, a seamstress, at No. 1003 L street northwest, and has been receiving treatment from Dr. Morgan, one of the physicians to the poor, for heart trouble and asthma. As she grew worse amid her humble surroundings, it was decided she should go to Freedmen’s Hospital, and she was consequently sent there this morning. She was accompanied by Abner Rollins, a lodger in Mrs. Taylor's house, and just as the couple were entering the hospital the girl died. ————— Injunction Applied For. Charles F. Benjamin and William H. Duncanson, as trustees under a certain deed of trust, and the Perpetual Building Association, in its own right and as ben- eficlary under a certain deed of trust, are named as defendants in a bill in equity filed this afternoon by Attorney H. B. Moulton for Susan A. Ruffin, asking an in- junction to restrain Benjamin and Dun- canson from selling certain property of the ecmplainant, known as 605 10th street northeast. —* Mid-Continent Poultry Show. KANSAS CITY, Mo., December 23.—The mid-continent poultry and pet stock show opened here today with prize entries from a dozen states and from Canada. The en- tries are numbered by the hundreds and the many well-known fanciers present pro- nounce the show one of the finest ever held. ns Dry Goods Firm Assigns, ‘An assignment was this afternoon record- ed by Amelia Markward and George C. Markward, dealing In dry goods, tin and china ware, ete., at 1119 and 1123 H street northeast, and 3134 M street. Assets are stated to be $2,900, and liabilities, $4,539.93. ———— Divorce Granted. ” Judge Hagner, in Equity Court No. 2, this afternoon, signed a decree granting Hyter Myers a divorce from Lucy Myers. SSS Divorce Aplied For. On the ground of desertion, May B. Rus- sell this afternoon filed suit for divorce from Charies G. Russell. The couple were married December/ 14, /1891. Mrs. Russell asks permission to’ redume her maiden name, Battley. C. /A. ‘M. Wells is her at- torney. 51 z ST: Fell From, Gang Plank. | Alexander King, coloned, a hod carrier, fell from a gang plank of the buildings be- ing erected near tie pdwer house on 14th street late this afternoon, and sustained serious cuts and bryises., He was taken to the Freedman’s Hospital. ——ac8—- Mr. George to Bé Reinstated. It is understood that,John V. George, a brother of the late Henry George, will soon be reinstatedas "a" special inspecter of customs. dened Appointed’ a Beokkeeper. Alton Angier of Atlanta, Ga., has been appointed bookkeeper in the office of the ccmmissioner of railroads at a salary of $2,000 per arnum. ———_+e-+____ Denied a Rehearing. Acting Secretary Ryan’ of the Interior Department has handed down a decision in the case of Phineas D. Holcomb against the state of California. The case presents an interesting feature. The department once refused the ap} for a patent to certain lands on the grounds that it con- flicted with the claim of the state under ‘the swamp land grant. Fe spears the mati bag containing the letter of ' department which promulgated the decision was lost in Eel river; that it was subsequently recov- tmotion for relearing ms Gonieg = CRUISE OF THE DETROIT. She Will Visit San Domingo, Navassa and Other Places. Instructions have been sent to Comman- der Dayton, commanding the cruiser De- troit, which recently arrived: at Port au Prince from Key West, to visit San Do- mingo and Navassa and other places in the West Indies. This action is based on information that affairs have quieted down at the Haitian capital since the settlement of the Lueders incident with the German government, and that there is now no ap- Parent occasion for the constant presence of an American warship in that port. Ac- cordingly, the Detroit will visit Samana Bay, San Domingo, which has been long aecired by this government as a coaling station, and while in that vicinity the com- Mander of the warship will probably in- quire into the status of the case of Nathan- iel McKay, an American citizen, who has a claim against the Dominican government for alleged violation of a contract for the cdnstruction of a bridge. That claim was recently submitted to arbitration, and the visit of the Detroit may possibly serve to expedite the settlement of the case. —__—_—--o + —__ DAVID LEE’S MISSION. Seeking Government Aid in Running Down Murderers. Government officials say that the mis- sion of David Lee, a colored man from Mississippi, who is said to be on his way to Washington to seek the aid of the United States in securing redress for the murder of five members of his family by “white caps,” necessarily must be a fail- ure. Up to this time he has not called on Register Bruce, as it is stated he intended to do, nor does the register know anything of the man or his purposes. At the Department of Justice it is said that under no circumstances could the United States become a party to any pro- ceedings of this character against the state of Mississippi, ard it is said to be doubt- ful whether the state itself could be sued for damages under the circumstances, and certainly not without its consent. The only remedy, it is suggested, would be for Lee to proceed against the sureties of the peace officers where the offense was committed, eS RECEPTION AT THE VATICAN, Pope Leo Deplores Conflict Between Church and State. ROME, December 23.—The reception at the Vatican today was largely attended by Catholic Church dignitaries. Replying to the Christmas greetings the pope deplored the conflict between the state and the holy see, which impartial minds desired to end. The mtjority of Italians, his holiness con- tinued, were against it and it was wrong to fight the will of the people, who under- stood that the political unity did not suf- fice to give them prosperity. Therefore they desired the independence of the papacy and the restoration of its rights. Peaceful citizens should not be confounded with the subversive factions whose aim was to sect the cause of Italy and the rights of the papacy in conflict. It had never been unworthy, and the state should make just reparation, The pope, who was in excellent health and splend!d voice, blessed all present, in- cluding twenty-three cardinals. Afterward, every guest passed the throne of the pope and his holiness said a few words to «ach of them. = New York’s Big Budget. NEW YORK, December 23.—The board of estimate and apportionment today pass- ed the final estimate for the expenses of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx for the year 1898. The total budget amounts to $51,443,643. Deducting from this the $5,040,900 in the general fund, the total amount to be raised by taxation is $46,402,- 743. The boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond have yet to be heard from before the amount of the budget for Greater New York will be known. ——— The District a Defendant. Suit at law to recover $6,000 damages was this afternoon filed by Dennis Banks, through Attorneys Leo Simmons and Her- bert M. Locke, against the District of Co- lumbia. Banks claims that the 4th of December, 1895, while in the employ of the District removing dirt from a trench at Sth and Water streets southwest, he was permanently injured by the caving of a bank of earth, > Hearing the Arguments. Arguments were heard this afternoon by Judge Cox, in Equity Court No. 1, on the petition, filed the 14th instant, by the “Reg- ular Army and Navy Union of the United States of America” for an order to enjoin a new organization from operating under the name of the old one. a Suits Against Guard Officers. Major Walter D. Davidge, jr., judge advo- cate general of the District of Columbia militia, this afternoon instituted suit In be- half of the United States against Andrew J. Robinson to recover $368.85, claimed to be due for certain property issued to Robin- son while he was captain of Company C, 3d Battalion, District of Columbia National Guard, from March 16, 188s, to July 19, 1890, and for which, it is charged, he has failed to account. Similar suit has been filed against Ed- ward Dunn, captain of Company D, 5th Battalion, from August 15, 1898, to Novem- ber 8, 1893, to recover $885. See Court-Martial at Fort Myer. A general court-martial has been ap- pointed to meet at Fort Myer, Va., for the trial of such prisoners as may be ordered before it. The court is composed of the fol- lewing-named officers of the 6th Cavalry: Capts. Henry M. Kendall, Henry P. Kings- bury and Benjamin H. Cheever, and Lieuts, Barrington K. West, Hugh J. Gallagher, John P. Ryan, C les D. Rhodes, and El- vin R. Heiberg, judge advocate. Batteries to Return. General Merritt, commanding the depart- ment of the east, has ordered that Batter- ies D and G of the ist Artillery, now at Camp Alger, Chickamauga and Chatta- nooga National Park, Ga., return to their proper station, Fort Jackson, La., as soon S troops were sent north sete Faoeteven oe in Louisiana. Captain BE. L. Swift, assistant surgeon, who is with the troops at Chattanooga, has been ordered to return to his proper sta- tion, Fort Slocum, N. ¥. 3 Col. Mordecai’s Conduct of Affairs. Col. Mordecai, the superintendent of the Springfield Armory, has been in consulta- tion with the authorities of the War De- partment respecting his conduct of the af- fairs of the big government arms factory. A strong effort is being made in behalf of certain of the employes and ex-employes of the armory to secure the transfer of Col. Mordecai to arother post, but it can be stated authoritatively that no such change will be made in the absence of a full in- quiry which must satisfy the War Depart- ment that the officer is jusily subject to criticism. —— No News From the Maine. No report of the action of the commander of the battleship Maine in firing upon schooners at the entrance of Key West harbor, as reported in the news dispatches this morning, has yet reached the Navy Department. The officials say that the Maine was instructed to stop suspected vessels for a time in place of some of the revenue cutters which had been withdrawn temporarily for repairs, and it is not as- sumed that Capt. Sigsbee has exceeded his uthority in the matter. New York Pension Frauds. The commissioner of pensions has re- ceived the report of the special examiner sent to investigate the charges. of fraud 4n the New York pension office. The ex-. the arrest and ATTEMPTS TO KILL HIMSELF James Burke, a Pensioner, Cuts His Throat With a Razor. Despondent Over His Condition and His Inab' -W ity to Get Employment nds Not Serio James Burke, aged twenty-five years and unmarried, a government pensioner, living at 640 Pomeroy street, attempted suicide today shortly before noon by cutting his throat with a razor. He was taken to Freedman’s Hospital, where the gashes in his throat were attended to by the hos- pital staff. He was not badly injured. Burke has been in the regular army, but received an honorable discharge on ac- count of disabilities received in the serv- ice. He is said to be from Arkansas orig- inally, and has always borne a good repu- tation. It was stated today at the house where he boards, the residence of J. W. Bowling cn Pomeroy street, that he had been drink- ing recently, though, it was said, he made no threat of suicide. He was in the house most of the morning, and was sitting in a front room just before noon, engaged in conversation with Mrs. Bowling. He toid her that he was very nervous. Said He'd Take a Shave. “I think I'll go up and take a shave be- fore dinner,” he remarked, and went up- stairs, as if he was contemplating nothing unusual, He had been up there only a few minutes when Mrs. Bowling and John Galiagher, another resident at the house, heard a fall upstairs, and Gallagher went up to investigate. He found Burke lying on the floor with a gash in the right side of his throat, and a razor jying on the floor near by. Burke denied that he had attempted to Kill himself, and said that while he was shaving himself the razor had turned in his hand, inflicting the wound. He declared he had no idea of killing himself. Word was sent to the Freedman’s Hospital, and Burke was taken there in the hospital am- bulance. He confessed to Dr. Stafford that he had tried to kill himself. He stated that he had become despondent from not getting any steady employment. He had had several Jobs, he said, but had lost them, one after another. He was scen by a Star reporter, but refused to talk, more than saying that it was all an accident. It is though? he will be out again in a short time. Ear Ag Wills Filed for Probate. The will of the late Alice M. Jnue 29, 1897, was this afternoon filed for probate. The entire estate of the dec is bequeathed to her daughter, Josephine M. Galer. John N. executor, “There wa afternoon th Vigo Wadskier, dated Jun, with a codicil dated August 21, 1801. The wife of the deceased, Louisa M! Wadskier, is nam- ed as executrix. —— Local Pensions. The following local pensions were grant- ed today: Richard Weiler, $14; Johnson, $8 to $12. ler, dated Stevenson is named as ate this Pheodore Samuel dwin KXrouse, $8 to $12. ao ees Restraining Order Issued. In the divorce proceedings instituted Oc- teber 4 last by James William Herbert against Juliet Herbert, Judge Hagner in Equity Court No. 2 this afternoon signed an order restraining Mr. Herbert from removing any furniture, carpets or house- hold effects from the home of the defend- ant until further order of the court. > Claim Regarding Harveyized Plate. Representations have been made to the Navy Department in behalf of certain Eu- rcpean inventors, which, if true, would in- validate all patents now covering the Har- vey process of armor manufacture. It is claimed that the principle involved in mak- ing Harveyized plates is covered by inter- national patents taken out in England, Italy, Germany and the United States sev. en years ago. The patent office has been asked to investigate the matter. — —— Naval Cadets Insubordinate. Capt. Cooper, superintendent of the Na- val Academy at Annapolis, has issued an order that because the cadets of the third class maintained an insubordinate spirit by refusing to tell who were guilty of disre- spectful conduct while the officer in charge was in their quarters, they would be re- stricted to quarters. This order to be in fcrce on Christmas day, except from the heurs of 8 o’clock in the morning to half- Past 9 at night. © ea A Cane for Commissioner Evans. Mr. Evans, commissioner of pensions, has received from an inmate of the Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va., a walking stick of unique design. The cane is extensively carved in Grand Army style. Near the handle is an American flag unfurled about the badge of the Union Veteran Legion, while the body of the stick is carved to represent the different corps badges in use during the war. The cane is highly pol- ished, and Commissioner Evans prizes it greatly. ——_—+-e__. China’s Fate. From the New York Journal of Commerce. China appears to be the destined theater of the first grand attempt at forcing trade by the sword. Germany takes Kiao-Chou regardless of Russia's pre-emptive rights there, Russia accepts the defiance with ap- parent equanimity and compensates herself for the theft by occupying Port Arthur. England is said to have arranged with Japan for the occupation of Wei-Hai-Wel; and expectation is on tip-toe as to what France will appropriate; and so the game goes bravely on. —_—_—_+-+—____ Finance in a Nutshell. From the Atlanta Constitution. What fs just and an equitable banking system? It is a system under which char- acter, credit and the most available forms of property are turned into currency which may be employed to utilize the resources of a community or a section. And that is what the country needs. —_+-____ Charles A. Pillsbury has resigned his position at the head of the English syndi- cate mills. He is reputed to have made $2,000,000 in wheat in the last year. Nine cars, containing over $300,000 worth of raw silk from Asia to New York city, started east fromi Frisco a few days ago. —___-+e+-____ Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, December 23.—Klour inactive. un- irm-—'spot_ a 08%; steamer No. stock, 1,328.91 none; 4 els—southern wheat by sample, push Baas: do. w98%. Corn steady—spot and month. december 93 33! er, uew oF 143 Febru: exports, 33: sales, 42, ¢ corn, 2a3t Onts_steady— No. 2 mixed, 2a274—receipts, 17 bushels; ‘exports, 72,000 bushels; stock, 413,621 bushels. ' Rye steady 2 nearby, 52%; No. 2 western, 53%053%—reccipts, 18,508 bushels; exports, 25,714 bushels; stock, 301,~ 162 bushels. “Hay steady—choice timothy, $13.00 sked. Grain freights very quict, no demand for steamers, unchanged. Sugar—granulated, 5.33. Buttcr quiet—fancy crea , 23; do. imitation, le, 15016: store pack- . 17. Cheese steady, and Cotton Markets Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York, GRAIN, Low. | Close. a 8: 33 2 F 2 ew Ret 4.70 © 4.75 4 ‘Close. Sao Ses ee FINANCE AND TRAD Holiday Dullness Pervaded the New York Stock Market, TRADERS HAD If THEIR OWN WAY Some Activity in Manhattan and Metropolitan Traction Stock. —_.—____ GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, December 2bstan advances in Manhattan and Metropol Traction saved toda; absolute stagnation n rket from insignificance. and Traders monopolized what Iittle business there was, but there was no inclination to take a positive stand in either account. Prices yielded fractionally under the in- fluence of short selling and recovered very Promptly with every attempt to regain early sales. The market was wholly of a holiday cl eter and reflected the pres- «ace of habitual operators only. The public has been advised to wait until after the new year, and is seemingly disposed to heed this advice. ‘The two street railway properties named above sre regarded as leading the corpor- ate contest for political favor under the new city government. With the possibility of getting certain desirable privileges in the near future reduced almost to a cer- tainty, the street argues that further skep- ticism as to the future merit of the two properdes is groundless. Whatever the incentive may be th are stronger than their neighbors, flect practically all of the consequ business involved in the present marke The general list gained something sympathy with the tendency of the moi active issues. Covering American nd thi in outstanding contracts in sugar resulted in higher prices specialty is believed to be held in check only because of the holidays now at hand. There is no Mquidation at any point, and there would seem to be no grounds for fearing any. Congress is not likely to pr gress dangerously near radical leg of greatest leg ive ibility of a le s banking difficul held the market in check fe later advices Indicating th ot the embarrassment r It is generally thought financial interests will as: restoration of credit’ in the district. The money market Is being watched car fully in order that increasing indications of tightening may be taken into co! tion as a factor in determining th of The foreign credits ban depended upon to pr 1 rates, but the x over a few ces of the day we , the t ling volume nm cont the fail this view small operators from the market. attan and Metropolitan rm ship right up to the ult of buying for any sort, th being the y The ion lelphia a time, but local nature sred_ confidence. hat in nual t in an carly embarrassed ra- prices stocks. re vent ¢ shake scared the side of the to soln e coal nt, but program laid down for them sev 2g0. stocks were neglected to som they have not complete J 1 day —_—-> Fr IAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing pric: ported by Corson & Macartney. New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. % Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. és The 1K 139%, American Spirits.. American Spirits, pfd Amerivan Sagar... American Sugar, pfd American Tobacco. , Atwerican Cotton Ol) Atchison ..... : iso” Baltimore & Onie.. y State & ‘anada Sout! Canada Pacific. . Chesapeake & Ohio. Ca. onicago, M. & St. Paul. pa. Ines Centrai Lake Shore. Louisville a Nashviiie setropolitan Traction, Manhattan Elevated... Michigan Central... Chicago Gas. © M.& St Paul Chicago, St. Paul, M&O Consolidated Gas. Den. & Kio Grande, pf Erie. ‘ational Lead Co. ational Lewu Uo.. pla Northern Pacitic Northern Pacitte, pi Lanston Monotype, of Columbia Bs Railroad 6s, 95 bid, 100 ‘asked. Columbia Kall- road 6s, 1 122 asked. Wasbingte : 4 % eee < 33 . ss New Jersey Centri “Sy 4 mh i 5 ite Mau. s F i Puluman P. ©. Co...222 vets chon . frase sat : . ‘Tenn. Coa: & sron. U.S. Leather, pid. ss rin Western Union Tei. “s8Y “BS “SS S85 Light, 10 at 9%; 10 at i 7 Grapho- 46 cents. Distric 5 y “ h rw fund 6s, gold, . 3.658, Ing, cur 114 bid) T17 asked. iscellaneous Bonds.—Metrop litan Railroad 5s, 116% bid, 120 asked. Me paiten Railroad 3s, 125 bid 126 asked. Metropolitan Rallrond tificates of indebtedness, 1235 bid. Metropolitan Ralivoad certiticates of indebted BL bid. Company Gs, series A, 113 bid. Wa: 12a ChicagoxNortawestern Chicago, RI. & Pacific Delaware & Hudson . issouri Paciti New York Centrai Ont. & Western. Phila. & Keading. Southern Ky., pfa. ‘Texas Paciti Union Pacific. Wabash, pid ‘Silver... Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m. Flectric phone, 100 at lv. Pheumat 100 at 19%. After eull—Lanston M bid. 30-5 Belt Railroad 5s, 50 bid, 65 asked. “Eckington Company €s, 14 bid. UL es my B, 8. Electric Light debeniur 163 bid.” Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone $s, 162 bid. Amer! nd ‘Trust 5s, F. and A.. 100 bid, Security and Trust 6s, Al and O.. Washington Market Company” Ist Washington Market Company Washington Market € Masonic Huli Associa ington Light Infantry Natfonal Bank Stock bid, 300 asked. 200" bid. ond, 140 bia. . 120 bi asked. Traders’, 95 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—Wasbington 121 bid, 125 asked. American Security and ‘Trust, 147 ‘bid. Washington Safe Deposit, 50 bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 62% bid, 62% asked. Metropolitan, 120 bid. Columbia. 63 bid, 6S asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, asked. bid. | Franklin, ‘Corcoran, 56 bid. 4, asked. curity 60. a 110 10M ©. Gs, 6s, 6s, 5s, 107% bid. Was! 65,90 bid, 100 asked. Bank of Washington, opolitan, 306 bid. + 180 bia. imp. t Cent Se. Colombia, t End, wid. Lincoln, 109 bid, 106 12 Loan and Trust bid, 47% asked. Georgetor S. Electric Light, x97! b Insurance Stocks.—Firemcn’ 38 bid. Metropolitan, 65 bid. Potomac. 64 bid. Arlington, ‘1 German-American, 185 Did." National Union, 10 bid, 12 asked. Columbia, 12 bid. Riggs, 7% ‘bid, $44 asked. People’s, 51g bid, 6 asked. ' Lincoln, 04 Eo ated Gammenciet. 2 Ot i id, , x40 bid. itle Insurance Stoeks.—Real Estate Title, x85 sked Columb on Title, 2\% one Stocks, — bid, 95 Title, 4% bid. 5 axked. Washi District Title, 3 bid. Tele] ennsylvania, 40° bid, 48 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 66'bid, 70 asked. Anvrican Graphophone, 10 bid, 10% asked. Amer- phone, preferred, 10% bid, 11 asked. Miscellai us Sto ks. Soo iz Li is-ellancous: ke. — Mergen’ 3137% bid: 139 asked. Taneton Monotype, Too, 19% asked. Washington Market, 10 bid. Great Falls Ice, 108 bid, 112 asked. Norfolk and Wasb- ingen Gienmbent; 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 90 Ci