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‘LATE NEWS BY WIRE Report of Serious Riot at Jacmel, OF THE RIOTERS KILLED TWELVE Trouble Arose Over President Sam's Submission to Germany. = TROOPS FIRE ON MOB NEW YORK, December 30.—Officers of the Prinz Wilhelm IV, which has arrived here from Haiti, report that on the after- noon of December 13 twelve rioters were killed and twenty seriously wounded during an encounter at Jaemel, Haiti. The mob was hostile to President Sam on account of his recent submission to the demands of Germany. The mob surrounded the government buildings and was allowed to approach Quite close to the buildings before a shot was fired. Then the government troops . Poured a volley into the rioters that scat- tered them in confusion and resulted in the aforementioned fatalities. aca FLOODS ON PACIFIC COAST. Trafic ween Portinnd and Tacoma Stopped by Washouw CHICAGO, December —A special to the Record from Tacoma say: Traffic Ore. between Tacoma and Portiand. entirely suspended because of the and washouts. Toledo, Kelse and towns on the Cowlitz river are partly othe fleoded. and the river is still rising. Trains on the Great Northern road are again bleeked by snow, water and mud. No over- land mail Everett as arrived or departed from sine South Bend are whol- ly imp nd wash- outs -com- pened by heavy wine neochee was ficoded. and everybod: st out. Five niles of the Sheltan are washed nd the bridges gone. > OVEMENT IN USE OF X-RAYS. French Surgeon wit mnectx Instrument ST. LOUIS. Mo., December 30.—In a letter ived by a physician of this city from stoli, the noted French phys clan and surgeon. Apostoli says he has dis- coveret the secret of preventing the evil hich usually ensue from the appli- -ray. = that he simply connects the ma- hb the ground by a metallic circuit. Under that system he has turned the X rays upon hundreds of putients, and not once has thece been any deleterious effects from the rays. ———— COLORADO MINE SH DOWN. Due to Expected Trouble With Miners Over Wag DENVER, Col., December 20—As a re- sult of an order bs f the nt the executive committee Union of Colorado calling men to demand higher wages or Miners’ strike, the Rex Coal Mining Company has closed down its two mines at Louisville, throwing between two hundred and three hundre out of empleyment. The ker the Rex Company will pro followed by the other companies in northern Colorade. and alt the in the distriet will he thrown o} ment. is a great deal of dissatisfaction among the miners at Louiéville over the action of the executive mimittee. and preparations are being made to call a mass meeting calling upon the executive com- mittee to rescind its action. Many of the mine! ho were thrown out of empleo: ment by the action of the Rex Company claim the action of the executive committ Was ithorized. = 2 QUITS POLITICS, Brooklyn Demoerney WIN Now Re Led by Bernard York. NEW YORK, December 30.—Hugh Mc- Laughlin, for many years the dictator of the democratic party in Brooklyn, has defi- nitely announced his retirement from polit- ical leadership. He will be succeeded, ai cording to the present understanding, by Bernard J. York. McLAUGHLIN ‘The retirement of Mr. McLaughlin is the close of 4 long, successful and picturesque political career. Many years ago, when a young man, McLaughlin was employed ig @ rope walk. One of his fellow-worl was Jacob Worth, who became, and was, until down” last autumn at the behest of Senator Platt. the leader of the republican party in Erookly Mc- Laughlin was of the democrati Mr. MeLaughlin has twice held of register, but aside of tha 1806, the democrats in Brooklyn mayoralty by over 3, es, Mr. n declared that he wanted to re- ities just long enou z in power agai: followed out the plan outlir ge JURY FAILED TO AGREE. In seit Against John ©. Wright and John C. New INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., December ury in the suit of the Indi Banking | Cc. New. « st John €. Wrigh % fraud in the ale to the former of the stock of the old First Nation- al Bank. has n dischar, having failed after forty-eight hours’ deliberation to ch a verdict. he jury st ) three in favor of | defendants years age, when the ease wa jury returned t and Wright for It is not t d that the case be tried again. ——_ LOVERS IN HARD LUCK. Refuse # Marringe License at Over Twenty Pince: BOSE, Idaho, December “~s eae ahd Miss Lizzie Nelson, » youthful eloping eccuple from Glenn's Ferry, have returned to Boise from Oregon, having been refused Wm. Orr 4 Marriage license at ov: twenty places in Teka aml Oregen, owing wo the tender Years of the girl. Young Orr has now employed counsel to attack court the law re- quiring ¢ licenses, itutionally passed oreme court's recent broad de- is sixteen year old and the boy SECRETARY LONG EN ROUTE HOME, Me Tatks of the Proposed Hosptial Corps for the Navy. NEW YORK, December 30.—Sec retary Leng of the navy passed through this city teday on his way to his home in Masaa- chusett, He will remain at his home until after New Year day. peaking of the Proposed hospital corps for the navy, Sec. retary Long sald: “The idea of the sur- seon general is to create a service com- pesed of men who have had experience as nurses, and who are capable of assisting at all times when required. The additional cost to the service will be trifling when compared to the great amount of good which will be done. I don't think that a man who is an oller or a coal shoveler is fitted to act as a nurse —_>—_—_. Government Receipts. Government receipts from internal rey- enue today, $418,980; customs, $367,041; mis- cellaneous, $20,268, John | 7 CANADA WILL’ CO-OPERATE Her Expedition to the Klorhlike Will Go With Ow Satisfactory Result of ‘a9 viet ‘of Minister Siffem-Duties om, Supplics Remitted. Mr. Sifton, the Canadian minister of the interior, called at the War Department by appointment today, and had a long confer- ence with Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn, who is giving his attention to the Klondike felief expeditions, during the continued ill- ness of Secretary Alger. -Having secured the consent of the British government to the passage of United States troops, to be used as guards, over Canadian territory, what remains to be done is to arrange for the admission of the supplies to be taken to the miners without payment of duties, provided they are not sold for more than their actual cost. This matter will be shortly arranged and Mr. Sifton will prob- ably be able to leave Washington this af- ternoon on his return to Canada: The Only Practicable Route. The minister of the interior said this af- ternoon that the only practicable route to Dawson City is what is known as the White Pass, commonly called the lake route, ccmmencing at Skaguay, on the Lynn canal. He says that the dominion authorities have elghty-five men in the territcry and expect to have fifty more at Skaguay on or before January 5. They have twenty tons of supplies now ttored at Skaguay for transportation over the pass, to which will he added ten tons more within the next ten days for transporta- tion over the pass. The Canadian authorities have a post at ke Lindermay, another at Tagish, at ich latter piace twenty men are ‘sta- tioned: another post at White Horse Rap- ids, and two posts intervening between the latter point and Fort Selkirk. A Double Expedition. It is the intention of the Canadian gov- ernment. the minister says, to have a de- tachment of 250 men in the territory within the next thirty days. The detachment will be ready to leave Skaguay on the 15th proximo, but the minister has kindly con- sented to hold the expedition in order that they may accompany the expedition of the War Department, which will leave Skaguay n or before February 1. The Canadian rernment has also consented to grant orts to our expedition, provided the co- operation at Skaguay cannot be consum- mated. The government duties upon all supplies sent In under military control will be waived by the Canadian government. The minister states that his government will be very glad to grant our expeditions the use of their posts on the route, and to facilitate their movements in every way. Relieving Miners on the Way. Minister Sifton says the government Ke -THE EVENING STAR, = THURSDAY;-DECEMBER 380, 1897-14 PAGES. a VISIT OF MINISTER LOOMIS. Me Will Confer With State Depart- nist OMeiats Regarding Venezuela. Mr. Francis B. Léomis, United States minister to Veétiestiela, has arrived im Washington. He is 6n leave of absence from his post, and while in Washington during the eotiing week he will advise with the officials on the subject of negotiating & feviprocity treaty, and also a parcels pcSt cOnvention between the United States and Venezuela. Mr. Loomis expects to fin- ish his business with the department in a few days and will return to Venezuela on the steamer leaving New York on the 12th proximo. In the course of a recent interview in re- gerd to his unexpected return to the Unit- ed States at this time, Minister Loomis said: “The people of Venezuela are sati fled that the United States Js their friend, ard as a consequence a native of this coun. try can today have anything they possess. They have implicit faith in the final finding of the arbitration tribunal. “Venezuela’s whole case has been werk- ed up by W. L. Scruggs, who was minister to that country under President Harrison, and from what I know of it is is a strong ene. The Paris end of it is being looked after by the Marquis de Rojas, who was formerly Venezuela’s minister to France. “Just who will present the case’ to the tribunal has not been decided, but the names of ex-President Harrison, Rufus L. Choate, ex-Senator Edmunds, Judge Day and Senator Foraker are under considera- tion, and one of these gentlemen will be selected. “What interests the citizens of this coun- try most, however, is the negotiating of a parcel post treaty whereby merchants will be enabled to send samples weighing from five to twelve pounds to Venezuela with- out the trouble and expense of getting out bills of lading and things of that kind. This is a privilege that European merchants have, and to compete with them ours must be put on the same footing. “Now is the time for our merchants to secure a foothold in Venezuela. That country is just emerging from a period of great commercial depression, the feeling of the people is of the warmest kind for Arrericans and American goods, and a lit- tle judicious work on the part of our busi- ness houses will give to America the rich field that is now almost monopolized by French, English and Germans. - “The National Association of Manufac- turers of the United States appreciates this, and in furtherance of it is going to open a permanent exhibition in Carracas text February that will help introduce American goods. This exhibition will be held in a hall 190 feet long by 75 feet wide, and will show American machinery at work. Similar expositions will be started all over South America. “There is also a magnificent opening in Ver ezuela for American contractors. When President-elect Andrade assumes the reins of office next February he will inaugurate a series of public improvements that will ecst millions of dollars, and American con- ctors will find it an easy matter to get of them. “Besides all the things I have mentioned there are gold mines of exceeding richness, and asphalt, coal and oil in great abun- dance. I heard just before leaving that Gov. Pingree will be successful in getting dees not anticipate reaching Dawson with supplies this winter, but that they wil) he able to relieve the miners on the way, who were compelled to leave Dawson on account of the lack of food. It is his opin- ion that a pack train of 100 animals can- not carry more than twenty-five tons of supplies in addition to the neces: for- age for their own sustenance. Mr. Sifton called at the Interior Depart- ment, in company with Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, this afternoon to pay his r spects to Secretary Bliss, but failed him, as he is out of town. inister Sifton had an interview ith Assistant Secretary Howell on the subject of customs regulations for Cand dign goods passing through American ter- ritory on their way to Dawson. It is prob: able that regulatiens will soon be issued from the treasury covering this feature Canadian government has already ulgated regulations governing Amer can goods passing throug Canadian te tory on their way to American territery again. to today —= —-e-+ INDIANA COUNTY TREASURER SHOT. Citizens Are. Greatly Aroused nnd Searching for Murderer. LAFAYETTE, Ind., December 20.—James Kirkley, treasurer of Benton county, was found dead in his office at Fowler at 1 o'clock this morning. He was shot through the temple and a pistol was lying by his side. His own revolver was found in his desk. The drawers of the desk and the safe were opencd and the contents scat- tered about the office. Mr. Kirkley was serving his second term as treasurer. There Is great excitement, and a posse of cilizens are out searching for the murderers. _—— STAGE COACH HELD UP. Robbers Miss Money Package M: Pouch and Get but 36 LEWISTON, Idaho, December 1.—The Lewiston-Mount Idaho stage was held up at 9 o'clock Tuesday night by two highway- men one mile from Grangeville. Two pas- ngers were relieved of about $60 and the robbers secured the contents of two mai. sacks, but missed the one containing money packages. A vigilance committee has been organized at Grangeville. The robbery is supposed to be the work of the two men who have made attempts within the past week to destroy the town by fire. ee Sought Water and Struck Oil. CROWNPOINT, Ind., December 30.—J. J. Van Buskirk of Medaryville, while drilling for water, has struck a good flow of oil of fine quality and quantity. The Indiana and Ohio Oil Company have investigated the surrounding territory in Jasper county, and e filed with the county recorder oil ex which cover several farms-in the cinity of Medaryville. The company will s and search for oil. aS % With Sugar Bect COLUMBIA, Mo., December —Sine 1890 the Missouri experiment station here has been making experiment with sugar beets with a view to ascertaining the per- centage of sugar contained in them. The Experimer centrol of some th the most valuable as- phalt concession in the world.” a GOING PO SAN SALVADOR. Gunboat Marietta Will After American Interests, A dispatch just received at the State De- partment from United States Consul Jen- kins at San Salvador shows that the po- litical situation in that country is disturbed and threatening, and as a measure of pru- dence it has been deemed advisable to send a war ship to that country to safeguard the interests of the United States in the not improbable outbreak of a revolution. sel selected for this mission is the gunboat Marietta, which recently arrived at San Francisco from a cruise in Alaskan Waters. She is now being overhauled, but + ready to go to sea next week. Her re to proceed to La Libertad and re until further orders. ‘The dis- tance to the Salvadoran port is about miles, and it will take the little gunboat ubout two weeks to cover it. It was origi- ally intended to send the Marietta to the and she will probably pro- ceed to the orient at the conclusion of her rviec in Central America. Mail advices from Salvador have indi+ cated that trouble is brewing. The Ezeta faction, which was ousted in the revolution of two years ago, has never rested, and re- peatedly expeditions have been alleged to be forming in this country with a vicw of proceeding to Salvador and wresting the administration from Gen. Rafael Antonio Gutierrez. THE Look IM OF MRS, RUIZ, It Has Been Decided to Defer Prens- ing It on Spain. It has been practically decided to defer further action in the matter of the claim of Mrs. Ruitz against the Spanish govern- oo On account of the death of nd, Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, a natural- American citizen, as a result of im- prisonment in a Cuban prison, until the autonomous and other reforms in Cuba, proposed by the Sagasta ministry, shall have had a fair trial. This claim was pre- sented by ex-Minister Taylor, and its set- tlement has been urged upon the Spanish authorities by the present minister to Spain, Mr. Woodford. In order not to interfere with pending negotiations for a termination of the troubles in Cub aid that the case has been tempora p JAMES A. J DRDAN ARRESTED, Former Pension Attorney Charged With Forgery and Bribery. NEW YORK, December 30.—James A. Jerdan of Washington, formerly pension examiner in the pension bureau, was ar. rested here today, charged with forgery and bribery. He will be taken to Washing- ton tonight. — __ HAGGIN-VOORHIES NUPTIALS. Turfman and Multi-Million- aire Weds Hin Nie LOUISVILLE, Ky., December! cial to the Times from Ve ays: The most romantic wedding in Ver- sailles’ history was solemnized at 2 o'clock this afternoon, when J. B. Haggin, the Veteran experiments, it is announced, demonstrate that it would not be profitable for the Mis- souri farmer to raise the beets for sugar purposes, if he intends to go to the expense of erecting factories for manufacturing the sugar. + - Klondike Ciaim Brings $250,000. SEATTLE, Wash., December fcre his departure from Daw Ww. BE. Knowles, who was a passenger from Alaska on the steamship Alki, purchased 0.—Just be- ciaim No. 2 below Discovery, on the Bo- nanza, in the Klondike district, paying $250,000 in cash for it. —_——_.+—_ Aged Woman Burned to Death. BORDENTOWN, N. J., December 30.— Mrs. Anna Fowler, aged sixty-five years, was burned to death in the house of Frank Graham, in this place, early today. The house and adjoining property were con- sumed, entailing a loss of $25,000. The members of Mr. Graham's family were aroused by the mewing of a cat in time to make their escape, though they were obliged to leave the premises in their night clothes. ee ambler Chris. Boyle Dead. DENVER, Col., December 30.—Chris. Boyle, a gambler known from San Fran- cisco to New York, is dead of consumption. He was about thirty-six years old. About two years ago his throat was cut by Phil Walsh 42 a quarrel over a woman. Boyle's head was almost Severed from his body, but he recovered. a aa, Depositers Will Be Pa: Fall, BRUNBWICK, Ga., December 80.—The depositors of the Merchants and Traders Bank will probably be paid without the stockholders being “called upon for aid. ee cate ne Madden —— al moneys depositors Monday and Tuesday. The money due individuat ftors will not exceed $45,000. New York multi-millionaire and turfman, led to the altar Miss Pearl Voorhies of this y, niece of his former wife. Mr. haggin white-bearded veteran of seventy-four, while his bride is only twenty-eight. Miss Voorhies was married in a simple, but ex- quisite costume of blue cloth and white silk, trimmed with point lace. The marriage took place at the residence of James P, Amsted, stepfather of the bride, and was very quiet, indeed, only the immediate family being present. A lunch will be served to Mr. and Mrs. Hag- gin, and at 7 o'cleck tonight they will beard Mr. Haggin’s private car, en route to 4heir home in New York. Mr. Haggin and his bride have been deluged today with telegrams of congrat- ulation from all over the United States. Their secret was so carefully kept that not even the people of Versailles knew of it until this morning. The wedding cre- ated a sensation in local society. > A HUSTLING KLEPTOMANIAC. Excapes From Insane Asylum and Steals a Bicycle. SAN JOSE, Cal., December 30.—Kenneth Duncan, formerly a Methodist minister in Chicago and San Francisco, has been re- turned to the insane asylum at Agnews, from which institution he escaped on Tues- day. On coming to town he promptly stole a bieycle and sold it to a pawnbroker for $3, and it was this offense that led to his capture. ———— TO UPHOLD BROWN’S RIGHTS, Four British Warships Lying Of Chemulpo. PEKIN, December 80.—The supercession of J. McLeavy Brown, the British super- intendent of the Corean customs, is at resent engaging the attention of the government. With the view of tela: its ts four British Uiderstocd to be off Chenulpe, ToiL-to.Sond Bap tin Lim, Ignoring the Copyright Law—Grewth Its. Regulations. Eo) i The chapter in Mr. John Russe!l Young's arnual report devotedyto a description of the copyright department of the Congres- sional Library -goes-extensively into the history of th copyright in this country. ‘The'réport says: -~- “AS @ national inatitution the copyright system goes back to 1790. Before that twelve df- the origttial thirteen states had passed copyright laws. These state laws protected for various terms. By the act bf 1790 the right to print was guaranteed for fourteen years, with a renewal for an- other fourteen, in all twehty-elght years. ‘The penalty for infraction was severe, but complications arose as to the enforcement of the: law, and it“was never satisfactory. ;Lhe act of April 29, 1892, is interesting as extending the copyright law of protection ‘to the. arts..of designing, .engravings and etchings, historical or ef_prints, By. the act of 1881 copyright was extended to twenty-eight years, with the right of re- } newal for fourteen more, thus giving prto- tection in Nterary. property for: forty-two years. Music was brought within the copy- right provision. In 1856 copyright was grant- ed t6 dramatic dompbsitions, and in 1885 to photographs and negatives. n 1870 the com- mittee appointed” to ‘revise the statutes submitted a revised and consolidated law of copyright, which is the law in force to- day. The. statute, however, has been amended by several legislative enactments since, the most important being the act of March 3, 1891, by which Copyright was ex- tended to the natives of ‘such foreign na- tions as accorded to our own people copy- Tight. privileges cqyual to those enjoyed by their own. The act relating to the public performance or representation of any dra- matic or musical composition, with inten- tion to give bettersprotection to playright, Was approved January 6, 1897. “The copyright: department was trans- ferred in 1870 to the librarian of congress, who thus became register. There was a convenience in this. Delays were prevent- ed and a uniform system established, which saved trouble to authors and pub- lishers. It also assured the library a com- plete collection of American publications, and, as my predecessor remarked, if such a law had been enforced since the. begin- ning of the government we should now have in the Library of Congress a com- plete representation of the American mind ie every department of science and litera- ure. “Under the old law the copyright was an annoyance at timeg and not an advan- tage—incomplete in its provisions and awk- ward in administration. It was difficult for the owner of a title to protect his rights. The transmission of a second copy to the library was:frequently overlooked. It ts of record that in,a single year there were more than 1,000 requisitions for pub- leations where owners had accepted copy- right protection without complying with e law. ; “There was lik qwiee,.no central office of record, ht property was intan- gible. yet ve right of the owner to his literary’ property,’ whether a_ history, an epic, a novel or q\street ballad, was as sacred to him’las a Tight to a patent or a land warrant. ’1t wif his covenant with government uhdertwhich the profits of genius and idust¥y were assured. rowth of, the Department, “The copyright,department is, therefore, most important, cffité®. Its growth may be estimated whew it is noted that while in ix months of 1870 the copyrights were 5.000, in 1896 74470 avere entered. ‘This means a steady 'rathet than a spasmodic growth. Thus in ‘1870 there as we the his have seen, 5,000 ehttles: in 1875, 14,361; in ISSN, In, 18586, bS410; in 1800, 42,758, and-ih 18% 79. With the exception of years of busfnegs depression, this in- has been streé, afd never-at o er ratio than at present. These iiguits are instructive, nat. dlowe as shdwing the im- portance of the goypmight department, but as indicative of the immense growth .of music, “literature and the arts. A few mcenths since the average daily receipt of letters was 140. “‘Thesletters reeafved daily from. October 21_ to December 3, Aor ex- ample. average 179, with an increase. from week to weck. And algeady there are well- founded complaints from the head of the copyright bureau us to an insuflicient staff and the necessity of @xtra hours of labor to keep the work in aan. The relative nu- merical importance ofthe copyright toward the other departmenig pf the government may be understood when it is noted that while tie patént office has 34,000 entries annually, there wére/in 1896 72,470 in the yright’ office. ¥ ‘ The published repbrts of the librarian from 1870 to 1896 classify the copyright en- tries us follows 636; periodicals, 257,153; music, drama, ,6,096; photograph: vings. lithographs, etc., 74,670 prints, 20,579; -maps afd charts, 48,048; de- sighs, models and drawings, 6,204. The bulk of the copyright material was removed from the Capitol in the early part of 1807 and deposited: in the new Libr building. It came in- such disorder that some time must elapse before it can be ar- ranged. The crediting and indexing were behincghand. With the pressure of current bisiness and its growth now straining to the utmost our clerical facilities, the pcr- fecting of the copyright records must be left to a more convenient seasoa. “The present head of the copyright de- partment took office July 22. The work wes then carried on in the Capitol with the aid of twenty-four clerks, There was no bookkeeping method, and the correspond- erce was largely a matter of printed forms. A fiscal system haz heen arranged, so that the record of the money passing ‘through the bureau from day ‘to Gay may have ad- equate accounting. By the courtesy of the Treasury Department ir detailing expert accountants to aid in the fiscal reorganiza- tion, stringent and comprehensive methods have been devised specially intended tc mcet the requirements of the treasury. Al- though these arrangements are tentative and open to the tests of experience, thus far they have worked admirably. Weekly Bulletin of Publications. The rules laid down in thé reorganiza- tion of the copyright départment may thus be summarized: Every person sending a re- mittance receives a projapt answer. very person sending a fee covering the cost of the certificate receives. that certificate as soon as possible after the entries are made. Deposits of copies are qoted. Assignments cr other valuable instruments are recorded and the instruments returned by registered mail. Remittances of money ure. at once acknowledged, mapey refunded where necessary as soon as }fdssible, accompanied by a letter of e&plurition. All letters of whatseever chardcters@revkept in copying books. A new mathod gf: indexing has been arranged by which the index cards are made for the titlgs on he day of their re- ceipt. A weekly, in of publications received at the li#tary,tnder the provisions of the copyright law, 3° furnished to the treasury by the flbraffan and printed for the use of the ‘¢oMectérs ‘of customs’ at ports of entry to ald mM the suppression of copyright publiedtions Srinted:abroad with- out permission oghe.proprietor. This bul- letin has been grefuljy rearranged with new bibliographigal features, giving it a special value a GHtalogue of current American literature. Numbers of the edt- tion are taken by subscribers at the cost of $5 a year, payabie” a any United States custom house, 9 -t “The question pf the: enforcement of the copyright law,,,so. far as the deposit of the two copies are concerned, should receive consideration. As a matter of administra- tion, the law could at the caprice of a pub- lisher. aiepamenpes esate e provided that no person shall ent Oa yright Sais he shal, om or before of be ot publication, in this or any foreign country, deliver at the office of the librarian of Con- gress, or deposit in the mail, two: copies .of ;each book or other articles decking right. Falling in this, implies a fine to be collected by the librarian, debt, in any-district court of the United tes of competent jurisdiction: There is no. record thatthe li! has imperfect statute may be thes exemplified: From ber 30, “the 5 while NEGLIGENT CPUBLISHERS’ left 5,496, or less than one-third, incom- plete. The number of articles received un- der copyright amounted to 36,001; dupli- cates in 17,406, and but one copy in twenty- Shine entries. From the 5,496 there must be deducted those applicants who have merely copyrighted a projected work, reserving the’ right to complete their entry by subsequent deposits. aly “For the same period the entries of for- ee kinds under the in- io} cop! t amounted to 2.460. ‘The United States entries of the Same chaf- acter number 20,161, showing that seven- eighths of the intermational business is im ies interest of American authors and pub- ishers. International Copyright. “The privilege of copyright in the United States now extends to eleven foreign gov- ernments, namely, Great Britain and her dependencies, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Chile and Mexico. “If it were possible to secure @ more rigid enforcement of the statute which makes two deposits of any article copy- righted essential to the validity of a copy- right, it would be an advantage. Smali return is asked for the benefit of a law which gives adequate protection to what in so many-cases is a valuable property. In Great Britain the law requires as a condition of copyright five copies. The neglect of that mandate was among the -early troubles cf the British Museum. An effort to check it was made by consulting publishers, circulars and comparing the books announced to the trade with those deposited in the museum. The librarian testified before a royal commission that the poems of Wordsworth were not on the museum shelves, for the reason that the publisher declined to furnish certain vol- umes which he claimed to be reprints, and, therefore, free.from copyright. The libra- rian held that to acquire Wordsworth by a purchase would have been an invitation to every publisher to evade the law. The question adjusted itself in time,. it being the disposition of the publishers, as a return for the advantages of a copyrigit, to comply with the law, and even as a mat- ter of self-protection to unite in the strict enforcement of its provision. “The Mbrarian is disposed to believe that in the United States, as in Great Britain, the failure of publishers to comply with a law arises from neglect, rather than other causes. However, the law is the law, and, whether in the making of books or any other enterprise, the master of us all. The enforcement of the statute—the recog- nition of the principle that no copyright is valid until the law is complied with in every detail—would be an advantage aud in no sense a hardship. The copyrigh' of the titles; that is to say, of projected books—a promise to do something at a fu- ture day—might lead to embarrassment, the department becoming a kind of bureau of promises and good intentions. It would be well, therefore, to fix a limit of time within which, after the entry of the title, deposit could be made to complete the entry of copyright, and to provide that in case where the delay in publication exceeded this period a new entry of title should become obligatory.” —_—_+2+_____ sur TO RECOVER. Former Officer of National Guard Defendant. Major Walter D. Davidge, jr., judge ad- vocate general of the District of Columbia militia, this afternoon filed suit at law behalf of the United States of America to recover $897.76 from Edward D. Smoot. It is explained that from September 2, 1890, until February 8, 1893, Smoot held commis sion as Ist lieutenant, commanding Com- pany A, 6th Battalion, District National Guard, and from February 13, 189%, until July 31, 1894, he was captain of Company Cc. h Battalion. While holding the positions mentioned, it is set forth, certain United States prop- ii erty wa: command: count. sued to him for the use of his for which he has failed to ac- > Bullding Permits Issued. ‘The following building permits were is- sued today: Cleveland Park Co., one two-story, attic nd cellar frame dwelling, and one stone retaining wall, at ewark str Cleveland Park, Rosedale subdivision, dwelling to be 35 feet front, 36 feet deep and to cost Ths H. B. Blair, one brick dwelling at # Denison & feet front, thr story and cel 16th street, lot 09, subdivision, to be 20 deep, ard to cost $5,000, A. Herman, ter and repair present brick building, and build addition on front of old building, to be used as a stor at 713 I street, lot E, square all to $360, Rock Creek cemetery committee, to build adcition to present office on Rock Creek Cemetery road, addition to be 12 feet froni, 14 feet deep, aid to cost $00. ————__ His Office a Floral Bower. When District. Commissioner John W. Ress returns lo the District building to- morrow, or early next week, he will find his room a veritable floral bower, the em- ployes of the District building being en- gaged today in making preparations to so greet the senior Commissioner upon his return, as a token of the high regard thcy hold for him as an official and as a man. It is proposed that Disbursing Officer Dar- neille shall make the presentation speech. = = = Its First Assembly. t entertainment and assembly of the of Company D, 5th Battalion, District. Nationa! Guard, will oceur this evening at National Rifles’ Hall. A mili- tary drama will be presented, after which there willbe dancing. ur st Burial of Charles C. Hessler. The funeral of the late Charles ( ler, whose death resulted from injuries re- yesterday afternoon by the falling Il, the particulars having been given Star, will take place Saturday at 1 ck from the family residence, No. 829 eet northeast. oS eS Makes 2 Confession. Detectives Helan and Muller arrested Isaac Campbell, colored, today and locked hin up on a charge of theft. He admitted that he stole a revolver from W. H. Lee's shooting gallery and pawned it. Tomor- row he will be tried in the Police Court. > Water Color Exhibition. The second annual exhibition of the Washington Water Color Club, at the gal- lery, 1020 Connecticut avenue, is now in Progress, and will continue until January 8. Besides making an admirable showing of the representative work of Washington painters in water color, pastel and black and white, many well-known names from abroad appear, thereby greatly enhancing the interest of the exhibit. Among these are Neuhuys, Kever, Chialiva, Rehn, SmlJ!- lie, Shurtleff, Hopkinson and Smith. es Greater New York to Be Saluted. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn has au- thorized Gen. Merritt, commanding the De- pariment of the East at New York, to fire & salute of one hundred guns from Gover- nor’s Island at daybreak January 1, in ronor of the birth of the city of Greater New York. —— a : Local Pensions. Local pensions have been granted as fol- lows: Special, December 22, Henry Crowley, $8 to $17; Josepn W. Taylor, $6 to $8; John R. Haab, $2 to $17. —_———_- e+___ E Lieut. Bamford’s Plans, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, ATLANTA, Ga. December 30.—Lieut. Bamford, who is reported to have resigned in order to become lecture agent for Lieut. O’Brien, refused to give a definite answer ag ‘to the truth of the story. He is now (eons, up Mrs. er to her husband. —.__ Gunfring om Shipboara. Acting Secretary Roosevelt was today in consultation with the chiefs of ordnance, ceived CITy:-AND SUBURBAN ROAD Proposed New Name for the Eckington Rail- “road and Connecting Lines, The Electric System to Be Installed at am Early Date, so It is Said. A bill Is soon to be introduced in Congress asking for authority to consolidate the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Ccmpany with the Washington and Mary- land and also with that portion of the line of the Columbia and Maryland which ex- tends from the District bounds to Lake- lend, Md. As is well known, these roads Passed recently in the control of a syndi- cate, of which Mr. John E. Searles of New Ycrk is a member, when the sale of -the Cclumbia and Maryland railroad was ef- fected. As was published at the time, it is the Purpose of the new syndicate, according to their own statements, to at once develop the various railroad properties as far as the lines in Baltimore and in Washington are concerned, and that portion of the Co- lumbia and Maryland which’ extends to Points in the suburbs of both cities, leaving the intermediate section of the proposed electric road between Baltimore and this city to be completed at some future time. To Equip the Eckington Road. It was also stated, on the same author- ity, that the Eckington railroad would at once be equipped with the underground electric system, and it is now said by Mr. O. T. Crosby of this city, who is a member of the syndicate, that arrangements are being perfected for installing the new sys- tem on the Eckington road. The purpose of the bill which it is pro- posed to introduce in Congress, Mr. Crosty states, is to have one corporation con- trolling these three lines instead of three companies as at present, although they are all owned and controlled by the same pa ties. The name of the new compsny is to be the City and Suburban Railroad, that arrangements have already by for a bond issve covering these properties, the proceeds of which will used in making the proposed improvements. Some of the Plans. He said it is the desire to get such legis- lative action at once, if practic: would facilita the financial mz of the undertaking. But he says t such a bill cannot be gotten through ¢ gress, that the work of installing ine new system will go on. s is well known, the Eckington road. or her its main line, runs from ith and G street, or the Treasury Department, New York avenue, thence to Kcki via 4th street, east to Brookland. Where the line of Rhode Island avenue ext to intersects 4th street the rights of the Was nd Mary road begins, and s been structed from that point along Rhode Isl- and avenue extended to the District bounds. From the latter the Columbia Maryland road ying. of entirely in Mary s stated it is proposed for the present. at le te the road ras Lakeland, — NEW YEAR R and Lists of Those Receiving or Not Re- ceiving to Be Published Fri The Star will publish Friday a list of th receiving or not receivirg New Year Persons desiring to announce that will or will not receive can do su with- put any charge by sending notice: time prior to morning. The notices s| to The o'clock Friday ould contain only ar any the announcement that there will or will not be a reception and the names and ad- dresses. Every notice must be properly authenticated to insure publication. THE PRICE OF GAs. Commissioners Prepuring « Re Congressional Resolution. The Commissioners are preparing a re- port on a House resolution treating of the price of gas and its consumption in the District. The resolution sets forth that, according to newspaper reports, while the price of gas has been reduced, there has been no relative reduction in the size the bills therefer, and asks for the ap- pointment of an investigating committee. SS Provisions of Mrs. MeCauley’s Wil. By her will, dated November 5, filed this afternoon for probate, Lucy McCauley bequeathed $300 Louisa Wall, $100 to Mi to Maud Wall, $100 to Mrs. Ellen Browu- ing, $150 to Mrs. Lizzie Baker, $150 to Mrs. Georgia Gettier, $200 to Jennie Browning and $1,000 to Ida Browning. ‘The remainder of the estate of the deceased, it is directed, shall be divided among those nami Mrs. Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Browning. Samuel Benzingerts named as executor. to of 1846, and the late to Mrs. Lucy Tune, $200 —_ Hurt by Runaway Horse. Dennis Maloney, who at 104 Ist street northwest, s injured by runaway horse, inia avenue 4 street, about 1 o'clock this afterno He was at work paving an alley when the horse, owned by Attorney Hoimes, came dashing through the alley. The animal knocked him down and he sustained a painful cut in his head. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. —— Condition of Long Bridge. The Commissionet © received a peti- tion from the brickmakers and others who make frequent use of the Long bridge ask- ing that the condition of the causeways at each end of the bridge be attended to, it being charged that the approaches to the bridge a na bad condition, a Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Flour dail, ; exports, 13,55 Whedt dujl and casy MMu9T i May. 94 bid; E receipts, 72,402 bush els; exports. 176,000 busbeis; stock, 1,367,054 bush sales, 7,000 bushe's—sonthern’ wheat by sa S2abia; Mo. Ou grade, O2ave, Corn easy: Spot and month, 3314083%; December, new or old, B8ya33%; J 23M, exports, sales. 18,009 yellow, 30a34. Oats quiet but firm—N Vehite, 294030. 2 mixed, 27%a28—recel, 169,408 bushels; . 2 nearby No. 2 western, 53% bid—receipts, 25,305 exports, 47,143 bushels; stock, “419.262 bushel Hay steady—cholce timothy, $13 asked. Grain freights dull, demand fiat, unchanged. Strong, unchanged. Butter quiet, Eggs and cheese steady, unchanged. changed. —_—_———. Government Bond Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. 4 per cents, coupon of 1125. 4 per cents, registered of 1425. 5 per ceuts, co of 1904. 3 ber cents, registered of 1004 Currency 6'per cents of 1899; Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets Furnished by W, B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladeaburg, ss & Co., New York. p Close. Low. Close. i it 155 4.55 Low. Close. 36 i i and his wife, who around the world have beea mur- . vPISEy pea | FINANCE AND TRADE New York Stock Market Irregular and Generally Dull. STREET RAILWAY SHARES ACTIVE Little Expectation of Good Busi- ness Till After the Holidays. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to 7 ening St NEW YORK, December 30.—Opening prices were again steady around yester- day's final figures, but the market subse- quently became irregular under profes- stonal trading. The municipal railways were the features of the trading, the advent of the new po- litical party un the first of the year being used in jusufication of higher pri Manhattan and Metropolitan sold down about 2 per cent under realizing sales, but recovered sharply upon evidence of good speculative buying The cievated line is considering means for reducing operating expenses and the much discussed change in motive power ts also being used advance the stock of the property may is no denying the fact that the present market fluctuates around it as the central figure. The surface line suffered considerably from itberal selling during morning, but recovered under the in- .f the rumors concerning consolida- ud the like. If there ts not a political clique concern- ed in the advance and open manipulation in those shares the street is being unusual- ly well deceived. Brooklyn Rapid Transit was taken up by the following so conspicuoes in it during the summer, and it is believed to be in po- sition to renect any advantages to its mor: important nemhbors. After the first of the year this grvup of railway stocks will be Pressed upon public notice as the most de- sources of investment and specu- to Whatever the merits be, there fluence tions a al list was given over to ex- but held well, because of » Rrowing disinelination to interfere with prices. Earnings are satisfactory in near pry instence, and holders of se: are not disposed to sell antil t ments of the next fortnight be ome known tor: nd are judged their true value The mon market giv an indication of ught vd ub most that is now ex i emporary advance in call re ulting “ a com ted demand at . mome! The total amount of mo disbursed this year in payment ¢ annua! lividends 1 interest is exp if set exceed, the best record of abundant and confidence in at its present pitch, believers i pr prices will be reduced to a mere handful of rovm operators. There is uoth- ing to expect for tomorrow beyond the customary evening up of contracts, but the indications are that the market will reflect the degree of cheerfulness as it uid on Christmas eve. American sugar fluctuated within narrow limits, but the buying was better than the selling. . The trade reports indicate a pros perous season in this commodity, and the prespects for its greater reflection in th Ke of the stock seems good. The rail- urities of tne better class and will remain so until invesic begin a discounting of their merits. - AND COMMERCIAL. NANCIAL The following ere the opening, the nigh- est the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore @ ) Broadway. Low. Close. American Sprrits.. TA Om mm Sugar... 40 ae, 9 in Sugar, pid American Sy ey SE we Ametican Atchison... 0... Baltimore & Ome. Buy State Gas.. Canada Sout Canada Pa Chesapeake & C2... C, & St. Loui cnicago, B. & Q cnicago& Norn Western, ago Gas... © M.@ St. Pant oo *M. & St. Paul. pid Chicago, R.1. & Pacith Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack & W Delaware & Hudson Den. & kao Grande, pla Dist'l's & Cattle Feed’g. Erie : General Blectry IMnels Centra: Lomsvilie @ Naan’ Mavhatian Elevated Michigau Centrai Missouri Pacitic National Lead € National Lean Vo., New Jersey Centrai New York Centra Northern Pal Northern Pacitle, ptd Unt. & Western Pacite Mai... Phila. & Keading. Puliman P. ©. Co. *pouthern tty. pla. Phila. Tractzon . ‘Texas Pacitic.... Teun. Coa: a iro — Pacific. Chig. & ( Moucy 11% Lanston ropelitan District of Coluubia Bonds. —20-rear £ bid. 30-year fund 6x, gold. 111 bid. 4 ing, curreney, Mal, bid, 1 Miscellan ds. "Me 116% bid. Metropolitan Railroad Lid, “139 asked. Metropalitan, Railroad « of indebtedness, A, 125 bid, 130 asked. tan Railroad « tes of indebtedness Mid, 115% asked. Belt Rallrond 5s, sked. Eckington Railroad 6s, 9 Wid. 109 asked. jumbia Ratiroad Gs, 121 bid. Washington Gas mpany Gs, series A. 113 bid. W Gas Company 6s sesics B, 114. bi Light debenture imp.,” 108 bid.” Chesa Potomac Teleplone, be, 103 bid, Amerie ity and Trust Ss, F. aud A., 100 bid. Security and Tvust 5s, A. and 0., ington Market Company Ist 6s, ington Market Company imp. Os, ington Market “ompany ext. 6a, sonic Hall Assc-!=tion 5s, 107% bid. Light Tofantry Ist 6s. 40 bid, 100 asked. National Bank Stocks.—Bunk of Washington. 2285 bid. Metropolitan, 1300 bid, 320 asked, Cen- tral (new stock), (125 bid. Farmers and Mechan x180 bid. ‘Columbia x10 sate Deposit and Trust Companies.—Washington Loan and Trust, 124 bid, 130 asked. American Security and Trust, 147% bid, Washington Bate Deposit, 50 bid Rallroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 61 bid, 62 asked. Metropolitan, 121 bid, 124° asked. | Co- Inmbia, €3 bid. 68 asked Gas and Biectite Light Stocks.— Washington Gas, 47% bid, 48% asked. Georgetown Gas, x40 bid. UL’. Electrie Light, x97 bid. Insorance Stocks.—Firemen's, 30 bid. Fraukliv, 88 bid. Metropolitan, G5 bid.’ Corceran, 66 bid. Potomac, 64 oid. Arlington. 388 bid. 1i7 asked. German-American, id.’ National Union, 10 bid, 12 asked. Columbia, 12 bid, 13 asked. bid, asked. "8, xBly bid, 6 4 Lineotn,'94¢'tid 10 asked Commireiat, bia Bile Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 285 bid, 935 asked. bia Title, x4’ bid, 3 asked. Washington Title, 2 bid, 8 Diatriet &