Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1898, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY,;JANUARY 14, 1898—16 PAGES. Yate in the drills on the Florida aril! Erounds detailed orders will be given them. Ji is not intended that any of the battle- ships or armored cruisers (except the Maine) shall enter the harbor of Key West ept by special order of the commander- ex ir of emergency SICARD, for i ened) case E Admiral. commandi . S. naval force on the North Atlantic station.” Program Not € It is suthoritatively stated at the Navy Department that the North Atlantic south- €rn movement of the squadron is in no de- Eree attributable to the troubles in Havana. but that the movement is a part of the x for winter maneuvers of the epared by the N Depart- nent h as. fter ion with Admiral ard and Captain ‘Taylor, and duly annonunced through the daily ‘press at the In support of this statement ollowing itinerary of the nts, prepared long ago and not ch ixespect: The or of the North Atlantic the winter of Hampton Roads four and ms target to Tert practic to drill grounds me day ng sub- caliber nuary two days; movin tice. January 30, six quadren February 6, six days, excluding return to Tortu- ge Febru: ling, ten cou ys return to coaling, six working ‘Tortuyas — Guard Around the U. 8. Legation Has Been Redoubled. ALSO AROUND NINISTER’S HOUSE Rigid Press Censorship is Re-Estab- lished at Havana, Cuba. RUMOR OF INSURGENT LOSS ———— MADRID, January 14.—The police pre- cautions have been redoubled in the vi- cinity of the United States legation and around the residence of the United States minister, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford. Press Censorship at Havana. HAVANA, January 14.—A decree has been published prohibiting the publication in daily newspapers of cable dispatches without previous censorship and without twelve hours’ notice of their receipt. In addition, in future the post office here days at twelve April four « ; Squadron evolu’ and two Sundays, grounds to Hampton Roads, riving there April 4 Span bh Advices From Havana. Perfect 1 prevails in Havana, accord- ing to dispatches received by Senor Dupuy de Lom: Spanish , last night dispatches, Secretary tumult has and this One of thes ‘he ntinued. Calm is preserved the city. I believe that the lition will be perfectly estab- Fortunately the le uty that w the minister ch, £ minor dispatche ysence of disturbance en directions that every de- communicated to him, and, fact lit a - r outbreak ye such outh Ww 1 on ak nd ny micated to him, mr rt doubtless arose either from cablegram based on the out- viously reported, or else that some minor disturbance of such iaracter that it did not get to ion of the official heads of the an government. Later in the day, Senor De Lome rece a@ eablegram, dated Hav 19 a.m., sd yerfect tranquility prevailed at and that no further trouble was Appeals to President. ‘ding reports that the rtoting in Havana had caused apprehension among Menufaciurers, financiers and others; that busine t be vd by fed of for cations, and that they wired the dent, ing him to with- hold the s to Cuban waters and to » to prevent inflamm igress, it can be i authoritatively that up to JL o'clock today no dispatches on this subject had ceived at the W (raisers in the ruiser Mar- to proceed to Na- uditions among the ng of the to Havana. s the cruis- me from a . arrives at » is expected to do to- Orders nave been sent to the West. blehead, at Ke: vassa to inves labore that she has be will start for Na informed th from FE Department iser Mo} is ailed Fla., y or Key West. She is a member “lorida filibustering patrol fleet. MR. HANNA'S SEAT. There ter Opposition in nite. There is a strong probability that Sena: tor Hunna’ ate will be called stion, and the fight which was so bitterly conducted at Colum- bus may transferred to Washington. The investigation betng conducted by the Ohio state senate, which is in the hands of the anti-Hanna people, undoubtedly has for its object the making out of a case which will enable Mr. Hanna's seat to be contested at Wash n, on the grounds that hi: tion ¥ brought about by bribery and fraud. If a case can be con- structed which would stand a chance of being sustained bef: the United States Senate, the democr silver republicans and populists in the Senat 2 ready to take it up and press it in the Senate. There is no doubt that they are wait fer and wishing fer such an opportun The est, however, a char- acter which cannot br and it will not be tak investigating committee sd of ti senators here that charges made can be sustained by proof It will no: Sufficient to show that some one offered some one else money to support Mr. Ha even that a bribe actually assed. er Mr. Hanna's to his seat it nave to be shown beyond « doubt that not only a bribe was offered or . but that Mr. Hanna him- K led f the bribery, If such a thing were well : mocrats in gainst him. If » evidence, if made, the will be a fiasco. —EEE PROPOSED MEMORIAL BRIDGE. Practically mpleted by Col. Allen, for a memorial bridge Been across va- has val ob on esta! by Col. Alle and his report wili i to Congress dur pre He has fin making of test borings on trial lin : one in all. aggregating SLS feet through rock, 1.118 mud and 3! feet through @ total of 1,54 Seve and gravel and clay, or t through all ma je in Littl and ere the prosee tion of the w and dilficul, owing to the which prevented the m ne boat and scow employed in It May Be PERIM, January 14.—The British steam- er Dunera, from Southampton on Decem- ber 2 for Bombay, reports having seen a German warship in a disabled condition. Muy Be Prince Henry's Ship. LONI January 14—The Island of Perim, from which place the British steam- er Dunera reports having seen a German warship in a di on, is off the Arabian ¢ in the Straits of Bad-el- Mandeb. at the entrance to the Red sea. The German warships Deutschland and Gefion, under the command of Prin Henry of Prussia, are now on their way to Chin hey were last heard from at Port where they arrived January 6 last. = Ae Pelham Villiers Dying. LONDON, Janvary 14.—The Right Hon. Cherles Pelham Villiers, member of parlia- ment for South Wolverhampton, and known 4s the “father of the house of commons,” ~ baving sat continuously in the house since i835, is believed to be dying. es amination, Mr. Henry M. Hunt of Chicago, a weil- known newspaper man, who has been ap- Pointed consul to Antigua, West Indies, passed his consular examination at the State Department yesterday, making » high average. will detafn national and foreign news- papers not having been previously cen- scred. Violators of the law are warned that t are under military jurisdiction. Another edict will be published shortly, forbidding the gathering of groups of more than four persons either in the streets or in the stores. Insurgent Officer Surrenders. M. Molina, the chief of the staff of the insurgent general Majia Rodriguez, has, it is announced, surrendered to the Spanish authorities. General Parrado has issued a manifesto announcing his willingness to do every- ning possible to bring about peace in the of Sancti mnounced from Spanish sources eut. Col. Felix Tegon of the insur- sent arms been killed. Capt. Murphy's Trial. WILMINGTON, Del., January 14.—In the trial of Capt. Edward Murphy of the steamer Laurada on the charge of filibus- tering, in the United States district court today, Judge Bradferd rendered a decision on the objection of the defense to hearsay testimony offered by the witness Nichols y as to expressions made by Capt. Murphy during the alleged Cuban expedi- district province of Santa ¢ It is that I Spiritus, tion of the Laurada. Judge Bradford decided that the testi- meny was admissible, not as to the fact that the Laurada was engaged in a Cuban of those responsible for the movements of the vessel. He said that he would instruct the Jury not to accept this testimony as proof of guilt of the prisoner, but that it was Incumbent upon the government to prove the active connection of the defend- ant with the affair. SS GOOD REPRESENTATION EXPECTED. Interest in Coming Monetary Conven- tion Still Keeps Up. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 14.—The list of delegates appointed by boards of trade and commercial organizations to the Ironetary convention number to date 17: The executive committee feels assured the total will not fail belew 300, there being quite a number of large cities which have delayed selecting delegates. The con- vention of one year ago contained 200 dele. gates, and the committee congratulates itself that the interest has not fallen off, but has increased with the pro: pesitive resu The committee ceptions will i C. Stuart atterson of Philadelphia, who presided over the convention a year ago, will act es temporary chairman and call the first meeting to order. ———— MEYERS FOUND DEAD. coL. Former State Printer of Pennsylva- nia Killed in Accident. HARRISBURG, Pa., January 14.—Col. Edwin K. Meyers, former state printer, was found dead with a large cut across forehead and a bruise over his left e this morning fn a stable yard at his home, three miles above this city. The supposition is that he was accidentally thrown from his carriage a short distance from home and was dragged to the piace where the body was found. Mr. Meyers was thirty-nine years old and was for eight years state printer. He Was one of the best-known men in cen- tral Pennsylvania. His father is B. F. Meyers of this city, proprietor of the Star-Independent. A widow and three children survive him. Saas HERFORD'S ALZURING PRIZE. ey Purse of 81,000 Offered for Fight Be- tween McCoy and Gof. BALTIMORE, Md., January 14.—Man- ager Al Herford of the Eureka Athletic Club has hung up a purse of $1,000 tor a so between “Kid” McCoy and Charlie Goff, the middle-weight, the winner to take 6) per cent of the receipts “Billy” Madden. Goff's manager, has ac- cepted for Goff, and there Is little doubt of iM 's acceptance, as he has often ex- pressed a desire to revisit Baltimore. His last appearance here was at the Front Street Theater, where he whipped Abe Ull- nan two years age aes REQUISITION FOR SPENCER, Massachusetts Now Has Custody Noted Bunco Man. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January 14 George H. Spencer, allas Reed, alias Green- halge, the bunco man who fleeced a num- ber of New England farmers out of large sums of mon was taken from here to Lowell last night in custody of Chief Dis- trict Detective Whitney of Massachusetts. The requisition papers reached here from Harrisburg last night and Spencer was at once surrendered to Detective Whitney by the local authorities. Spencer, when com- mitted a few days ago, to await the action of the Massachusetts authorities, declared his intention to legally resist his return to the bay state, but he evidently changed his mind, as he entered no protest when the Massachusetts officers took him in charge of > Ald for Fort Smith Sufferers, KANSAS CITY, Mo., January 14.—Steps toward organized aid for the Fort Smith tornado sufferers have been taken here. President A. E. Stillwell of the Kansas Pittsburg and Gulf road has tele- graphed Mayor Bennett $1,000 on behalf of his road, and the Commercial Club has wired its sympathy and offer of assistance. See Gen. Shafter’s Wife Very Ill. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., January 14.— Mrs. Shafter, wife of Gen. Wm. R. Shafter, United States army, is at the point of death at her home at Fort Mason. She has been in an unecnscious condition since 4 o'clock Wednesday. She is suffering from an attack of paralysis. Eleven Reindeer for Klondike. EW YORK, January 14.—Eleven rein- deer arrived today on board the Wilson’ line steamer Martello from Hult, and will be shipped to the Klondike region. The original shipment consisted of thirteen ani- mals, two of which died during the passage from the effects of bad weather. wes ee Anti. joon Leagaers Delayed.” Special Dispatch to The Kvening Star. PITTSBURG, Pa., January 14—-The Wash, ington contingent of the Anti-Saloon League returning from. the Columbus con- vention was delayed west of this city by the wreck of a freight train, but was not in it. They will reach Washington about midaight. expedition, but merely to show the intent | ALARM AT MADRID|AT THE wuite House DISTRICT President and Oabinet Discussing the Ha- waiian Question. Conference With Gen. Grosvenor— Opposition to Bowers for Fish Commissioner, The President today sent these nomina- tions to the Senate: Edwin A. Hartshorn of New York to be assistant appraiser of merchandise in the district of New York. To be consuls of the United States: Geo. W. Dickinson of New York, at Acapulco, Mexico; Louis Goldschmidt of New Hamp- shire, at La Guayra, Venezuela. The situation in Havana and the out- look there was quickly disposed of in the cabinet meeting today, and was followed by a talk by the President and others as to the Hawaiian treaty in the Senate, The President is said to believe that the situa- tion in the Senate is growing more favor- able to the pasage of the treaty each day, and is much pleased. Gen. Grosvenor Tells of the Fight. Judge Day, assistant secretary of state, was the first caller at the White House this morning, remaining but a short time. Representative Grosvenor followed. Gen. Grosvenor returned from Ohio last night, but was too tired, he sald, to visit the White House to talk about the recent fight for the Senate. He postponed his visit un- til this morning, and then took some time to go over the incidents of the past week or more. The President was naturally in- terested in all Gen. Grosvenor had to say, there being much which has not been pub- lished. In leaving the White House Gen. Grosvenor met a number of congressmen, who stopped to congratulate him on the outcome of the fight. The Fish Commissionership. It is reported that such strong pressure has been brought on the President against the nomination of Mr. Bowers of West Virginia as fish commissioner that the President is now hesitating what he vill do. The report says that Senator Frye and others have told the President that Mr. Bowers cannot be confirmed, the lead- ing objection being that he has no scientific qualifications. New York people have been making a fight on Mr. Bowers for several months on this ground, and have put for- ward several candidates, said to possess the scientific requirements. Prof. Bean, who has charge of the aquarium in New York city, was one of these candidat istant Secretary Roosevelt of the navy said to be making a fight against Mr. Bowers. Notwithstanding the opposition, Senator Elkins, National Committeeman Scott and other West Virginians maintain that the name of Mr. Bowers will be sent to the Senate without trouble. They say that if necessary Mr. Bowers could stand an ex- amination with any of the experts. Invited to Florida. Judge Bell, adjutant general of the G. A. R. of Florida, accompanied by National Committeeman Long, today invited the President to attend the next encampment of the G. A. R. of Florida. The date for the encampment has not been fixed, awalt- ing the acceptance of invitations from prominent men throughout the country. A consulship in Africa has been offered to Andrew S. White, colored, of Kentucky, but as the salary is small Mr. White will probably not accept. His friends will try to get him a better place. Senators Platt of New York; Sewell, New Jersey; Spooner, Wisconsin, and Jo- seph Manley of Maine were visitors. The Situation in Florid: The squabblings and bickerings over of- fices in Virginia, Louisiana and other seuthern states worry the President more than anything else. The situation in Flor- ida, however, is entirely different. There is no squabbling in that state. Judge Long, the national committeeman, is abso- lute dictator of the distribution of the Florida patronage, but his selections are such as io give satisfaction and to pre- vent squabbling. Several post office nom= inations were made yesterday and other nominations are to be made this week, The men to fill the places were recom+ mended by Judge Long, who stands high in the esteem of the President and repub- lican leaders throughout the country. He Reported After Twenty From the Loulsville Post. “I heard an old ex-confederate down in Green county tell a good story not long since,” id Hiram Page, who stopped over in Louisville en route to Frankfort. “The old Johnny Reb said the officer command- ing the regiment in which he was battling for the south’s rights, sent an aid out be- fore the battle of Murfreesboro’ to ascer- tain the force of the enemy and to pick up any information of value. The colonel never saw the captain before or after the fight, and wondered what had become of him. The officer, of course, thought the brave young southerner had met his death while on duty. While the colonel was presiding yor of a town in Tennessee three years ago a one-legged man walked in the cffice one day and said: ‘Colonel, I have to report, sir, that I found the’ enemy in force.’ The stranger was the captain who had been sent out to reconnoiter twenty- six years before. He had been wounded, captured by the Yanks, and had his left leg amputated. He was sent to his home, in South Carolina, when exchanged, and had never had an opportunity to see the colonel before. Having heard that his,su- perior oftic s in the Tennes: city the loyal young ‘confed’ decided to repor'! toe Germany as a Producer of Steel. %. Mulhall In North American Review. rmany holds third place among the na- tions of the world as a producer of steel, ix Years, M. the output having risen from 35,000 to 2,500,000 tons. The annual output of iron and steel goods is of the ap- proximate value of $430,000,000, of which nearly one-fifth is exported. The value ot all hardware manufactures is about $525,- 00,000, home consumption standing for $440,000,000, equal to $8.25 per inhabitant, against $6 in France, #12 in Great Britain and $16 in the United Si ‘s. The weight of metal consumed annualiy averages 203 pounds per inhabitant in Germany, as com: pared with 280 pounds in Great Britain and 4) pouncs in the United States. There are ) first-class machine factories in Ger- many, of which Prussia has 300, turning out everything requisite for railways, ag- riculture, mining, &c. Krupp's covers 1,000 acres, employing 310 steam engines and 20,000 workmen, and consuming 1,000,- 000 tons of steel yearly. ‘The rapidity with which the manufacture of hardware has grown in Germany may be judged from the fact that it compared with that of France in 1875 as four to three, and in 1895 as five to two. Its pres- ent position us compared with that of Great Britain is as three to four. oo —_____ Killed a Deer With a Marble. Frem the Kansas City Journal. There is a boy in Taney county who has a record which perhaps few, if any, old hunters can match. He killed a deer with a marble. True, the marble was shot from a gun, but still the occurrence may be ranked among the most unusual of hunting events. The lad was out in the woods shoot- ing, and had exhausted his supply of shot. He had put into his muzzle-loader, a single- barrel gun of the old pattern, a charge of powder, when he discovered that his shot pouch was empty. The boy had in his pecket a marble which he used as a “taw” in playing the common game. The marble exactly fitted the muzzle of his gun, and, hardly thinking what might result’ from such an experiment, the young hunter Gropped the “taw” down on the wadding covering the powder. Strang things hap- pen down in the Bull Creek hills, and on his way home the boy came upon a deer, which at close rarge stopped and chal- lenged his aim. The adventurous scion of good hunting stock leveled his gun, pulled the trigger and brought down the game, the marble boring a hole into the vitals of the deer. +e<2——__—_ Mrs. Florence McCusker, charged with the murder of her husband at Camden, N. J., was acquitted by the jury which heard the case. y ~ MEASURES| Bills Cousidereéby the Senate Com- mittee. CAPITAL TRACTION .CO. EXTENSION ‘of the Metro- polrtan Line. Demand by Friends LIBRARY BILL INDORSED The Senate committee on the District of Columbia met this morning and acted on a number of important measures. There were present at the meeting Senators McMillan, chairman; Gallinger, Hansbrough, Proc- tor, Faulkner, Martin, Bacon, Stewart, Kenney and Gorman, and Mr. Charles Moore, clerk of the committee. The subcommittee on the Capital Trac- tion Company’s extension bill was ready to report, but an unexpected opposition to the subcommittee’s report was developed in the form of a determination on the part of several senators to allow no extensions for the Capital Traction Company unless the Metropolitan Railway Company’s desired extensions were acted on at the same time. The subcommittee could only lay before the committee its bill, in which extensfons for the Capital Traction Company approved by it were embodied, and the matter was allowed to go over until the next meeting of the committee. Railway Bill Introduced. Later this Lill was introduced in the Sen- ate. By it the Capital Traction Company is required within one year from the ap- Proval of the act to extend its underground electric railway lines as follows: “First, a loop beginning at the main tracks of the said Capital Traction Com- pany, at or near the corner of B and Ist streets northwest, thence by single track on B street and New Jersey avenue to join the existing Hne at the corner of C street and New Jersey avenue; provided that but e set of tracks snall be maintained on © street “Second. A loop beginning at the main tracks of the said company at or near the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 17th street northwest; then by double track along 17th street_to G street, and by sin- gle track along 17th street, New York ave- nve, E street, Virginia avenue, F street, 26th street and G street to 17th street; also on 25th street from F street to the of the sald company on Penn- ania avenue; provided that on G street shall be run from west to east. “Third, a loop beginning at the present terminus of the said company’s lines on 14th street northwest, thence by_ single track along 14th street extended, Howard avenue, 17th street extended (as laid down in Chapin Brown’s subdivision), and Park street to Mth street: Provided, that the lines authorized in this paragraph shall not be constructed until 14th street extended shall have been widened ten feet on the east side thereof; nor until Park street, beginning at a point 170 feet from the west building line of J4th street and ex- tending to lith’street,! shall have been widened to a width of forty-two feet from curb to curb. a Hey Fourth. Beginning at the tracks of the aid company oni 8th street cast, thence easterly by double track on Pennsylvania avenue to a terminus ‘to be fixed by the Commission the District of Columbia, near the westernténd of the bride cross ing the Anacostia Tivery Provided, That th extension in this paragraph provided for shall be completet within two the date of the passage‘of this act. “Fifth. Beginning at the main tracks on street southeast, thence westerly with single track on Li street’ to the thirty-foot alley in the center of square thence long M street, connecting with acks of said’ company. th. A single-track toop around square 440, the location of thé tracks to be under the supervision of the’ Commissioncrs of the District of Columbfa, “Seventh. A sirgle-track loop around the south one-half of square 504.” Free Public Library. The bill to provide for the maintenance of the free public library of the District of Columbia was acted.on favorably. It was amended so that it appropriates $8,000 for the library instead of $6,720, as provided in the bill as introduced in the Senate. Later the bill was reported to the Senate. Other Local Measures, Senate bill to compel street railway com- Fantes in the District of Columbia to re- move abandoned tracks was acted upon favorably. An adverse report was authorized on Senate Dill to require flagmen at rapid transit street railroad crossings. The com- mittee thought the Commissioners now have ample power to regulate such mat- ters. Senate Dill to acquire by purchase or ccndemnation land and water rights at the Great Falls of the Potomac was acted on favcrably, being amended to give the United States entire ownership of sucn rights instead of making a joint ownership between the United States and the Dis- trict of Columbia. Art Academy and Gallery. Mr. Perkins today introduced a” bill in the Senate to amend an act to authorize the establishment of an academy and gallery of art in the District of Columbia, approved July 28, 1804. The bill provides that the sald corporation shall nave, in addition to the powers heretofore granted, power to establish within the United States state and international expositions. It Was re- ferred to the committee on the brary. Tracks on Aqueduct Bridge. Mr. McMillan today in the Senate made an adverse report from the District com- mittee on a resolution offered by Mr. Pen- rose, providing that “‘the electric railway Ine’ from the Aqueduct bridge to Fort Myer and Arlington may, with the permis- sion and under the direction of the Secre- tary of War, be extended across the Aque- duct bridge.’ To Buy Portrait of Sitting Bull. Mr. Jones of Arkansas today introduced in the Senate a bill for the purchase of an cil portrait of Sitting Bull from Dr, T. A, Bland, for $150. Drainage Basin of the Potomac. The Senate today agreed to the following resolution offered by Mr. Gallinger: “Resolved, That the Secretary of the In- terlor be directed to transmit to the Senate any information #hich’ may be in the pos- session of the difector. of the geological survey regarding ,the hydrography of the drainage basin of the Potomac, with par- ticular reference te the gources of pollution and the effect efjsuch. pollution upon the water supply of the cityiof Washington.” oe Cantida’# Flag. From the Springfield Repubifdan. The efforts of gbme Uanadians to devise a Canadian natiofi#i flag have a queer look. What ails the goéd old@'Union Jack or the royal standard? Prof. Goldwin Smith says: “A national flag Js the, exclusive privilege of nations. The flag ofa dependency would not be recognized by ‘ally court of admiral- ty nor carry with'it belligerent immunities in case of war.’* What is Canada, any- way? Is it a nation or & dependency? Lord Salisbury declines to meddle in its “foreign affairs” and Mr. Laurier does his own ne- gotiating. y + +> ____ Attorney General Crow of Missouri is pre- paring to bring suits against several of the most prominent corporations in the state to test the legality of the Julian law regu- lating the disposal of public franchises, The foreign insurance companies doing business in Nebraska have determined to fight the constitutionality of the two acts passed by the last legislature declaring in- surance compacis illegal. Vice Chancellor Reed of Trenton, N. J., has filed an opinion refusing to set aside the Oklahoma divorce granted to Frank A, Magowan from his wife, Mary Megowan. The party of Chicago and other contrac- tors and capitals. under the leadership of Lyman coe of Chicego, bas ar- fived at Managua, Nicaragua, . DEMOCRATS DISAGREE ae Silver Men Will Fight to Control the Party” Machinery. A Bitter Contest Imminent Over the Chairmanship of the Democratic Congressional Committee. While the democrats have been appar- ently enjoying the republican family quar- rels in Ohio and Maryland they have not been entirely free from tribulations of their own, and from present conditions the disciples of Jefferson who are respectively ranged under the standards of gold and silver are going to have a hot time over the question of which faction will control the machinery for the congressional elections this year and the national election in 1900. The formation of the congressional demo- cratic committee is usually determined by caucuses of the senators and representa- tives of that faith, but it happens that the democratic “steering committee” of the senate took the selection of the senatorial ‘8 of the committee in hand this year and chose, it is claimed by silver democrats, such men as are believed to be able to make Senator Charles J. Faulkner, sm alleged gold man, chairman of the con- Bressional committee. It is rumored that the silver men wanted Senator Money of Mississippi put on the committee In order to have him for chair- man, but the steering committee did not include Money’s name in their list, on the ground, it is said, that he w too young a senator. The assertion is made that Rich- ard Croker, Calvin S. Brice and Wliliam C. Whitney have determined to take charge of the formation of issues for the approach- ing campaigns and to keep silver decidedly in the background, and in proof of this it is declared that the new democratic club recently organized by Croker in New York elected Senators Jones of Arkansas, Gor- man, Faulkner, Smith of New Jersey and Murphy of New York to membership, but that William Jennings Bryan was refused similar honors, though denial of such ac- tion in respect to Mr. Bryan has been made. Ex-Senator Hill’s announcement yesterday that he will give his unqualified support to the cause of free silver has pleased the silver men because they regard him as the only man in New York who stands a! New York Central was in good demand, chance of wrestling the control of the | put had to contend with the customary party there from Croker. disadvantages of realizing sales. All The silver republicans, populists and others who affiliate with the silver demo- crats are open in their declarations that if Senator Faulkner or any other gold man is selected as chairman of the congres- sional committee they will refuse their co- operation and assistance in the next cam-] secondary importance, and for the first paign. It is said also that while no charge | time in some days snowed some of the of personal disloyalty can be placed | evils of neglect. against Senator J. K. Jones the silver! Burlington was strone and dull during democrats are so incensed at his conces- sions to the gold men that they will make a bitter fight to depose him from the chairmanship of the national democratic committee. —____-e-__—_—_. THE COURTS, FINANCE AND TRADE! Sharp Break in Prices on New York Stock Board. a aeaens | BROUGHT ON BY REALIZING SALES Sugar Led in the Decline and En- tire List Felt It. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS} ee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 14.—Higher prices in the London market and the discrediting of yesterday’s war rumors had a beneficial influence on values this morning. A fair commission house demand encouraged buy- ing about the room, the market holding firmly to its upward course, Toward the latter haif of the first hour the disposition to take profits became pro- nounced, prices yielding steadily r this influence. In some of the more active issues, the manipulative program for the day was abandoned because of the imp ticability of forcing advances in defiance of the natural tendency of the market. Manhattan, for example, was opened at 118 and forced up sharply to 120 1-4 in re- demption of earher prom but at this level selling became liberal in’ volume, and all effort to sustain the price ceased. “Dur- ing the noon hour this absence of support had contributed to a 3 per cent decline from the best prices of the opening hour. Profits were taken on the descending scale, but around 117 go0d support was once more encountered, the price respond- ing easily to the change in the object of the trading. The acticn of this property demonstrated very clearly the further intention of fore- ing even higher prices before the movement is officially discontinued. Brooklyn rapid transit was advanced un- der a decision of the appellate court re- fusing to alter the previous ruling on the trolley loop privilege. und things considered, the stock held its ad- vance of yesterday in a measure quite above the average, and lent new color to the arguments now prevailing in the in- terest of higher prices. The Granger issues were feavures of only the opening hour, but a revival of specula- tion as to the probable outcome of the now famous Nebraska decision resulted in a sudden decline of 1 per cent. This property has been similarly influenced once week since the conclusion of the arguments in the case many months ago. Sugar was weak under renewed selling Court of Appeals—Present, the Chief Jus- | for which a variety of excuses were of- tice, Mr. Justice Morris and Mr. Justice | fered. The Hawaiian treaty is charged Shepard. with the responsibility for its weakness Howard agt. Citizens’ Bank and | by some, while others insist that com- ust Company; argument continued by | panies furnishing periodical statements of Chapin Brown and A. H. Holt for appellee and concluded by C, A: Kelgwin for ap- pellant. 716, St. Clair agt. Conlon; judgment re- versed, with costs, and cause remanded for new trial; opinion by Justice Shepard. Adjourned until Tuesday, January 18. Equity Cout No. 1—Justice Cox. earnings and mode forge to fluences. re more desirable, Frankni ate dividends have begun the front as predominating to in- The final hour's trading reflected viness on the surfac: ly some ar weak. There little , but there is undoubt- degree of h being especi change in 25 valt 3 aye diy some skepticism as to the future of tingwalt agt. Kennedy; auditor's report | © i confirmed. Jackson agt. McNett; comm! the market. As seemed probable sey ral sion ordered to issue. Ransom agt. days ago, the narrowness of the trading is pro confesso granted. Lincoln tional Bank agt. Heine; do. George Wurdeman Brewing Company ugt. Webb; time to take testimony limited to fifty days. Kaiser agt. Kaiser; offer of purcha accepted and conveyance ordered. Pairo agt. Holm N. M. Matthews alicwed to intervene. Second National Bank agt. Loeb; T. Pe Myers and Myer Cohen appointed re- ceivers. Criminal Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bing- bam. United States agt. Frank O. Matthews, false pretens defendant arraigned; plea not guilty. United States agt. Frank O. Miles, embezziement; do. United States agt. Wm. Snowden, ssault to kill; tence to New Jersey state priscn for two years. United States agt. Edward Smith, assault to kill; sentence to New Jersey state prison for two years. United States exerting its natural influence on price a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Ope. High. Low. Close. American Spirits... aa American Spirits, pfd i American Sngar.... . . BSig 188% American Sugar, pfd sous 1B American Tobacco. (Sey BON 22 2 WY 12% Baitimore & Onio. eee Bay State Gas. Canada Southern Canada Paci agt. Jemes F, Williams, false pretenses; | Chesapeake & Oh do. C..C. C. de St. Lous. Big 847 B47, : cnicago, B. & Qo... 2 3013g 100" 3004 Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Bradley. | Cnieagox Nortuwestern 123 United States agt. Russell Howard. | Chicago Gas. s 26% housebreaking; sentence to New Jersey | © M.&8t. Paul...... 7 25 state prison for six years. United States & St. Paul. pfd... 146 agt. Lucy Johnson, false pretenses; sen- | Chicago, R.I. & Pacifie., 9045 tence to New Jersey state prison for one | Chic. St. pee 7 year and one day. United States agt. Nepes ee - 81 Harry Jackson, housebreaking; sentence rae to New Jersey state prison for six years. United States agt. Alfred Holmes and Ab- raham Curry, assault to kill; sentence to New Jerrey state prison for eight years. | Ines Centra. Jnited S S$ agt. Clarence Brown, lar- | Lake Snore.. ceny from the person; sentence to New | Leuisville & Naskvilie. Jersey state prison for two years. Unit States agt. Daniel Massie, housebreaking sentence to New Jersey state prison for four years. Probate Court—Justice Hagner, Estate of Levi H. Strong; will admitted to probate and letters testamentary grant- ed to Lyman A. Strong; bond, $10,000, Es- tate of Abraham Blumenthal; will admit- ted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Adolph Baer and Isabelle Kauf- man; bond, $00, Estate of Mary L. Miller; will admitted to probate and letters testa- mentary granted to David F. McGowan; bond, $400, Estate of Ann Truman; will admitted to probate and letters testa- mentary granted to Alida M. Henriques; bond. $5,000, Estate of Andrew Jaeger; or- der of publication. Estate of Nora M. Hughes; order of sale. Estate of Wm. All- der; petition for letters of administration filed and order of publication. Estate of James Fitzpatrick; letters of administra- ion granted to Mary Fitzpatrick; bond, $500. Estate of Adaline V. Bassett; letters of administration granted to Henry K. Simp- son; bond, $8,000. tate of Helena Hartong; petition for probate of will filed and order of public tion. Estate of Mary A. Hunter; order of pudlication. Estate of Edward Garrett; will partly proved. Estate of Susan St. C. Magee; letters of administration granted to unk A. Jenes; bond, $10,000. Estate of Mary B. Miller; do. to Joseph Miller; bond, $200. Estate of Lucy McCauley: citation issued. Estate of Robert E. Morris; peti- tlon for ietters of administration filed and order of publication. Estate of Susan E. Sayer; petition for instrvctions filed. Es- tate of Pauline Harris; affidavit filed. Es- tate of Mary E. Pickrell; proof of publica- tion. Estate of Geo. Y. Coffin; additional in- ventory filed. Estate of Samuel Thomas; will filed, with petition for probate and as- sent. Estate of Edw. H. Litchfield; com- mission ordered to issue. Estate of Wm. H. Lowdermilk; order to search safe de- posit box. In re France Matheson, guar- dian; order of appointment; bond, $4,000. In re Thomas E. Waggaman, guardian; order of allowance. — In Spite of the Law. It has been ascertained that, in spite of the law against seining in the waters of eich ene nina iene ak a enh cicaencttoaiaiaN acai lias Delaware & Hudson . Den. & Kio Grande, pfd Erte. Generai Fie Metropolitan ‘Traenon.. Manhattan Elevated... Michigan Central Missouri Pacitic National Lead Co. National eau Uo.. pfa.. New Jersey Centrai.... New York Centra... Northern Paciile. Northern Pacitle, pfd. Ont. & Western Pacitie Maui ©. 00.2 Southern Ry... ofa Phila. Traction Western Union rei... sliver. Brooklyn it. Transit Chig. & G. Western Washingt Sales—regul lock Exchange. r call12 o'clock m.—Capital_Trac- Washington Gas, 15 at 47. U. American BY phone, 43 Graphoph Ling Io at 1 20 at 14 3 ; 100 at Ist genthaler Linotype, 59 at 143°. Light, 10 at 102 istrict of Columbia id, 3 U.S. Elec- tric 1 -year fund Ss, fund 6s, gold, 111 116 bid. Metropolitan Railres Metropolitan Railroad cony. 6s, 121% bid, 12214 asked. Metropolitan Railroad Certificates of indebreduess, A, 125 bid. Metropoli- tan Kaflroad certificates of indebtedness, B, 110 bid, 115_ asked. Belt 70 asked. Eckington Railroad Gs, 94 bid, 100 ask Columbia Railroad 6s, 121 bid. Washington G Company 6s, series A. 113 bid. Washington Gas funding, iscellaneous Bonds, 118+ bid, 120 asked. Company 6s, series B, 114 bid. U.S. Electric ight debenture f W4iy bid. Chesapeake and ptomac Telephe bid. “American Securt d Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American curity and Trnst 5s, A. and 0., 100 bid. ton Market Company Ist 68, 110 bid. shington Market Company imp. 68,°110 bid. Washington Market Company ext. 68, '110 bid. "Masonic Hall Washington Light Infan- Washing- Association 5s, 108 bid. try, Ist 6s, 90 bid. National Bank Stocks. —Rank of (Washington, 200 bid. Metropolitan, 805 bid. Central (new stock), 150 asked. Farmers and Mechanics’, 181 Second, 137 bid. Citizens’, 140 bid. " Colum! 130 bid. Capital, 125 bid.’ West End, 103 bid, 108 asked. Traders’, 9 bid. Lincoln. 110 bid. Safe Deposit and’ ‘Trust Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 114 bid. Washington Loan and Trest, 128 bid, American Security and the Potomac river, a party of fishermen drew a seine one night this week in the Eastern branch, near the navy yard, and caught a large quantity of fish. The seine brought in 1,010 pounds of Po- tomac bass alone. ———— English Engineers’ Strike at End. LONDON, January 14.—The committee of the Allied Trades Unions, on the initiative of the Amalgamated Engineers, has de- ciGed to withdraw the demand for forty- eight hours of labor per week, and the workmen's officials hope the employers will withdraw the lockout notices, and thus end the great labor dispute. SS Prominent Doctor Kills Himself. GLENCOE, Minn., January 14.—Dr. J. C. Day, one of the leading physicians of Min- nesota, committed suicide last it by shooting himself through the head. He was @ son of the late Dr. Day, for fifteen years postmaster at St. Paul. —>-— The police report on the attempt to as- sassinate President Moraes of Brazil on November 5 proves a conspiracy and im- plicates several high officials under the government. Trust, 148 bid. "Washington Safe D: Raliroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 6 asked. Metropolitan, 121 bid. Columt 67 asked. %Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Ga 47 bid. 47% asked. rgetown Gas, 45 usked U.S. Electric Light, 101 bid, 102 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 30 bid. Franklin, 38 bid 87 bid. Corcoran, 58 bid. ton, 134 bid, 147 asked German-' id. National’ Union, 1¢ bid, 12 asked. Columbia, 12 bid. 13 asked. Rices. 7% bid. 8 axked. People’s, 5% bid, 6 asked. Lin- coln, x9% hid. Commercial, 4 bid,’ 41g asked. Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title, 85 bid, 9 Oasked. Coluz:bia Title, 4% bid. 5 asked. Washington Title, 2 bid. District Title, 3% bid, 6 asked. Telephone 31 Pennsylvania, 40 bid, 48 asked. Chesaj nd Potomac, x64 bid,’ 6714 asked. Aterican Grapbopbone, 13% bid, 13' in Graphophone, preferred, 1314 Poeumatie Gun Carriage, 41 Norfolk “and ea ye Steamboat, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 90 asked. xEx div, ‘Ex -ights. Sees Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, 31 14,—Flonr quiet, unchang- 8.008 barrela; exports. 13,048 barrels: syle, none.” Wheat steads—spot and month, 964a ushels: gtock. south 1 on mth, mixed, ports, sos corn. 4 white a bastels; Tansbels Ne. Oats firm freights Pool, pe Januar Whisky u Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- bankers. Ria len 114% n Asked 4 per cents. 4 pe Grain, Provisio: Furnished by W. and brol slock Ladenburg, T! Wheat—May... July. Corn— May July. Oats Mas July... T CONDUITS, Text of the Bill Introduced by Rep- resentative Mey The full text of the electri bill introduc afternoon by Mr. low That the United States E Company is hereby authorize conduits light conduit ate yesterday Meyer of Louisiana fol- for the «& nce of elect current beneath any or all of the ev numbered streets in’ the city of Wash! ton, District of Columbia, and that the Potomac Electric Power Company is he by authorized to extend its conduits be neath any or all of the odd number : s of the same city, each company having the privilege of making house con- nections to all conduits controled by such company and of constructing serv con from all such c¢ juits to and into of all blocks adjacent to such con- Provided, that in case block can not be son of the wise. Columbia are t tition of three residents on any such block reacied by either ence of avenues or other- the Commissioners of the District of eby authorized, on the pe- Who desire to use electric current, to grant permission to either or both of the electne companies named to lay a conduit to such block. That the Comm rs of the, District of Columbia are h empowered to de- termine the number of ducts which shall be in each conduit, the depth of the con- duit benea! t Street surface and the character of conduit construc 2, and shall exercise neral supervision over the work of conduit installation, That the companies named tn this act be, and they b ¥ are, required to set apart use of the District of Colum- bia, 0} r two ducts, as deiermined the Commissioners of the District of C lumbia, in each conduit, those ducts to be used for the convey of istrict tele- phone, telegraph and f for Une use of th charge shail be 1 and i ducts no either of the ¢ nies Named, ni ny compensation id them by the District ef Columbia. That no overhead wites extending over pullic property shali be used in making any of the con clions authorized by this act, ard that all overhead electric wires how in sireet, avenul € ation in shall be placed aderground « 4 s within or r irom te date sage t: Provii h wires remain of any road ley, park or re of hington after « Gate of the passage of this act become the duty of the Commissi the Distriet of Columbia to remo such wires within a period net exce+ ninety days from the close ot the herein mentioned, such removal to he the expense of the company cr compa owning svch wires; and the Commissi of the District of Columbia are her authorized, in case either or both of the cempanies shall refuse or neglect to p. for the rem 1 of the wires illegally maintained above ground, to issue certiti- cates of indebtedness, which certificates shall be liens ag: company or comy certificates are issued. That all overbead wires now existing out- side of the city of Washington and outside of the fire limits and within the District of Columbia may be maintained, and con- nections may be made with those wires and such extensions of such wires as may be constructed under authority of permits issved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the said Commissioners are hereby authorized to issue such per- mits: Provided, That no such extensions shall be permitted at any time within the fire limits of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the officer in charge ef public buildings and grounds are hereby authorized to permit all such construction of conduits as may be re quired in connection with the establish+ ent of lights for public service, and serv- connections may be made with such t the property of the nies against whom these conduits: And provided further, That, ex- cept as herein provided, no public st reads, avenues, highways, alley Pi shall be opened in the of Columbia for the laying therein of elec- trie conduits or wires. That a condition of the right to the con- tinuous use of any such ducts as may be constructed under authority of this act, or that may now be in existence, shall be that the companies to which the rights granted by thi: yed, or thd assigns or successors of such companies, shall, at any time within thirty days from the date of demand by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the pply, along the streets in which jd ducts may be made, of are lights of not less than 1,000 actual candle power, under a contract for one year or more, enter in nd faith- fully execute such contract at prices not exceeding cents per night for each lamp burning all night and every night between sunset and sunrise. — NCIERS BANQUETED. Fi Chairman Walker of the Banking nd Currency Committee the Host. Chairman Walker of the House commit- tee on banking and currency, gave a ban- ¥ | quet last night at the Shoreham to a largo number of prominent men. Those in at- tendance included the members of Mr. Walker's committee, the republicans of the Senate finance committee, the members of the monetary commission in the city, Speaker Reed, Secretary Gage, and many others prominent in the movement for cur- rency reform, New Englanders making up a good part of the gathering. Many significant speeches were made, but no reports of these were taken, the few newspaper men present being there simply as private guests. Mr. Walker him- self made a speech. So did Secretary Gage and Speaker Reed. The remarks of Speak- er Reed were of great significance, it 1s said, indicating that there will be no legis- lation at this session for currency. The speaker advocated changes in the present laws, but said that no half dozen republicans stood together on the subject. He believed that if any six men of promi- nence in Congress could agree upon a bilk it might become a law, but as there were not six men of the same way of thinking, he saw nothing to hope for in the way of legislation. Secretary Gage impressed upon the dis- tirguished gathering the importance cf ac- tion, and did all he could to crystalize opinion on some measure. ———: Physicia s in Germany and England. According to the Borner Reichsmedicinal- Kalender for 1897, there were in Germany, in November, 1896, 24,000 physicians, and this number showed an increase of 901 over the previous year. Great Britain had, in i. compe typo ap tras this showed an increase 0! over . In London there was one sare uae 850 inhabitants, while outside of that city there was one doctor to 1,700 inhabitants.