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2 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, :FEBRUARY a ee ee 1898-14 PAGES. GUSCOTT RECALLED |i si "om <7 mam sme] | seous mesrones acmmm om [AT THE WHITE HOUSE], “oon scat m= | wee moo em w= FINANCE AND TRADE RECALLED Continuation of State’s Testimony in ~ ‘Sheriff Martin’s Trial. DEPUTIES AVOID IDENTIFICATION Father Aust Tells What He Knows of the Tragedy. ——————— OF THE AFFAIR HISTORY - WILKESBARRE, Pa., February 4.—The trial of Sheriff Martin and his deputies, who are jointly charged with the murder of the striking miners at Lattimer on Sep- tember 10, was continued this morning. The court room was crowded, notwith- stending Judge Woodward's orders that no @ne should be allcwed to enter after the seats had been filled. The.deputies who are on trial seen. to realizé the position in which they are piaced, and are paying the closest attention to the testimony of the commonwéalth’s witnesses. These witness>s ere brought into court only a3 they are required to testify, the others being kepc in a room upstairs. Many of them bear reminders of the Lat- timer shooting in the shape of ghastly wounds, missing legs, arms, etc. One man with eight buckshot wounds in the back is just recovering suificient strength to enable him to move around. Chartes Guscutt Recalled. Charles Gusecott, the Lattimer school teacher, who told such a thmilling story yesterday afternoon, was recalled this morning, and was on the stand until the neon recess was taken. He was chietty {- eccupied in pointing out those of the dep- uties he remembered having seen at Lat- timer just previous to the shooting, and afterwird when he was assisting the nded. Some of the deputies endeav- to aveid recognition by bowing their heads. and the court was compeiled to grder them to arise and come forward. ‘hey were then required to remain in the froni row where they could be easily seen. After this Gescoit pointed out, by maps and photograpks of the scere of the shoot- ing, just where the deputies stood, where the strikers baited, where the sheriff met the strikers and where the dead and wounded had fallen. The witness was then turned over to the defense for cross-exam- imation. Children Feared the Strikers. Counsel for the deputies endeavored to Prove by the witness that the children of his school were not frightened by the ap- preach of the deputies, but upon the first intimation of the approach of the strikers they 1b alarmed. It was shown by this w at the strikers were in Lat- ’mer on the Tuesday previous to the shoot- ing and that there was some rioting. The tted that some of the children ful of a repetition of the scenes y. and that he had allowed them knowing that their attention came was distracted from their studies. ‘Scott was still being cross examined hen the noon recess was taken. y of Yesterday. After the day report of the trial closed yesterday Rev. Father Richard Aust, pas- ter of St. Stanislaus’ Polish Catholic Church at Hazleton, chairman of the prose- cuting committee, was called to prove that many of the strikers were shot in the back. He said he had examined a number of the dead, but could not tell in detail what their wounds were. Rev. Carl Hauser, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Freeland, said he had examined several and found all of them were shot in the side or the back. HISTORY OF “HE TROUBLE. ps ooting Grew f the Great Coal Miners’ Strike. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. WILKESBARRE, Pa., February 4.—The eyes cf the people of Pennsylvania, and, indeed, of the whole country, are now terned toward the unpr2tentious court house here in Wilkesbarre, Pa, where Skeriff Martin of Luzerne county is being tried for the shooting of twenty-two men Jast September. The circumstarces of the shooting are well known. Early in September last trouble arose between the mine owners in the Hazleton district and their employes. On Septerab Sheriff Martin proceeded from Wilkesbarre, the county seat to Hezleton, and swore in deputies to preserve th: peace. From September 2 to September 10 the sheriff was kept busy in visiting the little towns in the vicinity of Hazleton, Where bands of men were congregating, threatening and intimidating the workmen not on strike, and doing more or I>ss mis- chief io property of the mine owners. He issued a preclamation calling on all @isorderly persons to disperse and in the future to preserve the peace. No atten- tion was paid to the proclamation or to the sheriff's personal appeals. The for- @igners, Poles, Hungarians and Russians, persisteda in their threats and intimida- tions. Finally September 10 the sheriff got wind of a mob, which was forming in Harley, Mickadoo and other little towns near Jeton, for the purpose of march- ing on the Lattimer mines, in the vicinity of Hazleton, and driving off the work- men still engaged at the company’s mines. The sheriff first met the mob before they reached Hazleton, trrough which they were Imiending to march to reach Lattimer. His forts to stop them here were in vain. Trey outwitted him and started through West Hazleton toward Lattimer. ‘The sheriff and his deputies to the number of Bearly 10” embarked on the troliey car Procured for them and hastened to inter- cept the mob, which was proceeding on fcot by the same route to Lattimer. The deputies ieaving their car pianted them- selves directly in the path of the coming micb, which was advancing in large num- bers, constantly augmented, and armed with sticks, clubs and pistols. Where the Fight Took Place. At the bend of the road leading to Lat- timer is a little house with its fence at right angles to the road. Against this fénce and in a neighboring alley the dep- uties, armed with Winchesters, took their stand to oppose the further march of the advancing mob. Upon the approach of the crowd the sheriff advanced some little dis- tarce in front of the deputies, commanding them to halt and disperse, reading also again to them his proclamation. He was greeted with jeers and threats, and the Sheriff will testify that there were knives brandished and pistols drawn. Reaching eat to arrest one of the most violent lead- €rs of the mob, he was beset by a number of them and thrown down in the road. Just here there was a clump of bushes on the road which hid the fallen sheriff from the deputies As soon as the sherit was Gown the mob advanced threateningly upon the deputies, who, not seeing the sheriff, evidently thought he was being beaten and perhaps killed, ‘There were a couple of pistol shots when the mob was within twenty feet of the deputies and then the deadly Winchesters spoke, and in twenty seconds the terrible result was accomplished and more than a Score of men lay dead in groups upon the Mghway and in the adjoining field. Whether Hess, Drake or Hall, who led the @eputies, gave the order to shgot no one ww knows. It is hoped to establish this ipon the trial. One of the attorneys for Se defense says in this connections “One man will testify that he set his stop Watch when the firing began and that it Tasted just nineteen seconds. That, the least, was a remarkable man. | In t midst of the awful excitement to think’ to Set a stop watch! “One man will testify that the sheriff drew hisrpistol and shot one of the mob in the head before the awful firing of the deputies. “It will be shown on the trial that the mob had terrorized the region about Hezle- ton. Even drummers were compelled to march with the mob on its visits to the @ifferent mines, and escaped only at night- fall from their hands, “It is interesting to note that the mob was composed of Slavs entirely. There. were no Irish, Welsh or English among those killed. “Tt will be shown on the trial that from 800 to 1,000 men co! crowd of strikers. The deputies were about 100 strong.” Much Interest in the Trial. Much interest is taken in the trial which began on Tuesday and will doubtless last two weeks at the least. The best locai criminal lawyers aré.on the case, The right of @ sheriff to stop a marching mob on the public highway, and who gave the = to the deputies to fire, are interest- points to be determined on the trial. presentatives of the state government and the general government are here lis- tening to the trial. ed ECKINGTON ROAD REPORT. Statement Placed Before the Senate This Morning. The annual reports of the-Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, the Belt and the Maryland and Washington railway companies ‘were placed before the Senate this morning. Of the 13,040 shares of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company's stock the report shows that 10,625 ere held by the Central Trust Company of New York. During the year passengers carried amounted to 3,931,999. The gross earnings of the road were $98,- 115.30, and the total operating expense $123,182.91, the excess of exp2nses over earnings being’ $25,067.61, the total deficit of the year being $44,883.29, Of the 10,000 shares of the Belt Railway Company, 5,003 ere shown. to be.owned by the Central Trust Company of New York. The Belt Railway Company carried 2,148,- 532 passengers during the year. The gross earnings amounted to. $71,- 983.46, and the total operating expense $89,761.48, making an exc2ss of expenses over earnings of $17,778.02, and a total deficit for the yea of $54,763.52. Of the 200 skares of stock of the Mary- land and Washington Raitway Compaiy the report shows that 191 are held by the Central Trust Company of New York. The total receipts of the company were $39,888 (of which $37,381.50 was from ‘the sale of receiver's certificates), and the total dis- bursements $39,600.80. ese LOCOMOTIVES FOR FINLAND. Big Consignment Taken Out by. the Steamer Majestic. PHILADELPHIA, February 4.—The Brit- ish steamer Majestic has been chartered to carry twenty-two locomotives’ and a general cargo. from this port to the Fin- land government. The locomotives are be- ing shipped by the Baldwin works. The consignment consists of ten passenger and twelve freight engines. At the Baldwin works locomotives are being built for Norway, Japan, Africa and other countries, which formerly got them from other places. The locomotives being shipped to Finland will be the first that have been sent from these works to that country in twenty-five years. ——>—_—. COURTS INVESTIGATION. Representative Hooker Denies Office-Seeker's Charge. ‘The Senate committee on post offices to- day tegan the investigation of charges made against Emmett H. Bemus, who has been nominated to the office of postmaster at Jamestown, N. Y., upon the recommen- cation of Congressman Hooker. John F. Jones, also of Jamestown, charges that a Mr. Price, who was an ap- plicant for the office, kad been influenced to get out of the way of Mr. Bemus by being given a lucrative office in Washing- ton by Mr. Hooker, and also $1,000 from Mr. Bemus’ friends) Mr. Hooker was pres- ent and made denial of the accusations. He said he courted the fullest investiga- tion. ——______ AMERICAN CAPTAIN SURRENDERS. He Had Been Serving in the Cuban Insurgent Artillery. HAVANA, February 4.—Advices from Gibara, Santiago de Cuba; say that an Aferican who has been serving with the instirgents as captain of artillery, and who hatf $5,000 in a belt, has ‘surretiderdd to the Spanish authorities there. It is added that thg. captain took this step because the in- surgents had failed for some time to give him his pay as agreed upon. The name of the American is not mentioned. A son of Gen. Luque, the Spanish com- mander, has suffered the amputation of a fe: Tae iestraecieh terre captured fourteen men, including six volunteers, who were bathing in the river near Gibara. The fate of the prisoners is not known. Ba MORE VIRGINIA COLONELS. Gov. Hoge Tyler Appoints the Mem- bers of His Staff. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 4—The gov- ernor signed the commissions for the col- onels of his staff today as follows: C. 0. B. Cowardin, chief of staff and assistant adjutant general: C. J. Campbell, Josiah Britton, George 8S. Shackelford, W. O. Moore, W. W. Sale, W. H. Mann, E. Dorsey Cole, S. S. Thomas and George EB. Pickett, ads-de-camp. M. LL. Dawson, judge advocate general; King CG. Harman, inspector of rifle prac- tice: M. Couling, quartermaster gen- eral: W. Bryden Tennant, paymaster gen- eral: W. O. Skelton, chief of ordnance; C. V. Carrington, surgeon general; Louis C. Barley, commissary general; G. C. Cabell, ir., chief of artillery; H. C. Ford, chief of engineers. Colonel Joseph Britton, it will be remembered, declined to serve, but his commission was sent to him. ease Spread of the Gipsy Moth. The Agricultural Department has issued a@ pamphlet prepared by L. O. Howard, government entomologist, relating to the gipsy moth in America, in which an ac- count is given of the introduction and spread of the pest in Massachusetts and of the efforts made by the state to extermi- nate it. The publication is fully illustrated with maps of the~territory affected and with pictures of the insect itself at differ- ent stages of life, and was recently de- scribed in The Star during ita, preparation. + e+ Capt. Robcsom Disqevalifi: Captain Henry B. Robeson, .gommandant of the Portsmouth (N. H.) navy yard, has been disqvalified. for promotion to the grade of commodore, and it is probable he will be put on-¢he retrred ist. ———————____. James Alfivoi Hanged. ° BERLIN, Ont., February 4=James Alli- son was hanged here today for the mur- der of Mrs. Anthony Orr, near Galt, on August 9. a neck '.wae--breken by the fall, and he died instantly. =e oe Indian Treaty Signed. POCATELLO, Idaho, February 4.—United States Indian Commissioner Hoyt has re- turned from a trip into the country and has brought with him ten signatures over a majority of the treaty. Many more of the Indians are anxious to sign and will do so between now and Sunday. This will make a strong showing, and it is believed Con- gress will act immediately. ———_. Sugar Bounty Congress Postponed. BRUSSELS, February 4.—The sugar boun- ty confererce, which was announced to begin on February 15, is now indefinitely postponed, France having renewed her ob- jections. eg eS Jockey Fitspatrick Dead. ‘ SARATOGA, N. Y¥., February 4—W.. J. Fitzpatrick, jockey and starter, known on every track in the — States permet ada, died today of pneumonia. He was born at Mount Holly; N. J.,” feet Sia baer ago. —_—_.___ Chief Bushyhead is Dead. TAHLEQUAH, I. T., February 4.—D.-W.. Bushyhead, one of the -most promisent Cherokees, died here today ‘of Bright's disease. He was seventy-five years old, ard has in turn filled every office in naticn. He was a m: of the. rec: SE eee ead He in the recent the wad LOCAL MEASURES ACTED ON. Meeting of the ‘Senate District Com- mitttee. The Senate committee on the District of Columbia held @ meeting this morning. There were present Senators McMillan, chairman; Proctor, Pritchsrd, Wetmore, Faulkner, Stewart, Kenney and Mr. Charles Moore, clerk. ‘Fhe committee authorized a favorable re- port on a joint resolution introduced in the Senate yesterday by Mr. McMillan, direct- ing the Commissioners to issue permits for making connections with overhead electric wires west of Rock creek and outside of. the city of Washington and the fire limits and within the District of Columbia. House bills 5526 and 6161, for the protec- tion of game and fish in the District of Co- lumbia, were approved in a general way and referred to Senators Proctor and Wet- more, who were authorized to make a fa- vorable report on them to the Senate, with pot modifications as they might deem ad- abl A favorable report was authorized oa Senate bill 2347 to require certain writs to be directed to and executed by the marshal of the District of Columbia, and also on an amendment to the Distrjct of Columbia ap- propriation bill, which will be made by Mr. Elkins, authorizing the work of street cleaning to be done by the Commissioners without contract. An adverse report was authorized or Senate bill 2014, to provide for the sprink- ling of the streets of the District of Co- lumbia. Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, to- day introduced in the Senate a bill lately Introduced in the House by Mr. Curtis, to authorize the Washington and Gettysburg Railway Company of Maryland to extend its line into the District of Columbia. Mr. McMillan algo gave notice of an amendment he proposes offering to the Dis- trict of Columbia appropriation bill: ““Grad- ing and paving Kenyon AO ete between 13th and 14th streets, $5,000. - ENLARGING HIS DUTIES. Suggestion in Reference to the Dis- trict Disbursing Officer. The District Commissioners today trans- mitted to the chairman of the two District committees in Congress the draft of a bill to enlarge the duties and to increase the responsibilities of the disbursing officer of the District government. The bill proposes to amend the act of July 14, 1892, so as to provide that the dis- ursing officer shall be appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; that he shall receive an annual salary of $3,000 (an increase of $1,400); that he give bond to the United States in the sum of $50,000, conationed for the faithful per- formance of the duties of his office, and the disbursing and accounting according to law for all moneys of the United States and of the District of Columbia that may come into his hands, which bond shall be ap- proved by the said Commissioners and the Secretary of the Treasury and be filed in|. the office of the Secretary of the Treasury; and that hereafter advances of money shall be made on the requisition of said Commis- sioners to said disbursing office, instead of to the Commissioners, and he shall account for the same as now pouniireds by law of the said oCmmissioners. —>——_ A Notable Barrel. From the Louisville Post. “Back of a little shack, away down on the Tennessee river,” said a drummer, whose fund of good stories can be drawn upon by the Louisville newspaper men whenever they need material for an enter- taining bit of history, “I saw an old empty whisky barrel last August. On the barrel were carved more than fifty messages from wharfboatmen and steamboatmen, one to the other. The old barrel has taken hun- dreds of ‘free trips’ up and down the Ohio and Cumberland rivers, having been con- signed as freight at different times to per- baps 200 wharfboat agents. It was started as a joke by a wag down on the lower Ohio and the barrel went the rounds, each agent, captain, freight clerk and shipping clerk cutting a new inscription on the side or head of the eged cask. Many clever things have been cut on the barrel ape if is @ relic that I was surprised to see ned. But there was no more room on it for insoriptions, and it had to be cast away. It was given to a Ternessee river fisherman several years ago, and it was at hfs cabin on that stream that I saw the barrel with a history.” A Pigeon Caught at Sea, From the New York Herald. William H. Winter of Westfield, N. J., re- ceived word yesterday from Capt. is D. Conover of the schooner Three Marys, now at Philadelphia, that a carrier pigeon bear- ing Winter's name and address had alight- ed upon the deck of the vessel when it was about 500 miles out in the Atlantic ocean. ‘The bird was one of a pair of highly bred homing pigeons which Winter imported from Belgium about three months ago. On January 10 it escaped from its cage and flew directly eastward. The capture of the bird out in the Atlantic on January 11 is taken to indicate that it was attempting to return to its native home in Belgium. When it landed upon the deck of the Three Marys it seemed somewhat exhausted and in want of food. Railroad Advertising. From Leslie’s Weekly. The advertising on the elevated rail- roads of New York city, it is said, has taken from the dally papers more than a million dollars’ worth of patronage a year, and yet there is a serious question whether a railroad charter confers the right to do railway advertising. The charter is grant- ed for the public convenience, and is not intended to be utilized merely for personal profit. Otherwise buildings could be erect- ed on the elevated structure for purposes of rental, and various other things could be done ‘which on their face would be manifestly illegal. ——~>e+oe—____ Overhead Wire Destruction. From the New York Werld. In Boston during the great storm the breaking of overhead electric wires burned up more than $1,000,000. worth of property. In New England the loss from this cause exceeded $7,000,000. The moral of all this is that overhead wires should “go” in every civilized city and town, as they went in New York when Mayor Grant called axes into service to enforce a statutory law which the greedy monopolies had neglected to obey. There ought not to be an overhead wire in any city. The existence of telegraph poles in any town or city is at once a re- flection upon the town’s civilization and a menace of its destruction. ——_——__-e-—_______ The Etiquette of the Desert. From the Century. Social etiquette among the Arabs Is a fac- tor iz life to be considered seriously if you wish to live among them without friction, Its obligations are not to be completely mastered in a few months. Sometimes when I have had companions with me presum- ably thoroughly au fait with all things Mo- hammedan, the harmony of the occasion has been seriously endangered by some thoughtlessness o1 ignorance on their part, which to the Moslem could appear orly as 2. contemptuous want of consideration. Thus, no greater insult could be offered to an Arab than a friendly inquiry as to the welfare of his wife, to us a natural civil- ity, but to him a gross impertinence bit- terly resented. On one occasion 1 nearly made a similar blunder. I was invited by a neighboring sheik to go over to see him, and was on the point of riding up to his tent door and dismounting there. Fortu- nately, however, I recollected in time that etiquette pone erg that I should halt fifty yards off, and call in ny loud voice: “Have 1 your permission to approach?” This gives time to bundle off any of their wo- mankind who -may be about, ry to the admission of a stranger. It is cu- rious, also, to notice that in spite of the zeny Sachin on exteties, between father and other ‘tooling. at meat wit of a guest, but will et tes anil respect domina’ asd the sons will never sit — father in the presence wait upon both until AT THE WHITE scsi ct aS The President Maly Go to Gettysburg | iMag 30, VARIOUS CARDINATES FOR. OFFICE Minister. to. Russia Raised to Fics bassador. MANY CALLERS WERE SEEN President McKinley :has informally ac- cepted an invitation to-go to Gettysburg on Memorial day,.May 30. Mrs. McKin- ley will also go with him, and it is prob- able that he will be accompanied by mem- bers of the cabinet. ; The foliowing com- mittee visited the President today and ex- tended the invitation, which will result in the President making the trip: Judge W. R. Day, assistant secretary of state; Louis D. Wire, Wm. Hi Baily, John A. Swope, H. Clay Evans, Edward M. Dawson: end Capt. A. C. Tonner. ‘They represent G. A, R. Post No. 9 and the citizens of Gettysburg. Carter Harrison a Candidate. Carter. Harrison of Tennestee, brother of ex-President.. Harrison, has come to the city. When General Harrison was Presi- dent he made Carter Harrison marshal of the middle district, of Tennessee. Since that time Mr. Harrison has not been promi- nent in politics in his state. He has again come to the front as a can- didate for his old place, and was introduced to the President today, His nomination ts being urged by a number of the friends of the former President. There is a fight for the marshalship of the middle Ténnessee district, and it has been on for some. time, without result. Indorsements of numerous candidates have been given by) various Tennessee leaders, but the President is un- decided. Senator Cullom and Representative Graff of Illinois were at the White House with Col. Isaac Taylor of Peoria. Col. Taylor ‘is a candidate for collector of internal revenue of the Peoria district. ‘Represéntattve: Grosvenor and ex-Repre- sentative McCall of Tennessee were vis- itors. Major Dick, secretary of the republican national committee; was a caller today. National Committeeman Hill of Missis- sipppi has come on here to see the Presi- dent regarding severat- offices in his state not yet disposed of. Reform School Trustee. Norval. W., Burchell of :this city has be2n appointed a trustee of the reform school of the District of Columbia. Minister Raised to Ambassador. The Presideat today: sent the following reminations to the Sehate: State—Ethan A. “Hitchcock of Missouri, now minister to Russia; to be ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Rus- sia. etreasury “TGA sates of Connecticut, “to be colléctor’o tac revenue, district of eater gears: Maine, to be Maine, and a nop n B. Saunders. of for the district of £,of postmasters. The State Department confirms the re- port that the nex} representative in. Wash- ington of the- Rugsian government will ve an ambassador in ae rson of Count Cas- sini. The count in Russia and the legation here is in, the: are of a charge, Mr. de Wollant, wha. ~has been acting in that capacity since the departure of Mr. Kotze- bue last summer Under the Taw, the President'is authorized to raise the rank,of gur representative in any foreign countfy to,that of ambassador, whenever the equyntry, fakes similar action. SH _IMMIGRATION. peace PROSPECTS. It is Believed ‘That Tet Win Pai + Heese.” The friends. of the immigration bill are hopeful of, securing tts consideration early next week. At the same time feeling has arisen of jate that it is imexpedient to press the question further during the ‘pres- ent session,of Congress, owing to the po- iitical antagonism it would arouse. The prevailing sentiment, : however, is that the measure will be taken from the Speaker's table as soon as the Military Academy ap- propriation bill is out of the way, and that it will pass by a considerable majority, after two-or three days’ discussion. Representative Mahaney is organizing an opposition on the republican side of the chamber, and with this element will co- operate most of the minority members. Chairman Danford hopes to have the. bill pussed as it came from the Senate, with the single change of n.aking the educa- tional test include both reading and writ- ing. Representative McCall of .Massachu- setts will offer an amendment embodying this change. A substitute to the entire measure will be proposed by Represertative Corliss of Michigan, whose “birds of passage” fea- ture was embodied in the immigration bill which passed Congress ard was vetoed last year. The stibstitute will b& general in character, however, and not specially directed against border immigration. pg ee A DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. the mess Men Appear in Behalf of the Hepburn Bin. : ‘The -House committee on interstate and foreign commerce gave an extended hear- ing-today on the Hepburn bill to’ create a department of commerce and industries. Ferdinand W. Peck of ‘Chicago, president of the National Business Men’s Leagui Theodore B. Search of Philadeiphia, presi- dent of the Manufacturers’ Association of the United States, and John W. Ela of Philadelphia made arguments urging the proposed legislation. They submitted a memorial expressing the: views of the busi- ness interests of the‘ country, which in- cluded eighty-seven national,’ state and municipal business organizations, in twen- ty-seven different states and from one hundred. and. thirteen’ prominent business firms in thirty different states. They claimed that the néw department would be a great boon to- labor as well as to capital. MR. KENNEDY'S TRIAL, a Tapeneteg eS Ce is Continued ‘The trial of the casd:of ohn Kennedy, charged with delMerirshort-weight coal to the District i it, which was to bave been begum,thigy: afternoon in the United States branch:af the Police Court before. Judge Scott and a jury, was post- poned until: Monday next at“1 Pm. ‘During the recess Jodge Jere Wilson, who has been retained Jby: Mr. Kennedy as counsel, had a consultation with Mr. Mul- lowny, which led»4o thesresult stated. A jury was, howaver?tmpaneled, compos- Statement From the Court With Ref- erence to Its Scope. In reference to the decision of Judge Hag- ner, announced yesterday, and his order re- straining the treasurer of the United States from paying ary moneys to any agent of Providence Hospital under an agreement with the District Commissioners, it was suggested to the court today that some anxiety and doubt probably exists as to the extent of the ruling. A Star report- er asked Judge Hagner if he intended to be understood as holding that all appropria- tions for sectarian purposes. were unwar- ranted under the Constitution. In order to remove any doubt that may exist Judge Hagner was requested to state the facts as he intended them to be understood in delivering his opinion. The judge then r3ad from his opinion the following: - “If the paragraph making the appropria- tion had distinctly directed the isolating building to be constructed within the grounds of Providence Hospital, it might have been considered as a particular 2x- ception to the declaration of the general and paramount policy of the government with respect to appropriations to the in- stitutions under sectarian control. But th> paragraph contains no such direction, and the principle applies that statutes must be interpreted, #f possible, so as to make them consistent with the Constitution and the Paramount law.” Judge Hagner said if h> had been re- quired to pass upon an appropriation which was made specifically to Providence Hos- pital under the contract with the surgeon general of the army, he m‘ght not have felt himself qualified to h2ar the case, since he is one of the trustees of an institution in this District to which an appropriation was made by the same bill, of a designated sum, in express terms. The opinion rendered by him, Judge Hag- ner added, expressly stated that the point to. be decided was as follows: “The questicn for decision is whether the provision of the act of Congress, just quoted, or the agreement made by the Commissioners under the authority con- ferred by it, in words cr in effect, is in con- travention of the inhibitions of the first amendment.” In closing his decision, Judge Hagner said, he further stated: ‘For the reasons given I shall pass an order for an injunc- tion against the treasurer as prayed in the bill in reference to the agreement of the 16th of August, 1897.” The decree signed by Judge Hagner ex- pressly enjoins the treasurer from paying over any moneys of the United States or the District of Columbia to Providence Hospital or any agent thereof by virtue of or under any claim that may be made for such payment under the agreement made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the president of the hospital, as set forth and described in the case at issue, and dated August 16, 1897. In delivering his opinion he called atten- tion to the fact that the bill also referred to another alleged contract, which, it was stated, might have been made by the sur- geon general of the army with the hos- pital. But as there was no charge in the bill that such contract has been actually entered into, or that the complainant, Mr. Bradfield, has reason to fear it will be made, that subject, Judge Hagner, ex- pressly stated, could not be considered in the inquiry before the court. ——— MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Suit to Prevent a Reorganization of Managers. Arguments were begun this afternoon be- fore Judge Cox, in Equity Court No. 1, in the Mutual Fire Insurance case. This is the cause instituted the 24th of January by Andrew Archer and Louis P. Shoemaker, who ask for an injunction to restrain Timotny W. Murphy, Albanus L. Johnson, George T. Dearing, William A. H. Church, James W. Barker, Matthew G. Emery, Jesse B. Wilson, James T. Petty and Jas. F. Oyster from’ organizing as a board of managers of the company. Messrs. A. S. Worthington and Jere Wil- son represent the complainants, while Messrs. R. Ross Jerry and Wm. F. Matting- ly appear as counsel for the defendants. —_>——_ Sentence Reduced. Alfred Holmes, colored, who was recently sentenced by Judge Bradley to serve eight years in the New Jersey state prison upon conviction of assault with intent to kill, today secured a reduction of six years of the sentence. Holmes was convicted in conjunction with Abraham Curry. It was demonstrated to the satisfaction of Judge Bradley that the shooting was done by the other man, and therefore sentence was re- csc! to two years. SS Order Respecting a Subdivision. The District Commissioners made an or- der today in respect to an old subdivision. Trey state, in view of the opinion of the attorney for the District that the joint res- olution of June 24, 1892, authorizing the subdivision of square 673 abolishes the sub- division of It made in 1876 by Alexander R. Shepherd and others, the surveyor shall note the square cn his records as it stood editely prior to said subdivision. Also, oe when said correction is mae the Dis- trict assessor will make the records of his office confo.m to tho8e in the surveyor’s office. ee Coast Survey Maps. A second edition of the route map from Juneau to the Porcupine kas been pub- lished by the coast survey. Its most strik- ing features are the important additions in the Dawson trail regicn. Doubtless much new informetion will beccme available dur- ing the coming summer, and cartographers will be kept busy in order to keep the world informed. Another new and timely map, also pub- lished by the coast survey, is a revised map of the Yukon, showing the river from above Dawson to its mouth. The new limits of the military reservation at St. Michael’s are shown, and another one, recommended by Lieut. Ray, U. 8. A, is frdicated, but its limits are not given, ‘be- cause, unlike the former, it has not been proclaimed. The absence of soundirgs at the delta must be taken as an indication that noth- ing detinite is known of the depth which can be carried into the Yukon. oo Removal of Snow and Ice. Mr. Warner Stutler, the superintendent of the District street and alley cleaning department, will tomorrow put from 100 to 200 carts and from 100 to 150 men to work removing the snow and ice from the streets. He has directed the contrac- tor, Mr. LaRue, 12th end V streets north- west, to give such men as may be sent to him from the Associated Charities the preference in employment on the work, and those seeking employment should re- pcrt to Mr. LaRue not later than 8 o'clock tcmorrow morning. Se SS Overhe: Wires. From the Worcester Gazette, Ten years ago, when business in New England was paralyzed by a blizzard, peo- pie said that the telegraph companies would profit by the lesson and speedily put their wires under ground. WHERE BLOOD FIRST WAS SHED. Vermont's Clatm sinning of the eveneeees From the Bouriiagton (Vt.) Free Press. Vermonters have been wont to claim that the first blood of the revolutionary strug- gle was shed at Westminster, Vt., on the 13th of March, 1775, when, as the inscrip- tion on bis monument records, William French “was shot by the hands of Cru: Ministereal tools of Georg ye 3d.” But there are rival claims. Some Mas- sachusetts people assert that the first blood was shed at Salem, on the 26th of Feb- Feary, 1775—fiftzen days before the West- minster massacre—when Gen. Gage, hav- ing learned that the patriots were mount- ing some old cannon taken in the French war at Salem, sent thither a battalion of 300 men under Li2ut. Coi. Leslie, who met in the town a mob so large and threaten- ing that he thought it the proper plan to retrace his steps to Boston. It is claimed that bayonets were lowered and some of tha men who barred the way were pricked with them. A much earlier collision between a squad of British soldiers and a mob, in New York city, in January, 1770, has also been cited as the first instance of the shedding of blood in the contest for independance. This iatter event has ncw come freshly into no- tice. Within a week past a bronze tablet has been piaced on the wall of the Broad- way corridor of tha New York post office, by the Daughters of the ‘Revolution of that city. Whether the blood spilled in this fracas can properly be called “the first martyr blcod of the revolution” of course depends on the date-wh»n the American revolution can properly be said to have begun. His- torians have not commonly placed that date earlier than the year 1775. There was already s:rious friction between the colo- nies and the king in 1770. The presence of British troops to uphold the oppressive Mmeosures of the British government was ebnoxious to the men of the colonies, but they had not as yet determined to throw off the yoke. The liberty they claimed, and for which the liberty pole on the New York common stood, was liberty under the royal government, not independence of it. If the collisions between the Naw York sailors and English sailors in January, 1770, could be called parts of the revolu- tion, then the similar occurrence in Boston in March of that year, known as “‘the Bos- ton massacre,” in which the soldiers firsd on the mob and killed three citizens, would have been placed by historians among the overt acts of revolution. But that event has not been so classd. The revolution was impending, but had not begun. When, however, the royal posse attacked the court house at Westminster, Vt., the revolt was in active preparation.’ Th> first Continental Congress had assembled, the Port of Boston had been closed by British ships, and a British army assembled at Boston. The minute men of Massachusetts and Connecticut were casting the bullets which a few days later slew hundrecs of redcoats at Concord bridge and Bunker Hill. The Green mountain bors had al- ready engaged to take Ticonderoga. The revolution had b2gun. If a British bayonet was stained with patriot blood at Salem, Mass., in February, 1775, that may, perhaps, fairly be called the first bicod of the revolution, but it is not certain that any blood was then shed. Mr. Winsor, the Massachusetts historian, in his “Critical History of America,” calls it “a little alezed nricking of bayonets, and, according to his view, the first blood of the revolution was not shed there, but at Lexington. “The shot heard round the world” was fired on the 18th of April, 17 but William French and Daniel Houghton, slain by “King Georg his tory crew,” at Westminster, on the 14th of March, were patriots arrayed against royal authority, and there is still room for fair argument that theirs was the first mertyr blood of the revolution. A Dun for Church Members, From the Chicago Chronicle. After careful consideration the Centen- ary Methodist Church cf Pcrtland, Ore., has decided upon a novel plan of raising funds necessary in conducting the affairs of the congregation. It was suggested by the Rev. J. J. Waters, who has determined te run his church as a democracy, giving everybody opportunity end inducement to contribute. At @ meeting of the influen- tial members he explai:ed his plan. He showed a large roster with all the members of the church on it. Opposite each name are fifty-two spaces for credit marks. The roster is placed in the vestibule of the church, wher> it remains, in plain view of every one entering the church. At the close of every month the roster is taken down and ail who have contributed any- thing to the current exp2nses ot the church are checked up in the spaces opposite the names. The amount paid is not given, but the check indicates tha: son.ething, how- ever small, has been paid toward the sup- port of the church. The contribution comes into the hands of the clerk by means of envelopes, and the amount and name are obtained in this way. The roster will show just who has pail anything and who has not. It is claimed for the system that the delinquents get tired after a while seeing the row of blanks after their names, and begin to pay something in order to fill up the blank spaces. It is a sort of ever-pres- ent dunning board. It looks down with sig- nificant silence on every member who en- ters the church door. The delinquent can- not escape its all-seeing eye. Whether present or absent, he knows it is there, and the blank spaces seem constantly to say “Pay something.” The meeting adopted the plan unanimously. es He Paid Two Fee: From Our Dumb Animals. A close fisted old farmer thought there was a good chance to get some legal ad- vice from the young man, gratis, so he dropped into his office, told him how glad he was that he had come into town, be- cause the old judge was getting super- annuated, and contrived in the course of the talk to get the legal information he wanted, and then bidding him good morning was about to leaye, when the young man asked for his fee. “What for?” said the old farmer. “For legal advice,” replied the young lawyer, “How much is it?" “Five dollars.” The famer declared he would never pay it, and the youn; iaw- yer told him if he didn’t he woulu sue him. So the farmer trotted down to see the old judge, whom he found hoeing in his garden, and said, “Judge, I. went ! this morning just simply to make a neighbor- ly cal on that- young scamp of a lawyer who has just come into town and he charged me five dollars.” “Served right,” said the judge. ness to go pay it? then, if I must, I’ must. " “Hold on,”. sald_the judge, “Aren't you going to pay me?” “Pay you, what for?” “Why, for legal advice, of course.” “What do you charge?” ““"Ten dollars.” The re- sult of which was the old fellow had to nothing. 4 Baltimore Markets. es Febru: pater dull, unchang- ed—rece! 483 barrele;” ox ports, 1,536 barrels; . 8 Ee LE ~..| FINANCE AND TRADE Interest in Stock Board Centered in Consolidation Schemes. _ OPENING FRACTIONALLY HIGHER Burlington Advanced on Strength of Refunding Plan. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, February 4.—Opening prices were fractionally higher this morn- ing as the result of the steady undertone reflected in the American market abroad. The undertone of the general market was never weak, however, but for some reason, not easily determined, large trans- actions were not favored by the leading operators. Commission houses continued to pursue the buying-on-a-scale policy, but even this action added to the want of confidence in immediately higher prices. The Vanderbilt shares were firmly held at fractional advances from yesterday's figures, notwithstanding the effort to create some disappointment as to New York Central's dividend policy. This lat- ter argument is based on the probable creation of a sinking fund for the bonds required by the consolidation sch>me, the existence of which will restrict dividends to a maximum of 5 per cent. Should the consolidation prove of the value now estimated the above conclusion would appear to be a possibility only. At today’s meeting of the road’s direc- tors it was decided to buy the stock of Lake Shore at the equivalent of about $200 per share. The holder of five shares of Lake Shore will receive in exchange one $1,000 3% per cent 10-year bond of the New York Central. The latter name will apply to the con- solidated lines. The directors owning shares in both corporations agreed to sell tc the Central on the proposed terms all their holdings in Lake Shore. The various Vanderbilt shares not direct- ly concerned in this plan were bought rather confidently during the day, because of the practical certainty that all prop- erties included in this class will be con- sclidated into two systems, even if not into one. These events very naturally revived in terest in refunding plans and the more ad- vanced and enlightened financiering now in_progress. Burlington's opportunities for ving interest charges under such circumsiancea were brought to notice, somewhat tardily to those familiar with the property, with profitable results to the stock. An advance cf 1 per cent was recorded under the influence of a rumor that some steps would shortly be taken looking to this end. The heaviness of the recent special- ties prevented the market from making the most of its opportunities. Realizing 1s apparently to be contended against or endured unti! the coming week. ———— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New ¥ork stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members ‘New York stock exchange. Messrs. Moore & Schley, Opes. Correspondents, No. 80 Broadway. eed American Spirits... American Spirits, pfd American ar... - American Sugar, pfa American Tobacco American Cotton oii. pouthern Kt Phila. ‘Iraction . ‘Lexas Pacitic, lig 11% Tenn. Coa & iron. ss Union Facite. 3336 Union Pacific, pfa. Be oh Wabask, pid... SxS ite Western Umon i * ts ix ise Washington Stock Exchange. Sales call—12 o'clock m.—D. C, 8.658, Metropolitan Bailrond 8s, $1,000 at tal Traction. 5 at 73; 20 at 22%: ty at Grapho} 15 at preteenea, 20 at 15%: ‘Too at 16. Pooumetic riage, 100 at 40 cects; 160 at 40 cents; iog'at fon tian Railroad 5s, $1. at 10 at 105. 20-year fund Ss, 102 od a, gold, 110 bid. 8.650, fund-

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