Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1898, Page 2

ates were placed at half mast, and at Southampton many of the ships, foflowing the lead of those of the American line, placed their ensigns at haif mast. WOUNDED BROUGHT TO KEY WEST. ves,From Ha Ten of Maines Crew. KEY WEST, Fla. February 19.—Th2 light house steamer Mangrove arrived here this merning from Havana with the following weunded from the Maine: iaqward Mattson, B. R. Wilbur, J. C. White, Daniel Cronin, John Coffee, J. H. LiloMer. Alfred Hernis, J. A. Row:, Charles Pitcher and William MeGowie. Out of twenty-six In the hospital, five beve died. Eleven scriously wounded re- main in Havana. The Mangrove also brought two lifeboats and other effeets from the wreck. SS BANKRUPTCY BILL. With rHE Time of the House Taken Up With Short Speech: of Represeatatives proceeded sideration of the bankruptcy bill. r « days of general debate end- ed last night, and today the bill was read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Under the order made the final vote was to be taken at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Hailey, the democratic leader, sought to se- cure au arrangement by which the House could have an opportunity to vote on the Senate (or Nelson) bill before voting on the House substitute, but he fatied. An arrangement was effected. however, by which the first vote taken at 4 o'clock should be on Mr. Underwood's series of amendments w strike out the involuntary features of the substitute. During the consideration of a motion to trike out the section defining the terms ed in the bill, one of which defined an The with the thre “S one whose property at a valuation ws not sufficient to pay his debts, Mr. bland (Mo.) stated that the effect provision of the bill would be to deglare over one-half of the business men of th country tt. Mr. Lacey (lowa) said he w liifer from his colleague, Mr. the a r of this bill, but his convictions w ed on much observa- tion, and he could not give his support to e involuntary features of any ruptey law. (Democratic applause.) “The only thing that shakes my faith in my own convictions.” said Mr. Lacey, com- menting on the demonstration from the opposition benches, “is the applause on the democratic side, for after every demo- © adm always comes demand for (Laughter.) The debate on this amendment proceeded in a desultory manner, much of the time being consume] in the delivery of five-min- ute speeches for er against the measure by members who were unable to procure t!me during the general debate. _ $$ +e ROSSLYN’S CHARTER. Unusual Provini: id to Have Been indorsed by Legislature. A DIY ‘ha¥ been passed in the Virginia sislature. Incarperating the town of Ross- yn, located on the Virginia hills just op- posite Georgetown. This bill, it is “safd; is especially wide In its scope, and provides for @ mayor and couneil as a legislative bedy forthe town. Justice Birch? who pre- sided over the large.number of farce trials, menffoned in The Star, of the gamblers on the Virginia shore, it 1s said, is named in the bill as wayor for a term of four years. pt of this information in Alex- andra caused TmeM consternation, espe- cially among a number of prominent bus- ir ess men who own property in the vicinity of Rosslyn. They state the charter, as it zew reads, will be very detrimental ‘to the eeneral interests of the county of Alexan- dria. Mr, Jas. R. Caton of Alexandria has wired from Richmond to Mr. M. B. Har- lew, president “of the Business Men's Jcague of Alexandria, that “the charter 1s u very dargerous one, and. every effort should be made to have the governor with- held his signature.” Several delegations will go to Richmond Monday and Tuesday to appear before Gov. Tyier to impress upon bim the -geeat tmportance of vetoing this ¢harter. Should the charter becom said, it would no longer be n the people of the Untted abroad to find the “pleasures of a Carlo, as an institution of this kind would, under the charter of the new town of Ressiyn, be established under the aves of ne nation’s capital within a short while into effect, and every game gambling fraternity will be full and complete op=ration. Every effort will be made by the conser- vative’ people of Virginia to induce the gevernor 10 veto. this bill, as they realize that it would result in a reign of lawless- ness, if not terror. os > FROM SPANIARDS. it is a law, KINDN ‘Two Loving Cups Presented by the President. The President has presented a loving cup ch, duly imseribed, to Jose Mendez y Herrera, sui ant cf Spanish marines, end to Eugenio Mentere y Reguera, lieu- «nant of the Spanish navy, in recognition of their humane services to the captain and crew of ihe American- brig Wau-Bun, wrecked October 25, 1807, on a reef about eight m ortn of Cape San Antonio light, Cuba. Tne crew of the Wau-Bun were unable to get the vessel off, and see- ing ihat she was a totaT‘loss, they took to beir boats and mate land. Phere they remain2d for three days, en- gaged in stripping the vessel, and received aid from’ the entfré military post there. October 2s the Spanish. gunboat took the crew to Buena Vista, or Dimas. They re- mained at Buena Vista, or Dimas, several days, iness. They took passage on ths at for Havana, where they landed and were taken charge of by the American consul general. dren at Soldiers’ Home. The juve soiree of the Misses Sarah and’ Marie Howe's dancing eckool, given last night at the Marhje Hall, Soldiers’ Home, proved one of the most elaborate exh!Wilions of dances ever fcen at the home. The childen did excel- jent work, while the costuming added much to the effect. The wing ballet was the most brilliant, and was. the work of Alma Risdon, Nettie Jarrett, Sarah Howe ond Etlgl Pates as bats and Marie Howe as ile s.ittle Catherine Davis was heartily applauded whenever she entered the stage. Besides giving a song and the Low aad arrow dance, she also danced the sailor's hornpipe and “I'm Sunny Spain,” & coquet dance, with Neison Davis. The young teachers ‘were seen as “swell girls” and im solo work Marie Howe gave some very difficult steps, and was heartily ap- plauded, as was the case in her character songs. ‘The other dances were “Fantasia,” by Nettie Jarrett; “Even! Reveries,” by Blane, sd Alma Risdon, pupils of Bthel Bates; “La and the “Sea Nymphs,” by Etnel Bai Alma Risdon and Nettie Jarrett. as re they were treated with the ut- | ISH CRUISER VIZCAYA. Gonzales. and Manjon, VISIT OF “THE VIfCAYA. The State Department Notified by Senor du Bese of Her Arrival. The Spanish legetion has been advised of the arrival of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, apd Senor du Bosc, the charge, has been in communication with the Spanish consul general at New Ycrk and Lieut. Sobral, tke naval attache of the legation, who is now at New York, concerning the move- ments of the ship. Mr. Du Bosc says he feels no apprehension over the presence of the ship in American waters, but he has given instructions for such precautionary steps as seemed to be justitied by the cir- cumstances. These will be in the hands of the consul general et New York. Mr. du Bove and his siaff Fave no present inten- tion of going to New York. The proposed yrecautionary measures are merely those of maintaining an efficient patrol about the ship. Aside from the instructions going through Mr. du Bose, the Spanish authori- ties at New York are in communication with the minister of marine at Madrid. In view of the feeling that there need be no apprehension, it is understood by the Span- ish authorities here that there will be no restrictions to visiting the Vizeaya, beyond the necessary precautions of preventing au indiscriminate crowding by the public at large. Mr. du Bose has not heard from the commander of the Vizcaya what his plans are as to thé duration of visit at New York and his subsequent movements. ‘his is ordered direct from the naval de- partment at Madrid. Mr. du Bosc called at the State Depart- ment at noon and officially notified the auttorities of the arrival of the Vizcaya in American waters. Lieut. Sharpe, Mr. Roosevelt's naval aid, rettrned to ington from New York this morning. He had an amusing expe- rence in the metropolis in his attempts to evade the local reporters, who were sceking to discover the object of his visit, which was connected with the arrival of the Viz- caya. Description of the Visitor. The Vizcaya is officially classed as an armored cruiser, and has a displacement of 7,000 tons, being 340 feet long and 65 feet beam, with a draught of 21 feet € inches. Her armor belt and her conning tower are 12 inches thick, and her barbette turrets are 10% inches thick. She carries two 11-inch guns, ten 5.5-inch guns, eight neh and eight 14-inch rapid-fire guns. She has also eight torpedo tubes for launching fish torpedoes. She has twin screws and triple expansion engines, and is credited with a 21-knot maximum speed. She was buil, in Bilboa in 1801 and cost $3,000,000. it is difficult to compare her with any vessel of the United States navy. ‘Though an armored cruiser, she has an inch thicker belt than had the Maine, which wa a second-class battle ship. The Maine hac four 10-inch guns, as compared’ with her two 11-inchiguns. Our New York, an ar- mored cruiser, bas only a 5-{nch belt and she has six 8-inch guns. The Brookiyn has eight 8-inch guns,. The disposition o: offensive and, defensive features are thus entirely different on the Spaniard from any of our yessels of her class. Besides Captain’ D. ‘Antonio Eulate, thi officers of the Vizcaya are Commander Roldan, Lieutenant Commander De Fuen- tos, Lieutenants Suances, Ristoti, Magaz Pazes ‘and Cugo, Sublieutenants 'Sobrino, Paymaster Urda- pilleta, Drs. Jurada and Tornell, Chaplain Riera, Captain Baleato of the marine corps and Chief Engineer Fonleta. The crew all told consists of 492 men. -A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says thc Spanish warship Vizcaya- will visit Nor- folk harbor before leaving American wa- ters. Arthur Humphreys, the Spanish vice consul here, has been notified to that ef fect. It may be three weeks before. sh< gets there, as she will go to Charleston after her Visit to New York. oo SOBRAL EXPLAINS IT ALL, Attache Here Says Explosion 1s Due to Lax Discipline. A dispatch from New York last night says: Lieut. J. G. Sobral, naval attache of the Spanish legation !n Washington, who 13 here, was asked today for his opinion as to the cause of the explosion on the Maine. His reply was surprising. “I know the cause of the explosion,” he said, “but I cannot divulge it.” He was pressed for further information, and finally replied: “It was the result of an £xplosion inside of the ship, which took place in one of the forward magazines. Naval w "i fact is that the discipline and the watch observed on the ship were very lax, ‘This, as one English newspaper the other day declared, is the case on American war ships generally.” When Lieutenant Sobral was asked about the possibility serious trouble over the Maine affair he I do not think there will be war between the United States and Spain. but If such an unfortunate condition, should arise I shall,. of course, be in a po- sition to be of much aid to my government as a result of the information which has come to my knowledge as naval attache at the Spanish legation. In the case of hostil- ities I might, perhaps, command a ship.” ——-- +e _ A Clue Suggested. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The Evening Star of the 17th instant con- tains the following significant statement on the subject of the-disaster on the Maine: “Webster (one of the crew) says he was sleeping below when he was awakened by cries of fire, and skortly afterward there Was aa explosion.” If this man did say that it suggests clue worth following to the end, ator seem to indicate that the explosion was dve to some internal cause. Atleast, in the ght of that report it behooves the American people ta avoid a hasty judg- ment against the Spaniards on this sc- count, and to patiently watt a thorough investigation. : The Anglo-Saxon owes his predominance in the worid’s affairs to his average pru- dence and self control, and this incident affords us an opportunity to prove our- selves worthy of our racial inheritance. It is wiser for us to withhold unjust indigna- tion, than to incur self-reproach and hu- miliation through a hasty conclusion, even against an unfriendly people, whose pos!- tion has been already rendered sufficientiy embarrassing by this terrible occurrence which they in common with. all humanity must deplore. WILLIAM TINDALL. ————_ w Forward a Statement. The District Commissioners hope to be able to transmit this afternoon to the Sen- ate appropriations committee a detailed statement respecting the Distriet appro- priation bill. While they-will ask the Sen- ate committee to insert very few items that they did not present to the House, they will in many instances ask the Senate to increase the amounts allowed by the House. They will, too, seek to have-inserted some items which were stricken out in the House altogether. Hence, it is expected that the bill, when it shall have been passed ty the Senate, will be materially. changed. Sete eee Senator Hanna Better. - It was stated at the Arlington-Hotel that Serator Hanna, who has been quite ill, is better today and was sitting up, although he is not yet receiving visitors. ‘ i THE EVENING STAR, ‘SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1898-24 PAGES. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation — sworn to gs a bona fide one. It is easily possible for a news- paper with an elastit- conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in orger to Geceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, Judge by resvits, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. ; ition of The “E: SATURDAY, February 19, 1998. MONDAY, February 14, 1998... TUESDAY, February 16,998... WEDNESDAY, February 16, 1998. THURSDAY, February 17, 1998. FRIDAY, February 18, 1998... Cireu! Total..........-.06 Daily average. I solemnly ewear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular daya ending Friday, February 18, 1898—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, farnish- edor matled, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the office ansoid. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this nineteenth day of February, A. D. 1893. CHAS. G. MORTIMER, Notary Public. D. C. A BATTLEFIELD PARK. The Movement to Establish One at Spottsylvania, Va. The movement which has been on foct for some time past to establish a national battlefield park at Spottsylvania for the purpose of preserving the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chancsllorsvilie, the Wil- derness and Spottsylvania Court House, will culminaie next Tuesday, when a meeting neld at. Fredericksburg to perfect an organization under the t2rms of a char- ter, which has been granted by the general assembly of Virginia, incorporating the “Fredericksburg and Adjacznt National Memorial Park Association of ng to the terms of ta> charter the object of the association is ‘to mark ad preserve the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness and Spoti- sylvania Court House ard adjacent battl2 grounds, on which were fought those gieat batiles of 1NG2, 1863 and 1864, together with the natural and artificial features, as far as possible, as they were at the times of said battles, by such m»morial stones, tab- lets or monuments as the generous people of the United States or the government of the United States may see fit to 21ect’ to! commemorate the valor displayed by the American soldiery on those bloody ‘fields; and it may take’such steps as: it deems proper to induc: the Congress of the United States to do all necessary work appert ing thereto.” ‘The proposition. ‘to. establish such.:a: na- tical battlefield park was broached some time ago, and at the national encampments of the G.’A. R. at Minneapolis and again at Buffalo, it rzcelved the unanimous, in- dorsement of that powerful serganization.., The scheme has since been indorsed: ‘by. many prominent men who fought in the jate war in both the nortbern and: tne. southern armies, and a bill will probably b3 introduced in Congress next week to provide for the establishment ef the park, It is said by those interested in. the move- ment that the ground upon which those- great battles of the war were fought is not particularly valuabl> from the agricultural point of view, ard that therefore the land necessary for the purpose can be ucquired. by purchase or condemnation at a price that 1s far from excessive. Many prominent old soldiers hav> signi- fied their intention of being present at the meeting in Fredericksburg on-Washington's birthday, and aiter the completion of an organization those present will b> enter- tamed at an elaborate banquet. A number of well-known gentlemen from this city, will attend the meeting and the banquet. 2 METHODS OF A MAGAZINE. They Are Beivg Considered by the Post Office Department. An important hearing has been in prog- ress for the past thre: days in the office of Assistant Attorney General Tyner to de- termine a charge of fraud against the Wo- man’s World and Jenness Miller Magazine of New York city. General W. W. Dudles and Vernon M. Davis, former district attor- ney of New York, represented Mr. C. E. Ellis, the owner of the magazine, while the firm of Gardenhire & Vandevert, attorneys of the National Society for the Suppression of Crime and Fraud, are assisting Mr. H. J. Barrett of the Attorney General's office in the prosecution. The charges are that the magazine held out certain inducements to subscribers’ which it failed to make good. ——_-e+____ . OLDEST INHABITANTS, Arrangements Made for Observance of Washington's Birthday. Following its usual patriotic custom the association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District will observe Washington's birthday by public exercises at the Colum- bian University. A business meeting wilt be held at the rooms of the association in the Corcoran building, beginning at 10:30 o'clock, the 22d instant, and at 12 o'clock the public exercises will be begun at the university. The president of the associa- tion, Mr. John Marbury, jr., will deliver an address. Washington's farewell address will be read by Mr. F. L. Moore, and an adcyess wil] be delivered by Representative Charles F. Cochran of Missouri. The music will be furnished by a quartet. ee CASE DISMISSED. Action of Court in the Matter of Van Essen Bequest. In the matter of the petition for an in- junction filed by John T. Mitchell to re- sirain the District Commissioners from paying over the Van Essen fund, and to have the court declare that the complain- ant has a lien upon the fund to the extent of 331-3 per cent, Judge Cox, after argu- ments this afternoon, dissolved the tem- pcrary restraining order issued in the case January 26. EE Local Bills troduced. Mr. Jenkins of Wisconsin introduced a bill in the House today providing regula- tions for taking testimony before cuurts in the District of Columbia. Mr. Curtis of lowa introduced a bill to regulate the sale of poisons in the District of Columbia. Not Advisable. ‘The District Commissiorers, in a to Senator McMillan, chairman of the ate District Committee, state that, in opinion, it would not be advisable to goue the Brightwood Ratlroad Company install the underground system on yon street between 7th =o 4th \ TURKS TORi QRE CHRISTIANS Villages maa raaae Put to Fiendish Devices Employed to Cause Human |fpemfring—an the Women Outraged. : ino CONSTANTINOPLE, February 15. (De- layed in transpnissien.)--The note of the Bulgarian agent to the Turkish govern- nent, protesting against the treatment which Bulgarians have been subjected to in Macedonia, reveals a state of affairs similar to that which existed In Armenia. It says that village after village has been surrounded by the Turkish army, that wholesale: arrests have been made and that the prisoners have been subjected to un- heard-of torturés:. The note further gives a list of the-villages ‘and the names of the victims. to:whom- torture ‘has-been’ applied. School masters, tt: appears, have been the Special objects of:vergeance. The follow- ing tortures are recited im the official docu- ment, and in each gase the name of the victio a given, tp 3 “tha.” lot frons t! . Leas broken: Shree OP Splinters driver under the nails. Naked feet placed on hot-stoves. Hung by the feet for fifteen hours. ‘Tied to horses’ tails. Beaten to death, Hung by the feet over fire. A priest of the vifiage of Zernovtzi was hung by the feet fof three hours and then by the arms for fourteen hours. A wet ccrd was bound tightly around his head. All the prisoners at Kumanova were beaten’ until their flesh flew off in strips. The women were dutraged. stint Soe dart DIED FOR HIS TEMERITY. Spanish Miner Killed for Anti-Ameri- can Sentiment Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Febrvary 19.—Last night at Wellston, Ohio, Olandder Alexan- dries, a Spanish miner, was killed by his infuriated companions because he said Spain could whip this country in case of war. He had no sooner uttered the words than he was struck over the head with a pick, dying instantly. The event caused in- tense excitement in Wellston. Captain Bolivar of the Ohio National Guard wires President McKinley the ser- vices of 150 men in case of war with Spain. —_—_+——_ GLADSTONE VERY FEESLE. Reported in London That He Was Coming Home to Die. LONDON, February 19.—It is said that Mr. Gladstone ts coming bome to die. An eye-witness who saw his departure from the Riviera and his arrival at Calais re- ports a striking change in the old states- man’s appearance. Arrangements had been trade at Calais to‘earry his chair from the train to the hotel, but Mr. Gladstone was determined to walk the distance, thirty yards, and was carefully assisted down the steps, envelopell in’doats and rugs. Heav- ily leaning on thesarms of two gentlemen, he slowly tottered 49 the hotel. ae WHEAT (ON May Option Reaches $1.09, Highest of the ‘Season. CHICAGO, Fepruany 19.—For about thir- ty minutes today the wheat market was the scene of #foresexcitement than has been witnessed;?sitt@e the bull campaign io wheat started, mdnths ago. May wheat at one time sold. :.t:$1.09, the highest point reached during: -tte recent December squeeze, and an‘ddvance’ of 4 cents over yesterday's figure. July showed. ¢qual strength, bringing 94% when May wasvat fits: highest point The market was § g'ffom the start, on con- firmation “of thé.'ttborted salés in’ Europe Of 4,000,000 byshbls Of’ Leiter's wheat, atid oh reports of thé’ shtpitent of 500.000 bush- els of Leiter weat 4¥ Duluth, all ri the seaboard, About’ jg hour from close an attempt to prot#ct weekly “calls” brought. out the fact that thé market was ‘practically bare of offerings. “Prices be- fan to advance rap{aly under aiixfous, bid- ing. : ‘ At the same time Allen and Grier, Let- ter’s, brokers, crowded July. gins came in, and the pit from, a condition of comparative quiet became a perfect bed- lam. It was, impossible to buy. wheat and prices jumped. half a cent at a time as shorts tried to cover. At the top longs realized heavily and pricss broke sharply. but shorts hed been so thoroughly fr' ened that fluctuations were rapid and vio- lent to the close. May wound up at 1.06 bid, an advance for the day of 2% cenis. July closed 8% cents higher, at Y2 1-8 cents. ~ LEFT IN RAIN TO DI A BOOM. A White Male Infant. Found on Street Parkiag. A new-born white male infant was found about 6 o'clock this mcining on the park- ing at the corner cf 5th and C streets rortheast. ‘The police were called, and the foundling wes taken to the Bruen Home, No. 430 M street 1orthwest. A colored in- fant found 1¢ar 5th and E streets several Weeks ago, end sent to the Bruen Home, died, and its‘motrer is now in jail awaiting trial. The police hope they will be able ‘t) find the mother of the babe left out ir the rain to die this. mcrning. Dolly Scott, a colored woman-wio lives at No, 635 C street, found the young one while sh> was on’ her way to work. If was then only a few minutes after 6 o'clock, not yet daylight. She was hurrying through the rain. when she heard a noise and was attracied to the parking by the presence of a white bundle. Picking she soon discovered that it cont baby, and when satisfied that ti infant was still alive, she had a policeman sum- moned. There was nothing about the babe except a plece of muslin, and this may. serve as evidence in the case later on, An investigation cf the case has, been started by the police, and Inspector Mat- tingly may detail a detective to work on the case, 2 ‘This is the third case of its kind that has hzppened in this city during recent weeks. ‘The infant found this morning was ap- parently not more than several. hours old, at the most. Although it was alive when teken to the Bruen Home, it is thought likely that exposure to the rain this morn- ing may curse its death. — Postponed Indcfinitely. Hearing of thé ‘rul@ issued by Judge Cox in consideration’ Uf"#petition of 8. 8. Daish & Son ‘against ‘fhe 'Pekington and Soldiers’ Hofne Railway:}'p.,,W. Kestey Schoept, re- ceiver, and the Washington. Loan and Trust Company and thecAmerican Security and Trust Company? trustees, has been indefi- nitely pcstponed{ ‘The Geferdants are re- quired to shoW® c@use why sale of the property, real a#d"pdrsonal, of the railway company should not made. This actton is due, it is staféd?to certain negotiations pending between tht Jparties interested. pe: Tareas “aan The Wiesai Measures. By order of tHe, Djptrict sealer of weights and measures, ther Were destroyed this morning 251 dry«measures that have been in use by dealePs ofthe District, and which were found to He bE\Sw the required stand- ard; also 310 liquid measures that were be- low the required standard. Sealer Haskell says he-wishes to give the “benefit of the doubt tO parties who have been using these _meastres and ‘ttiem unless directed to do so; but no ecuse for a second offense will be cdnsidered. Thete have been cases so clear- &@ sh intention to defraud that prose- cutions will undoubtedly follow. He that there has not been a day fe veral weeks that less twenty piel ghowa to’have been in use a long time, have been confiscated. , stationed here, ordered in ; Blevens, tt is Calls for mar- | WASHINGTON’S NATAL DAY Public Schools to Celebrate the Anniversary Monday. Presiding Officers and Orators Named for Each Building—Patrictic Songs Included in Program. Washington’s birthday will be observed ‘Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the public schools of the city by appropriate exercises. In accordance with the annual custom the public school committee of the board of trade has arranged for a presiding officer and a speaker for nearly all the schools in the city. In addition to the address, the programs in most of the schools will comprise the singing of patriotic songs by the children and in some cases an essay by one of the scholars and recitations. The names of those appointed by the com- mittee of the beard of trade to preside at the various meetings and of those who will make addresses are given below. In each case the first name given is that of the presiding officer, the names of orators following: Central High—Dr. A. P. Fardon? ©. 7. Crosby and Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. Eastern High—A. L.” Sturtevant, W. R. Strickien. 5 S Western High—Archibald Greenlees, B. L. Whitman, D. D. Business High—Thomas W. Smith, H. b. F. Macfarland. Colored High—B. K. Bruce. W. A. Croffut. Franklin—John Joy Edson, Rev. T. 8. Hamlin, D. D. pdennison—N. P. Gage, Charles W. Need- am. Force—Theodore W. Noyes, Capt. William M. Bieck. Adams—B. H. Warner, T. A. Lambert. Berret—H. B. Looker, C. C. Lancaster. Harrison—W. H, Saunders, John B. Cot- guhelpe—c. W. F. Swartzell, W. J. Mc- ec. Henry—Ellis Spear, Rev. F. D. Power. Seaton—E. H. Thomas, Dr. David T. Day. Webster—Charles 8, Bundy, Jerome John- son and H. B. Ferguson. piAPbott—S. W. Curriden, John J. Hemp- Morse—Rufus H. Thayer, James Tanner. Polk-R. J. Fisher, E. M. Gallaudet. Twining—Job Barnard, H. Bradley Da- vidson. Peabody—W. A. Meloy, W. C. Dodge. va, S. Hendrick, Charles F. Nes- Brent—W. J. Newton, Prof. G. K. Gilbert. Carbery—Tracy L. Jeffords, M. I. Weller. Brookland—Dr. Frank T. Howe, Rev. R. R. West. Lenox—J. D. Croissant, Rev. C. C. Cook. Maury—V. Baldwin Johnson, Mrs. Ellen Towers—H. K. Simpson, J. Ormond Wil- son. Jefferson—E. S. Parker, A. D. Hazen. Amidon—Thomas P. Morgan, Rev. J. G. Butler. Bradley—W. B. King, C. 8S. Clark. Greenleaf—George P. Whittlesey, Prof. F. W. Clarke. Smallwood—Dr. Wm. B. French, Miss BE. M. Gillett. Grant—W. A. Hungerford, W. H. Single- ton. Addison—Albert M. Read, Levi P. Maish. Corcoran—Henry F. Blount, Wm. Redin Woodward. Jeckscn—W. Riley Deeble, J. Holdsworth Gordon. Wigktman—W. L. Bramhall, John W. Douglass. Gales—C. T. Yoder, Binger Hermann. Artbur—E. G. Davis, Thomas H. Ander- son. Blair—Loring Chapp2l, Butler. Blake—Dr. S. S. Bond, Dr. Louis J. Bat- tet. Hayes—H. H. Darneiile, J. H. Ralston. Madison—John L. Weaver, A. T. Stuart. Pierce—Josiah Millard, Prof. 0. T. Mason. Taylcr—Matthew Trimble, A. A. Birney. Dr. Charles H. Johnson—B. P. Davis, Rev. Ross Fish- burn. Monroe—M. A. Ballinger, Rev. George F. Dudley. 1 Mott—Milton C. Barnard, John R. Lynch. ~ Wilson—Dr. Thomas Martin,»Milton Hol- land. Buchanan—Oscar W. White, Gen. S. S. Yoder, ee T. Janney, Rev. George 0. Little. Tyler—James T. Petty, Prof. J. W. Powell. Minor—Rev. J. A. Taylor. Ste s—L. M. Saunders, Rev. Walter “Brool Sumner—John B. Wight, Rev. F. J. Grimke. ~.: Briggs—Dr. J. R. Francis, Ward Thoron. Garrison—J. H. N, Waring, Rev. W. B. Johnson. Magruder—Revy. I. L. Thomas. ‘Normal—Daniel Murray, Gen. William Birney. Phillips—Dr. C. B. Crusor. : Wormley—Alfred Polk, Rev. Howard En- nis. Garnet—John F, Cook. F. L. Siddons. John F. Cook—W. C. Clephane. Banneker—Wm. H. Smith, H. P. Cheat- ham. Douglass—Owen Owen, Mrs. Helen Doug- lass. Jones—Rev! Wm. J. Howard, Dr. J. E. Shepherd. Logan—N. G. Ordway, Rev. J. A. Johnson. Pattison—Rev. Sterling Brown, Dr. C. B. Purvis. Slater—Dr. H. E. Ww. Brown. Randall—James H. Meriwether, Rev. Wil- 1 Ham Tunnel Ambush—L. A. Cornish, Nathan Sprague. Anthony Bowen—Thomas H. Wright, Mr. 8. T. Allain, Bell—Henry Johnson, John P. Green. Giddings—Rev. J. H. Crissins, W. D. Mon- tague. HOLDS G. Richardson, ——.> ANNUAL MEETING. Society of War of ‘12 Celebrates and Elects Officers. The Society of the War of 1812 of the District of Columbia held its annual meet- ing last evening at 1710 N street. The event which it celebrated was the date on which the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, terminating the war of 1812, was promulgated by the President. In addition to other business, the annual election was held, resulting as follows: President, Dr. Marcus Benjamin; first vice president, Admiral F. A. Roe; second vice president, Lieut. T. B. M. Mason; treas- urer, J. E. Watkins; secretary, H. R. Webb; registrar, H. W. Van Dyke; executive com- mittee, Marcus Benjamin, H. R. Webb, Gen. A. W. Greely and Prof. J. B. John- son; delegates to the annual convention, in addition to the president and secretary, ex-officio, Messrs. J. M. Henry, F. B. Smith and H. Saxton. This soci2ty, although one of the young- est in the District of Columbia, has already membership of nearly twenty-five. It holds meetings four times a year. The biennial congress of the National So- ciety, which is composed of del2gates from the state societies of Pennsylvania, Mary- lend, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, District of Columbia and New York, will Meet in June in Baltimore. ———— OFFER OF COMPROMISE. The Proposal of Wilkins and Butler May Be Rejected. Secretary Gage has indorsed the recom- mendation of the comfnissioner of internal revenue that the offer of compromise of Wilkins & Butler, under indictment for violation of the oleomargarine laws, be ac- cepted. The Secretary made the same rec- ommendation under the previous offer, when the defendants said they would pay the government $7,000 to have the indict- ments quashed: Now that the offer is bac he sees no reason to change his min ‘The question of or reject the q aceepting ting THE 14TH STREET LINE! FINANCE ‘AND TRADE Ita Believed There Will Be No Delay Be- yond Monday. The Electric Current is Available and Only the Connection to Be Made, Se Beth Companies Say. It seems probable that the patrons of the 14th street line of the Capital Traction rail- road are doomed to further disappointment in the operation of that line by the under- ground system. It was stated positively by the officials of the road a few days ago that the cars would be running by elec- tricity by tomorrow morning, but now it is believed that this will not be done until Menday. According to some statements today it was thought that the running of the cars by thé new system would be delayed until the first of the month, but it ts understood that arrangements .baye been made by which as socn as the connection is com- pleted between the conduit of the Capital Traction line on M street and the power house of the Potomac Electric Power Com- ‘pany, the current will be available for the eperation of the cars. Deluyed by the Rain. The wire necessary to make the electrical conneetion arrived in the city yesterday morning, and is now at the corner of 334 and M strects, ready to be put in place. The men to put in the wire are here and they would have completed their work, so it is claimed, yesterday if the rain had not interfered. The same cause, it is said, prevents the work being done today. It is stated that it is impossible to splice these wires in the open air while the rain is fall- ing. As there is only about 400 feet of wire to draw in the conduits, frum 33d street to the power house, it is stated that it wil) take the men only a few hours to finish the work when they are able to once begin it. The Chesapeake Canal Company yester- day notified the electric power company it was the purpose to turn off the water in the canal so as to clean that waterway, which is done each year about this time. As the electric company gets its supply of water from the canal and as the water would not be turned in the canal for the next ten days it was thought this might interfere with the production of the addi- tional power needed to run the 14th street cars. Use the River Water. On the part of the company : is said they are not deperdent upan the canai for water, and that they have pumps in place to draw the water needed from the Potomac river. Mr. Sinclair, the superin- terdent of the company, said today that yesterday, when they were notified by the canal company of the purpose to tarn off the water, he at crce began to use the pemps, which are held ir reserve, and that the electric plant of the company is now being operated by water from the river. It is further stated in the event the de- mands upon the power furnished by the company become too great that arrange- ments have been made to start the powe? house of the Brightwood railroad and to operate that road by the current thus secured, rather than furnishing it from the power house of the Potomac Company, as is now done. It is not believed, however, by Mr. Sinclair that it will be necessary to make any change in the present arrange- ments, but this plan of opening up again the Brightwood railroad power house is something which can be resorted to in case of necessity. ‘The connection between the conduit of the Traction road on M and the power house at th> foot of 33d street is ma through the conduits of the power compa: containing the wires which furnish the power to the various street railroaus and for the electrical lamps throughout the city. All that remains for the Capital ‘traction Company to do is to draw intu the cenduits about 400 fe2t of copper wire, which, as stated above, is now there ready for use. ees MAS A CLAIM, . ..., Stranger Seeks an Audience With the “Supreme Jadge.” Michael Fache, a. Frenchman, who has lived in this country for several years, was arrested in (he Supreme Court room in the Cepitol this morning and locked up at the sixth precinct stetior® em a charge of in- sanity... The prisoner, who is forty-one years old, deciares he ts sane and says he is anxloys to communieate with his lawyer in San Francisco, wnere he has lived. De- tective Ehinott of the Capitol police force trade the arrest. Faehe has been about the court room several days, endeavoring to get an audience, as he says, with the supreme judge. , ‘The prisoner bad a package of news- Papers and letters with him, but not mu money. As well as the officers could un- derstand, Fache said he bad been arresced in San Francisco and illegally incarcerated, ard now he has a claim against the gov ernment. Speaking to a Star reporter, the prisoner showed newspaper accounts of his release from a California insane asylum. In an interview published in th> paper, his coun- sel, M. M. Foote, stated that there were hundreds of sane persons in the asylums in ‘the state. Fache said he reached San Francisco in 1885, and bought a smail piece of land in the county near Natoma. He bad numerous troubles with his neighbors, and when he was arrested and put in the asylum he turned his personal property over to a neighbor. Nearly three weeks ago, Fache says, he reached this city and called on the French ambassador, with whom he deposited $30 for safe-keeping. He was advised to go to the Capitol and see the judge about his claim, and that is why he was found there tcday. Since he deposited his $30 with the ambassador he has drawn $2 for living ex- penses. He says he has been stopping at the Cen- tral Unicn Mission. He told a Star re- porter that many people think he is crazy Lecause he is unable to make himseif dis- tinctly understood. If the authorities will get aa interpreter, he says, they wiil then be convinced that his mind is not impaired. ‘The case has been turned over to Sanitary Officer Frank, who will have the prisoner examined by the police surgeons. Se Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, February 19.—Flonr dull, unchang- ed—receipts, 13,484 barre! Wheat strong—spot_ ai lw2Kalez; May, 101%a1@1% ; 98a984—receipts, 26,020 bushels; stock, "1.185.301 bushels; grade, gSusateai,” Goro tiene’ sp grade, 5 spot BD aS5%, steamer mix els; exports. 5 ; sales, 19.000 bushels—southern white and yel- low corn, 34 . 35; No. 2 mixed, exhorts, ‘none; stock, 371.021. busbela. S7kaS8—reccipts, 21,568 3 “exports, 120,00) bushels; stock, 192,060 bushels. "Hay dull—choice (060, timothy, $12.50a$13.00. Grain freights steady, un- rst jutter’ and chat ‘Sugar strong, unchanged. Buty. exes quiet, ‘Cheese steady, unchanged. Geftade $3.25 per Vasket. Whisky’ Wichanged’ > + Government Bonds, Quotations reported by Corzon & Macart- ney, bankers. 2 per cents, registered... of 1907. Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Purnishedgy W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, Ladenburg, Thalman & Co., New York. GRAIN. fet for. Cae Be rr 106: 31 su es Low. Close. 410.97 11.00 10% 11.62 Sp 52 5.27 5.30 32 3S mapa +4 6.02 is 8 ee —. Bears Have an Inning on New York Stock Board. Trouble in Africa and Cuban Ques- tion the Cause. GENERAL MARKET. REPORTS Special Dispatch to'The Eveving Star. NEW YORK, February 1%.—The unsettled condition of the Lordon markets, resulting from fears of West African disturbances. had an adverse influence on initial prices this morning. The opening level reflected declines varying from ‘~-4o-1 per cept, and subsequent trading only emphasized the discrepancy betweer yestérday's prichs. The threatened demoralization of rates by the Canadian Pacific contributed to the unsettling of the entire market. Foreign houses were liberabseligns throughout the merning, and local sentiment was strongly opposed to carrying stocks over tomorrow Boston and out-of-tgwn houses general!) were conspicuous in the selling of spec uiative long stock.” «> A further decline of 3g, per cent ip the stock of the American Sugar Company o} erated to the disadvantage of prices in all depertmenis. For a time the buying of these shares was better than the selling, and yesterday's short interest covered mo erately. Inherent weakness finally predominated, the final tranraction being made at a ne decline of 3 per cent. The professional selling of Sugar is more pronounced than tha: of any other prop- erty, the stock being, congequently, m danger of the usual reacticn incident to an oversold condition. If the depressing in- terest should succeed in uncovering an other series of stop-orcers the decline would be carried to a point which wou in all likelihood force pronounced lMqui he selling of the granger shares was of a character indicating moderate liquidation the weakness in the conservative group be- ing especially discouraging to the believers in immediately higher prices. The feverish condition reflected at the close of the week is not unnatural, in view of the strain to which the market has been subjected. The De Lome incident and the severe tension added by the mysterious dis- aster to the Maine, coupled with day's debate in the Senate, all combine in inspiring cautious fing 1 undertakings. It is perhaps wholly corsistent that ‘tt degree of caution shculd in some c tend to an absolute cancellation cf a- There is still an underctrrent of 1» demand wh would t factor of consideratle marnitnde the speculative atmosphere clear suddenly. Hai the market be>n founded on a basis legitimate than at present, a 5 per cent general deetine wovid have to be r corded instead of an average of. less thaa cne-half that amount. : Tuesday's holiday at Havana will > naval inqui: » market's adoy y ing a definite course until the middle of the week. The bank statement was not fayenrble to valves, inasmuch as it reflected a further loss of about $7,000,000 in lawful money and a decrease of $6,748,600 in the reserve hold- ings. An increase of $7,078,000 inJoans was the only other featurs of note. Domestic rates of exchange and the further reflection of the Union Pacific payments had been ex- pected to produce just such resuits ‘in this weekly statement of averages. > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- ebring prices “market today, ported by Corson xf ork st New k exchange & Schley, No: 80. Broagway. Open, High. | Low,,,Close. American Spirita.... Sig Sige Sh American Spirits, pfd es American Sugar... . 12Sig 129 American Sugat, pid ug” 41g erican Tobacca ws IY wi” 12y : aid Rl. a Pact Chic St. P., M. & O Metropolitan ‘Tract Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central... Missouri Pacitic. New Jersey Centrat New York Centrai vf ou Phila. Traction 5c Texas Pacis . Tenn. Coa: & iron. 28% Union Pacific 8. Union Pacific, pfa. 3 ost Wabash, pfd.- 2 5 Western Union iei. 135 si Silver... ees tied eG Brookiyn i. Transit. ca a eT Unig. & G Western..... 12% 12% Wty ty eegtins Ritint eg Washington Stock Exchange. Siles—regular call—12 o'clock m.—D. C. 3.658, $50 at 115%. American Security and Trust, 5 ai 150. Capital Tracttou, 7 st_ 75%, Metropolitan Railroad, 10 at_T2T. Electr It 205%; 10 at 105%. National Union re i American Grapbophoue, 100 at a - Sty. Americtn Grapbaphome: preferred’ a. at 26; 0 i 15%: 2 at 15%; foo at BSW! 100 at 1D. Pn matic Gun Carriage, 100 at $4 cents. Me: ler Linotype, 3 at 148%. Lanston, Monotype 164; 10 at 16%: 10 at 16%; 100 at 18K; 100 at 14, After call—Wa: Loan and Trust. 30 at 125. American Graph ie. preferred, G0 at 15g District of Columbia Bonds. 20-year fund 5s, ‘80-year fund 68, gold, 110 ba. 10 at 1014 bid. rt bid. 3.6m. fun currency k Miscellaneous Bonde. Atetre Metropolitan Ratlroad Topolitan Kalbroad cert sbteduess, A. 121 bid. Metropolitan Railroad indebtedness, B. 114 bid. Belt Rail |, 70 asked. Eckitigton Railroad 4, asked. Columbia Mails 110 bid. ie EX Washington Light Infantry Ist Gs, 90 bid. National Bank Stocks.~ Bank of Washington, 285 bid. Metropolitan, 305 bid. Central (new stock), 135 bid, 150 asked. | Parmera and Mechanics’, 185 Wid. Sceund, 145 bid, 160 asked. Citizens’! 149 ital, 125 bid. West bid. Columbia, 180 bid, End, 104% id, 109 asked. ‘Traders’, 98 bid. Lin- “Bate epost nd ‘Trust inter. National it a —Nattona Safe ‘Deposit and ‘Trust, 114% bd. Tidy nuked. Washington Loan and. Trust, tid, 430 asked. Rallroud Stocks: Cuplial Ti ‘tan, 7% bid, asked. Metropolit , Set gaked. "Metropolitan, 120% bid. “Coltimbla Gas and Electite Light’ Stocks. —Wo: jon Gas, Sb, 38%. Gan, $0 bid. U- S seerenes Stacks bid. Franklin, ArAnce .