Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1898, Page 2

2 THE HAWAIIAN TREATY Consideration to Be Pressed at the First Opportunity. A TWO HOURS SECRET CONFERENCE Charges Against Ex-Representative Ewart Taken Up. INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL gee ‘Th: Senate committee on foreign rela- , tions held a two-hours' sitting today in an effort to decide upon what course to pur- sue with reference to the Hawaiian an nexation treaty. When the meeting ad- journed the m>mbers refused absointely to give out any information to the press, saying that all present had pledged them- selves to absolute secrecy. It was learned through other senators, how=ver, that the committee had wnder consideration the advisability of taking up the question of annexation in the way of legislation rather than by the means ¢f rat- ifying the treaty, and that they had de- ided not to abandon the treaty, but to press {ts consideration upon th> Senate at the first opportunity. They declined to say even to senators what might Le their rse later, confining themselves to the deciaration that they would s2ek to have the Senate go into executive session again for the consideration of the treaty as scon as the appropriation bills could be gotten out of the way. ee Charges Aga Judge Ewart. ‘The subcommittee of the Senate commit- tee on judiciary conducting the investiga- tion into the charges against Judge H. G. Ewart of North Carolina was in session today, examining witnesses who had been summoned at the suggestion of Senator Butler. There are forty-four of these wit- nesses present, and the hearing will neces- sarily be extended into next week. Senator Butler, who is the author of the charges, sat with the committee and asked the wit- nesses many questions calculated to elicit information on the points at issue. Ryan-Brewster Contest. The contested election case of Ryan against Brewster, from the thirty-first New York district, was argued before House committee on elections No. 2 today. Mr. Brewster had 6,149 plurality on the face of the returns. Mr. Ryan's contest is based upon the allegation that the law of New York state permitting the use of the “ma- chine ballot’ which was used in Rochester contravenes the federal statutes requiring the votes to be cast by ballot... The con- testee maintained that the machine ballot was legal. Salisbury and Ward appeared for the contestant and James B. Perkins for the contestee. Indian Bill in Committee. ‘The Indian appropriation bill, as amended in the Senate, will be called up in the © next week and sent to conference. » bill came to the House from the Sen- th seventy-two amendments, many *m important, and including the free S provision. that for the disposition of the gilsonite lands in Utah, and for the ratificetion of several Indian treaties. In- stead of going immediately to conference, as is usual, the bill has been in charge of the regular House Indian committee. The latter, without any opposition. has voted to disagree to all the Senate amendments, agreement is to be mended by adding the Kiowa agreement. Representative Eddy of Minnesota has siven notice to the committee that when the bill is called up in the House he will ~ move to concur in the Senate amendments for the free homestead legislation. This will be stubbornly fought, as the commit- tee has decisively voted it down. —<$<$—$— ao FOR THE KANSAS PACIFIC. First Payment Made for the Govern- Interest. swer to inquiries on the subject, it is officially announced that the first payment of $1,000,000 on account of the sale of the government's interest in the Kansas Pa- cific railroad was made during the present wi The remaining $5,303,000 will be made in four equal installments in thirty, forty. fifty a 1 days from the date of the sale, February 19. a iT HELD TODAY. Ina INQU. A Coroner's Jury Finds Sangston’s Death Due to an Accident. An inquest was held by Coroner Carr at Lee's undertaking establishment at 2 o'clock this afternoon over the remains of Brakeman L J. Sangston, who was injured » at work in the Baltimore and Poto- ards, on Virginia avenue, Thursday rniag, and who died at the Emergency ital as a result of his injuries late yesterday afternoon. The autopsy showed that the dead man’s internal injuries were ef a ve serious nature and the doctors were surprised that he had iivea for so long a time. He was twenty-three years old, and was unmar- ried. R on hard L. Darnell, engineer, who was engine at the time of the accident, the first witness examined. He tes- that about 1 o'clock Thursday morn- while the deceased was at Work on Virgima avenue, ke stepped between the tender and the car to fix a link and pin. Sangston told witness that he stepped off while the car was in motion. Witness did not see the accident. He said that the en- gine was barely in motion at the time of the accident and was not going at a fast rate of speed. Richard M. Fry, conductor of the train, also testified. The jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. tifle ing. —_—-—_——_ PUSHING WORK OF DEFENSE. oast Fortifi- = Offered Bonuses. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., March 5.-- It ts reported here that both contractors nc © constructing fortifications for the gov- ernment at Marrowstone Point and Ad- miralty Head have been offered bonuses to expedite the work. An additional zun pit, not previously provided in estimates for this year’s work at Admiralty Head at the entrance of the straits opposite this city, will be commenced in a short time. These pits are about fifty feet square, suilicient to accommodate guns and machinery for cperating the same. In addition to the pi 1 its proper there are underground rooms or storing ammunition. The work of securing title to the land > be used for the government fortitications Port Wilson is being pushed as rapidly possible, and the work of construction 1 be under way there early in the com- ing summer. ———u-_— s POWDER FOR ‘FRISCO BATTERIES. Marked Activity in Army Work on Pacific Coast. N FRANCISCO, Cal, March 5.—In- creased suppiles of ammunition for high- ‘powcr guns heve been ordered by the War Department from Benicia arsenal to the forts at the Presidio and Lime Point. To- day twenty tons of powder and a large suppiy ot projectiles will be placed aboard barges at Benicia and towed to the Pre- sidio wharf. Veteran army officers stationed at the Presidio are confident that the works at ¥ort Point and Fort Baker are now strong enough to successfully resist any fleet that Spain could send te the Pacific. ee Pensions Recently Issued. Pensions have been issued as follows: John S. Scheerer, Washington, $8 to $12; _Pobert Elliott, Baltimore, $6. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. ‘A reference to thé statement be low will show that the circulation sworn to Is a bona fide one. It ts easily possible for a news- ~ paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but fevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by rescits, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Cireulation of The “Eve: SATURDAY, February 26, 1898. MONDAY, Febraary 23, 1993. TUESDAY, March 1, 1898. WEDNESDAY, March 2, 1898. ‘THURSDAY, March 8, 1899. FRIDAY, March 4, 1898... Daily average : I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, March 4, 1898—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, farnish- ed or mailed, 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 unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifth a&y of March, A. D. 1998. JESSE W. RAWLINGS, Notary Publi, D. C. COL, HENRY WAS WOUNDED. Result of the Duel With Col. Picquart in Paris. PARIS, March 5.—Col. Picquart, who was disciplined for giving testimony favorabl> to the case of M. Zola, at the recent trial of the author, fought a duel with swords today in the riding school af the military school, with Col. Henry, who, in the course of his testimony against M. Zola, de- nounced Picquart as a Mar. Col. Henry was wounded in the wrist and arm. Colonel Henry succeeded Colonel Picquart as chief of the secret service of the war office. After the first encounter Colonel Henry was slightly scratched on the - forearm and at the same moment his blade ap- peared to touch Colonel Picquart’s neck. Serator Ranc, Colonel Picquart’s second, then intervened, but his principal was shown not to have been touched, and an encounter at close quarters followed. Col. Henry was eventually wounded on the elbow, and the duel was brought to an end. After Col. Henry’s wound had been dressed he went home, where Gen. Bois- deffre was awaiting him. Officers acted as seconds for the two duellists, and Col. Henry’s wound was dressed by a civilian. a AMENDMENT OPPOSED. Efforts Agninst Proposed Legislation to Defeat Electrolysis. A determined effort is being made, it Is said, to have stricken from the District appropriation bill the amendment inserted tkerein by the Senate appropriations ‘com- mittee, at the suggestion of the District Commissioners, to prevent electrolysis. The amendment provides that after twelve months frem the passage of the act no per- sor or corporation shall operate or main- tain within the District any dynamo or generator, or any electrical cireult for fur- ing or distributing electricity for light cr power purposes, having any terminal gicunded, or any pert within the District in electrical connection or contact with the earth. A penalty of $25 for each and every day during the continuance of such viola- tion is provided. ee Ege RAILROAD TO THE YUKON. Rothschilds Party Lands at Pyramid Harbor to Explore. JUNEAU, Alaska, March 1, via Port Townsend, Wash., March 5.—That the Rothschilds will attempt to build a rail- road to the Yukon is now believed to be certain. The steamer Walcott, which ar- rived here last night, landed a party of ever forty men and equipments for rail- road building at Pyramid harbor. S. O. Onderdonk, the engineer-in-chief of the party and of the construction, imme- diately ordered the men to locate and begin building houses upon the lands near tiie cannery. Lumber was taken along for the purpose. This move is made to hold the town sites. The place was surveyed in Jan- uary, and a plan for the district was sub- mitted at that time to the surveyor general of Alaska. There was filed notice that a grant from the United States was wanted for a railroad terminal trading post and factory, and for a right of way for a rall- way over the Dalton trial. The transactions were accomplished in the name of H. Bratnober, who is known to be the mining expert and mineral purchas- ing agent of the Rothschilds, and who a few weeks ago left for London to consult with the Canadian government for the privilege of crossing their territory. —_+—_— RELIEF FOR DESTITUTE CUBANS. Supplies for the Unfortunates Being Harried Forward. * NEW YORK, March 5.—The Mallory line steamer Nueces sailed today for Key West with seventy-five tons of relief supplies for the destitute in Cuba. At Key West the stores will be transferred to the U. 3. 8. Nashville and Montgomery. A telegram was received here today from H. R. Lewis, secretary of the Oregon re- lief committee, saying that the first sec- tion of a Cuban relief train carrying 180,- 000 pounds of food left there yesterday. The Cuban relief committee in this city has received a ietter from Assistant Sec- retary Day expressing the appreciation of the State Department at the response which has been made to the government’s appeal for contributions for the sufferers in Cuba. Ss WANT WANAMAKER FOR GOVERNOR Committee From Business Men's League Ci on Him to Run. PHILADELPHIA, March 5.—A committee ‘of the Business Men's Leggue, which sév- eral weeks ugo adopted a resolution re- questing John Wanamaker to allow the use of his name as the anti-Quay candidate fer governor, had @ conference with Mr. Wanamaker here today. The committee consisted of President Elias Deemer 6f Williamsport, Robert J. Morehead of North- east and John G. Upon conclusion of the conference Mr. Deemer stated that Mr. Wanamaker would give his definite ly to the league on Monday or Tuesday. Mr. Deemer said that while Mr. Wana- commit maker 4d not , he (Deem2r) was of the opinion that he would accept the league's request and a for governor. SRLS ESR Death of Prominent Canadian. MONTREAL, March 5.—Harry Abbott, Q. C., eldest son of the late Sir John C. Abbott, at time SvPHE BVENEYGISTAR/ SATURDAY, YEAR OF HARD WORK] ©N CHARGE: oF CONSPIRACY An Arduous Period for President Mo- Kinley. HEALTH SEVERAL TIMES THREATENED Wearied by the Importunity of Of- fice Seekers. ona cate LITTLE LEISURE TIME — ‘With the exception of a few months’ rest last summer President McKinley’s first year has been an arduous one. Before him he probably sees a year of,still harder and more difficult work, the problem of what. to do with the Cuban being stfll unsettled and in a more aggravated condition than when he was sworn in a year ago yester- day. Those who are intimately acquainted with the President's routine at the White House know how hard has been his work and how close his confinement since his return from his vacation last fall. Oncesor twice his health has been threatened by this confinement and he was almost forced by his friends*to take a little more exercise and get away from his office for a longer period each twenty-four hours. The Presi- dent had consented to go south for a brief Period of rest just prior to the Maine dis- aster. That horror caused him to change his plans and to remain in his office. Along with his official work is the never- ending importunity of the office seeker and his equally persistent congressional callers. Some of the same people who appeared at the White House one year ago were on hand today. The story has often been told io The Star, but has new features every lay. The Office Seekers, The President has to give time to the influential friends of these office seekers whether or not he is able to see then:. This takes practically all his working hours in the daytime. Late in the after- rcon and at night he has to investigate the storfes told him by senators and rep- Tesentatives and go over the papers of applicants. Between hours he gives con- sideration to important public questions and takes a hasty glance at newspapers to keep up with public thought and the news. With these and a hundred other things he is kept busy from 9 o'clock in the morn- ing until 12 at night. During the social season his retiring hour was frequently 2 o'clock in the morning. Five months ago a sculptor began work on a clay model of the President, from which to make a bronze bust. The sculptor could have completed the work two months ago had the President been able to give him as many as two more sittings of thirty minutes each. But the time has not been at the disposal of the President and the Model remains unfinished. The same hard work has characterized the executive force at the.White House. Since the 4th of last March the clerks have worked from early morning until late at night, rarely getting away from their desks before midnight. The Correspondence. The correspondence has been heavier than ever known, and the President has insisted on every letter being answered, a rule to which he has adhered for many years and which had something to do with being popular with the masses. To an- swer this mass of correspondence several extra clerks have been borrowed from de- partments, Congress having failed to pro- vide for additions. These extra men have not relieved the regular force to a large extent. When Daniel Lamont was private secretary to President Cleveland he estab- lished a rule the reverse of that now in ferce as to correspondence. Half of the letters received at the White House then Were not answered, Mr. Lamont holding this unnecessary, and saying that an an- swer to a letter always brought about two more letters to be answered. This system curtailed the work of the White House clerks and permitted them ‘to enjoy the same hours of freedom as other clerks. The popularity of the system now uséd is attested by the pride observed in many people when showing the letters they get from the White House. The fact is that a large majority of these letters are stereo- typed in nature and mean nothing but courtesy, yet they are exhibited as evi- dences of the standing of the recipient with White House officials. There is not much probability that the President will get a.rest for months. If he has recently mapped out a progressive pol- icy as to Cuba and Spain, as heretofore in- dicated in The Star, he will be forced to remain on duty at the White House as in- cessantly as during the past four or five months. —————_-e—___ THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Justice Cox. Slack agt. Dunlap; Jackson H. Ralston appointed trustee to convey. Klein et al. agt. Anacostia and Potomac Kiver Railroad Company; order that property rights of company be sold, unless judgment be satis- fied. Richards et al. agt. Mackall; bill dis- missed without prejudice. Weber’ agt. Kleps; decree establishing will of Robert Weber. In re Philip Wiegeman, Mary A. Kraemer, Samuel Burrell and Edith Daw- son, writs de lunatico inquirendo ordered to issue. . Criminal Court por ecuiee Justice Bing- am. United States agt. Wm. Ford, house- breaking; sentence, jail three ‘months. United States agt. Wm. Stewart, assault to kill; motion for new trial overruled; sen- tence, New Jersey state prison for three years. United States agt. Samuel Ander- son, second offen: etit larceny; sentence, New Jersey state prison for one year and one day. United States agt. Wm. Budroe and Saresh Price, adultery; defendants ar- raigned; plea, guilty. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Bradley. Van Sciver agt. Rosenthal; judgment on verdict.- Love agt. Riley; do. Saunders agt. Hempler; do. Equity Court No. 2—Justice Hagner. Roston agt. Roston; time to take test! meny extended. Cunningham agt. Nichol rule to show cause, returnabls March I: Bobbington agt. Foiey; argument con- ciuded. = Probate Court—Justice Hagner. | Estate of David McIntire; order overrul- ing 2xceptions to account. Estate of Adel- aide Lavigne; petition for probate of will filed. Estate of Caroline B. Winslow; ac- count of sales filed. Estate of Peter De- vine; proof of publication. Estate of Geo. EB. Lemon; do. Estate of Frank W. Sharpless; petition for letters of administration filed. te of Michael Mahoney; petition for probate o£ will filed. Estate of Mary Van Riswick; additional inventory filed. Estate of Anna Nerth; final account of collectors approv- ed and passed and executor authorized to sell furniture. In re minors of Posey 83, Wilson; ‘petition to be appeinted guardian filed. Estate of Chas. W. Schuermann: letters of administration granted to Na- tional Safe Depesit, Savings and Trus: \Company. In re Geo. B. Stone, guardian; order of appointment, bond $20,000. . Estate of Mary 8, Howell; letters of administra- tion d.b.n, c.t.a. granted to Arthur J. Par- sons, bond $3,000. ~ Hunt; in- ventory filed. Estate of Harriet Underhill; petition for probate of will filed. Estate of of Mary 1, Yates; do. Metate of aut of Mary E. Yates; do. e 0: yt Schaefer; do. Estate of Robert G. Wilson? of eens pao Tia Ie PERS Changes in Foot Ball Schedule. ‘NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 5.—The colleges have instituted a departure in making of a schedule for the in ie; Hltes i i ask & B i od xChsas 3 Five Defendants: Accused of. Running « Hearing Posipckga’ Until Saturday Next—Statemen% Made to Prose- outing Ajjoujey Mullowny. iat = Sone ‘The trial of the cha of conspiracy against James , John Wells, Al- bert J. Hussey,: Henry Kngle and Frank Rasim, which was expected to come up to- day in the Unite’ St&tes branch of the Po- lice Court, was ‘todd postponed until Sat- urday next. Pumphrey was released on bond, the others being: locked up. The statements made to Prosecutor Mul- lowny were that ‘Pumphrey was the re- puted manager of a so-called Mutual Com- mission Company, -whose headquarters were in the Hotel Lawrence. The discovery of ‘the existence of the al- legel bogus concern was made by Police- men Miller and Warren, whose- beat in- cludes what Is known as the “Buzzard’s Roost,” a dilapidated old'-building at the corner of 9th and E streets northwest. A few evenings ago the officers heard the clicking ‘of @ telegraph instrument in the old structure. This’ caused them to be sus- ‘picious that some mysterious business was being transacted there; and their suspicions were increased when they observed that each evening an old man, who, It has since been ascertained, was'Pumphrey, tame to the corner, and after waiting a short time would go ingide. ‘ : The Room Raided. . The officers reported the condition. of af- fairs to Lieut. Amirs of the first precinct, and by his tnatruétions: the room in the Buzzard’s ‘Roost where the telegraph in- strument was heard was raided. last night and Wells and Engle captured. Thé others were arrested at variéus places in the vi- cinity. mabe ; Within the room, it ts alleged, there was @ complete outfit, not only for gambling by the clock device, but also for sending the quotations of the machine over a regu- lar stock ticker, thence by wire to the office of the concern, at the Hotel Law- rence. Mr. Mullowny was informed by a witness that the quotations, which were run’ out on tape, were controlled by a combination of weights, which were erratic in their operation, owing -to the dropping out of a small, round piece. of metal every time the machine ticked: Hundreds of these pieces of metal were placed in cylinders, and they made the quotations. Near the clock machine were two Jarge electrical key- boards for printing by electricity on the ordinary ticker tape. Dealing in Stocks. Besides using on the board in their head- quarters the usual quotations of the stocks listed in the New York stock exchange, the company claimed to deal in mining stocks, termed ‘‘Albany,’’-#‘Richmond,” “Toledo” and “Dayton.” It.ds said that an operator in the “Buzzard’s Roost" set the clock ma- chine in operation, and that every time the clock showed a quatgtion the operator sent the figures to the office in the Hotel Law- rence, those investing“In those stocks losing or winning accof@ing to the ticks from the clock machine. “ft Is*tlaimed that the con- cern is backed “by” prominent sporting man of Virginia. ° * a . VIOLATIONS oF OLEO. LAW. District Attorney. Preparing to Take Up Aecet Cases. n connection withthe recent convittion in Philadelphia 6f Messrs. Joseph Wilkins and Howard Butler for violation of tht oleomargarine law, the fact that the ofi- cials of the distriet attorney's office here are busily engaged he the preparation of, similar cases for’ trial at an ‘early date is of interest, So far a§ 18 noW known, the first. of the casep. will be called for tyial before Judge Bradley .jn-Criminat Cutt No. 2 the latier.pact.gf. next week or early-}. the week following, > got Three indictments charglgg violation of the oleomargarine law are pending against Walter P. Wilkins and Joseph Wilkins. They are jointly indicted. The grand jury reportsd the indictments January 4, 7897, and a week later the defendants were ar- raigned, pleas of ‘hot guilty were entered, and they Were r2leased on bail in the sum of $1,000 each, Clayton M: Emrich becom- ing surety. The right was reserved to withdraw the pleas and demurrer or move -to quash the indictments, : The first defendant’to be tried will be, so far as is known, Waiter P. Wilkins. Jo- seph Wilkins will probably not be able to appear this time, as he is now-in custody in Philadelphia. The cese pending against him ‘here will be pushed as soon as he is finally free from the jurisdiction and sen- tence of the Philadelphia. court, whenever that may be. Indictments are alsemending here against the following, nrostly: retail storekeepers, for violation af the -oleomargarine law: James T. Childresg,awe cases, jury failed to agree at former trial; Ferdinand Huhn, two cases; Edgar» Henderson, twa. cases; Frank. Weigand,’ two oases; Edgar Hogan, two. cases; Joseph P..-B. Barber, Thomas H, Pickford, Andréw J. Kenney, two cases; William Heinemann, Patrick J. ~ McDo-~ nough, Perry: B. “Ruark, James S. Nash, two cases; Samuel J.Hagan, William H. Meitzler, two.cases;\T! as J. Rout, Frank Daley, George W. Shelly, Patrick Sullivan, Charies B. Brand,’ Levt Mancts, Charles H. Chappel, George W. Story, Peter C. Garden; John T. Barnehaw and William H. Haycock. —__>+—__ BUILDING, OPERATIONS, Report by the lispector for Month of z February.. Tue" Yollowing~ report--of the building operations fax the District during the month of February has been made by the in- spector-of buildings. The figures first given represent the xnumber of constructions; next, the value: Pa ee ‘Brick dwellings, 24, $66,200; frame dwell- ings,.5, $11,300;; briek Fepairs, 37, $20,919; frame ‘repairs, 2473 3; Stores, B, $5,550; stablea,8; $9,975; offfte, 1, $20; flat or apart- ment houses,’ 1; $2,400;-engine and boilers, 2, $3,100; museu! $16,000; workshop, 1, $650;sheds, 25, $L)My"Totel, 126, $142,092. The following suntmaty wilt show the dis- ie Gee te e ete ths pinee: e city: jue 3 soundings in county, $55,050; buildings in i! February 23 with a ‘he claimed was the @ pickax in the 3 ‘charge of assault d battery on Marcellus Bowie and Ed- ward O'brien, also colored, the. evening of the 28d of February. uch as the injury wifich, it is said,’ on Bowie has terminated fatal-. ——— Marriage Licenses. - Marriage licenses haye besn issued to the Stokes; Bic Grymes and“Attie L. Berry, both of King Georg>’s county, Var; James A McDonald and Adelia Davis; John R. Riley and Mamie E. Foley; Lillo V. McKennsy and Blanche B. Treakle, both. of Colonial Beach, Va. — ates ‘MARCH -5, 1898-24 -PAGES. RATES: FOR ’PHONES ‘Tabulation of the Charges Made in INQUIRIES BY COMMISSIONER WIGHT Varying of Cost Above and Below Washington Figures. CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE That the District Commissioners might be enabled to submit to Congress at the proper time all the information possible as to telephone rates and services in other cities, Commissioner Wight, as was stated in The Star at the time, recently sent in- quiries on the subject to-many of the most Prominent cities of the country. Replies have been received from the municipal au- thorities of some twenty or more cities, in- cluding those both larger and smatier than Washington, and these replies have been tabulated. It. appears from the-replies so far received that in some cities the rates are lower than those here, while in others they are higher. it also appears that in some of the cities no revenue is received from the telephone companies by the mu- nicipality; in some there are taxes on the gross receipts; in some taxes on the plants; in some licenses are required to be taken out by the telephone companies, while in others a certain number of telephones are supplied to the municipality free of cnarge. In Louisville, Ky., the sum of $111 is charged by the telephone company for a special metallic circuit for business pur- Poses, $90 where two parties are on the cir- cuit and $72 for a grounded special circuit. ‘The residence charges are $90 far a special metallic circuit, $60 for a two-party cir- cult and $48 for a special ground circuit. There is no measured service, there are ad valorem and franchise taxes, and tele- Phones for the city government are sup- plied at cost, wires of the police and fire departments on poles and in conduits being free. The rates are believed to be satis- factory; there are 2,582 telephones in op- eration, with fifty-six operators, and the wires are placed both overhead and under- ground. Rates in Milwaukee. In Milwaukee the charges are $120, $120, $72, $70, $70 and $50, resectively, according to grade of service. There is no revenue to the municipality. It is stated that the rates are not satisfactory, but no action is being taken looking to a reduction of them. There are 3,250 telehones in operation. with fifty-eight operators. Nothing is said as to the location of the wires. No measured service. The charges in Atlante for business pur- peses are $0, $75 and $60, respectively; $57 for a two-party metallic circuit for resi- derces, and $50 for epecial ground circuit. The tax is on the value of the plant, and it Is stated that a new company is being installed, which will reduce rates. There are 1,800 telephones in operation, the num- ber of operators being thirty-eight. Noth- ing is sald as to how the wires are placed. No measured service. ‘The reply trom Harrisburg, Pa., states that the business rates are $00 for a special metallic circuit and $72 for a two-party circuit. The residence charges are $72 for @ special metallic circuit and $60 for a two- party circuit. For 000 calis the charges are $@ for a special metallic circuit and from $30 to $40 for a two-party circuit. A license of $100 a year is required, and 25 cents a year on every pole. There are 5i1 telephones in use, with eleven operators. All long-distance telephones are on metal- lc circuits. Nothing is said about the pub- lic feeling as to rate: ee Philadelphia Figures. In Philadelphia the rates are $160 for business televhones on special metallic circuits and $120 for grounded special cir- cuit; the same rates for residences. In the measured service the charges are for 800 galls $90 for special metallic circuit and $72 for two-party cireult; the charges for the 2,400 class being $156 and $130, respectively. The city gevernment ts furnished tele- phones free. Many complaints are being made regarding excessive rates, but no ef- fort of consequence is being made for a reduction. There are 7,000 telephones in use, with one hundred and fifty operators. Trere are both overhead and underground wires. In Baltimore the three rates for business purposes are $125, $100 and $78, respect- ively; for residences, $100, $80 and 378, re- spectively; for 600 calls, $66, $0 and $42, and to 2,000 calls, $118, $104 and $94. The municipality charges $2 per pole a year, and a sliding scale per foot for conduits. The rates are stated to be satisfactory, and no action looking to a change is said to be probable. No figures are given as to the number of telephones or operators, and nothing is said as to the location of the wires. The Providence Situation. Advices from Providence, R. I., show that for business purposes the rate is $120 for special metallic circuit, and $60 for special ground circuit, the residence rates being $100 and $60 respectively. There is no reve- nue derived by the municipality, and the reduction of rates is stated to be under consideration, but there is no action to that end. There are 3,317 telephones in opera- tion, with 157 operators. There are no party lines. In St. Paul the three rates for business purposes are $120, $100 and $72 respectively, and for residences, $100, $80 and $60 re- spectively. There is no measured service. The company allows 20 telephones free to the city, and 50 per cent off for over 20. The city is allowed the free use of the company’s poles and conduits. The rates are stated tosbe considered too high, and the advisability of letting in a competitor is being considered. There are 1,800 tele- phones in use, with 48 operators. Both overhead and underground wires are used. The Toledo rates, for business purposes, are $72, $60 and $60 respectively, and for residences, $54, $48 and $42 respectively. There is no measured service. The com- pany allows the city 47 free telephones and a reduction of 25 per cent for more than 47. The city is also allowed the free use of the company’s poles and conduits. It is explained that the rates are considered high, but no action is in sight for a reduc- tion of them. There are 2,150 telephones in use, with 48 operators. There are both overhead and underground wires. ’ But One Rate. In Wiimington, Delaware, there is but one rate, $36, for business purposes, and put one, $24, for residences, and no meas- ured service. The municipality derives no lwevenue from the company, and the rates are stated to be satisfactory. There are 1,50@ telephones in use, the number cf operators not being given. Nothing is said about the location of the wires. ‘The rates in Newark, New Jersey, for business purposes are $150, $120 and $40, respectively, and $65, $48 and $30, respect- ively, for residences. There is no measured ‘vice. The company is taxed two per service. pan, ent on its gross receipts. is to be no dissatisfaction with the rates, the number of” -in use is put 3,000 $174 and $150, tively. No chee latoreean was received Trom Bos- Jersey City there is but one business Tate, $150, the residefice rates being $100 See et eatallig clreult and $40 for = two-party circuit. company Ys taxed pam Core The fates are said to be sat- isfactory, and the number of telephones in use are placed at 1,200. There is a charge of $65 for @ measured service, the number being given. fates In New Orleans are for a special metallic circuit and $96 special inded circuit, the rates ‘ing $73 and $55, Rates Only for Measured Service. From Buffalo the only rates given are those for a measured service, $30 being cbarged for rot more tian 300 calls, and $130 for 2,000 calls, on a special metalic cireuit. The muicipality derives no revenue from the company. The applications of two additional companies for franchises are now perding. The number of telephones in use are 4,300, and the number of operators v2. All metallic and measured service. in Trenton, N. J., the rate for a special metallic circuit for business purposes is $36, and $10 for a special grounded circuit, the rates for residences being $24 and $10, re- spectively. There is no measuredy service. The city charges the company 30 cents @ year for each pole, and a like sum for each mile of wire a year. The fates are stated tc be satisfactory. There are 520 telephones in use and eleven operators. There are no party lines. The rates in this city are: For business Purposes, $125, $100 and $100, respectively, and fcr residences, $100, $80 and $72, re- vectively. The three rates for 600 calls re $66, $54 and 5, respectively. Tele- phones are supplied to the District at a discount, and the District is allowed the free use of the poles and conduits of the company. The number of telephones in use is said to be 2153, the number of operators not being given. MASS MEETING PROBABLE. Local Telephone Subscribers to Du- plicate Willard Ha! The Telephone Subscribers’ Association is talking of holding a mass meeting sim- ilar to the one recently held at Willard Hall, the object being to bring into the association such subscribers as have not yet come forward to join the movement. It is the desire to make the demand for relief as unanimous as possible, and it is believed that a public meeting will be fruitful of good results. It seems to be the consensus of opinion among the prime movers in the crusade against the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Compsny, said one of the subscrib- ers today, that the time is ripe for holding another rousing mass meeting. “Interest in the movement is rapidly growing,” said Secretary Woodard to a Star reporter. “We heve now a large lisi of members, and the moral support of still more who are not ready as yet to sub- scribe their names and become active mem- bers of our association. We have received great encouragement daily, we feel 1d Siyesee of accomplishing splendid re- su’ Tl @ association bas learned that agents of the telephone company have been very actively engaged during the past few days in renewing contracts with subscribers and in securing new contracts. This is being done, members of the association say, to interfere with the work of the or- €anization that is now making a fight, and the association suggests that it would be to the advantage of all telephone subscrib- ers to unite in aid of the effort to secure cheaptr rates and an improved service, President Staples Encouraged. President O. G. Staples of the associa- tion is taking an active part, and is Keep- ing Informed as to the movements of the company. He feels greatly encouraged over the prospects for a radical change in the telephone situation here. A great many plans have been preposed for furthering the interests of the sub- seribers and brirging about an entirely different service, but the association, as one of its officers said, will carefully con- sider each move that is to be made before taking steps, so that when they do put a foet forward they will not have to draw it back. A ‘orfolk business man, in speaking to a Washington acquaintance, said they had a fight in Norfolk similar to the one now on here, and it was not until the city coun- cil allowed a competitor to enter the field that rates were reduced, when the local company gave rates away below th: for- mer prices. The greatest effort will be directed by the association, first through Congress, with the hope of securing the legislation desired. Much may depend on the result of the investigation to be made by a con- gressional committee, The following new names have been add- ed to the list of membership of the associa- tion: Patrick Malone, W. H. Yeoman of Philadelphia Oyster House, James A. Bates, C. W. Muddeman, R. H. Johanness, Frank- lin Insurance Company, Z. A. Gilman, W. H. Butler, Norman T. Elliott, John A. Power & Co., Mitchell & Reed, M. G. Cope- land & Co., W. H. Lowdermilk & Co., W. H. Veerhoff, John F. Donohue. —————— BOY SHOT. Probably Fatal Wound Inflicted by Accident. A colored boy named Donnelly Dutch, Seventeen years old, received a bullet in his left breast betwen 12 and 1 o'clock to- day, near 2337 Champlain avenue north- west. The pistol from which the shot was fired was held in the hands of Robert Car- ter, also colored. The wounded boy was at onée taken into Carter's house, near where the shooting occurred, and Dr. Devereux of No. 1724 S$ street was summoned to at- tend him. Later the police ambulance was called and the injured boy was removed to the Emergency Hospital. His injury is serious and may prove fatal. Carter has not beon arrested. Sergt. Slattery of the eighth precinct made a full investigation of the case and expressed himself. as satisfied that the shooting was the result of an accident. An examination of the wound made by the surgeons at the Emergency Hospital shows that the ball entered the body with- out striking a fatal spot, and the sur- geons think it may not prove to be as ser- icus as was at first supposed. Dutch said it was an accid=nt. He and Robert Carter were playing with a 32-caliber pistol when the weapon wes accidentaily discharged. — Sixty Days on Each Charge. For assaulting and kicking William Cole- man and Polic>man Martin, Peter Suzan was today sent to the workhouse for sixty days in each case by Judge Kimball. He Was also fined $5 for disorderly conduct. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, March FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Were Weak and Irregular Again at New York, CUBAN QUESTION THE CAUSE Bank Statement Also Indicates Un- settled Condition. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, March 5.—Moderate liqui- dation and aggressive short selling re- sulted in a general decline in today’s stock market. Toward the close of business the covering of early sales forced a sharp re- covery in some instances, notably sugar. ‘The buyir.g derand Las dwindled to min- imum proportions, and confidence in immediate future is lacking. All eyes are turned toward Havana and the findings of the board of inquiry. No extensive trad- ing is warranted, while the facts upon which great consequences hinge are as yet only the “subject of conjecture. Since tt is admitted on all sides that the situation is an improving one, with the single exce tion of the Cuban crisis, it is natural th: this exception should monopolize attention. Meanwhile the securities which attract attention because of a daily concassion in price are adding to their intrinsic worth. Scares of various kinds may, and the fear that they will, reduce prices still further, but the ultimate value is almost ceriain to rem2dy the discrepancy between itself and market prices. The bank statement was the most signifi- cant development of the day, the changes noted being extremely radical in all of the ™cre important instances. A decrease of $13,622,000 in loans reflects the reduction of speculative holdings inspired by dear Money forecasts, and the fear of interna- tional disturbances. The deposits decreased $23,193,900 as the result of the former opera- tions and the natural curtailment of bal- ances incident to such a complex situa- tion. The decrease tn lawful money ts nearly $8,000,000, all of it in legal tenders, and the surpius holdings are reduced $2,135,825. The prospect for several days past accurately foreshadowed these changes, but like all things now considered, Cuban and not in- ternal conditions are deservedly credited with inspiring these results. The market at the close of the week re= flected very clearly an almost general be- Nef that important and radical action is at hand. The manner of it is in doubt, but sentiy ment is almost unanimous fn Its leaning’ toward a further decline, based on an aps Proaching climax, resulting from exhaust+ ed patience. A large short interest exists and may be made the subject of attack at any moment, but rallies are not to be mié¢ taken for sustained tmprovement. Agr gressivenees is massed in the interest declines and radical changes in dally pret dispatches must precede the permanci@ abandonment of that position. There is an expectancy on the part of the general public which may assist the cline or stay it, according to the cireume stances. The market is thought to be on the pvi of wide fluctuations. takes on a favorable espect purchases wifl show handsome frofits; if the a temporary period of weakness Ml int vene between profitable buying, shrewd judi upen the buying point, no matt whet pericd of delay may precede its creation, coast a cence FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the hishy est and the lowest and the closing prices the New York stock market today, as rey ported by Corson & Macartney, memberg, New York stock exchange. Correspondent: Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. g Wall st. cnicago, B. & Q..... ) ChicagoaNortuwestern Oni Gas. Union Pacific, pfd. Wabash, pfd. cents; 100 at b= rt fund fe, year fund @s, guld, 110 bid. 8.058, currency, 116 bid. Misceilaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 118% bid. a conv. ba, tte bia. Rallroad certificates of indebt- edness, bid. tan Rafiroad certifi- cates of indebtedness, B, 112 bid, 116 asked. Belt Rai Se, 50 bid, 65 ron Railroad Gs, 92 bid, Columtia Raflroad @s, 119 bid. Wi Gas , series A, 112 bid. Wi on Gas Gs, series B. 112 Chesapeake and § Secarity and Trust > If the Cuban incl! ont, are disposed to rel it