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vation this evening is that from the E! Liberal, which may be looked upon as un- doubtedly reflecting the position of the Spanish government. The paper says: “We have done all we can to remove a pretext for a rupture. If President McKin- ley refuses our concessions we, with 2 quie: conscience, will await any threats which may come, and defend our honor and our nights. “The entire nation supports the govern- ment. This was the mesning of yesier- day evening's enthusiasm. Rich and p-or are working together. No one asks whether the sum collected goes for warships. It svffices to know that it will be employed to rebut any foreign pressure. Spain must no longer live under the ccntinual menace and unrest of the past three years. There must be no more debating “or haggling. Even a rupture is preferab.e. Interven:icn is de facto even now. We desire and ap- peal for peace, but the limit of our !onz suffrage is at an end. We will not be the aggressor, but we will defend our rignts With our traditional tenacity and bravery.” ——»__ ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE. Prisoner Seeks Liberty Through Basement Window at City Hall. ‘The fact that an unsuccessful attempt of @ prisoner to escape from the cage in the basement of the city hall building occurred Wednesday afternoon did not leak out until teday. Joseph Davis, alias Davidson, col- cred, who had been convicted of house- breaking, was the individual who took pre- liminary steps toward regaining his liberty. Had it not been for the vigilance of Deputy Marshal Springman, Davis probably would be wanted by the police at the present time. In the well of the room of the cage set apart for male prisoners was a circula> opening for ventilation. This opening was near the ceiling and communicated with one of the public corridors of the basement. It was protected by a single iron bar. Dep- uty Marshal Syringman, who 1s in charze 02 the prisoners is located in the corridor of the cage, some dis:ance from the door of the reom for male prisoners. Five or six persors were confined in the rcom Wednesday. Noticing a suspicious quiet the deputy marshal moved to a po- sition in the corridor from which a view of the room was obtainable. He stood qvietly as Davis mounted a bench beneath the opening and with apparently little effort removed the bar and quietly placed it in 2 corner of the room. The prisoner ‘was about to raise himself to the opening when Springman stepped quickly to the door and said: “Davis, here's the morning paper. you want to read it?” “Jt's pretty warm in here.” was the an- swer of Davis, as he stepped from the bench to the floor. es, it is.” added the deputy marshal. “Would you mind handing me that iron bar over in the corner?” Without 2 word the prisoner passed the bar through the gratirg. During the remainder of the afternoon the deputy marshal was unusually vigi- lant. The opening in the wall yesterday morning was securely closed with brick and cemeat. Don't >— Capt. O'Neil’ Statement. Captain O'Neil authorizes the statement that the navy is not short of projectiles, and that he does not believe that the “Maine disaster was due to internal causes, ard never has expressed such an opinion, either directly or by implication. Verdict for Defendant. A jury in Circuit Court No. 1 this after- neon returned a vergiet in favor of the de- fendant in the suit instituted by William Hitrer against the Metropolitan Railway Company to recover $10,000 damages. Hitner claimed that he sustained injuries by being struck by a car of the company March 10, 1897, at 4% and M streets south- vest. —_—->— Held for Action of Grand Jury. Frank J. Cornell, alias William J. Hunter, was today held by Judge Scott in $500 bail for the action of the grand jury, on the charge of breaking into the house of A. N. Middaugh, No. 100 C street northwest, Monday night last, and stealing some ar- ticles, valued at about $10. The accused is already serving a term in the workhouse as a suspicious character. —+—.— National Guard Band Rehearsal. A rehearsal by the National Guard Band will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the quarters of the National Fencibles, 915 E street. First Lieutenant D. B. Mac- Leod, direetcr of the band, has extended an invitation to the officers of the National Guard to be present. ge To Readjust “Zoo” Boundary. Mr. Stewart today intreduced in the Sen- ate a bill to readjust the boundary of the Nationa! Zoological Park, and preserve its seclusion between Park road on the east and Cincinnati street and Connecticut ave- nue on the west. a Our Cosmopolitan Cities. From City and State (Philadelphia). In cosmopolitan features New York city once and for many years stood “nrivaled in this country and throughout the world, and today it is still, as of old, the gathering place of the peopies of all kindreds and from under ail skies; but Chicago in these later years has been robbing New York of its former unique position in this, and rtain points is taking the emphasis of articular to itself. Chief declared t Chicago “contained more Poles than y city in Poland. mere Eohemians than 4 y in Bohemia, more Germans than in Germany save Berlin, more y city‘in Ireland save Dublin, and more Italians than any city of Italy ave Naples and Rom What Associate Justice Brewer is noted as having sald more recently. mm the same type of phras- ing. about “saints and sinners” and “heaven and hell” is, perhaps, altogether apocryphal, though it is to be noticed that the report of it has been so well circulated as to appear as a veritable utterance of his in the London newspapers. oe Ex-Qucen Lil's Worries. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Queen Liliuokalani has no affairs of state to worry about. but her state of affairs is giving her no end of trouble. —__~ Labor Problem: Japan. From the Westminster Gazette, London. Japan has advanced rapidly and is now discovering that industrial development brings with it the usual accompaniment of a labor problem. The first number of he Japanese labor newspaper, the Labor World, has just been issued, “to encourage the progress of the laborer and che forma- tion of trades unions.” We have heard a good deal lately about Japanese cheap labor; perhaps we shall hear something now of the revolt of the Japanese laborer against being held so cheap. By all ac- counts the standard of wages and subsis- tence In the land of the rising sun has not been so high hitherto that the new unions will find nothing to do. Expert Opinion on “Tattling.” From the New York Evening Post. Do school children of the present day hold in less aversion the “telltale” or “tat- tletale” than did those who, a quarter of a ceatury ago, braved the master’s rod rather than tell? The question is sug- gested by the report of a test made in the SPAIN’S ATTITUDE What Senor Quesada Has to Say About It, DELAY BY DIPLOMATIC DUPLICY Blanco’s Report on the Reconcen- trados Analyzed. SPANIARDS DESERTING Senor Gonzalo de Quesada, the charge d'affaires of the Cuban legation, was asked by a Star reporter this morning to give an expression of his.views on -the present attl- tude of Spain and the real intentions of the Sagasta ministry. He was naturally very much pleased over the indications of the early establishment of the Cuban republic in its place among nations. He reviewed in telling sentences the scheme of Spain to secure delay on the part of the United States government in reaching a definite conclusion upon its inevitable course. Diplematic Subterfuges. “Spain's diplomatic subterfuges have s> far successfully averted and postponed the crisis awaiting her in Cuba,’" said Senor Quesada. “For three years Spain has be2 devising new makeshifts with which to deceive the American public; sometimes with the sweet words of De Lome and his heneyed assurances of the revolution’s col- lapse, and again by declarations that the revolutionists would be utterly crushed by General Weyler’s military plans. Finally, when these promises were proven futile, the so called reforms which were said to be as liberal as Canadian home rule, were Fromulgated. ‘They were only intended to prevent the United States from taking the vital course which the Amerfean po- ltical platforms demanded and which all the people still further demanded at the beginning of this Congress. : “In December last, in an interview you had with me, published in The Evening Star,” continued Senor Quesada, “I char- acterized the so-called home-rule reforms as ‘a rrere trick to delay the inevitable action of the United States in recognizing the*independence of Cuba and to dupe, if pcssible, the Cubans now in armes.’ ‘This statemcnt has been proven absolutely true on the testimony of United States senators and representatives who have studied the Cuban situation on the ground as well as by the consular reports, as will be sho when they are made public. Binnco’s Hypocritical Decree. “In the same way,” he continued, “that Spain then lied for purposes of procrastina- tion, she also lied und deceived the Presi- dent by her representations that the policy regarding the reconcentrados had been ab- rcgated by the decree of’ the 14th of No- vember last. The 100,000 graves filled since then are the mute and awful witnesses of the falsehood of the Spanish government. “The official statement published by the Spanish legation this morning from Gen. Blanco,” said Senor Quesada, “and the hypocritical decree included in it, when 1ead by the impartial American repub'ic, will bear out every claim the Cubans have nade regarding Spar‘sh duplicity, for if by the decree of November 14 nothing was gained, as we have proved, except to con- tinue the exterminaticn of the Cuban ‘peo- ple, what else can be cxpected of the ue- cree of March 30? Like all Spanish do-u- rents, it is all on paper and only empty words “General Blanco speaks of the home gov- ernment deciding to alleviate the misery and misfortune of the reconcentrados. It would be interesting tv know how this can be accomplished when the Spanish soldiers in Cuba are selling their arms and desert- ing to our lines to save themselves from death by starvation. In recent engage- ments in the Cuban eastern provinces Spanish soldiers who have deserted to our side called to their former comrades to ccme over where they were treated well and had something to eat. The entire state- ment of Blancc is equally as false as the representation I have quoted, especially where he speaks of the reconcentrados having been driven into the town and cities by the insurgents. The falsity of this 1s too well known on the testimony of United States consuls to need further comment fiem me. What Spain Means. “I can tell you in a very few words what Spain means by allowing the reconcentra- des to return to their burned homes and desolated property,” he said. “She means that they can then be done away with either by starvation or soldiers’ bullets, and thus not create the horrible effect that their deaths now cause where the victims are concentrated inside the trochas, and there will be no witnesses to their exter- mination who can publish these atrocities to the world. That is what Spain is after. “The recognition of Cuban independence by the United States cannot be further prevented by the tricks of Spain or the du- plicity of her diptomats,”’ said Senor Quesa- da in conclusion. “She will continue to fol- low this course until the republic of Cuba is recognized, and then, I am convinced, feeing all her subterfuges are exhausted, she will bow to the inevitable and retire dipiomatically from the American conti- nent.” © -—_—____ Cautious. From Harper's Round Table. He walked into the apothecary shop with a hesitating step and glanc2d nervously at the rows of bottles with a scared look in his pale blue eyes. After fidgeting about uncertainly for some tims, he at last caught the eye of the clark, and, beckon- ing mysteriously,.led the way to a secluded corner by the cigar case, where the clerk was surprised by finding a trembling fore- fing2r hcoked tenaciously into one of his button holes and an eager face thrust sud- denly against his. “What's the matter?" asked the clerk. “I s'pose you can lay your hand right on the morphine bottle, can’t you?” said the stranger, in an anxious whisper. ane sir. Certainly,” r2plied the aston- an. “An’ I reckon if you was pushed you could find the strychnine in a minute or two?" “Of course.”. “Mebbe the arsenic hasn’t got lost or mis- Jaid clear beyend findin’, if you just had to, thas it?” “Assuredly not.” “An’ the sugar-of-lead bottl2 couldn't get away from you if it tried?” “No, indeed.” POLICE REORGANIZATION. The Hilt Thought to Have Been Beaten in the House. Special Dispatch to The Evcning Star. STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, M4., April 1.—The house of delegates was thrown into a turmoil today by an effort to change the Teference of the bill to reorganize the Bal- timore city polieé board on a bi-partisan basjs trom the Baltimore city delegation, which is unfriendly to the meusure, to the house judiciary committee, which, it was thought by the advocates ./ the bill, would render its passage probable. The refersnce by the speaker precipitat- ed @ storm of indignation among Governor Lowndes’ fr:erds and the administration representatives, and intense satisfaction among the Malster men. The democratic minority, with the exeeption of Delegate Wirt of Cevil, are in favor of the bill, as are the administration men of the house. The house was crowded today with spec- tators. Congressman Mudd, who came over from Washington last night to assume control of the fight against the bill. sat beside the speaker at the opening of the session, and drew sharp comments from the advocates of the bill for alleged sug- gestions to the presiding officer. A motion to suspend the rules to change-the refer- ence to the judiciary, committee was fol- lowed by @ motion ‘to Iay that motion on the table, which was voted down by 2 vote of 50 to 35. The motion to suspend the rules was lost, failing to obtain a two- third vote. Delegate Gould of Montgomery led the opposition to the bill on the floor of the house. The cppenents of the bill were jubi- lent at this result and claim that this kills it. A great deal of excitement prevails, and many invialous charges have been inter- a among those for and against the The senate committee on elections pre- sented a unanimous repcrt in the Clagett- Gcrden election cortest of Prince George's eounty today in favor of Scnator Clagett (dem.), who was returned as elected. The Tregort was unanimously adopted. Gov. Lowndes has withdrawn the name of C. B. Baughman, nominated for justice of the peace in the ninth election distri2t of Montgomery county, and substituted Eldridge D. Kingsley. Se TO TRANSPORT NEW YORK MILITIA. Starin Company Offers Its Services Free of Char; ALBANY, N. Y., April 1.—The following telegraphic dispatch was recelved at. the executive chamber today: NEW YORK, April 1, 1898. Hon. Frank S. Black, Governor and Com- mander-in-chief, Albany. Sir: Upon behalf of Mr. John H. Starin and the Starin transportation lines of this city and New Haven, I beg to inform you that in the event of such action being nec- essary, we hold ourselves in readiness, at two hours’ notice, to transpert the entire National Guard of the state of New York— say fourteen thousand men—from this city to any point or points in the harbor, the lower bay. or to the fortifications in Leng Island Sound. “To this end there will be furnished all necessary landing places, steamers for the troops, steam lighters for guns, caisson3 and ammunition, and barges and tugs for horses and wagon trains. . For this service there would be no charge. I have the honor to be - Very respectfully, HOWARD CARROLL, Brigadier General and Chief of Artiliery, In the absence of the governor from the city. his private secretary, Col. Griffith, turaed the dispatch over to the adjutant general. The adjutant general replied as follows: “In the absence of commander-in-chief, I beg to thank Mr. Starin and you for the ti and generous proffer. Should thé casion arise, the governor will promptly advise you of his w C. WHITNEY TILLINGHAST, Adjutant General. — ‘CITEMENT AT THE CAPITOL. Everybody E: ‘The members cf the House of Represen- tatives were all in a state of suppressed exciiement this morning. Everybody was eagerly avaiting news from Madrid. Peace, members say, depends upon a slender thread. A prominent republican of the House gave it as his opinion that the sit- uation was more critical today than it ever had been. “The reply of the Spanish ministry re- ceived by the President last night,” said he, slow, and a great nation cannot be forced to back down in a day.” A republican member of the House for- eign “affairs committee said that the order for the release of the reconcentrados would not be satisfactory, and added: “There 1s no doubt what the ultimate result must and will be. Cuba will be free and inde- pendent. “I think it’will require war. I do not see how Spain can surrender the island without a resort to hostilities. But there is a much better understanding tcday between the President and the republican lzaders tan there has been. Some of the most radical who have talked with him are satisfied that-the President will insist upon what they are demanding—the absolute in- @ependence of Cuba Good Roads and the Mails. From the Syracuse (N. ¥.) Post. 1f country roads tere generally Improved by the modern plan of road building there would not be much deiay in providing free delivery through the more populous parts ef the country. One reason why England delivers mail from house to house in the country, as well as in the city, is because the country roads are in so fine condition that the work of delivery is greatly ex- pedited. If there were English rozds all through the middle and eastern states It weuld not be a great undertaking for this government to establish free delivery in those sections. E ——_—_—_+- e-___ Napoleon in Peter's Bed. Frem the Louisville Courler-Jomnal. Peter the Great hated Moscow, and above all, that stronghold of orienta} in- trigue and moral darkness, the Kremlia. If I remember right, he never inhabited the place within its walls after he was a child. The old palace is a network of in- credibly small, low, ill ventilated rooms, scme little bigger than closets, painted in greens, blu33 and reds, after the Swedish fashion; rooms which seem, even today, to reek of plots, intrigue and murder. Na- Poleon, always 4 trifle theatrical, insisted on sleeping in the bed of Pet2r the Great when he occupied the Kremlin in 1812. The bed of the boy Peter fitted the hero of Austerlitz to a nic2ty. It is a very abbre- viated coucn. In the very heart of this eriental palace, with no window which gives on the outer day and the open air, is the terem, or women’s quarters. The ter>m was, to all intents and purposes, a harem. Tho ladies, even the tsaritza and the sisters of the tsar, were only.permit- ted to look down into the hall of corona- tion through a carved wooden lattice, Just as ladies do in avery harem in the east. They received no men except their hus: bands and brothers, and when they went out it was in a curtained litter. When Peter mounted the throne of the tsars, the women of Russia were orientalis, im- “is unsatisfactory. But diplomacy is |” ADJOENNMENT OF CONGRESS. It ts 't Both Houses WIL Senators state that the Senate will not reconsider its purpose to adjourn over un- ti Monday, . It, js-mnderstood also that the {| House ig to’: over. There-may be | seme difficulty t adjourning the House over, but it probably be suppcrted im @ manmer to indleate that- such action 19 desirabie. Every possible effort will be made in to prevent action on the Caban Suleaee mata Tuesday and a longer delay will be sought. , It may be that recourse will be had to an executive .sesgion of the House, such 4s was held’ bythe Senate today of a leg- islative character, so that members can be Privately givén to understand the reason PENSION ATTORNEY ON TRIAL. Heartag Givem om Charge of Viclat- _- « img the Law, - ‘Mr. William Reed was granted a hearing before United States Commissioner Mille this afternoon fer a violation of seciion 4745 of ihe Revised Statutes of the United States. The specific charge against Mr. Reed is that he accepted and held as sol lateral for money loaned pensicn certifi- cates, as follows: No. 45904, issued to William Bell; No. 490247, issued to Joseph Blenham; No. 748060, issued to Isaac Lee; No. 6P6500, issued to Wm. Virdin, and No. 850559, Issued to Charles H. Moulton—all of these pensioners are Washingtonians. ‘The warrant agairst Mr. Reed was issued on the complaint of Mr. J. O. C. Roberts, a special examiner in the pension bureau. It is claimed that Reed and others * against for wanting a few more days’ delay. It iS | whom warrants have been issued have been believed that if representatives and sena- e1gaged in loaning money to pensioners tors could know exactly the situation they | 8™d accepting th-i- pension certificates us Weuld be more willing to give the Presi- dent such time as he desires. Nothing yet collateral, which is in violation of the sec- ticn referred to above. William Bell, a colored man with only one has developed, however, in the direction | arm, was the first witness called. He of an executive session of the House. er a om FLOWERS AND PERFUMES. An Industry at Nice That Has Grown ta Hage Proportions. Nice Letter in-the New York Times. The very- few industries of this plac? aside from hotel keeping (which is not an industry but a fine art when properly done), are eminently in keeping with th2 tone of stated that ke had borrowed money from Mr. Reed ‘on three oceasions; that he bor- rowed $10 and gave Mr. Reed a note for $15. Later he borrowed an additional % and gave a note for $22.5); later borrowed $8 and gave a note for $33.50; that he left his pension certificate with Mr. Reed, tie latter saying it was unlawful to do so. Jonas Blanham, another colored man, testified that he had borrowed money from Mr. Reed on two occasions. He stated that he had never asked Mr. Reed for hfs papers since he first left them, when the an ultra-fashionable watering place. They | ™Oney was borrowed. are the growth, arrangement and shipping | ».- ci cut flowers, the distilling cf sweet wat2rs frcm flower blossoms and the manufacture of candied fruits, olive cil and marqueterie. It was Alphonse Karr, the French author, who began the flowar business here, and it has grown until; it brings in something over $250,000. year. They raise roses and other flowers by the acre, arrange them in bouquets, pack them in boxes with th> stems sticking through a hole, and ship them to the uttermost parts of Europe. A great quantity of the winter flowers of Paris come from here, and they go with- out damag2 to London, Berlin, Vienna, and even as far as St. Petersburg. Roses, pinks and carnations are the favorite flowers for shipping, and 4 large number of orange and lemon trees -are+lterally “nipp2d in the bud,” being grown exclusively for the blos- sems, which, when cut off, are elther mixed with the flowers or used ior distilling. Th> orange flower ‘water of Nice has a good reputation, aad it would be hard to find dainifer confectionery than the crystallized violets, orange blossoms and rose l2aves that are made here in great quantities. ‘Marqueterie 18 rather a mgh-sounding name for the little carved lov2 boxes, handker- chief boxes and tea caddies that are made here, sometimes very handsomely int: They are made in great quantities, gene ly of olive wood, and the pecple who buy such things are not all dead, though o1 Would think they must be nearly extinct by this end of the century. From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, One of thé ‘most faithful and efficient, although probably the least known, of the Wisconsin's carriers it one who, notwith- standing his sterling worth, is barred from participating in the pleasures which are frequently provided for the benefit of his fellow workers.. His home is with F. Dow- Ler of Lake Woods, a subscriber to this paper, and he is-a tine, large Newfound- lend dog. The paper is thrown off from the 5:30 dummy train at the little station on the Whitefish Bay dummy line known as Lake Woods. Just before reaching the station the lecorfotive gives as signal two Piercing whistles’ and if you: look out: of the window you. will sce the dog's: big, black body come tgaring through the woods and underbrush and alight with a Icap on the platform of the station, ready to catch thé paper which is thrown out, all twisted up, in convenient form for the dcg to catch. No matter what the whistle has found him engaged in; no matter what the conditidn of ‘wind or weather, he is there every time. The aim of the conduc- tor in-thrswing*the paper from the flying train is usa@ly good, ‘but on one occasion recently the paper fell wide of the mark. The bewildered fog stood motionless for an instant, then @ived over a snow bank, found the paper and set off again toward the woods,: his piumy tail waving in great satisfaction. ——_~+e+—_ __ State Insurance for German Workmen From the Beyin Tageblatt. Some astonishing. figures have just been issued by the imperial home office respect- ing the state insurance of workmen. At the end of the year 1807 there were 442,00 industrial establishments, with 000 In- sured persons, and 4,645,000 agricultural settlements, with 11,000,000 insured persons. This insurance bas reference only to acci- dents. In addition to the numbers given above the workers in the building trades hi to be reckoned. The total number of workmen insured against accidents amounted roundly to eighteen millions. The number of accidents in 1807 was 381,KW), and the money compensation paid in lump sums or annually to 515, persons was sixteen million dollers There exists, moreover, in Germany, a system of insurance for all workmen’ or employes against disablement and old age. Disablement pay was granted in 1807 to 231,000 working men and women; old age pensions were awarded to 222,00 persons. The amount together made up one hun- Gred and thirty-five million dollars in one year. The centributions in the same year— in the proportion of one-third from the em- ployers, one-third from the workmen atid one-third from the state—amounted to two hundred and forty-five million dollars. The contributions are high because it is intend- ed to create a reserve fund of one hundred and twenty-five million dollars, the interest on which will éventually permit of a reduc- tion in the amounts contributed. vse. Free Bread in Restaurants. From the London Sketch. Americans, when ‘they first come over to this country, can rarely quite tumble to the peculiarities of our English restaurants. A wealthy Yankee friend of mine, who was oyer ‘here a little while ago, to ccmplcte the formation -of an important limited Ilia bitity company, thought it would be a good thing to invite all thos? concerned in Lon- don to luncheon one day. Accordingly, he went to the manager of one »f the most celebrated of our fashionable restaurants, and, after-engaging a private room, gave inetructions that no 2xpense should be spared to make the meal a gastronomical success, the only proviso being that he ynould select his own wines. Everything passed off splendidiy until the cigar and coffee stage was raached, the hest asked that ,Ris bt. might be brought to him. He ine that he had never felt smaller fe than when the head waiter, in €&% hearing of the assembled appresehed him, ani in a loud j{4nd: how many breads have you had, sir?’ ;Iyst.as though I had keen busily engaged in counting up how many rolls my guests had eaten,” was the perti- nent ‘ny Titend made an recounting the experience to me afterward. Of course, in America gocharge is made at all for hy... Js. je custom not generally {ntreduesa’ 24 Bere poet 20 oo eae Isaac Lee, another colored man, told of ving gone to Mr. Reed to borrow money —#10. He stated that Mr. Reed said he weuld lend the money if he would leave his papers with him. He said he borrowed $10, and gave Reed a note for $15. Special Examiner Connolly stated that he had gotten the papers of the various wit- nesses from Mr. Reed. One of the envel- opes contained pension certificates and vouchers. Reed was held for the grand jury and ad- mitted to bail in $300, which was furnished. —_ German Oath Reform. From the Pall Mall Gazette. An important reform in judicial proced- ure, dealing chiefly with the mode of a- ministering the oath to witnesses, has passed through the preliminary stages of ccnsideration by the committee of the reichstag, and will now be submitted to the full house, by which it is certain to be !adcpted. The reform consists of two j pcirts. The oath is to be taken in future not before, but after a witness has given his evidence. He will thus be afforded an opportunity, before being solemnly sworn, of once more considering whether there is anything. to be altered in or withdrawn from his testimony. It is hoped by this means to diminish the number of cases of perjury, the frequency of which is attributed in part to the present system of the so-called “promissory oath.” The second reform provides penal-ics for untrue statements made by witnesses or experts, not upon oath, after the president hes warned them ef the criminality of will- fully false utterances. Moreover, the par- ties to civil action will be placed on the fcoting of witnesses in regard to the state- ments made by them, so that in future the hitherto unpunishable falsehoods of plain- tiffs and defendants in civil action may be expected to cease. This step is a novel and bold departure, and as Germany is the first country to take it, its effects are awaited in legal circles with the greatest interest. eee Unefalness of Newspapers. From the New York Pest. A woman who has been attempting to as- sist a poor family during the winter finally ecntributed one day a parcel which proved to contain much more comfort than might be supposed. This was a large pile of clean newspapers. -She instructed the mother to tack two or three thicknesses in the back and front of her husband's threadbare overcoat, replacing them as they fretted out: to interline with them the all too thin coverlids of her own and the two children’s bed; to put them in thick layers beneath the thin carpet which stretched on the floor of their tenement rcom: to stuff them well crumpled and with the aid of a caseknife around the cracks of the loose windows, and to wear one herself as a chest protector, and also between the shoulders when she went out {in the bitter weather; and, finally, when they were absolutely without coal, as more than orce had happened, to twist two or three into a thick tight twist and light it for the purposes of heat. It is a fact that such a twist will burn nearly as long as a stick of soft wood. The woman was told to come for more when the supply gave out, and the suggestion was regularly com- plied with, proving that the uses of the newspapers were not only appreciated, but. were of value. Se A Messnge From the Elbe. Paris Correspondence London Telegraph. Some fishermen recently found a corked bottle in the sea off Cancale, on the Breton coast, and, opening it, discovered inside a small card with writing on it. The char- acters traced, however, were nearly effaced by the salt water, which had “filtered through the cork. A gentleman to whom the card was given handed it over to the experis of the National Library in Paris, who have been able to decipher the writ- ling. It is German, and sets forth that ihe writer, Bernard Ramsperger of Weimgar- ten, was on board the ill-fated Elbe, which was lost in the North sea a few years since, and that he had lost hope. He ac- cordingly bade farewell to his affianced bride, Mina Frankel of Wurtemberg, whom he hoped to see in the next world. There was also a request to send the card when found to Mina Frankel. This has been done, and a copy of the message from the sea has likewise been forwarded to the firm of hosiers in Weimgarten, with which house Herr Ramsperger was connected, as was duly set forth by himself on the card. —+-e2—_____ Could Not Guide a Plow. From Anecdotes. A certain incident connected with the great Napoleon, while he was in exile in Elba, is commemorated in the island, to this hour, by an inscription affixed to the wall of a peasant’s house. A man named Giaconi was plowing when the famous exile came along one day and expressed an interest in his work. Napo- leon even took the plowshare out o. the man’s Hand and attempted to guide it him- self. But the oxen refused to obey him, overturned the plow and—spoiled the fur- rm ‘OW. The inscription runs thus: “Napoleon the Great, passing by place in Ml ing field a plowshare it this in the neighbor In New York certain young women have invented a new occupation which is said to be very profitable. It is the natural result of a practice that is cq@mon in all cities— the system .of moral_ blackmail for the FINANCE AND TRADE Stock Marke: Was Again Feverish Over War News. THE FOREIGH OEMAND WAS O00 Rumors of a Rival to the American Sugar Trust. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 1.—The feverish spec- uiative conditions noted yesterday were st#l further emphasized today. London cables reflected a lower range of values for Americann securities during the opening hour and inspired a lower opening on this side. The initial decline varied from \% to 1% per cent and was the result of rela- tively small transecticrs. The forsign markets turned sharply from depression to buoyancy, and again inspired sympathetic imitation on this side. During the morning hour therefore the market ex- hibited the unusual spectacle of ignoring heme conditions and following blindly cer- tain guesses as to the significance of the trading abroad. It has been the impression for severai days that the next development of im- portance would come from foreign sources. The failure to“get detiniie information as to the conditions abroad led to the more ra- tional idea of looking into things nearer home. Consequently, a lower and more natural range of prices was established during the ncon hour. During the latter period stocks were press- ed for sale in increased value, and sharp Geclin2s extending to more than 2 per cent Were recorded. Washington advices were aad arrayed against the peace pros- pect. Strong financial houses have combined to support the market, and the record made since last Saturday is one of remarkable achievement. A panic due to extreme liqui- eaticn has been averted, and the market put into a position to withstand disappoint- ment. This safeguard will not prevent a sharp decline upon the apnouncement of the fail- ure to prevent hostilities, but it should op- erate to incur a prompt recovery For the time being all the proverbial methuds of determining the correct side of the market are at fault, and conservatism demands maction. Professiunal Wall street busied itself during the final trading in ing up contracts over what promises an eventful Sunday in our interna- onal relations. The volume of business was not especial- ly significant at any time, but it served, to shew the tension under which all securities are held. Manipulation in the traction shares upon the decision of the rapid transit commis- sion to authorize the construction of an underground railway system was a feature of the day. The preposed resumption of business by a rival of the American Sugar Company was another development not attributabie to Washington or Madrid dispatches. While earnings and traffic increases nave been ignored, as market factors, the character of these items has been uniformly favorable to values. Individual conditions give way to those ef national importance, however, and all stocks are selling at prices suggested by the Spanish controversy, and not at those to which they are entitled by virtue of merit. The ability to hold the market in the face of expected complications only emphasizes the underlying merit of the situation. Within twenty-four hours after the Wash- ington authorities take decisive action tue maxket is expected to reach its lowest point. es FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- perted by Corson & Macartney,’ members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Van Emburgh & Wali st. Atterbury, No. 2 American Spirits, American Spirits, pfd American Sugar. . American Sugar, pfd. American Tobacco American Cotton Om, Atchison Balumore Bay State & Canada Souther ‘lect Ninots Cent Lake Saore. Louisviuie & Nasnvuie.. Metropolitan Traction... Manaaitan Klevated. Michigan Central... Missouri Pacific. Nationa) Lead Co. National Leau Co.. pia. New Jersey Centra: New York Centrai. Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, pfd Unt. & Wi Tn. Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, April 1.—Flour dull, unchanged— receipts, 5,081’ barrils; expoits, 17,299 barrels; salos, 450 barrels. Wheat firm—spot and rl longed the capital city site. He had the land—bveautiful an@ sunny, gently to the river—laid in of a square in size. To sell them he adop:- ed the lottery plan, and mary of the rich- in eet and most influential land! colony tovk chances. Among these w: George Washington, afterward the “F: ther of His Country. before, and did so many times after, For- tune smiled on his little gambling scheme. Two excellently located lots hecam» Fa- ther George's, and only some for:y years ago did they pass out of the possession of his heirs. The tracts are situated on what is now Porter street, and, as every- body wanted to live on or aear George— in the event he got burned ont at Mt. Vernea and came to Manchester to lve— Pcrter became the fashionable thorough- fare of the town, and such toda: When George died he left his Manchest: Pcssessions to the Randolphs, who lived upon them for many years. The city plan locates these bod on the north side of Porter between llth and 12th streets. How- ever, instead of building a dozen or mora houses on a lot then, as now, a great man- sicn house was built in the center of a square. These residences, the ot their time, were cal tenements, in which lived some of the richest people in Virginia. = +e2-____ HE TOOK A LONG SHOKE. Englishman Consumed Eighty-Six Cigars in Nine Hours. From Pearson's Weekly A man well known fn turf circles made a curious wager in the year 1800, in which he backed himself to smoke one pound weight of strong foreign regalias within twelve hovers. The conditions were that the cigars should be smoked one at a time to within an inch of the end. The match was decided on a Thames steamer plyirg between London and Chel- sea, the smoker taking up a position well forward in the bows, where he caught the force of the breeze that was blowing. The cigars ran“@ hundred to the pound, so that about eight an hour hud to be consumed to win the wager. A Start was made at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the affair was finished at 7 in the evening. In the ccurse of nine bours and twenty rinutes eighty-six cigars were fairly smok- ed, the greatest number consumed being in the second hour, when the smoker disposed of no fewer than sixteen. At the elghty- sixth ciggr, when fourteen only remained to be smoked, the backer of time gave in, firding that the smoker was bound to win. and the latter puffed the remainder away at his leisure in the course of the same evening. The winner subsequently declared that he had not experienced the slightest difficulty or unpleasantness during the whole time he was blowing off the weeds. The oniy refreshment taking durint the progress of the match was a chop at 2 o'clock, the eat- ing of which occupied twenty minutes, and a gill and a half of brardy in cold water at intervals throughout the day. ‘The Major Has a Word. From the Atlanta Constitution. “Well,” said the major, as he sawed off a plank for bis pciitical platform, “they may talk war, and talk war, but—her’s one feller who won't be in it! The war be- tween the states cost me a fortu “In property, major?” “No, sir—in cold cash. You see, my fam- ily had the measics when the war broke out, and I kad to stay at home and nurse "em." “Certainly.” “as enough for me. It Yes, sir—I did!” “And they killed him, too?” “No! And that’s where I lost my meney. The inferna] fool fought for three solid years without a scratch. He was In the worst battles of the war, but not a bullet ruck him. They took him prisoner, <xchanged him immediately, and’ the blamed idiot went to fighting again at $t per day! And when the war ended he turn- ed up all serene and demanded the remain- der of his morey. You see, I had paid his wife a good deal of it in monthiy instal!- j ments, bit I still owe him a big balance, and as I wanted to keep the thing as quiet as possible I had to shut up and pay up; and the fool charged me interest for the time I'd had it on hand, and wouldn't take confederate moncy, either! Down with war is what I say. It’s beer the ruination of me. John, pass the jug!’ a The South's Lumber Supply. From the Chicago Record. All the world, with the exception of Asta, comes to the southern states for timber. The single port of Brunswick, Ga., export- ed lumber or timber in some form last year to twenty-five different countries. lorest prcducts, not including turpentine and resin, were shipped from the southern ports last year to the value of about $25,000,010. During the same period the domestic con- sumption was probably five or six times as great, carrying the total value of the south- ern forests up to about $150,000,000. The south, the great lake states and the north- ern states now cut equal quantities of tim- ber—about 12,000,000,000 feet each year. Chief among the trees of the south is the pine, of which there are four important varieties. Roughly speaking, the pines cover half the territory between the Poto- mac and the Brazos river in Texas, or about 140,000 square miles, and will ‘cut 250,000,000,000 feet of merchantable lumber. The annual consumption averages about 7,000,000,000, and at this rate the south can supply the world for thirty-five years. An- other of the most valuable woods in the south is the cypress, beautiful in color and grain, durable, easily worked and adapted to almost every use to which a building wood is needed. The annual production of 4 r benefit of charitable objects. When a lec- . schools of Utica by Superintendent George prisoned far more rigorously than the la- See at : fon's bay by aliens, and thought it should Griffith. At his prompting 3,000 childrea | “An’ chasin’ up the vitriol to its lair| dies of Constantinople today. hee There have béen several invincible race - be stopped. One Sere asked to ive their written opinion, | would be just play for your’ pues a eee CO a | horses nevér knew defeat, the most 2 van, cm anonymously, it is supposed, as to whether | “My dear sir, of course I am fami pene = notable of Wh haps, ‘Eclipse, ene pupil should testify against unother. | with all the drugs here.” From SBA Spi aa who never kn‘ nD part $ arene nn hn yp goede a Voluntary telling or “tattling” was not 8 of the other res : te Goal what stunted meant in the test. but only 15 per cent of | had been changin’ thom around, just as a| At @ Dublin county court recently I was | Tacing career it won Cxisted on the the children noted the distinction, so that very much interested in the following | t¥enty-six year deacendamts—in large deposits the result may be accepted as the chil- ? éain: number of no mixed with lead dren's opinion of the “tattler.” The ques- juppose the bottles had got mixed?” " nef less_than £1 Eclipse was: whole, the tion asked was whether it was right or is plain- ome wrong, and it appears that the boys hold = Yr itt more robust views Guéged in the remem- chance of your Military rance of old school days) on the matter | palmin’ off prussic acid for pepgermint?” Ee 3 than do the girls. Of the 2.8% who an- | “Not the ai 5 . York Letter to swered the question, 494 boys, or 38 per cent, and 374 girls, or 25 per cent. con- sidered it right not, to tell, the larger . centage of both regarding it as wrong. — 3 in scling. a oe gene! > Four Hundred Theasand Cats. broker who, From Tit-Bits. thou There are sald to be 400,000 cats in Lon- malaga roe don, of which half are “unattached,” and live largely on refuse. In one district near @ vcry large and famous brewery in - gon the sporting cats go as cs as the brewery gatcs are open to i