Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1898, Page 2

WAR REVENUE BILL Its Consideration Begun in the Senate. EXPLANATION OF I$ PROVISIONS Statement of Its Objects by Sen- ator Allison. AID FOR THE CUBANS ‘The chaplain of te Senate, in his invoca- tion today, made a touching reference to the death of Mrs. Justin S. Morrill, wife of the venerable senator from Vermont. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) introduced a resolu- tion calling upon the Secretary of the In- terior for information in his possession con- cerning the progress of work on the Nica- Tagua canal, and concerning the financial affairs of the maritime canal company. ‘The resolution was agreed to. After some time spent on a bill amending the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company of this city, Mr. Allison (fowa) called up the war revenue bill, and made a statement of its features to the Senate. Mr. Allison said as the bill came from the I reseniatives it an internal measure and as reported to the Benate it Comparativel for increas from the Horse the that it would raise me cated 000,000. Mr. Allison then an frem the House esenting th ¥ ous salient fe: the bill and the rea- sons why incorporated by the House. He © flaance committee had ut ail of the schedules of Lill and had been led to believe that tules A (stamp taxes) and B ¢proprie- careful! the =) were too general in their 1 consequentiy been amend- ed. On practicaily all of the prov sof the bill the committee had not _s¢ divided. On beer a tobarco on schedule: and B ami on the tennage > commiliee was substantial- Necessity of the Bill. Mr. Allison said further that in the com- mittee there were no differences of opin- fon as to the necessity for the bill. It was purely a war revenue measure. If there Were no war there would be no nessity for the bill. With a vi rtain how to ase much money would be required to run t war during the next fisc r, although he expressed the hope that it would last only a few weeks or a few months at the most, Mr. Allison said that the committee had t possible estimates ar and the Se ate of th sed upon t sluntee for the 1 ne mustering in of 1 not include pro- | i men author. < enlisted s | ey made. Secretary 3 < hat bis cepartment would nead $170,- this sum must be d estimate of the ex amé sum propriatior a part of th on to the |. the for’ would f about $ na here is a oro. The Senate fiuance eommittse heretofore figured that it would require a total of at en: 192,009 to pay the e3 es of the war from the present time until the Ist of July. 1899, not taking in t expenses that m moment. The total a thought, would be below the sum he had : Mr. Allison then carefully analyzed ordinary rece tures ef the government. of this state- ment he exp ion that the es- timate 51f the of the Treasury tkat the present tariff would $20,000,000 Was too high. umstances and conditions he doubted whether the bill weuld produce more th: $180,009.00, bi ere 1, he thought that the bill as agreed all the members would produce even «000, while he thought the weuld not produce to exceed Items of Increase. Mr. Allison here gave a de stimate of the items of increase. The cipal in- creases present of over items In the House of Representatives Mr. Marsh (Ill) prese the confe Feport upe: authorizing the army efficers to furnish food to the Cuban peo- ple and $s and equipment Cubans te increas: their figh egains: Spain during The report was adcpted without o mn. Hull a- ad- the he rules Mr. pro of th jutant gene authorizi President to appol by * one assistant a general with the rank of colonel ai other with rank of major. Mr. Hu: the increase propesed by the necessary reason of the increase work in the adjutant general's office casioned by the war, and this increase of work would contirue many hs after the return of peace while the army was being reduced to a peace basis The bill was passed. It provides for the felection of the additional assistant ad- jutant general from the force now in the adjutant general's office The House Wm. J. Sewell (N.J). ONY), John L. Mi joint’ resolution appointing Marcin T. M-Mahon ell (Wis.) and Will- fam H. Bonsall (Cal) members cf the beard of managers of the National Home pled Volunteer Soldiers was called ling disposal of the measure Mr. (lowa) raised the question ef the lity of Senators Sew2ll and Mitchell ing coutrary to the federal Consti- tution Mr. Griffin (Wis.), in charge of the bili, said they received no emolumen mem- bers ard and their eligibility had question. 1 was orde Ht call resylt. ution—yeas, nays, The President's First Ve praker then laid before the House axe from the President vetoing a ed on the resolution. in the passage of ferring upon the Court of Claims to retry the case of rep- Is sinst the brought in 1773. to recover es € of certain meters y and strength of rE ause of to m ze ever sent inley to the House. The President sustained without a ing vote, 183 members vot ——e— Steamship Arrivals. Bremen, from New York via At New York—Obdam, from Rotterdam: Cevic. from Liverpooi; Karamania, from les: Plymouth—Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, trom New New for Bremen. At Philadelphia—Pennland, from Liver- pool . DID NOT DELAY MESSAGES Statement of Manager of French Cable at Martinque. He Says Captain Cotton Refused to File Dispatches With Freneh Company. (Copyright, 1898, by Associuted Press.) FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Martin- ique, May 16.—The manager here of the French cable company explicitly denies the statement that a dispatch was filed by Cap- tain Cotton of the United States auxiliary cruiser Harvard and was delayed twenty- four hours at St. Pierre, this island. The manager explains the matter as fol- lows: “Captain Cotton presented himself at the office of the company at St. Pierre and asked by what cable line cable mes- Sages were transmitted to, Washington When he was informed that such messages went by way of Fort De France and Hay. ti he refused to give us his dispatch be- cause a Spanish torpedo boat was at that moment at Fort De France. Not takin: into account professional secrecy, he toid the American consul in the presence of M. La Lung under these circumstances he pre- ferred to give his dispatches to the Eng- lish company. in spite of the delay of twer- ty-four hours which they would have to submit to on account of accumulation of business on the lines of that company. “T protest all the more against the staie- ments mad>, as we leave our office open to midnight or 1 o'clock in the morning when necessary, while the West India company closes at 6 o'clock in the evening, local time, and also because we do everything pessible to b> agreeable to the American government, forwarding fts messages very rapidly when we have any. “I have obtained the following statement on the subject, signed by the United States ecnsul at St. Pierre and by Capt. Cotton of the Harvard: “To whom it may concern: “I certify that the agent of the French cempany at St. Pierr>, Martinique, has never stated to me that dispatches from St. Pierre, Martinique, to New York, United States of America, would have to suffer a delay of twenty-four hours. (Signed) “GEORGE L. DART, “United States Consul. “COTTON, captain Harvard.” STAYTON SUES HETTY GREEN. Former Warhington Attorney Pre- sents Cinim for $50,000. NEW YORK, May 16.—The trial of the action brought by Wm. H. Stayton, a law- yer, to recover $50,000 from Mrs. Hetiy Green for legal services rendered was com- menced today before Justice Bookstaver in the supreme court. Stayton claimed that for nearly six years he acted as counsel for Mrs. Green, but says she refused to pay him for his serv- ices. He is represented in this suit. by former District Attorney De Lancey Nicol. Mrs. Green, for whom Wheeler H. Pe ham ars, denies that she is indebted n to any extent whatsoever. nown in Washin N stationed here for a num- when, as a Heutenant in the he w. 1 to duty as istant to the judze e general of navy. He was judge advoca: alla court-mart ac suceess, re- i : » of law in New York city practice: has grown s. He of Brook). ie ee WHAT IS SENOR POLO AFTER? Canadian Government Organ Dispox- ed to Question His Presence, TORO: Ont.. May 16—The Globe (government organ), commenting editorially on the stay of Senor Polo y Bernabe in Canada, say With Canada's limited diplomatic ex; ience there is a feeling of hesitation about mouncing a positive opinion as to the riety of the continued stay of the ex- | minister in Canada. But some light may | be thrown on the question by asking what | Would have been thought in Spain and | | throughout Europe if the American minis- ter to Spain, efter receiving his passports, had rema in Portugal instead of com: ing home. preceeding would have been regarded as very unusual, and would ha ioned a good deal of comment and in- and probably a demand for expla- and his staff natural question to ask, and they can hardly complain if the | commonly accepted view is that they must be here for the purpose of obtaining infor- mation that may be of use to Spain.” ———EE CARTEL HAS BEEN ARRANGED. doing here? is a Spanish Officers to Be Exchanged for Captured Correspondents. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. KEY WEST, Fla.. May 16.—The Uni States tug Uncas, which under the command of Lieut. Brainard to arrange for the exchange of two Spanish prisoners for the two American newspaper correspondents, said to be Charles Thrall and Hayden Jones, who were captured in Pinar del Rio during the Gussie expedition last week, returned today bringing word that while the correspondents had not yet been released, an exchange has been ac- ranged. ——> MR. SHERMSN TO GO TO ALASKA. Seeretary of State WIL Take Trip for His Rea Special Dispatch to The Evenin CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 16.—Senator Hanna leaves this afternoon for Washing- ten. In an interview the senator imparted the interesting bit of news that former Secretary John Sherman would sail the 1st of June for Alaska. The trip would be taken for the benefit of his health. Con- tinui X Hanna said: ‘Secretary Sher- man resigned because he saw the momen- tcus questions of the war were arising, and feeling that in view of his failing health he could not do the country justice, decided to resign. Mr. Hanna ‘3 the war is costing the government a million dollars a day, and that as soon as Sampson defeats the Span- ish squadron an army of 50,05) will be landed in Cuba. ——— es DEAD MAN IN A BOX CAR. Cause of Death Could Not Be Dis- covered by Coroner. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 16.—The body of an unknown young white man, poorly dressed, was found this morning in a box car of an incoming train from the east, and a coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from unknown cause. Beating on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal has greatly brightened, as a result of a contract tu deliver 40,000 tons of coal at Washington navy yard. > Terror Still at Martinique. (Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.) ST. PIERRE, Island of Martinique, May 16.—The Spanish torpedo gunboat Terror, which has been undergoing repairs at Fort de France since she arrived there with the Cape Verde fleet, under the command of Admiral Cervera, will probably leave that port today. Nothing appears to be known regarding her destination. SSS Official Orders Issued. The District Commissioners have issued the following orders: That sewer along the line of alley in Square 237 be replaced; estimated cost $701. ‘That the proposal of Gleeson and Hum- phrey to substitute nunsher 30 Kelsey fur- nace for number 24, in the engine house on Sth street between D and E streets north- west, for the sum of $42.00 extra, be ac- cepted. ar. ‘THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1898-12 PAGES. RISE IN PRICE OF BREAD| PENSION . VOUCHERS|THE WAR CAMP AT ATLANTA] AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Advance to Six Cents Per Loaf Takes Effect Today. Bakers Say It is Entirely Due to High Prices in Wheat—Joc Leiter Blamed: As forecasted in The Star of recent date, the price of bread in this city was raised today from 5 to 6 cants a loaf, the extra cost, as usual, falling on the consumers, the poor householder who is forced to’ buy a loaf at a time. The bakers claim that the advance was made necessary on ac- count of the unprecedented raise in the price of flour. One of the firm of Behrens & Son, bakers, on E street between 6tn and 7th streets, said to a Star reporter today: “Three weeks ago a meeting was held of twenty-one of the principal bakers in the city. I attended it. An effort was made to have the price of a loaf raised then 1 cent. I protested ond did not think it was prope! Other meetings were held for the same purpose, the last one of which I did noi attend. “I received notice from one of the princi- pal bakers in the city, telling me I had bet- ter agree to raise th> price, intimating, if i did rot do so, the price would be dropped and I should suffer the consequences. Even then I refused to accede, and the price was not raised, though the price of wheat really warranted it. When wheat reaches $1.25 @ bushel, making flour $6.25 or more a barrel, itis necessary to raise the price of bread in order to make a good margin of profit. Monday wheat was at $1.70 a bushel, as can | be seen by the reports. < “Tuesday it had reached $1.75, and Wed- nesday it had climbed up to $1.85 a bushel, which was the highest point reached. “There is no occasion for its b>ing up so high, for there is plenty of wheat in the country. It is all due to Leiter's inves: ment. There is no real reason whateve On the Defensive. One of the proprietors of the Havenner bakery, when seen by The Star reporter in regard to the raise, acted decidedly on the defensive. He did not care to be inter- viewed on the subject, he said. He finaliy admitted that the price of a loaf of bread had been raised from 5 to 6 cents. He said he had no explanation to offer at first, but finally brought forward the cus- tomary excuse for the raise in price of bread—that flour was away up, and tne baker, no matter how charitably inclined he might be, could not afford to bake bread so it would sell at 5 cents a loaf. He could not explain why there was such a raise in the price of flour, and said he hai nothing whatever to say, after having said why the advance was made. Views of Others. Other bakers admitted that the raise had been made, and said it was due to the high price of flour alone. They claimed that a loaf of bread weighing the regulation six- teen ounces of gootl quaiity could rot be baked to retail for 5 cents, A flour dealer asserted that there been a raise of $2.25 a barcel in the of flour such as is used by the middle of Janu. had price bakers since SS VACANCIES TO BE FILLED. Several — Important cxaminations Soon to Be He Several important examinations will be held by the civii service commission short- ly to fili vacancies in the this city. June 7 an examination will be held to fill the posi- ticn of assistant curator at the Smithson- ian Institution, division of mammals. The salary of t office is $1,500 per annum. Competitors will be rated in the element of education, experience, publications and thesis. The department states that it desirable that applicants be not less than 25 nor more than 40 years of age. On the same date an examination will be held to fill a v ney in the bureau of en- graving and printing of a square-letter en- gravee, at a salary of $2.00 per snnum. No educational test will be given appli cants, but ratings will be determmeéd by the character and degree of lence of the samples of engraving submitted, There in the position of act- ing a pital at Chicago, IL, and an exam: t to fill it will take place here June 7. Ty i Ya month. The requiremer applicants must be at | of age and competent ph: of reputable colleges. tion of physicist at the Smithson- ian Institution is vacant, and an examina- tion will be held June 7 to fill it. The work is to be in connection with the astrophysi- cal ob: vatory, and the salary is from $1,000 to $1,200 per annum. The examina- tien will include general physics, labora- tery training, treatment of observations, anical drawing, French, German and English. —____+-e._ OFFICERS ARE INDI ant surgeon of the marine hos n ni ANT. They Resent Being Forbidden to Dis- cuss Naval Topics. Naval officers are iraignant over an or- ued by the ehief of th> bureau of navigation prohibiting them from con- s with newspaper men on any topic jating to naval affairs. They rexard it reflecting on their integrity and discre- tion. A number of them were bold enough to y that it was merely intended to cover reet admissions made by members of the war strategy board to personal frienus outside the service concerning the pian of operations against the Spanish fleet, and which had gotten into the newspapers in that irregular way. One said what if the deliberations of the strategy board becami public it must have been because some member of the board had been indisereet enough to talk about it. semaveneaey See SUBSCRIBED. BAL. CE Amount Necessary for Purchase of Bishop's Residence. The five thousand dollars needed to sup- plement the $40,000 provided by the diocese cf Washington of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for the purchase of a residence in this city for the bishop, have been raised by private subscription. Last Tuesday, as stated in The Star, Mr. John Taylor Arms, as the representative of the trustees of the diccese, purchased, at private sale, the residence, 1407 Massachusetts avenue northwest, occupied by the bishop. The price was $45,(00, and the additional amount having been secured, it fs expected the transaction will be closed in a day or two and a deed placed on record transferring the property. As tke money is all in hand, the entire cersideration will be paid in cash. The $5,- 000 was subscribed in about a week. > ‘To Command the Philadelphia. Capt. Frederick Rodgers, who has re- cently rendered such excellent service as president of the naval auxiliary board, has been selected to command the cruiser Phil- adelphia, which {s about to be put in commission at San Francisco, with a view to immediate service with Admiral Dewey at the Philippines. ————_-e+_. Admiral Kimberly's New Duties. Rear Admiral L. A. Kimberly, retired, has been ordered to serve as a prize com- missioner at Portland, Me. ——_-e+___ A Regiment of Immunes. The regiment of immunes, organized by Lieut. Duncan Heod, son of Gen. J. B. Hood of the confederate army, has been accepted by the President. It will be en- camped and organized at Abita Springs, about thirty miles from New Orleans, ‘This is the first regiment of immunes to be accepted under the recent act of Con- gress. It is made up entirely of residents of New Orleans. —_—_—_—_—_-e+_____ Charient: Has Not Sailed. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 16.—The Charleston is still at Mare Island. The vessel 1s ready to put to sea at a moment's notice, but no cne seems to know when or- ders to sail will be received. It is gen- erally understcod, however, that she will get away some time tomorrow, Investigation of the Wholesale Meth- ods of Ni sgnd Justices. ames sarees USE OF STOCK WITNESSES i No Investigation Made in Hundreds of Caves. THE EXTREME LIMIT ee ee Recently the commissioner of pensions in- stituted an investigation relative to the methods employed by notaries public, jus- tices of the peace and other officers who execute vouchers for pensions, and a most serious and deplorable state of affairs was shown to exist. The officers who are responsible for jurats on these papers, it is claimed, seem to have ery little, if any, regard tor ruies and regulations, or for laws governing the ex- ecution: of offictal papers. In fact, develop- ments indicated that inst2ad of recognizing that an oath to a paper was a solemn mat- ter, many of them, in their haste to exe- cute a number of vouchers upon pension day, seemed to only recognize that it was necessary to place their name, seal and official character upon the papers, together with the signature of the pensioner and witnesses, without any regard to the con- tents of the paper and their purport, or the facts to which the afflants were supposed to take oath. Pension day to these officers, it is said, was merely a great scramble for the few cents that each jurat returned to them, and the main object in their minds seemed to be the number of vouchers exe- cuted, with their financial remuneration. These investigations have been conducted under the direct supervision of Examiner J. O'”. Roberts of the law division. In the principal large cities of the country the same state of facts exists and the same methods seem to b> used in every place. The law authorizes the execution of a pension voucher “before any officer au- thorized to administer oaths for general purposes.” There is a law that prevents the execution of a pension voucher before the quarter pension day, and the post- dating and forwarding of a _ pension voucher is a criminal offense punishable by fine and imprisonment. This investij tion, it is asserted, has established the fact that many of thes officers performed their duties in a most careless and perfunctory manner, and in some cases deliberately the law by post-dating anil by ly certifying that the pensioners and witnesses duly qualified to the paper when in fact no person was sworn by them. Stock Witnesses. In many cases it is claimed that “stock” witnesses were used to certify and swear to the fact of the non-remarriage of a Widow pensioner, and to the fact of minor children being alive upon the date of the execution of the voucher. In one particular case two witnesses, a boy of eighteen y E lady about twent to the fact of the non-femarriage of about 136 widows and to minor children being alive in a number 9 . While as a mat- cage ter of fact it wasshoWn that these tw parties only saw these’ women once every quarter, in many Gases.jad never seen the minor children in, their, lives, and_reaily vhatever of the f: two Women who W had no knowl In another used as “stoc | attitude of te pensioners have not remarried, and th the children for whdm {ncrease was allowed | were alive and in the joner’s custody These women knew but few, if any, of the widows well enough tobe in a position to s to their dondition. vere signed! in the homes of the 5 sent to ithe officers to be mpleted, and wete executed without th exhibition of pension certificates, and were wholly fabricated. At one agency alone it was reported that over 14,000 irregularly executed youch: received. Ip one locality wher 1" witnesses e used, it was shown one of the wit 3 Was drunk at 5 o'clock in the morning, could recollect noth- ge e witnesses were put in the tifying, that about 10) widow ing subsequent to that time, yet upon vouc executed in that particular otlice his name appeared as a subseribing witness to the non-remarriage of widow pensioners. | tothe dependence of dependent px and to the fact that minor childri alive upon the date of the execution of the papers. The Limit. So great has become the scramble for the “honor” of executing pension vouchers for the sake of the insignificant fee there:o at- tached that even in the District of Colum- bia one can see upon pension day this sign: “Pension youchers executed and a glass of beer for fifteen cents,’ which, while it may ve the extreme of the limit to the methods used, yet shows what a careless and lax method ome of the 0 cers have, and what little idea they p sess of the solemnity of an 0: utter disregard they also of the sity of having papers upon which millions of deila’s are paid executed regularly and in conformity with law. ‘The pension: bureau te this matter further g ible all of the irreguiaritic —.- SEVEN DIE & as is po A FIRE. IN Materle St. Joseph at St. Hyacinthe s Up in Flame, ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, May 16.—A disastrous fire occurred here early to . when the Materie St. Joseph was burned, causing the loss of seven lives and the in- jury of a number of the inmates, of whom there were 200 in the institution, by jump- ing from windows. There are also five per- sons unaccounted for. The cause of the fire is unknown. The dead are: Two boys named Beauchemen. Sisters Alexandrina, Philomena and Des Agnet Mrs. Guertin, a boarder. Mrs. Dr. Chagnon of Fall River, Mass. ‘The missing are: Marie Millotte, servant. Noflette Meunir, servant. Mrs. Berthiaume, boarder. Sisters Bouvier and Auge. — RUSSIA BUYING GOLD. Belief in England That the Metal Will Be Higher. LONDON,* May 16.—The St. James Ga- zette in its financial article this afternoon says: Russia today is said to have completed the purchase of the whole of the recent ar- rivals of gold from fh egpe. Such a trans- action is exceptional, as g considerable time has clapsed since Russia entered the Eng- lish market. With 4 new buyer in addition to the United States golil! should shortly be highar. 1 It is thought Russia will buy frequently hereafter. If so, it will be another indica- tion of the direction of the political wind. Capt. M. G, Bauer Dead. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, By.,>-May 16—Captain M. G. Bauer, chief ecrét service agent for Kentucky, dropped ‘Head this morning near the custom honest apoplexy, He was in the service for bwenfy years and had trade some of the!most: notable captures in the history of the service. He captur- ed more famous counterfeiters than any other ageut. He ran down the notorious Brockway counterfeiter gang in the west and Miles Ogle now in Columbus prison. He was fifty years old, Launch of the Alabama. ‘The battle ship Alabama will be launched at Cramps’ ship yard, Philadelphia, next ‘Wednesday, and will be made as private as it is posible to make It. A small party trom Washington will attend the ceremony, including such naval officers as can get away for the day, The ceremony of chris- will be performed by Miss of the senior senator will: break the tradi- tional bottle of champagne across the prow of the vessel as she descends from Spanish Prisoners of War Confined at Fort | Futile Effort to Have Alexandria Company McPherson, Pian to Send Gen. Philippines Appen: Been Graham to the to Have Abandoned. ATLANTA, Ga., May 16.—The twenty Spanish officers and privates, prisoners at Fort McPherson, are kept under close guard. It was expected that the officers Would be paroled, and, in fact, it was stat- ed here, but the officers as well as the pri- vates are under surveillance. They are confined in the guard house and their only exercise is secured in walking to the mess room for their meals. The officers are served at a separate table, but the privates eat at the table with their guards—the negroes of the 25th Regiment. All their letters are submitted to a doctor in Atlanta, who reads them in the presence of Colonel Cook, commandant at the post, before they are mailed. The Spaniards have no interprete known by one of the office: who has a smattering of English. Colonel Cook ex- pects his Spanish colony to be augmented in a_few days by the officers and crew of the Spanish bark Rita, now at Savannah. Recruits for Cook's Regiment. The 15th Infantry, Colonel Ceok’s regi- ment, which was recently almost dismem- bered, and its companies scattered along the gulf coast, is being recruited sapidiy and will soon have its full complement, of men. The post is in readiness for the coneén- trating of volunteers. No preparations ror the comfort of a large body of men e necessary, save the running of a water pipe to a distant part of the reserv: tioa, and this will be accomplished in a day. The advance guard of the regular re- cruits about 17,000 strong is expected in a Gay or two. The recruiting officers have elready begun securing men and just as scon as they are enrolled and examined they will be sent to:Fort McPherson. The commissary department of the de- partment of the gulf is making prepara. tions for feeding large numbers of men at the fort. Immense quantities of sup- plies are already there and still more will be sent. Every man in the two regiments of Geor- gia infantry that will be a part of the vol- unieer army has been mustered in. The quota was more than filled and over a hun- Gred men have been sent home from the rendezvous at Griilin. Gen. Graham Returns, General Graham, commander of the de- partment of the gulf, who has been in Washington several days, returned to At- Tanta yesterday. When asked about the report that he vould be sent to the Philip- pines to assist General Merritt in command of the force: plan s there, he everal day: ed, and he did not know whether > would be sent there or not. Lieutenant Samuel Reder, chief signal officer of the department of the gulf, who the and their wants are made’ has been ordered to report to General Shaf- | ter at Tampa, left today. Nearly three hundred cars loaded with trcops, horses and equipment passed vugh Atlanta last night en route from amauga to Tampa. Three hundred ippi volunteers from Columbus a jestined for the lower st of Flor ida, spent a few hours in Atlanta and pro- ceeded south last night. 2S RAL H IN MOURNING, ALL Unusual Honors Paid to the Remains of Ensign Bagle RALEIGH, N. C., May 16—The body of Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed on the torpedo boat Winslow off ©: last Wednesday, arrived here at 2 this morning. It was taken at the home of his mother, Mrs. Adi Bagley, widow of Major W. H. Bagle: confederate soldier, and daughter of ex- Governor Jonathan Worth, deceased. The body will remain at the Bagley home until 1 o'clock this afternoon, when it will be escorted to the rotunda of the capitol y the governor’s guards, who will mount ard cyer it. The funeral ceremonies will begin at 4 o'clock, and the cortege accompanying the bedy to the grave will be one of tae most imposing ever assembled in this state. The young officer, whose blood was the first spilled in the present war, was known to nearly everybody in Raleigh, and was very popular. fardenas All on public bulldings are at half mast, and business is suspended. The public schools are closed and the child will attend the funeral in a body. —— NATIONAL BANKING BILL. A Brief Measure With an Extensive Scope. Representative Walker of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee on banking and currency, introduced a bill today to “so change the national bank act as to secure pecple in all sections to freely use paper It is his former bill made very brief. Mr. Walker will press it in the Hou. antagonism to the bill reported by his com- mittee as the result of the work of a spe- cial subcommitte: 2 -——______ A dispatch from Havana via terday says: “Three Americ: have rebombarded Cardenas with shell ana have destroyed the British consulate. ‘rhe Americans attempted to land men and am- munition when the cannonade was the hot- test. The Spaniards, drawn up on shore, replied hotly to the American fire, inflicting severe loss on the enemy. Seven Spaniaras were wounded.” aes Cannot Give War News. Secretury Gage has Issued the following crder regarding war news in his depart- ment: “AN officers and employes in and under the Treasury Department are hereby for- bidden to furnish information on matters pertaining to or bearing upon the conduct of the war, to any person or persons, ex- cept by authority of the Secretary of the ‘Treasur: —_—_—_—__o.—___ Alphonso XIII Ordered Away. NEW YORK, May 16.—The British steam- er Earnwood, which left Barbados May 6, arrived today. She reports that on May 3 the Spanish transport Alphonso XIII, with 500 troops on board, put in at Barbados, Gut was ordered to leave again by the authorities. a Rise in Price of Bread. NEW YORK, May 16.—The price of bread was raised one cent a loaf by nearly all the bakers in the city today as a result of the great rise in the price of wheat. For weeks there has been a continual de- crease in the size and weight of the loaves, but there was no agreement among the bakers to increase the price. A meeting of the largest bakers at the Grand Central Opera House decided upon the advance. ed Senator Sewell Declines. Senator Sewell of New Jersey, who was appointed to be major general in-the vol- unteer army, has declined the honor. This action is due to the belief of the senator that in accepting a commission in the army he would be compelled to resign his posi- tion in the United States Senate. As Sena- tor Sewell was appointed from civil life the expectaticn is that the vacancy will be filled in a similar way. The senator has also keen assigned to the command of the troops to be concentrated at Washington, and his retirement will necessitate a new selection for that command. The Legion of Loyal Women will be at home this evening at 419 10th street. No. 4 engine company responded about 8 o'clock last night to an alarm of fire turned in because of the explosion of a lamp in the house of Thomas Downey, No. 1321 4% street southwest. Damage to the amount of $25 was dene. Transferred to Second Regiment. The Boys May Camp at Woodburn Manor—Police Court—ticneral and Personal. Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King Street, Bell Telephone, No. 106, ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16, 1805, A report was received in this city Satur- day evening from Richmond, stating that the Alexandria Light Infantry, Company F, 3d Regiment Virginia Volunteers, were to be transferred to the 2d Regiment and would leave Richmond for Tampa, Fla. Tuesday. It was not long before this re- port beceme generally known, and the bu- reau of The Star was crowded with par- ents, sisters, brothers, sweethearts and friends of the Alexandrians, who left Sat- urday morning for Camp Lee, all anxious to find out whether the report was true or not. The report could not ve verified, how- ever. Major Wm. M. Smith of this city, who was recently mustered in the volun- teer service as surgeon of the 3d Rexi- ment, was in the city, and stated td a Star reporter that he knew nothiing of the rumor, but that he would use his every effort to frustrate such a change. Shortly after 10 o'clock yest2rday morn- ing a special dispatch to the bureau from Richmond stated that an attempt had been made to transfer the Alexandria Light In- fantry, but it was not successful. This spe- cial also stated that the Alexandria boys would probably be transferred to Woodburn Manor, near Falls Church, but this will not occur unless the 3d Regiment 1s ordered to that point. Rev. J. T. William: pastor of the South- ern Mcthodist Church, during the service in his church yesterday referr3d to the de- parture of the company, and requested the members of his congregation iv pray for the brave boys who left their homes and families for the defense of their country. Police Court. The following cases were disposed of in the police court this morning by Mayor George L. Simpson: Thomas Farrail, cot- ored, charged with disorderly conduct; fined $2.50, in default of which he went down for ten days. Matthew Williams and Clip Cliff, charged with selling fish in the city market without licertse; dismissed tor want ef evider Shooting Not Accounted For. Some time during Saturday night Mary Corbin, a well-known colored woman, was shot hy some unknown person. She was taken to the Alexandria Infirmary yester- day, where she was given medical atten- tion. The matter was reported to Officer Beach, who is engaged on the It is said that she had a difficui-y with her hur- band, Emanuel Corbin, and that ie shot her. Officer Beach went to Corbina house on North Columbus street yesierday, but found it closed. The woman's condition is not considered serious. Milk Producers’ Mecting. A meeting of milk producers from th> a e. counti2s of Alexandria, Fairfax, Priace | William, Loudoun and Culpeper was hell | in the rooms of the Business Men's League Saturday afternoon. The object of the meeting was to organize a co-operative as- sociation for the prot2ction of the mem- bers and to > health de- partment of V ng that only pure milk is sold nd held in this city the first Thursday in August. Industrinl Institute Closing Exercises The Langston Industrial Institute of New Alexandria, Va., A. A. Lott, principal, having had a continuous tion, The department, conducted by 2 Holmes of this city, gave a birthday “party Friday evening for the benefit of the school, at which a large Mi number were present. At the close of the exercises refreshments were served to all for the year d, fifty-two; age attendance, twenty-nine. ———- TO SELECT COAST DEFENDERS, present. ‘The New Board of Inspection Organized at New York Todny. NEW YORK, May 16.—The board for the inspection of vessels for coast defense retro! is being organized today under or- ders from the Navy Department. The officers composing the board Admiral Henry Erhben, president; Lieu- tenant Commarder J. D. J. Kelly, Lieu- terant Christopher Burns, Chief Engineer Robie, Natal ConstructorW. Steele and W: are C. Mintoyne. The clerk ef the board is Acting Carpenter J. Burton. The board ¥ill get to work as quickly possible, to secure suitable versels for tre kind of work needed. aptain Regers, president of the recently disbanded naval auxiliary board, has been assigned to the command of the protected ciuiser Philadelphia at the Mare Island navy yard. ——— Spaniards Seize Canary Cable. LIVERPOOL, May 16.—The telegraph of- fice at the Island of Grand Canary, near the center of the Canary Islands, the chief city of which is Las Palmas, has been seized by the Spanish authorities. All tel- egrams except the barest conumercial mes- sages have been stopped. ->—— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 16.—Flour qu $4.00; do. extra, £4.60 spring, wheat stra 2 bairels; exports, ne heat strong ind highcr—spet and month, 1354136: June, 133 asked; July ugust. 112 asked; steamer No. '2 red, 131a pts. 59.501 bushels: exports, 75.000 bus stock, 718,825 bushels; seles, 12,000 bushels. routhern wheat by sample, 130126; do. on grad: 131%a13544. Corn inactive and firmer—spot, 41 41%; moath, 41Kad1&: June. 41a41, 43 steamer mixed, 40%4n. re, 159,284 bushels; $6.50a$6.75 — sales, 500 barrels, bushels; exports, stock, 813 072 bushels; sales. 3,00 bushels—routhern white corn, 42; do. yellow, western, 38tga39; celpts, stock, 41242. Oats dull. No. 2 mixed do. 55,450 bushels; exports, 150,000 575.656 brabels.’ Rye frmer—No. 2 nearh; 2 western, recelpta, 5 12,856 bushels: stock, "309.760 brsh- firm—cholce timothy, "$13.1 Grain freights very Mttle deing, demand siow—steam to Liverpool per bushel, 4%4. June; Cork for orders per quarter, 4s. June. Sugar si wlated, Biiog"Buiter” stesdy—fancy creamer ITs der imitation, 16; do. ladle, 15; "good Indie,’ 14; ‘siore packed, 12013. Eges ‘weak—fresh, 10. Cheese Steady—fancy New York. large. 949%; do. me- dinm, 10a10%; do. small. s0%a11. Lettnce—$1.50a a basket. Whisky—$1.27a$1.28 per gallon for finished goods in car loads; $i.29a$1.30 per gallon for Jobbing lots. —_»_— Government Bonds, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. Bid. Asked. 4 fer conte: coupon of 02000002 aoe tb, percents, ¢ 2 3 5 4 per ceats, registered of 1007. 2 los iin 4 per cents, coupon of 1925. 2 Heath 323% 4 per cents, registered of 1425. 122% 12314 ret 113 110% 111g 103 - Markets Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1: F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Opened Decidedly Weak, but Subsequently Rallied. |DUE 10 CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH Outside War Situation All Condi tions Are Favorable. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS > Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 16.—The curity markets opened at conc Is foreign se- sions from t week's closing level as the result of the conditions hinted at in Mr, Chamber- lain’s recent speech. On all sides the po- Utical situation relative to eastern ques tions had a depressing influence for a time, but toward noon London cables sh that market to have resumed its nor tene. Prices were advanced to the } York parity and foreign selling in this mar- ket was discontinued. The local trading was moderately sympa- thetic with tendency noted abro: the first hour's ousin. S resulted in a su stantial lowering of The selling was almost wholly professicnal, although ecmmission houses we lisposed to vise profit taking The impending naval conflict is the deterrent to activity and improved prices. Corfidence in an American victory is fols lowed by a cautious buying of the better class of stocks, but there is considerable timidity to be overcome before an extraors dinary investment of capital becomes pos- sible. Mon y in abundance is awaiting an op- pertunity for mvestment, of tt at Irices slightly under th. . but the buik of it undecided ax to price, but wait- ing for an indication of the end of the war. Conditions which ordinarily make a market are ali .whh the one excr y be transvirmg on the high seas. Eliminate this element of doubt an@ a transformation of the surface ket will take plave immediate’ of the mar- There 1s no disposition to sell stocks for ‘ount, the mc of the country to improvement and the date ction is alone doubtty When th> time does come, earnings, the Prospect for new dividends, increases in present rates, the high prices for commodi- ties and the low rate for money will bine to assist the movement. The ten: due to protracted expectancy suge Profit taking as heretofore, but thes castons are likely to be regarded far sighted in the light of opport Th> revenue bill has been a nsideration for the last fortnight ‘ry attempt to make a demons‘ against prices with that measure for a background has failed. The provisions of t some hesitarey in tne P. aracior is to values rs of a new pool in American Sugar oo the were freely circulated during the day, wit the result that a Mberal volume of st lo: were uncovered during the shor: stock. ock moved up easii buying for a gain of Icw level of the rorning. The movement of Amer The pri under pe of t nt ber cent from the n tobacco was towards a lower level in spite of urgent negotiations for a peaceful settlem: of the plug te > duffieulty Rock Island was the feature of the Granger group, holding w: uring the is and advancing easily under " ate in the day. The neighbor- ing n vers of this sub- stantially during the afternoon, but be- came dull ance. Frequent changes in d be expected un- til definite igence comes to hand. ‘ANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the oper est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- perted by Corson & Macartrey, members New York stobk exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. 2 Wall st. ‘Open. a - “ ing, the high- Close Low. way American Spirits. American Spirits, American Sugar. American Sugar, p rican Tobacco. Atchison .. - Baltimore & Onio Chicago, R. Chie st! P.M. Gencrai electric Ubnois Centrai Lake sn Lousvine & Metrope Manhattan Elevated Michigan Centra! Missouri Pacitic. . National Lead Co. Dahonai Leau Co.. i New Jersey Centrat. New York Centra: prthern Pacitic Puluman FP. ©. Co. Southern Ky.. pfa. Phila. Traction ... Texas Pacific ‘Tenn. Coa & iron. Union Pacitic ay Union Pacite, pia F abash, pfd. Western Umon ei. Oy is ay > Washington Stock Exchange. .— Metropolitan, lv at 2 Capital Traction. pe, 5 at 143; Iv at 143; 10 at 143; 19 at 1 143; 5 at 143. American Gre roe maar bt J00 at 15.” American Graphophone pre- fererred, 3 at 15. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 100 at 57 cents, After cali—Mergenthaler Livotype, 10 at 142%. Poeomatic Gun Carriage, 100 at 57 cents. District of Columbia Bonds.—3.68s, funding, cur- reney, 112% bid. Miscellancous Bonds.—Metopo'itan Baflroad 5s, 118 bid. Metropolitan Railroa= conv. 6s, 119 bid. Metropolitan haliroad certificates of indeb:edness, A, 117 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certiticates of indebtedness. , 107 bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, 115 bid, 122 asked. Belt Railrond Ss, 40 bid. 55 asked. ‘Eckington Railroad 8, 93 Mid." Waxhiniton Gas Company Gs, serles A, 110 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s." series B, 112 bid. U. 8. Electric it ture imp., 102 bid. Chesapeake and Po- tomac Tels phe Ss, 103%; bid. American Security and Trost 5s, F. and A. 100 Vid. American Se- curity and Trust ‘Ss, A. abd O., 100 bid. V ton Market Company Ist Gs, 110 bid. W: Market Company imp. Gs, '110 bid. W: Market Company ext. 63,110 bid. “Masontc fail Association 105 ‘bid. Washington Light In- fantry Ist 6s, 0 bid. - National Bank Stocks —Bank of Washington, 285 bid. Metropolitan, 303 bid. Central. 140 "bid. Farmers and Mechantes’, 180 bid. Sccond, Md. Citizens’, 140 bid. Cor 190 bid. ‘Capl 120 bid. ‘est End, 102 bid, 104 asked. Trad- era’, 100 bid. Lancela, 110 bid, 1 sate I con T Lg 9 M% bid. je Deposit and, Tenet. 114 Loan and Trust, 125 bid.'130 asked. 3 enrity and Trust, 150 hid. Washingion Safe De posit, 50 bid, Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 30 bid. Franklin, 37 bid. Metropolitan 70 wid. Corcoran. 55 Md. Potomac, 55 td. Arlington. 12) bid. 135 asked. German-American, 155 b' National Unton, 9 bid, 12 asked. Colombia, 10% bid, 12% asked. ' Kiger, 7 bid, 7% asked. Projl's, 5 bid, 6 asked. coln, 9 bid. Commerci:l, 4 bid. pintilg, Ineurance Socks. Real Eatute Title. 75 ® asked. aed a . Vashing- fou tite # bid. Dietriet Tithe: 2 bd. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Trection, T4 bid. 74% asked. Met’ tan, 139 bid. 121% asked! Co- lnmbia, 75 bid, 80 acked. Belt, 1 |. Keking- ‘Gan and Flectric Light Stocks.—Washington Ge: — on Gas, 47% bid, asked. Gas. 43 bid. UL 8. Electric