Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1898, Page 2

MONEY FOR THE WAR Mr. Teller Speaks on the Revenue Bill. FOR INCOME TAX AND GREENBACKS Mr. Nelson Opposes the Issue of U. S. Notes. BONDING BILL PASSED yee gon after the Senate convened at 11! o'clock this morning. Mr. Carter reported from the military aff ‘ommittee a bill providing for a second : ant secretary of war, to be named by the President, and to receive a salary of $4,000. When the bill was pl: on its passage Mr. Bate (Tenn.) siggested the absence of @ quorum, not more than eight or tea sen- atcrs being in the chamber. After a delay of fifteen minutes, a quor- um was secured a: bill was passed. Consideration of the war revenue meas- uw was resumed, Mr. Teller taking th flcer to continue his speech begun yester- day In concluding that part of his argument in favor of an income tax Mr. Teller said that if tke proposition were Submitted to » he would feel bound to vote for > the decision of the Supreme t the law of 1894. Such a tax, orted by five decisions of the Supreme Court prior to that upon the law of ISM. “I have no reason to suppose,” said he, that the court may not yet return to its former decisions; indeed, I have every reason to suppose that it will.” Coining the Seigniorage. Mr. Teller then began a discussion of the proposition to coin the silver seignior- which, he said, had aroused great op- ion. He declared the seigniorage could ned without detriment to the public 0,000, and the people, It has been paid right to use it. ly as could $42- It amounts to $- said he. need the money. rand the people have It could be issu 00,000 of yy the coinage of the the government would save the the full amount coined. n entered upon an elaborate argument in fav issue of $150,- vo.000 of legal v He thought there v of the right of ul tender notes. ».000,000 of such notes ss he would hesitate turb busir the propos his approval, but yelieve a single senator would a surplus of money in the ould be created by the addition y of $150,000,000. r Bords. > of bonds as thought, was now fairly to whether the government greon| or bonds, and he be d not one in a of the people w aver of bonds whe ought to know,” said Mr. estimate that the p t war will 3,000,000 If it be prosecuted for one t not ear. to las we iippines ion, > taki » of Spal 8 I hemisphere or z t. believe, to drive h flag from the of both the antic and Pacific son Aguinst Greenbacks. cn (Minn.) regarded the pro- issue of greenbacks as one of the mest important features of the bill. He Geclare ans made during the civil war the an covered by the creenbacks w: the mest expensive. The p <d issue of legal tender notes was not called foe by any lack of money in circulation, as the per capita circulation ow er than at any time since a0 y 11 cents lower than it wa: then. He that the notes, if issued, would te an added manacle to the treas- those so fn- erve and ren- le to foree an ury and thst it would clined ta issue of bonds. ng, Mr. Nelson declared that in any view of the ma- the jority of the finance committee was wrong and could act b> safely follow Mr reli followed Mr. Nelson. He contended that the bill, as reported, in- cluding provisions for the coinage of the seigniorage and_-the issuance of treasury notes and the elimination of the bonds would provide sufficient revenue for the conduct of the -var. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. When the House met today a yea and nay vote was taken upon the bill undisposed of when adjournment was taken yesterday to amend the internal revenue law relating to bondage and outage periods of distilled spirits. The bill passed, 132 to 65. The. House then went into consideration of the private calendar. Upon motion of Mr. Dingley the House agreed to adjourn today to Tuesday, Mon- day being Decoration ay. The House passed the bill to pay the heirs of John Roach, deceased, $28,160 for corpletion of the dispatch boat Dolphin. Honors for Dewey. The Senate resolutions authorizing Secretary of the vy to present a sword of honor Commodore George Dewey, and cause to be struck bronze medals com- the to memorating the battle of Manila bay, and to distribute them to the officers and men of the Asiatic squadron, was passed unani- mously, without debat». ee TO GO TO THE PACIFIC. District Volunteers Might Be Among Those Called 0: Adjutant General Corbin was tn telegra- Dhic correspondence today with referencs to the defense of the Pacific coast after the departure of the expeditions to the Philip- Pines. It is likely that some of the eastera volunteer regiments will be required for this service, and the ist District of Colum- Bia, Sth 3s 's and 69th New York achuse' Volunteers are mentioned as likely to be the first called upon. They are fully armed and equipped and ready to move, and have all applied for service in the Philippines. e+ Nearly Drowned by Frou: ce New York Press. ‘Thoras Farley. while fishing in the Sus- quehanna neac Hoc per rece ntly, was near- Wy drowned by an overwhelming number of fish that surrounded his boat. Farley Was fishing quietly along the bank when he noticed an unusual disturbance in a pool off shore. Investigation proved the mass to be several thousand perch from three to five inches long that had formed @ school in a cove. Rowing his boat into their midst. he was scooping them in with his hat, when, leaning too far over, the beat upset, precipitating him into the water The large and compact number of fish made swimming almost impossible, and, though Farley {3 a good swimmer, hs wnat down twice before reaching a spot upon which he could rest his feet. He hurtied home, changed his clothes anil returned to the scene, but the mass nad disappeared. It is supposed the school was caused by the sudden falling of the stream, which hal been very high, ard that the fish finally found an outlet. Large quantities of perch have been caught above and beiow the spot since the occurrence. ——o- ____ Citizen—“Mr. Greatmann, I heard a cu- rious debate the other evening. The sub- Ject was, ‘Can a Politician Be a Christian? What's your opinion Mr. Greatmann (local >. but he'll git eekly. h. atesman)—"“He Hcked."—New York THE CANADIAN NEGOTIATIONS. Promise of an Agreement Given by the Spirit Prevailing. The Canadian negotiations were resumed at the State Department today. An un- derstanding has been reached that the de- tails of the negotiations will not be made public until the work is well along and Gefinite results been decided. In a general way, however, it is stated that the spirit Prevailing at the conference gives better promise of an agreement than ever ‘before. The members taking part in the conference are free to admit that this is due largely to the recent expressions of cordiality be- tween Great Britain and the United States. It has found expression in several ways since this conference began. The words of greeting by President McKinley when Sir Leuis Davies was presented to him are said to have been exceedingly cordial, and Secretary Day reiterated the friendly senti- ments. Last evening the British ambassador and Sir Louis met a number of representative public men at Mr. Foster’s house, including Secretaries Alger and Wilson and Senators Frye and Lodge. Although a social gath- ering, there were opportunities for ex- changing views on the growing good will between the English-speaking people on both sides of the waters. It is said that the Canadian people fully share in this growing friendship, and that when a member of the Canadian parlia- ment made a speech the other day, inci- dentally casting a reflection on this coun- try, the two party leaders, Sir Wilfred Laurier, premier and liberal leader, and Sir Charles Tupper, conservative leader, at once arose and rebuked the member for his expressions, their remarks bemg greet- ed with enthusiastic cheers from both sides of the chamber. This incident, it fs stated by the officials here, 1s characteristic of the present sentiment prevailing in Cana- da. The government has issued orders to all officials along the Canadian coast, in- cluding New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, directing them to immediately report any attempt to send coal or provisions or other munitions of war to either of the belliger- ents in the present war. While the order applied to both parties, its manifest operation is to prevent ship- ments of war munitions or coal to the Spanish squadron, now in sore straits at Santiago, or to the blockaded points in Cuba. ‘Thus far the Canadians have not taken official cognizance of the presence of Sec- retary Du Bosc, the former associate of Mr. Polo in the Spanish legation here, but there is reason to believe that if Mr. Du Bose and those with him at Montreal do not strictly abide by the rules governing persons taking asylum in a foreign country they will be called to account and made to discontinue their operations. ee CAPT. BURR'S NEW DUTIES. Col. Bingham to Relieve Him of Charge of the Aqueduet. Captain Edward Burr, corps of engineers, formerly assistant to the Engineer Co: 1- missioner of the District, and more recent- ly in charge of the Washington aqueduct, has been ordered to proceed at once to Fort Tampa, Fla., and assume command of Company E, battalion of engineers, ing Lieutenant Colonel James Lusk, corps of engineers, recently appointed chief en gineer of the 2a Army Corps. Col. Theodore A. Bingham, corps of en- gineers, in charge of public buildings and grounds in this city, will, in addition to his present duties, relieve Captain Burr of the charge of the Washington aqueduct. —— TWO PRIZES RELEASED. Decisions Rendered in Several Cases by Court at Key West. KEY WEST, Fla., May 27.—In the United States circuit court today Judge Locke ren- dered decisions in the cases of the six Spanish steamers seized during the first days of the Cuban blockade. These in- cluded the most valuable prizes taken since the war began. x The Catalina and Miguel Jover were re- leased, both vessels and cargoes. The Pedro and Guido were condemned and for- feited. The Buena Ventura, being neutral property, is to be restored to its owners, as it is protected by the President's proclama- tion. Tne question of the Panama's cargo is taken under advisement. In the cases of the Pedro, Guido, Buena Ventura and Panama, the owners, through their attorneys, filed notice of appeal. as CHURCH CONSTITUTION CHANGED. Important Action Taken at Presby- terian General Assembly. WINONA LAKE, Ind., May 27.—In the Presbyterian gereral assembly today devo- tional exercises and miscellaneous busin2ss occupied the first hour. One item was the declaration of the adoption of an amend- n.ent to the constitution of the church pla ing the music of the church under th? com- plete direction of the church session. The regular order of the day was the re- pert of the committee on the board of church erzction, presented by Dr. B. W. Perry, San Leandro, Cal. Afier the presentation of the report the essembly was addressed by Dr. Perry and by Dr. Erskine N. White, secretary of the beard. ed SIX MINERS DROWNED. Caught in the Shaft of a Pennsylva- nia Colliery. POTTSVILLE, Pa., May 27.—-Word rzach- ed here this morning that while miners were working in the red ash vein of the Kaska William colliery, about ten miles east of here, yesterday a larg> body of wa- ter Was struck, and six men are supposed to have been drowned. They are: William Morgan, married, wife and two children. William Derr, singl2, seventeen years old. Martin Nalochis. Peter Durkin, wife in Poland. Paul Koscinski. Wendele Krovishki. It is possible that Derr and Morgan may be rescued, but there is no hope for the oth- ers. es Will Arrive This Evening. Representative Bull of Rhode Island has received a telegram from the governor of that state announcing that a regiment of volunteers, fully equipped at the state’ expense, will reach Washington this even- ing to go ‘0 camp at Camp Alger. The governor says the regiment is in a praise- worthy condition. 2 +_______ ‘Troops Dispel Rioters. ERFURT, Germany, May 27.—Serious rioting took place here yesterday as the re- Sult of a local grizvance. The troops were called out to quell the disturbance and charged upon the mob with draw swords. Twenty persons were more or less seriously injured and thirty of the rioters were ar- rested. —— Mrs. Day is Recovering. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 27.—Mrs. Wil- liam R. Day, wife of the Secretary of State, who has for some time past been under treatment at the Cleveland: General Hos- pital, ts rapidly recovering, and will soon be fully restored to health. Mrs. Day ex- pects to leave the hospital within a few days, and, after a brief visit at Canton, will prébably go.to Washington. —_+ -—— First Rhode Island Coming. Speetal Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., May 27.—The ist Rhode Island Regiment, with thirty-two cars, left Jersey City at 10 o'clock this morning for Falls Chureh, Va., by way of ve more about 3 p.m. ‘ash- ington about 4:15, 2 - THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1898-16 PAGES. IN FRONT OF SANTIAGO/ BROUGHT INTO THE SENATE|VERDICT NOT GUILTY Commodore Schley Still Thought to Have Cervera Trapped. Rainy Senson Sets in and Makes It Disagreeable for All the Blockaders, KEY WEST, Fla. May 27.—Naval men say that Commodore Schley is probably lying off Santiago de Cuba harbor with the Spanish fleet imprisoned inside. It is known that the Spanish fleet has war sup- plies for Havana, and that that city is its objective point. Every movement of Ad- miral Cervera has shown this. While it would be improper to analyze the composition of the fleets it may be said that Ccmmodore Schley’s squadron 1s still @ fast moving one, and is believed to be speedy enough to cvertake the Spaniards in a race, in view of the present condition of their flotilla, and that the American Scouting boats patrol the seas and would never permit the Spaniards to get out of sight again. Imprisonment of Spain's fleet would prac- tically end Spain's naval efforts, and most of the American vessels could be detailed for operations against the land defenses. The blockade of Havana has not been weakened by reason of massing so many vessels into two great fleets. Indeed, these fleets are so handled that they are still blockading Havana effectually. The rainy season is just beginning in Cuba, and the fleet of warships and news- paper dispatch boats have experienced bad Weather during the past week, with fre- quent violent rain storms off the Cuban coast. Today the weather is pleasant. The new cruiser New Orleans, formerly the Amazonas, excites the admiration of all naval men during her present cruise on account of her speed and apparent ef- fectiveness as a fighting ship. ————— OUR TRADE WITH CHINA. Great Already and Promises to Be- come Much More Extensive. Mr. Hugh O'’Beirne, second secretary of the British embassy here, has made a re- port to the British foreign office on the ex- tent of commerce between the United States and China. The report shows that volume of United States trade in China represents more than one-seventh of the trade of the empire. It is 50 per cent greater than the trade of Germany with China, and comes next to the trade of Great Britain, that being the first in commercial importance. The increase in American trade has been going on rapidly within the iast ten years, and this increase has been entirely on the side of American goods, our exports in- creasing, while Chinese imperts were de- creasing. By far the most valuable branch of the trade is that in cotton goods. China last year took $7,488,000 out of a total ex- port of $17,281,000, or almost half of all eur cotton clothes shipped abroad. They came from the New England mills. But there has been quite recently a re- markable increase of shipment from the st by way of San Francisco and Puget Sound. Continuing, Mr. O'Beirne says: There is every reason to think that the effective opening up of the interior prov- inces to foreign commerce will be followed by a great expansion of the Chinese de- mand for foreign cotton, in which the American exporters will have a very large share of interest. “The d:nse masses of the Chinese popula- tion, clad almost exclusively in cotton cloth, offer a practically unlimited market for cotton goods. The export of American kerosene oil to China ranks second in importance to that of cotton go The Russian oil is the only serious foreign competitor with which the American product has to reckon. In 1896 China took 33,000,000 gallons of Amert- can oil, as against 28,000,000 of the Russian oil. Mr. O'Beirne also shows the increasing value of our trade in wheat flour, fron and steel, ond railroad materials. He says the Chinese show a full recognition of. the superiority of the American flour over their own roughly cleaned product. He says the increasing industrial aetivity of China, and the building of railroads, wil secure to American makers a large proportion of the ecntraets fer steel rails, locomotives, etc. He remarks that the fron and steel in- dustry is one in which the United States have recently shown their ability to com- pete with all rivals. In particular, Mr. O'Beirne points out the importance of Chi nese trode upon the development of our Pacific coast states. 2 GERMANY IS NEUTRAL, Ambassador White Pleased at Evi- dence of Good Faith. BERLIN, May 27.—United States Ambas- sador White is greatly pleased at a fresh evidence yesterday of Germany’s strict neu- trality. Acting upon information from the United States consul at Hamburg, to the effect that the Spanish steamer Pinzon was about to sail with contraband of war, Mr. White went to the foreign office and’ pro- tested, with the result that the government fcials acted promptly. The steamer was searched and no contraband of war was found on board. ——— ‘Trains Collide at Dayton, Ten: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 27—Tho scuth-bound Oakdale accommodation trata on the Cincinnati Southern railroad col- Kded with a freight engine near Dayton, Tenn., this morning. From the best _in- fcrmation now obtainable, Engineer Hu: son of the accommodation and two brake- men named Sevarson and Matthews were kilied. Baggagemaster Dressback and the engineer of the freight train were badly injured. ———— Mieolini’s Will Probated. LONDON, May 27.—The will of the late Signor Ernesto Nicolini, husband of Madame Adelina Patti, who died on Janu- ary 18 last, at Pau, France, was probated today. The estate is valued at £41,021 ($205,- 105). It has been announced that the late Sig- nor Nicolini left the sum of $100,000 to his widow (Aaelina Patti), and to his three children by his first marriage. Madame Patti, it was added, renounced the legacy. ————— : Marriage Licenses. suarriage licenses have been issued as fol- low. White—Otto C. Keane and Jessie F. Saun- ders, both of Louisa county, Virginia; Rob- ert H. Bowman and Mary E. Poland, both of Anacostia, D. C.;.Fred H. Waltze and Mabel Dunn, both of this city. ———— Goes to Jury. ‘The case of N. Carroll Downs against the Metropolitan Railroad Company and others was given to the jury this afternoon. ES Imponses Sentences. Judge Bradley, in Criminal Court No. 2, passed sentence today in criminal cases as follows: Jeremiah Addison and Thomas Day, housebreaking; eight months each in jail, end Henry Brown, larceny from person: two years in ‘Trenton prison. Andrew Fields, convicted of larceny from the person, was released, and his sentence suspended during good behavior. Last of Smallpox Cases. The last patient at the Smallpox Hospital was discharged today, and, so far as the health office reports show, there are no more cases of that disease in the District. So far this year there have been reported to Dr. Woodward, the health officer, nine eases of smallpox as having occurred: here. ‘The first was that of the marine who w: found to be suffering from the disease at the Naval Hospital two or three months ago. ‘The remaining cases developed at Freedmen’s Hospital early lst month, the first patient there being a young cviored wan who had come on from the south. Seven other cases resulted from this one, and it was the last of this batch that was from the Smallpox Hospital to- day.«No deaths resulted. Hawaiian fmnexation Attached to the Amendment by Mr. Lodge ‘in Words of the Newijnds “Resolution— Mr. Morgan’s Amendment. rey ‘The Hawaiian annexaticn question, which has been thx subject gf no little concern about the Senate for the past few days, assumed definite shape in the Senate to- day, when Sénators Lodge and Morgan offered amendments to the war revenue bill bearing directly upon the subject. Sen- ator Lodge's amendment is in the words of the Newlands 'r2solutign, and provides in direct terms for the annexation of the islands. Senator® Lodge* was seen tmme- diately after he had sent his amendment to the desk, and announced it to be his purpose to press the amendment to the erd. “Henceforth,” said he, “the two measuyes must travel together. Both are equally important,<and under the circum- stances it would be foolhardy for us to forego our advantages in Hawail.” Investigation develops that Senator Lodge's action in presenting the amend- ment was the resuit of more or less con- ference, though of informal character, among the stanchest advocates of annexa- tion. They express the opinion that the amendment in the end will be accepted, but admit that in all probability it will result in delaying‘the passage of the reve- nue bill. “Suppose.” said one of them, “it does cause delay; thé country is not suffer- ing for immediate cash, and furthermore, the Hawaiian opposition must take the re- sponsibility for whatever delay ensues. If there had been no arrangement to expedite the revenue measure at the expense cf Hawaii, ahd if the program of the friends of annexation in the House had not been interfered with, the senatorial friends of the union of Hawaii and the United States would have refrained from any effort to join the two measures.” ‘The advocates of annexation asscrt that when the vote 1s reached it will result in the incorporation of. Hawaiian annexation in the revenue bill, which would, of course, lave the effect of forcing the matter upon the attention of the House. ‘They claim they will get the votes of all but four of the republican senators, and also those of many democrats, populists and silver republicans. The assertion is made by senators in favor of annexation that the administration is more anxious than at any preyfous time for legislation providing for annexation. The condition of affairs in the Philippines and the necessity for a stopping place for our ships on their way to those islands, they say, is the rea- son for the present urgency. It is asserted that to hold the Philippines without pos- session of Hawaii would be next to impos- sible. ay Senator Jones 6f Arkansas, a democratic member of the finance committee, express- ed the opiniom that the Lodge amendment would not be deceptéd. “It would,” he said, “certainly djay the bill indefinitely if presse ‘ ; Senator White, another democratic mem- ber of che fimince committee, expressed the opinion thatthe Hawaiian amendment, If pressed, woujd he laid on the table. “It 1s impossible,to pags the revenue bill with the Hawaiian resolution annexed,” he said. Mr. Morgan's Amendment. Senator Mgrgan offered the following amendment to the;iwar revenue measure: “When any lof thedislands of the Atlantic or Pacihe aré*dwneil by the United States, or when they.are.g¢cupied by the civil or military forces of the United States as a result of such'war, or as‘@ necessary means of conducting suén War, to be determined by the Presitfent, as the commander-in- chief of the atrhy and navy of the United States, it shall'be lawfdl and within his discretion for the President to appoint a civil or military governor of such island or any group of such islands, with full au- thority under sugh rules and regulations as the President may prescribe, not inconsist- ent with the laws of civilized warfare, to maintain good order and to protect the lives and property. and the domestic peace of the people thereof.. “And there shail be extended over such islands and enforced therein such parts and provisions of the tax laws of the United States or of such islands, whether relating to customs duties or to internal taxation, as shall, in the judgment arid discretion of the Prestdent/’béJustly; applicable to such islands during the.existence of the war with Spain. “The currency*of the United States, whether of gold,’ silver or paper money, shall be a lawful tender in said islands so owned or occupied in the same manner and to the same extent that they are a lawful tender in the United States in the payment of all debts, public.or private. “And the provisions of this act that re- late to such islands, together with such regulations as shall be made by order of the President for executing the same, shall remain in force until the same are altered, amended or repealed by act of Congress.” aes ARMY ORDERS, Lieut. Col. John Biddle, chief engineer, U. S. V., has been ordered to Chickamau- ga National Park and report to Maj. Gen. Brooke for assignment to duty as chief en- gireer of a corps, ‘He has been instructed to transfer to Maj. B. C. Kingman, Corps of Engineers, the works in his charge in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. ldeut. Hamilton Rowan, 2d Artillery, has been relieved from duty with the Connecti- cut volunteers, and ordered to join his proper station. Capt. Frank E. Waska, Company B, 2d Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, has been mustered out of the service on account of disability. Lieut. B, H. Wells, 2d Infantry, has-been relieved from duty with the National Guard of Utah and ordered to join his regiment. The resignatfon ofeLieut. G. E. Huggins, 4th Missouri, Volunteers, has been ac- cepted. Acting Assistant Purgeon S. M. Water- house, now at: Forty Hamilton, N. Y., has been ordered to report to Maj. W. B. Da- vis, surgeon, gt Fokt Myer, Va, for duty at the general,hospital at that place. Capt. F. W. Cole has been ordered to re- port to Maj.’Gen. Coppinger for duty as qvartermaster’ of @ brigade in the 4th Army Corps. yi Maj. George. H. sTorney, surgeon, has been assigned to ithe command of the United Stateshospltp] ship Relief. Maj. Frank, E. Ny¥g, now on duty at the War Department, has been ordered to as- sume the duttes of/purchasing and depot ccmmissary at’ Chattanooga. Lieut. W. P. Ric! mn, Sth Infantry, has been ordered to report to the com- manding officer at Fort St. Michael, Alns- ka, for duty at that station. Capt. W. P. Kendall, assistant surgeon at Fort Brown, Texas, has been ordered to Tampa, Fla., for duty with the 9th Cay- Capt. H. A. Shaw, assistant surgeon, has been placed in charge of the general hos- pital at Key West, Fla. : Acting Assistant Surgeon Walter whit- ney has been ordered to duty at Fort Sheridan, Tl. é Lieut. G. McK. Williamson, 8th Cavalry, has been relieved from duty with the Ne- braska Voluntecrs and ordered to return to his proper station” Testimony in Favor of Mildred Campbell, Charged With Manslaughter. Physicians Say She Was Il and Could Not Have Attended Mrs. Compher, as Charged. The trial of Mrs. Mildred Campbell, a colored midwife, charged with manslaught- er in having caused the death of Mrs. Abby E. Compher, wife of Geo. W. Compher, white, a grocer on Brightwood avenue, by performing a criminal operation upon her, was resumed before Judge Bradley in Crim- inal Court No. 2 this morning. The first witness, Dr. Goines, colored, testified that he attended Mrs. Campbell for some weeks prior to and until July 12 last. This evidence was offered by Lawyer Jones, for the defense, in order to prove that Mrs. Campbell was ill during July, and therefore could not have attended Mrs. Compher. ‘The witness was very positive that the defendant was too ill to have left the house before July 12. He was certain as to the date because he had later refresh- ed his memory by referring to his accounts for the purposs of rendering his bill. Frances Mitchell, a young colored wo- man, testified that at the time Mr. Com- pher brought a sealed note to Mrs. Camp- bell, from his wife. She, the witness, was living in the house with Mrs. Campbell, and attending the latter, who was iil. She said she had read the note after it had been opened, and read to Mrs. Campbell. It stated that the writer had been taken ill and wanted Mrs. Campbell to attend her. The witness also declared that she had overheard Mrs. Compher at the time he had brought the note, declare to Mrs. Campbell that his wife had suffered an operation and needed her. ‘This witness, as well as the others, for the defense, flatly contradicted the testi- mony of Mr. Compher, who asserted that when he carried the sealed note, its con- tents being unknown to him, to Mrs. Camp- bell, he made no mention that his wife wa ill, for the fact was that she was then in health. Sharp eress-examination by Mr. Laskey for the government did not develop any- thing new. Witness Was Positive. The next witness, Dr. Warfield of Freed- man’s Hospital staff, testified positively to having attended Mrs. Campbell during the latter part of July last. He could not be shaken in this. Scientific evidence was siven by him as to the character and use3 of a case of obstetrical instruments which had been found in the defendant’s house by Acting Coroner Glazebrook and Sergt. Harbison after her arrest, August 2 last. All the evidenc> so far submitted by the defense was solely to show that Mrs. Campbell was ill durirg July at the time the prosecution charges she performed the eriminal operation upon Mrs. Compher. Other witnesses heard upon this point were Mrs. Thomas, Rey. G. E. Wiseman, Mrs. Kate N. Geita, Wm. Taylor, Louis Trum- baugh end Samuel Willis, all colored. Evidence as to the good character of the d>fendant was given by T. L. Baker, Henry Taylor and John Davis, the last two named being colored. Mrs. Campbell was recalled by her iawyer and testified that the instruments in court were hot ner property, but had been left in hor house by a medical student who had roomed there. Mr. Compher Recalled. Mr. Compher was again alled to the stand by Mr. Laskey and asked if he had mide any statement to Mrs. Campbell at the time he carried the letter to the effect that his wife had become iil from an acci- dental or unnatural cause. He emphatical- ly denied it, but was prevented from saying more by th2 objection of Lawyer Jones, Who contended that Mr. right to re mine the wi $ upon this point. The judge ruled for the defense. The spon. ness then went on to say, in re- to questions by both lawyers, that the note to a colored girl and did he gav any time see Mrs. Campbell. askey then announced that the gov- ernment had closed its case. Mr. Jones also stated that he had no more evidence to offer. Defendant Takes the Stand. After The Sta "s report closed yesterday afternoon, the defendant took the stand. She was apparently calm, except for a ner- veus twisting of a handkerchief between her fingers. She declared she was confined to her house during July and that she was there at the time Mr. Compher brought her the letter from his wife. She was not able te read it herself. 1t was read to her. The letter said that Mrs. Compher was ill and sired Mrs. Campbell wo come to her. The Witness said that Mr. Compher also told her that his wife had been taken ill the night before and needed the midwife. She advised him to send for a physician, as she could not go. The rest of ner evidence was to the effect that sne had had no relations with Mrs. Compher prior to the latter's illness. Verdict Not Guilty, After arguments of counsel, the jury re- tired, and ia a short time returned a ver- dict of not guilty. ————— THE QUEER NEWSDOY OF PARIS. Dresses Like a Boulevard Swell and Carries a Silk Umbrella, From Today. He is a type that interests me consider- ably. He dresses neatly, to begin with. He generally carries a silk umbrella, and not infrequently—I give you my word that I am not exaggerating—he puts by his money to get hold of a frock coat and a silk hat. He offers his papers without the slightest air of conviction. The govern- ment has forbidden him to declare the lat- est news—if any—publicly, and accordingly he lets the papers sell themselves on the strength of their names. A London news- boy, with the iatest “special” under his erm containing the resuit of the last race, would cease to be a mass of newspapers, rags and “awful tragerdies” if he came across his French brother, and would calmly fold himself up and die from sheer grief. He would turn cold at seeing a man quietly taking out his purse and rendering you exact change for a 5-franc piece, and not having the inteMigence to go into a public house close by with a back entrance to it. Perhaps it is the fact that racing does not excite the editor that accounts for this. Tke racing results are given on an entirely different basis. Sporting journals issue lo subscribers a small sheet, resem- tling a telegram, after each race, and these are stuck up in the cafes and gargoftes as they arrive. Accordingly the newsboy comes on the scene later in the evening more impassively, and as there are no contents bills in France on account of the stamp tax, he is spared the trouble of helping out the subeditor with delicate les that the tatter would envy, but would not have dared to put in four-inch type. Still, they are not entirely devoid of the enterprise of their London brethren, and they use that old trick that is so dear in suburban districts, and which, next to “Bradshaw's Guide” and “This man’s fa- ther was my father’s son,” has caused more blasphemy than anything I know of. You_are sitting quietly reading, when there is < hoarse cry of “Le Jour—edition speciale.” You wonder what the special could be about, for, as a rule, Le Jour comes out regularly at 2 in the afternoon. You pass over your amazement and con- tinue reading, when a veritable army rush through the street crying at the top of their voices. You try to imagine what has happened. Has Rochefort turned Chris- tian; has the government decided to sell matches that will light; has—well, what has happened? You scorn heart troubles, and bolt after the boys. When you buy the paper, you know. ‘ — +0 ‘ Two Big Fires Today. HOULTON, Me., May 27.—F. W. Tit- comb’'s lumber mills, including the mills, dry houses, stables, two hundred thousand feet of finished lumber and other materials, were destroyed by fire a loss iy today. Thg HOLLISTON, . 2 Tenet NOT AN APARTMENT HOUSE. A Reported Change in the Character of a Proposed Building. It may be that an apartment house, as Proposed, will not be erected at the north- west corner of 17th and I streets. As stated in The Star several days ago, a protest was filed with the District Commis- sioners, signed by a number of the prop- erty holders in that locality, protesting against the issue of a permit for a struc- ture on that site higher than 90 feet. The position taken by the protestants was that as the streets on which the pro- pesed structure was to face was in neither case more than ninety feet . wide, and further that as the location was in a resi- dence section of the city then under build- ing regulations, it was claimed authority could not be given for a building higher than ninety feet. According to this rumor some interests in the property, the latter having been re- cently transferred to a company formed for the purpose of erecting a flat building, are to pass into new hands. It is said that the new element comprises some of those who object to the character of the pro- posed improvement. Then the plan is to remodel the building now on the property, which is an old-fashioned house built in the sub- stantiai manner which is supposed to dis- tinguish the work of this kind in the good old days. When this is accomplished it is said that the French ambassador will lease the property for a term of years. ——__ CONTESTED WILL. Lively Contest Likely Over Estate of Mra. Cryer. A lively contest over the will of the late Elizabeth Jane Cryer is likely to occur as the result of the filing of a petition from Jane Frances Laey and Constantia V. Brot- ton in the Orphans’ Court, Judge Hagner, today. Through their attorneys, Messrs. Tall- madge A. and Wilton J. Lambert, they ask that the alleged last will and testament of Mrs. Cryer be refused probate. The cav2- ators state in their petition that they are both daughters of the testatrix, and charg» that their mother was incapable of making @ valid will at the time it bears date, and that if executed by her at all it was’ pri cured by the andve influence, importuniti and persuasions of another daughter, M. A. Davis, or of some other person or per- sons unknown to the petitioners. Thee: tate is said to be worth about $10,000, while by the alleged will Mrs. Lacy ‘and Mrs, Brotton were left only $100 each. —— POWDER MILL BLOws UP. Cne Man Killed and Another Serious- ly Injured Thereby. HAZARDVILLE, Conn., May —Th: cerning mill of the Hazard Powder Com- pany, in which fuses were prepared, e: Ploded to@ay. Alfred Diunden was killed and Foreman James Colburn was seriously injured. The miil was a small building, one of a hundred constituting the Hazard Powder Company’s plant. —_— CHINESE CHILDR A Traveler in the Orient Waxes En- thusiastic Over Them, From the Philadelphia Times. A traveler recently returned from China is most enthusiastic over Chinese children. He states that they are as pretty and bright as buttons, and run scurrying away from wherever you may chance to walk in the quarter. The parents are very fond of their children, especially the men. The women do not seem to care much for their offspring, but the men fondle the little ones ail day, and iove to carry them about in their arms. It delights a Chinese father to have his children admired. The babies are undeniably interesting. The little boys assume the dignity of cue strings when they are about five years of age. Red is the prevailing color for the cues of both the boys and girls. It means simply and has no sinister significance many Americans think. The Chin dren wear any number of bankies, be and bracelets by way of decoration. It not unusua’ to see bangles on their bare ankles as they run through the streets. Their clothes are very brilliant, although there seems to be a growing and unfortu- nate tendency to dress them in the Amer- ican fashion. Many of the children go to American mission schools, and parents of heathen faith allow their children to go to the “white devils’ missionary schools because of the advantage they have in learning English. After school hours the litle ones play on the sidewalks. Their games are qucer, and the most common materials, such as sticks and stones, are playthings for the Chinese child. One of their favorite games is a worm and a bowl, and the screams that greet the worm’s at- tempt to escape are fraught with merri- ment and terror. The little girls are less happy than the boys, and they are usually staggering under the weight of an inordi- nately fet baby brother, but they do not seem to mind. They are extremely obedi- ent ch’ldren, and appear brighter than lit- tle Americans of the same age. wee Dead or Alive? From the Chicago News. Medical men in Paris ar> much perplexed over tie case of a man named Poinsignon, thirty-six years old, who died recently and was duly buried two days afterward at the expense of the parish. The undertaker m2n were surprised at the absence of rig- idity in the “corpse,” which was also sin- gularly warm at the time of burial. One of them happened to mention this fact to an acquaintance of the “deceased,” who there- upon related that only about a year ago his friead had fall2n into a lethargic sleep and remained so for nearly a month. The un- dertaker’s man communicated this informa- tion to the authorities, with the result that the body was hastily exhumed. It was found to be still comparatively warm. There wer? no traces of decomposition, neither was thé “corpse” stiff. Several doc- tors have seen it, but hesitate to say whether the man is dead or alive. He will now b2 kept in hospital until positive proof one way or the other is obtained. e+ Good Roads in Massachusetts, From the Boston Transcript. The ways and means committee has re- ported in favor of the appropriation of $100,000 for highways ($200,000 less than the committee on roads and bridges recom- mended), all but $100,000 of it to be avail- able this year. This is a generous amount of money to put into roads, and it is well invested. But let the house remember this when the wide-tire, or road-protector, bill comes before it. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 27.—Flour unchanged— receipts, 11,742 barrels; exports, 0.940" battela, Wheat weak"spot and month, 13401343; June, 131 asked; July, 11u%a111; August, 100 asked; steamer No. 2 128 “asked—receipis, 109,52" bushels; exporta, 150.057 bushels: stock, 02,054 bushels; sal 35, 1300135; 000 bushels—southern ‘wheat by ; do. on grade, es Corn spot, month and June, 37a37%y; July, a3Ti4; steniner mixed, 3083634_recelpts, 206.975 ‘bushels: 389,700 bushels; stock, 1,223,898 buxhels: 000 busbels—southern ‘white corn, 38; do. en 2 white, ‘34,285 bush! ‘steady—choice dull-—-steam to , 4d., June; Cork, for orders, 5 stock, S th » $12.50a$13. Grais its eo in freigh ther ae cael gs weak ppchanerd: Cheese steady. unchanged. tuee,” $1: 50 ieee end wma a Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, 103 ea weer Tse ies “Sess iso ist iver iver it ‘Git ‘Got “aor iz ib ig is bas Se So Soe or ‘i ad step gees ff ‘ FINANCE AND TRADE Prices of Stocks Toox a Buoyant Turn Again. GRANGERS LED IN THE D Though Market Was Strong There Was Lack of Activity. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS . een Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May ? Transactions on the stock exchange today were charact ized by the same buoyancy in tone t Was So prevalent the first part of the week, but which had a slight set back yesterday. This movement teday wus considerably stimuleted by the semi-official advices con- cerning the bottling up of the Spa. fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba The trading was not very active and continued professional in character The opening prices showed v few changes, with London a moderate buyer, but the double holiday here caused the few shorts seek cover in the early trading, which caused prices to rally very quickly, and it was this reason that caused the realiz- ing movement before the celivery hour. Friends of People’s Gas stock were very much in evidence today and succeeded in advancing the price of that specialty near- ly 3 per cent. The news from Chicago of the arrangement of the injunction proceed- ings was entirely disregarded. The movement upward of the granger shares was slackened very little today, Rock Island leading the list with an ad- vance to 105%, and Burlington and St. Paul both showing a new range of higher prices, The buying of Rock Island was from the same source that has been instrumental ancement for the past two weeks. nderuilt shares showed a littl more activity today and continued upward with the general list. The favorite of the strect, Manhattan, Metropolitan Street Railway and sugat were somewhat neglected and recorded a wht decline in the day’s manipulation. The money market continues about tha ; praging about one and This condition of the money market is perhaps the most remarkable feature of the present situation. Notwithstanding that we are at war with a foreign coun- try, loaning rates are almost as low as have ever been krown, and outsive of Congress and possible bond issues, is hard- ly discussed. During the last hour of trading, the mar- ket declined a litte on natural’ realizing, with prices at the close a trifle jower than the average for the day = 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 & Macartrey, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. 2 Wall st. Open. Righ. Low. Close. - 1S ¥ a8 1B ia American Spirita.. 1934 ame 12% nada Southern, ne ia Pacitie Chesapeake & Onio.. 21% C.C.C. & St. Loms. 5 chicago, B. & Q... 1027, UMeagoa Nor tawestern Cnicago © M.& St. Pani. . CM. & St. Paul. pfd. Chicago, R.1. & Pacifie Chie St! P., M.& 0 Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack & W . Delaware & fudsot Den. & Kio Grande, pI Erie General dlec Ihnois Centra: Lake Snore. Lousvu is Metropolitan ‘Traction. Mandattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacific Nationa) Lead Co. - Nationat Leau Co.. pra. New Jersey Centr: New York Centra... ific. Northern Pacific, pfd Vnt. & Western. Pacitie Maui Phila. & keading’ Pulrman P. C. Co. Southern ity... pfa. Phila. ‘Traction . ‘Texas Pacific Tenn. Coa & Union Pacific.. Union Pacific, pi Wabash, pfd... Western Union Tei. Stiver. Brookiyn K. Transit. Chig. & G Western 41% sig Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U. 8. 4, reg- istered, $1,000 at 109. D. €. 3.658, $1,000 at 113%. "West End Natioul Bauk, 1v at 104; 10 at 104; 10 at 104; 16 at 104; 10 at Lod; 10 at 104; 10 at 10g; 10 at lod; 10 at 104; 10 at ios; 10 at los. National Safe Deposit and Trust, 5 at 115. tal Tractio 414; 3 at 74 iM 33 78%; 20 Washingtou 20 at 48%; 25 45%. Mergenthaler Linotype, 5 at 1492; 10 at 149%; 10 at 149%. Lanstou Monotype, 5 at 15%; 50 at 15%. American Graphophoue, 20 at 141, American Graphophore preferred, 50 at 14%; 50 14%. After call—Columbia Fire Insurance, 5 at 10. W: on Market, 5 at 1)} Capital Traction, 36 at 73%. Metropolitan Railroad, 25 xt ia. . . District of Columbia Bonds.—3.658, funding, cur- rency, 113 bid, 114 asked. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Raflruad 5s, 118 bid. Metropelitan Ballroad conv. Gs, 120 bid, 125 asked. Metropoiitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, A, 117 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, B. 106 bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, 118 bid. Belt Itailroad Ss, 35 td. Eckington Railroad 6s, 93 bid. Washington Gas Company Of, series A. 113% bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, 114% bid. U. S. Electric Light debenture imp., 105 ‘bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 104 bid. American Security and Trvst 56, F. and A., 100 bid. American Se- curity and Trust Ss, A. and O.. 100 bid. Washing- ton Market Company Ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company imp. €@s, 110 bid. Washi om Market ny ext. Gs, 110 bid. Masonic Hail Association Ss, 106 bid. Washington Light fantry Ist 6s, 30 National Bank Storks,—Bank of Washington, 295 bid. Metropolitan, 308 bid. Central. 4 Farmers ai Mechanics’, 182% bid. Second, 140% bid. Citizens’, 140% Md. Columbia, 120 bid. Cx) ital, 120 bid. West End, 104 bid, 106 asked. ‘Traders’. 100 bid. Lincoln,’ 112 bid, 118 asked. Sate Deposit and Trust ‘nies. —National Safe Deposit and Trust, 115 bid. Washington Loan and Trust, 127% bid, 128% asked. American Se- curity and Trust, 150 bid, 155 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 30 bid. Franklin, 35 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid.’ Corcoram, 55 bid. Potomac, 50 bid. 3 Hii i