Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING. STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1898 ——————— SPECIAL NOTICES. BONED apie ueccriptione By ales: ds Be AW lock of Providence, R. L. Maccabee Temple. oth st. ow S o'elock THURSDAY and NDAY EVENINGS. Investigators invited. Jel4-Ce_ SPIRITUALISM —J_ WILL HOLD a meeting TH NING, June 4, at Woenn's Hal It’ ries pee, found 80 copies. Printer== theman ; who keeps ”° his word. jels-4a The Best Bookkeepers Your Eyes Examined F; a= spectaliat, 2 Aa ieee glase: H RITE CATHEDRAL ing of Evangelist Ci 1. will be held TU! fistant, at Jel3-2t H. 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE debts contracted In my tame without my writ- ten authority affer June 13, 18:8. JOHN H. CLARKE, Brookland, D. C. Je13-3t) BH. K. FULTO: ave.—On and after LOAN OFFICE, 1218 Wednesday, June 15, this office will be closed at 5 p.m. On Satur- days at 8 p.m ____se1s-ate OF THE ASSESSOR OF THE DISTRICT jumbia, Jun 1808.—Notice is hereby given that the ¢ sed to be Prepared blank property subject to taxation, 2s required by section 10 of the of Congress appreved March 3 imposing 2 tax on personal proper triet of Columbia, and tha ule will be delivered to any applying therefor at the office of the underségned. ‘The law provides that said schedules eball be filled up, sworn to and returned to the assessor within forty-five days after this notice. 3 TRIMBLE, Assessor, District of Col Jel6t the COMMON _ aphophone Company will be paid JUNE TH, 1898,to stockholders of record June 1. > of the Cirect E. D. EASTON, President. GODWIN, Secretary. t-my30,je4,11,14 Don’t Let the Moths : Put your winter suite and over- Ruin evat In OUR MOTH BA Then they'll be safe from inj Your Clothes. gict tp Bane Moth Paper, 6ic. Moth Bags are psolute Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St Je dad which to hang garment proof. Have bh “I never disappoint. We'll Tell You when your printing will be done and we'll send it to you at that time. You'll heps have 2 rush in your excursion printing. Let us help a out. @XRON S$. ADAMS, Prowpt Printer, 512 11th at. 14d 7 At Arundel-on-the-Bay. 2 partir Rent = frased cotases 2100 a's A for the scsun—June to Uctober. THOS. W. SMITH, Cottage a and Ind write L. Cavanaugh, J a No use going round like a dead man Brace ,.\ tang of thet 1 at ; WF AIM ‘MAKE ¥ s» beautifully that ¥ HO MA TCHEL & CO. . the famous Tallors, 604 13th st. tter, is now with us. ASSESSOR. DISTRICT OF _CO- n, June i0, 1S¥8.—NOTIO that on the THIRTIETH DAY OF . 1898, will expire all licenses given by the District plumbla to the proprietors of Hacks, Cabs, Omuibuses, and all other vebicles for tation of passengers for hire; also drawn by horse power. Pro” prietors © described vehicles who de- to ¢ quired to promptly cof the Commis- z THEW TRIMBLE, ASSOCIATED WITH M® DR. E. 3. 1 Hay Smith at 3105 M st. n.w., where we will con- Unue the practice of dentistry in all Its branches, making a specialty of crown bridge wor Dr. THOS. J. JUNE: if with Dr. Th: where I will Dr. E. I have associated my Jones at 3105 M st. nw to see my friends. . Jev-6r UFFICE OF THE BOARD OF gud Review, Wasbington, D.C, with Provisions of section 11 ASH, a Hist will be com: 14, me subject to taxation und the tax list, and a value #f ing to the ‘rules prescribed real estate. This Hst will inclide Ww structures and additions to or improve- Wents of old structures of over $ou0 in value peen heretofore sed. ‘This fed as to removal or destru ture mince the last nit the same may be dei as it now stands SHIRL MONDAYS THIMBLE, Chairwan JULY, Iso. Bock CREEK PARK © MENT OF BENEFITS. Dv... Jure 5, sys — TO 3 CONCERN: This is te gi fee that the com: missin to select the land for Rock Creek Pars, acting by authority of an act of Congress, en: titled, “An act authorizing the extuulishment pt a public park im the District of Columbia, sald ‘act approved Septeusber , bate ascertained t st of the land fer and bow © ng the suid Kock Creek Purk, in- expences of ucquicing said Jand. is is to give notice that the said Dg un said ai ty, will, on THURSDAY, the twenty-third « ot dine, AD, 1898, at two in Ne. 53. om the fifth riet sometimes cailed souers im said city, bold an 4 ing se uf assess: of peuses upon the lands, lots and . situaied tu’ the said iy Denetited by rea. improvement of said if as may Le in p sulting to said real commission shall tind sald District directly reasun of tie loci aid Rock t benetite id expenses, parcel of lap in said District to the extent of y shall deem the eaid real reason of the improvement of said Rock Creek Pa ing the said assessment the real estate Benetited as aforesaid will be assessed by the ription thereof which appeared on record 1 4 District on the Sth day of January, A.D. 1895, the date of the first meeting of this commission, for the purpose of assessment as aforesaid. "AM persons interested mmy appear i be beard at the time and place aforesaid the adjourned meeting of sald commission for the said purpose, and the said persous are hereby notided to so appear if they or uny of them desire to be heard in the preml: the purpose of the commission to then a hear testimony as to the extent of suri land affected beneficially by imjgyvement of Rock k WILSON, Chief of Engineers, H! BEACH, Engineer V. BOYNTON, 8. PLLA PERRY, Commission to ‘select Rock Creek Park. PERSONS WHO CAN ACCOMMODATE DELI gates to the National Educat 2, Which meets in Washirgton July 7 to 12, wil, please regis ithout delay at the headquarters” of the publi mfort committee, board of trade reoms, 1410 G st. u.w., where special blanks call- feg for desired information may be obtained. eS-1w Princeton University. Examinations for admission will be held in Washington at the Civil Service Rooms on June 16 and 17, beginning at 10 a.m. om the 16th. In- quiries may be addressed to Mr. VICTOR KAUFFMANN, Evening Star office. F. L. PATTON, Je4-10t President. IRON FENCES AND PORCHES. ‘We are now prepared to build Iron Fences and Porches. Best goods, best work and lowest ices. Estimates furnished. Catalogue of Fences myétt BARBER & ROSS, 11TH AND G STS. OSTEOPATHY. v. 8. BAIRD. G. D. KIRKPATRICK. KIMBALL BLDG., 1417 G 8ST. N.W. and examination free. mabS-tf ‘MARKET IN A PANIC | Liverpool Feels Efet of the Collapse of Leiter's |LIMLE SYMPATHY AT HIS LOSS The Noted Young Speculator Dis- cusses His Present Status. D. ARMOUR’S VIEWS ine LONDON, June 14.—The collapse of the Leiter wheat corner has caused a panic in the Liverpool market, the heaviest movement recorded in wheat since the ex- citement began on the corner. In London the news of the collapse was received with equanimity. The consensus of opinion of a number of operators on Mark lane is that the English markets will gain steadiness now that “the plunger operating without pgard to market precedence is shaken out.” It is asserted on Mark lane that the col- lapse was due to Messrs. Armour and Pills- The newspapers generally rejoice at the breakdown of the “Leiter plans and point to it ss a moral.” The Star says: “If the prime mover in this war against mankind is beggared by his greed the retribution is well merited. Nothing can atone for the awful suffering Leiter and his accomplices have caused. Leiter Makes a Statement. CHICAGO, June 14.—Joseph Leiter, speak- ing of the collapse of his wheat deal, says: “It is a case where the tail has begun to wag the dog. This statement has its illustration in the fact that futures began breaking faster than cash wheat declined. Logically the condition should have been exactiy the rev For several days—in fact, I may say for some weeks—cash wheat has been a slow sale, especially in the northwest and around milling centers generally. To a certain extent this has been offset by a fair degree of activity at the seaboard in response to an inquiry from the other side, but the local markets have been dedidedly inclined to drag. There has been a steady marketing of cash wheat, but I cannot say as to the quantities in which it has gone into home consumption or abroad for foreign use. “I see no objection to holdings of futures have been disposed A good deal of gossip has come to me the general subject of alleged treacher- conduct on the part of the northwest- ern grain intere which I have always heretofore considered friendly to me in a 2 ness way, but I have nothing whatever to say on’ this subject. If in the history of the deal there have been events to whicn the public is entitled it is more than likely the facts will come out in good time, but not from me. I have no complaints to make or charges to prefer against those with whom I have been doing business. It is a source of considerable satisfaction to me that my affairs, for the moment more or less tangled, are in a fair ing that all of pei and bu: way of settlemcnt without the interven: tion of a trustee or without invoking the machinery of the court, as would be neces- sary in the case of an assignment. Arrangements for Settlement. “The Chicago trade will all be taken care of—in fact, F may say it has already been protected, for I am even on the market so far as September contracts are concerned. The cash wheat bsiness will be transacted through Alexander Geddes for the benefit of the ks, which h: an interest in it, and which will act in concert. June wheat representing the cash wheat in this market will be carried by Armor & Com- pany. The treatment I have received at the hands of Mr. Armor is in the highest degree considerate, courteous and compli- mentary. “Nothing could have exceeded Mr. Ar- mour’s generosity in his offers of financial . which were to an extent covering any sible requirement on my part. It is par- ticularly gratifying to be the recipient of this kind of treatment at this particular time, establishing, as it does, the fact that the business and personal relations between Mr. Armour and myself are not as strained as they have been represented to be.” P. D. Armour Talks. Mr. P. D. Armour, himself one of the cen- tral figures in the Leiter deal which has been going on for many months, did not take a particularly gloomy view of the sit- uation. He said: ‘Most of the wheat with the banks is margined at 80 cents a bushel. I contident- ly believe the market will react, possibly before the end of the week. Wheat has got down to a point where it is worth the money, regardless of speculation. The ar- rangement which I understand has been ected provid for the protection of all parties in inter Mr. Leiter's cash wheat in all positions between the northwest and Europe ought to be so handled that the banks will not have to take a loss. “In one sense, there is not much local end to the story. The local stock of wheat is small, and in relieving Mr. Leiter of his June ‘and local cash wheat we took only 240,000 bushels. I do not believe any of the local people who have acted for Mr. Leiter will be hurt, and the feeling in the trade sms to be most kindly toward him. When we arranged to carry his June wheat we offered to help him in any way we could. I regret that the deal has turned out as it has, but I believe that the worst of it is known, and that the market will promptly react.” —— Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issue’, as follow White—John Fratantuno and Marie Ma- sino, both of this city; Andrew Nelson and Rebecca Van, both of this city; Henry R. Hatfield of Evanston, IIL, and Ethel R. Glover of this city; John N. Auth and Hemmer, both of this city; John T. irginia Rossillo, both of D. Jenkins of Prince f this city; Carroll E. Wilson and Sarah J. Myer, both of this city; W. J. Kearney of Old Point Comfort, Va., and Mollie 4. Downey of this city; Edwin B. Olmstead of Arcade. and M. Elizabeth Gapen of this city; W. J. Bodell of Fortress Mon- ree, Va., and Ju Pinckney Janney of this city; Charles L. Gulick of Bridgepert, Conn., and Florence Rosalie Wilson of this city; Willis H. Cameron and Hannah M. O'Keefe, both of this city; Phillip J. Doherty of Boston, Mass., and Lillian FE. Cook of this city : White and Ettzabeth both of this city. Postal Laws and Regulatio: The Pcst Office Department 1s arranging to have printed a revised edition of the pestal laws and regulations. It was in 1893 when the department last revised the laws, and, in view of the apparent necessity for @ new compilation, by reason of new laws and regulations, a new edition has been deemed necessary. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Bears € ° the NAS AG signature gw of Always Bought CASTORIA ‘Fhe Centaur Company. New York City. MARIETTA’S GREAT PERFORMANCE. Capt. Symonds Praises the Zeal of Officers and Crew. In the general admiration excited by the splendid perform: nce of the big battle ship Oregon in running from San Francisco clear around Sovth America to join Satap- son before Santiago, the equally meritor- ious run of the little gunboat Marietta over mest of the same ceurse has been lost sight of. Like the Oregon, the Marietta is a pro- duct of a Pacific coast shipyard, and the high character of the work done in con- structing this ship is shown by the cap- tain’s statement that the little boat made this long 12,000-mile voyage without stop ping for repairs. Considering the great disparity in the size of the Oregon and the Marietta, the performance of the latter 1s certainly quite as remarkable as that of the Oregon, even though the time made ¥as not so good. The formal report of Captain Symonds, who commanded the ship, has just been made public by the Navy Department. It reads as follcw: : U. S. 8. MARIETTA, Key West, Fla.. June 6, 1898. Referring to the recent trip of this vessel from San Jose, Guatemala, to this port, it gives me pleasure to report as to the \sfactory performance of her engines and botiers as also “he other departments of thi el. Upon no occasion were we obliged to stop for even slight rcpairs, and when en route frcm Punta Arenas to Rio de Janiero, ac- com panied by the Oregon, no difficulty was experienced in maintaining the full con- tract horsepower of the engines. Upon arrival here after the run from San Jose. Guatemala, about twelve thousand 2,000) miles, had the immediate services of the vessel desired she could have pro- ceeded to sea at once after coaling. This general condition of the vessel ts due in a great measure to the zeal of the officers and crew consequent upon the de- mands of wer. The cheerfulness and efforts of all to pre- vent any unnecessary delay in our arrival at this place is deserving mention, and Ss most forcibly illustrated at our last coaling point, the Para river. The crew having werked all one night, engaged in coaling, in a temperature that was trying in the extreme, were, the following forenoon, de- spite their zeal, unable to maintain their record for fast work, whereupon, to en- ccurage them, two of the watch officcrs, neither of whom were on watch at the time, seized wheelbarrows and assisted in cealing unti! all was on board, and in con- Sequence I was enabled to get to sea that Gay. Respectfully, M. SYMONDS, (Signed) F. Commander, U.S.N Commanding. ———_-e-__ COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE. Appeal to the President in Behalf of Wm. Strather. An application for a commutation of sentence to life imprisonment made by Murderer William M. Strather to the Presi- dent was today forwarded to District At- torney Davis and Justice Bradley by the Attorney General of the United States. It bases its plea for executive clemency upon the statement that the verdict of the jury should have been for manslaugh- ter and not murder, and that the act was committed while Strather was intoxicated and enraged. Justice Bradley refused to make any recommendation, and Mr. Davis recom- mended that the application be denied. The probability is that Strather will be hanged at the time set. Nothing has come to the district attorney from the attorneys fer the murderer Edward Smith, and it is not likely that any further effort will be made to save him. The double gallows and all the instru- ments of execution at the jail are in readi ness for the double execution on Thursd. next. Strather was sentenced to be hang- ed May 3 last and Smith May 12 last, but both were reprieved till June 16 by the President in order that the Court of Ap- peals might render its decision, which it did a week ago. The lower court’s decision haying been affirmed no other hope but executive clem- ercy lay before the men. Strather is alive to his fate and is making a strong effort to escape the gallows, but Smith is sullen and apparently indifferent. If both are hanged together this week it will be t first double hangi. nice 1886, when Loufs Senertield, a Pole, who killed his wife and sen-in-law, and Richard Lee, alias Dick Sparrow, a wife murderer, were jointly stangled to death. Only once before in the history of the District has there b such an execution, that ro “Ed.” Queenan and * Bedford _w together hanged for the murder of Philip Hurst on P street northwest. —— REGIMENT OF IMM d NES. Col, Pettit. Command Rapidly Ac- auiring Full Quota. The 4th United States Volunteers, the regiment of immunes commanded by Col. Pettit, is rapidly approaching its full quota, and before another week passes it fs confi- dently believed the ranks will be completed and the entire organization be in camp at Fredericksburg. ‘The Ist Battalion of the regiment comprises four companies from the District of Columbia, which have been fully equipped and uniformed. Company F left Washington this morn- ing at 10:57 o'clock for Fredericksburg. Its roster is as follows: Lieuts. Anthony Holmead and James G. Kean; First Sergt. George West Byron, Quartermaster Sergt. Fred W. Alexander, Sergts. Charles O. Paxson and James E. Loveless, and Privates Ed. Anderson, J. W. Abell, George R. Arrington, John Boehling, R. W. Bosley, W. V. Brown, W. H. Buller, H. S. Byers, H. A. Brown, W. H. Chap- man, 8. H. Cockrilie, H. Cornwell, T. E. Cook, R. T. Cissell, J. H. De Shield, C. B. Dorman, J. Dougherty, M. T. Douty, J. P. Duffy, C. H. Fisher, E. L. Ford, A. E. Fur- vershaw, G. B. Good, James Hartigan, C. Hoffman, J. P. Hunter, T. Harmon, J. M. Jarboe, F. A. King, P. J. Keleher, H. Knode, J. T. Littleford, E. J. Moss, O. W. Matthews, P. Moser, P. E. Mieville, J. W. Moore, N. H. Mitchell, J. T. McCauley, F. S. Miller, N. H. Miller, C. M. McQueen, W. McGinn, M. P. McDonald, M. J. MeDer- mott, H. R. Massey, F. McDonald, J. F. O'Connor, J. H. O'Neill, J. K. O'Hare, H. Ohm, G. L. Palmer, C. D. Paxson, J. R. aid, H. A. Robinson, William Robinson, N. S. Reid, W. Ryan, J. Rudden, J. Rich- ter, T. H. Redman, S. F. Scott, J. R. Scott, J. Salkeld, G. P. Smith, H. A. Shaw, W. D. Stevenson, H. B. Sweeney, H. B. Sim. monds, J. Stlef, W. E. Tyler, . Thom- as, H. Taylor, J. J. Verser, Alexander Walker, W. A. Weaver, E. ‘Woaler, H. Winingder, W. Williams, A. J. Wilhams, D. Wilhams, H. Wolf, C. D. Wise und S. Young. Company E_ of the 4th United States Regiment of Volunteers passed through the city yesterday on their way to Freder- icksburg, Va., under the command of Capt. W. H. Monroe, First Lieut. H. M. Patton and Second Lieut. J. T. Thayer. The com- pany numbered 86 men, and were as hardy a set of men as could be found anywhere in the country, having been previously in- ured to hardship as miners, railroad work- ers and farmers. They will secure their uniforms and arms at Fredericksburg. Most of them are yellow fever immunes, and not a man of them, said Lieut. Patton, is afraid of that disease, or anything else. ‘The command took dinner here. Company F, which was organized at Wheeling, W. Va., under Capt. A. A. Franzheim and Lieuts. Husemon and Cars- kadon, will be mustered in at Wheeling this afternoon by Capt. Goodwin, U. 8. A., the mustering officer. The company will probably leave that city for Fredericksburg tomorrow, but this, it is understood, will depend upon whether or not the quota is filled. SS The Winnipeg Exposition. In a report to the State Department, United States Consul Graham at Winni- peg says that the Winnipeg Industrial Ex- position Association will hold its eighth annual exposition at Winnipeg from July 11 to 18 next, and urges a liberal patron- age by manufacturers and dealers of the United States as the best means of bring- ing American goods to the favorable notice of the people of the dominion. i Wee Disbursements by the Pension Agent. During the past seven days the pension agent in this city disbursed $1,750,000 to 50,- 000 pensioners, 8,000 of whom reside in the District of Columbia. —_—__-e-______ Mr. Penchase of Arlington Hotel, AtJan- tic City, is at Hotel Johnson with plans, beoklets, etc., where engagements may be made, or will call upon iny~ding visitors, upon notification.—Advt. i: ENVELOPE CONTRACT A Fight Involving Several. Million Dollars, CLAIM MADE OF AVERBAL AWARD age Arguments Before the Postmaster General. INFLUENCE ee POLITICAL Postmaster dicial cay the argumen tract for fur: stamped pers for the n involves an Cenera! Smith sat in a ju- ester fternoon to hear in the matter of the con- hing the government with eavelopes and newspaper wrap- t four years. The contract nte expenditure of near- ly $3,000,4:0 and has attracied more atten- tion than any other contract in recent years. Before the bids for the new contract were prepared General Merritt, the third assist- ant postmuster general, called to the at- tention of Postmaster General Gary the situation which made it practically impos- sible for any but a certain combination to participate in the bidding. With the con- sent of the Postmaster General he drew the specifications in such a way that the bid- ding was practically thrown open to the envelope makers of this country. This was made possible by inserting a proviso that bidders would be permitted to offer samples of paper, which should at least equal the government sample. Four years ago the Purcell Paper Com- pany of New YorKjcame into the market and gave the Plympton Envelope Company (which, by the way, had had the contract for twenty years previous) a shock by ma- terially underbidding it. The contract was accordingly awarded to the Purcell Com- pany. After that company had demon- strated its ability to presecute the work and had made 60,000,000 envelopes, the Plympton company had a conference with the new contractors, and made such over- tures that the Purcell company sublet the contract and received a handsome bonus. But this is ancient history. It gives, how- ever, a brief outline of the situation before the present bids were invited. When the proposals under consideration were offered it was found the Plympton company had made a combination with the Morgan Envelope Company, under the name “The Plympton-Morgan Envelope Company.” It was generally understood, however, that the name was merely one of convenience, since all of the large envelope companies in the country were concerned in the matter and had an interest in the new firm. The opening of the bids showed many surprises. First of all, the old ene- mies of the Plympton company underbid all others on envelopes made of paper known as the government standard. Then the bids were several hundred thousand dollars lower than the figures of four years ago, showing the advantages of competi- tion. The Fight Opens. After the bids had ween scheduled the fight commenced in earnest, and it is safe to say that in the history of the Post Office Department there has heeft no fiercer con- tention. Politiclans whose ‘names are mas- ter ones on the politital chess board were called in, and the matter reached such importance that it is understood to have formed the subject of a cabinet discussion. ‘fhe Purcell company: hadcat the head of its affairs the famous New York politician ou” Payn, and hei turned the political machine of New York in favor of his com- pany. Serator Platt came to the help of his political ally, and soon he brought be- fore Postmaster General Smith all the in- fluence that he could command. The Plympton people were not idle, and Senators Lodge and.Hoar-came frequeny to the Post Office Pepartment and sur- rounded the Postmaster General with New England politicians and senatorial influence until the corridors of the! Post Office De- partment reminded one of a republican presidential convention. And day after day the battle of influence waged. One day the hopes of the Plympton company went high; the next the Purcell company soared into the realms of prosperity. Postmaster General Gary Was overwhelm- ed with the political showing, and took oc- casion to declare himself in no uncertain terms that he would not be actuated in awarding the contract by any other influ- ence than that which the best interests of the government dictated. In other words, politics and personal pressure would cut no figure in the matter. Meanwhile the tests were going on and the board of experts Was preparing to make its report. Finali. after weeks of waiting, Postmaster tien- eral Gary announced his decision. He awarded the contract to the Purcell com- pany on the government sample. The let- ter transmitting the order of award was accordingly written and sent to the Pur- cell compary, foliowed the next aay by contracts in quadruplicate. Two days later, and before the contract had been signed py Postmaster General Gary, he resigned, and Postmaster General Smith found when he assumed the duties of the office the inheri- tance of a big political struggle. He hesi- tated about signing the contract. This was most important to the defeated Plympton- Morgan company, and the mass of influ- ence which had been directed to Postmas- ter General Gary was switched to the new head of the Post Ofhce Department. Other influence came, and a week had not elapsed before the new Postmaster General found himself besieged on all sides. by personal and political frierds of the contending com- panies. He listened attentively to the ar- guments, but did not execute the contract. He undertook to look Into the matter nim. self, and with characteristic enterprise be came informed on all the points affecting the contravt. Special inspectors investigat- ed the character of the bidders and the ability of the companies to perform the contract. Having satisfied himself on all these points, ne announced to both sides that he would hear arguments if they de- cided to present any before taking mnnal action. The Hearing. Yesterday was the day agreed upon, and at 3:30 o'clock the forces met for the final struggle. The Plympton and Morgan Com- pany was represented by Mr. R. Ross Perry, wiile Mr. Jere Wilson essayed the management of the Purcell case. The hearing took place in the office of the Postmaster General, and was attended by Mr. M. 8. Chapman of the Plymton, Mor- gan Company and Secretary Henry B. Townsend of the Purcell Company. Assist- ant Attorney General Tyner and Clerk Barrett were also present, < Merritt, third assistant postmaster gen- eral, under whom the subject directly comes, dropped in and heard some of the argument 8 Postmaster Gencral the in opening the hearing, said it was ‘the first time he had ever sat in a judicial capacity, and told the counsel that each would be given ample opportunity to be hebrd. + Mr. Jere Wilson dpenetf. briefly to the subject, under discussion and then proceeded with ‘in argument tending to prove that the proceedings were un- necessary, since the government already had a contract with ‘the Burcell company, az binding as any contract could be. It was not necessary, he said; tochave the signa- ture of the Postmaster General to the con- tract to make it binding, The notice of award which has keen made a part of the public record was sufffeient- He cited num- erous authorities whi¢h showed where the government had notified atecompany or per- son of tho acceptance of his bid and the award of a contract, the government was bound thereby, and ‘no matter whether it afterward undertook to cancel the award it was financially responsible, and the aggriev- ed party could recover through the Court of Claims. His authorities began with the first report of the Court of Claims and con- tinued down to the present time. He cited particularly the Garfield case, which was strikingly like the one under consideration. While Mr. Wilson was arguing. along those lines he was interrupted by Mr. Perry, who stated to the surprise of all that his clients agreed with all that. In fact it was upon those very authorities that they relied to prove their case. “Pray tell us how you hope to do that,” said Mr. son. “By claiming and proving that my clients had a contract, and were given the award at Lee ten days before the date of your award.” : He referred Mr. Perry’s Bomb. This was a bomb. Mr. Wilson hurriedly ; : i é 4" PAGES. 8 See Aeon FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL. Page 12 ‘Page 10 ‘Page 12 RS OF DEEDS. INTRY BOARD. . COUNTRY REAL EetAT! DEATHS. ae EDUCATIONAL. senna ‘i 8 T Giallsy NE Housesy ancous). OULAN OVP res Pi 1 conferred with his client, but he could not help him out. hen he said: Well, 1f you have, 1 am not acquainted with all the elements of this case. Show me the copy of the award.” “We have no copy of any award,” said Mr. Perry, deliberately. “But we have here three afnd: and two letters from United States senators, which prove that Postmas- ter General Gary awarded my clients the contract verbally ten days before the award to your company was sent out. Mr. Wilson smiled and said: the affidavits.” Mr. Perry then proceeded to read affi- davits from three members of the firm he represented, éach one in substance testi- fying that in conversation with Postmaster General Gary one day the latter said, re- ferring to their paper: “If your paper i as good as the government sample, { will accept it.” The test demonstrated the abi ity of his clients’ paper to equal the go ernment sample. Mr. Perry followed this with two letters from Senators Lodge and Hoar, setting forth substantially the con- tention, In his argument Mr. Perry re- ferred to the saving of some $6,000 a year which would result by the acceptance of his clients’ bid, and said this was evidently what actuated the Postmaster General in what he said. Mr. Wilson’s Response. a a a en EGE ERE ea er OR I “Well, read Mr, Wilson replied at length. He referred sarcastically to the public spirit displayed by the Plympton company in trying to save the government $6,000 a year. For twenty years, however, that company had main- tained a monopoly and had wrung from the government millions of dollars in profit. If credit was due to any one for saving the government money it was to his clients, who had, by reason of its bid of four yeu ago, saved the government $1,500,000. That was the kind of public-spirited people to tie to. He ridiculed the argument of a prior award. The affidavits were laughable. They all came from the interested parties, while they were belaboring the Postmaster General. “It was the veriest folly to s pose that a great department like the ee would make a contract verbally. permit bidders to submit their pro- uls orally. Who was there to refute such a contract? The practice of the de- partment provides that there shall be a daily record kept of the orders. There was no record of any such order, and the sence of it showed it never had been made. Mr. Perry, in reply, said it was not nec- to have a record of the award. All ne y to establish such a case in the Court of Claims was to prove that the conversation really had occurred. He did not understand where the learned judge of evidence had found his law. Mr. Wilson quickly replied he would re- fer the gentleman to Perry on Pleading. This provoked roars of laughte During the arguments Postmaster Gen- eral Smith queried each counsel regarding certain points and showed a thorough fa- miliarity with the subject. At the ciose of the hearing he announced he would take the matter under consideration. - TONIGHT. cLoupy Cooler Weather Tomorrow and Prob- ably Fair. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, partly cloudy weather tonight, prob- ably fair Wednesday; cooler weather Wed- nesday; light westerly winds. For Virginia and North Carolina, occa- sional showers tonight, partly cloudy weather Wednesday; Ight southwest to west winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The pressure continues high in the east gulf states. The area of low pressure, cen- tral Monday morning in the upper Missis- sippl valley, has moved eastward to the St. Lawrence valley. An area of high pressure has developed on the northern Rocky moun- tain slope and in the Missouri valley. The barometer has fallen’in New England and the lower lake region; it has risen general- ly throughout the Rocky mountain slope and the Mississippi valley. ‘The temperature is lower in the upper Missouri valley and on the southern New England coast. Showers and thunder storms have occur- red generally in New England, the Atlantic and gulf states, central valleys, lake re- gions and occasionally in the Rocky moun- tain districts. Showers may occur in New England, the Atlantic and gulf states tonight. Clearing- and cooler weather is indicated for the Ohio valley and the lower lake region tonight, and for New England and the middle ac- lantic states Wednesday. The following heayy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours—Ra- leigh, 1.56; Pittsburg, 134; Albany, 1.90; Detroit, 1.68; Fort Deposit, Ala., 2.20; Mansfield, La., 2.56; Waynesboro’, 2.00; Sa- vannah, 1.00, Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.—Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi- tion, 2; receiving reservoir, temperature, 82; condition at north connection, 36; condition at south connection, 36; distributing reser- voir, temperature, 81; condition at influent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 10:40 a.m. and 10:45 p. m.; high tide, 3:53°a.m. and 4:31 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:30 a.m. and 11:31 P,m.; high tide, 4:42 a.m. and ‘1 p.m. ‘The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 4:34 am; sun sets, 7:26 p.m. Moon rises 1:43 a.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:34 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:35 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 3:42 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 8:20 p.m.; guished at 3:57 a.m. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 4 p.m. yes- terday: June 18-4 p.m, 73; 8 p.m., 76; 12 mid- night, 72. June 14—4 a.m., 71; 8 a.m., 76; 12 noon, 85; 2 p.m., 89. Maximum, §9, at 2 p.m. June 14. Minimum, 70, at 6 a.m. June 14. The following were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: June 18-4 p.m., 20.93; 8 p.m, 29.91; 12 midnight, 29.90, June 14—4 a.m., 29.90; 8 a.m., 29.95; noon, 29.94; 2 p.m., 20.92, 4 extin- = | Ceeesteeees eer eo eos Sreeees American Security ndTrustCo., 1405G 7 CAPITAL... $1,250,000 SURPLUS....... = 275,000 ; Merchants’ Parcel Delivery. Storage. You are certainly pay- ing too much for storage if you are renting rooms anywhere else. Cut down your storage bill. Our rooms are larger and our ited eh og Foreign Exchange. Letters of Credit. Brown Brothers & issued for thi avoulal of FADOECEOD UO DOES E CEVODEOOOE® | i] rates lower than other | ]$ —— warehous “i © J. BELL......... President storage warehouses. We I 22 Previgent —— GUARANTEE to. give || JW. WHELPLEY ‘Treasurer as i JAMES FO HOOD. Secretary MORE space for LESS A. McKENYE RD THORON. 2. |. 8. RESID) ‘Trost Ofticer - Auditor tant Treasurer - Assistant Secretary American Security and Trust Co. PLOTS CPST OOSESD money. -—— large double load MOVING. | Rooms, $f to $10 month. of household ef- If you Roems holding a —— fects, per month... $3 | ——— fer our | | A WORD FROM YOU WILL BRING MY WAGONS: TO YOUR DOOR. || STORAGE. I have 30 vacant separate rooms, e you all the formerly attended They do their work ly and carefully—and their services cest Httle. _ PACKING. 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Correspondents of ne, , THALMANN & CO., For the mos reliable and iatest war news go to C. T. Havenner, ROOMS 9 ANY 11, ATLANTIC BUILDING, Stock and Grain Broker. Direct Wires to New York and Chicago. STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, New York. “CORSON & MACARTNE Members of the New York Sto 1419 F st., Correspondents of Messrs. V mburgh & Atter- bury, No. 2 Wall st.. New York ei: Bankers and Dealers in Government I hay ond: and all securities listed Railroad stocks and SED WARIOE on the exchanges of York, Philadelphia, Bos- PROVISIONS, COTTON. | ton and Baltimore bought and sod. Bought and sold for CASH or on MARGIN. A specialty made of investinent securitles, Dine Careful atte. tion given to FRACTIONAL LOTS all local Railroad, Gas, Insuranct hone Stock dealt in ica, Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold, Je81-100 Thomas P. Morgan, Life Insurance and Annui- ties. ASSETS OF COMPANY OVER $252,000,000. OFFICE, 1333 F ST. N.W. fel6-4m,14 Telephone 1126. THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK, Washington, D. C. Issues Letters of Credit for Traveiers, Available in All Parts of the World Sell Foreign Exchange. Make Cable Transfers. Charles C. Glover, President. Thomas Hyde, Vice President, James M. Johnston, 2d V. Pres’t. Arthur T. Brice, Cashier. Wm. J. Flather, Ass’t Cashier. ap27-22tt The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. Correspondent, F. L. LORING, 10 Wall st., New York. _MONEY TO LOAN FROM $1,000 UPWARD, R OF ID ON PEAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. 0. HOLTZMAN. COR. 10TH AND F FEELING IN FRANCE. The People Hope America Will Win in War With Spain. Mr. J. N. Jaros of New York, resident partner of Mariani & Co. of Paris, is in the city for the purpose of visiting friends before leaving on his annual trip abroad. Mr. Jaros said to a Star reporter that “an erroneous idea prevails in relation to the feeling of the French people generally to- ward the United States... M. Angelo Mari- ani is unquestionably one of the most prom- inent semi-public men in France. M. Mari- ani, in a letter to Mr. Jaros, says: “We in France who know the United States and its people have but one sincere wish—that the war may soon be ended by a complete victory for Americans, who are fighting for justice and humanity. Presi- dent McKinley is highly regarded by our country,” writes M. Mariani, “and the greatest admiration 1s shown for him and his patriotic course. —— CONDENSED LOCALS, George Grimes, colored, has been con- victed of housebreaking before Justice Bradley in Criminal Court No. 2. He was remanded to jail for sentence. Justice Cole has been reassigned to Cir- cuit Court No. 1 today and Chief Justice Bingham returns to Criminal Court No. 1, which he temporarily left, as he did not wish to try the Canty case. Mrs. Parsons, wife of Dr. Starr Parsons, while riding a bicycle about 5 o'clock yes- terday afternoon, collided with an Ecking- ton horse car near 6th and G streets. Her wheel was damaged, but she escaped in- jury. Robert Crimmut, living at 1506 12th street northeast, while riding his wheel on H street northeast was painfully injured about the face last night in a collision with a wagon. His injuries were dressed at Dr. Brice’s drug store. Detective Gallaher went to Harper's Fer- ry yesterday and recovered a bicycle that had been hired at L. Newmeyer's store, in this city. The wheel was hired by a young man several days ago. He rode to Har- per's Ferry aad sold the hired wheel for $12. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892. Capital One Million Dollars. SAFE DEPOS:T DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside burglar-proof veults at $5 ver annum upward. Securities, jewelry, silverware and valuablec of ail kinus In owner's package, trunk or cas¢ taken on deposit at moderate cost. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received trom TEN CENTS upward, and -ntevest allowed on $5 and above. Loans money on real estate and collateral security. ‘TRUST DEPARTMENT. This company is a legal depository for court and trust funds, and acts as administrator, executor, receiver, assignee, and executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared by a com- peteat attorney in daily attendance. ‘OFFICERS: ‘THOMAS R. JONES... B FRANCIS RIGGS. W. RILEY DEEBLE..... ALBERT L. STURTEVANT... GEORGE HOWARD... CHARLES E. NYMAN. WOODBURY BLAIR.. en Explosion of Gas Engine. One of the gas engines in the blacksmith shop at the Washington navy yard explod- ed about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, se- verely burning a carpenter named Ross about the neck and face and singeing off nearly all his hair. The shop was pretty badly damaged, but work was not stopped, save temporarily. Mr. Ross was treated in the navy yard dispensary and then sent home. He will soon be able to return to his work. The ex- plosion was caused by an accumulation of gas in the blower of the engine. my128m Tloney at 5 PerCent toLoan On real estate in District of Columbia, No delay “agit? HRISKELL & McLERAN, 1006 ¥ ot,