Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1898, Page 2

CORBETT - RAGEDY |YAMES O'ROURKE A Pugilist’s Father Kills His Wife and Himself. MURDERER PROBABLY WAS DEMENTED Resided at San Francisco and Had Long Been il. —>+——. SHOTS FATAL AT ONCE SAN FRANCISCO, August 16.—R. J. Cor- bett, father of James J. Corbett, the heavy- weight pugilist, shot and killed his wife and then turned the weapon upon himself with fatal effect. It is believed that the murderer was de- mented. He had been in extremely poor health for zome time. Death was instantaneous in both cases. Heard Two Shots. hooting occurred at ihe residence of the Corbett family, No. 520 Hayes street. Shortly before 5 o'clock this morning Mr. Aing, a son-in-law of Mr. Corbett, who was living in the house, heard two shots in his father-in-law's room. Hurrying to the room, he was horrified to find Mrs. Corbett lying in the bed cov- ered with blood, while his father-in-law lay on the floor with blood pouring from his mouth. Mrs. Corbett was in her night attire, while her husband was fully dressed. Then Kilied Himself. There was a wound in Mrs. Corbett’s temple, and Corbett had killed himself by turning the muzzle of the revolver into his mouth. From the appearance of the bodies, it is believed that Corbett arose early in the morning, dressed himself and shot his aged wife while she slept. She had evidently died instantly, for she | still lay in her perfectly natural position. It is believed that Corbett was demented. He had just returned from Bartlett Springs, where he had been stopping for his heaith. Corbett Wept When Told. NEW YORK, August 16.—James J. Cor- ett was much shocked when he learned of the death of his parents. At first he re- fused to believe it, but when the news was confirmed, he broke down and wept like a child. His trainers, McVey and White, tried to console him, but to no purpose. Corbett said that his father must have become insane or he would not have com- mitted such a terrible deed. He could not account for it In any other way. Both his father an+ mother, he said, took a deep interest i his affairs, and keenly felt his defeat b Fitzsimmons at Carson City. They both wanted him to retire from the ring after that. Co: 1 that il he had received more de! information from California he could not say what his future plans would be. He will stop training for the present and his fight ber 10 vith McCoy at Buffaio on Septem- be postponed. a Taaaae MONTAUK POINT NEWS. Ten Rough Riders in Detention € he Yellow Jack Suspecis. NEW ¥¢ August 16.—Ten Rough Riders, commanded by Col. Roosevelt and Gen. Wh 0 were landed at Mon- tauk P¢ day from the transport Miami, n the detention camp, where they will kept for at t three days. Nearly all are dysentery cases. A few are al, in charge three sus- Moore, there a: Louis. s Grand Duchess and Mat- ved at Montauk and are e1 ose on board before being carries Gen- General Wheeler came to New York this morning. Olivette Sailx for Montauk Point. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August 15, 4 p.m. @elayed in transmission).—The Olivette Sail2d this afternoon for Montauk Point Wh between 200 and 300 sick. Miss Wheel- er is a passenger. ae WHEELER'S HOME COMIN Fellow Citizens at Courtland Promise An Ovation. COURTLAND, Ala. August 16.—Gen2ral Joe Wheeler sends word that he will come framediately home from Montauk. An ovation will be tendered him on hs arrival, and preparations are being made “JOE” His for an immense crowd of citizens from near and far. > DIED ON CHILDREN’S GRAVES. St. Louis Broker Kills Himself With Poison in a Cemetery. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., August 16.—R. W. Gol- on, a broker on the Merchants’ Exchange, was found dead today lying across the graves of four of his children at Bellefon- taine cemetery. He had committed suicide With a dose of strychnine. Financial diffi- culties are thought to have been the cause of his act. When discovered Ison had been dead for several hours. Ie disappeared from his home last evening and y not seen again until his remains were discovered in the cemetery. He leaves a widow and two children. Not long ago Golson was rated as worth Over $100,000. ag Murdered Man's Widow Suicides. LANCASTER, Pa., August 16.—Mrs. Wo- mert, wife of Emanuel Womert, the man who was murdered in bed on Saturday night by supposed burglars while his wife was asleep by his side, committed suicide I night by drowning herself in a mill pond. posse ————— Great Conflagration im Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, August 16—A great fige at Nijni Novgorod, capital of the gov- ernment of the same name, about 250 miles northeast of Moscow, has destroyed a num- her of factories and eighty houses. Forty Persons have been injured and damage to the amount of a million and a half roubles has been done. ee Greenland Expedition Sails. ‘OPENHAGEN, August 16.—The expe- ition to explore the east coast of Green- land, under Lieut. Amdrup, sailed this Morning on board the steamer Godt-Haab. —— Mrs. E. C. Reynolds Murdered. NEW YORK, August 16.—A woman was murdered some time tast night in the Grand Hotel, Sist street and Broadway. Her body was found in a room this morn- . The woman went to the hotel with a Man last night and they registered as man and wife. Some time during the night the left. She has been identified as Mrs. C. Reynolds. geen New Jersey Republicans’ Call. TRENTON, N. J., August 16.—A call has been issued for the republican committee to meet in this city at noon on Tussday of yest week for the purpose of fixing a date the state convention. ee Renominated S. S. Barney. MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 16.—The re- publican ninth congressional district con- pees today renominated Cor uel 8. Barney of West Bend by accla- mation. Charged With Striking and Kicking a Woman. Seene at a Crowded Corner . This Morning—What the Prisone: Has to Say. James W. O'Rourke, who was at one time the official scorer at the base ball grounds, was arrested this morning between 10 and 11 o'clock for committing a serious assault on Mrs. Georgie E. Stewart, who lives at No. 920 F street northwest. Witnesses to the affair who were in the vicinity of Pernsylvania avenue and 9th street when the assault was committed say that O'Rourke kicked the woman in the face. He admits that he used his fist, but does not admit that his foot was used. The affair created a little excitement on the crowded avenue, and pedestrians carried the injured woman in a neighboring drug store. Her face was considerably bruised, and there was one ugly cut in her cheek. This cut, it is alleged, was made by her assailant’s shoe. Special Officer Elliott, who does duty at the railroad crossing, and Policeman Men- denhall of the fourth precinct made the arrest and sent the injured woman to the hospital. O'Rourke 1s thirty-elght years old. He is a stepson, he says, of Michael Scanlon, who keeps a billiard hall at th and D streets and who was at one time deeply interested in the base ball business. He had been drinking, and when seen by a Star reporter he was suffering from the effects of the liquor he had taken. To the reporter he said he had known Mrs. rt and her two children for some and had frequently been in the wo- company. morning he said he met her by ap- pointment, and they had some words when y reached P. ivania avenue and 9th treet. Mrs. Stewart, he said, had greetly annoy2d him by her conversation, and final- ly she threatened to have him arrested. When she made this threat he said he disputed her power to prosecut? him for anything, whereupon he says she called him an “Irish —- —-.” Th he admits, was after he had used insulting language toward he “Ww he called me tha ants could stand it no long=r, and I her face with my fist. Is she hurt very bad?” He was told that her face was cut and bruised, and was also informed that wit- nesses said he had kicked her. He repeat- ed his denial of having used his foot. A young man who witness2d the affair said he saw the prisoner grab the woman by the collar and throw her down. While she was on the pavement he said O'Rourke kicked her. At the hospital the physiclans found that the woman had be2n painfully but not seriously hurt. The case will be called in Judge Mills’ court tomorzow morning. + FUTURE OF DISTRICT TROOPS They May Be Mustered Out Within Thirty Days. Will Remain Some Time at Montauk— Preparing to Cut Down the Army. According to the present plans, the Ist Regiment, District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, which is now about to embark at Santiago, will be detained in the camp at Montauk Point, L. I., just long enough to enable them to get a cemplete new outfit of clothing and to recuperate from the hard campaign near Santiago. It is therefore probable that after the District soldiers have been at M Point a few weel Washington, D. here until they are regular of the military service of the government. When that will take placé has not yet been definitely determined. It is known, however, that the District regiment is not included in the list of the regiments prepared at the War Depart- ment today for mustering out. That they will soon be free from further military service is clearly established, however, by the known policy of the government to ma- terially decrease the military establishment as rapidly as possible. Unless there is a decided change In the present plans of the War Department about 100,000 volunteers will be mustered out within the next thirty days, and it is not at all improbable that the District regiment may be included in this number. Mustering Out Practically Begun. The mustering out of the volunteer army practically began at the War Department today, and will be continued until the army has been placed on a basis consistent with our present peaceful relations to the ne- tions of the earth. Orders were prepared today for the mustering out of 35,000 vol- unteers, including nearly twenty-five regi- ments of infantry and about eight troops of cavalry and five or six batteries of ar- titery. ‘The details of the order bearing on this subject have not been fully perfected, and the officlals confine themselves to general statements in regard thereto. It was admitted that the Ist Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, attached to the 3d Army Corps, encamped at Chickamauga, Ga., had been ordered to proceed to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. That post is the nearest one to the homes of the members of the regiment, and was selected with a view to their mustering out soon after they arrive there. Adjutant General Corbin said that a sim- ilar course would be followed in the case of the other volunteer regiments selected for mustering out. They would, he sald, be ordered to their state capitals as soon as it could be done without danger to the interests of the gov- ernment and mustered out of the military service as rapidly as possible. Awaiting Information From Gen. Merritt. Formal announcement of the plans of the department on this subject has been defer- red pending the receipt of certain desired information from Maj. Gen. Merritt, com- manding the military forces in the Philip- pines. Advices are hourly expected from him as to his wishes in the matter. ‘Ther are a large number of volunteers in the Philippines, and it ts possible that it may be deemed advisable to bring them heme, and, if necessary, replace them with regulars. The proposed reduction of the army to the extent of 100,000 men will still leave a military force of about 116,00) men, regulars and volunteers, available for all military purposes, including the occupation of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii. It is believed to be the purpose of the ad- ministration to maintain an army of at least 100,000 men until all the pending com- plications with Spain are finally disposed of. + «+ Russian Ambassador's Congratula- tions. Besides the congratulatory note of the Italian ambassador felicitating the gov- ernment of the United States on the signa- ture of the preliminaries of peace with Spain, the Secretary of State received on the night of the 13th instant a telegram from Count Casini, ambassador of Russia, dated at Narragansett Pter, tendering his congratulations upon the conclusion of the protocol, which, according to the mem- orandum issued by the State Department giving this information, “assures a peace alike glorious to this country and bonor- able to her adversaries of yesterday.” THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1898-10 PAGES. They Will Give Pennies and Dimes for a Lafayette Memorial. It Will Cost $250,000 and Will Be U: velled at the Paris Exposition: The President Approves. to CHICAGO, August 16.—According present plans, Lafayette, the French hero, who aided the birth of berty in America, is to have his grave marked with a $250,000 monument, a tribute from patriotic school children. President McKinley has concurred in the plans proposed by Ferdinand W. Peck, commissioner general to the Paris exposi- tion, for the unveiling of this beautiful memorial at the Paris exposition on the Fourth of July, 1900. At the commissiorer general's office it is announced that President McKinley will soon issue a proclamation setting a date, presumably October 19, as “Lafayette day,” for general observance in every school dis- trict throughout the United States. Gov- ernors of states and superintendents of in- struction will be urged to co-operate. On this date, the anniversary of the sur- render of Cornwallis at Yorktown, historic exercises will be held in every school in the country, at which a nominal admission fee will be charged. Millicns of pennies and dimes thus re- ceived from the rising generation of Amer- ican patriots will be applied to the monu- ment fund. With 100,000 schools and 20, 000,000 young patriots, it is believed tha more than enough will be raised to erect a monument that will be the pride of two continents. —_—.——_. DOMINION AGAIN LEADS. Challenger Gains Only a Free Run Before the Wind. DORVAL, Que., August 16.—The course for the Sewanhaka race today is to wind- ward and return two miles each leg. :15 p.m.—Dominion rounded first buoy at Challenger at 1:12. > p.m.—Dominion rounded second buoy 23:04, Challenger at 1:24:46. 3} _p.m.—Dominion ro third buoy at The fr2e run to the leeward buoy is the leg on which Challenger can gain, as she drops away behind on the windward Dominion roundéd fourth buoy Challenger at 2:07. There is one more round to go and Challenger is hope- lessly behind. L_p.m.—Dominion rounded fifth buoy at 2:31:07; Challenger at 2:40:36. 2:48 p.mi—Dominion wins. eee LAWN TENMS TOUR AME! Fifty-Three Contestants Engage in the Annual Eyent. NEWPORT, R. L, August 16.—The an- nual national lawn tennis tournament be- gan here today with fifty-three contest- ants. It was an ideal day. Whitman, Wrenn, Ware, Fischer and Millet were all on one side of the tournament. Ware and Fischer were drawn together in the preliminary round, the winner play- ing Millet in the second round, while Wrenn is to meet Whitman in his second natch. However, though objectionable to th the spectators, as insured every day a match as exciting as the finals. eg Se STERNBERG HOSPITAL OPEN. this arrangement was rs, it just suited New Piace at Camp Thomas Has a Corps of Red Cross Nurses. “CHICKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA NA- TIONAL MILITARY PARK, August 16.— The new Sternberg hospital was throw open at Camp Thomas today. ; pital h for 1 of Red Cross nurses are in attendance. Preparations are being made today for the review of the army tomorrow morning. The total of those marching will be over forty thousand. A crowd of fifty thousand people will witness the gorgeous sight. TI w begins at 8 a.m., a until every regiment pas stand. d will continue es the reviewing —E PALMIST TURNS THIEF. “Sir” Henry Onequi Sent to Prison for Thefts in London. LONDON, August 16.—At the county of Loniion sessions today an American. Wheeler, alia ir” Henry Onequi, ist to the queen,” was sentenced to a year’s hard labor for stealing two bags at the King’s Cross railway depot. Wheeler, or Onequi, is known to have had a palmistry business at No. 1244 Broadway, New York city. He brought Mrs. Nellie Shakespeare from Philadelphia to England last June, and in the following month went with her to Paris, where he assumed the designation “Baron” Musgrave. He left there suddenly, owing a large amount, and abandoning Mrs. Shakespeare. aes FEAR ATTEMPT TO LYNCH. President Says United States Troops ‘Will Help Protect a Murderer. ST, LOUIS, Mo., August 16.—A special to the Republic from Austin says the ad- jutant general's department has received a telegram from Hcuston stating that it is feared that an attempt will be made at Houston to lynch the negro murderer, Pey- ton Burton, who is confined in the county Jail. The artillery company was ordered out by the sheriff. Four companies of the 4th Texas Infantry at Camp Ball were placed under arms at Houston to protect Burton from the attempts of the mob to lynch him. Meantime the President was communicat- ed with, and he answered that should the governor call upon the United States sol- diers for protection he at once would re- spond. ————— A California Nominee. SAN ANITA, Cal. August 16.—James Carron Neesham of Modreto has been nom- inated for Congress by the republicans of the seveath California district. —_——_-+_— Rallway Facilities at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash. August 16—It is stated that the Great Northern will begin here the immediate construction of a sys- tem cf railway terminals, docks and ele- vetors, at a cost of three-quarters of a million dollars. A waterway 1,500 feet tong, 200 feet wide and 25 feet deep will be cut through the tide lands. ee Jago Remanded for a Week. LONDON, Avgust 16.—At the Bow street pelice court this morning J. W. Jago, chief officer of the White Star line steamship Britannic, held on the charge of embez- zlement and larceny, was formally ar- raigned, and Sir John Bridge refused an application for bail. The prisoner was re- manded for a week. —_—-—___ Riche’s Regiment Ordered Back. NEW ORLEANS, La. August 16— Riche’s Texas regiment, which was to have gone to Santiago on the transport Berlin, has been ordered back to Galves- ton, while Crane’s negro immunes. will leave in a day or two for the Cuban ports. | ees Large Loan. A deed of trust was placed on file this afternoon in the office of the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, made by the Columbian University of this city to Amzi Dodd and Edward L. Dobbins of Newark, N. J., to secure a loan of $90,000 from the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark. The property trans- ferred in trust cdnsists of lots 9, 10 end i, in square 222, and the west 30 feet of iot 12 in the same square, which comprises the college property at 15th and H streets northwest. The loan is for five years at 4 per cent interest. RRESTED | SCHOOL CHILDREN’S STATUE STREEE * RAILROADS ———— The Vacation Season Interferes With ADDITIONAL” RIGHTS OF COMPANIES Improvemet fs will Probably Com- the Fall. THE CONDITIONS AT PRESENT The absence from.the city of those who are actively identified with the street rail- roads in this District, as well as those who are prominent in other lines, results in a postponement of the work of beginning im- provements until some time in the fall. No date is fixed for the general resumption of business this year, and, in fact, that is never done, but somehow everybody essen- tial to the carrying on of transactions final- ly appears at his place of business, and then something ts done. During the last session of Congress laws were enacted in regard to street railroads which are not only important in themselves and to the interests of the corporations affected, but are likely to have a far-reaching influence on the development of the city and its ma- terial future. Preliminaries Arranged. Where railroad corporations have re- ceived additional rights and privileges from Congress, and even when corporations have been created, nothing so far has been done to carry out the new legislation except to arrange some preliminary matters and get affairs in such a shape that it is probable in the fall the work can be pushed ahead without delay. As nearly all the street railroad bills were enacted by Congress during the closing days of the last session, so that the measures did not become laws until the latter part of June, the holiday season had already begun when the author- ity was given to go ahead, and it is not believed that this lull in the preparation will materially retard the final completion of the work. Of course, what the public needs and what is of most interest to the public is to enjoy at the earliest practical moment the facilities which Congress has euiaee the various companies to make presumably for the benefit of of the roads. ee ae Rae The Present Situation. The present situation in regard to the various railroad enterprises authorized at the last session of Congress is as follows: In the case of the City and the Suburban railroad corporation, created by Congress with authority to consolidate the Ecking- ton and the allied roads, the purpose being to unite the three lines which were in op- eration and which were projected to run from the Treasury Department to a point in Maryland near Laurel, all the prelim- inary arrangements, it is stated, for the legal transfer of the-properties to the new corporation and alsg; to procure the funds needed to re-pquip the lines have been made. ¥ ° If it were pegpsible; ; to find everybody at home at this time of;the year attending to business, contracts;may have been made and perhaps some. portion of the street work begun. ,;,But human machines are obliged to haye some relief from toil, and so the president of the company, Mr. 0. T. Crosby, has been, taking a few ‘days since the adjournment of Congress to get a little rest and a change, Which he is said to need afier the work of ‘the last winter, which Was unusually tryinowing to the delays at ee Capitol in acting upon the Eckington Dill. It 1 that the affairs of the new ent shape and vhen the work of reconstructing the present road: 4s begum ‘that it will be pos- sible to push i, forward rapidly to an early completion. eos The Columbia, Extension. Some: progress, has sbeen made by the Columbia railroad: people in preparing to avail themselves-of the right granted by Congress to build an extension of the line east along the Benning road to the bounds of the District. It is understood that the right of way has practically been from the property holders and as soon as that is completed then plans can be made for the issue of bonds as authorized by the law and the contracts for the work can be made. The company has a year in which to build the extension and it is expected that active work can be begun early in the all. Probable Sale of the Belt. As to the Belt railroad, nothing has been done by those in control of that property to avail themselves of the powers granted by new legisiation, for the rzason that when the bill became a law the season had so far advanced that it was not considered a favorable time to offer the property for sale. It 1s exp2cted that the court will be asled to direct the sale of the road to be made early in October. The new bill con- fers on t’e purchasers of the property all the rights and privileges of a corporation, and it further requires that within a year from the sale of the road it be equipped with the underground system. Th> East Washington Heights Railroad Company, one of the two roads created by the last Congress, has already formed an organization by the election of a board of directors. The other road, the University Heights road, has not yet effacted an or- ganization. — LADUKE NOT EXECUTED. Has Been Sentenced to Imprisonment for Life. Several days ago it was reported by vari- ous newspapers that Private Alexander La- duke of Company 1 of the 24 Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry had been shot by or- der of the military authorities at Ponce for the alleged murder of Thomas Stafford, a private of the 13th Regular Infantry. Ac- cording to the published atcounts, the two men quarried in a saloon at Ponce on the 3a instant, with the result that Laduke was cenvicted by court-martial of the murder of Stafford, and shot on the morning of Au- gust 4. The report was discredited at the War Department, and In order to ascertain the facts in the case the adjutant general tel- egraphed to Gen. Miles for a report on the case. In response to this telegram a cable miessage was received at the War Depart- ment today from Gen. Gilmore, assistant adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Miles, showing that th neWspaper report was in- correct, in so far ad4At involved the execu- tion of Ladukei! The message was as follows: PONCE, Porto Rico, August 15, 1898. Adjutant Genefal, Washington. Replying your bie ge nge Private La- duke been conyicted. by court-martial for killing Private Stafford; sentenced to lita imprisonment; ,,penitentiary Leavenworth designated. He is now under guard here awaiting transportaticn. GILMORE, Brigadier General. —__3_ eo —____ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued as fol- lows: - 5 White—Frederick H. Berger and Nellie B. Cornwell, Henry P. Thomas and Nellie Gardner, Simon Bi Myer and Rosie R. Smith, Baltimore; Charles P. Sweet and Anna J. Baptista, George Andre and Cora Milstead, John H. Phillips, Birminzsham, Ala., and Minnie Holman, Moses Simms and George Lines. Colored—Humphreys Parker and Rachel Parker, James Spencer and Catherine Greenleaf, Frederick ‘V. Jaekson and Mary M. Fowler, James H. Washington and Em- ily P. White, John Butler and Florence Gray. —_—_—_ Wreck of the C. C. Funk. ‘The State Department has received a ca- ble message from Consul Bray, at Mel- bourne, stating that the C. C. Funk, which sailed from Takoma to Melbourne, has been wrecked .on- Flinders Island. All drowned except two seamen. 2 if you want anything, try an ad. in Star. If anybody has what you wish, you ——-¥ KENTUCKY POLITICS|DELEGATES AT MILWAUKEE FINANCE AND TRADE Active Campaigning Has Already Begun in Not Yet Made in Several of the Districts, Correspondence of The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, KY., August 15, 1898. With the cessation of hostilities came a revival of interest in things political in Kentucky. Eleven representatives in Con- gress are to be elected in less than three months, and active campaigning has al- ready begun in all the districts. Since the war has brought to the front a number of interesting problems with which the next Congress will have to deal, the people who favor national expansion, honest currency and other issues now developing will rally stanchly to the support of the candidaces representing their principles. In the first district Representative Wheeler (democrat) was renominated with- cut opposition. His opponents are G. W. Reeves (populist) and Col. Jerry Porter of Fulton (republican). Mr. Wheeler's speak- ing tour began last Monday, when he ad- dressed a large crowd at Mayfield. A list of joint speaking appointments will prob- ably be arranged at once. The district is strongly democratic, or has been hitherto, and there is every reason for believing eaci candidate will poll the full strength cf his party. In_the second district, now represented by Dr. Clardy ef Hopkinsville, Henry D. Allen of Union co.nty is the democratic nominee. Col. George W. Jolly of Owens- boro’ and Mr. G. W. Cromwell of Hender- son are the candidates for the republi nomination. They are waging a vigorous political battle within the party. for che honor of carrying the G. O. P. standard. Mr. Rhea Renominated. In the third district Pepresentative Rhea of Russellville was rerominated without oppesition by the demecratic convention. For the republican nomination there are three well-known contestants—Messrs. T. M. Owsley of Bowling Green, Fred Long of Morgantown and Capt. Nat. Howard cf Butler, now with the volunteers at Chick- amauga. The nomination will be made at Russellville the 7th of September. * In the fourth district Representative David Smith was renominated without opposition, the democratic committee declaring him the party's choice. Chas. T. Blandford, the former speaker of the Kentucky house of representatives, is the republican standard bearer and a very popular leader with his party. 2 In the fifth or Louisville district neither party has nominated, and the contests on both sides are spirited and aggressive. Col. Jas. T. Williams was the first democrat to announce. It was thought he had a walk- over, but two weeks ago Oscar Turner, jr., son of famous Oscar Turner, sr., twice in Congress from the first district, was put forward, it is claimed, by the Goebel ele- ment of the party. Mr. Turner is strong with his party and is a fine campaigner. It is a nip-and-tuck race between Turner and Williams. The democratic convention meets at Music Hall in this city Monday, August 29. Capt. S. Atwood Smith, a member of the last legislature, is also a democratic as- pirant and is widely popular. Mr. Walter Darby is the last named candidate, and there are two or three others who would be glad to represent their people. The republicans renominated Walter Ey- ans, the incumbent, and at the same time a rump convention was held, at which ex-Mayor Todd was also nominated. Mr. Todd declined to run, but there is con- siderable disaffection among his followers. Claims of Mr. Berry’s Friends. In the sixth district there is some oppos tion developing to Representative Berry,but his managers assert that he will be renom- inated without a struggle. The republicans will probably name Col. Richard Ernest, former candidate for Congress, who was defeated in the last election by Mr. Berry. In the seventh Representative Seitie hi no opposition and was declared the nomin by the democratic committee. Capt. J. H Harden of Owen county and Col. Woody Dunlap of Lexington are the announced republican candidates. The republican con- vention wiil be held the first next month. Representative Davison has ed by the republicans of the e: to again announce himself a Congr The nomination w August at holasville ocratic nominee in this district is Col. G. Gilbert, who has a large following in every county. The democrats of the ninth have named Mr. Mordecai Williams of Boyd county as their choice, and the republicans renom- inated Representative Pugh. The republicans selected Mr. W. J. Seitz to lead them in the tenth district, but the comectats have eo yet nominated. n the eleventh Col. Vincent Boreing was declared the republican nominee by. ‘the committee. He hopes to succeed Represent- ative Colsen, now colonel of the 4th Ken- tucky Volunteers, just ordered south to join Gen. Lee's brigade. John D. White is running as an independent. The democratic convention meets next Thursday week at Barbourville and will doubtless name Capt. Black, a prominent lawyer of that town. Speakings, barbecues and burgoos are the means by which most of the crowds are gathered in the mountain districts, and several of these political gatherings are booked for every week da: Berne y during the next ———.__ DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. The Eighth Annual Session of the Na- tional Council. The eighth anrual session of the Na- tional Council, Daughters of America, be- gan this morning in Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th street northwest, and will continue for sey- eral days. The principal officers of the organization present were: Mrs. L. E. Kennedy of Find- lay, Ohio, national councillor, presiding; Miss Julia Tipton, Dennison, Ohio, national secretary; C. W. Morris, Wellsville, Ohio, national treasurer, and Mrs. Mary Boram, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Emma Winner Tiffin, Ohio, and M. C. Trollinson, Nashville, Tenn., trustees. The Daughters of America is a body aux- iliary to the Junior Order of United Ameri- can Mechanics, and one of its principal ob- jects is to promote social intercourse and assist in advancing the objects of the last named organization, while the D. of A. ad- mits to equal rights the members of the Junior Order of United American Mechan- ics in good standing. The program for this :vening comprises a union meeting of all D. of A. councils in the District. Tomorrow evening there will be a reception to the national officers and membars by the state council officers of the District of Columbia at Masonic Hall, cor- ner of Pennsylvania avenue and 4th street scutheast. see NAVAL ORDERS. Lieut. J. B. Bernadou has be2n detached from command of the torpedo boat Winslow and ordered to duty in the bureau of ord- nance, Navy Department. Lizut. A. P. Niblack has been detached from the Topeka and ordered to the Wins- low. Chief Engineer George Cowie, when dis- charged from the New York Hospital, will be granted two months’ leave of abs2nce. Chief Engineer R. Potts has been ordered to duty at the Columbian Iron Works, Bal- timore. Lieut. Charl2s Laird has been ordered to duty a\ executive officer of the Helena. Lieut. A. W. Dodd has deen detached from the Fern and ordered to the Hel2na. Lieut..E. J. Dorn has been detached from the Lancaster and ordered to the Naval Academy. ‘ Trade always follows the flag of a civil- ized country, but it has to hump itself to maintain the pace set by Old Glory this™ year. ———+ +2 ___ Jumping Spanish. In Readiness for the Republican State Con- vention Tomorrow. Main Fight is for the Gubernatorial Nomination—Govy. Schofield and R. M. Lafollette the Contestants. MILWAUKEE, August 16.—The republi- can state convention to nominate a state ticket meets in the Convention building in this city at noon tomorrow. It will be the biggest state political gathering that ever assembled in Wisconsin, 1,067 delegates having been chosen to select the nominees. Representative M. J. Griffin of Eau Claire has been selected as temporary chairman. The main fight in the convention will be for the gubernatorial nomination. The fight is between Gov. Scofield and ex-Representa- tive Robert M. Lafollette of Madison. The campaign has been a hot one between the two aspfrants for the head of the ticket. So warm has it been that many of the shrewdest politicians have been advocating the taking of a third candidate acceptable to both factions in order to restore har- mony all around. The outlook, however, is that the factions will fight the battle between themselves and either Goy. Scofield or Lafollette will ceive the nomination. A large number of delegates are already in the city and more are coming in on every train. Conferences without number are be- ing held and both leaders for head of the ticket appear to be confident of winning out. The table of delogates shows 254 instruct- ed for Scofield and 304 for Lafollette. The uninstructed are largely reported to be for Scofield, who tlaims he will be nominated en the first formal ballot. Th> result on the balance of the ticket will depend large- ly on how the governorship is settled. Stone of Watertown has no opposi- tion in the contest for iieut2nant governor. Walter L. Houser of Monovi and W. H. Froelich of Jackson are out for secretary of state. There are four candida treasurer—J. O. Davidson of Sol Alber Cypreanse of Eau Claire of Racine and A. ¢ son of Waupe gene R. Hicks of Osh- and John L. Erdall of Madison are most prominently mentioned. eral candidates for rai‘road commis- sioner are being talked over, among whom are Graham Rice of Superior, Hoyt A. Winslow of Fond du Lac and John V Gaines of Lowell. William A. Frick is a candidate for re-election as insurance com- missioner L. D. Harvey and Wiiliam E. Anderson of Milwaukee are seeking the nomination as state superintendent of pub- lic_instruction. The platform will doubtless indorse the administration of President McKinley and the administration of Governor Scofield, will favor the abolition of railway passes and more equitable taxation of certain corporations. For atiorney kesh ———— HOOLEY WITNESS FAINTS Qollapses During Damaging Testimony Against Earl De La Warr. The Promoter Declares That £25,000 Sent the Earl Was Kept by the Go-Between. LONDON, August 16.—In the queen's bench division of the high court of justice icday Justice Wright resumed the h s of the motion to commit Earl De La Warr, Messrs. Broadley, Bradshaw and Rucker for contempt of court in attempting to in- duce Mr. Ernest Terah Hooley, the bank rupt company promoter, to fal his evi- ence in the bankruptcy court. Mr. Hooley, who was sworn, ex the discreps en hi that he had paid Earl De La Warr and the earl’s statement that he h: a on! received £25,00) by saying that he paid th latter £25,000 dir ly, and subsegu paid him an equal amount through for divisi Albe Broadiey, Mr. Hoo agent, Letween Earl De La Warr and Lord marle. Mr. Hooley said he had s covered that Broadley kept the Regarding Earl De La Warr's alles fer of £1,00 if he (Hooley) would contra- cict his former evidence, the bankrupt said that Mr. Broadley, at the Brunswick } tel, offered him the money in the earl’s presence, and the correction of certain statements which Eari De La Warr wished him to make was written out there, Mr. Hociey deposed, in the presence of the earl. After severe cros: r. Hooley stuck Wright dismissed r. Bradshaw. The latter then went on the stand, aad asserted that Earl De La Warr, in the course of a conversation with Bradshaw as to Mr. Hooley’s position, offered to pay Hooley’s hotel bill for a month, and said he was prepared also to help Mrs. Hooley to the extent of £1,000. Earl De La Warr, Mr. Bradshaw de- clared, asked him not to tell Mr. Hooley of the offer, as the matter might be construed as an attempt at bribery. It was fer- stood at the same interview that Mr. Hocley would be asked to correct his orig- inai evidence. While on fainted. examination, in wh: to his guns, Ju the summons against the stand Mr. Bradshaw —_>—— ENTITLED TO MOUNTED PAY. A General Order Just Issued by the 5 War Department. According to a general order issued by the War Department today, the following officers,-in addition to those whose pay is fixed by law, are entitled to pay as mo.nted officers: Officers of the staff corps below the rank cf major, officers serving with troops of cavalry, officers of a light battery duly organized and equipped, authorized aids duly appointed, officers serving as military attaches to the embassies and legations of the United States at foreign capitals, offi- cers serving with companies of mounted infantry and officers on duty which, in the opizion of the Secretary of War or the department or corps commander, requires them to be mounted, and so certified by him on their pay vouchers. Acting judge ad- vocates of military departments, duly de- tailed, are entitled, while so serving, to the rapk, pay and allowances of captains of cavalry. Battalion adjutants are entitled to mounted pay upon the certificate of their regimental commanders that they are on duty -yhich requires them to be ircunted, ——_—____+ «+_____. ‘Weapons Restored. An echo of the Canty-Rye killing and the subsequent trial of Canty came. yesterday at the city hall in the shape of an order issued by Justice Cole in Criminal Court No. 2 restoring to Guy Rye, son of George Rye, who was shot and killed by Centy in self-defense, a pistol, a knife and some clothing, all of which figured more or less in the trial os Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. Low. Close. = : By Low. Close. S2T 5: 5.37 522 5.35 Low. Close. te 3% 50 B74 373 5.79 a Advancing Tendency of Stocks Grows More Pronounced eeadbiseeninee: IN SPITE OF THE PROFIT-TAKING Ainiconcimaetie Some Fractional Gains Follow a Covering Movement. Se Ae See GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 16.—The demand from commission houses during the opening hour this morning was even better than that of yesterday, and the advancing ten- dency of the market was decidedly more pronounced. London prices were higher, particularly for Illinois Central and Northern Pac preferred, but profit-taking by foreign houses was one of the features of the first hour. The local demand was fully equal to this test of endurance, however, and selling soon gave way to a confident de- mand. Manhattan and ‘sugar were offered down by traders in the hope of influencing the general list. but little impression was made by this artificial weakness. As the demand from commission hcuses became mor per- sistent, a covering movement in sugar and Manhattan was undertaken, fractional &ains following. Western Union came out from under the ban of its relationship to the neglected Gould issues and added 2 per cent to the low level of the morning. Rock Island was given good support and was taken in round amounts for the ac counts of certain interests heretofore e tremely accurat2 in their judgment of val- ues. Burlington reacted a full point at one time under the influence of realizing the D ales, ntire granger list shading off in sym- ny The market's real breadth is best 4 strated by the fact that realizing sal no influence beyond the particular rectly neerned, mon- have di- A narrow market could not have with- stood total transactions aggregating a half muuion shares, of which a liberal percent- represented profit-taking. In a ma- ty of instances sales of long stock made in the hope of rebuying or a reaction have proved to be disappointing. In the industria! department American To- bacco, Rubb nd Tennessee Coal and Iron were the features today. The advance in the former had much of the dignity which usually attaches to investm buy- ing. The advance in Rubber was more ma- nipulative, and little effort was made to the fact, four transactions advanc- er cent med above is fi et for its output, and better business are made to ma them good. dvani on the pi nt of Chicago's al: war. The buying ises of in po! by thos People's of an petual good at times, and higher prices probable. There are few exceptions made In the predictions for higher prices next fall. The street is unanimous in the belief that the biggest market of the decade is its itial stage. Room traders fight the nea from time to time, but the distinguish features of the situation are not cl a Crop conditions, trade balances, commercial activity and the new territorial of the government are the re: s be- hind the present advance: > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. Open. High. Low. Close. 1 1435 American Spi American Spirits, pfa. American Sugar. . Ame! gar, ptd. American i Atchison x 1 more & UnIO-. Brooklyn R. Trane’ Canada Sonthern Canxda Pacific. Chesapeake & Onio.- C20. & St Louis... 8.82)... < Cmieakod Nor tewestern. Chicago Gas..... CM. & St Pant. Chic St. P., M. & Chicago, K.1. & Pacific, Chig. & G Western... , Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack a W . Deiaware & Mudson Den & Kio Grange, pid Ene... = General @lectnie. Mhnois Centra . Lake Snore. Louisvitie & 3 Metropolitan Traction, Manhattan Erevatea Michigan Cenira: Minsonri Pacitic Nationa) Lead ¢ New Jersey Centra. New York Centrat. Northern racite Northern Pacifie, pta Ot. & Western... Pacitie Ma Phila. & keaaing. 4 Southern Ky.. pfa BN BEA Baty Texas Paci is By Tenn. Coa: @ iron. 0% «28% | «BON Union Pacine ae ae Union Yacifc, pra. Gg OO Westera Umion Le’ 9% 93 (BUN Am. Steel and Wire | 3s 8 OB Am. Steel and Wire pfd. 2 69 Rubber... ON 44K 46K Rubber pf 106° «109106 OTR —_.__ Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Lincoln tloual Bank, 10 at 116. Capital Traction, 73%. Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 186; 10 10 at 185%. American Graphophone, 10) at 12% District of Columbia Bonds, reney, 112% bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 119 bid. Metropolitan Kallroa Metropolitan Rx A, 108 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, B, 1oT% bid. Coluaubla Kallroad 6s, 122 bid. Eclington Railroad tis. 200 bid. Wasb- ington Gas Company Gs, werfes Al 1124 bid. Wash- ington Gas Company @s, series Bh, 113 bid. U. 8. Electric Light deb. imp.. 100 oid, 105 asked. $.65¢, funding, cur- apeake and Potomac Telephone 58, 193 bid. Amerl- ean Security and Trust, 100 bid. Masonic Mall Association 5s, 107 bid. National Bunk Stocks..—Metropolitan, 305 bid. Central, 140 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid, Second,’ 139 bid. Citizeas’. 1 bid, Capital, 118 bid. West End, 90 asked. ‘Trad- ers’. 96 bid.’ Lincoln, 115 hid. Safe Deposit and’ Trust Companies.—National fe Deposit and Trust, 113 bid, 115% asled Yashington Loan end Trust, 126 bid. American Security and Trust, 149% bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, °% Wid. vid. Colwnbia, Potomac, 58% bid. Arlington, 125 bid. German American, 180 bid. National Gnion, 10 Md Columbia. 10% bid. . 7% bid, 8 asked. Lincoln, ®% itd. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 71 bid. Columbia Title, 4% ntd, £44 asked. Ratlroad Stock ital Traction, 76% Md, 74 asked. Metropolitan, 171%4 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.--Washington Ges, Georgyiown Gas 43 Md. U, 8. Encciric AN, bid, 104 asked. one Stocks.—hesapeace aud Fotomec, 50 Mergenthaler Linotrpe, , . ram Monetype 1% bid. 26% asked. American Graphophone, 128; bid. 12) esked. American Graphophene preferred, > iv bid. Pneumatic Guu Carringe, 25 Wid. 30 asked. Government Bonds. Bid. Anked. 2 per cents, 97 ees 3 per cents, 16535, 3B per cents, 1055 4 per cents, 1k 4 per cents, u12 4 per cents, 128 4 per cents, 128 5 per cents, 113 5 per cents, 13 Currency 6