Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1898, Page 2

2 PASSING IN REVIEW Troops at Camp Alger Under Gen. Gobin’s Inspection. EARLY TRANSFER NOT PROBABLE List of Deaths Includes Name of Chaplain Rick. Ohio of the wed by Brigadier afternoon at 4 o’élock, view will be the drill tanc2 of two seat camp site iG Gobin to re- the Sth, 12th and 13th tomorrow, and 2 Division. which necticut and 3d Vir- to this division, I not ¢ be uable nsume more time des giving the offi- experience, will ai- become acquainted r his command. $ und ies its load of ak they ean hardly i from rheumatism, i at the thoughts of Every day trans- idiers going to -e, Michigan, Ohio, Jersey ct, of the count: sent to San Francisco, Cal. Th Jepartment allows each sol- for each day taken up In trav meward pertation is fu: Kansas, Minois t Division will be moved from ania camp are reported as te to fw h sufficient room vision. Every step to make the men here smfortable Is be!ng inadec another stay of taken. s are being nd soon f providing ble wooden floo! ery tent will started = Maj. Henry W. Freeman of the ist New nd provost m al has tendered Jersey of War. home de- and now from the etary Stellwell, 13th Penn- 3 stailed to succeed Maj. 1 as provost marshal. Three Recent Deaths. aths have occurred since Satur- aplain William F. Rick ania died yesterday in . of typhoid fever. The young man, well thought of his death has been ions of sym- plain was admired by ital Saturday night laid at rest ington with Company I, Ist fever in His re- J., this tor burial. McName: mmpany F, 65th ving in a serious He is ill of ty- which for the eved and a tieut ordered G. Roberts, ia, Was today order: ‘ompany D, 3d to proceed to ovington, Va., to arr and return to Private J. A. Long of the » com- has been posted as a deserter. ¢ Hugh Miller, Company G, Sth . today recelved a commission ant ir ar army. a clerk in the adjutant office of the Ist Division. CHANGE IN PLAN Troops Receive Orders to Move at Once to Middtetown, Special Dispatch to The Event THOROUGH Vv 2 St August 22.—An- other change of plans has been made with regard to the movement of Gen. Davis’ divist yw at Thoroughfare, Va. The not be made, for orders y night requiring the nts to be moved to Middletown as sible. They are ted to 3a Missouri, see, the pro- sylvania, na, 22d Kansas and 3d four cars and two Pullman cars ow receiving the 3d MI expected regiment the rai authorities 3 able to provide transporta- In that event the troop: $ st as facilities are provided. s have taken place in the last Corporal Dennis J. Murphy of th Iilincis, who died at Bris- afternoon, had been ijl of the r. tor y two weeks. ulem mass was solemmzed this morn- Fat Kelley at regi ntal head- Dennis J. Long accom- > Joi The second ernoon, In the re. Private i New York, He was a body awaits me Two deat ed from the $s cured that the e Mayes was and that hed with a and ordered it slightly has not lefense of Capt as Was taker ock. Recess low the defense S_evide in_ referer ed opening of the Humphrey evidence cted with the and as a the case up 3 was this to arr report Al s been intre ure is con ern ut has been issued to and is now tn an additional received today. 2 with the supplies secured h the efforts of Capt. Seay, the as- charge, fully equips the Sinter Sole Beneficiary. he register of wills today received for ate, from New York, the will of Edw. rt, a resident of Washington. By the visions of the testament all of the de- “US property, real and personal, ta b sthed to his sister, Mary J. Lowry, of city. She is also to be the recipient of pension money due by the United sates government to the testator. -_-— Ordered to Show Cause, the case of Louis Arthur Reinberg, Ss suing his wife, Mrs. Nora J. Rein- . for divorce, Justice Bradley today 1s- an order requiring the complainant to cause on August 25 at 10 am. why should not he adjudged in contempt for .@ to comply with the court's order for “2yment of alimony and counsel fees. = FOUR KILLEDINA Bear-End Disaster Due to Negligence at Sharon, Mass. Oncoming Train Penetvraied the Other Fully Five Feet Into Second End Car. SHARON, Mass., August 22.—In the ex- citement and confusion attending the clear- ing away of the wreckage caused by last night's collision on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad it was re- perted that seven persons w2re killed, four of them being given as unknown. Today it was learned definitely that the total number killed was four, as follows: Franklin M. Waters of Somerville, book- keeper, Boston; ag2d about twenty-five. Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick of Boston, widow; aged seventy. Mrs. C. H. Frye, wife of C. H. Frye of Revere. Unidentified woman, thought to be Mrs. C. H. Bristol of Winthrop. ‘The bodies cf the victims were returned to Stovghton today by the undertaker who Was summoned by the town officials yes- turday. Hard to tdentify. The identification of the body of Mrs. Frye and the worran thought to be Mrs. Bristol] was delayed and rendered aifficult by the fact that both Mr. Frye and Mr. Bristol were among the injured and were taken to Boston last night, The number of injured, variously esti- mated in last night’s uncertainty and ex- citement, is still undetermined, owing to the fact that many who were hurt were able to go to their homes for treatment, while others’ who received medical at- tendance near the wreck were only slighily injured. It is thought that not more than twelve or fifteen can be included among those most seriously injured. Seven of them were taken te the Boston hospital. A list follows: Edgar §S. Bristol, age fifty-three, Win- throp, left leg crushed; amputation prob- ably necessary. James A. Fitzpatrick, forty-two, Charon, right ieg crushed; amputation probably necessary. Charles F. Frye, thirty-seven, Revere (previously reported dead, through an error), back and spine injured; probably fatally. Della V. Vernon, twenty-six, South Bos- ton, lacerated scalp, severe internal in- juries. B. J. Crockett, multiple injuries. Mary N. Grimshaw, multiple injuries, James S. Murray of East Boston, leg bad- ly crushed. All the other injured are being cared for at their places of residence in Sharon, Waitham and Boston. How It Happened. The two trains whicn were in the collision wer2 usually combined into one long train, but as the traffic was so heavy, it was divided, the first section running as a local accommodation, while the second, which star‘ed from Mansfield fifteen minutes later than the first, ran as an express. The local train, due at Sharon at 7:02, was thirtzen minutes late. It left Mansfield on time, making two stops, and had lost the thirteen minutes between Mansfield and Sharon. It was due ii Cafiton Junction, ‘the next sta- tion beyond Sharon, two minutes ahead of the express train, which should have passed it there. Sharon is situated on a curve, and both the outward and inward tracks are protected by electric block signals. After the accident it was thought the block signal protecting the inward track was set at danger, showing, as it was in- tended, that there was a train in the sta- twenty-two, Somerville, eight, Somerville, ere was no warning given by tha con- ductor of the Mansfield local to show the approaching train that the track was not ar at the station, and it was not until was within four hundred feet of the sta- tion that the engineer of the express noticed anyth! vrong. He {immediately set all brakes and whisil:i the warning, but it waa teo late to stop the express. It erashed into the rear ear, splitting it asunder and complet demolishing it with the ex on of the roof. Its speed was not ed until the engine had pene- trated fully five feet in the rear of the second ear. ——— CUMBERLAND NEW Death of the Man Who Killed Con- federate General A. P. Hill. Spectal Dispa: to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Mé., August 22.—Cor- peral John Watson Mank, who shot and killed the famous confederate general, A. P. Hill, at Petersburg, died Friday last and was buried yesterday at Centerville, ten miles north of Cumberland. He was a prominent Methodist. Corporal Mank served three years in the Union army. He said h2 shot Hill to pre- vent his own capture, and that he did not know until afterward the identity of the man. The United States government has placed a contract with the Cumberland Steel and Tin Plate Company for the manufactur> of nearly $100,000 worth of projectiles. The republican primaries of Allegany county were carried by Col. George A. Pearre for Congress, there being no oppo- sition. It is expected that the convention tomorrow will empower him to name his own delegation. “ W. S. Anderson, who preached in Cumberland churches and then, it is al- loged, defrauded many people in a building and loan scheme, was caught at Wilkes- barre, Pa., and brought here. He waived a hearing and went to jail in default of $1,200 ball, $200 being added for a charge of beat- ing a boarding house. Two Mormon elders were chas:d with stones and clubs near Flintstone, this county, while preselyting. A young woman is said to have gone insane recently be- cause she was not allowed to attend the m2etings in the Mormon tabernacle there. Lieut. Walter A. Andrews and Ensign John Dearing of the Salvation Army, Washington, have commenced meetings here and at Lonaconing. It is expected that the Ist Maryland Reg- iment will be sent from Fort Monro2 to Baltimore shortly and there mustered out. pe Sea ILLICIT SALE OF LIQCOR. Sergeant Daly Succeeds in Locating a Speak Easy. Sergt. John C. Daly of the second pre- cinct, who was recently sent there from South Washington by Maj. Sylvester to as- sist in the work of putting down violations of the law, captured a large supply of beer and whisky yesterday, made three arrests and tried one case in the Police Court to- day. He had learned that there was a traveling “speak-easy” making the rounds of the alleys, and he got Policemen Haller, Marcin, Holmes and O'Dea to assist him. Sunday drunkenness, it had been sald, re- sulted from this illegal sale of liquor !n this way. Before the officers had Gaen out many minutes they ran across two colored boys in Naylor's alley who had purchased liguer, and they soon had Sheppard Good- all, also colored, In custody. He admitted that he had bought the whisky from an- other man for the boys. This man, he said, was Arthur Cromwell. Frank Jackson, whose name was mentiofied in connectton with Cromwell, was also arrested. His mother, Lucy Jackson, in whose house the supply ‘of liquor was found, was taken in custody, but was afterward released. Sergt. Daly took two bottles of whisky from his pockets when he appeared tn the Police Court this morning a witness against Goodall. “He's a curbstone broker,” remarked Prosecuting Attorney Richardson, when he had heard part of the testimony. “Or a walking ‘speak-easy,’" added Judge Taylor. < Witnesses said that they bought whisky from the defendant. The latter’s explana- tion was that he got it from Cromwell for one of the boys, who safd his mother. was sick. His explanation was not accepted, and the court imposed a penalty of $260 fine, or ninety days on the farm. The case of Frank Jackson was contin- ued. Arthur Cromwell, it is said, will sur- render to the police tonight. It is° Hkely that he and Jackson will be tried together. COLLISION | BILLIONS INVESTED Conditions of the Railways of the Country. FIVE HUNDRED MILLION PASSENGERS Over Seventy Per Cent of Stock Paid No Dividend. INCREASE IN MILEAGE ee Tha ara From summaries which will appear in the tenth statistical report of the inter- state commerce commission, prepared by its statistician, the’ following advance fig- ures are obtained: “ The total railway mileage in the United States in the year ending June 80, 1897, Was 194,428 miles, there being an increase of 1,651 miles or 0.90 per cent during. the year. at Ninety-five per cent of the railway mile- age of the country is laid with steel rails. The total number of locomotives in ser- vice was 35,986, an increase of 36 for the year. The number of passenger cars, was 85,626 and of freight cars 1,221,730. Of the total number of cars 525,286 were fitted with train brakes, the increase be- ing 76,432, and 678,725 were fitted with automatic couplers, an increase of 133,142. The number of men employed by the railways of the United States on June 30, 1897, as reported, was 823,476. These fig- ures, assigned on the mileage basis, show that 449 men were employed per 100 miles of line. The corresponding figures for the year 1896 were slightly larger. _ Regarding the year ending June 30, 1897, it appears that the amount of wages and salaries paid was $465,601,581. This amount represents 61.87 per cent of the total oper- ating expenses of railways, or $2,540 per mile of line. The total compensation for 1896 was $3,222,950 greater. Over Ten Billtons Invested. On June 30, 1897, the amount of railway capital outstanding was $10,635,008,074, which, assigned on a mileage basis, shows @ capital of 359,620 per mile of line. The amount of capital stock was $5,364,642,255, of which $4,367,056,657 was common stock and $997,585,508 preferred stock. : The amount of funded debt was $5,270,- 865,819. The classification of funded debt shows that it consists of mortgage bonds, $4,539,011,595; miscellaneous obligations, $130,718,303; Income bonds, $259,847, and equipment trust obligations, $39,888,767. The amount of capital stock paying no dividend was $3,761,092,277, or 70.10 per cent of the total amount outstanding. The amount of funded debt, excluding equip- ment trust obligations, which paid no in- terest, was $867,950,840. The total amount of dividends was $87,110,599, which would be produced by an average rate of 5.43 per cent on the amount of stock on which some dividend was declared. The amount of mortgage bonds paying no interest was $615,259,089, or 13.55 per cent; of miscell: neous obligations, $37,345,879, or 8.67 per cent, and income bonds, $215,344 or 82.87 per cent. The amount of current lia- bilities outstanding on June 30, 1807, was $578,501,635, or $3,155 per mile. ‘The number of passengers carried dur- ing the year was 480,445,198, a decrease of 9. The number of tons of freight carried was 741, 6, which is 24,155,439 less than for 1896. Decrease in Gross Earnings. The gross earnings of the railways of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1807, as reported for an op2rated mileage of 183,284, were $1,122,089,773. In comparison with the preceding year this amount shows a decrease in gross earnings of $25,079,603. ‘The sources of income: comprised in. gross earnings from operation of the y2ar were: Passenger revenue, $251,135,927, decrease as compared with the previous year, $15,426, 606; mail, $33, 406; increase, $1,374,647; express, $24,901,066; incrzase, $20,¢ other earnings, passenger service, $6,620,980; freight revenue, $772,840,314; decrease, $13,- 766,523; other earnings, freight service, $4,- 209,657; incr2ase, $324,767; other earnings from operation, etc., $28,609,363. The expenses of the operation of railways for the fiscal year covered by the report were $ This amount is $20,464,- 280 smaller than the corresponding amount for the year 18%), the operated mileage for that year being 181,982 miles. The operating expénses of 1897 were d tributed as follows: Maintenance of ways and structures, 3159,434,403, decrease as compared with the preceding year, $01 7; maintenance of equipment, $ 358, decrease $10,619,640; conducting trans- portation, $432,525,862, decrease $9,691,720; general expenses, $36,481,269, increase $397,- 984; gross earnings per mile of line operated averaged $6,122; operating ex- penses, $4,106. These amounts are, respec- tively, $198 and $142 less than the averages for 1896. The income from operation, that is, the amount of gross earnings remaining after the deduction of operating expenses, com- monly termed net earnings, was $3605 000, This amount is $7,615,323 less than the corresponding item for the previous year. The total amount of dividends declared, in- cluding $267,390, other payments from net income, was $87,377,989, the resuit being a deficit from the operations of the year of 36,120,483. Over 6,000 Deaths. The total number of casualties to persons on account of railway accidents for the year ending June 30, 1897, was 43,168. Of these casualties 6,437 resulted in death and 26,731 in injuries of varying character. Of railway employes 1,693 were killed and 27,- 667 were injured during the year. From summaries showing the ratio of casualties, it appears that 1 out of every 486 employes was killed and 1 out of 30 employes was injured during the year. One passenger was killed for every 2,204,- 708 carried, and 1 injured for every 175, carried, In Receive-s’ Hands. On June 30, 1897, there were 128 roads in the hands of receivers. These roads oper- ated a mileage of 17,861 miles, the mileage owned by them being 14,804 miles. These figures, as compared with those for 18.6, show that there was a.net decrease of 12,- 613 miles in mileage operated and 8,622 miles in mileage owned by roads in charge of receivers. During the year ending June 30, 1897, 51 roads were removed from the controi of receivers and 28 roads were Placed under their management. The capital stock represented by railways in the hands of receivers on June 30, 1807, Was $436,064,610; funded debt, $531,407,790, and current itabilities, $13,800,348. “A com- parison of these figures with those corres- ponding for the preceding year shows a de- crease in capital stock represented of over $256,000,000, and in funded debt of over ——_—___+ e+ _______ DIVED AND WAS DROWNED. Will Thomas, Colored, Meets Neath at the Bathing Beach. A colored boy named Will Thomas of No. 115 C street northzast Was drowned at the bathing beach about 1:30 o'clock this after- noon. Hg reached the beach a few minutes before, and after disrobing and putting on bathing trunks walked down to the east ficat and dived over wher? the water is about fifteen feet deep. Several of the ether bathers noticed that he did not come up again, and the ularm was given. Bight or ten p2rsons began diving to bring Thom- as to the surface, and they were joined by Life Guard Phil. Tindall, son of Secretary Wm. Tindall of th2 District government, who was on the point of leaving for his home. Mr. Tindall threw off his clothes and began to dive for the boy, finally bringing him to the surface after he had been under water twenty minutes. Vigor- ous efforts at resuscitation made by Drs. Jeun:man and Jones of the Emergency Hospital proved unavailing. It was said by some of the boys at the bathing beach rat the drowned lad could swim, and it was thought the sudden dive into the water while overhaated probably gave him a ———— Fass Ambassadoy Hay's Selection as Secre- tary of4sinte Was Due to His Fitness @r the Ponition. S In view of ghe trrportant statement made by an Engfsh aper, that Ambassador Hay’s appointmi as Secretary of State is due to his fithess for carrying out a Policy of joint action between the United States anG Great Britain on Chinese affairs, it was “Stated in an. authoritative quarter today that Mr. Hay’s cholce was due solely to his general fitness for the position, and. was without any reference whatever. oF consideration of the Chinese questicn. Beyond this no official state- ment is made as to the policy of the United States in the far east, but all the indica- tions peint to a continuance of the past policy of protecting and fostering our com- mercial interests). without entering into alliances or joint “undertakings which en- tail semf-political ‘considerations. It is fully recognized by the authorities here that the. commercial interests of Great Britain and the United States are on some- what similar lines in the far east, and to that extent there will doubtless be a mu- tvality of action, hut it cannot be learned that dhe negotiations between London and Washington have advanced to the point cf any understanding of-joint action. Our Interest in the East. It is a matter of current comment, how- ever, unofficial tn character, but expres- sive of a general current of sentiment in high quarters, that the American trade in Chinn and the far east is advancing at such giant strides that a policy is likely to be matured at an early day suitable to meet the exigencies created by the partial dis- memberment of China-and by the spread of foreign control over Chinese territory, con- seen coast ports and commerce gener- ally. No doubt overtures. have been made to have the United States take an active hand in Chinese-affairs, but so far as can bo learned this has not led to a determination of a new and more active policy toward the orient, although it has served to call attention to the great extent of our inter- ests there, equaling, and in some cases ex- ceeding, the trade interests of Great Bri ain, Russia and other countries now ac- tively contending for control of Chinese commerce, Not long ago the British em- bassy here made a report to the foreign office on the growth of this American trade in China, pointing out in particular the im- portance of the trade to the future devel- opment of the Pacific coast states. e+ MILES ABOUT TO RETURN It Will Ocour as Soon as Gen Brooke Reaches Ponce Advises Embarkation of Spanish Troops at Ponee—Protest From Puritan's _ Officers. axa PONCE, August 31, afternoon (delayed in transmission).—Maj. Gen. Miles has decid- ed to leave with Wis staff for Washington in a few days,,possibly tomorrow. He will turn over his command to Gen. Brooke, who is expecté@ to reach here tomorrow for @ conference," Gen. Miles has drranged matters gencr- ally with Capt Gén. Macias, preparatory to the meeting of the peace commission at San Juan. Gen. Macias, while maintaining his outposts, fs steadily retiring his forces to the capital, prepargtory to their em- barkation. Mail’ communication between Ponce ‘and Sin Juan ‘has been established, and the overland telegraph wires will be connected immediately. All that will remain for the commission to do, General Miles says, will be to secure an inventory of government property trans- ferred to the Americans and to give re- ceipts to the Spanish authorities. Captain General Macias in his various communications with General Miles has shown the.best spirit. He is anxious to co- operate in bringing about an evacuation at the earliest moment possible and is plac- ing no obstacles in the way of the volun- teers’ return home. Starving Spanish Troops. Lieut. Colonel Ramery, the highest Span- ish volunteer officer in the island, reached here last-night from™ Afbonito. Other offi- cers have been coming through our Ines all day. Lieut. Colonel Ramery says that the Spanish forces at Aibonito were short of ammunition and water and entirely de- pendent for food upon fayey. They must have succumbed, he declares, as soon as General Brooke struck Cayey. According to a letter from San Juan, the Spanish residents who had fled from the city have returned’ and there fs great r3- joicing among them that tae war is ended, a fezling shared by the soldie Coil. San Martin, former Spanish com- mander at Ponce, who abandoned the city on tha approach of the Americans, and Who, it was reported, had been shot for forsaking the city, is slek in the hospital. He has been stripped of his rank. ‘The Ponce merchants express their grati- tude at his course, because th flight of his command prevented the destruction of their property, and they are raising a sub- scription for him. Admiral Sebley Expected. Gen. Miles will advise Gen. Brooke to em- bark the Spanish prisoners here and send them inmmediately to San Juan. It is ex- pected that Rear Admiral Schiey will be there in a ‘few days. Most of the American troops in the island will remain stationary until the final de- tails have been settled, and they will then march to San Jvan, where they will em- bark. Gen. Miles will consult with the au- thorities at Washington as to the force that is to remain. The volunteers are anx- ious to go home. Today (Sunday) the liquor saloons were closed, and for the first time in the history of the island there was a public protesiant religious service. ‘Phe officers and men on the monitors at Guanica think it unneces- sary to keep the ships there any longer. ‘The ships are absolutely unfitted to a trop- ical climate, and the Puritan’s officers have sent an official’/prétest to Secretary Long. At Guiada, north ef Mayagues, the Span- ish troops Killed two natives last Friday. —_— SELECTIONS;TO BE MADR. Members of ‘Peace Commission and New A State Department;officials give no inti- ration as to sWhen! the members of the peace commission will be announced or as to its personne), thé general understanding being that the! President himself is give ing his personal attention to the selection. The same is trie as to the succession to Ambassador Hay.at,London. As to the Jat- ter, it is understood that no final choice had been Tage Te fo date. PROPOSED) EXPOSITION. The Promoters Advocate Washington as Place*to Hold it. Arrangements for holding a colored na- tional exposition in the United States in 1900 will be made in Richmond September 7, when the true reformers’ grand conyen- tion will be in session there. A committee of prominent colored men of this city will attend the meeting to urge that Washing- ton be selected as the place for holding the exposition. Mr. Wm. C. Martin will be a leading ad- vocate for the selection of .this city for the expositicn, aud among others will at- tend the meeting, and on a similar mission will be W. B. Lewis of Alabama, Mr. Mur- dock, Mr. Montgomery. 4f North Carolina, secretary of the colo national exposi- ticn; H. D. Peters of North Carolina and T. W. Chase of New: Jersey. Although a number of the above prominent colored men are not cltizens of the District of Co- CONSIDERING CUBA Rumored Plans to Be Followed in the Immediate Future. THE OATH OF RENUNCIATION Suggested Scheme for Manage- ment of the Island's Business. AN EXPECTED RUSH The conferences between_the Cuban rep- resentatives in this country and the offi- cials of the United States government, which have been in progregg,for the past few days, are having valuable effect, it is sald, upon clearing away the glouds of un- certainty which have been hanging over the Cuban problem. The meetings have re- sulted in acquainting both sides with the views of the other, and paving the way to @ mutual conciliation of differences. There is understood to be a very strong sentiment entertained by the United States authorities in favor of making the renun- ciation of allegiance to Spain a first requi- site to citizenship in Cuba, so far as having any voice or share either in the temporary administration of the island’s affairs which will follow the evacuation by the Spanish troops or the government which will fol- low. Corruption Too Common. The long period of corruption, which has been suffered in Cuba and which has in- cluded aH the officials of Spain, it is de- clared, both military and civil, has made dishonest administration of affairs there an approved policy. It 1s notorious that Weyler in his career as captain general de- verted immense sums to his private uses, estimated at over a million dollars. It is also well known that the officials who had charge of the collections of cus- toms and internal taxes waxed rich from the money they stole, making little or no efforts to conceal their peculations. Con- tinuing the administration of Cuban af- fairs in such hands is, of course, out of the question. So far as the custom houses are concerned, there is little doubt felt that they will be very largely placed in charge of Americans. The internal affairs under the expected protectorate will, it is believed, be managed by the Cubans themselves so far as the municipal affairs of towns and cities are concerned. One program said to be under serious consideration in the latter connection em- braces the calling of assemblies of citizens after the oath of renunciation of allegiance to Spain is taken in the various towns and cities at which the mayors and councils will be selected, the general direction of the government of the island being placed in the hands of a central power representing the United States either in the person of a governor or in the shape of a commission. An Interesting Assertion. That capital is preparing to enter Cuba as soon as the island is in any degree paci- fied is already a well-established fact. It was positively stated today that Mr. Henry B. Plant, owner of the Plant system of railroads, had been quietly buying up all the old locomotives obtainable in this coun- try from Pennsylvania to Florida, and that his agents had also made purchases of im- mense quantities of oid railroad iron, which supplies were now being shipped to Tampa and near-by points, so as to be transferred to Cuba at once so soon as peace was cs- tablished sufficiently to permit of railroad building there. When the person who made this declaration was asked how the right of way for railroads could be secured in Cuba, the reply was, with significant em- phasis: “Oh, there'll be no trouble about that.” ——_—___+ e+. _____ NEW TROLLEY METHOD. Experiment to Be Tried on K. and C. ©, Electric Load. A change in the method usually followed of operating an overhead trolley is likely to be made by the Kensington and Chevy Chase Electric ratlroad. The executive committee of that company, consisting of Dr. R. B. Detrick, R. W. Walker and John T. Freeman, was authorized by the direct- ors at the last meeting to put in operation in the road, if deemed practicable, a new trolley system so that it will be possible for one man to run a car instead of two, as at present. One of the difficulties, and it is practically an insurmountable one, in the way of one man managing an over- head trolley car fs the tendency of the trol- ley now in general use to slip off of the wire when the cur gives a jerk or when for apy other cause the trolley is suddenly moved. Then the wheel which, under nor- mal conditions, is supposed to move along the wire gets out of place and off from the wire, ard, of course, the car is left without a supply of motive power. The new trolley is supposed to obviate these defects, and to never leave the wire. Instead of a narrow wheel it has a broad surface of thirty-six inches in length, or eighteen inches on each side of the wire, which is suppesed to allow ample play for the swinging and jolting of the car. This arrangement is at the end of the trolley pole. The successor of the wheel is a roller which revolves when it touches the wire. Tae broad surface is its special feat- ure, and it is not supposed to give the mo- torman any concern, but is always to be found in its place. With this assurance the motorman can collect the fares, as well as operate the lever and the brake, and the operating expenses of each car will be re- duced to the extent of the wages of one man. This is quite an item, especially with such a road as the Kensington, which has only a line oc two and_a half miles long. Dur- Ing the year just ended 126,924 passengers were carried over this road, and the previ- ous year there were 124,057, which shows a slight increase in the business. It is the intention to spend some money this year in improvements, which will consist in straightening the track and in refitting the cars. The executive committee was given au- thority by the board of directors to sell the road, but it is stated that this action was taken, not because there 1s a purchaser in sight, but to be ready in the event that an opportunity is presented of disposing of the road to advantage. The executive committee, which has in charge the active management of the road, will thus have the authority to close such a transaction. The company does not have @ power house of its own, but leases its power from the Capital Traction Company. oe eas WILL RETURN SOON. Gen, Miles’ Announcement to the War Department. A dispatch hes been received at the War Department from Gen. Miles at Ponce, Porto Rico, announcing his purpose of re- turning to the United States “soon.” His action is based on the suspension of hos- tilities and the fact that his services are more in necd at Washington just at this time than anywhere else. Mrs. Miles and Miss Miles are now on their way to Ponce, and it is expected that Gen. Miles will ée- fer his departure until their arrival, in order that they may return together. On his departure the command of the troops on the Island of Porto Rico will devolve on Major General Brooke as the next in rank. General Brooke is a mem- ber of the peace commission for Porto Rico and will probably act as military governor of the island until some suitable form of civil government shall have been decided ‘upgn. Saaeenaueeeaeaeh names Personal Mention. Lieutenant Colonel A. D. Brodie of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry is registered at the War. Department. 3 Captain Edward Anderson, assistant ad- jutant general, who has just returned from Santiago, is at the Ebbitt. Mr. Frank H. Pelouze and Mrs. Pelouze have been staying for a few days at Fort Monroe. — = a ae ee eee ee his family is spending a portion of the -\ VIEWED WITH INDIFFERENCE The Recent Reported Utterances of Spanish Officials. Sagasta’s Talk May Be 0 Consumption or to Direct Atten- tion From the Philipi; y for Home en. In view of the talk which Sagasta has been indulging in recently, and the general assertion in Madrid dispatches as to what Spain is going to claim in connection with her relinguishment of sovereignty in the Antilles, public men who have talked with the President and the Secretary of State have endeavored to get some impression as to the administration’s view of this situa- tion. The impression upon all seems to be that this government views the alleged ut- terances of Spanish officials with compara- tive indifference, and undoubtedly the gen- eral opinion in administrative circles here is that this talk about conditions, not in- cluded in the protocol, is chiefly for effect upon the Spanish people, though it may be inspired also by a-desire on the part of the Spanish cabinet to create a diversion from the question of the Philippines. West Indian Quentiva Settled. Under the terms of the protocol, it is pointed out that the Cuban question and the entire disposition of the Spanish do- minion in the Antilles was settled as a pre- liminary precedent to the negotiation of the peace treaty, and Spain finds herself con- fronted, in the negotiation of peace, merely with the question of whether or not she will _be able to maintain any authority in the Philippines. This leaves her with noth- ing to trade upon and practically helpless in the negotiations. It is possible that Sagasta, grasping at straws, may have an idea that by setting up a lot of preposter- ous claims in connection with the surrender of sovereignty in the Antilles he can place himself in a position togclaimm some con- cessions in the Pacific in consideration of the abanuonment of these fictitious claims. It may be asserted with confidence, how- ever, that the President is in no way dis- turbed by this agitation of this question in Madrid, and that this government will stand absolutely by the terms of the pro- tecol. Several gentlemen who have talked generally with the President about the situation express the opinion with great positiveness that Spain will not be per- mitted to draw into discussion any of these quibbling points of contention which are now being agitated in Madrid. It is de- clared that the question whether a cession of sovereignty reserves to Spain the right of territorial possesrton will not be cussed or considered by any commission. Tarpose of the Yaris Comminsion. The peace commission, according to the Frotocol, is to be appointed to negotiate a treaty of peace, “which shall determine the control and form of government of the Philippines.” This commission proceeds upon the premises of all questions affect- ing the Antilles being disposed of before entering upon the negotiation of peace, the Philippine question being the only one left. The protocol itself disposes absolutely of the rights of Spain in Cuba, Porto Rico and the adjacent islands, with a relingu' ment of sovereignty in the c: and a direct cession to the Un of the other islands. ates No condition nor compensation is taken into consiferation. It is an absolute and unconditional surren- der on the part of Spain. The Military Commissions. ‘The two military commissions, one for Cuba and one for Porto Rico, alone have to deal with this question. Their duties are explicitly defined, and their appointment, like that for the ap- pointment of the peace commission, pro- cesds upon the assumption of an abrog tion of all the rights and title of Spain in these islands. They are appointed with the object of “coming to an agreement regard- ing the carrying out of the details of the aforesaid 2vacuation of Cuba,” etc. The re- lnquishment of sovereignty and the evacu- ation are provided for by the protocol ab: lutely without condition: the military com- ion is not endowed with any authority to grant conditions nor to enter into a di cussion of the subject, their duty being merely to arrange for the carrying out of the detafls of evacuation as provided for in the protocol It is asserted that the conditions sur- rcunding the cession of territory and the relinquishment of sovercignty by Spain are exactly those which by tsag> attend a re- Unguishment of sovereignty or cession of territory where no special provisions are made. The points raised by the Spanish of- ficials, {t is said, will have no bearing what- ever on ths question except where the claim would be conceded as a matter of course without having to be presented. Su ARREST OF ALICE BELL. Incident Which Recalls the Shooting of Her Husband. The arrest of Mrs. Alice Bell, colored, who attempted to recover a watch from a pawnshop Saturday afternoon, recalls the killing of James Bell by Dr. Stuart in 1895. It will be remembered that Dr. Stuart killed the colored man, whom he found in his house during the night. At the time of his killing it was claimed that Bell was rot a burglar, but called at the Stuart house to see a domestic employed there. It is now alleged that Bell had a stolen watch in his possession at the time he was killed. This timepiece, which belonged to Mrs. O. H. Smith of 725 6th street, was stolen from her house in July, 1805. Bell gave the watch to his wife and she pawned it. A year ago Detectives Gallagher and Boardman recovered it and Saturday Bell's wife was arrested when she appeared to redeem it. Dr. Stuart killed Bell in September, 1895, two months after the robbery of Mrs. Smith's house. Mrs. Bell was not prose- cuted today. The police are giad they have Secured evidence to show that the man Filled by Dr. Stuart was justly subjéet to suspicion. He is believed to have been a burgiar—what the police call a “lone work- se Se CAMPS TO BE VISITED. Where the Board of Investigating Medical Officers Wiil Go. The*camps to be visited by the board of medical officers named a few.days ago are: Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va.; Fernan- dina, Fla.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Huntsville, Ala.; Camp George Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga.; Camp Meade, Pa., and Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. L + o«- Algeciras Fortifications Stopped. GIBRALTAR, August 22.—The Spanish engineers who have been working on the fortifications at Algeciras, on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar, have been ordered to Madrid, and the batteries re- cently sent there ‘have been ordered to Seville. eee aa Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., | August 22.—Mour duli— western super, '$2.50a82.75; do. extra, $2.902$3.25: $420 "ayeing dos $L40084.00" apding "'wnsat 20; sp ae spring wl Straight, "$4. Sbag4.66—recelptm, 18,540 barrels; ex- ports, 112 barrels; sales, barrels. Wheat weak a0 lower—spot, 73a73%; month, T2a72\4; “ ry 0. 6ea69i4; December, 67% asked: ste red, 69a691,—receipts, ' 68.953 bushels; exports, hone; stock, 326,385 bushels; sales, 50,000 bushels qoamguers_ Wheat by sample, Goevd: do. on grade, month, 340344 me ‘57,120 bushels; stock, 344 bushels—soutbern wHite corn, 36; do. yellow, 88. Oats steady—No. 2 white western, 2 mixed do., 2544026—receipts, 19,570 s. stock, 16.188 busbels. ‘2 per cents, 3 per cents, 3 per cents, vp athens 4 Ber cents, soe oom per in the provision for ; FINANCE AND TRADE Strong Demand Causes Opening in Advance of Friday. NEW HIGH LEVELS FOR ACTIVE ISSUES Iron and Stee! Shares Attract Large Attention. GENERAL MARKET REPORT: ts ir RR oe w Special Dispatch to The Evening S' NEW YORK, August 22.—Under the tn- fiuence of a general demand today's stock market opened well above the high closing parity of Friday. There were some excep- tions to the strength in the general list, but the undertone of the whole situation was decidedly strong and confident. The increasing breadth of the market and the new high levels for active issues incre the probability of wider fiuctuations, but such action does not, under the circum- stances, mean weakness, Liquidation of what looked ike long stock in Manhattan and People’s Gas en- couraged some selling about the room, but the movement did not become permanent. In the former property the are no new arguments to offer in explanation of the decline, but the old one relative to a doubt- ful capacity for 4 per cent dividends has at last become operative in certain influen- tial quarters. The disappointment incident to the meeting of the rival gas interests in Chicago is urged in justification of the selling in the latter. The consolidation of the Minnesota Iron and ilinot: cee! Company is an om~ hed fact, barring the customary details such an enterprise. Officers will be elected for the new concern and every effort made to bring the new corporation to the front both in its own natural com- mercial field and ihe stock market. eral smaller concerns are likely t bought and made part of the new corp tion. Recent developments in the iron and Steel market have attracted attention on all sides, and the profits suggested by ad- vancing rates and small supply should en- courage new ventures similar to that men- tloned above. Ex-Gov. Flower's connectic with the enterprise is regarded as signifi- cant by those who have foliowed the ac- tive grcup of stocks popularly named for im. The meeting of Tennessee Coal and Iron shareholders, called for the middle of next month, will be asked to ratify certain ab- sorptions similar in nature, which is an- other indication of the anticipated activity in the iron market. There were many evidences of a general shifting of speculative interest from the high to the low-priced shares. Atchison preferred was advanc2d 1 per cent under liberal buying. The Pacific ts- sues also found a ready market, while Union Pacific in particular seemed to have attracted attention simply because of ths prominence given it by recent neglect While the October dividend on the preferre< stock of this company may b2 at the of 3 per cent per annum, there is a strong likeithood that the subsequent disburse- ment will make the rate the equtva- lent of 4 per cant, Actual dividends creas legitimate demand for stocks. The Grane shares were strong and weak by turns, the recent sharp adyance encouraging sales to take profits. St. Paul continues to feel the influence of recent large buying and the prospect of a 6 per cent dividend rate. Northwestern also is expected to deal more liberally with ita shareholders in the near future. Burling- ton is gradually getting accustomed to its new level and is depended upon to improve it under a further conservative Investment demand. The low-priced industrials, par- ticularly Rubber and Leather, have a con- spicuous place in all the forecasts of im- provement. and 5 are the factors behind much of the rospective in- —_>—___ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Oper. Bigh. Low. Close. 1K American Spirits. Awterican Spirits, American Sugar. American Sugar, pt. American Tobacco, Atchison . Atenison, pfa Bainmore & unio Brooklyn R. Transit. Canada Southern... 14s diy 18K Chesapeake & Ohio =. C.C. 455 cnicago, B&Q. | 158% wbicakoeNoitmWestern. 185 130 135 185 Chicago Gar... = 10g WR By 101% CM. & St. Pant. : M3 1B Chie St. P., M. & 0. 86 Chicago, Ns. & Pacific. 10636 Chig. & 'G Western... |. il Consolidated Gas. 191 De! Lack & W Delwware & fu: 5 Den & iho Grande, pra General dlectrie.... 2") Uhnols Centra: Lake Snor St; Louisvitie & Nasheuie., Metropolitan Traenon.- Mannattan Eiorated, Michigan Cencrai Mixsonri Pacitic. woke) Lead Co. : yw Jersey Central. ... ‘New York Centra... Norchern Facific.._- Northern Pacifie, pfa..; Ont. « Western ¥ Pacike Mau. Phila & keading: | pouthern ity. ofa ‘Texas Pacite > re + Ba% 2 288g ic, PIG, og Western Union tei. 9554 Am. Steel and Wire (°° 87 Am. Steel and Wire pfa..... Rubber. ++ 40% Rubber p Wig sacle es Wasbingfon Stock Exchange. Sales—regu! call—12 o'clock m.- 3s, coupon, at 105%, $300 mi 105%. ington Gas, 47%. District ‘of Columbia Bonds.—Pund. currency 3.658, 112% bid. Miscellaneous Bonds. » Railroad 5a, 319 bli, 121 asked. Metrop Ratlroad cony, 6s, 121% bid. Metropollatn Railroad certificat: indebtedness, A, 109 bid. Metropx certificate of indebtedness, B, 109 bid. Railroad 6s, 922 bid, 125 ‘asked. road 6s, 100 bid. A, 6s, 113 bid. “Wash Gs, 113% bid. 5s, 103% bid. Americ bid. Masoni cHall Assoc Eckington Hail- shington Gas Company, ser, Farmers ani bid. Citizens’, 139 bid. Columbia, ‘1 End, 90 asked. Lincoln, 115 bid. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. — National od. bid. Americaa Safe Deposit and Trust, 1134 bid, 116 Washington Loan snd Trust, Security and ‘Trust, 150 bid. nenrance Stocks.—Franklin, 37%4 bid. | Metropol. ta bid. Potomac, 58 bid. Arlington, 124 bid. German-American, 185 bid." National Uni 10 bid. Columbia, 10% bid. Kiggs, 7% bid, 8 asked. Lincoln, 9% bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, TL bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, 73% bid. Metropolitan, 121 bid. Colambia, 75 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 415, bid, 45% asked. Georgetown Gas, 48 bid: United States Electric Light, 101% bid, 104 asked, Stoeks.—Chesapeeke and Potomac, $5 bid, 55 asked. Miscelianeous Stocks.—Mergenthaler Finotype, 183% bid, 185% asked. Lanston Monotype, Ist ested, “Amarions Graphopbone pid. 13%, bid . jean Gray . pid. . Poeumatic Gun Carriage, .26 asked. Great Falls Ice, 110 vid, 123 asked. eae calpeeinane 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. ease? settee ssa?