Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1898, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1898-10 PAGES. ot WORK FOR CONTROL|* DETERMINED SUICIOE/BANKERS AT DENVER|MEN FRQM MICHIGAN Brice’s Friends Co-operating With Dowling at Dayton. BOTH FACKIONS CLAIM A RAJORIFY Charges That Physical Force Will Be Used. Intimidation and M’LEAN STORY ABOUT The prelim- democratic state contest amittec nd intens bitter Jers of the faction owling and Allen O. ends are concerned. t Dowling represents s, who is a candidate Myers, nown t tor Brice are wor! trol of the organi- ends of John R. McLean, Horace n and others are on the other eares who gets the nom- thing else except the mem- » central committee. of the district meetings tions claimed confidently a twenty-one congre ul if the true si determined un- als is made. Unsenting Purposes. tal tim: Among € gations whose seats are contested is th: one from Montgomery county, of which Dowling is a member, und if he not become a a he member of state central committee. Spectal efforts are being m to organ- ize th ee on credentials for un- 2 hard meee words ents lay and ntion will e the city no jurisdic- hall tomorrow. The conv E ummer resort outs’ the police have oy be circulated exten McLean would not represented by Chairman Dar ~onvi sernard or any other 5 3 who are at thi sason for his not taking part was the report that Mr. Mc- d General R. of War in McK tory is being here that John R. that has b > conventions. prominently ‘onvention for Al before the the presic tered a lead silver, becomin, ved by m y about s and a'l other usual ershadowed last night orts about the and the Enquirer. some delegates are busy denouncing an ante- tion sensation and fs certainly com- than other mat- disputed. The Bri ments seem to be cir- usly the McLean story it true or not. Wood of Stark, who has cretary of state, ar- A to stand for on K. Guthery of ‘au of Cuyahoga are those willing to head many are after’ other absurd, it tention rE ulating et, -while mg factions last night were with Joseph Dowling as t ing spirit in ene and Allen O. ther. r: Dowling stated that his side of sixteen of the twenty-one con- ssioral districts. Myers stat-d that h'a ide had pledges from a majority of the districts, t he had no figures to give out — CLEAR AT CAMP WIKOFF. Bright Weather Improves the Sick Soldiers’ Condition. NEW YORK, 2 August 23.—Bright, clear Weather h done much for th2 sick sol- diers at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. I Many sold: left today on sick leave and furlough. The bodies of Sergt. Alfred M. Judson, jr., of New York, of the Rough Riders; Private uel J. Walton, Comrany C, Tist Regi- ment, whos> home was in White Plains, N. ¥., and Private Frederick ‘arnum of Com- peny I. 2d Massachusetts, have been takea home for burial. There are several bod! in the met=ry unclaimed. ansport L ma, which arrived last arded by Dr. Magruder. He found 12) sick on board. The Leona has 528 men, ingluding detachments of the 12th In- fgntry, Sth Cavalry, 4th Artillery and 34th Michigan Volunteers night, w , Lieut. Col. John W. Clous, who has been designated as secretary and recorder of the commission on the government of Cu- da, sailed for Havana toda: According to ¢ ¢ best informatign to be had President McKiniey will wo Mon- lauk sooner than was at first expected, as he is anxious to see for himself the condi. Uon of the men who fought at Santiago end how they are being cared for. phe rit Regular Cavalry has been re- sed from quarantine and |. a ters in the cavalry camp. 2 yon a About 300 stevedores are ex t 0 s eS are expected tod: a New York to unload baggage from boon, meee now lying in Fort Pond bay, he sold ‘S are not in sic i: tion to do this work. rine a= BSE ae THE QUEBEC CONVENTION, Momentous Subjcets of Discussion Be- _ fore the Members, LONDON, August 23—The afternoon pepers dwell upon the momentous subjects of dis and t serve ing a issue. The Pall Mall Gazette says: The conyen- tion has an appreciable bearing upon in. ternational polities from the fact that the United States and Great Bri ton before the Quebec convention, © Sratitude the convention will de. if, as expected, it succeeds in affect- lasting settlement of the question ain are giv- ing the werld so striking a demonstration of a desire for a complete mutual under- standing. It is a vistble sign to all that tha Sremitions mean to bury their superficial Ss for the sake of attaining a fun- amental unanimi: without which treaties and ali -¢3, No matter how formal, can- fndure. i ‘he Westm: vention may important offers ster Gazette says: “The con- asily prove to be the most imperial eveat of the year. It e first opportunity of materializing and better sentiment between this nd the United States. Too much however, uld not be expected of the Canadians, who have scarcely yet become infected with the sentiments that have had free play in England during the war. W May expect them to stand out for what they conceive to be their rights, even at some incenventence to politicians in Lon- den. “On the other hand the United States Senate, unless there has been a change in its spirit and temper, may refuse to ratify the concessions made by the Ameri- can commissioners. We must be thankful if, in these circumstances, a substantial fitst step { taken toward Anglo-American good will. Sei See Mother Kills Children and Herself. NEW YORK, August 23.—Mrs. Kate Mangan, twenty-eight years old, of No. 3052 8d avenue, at 1 o'clock this morning killed herself and her two children, Cather- ine, four years of age, and James V., eighteen monchs old, by means of illumin- ating gas. She had been despondent for some time. George C. Taylor, a Pension Office Messenger, Takes His Life. Took a Doxe of La am and Then Inhaled Gas — Disappoint- ment the Cause. George C. Tayior, a messenger In the pension office, committed suicide either last night or this morning by swallowing a big dose of laudanum and inhaling iluminat- ing gas. The deed was committed at Mrs. White's boarding house, No. 202 E street northwest, where the deceased had boarded for about two months. IiIness following h’s failure to pass an examination for enlist- ment in the District volunteers is given as the cause of the man’s conduct. In his room was found a bottle containing a small arrount of laudanum and a piece of paper on which the following was written: “Tell Miss Clum, Miss Staples and all other friends I am grateful for their kind- ness to me while in the office. I hope Barnes and Brooks and several others in authority will suffer for the way they treated me. Don’t let my poor old father know anything. He has troubles enough.” The Parties Addressed. Mr. Brooks, mentioned in the note, is thought to be Mr. Walter Brooks, appoint- ment clerk in the pension office, while Mr. Barnes is the superintendent of the build- ing. Taylor was never satisfied with his position in the bureau, and it is thought he had an idea that the persons named could have been of great assistance to him if they had so desired. ere were several letters from young found in the room. These were hiefly from ladies employed in the office, nd most of them contained invitations to the recipient to go bicycling or riding. In 1893 Mr. Taylor was appointed to a sition in the classified laborer service at 3660 per year, but he disliked the work and own request he was transferr er service at a salary of He has appeared despondent recently, t lost any time from the office. For a member of the Ord- en the war broke out first to volunteer to When the members Soldiers’ to go in camp he was among them, ater when he presented himself to the eons for examination he failed to p: Becomes Despondent. A second time he presented himself, with the same result, greatly to his disappoint- ment, and he became very despondent. A ago he went to Mrs. White's house made friends of the dif- the house. Recently he ing ill. He returned to the house late last night and went to his room. His failure to ap- the breakfast table caused no the boarders, as well as Mrs. » had been complaining, and thought he wanted to sleep a little late. Police Force the Door. At noon he had not be2n seen, and the colored domestic in the house reported that h 1 detected the odor of gas on the floor where Mr. Taylor was sleeping. Ser- nt Byrnes and Precinct Detective Horne ponded to a call, and they broke in the Lying on the bed was the body of and among t for his he fight of the Distr! was om! the messenger. He had evidently been dead for a couple of hours. Befc taking the poison and rning on the gas he had stuffed handker- piefs in the keyhole and cracks about the door to pr: he smell of gas from go- ing thre The not s the only mes- sage found in the room that had been writ- ten by Taylor. The body was removed to the morgue and the police took charge of his effects. aylor was about thirty-two years old and was appointed to his position in the pension office from North Carolina. His , who is said to be a very old man, Burgaw, N. C. The poiice have notified him of his son's death and asked for instructions regafding the disposition of the body. —_—__—_ GLEN ECHO ROAD SUCCEEDS. Places a Switch on Line of Falls Electric Company. The Glen Echo Railroad Company has stolen another march =n the Great Falls electric railread and succeeded in placing a witch on the lati road which will give the Glen Echo a clear track from a point above Idleweod to Cabin John bridge, a distance cf perhaps more than a quarter cf a mile. The switch was successfully laid early yesterday morning. At midnight Sun- day when the Great Falls road closed down for the night there was nothing observ- able on the part of the rival road which weuld in any manner lead to the belief that such a work was contemplated. Short- ly before 3 o'clock in the morning, how- ever, a good deal of activity was displayed at the power house of the Glen Echo road, and in a short time a large number of men appeared, while cars were brought out to haul the material to the scene in order to make the switch connection. The work was started by 3 o'clock, and before the first car of the Great Falls road reached the scene in the morning the work was Great completed and the switch in working order. Ever since the opening of the present season, it is said, the Glen Echo road has connections b-en anxious to make through to Cabin John bridge. They right of way from the propri hotel there for certaia land east of Cabin John run. At the point where it was pro- posed to switch off the Great Falls track and ent2r upon their own tracks there is a revine which is spanned py a trestle, bufit by the river road pesple. Objection wes made to switching off at this point because of the danger of throwing th cars off the treck and plunging them to the bottom of the ravin3, which is perhaps thirty or forty feet deep. Again the Great Falls people ob- jected to the connection of the switch dur- ing the day time, threatening to bring action because of the interruption to the United States mails, the railroad having the contract for carrying the mail to Glen Echo and Cabin Joha post offices. The point where the switch connections were made Monday morning is not on the trestle over the ravine, but at a point about thirty or forty feet east of the place. The Glen Echo road is going to build a trestle across the ravine, and connect with their tracks to Cabin John bridge. As it is now, the road bas a set of trucks laid from the west side of the ravine to Cabin John bridge, east entrance. When the trestle is completed it will not take over 300 feet of double-track rails to complete the track- age. In making the connection with the switch at the point they now have the Glen Echo road will have to make a short cut across some government property. While the road feels confident that no trouble will be experienced in getting the necessery permission, it is believed the Great Falls road w'l! do all in its power to prevent it. Not long ago, when the Gien Echo road wanted to cross the Conduit road and con- nect with the tracks of the Great Falls rgad, in order to run to Glen Echo, consid- erable opposition was made. While the latter road was using right of way, the Glen Echo road is said to have the original right of way, giving place to the river line. The tracks were laid across the Conduit road and the switch put in place in the small hours of the morning. Anticipating a similar move on the part of this road in securing connections to Cabin John bridge, the Great Falls road for some time main- tained a watch upon the territory, so it is said, but evidently the watch must have been relaxed or advantage taken of the first opportunity presented to the Glen Echo line. Sa COMMISSIONERS’ FIRST SESSION. Nothing Done at Quebec Beyond Work of Organization, QUEBEC, August 23.—At noon today the first meeting ef the international arbitra- tion commission was called at the parlia- ment building. Nothing was done beyond the preliminary work of organization. This was followed by an informal recep- tion by the city officiais and an address of welcome delivered by the mayor of the city. An informal meeting of the American commissioners was held last evening in Senator Fairbank’s rooms, but nothing defi- nite as to the work of the commission was decided upon. Mr. Dingley has not arrived, but is ex- pected hourly. Senator Gray of Delaware came in from Montreal lata last night. a ee Nearly Five Hundred at the Twerlty- Fourth Anaual Meeting. GOV. ADAMS ADDRESS OF WELCOME Era of Prosperity Following the War With Spain is Predicted. THE OFFICERS’ REPORTS DENVER, Col., August 23.—The twenty- fourth annual meeting of the American Bankers’ Association convened at 10 o'clock today at the Broadway Theater. Most of the 500 delegates expected were in their seats when President Joseph C. Hendrix rapped for order. Chancellor W. F. Me- Dowell of Denver University invoked Di- vine blessing. After rofl call Gov. Alva Adams of Col- orado weicomed the association to the state. Gov. Adams, himself a bank presi- dent, made a rather lengthy address, in which he good-naturedly criticised many of the methods of modern banking. He udvo- cated a postal savings banking system and & government guarantee for all deposits in national banks. He predicted an era of Prosperity to follow the season of uncer- tainty produced by the war with Spain and a great widening of operations and influ- nee of American financiers. Mr. Joseph A. Thatcher, presidenz of the Denver clearing house, delivered an ad- dress of weleome on behalf of Denyer bankers. Mr. Hendrix's Address. President Hendrix spoke in response to the words of weleome, following those re- marks with his annual address tu the as- sociation. He said, in part: ‘The only thing that we know with cer- tainty about hard times is that they at last come to an end. Our most recent period of depression ended so suddenly that Wwe can hardly realize the why and where. fore of it. At the beginning of this year the music we all love began once more. The first six months of 1898 have broken the Tecord. We have never seen such bank clearings, never have had so many deposits nd have never held so much gold as in that period. The railroads have never car- ried so much freight. Three-fourths of all the staples were higher on July 1 than they were the year before. The money circula- tion in the past year increased 400,000, and most of it was gold. The per capita circulation increased for 74,5 people. Two great harvests have been cashed, and through the car windows com- ing here we saw a third getting read Less than 5 per cent of the railroad mile. age, out of 20 per cent in 1894, remains in hands of receivers. Georgia has sold her beach crop for $2,000,000, and is awaiting the returns from’ the watermelons, And this is but half the story. “very ration that becomes involved in @ paper issue struggles to get free from it. Our paper currency is an unpaid debt of the civil » and in retaining it in our fiancial systern we have had an object lesson, for many years, presenting, its bene- fis. These may be weighed the other. Any currency sys- tem which develops evil must have a better reason to exist than that It is an economi- cal form of national debt. Like an egg, it is good or bad. In this period of low interest rates the burden of an interest ebarge would be light compared to the In- terference with the profits of business that a period of distrust involves. We are all familiar with the recurring troubles of our currency system. “Our government, we all feel, should, in its finances, be perfectly defended, inde- pendent of demand obligations, without re- s i 8 citizens in their own cial affairs, and aloof from complica- s in the currency situation. It is a mat- ter of perfecting defenses. + Credit Note Issues. “The issue of credit notes to circulate as currency is a privilege elthef reserved to the government, as at present in our his- tory, With a severe penalty for any private issue, or conferred upon banks, because they are more closely related to the three great departments of business—production, distribution and consumption. The safety and uniformity of a currency based upon bank assets is not open to question. It is @ maiter of regulation. “We might as well make public confe sion that we are agents of the money pow-, er. That money pewer is lodged not in the hands of the few, but in the splendid body of common people composing the republic of the United States. The national banks are owned by 281,225 shareholders. Of these 101,944 are women. The average in- vestment of each shareholder jis $2,250. Over & per cent of the shareholders of na- tional banks own ten shares or less. The state bank statistics would probably show a more scattered ownership. The number of depositors runs into the millions. There is no syndicate so strong as to dictate the policy of the banks of this country, or to interfere with the dealings between a bank and its regular customer.” Secretary James R. Branch then read his anrual report. The secretary, who ap- peared in his uniform of major of the 7th United States Immune Infantry, was re- ceived with enthusiastic applause. —- > ON TO CAMP MEADE. Gen. Gobin’® Command Expected There on Thursday. CAMP MEADE, Middletown, Pa., Au- gust 23.—The movement of the 1st Divis- ion of the 24 Army Corps from Camp Al- ger will begin this evening and General Gobin's command will be here by Thurs- day. The vanguard of the 2d Division arrived today in the commands of the 3d Missouri and 1st Rhode Island. General Graham has ordered electric lights for di- vision headquarters and signal boards will be erected to point the way to the regi- ments. All of the milk furnished the troops is examined, and fresh beef must either be broiled, boiled, roasted or made into hash. The supply of provisions and good water is abundant. The camp of the 16th Pennsylvania Regi- ment has been changed from the low lands along the trolley Ine to a healthy range of hills. The 16th Battalion does not like the idea of being consolidated with the 18th Pennsylvania. There seems to be no help for it, as all of the regiments at the camp are twelve-company regiments and there can be no exception in the case of Col. Smith's regiment. Col. Kickards of the 16th may be sent to Porto Rico when the battalion ts joined to the 18th. —.—— THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Justice Bradley. Gordon ag«. Freizer et al.; order overrul- ing motion to dissolve restraining order. In re Catherine Clapp; decree authorizing guardians of Catherine W. Clapp to carry out terms of contract or to make sale. Masonic Mutual Relief Association agt. Warren et al.; restraining order return- able August 29. Offutt agt. Offutt; order discharging James W. Offutt from custody. Probate Court—Justicé Bradley. Estate of Knight C. Woodley; will dated September 7, 1808, filed. Estate of Albert Ordway; inventory filed. ge Sudden Death. Mrs. Margaret W. Rich, the wife of Dr. Frank R. Rich of 3226 N street, died quite suddenly last evening about midnight, after a short iliness. She had been sick for only a day, but just before her death was seized with convulsions. Her husband ang her father, with several other members of: the family, were at her bedside when. death came. Mrs. Rich was the eldest child of Rev. Neilson Falls, formerly pastor of St. Alban's Church, on the Tenleytown road. She enjoyed a large circle of acquaintances, and her sudden death will prove a great shock to all. The funeral will be held at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow morning from her late residence. Rev. Charles E. Buck, for- merly pastor of St. John's Church, and now in charge of the Rock Creek Church, will conduct the religious services. The re- mains will be to Reisterstown, Md., the home of Dr. Rich, where the in- They Ate Said’to Be Engaged ina Great Politidal Game, W MILLAN $0 SUCCEED HAY anmicg es Secretary Alger to Be Appointed to the Senate. ars to fat INTERESTING SPECULATION In the Michigan circle at Washington there appears to be a strong belief that the President may appoint Senator Mc- Millan of Michigan ambassador to London te succeed Col. Hay. It is very generally uncerstood here that the President would like to appoine Mr. Whitelaw Reid am- bassadcr to London, and most people be- lieve he will do this If he can see his way clear to it. But it is probably true that Senator McMillan ts being considered st the same time and is not unlikely to be appointed, should the President decide rot to appoint Mr. Reid. There will be con- siderable Michigan politics in the selection ef Senator McMillan for this important position, and it 1s practically certain that Seeretary Alger would then succeed him in the Senate. Discussing His Qualifications. ‘The Michigan gossip in administration circles concerning the pessible appointment of Senator McMillan as the successor of Cel. Hay has got to that state where his fitness for the office is belng discussed. The main possible objection is that this Is an important period in our relations with England, and that Senator McMillan has never had any diplomatic experience. His friends point out, however, that Ambassa- dor Hitchcock went from his St. Louis counting room to the court at St. Peters- burg, and has been an eminent success. Mr. Hitchcock had not only had no diplo- matic training, Dut had little experience as a man in public affairs. His life had becn devoted to business. Senator McMillan, on the other hand, has been United States senator for nearly two terms, and previous to that he has given up a considerable por- tion of his time to public matters. ‘Seeretary Alger for the Senate. The political situation In Michigan is said to explain why the President would not b2 averse to making Senator McMillan the American ambassador at London. An Im- ston in Washington fs that the Pre: _in considering the selection of Mr. lillan is inspired by a desire to enable Seeretary Alger to succeed Mr. McMillan in the Senate. Whether or not this would have any Influence on the President's ac- tion, the appointment of Senator McMillan, it is sald, would have an Important bearing on politics in Michigan effecting the in- terests of the administration, Before the meeting of the last national convention, Gcvernor Pingree of: Michigan was a Reed man, and came to Washington to confer with the Speaker. At ane time he brought several of his strongest political support- ers to Washingtdn, aid plans were under- taken for the turningaver of the Michigan delegaticn to Read. Bat the McKinley tide set In, and all this work went for naught. The old organization tn Michigan, of which Senator MeMillan hag been the head for fifteen years or {More,stvas in the main re- sponsible for theMcKihley delegation, This organization opposed the election of Pin- gree. at > Pingreesti ithe Saddle. It was understpod af’the time that Sena- tor MeMillan, Senaton, Burrows and other leaders of the jold organization had de- cided to down Pingree, no matter what the cost, but reports “from the state came to Washington would be impossi- ble to do anything against Pingree, and the attempt to hgat-him was abandoned The nomination and, re-election of Gov. Pirgree as governor {s, conceded, and there is a bitter fight, against, Qurrows for re- election. No. matter how this turns out, it is said the old organization will Ro fo pieces, and Pingree will be the recognized leader. i It is said that,the President by one ap- pointment can #0 pledse the Pingree or- ganizaticn that it will turn in a McKinley delegation to tht republican convention two years from flow. Gov. Pingree has as a candidate against Senator Burrows Albert Pack, a millionaire lumberman from Al- pena. Pack made,Pingree governor. Pin- gree would like to see Mr. Pack become United States senator. At the same time Pingree opposes. Burrows as much as one politiclan can another of the same party. Conelnsions in the Case. If the President should’ make Senator Mc- Millan ambessador to the court of St. James, Pingree, it is said; would appoint Alger United States senator. Alger or his successor would have to be elected again next January, when the legis- lature meets. At the same time Senator Burrows’ successor will he chosen. For this last honor Pack is a candidate. If Pack and Algerunder the Pingree banner could combine forces it is said that Bur- rows would probably be defeated. Prest- dent McKinley, it is said, would secure the indorsement of the three strongest political managers in the state, and a Michigan delegation for him two years from now would be certain. ‘These are the reasons advanced in behalf of the selection of Senator McMillan to succeed Colonel Hay- ——__$—$_ro—_____ ORDERS TO SURGEONS, Those Issued by the War Department This Afternoon. The following orders have been issued by the War Department relating to surgeons: Acting Assistant Surgeon John J. Cannan will proceed from Williamsport, Pa., to Montauk Point, Long Island, N. Y., and report in person to the commanding gen- eral at that place for assignment to duty. Acting Assistant Surgeon Clarence M. Spalding will proceed from Rochester, N. Y., to New York city, and report in person to Lieut. Col. J. Morris Brown, deputy surgeon general, United States army, to await transportation by first steamer to Ponce, Porto Rico, and, upon arrival there, will report in person to the commanding general of the troups at that place for as- signment to duty. Maj. Charlea M. Gandy, brigade surgeon, is_relleved from duty as medica’ supply cflicer at Tampa, Fla., with the 44. Army Corps, and will proceed to Fort ¥icnroe, Va., for assignment to duty in the Josiah Simpron United States General Hospital at that post. Col. John F.. Weston, assistant commis- sary general of subsistence, will proceei to Camp Wikof, Montauk Point, Long Island, N. Y., and regert for duty as chief commissiry of that Camp. Lieut. Col. Nigholay.Senn, chief surgeon, United Stats lunfeers, will proceed to Montauk Point,, Long Island, New York, and report in 9, ree to Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, United fe olunteers, com- ps At that place, for as- Maj. James Ee Stuart) 24 Ihimois Volun- teer Infantry, 96 rellsved from duty with his command, and il report by telegraph to the Postmaster. General for duty. Lieut. Col: Alexander 0. Brodie, ist Unit- ed States Voluhteet#Cavalry, having re- crted to tha adjutamt general of the army ‘rom sick léavetof~abbence, will proceed to Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, and,join dis regiment. The followiomeanse. officers, having ten- dered their restgnsllags, are honorably dis- charged thz sepyice af the United States: Coli. D. V. Japkson,,50th Iowa Volunteer Infantry; Second Lieut. Sheldon Cary, ist Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; Second Lieut. Les- ter Leland, 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; Second Lieut. Francis S. Parker, Sth Massachusetts Voluntzer Infantry. a KNIFE DUEL NEAR BALTIMORE. —_— Johu Muscolino ‘Killed John Rextivo Before a Witness. BALTIMORE, Md., August 23.—John Res- tivo, aged thirty, and John Muscolino, aged thirty-three, trivial matter and agreed to fight it out with stilettos. : Th ordingly repaired, to Highland- town, int the of Baitimore, THE PENSION LIST|BUSINESS PROSPECTS FINANCE. AND TRADE Great Increase in the Past Fiscal Year. COMPARISON WITH FORMER PERIODS Few Claims Under the War Filed. Recent FOR WOUNDS AND SICKNESS With a disbursement last year of $150,- 000,000 or. account of a war concluded thir- ty-five years, and with a war just now closing, the pension list assumes gigantic Proportions and no one dares to venture an opirion as to when it will stop growing. In the forthcoming annual report of the commissioner of pensions, Mr. H. Clay Evans, it will be shown that on June 30, 1897, there were on the rolls of the pension bureau 976,014 pensioners. To this must be added 6,852 original claims granted but not recorded and 762 restorations which were not entered at the time on the books. Commissioner Evans granted 63,648 orig- inal claims during the past year and re- stored 4,089 pensioners to the benefits of pensions. The pensioners now aggregate 1,040,356. Some comparative figures in connection with the granting of pensions {s interesting, inasmuch as it shows that there has been a great increase in the number of claims filed, and that although the war has been concluded over thirty-five years more pen- sions were =~anted last year than any time from 1880 up to 1880. More than this, the number of pensions granted last year was considerable in excess of all those issued in elther of the administrations of Grant or Hayes. Compared With Administrations. From 1869 until 1873, during Grant's first administration, 71,462 pensions were grant- ed; but 20,850 of these were on account of the war of 1812. So that but 5,512 were granted from 1869 to 1872 on account of the war of the rebellion. Last year's figures go ahead of this over 13,000. From 1873 until 1877, during Grant’s sec- ond term, only 47,643 pensions were grant- ed. Of this number 7,698 were on account of the war of 1812. The total for the four years, including those of the war of 1812, did not equal those granted last year by Commissioner Evans. It appears strange, the advocates of retrenchment say, that thirty-five years after the war ended more claims were granted than for the four years commencing only ten years after peace was declared. The four years beginning 18’ total of 74,179 pensions granted. 47, showed a But only 9 Were on account of the rebellion, as 20 were on account of the war of 1812. The average for the eight years was 10. The number granted last year was 56, From this deduct those who have been dropped during the year by reason of death (and there were 33,601 of such), remarriage, expiration of minority, failure to claim and other causes, it still shows a net increase in the pensioners for the year of 17,700. Claims Under the Recent War. ‘There ts absolutely no means of even ap- proximating what the claims will be under the recent war. That it will not equai even the number of pensions granted last year seems certain. The pension office has done nothing with the claims tnat have up to this time been filed. They do not aggregate a hundred and are for the most part claims of widows and next of kin for the soldier boys who fell before Santiago. Before a claim can be perfected it must contain the full record of the soldier's ser- vice, and this information has not yet been compiled by the War Department. When this is dene the claims will be speedily taken up and proved and granted. The majority of the claims will be for wounds and sickness, the iatter leaving the soldier more or less disabled. No Additional Legislation Needed. No additional legislation will be required to deal with the cases arising from this war. The present laws, the authorities say, cover ali that is necessary, and claims will be adjudicated on the same lines as those of the rebellion. There will be a separate division, as has been stated in The Star, known as the Spanish-American war di- vision, and claims arising tnereunder will be nee = not ee to serial num- ber, but as tg o 3 It is tate that the expenses of the pension bureau for 1898 were, in round numbers, $15,000,000. Of this vast sum $144,651,879.80 was actually paid for pen- sions. The remaining 34,613,861.26 was di- vided as follows: Fees paid examining sur- geons, $804,249.08; agencies (including sal- aries and expenses), $536,620.84; bureau (in- cluding salartes and per diem expenses, $8,182,982.34. DEMENTED AND A WANDERER, Young Man, Evidently a _ Soldier, Found Naked in Woods. A young white man, aged about twenty- one years of age, whose name was subse- quently found to be Clayton S. Deeter, was found Sunday afternoon wandering around in Montgomery county, outside the District line, demented and in a nude condition, excepting for a pair of trousers, which some one had given him. A constable of the county took the young man in charge, and, thinking he came from Washington, he was brought to the Georgetown station house. Here the unfortunate young man was unable to give an account of himself or even to give his name. In the trousers pockets the sum of $8.70 in cush was found and also a ticket to Hagerstown, Md., which had several punches in it. A bag- gage check was also found. The constable informed the local police that the man was first heard from at Trevalia, where he was discovered naked and wandering about. As the young man looked like he was sick —either recovering from an attack of fever or about to have an attack—the poiice am- bulance conveyed him to the Freedmen Hospital, where he was received. This morning Lieut. Swindells took the baggage check to the depot, and in tooking over the effects of the young man discovered a suit of soldier clothes and a letter addressed to Clayton S. Deeter, Company K, ist Mary- land Volunteers, Fortress Monroe, Va. It seems probable that the young man had left the service, after an illness, and was on his way home when he became tem- porarily deranged. From his effects it would seem as though his parents live at Huntington Court House, Huntington, Pa. They will be communicated with. —— Granted the Prayers. Justice Bradley this afternoon granted an order taking Cora M. Errickson from the custody of the board of children’s guard- fans and appointing as her guardian Mr. E. Halstead. This action was taken after a_hearing on the petition of Cora’s sister, Mrs. Nettie Warner, in which it was stated that the girl is now nineteen years of age and was placed in the custody of the guardians by a commitment from the Police Court, when she was sixteen years of age. She was put to work with a Vir- ginia family and finally was placed at the Newsboys’ Home, where she remained for nine weeks, finally leaving the institution to live with her sister, ——— Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York, BaREE SESEEY EUURAT weaeh Eceeey aszeef A Greater Activity Oonfidently Expected in the Fall Trade, Some Reasons for the Belief That Money Will Be More Abuna- ant In All Lines. The opinion that was entertained before the close of the war that a cessation of hestilities would be followed by activity in all classes of business is one that is more generally heard now than ever before. A number of men who are conservative in their views as well as in their business methods do not hesitate to express the belief that the financial depression is over, and that when business is resumed again in the fall, after the annual summer vaca- tion, it will be greater in volume than has been the case for several years past. Some men in different lines say they be- lieve there will be improved business con- ditions in the fali, for one reason among others that it seems to be the belief of a large number of men. The tone. they say, is different than it has been, and the gen- eial feeling is more hopeful. Then, of course, there is the more obvious reason why a revival of activity in all forms of business is expected and that is the abund- ance of money. Abundance of 3ioney. While financial institutions claim to be deing a pretty fair business, yet most cf those in the active management of such cencerns will admit they could do better 1? there was more of a demand for money. It js the belief that the pressure to get this accumulated money out where it can ern something is becoming so strong that {2 cannot be longer resisted, and that the stment is about to set in, per- at first. s said that depression h as this country h passed through, that real estate is t ast to feel the effect of a revival when it comes. It is evident in this city the in- terest in realty is now increasing, and the indications point to a more active business in this line during the coming fall. One Man's Opinion. One of the largest real estate dealers in the city, a man well known, not only for the soundness of his judgment as to real estate values, but who is recognized as con- servative and safe in his methods, said to- day in talking of the future of the real estate market that from indications he had noted recently in the course of his own business he was of the opinion that during after a financial s just the fall there would be a good business done. he said, “made several of the past few knows, has been aS many months but I have had a days, which, unusual for a peric for several years past, good many inquiries from people coming into the office to inquire about investments, evidently looking around for some place to put their money. In my opinion, there can be no mistaking such indication: “But even without these signs of return- ing prospei would not one be safe in predicting an’ early revival in business? Are not the conditions ail favorable? It is a fact that people now cannot find an in- vestment for their money that will perhaps not pay them more than 4 per cent. They are not expecting 6 per cent investments any longer.” VICTIMS IN 1HE PHIL NES. Wounded Soldiers Under Gen. Merritt. ajt. Gen. Corbir. this afternoon received a cable messag> from Gen. Merritt at Ma- nila giving a list of killed and wounded in lhe capture of that city on the i stant. The following is the text of the message: Received War Department, August "98 MANILA, Adjutant General, Washington. Following is list of killed, wounded and deaths of enlisted men in this command since August 1: August 2—Killed— Private William P. Lears, E, Ist Nebraska. Wounded —Se- verely—Private John F. Duncan, E, ist Ne- braska; Private Lawrence P. Connor, E. 1st Nebraska; Private George Hansen, A, ist Nebraska; Private Henry A. Wickham, A, Ist Nebraska. Wounded slightly—Joseph S. Oviatt, pri- vate, Company A, Ist Nebraska;-Charles E. Peitzer, private, Company E, 1st Nebraska: John P. McCauley, private, Company A, Ist Nebraska. August 5, killed—Robert McCann, private, Company C, 14th Infantry; Samuel F. How- ell, private, Company D, 14th Infantry; Clements Lauer, private, Company F, 25 Infantry. Wounded severely—Claud F. Head, musi- cian, A, 1st Nebraska; Clinton Lambert, private, C, 14th Infantr, Lucius Snow, private, D, 14th Infantry. Wounded slightly—Henry W. Ballard, pri- vate, F, 23i Infantry; Daniel J. O'Connor, private, D, l4th Infantry; William W. Ster- ling, private, K, lst Colorado; George En- giehorn, private, K, Ist Nebraska. August 13.—Wounced severely—Fenton F. Newman, private, C, 23d Infantry; Joseph Smith, private, 23d Infantry; Richard L. Killed and Turk, private, C, 234 Infantr: Thomas Hayden, private, Astor Battery; Mervin Carleton, sergeant, E, 13th_ Minnesota; Henry E. Williams, corporal, E, 13th Min- nesota; Frank M. Crow!, private, G, 13th Minnesota; Charles Little, private, F, 1th Minnesota. Slightly wounded—Robert E. McCarn, private, C, 23d Infantry; Charles A. Morgan, private, C, 23d Infantry; Robt. R. Parker, private, C, 23d Infantry. Peter Perg, private, H, 23d Infantry; Harry Booker, private, C, 23d Infantry Charles E. Van Pelts, private, Astor Bat- tery; Robert H. Sillman, sergeant, Astor Battery; George E. Hakei, private, Astor Battery; Hallard Van Horn, corporal, As- tor Battery; William Seumore, Astor Bat- tery; William B. Baker, Astor Battery; Frank Smith, private, F, lst Colorado; Ed- ward F, Brady, private, K, ist Colorado. Alfred T. Hammerson, private, ist Cali- fornia; William A. Jones, private, G, 13th Minnesota; Lewis H. Wallace, private, H, 13th Minnesota; Guiman Thorsen, Art., H, 13th Minnesota; Clarence T, Rice, pvt., E, 13th Minnesota; Henry E. Barrowman, pvt., E, 13th Minnesota; George T. Twenty, pvt., E, 183th Minnesota; Louis Ulmer, pvt., L, 13th Minnesota; Geot Kahl, pvt., L, 18th Minnesota; ./illiam 8. Moore, pvt., L, 13th Minnesota. Ernest L. Rider, private, L, 13th Minne- sota; Henry Fitzloff, private, C, 13th Min- nesota; Milton A. Trenham, private, D, 13th Minnesota; Robert McDonald, private, K. 1st Colorado; Albert 8. Hansen, private, F, 18th Mirmesota; Charles J. Ahlere, private, G, 13th Minnesota; Charles P. Wood, pri- vate, E, 13th Minnesota. Died as result of wounds received in ac- tlon—Charles Winfield, privaie, H, 3d Ar- tillery. August 2—Lee Snyder, private, E, 10th Pennsylvania. August 3—John A. Mclirath, Battery H, 8a Artillery. August 3—John G. Dunstore, private, Ist California. August 14—Charles Dunn, private, Astor Battery. August 15—Charles Burnston, sergeant, G, 13th Michigan. August 16—Charles Phineas, private, I, 1st Colorado. August 15—Died in hospital as result of disease—William J. Evans, sergeant, C, Ist Nebraska. July 24—Daniel J. Nicholas, privats, H, 1st California. July 26—Edgar J. Johnson, private, D, 24 n. July 28—Walter Berdine, private, E, 234 Infantry. July 31—Wm. B. Robeson, hospital corps. August 6—George H. Perkins, private, B, ist California. August 7—Rufus R. Holbrook, private, C, 2a Oregon. August 10—Edward C. Young, private, A, 2d Oregon. wa \—Leroy 8. Minnich, private, C, ing. ~ 15—Henry Dickson, private, 13th Minnesot ~ Little Stock Pressing for Sale Exoept a Few Specialties. ees CONSOLIDATED GAS’ FLUCTUATIONS Buying of Northern Pacific Pre- ferred Continues Good. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Spectal Dispatch to The Evering 8 NEW YORK, August 23.—The market opened with heavy realizing and w drawal of support in some of the active stocks. Traders who began working for a reaction yesterday afternoon were seliers for a turn. The decline in Manhattan oc- curred, as usual, on rather email sales. The stock goes down more on lack of sup- port than on large selling. There he been intimations that support would be given around par, but was not forthcom- ing in any volume. The price went thro par on 600 shares, It is understood that the earnings of Man- hattan from July 1 up to Friday show a decrease of $80,000. It is apparent that the short interest is constantly growing larger and the disposition of the leaders in the market seems to be to step aside after a big day in transactions and invite the sell- ing of stocks by bear traders, after which they buy again, forcing bears to cover and to make a new and higher range of prices There is no special weakness in the market Some stocks suffered from lack of sup- port, and stop orders being reached, but the undertone is decidedly favorable. The granger stocks, while suffering some- what in the early morning reaction, showed a strong undercurrent and reacted easily. This was especially true of St. Paul. Brooklyn rapid transit was one of the most active of the industrials and under heavy sales broke about three points, but showed plenty of recuperative powers later, rallying to the highest point of the day and closing steady. The general market has been compara- tively dull, and at times almost stagnant, but there seems to be little stock pressing for sale, except in some few speciaicies, notably Consolidated Gas, which practically repeated its wide fluctuations of yester- day, opening at 194, declining to 186 and then sharply recovering to 188. The weakness in this specialty ts sup- posed to be on the decreased earnings result of tae reduction tn price of gas, the dull season of the year and electric light competition. There are rumors afloat to the effect that the company will be obliged to encroach upon its surplus in order to keep up its current rate of dividends. The buying of Northern Pacific preferred has been very good for some time. Many think that this security as a four per cent stock, with two to four per cent on the common stock behind it, should be cheap at these prices. National lead was one of the most active of the specialties early in the day, opening at thirty-eight and three- eighths, advancing quickiy thirty-nine and five eighths, and declining to thirty- eight and one-half during the first halt hour under large transactions, after which it became steady around thirty-nine. There was large realizing on opening figures, but these sales appeared to be easily absorbed, leaving the market in this specialty with perhaps a more improved tone. There seems to be good support given this stock and it appears te have plenty of friends. > AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. Open. Righ Low. Close. FINANCIAL American Spirits. 18% ISX IB 1B American Spirits, pfa Big (88 Ty 8 American Sugar... .... 10ig 41h 199K 140M American Sugar, pta... 115" 1154 M8 115% American Tobace 2 IRD 140K 188% TA9K Atchison ... 45 1 a diy Atenison, pra ST” BEBO Balumore & Unio... ae 5 Brookiyn R. Transit Gi ON 6B Unlcagos nos tuwestern Chicago Gas..... ... CM. & St. Pant Chic St. P.M. & 0... Chicago, 1. & Paerfic. Chig. & G Western... Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack & W .. Delaware & fludson Den & Kw tranae, ptd Ene. Generai Mhnois Centra: Lake Snore... Louisville & Nasnwui Metropolitan Traction... Manaattan Eievateu. Michigan Cencrai IASOUT! Pact Nation) Lead G New Jersey Central. New York Centrai. Norwern Facitic,..” Northern Pacific, pta. Ont. & Western. Umon Pacite... Union Pacific, pra. Western Union Lei... Am. Steel and Wire .-"° Ain. Steel and Wire pfd. Rubber pt... : Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—-12 o'clock m.—Lincoln Fire Insurance, 100 at 9%, 100 at 94. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year Fund. Ba, 100% old. 30-year Fund. gold 6s, 105 bid. Fund: currency 8.053, 112% bid. Miscellanevas Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad Se, 119% bid 121 asked. “Metropolitan Railroad conv. ©, 121% bid. Metropolitan Ealisond enctisente ot indebt A, . letropolst Raliroad tertifcate of iedebteduess, B. 100 bid. Columbia Bailroad 6s, 120 bid, 125 ‘asked. ‘Ratl- road @s, 100 bid, i05 asked. W: on Gas Company. ser. A,’ Gs, 133 bid. Washington Gas Company, ser. B, 64, 113% bik United States Electric Ligut debenture imp ma. 104 ant Chesa Potomac Telephone Smerieau Serurity and ‘Trust’ Se. 300 bid.” BM sonfe Hall Ascoctation Ss, 107% bid. National Bank Stocks —Iiank ‘of Washingutn, 280 bid. Metropolitan, 306 bid. Central, bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid. Second, 187 bid. Citizens’, 139 bid. Columbia, 131 bid. ‘Capi- tal, 117% bid! West End, 85 bid. ‘Traders’, Vid. Lincoln, 116 bid, 117 asked. ‘Safe Deposit and ' Trust Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 112% bid, 116 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, bid. American Security and Trust, 150% bid. Tnsuranee Stocks.Prankiin, 37%4 Usd. | Metropolt- tan, 70 bid. Potomac, 59 bid. Arlington, 124 bid. German-American, 185 bid. "National (inion, asked. edt Estate Title, Ti bid. Columbia Ti c {road Stocks.—Gupital ‘Traction Company, 73% wane asked. Metropolitan, 122 vid. Columbia, Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 47% tia Georgetow Gas, 48 bid. United Stetes Electric Light, 101% bid, 104 asked, ‘Telephone Stocks.—Coeaapeake and Pototane, 47 wiscellapeou liscellapeous Stocks. — Mi Lenetyes, 184 bid. Lanston Monotype, 15% bid, 16%, , 134% anked. » pid., 13% ‘bik American ‘Graj American Grapt op! % asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 26 asked, Great Falls Ice, 110 bid. 2 per cents 3 per conte. per 4 per cents, 4 per cents, 4 Ber cents, per cent 5 per cents, 5 per cents, |