Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1898, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1898-24 PAGES. SAILED FOR PARIS Peace Commissioners Departed on the Campania. —EE JUDGE DAY'S PARTING WORDS There Will Be Change in Treaty Terms. Practically No SENATOR FRYE’S VIEWS UK, September 17.—The United to conclude the terms y on board Campania, en The commission censists of of State Wm. R. Day, nators Wm. P. Frye, Cush- Davis and George Gray and Waite- steamer ary commissioner Is ed on the or other members accomp: his In the party also are J. B. and counsel to the com MacArthur, se Frank F dis Mrs. Branagan; Miss Atkinson stenographers, n, confi- 1 Miss McNaughten, oy and Henry Freems gers. ing on beard the steamer d to a reporter: ‘We had a h the cabinet before leaving of terms of ere wil b conference No Fears of Delays. much opposition to the Spanish commissioners?” t America’s terms will be re- mable, a pfore 1 bi work of the commission will d by useless discus ‘rye would say nothing »f the commissioners. : mmissioners are going to Paris ities and irre conditions beforeethe 5 h commis- ble sioners, the senator said that school boys as well be sent. He i that nobody could tell might arise which ussed and decid- 2. of the time it e work of the Spanish ciplumats in their work. ctaiabeis sD BY SPAIN. APPOINT: Names of Her Peace Commissioners Announced at Madrid. LONDON, September 17.—A special dis patch from Md s th nish peace re appointed today ers we or Montero Rios wh ral Cerero a president sident of the com- jenors Abar- arrutia and Garni sh comm! the dispatch adds, will start for Pari : —-+ -—- REBELLION IN| FORMOSA. Two Battles in| Which Japanese Troops Were Victor: Wash. Mail ad- rT for- ¢ has in the battles ‘aichu, the de- tember ese ru me near tribe were Ss and the po- MAR’ NELLI AT COLUMBUS. He Will Dedicate Italians COLUMEL Most Rev aposto: a New There on Ohio, Church for unday. 17.—The ian ing the be present itaries and or- After the to the Apos- clerg: inelli will th ter which be ma ldress of » which he will Ss respond h. He will remain kere several eee es BIG CHESS TOURNAMENT. Internat Affiai With 35.000 Pri He Played in May, IS899. ther ng to wilt ament ay rize fund etropol- orting thi ‘ewnes, Capt ed Londo: tter now un- SPANISH STEAMER IN PORT. The First to Reach New Yo Havana Sinee April ember 17. wh Hav mber 10, violent nc which OSS sea, 2N. HASKELL’S BURIAL. the Distinguished Obioan Will Find a frave at Ariing ne Evening Si rs ember 17.—Ar- for the burial in Haskell n, r the boc Washir ced whet: in Wash: Prisoners Burned STAFFORD SPRINGS ~Two prisoners in Their Cen. Conn., September nfined for the right in BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation sworn to is a bona fide one. It !s easily possible for a news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, th orger to decetve adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are In fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by resclts, and bogus circula- tions don't give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, September 10, 1993... 33,943 MONDAY, September 12, 1893... 28,232 TUESDAY, September 13, 1393. 28,192 DNESDAY, September 14, 199 28,112 THURSDAY, September 15, 1898. 28,154 FRIDAY, September 16, 1598. 28,0' 710 Daily average -29,118 1 solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR cirenlated during the six secular days | ending Friday, September 16, 1s9s—that is, the num. ber of coples actually sold, delivered, furnish- edor matled, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain tn the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this seventeenth day of September, A.D. 1898. FRED. McKEE, Notary Public, D. C. WORK ON THE RIVER FRONT. Survey With View of Recl Anacostia Flats. Col. Allen, the engineer officer in charge, reports progress in the work of surveying the Anacostia river with a view to the reclamation of the flats between the Dis trict line and the mouth of the river. The survey of the sections of the river between the Baltimor? and Potomac railroad bridge and Benning bridge, and between Benning bridge aud the District line, has been com- pleted. Sufficient soundings have been ken to establish the hydrographic fea- tures of the channel to be developed, and levels have been taken across the wide flats, marshes ard swamps which border the stream. The work is attended with ming the mutch difficulty, owing to the dense growth ef wild rice the flats and of timber in the swamps, where almost continuous cut- ting was required in many places. ‘The topography along the high tide line has been determined. It is expected that the work will be completed during the ent month. i. Allen reports te the War Department dging « tions in the Virginia channel of the Potcmac opposite Washing- ten, which have been su j for sey- sumed dur- the con- be Cleg: ne! eral months. will probabl. present month, Mr. . having received th from the court to which has been in marshal fo’ s cted that th by’s Point, which work is be y hired labor, will be completed nenth ee eS DENOUNCED AS UNFAIR. Germans Protest Against Expressions Unfriendly to Amerien. Tre War Department has received from » Depa te the following res mic Corpor Gew é ent ticns (Verb; amischer from the German.) ord of the XXI General As- 1N08, of ‘the Socicty of Ceramic ons held at the Palast Hotel, Ber- Corporat lin, June “Mr. FE senthal-Selb called the so- r to the fact that, accord- to his person knowledge, an unfair feeling exists not cnly amongst the general public, but also in business circles, aguinst of America, and that a jority of the German_ political have taken a very excited against the military and of the United States pers air tone t therefore be very desirable, the and Keramischer Gewerke’ in Ger- y saould pi aration that the vove named pproves of these the German press and regrets their unfair actions —as the society thoroughly with the imperial government, which promised a religious neutralit “The motion found a warm and hostile manifestations 0} and people unani- assent from the full corporation, and resolved to send the above to all Ceramic papers in the United States for publication.” Rese gre TO COMMAND THE BOSTON. Capt. G. F. Wilde Relieves Capt. Frank Wildes. Capt. G. F. Wilde has been detached from commend of the Katahdin end ordered to command the Boston, relieving Capt. F. Wildes, ordered home. Lieut. Commander J. D. Adams has been ercered from the Yankton to the hydro graphic office, Lieut. G. L. Dyer, from command of the Stranger to command the Yankten; Commander E. White, trom the Naval Academy to command the Terror; Lieut. W. H. Stayion has been detuched from the Aileen and ordered home. These pharmacists have been appointed: Cornelius O'Leary, to the Terror; L. G. Lewis, to the New York navy yard; Augus- tus Prosperi, to the Naval Academy; Sigis- nd Leuckart, to the Supply; R. P. Ne- to the Texzs; John Cowan, to the New York Hospital: J. H. Graham, to the Samus Englander, to the Mare i navy yard: J. H. McGuigan, to the shington Dispensary; J. T. Oursler, to Academy: Joseph M2Mahon, to fe W. H. Huntington, to the Con- tellation, C. E. Reynolds, to the Vermon ck, to the Fern; J. C. Martin, to ne Naval Dispensary: J. W. Wood, to the wport Hespital; Francis Wood, to the Washington n yard; Alrick Hammer, to the Olympia; Stephen St. John, to the Mare Island Hospital; E. T. Morse, to the Boston navy yard; John D. Milligan, to the Mian- tonomoh; Isaac N. Hurd, to Portsmouth, N. H., Hospital: Richard Waggner, to the Pensacola Hespital; J. C. Martin, to the Washingten Dispensary. The following named volunteer naval officers have been honorably discharged: Lieuts. A. Socola, A. DeUnger, J. P. Par- ker, G. T. Warren, Ensigns S. D. Flood, C. N. Borden and George C. Lodge. re the THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. Dougias and Smith the Final Contest- tx for Honors. MORRISTOW N. J., September 17.—_The right to the title of the American amateur gclf champion of 1898 will be decided this afternoon on the Morris County Golf Club's links, and the two players, Findlay 8S. Douglas and Walter B. Smith, who have survived the week’s play to take part in the final struggle today, are representatives of eastern and western clubs. Smith is just out of the collegiate ranks, and represents the Onwentsia Golf Club of Lake Forest, Il. The three amateur cham- pionships which have been decided in this country since 18% have been won by play- ers entered from Chicago clubs, and if Smith should be so fortunate as to win this year it will be the third time in suc- c2ssion that the cup shall have been won by a representative of the Onwentsia Golf Club. Douglas’ golf is almost perfect, and he is not one to be eosily rattled or put off his game. Youug Smith's driving capabili- ties make him a formidable opponent. Douglas and Smith drove off at 11 o'clock. The first hol2 went to Smith, 4 to 5. The second hole was halved in 3. Douglas’ Wild Playing. In driving for the third hole Smith sent his ball into the artificial bunker and it fell back into the land pit. Douglas pulled his drive, landing the ball in the parallel bunkers. Douglas played rather wildly, his left being futile. Smith was on the green in 2, but Douglas took 4, placing Smith 2 up. Smith, in driving ‘for the fourth hole, hit the telegraph wire near the railroad and the ball fell out of bounds. The Chicago player took this ball and made a very fine drive. Douglas did equally as well on his drive. Smith's sec- ond lodged in a sand pit, but Douglas se- cured a good tie. On his third Douglas landed on the green. Smith reached the green in 4. Douglas won the hole, 4 to 6, which left Smith 1 up. Douglas made a fine drive for the fifth, but Smith topped his ball and fell short. Usuing his brassey he discovered a sand pit, while Duoglas, with a good approach, shot close to the green. On his next his ball lay dead and he holed out in 4 to 5, making the score all square. Going to the sixth hole both drove wel, placing their balls within a short distance pach other, and each was on the green Smith on his third made a very poor put, but Douglas went within a few inches of the cup. Smith made a poor put and Douglas won the hole in 4 to 5. This made Douglas 1 up. Smith Topped Badly. For the seventh hole Douglas was down in 3 to 5, and the score stood 2 up for Doug- las. Approaching the eighth, Douglas with a high drive struck the lower limbs of an- other tree. Smith drove out of bounds and he took another ball, which he topped badly. He failed to clear the first mound. Douglas was on the green In 2, and Smith gave up the hole, which was approximated 4 to 6. Douglas then led by 3 up. Douglas had the honor and drove nicely, but Smith drove much better. Douglas got into a sand pit on his second and got out very poorly on his third shot. He reached the green in 4, and took 6 to make the hole. Smith's third struck the top of the bunker and bounded over. His fourth landed the ball within five feet of the hole, but he missed an easy put, and the hole was halved in 6. The cards for the first nine holes read: Douglas, out. Smith, out At the clo: ae af 443 4 6-41 vt 946555 7 645 of the first round of 18 holes Douglas led Smith with 3 up. Scores of second 9 holes. Doug}. in 4657543 4-42, Smith, in 4656547 4 3-47 Both made good dri for the tenth and were on the green wit) Mashie s The hole was halved in 4. Dougias practi- ed Smith with the tweifti hoie, r did not avail himself of th The hole was haived in > next, 6 to s e halv to the sixteenth, Smith drove the purch bowl and into the fence the rail a wire took 2 to xet which was was again Smith won the ei ering struck He ad track, whe the nto the long out and gave up approximat oto 7 up venth in 4 to and the nineteenth went to Douglas in 4 to 6 This ended the first round with Donglas 3 up. ee IN HONOR OF PUTNAM. blet Unveiled at Rutland, Mass., and Address by Senator Hoar. RUTL D, Mass., September 17.—The Massachusetts Society, Sons of the Revolu- tion, today unveiled a tablet in honor of General Rufus Putnam, in the house the revolutionary hero once occupied 4n this plac The tablet which w of the Revolution was presented by Frank H. Briggs of Boston, president of the so- ciety, and was accepted by Senator George F. The oration of the occasion was delivered by Senator Hoar in the Congre- gational Church this afternoon. The attendance was largely made up of people from Boston and Worcester, the Boston delegation having a special train. emi tee SMUGGLERS OF Secret Service Agents Think Have Unearthed a Conspirac: From the New York World, Today. United States see service agents have abcut established in Hoboken the existence of a great conspiracy to smuggle tobacco. given by the Sons TOBACCO. They The profits of these smugglers must hav. been very large, and, besides, the govern- ment has lost almost equally as muca mcney in unpaid duties. The detectives have long worked busty and quietly to discover this conspira which they suspect bas existed for yea For mcnths they kept clore and vain watch rs. They dis- ered that very much more tobacco was marketed from Hoboken than paid toll to Uncle Sam, but they could not learn how the tobacco was landed until chance gave a clue, Very » Hoboken steamship rly one morning about three weeks Hoboken policeman saw a burly shoreman who carricd a heavy hvas bag slung over his shoulder. The ‘longshoreman came from the piers, and the policeman, suspecting a robbery, asked bim what was in the bag. “Clothes,” said the ‘long But the policem the bag. It conta’ finest leaf tobacco. then insisted that hi contents in Hudson horeman. nsisted he should open ed 20 pounds of the The ‘longshoreman found the bag and its Square Park, which everlooks the piers. He was committed to Jail, and there the secret service agents have had a good chance to question him. As a result United States Commissioner Russ of Hoboken has lately been taking the affidavits of many men brought to him by government detectives. ‘The latest of these was L. Muller, who keeps a saloon in 3d street near River, close to the piers, and much frequented by sailors, steamship fire- men and ‘longshoremen. The information gained by the commis- sioner is closely guarded, but it is plain to be seen that a drag net is out which, the service men hepe, will soon entangle the smugglers. Men empioyed on the Hol- land and Belgium steamers are saii to be the active offenders. They bring in both Sumatra and Havana tobacco, the latter coming by way of the German free ports, and dispose of thea illicit wares to merchants, who at the mo- ment are apprehensive of discovery and arrest. see Funeral of Mrs. Joseph P. Smith. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. URBANA, Ohio, September 17.—The fun- eral of Mrs. Mormil Smith, widow of Joseph P. Smith, was held yesterday afternoon at the family residence. The floral offerings were superb, among them being a beautiful piece sent by President FILES ITS ANSWER B, and 0. Company Denies Charge of Unlawfal Ocgupancy. —25 ele RESERVATION “NO. 201 INVOLVED Alleged Public: Space Claimed by U. & Govefhment. ats a ee THE CASE IN COURT John K. Cowen and Oscar G. Murray, re- ceivers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, through their attorneys, Messrs. Hamilton and Colbert, today filed their an- swer to the suit recently instituted against them by the United States, in which the government charged that the company is unlawfully occupying certain public space on Delaware avenue and adjacent thereto. The answer denies the- charge, claiming that the company’s occupancy of the land in question was and is had and maintained with the full knowledge and consent, both of the District Commissioners and of the agent of the United States, in charge of public buildings and grounds, and that the complained-of tracks and other railroad property have been constructed thereon, it is further claimed by the company, for the use and benefit of the United States and District governments. Therefore, the com- pany denies that it is a trespasser upon the land, and prays the court to dismiss the case. The space alleged to be unlawfully occu- pied by the company is described by it as consisting of a triangular strip of ground bounded by the east building line of Ist street, the west building line of Delaware avenue and the south building line of H street. Enters General Denial. Further answering the bill of complaint, the defendants, the reczivers of the com- pany, deny that 2ither by themselves, or through one Thomas, or any other agent, they have continued in the unlawful occu- pation and maintenance of the tracks or Gerrick upon said space, described or in- tended to be described in said bill of com- plaint, in th> manner set forth in sald bill, or in any other unlawful manner. They deny that they have placed, through Thom- as or any other agent or employe, ‘“‘addi- ticnal obstruction upon sald space, consist- ing of many large timbers to be used by said receiverseer the said Thomas In mak- ing r2paits to and extensions of said der- rick; but they aver that under an order of the court, passed in this cause, they did repair said derrick, in order that the same might be safe to the employes of the road and to the public pending this -ause. And they deny that any act of the said railroad company, or of these receivers, or of any agent of said company, constitutes a “trespass and purpresture upon the sald land of complainants,” which should be abated, or which gives to this court any jurisdiction over the subject matter of this suit. Previous Claim: And further answering said bill of com- plaint, these defendants say that from the time of the entry of'the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company into the District of Co- 1, and up to about 1872, the said com- pany occupied a portion of sani space with its tracks, not onl? with its main tracks, but with certain of Ithe sidings now located upon it. and that during that time no ¢.sim was made that any*partipf sald space was a government resepvation, but the cntire ed to have been considered as a t of the streets intersecting at that ce; that in Ii) ony thereavouts, the board of public works, then the governing body of the District of Columbia, claimed a triangular part of this snace, and entered upen the same an@ covered jt over, with alt. payement...Th. insy done this, > board of publi¢ wo its 4 entered into-an arraigement with the company, whereby the said company permitted tovuse suid-triing!> and to py the same with 1s tracks, and per- ion given to build addithinal tracks, on jon that it should unioac on the un- (part of. saidsspase material con- and occu sisung chiefly of terra-votta piping sewer supplies, for dedvery to the District government. ‘That this- arrangement re mained undisturbed amd.was in full force until about 1887, when jurisdiction over t ngle was claimed by the United § commission: ot public buildings and rounds, and said triangle Was numbered and own thereafter as reservation 201. After sis claim was asserted on the part of the United States, the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia notified the company that the said triaagle was under the jurisdiction of the commissicner ef public buildings and giounds, but no proceedings were taken by the government or by the District Commis- sioners to distur, existing conditions, and the agreement heretofore — mentioned, whereby the triangle was used as a place of delivery for District supplies, continued in force until 1$8® or 1890, when the gov- ernment, being desirous of having a con- venient place, with the necessary facilities for unloadiig lerge granite and marbie blocks for us mM the new library building, suggested this trisngle us a suitable place. Thereupon it was arranged by and hetween the commissiuner of public buildings and grounds, Col. Ernst; the Commissioners of the District of Cclumbia, through Engineer Commission>r Raymord, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad Company that the com- pany should give to the District of Colum- hia a suitable place for the unloading of their supplies, and that the company skould be permitted to erect the existing derrick or steam crane where it is now located, and should use the same for its business, on condition that the United States should have right of way for the delivery of its material and supplies of heavy stone, etc., for the new library building. Gave Space Free of Charge. The company thereupon supplied to the District a place for the delivery of its ma- terial, which place is now used for that purpose free of charge to the District of Columbia, and the company proceeded to censtruet said steam derrick or movable crane, under the direction. and supervision of the engiaeer of the District of Colum- bia, that being a condition of the agree- ment, and such additional tracks as were necessary to carry out this arrangement were thereupon constructed. And these de- fendants further aver that not only did the government have the use Of this space and the derrick referred to in, the building of its ltbrary, but that material for other gov- ernment purposes has been from time to time since delivered at the request of the agent of the government,gt this point, and by means of the appliances above refer- red to. S Constructed, by fonsent. These defendants, theréfore, submit that the construction of Shid Wérrick, which, as will appear from réferert to its exhibit No. 1, is built not; upon, the triangular reservation, but upos'DeiaWare avenue, and the construction of the tracks used in con- nection with the opération of safd derrick were not by gradual’énerdichment or with- out autiority, but, oh the contrary, were made with the full knowledge and consent of the District Compisaidhers, and of the agent of the United States in charge of public buildings anil gig@unds, and were built and constructed, for the use and bene- fit of the United Stafés g8vernment and of the District of Columbia: That the Balti- more and Ohio Railréad-Company is, there- fore, not a trespasser upon said space, but | warns WILLING TO CO-OPERATE. {Minister Leger on Extension of Weather Service. The Haitian minister, Mr. Leger, called at the State Department today to confer with the authorities respecting the exten- sion of the weather service which the United States weather bureau has estab- lished in the West Indies to the Island of Haiti. The minister pronounced to be 1b- surd the story that has been published to the effect that the Haitian government has refused to allow the establishment of the United States weather station in Haiti, for fear it may lead to annexation. He said that the Haitian government was willing to co-operate in the fullest degree with the United States weather service, and to that end it has established a service of its own, and is prepared to exchange signals and data of any kind required with the United States weather bureau. The minister will probably be placed in communication with Chief Moore of the weather bureau, and it is expected that his offer of co-operation will be accepted. + e+ —_____- SUPPLIES EASILY OBTAINED. A Surgeon's Testimonial to the Medi- cal Department at Camp Thomas. Major Hysell, chief surgeon of the 2d Di- vision, Ist Army Corps, now at Camp Po- land, Knoxville, in a private letter to the surgeon general of the army, dated Septem- ber 14, says: “I will say that my opportunity to know the working of the medical department while at Camp George H. Thomas was per- haps as good if not much better than that of almost any medical officer on duty there, and I will say that at no time during the stay in the park was there any difficulty in procuring all necessary medical and he pital supplies if the proper effort was made.” It is stated that Major Hysell was a sur- geon in an Ohio regiment during the civil war, and is a man of wide experience in army medical affairs. a LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. What Librarian Young Says of the Serap Book Idea. Librarian John Russell Young, in con- versation with a Star reporter, said he had read with interest the communication in The Star in regard to the preservation of scrap books containing notes of current events. The subject had already attracted his attention. “When Mr. Gladstone and Prince Bis- marck died,” said Mr. Young, “I instructed our London agent to collect everything per- taining to them in the English, French and German press. As soon as the material ar- rives it will be classified, indexed and bound and as such go on the Hbrary shelves. it should be of value to the historian as cov- ering so large a part of the history of Germany and England.” The reporter asked Mr. Young if he had any idea of the amount of the material. “No,” was the reply, “but several volumes at least. We have many scrap books and rejoice in that material when it comes in a reasonable shape. I should have welcomed the Guiteau collection to which Mr. McKee refers. The library is having the early history of the Klondike prepared from ma- terial sent by Mr. Brainerd, newspaper ex- tracts, manuscripts, maps and so on. As a rule it is never amiss to send anything to the library. We reject nothing. The trash of today may be the classic of the next century. The reporter asked if special effort was made to obtain these addition “Yes,” was the answer. “You see what We are doing in the case of Gladstone and Bismarck. The other day I had a broadside containing a proclamation of Jefferson Da- vis from the press of the Richmond En- quirer mounted. We are ever on the look- out for literature of the southern confed- eracy. We hope to have the best collection of confederate literature in the world. Whatever concerns America is welcome— and by this I mean presidential campaign ature, Mormonism, anti-Masonry, know- nothingism, woma. rights, reconstruc- tion, special religious developments, like the Campbellite movement—whatever per- tains to the growth of American thought.” Mr. Young said the library people were preparing for the night opening, which takes place in October. It was his inten- tion to transfer the reading room of the law library far as students were con- cerned, from the Capitol to the new build- ing. The appointments were giving much anxiety, as they always do. The old prob- lem of placing a thousand pegs in a hundred holes. There was no intention of addin gany ladies to the night list. The proportion of ladies on the library staff was large and there would be no advantage in increasing it. —— COSTIA HAPPENINGS. % AD Robbery at Congress Heights—Honors to Returned Soldiers. Henry Leverne has reported to the police that his tent at Wilson Park, Congress Heights, was entered a few nights ago and twelve pocket knives stolen therefrom. He yalues the stolen property at Floriam Troutman, residing near the corner of Jefferson and Adams streets, secured 4 permit during the past week to move the large two-story frame building built on lots 41 und 42, in Green's subdivi- sion, to lot 412, Jefferson street, a dis- tance of about two and a half squares. Salem Lodge, No. 22, I. O. O. F., of Ana- costia, intends to fittingly celebrate the fe returr of three of its members, who went forth with the Ist District of Colum- bia Volunteers to Cuba. These men are Sergeant Chas. J. Simpson and Privates James W. Marbury and George W. Taylor, all employes of St. Elizabeth prior to their enlisting in the District regiment. At the regular meeting of the lodge, held in Ma- sonic Hall Thursday night, Messrs. J. Kk. Davison, H. W. Tippett and W. C. White were appointed a committee of arrange- ments. It is announced that the cere- monies in their honor will take place next Thursday evening at Masonic Hall. The meetings of the Anglo-Israel Asso- ciation of the District, of which Rev. W. G. Davenport of Anacostia is president, have been discontinued for some time past by reason of the heated term, but it is expected that they will be resumed about October 8. Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Daviron left this morning for Salem, N. to attend the funeral of Mrs. Caleb Wheeler, widow of Mrs. Davison’s brother, who died Thurs- day morning at her home in Salem. Miss Nannie Turner of St. Elizabeth, who has been ill at her home in Leonard town, Md., has recovered sufficiently to re- turn. ————.—__ Order for Street Repairs. ‘The following orders have been isued by the District Commissioners: That streets be repaired as follows, by the burner method, cost chargeable to ap- propriation for repairs to streets, 1899: M street northwest, from 27th to 3ist streets; H street northwest, from Pennsylvania avenue to 22d street; 20th street northwest, from L street to New Hampshire avenue; E street northwest, from 4th street to New Jersey avenue; 6th street northwest, from M to O streets: H street northwest, from 7th to 9th streets: Pennsylvania avenue northwest, from 7th to 9th streets, and various places between Ist and 15th streets northwest; N street northwest, from 10th to lith streets: I street northwest, from 5th to Sth streets; E street southwest, from 6th to 7th streets; G street southwest, from 4% to Water streets. That Blair road between Takoma Park and District line be graded; estimated cost, $275, chargeable to appropriation for re- pairs to roads. That the following work be done under the permit system: Lay cement sidewalk in SENSATION IN BALTIMORE. Caused by the Statement of the Sale of the B. and 0. Railroad. BALTIMORE, September 17.—The state- ment that the control of the Baltimore and Ohio railway system is about to pass out of the hands of those who have for so long (: time been identified with it, and the con- Sequent inference that Baltimore wouid probably cease to be the headquarters of the company, caused a profound sensation here today, but nothing definite can be learned as to details and the probable effect upon the future of the road. Neither of t receivers has as yet returned from Chi- cago, and other officials of the road are reticent. Messrs. Alexander Shaw, Frank C. Ham- bleton and other members of the commiitee appointed by the Baltimore stockhol undertake the reorganizaticn of the profess to know nothing whatever concern- ing the reported deal, and that aside from the Garrett holdirgs. the which was reported several week not known that any large blocks of haye been parted with by Baltimor« Pre University, which institution is the largest holder of the preferred stock of the com- pany, said today that he was not prepared to say, until further advised, as to the probable effect of the deal upon the suits now pending in the United States courts to define the status of that class of securities. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 17.—Mr. E. R. Bacon, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Com: who has been engaged for some tim the New York committee, Speyer & Co., and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bank and the receivers, in assisting in the readjustment of the affairs of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, was in town today, and was interviewed about the pure of the control of the Baltimore und Ohio road. He was reluctant to discuss the matter, but, after being advised ‘that it had been published in Chicago, New York city, he said a number of repr men identified with large railway. facturing and commercial interests in the ns. ident Gilman of the Johns Hephkins and this N northwest, Chicago, New York and other cities on the company’s line, had been for some time negotiating for the purchase of a very substantial interest in the Baltimore and Ohio road, and that such negotiations had been brought to a successful conclu- sion. —_____. DEPARTURES FROM MONTAUK. Regular Troops Taken to New York by Several Transports. CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk Point, Sep- tember 17.—The transports Chester, Berlin and Roumenia have left here for New York with cegulars on their way to the south and west. The Chester has on board the 6th and 10th Infantry and Batteries A and B, Ist Artillery. The Berlin has the Ist, 2d, 8th and 16th Infantry and Battery E, Ist Ar- tillery. The-Roumania carries Battery K of the Ist Artillery, Batteries A and F, 2d Artillery, Battery F, 4th Artillery, and Battery F, Sth Artillery. ——— FREIGHT CAR COUPLERS. What the Railroads Are Doing to Comply With the Law. An amendment to the interstate com- merce act, approved March 2, 1808, requir- ed railroads engaged ir interstate traffic to equip their rolling stock with safety appliances by January 1, 1898, but failing to comply, the commission, under author- ity conferred by the amendment, extended the terms of the act for two years. The last report of the statistician of the commission shows of railway 1,663 were killed and 27,667 injured. The order of the commission granting the extension requi to furnish semi-annual! ing the cars and engines equipped during the period, with couplers and brakes as prescribed, The first report of the roads under this order shows that of 204 peti- tioning carriers 290 owned on June 1, 1 1, ”) freight cars, an increase of over the number as reported owned on De- cember 1, 159%. There are 119,614 freight cars reported pped with automatic couplers reported equipped with train brakes Curing the six mertns ending June 1, 1595, which makes a total of 792,445, or 69 per cent of the freight cars equipped with au- statements 31.0 tomatic couplers, and 44 per cent equipped to June 1, : or d June 1, there 1 or # per cent, which fare equipped with driving wheel brakes. There are 360, freight out of 1.153.200, or 31 per cent, that are still un- equipped with automatic couplers; 642.654, or 36 per cent, that are unequipped with train brakes, and 3.221, or 10 per cent, of the locomotives unequipped with driving wheel brakes up to June 1, 18 0 2 THE CIT) PAVEMENTS. Annual Report of the Engineer in Charge of the Work. A report has been made by C. B. Hunt, computing engineer of the District to the Engineer Commissioner, detailing the work during the year of what is known as the surface division, which has to do with the pavements of the city. As an indication of the growth of the suburbs a statement in the -eport is interesting. It is to the effect that over 69,00) square yards of con- crete pavetsent has been laid in various suburban subdivisions. Various tables are given showing the repairs made to pave- ments, the character, extent and mileage of pavements and the length of street rail- ways. The report recommends the policy of constructing macadam and gravel road- ways ty day labor. Ii is further stated in the report that the efforts made to construct artificial curb have not led to results that are satisfac- tory. The report adds that no new granite block pavements are now laid, and no vit- trified block roadways were laid during the past year. It is further stated that the extent of cement sidewalk work done during the past year exceeded all former experience, due largely to the unprecedentedly low ‘price bid for such work, which approximated the cost of brick walks. In consequence but little of the latter was ‘The report of the superin t of streets states that there was $29,055 expended dur- ing the year for current repairs to streets, avenues and alleys. The tozal value of the work done under the assessment system, one-half being charged against the abutting property, was $159.76. The report of the engineer of briges, Ge. N. Bailey, states that $3.4) was expended during the year for the ordinary care of bridges and of this amount $3, as spent on the salaries for bridgekeeners, etc. A new floor was laid on the Anacostia bridge and also on the Rock creek bridge on the line of Connecticut avenue. The plank side- walk on the south side of the Pennsylvania was replaced by a cement sidewalk. Four wooden bridges were replaced by masonry culverts. The work of widening the P street bridge will be completed during the coming year. ‘The recommendation in the past years in regard to the reconstruction of the K and M street bridges across Rock creek, and the Anacostia or Navy Yard bridge across the eastern branch, are repeated. Refer- ence is made in the report to the appropria- tion of $25,000 in each case toward the con- struction of a foundation for bridges across Rock creek on the line of Massachusetts avenue and Connecticut avenue extended. See Home Not ‘for Sale. Mr. E. C. Baumgras, real estate dealer, has received a letter from Mrs. George W. Childs, in which she states that her house, 1527 K street, is not for sale. —<—<—__ Death of Mrs. Falls. Mrs. Alexander J. Falls, who died recent- ly at Fordoche, La., was the only daughter [FINANCE AND TRADE ———— Restrictive Conditions Prevailed and Some Profits Were Taken. ei eeieeten MONEY'S INFLUENCE WANING FASi Reorganized B. and O. May Be come an Important Factor. GENERAL MARKET > REPORT Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. 2W YORK, September 17.— ars of an- other bad bank statement had a tendency to restrict trading this morning and to en- courage some profit-taking about the room The weekly operations at the subtreasury have cost the banks upward of $6,04%) in cash, and interior demands have > about one-half of this amount. A sma gain in specie was recorded from this source, but the loan account could not be approximated until the publication of the full statement. The course of prices, while Influenced by the prospect of a further decre in r serve, was on the whole very encoura in view nt advance. The p. of decrea ves is now generally hing the end. The flow of gold from Europe ts likely to be come a ing nd it would not be surpris- money market disappear tirel a disturbing factor in Wall str Se 1 very important undertakings now nearing the may be taken into th in charge of the details. The constant negotiations warring factions in the Tobac VWkely to develop into something positive ng the next fewgweeks. The settle- ment of this controversy will, in all probe- bility, be followed by a sharp and c advance in the shares of the Ameri- Company. The original predictions Were that the stock would sell at 175, but in view of recent earnings, an even higher level is now predicted, contingent on the success of pr=sent arguments. The new Baltimore and Ohio securities, stecks and bonds, are likely ome im- pertant features of the stivity in the stock market. N>w interests have bought reund amounts of the stock of late, is somewhat significan ° are mainly men of experience in rail matters. As the result of this fact, nearly all the larger railroads, east and west, which could by any devi use the lines of the Baltimore and Ohio, have been credited with buying or seeking to buy con- trol. While a policy of liberal trackace agreements is likely, it will probably be found that the individuals buying this stock P at which the public confidence of those ween the 0 trade se>m can have bought primarily for individual protit and not for the benefit of a corporation with which they have had previous rela- tions. Northern Pacific common is likely to ad- vance with the general market and should sell at 50 between now and the time it be- gins dividends There is nothing now in sight to retara the advance of the general market, ex- cept such capital as the arty may make out of the cong sctions The prosperity of the country is suffici substantial to limit the influences of rar’ elections to minimum proportions. The net changes in the bank statement as reflected below are consider: r than were anticipated carlicr in the reducing the reserve to $4,249,000 in it eliminating it, as was at one time The lec creased $1 ». money has decreased $7.Sim), $19,800,000, 40), and this item ture of future statements to of the money rate. — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Low. Open, High. ose, American Spirits... SS ee age American Spirits, pfd American Sugar. Aimerican Sugar, pfd American Tobacco, 195i Atenison, pfa Balumore « Ui Bay State Gas, 2hada South) Canada Pacifie Chesapeake & Ca CC. & St. Loms. chicago, B. &Q.. | OS NOL MW ester Chicago Ga: © Mo & St. Paut.. Chicago, K.1, & Pacifie, Consolidated Gas. Dei. Lack a W . Delaware & Mudson . Den & tao eranue, pra General El Dunois Centra: Lake Snore. - Lomisviue & vue: Metropolitan ‘Traction. Navuatien Rievate Michigan Cenirai. Bie Shy Jersey Contr 93 New York Centrai. . Norvhern ft Northeru Pacite, pfa. Ont. & Western Pacis Mau...) Phila & keauing. wontkern Ky.. via. Texas Paci Tena. Coa: a Union Pacine. US Leather pi Wabash, pf... Wheeling & Lake Erie Wheeling & L. E., pfa Western cmon Umon Pacific, pra. Am. Steel and ire Rubber. Kubber pf. Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & © and brokers, 1421 F st., member: stock exchange correspondents r Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Open. “High. Low. Wheat—Dee. ey ety May 6% Corn— Dei 295 Mi ary Outs—Di vig May. 2, 2 PROVISIONS. ‘Open. High. 8.42 2.20 +82 490 472 a7 Month. dpen. High. October 5 5.34 Novembe 537 5.37 December: 541 5.41 January. 546 5.46 — es Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, September 17.—Flour dull chunged—receipts, 10,580 bushels; exports, . 150 bushels. Whe: ~«pot and month, 69% 260%; October, 69 Decen: GSigaG84y; steamer, No. 2 ted, Me: rece! a 20 bushels; exports, 16,223 bushels; stock, bushels; sales, 2,000 bushels; southern w do. on grade, 654u70ly, steady—spot and month, 334033 asked: 33: new or old, jovember or Deceiuber, 24 B2WaR2u: rece bushel receipts, 18,700 bushels. exports, pone; stock, 217.530 bushels.” Rye easy- fess ‘ en eee SE Or Les meres and Mrs. McKinley. that its occupation 1s a authorised and | the permit sy Massachusetts avenue. esth | of Commodore Adams of the United States | No, 2 teary, 40%; ‘No. 2 western, 50%; ie Sprit depp alent fae hes ese ee Be ag eee ga ted cost, $4. Lay brick sidewalk on | navy, and 2 lad, of rare accomplishments a gag te oe ag Ee Sada eethantad Sn tue Gell coon Soe Peer rere os wemaneeteane fe apes am Mins Blount to Sail. Two Herpes of Santfago. Pa 1 and ees streets, Brookland; esti- | ana pleasing characteristics. Her husband freights quiet and Steady. not ‘much, diving stentn = a Ex-Secretsry John W. Foster left Wash- | yrensy Blount of The Oalker Gecraetonn, {TWO of the heroes of. Sani were at |" —+— ee aes wisi Sata dor, yer suater 3s. a, September inn ‘00. Octo. 2: 2 . ; . 5 a ~ Ph i of trustees form school, | per’ Sugar strong, unchanged. Butter wteady, un- London Enamel Works Burnea, | ington today for Ottawa to be present at | win sail Saturday of next week for Paris, |‘h® War Departme pies eye eee and in this work;-as well as in all hig | changed. Eggs Atm, unchanged. Cheese atcady, LOMOORE sepectiees 1 Aegina the coming meeting of the United States | where she expects to spend a year, She | Gen. Kent and Gen. Tiscomb. The latter | ‘phe dppropriation of $13,000 for the relief | 00 inromes, she was a most ardent, | uDchal Lertuct unchanged. Whisky un- “el works in this city, were destroyed by | 29d Canadian joirt commission. intends té study with a daughter of Del- | bears a reminder of the battle of San Juan'| of the poor for the fiscal year ending June | Pnilantiropies. ft | channel. silent? im this city, were destroyed by |", . President has selected @ successor to | Sante the Dhysical culture teacher. cals ane eon Pare es lag eee , 1899, was today apportioned by the Dis- | “yrs Falls’ heme at the corner of 18th ‘ in is si! ~ es Serator Gray as a member of this com- chest. He was leuenant colonel or ius | trict Commissioners as follows: ‘Twenty- | and M streets was ever a charming social Bayard Holding His Own. mission, but the announcement is with- P ission has been granted by the Dt gallant 24th at the time, two physicians to the poor, at $360 per an- neater where she p grace and | 9 per cents, DEDHAM, Mass., September 17-—Thos. | beld pending the acceptance of the offer. en oe or num, $7,920; Woman's Dispensary, #500; | USMY. ooo it became n 3 per cents, > It Is expected that this session of the | trict Commissioners to the Chesapeake and A year or ty ago » | 3 per cents, P. Bayard was resting fairly well this | commission will last about two weeks, and | Potomac Telephone Company to. stri Goverames = ern ets. medicines, printing and nursing, $2,480; | ¢or the recovery of her husband's health, | 4 per cents, forenoon, and in several ways he is holding | jt is probable that after a further recess | eight additional wires on the company's cx: | Government receipts today—From internal indigent peor, to be firtishod on the onae | eer cme Toneas, to eo. to the dar | Se oe Eymprams smatmstanding these favorable | the entire commission will gather in Wash- | isting poles on Binney street between 13th | revenue, $1,092,284; customs, $484,827; mis-| of the health officer, $500; outdoor relief, to | {uth and to get there they went to the | 4 Der cents, VEPLMS me patient” grows slightly | ington some time before the meeting of | and ith streets for making house connee- | cellaneous, $208,398. Expenditures, $1,320,-| be distributed by the Citizens’ Relief Asso. | Rantation OF | Ret wurother, | Mr here whe 5 yer come, aise on DgTens. tions. 000, g clation, $1,300. lately died, her husband preceding her. 6 per cents,