Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1898, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNE ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1898-12 PAGES. VIEWS OF GARCIA Interesting Letter From the Cuban General to Senator Morgan. CONFIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES Believes This Goverr mont Will Aid a Republic’s Formation. —_—_> HE MAK A PROTEST the aa Cubs E a. 1 by es rter for his opinion upon the ments sent from Santiago views of General Garcia on future government of Cut In one * put s referred to Garcia was pring annexation by States, while in t other t red he had announced that the be independent er war for e would be continued. to the reporter’s inquiry Senor said he had just received from opy of a letter recently wri al Garcia Senator Morgan of the to best indicate in regard United S$ the reia’s Leiter. tr n of the letter in questign fs as follows “My Dear Senator: I feel highly honored by your esteemed communication, ju come to hand, and in answering the same ts ow grateful I am to you for steps taken regarding my disch ainst m: the prosecution entered | no b e great United . than your worth: I entertain ony fears ntentions or motives of the n the whole and sho future as self. t of the United States in refer- cuba, which I do not, as I am con- the honesty of their purpe your noble letter now before me would have been sufficieent to dispel any lnzer ing doubt which might have been wavering over my mind. Objects to Spanish Oficeholders. “] have always been and am a very warm admirer of the United States, and I con- sider very beneficial to my country tts in- tervention at the critical hours of the birth of our new republic, but I must frankly te that I do not approve of the policy that leaves the vanquished to govern over the victors; that causes the retention in their high places of the declared foes of our freeiom; of those we have fought aga! years, as has been done at San- tiago. Although Spanish-born, had th been the chosen of the people I should 1 acknowledged them as the ves of popular will, but those power at Santiago de by royal decree on ac well-know es and enmity Cubans. Hence my protes Right to Form a Nationality. my dear senator, not 2 moment my faith and tru and people United re worthy were ap- unt of t toward you, t in ALIXTO G “Quesnda and the Filip asked al that ARCIA.” about the was a con- de SOLDIER Boys HONORED. Reception Given Last Evening at 9th Street Christian Charch. und e} ing in the lectu inment was given hall of the Ninth mn Church in honor of eigh- of the Sunday school and who volunteered as soldiers in the The hall was appropri- ed, some of the flowers used sent by President McKinley the pastor of the church, some patriotic which had Au.es of s of the cott ard Lieut. Hud- DESERTED WITHIN A YEAR. 1 te Court for Arrick today er from h lair Arrick. She 3 ¢ married in Alexandria ence Ball, sc. Hugh ree years and six months She Hved with him ur 1 ember 4, 1804 ndant abandoned at date has er husband. at her husband is about thirty ye. was employed by the Bri ‘road Ce nas Som ompa as motorma: ie & Sons, as fireme eives $24 per month from the ©s government as a pension and financially able the h buted one rpose. She asks that she tody of her child and be for the support of herself and the ——— Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have lows w n issu2d as fol- —H Applebach, Philadelphia, and Debbie E. Bell; Wm. H. Enos and Dora Kramer, Richmond, Va.; Chas. W. Mac- Whorter and Ida V. Emmert: Wm. E. Scheele and Hel2n B. Boyle; George W. Russell and Nellie Kennedy, Baltimore. John E. Hamill and Minnie Bell; Millard H. Kesterson and Minerva C. Lotts, weod, Va.; Edward O. Russell and Lillian €. Conner, Oatlands, Va.; Charles H. Mat- thews and C. Lizaie Chariton; Jossph M Brown and Katie R. Vogle. Colored—Isaac Johrson and “Katie Nor- ris; Joseph Ridgley and Elizabeth Mar- shall; Wm. H. Winkler and Martha L. Bell; Charies T. Davis and Della C. Elliott, Alex- andria; Peter C. Butler and Mary A. Wige- men; Charies F. Dodson and Columbia Dandridge. ———— Slightly Injured. Mrs. Crouse, living at 1016 P street norti east, feil from a Metropolitan car at New Jersey avenue and C street today and was silghtly injured. DENTIST IN POLICE COURT} Herman G. Grosby Charged With Practicing Without a License. Triul Refore Judge Scott and a Jury —The Evidence Submitted— Pleas of Attorneys. Herman G. G trial before Judge Potice Court to by was today placed on Scott and a jury in the answer th> charge of prac- ticing dentistry without having a license from the board of dental examiners, as re- quired by law. After the comyletion cf the jury, Dr. F. 5. Shadd, who had been sum- moned as a ness for the d-fense, was called. The request of Lawyer Taylor, counsel for Grosby, to allow Dr. Shadd to testify out of turn was granted by Judge Scott because, as stated in The Star of yes- terday, Dr. Shadd’s mother is lying dead ai her home. Dr. Shadd testified that Grosby was a “ee aditional” student at the How art Uni- between July 1 and September 2. about to ask Dr. Shadd s notification to ¢ ‘ore the completion of his course, t he had barned Groshy standing, ving been expelled m a college in nnati, when Mr. jor objected to sstion and made 2 lengthy sp Mr. Mullowny sien of his rem ion to be p swe pro. soy, to th vas not effect tha in from or ven EXT from a Cinein that, as treasurer of th nt, he had returned y bim for tuition. ylor noted an urt and m py, dur on, as Mullo was a conditional hadd, and proc M aylor again objec another speech Admitted on Condition. “I admitted Grosby,” Dr. Shadd went on to say when permitted to resume, ‘‘on con- dition that he would show that the appli- cant had a good. record in the Cincinnati colleg On the 21st of the present month, a result of information received from the ntion to long speech. ng the time named in ident in Howard Uni- asked tudent,” replied sding further, ed and made the authorities of the Cincinnati college, he notified Grosby that he could 1 ad- mitted to Howard Dental College, and re- funded him his money. Taylor objected to the answer of Dr. Shadd, and asked that the answer be strick- en out Judge Seott overruled the objection, Mr. Taylor noted an exception. Dr. Shadd testified a little further, in ex- planation of his previous evidence, and Mr. Taylor renewed his motion to strike out the testimony and was again overruled. At this point the court took a recess un- til 1:0 p.m. Seeretary Allen Testifies. Dr. H. J. Allen, secretary of the board of dental examiners, testified that Grosby was not registered at the office of the board, as those practicing dentistry are reauired by and who arrested Grosby, eral Instances in which he had s yarently doing dente G. Little teld about si » by him to Grosby’s house, Ni t northwest, during which the had two te fixed by Grosby. The told of hess Was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Taylor Afver Miss Minnie Freund and $. C. Adler estified to having work done by Grosby, Dr. H. J. Allen was recalled to prove the ue of work do by the defe ant for Mr. Taylor objected and his sustained. The ge rnment d its ¢ nd the hear- ing of the se was begun. e of the defe ALL UNION Complications — Increasing New City Post Office Ame ractors. The tangle over the affairs at city post office surrounding the of Me Hurdle & Mc 2 city, who have been doing the tile work, for which the original cortract eward- ed the H. B. Camp Company of Columbus. icken instead of be announced that the unpatd aborer employed by Hur- would be settled with yes- ber.Gsmen of the local con United States Fidelity and Baltimore, but the lize, as expected. It the matter would be settled and the men were on hand to receive un- Gle & McC terday the th by ages, but w in disappointed. ‘The brick y who are union men, then erinined to take positive action, nd !t : afterncon that in case the 2 S Were not paid by this even- committee would wait on all the ing union men employed on the building, num- a bering about 300 men, and including all the skilled mechanics engaged on the building, and request them to stop all work until the y Hurdle & McCartney’s men was was prevalent among ; that this course would be Mr. & McCartney told a ternoon that H. B. Camp and his ¢ had been over in Baltimore yester corsultation wit the officers of the United es Guaranty and Fidelity Company nd urged the of the work but that the ates Guaranty and Fidelity Cempany, said Mr. Hurdle, had notified hum and his attorneys to be present at the ecmpany's office in Baltimore tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. eens VALUABLE BEQUESTS. Provisions of the Will of Celeste T. Jackson. of Celeste T. Jackson, dated ptember 9, 1898, was filed today for pro- bate. She bequeaths to her brother, Wm. F. Tompkins, and to her niece, Martha Tomp- kins, all moneys of which she was possess ed, arising {rom the sale of notes, bonds or other personal property and due from the Metropolitan Lite Insurance Company. Gifts of jewelry and silverware are made te her brother and niece mentioned above, The will to her sister-in-law, Minnie Tompkins, to Mrs. Mary Lou Tinker, to Mrs. Hattle > f to her cousins, Hattie L. Alden, sarah L. Hall, to her namesake, Mar- teleste Armstrong, to Mrs. Margaret ahan and to Mrs. Mattle Armstrong. Hattie L. Alden is appointed executrix without bond. ————— TO ANNUL A DEED. Declaration by Charles Carter in Suit for Redress. Charles E. Carter today filed suit in equity against Alexander Hunter, asking that a tax deed in the possession of the de- fendant be declared null and void. Carter sets forth In his bill that he is a colored a day laborer; that by industry and economy, after many years of work, he succeeded in acquiring a small strip of land near Brightwood in the District of Columbia, containing twenty-nine one-hun- dredths of an acre and being part of block 1 in Norment’s unrecorded subdivision. He man, declares that the annual taxes on the prop- erty for the amounted year ending June 30, 1804, ST cents. The complainant told by the parties owning of the block that they had for the year in question, so he remunerated them. He paid the taxes for the following years himself, and in June last asked for a bill for his 1897 taxes. ‘Then for the first time he was informed that his property had been sold for non- payment of the taxes of 1894. The amount due against the property, including pen- alties, advertisement and taxes, made a total of $2.31, and for this the land, worth $500, was sold to the defendant, Hunter. Carter charges that the deed made in pursuance of this sale did not convey any title, legal, equitable or otherwise, to the defendant, and that the proceedings were irregular, informal and of no effect. to paid his t CORCORAN ART. Gratifying Announcement That It Will Re open Next Monday. Many Important Improvements Made During the Summer—A Talk With Curator B: parin. The announcement that the Corcoran Gal- lery of Art will reopen next Monday, Oct ber 3, will unquestionably be most gratif throngs which visit the ca who justly regard the gallery as the chief attractions. Since June 1 it has been closed, and in the intervening time the interior of the magnificent building has been virtually finished up, under the dire’ tion of Curator Barbarin, who has given every moment of every day during the hot summer to the important work. In addi- tion to the laying of over 35,000 square feet of hard oak tile flooring in the side halls, the hemieycle lecture room and the art school, all the hard wood trimmings from top to bottom nave been polished, the walls dusted and cleaned, and general renovation taken place throughout. Curator Barbarin is Pleased. “The gallery is in better condition than it ever was before, and pleases me better than it ever did id Curator Barbarin to a Star reporter today. “It is my ambition to make it the most perfect gallery in the country in cleanliness and care, and I was naturally very much gratified when M Fred B. MeGuire dropped in after a vis to the Be , and remarked that the lib ‘not in it’ with the gallery in the particulars mentioned. “No new works of art have been secured this summer by purch continued D. Barbarin, “but we hi notifi tion that several persons propose loaning works to us within two or three weeks. Mrs. Adelaide Johnson sent three busts of the leading women of the wom frage movement. We have also receiv notice that Ellicott’s bust of the late George Coffin, the cartoonist, is to be pre- sented to the gallery. The’ bust and i pedestal are now here, but until the formal presentation is made ‘it will be impossible for us to make any record of it.” Art School Also Gpens Monday. “When will the Art School open?” quired the reporter. “The Art School will also open next Mo day,” said Dr. Barbarin, “and Prof. E. Andrews and Miss Bertha K, Hanson, who succeeds Miss Cook as assistant teacher this year, will be on hand to receive pupil: The day School will be opened at once, but the night school will not open unt..’suf- ficient pupils are secured to meet the ex- penses, which are quite substantial when the heating and lighting Items are consid- ered. We had about 250 pupils in both schools last year.” in- Ss MPAL EFFECTS. Condition of District Soldiers Who Suffer From Them. Reports were received today from the soldiers of the first District Volunteer Regi- ment who are suffering from the effects of the Cuban campaign as follow: Corporal Jose Hodgson reported convz st w severe relapse Sunday sick with fever at Mth street south Pri and C. Maurice Smith of Company E were reported better today CUBAN who was suffered a night and is very his parents’ residence, at their mother’s residence, No. 1312 street. No change was noted today in the con- dition of Sergt. Fred A. Cusick of Company M, Who is 50 critically ill at his residence, No, 306 South Capitol stree Private D. Spencer Bliss of Company G is no better He is at No. 923 East Capitol - A. Reynolds ¢ [ Company G of pitol street slightly better fie moedine Private James M. Powers. Company E, improving les stre northeast, been brought home from ind. Hospital. he t change for the better in the condition of Private Louis T. Frech, Company who has Been hovering b tween life and death for two weeks at his parents’ hor No. 640 15th street north- ast. Privates Benjamin F. pany K and John E were admitted to Providenc morning, suffering from fever. Private D. B. Curry, Company D, reported bette at nis residence, 1049 Bist street. Private Ernest Selby, Company. is confined to his home, No. was r ported as improving. Private Kenneth O'Connor of Company . who has been ill with malarial fever at Atlantic City for several days past, was brought to his home, No. 815 9th stre northwest, yesterday afternoon. He was ompanied by Dr. O'Connor, his brother. nneth went through the Santiago cam- paign without illness Private James P. Gaddis, Company contined to his bed with s his hom A street The adjutant general received the follow- ing telegram from Gen. Lawton at San- tlago last night: ‘Total sick, 1,008; total fever, 798: new 0; returned to duty, 170; deaths, S. Harrison, trumpeter, A, 9th Mas- achusetts Volunteer Infantry, yellow fe- ver, September 26; William Waggoner, pri- . C, 3d Volunteer Signal Corps, perni- cious malarial fever, September 26. ee oF MR. Walters of Com- ynn of Company H Hospital this t F, who 2018 H street, G, is malaria at COMI) HAY. State Department Officials Unaware When He Will Arrive. Officials of the State Department said to- day that in the absence of direct informa- tion from Mr. Hay on the subject they were uncertain as to whether he would be here tomorrow or would defer his arrival un- til Monday next. Mr. Hay has been on a visit to friends in New Hampshire and was expected to return to New York today. ——____+-0+______ Patriotic Epworthians. A patriotic social under the direction of the Twelfth Street Chapter, Epworth League, was an event which furnished ex- cellent entertainment for a large audience Monday night. On the walls and chandeliers flags were daintily arranged, while over the pulpit a huge American flag was draped. The pulpit platform was adorned by several beautiful palms, interspersed with flags and bunting. Those who took part in the exercises were as follows: Mr. M. F. Shelton, master of ceremonies; Mrs. A. Ryan, organ volun- tary; recitation, “Star Spangled Banner,” by Miss dna Bobb; several instrumental selections by the Weaver brothers; reading by Miss E. Harding, reading by Miss Ber- tha’ Mahoney, solo by Mr. W. H. Harmer, and a solo by Miss Mollie Larkin. “Amer- ica" was also sung enthusiastically by the audience. After the program was con- cluded refreshments were served by the ladies. One unique feature was the pre- sentation of a hardtack, with the national colors attached, as souvenirs. Several members of the Ist District of Columbia Volunteer Regiment were pres- ent. The department of social work is under the supervision of Miss Jessie Bradey, fourth vice president of the Epworth League. + ‘Treasurer Roberts Makes Answer. Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, one of the defendants in the suit of the Union Savings Bank against George H. Tichnor and others, today filed his answer, in which he says he claims no interest in the bonds and funds mentioned in the suit, and that he holds the same by authority of law. He was informed by the District Commissioners August 8, 1898, that the bonds, ete., might be turned over to the proper parties, as the time for their cus- tedy had expired. The amount of the bonds, $439, he says, was withheld on a contract with Tichnor, and are now a sub- ject of contention between various cred- itors. ——— Government Receipts. Government receipts—From internal reve- nue, today, $552,864; customs, $1,149,2—— miscellaneous, $59,239. Expenditures, $2,- 837 000, | GaLtery| DEATH BY ACCIDENT WILL BE MUSTERED OUT Verdict of Coroner’s Jury in Case of ae ee x Ss COLLIDED WITH CAPITAL TR TRACTION CAR Motorman Carrolt Exonerated and > Rel d dy. elease - yom ean ly. REPORT OF THE EVIDENCE pee aes This morning at 11 o'clock Coroner Carr held an inquest gt the third precinct sta- tior in the case of James Winchester, the boy who was killed in a collision with a Capital Traction ca¥ im front of the Treas- ury Department yesier@ay morning, as pub- lished in The Star, President Dunlop of the railroad company and Mr. R. Ross Perry, the company’s counsel, were pres- ent at the hearing. Mr. J. V. N. Huyck, who was the boy’s employer, was present In the interest of deceased's relatives. The broken bicycle was exhibited to the Jury. A number of witnesses were examined and the jury returned a verdict of accidental @eath. The verdict fully exonerated Motor- Carroll, who was under arrest, and he was released. The Coroner's Statement. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook was the first witness examined. He testified that he found the body of a well-nourished hoy at ie Emergeacy Hospital. An examfaation ? the body showed a very severe fracture ot the skull. There was, also, a blood ves- sel cut. Death was due to hemorrhage fol- lowing a fracture of the skull. Miss N. T. Aller testified that she saw boy when he struck the car. “The wheel and Tider,” she said, vn tozethe Witness jude “went that the boy was riding east, as the car w moving west. The car, she thought, was going at about the usual rate of speed. She could not sa s going fast. Miss Allen said she was a pas- nger on the car at the time. She did not see the boy in time to tell what caused tha accident. “Was this asked. “Yes, sir,” the witness replied. She said she got on about the middle of the car, boarding it at 15th street. It was her opinion that the car had turned the curve at 15th street before the accident oc- curred. Some passenger speaking or mak- ing an outery attracted her attention td the boy. She could rot say that the front of the car struck him. Miss A. Ross, cclored, 1618 R street, told the Jury that she was in the grip car, about an open car?” Mr. Perry the rd t frem the front, when the ac- cident happened. She could not tell just hew it occurred. The car, she thought, was going at about the usual speed, and it was her idea that the bicycle struck against the run ing board. She could not say that his head struck the car. He was thrown toward the rear of the car, and she thought he was afterward taken from beneath the platform. “How far did the car go after the boy Was struck?” the coroner asked. “It stopped almost immediately,” she an swered. I Miss Ross said she got on the car at the Junction, and-it had progressed to about midway of the squhre when the collision took place. She knew nothing of the wheel- an’s presenee near the until the bi- struck othe platform. Then all she saw was the wheel, for the rider had been thrown beneath theyrunning board and she did not see him until he was taken out by some men, Witness said she was positive the wheel fist struck the running board and not the front of the car. Other Witnesses. Miss Marte Madert, who lives: on Kenyon street, also # passtriger on the*car, was next questioned. She knew noth’ng of what had happened until aftet’ the car had stop- ped. Ella Cox, No. 2821 14th street, enger on the trailer. She with Miss Madert at the did not witness the accident. Mr. F. W. Crossart, 505 M street north- t, testified that the car was near the treasury when he walked back and saw a boy riding a wheel. He thought the bicy- cle struck near the rear of the car, which stopped when it had gone about a car's was was con- time and length. The boy, he said, came from the south side of the avenue. Witness thought he either miscalculated his speed or he lost control of his bicycle. Witness said the tent happened about in front of the Department of Justice. He was on his way to the War Department at the time and looked out the window to see how far he from his office. He said the boy was bent over on his wheel at the time the ac- cident happened. Miss Grace McCulloch testified that she Was on the car when the accident occurred. She saw when the car came in contact with the wheel. “Did you see the wheel before it struck the car?” the witness was asked. “I can't say that I did,” she answered. “I have the fmpression of a wheel whizzing by the car.’ Witness knew that the wheel did not strike the front of the car. Bicycle Struck the Car. Rey. N. H. Robinson, colored, 221 I street southwest, testified that he was a passen- ger on the rear car. He saw the boy on the wheel before the accldent occurred. There was a car going east at the time, and sev- eral wheels on the street were keeping away from the tracks. Witness said he thought the boy did not see the car going west und tried to ride over the tracks. Wit- ness had just taken his eyes off the bo: he said, when he heard the crash. The bi eycle, he thought, struck the grip gar about the third seat from the front. When the car stopped the victim was near the end of the trailer. Witness feared the boy's arm would get caught under the wheels, and he jumped from the car and grabbed him. W. H. Carroll, motorman in charge of the car, testified that yesterday morning he stopped his car just after getting off the irve to take on a passenger. He started his car when he got a signal from the conductor, and the first he saw of young Winchester was when he was crossing the eastbound track. He had his head down and was going ata good gait. Witness thought the boy was not paying attention to where he was going. He came from the rear of the easthound car. Witness said his train was almost at a standstill when the bicyele struck the motor. He could not possibly have avoided the accident. This closed the testimoy i eee Ir wit BE THOROUGH. ” Capt. Howelt Say That the Investiga- tion Will Not Be a Whitewash. Capt. Evan_P. Howell of the commission to investigate the, War Department said today that he hada very frank taik with the President‘ regarding the work of the commission Before’ becoming a member of it. He said the President told him plainly that whoever should be found guilty would be punished promptly, and that if Secre- tary Alger were found to be responsible for great abuses he would remove him promptly. Capt. Howell said that the investigation by the commission would be thorough and there would be no “whitewashing” by it. 0 Death of Zachariah Downing. The announcement of the death this morning of Mr. Zachariah Downing, which occurred at his residence, No. 1318 9th street northwest, will occasion deep sorrow and regret among the large circle of friends who esteemed him so highly. He was one of Washington’s oldest and most energetic citizens and cad a successful career as a builder, having been concerned in the con- struction of many of the important build- ings here. Mr. Downing was sixty-five years old. He was the father of Robert Downing, the tragedian. The funeral ar- rangements have not been completed. eae Capt. Dorst Here. Capt. J. H. Dorst of the 4th Cavalry stopped at the War Department today on his way from Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, to Jacksonville under telegraphic orders. His mission is presumably in ref- erence to the proposed expedition to Cuba in the fall, Four Signal Corps Companies to Leave the Service. | re Company Recruited in the Dis- | trict of Columbia Will Be Included. Gen. Greely, chief signal officer, has recommended that four of the companies of the volunteer signal service be mustered cut of the military service, there being no further use for their services. The com- panies selected are the 3th, which was re- cruited in the District of Columbia; the 7th, which was mainly recruited in Chi- cago; the 9th, which recruited in New York, and the 10th, which was recruited in Massachusetts. In view of the fact that all of these companies performed service outside the United States during the war, Gen. Greely recommends that they be fur- loughed for sixty days before disbandment. His recommendations will undoubtedly be approved. Second Lt. Chas. O. Pierson of the Vol- untcer Signal Corps, attached to the Sth Company, was one of the officers selected by the chief signal officer for mustering out of that service. Lieut. Pierson is i charge of the telegraph office in th Department, and the adoption of Greely’s recommendation would hav sulted in his retirement from that po: tion. The acting retary of war did not favor such action, however, and by _ his direction Lieut. Pierson w the Sth Company of the Signal Corps ordered to report in pers secretary of war. This detached from and mn to the assistant action will result in his continuance in his present duties SS PLANS OF GEN. MILES, Cuba to Be Divided Into Three Mili- tary Departments. The present plans of Maj. Gen. Miles for the military occupation of Cuba contem- plate the employment of about 30,0) divisions of 6.000 's Star troops, divided into five troops each. As stated in yesterd the first division, the commander ef which has not yet been selected, will start for Cuba about the 20th proximo, and the sec- ond division which will be in command of Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, will follow about the middle of November. The other three divisions have not yet been organized. But arrangements are being made to that end, and it is expected that the last of the troops will arrive in Cuba before the ex- piration of the present calendar year. Unless a change occurs in the present program, Cuba will be divided into three military desartments, with headquarters, respectively, at Havana, Puerto Principe and Santiago. The department of Havana will be In command of Gen. Wade, now in Cuba as president of the evacuation com- mission. Gen. Lee wili probably command the central jepartment, with headquarters at Puerto Principe. Gen. Lawton will prob- ably remain at Santiago as commander of that milita-y department. Unless Gen. Wheeler resigns from the army to resume his seat in Congress, he will have com- mand of the cavalry di ion of the Cuban army of occupation. It is expected that the organization of this army of occupation will be officially announced in a cows days. +e< ADAM KRAFT FOUND DEAD. Body Discovered This Morning in Dining Room of His Residence. The dead body of Adam Kraft was found on the floor of the dining room of bis home, at No. 915 4th street northwest, about 4 o'clock this morning. He had been de: it is believed, since Monday, as he was last seen Sunday morning. Deceased was sixty-three years old, and lived with his sister. The latter has’ been in the country nearly a week, leaving her brother to take care of the house. Yhis morning Mr. Upperman, who liv in the adjoining hovse, found his bouy on the floor Coroner Carr was notified, afl he gave permission for the removal of Ue remains to in’s undertaking estab’ ment. It is believed that death was due heart disease. ee ADVERSE OPINION. Request for Permission to Deliver Garbage ax Fertilizer. An opinion has been handed the Com- missioners by Acting Health Officer Me- Lean relative to the request recently made by Mr. S. P. Bayly, representing Garbage Contractor Joshua N. Warfield, for permissign to dump garbage on the wharf of a Mr. Sweeny, in the Dis- trict, about 100 yards from the Maryland line, on the Potomac river. The acting health officer recommends that the eon- tractor’s request be denied, and gives the following reasons to the Commissioners for such indorsement: “Inasmuch as the contract now existing between the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and Joshua N. Warfield, for the collection and disposal of all garbage and dead animals by cremation, and that said contract, as modified March 1, 1898, requires that’ all garbage shall be ‘trans- ported down the Potomac, or disposed of at a point, or points, below the District, I deem it unwise to grant said contractor permission to deliver, even for a limited period, all, or any part, of the garbage, to any one for deposit within the limits of the District. “I will add that for a long time past it has been the uniform practice of this de- partment, by and with the consent of the Commissioners, to confine the issue of pef- mits of private garbage collectors to such as will convey the same beyond the boun- daries of the District. To permit the city garbage contractor to daily dispose of r fuse matter Within the District in th manner, and for the purpose indicated, would, in my judgment, be establishing a precedent that might give rise in future to complications that a refusal of the re- quest will avert. “For the reasons herein cited, and others that can be advanced, I have the honor to recommend that the contractor's request be denied.” The manner in which the contractor de- sired to dispose of the garbage is stated in a letter to the Commissioners, in which he stated he had been requested by Mr. Sweeny, who owns a farm on the Potomac river, just inside the District line, to deliver to him at his wharf, within one bundred yards of the Maryland line, some garbage to be used on his truck farm as fertilizer. Mr. Sweeny says that the garbage will be unloaded, hauled upon the land and plowed under as soon as delivered; that his place is distant nearly a mile from any other res- idence; that no nuisance will be created; that he has the necessary facilities for un- loadirg scows without polluting the river, and that in the past the Commissioners have granted a similar request, which he availed himself of without complaint trom any source. —_—>_—_ Twenty Dollars or Sixty Days. Keefer H. Grahe, a steamfitter. was to- day fined $20, with the alternative of sixty dzys in jail, by Judge Scott for assaulting John Meany by striking him in the head with a piece of tron pipe, the result of which was the lower part of Meany’s ear was cut almost in two, and he was other- wise severely hurt. ‘The evidence showed that Meany was walking on Florida avenue the 18th in- stant. near a building in which Grahe was employed, when the latter remarked: “There goes the —- —- —- who would not work for a dollar a day.” Meany replied: “No, you —— —- —-, I wouldn't work for a dollar a day.” Some further conversation ensued, and leany started off. It is said that Grahe urried into the cellar of the house, where he got a piece of inch iron pipe, slipped up behind Meany and struck him, as stated. Meany was felled to the ground, where he remained until an officer had him removed to the Freedmen’s Hospital, where his in- juries were dressed. Grahe tried to escape by running, but was quickly capture? by a policeman. Grahe admitted the charge, but claimed that Meany was the aggressor, and culled bim £n opprobrious epithet. This, he said, he would not submit to, “even from his own father.” PREVENTED FROM LANDING Authorities at San Juan Take Action Re- garding the Arkadia. The Reason is Not Known—Investi- gntion Will Be Made by the War Department. Government authorities this afternoon re- celved a telegram from Miller, Bull & Knowlton of New York saying that the Spanish authorities at San Juan had just refused permission to the steamship Ar- kadia to discharge her cargo on the wharf there, as had previously been done. They 80 on to say that their ship the Evelyn had no trouble and intimate that the Spaniards are putting hindrances in the way of the Arkadia because she had formeriy carried inited States troops to Porto Rico. The avelyn was never a troopship. The exact cause of the refusal to allow the Arkadia to discharge her cargo is not given in the telegram. The War Department will at once inves- tigdte the matter and attempt to ascertain the cause of the hold-up. It is not believed, however, that the au- thorities here will permit interruption to commerce by the Spaniards. If it is found that there was no good reason for the hold up of the Ark action may be taken. The Presi res free ingress and egress for American ships and will not permit anything else. aa —+-0-< — GEN. GREENE TURE, Will Not Return to the Philippine Islands. Maj. Gen. F. V. Greene. who has just ar- rived in this city from military service in the Philippine nt land will not return to that far l is not likely to be called en to perform any mor ve serv in rmy, as li is his desire to resume his private busin in N York. Gen. fe was formerly an officer of th of engineors, with the rank ¢ tenant, and was at one time connected with the government of the Dist lumits, but resigned his arm: to accept a re ber A: Alt the outbreak of the h Spain he was in command of the 7th Regiment, New York tional Guard, and President McKinley appointed him a brigadier general of volunte He accompanied the Philippin Gen. Merritt's expedition to and was promoted major seneral of voluntecrs for conspicuous ser- vices at the battle of Manila. He and Mrs. Grecne are at the Arlington. —+e+ INSTRUCTIONS. Not Vet President. The Philippine delegate, Agoncillo, his secretary and interpreter, Mr. AWAIT Agoncillo Seen the and Lopsz, tcok no steps in the early part of today to- ward the exccution of the mission on which they came to Washington. Agoncillo said, through his interpreter, that he had cabled to the hom> government, asking authority to solicit an interview with the President, and requesting full instructions. He had received no response thus far, and he said he had nothing to add as to his personal views express-d in pumerous intervi-ws sirce he reached this country. As to Ad- miral Dewey's seizure of a ip carrying insurgent arms, Agoncilio said this was utside of his mission, and he had no pur- Pose to open negotiations it. Calls on the President. Secretary Adee had a short consultation with President McKinley today. It was at first thought that the visit had some con- nection with the presence in the city of Senor Agoncillo, Aguinaldo’s representative, but Mr. Adee denied that it had any bear- ing on that subject, and said he c: to talk over some routine official pap he carried with him. Mr. Adee said the in- istration had no official know ledge of Senor Agoncillo’s visit, and knew nothing official- ly of his pians or intentions. she sea ea Under Permit System. The following orders have been made the District Commissioners: ‘That the followi named work be under the permit system: Lay cement s walk and curb around building of Unite States Electric Lighting Compary north t corner of l4th and B northw estimated cast, $ ment sidewalk on Baidmore stres et between Columbia read and 20th street, and en 2eth Street between Cincinnati and Bs Streets cost, SX y sidewalk and new curd in front of | — yuare estimated cc Lay idewalk in front of as’ ered and Icensed as a master plumber and sa8- fitter for a period of ear, upon filing proper bond. That Wm. A. Blake be reeis- tered and licensed as a master plumber ard gasiitter, upon filing of proper bond. That gas lamps be erected and changed as noted below. estimated cost, $70, chargeable appropriation for street lighting: Erect lamp on California avenue betw. Sth and 19th streets, one on Wyoming aveane between Ith and 19h streets, three on Kalorama avenue between 18th street and Columbia road, two on Kalorama aver between 20th sireet and Connecticut ave- nue; move two lamps on California avenue between 18th and 19th strects, move three lamps on Wyoming avenue hetween 18th street and Columbia road, move one lamp on Kalorama avenue between I8th street and Columbia road, erect ons lamp on north side of E street between 23d and 21th streets. Seriously Injured by a Fall. pice Merillat, wife of Mr. Oliver H. Meril- , living at No. 427 H street northwest, was placing a garment on a lne on the porch in rear of her house yesterday after- noon, and fell to the sidewalk below. When a physician was cailed he found that she had received a fracture of the leg and hip, and her arm was broken. Her condition is regarded as serious, but she will doubtiess recover. sna ee Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, M ptember 28.—Flour dull, changed—recelpts, 26,113 bushels; exports, 1, bushels; sales, 1,150 bushels. Wheat easy—spot 1 month, 72a72i; October, 7) De j steamer No. |. Baber, receipts, £37 bushels; sal by sample,” 67: easy—spot and month, 33%a33 as November, 34\ga3444; new or o ror De cember, 334423314; ‘steamer mixed 33; re- ceipts, 17 bushels; exports, 1 bushel« stock, 1,412 bushels; sales, 50.000 bushels southern white corn, 35a36%; do. yellow, 3603 Oats firmer—Ne. 2 white western, 28 bid; No. 2 mixed do., 2514126; receipts, 14.763 bushels; ex- Ports, none; stock, "219,981 bushels. Rye easter— No. 2 hearby, 50%; No. 2 western, 5213; receipts, 4,656, bushel 12,857 bushels; stock, 83, No. 1 timothy; $10a$i0.50. Graf freights very firm, rates: stiMy’ held steam to Liverpool, per bushel, 3%d.. October; Cork for orders, per quarter, 8s. 10id. ads., October. Sugar strong. unchanged. Butter stead: unchanged. Eggs firm, unchanged, Cheese steady, unchanged. Lettuce, 65 cents per busbel box. Whisky un- changed. —__+—_—_ Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1421 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York, GRAIN Lew. Close. oy i Gay 6 29%, 2% B1% 32 20% 2 23h 228, 2% ‘High. Low. Close. ve sos e 9.0T . rs 2 4.77 480 492 487 4.587 527 5.22 5.22 475 4.70 4.72 High. Low. Close. pais 516 et 5.26 5.20 5.24 5.25 5.30 5.30 5.35 3 oe Fe 3 per 105 4 per i 4 per 1 4 ber i 5 ber 113 5 per 3 FINANCE AND TRADE Bears Raid the Stock Market Suc- cessfully Again Today. TOBACCO BEARS BRUNT OF Att’ / The Entire List Shows Weakness in Sympathy. ERAL MARKET GEN REPORT Special Dispatch to The F 2W YORK, & Americ indispos: take a Karly cab ull London ot report and an th new ac trade side fe on eith ceant. Business isp still, and prices are ne to permit of successf firm. Money, 2a2 three months’ bills, The New York further liquidation, but th v seemed to be buying orders in under present level. Londe erately of Northern Pacitic nd Atch was sold by news tits mor Ny at a st Meotntly I arbitrage Discount for % per cent »ck market op articularly in toba well taken ar and s were an fic nes on the stocks & tra hat the ue had exe red can reduced ting Nos. 4, 5, cod 3-16. unc depr Sugar Company whole list 1-8 cent and 12, which they pean sugar cables were after the early gan changing front on the decline had run far xpe uro n traders et, think nough to that pri tat price tor ma war rant tations of a rally an higher the clo: They iress upon the advance in the arguing that this big bull f at a.m. from to the the siderably low undertone y much, ule and tr: however, ders bid it up. Atchison preferred was heavy on the pub- Ueations late yesterday afternoon of the ent of earnings for August, whict an increase of #4 per cent in ¢ cost, with a resultant reduction of one-half in net revenue, as compared witt August, 1s London cab! has s s report Bank of Eng’ 000 gold today for shtpmen Se the room stock they {cipation of had bought this morning in ai a rally at the ok lind por Sugar a ock both h a by la the stocks Kee hold- smal! nd ana some go0d peo: street are expecting to see thes dustrials steady up around these prices and the general market rally Norfolk and Western carnings for thira week of September increased $11 American stocks in Lond oged sieady no changes of importar y oclock. Kaffirs clese firm. following the r nt di “oreign marke t. Consols ¢ a shade t money and account sed firmer at 4: Late advices from 1 the syndicate to ur te the tal Tol will by composed of Standard Oil p Mr. Duke and a western capitalist amount, $10,000,000, wil! be had a sl National City list. 1 cabl r the f the Amer ner ans fi market t Pacific preferr n for German ac p.m., on th 4 rican Tobacco Com clared the following dividends common, 2 per cent on pi per cent on scrip, another drive tobacco, the Stock weakeni t of the list also s! - Se tos FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. High American Spirits American Spirits, pfd.: American Sugar American Toba Atchison . % Atchison, pfd..20.22000) Atchison Adjustments. Baltimore & Ohio...... Brooklyn Tapid Transit. Canada Southern Chenapeaxe OW . C. & St. Louis Gilteago, B&Q. Chicagok Northwestern, Chicago Gas... . & St. Paul Chicago, R. 1. & Pacific Chie St. P.M. & O chig. & G. Western . Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack & W..) Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Rio Grande, pfd Erie General Llinois Central Lake Snore... ile & Nash Northern Pacith Northern Pacith Pacitic Mail...... Phila. & Reading Southern Railway. Southern Ry., pfd Texas Pac Tenn. Coal & Iron Union Pacific. - Union Pacitie, pfd S. Leather, pfd...2. U8 Kauper. Rubber, vfa Wabash, ytd Asked. | 48% bid, 49 asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 bid. Western Union Tel General ces New. Ill. Stee! Washington Stock Exchange, Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U pon, $1,000 at 105%, American Grapboph District of Columbia Bonds, 100 bid. 6s, 30-year, funding. water stoce, 108 bid. Miscellancour Bonds. at 14% fundin 106 bid 8.85a, funding, 115 ty Metropolitan Railroad 119 bid, 122 asked. 6s, 125 bid. Mctropolii tread cert A, 114 bid. Metropolitan Railroad « B, 111 bid. Columbia Railroad 6a, 126 Railroad 5s, 50 bid, 60 asked Gs, 100 b 3 6s, 6s, 115 bid. U. 8. Electric Light Imghy 106 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 103 American Security and Trust 5s, 100 bid. Washington Market Company ist 6s, 115 imp. 6s, Ss, bid. nk of Washington, 283 bid. Central, 143 | hid. nies". 180 bid, Second, 145 bid. 145 bid. Columbia, 135 bid. | Capital, 125 bid. West End, 8 bid, 100 asked. Traders”, 98 bid. Lincoln, 115 bid, 122 asked. Safe Deposit and Trost Companies Safe Deposit and Trust, 115% asked. Loan and Trust, 125 bid, 180 asked, Security and Trust, 150 bid. Washington Safe De- posit, 50 bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 28 bid, 35 asked. Franklin, 38 bid Metrapalitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 52 bid. | Potemac, Sais be A. Arlington, 123 bid. ati German-American, 190 onal Union, 10 bid. Columbia, 10 bid. Riggs, 7% bid. S asked. Poo 54 bid, 6 asked. Lincoln, 10 bid, 11 asked. mmercial, 4 bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 70 bid. Columbia Title, x4% bid, 54 asked. Railroad _ Stocks. geal Traction Company, x74% bid, asked. letropolitan, 125 bid. Co- Tamia, ¥4 (oid a Gas and Electric Light Stocks. Washington Gag Electric Light, x106 bid, 106% asked. : Rg ne Stocks. —Chesapeake and Potomac, 50 naslvanta. 37 bid. “idioostinntons Stocks —Mergen 318514 ‘bid, 186 asked. ay asked. “American Gre ans 14% Asked | Preumatic Guo Ca Great Falls Ice, 135 te, 138 folk and Washington Sicanbos