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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1898-14 PAGES. eral to purchase supplies and se- by special purchase.” Woedbury—“Were your requtsi tens for lumber for hospital flooring filled ‘ot very quickly.” 7 How long was it In some instances several w aid the t first too close together. Afterward He thought th ary necessity, He sup- nd limited in nts in the 34 Corp: si was long a th t with only w 1 seve! » your knowl- division hos- one of set that the Hoff said he gn rezard the w, s reek as int fore the ca” s ore © good, and he t time cs The testimeny of Col. Hoff was conchaled lock. 7 on met at 2 o'clock and be- sideration of matters with Major Seaman Summoned. ommission has telegraphed for Seaman, surgeon of the Ist United gineers, who came to y night on the Obdam, © has been reported as saying men the quartermaster’s expected Major Seaman will imony here tomorrow morning. ++ — SSURING ADVICES. Indian Commissioner Jones Confident That the Trouble Can Be Settled. Official the Interior Department and the ian bureau were re sured this morning by the receipt of t following dispatch from Indian Commissioner Jones: WALKER, Minn, 9 ) p.m., October 1808. y of the Interior: returned from the hostile np, ubout twenty-five miles from here, where I went this morning with Father Aloysius. About 90 Indians were preseni. nly of the opinion that the trouble ted peace by a little time nee W. A. JONES, mmissioner. sram from such a conserva- n as Commissioner Jones is regard- ficials as indicative of an early 1 solution of the difficulties. of the commissioner at the rouble is fortunate, they say, He ts on exceedingly friendiy indians, whom he visit and is familiar with it is said that the comm 1e representative of the Interior to look thoroughly if it is found that imposed upon, will 1 his power to remedy matters Indian troubles in Minnesota are at an end is evidenced by a ed by Secretary Alger at @rtment this afternoon from Minne: king for 500 and 50,000 rounds of am- * use of the people of that protecting themselves nst hos- on has ye' + e+ ——______ SAMPSON'S CALL FOR TROOPS. Corres dence Given Out by the Navy Department. ble st n connection with the the Sartiago campaign has Admiral Sampson's dispa Nich June 7, saying had bombarded the forts at Santi- t “if 10,000 men were he ty ight a would be ours within f hevrs. It has been generally assumed At the call for 10,000 troops for the cap- < ntfago originated with Admiral «mpson. That this is not so is demon- strated by a portion of the corr>spondence made by the Navy Department, whi follows. WASHINGTON, al Base, division a 1888. Key West.Fla.: proved to be at sh is » it is the intention of the depart- upon » make descent imm-diately with 10.00 United St: eight nauticz a will be expected to probably fiftee ov twenty, on_and taking with you’ the nd as with gocd batteries possibly be gethered to guard attack by Spanish torpedo Th off Ha- sufficient vided for dur- the moni! Ss and After arrival off San- vessel that can spared w 1 to north co Cuba. This uce enable ou to prey a2. once for immediate exe a n zed. At the request of the rtment and by the approval of ent, the movement will be on de of Cuba and Windward pass- LONG. . New York against t¢ ne Wil pessit troyers be b pr ot MOLE, Hayti. June 7, 1898. Secret f Navy, Washingto: Bombarced forts at Santiago 7:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. today (June 6). Have silene2d works quickly without injury of any kind, though Stationary within 2.000 yards. If 10,000 men wer- here city and fleet would be ours within forty-eight hours. Every considera- tion den s immediate army movement. If delayed, city will be defended more strongly by guns taken from fleet. SAMPSON + e+ Rs IN PRISON FOR LACy. Two y Clerk in Richmond Post Office Con- victed of Embezaling Letters. Special Dispatch tv The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 13.—Thomas W. Lacy eral delivery clerk of the city post of Was this morning sentenced to two years at hard labor for secreting and embezzling Donnovan. letters La belonging to Father y will be taken to the peni- tentiary at Raleigh at once to serve his term The case has excited deep interest here. w Le «s popular and considered to be a man of tine character. He had recently mar- ried a popular and highly-connected young jady, and his friends stood by him in his trial Father Donnovan, who has charge ions of his church, con- receives remittances of money, and many of his letters were missed. Detec- tives in the secret service inside the post office saw Lacy take letters from Father Donnevan's bex and found a package of the priest's letters in the private drawer of Lacy’s desk. Father Donnovan thinks he has lost sey- eral hundred letters in the last six months. Among those found in Lacy's desk was a decoy letter prepared by Inspectors Owings d Troy, who made the arrest. —_——_—_ Gen. Snyder: Granted Leave. Brig. Gen. Stmon Snyder, U. 8. V., has been granted one month's leave of absence on account of sickness. = ‘To Relieve Col. Adams. The President has detailed Capt. James G. Warren, corps of engineers, as engineer of the ninth Ughthouse district, to relieve Lieut. Col. N. B. Adams, corps of en- gineers. of th stantly ——— Ordered to Washington Barracks. Maj. William C. Borden, brigade surgeon, U. 8. V.. has been ord€red to duty at Washington barracks, D. C., relieving Ma}. George W. Adatr, surgeon, who Is ordered to duty at Fort Sheridan, IL AN ICE COMBINE Proposed Purchase of All the Com- panies in This City. DEAL MADE WITH THE HYGIENIC What is Said of the New Com- bination and Its Plans. CAPITAL OF MILLIONS ee Those who are actively identified with the management of the various ice companies quite recently been visited repre: itive of a combination of alists that during the past spring suc- ceeded in securing the control of the ice companies in Baltimore. He has laid be- fore them in a general way in some cases and with more specific details in others a Proposition for the purchase of the rights and property of the companies. The gen- éral proposition is that 4 control of all the stock be secured, elther by purchase out- right or the consent of the stockholders, and that it be exchanged at r for the stock of the purchasing compaay, which Is knowa as the Knick>rbocker Ice Company of Maine. It is said, however, that the real com- pany is the Consolidated Ice Company of New York city, and it Is further claimed by some in this city, who are believed to have accurate information, that the latter name is only another form for the Stand- ard Oil Company. At any rate this com- bination aims, it is believed, to form a gi- gantic ice trust. ‘Three y ago, it is said, operations were begun in New York city by securing control of all the companies there and then they went to Philadelphia and made the same deal. A similar series of purchases been made in Chicago, Richmond and, lastly, in Baltimore. It is said that the capitalization of this company is $7,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is preferred stock, pay- ing 6 per cent dividends, while the balance is common stock. Six Local Compantes. There are in this city six companies, as follows: The Independent, Great Falls, Hy- gienic, Washington, Purity and National Capital. The Independent, Great Falls and National Capital handle natural ice, as what is brought from Maine is called, while the Hygienic and the Washington manu- facture ice, and the Purity makes ice and also handles the natural produc As stated, the proposition is to include all the companies in this combine, but, as far as could be learned today, only one com- Pany has finaliy closed a deal, and that is the Hygienic, which has a plant at the head of 15th street northeast for making ice. The president of the company is Mr. Samuel W. Curriden, and the manager is Mr. Frank P. Dav It is stated that’ the new owners will | take charge in a few days, and that Mr. Davis will be retained as manager, and that the business will go on as usual, the only difference being that there will not be a separate company and a separate set of officers. Terms Not Made Public. The officials of the company do not give to the terms upon which the was made. The company ts capital- ized at $100,000, and the bond issue amounts to $150,000, and of course the latter, being a mortgage on the property of the com- pany, will have to be provided for by the purchase par value of the stock is $50 per and it is stated that the price paid w $67, half of which was cash and half in stock of the purchasing com- pany. Ir these figures are correct, more than par was paid for the Hygienic stock, though the proposition, as generally made by the representative of the syndicate, is that the shares ef stock will be exchanged at par. In the case of the Independent Company the capital is $300,000, while the price, ul- though it is seldom offered on the market, in the neighborhood of $200 per share. The capital stock of the Great Falls Company is $200,000, and, according to the quotations of the Washington stock ex- change, $118 is bid and 312% asked for it. These two are-the largest companies, and, while it is believed: that money will buy anything, yet it is understood that in neither instance has an offer been made which will be accepted. The Alternative Presented. It is stated that the alternative presented to th> companies is either to sell or to stend the chance of an active competition and reduction in prices. An official in one of the city ice companies said today to a Star reporter in talking over the situation that as soon as the syndicate got a start ir. Baltimore prices were reduced to 15 cents per hundred pounds, but after con- trol of all the companies had been secured then the prices went to 30 cents. Now, he said, according to statements in a paper devoted to the interests of the ice industry, capitalists in Ba'timore are talking of starting several artificial ice plants with the view of meeting and fighting the syn- dicate. —_+ Db. XTO His Will Leaves His Property to Mrs. GEORGE TATE. Barber's Children, CLEVE ND, Ohio, October 13.—A spe- cial from Canton, Ohio, says: The will of George D. Saxton has been found. It was made last April and was witnessed by James J. Grant and Oliver ischliman. The document bequeaths all his estate to his sister, Mrs. M. C. Barber, in trust for her children. After her death the estate is to be divided among her tive children, George, Mary, John and Ida Barber. Mrs. Mc- therefore, receives nothing. Mrs. Barber nameG as executrix, without bond. The value of the property Is not known, but a persenal friend of the deceased esti- mates it will foot up $200,000. The property consists of business blocks in Canton, a number of lots, a large amount of land in Missouri and a big block of mining stock in the west. ——— Paris Strike About Ended. PARIS, October 13.—The number of men returning to work was greatly increased this morning, and the meetings of the strikers were poorly attended. In fact, the strike of the laborers employed by the building trades is considered ended. ——— Mr. Alleu at Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., October 13.—The dispatch boat Dolphin, with Charles H. Allen, assistant secr>tary of the navy, on beard, arrived today. Mr. Allen, who came for the purpose of making an inspection of the navy yard, was shown through the workshops and grounds, and afterward inspected Camp Long and Seavey's Island, where the Span- ish prisoners wer? confined. —————— Attucked by Wild Dogs. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 13.—Mrs. Jemima Zimmerly of North Branch, six miles from here, was badly torn by two wild dogs, which attacked her in a deep ravine while she was searching for stray cows. She beat off one with a club while her pet dog fought the other. She escaped, sinking from exhaustion upon reaching home. Her sons killed one of the dogs and found seven large pups In 4 cavern. Sas Change for the Better. ‘There was a decided change for the worse in the condition of Mr. Thomas Somerville this morning, but he rallied, and this after- noon was pronounced to be better. His physicians have not given up hope of his recovery. ee To Command the Saratoga. Lieut. Commander W. J. Barnette has been ordered to command the U. 8. 8. Saratoga, now in use by the public marine School at Philadelphia. PARIS PEACE COMMISSION London's Advices From Madrid Regarding Attitude of Spain. Spanish Cabinet Discusses Questions Bearing on Return of Troops From the West Indies. PARIS, October 13.—The American peace commissioners held their usual session of three hours’ duration today. They will as- semble again at 5 o'clock this afternoon. LONDON, October 13.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Standard, referring to the peace conference at Paris, says: “So far as Cuba is concerned, Spain will probably yield regarding tne artillery, and if a longer delay for evacuation were al- lewed ent to the transfer of the administration of the island, together with the military occupation by the United States, from December 1. “The question of the debt is a very diffi- cult one. America is indisposed to accept the cession of Cuba or annexation as ad- vocated by the Spaniards, with a view of saddling her with the debt and getting for Spain better commercial conditions than she could obtain from an independent Cuban republic. “The American contention is that only the future government and parliament of Cuba can be considered competent to de- cide whether to assume the debts Spain has contracted during the last twenty years, almost entirely to cover the expense of her struggles against the Cuban separatists. “Regarding the Philippines, Spain has grounds to believe that very high Ameri- can naval and military authorities have made representations to Washington aguinst the annexation of anything more than a naval coaling station.” MADRID, October 13.—The cabinet, at a meeting today, discussed the questions bearing upon the return of the Spanish troops in the West Indies, and particular! the evacuation of Cuba. The ministers were very reticent in regard to the de- creee euneindesiaed to release the Cuban prisoners confined in the Biscaya prisons and to permit them to return to Cuba. ——_ — LLOYD ELECTED GRAND MASTER. Knights Templar Preparing to Leave Pittsburg for Home. PITTSEURG, Pa., October 13.—At the meeting of the Grand Encampment in €2 r negie Hall, Schenley Park, the fellowing five officers were clected: Grand master, Reuben H. Lloyd of San Francisco; H. B. Stoddard of Texas, dep- uty grand mester; G. M. Moulton, grand generalissimo, Chicago; H. W. Rugg, grand captain general, Providence, R. I.; W. B. Melish of Ohio, grand senior warden. ‘The only vacant office to be filled was that of grand junior warden, for which an in- cumbent will be elected this afternoon. There are several candidates for this posi- tion. The committee appointed yesterday to report upon the place for the next cn- campment was also in session this morning, but up to the time this report closed they had not yet arrived at a decision enabling them to make a report to the general ses sion. They expect to be ready this aft neon. ee Some of the visitors to the Knights Tem- plar conclave began today to make pre avations for their return trip. The source; of the local entertainers were by no means exhausted, however, and another feast of enjoyment was spread out for the partici- pation of those who are still here. Several detachments went out sightseeing early in the morning. Street car parties went to Schenley Park, Carnegie library, Phipps conservatory, Wilkinsburg and the Highland Park Zoo, Glenwood, Homestead and Braddock. Other excursions were formed, bound for the Monongahela river valley, the Ohio river valley, River View Park, Carnegie and Oakwood Park and Western penitentiary, while special trains took a large contingent to the Westing- house air brake works, the Westinghouse electric works, the Westinghouse Machine Company, the Edgar Thomson steel works and the Carnegie steel and armor plate works at Homestead. For those who remained in the city there were concerts given at the headquarters of the various commandertes, while general entertainments and evidences of fraternal hospitality were distributed with open hand all around. a HARD TO SAY “GOOD-BYE.” President McKinley Makes Short Speeches in Leaving Omaha. GLENWOOD, Iowa, October 13.—Presi- dent McKinlzy was not permitted to leave Omaha today without making one more ad- dress to his western constituents who had gathered at the station to watch the de- parture of his train. Hundreds of ager pecple crowded about the rear platform, and just as the flyer pulled out the Prest- dent said to them his parting words: “I see that here in Nebraska, as in every other state of the Union, everybody loves the government and everybody loves the flag, and I cannot tell you how hard it is for me to bid you all good-bye.” Just across the river, at Council Bluffs, Mr. McKinley again responded to the cheers of a great crowd, and said: “My fellow citizens: I am very much gra..ied at your reception. I have just come from the great city of the west and have wit- nessed a wonderful exhibition of your genius an skill and industry, as shown at the transmississippi exposition. “Nothing has given me greater satisfac- as I have journeyed through the country than to look into the cheerful faces of the people and to be assured from their appear- ance that despair no longer hargs over the west, but that you are having a fair share of prosperity, and not only that, but you are having.a baptism of patriotism in which we all rejoice.” (Applause.) The personnel of the party which left Omaha is as follows: The President, his rephew, James McKinley, Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary Wilson and Miss Wil- son, Pestmaster General and Mrs. Smith, Secretary Bliss, Secretaries Forter and Cortelyou, Capt. and Mrs. Lafayette Mc- Williams, Col. Clarke Carr of Illinois and newspaper representatives. SS GETTING RID OF HIS SICK. Dr. Girard Will Soon I pitals Empty CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETOWN, Pa., October 13.—Col. Girard, chief surgeon of the 2d Corps, went to Philadelphia today to arrange with hospital authorities in that city to care for the sick in the hospitals at Camp Meade. He is preparing for the movement south, and is sending the sick soldiers away to outside hospitals at the rate of about forty a day. He calculates that In ten days the hospitals at the camp will be pretty well relieved of the sick. There were 310 sick soldiers in the first division hospital last night. A number of them are suffering from typhoid fever. Col. Girard hopes to secure the consent ot the Red Cross Society to the abandonment of the society’s hospital in the new south- ern camp and the placing of the femalo nurses therein in the wards of the division hospitals. ve His H ——- Emperor William at Venice. VENICE, October 13.—The Emperor and Empress of Germany arrived here at noon and proceeded to the royal palace, where they were welcomed by the King and Queen of Italy. Their majesties were cheered by the crowds which witnessed their arrival. It was noticed that among the decorations at the railroad there were many flags in- scribed with the date ‘1870"—the year of the outbreak of war between Prussta and Frerce. ‘The imperial couple will embark on board the Hohenzollern at 4 o’clock on their way to Constantinople. ———— Military Activity at Halifax. HALIFAX, N. 8., October 13.—Great actiy- ity prevails in military circles here. Re- serve men are being rapidly enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment, Royal Canadians, for two years instead of seven, and over 200 men have been secured so far. A large bonus has been offered. _ TO REORGANIZE CUBAN ARMY YELLOW FEVER'S SPREAD Generals Rodrigneg and Nodares Start for | Ite Appearance Reported in West Baton the Eastern Provinces, Remains of. Major Beebe Deposited in Colony Cymetery — Cuban Clubs Send Flowers, HAVANA, October ‘The Cuban gen- erals Mayia Roa ruc nd Nodaves left teday for Santa Cruz del Sur, via Bata- bano, in answer to an urgent summons from the Cuban révolutionary government It was given out here that the Cuban revo- lutionary ministers have commissione? these generals to reorganize the Cuban army in the eastern provinces. The remains of Major Beebe of the United States military commission, who died yes- terday, have been embalmed and were de- posited today in the Colon cemetery. They will rest there until permission is obtained from the New York health authorities for }their shipment to the United States. The body was taken to the cemetery in a sumptuous funeral car. Capt. Hart and Dr. Lane were the only members who attended the body io the cemetery, as it is strictly forbidden that others than members of the medical siaff attend such ceremeni _The Cuban clubs of this city ticns to the Trocha Hotel at headquartars of the American to express sympathy with our commission- ers. ‘they a'se sent a magnificent wreath of flowers to be deposited on the casket centaining the remains of Capt. Bee THE FIGHT AT VIRDEN —_-— (Continued from First Page.) sent dclega- Vedado, the commission, Moohan, deputy, Si. Louis deputy; J. H. Smith. deputy, To the above should be added the name of Wm. W. Carroll, a deputy sheriff, who died after being taken to Springfield. Sheriff Davenport 1 CARLINVILLE, Ill, October 13.—Sherift Davenport is home in bed, the result of worry and exposure over the Virden trou- bles. During the fight he fell down an em- bankment and crippled himself. In an in- terview he stated that Operator Lukens had not apprised him of the arrival of the negroes, and consequently he was unpre- pared for serious trouble. He had but two deputies—his brother, Basil Davenport, and W. C. Lally of Shipman. He had refused to swear in the Chicago ex-policemen as deputies under instructions from Attorney General Akin, who had informed hima he could not legally do so. The sheriff ays that during the battle the miners’ wives were even more belligerent than the men. Strikers Arrest Colored Miner. SPRINGFIELD, Il, October 13.—A col- ored miner claiming to be one of those brought from the south yesterday for Vir- den was assaulted at the depot here today by white miners, they finding he was on his way back to; Virden. Officers inter- fered. He was not badly hurt, but was surrounded agninvand taken possession of by the miners and taken to the hall of the miners’ wiom! where he remained in custody of th¥ miners. A large crowd of miners surrouaded, the hall, but were not eieterou se 164 ie wounded mi S ig- field from Virden arose pinemon na nest Long of Mount Olive, it is thought. cannot live through the day. Mrs. MeKinley in Chicago. CHIGACO, October 12—Mrs, McKinley, accompanied by Her cousin, Mrs. MeWilk. lams, arrived'in Chicago from Canton to- da She wae driven imme. diately to the McWilliams résiderice on Luke avenue, Mrs McKinley was rather fatigued from her sounney; but was otherwise well and cheer- ul. P. J. Hanan, Chicago. ‘Wounded Miner Dies. SPRINGFIELD, Il., October 13.—Ernest Long, the Mt. Olive miner shot through the chest in battle at Virden yesterday and brought to St. John’s Hos; ital ti fight, died today, " aterithe Herman and Boston are both alive. and did not die on the train. Herman’s death is momentarily expected at the hospital. > CHAPLAIN McINTYRE GUILTY, Sentenced by Court-Martial to Be Din- missed. The Navy Department today made pub- lic the findings and Sentence of the court- martial in the case of Chaplain Mcintyre of the Oregon. The chaplain “was. charged first with scandalous conduet tending to the destruc- tion of good morals with three specifica- tions; second, conduct to the prejudice of gcod order and discipline, with four speci- fications; third, conduct unbecoming an offi- cer of the navy, three specifications, All ese charges were founded upon the chap- ain’s criticism of bis superior officers in a lecture delivered in Denver. All specifica- ticns were found proved as alleged; the accused was declared guilty under the three nd he was sentenced to be di ed from the United States naval serv- lee, The case is now under review at the de- partment. President. —__—__+0+__ KNIGHTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. An Anniversary of Laying the Corner Stone of the Mansion. Hundreds of Knights Templar returning from the Pittsburg conclave visited the White House today. The mefority of them did not know that the day the anniver- sary of the laying of the corner stone of the Executive Mansion. This ceremony was performed under Masonic auspices on the 13th day of October, 1792. The building was not completed for eight years after- ward, when John Adams was the first President to become an occupant. Even at that time the east room had not been completed, nor had the front or back porch been built. Pennsylvania av nue originally ran south of the White House and the front of the building was south. What is now the back portico was built in 1823, while the front portico was built in 1899, after the course of Pennsylvania avenue had been changed 2 its present lines. . Personal Mentio Dr. Caspar Keng ,Gregory of the Univer- sity of Lelpsig.is in the city as the guest o° Mr. B. H. Warngr. Colonel C. Masog Deringer, son of the late Henry Deringer, millionaire gun and pistol manufacturer, and family have re- turned to their home, No. 1619 Spruce street. le Edward E. Clapp of Boston, Mass., is in the city for g, fey, days, stopping at 812 9th street northwest. H. D. Nogert, tha British consul at Gal- veston, Tex.,:lis aegistered at Willard’s Hotel. ekg R. S. Hooke! grapdson of Senator W. M. Stewart, has, just peturned from the Kion- dike, where heshag-been for the last year. Mr. James LL. Nogsris, who went -to Pitts- burg as a member of the personal escort of the grand commander, Knights Templar, to the conclave, has returned, and reports that the reception accorded to the visiting knighte in that city was of a most hos- pitable CNaracter, and that the decorations of the city and all the details of the ar- rangements were on 2 sumptuous scale that has never been exceeded in his opinion on any similar occasion. Mr. J. Elfreth Watkins, curator of tech- nology in the United States National Mu- seum, eccompanied, by Mrs. Watkins, left the city this morning for Omaha. Mr. Wat- kins is one of the judges of award in the transportation department at the trans- mississippi exposition. Mr. John H. Voorhees, formerly of this city, and who was for 20 many years sec- retary of the Princeton Alumni Associa- tion, was in the city today. He is visiting his son in Alexandria with Mrs. Voorhees, and will return shortly to his present home near Cincinnati. = It will require action by the Rouge Parish, La. Guarding the Lines of Quarantine— Patients in the Frank Hos- pital Recovering. President Louchon of the Louisiana state board of health wires the marine hos service today that yellow fever is reported at Lobdeli, in the West Baton Rouge par- ish, and that the parish has been quaran- Uned, From Dry 1 the Resolute case Portugas, Fla., the arrival of S officially reported, with one in on beard, though the surgeon charge reports the diagnosis in doubt, 168 admissions to the detention Franklin, La., 111 have been discharged, and the remainder doubtless will be within the next two days. Twenty-five persons have been admitted to the fever hospital at Franklin, six having been discharged re- covered. Surg2ong Carter, the fever expert in charge at New Orleans, wires Surgeon Gen. Wyman that passergers for points north are taking affidavits not fo return into the quarentined ‘territory for ten days or indefinitely. The baggage is being thor- oughly diasinfect-d. Passengers go north under guard. Surgeon Carter reports that he believes all the spread of fever from New Orleans took place before it quar- antined; that Lake Charles probably caught the fever from Alexandria and Can- ton fcom Madison before the fever was announced at either place. An official re- view of the situation as received from New ellow fever declared at Al andria; quite general in pari of the to ted about five weeks; very mild in tober 7, removed the relay road to Gayden, La., place being infected. October 8,yellow fever announced in Hadtie: burg: believed to be from Jackson, Miss. about four weeks old; moderate type: se to be confined to small districts; 2 cordon and physician placed inside to attend the sick. Hoping to delay spread of fever till frost; place quarantined. Sent two phy cians and six nurses to Wilson, where ev erybody is Jown. “Qotober 9, fever announced at Lumber- ton; guard put on the railroad at Maxie to protect the Gulf and Ship Island rail- road Trom Lumberton; place quarantined. October 10, fever reported at Canton; came from Madison by negroes; will cordon the infected district of thecity to delay spread till frost. October 12, Assistant Surgeons Landry and Venezdorf sick at Taylo help been asked at Harriston.” Three hundred and twenty persons are in camp at Haralson undergoing ten days’ detention, Senator Money of Mississippi called on Surgeon General Wyman today to as tain the exact condition of affairs in infected district. He expressed himself as satisfied that the surgeon gencral is doing everything possible to relieve the situation. ———_—__+ 0+ —____ NALLE REPLIES TO GRAHAM. ale on the valle Colonel of 3d Virginia Says His Men Not Complain. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 13.—Col. Wil- liam Nalle, commander of the 34 Virginia Regiment, was shown the article published in yesterday's Star, in which General Gra- ham gave his testimony before the war in- vestigating commission relative to the al- leged neglect on the part of the 3d Regi- ment officers in obtaining no fresh meat for the men, and stating that the officers did not know how to make out a ration return. Colonel Nalle had nothing harsh to say about General Graham He said: “I think hi a little at fault. When we got to C: Alger, June 5, I promptly reporied to the corps commander. We carried with us ten days’ fleld rations. I recall that a few day after we arrived General Graham vis me to inquire about my command. He i: perhaps, mistaken in saying 1 toid him th men preferred salt meat. I cannot remem- ber having said that. Something was said about ordering fresh beef, and T think tne general sat down in my tent and wrote me an order on Captain Little, the depot com- missary, for a supply for my regiment That meat, if I am not very much mi: taken, was sent up by Captain Little that evening. No complaint having been made to me by any of the men, the incident made but little impression on my imind at the time, but I think I have recailed just what happened. There was never any trouble memory is, perhaps, mp about making out the ration returns. It Was quite a simple thing.” Captains Faulkner, Hutchings and Ma- surier, who were present, all corroborated Colonel Nalle. They said the men never complained because they did not have fr beef. The only complaints that amounted to anything were those that followed the occasional delays in the arrival of trains that brought fresh meat, which, in some cases, Was unsound when it was received. The giment was certainly one of the healthiest in the army and the men did put little complaining. The telegram General Grahem refers to as having received from the War De ment was probably sent by a congressman after nis visit to the camp. He went <here soon after the men arrived 2nd took dinner with one of the companies. Fried bacon was served, and the cons: com- mented upon the absence of f at, He said he was going at once to the War De- partment and see to it that the soldiers got beef. Colonel Nalle did not know this until last night. — SUIT FOR $21,000. Action for Damages, With the Dis- trict ax Defendant. Before Jucge MeComas and a jury in Cir- cuit Court No. 2 hearing was begun today of a suit-at-law to recover damages in the sum of $21,000, instituted by Esther C. Levy against the District of Columbia. The plaintiff claims that the evening of March 3, 1896, while passing along the sidewalk in front of 1203 11th street, she stumbled over a water box and plug projecting above the sidewalk, and was badly injured. She holds the District responsible. The attorneys for the plaintiff are Messrs. James Coleman, Campbell Carrington and Joseph A. Burkhart, Messrs. Thomas and Duvall appearing for the District. -_—— IN NEBRASKA. CAMPAIGN Webster Davis Addresses Namber of Meetings at Grand Island. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., October 13.— There was a monster campaign meeting at this place last night, In which prominent republicans from all over the state partici- pated. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, was the principal speaker of the evening and he recetved an ovation. His remarks covered a wide scope and completely reviewed the political situation. His handsome reference to President Mc- Kinley and the magnificent way the recent war was prosecuted brought prolonged ap- plause. He predicted republican success throughout the state and closed with a glowing tribute to the local candidates. With the speech tonight Mr. Davis closes his Nebraska tour. Tomorrow he opens the camp-=ign in South Dakota. ——_. Nominated for Congress. FRANKFORT, Ky., October 13.—The seventh district republicans have nominated T. J. Hardin of Owen county for Congress. —————— Ordered Into Custody. In the cause instituted by Elizabeth L. Smiley against Charles W. Smiley Judge Hagner in Equity Court No. 2 this after- noon signed an order directing the marsha! to take the defendant into aie eneeay, and bring-him before the court, unless he paye the complainant $75 alimony and $86.50, ex- aminer’s fees, on or before the 20th in- stant. cece Sent to the Grand Jury... A young man named Peter Henderson, who lives at 34th and T streets, was ar- rested yesterday on complaint of John W. Gregg, his employer, for alleged embezzle- mert. Henderson drove a milk wagon, and he collected $6.50 from Mr. C. Montague and failed to turn it over to Mr. Gregg. Today in the Police Court the young man pleaded ity to the charge. The case was sent to ‘he grand jury. > M = m 145 bad vT Corn—Dec. May. May. Jan. January. FINANCE AND TRADE! Granger Shares Were in Good De- | mand Again Today. RAISES RATES | BANK OF ENGLAND —s The Industrial Group Was Irregular, But Lacking in Influence. GENERAL MARKET epee REPORT Special Dispatch to The Krening Star. NEW YORK, October 1: the Bank of England's minimum discount to 4 per cent was matter of small moment ra sed over 4 to local fi cial interests. Consols declined in their home market, but the American depart- ment remained firm under a conservative demand. - The rally which was in progress in yes- terday’s market was continued today un- der the influence of buying for both ac- counts. In Northern Pacific common the bg Was extremely good, round amounts of the stock being taken on an advance tending to nearly 2 per cent from the open- ing level. The trouble said to have arisen between two of the principal stock interesis relative to a dividend on the common stock is said to have been adjusted along the original lines. The subject is to be taken up next month, and with every prospect of a small disbursement being canctioned early in the winter. Under the influence of this action the larger holders expect to accomplish an important upward movement in the price of the stock. Union Pac‘fic issues ns of increasing are showing more interest, and are ex- pected to duplicate in some measure the tion of the former property. Th yin; of the granger issues of the higher priced class was also good, both as to vol- ume and the general character of the d mand. Earnings are behind this move- ment, and once the apathy of the public is overcome present prices may easily be im- proved. It is quite likely that the present rally Will inspire some realizing sales at the end of the week, but the declines, in view of th? changed sentiment, should only stimu- late purchases. The engagement of gold in London for export to this side and the activity of bankers to make the Paris discount rate attract the demand to that center would clearly indicate a further consid+rable in- flow of specie. The money market is not likely to dwarf any speculative enterprise for a considerable period. The industrials were irregular. but less potent in influence than on previous day of the week. Tobacco was strong and weak by turns, but Sugar seemed to have steadie slightly around 110. The demand for th latter is not thought to come from sour: esiring to own the stock, except to th transitory extent made necessary to com- plete deliveries. The trade war is only wi and rallies are taken to indicate merely 0 stage of a somewhat lengthy campaign. The rumors of an increase in the capital tock of the American Tobacco Company were denied in sources usually accurate on matters of this character. —_—— NCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. Open. High. Low. Close 3g 113g 1 under wa American Spirits. . American Spirits, pfd: Atmerican Sugar. American Tobace: Atchison Atchison. - Atchison Adjustments. Baltimore & Ohio Brookiyn Rapid Traus| Canada Chicago Gas. ... C. M. & St. Paul. Chicago, RL & Pacifi Chic 3t. P.M. & U0 1084 Chig. & G. Western . 1s Consolidated Gas.. os Del., Lack & W. pre Delaware & Hudson 10459 Den. & Rio Grande, pfd. 5a £ne 13 Generai Electric, new. 79% Illinois Central 109% Lake Snore. ae Louisville & Nashville 547, Metropolitan Traction 1637, Manhattan Elevated. Missouri Pacific. 383. M. K. & T., pfd. 20 National Lead Co. Bey New Jersey Centrai. New York Central. Northern Pacitic Northern Pacitie, pf Pacitic Mail... Phila. & Reading Southern Railway Southern 8 Texas Pacitic. 13 by Tenn. Coal & Iron, By aT Union Pacific... 82% B84, Vulon Pacitte, pd 6S 6S, Leather, pfd ant U S. Rubber. = oy Rubber, pfd. WK 108% Wabas) 20 ig Western 2 8h TL. Steel . S88, cou- Capital Traction, 10 at 111. American TH at 13% American DU at 14 9-16, suuubia Bonds.—fe, 20-year funding. rar funding, 105 bid. 1901 » preferred, funding, 116 bid. Metropolitan Railroad 5s, . Metropolitan Railroad cony 125% asked. Metropolitan Ratiroad Bri ia a dlettopolitan Railroad Colum ia Railroad 68, 115 . Belt Railroud 5s, 45 bid, 55 asked. road 6s, 100 Did. shington Gas Company serieX A 6s," 114 bid. Washington. Gns Company series B 6s, i15 bid. U. 8. Electric Light deb. imp., 108 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Tel- ne os, 103 bid. American Security and Trast 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, Wid.” Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 115 Washington Market Company extn. 6s, 115 Masonic Hall Association $s, 108 bid. tional Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 285 Metropolitan, 318 bid. Central, 145 bid.’ Far- rs and Mechanics’. 180 bid, 190 asked. Second, bid. Citizens’ bid. Columbia, 185 bid, 145 asked. Cupital, 125 bid. West End, 90 bid. ‘Trad. ers’, 100 bid. Lincoln, 115 bid, 122 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. National Safe Deposit and Trust, 112 bid, 114 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 128 bid, 130 asked. American Se- curity and ‘rast, 150 bid. Washington Safe De- bid. posit, 50 bid, Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 28 bid. Franklin, 8 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid: “Corcoran, 52. bid. Potomac, 58_ DI Arlington, 125 bid. 'G: pes <4 + National — 10 vid eo. lumbia, bid, 12 asked. iges, 75% bid, & asked. People’s, 54 bit. 6 asked. Lincoln, xi bid, 10% asked. Commercial, 44 bid. horn ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 75 bid. Columbia Title, 4% bid, 5 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction Cony , 78 bid. 7 + asked. Metropolitan, 125 bid, 156 asked. Colinabis, 70 bla, Pl Gas apd Electric Light Stocks.—-Washington Gas, 48 bid, 49 asked. Georgetown Gas, 48 asked. U-S. Electric Light, 110 bid, 112 asked. ‘Tel Stocks.—Chesapeake ana Potomac, 50 bid. Ivanla, 38 Wid, 45 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Mergenthaler Linotype, 184% bid, 18514 asked. ‘Lanston Monotype, 16 ask: Serimmerican, Graphophone, 18%, ‘bid: "4 asked. American Graphophove 4% bid, 14% ask- Wa inst Market, 10 bide Great Mamie ot ‘ashington : 3 iis Toe, bid, 182 asked. Norfo'k and Wi ‘Steamboat, askebid xEx dividend. Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st., members New York stock exch: , correspondents Messrs. La- ‘hal & = New York. Low. denburg, 492 467 472 oe 5.27 5.28 6.31 5.36 5.38 T2aT2U: November, TI\e’ steamer Ni % December, T1GaT1% s receipts, 68,854 bush ZEXPOTIS, Rowe: stock, 1,080,281 bushels: salen 25,000 bushels: southern’ wheat by sample. Aa alo. on grade Com eaxy—spot_and B4%ARS. Now . mew or vid. Nove or December, 84034%. J B44 a34%: steam er mixed, 384a4: re bushels: ports mone: <tock a. ao. western, 641 bushels Rye tiem expe No 19.) Hay ¥ firn Sioa$10.54 2 Nagar strong. un hanged. Kies firm, up- an compen, + regis coupon, 19 % currenes, 1800. ; = i sAL WIRES STRUNG. ANeged Act of a Local Business Firm. W. C. Allen, the District ¢ al eng neer, has forwarded to the Commissioners a repor ‘om = C. Harris, inspector of stre lighting, in which he states that October 1 he discovered that the firm ¢ Barber & Ross had installed a private tele- phone service connecting their office at the corner of ith and streets with th sheps at the correr of 13% street and Ohio avenue. With Mr. Tinkler and Mr. Har- mon of the Chevapeake and Potomac T phone Company be made an investigati and discovered that in order to Install this service the firm had strung a wire over th tops of intervening buildings and across Pennsylvania avenue, using old wires for som: ance, but erecting a new line a greater portion of the way. From tnfor- mation gathered it seems that Benjamin brown and A. Hepburn did the work. Both were arrested and fined in the Police Court, $15 and $1, pectively, for stringing tl- legal wires. Engineer Allen recommends that Barber & Ross be notified of the facts in the ¢ and required to move the w within fort eight hours after receipt of notice to that effect he Commissioners have approved this recommendation and the firm will be so informed. ee Sees OUTLOOK IN MASSACHUSETTS. ty of Democrats Obt Three Seats Indicated. Reports from Massachusetts received ‘n Washington indicate the possibility of the democrats securing three seats in the next House of Representatives. The campaign in Massachusetts is beginning to take such shape as to permit an estimate of the sible trend of public feeling. With the x nomination yesterday of Representative Barrows all the republican candidates for Congress are now in the field. Mr. Barrows had a hard fight for re- nomination, and the party contest has not added to the safety of the district, which is normally democratic. It is claimed that there is a great deal of dissatisfaction among the working classes in that part of the state, and that the times are not as 5 3 in some other sections of the coun- try. The republicans fear that this dis- satisfaction will be vented upon the repub- lican candidates. Poxs pos- a The fifth district, represented by Mr. Knox, republican, is said to be shaky There are many woolen mills in this dis- t a ict, and the operatives have aimed, experienced a proportio: of the prosperity which hus blessed the west and the south. They blame the tariff bill, which placed a tax upon wool, Uhe raw material in which the mills work, and the claim is urged that the correspondin protective duties on the finished products do not counterbalance the tariff on the raw material This district, howeve: cratic. Mr ally deme It was repre: years by Stevens, who was a member of the and means committee which framed the Wilson tariff act. The ninth district, now represented by Mr. Fitzgerald, is thought to be safel democratic, Mr. Fitzgerald's majority the last election being over 6,400. The ai trict was gerrymandered for the demo- crats, and the republicans have no hope of carrying it. The republican congressional committee is arousing the voters of the executive de- partments, and will let_no spirit of apathy prevail among them. The applications for reduced-rate tickets, to enable them to go home to register and vote, are coming in steadily, and there is prospect that there will be a general exodus of voters, In- diana and Mlinois are being especially watched in this respect. The republicans want every voter to go home, for those two states, it is sald, may change the com- plexion of the next House. —_——_+ 0+ —____ MUST WAIT FOR PRIZE MONEY. Auditor Morrin Decides That Mast Be Settied in Court. Auditor Morris has carefully considered the arguments of the claimants to prize money for the destruction of Cervera’s fleet, but has decided that he cannot and wilt not settle any of the claims until they have been adjudicated by the courts of the United States. He claims that the law on the subject is too plain for any other in- terpretation. His decision is, of course, final, and will have to be abided unless he is compelled by mandamus or otherwise to settle immediately. His decision will In- definitely postpone the time when the crewd of the fighting vessels will get the money coming to them. Auditor Morris also says that there is no money in the treasury at this time ta pay these claims. He admits that there is about $900,000 in the treasury appro- priated in former years for prize money, but he says these appropriations were for specific purposes. He says that the courte will first have to determine all the ques- tions relating to Cervera's fleet, and the amount of money going to each American officer or sailor, and that Congress will then have to appropriate the amount awarded. —____+0-+—_____- NEW STEEL COMPANY FORMED. Its Officers Inc Financiers NEW YORK, October 13.—The organiza- tion of the Federal Steel Company was per fected today by the election of directors aa follows: J. Pierpont Morgan, Robert Ba- con, D. O. Mills, Roswell P. Flower, C. C, Cuyler, Charles O. Cliff and Cheries Me- Voagh of this city; Marshall Field, Norman B. Ream and H. H. Porter of Chicago} Samuel Mather of Cleveland, Nathaniel Thayer of Boston, Benjamin C. Mandyke of Trenton, N. J., and E. H. Gary of Chicago, The board of directors elected the follow: ing officers: E. H. Gary, president and gen- eral counsel; H. H. Porter, chairm: of the beard; Richard Trimble, secretary an¢ treasurer. Mr. Gary, it is said, will take up his residence in this city, where the principal offices of the new corporation will be located. —_->———_ Salt for Damages on Trial. Hearing was begun today before Judge Cele and a jury in Circuit Court No. 1 cf the suit at law instituted by Mary Connor against the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company to recover $10,000. The piaintif? claims that September 20, is, while near the junction of ist street and Pennsylvania avenue, she was thrown from a car of the company and greatly injured, The case was tried once before, a verdict in favor of the defendant being returned, A new trial, however, was granted. Attor- rey W. Meyer Lewin appears for ‘he piain- tiff, Messrs. R. Ross Perry and G. Thomas Deniop representing the defendant com- pany. el Indictments Returned. ‘The grand jury this afternoon reported Indictments as follows: George Fugel, grand larceny; Matthew Chase; assault with in- tent to kill; Alfred Jones, assault with in- tent to kill; Henry G. Dungan, s-cond of- fense petit larceny; Joseph Washington, second offense petit larceny; Garfield Gal- loway and John Middleton, hy 3 ren Jackson, housebreaking,