Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1898, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 20, 1898-14 PAGES. DEMOCRATS VIGILANT |ALLEGED ice Comaine They Obtain Letters Sent Out by Republican Managers. OHIO CLERKS INVITED 10 CALL{ Alleged Attempt to Collect Cam- paign Contributions. A number of letters have been received by Ohio employes in the departments, in- viting them to communicate with repre- sentatives of the Ohio state executive com- mittee at rooms 123 and 124 in the Coch- ran, presumably for the purpose of mak- ing campaign contributions. The following letter received by one of the ladies em- ployed in the department was shown to Mr. Kerr, the chairman of the democratic congressional committee, toda: Headquarters Ohio Republican State Cen- tral and Executive Committees, 40 South 8d St.. Opposite State House (East Front). Columbus, Ohio, October 17, 1898. Mise ———, Washington, D. C.: Dear Madam: [ desire the pleasure of meeting you at our Washington headquar- ters, rooms 123 and 124 at the Cochran, at an early date, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. or 4 and 6 p.m., conference. If not convenient, advise me and state the evening th: n have an au- dien with you at your residence. I am, truly you P. B. CHASE. Mr. Kerr said that the democratic com- mittee had been keeping tab on the visitors om 124, and that this was the head- quarters established evidently for the pur- pose of collecting campaign contributions trom the government clerks, and that the work was @ violation of the spirit of the civil service law, though it was being con- ducted with the idea of evading the law. The first letters sent out from this head- quarters at the C an, he said, were signed by R. L. Holland, member of the state executive committ of Ohio, and that while nothing was said about money contributions in the letter, the three let- ters, two from Holland and the one quoted above. taken together clearly indicated the purpose of the Ohio committee. The other two letters are as follows: Ohio republican state central and execu- tive committees WASHINGTON, D. C., September 30, ’98. Dear Sir: I am here by authority of the Ohio republican state executive committee in the interest of the present campaign in our state The opposition, as you have doubtless ob- served. is well organized, determined and aggressive. The earnest support of every Ohio republican and friend of our party will ‘ary to maintain our supremacy in and elect our state ticket. There- he end that we the fit of your advic ation, I inv to call at room No. 124, Cochran Hotel, 14th and K streets northwest, be- tween 4 and 10 p.m. As my time in Washington fs limited, I request that you call within the next few days. Very truly, (Signed) R. L. HOLLAND, Member Ohio republican state executive mitte ublican state central and execu- committees. TON, D. C.. ¢ 1898. Dear Sir: In my recent letter of invita- tion, I pathy whose aid publi aimed to addre nly those in sym- of republicanism, n the working r dently t, and the expectations cause )-operati io con d to meet yublican fri meet you - time k p.m. rhran, room between 4 nis week, Very t I publican state utive ave been kee » respond to the st of them. s Also Watching. rstood that the republican con- ss ommittee is keeping tab on the n Washington who go home ote thil The object of » much to establish the fall. w fterwar of th but to ascertain i the Fs names of re- ernment who jo not mselves of the half-rate | tickets | It is re nat the list thus made up will be rred to when the pre: ntial | ord ‘anche of the govern- ment out of the civil service is is- sued after the elections. The republican committee will practical! wind Ss literary bureau next Saturday ty of empl he large fc will be by decu- tricts K and will send out very 6,000,000 campaign rs for the varic d of th nittee fforts of the : work of secretary da s Valuable Dr. L. W. Habercom h ence for tk us given to the country imy 1 in their own la: To Keach the E informa ducted publican rtant ¢: guage. r ef the Voter. has been dis- time in the hands n of the country, the be voters through the republican spell- now on the stump ars through differ- be k busy until most promi- © covered a large travels. f the middle below 1,000, a ed to he ne- election ed and talked “S will be ap- ublicans do not fail tion day, ss LEAGLE LUTHER OFFICERS. Sweden's Bishop Opposed to the World Leaxzue Proposition. NEW YORK, October 20.—At the session of the Luther League today offi were elected fcr the current year as folk Presic Cc. F. ert, New York (re- ed); grand secretary, M. C. Olsen, Chic istant general secretaries, ffalo, N. Y., and George M. ing, Pa.; treasurer, Cornelius Vashington, L D. C.; literary Frey, Lancaster, secretary, Rev. ries literary Ohio. tes from St G. Paul, Minn .P iuest that the next convention t city his was referred to mmittee. The committee on the world's league, ted two years ago in the at Chicago, reported that ted with the heads of in five different countries on the a world’s league. The Lutheran f Sweden fo cold water on the > far as Sweden was concerne: that he did not think the projec would be favorably received in k the project a that country and referred the projectors to Germany ! : ny. The » of Sweden sent his good wi!l to the ion. It w suggested that a delegatio: fifteen Lutherans be selected to = to Eu repe to gestae eapscee on in the different countries on the subject of é = s' & world’s A suggestion was made that a cablegram be sent to Emperor William of Germany, expressive of the high regard of the con- vention for his work In the church and } uso for hts efforts in Palestine. Meeting Yesterday of the Great Falls Company Directors. No Proposition Received for the Con- trel of That Company—Formai Transfer of the Hygienic. There have been no new developments in the situation in regard to the ice compantes in this city since the announcement made a few days ago that the Hygienic Ice Com- pany had been purchased by the Knicker- erbocker Ice Company. It was expected that there would be some news of interest as the result of the meeting of the Great Falls Ice Company which was held yester- day afternoon. The directcrs of this company do not find it necessary to come together often during the year, and yesterday's session was the first that has been held since the beglaniag of the alleged efforts originating several months ago te get control of the ice mar- ket in this city. Beyond declaring the usual dividend of 6 per cent, it is said that the directors did nothing of interest at this meeting. No action was taken on any proposition from the Knickerbocker or any other company for the purchase of a control of the com- pany, for the reason that no such propost- tion has been received. On the contrary, it is said that no offer of this kind, either written or verbal, has as yet been made. Mr. Bartlett's Experience. The only reference to the matter was made when the superintendent of the com- any, Mr. John D. Bartlett, in response to an Inquiry as to whether he knew any- thing of the alleged efforts that have been or are being made to gain a control of the ice companies in this city, recounted the result of a visit made to New York, upon invitation, to talk over the situation here, when it Seems the only proposition made Was one that related to the services of Mr. Bartlett. which the latter rejected. As far as can be ascertained no offer has been made to the Independent Ice Company to secure a control of that company nor irdeed to any other ice company in this city. Receiving the New Stock. The stockholders of the Hygienic Ice Ccmpany, who accepted an offer, as stated in The Star, to sell their stock for $67.75 per share, taking in exchange half cash and half in the preferred stock of the Knickerbocker Conpany, are receiving the prtificates of the stock of the Knicker- bocker Company. These papers state that the par value of the stc is $100, and that the number of shares is 100,000. It is further stated that a cumulative dividend of 6 per cent is paid. The certificates are signed by Georg Eaton, president, and J. F. Spencer, treas wer. While the property of the Hygienic Company has been formally turned over to the new owrers, there is no other change in the business. Mr. Frank P. Da tirues as superintendent, while Mr. W. Curride1, the president of the t ‘ompany, is the representative in this of the Knickerbccker C —_- SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY. ‘ompany. George F. Anderson, a Notorious Swindler, Convicted in Baltimore. John C. Rose, United States district at- torney at Baltimore, Md., reports that Judge Morris has sentenced George F. An- derson, alias Frank Anderson.alias Michael Anderson, alias George F. Calkins, ete., to three years imprisonment in the _peni- tentiary on three ef the cases under whi he was convicted last week for imperson- ating a special examiner of the bureau of pensions. This man served a term of two years in penitentiary at Allegheny, Pa., from 184, and on September 12, 1896, nk Anderson, wa year and two months’ im- nment for obtaining money under false retenses It appears that he was, or at least, claims have been, admitted to pr aw at Jackson, 3 ims to have crossed the ocean times and to have represented a chent in a claim against the English gov- ernment, obtaining a judgment for £2, a He acmits that he then had trouble with his client, and that he served four years in the Chatham prison on a charge of forg- ery. There were so many charges of false retenses preferred against this man by the residents of the state of Michigan that, firdi ¢ climate in that state too warm for him, he removed to Pennsylvania,where he committed a series of offerises for which he was imprisoned, as above stated. Afte~ his release from the Allegheny pen- itentiary he came to Washington county, Md., where he held himself out to be an attorney-at-law ané a special examiner of the pe office. As an alleged govern- ment officer he swindled every applicant for pension and pensiorer that he could get hold of, as well as the hotelkeepers, When the local authorities’ tried to deal with Anderson on a charge of stealing his client's effects he decamped, going to Fal Church, Va., where he held himself out to be an attorney. He was traced to that place and from thence to Washington, where he was arrested and taken to Balti- more for trial According to his stat:ment, he is the identical person who served under the name ot George F. Calkins in Company B, 28th Michigan Infantry, during the late war of ne rebellion. and he was granted a pen- on under that name and on that services n account of aqdisability, varicocele, al- leged to have been incurred while in’ line of duty. While hg was in the penitentiary his name was dropped from th> pension rolls for failure to claim for three years, and after his release he filed an application for restoration, during the investigation of which it was shown that the original evi- dence upon which the claim was allowed was forged. derson defended himself on his trial, showing a profound knowledge. of the rules of criminal procedure, and he carefully re- frained from going on the sta to tha end that the government might not be able to put in evidence as to his previous con- victions. Mr. Rose is being congratulated upon the able manner in which he tricd th case and put it out of Anderson's pow- ex, for the time being, anyhow, to swindle people. to a ———— Daughters of the King. A meeting in the Interests of the Daugn- ters of the King will be held this evening in the Church of the Ascension, Massa chusetts avenue, at 30 o'clock. The shop of Delaware will be chairman, and Iresses will be delivered by several emi- vent speakers. The principles of the order Will be explained, and opportunity will be afforded for making inquiries concerning it. of He Caught the Ship. the San Francisco Chronicle. One of the passengers on the steamship City of Peking went to a lot of useless trouble to secure passage on the steamer. On the morning of the date of sailing this passenger took a trip outside the city and returned to his hotel apparently too late to catch the steamer, on board of which his baggage was stowed away. Learning that the steamer was a Iittle late in start- ing, he ordered a hack and prepared for a rush to the Mail dock. He paid his hotel bill, but in taking his hand out of his pocket pulled the contents with it and scat- tered coins of various denominations all over the hotel office floor. “I have no time to pick them up,” h said, and rushed to his carriage, while the all boys indulged in a scramble for the money. Arrived at the Mall dock he found the steamer had just pulled away. He tele- phoned to the tug office ordering a tugboat to be in readiness within a few minutes, and then drove down the water front to join the tug. He boarded the tug, followed the Peking and reached her just as she dropped anchor off Lime Point, disabled. During the two days the Peking remained in port he was the only cabin passenger that did not avail himself of the oppor- tunity to spead a few more hours ashore. Former Police Inspector John Bonfield died in Chicago yesterday of Bright's dis- ease. Inspector Bonfield was famous for From [his pert in the Haymarket riots, COMMAND OF 7TH CORPS The Detail of General Greene is Only a Temporary Arrangement m. Lee Detained by His Wife's IH- ness—Plans for Departure of the Troops for Cuba. It is said at the War Department that there Is no purpose o2 making any change in the command of the 7th Army Corps, which has been selected for garrison serv- ice in Cuba. The detafl of Major General Greene to the command of the corps is intended only as a temporary arrangement. It was necessitated by the absence of Ma- Jor General Lee, who had been summoned to Richmond in consequence of the serious illness of his wife. Unless prevented by that cause, General Lee will command the army of occupation in Cuba. It 1s possible, however, im the event that the illness of Mrs. Lee should be prolonged beyond the date set for the movement of the 7th Army Corps from Huntsville, Ala., to points in Cuba, that General Lee may not be able to accompany the earlier expedition. In such case it is likely that General Greene, as the next officer in rank, will have com- mand of the troops in Cuba. Such com- mand, however, would continue only uniil General Lee is able to return to duty. Satisfactory to Gen. Lee. The situation is perfectly well understood by General Les and is entirely satisfactory to him and his friends. The President made a personal premise to General Lee when he was last in Washington that he should command the first army of ocaupa- tion in Cuba, and there is no disposition or intention on the part of the administca- tion to make any change in the origiaal plan. If General Lee is relieved of com- mand of the 7th Corps, it will be only on his own application. Enough is known of General Lee's sentiments on the subject to justify the statement that he will not ask to be relieved from military duty in Cuba unless it becomes absolutely necessary by reason of the continued illness of his wife. Major General Warren Keifer of Ohio, who has been attached to the 7th A7rmy Corps, 1s now in this city on lzave of ab- sence. It is understcod that he desires to return to civil life and that the War De- partment has approved his request for hon- onarble discharge from the volunte2r army. Plan of Embarkation. According to the present plans of the ad- miristration, the 7th Army Corps, now at Jacksonville, Fla., will shortly begin the movement preparatory to their embarka- tion for Havana and to other points in Cuba selectzd for occupation by United States troops. The transportation of these troops to Cuba will begin shortly after the 1st proximo. The present arrangement is that the entire corps shali be landed on Cuban soil in ample tim2 to put into tf- fect the policy of the administration to take possession of the Island of Cuba on the Ist of December. Officials at the War Department have no idea that the Spaaish authorities will offer the least resistance to the peaceful execution of this plan, but no secret is made of the fact that the army will go to Cuba fully prepared to execute the policy of the government by force of arms in case such a course is rendered necessary by a change in present Spanish policy of evacuation and submission. - Se A LICENSE, BUT NO BRIDE. Walter Moyer's Intended Under Charge of Children’s Guardians. Walter Moyer, a young man who says he is a farmer near Luray, Page county, Va., spent one dollar for a marriage license to- day, and now he is 2=ndeavyoring to get his intended bride. She is not yet sixteen years old, but as her mother accompanied the Virginian to the clerk's office and gave her consent, the licznse was issued. The girl's name is Annic B. Elsenbaum, who was turned over to the Board of children’s guardians yesterday by order of Judge Kim- ball in the Police Court. How to get his prospective bride the young farmer did hot knéw,-and after exhausting the mouns at his command, he sought legal advice of Attorney Moss. The attorney calied at the Police Court with the young maf and his prospective moth:r-in-law, and Mrs. Fuller of the board of children’s guardians was also there, Mrs. Fuller's Position. Mrs. Fuller was not just willing to re- linquish her claim to the girl. She went in the jury room and held a consultation with the young man. Then she reported to Prosecuting Attor- rey Mullowny that she would write to Luray and make inquiries concerning Moyer before she would consent to the marriage. She had learned that the en- Sagement was the result of only two weeks’ acquaintance, and she was not satisfled to take any action in the matter until she learned more of the young man. Neither is Satisfied. This did not satisfy Attorney Moss any more than it did Moyer, and this afternoon the attorney was making arrangements to get a writ of habeas corpus in his effort to arrange matters so that Annie could become a bride. ‘The girl's mother was extremely anxious that the marriage should take pla She said she intended to go to Luray with her daughter and son- in-law to live. Early Morning Cutting Affray. Two colored men figured in a row on Pennsylvania avenue near the corner of Gth street about 8:30 o'clock this morning. Charlies Allen, who is deaf and dumb, was cut in the left leg. The injury is not seri- ous. Policeman Reynolds, who investigated the case, swore out a warrant charging Charles Allen with the cutting. Death in Ohio From Fever. WARE Ohio, ‘October ‘The case of yellow fever in Paris township, Trum- bull county, resulted in the death today of the victim, Miss Blanche Beck, aged twen- ty-eight. There have been no other de- velopments of the disease. Miss Beck re- cently fled from Mississippi, coming to this ccunty from Tennessee. ee Found in the Woods. About 12:20 p.m. today John Weaver, aged fifty-six, living at No, 3053 M street north- west, was found in a pile of leaves in the woods near the naval observatory grounds. Weaver said he was taken ill while walking yesterday and fell where he was found, be- ing unable to move further. He was sent to the Georgetown University Hospital. a England's New Export. Frem the London Mail. A correspondent writes to tell us of a painful and alarming sight he witnessed at London Bridge yesterday. A Barcelona ship, which had brought to this country a cargo of Spanish goods, was loading bal- last for its return journey. The sight made indeed a significant object-lesson. We wish the British workingman would meditate on it. Ballast is not exactly a profitable ex- port for him, however capitalists draw- ing their incomes from abroad may shrug their shoulders In indifference. ——————»+ 2 —___ Preserving the Forests. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. In volunteering to assist in establishing a raticral system for the care of forest lards the Department of Agriculture is embarking in a worthy cause. The plan is simila~ to that adopted by the division cf roads—doing exemplary work in localitics for the guidance of those interested. There is certainly something of this kind needed to check the wasteful tendencies of American timber owners. The forests re- naining in this country should be care- fully preserved for their influence upon climate and water supply. ——> +2 ____ An elderly colored man named William Dodson was tried in the Police Court today on a charge of carrying a pistol. He had had no trouble nor had he attempted to se the weapon. The proof showed that he was merely carrying the pistol home from a relative’s hovse and Policeman Ber- ryman arrested him at his front gate. Jucge Kimball released the old man on his personal bonds. CAMP WAS ALL RIGHT Committee Appointed to Investigate Camp at Fernandina Reports. LAND IS OWNED BY HE STATE No Appearance of a Tropical Jungle to Be Seen. er FEMALE NURSES’ TESTIFY JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 20.—Gen. J. Wilson and Captain Howell, constituting the subcommittee appointed to visit and report upon the conditions at the camp at Fernandina, made their report to the full commission today. _ The following is the important part of the document: “We carefully examined the site of the camp of the 3d Pennsylvania Volunteers, which, it has been reported, was a tropical jungle of worthless land until cleared, «nd upon clearing which the troops are said to have worked like slaves until it was fit for a camping site. “While the committee cannot state the condition of this land when the troops ar- rived, it found no appearance of a tropical jungle here or in the vicinity. There were no evidences of there having been serious work in preparing the camps, although, as is usual, there were small bushes, vines and low palms scattered here and there over the camp sites and the adjacent land.” Committee Favorably Impressed. “Altogether the committee was most fa- vorably impressed with the character of the site selected. We visited and obtained from the county clerk of Nassau county, Florida, Mr. Geo. E, Wolff, a map showing the lands occupied by the troops, and his official cer- tificate as to the ownership of the land. This certificate shows that the greater part of the lands occupied reverted to the state of Florida in June, 1897, by reason of un- paid taxes, and that no one by the name of Alger ever controlied any lands in the county of Nassau, as shown by the records, and that the land occupied by the 34 Penn- sylvania Volunteers at Fernandina as a camp was at the time the property of the state of Florida. “The water was piped without expendi- ture to the camp from Fernandina, being from an artesian well about 6 fcet deep. The supply was unlimited. The water had a slightly sulphur taste, which it is sald some of the troops disliked, and occasion- ally used surface water. “The locaticns of the hospitals, as pointed out to us, vere on high ground, well drained and apparently well selected. “The mayor of Fernandina informed us that Major Hendley, the surgeon in charge of the camp, had stated to him just before the troops left that the number of sick was 540, Camp Was Well Selected. “Your committee therefore has the honor to report that, if His opinion, the camp was well selected; {hat probably the site was equal in all respects to any other that could have been found on the Florida coast. “That from the fhfdrmation they obtained and what they say it’ was far from being a tropical jungle, apd that the certificate of the county clerk fndirates that no govern- ment official wa; ppierested in the land, that the amount 6f!Wwork done in clearing the underbrush uu e 0 greater than might have been expectdd At almost any locality in the south selected for camping purposes, that the site was Well drained, the water for drinking and évoking purposes good and the bathing facilijieg,at the sea beach excel- lent.” The war investigating commission heard several of the proBes#lonal female nurses at the forenoon sessibnitoday, including Miss Copeland, chief wurse at the 3d division hospital; Miss Robins, head nurse at the Ast division hospital; "Miss Hibbard, head nurse at the 24 Uivision hdspital, and Misses Walker and Waters, ward nurses. DIED -TO. EVADE- ARREST Sensational Suicide of an Unknown in Omaha Public Library. Caught in Attempt to Rob a Collec- tion, He Coolly Fired a Bullet Into His Brain. OMAHA, Neb., October 20.—An unknown mgn committed. suicide at the public library here, under mysterious circum- stances, early today. Everything points to the fact that he creted himself in the building with the intention of securing the priceless collec- tion of coins in the Byron Reid donation. When detection and capture confronted him he coolly placed a revolver to his temple and fired a bullet into his brain, There 1s nothing by which the suicide may be iden- tified. He was evidently a Russian, and some slight marks on the clothes would m to indicate chat he was a nobleman. Early this morning the watchman noticed the burglar alarms leading to the Reid col~ lection ringing violently. An investigation followed, and then the suicide’s weapon ex- ploded and the man fell dead in the hall in front of the watchman. The door leading to the Reid collection had been tampered with. This is the fourth time burglars have attempted to rob this collection. The thousands of gold coins of all nations it inciudes represent a large rothe coroner is investigating the case. The suicide was a large, fine-looking man. He was not seen around the building previous- ly, and the police can learn nothing con- cerning him. He was probably forty-five years of age, but there was nothing in his pockets to inaicate his identity. ‘The name John Schmidt was found writ- ten on the margin of a small map of Europe found in one of his pockets. The map was torn from a Russian geography. A pair of sun glasses, the case of which bore the label “Riga, Russia,” was also found. On the corner of a pocket handker- chief, in red silk, Were embroidered the se uraeeaguent uaging from his clothing, had not been injthig country long. From the quality of hig wearing apparel and his general appearanee, he was above the ordi- nary station in life, te OFFICERS NOMINATED. The Spiritualigts’ Committee Present a List of Names. The nominating committee of the spirit- valists’ convention, té’which was delegated the matter of making vominations for off- cers for the ensulzg year, made the foilow- ing report: H. D: Barrett, Massachusetts, president; A. H.‘Dailey, New York, vice president; M. T. Longley, California, secre- tary; Theodore 5. yer, District of Co- lumbia, treasurer, ‘ ‘Trustee: Elen F: Brown, Texas; C. D. Pruden, Minnesota; D. P. Dewey, Michigan; E. A. Rice, Mitnofs; Milton Barnard, Dis- trict of Columbia. ‘These nominations were made and the ccnvention was discussthg them when The Star’s report. closed. These nominations, with the 2xception of the president, are all new. —$ oe The Sick Volunteers. Private Louis T. Frech of Company F, who has been dangerously ill at his home, 640 15th street northeast, since his return from Cuba, is'now cn the road to complete recovery. He ts still confined to his bed. His physician has allowed his friends and comrades to visit htm. Ernest Selby of Company F, D. C. V., is again very ill of the Cuban fever at his parents’ residence, 2018 H street northwest, | IRR eb SE OSE ee eee eee ee ASSESSABLE PROPERTY Statement Made by the Commissioners to Oontroller of the Treasury. Aggregate of Land and Improvements District Subject to Taxa- tion—The Tax Levy. The following statement of the assess- ment of rea! and personal property in the District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, and the total amount of taxes sub- ject to collection under said assessment, was today forwarded by the District Com- missioners to the controller of the treas- ury: City real estate—Land, $87,607,496; tm- provements, $71,862,425; total, $159,559,921. County real estate, non-agricultural— Land, $10,695,741; improvements, $7,161,500; total, $17,857,241. County real estate, $4,508,609; $5,739,209, City, personal, $12,310,954; eounty, person- al, $42,545. Street railways, gross receipts, agricultural—Land, improvements, $1,230,600; total, $1,077,976. Grand totals—Land, $102,901, 846; improvements, $80,254,525; aggregate, $196,587,846. Tax levy—Real estate, $17,417,162. at $1.50, $2,661,257.43; real estate, $5,739,209, at $1, $57,392.09; personal property, $12,353,499, at $1.50, $185,302.49; street railways, $1,031 584, at 4 per cent, $41,263.36; street rail- ways, $46,392, at 2 per cent, $927.54; total, subject to collection, $2,946,143.21. — + PROF. J. M. GREGORY DEAD. ‘Was a Member of the First Civil Ser- vice Commission. John Milton Gregory, LL. D., who was one of the first United States commission- ers under the present civil service law, and who was for thirteen years president of the University of Ilino!s, died at his home in “The Concord” yesterday at 10:30 p.m. Dr. Gregory was born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer count; Y., July 6, 1822. He was a descendant of Henry Gregory, who came to Boston from Nottingham, England, in about 1635. Dr. Gregory was graduated at Union College in 1846, at the head of his class, and spent two years in the study of law. He then became a Baptist clergyman and was for a time pastor of a church in Akron, Ohio. In 1852 he was appointed principal of a classical school at Detro Mich. In association with President Era: tus O. Haven of the University of Michi- gan and Prof. A. 8. Welch of the Normal School, he established in 1854 the Michigan Journal of Education. As editor of this periodical he became so widely known amcng teachers of Michigan that he was chosen superintendent of pub- lie instruction of Michigan in 1859 and was re-elected twice, declining a renomination in_ 1864. In 1868 he accepted the presidency of the Kalamazoo College and thence was called to organize and become the first president of the University of Illinois, which was es- tablished at Chamraign, IL, in 1867, under government grant and with state aid, but resigned in 1880 because of ill health. While he held the office of president he had served as United Stat commissioner to the world’s fair at Vienna in 1873, as commis- sioner from the state of Illinois to the Paris exhibition of 1878, and as member of the board of judges in the educational depart- ment of the centennial exhibition in Phila- delphia. When the Pendleton civil service act was passed in 1882 President Arthur appointed Dr. Gregory, Dorman B. Eaton of New York and Judge Thoman of Ohio as the first commission, and bore a large part in the important work then done by the com- mission. After his retirement in 1885 Dr. Grego spent a number ef years abroad, collectiag material for a work on sociology, w was never finished, owing to hiv’ fa! health. Dr. Gregory took an intense interest in social questions. He was the first president of the Civic Center of Washington. He was for a number of years before his death vice president of the American Society of Religious Education, and took an active part in its operations. He was . member of the Association for Reforming Spelling, of the American Association of Social Science and of the National Heelth Asso- ciation. H> had contributed largely to ed- ucational and Mterary perlodicals, and of recent years has been in wide demand as a lecturer. He was a professor emeritus of the University of MHnois. — CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN. ng Program of the Twenty-Fourth An- nual Convention. The twenty-fcurth annual convention of the Catholic Young Men’s National Union convenes in this city on Tuesday next and will last two Gays. The Carroll Institute is affiliated with the union and the sessions cf the convention will be held in the institute hall. The building is being handsomely dee- orated in honor of the event. This meeting will bring to the capital many of the best-known and _ brightest young clergymen and laymen of the chureh. The Catholic Young Men’s National Union is composed of young men’s literary socie- ties throughout the country, and numbers about 50,000 members. The object of th union is the furtherance of practical Cath olic unity and the moral and inte‘lect advancement of its members; the fraternal union of all associations aiming in what- ever way at the spiritual, intellectual and mcral improvement of Catholic young men, and the mutua! enlightenment and assist~ ance resulting from such union; the priv- ilege secured to each member of being re- ceived as a guest by any society in “he union or as a member by transfer. ‘The Carroll Institute is actively at work perf2cting arrangements to fittingly enter- tain its visitors, and the program mapped out for their entertainment is an inter-st- ing one. Tuesday, October 25, after solemn high mass, at St. Patrick’s Church, at a.m., the convention will be called to order in Carroll Institute hell. At 8 p.m., an en- tertainment at the institute will be held, after which a lune n will be served. Wednesday morning and afternoon ses- sicns of the conventicn will be held, and in the evening a public reception will be ten- dered the del2gates. Thursday morning the delegates will visit the Catholic Univers.iy, and in the after- noon take a trip to Mount Veruon. During the convention the following pa. pers will be read and discussed: “Ameri the Land of Genius,” by James Joseph Brown, A. M., M. D., of Brookly: Y “Catholics and Peace,” by a represe ive of the archdiocese of Boston; “Leo XIII, Arbitrator Among Nations," by a represen- tativ3 of the archdiocese of New York; “Orestes A. Brownson,” by a representative of the archdiocese of Haltimore. Matters of much importance to the Na- tional Union will be considered during the sessions. The local committee of arrangements comprises: Ed. J. Hannan, chairman; H. W. Sohon, vice chairman; Franz H. Rodg- way, secretary; James F. Shea, treasurer; EK. F. Buckley, Rev. E. A. Hannan, Dr. J. H. Burch, A. C. Joy, Matthew Brady, J. M. McKee, M. J. Colbert, Robt. McDonald, Jas. J. Collins, Dr. C. E. O'Connor, Jos. T. Daly, John Quinn, Daniel Donovan, R. E. Sulli- van, R. F. Downing, Thos. O. Varnell, John A. Eckert, J. F. White, Chas. J. Govern, P. 8. Warren, John M. Henderson. es Capitol Employe Injured. William MacCulin, for a number of years employed as a painter on the Capitol build- ing, fell a distance of fifteen feet this after- noon and was quite badly injured. Mr. MacCulin was engaged in painting the por- tion of the main staircase east of the Cap- {tol on which the cluster of lights is lo- cated. He was standing on a ladder, which slipped, and he was thrown headlong to the asphalt pavement, striking on his head. The force of the blow was broken by his band, but he received a sewere scalp wound. : After a brief examination of bis injuries at the Emergency Hospital, where he was taken at once, it was not thought that he had received a fracture of the skv!l or any internal injuries. ese es Shot Wife and Himself. NEW YORK, October 20.—John Rein- hardt, fifty-five years of age, of Paterson, N. J., murdered his wife today because she disagreed with him as to the advisability of his going into the saloon business, and he then shot himself. There is not much Probability of his recovery. NEW OFFICERS ELECTED Supreme Grand Commandery, Knights of Malta —_hooses Leaders. of Reports Teday and Con- sideration of Probable Early Adjournment. The Supreme Grand Commandery of the Knights of Malta met In their hall at 90 Pennsylvania avenue this morning at 9:30 o'clock, and, after a very busy session, adjourned, shortly after 1 o'clock, to mect again this afternoon at 2:30. At the conclusion of the morning session it was announced that officers for the en- suimg year had been elected as follows: Supreme commander, E. W. Samuel, M. D., Pennsylvania, re-elected; supreme gen- eralissimo, Jchn W. Hicks, Massachusetts; supreme captain general, John H. Hoffman, Pennsylvania; supreme prelate, Edwin S. Gill, Minnesota; supreme recorder, Frank Gray, Pennsylvania, re-elected; supreme treasurer, W. J. Rugh, Pennsylvania, re- elected; supreme senior warden, Frank M. Williams, Pennsylvania; supreme ju warden, James B. Bell, New Jersey; su- preme sentinel, A. B. Jones, Pennsylvania, re-elected; supreme first guard, Moses B. Bullock, Delaware; supreme second guard, J. P. Kinney, Pennsylvania; supreme standard bearer, George S. Jones, } ssa- chusetts, re-elected; supreme sword bearer, J. D. Eilenberg, New Jersey, re-elect=d supreme trustee, elected for three years, Charles W. Bassler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, the headquarters of Supreme Grand Commandery, was chosen as the next place of meeting of the body now in session in this city. A number of reports and unfinished busi- ness will be considered, and doubtless dis- Pd ed of at this afternoon's session, and, if possible, the knights will conclude all the business before them and adjourn. If necessary, however, an additional session will be held tomorrow morning. Proceedings Yesterday Afternoon. The only business of importance tran: €d at the session of the Supreme Command- ery late yesterday afternoon was the tion of an amendment to the constitution of the order changing the basis of repre- sentation of the several grand bodies of the States in the supreme body from one dele- gate for every 1,500 members. The order galte for every 1,500 members. This order has reached the point in its history, it is said, where the ever-increasing member- ship makes it necessary to reduce repre- sentation in the Supreme Commandery, in order that the executive and legislative body of the order may not become too un- wieldy. One of the interesting features of the an- nual convocation was the meeting of the Princes of Bagdad last night. This ordes is to the Knig! of Malta what the Mystic Shriners are to the Masons, a side degree. The Princes met first at Malta Hall, where a number of initiations touk piace, candi- dates being admitted from outside cities where there gre no local siestas. The s preme sultan and officers of Caravan Si- esta were present. After the initiation of new members had been concluded the Ba: dads repaired to the National Hotel, wher= an informal banquet was given. Supreme Sultan Frank Williams of Pennsylvania presided and acted as toastmaster, and the several toasts proposed were responded to by Princes from other cities, by Past Sultan John D. Hyer and W. F. Campfield, sultan of Abdalah Siesta of this city. Ea Immigration to Siberia. From the St. Paul Russia is pushing across the continent her immens> jop- nbe. the Siberian railway with all the energy resources permit. While the larger purpose is to consummate the policy steadily pursued for more than two cen- turies of getting access to oceans, the no less important purpose of filling the great interior spaces with producers is not lost sight of. Hand in hand with railway ex- tension goes land occupation. To evercom the obstacle raised by the poverty of the the government has made ex- ary cheap rates of transport. The immigrant is carried 1,200 miles for $1.50, 2,000 miles for $2.10 and 4«0 miles for His household goods and implements carried 1,200 miles for cents a hun- are dred, for 43 cents and 4,000 miles In addition land is given and sustenance granted unul a crop can be raised. Apple Crop. Germany is about to have an apple crop smaller in quantity and poorer in qu. than has been gathered in recent ye cording to United States Consul General Frank Mason at Frankfort. Cider apples this year command three times the usual price, he says, and no cider will be made outside of Wurttemberg. Even cooking ap- ples of an inferior grade are now selling at Frankfort from 8 to 9 cents per pound. This deficiency is said to extend more or less generally to France the Tyrol, Bo- hemia and northern Italy, so that the con- ditions favor a large importation « i can apples. Whether this will be p: ble or not will depend upon, first, the sup- ply in the United States, and second, the sprit in which the German officials enforce the spection law. Mr. Mason believes, in view of the uncertainty of the trade, that the future development w be more inf the direction of dried and preserved fruits than of fresh fruits imported from the United State: Germany’ —+e<——____ Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, October —Flour firme spring wheat, straights, ceipts, 11,488; export sales, 72% :—rece! stock, Wheat, exports, 144,000; do. southern on grade, January, 375.2 steamer, mixed, } exports, 171,809; sales, 27,000. Southern white 37tga38; do., yellow, S8a3sty. Oats firmer; No. 2 white, wesiern, 2040 0; No. 2 ,mixed, do., 2 < exports none; stock, Rye strong and higher; No. o4; No. 2, western, 56; seceipts, ports none; stock,” 368,935. Hay firmer; No. 1 timothy, $10.50a$1L.. Grain freights actiye, good demand for steamers. Steam to Liverpool, per bushel, 6d., November; 5d., December; 44, January. Cork for orders per quarter, 4s. 6d., Octob- er;; 48. 3d., November; 4s. 113d., December. Sugar strong, unchanged. Butter steady. Fancy creamery, do. imitation, 18; do. ladle, 15ai6; good ladle, 13a14; store packed, 12213. Lettuce unchanged. Whisky unchanged. ——— Government Bonds. red. registered, 1908-1928, coupon, 1908-192 2 per cents, regi 3 per cents, 3 per cents, 4 per cents, registered, 1907 110% 4 per cents, coupon, 1907 11g 4 per cents, registered, 1935, 126% 4 per cents, coupon, 1925, 1275 5 per cents, registered, 11% 5 per cents, coupon, 1904 113 8 per cents, currency, 1890. + Wy Grain. Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and Skee 1419 F st., members New York stock ex¢hange, correspondents Messrs. La- denburg, Phatmann & Co., New York, GRAIN, Open. High. Low. Close. os 67: i is ~ 24 a Low. Close. 807 8.10 927 (9.82 505 = 5.12 $120 5.17 4300 4.82 4.50 4.87 Low. Close. i iS 648 FINANCE AND TRADE Stock Market Showed Some Strength at the Close. apenas OPENING WAS DULL AND WEAK Railroad Shares Neglected Still, Owing to Politics. - GENERAL MARKET spent REPORT YORK, October 20.—The Lon security market opened today at scbstan- tia! declines from the New York parity. During the openirg hour foreign nouset sold some stocks, but this selling mace lit- tle impressicn on local prices. Fractiunal declines prevailed, but the volume and tht character of the selling were not equal t# creating any general mistrust of prices The demard at the decline was in all cas#@ superior to the selling at a higher level. The room is still in control of prices to® degree, but material changes are guarded against by the continued refusal to liquidate jong stock, Commission house business has faller off noticeably, both broker and client agrees ing on the advisability of having the elec- tions in the past tense, owing to the pe. cullar sentimental influences involved. A stupid market 1s consequently being fos- tered instead of a discouraged one. The Pacitic stocks have passed from the stage of positive to merely passive strength, They are easily depressed within fractional mits, but are usually made to reflect mere- ly insignificant net losses. The dividend question on these shares is so closely allied with questions of legislative policy that ma- is evidence of prosperity st by certain influential in tions are consequenily interesting to the western and northwestern roads, the de- of populism determining the degree in which stockholders may participate in earn- ings. The Granger shares were given excellent support in spite of the dullness, gaining per cent from opening prices on limit purchases, The reports from the south are more encouragitg and interest in the se= curities of that section would revive in a broader market. argued sts. The During the summer months, when in-, creased dividends were the fashion, reports that Southern preferred would Increase its rate were heard on all sides, At this time the ability to pay an in- creased rate is commented upon, but doubt is expressed as to the wisdom of the ad- vance. Should the market be ins buoyant Stale at the time of acting on this question the present mistrust of the praposea in- crease would probably disappear. The industrial department was given rel- atively good support during the greater part of the day, althcugh one of the largest operators in (he street was credited with increasing the volume of his sales in these shares. Trade fights are now nearing the stage at which negotiatioas looking toward over- night settlements should be added to the risk of short selling. Not that such nego- Uations are in progress, but because the compromise spirit is relied upon to triumph in the end and becavse the unanimity of this view may hasten action. Manhattan was made a feature of the market as result of a repetition of the story that Metr litan had obtaine a controlling interest in the property, An advance of more than 2 per cent fol- lowed buying of a more or less professional character. ‘The price responded easily to the demand, thereby showing the pressure of a moderate short interest. At the ad- vance the trading became dull, but some speculative buying was attracted by the fact that the stock could be made to ad- vance in the face of such an unsympathetic situation. The markets for both bonds and stocks were strong during the Snail hour at the best prices of the day. The volume of legitimate business increased but slightly, but room sentiment changed for the better during this period. > — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. Open. High. Low. Close American Spirits........ 1 11M toMy American Spirits, pid...) 24344 BA Bg American Sugar Wiig BH lag They American Tobacco. M3" 16 oe te Atchison .... 2... at LL, I Atchison, pfd BBH BB BBY Atchison’ Adtusty 6 Senin bake aeoes Baltimore & Onk ay 4 BK Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 68% 64% 68K 64 Canada Southern......0 022... . Chesapeaxe & Ohio 21% C., C.C. & St. Louis 39 Chicago, B&Q... 114% Chicago& Northwestern. 131 . M. & St. Pani. 3 Wis Chicago, K. 1. & Pacttic. wy ot P.M. & O.. & G. Western . ls Consolidated Gas. 15 6 Metropolitan Traction. 158jy 159% Manhattan Elevated... 954 98% B2sg BR P a1 National Lead Go. ae New Jersey Central. P w York Central Northern Pacit N Southern Kai Southern K) Lexus Pacilic Tene. Coal & Union Pacitic... Pacific, pfd. +S. Leather, pd. L 8S. Rubbe: rs R pid. pid. Western Union Tel... American Cotton Oli. Federal Sieel ALS. Wire. "clock m.—Belt Railroad 20 at 79%, tropolitan Railroad cert Columbia Railroad allroad 3s, 50 bid, 115 bid. Belt |, 125 asiced. ‘Kington Rail- road 6s, 100 bid.” Washing ‘ompany series A, 68, 114 bid. Washington 6s, 114 bid. 0. 8. Electric Lig 103 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac. Telep Ss, 108 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 100" bid. Washington Market Company Ist Gs, 1 3 < ington Market Company ings. 6s, 115 bid. Wash- ington Market Company extn. 65,115 bid. Masonic Hiall Association 5s, 108 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 295 id. Metropolitan, 316 bid. Central, 146° bid. Farmers and Mechanics’ id, ISS asked. Sec. ond, 145 bid. Citizens bid. bid, 145 asked. Capital, 125 bid. West End, 90 5 onked. “Traders. 100 bid. “Lincoln, 115 bid, Washing- % 130 asked. American . 150 bid.” Washington Safe De- posit, 50 bid. lusurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 28 bid. 38 bid. Metropolitan, 70 wld: “Corcoran, 52. bid. 60 bid. Arlington, 127 bid. | Germ: American, 190 bid. National Union, 10 bid. Co- lumbia, 11 bid, 12 asked. Kiggs, 7% bid, 8 asked. People’s, i bid, @ asked. | Lincoln, 10% bid, 10%, asked. Commercial, 4% bid. eal Estate Title, 75 bid. Franklin, Title Insurance Stocks. Columbia Title, 4% bid, 5 asked. Rallroad Stocks.—Capital ‘Traction Company. 71 78iy asked. Metropolitan, 123 bid, 126 aske Columbia, 70 bid, 75 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks. Washington Gas, x48 bid, 49 asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 bid, 48 asked. ‘U.S Electric Light, 111 bid. 112 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potoma, bid. Pennsylvania, 38 bid, 45 asked. Miscellancous — Stocks.—M: thaler jonotepe, 14, Dh a6 1844 bid, 180 asked. | Lanston American 6 ed. in Carriage, 1 Washington rican Graphophorg, 1 14 asked. ho arco aay! id. 15% ask- Pneuma' 7 Market, 10 bid. Great Falls Ice, 125 bid. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 9% bid, 97 asked The Fields Case Again. In connection with the case of Wilhel- mina A. E. Fields agt. Therease Agnes cage Se epg samp jong tan ad M. Fields, in wi ice Peace Church awarded the first named from the ruling has been filed in an in iuaimes Cink or oe