Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1898, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1898-14 PAGES. QUITS UNDER FIRE Gen. Chanoine, French Minister of War, Resigns His Office. TOMULT IN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ?remier Brisson Says the Revisionists Will Be Sustained. QUELL GUARDS A RIOT ong bodies of po- nd of Ia projected ghborh: the pvent the £ the cham- intr vd financial a repub- the govern- uphold to the about disord is Bourbon when nd other de by a crowd 0 th of = the ie ran nd obliged to clear with the 7 en- mites 2 A coniliet of police ¥ er. M. Guerin, Anti-Semit en M. D urrive with Aa dis- w M wn m ereupon he was o evidently re - the Di lasting five ine Resix nine was a with ived the Chamber. 1 1 two of the a until the vicinity puties black with ral Chanoine and th around the Made were many the ad the SLOAN WINS TWO RACES TODAY. Vakes Trial Plate and Old Nursery hes Newmarket. 25.—Tod Sloan landed ur mounts he had in he first day's % of the Newmarket- Houghton meet lis first race of the day, t overeigns, was " resford stabl Bayard nditions of this event sid by auction for rald’s filly Dosia he win ner was de Rot $s colt Vatel, 2 Valleda. Th won with the Old Suspende and Lin Orme t Express ithout Ga UEHANNA, Pa. express train —When mund, at this tion at midnight la | the s GREELY CRITICISES SHAFTER Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army. No Provision for a Field Telegraphic Train — First Found Cervera at Santiago—Sent News of Defeat. General Greely, chief signai officer of the has completed his report of the op- of the signal service during the h war, and claims eredit for much that has heen attributed to other of the military and naval serv- He says that the arrival of Cervera’s squadron at Santiago. was first reported by Colonel James Allen, and later verified in- work nches ices. dependently by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph E. Maxtield, both. officers of the signal corps. The blockading of Cervera’s squad- ron was due, General Greely , to the concerted action of the President and Sec- retary of the Navy, based on reports and made personally to them officer of the army. squadron was destroyed Allen reported by tele- chief signal officer the fact fleet had been destroyed, which n was conveyed to the President and the country fourteen hours In advance of any other official advice. In connection with the signaling at San- go the report criticises General Shafter. sth Army Corps was not supplied with ficid telegraphic train, the major gen- having declined to have representa by the ions niet ig When Cervera 3 Colonel the entire July graph to that the a a era! of the corp: further criticism Is made upon Gen- after: ncerning this telegraphic and_tele- phone service, which did net fall within the plans of tie major general commanding the sth Army Corps, and for which he made no proviston, the chief signal officer Of the army feels ft incumbent upon him to point out its absolute military necessity and value, nd to indicate the extraordi- which any general commanding hed army. especially one serving on gn sofl, assumes whenhe leaves him- n: with telegraphic or tele- unprovided phone facilities.” General Grecly’s report gives a review of the ‘acies overcome by the corps at San- tiago. During some of the time members were under the fire of the Spanish guns on the cable vessel Adria, and once the ves was saved from destruction by a Spanish torpedo boat through the promptne: the navy. Capt. Martin M. L. Hel- lings and three other officers of the volun- teer Signal corps distinguished themse! rant Colonel Alien in recommend- r promotion. The chief signal officer recommend for promotion to be brevet brig al of volunteers for his conspicuous lantry and persistent rts within of the enemy’s batteries, in an un- rmed ship, which resulted in the di tion of one of the enemy's cable | In the Manila campaign the work o nant yson is praised ear ard the Signal Corps carried = ced trenches its tel ph lines and repaired under fire, where- communica as maintained through- the campaign. When the final as © company of the Signal Corps ran i telegra © up the n beach i an advanc ation under econd line. Ss HIS DE by out At AGAIN, Kk Gen. Breckinridge Resumes His Duties as Inspector General. Maj. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, who has just been relieved by Maj. Ge Ison as mm r of the Ist Army Corp Knox- jas returned to this city in ob legrap! sumed his regular duties at riment as inspector gen Will soon sever his = nears ‘The Sixth Going to Texas. Gen, Miles today ordered the 6th Rez- iment of Infantry, which made such a fine reccrd in th go campaign, to pro- ceed from its present station at Fort Thom- as, Kentucky, points in Texas, w Headquarters at San Antonio. = ae ee Cannot Move the Dry Dock. aval have visited Ha- harbor have reported that © new steel floating dry dock, which was purchased the Spanisn government towed to Havana just sk of war, is in such con- dition that it cannot moved. Probably the fact that the dock is in the condition dereribed is the only reascn why the Span- ish officials at Havana have not already made an effert to have the dock towed to Ss as it was towed from England to Hevana. Phe officers recently and » the outb: in E prior ng jand, + e+ — PACIFIC RAILWAY. UNION Annual Report of the Directors. The of goverment ctors of the Union Pacilic rz ay was made ublic =! the In- is with and the Union Pa- the fatter and Government ennual report the the Secretary of The report largely de terior coday of railway sinkirg tund > 1,583,281.57 the cit vember 1, and the Fitzgerald purchasing ses. The repert ves: ther report that the entire the United States for subsidy bunds issued on the line of the Kansas Paciic Kuiload Company, imeluding inter- St to April 1, 18us, was $12,501,900.19; that ar ucting Uherelrom Ute amount alized at the said saie—tnat is to say, $6,- 5,0—there SUI remains due to the Unit- ed States the Sum of $4,059,000.19. Proceed- i ave been mstituted against the Union Pacine Katlway Company by the D2part- ment of Justice in the circuit court of the United States tor the district of Nebras former for $1 Alvin trustees WW. Louis being the Kreent bot c “We debted Ke in conti in- by which it is claimed that the Unite dla Hewed the said principal sum ogether with interest upon $01,900.19 from April 1, 1sv7, 1s, i598, and also interest on 19 from Feoruary 16, 1805."" ree ~ FEDERAL TROOPS. UsE or The Attorney Genera t Attorney G letter to Sen tates the Law Gov. Russell. Griggs has written a Pritchard of North Caro- al tor lina, in answer to the letter written here by the North Carolina senator describing the dangerous situation of aifairs in that state, and intimating that federal troops miuty huve to be called for. he letier of the Attorney General is purely legal and without comment. He ives the law by which the governor of a te can call upon the President for fed- eral troops. This law is that a governor may do so when he has exhausted all local efforts to put a stop to rioting or disturb- ances. er, Henry Kingsley of Sus 1 dead in the cab, with After the train twenty-three miles west and others noticed that 4. was fou badly crushed. on. trairmen ive the usua! signals at small stations, and that the was ru € at an unusual spe Fireman Cowgill noticed that the whistle was 1 own for this station, and, going forward into the cab, found the dead engi- neer. The train hed run at a terr twenty miles without an engineel ere were over two hundre passengers on board It is supposed that the e a water crane at a point just east of aghamton Engineer Kingsley was one of the most reliable engineers on the Erie neer was hit by read. He leaves a widow and several chf- ére: es The Sick Soldiers. Private B. E. Mead of Company A, Dis- trict of Columbia Volunteers, who had re- covered from typhoid, and was able to leave his room, had a relapse Friday, and is now suffering with malaria and rheuma- tism at his residence, 513 D street south- —+e+ PULLMAN CASE REMANDED. Decision of the Llinois Court Sustains Moloney. CHICAGO, October 25.—The supreme court of Illinois decided today that the ac- tion instituted by ex-Attorney General Maurice T. Moloney during his term of office to compel Pullman's Palace Car Com- pany to restrict its operations to its cha: ter limitations should stand, and remanded the case to the cireuit court of Cook county, where it will now be tried. Ex- Attorney Moloney had contended that the Pullman company was incorporated simply for the purpose of making, selling and leasing railroad and street cars. His object was to compel the company to retite from the real estate, gas, water, heating, brickmaking and other enterprises conducted by it at the town of Pullman and in ieago. The case was fought by coun- sel for the company and was thrown out by the circuit court. Counsel for the state demurred and appeal was taken to the su- preme court, E Sao has decided in favor of the former attorney general. > Situations Secured. Many situations are secured through the want advertisements :n The Star. The cost is but trifling. Fifteen cents pays for fifteen words. . Supreme MEANS OF DEFENSE! Annual Report of the Chief of En- gineers. MEASURES 70 RESIST HOSTILE ATTACKS Those That Were Taken During the War With Spain. ARMAMENT CONTEMPLATED SS The annual report of Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of engineers, U. S. A., has been made to the Secretary of War. In consequence of the war with Spain that portion of the report relating to fartilica- tions and other means of defense is most interesting. On this subject Gen. Wilson sa In consequence of the war with Spainand the possibilities of hostile-attacks upon our coasts, urgent and pressing demands were made by senators, representatives and lo- cal business mterests for the immediate erection of seacoast batteries at numerous points not contemplated in the general scheme of national defense. When it Is considered that the aggregate length of the coast of the United States, exclusive of Alaska, is 5,715 miles, and that more than 700 towns and villages on this extensive line can be attacked by ships drawing ten feet or more of water, the practical im- possibility of immediately and adequately defending every vulnerable point becomes readily apparent. Such an extensive de- velopment of works is not contemplated or necessary in a national system of defense which takes cognizance only of points im- portant by reason of their wealth and population or of their strategical situation. In the absence of any available modern armament, the Secretary of War directed the Immediate construction of temporary batteries, mounting old-style armament and siege guns, for the defense of a num- ber of exposed localities, including some which are embraced in the scheme of na- tonal defense. Value of € st Defenses. While no hostile attacks were made upon our coasts during the war with Spain, the operations of the American fleet on the coasts of Cuba and Porto Rico have amply demonstrated the value of coast defenses, including shore batteries and submarine mines, in resisting navai attacks. It may be confidently asserted that the completion of the projec pon which operations are now in prog: will practically insure the safety of our principal harbors and sea- coast cities against any attacks from the sea. One other important deduction may also be drawn from the ults of the war, viz, the great value and efficiency of the rapid-fire gun. It 1s gratifying to report that not ouly has a considerable number these rapid-fire guns been mounted dur ing the year, but that prov nm has been made for the manufacture and emplacing of a large additional number. Existing projects for seacoast defenses mtemplate the emplacement of about 500 heavy uns of 8, 10, nd 16 inch cal- iber, of about 700 calibers and of ab hgures are subject pid-fire guns of various ut 1,000 mortars. These to. slight’ changes as minor revisions are made and additional lo- calities mcluded. The estimated approxi- mate cost of the engineering work conneet- th the installation of this armament 169,000, has been mad>, including the act of July 7, 1898, for mounting vast gr , 24 rapid-fire guns about 57 per cent of the armament of heavy guns ected 36 per t of the rapid-fire guns and 3 per cent of the mortars. This armament is disposed at seventy-one localities | in twenty-nine Wh harbors of the United S the diplomatic relations with Spain n to assume a threatening character, s were given to push work witn all pessible energy, and to mount every avail- able gun as fast as delivered. Op2rations were carried on with double, and in som! cases thre s of workmen, and wy pushed, regardl+ The extraordin s of weather and clima efforts made have re- sulted in a m gratifying progress, es- pecially in the number of guns mounted and availabie for service as compared with the previous fiscal year. There were mounted during the y 12-inch guns, fifty-two 10-inch gurs, S-inch guns, twenty-six rapid-fire gun seventy-one 12-inch mortars. Care of the Batteries. early all of the guns and mortars mounted at the close of th» fiscal year had been transferred to the artillery for care under the provisions of Army Reg ulations, 1486, The care and service of this modern armament has larg:ly increased the responsibilities devolving upon the ar- use ullery arm of the service, and has devel- oped a defect in its organization which calls for prompt remedy through legislation rabl lingly des! with th be cond It is 2xce tions connecte modern batteries Congre! that all ope: vic of the 2arne: > obt: ly ree- ommended that ned pro- viding for the enlistment in each battery of of two or more machinist eiec- ng at‘a rate of pay which will secure a class of men capabie of properly caring for and operating the electric sJigat and power plants of modern batteries. In order to continue the work of con- structing seacoast defenses in accordar. with approved projects, and to provid> em- placements for the guns and carriages for which tne chief of ordnance will submit timates, an appropriation of $4,300,000 will be required, and this amount is re- quested. Under the terms of tha acts of September 1888, and March 2, 18s, dynamite vat- teries were constructed, under the ordnance department, in past years at San Francisco harbor, California, and at Sandy Hook, N. J “Dynamite batteries have be2n ordered and will be erected by the ordnane> de- partment at Port Royal harbor, 8. C., and Fishers Island, eastern entrance to Long Island sound. Submarine Mines During the past two years the quesiion of a revision of the torpedo system has been under consideration by a_ special board of engineer officers. A number of im- provements in the details of the materials tion of the system were rec- oremended after their superiority had been noustrated by practical United States Engineer School at Willets Poiat. The labors of this boar] had been practically completed at the outbreak of the war, but unfortunately neitt! time nor, funds ‘vere available for immediately replacing the old-style apparatus with new and impreved, and it became neces- sary to use the former to a large extent in mining the various harbors of the voun- try for defense against attack during the war. At th? outbreak of hostilities there were on hand a considerable number of mine cases and a limited quantity of oper- ating apparatus, but no cable, explosives, search lights or any of the tuultitude of miscellaneous minor articles need31 to plant and operate the mines. Steps were immediately taken to procure as rapidly as possible all needed material, and for placing in position at every importaat har- bor a preliminary line of mines. The to- tal allotments from the appropriation for ‘National Defense” made by the President for the torpedo defenses of the country aggregated $1,540,000. In addition, tha de- ficiency act of May 4, 1898, appropriated $50,000 for the purchase of material and $300,000 for planting and maintaining the mine fields. At the close of the fiscal year submarine mines to the number of over 1,500 had bean planted in twenty-eight dif- ferent harbors, with all their cables, en- chors, junction boxes and the necessary operating apparatus installed. For the preservation and maintenance of ths mine flelds it was necessary to enforce special rules approved by the Secretary of War for the navigation of friendly vessels, in- volving the 2mnlcyment of a large num- ber of tugs and boats with a numerous per- sonnel, at an approximate average daily. cost of nearly $3,000. River and Harbor Improvements. ‘Taking up the important subject of river and harbor improvements, Gen. Wilson says I that experience has shown that the system and in the oper: of providing fangs for carrying on con- tinuously. or completing. certain works has heretofore Tesuités: in-materially reducing cest. He sags, Senificantly, that if this system is regtrictalto works fully. justified by the interésts ‘ofjeommerce, it will prove an economtead one providing the appropri- ations are sé} made as to avoid delays in payments tosccéntiactors. He points out that some difficulty has already been met in endeavoring tomonvince contractors that they may iovig to Congress for full payment if they push-¢heinswork. The total gmount spent. for the improve- ment of rives§-angl harbors and incidental expenses ending: dane 30 last was $17,161,- 799... The-tot@l estimate for the year of 1900 on .the same -account is $12,888,487. That is on -aggoung of continuous work, and for projects ,npt severed by continuing con- tracts estimates amounting to. $15,580,341. A radical..departare in the. usual course suggested by_ the: chief af engineers is a matter of estimates for the maintenance and improyemenis of works for which there e no funds available otherwise. He asks that Congress authorize him to present spe- cial estimates for such works as are neces- sary to navigation, ~ a DR. BOSS ‘TESTIFIES. t pat fae Assixtant Surgeon,#irst Infantry, Be- fore War Commission. ANNISTON, Ala., October 25.—Dr. R. D. Boss, assistant surgeon.in the 1st Jufantry, Was the first witness before the war inves- tigating commission today. He was with , this regiment_and with the 4th Infantry in Cuba. He Bree at Santiago July 10. He found the medical supplies short, and was unable to secure any of them for a few days until he learned low to get them from the division hospital, There was a sufficiency of quinine, but a shortage of morphine. However, he ha all of this latter remedy that was absoiute- ly necessary. He was able to secure hospital stores, such as food delicacies, by “hustling” for them, getting them first from the Red Cross Society and ‘then going to Santiago for them. z 5 He had made a requisition on the chief surgeon of the division for these supplies, but he bad been unable to secure them be- cause they were not there. However, he had no serious illness in the command if gotten Ss promptly ‘Ss the government these supplies to Santiago s the Red Cross and Dr. Boss replied that, while he had no information, ne thought it could have done so. $ He had left Santiago with the 4th In- fantry and gone to Montauk Point on the Seneca. When they left Cuba, he said the command was “all broken up,” and every man of the command was sick on the way north. The doctor himself was sick, and in the detention hospital at Montauk, and he testified to the careful conduct of that institution, saying the supplies were ample and the attention was all that could have been desired. Other witnesses examined were Lieut. Reed of the 4th Wisconsin, Lieut. West of the 3d Alabama and Lieut. Hailey of the iid Tennessee. Dr. Conner asked could not have ee WILL NOT LET DANIEL SPEAK. Trouble Expected at Wilson, N. C., Next Friday, Special Dispatch to The Evening ®tar RICHMOND, Va., October 25.—Senator Dani2l is scheduled to speak for the demo- crats at Wilson, N. C., next Friday. A merchant frog tbat town says trouble is apprehended “on agcount of threats made by populists atid ¥¥publican fusionists that he will not bé “alla; ed to speak. Their purpoge, 4g stated, is to retaliate for the allegt] badd treatment of Senator Marion Buverwhgn he undertook to sp2ak at Wilmingto: There is much suppressed excitement arcund Wilsorfant any breach of the 7 would likely €nd im bloodshed, as the cit zens are armeg in,yiew of trouble. WwW TOL ALCO, € OM pe Uni ot rien Incorporated, With 810,000,000 Capital. ALBANY, N: Y. October 25.—The Union Tobacco Comffany of Ameriéa, capitalized at $10,000,000, filed a certificate of incorpo- ration with fhe f@cfetary gf state today. The company’s cajjital is compos2d of 690,000 preferred Stock and $8,000,000, com mon stock. Its priticipal office is to be in New York ity, and it purposes to manu- facture and sell tobacco in all its forms ‘The directors are F Chas. M. Billings of New York city and Wm. M. Coleman of Brooklyn. The com- pany paid to the state a corporation tax of $12,500, x ANY FORMED, —— +> Officers Honorably Discharged. The following named officers of tie vol- teer army have been honorably dischar ed’ Maj. James T. Chase, Ist New York 1 fantry; Lievt. Duncan C. Lee, 2081 New Yerk Infiatry; Capt. R. O. Haubotd, 22d New York Intantry; Lieut. Frank 3. Me- Ginley, Lith Pennsylvania Infantry; Lieut. William S. Righter, 4th New Jersey Infan- try; Mzj. William McC. Johnston, surgeo: th Pennsyivan Infantry; Col. John § Caudler, 3d Geergia Infantry; Lieut uel Diehl, 6th Ohio Infantry; Maj. Henry C. Davis, 34 Regiment, United States Vol- unteer Engineers; Lieut. George J. Austin, Sth United States Volunteer Jnvantr: Lievt. Carl Hansen, Ist United States Vol untecr Engireers; Lieut. J. R. Van Ness, Ist North Carolina Infantry; Maj. 3eorge W. Crile, bricade surgeon; Lieut. John W. Arbuckle, 203d New York Infantry; Maj. Schuyler C. Graves, brigade surgeon} Maj. Samuel W. Kelly, brigade surgeon. SS ee Suit to Inforce Contract. James W. Barker today, through Attor- neys Tallmadge A. and Wilton J. Lambert, filed a bill in equity for specific perform- ance and injunction against the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of this city’ and Samuel C. Wilson’ and James F. Oyster, trustees. The petition sets forth taat in July last Mr. Barker, being in arrears in the payment of the interest to the insur- anee company upon a loan of $10,000 made by the company to him upon houses No: 1108 and 1110 H street, the company offered him $14,000 for the property This proposition, it is alleged, was duly accepted and the necessary steps taxen to secure an examination of title and transfer, but subsequently the company, it is further alleged, in violation of its contrat, at- tempted tc rescind and. withdraw its ‘offer d'recting the. trustees, Messrs. Wilson and Oyster, to advertise the security for sal as in case of default, which was according ly done, the sale b2ing set for the 2th in- stant. It is prayed that the court wiil restrain the defendants from selling, pendente lite, and permanenily: thereafter, and will also Sam- decree specific performance of the con- tract for purchase. Upon preseytation of the matter, by counsel, to the court, Judge Cox issued a restraining offer: against the defendants, returnable on the ‘%th proximo, Will ,Filed fer Probate. The will of the iate Alfred Shucking, filed today for prdbate; directs J. M. Vale to take possessign of, his office and sell all his effects that age sglable. The deceased di- rected this for the reason, he explained, that he did net dgsire to bother his wife, Susan C. Shugking; with the settlement of his affairs. : Philippiné [nsurgents Withdraw.. MANILA, October 25.—The insurgents have peaceal thdrawn to the distance desired by rican officers, except at Galoocan, dheWerthern suburb of Ma- nila. The 6th Artillery will go to Galoocan on Wednesday. tds thought probable that there will be no apposition to this move- ment. —>— Col. Funston to Be Married. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October 25.—Col. Frederick Funston’ of the 20th Kansas Reg- iment will be married this evening to Mrs. Therese Blankart.of Oakland, who is well known in musical cirTies. They will sail tomorrow for Martla. Lieut. Fred Baker of Company H, 5ist Iowa, will be married to Miss Monteith of Des Moires, who arrived on the Overland train last night. _ ee Noted Fréneh Painter Dead, PARIS, October: 25.—PlerreyPuvis de Cha- vannos, the Freneh painter, is dead. He was born at Lyons on December 14, 1824. ie 1 Cheap Publicity, For fifteen. cents you can let eyery one in Washington know by a Star want ad. that you.want a situation or want a cook. JOHN PRICE ON TRIAL Charged With Stealing Funds of “Metropolitan R. B. Company. HE ENTERS A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY Arguments of Counsel Over the Manner of His Extradition. PARTICULARS OF THE CASE Trial was begun today before Chief Jus- tice Bingham, in Criminal Court No. 1, of John Price, indicted for larceny. The case involves one of the boldest and most suc- cessful instances of robbery in the criminal annals of the District. The afternoon of March 30, 1807, at the busiest time of the day, in a busy section of the city and in public cafe, some one walked away with a hand satchel containing $1,682 in cash. The government is attempting to prove that Price was the robber. He declares the ac- cusation to be false, and entered the court room this morning confident of establish- ing his innocence. Shortly after noon of the date given Ar- thur O. Babendrier, assistant superintend- ent of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, drew from the Washington Loan and Trust Company $1,682, with which to pay cer- tain employes of the railroad company. As was his custom, Mr. Babendrier placed the cash in his hand satchel and then pro- ceeded to the Vatoldi dining room, on 9th street between E and F streets, for luncheon. For safe keeping he turned over the satchel to Miss Ettie Searles, cashier of the establishment. She placed it on the floor beside her desk, the latter being in- closed within a railing. While Mr. Baben- drier was at luncheon in another part ot the room an elderly man entered the es- tablishment and requested that Searles have prepared for him as possible a number of sandwiches. cashier turned to repeat the order to a waiter. When she returned to her duties the elderly customer had departed. Miss Searles, glancing through the window, saw him walking up the street beside a well- dressed woman. She did not notice wheth- er or not the man was carrying anything in his hand. Discovery of the Loss. When Mr. Babendrier was ready to leave the place he cailed for his satchel, and it was then ed that a robbery had occurred. fied, but the bird, and satchel, had taken flight. concluded that the robbery of a professional and that likely to undertake such a job w Price, wno was alleged to possess a inal record. A photograph of Price eured from the rogues’ gallery, was Miss Searles, and she pronounced it ness of the man scpposed to have walked off with the satchel, or of a person who re- sembled him cl It required mont! of ceaseless vigil to locate Price and secu his arrest. The address of a widowed sis- ter of the defendant was obtained throws the pension bureau e detectives reated & room in a house opposite her residence New York city, and, after long watchin: 1earned, with the aid of opera glasses, that man was in the house. A visit th brought Price to light. His removal this Jurisdiction fought in the York courts 1 ummer, but finally was rende! to the mars! of the L trict of Columbia, brought here, arraigned and released on bail. dsscove a The police were promptly noti- incidentally ¢ The detectives was the work 19sK John crim- te New he Ww: In court today the defendant was repre- sented by Messrs, Lipscomb and Turner of this city and Mr. Abram J. Rose of York. ‘District Attorney Henry and Mr, John E. Laskey, one of his ants, appeared for the government. Price, a man apparently sixty years of age, wi gray beard, was neaily attired and bore none of the earmarks of a criminal. Mr. Davis Opens Proceedings. The proceedings were opened by District Attorney Davis, who announced that the government was ready in the case of the United States against John Pri In reply Attorney Lipscomb stated that the defense was not ready. He explained that three indictments had been returned against Price many months ago. Price was a cit zen of New York. On two of them the circuit court of appeals of New. York de- He clined to order the removal of Price. Was finally extradited under the third dictment. “This defendant was extradited under one indictment,” stated Mr. Lipscomb, “and now the government propo to try him under another. An argument s then submitted to show that such action could not be legally taken. District Attorney Davis, in response, d clared that the matter at issue was not an ordinary extradition, but mere from one part of the United Stat other, under a warrant of the States, by state authori Mr. Davis gued at some length in support of his con- tention, and he was followed by Mr. Rose, who took the other side of the proposition. Question of Jurisdiction. The matter of jurisdiction also di evssed in detail. Chief Justice Bingham, after explaining that the question at issue was not new to him, announced that he weuld hold that this court has jurisuiction in the case of Price. A recess was then taken till 1:30 o’cleck to allow the prepara- tion of a plea, in order that the record of the case may be complete, After re $ Unit for the defend- To trict Attorney Davis demurred and the court sustained the demurrer. The d fendant waived the reading of the indict- ment again, pleading not guilty. The jury was then called. At 3 o'clock the jury had not been completed. —-__. Improving in Health. Mr. O. T. Crosby, the president of the City and Suburban railroad, who has been suffering somewhat from everwork, is much improved in health. ———_ Machinists to Meet. An open meeting of Columbia Lodge, No. 174, of machinists, will be held at Mc- Cauley’s Hall, 209 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, this evening at 720 o'clock. Grand Master Machinist Jamé: ‘onnell of Chicago, and members of Executive Council, A. F. of Labor, will address the meeting. —— Report Submitted. In a letter to Senator McMillan, chair- man of the Senate District committee, the Commissioners have submitted a report on the bill providing for the extension of llth street, similar to the report made by them to the House several months ago, and recommending that the measure be so amended as to make one-half of the cost peyable by the United States. ns Fed Over 30,000 Soldiers. The chairman of the Pension Office Ladies’ Relief Association made her report to the commissioner of pénsions today on the work of the association in feeding the hungry soldiers who passed through this city. The association, which was formed August 13, fed over 30,000. The expenses of the good work aggregated $2,118.38. A list of those who donated money and food to the association was appended to the re- port. —_>—_—_. Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are seek- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of interest to know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Situations are inserted in The Star at a charge of 15 cents for fifteen words. ——_—>—_— Col. Harries Much Better. Colonel George H. Harries, who is con- valescent from a severe attack of fever, contracted during the Santiago campaign, was reported very much better’ this after- noon. Colonel Harries has been improving steadily since his return from Asheville, N. C,, and will doubtless be fully recovered within a short while. is | ap nr gor T-aP TSS SnnspnaraSaD ann aTPSETaCUP EERE nEP-PTE TUPTEUEPPTEr Penna apna eReIEEnEER REDE UEE ERED EEEEEEPREEEEEEEP ERED eee AMENDED ANSWER FILED The Brightwood B. RB. Company's Plea for Trackage Arrangements, Proposes to Eq: Cars for Rw = Over Metropolitan Tracks to Ex- tablish Reciprocity. In the proceedings in equity instituted by the Brightwood Raflway Company against the Metropolitan Railroad Com- pany for reciprocal trackage, the former has filed an amendment of its original peti- tion. It states its proposition for recipro- cal trackage arrangements with the Met- ropolitan company to be as follows The Brightwood company proposes to equip.a number of its cars with proper mechanical appliances to adapt them to be operated upon the tracks of the Metropoli- tan company with its present underground electric system. The Brightwood company proposes to de- liver the cars so equipped to the Metropoli tan Company atthe point where the re- spective lines of the two companies connect at the intersection of 7th street and F a avenue, and desires to have the cars pro- pelled by the power generated and in use by the Metropolitan company upon and over the tracks of that company from that point to the station of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 6th street, thence re- turning over the same route to the initial point. The schedule proposed for the foregoing service is as follows: The first_car will be deliv street and Florida avenue at from that hour until 8 a.m. suce at intervals of ten minut from 8 a.m. to W a.m., at intervals of minutes, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at intervals of ten min- utes; from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at intervals of 7g minutes; from 7 p.m. to 12. mid night, at intervals of 10 minutes, turning from Pennsylvania station under the same headway The Alternatives. Or, the ears instead of stopping at the Pennsyivania station and returning from that point, may proceed to the terminus of the Metropolitan railroad, near the arsenal, and return from tnat point under the same headway for the different hours, tated. AS compensation for the service pro- vided by the Metropolitan company the Brightwood company offers to furnish the dditional equipment required for the serv- ice proposed, and all fares collected while the cars of the Brightwood company are upon the tracks of the Metropolitan cor pany will be turned over to the Met tan company, less the expenses of anain- taining and op-rating the cars while on the Metropolitan tracks. Or, the Brightwood company will p the use of the tracks of the Metropolitar company, and the wear and tear of the me the sum of S cents >: car mile. If this alternative propo: > however, be ac- cepted the Brightwe npany shall be entitled to receive back from the Metro- politan comp a stm equal to that re- dl by that ¢ ny for the transporta- passen in the cars, of the rightwood comp they are on the tracks of th r ay. Ree Brightwood allow the Metropoli tracks from terminus upon the sar and compensation which it propos the use by it of the tracks and power the Metropolitan company. Under an order of the court, politan company must, within to the points presente com) ny, with a re red at 7th am., and ive cars y for company an company to us¢ proposes Florida avenue north terms a to its to power for of Brightwood whether it proposi 5 of either of them The court further ¢ politan company shall, at the same set forth distinetly the ral poin the offer made by it for reciprocal t upon the Brightwood road. fo this offer of the Metrepolitan com- pary the court orders that the Brightwood company shall file its reply to each of the a time, of points within five days thereafter. > ALLEGED SHORT WEIGHT. Prominent Firm to Be Proseeuted for Using Inaccurate Seales. As the result of an investigation which he lately conducted, Mr. W. C. Haskell, the District sealer of weights and meas- Lies, intends prosecuting one of the largest in the District for selling goods concerns underweight. In visiting the of this concern recently, Mr. Haskell found that in but ene of the five places visited by him were the scales correct. In the other four there was found under the aies a wad of paper, so arranged, it is said, that a loss of half an ounce or more was suffered by the purcha The to proprictor of the business explain Haskell that the paper wads we zht Mr. er f of paper sz im which « sold by ght were deposited wh welghed, i by Mr. Haskell that the paper wads were much heavier than the paper sacks, and ine also informed the man that purchasers are entitled to the fuil weight of the goods sold them and not less material that of the paper sacks or ott in which the goods ar weighed. As the paper wads were placed under hat half of the scales on which the goods were placed, it appeared to Mr. Haskell, as he explained, that when the goods were placed in wrappers the purchaser suffered double loss in weight nt jeeming the explanation offered a satisfactory one, has decided to bring the matter to the at- tention. of the Police Court, that the court may decide the question. Sas aE CHARGED WITH OLD CRIME. Alleged Murderers of Louis Ball Held to Grand Jury. WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, October 25.—Hannah West and Abraham Huffman have beet bound over to the grand jury on the charge of murdering Louis Ball in this city twelve years ago, by beheading him with a razor. <s Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. 5. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAL Open, Low. Sle Close. tI May. Corn—Dee. Vork—Dec. Jan. Lard—Dec Ff ovemnber. December. January farch....... May 3 per cents, registered, 3 per cents, coupon, 1908-1928...) 4 per cents, registered, 1907. 4 per cents, coupon, 107% 4 per cents, registered, 1925. 4 per cents, coupon, 1925... 3 per cents, registered. 1903. per cents, coupon, 1904. 6 per cents, currency, 1899 1VOS1938227 lost 105% Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, October 23.—Plour firmer—western, $2-45a§2.80; do. extra, $2.85a§3.25; do. fi ily, $3.55a83.80; winter wheat, patent, $3.90a$4.2 spring do., $4.10a$4.35, new; spring wheat stralght $3.50a$4," new; receipts, 28,615 ‘barrels: exports, 26,903 barrels;' sales, 150 barrels, Wheat dull and easy—spot, month and November, 75a75',; Decent ber, 70a764: steamer No. 2 red, 70%4a70ls; re celpts, 153,031 bushels; exports, "16,000 bushels: stock, 1,404,462 Duslels; sales,’ 24,000 bushel southern wheat by sample, 70a76; do. on grade, 70) aTbig. Corn casy—spot and month, 87Kagii<; No- vember, ST Hata; new or old. November or Decem- ber, 37ta37%; “January, 3783744; February, bid; steamer mixed, aa WH, 464 bushels; 171,427 ‘bushel 1,003,005 bushels; seles, 70.000’ bushels: southern white corn, 3744; do. yellow, 38. Oats quiet . 2 white west- ern, 20a30; No.’2 mixed do., 27 receipts, 85,- 270 bushels; exports, 20,000 bushels: ‘stock, 419,202 bushels. Rye firm—No. 2 nearby, 55%; No: 2 west- ern, 5714; receipts, 12.686 bushels. bushels; ‘stock, 210,342 bushels, auth -easy—No. 1 Simothy $10.50. Grain freights with- out change, demand light, unchanged. Sugar na | FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Were Strong With Consider- able Demand in New York. EUROPEAN MARKETS DEMORALIZED por ee The Grangers and American Tobac- co Led Local Advance. GENERAL MARKET REPORT ene) eee al Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Oct -¥ and advancing rates fer mon Berlin ard the eontinental centers resulted in heaviness and semi-demoralization in all the foreign markets this morting. Consul were depréssed for a time, but rallied 1 j cent later in the day and helped to reste wweign politics n London, more rational trading in all de partment’) Developments at Paris are anxiously awaite ed in financial centers because of the gravik ty of the questions invelved. The local market is obliged to consider these influences, but as yet it has matutains ed an indifferent attitude so far as whole sale liquidation or freightened selling 1@ corcerned. The room sold stocks yesterday the Supreme Court's decision in the int Traffic Association case. Today the me stocks were bought back at “higher es. Speculators may have nm sure prised at the result of thi: rail contention bee vads and the governinent f the roads concerned were tween the but the offic cutting was in prog fore the court reacted its conclusion. an@ was ret that an association Ing in the loyalty necessary cess of its object should be summar ess months bee by the court's verdict. Sine Missouri decisi Western roads have tranaged to five and pay dividends, and §t is highly probable that some Ie xT dient will be discovered for the good of | eastern roads. The lack of desire to sell lorg sto in any considerable yume would seem to reflect contidence this view Earnings are coming In up to and beyond expectation. St. Paul's rej : hern reports a gross inc f $2: nd a net inc . rthern Pacific gross for te increase 2477S) net er 1 $250,000, stocks were strong throughout The short interest covered Lib. 1 some buying in anticipation of advanes accompanied the granger shares were ex- rong, and the Flower issues, Atchison preferred, reflected in higher prices toward the end t ar. A sharp decline in Pullman Car stock way noted among the developments of ing of the day was in cco, the price advancing > ent under the combined in- fluence of covering and new clique buying. A reaction of 2 per cent was accomplished upon the annou nt of the incorpora- tion of the Uni acco Company, with a capital of $10,000,000. This announ ment ser st the ac q the nt to the reacti - ing ‘a Tae manipula- tion f the and the pre- lic f seems within easy reach for week's record. As is usual, the ary announcement of inspired the a settlement advance. : Gas and the industrial nerally, reflected the strength of the representative of that group. The undertune of the market was decidedly firm during the afternoon in spite of mod- crate profit taking. Two weeks of cam paigning remain, during which reactions may be freqaent, but should contidence in the result of t level the declines are eral purchases, vote keep up to its present likely to attract lib- 7 > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits. . My 1g American Spirits, pfd * ‘i American Sugar... lily ii American Tobacco... 1s 190g Atchison .. stone tehison, pfd. Atchison Adiustinents. Baltimore & Ohia....... 44 Brooklyn Rapid Trausit. 644 Canada Southern....... |G: Chesapeaxe & Onio 20% ., C. C. & St. Louis; Chicago, B&Q itty Chicago Northwestern, 130i Chicago Gas sevens 10255 ©. M.& St. Paul. + iy ago. KL. & Pacific. 100% chic St P MRO... ..... hig. 4G. "Western 2) “i4iy Cousol:dated ir Lel., L 0 Delaware & Hudson... Den. & iio Grande, pfd fre... tral Kle iilinois Central . Lake Shore ee Louteville & Nashville... Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Missouri Paci! M. K. & 'L., pfd. National Lead Co : XNew ey Centrat... ew York Centrai Northern Pacitl rn Pacific Pacitic Mail. - Phila. & Reading: Union Pacific, pfd.... U.S. Leather, pfd US. Rubber: Rubber, td. pia a nion Federal Steel... ....0.. A. 5S. Wire call—12 o'clock m. 20 at TH. 20 at 78%. lo at d Potomac Telephooe 1 at IN. Mapital T, b-vear funding, bid. 7s, lol, 116% bid, road 108 bid. Bon asked. 121 Belt road ts, 100 1 rast npany Ist any i is, a. Wasiington Market Cc ington Market Com et extn. Gs, 115 bi nic 108 bid. National Hank of Washington, 29% bid. Metropelitan, bid. Central, 146" bid. armers and Mechanic IST asked. See- ond, 145 bid. Citizens’ slumbia, bid! 145 asked. Capital, 125 bid. West End, bid) 95 asl ‘Traders’, 100 bid, 105 asked. 115 bid, 122 asked. Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Sate posit aud ‘Trust Vashington Lown and Trust, x125 pid, 12 Ameri am Security and Trust, 15 2 Insurance Stocks. —Firemen’s, 28 bid. 3Siy bid, Metropolitan, 70 bid.” Corcoran, Potomac, 58 bid, 6 asked. Arlington, 127 |. German-American, 190 bid. National’ Uo: . 10% bid. Columbia, x11 bid, 11% asked. Riggs, 7% bid, § asked. "People’s, 54, bid. Lin- coln, 10% bid, 11 asked.” Commercial, 4 Wid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 75 bid. Columbia Title, 4% bid. Railroad Stocks.— Capital ‘Traction Company, 78% bid, 78% asked. “Metropolitan, 125 bid, 126 asked. Columbia, 70 bid, 75 asked. Eckington, Sty bid. Gas and Electric Stocks.—Washington Gas, xis’ bid. Georgetown Gas, 48 gsked. U, 8. Blectrie tage. 109 bid, 111 asked. Iephone Siocks.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 50 bid. Pennsylvania, 35 bid. Miscelinneous Stocks.—Mergeuthaler Linotype, 184 Lansion Monotype, 13% bid, 18 bid, asked. tical Rmserican Graphophone, 13% bid, 4384 ‘asks ed. American Graphophone preferred, 144 bid. 15 ed. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .19 bid. Wash- PEO: aeckste Th bid. Great Patis Tee, x10 id, 12S asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, bid, 97 asked. ‘ix dividend. Hatta Ba - Appointed Comminsioner. F. Walter Brandenburg has been appoint- ed a commissioner of the Court of Claims. Salen: All Washington an Andience, The Star's “Wanted Help and Situations” columns are carefully read thousand: daily. Fifteen cents pays for fifteen wordy