Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1898, Page 2

g THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER ‘5, 1898-24 PAGES. HARVARD IN LEAD Game Between the Big ‘Varsity Crews Now Going On. THE SCORE STANDS 5-0 Great Crowd at the Game and Much Enthusiasm. — RESULTS BY INNINGS a FIELD, Cambridge, Mass., The ‘Varsity elevens of the < of Harvard and Py ch of of to battle pre their re he day open- ed with i weather and the resultant fumbles on the t of the play- ers. The field. howe was beautifully dry and hard. and t alone gave the on encot n hour 0 two before the began not a drop of moisture had fallen The air. however. was lifeless, and while there was no stiff breeze to favor the win- rer of the toss, there was not the bright. | srappy « ns so much desired by every fcot 1 es More thousand supporters of Pennsylvania arrived this morning, and their “Penrsyl. Pennsyl, Pennsy!v was heard the first time The Harvard students were, however, not to be ou and h the incentive of last night's meeting in Sanders’ ‘Theater, was not long before the swell of the Har- vard “Rah! rolled through the col- lege y 5 ined at Au- burnda! ntil nearly noon, and then took a coacn through the beautiful boulevard to the dressing room outside the field. The Line-t Positions. Left end Burde Right guard. Houghton.......Right t Hallowell Right en Daly... :-Quarter_ bac Dibblee ...Left half back Warren Right half back Reid 2 -Full back -Outla Umpire—D: lof Lehigh. Referee, Mc- Clung of Lehigh. Timer—Wood, B. A. A. The crowd. after entering the field, di- rided, with the Harvard supporters troop- mg up to the south which rapidly ill Ivania enthusia h side of the field ternoon at cheer- » first real demonstra- a great sweeping red a stalwart by a bat 1 marched around the id. The wind breezed t from the southeast, and, with a afternoon was an ideal one. he Play in Detail. 2 CAMBRIDGE, Mz November 5, ard’s ball and she s toward whil play makes tou Cochra and Harvard aire ball ver in 208 Dora dow Harvard pund right ennsylvania’s into the air. yards on offside runs ten yards. Har- f field Hlar- but ball rd tine. 40-yard n for o Harvard's los- her- After by ards -yard yard line i. Penn- ten yards hirty- line. for gual nter of fi Hary Harvar runs ten her fifty- i's bell in ylvan to Ivania’s ball ¢ twenty yards on ins ten yards trd’s line asvivania kicks, but weak ef- Hallowell eatehes it in air. 2 pun I ball on her Daly ru rference wn forty- hrough Penna’s gains her @ vania’s 50-yard rush, but end. Penn- ball on play ine, i in by 2 o her 15- ‘st half score. ar Penn- Twenty-Five Men Cxoght in the Fall- ing Debris. DETROIT, Mich., Novem The roof of the new Wonderland Ti sMapsed at 135 p arrying dewn the iron gal- leries of structure and a great mass of debris. y-five men were working un- ‘ollaps:d parts of the structure. Scarcely any of these seem to have escaped injury Phe bodies of six dead men have already T re injured overed, and the front of . is con- sidered dan al’ ambu- lances are busy the dead, { ahd the surrounded by @ great crowd of people. The theater was t 1 occupied by J. H Moore's wonderlar ne new build- ing is owned by rhou is situated on Monroe avenu new Det City Hall estate. It adjoining the it Opera House and opposite the cee eg FIFTH OHIO MUS’ RED OUT. Effort Was Made to Retain Regiment in the Service. CLEVELAND, Ohic, November 5.—The Sth Ohio Voluateer Regiment was mustered Out of service and the men paid off here today. They received a total of $108,000. ‘The officers and many of the privates were anxious to have the regiment remain in the service, and strong pressure was brought to bear upon the War Deperiment through Senator Hanna and others, with this end GOVERNMENT OF CUBA Who Will Be in Command Not Yet De- termiaed. The Impression is That Major General Wade, Commission, Will Be Selected. Chairman of the Hava The government of Cuba has given the administration much concern, and is not yet definitely determined upon. Since issu- ing the order designating the troops which are to go to Cuba, there has been consid- erable talk at the War Department about the probable commander of troops in Cuba nd the organization of a government, civil and military. The probabilities are now that Cu®a will be designated as one de- artment and placed under the command of one officer. The general impression seems to be that the officer will be Major General Wade, now chairman of the Cuban military com- mission. His duties as a member of this commission have fitted him for further duty in Cuba, having rained considerable knowi- edge of the conditions existing in the is- nd, and acquired experience which will him in governing it to the best ad- vantage of the United States and the peo- ple of Cuba fi ‘The President and Secretary of War have reat confidence in him, and he is believed to combine the military and civil qualities of government which fit him well for the supreme command in Cuba when all the army of occupation is assembled there. Brooke and Merritt Mentioned. There has ben an intimation that Gen. Brooke, who has been in command in Porto Rico, might be selected for command in Cuba, but such is not the present intention. Gen. Brooke, who ranks all th> major gen- erals in the volunteer service, commands but about 6,000 troops In Porto Rico, less than some brigadier generals who are in command of divisions, and much less than several generals of corps. It is understood that Gen. Brooke does not care to remain any longer in Porto Rico than the depart- ment actually thinks his services are re- quired. é There has been some suggestion that Gen- eral Merritt might return and take com- mand of Cuba, but the same reasons which incline the administration to the selection of General Wade now no doubt would op- erate to prevent the selection of General Merritt. Division Into Districts. General Wade ranks all the volunicer major generals now in service, and would rank General Lee, in command 6f the 7th Corps, although the latter wiil be in ac- tual command of the district of Havana. It is possible that the department of Cuba will be divided into districts, som? of great- er and some of less importance. ‘The prin- cipal districts would be Havana, Santiago and Cienfuegos. It is possible that each province will be designated as a district. The command of the 2d Corps is sill un- settled. General Lawton was at one time selected for the place, but it was found that two officers at least rank him, and this proved rather unsatisfactory. Then, Gen- eral Lawton, who was on leave, continued on leave, and General Young was placed in temporary command. Whether this tem- porary command will continue is yet un- determined. RESTORED TO EIGHT HOURS. Department Order Regarding Navy Yard Employes. All the employes of the Washington navy yard who have been working more than eight hours were put back on eight hours yesterday as a result of an order from the y Department. ken a favorable sign by the men they wil: be paid their back pay, which re claiming for overtime worked dur- ing the war. imed that all the men who signed to It is the pe straight will not receiv tually signed aw ion work twelve hours for the beginning of the war ary extra pay, as they their right in so doing. A circular has been sent to members of Congress by th yard employ: ho petitioned Secretary Long for ex- iy due them for working overtime immediately preceding and during the war. The circular is signed by W. F. Ackerman of chairman of the com p country It in Mare Island nav a day; in Brooklyn yard it is $3. day and in the Washington yard it is MM he men claim that for all work in ex- ss of eight hours a day they should be paid time and a half, whereas they have been paid only straight time. They are op- posed also to the system of fining the men first-class pay is $3.8 pe if they are absent on sick leave for more than three da ‘rotecting the Pensioners. The rule of the Post Office Department that letters addressed‘to pensioners be de- livered only to them er some authorized member of the family, has rece n supplemented by an order of the commis- sioner of pensions that all pensioners be required to furnish the nearest pension agent with their full address. This order S promulgated to assist the department wating pensioners to protect them akes and fraud. SS work read the want columns gainst mis If you wa of The Star. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- jow will show that the circulation sworn to !s a bona fide one. It ts easily possible for a news- Paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, bi nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by resclts, and bogus circul: Uons don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, October 29, 189s. MONDAY, October 31, 1895, TUESDAY, November eee WEDNESDAY, November 2, 1998. THURSDAY, November 3, 1893. 34,357 WHIDAY, November 4, 1898..... Rotel soitee. oceeteeee see 78,598 Datly average. seeeeees 29,766 1 solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of coples of THE EVENs ING STAR cirenlated during the six secular daya ending Friday, November 4, 1898—that is, the mum. ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- edor mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or anbacribers, and that none of the copies so eounted are returnable to or remain in the office unseld. a. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. in view. Secretary Alger finally wired on Thurs- day last that {f 600 members signed « peti- tion asking that the regiment remain in service it would be done. The mecessary number of signatures required, however, cguld not be objained, and the regiment Wha ordered to be mustered out today. Subscribed and sworn to before me this ufth day of November, 4.D. 1598. JNO. ©. ATHEY, Notary Public, D.C. KILLED IN A Seven Men Lose Their Lives by Another's Carelessness. — THREE OTHERS BADLY INJURED Dummy Engineer Pushes Three Cars Down a Shaft. HE DISOBEYED ORDERS WILKDPSBARRE, Pa., November 5. Seven men were killed and three faially in- jured at the Exeter colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at West Piitston, rear here, this morning. The accid was due to the al'cged carelessness of Engineer David Price, who, acting in disobedience of positive orders, caused three cars to run into the top of the shaft. These cars, load- nd weighing eleven tons, fell Zown the 360-foot shaft and crashed with frightful ferce upon the carriage carrying tea men. ven were olmcst instantly killed. The dead ar Michael Smith, thirty-five years, miner, married; leaves widow and four children. Andrew Tinko, forty years, miner, mi ried; lea widow and six children. Michael Pccesabanny, twenty-five years, miner, unmarried. Michael Brazuke, miner, unmarried. Joseph Cuiock, twenty-five years, ried; leaves a widow and one child. Michael Waslowski, forty-five years, un- married. Joseph Ardrewoski, thirty years, unmar- ried. The injured are William Puk miner; internal injuries. J ph Winsler, laborer; head and back lacerated. Paul Lecksnones, the spine The accident occurred at 6:30 o'clock, as the men were going to work, and being sent down the Exeter shaft in parties of ten. At the same time Engineer Price, in charge of a little donkey engine, was shift- ing loaded cars from the New Red Ash shaft, several hundred yards away, to the Exeter breaker. This track approached the head of the Exeter shaft, and at a distance ot thirty feet from it curved gently to the right and around the shaft to the breaker. At the point where this track commenced to curve was a switch, and the thirty feet of track leading to the head of the ft was used tor storing crippled cars. Close to the head of the shaft it was closed by a head block. Price’s orders were to approaeh the breaker with the engine at the head of the train. A few days ago he was caught pushing the cars and was threatened with discharge for disobeying orders. Today he did the same thing. The train was going at good speed, when, instead of curving around the shaft, the cars dashe | into the switch, which was open. Price reversed the engine, but it was too late. ‘The cars struck the headblock, smashed it, and three of them toppled down the shaft. About twenty feet from the bottom they struck U are riage with awful force, completely wreck- ing it. The mass of wreckage feil to the foot of the shaft, choking 1t, and when, after hard work the men we extricated, seven were dead and three were fatally hurt. The injured were taken to the hos- pital. thirty-three years, mar: laborer; contusion of oe RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDEN Fourth Ohio Volunteers Shake Hands With the Chief Executive. The 4th Ohio Volunteers, commanded by Col. Coit, marched through the White House today, probably the first regiment accorded that honor. Their heavy oes resounded over the tiled vesti- 1 furnished a peculiar noise. » regiment is on its way home from Porto Rico. It arrived in New York Thurs- day, 1,150 strong, with a sick list of only three. It arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning over the Baltimore and Ohio road. The regiment disembarked at the New York avenue station of the Baltimore and Ohio ever road and marched raight down the venue to the White House, being escorted by a squad of mounted poli At the White House the arrangement was for the regiment to pass in review be- fore President McKinley, stack arms out- side of the White House grounds and re- turn to the executive Mansion to shake hands with the President. This was carries out Headed by its band, playing martial airs, the regim2nt marched in through the northwest gate of the grounds and passed out through the northeast gate to tive avenu the treasury and White How 8 were stacked. President McKinl> retary Alger, As- sistant Secretary Allen, and a number of officers from the War Department stood on the front porch of the White House whil> the regiment passed in review, the guns at carry arms. A large number of people were assembled near the Pr nt, and greeted the regiment with handclapping and other demons ion: The men are a healthy and happy looking lot of soldiers, and retary Alger ren ked that did not seem to be much cause for plaint in that regiment. After stacking arm thers com- ment marched back to the W ‘and single file throu hands with the and Secretary Alger. When this ceremony was over the regiment returned to its train and re-em- barked for Ohio. nt appe McKinley expressed de: arance made by the Ohio the fine diers. ee INTERIOR DEPARTM ONT CHANGES. Promotions. Appointments, Resigna- tions ind Reinstatements. ‘The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: General land office—Promotions; Waller R. Staples, jr., of Virginia, clerk, $1,400, to 31,600; William H. Richards of South Da- kota, clerk, $1,200, to $1,400; Thomas Rutf- fin of North Carolina, clerk, $1,000, to $1,200; James F. Casey of Louisiana, copyist, $900, to clerk, $1,000. Patent office—Appointment: Albert FE. Fay of Massachusetts, fourth assistant ex- aminer, $1,200. Resignation: Samuel N. Pond of Connecticut, second assistant ex- aminer, $1,600. Promotions: Charles McC. Chapman of District of Columbia, third as- sistant examiner, $1,400, to second assistant examiner, $1,600; Alan M. Johnson of Mary- land, fourth assistant examiner, $1,200, to third assistant examiner, $1,400. Geological survey—Resignation: Hamilton S. Wallace of Mississippi, topographer, $1,600. Pension office—Reinstatement: Thomas N. Magee of Pennsylvania, copyist, $900. Res- ignation: Thomas D. Ingram of Pennsylv: nia, clerk, $1,600. Promotions: James C. Sperry of Illinois, clerk, $1,400, to $1,061 Oliver D. Kinsman of ‘Maryland, clerk, $1,200, to $1,400; Ernest W. Young of Penn: sylvania, William N. Harder of Michigan and Jacob H. Himes of Missourl, clerks, $1,200, to special examiners, $1,300; Samuel H. Smith of Pennsylvania’ and Abram 8. McCoy of Ohio, clerks, $1,000, to $1,200; Lewis F. Hanson of New Hampshire and Charles F. Cain of Ohio, copyists, $00, to clerks, $1,000. ‘The Secretary has appointed Dew M. Wis- dom agent for the Indians of the Union agency and E. H. Doyle and BE. J. Phillips of South McAlester, Indian territory, ref- erees to determine the damages to be paid by the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Rall- road Company to the Choctaw nation for additional land to be included in the sta- tion grounds of said railroad company at South McAlester, Indian territory, under the provisions of the act of Congress of April 25, 1896 (29 Stats., 109), with compen- sation of $4 for each day engaged in the trial of the case and mileage of 5 cents for each mile actually traveled. + Movements of Warships. The Peoria has sailed from New York for San Juan. The Alvarado and Sandoval have arrived at Caimanera. ‘The Glacier has sailed trom Caimanera for Port An- tonio. The Saturn has been placed out of commission at Norfolk. _ tion of Cong ayia been removed }withih the past twenty-four hours, as we haveucceeded in getting in line very rearfy all licans, him have yer; MINE |THE REAL: SITUATION | NICARAG {tT Conditions-at Wilmington, N. C., De- scribed by‘ the Postmaster. 1 LETTER SENATOR - PRITCHARD mn Private Gommunication From a North €arokna Colored Man. i Rk nod THINGS “AS. HE SEES THEM W. H. Chadtourn, postmaster at Wil- mington, N. C., lately wrote to Senator Pritchard, making“Yarious statements con- cerning political conditicns at Wiimington and throughout=North Carolina. This let- ter was published in The Star, but it was followed by anotner communication from Mr. Chadbourn, under date of October 18, which further explains the position he has taken on the questions treated by him. This letter says: For the sake of any fancied politicai ad- vantage I cannot afford to make a one- sided presentation of. the situation in. this city and county, and by naming only the white officials and leaving out the colored doubtless some advantage has been taken. and a faise color given to the actual sttua- tion, to which the business people and tax- payers regardless of party may have made serious objections, “As a macter of fact, there are in this county thirty-six eolored magistrates and a colored register of deeds and various cther minor officiais, besides some presiden- Hal appointees, and the property owners, tax | and business men seriously ob- ject to this state of affairs, and there now exists here the most intense feeling against any sort of negro domination. “There is a greater feeling of unrest and uncertainty about the maintenance of order than I have ever seen, and many, even the most conservative, feel that a race conflict is imminent, than which nothing could be niore disastrous, not only to this city and county, but to our party in the state, and rather than have riot, arson and bloodshed prevail here, I, republican though [ am, advise giving up tle local offices in this county, as there are no national political principles involyedin this conflict. “I had thought at first that it was mer ly the usual political cry and the fight for the offices, but I am now convinced the feeling is much deeper than this, as it per- vades the whole community, and there seems to be a settled determination on the part of the property owners, business men and taxpayers that they will admin- ister city and county government. The Real Situation Described. The following letter was written by a colored man living in North Carolina to sother colored man living in this city. For obvious reasons names are omitted: There has beer’ a ‘slight let up in the tersion here since Saturday. You guess cor- rectly: it is South Carolina in ‘76 over again with the difference that both sides are frightened—one from death, the other from fire. There is an arrangement between Rus- sell and the business committee that there will be no leRal replblican ticket, in consid- eration for Which {he republicans will be permitted? to. vote be state judges, repre- sentatives, state s@iator and The treuble 1s that the republicans are very sore and swear they will not vote any ticket if they can*t’ vote for local officers. The arrangement’! ¢liminates the brother in black. . TO You ask mé my opinion. To begin with, my own eyes thaveybeen opened to the fact that the opposition is solely due to the presence of fhe negto in the body politic. I have been ¢@losely connected with af- fairs here aum kmow that. “Taxes are lower. Insurance # lowétlon account of efficiency in fire department. « Obiigations"have teen ‘promptly met, and there been a consid¢rable decrease in ‘oticitor. the debt and an fiheréase in the '4inking furid.’s 1 =f -otegme J That a freater pereeitage of taxes ‘fs collected, theréfore less tax dodging. That (¢s Chadbourn said) there has been ore building than ever before. Everything is on the credit side of the s so far as finances are concerned. But the administrative and legislative branches of the country and the munici- pality are the result of the participation in elections by the negy (The claim that the whites own cent of the property can be carried further, and it will be found that less than 25 per cent of the whites own this 95 per cent: therefore, the 100 or 50 property holders should do ail the voting.) Some negroes are policemen, ten or twelve: the register of deeds is a negro—a few more scattered here and there in subaltern place: This participation is a point of objecti There is an armistice which will dewn trouble—the reput s andoning local ticket and to vote s' ticket as be- fore said—but what a If we carry a branch of the legislature, then everything will be all right. It looks as if we will. For Political Purposes. Senator Pritchard has written a long let- ter to F. M. Simmons of Raleigh, N. C., to show that under democratic rule negroes in North Carolina were given the same prom!- nence in the holding of office that is given them under the republicans. He conclud that the cry of “negro domination” is mere- ly for politieal purposes, and is not raise because of fear of such domination. ° SURE NOW OF MARYLAND Senator Wellington Says Six Republicans Will Be Elected. The Situation Has Changed for the Better in Past Twenty-Four Hours. Special Dispatch to The Evening Stor. BALTIMORE, Md., November 5.—Senator George L. Wellington, chairman of the re- publican state committee, today reiterated bis prediction, published in The Star last week, that his party would elect the entire six members of the House of Representa- tives in Maryland next Tuesday. He said: thé campaign is practically over, and I am ready to express my confi- dent belief tht the republicans will carry every district’fn Maryland. We have made a careful, and, I believe, an accurate, poil ot the voters, district by a ind the result gives us every bod Margin. While we have been sure of All. the districts except the first for several dys, all doubt regarding them has beentremeved. “Unless all calculations fail, Col. Jackson will be elected! On ‘the’ eastern shore over his democratic competitor, Col. Jonn Wal ter Smith, by a plurality of 700. “AM possible dcubt regarding the re-elec- Sidney #. Muad has the disaffected repuv- se ho are still opposing ittle influence. “{he opposition to the re-election of Rep- and tl resentative. Baker.,in our own ranks has aiso been placated, ahd the republicar in the state has been brought into excellent shape for the final work on next Tuesday.” party ‘Tonight the republicans of the city wii! held their fina} mass meeting at Music Hall, at which the principal speakers will be Secretary of ‘the Navy Long and Senator Wellington. On.Mgnday Senator Welling- ton wiil make his last speech of the cam- paign at Denton, amd ‘will reply to Senator Gorman’s speech..which,.was delivered at the same place yesterday. Fe Ona eae Secretary Long Goes, to Baltimore. Secretary ce left... Washington this afternoon for Baltimoré.” He is to take part in the republican demonstration: in that city, and is set down for a speech on cur- rent issues, and particularly with refer- ence to the part-the*fiavy has played in Work of the Commission Nearly Completed. ee REPORT WILL SOON BE SUBMITTED Cost of the Trans-Isthmian Water- way Carefully Calculated. PRACTICABILITY ASSURED <eesees The Niciragua canal commission appointed by the President under an act gf Congress directing a complete inquiry into this proj ect, with particular reference to i licability and cost, has’ about completed i work and the present prospect is that the report will be handed to Secretary Hay in about a month. The commission has taken a building on 15th street formerly used as the German legation, and, under the direction of Ad- miral Walker, chairman, a force of puters, draftsmen, enginee: on the report and the m: matter which will accompany it all the most elaborate presentation of the subject ever attempted. The commission is laboring, however, to avoid prolixity and to center attention on the salient features of this great project, leaving the statistics and details to follow in supplements. This promises to give a report which will be in- telligible by its conciseness, and yet suffi- ciently comprehensive to meet the require- Ss of such a large problem. The com- ion has gone about its work feeling as likely to-furnish the basis for the final action of this building of the canal. Practicability and Cost. ‘The conclusions reached by the commis- sion will not be announced until the report is submitted. It is Known, however, that on the two salient features—practicability and cost—the commission will report, fii that the project of a canal joining the At- lantic and Pacific by what is commonly known as the Nicaraguan route is entirely feasible and practicable, presenting no en- gineering problems which cannot be met; and, second, that the cost can be presented with a fair degree of mathematic exactness, allowing for excavation, construction and all other items. The report will give this cost in figure but the amount fs not yet known even the commissioners, as it wil! depend upon the careful computatioas now being mad-. The purpose is to make it as near math matically exact as possible, and not to give mere opinion of the various commissioner Admiral Walker has already expres: the opinion before a congressional commi tee that the cost would be within $125,00% v0, and this is understood to be his op ion still. But the report will state a figure not based on opinion, but on the careful calculations of the many experts who are now at work on every branch of the project. The only element of doubt will pe in establishing the unit of cost for certain estimates, as there may be difference to this unit, depending on conditions of the soil, climate, etc. For instance, while the commissioners may fix with exactness the total number of cubie feet of excavation required in such a vast undertaking, it is not easy to fix on fifty cents ¢ other sum as the unit for reckoning the whole or any considerable t of the work. This ill be done as closely as possible under the circumstances, and the indications th the figures as to cost will be exceptionally conclusive in showing the utm limit to which the government could be put if the building of the canal is begun. A Unanimous Report. The report, it is understood, will be unant- mous, as the commissioners are agreed on all the essential features of cost, practi- cability, route, dams, &c., the only differ- ences being those natural shades of opinion as to the unit of cost on some of the branches of the work. The report will not refer to the political questions involved, but will confine itself to the scientific and engineering problems. The political questions, it is recognized, are for the State Department and for Congress, nd these will be working out about the me the report is presented. They invoive the question of concessions and rights granted by Nicaragua to the old Nicaragua government on the St, Canal Company, and quite r tly to a company of American capitalists; also the question of the right of the United States to buill 1 as a distinct government enter without refere to private conce . as contempls what is know the Frelinghuysen treaty, and later advocated by Secretary Sherman; and, finally, the complications growing out of the ¢ ppearance of Nicaragua November 1 as a sovereign n. by the United S: As stated, ho: not deal with the tion and its absorption of Central America conflicting private inter fine itself strictly to the project as an en- gineering enterprise. It is known to be the private opinion of some of the members of the commission that the government, and not private enterprise, is the only means n be constructed. serious obs les urged S a government proect by which the canal c ‘One of the mos t the canal beer the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and right of joint cecupaney and control it ciaimed by Great Britain. But a growing feeling that the senti- nts developed between the two countri g the progress of the recent war will go far to remove this obstacle and will probably pave the way for a complete understanding between the countries, President Hitchcock Here. President Hichcock of the Maritime Canal Company, as the Nicaraguan Canal Com- pany is now known, called at the State De- partment today to discuss with Secretary Hay the recent action of the Nicaraguan government in granting the Cragin and Eyre concession. Secretary Hay has not yet re- ceived tne report upon the details of the transaction, which he has called upon United States Minister Merry to furnish, so that nothing can be done at present, al- though it is the intention of the department to fully protect any interest which the United States government itself may claim to possess in the existing canal concession as soon as the grounds are properly laid for a further prosecution of the case. Mr. Hichcock was accompanied by Mr. Mason, a New York attorney, and paid a visit to the White House before leaving town. me dur + «+_______ BARONESS DE ROQUES IN LONDON. She Visits Her Daughter, Mrs. May- brick, In Prison. LONDON, November 5.—The Baroness de Roques has arrived here from France, and has paid her semi-annual visit to all the authorities. She was permitted to visit her daughter, Mrs. Maybrick, who is under- going imprisonment for life in Ailesbury prison, after having been convicted of poi- soning her husband. She reports the prisoner in a lamentable condition, worn to the bone and still un- able to work. She is confined in the in- firmary and her spirit is utterly broken. Friends of Mrs. Maybrick here are con- vinced that some influence which does not appear on the surface is alone responsible for the opposition of the home office to the release of Mrs. Maybrick. It is known that Colonel John Hay, just before leaving the United States embassy here to assume the duties of Secretary of State at Washington, made another unsuccessful effort to obtaiti her release, and that the lord chief justice also lately’ took steps in the same direc- tion. A peculiar feature In connection with the case is the persistency with which reports are appearing in the English papers, say- ing that some one in New Zealand has left Mrs. Maybrick a fortune. Mrs. Maybrick’s mother wrote to the British officials and to the United States consul at Wellington, N. Z., and both replied that there was no such man known as the one named in the items, and that no such will had been pro- bated. In spite of this, the paragraphs con- tinue to appear, saying.the fortune is. being carefully husbanded for Mrs. Maybrick by trustees. Sh ee TS 2 ™ + “Thousands of situations have been ob- tained through the want columns of The Alleged Result of Emperor William's Visit to Constantinople. On His Visit to Jaffa Kaiser Prom- ised Protection to His Subjects. BEYROUT, Nov« and Empress of Germany day, but they will r 3.—The Emperor arrived here io- main on board the imperial yacht Hohenzoliern until Monday, When they will start The heat is tr Before embarking at liam promised ‘his prote colonists at that place, majesty enthusiastically. BERLIN, November 5.—The Frankfort Zeitung says it learns from a well-informed source that Em ‘or William's vi: , Turkey led to an agresment by which G many undertakes to suppoct the integrity ofthesultan’s Asiatic p ions, for which Germany will receive commercial and in- dustrial privileges The paper adds that it is believed this for Damascus. afta aperor W. tion to the German who cheered hi agreement is tantamount to an armed ulli- ance between the two countries. A number of rumors as to the objects. of Emperor William's visit to Conscanti- nople and the Holy Land have been in cir- culation ever since the int2niien of. his majes i about to visit the orient was year ago. These alleged purpos included important railroad concessioas Germany, the ceding of territory in § to Germany for colonizing purpose: ceding of the port of Hafia, i the ceding of the Island of Rhodes to Ge many, and the granting to Germany of the right to plant a large German the whole frontier at Tripoli. This last agreement, it was added, was intended to protect the suitan against Freach encrc ments across the Tripol would also avoid granting Germany a con- cession in Asia Minor, which, It is ad would induce Russia to demand a compe sation. On the other hand, it has been »»nounced that some of the ‘powers ave Turkey that she will not be pe cede an nnounced, ria the Palesti colony along h- ‘Tunis trontier, and notified ‘mitted to territory to Germany, and Ru: sia, it S announced from Berlin on Sa urday last, was arriving at an under ing with Austria and France to previde against the accomplishment of certaia Ger- an plans in the orfent. eau ALLEGED ILLEGAL SCALES. Charge Against Manager of Atlantic and Pacific Ten Company. Mr. E. Newtcn Bowman, manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company’s sto} was charg?] in the Police Court today with using a pair of scales at one of his stores which had a paper sack folded and tucked under the scoop. The charge was brought Ly Mr. Miller, deputy sealer of we: measures. He alleged that the paper cau ed a shortage of about three-fourths of an ounce each time the Prosccuting Attorney had received word Wight that he we impose a fine of $25, upon a plea of guilt Mr. Bowman, whose codnsel was not ceurt, denied that the paper on the scales caused any skcrtage in the weight. He ex- piained that the paper had been put on the ‘ales because customers always demand down weight. He said no customer of any of the com hy'S stores cheated by that means. Upon the stetement of Mr. Mullowny, he said he was w technical vic Mr. ighis and scales were Mullowny said he from Commissioner willing for the court + used. ° had ever been illing to enter a plea of a 1 tion of the law. Miller, the prosecuting witness, not satisfied to let the case be disposed of without the court being shown the scales. When Judge Kimbail heard his explanation he said he did not feel that a fine of $2 sufficient. Upon the judge's advice the plea was charged to one of not guilty, the case continued until likely that a jury t fonday. It 1 will be demanded. Commissicner Wight id today th neither he nor the other Commissioners de- sired to interfere in the slightest with the disposition of the case, believing the court fully competent to dispose of {t. He stated that in a conversation ¥ prosecuting attorne defendant plea knowledged tl es at th be no futur would suffic’ that manner h the he had told him if t fed guilty and frankly ac- wrongdoing, giving assur- me time that there should violations of the law, a in his (Wight nt. But Mr. ) juden be Wight further stated t no time, even though Mr. Bowman d strongly pleaded that th promised, had he expressed any purpose to interfere in the mutter, believing th it was a matter in which the Commissioners had and hay fine case be com- e no right to interfere, hat it should only be disposed of by court. Mr. Wight red it to be understood that his opir of fine, torney, should court's disposi amount of the fir viction. and cles ion of the amoun ssed io the prosecuting a no manner influence the on of the case cr the , in the event of a con- expre cae ees TAX ON PUTS AND CALLS. Commissioner Scott interprets War Revenue Law. In reply to the question of the Chicago board of trade whether the war tax should be paid on grain “puts” and “calls” and options, Commissioner Scott of the internal revenue bureau has rendered the following opinion: Q) That in case of a broker who is member of the beard of trade negotiating a sale of grain or produce on the exchange as a broker for a principal, the: principal afterward assuming the trade, the broker is required to deliver and pa tax on his note or memora and the principal is required to pay tax on the sale at the rate of 1 cent on each hundred dollars of the amount or fractional part of $100 in excess of $10). 2) When a member of the board of trade, not a broker or not acting as a broker, on his the a a 10 per cent ndum of sale, makes a sale of grain or produc own account and said sale is afterwards assumed by a commission merchant for account of the seller, but one sale has oc- curred and the commission merchant is the only person required to pay tax on this and brokers, 1419 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- denburg, Thalmann & Co GRAIN 66% New York. Bet a 66) 31 Close, 65. 8% Bry 334, Wheat—Dee. ei raat ae 5 3 pee BES53 2 per cenis, registered. 3 per ceuts, registered, 1908-1923. 3 per cents, coupon, 1908-1928. cents, registered, 1907 , 1907. . regietered, 1995 cents, coupon, 19: 5 per cents, registered, 1964. 5 per cents, coupen, 1904 6 per cents, currency, 1899. 4 per 4 per 4 per 4 per cents, ©" cents, Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, November 5.—Flour dull, ed—receipts, 20,530 barrels; exports, 13,690 Wheat weak aud lower—spot and inonth, 70Wa70! December, 71% 071%; steamer No. 2 red, 654.63%: receipts, ‘96,985 bushels; exports, 24,000 hashels: stock, 1,617,579 busbels: ‘sales, 40,000 bualicls southern wheat by sample, G5a71; do. on grade, 65%a70%. Corn dull. and ‘easy—spot and’ month, ‘ nom or ol November Sous or. December, 36% wuaty, 36%4; steamer SS ‘35037 new. Onis No. 2 mixed ABO; Soteats mixed," 35%a: ports. 158,71 bushels: stock, southern wistte and yellow’ corn, firm—No, 2 white western, 3093044 do., 28a28ig; receipts, 9,G4% bushels; exports, 3 sOdh, te Siar besbela. "ye Gal aud chek ore nearby, 5d}; No. 2 western, 57%; receipts, 19 bushels; 3 bushels, ‘ay steady’ Grain freights eaas, unel |. Sugar strong, un- changed. ntter steady. “tncbaiged, Ege fem, wn. changed. Whisky uncharged, es docs transaction, which is at the rate provided | | for in the second paragraph of sch>dule A. SS Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers UN'S CANAL/ALUANCE with THE TURK|FINANCE AND TRADE > Foreign Markets Improve on Re~ ported Fashoda Settlement. SOME SELLING IN NEW YORK Southern and St. Paul Shares Show Considerable Strength. ES = GENERAL MARKET REPORT pa ee Ke Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 5.—The reported Probable settlement of the hoda in dent had a stimulating influence on Lond prices this morning, the American depart- ment in particular showing fractional gains in all departments, The local market was narrow, but with a moderately steady undertone. In a few in- stances traders sold stocks to take profits er to avoid the anxiety of holding them r the elections, As these sales made they w taken by a class of rather shrewd opera- tors who believe in favorable developments next week. The public demand has been insignificant during the entire week, the market being supported by inside or’ pro- fessional jaterests exclusively. This sup- port was give in the confidence that stocks taken on a declining scale would show handsome results before the year is out While the weck closes with a steaty to strong undertone prevailing, th iso decrease in the conservatism which bo! on inaction, In the railroad list there is a better tone in many instances, the southern roads and St. Paul being the leading features The better managed railway shares ean be made to reflect’ more »substan’ im- provement once the uncertainties of poli- tues are eliminated. The dissolution of the Joint Trafflc As- sociation and the broad application of the Sherman anti-trust law are factors which seem to be assured of frequent reappear- ance in financial ~ircles. Should the political situation give any excuse for a revival of anti-trust agitation, the decision which disbanded this railroad crganization may be cited frequently against the larger industrial corporations. Ame n Sugar, Tobacco and the new and popular Federal Steel Company may yet be given opportunities for showing use why this law does not include them. Just now, however, th: three properties named are the leaders of the market, and of the three the latter seems to be the more promising, considering th> relatively low prices of its shares and the flattering ctus for the immediate future. weekly statement of national bank averages was somewhat of a surprise ta all of the local institutions, as a gain & cash was generally expected. Instead 0 this, however, the banks have lost $5,1i),- 200 in lawful money, the larger part of it specie. At this time this feature of the statement is difficult to explain. The loans have increased $11,612,500, and the deposits about $7,513,000. As a net re- it of the week's transactions, the banks have curtailed their reserve holdings by $7.- 068,50), bringing the total surplus holdings down to $19,023,050. a ™ were re American Spirits. American Spirits, ptd.._ Atchison ...... Atchison, pfd_ Itimore & Ohio. Brooklyn Rapid Tri Canada Southern. Chesapeaxe & Oni >. C. C. & St. Louis | ago, B&Q... rago& Northwestern. rer Chicago Gas 4 M. & St. Paul. Consol Del., Lack & W.. Delaware & Hudson . & Rio Grande, pfd. Gen Diinois: Lake Snore me Louirville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated... Missouri Paciti M. K. & T., pfd. tional Lead Co. ew Jersey ¢ New You Northern Pac Northern P. Pacific Mail... | Phila. & Reading Soutiern Railway. Southern Ry., pta Texas Pacific... ‘Tenn. Coal & Tron. Union Pacific. Union Pacifte, U.S. Leathe Rubbe: pid. Sit: agi, pfd... F Western Union Tel...) 92 92 American Cotton Oil... 873, 8735 Federal Steel... ...... 31% 38 Am. Steel and Wire pfd. 754 75% A.S. Wire a1 call Metropolitan ertible er 10. Mergen- Monoty us Be asked. 2s asked 7 bid. bd. Railroad 5s politan Railroad conv Metropolitan Railroad cert Metropolita in Columbia Bi . 120 Ind Fekington Rallroad 6s Company series A, fe ries B, @x, 111 > 101 Sx, Wt 100" bid. a. Wash: Wash Mase ecurity and Trost pany Ist 6 inip. 6s, tn. Gs, 12; Hall Association National Bank hid. Metropolitan, Farmers and Mechani c ond, 145 bid. Citizens’, Columbia. bid, Capital, 125 bid. “West End, $9 bid. ers’, 100 bid.” Lincoln, 115 bid, 123 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—Nat 111 Md. Washingt: asked. American Security and Deposit, 50 bid. ‘ks. —Bank of Washington, 318 bid. Central, 144 Depostt_ and ‘Trust 125 bid, 12 ‘Trost, Trust, 150 bi ington Safe Instirancs tremen's, 28 bid. "Franklin, x38 Md. Metropolitan, 70 bid. "Corcoran, 52 bid. Potomac, 58 bil. Arlington, x120 bid. American, 190 bid. Natioval Union, 10 md. Co- 11 bid. Riggs. 7% bid, 8 asked. e's, 14 Did. G axked. Lincoln, 10% bid, 11 asked. Com: mercial, 414 bid 5 asked. Title ‘Tasurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 75% Md. Columbia Title, 4% bid. Sty asked. ea Raflrad Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, Sie asked. Metropolitan, 120% Wid. 120% amt 7S asked. Fekington, 8% bid.” ric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 49 bid, 51% asked. T’. 8. Electric Light, 110 bid. Telephone Stocks. Chesapeake and Potomac, 50 ia. 38 bid. bid, 7 Storks.—Mergenthaler — TAnotype, 8, bid. 185% asked. “Lanston Monotype. 13 bid. 14 asked. American Graphophone, 12% wid, 13 asked. Amertean Graphophone p.eferred, x13i. bid, asked Pneumatic Gun Carrlage, 17 bid. Wash: rket, 12% bid. Great Falls Tee, 114 bid, INJURED, BUT NOT KILLED. Sends yg Telegram This City. Robert Spry Atkinson was injured, but not killed, while saving the life of a little girl near Arlington, Md., last Thursday. It Was at first credibly reperted that he had sacrificed his life for the child. The geatleman with whom he boards at No, 2*%3 18th street. this city, received the following telegram this morning: “Am not seriously injured. Will ret Saturday. R. 8. ATK{NSO! When the Star reporter called at the ad- dress given this afternoon Mr. Atkinson had not arvived, and his friends were not ia possession of any further information. — Mortality Spanish Transport. MALAGA, Spain, November 3.—The Span- ish transport steamer Gan Antilla, Captain Bayona, from Havana, on October 13, .vie Porto Rtco, with repatriated Spanish on board, has arrived here and reports that there were 100 deaths among the soldiert during the voyage across the Atlantic,