Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1900, Page 2

|___Screen ' THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1900-14 PAGES. SYMPATHY FOR BOERS Mr, Teller Addresses the Senate on His Resolution. —— NAVAL BILL THEN TAKEN UP Mr. Sulzer Vainly Tries to Obtain Floor. G. A. R. BILL IN THE HOUSE eg When the Senate Mr. convened tod Hoar of the judiciary favorably reported House bill to provide ireuit and dis- trict courts of United Staies in Flor. ence The Senate agreed to the request by the Hou: on the army ap- Hawley, Sew- as conferees. was also agreed to on the “prop: bill, Senators 2 and Pettigrew being named t were 1 so agreed to a conference 02 olony bill in re- = Har named as rative nds, and rom the sympathy ssing for the B 2 Mr. x 2 fact that his re a paraphrase of the Cuban plank of t uublican national platform would be pass such a number of pre- - Senate. He the resolution es by terest in han in- y act ‘of the of Mr. » Hun- ent, Mr. rs who thought that “we of th Boers with bated that ught not t to the who were str said it w vers were re simy empi hem. He re- the question ation. He I no justi- sentiment of ates is if the S over Naval Pill Tat. of Mr. Hale th THE HOUSE. This and Mr. Selzer ry by attempting to f tion expr South recognition be- and moved Afric fore th the adoption of his yf the rules. journal has Speaker. A mome been appre nition. does the w resolution patriotic yin galleries.) cegnize the gen- * rephed the opposed to the der.” shouted Mr. to make a tules of this Taust en to 1ded provide for the sit- ates istrict court at (Va) said the war with Spain demonstrated that the future of the Na- onal Guard was of vital importa’ to the country The proposed bill increased the Sppropriation for the guard without provid- ing in any way for uniform discipline or its organization for effective work in time of war. Mr. Hay thought coupled with the Ancreased there should be fome = along the line of the bill b red some time ago. Mr. Steele (Ind.) said he was in favor of @M effective militia and pald the militia of New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio a high compliment Mr. Newlands (Nev.) called attention to the urgent need of a revision of the laws Felating to the militia. Mr. Marsh, in closing the debate, spoke enthusiastically of the work of the Na- fiona) Guard during the Spanish war. The bill was passed—I3% to 9 The G. A. R. Pension Bin. Mr. Graff (IIL) was then recognized to move the passage under suspension of the ules of the amended Senate bil] to amend the existing laws known as the “G. A. R. pension bill." It was arranged that there should be an hour's debate on each side. Mr. Glenn (N. ¥.) supported the bill in a speech urging the utmost liberality In deal- ing with old soldiers. ~ Mr. Norton (Ohio) said he would vote tor the bill. but he objected to its being termed the Grand Army bil. The rank and file of the old army, he said, would never bé satis- fled with ft. But for the present it was the most that could be obtained. IN THE COMMITTEES. Argument Begun in the Coeur d'Alene Investigation. Arguments by counsel in the Coeur d@ Alene investigation were begun today, Frederick C. Robertson opening in behalf of those who have made the charges. He will be followed by John C. Cheney, for the Idaho authritles, in general defense of the action both of the Idaho officials and of the United States troops. Gen. Merriam, who is in command of the troops in the Coeur d’Alenes, was present, but was not repre- sented by counsel. The attorneys were urg- ed to limit themselves to three hours on each side. Mr. Robertson spoke with much emphasis on the wrongs which he contended had been committed, both by the Idaho officials and the United States troops. He was particu- larly severe in arraigning Bartlett Sin- clair, the state official placed by Gov. Steun- enberg in supreme authority In the Coeur @Alenes. Mr. Robertson contended, how- ever, that when niartial law was declared and United States troops were sent into the district they could not be subordinated to the civil authorities. He presented law au- thorities hoiding that United States troops could act only under the authority of the President gs commander-in-chief. He main- ed that the responsibility for what ad occurred rested with the federal au- thorities, The House committee on insular affairs today directed = favorable report on Rep- resentative Cooper's bill giving an American title to the Banco Espana! de Porto Rico, namely, the Bank of Porto Rico, and other- forming it to the new condition of ste committee on interoceanic a meeting today and discussed : 2 canal bill which passed the last week. No action was taken and the committe. will meet again Wednesday io consider the measure further. The Senate committee on public lands to- day agreed to a bil! extending the laws re- lating to coal lands to Alaska. . Superintendent of the in this city under a appear before the committee ions In reference to the con- s of the academy buiidings. ee ER LOSES BY FIRE. Col. A. on appropr’ dition and n GEN. AL Pulp Mili in Which He is Interested Burns. MONTREAL, Quebec, May 7.—A dispatch from Grand Mere says the pulp mill, saw- mill and pump room of Laurentides pulp and paper mill have been entirely de- stroyed. ‘The paper mill, which has a capacity of 100 tons per da was not burned, but will be crippled by the burning of the pulp sn. Russell A. Alger is prominently in- an capitalists in the = manager. The loss company will be COL. BURTON ORDERED HERE. His Mission Said to Be in Connection With Neely’s Arrest. HAV May 7—The United States nsport Ingalls left here last night, hav- ing on board Col. Burton, the inspector general. who is going to Fortress Monroe, with orders to proceed direct to Washing- s reported that this is due to di s made in connection with his in- n of the postal affairs at Havana, d in the arrest at Roches- : uturday of Charles F. Neely, former treasurer of the Post Office Department in Cuba, on the charge of em- ig $36,000 from the government. It thought possible that Neely’s ar- rest may result in local arrests here before night. W YORK, arrested in Roc night, while on his brought back to th refused to make tr: who was a Saturday ay to California and city last night, has ement arding his When was taken into y there was found in hi in cash and securities and of various natures, possibly the remainder of the $46,000 which he is alleged to have embezzled from the government. N Was arraigned today and held in $10,000 bail for examination on Wednesday. The complaint, which was made by Post Office Inspector King, arged that on April 28 prisoner had embezzled at Havana $6,000 of the funds belonging to rtment, and again that on May he had secreted the money and had fled from Cub: The p' yner declined to talk about his case, remarking: ‘guess it will come out all right in the ely expe er in the day Being unable to secure sent to Ludlow street j: ——_~+~<___ STARVED HERSELF TO DEATH. ed to $20,000. bail Neely was Mrs. Meyer the Victim of a New Heal- ing Fad. PHILADELPHIA, May 7.—An Investiza- tion into the death recently of Mrs. Her- mina Meyer, fifty years of age, has resulted in elleiting the information that she was a victim of starvation in consequence of her belief in the fasting treatment for disease. C. B. Meyer, her husband, accepts the death of his wife as due to heart failure. He aid that Mrs. Meyer had been suffering with chronic rheumatism for a year, and that the family physician's efforts to re- lieve her had been without avail. In de- spair she turned to the fasting treatment. She consulted Henry Ritter, said to be the chief advocate and adviser of the fasting cult in this city. He is a demonstrator in the Drexel Institute. Under his direction Mrs. Meyer is said to have abstained abso- jutely from food for thirty-tive days. Noth- as allowed to pass her lips, but a small quantity of tonicum and some physio- logical salts, dissolved in water. Of each of she was permitted to take sparingly ry day as a stimulant. For twenty-five days, Mr. Meyer says, his wife showed signs of improvement. ‘Then she was seized with convulsive vomit- ing. She suffered in this manner for six- ven days, and on the thirty-fifth day she sted food. From 150 pounds she was re- J té a mere skeleton, and three weeks g the breaking of the fast she died. he was unaware that Mrs. Meyer’: s weak, and that he had apparently cured her of rheumatism when heart failure killed h oe ATTEMPT TO WRECK DYNAMO. ev Ritter Work of Malefactors at Paris Exposi- tion—Accident to Statues. PARIS, May 7.—In consequence of the very of an act of malevolence Sun- day fete de Nuit at the exposition was postponed. Engineer Germain of the staff ectricians, whose dynamos were in- stalled in the Champ de Mars, informed the police that malefactors had placed a hand- ful of gravel in the lubricating box of a 1,500 horse-power electrical generating en- ne, thelr object being to cause an explo- ‘This engine furnished the lighting main entrance to the exposition, A subsidence in the grand palace on the Champs ees caused the fall of two marble statues, one representing “The Re- public” and the other “Icarus.” Both were badly broken. roo CUBAN EDITOR KILLED. hot by Unknown Assnasin in the Theater at Gibara. GIBARA, Province of Santiago de Cuba, May 7—Senor Alberti, editor of the Don Claridades, was shot and killed instantly by an unknown assassin at the theater last night. Alberti was an active politician, and his paper recently has been criticising the action of the American officials, particu- larly the election orders. Hidalgo, who Killed Capt. Smith, collector of this port, in January, was editor of the Don Claridades. Alberti had received threatening letters, \ which he ridiculed in his paper. ——~++__ Ww Entertain the Blind. Edith Wooderson Lamb will give a read- ing in the pavilion for the blind at the Con- gressional Library tomorrows afternoon, from 2:0 to 3:30 o'clock. MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONVENTION. Republicans Select Delegates to Dis- trict and State Conventions, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 7.—The republi- can county convention met here at noon today, and was called together by Ashley M. Gould, chairman of the county commit- tee. Charles F. Kirk was chosen chairman and W. B. Burdette and Lewis “Hill secre- taries. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the administration of President McKinley, con- gratulating the country on its happy and prosperous condition and the party in the prompt and complete fulfillment of all its pledges. ‘The course of Representative Pearre in Congress was commended and his action relative to the present administration of the veiil service law was indorsed. His candidacy for renomination was in- dorsed, and the delegation to the congres- sional convention was instructed to vote for his renomination. The delegates to the sixth district con- vention were instructed to cast their votes and use their strongest endeavors for the selection of Mr. Thomas C. Noyes as a delegate from the sixth congressional dis- trict to the Philadelphia convention. The following delegates and alternates to the congressional and state conventions were chosen: Congressional _convention— Delegates, Ashley M. Gould, Uriah W. Grif- fith, Jas. P. B. Veirs, Geo. W. Meads, John H. Allnutt, Daniel A. Grosvenor, Wm. R. Fulks, Jos. M. Burdette. Alternates—Chas. S. Peters, J. F. Turner, Jno. E. Ward, Geo. T. Millard, Daniel Copeland, Walter Dorsey, Jno. S. Gilliss, E._ D, Lewis. State convention—Delegates-atwlarge:Ash- ley M. Gould, Thomas Dawson, Henry H. Miller; district delegates, Wm. Bell, Willard Randolph, J. F. Browning, Chas. Edmunds, J. F. Matthews, J. T. Purdun, Miles Fuller, Alban G. Thomas, Wm. A. Scott, Chas. McDonald, Daniel Diggins, Columbus ¥F. Purdun, Gist Blair; alternates at large, Daniel A. Grosvenor, Jno. W. Lancaster, Thomas Ginson; District alternates, Richd. Hawkins, Gliston Dronenburg, Rezin Hall, Chas. B. Jones, M. O. Stabler, R. T. Jar- boe, W. H. Roach, W. E. Brown, W. Clar- ence Duyall, John Robinson, Henry M. Lin- dig, Jas. M. Mount, Philip G. Eaglin. —_++2>—__ CROWN PRINCE'S CELEBRATION. German Newspaper Comment on Aus- trian Emperor's Presence. BERLIN, May 7.—Suitable ceremonies in connection with the celebration of the crown prince of Germany are reported from Cologne, Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and a number of other cities. In Kiel the Russian cruiser Panyat Azova fired a salute of twenty-one guns. It was noticed during the three days’ cel- ebration that the kaiser and Emperor Fran- cis Joseph changed their costumes scores of times, the kaiser on Friday appearing in eleven different uniforms, including those of Austria, Italy, Russia and Germany. An eyewitness of yesterday's sham fight at Jueperbog relates that the artillery per- formed unheard-of feats. They began firing 8,000 meters with tolerable effect. At b0O meters the terrific quick-firing guns threw a hail of shell and shrapnel with mathematical precision. The Gernan press thus far have been rather reticent regarding the political effect of the Emperor of Austria's visit, but there are a number of exceptions. The Pan-Ger- man jing> press commented upon the visit unfavorably, arguing that Austria’s national disruption and internal disunion render ber an untrustworthy ally. These papers blame the kaiser for not pointing out to his guest the n sity for re-establishing Ger- man homogeny there. The Taegliche Rundschau publishes a sen- sational article concerning this matter. The center ty organ, the Cologne Volks Ze tung, to the article, ar fulfilled its pe far, and will continue to do so, for existence prevents Franco-Russian aggres- sion.” There hav owing to the during the fe: One of the victims is Frau Agnes Sorma, ihe actress, whose car- riage collided with another vehicle, throw irg her out and ‘is i nm many serious accidents of the s GERMAN MARKE PANICKY. Fears That American Products Will Cat the Local Prices, BERLIN, May 7.—The bourse last week opencd with _violent breaks in quotations f irons and coalers, upon American mar- ket reports. After Wednesday a partial re- covery of pric urred, but the gencral tene remained ou The National Zeitung, in its weekly mar- ket report, say “Whether the United States has reached a crisis through overproduction and will throw Its surplus goods upon European ‘kets at the lowest prices {s a question which gives the deepest concern to the London and continental bourses, and caused a revulsion of prices for the dividend-pay- ing paper everywhere, and particularly on the German bourses. The movement pro- Guced severe losses last week, but the be- ginning this week was of a panicky char- acter.”" The paper points out that the situation proved later through the weeding out of ker operators. The thre ned bourse tax affected bourse operations unfavorably, particularly. those in bank stock: A Saxon iron dealer in- tive of the press that rican rolled fron at 275 ton, delivered and duty id, which 75 marks below German pric The Saxon government has opened con- tracts for coal supplies next year. The pr two ma her, but the quan- ty offered is sufficient. e Pru ian railway authorities intend to BI duce self-coupling air-brakes of Ameri- can manufacture on their freight lines Manufacturers of printing paper are form- ing a syndicate, and the newspaper pub- lishers have called a mecting to take coun- ter action. ' The Hamburg coal-heavers gone on rike. eee MONUMENT TO JEFFERSON. KS have again Cat by Monsen Ezekiel, American Seulp- tor, In Berlin, BERLIN, May 7.—There was shipped to- day a magnificent monument to Thomas Jefferson, intended for Louisville. Mose Ezekiel, an American, 1s the sculptor. The casting was made at Friedrichshagen by Gladenbeck, The monument, which is sald to be ex- ly utiful, was viewed yesterday by United States Ambassador and Mrs. White. Jefferson ts represented at the age of thirty-two, bearing the Declaration of Independence in his hand and standing upon the Liberty Bell. ———_~++___ Two Big Bankruptcy Cases. NEW YORK, May 7.—A petition in bank- ruptcy was filed in the United States dis- trict court today by Arnold Feldstein, mer- cLant, with labilities $972,000, of which 323,- 009 is secured; nominal assets, $195,000, $7,- 200 of which is in cash. The highest cred- itors are Lazard Freres, to whom is due $287,500. A petition was also filed by Alfred W. Stone, clerk, whoze labilities are placed at $341,976; no assets. ———_—++.___ Fatal Collapse of a Tenement. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 7.—By the collapse of a house at 1430 North 8th street Cora Everson and Milvina Nelson, colored, were killed and seven others, who are now at the city hospital as a result of their in- Juries, narrowly escaped death. ——>+>___ People of $1 K Are Starving. KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 7.—Advices from St. Kitts say the island fs in a terrible financial condition, owing to the shortage of the sugar crop, and want and starva- tion prevall among the people. The secre- tary of state for the colonies, Joseph Cham- berlain, has been asked to start relief work. ——++2s___ Little Opposition to British. SMALDEEL, May 7.—The British arrived here without opposition. The Boers’ last train Jeft late Saturday night. The Boer losses yesterday on the west flank were forty Killed. Their rear guard remains be- hind kopjes ten miles distant. There is much railway forage and corn here. It is stated that the Boers are retreating toward Kroonstad. The Zand river bridge is re- Ported to have been destroyed. NOVEL ATTRACTIONS Features of Night Parade of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, ILLUMINATION OF THE AVENUE A Magnificent Display of Fire- works to Follo INTERESTING DETAILS ——_>+—__ Pennsylvania avenue will be @ blaze of glory the night of May 22, when the great parade of the nobles of the Mystic Shrine, composed of thousands in evening dress and fez covered, will march in annual out- pouring. The subecmmittee of the execu- tive committee of Almas Temple, which has in charge the arrangemenis for the en- tertainment of their brethren during the sessions of the imperial council of the order, to be held in the Coluftia’ Theater May 22 and 23, has entered into @ contract with Pain’s Fireworks Company fora grand illumination of the avenue the night of the parade, and a great display of fireworks after the procession shall be disbanded. "The president of the company has also entered into an agreement that if the illumination and display are not entirely satisfactory to the committee, and the public as well, noth- ing will be charged for-it. Details of the Ilamination. The program prepared by the contractors calls for an illumination for thirty minutes of Pennsylvania avenue from the Peace monument to 17ih street with Pain’s patent pink lights. The lights will be placed on poles ten to twelve feet high, at intervals of 100 feet, and alternating on each side of the avenue, making the points of: light fifty feet apart from the starting to finishing peints. The commencement of the illumi- nation will be announced by two salues from aerial guns, maroons, fired from the Peace monument and treasury.” During the moving of the procession bat- teries, candles, floral hombs and saucissons will be fired from eight different points, arching the principal features of the pa- rade as they pass. For the last five min- utes of the illumination Pain’s magical magnesium compound will be used, making a light which is claimed to be a thousand times more brilliant and searching than the most intense electric light. As the illumina- tion of the avenue dies out the west front of the Capitol and the Washington mon- ument will be brought into view by the use at each point of 1,000 pounds of Pain’s elec. trical compound, such as shown during the peace jubilee last year. A Superb Display. After the dismissal of the parade and at a time and place to be hereafter desig- nated by the executive committee, a mag- nificent display of fireworks will be given. This will be ushered in by a salute of twen- ty-one aerial maroons, fifteen inches in diameter, exploding at a height of 500 feet in the air with loud detonations. Then will follow no less than forty-four separate and inet features, including ascents of bal- loons bearing powerful magnesium light grand flights of rockets, whose varied tints will blend at a high altitude; salvos of twenty-four-inch shells, containing all the latest combinations and effect tteries of changing star rockets; flights of novel bombs; umbrellas of fire, formed by Ra: onet Tourbilions, and a wonderful variety of other beantiful effects, The devices * will Shriners,” in eleetric blu Grove of Jew eled Palms,” 200 feet long b feet high; “A Jeweled Cloud,” attained by a flight of fifty bombs fired by electricity: a m chanical device showing a bouquet of flow ers from leaf to bud and blossom; “A Halt in the Deser: howing the pyramids and sphinx in the distance: a display of aeri floating wonders, including the southern cross, aerial sleigh bells, national stream- ers, floating festoons ‘of ever-changing ts, and Some new creations, including lowering Alves,” which will be produced by fifty eight-pound rockets. Lantern Display in Trees. Another picturesque feature which will be carried out through the entire line of the night parade, the complete route of which will be determined tonight, will be the presence of Japanese lanterns among the branches of the trees. This idea was suggested by Mr. M. Dyrenforth, chairman of the subcommittee on fireworks. “We propose to request each householder living or having a business establishment along the line of parade who has trees growing in front of his premises to hang several Japanese lanterns among the branches. “No possible danger or injury can result to the foliage as the lanterns will be hung $0 as to prevent such a possibility. We will cheerfully furnish lanterns to those who will hang them as suggested and do not care to purchase them. Every mail brings to Chairman Frank H. Thomas letters and literature showing the wide interest being taken in the events of Shrine week. In announcing to the nobles of Bent Kedem of Charleston, W. Va., the attractions awaiting them at Washington, Recorder Joseph Ruffner says “It is designed that our special train for Washington will start from Russell, Ky., about 6 a.m. on the 21st. This early hour will not in the least interfere with the habits of our Kentucky brethren, who rise with the lark to their mint while the dew Is upon It.” Police Precautions. Maj. Richard Sylvester is alive to the fact that the Mystic Shrine gathering will at- tract to Washington a crowd of inaugura- tion proportions, and a great deal more im- portant when it ccmes to its substantial character. It will be a particularly well-to- do throng, and consequently will be bound to draw the light-fingered gentry who in- varlably seek victims on such an occasion. Maj. Sylvester, accordingly, will have twenty-one detectives from other cities here during Shrine week, in addition to his own valuable and efficient force. He 1s also for- mulating plans for the service of the police force during the crowd's stay in the city, and every effort will be made to assure absolute safety to both ihe persons and property of visitors during their sojourn in the national capital. — CLEGG’S CONTRACT ANNULLED. include “Welcome Was Much Behind in His Work on e the River. The Secretary! of war has annulled the contract of A.M. Clegg of this city for dredging the channels of the Potomac river opposite this city. This action was based on the recommendation of Col. Allen, corps of engineers, in charge of the improvement of the Potomat river, indorsed by Gen. Wilson, chef of! engineers, and. is due to Mr. Clegg*s faflure to meet the require- ments of hts contract In the dredging opera- tions. Mri‘Clegé’s contract was annulled once befor?g, nedy}y a year ago, but was re- newed on,,his promise to live up to his agreement, with, Col. Allen in the premises. "The work Js very much behind. Proposalg; willbe invited for the prosecu- tion and completion of the work, which has an important bearing on the navigation of Washington. ae Oe = DIES .ALONE. William Hickey, an Insurance Agent, Found Dead in Bed. William Hickey, an insurance agent, thir- ty-eight years old, was found dead in bed this morning at the house of Mrs. Duvall, No. 354 Pennsylvania avenue, where he boarded. Ths deceased had suffered from the asthma, end was complaining last night of feeling sick. When he fafled to appear in the dining room this morning Mrs. Du- vall went to bis room and discovered that he was dead. ‘The police were notified and the body was removed to the morgue. Coroner Carr in- vestigated the case and gave the nece: death certificate. Later in the day the body was renoved from the morgue to an undertaking establishment. Relatives will make the funeral arrangements. HEAVY REBEL LOSSES. Nearly 300 Filipinos Killed in Two Recent mgagements. MANILA, May 7.—Two rebel attacks on the American garrisons in the Visayan Isl- ands recently have resulted in the killing of 280 of the enemy and the wounding of two Americans, At daybreak May 1 400 rebels, 100 of them armed with rifies, attacked Catarman, in northern Saonar, in the vicinity of Catubig. ¥F Company of the 43d Regiment was garri- soning the place. The enemy built trenches on the outskirts of the town during the night and fired vol- leys persistently into it until the Ameri- cans, charging the trenches, scattered the Filtpinos and killed 156 of them. Two Amer- icans were wounded. This attack was precipitated by the ene- my’s recent successful fight at Catubig. The garrison of Catarman has been removed to the seaport of Laguan. A force of Filipinos, estimated to number 200 men, armed with rifles, and six hundred armed with bolos, and operating four muz- zle-loading cannon, attacked Jaro, on Leyte Istand, April 15, which place was garrisoned by twenty-five men of B Company of the &d_Regiment, Estes commanding. Estes left fifteen men to protect the town, and with the remaining ten men he ad- vanced on the enemy in two squads, shel- tered by the ridges south of the town, whence they stood off the Filipinos for three hours. Then twenty armed members of the local police force sallied out to help Estes’ Amer- icans. The latter, with the police, charged the enemy, and together they dispersed the Filipinos, and after the fight was over buried 125 of them, There were no American casualties, ments. Rev. Mr. Elder ———_+++—___ CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN GUAM. An Interesting Report Received by Assistant Secretary Hackett. Assistant Secretary Hackett has received an interesting report from Captain Leary, naval governor of Guam, dated March 10, giving details of the population and finan- cial condition of the island. It appears from this report that the total population of the island is 8,661, of which number 3,128 are males over seven years of age, 3,680 are females over seven years, and 1,853 are children under the age of seven. ‘Three- fourths of the people live in the district of Agana, and four-fifths of this number are in the city of Agana, where there are 5,249 people. The next most populous villages are Asan, with 255 inhabitants; Tepungan, with 20) inhabitants; Anigua, with 148; Sirahana, with 144; Carolinas, with 90. The population of the other districts is stated as follows: Agat, 744; Sumay, 5 Umata, 326; Merizo, 491, and Inarahan, 518. These figures show a slight preponderance of fe- males over males among the natives. ‘ording to Governor Leary there were 2, 1 in Mexican coin in the local treas- ury July 1, 18%. The receipts from that Gate to January 1, 1900, were $9,415.25, and the expenditures during the same period Were $6,767.69, leaving in the local treas- nuary 1, $4,819.07 in Mexican cur- days. The governor reports that the evaporat- ing plant recently established is in excellent condition; that a steam saw mill has been erected and is ready for work; and that a telephone system has been established be- tween Pit) and Agana, and is in succe ful operation. The officers of the station ship Yosemite are making a topographical survey of the island, and are represented to be in good health and spi INV. SOME NOVEL Many Original Ideas Appear in a Con- crete Form. The number of patents issued by the pat- ent office is still gradually on the increase, and while some of them are repetitions and others are improvements, there are many original ones. A recent patent has been issued for a four-wheeled automobile truck so constructed with two large wheels on an ax’e in the center of the vehicle and a small wheel before und one behind, very much facilitating the movements of same. There is a bread-ratsing and clothes-dry- ing device consisting of a set of shelves so constructed as to go into the ordinary oven of a cooking stove or range, and the clothes can be laid on them and nicely dried. To amuse the children a soap bubble pipe has been invented with three tubes in a line, so as when the youngster fills the pipe he will have a number of globule: little vessel to be used to clean bi chains has been devised. It is filled wi liquid. By standing the bic moment the chain can be run through and cleaned. A piston rod packer for locomotives has been so constructed that the steam packs it by coming between two rings. A new pil- low-sham holder consists of a frame to be placed inside of the sham. It is made of light sticks so as to keep them in proper position. A combined bed sheet and straight jacket has holes for the patient’s arms and a set of straps for the legs. An inventor has patented a shelf or vessel protector in which to set the milk bottle behind the front door in the early morning. A calf weaner consists of a plate that muzzles the animal so as to prevent its getting at the cow. A curious invention is an apparatus for the quantitive determination of moist- ure in yarns, having a graduated scale with a pendulum attachment so swung that as the water is applied t# the yarn it will reg- ister upon the indicator. ——____+ «+______. Movement of Naval Vessels. Admiral Remey’s flagship, Brooklyn, has arrived at Hong Kong. The supply ship Glacier has arrived at Brisbane, New South Wales. The Adams has sailed from Santa Cruz for Mare Island. The Ranger nas arrived at San Diego. The flagship Baltimore with Rear Ad- miral Watson aboard sailed yesterday from Kobe for Nagasaki, en route for home. The Monongahela and the Potomac have arrived at Portsmouth, N. H. The Scindia, bound from Manila for New York, sailed yesterday from Labuan for Colombo. The Talbot has sailed from Norfolk for Newport, via New York. The New York and Texas of the North Atlantic squadron have ended their south- ern winter cruise at Hampton Roads, where they arrived yesterday. The Texas will undergo some repairs at Norfolk, while the New York will proceed to the -Brooklyn navy yard to be overhauled for, the summer drills on the New England coast. The battle ships Kearsarge and Ken- tucky will be attached to the squadron as soon as they are in condition for service. SS Sa Minister Bowen Honored. The Shah of Persia has conferred on Mr. Herbert W. Bowen, United States minister and consul general at Teheran, the first- class decoration known as “The Grand Cor- don of the Lion and the Sun." Mr. Bowen can ace@pt the decoration only by special permission of Congress. +2 +—_____ Paris Commission Expenses. The President sent to the Senate today a communication from the Secretary of State giving the expenditures in detail of the Pasis commission. —_—____+ e+ —______ Regulars Returning From Manila. ago civil war. in 187: Iington. wage sideration, tatrix. DISCUSSING THE CREED. Presbyterians of W: ering Two Propositions. At the meeting of the Washington city Presbytery which began this morning in the Church of the Covenant the important question of the adoption of a new creed, or more properly, as the members express 1% @ new statement of the oki creed, the orig- inal principles and beliefs to be adhered to throughout, was taken up. was presided over by the moderator, Rev. George P. Wilson. The attendance was ex- ceptionally large. Two overtures for the new statement of the creed were presented, one by Rev. Dr. Teunis S. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, and the second by Rey. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. ing their drafts the two ministers spoke at length in favor of their respec’ The overtures were discussed from all points of view, among those taking part prominently in the discus Dr. Luccock, pastor of Metropolitan Pres- byterian Church; Rev. Mr. Ramsdell, pas- tor of North Church; Rev. Mr. Fiske. 1 tor of Gunton Temple Memorial Church; pastor of Church; Rey. Mr. Pitzer, pastor of Central Church: Elder Leech of West Church, and . B. Brown of Assembly's Church. No action was taken this morning, but will be probably this afternoon, the se having begun again ai 3 o'clock. ‘The relations between Rev. D. L. Rathbun and the church at Falis Church, V: dissolved, Mr. Rathbun ba call to California, Rathbun has been in charge of the pastor- ate at Falls © and was very munity and in the presb: of complimentary speeches were made of him and resolutions of utmost respect and good wishes were passed by the presbytery. > force in Each to Jail for Thirty Days. William Jones and India Robinson, Ben- jamin Johnson and Cora Brown, Joseph Tilley and Susie West, Ernest Boswell and Mary Wheeler, William Washington and Tinney Smith, William Posey and Blanche Edwards, Perley West and Nelly Mercer, Wiiliam Vincent and Douglas and Ella Dabney, and Anna West, who were arrested early this morning at their homes in Goat alley |, Im the railroad list there were signs of and Freeman alley by Sergt. Jordan and a squad of officers for alleged violation of the Edmunds law were this afternoon con- victed before Judge Kimball in the Police Court, and each was sent to jail for thirty sion being Re near Sacramento. h for the pi xhiy esteemed in the com- ery. A number Anna White, John —————— Fires in April The report of the chief engineer of the fire department, Mr. Joseph Parris, for the month of April shows thirty alarms of fire, a decrease of fifteen as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of seven as compared with the corresponding month of 189. Three of | 0” th these alarms were false. nineteen local alarm: for the month insurance of 3 155 and an insurance of $16, vious month and a kk insurance of $4,2 that There were also The estimated loss | } 90, against a s of $5,300 and an 50 for the month of April, The: a Body to Have Christian Burial. The funeral of E. H. Matchett, late « the bureau of engraving and printing, wil! tomorrow in the chap at Glenwood cemetery. Young Matchett w drowned in the river under circumstances which have not been explained, as already stated in The Star. When his body was re- identified and burial touk place n potter's field. Several days some remnants taken from the clothing were recognized by Rev. Mr. Matchett, and he declared the body to be that of hi: The proper removal sued this afternoon by Coroner Carr, body of the unfortunate young man ‘1 be removed without potter's field to the cemetery the final interment will be made. ee Funeral of William F. Myers. The funeral of William F. Myers, who dropped dead Saturday afternoon near 12th and M streets northeast, Star, will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock from his late residence, 1627 street northeast. The dece: teamster in the Union service during the He enlisted in the regular army and was awarded a medal for brav- ery at White river, S. D., January 1, isa. | CY He was discharged from the service ‘about Interment will be at Ar- occur at 4 o’cloci covered it was not certificate delay from the as stated In The three years ago. ee Record of Evidence Filed. The Secretary of the Navy late this after- noon filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in connection with the suits to secure prize money instituted by Admirals Sampson and Schiey, the record of evidence adduced before the cours which inquired into the abandonment of the In- | M fanta Maria Theresa. iS Couneil Incorporated. NY Articles of incorporation of Thomas Jef- ferson Council, No. 12, Jr. O. U. A. M., were this afternoon placed on record. The incor- porators are Louls I. Metzger, John F. Sul- livan, Charles H. Miller, William T. God- trey, Robert C. McChe: Andrew Lauxman and Wash. P. Evans, sr. SSS Suit for Wages. Proceedings in libel were instituted this afternoon by John Chapman, Samuel Will- iams and Walter Brown, through Attorney E. Hilton Jackson, against The Highland Light of Annapolis. It is Sought to recover $14 claimed io be due as ney, R. H. Yat —_+—_—_. Trapvsfer of Real Extate. By deed filed for record today William M. Galt & Company Mariner of transfer to John | cy orfoik, Va., lots 14 and 15, in | th Samuel Davidson's subdivision of lots in Square 183; also lot 39, in B. subdivision of lots in square 183. stamps placed on the deed, was $29,000. | }” ge Will of Julia Murphy. The will of Julia Murphy, dated April 2 last, was filed this afternoon for probate. The testatrix directs that when her young- est daughter marries the estate shall be divided among all the children of the tes- | bid. —_——__ Mr. Gary Weald Not Explain. NEW YORK, May 7. dent of the Federal clined today to make any statement about the closing of the company’s mi‘ls at Joliet, E. H. Gary, presi- | }¥ Steel Company, de- | curi plant and could only offer as the probable reason of overproduction for the closing of the mills. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE. May 7.—Flour steady; western su- SS —S]— FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Were Weaker in Spite af Lon- don’s Advanoe, STEEL ISSUES ~ WERE AVOIDED wxton Consi The meeting Considerable Selling of Railroad Shares by Long Holders In present- GENERAL MARKET REPORTS SMES @ state- Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 7.—Last week's dull- ness was duplicated in the early trading this morning, and no encouraging develop- ments materialized in the later dealings. London sent over a range of prices refiect- ing improvement varying from \ to % per cent, but the local market was Indifferent to such changes. There was no leadership, and consequently no following. The market on | was dull around the closing pz except for the steel stocks, in which the selling Was more effective than the buying. The Steel and Wire meeting produced some surprises In the matter of resigna- Sixth lions, the banking interest identified with th st ten year: tty withdrawing from directory of the refusal chairman to So, as had been g ected. An- ether surprising development was an an- nouncement that the company was doing a magnificent business, necess in depart The cel 1 to take new risks uni. The closing of certain mills belonging to the Federal Steel Com- Fany tended to increase the confusion, but he room as a whole did Ittle in the in- dustrial department. ice a American Sugar was attacked durin e during the morning with some success, but at the de. cline the baying came from the same : as heretofore, and had ihe same {rposeful look. Sunioee Isaac Peyton liquidation tn several instances, notably Long Island and Union Pacific. wane we mer stock sold down sharply about $ per cent—from 86 to 78—upon the publication of the supposed reasons for the recent ad. vance. The buying of a controlling inter- est in order to get proper terminal accom- modations for the great eastern trunk line combination was announced and traders she Roane Jong stock on the theory at the good news would be fo: 0 hav been discounted. a eee in Union Pacific the selling was of long stock, said to have come from tired holde although one sale of 5,00) shares had the appearance of being urgen Th. rnings common stock of thts company ate equal to something over 7 per cent, and the present 3 per cent rate would seem to be 1501 of ment. The nal an ultimate decrease 'n trans-continental raflway traffic, and this somewhat hazy proepect serves its purpose in the present market re.Was a general reaction through the railroad list, t ‘anger shares yielding easily, 2 ntire investment depart- ment sions were only fractional there were covered by an ss of $18,- % for the prée- a y clients are ‘c eir purchases and pre ing to hold them during the summer. A dull ew. son is generally © ted, but if prices de- cline materially the process ts likely to be slow and fre uently in: rupted. pare e ener IMANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Steck Market. Furnished by W.B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st.. members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. Open. Hi Low. Close. Ted, where | Atiertean Cotton on... Re” “aay Ar- Clee » e A.S. Wire... cs 307 ; Am. Steel & Wire pfa_. American Sogar.. Atchison, pf. Baltimore & Ohio. Baltimore & Ohio. Brooklyn Ran) h d served as a ©. M.and St. Paul Chicago KI. & Pacific. St P.M. & 0. e & G. Western. Colorado Fuel xnd Irou Cousclidated Gas Con. Tovuceo. Con. Tobacco, pf Delnware & Hudson Federai Steel. Federal Steel. ni General Electrie.. Uilinois Centra: Louisvilie & Ni Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated Missouri Pacitte. K.&T.. pfd tional Lead € jew Jersey Central ew York Centra) Vntario & Western Northern Pacitic.. Nortbern Pacific, pid Pacitic Mail. Pennsylvania RR. Phila.& Reading, 1 Southern Pacific Southern Railws Southern Kailway, Texas Pacific... Teun, Cosland iron Union Pacific Union Facitic, pid. U 8. Leather’ Wabash pid Western Union Tei. Tee... the schooner Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call, 12 o'clock Mapital Trac- tion 4s, $1,000 ai 105%. National Sate Deyeastt aid ‘Trust, 5 at 132. Riggs Pire Insurance, 10) at_§: ta) Traction Scrip, $261 at 10 Capital Tr. . 100 at 1K) at 104%, genthaler Lin #24, 10 at 10 at 1 Yat 192%, 10 At 192. 10 at i924. 10 at 1 ig. 10 iy. 10 % at 292, 10 at 1 Keyser’s The con- the revenue . 10 wt 192%. 16 mG, 10 at 12, 10 wt | Lauston Monotype, 100 12%, 100 at 12%. 50 at - 100 at 1245, 50 Rt 12%, American Graphophoue, . After call—Capital T: tion, 100 at 103%, 100 at 10444, 103%, 20 at 10343. Lanston Monoty; District of Columbia Bonds. —3.8s, 120 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Capital Traction 4a, 100% Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 120 0} asked. jetropolitan Raflrond cert. in A, 110 td. etrepolitan Ralroad cert. indent. B. 10. bid Columbia Railroad 6s, 125% bid. Columbia Ratlrond 2d mort. Se, 131 bid. 112 asked. Cheaaperke and omae Telephone 105 bid. Chesapeake and Telephone con. Ss, 104 bid. American Se- and Trust 4s, 100 bid. Washington Market Ist Gs, 112 bid. Washington Market imp. 66, 112 iid. “Washington Market extn. Gs, 112 bid." Ma- sonic Hall Association 5s, 108 bid. American Graph- phone deb. Ss, 100 bid. Ii. He said he had no advices from tne | ational ‘Stocks. —Renk of Wa on, 363 Ad. Did, 400 asked. Metropol 19S bid. Farmers and Mi 1, 160 bid. Citizens’, 160 bid. 175’ asked. 160 bid. Capital’ 147 bid, 16) asked. Went Bnd, 117 ta. Traders’, 125 bid, 135 asked, Lin- colo, 115 bid Sufe Deposit and Trust Companies. Gen. Shafter, at San Francisco, has noti- | per, $2.2ing2.35; do, extra, $2.40a82.00; do. family, | Dl ays Tut tae td Mok ace” AOR fied the War Department that the battalion ee tent, $3.65a83.55; | curity and Trust, 199 Did. $3.00; rec the 14th Infantry, which recently ar- of the try, ly Sy rived there from the Philippines, has start- ed for its new station, Detroit. The bat- talion consists of five officers and 220 men. a Mrs. Wilson’s Remains Landed. NEW YORK, May 7.—The remains of Mrs. Wilson, wife of Gen. J. H. Wilson, who was burned to death in Havana, April 28, was removed from the transport Bu- ford by a government tug today and takea to Jersey City, whence it will be forwarded to Wilmington, Del. _—— Col. Whitside at Gibara. ‘ GIBARA, Pro™nce of Santiago, Cuba, May 7.—Col. Samuel M. Whitside, com- duly, 44; bushel and ye 2 nearby, 55; Rov‘ thehoth May, manding the department of Santiago ana | Whett—July... Puerto Principe, who is inspecting the posta Oats—July. on the north coast, Inspected three troops of the 10th Cavalry at Holguin today. ———_++-—__ ~ Aid for Ottawa Fire Sufferers. WELLINGTON, N. Z., May 7.—The gov- ernment of New Zealand, after consulta- tion with the legis!ators, has decided to forward to the Canadian premier, Sir Wil- frid Laurier, the sum of £5,000 in aid of the suffefers from the Ottawa fire. Pork—July. Eee Se spring do., '$3.75a84; spring wheat straight, $3454 ts, 17, Vheat steady: TiKATI; July, T2a7D4; receipts, 168,503 bushels; “export 533 by sample, 6872; "do. on grade, 68u72. Corn easier; spot and May, 483ja44: June, 44% asked: steamer mixed, 4254043; receipts, 103,205 3 exports, 298,535 bushels; southern white low corn, 45a46._ Oats firm: No. 2 white, 30 siiorg: No. 2 mixed, 27%a28H. Ihe very dull: No. iz’ an 37: ight sales. Grain freights quiet. not steam to Liverpool, per bushel. orders, per quarter, 3s. 4%:d.ais. 6d firm; graoulated, Butter firm: fancy etamesy, aa | as ; do. indie, 17; good Tadle, | ma ; rolls, 14016, Eggs firm, anchanged, 12! t much inquiry; May: Conk for Bs. 444d. Grain, Provisions ai CHICAGO, May 7.—Grain: Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 20 bid. Franklin, 40 bid. Metropolitan, $0 bid, ‘$0 asked. Corcoran, 62 bid! Potomac, 7 bid. Arlington, x142 bid, 143 asked. German-American, 210 bid. 3 12 bid, 13 asked. Columbia, 12% i . Did, Si asked. People's, 6% bid, 6% asked. Com- mercial, 4% asked. Oolonlal, 110’ bid, 115 asked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 83 bid, 85 asked. Ovlumbia Tithe, 4% bid. 5 arked. Wash” ington Title, 21 bid. District Title, 3% DM. southern wheat Hay steady Rallrosd Stocks.—Capital Traction, 103% bid, 104% asked. Capital Traction scrip. 100% 01d, 107 waked? Hl. | City and Soburban, 28 bid. Georgetown and ‘Tenley- Gas Stocks.—Washington Gas, 544, Uid, 54% ask- ed. Georgetown Gas 85 BM ‘Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 61 sylvania, 37 bid. 12%, Miscellaneous Stocks. —Me 1a 192 Did, 192% asked. Lanston Monotepe, 12 UW 12% asked. American Graphophone, 1 bid, 12% nak- ed. American Grapbophone preferred, ‘13% bid. $3ig asked. ‘Pneumatic Gun Carriage,” 2 bl, i asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 150 bid, 170 asked. x Ex. dividend. Government Bonds. TEE 3 4 an f