Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1905, Page 2

or highway in the District of Columbia any sign, advertising device or other object which might frighten horses or obstruct the free passage of pedestrians on the sidewalk of y avenue, street or alleyway. The police will assist in preserving public order within the Capitol grounds and the reserve spe in that locality needed for movements of the inaugural parade. and s, coaches and other vehicles assem- shall occupy such stands or po- y be designated by the police and immediately following before, the in. The intendent of police major has ben authorized to temporarily close, by rope or otherwise, the streets included in the route of the maugural parade, and such v preventing the unauthorized of any combustible material, stoves, ‘oline or other appliances which might gerous to life and property. shall hang or suspend advertising ts, cloths, ete., on the front of any building. unless duly authorized or in a with ex sting police and building vith a view m violating any of the regula- tions shail on convietion im the Police Court be liable, for each and every offense, to a fine not to exceed $1000, and in default of payment to imprisorment in the work- house Information for Militia. ‘The fllewing information, contained in a circular, has been sent to all military or- ganizations which contemplate participation in the inaugural parade: The organizations will be assembled east of the Capitol in the several streets leading into Ist street e: t about 1 o'clock p.m., the formation to be in close column of Platoons at five yards distance, facing west, n in double rank of sixteen files of guides, and the several ach plate front, exclusiv lingents arranged according to s of admission of their states into the Tnion To permit to other organizations, while in process of formation, free passage across the column, all in ting streets will be left open till the division is about to march, When every organization will be promptly closed up To avoid the confusion due to inevitable congestion at all depots the morning of March 4 and to the ania avenue and other streets about 9 o'clock a.m. for the assembly and morning march of the President’s escort from the White House to the Capitol at 10:30 a.m., all or- ganizations s 1, if practicable, arrive in Washing oe It is ne y to be assembled at the time and place and in the formation pre- bed, and to march (the band playing in adence of one hundred and twenty steps per minute) with the column constantly closed to the smallest practicable distances; this because the President will have not more about three hours of daylight left in to ew and clearly see, w tily desires to do, all partici- pa Therefore, all in authority through- out the column will receive this rule in proper spirit, and promptly remedy viola- tic of it whene r pointed out by staff of the grand marshal detailed the line of m: with the rul Chairman public c¢ along rch to accomplish compliance Weller of the committee on = made the lowing ap- pointment Coppes, receiving vi ors at Pennsylvenia depot; James H. For- syth, at Baltimore and Ohio, and A. Ralph Serven at Eckington. Prof. Percy M. Hughes will be in charge of the High School Cadet guides. liam J. Brown- ing was designated as chairman of the subcommittee a ‘apitol to attend to all communi ceived by senators and repres om their constitu- Dr. William Tindall was appointed chairman of the committee on public comfort stations, and he was requested to report at the next meeting their probable lecation and ch ter. Ee QUORUM NOT PRESENT. House District Committee Did Not Consider the Cross-Town R. R. Bills. ‘The special meeting of the House District committee, which was called for today for the purpose of considering the Great Falls and Old Dominion cross-town bil! and as- soclated propositions, was not held, owing to the lack of a quorum. It is generally be- lieved that this practically makes impos ble any action on the Great Falls bill at this session of Congress. It is possible that a meeting of the committee may be called for next Thursday, however, and the sub- ject taken up at that time. Thursday is the sular meeting day of the committee, but next Monday, February 13, is the last District day, it was not intended to call the committee together again. The lack of a qurorum today, however, may change these plans to some extent. It is not believed, however, that even if the District commit tee met next Thursday and immediate authorized a favorable report on the meas- ure any action could be had in the House ee RN! ee eee RETURN OF THE NEWPORT. Admiral Harrington Reports Her Ar- rival at Norfolk. Admiral Harrington, commanding the navy yard, Norfolk, has notified the Navy Department by telegraph of the arrival at that yard yesterday afternoon of the gun- boat Newport disabled by the loss of her tail shaft and propeller as a result of her experience in the recent severe storm off the coast of Hatteras. Ice-coated and ten, the ff Cape Henry sritish steamst to the the naval l gun boat was sight- hursday afternoon by ip Inca, and was towed orfolk na tugs W ers of the Newport stz t ng of Ja 0, at 3 o'c they their prope They do not jow how the accid: happened. Sail was made at one t covered with ic Cape Hatteras. For rode out one of the worst : 8 say, they ever encoun- There was imminent peril that, ut the ability to use her engines, she ould be driven on the shoals off Hatteras. ever, she again made sail, and whe withir few miles of the capes she en- countered another storm which drove her 100 miles to sea. During this storm Seaman Leekie was washed overboard from the head boom. By the heroic work of the lifeboat crew, under Coxswain Shield, the man was rescued. ee ARBITRATION WITH JAPAN. Secretary Hay and Minister Takahira Sign a Treaty. Secretary Hay today signed with Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister, an arbi- tration treaty between the United States and Japan. The treaty is identical with the treati ed with the other powers. ‘The minister was accompanied to the de- partment by Mr. Hioki, his first secretary, who witnessed the signing of the conven- tion. oe Edward Winslow’s Death at Cairo. Mr. Riddle, United States consul general at Cairo, cabled the State Department this morning that Edward Winslow of New York city had died there and that the body, accompanied by Mrs. Winslow, had been shipped to New York. As soon as President rd the news he directed that ‘gram be sent to the consul general, requesting him to offer every assistance possible to Mrs. Winslow in arranging for the shipment of the body. Mr. Winslow was intimate friend of Mr. J. E. Roosevelt, a cousin of the President. _——__—_. Doesn’t Like Statehood Bill. Strong intimations have been given to White House callers that the statehood bill, as it passed the Senate, is not at all satisfactory to the President, and that should It go through the House in that form it would probably meet an executive veto. The President has made no direct threat of the veto, as he understands it is ex- tremely doubtful whether the bill) in its present form. will get through Congress, | But those acquainted with his yiews are convinced that he would not hesitate to fix his veto to any bill going through in its existing shape, Information is that Speak- er Cannon is not particularly favorable to the bil and that he will be in no haste to permit action upon it in the House, AGAIN IN SESSION The Senate Sitting as Im- peachment Court. JUDGE SWAYNE’S TRIAL STEAMBOAT INSPECTION BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE. Bill Passed by the House to Extend Time for Completing the Highway Bridge Cver the Potomac. Immediately after the close of the routine morning business today the Senate at 12:18 p.m., on motion of Mr. Cullom, went into executive session. In moving the session Mr. Cullom antagonized several senators, who expressed a desire to transact other business. He said it was especially desira- ble that the consideration of the arbitration treaties be proceeded with, and expressed the hope that they might be disposed of to- day if an early start could be secured. At 1:55 the doors were reopened and at 2 o'clock the Senate resumed the impeach- ment proceedings against Judge Swayne. The respondent was again present and oc- cupied a seat between his attorneys, ex- Senators Higgins and Thurston. Testimony Yesterday Afternoon. When Mr. Palmer took his seat yester- day, after making his statement of the prosecution, the presentation of evidence was begun by Mr. Olmsted, one of the man- agers, who put in Judge Swayne’s commis- sion, the statutes which Judge Swayne is accused of violating and other documents bearing upon the case. Included among these were Judge Swayne's certificates of expenses and his receipts for the money paid to him at the rate of $10 a day while holding court in Texas. Mr. Bailey suggested that, as there was an agreement between the House managers and Judge Swayne’s counsel as to the ex- penses of the judge, there was nothing left to be done but for the Senate to determine whether the act complained was a violation of the law. Mr. Olmsted replied that there was no confession on the part of the respondent and insisted that testimony was necessary on that point. The first witness called was Payne W. Chase, who, in 1900, was a clerk in a hotel at Tyler, Tex. He was first given a posi- tion at the president pro tempore’s desk. but, as he could not be distinctly heard from that place, he was located in the cen- ter of the chamber, and, standing with his back to the presiding officer, made his statement regarding Judge Swayne’s ex- penses while holding court in Texas. The next witness called was Mrs. Susan L. Downs of Waco, Tex., who testified on the same subject. Mrs. Downs spoke from the presiding officer's desk. Neither Mr. Chase nor Mrs. Downs was cross-examined. Mr. Higgins asked for an attachment to compel the attendance of Louis Paquet of New Orleans as a witness. There being no other witnesses present the Senate, as a court, adjourned at 3:40 p.m., and the Senate immediately went into executive session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ‘When the House of Representatives con- vened today a bill extending the time for the construction of the highway bridge across the Potomac was passed. Mr. Gros- venor, chairman of the House committee on merchant marine and fisheries, called up the several bills proposing amendments to the steamboat inspection service, which were preparéd at the Department of Com- merce and Labor as a result of the General Slocum disaster. Mr. Grosvenor explained that these meas- ures were approved by the board of in- spectors, by the organized commercial bod- ies of the whole country and favorably re- ported by the committee on merchant ma- rime and fisheries and all of them were aimed to amend and improve the inspection service laws. Objection was made by Mr. Wynn (Cal.) to consideration of the bill relating to the crews of vessels and Mr. Sherley (Ky.) ob- jected to consideration of the bill affecting the salary system of inspectors. The other steamboat inspection bills were passed. Mr. Wynn withdrew his objection to con- sideration of the bill relating to the com- plement of crews, when Mr. Livernash (Cal.) offered an amendment providing that 70 per cent of the crew of a vessel shall be effective hands and defining the character of seamen. Mr. Livernash, in s ment, said it de: Union. Mr Grosvenor said the same amendment had been unanimously voted down by the committee, and inat if it prevailed not a vessel would be able to leave San Fran- cisco. Replying te Mr. Livernash, Mr. Grosvenor said the seamen’s organization had not been denied a hearing before the committee. The amendment was voted down and the bill passed, making five of the inspection service bills passed today. REFUSED EXTRADITION pport of the amend- ed by the Seamen's GOV. HIGGINS DECLINED REQUI- SITION FOR HUNT. ALBANY, N. Y., February 11.—Governor Higgins has refused to authorize the ex- tradition from this state of William Hunt, at the requisiton of the governor of IlInois, upon which a hearing was held before him yesterday. He said today he had refused the extradition upon the ground that the papers accompanying the requisition were insufficient to justify action by him. Hunt is wanted in Chicago upon an in- dictment charging him with complicity in the acceptance of a depost by the Pan- American Bank after the ban’: was known to be insolvent. genera THE STATEHOOD BILL. May Be Defeated at This Session of Congress. Compliance with the action of the repub- lican members of the House ef Representa- tives yesterday afternoon will be the price of further progress on the statehood bill. There were thirty-three republicans at that conference who voted against the reso- lution authorizing the Speaker of the House to bring in a rule providing that the statehood bill shall go to conference. Sixteen of those republicans could join their forces with the democratic -minority in the House and defeat this ac- tion of the conference and the action of the caucus of April 15, 1904, which favored the statehood bill as passed by the House. But these thirty-three republicans will not get a chance to defeat the republican ma- jority of the House. Even should the Speaker bring in the rule as authorized by the conference yesterday afternoon, sixteen republicans could vote with the democratic minority to defeat the adoption of that rule. The bill then being reported to the House from the committee on territories, with a recommendation for a conference between the House and Senate, might meet with a vote to defeat such ac- tion. Then a motion would be in order to coneur with the Senate amendment and statehood would be accomplished in the form that the democrats have been advo- eating. The claim is made that there are sufii- cient western republicans who now favor the Senate's action to carry out the plan of concurring with the Senate amendments, But Speaker Cannon knows the facts on that point as well as anyone, and he has practically said in his fatherly way: you want state- under that method. ef procedure, £0 anead to this afternoon Mr. Cannon has not committee on territories. It will stay iiere until enough of those thirty-three repubti- cans come to time and signify compliance with the will of the majority of their party. This may defeat statehood in this Con- gress, A many men who know tie situation best declare that that will be the result. In the meantime there is time for reflection on the part of the thirty-three, ——— CAPT. SCHREINER DEAD. Retired Army Officer the Victim of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Captain Francis N. Schreiner, U.S. A.» retired, died at Asheville, N. C., yesterday afternoon after a long illness of pulmon- ary tuberculosis, and his remains were brought to this city and interred in the Rock Creek cemetery this afternoon. Fu- neral services were held at his late resi- dence, 1440 Q street northwest, and were attended by many officers and clerks of the quartermaster general's office in this city, where the deceased was stationed for many years prior to his retirement in | April, 1903. Captain Schreiner was a natiye of the District of Columbia, and served as major and quartermaster in the volunteer army during the Spanish war. In February, 1901, he was appointed as captain and quartermaster in the regular establish- ment, and served in this city until his re- tirement on account of ill health. He was a popular and efficient officer, and had many friends in this city, REFERRED TO COUNSEL. Question Regarding Use of - Bank Building for School Purposes. Engineer Commissioner Biddle has asked the corporation counsel for an opinion as to whether the rooms in the ‘Washington Savings Bank building used by the Congressional Schoo} are used for school purposes within the ,meaning of the law requiring fire escapes to be erected on buildings so occupied. Prof. Downs, principal of the Congres- sional School, states that the work of the institution is rather that of correspond- ence, and that there are never more than ten pupils in the rooms at one time. Building Inspector Ashford, while a mitting Prof. Downs’ statement, says that it is his opinion that buildings of the character and construction of the Washington Savings Bank building should be provided with fire escapes if used for school purposes, and that since he has no discretion in the application of the law he suggests that the matter be considered by the Commissioners before he takes steps to enforce the order for fire escapes issued January 18 last. ———--—__. SOCIETY’S STATUS IN QUESTION. Corporation Counsel on Point Raised by Insurance Superintendent. Assistant Corporation Counsel F. H. Stephens has submitted to the Commis- sioners a legal opinion in response to the query of Supt. Drake of the insurance de- partment as to whether the “Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia Grand Tabernacle, No. 2, G. G. A. O. F. B. and S. of Love and Charity,” is amenable to the District life insurance law. The opinion is approved by Corporation Counsel Du- vall. Mr. Stephens, in answering the question propounded to the legal department, says that the superintendent of insurance should determine the following as ques- tions of fact: First, whether the asso- ciation is conducted for the sole benefit of its members, and not for profit; sec- ond, whether it has a ritual, a lodge sys- tem and a representative form of govern- ment, and, third, whether, if it be an as- sociation similar to the Masons, Odd Fel- lows, &c., its principal object is the is- suance of “benefit certificates of member- ship in case of death or the payment of sick, funeral or death benefits exceeding in amount $100.” “If the first two questions be answered in the affirmative,” says Mr. Stephens, “and the last in the negative, the associa- tion is entitled to the benefit of the fra- ternal law; otherwise not.” ——— BEACH WILL NOT WAIT. Trial of Crawford and Others Subject of Correspondence. Mr. Morgan H. Beach, United States at- torney for the District of Columbia, today received notification from Mr. John G. Car- lisle, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, that other engagements will prevent him from appearing here to engage in the trial of his client, William G. Crawford, within the next sixty days. Information to the same effect was received today by Mr. Beach from Mr. A. S. Worthington, of this city, also of counsel for Mr. Crawford. The latter is charged, in conjunction with Au- gust W. Machen, George E. Lorenz and Martha J. Lorenz, with conspiracy to de- fraud, in connection with the Post Office Department irregularities. The authorities have heretofore announced that the case will be called for trial not later than one month hence. Mr. Beach says he will not wait two months before beginning the trial, and this afternoon addressed communications to Messrs. Carlisle and Worthington suggest- ing a compromise, so far as fixing the date for the hearing of the cause is concerned. It was regarded this afternoon as doubt- ful that George E. Lorenz will reach this city from Toledo, Ohio, tomorrow, as was expected. The report is that he is suffer- ing with additional and severe complica- tions of his ear trouble. AN EIGHT-HOUR LAW. Secretary Metcalf’s Report on the Re- sult of His Inquiries. Secretary Metcalf of the Department of Commerce and Labor today transmitted to the House committee on labor his con- clusions as to what would be the result of the enforcement of an eight-hour law relative to government contracts. The request for this investigation was made by resolution April 13 last. The inquiry ig embodied in seven questions, and the Secretary gives the result of his inquiries in full, which constitutes a printed vol- ume of 144 pages. The opinion of the solicitor for the de- partment is made a part of the report. In it he construes the provisions of the eight-hour bill and reaches the conclu- sion that it would apply principally to the shipbuilding industry. pais Se Asks an Injunction. Proceedings in equity for injunction were instituted today in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by Dunbar & Co. against Randolph T. Warwick and Adolph Loehl. The court is asked to enjoin the defendants from offering for sale such articles as are usually sold at a cigar and news stand at hotels, in the Riggs House, “in violation of the exclusive privilege granted to these complainants” under the terms of a contract. An accounting is also sought. Attorneys Blair & Thom represent the complainants. eee Fined One Hundred Dollars. Nathaniel McGruder was before Judge Scott in the Police Court this morning upon a charge of carrying a concealed weapon, and was fined $100. He was arrested yes- terday by Policeman Holz as he was mak- ing a demonstration before the residence of a girl in South Washington whom he claimed to have a grievance against. —_——— Capt. McRae Ordered Here. Capt. James C. McRae, 3d Infantry, sta- tioned at Fort Liscum, Alaska, has been ordered to this city for duty on the gen- eral staff, This detail was made on the recommendation of a board of general officers, of which Maj. Gen. Bates was chairman, recently convened in this city for the purpose of selecting an officer for duty: on the general staff in place of Maj. Hugh J. Gallagher of the subsistence partment, recently promoted a! = signed to ey with the tathmian canal pega. 5 cram tions “in Plans of al Work. No Al 2 Union Ter: REPORT SUBMITTED pen catsentel DISTRICT ..ENGINEER DEPART- MENT MAKES ADVERSE RULING. Proposed Scheme Reguarded as More Costly Than the One Adopted —Col. Biddle’s Views. a An unfavorable report was made by the officials of the District engineer department this afternoon relative to the proposition of the Southwest Washington Citizens’ Asso- ciation to change the adopted plans for the union terminal work'in Southwest Wash- ington between 3d and 11th ‘streets. The Proposition was presented to the Commis- sloners yesterday, ay was published in The Star yesterday afternoon, and in view of the necessity for prompt action on the mat- ter the officials Immediately took it under consideration, In a report approved by Capt. Jay J. Mor- Tow, assistant to the Engineer Commis- stoner, C. B. Hunt, engineer of highways, replies in brief as follows to the arguments advanced by. citizens in support of the Proposed substitute plan for the terminal work in South Washington: “This office is convinced that, instead of saving money to the tax payers, the pro- posed plan will be far more costly than the one adopted. It does not attach great weight to the objectionable features of an overhead bridge ‘at 7th street rather than that the street should go under the tracks. The whole trend of modern practice in the elimination of grade crossings is, other things being equal, to carry the street un- der the tracks, as in the approved plan. The advantageous treatment of 9th street in. the proposed plan is gained by creating a far more objectionable treatment of 6th street, and the objections to the adopted plan are thought to be overstated. It is not considered that the possibilities of final treatment of reservation 113 in proposed plan are essentially superior to those in the one adopted. Commissioner Biddle’s Statement. Engineer Commissioner Biddle in ap- proving the adverse report of Mr. Hunt, makes the further statement that “the pro- posed change would affect somewhat seri- ously the use of the freight stations as authorized by the acts of Congress, and for which the railroad companies have probably taken steps to procure, and pre- pared to a certain extent for their use. Further, it is necessary that there should be further legislation to authorize such a change, which legislation cannot be recom- mended certainly “until after a consulta- tion with the: railroad company as to the practicability ef the. proposed plan. “These changes were considered at the time of the passage of the bill, and the course adopted at that time was Considered the most practicable. There is no reason, however, why this communication should not be forwarded to the railroad company with a request for its views thereon at an early date, and I move this be done.” It is understood that the other Commis- sioners will sustain the position taken by the engineer "department relative to this matter. In discussing the detaiis of the plan pro- posed by the citizens, Engineer Hunt says: “The proposed treatment at 10th street is more advantageous than the adopted plan, while the proposed treatment at 4% street is, to an’ almest equal degree; less advan- tageous; the combined advantages or dis- advantages “of the treatment of the two streets under either plan being so small as to be not determinative or of considerable weight. i No Appreciable Advantage. “At 7th street instead of crossing a valley of 6.5 feet the proposal is to climb a hill of 5 feet. The rates of grade along the street would be substantially the same, and the advantages of the proposed plan over the adopted one would not be appreciable. On the other hand, under the proposed plan the District would have to maintain a bridge over the railroad, a material -consid- eration which is also applicable tc the pro- posed treatment of 6th street and 9th street. “The proposed treatment of 9th street is much better than the adopted plan, due to the fact that the engineering difficulties unavoidably inciaent to the treatment of the street crossing a railroad where its profile passes from an ‘overhead viaduct to a depressed subway, have been shifted in location by the proposed plan to 6th street, while under the adopted plan they are found at the 9th street crossing. “Any treatment of these difficulties at 6th street is far and away more objection- able in results than the one approved at 9th street, involving aa it must radical and harmful changes of grade in a number of streets intersecting 6th street within the limits of the necessary change of grade of that street. No such circumstance exists at 9th street, ard it was this fact that con- trolled’ the adoption of the approved rail- road profile in this locality. “The belief expressed by the citizens that the profile was controlled by the original plan of a station in the Mall, while natural, is not based on facts. The station in the Mall was sufficiently remote from the lo- cality in question to remove it as a con- trolling factor over the railroad grade at these points. 4 of this street in the northwest after the railroad tracks are removed from, especially as it is not occupied street car tracks. The present use street in the section, w! » is in this treatment of this street absolutely defeat such use and Is of enough to condemn the 5 of the clty are now 14th, 12th, 7th, 4% and 8a streets, To these will surely be added 6th street after the completion of the proj- ect now under way. This office has ever been controlled by the Idea of preserving, so far as might be possible, practicable grades and the minimum of obstructions on these six routes. While 9th street is planned to go through the Mall at some fu- ture date, the plans are not at present crys- tallized sufficiently to justify their consid- eration, when it would involve the certain sacrifice of a thoroughfare, 6th street, which would immediately become of the greatest importance. Similarly, the shift- ing of 10th street conditions to 4% street would give a gain to a stub street at the expense of a main thoroughfare. “From no point of view does the aggre- gate of advantages lie with the proposed plan as a substitute for the adopted one. The citizens‘state that the proposed plan. is not an ‘eleventh hour’ one. This is abso- lutely correct. ‘The plan proposed was con- sidered, together with numerous others, be- fore the approved plan was adopted, and when submitted later by citizens in 1902 was again very fully reviewed and consid- ered, and the same decision as herein stated was arrived at.” - — TYPICAL CASE OF DISTRESS. Immediate Relief Furnished by the Associated Charities. A typical case of distress noted by the authorities gives point to the appeals and the list of contributions published by the Associated Charities and the Citizens’ Re- lief Association. One of the eight division agents of the Associated Charities recently found a family where the mother was sick in bed and the father out of work. The entire family, including three small chil- dren, were living in one small, crowded room. One of the window panes was gone entirely. There was no fire in the house. The food supplies also were entirely ex- hausted, and members of the tamily were hungry. Groceries and coal were supplied immediately, and the man was given work, by which he paid for these supplies. A nurse of the Instructive Visiting Nurse So- ciety was called upon to minister to the sick woman, and efforts are being made to find permanent employment for the man. Mr. Corcoran Thom, chairman of the finance committes. of the Citizens’ Relief Association, is making special personal ef- forts to secure the amount still needed for the relief work of the association, and he is meeting with a good deal of practical encouragement. ‘The following contribu- tions, which have been sent to Mr. John F. Wilkins, treasurer of the association, indi- cate that the society is gradually securing the support which it needs: ; R. L. Pendleton, 3 Elizabeth Coudert, $1; George V. Bal ; Mrs. Seaton Perry, $10; H. J. M., $5 Mrs. B. P. Mimmack, $5; George H. Safford, $5; William Barnum, $10: Washington Stock Exchange, $100; Louis P. Clephane, For the ated Charities, Mr. John Joy Edson, treasurcr, acknowledges the receipt of generous contributions, which have been sent either to the general office at 811 G street, or to Mr. Edson’s place of business in the Washington Loan and Trust building. One of the business firms of the elty, which has only a branch office in Washington, their central office being lo- cated in St. Louis, has sct a precedent for other similar firms by securing permission from the central office for a contribution to be made to the Associated Charities by the local branch. The finance committee ex- press the hope that other firms similarly | situated will arrange to have contributions made by their Washington offices to the charity work of the city. Following are the contributions acknowl- edged: Miss Marie L. Fout, $5; Mrs. Rich- ard Butler, $10; Alpheus Davison, $5; M. J. i $5, W..P. Tulloch, $5; A. E. $8; C. L. F., $5; $5; friend, $10; Mrs. Albert J. Carrico, $5; Joseph Paul, $25; Mrs. J. C. Merrill, $5; Mrs. Harrington, $1; cash through Dr. Baker, $8; A. J., for the poor, $5; Mrs. Caroline Gunnison, $2; the Misses J. H. McGowan, $2.50; Charles E. 0; bg A. Phil- FUNERAL OF HARRY U. WALTON. Services Held at Family Residence, In- terment at Rock Creek Cemetery. The remains of Harry Underhill Walton, late assistant manager of the New Willard Hotel, were interred this afternoon at Rock Creek cereter Funeral services were held at the famfy residence, 712 20th street northwest, and were particularly im- pressive. The exercives were attended by a number o? Mr. Walton’s former business associates and many friends of the family and sev- eral pretty floral pieces were placed upon the casket. Rev. Don 8. Colt of Baltimore, a Methodist minister, delivered an address, in which he spoke of the many good qualities of the deceased, and said he was within reach of a high niche in the busl- ness world when he was cut down by the scythe of death. He referred pathetically to the fact that Mr. Walton had been mar- ried less than two months, and said he had proved in that short time to be a duti- ful and affectionate husband. The pallbearers were: Messrs. F. 8. Hight, W. B. H-bbs, John P. Doyle, G. E. Galbrey, H. W. Catlin, Fred Cochran, Paul V. Roux and Arthur Burt. $50,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE NEW YORK’S HISTORIC CASINO THEATER SUFFERS LOSS. Important Thoroughfare, “This office is confident in its belief that 6th street is designed to become a most im- portant and heavily traveled thoroughfare BONA FIDE CIRCULATION. The sworn statement below shows that the circulation of The Star is what it is claimed to be. The Star's circulation is much greater than that of any other paper published in Washington, and The Star is read more thorouglily than and has double the number of readers of any other paper published in Waspipgton, whether morn- ing or evening. Fifteen thousand of The Star's regular subscribers take no other Washington ‘papék, whatever, depending upon The Star alone for news and adver- tising. Sa Circulation:of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, February 4, 1995. MONDAY, February 61905 TURSDAY, February 7,105. WEDNESDAY, February 8, 1905 ‘THURSDAY, February.2, 1905. FRIDAY, February 10; 1905... I solemnly swear: that the state- ment represents only the number of copies of THE EVENING STAR circniated dur- ing the six secular days ending Friday, February 10, 1905—that is, the number of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that the copies so counted are not return- able to or remain in-the office unsold. . J. WHIT.-HERRON, Business Manager, ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company. Subseribed.and sworn to before me this eleventh day of February, A.D. 1905. (Seay ** r “ NEW, YORK, February 11.—-The Casino Theater, one of the most historic of New York playhouses, and the scene of the pro- duction of many famous light operas, was damaged by fire today with a loss of $50, 000. The blaze began about noon in a dressing room on the third floor over the stage while a rehearsai of chorus girls of the “Lady Teazle” Company was in prog- ress. Though they were thrown into a panic the members of the company escaped uninjured, with the exception of one chorus girl, who fell while going down the stairs of the stage entrance and was painfully, but not dangerously hurt. There were no spectators in the theater when the fire broke out. No Audience Present. Two hours later the building would have ‘been occupied by an audience composed prin- cipally of women and children. As it was, the chorus girls had some difficulty in escaping the hurried advance of the flames, The exit of an audience under similar con- ditions would have been hampered by the fact that the main entrance is by a wind- ing staircase. The Casino is located at the corner of Thirty-ninth street and Broadway in the very heart of the theater and hotel district, and no sooner was the fire under way, with the burst of blaze and smoke from the both directions, stalling all traffic and hampering the efforts of the firemen. Rehearsal in Progress. About forty chorus girls were rehearsing in costume and were crowding up a nar- row stairway to a dressing room on the third floor, above the stage, when a burst Tron and Steel Featured in . the Opening Today. VARIATIONS NOT WIDE FEW STOCKS SHOWED SMALL LOSSES, TENDENCY UPWARD. Colorado Fuel Caused a Slight Rally After Extensive Buying—Pressure Against Standards. NEW YORK, February 11.—The largest trading at the opening of the stock market today was in the iron and steel stocks, but the price variations were not wide. Ten thousand shares of United States Steel sold at 31% and 31%, compared with 315 last night and the preferred opened un- changed on the sale of 7,000 shares and then vibrated a fraction both ways. Re- public Steel preferred rose %. Tennessee Coal, on the other hand, ran off a large fraction on realizing. There was a gain of a point in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and of % in Kansas City South- ern preferred. A few stocks showed small losses, but the tendency was upward. Extensive buying of the iron and steel stocks diminished when prices of railroad stocks began to reflect the selling under cover of the rise of Colorado Fuel. This specialty advanced 2% to and caused a sympathetic rally to 82% in Tennessee Coal. Federal Mining added nearly five points to its recent sensational rise, and Sloss-Shef- field Steel improved %. National Enamel- ing touched 24, and National Railroad of Mexico preferr-d gained 1%. Pressure against the standard stocks in- creased steadily, and by 11 o'clock St. Paul and R ading were down a point. Other stocks of all classes were also declining, Tennessee Coal and Republic Steel pre- ferred reacting to a point under last night. Colorado Fuel fell back 1%. Consolidated Gas lost a point, Metropolitan Securities, 1%, and Pere Marquette preferred, 2. Light selling cost Federal Mining its five- point rise. Iowa Central preferred lost 1% and Linseed 1. The market hardened after the appearance of the bank statement. Ten- nessee Coal recovered to last night's level. Pacifie Mall, Railway Steel Spring prefer- red, Allis-Chalmers preferred, Pere Mar- quette and Cleveland, Lorain and Wheel- ing preferred gained 1 and Pacific Coast 1%. The movement generally was narrow and became hesitating. The closing was irregular. New York Stock Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F stre members New York stock exchange, Washington stock exchange and Chicago board of trade. Amalgamated Copper. American Locomotive American Loco., pfd Am. Car & Foundry. Am. Car & Foun., pfd American Ice. American Smelting... Amer. Smelting, pfd . & 8. F Baltimore & Ohio.... 1 Brook. Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific..... Chesapeake & Ohio... Chicago & Alton..... . Chicago & Alton, pfd Chi. Great Western. . Chi., Mil. & St. Paul: Ms Me W2% 102% Wi 106% 106% 106% 62% Colo. Fuel & Iron. 52 4 51g Consolidated Gas 208% 207% 206% Delaware & Hudson. 193 192% 193. Erie, common.. 43% 43% 43% Erie, 1st preferred. Erie, 2d preferred. General Electric. Illinois Central. Kansas City Southern 31g 30% Louisville & Nashv... 137% 137 Manhattan Elevated. 174% 174% 174%, Metropolitan Secs. Co 83 8lie Bay Metropolitan St. Ry 122% 121% 122% Mo., Kan. & T. 32 a2 (8 Mexican Central. . Va. Car. Chem., com. Colorado Southern. Con. Tob, 4s. Am. Tob. 4s. Southern Pacific, pfd. Detroit Southern, pfd National Lead. re New York Cent 1 N. ¥., Ont. & West.. Norfolk & Western.. Pacific Mail Steam... Pennsylvania R. R... 140% 140° 140% People’s Gas of Chi.. 108% 108% 108% Pressed Steel Car..... 38 37% 38% Reading 2 95% 94% 95% Reading, Ist p : Reading, 2d pfd. Republic Steel & Iron Rep. Steel & Iron, pfd Rock Island, com. Rock Island, pfd. Rubber Goods. st. L &8. F., St. Louis Southwest. St. Louis S. W., pfd.. Southern Pacific. . Southern Railway. ‘Tenn. Coal & Iron.... 81% 80% Texas Pacific 36% 36% 36% Union Pacific . 1225 122% 121% 122% Union Pacific, pfd. 97% 9TH 97% U. 8. Leather... 13% 13% 138% 13% 10454 104% 104% U. 8. Leather, pfd. be Western Union . Wisconsin Central. ... Chi. Ter. & T. T., pid American Ice, pfd Wabash deb. B... FINANCE AND TRADE| feature of the trading at today’s meeting of the stock exchange, but the price paid marked the highest polnt reached in the upward course of the stock since the pay- ment of the extra dividend nearly two years ago. The market for the stock, shown by the trading, was not only a strong one, but the buying orders seemed to be dis- tributed among a number of brokers. There were more than one or two buyers. and. while the uniform price of 6 which was paid was half a point higher than what has prevailed for a day or two past, yet that fact did not seem to lessen the desire to get the stock. A rather unusual development was th offering made of blocks of 100 shares These were taken readily as a quotation lot of twenty-five shares, and when the supply at that price had been exhausted a slight advance was made. The higher prices, however, served to renew the sup- ply, and at the close there was stock tw be had at 654%. The bid, however, did not rise above 6. The aggregate of the sales reached only 625 shares, which is not a large amount, in comparison with the entire issue of 130,000 shares, but represents rather active deal- ing in this security, which is not, as a rule on the market to any considerable extent The general belief is that the stock is strongly held, and the amount of what may be termed floating stock is not large At times like the present, when a suspi- cion or something stronger gets in circn lation that something is going to be donc with the surplus which is generally sup: posed to be bursting out of the strong box, then the stock bee The buying and seluing in th ays runs into a large aggregate, > of ex: actly to what extent the same stock is made to do service is one of those matters. which no one knows anything about. any rate the notion that has been about some time that gas stock was about to pet- form one of its periodical ascents seems to receive confirmation by the free buying of today. But where It is going, and « pecially why it is going, is one of tho things about which there seems to be 0 definite information. After call a couple of lots of one hundred shares each of Gas stock were obtained at 65% and at 654. It im, orders at the limits given, Ings closed with the buying stronger than the selling. vssible to fill the nd so the deal- very much The call did not de much trad- ing in any of the pt Gas stock, nor was there shown much dispo- sition either to buy or to sell. Announcement was made that after today the corporate name of the Union Trust and Storage Company would be the Union Company. Today’s Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $1,206,709; government receipts from internal revenue, customs, $801,047; miscellaneous, $2 Expendi tures, $1,810,000. Washington Stock Exchang Sales.—Regular call, o'clock noon—Capital Traction, 20 at 1. Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 100 at 86%, 50 at 86%, 50 at Washington Rw a 100 at 2914, At 20% 50 at 291, 50 at Trust and Stor . 25 at Mergenthaler L 10 at 195%, 10 Lunston Aionotyy After call, Washi notype, 10 at 195%, 19514. a RAILROAD BONDS, Bid. Asked. Capital Traction 4s.. : Metropolitan 5s... Metropolitan 5s crt. 105 Metropolitan cert. 105, Columbia 129 Columbia 5s am City and 10644 Anacostia and Potoma vide Washington Rwy. and E 88 MISCELLAN Washington Gas ts, 39: 4115 jas 68. series B O85 121% 122% 104 Union Trust and Storage. Wasbirrtun Savings Bank: Home Savings Bank... RAILROAD § Capital Traction Washington Rwy. tional Union. Columbia ies People’s Cowmercial. Colonial D GRAPHO! PHC 4 Chesapeake and Potomac. .......... 49 American Grapnophoue com 6 American Graphophoue pfd. 9% GAS S Washington Gas...... 65% Georgetown Gas... 80 TYPE MACHIN! Mergenthaler Linotype Lunston Monotype. MISCELL. Greene Con. Copper. Washington Market. Nor. and Wash. Stearaboat. Realty Appraisal Agency. *Ex-div. Bank Statement. Cen. Rwy. of N. J. Rock Island Co. 4s... Atlantic Coast Line.. Kan. City So., pfd.... GOVERNMENT SEC! , Bid. Asked. 105, 105, pt 1 106 131 131 119! Chicago Grain and Provisions. CHICAGO, February 11.—Grain: Wheat=May, 8 te tee Seg” eat May. oy July 1 joe. ‘Corn—May 451046 raly. Oats—May Be 085 ‘Close. Pork—May. 12.87 Lard—May. 6.95 Ribs—May. 6.87 Baltimore Markets. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md.. February 11.—FLOUR—Quiet, unchanged; receipts, 4,905 barrels. WHEAT-Firm; ‘contract, i, Spot, Tiosrti0%: Februnry 11 B10; May, 117%; steamer 2100; 8, 1,916 bushels; 1002115; southern on grade, ;, February, Al 150; May, 50% is receipts, 28, white corn, 4434049; thet Circulation, THE LOSS $2,500. Bailway Tower in Anacostia Destroyed by Fire. The railway tower in the Anacostia freight yard was destroyed by fire late this afternoon, involving a loss of $2,500. The blaze was started by an overheated stove. First Company Recorded. The first certificate to be filed here under the new incorporation law was presented to the recorder of deeds late yesterday. The company incorporated is “The Rae- burn-Garner Coal Company.” It has a capital stock of $40,000, divided into 1,600 shares of the par value of $25 each. The incorporators are: James S. Raeburn, George A. Garner, J. Barton Miller, Ralph W. Lee and Robert Cook, and the certifi- cate was filed through Attorney J. A. Burkhart. The stated object of the corpo- ration is the conduct of a general coal and wood business.