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L&TENEWS BY WIRE
Death -eaks the Tie in the Ken
Caucus to Take Action This After
noon.
A -CANDHDATE WITHDRAWS
FRANKFO~RKr.,January IL-The most
touehhig. Inc Int..jp connection with the
caucus last night was the vote cast for Sen
ater ~ qlae5brn by Representative Isaac
Wilson offlebon cunty. it- was the last
earthly act which he could authorize. The
1Mth t V& amtvy Mf lifelong friend. Senator
George- Fp1o1 Wrie Mr. Wilson lay on
his dying bed at the hoteL He came here
knowing we! thatc.he would be taken home
only a but be was determined, as
he said, that the last act of his life should
'be -t help an old-comrade in arms and life
long friend, Senator Blackburn, who ob
-jected to -Is removal here.
It -was, Indeed, the last act of his life. Mr.
Wilson died this morning.
Tb& death of Mr. Wilson breaks the t!e In
the iglaSture. ''d republicans have sixty
eight votes, the democrats sixty-seven and
the populists two.
The populistg Will vote for the republican
nominee for the Uiited States Senate, and
that will in aprebability insure the elec
tion of Dr. Godfrey Hunter, who will be
UnomiAted by the republicans this after
neon at 3 o'clock.
m. Muntep issow in Congress, repre
senting the third district.
LOCISVIT.TM K., January 11.-A spe
eal to the Evening Post - from Frankfort
sags that W.' H. Holt has withdrawn from
?he,Jqm6perjag race. He was a candidate
for the republican nomination before the
caucus which Is to be held this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. It is rumored that A. E.
Wilson's name will not be placed before
the cau.
UNDERGROUND TROLLEY.
Tb@ General Eleetrie Company Award
ed Exclusive Rights.,
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Jajuary 11.-Judge
Townsend, In the United States court to
day. refused to reopen the case of the
Thomson-Houston-Siectric Company against
laa. Winchester Avenue Railroad Company,
in which decision was given for the plain
-tiff -recently.-The- General Electric Com
many, is, yietpf by this decision, being
awarded the exclusive right to the under
running trolley.
The motion of the plaintiff for an Injunc
tio to prevent the Westinghouse Electric
COmpany from manufacturing the under
running trolley was denied on the ground
'that -the company -ras not made a party
to the suit, but the court has granted an
order restraining the nominal defendant
fiom using the device.
TANNErs DEmWURuR! SUSTAINED.
Entited to Sjecial Charges in Mr.
HopkIns' Suit.
CHICAGO-January 11-In the libel suit
of the ex-mayor, Hopkins (democrat),
against john . 'inner, aspirant for the re
pubican nomination for governor. Judge
Adamis today sustained a demurrer in the
defendant's plea.
Hopkins charged that Tanner published a
libelous pamphlet in which he asserted that
Hopkins, through the police courts, had ex
torted money from various people for po
itical purposes.
Judge Adams holds that the plaintiff is en
titled by law to specific charges, and as the
pleas did not set these up the demurrer to
them was sustained. The court also holds
that the defendant shal give the names of
aD the persons who .tbe defendant claims
extorted money for the ex-mayor.
The practical effect to a temporary victory
for ex-Mayor Hopakin.
WiLL or 4EORGE W. PEILIPS.
Various Legacies Malde and Restrie
tilus Imposed.
The will of the late George W. Phillips.
deputy United States marshal of the Dis
triet, dated Nay 2, 183, was fled today.
Samuel L. Philips. a non, is appointed
executor of the estate, and he is directed
to defend- the will in case the testator's
son, George IR. Phillips. or any one else
representing or claiming through him, shall
attack or seek to impeach it. Premises on
lot 2, square 112, and the furniture therein
are'Iven to Samuel L. Phillips.
One-half of_ the- 'est of the estate is
given to the said son. Samuel L., in trust
for the wid4'r of" the testator, Susan V.
Phillips, during .her life. One-half of the
residue is given to his son, Samuel L., and
the remainder he Is ~to hold for the use and
benefit of Geo. R;' Phillps, also a son of the
testator. Uport the death of Mrs. Phillips
2the followihg.Jeaiesm are to be paid: $5u00
to Mrs. Isabella Bartholow, a niece; 350
to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Koones, $50O0 each to
Alexander and George Phillips. nephews.
One-half- of -the estate then remaining Is
to be equally divided between the two sons,
the share of- the shlI son, Geo. R., to be
held for his use and benefit by the trustee
and executor:
A codicil, dated September 19, 1801, pro
rides- that the' 'doi; -Geo. R., shall have a
life Interest In- the .etate given him.
..DiSCESSING -THlE RUILES.
The house et Eepresentives Spent
the Day in That Work.
The House todai resumed its discussion
of the proposed amendments to the rules
as soon as the journal had been read. The
dehte was entirely echnical.
Armny Orders.
. Capt. Douglas N. Soott, commissary of -
subsistence, has bee; ordered to report to
a board of officers at the War Department
for examination-tsr promotlon. Lieut. Col.
8. T. Cushing, assistant commissary gen
erw.T, Is prejident,^arid Lieut. Win. P. Stone.
fourth artillery, l..recorder of the board.
Additional Second Lients. R. P. Johnston
and Robert R. Raymond have been as
signed to vacancies of second lieutenant in
the corps of engineers.
Maj. Adam Kramer, sixth cavalry, has
been gu'anted two months' additional leave
of absence.
Capt. John WCS'mmerhayes, assistant
quartermaster, has been granted two
months' leave.
Tlen Thousandl Abysalinas Killed.
LONDON, January 11.-A special dispatch
received fronrSRme says that 10,000 Abys
sinians were killed or wounded in the attack
made upon Makale on January 8.
Whipped the Editor.
George Forgy, a well-known attorney and
broker, and J. E. Sutten, editor and pro
prietor of the Logansport, Ind., Daily Re
porter, ht~d a personal encounter In the
former's office Thursday morning, In which
Forgy gave Sutton a severe thrashIng and
took a pistol away from him, when Sutton
attempted to draw It. The trouble grew
out of an article published by Sutton. re
tlecting upon the character of Forgy. More
trouble is anticipated.
Funeral of Gen. Leggett.
The remains of the late Gen. M1. D. Le'ggett
were laid in Lakeview cemetery at Cleve
land Thursday afternoon. The services
were held at the late residence of the gen
eral. No. IG20 Prospect street, Rev. Dr.
S. P Sprecher and Rev. Dr. H. Paul
Sutphen officiating. An Immense con
course attended the services, among which
were many noted and distinguished men
from this and other states.
Dr. William W. Wyl von Wymetal, a prom
inent author and German journalist, well
known In this country and Europe, has died
In Munich.
Maj. Curtis E. Munn,' surgeon, has been
granted leave of absence with permission
A reference to the statemment be
low will -show that the uirculation
srru to 19 a bon. de
it is easily possible for a new.
paper 'With an elhastfe conscience to
swell Its legitimate circulatioa enwe
mously, in order to deceive adves
tisers, by sending out tho..aamtog
papers to newustands, which are re
turnable, and which- are An' fact re
turned. but nevertheless are in
eluded In whet purports to be an
honest statesent of circulation.
Intelligent advertIsers, however,
Judge by results, and boguh circula
tions don't Xv them.
The circulation of The Star Is'
many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper and Is be
Ileved to be fully five times that of
any afternoon contemporary.
Obeatlhioet Th'e' "Eveatag Star."
SATURDAY- Jan. 4 -S............35,164
MONDAY, Jas. 6 M .....................30,451
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 1596....................30,29g
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 186.:...............30,404
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 16..................30,462
FRIDAY, an. 10, ......................30,36
TotL..................................187,546
Daily average................................31,257
1 solemnly swear that the above statement rep
rewents only the number of copies of Tes EvsN.
Is TAN circulated during the six secular days end
Ing FrIday, January te, 1806-that is, the num
ber of opies actually sold, delivered, furnished
or mailed, for valimble consideration, to bons ide
parchsers or subscribers, and that none of the
copies so consted are returnable to or remain in
the oee ==as."
J. WHIT. HERRON,
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Subscribed . and sworn to before me this
Aeveth day of January, A. D. 156.
BENJAMIN MARTIN, JR.,
Notary Public. D. C.
TiJE CREMATORY SITUATION.
The Contraetor is to Come and Start
Operatiens om Block 33.
According to a statement made by Con
tractor Warfleld, an effort will shortly be
made to obtain a permit from he building
Inspector to erect a crematory in square
35. He stated that the contractor for the
-Smith furnace, which is the one to be erect
ed on this site, had been notified to come to
Washington and proceed with the bulld
iPg. He replied that as soon as the
weather settled he would be prepared to
commence the building of the crematorf'
Contractor Warfield says It is his desire to
comply with the wishes of the Commis
sicners in this respect, and .if. they want
another crematory erected he is perfect
ly willing to comply with their wishes.
As stated some time ago in The Star,
there is one Commissioner, at least, who
does not believe than any application will
be made for a permit to 6rect a crematory
in square 35, but the statement of Con
tractor Warfield, above referred to, seems
disingenuous, and now the_ question Is,
what will the Commissioners do when the
application is made?
They lave already decided that they
would take no action in the matter until
after an application had been made for the
permit. It was expected that this matter
would be determined at once, for Mr. War
field was-looked upon as the one to apply
for the permit. But as It now turns out,
according to the contractor's statements,
the permit must be taken out by the owner
of the plant, -and while he is the owner of
the site, he has nothing to do with the cre
matory which was to be erected thereon
until after ninety days' successful opera
tion of the same.
Whether the Commissioners will take ad
verse action on the application for the per
mit or not, Is not known, but It is believed
they will approve the same If it ever comes
before them.
BELT AND ECKINGTON ROADS.
Oalieers Elected to Conduct Both Con
paies for the Year.
The annual meeting of the Belt IAn
Railway Company was held today at the
offices, corner of 11th street and Boundary.
The polls opened at 10 o'clock and closed
at 2, and the following directors were
chosen for the ensuing year: C. B. Calvert,
Robt. F. Carswell, H. K. Gray, D. M. New
bold, W. Kesley Schoepf, Chas. K. Stell.
wegen and H. K. Willard.
A meeting of the directors of the Belt and
the Eckington companies was then held,
at which plans for rapid transit were dis
cussed and suggestions about other im
provements presented. Officers were elect
ed for the combined roads as follows: D.
M. Newbold, president; W. Kesley Schoepf,
vice president; H. K. Gray, secretary and
treasurer; F. C. Cooper, auditor; Robert
L. Todd. superintendent of the Eckington
road, and Andrew Glass, superintendent of
the Belt lines.
NAVAL ENGII(EERS. -
Gen. Francis Walker Writes in Sup
port of Senator Squire's Dill.
Gen. Francis A. Walker, president cof the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has
written a very earnest letter In support of
Senator Siquire's navr.l engineering and edu
cational measure. He declares that any one
who looks at this matter, either from the
point of view of a professor in a scientific
or educational school, or from the point of
view of one interested In the political, mili
tary and naval history of our country,
must be impressed with the fact that the
Squire bill deeply concerns the defense of
the country.
He maintains that the sondition of the
corps of naval engineers, by reason of hav
Ing an Insufficient unumber of officers, is
most painful and distressing, and affects
the honor of the nation. He, therefore, ap
peals to the Congress of the United States
to give Immediate consideration to the re
organization of the corps of naval engineers,
not only to save the devoted officers of this
service from complete exhaustion, but to
maintain our great sh:ps of war in readiness
for future emergencies.
As to the qualification of the scientific
and technical schools of our land to train
officers fcr the engineer corps, Gen. Walker
has very positive views. He believes that
when such institutions as he has the honor
of directing are brought into friendly
rivalry with the work of the Naval Acad
emy, It will be shown that the young men
from these colleges can be developed to
become highly trained and scientific naval
engineers. He therefore earnestly sup.
ports this great educational and patriotic
mreasure, and urgently appeals to the scien
tific educators of the land to induce the
Senators and Representatives of their re
spective states to demand an Immediate
hearing upon the subject.
With a full knowledge of the high order
of intelligence required to maintain the
motive power of our great battle ships in
a state of efficiency, Gen. Walker d~e
mands that due recognition be given to
the officers of the engineer corps, and that
some substantial inducement be immediate
ly provided whereby young men of scien
tIfic attainments from civil life can enter
the naval service upon an equality with
the line officers of the navy.
Jury Disagreed.
Because 3f their inability to agree, Judge
Bradley this afternoon discharged the jury
in the case of Frederick N. Brooks against
Policeman John Boland, in which the plain
tiff, a yo:mng colored man, claimed 35,000
damages bezause of an alleged assault
upon him by the officer.
Ex-Representative Gehr Pardoned.
Gov. Altgeld of Illinois has granted a
pardon to ex-Representative John L. Gehr,
who is serving five years at Jollet peni
tentiary for murder during a riot at Lit
tle's mine. in Taseweli county, 1894. when
two men were killed and the mine burned.
The governor holds Gehr innocent.
Postmaster General Wilson went to his
home in Charlestown, W. Va.. yesterday
and delivered an address at the dedication
of a m.emorial hall.
POUNDS IN PILES
to uantities of Supplies -m
Ited for the Poor.
SECESS OF THE UNMA CiUS CW
The Contributions Will Refieye
Want for Some Time.
INCIDENTS OF THE PARTY
It was a foregone conclusion thu the
pound party of The Evening Star Santa.
Claus Club would be a great success, but
the magnitude of the results could scarcely
have been overestimated in advance. It
was not until today, when the oolleotigns.
were made, that any idea could be had- of
the immense quantities of groceries and
provisions which had been secured through
the efforts of the school children of the
District for the relief of suffering among
the poor.
In one room in every- school building in
the city there was a big pile of contribui
tions, and when the wagons began' their
work of collection this morning it soon pe
came evident what a big task it would be
to get all the stuff together. The work- of
collection had not been fully completed up
to this afternoon, but it is safe to say that
tons and tons of the very best of provisions
have been secured by the voluntary cuntri
buttons of the children of Washington. The
supervising principal of the third division,
which takes in a part of Capitol Hill, said
to a Star reporter this morning that it
would require at least eight or ten big nage
ons to carry all the stff from his division.
In his opinion, the co4tributions from the.
entire city would run up into the carloads.
Last Year *ad This.
Last year when The Star pound party
was held all the contributions were re
ceived at The Star office and at only one
or two other points about town, so that.
the rerults could be ascertained at a sin
gle glance. This year, however, a compara
tively small number of the contributions
were received at The Star otfice, while
every school room in the District was made
a de~lot for collections, the result being,
that the pound party did not Make as im
posing a show. This accounts for the re
niark of one Washingtonian yesterday, a
man who did not understand the situation
very well, to the effect that the party was
r.ot as big a suciess this year as it wa-;
last January. When he was told that in
every one of the humlreds of school rooms
in the city there was a pile of groceries
almost if not quite as large as the one at
The Star office, he admitted that pound
parties are a great way of iaising the
wherewithal to feed the hungry.
Character of the Contabutions. -
The quality of the articles received thit
year was every bit as high as it was last.
Everything was of the very best char
acter, just such groceries as are carried at
the leading stores in a lig city. When a
man or a child gives lut a pound to such
a worthy charity he feels that he can af
fcrd to get a pound of the very best. But
many gave more than a pound, still ad
hering to the rule of giving the best.
Among the most popular donations were
bags of flour, eighth and quarter-barrels;
cans of vegetables, tometoes. corn and the
lke. big bags of coffee and sugar. and
enough otljer things tostock a first-class
wholesale grocery store.
If the children of Washington could but
realize the amount of. food they have
brought together, and the tremendous help
their contributions will be in the work of
relieving the distress among the poor of
their city, they would feel well repaid for
all they have done.
Bright and early the handsome .new, ira
gons, which are ordinarily used for carry
ing papers to the different sections of the
city for distribution among The Stat de
livery boys, started out on their Work of
gathering the pounds from the various
schools and bringing them together at cer
tain central points which had been desig
nated for the purpose. The bulk of the
contributions from- the schools in the cen
tral part of the city were taken to the
Franklin, Gales and Abbott buildings. and
temporarily stored until they are needed
for distribution on requisition of those
whose duty it is to investigate and report
on cases where there is supposed to be
suffering and need.
The plan of distributing the proceeds of
the pound party'has already been outlined
in The Star, and involves the co-operation
of the supervising principals of the public
schools with the officials of the Associated
Charities. As a rule, the groceries will be
distributed on requisition of the visitors
of the Associated Charities upon the super
vising principals, but in some of the di
visions the supervising principals have sig
nified their willingness to take an even
larger share of the work upon their should
ers, and see to the investigation and distri
bution themselves.
Will Afford Relief for Some Time.
Secretary Wilson of the Associated Char
ities said today that the proceeds of the
pound party would relieve the worst of the
suffering in this city for quite a while.
Last year it camne just in the midst of the
bitterest cold weather of the winter, when
hundreds of people were hungry and cold.
There was an emergency need of the very
wcrst on every side, and even with great
est care and discretion used in the distri
bution the pounds melted away very rapid
ly, so that in a comparatively short time
there was nothing left. This year, while
there is a deal of suffering reported, it is
nothing -like as severe as It was a year
ago. The weather has been rather mild,
and the result of it all is that the calls
t'r-o the Associated Charities and other
organizations for the relief of the poor
have-not been anything like as urgent. All
cases of real need have been assisted so
far without any great extra strain upon the
organizations, and the proceeds of the par
ty are to be used as a sort of working
capital and given out in the most judicious
and careful maner. It is not the inten
tion to dump everything out haphazard in
response to every appeal that may be made
for help, but those who are intrusted with
the work of distribution intend that not
orne single pound shall be wasted.
Quite a number of poor people, among
them many of the regular beggars of the
city, conceived the idea that they were to
be cared for indiscriminately out of the
proceeds of the party, and that groceries
and provisions .were to be given away to
any one who cared to ask for them. The
result was that the Associated Charities
and The Star office were besieged this
morning by scores of women, mostly col
ored, who expressed their willingness to
assist if there was any trouble in getting
rid of the pounds. They were given to un
derstand as politely as possible that that
was not the way it was being done.
Cash Contributions.
Heretofore acknowledged.........815.75
F. D................................ 5.00
D. L................................. .00
A - friend............................. .00
Mrs. W. E. Chandler................. 5.00
Cash................................ 1.00
Twining School...................... 1.17,
E. H................................. 1.00'
W.- M. D...-.-..................... 1.00
Cash ................................. .2
Ruth Harper Pilling................0
R. C. M., Central High School.....5.00
Section D, Central High School...... .30
Cash................................. 500
H. S. C.............................. 1.00
Mrs. A. H. Brown................. 5.00
C. E. B.-.---...--.-................ 1.00
R. M. G............................. 2.50
A friend............................. 1.00
Cash ............-.-..................00
Mrs. F. I. Wood................... 1.00
Cash ................................ .0
Mrs. T. 0. 1'ice..................... 2.00
Mrs. C. A. Schott................... 1.00
Miss Annie L. Sargent's school.....1.10
Adams School-------------........... 7.30
Jones School........................ 8.04
Cash................................. 2.0
J. K. W............................. 1.00
Cash............................... 10
Miss W............................. 5.00
Three Brookiand school children. 7
Total............................322.08
To Caucas Monday.
It is :-ow the intention of the republican
Se nators to hold their caucus to consider
the completion of the organlaton of the
Seanate on renefican lines next Nendayr.
kFFAIRSN ALEXANDRIA
two Pin- -
eetings, Soeial Masyen
ISN aut Vanied Events
a4tb
On Christut day several colored men
weie in astore- at the corner o- Franklin
and Was [on streeae- kept: by a man
named Sa Ord. Two of the men by
the names of and anders startgd
a, %uarrel with Jerry Dorsey. a colored man.
Dorsey left tanstore and the two men fol
lowed him auS assaulted 'him with bricks
andstlcks,. breaking his Jaw. Dorsey man
aged 'to get idfto the house of Eliza Wil
ils, colored, who lives nearby, and dress
ed. his wounded jaw. In a short while John
Howard came in with a gun in his hand.
and after talking for a short w",e, went
cut,.cllingto borsey to follqw,w,hlch he
refused to A'. Hpwgrd then told, ijm that
1f he did not come out that he would shoot
-him, and ju . s Dorsey started out of the
door- How -="shot him in the face and
breast. Fortunately, the gun was only
loaded with powder, or he would have killed
his man. Dorsey sware out a warrant for
the arrest of the tIoree .mn,. byt ,was un
able to appear against the men until this
morning, when Mayor Thompson fined
themi $10 each or sixty days on the gang.
Called Meetings.
'There was a called I'neting of"ithe Colum
bia Fire Company last night, with Presi
dent W. A. Smoot in the chair, aind W. K.
Grifith secretry. President Smoot stated
that the object of the meeting was.to hear
the report of the committee which was ap
pointed at the' last'meeting at the request
of the Junior Order of Mechanics in regard
to having a parade on the 22d of February.
Mr. John H. Studer, chairman of -the com
nittee, reported that he -had attended the
Joint meeting of the representatives of the
Junior OrderAmerican Mechanics Und Hook
and Ladder- Company at tiM Relief Hook
and Ladder rooms, on Prince 'street, on
Thursday evening last, in regard to having
a parade on the 22d of February, and found
that no definite arrangements had been
made- by the joint conference. The com
mittee on the part of the company was con
tinued, with power to act. After a conver
sational debate, lasting for some time, the
meeting adjourned. A called meeting of
the Relief Hook and Ladder Company was
held last night, with Second Vice President
J. H. Twinger presiding. The report of the
parade committee, was read, and the com
mittee was continued, with power to act at
the joint meeting of the committee to be
.held tonight.
Paid the Amount. Due.
Lewis J. Yeager, the man who claimed
to be a lawyer at d who was before Mayor
Thompson yesterday morning, charged
with trying to defraud Mr. George Young
out of his bodrd bill, yesterdI Afternoon
paid the anout-320--and tost oftthe war
rant. Yeager leeame very insolent after
the mayor dlgiigsed him -toward all con
,nected with tie 'police court, and stated
;that he proposed to sue the wholdl business
for false impris nment. Yeager is from
Red Bank, Nfr-but came to thisa-city from
Washington 'lit August. He 'is a book
agent in Washington. In August he began
UardlWg at Mr. Young's house, on Wash
ington street3 and the 9th of -December
Mn Young a4kacbed his truntlstor his bill.
Yeager gavehiq a check on the kcond
National B k Qf Washington for a20 and
then immed tely stopped the paynent of
it. - -
Unnte States Coqir.
In the U1ited States court yesterday,
-Judge Huglias presiding, Jack - Robinson,
charged with Ivielating the pepstort laws.
was found guilty and rentenced to one
month is the hanond jail. snd,-a. fine of
wJO0 was im%6e.
Richard Simmons. the colored man who
was found guilty of assaulting two white
boys in the Arlington cemetery, was sen
Jtenced to servek"ore noptk in.,the AMexan
dria jail.
The case of K-L 1. Gibson for violating
the postal laws was continued at the re
quest of the prisoner, and will be tried at
,the April terza of the court in Richmond.
The petit - jury was diarise 'for the
temi, and the other cases were removed to
Richmond for trial. The wdrk of the court
is about concluded.
Police Court.
The police on duty last night report the
.night as beiug clear and cold until about
11 o'clock, when it became cloudy. No
prisoners, and fifteen lodgers at the station
house. Mayor Thompson this morning dis
posed of the following case: Wim. Gamr
lrill, Wm. Sanders and John Howard. all
colored, arrested by Officer Bettis, charged
with assault, beating and shooting Jerry
Dorsey, colored, on last Christmas day,
were-fined $10- each or go to jail for sixty
days, subject to the chain gang.
. Corporation Court.
Judge J.. X. M. Norton of the corporation
court, who is in North Carolina on a gun
ning trip, yesterday telegraphed Mr. J. S.
'Teach, clerk of the court, that he would
be detained there for a few days, and di
recting that the grand jury be summoned
to appear on Wednesday instead of Mon
day next.
A . Pleasant Dance.'
. The Junior German Club gave another
of their pleasant dances at Odd Fellows'
Hall, on North Columbus street, last night.
The young ladies never looked prettier than
they did last, night as they trIpped the
light fantastic to the strains of Dunn's Or
cherstra. Among those present were Misses
Roberta and Hattie Ansley, Mamie and
Eloner French, Lucy and Jennie Minni
gerode, Alice Acton, Marie Davis, Lottie
Daingerfield and Annie Uhler,.-Messrs. Ross
Ellott, Reverdy- Daingerfid, K. Kemper,
Jr., Albert Dillingham, Powell Minnigerode,
Barb~our Dai-ngerfield and Joseph Cochran
and many others.
Death of Chag.,1L. Powell.
Mr. Charles L. Powell, one of the oldest
residents of this city, died at his home on
Queen street yesterday of pneumonia, at
the ripe old age of ninety-one years. He
was an A. M.. of Yale College, where he
graduated in the class of 1823. .He success
fully conducted a school for bbys in this
city after the war, but spent his last days
in the quiet privacy of his home.
Miscellaneous.
Thieves entered a car of the Southern
railway on the Union street track last
night and stole a half barrel of aple,
The police are using every effort to break
up this gang of thieves, which has been
robbing carp for some time.
Mr. J. R. Smoot this morning received a
fine deer by express from his son, A. E.
Smoot, who is in North Carolina on a gun
ning trip.
Mr. L. E. Uhler, who resigned the teller
ship of the Citizens' National Bank a day
or two ago, as -nentioned in The Star, has
been appointed to the same position in Lhe
First National Bank.
Miss Carrie WIe left yesterday evening
to visit frienids m Columnbus, S. C.
There are several cases of scarlet fever
In this city. '(Nonrad, the young son of
Mr. J. M. .Jdhnson,. has been taken with it.
Mrs. Martha; A. Price and daughter of
Baltimore are viditing friends in this city.
Mr. Win. I1. Wood, -engineer of the Co
ltembia Fire 'Comnp any, has been presented
with a miniaturb steam gauge watch
charm by the Utica Steam Gauge Comn
pany of New Yogk.
THlE SHERMAN STATUE.
Consultations With a View to a Selec
tidn of a Design.
General G. M. Dodge, president of the
Sherman statue committee of the Society of
the Army of the Tennessee, was at the War
Department today, consulting Secretary La..
mont and Col. 3. M. Wilson in regard to the
seleclion of a design for an equestrian
mcnument of the hero of Atlanta. The com
mittee of artists who will aid the commit
tee in making the selection are expected
here this evening, and will not remain more
than aday or two.
Attempted Suieide at Richmond.
Alfred Shields of Richmond, Va., formerly
connected with the internal revenue depart
ment there, shot himself in the mouth
Thursday morning, and now lies at the city
hospital in a critical condition. He admits
that suicide1 was his purpose. -
MAJ POWELL'S REPLY
lii rajoinder to the Statemnta of
Mr. Thomn
STATUS OFRE EIEIICULITt
Circumstances of the Alleged Re
quest for Permit
THE NEW COMPANY
Maj. Powell took occasion today to reply
to President Thomas of the United States
Electric Lighting Company regarding the
contention over a pole line in the county.
In conversation with a reparter of The
Star he said: -
"Yes, I have read the statement of Mr.
Thomas in The Star, and falledl to find in
it any substantiation or confirmation of
the statements made by- him as 4uoted by
Mr. Ballinger of the Columbia Heights
Citizens' Association and as published in
The Star. It was this statement made by
Mr. Ballinger which prompted the Intima
tion and insinuation by himself and other
members of his association as to improper
action by the Commissioners.
Never Requested a Permit.
"Now, the United States Electric Light
ing Company has not repeatedly requested
a permit to build electric conduits into or
for the purpose of lighting Columbia
Heights. I had characterized that state
ment as false, and said that the United
States Electric Company had never made
application for a permit to build a conduit
over that subdivision or over any subdi
visions, and detailed how, on the 14th of
November last, it had made application for
a certain pole line over the territory west
of Coltmbia Heights, as published in The
Star of the 8th instant.
"Mr. Thomas' denial of my statements is
based upon the flimsy foundation that he
asked verbally for a permit to lay a conduit
on the west side Of 14th street from Colum
bia Heights. Mr. Thomas has known, as
every citizen who has s!milar business with
the ]?istrict knows, that all permits for per
manent construct.on in the streets are re
quired to be in writing, and that they are
caretully examined in every detail by the
authorities before any action is taken. I
don't recollect that Mr. Thomas made even
a verbal application, but I do recollect that
I intimated that no permit for a pole line
would be given on 14th street and certain
other streets, and also that h!s written ap
plication for a pole line would not be con
sidered while the case of his restraining
order was in progress, in which I understood
he claimed the Commissioners were not au
thorized to issue permits for the occupation
of the public streets, or at least they were
r.ot allowed to !ssue permits to any other
electric company than his own.
Would Make No Bids.
"The United States Electric Light Com
pany has had ample opportunity and a num
ber of invitations to 'occupy the territory
of the settled suburbs adjacent to Washing
ton. The Commissioners advertised for pro
posals in June, 1&13, for street lighting in
the wholi District by gas, electricity or gas
oline, one of the specifications being that
no overhead wires would be allowed. The
company failed to make any proposal what
ever. Tn February. 1894, the company ap
plied for a permit for a certain pole line in
Connecticut Avenue Heights and Washing
ton Heights. which was granted, upon a
modified route, and the permit suspended,
as it appeared that the part of the permit
for the erection of poles and overhead wires
on Florida avenue next west of Connecticut
avenue was contrary to the law prohibiting
the erection of any additional overhead
wires In the city, and the company was
offered a permit for a conduit along Florida
avenue, with a pole line along the remainder
of the line, as rernested in the permit.
"The company refused this offer and said
that it would not build any cenduits, and
did not want to go into the county. In
May, 1816, proposals for street lighting
%ere asked by gas, incandescent electric
lights and naphtha lamps in the suburbs,
divided Into districts of convenient location,
one of which districts was called Columbia
Heights and University Park. The speelfi
cations this time did not require conduits
outside of the city of Washington. The
United States Electric Lighting Company
declined to make any proposal of any char
acter, and had not at any time until very
recently showed any disposition to supply
the service outside of the city of Washing
ton.
Tire New Company.
"After the date of opening the set of pro
posals, the Potomac Electric Light and
Power Company applied to the Commission
ers for information as to how it could or
should proceed to establish electric service
in the District, and stated that it would
build conduits in Washington and furnish
arc lights and electric lights for private
use at prices being a very considerable re
duction below those charged by the United
States Electric Lighting Company.
"The Po: mac Company n'as discourage-i
from any proposition of operation in Wash
ington, but informed that the field in the
county was openC~. It subsequently made a
written offer to light the Tenleytown road
outside of Washington and Tenleytown,
which was accepted, and a contract made
for in.candescer.t lights of 2i-candle power,
burning all right, at prices below those we
are paying for inforior street lights. The
company shcrtly after.vat-d, and several
weeks before November 14 (the date of Mr.
Thomas' application for a pole line), ap
plied for a permit for pole lines across
Rock creek into the county. The routes
were not acceptable to the Commissioners.
Other routes were nam.ed in subsequent ap
plications by the new comprany, by which
their line did not ext'md nlong 1-4th street,
neither on a part of Florida avenue near
Le Droit Park, nor on the center of the
streets and roads, where we did not pro
pose .thera should be c'rything different
than condui-ts. Revocable permits were is
sued to the other company for pole lines of
acceptable reutes, after the matter, as I
have said before, b*ad been under consider
ation several weeks before the first part
of November. The permit was actually is
sued on, or shortly aft.:, November 12.
Representatives of newspapers applied to
me for information about this permit, and
I diretted the permit clerk to show them
all the papers in the case, and upon appli
eation the Un'ted States Electric Light
Company came in with an applicgtion for
its permit on Novembe- 14.
As a Foreigu Corporation.
"Mr. Thomas objects to my characteriza
tion of his company as a foreign corpora
tion. He fails to notice the difference be
tween corporations doing a private busi
ness like the Insurance title companies and
his company which performs a semi-public
or municipal service, occupies the public
streets and avenues under no regulations or
conditions whatever as to the charges it
may make for prIvate lighting. My idea
that this company had only rights of suf
ferance here was confirmed by the positive
assertion voluntarily made by legal counsel
at a late and long hearing before the Com
missioners in behalf of the United States
Electric Company.
"The gentleman asserted then that the
company had no legal authority whatever
for the erection of poles or overhead wires
in the District and that the ones now
maintained were also without warrant of
law. One result of this company perform
ing a municipal service in the District of
Columbia on a charter granted in a state is
that it is relieved from paying a tax of
$1.50 per $100 on the market value of its
capital stock,' something, I believe, over
$1,2i0,000.
District Taxes in Default.
"The only taxes or assessments that can
be collected from the company for the year
1806 is a personal tax of $225 and a real
estate tax of about $1,000, one-half of each
of whiah was due on November 1, and is
now in default. I believe that every cor
poration like the gas companies and like
this new electric light company should
seek charters from Congress, and pay for
the municipal franchise, or, at the very
least, should take out articles of incorpo
ration under the District laws. After all,
I did not object so much to the foreign
characrer of the United States Electric
Light Company, notwithstanding it per
forms a municipal service, as I do to the
that * 'has an eaxcl e monopoly of the
electric business at the District, sad has
s h by ol- i Orders through the
eorts, 'ne by positihs ad unjust repro
MOntanan to the& ame..aneM to tie the
Iatters hand in -their. paoper, and. as I
think lanau eftrts, when the old com
Pany declined to-enter the feld, to permit
a new company of meas, experience and
sMil to futuish JIMproved street lighting
and at reducdd- rates. Mr. Thomas puts
this new Company and its promoters
Mews. Crosby and Leb-4n the same box
with his company as a foreign corporation.
I find, upon examication of the records,
that the Potena Electric Company took
out articles of incorporation in the Dis
trict in 1801. and that its sucoesmor. the Po
tomac Light and Pcwer Company, recorded
thse Articles of incorporation November
R, 1K4, confrming the statements made by
the promoters of ths mew company when
It applied for permits."
BROTHERMOOD OF CARENES RSm.
They aidekse 'the P"resenit Beyeett em
the Ureres.,
Officers for Local Union No. 190 of Bro
therhood of Ca ~pnters for the ensuing
term were installed at 627 Massachusetts
ivemie northwest by Mr. E. Edmondson.
installing oi0cer. as follows: President, M.
D. Rose; vice president. W. E. Bruner;
treasurer, J. M. Helsley; financial secre
tary. L. F. Bruner; recording secretary.
Cha'les H. Scherer; warden, W. S. Richard
son; coductor. T. K. Armstrong; delegates
to Carpenters' Council elected, Measr.Arm
strong, Richardson, Brurer. Rose and Fox;
lelegate to the, Building Trades Council
for the next sir month, IL D. nose.
At the meeting of the Carpenters' Conn
SL. a resolution was passed Indorsing the
xction of the Federation of Laber in refer
!nee to the beer boycott. Willam E. Fox
ras elected a delegate to the Building
rrades Council, and T.-K. Armstrong was
,hosen sergeant-at-arms
The following organizations met last
night and -Indorsed the action of the Feder
Ltion of Labor and D. A. a in reference to
the beer question: Eccentric Association of
Engineers, Paper Hangers' Protective As
sdation, Journeymen Stone Cutters' As
soclation and Journeymen House Painters.
WOMANPS PRESS ASSOCKAION.
IMeetion of Vice Presidents Froe the
Varous States.
The adjourned meeting of the Womans
SJatlonal Press Association. held last even
ng in the Riggs House parlor, resulted in
the election of the following vice presi
ients: Colorado, Mrs. Ruth Ward Kahn;
[llinois, Mrs. Ines Bender; Iowa. Mrs.
Jlettie Sanford Chapin; Kansas, Mrs. Isa
3el Worrell Ball; Missonuri, Mrs. Hollen
Day; Louisiana. Mrs. Dora Richards Miner;
Ilaine. Dr. Ella S. Marble; Maryland. Mrs.
Elinor Wright; Mashusetts, Mrs. Kate
Lannett Woods; Michigan. Miss Georgie
Snow; Mississippi, Mrs. Claudia Blanny
Nebraska, Mrs. Clara B. Colby; New York,
Mrs. AL A. Hamilton; New Mexico. Mrs.
Haight; North Carolina. Mrs. Mary R.
Wcore; Ohio, Dr. Rosetta LAce Gilchrist
Oklahoma. Mrs. L IL North: Oregon.
Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway; Texas. Mrs.
AL. H. Mohl; Utah. Mrs. K B. Wens; South
Carolina. Mrs. Jean B. Lockwood; Vir
ginia, Mrs. R. S. G. Paul; North Dakota.
Miss J. S. Slaughter; Arkansas. Miss Lilian
Pike; Wisconsin, Mrs. Simmons; Rhode Is
lar.d. Mrs. H. L. Barker; South Dakota,
Mrs. C. Tharp; New Jersey, Mrs. H. V.
Austin.
The follawing chatimen of commitees
were also elected: Publication bureau. Mrs.
E. S. Cromwell; ways and means, Mrm. IL
S. Lockwood; reception and social, Mrs.
L. W. McCreery; printin. Mis Mary Will
Ians; visiting. Mrs. Short. Mrs. Marion
Lorgfellcw O'Donoghue was appointed
manager of the next public meeting.
GREAT FORGERIES DISCOVERED.
Frandulent Warehouse Receipts Used
as Collateral for Leas.
The failure of Bartley. Johnson & Co. and
the Belle of Nelson Distillery Co. at Louis
ville Is complicated by the newf that forg
Ed warehouie receipts to the amount of
1100,000 have turned up.
There has been over-Issue of warehouse
receipts, which will amourt to probably
$125,000 or more, which has been made
within the past eighteen months by David
Bartley, one of the members of the arm of
Bartley. Johnson & Co.. and secretary of
the Belle of Nelson Distillery Company.
The revelaticne have been a surprise to
his associates, and it will be some days be
fore the assignee can make any state
mont about the matter.
Information from other sources is to the
effect that none of these doubtful receipts
have been placed with the trade, but .used
only as collateral for loans. and that of
this collateral not over "70,000 is held by
Louisville parties and $35,0M in New York
and Chicago.
World's W. C. U. 1. weetiag.
A meeting under the auspices of the de
partment of Christian citizenship of the
Wcrld's W. C. T. U. will be held in the
First Cengregational Church tomorrow at
I O'clock, at which time Mrs. Rebecca
KrIkorian of Alrtab, Armenia, will speak
f the ccndition of the people of her native
lar d The Y choir will sing In their at
tractive caps and gowns, and Miss Jessie
Ackerman, second round-the-world mise
slonary of the W. C. T. U., is expected to
participate In the service. Mrs. La Fetra
wrill preside.
Thme Paper Hauges.
The installation of officer. ef the Paper
Haergers' Association to serve for the en
suing term took place last night. The list
Is as follows: H. M. Ashley, president; W.
3. Johnson. vice president; C. A. MaIdens,
recording secretary: E. F. Cook, financial
secretary; R. T. Holtz, treasurer; W. B.
Cross, sergeant-at-arms; J. Dorsey, door
keeper; delegate to labor bureau. C. A.
Maidens; delegates to Federation of Labor.
I. Dorsey, J. Fowler. H. M. Ashley and J.
Thoroughgood. trustees, W. J7. Johnson. ..
Templeton and H. J. Wells.
Letters were read from siamilar associa
tions in Baltimore, PhIladelphia. New
York and other large cities favoring the
organization of a national body of the
craft.
Mutlay on a Russian Cruiser,
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
that the crew of the first-class Ru.
sian steel cruiser Rurik, 10.923 tons, am
tinted recently while that vessel was in
the harbor of Algiers. The mutiny, it Is
aded, was suppressed by the French au
thorities, and thirty of the leaders of the
outbreak are now said to be on their way
to Cronstadt, where they are to be ex
scuted.
Baltismore Markets,
BALT~IORlE, 5sa 1.-Fsur dull, mesamri
18; May. 6a6-scepts, 2,282 bushels; shlp
mleats, 24.000 busbels; stoek, 326,790 bushel.
miets, 2.000 besaels-southeru wheat by sape
18a70; do. em Cri,4af.(ar ul-pe
l5l%533%. mnoutb,3rul. nary,3V~
htarch. 33s%a23%; May. l ~bid; steamer nzd
il%aB2-receipts, 8&8 buahela; shipotemts, 214,
185 bushels; stock, 1,400.,26 l-ambela: ales,- 15.000
,ushbels-asouthern white cor. 32%a33%: do, yellow,
l2%a38%. Oats strong, tending unoa-No. 2
Shite western, 24524%; No. 2 mlixed. 22 n-e
eipts. 1,901 bushels: stock, 161,426 bushels nye
Lull-No. 2. 40 for westeru-recelptu. 201t budhels
stock, 117,374 busbel.. Hay Srm, denasad actite
shoice timothy, $16.00 asked. Grain tm
steady.saefet small unchanged. Suarlz!
ancha g~,But ter steady, unchanged.
21. Cheese firm, unchanged. by
macbanged.
Grain. and Cotton Markets.
Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F
street, member. New York stock exchange,
sorrespondents Messrs. Ladenburg. Thai
nann & Co., New York.
Opam. High. Low. Casse.
Wheat-4an....
May.....-9 2
Oats-Isa......
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Park-4aa....9
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lArdJan...... .4
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RIbs-Jan......4.57
M5ay........4.87 4.87 4.80 4.82
Meuth.O~ HIgh. Low. Gsse.
!ebruary....... . 7.90 7.96 7.55
hlarch..............8. 8.05 8.01 8.06
1........,.-- 8.07 8-10 8.06 .-00
............ 8.11 8.15 8.10 8.14
The minister. of Scranton. Pa., at their
neeting Monday. sent a telegram to Sea
i~tor Quay askren- him to protest againt the
marbarities upon Christians in Armenia.
'
FINANCE aND-TRADE
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NEW YORK. JISa IL-The eorse St
prices duroin6V en'gdiag today has
been domnemaan. -a-- ---.-- the
varying iterPadations of t*e treasurWs
bond circula*. nei hW sefenyietiea
that the g-elqepsnn asm. wain improve
during the coeing week. There a strog.
hope expresset@ hklt"ftg 'i yd to
statema-ship In thean-EosIm-a at this
bill. and a remedy be appued to the root of
existing evils.
The weddyA .S&I p. .roeate a
contraction of aee then seven sad s..
quarter inaona tna;omas, 40da..cU to the
paying of lease aAde by eatoien ever
the end of te''C~'ime'I es== at
commercial oag.amgeggem
for the heavy deresase Ip thN itw.
The usual Iistri 'assey' m
ve added C:g, =-flt
nr-ney suomeshsp msow.,ihn saen m -
lions.
The inresa.e4R.@*@me w',U Ne ameIwr
than the changes noted la the ,ame,
Items. The statemene, is mor sneat
than usual, the wee's ecteal taau.ecisahm
being eaafyndetmai * s gmres
publisbed.
the=y y
prove cNcemfl in- ites i At asen
today s per cent ato Erok m hemsa
was r"Portex be" p t M
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group and wfilelmetAny ern.s a blea
er of the gaeeral market.
The eoney maakat prembas t& vafe at
rates entirely satistactery to the beemer
and unless -the 'brampmgy at, pis preves
deceptive the recessioms cause& by trads'
sales for bothnesutwi3 gens , prgst
able bais for conservative pgcase. -
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of the New Yo*rtack 8sangetL.ssy. as re.
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