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LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Tribeaman Make a Night Attack an a
British Camp.
IATVES LEs WERE BEV
British. Have One Man Killed and
Seventeen Wounded.
INDIAN NATIVES INDIGNANT
SIMIA. July 30.-A dispatch from Camp
Malakand repcrts anothet night attack by
the tribesmen last night (Thursday). The
natives foight desperat"ly for several
hours, but were repulsed at all points.
Bonfires had been lighted around the
camp, and in the glare the tribesmen were
easy targets for the British riflemen. Many
fell, and in the light of the games the na
tives could be seen removing their dead
It Is reported blat the mullah was badly
wounded and th:.t several of his principal
chiefs were disabled.
The British lost one killed and seventeen
wounded, among the latter being Lieut.
Costello. who was wounded the second
time. He had received a slight wound
during the day attack on Wednesday.
The forces of the mullah had been aug
irented by a strong gathering of the na
tives on the hills to the right of the Brit
ish position. The theory is that the Boner
wals ha-e risen.
The situation is now somewhat relieved
by the arrival of reinforcements under Col.
Reed from Nowshera.
Natives Are indignant.
BOMBAY. July 30.-The indignation of
the natives against the government for its
st.mmary policy of repression increases.
They say that the government is going to
convert India into a second Ireland by a
program of coercion, and that no one is
safe.
CHARLES S. NEWEIALL ARRESTED.
Boston Beekkeeper Charged With
Embeazlement of Employers Funds.
BAR HARBOR. Me.. July 30.-Charles S.
Newhall. head bookkeeper of the Agricul
tural Insurance Company of Boston, treas
urer of the Melrose. Mass., Co-operative
Bankand the Melrose Highlands Congrega
tional Church. who is wanted in Melrose
and Botton for the alleged embezzlement
of funds of the organizations with which he
was connected, is now Iceked up in the Bar
Harbor police station as a fugitive from
justice. After his arrest Newhall acknowl
edged that he took all that is charged
against him and more.
Two indictments were found, one at the
instance of the Melrose police and the
other on evidence obtained by the Boston
police. The former charges him with the
embezzlement of $4,1U" from the Melrose
t'o-operative Bank, and the latter with em
bezzlement of $1.251 from the Agricultural
Insurance Company.
The total of Newhall's embezzlements is
said to be between I1).fm and $15,000.
He left Melrose after the discovery that
his aceaunts were not straight, about four
mronths ago.
FINEST PILE ON THE GLOBE.
raiversity of California to Add a
Group of Magaflcent Baildings.
SAN FRANCISCO. CaL., July 30.-The
University of California is to become
one of the famous universities of the world.
At any rate, It is to have. If designs are
carried out, the finest pile of buildings on
the globe. and these brilliant schemes are
to be put into effect at once.
Inside of a year ground will be broken for
the first of a magnificent group of build
ings. Theft art to be twenty-eight or thir
ty of them, homogeneous in design. Regent
Reinstein says It will take many years to
build them. and there Is already money
enough to last for ten years.
All the buildings are to be of stone and
buiit to last for ages. l1ow many millions
they will cost -Regent P.einstein refuses to
say, but he has enough pledged to make
his magnificent plan a certainty.
GRAVES AND RYAN SENTENCED.
Mea Who Robbed Lawyer Clark Get
Eighteen wears Each.
NEW YORK, July :0.-John F. Ryan and
Leon Graves. who lured Lawyer Burt S.
Clark of Brooklyn to a flat in this city on
July 16. and then robbed him and tried to
force acid down his throat, were this morn
ing sentenced to eighteen years' imprison
Inbnt at hard labor in Sing Sing. Both
pleaded gusty yesterday.
Graves is from Salt Lake City, where he
was accused of complicity in the theft of
3.,UU from a bank.
PUSHED FROM MOVING TRAIN.
Jehn Wilama Charged With the
Murder of Marry Lister.
WASHiNGTON, Ind., July 30.-Harry
Lister, son of the purchasing agent for
the Monon, was murdered near here last
night. He was pushed fromt the train. it is
alleged, by John Williams of Trenton, Mo.
Lister's home Tras at Bedferd. Williams is
in jail. An engineer named George Welcs
claims to have asen the murder.
DAM-BFRST AT MiDDLETOWN.
Forty Workmen Narrowly Es'-ape
Drowaing-Uneb Damsage Dune.
MIDDLETOWN. Conn., July 30.-At 8
o'clock this morning a da-a forty feet
wide, eonaining water from wfhich three
factcries get power, burst, letting down
a tremendous volume of water. The huge
stone with which the dam was built
crashed Into the factory of Wullam Wil1
coz's locksho and the lower floors of the
factcry were flooded.
Forty workur.en were compelled to flee
fcr their lives. Much damage has been
done and ihe waler is still rushing down.
RBEmDUNB GROt'ND FOR LIZARDS.
Remakable Catch Seoured From
Unward Overlys Stomach.
LANCAMItglW July 10.-Howard
Oferly, N.yceng ermer of Providence
township, ,hbs ,beenr ailing for several
months, ~a'nd Nl case was a pasle- to the
physicians. Dr. Freir of Paradise, who
has latel~ been att ng him, yesterday
dedided teot~I anthel!,tnthic, and
a few hours lat-er criy commenced to
vomit alth astonishirig results.
There were twenty-four lizards, ranging
in misc from two to three and a half Inches
lon many of them dead, forty lizard eggs
and many worms thrown fropn his stomach.
On the farm oa which the latter resIdes is
a large spring from which he has been
accustomed to drink for years by lying fiat
on his stomach, and it is supposed that he
in that way swallowed the lizards or their
eggs. .
gls.EDm OVER A LOVE AFFAIR.
George Martin. Crushe. the Skull of
Mia Rival. Albertian.
HAZL"'TON. Pa.. -July 3.-Geerge Mar
tina Last night killo6 Andrew Albertini in
the latter's homes at Beaver Meadow. The
men quarreled over a love afrt. Martin
seIzed a gun and using the stock- for a
club crushed his rivaras skulL.
Albertisd died namost* amiannt. -Martins
ca t'thIs etty at midnight and joined
fthef add brother at the Wasigs
Hotel.- Ng left at 3 o'clock .tlfi s'lg
but sine- then nothing has been heard of
him.
'ey. f*. O. 'btor Fihe. an AwpeaL
3AN ~ FA iCOi, CaL.. July UM' s. C.
0. Dekn~ fmr~y of this city, list now
a-ybat-+ Cirago. has-appealsi for a
'~selu a hs sebeore th a em
CONFERENCE IS ASSURED
Onat iritala Agree. OsumIdethe seung
Questin Agair
Formal Anouneemeat by the Fesoiga
Oflee-Speclal Commisieames Pee
ter Em Route Home.
LONDON, July 30.-The British foreign
office notified Ambassador Hay this morn
ing that Great Britain accepted the propo
sition of the United States for an Inlterna
tional conference on the question of pelagic
sealing in the Bering sea, to be held in
Washington during the coming autumn.
- Mr. Foster Will Sail Tomorrow.
Mr. John W. Foster, the United States
special commissioner on the sealing ques
tion, will sail Tor New York tomorrow by
the St. Louis from Southampton.
In the course of an interview with the
correspondent of the Associated Press to
day Mr. Foster said: "Wherever 1' have
been, at St. Petersburg, Berlin, Paris or
here in London. I have been received in the
most cordial manner. Whatever may be
the feeling in the United States anent the
often reported antagonism to our govern
ment displayed by foreign powers, I have
seen nothing of it.
"Everywhere I have had evidence that
the foreign governments wish to meet any
question raised by the United States in the
spirit of the utmost frankness and open
mindedness. Perhaps it is needless for me
to say that this is most gratifying to me
officially and in my private capacity.
Returns to Make His Report.
"The British government has agreed to
accept our proposition for a sealing con
ference. I am now returning to make an
immediate report to President McKinley.
I have had long and entirely candid con
ferences with Mr. Chamberlain, and last
Sunday I passed the day with Sir Richard
Webster, the attorney general, who is the
adviser of the British government on the
pcints of law involved. My statements met
with the frankest and most impartial con
sideration.
- "As to the Hawaiian question, I may say
that in London, Patis, Berlin and St. Pe
tersburg I have had ample opportunity to
ascertain the prevaling sentiment in po
litical and commercial circles. In all-these
capitals annexation Is generally regarded
as the natural. if not inevitable, result of
the large growth and expansion of the
United States on the western coasts of
America."
"As it could not be expected." continued
Mr. Foster. "that any other foreign power
would be permitted to occupy the islands,
owing to their strategic importance, .the
proposed annexation would be acquiesced
in by the European governments, although
the position which it would give the United
States in the Pacific would not be welcomed
by nations seeking supremacy in that quar
ter of the world.
"My personal views on this question are
well known in the United States. Never
theless, it s extremely gratifying that the
necessary xpansion of the United States
will not be the cause of European difficul
ties. and is- appreciated as the logical out
come of American destiny."
SAVED FROM A MAD MOB.
Fred. Schroder Narrowly Escapes Be
ing Lynched in Cleveland.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 30.-Fred
Schroeder was chased by a frenzied mob
last night in this city, and would have been
lynched had he not been landed in the
Barber avenue police station just in time.
He was believed to have attempted to
assault Lena Welder, a fifteen-year-old
girl. She accused him of the attempt, and
led the mob in pursuit of the man.
When the policemen reached the scene of
trouble they found a howling mob throng
ing Jennings avenue and crowding Rowley
street for three hundred feet from the in
tetsection of the two thoroughfares.
"Lynch him, lynch him," eried- the crowd.
"Dog of a scoundrel; string him up." "A
rope, a rope."
The form of a man, ragged, bleeding and
cofered with dust, crouched behind the
crowd.
Around him were men, women and cl-i
dren, all acting as if their wits had long
since taken flight. Stones, pieces of wood
and earthen clods were hurled at the
crouching form of a mat; who, trembling
and pale with fright, shrank the closer. to
the sheltering wall of the greenhouse. The
lack of a leader. legqprevened.. the de
cisive action of the mob, which seemed
bent upon stringing the object -of their
wrath to an adjacent telegraph pole.
RECEIVED WITH ROYAL HONORS.
King of Siam Arrives at Spithead In
His Yneht.
LONDON, July 30.-Chulalongkorn, King
of Siam, arrived off Spithead this morning
in the Siamese royal yacht Macha Chakri,
with the royal suite and a- large retinue of
servants.
The British warships Inflexible, Alexan
dra, Calliope, Hero and Victory received
his majesty with the salute''r'eserved for
royal visitors. The Duke of York and Ad
miral Sir Nowell Salmon, commander-in
chief at Portsmouth, went on board the
Macha Chakri and cordially welcomed the
king to England.
All the shipping in the harbor was gaily
decorated with bunting.
STOPPED TA~,AsGE'S SPEECH.
Tier of Seat. Collapses at the
Miamit Chantnnqna.
FRANKIJN. Ohio. July 30.-At the Miami
Chautauqua yesterday, while Dr. Talmage
was speaking, the second rise in the pa
vilion at the rear of the-speaker gave w:Ly
and several hundred people were dropped
about ten inches. No one was seriously
injured. A dog was pinioned beneath the
timbers, and the doctor would not proceed
until the animal was released.
COL. Fuen. GRANmT RESIGNS.
Ne Issues a Publie Statement Re..
gardiag BIe Petien.,
NEW YORK, July 0.--When Col. Fred.
D. Gran~t reached police headquarters to
day he said: "I shall resign the police com
missionership this morning. My resigna
tion will be placed in the hands of Mayor
Strong within one hour."
Statement of CoL. Grant.
NEW YORK, July 30.-C Fred. D.
Grant today gave out a statement, in part
as follows:
"I have forwarded to Mayor Strong my
resignation of the position which I now
hold as a police comissioner. I will not
recede one step by acquiescing in the
methods of obtainng evidence against dis
orderly house., which the majority of the
board favor and have decided upon.
"I believe firmly that these methods amant
eventually make sneaks and liars of men
who, to be proper guardians of the life and
property of our citisens, should be trained
to do only what is honorabe ad tpright.
"Believing this, I placed before the board
of police on July 21 the resolutions wich
my three colleagues voted down on July 21.
"I will not approve bills for seices of
policemen when those bis tell plainly of
degradation and daesemeat, and give such
a disgusting array of detais as to prove
that the existing system should be made
impossible. My colleagues say -that the
present methods of gaIning eviden'e-have
always been used.
* "That is true, and the result has been
much corruption in the tere.s C.-inb.u*sa.
~er Moss says that 'tere toh~aree
going on now by ean-e In ctten~ehe
This indicates *o abatement of evia
"I7bese present method.s, thereforli, as
be Geaned inegeetive. and I believe- thag *
cha ehoahl be made and more dest
ot th ar as -~retih
will I temajn we a asismgefmw~nts
-met-d are enteeestowh-er a
selentiousry enemare
Nal? PAWL/S 'IGUT IN OHIO.
Cri. Eke Ht Osment of Desserstie
"f we deait carry Ohio this -fall we'll
never earry it." said COL Ike Hill, the vet
eran Ohio democrat in a summer's day t
terview with a Star reporter today. "Bat
we will nt fhi down this trip. We've gft
a hold on the situation and we will swisg
it. I am geing to put every dollar that I
can raise on the wager that we whip the
republicans out, end. I will make a kill
this fall as sure as shootia'.'
Col. Ike Hill has just returned from a
visit to Ohio, during which, as he says, he
"rubbed elbows with the boys' and "got
sown to hard-pan facts." Everybody who
knows politicians knows Col. ike Hill and
his breezy methods of expression.
"Siter is going to do the job," he een
tinued. "More than a majority of the vot
ers in Ohio want free oinage. Why didn't
they get it last November, then, you say?
I'll tell you, and will illustrate it. There's
my nephew. Jim, who was selling harvest
ers and reapers through four counties this
summer. Now, you know that talking- ma
chinery to farmers naturally brings up
hard times and politics. Out of thirty
republican farmers with whom he talked
eighteen oityhem said they were going to
vote the democratic, free-silver ticket this
fall.
''We believed in free coinage last year.'
they says to Jim.
"'Then why didn't you vote it' says
Jim.
" 'We were persuaded,' says the farmers.
'The big republicans in the county came to
us and begged us to hang on to tihe old
party a little longer. Here's an Ohio man
at the head of It,' they said. 'Just as good
a silver man as you are. You just wait
ac' see. He'll get something for silver a
heap quicker than them long-haired luna
tics and anarchists. We believed it and we
hung on. But they fooled ui and we are
gets' to quit 'em.'
"But you know." continued Col. Ike, "the
republican party is nearer the gold standard
today than it ever was in its life, and it
ain't going to get any further away. Those
old farmers know that. They want some
thing done for silver, and they see they will
have to turn to the democratic party to get
it'
"I tell you, my son, It was personal ap
plication that saved the republican party in
Ohio last fall. It was the entreaty and the
coercion of the business men, the bankers
and the influential men in the community,
but it won't go now. The tide is a settin'
our way. I saw it beginning to creep up
when I was at home.
"Money ain't goin' to stop it. I maintain
that the time is bound to come at last when
a man will vote his opinions. The Aus
tralian ballot system is bringing that time
around now. I don't say but -vh'it the boys
will take the money just the same. You
use money in elections for a few times and
the people get used to It and expect it.
They will go around looking for 't. But
when they get tucked away into that little
booth where no eye can see them fold their
ballot there's nothigg in the world so hinder
a man's better nature from gettin' the
upper hand, and he'll vote his sentiments.
"My son, your Uncle Ike Hill has been
mixing up in Ohio politics for nigh cnto
forty years. He has seen the current settin'
first one way, then t'other, and then sloshin'
around till you couldn't tell ' which way
'twas goin'. But, I tell you, now it's a
risin' tide, and free silver and democracy Is
on the crest of the wave."
EXHIBITED GREAT DARING.
Medals of Honor Awarded for Peril
ous Reeoumetsances.
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has award.
ed a medal of honcr to Capt. Charles M.
Rockefeller of Denison University, Gran
'ille, Ohio.
At Fort Blakely, Alabama, April 0, 1865,
an assault being in contemplation, a recon
ncissa.cc preparatory thereto consisting of
twenty-five men having met with severe
loss and failed, this officer, then first lieu
terant, 178th New York Volunteers, re
quested permission to reconnoiter the work
alone, and did so, under a heavy fire from
the enemy, and obtained valuable informa
tion that was made the basis of orders for
the assault that followed.
Lieut. Rockefeller also, with a few fol
lowers, advanced beyond the line, exposed
to the fire of both the attack and defense,
and captured 300 of the enemy who would
otherwise have escaped.
A medal of honor has also been awarded
to Capt Henry C. Nichols of Coventry, Vt.
At the siege of Fort Blakely, Alabama,
April 9, 18Wij. Capt. Nichols, then in the
83d United States Colored Troops, volun
tee-red to go- forward under a heggy fire,
beyond the advance line held by his regi
ment, and reconnoiter the ground over
which an assault was to be made upon the
enemy's position. He made the examina
tion, and obtained information that was of
great value in making dispositions for the
final assault.
PAYING LOCAL BILLS.
Warrants Issued by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
warrants for the payment of the following
local items in the general deficiency bill:
Dr. L. W. Glasebrook, deputy coroner,
for 38 days' service, $190; parking com
mission, deficiency, $5,000; permanent sys
tem of highways, 3179; physicians to the
poor, for services during smallpox epi
demic, $1,515); for judgment of Court of
Claims for $2,250.30 In favor of Elizabeth L.
W. Bailey, administratrix; expenses of
board of medical supervisors, $300; for mil
itta of District of Columbia, different
items, 1.13, $6,387.52, 39, 33,&i in all
$10,8-9A49.
DECENT PENSIONS GRANTED.
Appiletions Froan the District, Mary
land and Vitrgisnia.
Penslons have been granted as follows-.
District of Columbia-Herbert H. Dodd,
Wimlam Robinson. minor of Norman N.
Ross; Valentine C. Wagonfeald, Terra Cot
ta; Patrick Dagnan, Washington.
Maryland-Minor of James Beggs, West
minster; Sarah E. -Worthen, Baltimore;
Frpnk Adams, Baltimore; James L. Brow,
Clinton; Elisabeth Patterson, Baltimore;
Susie P. Edwards, Baltimore.
Virginia-John Amber, National Soldiers'
Home, E'izabeth City; James Garvey. Na
tional Military Home, Elizabeth City;
Mary E. Thp~apson, Childresa storet Paul
Marshner, National. Soldiers' Home, Etlisa
beth City; Maurice M. Woodbury, Man
chester.
Naval Orders,
Paymaster M. C. McDonald has been de
tached fronyr the Texas and ordered to the
Naval Hospital at Yokohama. The ap
pointment of Pay Clerk J. Abbott has been
revoked. Passed Assistant Paymaster J.
V. Mohuen, from the Bennington and walt
orders, Passed Assistant Engineer S.
Arnold, from the Monterey to the Wheel
ing. Coimnander . P.' Tilley, to the Na
val War College. Passed Assistant Pay
master 3. L, Heap, from the Yolekhama
Naval Hosptal to the Bennington. Passed
Assistant Surgeon T. B. Bailey, from the
Macbias to the Yorktown. Passed As
sistant Surgeon J. . Page, from the York
town to the Olympia. Passed Assistant
Surgeon Rothgauger, from the Pinta to the
Wheeling. Passed Assistaat Samgeon N. R.
Pigot, from the Otympia to- the Machias.
-Movements of Wayshige.
The Massachusetts and .Tesa have as
rivedl at Gravemend say, L. I., with the
New York navel miNtle.
The Michigan ha smaia frem nSanusky
for Detroit.
The Dolphin has arrived att Tompn=Mm.
vilie, where she will take Beeretary Long
aboasd for a visit. of i=petiam et the
northert navy yards.
The PuriteD has arrived at Tear~
ville.
The Stensh' hstariped at ateimt
Precueting Attorney J.oe. L. h Zrga,
of the Pollee court, who wasa day er twre
ago directed by the aomaimi.mhr s-~
- tbhee a - t(4Thegp h
-eac hris means seeanh amsensm eSat
POLICE C1 ANGES
The Work b-the Bon
' gligg_ r Case.
EARLY ACTION EXPECTED
It Is believed the reorganization of ti.e
police force is near at hand For some time
It has been rumored that changes 'would be
made for the betterment of the service,
and since Chairman Harries of the board of
trade committee on -public order submitted
his report chaitged I the personnel of the
police force have been daily expected.
Matters are fast culminating now. due
in large part to the Investigation attend
Ing the escape of Carr, the man who felon
lously assaulted" the little. -obinson girl
some days ago.
Late yesterday afternoon Major Moore
nde his report to Commisnsoner Wight.
The Commissioner, it is understood, direct
ed the major to pursue his investigation
along other lines, and referred the resort
back for that purpose.
Commissioner Wight stated his deter
mination to look carefully Into the matter,
and mete out just punishment to those who
are found to have been negligent In the
case.
Two Redured One Dropped.
Up to the present time the indications
are that Sergts. MicTaggart and Perry will.
be reduced to the ranks, and Lieut. Teeple
dropped from the rolls of the department
men. Precinct Detctive Barnes will also
be likely to resume his beat as a patrol
man l.
In the detective department Inspector
Hollin b r will" undoubtedly be relieved.
It Is said he displayed great negligence in
the case and will be sent out in charge
either of a precinct or made a night In
spector.
Frcm the repcrts that Commissioner
Wight has received, it appears that Lieut.
Teeple, when called Upon to allow O'Dea
(the only policeman in the' precinct who
knew Carr) to accompany the detectives,
caused them to wait until the officer came
In at 12, and finally, when the officer did
cme in, directed him to go home, eat his
dinner and report at 2 o'clock for the de
tectives. -It Is said if Officer O'Dea had
been nlmredlateV-sent for on the applica
tion of the de tiVes the culprit would
have been apprehended.
Two to lecommended.
The report of Major Moore, it is under
stood, shows theetwo patrolmen who- dis
covered the case to have used due dili
gence, and It is bUlevet they will be com
mended rather tip. criticised. It appears
that these officers, after investigating the
crowd in front of the Robinson house, re
ported the case immediately to Sergeant
McTaggart as thisti proceeded- to appre
hend the crialnal,natsifing his home and
several of his
Sergt. McTa ga, t is said, reported the
case to Sergi Per and the latter, after
several hours! ha elapsed, reported the
case to headsiartma. The message being
received at he.idqueters by telephone was
transcribed and sent to the detective office,
where it was Mowgd to remain on the hook
for several hos. For this Inspector lol
linberger is bleIed.1
Prometinu the Inquiry.
Commissioiler Wigbf is prosecuting the
inquiry to the end. He said to a Star .re
portef this a ri n that he would leave
no stone uric'ned no fact uninvestigated
until he had the resppnlbliWty for
thf ieat e where-it belonged.
av doqi lerwesi. net -istmediate
I at . getran. teras' e was ble .the.
s f isp c olantrs in the second
precict.
It I$ belevod that. the -Investigations of
this case will. mark .the beginning. df an
entire reorgarization. of the polies. toree.'
The reports of the -pollee surgeons have
been rece ve ani contaij .the names. of
upward'.of fifty apen whom. they -believe
are not qiualified for active duty and should
be retired., Thos.list. it 4s Understood, con
tins the names of- at least two lieuten
anft. severil ergeants ard a nitmber of
privates of the secQild class.
.The renioval .Of Inspector Hollinberger
fron? the head of the detective department.
wilt it 'Is believed, work a reorganization
of that office It-is'said on good authority
that but few of the present force will be
retained. '
Major Moore spent several hours in. close
conference with- Commissioner Wight this
morning going dverathe general subject of
reorganizatioq. The result of the cnfer
ence was not given nut. In fact, Ccmmis
sioner Wight' stated that there was nothing
to make publie'.t' iresent. When the Com
missioners had decided on the changes the
public would be mmediately informed.
Quite a surprise has. been occasioned by
the report of Auditor 'Petty upon the con
dition of the polite"pension fund. It ap
pears from an investigation that the fund
will not stand ,mare thsn five retirements,
and these will. undoubtedly be filled by
shelving severaf lieutenants and sergeants
whose service is tioor'by reason of advanoe
lug years and ther itfirmities.
It Is pointed- out, however, that by
amending the law governing the fund so as
to permit all deficiencies to be met froan
the general revehues- of the Distict, the
Commissioners *111 be l n position to re
tire as many -polfeeme as they see fit.
- ARfMAIlyIIC FORI CONTEMPT.
Coflored Attori ey Aceused of Solt
. lng Citeintu. in Pollee Court.
Perri W. Frieby, ar colored attorney-at
law, was charged In'-the Pollee Court late -
this afternoon 'rf2th Conternps. It was al
leged that Frisby wras guilty of "cappiug."
He was detected, In the Pollee Court bulkal
lng, about 8:M e'cel -this morning, by
Policemnan Mcae Ja. Flyhn, In the act of
what wse clainled tShj soliciting business.
Poiceme= Flynn1 investIgated the matter,
and the result was the filing-of an afeta'vt
by Lucy Fordy a colored woman. Accord
ing to the ailida't( Ftisby approached the
women and tht fllowing conversation en-*
st ed:
"What is yetr business here?"
"rm here gns leatch case."
"Do you want a lawye4f. .
"It is 'necesegwyAer yeu-to have a lawyer,
for they do not taka. the word of people
here In thePeg "
When the .q s~~dto thme attention
of Judge Ml ruer Jones and Chase,
who appear FrouPieby, demurred to the
mffidavit omtla grsiid 7thut It did not a!l,
legq (het 7riy aSsd the Ford womaan .to
employ him a ' oeelse.
Judge MImsd '~Ddthe demnurrer and
Frisby was' bcut. The district at-'
torney stateGt t other a~davit'-woqu
he prepared AMthi'aiatter ain enmaed tO
the atenio t
Teamunt bounad froin WelNngtem O-31d.
nay, N. S, 1. strii a reck of Cae Ma
berne, INw Zealand. and mq ntbe
ftmthe wreclut steasmer.1wrIe
APPrsYN WIo L~tnneRY PL&OIIS,
The MEk of 0 AgleAmtleen Comne.
The 11 msieres of the new Casres
siemal 1&sary t1 be appointed' will be
pieced undr the elvil service by Presidsat
IfeKinley isuard the close of this gear.
plabably soda thee In November.. Ths as
tita will not he takes. however, a am
at the empteres who will be appeaimm* W
Librarian Young aE have been given an
opportunity to make a record for them
selves in the aMearge of their respective
duties. It is proposed to get a thoroughly
effeIent force, which the PresMent will re
tats by the applicaion of thie elvR service
law.
It is understood that there will be but
few appointments before the middle of
August or the 1st of September. There
well be no need for their -services until
then, and it is not desired to pay unneces
sary salaries.
It is said that the bulk of the applications
for the positions in the library requirftg
technical knowledge comes from New Eng
land. Next in number rank Chicago and
the middle west. The greater part of the
applications for positions in the law -le
partment come from the mouth. One re
markable fact in connection with the char
acter of the applications is the large num
ber coming- from the descendants of -mea
who have been prominent in. the nation's
history. It is saM that there are a great
many applications of this kind, .and some
of the letters are pathetic In their tenor,
telling of the straits to which these people
of distinguished ancestry are now reduced.
Some of the greatest family names in
American history, and those familiar to
every school boy, are represented in the
signatures to these pleas for appointment.
The library at the Capitol will be closed
somorrow. It is considered probable that
the colletion of books will remain inac
ceesible to the public until the 1st of Oc
tbber and porsibly until the 15th. Libra
rian Young requests that all outstandipg
books be returned at an early date, and
due notice will be given of the reopening
of the library.
While the library will close tomorrow the
actual removal of the books will not be
commenced tnUil two or three weeks hence.
The interve ing time will be required to
ticket and number the collections and pre
pare them for speedy removal and placing
in their new quarters according to the sys
tem. The method of removal has been de
scribed heretofore in The Star.
"If we had a large body of troops here,"
remarked an official today, "the books
might be moved as the German library at
Berlin was tra pferred to its new quarters.
"The King of Prussia ordered 1,000 sol
diers from the barracks to report at the
library, each armed with a basket. One
half the regular library force was detailed
-to pack the baskets and the other to receive
them, the soldiers doing the rest. The
entire collection of 900,000 volumes was re
moved in one day."
It has been found necessary to provide
quarters for the executive staff of the
library. To do this it has been determined
to utilise one of the long hall rooms on
the first floor, called the west-north cur
tain. This is an apartment probably a
hundred feet long or more, opening Iat6
one of the corridors by numerous doors
and facing the Capitol. Heavy oak p:.rti
tions, reaching almost to the ceiling, but
not disturbing the decorations, will divide
the apartment into rooms for Mr. -Young,
Mr. Spofford, Mr. Alvord and Mr. Hutchi
son. The copyright department will be
located in the south curtain.
NEEDS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Report of Fire Underwriters Suggest
ing Ineressed Facilities.
William P. Young, secretary of the As
sociation of Fire Underwriters, has sub
mitted to the Commissioners the followind
reccmmendations concerning the needs of
the fire department:
At least ten additional steam fire engines
and fcur hook and ladder trucks 'should
be obtained, with the requisite number of
officers and men to operate the same, and
shruld be suitably located. which would
greatly add to the protection. of the city
and efficiency of the service.
One steam fire engine company; one
chemical engine. company and a company
with a lightly built hook and ladder truck
should be located in Aacostia. now with
out suitable protection from fire. _
Additional fire alarm ,boxes should. be
oeaead within the residence and outlying
setio ns.. There are sections o( the city
v here it is necessary to go twelve blocks
before the nearest alarm box can be
reac'hed.
The wiring of the fire alarm system to
be placed underground.
The early completion of the new reser
voir, and Increased storage rasErvoir facil!
ties. There 'is an urgent need of larger
fc-ce mains.
Larger size mains should reolace much
of the excessive amount of slx.inch diame
ter piped. There are at present 0G8,000 feet
of bix-inch mains in use.
There is an urgent neeekity of a large
increase of the number of fire hydrants.
Additional hydrants would require shorter
leads of hose at flies, with a corresponding
lersening of water friction and increased
pressure for fire extinguishment.
The Injunetion Refused.
Judge Hagner today refused the injunc
tion asked for several days ago by Ephraim
S. Randall against the Mount Vernon and
Marshall Hall Steamboat Company.
Capt. Randall, it will be recalled, sought
to enjoin the defendant company :ram land
ing at the wharf at Chapel Point, Md.,
claiming that under a contract with the
owner of the wharf he had the exelusive
right to land there. Judge Hagner held
otherwise, and refused to grant a temporary.
restraining ogler or injunction.
Supposed 1Washingteme== KiNed.
Inspector, Holberger received a tele
gram yesterday afternoon from Coroner
We H. Kundman of Morrisville, Pa., stat
ing that a colored man, supposed to be J.
H. Catlett of this city, had been killed
there. The postal contoined the informa
tion that a letter from Louise Wilson was
found on the dead man, but the manner
of his death was not stated.
J. H. Catlett was twenty years old and a
barber by trade. He lived with his par
ents at No. S Farragat street, Miount
Plasant. and worked in his father's shop
at 12th and R streets. He left'home a few
days age to go to Niew'York, and a letter
received from him Wednesday stated that
he had started back. According to the
postal received, the~ young man must have.
been killed Wednesday night after he wrote
the letter.
Inspector Holliaberger sent a dtspatch
today to Morrisville making inquiries for
further information coneerning the deed
man.
. Appeattmegas Agd, ii -
The American Federption of Labor today
forwarded from Its hea~quarters in thus
city an appeal to all international and na
tior'al unless and all other labor organis
tions for moral -sympathy and Inancial
support for te coat miner s ibteir-pssent
struggle in the st=a of Ohio Illnoas. West
Virginia and -Pennsylvana. The appeal
isathe one adopted at the confereace of the
representatives of labor organisations held
at Wheeling, W. Va.- Tuesday for the pur
pose of formulating ways and means to as-4
aiithe strikig miners. The greater part
@f the circular has already appesed in The
Stor. -
$udge Us-a thi. ater. end Jobs
Ldms, the young colored mn be .a.npe
yesdayw to eight years to the New Jersey
state pres for ainaulting Jan. Bewmaa
edloaed, witht lntest to kilt him, hr =henoh.
him,, brought before him, -when h e
dGuos the -snesm-e to sta jes. Theisn~
tol Aime that after thnin.g the ie
over be had cesie.ad to redim the s
team, in-the hop. that-the raasas= weould
Ada anuedtb tha th ats en'c
ahe beRse mhent Ii p
BREAKS EXPORT RECORDS
naR ma tmammr reomasde iy aukn a
D.ing Pa.t Toe Week. Asa.ge.
-mealt Env Een !bade to Carr
oaws" e" Baseis.
PHILADELPHIA. July .-The Record
today has the followtg:
Forty steamers were yesterday' charter
ed to load cargoes of grain at Philadeu
phia. New York. Baltimore and .Newport
News for ports In the United Kingdom and
Europe, making a day's record which. It
is claimed, has never been equaled.
To OR these vessels will require over
1,010,000 bushels of grain, and at least one
third of the chartered steamers will load
here at the Port Richmond and Girard
Point elevators, which are rapidly being
sade ready for the great rush this fall.
Dpring the past two weeks ixtures fdr
steam tdamage to carry ever 20,091.001
busbels of cereals abroad have been ef
fected.
Among the vessels which have left In bal
last are the steamship. Norwood, from
Barry for the Delaware breakwater; Wit
lowbranch. from Sunderland for Hampton
Roads; Boyne, from Newport. England, for
Philadelphia: Glenelg. Hampton Roads;
Wave, for the Delaware breakwater, from
Barry; The Ethelreda. from Swansea, for
Delaware treakwater. and the Castleton.
from Middlesborough. for the Delaware
breakwater.
GEN. ROIWS RESISNATUO.
It ia Not Porthesmiug Aeesordlg to
Schedule.
After waiting for several weeks for the
resignation of Sealer of Weights and Meas
ures Bond. the Commissioners will tomor
row dismiss him from the service noon
charges of Incompetency.
Acting upon the request of %omplaining
merchants, and from an investigation of
the service, Commissioner Wight, shortly
after he came into oioe, decided to make
a change in the head of that deoartment.
Gereral Bond was sent for and his resia
nation requested. He asked time to consult
Senator Gorman, after which, it is said,
he promised to send in his resignation.
Senator Gorman wrote to Commissioner
Wight, as did Mr. James L. Norris. Mean
while, at the earnest, solicitation of Gen.
Bond, Commissioner Wight put in writing
his request for his resignation, adding sev
eral complimentary things of Gen. Bond.
but not alluding to his record of ellciency.
As the time came for the appointment of
a successor, aIl Gen. Bond's resignation
was not recet ed. Commissioner Wight
wrote him, recalling the previous conversa
tion concerning the resignation, especially
the statempent of Gen. Bond that the resig
nation would he forthcoming when needed.
To this Gen. Bond replied that he did not
intend to resign, and quoted the Commis
sioner's previous letter, referring to the
good .will of the Commissioner and the way
he had administered the affairs of th
oilce, Commissioner Wight wrote again.
but (en. Bond reiterated his determina
tion not to resign to another Commimioner.
and so his dismissal will follow.
'ILL.S FILED.
Last Wishes of Prank E. Corbett and
- ewry Grees.
An exemplified copy of the will of the
late Frank E. Corbett of Alexandria. Va..
dated October 18, 1892, was flied here to
day, also three codicils., dated, respectively,
June 2. 183; May 18, 1895, and February
21, 1896.
Anthony W. Armstrong. Wm. C. Wibirt
and W. Frank Lambert are named as ex
ecutors, and the estate is bequeathed and
devised to the executors, they to pay to
the widow of the testator, Caroline F. Cor
bett, the Interest, dividends and pr-nts
semi-annually during her life and widow
hood, and at her death or remarriage to
the testator's children, thp Astate St' the
death of the efitYdrehf to be equ.illy divided
among the krandchildtef. '
'The som of S'uti is to be paid annually to
Emma L. Sheldon, a sister of the testator.
Should the childretf ale without issue, the
som of $1,i00 eac'f is to'be paid to the
board of ministeriai relief of the Presby
terian Church of the northern assembly
Df the United States. Anthony G. Arm
strong and John McK. Barley, the residue
of the estate going to the children of Fredk.
3. Corbett, a nt Plt-w.
-An exemplified copy of the will of the
late Henry Green of Alexandria, Vi.. was
also tiled . here-, today. It Is dated March
13, 1iS9, and names his widow. S. Virginia
Green.' ahd- Frank: J. Burr as executors.
The sum of St.090 is set apart for the bene
fit 01 Le Roy A. Britton. a nephew, atti'
he, regohes Junltor.ty. when it becomes hir
absolttely. The residence of the estate 'is
given to the widow for life or widowhood;
af her death or remarriage, one-half to be
given i Said Le Roy A. Britton, the re
n'aining half to be equally divided between
Mollie Kramer, a niece, and Robert Flem
Lng. a nephew.
Indictments Returned.
The following Indictments were returned
by the grand jury this afternoon: Edward
Massey, larceny from the person; William
Campbell, housebreaking; James, alias Pat,
Carr, rape,
Customs Colleeteo's Aeeumme Short.
MALONK, N. Y., July 3.-R. W. Andr
son, deputy collector of customs at Chate
mntgay. Fl'anklin county, N. Y., has been
remnoved "fromn cice. It is alleged that he
la ehort in his accounts nearly $5,000. Mr.
Anderson is reported to have left Chate
iutgay.
Phfladelphlams Meet a Suerey Team.
LO)NDON, July 30.-The cricket match be
tween 'the gentlemen of PhaAlelphla and
an -eleven representing Surrey, which was
begun at Kennington Oval yesterday, was
resmeda this morning. At the close of play
last evening the visitors had i19 runs for
four wickets dnwn to their cedit, and this
morning concluded their first innng with
a total of 233 runs.
The Surrey team in their first innings
scored 273 runs.
- Baltimoere Manket.
BA~LfDEORIA 3uy ...-'iser Gum. .mhastre
'elpts, 14.357 tais: exports. 3.0ie ebs sate,
le tarreei. whsat strasger sa hbr-o sad
%ii:stem No.sSneess 11.
1* bonbels; 400Enbes .8,
my.. auie.. fas: ab.. em grad.. ela514 (om
trees ant bisher-st asi month. :%m% ds
rst and Se.ptembrer. 8la: stessr 3er
Uif-reeeijte. 1g3.316te is experta. 1 .48 bosh
is; stock, b14.1US hu.sei.: ee. 21,089 tbeabes
eithers wbite errs. 1; ds y.-flr. 36. ns~ am.
4.. 3 wdes . No t. 2 amined. flt-re
wipts. 3.461 :uhs export.,. .me: stork, I4.975
u..ek. Rye sta na N. 2 neatry. 43%a64; No.. 2
memen 44a44Ir-ceeebpe 1,954 busbain: esperts,
ine stek 12.589 bsihels.Ha ste-efes
ilmetbr $13.Sma$4.89. Grain acihsfsryst
we. usrbasnged. Ssa , rmeaed.mer
ao.a d. naabi. mehsete. es
. 1~ ." Ie;4. r
Goversamment Bnda.
Quotations reported by Crsen & Macart.
icy, banara.
peromess, m et 1M f........ 112 3
pereene, et1W..
pe eis',- ed1am......
...r..........f......................
ests, set USS..
t erest t m.... ...
Neaim' oms cote.. Mawkun.
?.mnlsbed ty W. 3. B- A C.. hmaame
Itmebssca 1Ws.. esmbese New Terk
madine'g.. Cisg ?O.. NewTh
FINANCE AND TRADE
8mk Em Wed 8re" Hed bm8ey,
Hot Dan.
EA III TO R3i 73 lIED
Strong Und tone Prevented Se -
ous Concesion
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
peeial Diegaet to The lEs a tar.
NEW YORK. July S.-atability In the
presence of dullness was the most note
worthy feature of today's stock martet.
The reactionists agaim made a determined
effort to depress prices, but the result was
inferior to the effort.
Realising sies in the Grnger shares
were urged in juestfietion of the Sfort to
force concessions elsewhere. but eea Mo
this group the buying was superier to h
selling.
The undertene of the martet is unmis
takably strong, and inileentd Iterests are
at all times willing to take whatever
securities the room may have for sale.
The engagement of is I LMO geld for
export tomorrow was repeatedly cited as an
argument favoring a lower speculative
range. Shrewd judges of the sitttloa' have
ceased to be concerned . about the gold
movemeat. In view of the certain return
of present losses later to the mason.
With such crop conditions as are now
reported there is little cause for alarm
about the international gold movement.
The tide must head this way once domes
tic breadstuffs begin to move In the volune
now generally predicted.
With this subject dispoord of as a facter
the question of earnings I. left as the bass
of Intelligent market reasoning. 'fnom
almost every quarter these reports are en
couraging. end the present month ts re
lied upon to show handsome gains over
June. The grain-carrying roads have made
enormous gains in many instances.
St. Paul's July statement. putlised
today, reflects an increase of PII.eMS by
comparison with the same period in 9MSZ.
For-the fiscal year more than ,: per cent
has been earned on its stock and an addi
tional I per cent seems likely to become
a possibility during the next year. Rock
Island's statement will he given out early
in the coming week, and indications favor
a very gratifying showing.
The safety of the crops is not sufficiently
assured to warrant important operations in
the Granger shares just at this juncture,
but appearances are fully equal to sus
taining prices.
The daily change in specialties, heretofore
noted. was again a feature of today's
market.
Northern Pacise issues were selected early
in the day as a center of activity. prices
responding easily to the demand. An ad
vance of 2 per cent in the preferred stock of
this company was accomplished by excep
tionally strong buying.
The difficulties in the way of electing a
rew president for this corporation are rap
idly disappearing, and the long-sought Sur
harmony with Great Northern will be real
ised during the fall.
The buying tf Consolidated Gas was of
a superior chs.rcter, an advance of more
than S per cent followir.g. The earning
capacity of this plant. Its management and
future prospects have combined in mak
ing it one of the finest investment oroper
ties in the high-priced list.
The extremely cheap stocks, notably
North American. are being taken up solely
because of the dispcsition to purchase any
thing that can be made active. The indus
trial shares have lost their position as
leaders temp rarily, but if prices can be
sustained for a time new buying will prob
ably break out in these shares.
?he demand at the momeht., however,
comes from sources interested in hid &
mandiag figures to show cause for the
improved value reflected in higher prices.
Statements within the grasp of the average
mind being withheld by the industrials, .te
railroad shares are naturally favored.
FENAUCIAL AND 00MMWERCAL.
The following are the opening, the highem
and the lowest and the closing prices of t'e
New York stock market today, as frepes'te
by Corson -& Macartney, members New
York. stock exchange. Correspondents,
Messrs. Moore & Schley. N.. W Breadwas.
Oren. Wga. law. aam
American Spirits...... 14 133P 14I
Americas Spirits. pfd... 9-% UI dil . O
American Sugar..... . Ia 1M 13T% them
American Sugar. pfd... ill lily 111 3" .
Americaa Tobauc...... 6B M Kt '
Amrican Cotton Oil.... IT 17' i 1
Atchisoa ........... . 14 1411 14 14
Baltinanre a Oto....... 15 11 ft N
liar State Gas...........14I 14$ i% 14
t-anada Southera...... 63t "is isB.
canada Pacilc...........
Chesapeake & Oho..... 1's s- 19% -
c., C. l St iLots.... m S ~to 18%
Chicago, B. A ....... .. e1% twi sin 1
Chacsgu&a'ortowestera. 117% Ille11 111% t
Chicago Gas............. .!.... let Yit
C. X. a St. Paul........ B.h !B K% a1%
C. Y. A It. Paul. pfd... ..... ..... ..... .....
Chicago,iI.aPacier... n; h r 5111 st
Chtch ~ NA St. Paul. Lg 46
....idated .as....... 171% Ile 171% li%'
Dei. ea. a W .... .... ..... ..... ..... .....
iiela1are & utadeon.. 114% lieu i10% 11lK
lan ioa Urande, pfd. 446% 46 46K 4
Erte .......... ........ lag 15% 15% 15
General Electric.... . as 2% as% a
lllsinos~enral..... ...N% ljg 15KNS
Lake194hem......... ...... ..... ...
Lumisville & hasbhue SE M5% 6S .
Metrepulttaa Tractaes..............
Mahatmalevated... es .......e
Mteama Centrat........... ..... .... ..
MlasouriPadiie......9% 6 2%
Natiomal Lead 0C....... 6% 86% 36% 30
Natam tant o.. pfe 155 1l0% 155 156%
New Jersey Cemrral. M6MM86% 88%SI 5
New serst Oestras...156 1Mt le5 151%
Northern Paulic........l434% 8614 14%
Northern Pada, pfd.. *l 44*% *lM 4
Oai. & Westrs........ 6% 16% 16% 14M
Pacise hai..w. .... S3iSt 5
Phila.afReadsg. ......ss8 2n0%r 6
TexasPnc..... ..... 19%19 12% 13
oTeuCsiy.r..... UK 21% U
Un Tm acne....... .. % 7
U0.s alne..p........1% S ety
Wahbm ptd.......... 1T IS 17% 3
Wesera Llarde...6% eg 5%
Ulver............... .... ...... .....
Eadeds Gas.... .... ....... .... ..... .....
WasMmnemen eek beraname.
Sais-egaemit-l2 odoc sL.-Me s
al--a B emmA at Msa
Carriage, letI:" eott: U atS e-ete; les at 56
ecets; L00 at 51 .emes; IOU at 50 ewats. Mer'
taser Linsiype, 1sat 115%. 1.= Meastygs, 5
at I7.
Disitdet et Clmbia DBans.-Uqea the $s
bid. 35.ysar . Wd -R bid. Water'eis.Bm
Ta, 1961. enas tl a
116 taid. M ii,17
11M% asked. aui birt1m ee
cetmemid oftes. bU beds~. Wa-s
~is.a Gaes C- mpsr 5. arse A. I80 bh. Wamb
GajcLib sbaie as. 111h.C~eb
and Petuimac tlses 3Mit. A~mmaa ab
emnr and~ Tmi ttF. Is, A.. sa
eaai esadit and 8.s ma . ,1
WmbAgtss Issa
bid. 3Bes et th 3i0.U Mi.Me a
2UT bid. Sie nmsi (lial tie. uS.
M 15 Mi. We
Otsm e,?2 bg CamaIN
(lstei aI e bid.-ang Waam
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