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Political Notes.

The Maine greenbackers will hold conven-
ton in Portland June 3 to nominate candi-
date for governor.
The independent democratic Boston Herald
says: "The issue, as it is made by the Presi-
dents message, would probably enable the re-
democrats will make grand mistake II they
fight 1t out on that line"
An important convention, having dele
gates from every county, parish, and city In
every state In the Valley Of the Mississippi in
terested ter, M & IN the growth OF sugar and cotton.
consideration the present agitation of the labor
question, in connection with the negro exodus
Tne Is sSpg to the
south, Will address the convention.
According to the vicksburg Herald, the
Tlden cause is not booming in Mississippi.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes "a long
] and frank conversation" with T1lden agent
who has reached Cincinnati In his western can
going to relinqufsh his claims on the Democratic
party, but that he Will be stronger In the next
convention than he was at st. Louis. In 1876
ten states went into the convention with solid
delegations against him, whereas In 1880 every
state win have Tilden delegates. The south
may not be quite 80 solid for him as ft was be-
fore, but the difference will be made up by re-
crultS from the northern states
The editor of the Okolona (Miss.) States is
catching 1t, all along the line. The Richmond
State !dem,l even calls him ''copperhead"
The Springfield tMass.l Republican notes
that one OF the immediate results Of the veto is
to give q great impetus to the project OF re-
nominating Hayes In 1850, and says: "The New
England republicans In particular, who are
somewhat frightened and good deal disguised
at the uproar over Grant, would be very happy
to have no worse man than Hayes nominated
for the next campaign"
The Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.) Is evidently
not an enthusiastic admirer OF Governor Hen
bricks. 1t says: "Mr. Hendricks has again as
serted that under no circumstances viii he ac
cept the second place on the presidential ticket
We. therefore, suspect that this is the moment
to photograph Ar. Hendricks, in order to secure
counterfeit pre6entment OF this great mar
when he Is really on the fence upon a political
WIN, Z. Chandler seems to be looming uu
as candidate for the q. s. Senate from New
Hampshire. before the legislature OF that STATE
which win meet In June. 'O'
Tho Louisville Couviev. Journal warns Gov.
ernor Hendricks against ssthe folly OF r,,sh,no
into print" Ae
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BALTIMORE, May szvirsinia Gxes deferred.
do pest due coupons. elf North Oarolins ~ :
old, 2zx do. new, II bid to-day. Sugar nrm-X
BAITfMoRE. M.ys- Cotton steady and hish~-
naiddliDg, u Flour hrsn and without quotable
change. Wheat, southern arm: vspeen inect1ye-
.oqtGe ern red hiOaI dc. amber, i,6all6; No
,Gct , ilsA.l isS Ny. issLisss; June. a. ..sSs
Eizsi July, LV9Hal. 10. Corn. southern steady: :
western offerings nsht, with fan demand and 6Fm-
@Ied sSot xa''s snd d'HstS Hsy cc g III IL
July, .lla44h: steamer. z6sAOS OeS am and
aud uncSsnssd Pfovisaons stsedy and unohspesd
stssdy % and and unchanged 0ods:s q1ist and ssssdy
Lre:ghts to LiveEpool Gsr stesmsE stesdy nd un.
SSSs. S,:. 49, Ss con- rs 500 shSn
NEW YORK. Nay &-SpocAu Strong Nonsy O
sk t%Hchangs % long. sss; short. SS7x 0oscEa-
cMEW YORK. May s-row quisk whsss du,ls
q s1TSSSoS, q is,y 4 az: 9: sase a.oe..e,. for ss,A.
YS9o.H " ponde, f0nr-anda-half Per cSnSl
co0so~' " Iiilnoas Central. 81. Beading, l6k
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CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART.
Purchase Of Fifteen Portraits q
PreSidentS bY Healv.

ACoASACAAaO ny 1AcS1tys
The Corc0ran Gallery of Art has lust pur.
chased and placed on exhibition seventeen DOR
traits by Healy, originals and copies, embracing
fifteen Presidents, Martha Washington and
George Peabody. from the collection of T. B.
Bryan, Esq, OF this city. All the Presidents
from Washington to Lincoln are represented
excepting Gen. Harrison, and In good time his
portrait and those of later Presidents will he
supplied. The portraits OF Washington and
Mrs. Washington are from Stuart's original
studies in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Those OF John Adams and Jefferson are also
copies from the same masters work. Healv fol
lows with his own originals or replicas of John
gu quincy , Adams 1858, Jackson 1s45, Van Buren,
buchanan 1859, Lincoln 1860, and Mr. Peabody
Gen. Taylors portrait is most admirable COPY
from one by Amans. 1t is in military dress.
az and lis IS considered the best likeness ever taken
was painted by Healy at the Hermitage lust
for the work.
~ The Rsn finest Of the original portraits are those
OF the latter and OF Fillmore are in the Presi-
dents house, where the Buchanan was painted
IN september, 1859. The portrait of Lincoln was
election. It differs from other portraits of him.
In being without beard or whiskers. II is a
lact, that before he came to Washington he had
aVce of Goh TO IN Of the
wrote advising him that beard and whiskerss
would improve his face very much. Mr.. Heaiy
painted this collection to fill an order from
Louis Philippe OF France for copies to be
placed In the gallery OF Versailles,
This interesting and valuable series of nor
traits OF our Presidents, together with the re-
cent puIchase OF Mr.. Calhoun, when Secretarv
Of War. painted by G. B. Kt::x IN isM And of
tqe excellent miniature on ivory of Henry Clay.
W blanchard, in 1912, once belonging to the
ate Joseph Gales, ESQ.,, show the determination
t1onal portraiture q strong point in the gal.
iery. As our great men pass away, it is we'll
not only to have authentic portraits of them,
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art, here In the me.
tropolis OF the nation, where so many OF them
Inquired In its history. ever to remain on free
exhibition to the public.
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Incendiary Fire and Loss Of Life ae
NeWROPt.

this morning fire broke out In the extensive
stables occupied BY Jas. Colven, on State g.,
Newport, which Destroyed the buildings and
ing builctngA destroying q ropewalk and six
cottages ~, Colv1n lost nifty out OF eighty
horses and mu.a other property. He has no
A hoetler name6 J,rm Timmany, known e
Boston Jack, = perishe. n the flames. The nre
is attributed to an incend. ~y, but two hostlers
were drunk on the premises noQr or Two De-
body OF Boston Jack" was 90 oaoiy burned
that 1t could not be determined wh,> >tner or not
he was murdered before the f1re.
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PoNDRXTkR REFUSED NEW TRrAL.-At
richmond, Va, In the case OF John E. Poin-
Klinng Z. c. Curtis, In that city, on March s,
ana whose punishment was fixed at two years
IN the ..penitentiary, came up In the Hastings
oner's counsel for new trial. The court over.
ruled all the exceptions and refused to grant a
new trial. The opinion, delivered by Judge
Christian, was quite lengthy one. In con.
cludlng 1t he said that to decline to accord the
motion OF prisoners counsel was one OF the
most unpleasant duties he had been called doom
toperIorm since he had been on the bench. The
0elSnSe VIII carry the case to the Court OF Ap-
pealS. Poindexter did not appear moved when
Ehe court refused him new trial
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oThe Bank OF California, at Sah Francisco
has sold to the government 100 600 ounces OF stl.
yer at 110A per ounce.
~Gen. Grant has arrived at Hong Kong
China, In good health.
ga. Fl. Grimke, q Boston negro lawyer
mas married the white daughter OF q Wisconsin
preacher.
~ Governor Miller of Arkansas was burned
In emgy at Hot Springs for voting against an
asylum bill.
"A woman calling herself the Princess
Editha Laleta, Countess of Lansfeldt, has been
swindling the people Of Atlanta.
e1The desire to return to the whipping post
Is 80 strong I'm Kentucky that, In some
counties, candidates for the legislature are COM
PEELED to pledge themselves to sustain the mea-
sure or lose their chance OF election. The object
B 10 save expense.
New York has f1led bill to foreclOse 4S 600 900
mortgage ON the Western Unlon railroad OF
Wisconsin.
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OF yesterday, says: sTbe Rev. DR.. Newman,
ex-Chaplain OF the United States Senate, ac-
companied by Mr.. Mackay, of Washington,
visited the District Attorneys Office yesterday,
and had consultation with Assistant District
Attorney ROlihs In relation to the case OF
Charles G. Fisher, eX-United States Assistant
Dlstrlct Attorney at Washington, and son
OF Judge Fisher, who is under arrest in
forged check on the West Side Bank In pay
ment Of board bill at the MetrOpol ia Hotel,
1t is claimed by his friends that Fisher i'd an
escaped luna1lc, and DR.. Newman, who is well
acquainted with the family, is of opinion that
the prisoner is of unsound mind fhe papers
In the case have arrived at the District Attor-
ney's Office, but before any action will be taken
promised that the mental condition OF Fisher
will be carefully inquired into. Dr. Newman
then proceeded to the Tombe, and had an inter
view with Fisher"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

IN THE TRIAL OF GIN. STANLEY by court mar
tial, at New York, for slandering Gen. HaZen.
statement from Gen. Stanley was Yesterday
read TO the effect that the charges he had made
against Hazen were based upon good informa-
subterfuge to push himself forward. and that
me very school books were interspersed with
remarks, through his Intervention, trying TO
make MIN appear the Chevalier Bayard of the
Dehalf OF stanley, maintaining that the Charges
against him were frivolous, and that Hazen,S
actlon at Shiloh was c0wardIy. The judge-ad-
been guilty OF libel. A"N
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BOSTON, May Slate news from Pocassef
states that yesterday afternoon Deputy Shorfn
Harris and Medical Examiner Smith, or Barn.
stable, with Medical Examiner Munson OF Han.
over. arrived there and arrested Chas. r. Free
man and his wife, and conveyed them by train
to Barnstable and lodged them In JAIL Tho
been removed to a neighbors house, and the
funeral will be held Sunday. In the railroad
train on the way down Freeman addressed tina
passengers, loudly retterat1ng his conviction
that he had obeyed Divine mandate, his wife
secondiDg him, and both expressed no anxiety
as to the future,
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The Democratic Caucuscs.
WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE YESTERDAY AFTEi

NOON.
The following Is a correct account of the pro-
ceedings in the democratic caucus yesterday
afternoon. After the democratic members had
satisfied themselves that there were no caves.
droppers about, Mr.. Chalmers of the House
caucus committee, presented the bill reported
by Tire joint caucus committee. 1t was entitled
"a bill to prevent the use Of the military to
keep the peace at the polls" The body of the
bill, which was substantially the sixth section
OF the army bill, also contained a provision
the M Of the psS Of the
caucus committee, who did not attend the meet
ing OF the joint committee when the bill was
framed, said that the title and the bill struck
cOmbatted by the republicans under the con-
struction that the democrats wanted to frame
BILL TO PREVENT THE KEEPING OF PEACE AT
THE POLLS.
This member then moved to recommit the bill
to the joint committee, with Instructions to
amend its title and the body of the bill so as to
The only debate which took place was On the
motion to recOmm1t, Gen. Chalmers defending
his bill, but finally the motion to recommit
was carried three to one, and the bill was re-
committed.
to have had joint meeting of the caucus COM
mittees this morning, but the Senate members
bers, however,
MET THIS MORNING,
and have agreed to a bill, which will be re-
ported to the House caucus, to be held this
afternoon. The bill is entitled: ga bill to pre-
vent military interference at the polls," and Is
the sixth section Of the army bill as vetoed by
the President, with the exception that the
words "civil officers is stricken out and pro-
v1sO added, that nothing in the bill shall be
construed as preventing the use Of the army to
enforce the processes Of U. S. courts, or to put
down resistance against the United States by
armed men.
THE SENATE CAUCUS PROCEEDINGS
were unimportant. committee of the House
caucus advised the Senate that the House had
recommitted the bill agreed upon by the caucus
committee to the joint caucus committee,
Wheleupon the Senate gave its caucus commit
tee authority to act for it.
MANY WILD AND EXAGGERATED STATEMENTS
were telegraphed last night concerning the
proceedings. This because the democrats were
so rettcent that the conclusion was at once
jumped at that there had been a row. The
proceedings were amicable and harmonious,
and were kept quiet by the democrats simply
because they didn't want the country to know
OF the blunder they had made in framing their
bill. They were a little ashamed OF it and
thought the " least said the soonest mended"
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
English Races-Par0le Entered for
the Chester Cup and Cheshire


LONDON, May s.-Lord Falmouth's winnings
In stakes this week amount to $4,000. The bet
ting on the race for the Chester trades Gun.
which takes place on the 9Th instant, is Z to
against Parole and to / against Lord Rose
berry s or. b. Touchet. Archer win ride Parole,
carry st. In the race for the great Cheshire
handicap stakes, which takes place on the sth
instant, Parole is to carry st. pounds.
The Great Western Railroad
ment that Sir Henry Tyler, Sir Charles Young
and Capt. Douglas Galton have consented Co
act on the committee to carry out the scheme
tic and Great Western Railroad to the Erie
Railway Company, IL Is stated that the first two
win leave on the 10th inst for the United states
while in the United states to put themselTes in
communication with the onlcials OF the Allan.
tic and Great Western Railroad
AmeEican Per Cent. ABROAD.
LONDON, Nay sit Is stated that the London
and westminster Bank yesterday took &, ,O00, 900
making in all ss5 OOO, 600 OF securities that this
cate have about concluded their operations, ana
the probability js Though II b not definitely
settled YETI, that the headqtArters Of Mr.. co.
ferred TO the Office OF the Barings to accommo.
date the recent heavy subscriptions through
the Bank OF Commerce and the First National
Bank In New York for foreign markets.
YakOOb Khan.
LONDON, May 3.-A dispatch from Sinla to
Reuters Telegram Company confirms the re.
port that YakOob Khan Is coming to Gundamuk
to confer personally with the Indian authOri-
ties. He VIII leave Cabul Immediately with
several Sirdas and Ministers and q large re-
unue.
bad Effects Of the English LeA.r
Troubles.
SUNDERLAND, May 3.-Three cuousand uer.
sons connected with the eyypoft trade here are
now ioig ia nsesaence OF the coal miners
slIike. lpWaTrxS OF sixty vessels have left this
pot 10 ic~d Goals elsewhere, and IA large ves-
sto are awaiting cargoes. The Northumber-
land miners are seeking an advance OF wages
Northumberland collierfeS
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MORMON CONVERTS. - Three hundred aud
seventy seven immigrants were landed at Cas-
OF Pennsylvania, from Glasgow, and s15 from
the Wyoming, from Liverpool .Of the latter,
1888 were converts to M0rmoniSm. The new
believers In the faith OF Brigham Young were
under the charge Of Elder Pratt, OF the Mormon
Church, and are the first batch Of Mormons
that have arrived this season. They left Castle
Garden during the afternoon via the Penn
sylvania railroad en- route to Salt Lake City,
MP. herald, I'd.
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THB STRIKING OPERATIVES OF the Williston cot
ton mills, at East Hampton, Mass, Complain
that they have to work 6S hours weekly, three
hours more than legal time; that the company
gets families OF the operatives in tenements OF
Six rooms, and furnishes barely enough work to
secure the rent. The company has notified seven
OF Inc l@eading @ strikers to quit their tenements
advice and refuse to do it.
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The Rush i'm Cincinnati for SlO Ger
tiffCateS.

CINCINNATI, May. 3.-For some days the crowd
In waiting at the sub treasury for United States
ten-dollar refunding certificates has been im-
mense. The approaches to the office have been
nlled by applicants. Notwithstanding the ortier
refusing banks the privilege OF purchasing them
by proxies. One man acknoWledped thar he ha1
nneen boys employed to procure certt1catasL
AND had by this means furnished one hank with
several thousand dollars worth. The amount
given out yesterday was $50 600. The apgreoafe
sales Smount to $4,000,
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OVER 800 CoLORKD REFUGEES from the south
arrived at AtchiSOn, Kan, yesterday all deSff-
tute They were housed In the colored Churches
Citizens have temporarily aided them but ali
unite In saying that great suffering must re-
suit II this migration OF totally destitute people
does not stop. F-0
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THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY
CHARGEs-Representatt George f. Smith, de-
MED before the the legislative committee inves-
tigating the not blu at Harrisburg, Pa, yester
connecting him with efforts at bribery. and said,
on the other hand, Krittle told him he had
heard from 500 to 81 600 was being paid for vOt-
era on the bill.
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on1 Lieut.: Charles W. RoweI, adJutant &c.
oregon, Thursday night, to SaIlie. dancs,ssr ~
Gen. r. Wheaton. ~Ss"S0s "
WINTER Payne, colored. has been -.
vsn0o1 -. 20 oe nung, July eth next, at Wsrronton.
AprQ 18th. '"'a
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THE CONVENTION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COL
LEG rs met In Atlanta, Ca, yesterday. DIR. Gross,
on higher education of students, and resolutions
were passed fixing three courses OF lectures for
three separate years. Adjourned sine die.
The Association Of Medical Colleges meets to-
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ELOPHD WITH PRIS0NER.-An inmate of the
Columbia (Wis.) county jail named Wood, COM
mitted for burglary, has escaped, taking along
with him the sheriff's daughter, aged II. The
sheriff says It is q case OF abduction. The gen.
eral opinion Is that IL was an elOpement,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

CASHIER MERRITT, Of the Metropolitan Hotel,
before the grand jury and answer the charge Of
giving only one dollars change for q $50 bill to
Lemuel Williams, sailor, OF the United States
shin SuDDlv.
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Incendfary Fire I'm Comnec,

lncen0iary FIRE In Connecticut
containing the machine shop and pattern rooms
OF the Pacific Iron Works was destroyed by nre
at an early hour this morning. The building
was tWo-story structure, erected In 1885, IG
contained q large amount OF valuable ma
ch1nery. The loss is estimated at SIS, 600; In
sured for $4,000. The flre was probably OF In
cenolary origin. The property destroyed be-
longed to Z. III. Skfdmore.
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The trial OF Ephriam Snyder, for the muir
0er OF Christtana Herman, In Heidelberg town
eMp, near York. Pa, In December last, Was con-
cIooeo yesterday, with verdict Of not guilty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

"THAr Is So."-Mr. Davidson, OF Florida
called attention In the House this morning to
the speech OF Mr.. Russell, of North Carolina, as
printed In the Record. Though not delivered,
and pronounced some OF its statements as
wholly and absolutely Untrue. He added that
the f1ippant manner in which members charged
station which they occupied, to which Mr.. Reed
of Maine, responded, (sarcasticallyD "That is
SOfT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

NEAR BETHEL ACADEMY, Fauquier, CO., Va,
On Thursday night, BENJAMIN F. Smith was
painfully wounded In the breast by q load OF
Shot fired from gun In the hands Of his insane
son. EustiS Smith,
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THE EVENING STAR.
DOUBL E SH p
Washingtr- u,0.

--VR1fTioN to the four per cent. refunding
sefti1cates to-day amounted to s71s, 100; to date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

BASE BALL at Buffalo, N. Y, Bostons Z, Buffa-
los 4. At Cincinnati, Clnctnnatis 10, Troy l. At
Chicago. ChicaQOS 10. Syracuse 4.
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WELCOME TO GENERAL GRANT.-The PennSyl-
vania assembly Dya party vote has agreed TO
welcome Gen. Grant In the name OF the state
on his return to this country, "prOviding there
Is no expense to the state"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

A 100000 LIBEL SUIT.-Theodore A. Have
mayer sues Lawson n. Fuller In the superior
court OF New York for 500 OOO for libel In stat.
ing at meeting OF persons engaged In the sugar
trade, In January last, that plalntin adulterated
sugar.
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ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.-A man calling him
self W. II. Michael has been arrested in Rich
mend, Va, charged with forging 81, 900 draft
on the Girard National Bank o. Philadelphia,
and q check for 81 600 on the Bank OF Virginia,
in efIecting bogus purchases OF land. He repre-
sented himself as fruit and commission mer-
chant of Philadelphia; also retired naval Of
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ecutive session yesterday rejected the nomina-
ton OF Thomas II. Mason, to be collector Of
customs at Bangor, Me-, vice E. L. Fox, whose
commission has expired. This is the second
time Ttthtn three months that the Senate has
refused to ccnsent to Collector Foxs displace-
ment, the previoCs nomination AID that OF Mr..
Mason's being alike rejected unanimously upon
the ground that the present incumbent has
served long and faithfully, and that his dis
placement would be extremely dlstasteful to
Senator Haml1n, who resides at Bangor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

THE LOCAL SALE OF four per cent. refundIng
certiftcates at the Treasury to-day amounted to
S120,0CO.
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JUSTICE TO DRFRAUDKD PBNsI0NERs.-The bill
introduced by Senator Wallace yesterday to au-
thor1ze the payment of certain claims for ar
rears OF pay and bounty, provides 'that widows
and minor heirs OF deceased Union soldiers who
have been defrauded OF the bounty and arrears
OF pay due them by law, by means Of forgeries
forger1es have been the result OF no fault or
negligence on the part OF the claimants, be paid
the amounts equally due them" The object of
the Dill Is TO remedy the great hardships and
apparent injustice which persons of the class
referred to have suffered In consequence OF the
decision OF the Second Controller In 1869, that
where money had been paid on vouchers forged
by claimants attorney the claimants might look
to the attorney for the money.
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AT THE WHITE HOUsE.-Secretary McCrary,
Attorney General Devens. General Sherman,
Senator Chandler and Representatives Richard
son and Townsend called on the President to-
lau
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IT IS SAID that Secretary Sherman Is to make
an important financial speech in Ohio before
his return to Washington.