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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
COLORED YOUTH EDUCATORS,
Meeting Today of the C0mmissfon-
ers Appointed at the Last Convention

Meeting Today of the Commission-
ers Appointed at the Last Convention.
A meeting was held at Howard Law
School today Of commissioners of the
American Association for the Education of
Colored Youth for the purpose of arrang-
ing for the annua al meeting of the associa-
ton in London, England next August.
Prof j. NJ. Gregory of Howard Univer-
sity, president of the association presided
over the meeting, and there were present
Bishop Arnett of Ohio, e. A. johnson of
North Carolina, r. G. Penn of Virginia,
Rev. w. p. Rider of Maryland, Miss Ida
Gibbs of Ohio, Rev. s. r. Hughes of Mary
land, Prof w. s. Scarborough of Ohio
Rev. Mr.. Alexander of New Jersey. E. NJ.
Gregory of Harvard 81, and Rev w. b.
Tunnel, Kelly Miller. Prof. J. T. Latham.
w. S. Montgomery, Prof. Jesse Lawson OF
this city.
The American Association of Educators
OF Colored Youth was organized in this city
as result of a conference of educators
held here in 1890. In connection with the
meeting to be held in London it was de-
cided to arrange for a tour of the principal
cities of Europe.
An invitation from the cotton states and
international exposition management to
hold meeting in Atlanta, Ga, during the
progress of the exposition was accepted
The following committee was appointed TO
make arrangements for the meeting In At
lanta: Kelly Miller, y. W. Arnett, l. Gar
land Penn, w. s. Montgomery Miss Ida
r. Gibbs, j. H. Johnston and James Nj.
Gregory, ex-Cfiicio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
QUESTION OF yERACITY.
Gee. Roth, However, Was Held for
the Grand Jury.

Mrs Maggie Roth, who came near losing
her life Christmas night from the effects
of a dose of ammonia, alleged to have been
administered by George Roth, her hus-
band, was able to appear In the Police
Court today and give evidence in a case
involving charge of attempted murder
against her husband. The little woman
started out by telling of a bullet which
she carried in her leg, and this bullet, she
said. was put there by her husband several
years ago. Christmas day, she said, she
was out visiting, but did not drink any
thing She returned home early in the
evening and was in her room when her
husband came home drunk. He had some
complaints to make, she said. and then
he attempted to use razor on her throat
but she grabbed 1t from him. Then she
stood looking in his face, and when she
attempted to speak he put the neck OF
the ammonia bottle to her mouth and
forced her to drink some of the fluid.
She denied that she had been drinking, and
said she had stood about as much brutality
as she is able to stand. Her husband, she
said had been drinking for several days
Evidence of the police and neighbors was
also given. According to their evidence,
she was found unconscious on the front
step. and DR.. Kirby said he thought she
would have died had she been without
medical attendance for thirty minutes.
The husband was there, and thinking his
wife was dead, he was In a hurry TO bury
her, and wanted to send Tor Undertaken
Geier, saying: "Tn spend $500 for the
funeral"
Roth denied the charge. He charged
that his wife had been in the habit of
getting intoxicated, and said that that was
the trouble with her Christmas night.
When he saw what was the trouble he
remarked: Let the crazy, drunken fool
co.
His wife, he said, had been in the habit
of taking ammonia to kill the smell of
liquor. and SO far the bullet in her leg
is concerned he said, that was the result
of an accident.
Judge Miller after hearing all the proof,
said that there was a question of veracity
between the husband and wife, and the
grand jury will have to investigate 1t.
Bond was fixed at $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
MOWBEAY HELD FOR TRIAL.
The English Anarchist Charged With
Inciting to Riot.

PHILADELPHIA, December 29-Anar-
chist Charles Wilfred Mowbray, who was
arrested after he had made a fiery speech
to an audience in this city last night, was
given a hearing before Magistrate Mill.
gan today and held In 81, 300 bail for trial
The specific charge against him Is melting
to riot and using violent, threatening and
incendiary language in the presence of a
large number OF persons to incite them to
deeds of violence and bloodshed
About dozen detectives and special Of
ncers testified to the violence Of the pris-
oners language. Mowbray cross examined
the witnesses. endeavoring to show that his
language was not as incendiary as thew
represented His efforts were unavailing,
however, and he was held for trial No
one furnished bail and Mowbray was load
ed into the van along with a miscellaneous
assortment of law-breakers and taken TO
the county Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
INCOME TAX INJUNCTION.
CT vernmeDt officials Believe That the
Proceedings VIII Fail.

Late yesterday afternoon Assistant At
torney General Whitney filed demurrer
in the case Of John G. Moore against Com
missioner Miller of the internal revenue
bureau, filed last Saturday, in which he
asks for an injunction restraining the com
missioner from collecting the income tax
authorized by the new tariff act. The de-
murrer briefly sets forth that the COM
plainant has not made such a case as en-
titles him in a court of equity to the relief
sought.
The matter will probably be heard some
day of the second week of next month. 1t
Is said that the case is attracting little at
tention among the government officials,
many of whom believe that the complain
ant has absolutely no case. The officials
of the Department of Justice regard the
constitutional question as settled by ser
les of Supreme Court decisions, beginning
with the Hyiton case in 1896, when three
members Of the constitutional convention
were on the bench, and ending with the
case of Springer VS.. the United States in
ISL They also believe that the plaintiff
will find it impossible TO raise the consti-
tutional questions in the present proceed
ings, because an injunction Is not the prop
er remedy in such case, and is, in fact
expressly prohibited by the Revised Stat
utes. They believe that Mr.. Moore will
have to wait till the collection of his tax
is attempted. A somewhat similar at
tempt was made by the senate of Missis
sippi in 1861 to enjoin President Johnson
from executing the reconstruction acts;
but the Supreme Court held that court
could not interfere in this way to prevent
the execution of acts claimed to be uncon-
stitutional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
VERY DANGEROUS CRANK
Menacing Letters Are Reaching the City
These Days.
Police Are Looking for the Author
of Some Threatening
Missives.

"a great spirit has given orders for a
murder to be committed in this city," writes
crank to a government official, and the
lengthy letter containing this statement is
in the hands of Inspector Hollinberger. Eu-
gene l.. Swingle is the name signed to the
letter, and his address Is given as Dillon,
Muskingum county, Ohio This man has
light beard and mustache. is comfortably
dressed and wears brown overcoat. He is
described as being about thirty-five or
forty years old and the police will arrest
him if he comes their way.
The letter referred to covers six pages of
fooiscap paper, and was handed to a gov
eminent official this morning. 1t was d.
rected to this particular official and was de-
iivered by the writer Soon after opening
the letter the official discovered it was the
work of a crank, and turned to question the
man, but he had disappeared. Then the Of
fetal went to police headquarters and made
his complaint.
These lines" the letter begins, "are
written 10 you in order to prevent a great
crime from taking place in this city. and If
YOU will do your duty and read this care
fully and investigate you will find out that
1T is all true, and yoa can prevent The
crime from doing any damage. The crime
have reference to is the crime of murder"
The letter goes on to show that tho writer
is prophet and that he mas the power TO
perform miracles when asleep or in a vision.
When boy, he says, he had power to get
SOlu QudTtZ from the mountains pay
improvements, and later he got diamonds
in the same way.
According to the mans ideas he has
worked wond .rs on the desert of Sahara
and divided the country east of the Red
sea by path 100 miles wide. An oasis
named Air was increased in size by his
method, so he says in his letter, and an
other named I'd Hedh vas made by canals
fl the Niger river, the labor being paid
for by the gold he got from the mountains
Further on ir the letter he says that he
attended church services here one Sunday
and was told by the minister that Christ
would appear to him in vision and place
a revolver in his hand and make him point
the weapon in the face of a young man
whose first name is John and the last one
the same as the building in which the con-
gregation was seated
All this is about patent of a solar en-
CINE. ard he tells Of one scheme to carry
water through tunnels under. Jerusalem to
the mountains and the construction of a
machine shop in Jerusalem. He speaks of
the affair as the Lords machine, and
quotes the 18th and 18th verses of the 49th
chapter of Isaiah. He seems to think that
perjury is to be resorted to to prevent his
getting the patent.
The police in the several precincts have
been directed to look out for and arrest the
supposed crank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
TWO NEW SUSPECTS.
Health Officials BusE-'0ver Smallpox
To-day.


The health officials are still doing all in
their power to prevent the spread of small
pox as far as possible, and with this end in
view the Sp5S policemen are still watch
ing a number of houses. The idea Is that
all who are in are to be kept in, and moth
ing is to come out. This. of course, pre-
vents many of the poor. people from going
out and earning their living, and the Dis
trict is supplying them with food and fuel.
There were 20 new cases of smallpox
reported Yesterday, but this afternoon two
suspected cases We're reported one In a
court in rear of 7th street southeast, op-
posite the Eastern High School, a colored
man. and the other on Sth street northwest
between L and . streets, a white man.
1t was = o'clock when these reports were
received, and Health Officer Woodward d.
rected Inspector Walls to visit the houses
and diagnose the cases.
This afternoon DR.. Elliott telephoned the
health office that all the patients, with the
exception of Green, were doing nicely
Green was very low and appeared to be
dying.
A suspicious case reported at a house en-
Sd street southwest yesterday proved to be
chicken poH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
THE STAMP ALBUM CASE.
Solicitor Reeve Sustnins the Seizures
His Opinion Not Final.

His Opinion Not Final.
Solicitor Reeve of the Treasury Depart
ment has given an opinion to Assistant
Secretary Hamlin in the matter of the
stamp-album seizures. He sustains the le-
gality of the action of the secret service
officers in seizing such articles under the
similitude section of the statutes for the
prevention of counterfeiting. He advises
that the further printing of these albums
be prohibited and that the plates from
which the stamps-foreign and domestic
are printed be confiscated and destroyed.
He recommends however. that publishers
and dealers be allowed to dispose of stamp
books now ii stock in the regular course OF
business, with the distinct understanding
that no more are to be issued. He adds
that laws do not prohibit printing of
similitudc5 of foreign stamps except when
Ii is done for purposes OF counterfeitins.
He urges in the strongest way the seizure
and destruction of all plates now il. ex-
iStence in this country that have been or
may be hereafter used in the manufacture
Of fac-smiles of foreign or domestic stamps.
Not Final.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin told Star
opinion on this subject IS not final and that
it had been determined 10 obtain an opinion
from the Attorney General before deciding
on the future course of the Treasury De-
partment in this matter.
The albums seized were returned by the
secret service people on the 18th instant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
NEW TREASURY STATEMENT.
After the New Year One VIII De Is
sued Daily.

sued Daily.
The Treasury Department has prepared a
new form of statement which will show
the receipts and expenditures of the gov
eminent and the condition of the treasury
at o'clock on each business day.
70 This statement will not take the place of
the monthly debt statement, but is intend
ed to simplify and unity the several state
ments which are issued daily by the cev-
eral bureaus.
The statement will show the receipts
from customs, internal revenue and mis-
cellaneous sources for the day, the month
and for the fiscal year; the expenditures on
account of pensions, interest, war; navy,
Indians and civilsappropriations
1t will also show the deposits and re-
demptions of national bank notes; the old
coin and gold bullion, standard silver dol
lars, silver bullion, standard silver dollars
and bullion of 1890 at cost, the fractional
silver coin and United States notes.
Also all the other items of cash, includ-
ing treasury notes, &C., less agency ac-
counts, concluding with the available cash
balance and the redemption for the day OF
United States and treasury notes. The
new form will be put into use January ,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
NOTHING TO SAY.
C0mta SiOus Disease Hospital md Last
Nights Meeting.

The remarks of some of the speakers at
the meeting held in East Washington last
night in regard to the contagious disease
hospital, have been the subject of much
comment
Il feel highly fattered at the interest
taken in me by the members of the East
Washington and the Northeast Washing
ton Citizens Association" said DIR. Il. T..
Sewers today to a Star reporter, but
have nothing to say, for I do not consider
the rantngs of those speakers who re-
ferred to me worthy of answer"
Mr.. Il. IL. Warner, who was also a sub
jet for comment last night, said to the
reporter that Saturday is his busy day,
and he did not have time to talk, but would
probably say something within the next
few days about the remarks last evening
in Baum's Hail. -..-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
HALLMARK NJnrLats

bALIiMoRE,- December 29.-Flour steady nm
changed-receipts. 12O23 barrels; shn,nents a.
barrels; sales, .52 barrels. Wheat hrm-spot AND
month. b9iaao9l; January. bg2a59%: February
eoii2sooh; May, 62ls bid; steamer No. 2 red S8 .
Soti-receipts I,s41 bushels; shipments. iso. III
bushels; stock S9l $50 bushels; sales. 1900 bush
els; southern wheat by sample aIaGD. do -,
grade. bGl5a59h. Corn steady'spot. i7La17E
year. 411saiIA January. i7Aa471s; May, 5ia5i Z
steamer mixed 46a48A-recelpts, q. 00i bushels
stock, Loss 03l bushels; sales 1OOOo ,ushcis
southern white corn, 44a4s; do. yellow, 44a4sIs
Oats frm-No white western, 3Sa3si.; No
mixed, H5a35ls-receipts, 1900 busheis: stock
lOo,SI2 bushels. Rye sow-No. q 57n57Li-re.
e ep sS9 bushels; stock, 3i,i47 bushels. Hay
Grain seights weak demand siack-stcam TO Iiv.
erpool per quarter, December. 2s Sd.n2s I'D Jan
uary. 2s2da2s.Gd. Cork for orders per quarter
$3.50 Sugar quiet, unchanged. Butter, eggs and
cheese fr1n. unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
New Year at the Post Office.

- The following divisions Of the main office,
city post office, will be closed to the public
on Tuesday next, by order of Postmaster
willett: Money order division, registry di-
vision. Carriers windows. at main office
will be open from to Z pm. A delivery by
carriers will be made at 7:30 am. Collec-
tions for entire city will he made at 4:}O
am and pm. County collections will BE-
made at am and pm.
The following stations will be open to the
public for the transaction of business as
follows East Capitol station, 6 to IL am. !;
to 7 pm. Georgetown station, to IL
am; to pm. Southwest station, @ to
IL am; 5 to pm. Station c, to 10 I'm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
FOUND HER BODY.
Lizzie Stewart Was Probably Frozen
to Death.

Lizzie Stewart, a colored woman. thirty
two years DID, failed to go home last night
and the result was that her dead body was
found on the premises of the Second Bap-
fist Church (coloreD, On Sd street north
west between H and / streets. Her body
was found this morning by workmen en-
gagged on the new church building. The
woman was we'll known to the police. and
it is said she had been sent to the work
house many times.
According to the statements of the police
the woman was addicted t6. the use of in
toxicating drinks to such an extent that
she was continually getting arrested, and
it is thought she had been drinking last
night before she went to the church prem
Uses and made her bed between the founda-
ton walls and pile of bricks. She was a
cripple, and is said to have lived In the
nsie hborhood of Sd and o streets.
The frozen body was removed to the
morgue and the coroner notified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
Randolph ChurchilPs Condition.

LONDON, December 29.-Lord Randolph
Churchill had periods Of consciousness yes
terday, and during the night he conversed
with the physicians in attendance upon
him and asked to see his sist ter. Baroness
De Ramsey In spite of this improvement
in the patients condition his medical at
tendants believe that it is really only
evanescent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
Admitted to Bail.

julius H. Rhodes and Ellen Caroline
Chase, who were committed to Jail by the
Police Court several days to await the ac-
ton Of the grand Jury on a charge Of in
cest, were admitted to bail this afternoon
by Judge Cole in the sum of 500 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
A KNOWN QUANTITY.

1t is the, PRACTICE of The Star to
print on Saturday a sworn statement
Of its circulation day by day for the
preceding week. 1t would seem self
evident tnatsE ths advertiser is entitled
to this prStectisn. Below will be
found the statement for the week just
past III ,
The average circulation exlbibfr8d
is believed p be;much more than thss
combined circulation of the other\
Washington dailies. and fully FIVE
times that of Its afternoon contem-
porary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

he following are the opening the high
est and the lowest and the closing prices
of the New York stock market today as re-
ported by Corson e. Mccartney members
New York stock exchange. Correspondents
Messrs. Moore & Sc hley, No. 50 Broa dway:
stocks. Omen High Inv fposs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
Actor Fechter's Widow Dead.

PARIS. December 29.-The widow of
Charles Albert Fechter the celebrated
French actor, is dead. Fechter died In New
York August 8. 1879.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

A slight earthquake was felt at Boise
City. Idaho. Wednesday. 1t broke windows
and ratified doors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
Range of the Thermometer.

The following were the readings OF the
thermometer at the weather bureau today:
8 am. z; Pm, IS; maximum, 10; mini
mum, 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

Fire in waco, Tex, Wednesday caused
loss Of $4,000 to three stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
TWO MUCH FIRE.
Narrow Escape mt Mnltby Building
and Varnum Hotel.

All the Senators who have committee
room quarters in the AIaltby building were
turned out in the cold for today. The trou-
tie was that there was no fire in the
building and the reason of this was that
there cana near being too much fire late
yesterday evening The building had a
narrow escape from q serious fire. The
heating apparatus which has been in tn :
building since it's construction, was very
poor and entirely inadequate, and new ap-
planes are just about completed now. H.
order to heat the building yesterday the
cid apparatus, which was still in use, was
tested beyond its capacity. About half
past 7 yesterday afternoon the custodian
of the building in making an inspection dis
covered that the walls about the fiues were
almost red hot. He quickly had the fires
eXtinguished in the furnaces and water
poured on the overheated walls. This pre-
vented the bursting out of flames and by .
o'clock all possible danger had passed with
out there having been necessity to turn
in an alarm, and practically without any
damage. But for the timeline3s of the dis
covery there would have tcen a serious
fire. No fire was made in the old furnaces
today, so that the building could not be
used, but tomorrow the new heating ap-
paratus will be in shape. and the Senators
will have their committee rooms restored
to them in the morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
Varnuim Also.

An almost precisely similar occurrence
took place about o'clock this morning
at the Hotel Varnum. corner of New Jer-
sey avenue and c street northwest. At
that hour a guest who was asleep In a
room on the second floor in the rear of
the building was awakened by smoke pour
ing into his room. He at once reused Mr..
L. L. Brltton, one of the proprietors, who
was asleep in a room close by. Mr.. Brit
ton secured help from among the employ
es Of the hotel, and cutting through the
floor found the toists smoking. Water
was plentifully thrown on the spot and in
a short time the fire seemed to be sub
dued.
About o'clock. however. Mr.. Britton
made another examination and found
smoke again issuing from the floor. He
then sent in a still alarm, and two fire.
men from No. 3. corner of Delaware ave-
nue. and street, responded. They sue
ceeded in eXtinguishing the fire after dam
age to the amount Of probably 500 had
been inflicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

lsoemnly swear that the above statement rep
resents only the number of copies OF The AvsS-
ING STAR circulated duringtne six secular days end
ing Friday, December 20, lS94-that is, the num-
Der of copies actually sold delivered. furnished
or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona nde
purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the
copies SO counted were returned to or remain Ia
the oiiice unsold
j. WHIT. HEBRON,
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Subscribed and sworn to BEFORE me THIS
twenty -ninth day OF December. A u 1894
"- HERBERT M. LOCKE,
Notary Pubdc, d. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

Circulation Of The sAsvening STAR"
SATURDAY. Dec. u. 1894. 3s ,534
MONDAY, Dec p 81 ,634
TUESDAY, Dec. rs, .2s, 466
WEDNESDAY, Dec. %, 1894. ,l97
THURSDAY, Dec 81, 1854. ................31 ,49s
FRIDAY, Dec. IS, 1894. 31,503
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .192,S*6
Daily average. SO ,137
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

New York Cotton.
No cotton reports; wire in trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

Reported by Silsby 4 Co, Bankers and Brokers
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