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Evening star., 1895-04-30
THE COURTS.

Court in General Term-Chief Justice Bing-
ham and Justices Hagner and McComas.
United States agt. Morris ct al; on hear
ing.
Equity Court No. 1-Judge Cox.
Heinekamp agt. Travers: pro confesso
| agt. certain defendants granted. In re Geo.
Brent. lunatic; Washington Loan and Trust
Co. substituted as committee Buyers agt
tribution ordered. Adelman agt. Adelman /:
J. J. johnson appointed guardian ad item.
In re estate Of Oliver P. Dom; account or-
dered kept at Central National Bank. Fry
agt. Jones; Injunction denied. Olcutt agt.
Leighton: payment to complainant by de-
| fendant ordered. Childs agt. Pabst; in
junction continued and cause referred to
| auditor. Clark agt. Clark: D. 8. Mackall
| appointed guardian ad litem. Metropolitan
Club agt. United States Electric Lighting
| Co.: restraining order continued till final
hearing.
Circuit Court No. Judge Bradley.
Marine Insurance Company: motion for
| new trial filed. Dennis Mccarthy agt
Georgette 7. Staley ct al: juror with
| drawn; leave to amend in ten days. and
| case continued. Thompson Company agt.
Cook & Sutherland: Judgment on verdict
| for defendants against plaintiff, and sure
ty. Chas. d. Collins. Carter & Son agt.
Anderson: judgment on verdict for plain
| ellis agt. Reeves ct al; judgment oa-<ers1ict
for defendants. Browning agt tOeane ;$Jno-
| ton for new trial filed. Fishfr & Co. agt
| agt. Turton: order of dismisA set aside.
Hand agt. Stone: order to retlNn to plain
tin or attorney money deposi.edSas secur-
| ity for costs. Fields agt. Wilson: 5Sdgment
| on verdict for plaintiff. Mitchell &>Son
agt. Simpson,; judgment by default Em-
| mons agt Maxwell (two cases.; judgment
by default. VIM. Rousee ct al. agt. Wash
| ington and Georgetown Railroad Company
| on hearing.
Probate Court-Judge Hagner.
Estate Of Katherine Hilgard; Inventories
filed Estate of Patrick ]. Dunnigan: peti-
ton for letters of administration filed. Es-
tate Of Rev. Jno. T. Delaney; will fled
Estate Of Roberta Peter; do. Estate of
Peter McGill inventory filed. Estate of
Thos. Parker; receipt filed. Estate Of
Amanda Haywood; two wills filed. In re
Chas. P. Johnson. guardian: receipt filed.
Estate of Francis Tourney: will fully
proved. Estate Of Ephraim Cowan; receipt
and release filed.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
Wants IL Divorce,

Proceedings for divorce were today insti-
tuted by John B. Clarke against Carrie
Clarke. They were married, according to
the petition, In 1879, and lived together for
fifteen years, during which time~three chill
dren were born to them. aged thirteen,
nine and seven years. respectively. In Au-
gust, 1893. so states Mr.. Clarke, his wife
deserted the children and himself and took
up her abode in a house Of prostitution,
where she committed adultery with sew
eral persons
At that time, It Is recited, the husband
filed bill for divorce, but his wife re-
turned to him. and for the sake of the chill
drcn he forsaye her and dismissed the suit
Mr.. Clarke goes On to say that in Au-
gust, 1894, his wife again deserted him. and
since that time has lived and cohabited
with q man named Mcdonald, at "a H
street northeast. In addition to q divorce.
the petitioner asks for the custody OF the
children.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
Costly Postage Stamps

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A remarkable auction sale of postage
stamps took place recently in the rooms of
the Philatelic Society In New York The
attraction was the collection Of Louis
Levison of San Francisco. which consisted
mostly of stamps of the United States and
the British colonies. The prices realized
are all record breakers. An 1861 British
Columbia 21zd., imperforate sold for s125.
A Canadian I'D, unused. brought $53.25
The New Brunswick 3d., yellow, of 1851
unused brought $76 and the Is. stamp of
the same date s22850. Newfoundland
stamps sold at the following figures. Six
rence, oranges $76; ADJ, scarlet, 500; 3D..
scarlet, S194; 6lad., scarlet, S05S. and the Is,
scarlet, $3.50, said to be the highest price
ever realized for any stamp in this coun-
try. Nova Scotia stamps brought the fol-
lowing prices: Six pence. yellow green. un-
used, s26; 3d.. dark green. s45; and three
copies Of the Is, s1e2, $50 and $142, re-
specuvely.
Among the other high value stamps were
the following: The State Department IS for
SOL 80 and the $50 forsS35.5O.
Stamps of the confederate states sold as
follows: Athens, Ga, $40; four varieties Of
the Baton Rouge Q-a.) &C., SAL, ST and $50.
respectively: Macon Ga.), two varieties,
for 500. 80 and Sill; Lenoir (N.C.), $s2, and
Mobile &C., black, s42.5 90
Evening star., 1895-04-30
THE PRICE OF BEEF
Information Collected by the Department
Of agriculture
A Chicago Statement Causes Surprist
alleged Losses of the big
Packers.

The Agricultural Department has re-
ceived an affidavit from E. J. Martyr of
he firm Of Armour & Co. Of Chicago in re-
gard to the beef controversy. According
to this statement the big packers have long
been doing business at loss.
Mr. Martyr AYERS that the books Of his
company show that during the year ending
November last all the cattle they have
handled were slaughtered at an average
loss Of II 4-1O cents per head. In the
course Of his report to the department Mr..
Martyr says:
At the first of the year it became appar-
ent that cattle were short, and beef slaugh-
terers were obliged to put their delivery
houses on shorter commons. Cattle and
beef began to advance slowly, eliminating
in April. when live cattle were on an average
$50 per hundred higher than in January.
Retailers became excited and pushed their
prices up. fearing that the advance would
continue and their next supply cost them
more money. This caused consumption to
fall of, and Immediately dressed beef and
cattle broke sharply during the second
week in April. One thing people could not
understand was why dressed beef should
advance more rapidly than live cattle The
reason for this Is that the value Of the
hides. horns and offal from steer, costing
three cents per hundred. is applied to re-
duce the price Of the dressed beef"
1hc Sdlh Iildl Tic WhOitSdie
have or do manipulate or control prices of
live cattle or dressed beef is silly, and will
not be credited by any person who studies
the question. Armour & Co. own no cattle
on the plains and gain nothing by the ad-
vance in cattle. They buy in competition
with over one hundred others, who slaugh-
ter locally, or in the different cities, or ex-
port their purchases. and Armour & Co.
sell in competition with other large slaugh-
terers at Toledo, Cleveland, Pittsburg, De-
troit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York,
Buffalo. ETC.. and also in competition with
nearly a dozen dressed beef shippers"
Still Collecting Data.
At tho Agricultural Department today
the statement was made that there was
nothing new in the situation beyond the
report from Chicago. DR.. Salmon, the
chief of the bureau of animal industry, was
unwilling to discuss the report and its
meaning. He said the department Is still
engaged in the work Of collecting data
from which valuable conclusions may be
drawn in the near future. but in the mean
time he preferred to wait until they were
whether or not this statement from Ar
mour & Co. gave fair and impartial re-
sumo Of the situation.
In 1t for Their Health.
One of the prominent officials of the de-
partment, in discussing the statement with
a Star reporter this morning. said:
WELL this is the first time I ever knew
the packers were in the business for their
health. 1 had always entertained the idea
that they found 1t fairly remunerative and
were piling UP their millions by the hole
that they are simply doing 1t to keep US
hungry people in the east supplied with
beef at their expense. Well WELL it Is Just
simply another case of live and learn"
Evening star., 1895-04-30
WASHINGTON BIBLE ASSOCIATION.
The Annual Meeting and Election of
Omccrs.

The Annual Meeting and Election of
Omccrs.
This society held It's annual business
meeting last evening in the parlors of the
Y. M. c. A., on New York avenue, Rev.
DR.. Pitzer, president, presiding. The board
| OF managers presented their annual report
consisting of reports from secretary, treas
urer and depositary, which were read ac-
cepted and approved and ordered to be
printed. The committee on nominations
| presented the names of the following board
OF managers for the year 1855, who were
unanimously elected. to wit: President,
Rev. A. w. Pitzer. D. D.: vice presidents,
A $. Pratt, Charles Lyman, George Ry-
neal: jr;. r: s. Jordan. A. S. Caywood. John
B. wight, u. s. Buckler, Thomas G.. JONES'
r. w. Fenwick. j. H. Meriwether; secra-
tary, J. v. A. Shields: treasurer and de-
positary, VIM. Ballantyne; directors, Ma
thanl A. Robbins, C. H. Middleton. Lucius
by. ". H. H. Warman, George C. Samson,
M. Porter Smell, Daniel S. Foster, Thomas
B. Stahl. H P. Pillsbury, Henry c. Stier.
Anson S. Taylor, NJ. D. Peck, Benz. F. Full
Ter. John Leech. w H H. Smith, Fred e.
Tasker, P. B. Pierce, J. Walter Duvall.
Inc treasurer was directed to forward to
New York 500 as donation from this
society to the American Bible Society. The
anniversary committee reported that the
| sixty-seventh anniversary would be held
next Sunday evening at o'clock in the
EHSl DdpeiSl OHuTCH. AuuFeSS Dy heV.CnaS.
A. Fulton. D. D., pastor of Emanuel Bap-
tist Church. Baltimore.
The following grants were made: To Gen.
trail Union Mission. % Bibles; 200 Testa-
ments: to Mrs. Brewer. 20 Testaments for
use at the jail Mr.. Ballantyne reported re-
ceipts in the month as follows: From an
nual members. 81: from Luther Memorial
Church. so; from Assembly's Presbyterian
Church. SIT. Distributed by depository, An
acostia. II Bibles; u Testaments: Gorsuch
NJ E. Church, 16 Bibles; to Hope and Help
Mission. u Testaments; to laundrymen. 20
| testaments in Chinese; for railroad men.
and to life members. Bibles. The board
reaff1rmed its action Of closing its fiscal
yeer on the Saturday preceding the meeting
in April. which is held on the last Monday,
at p. m. Committees on the several an
nual reports. reported. and reports were
adopted
Evening star., 1895-04-30
COLLECTING DEBTS BY FORCE.
Opinion Expressed by Secretary of
State Blaine In 1881.

state blaine In 1881.
Although the State Department has sane
toned the principle of the right of Euro
pean nation to collect an indemnity for
a national insult offered to it by an Amer
lean nation, or to secure redress fer the
abuse or ill-treatment Of its citizens ard
nfrfngements on their property rights, it
can safely DE predicted that 1t will not
under any circums tances permit any Euro
pean government to attempt by the dis
play of force to collect moneys owing by
South or Central American states to in
dividuals on account of moneys loaned.
In 1881 Secretary Blaine wrote to United
States Minister Noyes at Paris, at time
when the French government was about
ezuela to forcs that country to meet pay
ments to French bondholders on account of
the national debt. that the government of
the United States would regard with grave
anxiety an attempt on the part of France
to force by hostile pressure the payment
by Venezuela of her debt to French citi-
zens, and even before this the doctrine
had been well established. Notwithstanding
the pressure that was brought to bear by
the great financial centers of Europe to
have their governments undertake the col
lection of debts owing to them.
In the case above referred to the warning
was quite sufficient to cause the effort to
fail, Therefore there is no ground for ap-
prehension of a forcible attempt by the
Jtritisi to collect debts owing by Honduras
to British bondholders on account of a gov
ernment loan, and this same doctrine may
be at this time of great comfort to many
of the small republics of this hemisphere
that have been obliged by the stress of
hard times and revolutions to default in
the payment Of the interest and principal
of their national debt.
The position taken by the State Depart
ment iS that there Is no rule of fnterna-
tional law authorizing the exercise Of force
to collect individual debts, and that persons
who take bonds issued on account of the
national debt Of an American republic must
take the chances OF their collection in the
ordinary way. putting themselves on a
footing with the inhabitants of the country
borrowing the money.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
WEST vIRG1NIA's STRONG MAN.
Remarkable Feats of John Wiley,
YOunR Farmer.

Remarkable Fents of John Wiley, n
Young Farmer.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
John Wiley. a farmer, living mile from
Talcott, W. Va, is the most powerful West
virginian. At first glance there seems
nothing remarkable in Willey's personal
appearance except his massive shoulders,
which measure f1fty-six inches in circum-
ference. When stripped Of his coat, how
ever the big muscles on his arms stand
out like ropes.
John Wiley is twenty-eight years old
and weighs PIG pounds. He Is the youngest
son in a family noted throughout the coun-
try for muscle. His mother could easily
carry a barre, of flour on her hip. and once,
exasperated at her son inability to draw
with his horse a log OF firewood eighteen
inches in diameter and about fourteen feet
long, she seized one end of 1t and raised 1t
up until it was nearly perpendicular.
Wiley seems insensible to pain of any
kind, and does not feel the hardest blow
that can be given him. In an alteration
once his antagonist struck him three times
on the arm with a half-inch bar of iron,
bending the rod almost double and bruising
the flesh black and blue, yet Wiley assert
the time or afterward. Wiley at the time
was held by three men, but he wrenched
himself away, and with one slap of his
brawny hand took all the fight out Of the
other fellow.
once he was attacked in the stable by a
large and vicious Spanish jack, which made
every effort to kill him. Wiley seized the
enraged animal with his powerful arms and
threw the brute down and sat on him. He
can easily hold out at arms length fifty
pound weights, and has shouldered and car
ried for some distance square piece of
timber weighing more than six hundred
pounds.
Perhaps the most remarkable test he has
given of his strength was when in the pres
ence of number Of persons Wiley lifted
clear of the ground the enormous weight
Of LOO pounds.
Personally Mr.. Wiley is modest and is
disinclined to talk of his wonderful powers,
and though urged by his friends to go into
regular training, seems content to look af-
ter his large stock farm and enjoy the COM
forts of a pleasant country home rather
than the applause Of the public.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
Explosions Prohibited.

In the case of Mary c. Morris against
the Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company. Judge Cox. this afternoon, sign
ed an order prohibiting the further use of
explosives upon the site of the new union
passenger station In Georgetown by the
company. notwithstanding the interlocu-
tory decree passed December l, 1884," says
Judge Cox. "the use of explosives has been
continued In the work Of excavation at 36th
and N streets in such manner as to cause
damage to the buildings of the complain
ant, as prohibited by that interlocutory de-
cree" Therefore, the further use OF ex-
plcsives is prohibited and the defendants
are directed to appear in court May 6, to
show cause why they should not be punish
ed for contempt of court for the violation
Of tie decree.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
British ships Ordered Elsewhere.

NEW YORK. April Boa special to the
World from Paso de Caballos, Nicaragua,
April %, says: A courier from Corinto re-
ports that the British warships Wild Swan
and Satellite have been ordered to Paso de
Cabalios and San Juan del Sur to declare a
passive blockade at both points, Neither
confirmation nor denial Of this report could
be obtained from any official on board the
British ships. The officers were non-com-
initial.
A special to the World from Managua,
Nicaragua. April %. says:
Admiral Stephenson cabled to London,
asking instructions as to what to do next
He Informed the British admiralty that
Corinto Is useless possession under pres
ent conditions. having no business and no
means of communicating with the interior.
He asks whether he shall seize San Juan
and other ports.
The natives in some way became aware
OF this dispatch. which aroused riotous
sentiment.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Supreme Council, Uniformed Rank, in
SeaaiOn.

Supreme Council, Uniformed Rank, in
Session.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April 3O.-Twenty-
four states were represented at the first
meeting of the Supreme Council. Uniform
ed Rank Knights of Pythias. Of the world,
which began in Castle Hall at $50 today.
Gen. James R. Carnahan welcomed the
delegates to the convention. and Supreme
Chancellor Richie of Ohio responded.
The report of Gen. Carnahan called at
tention to the rapid growth Of the Uniform
Rank and made recommendations for the
future government Of the rank. The report
was referred to a committee.
Committees were then appointed as fol-
lows:
Rules and regulations. finance. revenue.
appeals and grievances. mileage and per
diem. and law.
The convention fixed a basis on mileage
and perdiem for the representatives. and
accepted and approved the bond of VIM.
J. Mckee Of Indianapolis. adjutant gen
eral of the rank. who will hereafter handle
all the funds Of the Uniformed Rank.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
ALMOST A MURDER.
Trial of the Assault Case ON oliver w
Dorsey.

Trial of the Assault Case on oliver w.
Dorsey.
Oliver w. Dorsey, the gripman on the
14th street cable road who was struck on
the head with stone thrown by John
Mccullough about month ago. was able
to appear in the Police Court today as a
witness in the case.
The gripmln, who came near losing his
life as the result Of the assault, told what
he remembered of the affair. He was in
his house, on Steuben street, on the day of
the affair, and when he heard his dog
make a noise he went out and discovered
that the colored man was responsible for
the dogs painful cries.
He may have used some bad language
toward the defendant before the stone
was thrown. Witness had his head turned
at the time the stone was actually thrown
and could not therefore say who threw the
stone.
Several witnesses who saw the defendant
throw the stone were called and gave evil
dence. o.,
The case went over until tomorrow, when
the court will hear the evidence for the
defense.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
Eu.ti. Possibly a Candidnte.
This Trilby shot Herself.

DENVER. Col, April 3O.-Unable, or be-
lieving herself unable. to remove from her
mind the hypnotic influence exerted over
her by a music teacher. Mrs. Seelie Yer
mieren. twenty-four years of age, has fired
a bullet into her left breast. inficting a
fatal wound. In a letter to her husband
the writer coolly informs him that she
loved Luther T. Hail, the music teacher,
to take her own life. Another letter was
addressed to Hail and another to his wife,
both telling of the vain struggle of the
writer to control herself and prevent un-
happiness to all concerned.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
CH1cAGo's RAPID GROWTH.
Death of Two Women Who Lived
When There Were Indians.

Death of Two Women Who Lived
When There Were Indians.
Last week Mrs. Mary j. Lull, resident
Of Chicago since 1885, died at the home of
her son-in-law, Charles E. Hyde, No. COL
Jackson boulevard. from heart trouble
Mrs. Lulls maiden name was Holmes. She
was born at Bradford, Eng, April 5. 1927
and came to America with her parents in
the spring of 1885. The Holmes family set
tied near Winnetka, where Mr.. Holmes was
accidentally killed. Mrs. Holmes and the
children then came to Chicago and bought
a home on Lake street near State, after
ward moving to frame house On 9th ave-
rue, between Madison and Washington
streets. The Indians were troublesome in
those days. especially when they had load
ed up on frewater. and the housewife who
so far forgot herself as to light lamp
after dark was pretty sure to see several
ugly faces pressed against the window
panes. So Mrs. Holmes and her children
followed the usual custom of going to
Fort Dearborn at night and sleeping there
Under the protection of the garrison. In
1S43 Mary Holmes was married to E. H
Sammons Mr.. Sammons died in 1850
Three years later Mrs. Sammons married
Albert G. Lull. pioneer lumber merchant
It was In the yards Of the Lull planning
mill. on Canal street. just north of Van
Buren,. that the blaze which saved the
West Side from destruction in the great
fire Of 1871 occurred. The Lull yards, COW
ering four squares, We're burnt Saturday
night, October 8, 1871. The next night
Mrs. O'Leary's COW kicked over a lamp
In little barn on De koven street, and
the fire spread northward rapidly until it
reached the Lull lumber yards, where 1t
was stopped from further progress in that
direction because there was nothing left
for it to feed upon.
Mrs. Frances Chamberlain, who died Mon
day at the residence of her children, No.
1884 Divarsey street, aged seventy, was
at one time the only white child in Chi
cago. She came here with her father,
Lathrop Johnson. sixty-three years ago,
when there were only seven houses beside
Fort Dearborn on the present site of Chi
cago. Sne spent the first night after her
arrival in log hut Soon afterward she
had a narrow escape from the tomahawk
of an Indian who found her concealed un-
der the floor Of her fathers cabin.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
CommissiOners' Orders.


The Commissioners today ordered that
the provisions of the first five sections of
'An act for tn, removal of snow and Ice
from the sidewalks. crosswalks. and gut
ters In the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, and for other purposes" ap-
proved March 2. 1895. are hereby extended
over and made applicable to all of the
District of Columbia.
That Private G. w. Horton of the metro
politan police force, tried January D. 1898,
for conduct unbecoming an officer. Is here
by removed; removal to take effect this
day.
That Privates NJ T. Slater and ]. L.
Giles, tried April II, 1895. for neglect of
duty, are hereby removed; removal to take
effect this day.
That the charges against Private P. ].
FIngles of the metropolitan police, District
of Columbia, tried April "a. 1895, for nom
payment of debt. are hereby dismissed
That the charges against Private G. r. F.
Small. tried April II. 1895. for conduct un-
becoming an officer. are hereby dismissed.
That Private c. w. Marshall. tried April
~, 1885. for non-payment of debt, is here
by required to pay the $40. in accordance
to his agreement to pay said sum.
Work Planned.
The Commissioners today ordered that a
catch basin be constructed near the north
east corner of 1st and North Carolina ave-
nue; that a sewer In the south side of Mas
sachusetts avenue northwest between 9th
and 7th streets be added to the schedule
Of sewers to be replaced during the next
fiscal year; that two catch basins be con-
structed in D street northwest between Sth
and 9th streets: that catch basins be con-
structed in the northeast corner of X and
11th streets, northwest corner Of and 1lth
streets and southeast corner Of I and 11th
streets northeast.
Building Permits.
Building permits were issued today as
follows: thomas Rupert, to erect one
three-story brick dwelling at No. 47O c
street southwest, $500: W. D. Blatzell to
build one frame story. fronting N street
between South Capital and Half streets
southeast, 800.
Bids Opened.
Bids were opened by the Commissioners
this morning for grading Albemarle street
The bidders were A. B. Mullen and NJ D.
Knight. y 3-4 cents per yard. to be finished
In 40 days; Skinner & Burrows, "a 1-2
cents per yard. and Andrew Gleason, q
cents per yard.
Evening star., 1895-04-30
SCRATCHES NUMEROUS.

Racing Resumed at Alexander Island
Today.
Racing was resumed at Alexander Island
today over a track that was a sea Of mud.
Scratches were numerous, but did not in
terfere with the sport as the card for to-
day was very large one. Weather rainy
and cold. Fifteen books were on. Attend
ance small.
First race. four and one-half furlongs-
Dana Andrews). to l. first; Louis Quar-
toze CMcLaughlin), to l, second: Juliet &C.
Donnelly). 10 to l. third. Time 56a