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The news & observer., 1896-12-25
WHEAT

Wheat was strong to-day and unusually
active in view OF the holiday. The Liver
pool adyices were favorable and with in
dications of a large decrease on passage
stimulated at the start and quotations
advanced rs TO II per cent, realizing later
caused a reae4ion but this was followed
by another advance on two mills at in
neapolis reporting sales Of $4,000 barrels
of flour. Light interior receipts and con-
tinued good cash demand from milling
eenerts. The market closed firm at the
best prices with May in Chicago S17s, and
May in New York 87a.. The sentiment is
still bullsh, and some Of the larger OPP
orators who have been out OF the market,
were to-day taking all the offerings on the
weak spots
The news & observer., 1896-12-25
LOCAL STOCK NARKBT.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Wheat, after trying
to-day to divide its favors equally be
tween the bulls and bears, finally sh hcowad
its preference for the bnn.. and closed
with an advance 81 II to 5sc. Business III
al departments had very much Of a holi-
day character, and there was not enough
change in prices outside of wheat to call
for comment.
The news & observer., 1896-12-25
OTHER MARKET.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

New YORK, December "a. Money on call
easy at 1ha2 per cent last loan ~ per cent,
closed at 1&a2 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 3kGih per cent. Sterling exchange
firm, with actual business in bankers
bills at $46T4 for demand and 4S3A al "a for
sixty days. Posted rates 4.8iAa4.s5. Com
mercai bills. 4S2k9D4.82A Bar silver 65A
Mexican dollars --. Silver certificates 68%.
Government bonds weak. state bonds dull.
Railroad bonds steady.
The news & observer., 1896-12-25
Notice of Administration.

Havln9 qualified as 4dminisE atrTofT n,
Ray. de eased late OF Wake county
tn is Ia notify rll persons having claims
a4aJnsU the aid es tate 30 present them 10
Hic on or before the 18th dSy al Decembe
sag or this notice @ill be plssd iii bar 0f
heir recovery, and n ! persons indebted To
BE saifi estate viii please make imn edtaS
payment
y G1HsARC0M, Administrator.
Y GULLRT Attorney,
Decembor19 10, 1895.
The news & observer., 1896-12-25
For Sale.

One half int crest In morning daily news
paoer, in town OF i0000 population. to party
who can manage business; the paper is on
pay yipg basis. Only object for seiiiag Is to
Sc tire the earnest and wefl directed SO tabO
ration oi good man. Viii sell cneaG tsr
casn 0T part cash. iae balance ON time. lfFs
is n rare opportunity for Il man with trains,
pa Sli and energy. AadTtuking man wanted,
Ad iress, DhMOCRAf, care News aaa Ooser-
yer.
The news & observer., 1896-12-25
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, December M.-4:i5 p. M.--Cot-
Closing-sp good demand, fair bus
mess, prices easier: American niddling fair
As: good middling 8 32ds American middling
3 3-32d; low middling 29-32d; good ordinary
8 2E-s2: ordinary 10 s2d.
Sales of the day were l2.000 bales, OF which
500 were for speculation and export, and in-
cIuded II, 400 American. receipts 5000 bales,
including 4,S00 Americans
Futures opened quiet and closed quiet but
stnadY at tire decline. =
The news & observer., 1896-12-25
= Activity Confined to Closing
Trades Over Holidays.
WHEAT STRONG, ACTIVE
Seemed TO Rest on GENUINE @
Foreign Enquiry.
BETTER UNDERGONE STOCKS
Tobacco Advanced Per Cent--Feeling
of Cheerfulness Resulted From
BeIief in Peaceabie Set ensnt
of the Cuban Matter.

New York, Dec 24--The cotton mar
ket was slow and featureless to-day with
the attention of traders divided between
evening up their own accounts, the execu-
ton of a very few outside orders and the
usual Christmas cappers. The market
worked within range o. points, open
ing point lower to poiIe thigher, and ad-
vanced to ON active positions, cables
being as good as expected and the market
slightly oversold on local accounts. Later
the advance was lost and the. market
closed quiet and steady with the results
unchanged to ] point higher
e. y. .CUTHBERT & cos LETTER
New York. Dec 24-Vhile there was
little doing on the Exchange the under
tone was distinctly better and the shorts
in the market was evidenced by the mani
festation to cover in the absence Of any
pressure to sell except Ii one or two spc-
cialties the demand from this source led
TO 4 gradual improvement in the general
list ranging from l TO per cont. ontop
Of yesterdays S advance in quotations. The
e0alcrs were strong, with Delaware and
Hudson advancing q ana Reading / per
cent. The Gould stocks were also better,
and Western Union and Manhattan both
closed half cent higher Louisville &
Nashville also made gaiu Of half cent,
and likewise ST Paul, Rock Island, Chica-
60. Burlington & Quincy and Sugar. To-
tobacco advanced peg cent, and closed
with General Electric q higher. Rubber
common was strong, and advanced 112
per cent, from 24A to 25A. Upon the
declaration of a two per cent. dividend
on the stock by the directors, late last
night The only especially weak stock
was Consolidated Gas, which soid off Az
per cent, from IA to 1897, on liquida-
tions influenced by tips" from promi-
nent politicians that q bill will be intro
duced in Albany reducing the price OF
gas from $125 to 81, and that It will be
| passed by large majority. Another
small savings bank at Blue Island, Chi
cago, suspended, but as it's capital was
only $25, 900 and its deposits but SIS, 400,
the announcement had no effect whatever
upon the market Our advices from Chi
cago report the financial situation there
very much improved owing to the general
knowledge that the bank troubles were
brought about entirely hy bad manage
! ment upon the part Of the officials. Mon
ey rates at London and Berlin were cas-
ier, and this, with reports from Washing
ton that the administration is about to
form a new treaty with Spain on the
Cuban question, calculated TO restor1
peace on the island, helped to create a
better feeling in the msrket and th close
| was more cheerful.
The news & observer., 1896-12-25

april - .'.. aE1G 81
way ......''..s.. otGb -
'nfn ,,......,..........,..... 94o6 81
Iuly ................... gII65 80
OTHER MARKETS
Norfolk, steady, Is, s.l,6 bales.
Baltimore, quiet ~, bales.
Boston steady, T&, 1885 bales.
Wilmington, firm, 6 Is, l3SG7 bales.
Philadelphia, quiet, r., 1919 bales.
Savannah, quiet 9-16. 1851 bales.
New Orleans, firm, Ga, il, $50 bales.
Augusta. steady, 6 l3-16 $40 bales.
Charleston, quiet and firm, 6 9 l6. 4,T43 bales.
New York, quiet, ~, l32l bales.
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
RALEIGH, N. c., December "a.
Cotton selling to-day at 6&@6A.
Market firm.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
.MILLIKEN TRIAL MONDAY |
Miss Phillips Alleged Assailaut
Will Be Brought Into Court.
It VIII he Commenced in the After
nOOn-The Case Pushed by the
Young Lady's Father.

The trial of B en1anlin H. Milliken of Ten
nessee, n clerk of a Senate committee. for
alleged attempted assault upon the daugh-
ter of Judge Samuel r Phillips AT his resi-
dence on Rhode Island avenue On the night
of July 4, 1895. will begin before Judge
Cole on Monday. probably in the Afternoon.
unless some unex expected delay inierveDes.
District Attorney Birney said today
that the case would he called and the gov
crnment Is ready To go ON with the hearing.
An unfinished civil case viii occupy at tieast
a part of the courts time on Monday morn
ing.
II had been expected that Col. A. s..
Worthington would represent Mr.. Milliken
10 the trial. but Mr.. WorthingtOn has been
closely engaged for two months in the
Moore-i!arbour will contest.
He is engaged today iu making a part of
the final argument. lie has not been in
good health, ard The will case has been
interrupted wo or three times on account
of his illness. On this account he will de-
cline C. undertake this new labor SO close
upon the eXhausting work now being CON-
pletet 1t In not known who will appear
for MIR. MiliikeD.
Mr. Miiliken was taken in custody on the
night OF the alleged assault. but WAS re-
leased on personal bonds. He went sOOn
after to Tennessee and 1t was some time
after the indictment was returned that he
was apprehended. He then gave bond be-
fore a United States commissioner in Ten
nesscc. and, it is understood. has not been
here since.
Judge Phillips, who is ex-soiicitor OF
the Treasury has Insisted all along that
the case be pushed vigorously.
Mr.. Milliken was found in Miss Phillips
room, and when she screamed escaped out
of back window. He was pursued by
Judge Phillips and his partner, Mr.. Nc
Henry.
It is claimed that Mt. Milliken was In
such a condition ut the time that he did
not know what he was doing
The evening times., 1896-03-07
TRADING IN STOCKS IRREGULAR
Like to So Continue Until the Diplo-
matte situation Changes.

New York. March 7.-Stocks this morning
were irregular and unsettled. The features
of the market were the heayiness OF To-
bacco and Cotton Oil and the comparative
strength of General Electric. Tobacco fell
from 73 3-S to IL 5-8 and Cotton Oil pre-
ferred from 60 to 81, and do. common from
IT 12 to 1 5 1-s.
The selling of Tobacco is attributcd to the
indisposition on the part OF the insiders to
support the stock as long as the fight with
its competitors continues. Ii is understood
that the Tobacco Company is running be-
hind, and it is also intimated there viii be
no dividend in May. General Electric rose
3-8 to "a, and was In better demand,
There were rumors that the company had
about completed negotiations for the equip
ment OF an important surface system and
the advance was purity due to these stories.
In the railway list Denver preferred fell
3-4 to Al 3-4, and Baltimore and Ohio 3-4
to 1878.
The variations in the Changers. Louis
vile d Nashville, trunk lines and Anthra-
cite coalers were confined to the fractions.
Trading outside Of the industrials was light
The evening times., 1896-03-07
ASSAULTED AN OLD NAN
Artillerymaa Bowles Again Ap--
pears in an Unenviable Light.
Judge Miller Uses Strong Language In
Continuing the Case Until Next
NJ Onday.

Joseph Bowles, a private In the Fourth
United States Artillery. stationed at the
arsenal. has had considerable trouble since
be married fourteen-year-old Maggie An
aersOn. - =
Maggie lived with her parents in South
Washington, and several weeks ago Bowlcs
elOped with her 10 Baltimore where they
were married, as detailed In The Times
when the elopement occurred
About O'Clock last night Bowies, with
another soldier. Alfred Miller met Ed
mund Petit. who Is an uncle of the
formers cniiu- wire, on Pennsylvania avenue
near The Times building.
Pettit Is shoemaker, siXty-two years
of age, very deaf and nearly blind A few
words passed between Bowles and his
wires uncle. when something was said
by the ariilleryman about family matters.
which dispieased Mr.. Petit. He raised
his hand to push Is Owlesa "a way when, accord
ing to the testimony Of the two witnesses,
Warren Hurst and Sam Stiles, the soldier
struck the aged shoemaker, knocked him
down, and kicked him.
-- AT this Juncture. according to Stiles evil
dence, Miller, the other soldier, ran up as
Petit was staggering to his feet and struck
him heavy blow over the eye.
In the scuffle BOwles received q knife
thrust in his breast, which, it Is charged,
was inflicted by Petit. Both men were
treated at the Emergency Hospital.
The testimony In the case was considerably
muddled. and Policeman Frank Emmert,
who made the arrests, was instructed to
summon additional witnesses.
Il cannot understand all these mysteries
that are continually happening on PeDns 81
yania avenue, in the very heart of the city,"
commented Judge Miller. "People are
being assaulted. and it is difficult to find
out who hit them
The prisoners told widely contradictory
stories on the witness stand. and his honor
said they ought botn be Iar away from CIV
ilization on the Western plains.
You have all sworn falsely" said Judge
Miller, land should be tried for perjury"
The case was continued.
The prisoners later confessed that they
had been stating untruths, and Judge
Miller imposed fine of SO upon Petit
the old shoemaker. for cutting Bowles.
Miller and Bowles were sent to Jail for
two months each in default of $50 fines.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
NO SUCH CONSULATE.
Mystery Regarding Reported Attack
by Il Spanish Mob.

There is something of an official mystery
connected with the report OF an attack on
the United States consulate at Valencia,
Spain. where, according TO the records of
the State Department, no such consulate
exists.
As pointed out yesterday the nearest con-
sular post to Valencia is Grao. the port of
that place. four miles distant, where n con-
sular agent OF this government. who is not
even an American citizen. resides.
at the State Department officials say
they have seen no dispatch from Minister
Taylor or any other person In the service
of the United States, reporting anything
about the attack. The Spanish minister is
likewise officially ignorant.
The explanation suggested here is that
somebody threw a stone through a window
of the residence OF The consIllaragenta at G mo
during a demonstration against the action
Of the Senate and the House with regard
to Cuba, and that the incident was not con-
sidcred of sufficient importance by Minister
Taylor to report to his government.
The prompt action OF the Spanish au-
thorities in Icpudiating the attack on the
United States consulate at Barcelona and
offering to made rcparation. has assured
he United States government that every
effort will be made by Spain TO protect
interests.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
VICTIM OF GASOLINE.
Jane Langburn Fatally Burned by an
Explosion of the Fluid.

A gasoline stove exploded at 1870 this
forenoon in the residence of Jane Langburn.
colored, No. 2O22 Vermont avenue north
west.
The woman was caught in the sho wer of
blazing fluid. and in an instant she was en-
yeioped in fire. Her screams attra cted sev-
eral neighbors. who tore the burning gar
ments from her. but not before she was scri-
ously. perhaps fatally, burned.
A portion of Mrs Langburn's body was
actually cooked. and the house was filled
with the horrible odor. The flames ex
tended TO the woman's head, burning the
hair off. and she inhaled the fire blazing
upward from her clothing.
The Freedman's Hospital ambulance was
summoned and she was quickly removed to
that institution. At a late hour this after
noon her condition was pronounced critical
and her death Is looked for momentarily.
George Hagan. the two-year- old son Of
John Hagan of No. 32S c street northeast,
who was seriously burned yesterday, was
reported as improving today. The child
was left alone in the kitchen and his cloth
ing caught fire from the cook stove during
his mothers absence.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
CHANGES AMONG CLERKS.
Promotions in the Treasury,s CIassi-
fled Service.

ffOmOtlOnS IN the lreHSury,8 CIASSi-
fled Service.
Promotions have been made in the
classified service in tie Treasury Depart
ment as follows:
Office of the auditor for the Postoffice
Departmental. E. Crowcll. Maine. from
81 900 TO 81 200: a. II. Gibbs. Michigan,
from 81 900 10 81 200: H. C. Long. Mis-
sissippi. from $500 to 81 900: J. II.
Steiner. Maryland. from $500 to 81 900;
g. W. Alberte, Wisconsin. from $500 to
81 900; U. r. Webb, Ten
nessee, from 5000 to 1000;
]. c. Weldon. Michigan. from $500 to
81 600; Miss A. s. Clarke, Vermont, from
$500 to 81 .OCO: Miss L, E. Cartwright,
Maryland. from 5000 to $1,000; Miss NJ.
A. Minnix District of Columbia, from 5000
to ST 900; William A. Walsh, North Da-
kota, from $40 to 5000; Edward Winnie,
Illinois. $40 to $500; Miss L. n. Fer
guson, District OF Columbia, from $40 TO
5000; ". P. Napper, Massachusetts,, from
$40 to 5000: Miss I. Stanley Iowa, from
$40 to $500; Mrs. NJ. Fox, Pennsylvania,
from $50 to 5000; L. Under wood Ten
nessee, from $720 to SS4O.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
TEN YEARS FOR BROCKwYA.
Another Term in Prison for the Old
Count erfeiter.

Trenton, n. j.. March William E.
Brockway, Abbie L. Smith and William
E. Wagner, the counterfeiters. We're ar
raigned for sentence this morning before
Judge Green, OF the federal court. Brock
way was sentenced to ten years in state
prison and to pay fine of $1,000. Mrs.
Smith was sent to the Essex county peni-
tentiary for four years and will have to
pay a fine OF $3.50.
Wagner received the lightest punish
nicnt, owing TO the fact that the jury had
recommended him to the mercy OF the court.
His sentence was one year in the Hudson
County penitentiary and a fine of 500.
Before being sentenced, aud after their
counsel had addressed the court in their
behalf and also after motion for n new
trial had been ovcrruled, the prisoners
pleaded non vult TO several indictments
still hanging over them. On these charges
sentence was Indefinitely suspended.
Brockway was the coolest OF the pris-
oners. Mrs. Smith wcpt. Brockway's grand
daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Wooten, of Tren
ton, n. j., leading a three-year-old child,
appeared in court, and she also sat weeping.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
Forecast till & y. m. Sunday.

Forecast till p. III. Sunday.
For the District of Columbia, Delaware.
and Maryland fair; colder tonight and
Sunday; northwcstcrly winds.
For Virginia and North Carolina. fair and
decidedly colder tonight and Sunday, frost
Sunday night; northwesterly winds.
Weather Conditions nd G eneral Fore
cast
The storm central in northern Wisconsin
Friday morning has moved eastward TO
Western New York and now covers New
England, the lower lake region; and the
Middle Atlantic States.
The pressure is relatively high in the
West Gulf States, the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, Valleys. A moderate depression
is central on the North Pacific coast. The
barometer has fallen in New England, the
lower lake region, and the Middle Atlantic
States; IL has risen decidedly in the Mis-
sissippi Valley, and thence generally west
ward to the Pacific coast. 1t is warmer in
New England and the Atlantic States and
on the Rocky Mountain plateau. 1t is de-
cidedly colder throughout the Mississippi
and Missouri Valleys.
Rain has fallen generally in all districts
cast OF the Mississippi River.
The following heavy precipitation (iD
inchcs) was reported:
During the past twenty-f -four fours-Mont-
gomery, 1.2S.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
Condition of tho Water.

High and low tides are officially recorded
at the Navy Yard today as follows:
High. s-4.., '.ir'' Low.
lao a. m. S:12 a. NJ.
2:1O p. M. 9:0S p. M.
at s q. nl.: Great Falls-Temperature &C.
condition, IL. Receiving reservnir-Ten-
perature, 40; condition at north counec-
ton, I; condition at south connection. 3.
Distributing rcservoir-Temperature, 80 :
condition at inriue1t gatehouse, 8; efflu
ent gatehouse. 8.
Schedule for Street Lighting.
Gas lamps are lighted at z .O6 p. M; extin-
guished at 5:18 q. m.
Naphtha lamps are lighted at z 05 p. m.:
extinguished at 6;32 A..M..
Incandescent and electric lamps lighted
ut $50 p. M; extinguished at 6:3S a. M.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
Y. NJ. c. a. WORK.
Secretary MuIter VIII BE Accorded
N puhIic Recpuffon,

Arrangements are being made to give
Mr. W n. Muller, general secretary of the
Y NJ. c. A. n reception upon his coming
here from Philadelphia TO assume charge
of the work. The plan is to hold a meet
ing, at which X humber of ministers
and. public men. viii be invited to speak.
Mr. Multer. it is expected, will also
make an address outlining his plans for
carving on the work, as well as for rais-
ing The money needed to rebuild the asso-
ciation baildng. or course, these VIII
follow the general lines already laid down
by lhe association managers. and VIII
not interfere with anything now doing.
The time and place and other details
OF the affair have not yet been settled.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
ANNULLED THE MARRIAGE.
Custody of Pretty GoIdie Frost Is
Awarded to Her Father.

Goldie Marie Frost, the pretty child OF
Mrs. Margaret A. Collins. has been given
into the care of Robert NJ. Frost, the BIZ
cycle dealer, who claims to be her father
Mrs Collins, who, according to the YER
dict of jury in Judge Cox's court, last
week, was never married to Mr.. Frost,
swore in that case that he was not the
child's father. -f
There was at the same time pending a
divorce suit instituted by Mr., Frost, and
Judge Cox this afternoon decided this, an
nulliug the marriage and awarding the
custody OF Goldie to Mr.. Frost
The evening times., 1896-03-07
hEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
Cour: Officials Opinion of the Mar
riage License Bill.

AIr Jci;n R. Young, clerk OF the District
supreme court, and Mr.. Carroll Downs
Of criminal court No. 2, We're before the
subcommittee of the House District CON-
nittcc his morning in opposition to the
mdriIaEc license act passed by the Senate
or Fe..fuary 20.
The members of the committee present
were Representatives Curtis, Mines and
Cobb of Alabama.
They listened TO argument for about
an hour and a half, and gave the impress
sion at the c.osc that the bill would not
be fayorably reported.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
MOORE WILL CASE.
Verdict Is Expected to BE Rendered
Monday Next.

The trial of the suit to break the win Of the
ate David Moore. which has been in prog
ress before Judge McComas for nearly two
months. is nearing q close. A verdict is
expected Monday.
The contest is made by the widow and
daughters of the late James Moore. a son
Il the testatOr, against Mrs. Annie E.
Barbour, daughter.
The property was all left to Mrs. Bar
,our and during Mr.. James Moore's life
20 contest was made. The proceeding is
formally a suit in ejectment. The prop
-rty is valued at about 100000.
The case has been tried previously
when the Moore heirs got a verdict.
Mr.. A. S. Worthington Is making the
losing argument for the prosecution this
/ ifternoon.
The evening times., 1896-03-07
THE GRADE CROSSINGS.
Another Conference Between or
cials-Mr. Griswold's a nsw .r.

Another Conference Between Off
cials-Mr. Griswold's Ans " cr.
Chief Engineer Brown of the Baltimore
and Potomac Railway Company had anotb-
er interview today with Engineer Commis-
sioner Powell in respect to the proposed
legislation and the plans hereunder for aa
abolition OF the grade crossings in South
west Washington.
The proposal made by the company, as
heretofore noted in The Times. is not
deemed by the Commissioners to be salts
factory. tits not even a depression OF the
tracks, in their estimation, since the bur-
den of avoiding change in the grades in
minmized. so far as the railroad company
Is concerned, and the greater part OF the
expense will be borne by the District.
The conference today is understood to
have been in the main upon the plans as
heretofore submitted by the company, ard
but little progress was made us TO a cha Dge
TO elevated tracks.
The answer of President Griswold of
the ADacostia and Potomac River Rail
road, required in the order directed to
him by the Commissioners, In which he
was required to show cause why oDe-hOrse
cars shall not be abandoned on his line.
will not be made until Monday. This agree
ment for postponement was reached AT Mr.
Griswold's request.
Gen. Albert ordway was at the District
Building today and interviewed the Commis-
sioners concerning the disagreement which
has arisen over the "held-up'' vouchers
rendered by the Northern Liberty Market
Company, Tor the rent OF Convention Han
and tue armory to the National Guarl.
The general took exceptions to the pub
licity given the affair, and also to the
action of Auditor Petty in the investIga-
tion made OF the complaints, as hereto
fore noted in The Times. He declared
that the auditor has nothing whatever to
do with the issue, and that, therefore, he
had no authority for Withholding his ap-
rroval of the vouchers.
Auditor Petty submitted his report of the
case, as found upon investigation by the
Inspector. 1t was not made public.
The evening times., 1896-03-07

The weather. will be fair in the Middle
Atlantic and Gulf States tonight and Sun
day. Rain or snow will continue in New
England and the Middle States tonight,
followed by clearing weather Sunday.
The temperature will fall decidedly near
the west Gulf coast tonight and in the
East Gulf and Middle Atlantic States to-
night and Sunday. It will be colder in the
Ohio Valley and Middle States tonight and
in New England Sunday.