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Evening star., 1897-01-16

nittee<- to look after various details. 1t
Vtts al decided to have abundant means
o cE-. fire at the pension building, in
l>,diTs at least twenty firemen, a supply
# chemical eXtinguishers. and other ap-
,a-attis ready for instant use. There Will
,lso e hospital room fitted up in the
,uild ,ng. which will be equipped with all
tpplienCes and be in charge of physicians
-eady for any emergency that may reed
heir services. ARRANGEMENTS will he made
q have all stree: cars stop running during
ne tine the inaugural parade is moving.
The music committee meeting was pre-
sided over by Vice Chairman +. 7. Howe.
The Question of the programs to be selected
or ira ball and concerts was discussed.
Sid- fCr the music will be opened January
x an' the contracts awarded as soon
cssibls thereafter. Mr.. Percy s. Foster
'eportei progress in the project of having
4 cEorus of 800 voices participate in the
saturday night concert.
The committee On illumination and fire
works v.s in session about four hours, and
instructed Chairman ". L. Weller TO again
irge uT.on the executive committee the pro-
.riety - adopting the plan TO erect arches
1t the street intersections. Four bids for
irrwo.ss were received from Pain of New
York Louis Waller of St. Louis a. l.. Duc
'ompan,. Cincinnati, and the Rochester
fireworks Company a recommendation
the cwardiYrg- OF the contract will prob
ibly be made at the executive committee
, Getting tonight.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
wa.sf.ston stock Exchange,

Sales regular eall-12 o'clock m-u. s. Is, reg.
is,ered to 81 siooe m z, III; s4.ooo At III: u. s. s,
at III, wasiiington Loan and Trust, at in
Sspi,sl Traction 20 at 57h: 50 at IS: 20 at g.
at 45N Is at Is American GnDIonSona ~ ss 4I ,S :. :.
n,s o. at fo 3 pseamatie Gun Carriage. 100 at s.
senis 1 at s cents 100 At IS cents 100 at IS
Gas. SO at AN; 50 at l4s: 20 at AZ: rs af ~
2: 8 Electric Light, 10 at 95. Pneumatic Gun
District Of Columbia Bonds.-oovear fund ss 1oa
1901 iio Sd water s1 stock s;ss ss isst se
eeasreneys es Il0 bid s.e5s. funding currency iOs
- LMiscsianssus Bends.-.-Metro2olitan Railroad g.
~ aO7 sid; it2 asked Metropolitan Railroad COW
tincates Of Indebtedness 1874 hid Belt Railroad ss
6Q bid. 0esked: EekiaSton Railroad 6, IS bid
ington Gas Company as, series 4, liz bid. was6-
peaks and PotOInae Telephone S. 100 bid A%e1i. si
American Security and Trust Is, A. and O. ,a i01
3id. Yeshingtop Market Company 1st as. l0i bid
a.ases IMP 81 Ia
ss, sSnie Hsn Ass:tatioa y - q; 1o4 bid Warrington
2ss bid .nEa.m..s. anq Nechanics', 10 bid iS6
D Sid lao cs1: :ssS fst1so ,S
asa.e4; West IND, 1o6 hid, 1fs asked. Traders.
e &c .b;d, A ssh ssked. Lincoln. lo2 bid, I0s askcd
bsDsst ana TT,t ,,S conpsalss Safe
eesy saA f I'm, ia Sid i4sx s.t.d dneysnS Wsssss. Ss
6 g MRailIa.s siocss ;.caplsai Traetioe csnpsay. sss
sG sdd 1e asted Metropolitan, Jos bid Columbia.
81 .nd Else4ie -IAsht stoeas -w..h.ax,ss o...
D n.ess iss asa is sss;ssss's1 IA s :.s.s ss ~ e
~ b bid. Coscoran. s. I'D lriis.4A. Ia "a
Evening star., 1897-01-16
EULOGIEs ON CRISP.
Tributes Paid in the House to
Late Ex.SDeaker

Tributes Paid I'm the House to the
Late Ex-Speaker.
There was small attendance in the
House today when the gavel fell. The
principal feature OF the day was the eulo-
gies upon ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp of
Georgia, who died in the recess of Con-
gress. In the first hour several small bills
were passed.
A bill authorizing the Columbia and Red
Mountain Railroad Company TO build a
bridge across the Columbia river in Stevens
county, Wash, called up by Mr.. Doolittle,
was passed.
Delegate Catron attempted to secure the
passage Of bill to give the deserted Fort
Marcy military reservation at Santa Fc
n. NJ. to the American Invalid Aid Society
of Boston for the establishment of a SAM
tarium for pulmonary diseases, but it failed
on objection. .si'el
Several pension bills were passed.
The eulogies upon Mr.. Crisp began at 1
O'Clock, when Mr.. Turner (Ga.) offered the
usual resolution, and spoke upon it.
The chairs on the democratic side were
nearly all filled and in one of them sat Mr.
Charles r. Crisp. the youngest rlember Of
the House. who succeeded his father
Many republican members took their seats.
Speaker Reed remained in the chair, and
the audience was the largest which has
listened to tributes to a deceased member
In years.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
FLOGGING ON sHIPBOARD.
Resolutions Protesting Against t
Senate Bill Adopted at Cleveland

Resolutions Protesting Against the
Senate Bill Adopted at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 16.-Sena-
tors Frye and Hale, who are responsible
for the Senate substitute for House bill
No. 1858, which restores fogging n the
merchant marine, are being severely con-
demned by representatives of the 100000
members of the Western Seamans' Friend
Society and various branches. 'f-
At meeting Of the local trustees OF the
organization. who are prominent business
men, the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved That the W. s. F. S., with It's
numerous branches along the chain of lakes
from Buffalo to Duluth, and on the rivers
from Pittsburg to New Orleans, including
a population of 100000 sailors and river
men, protest against the Senate substitute
for House bill No. 2663. which restores
hogging in our merchant marine changing
entirely the nature of the bill now before
Congress. which was intended to alleviate
some Of the worst features of poor Jacks
life.
Resolved, That we are astonished that
such men as Senators Frye and Hale
should be the authors of so barbarous a
clause.
Resolved, That our general superin. end
ent correspond with the American Seamens
Friend Society and other independent or
denominationai societies throughout the
country, urging them to call meetings and
protest against the bill.'
The resolutions then indorse the PIimsol
act which. 1t Is said, has worked so satis-
factOrily to the British sailor and ship
owner. as a substitute.
A copy Of the resolutions will be for
Yarded to Speaker Reed and Representa-
tive Burton.
A misunderstanding, Says Mr.. Frye.
Senator Frye, chairman of the committee
on commerce, who drew the provisions Of
the substitute for House bill 1858, which
has passed the Senate, says that the pro-
visions Of the bill cannot be construed to
mean the restoration Of fogging on the
high seas. The provision Of the bill as 1t
passed the Senate Is as follows:
Every master or other officer Of an
American vessel on the high seas. or any
ether waters within the admiralty and
maritime Jurisdiction of the United States
who. without justiiable cause, beats,
wounds. or imprisons any Of the crew of
such vessel, or withholds from them suit
able food and nourishment, or inflicts upon
them any cruel and unusual punishment
shall be punished by a fine Of not mere
than one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment not more than five years, or both"
The provision In the House bill was as
follows:
- EVERY master or other officer of an
American vessel on the high seas, or OIL
any other waters within the admiralty and
meritime jurisdiction of the United States,
who willfully beats or wounds or without
justihable cause imprisons any OF the crew
of such vessel or withholds, ETC."
Senator Frye says that the House bill
allows any sailor to attack the master or
other officer. and that he would not be al
lowed to defend himself or his vessel
\. The substitute was reported from the
committee on commerce December q last
and passed the Senate several days ago.
Evening star., 1897-01-16

Potomac company why the work should not
be completed within f9uE weeks, and y
with it he expects1ho have. the last of the
terra Gotta pipesN corrective the electric
wires in place w3fhinolthree weeks. The
pipes are being suepaeai as rapidly as they
being en- route tonthisnle1ty from Canton.
Ohio where they are being manufactured.
The route shfFfaversed.
The route travessede my the conduits Of
the Potomac conf He's. along NJ street
from Rock creek9to 17th street south, to
Pennsylvania. avenue, thence to New York
avenue. to 9th street. no Florida avenue:
also from New York aytarue and 9th street
along the south side of .Ms Vernon Square
to 7th. street and MaSsachnsetts avenue.
along Massachusetts aNa41e to 9th street,
arsenal gate. Permits .fer the above work
have already been the company by
the Commissioner% al9Addittonal permits
have been applied for by them to lay.
Parks,a both Of wlhieh fhey ,wnlslisht under
buildinssS ana E sF5sfdz Is isht Lincoln hsS
Park Par thsX VII 1ays " ssessas from M t9u.s
the line Of the MeArseeiitan ;raalroads To
light jackson Park the. conduit will prob
ably be e'laid, from l4th street and New york
avenue north on 14fh street to the park.
The Course ss4i8Rt toiTAss.. oiTAs.. 're eS.s
There Was soonasassable spsgulaxion today
In regard to the msthsa that would be pur-
sued by senators In securing the passage
Of the. conkrall joint fsaolMtion IL both
houses Of Congress. Tha'thins that h
chiefly feared BY thqss tstersstsd IN de.
feating the Joint resolution 10 that in ef.
fsct It will-bs embodied = an amendment
to some House bill that has come to- the
Senate for confederation and IN that form
Evening star., 1897-01-16
FORGOT HER OWN CHILDREN.
The aIs.tron of an Orphans Home En-.
gagged I'm Saving the Others.


DALLAS. Tex. January 16-At a late
sour LIST night the boys wing of Duck
'er's Orphan Home, five miles from the
'.ty. was destroyed by fire. Five boys per-
she'd n the flames, and several others
.=erc h,:rned- The dead are Carlos Jones'
stride Britton. Milton Britton, Martin
Hritt6 4, and an unknown child.
Before Mrs. Britton. the matron. re-
.irei for the night she had them clean out
I'D prepare a stove situated in the room
.ust under hers. This was her usual Gus
q IN. she then sent one of the large bows
Ipon whom she depends regularly for
YORK OF that kind. to see if the work had
cen properly done. He reported that
'yeryth!ng was all right, and she then re-
.ired.
She had been in bed but a short time
when she smelled smoke, and Immediately
umped up to investigate The floor under
;er feet was almost too hot to stand upon
-'erceiEing this. she Immediately raised
he aiarm. and runners were sent to all
lie rooms 10 rouse the children and get
derl out CT the building as quickly as
yoSSibIe.
In her anxiety to get the children out she
egiecied to assist those in her own room
Ater seeing a large percentage of the
hi!dren had been removed from the build
lg. AID that others would be out In a few
tomeEts. she suddenly remembered her
'Nn children, and. running to her room
ldtay9red to rescue them
She vas toe late however The fire had
tready entered the room, and, although
r. he fought the flames with desperate zeal
he was compelled 10 retreat with the af-
rishted cries of her children ringing in
'er ears. knowing they were doomed to a
.rtain death.
In the confusion which reigned while the
iildrer were being hurrieIly assisted from
ie building many were overlooked and
-yeral Of the little fellows were seriousiy
'frned- Tie building, with all its fur
4itUre, was destroyed.
Evening star., 1897-01-16

ito asked German AmcrtcI, 80 bfd. National
Union. bad. 13ts asked. Columbia, llh bid. In
hid. ets asked. fanrSln. .zx lid. sssed Com
mcrcial, AZ bid 81. asked
Title Insurance Storks.~Rcai Estate Title %
bid. lo5 asked. Columbia Title. "a hid. @ asked.
Washington Title. asked District Title. 10
asked.
Telephone Stocks-Peunsyiyania. 40 hid. 80 asked.
Chesapeake and Potomac. 'S3is hid. American
Ggnphophonc. So hid. lit asked American q phi
opnone. 10 bid, IL asked. Pneumatic Gun Car
riagr. IS lid. 40 asked.
Miscellaneous Sio-ks. - Mergenthalcr Linotype
ic3l. bid. tei ssk,d. I.anst1n Nonotype. 81. hid.
Gsi asked. Washington Market, 10 bid, IL asked.
Great Falls Ice, lIs hid % asked. Norfolk and
Washington Steampoat, ~ asked Lincoln han,
so asked.
sES div
Evening star., 1897-01-16
-- FISHERMEN WERE SAVED.
hey Had Drifted Out on Lake Nfchl-
gan ON an Ice FlOe

MAEiNETTE. Wis. January 16-Nothing
sas heard OF the fishermen blown out on
4 lie ,lakc on All ice foe yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon at O'Clock a strip
r ice about ten miles long extending
: 1uth from the mouth of the Menomjnee
:ver. broke from the west shore and was
trF;ed rapidly toward the east shore of
.resn bay in the direction of Deaths Door.
When the ice foe left it's anchorage. thir-
-en fishermen from Menekaunee were on
-le ice ten ling their nets, but were so far
way from the crack that by the time the
'iaThl had been given. the crack was SO
POI ide they could not escape to the shore.
Al noon all doubt as TO the fate of the
-shSrneA was removed. Manuel Holgren
mas Nyland. Johnson and Otto Larsen
anne across from Green Island in a skiff
md reported that they had left six others
II The island. They will be brought over
al the lighthouse keepers boat.
As quickly as the fishermen felt the cur
mt IN the bay changing yesterday after
Don they knew danger was ahead, and
est OF Them scurried for the island. All
rived safely but Ed. Hoffman, who was
Ing Eorne away on the ice, when a boat
ent out and rescued him. The most re-
a tarkaoie escape was that of Sam I4und
no got to shore. In his sled. He was far
1t on the bay and put up twenty-sevon
itet o? canvas and literally SKINNED over
% ush and cake ice and jumped cracks four
set wide before reaching strong ice He
as drenched from head to foot.
The ice went out in half an hour YES
'rday. and, though the bay looks open
ON here, the fishermen say the ice is
b -ushed in between Green and Chambers
stands.
Grave fears are felt for the safety of
leodore johnson of Sturgeon bay, former
vice president Of the Menominee River
Jingle Manufacturing Company. Mr.
JhnsOn started from Menominee yesterday
-.orning TO skate to Sturgeon bay and
i bthinS has been heard of him since. In
&, Liries are being sent out all along the east
Iore. and il is hoped he reached Egg Har-
IT. The sudden movement of the ice in
ae bay yesterday took out over 500 worth
I'll. herring nets.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
OWED EIGHT STORIES.
IicidS of n New Yorker Discouraged
by Business Reverses.

NEW YORK, January 16--Charles Roths-
lid, formerly in the cloak business in
ookiyn. killed himself in the Cable build
: on Broadway today by jumping from
= eighth floor through the light shaft to
ground He was elrlost instantly killed
His wife was standing at one of the
urth-foor windows of the shaft as Roths-
lids body shot downward. She looked
WI at the quivering body as 1t lay at the
-ot or the shaft, and. recognizing the up
rned face. she shrieked. It's my hus-
md. and swoOned. When she was
ought to her senses she became so vio-
1tly hysterIcal that she was removed in
ambulance TO hospital. Business re-
rses probably led to the suicide.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Government Bon de-.
Quotations reported by Ccrson & Macart-
rey, bankers.
baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. January l6.-Flour quiet. unchsng
el-receipts 1851 barrels: exports 10 aS2 barrels
Wheat hrm-sl'ot. 9li1 hid: May. ssLssSte 70
ceipts. $40 bushels exports, noae stock. 27b ia
bushels-suutherH wheat by sample, a2at3: dl.
grade, s'aas Corn easy-spot aud month. 26ssa2i:
February 2sa2ii>: March. - I-a25s-: April. 2si.a
ISL: steamer mixed, 2I;sa25--ereipts 1903 574
bushels: eAports 9.ssI bushels; sto e.343. s-6
bushels: sales, I2,oOo bushels southern white corn
22lsa2Il2: do. yellow. 22ae7 Oats steady-No :
white 24a2a: No. mixed 2ia2s receipts. a.5ii
bushels; exports none: stock. I O15 ..ll bushels
Rye irm-No. 2 nearby. 4sa43I.: west IN. 4als-re-
ceiIis, o242 bushels exports, stock. 266. go
bushels. Hay firm-choicc timothy. Sl3. Goa Si< CO.
Grain freights quiet. unchanged. Sugar ;nd hutttr
steady. unchanged. Eggs weak Unchanged. Ch,cse
firm. unchanged Whisky UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1897-01-16
COLUMBIA CLUB.
Ladies' Entertained In q Handsome
Manner.

Ladies' Entertained in q Handsome
Manner.
During the past the Columbia Athletic
Club has entertained its friends on many
occasions and in various ways, different,
but all delightful. but it is probable that
the entertainment given by the club last
evening will go down in its history as the
most successful affair of the sort it has
ever undertaken. There have been smok-
ers, athletic entertainments and musical
smokers, but last night the club essayed a
musicale of high artistic merit Through
the efforts Of the indefatigable amusement
committee the entertainment went off with
dash and spirit not always met with.
Several hundred Invitations were sent out
and the attendance taxed the accommoda-
tions of the clubs handsome and COM
:nodious home. The club house was beauti-
fully decorated for the occasion with flow
ers and potted plants, and from an early
hour until late the club house was thronged.
The ladies especially enjoyed the oppor-
tunity to see the inside of a mans club,
and they fully enjoyed the hospitality for
which the members of the c. A. c. are
famous.
The big gymnasium at the top of the
building was transformed for the evening
into charming little theater. At one end
a stage had been erected. and a big Amer
lean flag did service for the curtain. Dr.
j. c. Exner officiated as stage manager
and acquitted himself with credit. The
room was crowded, for there were more
than 600 people present. Every seat was
occupied. and standing room was at a
premium by the time the performance was
well under way.
The program of the evenings entertain
ment was as follows:
Overture Raymonde, by Thomas, Haley's
Orchestra; Baliade I, OPP. %. Chopin. Miss
Gertrude Ravenburg: Song Without
Words" Mendelssohn, and ''Traumerei,
Schumann, Mr.. Ernest Lent; aria Mar
tha,' Won Flotow. Mr.. Melville D. Hensey;
Still Vie die Nacht," Bohm, Chanson de
Florian, GODDARD, Miss Emile Russell: Span
ish dances and bolero, Moskowski. Haley's
Orchestra; song, Dream of Paradise"
Miss Fannie AtLee; La Circe" La Clio
conda." Mrs Marguerite Nolan Martin; In
This Hour of Softened Splendor" Pinsuti.
"Old Folks at Home.'' Neidlinger. Allegro
Quartet M. D. Hensey, LIE Roy Cough Ed
ward Asmussen and j. Taylor Cronin
Cavatfna,' Raft MIR. Edward A. Lovy;
Romanza. "Tannhauser." Wagner. Mr.. j.
Taylor Cronin, and selections, "Mignon' -
Thomas. Haley's Orchestra. Accompanist,
D. G. Pfeiffer.
The amusement committee was composed
of Mr.. e. W. Schneider. chairman: Mr.. Irv-
ing c. Brown. Mr.. NJ. c. Stiles Mr.. L. s.
Fisher, Mr.. E. ". Callahan, MIR. Adam w.
johnson, DR.. J. c. Exner, Mr.. William Mes
servy, Mr.. J. NJ. Rieman, MIR. NJ. ID. Hen
sey Mr.. ]. Taylor Cronin, Mr.. L. l.. Korn,
Mr.. H. C. Caruth and Mr.. W. F. Morrow.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Discussing the Popuhst Nomination
at Raleigh. .....-.s d.
CURIOSITY AS TO DEMOCRATIC PLANS
Uncertainty in the Situation at
Springfield, III.
THE OUTLOOK IN OREGON

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RALEIGH. N. c. January 16.-The nom
inatioE of Cyrus Thompsen,, secretary of
state. for senator by the populist caucus
last night created a profound sensation.
He is the strongest man the ,populists have.
Pritchard's closest friends declare they ex-
pected- this move and had discounted It,
but Thompson's nomination, apd-aceeptaace
are great surprise to all the boiling pop
ulists and to the rank ard file OF the re-
publicans.
DIR. Mott says: '1t is a bombshel''
Some republicans say they are"-irfr the
humor to join forces with the democrats
and elect democrat IL they find Pritchard
be beaten. Others say they feel re-
lieved that Butler has at last put up his
candidate. All agree that it Is good poll
tics for Butler. putting Thompson out of
his way as a rival four years hence. and
leaving him to deal with Harry Skinner
alone. the chief of the boltefs.
There is intense interest to know what
the democrats will do--that is. whether
they will vote soidly for Thompson whose
campaign against them last year was Bit
ter. Democrats are Teticent. They deny
statements current today that anyrof them
have said they would not vote for Thomp-
son at their caucus Monday evening. Skin
ner says that Senator Odom. one of the
populist majority, today Joined the boilers.
Five boilers have returned to the caucus
There are now fifteen boilers But two Y,iore
of these are expected to desert their fac
tion.
1t is asserted that the cnlnred republicans
made a demand for office before supporting
Pritchard. and that North Carolina negro
was promised the position of recorder OF
deeds of the District of Columbia. Monday
the legislature committee begin the :nvesti-
cation of the charges brought ny populsts
of bribery and fraud in the senatorial &C n
test, -7-H-.f-rs+sh
Evening star., 1897-01-16
The Slack Children.

s The mandate of the Court of Appeals in
the matter having been filed. Judge Nc
Comas has signed an order giving Mrs.
Mary Kemble Slack full and absolute GUS
tody and control of her two children. This
action OF Judge McComas is understood as
ending the long legal fight which Mrs.
Slack made for possession of her two little
girls, q contest with which the readers Of
The Star have been made familiar.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
For Divorce.

Alice E. Mcbride today applied for d.
yorce from James D. Mcbride. to whom
she was married at Philadelphia, April 80,
1880, her maiden name being Thompson
Two children were born to them, and Mrs.
Mcbride charges that her husband desert
ed and abandoned her in June, 1894 She is
represented by Attorneys Worthington and
Evening star., 1897-01-16
PANIC IN A HOTEL.
Fugitive Robbers Dashed Through,
FlOurishinE Revolver.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. January 1.-two
robbers, with drawn revolvers, recently
created a sensation among several guests
at the Bonaventure Hotel. a family hostel
~. They had been surprised while at
work robbing house in the vicinity, and
were soon being chased by two officers and
a crowd of people. The hotel appeared to
the fleeing robbers to be a chance Of escape.
and they dashed into the Office, fourishins
their revolvers at the dozen men and wo-
men there.
The guests, with the exception Of F.
Clay, a prominent citizen, fed In fright
and when the pursuing crowd swarmed
into the hotel minute or two later, enc
of the robbers was In the act of shooting
Clay. A dozen men pouncad upon the rob-
ber and sQuelched him. :...< ..p-
In the meantime the other robber had
rushed into the dining room and escaped
through an open window. The captured
man was forty years of age, and gave the
name of J. W. Smyth. His pockets were
filled with stolen jewelry.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
JOY IN OKLAHOMA.

Perry Goes wild Over the Passage of
>, the Homestead Bill.
Perry, Okla, went wild over the receipt
Of the news of the passage Of the free
homestead bill by the United States Senate
The people of Oklahoma give great credit
to Senator Berry Of Arkansas. In this
portion of Cherokee strip every farmer is
saved $500 on his claim of 100 acres. Ten
thousand guns were discharged and every
whistle in town blew, and the people cele-
Arated III a thoroughly western way