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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
Wall Street Dull, but Prices About
Steady.
SOME ACTIVITY IN GAS STOCKS
Waiting" Seems to Be the Gen.
eraI Feature of the Market.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
: NEW YORK, November 1S.-The opening
Prices OF the stock exchange today had a
tendency to improve, but the trading was
so small that quotations varied very little.
The early London quotations showed very
little change and were about on a par with
the local cIosings. The only activity In evil
dence was during the early trading. and
prices improved somewhat on account of
London buying: but the same exceedingly
dull condition prevailed during the day,
with quotations higher as a result of the
buying back OF the stocks that the traders
sold yesterday.
shortly before the noon hour there was a
slight reaction In the general market. due
to the weakness In Peoples Gas, which de-
ciined from 1876 to 92%; but prices soon
stead!ed and resumed their firm tone.
The transactions in sugar headed the list
with the price advanced on good steady
buying. and, as usual, the numerous ru-
mors regarding the stock still evident in
the street Another active speciality of the
recent trading, Bay State gas, was some
what overlooked today and remained very
quiet in the neighb5rhood of g.
The smallness Of the market is very ap-
parent. and is waiting for some important
event to stimulate general buying. There
is no great demand for stocks and the Of
fering of securities is very small. conse-
quently the dizziness. The conditions con-
froiired are that railroad earnings are very
satisfactory: the outlook for general bus
mess is very good. and money is a drug.
The uneasiness and cause of the general
stagnation is that we are on the eve Of
Congress, and the probable action of that
body on the Cuban question deters buying
This Cuban question. however, has been
somewhat discounted. and spectators at
this time are very tired of these scares.
and on a probability of conservative tone
Of the Presidents message have been buy
ing a few stocks.
The recent activity of the bond market
is causing much comment. There has been
a large demand for those bonds known to
the street as gilt edge" and all at a
higher range Of prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
Washington Stock Exchange.

sales--regular call-12 o'clock Mental Ma
tionai Bank at 25i CAPITAL Traction ! at IS:
ss g at So washington IN CAS- Is a at T. ~ CO.
"a r ib | sS at Isss T Fire
Insurance. 100 at B. Chesapeake and Potomac Tel
ephone, l at e. american Graphophone, 10 AZ 9as
Rage. 40 at IS cents; 100 at IS cents. Lanston
District of Columbia Bonds.-2O-year fund IS. 100
bid s9-year fund g. gold, IIo bid Water stock stool
currency. Ito bid. s.eos. funding, currency, HOY
lis bid, l19 asked. Metropolitan Railroad cow.
IS, 12e bid. LIS asked Metropolitan Railroad Ger
Railroad certificates Of indeb1edness B, aiGs bid
Belt Railroad o. Is asked lexington RailrSad Is,
washington Gas Company es. series A. ITO bid.
Washington Gas Company &C., series b. liz bid.
security ana &
bid. American Security and Trust 5s. A. and o..
bid. Wv washington Market e Company i imp Is. Ito
bid. Washington Market Company ext 6s 10 bid.
Light iS Infantry ist 6. IS bid wv 'N "''''s 'O''
National Bank Sto. ks.-Bank Of Washington, go
Central CEN 80 BID Far%e9. and NJ iss bid
fS BID l 1ss s as did, W IS
Safe Depes,. and Tras, Companies.,NationaI Safe
Security and Trust. lie bid 14sis asked. Washing
ton Safe Deposit, SO bid.
Railroad Stocks-Capitai Traction. 5sN bid. 5Ss4
asked. Metropolitan, 40 bid. 122 asked. Column
bia So bid Belt, asked.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks.-Washingtou Gas.
465s bid, AN asked. Georgetown Gas. a asked.
U. 3. Electric Light 10 bid, Ill asked.
Insurance Stocks.-Firemen's. 30 bid. Franklin.
81 bid. Metropolitan. s. bid. Corcoran, So biz.
Potomac, 65 bid. 20 asked. Arlington, 1876 bid, 150
asked. German-American. 1s5 bid. National
Union 10sa bid. u asked. Columbia, 12h bid, 13
asked. Riggs, ~ bid. 81 asked. Peoples. 81
bid 5K asked. Lincoln. bid. 9x asked. Com
mercial, bid, ~ asked
Title Insurance Stocks. - Real Estate Title
80 bid, 95 asked Columbia Title, AZ bid, 81
asked. Washington Title. ~ bid. 81 asked.
Chesapeake and Potomac. 65 bid, 20 asked. Ameri-
can Graphophone, 81 bid, 81 asked American
matic Gun Carriage. "a bid, IS asked
Miscellaneous Stocks. = Merge inhaler Linotype
1884, bid 40 asked. Lanston Monotype, 1Ss1 bid
l9ll asked. Washington Market, 10 bid. Great
Falls Ice. 12o asked. Lincoln Hall. 80 asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
EXAMINING HIS ACCOUNTS.
The Alleged Methods of Ex-Tax Certi-
Gcate Clerk Miles.

The examination into the accounts of ex-
Tax Certificate Clerk Miles, recently ar
rested on a charge of embezzlement, was
concluded by Auditor Petty this afternoon.
His investigation covered a period of nearly
two months, and he finds total of eighty
four certificates for which the District re-
ceived no fee, although from personal in
terviews with thirty-six of the applicants
he says he received assurances that fees
were paid.
The largest deficit. Mr.. Petty finds was
on account of duplicate numbered certifi-
Gates Out of the eighty-four cases from
which the District received no fee. forty
seven were for duplicates. 1t appears that
two certificates were issued and given du-
plicate numbers, and when the books were
checked up the single number was taken
and accounted for. Then In thirty-four of
the cases it was discovered that improper
trying these certificates as free, under an
order of the Commissioners, whereas full
fee had been paid. In three cases no re-
turns were made at all, the certificates
having simply been issued and not ac-
counted for.
After reviewing the methods employed in
the tax certificate Office. Auditor Petty rec
ommends that system Of coupons be used
in the issuance Of tax certificates, and,
further, that the order Of the Commission
ers permitting the issuance of certificates
ions are recorded be revoked.
All the information embodied in this re-
port, together with the testimony Of the
clerks in the Office of the assessor having
charge of tax certificates, has been pre-
scented to the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
Government honda.
Quotations reported b, Corson & Macart-
ba
RIVER STEAMER BURNS.
Blum City Of the Mississippi Anchor
Line q Total I,oss

Line a Total Lo~~.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. November 1s-The mag
nincent new Anchor line steamer Bluff
City. one of the first and newest boats on
the lower Mississippi. which left here on
wednesday bound for New Orleans with
forty passengers and LOCO tons OF mscel-
laneous freight on board was burned to the
waters edge at Chester. ILL.,. seventy-five
miles below here, at o am. today.
All the passengers and crew escaped with.
out Injury. but nothing on board was
saved. The loss, which is total. Will ag-
gregate 100000. A number OF valuable
race horses. that were being taken To New
Orleans for the races there, were burned
up on board the boat
FLAMES were discovered shortly before .
o clock in the engine room and spread rap
IDLY, soon envelopng the whole boat The
passengers and crew got to shore safely
not one OF them being injured in the least
Ihey We're unable to save any baggage
however Capt. Connors and Chief Clerk
Gates did all they could to get the passen
gers out OF harms way, and. though there
was rush Tor the gang plank. panic was
averted
Most CT the passengers were yellow fever
refugees who were returning 10 their homes
in the south from st. LOUIS
when the flames reached the powder
magazine there was a tremendous expio-
sion, which shattered the boat and caused
IL 10 sink tc the bottom of the river. Nu-
nerous window panes in buildings on shore
were broken and the town Of Chester was
badly shaken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
BEN RONALD WON FIRST RACE.
Cold Weather Kept Crowd Away From
Benning.

There was a decreased attendance at the
Benning track this afternoon, the raw air
being responsible. The track was in good
condition. but still somewhat slow
Speculation was as heavy as usual
Good Times. Break o. Day and Squan
were scratched I'm the first race and Taun-
ton in the second
Hugh Penny useif). to 5 and to 8;
Ben Ronald (Ben Sims, even and 4 to 3;
Debride F'ottes). 20 to 1 and o to 1; Tap
pan Ciaher). to 1 and o to 5; Buckeye
Uackson), 100 and % to Land Vinita tO'Con-
nor). 30 and 10, started in the first race
one mile and a sixteenth. First race was
v on by Ben Ronald by half length. Hugh
Penny second and Debride third. Time,
Isl.
Fflament (Hirsch), 81 and 81: Long
Acre tBallard). So and As: VIII
Glen (Sims), 2-1 and 3-5: Staysail
(WapshireD. 2o-1 and ell: Kid Fox
(Rein). 20 and 6; Gaspard (Garrigan). and
6 to ); Pinkerton Scout (Nostrand) 90 aud
20; Jack Jenohue (Scherer), = to 1 and 3 to
5. and Booker DoggetD, 8 and 3. started in
the second race.
Tomorrow Entries.
First race, selling. mile and one-eighth-
Knight of the Garter. 112; Alarum. 1I9;
Stray Step, 100: Counsellor Howe. Jos:
James Monroe. Dalgretti, Waterman, los;
L. b.. 1903; Squan. 81
Second race. six furlongs-Babieca, Hair
pin, 115; Gypceiver, Mooyer. whistling Con,
no: Homelike, Mr.. Stoffel, Sanger, Chara-
grace. Sagacity, Tinker, Isen, I07; The
Cad, 10.
Third race, one mile and sixty yards
Requital, lis: Noley, King T., lU5; kinni-
kinic, Albert S., Premier. Old Saugus, Lo-
bengula. Sallie Clicouot, 100.
Fourth race, six furlongs-Master James.
Continental. 116; City. III; Halton, 113;
To IN "
Daddy, los; Geo. IL. Ketcham. ia: Judge
wardell, 100; Lady Disdain. 81; General
Maceo IS; Pontet Camel, s.
Fifth race. hurdle, mile and one-quarter
Marshall, 1876; Lansdale. 152; Buckeye,
143: Brown Red, lao; Detective, 49,; Valor-
Gus, 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18

Forte Will Pay Indemnity and salute
the Austrian Flag.

CoNSTANTlNOPLE, November lS.IIt
was not until after midnight last night that
the Austrian ambassador here Baron De
Calico. received a note from the Turkish
government announcing a readiness To
make a satisfactory settlement of all the
Austrian demands regarding the maltreat-
ment of Herr Brazzafeln, the agent of the
Austrian Lloyd Steamship Company at
Mersina, Asia Minor. respecting the in
suits offered to the Austrian consul at that
place and on the subject of the arrears due
the Oriental Railroad Company which is
operated by Austrians. Tor transporting
Turkish troops during the recent war be-
tween Turkey and Greece.
Consequently, an indemnity will be paid
to Herr Brazzafeili the Austrian flag will
be saluted by a Turkish fort or warship
and the sum of f25o00o Cl.2.,O.V1) will be
paid the Oriental Railroad Company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
CROWDS AT HORSE SHOW.
Fine Weather Revives Interest in the
Great Society Event.

Fine Weather Revives Interest in the
Great Society Event.
NEW YORK, November 1s.-The fourth
day of the national horse show opened
with the most favorable conditions of
weather and attendance. The clear. crisp
November atmosphere has seemed to put
life into the horse and enthusiasm into the
spectators. The fear that this year would
mark the decline of interest in the exhi-
bition, which has been for twelve years
one of the events for both horsemen and
society people. is shown by the results to
have been groundlcss. for not only has
the high quality of the show been more
than maintained, but the attendance has
been better ttan in the past.
The program for today included a wide
variety of attractions, beginning with the
exercising. in which each succeeding day
is marked by the appearance of an increas-
ed number of saddle women on their IA
vorite horses.
After these are hackneys of different ages
and standards, the preliminary trial of
twenty-five Jumpers over gates five feet
high for the final competition of this even
ing, two-year-Old trotting stations and
mares, standardized brood mares with
their offspring, saddle horses. pairs to car
riages tandems, Shetland ponies in herds,
polo ponies and high steppers. to conclude
with the competition between the Jumpers
which qualified in this mornings Drelimi-
nary trials.
The event of the day, however, will be
the appearance of a platoon Of mounted
Police in full uniform on their beautiful
big bays. This will occur at o'clock this
evening in class 1O7. Roundsnan j. Fraw-
ley will be in command of the platoon and
put 1t through all the evolutions known to
TIE tactics. show how a runaway is cap
tured, and the like. There will be prizes
in money or plate values at $780, 500 and
$50 All the horses used by the municipal
police are about sixteen hands high and
bay geldings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
A SPANISH VICTORY.
Fight Occurred In the Province of
Pinar Del Rio.

HAVANA. November 1s.-It is officially
reported that the combined forces under Col
Esteban recently had an engagement with
an insGrgent force under the leadership of
Varano at Mogote, in the province of Pr
mar del Rio, with the result that the insur-
gents were put to flight, leaving twenty
one of their number dead on the field
Among the slain were the leader, Torrente,
and the insurgent project of Galafre,
Monies de Oca.
The Spanish force captured a quantity
of arms and ammunition. and also de-
stroyed the insurgents camp.
The infant battalion. according to the Of
fetal report, also attacked force of in
surgents at Sierra Yngles, province of
Pirar del Rio. and the Spanish guide and
seven soldiers were wounded. The troops,
the official report says, captured the moth
er of the insurgent leader, Nunez, and her
two sons. Forty-one rifles were seized, and
the insurgent camp and fifty-two hots were
destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
CATTLE THIEF.s DARING ACT.
Disarms Three Omcers and Final
Makes His Escape.

Makes His Escape.
EMPORIA, Kan, November S.-A deputy
sheriff, Santa Fe railroad deputy and a
policeman, while attempting to arrest a
cattle thief in the post Office last evening,
were all three disarmed by one man, who
afterward escaped. Sheriff Goughan had
received a telegram, asking that a man
named Kooken be arrested. Deputy Sheriff
Fred Wagner, Santa Fe Detective Laws
and Policeman Al Randolph went to the
post Office and placed Kooken under arrest
while he was reading a letter.
'All right, I'll go with you in a minute. 4"
said Kooken, and began placing his letter
in his pocket. Like a fash he pulled a re-
volver in each hand. showed one into the
face Of Wagner and coolly said: Cough
up your gum" and almost in the same
breath covered the other two officers. In
almost a moment the three men were dis
armed. Showing the pistols into his over
coat pockets he rushed for the door and
disappeared. A posse of deputy sheriffs
and the entire police force are now out
hunting him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
Pleased With Their Visit.

Information has been received here TO
the effect that Mr.. I. Van Alphen, postmas-
ter general Of the South African Republic,
ard late delegate to the universal postal
congress. has returned to his home. In
Cape Town he expressed his appreciation
OF the reception given the delegates by this
government in public interview. as fol-
lows: .,
THE officials and the public of Washing
ton and other towns did all in their power
to make eur stay in their country a pleas
ant and agreeable one, and we will always
look back with satisfaction to our brief
sojourn in the great republic, where we
made many friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
PERIsHING on CHILkoOT PASS.
Chicago Man Writes of the Perils OF
Yukon Trim.

CHICAGO, November 1s.-A special to
the Record from San Francisco says:
George Pope of Chicago has written to a
friend here from Sheep Camp. on the Chill
koot trail The letter is dated October 2s
and gives the latest news of the condition
of the men who are stranded on the way to
the Klondike. He says heavy storm had
been raging on the pass When it abated
he hoped to get his outfit over the sum-
init. He continues:
THE other day "A man told me that at
least twenty men had persisted on the trail
within the last few weeks 1 have not
been able TO verify this statement At
every town and settlement at which pros
pectors are compelled to stop the men have
stories TO tell of the danger of the Journey
Their advice is to avoid the trip now at
any cost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18

The grand jury this afternoon reported
indictments All follows: Alberta Gibson,
arson, Joseph Cant. assault to kill; Joseph
Grinder assault to kill; Peter Seiby, alias
Peter Selvey. bigamy: William F. McDon-
Lewis, false pretenses: Frank Smith, alias
Charles Chick. false pretenses; Archie Rob
inscn. housebreaking; Robert Smith, house,
breaking: Harriet Kessler. larceny; Eu-
gene Brooks. larceny from the person:
John Jenkins and Horace Allen, larceny
from the person, and Richard Campbell
second offense petit larceny
Charges as follows were ignored-C Charles
G. SIMMONS, arson; Joshua r. Hayes, libel.
and Esau Nelson. housebreaktng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
sUPT. CRANDALL REDUCED.
Mpde Librarian of Document Room Of
the Printing Office.

F. A. Crandall, superintendent of docu-
ments, has been reduced by the public
printer to the position of librarian Of the
document room. The position of superin-
tendent has not yet been filled.
Mr. Crandalrs friends claim that his re-
moyal has been in violation of the Presi-
dents amendment to rule =, because Mr..
Crandau had not been furnished with any
charges against him. He has served as
superintendent two years.
1t is understood that the right OF the pub
lie printer to reduce Mr.. Crandall in the
n amer In which 1t has been done win be
contested and brought to the attention Of
the civil service commission
There is not eligible list to take sue
cessor from. In the meantime Mr.. Palmer
will make a ninety-day appointment and
ask the civil service commission TO order
a special examination to I'LL the vacancy.
An Illinois man is to receive the temporary
appointment
The place pays about 5000 a year and
is of importance. Mr.. Crandall was APP
pointe6 from Erie county, n. Y. He was
Buffalo Morning Express, and later editor
of the Providence Evening Journal Nc.
Crandall for some years was proprietor
of the Erie Gazette, the paper on which
Horace Greeley served his apprenticeship.
Mr.. Crandall was expected at the White
House today to lay his case before Presi-
dent Mckinley. It was said that Repre-
sentative Alexander of New York. a men,
Der of the House civil service committee.
was also to aid Mr.. Crandall.
1t Is not known what disposition the
President would make of such a case, II
brought before him. Representative Alex
ander Is from Erie county. and would
naturally take an interest IN the matter.
1t has been limited that the case OF Mr..
Oyster was also to be taken before the
President.
II the President should ask the Attorney
General to pass upon these cases the Ques-
ton as to the protection Of the civil sery-
ice over the government printing ONCE
nighf he settled At once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
COLD WEATHER AT NEW ORLEANS
Fever Rapidly Dying Out and Quar-
aatines to he Raised.

NEW ORLEANS. La. November 49,
The coolest weather of the season was re-
corded here this morning. the temperature
registering AZ degrees There was a light
frost in protected places. the wind pre-
venting a general formation. Cold and
frost were general throughout the state.
Alexandria reported a temperature of %.
with Ice and frost that killed vegetation
The fever situation was otherwise i'm
proved, there being but one case and one
death since last night. II Is expected that
the visitation of frost will result in the
raising OF those guarantees which are
stiil in effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
THE MERCHANT MARINE.
Steamship Representatives. to Discuss
Plans for Improvement.

steamship Representatives to Discuss
Plans for Improvement.
A committee representing, American
steamship interests will meet in Philadel-
phia, Friday. the 18th instant, to con-
slider plan to present. to Congress for the
best method of improving the American
merchant marine. The meeting would have
been held earlier. but the members OF
the committee are awaiting the return of
Mr.. Clyde, who Is now abroad. and who
will give the committee the benefit of his
observations while in Europe. This COM
mittee held several sessions during the last
Congress, but no definite plan was agreed
upon, although several measures were quite
thoroughly discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
WAR on TOLL GATES RESUMED.
Kentucky Raiders Leave Path of De-
structiOn Behind Them.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. November 1S.-A
special to the Commercial Tribune from
Nicholasville. KY, says: At . o'clock last
night thirty-five masked men rode up in
front of the court house square and gave
three yeils for the inauguration of free
toll roads in Jessamine county. The first
gate on the Lexington pike and the first
gate on the Keene pike were soon de-
stroyed.
AT ten O'Clock another party of seventy
hve horsemen passed through here to the
Sulphur Well pike. The first gate there was
b cut into kindiing wood. Three gates on the
Danville pike Jared the same fate. Fully
800 night raiders are out. and by morning
not gate will be left. On the Harrodsburg
pike light was visible at midnight prob
ably of the burning toll house at the last
gate on the keene and Versailles pike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
CHINESE WE'RE WELL ARMED.

Details of the Landing of German
Troops at kinOchau Bay.
COLOGNE. November 1S.-The Cologne
Gazette today publishes a dispatch from
Berlin giving further details of the landing
of German sailors and marines at Kiaochau
bay. province of Shanyun. on Monday
morning last The Germans it now APP
PEARS. found the place occupied by 5000
Chinese troops, armed with the Prussian
Jaeger rife and having with them four
teen Krupp field guns. The Chinese. fed
and the Germans, entering the fortifica-
tions, hauled down the Chinese flag and
hoisted the German standard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
PLANS OF ARCTIC ExPLoRERs.
Hjalmaf JOhannessen Talks Of Ar.
raDgements for His Next Trip.

Hjalmaf J0hannessen Talks of Ar.
rangements for His Next Trip.
CHRISTIANIA. November 18.-HjaImar
Jehannessen. the Norwegian army officer
who was with DIR. Fridtjof Nansen in the
latter's recent arctic expedition, referring
to the plans Of the directors of the next
trip north. says arrangements have already
been made for q sojourn hut ON Franz Jo-
SET Land.
companied by q large vessel called the
Shareholder. There will be many more dogs
Snd scientific men. and one Of the ships
win advance through the Ice until It be-
comes icebound. From there sled expedi-
tons win start north. The other ship will
60 along the Ice border. making scientific
researches IN the ice, in the wafer and At
the bottom OF the 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
FIVE THOUSAND RAIDERS READY
Capt Hews Prepares to Move on
Wichita Mountain.

WICHITA. Kan, November 1s.-Capt.
Hews. said TO be one of the twenty men
who are raising a colony of boomers to
take the Wichita mountain country by
storm. announces that he has already en-
listed nearly one hundred men in Wichita
and surrounding towns.
He Is forceful talker and carries sam
piles of the Wichita mountain mineral with
MIN 10 reinforce his argumeai- He claims
to have at his command now in Oklahoma
and southwes; Kansas 800 men, who will
move upon the reservation at 4 word.