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The evening times., 1899-12-12

The trial of Frank W. Funk charged with
the murder of William H. Brooks, on June
%, 1898, was continued this morning in
Criminal Court No. 1, Justice Cole
presiding Making all allowance for the
presence of the hundred extra talesmen
summoned, it was plain that the attendance
was greater than on the opening day.
When the prisoner entered the court
room he smiled as he did yesterday. 1t
was evidently forced, however, for within
a very few minutes the smile faded away
and for the first time since his trial COM
meneed Funk looked serious. He was some
what paler than when he first entered the
court, and once whan one of the talssmen,
in answer TO question by Justice Cole,
stated that his opinion was such that he
could not do justice TO the defendant II
chosen as juror deadly pallor over
spread Funks countenance.
% Within half an hour after the proceedings
commenced, there were twelve men in the
box. Then began the weeding-out pro-
cess under the system of peremptory chal-
lenge which is the privilege of counsel on
either side. The defendant is entitled to
twenty and the Government to five peremp-
tory challenges.
~ majority OF the talesmen excused
we've retired for cause, they having al
ready a fixed opinion as to the guilt or in
nocence of the prisoners. In these in
stances the prospective jurors stated that
their minds were so firmly made up on
the subject that it is doubtful if any
amount of evidence would change it.
At o'clock this afternoon forty of
the talesmen had been examined as to
their qualifications to serve as jurors OF
these. thirty-eight were excused for cause
or were peremptorily challenged. Up to
that hour. the defence had exercised Lime
OF its twenty exemptory challenges.
The father Of the defendant, who came
from Altoona. Pa. to be present at the
trial. was in court again today. He took
a seat in the rear of the courtroom and
there were but few who knew OF his pres
ence.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
THE CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
A Well-Attend~d Meeting mt tn
TypOgraphical Temple.

4uCcthhS ~ she
Typographical Temple.
The Central Labor Union met last night
at typographical Temple. There was a
large attendance OF delegates from all the
affiliated unions. and the session was
lengthy. But little OF the business con-
sidered, however was made public. 1t was
stated that a letter had been received from
F. A. Vanderlip. Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, acknowledging communities
tion from the union, expressing its appre-
citation for the cordial reception accorded
H. w. Szegedy, president of the union, and
Messrs. Wilkie and Haslam, delegates from
England to the annual convention Of the
American Federation OF Labor.
& Instructions were telegraphed the delegate
from the union to the convention of the
American Federation of Labor. to cast his
vote for Samuel Gompers for president of
that organization. 1t was announced that
the charm donated to the Columbia Typo
graphical Union No. 101 fair. TO be award
ed to the most popular member of a To-
cal labor organization was won by Henry
W. SZegedy. President of the Central Labor
Union.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
GONE WITH A FORTUNE.
Meyer GoIdstein disappears Froi
New York With $4,000.

NEW YORK Dec. 12.-Meyer Goldstein,
bookkeeper for Henry s. Kramer. jeweiry
and optical goods, at So Nassau Street,
disappeared November 8, and Mr.. Kramer
not only mourns the loss of his trIsted
employe. but also $4,000 in cash and jew
elry.
Goldstein is an experienced business
man. and Mr.. Kramer reposed the utmost
confidence In him for several years. About
a month ago Mr. Kramer's attention was
called to draft for $50 which had not
been credited on his books. and he went
over to his bank to see about it, first tell
ing Goldstein of his intention.
1t took Mr. Kramer only five minutes
to straighten the matter out. but in that
time he discovered that forgery had
been committed When he returned TO his
Office. Goldstein had gone, and Mr.. hra-
mer has never seen him since.
Mr. Kramer. it is said. found that Cold
stein carried away goods from time to
time. as well as a large sum in cash.
Goldstein is thirty three years old, and
has a wife and children.
The evening times., 1899-12-12


NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE stock market
opened active and feverish. and with the
majority of the list showing declines as
compared with their final figures of yester-
day. There was little that was new over
night bearing upon the market.
There was some disappointment express
ed at the absence Of any action by the Sec
retary of the Treasury looking to the re-
lief Of the monetary, situation. and appar-
emily some disappointment that yesterdays
reports Of his presence in the city were
proved intorrecf. Sf -e@'h
While feverish Tie market showed no
such heavy and general liquidation as was
presented in the forenoon yesterday. Still
1t was noteworthy that all the standard
railway issues reflected a substantial
amount of pressure. notably in the instance
Of the. granger stocks ,A.s.s
The anthracite coal shares were also
weak. and smaller drains were shown in
the Pacific shares. Sugar Refining was the
active feature of the Industrial group and
the fluctuations in the stock were. Ana
conda Mining, and the Tennessee Iron and
Coal showed substantial activity.
The London market had an irregular
tone and the dealings here for foreign ac-
count were on both sides of the market
The evening times., 1899-12-12
THOUSANDS FOR AFFECTION.
Artist GilI-Mnrtin Wins His Suit
Against McInerney.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Joseph Palmer
ston Gill Martin, the landscape painter
who sued Patrick McInerney. Brooklyn
dry goods merchant, for $1,000 for alien
ating the affections of his pretty young
wife. was yesterday awarded $4,000 by a
jury before Justice Fitzgerald.
Gill-Martin's studio is at 2O5 Fifth Ave-
nue.. His wife, Maria Josephine Gill-Mar-
tin, was the widow of an English army Of
ficer named Moore. She is now in Canada.
Gill Martin claims to be the son of the
Irish coastguard who was named after
Lord Palmerston when that nobleman was
Prime Minister of England.
Gill Martin told the jury how McInerney
had invited himself to their home and had
afterward become more than friendly with
his wife. Letters written by McInerney to
Mrs. Gill Martin were introduced, in which
he addressed her as Lady Gilhooley" and
Dear Sunshine" The aged lover ended
his love letters with poetical effusions.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
FLEECED IN A BUNCO GAME.
John French Robbed of $1,000 b.
Two Clever Young Men.

by
Two Clever Young Men,
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-John French. a
former Brooklyn alderman, was buncoed
out of $1,000 last Friday morning by two
young men who worked on him one OF the
Oldest confidence games known to the
police.
MIR French left his house at II O'Clock
Friday morning to go TO the Mechanics
Bank. On the corner he met young man
who introduced himself as Harry Pratt,
the son of your old friend"
The rest of the story is quickly told. Mr.
French and his young friend started down
the street, entered a subscription book
store, drew cards in a prize library, and
ended in getting into debt $1,000 to the
manager of the place.
Mr.. French went downtown, drew out
$4,000 in cash, and later met Mr.. Pratt and
the two rode to the Office of the book COM
pany and paid the bill. Later it dawned
On the old gentleman that he had been
swindled. but as yet the police have not
found "the son of your old friend or the
manager of the publishing house
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Expense. of Dreyfu.. Defence.

ffar1s Letter IN tne NnicAko hecoiu.J
One feature of the Dreyfus case has not been
fully touched upon-the exceedingly large sum OF
money which the Dreyfus family has been forced
to spend. The trial Of 1904 cost a very fair sum-
limited chiefly, however, to lawyers fees. The
large outlay caused by the efforts OF the FAM
lily discover the real culprt after the departure
of the unfortunate prisoner from DEVILS Island
VI. Matthew Dreyfus employed two sets Of detec.
tives. The French detectives watched by
set of English detectives, and the family, Of
course, footed the bills in both instances This
work went on for two or three years, until the
discovery Of the famous petit bleu designating
Esterhazy as the culprit. Then came the expenses
leading TO the revision of the case, the lawyers
and the memoirs and other documents which
had to be published. But the deserved compensa-
tion given NJ. Mornard, NJ. Demange, and N.
Labori was not the only outlay which the Drey
fus family had to support at Rennes. As they
lost their suit, they had to pay all the witnesses
a round sum of nearly $1,000. Thus Drey fus was
placed in the curious position of paying the car
fare and the board bills II his deadffest enemies.
It is estimated that up TO the present more than
$500 600 has been employed in this brave fight.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
What Ia StyIes

(Ciiarles whitley in the London Spectator.)
You can only reach the truth by mega
tiyes There is no style where there is
not music, where there is not perfect and
curious choice of phrase, where there is
not proper sensitiveness to the etymologi-
cal tradition of such words as find place
in a sentence. Above all. music is the Sc
cret of great prose as of great verse, and
it is music which enabled Milton to write
the -Areopagitica" as 1t enabled him to
write Paradise Lost" Lucidity is good
in the one medium as in the other; SIM
plicity is good IL it does not degenerate into
commonness. But these pale qualities will
never fashion a mighty style. When the
eighteenth century achieved its universal
triumph of good sense, it killed for while
our English tongue. Style could not live
in an atmosphere which was instant death
to personality. since style is always. and
must always be, not only artificial, but per-
sonal. A reporter, in brief. is not an ar
tist, because he is inexpensive. and great
works. whether Of verse or prose, live by
their birthright. We are not born to write
that is an accomplishment acquired with
pain and forethought. In other words. Ian
guage is an instrument upon which the ar
tist in prose or verse must be taught to
play.
II the artists touch and method enable
him to express himself. then he has
pierced that strange mystery. style. If he
steal the touch and method of another,
then he need not be considered more care
fully than the imitators of Stevenson or
Meredith. But he who writes as he speaks,
is no better than he who reads as he
runs. The divinest narrative colloquially
expressed, Is dead tomorrow, and the ar
gument Of Swift merely appears simple to
the critic because the profound artifice Of
Swift eludes him. Style, indeed, is a per-
sonal and intimate gift, which proceeds
from and is the reflex Of sincere thought
or clear vision. But he who thinks or
sees must understand the use Of words,
and have an ear attuned to music. And
the sooner We block such easy cuts to ex-
cellence as that "men should write as they
talk" or that "a prose writer has nothing
to do with words.'' the sooner may we
look upon an English which is not con-
temptible. For the newspaper is not the
ideal Of our prose. and the frst lesson a
writer learns is that literature is some
thing better than conversation material
iZed In ink ~
The evening times., 1899-12-12
strange Beasts Flesh a. Food.


II may be doubted whether we do not lose much
from the gastrononic point Of view BY our over
fastidiouslcss in eating. 0na who has experi.
mented upon the flesh of strange animals says
that crocodile. though tasting somewhat of musk
is yet far from unsavory meat Elephants foo,
is \ delicacy well known to African travellers
and the fosh Of lions is said to taste we'll di..
fering therein from that of the tiger which i.
dry and full of eryes. The rhinoceros is said
to furnish sort Of cross between pork and beef
while all are agreed that the monkey is capital
eating,. and better than the best rabbit The
opossum and the kangaroo only require to he
known to he arp eci.ttd. while the flesh of the
seal. though rather dark. is extremely nutritious
and. above all, very diges;ibe. All these are
animals. which. although unfamiliar to most oi
US. have in themselves nothing repulsive or un.
slightly. When come to hear that locusts
rIe u ieast IS good eating shrimps and tina,
nine-tenihs Of the pottc1 lobster in circulation
is made from octopods, we think it we'll to dror
the CT tain tn are some mysteries which
should not be pried into too closely.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
Do1NGs OF THE HIGH COURT.
Three OF the COnspiratOrs Excluded
From the Sessions.

PARIS. Dec. 12.-At the present rate OF
Furnishing them. 1t will not be many days
before all the accused conspirators' against
the State will be excluded from the sittings
of the High Court. At today's session Du-
buc. Brunei, and Cailly were more than
usually obstreperous Cailly shouted out.
THE court continues its iniamy TO the
endi''
The court voted to exclude Brunei and
Dubuc for two sttings and TO keep Cailly
out Of the rooms till the pleadings are
begun.
In the Chamber OF Deputies today, VI.
de Cassagnac. referring to Former Minister
of Marine Lockroys alarmist views as TO
Frances present condition. said the coasts
were undefended.
NJ. Decrais. the Minister of the Colonies.
stated tha: the necessary measures were
being taken TO assure the safety Of France
and the colonies.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
A Debate on Trusts.

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. Dec. IA notable
discussion of trusts is scheduled for De-
cember 27 at Cornell, when the annual
session of the American Economic Associa-
tion is to be held. A foremost American
financier and a distinguished political econ
omist, ex-Secretary of the Treasury c. S.
Fairchild, Of New York, and President
Hadley. of Yale, will debate on trade CON-
binations. President Hadley is president of
the association. His annual address will
be ON the theme political Morality and
Economic Theory.'a1-.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
A CENTURY OF SPECULATION.
John Il. Dos PnssOs Testifies Before
the Industrial Com ma isiOn.


the Industrial COmmisiOn.
John X. Dos Passos. of New York, a law
yer and corporation attorney. testified by
request before the Industrial Commission
today. He gave at some length his views
as to the legal aspect of trusts. He refer
red especially to the large speeu,ations dur
ing the last one hundred years and ca led
attention to the Bank of England and the
East India Company to illustrate his re-
marks. ,.-.
He stated that Notwithstanding the fact
that many laws had been passed restrict
ing speculation these acts failed in their
purpose and really encouraged rather tnan
prevented it. He referred TO the menor-
able Black Friday in New York and said
that the effect was SO bad that special
remedial legislation was asked. Congress,
he said, did pass some measures which, It
was thought, would regulate matters. but
the laws passed proved SO detrimental that
the same Congress repealed them within
fifteen dayS, p
The evening times., 1899-12-12
Trouble All Around. =
(From the Philadelphia Record }

For the purpose Of forcing N. 8 Quay, into
the United States Senate it Is again proposed
lature shall be called in case the Senate should
refuse to CONFIRM his appointment by Governor
Stone. The State administration thus finds itself
between the devil and the deep sea. Senator
cannot be chosen in extra session unless Quay
be dropped from the list Of nominees: and even
II come other candidate should be elected the Ad-
minfstration and the machine must bear. the
responsibility for an unnecessary expenditure sof
State .fsnds, and would be held accountable for
failure to provide the State with full representa-
tion in the Federal Senate.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
Many Live. Lost I'm Mines.

HAZLETON, Pa, Dec 12-Mine Inspec-
tor W. H. Davies has made his report Of
the casualties in the Fifth anthracite dis
trict during the past year. His repor
shows there were 129 accidents about ths
various collieries Of the Lehigh region. OF
this number AZ were fatal. The number
of widows resulting from these fatalities
is %, and so children were left fatherIess
The evening times., 1899-12-12
For PROFIT. Not Protecttsnc

In the opinion Of a Republican organ, Almighty
fact underlying the prosperity OF Die Toantry Is
that our steel manufacturers can undcrbid all
rivals in the worlds markets because OF the vast
Statss stin the nrotect;on;eta insist | on Main.
tanning the enormous Dingfey rates Of duty on
iron and coal, tinplate, and all the products Of
iron and steel, in spite of the fact that Ameri.
can manufacturers Of these products are out
stripping foreign competition. Since these duties
by confession no longer needed TO protect for
what eAe do they serve but to enable the trusts
to despoil American consumers?
The evening times., 1899-12-12
THE SALE OF BONDS.
Runaors1 1GS4cerning Offers of Extra
Induce m uts.

uVrA1tSHccrhine oAers VI HAs
Inducements.
Offcials OF the Treasury Department are
considering the advisabiiity of offering ex-
ira inducements TO, bondholders for the
purpose Of obtsfhing the full $4,000. 900 OF
bonds recently advertised for by Secretary
Gage. efsf
Up to the close of business today the
department had bought only $19.04S,600 OF
the bonds, and the returns for the past two
weeks have averaged only a few hundred
dollars day.
Various plans to obtain the full $25 5,000,-
600 have been discussed, but the one which
seems perhaps most likely to be adopted
is that of offering to extend the period for
the payment of interest on the bonds be-
yond that fixed in the original offer.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
General Brooke Not RECALLED.

War Department officials deny the report that
Major General Brooke, Military Governor of Cuba,
has been summoned to Washington. At the Office
of the Secretary Of War and the Adjutant Cen
cral it was stated today that no orders have been
issued recalling General Brooke. General Brooke's
recall, il reported has been ordered for the
purpose of arranging for the transfer of the office
OF Military Governor OF Cuba to General Leonard
Wood. recently appointed major general Of VOL
unteers
The evening times., 1899-12-12
Bubonic PIague Decrenxes nt snnto,

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-The Brazilian
Minister, in Washington, Mr.. De Assis-
Brazil, received the following cable de-
spatch, from his Government, and has tel
egraphed a copy 10 Consul General Xavier
in this city: Santos in good condition.
Plague has visibly disminished since mid
die of November. Only two new cases
have been reported this month"
The evening times., 1899-12-12
SEIZED IN BRITISH WATERS.
American Schooner Captured and tn
Captain Damaged $1,000.

SHptaih Damaged Ni,oOO.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. Dec. 12.-La,e last
spring the schooner Ethel B. Jacobs, of this
port, sailed on a mackerel catching voyage
to the Irish coast 1t was the first trip OF
the kind ever made by an American fish
erman.
1t was learned today that the Jacobs was
seized off the Irish coast by a British cruis-
er. The vessel and crew were held in cap
tivity fourteen days and then.1 after trial
at Bandon, Ireland. the complaint against
the owner and the vessel was dismissed.
AS a result of the seizure. Captain ia
cobs alleges that he was deprived OF an op-
portunity to fish and was damaged about
$500. A claim for this amount has been
made on his behalf against the British
Government and is being pushed in Con-
gress by Representative Moody
The evening times., 1899-12-12
Cot. for American Troops.

Colonel Patten, Of the Quartermastefs Depart
ment. wants 1000 folding cots for tie troops
in the Philippines The cots are to be sent as
soon as possible. as General Otis has informed
the department that they are badly needed. Cen
eral Otis believes that the rebellion Will seon be
ready for troops when they leave the field for
garriSonS
The evening times., 1899-12-12
COTTON CROP OF THE YEAR.
The Official Estfmate Is About g.,
100000 Bales.

The Statistician of the Department Of
Agriculture reports 100000 bales as the
probable cotton production of the United
States for 1S99-19o0. This estimate is
based on a larger number of both general
and special reports than has ever before
been received by the department In coz
nection with a cotton crop.
While weather conditions during the last
thirty days have been mainly favorable to
whatever picking remained to be done. SO
that the general condition of the crop is
slightly better than one month ago, con-
tinued investigations leave absolutely no
doubt that the crop is even smaller than
was indicated in either of the Statistician's
previous reports.
The estimated productive area in acres
is 23, ,522 900, or SIS per cent less than last
year.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
serious Illness of Mr., whi,.

LONDON, Dec. 12.-Mrs. White, wife of
Secretary White, of the American Embas-
ey, who was thought to be recovering from
the illness from which she recently suf-
fered, has had a relapse and has gone to
the Riviera in the hope Of benefiting from
The more healthful climate there.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
The Sale of a Railroad,

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Dec. 12.-The sale
Of the controlling interest of the Cleveland,
Lorain and Wheeling Railroad is under
stood to have beeen made here for the Eel
eral Steel Company. The deal was made
to Blair & Co.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
Loan and Trust Company Figures.

The Comptroller of the Currency has Is
sued an abstract of reports submitted tc
him, showing the condition of the various
loan and trust companies of the District OF
Columbia at the close of business, Sstur-
day, December ., 1899.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
wa.hington stock E1eAa.xe.

sales-Riggs Fire msdfsnee: 1s5&s 5-s;
Peoples Fire Insurance: g5e@s 81; Capt.
tai Traction: 2o092 IL: Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone: 106S4; Mergenthaler
Linotype: 10@2o6 3-s. 10@2o6 1-s. 6o02o6,
Eeo@205 3-4 1o62o5 TT szcM7o5 7-s; Lam
ston Monotype; 2eo@1s: :sAmerican GRAPHIC
phone: 2G1s; American Graphopdone, pre-
The evening times., 1899-12-12
THE M'poNNELL WILL VALID.

SurrOEnte OVerruIes the Clni Of
the Nephew ms Conteste-.
SARATOGA, n. Y, Dec. 12.-The will of
the late Rev. J. J. Mcdonnell. a we'll
known Albany diocese clergyman, which
was contested by Joseph P. Mcdonnell, of
Washington, d. c., disinherited nephew
has been declared valid by the surrogate
The will was written by Father Mcdonnell
himself and disposed of a large estate.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
ON CHANGERS
An Active and Feyerish Market in
Wall Street.

Brokers Disappointed Because of No
Further Action for Monetary Re-
lief by the Treasury Department.
Anthracite. Coal Shares Weak-Ir-
regular Tone Of London Dealings.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
ItchinG. B.rni.x. creepinG. Craw.

Itch1nG, Burmfn8, CfeeH1n8, CrAW.
ling Skin Diseases relieved in Jew minutes by
Agnew's Ointment DR.. Agpew,s Ointment re-
lieves instantly, and cures letter, Salt Rheum,
Eruptions Of the Skin It i soothing and quiet.
ing and acts like magic In all Baby Humors,
Irritation Of the Scalp or Rashes during teething
time. 50 cents box. Sold by r: s. Williams,
and Pennsylvania Avenue.-3,
The evening times., 1899-12-12
FUNK IN 4 SERIOUS MOOD
The Alleged Murderer of William
Brooks No Longer Smiles.

He Turns Pale When n Talesman
Declares He Could Not Do Justice
to the PrisOner-SIow Progress in
Securing n Jury-The Right of Per-
emptory Challenging Exercised.
The evening times., 1899-12-12

The most delightful table beverage is Heurich's
Maerzen, and Senate Beer. For case phone
81, Arlington Bottling Co.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
New. York stock Market.

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.,
members Of the New York Exchange.
lil0 F Street.
The evening times., 1899-12-12

Colorado Fuel and Iron looks like pur-
chase to many. The company will in day
OF. two make Its earnings report. showing
the best month in the history of the COM
pany. s-1t
The evening times., 1899-12-12

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by ". D. Hibbs & Co..
members Of The New YORK Excnange,
ll1q Il Straaf
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BA.Ks AND TRUST COMPANIES.
The evening times., 1899-12-12
FINANCIAL.

Telephone 176l-
We have every facility for the quick execution
OF orders in stocks and grain. Small and large
lots receive equal attention. nol4-tf, EN-