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Evening star., 1900-05-02
ENTERS A GENERAL DENIAL
GOVERNMENT FILES ANSWER TO
SUIT by PORTO RICAN.
Status of the Island May Be Deter
mined by Case Pending
in New York.

NEW YORK, May 2.-The answer to the
$4,000 damages against Commissioner of
immigration Fitchie by Jorg Cruz, Porto
Rican, who was detained here as a contract
labOrer on his arrival recently from San
Juan, was today served on the plaintiff's s
counsel 1t was prepared by Assistant
United States District Attorney Arthur NJ
King by direction of the Washington au-
thorities. This suit is brought to determine
the status of Porto Rico.
The government answer admits that
porto Rico was reIinqushed and its SOW
ereignty ceded to the United States by
Spain,' and then sets up the contention
that it has no knowledge or information
sufficient to form belief that the plaintifT
was born in the island of Porto Rico, and
has always lived therein and was a sub
ject of Spain until April, 1899. and there
fore denies the same
The answer further says that the de-
fendant has no knowledge that on the
29th day of March, 1900, the defendant
left the island of Porto Rico on the ship
Caracas, and therefore denies the same.
but admits that he arrived at the port of
New York on April 3 on the Caracas" 1t
is, however, denied that Cruz was impris-
oned on his arrival or that the detention
complained of was not without authority of
law.
1t is lastly denied that the plaintiff was
in any way damaged in the sum of S50, 900.
and the United States circuit court is asked
to dismiss the suit on its merits and with
costs to the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1900-05-02
MEXICAN OFFICIAL ARRESTED
eoi. vega Charged With GuiIfv
knowledge of n Murder

CITY OF MEXICO. May Am impor-
taht arrest has been made in Chilina state
OF Guerrero, the prisoner being no I.ss
person than Col Vega, who is civil CHIEF
OF mat district position resembling some
"hat that of United States marshal He ia
believed TO have guilty knowledge of the
lacts IN the case of the assassination Of
Two prominent Frenchmen in that district
some months ago. 1t was alleged at tho
time that Messrs. Courtmont and DunIn
got into quarrel with Indians. who re.
sented their going there on an explorfpr
expedition. The government has pushed
ils investigation into the crime with great
energy, and the result is the arrest of Cal
vega, who yesterday unsuccessfully tried
to CIT his throat u
partial confession has been secura3
from the mayor of the town of ToDailIo
ana several Indians. The French colony il
SLatlfed at the interchangeable efforts made
py the federal authorities to discover the
secret OF one of the most wanton murders
trat ever disgraced the history of the SAT-,
IL 9l Guerrero. II is believed that within a
rev rev DAYS the whole history of the crime
Will be laid bare ''''
Evening star., 1900-05-02
DELEGATES START FOR HOME.
Exodus of Those Who Attended the
EcumenicaI Conference.

NEW YORK, May 2.-There was a gen.
erai exodus today of the delegates and visi-
tors to the ecwnenicaI conference. which
was brought to close last night. Many of
the missionaries who came from far coun-
tries have gone to visit friends before de-
parting for their posts, and at Carnegie
Hall today only few called to get their
mail before leaving. A staff of clerks is at
work readdressipg 1900 letters which the
conference post office contains and winding
up the mass of work on hand. A large
number of these letters will be sent to the
dead letter office, owing to the failure of
delegates to leave directions for forwarding
The $4,000 needed for the ecumenical con-
ference has been practically raised. Ii was
announced today that several additional
subscriptions to the India famine fund have
been received. making the total over 5000.
Evening star., 1900-05-02

Lillian r. Skinner, through Attorney TT.
Is. Moutton. this afternoon filed suit for
dlNorce against Claude A. Skinner. The
parties We're married December 4. 1886, and
have one child
Inc marriage. Mrs. Skinner says, was
Drought about by the persuasion of The
respondent and without the knowledge Of
the parents If the complainant, she being
az the time quite young and inexperienced,
She alleges that her husband was sh:ftless
lnd0lent. addicted to the excessive use III
strong drink, quarrelsOme and at times
extremely abusive in his Treatment of ~
Evening star., 1900-05-02

The public will be interested to learn that
Kings Palace, S12-S14 Tth street and 115
Market space, this week celebrates the for
ty-first anniversary of the Oldest establish
ment in Washington. The event will i'm
press all with the prosperity and grow n
that attends fair dealing and honest busi-
ness methods Opening the business with
small space and but few employees, the es-
tablishmeut has gradually Increased until
at the present time it necessitateS two large
stores and hundreds of clerks TO care for
their extensive and daily increasing trade
A great many WashinSton;ans of advanced
age, who will recall visiting the store as
children, will call to tender their congratu-
lations on this, the forty-1irst anniversary
of the opening of Kings Palace Stores
Evening star., 1900-05-02
The Lions Mouth,

Frederick Warde appeared at the Column
bia last night in 1.-The Lions Mouth The
change of bill served to give Mr.. Warda's
admirers an opportunity to see him in
character which makes a considerable de-
maHd on his versatility. The play is one
with which Mr.. Warde has long been iden-
titled and is one of the most popular in his
repertoire. Minnie Titteil Bruno was COM
mendable as leading lady. and the company
displayed general efficiency. Tonight ''The
Merchant Of Venice will be performed
Evening star., 1900-05-02

r,rintfna office, s775,ooo, being an increase
OF s423,ooo.
The following limitations touching certain
branches of the public service, 1or whlch
appropriations are recommended ana no'
heretofore imposed, are submitted IN the
bill. namely: -. .ho
two wings of the Capitol only during such
hours and under such regulations as the
architect of the Capitol shall prescribe
In connection with the appropriations lor
the Government Hospital for the insane the
following:
'The board of visitors and the superin-
tendent shall prepare plans, speclhcatloIs
and estimates for an extension OF the nos
piraI sufficient 10 provide for 900 patients.
Said extension shall be of freproot con-
structiOn, and suitable for all Specla,
classes of acute insanity. Sald pians snai, .s,
include all necessary domestic buildings ana
all buildings required for the proper care
of 1.HU patients and the requisite nurses
and employees, and shall be approved by
the Secretary of the Interior. The total
cost OF all the buildings, machinery and
equipment including heating, lighting,
sewerage and water supply, unoer salo
plans shall not exceed s9io.OOo, within
which sum and under such plans the Sec
retary of the Interior is authorized to enter
into contract, or contracts, for the eXten-
sion of the hospital as herein speciiied.
Care of the Parks.
In connection with the appropriations for
the public parks in the city of Washington.
the following:
''One-haIf of the foregoing sums under
Buildings and grounds in and around
Washington shall be paid from the reve-
nues of the District of Columbia and the
other half from the treasury of the United
States"
In connection with the appropriation for
lighting certain parks in the District of Co
lumba the following:
THAT So 100 of the foregoing sum shall be
paid from the revenues of the District of
Columbia and the remainder from the
treasury of the United States"
OF Particular Local Interest.
The detailed appropria tons and provisions
in the bill of particular local interest are as
follows:
For the erection and completion OF a wing
al the west end of the building of the bu-
reau of engraving and printing, including
heating and ventilation, 100000: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is au-
thOriZed to use such portion of b street
southwest, now included in the grounds of
the bureau, may be necessary for the
foundation of the wing
For the erection and completion of neces-
sary fireproof outbuildings for the bureau
of engraving and printing, Sfio.%@.
For repairs TO treasury, Butler and
Winder buildings, 5000
For new boilers in the Treasury Depart
ment building $1,000; new pipe tunnels
$1,000: new plumbing. toilet rooms ard ex-
penses incident thereto, 10000; and for ad-
ditional vaults, SI5,o": in all. sl'20oo
For maintenance of the automatic fire
alarm system now in the treasury and
Winder buildings, S2.6e3.
The lighthouse board Is authorized to en-
pluy temporarily at Washington not exceed
| ing three craftsmen. to be paid at current
rates to prepare the plans for the tenders
for which appropriations are made by this
Evening star., 1900-05-02
Charged With False Pretenses.

Melvin j. Adams, thirty-four years old,
was arrested this afternoon by Detective
"eeooh on charge of false pretenses The
arrest was made on Il warrant sworn out
by Joseph 4. Yondt. Adams is from West
Virginia and it is stated Pc has been en-
pioyed as an agent FOR Yondt, who is a
contractor.
The defendant was taken TO the first pre-
clrct station TO he held for hearing in the
Police Court tomorrow unless he manages
10 give bail.
Evening star., 1900-05-02
Fatal street ARRAY in PbI,d.,,t;

ffflLADELPHlA, May 2-During Il
street light early today Hugh Callahan
ased 'wenty-nine years was shot in tbe
io!ehead by David McGovern, aged thirty
one years lie died at a hospital an hour
after his admission. McGovern was ar
rested and committed for trial.
Evening star., 1900-05-02
Greatest Scholars

OF two hempheres have their best thought the pepara
great library live FOREVER 5000
bubblng with information every subject
civilization The bright light investigation sheds
subjects that include
achievements of all nations and from the beginning
to the PRESENT YEAR
Evening star., 1900-05-02

Department of Justice.
For miscellaneous objects under the De
partment of Justice. S221 800 being a re-
duCtion OF s+42 .50n; for expenses Of United
Sta;c> courts. 81 .'5I..iyD being a reduction
or S2Ih.Il2 under the appropriations Cn-
ClUtinS ieHciencies) for the current fiscal
year. for objects under legislative S1I4n
being a reduction of 500. for public, print-
ing and binding, $4.1 Sto. being a reduc-
ton under the appropriations Uncluding de-
fcien"ies) for the current fiscal year of
s3S2 2pp
Office Of the Attorney General: For one
additional law clerk $2=sn.
For annual repairs of the court house OF
the District Of Columbia. per estimate
of the architect of the Capitol. $1.oDO tre-
duced 500
For incidental expenses and for employ
ment Of temporary assistance and work
men necessary for the care ami custody Of
the buildings in the District OF Columbia
rented by the Department OF Justice. to be
selected and their compensation fixed by
the Attorney General and to be expended
oOO.
Government Printing Office
For construction of the new governmen,
Evening star., 1900-05-02

There was another accident Monday after-
noon at the Paris exposition. A scaTolding
collapsed in the Sale des Fetes where the
inauguration ceremony was held One work.
man was killed and three were seriously in
jured.
Evening star., 1900-05-02

must remain idle in the absence of a plate
printer on account of sickness or leave. 1t
includes an increase Of pay of the engineer
who has to attend to the Butler building
occupied by the marine hospital service)
in addition to his duties in the coast and
geodetic survey, from 5000 to 81 go and
one fireman a Sh-M
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
PROCLAIM PEACE
ON THURSDAY.
Lord Roberts will Formally An
nounCe the Close of the
South African War.

New York, Oct S.-A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Cape Town
says a proclamation of peace in South
Africa is expected to be issued by Field
Marshal Roberts on Thursday next, that
being the anniversary of the declara ton
of war.
Lord Roberts leaves at tho end of the
month for England to assume his new
duties as commander-in-chie of the Brit
ISL armies.
London, Oct. S.-Wth the Chinese
there is some opportunity of paying at
in South Africa Out of 10000 wound
ed $4,000 have actually returned to duty.
Such quick recovery OF such large per-
centage of the wounded rather breaks
down Baron Bloch's theory that Il mod
ern war is impossible owing to its slaugh-
ter, though, it is true, 10000 British sol
diers have found graves in South Africa.
4 dispatch received from Lord Rob
crts. dated Friday. October ;, says:
The number of prisoners captured or
surrendered is daily increasing, and must
now aggregate nearly 10000 men.
'COmmandant Muller has surrendered
to Clery. and Commandant Dirksen and
Others are on their way to Pretoria to
surrender"
Aliwal North. Cape Colony, Monday
Oct. tdelayedD.-Gen. Dewet is report
ed to be a few miles south of Wepener
Tin the Orange River colony. about sew
enty miles north of Aliwal North. The
Beers near here are in a state of great
excitement.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
Delivered the Books

There was an amusing incident in con
ncction with the late Duke Of Edin-
burgh's Australian tour, relates a CORE
spondert in the Chicago Chronicle. He
accepted 2n invitation to visit wealthy
SqUatter on whose estate excellent shoot
ing was to be had. The Squatter was !.
self-made man, entirely unencumbered
with book learning and absolutely innG-
cent Of reading tastes. In making prepa
rat:ons for the dukes visit it was sud
denly discovered that the furnishing OF
the library had been completely over
looked. There was no time to be lost,
and SO the squatter sal down and dis
patched the following telegram to the
leading Melbourne bookseller:
Send one ton Of books. Inl;neGiate
delivery.
The bookseller was staggered at the re-
ceiDt of such wholesale and unconven-
tional order, but as the signature of the
sender would be honored by any Mel
borne bank On a check for six figures, he
kept his staff working on the job until
the small hours of the morning, and the
ton OF miscellaneous literature was hap
ply shelycd before the arrival Of the
duke
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
PORK MAY REACH $40.
Heavy Consumption and Scarcity
Of Live Hogs the
Cause.

Chicago, H., Oct. S.-With the world 5
visible supply limited TO $4,000 barrels it
is said by those who are in a position to
know that pork will touch the $40
mark before the day, closes: Sat,
urday the shorts did the bidding and
the price went from $14 to $11 a barrel,
closing strong. With this advance there
was a total purchase. of $500 barrels,
which represented a loss as high as ST.
600 to $4,000, according to the date
when the short sales were made.
Robert air, general manager for Sir
Thomas j. Upton, wlO is credited with
having corner on pork which is re-
sponsible for the steady rise in that COM
modify, does not like the word corner
but says it is merely merchandising
project.
The rise Of pork just at this time is
due to the heavy consumption October
and November are always heavy months
in the pork trade. AS it takes from for
ty-hve to sixty days properly to cure pork
for delivery, there is no way for the
packers to catch up on their orders The
shortage Of their supply is due to the
fact that live hogs have been selling high
Saturday was the first day in several
weeks that they sold lower.
Upton Denies Any Corner.
London, Oct. s, 3 a. m.-Here is what
Sir Thomas Upton says of the alleged
corner in pork in Chicago:
Il never yet tried to esia blish corner
in food, and the report from America,
which accuses me Of doing so, is entirely
misleading. Instead Of sending the price
of food ap [ always try to bring it down.
That has been my object all through my
business career.
What happened is simply this: I have
received a large number of government
orders and must keep big reserve of
stock. My buyers in Chicago, who, as
well as myself are members Of the board
of trade, bought extensively lately, and
consequently hold little more than the
usual stock but their buying was done
for my own legitimate business and to
carry out my contracts; not to form any
corner or send up the prices.
Il object to corners on principle.
never tried to form one, and / am not
going to start now. The fact that | hold
such a large stock at present practically
is an accident. In my business there.
altogether distinct from my English bust
ness, 1000 or 1000 pigs are killed every
day, SO you can imagine | must operate
largely in the market in order to carry
out my engagements. That is all l have
done, and the fact that [ hold so much
pork at the present moment need not af-
feet the American public at ALL"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
A BADGER CADET
FOR COURTMARTIAL
implicated, with Others, in a Haz-
ing Episode at the Annapo-
lis Naval Academy.

Annapolis, Nd, Oct. S.-The investiga-
ton of the hazing of the fourth-class
men, or the latest cadets admitted to the
Naval academy. by upper-class men will
begin today. Supt. Wainwright has ap-
pointed a court Of inquiry, and its in
yestigatiOn may lead to a courtmartial.
The cadets implicated are NJ. G.. Cook
Of Kansas, firSt-class man: John Strong
Abbott of Wisconsin, third-class man;
William Ancrul of South Carolina, third
class man. Harold Davis Childs of Ner-
mont, SecOnd-class man; Bradford, third
class man, and w. Z. Reid of Arizona,
third-clasS man.
Cadet Cook is alleged to have been
present when fourth-class man, j. +.
Dortch of Alabama, was requested to
stand On his head. AS frst-class man
ii is held he should have stopped the haz-
ing. Lieut. G. S. Bookwalter. while on
an inspection. caught the cadets in the
room of Cadet Abbott. one of the ac-
cused, and found the fourth-class man
DrpSput
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
MANY HURT BY AN EXPLOSION.
Tremendous Dynamite B1owup in
Eveleth, Mimi, Does Much Damage.

Eveleth. Mimi. Oct. S.-Seven thou
sand pounds of dynamite IN the powder
magazine at the Spruce mine. about half
Il mile from here, blew up at ) 80 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. A hole 100 feet
square AMI twenty-five Ieet deep marks
the spot where the magazine stood. The
force of the explosion was so great that
there is not piece OF glass over a
foot square within a radius of two miles
of the mine. Practically every window
and mirror in Eveleth was broken, while
in saloons all bottled goods were demOl-
shed in addition. The loss in the city is
estimated at 100000 The damage done
to the Spruce mine was about $4,000, the
mine laboratory and warehouses being
totally wrecked.
At least 200 people were hurt more or
less by the shock or by shattered glass.
The explosion was plainly felt at Biwa-
blk, twelve miles distant. The cause of
the accident is hard to ascertain. An
unknown man was seen near the maya
zine a few minutes before it occurred,
and it is believed he was responsible, al
though that is pure guesswork. At any
rate the fellow has not been seen since.
The only explosion equaling this occurred
at Virginia. Mimi. in 1894, when the
Lake Superior Powder company's maya
zine exploded, destroying everything
within two miles
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY.
Police Think They Have Proof of a
Conspiracy in the Rice
Case.

New York. Oct. Civilian Marsh
Rice, the millionaire whose sudden death
Till is shrouded ia mystery, was victim
Of foul play. Such is the belief of the
police Of New York city.
That Albert L. Patrick, Mr.. Rice's
lawyer. and Charles T. Jones, the dead
Elllllonaires secretary and valet, uttered
forged papers in addition to the two
checks upon which their arrest was made
the police are confident They believe
the list Of bogus documents includes
wills and assignments of property, and
they are working with all possible power
TO unfold what they believe to be a con-
splracy on the part. Of Patrick and Jones
to secure possession Of fortune Of not
less than S4,O0O,O00-all the property the
dead millionaire left in New York.
Both Patrick and Jones spent last
Eight in the Tombs prison. Earlier in
the day they had been arraigned before
Magistrate Mott and were held in $1O,-
900 bail each on charge of forgery in
spite Of the protests OF Patrick's attor-
Dey, who declared the bail was prohibit
tive. Their examination was set for
Monday. Meantime the police depart
ment has scores Of men working on the
various ends of the case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
i SHALL NOT FEAR.

.
The first plan of the defense was to
set forth that the monument was made
Of ziAc, whereas the contract specified
white bronze" The plaintiffs attorneys
showed that white bronze" was the ac-
cepted trade definition of monumental
zine.
Then came the opposing attorney s
boomerang. He introduced evidence
showing that the Psalm text had been
mlsquoted by the monument-makers. In
his argument to the jury he said:
Think of the disgrace to respecta-
ae religious family to have that monu-
nent, which the plaintiff insists will last
q thousand years, misquoting the best
knswn passage in the whole Bible. Why,
.his Is verse than wooden nutmegs, and,
gentlemen Of the jury, that monument
came from the same state where they
ased to sell wooden nutmegs.''
The jury at once decided that the Doty
estate did not owe the bill and the mon
ament company will be requested to
move the zinc shaft.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
THE SIXTY MEN
ARE STILL MISSING
Gen. Macarthur Confirms the Re-
ported Capture of the Twenty
ninth Infantry.

Manila. Oct. ). (via Hong Kong).--
The report Of the capture of about sixty
men of the Twenty-ninth United States
infantry on Martinique island is con-
frmed through communications from
Gen. Macarthur and Admiral kempf
from Martinique island, but details are
lacking.
The Yorktowns relief column landed
at Torrijos. on Martinique coast, and to
Santa Cruz, which was the supposed
route of the captured party, without en-
thing definite regarding the captives ex-
cept that they had entirely disappeared.
Martinique is small island within
forty miles of Luzon. 1t is possible that
the rebels have conveyed the captiyes to
IuZOn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
AVERAGE OF Ii KNOTS.
The Battleship Wisconsin Makes
Speedy Trip-Fastcr than
the Oregon.

San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 6.-The bat
t!eship Wisconsin, which has just re-
turned from Puget sound all trim for its
trial trip next week, made a record
breaking trip down from Seattle. It COW
cred the 500 miles in 50 hours, against
10 hours, which is the best time of the
steamer Queen, the fastest boat on the
coast.
The Wisconsin is swifter than the Or
egcn or any other boat turned out by
The Union ironworks.
On the trip up the cost the new war
ship ran into heavy storm. but it
bucked into the big seas regularly, go
ing easily at ten knots. It shipped one
sea that climbed aft as far as the big
turret and dcluged the men on watch
on the. flying bridge, fifty feet above the
waterline.
On the run down the Wisconsin aver
aged fourteen knots an hour. Irving NJ.
Scott, the builder, says the big boat can
be handled like a Yacht
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
BUBONIC PLAGUE AT
DOORS OF LONDON.
A Fatal Case in Wales Spurs the
Authorities to Extraordinary
Precautions.

London, Oct. s, 6 q. ma report has
been received by the local government
board Of a fatal case of plague in Wales.
The report has caused some alarm here.
and tomorrow the London county council
will be asked to approve Of special meas
ureS which it is considered advisable TO
take as precautions against an outbreak
in the metropolis.
A meteorological examination has been
made in the case Of the seaman, Gar
nett, who arrived at Newcastle Septem-
Der % on a vessel from the Rio de Ia
Plata and went to LANDAU, Wales,
where he died last Thursday, supposedly
of fever. The results show Enthusiastically
that the disease was the bubonic plaS
A man who was taken to Glasgow
city, and received at the hospital Septem-
Der 20, died there Sunday of the bubonic
Dlo ono