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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
THE MARaUAND FIRM FAILURE
4 Report That 1t Is Worse Than at
First Thought

NEW YORK. July Ie--The failure of
Henry MaTquand * Co, promises to be
much worse than il was at first thought
to be It Is now declared that the books
Of the firm show that large quantities of
securities held for its customers and own
ed by them were rehypothecated-
This startling story Is told by a man
who processes to know the details thor
oughly- He says The loans obtained by
Marquand & Co are all amply guarded
by. as "a rule. excellent security ! only
wish the customers We're as well secured
As a matter of fact, however, they viii
have the short end Of the stick when set
Ting day comes. Many of those who had
stocks and securities with the firm have
been sold out. lock. stock. and barrel. and
under the laws of this State they have
no redress.
The books show that q great quantity
Of securities held by the firm for its Gus
toners and owned by those customers
have been rehypothecated- ! might tell
you OF one man. who has had an init
mate connection with the firms affairs.
who had stock in a certain railroad which
he had paid for. When the firm was press
ed for ready money. this stock was hy-
pothecated and is now held by an inno-
cent purchaser
The man in question has not thing
to show for the considerable sum Of mon
ey which he has lost. According I" the
laws Of this State. a person who limo
Gently buys property i protected. Hence
this man has no redress except to sue d
defunct firm or proceed against the mem
bers Of that firm criminaliy-
Nj MarqUand when asked what he had
10 say about this story. replied: The
members of the firm have nothing to
say"
Mr. Smith, the assignee, said 1t IS
true that the loans OF the firm are wei
secured. but the accounts of the custom
ers are badly slashed- To a certain ex-
tent it is true that the firm has rehy-
pothecated securities and stocks Of theil
customers. To what extent shat has
been done my statement VIII show / re.
gret TO say that ! viii not be able to is
, sue that until next week
Henry @. Marquand. father Of the sen
/ ior member Of the firm OF Henry Mar
quand < Co. is seriously i'll 1t Newport
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
CLOSING THEPRosEcUTIoE.
The Defence of shinn to Begin This
Afternoon.

afternoon
TRENTON. y. J.. July lo-The S<ate
viii close its case against Samuel Shinn
the farm hand. for the murder Of TBou-
as s. APPRECIATE. 4 farmer. TODAY anC, the
defence VIII epdeavor to have the jury
directed 10y ;he court to find verdict Of
not guilty upon the ground, first, that It
has not been proved beyond reasonable
doubt that murder has been committed
and second that grave doubt exis.s as
to Shinns connection with the killing If
a murder actually has been committed
This morning was taken up by the
State in corrCborating the testimony Ct
the seventeen witnesses already exa min
ed The State has fifty-four witnesses.
Profs- Cornwall and McCIus5y, Of
Princeton University testified to fiiiding
blood upon the overalls, clothing and even
the uudcrshirt OF young ShInn. but they
could not swear positively that il was
human blood and the defence brought out
the fact that Shinn carried a pigs liver
from town to his home the day before the
death of ApYIegate no that he wore the
same clothing he had on when Apple
gates body was found under the heels Of
his mare.
The State. however. made several tell
ing points II was positively declared by
ShinHs father that the blood on the win
dow sill IN the rear Of the horse stall was
made by the swishinc Of the horses tail
while the body of APpleRate lay beneath
the heels Of the horse in the stall By
measuring the distance the Stat, shows
this to have been impossible
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a again issued this morning. The notice is
sued last Monday had little effect and the
craft which accompanied The racers were
very much in the way at the start This
say New York yachtsmen. should silence
all further talk from persons who have
held that the Newport course would be
better for the Cup races than the Sandy
Hook course because there would not be
so many excursion boats in the way.
Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard in his
yacht Corona left the haruor for City ISL
and this morning t. prepare for the New
York Yacht club cruise.
The challenge committee Of the New
York Yacht Club has not Yet made the
dates for the trial races to select the de
fender Of the Americas Cup Indeed. it
was said last night that it was possible
that no such races would take place for
the reason that the present series under
the auspices Of the Newport Yacht Rae
ing Association might afford basis of
selection Should the Constitution keep
up her victories the coming week and
should the Independence continue to make
a poor showing. a leading New York
Yacht Club man said today that he could
see no necessity for any trial races.
The next race in which the big yachts
will participate after this week viii be
the series on the annual cruise OF the New
York Yacht Club There viii be a spe-
cial class for the ninety-footers and each
day OF the cruise viii see a contest be
tween the Constitution and Columbia
Should Mr.. Lawson care TO enter the In
dependence in these races, he can do SO
by chart, ring her to a member Of the club
as already suggested, in which case she
could fly the New York flag
The feet will rendezvous at Glen Cove
on July - and on the afternoon Of that
day viii race to Huntington Cove for the
Commodore Cup. On the 23d the yachts
viii race TO Morris Cove; the 2fth 10 New
London; the 18th to Newport: the 25th to
Vineyard Haven; the 27th back TO New
port. Then on Monday the 18th comes the
annual races for the Astor Cup in which
/ the niucty-footors viii participate. Fol
loving this comes the big regatta OF the
Newport Racing Association on August
I and > Should the trial races be hello,
they viii undoubtedly come early in Au-
gr.sf
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
DISAPPEARED YEARS AGO.
Return of Pennsylvania Long Be.
Iieyed to Be Dead.

WILkESBARRE- Pa, July 10-Charles
Ferguson. who disappeared thirty-tyFo
years ago has returned home found his
wife has married again and is now a wild
ow, and viii now live cat the remaining
years of his life with her. he had been
mourned for dead ever since ne was last
seen by the woman
ForgusCn left her when he was thirty
years old and when they lived in Wyo-
ming county. H says that he went 10
look for work and wrote several times.
but, not receiving a reply. came to the
conclusion that his wife did not want him
and went West There h Prospered. His
wife waited . couple Of years and not
hearing from him. came here and vas
married TO Jonathan r. Willis. Four
children were born TO them. Willis was
accidentally killed seven years ago. For
guson returned to Wyoming county few
days ago. located his wife and last night
called on her. It was some time before
she could he convinced as to his identity.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE.
Insurance Experts say the Average
Length IL increasing.

NEW YORK, July Io--After eight years
Of work on the mortality records of 63S.-
600 persons the dctuaries of England and
Scotland declare that the average length
OF human life Is increasing This agrees
with the conclusions Of the great AIneri-
can companies
The Mutual Life Insurance Company.
of New York, by far the largest and
strongest institution of the kind in the
world. demonstrated some years ago that
the average duration Of human life has
increased notably over what il Was in
America at the beginning of the nine
teenth century Officers OF the Mutual
say its records gilmore than a million
lives GA which the company has written
insurance. If analyzed today. would un-
doubtadIy show the same result as IS
set forth by the British investigation.
The Mutual Life reports an increasing
demand for investment insurance, parJic-
u!arIy for its per cent gold bond poll
cies, which. apart from the protection
they give yield much larger net return
than Government bonds and are just as
safe Increased expectation of life is be
Iieved to be one reason for this popular
favor and not alone the lower premium
rates and higher guarantees of the Mu-
tual.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
DISTRICT DAY AT BUFFALO.
Details of the Programme for the
Occasion Completed.

Tha committee of arrangements for
District Day at the Pan-ATnerican Expo
sitiou today completed the programme to
b.. observed on September g.
In the morning a reception viii be heId
in the Government Building Guests viii
be received by the Commissioners Of the
District Of Columbia. and by the Director
General # the Exposition assisted by his
staff The formal exercises of the day
viii be held in the Government Building
IN the afternoon Addresses will be made
by Director General MiIburrs and Assist
ant Director Buchanan. The closing ad-
dress, on behalf Of the District Of Column
bia, VIII be delivered by Commissioner
Henry p. F. MacfarIand
In the evening an Illustrated lecture.
showing all of the beautiful, interesting
and historical places in Washington and
the District Of Columbia, viii be given in
the Temple of Music. which has a seating
capacity of between 1850 and S.o0o people.
The lecturer has been practically decided
upon. although the committee is not yet
ready to announce his name. The Ma
Tine Band will be in attendance. and Will
contribute the musical part of the pro-
gramme.
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THE FosBURGH MYSTERY.
a Report Tint Miss Sheldon Has Re
fused to Testify

PITTSFIELD. Mass. July Let is ru-
mored today that Bertha Sheldon, VINO
WAS "a guest in the Fosburgh home the
norning Of August %. when May Fos-
burgh was shot and killed has refused to
come here from Rhode Island to give tes-
timouy for the defence at the trial Of
the accused brother
The ODD shoe which has figured pTUmi-
nentIy IN the case. was sold from q store
al IZu Broadway. New York. The records
show that the sale was made July ), 1900.
Robert FosburEh asserts that he was in
PittsfeId on the day the shoe was sold.
IN this MS father coTrghorIrcs him. On
the other hand Mr. Nicholson. chief Of
police. viii attempt 20 show that Fos-
burgh was not here and did buy the shoe
Several weeks ago ne brought 20 this city
the clerk who sold the shoe AIT. Nichoi-
son IS said 70 have since stated khat the
clerk fully and absolutely Identified Rob
crt Fosburgh as the man e. whom he sold
the shoe.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
DU PLooY SET FREE.
a New Yorker Pays the Escaped
BOer PriHnner,H Ffne.

NEW YORK July I0--Dayid Stephen
Du Plooy, the Boer prisoner of war, who
vas taken in custody by the immisra ton
authorities here yesterday when he ar
rived On the steamship Trinidad on which
ne had hidden himself after making his
escape from the English prison at Ber-
muda. was released this morning
r. Won H Schramm. d weIl-to-do real
estate owner, applied to Mr.. FItchie, the
immigration Commissioner. for the re-
lease Of the young Boer. Mr. Schramm
was told that there were no obstacles to
setting Du Plocy free. save that a nomi-
nal fine OF SO. for which the steamship
company was really responsible under the
law for carrying stowaway. must be
paid.
hr. Schramm willingly paid the fine and
went With the Boer from Ellis Island 10
She Parkmere apartment house, owned 10y
Mr.. SchTamm- Nj Schramm intends 40
give DU Plooy employment on his ranch
in Yuma county Col
4 special board q enquiry met this
morning 10 determ what should be
done with the stowaway. Though Du
Plooy was an escaped prisoner Of war
the British authorities have made no ap-
plication to have him returned. Hence.
the immigration authorities were able 10
deal with his case as that OF q stowaway
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
SHERMAN REAL. ESTATE SOLD.
His Executors Dispose of Lots LOCHt.
ed in BIGominEdaIe.

a deed was placed on record today BY
Myron Vi. Parker and Winfield s Kerr. of
Mansfield. Ohio. executors. under the viii
o. the late John Sherman. conveying to
John Paul. lot in block +; lots ;, Z. .,
and q in block :; lots l. and . IN block Q;
lots "A. Is, y, and q in block 10; lCt in
block II; lots 10 and Il in block L; lot 8 in
block q. in the tract Of land known as
BioomingdaIe and bounded by Rhode Isl
and, Florida. and Lincoln Avenues, al the
head Of North Capitol Street.
The consideration named Is $4,000
The deed Of conveyance excepts such
parts of lots I'm blocks Z. 2, 10, and Il as
have been condemned. The sale Is also
conditioned on the agreement that on lots
Nos. ; and y in block Z; lots Is. z, and a
in block To- lot in block II: lot 10 in block
y. no house shall be erected within a
distance Of fifteen feet Of the street.
1t IS also stipulated that buildings erect
ed on these lots shall not cost less than
81 500 each, and that no spiritUOus liquors
shall be sold on the premises
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
CHINESE TROOPS ROUTED.
Persistent Runners Of a Fight South
of PaOting-fu.
The New Society of Allied villages
Said to BE Carrying Things With a
High Hapd-TcTuls of the Agree
mcnt With the Pow cTS Violated.


High Hapd-TeFms of the Agree
mcnt With the Pow crs Violated.
PEkIN. July Io--Persistent reports
reach here to The effect that the Society
of Allied Villages, which secret organiza-
ton has succeeded the Boxers and is said
to he growing rapidly, has defeated the
Chinese Imperial troops south Of Paoting-
ia, and the foreigners here believe there
has at least been a seric Is clash with
the revolutionary element
Despite the supposed lesson taught the
CeIestiaIs by the allied Powers, it is
known that the secret society movement
is fourishing in China and there are fears
that serious results may follow The in
surgents seem to be encouraged by the
gradual withdrawal Of the foreign troops
and there are misgivings as to what will
happen when the Empire has again been
turned over to the control of the Chinese
Government
The adherents of the Society o. Allied
Villages who clashed with the Imperial
soldiers near Paotfug-fu are said to have
committed many high-handed outrages,
! the principal one being the release of a
number Of prisoners. from whom they
collected indemnity, and the imprison-
ment Of a magistrate and his staff.
The failure Of the Chinese to comply
with the demand Of the=4oreign ministers
that the society be suppressed. which de-
Z in
l protocol holding high officials responsible
! for the anti-foTeiEn societies, is likely TO
t cause serious trouble. The section Of the
protocol referred TO. If It amounts TO any
thing, means that Earl Il Hung Chang,
| as viceroy. Will be held responsible for the
growth and acts Of the present dangerous
/ organization. Otherwise. the Chinese will
believe that the new demands of the for
! cign ministers were not made with the ex-
pectation that they would be compiled
with.
/ The French having assumed the super
/ vision OF PaotinE-fu after the departure
( of the Germans are now left alone to deal
with the Chinese. The troubles are occur
t ring in an important part OF the province
/ There are 2,o0g French troops there. but it
IS expected that majority of them viii
/ evacuate in August.
General GaSelee. the British commander,
viii leave here on July il with his staff
+ He VIII be succeeded by General Creash.
/ who viii establish his headquarters at
Tientsin-
/ General Richardson. commanding the
Shanghai English ARTILLERY, viii with
( draw from the summer palace today. 1t
! is expected that the palace viii be turned
| over TO the Chinese at an early date in
order that they may effect repairs be
/ fore the return Of the court.
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FAVOR Mr.. HENNIGHAUsEN.
A Delegation Urges His Retention in
the Government Service.

= delegation Of prominent Baltimore
business men and political leaders called
on Secretary Gage this morning for the
purpose OF endorsing the administration
of Percy HcnHighausen as Commissioner
of Immigration at the Port OF Baltimore,
and to urge his reappoinument at the eN-
piration Of his present term Of office on
July 70.
Mir Hennighausen is said to be favor
ably considered for another term, but
Louis T Weis, of Baltimore, has also
made application for the position. and is
bringing much influence to bear in his
behalf. MI Weis is said to have the
endorsement Of a number Of business men
of the Monumental City
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a AN TohNE hFhEt SNfE ~ fN5AaAh
A. Lei~E,EuIn, United states Minis
ter at CoUrtautinopIc-The settle
men5 Accepted satisfactory
The controversy between the United
States and Turkey over the claims for in
demnity made by this Government on ac-
count OF the destruction OF American
property in Armenia which has several
times threatened to cause trouble be
tween the two countries has been settled
at last Secretary Hay today received
cablegTam from John g. \. Leishman,
the United States Minister at CONSTANT
nopie, saying that the Sublime Porte had
handed him $4,000 in payment Of the Ar
meniaH claims and that he had depos-
tied the money in ne Ottoman Bank sub
jecJ to the dispos ItOu OF the State De
paUtmeut.
This amount does not quite represent
the aggregate of the claims presented,
but the State Department IS satisfied The
money Is in payment of damage done to
the American College at HaTpoot. Arme-
MIA and injuries suffered by persons Of
Armenian birth who had been naturalized
in the United States It covers also the
indemnity demanded for the murder by
Turkish soldiers Of Frank Lentz Of Pitts
burg, Pa, who was making a tour on a
bicycle through Armenia for a magazine
when he was killed.
Five diplomatic representatives Of the
United States IN Turkey have tried for
nearly eight years to collect these claims.
The first was Minister Terrell under
President Cleveland He was succeeded
by Mr. Angel. who went to Constantine
pie for the express purpose of securing
payment After a years residence in
Turkey he came home without the money
and was succeeded by NIr- Straus of New
York
It was Mr. Straus who made the enter
ing wedge in the negotiations that have
at last succeeded He obtained from the
Sultan personally on three occasions the
promise that the indemnity would be paid
Without delay. The money was not forth
coming. however. and Mr.. StraUs came
home and declined to return to Turkey
unless the Sultan made good his promise
During Mr.. Straus' abserce. Lloyd c,
GrIscom, the United States Charge 4 Al
faires, who sailed today from New York
on his way to assume the duties OF Uni
ted States Minister to Persia, made 1t q
point TO call every Saturday on the Sui
tan TO press the payment OF the claims
He was relieved recently by Mr. Leish-
man. who had been transferred from
Switzerland and whose success in seCur-
ing satisfaction 50 quickly is regarded
here as little short Of remarkable.
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3. z. BARNES ILL.
The Assistant Secretary to the Prcsi.
dent Confined to His Home.

Benjamin F. Barnes one of the assist
ant secretaries to the President, is con
fined at his home. IS r Street northeast.
with an attack OF fever While his i'll
ness is not thought to be of a serious na-
tIre II will be week or more before he
is able TO resume his duties at the White
House.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
cLAUsEN AND sPATE YIELD.
No More Pay Chairs in NHdi~on
Square Park, New York,

"uW"Et Tts'FN' Wv , JIM
NEW YORK July 16.-Everything was
quiet in Madison Square Park today in the
vicinity Of Spa1s chairs and, in view of
the announcement Of the park depart
nent that he would give up the expert
ment of maintaining pay chairs no trou-
bic was anticipated on the part of the
few policemen patrolling the pathways
Mr. ,ClauSen VIII revoke the privilege ex-
tended to Oscar 2 Spate to keep pay
chairs in the park as he has finally been
forced to the conclusion that they are
unpopular. In a statement issued early
this morning, Nr- Clausen said that he
would purchase the chairs now placed in
the parks and present them to the city
for the sole use of women and children
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The New York Court of Appeals.

ALBANY y Y. July 10-The Court of
Appeals met for consultation this morn
ing and this afternoon Will hand down
decisions. 1t Is not expected that the
court will hand down decision in the
MoliueuN murder case before it convcucs
for its fall term on September 50, though.
OF course. nothing definite can be stated
about this until the decisions are hand
ed down this afternoon.
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MR. HACKETT's HOLIDAY.
The Assistant Secretary Going to tin
Buffalo Expedition.

PORTSMOUTH. n y. July I0-Frank
" Hackett. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, has arrived here from Washington.
and proceeded 10 New Castle, where he
opened his summer residence
He viii leave at once. however. for the
Pal-Amerfcan Exposition. ana viii remain
in Buffalo over Sunday
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a PORTUGUESE CONSULATE.
One to Be Established in Washing
ton for the First Time.

The State Department has recognized
E.manueIe FronOni as Vice Consul of PoT-
tugaI at Washington This Is the first
time Portugal has been represented at
the Capital by a consul, the nearest con-
suIates OF that country having heretofore
been at New York city, Newport News.
and Norfolk, Va
The new Vice Consul viii be under the
Jurisdiction OF the Consul General Of Por-
ftI.-aI AT New York city.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
GIRLS SAVE a TRAIN.
stopped Il Freight Which Was AP,
proachin= Il Burning TreStIe-

CHICAGO July I0.-A fast freight on
the Panhandle was saved from disas-
trous wreck near Aneka Junction yester-
day by the prompt action of Edna Keen
er. aged twelve years, and Emma Turn
baugh aged fourteen years
The girls. while playing along the track
discovered that 4 trestIe was or fire
With their sunbonnets they Tagged the
train Just in time 10 save it from going
into the ditch The train crew made up
a purse for the girls and the matter has
been reported to the officers of the rail-
road
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-10
APPOINTMENTS AT MANILA.
Posts for Arthur FERGUSON and Dan
icI Williams

MANILA. July I0.-The Philippine Com
mission has decided To appoint Arthur
FERGUSON 10 the post Of executive secre-
tary and Daniel Williams to the post Of
secretary.
When the Commission was formed it
was decided to appoint two secretaries,
one Of whom should be familiar with the
Spanish language and customs Mr. Fer
gusson was appointed the Spanish sec
retaTy. Recently both posts were consoH-
dated under his charge
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MR.. BALDWIN ANNOYED.
A Russian Admiral Regarded as a
Rival Explorer.

LONDON, July IA despatch to the
Morning Leader from Copenhagen
states that Mr. Baldwin. the head ef the
Baidwin-Ziegler Arctic expedition. was
much annoyed when he arrived at from
soc by meeting Admiral Makaroff Of the
Russian navy. with me ice-crushing
steamer Yormak- Mr. Baldwin believing
that the admiral secretly intends to rival
his eypeditiOn
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PURSUING THE BoERs.
British Columns After Commandments
MaIan and Latesan-

CAPE TOWN, July Io-The British col
umns under Wyndham and Lund are pur-
suing the Beers under Commandments Ma
ian and Lategan. It is expected that the
Beers will attempt to double back to
the Richmond district
The recruiting Of irregular forces has
been stopped in Cape Colony. but the
Government is still taking men for the
Imperial Light Horse. the South African
Light Horse. the johannesburg Mounted
Rifles. and Kitchener Scouts.