Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1873, Page 1

LLL SL SSNS a ——————————__\,, Che Lbening Star, eee ee THE EVENING STAR, PUBLISHED ILY, Sundays Exeepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Peunsylyauia Avenue, cor, Lith St. ar | | THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, | | ' 6. H. BAUPPMANN, Pre peas spay E EVENING STAR f« served by carriers to sanpekeses ‘Tex Cunre ren Waan,of Fo atv ovR CENTS MONTH spies * eountel Jorn Cunre zen nose. , Oovies St the counter six months, €3.00; one year, $5. THE WEEKLY STAR—” ooighod Pritay—S1.9 ayear. BF Invariably! advance, in bothcases, and | BO paper sent longer .nan paid for. | 4 Vv. 42—N°, 6.378 BF Rates of atvortixing furnished on a! ewe oer SS, “ WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1878. " EXCURSIONS, PIC NICS, &s. SPECIAL NOTICES, “BE SECOND GRAND PIC-NIO Leeches! Leeches! Leeches! oF GEORGETOWN ¢ cous, Ne U.0.G.B, wiilbe given GREEN SPRING SCHUBTZEN PARK, MONDAY, SEPT. Ist, 1573. Kets, admitting ‘gentleman ‘sad Indy. in IMPORTED SWEDISH LEECHES. cents. ieee "TBE skcoND ANNUA BIO OF THR —— @UARD, GOVERNOR'S MOUNTED WH TUESDAY. Seromter BIg m Three hanésome priz-s will be awarded Oli wine acseowen @bibtie at © ie, Penasylvania KY enue. ATTENTION: COMPANY A FIRST BATTALION NATIONAL GUARD, | - wi t first CRSION TO LEESBURG, ¥A., t Just received another fresh supply of these most urefal auimals. Will always keep them on hand fresh and reliable. ABRTHUP. NATTANS, Druggist arid Apothecary, Corner 2d and D streets n. w. ets, Mothers, Mothers: Don’t failte procure MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTH- ING SYRUP for all diseases incident to the period of teething én children. It relieves the child from pain, cures colig, regulates the bowels, and, by ‘ing relief and health te the child, gives rest to mother. Be sure and call for “MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRU: ieiste. jy They slic Bret displ! aie by all druj season. Aino, Capt said Company, las rendered great assistance. We te fal for the assistance of the fol- AMUSEMENTS. are proforudly name “ie BD ernor of the Bistrict, Vice President BP. W apt. Streets District. R ep! W. Batloch, bn OU. Evans, esq. Webster, Adjutant. s uditor Beard Public Works. utract Clerk Board Pablic Works. Wat on. hg oredr coe B.P Ww. ™ , Secretary of Governor, to the Honorary Members—flon. Joba F. 5s Opi) A brief Summer Season will begin on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. ‘The celebrated and very gt successful American Re- = Drama, by Augustin Daly,esq.,of New York, Jotn'P. Jobson, Hon ans. f. Brooks, UNDER THE GASLIGHT: Carson, 8. HW Willlada. coq. Dr A We ucker, A. On, tux WoLvasor Socletie H. Underword, esq. Win. A. Shorier, esq... Me- | Fill be produced, with a most brilliaut afray of per- Crmpeny i Captain, will sccompany ns: also Mr Bere tate of the Mh sher, the comman Ww. Battalion, andall the rest ofthe battalion. auga | ties; Mr. J.P. Clarke, Mr. J. B. odges, Mr. H. Peirson, ‘Mf Mollie Meader daughter of! Mrs. Clara. Fisher Meader; Mins Emma Whittle, Miss Adaline Steuart, lesers. Herbert, F. Wise, H. 0. Curley, J. iss Minnie Lee, ac. + 80 conts, 75 cents and $1; gallery 25 augZ DRY GOODS. F450 Goons OresEd cuear. We have opened all the Fall Goods left over from . comprising French Merinoes, Cash- Soprees Clothes Satines, Cretons, Sik and Fitzpat: Admissi cents. HEATER COMIQUE. BRILLIANT REOPENING MONDAY isces of BRIGHT | SEPTEMBER Isr. GOODS, of Lupin’s —~ ENTIR ¥ RENOVATED, RE- * speudid kof RICH AND KEFURNISHED. With L the finst aase of ER AND NEW STAGE AND RED STRIPED WOULKN SRaeLs | » be PROSCENIUM. ANDSOMEST AND MOST COMFORTA- BLE THEATER IN WABHINGTON THE STAR TROUPE OF AMERICA. First, the distinguished young actor GEORGE W. THOMPSO ‘The versatile m rc! JAMES A. ED ‘RD, of the sti lw z ‘The greatest of living Dutch Comedians, aaee. BGE S. KNIGHT. ‘The charming actrees ul vocalist, BIE AVERY, Ca The great eccentric song and dance men FRANK COLLINS. The charming serio comic vocalist , 38 MAGGIE BOWERS. The versatile comedians, B. S. HODGES and R. JEAN BUCKLEY, The fainous Maitre de Balle MONS. ALEX BLANDOWSKI. OUK COURT OF BEAUTY. OUR COURT OF BEAUTY. at the Silk, ask to see “ ur special brand of heavy BLEACHED COTTON—* Pride of iam” =— LUTTRELL & WINE, et 6" «1930 Pa. avenue, corner 2th st. SPECIAL PRICES Ss 1 ‘he celebrated Pi U868 DRESS GOODS: 12%¢., 25. 500, LILLIE GRAHAM KATE BARRONN, JOSIE FARREN, © LOUISA BLISS, Macy of the Goods worth pearly double the money. as TT Ba MAGGIE WESNER, Closing out Summer Stock ac a GREAT SACRI- Many LOVE,’ CLARA LOVES FICE to make room for Fall Stock. ad Big Mammoth Cofapeny of ete waiek we ack. BAMATIO and NOVELTY AUXILTABIES, A GIGANTIO ENTERTAIN: Concluding each evening with the superb THE GRAND DUCHESS THE GRAND DUCHESS, az-tr with unexampled splendor. Produced S7 Family a NG OUT SPRING AND SUMMER ang27-Im WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. STOCK OF DRY GOoDs, Orp No.) On Exhibition and Sale Baw No atextremely low prices. Remnants less than half | 77H 87. = Tru Br. price. BOGAN & WYLIE, 1018 and 1020 7th street northwest. Agency for Mine. Demorest's Patterns. a MARERITER'’S, DRY GOODS and NOTIONS at low figures, =——_ yn rr hy ‘Oar "Pollow's Helle” seis Call and examine before making your purchases, EMORY BAXITE 1920 Ponnsytvania ay: PRO Choice Of Engravings, eo. Also, isrmeet ek "Paper Hangings, Window Shades, Pictures, Frames, Picture end slg, Rings, Nails, c., in the District. t S7Picase remember Name and Number, jel-ly" ee ememier Hameo ond Namber._jel-1y" LL KINDS OF CAST-OFF WEARING AP- Daag teaiet yoaee Ween ey | APAREL canbe side the very Barat oats ements to Cash bayers. We me o s i ces of 8 few of our good: So. 780 619 D street, eth 3) Dutton Parle Rise? eo: Hotee bY mal =. = : : ma fala Savi ni core | QQBSUED: LYRE, BRAGG CORFE. re ag pS ““Brimble's” Glove-fiting Oorsete, very cheap, god urstere weqield, Motes b yee Bern Dat Cotton, ie. oe ‘asi-ly* Bick Alpacas aud Mohalrs of the best makes, tn- gre the Beaver and Buffalo brands, from 25c. Prints. sc; Lawn Robes from $3.50 ap. Ladies’ Caderwear and Gents’ Shirts st manufsc- SUMMER RESORTS. ‘TE FISEY Fong Hore, turers’ prices, Pavilion,” ji: PINEY POINT, M q EEREE ores | meets pe aes 2 jet8-Sm_ 1305 F street, between lath and igth. | A2d Washington, mincty miles, has been the — and will be open for the Teception LADIES’ GOODS. Bet. aoe Se tome tavien J8S7 008 Ten TUCK SKIRTS for @ cents | {Roroughly renoy 3 ae able ail ee at_ 5. HELLER’S, 710 ket Space. 135 supplied with all the Gclicesies of tke season from = = the Norfolk, Baltimore and W markets, MISS McCORMICK, imeormeste, Bowling, Bilarte. Boating, Tua. 909 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, ings Porhing. Qroquet and Quoit Ground daity. jas constantly on hand a fine amertment of Pelee er eee ray, O28 POF month; ehildren ait IMPORTED BONNETS, jy-n "CHAS. B. PARKER, Proprietor, STBAWS, CHIPs, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &e., POLAR ETE Tati cars we corr: HE LABGEST ASSORTMENT LADIES Burrs solting ot reduced prices, st cI 8. HELLEB’S, 715 Market Space, S™urive pzror, 617 SEVENTH STREET, Opposite Patent Office, EAD AND SAVE YOUR MONBY, fen-tr = so —- ~~we faded sous us “Cam nave then fenced’ ts Unalr tistaras whade in superior manu. We bave avery large gcrimert! of @i Curl long and Eibsue Peraihiwtick boa Visiag ee near G street. — “er” RAL BSR SY ETOnRS Price, 99, veiling for NOW OPENING at 8. HELLER'S, 719 Market Space. 125 1 FRENCH STARCH ENAMEL best articie in the world for doing up Linen or oo Pp eae # besctiful gloas to fabric. fe by Grocers u M & CO., Manufacturers, CBN HAM So Wert Lombard street, Baltimore, Maryland. EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT or BOYS’ CLOTHING! jan}é-ly CORNS, &c. DEF RITE, CHIROPODIST, most his patroas that fally informe Big establish ment, No. 534 lth street, opposite U. 8. ‘Treasury, Bavicg Deen thoroughly renovated, is now open for 5 i BOYS’ SCHOOL gos SOYS’ SCHOOL SUITS, the season. blige pe {erat a Bos DaESS SULTS ssa ar ae OUENE BUSINEBS SUITS: gefie applinaces, thousands YOUTHS Dawes SUITS fea bee A180, Di. White removes ‘Speration: be ray MENS Dubes SUIT9, Gicedere Sf the Boots nde) MENS Bustwass sures, sieved: a permanent care NESS SUITS, tablished in Washington: De MENS WORKING SUITS | * &. STRAUS; Popular Clothing House, 2012 PEENSYLVABIA AVRNUB, Betwoon 10th and 11th Streets, engl ‘Three Doors from Bleventh Btrest. A™"3}.0r ov rm ao P Gramm. WHITE AND BLACK MUSTARD SEED, CELERY SEED. } hale 8 200.9 ee a UR SEL ee, ‘ TWO CENTS. _EVENING STAR. “Washington News and Gossip. INTEENAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this source to-day were $275,583.96, TRE TESTIMONY in the Duvall court-martial, at Annapolis, is closed for the present, and at hie own request the accused has been granted until to-morrow te band in his written defence. Tue Cricaco MaiLs.—On and after Mon- day, September Ist, the mails for Chicago, Iil., from this point will be forwarded via the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad and connections. This arrangement will give the people the advantage of we bours later closing at the post ees PENSION PAYMENTS.—Next week (Thursitay) quarterly payment of persions will begin at all agencies throughout the country, by which about eight million dollars will be disbursed. Biennial examination of all pensioners, to de- termine their rating, will also beginon the same day, and Commissioner Baker is distributing to examining surgeons instructions, designed to make the examination the most thorough and effective ever had. THE NEW DESKS for the hall of the House of Representatives are being put in position, and new carpet for the hail will soon be put down. The desks aresmalier than those which the replace, and free from all carved or ornamental work, s0 that the desks for the three hundred and two members and delegates comprisiug the ‘next house will be placed in the same space here- tofore occupied by two hundred and ya The pro- WHAT TEE COMMISSION RECOMMEND. ‘The Star reporter, from an incidental con- versation with those who have read the report ‘of the Treasury commission to investigate the jusions : Ist. It recommends a rent woh amd Potomac Ferry employing in service a captain and mate known to tiem to be unlicensed officers, and in it violation of the existing rules governing the steam! vice 0! engage as hucksters in the traffic ot melons, fruits, vegetables, Sc., the products of the Virginia and Maryland shores. 2d. It recommends the prosecution of Captain Pskengy th the ak _ Gravitt, for accepting and serving in their respective ositions: in violation of the steamboat law, olding that ignorance in either case is no ex cuse. It is understood, too, to recommend the revocation of the license of the engineer for en- gaging in business as a trader, and for his fail. ure to apply such means as were at his com. mand to check the course of the fire.. The of- cers are also condemned for not making an attempt to distribute the life-preservers and lower the metallic -life-boat; also for failing to have a fire organization. The commission will report that in their opinion the origin of the fire is shrouded in mystery. The Reported Massacre at Fort Sill. As yet no official intelligence has been re ceived at the War Department confirming the reported massacre at Fort Sill, in the Indian Territory. War department officials discredit the telegraphed statement in toto. The dis- patch says the 4th cavalry were the soldiers massacred, whereas that regiment is at Fort Clark. Fort Sill is garriso: bya mn of new desks are nearly half paid for by tl ceeds of the sale of the old ones. the itth cavairy, and ast infantry, edlorod reg- iments, and two com; ie infantry, es nee Weise Sma Podeas Oknne— | Coen One toe compen ‘Donaldson, 3 For several weeks past the daily specimen proof sheets of the postal cards received at the Post Office department have been considerably be- low the contract standard, and the last one re- ceived (27th instant) is materially deficient both inthe printing and the quality of the paper. ‘The manufacturers are fast exhausting the pa- tience of the department, and will be notified that they must comply with the terms of their contract, or it will be revoked and the work placed in other hands. THE PROGRAMME OF MUSIC for the concert at the President's grounds to-morrow afternoon by the Marine Band, 8. Petrola, conductor: 1. Ad- yance March, by D. W. Reeves; 2. The First the first named regiment, an excellent officer. On the other hand, a rumor is to the effect that bof arm that Satanta and Big Tree, who left Houston, Texas, on the 19th instant, for Fort Sill, under @ conditional release, de- = upon the results of a council to be held in October, were the cause of the attack, if any has been made. The Kiowas, who are on & reservation near the fort, are known to be treacherous, and have but little faith in the promises of the government. These same In- diang, only afew weeks ago, brought ont the caustic endorsement ona report forwarded to General Sherman, that “he did not know by what authority they were off their reservation.” Itis stated that the wife of an officer doing ; i duty in the 4th cavalry, residing in this city, Schottiseh, by O: Lorg; 3. Overture—‘The Jolly | uty, im the sth cavalry, residing in _ fe as been prost ipt of the fobvers, by Suppe; 4. Serenade with variations | bes, Pen P' generally believed, however, on all for cornet arranged for this band, and executed by S. Petrola; 5. Waltz, Emmeline, by W. F. sides, qnat the alleged massacre is a cruel Wade; 6. Sele pera of" canard. : Genel Soho og for Oh end ae. KiThe reported capture is also discredited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, There are supposed to be three companies of cavalry and tive of infantry at the fort, constituting a torce of nearly one thousand men. The comiissioner states that the Kiowas and Comanches in that region combined cannot muster one thousand warriors, and that even if the garrison had been surprised and defeated by asuddon attack by the Indians entering the fort under friendly pretences, at least some would have escaped to Fort Gibson, one hundred and fifty miles east, and that in all probability the news would have been telegraphed from that point instead of coming by the way of Waco which isin the central part of Texas and two hundred and fifty miles from Fort Sill. No such attack could have been made with the purpose of securing the release of Santanta and Big Tree, as those worthies are at present at Fort Gibson. BALTIMORE CoLorep REPUBLicANs—The Dissatisfied Colored Men in the Minority.—A mass m¢eting of colored citizens, dissatisfied with the distribution of federal patronage in Baltimore, was heid in Montgomery square last night to take into consideration, as the call for the moet- ing said, the political condition of the voters of the city and state, and adopt measures to se- cure the legitimate fruits of the right of suf- . Speeches were made by A. J. Kelly and Groom, colored, declaiming against in the state, contending Petrola; 7. “Song G night, my dear Child by Abt, and arrapged by &. Thierbach; 8. Galop. AxoTHeR Virw oF THE VIENNA ExpPost- TION.—Mr. Clarence B. Young, of the Smiths- onian Institution, was in Munich, August 10th, on his return from Vienna, and expected to leave Havre for New York on the 30th (to-mor- row.) He writes: «Ican’t fire you any idea of the immense size of the buildings, nor begin to remember the beautiful and curious t¢ ings containea therein. If Thad seen nothing else this alone would repay me for coming to Europe. And yet 1 found many Americans traveling on the continent who were not going to Vienna. and others only decided to go when they found that the best pictures from the different gal- leries had been sent there.” There were no cases of cholera when he left Vienna, ana from the large consumption of cucumbers and cher- ries it was evident that the residents did not fear the return of that disease, Nava. Onpgrs.—Chief Engineer A.J. Kier- sted ordered as inspector of machinery afloat at the navy yard, Norfolk, V: Assistant Pay- master Stephen Rand, jr.,as assistant to the —_ of the receiving ship Vermont, at New York; First Assistant Engineer a. T. E. Mullin to duty connected with iron clad vessels deuchca ear he tart Gata sri ine, ering etac! im e 5 nm, On c the dist feennt ana y tes Sy the small number of colored men holding o ce of the nitre department, Malden, Mass., 1st Oc- tober, and placed ‘orders. Commander Wm. C. Wise has reported his re- turn to the United States, having been detached Wabash an station, on house, obtained possession of the stand, and be- laced on wait orders. Chief Engineer J. | gin combatting the ar, nts of Kelly and . Kimball from the navy yard, Norfolk, as ix- Srcom, ‘and as he warmed in his work it becatas qetctor of machinery afoat, ordered to the | apparent that the massof the colored men lis, lagship as fleet engineer of the north Pacitic tening to him were of his and that station 20th September next. PERSONAL.—Mr. ©. U. Coffin, (“Carleton’’) of the Boston Journal, isin the city, -+**Mr. A. R. Shepherd and family leave in a few days on a brief visit to Saratoga. - jov. Hen- Gricks, of Indiana, is in town. ----Ex-Mayor Emery, who has been quite ill, is oonvalescing. --*-Senator Cameron is at Whitney's, Capitol Hil. ----The friends of Vice President Wil- son, says the Boston Post, and they are to be found fn all political parties, will learn with great satisfaction that his continued convales- cence entitles him to = toration to health, opinion. they held no sympathy whatever with the other two & ‘ers named. When Sorrell had oocu- pied stand about five minutes several ool- ored men, evidently disagreeing with the views of the speaker then before the audience, began divesting the stand of its benches, lights and flags, thus causing Sorrell to vacate the prem- ises, but not before he had put the question, Be an endorse what has been said to you to- night by a few dissatisfied men claiming to be republicans?” A shout of “‘No!” was the re- sponse, after which the crowd quietly dispersed. Anmuep Kxeistawcr To 4 U.S. Orvicen.— United States Deputy Marshal apo Co Brook- lyn, was, on Mc to serve a 3 committee for several cam; ‘but | process for libel against the schooner Mi as his voice is not in good tion for public Uostom, at the suit of W. and others. , he been compelled to his vey found the vessel in Buttermilk CS nreres ‘King, ex-Postmas- ly for sea, and When about ter isin Brooklyn on a brief visit to | 8tve his warrant, Capt. Dumont and the his son, Horatio O. King. +--+It is | Crew Of the schooner assaulted |, and stated that Col. Jonn 8. Mosby whi move to foe eee ae Trbeerd. He was ae oe =a hepa ai repo i tho ota af the Unitod Siaize mare TB Pawnrz Massacnn— Bigh gf 's office, a , under Hunting Outetde Choir Reservations with a strong force, was sent after the Withdrawn Pd snips Pawn Bots schooner, amd she was overtaken in the Lower recent jase of Pawnees in Nebraska Bay, under eal rip pe ye 1 » the Sioux, who were hi on rarmed ne Rio Janeiro, was ‘aw geport, Conn., Tuesday, for purchasin; ReronM oF 11 ‘to the amount of $1,500, and paying, for General Orders, No. 81, just issued from the organ & Gretta upon Drexel, in Co., ¢ New York. Fro: his i eral ae} wipes pose bed be eC the recmtiog Gonets rendezvous for the orders with a view to prevent into the service of mi: and \timeore. A DEUNKEN DOCTOR CUTS HIS WIFE'S THROAT fxp ZEB To comnrr. a The more papers of to-day giv: = ‘ofa shocking domestic tragedy, which +h he had taken her life, the unfortunate victim being Mrs. Eugeni¢ Showalter, who kept a iing-house. The husband, ‘Dr. Joseph Clarence Showalter, although’a physician by profession had never practiced in Baltimore, and, it is alleged, «le- pended upon his wife to support him, spending the money obtaived from her in drink. A LONG COURSE OF CRURLT: ; Showalter has uniformly treated his wife with cruelty for ten years past, has inflicted blows upon her in nee of her son, and often itened to ce her life. Some four weeks ago he began a debauch, and was arrested by the police and sent to jail. While in jail he wrote to his wife, stating that if she would pro- cure his release, he would sign papers giving her contro] of a small farm in Lancaster county, Virginia. She succeeded ig getting a release, and he signed the papers, after which his cruelty towards her increased, until she was obliged to tell him that if he would get drunk he really must not come home so. During yes- terlay he was about the honse as usual, going out several times. Shortly before the hour for tea, when the boarders were assembled in the parlor, he came into the house and passed through into the kitchen, where he commenced upbraiding the cook. HE THREATENS TO KILL HIS WIPE. Mrs. Showalter, hearing the disturbance, ter considerable. difienity, in: getang hiss Tato jeral culty, in ni their bed room, which sen the same floor kitchen, being the first room on the it hand side on éntering the house. After Teaching the and have him arrested. . “Have me arrested if you choose, for d——n me if I wouldn’t as soon be hur, Nicholson as to be She then left to tak psed e called to her in a very kind and persuasive man- ner to come down stairs. This she refused todo for some time, but finally did go down into the room where he was. BE CUTS HER THROAT, AND THEN HIS OWN. In a few minutes a piercing scream resounded through the house, followed by the sounds of seutiling below, Mrs. Showalter’s son by her first mi e, (Frederick Basley,) eighteen years of age, ran down stairs, followed by sev- eral boarders, and rushed {nto his mother’s room, from whence the scream had come. The scene that presented itself entirely overcame him. There on the floor, near the foot of the bed, lay his mother, with her throat terribly and fatally gashed, whilst her husband and murdcrer stood grimacing over the dead body, with his own throat also badly cut, and the blood flowing down over his bosom, whilst the razor with which the fearful deed had been committed lay on the floor. The wound in- flieted on his wife was a terrible one, com- mencing on the left side of the throat, cutting through the carrotid artery and jugular yein, and penetrating the spinal vertebr«:. The poor woman écreamed as the sharp instrament passed through the flesh, but never spoke afterwards. Thrusting aside ‘the murderer and would-bo suicide, the son threw himself upon the life body of his mother, but was removed by tt who had followed him down stairs, and the b of the unfortunate woman was raised and placed upon the bed. THB MURDERER’S WOUNDS. For a moment after being pushed aside by the son the murderer stood glaring upon those around him, and then turned and walked delib- erately out of the door and down St. Paul street to the corner of Saratoga, where he sat down upon the curbstone. He was afterwards taken to the Washington University hospital, where the wound in his neck, extending from ear to car, was dressed and sewed by the physicians, the murderer during the operation occasionally opening his eyes and saying, ‘Please raise me up,” and once or twice asked for water. The coroner’s Fark rendered 9 verdict in accordance with the THE VICTIM. Mrs. Showalter was a native of Lancaster county, Va., and asister of Raleigh Carter. €sq., 4 prominent citizen of that county, and about forty-nine years of age. In early life she was married to Dr. Basley, by whom she had one child, the son above referred to, and was lefta widow. After she became a widow she removed to Baltimore and opened a boarding house on North Charles strect, near Pleasant. At the breaking out of the war she returned to the south, and became matron of one of the confederate hospitals. There she met Showal ter, who was nursed by her. and whom she mar- ried after his recovery. At the close of the war they came to Baltimore, and Mrs. Showal- ter again opened a boarding house. CONSTANT DISSIPATION. Her husband was dissolute, and his treatment of her was so harsh as to attract the pity of those who knew the lady to be kind and gentle in her dis; ition. After a time he took such a dislike to his son that he was obliged as much as possible to keep out of his presence, Show- alter always becoming violent when he saw the boy. For a few weeks past he has been more constant im his dissipation, and exceedingly dis- earenetls to all about the house, while he was wholly dependent for support on ‘his wife. He is a native of , and is about thirty-six years of age. At alate hour last night the murderer was sleeping soundly, but was considered in a erit- ical condition. . Wasuinctor’s HEADQUARTERS. — A com- mittee of citizens of Newburgh, New York, ordered thirt; te Speman ten, = can and ten pieces taken from the rebels—to be sent there to be placed on the headquarter grounds. —<—_______ KILLED IN a COAL Ming.—On Tuesday morn- ing last Wm. Fairgraves, a miner of the Pied- mont Coal and Iron ry ge was killed bya fall of “breast” coal inthe mines of that com- our after being cruitod Beneats the tailing ir neat ing |. He leaves & wife and four children.— Cumberland News, 28th inst. Inpraw Carrie Taraves.—The Indians have made a raid on Fair Vie Utah, and ran off They’ were armed and TE Lonaconixg OOTING CasE.—The latest information obtainable of the condition of Miss Miller, who was shot by J. 8. Coleman, near on Monday a her still alive. ‘Phe platol-ball with which she was wounlied not yet been found.— Cumber- land News, 23th. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR This .4fternoon’s Dispatches. Associated Press Reports. THE BALTIMORE TRAGEDY. Death of Showalter. BAuttrwors, August 29.—Dr. J. C. Showalter, who committed the bloody murder of his wife, on St. Paul street, last evening, and then at- tempted suicide by cutting his throat, ts stil alive this morning at Washington University hospital, but isin a very precarious condition. At times he is very violent, and this morning had to be tied down. Since taken to the hos- Pital he has not alluded to his crime. SHOWALTER'S ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. Showaiter was originally from the vicinity of Uniontown, Albama, where the family now reside. He studied medicine and graduated in New York city during the late war. Mrs. Sho- walter, then a widow, was matron of a con- federate hospital at Petersburg, where Showal- ter was assistant surgeon. He was taken il! with small-pox, through which he was rarsed by the lady whom he afterwards married after his recovery. WHISKY THE CAUSE OF HIS TROUBLES. When eober, he is said to have been a kind husband; but when under the influence of Kquor, a human fiend. The hospital physician states that Showalter was perfectly sone when brought to the hospital last night. He is thirty- six years old; his wife was somewhat older. DIED AT 11.30 O'CLOCK. Dr. Showalter aied at 11.30 o’clock this morn- ing. ——_—__ The Daily Railroad Collision. PoUGHKEErsig, August 29.—The second At- lantic express train on the Hudson mver road Tan into the rear of the first Atlantic express a mile south of Montgomery this morning. A re- port from Poughkeepsie says three persous were slightly injured, but no names aregiven. A re- port direct from the scene of the accident is momentarily expected. The injured locometive lies between the ~The down tracks. Both Another. Povcuxxersrm, August 29.—Four were severely hurt by an accident on the Cen- tral railroad this moining. Wm. Hildreth, en- fe ineer of the second Atlantic express, was badly hurt about the head. A man wi name can- not be ascertained had his arm taken off. The others were slightly injured. And Another and Worse Accident, Detroit, Misu., August 2.—The night ex- press train west on the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad, consisting of a baggage c: senger coaches, one sleeping car grant cars, became <lisabled in consequence of the engine throwing off the driving wheel about & mile east of Muir. It was followed by a through freight train, which ran into the rear passenger car, killing four women, one child, and injuring ten other persons, all emigrants Medical assistance was at once procure! from Muir. None of the injured are dangerously wounded. —EEEE England Losing the Iron Trade, WHAT THE LONDON TIMES SAYS. Lonpon, August 29.—The Times this morning has an editorial on the iron question, the bur then of which ts that one of the finest markets England ever possessed for the trade in iron is being gradually elosed to her. Her disasters in this direction have not ended. The United States is competing successfully for the contro! of the iron traffic with Canada, South America, and the West Indies. They have contested un: der immense natural disadvantages, but have beaten England in spite of these. She caunot afford to idle and sleep away her time and waste her money while competing with thrifty, active, and intelligent nations. The Tims thinks much of the blame for this state of things st describes should fall upon strikers aud ‘Trades Unions. Ne STRIKE TROUBLES. New Yorx, August —Laborers employed in rebuilding the Standard oil works, number- ing seventy, struck ciety men were ¥ £0. ated at the works and attacked the working laborers. The police were called, re- scored order, and Gnally escorted the workers ome. DIED WITHOUT PRIEEDS. Michael Angelo McFarland, who spent some $25,000 on the defence of his brother Daniel for the murder of Albert D. Richardson, died last evening in Bellevue hospital, friends will be buried in potter panic ace The Nathan irder Confession, IT 18 NOT BELIEVED IN NEW YORK. New a. 29.—It is ascertained that John T. Irving, who has been arrested in San Francisco on his own confession as an accom- plice in the murder of Benjamin Nathan, is a well-known New York thief and burglar. His story is probably false, and invented as a means of procuring a free return here. THE NATHAN MURDER was committed July 29th, 1871, John T. Irving was arrested the following day in Hoboken, where he was concealed from the officers ons charge of burglary and robbery. and having no ‘fea. The Crops in Illinois, Curcaao, August 29.—The Tribune has crop ert = forty bnergee Pred illinois, em- racing the greater part of the corn-growing one of the state, and from twenty counties in different parts of Iowa. With the exception of half the counties in Illinois, all put the corn ae only from a half to two-third ave: yield, Ly my in some of the localities ‘where the yield will be short there is planted than usual. injured the corn vi is 80 far advanced mefit it. Wal To-day. New York, August 29.—Money easy, 4 to5. weaker, alt Exchange rates uncha . Imports of dry gosds for week, 82,826115; andise, $5,500,000; total, $3, 362,116. Amount of Gry ‘goods’ marketed, Roni soiisth amma mens ee een 7 a are 4 to 1, and for wo 3. Govern ———— a : - Shipwreck and Loss of Life. Loxpon, August 20.—A telegram from Liver- of the British steamor 7 E, Lemon, and the drowning of portion of i H é THE NATHAN A man who gave his name as Jobn T. came to San Franciscoon Tuesday as a sallor on the British ship Coulmakyll. He confessed to the second mate that he was an accomplice the Nathan marder at name as Brown. He commission of lunac be appears sane. where he ‘ew York, and gave ct . could not ie was remanded 4 4 he saw be call, ana being atend was going to fall, the fall would startle the folks, he t hold of him and laid himdown. I’ have got in m house in New York some Pacific Mail stock, some » Hartford and Erie, and some other things. There is asmall memorandum book I took from the old man, several of which are in Hebrew. There are some names in it. There is Albert Cardoza, Samucl Lewis Cum= mings, of lith street, and Dr. Lee. We only got between $*,000 and © . The safe was open when we went up stairs. I stayed there while the man wasbed his hands and face. He had blood on them. When we left the room he stopped to look out of the door. Ar he did so be took hold of the castings and left blood marks. These were prints of bis re. Wethen concluded that we would not eave the house that night. It was opposite the Fitth Avenne hotel. There were a good many policemen around; we were afraid we would be seen and arrested. We stayed until 6 o'clock im the morning. Just as we wont out of the front coor & Man Was passing on the other side of the street with a tin pail, be looked at us. Then a girl came along—a’ shop-girl. She looked and took particular notice of us. “My wife is in New York, and I have « daughter fifteen years of age. I don't want to tell you the namés of either of these men, be- cause they may not be right. I have told the chief of police, but I ain afraid they are not oing about it right a 1 have been ex ing to see it all come out ever since. I don't want to be hanged, but I am willing to sufler a just punishment. i was born at Sunnyside; they call it Irvington. 1 am related to Waghington Irving.” THE MYSTERY SOLVED—DEATH PROM AROR- TION—A PROMINENT CITIZAN INVOLVED. Hagerstown has been the scene of a piece of wickedness too cemmon of inte. A respectable youre lady, named Louisa Koss, left her tather's ouse, and ‘was next heard of dead in house of ill-fame. The testumony of the physicans before the coroner's inquest yesterday established the fact that she had died from injuries inflicted in causing abortion. Only two witnesses were ex- amined in the morning—the proprietross of the house and a neighbor—the substance of whose testimony was to the effect that the girl arrived ‘at the house on the 15th instant, alone, about 8 o'clock in the evening, and requested to be fur- nished with a room for the night; the next morn- ing she had a chill, and complained of chill and fever from that time up to the time of he- death. A special dispatch to the Baltimore American last night says: “The physicans who made a nortem examination of the body were ex- xl by the jury this afternoon. They both concurred in the opinion that Miss Ross’ death had been occasioned by womb disease, the re- sult of abortion. The of testimony this afte! evening, at the coroner's dw luded by taking d met again this their verdict. Tney remat secret session until 9 p. m., and ct that Miss Koss’ death ‘as occasioned by abortion, which bad been procured by the proprietress of the house at which she died, and to the curement of which a prominent citizen of this county had been accessory. Tho parties impli- cated by the verdict will be arrested to-night or to-morrow, until which time their names ara withheld by request of the state's attorney and the jury.” Heavy DEPatcation Orry Treasvry Brooklyn city tre IX THe BRooktrs It is now known that the ary is involved with the Brooklyn trust company; that the city has been robbed of @ large amount, and that Rodman, late assistant city treasurer and secretary of the trust company, was the guilty party. Rodman, acting in hisdouble capacity, was enabled to caver up the deficiency by making false state- ments concerning the amount of city money om deposit in the Brooklyn trust company. Look. ing over the accounts of the company and the books of the city treasurer, Mr. Warren, the ex- pert, who is engaged in examining them, finds the defalcation of Rodman to be as follows: From the city treasury, 855,000: al fa $98,000; board of education, on deposit with the treasurer, $30,000; total, @203,000. Of this amount City Treasurer Sprague mate nee $55,000, by the sale of his stock In the Brooklyn Eagle to Wm. Van Arden. The bondsmen of Sprague are Henry Senger, Robert L. Mulford, James Alewell, John Patton and W.C. Kings. ley. Rodman was arrested last night. A com- plete statement of the amount of the defalca- tion will be made to-day. CoaL ON THE CHESAPEAKE AND On10 Ratt~ Roap.— We understand that all the freight trains on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad how use coal as fuel in their locomotives instead of wood. The mail and passenger, the = And accommodation trains, we believe, still use wood. Already the people along the line of the road who have heretofore eked out a precarious livelihood by furnishing wood to the road are being driven to other means of support, and when coal ‘shall utterly enpplant wood as the fuel of the company then we may hope to see agriculture revive and thrive from Richmond to Covington, if not to Huntington. Anybody who knows anything about the matter knows that railroads in Virginia and North Carolina, by their constant and heavy demands for crose. ties and wood have utterly demoralized the farmers immediately alot the roads and cansed them to neglect agricaitere tin e railroad rune through adreadful waste where 4 the old field pine Ricwncnd ig. and history, and Ength Meerstanes "These scholarships will be conferred on those whose are and who are themselves ie, to tneur the ext pense of their education it aid, and who will declare their bona intention to become Carmers or plant Whig. eee Bure gy Muss Dotty Taawwerrt = Licutstxc.—The fol of Killing of this lady at by lightning, we find in the Lyne! burg Republican: ehave to record another death by ich bag been so ly destructive of life during the present summer. The victim in isa ais cntklons Doll; as ed 16 near Virginie side of the line. "On Tuesday about 6 o’clock during a heavy storm, the house in which she resided, for the purpose of placing a bueket under the to venting the becker in house was struck H i i E i gi : t | : i | if i eae a