Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1875, Page 1

THE EVENING ST PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Exeepted, AT THE STAR BUILDING. sylvania Ave! er Lith Pre ee as ¥ B The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUPFMANN, Pres't. THE EVENING STAR seribers at Tex WEEKLY STAR—published on Friday— year. postaze prepaid. I subscriptions invarich sent longer than pard for. SF Rates of advert: furnished on applicat in advance, and AMUSEMENTS. Forn's OPERA HOUSE, BARRIGAN AND HAR ¢, ‘The Groat Original Specialty Artists for one week Sukie same THE BLUE AND THE GRAY, THE DUYLE BROTHERS. At cach performance the galtant Sixty-ninth will appear FAMILY MATINE® SATURDAY Wastincton scenes RIFLE MATCH AND PICNIC, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 22, Ar 3 O'Cioce. will be between team: Companies & sat B mbia Mivitia, for a Silver Chal- lenge Cup. Douch » String Bt e for re of thee whe vd : wimitting gent and Indy, £0 cents. Lady's rut N. B—Tickets may be procared of ‘he members of either company, or at the St. James Cigur Stand. “e nee. The world’s novelty ptemmr 27. debut in W. z erman'’s JOVENIU b Th ing. Se ‘operas will ahd bri tian » Negre e produced with the uimost accuracy erthe baton of Senor Bdurrio nda. T evenings, Rebin aon Cri © POPULAR PEI ‘ES “a Admision 50 cent, 75 cents, and §1. seats 25 coms: extra. Sale of -egt- commence Reserved Tharsdaz, Sept ca € at 2 octo€ a. m., at store SQ pLD ACOUAINTA ii oO a? Tall DGE NEXT THURSDAY THOMAS SEATON DONOHO JATIONAL THEATER. OPENING OF THE SEASON. Mr. Ford rexpectiully announces the opening of the Pational Theater under bis lease and mauage ment. on MONDAY EVENING. SEPT2MBER 2, When the accom shed society artiste MRS. HENRIETTA CHANFRAU, and the BRILLIANT COMEDY COMPA: of the SEW ORLEANS VARIETY THEATER ‘The play selected for the cecastvn will be AS GHT WEDNESDAY EVENING—London Assurance. seplé-tr EASON OF 1575-176. COND ANNUAL OPENING OF TH ECOLE FRANCAISE DE WASHINGTON AND OF THR CERCLE DRAMATIQUE FRANCAISE, Under themanagement of 6 5 oe y PROF. EUGENE ». Cv an 3 PRUD HOMM Opening night free to all lay evening, Oc- tober 12, at €: o’cvock, at the Rossiyn Seminary, B43 I treet Class evenings, Tucsdase and Fridays. . Circulars at the Principal Book and Music Stores rr further particulars apply 1630 1 street Rorthwest, or 914 F street n. w. sepls tnovd BABcow's GALLERY UF FINE ARTS, 1225 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. ‘The Public PAINTING orthwest are invited te examine my stock of . ENGRAVINGS, CHROMOS, PHO. LITHOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS ON are of the same quality « Galleries of New York, and FRSMES for Mi made to order of the newest p: BAMES of every description for Ph. tographs, Porcelaine Paiutipg:, A es, MATTS of every description made to order, PASSE PABTOUS in grest variety. GOLD, SIL: VER and COPPER WIRE. CORD. NAILS, dc. Every article guaranteed as represented. PAINTINGS arranged and bung for Galleries and Private Partie oO ‘AIBTINGS Soaet paeecet and Varn GILT. LD FRAMES BEGIL N. BARLOW, 3.060 LaTHOGRAPRS. fi to $l ach. 60 WOOD ENGBAYVI jor Serap-bovks. 4 4 WILL BE-OPBN B THE BATCRDAY, SEPT: RPTEME ECEPTION OF PUPiL8. AN the 4 former pupil respectfully New No. 43: ic e" - COMING SEASON 23,1575, FOR Invited on the above day. For particulars eee circnlars, to be had st Music Stores. or at the Acade letter, sept Iw OLD No.) On Exhibition 456 and Sale 9 7TH Sr.J 7TH St. ERS D and EB streets, evsht Ne. 439 7th » _ doors above Odd Fellows’ Hall. Choice Oil Paintings. Engravings, Chromo, ce. Also, largest stock of Paper Hangings, Wiudow Shades. Pictures, Frames, Picture Cords aud Tas- sels. Rings, Nails, &c., in the District. TERM BF Please remember Name and Number. jyl-ly “ON TIME.’ FALL CLOTHING. COMPLETE STOCE. NOW ON EXHIBITION. MAGNIFICENT VARIETY. SUPERIOR QUALITY. IMMENSE QUANTITY. HANDS ME STYLES, BOYS’ CLOTHING, FOR SCHOOL AND DRES3 ALL GRADES AND STYLES. SUPERB LINE OF FINE WOOLENS, FOR GARMENTS TO ORDER. Look at the Styles. HABLE BROTHERS, Tailors and Clothiers, sepl-tr Cerner 7th and D Streets N. Ww. PATIENT PARTLY MADE DRESS SHIRTS Receivi e guvet 1S oa ee ee for the fall and win- Immense stock. ‘Store building running throngh street and 706 from 7th street to K—No. 925 a W.W. BURDETTE & €o. © FURNISHED M’ TIONS, reer ron BALLS asp Bf BY W.B MoRuA left Bt residence, 423 sth street, Na ‘Yerd, or at 4 + Navy pamation. Ellis’ Music Sture will ee Vor. 46--N°. 7,017. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1875. bening Stat, TWO CENTS. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Goasip. \ — GOVERNMENT Receipts To-pay.—fnter- bal revenue, $163,344.73; castoms, $499,77.03. PRESIDENT Grant and family leave Loog Branch ou Thursday for Colorado. SCRETARY DELANO is out of town for @ few days. Tue AMowNT of national bank note cur- reney received at the Treasury to-day for re- demption aggregate $55 TREASURER New leaves this week for In- dianapolis, Ind., to spend a few days with his former triends and associates. Marcvs Horkins, examiner-in-chief of the United States Patent office, has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted. Ir 18 NoT ExPKCTRD that the newly ap- pointed Commissioner of Patents, Hon. R. Holland Duell, wil! assume the duties of that office until the 15th proximo. a JamFs A. WaTERS, of Orezon, has been appointed @ first-class clerk in the finance office, Post (ffice department, vice H. L Stiles, of Wis., resigned. NONE of the new postal cards have yet heen issued, and no issues will be made until the old ones on band (about a million) are dispowd of, which will probably be within two weeks. SECRETARY Bristow will, ina few days, commence the preparation of his annual re- port to Congress. He will take decided ound in favor of the carrying out to the rthe specie resumption act of the last ress. THE STEAMER City of Dallas will sail for Nassau, N.P., with the U.S. mails for the Bahama Islands, on Saturday, 25th instant, instead of the steamer Zodiac, scheduled for Thursday, 2d instant, but which was wrecked. IT IS NOW STATED that the resignation of Indian Agent Saville, tendered some time ago, will not be -l upon until after the report of the Red Clond Investigating com- mission, and th Mr. Hastings, who was the position, will not be Saville is dismissed or cepted. his resignation Is 2 THE PROGRAMME OF MUSIC by the Ma rine band at the Smithsonian grounds to- morrow evening will be as follows:—1. Na- tional air; 2. March, Reeves; Overture, Brassem di Preston, Adam; horus, Tro- vatore, Verdi; 5. Waltz. Ar ta, Aniiti; 6 Selection, Traviata, Verdi; 7. Mediey, - ame Angot, Lecoeq: &. Fantasia, Rin 9. Selections from L’Afrieaine, Meyerbeer . National gir. THe UrEs 2 cY.—A telegram from Indian Agent Miles to the Commis- sioner of Indian Affairs says the Ute Indians refuse to accept the southern boundary of the San Juan reservation as located, and that they Will not accept any portion of the com- vensation guaranteed by the treaty of 1573 until the lines are properly established. Tne Utes denounce as ontiaws the band who at- tacked a portion of Prof. Hayien’s surveying party, and will farnish guides for the troops who may be sent to punish them. Tre U. STEAMER POWHATAN, now at New York, will soon sail from that port to Port au Prince, in accordance with a request from the State department that a vessel of war be sent to that place. It will be recol- Jected that recently troubles were reported nt consequence of threats of rescuing refuzors at that por: Bemed wu r protection of the American Minister, &D' | in consequence of these proceedings one of 98F men-of war should be at Port an Prince to resest any In- dignity to our representative there. To SAVE UNNECESSARY ANNOYANCE to the appointment clerk of the Treasury de- patimevt, and the chagrin which usually follows the refusal to appointment to office «fa thousand asptring applicants, it may be well to state that at the present time there is not a single vacancy to any office in the cepartment. The death rate amon 1 public employes is exceedingly light, and the voluntary relinquishment of a public trust is som¢ thing which occasions as mnch surprise among officeholders as does the traveit of Venus among scientists, Ary> ORDERS.—First Lieut. Alexander Wishurt, 20th infantry, is ordered to report to the president of the retiring board in New York city for examination. The leave of absence granted 2d Lieut. W. B. Wetmore, th cavairy, Fort Leavenworta, Kansas, has heen extended one year, with permission to go beyond sea. Leave of absence for one year, with permission to go beyond sea, has been’ granted Assistant Surgeon W. J. Wil- son. Fort Bayard. New Mexico. The orders of July th, 1875. directing Lieut. General Sheridan tovisit the Pacific coast, have been confirmed by the President. IT HAVING REEN STATED that the new reguiations for the examination of the bag- gage of passengers. arriving from foreiga ports were unsatisfactory to the Treasury department, on the contrary, the reports re- ceived from the customs officers show that the vew regulations fully meet the expecta- tiens of the department, and that their en- forcement will correct the abuses aimed at. It is also stated that the Secretary isin re- ceipt of letters from manufacturing and journeymen tailors and firms importing piece goorls and articles of clothing approv- fog the regulations adopted by the depart- ment for the purpose of breaking up the smuggling heretofore practiced by ocean passengers. PERsonaL.—The family of Secretary Fish will leave their country seat on the Hudson in a fewdays for their residence in New York, where they will remain a few weeks prior to returning to Washington. ----Prof. Hayden, chief of the Colorado surveying ex- pedition, returned to the city yesterday. *-*-Ben. Holliday was registered at the Astor Houre, New York, last evening. - seo. B. Willams, esq., who was for some time one of the deputy commissioners of internal revenue, and afterwards an ap- pointment under the government of Japan, Will return to the United States next montli. It is unde that be will not go back to ‘apan. fon. R. C. McCormick and wife left San Francisco last week on a trip to Oregon and Puget Sound. --+-Countess de lu Roehefoncauld, wife of the new secretar: of the French legation, has been muc courted by the ff lonables at Newport this season. She is ded as a desirable ac. —- to Washington society. -- utler was in Chicago last Saturday. Katy Mahew, one of Washington's favor- ites, bas been carrying "the San Francis. cans away by her charming personations of Fenchon. ----Non Boyle, the humortst, left Washington yesterday for Philadelphia, where he intends to remain until after the centennial. ----The Sunday Herald is tn error in attributing to Mrs. Richard B. Mohun the aut p of the Roberts-Saccharina letters in the Capual. When a writer selects a nom de plume it is to be presumed that publicity is not desired, but we believe no confidence is Violated in stating that the clever in auestion are written by @ sister « late gallant Gen. yy resi —— this city. “Toole, the English co. .edian, did not lose any thing by the failure of Duncan, man & Co., although he ery hear it. He bought a draft on England for £6,000 of that firm, but chose to have it at sight, in- stead afthe usual sixty days. The money was yable at the Union Bank, of London, and . Toole took the precaution to forward it by the first mail for collection to his bank instead of carrying it with him. result was that the little bit of reached and was cashed the day’ before the failure occurred, we are told he ed back a ily store. | . Dr. Tiffany, at Sr Ohicars, been elected by tees and facalty iversi the | New York Tribune and gone to Cleveland to ++--Sam. Wi the Rex of the Ves- Snene eee. it Trina, tans te Pro- poses tertain ends at @ dinner, tne pen feature of the “meme being i¢ mail foliss will Be 8 8 > Bs i 4 BR | The heaven of Buddh! OFFICIAL RECOGNITION.-The Prestlent bas recognized Viadim'r Weletsky, Consul General of Russia at San Francisco, and August Berggren, Consul of Sweden and Norway, at San Francisco, for the states of California and Orezon and the territories of Washington and Alask: DFATH OF Dr. Stone —We are pained to hat intelligence has beén received tn annonneing thedeath of Dr. Horatio Stone. the distinguished sculptor, whieh oc enrred at Carrara, Italy.on or about the 11th He had been sick for some time with Roman fever, which gave way to dysentery of a malignant type, and from this death finally ensued. FRIENDS of Dr. Saville, Indian agent at the Red Clond agency, urge bim in case of bis exoneration by the Red Clond commission, to prosecute Professor Marsh for libel. It Is not known what ac Non Dr. S. will take. In ease he is foand enilty he will be dismissed, and if he is vin- dicated his resignation, already tendered, Will be accepted. SvuGGEsTIons having been made in some of the New York papers that the fast mail train leave the city named at 4:30 p. m., in- stead of 4:50 a. m., in order the better to accomme tate the commerce al community, it should be stated that the time of the de- partore of the train is fixed with reference to making connections from Chicago. Should the train leave as suggested these connec- tions could not be made. The fast mail trains are not only for the benefit of New York, but of the community generally. POSTMASTER BURT, of Boston, isin town, and bad an interview with the Postmaster General to-day in relation to his tenure of office. The Postmaster General is still reti- cent in regard to the matter. It is evident, however, that Generai Burt is still postmas- ter of Boston; that his removal has been recommended by Gov. Jewell, but that the President hesitates to act, and would prefer to retain General Bart, provided he ean ad- just matters satisfactorily with the Postmas- ter General. THE SAFE BURGLARY CASE.—The Attor- ney General is not in possession of any infor- mation communicated by ex-Assistant Dis- Iriet Attorney Harrington which inenipates in the reeent safe burglary ex-Chief Clerk Kunz, of the secret service division of the Treasury department under the Col. Whitley regime. If Mr. Harrington has imparted any information to the government officers Which constrained Kunz to depart from New York to Europe in hot haste (as was tele- graphed from this city), it has been lodged With otber public officers outside of the De- partment of Justice. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. — The President bas made the following appoint ments: C. P, Kimball, of New York, to be commissioner substitute to the centennial exhibition; Wm. F. Green, collector or inter- nal revenue for the 6th district of Tennessee; Amos L. Frost, collector of internal revenne for the consolidated distriet_ known as the ith distriet of California; Wm. Caffrey. of Nebraska, receiver of public moneys in’ the Wyoming land district; Fred W. Sumner, festmaster at Sherman, Texas; Thomas Maxwell. postmaster at Saugerties, ; Alexander White, Alabama, chief justice of Utah territory. Pay Director Joun § CUNNINGHAM, 1. 8. N., who has been ordered to San Fran- ciseo as navy agent, will soon take his de parture for the Pacific side, to the regret of is numerous friends in this section. Our loss is ’Frisco’s gain. Not quite twenty years ago THE STAR published the following n reference to the beginning of his unblem- ished official career: “Our old fr end, John Cunningham. esq., late aclerk in the Navy department, is in luck, thousands will pe glad to hear in all sections of the Uaion; for he is as widely known to the public men of the country as he is popular with them, of allparties. He was to-day nominated and confirmed to be a purser in the navy.” SFCRETARY ROBESON SAVES THE LIFE or Mugs. Gen. EmMony.—The Long Branch correspondent of the ¥. ¥. Oonmercial, ina letter, dated the 2th tust., says: “By the way. I had almost forgotten to mention the narrow escape of Mrs. General Emory and the bravery 6f Scéretary Rot so). Mrs. Emory is visiting the Seeretary at his cottage on Monmouth Beach. Yester day morning, soon after it ceaset raining Mrs. Emory, with some other ladies of tue houseuoia, went Out on the ch to view the wild grandeur of the enrving surf, she being in advance of the party. A tr ous wave rolled high up on the lend, sweep- ing Mrs. Emory of! her feet_and rolling her over in the surging current. Secretary Robe- son, seeing her peril as she was going out with the receding wave, plunged in, and seizing her carried herashore. She was con- veyed to the Secretary's cottage, well drenched and considerably frightened, where she sc recovered her compostire, and short- ly after seemed to be much improved by the ineident and the ducking. It was a noble and @ gallant act of the nead of the navy.” NAVAL ORDEES—Commander Edwarl Terry, Lieutenant Commanders C. M. Ches- tr and S. H. Barker, Lieutenants C. 8, C. C. Cornwell, 8. H. Simonds, E. P. nd R. P. Rodgers, Chaplain J. R. ws, Boatswain Andrew Milne and Somers have been detached from the ship Constetiation and ordered to their duties at the Naval Acale: Sth inst. Ensign T. 8. Plunkett de. from the Ossipee and ordered to duty sisting Commander MeCook tn charge draftof men to San Francisco, and on ivat there to report for temporary duty oa the receiving ship Independence. Midshipmen T, B.Howard and W. H. Schultz have reported their return home, having been detached from the Franklin, Buropean sta- | have been placed on waiting orters. » Thomas N. Penrose and Assistant J.C. Boyd detached from the prac- tice ship Constellation and placed on waiting orders. Paymaster Edward May detached from the practice ship Constellation and ordered to settle bis accounts. Acting As- sistant Surgeon J. E. Painter ordered to duty in charge of the medical stores at Nagasaki, ~ ». per steamer of 30th tustant from San ‘ranciseo. SoME oF THE Sis to be fonght between New York and Virginia for $4,000. Arrange- ments were completed on Saturday, and the tourney will be fought upon the followin; conditions: Each side to show 21 cocks, an hebt all that weight in weights ranging from 1 rownds 4 ounces to 5 pounds 12 ounces, ac- ing to New York rules, for $500 each bat- nd $2,000 the odd fight. The main is to ne fougbt on the 2ist of November, at Whmeel- ing, West Virgin! A MAIN OF Coc Tur REFORMED EPIscoPAaL CHURCH lead- ers bave resolved to hold a couneil in Caica- go for the purpose of dividing Illiaois into be aga districts, after the Presbyterian mode. that each yynod is to ail of whom are to be supple- present misslonar; Bre Bishops ‘Ouniming ‘eat rg th ae Ad abundant Ppliod oung cl wi suj With bishops. ug had Ei aerenggs fas ibe coclestontien) of Buddhism, is said ve lately died. The Buddhists number Thundrot as. tration of med ‘ press that ten canal jon ern. son of the Grand Thm had gone to Paria luis education. es in favor of @ sound eu: atCin- rarer ou_Monday evening, the vith last. — has 140,000 marriageable Be &7 Christine Nilsson has grown nearly as fay as Parepa was, Political Notes. The official returos of the Maine elec with the exception of thirty-one town Convor 4,715 majority for Governor. The re- publieans will have a majority of nine in the Senate. The House will stand eighty- five rej licans, sixty-three democrats and two incependents, which will give the re- ublicans a majority of twenty-eight on joint allot. ----Carl Schurz has accepted the in- vitation of the republican state central com- mittee to speak In Ohio, and will begin the advocacy of an honest curreney and the elec- tion of Hayes, at Cincinnati, Monday even- ing. September 27. Following the meeting here, be will fill eight other appointments, among which Cleveland, Toledo, and San- dusky Will be included. ----The two U. 8. senators from West Virginia, both demo crats, are at odds on the hard-money quos- tion, but the Wheeling Intelligencer thinks that Davis, anti-inflationist, could modate his vtews to circumstances. --*> Governor Letcher has been nominated the legislature, in Rockbri ginia, and it is ex e Smith will be nominated in Fauquier. The N. Y. World says: As yet none of the Pennsylvania papers have thought of re- marking, apropos of the nomination of Me ing and Piollet, “Letus have Ps." +++-The full returns of the vote for Governor of California are given as follows: Irwin, democrat, 61,525; Phelps, republican, 20,922; Bidwell, independeat, 29,630. THE PRICES oF CoAL Must Come Down. Anthracite coal production continues very full aud the orders for coal light. As a con- sequence of this condition of the trade there is sharp competition for the market, and bickerings are already heard as to the means to which some of the parties to the coal combination to advance pies of coal regen A resort to effect the largest possible sales. It is manifest that the stock of coal is now ahead of the market, and unless there is a check to the current supply a fall in prices by forced sales and otherwise is al- Most inevitable. Indee?, there are already complaints that some of the parties to the and others have refused to curtail produc: tion to the prescribed percentage in such case made and provided. Orders for coal come in slowly, and principally because the iron far- naces, those gveat consumers of coal, lack orders for iron, and while this condition of affairs continues the price of coal has little influence on the coal trade. Should the monthlY advances in prices of coai be at once stopned there Is little reason to believe that coal orders would be materially if atail inereased. -The two last weekly reports of the Reading railroad company show a very heavy inerease of coal on hand. This largely increased stock 1s partly in consequence of a lack of orders an rily in consequence of of vessels, and vessels gere are scarce becanse coal freights areso very low that vessels will not come here to carry coal if they can find employment elsewhere with ht. They are, therefore, spread all along the coust. The retail coal trade is fairly active. Daily, in almost every square all over the city, coal is being stored away for winter use.” Prices of coal for October are to be fixed Lo- tay. and as there is some op sition expressed to the usual monthly ail- vance on thix particular occasion, the result of the meeting is looked to with some inter- est, as, if there Ix no advance, the policy of the trade for the last two or three years will be broken, and may, perhaps, be abandoned. Phila. Ledger, % SEQUEL TO A MARYLAND ROBBERY.— In the New York Times of Friday there ap- peared an account of the arrest of William Pakulski, proprietor of the barber shop uader the Prescott House, and Henry Mey- ers, on @ charge of having in their possec- sion, and attempting to dispose of, a large number of United States internal revenue beerstamps. Detectives Porter and Schraidt, who arrested the prisoners, were not then in the possession of any criminating evidence against them other than the fact of the Stamps having been found {n their posses- sion. Pakulski and Meyers were brought before Justice Morgan, at the Essex Market Place Court, on Friday morning, but were remanded to jail at the — of he detec- tives, who had not been able up to that time to collect sufficient evidence, Paku'ski's counsel immediately procured a writ of habeas: — and certiorari in his client’s behalf, and he was thereupon brought before gudge Donohue in the Supreme Court. By the latter he was remanded tothe Tomb;, but was soon after discharged vy Justice Wandell, notwithstanding tnat the action ees Donohue in remanding the prisoner Virtually decided that eaough evidence had ‘been produce t> justify his retention. On Saturtsy morning Mr. Wm. R. Wilmot, in- uerbal revenue officer for the fifth district, Maryland, arrived at New York and ac- pate the detectives with the fact that on pril 2ith last his office, at St. Dennis, Baltimore county, Md., was broken into by burglars. who carried off $15,000 worth of beer stamps. He positively identified the stamps found with Pakulski and Meyers as @ portion of those stolen from him. On this evidence the young man Meyers was again arraigned before Justice Morgan, and com- mitted to await the requisition of the Mar: land authorities. The United States Distric Attorney will now endeayor to effect the re- arrest of Pakulski. A KENTUCKY Society [NcIDENT.—They bad an interesting littiesociety incident ov: at Paris, Ky., Friday night at the ball which wound up the Bourbon county fair. A young man—one of ‘the Ciay {arnily, sah—pro- posed to enter the ball-room in ‘a drunken state and a disorderly manner. Being with- Blood by the City Marshal, hedrew his re volver and opened a fusilade on the Marshat!. Thereupon the Marshal drew his revolver and returned the fire. But the pistol of the scion of “one of the first families of Ken. tucky, sah,” only snapped every time, while the Marsbal’s went off four times, and hit, too. The incident added much to the festivi- ly of the ball, especially to the girls that Went from the north side of the river.. The condition of the scion of chivalry was thought critical. Of course, if he had shot the Mar. shai it would have been all right; bat as it was the other way the just and enlightened sentiment of society ioward the Marshal found expression in such observations as: “Well, he'd bettah get out of hea d—n quick.” —Cincinnati Gazeite. ENGLISH HOLDERS OF ERIE STOCK.—The report of Sir Edward William Hawkins, on the part of the English stockholders, on tue condition of the Erie railroad, is published. He finds the roadway to be qnite equal to the standard in the United States, bat the rolling stock 18 said to be defective. He also finds that the net revenue of the line ts but twenty-one per cent.of the gross sia aro while the outstanding debts are equal to about fourteen months of the net profits. President Jewett is recommended to the support of the bondholders. A memoranitum romising to place the business upon an i. tat ible footing, and securing to the Eng- ish interest, a substantial influence in its management, has been signed. ACCORDING to a careful estimate male by Mr. James Caird, whom Times igh authority; there ts likelv soon to American wheat in last year of wheat req' Telegrams to The Star. THE TEXAS FLOODS. TOWN OF INDIANOLA DESTROYED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIVES LOST TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. —_s—_—_. WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. ——_-—__ A SHOCKING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. YORK, Sept. jand, @ well-F sown musician of New Brun:- N. J.. yesterday attempted the double crime of murder and snicide. The professor is futy years old and his wife afew years } younser, and they have been married over twenty years. For some time pas, there has bcen trouble in the family, owing to the in- sane jealousy of the busband, who latterly had become much addicted to drink, and Was in the habit of beating and abusing his wife. It was finally resolved to separate, and the necessary legal steps having been taken, yesterday was appointed for the breaking up of the family. While Mrs. Gar- land and her daughters were packing up, the professor entered the room with a Colt’s Seven-barreled revolver in his hand, and lev- elling it at Mrs. Garland’s head fircd, the ball entering her mouth, crashiug away her teeth and passing through the bac‘ of her neck. The horrified lady, almost ralysed With dread, sank on her knees, crying, © 0) James, James, for God’s sake don’t kill me!” bul her husband SHOT HER WHILE ON HER KNEES, the ball entering ber head. Then Miss Anna, a daugbter of 14, courageously sprang fo: ward and thrust aside ber fatier's hand, in which he still grasped the revolver. Before he could fire a third time Mrs. Garland sprang out of the bonse into the yard and dropped apparently dead. The ‘would-be murderer then went up stairs to his room, and, throwing himself on the bed, leveled the revolver at his own head and fired. The ball lodged just over the righteye. Finding himself still alive, he took a peu-knife from his pocket and SLASHED OPEN HIS THROAT, infiicting a frightful wound, breaking the blade of the pen-knife in his frenzy. Thisdid not kill him, so he rushed into the hall, pro- cured a hammer, and then crushed in his skull, making a hole twice the size of a sil- ver doliar. Soon after this his son, Alfred, who had been away from home, arrived, and With the assistance of a Mr. Short broke in the coor of the professor's bedroom, and there they witnessed a sight such as made their blood run cold. Sitting on the edge of the bed, his head, face and shirt covered and streaming with blood, was Garland. utterly unconscious. The floor at the beaside was covered with gore, and the walls and ceiling were bespattered with blood. There is no hope that he will survive, and but little hope that his wife can recover from the effects of her wounds. —e— THE TEXAS CYCLONE. Al is for Aid for the Sufferers. New Yok ept. 21.—The following tele- eS were received in this city last eyen- ing by prominent merchants doing business With Texas: “Houston, Sept. 20.—The greatest distress bebe ted among the poe Poe at the East End, Galveston. Several hundreds of them have been rendered utterly destitute by the storm. They need heip immediately.” “Houston, Sept. 20.—A committee of relief has been organized to help the sufferers, with tbe mayor of Galveston at its head, Contri- butions are now being received. Can you help them? “ Galveston, Sept. 20.—-The greatest suftering prevails here among the poorer classes, and many of the wealthier class are in distress, The people at the East End have been washel out of their houses, their clothing lost an: provisions destroyed. Help 1s needed now.” The Town of Inuianola Destroyed, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIVES Lust. St. Lous, Sept. 21.—Superintendeat Clow- rey,of the Western Union Telegraph com- pany, communicates to General Anson Sta- eras follows: ‘A Morgan steamship just arrived at Galveston and yeports th town of Indianola, Texas, almost cesboyed. The light houses, wi nearly every house have been swept awa; ardone hundred to one bundred and fif lives lost. The ste vo land her carge os FOREIGN NEWS. The Newfoundiand Fisheries. .—The Globe this evening rn that the disadvantages su y the British engaged in the New forn¢ land fisheries as compared witty r men have no wise abated the present seasor The officers of French cruisers protecting French interest haye assumed avery higi tone in asserting their rights thereabouts. french Politics, PaRIs, Sept. 21.—The Courrier de Fronce states that the Cabinet have unanimously resolved to propose the abolition of the sys- temof voting by departments. The Courrier anticipates in consequence the overthrow of the muluistry in November. Threatening Weather. LonDon, Sept. ‘The weather today is cloudy and threa’ ng. The Carlists in France. Parts, Sept. 21.—It now séems that only 800 Carlists entered France, and these by the Gavarnie valley. 18,000 for Cuban Gravyeyards, MADEID, Sept. 21.—Reinforeements to the number of 18,000 will go to Cuba by the 15th of November next. ——— + The Insurance Convention. NEw York, Sept. 21.—The convention of insurance commissioners and superintend- ents reassembled to-day, President Chap- man in We chair. The executive committee reported credentials from the following dele- gates in addition to those received yester- day:—Joshua Nye, of Maine: John A. Finch, of Indiana, and M. B. Howell, of Tennessee. ‘The chairman announced the appointment of the following committees:—On blank for annual statements; oa assets and invest- ments; on rate of mortality, rate of interest, and reinsurance liabliity; on legislation; on miscellaneous question: Commissioner Rhodes stated there were several gentlemen pvesent from the domin- ion of Canada who represented insurance in- terests, and on motion it was resolved to ex- tend to them th ‘ivilege of the floor dur- ing the session. missioner Row offered the following resolution, which was laid on the table: Resolved, A8s the sense of this convention that the present practice of the life and fire insurance companies in loaning money on the stock of other life and fire insurance companies as colla! is erroneous, and should be LOCAL NEWS. THE ABSTRACTED COURT RECORDS Arrest of Charies G. Fisher. Proceedings at Police Court To-day. The Prisoner Committed, It was first published in Saturday's STAR that several indictments and informations and appeal bonds had been abstracted from the Criminal Court, by some person un known. The suppos 4 object of such ab: straction of papers was the compromising of peLdlog cases, and thus dereating the ends of Justice. These papers were mostiy reconis of Appeal cases from the Police Court, aud included the information and appeal bonds, but there were also three indictments x ing, (as far as Known,) two against Jeremiah Costello for receiving stolen property, in which the boy Stepney (the sub controversy between the Cl: Carrington’s) was a witness, ax Dr. Christian, the resurrectionist. Indictments and oth ‘ourt papers are in the custody of the clerk of the Criminal | ment th Court Mr. E. J. Middleton, and are always jealously guant:4. They are pever ail to be taken from the office except by the | : United States attorney or his assisiants, and the attorneys for the District, and oniy rare cases did these officers ever take tiv from the room in which they w filed. During the usual recess of ti court, and several weeks before its reassem. bling it was noticed that Mr. Chas. G. Fisher, ssistant United States attorney, spent con- siderable time looking over the files, but stating that he was simply taking time by the forelock, to prepare business. The clerks bad no suspicion that he was attending to any other than bis legitimate business. Since he went out of the office, however. and the discovery was made that the papers were gone, the above-mentioned circarastance | caused suspicion to be directed to him. THE ARREST OF CHARLES G. FISHER. immediately after the abstraction of the records bad been reported to police head- quarters by Mr. Birney, assistant District attorney, Major Richanis gave the case to Detectives Mclevitt and Miller, whoat once Set to work. They soon satisfied th that Charles G. Fisher, late assistant Dis trict attorney, knew more than anybody else about the mixs , ‘Rien ards last evening ordered them to arrest him. About nine o'clock last night they found him at the Theater Comique and escorted him direct to police headquarters, where he Was Informed of the charge of abstraction of Papers, which he denied in whole and in part, with the exception of the indictment of r. Christian for ¥ spatching. He pro- tested that he was not legally in custody, as there had been po warrant served on him. It was found impracticable to procure the ne- cessary papers last night, and he was then locked up without them. SCENES AT THE POLIC te This mornir re was great excitement about heac ters and the Police Court, ard @ general expression of satisfaction among the people at the prospect of the uit mate triumph of justice. The Police Court was crowded early with spectators to learn of the disposition o: particular case. Among tue crowd were members of the bar and other pror Itizens. Mr. E. J. Middleton, assist clerk of the Supreme Court, in whose cus- tody the indictments and appeal bonds are placed, was busily engaged in ascertaining the number and nature of the papers ab- tracted, several additional papers having been tound this morning by Detectives Mc- Devitt and Miller, making in all about fifty in nuinber £0 far recovered by them. MR. MIDDLETON'S AFFIDAVIT. COURT THIS MoRN- Mr. Middleton filed an affidavit which was | sworn to by Mr. Howard L. Prince, clerk of the Police Court, charging “that on’ or about the 10th day of September tairty-eight papers of acourt of justice, to wit Court of the District of Columbia, fled and this | nseives | « the Sapreme | deposited with the clerk of said court were | feloniously stolen aud carried away out of the possession of the said i. J. Midu and that he had cause to suspect Fisher of committing said o: On this affidavit a warrant was ring the business of the mot Detective McDevitt, and te over Marshal Eck'off, who placed lim in eharse of Bailif Rbodes in bis priva‘eofties. He asked to be allowed to go outon ibe street in charge of the baillf, which Mr. Eckioff re- fused. THE WARRANT is made on the oath of Erasmus J. Middie- ton, who charges Charles G. Fisber with stealing and carrying outof his ( Middleton's) possession, contrary to te statutes and against the peace and government of the United States, the papers enumerated, and is copied by James A. McDevitt. FISHER COMMITTED TO JAI. The case was called about twelve o'clock. when Mr. Frank Closs appeared for Fisher and waived an examination; he also waived tbe reading of the warrant, and asked what the bonds would be. Mr. Birney stated that in view of the gravity of the charge he should pot be willing to Ox it less than = some discussion between c: fixed the amount at $4,000. isher was then committed to jail in default, to await the action of the grand jury. THE MISSIN: PAPERS. The foliowing is @ list of the cases to which the abstracted papers belong: George A Christian, indictment for removing deal bodies from a cemetery; appeal bond of Wim. Carey for selling liquor on Suaday; do. John iMamond and Lizzie Diamond for assault and battery, #100 bonds, Wesley Frey, surety; do. Henry Sebriver, disorderly conduct, $100 bonds. Charles Heitmuiler, sure’ do. Jos. T. K. Plant, disorderly conduct, #100 bonds, C. 1. Brewer, surety; do. George F. Chandler, Produce dealer without license, $100 bonds, joseph Kengla, surety; do. Frank King, tap- Rr sewer without permit, $100 bonds, C. <ing, surety; do. Wiliam Starr, indecent x is, L. G. Hine and J. W. urety; do. Edw. Roach, disorderly concuet, #16 bonds, Robert Geyer, surety George W. Roseberry, produce dealer, with: ent leense, £100 bonds, L.G. Hine surety; Edward Roach, carrying concealed weapons, 100 bonds, Robert Geyer surety; Geor; Schriver, obstructing market, $160 boo Henry Schriver surety; Richard B. Lioyd profane language, $100 bonds, Edward Lioyd surety; George Wanstal}, fast driving, S100 bonds, Francis Carter surety Oliver May, Henry Young, Charles Neison and Joseph Massey, gambling, 8100 bonds each, Charles Irving surety; John Kozel, violation of liquor law, #100 bonds, John Wiseman surety; James’ La Fountain, ob- struction of the sidewalk, $100 bonds, M ‘arent La Fountain surety, four cases; Daniel Brown, throwing stones in street, £100 bonds, Patrick Quirk surety; James A. Hoffman, dealer witout license, £100 bonds, Richard Thompson surety; Ji Spears and Jobn Brown, cruelty to animal, $100 bonds, Thomas W. Chase surety; Wm. H. re disorderly conduct, £100 bonds, B. W. Ferguson surety; Charles W. Thomas, o} bar room on Sunday, $10 bonds, eorge Cumberland surety; John Dalton, embezzlement, €100 bonds, Set and Millis Dean sureties; Holmes, disorder!: Strother Webb surety; Margarei out license. 8100 Douds, Joba F. Rasher, commi! out license, sureties: 3; Moses | Ld j first tn ™. Montreal —— dent of that them, ‘gave them ce ®t pleasure & bid ne eee fo) as. b eked Certificates, sew: Did, Water Certificates are quieter tha ¢ quieter than peculative shares have ruled bigher Goll opened at tits, ood sh » Berl Wb 0% vot above 7s ard 457 Sted cheek patural causes, erument b fraction ) Gov cr, thee yesterday ned with Ohio and Misntwsipp! and Bric reapact iy % and 1 sod with the Union Pacitic and Miescurt reapectively tinder of the an ore the Airet bond strong. and prices advanced | Pe latter Umen Pacific, the rise cudminat) a Since then there hes been ter Lake Shire. the only cnception w Pacific The Markem. Sept. 2).—Virginia «ines, peclore Virginia, 9. North ‘Caroline taltax, 2 bid today. Sugar Hotton weak —middting baceed. Wheat quill aed germ Fed: 1 5, Pemusyivamte teat anak oor neces? western red. 1 37, Peansyivam : rie » Lal 4 do wid Oa tendy. TSa80. Hi tons dell but st 22 0033. Balk m Ki clemr rib widen, 125.012, Bacon steady —shonlders, 5 sides, Lheal5. hams, Mads. Lard firmer: not tabiy” higher reaped. Ws. Batter firm’ and wa- chan, Petroleum strone—crnde, Oa: ‘te tned, 13. Deft ong and a end. Whieky excited a New ¥ strong jong, 450, short, v Youn, Sept 2—Flour dull and dectins heat quiet: stropgly in buyers’ favor. Cora dull and declinip ekexnen Sept. 21, 12:30 p. m—Erie, 15, pre ert Loxbon, Sept 21, 1 p.m —Brie. 145 L Rept 2 iby us 5 Vicor te pent Lonnon, Peps Lennox, Se france 5S comtimes Horse DiskasE In BUPFALO.—The Buf- faio Commercial Advertiser of Friday re- ports the appearance of a disease resembling Lhe epizootic among the horses in that city. It says:—* In order to get at the facts in tt matter our reporter called at severai places where horses are largely empl ud also. quote renter nowo veterinary surgeon, Dr. Wm. ie, on Erie street. It was I] the horses belong Somervill tained ¢ panies, livery- men, &c., Were suffering toa ter or less extent. Dr. W. 8. Somerville, jr., stated thet all the horses tn Buffalo were at present affected with @ disease which had ral of the symptoms of the old epizootic, though the type was decidediy milder. The atiobe are A Cough, a slight swelling of the parotid glands, dull and watery eyes, “staring coat,’ followed by a discharge from the rostrils—the latter not being so profuse ax in the case of the epizootic. The disease was first observed, Dr. Somervilie stated week ago to-day one of the borses at- tacked, we unJerstand. bave been incapaci- tated for work; and it is the opinion of the inary su it would be xere taking should not be subjected to f heard from yield to proper treatment, and Sime of the horses first attacked are now nearly recovered. It is beliewed that the dis- case originates ip & cold, consequent upon the sudden change of weather, the material fall in tempers yess, &e."” Direct TESTIMONY AGAINST THE Rev. Mk. HOFFMAN.—A special dispatch from Quiney, Ill., September 17 says: “A decided sepsation was created in the Hoffman-Pren: tiss slander case this afternoon by the teati- mony of a young lady, who said that she had had improper dealings with the Rev. H. OQ. Hof!man at various times during the year Ist4. The witness came from Rushville yes- tentay, in chargeof one of the prominent members of the church of which Mr. Hoff- man is pastor. Her evidence was to the ef- fect that the minister seduced heron the morping of the Jd of January, Ist4, while she was a domestic at the parsonage, and that Loeir improy relations continued until the Avgust following. Before the commence mebt of this testimony the church wr cleared of all persons except the commit and — but it is generally known tha. the girl, who is now only 19 years of age, re iterated fally the statements made affidavit before a notary at Rushville days since. prosecution against Pren- Liss called Mr. Hoffman to the witness-stand. He contradicted the girl, and asserted that while in bis employ, she was detected in silfering. Hoffman's friends sre t. ng also endeavoring to break Jown her tes- timo the court remain ing in s°ssion antil 8 late hour.” REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS IN PA Va—The following Pau estate in Fairfax for the week ending on the 19th are reporu in the Parmer and News: W. W. Elzey’s executor to Mary R Batt.a tract of jand bear Sangster's X Roads, of 72 acres, for $516. Mary R. Batt to Samuel Batt, aw trustee for Mrs. Elizabeth Y: Edward L. Young, of Washington, D. C., a tract of 36 Beres, for S283. Martha, Hannah and Sarah MePuerson to David Walton, a part of “Wood lav n,” of 1289-190 near Accotink, for $2.00. Jobn 8. Fow!r, esq., assignee in bankruptey of Sandford Payne, toJalia F. Ford.& lot in Fairfax Court Hovse, oo. James H. MeCarty & Co. acres, near Herndon. for $1, Thom to Geo. M. Cannon, interest in bia Mineets (Liege, Etawelltestate, for 608. M. Cannon Matilda W. Desison, 4 jot in Vienna, for 865. GENET AND a FIELDS IN HIpING— any Bin; The iy