Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1876, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays THE EVENING STAR. ra AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, THE SITUATION IN SPAIN Pennsyivania some corner 11th Street, : The Evening yedimpem ap! Company, r Chain | DON CARLOS GOING TO ENGLAND 5. H. & i, Pres’t. --o-—_——— = RETENESS Sting eee of Four : + 30,000 TROOPS FOR CUBA. | mati—postace wie Cantast sir montass §3 00; ons veer, 66.06. WREALY STAR—putbitshed on Friday— a year, 6 prepard. mo paper seni loner than paid for. ‘Rates of advertisina jernished on application, CENTENNIAL CIVIL RIGHTS, %, 47—NS. 7,154. WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1876. TWO CENTS. Don Caries Going to Kogiaad. | Raver S. March |. A special dixpateh to Social and Personal. The Emma Mine Investigation. | THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION. | FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. | will ardive tnerene teense He wiht Everything was favorable yesterlay for After our report of the testimony taken ceed to Calais, wh the enjoyment of the closing festivities | before the House Committee on Foreign THE TESTIMONY TO-DAY. | Wapwespay, March 1. | convey tim sokagland 2 uns SPECIAL NOTICES. 0. 0. #—COLU MBtA LOD@E, No 10. OW oooh nee rns EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip, GovVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.—Inter- nal revenue, $353 110.17; customs, $243,208.08. SrNaton RanDo. PH, of New Jersey, bas returned from @ few days visit tohis home. SECRETARY ROBESON has gone to New Jersey, and will be absent from the depart- ment for two or three days. ALBERT L. Smite, of New York, hag been promoted toa third class clerkship in the Sixth Auditor's office. THE District “Real Estate Pool” investi- gation will commence on Saturday next, and be conducted with open doors. A HARBINGER OF SPRING. — An indi- vidual appeared in the Senate gallery to-day wearing alinen duster. He lacked a palm leaf fan to complete bis summer rig. AMONG the many callers at the White House to day were Senators Cameron, Lo- gan, Spencer, Paddock and Patterson, and Representatives Wood, Phillips and Wal- lace. Every om of the season. The receptions were | Affairs with reference to the Emma Mine a inks rs ofthe | SENATE.—Mr. Bogy rose to a personalex | 30,000 More for the Cabam very largely attended in the afternoon, | scandal closed yesterday, Mr. Lyon further Dene Gas te ae aimaire of the | planation. He said that In his remarks ‘ re bes tod in the evening Willard’s Hall was filled |- testified that Generai Schenck had reoelved | way continued by. ihe Houre Commiticeoa | om wb West Point bill on. Monday | mii™ROws,Mareh 1A. sbeetal that Sopoee by those who desired to participate in the | 300 shares, in addition to the 509 shares = the District this morning. last he might have done great injastice to mien will be sent to Caba_ immed: «Leap- year Carnival” held there. viously owned by him, which sold for £3 a BECKETT'S AFFIDAVIT. the graduates of that institution. He knew | There will be threedays’ bull lights and No large private parties of any descrip- | SPA7e, or <3 premium, after the quality of | juace Ruck: er read the power of attorney | that many of these graduates bad served | [tivities on the entry of the royal tion were given last evenitig. Mrs. A. R. = mine had been magnified by the report of | siven'py Beckett to H. J McLaughlin oabe. | the government in all the branches of eto Madrid. The Spanish embassy at Shepherd and Mrs. Elijah Ward — botn | §)pan-and thedispatches sent to England | Pair of the firm of Beckett & Williams Teis | iis service with fitness ability and had dancing at their receptions yesterday, Fae illiman, Williams aud Huzzy, esti- | dated December 21, 1575. ‘The money receivei | distinguishment During the late war man: aud many of their friends called upon thea, | WALnE we Fold in the mine at $16,000,000. | +5" NcLaughlin was paid on the sik of aun, | ofthem bad served on both . wist and lingered in the enjoyment of their hospi. bert Grant informed witness that he gave ary, 1876, Unction. Many of them were now occupying | She goes at the request of King A tality until twilight, evidently auatrous of Senator Stewart 2,000 shares of the stock to THE CONCRETE RESURFACING ConTRACTS. | distinguished places in thearmy. What he | '5 ftated that Isapelia wil go to ( prolonging the last of these delightfal mati- | GoCOMS & director and to assist in getting | "Sonn Grant, sworn: Am a foreman aad | Meant to say was that West Pot > n-es to the utmost limit. General Schenck’s name on the directory. snperintendent of conerete street paving. | Very expensive institution. | Alfonso’s return {rom the nortan. Thus has closed the most briiliant social | ¢fhe Committee will continue the investi- | WSs last employed by Mr. Murdock, havo r. Cockrell, from Committee on Claims Marriage of Prof. Tyndall. feamon our gay city has ever known. The | £90", bAving cummoned ex. Senator Stew- | pred engaged in the concreie basiness since | Teported adversely on bill forrelisrof Emory | Lox nar Taee Of Prof. 1; ringe of Prof. city bas been unusually crowded and enter- | how in South Atmecion ene ta Wa PStke, | seg; don’t think that the board of public | Fairiax, and it was indefinitely postpoued. | Tyncall to Miss Louisa, daughter of Lond aining has been very geferal. There have | Gen. Behense, Amer Sn Emgiagn mey.o¢ | works or commissioners advertised the | Mr. Cooper, from Committee on Pabiic Claud Hamilton, took piace yesteriay been au unusual number of large parties In oa os 7 —_— n Englafd, will also | "teets that were resurfaced; don’t think K | Bulidings and Grounds, reported House bill | Westminster Abbey. The rive was A 3 private houses. It 1s a noteworthy fact that | © ¢*Am™Ined in a day or two. street was advertised for. I bid to do K | to authorize purchase of wdditional ground the improvement of our streets has visibly THE TESTIMONY TO-DAY. street at 75 cents yard in bonds. I didn’t | for tbe custom house at Nashville, Tean. affected society, not only by rendering inter- Mr. Lyon was again before the committee | get the contract. If I had got it I could have | Passed. course between ail parts of our city more | to day and exhibited copies of Senator Stew- | made ten cents a square Zeregrouy, T saw | Mn. Sretemeareem, from Commlates on Spo R Preah te Rah ete cine Eentlemen of | art’s letters. to which allusion was previ- | Ket aut at bis hana, oo Ouwaiebh ana te’ whabits of the Rocky Mountain lo- | President Genzates Steps Dowa and by bringing their families to remain with ns | OUsly made by him. These letters were pho- | man had a contract to do aliof C. E. Evans’ » and it was indefiaitely postponed. . Out during the session of Congress, have made | 8T@phed by the Emma Mine company, to | work. I understand that Crawford and | Also, favorably from same committee, bill New York, March 1..A San Domingo valuable additions to our society. Our city | be used in the pending suits against the ven- | Hoffman got $1.10 per square yard. My bid | 1 protect agriculture against injarious in- | dispatch says: “Gonzales, having been twioe Leems destined to be the haven of rest {> | 20F8 of the mine. Was not for the carriageways but for tbe | Sects, with amendments. defeated in battle, has retired from the ett which gentlemen of all professions will re- Mr. Lyon's read an extract trom the report | sidewalks. In m: judgment the work of Mr. West introduced bill relative to the | He was tried by the lecisiatur Ure when they no longer desire to engage in of George Atwood, an Englishman, superin- | Crawford and Hi an Was worth about 85 | rank of officers in the army. Referred to | ted. He resign the more active pursuits of tife. Ourcapital tendent ofthe Emma mine, made to the di- | cents a yard. I would like tohave had it at | Committee ov Military Affairs. jeave the couptr: 7 yoal govern. lg rapidly becoming @ center of eulture and | Gated October 34, M5; Ih which ‘herrene: | Wat, payable in cash, Ithink Mr. Scharf! HOUSE UF REPRESENTATIVES.—Bo. | M&nt Was re-establishel on tive 2d ast refinement, and Its society, iustead of bsing | G&ted, October 23, 1875, in which he repre- | bid todo the work at SS cents a square yard. e eee ss ——_o—__— &n object of deserved scorn, as the recent | *ebted the mine to be in a deplorable condl- | Crawford and Hoffman had the contract to | ‘ore the regular morning hour a number of . A Journalistic « hange theological vituperation ‘would lead one to | Mon, water baving risen 50 feetabove the | do the resurfacing of all of C.E. Evaus & | bills, resolutions, &c., were introduced by New Yorx, March !.—Its state. that the suppose, ean boastan elevating and aesthatic | Jével, He sald Atwood was a scientifle man, | Co.'s work; the firm didn't care anything | unarumous consent, arog them the follog, Tatcate of incorporation of the New York influence, brought about by the presence of and received an aunual salary of $3,009 a | about the sidewalks, and a. Crawford's re- | jn i-xpress Company was filed with the coanty men and women Of geniug and superior eda- | Year. The witness reiterated his testimony | quest I bid for the sidewalks. By Mr. Knott (Ky.)—Bi to amend certain | clerk yesterday. The company is to Be cation. whieh no other city on our eontinent | Of yesterday, to the effect that Senator Mor- | Q. Why didn’t Crawford give you the work | sections ur the rented statutes. Referrea to | Vanaged by Erastus Brooks, Jno. Brooks, cau rival. In view of the fact that our well | £08 did not receive any money. nor had he | todo, inasmuch as bis firm had the conteact? Judiciary Committee. Augustus Schell, Frederick Smythe, and. paved streets have largely contributed to | 82ything whatever to do with him and Sen- | °A° Well. he was onty one of the firm, and is result is it not about Ume for an essay no uieent in Connection with the sult of | 1 srppose he was overruled. the moral tendency of concrete and as- | “¢ Wituess tn the Utah court. LIQUOB DESLERS— ATTENTION. meen el the (1QCOB DEALEES’ PRO- TeCtriVsS ASSOCIATIUN will be beld at SN- GERBUND HALL, corver 5th and B streets north- west_on THU BDAY, 9d instant, at 76 o'clock p m. Fri attendance is requeaved. mari-3t ATTENTION, BATTALION —All honora iS bly dise nay who w Centes that EX QUES ISABELLA sides ‘with dis. | bas any political motives le wie Spato. Oo. Tt ut was a | Chel, near Madrid. immediately after King soldiers of the regular e.my, ere in serv “7 at ie sere end Fd ; _ Sar, are reynested t0 attend a meeting to be bel oesage Hall 913 F street, on “THURSDAY 'G. March 2, at 7% o'clock. to consult tn ing and renewing of their pett aie, fee seer igen ‘may be placed a ‘sume footing Ww gardto tote be teidiers wa ae outa tue Togress cf the war. By unger of tiie Oomm ttes. Mito a “Foun a. MILLER Obatrman. Home MUTUAL BUILDING aSSa0lA Tlu~ OF WASHINGTON, D. O. ORGAN- ANUARY, 157 ‘Th. Or«t mon Diy meeting of this Assoe! be held MOB DAY, March 6t GEERT Ny Habs, or od treets porth- wes--entrance on Sth street. The secretary will Te prevent at 6p m.,to receive subecriptivas apd issue certificates ef stock Shares @20; dunes $1 month on @ach share. Subscriptions will be re- erived at the ee (Ge pecretary. 404 ie ‘isiens avenne, © ite ¥ 5 e neeting SPP USH ROD KOEIMSON, Presiavat. IRVING Wii LIAMSON, Sxc’y. feb29 st ned by Dean Stanley. Amov “ne t were Thomas Carlyle Huxiey, Prot. Dr. Hooker and Sir F. Pollock. - - lture, reported adversely on bill Lo In- y. the presidency, Mr. BARCLAY WHITE, who was renom'- pated to be superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern superintendency, was betore the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to- day to apswer a number of questions relating to the removal of the Pawnee Indians from Nebraska to the Indian territory. Tue Senate had another Pinchback dis- cussion this afternoon. Mr. Alcorn made an extemporaneous speech, taking the ground that the claimant having a prima facie case, should be admitied. As soon as it was known that the Pinchback case was up pao- ple began flocking to the gallery, which was soon filled. DESTITUTE 18 DIANS.—The President yes- SECURITY BUILDING ASSOCIATION — Sto igers « Jet, af the vffice of T. 8. BOBBINS. Bey » Webster pg. No. 505 D street northwest, between Payments will only be made 7o'clock p. surrender of certifica’es, Lis 3t CHAS. B BAILEY, Secroters. a OF COLUMBIA BALLWAY (90. BUAL ELECTION OF DIREOTORS. nBual election of seven directors, (0 serve £ year, will be heid at the !.ara‘of Trade Market Space, on TUESDAY, March ‘oximo. between the hoursof land 4 p m._ The books will be open for the transfer of stock to March Lith, incineive. Zhe semi-annual dividend Au on and after Marc! a feb3e-cotd W. H. CLAGETT, See. SECON D WASHINGTON CO-OPERA- BUILDING ASSOOLATION — Cuaxoe oF Prace or MEETING.—Hereafter tis Association will meet in “Associ stion Hall,” Mo Samuel Marsh who have been svlegied as STER SCHENC! Mr. Kasson (iowa) asked leave to offer a | ‘Trustees. The compa: resolution instructing the Committee on | Sf'y years from the . flairs to wansmit to Minister | TH Express will go into the bands of its py Of the testumouy taken by | "CW Managers. Mr. them in relauion to bis counection with the | ™&iDs as editc a Emma mine enterprise, and inform him that is to coutinne for The examination of the witness was fu 2 The witness then referred to the telegram | ther continued as to the manner of res Foreign e wedding of Miss Wood, (the daughter | S¢ht to London in isit, that Senator Blair | facing street pavements as done under Lue Schenck of tbe Hon. Fernaudo Wood.) and Mr. Caen- | "8d introduced @ resolution calling for an in- | supervision of mituess fon Me wraee owlth, is announeed to take place in April, | Y¢Stigation of General Schenck’s eoauection udge Buckner directed that Lieat. Hoxie 1 , ic en ie wi a ns ct. C . te 7 eer matier with several whom he had induced to MR. SCHARFF AS A Witeeee element of acts in ealstion thereto, O04 | name : be di My” Question. | five him (Parke) his note for the stock, and |. R. Scarf sworn:--Came to Washineton | coenuieaeme be done before their report 18 | iiGune, charged 8 Brooks re- ay sent @ message to Congress coverlag acommunication fsom Secretary Chandler, urging immediateaction upon a bill for the relief of the Indians at the Red Cloud agency, and stating that there is danger of trouble with the Indians if such appropriation is not mad CoNFIRMATIONS—The Senate yesterday ¢onfirmed the following nominations:—Wm. H. Reyncids, pension agent, Providence, R. L: Wm. D. Sears, collector of customs, St. Marks, Fla; Fredériek Lord, collector of in- ternal revenue for Nevada; John 8. May- hugh, register land office, Elko, Nevada. Aliso @ number of postmastérs, INDIAN AGENTS.—The following nomina- tions of Indian agents will doubtless be con- firmed by the Senate:—Charles Hudson, of New York, for the Indians of the Pima and Maricopa ageucy, in Arizona, vice J. H. Stout, to be removed; Jacob Vane, of [ndt- apa, of Om: The “Padgy and F i Fs Ques then to write him @ letter saying if his'note | in the apring of 1st3, 1a the fall of iat resolution PRINCE GxonGE County, Va., Feb.2. | and stock were not suificioat security: he an ee ement Loe the oe | gt, jolman asked if the resolution ‘ame ots S75 the ve a y 5 minister, the jury this morning rende! Hilitor Star: The intelligence you give from | would give @ mortgage on his house and lot | pairs of comerotes there ee eee en ae | tes ee ee some western paper that Blaine ts “pudgy” | in Washington. Parke said he had certified | ment Jast spring Oe the District Connie: Ema itty ae bn Oot oF fale’ paar tee and “fluffy,” bas filled the hearts of his nu- | We fiatement to Stewart, and if Stewart | sioners. ‘There was an advertisement abont | reine She het eo fale play (2 | meath of @ Philadciphia Broker. merous admirers in this region with regret. | p0Uld do the same thing, it would dry up | @ yearago for work on Grant place. Last | Hagen, who was well-kuowa to a large | ;/MiLADELPHia, March 1.—Camile D. Ne 5 Invilllers, @ promigent member of be We looked upon Biaine a3 @ thorough states- | “The committee caused to be read a corre: tame 2 broposition to resurface the | number of the members. brokers of this city mud a ditones ot te man,—not a modern Virginia statesman, | spondence between S. T. Patt 19 per euDie Vara: Thee oor ee ony at | Mr. Caldwell (Ala ) said he did not see an a , S.T. Pafford and General | $19 per cubic yard; that would be aboat 85 ber of the Foret Somm itt With his bead fuli ofdreams and the “reso: | Schenck. In a letter of July 914, 1873, Pat- | conbeie uma square eee oe See Seen Ceraas lutions of 9s,” but practical, progressive, aud | ford wished General Sctienck to’ give him awe rps incorruptible, and the one most likely to | certain information about the Emma mine icad us to victory in the coming momentous | and repeated the rumor that General Schenck. contiict, and such @ charge at such a time | did not bona fide pay for {hs shares. Whether rights bill, im refusing lodging to colored 615 7th street, opposite Pateat Office, on the FAIGST THUR=DAY in cach mouth. . Tas office of the Association, where dues may be paid daring th= Month, «ill be bereafter in the same room in which ee seaular monthly meeting of the stockholders is feb% 4t JOHN BE. THOMPSOM, Secretary. HILDISEBUND.—A general meeting of SECTION 164 will be held on the ¥p oF Philadelphia and Erte ratiroad company, my | room, and untilsome one representing the | “€4 thls morning bid J received from Lient. e ct. Tae P Hoxie, for which I received my pay in cash, committee came in he would Object. Tae New Jersey aocora! . =. I was’ the highest bidder; the next lowest | “!Uton npn hgeertegtr saves e in ut Marcu, at S47 Ten street northwest, and of SBO- TION 162 on the 30 oF Makce. each to commence at7 v.am.. for the purpose of oiecting officers for one eer. Sach wembor us respectfully rey aested to drevent H. STEIBELING, feb Tt Secretary. oad BUILDIENG a8SOCIATION. of EAST WASHING ATION. No. ¥, a 8 horized the tnder- Republicas ,N.J., —T publican bid tome was for $10 per cuble and a wa ae oe ee = Ait convenes to BI aes 4 ea there were bide even lower than that. The | further defining and regulating the powers | (obs! Convention Will meet at Treuton, May only interest Thad in the Murdock contract | and duties of the Boani of Heaith of tne | ——_¢ _____ was @ royalty I received on account of the District of Columbia. Referred to the Dis- Specie Resuw, patent, in which I held @ half interest; the | trict Co: mittee. ALBANY otber balf was owned py Frank Smith, but Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Banking | adodted a John O. Evans paid me the Toyalty beeanse | and Currency, reported a bill to authorize | representatives in Congre: he had a lease for the pateot. The amouutof | the appointment of receivers of patioanl | peal of the specie paym: royalty I received from Murdock was about banks, and for other purposes. Ordered a ra $6,000. 4 printed and recommitted. New romont of ‘ Q, Do you know why you didn’t get the | “Mr. Young (Teun.), from Committee on Ww Youk, Maren 1 Frank E. contract rather than Murdock or Crawford | Public Buildings and Grounds, offered a res. | [0We, for the past seven years, sp Trea- & Hoffman for concrete irs? olution, which was adopted, directing the | S¥'Y gent in this A. I had no right to work the patent, be- | Committee on Public Bulidings and Grouo —_ —— aioe —— sold it 2 to adopt such measures as may be necessa urdock. Again, I bad no m nery todo @ pro ventilation of the hall of the work, Crawford « Hoffman having pur- bP ly a ones vel poner chased the machinery from Evans. Mr. Clymer (Pa.) reported, from the Com. | jina sixes, old, THE EXTRA ALLOWANCE FOR HAULING. | mittee on Expenditares of the War Depar to-day, or Charnes A. Appel, sworn:—Am Clerk in the | me nt,® resolation authorizing tne comait- BaltTimonk se, Mar: board of audit, in charge of contractors’ ac- | jee to sit during Uke session of the House. | middling, 124° Flour st counts. Witness then explained that the | KGopted. coe ome ewes — 1 comes with stunning force. We have search- | this was true er not, a couutryman of ed Worcester through, and can fiad nosuch | Schenck’s then In London said that 5.000 words, and whether they mean something so | shares had been given to Seienck to float the mean and awful that he could not defiue | Emma mine stock, and that Sen lor Stew- them, and so left them out, or left them out | art recelved 2,000 shares to become: a direc- because there are nosuch words, we are ina |. tor. Mr. Pafford wanted to know whether state of most painful suspense. ‘Cousin | these things were crue, and in conclusion March Tue meseimely to day Lion request ag New York to oppose the re- resumplion act. Howe. Signed to receive eubser'ptions to stook. Payments SABE moun per share. First payment second jon sy in March Fervons wishing to subscribe caa send postal card, — name end sddress, anol staisg ber of shares. R.B FERGUSON, Secretary, Southwest coruer 2d street and Pa. a1 fed™ et {Bep.Criticl cart a eeee HALL Daniel” says he does not believe there are | charged Parke and Stewart, who were frien any seh words; but that woman just coined | of Sckevck, with having with nefarious in- them to hide a le under; bat we can hardly | tent and by fraudulent statements, obtainet belleve @ Washington woman and a news- | from bim and other confiding share holders paper correspondent would convey an un- | large sums of money. He asked whether tuth, and so we come to you for relief. | Schenck endorsed the acts of these men, and wa agency, in Nebraska, vice lingham, resigned; and Chas. H. Nebraska, for the Santee agen- ey, 2 on viee James Webster, re- signed. pec) today tureed over the office to M. Eh. Ht is We with to know firstly if there are any | said if an answer should not be given he such words. Not if some “witty member” or | would givea full statement for publication siangy sensationalist has uttered such, batif | in the New York papers, He also statet | ther are any such words used by cultivated | that he would call Prevident Grant’s atten- ‘2m OF SUPERVISORS.—Tas Sec- retry of the Treasury has decided upon | persons in good society. Then we want to | tion to the matte transferring tbe Bupervisors of Interua Snow the meaning of them. Just how la- st Revenue. Mr. Tutton is to go Louisville, | “entable a condition, pudgiuess or fluffiness | July 10th, 137 taking the piace of Thomas J. Brady. | /S if it refers toa state, or how atrocious an | to 4 previous letter because it was respect{al Supervisor Hunt is to take Mr. Tutto: offence pudging and flutfing is if it refers to | in character; but when Mr. Pafford subse place in Philadelphia, while Mr. Brady taxes | 4 8et. That is, we want to know exactly | quently attacked him in the public priats, the post now oecapied by Mr. Hunt at Ir Tn this letter HENCK REPLIED, saying that he had responded A pect service for YOUNG MEN, SABBATH AFTEBSOOS, at 3% o'¢lock. tort addresses by Young Men _Maste led by Cornet sud Organ. febit-tr STRaTFvuap ¥F DALL, 455 Louisians avenue, n25-em ATTORNEY Bap BOILING HOT O8 Ios c price for hauling earth wasestablished ati, | “Sy, jou (R. 1.) introduced a bill to | Ppeays "Sule red, 1570138; Mary is cents per cubic yard on and after June Ist, ensik toate 3408 of the revised statutes, | Gor ea gue lower oeaiens waite, stem ee. A Copy of a letier dated September 23, | rejative to savings banks. Referred to Ways | yellow, basse, western amined, wo spot U4, Rest written by J. C. Lay, auditor of the | and Means Committee. | bar Feb, Hs: bid April. Oats Guill but at board ol oe works, was read, recomrend- Mr. Durbam ( Ky.) introduced a resolution | *euthern, 6 dp. mixed. ing an allowance of 1 , cents for haul to con- | calling upon tue secretary of the Treasury | “©. Bye oouunally Teast. Hey ‘sod {ractors who have open accounts. The letter | for further information relative to Pacific es Ee, strong. bu vont ood panes. 2. | bow @ man acts that is pudgy and flufty, | Wwe publication being accompanied with ine ‘ianapoils. [is hot yet known whether ihese | LOW @ man looks that is pudgy and flafty, | uendoer, he could take no notes of his stric. changes will cause any resignations; atleast | aud how a man feels that is pudgy aad finffy. | tures. He, however, had no objection to give one Was threatened when trausfers were pro- | 40d 4s to the grammar ofit, if it would be | Mr. Pafford ail the information in hus posses- posed on @ former occasion, correct to fay: 1 pudge; sion if he would call upon him at ten o'elock — Tuou pudgest; on the next 7; western white, sas! AT LAW. nday, his eugagemeats ty: Balk mea's—shoniders, . hore the favorable eudorsement of Adolf | fatisoadé won ; Jnited ‘ . —s ‘OLD TEA, paaaivels He pice ant such that he could state no other m2 for an | Cluss, engineer, to whom It was referred by poem Penne gee cae ad saeores b- clear til sade Aa eine teloaaa hee = 7 = ASE : inp i ua) v’ . the board of public works. It was approved, nm Oo . Williams (Ind.), the | stesoy end firm—unchen, i bia pipe ho ga ineand a statement Inat sight froma De Lina Thow art priged; The witness then stated that Mr. Paiuid | uot to date before January Ist, 183 Da toe | oUt, motion of Mr. William: rerive- . wer tong? pee . o tee on Expenditures in the War | *<"!v¢—western extras, 27930, do firsts, . 4th of September. i873, the board ordered 1 y opar L we ized to employ a ‘aally Guchanged Ov a bat ceats "er cubic yard over the first two hun- pee apd ye =e rect te cartoon, feat robbing, Gam. red feet to be allowed in the settlement of | “Qn motion of Mr. Metcalf (N. Y.), the New Fors, Ma Ontractora’ accounts. Witness thea read a | Committee on Expenditures on Public Ba!id- Shae tee ieene octive an tower. hangs, long, 456, ehort, umber of settlements made wiih eoutrac- | ings was authori-ed to Laquire and report pmonts active snd srong. tors for the extra baul. Much of the work | the amount of money expeaded for the con: Sew Vor, March 1 oe elted was done in 1872. and New York | West quiet and sxeady. Corn Q (Judge Buckner to Mr. Keys, counsel | Suction @nd completion of the era (PR: . ape He is pudged. bad an interview with Sehenck. who tol: fran, director of the mint,on the subjectof | You yet the idea, Mr. Editor, from this, aud | Pafford that he did not know much of the the eubstitution of silver coin for fractions curr: WITH MITBUBN'S UNBIVALLED SoD4, 14689 PENNSYLVANIA AVEXVE, octs0-tr Rear Willard’s_ we look to you to makeit all plain. We] witness, except that he was an aiven He informed the committee that thought perhaps pudgy and flaffy referred to | and asked him whether his name (Sche: 8) nion it was feasible to commenc: is 9) (oat sad condition of t now. tre Secretary of the Treasary was rot at cocent ne system and the man | and Stewart’s name were not better tha: wes JOBHSON & 00, BANEERS, . Corner of 10th Street and Pennsyivania Avenue, that revealed itself in # ripe cherry on the | that of Lyors, as th igi a before the committee. ‘The director of the | jess, b ong. bot jan et Tonia? cee mint stated that there was about $15,000,000 ot silver coin and bullion ready to be made nose, but ihe mate of a long boat justin peg ond positions, Pafford said to Scheack a trom Washingson says he saw Biaine and t there were many concurrent circum oNDON. Murch 1,12-90 pm had a long talk with him last week, and his | stances to induce persons to believe tat Post office building. money; Mis for the'account. Brie, 16 use of, and that he hada large amount of for the board of audit.) What are you trying | “Mr. Hopkins (Pa ), from the Centennial nose is as natural and Landsome as ever, and | money was given him to float the stock, | to ve vy those documents? / thor! . Ban- spDeolers in Government and District Securities, | dimes and twenty-five cent pleces on hand. | iiiy breath as sweet as the “new mowa ley" | and a countryman of Seheuck's hui "They go to show that the board of pub- jae nee att — Be cuots Gas beanie ee Foreign Exchange aud Goll. sept-ly | He said that iGo nine ase Ebon cone ~_ — a hat pa mds asp Big ogee wore in- | lic works allowed for the extra haul for work | Gentennial commiss*oners from Uthat state history of the Wnited States, cannes tne ola - MOVAL —WM. F. HOLTZMAN, ator ime, “Cousin Daniel” atte rather unchar- | considerate to pay for the shares. Schenck | done in 1672. in the pl f th serving. Pas Hi whi now . as the people would tale | itaple remark quoted above, and went ou to | Inf Patt iri gig a eh ~~ ch he now Owns, @ plene- ney a Lavy, hes removes to Ro. 3253 F st. = Siientnon eithowspoech: a remark qi! ent Ou to nformed ford that he had a patrimony Q. Then you think because the board of Mr. leuburg (N. J.), from say further that if “she or any other man a! from his father’s estate in the shape of a coal mine in Wiscousin. On tails he bor Towed $25,000 to pay for one-half of his stork e people would not stand it, and | and the other 000 be borrowed from Mr. f the same | ant resort. In the upper story, remote from Public works was liberal with the peoples’ | committee, reported @ joint resolution pro | noise and bustle, is the ibrar, money, that the board of audit also should viding. for Ceutennial celebrations 11 the | richly stored with mauuseripts Ap . several counties and towns he country | umes. In the drawing-room below are many A. No, sir; 1am not defending the board esent ial year. also | rare ‘and i of audit'at ail. Lam only showing that the | 2071p the present Centennial oan : ! rel Gummo as Yo whether they suould re-} tempted to impregnate meauingless word is friends and business acqaaint- bostness solicited au 1 money ra vested. Kooms sud Oftices for rent in same batlding iH. D. COOKE, Jn. 200, propriations for priating wiih suspicious signifieatious they wou find that thu IN THE Demo- | Would also learn’ too late—“Cousin Daniel” | Parke, and had not yet paid him ail back BANKERS, vecs—The committee of the | ** rich crtoted teentth sball rise again eto gnteoal toe te Wiee Be Tlomance for ¢Xae haul wes nade by the toun sete} rine pee pty oer Widiees be oa Se veces. —' ut . Su bourd Werks in i e ft. by ; apls-tr 1429 F sircet 2 caneus have agreed to disagree _ Execity rhymes to James @. Blaine. quently the witness called on Mr. McCul-| Q. To Me. App-l.-You fo-iowed the same fanpial celebration and @ copy of the same | Pancroft, by Kiteber. Mes. Beacroft is one ws the financial question,and two reports | Yourstraly, JOHN. | loch, of the banking house of Jay Cooke & on d Beuool, Who wre G. YOUNG, HOTARY PUBLIC, octiT-tf Orv Will be made to the caucus, The majority fevors Mr. Payne's amended propositioa for a@ three per cent. reserve by the national banks dS county clerk's ofiice. voted . rule then that the board of public works did? | 4,06 fi! mad pds neabcbeagags poh pre Sie wearsber fing Noe &5 to measurement, did you follow ane anew oe) ee id ‘a ve] ae - 2 1008, re] tv 4 meterriag | tem, with a bead. t ut 5 the same rule? Did the board of audit make | eM ahugy of the iudian trast tmads fone fod high-tceked drenses wh “contrast mest Secretar: Hh - | Co., when Mr. McCulloch asked him to let Tue WEATHER IN FeBRUARY.—The me up on Schenck, and not to be too severe on teorological summary for Febraary at this | }, im, and said that the general was very in- Stak B station, prepared by Theodore Mosher, jr., ecret#ry of the Treasury, coup , roy whenever the name of the Emma | any remeasurements? dl sigual service observer, shows:—Hizhest ba- | 1: the of the luterior to the Treasurer | fav: with some of tne Ceculete extipi- s, dw i the tim e @ Was mentioned. The witness said, in A. Yes, sir, 7 rf A ete @ninli GOLD soap! 7 ie Bi nth piece ae peti art reply, that he was no ed pt Of the United States. Passed. tions at evening parties. Mr. Bancroft is specie resnmptiou, while the minority agree | rometer, 30.967 (5th); lowest barometer, ply, that he w: yt surprised at that, Q. Where? . . ‘Cor us THE PUREST AND BEST’ tb the latter proposition, bat not to thetkree | 2.42 (5th); bighest ‘temperature, 67 deg. | that he could not forgive Schenck for A. On F street Mr. Kasson, (lowa,) {rom Committee on | small and slender, with grey Lair acd whis- per cent. reserve. Mr. Lamar intends to call & meeting of the caucus for Thursday night, toeonsider the failure of the sub-committee (ith); lowest temperature, 15.5 deg. (5th); | ing him an adventurer. Pacific Railroad, reported @ bill to amend | kers, but remarkably well preserved for a Q. Where else: lation ‘ A; J don't know; is 1 had the accounts I | ratiroads annually. ft provides thatia aids, | [oatdi {us Si and-seventieth year. He 4 gould tell; it is impossible to measure gria- | tion to the reports now required there shail omer emg combative, however, aod when SCHULIZ & CU’'S GOLD SOAP prevailing direction of wind, northwest; r. Lyon was still giving testimony at 3 Ye guaranteed the best Soap in the market for gen greatest velocity of wind, between 55 and ¢ | o'clock. eral = ode 4 ——__ e, n tary Bristow made the mistake last PBASKLIN sco” sition extending the time for resumption, | ning on the 14th; number of clear days, 9, | PUBLICANS—The plattorm adopted by the |. The extra allowance for haul previous ‘th edt, &e., of each road, so that | one of an old terrier dog bareing as a eee > — vay oan SO and accumulating coin gratually to begin it | numberof cloudy days, 0; number of days | Connecticut republicans yesterday declares . LA of the to the time the board increased the price was | ce bey roper estimate may be made with @ view | ox. Fears were eutertaiued at oze & in violation of its own order, wasn’t | oda tigher asecesmeut sed taxation, ‘Tate | ovyteare wan ius uepbew, Banoroft Davis, No. 1297 Genuine Brazilian Pebple Spectacles. dec7-ly.lsip r | in favor of retrenchment and reform, pur. q | sult and punishment of frauds; complimeats with. Seven members of the committee are | ov which rain or snow fell, bis foam of fat inflexibly opposed to the resumption act, days comparative term; and demand its repea! with condition. deg ; 1542, 34; 1873, 31.1; A. I don’t know; the ruling of the late au 2 x if 5 are forty items of report required. A who is now our minister at’ Berlin, aad call ZILIAN PEBOLE SPEC. . 6 5; 1875, 6, | Secretary Bristow and Postmaster General | ditor of the board of public works for woik : P= = Pee FACLES 37.2;' comparative precipitation — 171, 1.93 | Jewell; —< the democratic majority iu | done in 1873, was to allow the extra haul. a tuneeies fo make the report 7 required is | agate the United Suriese (wastinpion Con Crrictax, Tue East FRONT OF THE TREAS — | inches; 1872, 93; ts}, oe, 1874, 1.84; 1575, 2.65; | Congress with insulting the national honor «. Do you think because the board of pu>- | ie imposed. The bill was passed ‘Chic Tribune. - on Core SecS-trlstp 453 Penna sve.,coruor street. | Phe Senate Committce on Public Bo! ings | 76.351, It will be seen tat this was the | by its selections for office, with ingratitude | lie works allowed the extra haul for w. Al p.™m., on motion of Mr. Hola nue ES, and Grounds to-day instructed the cuair- | W4tnest February in six years, and the wet- by its displacement of former office holders, | done in 1872 that itgave the board of au 1! the House adjourned. THE BROOKLYN Matrracrice Case.— e * a tesi except one. disloyalty in its utterances, and failure in | the authority to make the extra allowance. — ston An Inquest was held at tue Essex (New Jer- AFTER THIS man, Mr. Morrii!, of Vermont, to offer the ++ its legislation, deciares that the republican A. Certainly. sey) Court houreon Monday in the case of following resolution : Fe ae liveLy TIMES IN LOUISIANA.—A New | party is the hest hopeof the country, opposes THE CANAL FILLING. - The District in Congress. Caristina. Brecht, the German girl whose YOUR OPPOR TUuwiTYr i yracetw fomep done vies of etdre ltd Oricans dispatch says the indications are | any division of the school fand, and charges Witness said that alldirt that was dumped exhumed on Saturday al toe order tbat there will be lively times at the Lonisi- | fraud and inefficiency upon thedemocracy of ana state house to-day over the impeach- | Connecticut. The platform approves the ment business. The talk among the con- | specie resumption’ act, and expresses the be. servalives is that the house will in @ body | lef that the welfare of the coantry demands proceed to the senate and demand the im- | that necessary legislation be Passed to cacey [monet of Gov. Kellogg. The New Ore | that act into effect at the time spectfied, jeans Picayune is said to fairly indieata the | elther by fmnuing the greenbacks into lo prevailing sentiment in New Orleans regard- | bonds atlow interest or by using any ing tbe impeachment proceedings against | able means to BAY, Gov. Keliogg by characterizing it as a fares, | Uhird term idea is disapproved, and the de “a brief and beautiful piece of low comedy | Claration of President Grant on the Subject in two acts.” is accepted as In harmony with the seatl- in the canal in i872 was paid for at 5 coats & cart load, or 15 cents a yard, without refor- ence to where it came from. Q. Where did you get authority for that? A. Got it from Mr. § er. A letter from Alex. K. Shephert to + board of audit was read, increasing tue price allowed H.J.McLaugiilin for dumping earin from H street into the canal. @. You always took the certificate of Mr. Shepherd as evidence of work doue? A. Evidence to show that there was an agreement to do it. Q. Not in the form of an affidayit—merely & statement. A. Yes, sir; the number of loads of earth dumped in thecanal was always ascertained from an officer of the board of public works— @superintendent at tecanal for that pur- Q. Have you found many instances where the weety S Of public works haveoverpaid con- Ts’ A. Yes, sir; I'found some. Whencver I discovered it, and @ contractor had farther wT aue himy1 deducted it from his uc- an ~ Q, But when there was no further money due a contractor, aod you found him over- Pala, you did not enter suit to recover, did y A. Thad nothing to do with suits. At ten minutes after twelve the committee adjourned until to-morrow at 10 o'clock. CHRISTIANCY’S MARRIAGE—I THE POWEPS OF THE BOARD OF HEALT | Kody wae The bill introduced in the House, tuis | orthe Newark authorities nu? tose se morning, to furtuer define and regulate the | was a on san gg have deen the powers of the Board of Health of the District | resull maipractice. Afier the examina- of Columbia, provides:—First, for the en. | HODOfS Humber of wiiuesses ihe Jury re forcement of quarantine at this porto ves- | her death by the use of lustruments and sels, cana! boats, railroad ears and oluer medicines prescribed by persons ats Loe iol * s- | themselves ax Dr and Mme. West, of No. Ported Nocona. To sccarp totus boar line | Bleecker street, New York, and wat hans or exclusive control and management of «ii | John Stabr and one Fricht, of Brovkiyn, N. hospitais in the District; enforcementor! vac. | Y-> Advised And Wirected Mins oe to take cination. Third. To provide for the limited | SDd use the same: and that the }, Parsons supply of good medicines and medical aid to | re guilty of @ bich misdemeanor, 5 the destitute; the removai of indigeat sick | WO Was arrested fy Baitimore on Saturday, and insane persons needing public care to | D&S Madea ful confess.oa of his guilt to & any asylum or hospital in the Disirict. | Brooklyn detective, aud expresses great sor- Fourth. To enfore the dralaing or filling of | 70W for Lis crim sunken lots below e,and to provide for the assessment of the cost of Lue same tf) ‘ue much more land ou i5th street will be re- quired when the cast front of the Treasury building is compicied, and what would be the probable cost of the same, whether ob tained at private sale or by condemnation for public use. 18 GOVE, BUY NOW AND YOU CAN SAVE HALF THE PRICE OF YOUR CLOTHING. 'y submitted the While be did not {i- id cancel them. Tae a in the matter, be thought the circumstances of the case mate it proper that the subject should be brougnt to cbe attention of Congress. It was a con- ceeded fact that when te Treasury building is enlarged, as it b Sstsneeremesrermerameeea ent against it. Del 4 Wi a Provs Young Maw DIsareeans | republican convention’ were open ED —George Se ht of William street, To | resolution to present the name of Marshall invite, Blaten isiand, has been missing’| Jewell for the presidency was tabled. ater since Thorsday, He bad reeently experienced | diseussion, on the ground that It worl) co Bon Sel Sere ey roe nto HOGDTS best to leave that matter to the delegates to young woman nam el. Soounas z lerward he was taken to task by the young sie i woman’s parents; the parties met in a physi- THE MARDI GRAS FRSTIVITIESAt Cincin- cian’s office und there he was advised to DALI yesterday passed on without any seri- eA ae oe —— pat J o'clock, | ous disturbance. The streets were thronged DI 1e so for a clergyman, | with people, and during the afternoon busi- @nd has not since been seen. = Pea wan generally Suspended. The pageant Wat WILL BE Done Wits Bowen?— | 10 the evening represented scenes in the his- Mr. Kowen is not expected at the Plymouth | {ry Of America, and were exhibited on six- church meeting to-morrow night. Yesterday | lee floats. The festiviies closed with Mr. Shearman, Deacon Howard, Ross Ray- | STD Seep be ultimateiy, from sixty to oné bun on 15th street will be required. Quite # number of buildings ou 15th street are now being Lo: it might be econo y the necessary arrange ments for tae enlarge ment of the buildt: The resolution was a THESE ARE POSITIVELY OUR CLOSING OFFERS. down, and at the present time, reed to. The Public Debt. The recapitulation of the statement of the public debt of the Cnited States for the month of February, 1576, Just issued, is as Property benefited thereby. Fifth. To pre- vent the making of sewer connections be- tween any houre or butiding withont proper precautions against the introduction sad eo gases. Sixth. To prevent je and introduction of earth olis for BUY A BUSINESS SUIT AND SAVE FROM 85 TO 810. i ALL OVERCOATS REDUCED N ARLY ONE HA mond and others met Mr. Beecher at his reg- | bullding. The king of the carnival a, idence and diseussed what should be dons by | St Ne! waatnn tame ie pageant yester- the church. Mr. Beecher is understood to | 7e¥»marebin the principal Streets. have favored giving Mr. Bowen the sixty an e's — was the feature of the days to make use of the committe provided | SPIAy. shea were shronged win for by we advisory connell—{N. ¥. World, yn pt erg FROM $20 TO $20 SAVED IN THE PRICE OF RESS SUITS. JUSTICES AND CONSTABLES. In the Senate iuike the Debt on which inter simee maturity... ——— es Cot. JouN W. Forney, of the Philadel, NO GOODS |, arrived yesterday in the Delaware on Deby bear IME Ro tteres WILL BE CARRIRD OVER, — | (idgnnlGRiLS OS SBadiee @ | Givogttahed party, including memoere of EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE [Q | Coin ceruncaes who went down the river to mocthin’ GIVE THEM AWAY! ALLEGED PERJURY IN A CoTToN CASE.— Augustus R. McDonald pene zosteecay ae rested in yn on @ requisition from Ar- kansas to answer a charge of subornation of by which the government was swin- out of £200,000 on.# claim for cotton al- leged to have been burned during the war. To STAND HIs TRIAL—A. C. was recently as ha Total devt Interest TO SECURE THESE ADVANTAGES YOU MUST BUY NOW. Total debt, principa! ax foot. .92,232,570.48 70 Cash he Treasvery — b> tal at ble of certificates leposit b-\ +} ~—rumhribateeiad d t HABLE SROS., Merchant Tailors and Fine Clothiers, sterday will appear fed ‘aaiad U's court Mareh ‘which ts the date for his Debt, t cub fh Debt. less cesh in the Betrusry 1, 16 Decrease of debt during the month @3a7R 7S 60 Decrease of debt sf c oo rease of debt since Jane 30, 1573.” @15,788,al9 6a interest payable: in tawfal Sones Feintpat ot? ®. GOLDSTEIN @ ©o., | ceding gest 4 “Gaited pees, 3 datercst LOAN AND COMMISSION BROKERS, ion of . Custer L. Root, chief ty collector ward a pena "for his ‘arrest was issued, but it 18 understood he is ‘iM. B. corner Mth and D streets.