Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1877, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Excopt sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | Pennsyivania Avenue, corner 11th street, a v=. 50—N2. 7.641. “EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, &c. SECOND GRAND PIC NIC OF THE DRIVERS of the AT SPECIAL NOTICES. Uniform Patriarchs — M>t of the G: te o'clock, to make arrang - ICk COMPANY «! to attend the funeral of Cur late fellow-mem- Locust Grov=, THUR vTsaac BR Homor, be 27h, 197. Ticke Perey boats will THOMAS W. FOWLER. Secretary. jeay street wharf ever med ay SROUND WASHINGTON CO-OPER\- bar Sv lheenandctaa has been engsged. | FS"y PO bse ASBOCIATION —'nird ji eS ae ‘unl be held nexc THURSD SUNDAY EXCURSION TO Ma SSHALL i io al! 5 A “MATTANO” will gontinue ber excursions to Marshall BEVERY SUNDAY, AT 4 O'CLOCK P.M. pty until further notice. giving the exeu ‘two hours at the Hall, Returning, wili arrive toe nen? Rr HE RILLMON, Agent. N*¥ BOUTE TO MUUNT VERNON. sep25 3 BOCK BBIDGS ALUM KENTOCKY BLUE LICK, Bi OBD. BETHESDA, And other natural MINERAL WATERS for save at MILBUBN’S PHARMACY 20 Per new, safe and commodious steamer MARY | _ ‘I? tr = DN Ianow carrying pas- CS hte So eg Ths Bembers of UNION -Wernon, and furnishing => LODGE. No. 11.1.0. 0. € are Tequesiol ‘transport them to leet at Od F was’ dial! (Navy Yard) THIS = this route persons avoid a hot walk up NG, a! ‘clock sharp to a Vv bill. ‘The distance is one-an: . the faneral of car tate three. Leaves 7th street wharf e. Every member teex- excepted) at 10 a. m., and retcrnr about 4:30 ¢! to Le present Yelock. Fare $1, including admission and -ar- ORGE © EMMONS, N.G Fiage ride to and from the manson. je) 5a 8. M_McFARLAND, Sccrotary it TIVE BUILvING FIRST CO OPERA A N.—Th LADIES’ GOODS. ERATIVE BUILDING Ls ee gd, NAST, FLEGANT. FIT. pon S other mie 4 TING PATTERNS . street and Mor d ave Bpicall gy Me. BE ual statr ment will be real. t k, THOMPSON, MBS. J.P PALMER, 1107 F STREET, Between ith and 12th Sts. ‘Wishes to snnomnce to her customers and the pu Ne that she i in receipt of all the very Newest Styles of VELVE1 , SATINS, BIBBONS, NOY and & ; E FANT REBCH od URNAMENTS. ply the recalar admission fee (25 Me ot AMATEAW BONNETS and ROUND HATS. MARY WASHINGEON Orders prom pty fl eephi tr n UMN ENBE A vl a ——- DITIONAL € OUR STOCK ENTIRELY NEW. a Having jost retorned m New York we will open on MONDAY. 10 + & splendid rt ment of NEW GOODS for fall wear, consist 5 of HATS, FLOWERS, .TnER8, VELVETS, &c., AIMECRG _EMPROIDERIES, LACES. PUTANDK ERCHIEFS, GLOVES, &e., &e. Onr Goods are of the latest oye and having or ay partn will not be interfered with in any are ready to transact business as ms Ww Tal. M_GALT & CO. ee GOSPEL MEETING EVERY SUNDAY AFIERNOON, cial indace- Deen bought for cash, we will « mrete. ™” Until AUGUST 35. I pte 2 die onal % count of ton per cent, hana Ix LINCOLN Hall, AT HALF Past THREE O'CLOCK. Bhort ana earnest addresses. Good singing by a quartet Young men come. Eviry body welcome. HUNYADi JANOS WATER AxD BUFFALO LiTHLA WATER, Are offered by the bottle oF case, st bo sepl3-tr. BOOTS AND SHOES. WE ARE OFFERING THIS W greatest bargains ever offered in BOUTS and ates, by rs. omen’s Congress Kid Button, j W.8. THOMPSON, Sec: ly @i worth double: 4 pairs Misses’ do sepy tf ‘FOB Lili street, pairs Misses’ School | = 112, only $1, worth $1 50, thoes. 11 4 PUTOMAC INSUBANCE COMPANY, Orrick No. 6S H Georgetown, DC ‘The Washington Ageucy of this Company waa GH Staest. August 25. 1377. 8175; 24 Bs ‘ 7. changed on the Ist ins ant. ig ae Men box | Siphe present customers of the Company. and sil 75, scents, $1 ithe 's | others wishing to INSURE with as. will ploase "Heel Tape aiven ax ts. @. | aes Be OEYLBY, st iis king house, cor- . ‘ Rer of 18th and F streets northw Ferner ee ee | eae J. W. DEKELE, Secretary, D, McFARLAN, Dentrs 1340 NEW J, J: GEORGES, YURK AVENCR. Wor New Jersey avenue, as erroneously prinved in CITIZENS AND MILITARY BOO? ANL | visas Direr ory fer 7 aud Ly sanding [> ANUEL G youNG, S118 Pennsylvania Avenne northwest, NOTARY PUBLIC, weds Boots ad Sboce wart in reer cetit tf Orrice—Bran Buinnixe by mina cf the Bie Boot.) —— oe EEE Orders by mail promptly at to. > a Bepairi tty executed QOPrtician First premium award tome by the Groat World's Fair, in Philadelphia, on my inven uted EYEGLASS, manufa 4, Sliver and Wan cles, w Pebb! PIANOS AND ORGANS. REA FOR BUSINESS. Iso on band a iar IPEBA GU -= of SPECTACLE: i PALACE WAREROOMS. SCOPES and SHADES for the Ey 4, os ‘We pave just opened a splendid stock of the get cet-tristp 1229 Penusy iva: r Downed ESTRY Obt chweuifer first: | PRARLOW’S GALLERY OF FINE ARI he : townie the, thnee 1225 Pennsylvania avenue, stock ef new Pianos. cash. fu ly warranted ou the installment plan. Oi! Paintings, Engravings, Photograynres (a new process), Freneh and Germaa Photographs, Porce- {nine Paintings, fine Chromos, &e.; Gut and Nickel Frames in every style for Porcelaine and Photo- graph Portraits The public ary invited to examine ock, in which wili be found all the late pubii- of foreign houses. (October Ist will receive & fine stock of genuine Leather Goods, comprising Frames, Port- c.) which we will sell Pianos and Organ Cail and exami SANDERS & STAYMAN, Pennsyleania avenuc, cor. 12th street, Shepherd Baildi seplS Sm and 1% N. Charies st., Baitimore ECKER BROS. PIANOS—“They are | ' ortraits and Land- be x instroments.”—Theo. Thomas, 8. B. oa and all styles of Frames, Spanish, French, Mills, ac. BURDETT ORGANS.“The finest, | SucAmerican Maples, with or without velvet of Steffective reed Organ made.”—@. W. gold lintags, made to order, at reasonable prices, . KUHN, Sole Agent, Practical Piano or, | Gold, silver and Copper Wire, loth st. near Pa avenue. myi6-tr es. ke. for henging pictures. a 7 1 ‘ked and honj comp-tent workmen, ae TN BARLOW gives his special atteation to Wesel ric M PH ee ne ee eee On ema Diskemadt Ke MPI. oncert | Family Portraits restored with the care, Ss to preserve the originality. Ossalcgues to be fiad'on application. sugSi-sm I MPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS. and Medal of Mer Grad, Parlor Gran and U; Pianos. McCammc Square “ight favorite Pisnos Po ces! Piance from other celebrated factories for Sale and Kent om tie most reasonable terms, Pianos sold on instaiments. Toning and Re: 'y airtog prom Stterded to. BEICHENDACH S PIANO WARE For the conventence of property-owners and BOOMS, 42% Lith street, a few doors above Penna. | EAvCat have cstablished ap OFFICE at No 2 jang ly Se STRERT, between the Cvlambia Building aud C street. 7 Special attention given to the READJUSTMENT OF iMfROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS and the collection of claims for damages to real estate, old @aterial reused and work done by lot-owners under RE “ oe, Bo. 13S@ “IMPROVEMENT TAXES poid at «large dis- BL. m.,3 to & aad to7 pv. | occu: a pai - gente tm lormation relative to the general, special and y® J.B JOHNSON tax laws caeerfaily snd freely given. OCULIST 4ND PHYSICIA! im WILLIAM DICKSON. r Office 614 G strcot northwest, betw be and th strecee provae hes i _ BENEY J. ENNIS, 711 Ga opposite Pat LUMBER. eut Office, Ele soand M perimental work @ spectaity SPECIAL NOTIC on wharf abont 150.000 feet of Prime Heart 44 Georgia BOARDS, which we will sell for THIRTY DAYS, at $20 per 1,0u feet OUR NEW BB: DENTIST, b=] : REMOVED TO 703 15ts STREET. DRY LUMBER SHED, marl iy Over Thompaot Drag Store. Which bas a capacity for holding nearly ONS MILLION FEET, ts filled with all kinds of LUM- BEL, well seasoned. Always dry aud protected from the weather. Bb. DURE. DENTIS7, $23 7th street south- ¥ D gE . . Bean: tiful sete of Teeth, Syacting without WE SELL sr 737 %b Per M. KCIMEN ROOM. 710 IST and STUDS, i 15 00 om Sronae JOIST an medinm lengthen $ VIRGINIA PINE BOAKDS, 16 feet.......... 15 OO WHITE PINE CULLS, I2-izch stock, (Dest quality)... seoeeeeecommene WASHBOARDS, WHITE PINE, dressed HOTELS. 20 00 and jointed on edge—clear. —- 1500 SHELVING, 12 inch, dreseed (two) sides... 35 OO HARDY & TAYLOR CYPRESS SHIN- GLES, adopted by U. 8 Government on ali werk around Washington. Every Shingle guarat teed perfect. 750 WILLET & LIBBEY, sepli-tr Sixth Street and N. ¥. Avenue. (050s HEATING APPARATUS. ‘We are the Manufacturers of GOLD'S WARM-AIR FURNACES, na Ui ly Equal To fe Metin Use B7-Coll and ved the thing itself, and take a de- Mae CuANUELIBRS and GAS-GIXTURES up dectite 2018 Penns Sinton ALE WHO VALUE THEIR SIGHT 70 wad ne. Dollar @: Ei suited to Ah es T= BREW DaVis’ SEWING MAOSINE. Sa Che uening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1877. WORK OF THE FLAMES. THE PATENT OFFICE FIRE. FACTS AND THEORIES. Loss to the Gover ment and the Public. DAMACE BY THE OTHER FIRE, When our recond extra went to press yes- terday the fireatthe Patent Office building was under evntrol,as also that at Gheen & Osborn’s stables, but at each place the fire- men continued at work to thoroughly extin- guish the flames and prevent their bursting forth again. THE BALTIMORE FIREMEN. It was 12:15 o'clock when the Baltimore authorities were asked for assixtanee, and i fifteen minutes afterwards several pleces of apparatus, including Nos. 1 and 2 sieam en- gines and hose carriages, were in the rail- road yard, but it was not until 1:06 o'clock that the train started. Oa this train, with 1 compantes, w n M. Heaniek, f engineer of the aore fire depart J. Frank M superinienJent a J. M in Bellis ran there | the de ns arrived just in the ute wr the fire on G street, and hasteal wid aud G at t soon i ry ice ay, of were i en attack second train with engines 3 Camden street depot at 1 reached bere at241, making | minutes. These were Their eiforts w saving the property 8. It wasa p' were highly complimented. To ther ereditis due. Mr. Minton, of engine of Baltimore, bad his arm badly cut while running hose through a rear window at the stable, and he was » attended by Sar- geou Wamble, of the Baliimore department. THE ALEXANDRI As stated In yesterday’s STAR, Alexandria responded to the call of the au(horities here, sending the steamer Hydraulion and the Relief Hook and-Ladder Company with their truck. With these companies Chief Engin- eer Leadbetter, ex- Mayor Latham, and other prominent citizens came The s) “amer took position at the corner of 7th and F streets and played on the south end of the 7th strect wiug of the Patent Otlice, doing good work. THE GOVERNMENT ENGINE ANACOSTIA. When word was sent tothe navy yard for the Anacostia steam engive, which ts kept there for the protection of Government proy ty. it was delayed some time by red tape fore it was put in charge of Lieu obrer, United States navy, and guard en marines. by This engine was worked by Dan Johnson, eugineer, and was located at the northwest corner of the post offiee build ing aud threw a powerful stream along side of the H ulion’s stream, w 150 pounds of steam. SECRETARY SCHUKZ THANKS THE WASH- INGTON FIREMEN rking up to The Washington firemen were addressed by the Secretary as follows emen of the Five Department of Wash- glad to meet you afier a work, and tt was hot for some, «of you are awa tent Office from total d of conrse first on the groau ‘claim the chief mer intreptlt of the wh y it, fc ing to your get control welcome more arr! all, 6 thanks of eve With the departinent, in fa ment and the people of the United States, are due. [Cheers.} m it a high privilege to express to you my gratitude. I can bear tes lmony to the fact that in point of intrepidi- ty, bravery, and fearlessness, the fire depart ment of Washington cannot very well b> ex celled by any other. [Cheers.] And now, gentlemen, afier this day’s work, which has tired you certainly, inasmuch as it tired me, who bas not done as much work as any of you, I bid you good night, and every one of you’ can go to bed with the consciousness that he has done a good day's work. (Cazers.) A WORTHY EXAMPLE. Yesterday morning when the fire broke out in the Patent Office, Mr. H. 1. Gregory, stove dealer en the Avenue, bearing that the Alexandria engines had been telegraphed for toid Riehard Purcell and Taomas Hen- shaw to quit work and he would pay them for their time while with their engine, the former (Mr. Purcell) being firem of the Hydraulion engine of Alexandria, Va. AN INVESTIGATION. The Secretary will institute a thorough in- | vestigation with @ view of ascertaining the origin of the fire. | CLEARING THE WRECK | A large force of employes was kept busy last night clearing away the debris. ‘ire still smouldered on the upper floor of the 9th Tueretoi and G street win 1 occasionally a shower of sparks w« arise. Several en- gines played steadily on the ruius in the upper story all night K rines were relieved their quarters at the Navy Yar Secretary Schurz and his private secre- | tary slept their office last night. This m | morn}: g guards were placed at ali the doors ard no persons were admitted without asses. inside on the main floor everythiag Was confusion. The north and west halls on the main floor were blocked up by desks and cbairs and carpets, which had become soaked by the water which dripped from the ceiling ofevery room. Clerks were engaged in collecting and classifying books and re- cords which were sadly mixed up during the fire yesterday, while some lounged about as if not knowing what to do, and wondering whether there would ba any discharges in consequence of the conflagration. The department advertises to-day for pro- is for @ temporary roof for that portion of the bufiding burned, proposals’ to’ be opened on Thursday, this week, at noon. It is a fact worth noting, that the western roof, which was burned rainy, was sup- ported by iron girders, while the eastern bod which escaped, is supported by wooden rafters. As a rule, the rooms on the main floor on the ith street and F street wings a e unio. Jared except slightly by water. account of the confusion no female em- loyes were admitied to the building to-day. t is believed that in @ few days, however, te _— of the department be going on 8 usual. WRIGHT'S BUILDING To BE RENTED. A number of buildings have already been offered the department, among them the Cor- coran building, —— and epee Wrigat’s, corner Streets; Di comer ais and F streets; Lenman’s, cornet New York avenue and 15 Street; and the Sec- ond National Bank, 7th street, near F. Tho as bas Cormeen _% mene pees tiding tem; rily, and ical Toree of the General Land Office will probably be transferred there in a day or two. Tae Land Office records are uninjured. ‘be books in the library were uninjured, but the rooms, like all the others in the same vieinity, were flooded. The clerical force of the Patent Office will occupy the east and south halls of the model oom unu! their former rooms on the main floor are made ready for use. WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, District Commissioner Bryan went to the Patent Office to-day in company with Com- THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE. The fire was circumscribed within the | Walls of the north and west fronts. Begin- ning about the center of the west front it burned both north and south until it came 4n coutact with the north wing, the contents of the upper part of which it consumed. Nothing in the east wing was burned, al- though several of the cases were considera- bI§ scorched. The damage by water, how- ever, throughout the building is considera- ble. The rooms of the north front were well deluged wiih water and nearly all the car- pets bave been rained. The water has per- colated threugh the marbie sides and col- umops in the east wing and required cou- stant mopping of the floors to-day to make them passable. THE COMBUSTIBLE ROOF-WORK. There has been a good deal of criticism concerning the roof of the west and north Wings. and it seems to be well merited. To look upon the debris collected wituin tham Will oui contradictory evidence, it is plain tbat it was nether firepr OF possessed evn the «'ements of 4 first class wooden building. The mode! rooi ce ling was suo perted by heavy iron girders, but above. the entire work was of the lightest white pine The combustion of the pine rafters, braces, and sheathing boards, proauced so much hest that when the copper roof fell into th debris upon them, the girder gave way, pre itating the whole mass upon the tesa ed floor below. The roof was slanting in nape. Upon the flimsy jaid thin pine sheat! thin copper. The ra ne biaves extend with wi wings of the but stracied, stro avy pilla brie Ss supported b. f the model room r pported by the sa erial, however, as the oi the roof of tnese would have preve i room 4g in wpon th ines it was therefore only ue- ry to prevent the tire eutering fro: Tnorsh wings through theare!: which afforded meaus of commun These archways were bat about fifteer wide and twenty feet high, and at points, shielded by the side 'walis, the fi men p enabled to fight close, carryi their hose almost directly in contact with thi tire. the t & e THE WALLS. An examination of the walls of the west &nd south wings develops the fact that they are so badly sprung by the heat that they will have vo be taken down, at least as far as the window sills of the main story, possibly to the floor. »pinion of ‘several who have made an examination. There areother expe ts, bi wever, bink, the y are intaci, and the only repairs that wlll be necessary Wiil be to the irmer walls of brick. NOT YET DECIDED. Later in the aftern: a reporter of THe STAR saw Secretary Schurz, who said 2e had not yet decided whether to move the Land Office to Wright’s building or not. Commissioner Williamson says the buliding js Loo small, and it may be deemed best to move the Indian Bureaa into Wright's build- ing and give the Land Office te vacated rooms. INCIDENTS OF THE PATENT OFFICE FIRE. Atip. m.# large force of laborers was en- gaged in mopping up the water which was pouring down In floods into the lower rooms of the north and west wit In the midst of the and other cinployes w motels, bOOKs, papers, Schurz, with the walked out co. ered that th: slery Was the pc teated throu ings. and he at or ent, when clerks 1 the Windows by the aw aveorders lo have them cut vown, They w at once torn dowr rd this precaniion undoubtedly saved th: entire bu. iding from destruction retary Schurz saves vhat en Assist ecretary Kell told him th as at fire e building, he at onee repaired to the where be found a number of the lady yes quictly chatting as to what therc was in that portion of the building to burn. He bad been of the opinion that the roof was supported b » girders, and that there was nothing combustible about it. Looking in the dir: ction of the skylight he saw what appeared to be a stream of black or maddy water sweeping over the skylight, but as nothing dropped through, It instantly oc curred tohim it was smoke, and that the ceiling Was on fire, and what he had sup- post to be fire-proof was in fact a tinder- x. At the direction of Secretary Schurz a re- past for the firemen and others who ha: been engaged in subduing the fire in the Interior department building, was prepared and served in the basement rooms of the build- ing at about 4 p. m. ‘The library rooms of the department were flooded, and the frescoing was deslroyed toa great extent, but none of the books Were in. jJured. Ove of the models rescued was the original Elias Howe sewing machine. uring the afternoon our hard-working firemen and police were refreshed at Schwivg & Claske’s on the invitation of Mr. Gatchel of the Metropolitan Police Commissioners; and the Baltimore firen at Mrs. Stolps, corner of 6th and G streets, while many vate houses furnished an’ abundant su, of coffee, &¢., for the workers. The firemen and police managed to accept these hospi- talitirs by the relay system. The house of Mrs. Cushing, on 4th street, between A and B streets soutreast, was tered and many valuabics carried off « the excitement of the fre. During the afternoon Mr. W. W. Corcoran called upon the Secretary with reference to renting to the government his buildivg cor- ner 15th and F streets. Governor A. R Shepherd did good ser- vice at the Patent Office fre, directing and assisting the action of the workmen. His form was conspicuous on the roof. Fire Commissioners Reed, Bacon, Hume and Stewart rendered good servic? ia assist- ing the firemen. What Chief Engineer Cronin Says Chief Engineer Cronin arrived about foir Minutes after the a’arm was struck. He says: companies 2, 1 and 4 arrived almostim- mediately in the order named, and no time was lost in placing them in the most advan- tageous ‘itions. The hcok and ladder truck had been broken and rendered useless while going to the fire Sunday morning. ‘The other truek, which was the one brought into service, was an old cne and had not been used for six months. Its ladders had been discarded because of their dilapidated condition. The endeavor to raise the lad- Gers to the third story wiadows at the corner of 9b and F streets, resulted in their break- ing while raising them. The roof to this building, which was supposed to be fire- roof, was made of a thin layer of pine legate Doan with a light copper Under ring is roof, which was laid (pon This space was in most places filled in with papers aud mate- rials of the most combustble nature. In addition to the uments, etc., already stowed away here, there was a vast quantity of md goed lumber, with which it had beeo intended to enlarge the storing capacity of building wooien shed It ts at the corner ct this was done by the fire department of the District, consisting of five steam der track (which ch the | § Iding | these | The Chief Cronin thinks the fire was the result of incendiarism. | ‘The Loss by the Fire. ‘The loss does not seem to beso grewtas was | | apprehended. Oot of the one handretand | eighty-two thousand models contains! tn | the model room about 10,000 were destroyed. All of these were valuable; those not of in- trinsic worth as entering into patent 1 t'ga- ion were valuable as curiosities. The re- jected models, numbering 20,00), were en- Urely destroyed. They sessed value | simply as curiosities. Of the models de stroyed the classes were of harvesters, ag! cultural implements of all descriptions, aud all relating to ratiroads, hydraulics and pneumatics of every kind and deseription, and several other minor classes, including many models of considerable {mportanee. All the models in the fine arts, and li building, hardware, printing, ‘and sewing machines, including the origiual Howe sew- Ing machine, were saved. The original model of the cotton gin which first: made cotton a product of ricultural industry was de the conception of the genius of F nitney, the yankee schoolmaster who wet to Geor- gia to teach school i] ‘The value of the property destroyed In the abstract will | AGGREGATE ABOUT 21,500,000, but asa large class of Will not be replaced probably not reach 05 The Patent 6 Prcne are a Col. Dyer thinks aboat | 70,000 MODELS HAVE & | and that it will take about 815 a piece in cost to replace them, and that the only way tore- place them Is by tse government from tue wings and specifications, which have been faved. Otherwise the government, if it | left the matter to the Inventors, would be | imposed upon by having the improvements | added to en oid model, which would be grossly unjust to future inventors. Not a book or paper of any real value has been Jost. and stch as have beea can easily be uplicated The Other Fire on G Street. This morning there was a large crowd about the wreck of the building oceupied by Gheen & Osborne, 67 and 629 G street. The front walls, from which the heavy metal cor- nice fell yesterday, still stands, bat thereare several cracks in it which are regarded as dangerous, and Lieut. Kelly placed ropes across the pavement to keep the people out of danger. About one-half of each of the side walls ana the larger portion of the rear EN DESTROYED, wall fell yesterday and Mr. Matlock’s bulid- ings—No. (Sl. of two stories, occupied as a sla y E. M. Chapin, a = other, No. 62, occupied by lr. Chapin as a c 1se—Were somewhat injured by tt | walls, the rear of botn bulidings b These buildings are damag < 82.500 Lo $3,000 Ww 631 ab insurance tual company he cne-story ates his loss at Mr. ree-story bu furphy, and the wer portion occupied by him as’a biack th shop, and the upper portion by J ver, Upholsterer and ea imore men. Mr. Murphy hadahand yalise taken trom bis office on Lue lower floor conta & patent horseshoe, which he values Mr. Weaver loses slightly by the remo’ some of his stock. The work in this ing. however, !s progressing a8 usual t Messrs. Gheen & O- bore lose about &. of which $10,000 is the cost of the bu'lding erecled only about @ year ago, and on this there is an insurance ‘of 32,54 each in the following companies: Manhattan, Republic, People’s, and Niagara, of New York. Tuey bave also about $1,000 on the stable, on which thers is only $1,500 in the Shawmut, of Bos- tov. Gwing to the wantof room the usual custom at these stables was to move the car- risges, by means of an elevator, to the sec- ond story, and at the time the fire broke out there were thirty vebicies known to be in the second story. Owing to too many persons be- ing engaged in lowering the elevator it soon became of but little use, and only one of these carriages was saved. Among those who love their carriages and ther harness are Reissner & Jenks, two business wagons: ex- Marsha! Phillips, a fine fantly carriage; R. Goldsebmid, carriage; I. L. Johnson, two buggice; T. W. Murphy, buggy; Ratt Bros carriage; J. C. Parker, business ‘wagon; J F. Kelly, carriage. 1t is estimated that t losses In private carriages will be from c D. F. Stockstill & C. o-workers, in the Ghe nse about $2,500 ished work, on Wh ance. nd figures, the | ) which there is ance of perhaps $16,000. ALMOST ANOTHER } ing, About 3 e’clock th ‘ase No. 616 K street. north » from sparks blown from the fire at the Fatent O/- fice. Officers Fifield and Morgan extin- buckets of water, GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-paY.~later- hal revenue, $252,552.34; customs, $553,315.95. THE PRESIDENT AND PaRTY Will arrive this evening at seven o'clock from their southern trip. PERSONAL.— Attorney General Devens re- turned to the city yesterday from New Eng- land. -**-Mr. W. K. Rogers, private secre- lary to the President, returned yesterday. GEN ToORRETT, of Delaware, the presont consul general at Paris, is inthe city. Itis understood that he is an applicant for reap- pointment. There are a number of appli- cants for the position. NAVAL Note! ‘he Lackawanna arrive! at Neah Bay, Washington Territory, on the 4th inst. The Tallapoosa left Philadelphia on the 23d for therouth. The Adams arrived at Rio de Janeiro August i7th inst. The Frolic was at Rio Aagust 20th. The Ranger arrived at Singapore, Strait of Malacca, | j \ gtished the fleines on the roof with afew | | | | | August Tth,en route to Hong Kong, China. The Monongahela sailed from New York 22d for Hong Kong, China. BIps FOR BANK NOTE PRINTING.—Pro- posals were opened in the Secretary of the Tressury’s office today for executing, for the period of one from Ist of October. one’ impression Dy plate printing upon ali Uv. legal tender notes and the circulating banking associations, tender and lack backs on the national currency no'ss, With the following result: American Bank Note company, 1:2 Broadway, New York, eee oe, see ag gd Bank com! . ington, D. green back. per WM, $8 83; blacks do., do. Ao, 75 Franklin Engraving ard Printing’ com- of New York, M, S11. 212. Note company, ‘M, $1149. It will be seen that the bids of Bureau of Engraving and Printing were all this suffering, threateuing Im some ta siances actual *tarvation, or We must make some effort to attord relief, in form ox other. For twenty years I have stealtly « posed, as I now oppose, indiscriminate alts | giving. To put a stop to that, w 1 evils in this comma | better measure of re | by any peopl 3 Ma A baccountable, jealousy exisis many aris Of the country tothe pregedice of he hetriet. » too. questions occasionally arise in the course 0 administration by the District Comn Ts, concernt which, I doubt not, a conference with suet an organization would be urutually desir= For many years it has seemed to sooner or iater, both Congress aul tna neat? Ury must discover the wler impossibility of the ‘of this District being able to main- tain this city in & manver befitting the capt- talofagreat nation. Grantet, as slated in @ recent Senatorial report, that fifty million of doliars have been expended tn the I)i<triet. since iste, and that, too, by officers of the United States, without any control over them or the improvements. by the citizens; and the bare slatem 1»! of the fact sudo to show how absolutely Impossible tt would be for a Little community like this, already im- poverished by exccssive taxation, to assume | OF carry any considerable portion of such @ burden. Washington is the nation’s arowing oom, for the reception and entertainment its OWN people, as Well as of foreign Visitors, and should be furnished aud kept in order mainly at the pal i expense. As the pride is to be the country =, so aust be tae vurden. We expect to share bork, but In pro~ TWO CENTS. YS OF COMMISSIONER BRYAN UPON THE DISTRICT SITUATION, A Thonghtial Exposition of Our Needs, and How To Provide For Them. Hciior Star-—That is a very comprehensive subject— The Lator Erehange and District Afawws Generally.” If | comply with your wrilien request for my views they must be accepted as hurriedly given in the midst of incessant official cares, and hence in a crude jam to Our goon, os ee form — honest convictions fearlessly ex lide Dts- pressed in plain words, but with no harsh 1 intent. One thing Is certain, and I believe at € ion” into harsh treatment by au apnatural ua mitted by all, that never before inthe bis- | ""Weenincton (and that name 1 purposely tory of the Disirict was there as much abso Use to designa! the emtire lustrict, which lute destitution as exists here at this time | Ove day i: will probavls cover.) ought to bee uot only among the worthles hiftiess | Come the model « lis coautry, if pot and improvident, but also of the r of the scale worthy sick and d upon as originally laid out be- deserving lavorers unemployed. There ix | \Okens become the bul ove aiterra either we mast fold ou intelivetrat arms And Witness with heartless indifference: citizen bas rol Agriculture, and of a > me and erred togett let was issu. ves of une Xampled wid i the apactons and business princi pubite grounds of Washington, 1 for it beggary to the mivimam, by sending « the frst rank among cities tn the sanitary the desiitute surplus popu’ Will | BC4)€, especially Uf the disp tely ing to go, and where their labor may be ju | JaTge mortality among the poor peo- demand, and by insisting that those who | Ple congregated bere be taken tnte cousider- remain among Us shall work either volun-| &Uon. Let us make the most of this incat- tarily or by compulsion. Lei it be proclaim- | culable acvantage of ample lungs. We need ed tar and wide, and the proclamation be the removal of the geverating causes Verified, Ubat no mendicast drones shall be | Jarla. We need the improvement « permitted to infest this capital. Such is the | bor. We need the completion « system and the Washington mocument. We scheme, why not try it, aud try it fairy? In need durable pavements, honestly laid and w tuis matter, at leasi, it Is to be hoped there | may be no confirmation of tne charge so fre- tly paid for. need public bath quently made, that “there is no common- ed improved accommodations for inv Wealth so gma as the istrict, th - | Ids and semi-invalids, going to duce so large a number of factions. | ing from the south, to tempt a often denied it, I coufess tohave been totally | Journ, perhaps entire w: rim the crpital. unprepared at our recent meet e | With eultes *~ the south, tt incongruous elements which 1 be rful and the ¢ themselves, such as temperance aud ani baths are often tobacco and anti-tobacco, Mar- lication. We need a anti-Market Co., Pablic priuter »pie, inclading hotel- and antl-Public Roard of Health and pers aud other host a stent, pos- anti Board of , &c. These side | ittve and unremitting effort to make =tran- issues may hav: e or less germane | B€rs feel at home in our midst. We necd re- tothe humane object of our assembling, lief from excessive special assesstaents— it seemed to some of us that their discus: jast then was uot likely to make many con- verts, but was calculated to excite ill-feeling &mong the disputants, rather than gene past having been specia m the « the only manufacture th here haying been the mat int- aid to the cause thai brought us together. | We need fair,» assessments. We went homc with the conviction that more | We need the es under a bombshells were thrown into that relief trol the meeting than into any we had ever a elsewhere. And receipt of fre and printed in temperar my scceptance or the soc le proceeds of some Pe hor peng wy be equi 10 forming to th w,and who ietlOLs are , other atest curses of tJ permitted to profit. by ow other lands 2s well as [nu our eve that the failure of ¢ cause to arrest the mouster evil whic! a combatied for so many years, is ascribabie Telegrams to The Star. THE EASTERN WaR iam amd Koma: koneen: 5 A Lonpon, Sept from Buctare FE mn mm | mainly to the weapons used and the ma ner of the warfare. He though doubtless will be pronot my be that if the temperance societies we their most accomplished champ vey the lands where be ped ta flow freely, snd then to retarn this couniry where t ons prevail, | authority that th, cotallosseeer wey el od the comparison thus insiituted would induce | ghd Roume.iana durine the tees ae a change of tactics. If you, st hearted, | tions Uesore Perna ae eeed oe en Opera earnest temperance pe: n to swell | wounded. od exceed 5,000 Killed and your numbers into trresi » hosts, rn that victory may perch upon banner, deter- mine on a new departure. After @ protra nd desperate struggle in the past. the enemy is steadily mpon you, filing the streets, the esylums and prisons with bis vie It 1s time that you desist yo Port N, Sept. 2 —A Standard of th: “Nothing important has occurred since Gay. Heavy showers yesterday au will delay operations for some days humia dispatch te is aflernoon sf: r ad to day from attemp: impossible. Men ean- —_-__— Lot be legislated into compu'sory virtue. | New Jersey Republican © Men wilt drink, and after childhood they are < 7 Ricam Convention. not coptent. asa rule, with mi TRENTON, N.J., Sept Why not accept the inevitable, scek lo regulate men’s appetites by ox by homilies. by s, or by notattack the vile coinpounds that some, crave others, avd injure all; d our ness race int upon oy often t bringing Ww their fami those ¢ wi ag cap © proves < ne nent Organ! 1 Tae x dluner, A Baitimore Corner in Wheat. 0 pleading for appolntm nblic ¢ S| BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.—A corner in No. 2 to do quill work, which should ve given to | winter red, September delivery. which com= nd women of more years and of de- ‘ need on Thursday lasi, was amicably Adjusted this moruing by both parties set- Uing en 1.53 as the price ior to-day, and two families. Let labor exehanges here where send these young men back nto thecouviry, Whence raany of them came, | gentlemen were appointed t nd let them learn, before itis too late, the | each day for the balance of the month, Pie 1 manly occupation, of free air | edjusunient wes brougut about by ao arbl- in udence. Let them cultivate the rag % netive wines may abound. if ; money or land they may euter upon both, commeucing as miilions before them i tration Committee which was appointed terday afternoon by the shorts. The an- nouncement by the commitiee of the ' ment was received with pleasure, aud the commenced,-with nothing but their strong | committee was repeatedly cheered and unani= arms, @ stout purpose, and God's blessing. | mously voted the thanks of the Corn and It is such a commencement from whi Flour Exchange. Tet grew into positions of iutependence, wnat pe af = Masaeners eft grew positions lependence, an . even wealth. It is from such a commence- MILForp. tg ‘tet 3.—O0 8 ment that habits of industry and temperance | , MILFORD, into & inan naued Foley pre noueiens. Gy Sa fo in ete wont £0 | was stabbed in @ drunken quarrel by ong ores cera J eo wy | MeGuire. Foley died three hours after. healthy — that will develop your | 7... murderer decam ped cl followed by manhocd. If you prefer the steel pen aud | Gmcers, who overtook hiin in pion, vie Congress will soon meet. To lation, if any, will further legis! 4