Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1878, Page 1

ad ‘, _eeti-tr 411 aND 413 10TH STREET. THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 1ith street, BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. peececeetenatls NINO Stan fy served to subseriters in riers, on their own ar or 44. ce hb LY STar paid OO ventsan ( THe Wr pablished on F es [08 913; he paid paid for, Trish ta y will * | revenue, $265,165 mscives of position of mpetitiv Phys DAY. reire top. cA ALF. A. RIN > VETERAN X NICAN WA in SAT KENADAY, S AUCTION NOTICE. SATURDAY. February v TEIN & CC ) Penn, ave, the Metropatitan Hotel): © Box, with stand, paying Music Boxes. » Silver-lined Center Piece, Silver. h Clocks and B: Several very fix jan31-31 BUFFAL LIPHIA WATER, A fresh supply received and for sale by W. S$. THOMPSON, 103 15TH STREET. WATER, 120-tr eoanty. Vi. r= HOT SODA, Witt COFFEE, TEA AND CHOCOLATE, aT MILBU COLD @rangb: during the wi eS SAMUEL G@. YOUNG, NOTARY PUBLIC, etl OFFICE-STAR BUILDING. °S. 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR. AL WATER on dect-tr G*"*; FLEISCHMANN & COvS COMPRESSED YEAST. All first class grocers keep it, Everything that sneceeds and has merit, has in Tators and c Ler fei therefore if Son wish e aivan ality of. Gaff, Fieiechins SED YEAST ses that wort you, The genuine Ga PRESSED YEAST mame or trad Fieischman & € WILLET &@ LIBBEY. CORNER SIXTH STREET AND N, Y. AVENUR, OUR PRICE LIST 18 THE LOWEST ON LATHS! LATHS! LATHS! LATHS—Best Bangor; per thousand... JOIST STU sees 1.58 per hundred feet. FENCING Lx6, 16 Feet; per bundred....... 1.50 WASHEUAEDS, Dressed & Jointed; CLEAR 1.50 WIDE 18-1NCH BOARDS, Dressed......-... 2.50 GEORGIA HEART FLOORING, STOCK. LARGE PAILINGS, DRESSED, 4 PATTERNS, With Serou) Work, DEY LUMEER Under Cover in our Large DRY LUMBER SuxD. WILLET & LIBBEY. CORNER SIXTH STREET AND N. Y. AVENUE. S@ No Branch Yards.-@s ai-w PM ADELPHIA TURKEYS JUsT RECEIVED. All kinds FRESH FISH direct from York: a man consiantly employed to lean them. We have’ Spanish Mackerel, Saimon, Smelt,, Halibut, Rock. &c., ‘all at rea: ™ Oysters Opened fresh every 3 New York and Philadelphia Fresh invoice of Ten- derloins, price 40c.. and everything that a fir class maiket ean have will be found at the Palace Market, Corner 14th st. and New York ave. FRANK J. TIBBETS. .OKE DOWN TO FOUR CENTS. a: So and 40 cents, iter, RTY BUSHELS DELIVERED FOR $2.20 i GAS-LIGHT OFFICE, Wy seaneren HOME REMEDY. DR. LEWIS’ PLASTER. SEVEN FOR A QUARTER, ‘One large and six simall, Surpasses Capeine and Porous. Ebeumatism, Bold by ali Devggtete. jan23 ly Ask for a Cireular. ANGE OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY, 123 G street. bet. 20th and 21st streets. MAKING, ‘under the direction’ of a Freneh Dress Maker. Ladies’ Trousseaus and Chikiren’s Suits. 319-1 epee SsEsE EUROPEAN NOVELTY. HBUNYADI JANOS. THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT. THE LANCET.—*:Hunyadi Janos.—Baron Lie- big affirms that its richuess in aperient surpa~ses that of al] other known Waters.” ‘THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, —“Hun- ‘yadi Janos.—'The most ‘agreeable, safest, and most efficacious aperient water, PROFESSOR VIRCHOW, Berlin, ‘+ Invariably good and prompt success; most valuable. PROFESSOR BAMBERGER, Vieona tved these Waters with remarkable suc- PROFESSOR SCANZOX1, Wurzburg. Seribe none bul this. PROFESSOR LAUDER BRUNTON, M D., F. R.8. *More pleasant . London. * Vals, aud Surpasses thems in eficacy.”* 2. PROFESSOR AITKEN. M.D., Miltary He Pulina and F A WINEGLASSFUL A DOSE. Every genni APOLLIN ALIS Co, (limited), London. FRED K DE BARY & CO., 41 and 43 Warren st., New York, Sele Ageut for United States and Canadas, For Sale by Deaiers, Grocers and Drug- gists. — wug27-mwf,eow, Ly ENRIOT & Co. 1 pre- | ng is a specific far | 3 | Tesumption 4 * | New Yor! _ | ington navy yard, Febraary 1 pus are not palmed oi upon | t 32.00 | Sure cure for Cuts, Burns, Bruises and | Its | 1 have ‘han its ris | bottle bears the name of THE | Che WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1878. tening Star. TWO CENTS. 4 "Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT REcEIVTs To-DaY.—Internal 3: customs, $262,710.65, TO-DAY'S SUBSCKIPTIONS to the new popular loan amounted to $0,000, making a total to of $2,720,000, J. W. Min t clerk | u, Was removed by day for inattention t in the Indian reiary Sehurz to- m., is the last piving pro- posals for the great mail letting for the states and territories west of the Mississippi. A DELEGATION of the cilizens’ committee will be giv hearing by the Senate commit- tee on the District of Columbia, to-morrow, at {10 a.m. Payine Ur or Zamacona, special agent | of Mexico, has paid the ond installment of $80,000 op account of the awards made in favor of American citizens. THE British Quarterly Review for January, ived from E. M. Whitaker & Son, h | dleson The Americans in Tarkey,” | tal and Labor,” and others of American in- terest. PERSONAt.—Hon. Thomas Ewing. of Ohio, and Hon. John Hanna, of Indiana, left Wash- | ington last night to address a meeting in favor of remonetizing silver and the repeal of the to be held in Cooper Institute. , to-night. Navan Orp | ordered to ordy jeutenant R. M. Be: struction at the W; L. DuBois to the Wyoming. ui the White House ning was Major Edward Matiett, late U.S. special agent for the Tulalip Ageney in | Washington Territory, who presented a min ture Chinook canoe to'the President on bei | of the chief of the Snohom ish tribe of Indians living on Paget Sound. Justice Harlan, Sena- | tors Anthony 'y. and Christianey, Rep- reseutatives’ Finley, Shallenberger, Rainey, and Corbett, and Leonard Myers. FFRAGE AND THE TEMPFRANG ‘rances FE. Willard, of Mlinois, ¢ the Woman's Temperance Union | of the United Sta : Jed a hearing before the House iciary committee this morning. Miss Willard is “a. silver-tongucd or. and made a keen arzume he took tnd that inasmuch as the rum-drinker hasan inordinate love of rum, and the ram. seller aui inordinate loye of gain. that woman | should be given the ballot, if not for general purposes, yet to vote on the question of liquor ehse in every town, village 1 hamiet or is Sold. Tomas, U.S.A. who was | retired from active servi at which j time he held the rank of assistany quarier. | died at his residence, 2011 T y. today. at one o'clock p.m, | after about a Week's iliness. He served in | Several branches of the military service, and in all Was a very efficient officer. He was over SO years old at the time of his death. ON FINANCE met and the Rollins amendment to the biil mit taxes on insolvent savings banks was pred and 2 2 3 “that king collections of al revenue nh bank deposits, ne savings bank s such 1. upon een allowed, ile per- p denied the exemp- as provided in AeS ON luSolven! which no_intere | sons making deposi tions allowed savings i the Davis bil, to remit ta ings banks. | | DOORKEEPER POLK TO BE INV) | Representative Baker, of Indiana, thr | bombshell into the democratic camp to-day by i i enting a resolution providing for an Vestigation of Door eeper Polk. He had read, at the clerk's , several damaging i vits, sigu y ex-employes, to the Polk compelled employes on the rot the House to contribute, out of their sal to the support of those not on the roll. one ofafMiants said, Polk called “doubling up.” | One of the affidavits r psthat S. K. Dona- van, assistant doorkeeper, approached the afiant and arranged to put_bim on the roll at 0, and have him paid $2,000 by the “‘aoub- ling up” process. Another charge made is that Polk is a lobbyist. and is interested with } one Silver, of Mexico, in a claim now pending | in Congress to pay Gen. Averill and others ney for laying the concrete pavement on | Pennsylvania avenue. The subject. after some debate, was referred to a committee for in- vestigation. THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION. Editor Star :— The editorial on “The Suffrage Question ” in | THE Svak last evening was admirable and | covers the whole tion. “Taxation | without representation | tical effect of univel | 3 rage in municipal affairs. The assump- | tion of fifty per cent. of the taxes. by Congress, | would certainly be a close approximation to | Justice; but it appears to me that a simply perfect, because perpetually djusting, | settlement of the difficulty would be, as has been sugs gress to assame a! the expenses of the District, and levy a fair, full, | reasonable tax. without reference to is truly the or unqualified penses, on ail the private realty within its | limits ; JaNTARY D. 5. 3. P| NINE TENTHS OF THE PROPERTY HOLDERS OSED TO UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ation of a council to be elected e Will certainly m popular ke an opportunity for this same class of “in rv others equally un- scrupulous, to get control of some of the aitairs of the Disirict, and the resuit of their manage ent can easily de foreseen. It is safe to say that nine-tenths of the prop- ' erty holders in Washington and G v irrespective of party. « | establishment of univer rag ; trict of Columbia for any purpose.—{ Wash. Or N.Y. Tribune. GRESSIONAL LIBRARY.—A meeting nate committee on library was held + to-day for the purpose of considering a propo- sition to build a new structure to accommo- | date the Congressional library. Only. four members of the committee were present. N: decision was reached. Another meet , the committee will be held to-morrow. | Av THE CABINET MEETING to-day all the members were present. The se sually short, and only reutime business re- ccived attention. . TIMBER DEPREDATORS IN FLORID. mation has been received at the Gene | Office from Jacksonville, Florida, that indict- ments have been found against fifteen persons for boxing trees on government lands, cutti' timber on such lands, forging affidavits | tached to homestead applications, swearing falsely in such applicatious, ete., ete. Among the persons indicted is Wm. F. Powell, the brother of the * Payae™ (an assumed name) who, it will be remembered, was tried. con- , Yieted and executed after his unsuccessful at- tem nm the life of Secretary Seward, in ' tion with the conspiracy to mur- President Lincoln and his Cabinet. stimated tha! thousands of dollars will be by the successful prosecution of thee criminal eases, and the werk is but just be: Vast amounts of most valuable tim- rh as live oak, ceda nd yellow pine, ace annually taken from the public lands in orida. and the extensive sea coast of the , With its many inlets, affords great facili- for carrying on these depredations. Tre LovistaNa RETCRNING Boarp have made an application, through a special mes —Infor- In introducing this Champagne, we are confident | senger. who arrived here last night, to Justice that ils superior merits will insure Ita permanent | pawary With the lovers of the delicious wines of | Per case, $20.00 currency. HALL & HUME, 807 Market Space. GRIST MILL. ALL KINDS OF FEED GKOUND TO ORDER, on band and for sale Corn Meal for ey. ‘and Teed purposes, and every description of | MILTON W. JOHNSON, 37-3m" Lath and £ sts Bradley. of the Supreme Court, for a writ of prohibition upon the Louisiana state courts, now trying the ease of Gen. Anderson. The | legal basis of this application is the fact that | an application to the state courts for the trans- fer of the case to the U.S. courts must be fol- | lowed as a matier of law by the reference by the state court of the application to the Unite States Cireuit Court, in New Orleans, of which Justice Bradley is the presiding judge, and that the United States Court alone under the statute is the judge of the validity of such ap- plication for transfer. Theere- | Land | The Public Debt. The recapitulation of the statement of the public debt of the United States for the month of January, 1 just issued, shows; Debt bearing interest in coin Bonds até per cent. $748,607, "00 00 Bonds at 5 per cent, 703.66.) 5000 Bonds at er cent... 200, 00,00 00 Bonds ai 4 per cent. Debt bearing int’ in laeful mone Navy pension fund at 3 per cent. $14,000,000 0) Debt on which interest hasceased. since maturit Debt bearing no interest: Old demand and Jegal-tender 28,011 48. 427, ined for redemption ot fi 1 curreney A Special deposit held for redemp- tion of certificates of deposit as provided by law 10,000,000 00 31,115,000 00 1,168,479 60 Debt. less cash_in the Treasury February 1. 1878. Ditto, Jamua Decrease of debt during month... Ditto since June 30, 1877 7 Bonds issued to Pacific Ra interest pay in lawful m rincipal outstandh interest “acerued and inter H $1,006,862, Pa) $s, Society. The rain, snow and shish did not prevent many of those invited by General and Mrs. Benet to be with them from 4 to 6 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. The neighborhood, whieh is eminently socialin its character, was well represented, although it was necessary to de- tail carriages to serve ferry boats to con- vey those who lived opposite across the tlood- ed street to the scene of the ‘kettledrum.” It was, however, unanimously resolved that even the ‘bad weather had its merits, since all pre- sent appreciated the brightness within doors the more in contrast with the gloom without. Many of the young ladies who attended three Ri rties the evening before, leaving the na bly two a.in., were present, looking as Tre: if they had had no fatigue, Fx Senator Lane,of Indiana, and his have been participating in some of the ties recently nd have received abur proof that they are remembered by their old viends, Mrs. N.S. Lincoln has issued cards for next Tuesday from 4 to 6.0'¢ 4 Next ‘week promises to be very gay. On y the Japanese Minister's’ soiree, for Which Inore than four hundred cards hav been issu nesday Christmas, on Wednesday man. and on Thursday Mr. a I ption, is the he singing of Miss Lilian Carpentet Camp, Miss Anderson 3 omery Was greatly adinired at Mrs. Field's party on Tuesday evenin: ath of arelative, the daugh- ‘ainervon is not going into Soci- Patierson will entertain in- sat Brentwood to-morrow from 4 . HOOKER.— Ed itor Allow me to correct Miss Grundy, and place before her the true facts in regard to the interview with the judic committee. Tmmediately after my demun n of the prayer meeting Mrs. Hooker sent for me. 1 called tosee her, During the interview she said: “Mrs. Crocker, we are to havea hearing before the House judi committee, and at that time if you would like ten minutes, Z wilt see t! u have them I thanked her for her courtesy, but had no intention of drawing any more hoteriety about myself. Next Mon- day Imet Mrs. Hooker in the House committee room on territories, and at her urgent request, later in the day, I called and spent an hour with her. She then told me that they were to have a hearing before the judiciary committee, on Wednesday, but did v Mr a sele On Tuesd a deceived in Mrs, Hooker, Mrs, Crocker; she is not ‘“Impossibie,* was my’ reply. to be a true, earnest Somanly ug for the right.” The remar! troubled me. So I resolved to try Mrs. Hooker, 0 I sent her a note asking for my ten minutes. She replied thus, enclosing mea card of ad- mittance: “1 will give you ten minut beginning or end, as seenis best with pleasure ; would offer more if I were sure of two hours myself; but fear they will be unpunetual, and | I have 'so mueh to m worried with the eflort to conclude. Atiectionately, J. B. H.” It is enough to say, that after my talks with Mrs. Hooker and the receipt of the above note, was astonished at the treatment 1 re- ceived from her in the committee room. But J thank lier forit,as it has of ve and taught me the real mission woman just where her right: lay taking eare of her invalid husband and teach- | ing her children, _Mrs. Frank S. CROCKER. Postmaster James, at New York city, has been instructed by the P. 0. D. not to receive trade dollars from the public, if Assistant Treasurer Hillhouse will hot receive them on deposit, and to base his refusal on section 2, joint resolution 17, ap- proved July 23, 1876. which declares the trade dollar not to be a legal tender. oe ARREST FOLLOWED BY DEATH.—Dr. Wm. A. Davis, the aged physician in Philadelphia charged with causing the death of Julia d, by criminal malpractice, was | Stricken with paralysis when the warrant was | served on him Monday, and died yesterday morning. “WHEN MOTHER Dies I GO Too."—Mrs. illy Murphy, of Pittsylvania county, Va., died Wednesday. Her son William, aged 24, had said earing her illness, ‘When mother dies I go too.” On hearing of her death he cut his throat with a razor. It is possible, however, that he may recove: BURGLARS EXPLODED THE VAULT of the ; Deep River, Conn., National Bank, Wednes- | hight, but failed to open the safe. Citizens hearing the explosion went to the bank and the burglars had fled. Two of the burglars were arrested yesterday in New Haven. THE COAL COMBINATION aT WaR.—About twenty-five Schuylkill coal operators met at Philadelphia i ‘sterday, and advanced the harbor prices for coal about 25 cenis per ton, and all parties in the interest have agreed to the same figures. Divorces IN MAINE.—Judge Virgin, of Maine, while hearing a divorce suit in Saco, last week, said that he intended to be very stringent thereafter in such cases, as the courts of Maine were granting divorces at the rate of one thousand a year, there having been an increase from five hundred to one thousand within five years. He added that if matters went on in that way there weuld soon be no married people in the state. THE GENERAL APATHY on the subject of foul air is illustrated by the statement of Mrs. J. G. Swisshelm in a letter to to the New York ribune. She states that she some time ago invented and patented a method of supplying pure air to furnaces by bringing it from a con- siderable height, such as the top of a building. The system met the approval of scientific men who examined it, but no one soraged in put- ting up furnaces could be induced’ to PY. it; the invariable reply being that, ** People don’t fare what kind of air they breathe, so long as is hot” 4#*a@-The Hopkinsville (Ky.) Democrat wants the national debt repudiated a@Last Tuesday Deputy United States Marshal Lynp arrested @ man named James Murphy, at rose tnre Md., on a charge of cireulating counterfeit money. nee | i | THE TRADE DoLiar. \ | | * | whisky were the Siow: | LOSS OF STEAMER METROPOLIS. Latest News from the Wreck. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY LIVES LOST. The Signal Service station at the wreck of | the steamer Metropolis reported to the chief signal officer to-day as follows: + oA. M.—Steamer Metropolis sailed from Philadelphia the morning of the 29:h of Jan- uary, bound for Madeira, Brazil, South Am: rie: vapt. Ankers; total number of passen- gers, 260; aboout 16 drowned and about 100 saved. Steamer is a total wreck and nothing is left above water. There are »9 bodies aboard the steamer, The wreck saused by being an unseaworthy vessel. E aleak about tweive o'¢lock mia. stranded at seven o’elock a.m. January 3st. The only way of saying life was’ by running ashore, as the vessel was in a sinking condi- tien. This isa statement of Lau, MeQuillan | cne of the saved. | THE DEAD STREWN ALONG THE BEACH FOR TWO MILES. The state of affairs this morning is terrible. Dead bodies are lying along the beaeh for a | distance of two miles. They are all. being | Placed in proper places baek from the beach , and the living are being cared for. About | One-third of those found are dead. The two saloon women are known to be a their husbands. Eight out of four | men are Known to be dead. "Themen that are aved are destitute of clothing. Will send jist f names as soon as they can be gathered. { ad | started a heavy lea! ‘ ing they could’ not non the leak with pumps they concluded to lighten. the st y throwiie over coal and bearing aw Hampton Roads. At midnight the ¢! pump gave out. At 2 a he the vessel, carrying away smok engine-room, doors, and forward saloon, let. ting in a large quantity of water below and rendering the ship completely unmanageable. Finding nothing could be ddne for the vessel they aitempted to reach the beach to what lives could be s and i six o'¢ ne the fires we: MW head sa ach: surf very violent. word for nds £0 with life preservers. steams! ick the beach. At 11 on horseba made his appea beach, waving his hat anc iy mMising assist ance. At 12:30 p.m. the life-saving made their appearance, but came poorly vided to save life. All the assistanc could render was to get them out of the surf as they came ashore. Had they come to the seene Of the wreck during the forenoon nearly every one could ve been saved. At 5 p.m. made the beach out The engine stopped : se e her up the be lock passed t pare the she broke up completely, throwing us all into the sea. RKE CORRES- nd Major, unged the following | A. Burke yesterday’ ; telegrams W. E. Chandle fhe statements ia my telegram a can be established i application to you dnt that past connection with’ Louisiana altairs hy neen such as to justify me in declining any further correspondence with subjec . A. BURKE. To the above Chandler replies due Major B. A. Burke, New Orleans: Please make public immediately all proofs of your charges against me, togeuier With the memorandum you have of the Wormley’s hotel | conferences, W. E. CHANDLER. MAKING FIRE-WATER FOR TI | Inland revenue officers have | distillery and a large quantity of mat | whisky in the woods, about seventy m of Winnipeg. The’ principal buye NS, Jan. 30, 1873 trne- mitted th refugees from the Min fi “A'BS PRESIDENT Cas reunent of the app president of the Secur inted for keneral t ‘ounsel to th beneh of Judge Davis, wh Judge Brady, who heard a me | presided at the trialoft Lambert. a suggestion Was made that. this would pre i al if heard in this distriet pias to Judge Davis, was ove! unient Was set down for to- | nesota massac} Life Insavance com: esterday before ihe Xeeption Wa resence on the him, and of eme cour n by his Sonsider ed at Central Hail, the thorough exposure of ie flower test medium, i his remarkable feat of producing : , flowers. A commitiee of three were chosen to examine the medium and see that nothing was secreted on his person. While attending to this duty they asked to see the handkerchiet that Choate held in his hand. Choate refuse: to do this, but the committee insisted, and s ereted in its folds was found a nuinber of flowers. Without making any explanation, | the medium immediately departed by the back j entvance.—[ Boston Herald. BURIED IN A WELL.—A sad a curred at the farm of D, F. from Berwick, Pa > last week, ay mes M. Choate, th z lent oc- ybert, one mile Wednesday morning. Dor- nick, son of Mr. beybert, was descending a rope for the purpose ‘of cleaning a well, at when about forty-five feet from the top he di: ngaged a sione from the wall, when the en ire Wall of the well about him caved in, carr | ing him to the bottom, a distance of one hui dred feet. The unfortunate boy is buried bs neath fifty feet of dirt and stone, and it wi be two days at leasi before the body ean be re- covered. “Hundreds of people have gathered tthe and the greatest excitement pre- ‘ails. arent lw jer. G Patrie reports favorably on some French experiments to substitute har dened glass for . It is stated that the type-founders” moulds and machinery can in general be used without further change The new types, made of glass, preserve their ‘anliness almost indelinitely: they are said te wear better than metal, and they ean be t with a sharpness of line that will print more distinctly than is possible with the old type. There will also be th vantage of an absence of half. e itis a peculiarity of the hardened glass that as soon as it is broken at all, it crumbles aliogether. Butas transparency will not be required in glass used for this purpose, itis believed that a toughness extraordinary even for the hiar- dened glass, ured. A JEWELI. ROBBERY.—Ex-Postmaster Gen- eral Marshall Jewell and Miss Emily Jewell, of Connecticut, who attended the Barnett-Shoe- maker wedding im Baltimore, Wednesday: evening, where victims of a robbery, which occurred while they were absent from Mount Vernon hotel, where they had stopped. When they returned to the hotel from the wedding ceremonies it was discovered that their rooms. at the hotel had been entered and_a ladies’ gold watch and chain, valued at $250, a gold in, a gold locket set with pearls,and a pocket book with $20, property of Miss Jewell, to- gether with $80 in money, property of Mr. Jew- eil, had been stolen from a trunk. The articles roe Toney were valued at about $50.—[ Bult. yun, Ist. THE Pore has ratified the plans for the re- construction of the Scottish hierarchy. He has appointed two archbishops and four suf- fragans, and will hold a consistory shorUy to pire the palliums to archbishops. The ope’s health is by ing. It is thought the ultramontanes are trying to bring about such bad relations between the Vatican and the Italian government as will lead tothe removal of the conclave from Rome. Dow Cak1os, European gossips say, has been urged by the Pope to abandon formally hi claims to the Spanish throne. His holiness is also said to have discouraged the pretender's intended visit to Rome, lest his reception should be misconstrued by any part of the Spanish population. AN EXTRAORDINARY RUMOR comes from China to the effect that Mori, the Japanese minister formerly in charge at Washington, has been assassinated by a mob. There is no telegraphic communication with Peking, and therefor the rumor cannot be investigated promp' A LITTLE GikL SEDUCED AND KILLED— Her Mother Charged as an Accessory—In- tense excitement exists in the small town of Lockbourne, Ohio, in relation to a most re- volting case of murder, preceded by seduction and eriminal malpractice, the victim being a little girl named Lizzie Erwin, fourteen years old, whose death occurred on ‘Monday. “Wm. Haslop, who for some months past has resided with the Erwin family, and the child’s mother, a widow, are named as the culprits, the latter having been actively engaged in the mon- strous crime which terminated in the death of the young girl. oe wasallowed to escape after the true cause of death became known, but every exertion will now be put forth for his arrest. ya upon that | FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Fripay, Febru THE SENATE wasnot in wary 1. session to-day. HOUSE.—Mr. Whitthorne moved that when the House adjourned to-da Monday next. He said he iments down the Potomac commitiee on naval affa the Navy desired € t was agreed to. Mr. Phillip deposits of ng the eof interest. introduced a on of ficer of this House. ined to do so bec eht that any me the vehicle of bi ticer of the Hous The do so until he had ascertain making the allegations are titled to credit. “Having asi he felt that he would be duty if he declined to Alter having these aft follow them up with a gatio! The charges Keeper of the House, M Mr. Hunton thought ‘th should be read first and let tigate. Ex parte statement the country, for the te dvance Mr. Baker ( brought the himself, requi read, so that the country that he had not made cha use. If M rges untrue, his vindi clear and triumphant first offer his amendment. Mr. Baker then sent up that it was alleged that keeper of the House, h: sons in excess of allowed by law: that n Were not on the roll tain employes to pay a porti to other emploves as a bon lon; that said Polk hi, and bills now pending and into Congres nd theret committ iv time gUilty ¢ quire whet not be + Mr. Baker then sent up ce be read. the saiv er the office of rks objected to t of an investigation. | the House keep meatier of civil rs of the | | to before G. | He charges’ that Polk tol would resign the office hi doorkeeper, that he (Co | interestin Some lobby mio influencing legislation in Pennsylvania avenue cont | (Polk and witness these experiment rave dereliction of duty on the part of He was asked to bi them to the attention of the House, but he de: use he did not think if nber of the House should be charg ins SS the st ) Polk, dency Was to er pd that the affidavits shoul the number of en who were emple hat Polk compelled on rules to inquit doork the eharges as alleged, a ng specific ch: Mr. Mills was glad to see the other si vice reform. B. Burke, justice ‘aid he was interest ay it be be until made this motion because there were to be some torpedo exper. 0-MOrTOW, 2 essmeni te The bill to provide for a popular loan and for debt in gold bonds at a Reterred. ‘TION OF PRIV dd.) rose to wha privilege, centleman well k that a <nown to him, to him involved ol- ng ventieman away, and he supposed the was acne 1. But he returned a fe fter, With certain sworn statement again ked to have the subject brought to the at tention of the House. He again refused to ed that the persons men who were e eertained this fet se to his ideas of sent the charges. lution for inv Ml to the dow it the resoluti committee in Sshould not go to. in justice to mnight vi Ss Without just a prove the ation Will be the he Speaker suggested that the gentleman reciting, ‘olk, doot the rolls 63 empl ion of thei us for their reten- | dan inte est ity claias to be introduc ore d and eper had also to in doorkeeper should ertain alfid he inte ges in advance Fs open t H the wason a conmitiee of investigation last year, and | found that large numbers of employes had been kept on the rolls for potitical purposes. and noone on the republican side cared tio investigate the matter then, : The affidavits were then read. Tie first was signed by Ingham Coryell, and was sworn of the peace. dd him that if he e held under the ell) should have “au ey, to be used fo the matter of the r and that he nad such legislation. In proof, referen: | made to H. J. Silver, of Mexico. Mo., to Whom Polk had made the same olter, and to Gen. | Averill. The next afidavit w: who says at the ext: | for a few days under the De | ter he npioyed a few sistant Donavin to him. mbarrassed on account of under to certain Congre: to resi; He refuse } Were persistent, and said if sign. he should be kept on t oF $2(00 per y Aftiant not understajid that, for it est, and he was not sj place. Poik explained that rer, and tha ‘0. do the’ wor him #200 a year ant suggested that they mi: and Polk said he would co: monthly in advance, Polk would louble up,” whieh putting additional names when it wa the Hous replied t to indorse the He and Doniy wanted, © accounts. After discussion the resoh to the committee on civil si aid they TRIAL —In the trial of Gen Franklin, the th originally showed 647 votes for Hayes electors. The i the parish can vote: St. clerk of the s don Fi turns. The secretary of State, signed by the accused contain the forged figures. io the jury the alterations an done. ed to be present at the canv the Lennie § board. were in regard to the manner in were opened. pendent of the action of Seorge’s ereek. the miners of several of committees, that they the surplus men and boys were re-employed. The den and yesterday the miners Ocean stop work. The company say they will insi: to work yesterday an object street bridge. Near help on Tuesday. thorities are censured for eshave been lost ald, 31st, institute, on February 11, a tiful and talented women. salaries and orchestra an remiums, s that of M. sion he was t ten or fifteen dol i ve out of a position which paid only 0, Which he was offered, when he would require two other employes to p ch out of their sala A he had a corner of Congre that the House must come up to his ana returning board, at New Or registration for Vernon parish, anging of the votes in th: ilden to the Hayes elector tabulated returns of Vernon par erous a place to exist unecorpeted ber of liv nployed vorkeeper: that af days Polk it his and said he was obligations he was and asked bh: Polk and Donavin aMant would re be rollat. the told Polk he did would not be hon istied to give up his he could put afi he could employ after furth could Polk said ght refuse to pa mpel them to p also added that he he explained to be on the rolls, and s suggested that he might not get action, when Polk could get lly from the committee on ution s referred OF THE LOUISIANA RETURNING n. Anderson, of the Superintende estified as to parish from The totals for Tilden and 2 nformation shows that 34 votes were taken from the Tilden side. There are v0 or 70 colored voters re; nd there were bu red in repul B.MeG hee, ration, and 1 ei Klin, son of the supervisor, corrobo- rated the statements of alterations in the re- ate produced the sh and of the (Anderson), which erpe sexplained nd the clumsy man- ner in which some, and also the erasures were Major E. A. Burke and Mr. Frank Me- Gwinn, of the democratic committee appoint- Ass of the votes by amined at length which the returns CUMBERLAND Coal MINERS YIELDING TO THE CUT RatEs.—The miners of the amp: shire and Baltimore, the Phenix and Frank- lin mines of Maryland, signed a contract yes- terday to mine coal for one year at 40 cents per ton, full weight to be allowed. Thi: sis inde- ovher miners on These mines are all near Westernport, and all coal from them is shi eet by the Baltimore and Qhio railroad. berland Nevs hasthe following: The Cum- On Monda; the consolidate inines notified their superintendents, through would stop work uatil lately. discharged mand ‘was refused, at Hoffman and men at New ope e are still Stapleyed. The management of t! ist on their right to employ what number of men they please, and | Say they have long had more men than work. A SHROUD OF IcE.—While a wofkman in Lister’s factory, in Newark, was on his wa morning he observe in the canal under the Chapel It was coated with ice, and upon investigation proved to bethe dead body of a woman. Papers found on the body leave no doubt that deceased was Bridget Murphy. who had been to the overseer of the poor for here the body was found the canal is entirely unguarded, and itis believed that, in the dark, she fellin. The au- permitting so dan- Anum- here.—[N, ¥. Her- WORSE THAN A Baby SHOW—A Congress of Beautiful Women.—Gilmore’s Garden will congress of beau- maidens ai - niles. Five thousand dellars given in isto be ven in There wil be an dancing, inte rsed_ with walking matches and roller skating.—[N. ¥. World. ohh agente, ‘00! e Jas mine, near Potsvil : the explosion of the boiler, blown ierougs se killed at St. lle, Pa., yesterday, by ‘Telegrams to The Star. | autho: | of the wreck and ON TO CONSTANTINOPLE. RUSSIANS STILL ADVANCING. TURKS EVACUATE BATOUM. —_-—___ THE EASTERN WAR. Russians Still Advancing. LONDON, Feb. 1—Advices from Constanti- nopie to the evening of January Mth sa “There is ho news vet from the peace potentiar government has Jo its rep) ap asking fe Russians tinue to that Admir from Batoum, that Dervish 1 nople shortly ally announces rt Pasha’s fleet has arrive ten battalions, and Sha is expected at Cousianti The Evacuation of Batoum. This is ve B' tly im he evaer her in the naunticipa ssault or in P fulfillment of stipu tions. It isnot. likely he Russians would make an ult while gotiations are pending. The telegram does not mention t recent destruction of a Turkish steamer off the harbor of Ba by a torpedo sent frem the Russian si Coustantine, as mentioned in a St. Pet dispateh of January 30th, fomeless Tarks. Baroness Burdett Coutts has rec following tel ag s been with Sul “ LLIPOLL, tal ived the nt who n Pasha: * 1 have arrived hy to relieve s. 1 ha Moyer the country, and bunger. eis a xg wards the Refugees: tly des. ving generally lost half of each f y. Ttisa nation moving without means of Ansportand without homes to go to, Eas men cannot imagine the suffering, destitu tion and ruin of the last three weeks to an innocent and industrious people.” The Question of the Occupation of Constantinople The Vienna Politische ¢ rrespondence and the Berlin provineial correspondence (the ‘lat ter semi-ofiicial) concur in the statement that ipatl cause of de rmistice is nity abou’ ry conditions im The Vien ay that these in the eceupat ‘onstantinopie. On to Constantinop! Loxnox, Feb. 1.—1 eile has a spe which says private ums of undoubted 1y say the Russians are within twenty four hours’ mareh of Constantinople. The Perte Demands an Armistice. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 31, Ne : raphed to the € posed. ciud —__—___ ANOTH HIPWRECK. Loss of a Schooner With All on Board. New York, Feb. 1.—The schooner Haynes, supposed to be from Providence, will a cargo of Sali, went ashore on Plum Island, in the Sound, early yesterday morning, and be. fore assistance could reach her. sank with all on b Capt. Stephenson, of the schooner ehting the Haynes signa ssistance, but being unable to. ing to hea ‘, way. the poop deck of the Haynes, whi on her beam ends, and in a few went to pi pL ov W her moments she es and sank out of sight. Fire. —This morning, at chester, a block of ten woo res and tenements, the buildings were and three by John Hag on the buildings aud 00; insured. Hostile to the Tariff Bil PHILADELPHIA, Feb. L—At a special meet- ingeft the executive committee of the Indus. fue, held this morning, a resolution » the t bill reported by the sub- committee on Ways-and im Lby Mr. Glove The total lo: contents amounts to #5 own of Snow. ‘he storm conting ¥ afoot and a half deep. seven hours behind Jso running behind POUGHKEEPSIE. Fe and the snow is n The St. Louis exp time, and other trains time. The Markets. BALTIMORE, February 1,—Virginia sixes, deferred. 4 consolidated, 55; _ do. second series, 40; North Carolina sixes, old. 17; do. new, 8 bid to-day. Sugar sieady and rather more duing, 9489's, BALTIMORE, February 1,—Cotton dail and heavy— middling, 103a10°,. Flourdull butsteady— Howard street ‘aud fern do, extra, 4.5025.25: family. is super, 3.25a do, extra, 4. ‘o brands, 6.7% Patapsco famil: stead} tern firmer Wheat, southern quiet ay southein red, 1,251.33 1.35a1.37; Pennsylvania red, 1.32a1.35: No. 2 western winter red, spot and February, 1.33: Mareh, 1.35. Corn, southern quiet and steady; western a Shivie firmer — southern White, 50ab5: do. yellow, 54355 Bacou—jobbin Hams, Mali sho Li 6: clear rib ‘d—refided, tier . Sich roll, 13, 8%. Butter, choice scaree and very firn l. a20: do, packed, Petroleum dull and nominal 11%, Coffee duil'and e: 14.418. Whisky Wd more steady, 108%», Receipts—flour, 3.130; w rt 54.400: ts. 700. No shipments. NEW YORK, February 1.—Stocks dull, Money, 5i06. Gold, 101%. Exchange, long, 482; short, 484. “Governments steady. NEW YORK, February 1. Gecliiing, Wheat duti and ! and deelini Flour dull and and 1 vent lower, Corn LONDON, Febr: 1, 12:30 p. m.—U. If per cent.” bonds, 104% oa. 109: hhew fives, 1054. D4; do. prefer . Pennsylvania Centval, Central, 17. 22. Iineis Central, 30". New Jersey Another Frightful Marine Disaster. WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP METROPOLIS AND LOss OF 200 LIVES. The fatal Currituck beach, on the coast of North Carolina, supplies another victim in the steamship Metropolis, from Philadelphia for Brazil, which was driven ashore last evening. ‘There were 248 persons on board, including 200 laborers en route for the Madeira railroad in Brazil. Some BY rsous swam or were washed ashore, and it is feared that the rest or most of them perished. The difficulty of pro- curing assistance and the delay in forwardin: information were the same as in the case oi the steamer Huron. The storm in which the Metropolis has been lost was a furious one, and the weather bitterly cold, and the sufferings of the victims were intense. The vesse! had en- countered heavy gales from the southeast for twenty-four hours, and when she struck she was heading about south-southeast. The ves sel swung broadside to the surf, which made a complete break over her and washed many of the people overboard into the sea. The chief signal officer, on being advised of the disaster, ordered one of the operators at Kiltyhawk sta- tion to go at once on horseback to the scene open a ielegraph station there, and forward ail information as rapidly as obtained. The steamer was in charge of Captain Ankers, Paul J. Master, formerly chief engineer of the Lehigh Navigation com- pany, and James T. Moore, a well-known en- gineer, were in charge of her cargo of railroad Stores, &c. The wife and little boy of Mr. Col- jins, one of the contractors, were also among her passengers. The following were the other saloon passengers, but their residences are not ees ob the list: Nicholas Hawkins, Richard larke, Michael Regan, A. W. Newton, G. W. Stainrock, foremen: Joseph Brady, assistant steward : Dr. Greene, physician : E: Lafareode, . clerk. The 200 laborers laborers in the steer: age are all white, the Brazilian government refusing to admit negroes into that country. MME. Mopigska, the* Polish actress, who has won all the New York critics by her fine acting, did not know a word of English one year ago. AN ELOPEMENT IN NEw BRUNSWwIckK.—Sam'l Carlton, a prominent member of the Methodist church in New Brunswick, N.J., a leader at social and religious gatherings, and having a wife and family, has, it is ch: with a Miss Bradbury, of New nswick, who is said to be a handsome young woman of twenty. tt interf van eer Win We not to fere iners, sentenced to be hanged at St. Louis to-day for the murder of an actress, WASHINGTON FASHIONS 4ND 80- CIRTY. Dress at Home and Abroad. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. } New York, January There was a time when Washington fashion and society exerted a much more decided and definite influence upon the country at large than t ave of late years, and this was mainly owing to the superior char and culture of the women who occupied the post of honor. The carly Presidents of the republic were men of high standing and superior at tainments, Whose Wives were drawn from a nk equal to or socially superior to their own, and who were ther re qualified in many ways to iead tn matters pertaining to high and tive social and domestic ‘ite. Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Masison. made a calivd to upied by any Woman in this country, were n looked up yas examples for er women to follow. But if is not too much to say tha late years the li est plices have been by a different ¢ ssof men and women mien have represented force, and th: of circumstance rather th culeare ; and women have be such a kind as are usually chosen by m ve grown up out of hard, . and who vt had vapac { their husbands opportunit aftorded with) many sides of assist’ their prog a They hav fore, simply accepted wha ound. nd tried toc ach in but have none of the influence b involuntarily exer and intelle tivated, and train sense of its own individuality Added to these condition r 1 has NO specific ¢ of sre at Most unpromisin It is a moving Kaleidoseope, a panorama. with no central orbit around which sys the wh mevolves, but rather a collec- tion of meteors whieh flash upon the sight and } then tly off into space, no one Knows w Thus it has come to pass that Washington, th Vof the ¢ Tenowned for the asic of its women in dre ter of a mighty growth nd indus. trial prox alters of taste, of su iquette. The juette gion is the etiquett of the al or the ic circle, aud the dress is the outeo 3 ris, of Lon. don, of Vienna. of New York, of Berlin, and other great centers, but really deprives Wash ington of a cha of tis own, while it diversities ita acle Lo the ASON IN THE Carir he systeni of receiving in Washington dur Which enables any ¢ all riiies of the rep Natives of | government on certain days, fills the str Wiih persons ry imaginable s tume. There are grand ladies in stume, Who, perhaps, have cannot afford always te hir y the wives of minor officiah “calling” busin nuisance and a bore, who ar a simple dress, or Such crude at as they their own accor give it ous chal pler. are abr i, and visitors from the wilds of our own untry, Who each carry about with them the indic atic: tions of habits, mann nd list gradually for compelling tl sensible requi hat ¢ classe class of th Wal, and dress to obey the modest aud ments of an anom: feult position. All these differ . characters and individualities, eni make the streets of Washington unlike these of any other city in the we versi prive The « tl, and ¢ 1pon Official o ordinary visitin rasions fx, dress of ein any well-bred community. 1 y mposed of the very richest combt- nation in fabric, but it should be always dark, and inconspicuous in color, the reli uniformity ot color being atiorded by th athe delicate tin ot the bonn this lace of the gloves, purpose a vet with fail tions of dark v n costly, perhaps more expensive com bDinations in costumes of figured vel . h plain, of plain velvet: with brocade, of velvet with rich embroidered silk and the like; but there hone that for perfect adaptabil begin lo compare wilh the rich, } velvet in very dark shades of win violet, trimmed with thick f3 shade, or showing a skirt uin J. and Sleeves the plai At-shape, which is now so handsomely relieved by the iy failing eudls of deep real la | “igured siuftts, it is necessary always to remember, jucrease the apy 1 sive, rub | wud are injured by contact 1 dust and the dit, and are alapied fy the m. t light ol day and the open thoroughfare splendor of emt 'y and brocade of stitch, n bos frequently, as Well as move properiy se elegant dinner dresses, in the striking positions for eveuing Wear than in the Stylish toilettes | pricneed for more public! “figure is therefore more ar @KAND TOILETTES. Washington itself has no great shops, well known modistes, few ticles of imp ysident Who does not pu or New York, buying in Baltimore, ve and complet is as undisputed a th and forme Still no where are seen so many send where a azines, and where are the traditions of its w grandeur. rich novel and beautiful toilettes as in Wasit lo ington, for the reason that her played rom the are first dis. many of the grand costumes brought fashion centres of Europe aud the superb trousseaus of wealthy brides, and the state jendors of the wives oreign diplomatic corps. All there is of beauty, style, elegance, and fashion is found in Washington during its son, but not so much as part of Washington it- self, as a combination from every other part of America, and even from the world at larg It is quite easy to distinguish also bet pied, spot, BB's: ES ees March, 68.5. | the grand daines of society and the new ec dos nivel. 84 Sylvania, 35437, Ryedull | €Fs into the charmed circle, for the latter, like and steady. 63065. Hay fairdemand and steady | Very young ladies from al great Americ: Maryland and Pennsylvania, 14.00a16. Pro- i cith are attired in th latest styles, and | visions duli and easy. Mess po newest, most resplendent fabric’ Dider and Bulk meats—jovding stioulders. & | ladies. however, give more indiyidu- | greater | ality to their attire ; they adhere more ¢ certain well established stuffs and styles. | They like to call their dresses ~ | have them of one rich fabric, overiaid perhaps | with 1 old ka needle work, bul they de. | spise combinations and modern pretenses and | such as overskirts aud long polonaises | have made popular. | Te scriptions of spe ial toilettes is simply tv reiterate an oft-told tal The pret | lest dresses worn by debutantes, are eut low and square, and are either of while diapho nous material, trimmed with fringes of fow- ers, white silk or satin, mixed with damasse, | and trimmed with fringes of silk or chenille | mixed with pearls, or lovely tinted faille, pe j ys mixed with satin, and enriched wit nges of brown grasses, headed with hand embroid in shaded colors, or the newer em- bossed figures aud designs in applique velvet. ‘The revival of satin, and the reintroduction of rich figured stuffs into grand toilettes have diversified the attires of chaperones, and mid- dle-azed ladies, from which, however, in some form or other they are never entirely excluded. Satin mixed very effectively with Velvet, and also with brocades, and show up fine old lace to much betier efect than when placed direct- ly in contact with the figured stuff. A most effective dinner toilette worn on a great occasion in Washington, consisted of a trained Princesse dress of black moire. piped with satin, and trimmed with fine gold and silk cord and black Unread lace. The ice was cuta low square, and filled with crossed folds of white tulle, the sleeves were half short, and enriched with magnificent ruffies of blaek and white thread lace and loops of black and gold satin ribbon were arranged in flats of Wide black thread lace upon the skirt atthe back, which was pleated into a very graveful - n, fled in with a balayense beneath. With ‘ dress was worn an oriental neeklace nd head band of old gold, very richly wrought. Very new costumes are of satin, in dark shades, almost covered with embroidery of fine cut beads of the same tints, the jewels being always of garnet or stones to match. These masses of bead work are, however, ex- ceptional. A finer and more artistic effect is roduced by an application of silk or velvet— in leaf, flower, and even fruit patterns, out- lined, and latterly evea veined. and filled-with gold, silver or bead work. The idea is capable of great expansion, and the work can be exe- cuted by Jadies themselves in any number and variety of tints, styles and colors. do pot it to undertake a whole dress cam make a ning on a mantalet fichu of cash- mere, sucht as are always fashionable when artistically wrought. The ‘Princes. dresses, pate Ee pimest universally the dresses of ceremony, requ! an elegant chatelaine, and di them to reat advantage. There is, fore, great Eixte, and often. immense "cost aud luxury, exhibiied in these stylish accessories. Some. times a long, heavy gold chain is detached fron: the watch and used for this purpose, but more frequently they consist of ropes of amber. or Venitlan beads, Of strands of pearls, of ivory, or coral, or links of solid or filagreed le. silver formed into a gets unltea wit Sis cao sit “f ~4 1 or_ silver and the such as may be obtained in Veni quaintest girdles of iv. tusks. bound with gold, and festooned with interlocked chains. A girdle of this a5 ipa beantiful y. Mrs. Theodore iiabe 4 (Continued on Fourth Page.)