Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1878, Page 1

EE AOE aR THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday penn tT THE STAR BUILD NOM aay BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8. H,. KAU SFUANN, Pvee’!, ING STAR Is served to subscribers In te an ay carriers on their own account, at 10 cents per week, Or 44 cents Ter month. | Coples at fhe counter, 2'cents each. By mail—postage pre- paid— 60 cents » month; one year, $6. ‘THE WEEKLY STAR—published on Friday—g2 a r, postage prepaid. 10 copies for $15; 20 copies ‘Bg All mat! subscriptions must be paid in ad- no paper sent longer than so paid for, wance: Sa Hates of advestising made known on applica- ton. SE ES Che “. SI-N®. 7,794. pening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C.,. MONDAY, MARCH 235, 1878. ___ SPECIAL NOTICES. THE EVENING STAR. oO. FP. i} o. will be | nt 6 | iagely | pave inthe Stuart Memorial | H. HALLEY Y ENCaME re requested 26th inst.. at 7p. mess they will ere the Stuart log at T's UE DISTEICT mar S UPFITK i yr OF COLUM TON. D. Mare BEA, h 23" 1871 rer, D.C. Ge OF xX. NATIONAL MEDI: AL. COL COLUMELAN UNIVER: LECTURES, THE SUMMER COUR: pirse wit he | » TUESDAY U ‘AL SITY NIV ER A DEPARTMENT. Course will commen: M.D. See nis marl 2w NOTICE EMME CIATION— B: DANIEL > BUFFALO ITH & HUSY ADL JANOS, @ APPOLLIN ARIS = SPRING WATERS, Just received Ke MILBURN’S PHARMACY, 1429 PENNA, A marl4-tr “INDIA RUBBER GOODS th F NVALIDS, . Tonsisting of ALR CUSHIONS, PILLOWS, HOT WATER BAGS. ICE BAGS, SILK ELAS: TIC STOCKINGS, & 3 For sale by h D & HUTCH 3 H STREET | With very extensive facilities | turing, are now showing a lia ed | aled for riehn gu and color | ntin the 3 for Manties and ed, and imitations of | peal exvetly produce! for BARSTOW WROUGHT {RON FUR- | BACK, Baltiinore KITCH ANGES: also | the Kussia fire-piace STOVE. Contractors for | Plomt nd ali Tin and € Work. Witha | targe force of competent n ics in their va- | Xperience, wul | iy | Risise zentraland acce NORTHWEST, —whe times a large and fine stocx of and female), CARDINAL, BIRDS, Also, prepared BIit! FRESH SEEDS. CAGBS, etc. marl 3w* C.M. GOETZ. | jue GREATEUROPEAN NOVELTY BUNYADI JANOS. THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT. THE LANCET.—‘Hunyadi Janos.—Baron Lie- big affirms that its richness in aperient saits surpasses that of all other known water: THESRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL.—**Han- yadi Janos.—The most agreeable, safest, and ‘Most efficacious aperieut water."” PROFESSOR VIRCHOW, Berlin, ‘+ Invariably ‘and prompt success; most valuable. "* PROFESSOR BAMBERGER, Vienna “+I have Prescribed these Waters with remarkable suc- cess."* PROFESSOR SCANZONI, Warzburg. ‘I pre- scribe none but this.** PROFESSOR LAU. R.8., Lo vals, | ROFESSOR AITKEN. F.R.3., Royal | ™ Military Hospital, Neti * Preferred “to | Pullna and Friedrieshall. A WINEGLASSFUL A DOSE. Every genuine bottle bears the name of THE APOLLINARIS Co. (limited), London, FRED'K DE BARY & CO,, | 41 and 43 Warren st., New Fork, | Sole Agent for United States and Canadas, For Sale by Dealers, Grocers and Drug- gists. aug27-uw ayy Dw, CINCINNATI BREAKFAST BACON AND SUGAR CURED SHOULDERS, The U. S. Centennial Commission reported an ard on Haims: Ast. The excellent favor of the meat. at its good keeping qua‘ity, demonstrated by freshness of Hams Cured in the winter 73. - Sold low by leading Grocers, who have circu- Jars with ditections for cooking the Diamond | Ham: tharll-m.th,6t | WEET NAVY * | JACKSON'S | | CHEWING! BEST. TOBACCO. | Awarded highest prize at Centennial Exposition | for Ane chewing qualities and exesllence and ing character uf sweetening and flavoring. ‘The best tobacco ever made. As our ‘blue strip trade-mark is closely imitated on inferior goods. Cra TACK. a yam, thei, Ly | WATCHES. All the finest grades of ENGLISH, SWISS and AMERICAN WATCHES, SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPHS, MINUTE | REPEATERS, HORSE TIMERS, &e, we We call particutar attention to the WATCHES OF OUR OWN PRODUCTION, in which are introduced the latest American and European improvements, and we confidently rec- ommend them as the BEST TIMEKEEPERS ever offered to the public. M. W. GALT, BRO, & CO, PRING FATTERNS RECEIVED—Dres. makiag from Latest Parisian Style 8. T. ‘Taylor's Patterns and Journals of Fashic: Kuife Preati iFringing. 3. J. MESSER marib-codn. aie Pennsylvania avenue. 'S IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE. best American Wine In the market: dry, fruity, and has less per centage of alcohol than any Mmported brand. Good taste and regard for home Production account for its popularity. Per case, $15.00 currency. HALL & HUME. jand-tr 807 Market space. JENSEN Wate N. CH REPAIRER. 20 nih. He ‘ P peng HERE ge avEN ES by " ) ADIES WATCHES 8 SP Watches put in complete order by sus wed, teed for ond ‘year, oF money ad eet eer Wo! AND PE! ee Ee, TRE Ae EERE | for the Paris expo: Washington News and Gossip, GOVERNMENT REcEIPTS To-Day.—Internal revenue, $442,640.51 5.08. PERSONAL.—Secretary Sherman was on the floor of the House to-day. -*-*Hon. Beverly Douglass, of Virginia. introduced a bill to-day to remove a “bar” from the mouth of a creek in Virginia. Here is a chance for the para- graphers. Mus. PRESIDENT Haves arrived at Colum- bus, Ohio, Saturday, from Chilicothe. She isa guest of her kinsman, Gen. Mitchell. Mr. Joux Mornis, editor of the Suacen Ga. zette, has been appointed the experi of the committee to Isel 4 into the affairs of the In- terior department. Tue Hovse CoMMITTEE ON Post OFFICES AND Post Roaps will to-morrow hear a dele- gation of newspaper publishers in opposition to section 24 of the postal rate bill. This see- tion prohibits the distribution of newspapers except through the mails. The effect of such a law would be to delay the delivery and dis- tribution of newspapers over 21 hours and about treble the expense. If it passes there 1 be a supplementary act passed prohib- rom being Mr. Woon’s Tartrr BrLt.—The commitiee on Ways and means to-day agreed to authorize Wood to report the bill which has sidered in commi: ion ot the s of the committe > right to oppose saw fit when the bil ing tariff laws. however, reserved it on the table. Tur Vacant Trea: r, chief clerk of the register’s to fill the vaeaney caused uth of Regisier AM » he and in the line of ¢ service 3 re, however, a large num- Mr. Pi edi ‘ower is from ly her among bureau chiefs in the e south and southwest have a Il representation among these offi- 18, which makesit probable that the coming man'may be from one of those sections. POSTMASTE: HAL KEY will leave here tof this or the first part of next south, to see abou’ some mail week for th | routes. ALL TO BE DIscHARGED.—All of the persons irged on Saturday, with the ew, Who will dispose of the It is expected that about Pmoved from the contract office of the artment. The former has been mys- issing since the first Wednesday in Both v nies have been filled. P. 0. D, EXPENSEs.—A sub-committee of the appropriations committee reported to the full committee last week advising a cutting down in the foree and appropriation for the Post Office departnent. It is not likely that et ou the maiter until its com- nditures in that de This committee teriously March. Hoy. Canter Hartson, ch; committee on reform in the i endeavor to 1 up the case Polk in the House to-morr man of the service, will of Doorkeeper THERE IS A TELEPHONE cons:rueted between the Howse of Representatives, the Senate and the Government Printing Office. &THE Diplomatic APPROPRIATION BILL- The Senate committee on appropriations to- evised the cousular and diplomatic ap- 1iation bill recently passed by the House. i cut down salaries of sentatives the Senate committee a stored them to the amount now fixed by law. BILi.—The Texas Con- ion caucussed the other evening on the subject of the army, and it is understood unanimously agreed ‘to fight against Gen. Ba bul. COMMANDER JOSEPH S. SKERRETT has been cs red to duty as equipment officer at the shington navy ya AFTER THE DISTRICT OFFICES.—It appears that Governor Packard was offered the posi- tion of Recorder of Deeds for this District seme time ago, Recorder Wolf to be made Governor of Montana, but that this arrange- ment fell through, and Mr. Wolf_is to hold on to his place. The office of Register of Wills is the next point of attack, and it_is stated on et! ood authority that Col. Webster will removed, to make room for some promi- nent politician, uame yet unknown. Colonel Webster has made an excellent officer, and his loss would be regretted. THE MCGARRAHAN LETTERS.—The lawyers who are conducting the MeGarrahan case be- fore the Senate committee on public lands, met in the committee room this morning. The dria company’s counsel submitted about 175 letters, extracts from many of which were printed in pamphlet form at the beginning of the investigation. ‘The letters, in’ most in- stances, were identified by McGarrahan as genuine. but he objected to them/as contain- ing lorged interp ion: Mks. ELECTRA SMITH, the postmaster at Sterling, Illinois, was at the White House to- day. She has modified her demand that Pat- terson (who is nominated to succeed her) be totally rejected. and now only wants to be kept in office until her term expires. Tue U. S. S. Wyomrne, which left New York for Havre on the 16th instant, with goods . has returned leak- ing. The leak was discovered 500 miles out. Commander Watson, commanding the Wyom- ing, came on to Washington yesterday and reported to ponreeesy ‘Thompson, who has or- «dered that the vessel be put in dock to-day at the Brooklyn navy yard for repairs. Naval Construcior Easby left- last night for New York, under orders to make a thorough ex- amination of the vessel. THE FUNERAL of Hon. John Allison, late | Register ef the Treasury, who died suddenly on Saturday last, as stated in THe Star of that day, took place yesterday afternoon, the religious services being performed by Rev. H. R. Naylor, of the Metrepolitan M. E. chureh. A large aumber of people, Including most of the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation, were present. The remains were taken to the B.& P. depot, and will be interred in the fami- ¥ cemetery at Beaver, Pa. Messrs. 5. J. W. laber, H.F. French, E. B. French, John Ja: Knox, J. M. Me Ed. 8. Young, Jazob Hf. fla and Wim, P. Titcomb, all prominent offi cials in the Treasury department, acted as Jall-becrers. ‘The remains were accompanied to Penusy! it by the family of the deceased. How. J. GLANCEY Jones died at Reading, Pa., last night, aged 66 years. He served in Congress, with only a brief interruption, from 1850 to 1858, and was for two years chairman of the ways and means committee. He was also minister to Austria during President Bu- | chanan’s administration. Naval OnDERS.—Commodore J. W. B. Clitz, as inspector of the third lighthouse district, relieving Commodore A. C. Khind, who is or- dered to settle accounts. Commander 0. A. Batcheller, to duty as equipment officer of the Boston navy yard. Commander F.H. Baker, as equipment officer of the Norfolk navy yard. Surgeon J. G. sae. to the Colorado, April 1. lain 8. D. ram,to the New Hampshire fae ee ontae atne Raa ineer B. C. Gor q ew York nay; sara. Assistant igineer J.P. Wickley, to éxamination for promotion. n H. M. Wells, from the rado, April], and placed ea ag A s 7m an was to the Alaska. "Assistant Bn ineer F. J. Hoffman, from. signal duty at Chester, Pa., and ordered to the Plymouth. a na since the war. SENATOR HOWE'S ATTACK ON THE ADMINIS- TRATION.—At 1 p.m. to-day, Mr. Howe began his speech in the Senate attacking the Admin- istration, or rather, as he pleased to term it, explaining the reasons 2a he has not given cordial support to the President’s policy. The galleries were well filled, and nearly every Senator was on the floor of the chamber. Mr. Howe, in commenting on the organization of the Administration, said that Hayes had se- lected one member of his Cabinet who was a cemocrat, but not an objectionable man. Schurz was attacked most bitterly by How He alluded to him as a man who was Success- ful in his trade—that of polities. He had been connected with and repudiated by every patty. As an editor, general in the army, diplomatist and lawyer, Schurz has been a failure. Howe said that Schurz has thrown more mud at the repubiican pariy than any other “machine” noi propelled by steam. ‘The Cincinnati convention, Howe said, “stumbled” upon Rutherf Hayes, of Ohio,and npon his being seated in ‘the White House he selected for his Secretary of the Interfor a man not desirable for the posi- tion. The President's southern policy was se verely arraigned by the speaker. He denou ed the President for withdrawing the support of the troops from the Packard government of Louisiana. nn Mr. Howe said that the President's policy toward the south was an abandonment of one of the plainest_duties imposed by the con. stitution upon the President, namely, the pro- tection of a state against domestic Violence. The downfall of the earpet bag government in Louisiana was deprecated, and the Senator from Wisconsin alluded to butlets being more efiective than baile used. the following language: “If P: 1ot elected gov. ernor of Louisi: Hayes was not electe is tiot an usurper, H ONE OF THE TWENTY for the collectorship of New Orleans today informed a reporter of the STA that the mat- ter would be settled either at to-morrow’s Cabinet meeting or at the meeting on Friday u The candidate also said that the su cessful man would be either Packard, M Millan or Anderson, and that he would b selected by loi—the three names being chucked up in a hat. THE VEIL IS AT L. names of the new Union anda curious public is informed that M C.F, the world knows that OVED from the r., Mass Danield Chadwiek,Conn.:T. W.Si . Towa, and C. C. Housel, Nebraska, constitute the board. —_+<-e—___ ' Au Errore DIssatisFiep WITH THE PEACE TREATY.—Osman Pasha arrived at Constantinople on Saturday evening in com- pany with Reouf Pasha and General Iz ghatieff, and they will have an interview with the Sultan to-morrow. Count hy, the Austrian ambassador, has posiponed his intended de- parture on furlough because of the 2 pect of affairs. The treaty of Peace does not meet the expectations Of the Russian people, and the Germans see nothing in it to aflec! their interests. RUINED BY REVOLUTION Guillermo presides over the Provi ernment o} n Domingo, estab! nce the flight of President Baez. A new presiden. is to be elected. The commerce +of n Do- mingo has been ruined by the revolution, be- sides the damage to property and loss of life. 4 e is great distress to all classes, which, it is thought, will prove a safeguard againsi fresh risin; FROM THE HEIGHTS TO THE DEPTHS.—John Reed, son of a wea'thy Boston merchant of 30 | years ago, says the New York World, a Cali- fornia pioneer, of 49, twice an officer of the senate of the Golden state, and one of its mpion pistol and rifle shots when John K. Hackett aud Col. Travis were experts in the same line, become an inmate of the Queens county poorhouse, on Barnuin’s Island A Mr In DisgrRace.—At Grand Rapids, Mich., Dr. M. Collins, pastor of the Church of the 1 ples, and a well-known physician of that city, ischarged withadultery with a young ufimartied woman of the congre- gation. The charges are preferred by his Wife. The Doctor has left the ¢ PRESIDENT SCOTT TESTIFIED before the legislative committee at Philidelphia, Saiuc- day, that the Jesses of properiy by the com- ny in the July riots amounted tO $2,000.00), while the entire loss, including merehanidise, &e., is estimated at 000), He said there had always been trouble with the Pittsburg people, who say there isa discrimination in, reights against them. He denied that he made a requisition for troops. The trouble, he thought, originated from discontented men 2 over the country, and not on railroads alone. Lost with ALL ON Boarp.—The schooner General Miller, Capt. May, belonging to the Alaska Commercial Company, sailed from San Francisco Feb. 16 for Alaska, having as passenger Col. Woods, U.S. collector of cus- tums for the territory of Alaska. A day or two ago the schooner was discovered bottom up a few miles up the coast. Allon board are undoubtedly lost. The vessel and cargo are valued at $10,000, MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.—The Maryland Senate was not in session Saturday. In the house, the bill anthorizing the city council of Baltimore to subscribe to the capital stock of the Maryland and Delaware Canal Company, or to indorse the bonds of said company, was ordered engrossed for a third reading. ' The bill authorizing barbers’ shops to be open Sun- day was defeated. THE SAVILLE Dryonce SurT.—The taking of testimony by Mr. J. P. O'Neill, in this city, as special examiner in the divorce case of Saville against Saville, now pending in’ the court of common pleas in Philadelphia, has been con- cluded and the testimony has been forwarded to Philadelphia. Mrs.’ Saville, who is an actress, known in the profession as May Hart, sues her husband, John G. Saville, who is an actor, for absolute divorce, on the ground of aguiery Three witnesses, including the plaintiff, were examined before Mr. O'Neill, and the sum and substance of their testimony was that the deferdant had been seen toenter houses of ill-repute, in this city, with strange females, thereby Sarimise presumplve evidence of the truth of the principal charge. —[New York Times. THE COLORED EMIGRATION MOVEMENT.— Hon. Henry MeNeil Turner, LL. D., colered ex-member of the Georgia legislature, but now living in this city, says the present colored emigration movement from this country to Liberia is the greatest event in their history since emacipation. The movement began in rER Charleston and spread to Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, and Louisiana, where emigration societies have been formed. The bark Azer will shortly leave Charleston with a fullload of emigrants.—[ Phila. Times, 23d. A WEeT VIRGINIA POLYGAMIST ARRESTED. E. F. Jackson was arrested and sent to jail Saturday, at Clarksburg, W.Va., on complaint of a woman in \dridge county, W.Va.,who charges him with bigamy. She has testimony which proves that he has five wives now liv- ing, from whom he has never been divorced. A CASE OF INVOLUNTARY CREMATION.—At Wheeling, W. Va., John Ryn 8 well-to-do Youns nailer, entered a stable Saturday night, ing so intoxieated, it is supposed, at the time, that he laid down on the ay in, the loft and sttempted to light a cigar, {for in a few moments the building was in flames, and noth- ing was left of Mylan save part of one of his legs and a few charred bones. THE AsTors REDUCING RENTS—A New York letter states as a rumor that the Astors, who are the largest real estate owners in that city, are quietly notifying their tenants that they may expect a further reduction of rent after the Ist of May. What the precise reduc- tion is to be isa matter of conjecture as yet, but agents think it will Probably be ten per cent. This will be the third reduction by Astors since the panic, and in this, asin all the preceding instances, they demonstrate their proverbial business’ shrewdness by ac- cepting the inevitable before it is forced upon In this way they Led to have the of tenants on Manhattan Island. As the Astors govern rents just as much as Stewart governs dry goods and prices at the Tetail stores, other landlords, as tofore, will be obliged to follow their example. A PREACHER WITH MORMON PROCLIVITIES. The town of Lebanon, in Warren county, Ohio, noted principally for its educational stitution, has at last come to the front with first-class scandal, the role of hero in this lit- tle social drama being represented by Rev. Mason Chenoweth, v. J. M. Wells, who stands accused of having prevailed on too many of the fair sex to enter into a marital partnership. in- a is an area of 40 acres in North has yielded over $1,000,000 in gold | mn | viding for the fo | triet. The District in Congress. - THE SEWERAGE QUESTION.” Iumbia will to-morrow further consider the auestion of the improvement of the sewerage of Washington. The plan submitted by Major Randolph, chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has impressed the committee with considerable force, and to-morrow Major Randolph isto be heard again on the merits of his plan. The committee have invited Lieut. Hoxie, District engineer, and other engineer officers to be present. Major Randolph pro- poses to build a sewer of ten feet diameter. having two outlets into the Potomac. One o! these is to be at or near the arsenal, and run- ning north and west to the wharves in the neighborhood of 22d street. At the arsenal outlet he proposes to have placed an engine and driving wheel of sufficient force to keep the sewer constantly filled with a shallow but swift current. which will carry the refus: drained into it into the Potomac at the dis charging end of the sewer near 22d street. He will so construct the sewer that all the main sewers can be easily connected with it. If Congress ae him the authority to go ahead, he will ask no compensation until he completes the work. In the event of such successful completion, and it: yy a board of en- gineers to be selecte ithority of Con- gress, he wants to be paid $300,600- MEETING OF THE SENATE DISTRICT COMMITTEE. At the eee of the Senate committee on the Distriet of lumbia this morning every member thereof was present. Considerable discussion i nua by Mr. Dorst of ‘assessment for spec n the District of Columbia. The bill was finally agreed upon, without amendment, and reported to the Senate by Dorsey. The bill provides hat all certificates of assessments for special improvements issued under an act of the legislative assembiy of August 0th. 1871. are “hereby legal as charges upon the ‘property benefited by the improvements in respeet to which said assess. ments were made, and the Commi: ers of the District are directed to enforce the collec- tion of id certificates according to existing laws: Provided, however, That upon specitic complaint in any instance being made. to the Commissioners of erroneous or excessive charges in respect to any of said a: ments, said Commissioners are hereby autho: revise such assessments so comipiained of, 2 to correct the same, and to issue tnerefor drawback certificates for the amount of such erroneous or ex: harges, which certifi. cates shall be received at any time in payment of such assessinents for special improveien and they shail be redeemed in the manne prescribed rertifi fer the redemption and purchase re! as provided by an_act of the embly of May 29, 1873, entitled endiig the time of ent of ents. and for other purposes,’ i for the purchase and re- Sin said act shall have 11 asses the provisio demption of certifies been fully carried out. A bill incorporating the National Security Life Insurance Company of the District was also agreed upon, with amendments. The bill proposing te abolish the Board of Police Commissioners of the District. was re- ferred toa sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Rollins and Barnum. The proposition to abolish the board was debated by the commit- tee. nearly every member favoring its aboli- tion, and there is but little doubt that the bill abolishing the board will be reported favora- biy to the Senate. Other bills before the com- mittee were referred to sub-committees. PASSED THE During the morning how day Mr. Rollins ealie tion being “An act f ATE, in the Senate to- up the House resolu- n act to amend an act entitled he support of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and for other purposes.” the The bill was passed. It provides for assessment of real and personal proper the District, for taxation during the con fiscal ye THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BIL! Gov. Hendee will endeavor at some afternoon's session to call up the bi n of government in the Dis- %) the House v seu red « es and territories foi Is ane joint resolutions, and yoting ona bill to si pend the order aimi pass, allowing lion to be coined upon the same terms bullion. as gold PROPOSED DOG TA. amis, chairman of the House Dis- mmittee. introduced a bill in the House to-day to levy a tax on all dogs in the District Three bi tare now pend nbia commitiee STERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF EX-CON. AN VANCE.—The Cincinnati Enquirer erday announces the mysterious disap ‘arance of John L. Vance, late democratic member of Congress from the 11th Ohio dis trict. Mr. Vance has been in ill health and la- | boring under mental troubles from overwork for some time. A few days ago he went to Cincinnati with the intention of spending a short time there and at Columbus and other places, preparatory: to a trip to Washington. On Friday last he received a note while in Cin- cinnati, ostensibly from an old friend and a member of the régiment of which Vance was colonel, asking Vance to meet him in a rather suspicious quarter at Covington, Ky., directly opposite Cincinnati and across the ‘Ohio river. Mrs. Vance remarked, on receiving it. that it called him to a dangerous locality, and that it did not give any name, but simply said an old comrade and a member of his regiment. He, however, responded to the note on Thursday, leaving the Walnut street house in the even: ing, and promising to return in time to take the late train for Washington. Since that time he has not been heard from, though every effort has been made te find him. Since his disappearance it is remembered that a year or more ago Vance had, during a cam- paign, some trouble with a man formerly a confederate soldier, which ended in blows, and it is feared that he has been decoyed into Covington and assassinated. There are also other theories, to the effect that he has become insane ; that he has wandered off or taken the train to Washington, or committed suicide, or ossibly has been murdered for his money. he police of both cities are searching ever nook of both Cincinnati and Covington, ani have as yet found no trace of him. Mr. Vance was not a man of any bad habits, and it seems morally certain either that he has become in- sane or has been foully dealt with. A CHILD FATALLY BITTEN By A DoG.—A child named Mamie Landrigan, 19months old, was bitten in a terrible manner bya dog at Bayonne, N. J., yesterday. She was playing on se rerereen Shoes when a huge mastiff be- longing to James Connolly, jumped pon her and fastened his fangs in . He her di and catching her by the throat be- gan to choke her. A number of horror. stricken women hurried to the scene, but feared tointerfere. Atlast the animalseemed to be satisfied and walked away from his victim. The child was carried to her father’s residence, where she was attended by Dr. Derby. Her wounds consist of a gash in the cheek, through which the bone appears, an ear almost torn off, two large cuts on’ the neck, and nine lesser bites on th No hopes are entertained of her recovery. A number of men and boys killed the dog’after a long chase—N. mes, 23d. her fies) threw. ‘THE STEAM CAR ON PASSENGER RAILWAYS, as far as Philadelphia is concerned, may be set down ag a Finmphant success. he Market street road is entitled to the credit of having Fisnceres the way for the general in- troduction of these horse and money savers. There are some otections to those now in viated in the ones to be built. “The wnpleasant smell proceeding from the‘oil used on the machinery is one of the ob- jections. Another is the heat of the cars in moderate weather. Ifthe builders ean remed: these defects the dummies will become much more opular than the horse cars.—Philadel- phia Sun. HUNG TO AN APPLE TREE BY A MoB.— John Wallace, the fiend who was arrested for the murder of his brother’s wife, child and niece near iitticton, Went Virginia, on Wed- nesday, and who su! uently confessed. to having committed the deed, yesterday morning taken in char; of fifteen men, who, after placing a rope around his neck, dragged him a distance of a mile and half and hung him on an apple THREE MEN AND A WOMAN, have been arrested at Petersburg, Va., on suspicion of having Peiperated the robbery of the office of James onngin New York, in January last of $200,000 in bonds, certificates and other stock securities. AN INGENIOUS Brooklyn tavern kee} an amusing construction upon the Excise iw Three tor complete in eve - ticular, are arranged in is barroom aad ho claims that the statute has been complied with. He is, however, hardly so amusing as ‘issioners, who seem unable to de- mm cide whether his novel interpretation or not.—[N. ¥. Herald. einige avr All the stations in been supplied with telephones.” Boston have Ie led aes 3 Bit 9 dd to | and ver bul- | | CLOSE OF GRE, The House committee on the District of Co. | CtOS® OF THE GkraT O'Leary's Triumph. WALKING LONDON. The international pedestrian contest in Lo! don collapsed rather suddenly Saturday ing. Vaughan completed 500m o'clock, and then retired. until 8:10 o'clock, when he had completed miles and 2 laps, which is 440 yards furth than the best performance on record. MATCH IN | ‘Sal O'Leary W also walked till $:00, scoring 4 sand 4 laps. O'Leary was then declared | winner amid the playing of nation: $ boundless excitement and enthusiasr CONDITIONS OF THE GREAT CONTEST. The great edestrian contest was begun at Agricultural Hall, London, at 1 o'clock on ti morning of the 18th ins id the special cot dition was that it should end at 10 o'clock night. The contestants were permitted to go as they pleased, that it is to say, run walk, or whatever gait they mighi ¢ The main question to be solved wa that of endurance, and the object to be achieved was the getting over the most ground inside of th x In other words, the pedestrian ac ng the greatest dis. tan i ce, in the specified i das champion of the , and to have entrusted to his keeping a belt of the value of $500, and to receive $2,500 Piize money. The entries originally nur bered twenty-nine, five of whom, however, Ww thrown ont as unworthy of ‘considera tion as first-class pedestrians. Payson Weston, the American pedestrian, was to compete. but fell ill, and was obliged to withdraw. As the time drew near many of those named with- drew, and the only Starters in the contest were Bailey, Brown, Corkey, Grove: Ide, George Johuson, 8. Johnson, Lewis, tyn, MeCartney, McLeary, O°Lea Smith. Large crowds visited the b hess the contest. estimated th: DS ON THE Vaughan w rkey and 5 3. ~ Smith, a man, accompanied y to this country, readily accepted the tid against his man, and has no doubt a large sum of money. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Carroll Livingstoneand Wm. Steven- 16f Whom Won on O'Leary when he be ear, are also among his support made some good winning accepted the odds i an, and stood to win a large amount. C3 n Wyndham, Lord Fermery and others of the nobility were also among tlie Vaughan, and later on of Brown. OLEARY'S VICTORY. By 7 o'clock p. m. of Wednesday, O'Leary was 12 miles ahead of Vaughan 2 miles ahead of Corkey, who the day | before looked upon as the American’s most dangerous opponent. The latter had become very much exhausted from his running tac- tics, and Brown also suffered from the same cause. On the first day O Leary did some run- ning, but lost ground by it. At 1L o'clock a.m. on the 2Ist O'Leary had completed 288 mi! Vaughan and Brown 270 each, Corkey and Ide 220. The others had, so to spe appeared from view. On ihe 21st, a clock, 15,000 persons Were present, and the coniesi continued with renewed vi the bookmakers raised the p #150 against O'Leary, but the most of them barred him out of the betting. At 7 p.m. O'Leary had gained three miles since noon on Vaughan and five on Brown, in spite of unning. The telegraph board at this need: O'Leary, 553 miles :Vaughan, Brown, 317 miles. O'Leary had now king {1 hours, and had beaten thé | Some few of eS 10 3125 to S best time on ‘record for that distance. At 7 o'clock Friday evening the contest had be: me virtually a contest between O"Leary and ughan, all the other competitors being hope | y average of about four milk ing O'Le , Vaugl an 450, three compet- 5, 456 and 430 miles, 465 and 438 miles, At noon C’Leary had accomplished 451 miles sat e had 501 mil nd as Vaughan wa: miles behind, O' Leary’s victory became aceriainty. O Leary is a resident of Chico, but was born in Cork, Ireland. The Great Equinoetial Snow Storm. FRIGHTEUL DISASTER—THREE HUNDRED LIVES ST. About two inches of suow fell at Buffalo, Y., Saturday night and Sunday, and it snowing at 3.30 p. m. yesterda’ ‘ht inch of snow fell yesterday at Watertown, 4 The storm extended ‘over other portions of New York, and portions of New. England, Ohio and Pennsylvania. A violent gale with snow prevailed in London yesterday, and ex- tended throughout England. It as pardon. larly severe at Liverpool. The British naval training ship Eurydice capsized en the south coast of the Isle of Wight. A survivor of the disaster gives the number on board as over 300. Five Were picked up by a passing schooner after being in the water over an hour, but all have died except two. It is not probable that any others were saved,as astrong ebb tide was running. The Eurydice was under full sail when she was overtaken by a snow storm, accompanied by heavy squalls. The sun shoue brilliantly shortly afterward, but nothing was then visible except a few boxes floating down the channel. The survivors say that they saw the ship suck down many as she sank, DEAD AMONG STRANGERS.—The Richmond State says: “Thursday night, March Mth, a young, Jady arrived im this city on the night rain from Washington. via the Richmond, Prederioksburg. and Potomac railroad, and stopped at Ford’s hotel, where she registered as Miss Helen A. Miller, Logansport, Ind. She | Was rather prepossessing in her manner and | lady-like in her behavior. She spent most of her time in her room reading, only leaving it | for her meals and a daily stroll in Capitol | square, just after breakfast. Thursday morn- ing, 21st, about 11 o'clock, the chambermaid. aiter knocking repeatedly at her door without receiving any response, went to the office and reported the fact. Mr. Price, one of the clerks, Went up to the room, and, looking through the transom over the door, discovered Miss Miller lying in her bed dead. Mr. Ford notified Cor- oner Taylor, who went to the hotel and forced the door open. He made a critical examina- tion, but could discover nothing to indicate that there had been any foul play, or that the Jady had taken her own life.” A BANE CASHIER ROBBED OF $3,500.—In Brooklyn, N. Y., Saturday afternoon, the cashier of the Planet mills Was knocked down and-robbed of $3,500. The cashier was on his way from the bank to the mills, when his four assailants set upon him. ey had a horse and wagon on hand, and drove off ata break- neck pace, followed by a peroas and a crowd of excited citizens. The robbers, how- ever, escaped. A Sup Burnt at SEA.—The steamship Strasburg, which arrived at New York ester. day pin ere it rE tA m., ing an al on . She was ap} Fent an American three-master, but whether ship or bark could not be out. She had a masculine Bxurensad ina running ition, and hada hurricane deck and deck houses abaft the fore and main- masts. * | Court of the Uniied le ee behind. The two leaders maintained a | t | ton. By Mr. Hart—To improy FOBRTY-FIFTR CONGRESS, Monpay. March 25. SENAT ‘The Chair laid before the Senate & communication from the Secretary of St transmitting a letter from Baron Blane, the Italian minister, expressing the thanks of the Mtalian government for the courtesies and ex pressions of et by the American govern Menton the o King, Victor Emanuel. tee on foreign relations. Mr.Whyte presented resolutions of the le zis: lature of Maryland in favor of pensions to [he survivors of the Mexican war. In presenting the resolutions Mr. Whyte said that whatever was done for this_most deserving class shot id be done at once, for death was rapidly reduc. Referred to commit- eee numbers. ir. Windom, from the committee on appro priations, reported the consular and aiplo- matic appropriation biil, witn sundry amend. ments. ed on the calendar. Mr, Ingalls, from the committee 0} District ot Columbia, reported a bill to porate the National Security Life Insurance Company of the Disirict of Columbia, with sundry modifications. Ordered printed and recommitted. Mr. Barnum introduced a bill to authe: the Commissieners of the District of ¢ bia to audit certain claims, and for poses. Referred to District commit: Mr. Rollins asked that the Sena for consideration the bill to. ai providing for the support of take uy el the roment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year endil f he bi e8 to assessments, was amended by extending the time from July to August. and passed. Mr. Windom, from the commit ti Laneous expenses of ted and passed. Mr, Howe's resolution, ¢ it for information relati nd Me. ar Monday call of states the following, among other were introduced and appropriately referred by Mr. Pheips—To amend section 1.32 of the revised statutes, and to change the ma ner of the appointment of assistant en heers in the United) States navy. Mr. Bacon—Joint resolution declaving it inexpedient to revise the tariff at this time. (The resolution recites that the ag the tari! is causing disquietude and e ment to all the industries of t and that in order to relieve publi ur » couniry, anxiety on the subject it is declared to be in the judg- ment of Cong ties on imports at this time.] By Mr. I Bill to convey to the Chamber of Comme New York tle old post office site and buil ity for the considerati ley—Providing for the frte entry of s, ine Ss im ihe encouragement of arts and societies, where purchased by such societies at the late’ inter- national exhibition. By Mr. Waish—Joint resolution of the Maryland legislature favor ing the bill granting ) ensions to the soldiers of the Mexican war. By Mr. Douglass—Joint resolution of the Virginia leg: to the tax on bank By Mr. Goode—For relief of Methodist c ii Norfolk county, Va. By Mr. stephens—To authorize the issue of certain post offic : q 4) cents on each one hu ee months. Also, tor Justices of the Supreme ates. By Mr. Banning To amend section ®, and _to auth nal Reyen lers certain army of the United Toaid in the educati hi ze ihe Commissioner of Inte efund aud pay back tod s. Also, bill Lo reorg: Siates. By Mr addvancem of the United States. Mich.)—Ty tea revenu the Districtot Columbia by taxing dogs making them persoual property. By Mr. dich—To encourage the manufacture of whole- some vinegar. By Mr. Davis (Cal)—To re quire the remeval of the tracks of the O. railroad from certain stacets in Washing the government in the Congre: REPRESENTATIVE LEONARD'S The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing a letter from the Consul General at Havana, giving oficial and detailed account of the sickness and death of Hon. J. Leonard. The letter states that Mr. Leonard's visit to Cuba was entirely of a personal and private character: he had letiers to prominent people in Cuba, and after transacting the business that had taken him to Cuba, he was about to leave on his return home, He was taken witha chill while on his way to the steamer, and fearing he would be seriously ill he returned to his hotel and took to his_bed, which he never left until he was carried out dead. Mr. Ellis offered a resolution, which was adopted, for the appointment of six Represen- tatives and three Senators to meet the re mains of Mr. Leonard upon their arrival at Kew York, and to escort them to West Ches- er, Pa. EQUALIZING GOLD AND SILVER. The House then resumed consideration of the unfinished business of Monday last, which vas the bill offered by Mr. Springer providing for coinage of gold and silver on equal terms. The bill was defeated, two-thirds uot voting for it—yeas 140, ni Wwe. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. A Grievance of Tax-payers on 2d Street. NEw York, March 23, 1878. Editor Evening Star, Washington, D. Although a subscriber to your for over five years, (without feel ignorant of how things move in Washing- ton,) I have never troubled you with any grievan and would not now, but that during my unavoidable absence from home a gross injustice has been done to me and every other tax-payer on 2d street. between B and C streets t, by the wholesale erection of black- violation of the law. 1 am informed that within the past month one shop, haying sev. eral fires, was thrown open after having been erected without a perinit, and that the floor directly over the fires is a carpenter's shop, making the place not only objectionable, but extremely dangerous, an consequentiy - duces the value of real estate in that neighbor- hood by at least twenty-five per cent. If such violations of law are tolerated, it must cer- tainly make Washington a very desirable place to move out of. Yours, truly, Tax-Parer. More Cream Puff Victims. Mr. Editor: Please permit me to say, in answer tothe numerous inquiries relative to the recent cream puff poison, that on the p. m. of the 6th instant, my wife purchased the last cream puffs then at F. Freund’s confectionary. Of the twelve pepees who, on that day, dined at our table, eight ate of those puffs and did not fail to find their hidden poison, but by it they were made very sick; some ‘nigh unto death. The wonder is that they had not died before medical aid could have been obtained. The four others at the table who did not eat of the puffs, escaped uninjured. N. Coss, 1422 6th street. ———S BRUTAL WoMEN.—On Thursday last a wo. man named Belle Schaeffer, living at the cor- ner of 10th and C reste, was badly beaten by THE WIFE OF A CONNECTICUT LEGISLATOR | Catherine Crowley and ow, M. Boswell, who ELopine WiTH 4 FARMER.—Lot K. Brown, a | were each fined $10 in the Police Court. This thriving farmer, forty-five years old, living in morning the woman Schaeffer, who been Preston township, Conn., sold his farm for | suffering from the effects of the beating. we 400, with the avowed intention, as soon as | birth toa still-born child. The woman is . a were settled, of | week the wife of Alfred Guile, an ex-member of the state le; ire, set out ostensibly to visit a friend in New York state. Si juent | events prove that the farmer’s hasty determi- nation to sell out and the wife's journey abroad were of a mutual arrangemeni. Mr. Guile, who had lived peaceably with his wife, was shocked to find on Saturday that she | had taken in di ing money and silverware to the value of over $1,400. He discovered Brown’s complicity, and demanded reparation for the loss. nis the latier promised to fur- |, and agree: to mee! le on urday evening to settle; but when that time arrived he drove instead toa station on the Shore Line railway, and teok a night train, probably to Pod ‘ork. The two have not been from ce. “SITTING BULL'S SCHEME.—Further patches from Battleford, Northwest confirm the Fomors, of an Indian confedera- oing west. Last | f; of the le: Micra ae air titimatene nee Giada tain a ea Ives Without interference ty mre ee ak BONG 5083 A TEN MILE TrorriNne RAcE for $1,000 aside took place at San Franci _ De- tween Controller and Jack stewart ”'con, troller won in 27 min. 30 sec, lair Way to recover. ——————_—_— A MIssING MAN.—Theodore Giese, a guest at Myers’ hotel, on Pennsylvania avenue, dis- appeared from his lodgings Friday, and has not been heard from since. Was seen by a watchman at the 6th wharf to star that he had #0 with im, aged it oy fea ee at he had 600 w im, aud it is feared he as been drowned or foully dealt with ——— WASnIXGTON Fish MARKET, March 23, 1373. Seld by R. A. Golden & Bro.,’ Fish Agents.— 1,000 shad, from $21 to $30 per 100;6,000 herring, from $10 to $15 per 1000; 300 buuches of fish from 15 to 50 cents per bunch. ————— A SINGULAR AND SERIOUS STAGE Acci- DENT.—Mrs. E. L. Davenport is taking the Exiles," at the Walnat ‘street theater, wh Phi les,” at the ut stree! i > afciphia, in the Piece, of ee re from {injuries recei 4 dent ‘which ‘occurred dusing the play on Wed- Ee ye force aol warts sete tert handle of the weapon was her a ng The think she 4a-The Philadelphia mint is the only estab. lishment that's making much money nowa- asion of the death of the late | ve to | Howe us | and | shops on that square. which is in direct | 1. Bal Telegrams to The Star. GREAT MARCH SNOW STORM. ——e AWrUL WRECK OF THE EURYDICE Over Three Hundred Lives Lost. SILVER FROM EUROPE. REAT MARCH STOR”. and the the Weather was fine and o'clock in the after an almost universal chav nd ent gusts of wind aceom. Y Suow and dust, storms of a very un brief as sudden, followed uts of the capsizing British naval training-ship of Wight, in the after- denness with which g QUALL OVERTOOK THE Sur that its entire force fell on the ad of her canvass. As the Eurydice shore, a dangerous bably no Warking when n shortened or the ship's ud give pr t have be heim altered, so as to improve her position, added to which, it is possible that, the. disp. or othe tot tien of her guns, store may have given a leve joree of the wind by lessening her ordinary stability. Dun- rose, off which the ship was lost, is a lefty headland and is Well-known to visitors to the Isle of Wight. It is situated a short distance Shankline Chine, about midway from Mack Gang Chine. THE WRECKED VESSEL he Eurydice was commissioned at Ports- mouth in Fel and Went on a practice | cruise to the West Indies, whence she has been for some days expected at Portsmouth dead weight, She had a smart crew, whose number is vari ously stated at from 200 to over 300. At 4 clock in the afternoon, when off Dunrose and proceeding under full sail, a squall struck the vessel. She capsized and sank immedis ly. The schooner Emma, which was passing tthe time of the disaster, res. | cued five persons ineluding Liew neis H Tabor, after they had 4 an Water. Three of these died, so t vivors of the disaster are Ben ford, able seaman, aud Sydney F class boy STATEMEN ONE OF THE ONLY TWO SUR- e following ts Cuddiford’s statement :— e ship capsized ing and snow P went down aurried with her a lar A ma n near m | Said a ve when the squall CAME OD, ANC nN I | my | assist tWo or three, but at last there were four clinging to me, and 1 was obliged to kick them off We and te: ur ship left Bermuda thre wansed the Lizard (Cou tut of G most s Three Hundred nd Eighteen Lives ont. Lonpow, March 25, 3 pp. m.—It is now be. lieved that the Eurydice had about 32) officers n, of which 270 were young men in besides about 29 officers and men } taken « rinuda as invalids, time expired art martialed prisoners Lioyd’s however p st number on board at 5, of which ouly twe are Kuowa Ww have survived TRI EXECUTE Three Molite Maguires Preparing for Death. BLoomspt Pa and McHugh, the’ conde | guires. slep. Out little 1 | early at their religious devotions, which wer interrupted by the workmen © ed in ere a | ing the seatiold, just outside. and in full view of their cell window. Tully and Me- - | Hugh seem re i to their fate, but Heister sclously to hop i frequently vcence. He was su daughters, two ives and friends. nounced all col mass Was ci his three | other rel: | were cell, whe Silver from Europe. Ww York, March 25.—The ived from Euvope by | tie on Saturday was forwarde a Philadelphia to-day. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars additional, was forwarded fi Philadelphia mint f Steamship City of BE arrived from ‘urope vl Saturday, brought #250,000 in silver ars. The ieee = Crisis in Lonpon, March 25.—The Zimes Vienna ¢ respondent telegraphs as follows: “The con- troversy between England and Russia fs ap- proaching that dangerous stage where the point of honor more and more engages the at- tention.” —_——__ Heaviest Snow of the Winter in Ver- moi Drrey Lanp, Vr., Mi snow storm of the s yesterday. — The Erie Sale Postponed. New York, March 25.—Ju rope. ‘h 25.—The heaviest ason, 15 inches, fell here Is has under dge postponed the sale of the Erie railway foreclosure decree, for thirty days. —$—<———_—— The Markets. BALTIMORE, March 25; do. deferred, 4'4; do. consoli iat eries, ; North Carolina sixes, ola! 15; do. new, 8 bid to-day. Sugar fra? and active, B'ya0- BALTIMORE, March 25.—Cotton quiet feak—tmiddiing, nominally 16 Flour fir demand and upward ter and (western super. "$.60a4.25; do. extra, 5 di ity mills super, Kio brands. 25.—Virginia sixes, old, dated, 67 « a Wheat, south: aud tern scrony Corn, “Souther: western firm strong and i ‘cent higher—southern wuite, 5254: do, yellow, “52a5355; western mi and cents high and March, 53 a4. April, 64054 55. Oats shade easier—southern, 35: White, 36a87; do. mixed, 34435: 1 Rye steady and firm, 6ia64. heavy pring Peunsyivania aud 215.00. Provisions quiet and moderate trade only. Mess rk, 10.75, atk shoulders, 4'4a4i¢; clear rib sides, 54. ghonldors, 433 rib sides, hi 3. ard—reiined, sercas, 8. steady an choice w packed. Petroleum weak xed, spot May, bfa Western Bacon— a, “utter, shoike utter, choice ut firm: roll, 20423; |, Ba. om refined, 11 . 14al7, Whi dull, See das thoy its—wheat, 11,000; heat corn, 159, Freights Elzerpoo! qulet ‘and ‘stead—cotton, per steam. 3 flour, 8s. ; . -§ ‘94d. NEW YORK, March .—Stocks buoyant. Money, 4. Gold, 101; 101), bid. Exchange. long, 486%; short, 4884. Governments iy NEW YORK. March 25.—Fiour steady. Wheat shade stronger ut quiet, Corn a trifie firmer. Na March 25, 12:50 in. “Conscig . 8. cent. , 5 sims ania Sa ad oc ing Relies. iow Jersey tral, 145. Hire: District Government Affairs. , Justice S.C. Mills has been renominated a Justice of the poe. Swee} The work o} and cleaning all fe for tae coming year has been awarded: Bike being the lowest bidder—#3,250. The District Commissioners have order “that ann extending to the inside line of foot-pavements may in it of business or vided noa' ig So erected Shall exceed feet in width. ANALOSTAN ISLAND. Hatement of the matter di a lement © representatives of the fate J Mason ne ro District — relative to the claim for dam: cal Analostan isla with the Potomac river, to send to Ci Seen ae oom or re] be of ‘any utility to business interests Soonsetewe, in view of the plat i : i bree of reen & Blackwell's a te York, took fi was wv the extent of 0 0n ckieie water,