Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1878, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner Lith street BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. EVENING STAM \s served to subseribersin meaty by cations, their own acco at I “ Copies at | | ni wr week, H Sons ch. BY mall—postage pre- | one the counter, 2 © nt, publisnell on friday —$2a Fae Postaee Prepaid. 10 copies for $15; 29 copies cr $20. 2e- All mail subscriptions must be paid tana vance; ue paper sent longer than so paid for, ‘Rates of ‘advertising made known 0, applica- tion. SS a EY eee eel — Che Eoening Star. ve d1-N°®. 7,871. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE wo many 1878. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. | jr => UNIVERSALIS’ CHURCH. — ALEX. KENT will preach in Tailmadg Sanday schooi hk ‘To-mori m. Pubii REV. JOHN BR PAXTO (4 Pasé rot N.Y. ave, Pres. 'C sebureh To-morfow Morning, J | | i} NEW JERUSAL iS Capitel s:.. near rViecs @t IL a.m. eas all sree. Diccorrse Po-mocrow by Kev. Dr, Hinpery on ‘The Charen of the Fucure."* "1 AT ALLSOULS* McCac Ley, Pas‘or. V sper services at 8 p. 1 HURCH, Rev, CLay | viess'at 110°c ock + at which time ANDEEW 3S MISSI OPAL CHURCH. No. Service at I o'clock a.m Bovcicek p m.. June 2! NDRY M. ¥. CHURCH. —The pas- Rev. Dr. LANANAN will ‘preach To- ialm, andS p.m. Morning subject: from Flower * th row (Sunday) at 11 a.m, and 8 p.in. simon by Re reaching a: IL a.m. Al y | ‘The public STIAN CHURCH. yD. P:Benents,"* ve tug | K ‘T)-mor- Io elock, Sunday | m. ot | hare Connie | Sou a een . at 11 a.m. ecis of | ing: *'T leve “in God the , ) is Greatest in the ingdom of Heaven, 1 ) FROM ar GOD's TRUTH | D THE BIBLE, in opposition to th ion taught by the apoctaey (Catnolicism and F 2 Pop Protesiay Vv. at lla.m., by the | Cori: tadeip Cau ey's Fall, | ave., bet. invited Vv IUTH. 6 Preackng To-morrow at the P: Wa ace £0rh fs gress in which to and correction of £P. st 10. a articu‘ar atte Liy & Co.) IMPORTANT TO TaX ly thirty days, from June which to fie al! clauns for re Taxes. >, are allowed in jon of Spocial tinue to give special attention to claims for | ce on account of errors, material, oF wo} ; also, for speci: camages. EDWARD W. WHITAKER, 208 4); street, iseconnt. Je22-Lin | Specis! Vaxes paid ata bs, Omnibuses, Stree ALT OTL Tansportation of passengers for bin Willexpire on the 30TH Day or JU 1378. ai must be promptly renewed by ali proprietors siring to continue business. jeaa-dt ROBT. P. Di de- hronicie, Capital € Gazette. 1f. andatd, Critic & Journal, 3 [>> PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY => NOTICE. For the accommodation of persons living in and around Washington and owing TAXES to Prince “5 Ci Md., I wil! beat Messrs. JACK- . Pennsylvania avenue, on MONDAY, TUESDAY and NESDAY. wne 24. 25 and 26, for the put of receiving same. Wit. 8. JARBOE, Coilector and Treasurer for Prince George’s Coun- ty, Md. Je2l-4c EETING of the Stock 1A AND POTO- MAC RAILWAY COMPANY Directors will be held at Room 1. St, Cloud Bulld- mg, on MONDAY, July 8th, 1978. ‘olis open from $ to 4 p. sy order of the President. je19 20t H, A. GRISWOLD, Sec. THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COM- PANY, corner 15th and New York avenue, receives Tru: TAX THE ANNUALM holders of the ANAC: of Silverware and other valuabies ‘on deposit; also rents Safes. Its vaults are burgiar, fre and damp proof. Charges mou py ours, cd lerate. Ga. m.to4p. m. No. 682 F st. 10 a.m. to3p. m. On Saturday 8 p. ul., to receive depositsonly, corner of 7th n.w., Jy23-5, Ly » BUFFALO LITHIA, HUNYAD! JANOS, And APPOLLINAKIS SPRING WATERS, Just received AT MILBUEN’S PHARMACY, marl4-tr 1429 PENNA. AVENUE. HAYWARD & HUTCHINSO. $17 91 STREET NoRTHw: 3 are now showing a line of Marbleized Ghequaled for richness of design andcolor Sountry. Aretitects designs “for” Manties and nse closaty followed, and imitations of rare beautiful mar’ Lact! ced, sats for BALSTOW W ZOUGHT TRON FUE 3 itimore HENER RANGES: also branches and Go good work cheaper S HATHORN AND BUFFALO LITHIA WATERS, Just received, fresh from the Springs. W. 8. THOMPSON, apis 703 15th st, GBANP OPENING or SUMMER CLOTHING. Just opened the following Goods. LIGHT BUSINESS SUITS, FINE BATISTE SULTS. BLUE FLASNEL SUITS, LIGHT CASSIMERE PANTS, ALPACA AND SURGE COATS, LINEN AND MOHALE DUSTERS, WHITE MARSEILLES AND DUCK VESTS, | BOYS’ LINEN SUITS, BOYS’ ALPACA JACKETS, At usual low prices, A. STRAUS, 1011 Pennsylvania avenue. jeT-tr ‘Three doors east of Lch street. Mis=s SULLIVAN, FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKERS, No. £19 I street nw FINE WORK at LOW Prices, bd ead BREWSTER WAGON. CAUTION, Wagons, bearing our nam aakington ety dn? jel0-20* }Sprietors of the THE EVENING STAR.’ DOUBLE SHEET, Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. revenue, $308,227 66; customs, $358, WORK ON THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. meeting of the joint commission on the Wash ington monument was held to-day. There were resent, President Hayes, Gen. Humphreys. fon. W. W. Corcoran, Architects Hill and Clarke. and Dr. Blake, secretary of the Wash- ington Monument Society. It was decided that work on the Washington monument be resumed immediately, under the direction of Col. Casey, 3 infaniry. The first work to be done will be the strengthening of the foundation of the monu- ment. Col. Casey will submit plans for this and other parts of the work to the joint com- mission, and they will be acted upon by that body before being carried out. MEssks. CASILEAR AND SULLIVAN], RE STORE} By direction of the President, the suspension of Messrs. Casilear and Sullivan (the former the superintendent of the en- graving division and the latter the accountant of the bureau of engraving and printing) which was made May I, on the request of Hon, J. M. Glover, M. C., has been withdrawn, and they have been restored to duty. Tue REPAIR OF THE PATENT OFFICE.—Let- ters have been received by the Secretary of the Interior from some promiuent architects invited to present plans and r the repair of the Patent ompete in consequence of the small inducements ollered. It will be re- membered that Congress provided that the be: pan offered shoul ve $300, the next $2), and the third 1 The commission of three rovided for in the clause of the sundry civil vill, Which appropriates $100.00) for the repair of the Patent Office, will not be appointed im- mediately. SPEARER RANDALL CORRECTS A SENSA- TIONAL STORY.—-Speaker Randall to-day sent the following correction to the Post of a state- | ment published in that paper this morning Hovse OF REPRESENTATIVES, — | W. sTON, D. C., June 22d, 1578. § in your paper this a dinner party at ssin f the a tion package is nexhibited by Mr. John age given to him on that day Space by J. Wilkes booth, and my suggestion, was destroyed un- opened, is without the least truth so far as I am concerned. I never dined with the gentle- men named—some of whom I do nou even know. I was not in this city at the time men. tioned. I first heard of the, assination of Mr. Lincoln in Richmond, Va., where { had zone, in company wiih my brother, on private business, connected with certain land claims in West Virginia, in whieh my father, then liv- ing, was interested, and, of course, could not have beeen present on the oceasion alleged. I am at a loss to understand the motives whieh could induce any one, without regard to truth or a shadow of fustiieation, todrag my name into such a matier. Very respectfully yours, Sam. J. RANDALL, Tre LOvIsVILLE BOOTH PACKAGE STORY.— The statement which comes from Louisville that the package containing the statement of John Wiikes Booth. made previous to his as- sassination of President Lincoln, was burned ae Wormley’s restaurant on the night of the ssination. in the presence of Hon. Sain‘l Randall and others, is incorreet. A geutle- man who Was at the Spottswood hotel, in Rieh- mond, that night, to-day made the following at porter of THE STAR. 1 1, with ¢ J An . f B. Hart. of New York, D. C. Forney, of this da number of other gentlemea, were the Spottswood hotel, in Richmond, on that | night. About midnight an orderly sent by the commander of the troops at Richmond came to Col. Forney and announeed the assassina- top. Not knoving to what extent it had gone, the officer advised Col. Forney and his party to leave at once for the north. As the govern- ment bad stopped the running of trains to and from Washington, north and south, the party were obliged to take a specia train for City Point. From there they wer: brought to Weniogen on a government tug, the only boat to leave at thattime. There- fore Mr. Randall could not possibly have ben present at the alleged meeting at Wormley’s restaurant. in regard to the sealed package which the dispatch says was burned on the night of the assassination, a gentleman well informed on the subject to-day said to a STaR reporter :— “Booth certainly wrote a statement previous to the assassination which is supposed to have explained his reasons for the commission of the deed, and deposited it with one of the pro- Wational Intelligencer, with instructions to publish it the following day, provided he heard nothing from him to the contrary. It is well known that that docu- ment was kept for some time, but the parties holding it, becoming alarmed lest they should be implicated in the assassination, destroyed it. Its publication would undoubtedly have explained the whole matter and relieved sev- eral parties who were connected with the plot forabducting President Lincoln and taking him to Richmond to be held asa hosiage, but who knew nothing whatever of the plot to assassinate him, Tue REPORTED RUPTURE of the amicable relations between the President and Stanley Matthews would not appear to be borne out by the facts. pator Matthews called on the President to-day and had a long interview with him. He has also been at the White House nearly every day for the past week. Tue Wisconsin INpIa ARE.—In reply to an inquiry by telegraph from the Indian OMice, Agent Mahan has sent to the Commis. sioner of Indian Affairs the following dispatch from Bayfield, Wisconsin: “1 eat ear of no uusual excitement. A few Bad river Indians are reported to have gone towards the St. € river, in Burnett county, Wis., to meet ancing party from Mille Lae reservation, in Minnesota. Tam not aware of any trouble. All Indians on reservation quiet. COMMISSIONED.—The President has issued cominissions to the fifteen justices of the peace confirmed by the Senate. PERSONAL.— Alexander H. Stephens left here last night. He has accepted an invitation to address the citizens of Augusta, Ga., on his arrival there....Aristarehi Bey is at Long Branch.....Mr. and Mrs.Curtis J. Hillyer start for Nevada and California, where they will spend the summer....Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Bond sail from New York for Europe te-day. Mrs. General Crook, wife of the celebrated Indian fighter, isat the Ebbitt House.....General Jef- fries and wife go to their summer house at Ridley Park in a day or two. Epwarp "L. Prexce, Charles Sumner's bi- ographer, is preparing for the July number of the North American Review an elaborate de- fence of Sumner against the charge of dilato- riness in committee work. It willcoutaln let- ters from a large number of Congressmen. THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE PRINTING BUREAU of the Treasury, provided for by the sundry civil bill, will be constructed out of the amount $00,000.00 saved from the appropria- tion for running the bureau for the last fiscal year. Work on the building will be commenced as soon as the purchase of the ground can be formally completed. This ground is the south half of the lot belonging to Mr. W. W. Corco- ‘an, situaged on the corner of south B and lith will be three stories high, fire-proof, and of brick. It will be p'ain, and willface the Treasury. Its length will be 24 feet, and depth 56 feet. There will bea wing on ith street, running back 56 feet, which will make that portion of the building 128 fees.deep. After the building is com: pleted ‘there will @ vacant space of S$ feet on the front and 38 feet back which ean be utilized for an extension of the build: ing if found necessary. There will be only one entrance to the building, on which side it has not yet been determin THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNEY.—Mr L. 8. Atkinson, of Tilton, N. H., has the honor of breaking the dead lock in the international ‘We learn that ae be obtained fro: j- DERW J. JOYCE, 41g 14:0 sereote BERS AN BREWSTER & CO., je5-Im Of Broom street, New York. FFICE OCUATS 35 8, oO oats a srRaUE, chess tournament between America and Eng- land, payed by cable. For a month past the seore been even, four and four. Mr. At kinson announced a mate in eign. moves in e of his games with Henry Wailght, of Hali- fax, England. | The score now stands ive to Jour ia savor of the Americans, ART NOTES. —The Ari Clubis now comfortably settled in itsnew quarters in the Corcoran Bui'ding, and the members generally express them. selves well satisfied with the change The rooms are Nos. 53 and 54,on the third floo~, and as the exhibition room has a north light, which, next toa sky light, is best for the dis- play of paintings, they consider that it has quite an advantage in that respect over the the old room,in Vernon Row. During the summer the club will probably do little, as an organization, but with the return of cool weather it is the intention of its officers and members to make it a more active agency than ever in the fleld of art. Its publication of Gen. Birney’s lecture on Industrial and Decorative Arc was, by the way, a most useful piece of work, and, judging from the number of applications for copies from other places in the country, it isevident that it is highly ap- preciated by the public. — One of the most promising of our younger artists, especially in the reproduction of flow ers, foliage, eic., is Miss Messer, who has for some time Bast been under the tuition of her brother in Vernon Row. Her work is done in a broad free manner, rarely attained by la- dies, and not yery often by gentlemen, yet With such close fidelity to the forms and colors of nature, and with such fine effects of detail, without hardness or over-work, as to give evi- dence of unusual artistic talent, and indicate important achievements in the future. — The Laurent Richard picture sale in Paris, recently advertised in these columns, produced @ sum total of 1,037,662 franes, which may be regarded xs a very handsome ageregate, con. sidering that the collection included only 112 pictures, and that ninety of them were by modern artists. These, however, brought by far the best prices rela . The highest figure reached was by Meisonnier’s “Two des,” which commanded 57,000f. ext in order were a landscape a hawking scene by Fromentin, ape with sheep, by Troyon, which pectively, 46,500, 34,000; and 3,00) do not learn that any of the pic- ‘e to come to this countiy, but n Willdoubtless do so in time. t few of our local artists have made arrangements for their summer vacation from the city, but, from what can be learned, it is likely that most of them wi at or near home, making on! tours to the picturesque local borhood, as opportunity offers or inclination prompts. Mr. Poole is, however, already in the chborhood of the Blue Ridge, and Mr. sher started on Monday last tor the moun- tains of eastern Tennessee, where he expects to spend most of the summer. —Mr. Edward M. Crothall, who has been doing some very creditable work in crayon, has an excellent likeness of a well-kuown lady of this city on exhibition at Whitaker's. Mr.C is now putting the last touches on portrait of Lewis Clephane, Esy., and in addi- tion has, ee others, orders for a portrait of the late Judge Underwood, one for Mr. J. Simms, and two for Mr. H. Clay Stewart. His portraits are all drawn from life, without the intervention of any other agency. — Visitors to Paris this summer should not content themselves with examining the art exhibit in the exposition building. The Salon is more attractive than ever, although it is of fined to French art. ‘The catalogue ) pictures, 1,657 drawings, 64 sculp- , 40 medals, “J architec ural Subjects, 2 = oo se and a land: brought, franes. tures sold some of the —As} tur » 231 “gravures, and 21 lithographs. In addition to the Salon and the other large and interesting ppleres of old and modern masters in the city, lessrs. Goupil & Co. have on exhibition the works excluded from the exposition on ac- count of their military character. These form quite a valuable collection in themselves, ia- cluding choice examples by Berne-Belecour, Detaille, Dupray, De Neuville, and Protais, who are conceded to rank as the best batile painters of the day. — An interesting oil painting may be seen at Boardman’s, on 15th street. It represents “Diana Reposing after the Caase,” and is said to be by the eminent French artist, Boucher, although by wome it is attributed to his cele! brated master, Le Moin. It was purchased in Paris, some filty years ago, by a well Knowa Ametican conno “residing abroad, and was hivhly prized by him during his fife time, as it has been by his family siuce bis death. It is well worth examining. — Raphael's picture of the “Virgin of the Candelabra,” in the Novar collection, sold in London on the Ist instant,—to which reference was made at length in these Notes, some time ago,—Was not so'd, as has been stated in some of our contemporaries, It starced at $50.0.) and was bought in at $7,500, though it aoes not appear that there was at any time a bona Jide vid on it. The St. Helena, y Paul Ver- one se, was bought by the National Gallery for —The works of art contributed by England and English artists to the French exposition are valued at the enormous sum of $1,050,000. The cost of insurance alone was over $2100, — Under the recent re-enactment of the joint resolution requiring the removal from the capitol of all works of art not belonging to government, Bierstadt’s large picture repre- senting the discovery of California will have to be taken from the Hall of the House, where it has hung so long in spite of the Congressional rule above referred to, and which, other artists say, was rigidly enforced against every thing else. To prevent this a strong effort i3 being made to sell it to Congress, under the late ap- propriation of $15,0.0 placed in the hands of the joint library committee for the purchase of works of art. “An earnest movement has also been made by the friends of Mr. Moran for the purchase of his “Ponce de Leon in Florida,” how on exhibition in the Coreoran Gallery, The main objection Biped against the purchase of the latter is the fact that the nation has already bought tw Mr. Moran’s painings— the Canon of the Yellowstone and the Canon of the Colorado, which hang in the room open- ing out of the east gallery of the Senate. ‘The friends of other artists insist that they ought to have a chance, and that the walls of the capitol should not covered by the Works of a few men to the exclusion of others. This objection would probably not be re- garded as valid in the mind of a private individual in the selection of a first-class work of art foi himself, but under the circumstances it will doubtless have considerable weight with the committee. As Mr. Bierstadt has already sold a painting to government—the “Dis- covery of the Hudson,” which hargs in the Hall of the House,—the same objection will hold against him, though not in the same degree. Itis likely, therefore, that the claims of both the artists named will pe parsed by the committee, and that the work of some other artist of equal merit and reputation will be procured for the panel thus made vacant. It can be added, we think, that the “California,” which has held the position so long, has not impressed the public as exactly the picture for the place. —Since the adjournment of the Supreme Court, Mrs. Fassett has been busy at work in that room on her picture of the Electoral Com- mission. Its proximity to the two houses of Congress enabled her to get sittings from many of the participants before the adjourn. ment, and her hope now is to have the paint- ing finished at an early day. INUNDATIONS IN PERU.—The consul at Lam- bayeque writes to the Department of State, that the extraordinary rains of the past quarter have been destructive to agriculture. causing a total failure of the rice, alfalfa and feult org 8, and great Gans e fe ie sugar- . The country aroun mbayeque has been almost. entirely inundated, railroads be ing washed away and dwellings leveled. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000). These ‘heav: rains have been frequent since 1871. The fact oe they, were before shen quite, unknown i oug! indicate a ical change in the climate of the Peruvian coast. _—_ Nomrnations Not Acrep Upoy.—Amon the nominations sent to the Senate during the second session of the Forty-fifth Congress, which failed to receive final action, and there- fore expired at the close of the session, were the following: David H. Bailey, to be consu etn at SI og 4 E. Platt ee cuper- ‘ctor of steam vessel district; Jobn P. yt, governor of TisnS; Junius te Powell, a:sistant sur; phen K ‘Radford, assistant navy. Co! Wm. K. Peabod: acess King, Leech Lake, Minn.; Alfred A. Marion, soy eter aan Gite Wad ae aielt agency, W.T. oe Guin 4a-Mr. Wm. C. Rhinelander r. = t, &@ New York THE POITER INVESTIGATIO. Cross-Examination of Mr. Jen After our report of the proceedings before the Potter investigating committee closed yesterday, the witness, Thomas Jenks, was cross-examined by Mr. MacMahon. He ad- mitted that he had called on Secretary Sher- man’s counsel (Shellabarger) three times, and had met him about a dozen times since his ar- rival in Washington, Had talked over the Louisiana matter with him. His wifé had never made any remark to him as to whether she had ever seen the Sherman letter. His wife visited Mrs. Weber, who denied ever hay- ing heard of the Sherman letter. Witness said Mis. Jenks came to Washington a few months ago in response to letters from Kellogg and Packard inquiring whether she had any iufor- mation or documents that would be useful to them in the fight for the New Orleans collec- torship and senatorship. He did not know whether his wife had preserved the letters re- ceived from souogs and Packard, butthought it likély that she had, and that she would pro- duce them. Anderson had been reporting in Washington that he had information or docu- ments by which he could either defeat or seat Kellogg just as he chose, and the object of the letters was to ascertain whether she knew of the existence of any such documents. When she came back from Washington she said Anderson claimed to have a copy of Sher- man’s letter. Didn't Know that she ever cor- responded with Sherman in regard to it. Without concluding the cross-examination the committee adjourned, To-Day’s Proceedings. The committee met at 1 o'clock this morning. Gen. Butler read a Washington telegram to the N. ¥. Times, in which it was stated that Senator Matthews would go before the Potter committee were it not that GEN. BUTLER WOULD INSULT HIM. Gen. Butler said he cared but little for news- paper articles, but he wanted to say that if Mr.{Matthews came in the room now he wou'd not know him, He had no desire to insuit per any other witness. He only wanted the truth. MR. MACMAHON’S DISCLATMER. P Mr. MacMahon disclaimed any intention in his discussion with Mr. Reed yesterday of im- puting to him (Reed) a falsehood. He had no such intention. The controversy was with reference to a disputed fact, and not with 1 Mr. Reed had made, MINED, nd h’s is continued by d id that after the ith emed to be making a fight He wasin New Oilea lacVeigh commis- sion was there. itness said he metall the of the Louisiana commission when jeans, at the governor's oflieg. Wit- reiterated that he never heard of the aun letter until January 6th, 1878, when shal Pitkin spoke to him about it: don’t know just why he remembers the date was January 6th. ; . Hayn’t you and your wife been talking about this Sherman letter, and agreed to fix the 6th of January as the first day you both heard of it A. Oh, we talked together about the letter, but did not a; ix upon any date as when we both heard of it. Witness did not re- member that after Pitkin spoke to him of the Sherman letter that Mrs. Jenks visited Mrs. Weber and immediately came on to Washing- ton, A LETTER FROM ANDERSON. : A letter was read, dated in July, 1877, writ- ten from Philadelpnia by Anderson to Jenks in New Orleans, asking him to get from Mrs. Weber a document addressed on the envelope to Dan. E. Weber or James E. Anderson. Witness said the document referred to was not the Sherman lk and he never knew until January, 1578, that_the correspondence had any reference to the Sherman letter. the summer of 1877, Mrs, Jenks visited Mrs. Weber, “The document which Anderson wanted was always a mystery to me.” NEVER ASTONISHED AT ANYTHING IN LOUiSI- ANA POLITICS. Q. Did it astonish you when Pitkin spoke to you of the Sherman lette: A. Uh, I was not astonished; I am never shed anything in connection with Ana politics. he following letter was read: A LOCUMENT WORTH A FORTUNE. PHILADELPHIA, July 24, 1 My Dear Tom:—1am terribly disappointed over the results of your trip to Donaldson. ville. Have you found out if any one searched Weber's body after he was shot? If so, who did it? Also, find out what day, or about what day, he left New Orleans for home after Nov. lth. if you could only find that doeu- ment your fortune could be made. I believe we can beat them yet. I am acting under certain advice. If we go together we can beat them yet, AMES E. ANDERSON. Witness said he did not know who took charge of Weber's effects after he was dead; never spoke to Mrs, Weber in his life. Q. Who paid your wife’s expenses to Wash- ington in January, 1878? A.I paid them myself. She came here in connection with letters she received from Mrs. Kellogg; it was claimed that Mrs. Jenks had damaging letters; I don’t know that my wife came here to help Gov. Packard to get the New O. leans coliectorship. Q. What was Mrs. Jenks to do when she came here? A. I don't know; it was somethin nection with letters that Anderson ha A CAPT. JEN! va Witness Mahon. March Anderson inst the administration. in con- SS. He asked when Weber was killed, but the witness could not fixthe date. Weber left New Orleans and went to his home in Donaldson- ville, and a few days afterwards he was killed ; did not go any distance with him ; saw him the day he left; did not go any part of the way with him, nor did I so state to anybody; Weber never spoke to me of a letter or any documents. Q. When did Mr. Anderson tell you he had damaging documents! a. A. Oh, he not only told me that, but it is a matter of notoriety that he pulled out some documents. Q. When did he tell you first that he had damaging documents? A. Oh, he frequently told me. It was after he signed the protest, about two weeks after the election. The only document I knew that he had was the Nash agreement. Q. When did Anderson commence writing to you about documents? A. After the ith of March, it must have been, for I was in New Orleans at the time. The first letter I received from Anderson was with reference to my getting “that document” which Mrs. Weber had addressed to D. A. and himself. I then wrote him to know what document he meant. Q. What letter did you search for? How did you know what “that document” meant? A. You will have to get that information from Anderson. . Oh, no, I want it from you. I want to know what letter you were to go for. How were you to get “that” letter when you say you didn’t know what “that” letter was. An- derson wrote you to get “that” letter which Weber carried in his left inside pocket, and whether Mrs. Weber or E.L. Weber took charge of his body; also saying “get that letter and our fortunes will be made?” ‘Witness said he never wrote to Anderson except to ask what document he wanted. Q. Now here was a document which would make pour fortunes, and you had not curiosity enough to know what he wanted? A. Oh, I wrote him, and he then described What he wanted, and then Mrs. Jenks visited Mrs. Weber. I showed Mrs. Jenks the letters Anderson wrote. Q. Did she with a woman’s curiosity ask you What that document was that was to mike your fortunes? A. Oh, she may have done so. Gen. B. Oh, she may have so, but didn’t she. A. I dou’t remember. Some time after re- coving the letter Mrs. Jenks visited Mrs. eber. .THE DOCUMENT WORTH A THOUSAND. Witness said that James £. Anderson wrote him that “that” document was worth §1,000; that he knew parties who would pay a cool thousand for it. Witness denied that he ever authorized his wife to give Mrs. Weber $1,000 for “that” letter, and he does not know that she did pay Mrs. Weber $1,000 for it. So far as he knew his wife knew nothing of the Sherman jetter, or any other document. WHAT SURPRISED CAPT. JENKS. Q. If your wife said she did, you would be- lieve her, wouldn’t you? A. Well, yes; should hate to disbelieve her. 1 was surprised when I saw in the public prints oe my wife knew anything of the Sherman le ir. (-Well, when she returned to New Orleans from her visit to Washington,didn’t you sav to et wife, what on earth does this A. Yes, we talked about it. I don't remem- ber what I said. [Lauehter.}) My wife told me that Anderson had taken a reporter to her and ey took down a conversation they had. 2 Did you say your wife pes aoe the letter? . Well, I don’t think I ever did. Q. aT ee make a fortune out of A. uy wife had made a denial in the New York “Zimes that she had the letter, and I be- lieved her. Q. Did she deny in the New York Times that she knew where it was? Did you ask her if she knew where it was? A. Oh, no; [never did. MRS. JENKS PROMINENT IN POLITICS DOWN THERE. Witness was then further interrogated with reference to the letter written by Gov. Kellogs. | o n. He asking his wife to come to Washingto did not remember its substance—it was about some documents. to know anything Kellogg wants?” A. Well, Mrs. Jenks was somewhat promi nent in pohties down there. Gen. B.—Oh, she was. [Laughter.] Did i occur to you for what Gov. Kellogg wanted tls document's your wife had on January sch, 1 He had got his seat, he was all straizht. A. No sir. was going for. I took it for granted she kuew nothing of any documents. Q. And you tell what you know she didn’t know? Aud she has never from the beginning of the world to this day ever intimated that sne knew any. Mrs. Jenks, how cam of documents which thing of the Weber-Anderson document or | ss said he never was present when Mrs. Jenks and Anderson had any conyersa- tion with reference to the Anderson. Weber letter alleged to have been written by Seere- tary Sherman. ‘t you know that your wife first wrote to Goy, Kellogg about damagiag documents, and not he to her. A Nosir;I don't. Mrs. Jenks on t Stand At 10 minutes after 12 o'clock Mrs. Jenks Was sworn, and was ex: She wa: ined by Gen. Butle: asked if she ever claimed to be in of any document which Andeison A. He never told me what document he wanted until last January Q. Pid vou have ic A. I did not have it im my po not know where it was—that. i nted. He wanted thi knew of the docunent he ealled the Sherman document. T knew of it from Auderson last January. ‘Before that he wrote a letter ask ing for the document the “ given him in Louisiana. the fact in my mind that he ha ion, T did the document rman letter. 1 ay id reference to some document that the McVeigh commission had given hir. | Q. Did you know of any document beforet!.e | afi sth of Jatuary last? { J never asked my wife what she | aid her expenses up here to | Gen. Butler: Of course you don’t know how we gor the letter. P ities, Q. vid you All things are possible in ever speak to your husband about the letter Anderson was writing for? | Jenks about the letter, he said something able} | the great Exposition of | I did not think about it before last Janu- | I knew there wa in existence. 1 did not it was. I might have seen a document; see a document. Q. Did you ha 2 A. No: not exaetly. g How near exactly did . I did not have it to retain permanent inimy possession. I did not have it any length one. I might have had it two minutes and a half. Q. Where were ary. a document said to be did you when you had it two Q. Who showed it to you? A. Nobody, Q: How did you get it? A. It might have been handed over to an- other party: Q How did you get that document you had in your hand two minutes and a half in the street? A. I lifted it up off the table. 7 _ Q Ww ho was with you when you picked it up? A. There were several people in the room. I picked it up off the table and had it ten min- tes in the street. I picked it up in parlor ‘of the St. Charles hotel. 1 didn’t know how it got there. ©, Who was in the room? A. A number of the visiting statesmen and members of the returning board—Gartield and Hale. They were all there. After 1 left the hotel I went down Canal street; can’t remem. | U ee | is a juror upon “machines and 4). After you got the document what did you 4 : | upon “instruments of precision,” but no juror | was allowed the Americans upon that cl The red-tape and slow manuer of doing ev thing here has thrown many stumbling bloc in the way of the Commissioner-xe has, however, overcome all the diflicult | rounding him, as THE STAR predicted he | would, when, owing tothe delayed action by | Congress and limited appropriation, seemed almost inevitable. ber where I went from place to pl. do with it? ‘ 7 A. | peesented itto Dan Weber at the ladies’ entrance of the St. Charles hotel. [don't know that he was waiting for it; i think though he must have been anticipating it. I met Weber, and left him to £2 to parlor ** P"’ of the hotel. Q. Did you take up any document with you which roy handed to any body? A. Thad alittle note. Q. Who did you hand that note to? Who was it from? 7 A. That's a direct question. Q. And give mea direct answer. From whom did you fet it? / A. I wish to say in the presence of this com- mittee and the country at large, that I dis- tinctly and entirely exonerate Mr. Secretary Sherman from any complicity with the Weber- Anderson guarantee. If there is political dis- honor in it, Lalone am responsible for it. I #lone knew the outcome and the outgo of it. Lexonerate Mr. Secretary Sherman, and Mr. Ander.on. I don’t think I can tell you any- thing about it, gentlemen. Q. Did Anderson give you the note to take to the St. Charles Hotel? A. He did. Senator Sherman was not in the room; he was not there. I am speaking of parlor “P” of the hotel. Mr. Weber told me that the note set forth that Mr. Anderson was not satisfied, and he wanted a guarantee. Mr. Weber said he had a letter he wanted me to take to Secretary Sherman. I was on my way to the St. Charles hotel at the time. I met Weber and asked him where Anderson was. He said Anderson was not satisfied and wa edaguarantee. Atthe time I didu’t think anything of the note, so I took it. 5 What did you do withit? A. I bit the end of it. I was a little ashamed that Anderson wanted a zuarantee. I thou; that the word of men of the standing of th visiting statesmen should be a sufficient guar- antee, without its being in writing. Q. When you got to parlor “P” who did you find there? a: A. Several people were there, but I didn’t present the letter. Senator Sherman was not present. Witness was then shown the copy of THE ALLEGED SHERMAN LETTER She said she had seen it a few times. Q. Was the letter written in “ Parior P?” A. It was The visiting statesmen were resent, but were too busy with the returning ard to know what was going on. 1 picke it up and carried it to Weber. “I handed it to and walked away. He didn't tell me where he was going: I didn’t ask him. Q. Have you seen the document since you handed it to Weber? A. Ihave not. No one would preserve it in the archives. I have never looked for that letter since. Witness then went on to tell how Anderson had written to her husband to get certain doc- uments, but she never thought he wanted the Sherman letter. Q, You didn’t mean that Anderson should get that letter? A. Not to use unjustly. I considered that the letter belonged to the . I don’t know but what I could have given the letter to An- derson at any time if I hunted for it, and known what he wanted. A letter was read which Mrs. Jenks wrote to Mrs. Weber, asking her to look for the let- ter which Weber had in his left coat pocket when it was last seen by Anderson and Jenks when they went to the boat with him when he left New Orleans, and in which Mrs, Jenks said she would remunerate her for it. A letter was read written by ANDERSON TO CAPT. JENKS, guaranteeing him $1,000 if he could get posses. sion of “that letter” addressed to Anderson and Weber. Witness did not vary from the statement that she did not think Anderson wanted the Sherman leiter in the correspondence he had with her husband, because she did not think it was of any importance. Q. But Anderson did? A. Guarantees, you know, were the order of the day there in Louisiana. You could get any Kind of a guarantee. If you had wanted one from the Sublime Porte you could have gotten Q. Did you understand the letter which is descril e i as having been in Weber's left hand pocket as the Sherman leiter? A. Most decidedly not, for had I so under- stood it I would not have taken the trouble to haye looked for it. A LETTER WAS READ written by Mrs. Jenks to Gov. Kellogg, which pene in regard to the Anderson ir, mos- quitoes can’t bite, but they can annoy.’ You will see i Ege within letters of Anderson that he is not fm possession of the letter, and you may rest assured he will never get it.’ We have the power to extract his fangs. He has no documentary proof to prove the assertion. I Want to let you know he is harmless, . B.—I looked up the letter here referred to long eie the within was written. Pray return this tome. look upon it as inviolate.” The letter is signed *. D. Jenks.” Mrs, Jenks: it shouid have been invio- know the exact place | f | administ A. Tnever di about it to me. gton wi yt. Wher Pitkin spoke to Cy atteud tomy ybody can come to thout telling why.” Q. Did you come because Kellogg wrote for you to come? A. Ceitainly not. Q. Did Kellogg ask you to come and bring documents? A. Whatdocuments? Almost anybody brings 'y come to Washington. did you come to Wash. ington yee (Sharply.) Did I not tell you my own. 1 Came: on a nation at large. At 1:45 o'eloc! and reassembi: eneral business for my eli and the k the committee took a recess ed at 2:50 o'clock, when Mrs Jenks was again called to the stand, and was teing further closed. examined when our report The Army of U. for Th sitions—Comm His Work—An cessful Operati American Mix [CORRESPONDES Something has at last been found to give at | least as of U, mabla commi topic take par part int It was thoug! especially atiou in America. The French authorities eannot be criticised shown the sewere, partic Everything sion of the hibitor, without from the comm! be translated i lion from the him that he wil! the othersare, He gener: only through t labor which cal who has not ofticer organized, and on the track. had to create U the work of a and in and time are and means are ability and pai THE A’ is now complet play surpasses and variety, tal ation. The other. When | will doubtless attract a great deal of atte The model of the Pulim tion. wil be r nem of admirers ab: The Yale Loi ‘d for the ma’ | with the expos tage the Americar The Waltham Watch Company has, as has been heretofor: aapid makers. “Mass. exhibit present display what is known bar at Vienna, to have such an the American styles. Gov. M have nothin; it very liberal: em—The French Mode of Ruanin, for weeks with nothing to d They are to be appoi If of the United in which aii the nations are iny Doubt for not recognizing They had enough commissioners. many litile court can have a few privile without running the risk of being snubbe: an inquisitive 4 been ury he won high reputation as an executive but he found that department weil 7 exhibitors num thousand, and the articles shown are, with some few exceptions, iuterestiug and import- ant. The Pullman palace car has arrived and | will be brought into the eee te nigh | There was a delay of over thirty: | obtaining special permission fro! lies to have it brought from one station to the hibit of locks, and on one side of their hibits in the exposition. M extensive, yet the workmanship, the solidity, and the elégance of shape and design of their watches are remarkable, Satisfactory to have such an excell of this work here, in consideration of the pro gress Americans are making in this branel of industry. The public can see here at a glance why American watches are already tLe despair of Swiss and French. too, are getting 1 POSITION. 8. Commissioners—A Place Found issio American “I in O- or in the English Section—How ed Drinks Affect the Frenchmen © Or THE Star, Panis, June 7, 1878. nee of occup: ssiouers: who ey will take no a , to ma rewhat ing t uto with’ high i ove of noto i they ean point with sitions they held a . ht that the administra p pace with the impri n. but the almost t hh the Fre ithe more noti ed with the li of the Centeunial Exposi he state commission do in caring for the U t the same time, there wer it at could have been presentation, which regulations ver; nees would t rily ut about smali_ matters. to be done under the supervi- neh. POSITION RED TAPE. a i] bundle cannot be re- by an American ex t first getting a permit to apply issioner general, which has to nto French and sent to the di rector of foreign seeti¢ ter some dela authorization is given by him to obtain the de- sired permission from the custom authortiie: Prof. Geo. Davidson, of cisco, Who is hei at the reque: cretary of tie ‘Treasury to learn S possible about the instr nts of precision which are exhib. | ited, has tried in vain to obtain some recogni ‘rench authorities whereby le es in his resea: American. The answer is given Ibe recoghizedas a juror When but not before. Prot. Da would have been appointed He sur. pneral. lure He has succeeded he exercise of ceaseless activity e December last, and an amount of actus! nnot be appreciated by any o: ness to it. In the Trea had only to keep the machine In his present undertaking he he machine, or, in other words, to bring order out of chaos, and to accomplish year er more in four burried months. To perform the duiies of a delicate importaut mission where ample means at hand is often very difficult. To achieve them successfully where both time lacking. reauires peculiar tact, ience. MERICAN DEPARTMENT fe in every respect, and the dis- all expectation in its extent king every thing into consider- er about one x hours in the authori- it is placed upon exhibition it ar which ted at Phi bered, was exh de!phia, is shown here and always has a crowd ont ek Company have 2 ve n post-offi> andall. This has been util- i! of the Americans connected ition, and shows to greatadvan- post-office systen e stated, one of the finest ex: Although not very It is particularity ent display French watch When the latter aim at cheapness they put a bad article in the market, while, on the contrary, th the qualities of moderate price and good work- mauship. A number of watches have already been so.d, for delivery after the closing of the exposition, and they will go to En; land, Holland, Germany, India an Young and Bennett, of North Attleboro’, ie Waltham watches combine and, Scot- Australia. some plated watch chains of wonderful elegance and finish. The inquisi- tive visitor is always amazed when, having asked “the price of those beautiful cha id the answer is “forty dollars per dozen, is a rumor afloat that there will be a grand re- ception in the pavilion of Tilden & Co., of New York, upon the Fourth of July, when 8. J. Til- den is expected to be present. That pavilion would have been much more suitable for Abe Hewitt’s Indian corn kitchen than for the of pills, in stately rooms. E AMERICAN BAR. TH One of the features of the Exposition is as the American bar. On ac- count of the trouble caused by an American Governor MeCormick refused institution in the section here. Some enterprising Englishmen have fitted one up at the end of the ue Engiish sectior, where a!l drinks are built in’ the latest eCormick made no objection to its being called *American,” as it was not in the American section, and he preferred to to say either for or against it. Americans who are here of coarse the E: 0 tne : uy “4 getting rapid inifiared into rin! the mysteries of American 8. They come up and order something that nice, and the first thing they know they are, wha’ is commonly drunk. One of the funniest sights in the whole Exposition is a French- man ‘wrestling with American mystifiers.” He is crazy enough when he is sober, but when he drank be is awful. The concerts at the Palace of the Troca- EES was v sion, however, are high. But for everything here, unless it ig the day eigners arrived hs ee: ; ermany, 3 S81; Russia ibutes the sinallest number, Telegrams to Tho Star. WISCONSIN INDIAN SCARE, MYSTERIOUS BANK ROBBERY. AMERICAN BOATMEN IN ENGLAND ‘THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. i. ROPE TO-DAY. crew has mad four oared cup open to all the Visitors’ ¢! nge cup. value of th ter,@ guineas. ‘The fist of the entries will made public next Monday. Mr. Kelly (the coach) thivks the rapidly espe are in good A is on the Porte. ram to the nands from the Porte florins for maintaint Bosnian refugees, or in lieu of t cession of Kiek, Guttorina, 1 Smoski and Sivno.” The Triple Agreement. Lonpon, June The Times, in its second sa Berlin dispatch, «lated to | day, cl terates in general terms the news of the agreement between England, Bus- sia and Austria, upon points to be submited to the Congress ‘to-day, as recited in the dis- patch to the Tinies froin Berlin, dated at mid- night of the 2ist inst., and sent in these dis- patehes, the Czar Agrees To. New Youk, June 22—A Berlin dispaten states that the Czar agrees to the reconstruc. | tion of Bulgaria demauded by England. Labor Strike. nee, dispateh states that the 1 astrike. The stroyed a number of inflamma. cards, med per ulous as to onsin, from 1 by a re. dl Wis nfir S, after a The panic ave being s only to On sof the India h whites which the former have One In Au Was Kille r spread prec It is evid Sorry 1 NEw Your, J C., says to work on Messrs. I’. —A special from Charles Two of t » of Phila n Charies- mint of hips and sufterings and of the dition of their unfortunate companions. rnamesare George O'Rourke and Miehael a pith st Na nk of this city was robbed of $19,000 How, and by whom it was done, t The bank has a capital of a Surplus of $2 t , So that the S$ it A fire broke out at th n and Williams streets at on rning. Ives & Allen’s foundry mill were destr¢ Loss Not At Welcker’s. Editor of the Star—Dear Sir:—1 notice an article in your paper last evening in re; an oceurrence in my house. I wish to say the whole thing is av infernal falsehood, as there were no ladies in the house that evening, nor has anything of that kind erer occured in the | house. Respectfully. Mrs. ¢ LTE: KER'S, 15th street. lily give place to the above, tainly Tuz Stak had no intention in We and the publication in question to reflect upon the xcellent ent of a putation of V : of the sort mentioned in THe (on Tuesday night instead ity restaurant th but as most of left the city the pi restaurant of the ck not for the moment be obtained. In the meantime, the public I by the above that itdid not occur at our much-es- teemed Welcker's. A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Potter committee, consisting of Messrs. Stenger, Blackburn and Reed, will proceed to Louisiana next Tuesday The remainder of the committee will remain here and continue the investigation, which Promises to last at least a month longer. THE MARRIAGE OF Mrs bekah Shunk, daughter 1 . Black, and widow of Gov, Shunk’s son James, Was married on Thursday in a very private way at Brockie, the country residence of her father, just outside of York, Pa. The bride- groom, Mr. J. H. Hornesby, who has turned the shady side of the forties and was a bachelor, is a wealthy merchant of Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Shunk and her daughter made quite a stay in Louisville last winter with her riends Mrs. Th pson and Mrs. Harry Wat- terson, and it was during this time that an ng friendship ripened into an engage- ment to Mr. Hornesby. The wedding cere- mony was performed by Rev, C. W. Thomo. son, aretired Episcopal clergyman of York, in the presence of no one whatever but Miss Shunk and the immediate personal families of Judge Black, his son Chauncey, and his son. inlaw, Capt, Clayton. . AYNE McVEaGu. in a letter regard- | ing the expens he Lousiana commis. nem bers of the commis- the first desirous of defraying ses, but were answered that it tvice which they were perform- was proper that the treasury y them. Mr. MacVeagh does Sherman would accept the check of any oné member in partial pay- ment, but that when the late commissioners unite in paying the whole amount they will be permitted to do sioners, says that the fron | sion wer their own | was a publi ing, and that it | only should not believe Secret IATED.—Glover not onl: failed to get in any report or to print any ext dence, but his notorious experts were badly crippled in their pay. The whole session's work, costing many thousands of dollars, has amounted to nothing except to smirch a tium- ber of democrats. Wash. Co “in, Gazette. ROUBLES.—A San An- tonia special 3 dispatch to head. = from Fort Concho states that the In- lians are raiding mear Lipan serings. Troo| are in pursuit. Gen. Ord left for Chicago cgneatt with Gen. Sheridan regarding border affairs.” THE CricaGO WHISKEY Scits.—Emery A. Storrs filed a lengthy petition in the United States court at Culcape, esterday, asking that in consonance with the understanding between the whiskey men and the govern- ment all suits pow pending against distillers and rectifiers there, aggregating it $350,- 10, bedismissed." “ESTeBAtINg about CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.—The dem. cratic convention of the Danyille, Til, con- onal district has nominated Hon. Nelson jones. The greenback convention of the seca ond aa es op eon on nomi- nated Jacob Guyer. The dem ¢ congres- sional convention of the eighth district of Tili- ois nominated T. M. Shaw, of Lacon. The third congressional district democratic con- vention of Indiana has nominated George As Bicknell by acclamation. Dr. Gaxce: eratic candi prominent p limes @ democratic congressional He was a republican up to the time of Andrew Johnson, and while a republican wasa mem- ber of the state senate. Lewisten, a STRIKE OF CooreRrs.—Four hundred “00 coopers in Chicago went on a strike day for an advance on last February and —— cents vad barrel. assist them in the strike.