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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Rennsylvania Avenue, corner Alth street az The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. ‘Tre Evextsa Stan is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on’ their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at ine Sumter, 2 cents each. By mail—postage prepa Sone yeay, Be. Ory WeExLy Bran published on Friday—@2 & Che At Loening Star. re, Prepaid. 10 copies for $15; 20 copies G . ‘All mail subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance; no paper sent lonwer than £0 pad for. 3 r 32. fe” Raies of advertising made known on applica t on. LADIES’ GOODS. 719 NING SECOND OF or D WINTER MILLINERY, vill offer for the elegant assortment of PATTERN BONNETS AND TRIMMED ROUND HA Alef ihe Latest Styles and Newest Mater als, at DAVIS", 719 Markt Space, Corner 8th str BONS, PLAID S ects Jjevarass: ‘Comparison of prices invited oct2ttr _ _ pane EMPRESS KID MADAME HUN to the above Bi tion, which is iv THE MARKET lb 1107 F street, between 11th and 12th, Has just received an elegant CAMELS HAIR BONN re ELE GOODS, CASH FEATHER ALSATIAN BOWS. EP WINGS, JET and ther ORNAMENTS, Ete. New Shades in JUGLA and MONOGRAM KID GLOVES. Special attention ziven to orders. ocths-tr_ ‘ALL DIPORTATIONS 3 RCULARS AND ULSTERS, in many beantiful desums. $ Camel's Hair Cloth meres in the most vari Bonnets aud Hats; fine Millinery Goods Robes de Chambre, Undervarments; J.B. B. & C. P. Corsets; Chamois Vests; Dress Trimmings, &c., ai the most reason pric Colored Fringes ib any desizm made to order at Short notice, “Orders taken for all sizes of Gossaay Vaterprvo: 3 a pence Cite Trevise, Pai oetl2tr 907 Pennsyivania avenue. FALL AxD WINTER OPENING oO ELE. FIN At MES. C. V. SM TUESDAY AND WEDN ‘To which the Lacies of vite SPECIAL S© ar will be elected p and the report read 52—N?®. 7,98), ; NOTICES. _ st., next 3 CHURCH, 20h ave, GV. Lin J. A. Woop, au ING of the BULLDING pin. to be present, as officers fo1 THOMP’ DN, Sev'y. Tester OF COLUMBIS The Tax OrFic! ECTOR OF TAXeEs, en 24th, 1878. take notice that POF THE Cot Payers of the District the undersized has received the duplicate of assess- iB ‘One-half other half Parties who at this off ts ofthe taxes for the year ending June 30th, it ill be ready to Teceive payment of the from and after the Finst Day oF R of said ‘Tax is due November 1, 1878; the May Ist, 1879. i he whole of said Tax within thir. ty days from the first day of November, ‘will Lave a dednetion ‘On £0 m1 vember Ist as shall not be paid durin: of (5) five per cout. thereon. = meh of the first half of said Taxes due No- said month a yenalty of two (2) per cent. will be added on the first day of €; reets. ‘The law the second b said nonth oct24-tnevi th succeeding month thereafter tntil the .¢ is paid or otherwise proceeded with as the law imposes a like penalty for non-payment of if due May 1, 1879, if not paid wi JOHN F. COOK, ee on THE STO! LUMBIAN BANK ‘NC COMPANY notified that i t ‘of said imeton, on SATE DAY, Novensh Felock noon, for pose WW’ SODA and MINE ti © year. F gallon. _ (> Hwarp « nuTcHINso NOTIC OWING, Secret Lick, Bediord and Bethesda Waters by t 18, and after 3 HOLDERS OF THE. € 1429 Pe ANIA AVENUE. AL WA ERS on draught alt othe 317 NistH STREET NoRTHWEST, Near the Avenue,) Have 500 Slate Mantels in stock and employ a !arze force of mechanics and artisis in prodieiny new de- signs and at s lower than ever of force of mechanics in their several trad and are filling all orders promptly dd, and, colors, ing, Furnace, Range, Stove, Tin and Copper work, solicit Jobbing orders. 31tr AKLOW'SGALLERY OF FINEARTS 1225 Pennsylvania Avenue. ON FREE EXHIBITION AND FOR SALE, Oi Painti Photowray Frames: Nickle, for Porcelains and Min ‘Passepartouts and Mats too All the New Styles of Velvet am Gold Frames of all kinds scapes, Ke. Photoxrayures and tins, Engravines, in Russia Leather, Fire Gilt, Velvet, and res. Silk Frames. Portraits, Land- ames Resilt, for i made to order. Old irrors, Picture Rods and Cornices pat up. Pictures unpacked, packed, and hung up by com. petent work Silver, Gilt anu Copper Wire (plain and twisted.) Cords, With or W thout wire. Screw Eyes, Nails &c . Chauied and Restored by Pauntinws Lined, Chatied and Restored, by | All work done on, the premise ual to any house in the country ORT parties wishing work done. by seudine and guaranteed and prices as low. note by mail will meet with prompt attention. A party Restorer of uable picti imposter, NOTICE. Tepresentiny that he has worked for me as i Paintings, and has injured some va!l- ures, I warn all persons agaiust. He is an and has never worked for or with me. SECTION WITH ANY OTHER FIRM. AS. H. VERMILYA, LADIES FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER, 610 9th street, opposite Patent Oi e stock of LADIES’ BOOTS of m: BOOKS, &e. LEYS « THROUGH THE DARK iy 1 WM. BALLANTYNE & SON, oct2e-te 428 Seventh st. nto. [HE BEST READING: Stanley's Throush the Dark Continent, Family Library of British Poetry ws z lode: Under the Lilacs. Dinner Year Boc he Europeans. Henzy J ory or Two from an Robert Lowell a Southern Household Comyanion: ‘The Heir of Chariton. Agnes F Kecoliections of Writers. Cowden Clar Songs of Ital: joaquin Miller. ‘Thuaty Yeareat Sea. | Shippen late nov per cavers coaluaialicas ONS & CHAPMAN, oct23-tr nsyleania avenue. WEW Law ANP Mis N® fre UE @ styles, ling very handsome jase inkstands and Payer Weiss, ae end etree Slee in frames, Ghromos, Picture ens pe Leather Goods, Gur customers are usvited to examine. - OW. HL & O. H. MORRISON, Law Booxs£LLers AND STATIONERS, cct9tr 475 Penna. avenue. hoa LATEST PUBLICATIONS, i Growth of the Steam E: A history, of the Growth o! mn trated; $2. illustrated ; $1.20. The Great Composers, Ns 3 te, by Andre Thuriet ; Handy vol. series; 20c. Mme. Pompadour’s Garter, by Gabrielle de St. Andre; Svc. Sonia, from the French of Henry ; SOc. Sir Roger De Rapes hy La series ; ‘The Bubble Reputation, by Katharine King, ¥.8 Libby 1c. A complete assortment a ool and Collegiate Text , &c., Ke. ‘or MOHUN BROS. sepl3-tr Booksellers and Stationers, 1015 Pa. are. i! Womans WORDS—An 0: Review of What Women are Doing in Art, Science, Litera- ture, Education, Industry, Janthropy, Social Re- form: and Government. Also, a faithid record of ‘what men are doing to advance the interests of Wo- Men. Every hots hold shonid read one goad woman's paper. Published monthly. Price sor year el, Rinale copies, 10 cente, Theresa Juan ‘Sara fowis, Manugingr Eduor, 035" Waist Puls : fut treet, Phila- delphia, Pa. ‘auigt-ly PIANOS AND ORGANS. | _STEX ORGANS. = BRADBURY PIANOS. Stock ; Latest Styles; Easy terms; Justallment pian. New Insirmuents for = pon toward purctiocs Pattee down to Bottom Bock” SANDERS & STAYM: Shepherd Building, 1219 Pa. avenue, ectl0- Im “15 N. Char! EST RECEIVED.—A fine, large stock of now PIANOS. of the world-renowned manu-, facture cf WM. KNABE & CO. Some- tine new and Eandeome in UPRIGHTS, Frices iower than ever before, Also a variety of PIANOS of ditterent makes at a sacrifice, to make room. PIANOS and ORGANS at low ficures and on the most accommodating terms. We wive satis- Soavigg aed packion mntictectority afiended ni And packiny satisfactorily ©. RICHENBDACH. (estabiiched 1830) No, 423 21th st. few doors above Pa. ave. sepl3-ly_ ALLETT DAVIS £ CO.’S PIANOS.— H New Pianos ready for falltrade. @ bargains; uprights a specaiiy. Come wee. angi H_L. SUMNER, 811 %h st. a w. }LD CLOTHING, . in Lewis, the fe Orders by tail TOBE PLAIN FACTS. CONVINCED, CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Business Suite, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, $20. Dress Suits, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 330. Fall Overcoats, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, $18. Winter Overcoats, 3.50, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, $25. Diagonal Worsted Coats and Vests, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, $20. Black Cloth Frock Coats, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, $20. Black Cassimere Pants, 4, 5, 6, 8, $10. Fancy and Dress Cassimere Pants, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 88. Business Cassimere Pants, 2, 3, 4, 5, 86. ‘Heavy Working Pants, 1, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, 82. ‘Youths’ Suits, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, $15. Boys’ Suits, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, $12. School Suita, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, BB Children’s Suits, 2.50, 3, 9.50, 4, 5, 6, 8, B10. Youths" Overcoata, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, $15. Boys’ Overcoats, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 810. Children’s Overcoats, 2.25, 2.50, 3, 4, 5, 6, 38. Children’s Ulsters, 4, 5, 6, 8, 310. Men's Heavy Working Coats, $2.50. Men's Double-breasted Box Coats, $3. Biack octis.tr Cloth Vesta, 1.59, 2, 2.25, 2.50, 3, 84. A. STRAUS, 1011 Pennsylvania Avenue. Between 10th and Lith streets. WE HAVE THREE FLOORS AND A HALF FILLED WITH OVERCOATS. PRICES FROM $4 TO $50. M] MAGNIFICENT STYLES FROM $12 TO $25. As these Overcoats are perfect in fit, make, and finish, we advise our patrons, and everybody else's, to buy them ready made and save fully forty per cent. We show upward of a hundred and fifty styles, and can fit any man, youth, boy or child that can walk. oct: tr A SAKS & CO, 316 Seventh street. eee STATES 4 PER CENT. BONDS on hand for i ite delivery. District of Columbia, Twenty and Thirty-year Gold Sixes, for sale. 365 Bons guaranteed by the U: “atom eae peat ie jestment Sure _ LEWIS JOHNSON & CO., cers, ,ARBRANTED -ROM CHEM- W FREE FROM CHEM GAFF, FLEISCHMAN & COS COMPRESSED YEAST. DEPOT, 1112 15ru STREET. ©. ANTHONY DENEKAS, Agent. Absolutely none genuine without our Trade Mark or our firm name on groo 20.00 each. separ wrapper. augdtr TRUNES, TRUNES, TRAVELING eee ee pata, the ocak rats oe a Jong WASHINGTON; THE EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. GovERNMENT RECEtPTS To-pay.—Internal rev- enue, $242,567.56; customs, $355,48 Cart. Tyson, in the Florence, arrived at New London thismorning. He reports crew well. SENATOR SHARON, it is said. will not attend the sions of the Senate this winter, and that he will tender his resignation as soon as the ate passes Into democratic hands, which wil! ext, Senators. would long sin e resigned had It not. been that the Nevada slature would have put a deimocrat in his place. Now that the Senate will be democratic after March 4th next, anyhow, the Senaior thinks he can resign without hurting his party. ‘The Senator's term does not expire until Maréli 3d, 1881, SPEAKER RANDALL, although quite confiden of his re-election. has agents 1 this city who will provide free transportation to all voters in his (Randall's) district. the 4th, who wish to go to Philadelphia and vote for him. MR: NES JENKS has the yellow fever, and her husband “the captain,” has gone to New Orleans to nurse her. If Agnes gets it very bad she may make a death-bed confession, “Zhew perhaps Anderson mieht be eclipsed. THE ST. Croix INSURRECTION.—The U.S. S. outh, Captain D, B. Harmony, has arrived . Croix, West Indies. Found the troubtes a ring leaders of the insurrection either Shot or in prison; they destroyed no end OL property. Fredrickstad destroyed, a house left Standing. Allthe planicrs less, and The amount of propercy de- amounts 10 about one million and a- ASUKER Teasurer G erchants’ National lished in y retund of ¢ is claimed under ney General, while aceeptin o entertain any applic ‘The national ND THE Hitlan, in hisle ank, OF Baltime NATIONAL. er to the ‘ation fora rern Ks Will, however, make on, andelain that unde statu tee Treasu- ‘This section reads as Toilows:—*In @ where an association has paid or inay pay inescesss of what may de or has been tonnd due it on account of the duty re- quired to be paid to the Treasurer of the United States, the association ma the . Which. on urer of the Unit Uke First Controle: is bound t nian is inthe Hayeson Monday. The Senator is steadily improving in he shington f will be in Wi n ADOULE te) . sen rout ‘innati and one in Pennsylvania. 3 tague 1 » Mrs, Hayes Monday and had a pleasant inte Miss Montazive t0- day sa visit from M who is sing in Baltimore thisweek.....« erhas returned to Baitimore. and Mrs. Hastin, planning togo t 2 da to spend the ...Miss Etama Levy, a good lookin: . with a remarkably tine Sto sing for Miss \bbott some time this Mrs. Tirogene Robinson Morsell, who when Miss Abbott was making a sensi n Italian opera the the prima donna yesterday. . Who Is pominated for Congress many ticket in one of the New York city inlet, is the r who paved a portion of Peni The triends of ¢ Goy, Shepi Lregre. vo learn that he is il Willi pneumonia at ils country residence —Bleax House, week, 3 was in P LOUISIANA CONGE # recelyed by the MIP SAYS thet candidate, will beat gress in the 4th Lovis AL CONTE: ' cratic consressiona m, the demoeratte Madi_on Wells for Con- ama district Dy a iand standiag tp nout of a Saad on Aa making: sh runnin independ ation, is likely to be elected, AynvaL REPORT OF AUDITOR Mk annual veport for the tlseal year ending Ju 30th, 1Sts, of Mr. J. M. McGrew, the Auditor the Treasury, for tie Post Ofiee departmen has been completed. It gives tn tabular form a d tailed statement ot ihe receipts and expend - lures of the departicent, The 39,149 post offices ‘ation diving the ys reclassified. The ate of revenues and grants during the ad the expenditures , leaving an excess of receipts Of $420,085.25. A part of the however was drawn Uie Treasury during the year but approp: on account of deficiencies in previous years. The net enue forthe year from the sale of against r. The amount of stamped envelope: sold was 12 against $25 in 1 pended during year for mail transportation: 19444, agalnst $15,35 6 for the pr vious year. From the statement of the co!- lecting division fi appears that the balance due Tate -postmasters is $4 the balance due the United States 2. The report is accompanied by tabies exhibiting In detail the tr tne department.” From the tables showing the operations of the money order office it appe that the revenue from this source tor th : WAS $209, 647, LiLSL $108,145.01 in the previous year. dons KELLY’s Ficur iy New York Crry.—A gentleman who resides in this city, but who tor the past month has been in New York wat ing Lhe course of political events In that ety gives Itas his opmion that Tammany will b Vietorious on Tuesday next. He says that John Kelly, “the Boss,” is inspired to use every et- fort to elect his ticket, because, owing to the opposition of nearly the entire New York press, he feels that he fs fighting a battle which must necessarily seriously curtail his political pow ithe is defeated, and will largely add to it if wins. Kelly is al the Tammany wigwam each night, and receives reports fram lls agents of their canvass Of all sections of the elty. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN TO SECRETARY Gor- HAM.—One of the humors of the political cam- Paign is a postal card received by Secretary Gotham from George Francis Train, which was sent at tue Ume the newspapers represented that Gorham had a tendency to advocate ina mild form the greenback theory, Following is the card: vam, Secretary Republican Com ton, D, C.—Your change of ba u lave more brains than all you rc- publican pals, but it comes too late to prevent the resumption ship from shooiing Niagara Fails ln 1579, GROKGE FRANCIS TRAIN A PRIZE Of one hundred pounds sterling for an essay on hydrophobia has been offered by Mr. Samford, member of Parliament, to be awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons ot Loudon. TRE U.S. 5. Guakp, Lieut, Com. F. M. Green. commanding, left Bahia, Brazil, September 2 and expected to arrive at_ Hampton Roads No- peeve: 15, Health of officers and crew excei- ent. VAL ORDERS.—Columander Wm, A. Kirk- land to temporary duty on board the Hartford on their arrival at Montevideo; Ensign Georg F. Emmons to the Enterprise at New York 0: the ith November; Midshipman Walter Me Leak from the Powhatan aud placed on waitin orders; Midshipman Wm. H, Allen, Richar Henderson, Wm, G. Hatnmond and Thomas D. Griffin from the Essex and ordered to procee i home and report arrival. Commission; have been issued as follows: Lieutenant Co.nmande Mortiinor L. Johnson to be a commander ia th havy from the 26th April, sis; Lieutenant Com mander Edwin M, Shepard to be a commande - from the 9th May, tsis; Lientenant Charles M. Anthony to be a Weutenant commander from the 26th April, 1 Lieutenant James M. For- Syth to be a lieutenant commander from the 9th May, S78; Ensign Oswin W. Lowry to be a mas- ter from the 26th April, 1878, followiag promotions are announced: Lieutenant Com- mander Charles McGi to be a commander from the 5th June, iss; Lieutenant Commander Robiey D. Evans fo be a commander from the 12th July, 1878; MaSter Sidney H, May to be a Heutenant from the 9th May, 1878; How- ard S, Waring to be a master from the 13th July, isis; Cadet Engineer Wm. Cowles to be an as- sistant engineer from the ist July, 1878, ‘The Silver Bids. THE GOVERNMENT PURCHASES OF BULLION. Bids offering silver bullion to the goveramert were opened at the office of the direcior ef the mint. this afternoon at 3 o'clock. At the request of the bidders the amounts offered and the price at which they were offered are not made public. It is known, however, that the gov- ernment {5 getting its bullion now, at a much lower rate than when it wasa pureha- ser, taking the London price as its standard. All the silver that it wants is being procared at a price much lower than the London rate. It has caused some surprise that bidders have not been compelled to back down froma their offers. They have not, however, and the government protits accordingly. The keeping sceret of the rices at which the government how purenase: its silver defeats one of the objects of invite the establishment of a silver marke in scountry. If it is not known what bulti holders are willing to sell for, there cr be no market for silv aking thes standard. This leaves sll other purchasers of bullion in the same position iy witt viously stood—that of having to. buy the Lordon rate. It is thought, that be: the injunction of seersey will be removed, and the United States, which produces more silver than all other countries combined, will no longer be dependent on a foreign market for its 5. but will. on the other hand, buy and sell inde- pendently, and perhaps dictate where it is now dictated to, It has been stated that Dallion holders were going to get up a combination to keep up the price of silver. The mint baveau i prepared to oppose any s tempi. “ does not seem, however, to be any probability of the attempt being made. i Home TO VorE ror RopESON.—It is Stated that all the department cle ary Robeson’s dist y, are bene furnished tiel hhome and vote next chances for elecuiol SURSCRIVTIONS day amounted to LITERARY REUNIO! President las AT THE WHITE Hovsr. evening entertained at din- ner the members of the old Cinciunat! Literary club who The party con Sisted ot 1 coined th in 1850; W esident s private s eretary: ster in the umy; duc Spottor brarian of Coney Deion. in ike Depart W. Ware liam Gui th journ, cing submitted, a+ THE PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC CL N of New Haven, Conn, have r - what curious compromise in the matter. of ‘Yeading the Bible in the pubiie schools. It has been agreed to recommend to the sciool com- mittee that thirty lessons from the Old and New Testaments, thirty hymns and the ‘Ten Commandmen Ss written ia Deuterono be re Vin the schools, but that inany + ich One-third of the pupils are Cat Ppuplisshall have the privileze of attending religious Worship ina separate room, It is also provided that the Lord’s pra: ibe read without ure coneluding * or Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory tor- ever. A IN THE Fitz JOWN PORTER Case at > yeste fter anite an excited diseu: president ‘ot the board of inquiry Inasinveh as Gen. Pope refused tO app: the board unless subpunaed Hayes would not order hit, the board ha insted its powers, and did not deem it mt to take fu action inthe mat obtain his attend Doctanentary e in bel r. ahd showin Po} Alin on, the ‘ided that ideace “s incon RM.—Great exci citizens of Monta A ‘aused by the ies last Sun 2s Bennet, with a amount of grain and other proy destioyed. Within the past wee Hires have occurred by ing in va’ ment prevails township. Si burning: or oF THE Jay COOKE Philadelphia began y tribution of assets—Ca Sof prefer ern Paciti $1,000 of claims; three-fourt preferred St. Paul and Duluth ditto, 3 and a-fourth shares common stock ditio. FIVE HunpRED PERSO: MonrTH.—Intelligence h Whydah, west Co: ‘ ICED IN A s been received from 9 of Africa, under date of September 26th, that the Portuguese command- ant and seven soldiers are held captives b; King of Dahomey, who makes them parade before him daily he king has recommenced the grand custom of human sacrifices, Five hundred persons have been slaughtered in one month, TE Kin THE ATTEMPT TO ASSA: ALFONSO. The trial of Juan Moncasi for the attempt toas. assinate King Alfonso has commenced at Mad- rid. It is considered as certain that he had no aecomp! entence of death will without doubt be pe ssed upon him, but the king will commute his punishment ‘to penal servitude for life. ‘The police have found eizhieen bot- les_of dynamite near Madrid, and three ar been: made in connection with the MENT IN RUSSIA hn measure by the complica- tons of natioual finance. No one is able to foun any definite idea of the state of the finances, of the requirements of the trea sury. or of the measures which are about to be int duced. As a co The g ment papers recently announced that 360,060,000 roubles of the new internal loan had been subseribed for, but. it turns ont that Uvo-thirds of these bonds had been taken by the war contractors inf bills, and that not more than 000 was actually paid into the treasury. € are numerous accounts lo be settled ind the Moating deb. is large, a the issues of paper money must goon ely ees SIGHT FOR A FAaTHER.—At Paterson, N.J., George Provost, aged 13, son of John H. Pro} ‘ost, foreman of the Erie painushop at Long Dock, Went lo meet his father at Rutherford station. Where the Provost family lives, Monday night. He was instantly killed, and his body was the first object the father saw on getting off the tan, : ——_$_<—__ TROTTING IN GEORG rain lessened the attendance at_ the Georgia State Fair in Macon yesterday. The race track was heavy. The winners were Whirlwind, one mile, run in 1.544;; Kemball Jackson, trotting, best time 2.45; Gracie D.,, trotting. best time 2.355, ‘Tue LIaBiLtties of James Duncan & Co., ship- owners, of Charlottetown, N. S.,are placed at $820,000. ‘The principal creditors are Sir James m, of Liverpool, $119,000, and the Mer- chants’ Bank of Prince Edwai Island, $46,000, A DEPUTATLON OF IRISH CATHOLICS Waited on the Hon. Mr. Masson, at Montreal, Canada, yes- terday, and ased that Mr. P. Ryan be taken into the cabinet as the representative of the Trish Catholies in Quebec. MEXICAN ExposiTioN.—The Mexican govern- ment, at the suggestion of Minister Zamacona, voposes & grand exposition in the City of Mexico at an early date for the exhibition ex clusively of American and Mexican productions. t#-Owing to a lack of money many publi schools in Virginia will not be opened this year. ve" The blue-ribbon movement has been be- gunin England, ¥-Three stones placed over the grave o Thoms Jefferson have been, one by one, de stroyed by relie-huaters, t®-Charies F. Colburn, employed for ten years in the Chariestown (Mass.) postoiice, has been arrested in the act of robbing letters. s~The climate of England and the exposure to salt water have ca’ Cleopatra's Needle t) show a disposition to crumbie. ¢e-The fair of the Virginia State Agricultural Society commenced at Richmond yesterday. ‘The exhibition is equal to any of former years, Many northern exhibitors are present. &3*Yellow fever has thus far carried off fitty- Six clergymen. Twenty-four were Roman Catholics, thirty-one Protestants, and one a Jewish rabbi. te-Ernest Clemens, Isaac Barrows, David Sweeten, Charles Schaffer, and James Davidson, ringleaders in the lynching of Edward Freeman i Conn., October 4, have been ar- s7“Satan died here,” reads a Pittsbi but it was not until‘an astute y Bute man inquired when he died the Reon le understood that they could get satin D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1878. Telegrams to The Star. | EU ROPEAN COMPLICATIONS. Vienna Cabinet Crisis. CHICAGO BUILDING FRAUDS. HOME AND FOREIGN FAILURES. —<—-——_ MORE FEVER VICTIMS. —— FOREIGN AFFAIRS. A Disabled Steamer. Loxpon, Oct. 30.—The British bark Annie Williams, from Glasson Dock for Oak Point, Restiganche, has put back to Holyhead. she reports that on the 12th of October in latitude 46 degrees and longitude 33 degrees she saw a steamer apparently disabled. The steamer was i igged, had a black funnel, and was stan@- s eastward under sail. It is thought the “sel seen may be the Belgian steamer Her- mann Ludwig, whieh left New York September 2sth for Antwerp, and has not yet reached her desiipation, ‘Whe St. othard Railway. —Twenty-one cantons have me for the completion of the ‘y~ e Cabinet Crisis at Vienna. Vienna, Oct. 30.—Baron Von Pretis Caynodo relinguished the formation of a cabinet because of the inpossibility of securing a combination g amMajority of the Reic! Greece and ‘Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oc! The Pi command srath, t the in- s lis willing- nt rectification of the fron- pece, Dut it reruse any that Greece will ni than that indieated in the conferenc at Berlin, Meanwhile Turkey and Greece ¢ inue hostile preparation A Sensation Cab tory Contradic- Loxpos, There of foundasion for ‘the pre’ published in Ame yas nob the shadoy ded cable dispateh an Opposition evening pa- pers et Cetober 16th, making the important Statement that the Czar had sent a letter tothe powe icing them to mite in compelling T key 10 escente her share of the treaty of I e dispatch was a pure fabrication, tin duct of a wild and ‘unintellgent, imauinat Vis on its fa reompla! eps lO $ Berlin Christiau governor for kou- und article 1S, respecting arrangemel al “and tinancial administra- The absurdity of this is well known fact that it is three articiesof the which tises 10 recognize the Porte’s right to t during the nine months of Russizn (on of the territory also provided for by arranzement, only, ‘The evid asserts, for it Lich the im England. > North of England Carriaz tny have failed. Their | lieved t6 be heav ‘Khe Public Building Frauds in Ch ente, 5 dae charge Unat the exclusion of Assistant Di trict Attorney Thomas from the duty of pre- senung tothe grand jury the frands connected with the construction of a government buflding here Is ascheme to defeat the ends of justice and demand that the conduct of the case shall now be placed in Mr. Thomas’ hands. The Tri- inne to-day says:—Meantine, the’ investiga tien, about which on this point’ Mr. Thomas knows everything worth kn and about Which Judge Banks knows next to nothing, ts in progress. We do not c Bangs designs to defeat the ends of jus we do not hesitate to assert that his cou ‘ludiug Mr. Thomas from the case 1 1, end, ‘The government ot represented so ably by the arbit i Pp that Judge ice, but s Mt psi- tion ja Village about 15 mile: Was burned on ‘Tuesday tmorning. who was locked up for’ drinkin; death, A number of persons witnessed the burning of the building and described the scene as cruel, horrible and tragic beyond utterance, the yells and groays of the prisoner oe tee upon the still night air with blood curdling clearness, His struggles were maddened and frantic. He could actually be seen burning, it is alleged, by those who y the tire. Sointense and rapid were the flames that the few persons Who Witnessed their prozress were utterly un- abte to rescue the eae man. His, red remains were taken trom the debris this morn- ing. He was a tramp, but has at one time worked at Fairfield. house at froma here, ames Green, was burned to American Missionary Society. TAUNTON, Mass., Oct. 30.—The twenty-third convention of the American Missionary Association convened here yesterday aiternoon. The annual report showed the receipts of the year LO be $195,601.65, expenses $183,079.46, leav- ing a balance of $7,522.19. Tie current receipts ré Not equal by $15.063.98 to those of preceding the falling off being mainly in legacies. The debt, whieh two years ago was $93,000, has been luced by gifts and pledges to $26,% After the transaction of sorae minor business the convention adjourned until scene when ihe annual sermon will be preached by Dr. S.E. Herrick. The convention will be in session until Thursday night e Wurder of ‘Stuttering Jack.? BRIDGEPORT, CT., October ‘The trial ot Mis. Lorena Alexander, for the murder, by chloroform, of Frank Weinbeckar, alias “ Stut- tering Jack,” on July 20th, was begun to-day. City Attorney Holt testitied that, the prisoner, While making a complaint of robbery against Fiank Bassett, stated that Bassett had done enough to be hanged, and detailed the facts of Weinbeckar cothing to the house and being ebloroformed while asleep; the placing of the body in a barrel; the attempt to sell it to Dr. Sanford, of the medical school at New Haven, and later disposing of the body by throwing it into a ravine, ——_. Rumored Business Embarrassment. CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 30.—A special dispatch says: An Ned rumor is afloat the Jefferson Nail Works, at Steubenville, Ohio, the largest manufacturing establishment in that region, giving employment to 700 hands, is about to suspend operations, at least for the winter. The mill owners have asked the nail- ers to stand a reduction of 20 per cent., claim- ed — is no a e business out- look for the coming winter is decidedly gloomy. A number of coal works have shut down en- urely, Others are running on half time. Fatal Explosion of Nitro Glycerine. CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.—A special dispatch says: Four hundred pounds of nitro glycerine in a fiers at Petrolia, Pa., exploded last night, killing the owner, S. O. Got » and an em- loye, John Fowler, and dangerously wound! lenry French. Mr. Gotham was picked up a without a mark upon his body. Fowler was blown to atoms, only a finger being found and that was 200 yards from the Scene of *the explo- 01 i Fire. WILMINGTON, DEL., Oct. 30.—A spice mill a Faulkland, elght miles trom’ this city, was de- stroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. J. M. Purvis & Co., of Philadelphia, were the tenants, and the mill was the property of the hotel Trust and Safe Deposit and Insur- company. a ._. Scranton Coal Sale. NEw York, Oct. 30.—Sixty thousand tons of Seranton coal were sold at auction to-day by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R. Co, at the following prices: Grate, $3.57%; stove, 34.05; steamer, $3.45083.47 44; egg, $3.673¢} chest- UL, $3.30a$3.35. : —— A Colored Republican NEw York, .—A from Peters- Another Ohio CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.—€ ard Bla during the wa SuNOUs “Blazer’s S.” which met and vanquished Mosby's S on One Occasion, died of yellow fever allipolis last evening. He ha Seif while attending his brothe infected district. Deaths in Mem MEMPHIS, Oct. 30.—The wea cleared off bright and cold. From six o'clock last even- ing until noon to-day undertasers report orders for eight interments of pai died fm and outside the city limits, All incoming trains last night were crowded with returning absentees. NEW ORLEANS, and cooler. and thirty-four new cases of yellow fever are reported for the past twenty-four hout The footings to dae Are 13,036 Cases and 3,917 deaths. —————— Stage Robbery GALVESTON, TEXAS, Oct. 30.—A special dis- Patch to the News from Fort Worth reports the robbery of the stage from Yuma, near 5: Mary's, yesterday by two masked robber: gers successfully concealed their hi rs. ‘The robbers obtained from them but and took $90 from the mails, overlooking Die packages, Caleb Cushing Dec! Boston. Oct. 30.—The Traveler says:—“We learn from what we regard as good authority that Caleb Cushing sent a fortnight ago to Bul- he: ler arters a letier declining the Me- hail nomination for attorney gener 1 he has given a positive no to recent re quests that he should withdraw 11.” Kailroad Sold. Ispranaroris, IND., Oct. 30.—The Indianapo- lis, Bloomington and Western Railroad was sold to-day at Bloomington, Til, under a de of the United States court’ to a committe: the bondholders for one million dollars New You 5 Whitehall street, e perk, have failed. porters of chi Liabilities ‘The Markets. » Oct. ¢ ; do. ne 1.03; No. 2 nber, LOG: hhern steady ;wester 1.03a1.08; No. 2 Pennsyivi " red, spot LN! cember, 1.024 al. . Cor Steady and tirm—southern’ white and yellow, ne 4045, western mixed, spot 48; November, 474; . Dr cember and January steamer, 43. Oats Stenty and firm—routhern, do. mixed, 25a: eStock south white, Rye quiet Provisions dull, weak and Li for choice ern roll and pac léal8. Petrole: more steady—crude, 734; refined, 994, Cot and nominal—Rio cargoes. demand, 111. Freight t quet—cotton, 11-32 pts—flonr, WN) NEW YORK, Oct. Gold, 100%. pol per st grain, 84. rn, 14,300; oats, a % Stocks strong. Mones chanye, Jong, 4514; short, 457 Ge ents strony. NEW YORK, Oct. 3#0.—Flour quiet. Wheat quiet Corn quiet, INDON, Oct. 30, 12.39 p.m . bonds, 10.40", 17:40. i New LORD BEACONSTTEL London special says: The air is heavy ing the il'ness of Lord Beaconsfield. The long strain made on his mental powers, not only in the matter of the Berlin treaty, but in carrying on a more or less acrimonious Wart Gladstone, seriously undermined his ec stitution. Th his eritical state of things U: cabinet has been summoned to he was attacked by an epileptic mi had the effect of bringing to an niful career of this remarkable man. re Was the attack that it was feared his So se life would be endangered If he were immedi: ly removed. He was theretore compelled to. main for several hours in a waiting-room at Hughenden before it was considered sate to transfer him to his carriage. He was driven 10 his home in charge of a physician, who has ‘since admitted that he had tears of fatal results from the fatigue of this means of Lanspor The medical man has been criticised for nor ordering an invalid carriage for iis illustrious patient. The bulletin received in thisecity this morning Announces that Lord Beaconstield is in better health and rapidly rallying toward his former state of health. A good deal of anx- jety, however, prevails on the subject. n A STRANGE CASE OF HANGING. case is aj Mareus Avery str: itating the hamlets of Linwood and Hook, tivo littie places divided by the ack of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Ba!- Umore railroad, and the good people are as much excited over it as were the citizens of Ardmore over the celebrated Hachne case. At about tive o'clock Sunday morning a boy discovered the dead body of a man hanging from a tree near the Hook cross roads. Investigation showed that the man’s neck had not been broken. The body was warm when found, and there were no Signs of strangulation. A stranger took the first train for Philadelphia. He was seen earlier in the morning, inquiring for a time table. He Was much confused when spoken 19 of the dead body and had two overcoais with him, and 36 the good people of the Hook think there inay be something more than suicide in. the case, and that the man might have been dead betore he Was suspended from the tree. estate A SUICIDE IN A PRISON.—The attempte: cide of John Carpenter, in the Jeffers r prison yesterday, was a singular he crime for which ‘the man was in confinement Was the attempted assassination of agir] named Mary Lyons, In St. Francis Xavier's church, during early mass about three weeksago. The rl Was a Stranger to him, and his story is that ne mistook her for his wife, who had deserted him, and whom he had intended to murder, Fortunately the wound was not fatal, and t Foung woman recovered. Carpenter was to ave been taken to the General sessions yester- day, and while getting ready suddenly drew knife from his coat and plunged it inio his ab- domen, performing the operation’ of hari-kari. Singularly enough, his companion in the cell Was a prisoner who had twice attempted sui- cide, and Carpenter was asked to keep a sharp lookout, st a repetition of the attempt.— LY. ¥. Herald, 29th, e Sap RESULT OF OVERTURNING A KEROSENE Lamp.—Mr. Eugene B. Smith, thirty-six years, a very wealthy citizen of New York, who as been boas at Jamestown, across the bay from Ne’ rt, R. I., died last night. During Saturday e gale of Wednesday night he upset a kerosene lamp in bis room and was se- verely burned, one side of his body presenting a a. tin it : e aeclaent are not generally known, as the friends of the are very reticent. The bed- ae bedding and carpet, were considerably urn Love aND War.—Russian newspapers relate ‘some romantic attachments which have up between Turkish prisoners of war and Rus- sian ladies of Various in the towns where the former have been leading in some ceses to somewhat sensational and r incon- venient scenes upon the de] re of the Turks. ‘urk, took her place among the returning Mos: ‘Turk, P re’ lems, She was detected on numbering the per- sons conveyed in the car. At Poltava a young lady of ee Reo companying a Turkish officer, to whom - hestly desired to be married. Atthe same place the departure of one railway train carrying lib erated mers led to a ee scene, necessi- tating the interference of police and cal'ing for orders which have since been given to pre vent similar occurrences in future. A crowd o la and old, some only school-girls assembled ot ue platform and took leave of the Turks in the most pathetic and de- monstrative of ways, All embraced, all kissed = phi en falntedaway. Al ‘this was, ; in the have since been ex] their &#” George ‘Vashington and brother are See ing split-bottom chairs at Gordons- a. SP"“As long as grass grows and water runs” is the ‘erm of a lease recorded at "au aS” S2~The belles of Athens, Ga., have been sell kisses at a dime a piece benefit 25, + i edly for the! of the for parting his halt with a 52") of exhibits, the American Fishermen in Canadian Waters. OUR NEW CONTROVERSY WITH GREAT PRITAIN— HALIFAX AWARD BE PAID? Detween this itain over the h American nd that of Great T in November last, w fishermen and the destruction of t the fishermen of Newfoundland, isting complicati award, and may lead to ¢ pondence. ‘The aims authority to maki n gxovern the fishing grounds, and alleged Violation of these regulations that the American fshing Reet was forcibly driven away rseines b) ids nin neference to last Noveraber by the Newfoundla: ermen, The Brit ssunp- tion on ‘ and Salisbury ex- ment Of the BPTOVAL OF his cove report made by Captain Sulis pointed to investigate the assault on { can fishermen, Mr. Evaris: has. ister Welsh, now replied to I senting from the views of the ment, anging that the right i nae dian Waters was detined. by treaty of Wasi ton, ar tid NOt De made subject To local Wation THE LETTER OF y EVARTS. letter of Secretary Evarts ts addressed er Welsh, bearing date September 2, and Mr. Weish és directed to ¢ ver a copy ot the same to Lond Salisbury. T-opens by re- {erring to the report of Capiain Sulivan, the British agent. tnclosed by Lord Salisbury. to Secretary E rts, and concludes as follows: “ Captain Sullivan assigns the tions of law by our tishermer righttut tnt in question: First, that Aw using seines for eatehing herring ont 1 of January, Isis, in direct violation of uve 2, chapier 192, section 1, of the Statutes of ewfoundland, vi shall haul or take herring’ by ¢ ¢ other such contrivance on or near any part ot the coast of this colony or of its dependencies, or in any of the bays, harbors. or other places therein, tween the 20h day cf October h April, d the law relating to the oy viz: * No person shall, between the hours of 1 relock On Saturday ‘night and 12 o'clock on Sunday night, haul ay. captin, or squid, With net, seines, ny SUCH ntrivence for the purpose of such hauling or ing ne terms of the nin Which i ts expressly do not tutertez witht te property, or with British t caceable Use Of any part OF ti sate pur el treaty), to Ul ermen in Uh said coast and boats, dby te 2 into ti add sctsel vould see! re e Tor ermen in able ae of ein tbew ontrary to ot Wasi Of My present prurp. pion of tu > point reserved justify In Ueaustnitting to you ¢ Capt. Sullvan’s Lont Salisbary Will perceive t in ques- Lich ap) demonstrate conclusively Unat the es On Unls occaston nal CoMMitted Ure distin aches of the = observation of Lord Salisbury uni Gall 10 See a nee foundiand 4 industry . and whet Washingt our ¢ 1 0s cover in principle ation of our Hshing indus- nile line Which can well cd. they are in themselves so ad so serious a ilnitation of the red by clically vo Mable par add, is equiv- provin ded by rights or canceling Of the privile, ¥ With the Brittsh government. “Lis subject lo the Sunday nd. made for Ue coast pop- excluded from the fishing the year, from October 19 seines ahd other contrivances” ig fish are subject to the regulations of the legisiature of Newfoundland, it is not easy to see wiat firm or valuable measure for the privilege of article 1s, as conceded to ue United states, this government can promise to its citizens under the guarantee ef the treaty “11 would not under any circumstances be ad- lnis~ible for one government to subject Ube per- sons, the property and the interest of tts tisher- men to the Unregulated regulation of another government upon the suggestion that such au- thority will not be oppressively or capriciously exercised, nor would any goverument accept as an adequate guarantee of the proper exercise ot such authority over ts citizens by a foreign gov- ernment that p nplively regulations would be uniform tn their operation upon the subjects of both governments in a sinllar case. It there are lobe regulations muon enjoyment, they must be authenticated by a common oF Joint axthority, “But midst manifestly the subject of the regu- lation of the enjoyment of the shore fishery by the resident provincial population and of the in- shore tishery by our fleet of fishing cruisers does not tolerale the control of so ent and competing titerests by the domestic lezislat closed for lack | §9-The to-be-the-son-in-law of Bismarck a Ravitg aes ee ea formeriy in the military service in Denmark, of the provinces. Protecting and nursing domestic lnterest at the expense of the aoe est, On the ordinary motives of I a 1 iden the Halitax obvious that Woexclude our hing bait and aus compel bait pr buy batt at the will wive of the provincial fishermen ts the In- teres! of the local fishermen, and will be the guide ahd motive of such domestic les IS IS NOW LroUght Lo Lhe notice of Uhis gi ment. “You Will, therefore. say to Lord Salisbury that this government catinot but express its ire dissent from the view of the subject that his lordship’s note seems to indicate. This gov- ernment Concelves that the fishery rights of the United States, conceded by Une treaty of Wash- ington, are to be exercised wholly free from the resiraints and regulations of tue statutes of Newfoundland, now set up as authority over our fishermen, and from auy other regulations of fishing now in force or that may Lereafter be exacted by that government. “It may be said that a just participation in ‘Uhis common fishery by the two parties entitled thereto may, in the common interest of presery- ing the fishery and preventing conflicts between the fishermen, req! regulation by some com- petent authority. This may be conceded. But should such occasion present itself to the com- mon appreciation of the two governments It need not be said that such competent authority can only be found in a joint convention that Shall receive the approval of yer Majesty's gov- ernment and our own. Until this arrangement Shall be consummated this government must regard the pretension that the legislation of Newfoundland can regulate our tishermen's en- joyment of the treaty right as striking at the ‘treaty itself.” Concluding, Secretary Evarts says: “I can- not but regret that this vital question has pre- sented Itself s0 unexpectedly to this govern- ment, and at a date so near the period al which the government, upon a of with her Majesty’s — is to ity of of the

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