Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1878, Page 1

3 THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR RUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenne,corner Lith street a The Evening Star Newspaper Company, BS. H. KAUFFMA Preis TEP EVeXING Stan in ~erved to subecr:bers cente per week, cr 44 cente per month. Copies at the cennter, 2 cenla each. By mail—portaye prepais— @ cents a month: ove year, # Tae WrEXLY Stan—publ shed on Priday—©2 at, penta prepa. {Ocopies for $13; 20 copice or a “pr A mail subscriptions must be paid in ra. a nt longer than 80 7 3 Seas eres tee re ds tare Se towiace- ton CN ee a _— y, 52—N®. 7,982. LADIES’ GOODS. SECOND OPENING 79 719 FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY, DAVIS’ Het October, will offer for the ailses, an eee gibt arsurtwent of ASD ‘TRIMMZD ROUND HATS, of the Latest Styles and Newest Materials, at DAVIS’, 719 Market Space, Corner 8th street. DVELTIES IN FANCY AND PLAID RIB- SILKS, &c., at BONS, PLAID SILK: pies N ote Porerass, NINTH STREET, ST. CLOUD BUILDING. DOUGLASS ABDOMINAT, CORSET, ne LACINGS, AND SPOON Busk, Ne. 1 35, 115 iw & iong, fuii regular, 24¢ Balbriggan How. extra Job lot Merino and Wool Hose, reat bargains. Baryains in all kinds of Fam ‘Comparison of prices invited. Goo DOUGLASS, Ninth street. GLOVE. MADAME HUNT desires to call special attention to the above Kid of her own huporta- Gon, which is eu: “l to be the Besr 15 [|] THE MARKET For THE Mower. ‘ ‘Alco, in stock the following well-known mahes of KID GhOVES ee oF BIG OLD. MEDAL JOU MONOGRAM in ® .dand 6 bi med a fil LEN HA E M.J. HUNT, 621 D street. oct? tr a THE LADIES OF WASHINGTON. I YRESSMARIN' As I have ren ES- ‘TABLISHME mere, to this to the most fartiiows, 1 our patronage, SB eee Pane ashionab oct?l.2w* RS. J. P. PALMER, M a 4107 F street, between 11th and 12th, Bae jst received an elegant line of CAMELS HAIR BONNETS axn HATS. most stylish Shapes and 2ODS, CASHMERE .S FEATHERS, WINGS. JET and other ORNAM! ALSATIAN BOW New Shades in JUGLA and MONOGRAM KID GLOVES. 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Great, Seveeina: uprights a specialty. Come and anK30 H. L. SUMNEE, 811 9th et. n. w. CLOTHING, RICE, dealer iu O'gesiian clone SPECIAL NOTICES. : ‘OLUMBIA TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, [ Saecrae cia were Tae ihe Union will be he'd THIS 0 o'clock in Frank} corner of C and 6th streets north- SEY Ohler of the Preadent It FRANK A. RHODERICK, Ree. Sec. MAN AMERICAN FIRE INSUR- 1-2" ANCE CoMpaNY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Owing to the ey ee it fs eae may confound this company wanthe Geruan American Netoual Bank. The Board of ‘Trustees therefore desire to inform the public, and especially all persons interested in said imeurance Company, that it ie an separate ‘corporation. and distinct corporatiep HALSTEAD, Secretary DERER, Treaaurer. octsL-St_ UNION M. E. CHURCH, 20th at., next é Pennsylvania ave. GV. Leecu, pastor. — Revival Services; Rev. J. A. 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"The first meeting for the 1 tof dnes will be held on the second MOND NING in Decet- ver next, at Davis’ Hall, No. 615 7th street, opposite of the above named officers will receive subscriptions for stock, ‘The dues on each share will be $2.30 per month. Each share gives the right to purchase an advance of $1,000, Which; with the premimm, is divided into one hun: dred monthly payments Sand the redemption of un- advanced stock aud the close of the association will begin when aseets can pay 335! percent. on the amount paid in on exch share. oet2treost q ror or Taxes, Ocroner 2th, 187%. The Tax Payers of the District will take notice that 3 siitied has received the duplicate of assess. of the taxes fe ading June 20th, 1879, and will be ready to Teceive paymient of the Taree at the office from and after the Finst Da¥ oF NoveMBER NEXT . One-half of said Tax is due November 1, 1878; the other half May Ist, 15° Parties who pay the whole of ty days from the first day of Nov deduction of (3) five per cent, the On somueh of the first half of waid T. vember Ist as shail not be paid during penalty of two per cent. will be added on the first day of each succeeding month thereafter until the same is paid or otherwise proceeded with as the law directs. ‘The law imposes a like penalty fornon-payment of the second half due May 1, 1879, if not paid within said month of May. JOHN F. COOK, oct24-tnov Collector of Taxés, we. TICE 1S_ HEREBY GIV ‘on and after November Ist, 1 gend of two (2) per cent. wil be paid om the Cap Stock on which all asseaments have been, paic ‘. Ost., and 8. W. Ry. Company, at the Com- Office, corner 3d and B sts., southwest. TEMPLE, Presiden R. 8. COWING. Secretar: oa oct2dtn [ <a MILBURN'S PHARMA’ 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. SODA and MINERAL WATERS on draught a/t Mf Lick, Bedford and Bethesda Waters by the eS HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, $17 NrxrH Sraver Norrawest, (Near the Avenue,) Have 500 Slate Mantels in stock and employ a large force of mechanics and artists in producing new de- signs and colors, and are filline all orders promptly at prices lower than ever offered, and, with a larze force of mechanics in their several trades of Plumb- ing, Furnace, Range, Stove, Tin and Copper work, solicit Jobbing orders. augSltr eS UNRIVALLED Is QUALITY AND Paice. Champagne Wines of MOET & CHANDON, MOET & CHANDON, Established 1843. RENAULD, FRANCOIS & CO., Sole Agents for U. 3. id Tax within thi nber, Will have a 8 due No- dmonth a novl-eoly ARLOW’SGALLERY OF FINEARTS 1225 Pennsylvania Avenue. ON FREE EXHIBITION AND FOR SALE, Oil Paintings, Engravings, Photogravures and Photographs. Frames in Russia Leather, Fire Gilt, Velvet, and Nickle, for Porcelains and Miniatures. Passepartouts and Mats to order. __ All the New Styles of Velvet and Silk Frames. Goid Frames of all ‘kinds for Portraits, Land- irrors, Picture Rods rnices 5 Pictures unpacked, packed, and hung up by con petent workmen. - ‘ ‘ Bilver, Gilt and Copper Wire (plain and twisted.) Screw Eyes, Nae, be" yes, i Cicanied and Restored se aes = HN. Biktow. work done on the premises, and guaranteed equal to any house in the country, and prices as low. All parties wishing work done, by note by mail will meet with prompt attention. A party ting that he has worked for me as 6 Restorer of Paintings ‘nd has injured some val. uable pictures, I warn all persons against. He is an r, and hag never worked for or with we. Ps CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER FIRM. N.B. aug’! PLAIN FACTS. TO BE CONVINCED, CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Business Suits, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 820. Dress Suits, . 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, $30. Fall Overcoats, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, $18. Winter Overcoats, 3.50, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 825. Diagonal Worsted Coats and Vests, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, $20. Black Cloth Frock Coats, 6, 8, 30, 12, 15, $20. Black Cassimere Pante, 4, 5, 6, 8, $10. Fancy and Drees Cassimere Pants, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, $8. Business Cassimere Pants, 2, 3, 4, 5, $6. Heavy Working Pants, 2, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, $2. Youths’ Suits, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, $15. Boye’ Suita, 4,5, 6, 7, 8,10, $12. School Buite, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, SB Children's Suite, 2.00, 3, 3.60, 4, 5, 6, 8, B10. ‘Youths? Overcoats, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, $15. Boys’ Overcoats, 5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, $10. Chijaren’s Overcoata, 2.25, 2.50, 3, 4, 5, Children’s Ulsters, 4, 5, 6, 8, $10. Men's Heavy Working Coats, #250, ‘Men's Double-breasted Box Coats, $3. Black Cloth Vests, 1.50, 2, 2.25, 2.50, 3, $4. A. STRAUS, 1011 Pennsylvania Acenue. Between 10th and 11th streets, » 88. oct] #tr NITED STATES 4 PER CENT. BONDS on hand for immediate delivery. Bixes, for sale. Bonds of D. ©., guaranteed by the United Or Registe Tourit aad eid pon or TRUNKS, TRONES, TRAVELING to | _Lanwest stock and ‘crcatest va GORE, c 4 wpa 1 SE ae tan WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1878. THE EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-Day.—Internal Supsceirrions to the four per cent. toan to- day amounted to $10.450. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.— The President has officially promulgated, through the State department, the convention which has been ratified between the United States and’ all the nations of Europe (except Great Britain), together with most of the South American repubtics, providing for the establl-h- ment and maintenance at Paris of an interna- tienal bureau of weights and measures. THE U.S. 8. LACKAWAXN, Capt. Ralph Chand- ler, sailed from San Francisco, Cal., yesterday, on aeruise along the coast of Mexico and Cen- tral America. .The U. S.8. Alaska, Capt. Geo. Brown, arrived at Callao, Peru, Octo- ber 234. aie THE PRESIDENT will leave this afternoon at 5:20 0clock for Baltimore to attend the Mary- land Institute fair. He will be accompanied robably by Secretaries Evarts and McCrary. ie will return late to-night More Norantes.—'che following appoint- ments made to-day make the number of no- tarles public for this District, appointed by the President, two hundred and five: Fred, G. Cal vert, W. T. Johnson, Alfred G. Haley. COMMISSIONED.—The President to-day signed the commission of Halbert E. Paine, of Milwau- kee, Wis., to be Commissioner of Patents from November Ist next, vice Ellis Spear resigned. ‘ut. Commander Charles. NAVAL. ORDER! M, Anthony to command the fron-clad steam Manhatian off Brandon, James River, on U ith November; Lientenant Thomas Perry to the Navai Observatory, Washington, D, November; Passed Assistant: Paymaster Stanton to duty as assistant to. the at the navy yard, New York; Lie Chesley from the commutnd of the November, and placed on waitin Lieutenant. Fr rk Sinver from the Sand ordered to proc mme and y ders; Passed Assistant dicks from duty and placed on waiting AN INTERESTING Vistr.—By Chinese Minister and suite, invitation the nin ninaber, all s, Visited the Cor- erday at 2 and th severally auiced, ed. through the gal! ries. care the different objects of art and evincing an latelligent interest in them all. Many of the party speak English quite tiuently, Which enabled them to receive imll explanations of the chief pictures, statues id bronzes Without an interpreter After re- ning fo) alt they took ave, Cvidentiy well pleased with their Visit. THE ConTRacr for furnishing, delivering, fit- Ung and putting in pltee. complete the rolled 1 beams, etc., for the first tier of the pro- posed building “for the ‘Treasury Bureaw of Printing and Engraving has been awarded to Mr. WH. H. Robinson, of this city, the lowest bidder; price $3.2 THE AMOUNT OF Cory IN THE TRE ReSUMPTION.—On the Ist i ance in the ‘Treasury was $: to the following liabilit 5 debt 6 SURY FO} coin bal- T, sab, rest due and interest has i 674,670; Unclaimed interest, $9.54 bonds’ called for resumption, $41,500; Littti Car nd leay- mi for restumption plirposes, it snot likely that the debt statement to be is- U to-norrow will materially change this showing. matured making total r, W. H. Doolitte, acting Commissioner of The number of applications received ‘The total receipts of te expenditures, $565,906 Of $58,051 pe 1d Jeaving TLUres, £50,000 in the fire of 1 The receip were $42, the expenses. intention of the law, simply cover tradesmark the views of iny predec this fee should be paid on tiling the application and the remainder on allowance Mr. Doolittle reports that 10,563 models dan aged’ by fire and *,000 nodeis injured by r in the recent fire’ have been restored. Atten- tion is called to the crowded condition of the of- which causes much embarrassinent in the of the oft Tagree wi or that a part only of A GANG OF Co The Cumber- land Neves states that for several days past a gang of counterfeiters have been operating in Frostburg and Lonacontng, Md., and had suc. ceeded in passing a large quantity of spurious silver halves and which, it 1s said, they have ti ged in manufacturing. On P. Smith, the bailiff at Frostburg, suc uspected partic te at Frostbur; ant of evider ‘The man had in his possession a valise, whic the justice did not consider he had any autho ity to open in the search for evidence. ‘The v lise was opeued on Monday by a deputy United States marshal, when it was found fo contain a humber of counterfeit silver halves and quar ters. aud a quantity of amaterkal used in| ducing the counterfeits, HALF 4 MILLION oF ram from Petersbur, . Sat} P Will Of the late Mr. Robert F. Leslie, de ing property variously estimated at from th hundred aiid Mifty tiousand to half a million dollars in value, when opened, was found to ignore one of the nephews, who was made a Joint heir in a previous will of 1865. ‘The ne will bears date 1 ‘The nature of its contents and the € au Of one of the nephews were wholly unsuspected. As opposition was made to the probation of the will Judge Mann, of the Hustings court, seta day at the next monthly term of the court for the purpose, and caused publication to be made that all. parties in inte: est be present. Mr. John MeGill was appointe curator, Litigation fs to be insticuted to set the last will aside, but on what grounds has not yet transpire DON'T BELIRVE IN AN OPgN SEA.—Capt. son, Of the Arctic schooner Florence, which hi just returned to New London, Conn. from the Aretic waters, expresses his doubt ‘as to the existence of anopen polar sea. He says it is impossible for one to exist ina land which sees no sun six months in the year where the cold is ‘so Intense as in the vicinity of the pole. CONGRESSMAN ACKLEN INDORSED.—The demo- erats of St. Mary’s parish, La.. ata large inass meeting heid last wee animously indorsed Hon, Jos, H. Ac! . declaring their entire dis- belief of the scandals in regard to Mr. Acklen, and expressing a determination to give hin a hearty support for Congress. Mr. Acklen resides in St. Mary’s parish. Paintep Fowis ar 4 Farr.—In the Kingston (Canada) poultry exhibition, the judges” had some of tbe game fowls washed tn a water, and it was discovered that the only common fowls painted SHOT DEAD BY A DRUNKEN GAMBLER.—Mon- day night Baldy Ford. a noted gambler, sho! and instantly killed Jolin Russell, a Texas cat Ue man, at Sturgis City, 12 miles from Dead- woed, D.T. cause assigned for the r intoxicated and want- Ford isin jail, ; DAUGHTER.—A tele- gram from Tro; 29th, ys: Jesse Billings visited his daughter, Jennie, In Fort Miller 2 terday, and, notwithstanding his earyest’ en treaties, she declared that she would never liv - with him again, Dr. LUKE P. BLACKBURN, Who has distin- guished himself in caring for the yellow fever victims, Wil ey, be the next governor of Kentucky le was tendered a grand ovation at Louisville on his retarn trom the stricken districts. ed to kill somebody, made him stay bim to town. ~ f2-The Kev.J. V. Lynn, Mass., under bail for several has ran away and lett hts boud=men to pay.” TWO CITY BANKS CLOSED. THE GERMAN AMERICAN NATIO. AL BANK AND THE GERMAN AMERICAN SAVINGS BAN. Depesitors Looking After Their Money. What is Said About the Failures, ‘rhe officers of the German American National Bank, in consequence of heavy drafts being prevented reducing the amount of cash on hand, and some of their securities not having realized the amount expected, yesterday after- boon requested the Comptroler of the Treasury to take charge of the bank. This morning Mr. b. U. Keyser, one of the Treasury examine appeared atthe banking house, corner of 7Uh and ¥ streets, and took charge, and he is to-day making an examination. At an early hour this morning numbers of depositors and other vente sons holding checks, appeared at the bank, bul found the doors closed. Around the doors of German Amesican Savings Bank, (the next door on F street), hundreds of people gathered, only to find a placard which informed them that “In consequence of the suspension of the Ger- mer American National Bank this bank fs closed.” ‘The crowd was orderly, and the po- lice had but little trouble to keep a passage Way open, Many seemed to be under the im- pression that at least the National Bank would come out all right, while others insinuated that only the small dey tors would suffer, and that the heaviest depositors had drawn their balances yesterda; he friends of the man- agement asserter that such statements were false. Mr. Keyser is busy th fternoon making the examination of the books of the National Bank, He has no doubt but the depositors will be paid in full, the stockholders are responsible, and they will be called ipon to make up any ‘deti- ciencies, CONSULTATION OF THE DIRECTORS YESTERDAY. ‘The tailure, so far as the national bank offi: prs are concered, did not_ come upon them like e bell in the night.” Yesterday all the lors were called Together at the bank and a tof Its condition was then read to them. The result of the meeting was that it deemed best to close the bank, because re were demands made upon it, whieh ft Wh they could not meet without sacrificiy pts under the hammer, which would not bring the amount of the banks’ claim on the mortgage From the best information attainable the de- posit account ayeregated about $325,000, ‘This was, however, distributed among quite a nuun- Yer of depositors, although there were many large individual deposit accounts. The banks’ principal busivess was among the Germans of the city. and quite a number of German firms kept their aceounts with the national bank. It does not appear that the savings bank, which after all, was buta flyer to the national bank, engaged in many wild-cat speculations, They aid invest, though some years ago, in real ¢ tate, and ‘made ‘loans thereon, and to-day tue property upon which the liens are held would not, under the hammer, make the bank whole. If the national bank had done its own legit mate business it would have been solvent t day, but the savings bank loans on real estate, which the law forbids a national bank to do, was the cause of the trouble. LAST STATEMENT OF THE BA 5 On the 12th instant the national bank made the following s it of the bank’s liabilities and assets on the 1st to the Comptroller of the Currency. ‘The statement ts signed by Charles E. Prentiss, cashier, and John Hitz, R. B, Don- alson and Christain Ruppert, directors. Our $s and discounts, $151,3: overdratts, $2,! "8. bonds to secur lation, $70.000.00 bonds on had, $50.0 other stocl nd mort due from reterve age’ due from other national banks, & due from state banks and bankers, $10, furniture and fixtures, $149 penses and t premium. paid, $6,000. ash items. $12,2%5. Liabilitic surplus tund, ek paid in, $130,000.00; undivided " protits. received from con, dividual deposits demand certiticates of dey certtied chee lue to 1 bank slate $2,000, irewlating nation banks aud IN REAL THE STATE, HE STAR to-day called "pon the representative of the govera rge of the German National Bank 3 examiner, and asked “what is the immediat is failure or suspension? Weil, sir. it arises from a number The bank to-day, if left to work out rourse of time, It invested its surplus de_ posits in real estate in the District. ‘These tn- vestments were made from time to time whea fe was much higher inthis market than it now is. The asests of the bank are valuable, yery valuable assetts, but are not available. You can readily appreciate what I mean. If you had a imortgage du valuable property which Teil due and the mortgagee paid the intere: you would not care 10 press payment with a de- pressed market when you knew in the end you Were thoroughly secure. Well, the s bank ts just in this position. It has loaned its surplus assets on real estate in this Distric Such loans are good enough, but they cannot b! ailable. The bauk has been pressed for ready cash by its depositors on hand to pay. ‘To pro- © were Dut Lio courses to ale of its realty inv e or suspend, n the interest of it§ creditor to suspend. I think the bank ww of causes. its own salvation, could, in due pay dollar for dolla: of the bi thonght be: nk, pay Its depositers dollar for do! very le: the dolla n contident it will pa E. Prentiss, He Ss present during the in! coincided with Bank “Examiner editors would be paid ta Star:—What line of deposits had you? Were there many small was your busi- ness confined to a few with large accounts? Cashier:—-We did quite an extensive business, We had a line of depositors who did a heavy deposit business with us, but still we had quite a large number of small depositors.” THE FACT AS T0 THE FAILURES of the two concerns boiled down seems to be about this: The savings bank did all of the L vestinent of money in real estate. It made its investments when ope Was at its flood tide of value. The National Bank helped them out. Practically both concerns are one, for the stock- holders of the bank were the beneficiaries of the savings bank. The law forbids a National Bank to Invest in realty. The savings bank seems to have been organized as a helper to the bank, to enable its officers through the savings bank to make such investments as ft could and make as a national bank. Real estate was bought at current prices, and when demands were made by creditors of either concerns, the one helped the other out. The national bank helped the neers bank until it had to stop to protect {tself, and the pressure being continued upon both, they both collapsed. MK. MATTINGLY, THE SECRETARY OF THE SAVINGS <BANK, = in his opinion the suspension fs due iu a measure to the shrinkage in real estat that the building in which it ts located (the Fed- eral buildings) was purchased when property Was up, and “has cost them about $200,000, and that of late it not been paying: He. has no donbt but that the depositors will all be paid, and Js of the optuion that the savings bank Is right. states U Adoiph Ch rai on onit tt, 108e3 $5,080 by Adoiph Cluss, thearchitect, loses $5,050 by the failure. Jerry,” the President’s coachman, Jost his little savings, $450, The bank was tit agent of the Germania Life Insurance Company of New York; the conn will lose heavily, it 1s thonght—about $30,000 or $35,000, The bank has paid no dividend for the past 15 mouths. The stockholders are personally lia- ble for the amount of their shares, ‘The statements made to the board of direc- tors usualiy showed a balance on deposit, run- ning from $300,000 Lo $350,000, and from this it willbe seen that the bank ‘was doing a large business. igrass, who, it will be remember- Dr. J. E. Snod: ed, has been caught in all the failures of recent years, comes in this time for a few hundred dol- sited over $500, thus showing that he had faith in the institution, Mr. Hitz, the president, announces his decis- sion to give up every piece of he has, rather the depositors Sumter loss, The N: iblican. com- condition of the bank, and generally left with- out making much to do about it, feeling assured that the failure was not as bad as had been reported. By noon there were but a few more than the usual number of people about the cor- ner, and among those were some with the cash in hand ready to buy up the claims of deposi- tors. There were few or no sales; certainly no depositors to take the offer of 50 cents on the dollar, which seemed to be the margin. ‘The fatiure of the bank created quite a stir in the departments. A considerable number of clerks over a thonsand dollars. : The hank was not a depositing one, so the government had no funds whatever in it. TRE CONTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY slates, with reference to the German National Bank, that owing to the large amount of real estate loans carried by it, that fander his in- structions no dividends have been ld to its shareholders since it became a national bank. ‘The reports made to his office of the condition f the bank show that the amount of realestate assets have been largely reduced within the past year, which would indicate that the con- dition of the bank was improving, rather than growing worse. WHO WILL BE RECEIVER? Late this afternoon Controller of the Currency Knox had appointed no receiver for the bank. He will, it is understood, designate as receiver Mr. B. U. Keyser, who is now by his direction acing aS an examiner of the defunct institu- tion. THE BANK BUILDING. One of the investments which the bank made was the purchase of the ground and appurte- nances on the corner of 7th and F streets, known the Federal building. It is understood that the price pald aggregated 200.000. Experts say that to-day, under the hammer, it would not bring half of that sum. The hank. too, has been unfortunate in its rental of the building, and it is suid that the amount of rents received frow it were not enough to pay a reasonable rate of in- terest on the Investment. ADDITIONAL. FACTS, Attached to the savin S a nationat deposit bank, ‘This was for the accommodation of those persons who had eash or other valu- ables which they desired to place in. the cust ay of the deposit company for safe keepin: This Class of patrons were mmodated Ww in What fs supposed to be fire and its. It may be stated that this class of depositors will not loose a doliar, and can get possession of their valuables on de> mand, ‘The officers of the banks promise to make a statement to-morrow covering the actual condi- tion of both the national bauk and the savings bank. It should likewise be borne in mind that the notes of the national bank will be pald on de- mand, as the Treasury is aimpiy indemnified tn United States bonds for the redemption of such notes. h K OFFICERS, an-American National Bank were: John Hitz, president; R. B. Donald- son, vice president; Prentiss, cashier; F, Austin, assistant cashier; and Rudolph Old- The officers berg bookkeeper. ‘The capital of the bank was $130,000, ‘The officers of the German-American Savings Bank were: John Hitz, president; R. B. Donal son, vice president; William F. Mattingly, se retery; C. E. Prentiss, treasurer; Samuel F. Mattingly, assistant treasurer, THE ENEMIES OF GEN. JOsErH E. JOHNSTON. who a candidate for Congress in the Rich- mond (Va.) district, having published a circular designed to prejudice the Irish voters against lum, charging him with having a couple of Irish Adiers shot for a trivial offense during the sof the late war, Gen. Johnston has ed _a card pronouncing the cireular z He says its only foundation 1s in the two soldiers of Wheat’s Louistana bat- talion were convicted and sentenced to death for the highest military crime—mutiny—by a generai court-martial. ‘The act was the attack ing an officer and guard with deadly weapo: to release prisoners under their charge. ‘The seutence of death was that. preseribed for this crime not only by Confederate law, but by the Jaws of all European nations. He had no power to pardon such criminals, and, the proceedin: being regular, there was no pretext for dela Gen. Johnston says he has no reason to think the men executed were Irishmen, aud that long acquaintance with the Irish as. soldiers in pressed hima with the belief that they are infe- rior to none in fidelity a ourage. The INCOME TAX SUITS AGAINST MR. TILDEN, AU Pittsburg, Pa., in the U.S. Cireuit Court, be- fore Commissioner Gamble, the case of’ the United States against Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, was reached yesterday. A number of railroad officials had been subpenaed to testify in regard to Mr. Tilden’s income from railroad ‘The only witness examined was W. V. M. Hut! inson, secretary and treasurer of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway, who testitied that between the years 1861 and 1872 $50,000 had been paid Mr, Tilden for professional services rendered in that time. He also testified tha Mr. Tilden had, from time to time, sent diffe ent sums of money there to be invested in rail- road enterprises, and that dividends had been sent him from Pittsburg. The amounts of in- vestments and dividends could not be detinitely stated without reference to the books. ‘THE ROBBERY OF THE MANHATTAN Savi Baxk, in New York, is being used to the disad- Vantage of Mr. Augustus Schell, the Tammany nominee for mayor, who is one of the director and whose brother, Mr. Edwin Schell, is pre: dent of the bank. His enemies claim that Mr. Schell, as a director, was negligent in permit Ling the janitor to have knowledge of the com- bination lock of the vault, and argue that as he was so careless in this matter it would be un- wise to place the affairs of a whole city under hiscontrol. On the other hand, Mr. Schell pro- poses to demonstrate at a ratification meeting one evening this week that he could no more ave prevented the robbery that he could pre- vent the flowing of the tides. ARRI ON A CHARGE OF MURDER.—At Nov folk, Va., yesterday morning, Constable J. Kelium, of Princess Anne county, left on the steamer N. P. Banks for the Eastern Shor having in custody a man named Samuel Sh rar, charged with the murder of Wm. Drum- mond, of Accomac county, in an affray at Drum. tmondtown 16 years ago. Sherrer was a block- ade runner, and the killing occurred while the party were on a drunken spree. A Farner’s Farat Snor.—Last Friday asad cccurrence took place hear Beverly, West Vi ginia, Where two boys, thirteen and nine years cTage, were accidentally shot, one being Killed. It appears that two men, named Hill and Stol- backer, were out hunting wild turkeys, and, upon returning home, heard something behind afence. Thinking that the noise was caused by turkeys, Hill raised his gun and fired. Just as he did so there was a seream and y going to the spot Hill disco’ that he shot his. son through the left lung, and that the ball had broken the left arm of Stolnacker’s son. The evening was very f ; and the boys inad se- creted themselves behind the brush fence, and began to yelp in order to make their parents be- lieve that they were turk tlie be oeaea oligo claimed hat the paragraph which appeared recently in . Louis paper that Miss Hazeltine, oreo city, was betrothed to ex-Gov. Tilden Was com- municated to a reporter by ladies having in charge a giand charitable entertainment in Which Miss Hazeltine was to aj as the bride in “The Mistletoe Bor the Object be- ing Lo attract a crowd to see the supposed bride- elect of Mr. Tilden, The stratagem of the la- dies worked successfully, save that none of them had taken into account the possibility of the so- ciety item being telegraphed, or of it grtag be- yond St. Louis readers. The hoax has been the talk of St. Louis, and last Sunday eveniug Rev. John Spyder, pastor of one of the con- eee of the city, (the Church of the Trin- ity.) took the matter for a text, and based upon iUa severe denunciation of those ladies who en- comes and stimulate the publication of society WS. A SERIOUS PRAIRIE FIRE swept across the southern half of Turner county, Dakota, Tues- day, and destroyed a large quantity of grain and hay. Mrs. James Rol and child were caught out on the prairie by the fire. The child was burned to death, and Mrs. Roland so seri- ously that she cannot recover. Focxp DvING Ix THE Woops.—A man was found unconscious in the woods near Clifton. Staten Island, on Monday. He seemed to be suffering from some narcotic poison. On being taken to the police station in Stapleton he re- vived sufliciently to tell the sergeant that. name was John Grey, and that he was born in 1813. At7 o'clock in the evel he died. He Was stout and well dressed, looked like an Englishman, In his pocket was a small piece ef paper, on which was Will forgive me.”—{¥. ¥. "The Ohio republican state commit written:—*I hope God cs Which Gen, John C. Robinson is chairman, issued a rh address, deposits in it ranging from ten to | | entered the chamber TWO CENTS. (For Tur Stan. The Yellow Fever. TTS PAST AXP PRESENT MALIGNITY COMPARED. During the past two months we have {re- quently read in the newspaper reports that the yellow fever this season had assumed a highe grade of malignity than ever known before: one evidence of its severity was that negroes for the first time in the history of the disease have not been exempt from attack and fatal re- sults. The records prove that during the pre- sent century many negroes in the southern states have died of this pestilence, In 1817 the fever broke out in New Orleans and Natchez and swept away many hundreds. In Charleston it was very severe, attacking n: tive whites and s. In 1819 an extensiv revalence of yellow fever existed. It visited ston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore at the same time it did me hen cane “= Nateher. The people generally fied, and out 0 900 that remained in Natctez 250 died. It ts said that even the domestic animals felt the in- fiuence of the m. Many died, and even the wild deer in the neighboring forest perished. The pestilence also ascended the navigable rivers and penetrated for some distance int) the country. Di this year—1819—the total number of deaths in Baltimore was 330. Sep- tember was the worst month. During its 30 days 640 persons were attacked, and 242 died. ‘That year the fever was very general fatal in the West Indi Also in Spain. At Cadiz, out of a population of 72,000, 48,000 took the fever and 5,000 died. In 1820 Philadelphia was again aMicted with the yellow fever. The number of cases re- ported was 125, the deaths $3. The followin: year Baltimore lost. 173 of its inhabitants, a ‘orfolk also suffered by the Mss of 160. After 1821 the cities north and south enjoyed an exemption from any serious visitation of tis terrible pestilence for twenty-eight years. In December, i849, yellow fever made lis appear: ance in Rio de Janeiro, South America disease spread slowly at nrst, then rapidly, 2 Was Very malignant. It made no distinction of ‘or condition, but attacked all tndis- ately. In many houses not a siugle occu- pant remained alive. The blacks and 1 Taces attacked nearly all recovered, but pure European blood Su ibly. members of the foreign lecations die f deputies and t ‘The usual terro . the hash in the streets, led the pi the cil of the Empe: pension of busin ence of the pestilence, the churc suspended but death.” Dr. the number of cases at 160,600, 10,600, From Rio the fever trave thing was smant estimate | ad the deaths ward. In it reached the orthern of South America. 1852 ft fell with £ force on the West india isian Mm iss it visited the islands of ue vibbean Sea Gult of Mexico, and from he Orleans, and a'sad scourge it The fi spread to a5 to that city ent on languidly during the month of nd was not fully established until th week in July. From this time tt raged most fearfully until November. During the month of August 5,269 persons died. ‘The popu- lation of New Orleans was then estimated at 125,000; Of these 29.020 were attacked, and 5,156 died of this terribie fever. Negroes. children and natives alike sickened and died. In many of the smaller towns the mortality was frigit- ful. At Providence the population, by flight. Was reduced to about 400; of these 339 sickened, and 165 died. At Vicksburg, with a reduced Population of about 3.000, there were 2,100 sic! and 500 deaths. In J: out of 690 remained, 350 were attacked, and 112 died, number of deaths in Mobile was. 1, out of population of 18,000. During this year Philadel- phia lost 128 by yellow fever. In 1854 the disease again advanced northward. wannah, Augusta und Charleston sitt severel, Tt was noticed with astonishment that even negroes who had been born Charleston died of this disease. One case ts re corded of an old negress, »4 yea of age, 2 who had passed unharmed through three epi- demics, and yet died of black vomit. The pes- Ulence continued its mareh norihward. The year following, 1855, it sorely aftiieted Norfolk and Portsmouth. On the 7ihof Jane the steamer Benjamin Franklin arrived from St. Thouias, West Indies, where the fever wes prevailing at the time of the vessel's departure. On the day after her arrival at Gosport one of the erew was sent to the naval hospital, where he died in few hours of black vomit. On the 5th of July boiler maker, who steamer’s machinery, the sth he was a corp: followed in quic July 27 cases and s deaths had ocenr) port. It continued to spread, and lat t crossed the river to Norfolk. Several tut Ual citizens fell victims to its fury, and a y commenced. The populatio smouth w oon reduced from 11,000 to 4.000; (hat of Nor- folk from 16,000 to 5,000. Meanwhile the fev advanced with rapid stridesamong the remns of the population. On the 23d of August the Portsmouth Transcript was compelled to stop. the force having been reduced to the editor and one compositor. On the 24th, in Norfolk, there K, and ext day 40 burials. physicians had died and others wer On the 25th the mayor of Norfolk died at his post, the collection of revenue was suspend- ed, and the corporation treasury locked uy), and the city was left in the hands of the Howard Assoaaiion. z During the first. week in September the epi- demic “had reached its heizht, the dears amounting to 80a day. The entire duration of the epidemic was 137 days. ‘The mortality, both cities, was estimated at 4.000, forty-five per cent. of the total population. Out of sixty phy- sicians and nurses who volunteered and went [0 — the Howard Association, twenty-tive Such tsa brief history of the terrible pesti- lence during six successive years, commencing in Rio de Janeiro in 1549, and ending in Norfolk, Va., in isis. Its steady and rezular march from the center of South America. northward to the center of North America, furnishes an interest- ing subject for the frien der over, and, if possible, effect sanitary measures pproaching pestilence tra om ANY part of the glope. The Vellet tn the power of han to con: 10] these deadly plagues—the wholesale slancii- ter of the human race—is daily gaining ground among those who have investigated the pli nomena of epidemics. vb. Anderson’s Affidavit. ‘THE £0-CALLED SHERMAN LETTER A “PUT UP JOB.” The Philadelphia Press to-day publishes the sworn statement of James E. Anderson, : supervisor of East Feliciana parish, made te before a nota yublic in that cit) pon the authenticity of the Sherma! esr ox letter, alle to — been fen @ present Secretary of the Treas- ury to Anderson and Weber, in New Orleans, on November 20, 1876, and other matters connected with the Potter committee. It sets forth that on the 9th day of June, 1878, after he had testi- fied before the Potter committee on Louisiana affairs, he met in Philadelphia Weber, who, in tas in posscasion of sald tte. al would testy of r, and woul ty in favor of the democrats before the Potter com- inittee for the sum of $10,900, and that Anderson repeated the conversation to J. R. Sypher, at- torney of Philadelphia, a personal friend and chum of Hon. Cla . Potter, | Sherman, as then com- oe oe with an aut iph of Mr. herman. é: at Brady's in Washi n, and ex to Weber doubt of its genuine- ations in the testimony of Et Weber ‘and the ions , efforts made to fasten the letter upon the Secre- ence in her at 9 o'clock yesterday morning insen- sible, her wrists bound t ‘with and F i : Telegrams to The Star. TRAMPS CAPTURE A TRAIN. SHOCKING CHILD MURDER. Horrible Tragedy in Tennessee. EUROPEAN MACHINATIONS. FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ‘The Situation in Turkey. Loxvox, Oct A Constantinople dispatci to the Times Savs:—The rumor that Une Porte had sent a note to the powers complaining of the formation of armed bands in Bulgaria ts, au least, premature. Such representations were made to Prince Labanoff, Russian ambassador to Constantinople, but he dented positively the correctness of the assertion upon which the representations were founded, and the Porte has telegraphed to the governor of Salonica to verify the previous information, The Times, editorially commenting on the foregoing denial of Prince Labanoff, says:—“ We can w and it as referring only to the complicity of Russia in the movement. The fact of the inovement Is beyond ali doubt. Nor would it be easy in the present posture of affairs to exaggerate ts im- portance. However tt may have originated, 1s existence is a fact which England and Burope miust take into account.” Machinations. The Londo Jegraph Says: “The machinas tions which threaten the fulfillment of an Ba- “an settlement are closely watched, and will be thwaried by the resolute vigilance of Lord Beavconstield’s government. With the loyal support of France and Austria, and the approval of Germany, the treaty of Berlin will be sustained to the letter,” Engiand’s Allies. Lonpox, Oct, 31. Rombay dispatch to the daily Teleyraph s Intelligence has been re- ceived here which Justifies the confidence of the English people tu the loyalty of the Indian princes. Offers of aid are coming from all di- rections. The native troops are eager to ad- vance on Afghanistan, ‘The tone of the Jar press is all that could be desired. ‘Ti inthe Persian guif have been severely 1S of thelr boats have been es ‘The Situation in Vienna, Loxpos, Oct. Daily "4 Vienna correspondent says: * 1 in well- informed circles, that, Count Andrassy contemn- plates the dissolution of | th Thuday immedi: Srath On avity I not adept i nuless cou A Rothschild BReromes a Cathe! Panis. Oct rhe Ca ~ Marca! Rothschild has applied tor admissic To the Catholic churel marryh with the Du SHOCKING IN 'TENV- ; h and fatally = in an altercation concerning the of cotton. uk Warpool, who was rrest Cloyd, summoned Dr, Ray- MeWhirter and John Osborne to They went to the house of Joun Wi on red, and found him heavily med with tw . tnd Saw lwo prin from th They took Willa pd down the turnptk overtake (lc would dat Green Hill, a village not far distant. When in front of Dr. Jolin Gleave’s residence McWhirter went into {( 10 leave a gun he had borrowed, thinking the danger had sed. McWhirter and Gleaves started out to el the posse, but as they reached the door a brisk firing with pistols on the turnpike com- menced, When they reached the seene of action Warpool and Joun Cloyd lay dead on the road, and Dr. F mind to be the a . TWO men Who were supposed to have been with the attacking party ran of Arrested for Wilkes- Says: Woman of faslion, a resident this elty, was arrested here charge of betug privy to the d mate child, ‘ihe corpse was discovered ina cave hole of amine, bruised about tts head in several places, and bore marks of violence upon other partsof its body. A rope tightly drawn srouUd The throat Was also one of Uhe means |. Miss Selmer was Neged crimbuality a brother. rity f Wana to-day uF th of Megit— issipy change of Conductor Sprigz about one hundred tramps. conduetor to start his t down of, traimps thereupon seve beat the condue’ <i started the lrain themselves, and were running ft to suit Themselves at last account Burned to Death, Rienstoxp, Oct. 3 R, Page, a prominent member “at, Was burned to death lon, ZaeDowelll county, y ordered the 1, Which he refused to The Markets. BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.—Virvinia sixes, old, 20; do. consolidated, 52°. ; do. mecoud " st due coupons be North Caro. Old, 163; do. new, to-day. TUAETIMORE, Oot St Garton fi a Sau 1 » Oct. $1.—C lat and irregular— middling, nominally 9. Flour more active and steady—Hor street and Western super, 2.75a3.50; do. extra, 3.75a4.12; do. family, 4.50a5.00. city milla super, %.00a3.50; do. extra, 4.00a4 25: do. Itio brands, | Wheat, kouthern: 5.120525; Patapsco family, 6.00. scarce and firmer: firmer and higher- ‘western southern red, 1.00a1.04: do. amber, 1.05a1.09; No. ia red, 10s%: No. 2 western winter d November, 1.01',a.014 ; December, 1.044. Corn. southern anord pet — 2 Pennsylv red, spot adh: December, 46% and ftinn—southern, | do. mixed, 25a27 ; Peansy | southern, S8a60." Hay dull and. by } Sat and nominal. Bulk mests—loose shoulders, clear rib sides, 47,a5 percar had. Butter weak bi t quotably lower for cho:ce—western, packed als. “Petroienm dull and nominal—erade, 36: refined, 9. Coffee duil woes, 13al6. Whisky quiet, m nary, westes ia, 2 alll. Freichts to Livery Receipte—flour, 3,750: w 4 ‘ate, 1.1100. ents—wheat, 59,500. ‘ORK, Oct. 31.—Stocks strong. Mi 5. exchange, long, 481; ehort, 487 Corn firm: LONDON, Oct aif per cent bonds, 105: do. preferred, 3136. 1 vania Central, 34. New ing, 13%. 31, <2 Morr Mormons ror UraH.—Among the pas- sengers who arrived by the Wy yester= day were 10 Mormon tissionaries and 150 eon- verts, more than one-half of the latter being young people. ‘The number of each sex was about equal. “All had the appearance. of being strong and healthy. With the ex oa few Scandinavians they were from Great Brie tain and seemed content with their fuvare ects, They will start for Utah to-day. ‘St spring about 3,000 Mormons have this country. Geo. Barber, one of the mission. aries, said that the converts under his : miners a y readily the Mor- mon faith,” he said, “and the question of polyg- amy is not ignored. In fact, we find it one of : our easiest articles of faith vo inculcate. No members of the party are now amy, because we believe that living in polyg- 2x Taz Fitz Joun Porrar Case, at ew Tork, y after strong position. judge advocat the board id to permit the nee i