Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1879, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, PUBLISHED DAILY, Fxcept Santizy, AT THE 8TAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, Corner Lith Street, ax The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Fup ByEnine Brn in served vo subscrivers 1m Sanus per week, or &f conta por month, Govies s: the taal mall~postae prepald— » 2 cents each. SGeents s mouth; one year. 36. I rida, Services, (ane Sermon on “The Atonement,” by Dr. REA ) ening, a TH o'clock. “Beate free. All cxrdialls invited. It CEP, VATRY MEN'S ASSICTXTION WILL hod TS ea Biscarned mrcctinoy at Monee Vern ail, Sormer 7th street and New York aveaue, on ATU: x Yr, lath inst., at 7 0’clock. fe STOUT. AAGHIN W. HOLUAND, Secretars. UNION ARMs !—you are request to mest oN s!—You are nest ato at Grand Army Holl THie ENING. at 7 o'clock. for the purrose of expre'a nz ou: appreciation of the aciton taken by th Ni y Guards in dis. ying the Stars and Stripes on their return to Tenia. It’ HOLY OKOSS CHURCH—Cor. Mmaacau- ectis.ave_and 18th st— Easter, Rervicas— Sat Urcay, Easter Even—O leuration of Hoi; Rion, 7% a m,: Litany, 12 m. Evenins, 1% p. 0. Sermon on “The State of the Beparted.” by Rov. Jory J. Joxcx, of St. John’s church. Eastcr Day nr day—Firs:' c~ ebrat on at 736 a.m; Litany, Ghoral. seoon~ celebration 22 am. Evening, Soug and Lectus. 735 p.m. ‘syil-zt NEW BUILDING A-SOCIATION —THE Ce any WASBINGTON ‘O-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOC! STION wil: meet N&X TE MO DAY NIGHT. Ith inst. at 7 o'clock, in the hall of Association, No. 615 7th st., opposite the Patent Office. By order of Directors. the books for #.0-k subscriptions WILL BE CLOSED at this meeting, where constitutious msy be obtained, and the last oppertunity offered to those who desire to become cEDP OBERT McMURRAY, President. |. P. CALLAN. Treasnre>. anit pUaburcos, Secretary. apll-2t {Post and Republican} [ABO] C—T! Stated Convoration of EUREBA IS 26.80 4, will be Leld FRI- DAY EVENIRG, the instead of balf Lith inst’, at seven o'clock; tseven. Members are request to be per mnt in their attendance. By order of the MEBSB.P. ‘apid-2t 8. JNO. THOMSON, Secretary. SING INTEREST —Rev. THos. ‘Hanius, Evanselict. conducts revival ser vices TO-NIGHT st Hauline M. & Church, corner Sthand P ste. Praise meeting at 7. Revival service 7:30 p.m. aps." ‘TWO REVIVAL SERVICES TONIGHT ES a aaiine Me, Onnreh, conducted by Kev. Tpomas N, Evangelist. 7, for the Wo:kers; 7:20, Bevival. aol ee oneal Fe INSURANCE 00. OF D. Eo i frieud. in the above Rap Oe re ‘Secupied with the duties theretore decline to be Board of Manage: face onthe tit of Apri ‘will support the old Boar. 0 may be selected in the place of those jon. FLODOARDO HOWARD, M. D., 617 F street n. ee V%, 58—N®, 8,119. SS Rn a cepa eS FE EEE ET The f nening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY. APRIL 1, 1879. THE EVENING STAR. Washington Nows and Goasip GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAT- enue, $225,059.17; customs, $251.21: Sunscrtptions to the four per cent. certificates to-day amounted to $122.97 SECRETARY SHERMAN will return from New York late this afternoon, on the limited ex- press. AT THE Waite Hovse.—Senators Plurab and Saunders and Representatives Anderson, Haw- ley and Forsythe called on the President to- di ‘Internal rev- Nominations To-pay.—The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to- day :—Robert P. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S.consul at Moscow; W. Elwell Goldsbo- rough, N.C., do. at Amoy. Indlan Agents— Edmund A. Swan. N. Siletz ageacy, Orezon; John C. Smith, N. y., Pawnee agency, Indian ‘Territory. David M. Guitera to be assistant surgeon In the navy. Also a number of army promotions. AT THE CABINET MEETING tO-day Secretary Evarts called attention to information received from Samoa as to a threatened outbreak there. One of the vessels on the South Pacific station will besent there to protect American residents. ‘The Secretary of State also stated that he had information from one of the remote South Sea- islands—Tapatenea, one of the Gilbert group— that on account of revolts and insurrection the residents were in danger of their lives and had cailed on the United States for protection. Ob- jection was made to sending a U.S. vessel to the island because the disturbance was a Iccalone only. It was agreed, however, that humanity demanded that protection should be given by the United States if possible. It was decided that the vessel which will visit Samoa Shall proceed from there to the protection of the revolutionary island. REPRESENTATIVES Wilbur, Slemons, Money, Bingham and Manning were at the P. O. de- partment to-day to examine personally into the extent of its need of additional clerical force. The visitors were shown over the third assistant’s division by Mr. W. M. Morton, acting third gssistant P. M.G. An amendment grant- ing this division nine additional clerks was passed by the House in committee of the whole to-day. JARRIAG) BR" us wo Bitiahnenl oh wD, MORES strect n.w. marétr TSertected ments with the in “ta suthor zed by Tecsut sc of the! fae wotbat with possible cost and deley ‘wo can serve partice interested and will gladiy im- rest ? MIDDLETON & OO., Bankers. LUMBER. LUMBER. LUMBER. ONE DOLLAR WILL BUY 100 FEET OF BOARDS. ORE DOLLAR 100 FEET OF BOAHDS. CNB DOLLAR WILL BUY 190 FEET OF BOARDS, aT WILLET & LIBBEY’S, PROSITE NORTHEEN LIBERTY MARKET, OOR. SIXTH STREET AND NEW YORK AVE. marll-tr C= BUPPEBT, No. £08 7th Street n we HEADQUARTERS FoR CAILDREN'S CARRIAGES, ARCHERY AND CROQUET, BASE BALL AND FISHING TAOKLE, VELOCIPEDES AND WAGONS, wartm AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES A es SCHLITZ BREWING CO.’s MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER. PUREST AXD BEST LAGER BEER SOLD IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Supplied in Casks or Bottles, by the Agent. SAM'L C. PALMER, 57 Greene strect, mar27-tr GEORGETOWN. D. 0. EWBOLD HAMS. thousand pounds of these celobrate’ HAMS just Tecchved. Tubes wishing something ewost and delicate ehouid not fail to try them, as they aee the finest CURED HAMS ix this country. = C. 6. BRYAN, Cor. 16th and I sis. mw MILLIKEN’S LINEN STORE, $23 ARcH StzEr, FuILapELPutA. NEW ATTEACTIONS! = - PRINTED LINEN LAWNS. 600 PIECES NEW STYLES. ap7-eo3t ‘Ladies’ and Gent's Handkerchiets 9 8: Lanes abs lott - ‘careful and conscientious deer an eee as 898 Arch marl9.co26t a WarRE Aras ea Bee bad is —Ve ood peices paid for. Tre Hovse ComMirregs.—Speaker Randall did not anrounce the committees of the House when it met this morning, and may not to-day. The excuse given ts that they have not yet been transcribed from the rough list. ‘ine belief 1s, however, that there is some hitch in making up the financial committees fn view of the action of the House a day or two ago in res these committees to report at any ume, Wuisky Raips.—Collector Raum to-day re- celved the foliowing dispateh from Collector Clark at Atlanta:—Selzed two horses, wagon, ore bundred gations spirits and one distillery. Property brought out. Four hundred gallons beer destroyed. Ex-sheriff Union county ar- rested with team. SOUTHERN MEMBERS CF CONGRESS are mov- ing on the Treasury as to the appointments accredited to their states under the law fixing the division of officer. They claim that a large number of these appointments are made from the northern and other republican states and credited to the south. What they want Is that the appointments shall come from the south according to the division. They expect, they say, that the appointees will be ngs but they want those republicans to hall from the states to which they are credited. They are ae to Maine or New York repubii- csns being put into office andthe appotatment, credited to Georgia or Virginia. Tuey have in Scme instances been furnished with the ap- pointments credited to their states, and upon Whose recommendations they were mde Some of the recommendations are from Gen. Grant, President Hayes, General Sherman, Sec- retary Sherman, Gov. Hartranft, Senator Blaine, Senator Edmunds, Senator Burnside Senator Kellogg, Senator Allison, ex-Secretary Delano, Col. Mosby, Senator Chandler, Senator Cameron, Gen. Butier, and the Rev. Dr. Sun- jerland. CHIEF Moses had a two hours’s interview with Secretary Schurz and Commissioner Hoyt to-day. ahi an Interesting account of the condition desires of the Indians whom he and a y represent, and of the recent event fecting their relations with the whites. ‘THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE IlovsE to-day were rather dull. The Agricultural department be- ing reached in the legislative appropriation bill, Giscussion was first evoked on an effort to in- crease the salary of the culture to $4,000. It failed. Then there was a seed ight. it appears that Mr. Le Duc has not furnished grain and n seed enough to Con- gressmen. Not a few of the members advo- cated an amendment putting the distribution of the ceeds in the hands of Co1 Pink Laxp TRESPASS IN MINNESOTA.—For a year or two past the special agents of the Interior department, Mr. E. A. Protois and Mr. J. W. Jones, have been working up evidence against parties who are charged ith havi cut abd removed timber from the public la in Minnesota. Thus far about forty sults have been instituted, and a number of others will be @ided to the list. The total amount of stump- age included in the suits, which will be tried in June, is $115, Aside from this amount over $36,000 have already been covered tnto the ‘Treasury during the it year for cases where settlement was sanctioned by the department, the defendants, in addition, paying all costs and expenses incurred by the government. In THE CASE OF EX-SenaToR Wu. M. STRW- ART, mentioned in yesterday's Stax, who with four other men of high standing in San Fran- cisco were defendants in a suit brought by Frederick A. Benjamin to recover $50,000 for personal assaults committed on him by assas- sips alleged to have been hired, It appears from San Francisco papers of the 24 last. that a mo- ion for De D-Suit as to Mr. Stewart, was granted idge Dwinelle, tbe prev.ous day, after the stimony for the prosecution closed, on tie ground that there was no evidence of his con- hection with the case even upon the plalatiff’s own showing. Ovk Evrorgan Figet.—The Navy depart- ment is informed that the Trenton arrived at Genoa, March 26th, and the Dispatch arrived the next day. The Gettysburg was in the port. ‘The Alltance anchored off Genoa, March 2sti, an afterwards proceeded under sail to Leg- orn. Aruy ORpERs.—The following officers will report for examination, by letter, to General | Mebowell, president of tue retiring board, cou- ened at Presidio, San Francisco, California: ist Lieut. James Halloran, 12th infantry; 1st john O'Connell, Sth infantry, and 2a ard Lynch, sth infantry. | Captata + tan n infantry, will report by let- terto the president of the retiring board in New Lork, INTERNAL REVENUE OFYICERS APPOINTED.— T. Roverson, John Gafrell, 8.S. Gant, and Laries C. Causey hav venue Storekee] PIs and gaugers for the Sth North Carolina district, and pi ua B. Ed- wards, keeper of life saving station No, 10, dis- | trict No. 3, coast ef Long Island, NAVAL PROTECTION OF SITKa—The only oM- cial information from Sitka, Alaska, that the Secretary of the Navy has is that the U.8. S. +ka has arrived at that port; that there had cen no outbreak, and that no danger was ar- ripated. In view of the fact that there are Ler reports conflicting with this as to threat- ened dangers at Sitka, the Secretary has or- Gered that the Alaska remain at Sitka until all daxger is over. In the meantime he will have prepared aud cent to Sitka to relieve the Alaska, the wecden suiling vessel, the Jamestown, now at Mare Island, California, navy yard. | The guns. The ooast of Alaska is indented with’ numerous bays and inlets. A vessel like the Jamestown could not work her way up, in and about these shoal sheets of water. ‘In order to overcome this been appointed tater- | The Postmaster General and the REPLY TO SENATOR VOORMERS’ RESOLUTION. ‘The Senate to-day received from Postmaster General Key, a resporse to the resolution by which, on motion of Mr. Voorhees, he was last Wednesday “directed to furnish hi3 reasons for barring the Citizen-Scldier, a newspaper pub- lished in Washington City, from transmission through the mails at the same rates of postage accorded to other newspapers; and further to state why ke admits to the matisat pound rates of postage one journal, and excludes ancther of the sume ciass from like p.lvilese, furnishing with this statement the names of such bewspapers as have hevetofore enjoyed these rates of postage, but are now dented them through recent rulings of bis department.” The Postmaster General, after quoting these terms of the resolution, proceeds to say: “In response thereto, I have the honor to submit that, while it is competent for that honorabie bedy [the Senate} to call upon this department for any information that may be of service to the legislative branch of the government in MattersZof legislation, it 1s respectfully insisted that it is not within the just. province of the legislative branch to direct an Executive officer of the government to furnish his reasons for the performance of a duty devolved upoa him by law. I have taken the liberty, however, of supposing that it was not the intention of the Senate to direct me to furnish a reason for an administrative act of this Ce) but. rather to furnish such information relating to the subject matter of the resolution as will be of service to that body in the enactment of such Jaws as may be deemed expedient and necessary. Entertaining this view of the object of the resolution, I have the honor to inform the Sen- ate that the records of this department show that a paper published in the City of Washing- ton, styled the Citizen Soldier, was referred to this department by the postmaster at said city, with an inquiry as to the rate of postage properly chargeable thereon. Upon a reference of said inquiry to the Assistant Attorney General for this department, it was held that said paper was a “resular publication, designed primarily for advertising purposes,” within the meaning of section 15, of the acc of July 12, 1876, and, therefore, chargeable with postage at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereot. The opinion of the assistant attorney general was approved by me, aud the postmaster advised accordingly. Subsequently, viz: on the 25th of March, 1579, at the urgent request of the pro- prietors of the papers in question, the ruling in Unis case, together with the whcl2 subject mat- ter of the proper construction of sald act, was referred to the attorney general, where it is Low pending, awaiting his consideration. Replying to the second branch of the Sena- tor’s Inquiry, I have the honor to say that no Such discrimination as is intimated therein ts made by this department. The only knowledge which this department has of what publica- tions are transmitted in the malls at the rates fixed by section 5 of the act of June 23d, 1874, and those prescribed by section 15 of the act of July 12th, 1876, is that furnished by an occa- sional reference by the postmaster at the office of mailing, in a doubiful case, and the ruling made by the department thereon. Such cases, however, are isolated ones; the determin- ation of the status of all publications offered for mailing, under the two acts referred to, resting, ia the first instance, with the local postmaster. Should the Senate desire the ames of such publications as have been deter- mined to be of the one class or the other, on an appeal to this department, they will be fur- ished upon an intimation of such a desire. Very respectfully, D. M. Key, Postmaster Geseral. To the President of the Senate. PERSONAL.—E. B. Martindale, editor Indiar- apolls Journal, is at the Ebbitt, .... Hon. Sol- omon Bundy. ex-member of Congress from the 21st district cf New York, was upon the floor of the House of Representatives to-day. NAVAL OgpERS.—Commander G. W. Wood to duty at the New York navy yard; Lieut. T. B. M. Mason from duty at Cold Springs, New York, and ordered to the Pensacola per steamer of the 14th inst.; Lieut, D. W. Davis from the Franklin and placed on sick leave; Passed As- sistant Paymaster J. E. Cann to the Passaic at ‘Washington, D. C.; Assistant Paymaster Frank ¥lupkett from the Passaic and ordered to sett!e accounts. Western Surveys. Editor of The Star:—Believing that you would not intentionally misrepresent facts, I wish to call attention to the wrong impression likely to be conveyed by your editorial article of Wed- nesday on the above subject. It is true, that Congress apparently abolished three orza’1zed surveys that existed by acts of appropriation alone; and it is equatly true that it left the War department untouched tn its right to make sur- Yeys, as It has done for more than fifty years, 1n the interest of its own administration. It be- comes, then, a fair question of economy whether it shall employ already organized means, or make its necessary surveys under the inconve- nience and added expense of different prepara- tions. The consideration of this question of ad- ministration does not, in any respect, contem- plate undoing the work of Congress; but, on es oc hand, ous lee the — e' yy Congress lepartment ani the army. But as Congress did not at its last fession provide means as heretofore to carry on recopnaisances and surveys for the author- ed military Purposes, the Secretary of War Byes asks for needed fiscal aid to be given to use the material and personnel now in hand. Whatever work of the kind may be done in the west, it is hardly necessary to say, Must be done mostly west of the 100th meri- dian, and entirely west of the Mississippi river, for there ts where the needed information is to be sought, and the objectionable meridian is not to blame. If such work as the army 13 still authorized to doin the line of survey and re- connaisance should be utilized for more of the rales than ts represented by the War lepartment, it would hardiy be condemned by purely selfish ‘URISDICTION. THE Stak, Or any one not Lavin; interests to subserve. April 10, 1879. THE WEEKLY STak, now ready, contains all the News of the Week, home and foreign; the Extra Session cf Congress; lively Local Notes; Agricultural Matters; White House and Department News; Proceedings of the Courts; Choice Stories, Poems and Sketches; Agricul- tural and Household Matters. a as rerms: r aunum, vance, postage pre- paid; single copies 5 cents, in wrappers. TROUBLE AMONG THE BoaTMEN.—The Cum- berland Times says: Yesterday morning a ru- mor prevailed among the boatmen that some of the boats were loading at 70 cents a ton, while the price heretofore has been 80 cents. An investigation was set on foot, and several boatn.en were Interviewed. when it was ascer- tained that cutting was going on. For several hours tbe Captains refused to load, but towards evening the understanding was reached and the boats began loading. We understand the price is fixed at 75 cents per ton. MURDER IN THE Fest DeGuee.—The trial of John Williams at Warrenton, Va., for the mur- der of Holtzclaw, was terminated yesterday afternoon by a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The judge will pass sentence at the close of the teri, and he will be hung in July or August. WASHINGTON NaTHAN has determined to pros- ecute Mrs. Barrett for the attempt on his life, but the poliee charged with her arrest have so far been upabie to discover her hiding-place. Mr. Nathan Js In no danger from his wound. Tur EvEction of Monday last in Hamtitoa county, Obio, changed the complexion of the republicans to two democrats, instead of the reverse, aS Was expected. It1s now reported that the democratic legislature will @ Dill abolishing the board or reorganizing 1 THe OLpksr Mason Deap.—Capt. Edwarl L. Young died in Norfolk, Va., yesterday, aged 7. De commanded a privateer in the war of 1812, was the oldest citizen of Norfolk, and prob- ably the oldest. mason [n the United States, having belonged to that order sixty-six years. *MAkRIED IN HER StTH Year—Miss Julla Evelina Smith. of Glastonbury, Conn., the only survivor of the Smith sisters, celebrated foc their resistance to taxation without representa- tion, Was married Wednesday to Amos G. Par- ker, of New Hampshire. Both bride and groom are in their 87th year. New YORK APPORTIONMENT BILL PAassED.— Both houses of the New York legislature on Wednesday passed a legislative apportionment bill. Whilst not entirely satisfactory to the dem- ocrats it received theit almost unanimous sup- Port, as being more bes than anything yet Offered them. The chief opposition to it came from the extreme republicans. Fatal Ficnt Apour CHICKENS.—Wm. Arm- istead and Henry Mclver, farmers, of Hanover ‘hese peciall adapted to such service. The Jamestown. will, when she leaves San have placed on board a surveying party. will equip ped for work, and will, by the aid of the Alaska.” No correct charts af" use 3comet ot Low in existence, os county, Va.. TH into a fight about a lot of chickens, inesday, when Armistead struck Mclver several biews on the head with a spade, ‘mfiicting fatal injuries, beard of pubiic works so that there are three | TWO CENTs. FOETY-SiXTH CONGHESS. Fripay, April 11. SENATE.—Mr. Hamlin presented the resotu- tions of the legislature of Maine, In favor of abrogating the fisheries articles of the treaty ef Washington, which were referred to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Garland, from the committee on epidemic diseases, reported a joint resolution setting forth that doubts exist as to the legal organiza- tion of the National Board of Health, and in order to remove them the resolution ratifies the See en and action of that body. It was Mr. Hereford called up the resolution of Mr. Hoar declaring as unconstitutional and revoll- Nonary the alleged programme to compel the President to s! appropriation bills the fea- tures of which he did not approve. Mr. Here- ford quoted frora the speech of Mr. Hoar, who had characterized such plan as a simple process to subvert the constitution and destroy tne definition of the powers of Congress and the President, concentrating those powers in Con- Ss, and that it was a scheme to coerce the resident, not in his executive capacity, but as a part of the legislature, Mr. Hereford said that both the resolution and the speech of the Senator from Massachu- setts were remarkable; and then proceeded to show that it was not unusual to attach general Jegislation to appropriation bills, both by the republican and democratic parties; and yet the Senator from Massachusetts said that only two attempts had been made to put general legisla- tion on appropriation bills. On one occasion Senator Anthony said here that it was known to all that a large part of legislation since he had been in Congress (then twelve or thirteen years) had been put in eppropriation bills. Mr. Dawes suggested to the Senator, in the absence of his colleague, that the Senator from West Virginia did not state clearly the argu- ment of his colleague, who had said that there were only two instances of putting general Jegislation on general appropriation bills since 155, when there was an attempt to force the executive to approve an appropriation bill containing legislation of which he would not otherwise approve—making the approval by the President a condition on whica supplies would be furnished to carry on the government. It was not the argument of his colleague that it was wrong to put general legislation on an appropriation bill, but that it was wrong to put general legislation on an appropriation bill, making its approval by the President a condi- ton for voting supplies to carry on the govern- it ment. Mr. Hereford concluded at 2:30, when the Senate took up the army bill. and Mr. Withers proceeded to explain its provisions, HOUSE.—On motion of Mr. Clymer, Senate Joint resolution was passed, for the painting ofa portrait of the late Prof. Joseph Henry, to ac- oueny: the memorial volume heretofore or- iered, The House, then at 12:10, went into commit- tee of the whole (Mr. Blackburn in the chair) on the army appropriation bill; the pending amendment belpg one increasing the clerical force in the Post Office department. It was adopted—105.60. ir. Alken offered amendment increasing the salary of the Commissioner of agriculture fro: $3,600 to $4,600. ‘The amendment was opposed by Mr. Atkins ard Mr. Blount, the latter saying that it the House was prepared to continue the policy of ees down. salaries, for which it had been commended, this was the place to do so. ‘ir. Covert advocated the amendment. It was strange to him that the Bureau of Agriculture received a kick on every occasion that Congress was called upon to legislate in regard to It. Mr. Blount replled that the only kicks that bureau had received had been from propositions to make the Commissioner a Cabinet officer. Finally the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. White offered amendment directing the Commissioner cf Agriculture to supply a rea- £onable quantity of seeds, shrubs, &c., to mem- bers of Congress, for distribution’ among their agricultural constituents. After debate the amendment was agreed to. —_—___~o-__— = “Facts Abont Arizona.” 1y lived in Arizona sixteen years, Uys kpow when be speaks of its a ponnlaron as being 50,600, and two-t Americau; of Prescott, a3 American, growing and having 3,000 people; of ‘Tucson, two-thirds American, and having 7,00) people, and so on of other towns. He says the climate at ‘Tucson 1s healthful, but hot for three or four months of the year, but beav- tiful as Italy, or the shores of the Med- {terranean, for eight or nine months of it. Dr. Edward C. Thatcher writes from Globe city, Arizona, Dec. 25, 1878:—“The climate is superb. We are on the eve of better times; come out by all means.” Dec. 12th he writes:— “Wages are $3 to $4 per day; board $9 per week.’ January 16th, 1579, hesays:—“There 1s a chance to make some money here. Carpenters get from ‘$5 10 $6 per day.” “I will give you $60 per month and board at iny mine,” &c. These letters came fiom Dr. Thatther to his brother in Washing- ton, <A report made by “authority of the lezis- lature” says:—“The Santa Cruz valley is exten- sively cultivated at and near Tucson. Some of this land has been in cultivation for over a cen- tury, producing two crops a year. It has never been enriched, and produces i “Farms lie along the Santa Cruz at intervals for seventy-five miles. Grazing land is superb.” Within two years the popula- tion has grown from 20,000 to 50,000, two hun- dred miles of laid, scores of mines, towns, mills, &c., have been started, while trade last year at Tucson reached near Cade - GUILTY OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—John W. Gregg, ex-superintendent of the money order depart- ment of the Chicago post office, has been found ‘uilty of embezzlement by the jury in the U. 8. Sist rict court. The al ent of his counsel that Gregg only borrowed, and did not steal the money intrusted to his keeping, went for noth- ing against the explicit presentment of the law concerning the case. The amount of the em- bezzlement was $1,218, A motion for a new trial has been entered. ‘THE CASE OF THR NEWLY-ELRCTED Mayor OF CINCINNATI has taken another queer turn. Yesterday morning it was alleged he was not naturalized. It now ap} rs that he was natu- ralized, but he made oath that he was twenty- one years old in October, 1856, when in reality le would not have veen twenty-one till the fol- lowing November. The democrats say the natuia!zatlon papers are therefore fraudulent, ard he ts not a citizen and cannot be instalied as mayor. THE Mivcers, Lucta Zarate and Gen. Francis Mite, who Were on exhibition in Washington last winter. will be nade husband and wife at Masonic Temple, New York, to-morrow. Eiab- orate preparations have been made for the cere- monies, which will be celebrated with great formal! a ‘The parents of the bride and groom will settle €10,0u0 upon each ofthem. Saturday, a 19, they Sail for Europe on their wedding trip. Fa, River Print Market.—The demand for print clotbs fs quite active, and has assuined @ greater Gegree of urgency on the part of iene to obtain contracts than has been man- ested for months. 33,, cash for 64’s and 3c. cash for 56's is freely offered, and contracts to the extent of $160,060 pieces effected. Owing to the small stock on hand, the Spnled demand and a rising cotton market, the feeling of man- | Ufacturers 1s decidedly buoyant.—(Fall Kiver Special, ‘THE AMERICAN SUSPENDER Company of New York ard Waterbury, Ct.,has been placed in the bands of a receiver. The company has not, made aby money for the last three years, and it is said it was behind last year over $100,000, The company has a capital of $300,000, all pald n. The liabilities are estimated at $130,000, and the assests are nominally $370 000, consist- feat on real estate, macbinery, good accounts and stock. THE ALLEN PRINT Works at Providence, R. 1, will ask their creditors an extenston of turee years. The Nabilities are less than $500,000. ‘The mills are valued at $1,110,000. The exten- sion will probably be granted, and the mills go on under a committee A BOY ae the name of Louis Hender, killeda large wild-cat about two miles from Hokah, Mipn., last Monday. The boy was in the woods at work when his dogs treed the animal, and he Went to ald them in killing it. The cat sprang jJrom the tree at the boy and dogs, when they succeeded in putting an end to Its life, SINGULAR DeaTH or 4 LirtLe BOY.—A littleson of Mr. L. Johnson, of Lawrence, Kansas, was playing with other children Boe pping kernels of corn, and one went down his , lodg- ing in his lung. After unc 1s ical treat- ment an operation was ipted to remove the corn, during which he expired. ‘THERE ceems to be a —— fatalit, the capitol offices in Richmond, Va. clals, not including a member of the. died within the past few months. about ur offi- house, have | Menatti, Gari | favor of uLiversal suffrage was discussed.’ Telegrams to The Star. PLAGUE IN ST. PETERSBURG, THE SZEGEDIN DISASTER. SEVENTY-SEVEN VICTIMS. THE POPE’S LETTER. EOREIGN AFFAIRS, A Consequence of the Colliers? Strike Lonpon, April 11—In consequence of the strike of the colllers of the county of Durham, steamers which were engaged to load gas coal for the Uni ates will have rocee their destination in ballast. a ae Seventy-seven Victims of the Sze, din Disaster. eee The Times’ correspondent at Vienna says:— Careful inquiry shows that a total of 60 victims: of the Szegedin disaster had been buried. down to the 6th inst. Other corpses found and well- ascertained cases of drowning make the total loss of life 77. The water in the lower Parts of the town ts still from 6 to 12 feet. deep, so that, v! been search but will still fall tarshort of the hundreds whom eye-witnesses no doubt sincerely believed they ree ao Adee pe io le day. It is doubtful wi wal pum; out in nf or even a hundred days. ne = ‘The Pope’s Letter on Education. ‘The Times’ Rome correspondent says:—*The Pope's letter concerning the education ques- tion has great importance apart from the sub- Ject of which it treats, as it directly confirms the Impression, which some newspapers have combatted, that the Pope understands the liberty and dignity ot the papacy to consist. in removing from Rome all means of practicing and propagating whatever the church holds to be heretical, and that bis gradually increasing insistence on uy Tesioration of temporal power 1s prompted by the equally increasing convic- on that until the Pontiff regains his earthly Sway It will be impossible to prohibit liberty of Worship and instruction. Thus he declares in this holy city the religion of Christ ought to relgn sovereign, and the universal teacher of the faith ought to have free re to close all access against impiety and to maintalu the purity of Catholic teaching.” The Plague in St. Petersburg. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent u Peters says: “At the last meeting of the m cal society Prot. Afanaseff stated that an au- lopsy of the bedies of four soldiers led to the discovery of the existence of the plague in St. Petersburg, and that during the past week there have been several cases in St. Petersbang exactly stintlarto that of Prokofieffs, the porter. So list Assassins in Russia. ‘The corpse of a student was found recently bearthe Kasan cathedral in St. Petersburg. stabbed and labelled “Sentenced as a traltor by the Socialists revolutionary commiitee.” Bismarck’s Tariff. ANtwenr, April 11.—Phe Precurseur says:— Prince Bismarck insists on his resolve to eatab- lsh sur taxes upon colonial produce coming from European bonded warehouses, with a view of ridding German ports of foreign competition. He hopes that the firms now located ta Antwerp and Holland will establish themselves in Bremen apd Hamburg. Several influential persons in the Hanseatic towns have promised to support the Bismarck project, and have Started to construct a railway direct from Bre- men to Frankfort. Hepublicans Gathering in Rome. Lonpon, April 11.—A special dispatch to the Standard from Rome says:—“Many republican leaders are expected to arrive here stiortly to meet at Garibaldl’s house. The Messagero states that ata een of the democratic leaders at idi’s residence, a movement in English Opposi om to the Camadian ‘ariff, ToRONTO, April 11.—A special cable dispatch from London to the Globe says:—“The Canadian tariff 1s beivg universally condemned in this country. Meetings are being held by parties interested in various places, The Huddersfield chamber of commerce has passed a resolution that in View cf the commercial policy, adopted by Canada, Mes practically prohibitive of the import of British manufactures, the chamber memorialize tle horse of commerce ta appoint a select committee to consider the relations of the mother country with the colonies with the view of placing commercial relations on a more setisfactory basis. In various parts of the coun- try meetings were held, and passed resolutions drawing the attention of the colontal secretary to several points of the Canadian tariff inju- rious to British trade. Financial Crookedness in the West. CINCINNATI, OHIO, April 11.—A Wapakoneta dispatch says a settlement has been oe between the county commissioners and e bondsmen of the late treasurer, Lewis Myers. The penalty and interest are thrown off, and the atnount of the defalcation will be made up in four semt-annwal Payments. A special dispatch from Nashville says: ““Yes- Section the ted Wea ee, i the ae, court reported W. county trus- tee, over $190,000 behind ta his accounts. Mr. his Knight and friends assert positively that the peor cae by malice, and that his accounts are correct. ‘he committee also re- riminal ; ports Samuel Donelson, clerk of the c: Court, $19,000 short. A Double Murder. Crxcrxnatt, O., April 11.—A special to the Commercial from New Albany, Ind., says that on murdered his wife by blows bed. Ly Ol woman living in the family, hearing the shrieks of Mrs. Mauck, Tusbed to the room, whereupon Mauck struck her four or five blows inflicting injuries that will probably prove fatal. He then fled. A large body of men is scouring the country for od eeniaae The motive of the deed 13 not stated. Good Friday in New York. New York, April 11.—Good Friday was ob- served here to-day in an appropriate manner. usiness at the stock produce aud cotton ex- changes Was entirely suspended while many stores and warehouses were closed. None of the state courts were in session and very little was dore around the municipal and federal de- partinents. Services were held in all the churches which were attended by large congre- Rett In Brooklyn the courts and taunicipal leparitments were also Closed and churches were filed with worsbippers. iE mares Accident. Crxcixnati, O., April 11.—A special from Youngstown, Ohio, says:—“Two boiler makers, 3. T. Mullen and C. Cochran, were inside re- pairing an teage boller at Brown, Bonnell & Co.’5 ae a lis yesterday, when hot water condensed from steam, which entered through the connecting pipe near the top, burst over them, and before they could be draggea out tnroage the smal hole at the bottom they were ee y scalded, the skin coming off with their clothing.” Municipal Affairs at the Hub, Boston, April 11.—The common council last night, by a very decisive vote, adopted the mlnority report on the salary question, thus Jeaving all salaries at the same rates as those now established, The order to divide the state, county, and city taxes, which is virtually an abolition of the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting, Was adopted without a division. Tne council adjourned at 1:45 this morning. Sentenced. HAVERHILL, N. H., April 11.—Martin V. Dickey, who yesterday plead guilty of manslaughter for causing the death of Frank Yeastman at Ply- mouth, N. IL., last June, was this morning sen- tenced to seveil years In the state's prison and to pay the costs of the prosecution. The Allen Print Works Failure. Fauu Rrver, Mass., April 11.—By the failure of the Allen Print works some of the mills here are slightly affected. The lay of Indebtedness to any one is said to be $12,000, ‘The Wampancag, Usborne & Granite mills are among the creditors, Fire. CINCINNATI, O.. April 11.—A special dispatch says the spoke factory of Messrs. Graham Co., at Madison, Ind., was burned last night. Loss $20,000. Insured in home companies tor $5,000. -—___— THE Smau. Pox In New YoRk.—A few days a child in a New York tenement ofemall pox. The authorities infected ‘the premises, District Governm D dered him as commissioner of pharmacy for this District. THE GEORGETOWN ENGINE HOUSE. A delegation of citizens and business men of Georgetown, consisting of Messrs. Benjamin Miller, F. L. Moore, John J. Waters, Henry Hurt, B M. Mathews and E. D. Hartley, waited on the District Commissioners this afternoon to urge them to remove the fire engine house to Bridge street, on the site occupied by the old town hall. Mr. Moore said it was the wish of the clitzeps of Georgetown that the Commis- slopers should carry out the plan before mooted, of making this change, the good of the fire service and the better accommodation of the public for hay scale accommodations requir- ing ittobedone. Every load of hay weighed at these scales has to be backed in and out of a narrow place, very incommodious, and frequent accidents cccur to carts and wagons, on which hay 1s loaded. By removing the engine house and tearing away the old engine-house. they would have plenty of room for the hay fcales. He hoped the Commissioners would see this thing as they did and order the change to be made. Mr. Matthews stated that the cars of the Metropolitan road are to be kept under cover, and there would be no c'ashing between the engine company and road. Commis- sioner Phelps thought that to move the engine- house simply to make hay scale accommoda- Uons would be an uni a. It Would cost between $5,000 and $6,000, and the question !s would they be justified tn such an expense for so small an object. The present engine-house is a very commodious one. Mr. Matthews differed “with Comrnissioner Phelps, and said he thought the accommoda- ons were not sufficient. Commissioner increase might probably warrant such ‘ch as is desired by the citizens. He thought the present site the best one in that clty tor a hay scales. Commissioner Twining thought the change asked would be tantamount to the erection of a new engine house, and he thought there was a doubt as to the authority of the Commissioners to order this work, and the aud- {tor of the District accounts inthe Treasury department might not be willing to pass on the accounts. He, however, conceded the objec- tion as a reasonabie one, that the engine house and the bay scale should not be together as at present. Mr. jurt sald that the increased patronage to these scaies would be $300 per annum. Major {wining said there was some doubt as to the author- y of the Commissioners to make the c: asked for. Other discussion followed, and the Commissioners sald they would give tie matter oes investigation and see what could be one. BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspector Entwisle:—John Cranford, repair frame, south side 3d, betweea Lingan and Warren sts., Georgetown; $100. Dan. Loughlin, repair Owen House, Pa. avenue; $590. Joseph Tyssowski, construct a two-story ‘brick dwelling, O, between 16th and 17th sis. n.w.: $5,800, Join Casey, construct a two-story brick dwelling, 6th, between I and K sts. 8.w.; $900. Wm. Reed, repair frame, 1113 18th st., between Land M sts. n.w.; $15. E. Oliver, construct a two-story brick dwelling, T, betweea 6th and ith sts. nw.; $900, E. A. Atkinson, repatr frame, No. 17 9th st.n.e.; $50. ‘Taos. E. Holmes, repair building No. 42 H st. n.w.; $20. Wm. F. Scala, construct a t1 drug store, of East Capitol and 5th sts. s.e.; $2,500. R. B. Clark, construct a three-story map a Mass. ave. and 15th st.; $9,000 James Small, repair frame 616 43¢ st., between F and G sts. S.W.; $20. F. Schuman, repair frame No. 127 C st. n.e.; $30, A. L, Barber & Co., repair frame ‘8. A. H. Marks, corner 133. st. and alley; $100. Gece two-story brick dwellings, 6th st. 8.€.; $5,000, Graeco-Roman Wrestling. A TIE MATCH IN BALTIMORE BETWEEN MILLER AND M’LAUGHLIN. There was a Graeco-Roman wrestling match with tripping, best three falls in five, in Baiti- more last evening. The terms were $1,000 eside, and the wrestlers Wm. Miller. of Baltt- more, and J. H. McLaughiln, of Detroit. In the first round, after a few preliminary Miller and feints, McLaughlin him, but Miller on his hands and knees. Miller F coy aet up and seized McLaughlin, who threw him a; , but he again fell on his hands fee was repeated severai times. Min w: out somehow and regained feet wit it his back having touched the floor. Another passed without either men gain- ing a fall, and another recess was taken. Re- a] , mney began work , the They qugeed. ‘and maneuvered for some minutes. men were on feet, and with» 5. perso ats ane strong, quick of his massive to the floor. Theround 2 nd muck shorter the first, was hotter and more exciting. bile forced the was aggressive. McLaughlin heavy onslaugete anti Pa renin knees. a Positic right arm under left of Me us and a twined it around bis eck, esulD! one knee, turned McLaughlin over and hy ig) ino sradually, and by full, force, cau- 5 The third round was ae and way Moveluents. Miller tried yo ef HL yj A H i \ Eg Would give but thirty minutes, and Soe made in that time, would call a draw. ‘The fourth round opened with quick and a ready will on both sides, savagely and hugged McLaughlin like a Dear. at every turn. The thirty minutes The latter acted On the defensive, without a fall, and the referee dec! having ee ‘th e match ended, each Mrs. HENRIQUES.—The Centerville (Md) Re- cord says that Mrs. Mary A. Hendricks, or ten. a 8 it is spelled in the Oliver-Cameron P 't, i well known personally to many persons is i i 3g ‘| a it q g i 2 Beck i= § +] Eele within a few miles of dence in the Retry Hcg hot of but yet sufficiently long to gain of her beighbors. She proved a hess woman, 88 appears by the She procured a for ‘Orst purchase the payment of a nominal sum and gt with security for the deferred payment then mort; the to street brokers in sums it, — cS ‘ations set the aby the premises. Her purc! in the locality of Cent were evidently schemes to raise money, which ved success- ful for the time, = een ———— eee Two YOUNG GIRLs of W! , Onto, were silly enough to follow the meetin a ry troupe to Lebanon a few Hau H H B strel Put up at the same de ard ey had so rashly ‘abandoned. Phila. Star, 10. VERMONT'S TARDY SPRING.—A year first week in A: over Vermont; the lake steamer was making tripe, to ‘Platteburg, Season 16 just commencing... The. is two three weeks later than that of 1878 out New Engiand. Ea-Geo. Haas, aged 55, ‘near Shobola, Pike county, Pa., cut his wife’s in aterri- 4 We and then drowned ble a ednesday, LUOND EDITION, ‘The House Committees, ‘The following are the chairmen of all the committees of the House, announced by Speaker Randall this afteruoon, together with all the members of the most importan’ committees: leclicns—Springer of Ill. Means Fernando Wood of \N. ¥. (The other members of this committee are Tucker, Gibson, Phelps, Morrison, Milis, Car- Usle, Felton, Gi x and’Dunbell) arfeld, Kelley, Conger, Frye, Appropriations—Atkins of Tenn. members are Bicunt, Singleton of mer, Blackburn, Wells, Cobb, Forney, Mc- Mahon, Baker, Monroe, Hawiey, Hu Can- —— eager oe tng and Cw —Bucknerof Mo [The other members are Ewing. Davis of N.C. Young of Tenn., Lewis, Lo tenden, Fort, Price and Crapo. Pacific Ratlroads—McLane of Md. Claims—Brigbt of Tenn. Commerce—Reagan of Texas. Publ ¢ Lands—Converse of Ohio, Post Office—Money of Miss. District of Coiur:bia—Hunton of Va, Judiciary— Knott of Ky. War Clains—Bragg of Wis. Public Expenditures—Fipley of Ohio, Private Land Claims—Guother of Ark. Manufactures—Wise of Pa. Agriculture—Covert of N. ¥. other ‘iss., Cly- Ind‘an Affairs—Scales of N.C. Miliary Affairs—Sparks of IL. Militia—Koss of N. J. ‘Naval Affairs—Whitthorne of Tenn. rorelgn Affairs—Cox of N. Y. Territories—Muldrow of Miss. Kevolutiovary Pensions—Whiteaker of Ore’n, Invalid Pensions—Coffroth of Pa. Katlways and Canals- Cadell of Va. Mines and Mining—Stevenson of TIL Education aud Labor—Goode of Va. Kevision cf Laws—Harris of Va, e—Stepbens of Ga, Patepts—Vauce of N.C. Accounts—Henry of Md. Mileage—Cobb of Ind. Expenditures in State Department—Clymer Pa. Expenditures in t—Mor- May Treasury Department im in War Department—Blackburn of Ky. Expenditures in Navy Department—Towns- nend of Ills. Ls py ad in Post Office Department— Ladd of Me, i ees in Interior Department—Maller ofNn. ¥. weeenaiares in Public Bulldings—Denster of Expenditures in Department justice — Blount of reset allt “—- iesissipp! Levees—Robertson Hules the s mice ot Law as to Presi Reform 1n Civil Service—Hostetter of Ind. dental Elections—Bickneil g Ventilation of Hall—Kimmei of Ma, mn of Labor—Wright of Pa, Epidemic Diseases—Young of Tenn. Printing—Singieton of Miss. . Enrolled Biils—Kenna of W. Va. Library—Geddes of Ohio. Census—Cox of N. Y. ‘ r - Ray od = U assault upon Dwyer’s daugiter, Julia, a young aged ninetcen years. Burbeck, bay eatiod 10 enter security for $5,000, was wo Wales ne ag’ act Sa yor Mr. states that at six o'clock on Saturday even. March 22, 1879, Julta, as was usual with went to 8 , on Fairmount avenue, to take ber music lesson, and after she entered the ‘tor Burbeck waived ber face a saturated § tee bite aeetiircl ef : af i d ‘ é 3 i : i § : i : iH 5 ¥ E ers Lire Ixscmance Comrantgs—Every day two we hear of fresh attem; ite ae Companies, comes ‘fore S. 8. Clreuit Court 2 Buuer oi i it at the policy. know they have wo expect.—{Phila. Times, Coriovs Case oF Mistaken IpENTITY.—Not care af Evanston, in the neighibornosd of 2 ‘The body was identified as that of & resident of South Bend, Ind., who had Deen at work on a farm at ‘five mites from Middletown. The widow daughter were inconsolable and broken down after ‘the coroner's inquest ( found that: ‘Hill came accidentally to his and the Durial in the graveyard at South Bev- eral days later Mrs. Hill mustered enough to go to Winnetka for her last effects. Lo and behold! when she the farm house her quewr at work in the ‘She fainted Umes and could difficulty be induced to believe that it case of mistaken identity. wt ee shag Hol ia ip a tra, ilver ‘medat ver Waite Plains, N.Y. e . ‘The first e , i He i= i