Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1880, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR.. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, aT Bris STAR fallpene he S Pennsylvan: ja Avenue, Corner Street, The Evening Star Newspaper Company. GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pres’t, .@ STAR is served to subscribers in the ‘on their own account, at 10 cents 4 cents month. ies at the cents each. pail “postage P id— 60 cents a month ;: one year, $6; six m< . nee Pn ae ee “ine WaExLy Sran~publiheayon Fridays 8 FoF °53 coptee tor 820. ae eae EP ai mal BE, ot a Hates of anvertising made known «a application. el mae SSS. VV", 55-N®. 8,352. WASHINGTON, D. C.. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1880. TWO CENTS. THE EVENING STAR. SPECIAL NOTICES. _ ~VACCT: 150. EACH, 10 FOR ILLS 2bc. éacu, Sfor and mm the State Vaccine f Chambersburz, Pa. For pale by J. W. DHEW. Apothecary cor Sth st. and Pa. ave. nw. Janl2-3t SPD LODG! A._A. M. OF THE (ee RC Or CoLtM bral —The stat Communic ition of the Grand Lodge P. A. A. M. of ambia will be held at Ma onic ine eee WEDNESDAY, January 14, at 6 o'clock "Temple on WE yan By order of the M. janta-2t W. Grand Master, NGLETON, Grand Sec. S$ AND BUILDING AS. ‘he revular meeting of the 14th instant. in the 4th series may be beeribed for at the meeting, No. 615 7th st., opposite Patent Office 7 p.m. ach. ES 8. EDWARDS, 2s‘ den , Seretary and Treasure: ILLINGER CHAMPAGNE. cee POM a Quatity Duy. BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. ExTRA Quauity Dry. H ST DELICIOUS DRY WINE IN THE a MARKET. aoe eae THOMAS RUSSELL, Louisian: jan5 1213 PENNA. AVENUE. =~ _ BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS, from the New (EE etd voccne Go si0 paints 81 (donbl charged); single points 2c. ; Solid Lymph Cone, $3. Ws: THOMPSO th stenw. jand-2W NOTICE. (> onitvor rae Morvan Fra Txs. Co. oF) D.C., N Wa: SHINGTO: y 2, 1980. § ‘The annual mectiny of the Mutual Fire Inenrance Company of the District of Columbia will be held on the third MONDAY of January, 1980, the 19th inetant, at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th ‘st., between D and E sts. n.w., commencing at 9 o'clock a.m. By the charter of the company the el jon of seven managers to constitute a board to conduct the affairs of the company is required to be heid at the above meeting. ‘By the Gth article of the by-laws of the company it is provided: *‘At the annual meeting of the com- pany the first business in order shail be the appoint- meut of a chairman, who shall conduct the meeting nd electian in accordance with the act of incorpo- ion, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 6 7D 3 ‘All policy-holders are requested punctually to at- te minm notes held by nd. Amount of pret pan Seeurt! Real Estat s Loreex by nit datitig the Year end- ing December 3! 091.00 By order of { Mianayeis'ot the Mutual Fire Insur Aeut 5 BOTELER, Secretary. ee NATIONAL METROPOLITAN B. tes Ww x, D. C., DE 1 ‘The annual election ectors of this Bank ‘will be held at the | Bank nse on TUESDAY, Yath January, 18 will be open from 1i elock 4a. B. WHITE a TS.—Bonds and Stocks bought and sol New York Stock Ex- changes and other cities STOCKS CARRIED ON MARGIN. ‘icu Coins dealt in, and Foreign and Domestic F Exchange. . D. R. . GelG-Int Bankers, 1429 F st., Washington, D- eS SPECIAL NOTICE. .CONGRESS WATER. ‘Its superiority as a cathartic and alterative con- sists in its entire freedom from everythiag bitter, acid cr crnde that produces headache, internal sore- hess, and tends to destroy the mucous membrane. ‘All mineral waters that are dangerous irritants may be known by an acid after-taste. dec8-3m. Jash INVESTME: SPECIAL NOTICE—A fresh supply of PURE NORWEGIAN COD LI oil at DREW'S Drug Store, corner 9th st. and le Vania ave., at 50 cts. eer full pint bottle. BEDFORD Wa’ BLUE LIOK WA’ BETHESDA WATER, DEEP ROOK WAT! AND GAYSER SARATOGA WATER. A fresh supply of the above natural waters. ‘above Fo tin all quantities. Apt Sale O0 arsnR IF BURNS PHARMACY, feos 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR. AMUSEMENTS. HEATER COMIQUE. MONDAY. Jan. 12, night! cas tof the and MATINEES. BROTHERS and nerf 2 ER. in their own drama.entitied RU ‘The Great Trish Four, Wilaws, Faw Iv. 3 Milo roisers. 3. Al. W. Filson, Neil Smith and his ‘Trained Dogs, Frofestor Steen and Mile Addie. 12 Fun and Politics. 1 acti dog, TIG: T'S DOG. is, Miles and Dai JORD'S. MOND AND VON BOYLE. COMEDY COMPANY. As CANDIDATE CANDIDATE MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Bi y19—Kiralfy's Dees. "BLACK CROOK in its entirety. VATIONAL THEATER. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, ONE WEE WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES. Only appearance this season in Washington of the Celebrated Comedian, Mr. SOTHERN, AND Ha COMPANY ‘OF COMEDIANS. Monday and Tuesday Evenings “und. ‘ Matinee OUR AMERIC. . Grand Fatuily Matinee on Wednesday and Thursd: DAVID GARR! jani2 Sothern. AN ALARMT FRIDAY E Dundreary’s Brother AND DUNDREARY MARRIED AND Saturday Evening, it Anpear: THE CRUSHED TRAGEDIAN. Monday, January 19-LOTTA. janl2 ge. JUENEMANN’S [OUNT VERNON LAGER BEER BREWERY AND PLEASURE GARDEN, BETWEEN 47H AND 6TH AND E anp F S18. NE p29 Washington, D. 0 No. 626 ON EXHIBITION No. E Bt. AND BALE ‘gst AT IT: ¥ FREE ART OALLERE AND STORE, i ate ok Curae ee = Pe Peale Res el ae a eR a i Nail ¥ wt ai is, ae. in the District. lease remember Name and Number. 923-6m $10,000. o WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, ‘Will be sold at COST yor next $0 da: or nex’ ‘To Reduce Stock, ois For Cash only. 1. P. LIBBEY, ansom 432 7th st, W4SHINGTON AND NEW YORK STOCK AGENCY. Exclusive and direct Telegraph Wires Agency in Washington and New York offices. 4H. H. DODGE, A. G. WOOD, No.1, Willard’s Hotel, Washington, D. Ou, AGENTS FOR PRINCE & WHITELY, Srock Buoxens, 4 Broapway, Nsw Yors. J.D. PRIN 3aS. WHriSry | General Partners. W. 8. TRAVERS, Special. Every class of Securities ht and Sold_on Orders in COTTON executed. nov HIS IS THE BURBGLAWS SEASON. NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, 15th street and New Fork avenue. Fire,'Burglar and Damp Proof Vaults from 88 to Fer 82000. receives Silvermes it racket Se iiges vices ant, BP Boy" Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pay.—Internal rev- enue, $661,156.58; customs, $412,709.79, PROTEST AGAINST A PATENT FOR EDISON.—Mr. Sawyer has protested before the Patent Office against Edison being granted a patent for his horseshoe lamp, ¢laiming a first patent for the Sawyer-Man electric lamp. ‘This protest 's all right, bat can have no effect. Before grant'n: a patent to any one a thorough examsnat-on is made t) discover Jf any infringement upon others’ invention has been made by the p.i- entees, If the-e has been an tofringement no patent is issued. No more thorough examina- ion of Edison's lamp will be made now than if Mr. Sawyer had not filed a protest. AFTER TH APACHES.—Advices have been re- ceived at the War department that the renegade Apache Indtars recently followed across the border into Mexico by Gen. Mocrow have re- turned, and the Mexican authorities juested permission to a'd in tae pursuit of the Indians on the Ame~'can_ side, which was granted by the Secreiary of War. PENSION INVESTIGATI -A resolution was in- troduced in the House to-day to provide for a special committee of seven members to exam- ine into the method of the payment of pensions and back pay, and to recommend legislation which will correct what is now alleged to be the irre gularities, delay, and abuse of the present sysiem. 3 p. m.—The resolution was adopted by yeas, 185; nays, 56. The special committee will be an- nounced to-morrow. 4 Navar OrpErs.—Commanders B. B, Tayloe and Henry De H. Manley to special duty at ashineton. Lieutenant Commaader P. F. ringcon to duty at the Naval Academy. Pay hhington to hold himself fleet paymaster of the In readiness for duty a Asiatic station. On Be! RELIEVED from duty at the military academy First Lieut. Alexander Rogers, 4th cavalry, will report to his regimental head- quarters for assignment to duty. The Treasury s in receipt of information that the British government has issued orders which went into effecton the ist instant, under which sheep from the United States may be landed In nd without quarantine and without being slaughtered at the place of landing. To Prorecr TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES. —The Western Union Telegraph Company has pre- pared a bill to be presented in the United States Senate by Senator Saulsbury, providing that all telegraph mes shall “be deemed private papers cf the senders, and shall be protected irom unreasonable search and selzure, and from production as evidence in individual and legis- lauve proceedings to the same extent as letters sent bv mail, The United States Supreme Court has decided that letters and sealed packages in the mails are as fully guarded from inspection, except as to outward form and weight, as if they were retained by the parties forwarding them to their own domiciles. THE ANNUAL Revorr of the national board of health, containing an account of operations during the past year, has just been completed, a itted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury. The expenditures of the board from the date of its organization to Dee. 31, 1ST9, were $154,002.42, Estimates for defray- ing the future expenses of the board are sub- mitted as follows: From January 1 to June 30, Isso, $254,330, rom July 1, 1580, to June 30, IS81, $202,060. Tt_ is also advised that an appro- priation of about $100,000 be made to hold in re- serve forthe emergency of the occurrence of such an epidemic as that of 1879, and to be used solely for the purpose of inland quarantine in ease of such an outbreak ‘THE CENSUS StPERVIsoORS.—The Seerctary of the Interfor has approved the scheme for the formation of supervisors’ districts prepared by the superintendent of the eenst apportioned into three districts alstrict, Baltimore count, is ‘me, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne, Somer Talbot, Wicomteo and Wor- lleghany, Anne ries, Frederick, Garrett, fgomery, Prince George's, St Mary’s and Wasbington covaties. ‘The Ust of supervisors will be considered in the Cabinet oe? ts-morrow and probably sent to the Senate Wedn ARRIVAL OF OURAY AND PARTY.—Ouray and the rest of the Ute delegation arrived in the city yesterday morping,-and were taken under guard to the Tremont House, where they will remain during thelr stay here. To-day they were furnished with store clothes. At the ho- tel the Indians are guarded, and noone 1s al- lowed to approach them. The newspaper folks are headed off at every turn. It seems to be feared that the reporters will steal an Indian or two, as they are not even allowed a glimpse of their red brethren. The interview of Secre- tary Schurz with them will be secret, as stated in Saturday's Star. The Secretary expects to do more with them than was accomplished in the west by negotlations. The party of Indians consists of Ouray and Mrs. Ouray, Chipeta, Sieblo and Augustine, of - Uncom- tes; Jack, Sowawick and Unca Sam, of er Utes, and Toppaganta and’Al- handa, of the Southern Utes; W. H. Berry, erpreter; Otto Mears. "of Colorado, and Mr. Kel- cs nee St px-Indian agent at Los Pinos, y them. aS at the Interior Department to-day, long preliminary ¢ with ‘The India v e nined probably for conference with Ouray was seci rith the Indians will be a of the work of the Ute commission. arrived in the city di Ges. Brapy, second assistant postmaster general, appeared before the special committee of the House committee on appropriations at their meeting this morning, and submitted his reply to the letter of the committee asking tor | Information. ‘The document has been printed and makes a pamphlet of eighty-six pages. DISTRICT ATTORNEY CORKHILL'S NOMINATION CoN ED.—In executive session this atter- noon the Senate confirmed the nomination of Colonel George B. Corkhill to be United States attorney in the Di of Columbia. A DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.—The democratic members of the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations held a secret conference to- day and talked over the business of the session. No formal action was taken, but all the mem- bers expressed themselves in favor of getting the regular appropriation bills through as rap- idly as possible, and in favor of keeping public expenditures down to the lowest figure practi- cable. The question of equalizing the pay of Senate and House empleyés was also discussed but no decision reached. ‘The House Commit- tee on Appropriations has heretofore insisted that it has the right to regulate the pay of em- ployes of both Houses and to cut the Senate em- ploy es down to the figures paid by the House. he Senate has resisted this, and will, no doubt, continue to do so, in spite of conferences. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE INVESTIGATION. ‘The House committee on agriculture will hold a meeting on Wednesday, at which action will be taken on Gen, Le Fevre’s resolution to investi- gate the Department of Agriculture. A major- ity of Une committee favor the proposed invesil- gation. BACK FROM MAINE.—Senator Hamlin and Rep- resentatives Frye and Lindsey are the only Maine Congressmen who have returned to Washington since the holiday recess, the others Still remaining at Augusta to Witness the legis- lation proceedings. PERSON AL.—Col. George W. Waring, the dis- Unguished sanitary engineer, is in the city. It is understood that he will at no distant day, this season, deliver one of the lectures of “Toner Course,” under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, his subject to be The Sanitary Improvement of Wa: esses Algernon Sartoris, son-in-law of Gen. Grant, rived in New York from yestel a --.-Senator and Mrs. Hamlin are at Willards. -...Senator J. D, Cameron, Representative Lut- trell and Judge Jere. S. were im int la last evening. wi tr ar ich, ht er many ns - nent a teat do, ty and litics, was given to john Png re American History, 2 New York, on raay, evening. The occasion of the entertainment Rhee mip Kirche inca editorial and Rew York. sages cee ies Lotteries in the Malls. REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. The Postmaster General transmitted to the House of Representatives to-day a report in re- sponse to the House resolution of December 16, 1879, requiring him to furnish such information asthe records of the Post Office department might contain respecting the extent to which lottery companies or agents make use of the mails for the conduct and circulation of their correspondence, and the extent to which the mails are used in reply. The report 1s very vol- uminous. Although the resolution calls for tn- formation regarding lottery schemes only, the Post Office department have taken it for grant- ed that Con; lesired information in relation to the use of the mails by the agents and origin- ators of other fraudulent schemes, and have in- cluded in the report an outline of the various | Lawrence & Co., and other heretofore reported. In conclusion the rt says: “I have to say | that while desirous of avoiding an unnecessa- | Tily lengthy, it has been found difficult to treat the subject matter of the resolution of Congress. Jutelligibly without setting out cases illustra- tive of the varlous methods adopted by the y and other gambit bgp I desire to further that the other duties of my office have allowed me but little = ro Khe to oe reparation of this whic! in the main Thework of A. H. Bisel e the very efficient law clerk of this department Society Notes. Every one seemed inspired by the fine weather of Saturday, and even before three o'clock, the hour for the reception at the White House, a crowd had assembJed in the vestibule and East methods employed to obtain money through the | Room, and assoon as the doors leading to the mails, er with particular cases illustrat- | Biue Parlor were thrown open the visitors be- ing these methods. * gan to congregate there in numbers. Colonel Casey made the introducfions to Mrs. Hayes, who presented each person to Judge Harlan’s wife, who stood next her on the right. Mrs, Ramsay and Senator Randolph’s wife also as- aan in ite ee eas a wae Statutes during the last four months against | kept busy hand-shaking until five o'clock, when varlous parties ‘operating in Louisville, Coving. they left the parlor. Bach one of the receiving ton, Newport and Frankfort, Kentucky, under party ae richly and becomingly dressed, Mrs. what they claim to be ‘grants’ for. certrin pur- | Hayes wearing a tinted white silk, with drape- poses by the state of Kentucky.” The report then | Tes brocaded in white. In her hair were natural gives a history of those whieh claim tobe opera- | flowers tastefully arranged. Mrs. Harlan wore ting under an act of the Kentucky legislature, | 2 heavy black silk, with gold passementerie of 1839, and says: This contract, it isclaimed, | trimming; Mrs. Ramsay a delicate cameo si has, by various rnments, come into the | full skirt,’with a basque of the same shade oj hands of Simmmons and Dickinson, of New | embossed velvet. Mrs. Randolph wore brown York, and Murray, France & Co., of St. Louis, | Silk, with brocaded velvet trimmings. She Is a the latter the managers of the lottery. Inthe | Kentuckian, her father, Mr. Coleman, having advertisements and circulars of this lottery, ee ey years an esteemed citizen of Lex- winted or circulated through the mails,the pab- \. Ky. fic Sco informed: that “holders of prizes: are rofessor, Mrs. and Miss Baird entertained secured by ample bonds, deposited with the state | {nvited guests in their pleasant home on Massa- by the lottery managers. In a letter Nov. 7,1879, | Chusetts avenue, from 3 to 6 on Saturday after- the staie ‘treasurer say$ that neither | noon, and many divided the afternoon between the Keatueky state nor any other lottery | this and the White House reception; among the has ever made such “deposits with him. | number many ladtes and gentlemen 'of Congres- The attention of the House is called to the | Slonal families, many of the diplomatic coi opinion of Hon. John Rodman, attorney general | and numerous representatives of the sctentific of Kentucky, in response to a resolution of the | men in and out of official life who are now in state senate, in which he holds that the various | Washington. When the Director of the Smith- lotteries chartered at different times under | Sonian ts understood to be “at home” to visitors state grants have long since raised all the | With his family, the guests are sure to include:a money authorized by thelr charters, and that | number of ladies and gentlemen whose busy those now in operation are carried on in viole- | lives, devoted mainly to intellectual pursuits, tion of law. The ease against the Common- | sive them little time to indulge in the ordinary wealth Distribution Company re2ts upon the | round of fashionable pleasures. ¥ same kind of evidence as that upon which the | Among other charming entertainments of Sat- order against the Kentucky State Lottery was | Urday evening was the meeting at the residence ed. ‘The corporation claims toact under the | Of Judge Sanders W. Johnston, on K street, of nkfort grant. the | Literary Soclety, which includes a goodly Among the lottery companies which have | Portion of the fashion as well as much of the used or now use the mails extensively, mention | culture of Washington. ‘The literary feature ot ismade of the Wyoming Lottery and Cheyenne | the evening was a consideration of the relative Lottery companies, the Grand Distribution Com- | merits of the prose writers and the poets of pany of Victoria, Canada, and the New Bran.- | America, touching which papers were read by Wick Grand Gift Soiree, of St. Stephens, New | Mrs. Chapman Coleman, Mrs. Cary Long, and Brunswick, “operated by one J. M. Potter, one | Co!. I E. Clarke, and remarks were also made of the most persistent, ingenious and ub‘quitous | by several other members of the society. After persons using the mails for the purpose of de- | the literary exercises the company was charm- ceiving and defrauding the public by means of | ingly enteitained with music by Miss Mary gift enterprises, schemes and devices.” A | Johnston, daughter of the host, and Miss Me- humber of his’ entecpr'ses are named. The | Grew, each of whom both surprised and pleased Kentucky Cash Distribution Company, the Lou- | the company by the fresh, rich quality of her isiana State Lottery, and the Arizona Lottery, | Voice. noi less than by the ease and grace with have also been subject to Investigation by the | WPicn the several selections were rendered. departme! The draw.ngs of the Canadian | The attendance, which was quite large, in- and the Brunswick companies taking place | Cluded not only nearly the full membership ot outside of the United States, no action could be | the society, but_a number of distinguished in- taken by the department in the matter of re- | Vited guesis, and the occasion was one thor- turn of registered letters and non-payment of | oughly enjoyed by all present... _ money orders. Orders have been issued, how- The dinner given by Attorney General Devens, ever, to the postmaster at Calais, Me., where the | &t Wormley’s, on Saturdry evening, was at- New Brunswick Lottery has an agent, in regard | ended by the following gentlemen: Chief Jus- {o such letters and orders, ilce Waite, who rat on the right of the host, and Sir Edward Thornton, who sat on his left; Mr. Bancro.i, Mr. S'dney Bartlett and Mr. Shattuck, of Bo ston; the French Minister, M. Outrey; Jus- tices Clifford, Strong, Miller, Harlan, Bradley, Swayne ond F.eld; Senators Edmunds, Hoar and Thurman; Assistant Secretary of State Payson, the Soliclor General, Mr. Smit, of the Attor- ney General’s office; Mr. L. P. Morton and Mr. ¥lagg. The dinner was very elegant in all its appointments, The table was handsomely deco- rated, and the ren" very elaborate, ‘Mrs. Comptroller Knox gavé a musicale at ber residence on 10th street, near M, Saturday cventog, the attractions of which were keenly appreciated by all who were fortunate enou: to be her guests on the occasion. During the evening the company was entertained with a large and choice selection of vocal and instru- mental masic, given with remarkable skill and effect by both lady and gentlemen participants. Aside from these, there were a number of per- sons well-known In society and politics present. ‘The Secretary of the Navy gave a dinner tothe gentlemen of the Cabinet on Friday. ....Miss McLean, daughter of Mr. Allan McLean, who is nee the winter at Wormley’s, will give a lunch t9 about fifty young ladies next Satur- day at2p.m. ....Miss Garcelon, (daughter of the governor of Maine), attended Mrs. Hayes’ reception Saturday, with her aunt, Mrs. Frye. ----Mis. Preston Powers. wife of the sculptor, Ae : iting Senator Morrill’s family on Thomas Jircle. SECRETARY SHERMAN Was on the floor of the House to-day. AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day Phere are six different classes of schemes re- ferred to in net rk, OF res oC ce companies, organized or proposing oO mized by “ihe state authority Is first con- sidered. On this head the Postmaster General says: “Orders have been issued in pursaance of The lottery company most extensively using the mails is the Louisiana State Lottery, claim- ing to operate under a state law of 186s, which isasserted to be recogn'zed by the new state const*tution. It is not deemed compatible with public interests to submit now the evidence upon which the Postmaster General acted in this case, there being a suit pending, brought against lim by the lottery mapaget 3 = Phe next case mentioned is that of Edgar W. Jones, alias the Union Publishing Comany, alias the Magnetic Watch Company, of Ashland, Mass., and having several other aliases under which he sent through the malls in 1876, 590,000 circulars and advertisements of obscene books. and a “geufne Swiss magnetic timekeeper,’ which was in fe2t a brass compas of no value. Por months the complaints from parents, teaeh- ers, ete., from al parts of the country f gard to the vile document sent by Jones to their children were piling up 6n the hands of the Postmaster General, until through the exer- Uons of Mr, Anthony Comstock, Joues was in- dicted and his business broken up. ‘The next case {s that or H. D. 2. the National Banking Com) street, N. Y. This so-call Ly. flood the country with flaming circulars, offering to sell what ‘they called bonds on the Havana, Kentucky and Louisiana lotteries at half the regular rates for tickets, and to add extra prizes to the drawings. A special agent of the depart- ment reports that he arrested H. D. P. Allen, otherwise known as the National Banking Com- pany, for violation of the postal law, and pre cured hisindictment. He states that Allen in- formed bim that he sold uckets or bonds de- pendent upon certain lottery drawings as to Whether prizes were received or not, but said | were Senators Teller and McMillan, and Repre- nothing about any banking business. No con- sentatives Hiscock, Wilber, Wait, Williams ana test was made by the concern. McCoid. ‘The Texas Gitt Concert Association, of Deni- son, Texas, is spoken of ag “one of the most DUPES OF A PRETENDED CounT.—The New successful windles disclosed by the department | york 7rivane says an adventurer, calllug hine records.” Its receipts were about $100,000. The rick been . report of Special Agent Edgerton on the case, self Count Maurice de Fez, has been swindling some very respectable persons in that city by promises of marri: and offers of introduction te his titled frien The you woman who hoped to become a countess sold her furniture, and a gontaing friend contributed his dress Suit anda fine shirt, and in return was to be in- troduced to the Count de Kergarion, who has never appeared. The swindler is supposed to have tled to Montreal. dated St. Louis, September 18, 1875, and pub- uae in full in the New York 7) ibune, is en- close rhe Denver Land Company” is a title urder which a species of fraud, very common fifteen or twenty years ago, but more rare of late years, was successfully perpetrated. The prospectus of the company makes a very brillant showing of the future prospects of the elty of Denver, andoffersto send by return mall to any one sending them their name and postottice address and one dollar to pay cost of making and acknowledging deed, postage, &c., a clear v rantee de to a lot 25 feet front by 125 feet deep in North Denver, Colorado, clear of ail taxes. ‘The name of North Demyer et impression that itis an addition or suburb of the city of Colorado, purposely selected by this swindling company to dupe peopie into the belief that they are getting property contiguous to Denver, Col. North Denver, the post offiee officials have learned, is 34 miles northeast of Denver and entirely unimproved. S. A. Grant, one of the persons engaged in the swindie, has been indicted by the grand jury of the U. S. court of Rapahoe county, Co}., and 1s now awaiting trial. “The Kansas Land com- pany,” doing business at Topeka, Kan., 1s men- Toned as one belonging to the same class as the Denver Land company, Tlis concern adver- Uses to give away *‘Kansas homes” for $2 each, but as it was started about the time of the ex- posure of the Denver Land company’s swindle, it was trustrated almost at Its Inception by the prompt and energetic action of the post office officials. Various arrests and seizures are detailed in the case of Max Borger, alias Borger & Co., alias Wachsman & Co., “Bankers,” st Nassau street, New York City. These names were used to cover the sale of tickets in the Royal Havana, the Ducal Brunswick,—Luneburgh—the Free ‘ity of Hamburgh, the Louisiana and the Ken- ucky lotteries, and the Commonwealth Distri- bution Company. It being proved that no other REVOLTING CONDITION OF A PENITENTIARY.— Gov. Luke P. Blackburn, In his late message to the legislauure of Kentucky, draws a revolting picture of the condition of the penitentiaryot that state. They have 173 more prisoners than cells. AS a necessity nearly 350 wretched men are im- mured In cells, which are but three feet nine ‘and a-half inches wide, six feet three and a-half inches es and six feet eight inches long. ‘These cells, dark and ill-ventilated, do not con- tain sufficient air to support one man, and the death record gives abundant proof of it. From the 1st of January last to date 74 have died—a fearful mortality. The governor recommends (hat something be done to vindicate the honor of the state. A GOVERNOR Ralsks A STORM.—Great indig- nation is said to prevail at Wilkesbarre, Pa. because Goy. Hoyt has en Hon. Stanie: Woodward, democrat, judge of the eleventh judicial district in ae toa republican. At Kingston, Gov. Hoyt’s late home, the Hoyt Club tore down a transparency in front of their club house because it re the Governor's pic- ture. Hoyt and Woodward are warm personal eens and the latter supported Hoyt for Gov- ni EUROPE In Brigr.—Austria and Germany are going to see about that concentration of Russian troops in Poland. The Paris Republique Fran- caise says Russia has cast herself upon a path of conquest and chimeras. An increase in the number of French consulates in America is mooted. Pneumonia prevails among the British than lottery business was done by these men, | troops in Afghanistan. A new ‘Spanish loan is the proper order was issued November 14th, poe: hung between Albanians and 1819, forbidding the delivery of matter addressed | Montenegrins been incessant since the Sth io them and directing the return to senders of | instant. “Herr Verhovay, a Hungarian journal- registered letters and money orders. ist, has been mortally wounded in a duel There js another class distinct from the lot- tery, in that It assumes to conduct its business | , A Puucky Youno Lapy.—In New York, Fri- upon legittmate principles, not depending upon | day evening, Miss Emma Jessup, a prepossess- choice, But upon’ aecuraulated capital iavented ing young on returning to ier home met under the advice of men of experience, judg- | Walter J. McKenna another young man ment and integrity tn the actual purchase of | hurrying stocks in Wall oe} holding them until a rise, when they are cl out and the profits, less a moderate commission, paid to agent effectin; the purchase and sale of stocks, 1s divi Rois | the persons advancing the money in- ve Some of these dealers assumed names, | Ments, and the (95 worth of either closely resembling those of reputable | Jewelry belonging to Miss Jessup in his posses- dealers, or in some cases identical with them. n. Among theseare Lawrence & Co, and Heath &Co, Mr. Comst ‘Tam informed that the BURGLaRs attempted to enter the Thayer Jew- form of their contract 1s illegal, and that money | ¢#Y Manufacturing Company's sees at lost under it eannou be Tecovered; that the | Astoria, L. I., Saturday night, but were driven court of aj has settled the above in certain | Of by the watchman, Several shots cases tried In New York state. Tam clear there | 224 wounded one of the burglars. | Two is $ no bona hae buying snd, selling ot stock on |. Were fired at the watchman, but without effect orders at are receive y mail ! am in- Hows THE Fort.—A tel J —! egram formed that Baxter took 000 of Bei ernment ssourl, January 9th, and Ex- York 5 1850, Baxter & Co., bank brok {engraving of New ‘York Stock Sasa) ae eae, me Ga ey i | ee New York, stock.” ‘The abov. ttle of’ a pamphlet fret ‘the malls. A ‘ong of cia ie Saar ead a et Dusiness of Baxter & Co,, is similar to ‘ 7 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. MonpDay, Januay 12. SENATE.—The Vice President laid before the Senate various communications from the Secre- tary of War, detailing examinations and sur- eys made in compliance with the river and Varbor act of 1879, Mr. Hamlin presented the memorial of citi- zens of Maine asking for legislation which will ive all rightful cl ants upon the Geneva ward fund an immediate ana sufficient oppor- tunity to present their claims. Mr. Paddock introduced a bill to authorize the appointment of commissioners to ascertain and report losses sustained by citizens of the Unit States on account of Indian depreda- tons, and to adjust claims artsing therefrom. eferred. HOUSE.—The Speaker proceeded to call the states for bills and resolutihns, under which call the following were introduced and referred: By Mr. Ballou. To reduce tax on deposits, sub- ject to Nene with persons and associations en ae in banking business. sy Mr. Robinson. In eae to the compensa- tion and expenses of pension agents. By Mr. F. Wood. To factlitate the refunding of the national debt. By Mr. Chittenden (by request). For a na- tonal jail and prison. By Mr. Cox. Relative to a monument to Thomas Jefferson. By Mr. Clymer. Exempting from taxation romisory notes issued for wages. By Mr. Ryon. For the appointment of official stenographers for U. 8. cireutt and district courts. The Fire Cernee ee emersiity Ques- tion. Recent articles in the Sunday papers here and in the Washington columns of journals outside of this city on the fire commissionership ques- tion contain so many misstatements that it may be as well to briefly give the facts in the case fairly and dispassionately, so that wrong im- pressions may not be made. On Aug. 7th, 1878, the District’ Commissioners reorganized the Board of Fire Commissioners by dropping four of the seven members. This they had full power todo under the act of Congress. But among the members so dropped was Mr. Wm.B, Reed, then absent in Europe; and whom the Secretary of the Interior had appointed to re- present the federal government on the fire ard—such appointment having been made also in conformity with an act of Congress, Upon Mr. Reed’s return to the city he claimed that Lis removal was illegal, he still holding his commission irom the Secretary of the Interior. obtained when Mr. Morgan, the former govern- ment Bupa left the board. The District Commissioners took the ground that as the law under which Mr. Reed’s appointment was made, provided that the appointee should be a resi- dent of the county (1. @. the county of Washing- ton outside the limits df Washington city and Georgetown, as always underst and as Mr. Reed lived in this city, therefore he was not and never had been legally amember of the Board of Fire Commissioners under his commission from the Secretary of the Interior. In this view they were sustained by the law officer of the District, Mr. Riddie, and on Mr. Reed’s taking the case into court the decision was against him, and the District Commissioners’ construc- tion of the law was sustained against the con- struction of Attorney General Devens, to whom u ne question had been referred by Secretary Sehurz. So the matter rested until the last session of Congress, when there was inserted among the District appropriations in the sundry civil bill a clause appropriating $400 for two fire commis- sioners, “one of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior,” and #400 for the third fire commissioner as secretary of the board—not “president and secretary,” as erroneoufly pub lished tn some of the articles above referred to. Secretary Schurz thereupon appointed Mr. Reed, under this law, as one of the members of the fire board. The District Commissioners refused to recognize Mr. Reed, not solely on the ground that there was no vacancy in the fire board, as erroneously published, but because the clause in question did not repeal the existing law that the government member of the board should be “a resident of the county,” and they notified Secretary Schurz that if he made ax appoint- ment in conformity with that law they would Prompt y reconstruct the fire board and admit im. This the Secretary would not accede to. In the meantime the Distri¢t Commissioners had sent to the secretary sworn statementsin refer- ence to conduct of Mr. Reed while a fire commis- sioner, which they thought unfitted him for reap- pointment. These statements Mr. Reed denied under oath, and the Secretary sustained him. So the matter stood until oy previous to the re- lirement of Captain Phelps from the Dis- trict Commissionership, when the papers in the case were submitted to the President. It is understood that the present District Com- missioners have stated to the President that not desire to set themselves and their opinion against the federal authorities, and will cheer- fully obey his orders in the premises. That is the'presént status of the case. It is not worth while to say much about the twaddle concerning the refusal of the Board of Fire Commissioners to recognize Mr. Reed. ‘What have they avid to do with it any way? ‘They are appointed by the District Commission- ers to perform certain duties under the law. ‘Their recognition of Mr. Reed will not make him a fire commissioner if he is not one, and he will hardly admit that their refusal to recog- nize him unmakes him. One of the badly-in- formed writers on this matter, a correspondent of the New York Times, says: “The act referred to legfslates one of the old members out of office, but either of them care to retire, and the Dis- trict Commissioners seem afraid to select one of them for decapitation.” In view of what is Stated above, it would seem to be extremely doubtful whether Mr. Reed would be any nearer the realization of his hopes in case one of them did retire. The fact is, that at a very early stage in this controversy the three members of the board, in an interview with the District Commissioners, informed them that the resig- nation of aby one or all of the members of the fire board were at their service whenever ne- cessary, to relieve them of embarrassment. The District in Congress, ANOTHER STREET. RAILWAY COMPANY. Senator Butler to-day introduced a bill to in- corporate the Capitol Hill and Potomac rail- road company. The bill Dope to create E.C. Dean, D. W. Middleton, jr., H. E. Paine, H, 0. Claughton, Geo. Wm. liou, B. F. Grafton, Wm. B. Webb and their associates a body cor- porate and politic under the name of the Capt- tol Hill and Potomac railway company, with power to construct and operate either a single or double-track street railway along the follow- ing street: ining at Maryland avenue and 7th st. n.e., (with right to construct a short line on C st. n.e. to connect with main line;) thence on Maryland ave, to B st. n.e. and west to 3d st. n.w., (With right to lay a trackon 2d st. n.w. from B st. to ave., and thence along Indiana ave. to 3d st.;) thence north on 3d st. to Indiana ave. and west to Louisiana ave., south to Market Space; thence west_on Market Space to Sth st.; thence north on sth to D and along D to 10th, on 10th to G, and thence to 15th St.; north on 15th to I, along I to 18th; south on 18th to F, west on F to 22d, along 22d G to 18th to connect the lines. besubject to taxation and tracks to be center of streets and avenues; to be constructed in most approved manner, with best material, ete, The capital stock shall be not less than $100,000 nor more than $300,000, and be divided into shares of $50 each. Bonds may be issued, and one percent. of the net the bond tu all othe respects, the e is. tn all other visions are about the same as are usually enact ted to incorporate a street railway company. SIGNED UNDER A MISAPPREHENSIO! Senator Harris to-day presented a ‘twenty- rN, tition Zens of the District ase we thelr names strieken from a petition thy presented, ‘The ‘the 28d instant, in the in- terest of blishment of suffrage in this Distaict, has the countenance of the fewest pos- ence, itis not necessary to Sepoat the patee eo mere a Telegrams to The Star | LATEST FROM MAINE. Compromise Talk, FOREIGN NEWS BY CABLE. ‘THE SIFUATION IN MAINE. Compromise Talk in Augusta. N, Jan. 12.—The Journal's Augusta spe- cial of last night says: But very few of the re- publican members or claimants left the city t day, and to-night it is sald that every man ex- cept one or two is on hand. Various rumors are afloat as to the movements of each party to- morrow. The question whether the committee on Ee eceltr votes Will report and whether both branches will attempt to elect a governor to-morrow 1s freely discussed. The general opinion is that they will not presume to elect a Fovernor as the house is at present constituted. 't Is rumored that leading fusionists made over- tures to-day fora compromise, when they were told that the admission of members-elect of the disfranchised cities and the towns of Farmington and Skowhegan would ensure the full attendance of the republicans, This would add 14 to the 62 republican mem- bers. The committee find that 6 persons re- ceived votes for governor—Davis, Smith, Garce- lon, Bradbury, Chamberlain and Greenleaf. The first four would be the names from which two would have to be chosen tosend to the Senate. Thus, if the house should be republican and the Senate fusion, a fusion governor would be elect- ed. A quorum of certificated members would give the republicans a majority of one. The fusionists will besitate some time before accept- ing these terms. Bloody Work was Contemplated. ‘The republicans feel greatly relieved that he arms that had been in the state house are“Te- turned to the state arsenal, in Bangor, and consider it a great. move toward a peaceful solu- tion of the difficulty. It is reported, and be- lieved by a large number of persons, that the reason the galleries were not allowed to be oc- cupied on Friday last was that orders had been given to allow certain armed men, concealed in the state library, in case of an attempt on the part of republicans to capture the hall, (as the fusionists feared), to come down by i short cut and enter the south gallery with loaded muskets and command the representa- tivehall. The finding of muskets loaded and cartridge boxes filled shows that bloody work was contemplated. Both parties keep their movements very cloudy to all except the mem- bers and claimants, and especially do they avoid making any disclosures to newspaper correspondents. Proceedings To-day. Av@ysta, ME., Jan. 12.—On the assembling of the senate this morning, President mson sent in a letter announcing that he had assumed the duties of governor. [The letter is the same as that telenraphed last night.) Senator Ellis, of Waldo, was chosen as president pro tempore. The committee on gubernatorial votes reported the following votes were thrown at the election held in September: Whole number of votes 138,807; necessary for a choice 69,404. Daniel F. Davis received 68,700; Joseph L. Smith, 47,649; Alonzo Garcelon, 21,544; Bion Bradbury, 263; Daniel F, David, 200. The remainder are scat- tering. The constitutional candidates are: Daniel F. Davis, Joseph L. Smith, Alonzo Garce- lon and Bion Bradbury. On the proposition of the senate to hold a joint convention for the purpose of qualifying on the acts of the gover- hor, there was some acrimonious debate by Messrs. Locke, Barker and Strickland. ‘The joint convention was formed, and in the presence of the secretary of state and several members of the council, Jno. D. Lamson took the oath, and was proclaimed as acting gov- ernor of the state of Maine. But 6) members were present in the house, and that body ad- journed without the transaction of any business. . —_—_$_<—___— FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Plague in Italy. LonDON, Jan, 12.—A ich from Rome to the Standard says: Very accounts are given of the condition of the populations in the north- ern provinces of the fermer kingdom of Naples, where fever is epidemic over large districts. In @ population of 62,000 the sick amount to 33,000 persons. The deaths from July to December, 1879, amounted to 3,423, American Influence in the Pacific. Panis, Jan. 12.—The Nord (Brussels newspa-~ pen discussing German emigration, says:—All loubt whether Germany will ever be in condi- tion to contend with English and American in- fluences in the Pacific. A state confined within the narrow limits of the Baltic, and possessing only two forts on the North sea, cannot balance in those remote regions the intluence of Amer- ca. German Distrust of France. Lonpon, Jan. 12.—A dispatch from Berlin to the Times says: Particul attention is now being paid here to the developement of affairs in France. It was hoped that time would re- move national antipathies and that war might be altogether avoided but this hope has been much shaken by recent events in France. The now French cabinet and particularly M. de Freycinet, the premier, is mistrusted, the latter being regarded as a creature of M. Gambetta, Political Troubles in Spain. Lonpon, Jan. 12.—A dispatch from Paris to the Times says:—Gen. Martinez Campos Is said to intend quitting Spain, an act construed as an expectation of political troubles. Affairs iu Afghanistan. London, Jan. 12.—A dispatch from Candabar to the Times says:—The leader of the Herati troops has been decoyed into the city and put to Geath by Ayoob Khan. No reports have reached here conffrming the announcement that Abdul Rahman Khan, the pretender to the Afghan throne, had arrived at Balkah, B hh Occupation of Herat. Panis, Jan. 12,—The Russian press and varl- ous continental special correspondents now sae freely discuss the probabilities of the ritish occupation of Herat. £1,000 fer Ireland from one Church. Lonpon, Jan. 12.—Yesterday at the Roman Catholic churches, in the diocese of Southwark, # letter from the bishop to the clergy on the £ubject of the distress in Ireland was read and a fund collected which it is anticipated will reach Atlantic and Great Western R. R. It is understood that Sir Henry Tyler and Sir Charles Young have consented to act as_trus- tees of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad company’s leased lines rental trust of 1873 in the place of Messrs. Blake and Herring, who have retired. —EE— Murdered in a Quarrel about a fe. CINCINNATI, Jan. 12.—A special dispatch to the Gozette says that while Wm. Milliken and Henry Crane, of Belleville, Ind., were fighting about a dog, on Saturday afternoon, Elwood Milliken came to the assistance of his father, and fatally Stabbed Crane, He escaped without arrest. _———— The Steamship Arragon Safe. NEw YORK, Jan. 12.—The steamship Ai which left a Eni Dec. which shortly after her to have been lost, reached ‘The Markets. Jan. 12,— ia tris irene ue COUP! P'North Cavolina BALTIMO! : do. 1.513401.51%. LYNCH LAW IN MARYLAND, Outrage on a White Girt. The Guilty Negro Hangea, Full Particulars of the Affair. {Specia? Correspondence of the Star.) BEALISVILLE, MONTGOMERY Co., Mp., Jan, 1ith, 1880.—This vicinity, 85 miles from Wash- ington, was thrown into a great state of excite- ment yesterday by a dastardly attempt at out- rage by a negro on the person of a 11 year ol child, which culminated tn his being executed about 11 o'clock last night at Poolesville, two miles from this place. The ne ), George a somewhat notorious man who has heretofore been in jail several times, and when a boy bad made a simflar attempt. and narrowly eseay hanging, had been working for Mr. Lemuel L. Beall, the proprietor of the store here for several month: past, He was a Dlack negro, 22 years of age, and weighed about 160 pounds. “His in- tended victim is a little girl named Ada Hays, a bright and good looking child eleven years of age, a step daughter of Mr. John Reeves. THE CRIME. Saturday morning the little girl went to do ‘he milking tn the cow yard of Mr. Reeves, as was her custom, and the negro was engaged in feeding the stock. She states that when she Went to the stable yard Peck came out from be- hind thestraw rick, by her and went on into the stable. She commenced milking and finished milking one cow and went to another— one standing near the straw rick—and com- menced milking. Just then the negro came behind her, caught her tn his arms and carr her around the straw rick, where he had previ- ously prepared a hole in the straw. She screamed 4 a8 soon as he caught her, but as soon as he go. { her In the straw rick he put his hands over her mouth. Fortunately for the a Rev. Mr. Amy who lives just across the from the stal ¥ bie. happened to be out In his yard and heard the girlscreaming. He ran immediately to see what was the matter, and came upon the negro be- fore he had ge pee his purpose or had in- jured the little girl to any extent. Mr. Amy yelled out at the negro to know what he was. about and the man ran to the stable. Mr. Amy : had a pistol on his person at the time, and says. he at first was tempted to shoot the negro on , the spot, but upon reflection concluded to let the law handle him. He took the girl to the house and went immediately to the store and told Mr. Beall what had happened. They at once sent to Poolesville for an officer, at the same time keeping a watch on the negro, who seemed to continue at his work about the stable, About ten o'clock the oficer arrived and several men were In readiness to assist In capturing the negro if he attempted to get away. As soon as he saw the ofticer—Mr.H. Miles—coming toward the stable HE ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE. He ran across a field Into some pine woods, but was surrounded and captured. He was taken to Mr. Beall’s store and Ued, Rev. Mr. Amy,and the girl both testifying to his flendish acts. When he was asked by the officer whether he intended to accomplish his purpose, on this In- nocent girl, he repliedthat he would have done it if it had not been for Mr, Amy interfering with him. He was then HAND-CUFFED AND CHAINED, and taken to Poolesville and lodged in the Odd Fello Hall, preparatory to taking him to the Rockville jail, 1t was about 5 o'clock p.m.when he was taken there, anda crowd soon began to congregate around the hail making threats of lynching. The oficer would not permit any one to come in, and about 11 o'clock the crowd dis- appeared from around the hall, and the officer attempted to take his psisoner ‘over to his (the officer's) house, a short distance from Poolesville to guard him all night. After leaving the hall the officer went into Mr. Walter's store Just across the street to make some purchases before going home, taking the prisoner with himand locking the door. THE PRISONER CAPTURED AND HANGED BY THE MOB. MOB. : He had not morethan got in before some one rode up in front of the door and fired a pistol shot in the air, and it seemed as if men rushed in from ali directions to the spot, with cries of “Lynch him,” “ Lynch him.” ‘They burst the door open and the crowd rushed into the store, some with masks and some without, and demanded the prisoner, The officer tried to resist them, but he was blind- folded and held by some, while others put the rope around the negro’s neck and dragged him out of the store. In the scuttle the stove was knocked over, and came very near setting fire to the store. 'The crowd dra the man by his neck across the road from the store, threw him over a post-and-rail fence. then dragged him a a lot to a locust tree, threw the rope across a limb, and all hands drew him up about tive feet above the ground and tied the rope to a fence near the tree, and, as soon as they thought he was dead, disap As the crowd left there were several pistol shots fired at the hang- ing man’s > but they did not strike him. ‘Some went through his clothes and several into the tree. He was left hanging until 10 o'clock Sunday morning, when the officer went out and had the body cut down and moved to a stable shed near by, as people were coming to church. The tree the man was hal on was just in front of the church. A jury was summoned and a verdict. rendered “ tliat George Peck came t> bis death’ from strangulation by the hands 0° parties unknown to the jurors.” Tt was sul juently ascertained from an ex- amination by aa that the child was no serfously injur J.W. AL ———__—_ Wall Street To-day. New York, Jan. 12.—The Post's financial artt cle says: The week opened at the Stock ex change with the list of the proposed bill for the regulation of railroads in this state and the text of the Wood refunding bill before all concerned in the markets. Government bonds are 3¢~ higher to-day except for the 6's of 1880-81 which are lower. investments of a: kinds are strong and higher. The market for speculative shares is strong, and prices are ya 5. ied cent. above Saturday's closing. Chesa~ peake and Ohio has advanced to 203. In the money market the quotation for call loans on miscellaneous stock collateral is 5a6 per cent., while on U. S. bond collateral the quotation is 4a5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper is 5a6 per cent 3 Currency is gradually returning from the interior. —_——_—_ Trains Ali Running. ELIzaBETH, N. J.. Jan. 12.—The broken draw- bridge at Woodbridge, where Tuesday’s accident cecurted, has been readjusted, and all the trains are running through to Sea Girt wit change. is igi Sea Girt without A GRAIN BLOCKADE of prodigious riions: is the feature of the grain trade in Chicago at present. The elevators of the city, which con- tain an ai ate of 16,000,000 bushels, are very nearly filled to their utmost capacity, and seve- ral roads are refusing to receive because, when it arrives, there are no accommodations for it. In this condition of affairs the directors ot the trade are considering the Sd riety of aecepting as regular the receipts In the eleva- tors and storehouses along the line of the vari- ous railroads, It is also in-contemplation to provide temporary storage outside elevators, and to build new elevators in various quarters of the city. La numbers of cars are lying along the tracks in the city loaded with grain which they are unable to deposit. There are In Storages,000,000 bushels wheat, 4,000,000 bushels corn, and enough of oats and other make the total 14,250,000 bushels, against a total of 10,000,000 bushels at this time last year. There are aiso about 1,000,000 bushels afloat in the harbor. The elevator outside the city and tributaries to it are generally well filled; some of them over-crowded. For this condition of affairs the only explanation is that the grain Ey