Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1880, Page 1

eS ER THE EVENING STAR. DAILY, Except Sunday, 4T THE STAB BUILDINGS, Ponnrylvanis Avenue, Corner 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oomvanv. GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pres’t, 1G Saw is served to mnbécribers in the thetr Yn account, at 10 cents 38, ia es at the Weenie a cconis: ouoyear” ob: siz cent a a s (antered at the Post Office at Washington. D. @-+ as second claes mail matter Ail mai subscriptions must be 3 than for. vazee no, sent longer than 80 paid for Che 55—N°. 8.391. uening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1880. TWO CENTS. FIRE IN NEW YORK TO-DAY. The Flames Among the Machine ‘Shops and ‘Tenement Housen NEW YORK, Feb. 96.—The police this: report the following losses at the Pearl fire last night: August Cahlens, picture frames, damage to stock, $20,000; Sigmund $5,000; N. Con, picture frames, $2,000, and to building $3,500. All losses are ‘covered by in- surance. A fire was discovered this morning In the foundry building at Nos. ST and Ss Elizabeth street, a brick structure, occupied altogether by machine shops and foundries, but wedged in between crowded tenements. The fire had caught on the first floor or basement, but when. the firemen got fairly to work, it had seized | pon every story and was burning | flercely under the roof, that threatened momen- tarlaly to fallin. ‘The building occupied a space of about 70 by 30 feet, was old and rotten and | the work of the firemen was attended with much risk. A low brick extension connected SPECIAL NOTICES. THE EVENING STAR. ? =~ OFFICE OF THE FRANKLIN INSUR- & ANCE COMPANY, ci Wasnrnctox, D. C., February 25, 1880. Ata meeting of the Directors of the FRANKLIN NSURANCE COMPANY, held this 25th day of February, 1880, the folléwing resolutions were adopted ‘eed, That in the death of Dr. J. M. Brop- BS ee ioe <2 8 a director of this Company. the public has Jost a ued citizen, his friends a kind 2nd genial associate, and this Company a comve- {ent ‘and faithful advisor. Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to his family, ‘and that we respectfully tender tnem ‘our sincere sympathy. oe CHAS. BRADLEY, Secretary. ‘= JHE MASTER HORSE SHOERS | OF (© tnis city and Georgetown will hold a, meet- inz on AY NIGHT, February 27, at Trades Union Hall, corner 8th and E sts. n.w., at 5 o'dock sbarp. 25-2" HE ANNU. MEETING OF THE STOOKHOLDERS OF THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. F THE UNITED STATES OF AMEBIOA, for the slection of Direo- sun, tors of said company for the ensuing year, wil bela at the office of the Company Bitthweaty” comer D, en TUESDAY, March 9, 1#80, at 10 o'clock a. m. feb24-12t C. H. ANTES, Sec'y- ANNUAL ELECTION. = OFFICE OF THE COLUMBIA Rati way Co. ‘The annual election will be held at the BOARD OF TRADE ROOMS TUESDAY, March 9th prox- Smo, between the hours of 2and'4 p. m., for seven cto to serve the ensuing yea! ‘oan W2H. OLAGETT, feb23-14t Secretary Col. R. R. do. NATURAL MINERAL WATERS. z d, Bine Lick, Congress, D2ep Rack Butialos Tiida, ockbeidice alti, Geyser, Fothorn, Gettysburg, Friedrickshall, y linaris, Pulina, White Sulphur. Janos, Apollinaris, Pulling: White 8 : ‘7 feb19 1429 PENNSYLVANIA A’ THE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR DI- rectors. of the NORTHERN LIBERTY MARKET COMPANY will be held at the office of said Company MARCH 8, 1830. Polls open from 1 oS p.au.') Transfer book closed February 21h, ch th OrRebe-4w GEO. W. KING, S8ec'y. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS of the NORTHERN LIBERTY MARKET COMPANY will be held at the office of said Company MARCH 3, 1880, 12 m. At which meeting the azreement of January 29, eae entered see betes ihe Laeeironyes an wi ed for ratitica bare oad ee "6 0. W. KING, Sec’y- (pr POLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. = ‘EXTRA Quauity Ber. BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. Extra Quauity Dry. zl DELICIOUS DRY WINE IN THE TEE MOST en 2 iuaina ad THOMAS RUSSELL, jan5 1213 PENNA. AVENUR- SPECIAL NOTICE. CONGRESS WATER. Its superiority as a cathartic and slterative con sista in {ts entire freedom from everythiag bitter, acid or crude that produces headache, internal sore- hess, and tends to destroy the mucous membrane. Al mineral waters that are dangerous irritmts may be known by an acid after-taste. dec8-3m. SPECIAL NOTICE—A fresh supply of REW Driv aioe. corner Stet, aid Penney! ‘corn E Ramin ave.. at G0 cts: per full pint bottle: ootd | DRY GOODS. . GEULING off! SELLING OFF: We sh all continue selling our large stock of DRY GOODS, at less than wholesale value, until further notice. NO FANCY PRICES. Buttone, Fringes and Laces in endless variety, direct from the manufacturers. W. M. BROWN, feb 817 Market {HIRTS ! SHIRTS! SHIRTS! tee ACME, FINISHED, 90. UNFINISHED, 75. ‘THE PEERLESS, FINISHED, 75. UNFINISHED, 65. A FINE DRESS SHIRT TO ORDER, $1.50. MEN'S FURNISHINGS. ‘THOMPSON'S Shirt Factory, E. MAUCK, Proontetor. 816 F st. n.w. feb21 Crose PRICES FOR BLACK SILKS, ‘5e., B1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, 82.25, $2.50. BEACK SATINS, $1, $1.25, 1.50, 1.75. COLORED SATINS, 1, 81.25, 81.50. PEKIN STRIPES, $1, $1.56. DOMESTIOS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. CASH BUYERS will find our stock attractive. TYLER & CHEWNING, ate Clerks with Perry & Bro.), feb21 918 7th st. m.00. X¥ GOODS AT OLD PRICES. ‘The best yard-wide BLEACHED COTTON at the old price, 10c. & Large size pure LINEN TOWELS, 12%e., (old Price.) Large size pure LINEN NAPKINS, only 8¢c., (old ) Pure white TABLE LINEN, 50e., (old price.) gctheyary best CALICO made, (in short lengths,) , ce. Closing cut of all our Ladies’ CLOAKS at actual Pure Wool Colored CASHMERES reduced to 25c. Colored and Black SILK VELVETS at cost. Qolored and Black SATINS. DRESS GOODS, part wool, 1230. NOTTINGHAM LACE, for Curtains, 12%, 15, K handsomely Embroidered with Bilk, 83.75 to 810. CARTER’S, 711 Market Space. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN BLACK SILKS. Our $1, $1.25 and $1.60 BLAOK SILKS are the im : Fate BRS aS ow OOLORED SILKS, immense assortment. y pair of our BLANKETS at actual coat. size Double BLANKETS reduced to 82. and Qolored CASHMERES, very wide double width, (pure wool, ) reduced ta 80. (QUOTE, for men and boys! wear, 37, 60, 62, 750., (old prices. ur large size pure White BRIDAL QUILTS, 1.50, (old price.) Honeycomb White QUILTS, 50, 62, 75, 87c., $1, ) Fob ‘caRTER’S, 711 Market Space. ae THAT WILL GIVE SATISFACTION. r ‘The ‘Crown Diamond” Shirt, only 60 cents. ‘The ‘‘Senate” Improved Shirt, 65 cents. ry" Shirt, made of the very best mus- Bn and twenty-one handred linen, only 75 cents. ‘The “*Reception” Shirt; made of the Best muslin and EXTRA FINE linen, 75 cents. "8 of the best muslin and twenty-one 60 cents. oi al MEGINNISS’, jan? 1009 F street n.w. HEAT BEPUCTION THE (cE = "OE airs = it -made Shirt for. 50 Our Elliptic Shi - 218 Onur Celebrated Triumphant Shirt; Wamsutts mi $-ply all-lin linen banda, eg Leave Your orders witht us for Fine Dress Shirts. ‘e never fail to give a perfect At. irts to 86.00 Nery Bis (Glia bos.) to order fi 350 . ler for. | Fine stock GENT'S FURNISHING for H. =o ee ee No. 1119 F st. m.00. H4* wep « svurcarson, B17 Ninth street n.w., Give special attention to MODER: BEMODELING _axp Pn EEZING DEFEO- manufsctare SLATE Fl | woula Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pay.—Internal rev- enue, $335,990.68; customs, $1.204,398.26. CoxscrENce.—The Secretary of the Treasury | ladies and gentlemen called. A friendly chat | vestigate the chi Society Notes. "There are no more agreeable social reunions | PROPOSED INVESTIGATION OF THE DISTRICT during the Lenten season than those ono oons in the parlors of Mrs. Caarles Ronan vee eae ‘Mrs. Frances | lumbia have directed Congressman Aldrich, of Mrs. W. W. Williams as- Boca ie eat eireer ‘and numerous | House: Resolved, That the committee on the ‘The District in Congress. FINANCES, The House committee on the District of Co- that committee, to offer the following in the District of Columbia are hereby directed to in- Commissioners. jarge against the to-day recelved a conscience contribution of $25 | was enjoyed while ice cream, cakes, tea and | of the District made in a communication from from Phtladelpbia. re discussed. It isa rule of these | the Treasurer of the United States submitted gatherings that brief calls are out of order, and | to the House by the Secretary of the Treasury SECRETARY SHERMAN to-day transmitted to | fo one feels inclined to appeal from it. Most of | February 25th, 1880, and for this purpose said the House the copy of a bili amending the inter- | the ladies bring, at the request of the host oe . some piece of taney work and continue working | and papers, and to administer oaths. upon it while they talk. irs. Stocking invited a party of ladies to at- tend the matinée of ‘An Arabian Night,” yes- under consideration several bills to make ven- | terday, and all occupied a private DOS St tne | scotty Teport favorably his Dil vo appro- x or ‘Mis3 Cook, Miss f kentucky, and her liams, of Kentuc! 4 3 Miller's vet revenue laws with a favorablerecommenda tion. THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PATENTS ha ders and manufacturers only Hable for infringe ment of patents, and to protect the innocen users of patented articles. They hav thou: passage of such against any legislation of the kind. The com | where he has mittee has assigned March 11th for the consid- | jaw case, which has been eration of the question, and havedecided to no- | to week awaiting his arrival wntll the tify all parti heard on that day ‘THE BIL, AUTHORIZING TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES TO IRELAND.- proved the bill authorizing the Secretary of the | them. Navy to use a naval vessel to transport supplies Secretary ‘Thompson has -as yet made tation. The Secretary is not in possession of Opera House. jadies now visiting Mrs. Ballenger, of Texas nie Hayes, Mrs. Wil received scores of petitions signed by | daughter, Miss Hamilton, and Ju nds of petitioners, praying, for the | jitve granddaughter, Miss Lucy Corkhill. a law, and also General Chaim it numerous letters from attorneys protesting | this evening, with his f been called to act as counsel in a poned on moe kes es ae eed es oa Biden co the settlement of all ou! claims against s interested that they can be | judge wrote General Chaimers that it could be | the District of Columbia. ‘The eftect of the oat deferred no longer. He will be absent about | is to allow claims three weeks, but his wife and daughter do not | out of contracts an expect to come here again until next winter, | Congress or failure to comply with any act of ‘The President to-day ap- | which ig a source of-regret to all who know | Congress, Mist SPET Viewskure, | Meeting this morning for consideration of the ‘The number of American ladles who are wives cha y vessel that pur- | of gentlemen of the foreign legations station¢ ee Co cntaenann ae aaa pita | here is frequently the subject of comment, but | Senator Harris next Monday” Ho arrangements in connection with the pro- | it {s not generally known that there are several | 4 gesoLvTION TO STOP THE ISSUE OF GREENBACK ions of the Dill, though he thinks that it | Ofour countrywomen would be cheaper tocharter a vessel than to | tlons in St. Petersburg, in ur own legation there, Who convert a man-of-war into a vessel of transpor- | Of the gentlemen eran Town legation there, We | iumbia at to-day’s meeting adopted the follow occupying similar posi- ition to the wives may be married. committee are authorized to sena for persons ? ENLARGEMENT OF THE CITY HALL. ‘The Senate committee on public grounds and Dufldings to-day agreed to and directed Mr. Wiate $117, the enlargement of the all in Washington, so as to afford additional accommodations for the courts in the District. THE “CLAIMS BILL.” The Senate District committee held spectal “claims bill,” and finally agreed to report it it the District, arising not barred by any act of to be brought before the Court of Claims for adjudication, and it extends the jurisdiction of that court for this purpose. The sill will be reported favorably to the Senate by CERTIFICATES. The House committee on the District of Co- any information as to the nature of thesupplies | ister and his first secretary of legation at the | ing: “Resolved, That the Commisstoners of the to be sent, nor of the quantity. Until informa- | Russian capital are New Yorkers; one was Miss | pjistrict of Columbia are hereby tested to tion on these points is before him he will not | Jay, and the other Miss Von Hoffmann. The | suspend the issue of greenback certificates un- make apy arrangements for transportation. As | Wives of the Belgian minister there and his sec- | Ger provisions of the acts of Congress of June at once. retary of the Nav, pleted thetr bill this afternoon and will have tt | {13%} it 1s evident that the ship should be sent at as | Yetary are also American. Mrs. Punkett, for- | i9, 1578, and June 27, 1 1 hia, whose husband was sec- | Conlector of Taxes of the District not to receive Ish legation here several years | hereatter any of the certificates heretofore 1s- ago, went with him from Washington to St. | sued until the regularity of their issue can be Petersburg, where he occuples the same posl- | inquired into by Congress.” Ss had a further consultation | tion. Mrs, Grosvenor, whose husband is also loner Raum to-day. They com- oe to the ble, it is suggested that | merly of Philadel natter should communi- | retary of the Brit British legation in the latter 'y, 18 the daughter of Professor Wells Wil- . of Yale College. and to instruct the Political Notes. In the election in the congressional districts Her husband is a near | of indiana for delegates to the republican con- printed ready for submission to the committee | yeletive of Earl Grosvenor, who 1s visiting this | ¢) : ; rep uDlcan Con Gn ways and means to-morrow. One of the dis- | country, anda son of Lord Ebury, of England. en ee terre pom 12a tulle! money in whisk; Commander Robert Boyd as placed on waiting orders; Master Francis Wins- jow to the Saratoga, at Washington, March ist | gord, a relative of L. Green, who is | Visiting Washingt next, relieving Master H. for a wedding recep- je and groom in Provi- now in the city in regard to this matter | Jt is known that at every court of Europe Ameri- | Ww, 3 paid taxes to the government last year amount- | gan ladies are well Teerecated among the wives | ashburne for second choice. ing to nearly two million dollars. There 1 | of Europeans of high position. pean : OS eee ee ea Rormerro: | cates that the large majority of them favor Boye this city, three weeks ago, TH r at the Mare Island navy yard, | tion to be given the bri onyel relicving Commander Louls Kempff, who 1s | dence, R. I. Many of their friends here were | cuse. N. Y.. on 7 eo invited.—The Marquis de Talleyrand Peri- | anti-third term resolutions. the famous Tatleyrand, 1s A census in progress of the preferences of England democrats so far indi- den. A convention of German republicans at Syra- Tuesday, unanimously adopted If Senator Bayard were as strong with his of | party as he is with the students in the different placed on waiting orders; Master H. L. Green | Natchez, who has spent several weeks at the | colleges and universities, h@could easily get the irom the Saratoga 2th i waiting orders; Medical Inspector David Kin- delberger as member of the naval retiring board March 1st next; Boats' stant and placed on | Riggs House. will go to New York this evening. in J. S. Sinclair | marine hospital service, who died on the 24th residential nomination. ‘Trinity College, of Hartford, has given bim 39 votes to 99 for Grant ASSISTANT SURGEON ROBERT WHITE, of the | and 22 scattered among different public men. The New York Herald to-days says of the to the training ship Portsmouth, at Washing- | inst, at the Bedloe Island hospital, New York | Utica convention that the resistance tothe third ton; Boatswain Robert Anderson to the training ship Minnesota, at New London, Conn,, Mare | barber, was born in Loston, Mass. May 15tb ist, relieving Boatswain Daniel Ward, placed on | niet School: graduated In medicine at Harvard | sSvemers should get Ttaols they will have gone university in 1867; was for several months res!- | to the length of their tether, at least in the THE Hovse ComMITTEE ON ELECTIONS at thelr Gent physician of the Royal Maternity hospital, waiting orders. inburgh, term has proved altogether stronger than any body dared to hope or ventured 1o predict twen- ty-four-hours ago; that “if the third term northern states; and the unexpected weakness Scotland; was six years assistant | of the New York machine renders Illinois meeting this morning, received the reports of | surgeon in the Massachusetts inilitia; was an | gouptrul:” that, “of course, the New York dele- the sut-committee in the case of Bradley vs. | expert in microscopical investigations, and was gates will not be bound by their instructions 3 i ue ed to be | appointed into the marine ‘lemens, which were adopted and ordered t/ ‘August 234, 1578, presented to the House. On motion of Repre- jospital service | after the ex-President is practically out of the During the yellow fever epi- | field. It is competent for the national conven- Sentative Manning, a resolution was adopted by | demic of 15+5 he was directed by the late Sur- | tion to release them, and it will release them If the committee, slid ordered to be reported, the House, favoring an appropriation of $5 lor the relief of M. F. Conway, of for ex- | for the pu ft Kansas, vestigations in yellow fever cases, mses incurred in contesting his seat in the gations in yetow revere House of Representatives in 1859, The Don- | Whic! p Te] eon General Woodworth to proceed to Cairo, n anti-third term majority, or if the red to be Teporved 0 | fi Memphis and several towns in ‘Tenn ets tana dori convention is close enough to annul the instruc- lessee, f pursuing microscopical in- | tions with the votes Of such Pennsylvania and sults of | New York delegates as desire to be released.” As- | “ ‘The 7ribune Says Mr. Conkling and his associ- nelly-Washburne case was again discussed, but | sociation which met in Richmond, November, | ates, seeing how small was their majority, acted without final action. in Washin; sis. Dr, White was on duty for several months is - gton assisting in the preparation of with fairness and courtesy towards the minort. They refrained from instructing the dele- Tue Rvsu For Orricg.—The bill providing | the bulletin of public‘health, during a portion of tes to Chicago to vote for Grant; they re- additional clerks for the War department, the | the period it was published by the marine hoc- Ae lay, 1879, he was ordered to | copy the Pennsylvania plan of overriding the second auditor's office and the pension bureau | Pit rvice. In ined from adopting the unit rule; they did not Alaska, at his own request, to serve as medical | Wy; 1 c has not yet become a law. Some fliteen hun- | officer of the expedition of the revenue steamer wishes of the congressional districts, and forcing dred people out of work, however, believe that it | Richard Rush. will be passed, for it 1s éstimated,that fully that number have applied for places under the pro- visions of the bill; and the numbér ui appiucants is on the increasé. It has been discovered that rly a million and a quarter of dollars. | delegates at some of the tT 38 ones in hopes of succeeding | BP nearly a That ata | able because It has tne eye It ot the scan at in one quarter, if failmg in another, have ap- This is one of the largest figures plied for prospective places in three offices | have reached since shortly after the late war. u ipotl them delegates selected to misrepresent their views. Nor can any complaint, the 7ritune y says, “be made of the resolution expressing BRIGHT FINANCIAL PROSPECTS OF THE GOVERN- | their preference for General Grant ana pledging MENT.—The receipts from customs to-day foot | New York to support him, as far as it affects tne . ‘The resolution is objection- positive instructions, 8n4 geeks to do what the where it fs proposed to increase the clerical | ‘The internal revenue receipts area booming, | Comyentlon hac no right todo—compel a portion force, ‘THE DEMAND FOR a NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW an . ught that the total receipts trom 1 Of tie district delegal customs fort this month will be earl 375 ae against their consciences and against the known 000, and from internal revenue about $9,000,000. The sub-committee of the House committee on | Taking this as a basis a ites to vote at Chicago wishes of their constituents. It was the right financial look into’ the | Of the majority to instruct their delegates at ing. But here the power of the con the judiclary, consisting of Representatives Ty- future has been made atthe ‘Treasury depart- | 12786, OF to pledge thelr vote, which amounts to an, Hammond and McKinley, to whom was re. | Ment. Itis estimated that atthe rate men- | the same th ferred for investigation and ‘report the subject | tloned the total customs receipts of the govern- | V¢ntion stopped. al bankrupt law, gave - | ment for the fiscal y« en June 30th next of a nation: pt law, gave a hearing to- | ment for the fiscal veer. endin aside the choles of delegate who expressed their desire to emphasize the | from internal revenue 117,000,000. There will gress! efforts of the trade representatives of Boston | thus bea total income to the cluding the receipts from miscel ngress. Of about $300,000,000, discussion of the general subject took place and | total expenditures, day toa delegation of Baltimore merchants, and New York, looking to the passage of a na- tonal bankrupt law by Co) An informal vernment, in- neous sour P Tis calculated that the | Men Who ‘The Times says: ‘No effort was made to set aside the choice of delegates made by the repro- $153,000,000 and safe ted There areamong these delegates men who declared their opposition to Gen. Grant’s candidacy and are known as supporters of Mr. Blaine. There was no attempt to enforce a unit fund the delegation was requested to reduce their | 20d the interest on the public debt, will foot up Peale Dy wy nich the ne fet rn ort views and suggestions to writing and submit | between $275,000, 000 and $278,000.000, ‘This would | Gelegates could be tramme! in the event of a them to the committee. The only suggestions | leave Uncle Sam with a clear. profit of about a | {allure to secure the eae Gen. Grant. made this morning as to the features | quarter ofa million. that the of the proposed law were be compared with law should as the former law—more simple in its machinery, | INcs AND GROUNDs to-day agreed to recommend More uniform in its operation and less expen- | the passage of Mr. Vest’s Dill granting permis- sive to those avafling themselves of its provis- fons. A further suggestion was made. that cer. | Sion for a committee of citizens of New York to £ erect bronze statues of George Washington, tain acts should be made to constitute a prima aon, Sicxander ees (or John Jay) upon the but- Jacie case of fraud, and that the burden of proot ward Livin; should be changed from the creditor to the | Dewitt Clinton debtor. The subject of homestead exemptions | {iareity: It was aise deckied to copanene | “That under the authority fav ity invested for the | Missioners of the District of Columbia by the onstantino Bru- | Sct of Congress approved June 10, 187%, the ce due on account of his fresco work in the Capitol, and | Water bills now in use 1s ado the other portion being to defray the ane from January 1, 1SS0, and will continue in force guished artist’s funeral expenses. THE DEAD Bopy OF JOHN FUELLING, the miss- ing German, was found this afternoon in Rup- structing its delegates to Chicago to vote for the north of the city, shot through | suspend for the present the issue of any more e was discussed, and the point made that in many states bene ee fend oa bel aie amount that creditors were virtually powerless to collect debts. muldt pare WASHINGTON OPINION UPON THE Utica Con. VENTION.—The action of the New York republi- can convention, held in Utica, yesterday, in in- renom{nation of Gen. Grant as the presidential | Pert’s ws nominee does not create much comment among the heart, the pistol it the politicians, for the reason that the rest h n anticipated a fortnight prior to the meeting of the convention. leased The Grant men ave been pi thatcity. It was passage Senator Voorhees’ bil payment of $700 to the hei of this: it bel coroner has been notifi SEIZURES OF CIGARS FOR VIOLATION OF THE had the resolution of | INTERNAL REVENUE Laws.—For some time ‘The delegation will have beyond the control of any of its members, in the somewhat TRE SENATE ComM: TEE ON PusLIc Burup- | !mprobable event of its having to decide upon the claims of other candidates.” District Government Affairs. District Commissioner Morgan was detained at his home to-day by recurrence of his old complaint—rheumatism. WATER RATES. in ‘The Commissioners to-day issued an order: {n the Com- schedule of annual water rates spponded to the to take effect until otherwise ordered.” DRAWBACK CERTIFICATES. ‘The District Commissioners received to-day a request from the House District committee to Tl certificates of drawback on revisions of special assessments and their acceptance by the col- lector in payment for taxes until the matter of their regularity of issue be inquired into. The it | District Commissioners at once issued an order instructions been carried by a larger majority | Ur District internal revenue officials have had | that “the issue of drawback certificates under than the bare 37 by which it was carri¢ with a sly wink, say like Mercutio’s wound, Dut | cause to sus) of private advices here, that the Blaine men lant watch | and the collector by these | after any of these certificates heretofore issued elgars which | until otherwise ordered.” @ violation of revenue laws by | provisions of the acts of Congress of June 19, the importation from New York of cigars put | i878, and June 27, 1879, is hereby suspended, “it will do,” because forsooth it delivers the | UP contrary to the statutes. A vi of goods and gives Gen. Grant to New York 70 | culminated in the seizure last Mon: votes which it casts In the nominating conven- | OMcials of a | pack: of 7 arrived by Adams tion. Moreover they are pleased at the receipt that these officers taxes will not receive here- ‘This action has caused considerable of a flut- ress. “It appears became advised of the fact | ter among the dealers and speculators in draw- have acquiesced in the voice of the convention | thatasuspected illicit manufacturer in New York | back certificates, and the opinion is general and will make no attempt to interfere with the | ad open rt in this city, offering to ‘sell ci; unit rule until at least after the first ballot. rice, adding “Of course you. P at all he will certainly be nominated on the first ed for packing ant ballot, and hence they anticipate no antagon- | Pa or case Gen. Grant's friends say that if he is nominated ism against New York's vote for their candidate. superhuman effort of Senator Conkling which carried the day, and that had he remained away from Utica, the delezation would have gone to And that there | prominent minister in the M. E. C officers here ees gee up a correspondence with a dealer | that it will have but a temporary effect upon at a very low | their value, as they are all issued in strict. con- iow that we use ‘The question has been referred The ‘| by the District Cor loners to the attorney pp eee ey olpace ee ple cen es to the power to receipt for ; opent certificates, et ee . old stamp adro’ on, anc i there ‘The friends of Mr. Blaine say that it was the were aes from’ no less manufacturers. ‘The reason to believe that there are other DEATH OF A MINISTER.—Rev. John Bayley, a ‘hurch South, by birth, and author of the cele- ‘book, “Confessions of a Converted Infi- FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, THURSDAY, February 26, 1950. SENATE.—Mr. Maxey, from the committee on Post offices and post roads, reported, with amendments, Senate bill to authorize refunding to postmasters of funds or valuable letters lost orstolen. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Rollins, from the committee on civil ser- vice and retrenchment, presented a minority report on certain memoriais relative to alleged violations of civil service rules in the Providence custom-house. Ordered to be printed and laid on the table. Mr. Blair submitted a resolution directing the Secretary of the Navy to transmit to the Senate any information in possession of the cepart- ment in relation to the present condition of affairs in Alaska. Adopt The Senate proceeded to consider the calen- ar. ‘The bill for the relief of Hortensia H. Cook, re- funding excess ona direct tax sale was dis- cussed. Mr. Edmunds thought the bill unnecessary, the statutes providing a remedy in all such cases. Pending debate the morning hour expired. ‘The remainder of to-day’s session having been set apart for the delivery of eulogies pon: the late Senator Houston, of Alabama, Mr. Morgan submitted resolutions expressive ot the ret of the Senate at the death of his late colleague, andspoke thereon. He reviewed the Jong public career of Mr. Houston, and dwelt upon his services to his state and country as gov- ernor, representative and senator; his liberality of opinion and earnestness of purpose and the strength of his intellect. His administration ot the government of Alabama had raised that state from an apparent hopeless financial con- dition to its present comfortable situation. He Was not a brilliant man, but an eminently wise and sensible one. Alabama placed his name among those of her most distinguished states- mer. Mr. Pryor was the last speaker, and moved the adoption of the resolutions. They were unanimously adopted, and at 2:25 p. m. the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE.—Mr. Warner called attention to the tact that no response had been received from the Secretary of the Treasuary to the resolu- ton calling upon him for information as to the conneciion of the ‘Treasury department with the New York clearing house, and stated that he would in a short time ofter’a similar resolu- tion. He also introduced joint resolution re- aflirming the Monroe doctrine, as follows: Whereas, in his seventh annual messa; Congress President Monroe asserted that “we owe {it to candor and to the amiable relations existing between the United States and these (the European) powers, to declare that we shall consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerons to our peace and safety;” and whereas the doctrine thus announced has been accepted by the American people, and has be- come a cardinal principle in our national polity; and whereas it is now proposed to construct, under guarantees to be given by foreign gov- ernments, a canal across the Isthmus of Darien: Therefore be it resolved, elc., That the doctrine announced to the world more than half a cen- tury ago by President Monroe, and known as the Monrce doctrine, be, and the same is here- by, reasserted; and in accordance therewith, in behalf of the people of the United States, we af- firm that the control of any inter-oceanic canal across the Isthmus of Darien, while open to us and ail nations equally, must, in the interest of ourselves and the world, be k¢ under the Special protection of the United States. Re- solved, that the United States, sensible of the importance to the trade of the world of opening a water passage way between the two@teans, will cordially promote, by such means as may be 2 deemed proper and judicious, such an under- aking. Thejoint resolution was referred to the inter- oceanic canal committee. Mr. Reagan, chairman of the committee on commerce, reported bill to establish a board of commissioners of inter-state commerce; also, the following bills, which he stated would be offered as substitutes for that bill, to regulate inter-state commerce; to amend the act of 1866; to facilitate communication between the states. ‘The three bills were ordered printed and made = tae order for the fourth Wednesday in arch, 5 ‘Mr. Gfbsof, from the committee on ways and means, asked leave to report, back Dill for the oe Of the old post office property in New York city. Mr. Dibrell objected. ‘The Speaker laid before the House a commu- nication from the aster General, trans- mitting a list of all offers received for carrying mails and of all allowances made to contractors cure the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879. Re- fe ‘The House then, at 12:45, having et with the morning hour, went into committee of the whole (Mr. es in the chair) on the star service deficiency bill. ‘Mr. Page opposed the bill, as striking at 107 of the great lines of the star service in the west, and, a5 a representative of the people of that section, protested against it. No member of the appropriation committee who had spoken yes- terday bad led any member of the House to believe that there had been fraud committed in potting on extra eervice on the star service. rhe territories of the United States were enti- tled to the same rights before the House as the state of Georgia, and yet he found that during the present contract term service had been in- creased on nineteen different routes in the 6th Georgia district, not one of which would be touched by this bill. 11 1t was wrong to ask for an increase of the service in the west, how much more wrong was it for the gentleman from Georgia to have service int on nine- teen routes in his district and then strike at 107 routes in the west? He made an amusing com- parison between the methods of carrying the mails in the west and in Georgia—in the former the mail stages being drawn by four or six horses, in the latter the mail sulky being drawn (according to the Atlanta Constitution) by a mule called Bosphorus, which traveled two iniles sideways to every one forwards, thus corning trel pay. He made no complaint against the gentleman from Georgia, but he Wanted him to let the people of the west, the loners of the west, the men who had travelled Poo0 miles to bud up an empire, have their mail service without molestation from the aj propriation committee. He called attention the fact that there was an extra mail service, costing $25,000, between New York and New Haven in order that the gentleman from Con- necticut (Mr. Hawley) might have the New York papers a littie earlier. Mr. Hawley.—I never knew how much was given to that rail I never had led to do with it. The people of Hartford get their TS a little earlier, but that is my terest, as T publish & paper there, Mr. Page.—It is evidence, then, that the peo- ple of Hartford don’t want to read the gentle- man’s paper. [Laughter.] UICIDE WHILE UNDER ARREST.—At Hagers- town, Md., yé aye aged about Chicago uninstructed. The more ardent friends | Parties in this city of the Maine Senator say thata few more such | 2éss Of receiving cf victories as have been acquired in New York and | revenue agen' Pennsylv ania will be the death of the Grant | Medlately ad n It is believed to similarly packed. The ir. ero ot te Es bg ee n ant ie New | to the ublican national conv ni York manufacturer is doub! ere this in cus- Slected mall the Congressional districts ind To ‘The speech of Senator Conkling, in which he | tody, and will be dealt with there, the evidences | diana graphically pictured the threatened dangers ot | developed here having been forwarded to aid | but 12’are known to favor Blaine, 2 Sherman, the political future, receives very general com- oh emery pert ‘The cigars are, of course, con- | and several Washburne for second choice, mendation amongst the stalwart republicans. iscated, and will be sold in due time as pro- ave sounded the key-note of | Vided by statute. The revenue law requires all engaged in this illicit busi- | el,” and numerous other books, died In Lynch- TS burg, Va., yesterday, aged 66 years, BLAINE DELEGATES-FROM INDIANa.—Delegates yesterday. A majority were uninstructed, A VETO BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.— the campaign, and that it foreshadows that | dealers,whenever any cigar box becomes empty, The core Virginia yesterday vetoed a bill whoever may ‘be the candidates of the repubit- | 0 completely destroy the stamp thereon, the being to render it cl lature, point impracticable to | ordinate oflicers ard at the, ures will be made | DY requiring such a) can party, that the campaign Is to be fought on | Purpose sectional issues, It is nouiceable that in Senator | mak Wy improbabl ‘nat € al probable Conkling’s entire speech he did not once allude in this eity soon. ‘THE CASE OF EDISON matter of the splendid management of the | Telegraph Company—p i tothe national finances, which indicated that the financial question is’ to play no prominent part in the canvass. It was thought that if the Mnances by the republican was to recel all others should have been thé first tomake ——— oes ch declaration, and the Silence of the cor ~ MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to_Rob- such al nven. exo: tion on this subject 1s thought to be a trifle, to say the least, mysterious. Leading democrats say that to them it nqw looks as if the machine intended to force Gen. Grant's nomination. They had anticipated that it New York bad not drawn from the track, but machine in the great state of New York was all powerful to control a convention in Grant's in- terest means that he fs to remain a candidate i the end, no matter who may antagonize im. Senator Blaine returned here yesterday from New York. It is said thet he told his friends the Western Union for account for usin; the patents of complainant, was on argument ve especial recognition that the Empire State of | 12 the Equity court Judge James, to-da. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MARYLAND JUDGE. vbances were that = ine A tel from y the readjusters’ ma’ in the Changing the system of arp and gu Re a j ea} wer has heretofor ested soleiy in the governa i In Conreupr or Louisiana LEGISLATORS.— In the Louisiana senate yesterday the republl- Ger in aa for signi tothe U. Ss. ‘Sete ere made CUMBERLAND MINERS AND BOATMEN.—A spo- American from Cumber- Ree {ana rob: both norge ‘The latest int a me- | from our mining re is that the and Atlantic com- our Hampshire and have to resume work at the ad- the it was ascertal: that his name was John W. Frinfrock. His nts reside near Breathedsville, in Washing- m county, Md. ‘THE ELEVEN OBSTINATE JURORS.—In one of the at its ter- bes seed Telegrams to The Star. ANXIETY IN SAN FRANCISCO The Citizens Tired of Agitation. STARVATION IN IRELAND. Startling Picture of the Distress. THE CZAR AND THE COUNTESS eee eo Why He Banished Her. ee ee FIRE IN NEW YORK TO-DAY. ee Se ANXIETY IN SAN FRANCISCO. A Growing Desire to Have the Strug- gle Over and Done With. SAN FRancisco, Feb, 26.—Many persons who have been sufferers of the anti-Chinese move- ment, but whose business interests have been. seriously injured by the reactionary effect of the serious agitation in this city, as well as others, frequently express the sentiment that rather than suffer a continuance of the evil results of the protracted agitation, it would be preferable to have it out at once for all, and the sooner the better. The leaders of the working- men evidently have no desire to precipitate a confiict, and their action yesterday indicates that their policy is rather to keep the agitation Just at such a point as falls short of violence yet fs sufficiently threatening to induce ac- quiescence in their desires. ‘This Ine of action is dangerous in view of the excited state of the public mind, and may result in provoking the other side into some action that will bring about a collision. Indeed, that perhaps at present fs the greatest source of danger. The 9th ward workingmen’s protective elub evening and organized a military com- venty-two men signing the roll. Some speeches were made at the meeting of the ward presidents yesterday afternoon, pre- viously referred to. Sheriff Desmond. elected by the workingmen, signified his intention to support them in their’ movement. The ward presidents recommend that their seven clubs hold executive sessions to consider the pending question, and pledged the entire party to sup- port the mayor and the authorities in’ carrying out the law. The 11th ward club, which was the theater of Kearney’s extraordinary oratorical effort. Tues- day night, met last evening again, but with closed doors. Around police headquarters every- thing is profoundly quiet, and there fs no un- usual foree on duty. STARVATION IN IRELAND. hic Picture of Suffering in the els of ‘That Unfortunate Land. New York, Feb. 26.—A Dublin special says:— A correspondent on her majesty’s gunboat, Gashawk, which 1s distributing meal among the western islands, writes from Innishark, off Galway. It isa terrible state of affairs. Kitty families here eke out a miserable existence. Their houses are small heaps of dirty stones. ‘Their land is rock and soft bog. Hunger and want are everywhere visible. The people naked and without f Many are slowly starving to death. Such scenes of appalling destitution I never before witnessed. Every step we took brought before our view new and more fearful pictures of destitution and suffer- ing. The more we saw the more certain did death from starvation appear the inevitable fate of nearly every ort woman and child on thejslapd, In many cabins children crouched shivering, 4nd almost naked around the fire. When I entered they een dildo their mother, whose single garment—a thin di was but the slightest protection against the wind which blew through the broken roof. On the fire was the dinner—a pot of brown green seaweed. It is certain that unless they are well cared for dozens will die of starvation. The game correspondent writes from Innisboffin concerning the shocking maladministration on the part of the officials there:—The government opener Officer has no drugs, the relieving officer no food. ————— THE EXILED COUNTESS. Her Tongue the Cause of Her Ban- ishment. New York, Feb. 26.—A London special states on the authority of a St. Petersburg correspond ent, the reasons which led to the banishmen of Countess Hendrikoff. This lady, the wife of one of the masters of ceremonies ‘at the impe- rial court, was recently “administratively” hur- ried across the frontier without a moment's warning. This measure excited no little sur- rise at the time. The countess was well Khown In St. Petersburg society, especially for her off- hand manner and free speech, and it was sus- poe that she had been guilty of expressing erself too freely on affairs connected with the imperial household. It now appears that the countess did express herself to the effect that incase the empress should die the emperor would in all probability marry the Princess Dolgoronki. This remark having been reported to the czar, he at once ordered countess to leave the empire within 24 hours. To make sure that these orders were carried out, two ome ‘were sent to escort the lady across the rontier. —___—_. Advancing the Price of Coal. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.—Committees of the Lehigh and Schuylkill coal exchanges met here this afternoon and agreed to a general advance of 25 cents per ton in the prices of lump, steam- boat and broken sizes for the line, city and har- bor trades for March. The current Lehigh cir- cular prices at Mauch Chunk are therefore:— Lump $3; steamboat and broken $2.75; egg and chestnut, No. 1, $2.50; stove $2.60 and chestnut, No. 2, $1.50. Schuylkill, Haven, lump, broken and steamboat $2.75; egg and chestnut $2.50; stove $2.60; pea $1 ‘The increase applies par- ticularly to the furnace trade. Navigation Open on the Hadson. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Feb, 26.—The steamer Daniel 8. Miller, of the Poughkeepsie Transpor- tation Company, arrived here at midnight with freight and passengers, being the first. boat of the season. Navigation is now open between here and New Yor! New Brunswick Law Makers Burned Out. FREDERICTON, N. B., Feb. 26.—The house of assembly building caught fire at 10:30 o'clock last night. The extension was badly burned and the main building much damaged. The I ture was Summoned to meet for the dis atch Of business to-day. The government are Session at this Lour considering as to a place of meeting. It is thought that after the formal opening the house will adjourn for several days to give the clerks a chance to get the papers in order. ———— The Philadelphia War on Oleomar- ae PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.—Magistrate List gave his decision in the cases of John Power and Frank Lot, against whom prosecuiions were pte reouant by the ew Ex upon the charge of violating an act of assem! ceeene ae sale of an article in the blance of butter known as oleomargarine. ie act defines the offence as a misdemeanor, and the magistrate held the men named to ball to answer the Rees ES court. Other prosecu'ions are to be institute for smiar offences. Wall Street To-Day. New York. Feb. 26.—The Post, in its financial says: ‘“Speculati) . sofar ger concerned, was of short duration, and the market in the first hour has been alter- the burning rear with the front and in this sev- | €ral firemen found shelter in their labors, | denly the entire rear buflding fell in with a deafening crash, filling the extension with bricks | and debris. ‘The firemen all escaped, but hats j and tools were lost in the ruins. e walls that | femained standing soon fell in and the flames seized with fresh fury upon the adj houses, but was prevented by the firemen from doing any damage. The sudden outbtrst of fire caused €xtreme consternation among 40 or 50 families inhabiting the rear tenements in Mott street, but order was soon restored and a disas- trous panic averted. A hundred or more human beings in the tenements, the rear walls of which: were now glowing with heat, with the light or | the fre shining through chinks and crev were rescued and their effects were piled on tha | sidewalks. ‘The tenements were saved | destruction by the firemen. The building wa the property of Wm. A. Colt and was leased by Johnson Bros. Loss on insured, and Johnson Bros’. loss to | {s put at $15,000, partly insured. Other losses to occupants of the buildings aggregate’ $3,500. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Irish Relief Fun | Dvsuiy, Feb. 26—The Mansion House relier committee announce that the fund amounts to 78,035, and that grants have been made to date amounting to £59,004. A subscription of 248s from Springfeld, Mass., 1s acknow! ‘The committee estimate that the total amount re- quired to complete thelr work will be £184,000, meaning the sum of £105,965 in addition to the amount thus far received. The relief fund in- stituted by the-Duchess of Marlborough up to Monday last amounted to £63,042, and the ex- penditures to £: 3 The Political Situation in England The Zines commenting on the rumors of & probable dissolution of parliament says: “It 1s the interest of the liberal to keep them- selves in the right and to avoid giving the government an excuse for appealing to the con- stituencies on ground unfavorable to the oppo sition.” Orangeism Resuscitated in Ireland The Times this morning, discussing the tenant rights meeting at Portadown yesterday, which was broken up by a mob of 3,000 orangeme s ble to doubt that the recent ogitations in Ireland will tend to resuscitate the orange spirit in Ulster.” New Governor of St. Petersburg. Lonpon, Feb. 26.—A dispatch from St. Peters- burg to the Duily Nev ment of Gen. Loris Mell! oe St. Petersburg, in the pi giv sta vious indications that the present crisis will not be made a pretext for increasing the repressive measures.” Railroad Measures. BERLIN, F Prince Bismarck has sub- mitted to the bundesrath a railway law, a Di for the creation of a rallway council, anda bill for constituting a railway court. These meas- ures, itis expected, will be submitted to the 8 reichstag at its next session. Russian Students Charged With aes the Trouble in St. Peters= fia Lonpon, Feb. 26—A Paris dispatch to the | Time. “The inhabitants of St. Peters! | are beginning to attribute to the students the recent menaces and crimes there. Threats are consequently heard on all sides — the students, and the inhabitants affirm that if any criminal act occurs on the anniversary of the Emperor's accession to the throne they Will hold the students responsible and will Dura down the university and lynch every student who falls into their hands. ‘The government 1s Hed forced to take measures for protecting the students.” ‘The Czar Rents a Castle m the Tyrol. Borzen, Feb. 26.—The Botzener Zeitung says: “We have the best authority for stating that the Castle of Stametz, near Meran, (Austrian Tyrol.) was rented on the 23d instant Bago Emperor of Russia for a provisional ot three months. A number of his servants have already reached the castle. The Emperor and oy will prowably arrive early in the ; spring,” Revolutionists E: lied from Italy. Lonpon, Feb. 26.—A Paris dispatch to the Times says: “Four Germans, an Austrian and several Frenchmen have been expelled Lombardy as dangerous revolutionists.” Russian Nihilists and Pan-Slavists L N, Feb. 26,—The semi-official Provincia’ . pondence of Berlin in an article on the re- 4 cent attempt on the Czar’s life, declares that while the Nihilists are gratifying their thirst {or destruction and confusion by ruthless at- tempts on the monarch’s life the Pan-slavists are Seeking to inflame the minds of the people ior a conflict abroad. The Berlin cor n= dent of the Times remarks that this semi-official utterance clearly indicates the element whi the German government believes might precip{- tate a breach of the peace, Prince Jerome) Napoleon and i. auher. Panis, Feb. 26.—Prince Jerome Napoleon con- gratulated M. Rauher on his free trade speech in the chamber of deputies, and M. Rauher replied that the Prince’s approval was very precious to him. Operatic Failures in Parise Paris, Feb. 26.—The company supporting Adeline Patti at the Gaite is 80 poor t the +, audience sharply criticized Tuesday night’s per- formance of “Il Barblere di Seviglia,” and the curtain fell amid silence. It 1s doubted whether the engagement will be completed. The ee recommends that a series of concerts be substi- tuted for opera. ——— Panes OSE n rah nome RSBOROUGH, ONT., =s a young man named’ Anthony Fowler was ; caught in the machinery In McKee’s furniture ‘ factory and hurled around a shaft with terrible = velocity. Both of his feet and one r* his were torn off, and every bone in In body waa broken. A Coal Breaker Burned. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 26.—The breaker at Mount Carmel. owned and operated by Monte- lius & Co., of Philadelphia and New York, was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning. The breaker had a capacity of ten thousand tons per month, and was one of the oldest in this region. The loss is estimated at $35,090; insurance un- known The fire is believed to have originated accidentally, —_______. aucamiogs TA HATES son ster Rid eae fe sea ee ae ty lo. S rth Carolina fxs, old, 25. "Virginia ten-forty 3b. 36. coupons 80% bid to. : | ‘eb. 26.—Cotton lower and dull— middling, 13. stead; midéling, our steady and unchanged. “80: do. ainber, 1650168: Bo. Margiand, 153; No. 2 western red, ‘spot. an , 1.49 1.4! be ' y ae a _ 4052 April, 1.49360 coats, Glad Beans and February, 57; Bye duict, juie quiet and’ pment ‘Dushels* 1s 100 se =" SEY SIE TOPE, wo uae & nepal aeeatlge Si ix 2 REW YORK, Feb. 26.—Flour dull. heavy. INDO! 5 30 p. 5 Ba i for the Bosca U8. bone » Feb. 26, 4 p. m. for money and 98% for the account. _U. B. new fives, 107%. Atlantic and Great Western