Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1880, Page 1

HE EVENING STAR. BLISHED DAILY, Except Sanday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | Pennsylvania Avenue, Corner 11th Street, by | | The Evening Star Newspaper Oomoanv GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pres’t, Px Bvexrna Sran is served io aut on their own account ‘Tae WEEKLY STar—pubiier Kepgad 2s Spice for 82 on! 8 ” wines no paper fe Totaer Wan wo paid 3 me Or. Estes of ing made known on application. | Cae aetna Che £Lvening Star. WASHINGTON. D. C.. TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1880. | TWO CENTS. NOTICES.___ SPECIAL M. C.—1 LOD tp \. A. . 10th instant, for the purp for WE one oF intersing the a ‘car late brother, JAMES F. Sraacte, is teeeby postponed untd farther notiee. By order of he. Mee georetary. MOV. ‘Owing to the tearing down CO EMO 28 Hist nsw wo have. re- moved our OFFICE three doors east, to 702 E at. rom corner of 7th st.” W. E. BU. Real Estate Broker, 702 E si NNUAL ELECTION. AM rier oF tite OOLUMBIA Ratzwwax Co, The annual election will be held at the BOARD O¥ TRADE ROOMS TU! AY, March 9th prox- 10, between the hours of 2 and 4p. m., for seven directors, to serve the ensuing year. “H. OLAGETT, feb23-14t Secretary Col. R. R. Go. NATURAL MINERAL WATERS. Bedford, Bine Lick, Co Deep io, Lithia, Bockbridie Alnm, Geyser, Fathorn. | Gettysburs, Friedrickshall, “Hunyadl ina ni jniphur. Fanos, Apglinarisy WIE BURN'S PHAR feb19 2 iAOY, AVENUS. Gyr SOLUuINGER, CHAMPAGNE. EXTRA QuaLInY Dry. BOLLINGFR CHAMPAGNE. Extka Quatizy Dey. = I01I0US DRY WINE IN THE po MOST DELIGIQBRET. ‘PENNSYLVANIA For SaLE BY THOMAS RUSSELL, ans 1213 PesNa. AVENUE. | eS SPECIAL NUTIO! CONGRESS WA’ TER. dori thartic and aiterative con | i Retcatiss freedom from everything bitter, | re { | SPECIAL NOTICE—A freak supply of | Ee pti NORWEGIAN COD, LAVERY oft EW" tore, cornet . 8D yl: | min nve. axel cin, per full pint bettie. oct! ONE PRICE, | ROSTON DRY GOODS HOUSE. ON MONDAY, MARCH Sth, WE WILL OPEN COMPLET! ND VERY DESIRABLE LINES OF ENTINELY NEW BLACK AND COLORED Sib Kk Ss, IN PLAIN AND FANCY DESIG ROCADES, PEHKLEN STRIPES, &c. ALSO, BLACK AND COLORED SATINS, SATIN DE LYNN, & | member of the Cor] WE INVITE INSPECTION OF OUR NEW SPRING DRESS GooDs, ARRIVING DAILY In all the Novelties of the Season. oUR SUIT AND MANTILLA DEPARTMENT THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE > \ THE CIT COMPRISING ALL THE LATEST IMPORTED AND BEST HOME-MADE GARMENTS NEVER BEFORE OFFERED PRICES IN WAS! ALSO, “AND DOMESTICS. YORK AND BOSTON ASSORTMENTS | AND PRICES. GLOVES, GOODS NEW WOODWARD, LOTHROP & CO., 705 MARKET SPACE. ONE PRICE. DOUGLASS’, Ninth and F 8ts., 8t. Cloud Bde. CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT SALE OF LADIES’ UNDERWEAR FOR ONE WEEK LONGER. Received 400 DozEN Mone of those thoroughly made and trimmed CHEMISE AT 26 CENTS EACH. S2-Every garment at the old price for one week longer. DOUGLASS’, th and F streets. PAIRIN ING, E. mar6-ly maré Fre WATCH RE! ENGRAV ND COMPLI. | S repaired by skillfal Of every description carefully workmen. COATS OF ARMS, CRESTS, MONOGRAMS, Etc., elegantly engraved. PEARL and OTHER FINE JEWELRY et aud repaired in the best manner. M. W. GALT, BRO & CO., 1107 Pennsylvania avenue. FINE GAS FIXTURES, SLATE MANTELS, LATROBES, RANGES AND FURNACES. A Fine Selection of above Goods always on hand. We have in ouremploy none but the best mechan- | ies, and take pleasure in giving estimates for Plumbing and Tinning. All jovbing promptly at- HAMILTON & SHEDD, marl-Im,!p 811 D st., Y. M. O. A. Building. Bs war SHOE STORE, os Z mart 4 W.S: WHEATLEY. . 1614 14th st. DYEING AND SCOURING, 49 JEFFERSON 8T., Groncetows, D. 0. ‘Work called for, and delivcred free of charge. Bend your address. febT gystwene & HUTCHINSON, B17 Ninth street n.w., Give special attention to BEMODELING axp MODERNIZIN EF EO- TIVE PLUMBING em | station, and accepts his 1 | effect on his arrival in the United States. | vis | vessel, which would put hi | Doorkeeper Fiei ‘Tne Evecraic Licut apparatus was fixed in the dome oi the Capitol this moraing. Hoy. R. E. Trowsriper, the new Indian Commissioner, is expected here next Friday to enter upon the duties of his office. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL has rescinded th order stopping letters addressed to R. C. Winter- smith, supervisor of the Frankfort School Fund Lottery on the ground that it was inadvertently given. Ligct. Emory Taunt, aid to the chief of the bureau of construction and recruiting, Navy department, will shortly be ordered’ to the training ship Portsmouth. ‘THE TRAINING SHIP SARATOGA, now at the yard here, will leave tn two or three days for Hampton Toads. She will shortly after sail on a cruise for Europe. AVAL ORDERS.—Passed Assistant Surgeon H. mes from the Washington navy yard and ordered to the training ship Saratoga, relieving Passed Assistant Surgeon A. F. Magruder, who is ordered to the Washington navy yard. RESIGNATION AcCEPTED.—An order Issued by department detaches Ensign Winslow Allderdice from the Wachusett, South Atlantic ‘ignation, to take AT THE WaITE Hovse.—Senators Logan, Tel- | ler, Baldwin, Saunders, Burnside and Davis, ML), and_Repre Garfield, Harm called on the P eutatives O'Connor, White, arsh, Bingham and Otero, Sident to-day. GRANT 70 Go TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. A ccrrespondent of the Ohio Slute Journ’, writing from Honolulu, under date of February st ; Grant was positively the Ha n Islands. and that extensive preparations were being made at that tme by the authorities to recelvi rstood there, w A ‘our through ican naval Honolulu on or about the 15th of Tur New Horse Rv d by . greatly restrict the facilities hitherto extended to the press, and Umit the 1d of operations of the press to the corrodors ich, for the most pari, are occupted with tel graph instruments, peanut stands, tramps, ple men and lobbyists, Cont DEI and party left the city tats ernoon at 1:30 for Philadelphia. After a short y there De Lesseps will proceed westward, his witeremaing in Philadel He hassent the following dispateh to his son in Pari S Legislatif of France), it witl be read in the French assembly to-day: “The message of the President assures the political security of the canal. ERDINAND DE LESSEP: FORCING THE New House RULES.—The new rules went {nto eifect yesterday, and the door- keeper rigorously enforced the one relative to the admissions 1 the hall of the House, except so far as the room on the east side is concerned. ‘This room 1s specially reserved for the accom- modation of the female friends of members, and is pectllarly adopted for the purpose. An as- sistant doorkeeper, ata salary of $2,500 per an- num, is stationed at this room. COTTON GoopS IN AFRICA AND ARABIA.—Th Navy department to-day received from Commo- dore Schufeldt, commanding the Ticonderoga, a large number of samples of cotton goods used by the tribes of Africa and Arabia. The price list of them as furnished by foreign dealers has | not yet been received. When it is manufactur- ers in this country who apply will be furnished with small pieces from each of the samples with the price now paid for the goods by the na- tives. BRAZILIAN Tanirr CHANGES.—A dispatch from the U.S. Minister to Brazil forwarded to the State department gives information concerning the recent changes in the tariff of that ntry In respect to those articles in which the dealers of this country are striving to build up a trade with Braz is a general increase in duties. though on Some tmportant articles, as lard and kerosene, a reduction of rates has been made. ‘The increase over the old tariff is about 34 per cent. PERSONAL.—W. D. Todd, formerly of this city, and whe was the secretary of Vice President Colfax, is now a prominent member of the Col- orado legislature, and 1s spoken of for Heutenant overnor of that state. rs. Hicks-Lord, wlio as been visiting in Fort Wayne recently, tells a reporter of that place that there is no truth in the rumor of her prospective marriaxe with Charles O’Conor. | She says their relations are simply those of attorney and client.—Repre- | sentative Springer and ex-Attorney General Williams were registered in New York last eve- ning.—— With possibly one exception, ex-Sena- tor Alcorn {s said to be the largest and most successful cotton planter in Mississippi.—W. D. Wilson and wife, and C.N. Kent, of New York, are at the Arlington, on their way home from Florida, where they have been for some ume. Mr. Kent will be joined by his wife to- morrow, and together they will spend several days in Washington.—It is announced that Col. Thos, A. Scott will soon go to Europe again, accompanied by Lis wife, for an extended stay. SETTLERS ON THE Pustic La! —The bill for the relief of homestead settlers on the public lands, passed by the Senate yesterday, provides that any settler who has settled or shall here- after je on any of the public lands of the United States, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, with intent to claim the same under the home: stead laws, shall be allowed the same time to file his homestead application and perfect his original entry in the U. S. land office as ts now allowed to settlers under the pre-emption laws to put their claims on record, and his rights shall relate back to the date of the settlement, the same as if he settled under the ppe-emption laws. Where lands have been applied for and original entry made under the homestead laws, where such entries have not been made in geod faith, or where the tands have been aban- loned after original entry and before final entry, Such lands shall be subject to the claim, under yy homestead or pre-emption laws, of the first settler who has or shall therea:ter settle on the same, provided that such settler has or shall hereafter, within six months from the time of his settlement, take the necessary steps to have Said homestead entry canceled, and the same all be properly subject to cancellation, and sball pay the land office fees in safd contest. When & homestead or timber culture claimant shall file a written relinquishment of his claim in the local land office, the land covered by such claim shall be held as open to settlement and entry without action on the part of the Com- missioner of the General Land Ofice, In the same manner as it would have been if ho entry under the homestead or timber culture laws had ever been made thereof. Way TILDEN Sticks.—One of Tilden’s friends, and whose advantages for being in the secrets of Grammerey Park, says that anterior to the es of the Pennsylvania republican conven- tion that Tiiden had absolutely made up his mind to withdraw from politics, and that he had a letter written addressed to the publle making a formal announcement of such inten lon. His original plan was to have made the letter public in advance of the Pennsylvania convention, but that he was persuaded to hold it by his friends, on the ground that he should atleast give them the Opportunity to arrange matters so that they could still control the “machine,” and they urged that if he with- drew precipitately, a8 he wanted to, that it would leave bis friends in the lurch, and would loose to them the known hold they hadin the democratic machine. Yielding to this ment Tilden did withhold the letter. After the hold- ivg of the Pennsylvania convention Tilden’s friends agreed with him that the outlook was that Grant would certainly be the republican nominee; that there was enough opposition to a third term in the republican ranks to offset the disaffection in the democratic}ranks to his (Tilden’s) candidacy, and they thought it would aarinhitac Mint pemeae Bi ention Ww Alter the New Dae ee York cavention had deci The Inter-Oceanic Canal Question. | COUNT DE LESSEPS BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL | ‘COMMITTEE. | Count De Lesseps closed his testimony this | morning before the House select committee on | the inter-oceanie canal, and both he and Mr. | Beonne, of the French navy, replied to various inquiries on the part of members of the commit- | tee. In regard to the region of calms in the neighborhood of the bay of Panama, Mr. Beonne | suggested, as a solution of that difficulty, that the American commercial marine would be changed by the inter-oceanic canal from sail ing vessels to steam vessels, just as had been the effect of the Suez canal on the English commercial navy. He also su; ted that sailing vessels might be rovided with some auxillary steam machinery. hree or four miles from ‘the coast line there was no difference as to the region of calms. ‘The ccean opposite Nicaragua and Tehuantepec was as subject to calms as the region opposite Panama. In reply to Mr. Oscar Turner, of Ky., Count De Lesseps recounted the various sur- yeys made of the Isthmus, and expressed his conviction that it was useless to have any more such surveys. The question was whether com- merce wanted a long canal with obstacles or a short canal without obstacles. A vote of thanks was passed to Count De Lesseps for his polite attendance and for the tnformation which he had given. In acknowledging this courtesy, Mr, be Lesseps said that while he was not pres- ent to talk politics, but. to give sclentitic views about the canal, he could not refrain from ex- pressing his delight with the President's mes- sage yesterday on the subject of the canal, be- causé it would certainly be advantageous to have the protection of the United States during the work and after the opening of the canal: He had just sent a message to his son at, Paris, aying that the Prestdent’s message assured the afety of the canal. CAPT. EADS’ SHIP RAILWAY PROJECT. Capt. Eads, the projector and exeeutor of the work of the Mississippi jetties, read a paper be- fore the committee, in advocacy of his plan of a ship railway. He claimed that a substantial an durable ship railway can be built for half the cost of a canal with locks, and for one-fourth that of a canal at, tide-level; that such a ship raib ‘an be built in one-third or one-fourth of the the time needed for the construction of a canal; that when built, ships of the maximum tonna: n be moved with safety at four or five Limes greater speed than ina canal; that a greater number of vessels per day can be trans- ported by the railway than can possibly be trarsporied by the canal; that the capacity of a ship rally un be easily increased to meet the demands of commerce; that the cost of mainte- nance of the road bed and rolling stock be much less than that of a catial; ani railway be constructed and 0} e localities where it is not practicable to con- suuct @ cana’ ‘The District Investigati ONLY ONE WITS ms TO-DAY. Is rict of Columbia Commissioners was resumed to-day by the House committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Belden Noble was sworn, and tesitfied that he was the owner of divers pleces of real estate in the District which had been assessed for spe- ial improvements; paid such assessments; the Kssesments upon two of his lots had been revis. ed and he received a drawback certificate in each y complaint of the special assessments on the two lots, nor did he author- ive anybody to make complaint for him; under- stood that everybody in his square was’ getting drawback certificates, and he called at the Com- missioners office and received his drawbacks; don’t think anybody ever made compiaint of the assessment in ‘his name, or applied for a draw- back In his name. The committee at 11:30 o'elk adjourned until to-morrow. Latev.—Mr, Aldrich being out of the city, the investigation will not be proceedea with to- morrow unless he return: Society Notes. Senator and Mrs. Blaine have issued invita- tions for Saturday evenings, March 13th, 20th and ith. Different guests are invited for the | ment signed by the chiefs and head men of the “gress to Impose and collect taxes off the people several evenings, In order that there tay not be too great a crowd at any of the entertainments. Senator Williams’ wife and her daughter, Miss Hamilton, left for home last evening. They made a most favorable impression during their Stay here, Miss Phebe Couins returned Monday morning from her trip to Louisville. She lectured there, and also in New Albany, and received the most marked attentions from ‘the ladies of both cittes, he accompanied Mrs. Representative Oscar ‘urner and Miss Turner to the Capitol yester- day, and was one of the ladies who was present during M. De Desseps’ argument before the committee on the inter-oceanic canal. M. De Lesseps expressed himself as highly com- eet ‘Unat ladies desired to hear his ad- ress. Miss Kellogg, who has been ere te long visit to Sir Edward Thornton’s family, has gone to visit friends in Annapolis. She is the daughter of our arbitrator in the fishery award at Halifax. Ex-Secretary McCulloch, who is with his wife and youngest child at the Ebbitt House, will spend several days here. Mme de Lesseps ts her husband's second wife. His first. wife is sald to have been a near rela- tive of the Empress Eugenie. ‘The present wife is very attractive. She speaks English very well indeed. Hon. Floyd King has received many compli- ments on his dignity and courtesy when pre- siding over the special committee on the inter- oceanic canal. He had the manner of a well bred host presiding In his own drawing room. ‘The late Dr. Brodhead, who possessed a most retentve memory and keen sense of humor, had, perhaps, a’ greater fund of interestinj anecdotes connected with those who ha‘ lye in Washington during the past half century than any of his cotemporaries. Apropos of a very fine picture of Mary Magdalen in his possession, he used to tell the story of an M. C. from Virginia,—Mr. Dade,—who once closed a brilliant. apostrophe to George Washington in the House of Representatives, by saying, Go up, George! Ascend, and take your piace in tes between the Savior and Mary MeDan- In proof of the great increase in the value of property here, Dr. Brodhead mentioned two years ago tat the previous year he had pald upwards of $300 taxes on his house and lot on New Jersey avenue, Capitol Hill, which was more than the entire property, including the residence, cost_ forty years before. He at one time paid but $17 per annum in taxes on it. Dr. Brodhead some rare works of art pur- chased by if in Europe, and a very valua- ble collection of autograph letters from George Washington, and others noted in the history of ‘ he eee, some of them bearing dates as ear- ly as 1737. The portrait of John Y. Mason, which as Tae Srak mentioned Saturday Mr. E. F. Andrews 1s making preparations to paint, is intended tor the Attorney General’s office, Mr. Mason having been chief of that Department in 1845 and 1s+6. ‘The addition of this portrait to the collection will make it complete, as all those who have been Attorney General prior to Attorney Gene- ral Devens will then be represented. THE NICARAGUAN Canal PROJECT.—Civil Engi- neer A. J. Menocal, U. 8. N.,who was some time ago granted leave by Secretary Thompson to visit Nica: a, will teave Washington this evening on his'way to Managua, Nicaragua's capital. He will be gone about three months. ‘The object of his visit is to re-examine the Lajas route, or rather terminus of the proposed Nica- Taguan canal between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific. He will ascertain what, if any, modifl- cation Shall be made in this portion of the route, inquire into its drainage and adaptability for canal purposes. Mr. Menocal goes out at the request of the Nicaraguan government. Infor- mation from Pani dated March 2, says: “The arrival in Managua 1s announced of Don J. Tomaz de Franco, who was pro- claimed as the bearer of important propositions from Gen. Grant and Admiral Ammen, looking tothe obtaining of a concession from the govern- “It is learned that this tn- the Nic canal. He is not empowered to obtain a “a concession? from the government of Ni He ts au- thorized to state that as much more wil be forthcoming when wanted. He also oe Sents those in this country interested In the Ni rized to and is authorized to make \rnown’' the i ros Nicaragua feit by Gen. Grant and other THERE was 4 Cavcus of Republica Sénaton: Dewottes ‘Postmaster at Message of the President. TRANSMITTING THE UTE AGREEMENT. ‘The agreement between Secretary Schurz and the Ute Indians, heretofore given In substance in THE STAR, was sent to Congress to-day by the President. Transmitting it was the follow- ing mes trom the President: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Interior containing an agree- Indians now present at the seat of government. ‘The stipulations of this agreement appear to m as reasonable and just, and the objects to be ac- compilshed by its execution so eminently dest able to both the white people of the United States and the Indians that it has my cordial approval, and I earnestly commend it. to Con- gress for favorable consideration and appro- priate legislative action. ‘The District in Congress. HOLIDAYS IN THE DISTRICT. Senator Burnside to-day presented @ petition from bankers and bank employés of the District asking that Inauguration day be made a legal holiday, and that a law be passed providing a day to be observed instead of legal holidays when they fall on Sunday. A BILL TO PUNISH BLACKMAILING. A bill was introduced in the House yesterday by Mr. Covert, of New York, and referred to the judiciary committee, which enacts: ‘That from and after the passage of this act, every person who shall, in the District of Columbia, either verbally or by written or printed communica- tion, threaten to accuse another of any offense inst the laws of any state or of the United lates, or of any act involving moral turpitude, with intent thereby to extort money, property or other pecuniary benefit whatever, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to suffer imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than one nor more tan ten years.” . MORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN SCHOOLS, The bill passed by the Senate yesterday to In- troduce moral and social science into the public schools of the District, was introduced in March, 1si9, by Mr. Burnside. It provides that the schoo) officers shall give instructions in the ele- ment of social and tnoral science; shall once a week give a short oral lesson on some one of the sectai or moral virtues characterizing the good citize nd require the pupils to furnish thoughts or illustrations of the same; that the commissioner of education shall direct the ope- rations under the act. and report the result in his annual statement; and that emulation shall be cherished between the pupils in accumulat- ing thoughts and facts in regard to the noble traits possible, and In illustrating them by their daily condu ‘The last named clause was stricken out in committee, but reinserted in the Senate, Mr. Burnside said there had been considerable merriment over the bill, but he was ald of being laughed at when’ he thought | doing a good deed, though perhaps tae members of the committee had stricken out the provisicn referred to from a fear of ridicule. VIN THE DISTRICT. nate and House of Repre- sentatives, numerously signed by prominent business men of the District, was presented in the Senate to-day on the subject of taxation ‘They say: “Your memorialists, approving th present form of government ot the District of Columbia, most” respectfully represent that they are citizens of said District and owners of real and personal property therein. Although your memorialists concede the power of Con- THE PUBLIC of said District, ye the duty of Congr lect such taxes in they submit that it is to impose and col- manner the least ob- noxious and oppressive to the people and least injurious to their material interests, * * Your memorialists tully acknowledge the liberal justice of Congress in committing the general government to the payment of a moiety of the | expenses incident to the administration of the affairs of satd District, but extrs ss the hope that the remaining motety may be collected by the citizens of the District in a@ manner most consonant with their hes and least injurious to the various busines: of its people. The: feel safe In assuring Congress that if this privi- lege be accorded the entire tax demanded wi! be promptly collected.” Reasons in support of this proposition are submitted, and the petition sa “Tax laws should not only be as liberal as possible, but should be enforced as far as Possible without harshness and injustice. ** * Congiess, by its act of June 2), 1Si4, created certain bonds of the District, which ‘now ap- proximate $15,000,000, and exempted them from all federal, state and municipal taxation. The wealthy can afford to invest their capital in these and the ordinary bonds of the general government, and thus escape wholly the bur- 1 of taxation, whilst the citizen of modern S must keep his capital invested in active business and pay more than his fair proportion of this burthen. Your memorialists frankly concede that this result under existing laws {s unavoidable, yet insist that a judicious a of assessment, while it does not remove the burthen, renders it less injurious and oppres- sive, and therefore commend to your favor- able consideration the license em and taxation of what may be called visible property The license system has long been uted and found sufficient and efficacious here. Our fathers adopted It, continued it, and pros- pered under it. May we not reasonably hope that it will be productive of good in the future? ‘The government of the United States derives a considerable revenue from this people by her internal revenue special taxes—taxes so cheer- tully pee that those not directly interested scarcely know of their existence. Why not, therefore, incorporate the same salutary prin- ciple into the present pending “tax Dill,” so called, so far as it relates to the taxes required to be raised from personal property? * * * It {s a received political axiom that all law$ should beso reasonable as to secure If possible the moral s@itiment of the community upon which they operate to assist in their entorcement. Your tmemorialists most respectrully submit that this principle has been regarded in the Yl pending in the House of Kepresentatives, tit they are advised has received the approval of the majority of the members of the commit- tee on the District of Columbia of that body. it 1s freighted with penalties and heretofore unknown powers of inquisition. The assessor is clothed with such sanctity that a neglect or refusal to answer his questions, however imper- Unent or offensive, Is declared’a grave misde- meanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment in the common jail. Unusual powers of dis- traint and summary sale are given to the col- lector, and even the cradle of the child, the bed of the invalid, and clothing of the family may be seized and sold without the intervention of the courts. The humane exemption laws and laws abolishing imprisonment for debt, that have stood as Inonuments of the humanity of former Congresses, are to fall before the ruth- jess provisions of this bill. A former admit- tedly Improvident act of Congress closed the doors of justice aainst citizens desiring to contest the validity of one class of taxes, and now this bill proposes to open them on con- dition solely that the taxes embraced in the bill, with attending penalties and costs, how- ever invalid or erroneous, are first’ paid. In justice it should be remembered that since: the abulishment of our municipal corporations by the act of Col approved February 21, 1871, the officers appointed by Congress have expended immense sums in making our cities worthy of this great nation, and that our citi- zeus have cheerfully borne their full share. Some, however, have been crushed to the earth under the burthen. It is this class that will suffer most from the fines, penalties, and lm- prisonments of this draconian bill. The cost of administering our little government is sufticiently great, its officers are already sumMfi- ciently numerous, its machinery already sufti- ciently complex, and yet this bill LN peg increase cost, officers. and administrative ma- chinery; in fact, to compel th‘s lilliputian municipality to put on the huge armor of the giant " western state so ably repre: sent by the father of this bil. * iy Whereupon your memorialists humbly but ear- nestly pray that a tax bill may be pee y your honorable bodies not only just in its pro- visions, but in ered with the wishes of our people and in accord with the humane spirit of modern Civilizaticn. And in that event your memorialists feel that they may safely promise that the people of this District will ‘cheerfully and prone pay more than the amount de- ers a of personal property—visible and in- le. Nomtnations.—The President sent the fol- lowing nominations to the Senate to-day: Wm. Ware Peck, of Wyoming territory, to be associ- ate justice supreme court of New Mexico; s, Newton eae oe ie be ne Justice Gthee Separtment-—JH0. "smith, to be post i ene. LN. C.; Leverett inaigy, obo.” FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. TvEspay, March 9. SENATE.—The Vice President laid before the Senate the message from the President of the United States which was received yesterday, in response to Senate resolution calling for corre- spondence bet een this and other governments concerning an snter-oceanic canal. It wasread, and with the accompanying documents, refered to the committee on foreign relations. The Vice President also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Navy answering Senate resolution calling for the number of paymasters in the navy, and under what circumstances Edward Bellows was dropped from the roll of paymasters. Referred, Mr. Thurman presented a memorial of dele- gates of Indian tribes in the Indian territory, remonstrating against the pas of the bill to establish a United States court in that terri- tory. In view of the important legal questions involved in the subject he moved the reference of the memorial ty the committee on the judi- elary. ‘Mr. Garland opposed the motion. The bill was before the Senate, and its legal effect could be discussed in the Senate. If this memorial and the various resolutions heretofore offered were referred to the jaciciary, he would move the reference of the bill itself to that commit- tee. Asa member of the committee on territo- ries he could say the committee would be giad to be relieved from further responsibility in this important matter, though he was also a mem- ber of the judiciary committee. Mr. Thurman stated that he had designed to express no opinion as to the merits of the bil. In the absence of the Senater from Missouri (Mr. Vest), who reported the bill, the motion to refer was aid over until to-morrow. Mr. Slater presented memorial of officials of Oregon, praying: appropriation for opeuing of a harbor at Yakima bay, and setting forth the great commercial advantages likely to result therefrom. ‘The memorial was read at length and re- ferred. Mr. Edmunds stated that hereafter he will object to reading of memorials. It was against the rues of the Senate, resulted in great efor printing. and made the Record ineon- v 5 {Phe rules require the Senator presenting a petition or memorial to brietly state its substance. Mr. Cameron (Wis.) presented a joint resolu- ticn ‘of the Wisconsin legislature praying tor legislation regulating inter-state commerce. Referred, Mr. Farley presented a memorial of the legis- lature of California asking an apprepriation’ of $500,000 for the protection of rivers from im- ent by mining debris. Referred. vere introduced and referred as follows: rnan—Giving to all religious denom: n qual rights and privileges In the In- dian re: tions. By Mr, Edmunds (by request)—For the erection of a monument. in Washington to Custer and the men who fell with bim. By Mr. Burnside—To amend te re- vised statutes of the District 6f Columbia re- lating to pubiie buildings. ‘Mr. Hill, from the committee on contingent expenses, reported a resolution authorizing the secretary of the Senate to appoint an assistant Ubrarian of the Senate, at a salary of $1,440 per annum. Laid over, on objection of Mr. Ed- pedim I E nation: Hailey submitted the following resolution: Whereas it has been announced in the public press, and there is reason to believe that a con- tract has been entered into by and between the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the Unton Pacific Railroad Company on the one part and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company on the other part by the terms of which contract the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in considera- tion of receiving the sum of $110,000 per month from the railway companies binds itself to charge such rates for freight and passengers as may be fixed by the railway companies and to collect the same from the com- mercial public, and whereas the effect of such a contract is directly prejudicial to the public interest and contrary to the pzb- lic policy that controlled Congress in charter- ing the Upton Pacific Railroad company and in granting to both railway companies large subsidies in money and lands: Therefore— Resolved, That the committee on the judic- lary be instructed to ree aud report whether such a contract has been made and what legislation is necessary to prevent the execution of the same and protect the public interest, and such committee may report a bill to carry its recommendations into effect. The words “and there is reason to believe” were stricken out, on motion of Mr. Edmunds, and the resolution as amended was agreed to. Mr. Blair submitted a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a copy of the report of George W. Bailey on the condition of the people of Alaska. Agreed to. ‘Mr. Edmunds submitted a resolution amend- ing the rules of the Senate in regard to morn- ing; puss and abolishing special orders. Re- erred. ‘The Senate proceeded to consider the calen- r. dar. The bill to provide for settlement of accounts with certain southern railway companies was op yecter to by Mr. Edmunds and laid aside. ir. Maxey, who reported the bill, referred to the fact that it had long been before Congress and often favorably reported on. He hoped it would soon be finally disposed of, and wouldtry to call it up on Tuesday next. The bill authorizing pair of the Mullen Wagon road between Forts Missoula and Coeur d’Alene was passed. The bill for the relief of Calvin Bronson was under discussion when the morning hour ex- pired. The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter. Mr, McDonald addressed the Senate. HOUSE.—Mr. Morton presented the memorial of E. D. Morgan & Co., Moses Taylor & Co. and other importers and refiners of sugar, praying for the retention of the present graduated scale of duties, with the addition of a clause to the present law, obliging all sugars below No. 10 in color, testing above 92°, to pay the rate of duty as if between Nos. 10 and 13. Referred. Also, memorial of Commercial Advertiser and New York Zeitung, praying for the abolition of the duty ee B pene type. Referred. The Speaker proceeded to call committees for reports. The bill coming over from the last ee hour, to establish the Department of Agricul- ture, was referred to the committee of whole on the public calendar. ‘Mr. Covert submitted the minority report of the committee on agriculture, which was simi- larly referred. Mr. Covert, chairman of the committee on agriculture, reported the bill authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to attend In person. or by deputy the international sheep and wool show tv be held in the Centennial buildings in Philadelphia in September, 1880, Placed upon the House calendar. Mr. Scales, chairman of the committee on In- dian affairs, neported bill authorizing the Prest- dent to prescribe suitable police regulations for the government of the various In reserva- tions, and providing for the punishment of the crimes of murder, arson, rape and burglary on the various Indian reservations, PI: on the House éalender. : Mr. Hooker, from same committee, Be oie bill to reimburse the Creek Indian fund. Re- ferred to committee of the whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Wellborn, from the same committee, re- pored bill to prevent Indians on reservations (rom going into the state of Texas. Placed on House calendar. {It prohibits all officers and agents of the army, and the Indian bureru, from permission to Indians on any reservation to go int ito Texas On any pretex whatever, and pro- vides that any officer or nt violating law shall be dismissed from Mr. Waddill, froi rites, reported . Wa m same com Te] bill for the rolled of settlers on absentee Bhaw- nee lands in Kansas. Placed on the House cal- ndar. - Mr. Johnston, from same committee, reported bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain and report the amount of money ex- pended and indebtedness assumed by the state of Kansas in repelling invasions and suppress- Hs Indian hostilities. Placed on House calen- Political Notes. the improvement and re- | Telegrams to The Star. THE CRISIS IN ENGLAND. | Lord Beaconsfield’s Policy. | Keynote to the Conservative Campaign. | a | Dissolution of Parliament a Surprise. | —_+—_—_. | POLITICAL SITUATION EN ENG- | LAND. | The Coming Elections. | Lonpon, March 9-—The liberal leaders will meet to-day to decide upon the course to be adopted. The writs will be issued on the 24th | inst., and it is believed that many of the elec- | tions will be over by the first week in April. Lord Beaconsficld’s Letter the Key- note of the Conservative Cam: paign. Loxpow, March 9.—Lord Beaconsfleld’s letter | to the Duke of Marlborough, lord Ileutenant of | Ireland, furnishes the keynote of the conserva- tlve campaign, which 13 opposition to home rule and the maintenance of English influence in foreign affairs. The Times says: The letter Starts from the question of Ireland, but ends with a statement and appeal on momentous considerations of foreign policy. It is, perhaps, only too ingenious in the skill with which the main point is gradually approached, and few political writers would have conducted us in so shortaspace and by a continuous argument from the famine in Ireland to_the position of England in the councils of Europe. If the method fs circuitous, the Janguay so is occa- sionally a little startling. But these defects, as many will consider them, will not diminish the importance of the document, nor can they cb- scure its purport. It must be allowed to have been in the past a characteristic of Lord Bea- consfield that even his most startling utter- ances have been found to be animated by a se- rious purpose and to have realities behind them, | and the important declarations made at thé close of unis letter must carry all the weight which belo tothe ut G most responsible — statesmen in “Rarely,” Lord Beaconsfield says, ‘In thi try has'there been an occasion’ more ¢ 's ministers have hitherto been Tve peace, but this Ineffable blessing | tained by the passive principle of | non-Intei ¥ Peace rests on the presence not tosay the ascendency, of England in Is Of Europe.” These’ are strong expre sions and perhaps imprudently strong, but the | country will not fai importance of the fact which 1 Europe. to_pre: cannot be m. ution of Parliament. —The announcement of the dissolution of paritament in the House of Com- D y was a complete surprise. as the det made known there nd rush for the telegraph office in the ¢ tral lobby of the house, and in a very few sec. conds the little angular ojtice was filled, and ministers, ex-ministers, and other members flowed out from the house to find that the only Iceans Of communicating at once with their Irlends In the country were cut off by a sturdy crowd of earlier comers who had the telegraph office and its precincts entirery in thelr posses- | sion. Inside the little off he multiplicity of the telegrams and the earnestness of the not ove atient though, distinguished senders of vere quite bewildering. The telegraph ually handed to customers in neat par- cels were torn into single sheets and scattered promiscucusly among the crowd, each one to be picked up and returned across the counter in a few seconds with the message hurriedly scratched upon it. This lasted for over an‘hour, but just at that lapse of time a distinguished legal member of the op- position found the office still blocked, and was torced to write his address to his constituents onthe corner of his hat, A cabinet minister Was justas anxious inthe first rush to an- nounce the news to his constituents as the most obscure representative of the most obscure borough, but he had to Surugele hard at first for a telegraph form and then for the attention of the telegraph clerk. Between 5 and 6 o'clock 400 messages were handed in, and it was not until close on 9 o'clock that the strain on the telegraph clerks was removed. By this time nearly 650 messages had been dis- patched. It is suggestive of the care taken the government that the news should not le: out prematurely, that though an enormous strain was to be partment at the house of commons, no intima- tion was made of a neccessity of an increase of the staff. The ordinary staff discharged the duties of the entire evening. There has been no such pressure since the night that Lords Derby and Carnarvon resigned. Sir Stafford Northcote’s address to the electors of North Devon will be issued immediately im the form of a manifesto as to the policy of the government. Lord Hartington and Mr. | Gladstone will issue formal manifestoes to North East Lancashire and Midlothian respectively. Each will deal at length with the policy of the ministers from an opposition point of view. Right Hon. R. Asheton Cross’ address to the electors of Southwest Lancashire is also ex- pected to be of the character ot a manifesto. EX-INDIAN AGENT LIVINGSTONE, ‘Trial of the Cases Against Him. New YorK, March 9.—A special to the Times from Yankton, Dak., gays: The fourth case against Dr. Livingstone, an’ ex-Indian agent at Crow Creek, who is charged with irregularities, was concluded to-day in the United States court. The jury was ‘out three days, and fin- ally disagreed. Eleven members were for re- turning a special verdict that the defendant had made technical violation of the law, but Was innocent of any intent to defraud the gov- ernment or any person. ‘The twelfth man stood for unconditional acquittal. Three other cases that were tried have resulted in uittals. There are three more cases to try. This is the investigation which was begun nearly two years ago by ex-Ins] tr Hammond and the late In- dian Commissioner Hyat. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Sham Fight at St. Petersburg. Lonpon, March 9.—A Berlin dispatch to the Morning Post says military manceuvres on a grand scale are culminating, and a sham fight preparing at St. Petersburg. Turkish ‘Troops After the Brigands. A dispatch from Athens to the Dai News says: detachment of Turkish troops has Janded at Salonica to pursue the bri who captured Col. Synge and his wife while on their way from Constantinople to Eastern Roumelia. for the purpose of distributing relief among the Mussulman refugees. The belief on the spot is ba the landing of soldiers is a serious mis- Ke. Russian Extradition Treaty with France. Panis, March 9.—The Temps says: The Rus- sian government will probably take poveniaee of the journey to St. Petersburg of Prince Orloff, the Russian ami or here, fo draw up an ex- tradition treaty with France. The ex-Empress’ Mournful Journey. M. Kouber and his wife have started tor Chis- elhurst to take leave of ex-Empress Eugenie previous to her departure for the cape, the date of which has been fixed for the 26th instant. ‘The ex-empress Will stop at St. Helena on her return voyage. Wall Street To-Day. NEw York, March 9.—The Post, in its financial article ee Says: The stock exchange opened ut areguiar market for speculative securities; after the first hour the Stock market became strong and has been so since. The ulative stocks to- are Pacific Mail, Erie, ce Shore, Wabash and Pacific, Ohio Chesaj e and Ohio, Manhattan, Iron Mountain and Houston Texas. They were, as noted, all weak in an excit fell at 01 and 10 as we write. Inthe money market Joans on stocks are 5a6 per cent, and on United States bonds 4a5 per cent. Time loans are 6 per centon stocks and 4on United States bonds. mercant | ing the right of the commonwealth to do s | bing the post office this morning. | | tr | 151,100 bushels. to be impressed with the | { expected on the telegraph de- | VANIA BRIBER CASES, —_ W. H. Kemble’s Protest, Harrisscre, Pa., March 9.—After the conrt met this morning Judge Pearson, in answer to an inquiry from the district attorney, said that Kembie’s plea should be stripped of ‘everytht except the formal plea of “euilty:” that his protest would be allowed to go on file as a state- ment for the benefit of the defendant; bat it would have no bearing whatever so far as the plea was concerned, and should not be a part of the record. Counsel for the defence said that they had certainly misunderstood the court when they presented this plea yesterday. ‘They retired for consultation, and were out for an hour before they came to a conclusion. They then came into Court with a plea of guilty and the protest tn form as directed by the court. The corrected protest ts as follows: Common- w hvs. Wm. H. Kemble. The defendant at the time of tiling his plea to the bill of indict- ment protests 11 id plea shall not. be con strued as am admission that he did corruptly offer any money or thing of value to efther or any of the persons named in the bill of indict- ment, and that said plea to said tndictment Is pleaded by him pro forma, he being unwilling Turther to contend. ‘The Case of Petroff. 5 The case of the Commonwealth Emile J. Petroft, was then called for trial. After the jury bad been empanelled the commonwealth asked that the court stand three of the jury aside. Judge Pearson said he could not do this in a THE PENNS | court of quarter sessions; that it was only usual in courts of oyer and terminer, F. B. Gowen and J. W. Simonton, for the commonwealth, took issue with the court on this polnt, ati .._F. Carroll Brewster, for the defence,angued against ‘he position of the commonwealth on this ques- vion, and the court finally decided tn favor of the commonwealth. Twenty-two names were then called before a jury was obtained, and af- ter they Were sworn the court adjourned unt 2 o'clock this afternoon, A Mail Robber Caught in the Act. Port Jervis, N. ¥., March 9.—Wm. Barkeman employed to carry mails from the post office to the depot in this village, was detected in rob- In order to take the mail bags oan early train he had a key to the office, arriving there before any of the clerks. ‘The postmaster and officers se- creted themselves in the office, detected him in the act of stealing and arrested him. The ex- tent Of bis thefts is not known. The Markets. BALTIMORE, March 9.—Virginia sixes, deferred, do. consols, 55',; do. second series, 27; do. t due coupons, $81; do. new ten-forties, 41'y. North Carclina sixes, ‘old, 28. Virsinia teu-forty coupons, SL bid to-day, BALTIMORE, March 9.—Cotton quiet—middling, 1s. “Flour Very quiet aud without change: Wheat, southern “quict; western firm—southern a, 1. do. amber, 1.45a1.48; No. 1 Mary- ‘0. 2 western winter red, spot, April, 1.43%al 44; ™ 3 Sal3ys 1 une, 1.3 southern mixed, 8; do. . Hye quict, 94 Provisions steady and un- pritue to choles western Exxe quiet, 103¢. Petio- Goifee qucet—Iio car- al rv firma—A 0 xoer, ordivary to fair, soft, 93. Whisky dal, 1. and” unchanged. Susay 1. F Sales—wheat, Money, 5 §- Govern- Wheat ab. ments quiet. SEW YORK, March 9.—Flour Corn quiet. m.—Console, x the account. Auantic and mortwaxe trustees’ certificates, antral consols, 10974. sols, 97 9-16 unt. “Atlantic trustess' cartifi- ‘Read- ; ‘Jersey Lbnois Centre LONDON, M 0p. uh for money and. 97 11-16 for the ace and Grest Western first mortgage cater, ( Fennaylvania Central, 53% NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON. ‘The following quotations were current in New York to-day at 2 p. m., as reported By mike oe gon & Co. «5. 4 per cents., 1067; a4 = cents, 108: New Jersey Central, Ohio an Wesissipy (05, : Erie, : Michis Jen Hannibal ] No Y a, 63: Wabasl 57: . U. Telewraph, d I. C., 18%: Pacific Mail, 60. ——.. District Government Affairs. A petition to the District Commissioners Is being circulated by the citizens of East Wash- ington, asking that they advocate the site for the Union depot. at the western terminus of the Navy-yard tunnel, 6th and K streets southeast. It sets forth that there ts ample room for both freight and passenger depots, and that it would afford relief to the citizens by settling the ques- tion of street occupancy. INCREASED WATER RATES. ‘The water registrar is busy with his clerical force in ee | out bills for the next water | rent year with the increased rate of 20 per cent. | The reasons for such increase were stated fully in the last report of the water registrar, that the revenue of the department Is Inadequate to its wants, for after paying out to the sinking fund $15,000 per annum and over $29,000 interest, on outstanding water bonds there 1s not enough left to keep up'so extensive a system of water supply and keep two engines pumplog water | continuously for the high grounds. This fund, it is stated, has been running short for a num- | ber of years, and the deficit has been charged up to the g al fund, but now the law re- | quires the department to be self-supporting, Which necessitates the increase of rents. BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspector Entwisle: Robert Proctor, | construct two. dwellings, Prospect between Po! | tomac and High streets. Georgetown, $2,500; David McAuliffe, repair brick 1124 1: street northwest, $450." ‘Nathaniel Page, repair brick dwelling, No, 1342 Massachusetts avenue n.w Suicide of a Department Clerk. Robert P. Fry, sixty years old, a clerk in the Register’s office, Treasury department, occupy- ing a room at No. 40 I street northwest, cut his throat with a razor this morning, severing his wind-pipe and his jugular vein. The bedy was found by W. Stokes, landlord of the house, at 0 o'clock this morn- ing, lying on the floor in his room, a pillow under his head, the razor at his left shoulder and a small revolver on his right side, with one empty chamber. The coroner was called, but an inquest was deemed unnecessary. Dr. Schaffield was in attendance and sewed up the wounds. He found a pistol shot wound just below the left breast. Fry made four cuts with ‘the razor with his left hand. Mr. Stokes hear- ing no sound of life in his room went there and found the door bolted, He knocked, and get- ting no answer broke open the door and found ee man dead and the condition of things as above. —_——_ AT THE CABINET MEETING this afternoon the question of duty on hoop iron was again dls- cussed. The Attorney General submitted an opinion on the subject. The opinion was not a direct one. It was in effect that the Treasury department could return to its old Bey mak- ing “cut iron” pay a specific instead of an ad valorem duty, despite the fact that a New York court had decided some two years ago that hoop iron prepared In thismanner was not subject to the specitic duty imposed on hoop iron. Secretary Sherman will, in accord- ance with this decision, direct “hoop iron duty be paid on “cut iron,” which answers all the purposes of the former. The cattle bill, pre- pared by Gen. Le Fevre, of the House icul- . tural committee, was also disc ‘The bill, it was thought, Contained some good features, and also a number of bad ones. e provision creates a cattle commission, of which Commis- sioner Le Duc is to be chairman and the Secre- taries of State and Treasury his subordinates, SUDDEN DEATH AT A HoTEL—Supposed fo be Ht. Verplanck.—This_morning about 11 o'clock the bell-boy at the National Hotel discovered one of the guests dead in his bed. The deceased registered on the 25th of February on the books of the hotel as R. M. White, of New York, and from every indication his death was caused by apoplexy, and that cause was certified to the coroner, Dr. Patterson. On examining effects various papers were found leading to the belief that he was Lt. Norpianck wae until a very recent date was attached to the 3d U. 8. artillery. Mr. Buckley, the undertaker, took Sal as the body to await directions from his frien 3 ——— f Augusta, Sey yesterday” ‘Bangor, Bladetona of le., yest S r; and ‘Belfast went republican. The back- ers carried North Berwick, San; always. heretofore democratic, elects a full republican Ucket. Kinson, before democratic, elects a full republican ticket. ais is tel ht that rey spe at Fall River, Mass., wi cent advance offered’ by the companies. They wanted 16 per cent. §#-The strike at the Harmony Mills, Cohoes, N. Y., ended yesterday, the men accepting 10 per cent advance. e2”The a at Palo Alto Mil/s near Pottsville, Pa., have resumed work , nearly the advance asked for. §2 "sixty more Chinamen arrived at St. — from San Francisco yesterday,en route for