Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1880, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. @UBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, ‘AT THE BTAE BUILDINGS, Ponasylvania Avenue, Corner 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oomvanv GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pree’t, EvENtNG STAR is served to Subscribers in the ewer, eee Sut tie Pout Otioe ai Washingtor, B. O-» ter, tered Wi Viren REKLY Bran publie Fridsy—82 3 wear, bs eer months, $1; 20 copies oe eres lie ‘of Mivertising made known on spplication- WASHINGTON, SPECIAL NOTICES. THE EVENING STAR. THE McG Sz ¥ will give their THE McaIb! AMILY will r yy i shington at Wanzh M. 1 rel SATURDAY EVENING, March 20%, at 8 ok.” Admission 2: — S$ COLUMBIA QOUNCIL, SOVEREI FOF INDUSTEN, ahetalk No. 510 11th st 3G, at 7-30 o'clock, th the oi Es eas x fally regmested to be pres- nue, $572,475,60; customs. SGIAL NOTION.—All persons having is eee as farw i the Washington re toy Bair which are unpaid will present Ytothe undersigaed om or before WEDNE j itn sare, A. D- 1880, as the books will be 3 by that Sme- OyAs. O. DUNCANSON, ‘Treasurer of Feir Association, W. L. I. C. lee, #th and D sts. n.w. marl5-3t ZENS OF SOUTH WASHINGTON are invited to attend the meeting of the CFT- "AND. PROPERTY-HOLDERS PROTEO- » ASNOCIATION, at St. Dominie’s Hall, MON- Day EVENING, March 15, at 7'4 o'clock. marl3-2¢ WM. B. BROWNE, Secretary. (S> ATE PERSONS, DESIRING TO TAKE ae STOCK Association (to succeed the late tern, No. 2,) will please meet at Odd Fellows’ Sth at. east, next TUESDAY EVENING, 16th 2, at 7 o'clock. marla-2t in) Ce RATION ‘COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. = The Spring Cor rf be reports of committees or vestigating committees printed. Distnicr INTEREST.—T ein Analytical Che: bp in charge, will at To’elock p.m. For in- ply at MILBURN'S Phar- marl3-4t* for $6 the funded debt of the Dt! SPECIAL NOTICE. TEENTH BUILDING AS Se eis Ga: <S LDING ASSOCIATION of George- | oe "arly stock eae Ge. mill be held at Goddard's Hall,on MON. | Cent quarterly stock, town, ? PERSONAL.— marl3-2t (le SPECIAL N STEAMER GEOR (OE TO THE PUBLIC. will have ch: LEARY, ral improv qRORTRESS | by _ex-Governor ments on the Shep! rp Porsr Looxovr, | retar NING. ry” will be S1,and in proportior ar in mind th a STOPPING aT PINE GoING axp Bi First-class pass round trip 81.50. EP" The publi «"Leary” will ing nominations to the son—thoro: tant Secretary of ee oe aby Dain 3EPH W! arta ha and Winnebag miari3-3t JOSEPH WHITE, Capt acer; $= DIVIDEND.—The Sewi-An ual Dividend | dia of Pawnee age Boe oeeGi tiara RATE WAY COMPANY swill | Also a number of pgsti be paid at the Board_of ‘Irade F Space. [ml0-6t] W. H. CLAG of the € ‘ERAL WATERS. in Wisconsin, arrived in (Ge NATURAL wt erda, Bedford, Bine Tick, Con Dee) 4 j 5 eee ees ta meckbrdeoAlnm, Geyer, | Have a talk vith the Inte athorn, Gettysburg, Friedrickshall, “Hunyadi | thelr aifat MAOY, fed19 PENNENLVANIA AVENUS. th to the letter of | | 08, Apollinsris, P White Sulphur. | panes MILBURN'S PHAR: | | | United s saasd DRY. | = n the BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. Exrma Quauity Dax. TEE MOST DELICIOUS DRY WINE IN THE MARKET. j BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. ExrTBa QU. He gracefully assis of ©. Davenport, of W ncerely trust that, as authoritative exposition For SALE BY THOMAS RUSSELL, Jan 1218 PENNA. AVENUE. hereafter peac Gyr SPECIAL NOTICE. OONGRESS WATER. aiter exch ness, and tends to destroy the mucous membrane. Ail mineral waters that are dangerous irritints may be known by an acid sfter-taste. dec8-3ma. BPECIAL, NOTICE—A) freak supply | of PURE NORWEGIAN OOD o at DREW'S Drug Store, corner 9th st, and Feunsyi- ‘yania ave., at 50 cts. per full pint bottle. arguments in assertion mental doctrine ‘Henceforth the living and pervading states, and available to The Sixth Lecture of REV. MR. KNAPP'S COURSE ON THE PHILOSOPUY OF ART, orders and oppresstons t disgrace to the south.’ ” Will be given this (MONDAY) eyening, at Al A CONGRESSIONAL Soule! Chnreb Vestry. Subject: ART AND RACE. . For sale at J. J. Chapman's, Inaris' | Tetary of the Interfor if ST furnishing members of NG LECTURE Before the PO- i TOMAG FRUIT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION | Chvelopes of the Inter Bil be given at TALLMADGE HALL, TUESDAY VENING, March 16. Lectures and Experiments by Prof. Otis Mason, Prof. E. ¥. Fristoe, Prof. Een Hyde Benton, Prof. Thomas Taylor, Prof. B. P. Murray and Dr. E. P. Howland. Admittancs, 25 cents. maris-3t* ALLMADGE HALL, MONDAY EVENING, MARCIL 15, PROF. RYDER, THE CONVERTED RABBI, Will deliver his highly interesting and very inatruc- tive lecture on JERUSALEM, JUDAISM AND THE JEWS. the lecture he will appear inthe Rabbini- to Assistant A Postofiice de] torney-Ge tment, W terior departinent to ber of Congress, to the of publi originall tee of ngress can be changed. ents, and exhibit and expiain the TerHE- ‘ 2UzZA and TALISH. i Admission, 25c. ; reserved seats, 50c. Tickets at | thie hall. mari3-2t | M CORA BLAND, M. D., ° fonal resolution. The U Jacob Kendrick Upton, of arge of thelr agent, J. es Supreme Court, affirmation of the constitut thirteenth and fourteenth amend- acknowledges his indebt- Jexandria, V vest. Virgin ly intended by th Ina tinguished friend, the Hon. Alexander Rives, judge of the United States district court for the western district of Virginia, of the 7th inst., nging congratulations upon the re- cent decisions, and kindly thanking me for my now settled by them, he add: fourteenth amendment ts a Heretofore it was regarded | mere paper guarantee that it was commendable in state officers to deride and evade, while tt ‘as ostensibly held as binding on the state. I anticipate the best résults from these sentences | in recalling our people to a sense of their con- | stitutional obligations, and repressing the dis- PRIVILEGE.—The cision holding that it ‘is competent tor the 1 Judge Freeman has also made a ruli | question recently submitted to him by Commander J. 5 executive oftic: Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DaY.—Intérnal rev- $826,310.19. Ix THE U. 8. SUPREME Court to-day, the case of McBride against Secretary Schurz, involving the title of the Mormons to imrense tracts 0 jiand in Utah, settled by them under ther town- ship site system,was advanced upon the docket. A Bit Was InTRopucED in the House to-day by Mr. Singleton, of Milinots, declaing that tele- graph messages sent between individuals should jeemed private communtoations and be pro- tected from search and seizure, ‘THE NERD OF AN APPROPRIATION to CarTy OD the government printing office is now begin- ning to be fully felt by congressmen. No bills, testimony taken by in- can be printed. The District of Columbia committee is sadly embar- rassed for the reason that the testimony to be taken in the District investigation cannot be reasurer Gilfillan to- day made a requisition on Secretary Sherman ‘9 to pay the interest due April Ist on istrict—$287,79s, which will be due on the city of Washington five per cent stock, and $100, the Georgetown eight per r. W. H. Hoffman, who is well- known in architectural circles of this city, will leave for Mexico to-morrow morning, where he mines to be devi herd. zen. ‘osvenor, of Ohio, Is here to consult with Sec- herman touching the outlook tn Ohio. ATIONS.—The President sent the follow- Senate this afternoo: w Hampshire, to the Treasury; Arthur Michigan, to be agent for Indians ‘0 agency, in Nebra: obe agent for the f y, in Thdian territory sters. chippewa tribe, located the city rior di has replied at the committee of the Wendell Phillips Club, of Boston, thanking him for his services in the recent cases before the which have r to the Hon. Willlam and Mr. George and says:—"I these decisions are an of the binding force of the thirteenth and fourteenth amendinents, the colored people of the country will be permitted fully to enjoy the benefits plain- letter trom my dis- of the great funda- force throughout the » the humblest eltizen, at the south as a hat have been such a commis- sioner of pensions recently inquired of the Sec- he would be justified in Congress with penalty lor department for the purpoce of mailing free of charge to their con- stituents matter emanating from that depart- ment. The question was subsequently referred eneral Freeman, of the who has rendered a de- ‘urnish the envelopes. on a mem- effect that extra copies locuments which may have been ordered by Congress or by a commit- mailed free of charge. This decision 1s based upon the fact that, no matter who orders the printing of extrs of such documents, their character remains uo- copies Tue Inish RELIEF Surp.—Seeretary Thomp- son has found a cargo for the relief ship auther- ized to be sent to Ireland by a joint congr nited States ship Con- x ard, Will at ‘New . The E. Mason, Pay- sistant Surgeon ward Bousa soon as loaded, sail § Will deliver her great Lecture on | stellation, now at the New York na WOMEN WHO THINK, be the ship sent. She will be loaded AT LINCOLN HALL, York and di > MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 8 O'CLOCK | fonuer I: PROF. CARPENTER iss volunteered to give | Mander Fdw: some select Experiments in Psye ry after the | Command her. 1 Lecture. Admission 25 ceuts. Reserved seats 60 | Svth has been ordere cents. mars-6t | foliowlng officers have also been detailed for the tripe Lieuts. W. F. Low and 3 Ses master L. G. Billings, Passe FENE GAS FIXTURES, ©. W. Gravatt and Boatswain 5 SLATE MANTELS, LATROBES, | The Constellation will, « tor Queenstown. ANGES AND FURNACES. A Fine Selection of above Goods always on hand. | We have in ouremploy none but the best mechar- | ies, and take pleasure in wiving estimatea for Fiimbine and Tiguing. All jovbiug promptly at- reular ts being iss mded to. | HAMILTON & SH=DD, marl-lm,Ip 821 D st., Y. M. O. A. Building. HArwsep & HUTCHINSON, 817 Ninth street ».00., | Give special attention to BEMODELING axp MODERNIZING DEFEO- TIVE PLUMBING states that | members ts to central in all the states.” ‘Th campaign in behalf of ducted in an aggressive BAMPETS ana sell “PURNAGES RANGES | sible. No. un GRATES, FIRE PLACE BTOVES, TILe | employed or ea is the Only food thing in that ine andes | Sec i own the pstents for manufacturing. t fine, and we | are given why Sec the stalw: his nomination would SILK AND LAGE HOUSE, = on the defensive; the ot We take great pleasure to inform our numerous friends and the pu prs SPRING OPENING committee at large OF in every state, and at the | Mittee will issue an a cure the that we will have opr usual ‘Respectfully, JOEL GUTMAN & CO., ONE PRICE SILK AND LACE HOUS! 30, 32, 3 Eutaw si. marll-3t , S#and 36 N. timore, Md 7 IZ BROTHERS, Marr's awp DeALens, Ky dor. fag sty and Peeves Genius The Presidential Campaign. A CIRCULAR FROM THE SHERMAN HEADQUARTERS IN THIS CITY. ed from the Sherman fa the Corcoran building. It . W. Moulton and Mr. Vale, editor, | of the Washington World, of the executive committee of the | Sherman National committee. opening Sherman headquarters in Washington ze the various Sherman organiza- tons that are springing up in various localities have been added as The object of e circular states thai a Sherman will be con- manner as soon as pos- fair agencies will, however, be andalous attacks made on rival’ hin the party lines. Five reasons eretary Sherman fs the strong- | est “and most availablé candidate the repub- lican party can nominate. nor reform elements in the party can object to, his republicanism; another, that | he would get the solid. German republican vote which would split on Grant; another, that One that neither not put the party her two are based on his tinanclal policy and determination to se- ace and preserve the rights of every The cirewlar also says: ‘1 composed of leading men fhe national roper time this com- es8 to the business It issigned by C. W. FAMINE ReLrer Funp fapm the a footed up last Friday . Of this sum it fs estimated that about 00 have been contributed by the Catholic --Leadville ts rapidly be ths ago a poor ian who roughly called him a low-lived lar. Now they use the more gentlemanly description ofa “good fe!- a rich mine avout TRE Onlo TEMPERANCE CONVENTION Was held ‘Three hundred aud Were present. Resolu- tons were adopted to sustain principies rather than party; recommending no separate prohtbi- tion party, but to labor in caucusses and at the 5. men of the country.” | “NOVELTIES, | | URNING |OPENING, |, THE [Rts = > JOPENING. | United Staves and Canada MONDAY, RIBGONS, | MONDAY, MARCH | akon | Ehuienes 35,1880. 15,1880 How They Cuana coming civilized. Six mont = never kept bis agreements went there and they ALL | tow but forgetful.” ie stra oe | ARE four months ago.— Boston Px Lace Duataiss, | NVITED | saturday at Alliance. CURTAIN NETS, | twenty-three delegates ox \ MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1880. TO WHICH ALL ARE INVITED. polls to secure sober men for officials, t?-The family of Mr. Calhoun have asked permission of the Charleston (S.C.) common council to remove his bones from Charleston and bufy them tn the cemetery where lie his wife and most of his children. t2@~The South Carolina democrats will hold a convention at Colurbla, May 6th, to nominate Senta bee delegates at large tothe convention. Goes solicllat. Tanto i e,,Wisconsin Senate concurs in the ouse resolution prov! _ lane by a vote of 19 ton 7s ee based on products from €@-Gen. Melikoff’s life was saved when he , econ of fumes ‘Cures Chappea } was fired upon y the other day by @ jand Lipa, Boag: Ly chain shirt w: he wore under his uniform. j use. To be had of all drugy sts. rice 25 | — gw-ratson has had LL. D. tacked to his name by Rutgers The letters’ Light C®=” aia ave. le Dee : } * 0. BONER, age. §27-The Arkansas republican convention will » genar-tme 2a. | meet at Little Hock, Ark, April 28, Wells, Fargo & Co.’s P. O. Depart- ment. REPORT OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT IN- ‘VESTIGATING COMMISSION AGAINST IT. The report of General A. D. Hazen, Third Assistant Postmaster General; Assistant At- torney General Freeman, Chief of Special Agents Parker, Assistant Superintendent Ratl- way Mall Service Jameson, and Chief Clerk Ofiice First Assistant Postmaster General Marr, in the matter of Wells, Fargo & Co., is alengthy and exhaustive document. It states that the committee has given the report of Special Agent Sharretts careful attention, and before arriving at a decision the legal questions in- volved were eliminated and submitted for opin- ion to the Assistant Attorney General for the Post Office department, and Wells, Fargo & Co. were invited to appear by such representatives as they might designate. Representative Page came before the committee in behalf of the com- pany: Section 3,993, Revised Statutes, directs hat ‘all letters, enclosed tn stamped envelopes, may be sent otherwise than by mail, provid that the stamped envelope is of a deno! sufficient to cover the if the same were conveyed by mail; but the Postmaster General may suspend the operation of this section upon any mail route’where the pub- lic Interest may require such suspension. Un- der this law, it appears from thereport of Agent Sharretts and the admissions of Mr. Page that Wells, Fargo & Co, have been operating for years a letter-carrying department of im- Mmense magnitude, with headquarters ia San Francisco and ramifications in every one of the Pacific states and even exteud- ing Into foreign countries. Inthe management of this business the company employs between four and five hundred agents, nearly one-fifth of them being postmastars. These azents keep on band for sate stamped envelopes prepared expressly for the business of the company, and sell them at an advance on government pricés. ‘They regularly receive, dispatch and deliver letters In such envelopes in the same manner substantially as that of the postal service. A large private post office is operated in San Fran- cisco; and in the business portions of San Fran- 0 the company have erected boxes for the receipt of letters side by side with those of ti government. In short, Wells, Fargo & are running a post office department of their own without government supervision or con- trol, and in competition with the regular gov- ernment service. Besides this, ft appears that they havea banking house in San Francisco, the correspondence of which, as well as that of the Western Union Telegraph company and the Central Pacific Rallroad company, they have under some mutually advantageous arrangi ment, for along ume carrled, and still carr tree—that ithout the use of either postage stamp or stamped envelopes. The committee reviews the growth of the business of Wells, Fargo & Co. from its origin in the early settle- ment of the Pacitic coast. It for a long time supplied a want which the government -couid not. Now it {s different. The department has extended Its routes to every hamlet in the region. The company thus uo longer catering to any essen! public want, should be re- quested to give way, So that ‘the government may exercise its right. There are strong leg: and practical objections to the jetter- press business of the company. ist. The mani- intention of the law creating the Post Office artment as explained by subsequent legisla- Uon, and as interpreted by distinguished law officers of the government, was to give It ex- clusive right to carly the m: Under this head numerous decis‘ons are given where pri- vate Jetier carrying business has been broken up on decisions of the law officers of the gov- Another serlous violation of the Taw by , Fargo & Co., which should be no longer tolerated, is the employment of postmas- ters as thelragents, It 1s against the law and a nx to the public service. 3d. A more serious feature of this business, one that fs alto- gether unjustifiable, and which the officers and representatives of the company do not make a pretence of defending, is the free conveyance of the correspondence of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s banking house, as well as that of the Western Union Telegraph company, and the Central Pa- cific railroad company. stamps or stampe i envelopes are used; but the express company, It is fair to assum from the other corpor- ations an equivalent for their services. ‘The ractice is in utter violation of the law, and by it the government has no doubt lost thouseads * of dollars Of its revenues, and is still losing large sums. 4th. Besides the foregoing legal objections to the business, there are two practicable ones, which by themselves are sufficient to justify its suppression. One of them arises from the danger that postage on large quantities of mail matter passing through the company’s hands is elther insufficiently paid or Rot paid at all; the other arises from the un- doubted delays that cccur in the transmission of letters where people deposit, them in the street boxes of the company. mistaking them for the boxes of the government. In conclusion thecommittee say tnat it 1s their deliberate opinion that the letter express business of Wells, Fargo & Co.,in all its phases, is at varlance with the postal law; that its operation is calcu- lated to injure and degrade the postal service, and that the interests and dignity of the Post Office department demand its liamediate discon- Unuance. The iree conveyance of the corres- pondence heretofore mentioned is not only an infraction of the law that ought at once to be interdicted, but which, if there is-any legal means for obtaining it, the department ought to ‘seek Indemnii Automatic Movement of the Frond of Asplenium Trichomanes, Mr. E. J. Loomis, of the Nautical Almanac office, Washington, recently showed mea phe: nomenon which I suppose has never before been noticed and which is commended to the atten- Uon of botanists. A tuft of Aspleninm Tricho- manes, gathered last autumn in the mountains of Virginia, is growing in his house, in a glass dish. “About two months ago he noticed that one of the fronds—a rather short and erect one, which is now showing fructification—made quick movements alternately: back and forth, at right angles to the plane of the frond, through from 20 to 40 degrees, whenever the vessel was brought from its shaded situation inte sunlight or bright daylight. The movement was more extensive and rapid when the trond was younger. When I saw it cn the 23d of January its compass was within 15 degrees, and was about as rapid as that of leaflets of Desmodinn quraus. Yt was more rapid than the second hand of a watch, but with occasional stops in the course of each half vibration. This was in full daylight next a window, but not in sun- shine. No movement had been observed in the otber fronds, which were all sterile and reclin- ing, with the exception of a single one which Was just unfolding, in which Mr. Loomis thinks he has detected fneipient motion of the same kind. It is very easy to obtain this little fern and to set It growing. We may expect further observations to be made upon it without deia Asa Gry, Ue the March nnber of The Botanical The District in Congress. REPORTS FROM-THE SENATE COMMITTEE. The Senate District committee to-day agreed to report favorably the House bill to provide for a free bridge over the Potomac, and the Senate bill to regulate the practice of dentistry in the District, both with amendments. Thé bridge bill is amended so as to invest the Secretary of War with discretion to purchase the Aqueduct bridge, if he can get a perfect title, or to bulld a new bridge. ‘the amount appropriated is $140,000, ‘The Dill to regulate dentistry Is amended so as not to apply in its restrictions to persons already practising. THE DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE. Senator Thurman to-day reported back from tke Senate judiciary committee Senator Harris’ bill to punish the crime of rape in the District of Columbia with death, with an amendment. ‘The amendment ts really in the nature of a sub- stitute which, in cases of rape, invests the Jury with discretien to fix the punishment either at imprisonment for life or for a term of years, or with death. In cases where a plea of guilty 1s entered the court shall have discretion to sea- tence the prisoner to imprisonment, for such term of years a5 may seem proper, or to death. Senator Edmunds announced that he did not concur and would submit a minority re- port. His report will recommend long impris- onment, as the Senator does not believe in the death penalty. THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION. ‘The House committee on the District of Co- Jumbla will, at to-morrow’s meeting, resume the investigation of the District Commissioners. Mr. Ri the certificate clerk, Collector Cook, and two clerks in the office of Wm. Dickson, esq., have been subpeened. INCREASE OF THE POLICE FORCE. Gen. Hunton will endeavor to have the rules of the House suspended this afternoon, so as to enable him to put the bill increasing trict police force upon its passage, apie: THE HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE, at to-day’s meeting, began the examination of the estimates of the District Commissioners, with a view to the preparation of what is known Columbia. Society Notes. ‘The second of Senator and Mrs, Blaine’s Sat- urday evening receptions, which occurred on the 13th, vied with any reunion during the winter in its agreeable features. The host, his wife and daughter, and Miss Dodge, enter. tained their guests with their customary charm of manner. The company included a number of gentlemen of distinction and many ladies, who enhance the pleasure of any reception at which they appear. The dressing was as hand- some as if this were not presumed to be the Lenten season, and as many enjoyed the dain- ties on the tastefully decorated refreshment table as if this were the carnival tnstead of the season of abstinence. Nearly all the diplomatic corps attended and afterwards went to Secre- tary Evarts’ tion. He and Miss Minnie Evarts aso pase @ portion of the evening at Senator Blaine’s house. Among others observed there were Senators Anthony, Pendleton, Vance and McPherson; Mrs. and Miss Ran- dolph, Mrs. and Miss Pendleton, Judge Miller and his daughter, Mrs. Stocking, anda friend; Judge Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Hornsby, Mrs. and Miss Reed, of New York, Mrs. Nordhoff, Mrs. Wells, Capt. Story, Gen. Jo. Johnson, Mr. A. M. Gitson, Mr, and Mrs. Randolph Tucker, Mr. Fernando Ws Mrs. Hickok, Mrs. Dahlgrer, Gen. Keifer, of Ohio, Judge Drake, Col. and Mrs. Audenreid, Gen. and Mrs. McKee Duna, Gen. and Mrs. Babcock, Mr. W. B. Shaw, Capt. Jouett, Col. McKee, Gen. and Mrs. Hatnes and Miss Clark, Mr. and Miss Sherrill, Mr. W. E. Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Burch, Mr. Z. L. White, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Noyes, and Mrs. Eugene Hartshorn, of Boston; Mrs. Newman and friends from New York, Judge Aldis, Gen. and Mrs. Van Viiet, Miss Rachel Sherman, Mr. Healey, the artist, and his daughter; Mr. James B. Eads, Miss Kilbourn, Miss Campbell and ex-Secre- tary Robeson. Miss Milly Strong, who has been spending the winter in New York studying art, has accepted the handof Mr. Slater, of that city, and the marriage will, it is said, take place this spring, probably in 3 ime. De Heger- mann, who has recently arr ip the city, was one of the most richly dressed_ladies at Senator Blaine’s reception.—Mr. James B. Eads’s daughter, who was recently married in St. Louis to Gen. Hazzard, sailed with her hus- band from New York for Liverpool, last ‘Thurs- day. Quantities of beautiful flowers were sent her by Irlends to acorn her stateroom, ‘The Republican Elements of Vir- ginia Once More Moving. A BLAINE BOOM. Faris Cauurcu, Va., March ifth, 1850. Fito Star:—The disbanded forces of the re- publican party in this state are again being mo- billzed—are gathering to reorganiz “Double, double toll and troub] Fire, burn; and cauldron bubble.” ‘The political pot is seething. It is time for tt. The districts—there are no -townships in Vir- ginia—are holding primary meetings to elect delegates to the county conventions, which are to elect delegates ton state convention, to as- semble at Staunton, which ts to reorganize the party, put Up a state ticket and choose dele. gates to the national republican convention, to be held at Chicago. The primary meeting was held here on Saturday evening last; the county convention will meet at thé court-house on Thursdvy, the 1Sth inst. The first business was the adoption of a resolution instructing the delegates to be chosen to support Blaine dele- gates for the state convention. The resolution of Instruction was presented by W. A. Duncan, esq. This elicited the introduction of asubsti- tute by L. S. Abbott against instructing, and it was urged for adoption by Mr. Abbott and Dr. Davis, and opposed by Mr. Duncan and the chairman of the meeting, Mr. George Thomp- son. The meeting voted to instruct for Blaine. I understand that in the county convention the preference will be rather mixed. | Delegates elected were Geo. B. Ives, W. A. Duncan, J. W. Winsbecker of Anandatie, Chartie W. Fitts, A. J. Hill and F. F. Foote. The last two represent the colored citizens, who were, I think, in the majority in the meeting. A ‘resolution was adopted instructing the delegates to support Duncan for a delegate to the state convention. CITIZEN. Publication Notes, ‘A promising attempt to fill a recognized want n periodical literature for young folks has been made in the publication of the new paper called Golden bays, by James Elverson of Philadelphia. It is a handsome weekly illustrated paper for boys and gis, backed by an energetic and capable publisher with ample capital. Few peo- ple understand what an undertaking it Is to publish a paper. On the first number alone of Golden Days Mr. Elverson has expended no Jess than $36,000 in actual cash outlay, and he expects to spend as much more on subsequent numbers before the returns begin to come in. It is only in this way that a new publication can be brought to public notice, but, if 1t deserves success, the profits are in proportion to the ex- penditure. And Golden Days promises to de- serve success. “Recognizing,” says the brief salutatory, “the fact that our young friends de- mand stories, we shall give them warna, inter- esting and vivid narratives, prepared by. the most popular and competent writers—writers who understand childhood and comprehend their own responsibilities in this respect. On the other hand, we shall avotd that rigid, un- bending strictness which repels the sympathetic nature of childhood and fails to interest and teach, through a too great eagerness to act as a monitor in all things” Thisis the right idea, ae first number is made up in accordance No, 676 of the Seaside Library has a tale by Anne Ellis, entitled ‘hem Women.” The scene is laid In Washington. “Hester Trueworthy’s Royalty” Is the title of @ new story by the author of the “Win and Wear” series, published by Robert Carter & Bros., New York, and received from Wm. Bal- lantyne & Son. Also from the Ballantyne’s, we have ‘‘How a Farthing made a Farthing,” by Mrs. C. E. Bowen, id “The Interpreter’s House,” by W. W. Newton, two recent publi tions by Carter « Bros.; also from the same Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion, 1 Symptoms, Nature, Sequences, and Treatment,” by George M. Beard, M. D., published by Wm. Wood & Co., New York. In this last work the author undertakes to deal practically with a dis- ease that as he expresses it, is at once, “the most frequent, most interesting, and most neglected disease of the modern times.” “The Christian Mother,” translated by one of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in Washing- ton, from the German of Rev. W. Cramer, comes from James Bellew. “Counsel to Parents on the Moral Education of thelr Children,” by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, supplies some wholesome advice upon a subject of vital importance. The four concluding numbers of John Russell Young’s “Around the World with General Grant” have just been issued; making twenty ia all, The work is not only asingularly fascinating beok of travel, but the conversations with Gen. Grant on questions connected with American politics and history, reported in It, are of no little importance and interest, The talks of Gen. Grant upon the campaigns and battles of the war, and in regard to his military cotemporaries will add to his reputation for modesty, fairness, and calm good sense. Tue De Katie Case.—Further proceedings in the trial at_ De Kalb, Miss., of Virgil and Hous- ton Gully, for the murder of Gilmer, have been abandoned and the case stands continued on account of the failure to obtain a jury. Surr AGarnst A CLERGYMAN.—In the suit of Robert F.C. Pennell against the Rev. George C. Pennell, rector of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal church in Newark, N. J., the par- Uculars of which have ee been hereto- forein the 7ritune, Charles Hartwell was ap- poin' yy the Supreme Cor ty ited Dy esterday, a commission to take the tescony dt the defen. dant at Newark plaintiff claims revious to the trial. The to be the son of the defendant, im was ni by the man in wi he irom 1861 until he became of in 1873. The object of taking the Rev. Mr. Pennell’s ti mony is to prove his ith Mary H. Schraeppel, the plaintiff's mother in 1852,—V, ¥, Tribune, 13th. sAxz Ex-Inpun AGE InpicrED —The United gran ukie, Wis. el an indictment indian’ agent turned an tment against ex~ agent ee eg ed lon, returns and the Sovernivene to claims he will be able to clear < arcane = neld Under oome, rnteloave regulations, which D. C.. MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1880. The Loening Star. TWO CENTS. 4 REMARKABLE TRAGEDY. Man and Wife Found Dead To- gether, Is It a Case of Double Suicide? The very mysterious deaths of John and Jane Riley, man and wife, discovered earty thismorn- ing, have caused considerable excitement in the neighborhood where it occurred, K, between 13th and Iith streets northwest. Mr. Ben Hol- laday, the well known mail cont at No. 1811 K street northwest. It seems that his hostler, John Muir, went to the stable in the alley, in the rear of Mr. Holladay’s residence, this morning to giye directions to Mr, Riley, the stableman, who slept in a bed room over the stable. Finding the door locked, Mutr but could get no response. He reported the FORTY-SIATH CONGRESS, Monpay, March 15, SENATE. — Mr. Davis (iL) presented the Memorial of publishers of the principal news- papers of Chicago, asking that the present duty of 20 per cent on the valuation df unsized paper be repealed. ‘Messrs, Williams and Beck presented memor- tals of press associations of Kentucky for aboli- tion oF duty on all articles used making rT. Pag, Johnston and others presented similar Petitions, Mr. |. from committee on the judiciary, reported favorably Senate bill prohibiting the arrest of elegtion officers on election day. Placed on calendar. {The bill makes it unlawful for any marshal, deputy marshal or supervisor of election or any person acting by their authority to arrest or im- rison on eleciton day any election officer act- ing as such under and by virtue of election, or appointment under any state law, for any offence against the United States election laws, but the warrant or process for such offence may be executed at any time after the close of such election day.} Mr, Edmunds stated that he and other mem- bers of the committee did not concur in the ma- jority report. Mr. Thurman, from the same committee, re- ported, with amendment in the nature of a snb- stitute, Senate bill making the crime of rape in the District of Columbia punishable with death. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Gordon presented petition of large num- ber of ex-confederate officers in reference to Preserve by the Secretary of War, of the records In reference to the battle of Gettysbur: Bills were introduced and referred as follow By Mr. Johnston—For suppression of infection and contagious diseases among domestic cattle. By Mr. Roilias—For punishment, of tramps in the District of Columbia. By Mr. Plumb—To amend section 3,639, Revised Statutes, relative to public lands. ‘By'Mr. McPherson—To amend the patent laws. The Senate proceeded to consider the calendar. Consideration of the bill for the erection of a public building in Denver was resumed. An amendment requiring the state of Colorado to cede to the United States jurisdiction over the ground on which the butiding is to be erected was opposed by Messrs. Thurman and Jones (Fla.), who thought such cession should be lim- ited 16 cases of forts, arsenals, navy yards, etc. and adyoeated by Mr. Edmunds, who followed out the practice in such that the United States should haye jurisdiction over all the grounds occupied by its struc- tures. Mr. Hoar opposed the amendment, holdin: that “little Alsatias” should not be created all over the country, in whicn state laws were in- operative. Pending debate the morning hour expired. Mr. McDonald submitted the views of the mi- nority of the judiciary committee on the bill to reimburse the several states for interest paid on war loans, which was lately reported adversely. The Senate resumed consideration of the star route deficiency appropriation bill. HOUSE.—Under the call of states the fol- lowing bills were introduced and referred: By Mr. Singleton—In relation to telegraph com. munications. “{It provides that all telegraph messages delivered for transmission to any tele- graph company availing Itself of the provisions of title 65, of the Kevised Statutes, and copies thereof made by such company at ‘the place of destination or any intermediate point, Shall be deemed to be and shall be protected from un- reasonable search and seizure, or from produc- ton as evidence in judicial and legislative pro- ceedings to the same extent as communications sent by U.S. mail.] By Mr. Turner (Ky.)—Reso- Jutions of Kentucky legislature asking for the reduction of the President’s salary to $25,000, By Mr. Acklen—Proposing a constitutional amendment. [It recites the fact that the evi- dently growing tendency in the United States 1o centralization of power tn the federal gov- ernment has awakened throughout the country ‘a just fear that in the near future the perpetua- tion of this Union may again be imperilled by internal commotion thereby wrecking the peace and prosperity of this republic; and. breakin, down those doctrines of the perpetual union ot the states finally and fully settled by the war; as well as ane upon the home rule of the states guarantced by the constitution, and pro- poses a constitutional amendment declaring that the union of these United States shall be perpetual, and that all acts or attempts to sepa- rate or destory this Union shall ‘treason. against the federal government, and shall he punished as such. States nes and boundaries shall be inviolate, provided that new states may be formed with the consent of the states froin which they are formed, and the right of the right of the state to make, execute and enforce its local laws by or through its chosen rep- representatives or officials shall never be yoterfered with by federal government.) By Mr. Buckner—For the adjournment of Con- gress on the 24th of May. By Mr. Klotz—To ir- Corporate the North Washington railroad com- pany. By Mr. rocker ADEroRnnane 32> 000 for the relief of the daughter and granddaughter of Zachary Taylor. Also, regulating judgment liens in United States courts. By Mr. Phelps— To increase the police force of the District of Columbia. By Mr. Murch—For the speedy pay- joan ot the workingmen of the District of Co- umbia. Political Notes. ‘The Mobile Register, leading democratic paper of Alabama, says “it will be exceedingly dim- cult” to carry that state for Tilden. The stalwart republicans in Massachusetts have invented the name of Esquimaux dogs for the young republican-scratchers. ‘The applica- tion of the designation is supposed to lle in the oe) that those dogs do a great deal of scratch- By our Falls Church letter it will be seen there are some indications of a Blaine boom on the Virginia side. ‘The Colusa Swi says that Hamilton Fish would make a good President. So he would. He’s honest, able and a gentleman.—San Fre cisco Alte (REP) Wall Street To-Day. z. New York, March 15.—The Post in its tinan- cial article to-day says: “The week opened at the Stock Market on moderately active mar- kets. Therefore speculation was irregular but generally strong. The stocks which advanced most from Saturday’s closing prices were Man- hattan Elevated, the coal stocks and the Wis- consin stocks. ‘The largest decline was in the Pacific Mail, which fell on threats of hostile leg- islation at Washington, the same as Manhattan stock recently tell below 140 on threatened leg- islation at Albany. Aiter the first hour the whole market became heavy, and the earlyyad- vance has since been lost. Chattanooga declined 33; per cent on the suspension of a firm who dealt largely in the stock. Louisville and Nashville has advanced to 1584 from 155. Government are 3; higher for the fours, and are otherwise unchang- ed. Railroad investments continue strong, while Specalauiye R. R. bonds are irregular, but ly lower. Of the new stocks, Ches. '& O. and Peoria & Decatur have each been strong. ‘The money market continues to attract unusual attention, and without doubt the fear of strin- gency has its influence on the stock exchange. A COUSIN OF SENATOR CONKLING BURNED TO DgaTH.—At Noiwich, Chenango county, N. Y., Saturday morning, Mrs. Mary E. Griffing, a wealthy widow and a cousin of Senator Conk- ling, was found upon the floor of the hall in her house horribly burned. When picked up she Was unconscious and she died in about an hour. Living in the house was her son, a young man of twenty-two, her mother and Miss Kate Conk- ling, another cousin of the Senator. The fam- ik a large fortune, Friday ae rs. Grifing, her mother and Miss Conkling retired at 9 o'clock. The widow stept alone in @ spacious chamber on the second fio! her custom to leave a lamp burnin; side. Saturday fs pillow, with rare ‘of she had attempted to smother flames, and fail- ing in this: bed into the hall, where she was found as above de- A itch to the New York World says that the son, Jasper R. Gi , is very dissolute, and was recently state re- formatory for an assault an officer; that after freq ith sums: of money by his 3 with the of jutting an end to to give a hea onall the he fave to drat to her will, in wyer W up a which the son was from the eneum- brances of the and this was done. The World's dispatch states that young home, aren his mother. nantig denied and for home Claiming his &3New Orieans ladies go cars and are. Telegrams to The Star. THE *FRISCO MUDDLE. KEARNEY AND KALLOCH. | Their New Departure. ENGLISH POLITICAL CRISIS A PACIFIC MAIL STEAMER BURNED. ———— KEARNEYW'S NEW His Sunday Speech at the Sand Lots. San FRaNcisco, March 14.—There was a large aitendance at the sand lots this afternoon, in- cluding many of the respectable classes, drawn thither by curiosity. Kearney took an entirely new departure. He invited the leaders of the Citizens’ Protective Union to meet the leaders of workingmen on the sand lots for an exchange of views, promising them a respectful hearing. He also informed hb followers that the objects of the Citizens’ Union has been misap- prehenced; that they intended to use the asso- clation for the amelioration of the condition of the city, for the good of the laboring classes and the restoration of prosperity; that some unseru pulous men had taken advantage of the moy to create the impre<sion that violent mea- agalnst the workingmen were intended, S nothing of the kind was meant. E uct nee received his novel speech undemonstra- tively. Kalloch Converted, Metropolitan ‘Temple, this evening, Kaliech adopted Kearns cue and asimilar effect. Itis evident that the Citizens’ g its influence felt. Warm for Kearney. patch says: Chief of Police Crow- ley openly stated yesterday that he was re- sponsible for Kearney’s arrest, and would eon- tinue to arrest. him for riotous or incendiary language whenever he used it. There is a de- termination to follow up this blatant dema- gogtie whenever he speaks, and thus test. him and his bondsmen till they are tired of disturb- ing the so long aS the court can deal with him, and when the latter falls, something else will step to the front and make short work of him | Workingmen Declare Against Kear- a ney. Tn the afternoon at & meeting of the execu- tive committee, composed of presidents of all the workingmen’s clubs in the city, a series of soluth offered declaiming in unmis- 5 of a prudent beginning, his name is not mentioned. The mover of the res- olutions was George W. Bostwick, president of the 10th ward club, the first organized by Kear- ney bimself. Bostwick is from Connecticut. In his_ spece companying the resolutions he sald he was proud of being an American, and saw no need of German socialism, French com- ism, or Russian nihilism, to adjust the ances complained of by the workingmen. st of the resolutions is that workingmen no affiliation with sand lots agitators, and bave no sympathy with any expressions, declar- ations or harangues tending to bring this organ- ization into dispute with its own members and our fellow-citizens generally. The reading of the resolutions was heartily endorsed by the assemblage, but their full consideration was de- ferred to another meeting. The Politicat Campaign in LONDON. March 15.—This morning’s papers publish a letter trom Lord Derby to Lord Sefton (ieral), member of the house of peers, intorm- ing him'that he (Lord Derby) will in the future rank himself among the liberals. Lord Harting- ton, the liberal leader, in addressing a meeting at Accrington on Saturday, In support of the liberal candidate for papiiament for northeast Lancashire, repelled the charge made by Lord Beaconsfield in his recent manifesto, that the from England by a policy of decomposition. The Irish Relief Fund. DvsuN, March 15.—The Mansion House relief of the subscriptions now amounts to £117,124, of which the sum of £62,402 has been expended, The committee have recelved since the 11th Madras, India; £1,080 from Kimborle; Africa; £200 from Greymouth, Nt from Saidhurst, Australl: 306 from the Irish relief mento, Cal.; £52 from the northwestern branch of the National Home for disabled volunteer Irish relief committee or New York. A STEAMSHIP ON FIRE. Burning of the City of Sidney. San FRAD immediate prospect of being extinguished. or onthe lower deck. There 1s lot of Honolulu freight stored in that the ship. Water is belng poured in rapidly, and it 1g probable that the steamer will have to be een determined upon for replacing her on the line, and there is likely to be a delay of several days, and perhaps a week, in the sailing of the next steamer. The Granada is lying at her the morning. It is quite probable she will be dispatched fn place of the City of Sidney. The Markets. BALTIMORE, March 15.—Virginia sixes, de- feBred Bin dor bonsoln H45¢2 dos steoud serton 2600 do. past duie coupons, $174, do. new ten-fortios, 40%: ag, en-Forty coupon, $534 bid to-day. BALTIMORE, March 13-—Cotton dui and weak— middling, 18%. Flour dull butsteady—Howard st and western ‘super, 4.25a5.00; do. extra, 00: do. 2547.00 city mills super, 26,00: do, extra, |6.2910-00; do. family, 7.95; do. Rio brands, 7.25; Patapsco family, 7.75. Wheat, southern steddy ; western dull and lower southern red, 1.38a1.4 amber, 1.46a1.50; No. ‘No. 2 western winter red, Ge: April, 1.45%al.46; May, LiOyar 0%; July 1 2sal 2950, Corn, southern steady; western ‘firm and steady— s strong. Money, long, 48434; short, 4875s. Govern: 2 ‘K, March 15.—Flour dull. Wheat jal and lows y Great Western first mortgaye cates, 64. LONDON, March 15, 4 p. m.—Consols, 9718-16 for money and 97 16-16 Yor the account, GS. bonds, yes per cents, 1103- Atlantic snd 436. 46%. Pennsylvania Central, 0335- Reading, 3535. = —— per cents, fe ee ay i es DEPARTURE. | ainst Kearney, though,with | liberals are endeavoring to separate the colonies | committee announce that, they have received | since the 11th inst. the sum of £7,861. The total | instant £500 from Calcutta and £1,000 from | £200 from Ku- fund of Sacra- solaters, at Milwaukee, Wis., and £115 from the CO, March 14.—At 11 p.m. the fire on the City of Sidney is still burning, with no AS far as can be ascertained, it is located just for- ward of amidships, elther in the lower hold Jumber and it art Ol pretty well flooded. Arrangements have not yet | wharf, and was to have gone in dry dock in | '%' facts to Mr. Holladay, and they proceeded tothe | stable from the inside of the yard and forced | the door on that side. Proceeding up stairs the ‘body of John Riley was found on his stretched at full Jength. and the body of his wile on the floor beside the bed, both dead. Riley was | clothed only tn his drawers and undershirt; his wife had all her clothing on except her shoes | and Donnet. There were no signs of violence, | no blood, nor any other evidences ofa st | or that they had committed suicide by | a8 no vials or bottle showing evidences of have ing contained poison were found in the rooi | Mr, Holladay was shocked at this terrible sight, and he at once dispatched his hostler to the police station,on Massachusetts avenue betwee t uth and 10th Streets, to notify the officers ther of the facts. Sergeant Miistead at once repaire { and found the condition o : Mr. Riley bad stable. : her husband last evening, and that they | {ad lett to go out about s o'clock last night, she | being somewhat u Mquor. | Itishot known at what hour they returned, and it was rather unusual for her to remain there at night. ‘The stable doors were all se- cured from within, the keys to each entrance being found in the locks Inside when the door was forced. Another singular fact ts related— that they were both very much attached toeach other. No quarrel or difference had ever been known to exist between them. They were both about 45 years of age, and had been married about fourteen years, but had no ehfldren lving, their only child, a daughter having died when quite young. The belief among the household of Mr. Holladay is that it was a premeditated suicide. Mrs. Holla- day observed a gaslight in the window of the stable at 1 o'clock this morning, and communt- cated the fact to her husband, who thought nothing of It. The gas was burning this morn- ing, dimly, it havi artially turned off, Riley was stretched at length on his back on the room, his knees bent, his | feet restin; s yeacefully sleeplug. His wife wa ed, her head resting on the side of it, one knee— the’ right one—bent. under her, and the other leg extended in front, with the chair tlited over on her back, a position showmg that she had pitched forward. From the dications on the floor it appeared that she had vomited while resting In the position In which ‘There was nownustial smell tut | or drugs of any kind, and no tndiea ever of foul play. Mr, Holloday sen’ coroner, and I ¢ move the body the undertaker, 3 en 9th and 10th aT vious to which reld. hold the inquest u nimi Lime to get up all the evidence at can throw any lighton the mys- r. 6 [¢ De I y. No. i, Of this d both he and his wife ng their acquaintances and much respected, h born and ratsed in Ireland. » in Isdl as body servant to an ‘icer In a New York regiment, and afterwards was In the employ of Lord Lyons as coachman to the time Lord Lyons was recalled. He was an ex coachman, having been dat thi ately he had purchased yuse and lot on i7th street, for which he owed of the purchase money, but was t pe diy embarrassed. His wife came here trom Philadelphia, and they were mart while he was in Lord Lyons’ employ, since which time they had lived to; without ever the slightest them, so far as is known. SUPPOSED TO GE DEATHS FROM POISON, | _ Alone o'clock to-day, under the direction of Dr, Patterson, the coroner, Dr. J. Dr. McArale and others, post mortem of the bodies at Mr. Buckly’s es- tablishment. The organs of both of the de- ed were in a perfectly healthy condition, but the stomachs, which did not contain the same kind of food, showed some irritation, hich would indicate the presence of an irrita~ Ing poison, but it is Impossible to say what kind until an analysts is made. Dr. Hartigan eo the post mortem about 2% o'clock, ahd says that there was an entire absence of natural causes of death in each ease. There {5 a presumption that the | poison was taken outside, and that the mao quiet'y laid down for it to do its work, while the woman was evidently in the act of undress- ing when It took effect. District Government 4‘inirs. ‘There was nothing received on Saturday fo~ special assessn ‘at_ the office of the tax col- nor 8 per cent coupons. < Was developed to-day a and will be sent to th It is achild two year. , in good s! were general! ether happily and ference between A No. 9 Foundry hospital this ev old. Messrs. James P. Willett, M. W. Galt and An- thony Buchly, have purchased a billiard table | for the purpose of presenting 1t to Fire Engine | Company No. 2, and have asked and obtained | permission of the District Commissioners to | present the gift. It 1s a duplicate of one re- cently awarded to Company 1 from the Light Infantry fair. RUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspector Entwisle: M. J. Altee, con- struct three two-story dwellings, R, between ith st. and Vermont avenue n.w.; $4,500. Wm. >. Hill, construct a three-story dwellfng, north- | west corner 19th ana N sts. n.w.; $6,500. Wm. Heine, construct four two-story dwellings, R. 1. avenue. between 5th and 6th sts.; $9,000. H. Kraak, build a brick le, alley between 4) and 6th sts, and Pennavlyania avenue and C sts. B.W.: $100, 5 —<—<—<——— : BE Fire DEPaRtTwENT InprocLto.—Wasn- x, D. C., March 15, 1s%-—Eiitor Sta:—I ask perinission through the “olumns of your paper to make a short State- ment in regard to a letter published In the E.”8— G STAR Of Saturday last, signed J.T. Mu> ray, implicating me in a conspiracy to injure the character of Thos. L. Hume, ex-fire sioner, and Martin Cronin, chief engineer of the fire department. 1 denounce the statement made by this man Murray as a falsehood from beginning toend. It is a miserable, desperate and malicious bel. The character of this man Murray Is well Known. and why he was dis- missed from the fire department. I propose at the proper time and place to make oata to the taisity of such a statement, and show to the public whose character has been injured in this fire department imbroglio. Very respectfully, &c., THOS. C, QUANTRILE. Wasnincton, D. C., March 15th, 1880.— ‘Stavz—Permit Ime, through ‘the col- umns of your paper, to'reply to the state- ment of Jas. T. Murray, published in the Satur- day evening Stax, implicating Mr. ‘Thomas wantrill and myself in conspiracy to injure the character of Thomas L. Hume, an ex-mem- ber of the fire board, and Martin Cronin, chief engineer of the fire department. I deny the statement as false and malicious. As to the letter published In the Sunday Capital, on. the llth of January, 1880, written by this man Mur- ray, I will make oath that the letter above referred to was written and handed tome by Murray a few days after he was dismissed from the fire department. I belleve it was some time in September last, about the 2sth, this letter was written by himself voluntarily and without any assistance or dictation on my whatever, and I further state Mr. Thomas Quantrill never saw nor read the letter until it was published in the Sunday Capital, and I further state that Mr. Quantiill bad nothing to do with the in’ ‘ion or chi against Chief Cronin. I, courted the investigation. J. W. SPRINGMAN. THE ANALOSTAN Boat Civs held its annual meeting Saturday night. The following officers were elected for th year: Pi enny; Vice president! fs SONS ea ae secretary, Mr. George H. C5 ‘gec- ‘Mr. Samuel Maddox; treasurer, Mr, Nyman; captain, Mr. William A. Me- Kenney; first lieutenant, Mr, R. E. Pairo; lleutenant, Mr. P. W. rae financial 'S. Maunder, Mr. MeD. eee ir, J. Rush Mr. John 8. B. Wilkins, jr.; mem! ‘H. 8B. Wilkins, on behalf of Editor cag 8..N. Benjamin, M L, Robertson. LB. to leave for well supper. DEATH OF Carr. Lew PgyTo) exico, gave the