Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1880, Page 1

ae, SS ES “THE EVENING sTaR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Penrsylvaria Avenue, Oorner llth Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany. GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pres’t. i Tax Evextse ST Az [s Served to Rubseribersin the | thet account, at 10 cents oR thelr own sevount, af 10 conte | 88 econd class mall matter i pub! Friday—82 8 Tae Warxtx Stan Tabfabed gn Friday 97.8 - 55—N2, 8.453. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1880. INDEX TO ADVER“ISEMENTS IN THE STAR. AmvsEMENTs—Sth page. Aversion Sates—5th pase. Boarpixe—4th pawe- Boots as Busrxess rrr Irews—Sth 7 Coat xp Woon— DratHs—oth page. Dry Goons— Epvcatrox- FAMILy SUPPLIES—7th page. For Rent asp Satr—tth page. For Sane (Miscellaneows)—4th page. HOUSEFURNISHINGS—fith page. Lapres Goons—7th page, Lier ov Lerruns—2d page. Lost axp Founp—tth page. MangtacEs—th page. Mrpicat, &o—ith page. ‘MiscELLasrovs—3d and Cth pages. PeRsonat—4th page. PROFESSIONAL—5th page. PIANOS AND ORGANS—th page. Rartnoaps—tth page. Retre10vs Norices—Ist page. Brxcian Norices—Ist pase. STEaMERs, &c.—fth pawe. Buwmen Resonts—Sth page | UspERTAKERS, &o.—Sth page Waxts—ith paxe. SPECIAL NOTICES. NDRY M. E. OHURCH, 14% and @ ste Torta. cow, Rev. Dr A. E. GiBs0s, former pastor, at 1 a.m. and 7-45 p-m, ALL, SOULS’ CHURCH, 14th and I sts.— Rev. Cray MacOactey, pastor—Services to- —Se morrow at 11 a.m. Vesper services 8 p.m. ; Sun- day-school 9 45 a.m. ‘T CHURCH, Rev. Arex. vices at Tallmadge Hall, row at Ila.m. Sunday school e- CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Vt. and O sts.—Preachinz by the Enick D. Power, at 11a-m., and 8 p. ni achool at 9. Seats free. All very w Bowrs, Sunday, 3:30 ce in Arlington Theater ‘8 p.m. specially invited. MT. VERNON PLACE M. E. CHURCH South, cor. 9th and K s n.w.—Preaching Sunday at Hi a.m. and 8 p.m. y the Pastor, Re W. P. Harntsox, D. D. (Chaplain Honse of Its reeentativea). Nixht Lecture: ‘The New Earth, Coy itol cf Messiah’s Kingdom." Pablic invited. DREE M. E. CHURCH, Massa- | ve., between th and 10th ats.n.w. stor, Rev. C. Hennent Rrca- | -m. and 8 p.m. 2 Oon- | 6f historical sermonstto youns ct: “The Sacrifice of Isaac.” All in- Sabcath School 9 a.m. 1 —— ISPEL TEMPERANCE MEETIN« | O-~ she lanes of the Womans’ Christian ‘Ten: perance Union, w!'l hold a meeting at Odeon Hall, corner of 436 and Pa. ave., To-morrow afternoon Gd to which the public are cordially in- | vited. a CS SE, JOHNS GHORCH, Georwetown, cor. of Potomac and 2d sts., Rev. Jonx 8. Lixp- Service and Sermon on Sundays at p.m. Sermon To-morrow afternoon | o young men. | HAMLINE M. E. CHURCH, cor. 9th and P ste. n. w.—Preaching at 11 o'clock a.m., by Rev. Witt. SuTFeRLsND, D. O., of the Cin ciznati Conference, an 8 o'clock p.m., by the pastor. THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, formerly worship- ping in the Cha of the Y. M. C. A., will To-mor- row, and until further notice, meet in Willard Hall, F st. n.w._ Preaching at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p. m. Seats free. “Strangers welcome. Rev. ARTHUR Fost: Rector. CS x 30:30 a.m. ‘by Rev. M. from Newburgh, N.¥. Subject Excelience and ‘Estimate of the Rizhteous.” Nv bet: y, ria 7:30 p.m, ject: **The Enjoyment of Heaven as a place and state of Happiness. =~ NEW BUILDING ASSOCIATION. WESTERN BUILDING ASSOCIATION. ‘bh 29, , will hold organized Marc! 1390, ld its second ion of dues an‘l the sale of money at Wilson’s Hall, southeast corner of Pennsylvania ave. and 19th st:, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 12th imst., at 3 o'cloc- above-named Association started April 14th; with quite fisttering prospects. 1,718 shares having T paid on at its first meeting. Shares $1 eac yermonth. The boeks remain open two months | longer for new gubscription=. W. H. WEITZEL, Secretary, my$,11,12 2131 H st. new. we AL SAVINGS AND BUILD- SING ASSOUIATION.—The second annua! ceting of the “SERIAL” will be held WEDNES- AY, 12th inst., p.m., at Hall, No. 615 7th st. opposite Patent Office. "The Secretary's report will br jresented an] Officers to serve the ensuing year | will be elected. ~ Books for the Serics will be opened at this | & ‘The success taat has atteuded the Asso- farshould warrant a large subscription k of the new Sth series. A lare attend- pected. The Secretary will be at the hall sck'to acenmmodate all who may desire to Bat the 4 the atoc THE EVENING STAR. DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DaY.—Internal rev- enue. $653,007.56; Customs, $596,265.24. THE Pricg of the doubte-sheet Star 1s the same as the single sheet—iwo cents, SrconD Lrevt. H. B. STEELE, 19th infantry, has been dropped from the rolls of the army for desertion, THE PRESIDENT went down to Mount Vernon to-day accompanied by several ladies and gen tlemen whe are guests at the White House. AxovT Forty members of Congress hav* zone to Fortress Morroe on the U. 8. steamer Talla pocsa as the guests of the Secretary of the Navy. ARMY ORDERS.—Leave for one year, with per mission to go beyond the sea, is granted 2d Lieut. H. W, Wheeler, 5th cavalry. The leave of Surgeon W. S. King Is further extended six months, and the leave of 1st Lieut. A. L. Mor- ton, 5th artillery, to May ist, 1551. SECRETARY SHERM4N’S FRIENDS say that there was treachery ! the Maryland repub'icaa con- vention. The Secretary himself does not hesi- tate to say that treachery was the cause of events shaping themselves as they did. ‘Tue List of residences of Senators and Repre sentatives of Congress in Washington in TAE STaR to-day is corrected up to date.and {3 therefore several months later than tne Con- grecsfonal Directory. THE TREASURY now holds $362,495,650 in S. cure national bank circulation; U. S. ited on this account during the to-day, $333,000, and withdrawn, THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED the joint reso- lution authorizing the public printer to print additional copies of bills and other public docv- ments to be sold at ten per cent additional to cost of printing; the act authorizing the sale of Fort Logan, Montana territory, and to establish a new post on the frontier; and appropriating money for the public printing. POLITICAL ASSESSMaNTS.—Senator Teller, on behalf of the republican minority of the select | committee of the Senate known as the Wailace committee, submitted a report yesterday, as stated in THE Stak, embodying the conclusions of the minority in regard to the testimony tak- ing on the subject of political assessments. The minority consists of Senators Teller, Kirkwood, Hoar and Blaine. They take very direct issue with the finetngs of ¢he majority as presented by the latter’s report of the 13t ultimo, and charge that 1t misrepresents the testimo! CATTLE PLAGUE.—The U. S. consul at Port Lovis, Mauritius, in a dispatch to the Depart- ment Of State, dated March 25,150, reports that the cattle plague on that Island is subsiding. ‘The deaths are princtpaily of cows contined in stalls. Since the first appearance of the dis- €ase 25,615 head of cattle have died, besides 524 deer and 19 goats, making a total of 29,155. ‘The working cattle on estates seem to almost entirely escay od mg ees There were 2,927 animals of kin rted into Mauritius during the last quarter of 1579. EDUCATION IN CHINA.—Mr. Seward, our minis- ter to China, informs the Department of State, under date of February 21, 1880, that the educa- tion of the Chinese in western knowledge is going forward in many ways. 120 Chinese youths are receiving education at schools and colleges in the United States. There are seve- ral flourishing schools in China under the di- rection of American teachers. Through the translation ment of the empire, estab- Ushed in 1867, over 80,000 volumes of translated works have bren sold, embracing publications on mathematics, engineering, geography, as- tronomy, science, icine, law, aris and man- ufactures. THE KELLOGG-SrorroxD CaSE.—In the Senate, yesterday, on the conclusion of Mr. Pryor’s speech, Mr. Hoar offered, as a substitute for the pend!ng resolutions In the Kellogg case, a resolution that Ju the judgment of the Senate the matters reported by the committee on privileges and elections in the present session res) ng the right to a seat In this body, now beld by Wm. Pitt Kellogg and claimed by Henry M. Spofford, are not sufficient to justify tue reoerEg of the decision of the Senate, pro nounced in its resolution adopted November Bt t said Kellogg was, upon the merits of the case, entitled to a seat in the Senat2 of the United States fromthe state of Louisiana for the term of six years commencing March 4, 1 and that said Spofford was not entitled to a seat im the Senate of the United States. Ordered to be piinted and latd on the table. anus! Report and snbseribe for stock Series. Sharee #1 cach, commenciuz . K di Making it easy thie me ckd for both borrower and investor. JNO. A. PRESCOTT, Sec GREAT PES RDS, President Treas. mys.ét Ll A RUUTE. rs to the General Conference odist Episcopal Church, in session in durixy the month of May, can | ip ticketa via Pennsylvania Boute | faced rates by yinw to AS. 0. PURSELL, seller and Stationer. 422 9th atrest n. w. NEW STEAM CARPET CLEANING, an | Furniture, Lambrequin and Ourtain Reno- | S "TON & HOEKE, Carpet noth destroyed withont inju Send your orders to ary to the pest store, 801 | Market Space. apso-6m_ | ep~ BALTIMORE AND OHIO B. R. | v 1 ‘lewates and visitors to General Conference M. | Caurch, to be held in Ci Ez in Cincinnati during month | of May can procure Round Trip Ticketa over the Baits more and Ohio R. R. at very reduced rates, by | applying to SHAS. C. PURSE a Bookeeller and Stationer. 422 9th st. n.w eS EASTERN RUULDING [ASSOCIATION H Ss ol ™M. ip, 1880. 00 SHARES. for the payment of h st. 2. ts: IM, M.D, President, 25 5th st. s.e. AVIS, Vice’ President, su A at. S68. h at. lowing ek. D. 3. THOMAS SOMERVILLE, 243 loth st. ¢.¢. RiGHAED EMMONS, 1613 Gt j MON st. ge. WM. T. HUTCHINSON, ‘ p24, 28, my8. NATURAL MINERAL WATERS. Bethesda, Beifrd, Flue Lick, Sarees Sew Reek, Buffalo, Lithia, Rockbridge Alum, Geyser, OR, rickshall, “Hunyadi A White Salphar. UBN'S PHARMACY, NNSYLVANTA AVENUE HUNYADI JANOS MINERAL WATER. NAQTURAL APERIENT. Superior to All Other Laxatives. anttaniates Eiducyar” improves the action of the Liver oun the worked by the medical profession through- fone rag geetel « dose. ‘Taken in the morning be- (Of all Drugwists and Mineral Water Dealers. ap]3-t&s,2m 42 4e « nvrcumson, —— S17 Ninth street, FUBNACES, RANGES and GRATES. ‘TIN BOOFING, &. that a | United | ninety | official statement cf the inspector of customs, EMIGRATION. —The consul-general of the United States at Montreal, under date of April 39, 1580, reports to the Department of State large emigration from Canada to the States ls golng on. Two hundred and wo families, or 2.1s9 individuals, by the have emigrated, via Montreal, during the month of April. “From the consul at Bremen it Is also Jearned that during the first two weeks in April 103 emigrants left that port for the United States, making over 15,000 emigrants since Jan- uary 1, 1s80. The emigrants are notably of a unritty, “forehanded” class. A BOARD WILL BE CONVENED fn this city on the 25th instant to examine applicants to fill a few vacancies in the list of cadets in the reve- nue marine service. About sixty applicants will be examined, and the designations for the examination have been sent out. The examina tion will be competitive to its character. The few at the head of the list will be appoiated to the vacancies, ‘THE PRorosep ASyLUM HERE FOR INEBRI- ATES.—The Commissioners of the District of Columbia having in their last annual report called attention to the existing necessity of an asyhim for inebriates in this city, and com- mended the Washing Inebriate Asylum. a cor- poration Chartered by Congress in 1576,for an ap- propriation from Congress. Dr. J. T. Howard, Superintendent to that institution, was before the sub-committee on appropriations, General Blount, chairman, (House of Reps.), this morn- and delivered an argument, quoting medical au- thorities of Europe and this country showlog tnebriety to bea disease, and that Inebriates ought be treated in asylums instituted for that especial purpose, and that they should receive governmental support. His remarks were list- ened to attentively, and at the conclusion he Was assured that the subject would receive the Serious consideration of the committee. THE FOLLOWING CIRCULAR has been {ssued by Secretary Sherman: To secure permanency of record, hereaiter no kind of ink, or any substi- tute therefor, or any kind of pencil, will be by Officers or employés of this depart- ment, except such as are furnished or author- ized by the department. Blue ink must not be used In anent records or letters intended for preservation. Thi known under the various names of “hektograpb,” “copygram,” “chromograph,” “copying-pad,” or other names, will in no case be letters or other docu- ments of @ permanent nature. Officers of this department will in no case accept, for official purposes, bonds, papers, or other documents on which money fs to paid, or other important action to be taken, if prepared with inks or per- cis ikely to fade. AU officers receiving their supplies of ink and muctlage from the Treasury department, must order their supply during the Warin weather, $0 a8 $0 avoid Its freezing while in transit. TRE ADJOURNMENT QUBSTION.—Next week wall determine whether Congress can get away from here by June ist. If the river and harbor appropriation bill can be passed in the House ope tonday under @ a of The Political Situauon. A TERRIBLE MIX. ‘The political situation as it becomes more mixed, becomes moie interesting. It is only full three weeks until the Chicago convention Meets, aud as yet the problem to be settled, there is im a bewildering ot peer ‘The republicans of all of the states save ten bave held their conventions and elected their and yet the situation is as view 1 h @ glass darkly. The friends of Gen. eet ee irked their prediction ie e nor , not scare. Thatisif they do, they have the sublime facuity of nursing any such feeling witbtn themselves. It is conceded by even those who desire the nor‘nation of another candidate than Grant, that a good deal will depend upon IItnois. Senator fan telegcaphcd here no later than Jast night that the state would declare for for Grant. The value of this prediction can ‘be better analyzed after next Monday. Ou that day Cook county, which includes the city of Chicago, will elect ninety-two delegates to the state convention. Should Gen. Grant recelve the bulk of this delegation, the claim of his friends that they will control the convention does not seem to be vnreasonable. The fact that the Grant managers in Mary- Jand outgeneralled the Blaine men {s a matter Of the liveliest satisfaction to the third termers. Maryland in the Cincinnati convention of 1S76 was so thoroughly loyal to Senator Blaine that even after Hayes had actually received sufti- clent votes to give bim the nomination, Coll*> tor Thomas, wao headed the delegation tn cast- ing Maryland's vote, said “Maryland first, last and ailthe time casts 16 votes for James G. Blaine of Maine.” There was no dglega- ton more loyal to Blaine, and the loss of it now is an unexpected back set to the Blaine calculation. So elated was ex- Postmaster General Cresweil that the Grant men had outgeneraled both Blaine and Shei- Man that he took the earliest occasion to visit Washington, and last night he and Senator Conkling had along conference. The reasons ascribed for the Creswell victory is that Collec- tor Thomr3 played fast and loose with both Blaine and Sherman. He had the old love for Blaine but held a Treasury office, and in a de- sire to please both candidates was ground out by the nether millstone. The Grant men as a net result put down i2 of Meryland’s 16 votes in the Grant column. In Wisconsin the theory iw that the endorsement of Washburne was a clever piece of manipulation to defeat the en- dorsement of Biaine. It 1s claimed by the anti- Grant men that Grant had but little followi in Wisconsin, ow tothe large Germ: ment in the ‘state, but it was a smart piece of work to keep the bulk of the delegation away from Blaine by having it go to Washburne, VIEWS OF THE BLAINE MEN. Despite the disarrangement of several of the “oft laid plans,” the friends of Senator Blaine are hopeful and confident. They have abun. dant reason for the belief that the great body of the republican party desire his nomtnation, and that if the machine was not an elenent in the contest Blaine would be nominated with a unanimity, more hearty than any candidate who has been nominated since Grant’s nomination in Philadelphia in is72, His riends do not con- cede that Grant can be nominated on the first ballot, ag the Grant managers allege and feei certain that in such contingency Grant will drop out of the fight and Blaine be nominated with a whirl despite any antagonism which the ma- chine may attempt to Interpose. They say that Blatne was cheated out of the nomination in 1876 by the very men who now seek to again Saciifice him, but that a repetition of a succes_- ful effort in that Jine they do not anticipate. The friends of Blaine feel confident, too, that no dark horse will walk off with the honors of the Chicago convention; that the rac is be- tween Grant and Blaine. They do not look Hee either Sherman or Edmunds as a possi- J THE SHERMAN MEN NOT DISCOURAGED. It is noticeable, too, that the Sherman men bulid their faith on the belief that there will be no dark horse. They do believe though that neither Grant or Blaine can secure the nomina- uon. Thisthey base on the very decided el-- ment within the party which regards Grant with favor, but is antagonistic to a third term, but which at the same time think Blaine’s nom- Imation wonld be a party calamity. Out of this when the grand smash comes, Sherman expects to recruit enough strength, which, aided to mut he has, will give him the presidential jum. is THE DEMOCRATIC SITUATION is beginning to be of more interest, because of the conspicuous way in which Tilden, quietly but unbidden, looms up. All of tho real anta: onism to Tliden thus for is ia talk. This dos not seem to make a decided impression on state conventions. It 1s conceded that in all the States where democratic conventions have yet been held, that Tilden has ba a good deal more than his share of what after all counts in aconvention votes. Even in Opto. all of the Cincinnati newspapers concede that Thur- man’s victory 1s covered with a Tilden cloak. THE GBEENBACKERS are almost forgotten in the contest, but they stilllive. They say they will have national candidates in the field, and will have strength enough to possibly defeat an election by the people and make music by throwing the elec- Uon into the House of Representatives, The Raids on Indian Lands An Official dispatch was recelved to-day at the Interior department from Wichita, Kan., as fol- Jows:—“Touching the invasion of the Indlan Teiritory by unauthorized parties I know noth- ae very definite. One David L. Payne,who has. wi ‘bothers headed the Oklahama boom here, left some ten days since, and it ts said he was accompanied by thirty or forty persons; that they entered the territory between Arkansas City and South Haven, and that they are now lecated on the C: river. It 1s Said they went well prepared with teams, provisions and arms. It is also said that con- siderable numbers from the western portion of this state have gone down into the territory and the M. K.andT. R. R. and other roads, pl movements of the Payne party were very quick.” U poe receipt of this dispatch the Secretary of the Interior at once had an interview with the President, and it was decided that prompt and efficient means be taken for the expulsion of these intruders. Society Notes, It will be remembered that a ball was prom- ised in the State Department this spring when the weather was settled mild, and the moon could be counted on to light the balconies. ‘The full moon of the present month will see all these conditions tultilled. It will be full on the 24th of May. At the last full moon the follow- ing touching lines were addressed to the Secre- tary Of State, who promised the ball: “Ob! where and oh where has our grand ball zone? When, oh when will it be? The spring has come and the moon is full— And the public is wailing for thee.”” There has been a ball in each of the newest buildings finished for the executive departments Since 1564, as a species of house warming, ex- cept the State dey nt, and its turn is now inorder. The ball tn honor of Mr. Lincoln’s second inaugurafion was given in the north Wing of the Patent Office, and that in honor of Gen. Grants first inauguration took place in the then new north wing of the Treasury de- partment. The Capitol has also had a ball— that given to the Army of the Cumberland last November. The Chilian minister's wife, son and daughter will leave here May 16th for New York, and will sail for Europe on the 19th, but ex: toreturn next autumn. The minister, Sefior Asta Buruaga, will remain here. He is very fond of this country, and says he asked to be sent here, as he had so many friends in the Uni- ted States to whom he became attached when Previously stationed here. The whole family are deservedly esteemed by those who know Mr. ‘‘Joe” Whyte, the son of the Riggs Senator is at Whyte House with his PERSONAL.—Senators Blair, McDonald, Pad- dock and Wallace, Representative Ewing, and Gen. 0. M. Poe are in New York.— Minister Lowell has left London for soaitis where interest and retired from the Cleveland Heraia, realize LETTER FROM NEW YORK. NEW PHASES IN POLITICS—WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF “IF” I8 RIGHT—JUDGE ROBERTSON’S DEFEC- TION—EBXTRAVAGANT TIMES AGAIN—RICH IM- PORTATIONS— EUROPEAN {TRAVEL—GOV. TIL- DEN’S CONDITION—ODD8 AND ENDS, BTC. [Correspondence of The Evening Star.} New York, May 7. The campaign of 8 promises to develop some strange phases of New York politics in both parties. You are already aware of the sit- uation in the democratic camp. Gov. Tilden goes to Cincinnati with the delegation from this state at his back. If he should authorize Ex- Goy. Robinson, its chairman, to withdraw his name, as some of his friends predict, he will most assuredly attempt to control the nomina- tion for some one else. Should it be one from the west like Payne or Jewett, of Ohio, Mr. Kelly and his following would doubtless give it their support; but if on the contrary it should be an eastern n ee, whose campaign would be conducted by the Tilden interest in the state committee, the democracy of the state would remain disunited. On the other hand, the active workers for Tilden would not be very zealous in any event in pe their shoulders to the same wheel with Tammany Hall. An at- tempt will be made in the national convention to settle the differences of the democracy in New York, but it is doubtful if Tammany will submit to any such arbitration on what it in- sists is a purely local quarrel, though admitting that it may affect a national election. sides are earnest in shaping thelr plans for Cin- cinnati. Tammany will make a larger demon- stration there than it did at St. Louis, when it occupied half of the spacious front of the Lin- dell Hotel with parlors, orators and banners on the outer wall. The Herald of to-day truthfully says that “the emphatic letter of Judge Robertson repu- diating any obligation to be bound by the in- struction of the state republican convention that the New York delegation vote asa unit will attract. wide attention.” It presents the Same question to the Chicago convention tkat arose at Cincinnati in 1576, and it ts held here Uthat the convention must decide whether {t will recognize the unit rule of the state convention or not. Ifit should decide that under such an instruction the vote of the delegation must bo cast en bloc then the defection of aucge Rob- ertson and others will not count. But If it should reaffirm the decision of the convention of 1876 the Grant column from this state to Chi- cago will be broken. It 1s of course the interest of the Grant delegations if not others from other states to unite against Blatne and insist onthe unit rule, which would authorize the chairman of the New York delegation to cast the seventy votes of this state for one candi- date. This question and others pt Ise to open. the republican convention at the very outser. with an interest and excitement rarely experi- enced in our political history. EXTRAVAGANT TIMES AGAIN. There ts every evidence of sudden wealth in New York, reminding one of the days of 1565-6. Particularly during the present season has the living expenses of rich and poor increased, and never since, or hardly before the panic of has such reckless extravagance prevailed. “Dve been dress-making for twenty years, but never Gid I put scissors into so_m rich ma- terlal or lay eyes on such magnificent trim- mings,” sald a fashionable modiste a few days ag0, abd others in the same business report a like expei.ence. In fact such goods were never before imported. Some of the passamenterie tuimmings of cashmere and ralnbow beads. range in prices as high as $35 and $40 a yard, wit ane to match in richness, It really ‘seems as if there were a possible conspiracy be tween the dressmaker and impor to make up in the quality of the costume for the less quan- uty of material and trimmings required by the resent fashions. Our leading houses must ar the blame of bringing sore temptations be- fore the American ladies. One can but wonder it the profit on these higher-priced goods is enough more in comparison ‘to compensate for the responsibility of leading our nation tnto wilful extravagance and vanishing into thin air, the economic virtues, the hardships of the last few years bad forced us to learn. [t fs weil known that the richest manufacture and finest specimens of French skill are brought to America. Said a lately returned tourist: “It is about impossible to find a really handsome bonnet in Paris—the loviest are all sent to America, and as for dress-making. if you waut it done cheaply, never go to a modiste who has much American atronage, for the prices will be ruinous. Find a m te Mantua-maker up two or three flights of stairs who can speak no English and has only French customers, and you will get the best of styles at a very’ low rate. Ihavea treasure of a Mille. Josephine whose taste is exquisite, and whose bills only average $ a costume, The most elaborate bail dress was never over $10, and lately she has even reduced her prices. If I send her to many of my American friends. the next change |, Will be fu the opposite direction,” RICH IMPORTATIONS. But Uttle of the spring’s importations have been seen outside the stores and fasbonable openings. The season uatil within a few days has been so cold, that fur cloaks ond heavy wraps have not been laid aside, and only oc7a- Sionally has a light costume made its appear- ance. The ladies were just languishing to show off their purchases, and the last sunny Sabbath Saw a gay throng on 5th avenue. No other adjec- tive than gay and its comparisons will deseribe it, for within the memory of the “oldest inhavlt- ants” never has such bright c lois prevall~4. Black can no longer be called the “American woman s uniform,” nor scarcely can ingenuity contrive a costume too gorgeous in material and color to be unfashionable. Crowds even look gayer and happier when bright colors are in style, and as the appearance of happiness some- limes resolves into the genuine artlele, so Jong Taay the rainbow Unts be the rage, and happy may we be! THE TRAVEL TO EUROPE. It has been asserted that the exodus to Europe this spring will not be so great as usual, but the passenger lists of the “Gallia,” sailing lau. Wednesday, and the “Britannic,” on Saturday, gid not strengthen the statement. “The forme: saucy ship’s a beauty,” and the newest of the Cunard line, The sombre old English company were forced at last to follow the example of the other companies, and build larger and hand- somer vessels. The “Gallia” 15 a model of elegant comfort. “‘An ocean voyage is too dangerous to tempt me. J prefer to stay at home in safety!” A few hours later that very lady who thus spoke on the “Gailia’s dock was forcing her way out from under the fallen beams of the Ma‘ison Avenue Garden wall, and the frightful experi- ence taught her that one need not wander trom. home or travel far abroad to find calamity fatal. GOV. TILDEN’S CONDITION. The opponents of Gov. Tilden are: endeavoring to make It appear that he is not physically able to go through another campaign. Te such an extent Is this carried that The World to-day in- ter viewed a florist in M and saw a check which he had given in Eee them. question: ‘Did Mr. Tilden write this check, or id you see him write it?” asked the reporter as eld 1t in his hand and scrutinized It closely. “No, sir; I dtd not. I don’t think But be handed it to me,” Rewwroleh: = Why don’t you think he wrote it?” , Sir—terribly.” Both of the ear d that’s dtd @ of them, sir, an¢ ws why I didn’t think he signed tt. When he was Davin the flowers I noticed how his hands shook ali the ume, But pepe he must bea pretty o!d os Coe Sixty-seven, I believe,” tall, sir? I thought he was seventy- five. Well, he's always worked hard—and he's £2 os beeneior, too, and that’s wearing, you ‘‘ How did he appear at the Rouse?” Ut ap buta little shaky. The ser- ‘awful spry, and can’t get that’s true, Mr. Tilden looks us? Pretty old man, but he seems pretty sharp Henry Ws of the Courier. who ts here, visited iden. ie and that he isin splendid condition, looking as well as he faa few years ago’ fully ODDS AND ENDS, Jno. Rursell Young has just returned trom London, and goes in a few days to the Pacific Coast for the Herald. Sam Ward has retired 2 jaartars and fs in England. Zari entertained ‘hina Tandsomely at his paistial place FORTY-SIATH CONGRESS. SATURDAY, May S. THE SENATE was not in session to-day. HOUSE.-Mr.Singleton submitted theconference report on the consular and diplomatic appropria- ton bill and ft was agreed to. [The result of the agreement ts to add seven thousand dollars to the bill as tt passed the House, four thousand of which is for a consul general at Bucharest and three thousand for an increase In the ap- propriation for the expenses of the comm!ssion appointed to act in conjunction with the minis. ter to China. After a few private bills had been passed by unanimous consent the regular order was dée- manded, and the Speaker proceeded to call com- mittees for rey Bi were reported and at of as follows: By Mr. Murch, from com- mittee on public buildings, for the erection of oe bul at Brownsville, Texas. Com- itee of the whole. By Mr. Smith (Ga.)—From the committee on patents, to amend the patent laws. House calendar. [It provides that any person who introduces from a foreign country any secret art, invention or process useful and important to the leer and not patented there, at ene iene ol eo n eee = is country, may, upon due pi ‘ob- tain a patent therefore, and any art, invention or pros which has been used or practiced un- patented for fitty years exclusivly in the coun- Uy where obtained shall be deemed a secret in the meaning of this act.) By Mr. Felton, from committee on ways and means—Amending the 6th subdivision of sec- tion 3,244 of the revised statutes so as to vide that any dealer In leat tobacco who does not deal in leaf tobacco otherwise than to sell or Offer or consign for sale on commission to an amount not exceeding 25,000 pounds in any one Sige tax year, except such leat tobacco as they purchase or receive from farmers who have produced the same, shall be requiged to pay for carrying on such business a special tax Of $ only, Committee of the whole, By Mr. Hooker, from committee on Indian affairs—Transferring the office of Indian affairs from - the Interior to the War depariument. House calendar. ‘The House then proceeded to the consideration of the contested election case of Curtin vs. Yocum, irom the 20th district of Pennsylvania. ‘The majority resolution declares the election to have been null and void, and the minority reso- lution that Yocum, the sitting member, ts en- Ulled to the seat. District Government Affairs. A case of varioloid was reporved to the health office yesterday aiternoon, at No. 1219 New York avenue. ‘The patient {s a colored girl, and the proper precautions have been taken by the health officer. . The workhouse gang {s grading E streat, be- tween 12th and i9th northeast. ‘The steam cutter Black Jack will leave the navy yard all manned and equipped for duty on our river, between Alexandria and the Chain bridge, to see that the law for the pro- tection of shad and herring is not violated be- tween sundown this evening and sunrise Mor- day morning.’ Mr. Robert Sutton, inspector of marine products, will accompany the party, under Mate Wilmarth and Lieut. Gessford of the police. Major Julius R, Hanneman, of the District artillery corps, has made a requisition for 135 ten- pound saluting cartridges, 250 friction primers, 2 gunners haversacks and 2 prime pene: c., to be delivered at the new artil- cry armory, No. 14 1st street southeast, for the use of the District of Columbia artillery in tiring the usual Decoration day salute. Mr. Columbus Alexander to-day, through Mr. Peter comphel broker, settled the balarce of his special improvement taxes, including as- sessment Claims held by the First National Bank of New York, amounting to several thous- and dollars. ‘A CLORED SEWER WANTED. Health Officer Townshend in a note to the District Commissioners states that there is an Open sewer from Sth street extended in the county just beyond Grant avenue, receiv- ing the age dite! as _ faites bes the more densely pop ‘suburl ween ith street rood and Sherman avenue, Thissut- urban area contains aay slaughter houses, cow-pens, &c., the surface drainage irom which necessarily becomes offensive; and residents complain of the apes of the atmosphere. He states that the health department is doing al in its power to prevent nuisances in this secaiity but it is thought that the most deair- able object to be attained for improvement of its sanliary condition is the arching over of the open Grain referred to. He urges iiamediate at- tention to this subject. BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspector Entwisle: James J. Shedd, construct 2 two-story dwellings, O, between 15th and i6th sts. r.w.; $0,300. John 'T. Armes, con- struct a two-story dwelling, 10th, between Q and R sts. n.w.; $1,900. Wm. B, Kibby, erect a r oe: F, between 14th and 15th Census Of the District. PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORK. Col. W. H. Boyd, supervisor under the act to take the census of the District, ts busily en- gaged in making his preparations to accom- plish his work. Under the law the enumeration must be completed in 14 days, commenciug on the ist of June, and therefore none of the dis- tricts over which a canvasser will pass are very Jarge. With a view to the work being done as expeditiously as possible, he has divided the District ot Columbia into 90 d'stricts—s In the county, 7 in Georgetown ana 75 in this city. As may be sup, Col B. has his hands full in making selections of enumerators, but for this work he wants none others than men of intelli- gence, who can sud will do the work well. Col. B. thinks that he should have the services of the veiy best class of business men, for the pay is good, and the better the characters of the enumerators the more reliance will be placed in the results of the work. It is safe to say that with the care being taken, the census, as far as the District is concerned, will be more thoroughly taken than ever before. Col. B.’s headquarters are in the Le Droit building. Political Notes. The friends of Senator Withers, whose term exptres next March, propose to send him to the lower Hovse of Congress, from the 9th Virginta district, if he will consent. Ex-Senator Conover is working lke a beaver for the republican nomination for goveror of Florida. The New york Sun presents several demo- cratic tickets for public approbation, but the name of “Samuel J. Tilden, of New York,” leads all the rest. A representative German from Chicazo, who is uiging the nomination of Washburne, says that while Washbutae will not be a candidate as long 88 Grant is in the field, he has never satd the would decline a nomination if it should be tendered him with Grant outof the field. and that itis upon this basis that the Washburne movement has been organized and is being conducted in the West.—Wash. Special Phila, Times, ——————— DURING THE WEEK ended to-day, $1,403,000 in national bank notes were received at the Treasury for redemption, pee $3,249,000 for the corresponding week ot year. SENATOR CAMERON GOING TO DEFINE His Post- TioN.—It 1s stated on high authority that n view of the break which is said to have taken Jace in the Pennsylvania delegation to the Uhicago convention, that Senator Cameron will within the next few days publish a statement defining his position. rtion relating to ar was: toas a sep- drat meer and rl lao enor eo e re- I lons of the tariff bill which Che Eoening Star, TWO CENTS. | egrams to The Star =: SAVAGE PRIZE FIGHT. | A Woman in the Ring. HANGED FOR AN OUTRAGE TWENTY-EIGHT MEN DROWNED. BISMARCK’S WAR ON FREE OITIES | AN OUTRAGED GIRL AVENGED. The Perpetrator Hanged. j GALVESTON, TEX., May §.—A special dispatch to the News from Fort Worth says: Isham Kapp, colored, yestereay explated the heinous crime of rape upon the person of a young white lady. About 10,000 persons witnessed the exe- cution. He was driven seated on his coffin to the oe of execution, and the noose, made by the father of the victim, was placed about b's neck. After a talk by Rev, Mr. Hays, (colored) and s'pging in which the doomed man joined Kapp stepped on the center of the trap and _ad- dresscd the concourse in a ten minutes talk, confessing the crime for which he was to be hung. He said he was perfectly satistied and an ig to die, No accident marred the execu- PROTECTING INDIAN LANDS, Sixty-fi Raiders Captured. NEW YoRK, May 8.—A special from Welling- ton, Ky., says: Capt. Paine, with 65 men, en- tered the Indian territory ‘between Arkansas city and Southaven April 25, and bezen building on the Oklahama free lands. Lieut. Pardee, With a company of mounted infantry, lett Fort Reno May 2 overtook and captured the raiders May 6. Full particulars of the affair have not yet been obtained. THE WRECKED FISHING FL ‘Twenty-cight Lives Lost. New YoRK, May S.—A special from Poriland, Oregon, states that full oficial information of Tuesday's storm on the fishing grounds off the mouth of the Columbia river fave been re- ceived. Twenty-eight fishermen are known to have been drowned, and 21 bodies haye already been recovered. Statements of terrible suffer- ings and hardships are made by the few surviv- ‘bg men from the fisbing fleet. A few were | picked up after clinging for 12 hours to the swamped boats, The boats are all owned by different canneries and go by numbers, thus few names are learned. The storm was the most severe one witnessed on the bar for many years. Several boats with bodies lashed to them have been seen driiting seaward. It was impossible to secure them. | Tt FOREIGN AFFAIRS, South American Notes. Panama, April 25.—There is nothing new from the south coast. An extra steamer from Callao is expected, but ls not yet Insight. The rains have set in furiously. The city is healthy; all the rumors of yellow fever are unfounded. London’s New Evening Paper. Loxpon, May 8.—The papers are requested .0 State that the new evening paper under the editorship of Mr. Frederick Greenwood will appear ina few da: Immediate measures were taken for its production, the preparations are belng pushed as rapidly as ble, and only certain mechanical arrangements rematn to be completed. Another Famine Feared. Loxpon, May 8.—The St. Petersburg corre- spondent of the Standard says: The beetie, which ravaged the crops in Poltavaand Ekater- inoslav in 17S, has been found in large num- Selle — state, ge peasants fear ~ sow their spring crops. The same correspond- ent says: The st alarm prevails in Tiflis im consequence of the discovery of locust Unless they are exterminated before their tinal development 4 famine throughout the Caucasus will be inevitable, Prince Bismarck to the Prussian Hepresentatives. Lospon, May 5.—A dispatch from Berlin to Reuter’s Tel company says: “The official Gazette publishes a dispatch from Prince Bic marck to the Prussian representatives accredited to the government of the federal states dealing with the Altona and St. Paull question, which he states that the committees of the Bundesrath have unanimously resolved to re- port to the council only ypon the technical side Of the question, and to Keep altogether out of consideration the constitutional aspect of the case. He lays stress on the necessity cf avoiding, as far as possible, for the sake of concord, any interpretation of the consututional rights involved. Prince Bis- marck ints out that it is the indisputable Tight of ia to divide any portion of her own territory from the Hamburg iree port dis- VS: | al the Stock EXchan: $e inne Steamer Wrecked, % —The steamer America, from the Of Good Hope for Southampton, found- ered. close. tothe equator on the wth of A “Renewed Sroaking her main shaft. crew escaped in eight boats, Three of the boats, containing 54 persons, have been up and their landed Madelra, “The five other boats whon best eacn were making fer Cape Palmas, Liberia. New York Bank Statement. NEw York, May §.—The weekly statement of the associated banks tssu™1 trom the clearing house to-day shows the following changes: Loans, increase $700,400; specie, Increase $3,955,~ 000; legal tender, increase £243,100; deposits, tn- crease $5,750,500; circulation, decreas» $13,300; Teeerve, jocrease $2,790,408, Excess—The banks now hold $6,067,550 in excess of the legal re- quirements, ——_ Dominion Loan. QUERRC, May \—The government has de- clded to call the local house together on the Inst., for the dispatch of buslaess. A loan Of $4,000,000 Is about being raised, and will be | negotlated prior L> Ubis session, Which Is ex- Pected to be short. Grant Resolutions. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., May S.—The republican congressional conveniton of the Ist d'sirict fn this State has been in session two days at Tal- lahassee without making a nomination for Congress, Yesterday strong Grant and Settle resolutions were passed without opposition. A Pastor Suspended. New YorK, May S—It was after 2 o'clock this morping when the Northern Presbytery con- eluded the trial of Rev. Newin Woodsede, 0 Pittsburg, for immorality and falsayood. "He Was suspended, Wal New York, May nancial article to-day, sa} speculative markets are spiritless to-day, and the fluctuations in the prices of the leading stocks have been within narrow 'tmits. There was a slight advance at the opening, and stace then there has been asuccession of declines and advances, prices as we write bet nearer the highest than the lowest figures the day but slightly below the highes' of terday afternoon. Burlington and Quincy ad- vanced 2%, per cent and then declined iy. The leading stocks have been the coal shares, Evie, Pacific Mail, Houston ‘and Texas, Lake Shore, Iron Mountain, Wabash and Western Unton. Government bonds are quiet and firm. Ratiroad investments are firm. Speculative bonds are nerally lower, Boston H. & E. firsts have been active end weak, ~yhlgy sold down to 37, up to 40, and down to 3s... ‘The money market iseasy, with 5 per cent the ruling rate for call loans, 4a6 per cent being the exceptional rates. On U.S, bonds the rates are fully 1 per cent lower. ‘Time money fs offered at 5 per cent, and prime mercantile paper Is Sa5sy per cent. The Markets. BALTIMORE, May 8. (asked); do. deferred, Gig; : Second series, 22\9; do. past due coupons, 90% do. new ten-forticn. 39 bid to-day. BALTIMORE, May 8.—Ootton dull-—-middting, 11 18-16 it firm, with good demand st yester: day’s prices. ra quiet Wheat,’ southern firm ; westes and easier—southern red, 1.24a1.32: do. amber, L-S7a1.40, No. 2 western’ winter red, spot, 1.31a 1.313; May, 1.28 ial. 28%; June, 1.23% 01.23%, ; aly, '1.125¢81.13: “Anwust, 1.08%41.08",- southern higher and whith in deuand quiet—southern white, ‘do. western mixed, spot, 51: Mu 3, Su 470474 ; July nominal; steamer, ‘Oats steady. rh, 47248; wee! 47 do. mixed, Penusyivania, 46a: ye quiet, 90. Hay | Unchanged. Provisious unchanged. Butter quiet— choice western packed, 1822. — Es . Petroleum dull and unchaneed. Coffee 0 cargoes, ordinary to pi 1555. Sugar about steady—A soft, 9%. y steady, 1.1036. Freighis to Liverpool per steamer quict and easier. Receipts—four, barrels; wheat, 10,788 bushels: corn, 1,877 bushels, (ail southern); ¥ Shipments— hels. Sales— \t bushels, EW Y strong. Mot & Exchange, le short, 487% Govern- ments stron, ‘NEW YORK, May Flour quiet. Wheat active. rm. NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON. The following quotations were current in New York to-day at 2 rted by Lewis J son & Oo.:—U. 8.4 te, BEE et, lOO; D- of C. B05, 9 38% 3 jose} 75%: ‘Ohio and BMissistip) jichivan Central, 85: , 58: Lake Shore, 104% west, B1% > do. Preferred, 108; Iron Mountain, 474. St. Paul, Toi; Wabash, Gt Louis and. Paciti z do. = a, Tok sas and Tex; Mail OX. as, 34% 0. O. and I. ©, 11s: Pacific os District Bonds. MR. CONKLING'S SPEECH IN THE SENATE TERDAY. In a discussion In the Senate yesterday on a motion of Mr. Davis (dem., W. Va.) to take up the bill certain permanent and indefi- nite — ions, Mr. Conkling asked Mr. Davis whetner. when the bill came up, he in- tended to insist on that part of it which re- vEs- led the permanent appropriation for the Peyment of interest on the bonds of the District of Columbia, Mr. Davis said that repeal was, with the others, recommended by the Secretary of the ry. Mr. Conkling sald the Senator from West Vir- = Was very fortunate if he could tly ‘hrow upon some one else the odium of this proposition, which bad depreciated the value of those bonds and brought distress on their hojders. Mr. Davis sald that the imptéssion that the government Wag responsible for Unese bonds was erroneous, Mr. Conkl'ag.—Some time it_was consid- ered ely here what form should be given to cert indebtedness tu this District. It was agreed that it should be put in bonds bearing 3.65 per cent interest, and in order to float these bonds have not looked at the statute, and T do not want it, for I recollect, that evening's work perfectly—it was sald that the United States should guarantee the bonds, make them just as firm and inviolate as they could be made— Mr. Morrill —Piedged Its goof fatth. Mr. Conkling. Yes, that very likely was the trict, and he majntains that the proposed severance of St. Paull has not been urged in | the interest of Prussia as itis an advantaze to Altona that St. Paull should remain outside of the Zollveren, but eth? was rather in the jn- terest of Hamburg thal the new customs line ‘Was pro] The Bundesrath, he says, can Gecide upon the customs line without enteril Into an examination of the constitutions bearing of the question which would likely pro- duce a conflict of opnion. Those governments Which consider that by the severance of St. Pauli from the Hamburg district, theconstitution of the empire would be violated, can vote Seles the pro But in that case Prince Bismarck would not advise the Emperor to re- nounce his right to uphold a demand which is undoubtedly no infraction of the constitution. Prince Bismarck next = the pecessity of maintaining unimpaired the concord between the governments, and expresses the hope that the respective proposals of Prussia and tlam- burg may be settled by arrangement and with- cut resorting to a decision by majorities and minorities, Prussia, he says, will will- ingly take into consideration any right Pp 1 which would in its effects be in accord- ance with the constitution, provided that the federal government make an unanimous en- deavor to oppose with one accord the attempts of certain members of the Reichstag to lim!t the authority of the Bundesrath. The Princess’? Love. Lonxpon, May S.—A Berlin dispatch to the Standard says: Princess Pauline of Wurtem- berg was married at Corlsrupe, in Upper Silesia, a few days ago, to Dr. Welm, a teat ractitioner, of Bi wu. The king of Wurtem- rg gave his assent to the marriage on condl- Uon of the lady abandoning her p ute. Iadstone Elected. Fire and Loss of Life. A fire last night destroyed Nos. 80 to S4 Gray’s Inn Road, and No. 25 Portpool Lane. The police State that 14 persons are missing. SAVAGE PRIZE FIGHT. A Woman in ne ing Sree Bat- jee Ngw York, May S.—A Scranton, Pa., gives the particulars of a prize fight witch took ace e Umits yesterday, between Dave Richards and Tom Thomas, asd wes eae for ‘ever the form the substance was tee Ti tas States stood behind these tonds, offered the:?- 4nd, in so far as it | could,’ negotiated then? 1 Mona fide = who paid value in good ta 7 te ae ec | funds and other funds were ‘vesed i che | Some time ago there broke up." {2 aes —y | committee on appropriations a rec ey ms] curlously enougt from the faanci.', the government, to the effect that the’ Sanding appropriation of money for the paymen. 0 Interest on these Vonds should be swept SEO and that whether the laterest was paid o. actly than I can, but perhaps attention—the result of it was that in conse- quence of that recommendation, and in conse- quence of tits report of Unis committee, the price of the bonds was knocked down, not a little or some, but very largely, and speculating upon’ the apprehension and the terror of the people holding them, unaccustomed as most of them were to sectirities of this sort, those sharper and with more nerve went into the market and swept into their lap a great total or these bonds, and the oe ga who bad paid their money in good faith and relied upon ete good faith of the United States have lost ex: as much as these speculators have gained. Now, I thipk that is rather unwholesome; I think if rather unfortunate; and I say to the first lord of the Treasury here on my right that if he has a minister of finance or anybody else on v rela, but not so good for the man, whoever he may be, who is to be called upon to bear the blame of this ver demain by whic! Gales-Seaton Monument. Blitor Sar:—I offer a design for a monument {n honor of Gales and Seaton. This, improved, or a better, should be erected in Washington, elther by our own citizens, orin connection with the press of the whole country. The objects sought in the Socompanying plan were - sion, Ss, and solidity. Of course, In so rough a sketch as I venture to present, justice is a to the —— jualities, but of ¢ others, even 80 poorly, uu c&n fully judge, amd, as to imagine effect of a and more careful drawing, or of the struc- ture itself. It should be of white marb! of bronze. Instead of composing the names, I ot whith wee pert a3 give an intimate to the would monument, such as we have all felt on seeing 5 Sides in the preseut ease th signavares were not the « i Arn faye | tng k 358 i i E E i é i Hi i f : HY Fea Barak aEee | i f i t i if rp i Bi i E H should be committed to the hazard aad o. sion of the fuiure from Ume to tim. * The result of it was—i have a Senator in my eye who can state more ex