Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1880, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAB BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, Corner 11th Btreet, by Everre served bscribers inth oo a Brae in need account, st 10 cents Wick or 4 cents per month. Copies at the Soanter, boentn each, By "ae Pmontne, $3. conte a athe Post Seo a. aa pect! Cae Taran pblabed Om Friday—$2 Pay cota prepaid. atx monthe, $1; 10 copies copies for b aS Dacrip"ons mast be pata in sd- wee ea roent ager ta to Feld fa ‘Bates of advertising made Known on application. eT WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1880. nw at Goddand’s fall inst., at 8 o'clock T, President. etary. dy8-2t' THE YOUNG Mé NATIONAL HAN- COCK AND ENGLISH CLUB will mest at ouittana avenne on THURSDAY EVEN- at S o'clek, and from thente ‘a and Cetreets sw., there to sevist in y vole and Eaneoci banner. engse~d. The Jackeon other org smizations are tm in front of the west % ood y8 Demeczatic Ae imulted to ratticiy wing of City Bal; prence BELL, President. A.A. LIPSCOMB, Secretary. It OFFIOE OF THE Ca OF THE D{S1RIC7 O! y: le ‘WashINGTos, y 6, 1880. REMOVS4L OF BODIFS FROM HOLMEAD CEMETERY. Appropriation act ropriation of 82,000 is made ee — Holmead Cemetery when re «quested by the relatives, Notice {s hereby wiven that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are prepared to act upon all applications to them for the removal of les uncer the provisions of said act, and all persons having bodies of relatives interred in said ceme- tery are requested to promptly make known their wishes as to the disposition of the remains. By order of the board. jyi & WILLIAM TINDALL, Secretary. @>_ OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL UNION | © INSURANCE 00. OF WASHINGTON.— | ‘She Annual Meeting of the STOCKHOLDERS OF E NATIONAL ONION INSURANCE 00, of | Wassinwton will be held st the offios of the com- 643 Lovisians ave , MONDAY, Jniy 12, 1830, e Election of Nige Directors. Polis open from 2o%bek p. ma 1.6 5t NOBLE D. LARNER. Secretary. ERAL GAR D'S original review of CREDIT MOBILIER CHARGES has eand Just been republished, and isfor sale by the bowk- @ Vers and newsdealers. It and sells for 15 cents. in pamphlet form vamphiet, fo E METROPOLITAN PAL ON, ‘The polis will tonal be epen from 2 ek p.m. July Dividend will be paid at the N: politan Bak on and after the Ist of W. THOMPSO! Sec'y and Treas. MEETING OF THE eon ANACOSTIA ER R. B.. will be held f the Company, in Uniontown, MON. 2, 1850, for the purpose of elec rs'to serve for the ensuing year. J. WM. W. MOORF, oa D THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLD! Por 5 = ne | Polis open from 2o'cleek until 4 p.m. | L. W. GULNARD, President. H_ A. GRISWOLD, Secretary. Jeas-15t NEW STEAM OARPET OLEANING, and Furniture, Lambrequin and Curtain Reno of SINGLETON & HOERE, Carpet | h destroyed without injury to the Gnest fabric Send your crders to store, S01 Mar- ket Space. ‘ap30-6m (Ce NATURAL MINERAL WATERS. Bethesda, Bedford, Bie Lick, Congress, Deep Rock, Bufisic, Lithfa, Heckridge Alum, Geyser, Bathorp, Gettysburg, Friedricks! funyadi Janor, A) pectin ‘ullna, White Su be at 1! Bi fel? 1429 P FAA ¥4up & HUTCHINSON, 317 Ninth street, Fave odded to their line of MANTBLS, snd now show HAND-PAINTED WORK by artists of well- €rtablished local revutation: alto WOOD MARBLE- IZING in new and chase desizns. FURNACES, EANGES and GRATES. TIN ROOFING, &e. Give rsrectat attention to MODERNIZING and ‘ILATIN VENTILATING badly constructed plumbing in city dwellings. mar3l-1stp M4BFED DOWN. A CLEARING OUT SALE OF SPHING AND SUMMER CLOTHING WILL BE INAUGURATED AT THE “FAMOUS,” No. 400 7th st n.w., corner D, ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26ru, 1880, AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. WE WILL GIVE A DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT. FROM THE MARKED PRICE, IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR VERY EXTENSIVE STOCK OF FALL CLOTHING NOW IN PROOESS OF MANUFACTURE. $e25-Im (pacees, BAGS AND SATCHELS. IMMENSE STOCK. POPULAR*PRICES. TRUNKS, &e., repaired and covered by firet- clase workmen. Je2t-Im L. MARTIN & €CO”S CELEBBATED PULP MORTAR BLACK, YOR BRICKLAYERS UBE, Where Black Jointe are required. Stock on hand. |. H. JOHNSON & CO., Aorta, whar 1202 Fat.nw MLA CHIN: lent one, with all the a ‘ta, can now be bought for FIFTEEN DOLLARS. AMERICAN NATIONAL SEWING” MAGHINE COMPANY is manufacturing a Machine Licht, du- rable, easy-running,and one which works satisfuc- torily. Its wreat ad 68 is them a1 EREL STORE, No. 1073 7th st. n. this city and Georsetown. Foe Stenaer FUR bie holsterers and Stesm Carpet won ty G16 Louisiana ave. S°FPi4Es the sole azency for “eli FOR PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS. ANEW ESTABLISHMENT. Having purchased for Cash a full supply of every article used by Plumbers and Gas Fitters, we are Prepared to offer our goods on as favorable terms to the trade as apy other house. We raspectfully sek 8n inspection of our Stock, confident that we cannot be beaten either as to quality or price. McKELDEN & CO., o-lm 319 12th street u.w. ‘venue, $239,77 | inform | The precedents are all the other way. | the War department has heard nothin; THE EV“NING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. GovERNwENt KecErrrs To-Day.—Internal re- 36; Customs, $994,699.73, An InTgrvigw with Secretary Sherman, re. ported by “Gath,” is printed on the third page of this paper. Two MoRE Norakigs.—The President to-day appointed William S$. Offutt and S. G. Merrill notaries pubilc for the District of Columbia. INDIAN AGENTS APPOINTED.—-The President today appointed James W. Adams, of Wash- ington territory, to be Indian agent at Yakima, in that territory, and S.C. Mahan, of Wiscon- sin, Indian agent at the La Pointe agency, in that state, vice J. L. Mahan, who has been ap- pointed an Indlan inspector. Post OFrricg IxsrEctors.—Postmaster General Key bas issued an order directing that hereafter oftictals of the Post Office department knowa as special agents shall be designated post office inspectors. SECRETARY SHERMAN did not buy any bonds for the sinking fund yesterday. He will proba- bly discontinue his weekly purchases, owing to heavy disbursements for five or six weeks. ‘This Was stated in Tue Srar about ten ‘days ago, and dented by dispatches from this city. No Action will be taken in the matter of | retaining officers of the army eligible to bein: put on the shelf until after the presidential election next fall. ARMY ORDERS —The following assistant sur- geons (recently appointed) will report for duty as follows: Assistant Surgeon R. G. Ebert, de- artirent of the Columbia; Assistant Surgeon J. Gibson, department of the Missouri; ant eon R. B. Benham, de} sistant Surgeon é Texas; Assistant Surgeo! Strong, department of the Platte; A: >) A. W. Taylor, department of the Mis- eave for two months is granted Capt. Frederick Van Vilet, 3d cavalry. The following general court-martial will meet at David's Island, New York harbor, on the 12th day of July, 1880, OF a8 soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of such prisoners as may be brougit before it: Lieut. Col. Z. R Bliss, 19th Infantry; Capt, J. T, Haskell, 23d infantry; Capt. Charles Porter, Sth infantry; Capt. D. Ii. Murdock infantry; Capt. William Conway, 224 infantry, and ist Lieut. Ira Quinby, 11th infantry, judge advocate of the court. Gey. Hancock Nor Lixety To ResteN.—In regard to the report sent out from here that army officers in Washington believe and have tion that General Hancock will resign his major-generalship in the army, it can be stated that no officers here have any such infor- mation and, further, they do not believe that he willresign. There ts no reason why he should. Whiie from General Hancock, it 1s believed there that he will not eye from the army unless he is elected to the Presidency ‘THE MOONSHINE TROUBLES IN GEORGIA.—Dis patches received from Georgia state that the twelve deputy collectors and one U S. marshal charged with the bomicide of the Geo moon- shiners at. Red Oak, were brought before U. S. Cireuit Judge Woods on Wednesday under writs ot habeas: by Assistant us. The case was ably presented istrict Attorney Darnell and spe- cial counsel retained by the Attorney General. Further argument was continued tll the 13th. Ex-Distriet Attorney Farrow opposed the pro- ceeaipgs and refuses to recognlz the right of President Hayes to remove from Office. Judge Bigby, who 1s appointed to succeed him, will sue out a writ of quo warranto against wD NavaL ORDERS.—Commander J. F. McGien- sey, to the New York navy yard, relieving Com- mander C, 8. Cotton, who will hold himself in readiness for sea service; Master F. A. Wilner, to the Passaic, at Washington, on the 15th in- stant; Lieut. A. M. Thackara, from the Wash- ington navy yard, and ordered to the Asiatic station, per steamer of the 3ist instant from San Francisco; Cadet Midshipman A. B. Cle- ments has returned from the Alaska and 1s placed on sick leave. THe TALLAPoosa arrived at the navy yard here this morning. ‘TRADE witH IraLy.—The consul of the United States in a recent dispatch to the Depart- ment of State, commenting on American trade with the Mediterranean, laments that the American flag is rarely seen in that region. Only four American vessels arrived at Naples during 1579. But this is not indicative of Ameri- can trade, of which there Is a great deal, but not to the extent it; should be. Foreign vessels are continually employed carrying American pro- ducts. The English-Anchor Line has been run- ning from New York to the Mediterranean suc- cessfully for years. Florio, the weil-known italian ship-owner, has recently started a regu- Jar line between the principal ports of Italy and New York, and Is having several first-class 4.000 ton steamers built for the purpose. At Naples last year 1,700,000 bushels of American grain were imported. ‘The fallure of the Italian ‘crops had much to do with this, Maizeis ming an important articleof importation. American canned are also in demand. Our improved agricultural machinery is being largely introduced. Miss Dororuea Drx, the venerable and highly esteemed philanthropist, is at St. Elizabeth Hospital, the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Godding. It is alike creditable to Miss Dix and to those in- stitutions that in every insane asylum in the United States a special room is prepared and set apart for her whenever she chooses to oc- eupy it. It is needless to add that she is always a welcome guest in places where her efforts have done so mach good. PERSONAL. — Sergeant-at-Arms Thompson, Gen. Humphreys, Col. McCawley of the marine | corps, and Mr. Victor Drummond, secretary of the British legation, were registered in New York last night.——Mrs. General Blake 13 at Manhattan Beach.—Mr. E. Bluhdorn, secre- tary of the Austrian legation, 1s the guest of M. C, de Bildt, of the Swedish legation, at Ne’ an A. D, Jessup, of Philadelphia, who it will be rei bet has lat real estate in- terests in Washington, fs in Rome, and writes back to a friend that he will make that city his home in future.—Mrs. 8. H. Kauffmann has one with her two youngest children to Oak- .d, where she Will stay for afew weeks, and aiterwards go to Colorado or the White Moun- tains.— George Jones of the New York Times and George Colton of the Annapolis Repnivitcan sailed for Europe yesterday.— Ex-Representa- live Logan H. Roots of Arkansas is at the f House.—Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Armes and tamily are at Olney for the heated term.——M. Outrey has left his cottage at Newport, and gone to the White Mountains for a few weeks. —Mr. E. L. Dent, son of Commissioner Dent, who 1S a student at Maryland Agricaltural College, is Spending his vacation with ex-Commissioner Bryan in Colorado.— admiral Gore Jones, long the naval attaché of the British legation here, has just left Bombay for Mi ir, With the object of adjusting the differences which have lately arisen between the French government and that of Madagascar-——Mr. W. 8. Teel and family have gone to Capon §| —Bishop Simpson has been compelled, on account of the poor health of Mrs. Simpson, to give up his proposed trip to Japan and ‘China. He will come home from California, where he had ar- rived en route, 8S 800n as she can travel. District COMMISSIONER MORGAN IN OFFICE FOR THREE YBaRs.—When District Commission- er Morgan was appointed, it was before the term of Capt. Phelps’ ,who was appoint- ed and confirmed for years, The point was raised Unat under the law Mr. Morgan was nb longer a Commissioner of the District of Co- lumbia after the date of Captain Phelps’ unexpired term, the first of the present mont! ‘The President referred the question to the At- torney General, who has just decided Morgan 1s a commissioner for the three years for Which he was ted and confirmed trom December 19th TANTED YOU To WW ital s Aret-claen “Teleraate Boey eae Store, No. 458 9th ass Second- HAND CLOTHING, 7 goa oget the bost CONGRESSIONAL Nominatiows.—The abit Cans of the Peoria (IIL) distri of — county, for the third sixth Ly Foeningy Star, TWO CENTS. Gev. Heacock and Mr. Tilden. THE ALLEGED LETTER OF THE FORMER STATING THAT HE WOULD AID IN INAUGURATING THE LATTER AS PRESIDENT. General Hancock refuses to say anything about the story that he wrote a letter before President Hayes’ inauguration, in which letter hestated that after 12 o'clock March 3d, 1877, he would regard Mr. Tilden as President of the United States, and would assist in inaugurating him If declared elected by the House. General Hanccck also refuses to say anything about many other rts circulated concerning him. In regard to the Tilden matter, it first found ublication in a dispatch from Cincinnati dur- ig the convention to the Boston Giobe, a demo- cratic paper. It was written to show that Han- cock Was not unfriendly to Pilden. That dis- peice stated that the letter in question had een written to General Sheridan; but General Sheridan denied ever having received such a letter. Now it is said, with much circumstan- Uality, that it was written to General Sherman. ‘That officer is not now in the city. The army ei here are very decided in their opinion that GEN. HANCOCK NEVER WROTE SUCH A LETTER. Members of General Sherman’s staff who would know of its existence as early as any- one else, said to THE Star reporter to-day that except through the newspapers the report had never come to them. They sald, further, that they believed General Hancock to be a sensible mab, and that no officerof the army, to whom that would apply, would write such’ a lettcr. Gen. Hancock was here during the inauguration of President Hayes. He was on the floor of the Senate during the inaugural proceedings in that chamber, and sat_by General Poe, now on duty in the War department. In company with General Sherman he was among the first to call on President Hayes after his inauguration. A turther fact is that GEN. HANCOCK CAME TO WASHINGTON TO PAR- TICIPATE IN THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES at the invitation of the general of the army— Gen. Sherman himself. It is not considered likely that, if Gen. Hancock had written such & letter to him as 1s now belng stated over the country, Gen. Sherman would have invited him here on the 5th of March, 1si7. There ts no doubt that he did invite him. In the face of all this, it would seem settled that no such letter was ever written. It is stated, however, among those who persist in the bellef of the existence of such a letter, that it was a part of a private correspondence between Gen. Hancock and the general of the army, (begun at the instance of the latter). Gen. Hancock’s friends retort that he would, undoubtedly, be quite willing to have his ees of the correspondence, If ft exists, ublished, if Gen. Sherman would allow his own letter to be published. ANOTHER STORY ABOUT GEN. HANCOCK has been started here. It is that immediately after the war he was the president of a specula- tive Pennsylvania petroleum company, and that agreat many soldiers were induced to take small lots of stock in the enterprise; which Proved to be a failure, if it ever was legitimate. The Political Situation in Maine. A FUSION OF DEMOCRATS AND GREENBACKERS, WHICH MAY POSSIBLY RESULT IN A REPUBLI- CAN DEFEAT. ‘The fact that Gov. Pound, of Wisconsin, in an interview yesterday, sald that he thought the impending Presidential contest would be a solld south against a solid north except Maine, has created a good deal of comment. The fact is that in Maine the situation is just this: The republican party has been in an actual minor- ity at each of the last two annual elections. In years, however, the democratic and green- back vote was divided between two candidates; so it happened that while the greenbackers and democrats together polled an actual ma- jority of all the votes cast, no single can- didate received a majority of the votes, and under the laws of Maine, the election of a and state officers was thrown into the legisiatul both years. Two yearsago the democrats controlled the legislature and élected Garcelon, a democrat, as governor, and the other State offices were divided between the demo crats and greenbackers, Last fall the repub- licans turned the tables and secured contro} of the legislature through a decision of the supreme court, after a long and des- rate fight, the details of which are well nown. The contest in Maine last year was the most exciting ever held in that state. Senator Biaine’s personal interests and Presidential ambitions were at stake, and he Ubrew into the campaign all the ability and zeal of which he is possessed. It was vital to his Presidential aspiration that he should be able to go to Chicago, not only with the vote of Maine behind him, but with the evidence of his ability to carry Maine for the Republican party. Under his lead and direction the strong- est possible fight was made to carry Maine for the os geen party last os gris But in Spite of these efforts the republicans came out of the contest again in an actual minority of about one thousand votes, the total vote polled by the republicans last fall being1n round umbers 68,000, while the combined democratic and greenback vote was 69,000, In 1873 the ac- tual Ininority of the republican party was much greater. ‘The republican vote in 1878 footed up 56,518, while the combined greenback and demo- cratic vote footed up 69,276, so that the actual majority of the combined’ opposition vote for the state ticket was 12,758, while, as heretofore Stated, the opposition succeeded in carrying a majority of the legislative districts. This year, the democratic and greenback voters in Maine have already (lecided to work together and not lose the state as they did last fall by dividing their strength. ‘The fusion has already been effected, not only for the state election, which comes in Septem- ber, but also for the presidential election in No- vember. No attempt has been made to conceal the basis of the agreement, which is as fol- lows: The democrats have agreed to unite with the greenbackers in suppcrting as the fusion candidate for governor, General Plaisted, who 1s an ex-republican Con; man from Maine, and who was a Fer Union officer during the war. Heleft the republican party two years ago and joined the greenbackers; is one of the most popular men in the state; is entirely acceptable to the democratic as well as to the greenback leaders, aad will undoubtedly Boe the full democratic and green- back vote. He ts stt!lagreenbacker, and his election would be more of a greenback than democratic victory. AS an offset, however, to the agreement with the democrats to support Gen. Piaisted, the B stemecpirpeis have agreed to support a fusion electoral ticket in November, that is to say, a ticket made up of part demo- eratic and part greenback electors, and have further agreed that if the democrats and green- backers together shall secure a majority of the legislature, as ae did in 1878, they (the greenbackers) will join with the demo- crats and elect a the U. 8. Senate to succeed Senator Hamlin, whose term expires next March. In other words, if the demoeratte-greenback programme in Maine is carried out sucessfully, the greenbackers will bave the next [saben and four greenback electors, and the democrats wili have three Presidential electors and a U.S. Senator, From. this statement of the situation it is easy to see that there is some reason for the doubt ex pressed by Gov. Pound as to Maine bet: ried by the republicans in’November. While Senator Blaine will undoubtedly do all that he can to carry Maine, it is hardly possible that he and his ‘colleagues can do more than the; did last September, and ft ts 0} ‘natural presume that he will not feel called upon to do more, even if It were ible, for Gen. Garfield Uhis fall than he did for nlmselt last fall, If the nbackers and democrats therefore can hold their own, the chances are that their combined vote this year will be as it has been for two years |e greater than the republican vote: andif itis rae Mae this year the republicans will BOUND TO Ger MaRkimp.—Charles Haskett, aged 1s, and Mary Ovelhoisen, aged 16, both pemners of prominent families in Palestine, 1. desired to get married. ‘Their parents refused consent, them too young. Then the children elo} They were over- en teken and prevented The they escaped and drove h a blinding Storm to Sullivan county, away, and were about of marry, recelved @ dispatch from their that if they were go determined they haa better return home and marry Fespoctably. They did ‘So, and are now man and wife, Scppen D: —} nent de EATH.—Mr. Geo, W. ora former! | The Appropriation for Street Work im the District, As there seems to be some misunderstanding as to the amount appropriated by Congress for street improvements and repairs in this District the present fiscal year we reprint from the act making appropriations to provide for the ex- penses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, and for other pul , approved June 4, issv, the following paragraph, headed: ** For improvements and repairs:” “For repairs to concrete pavements, $75,000; for work on New York avenue intercepting sewer, $25,000, to be immediately avatlable; for Boundary street au: iiary sewer, $100,000; for lateral sewers, $15,009: for work on sundry avenues and streets, and replacing of pavements on streets named in ap- pendix P numbered 10 and 11, annexed to the Teport of the Commissioners of the District for 1879, eo schedules of streets requiring im- mediate attention), $300,000; for materials tor permit work, $20,000; for work on Canal to deep ‘water on river front, $18,600; for repairing and macadamiziag 7th street road, $15,000; for sur- veys of the District of Columbia with reference to the future extension of various avenues to the District line, $5,000; in all, $576,600,” ‘There are separate specific’ appropriations tn the bill for public schools and all other purposes estimated for by the District Commissioners, The Inter-Oceanic Ship Canal. We are enabled to lay before the readers of ‘THE Star the following summary of the results obtained through the recent visit of Mr. Meno- cal to Nicaragua:—Through the diversion into Lake Nicaragua, of the head waters of the Rio Grande, now falling into the Pacific, an excellent surface drainage is secured and the Lajas route will be substituted for the line of the canal tn. stead of the Rio del Medio route. This will duce the estimate for labor $3,000,000. It was found that from the mouth of the San Carlos river, on the Atlantic slope, and falling into th San Juan river, the canal can be excavated al- most in a direct line to Greytown, a distance of thirty-five miles. This shortens the canal as originally located, seven miles without Increas- Ing thedepth of the cuttings and reduces the estimate 34,000,000. An examination of the lo- cality shows the probability that one dam across the San Juan river of fifty-three feet in height will be made above the mouth of the San Carlos. The effect will be to make an un- interrupted navigation of the river San Juan to peded_ navigation, of thirty-five miles, and on the west coast of Seventeen miles, having seven lift locks on each of fifteen feet anda Ude lock of nine feet at Brito. The estimated cost approximately as thus improved in location will not exceed $45,000,000, exclusive of confingent expenses for surveys, supervision of labor and interest on money, and as an offset’ the concession granted by the government of Nicaragua contains granis a poe thousand square miles of valuabte jan Political Notes. The wicked democratic papers say that Blaine and Cameron went to the Virginia springs to get the crow out of their system. Judge Black telegraphs from London to the New York World that he is not the author of Gen. Hancock letters or orders concerning Louisiana, and knew nothing of them until they were printed. Hon. W. S. Stenger has withdrawn his name as acandidate for the Congressional nomina- tion in the 1sth Pennsylvania district. It is thought he has Senatorial aspirations, which he eta be injured by running for the It will not be a wise act In Gen. Hancock to resign his major generalship in the army.— Washington Post. According to the Boston Herald, Mr. Blaine’s friends, who expected him home to start the Maine campaign last week, are a little uneasy that he sfill tarries in Virginia. Senator Brown, of Ga., informs his democratic friends that he cannot take the stump in th: state for an active canvass, as his business de- mands his attention, and, besides, his throat is sore. This is the sort of thing a good man democrats feared at the time Mr. s} appointed Senator. . Congressman Kelley, of Pa., admits that Gar- field isprotectionist enough for him, which is pretty good evidence that he will be good enough for everybody else. The truth is, Gen. Hancock’s orders and let- ters all emanated from himself, with the assist- ance of a most accomplished secretary, the chief of hfs staff, a gentleman of thorough knowledge of law and government.—N, 0, Dein ocrat (Dem.) Tne Boston Herald makes a strong appeal to the republicans of the sth Massachusetts dis- trict, now represented by Mr. Bowman, to send Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge to Congress.” It con- Siders him one of the best ana most accomplishi- ed men in political life im the state. Ex-Governor Hendricks denies that his terms with candidate English are anything but Pleasant. General Chester A. Arthur has declined a dinner tendered to him by the members of the Union League of New York. ig the experiment in DR. TANNER, who is ti New York of fasting 40 days, entered yesterday on his 10th day. condition last night was wonsidered favorable. His pulse was normal, ‘and temperature 95 to 99, THE FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.—Henry Lane ot Elizabeth, Jll., was instantly killed by lMght- ae jast’ Friday afternoon while standing under a tree during the prevalence of astorm in that section. His shirt was erpoed trom ‘his person and torn in sheds, and his hat burned almost to a crisp. Oneof his legs was blackened below the knee, his nose badly bi and his right cheek punctured in several places, blood oozing from the fine holes made by the fluld. Strange to relate, the tree under which young Lane was cope bore but slight evidence of having been struck. A Sap AFFaIn.—Near Wilmington, Del., early Tuesday morning, Jacob Hij a farmer, arose and dressed himself, but Ing taken witha fainting spell fell to the floor. His wife hur- riedly jumped out of bed and ran to his aid, falling down In her haste and breaking one of her legs below the knee. Hipple failed to re- vive and died a few hours later. ‘THE DEATH- WATCH AGAIN SET OveR Cox.—For @ second time the death-watch was set yester- day over Chastine Cox, who 1s sentenced to be hanged a week from next Friday. The sheriff is now responsible for Cox, and nothing can reach him except through the deputies on duty before his cell. Deputies Gibbons and Ahrens Went on yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, and remained till 6 at night. Each deputy will serve twenty-four hours.—N. ¥. World, 7th, MORE VicTIMs OF THE Toy PIsToL.—At Ellza. beth. N. J., Johnny Coleman, ten, acci- dentally shot and killed himself Tuesday with a toy pistol. A young man named Stober, resid- ing at Steelton, Pa., some days ago shot himself in the hand with a toy pistol, the wad enterin, the flesh deeply. He was given careful attention, and the wad In due time work ecently, however, lockjaw set in, and young Stover's condition is_rey as serious, the physicians having grave doubts as to his re- covery. HAYDEN TO BE INVESTIGATED AGAIN.—GOv. Andrews, of Conn., in difference to a letter from Chief Justice Clark, urging a retrial of Rev. H. H. Hayden for the murder of Mary 8' has appointed a special detective to make a new and exhaustive investigation of the case. Tue Bopy of Shindle Goben Young, a tele- ann operator, was found in the river,.below weontines Rho There was a wound in his 2, and it is supposed he had been foully dealt with. ‘Two Youne Rowviss in Pittsburg robbed a reet peanut stand, and tn doing so upset a on the little girl who was in charge, burn- er SO that she died. AS Pennsylvania has a similar to that under which Chastine Cox was convicted in New York, by which hom- leldae incidental to robbery is murder the pee cruroo) Cnet Ve fellows are in danger of B. SrREPLECHASE Racing has been introduced as a military exercife of the Italian cavalry. The ‘ana were ‘susoeeetul ithe (prizes were tributed by the Duchess of Gent royal tammy, Temarkable for their names— « Grasshopper,” “Broom,” and the like. ‘Monxy oR BLoop.—Near Buffalo, N. Y., Wed- nesday, Michael Woolen, = canal-boat “ariver, Riterty with a razor and us ow: a fer au im ss throat Telegrams to The Star. | THE GULNARE DISABLED. COLONEL PELTON DFAD. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. GEN. GRANT IN LAS VEGAS. MAYOR KALLOCH’S LIBEL SUIT, TIE IRISH TROUBLES. ——— ees LORILLARD’S IROQUOIS A WIN ER. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Czar’s Yacht iched. Guascow, July 8.—The Czar’s yacht, Livadia, Was successfully launched yesterday at John Elder « Co.'s ship yard in the presence of the Grand Duke Alexis, Prince Lobanoff, the Rus- sian Ambassador to England, Admiral Popoft, the designer of the yacht and several thousand Spectators. Three Greek priests performed ser- vice aboard the yacht and afterwards sprinkled the vessel with holy water. The duchess of Hamilton performed the ceremony of christen- ing the vessel. Bertholdis’ Statue of Liberty. Panis, July 8.—At the banquet of the commit- tee of the Franco- American union last night, in celebration of the official notification to the United States of the assured completion of Bertholdis’ statue of Liberty to be erected in the harbor of New York, M. Lobaulaye, who speed Stated that the statue would certainly erected by 1883, the centenary of the Ver- Sailles treaty of peace between England and America and the year of the international ex- hibition in New York city. The New A esty Bill in France. Panis, July S—The new amnesty bill voted by the chamber of deputies yesterday, consists of a single clause, a8 follows: “A amnestied.” As the government intends to par: don ail without exception, this bill is the same in €ffect as the one the senate rejected. ‘The Irish Fisheries Bull. Lowpon, July §.—In the house of commons last evening in the debate on Mr. Eugene Col- lins’ bill granting a loan of thirty thousand pounds for the Irish tisheries, Mr. Parnell said if the Irish had their own parliament they would find no difficulty in obtaining this kind of assistance. It was the duty of the British parliament to see that they were not Ina worse position by its refusal of home rule. The Parliamentary Struggle Over the Irish Bill, Lonpon, July S.—The Dublin correspondent ot the 7imes says: The Opponents of the compen- sation for disturbance in Ireland bill do not in- tend to abandon the struggle. They believe that the house of commons and the country are likely to be misled by the statement that the bill is limited in its range, while the truth fs ‘Uat the measure will cover three-fourths of the country. Numerously signed petitions against the passage of the bill—including the signatures of advanced liberals—have been sent all over the country. The Irish Agitation. Lonnon, July 8.—The Dublin correspondent of the Times says: There can be no doubt that Fenianism is engrafted on the land agitation, and imparts to it its most effective organiza- ton and formidable character. It is impossible for those who reside in the west not to feel alarmed at the signs of danger which are plain- ly visible. There is no reason to doubt that many of the peasantry have been trained to move in military order and understand how to act together as disciplined bodies, and that every opportunity is taken to collect aris. The London correspondent of the Edinburgh Scotsman Says he hears that the government has receive information from Ireland that unless the compensation for disturbance in Ire- land bill is passed public tranquility will be endangered. It is said that a number of peers are anxious to substitute for the bill a measure extending the Ulster tenant-right system to the distressed districts. A Dublin dispatch to the Tiss says:—“The opponents of the bill belleve that if its true character was understood by the people of England it would never be allowed to pass, and that all that is required is a little time in order toenable them to fully expose it. They say that the natural inference that it is only intended to apply to a few districts where there 1s extreme dist and to afew landlords of a very hard type whose powers of eviction every good man should desire tocheck. The fact that the scheduled districts comprise over eleven million acres of land while there are only twenty million acres in the whole country shows that the bill is far more sweeping than might be supposed from the statement of Mr. Forster, chief secretary of Ireland. Although only seventeen counties are named in the Schedule other counties may be partially brought within its operation, for the poor law unions in many instances overlay adjoining counties. The bill is also felt to be peculiarly hard upon small struggling landlords who have to deal with tenants whom it is meant to pro- tect. It will reduce many of these landlords to indigence. Those who have given the most and lost the most by bad times and bad tenants will suffer most severely, while the class whom it 1s intended to restrain, namely, the tron handed, who have used the utmost pressure to extract rents, can afford to walt until the fetter which the act puts upon them is removed. They will then go to work with vengeance upon defaulters. The land committee, who have been for some time organizing for the defence of the landlords, are working strenuously to enlist public opinion against the bill, and it is contem- plated to give expression to their feelings by a public manifestation.” The Attitude of Turkey Unsettlin: the Eurepean Moncey Markets. Lonpon, July $.—There was a semi-panic on the Berlin and Paris bourses yesterday, owing to the uneasy feeling in regard to the attitude of the Porte, The Bend Or and Tadcaster Muddle. Lonpon, July S.—The Sportsman this morn- ing says: At the meeting of the stewards of the Jockey Club, yesterday, the Duke of West- minster and the owners of Robert. the Devil, were also ea The Duke of Westminster produced hi poets Stud book, and its perusal Showed it tohave been most irregularly kept. The question is still in abeyance, as the-stew- ards require the presence of the Duke's stud room before deciding the matter, though what, is Written in the stud book Ing the mark- ing of Bend Or and Tadcaster when they were foals certainly favors the idea of a mix having resulted, yet the weight of the evidence or other Temes sbows that the alleged mistake has not n made. Porte Hesita The tes. i Lonpox, July .—A Pera dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says: Great hesitation still prevails in the counsels of the Porte in to its at- Utude in view of the conference ms, War, Famine and Pestilence, A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Times says: Golos its voice in view of the Chinese difficulty to point to the sad condition of the country and how much worse tt will be- come in the event of another war, dem: drain upon its exhausted retarding vee int ee press, has, for sever full Plaints of ravages by locusts, Illes, beetles and unger and poverty Soe, the rapid increase in the prices of increase of the cattle plague, of disease, etc. Lorillard’s Iroquois Wins the Ches- terfield Stakes. Loxpon, July 8.—The race for the Chesterfield stakes for 2-years old colts and fillies came at New Market ae THE GULNARE AT ST. JOHN'S. She Has to Lay Up 2 Fortnight for Repairs to Her Boiler and Ma- chinvery. = AEN ORR, st fst. John’s this morning by the tag y. The voyage of the Gulnare over the Irst stage of her proposed cruise is almost completely uneventiul. Her boller snowed Symptoms of weakness shortly after leaving Washington, and gradually the polar steamer hed to rely on her sails for her propelling power. The fire boxes completely collapsed, and the prudential course of taking the steani off the whole machinery was adopted without hesitation. The shtp’s company are all in good health and spirits, and anticipate eventual success. It ts probable that at least a fortnight will be required to put the engine depariment of the Gulnare In good, reliable condition, and it is fortunate that there were ample facilities in St. John’s to supply ali the steamer’s re- quirements.” NEW YORK NOTES, Death of Col, Pelton. NEw York, July S—Col_Pe.ton, nephew ot ex-Gov. Tilden, died at the Everett house this morning. Injunction Served on the Police ard. The police board was served this morning with a temporary Injunction, issued by Judge Van Haesen, restraining members from ofMi- clally recognizing Gen. Smith in place of Coi- missioner Voorhis. The board 15 required to show canse on the 15th instant why the tnjune- tion should not be made permanent. ‘The effect of the injunction will be to leave matters just as they were before Gen. Smith’s demand for bis seat, Commissioner Voorhis holding and ex- ercising the duties of the office, In Wrongtul Possession of $87,000 Worth of Bonds, Lawrence R. Jerome, jr., and Edward M, Patchell Charged with being in possession of railroad securities valued at. $37,000 belonging to Brayton Ives & Co., of Wall street, alleged to have been Icst by a messenger on Jilly Sd were arraigned at the Tombs to-day. James Wal Jace made affidavit that Jerome on July 6th told him that he (Jerome) expected to be rich he had found bonds Valued at $100,000. 1 for the accused claimed to have good ce, and demanded examination which was AGRATIONS rned at Tyrone, fire broke out here at # o'clock this morning, which destroyed about thirty buildings, including all the banks, the opera house and the postoftice. The fire is now under control. ‘The loss is estimated at $159,000, and the Insurance about $30,000, dred and Thirty Thousand jar Fire in New England. TON, July s. dispatch from East Doug- Says the loss by the fire last night at Lee Muricck’s mill and storehouse will reach 130,000, Paruly covered by insurance. The cause Was a hot box onthe main shaft. One tenement house was burned. The loss on the buildings was $50,000, on the machinery $16,000, and on shoddy and rags between 360.000 and 75,000, The mill property was owned by the Douglass Woolen Company, the shoddy and rags by Henry T. Wing & Co., of Boston; Ca- pron & Haywood, of Uxbridge, and Taft, Mc- Keen « Co., of Caryville. Reported Destruction of a Cuban Village. A letter from Havana, Gated July 3d. says: A commercial house of this city has recet’ areport from Manzantllo that the village of Guisa had been destroyed by fire. without mentioning, however, the origin ofthe fire. Guisa Mes in the neighborhood of Yara, in the jurisdiction of Manzanillo, where the insurgent chief, Calixto Garcia, !s at pres- ent with bis band. Upon inquiry of the gov. ernment ofictals it was said no advice of such a disaster had been received. General Grant in New Mexico. DENVER, COL, July 7.—The Tribune's Las Vegas special says:—“Gen. Grant and party ere at 10 o’elock this morning, and were met at the di by a very pa and en- thusiastic crowd. The General made a short aye To-night a banquet will be given TYRONE, Pa. New York, July s ———_ Wall Street To-day. NEw York, July 8.—The Post's financial arti- clesays: The demand for striclly investment securities continues large, and it is encouraged 50 far as railroad investments are concerned by the profitable business of the le: ratiroads. The share speculation opened weak and with occasional reactions has so continued, the de. cline being led by Milwaukee and St. Paul, Chi- cago and Northwest and kindred stocks, all of which have fallen on crop information. The decline in these stocks has had adepressing effect on the remainder of the list, and the re- sult is a lower market for the whole list. Gov- ernment bonds are strong, with the 4's 10S\a 108>,. ‘The money market continues extremely easy at 2a3 per cent for call loans, 2a3 per cent for ume loans, and 3a4 per cent for prime mer- cantile paper. The Markets. BALTIMO! July 8.—Virwinia sixes, deferred, 634; do. consols, 57 second series. 2: 415, BALTIMORE, July 8.—Cotton fairly sctive— middling, 11 13-16." Flour steady and without change. "Wheat, southern steady and active; a ber, 1.22a1.16: Bo. 7 ie and. July, 1-12%a1 19%: Auwust, ‘LO9%al.00M: Sep- tember, 1.09%¢ ed. Gorn, southern firmer; western hicbher and quiet—southern white, 57: d yellow, 53; western mixed, Sigh 60 caeo 7s: J d49hagd%: “August, 4939050. Oats steady and un He dll 60. "Hay unchanged. Provisions excited a nnee' 1, war ndercy—mess 14.00. Bulk meats—loose shoulders and. clear ib Beconshoviders® 0; “seat neste tig aoe -con— U m q Iiyaldis. Lardy 84." Butter, stenty , BX. ter stesdy—prit choice western packed, 123% ‘emer, all Petroleum unchanged.’ Coffee unc! Saw ROG AS Ay Eaneenay canal ane ad Ntentte Meat, 159,301 “phen corn, Se! i shipment eat or fy 4 i, ain) bushels. “Sa'cs—wheat, 644,90) buehela, ‘eiru, 134, 200 bushel: m.—Erie, 41%: a>. rm el LONDON, July 8, 12:30 Pp. secand console, 91. Atlantic and Great Weste second mortgaze trustees’ certificates, 29. Penn- syivania Oentral, 65%. “Ieading. 8%." New York _ LONDON, July &, 3:30 p. m.—Consols, 987-16 ivr money and 98 9-16 for the account. Erie, July 8, 4 IN, m.—U. 8. bonds, new ai eaaine, 8 “a July 8 —Stocks weak and lower. Mor ey, 2a3. Exchange, iong, 484; short, 4864. Governments steady. NEW YORK, July 8.—Flour firm and quiet. ‘Wheat firm. Corn firm. TROUBLE IN THE COAL TRADE.—The operators of the George’s Creek and Cumberland coal re- gion have united in an address to the miners, calling their attention to the necessity for a re- duction of wages in order to compete with the operators of the Clearfield region who recently resumed at lower rates of pay. They ask that the men consent to a reduction to 50 cents per Cumberland News, commenting on frank to say the companies can much longer run. do not ele! to speak for them, but we have to ‘say they will be compelled to cannot It the cost of production of Jem, b CADRE nna wee samo lived ‘with his son (who isa salesman in’ edd furniture store) at No. 422 west dist rie anes, " cubes ang “3 iT SEVE son’s family H the dawn of the 4th drank some of man Gi with flrewotks, and Mr. Rielew ‘the beer. He had been a temperance al : i ne H i i EH FI | ge sit i i i i t a ido. 4 do. part one compere, 84%; do. new ten-forties, | THE PRILADELPHIA REGATTA. After our eo report from the Schuyl- Kill regatta cl yesterday, the followli events came off: In the fourth "heat for sunlOr a tied the starters were R. ‘alisades, of Yonkers; P. Dem hia, Fairmounts, and V ‘y, lonmouths, of Red Ban’ J. The race was with Jackson from the start, and was won in 944%: Dempsey a coaple of Jongtns behind. The fifth heat of the juntor single sculls tol. lowed. There were four entries—A. Glgues, Wyandotte, Mich.; James Harris, New Orleans’ | and James Fox, Shawmut, Boston. | the race all his Own Way, Winning in ia:b44, | Then came the stxth heat for juaior seullera, } and H. K. Leonard, Watkins, N. | tng, P. McManus, Metropoitta: pulled over the course alene. ‘The first heat for double sculls, which fol- lowed, proved to be quite an exetting ¢ ‘The entries were Vesper, of Puliadelphii S. Jamesand H. A. Renner, Mutaat er J. Collen and Ch The boats er, and for nearly a mile hh other, Then the Paw. ahead, followed by hoe-wWae-Cac-mettes nsiderabiy in the rear, In this way they crossed the line, amid consid. erable excitement among the crowds gathered the on the grand stand and aleng the sip The Pawtucket won ins:5s4. Then followed the second beat of the double sculls The starters were Wab-wah-sums, of Saginaw, Mich., Birney Tepham and Hanford Top- ham; Hartfords, Thomas Helid, jr, and li. T, Grant, ‘The race was close for several hundred yards, when the Saginaws spurted | and shot in several lengths ahead. Time, Wah-wah-sums, 9:30%,. ‘The next race was for college singles, with the following entries: J. A, | Powers, Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute; ALL. | Hall, Harvard University; J.A. Deveraux, Prince. ‘ton College. The contest was one of the most exelting of the day. Deveraux took water first, | and shot ahead, but had not gone far before | Hall overtock and passed him. He kept the lead | for about a quarter of a mile, when Deveraux | shot ahead and held the lead for several huadrs | yards, when Hall ag: ni tothe fore, S: | they continued, with Powers in the rear, until | they got near tint wers Woke | up with a sudd fd pushed Hall very hard. Hall was hugging the east shore, and i: Powers had turned his boat in the same direc tion he would have cut Hall off so that he coull not have gone by him. Hall came in the winne: In 10:10%,, hardiy half a length ahead of Po! Deveraus stopped The last contest v to have been bet fours for the a reka cup. YS failed to put tn and the Pennsylvania Ualverst the course alone, ‘T BOATING NOTES. The Potomac Club will hold their annual re- gatta abo 2th of thismonth. The regatta j Will tnelu between single, double and four oared shells, Working boats and a barge race. The course will be one mile and retarn— up the river to the Three Sisters and back. It is the Intention of the racing committee to make Uhis the most successful regatta yet held. After | the races the guests of the clu will be conv ed to Potomac Landing, the up river resort the club, Where an open air concert will be given, ‘The Landing wil be handsomely illu | tninated and the pavilion of the ciud reserved for dancing... will likely be a race here next fail between assaus and the Potomacs. The former say tl ail, and the latter are ready. Tie race will come om Sometime in September....When the news of the Potomac’s success at Fredericksburg was received at thelr boathouse ere, the flag was hauled down anda broom ran upto the mast- Lead. BASE Baul. ‘Tye Albanys and Nationals played In Albany | yesterday. It was the Albanys they | having disbanded a days ago. The score was 6to3in the Nationals It ts stated that an effort is being made in Albany to form a new club....The Douglass and Keystone | Clubs (colored) played a game of Dall on the | National ground yesterday afternoon, Score— Douglass ¢, Keystone 6. SPORTING NOTES. A game of cricket has been begun at_ Toronto between a local club and the American club from Philadelphia, with the advantage largely in favor of the Americans. Knight Templar won the 3, mile dash at Do- ‘troit yesterday tn 1:144,, the fastest time ever recorded. Bancroft and Harry Bishop won the other races. At the Chester Park (Cincinnati) races yester- day Dream won the 2:25 race and Billy Scott the 3. The race for the Mid-summer stakes was run re market yesterday and was won by Cip- lata. The American rifle team have left Dublin for Wimbledon. ‘The Virginia Headjusters’ Conven- tion. THE PLATFORM AND ELRCTORAL TICKET. The Virginia readjusters’ state conveation met in Richmond yesterday, and was called to order by Gen. Wia. Mahone, chairman of the state executive committee, who made a brief speech, counseling harmony and wisdom tn the Geliberations. He then nominated Col. H. H. Riddleberger, of Shenandoah, as temporary call of the roil showed repre- chairman. sentatives present from all the counties and cities in the state, except the counties of Northumberland and Page and the city of Dan ville, the delegates numbering nearly six hun- dred, including about 40 colored persons. After | & recess, the committee on permanent organl- zation recommended Col Abraham Fulkerson, of Washington county, as permanent president, Together with a list of vice presidents, and P. H. McCaull, of Palaskt, as secretary; adopted. ‘The committee on business, platform and reso- | lutions was then appoin At 5 p.m. the convention was a at length by State Senator John Paul, of Rockinghaiai, Qn | Capt. Frank 8. Blair, of Wytne, Who criti- cised the funders in scathing terms. At the conclusion of these speeches Col. 8. D, Groner, ined Sop pyees the committee on reso- lutions, reported a platform urging the promo- tion of ‘the welfare and malutenance Of the equal rights of all the people of the state; reas- serting the right of the people to control the revenues; demanding the honest application of constitutional grants to the education of the children of the people, a fostering policy towards public schoois, &c. The sixth resolution asseris Unat while looking to the maintenance of the Principles and accomplishments of the local objects set forth as superior to all other con- siderations, there are reasons both of duty and policy why the readjusters’ organization should control the voice of state and national affairs, and that is important to the successful issue of Uhe contest of Issi for supremacy in this com- monwealth that unis convention shoul nomt- nate a full Ucket of ¢lectors, and that the pariy if the séveral districts nomi- nate Candidates for Con, and believe that the objecis hitherto declared’ and the Interests Of all people of Virginia are to be best subseryed by the election of Hancock and English to the presidency and vice presidency; therefore, it ts further déclared that the electoral tcket _homt- hated by this convention is instructed in behalf of those Candidates, and that they are cordially commended to the earnest support of the read- Juster organization of Virginia. ‘The foliowing electoral ticket was then chosen’ Electors-at-large, Col. Wm. E. Cameron, of Pe- tersburg, and Col. H. H. Riddleberger, 0’ Shen- andoah district. District electors—First, Rob- ert M. Mayo; second, Vol Wm. Lamb; Capt. John’s. Wise: fourth, F. Wim, Powell; sixth, Col Wyatt seventh, 8. B. Allen; eighth, 5. N. ninth, Jos. ©. Taylor. taken for one hour. Als o'clock a recess was When the convention re- aseembled a motion was made to reconsider the vote by which the electoral ticket recommended the business committee had been ac This gave rise to an excited and lengthy debate, in which the republican delegates took an active part, saying they wished to be left free to vote as they pl for President and Vice Presi- dent, and that if republicans were ignored the Teadjuster party would go down. Without ac- tion on the motion to reconsider, the conven- tion, at 11:56 adjournea Rev. Lioyp MorGan, a young Baptist minister, boarded with Deacon Sayder at Lo- Pa. The fact that the clergyman Was every night locked in his reom by the dea- tet him out) caused great deal of cur a Neither of the work as ee hue dismissed from the churse” A Bank CASHIER ARRAIGNED,—In the U. 8 district court at Trenton, N. J., yesterday, Jas. A. Hedden, ex-cashler of the broken First Na- tonal bank, of Newark, N. J., was arraigned upon the t6indictments ‘found’ against him by Ube last ry. He “not ° ~ _ xed = 000, His chal wit residence and, after a brief con’ shot her the testimony of ak eye witness to the the Mexican was convicted and The whole affair was carried out in a ‘qiiet and orderly Gux. Baby Surrn, removed from the ofice Commissioner in New Tork by, Mayor fy at reineteted crowa of politicine Cg of the ‘The newspapers far