Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1880, Page 1

ai e "THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sanday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Ponzsylvanis Avenue, Oorner lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Comvany. GEORGE W. ADAMS, Prev’. is served to aubserfbersinth ey canine: Seatbelts own account, st 10 cents ta per month. Copies at the Ber ratth conta tect. By soall-spontare td 18 secon EERLY STAR—| on Fridsy—62 a al catego Prepaid ace months, $1; 10 copies btn eat eenscrsecone, must be Pee a. ance: 2 paper sent longer than 0 paid f-_,, Hates of sdvertising made KNOWD OD” oriisation. ELIE Vor. 56—N®. 8,507. ac reeiaaieesieeseescnaesinentieennstiemaiioensseecienereceeeeera + . WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 12, 1880. SPECIAL NsTICES AN ADJOUGNED STATED } the MFDICAL SOCIETY, D. ©. ys WEDNESDAY, Juiy 4th, at 5 0’ LOUIS MAUR ALL, Ja. MD., Pre HA. KLETNSOHMIOT, M.D. Secretary. 2-3 [Bost coy BERS OF HIBERNIA SO- will meet at their Hall TUES- 18th, at $ o'clock, in revaia, ‘alof Brother Patrick Hickry, By order. LY, Secretary. js) Gonyoration of LA- HAPTER, No. 5. will be nic Temple on ‘TUESDAY, 13th in- leek p.m Members are earnestly re- Companions of Sister Chapters ETING will ba ido HP. BLAKEULOCK, Secretary- $ AND BUILDING AS- third monthly meeting of the fifth series wil} be held _WEDNESDA} Lith instant. 8 p.m., Hall No. 613 7th st-, opposite Persone wisbisg for stock i A wm ehouia he at once, before the mnt ARDS, President. nd Treasurer. feces by the use of Soaps aduiterated with Marble Dnst, Silex, Tale, Soap- stone, Mineral White, Dryers, ¢ -. Sad ask cur grocer for WEAVER, RENGL Go. UNCNDEY SOAP. Every barand cake is branded , ‘arranted to be th the name of t te made from pure Refined Jal and Vewetable Gils, apd to be free from all adu'terations. jy22-3m EASTERN BUILDING ASSOOIATION | 3, OxGaxizep Apart. 7, 1880. | ug ot this Associa es, will be held at Odd F: on TUESDAY EVENING, | GEO. W. McKE®, Sec. NEW BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—The nonthiy nie munly hice | WESTERN BUILDING AS3OUIATIO: 1d its fourth monthly mestiny for the recev- ilson’s Hal, onth. fy10-st W. H Hec., 2131 H st. now. S~ OFFICE OF THE COMMISSTONERS OF THE DISTRIOT OF COLUMBIA. WasHINGTON, July 6, 1889. REMOVAL OF BODIES FROM HOLMEAD - EOF GETERY: Whereas in the Sundry June 4, 2880, 21 t n ceme- ke known their are request | | | Wishes as to the dis | | Miaxghn are WasniNaTon, June 29, 1880. OFFICE Ss Netice is hereby wiven that the Annual Meetine of Stockholders, f for, the election of SEVEN DI- BECTOES of this Company, will be heid at this | gfce on WEDNESDAY, July 1th. ‘The poile will Seeeen tron es pea. ne. July paid st the National P wiits, July Dividend wilt te! pald at the Na jetropelitan Bank on and fier the 1st of July. se J. W. THOMPSON, President. WM. W. MOORE, Sec'y and Treas! Je29 2a* THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE ANACOSTIA AND POTOMAC BIVER R. R. OO. will be held at the cfice of the Gompang. in Uniontown, MON- DAY, July 12, 1880, for the pur of electing serve Bine directors to serve for the year. Polls rom 2 o’elock un! p.m. cee eee W. GUINAND, President. H. A. GRISWOLD, Secretary. Je25-15t (>> NEW STEAM CARPET CLEANING, and Farniture, Lambrequin and Curtain Reno- Dealers “All moth dostrogest without in}izy t9 tae U moth destroyed without injuri ealers me yer wil ah finest fabric Send your orders to ket Space. NAIUBAL M Bethesda, Bedford. Biue Lick, Conzreas, Deep Rock, Burlale, Lithia, Rockride Alum, Geyser, Hathorn, Gettysburg, | Friedrickshall, "Hunyadi 08, ins, maiphur. ante APPOMBATETUBURN'S PHARMACY, fel9 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. ives & HUTCHINSON, 317 Ninth street, Have added to their line of MANTELS, and now show HAND-PAINTED WORK by artisia of well- | established local reputation: also WOUD MARBLE- IZING in new and chase desicns. FURNACES, RANGES and GRATES. TIN ROOFING, &c. Give EsPEc tention to MODERNIZING and VENTILATING badly constructed plumbing in city dwellings. mar: P As ON DECK | With a complete Stock of the VERY BEST GOODS | that can possibly be pre prices that embarra=« oar our customers to rejoice. ed inourline, and st mapetitors aid cause | feature of our stock Just at thistime ig a | NEW JAPAN TEA, Datura! pickings, Wor ~~ af (nncolored.) It ia of the first ‘May | * ands pronounced by all who have tried it to be “the most delicious article of Tea they have | ever used." Another attractive feature of our stock to-day is | | AN UNUSUALLY CHOICE ARTICLE OF | GOSHEN BUTTER. | Telephonie connections. | i —— | ELPHONZO YOUNGS, 504 9th street, bet. E and F. (WHITE FRONT.) 10 TEN 10 PER CENT REDUCTION * marked price of all SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING FOR THE BALANCE OF THE SLASON, ar THE “FAMOUS, No. £00 7th st n.w., corner D, PEAR IN MIND THAT 10 PER CENT DIg- COUNT FROM OUR MARKED PRICES Ig EQUAL TO 25 PER CENT REDUCTION From TBE PRICES OF ANY OTHER ESTABLISH. MENT. ay9ias WAnrzD THE OLE WORLD TO KNOW We eel! ‘BbunICH'S BEER at § cents STOVE PIPE, and 50 cents per GALLON. Also GENUINE CABINET WHISRY, 63.90 gal- = -~ E. C. KNIGHT, ay8-68° I9th and M sts. a. Ww, THE EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RecerrTs TO-pAy.—Internal Tevenue, $736,947.31; customs, $655,492.77, Foc. Ports.—The marine hospital service has received information from Cadiz, Spain, that by decrees imports from Para, Brazil, the republic of Venzuela,, U.S. of Colombia, Rio de Janetro, West Indies, Gulanna, Costa Rica and ris on the Gulf of Mexico, are declared foul from the ist of May last to the 39th of Septem- ber next. No SPECI ELECTION DEPUTIES IN THE SOUTH. Attorney General Devens has practically de- cided that he will not authorize the appoint- ment of any special election deputies tn the south for the next election except, perhaps, in Virginia. He rds it as impossible to secur fairness Im the elections {n those states and doe « not think the appointment of special deputies would do any cood. It fs safe to say that unles: ‘specially called upon by the republicans in the south he will not authorize the appointment of such deputies. There is no money to pay such officials for duty in any part of the country. ‘Those appointed will have to look for their pay- ment elsewhere than to the government. NavaL ORprRS. —Lieut.-Commander 8. H. Baker to duty at the naval academy 3ist inst. | Lieut. W. L. Field to duty on the Asiatic station per steamer of August 17th from San Franctseo. Lieut, M. M. S. Mackenzie from the naval acad- emy on the 31st inst, and placed on waiting orders. Lieut. S. W. Terry from the naval academy and regarded as on leave of absence. EXPENSES GREATER THAN REcErIrtTs.—It is a fact that for some days the Tre: ry disburse- ments have exceeded the daily receipts, and | that there has been a draft upon the Treasury reserve fund. The explanation, however, 13 a very simpleone. Last week was the first week of the new fiseal year, and during the week very large warrants have been drawn from the Trea- sury under the appropriations made fmm2- diately available by Congress. In adlition th? numerous deficiency appropriations have been mef, with nearly flve millions for pensions, and the ‘amount necessary to meet the current ex- penses of the army and transportation, which are always large at this season of the year when new appropriations become ayallabie. The government. however, is in no danger of bankruptcy, its available cash balance last Right was $145,000.00, and it is by no means An ¢ | unusual circumstance at the end of the fiscal Year for the disbursements made on any one parlicular day to be larger than the sum re- ceived on that day. SECRETARY SHERMAN and party arrived at Ocean Grov J., Saturday, from New York, on the revenue cutter Grant, and took quarters at the Sheldon house. SecReTARY Rausgy visited the arsenal at Rock Island, Ill., Saturday, and after a recep- Uon lett in the evening for this city, where he 4s expected to-morrow. INDIAN COMMISSIONER APPOINTED.—The Pres- dent to-day appointed Orange Judd, of New York, and of the American Agricul(urtst, to be amember of the board of Indian commission- ers, vice Barstow, resigned. GOVERNOR OF IDAHO.—The President to-day appointed Jobn B. Neal, of Utah, to begovernor of the territory of Idaho, tn place of Governor Brayman, whose term expires on the 23d. SUDDEN DEATH OF A TREASURY BOOK-KEEPER. Mr. George L. Warren, the book-keeper of the loan division, Treasury department, died very suddenly last Saturday ht, about eleven tock His death was cals by heart disease. Returning home, he was attacked seriously about ten o'clock. He had been hard at work for some time counting bonds and was much Worrled for fear there might be somctutng wrong in the accounts of refunding operations. urday this count was completed and everything found all right. He intended to leave this week on his first vacation slace he In 1364. He was about 45 Years old. A short funeral service was held at his late residence, 1212 L street, yesterday after- noon. The remains were Stamford, Conn., accom) and by Col. C. Brown an ‘oL. Joseph Noble. THE Weer PoInT BOARD OF VISITORS report that while the grade of profictency requisite to Matriculation at the military academy is much below that which obtains at similar tnatitu- Uons abroad, so many students enter the aca- demy without the proper preparation that during the ast four years between one and two hundred cadets have not been able to keep up With their classes, and have either been dis- missed or allowed to resign. The board also find that it is the exception for a cadet, after being once turned back in hts class, to make up fictences; and they recommend, therefore, that all dismfssals should be made final. They argue that it is not fair to the government that it should be foreed to pay the expenses of stu- dents who enter the institution without a reasonable prospect of graduation, and strongly favor that the standard of admission should be raised, or that the examinations under the SS standard should be uct JUDGE PORTER, Who leaves to-night foyIndian- apolis, will be met by a special tratn at burg and escorted to his destination. aE ‘THE PRESIDENT appointed to-day A. N. Kim- ball, of Jackson, Mississippl, to be recetver ot | moneys for the public lands subject to saleat that piace. PERSONAL.—Major J. W. Powell and Judge Bartley, of Washington. were in New York yee- terday.—Hon. Joseph RK. Chaniler died in Philadelphia Saturday night, aged 83 years. He was editor of the United States Gazette for many years and a member of Congress from 1549 to 1855.— Maj. A. H. Nicholson, of this city, was | aimchg the passengers who’ sailed from New fo. York for Europe on fupny man of the # urday.—Burdette, the ngton fvrokeve, Nas Zot | Up acampaign song entitled “the Confederate nh age which has been set to music and !s Ukely to have a run.—Mr. Jacob Holyoake, the noted English reformer, who was in this country some time ago, speaks of “the enchant- ed days when I was a guest of Col. Ingersoll in Washington.”——Mrs. James N. Davis and fam- fly have gone to Orkney Springs. —Marshail Brown and family leave the city for thetr coun- Uy seat to-morrow.—Count Brunetti, of the Spanish legation, ts in Patladelphia.—Gen. u. A. Williamson, commissioner of the land offie>, fan‘ly, E. C. Ingersoll and ©. M. Ball, of Washington, were among the arrivais at Lape May Saturday.—Gen. Gartleld has named the ew home he has just finished at Mentor, Ohio, ~Lawnteld.” He preferred “Rudolphia,” after his wife's matden name, but she very sensibly [Super eny « Seott, of the M. E. church, has accepted rest from official labor, and at the age of seventy-eight years he has retired flnally fo bis home, near ¢ Delaware, Forty- four years ago he entered the itinerant minis- try, aud for twenty-eight years he has been a bisito} Col. Benj has gone to New York vate business. — Agsistant Adjutant Gen- Nickerson has gone to New York, from toons Mrs. Nickerson wij] shortly sail for on ———s THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT Has PURCHASED United States bonds to the amount of $237,680 for the sinking fund of the Union and Central Pacitic railroads; of this amount $1,600 was in fours and the ce—$236,000—in' currency sixes. For the sixes 1253 and 12934 was paid, and for the fours 108.24. : TEE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been made in the 6th Auditor's office, to take effect July Ist: To sth class. Capt. H. E. Wi ; Boone Chambers, N.C 3 iterson, Ns Cay D. Bath, Te A. Dorling, ‘i H. C. Wise, Ohio; Clifford, HL; Edmut A Card from Col. trish. ‘WaAsHINGToN, D. C., July 12, 1839. Editor Evening Star:—Your Saturday even- Ing’s issue upmerrege bors eee Cone —_ great particularity, giving time, place an rn het ses before nora it wae Said’ that I had de- Clared my intention to support Gen. Hancock for the Presidency. My first intention was to pursue my usual course since I have been in public service in Wi mn, and take no Rotice of the matter. But the ttem was made the occasion of several calls upon me by gentle- men connected with the press, and there seemed to be a necessity that I should give 1t some at- tention. Accordingly, yesterday mi a sent a gentleman of my office to one of the pre- rietors of THE STAR ee Lenore in- form him that the paragraph was without any foundation whatever; that I considered it as Placing me in a false position, and one that re- quired immediate correction. He met my rep- resentative frankly, and expressed an earnest desire tomake the proper correction, and, to enable ae obtain al ae ey eae a names of the parties upon w! item was wublishea. ‘Phereupon I addressed a note to the gentleman whose name was given as the leading atthority, which I give, and also his reply: 1907 HAREWOOD AVENUR, LE Drorr ot July 11, 1880. Str: Iam this morning tpformed that the ac- companying item, from THe Stak of last eve- ning, Was published upon your authority. In view of the fact that I have not seen you for two months, that I have not been in Willard’s Hotel for over four. that I have not at any time or place expt an intention to support General Hancock for the presidency, that I am and always have been devoted to the ideas and measures of the republican party and to the loyal support of its candidates and am especially so devoted to the support of Gen- eral Garfield for political reasons as well as from personal admiration and friendship, I have to ask If you have any explanation to offer be- fore | make a public statement in regard to this fabrication. Respectfully, O. H, Irisn. Mk, WILLIAM J. MURTAGH. REPLY. DEak Stk: I will call on you before noon to- morrow, When some publi¢ation can be made in THe Stak. The man who says I authorized or ever saw the statement in Tog Srar before iis publication les, Yours, W. J. MvRTaca. As the question seems thus definitely settled that no one ts willing to take the responsibility of maintaining the truth of the statement contaied in the Item, 1 shall give ic no further consideration, having np interest In the settle- ment of the question of veracity involved b2- tween the parties who have been tnstrumental in the publication of the article, aud feeling Well satistled from this ilustration that the items that are flooding every democratic paper as to accessions from republican ranks should be taken with many grains of allowances, My position, however, in the pending political campaign having been thus qu2st‘oned, and dispatches based upon the item in your paper having been sent broadcast throughout th> country, {t fs only proper that I should through you state what my position really is, Taere has not been an argument used since 1860, in all the time of war or peace, for the support of the nominees of the republican party, that does not call upon every man, with increasing and accumuating force. to do’ so now. Not a drop of blood has been shed im defense of the Union that does not cry from the ground against those who would now surrender the government into the hands of the party that sought to destroy it. The conclusion ts irresistible that, if we would have peace—lasting, enduring peace—it we wouid see all ple, of all sections, of every class and condition united in promoting the welfare and 01 rity Of our common country, the issues settled by the war and sub: ee the Pe he Must remain unopened; an spirit which animated the republican admints- trations of Lincoln and Grant must still guide os intrusted with the control of the govern- The war is ended. There is peace throughout the land. The busy hum of industry succeeds the din of arms, and all the forces of labor, en- aie and capital are marshaled under the leadership of the republican party; and now, in the very hour when we are entering into the full enjoyment of this Prosperity, not @ man, be he republican or democrat, who his alded to secure it, should be forgetful of the lessons of experience, or fail to listen to the counsels of prudence, and consent to surrender the sacred trusts, costing so much tn blood, {ears and treasure, into the hands of those who have heretofore possessed and. used them to ‘work ruin, oppression and desolation; whose deeds of courage, equaled only by the soldier ot the union, attested the depth of their convic- ton and the earnestness of their purpose. B2- cause I belleve that these men who were so lately arrayed against the union were honest and in earnest, I cannot trust them under any organization or leadership. Be assured that the cause in which they sut- tered so much, for which they periled “their lives, their fortunes and their honor,” {s no les3 sacred to them now. True, they 'ylelded to superior force; but they will submit fo the laws and government of the Unton only until such Ume as there {s opportunity through peacefal instrumentalities to secure the objects for which they struggiea in deadly contiict. With these views, and keeping in mind the Divine injunction not to serve two masters, I shell support General Garfield, who in war aud in the peace that followed has served but one yar —and that the one which has always fol- lowed the flag of the Union—rather than Han- cock, who has left the side of his compatriots and now seeks to lead those who sought our flag’s humiliation. Very respectfully, O. H. IRISH. {It fs allke due to Col. Irish and to Tag Star and {ts readers that at least’ some of the facts connected with the publication of the item above referred to should be given. To begin with, the erroneous statement did not first appear’ in these columns, but was telegraphed from this city on Friday night. This fact comlag to the knowledge of a reporter of Tue Stak, he set on foot an inquiry as to its correctness, and re- ceived from several quarters deemed reliable Such assurances as could leave in his mind no doubt of its truth. It now turns out, however, ‘that at least one of the gentlemen upon whose word the report originated and who overheard the alleged conversation, made the mistake of taking a Mr. John Clampitt for Col. Irish. He knew Col. Irish “as well as his own brother,” ashe expressed it, and was confident that he could not bein error sto the identity of the speaker. It Is proper to say also that this gen- Uleman was not Mr. Murtagh, but Mr. L2ad- ingham, whose office ts in the lobby of Willard’s Hotel. It ts perfectly platn now that Mr. Lead- ingham was mistaken in the man; but those who know both Col Irish and Mr. Clampitt easily see how he fell into the error, as they Say there isa remarkably strong personal re- semblance between the two gentlemen. It was clearly a case of mistaken identity, of which Col. Irish is the unfortunate victim. Taz Stax regrets the error into which it was led, as well as the tnjustice done to Col. I., but since it took every reasonabie precaution to verify the truth of the item before printing tt, it does not feel that any blame can justly attach-to it in the matter.—Ea. Star.) INTERPRETATION.—The latest idea in the wo- man suffrage camp in New York ts that noth- ing is now needed in that state but a legislature that will interpret the state constitution favor- ably to women, as the document does not speci- fy of what sex the yoters shall be. Of what sex 4s the Interpreter? On Foor TO NraGaka.—Three lads of West Chester, Pa., by the permission of their arents, started on the 23th ult. ona our to Niagara Falls. They reached ‘wanda on Thursday in yood spirits, though they had been on the road ten days, having traveled at the rate of 32 miles per day. Th with them and camping ut and tarry at points of Interest on the route, At Torwanda they were joined by another amateur tramper, who will go with them to Niagara. A CHILD ALMOST KILLED BY MUSQUITOES.—At an early hour Ssonctag oe morning, while Joho umwie avenue preskivi we neat i eos wi avent e heal of asmali eniid, W to come from vacant lot, Hesto} horses, and enter- ing the lot found a chfid about nine’months old almost entirely naked and.covered from head to foot with aire Musquitoes. The child pre- it lation house. Its eyes i; the face was frightful and id bend Bvered with bg red poo Bar entla ry ation which relieved its sufferi and it ‘ Pees See all night it would Rave been by musqul- toea,—N. F. Star, 10th, TWO CENTs. Political Notes. Ben: Perley Pocre is spoken of as a possibie candids t: for Congress In the 6th Massachuset's district, now represented by Dr. Loring; and it is nct unlikely that Mr. R. M. Pulsifer, of the Boston Herald, may be sent to occupy the seat bulongt g to the Sth district, which, it is under- stood, Gov. Claflin declines to fill any longer. ‘The editor of the Fremont, Ohio, (democratic) Messcnger, 1s out in a card denying that his pe r has declared for Garfield, as had been tele- graphed, He says: ‘The error was caused by a compositor a copy, and being over. looked in proof.” If the Meseenger’s editorial articles are no Clearer than this socalled ex- planation, it is not Leis § that their tenor should be misunderstood by Its readers. AsIam nelther a democrat nor a republican, and propose voting for Weaver, I am an tmpar- tal looker-on. I know both Hancock and Gar- field_personally—the last intimately; and two rer or better men, so far as the relations of life are concerned, were never before put up to be voted for and abused.—Donn Piatt, Hon. Wm. S. Shallenberger has been unani- mously renominated for Congress by the repub- Means of the 24th Pennsylvania district, In the vith district convention Lewis F. Watson was nominated on the 36th ballot. If in addition to Judge Black's dental that he was the author of Gen. Hancock’s somewhat famous Louisiana orders, Gen. Hancock would himself declare that he alone was the author of poe matter would be pretty conclusively sett! The Indianapolis Journal directs the atten- tion of hard-money democrats of the east to the fact that “Mr, William H. English 13 trytng to have De La Matyr, the notorious intlationtst, re- turned to Congress.” Hon. John Goode, who now represents the 2d Virginia district in Congress, {s out in a long letter declining to enter the contest for renoml- nation. To secure harmony Jn the party 1s the ground assigned, but fear of defeat 1s believed to be the real reason for this step. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Major John W. Dauiel, of Virginia, ex-Senator Gwin, Col. For- ney, Chevalier Wyckoff, Lewis C. Cassidy, of Philadelphia, and Robert McLane, of Baltimore, Were among the visitors to Gen. Hancock on Saturday. It is intimated by Te Hour that Mr. Tilden is to have a hand in preparing Gen. Hancock’s letter accepting the democratic nomination for the presidency. As Mr. English, Mr. Watterson, Colonel Daniels, of Virginia, Senators Wallace and Ransom, and ex-Senator Barnum are also sald to be in New York in consultation over its preparation, it is likely that that document, When it finally appears, will be a fine plece of mosaic work. A large meeting fn Music Hall, Cincinnati Saturday night, ratified the Hancock and Eng- Mish nominations. Hon. W. S. Groesbeck and Geo. H. Pendleton and others made speeches. At the same time Secretary Thompson opened the campaign on the republican side in Indiana by a vigorous and See ee speech before a large meeting at Terre Haute. Hop. Marshall Jewell, chairman, accomp.- nied by Hon. Stephen W. Dorsey, secretary of the national republican committee, left New York last evening to visit Gen. Garfield at Mentor, Ohto, to consult on matters ot the approaching political campaign. John G. Whittier has written a letter in which, while according all praise to Gen. Han- cock for his personal qualities, he declares he capnot support a candidate who can only“ be elected by compromises with the greenback heresy and the violent Sucre by fraud and violence of the yote of the colored citizens of the southern states.” Hon. Alexander H. Stephens addressed a large concourse of people at Augusta, Ga. Friday afternoon. He warmly indorsed the nomination of General Hancock, for which he said he hai been working for ten years, and pronounced Hon. Wm. H..Engiish as true to democratic prjn- Cipies as the needle to the pole. In concluding his ee Mr. Stephens announced that if his consituents desired it he would be willing to gress. Serve them another term in Con: It is reported that the person who first started the story relative to the alleged conference at McClellan’s headquarters, Gen. Hancock bein: present, when the ee or organizing ai open revolt against President Lincoln was con- sidered, says that the documents relating to that pune are now in preparation, and that ‘there will soon be an official publication. ‘The St. Louis Globe-Denvecrat thinks Missouri can send five republicans to Congress this year. Gen. Patrick H. Jones, of New York, who has heretofore been a prominent reputiican, once elected register on the municipal ticket, and for several years postmaster of New York city, has written a letter announcing his purpose to support Hancock and English. Gen. Jones en- tered the army as a private in a New York reg- iment and came out of the war a brigadier general. ‘The New York Sux, in its left-hand way, ad- vises Gen. Hancock to shut kis mouth and throw away his pen. The suggestion is full of sense and im pudence —Phila. Record, (ei.) Joskra K. Emer, the actor, who was recent- ly committed to the Inebriate Home, in Kings county, N. Y., has written a letver concerning his commitment, of which the following 1s a art: * No one who knows me will belleve that am the tnebriate vhat the recent publicity given to my retirement at the “Home” would vaturally induce the public to believe me. It will hardly be credited that aman who as an actor appears before the public at least six days in @ week. a strict teetotaler throughout the year with the exception of one week, could be described as a common drunkaré and a vagrant by any one whose intelligence was not thor- oughly obtuse. Such, however, was the man- ner of my commitment to the inebriate asylum in Kings county, by the justice.” A PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED.—A passenger train on the Green Bay (Wis.) and Minnesota railroad Was thrown into a ditch 40 miles east of Winona, Minn, Saturday evening. Geo. Hul- zor, engineer, and Moses Delbrose, fireman, were. el and Mail Agent G. P. Helsard badly Jured. : Mis8 CARRIE FRENCH, a young lady of Toledo, Ohio, was Killed in jumping trom a train on the Toledo, Delphos and Burlington railroad, which had collided with a freight train on the Wabash railroad Saturday at the crossing of the roads. ‘She was cane ‘under the wheels, and had hez right shoulder severed close to the body, and died very soon. No one else was hurt. DovsrE EXECUTION IN ARKANSAS.—George Sanford and Richard McKee, both colored, were hanged last Friday at Osceola, Ark., for the murder of Armistead. Penn, colored, on the 26th of November last. In an interview on the night previous to their execution the condem- ned men confessed their guilt, but said that the Lord had med them. At noon they left the jail urder a strong guard and walked to the place of execution. The gallows was erected on the bank of the Mississippi river under a gigantic tree, where the con- demned men joined in singing two hymns. On the scaffold McKee confessed to Tourdering Penn, and Sanford spoke for several minutes in a clear, firm voice, also confessing his guilt, and saying he too was prepared to die. The drop was sprung at 2 o'clock. McKee’s neck Was broken by the fall. Sanford’s noose slip- ped a little, and was drawn up against his lett cheek. He cried out, “Oh, kill me, Kil me!” and made many spasmodic twists, at one time Gaying hinse epee Cee Three thou- essed the exec was the iirst ever had in the county. ow ee Boys Bown Ur.—Peter Sullivan, 14 rs old,was killed and another boy hada leg peoken y an explosion of blasting powder, at S| ring- ecm a Ma Yeoman oe a iiding in which they WicrIMs OF THE NaRRAGANSETT DISASTER.— @ bodies of two men were taken from the Wreck of the Narragansett in Cold Spring har- ; L. 1., yesterday. ‘The headiess body which Went ashore at ont cont June 27, has een Identified as that of ‘Dr. 0. i. Sammis, of aes ‘ark, L. 1, one of the victims of the dis- en er ot KULED By a Boar.—Thomas a Boathroyd, wealthy farmer, near id tacked by w athe igetown, Ont., was at- Gown and bit: him in the side and thee ae let Riieon Sgvering the jugular vein. He died tn 1D IN THE Hoosac feet of Telegrams to The Star. THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN. Meeting of the Congressional Committee, FIRE IN NEW YORK. A MURDEROUS MANIAC SHOT THE TURKISH PROBLEM. Is the End Approaching. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. A Meeting for Campaign Bi w YorK, July 12—The democrat essional committee met at noon to-day at the Hoffman House. Its members are Senator Wallace, of Pa., chairman; J. S. C. Blackburn, of Ky., vice chairman; H. B. Banning, Cincin: nati, secretary; W. H. Barnum (Conn.), G. W. Gill (Mass.), Augustus Sehell (N.Y.), W.’ Pinck- ney Whyte (Md.), J. E. McDonald (Ind.), W. R Morrison (11L.), J. T. Farley (Cal.), J. B. Clark, jr., (Mo.). B. F. Jones (La.), S. Pasco (Fla.), M. ©. Butler (8.C.), Eppa Hunton (Va.), J.C. Gould (Del.), 8, Hutchins (District of Columbia), H. G. Davis (W.Va.), and Frank Jones (N.i) The campaign business is under discussion. ‘The members of ‘the committee present were Messrs. Wallace, Barnum, Schell, Banning, Whyie, McDonald, Farley, Jones, Pasco, Butler, ubb, Hutchins and Da Senator led the meeting to order, and Dun- ‘alker, of Wasitington, D.C.) acted as secretary. stern Question, —A Pera dispatch to the s The Montenegrin agent has post- ned bis departure, owing to fresh instruc-_ ions from Cettinge. Aleko Pasha, governor general of Eastern Roumelia, instead of going abroad will proba- biy return shortly to Philippopties. The enrolling of Albanians has been proceed- ing for some days at one of the mosques in CBnstantinople, but as the place ts rather con- spicuous the office will be removed to Haskeln, further up the golden horn. ‘These facts, to- gether with the accounts from the provinces, tend to show that some of the Albantans are in earnest, and that the cession of territery to Greece and Montenegro will not be effected without blood shed. A Berlin dispatch to the Times says:—Very lively intercourse bas been proceeding during the last few days between the different cabi- nets for the purpose of coming to an under- Standing on the steps to be taken in case the Porte declines to execute the resolutions of the correrence, The news of the appointment of Hussein Husuni Pasha as Turkish minister of war is re- eet as a sign that the Porte prefers a peace- 1 solution of the questions at tssue,for Osman Pasha was believed to be the strongest ae porter of armed resistance. In his dismtssal ts observed the growing influence of Mr. Goschen, the British ambassador to Turkey. Supporting Gladstone. Lonpon, July 12.—The London co dent Of the Edinburg Scotstian says he has the best authority for saying that a_ movement is afoot below the gangway in the House of Commons to present an address to Premier Gladstone, assuring him of the willingness of a large number of members to support him In continu- ing the session of Parliament as long as he may deem it necessary to sit to carry out the govern- ment program. Demolition of Peas Ferts Around Cabul. A Bombay dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says that engineers have been ordered to begin preparations for the demolition of the forts erected by the British around Cabul. The Fall of Osman Pasha ana Der- Vish Pasha, The ee correspodent of the Dati; Telegraph says: The fall of Osman Pasha and Dervish Pasha ts attributed to a report made to the Sultan that they were on the point of pro- curing his deposition. It 1s expected that the appointment of Osman Pasha as marshai of the palace will only subsist for a few days. ‘Too Much Albanian Influence in the Turki: Cabinet. ‘The correspondent says he believes from good authority that the foreign ambassadors have complained to the Sultan that there is too much Albanian influence in his cabinet. Two Deaths of BSdngaiehod Peo- ee Loxpoy, July 12.—1 Paul de Pommayrae, the celebrated French painter, is dead. The aoe Dr. John Cole Miller is dead at the age of Bark Ashore. The bark Margarethe, from the Baltic for Philadelphia, last reported passed North Ron- aldshay June sth, 1s ashore at West Hoyle. Her cargo will probably be saved. The Irish Compensation Bi Lonpon, July 12—The London coi dent of te Manchester Guardian says: eve the chief subject for consideration at las Saturday’s cabinet council was the Irish com- pers tion bill, and that there courses were dis- cussed Cetex dil g upon conti gencies which are foreseen.” A Decoration for Our Lieut. Greene, Lonvon, July 12.—A dispatch from Bucharest ‘o the Times says: Lieut. Francis V. Greene, in the engireer corps of the U. S. army, who was the Americah military attache with the Grand Duke Nicholas during the late Rasso-Turkish War, and author of the work entitled “The Russian Army and its Late Campaign in ‘Turkey.” has been decorated with the order of the Star of Roumania. Approaching End of Turkish Domi- nation in Europe. ma disratch from Constantinople to the Times es di of the empire, and the question arises whether the Greeks and Montenegrins can unaided take possession of the ceded districts. The Alban- lans have no trained army, but they may suc- cessfully defend their mountainous countries against a greatly superior invading force. The general opinion in Constantinople s that they will fight not for the Sultan, but for inde- Vendence, and the final result will undoubtedly be the Joss cf Altante, The Porte seems to ro hive the probability that their domtnation in Europe 1s nearly terminated and are selling Quantities of ecclesiastical property and crown lands fu the European provinces, ead in ‘Thessaly and Epirus. Much will depend on the conduct of Abedder Pasha, minister of foreign affairs, whois himself an Albanian of Epirus. There are strong suspicions in the diplomatic body that he is Playiug a double ame, ov; Ing to the discovery of a proclamation fo the Alountans, urging them to prepare for resistance, whic;? gene resembles the spee-h made by ‘Abeddin 72sha to the notables of Diarbekir when he becan? xovernor general ot that province. However, he has pledged his Word to one of the ambassadorg (hat the docu- ment is a forgery. A Maniac Tramp Wounds Three YERS, COL, — q o'clock, an unknown tramp, about 30 yearsold, NEW YORK NOTES, Explosion and Fire. New York, July 12—A fre occurred this Morning at 206 Front street, occupled by W. P. Howell, dealer in fireworks and pistol atnmun: Won. Stock valued at $5.00 was destroyed a the building gutted. Fully insured. and his clerk, Willlam Gonzales, e diMculty, receiving burns about thet face hands. The tire is supposed to have been caused by expleston. ‘Two other men, John Gleason and Ne'’son VanDyke, were also slighily tn- Jured, Investigating the Scawanhaka Dis- aster. A sub committee of the grand jury, invest! € ing the Seawanlaka ter, commenced ess to-day. First mate Rae, Engineer a Fireman Abeel and Superintendent ek: Kirk were the witnesses present. The session was held with closed doors. Suicide Mrs. Farrell, of : of Paris green last fects this morning. of suicide. of a Woman. t 32d street, took a do’ night, and died from the ei- Temporary Insanity cause nissioners’ Wuddle. possesston of Lis office at police headquarters this position frei ajsplaced Comm r B, The latter, however, 1s exp eted to make somir demonstration during 1h by ning. MIDDLETON July 12.—Howell Beakes’ | barns, at P fon, near this place, were struck by yesterday afternoon and hth burned to the gro und, with twenty tons of hay and a quantity or grain, The rasa fall In this yienity yesterday was very heavy. Between Middletown and Mount H ope a Herve gale, companied by rain and hall, prostrated the fences and trees. The Markets. MORE, July 12.—Cotton quiet—mi ‘coward street ai do. mills family, itansco faril irre ambx southern yi Western, scuthern red, 1.-10a1.14; do 1 Maryland, 1 ot 2: Inly, 1. Sey te mbar, 1 dw] and etendy, weste white, oe C84 n white, Kye msylvania 2 00. tian and ing upward—mess pork, 14.00. Bulk mc shoulders and clear rib sides, no offerizy packed, 53g and 8: Bacon—shoulders, 6: fides, 8¥aSiy. Hams, 1Wxal2s: es Butter firm—prime to chi western pa 12016. Fees steady, 10. Pet leum nominal. Coffee €rm—Rio cargdes, ordinary fo peme, J2a16., Sugar stronc—A oft, 10%. Whieky dull, 1.12. Freihts to Liverpool per stcamer quiet—cctton, 3-16aigd.; flour, 283d. , 6d. Receipts—fiour, 1,195 ‘barrels: ‘wheat, + Corn, 38,000 bushels: oats, 3 300 & Joe g 00 bueh July 12.—Stocks irreantar. Money, Exchange, long, 484; short, 435. Govern: mente steady. NEW YORK, July 12.—Fionr gpict and stesay Wheat* winter stronger. Corn dull and easier. NDON, July 13, 12:30 p. m.—U. 8. bonds, 4 per cents,’111; "43g per cents, 113. Atlantic and Great Western first mortcaxe frustees' certificates, §9; Atlantic and Great Western seconds, 29%" New Jersey Central console, 1063g. Erie, 43%; do. second. consuls, diy. Tiinois’ Central 10s. Fenn: 65iq. ww, BX. New fylvania Cents York Central, 132 FORMIDABLE INVASION OF INDIAN TeiRITORY THREATENED.—The scheme to settle on the government lands In the Indian territory 1s yalning strength daily, and quite a boom th its favor 1s being started in St. Louis, F. D. Crad dock, a lawyer, and one of the company who came to St’ Louis a few days ago to work up the scheme, has received telegrams trom Efting- ham, Merva and other places in Illinois, statiag that a number Of persons will be in St. Louisto- day ready to go to the territory. Advices have also received from Western Kansas that hundreds of families who have suffered from the drouth in that country are on their way to Oklahoma. A letter bas been received trom H. i. Hill, an old scout, who was with Capt. Payne last ea in which he says the party which left Wichita, Kansas, ‘Sunday, ar- rived safely at their old headquarters, and found the corn and vegetables planted in the spring in fine condition, Jack Bitue, ascout. from Texas, was found there, and stated that a thousand men from Texas would be in the ter- ritory in ten days. Hill wrote from Arkansas City at which point he telegraphed to numer- ous parties along the Atclason, Topeka and Santa Fe and Kansas Pacitic raiiroads to push on at once. It looks as though the invasion of the territory would be formidable, and thatit the military are instructed to eject the truders there will be a conilict. TRAMP in Massachusetts ts ended for the present; the hew tramp law, which took effect May 1, having had the same result as the same law in Connecticut and New Hampshire. The tramps have departed—nobody knows exactly whither or how—but they no longer show them- selves at the almshouses, nor do they beset the overseers of the poor for a night’s lodging at the expense of the rural towns. The returns from the overseers made to the inspector of charities July 1 show this conclusively, SHOCKING IF TRUE.—Canada has an clectric girl who discharges from her person electric snocks which can be transmitted to a circle of fifteen or twenty persons. Her hands possess the qualities ofa magnet, and any person shak- ing hands with her ts subjected to a violent shock. The other Sunday mgt her young man called to see her, and he thoughtiessly wore Steel buttons on bis vest. The result was that when he went to kiss her the human magnet pinned, or rather buttoned him to her, and this ‘Was not so unpleasant for a while, but when it was time for the young man to go home he couldn't release himself until he had pulled all the buttons out by the roots—Norvisiown eraid. GEN. WEAVERS GREAT EXPECTATIONS.—Gen. dames B. Weaver. the greenback candidate for Tresident, spent Sunday in Chattancoza, Tenn. He is enroute to Scotsboro’, Ala., where he spoke to-day, inavgurating the canvass in that state. He was interviewed by a Chattanooga re- porter, and —_ very candidly of the coming campaign. He is confident of his ability to carry Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Mississipp1 ‘West Virginia, Missouri and Arkansas, and sa; he will make heavy gains in Maryland, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota. He says that if he does not receive the majority of the electoral yotes neither of the other candidates will, and the matters will again go to the House of ‘Rep- reseptatives. Ifthrown in the House he will stand ar equal chance with therest. Mr. De La Matyr, he claims, has the balance of power there, and no concessions will be made by bis party favorable to either the democrats or re- publicans. In the event no agreement ts reach d there the matter will become a constitutional question, and it shall be with the Senate what isposition will be made of i. He says he will stump every state he can before the election, but will confine himself to no section. Kearney, he says, will lend him all his support and give him California beyond a doubt. GEN. TREVIXO AND BRIDE.—A special dis- Patch to the Cinciunatl Enquirer from San Ar- Tonio, Texas, July 9, says: A gentleman jvst trom the Rio Grande says the Mexicans are making grand p1 tions for the reception of Gen. Trevino and bride when they reach that 3en, Trevino, it will be remem! & Miss Bertie, eldest daughter of Gen. Ord, ina few days. fd = ee ae reception programme gran . Bull are being brougbt from the interior, and the most skilled matadores to be found will be engaged for the arena. Fifteen thousand dol- lars Will be spent in the reception. ————____ NO QUARTER FOR MAHONEITES.—Hon. Robert A. Cogbili, the member of the national demo- pia Moora th for Vi Soe nied) the city Friday. He feels contiden’ regu- ral ticket will triumph ip ~ de Sete elector oo = a ter — them in any manner whatever, A square fight ahd a vigorotls campaign the Mahonsites ‘he believes to be the best policy and the surest road te victory in November.— Lynchburg Virginia, | Of the lake, which ts abo * | and Dr, Whider ts kn j fy detection, and, | ment against Henry Taylor, els. Shipments—wheat, 154,00 bushels: corn, | iy 10 bushels. Sales—wheat, 661,200 buahels; corn, | | A Retired Army Officer Drowned. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OP COL. SAMUEL ROSS A Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) telegram, dated yester- @ay, states that a itch to the Bagie Says: ‘Col. Samuel Ross, a retired U. now, s yeara Of age, y hotel { miles from Peekskill, with his wife, to board for the Summer trom Waste ington, D. C.. a few weeks ‘Some three or fotr days since he Was taken With erysipelas in the face and neck and was contined to the Louse. Yesterday he was somewhat better and spoke of taking a bath tn € lake, but Was persuaded not to. ‘This morning about 4 o’clock Wife missed him from the bed, and get wo look for him saw his clothing Lying on t e shore about 100 feet trom the hotel, Mrs. Ross returned to the hotel and pro- cured the assistance of the landlord and others, They went down to the lake and three or four rds from the shore, where the water Is some Seven or eight feet deep, saw the colonel's head Just beneath the water. The body was brought to the shore and it was found that life was ex- Unet. The coroner held an inquest and the Jury gave a verdict of accidental drowning. ‘The body wilt be burted at Carmel, Putnam county, N. Y., tomorrow.” Col. Koss entered the army as a brevet 20 Keutenant tn isis, but resigned shortly after- ward. In he was appointed a captain of the 141h infantry, and in ssez became colonel of the 2eth Connecticut volunteers, and was mus- tered out January 1, He ‘was appointed 2d Meutenant of the’ ith tnfantry in Isr, and Soon afterward was retired as a brigadier gen tral to date from Janu it im ists his rank Ou the retired list was reduced to & voloneley by act of Congress Col. toss lived here on Capitol Il! some years ago, bat move i to New Y He was very well knows her j The Fasting Doctor. MOVEMENTS NOT FREE OF SUSPICION. While Dr. Tanner was rinsing his mouth on ‘his occasion Dr. Wilder stood near him at the d of the bed. He had bis wateh In his right as if he intended to try Dr. Tanner's ‘The thumb and tngers of the left were vest pocket. Suddenly he made a quick nervous pass of the left hand to Dr. Tanner's mouth. Itseemed as if It were done to catch the glass Which Dr. Tanner was holding to his mouth, and it may have been for Unis parpose. or fl may not. It was impossible to see What it was for, So quick Was the movement. Dr. Tanver certainly continued to hold the giass It would be unjustto Dr. Wilder and to Dr Tanner to say that there was anything wron: about this—that the pass made by Dr. Wild from his pocket vo Dr. Tauner’s mouth wa anything but accidental; tut at the same tim It Was Just one of Chose’ little incldents fidence in the genuinene Whole affair, because one recognizes Instantl that, supposing toed was not then conveyed | yet it was a movem by which food would be conveyed If the parties were in colluston. n Lo be one of the strong | Supporters of Dr. ‘Tanner, At the moment It | cecurred Dr, Kunze was busy at the ty | intent solely on measaring | ther gles. Dr, Harwood, tn the ¢ conversat tor rier some time bo- ould be sustained on of Ox DlOOd 1 Fy a lady's thimble. 1 that food In highly concen be given to | Dr. Tanner datly de. ald i Civtt Ricats special dispatch to the Shicago T)/vune from Springtield, Li, daly 7, s-In the U.S, elreuit court to-day Jaage Drummond quashed the long-pending Indict- captain of the steambeat James ¥ plying between Padu- ceh and Catro, for violating the civil rights Dill. The 8 were that . McArthur, a colored mat for a tirst-class p: froni Metropo- lis to @airo, but was not allowed to eat at the ‘Same table with the other passengers. ‘The de- fense was that complainant was a subject ot Great Britain, and not a citizen of the United States, and that the boat was near the Kentucky shore, and (therefore out of Uuts district. The judge quashed the Indictment on the ground That complainant was an alien, and not entitled to the benetits of the civil rights bill, LIVING ON AIR,—At midnight last night Dr. Tanner had completed days or his volun- tary fast. He was then quietly Sleeping. A few hours before his pulse was 9s. In the morning | he had his picture taken, and in the afternoon he took a stroll of five minutes in Union Square without assistance. and seemed quite strong. LIVELY TIMES aT THE SAND LOTs.—There Was & great crowd at the Sand lot, In San Fran- ciseo, Yesterday, {n anticipation of a row be- | tween ‘the opposing factions of the working- | men. Kearney failed to appear. A lange force | Of police formed ine line between the rival meetings, and no disturbance of a general char- acter occurred. Some personal encounters took | place, and in one case the police clubbed tne crowd rather freely. | THE FOLLOWING Losses By FIRE are reported | by telegraph: Milton, Rogers & Son's stove | warehouse, at Chicago: w. OQ, Grosve | nor's tlour mill and several adjacent buildings at Jonesville, Michigan; $40.000, Mohr & Mohr’ | whisky house, Cincinnati; $46,000. R. T. Ham | brook’s furniture factory and several adjoining houses; $20,000. Frederick Jaeger’s ice-house, | near Columbus, Obio, was struck by lightning and burned; loss $25,000, ‘THE PROTRACTED DRovour at Petersburg, Va. and vicinity, has ren the water in the re- servoir insufficient to supply uaore than half the city, and last night water was turned in from the Appomattox canal to meet the def- ‘Gency, which will probably cause several mills rim by the canal to suspend work. | _Roppep as Empiovers.—ohn W. Dicks, 19 | years old, a clerk In the lace house of J. H. Hol- | Ungsworth « Co., New York, has been arrested | for robbing his employers, aud confessed that he ha@ been doing so for four or five years. | Emma Leban and Catharine Walsh, tumates of | a house of il-repute,who were taken in his com | pany, are held lor receiving stolen goods, : | EE RTE | | Hon. HENRY SHACKELFORD, judge of theelghth | Virginia circuit court, died-at his home, Culpep er Court-House, Va., Saturday morning, tn the wsth year of his age. He had been tn ill-health lor some time, and hts death was not unex- | pected. He had held the oMice of judge twelve years. A RATHER SENSATIONAL Brrrato Hont.—An army officer stationed at Fort Keogh, now. tn bicago. gives an account of an fnteresti buffalo hunt, which took place on andin ¥ lowstone. The Crow Indians getting short ¢ meat went in pursuit of bison. and finding 4:0) a‘tacked them. The antmats became infuriated and started 16 a panic for ube river followed by the no jess excited reds. Soon there was @2 indistinguishable mass of Indiaus, bufflos, and ponies in the stream. ‘The current. being strong It Is estimated that thirty savages and a uumber of bufalos and ponies w drowned, DEcEIv+ UL Wakat CRops.—A few daysago we noticed the fact that Mr, Henry Hamilton had offered the wheat on a portion of his farm to Mr. Brooke Eskridge if he would cut and turesh it and merely tn return give Mr. H. seed wheat. Mr, Eskridge refused the offer. Since that Mr. Hamilton has cut and threshed the ileld, and it yielded 375 bushels, or 10 bushelg to the acre! Mr. Jacob P. Hamilton aiso bad a field that looked like it would make a very poor yield, but it has threshed out 617 bushels from’ 34 acrea. Capt. C.K. Mason, on bis farm near Swope’s Cepot, has threshed out 2,500 bushels of wheat from 125 acres. Col. Asher Harman's wheat jielded 15 bushels to the acre. Mr. Ballard Smith, on a& twelve-acre teld, has threshed out 22 bushels to the acre. His whole crop will probably be 1.90 bushels of wheat. It would appear from these facts that the yleld in this county is quite up to the average of last year’s crop.—Stuunton (Va.) Vindicator, Waar THEY DRINK IN PAILADELPatA.—It you ili] the batb-tub at bed-time, so that the “tnor- ganic matter” can have a chance to settleover night, you will flnd clay enough on the bottom in the morning to set up a small-sized brick- yard. Our beautiful water-works “system” Is SO col umes like street bydrants and bath-tubs. With all the millions that have been spent on the water de and all the epgineering of the last seven we have not got reservoir ye for a two- days’ supply at this season, and no subsi reservoir at all to give the clay and loam other unnamabie “inorganic” material a chance to settle before it has to go to the dinner-pot or tea-kettle.— Philadelphia Ledger, July 9, ——<—<—<———