Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1880, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAB BUILDINGS, bs vania Avenue, Corner Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany. GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pree’t. ‘Due Everme Bran ir served to sabscribersinthe atty by carriers, on their own acoouns, at 10 cents ger week, or 44 cents poe mom Coston st ae Sicents’a mouth one yee’, #6; six montha, $3. ag Bntered st the Post at Washington. B. O., fan wanes Bean eal on Friday—$2 a SSF porape prepaid. atx months, $1; 10 copies | 5 fr ) ade tal eatecr tons mart be paid in sd- waz0e : nent longer than : Tavee cf advertising made Known 00 application. V2". 56—N®. 8.596. bening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1880 TWO CENTS. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE STAR. AMUsEMENTS—#th pau AUCTION SaLes—5th page. | Boarpixe—ith page. Bustwess Cuances—4th page. DratHs—th paxe. Dr¥ Goops—Sth page. Epveation—sth page. Fams axp Festrvars—Sth page. FAMILY SUPPLIES—ith page. For RENT aNp Sate —th page. For SALE (Miscellaneous)—4th page. GronGETOWN ADVERTISEMESTS—Sth page- Hore1s—4th pase. HoUsgFUENISHINGS—6ih page. Laptes Goops—4th page, Lust oF Larrens—zd paxe. Lost axp Fouxp—4th page. Mrptcat, &c eure. MISCELLANE s—Tth page. Moxey To Loax—4th page. Prnsonar—tth page. PuovEestosaL—id page. PIaNos ant Oncans— Rartigoaps—iid page. RELIGIOUS NoTices—Ist page. SreciaL Norices—Ist paxe. STEAMERS, &¢.—id page. page. merrow atIla m v. De. LASAVAN MED EPISCOPAL CHURCE e Ti a. FOURTH STREET METHODIST EPIS- COPAL CHURCH.—4t Il a.n. Bishop AN : erws will preseh sa. the pastur, oa . Ener . WESLEY OliarEL M F rw at 11 . COR — “3 Rev 3 . Bishop > LE; 730 pm 5. G. ANDBEY DD. ail unvited. 1: (> ,CEURGH, OF THE | REFORMATION, “% Rev W. E. Parson, pastor. Ist st-, nex Be —Services at 11a m. 7:30 p.m. rehoo! 30) o'clock. OF THE TION | dN #te. uo w.—Divine servi tani h. TO morrow. . THostas i of Conn y invited. as (ee TEST BAPTIST CHOROG, Tith stro t “SS bet G@ and Hon-w.—Rev. Dr. | pastor. Service (D. V.) | a 7% F | ketions & MT. VERNON PLAGE M. E. CHUROE, SOUTH, cor. Ithand K ets.n.w.—Preachin Bu-day at 11 a.m. and 7-30 p.m. by the pa Kev. W. P. Haneréox, ebapiain Honse of Representatives. tut Lec.ure: ‘Buddha, the Hindeo Reformer.” ite >ALL SOUL™ CHURCH, cor. lath and ET 1 sia kev J D. Nonmanpie, of path, N. H-» will occu pulpit To- ow morning and ev Heal Infidelity.” Ves Sundsy schoo! at 9:36 a.m. jubject at 11 a.m. per services at 7 30 Le t BERVIC: Tayer Meeting, 6 d by youns men dially invited (eS RALBSELE CHAPEL 1 st nw. 4th and Sth, J. P. Quarterly meetiog, Sunday, Uct. Tia m by bev. 8"S. Warrs: y H.G. Dysox, of Heston, Maas. : at 7 p.ne, Ke 3 Dastecs, and tne Sacramen? admibisteret Love Feast on Monday nicht, dhally invited to]. These only, and a ody." Evening: * —il ustrated by Serip.ure soe tg DAY MEETING AND Revival ICES at McKendree M- E. Ch’ pa ih ete. nw., T i 3 Hen mon to youre men. week TEMPERANCE s1An5 MEETING 0 ES scapices of City vastore in Church, } st, To-morrow at 4 p.m. \ adc rent ca. # also at 1! a. i ED MEETING of nizing a New E Sourh Washington wi c aud “EDWARD Me ‘D BUSHNELL, DR CHAPELLE, preach at 1 . Georgetown, & fe benefit of the Young Cathe JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSGOIATION. COME ONE.COMP ALL WHO o ME ELECTION OF HS nu SATURDAY EVE @elock, this Asrocistior OovGH Spe WHOOPING OOT 25 and 5 cents ‘holesale eyot coe r oe! AL WATE} e Alum, Geyse shall, ”Hunyadi WE WILL GUaRSNTEE THAT Tite URNACE REGULATOR ¥ year. Tts the-implest, CHEAP: ST AND BEST. qgpicund the narue with some other. Do rot Price = MAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, No. 317 Vth street mn. w. AYWARD & HUTCHINSON, 217 Ninth st. new... oct 5. | mitted their ennual report to the S | a report on yellow fever of 1575, | has been received at the W | within the delivery ot } suc wi ive special attention to MODERNIZING DEFEOTIVE PLUMBING in city resi*ences, and, having alarge force of com pete tend promptly to all orders WPHE HoT BLasT FURNACE, Is the most SUCUSSSFUL FUBNAGE we Dave ever known, auc our practical experience of twenty -five years in making matting up furna- cee, and the close attention paid to all uable improvements in heat Us in claivsing that these fu £8 POSSERS Weritorious features to be found in any fm We claim thet for FCONOMY, SIMPLICITY and EASE OF MAS AGEM ‘ in this city last two years than have beer put n 4 all other kinds combined, and bave not’ hea! Single compisint frem them HAYWAKD & HUTCHINSON. No. 317 Oth street n. w. eee KITCHENER BANGE, We bave endeavored to make » first-class art only, and have spared po expense iu tue m*t facture of our KITOBENER KASGES to renare 8 fixture that is al] aug? HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, No. 317 Oth street n. w. jee Wstph aenrracromns, aug? TE of MAN- of new and sttracti' and by exam Histon tne sancti oF Sas esa HAYWARD & HUTCUINSON, sugd Be. 827 Oth street n. w. _THE EVENING STAR ____ DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RecErPrs TO-DAY. enne, $01,756.07: ‘The TREASURY now holds $ D nds to secure national S. bonds deposited to se onal bi culation week ended to-day, $1,550,000, and wit! drawn, $2,012,508. TRANSFER OF GOLD Cotn.—The Treasury de- partment has transferred £10,000,000 in gold to the New York assay office to exchange for for- eign goid imported. SECRETARY THoMrson left this moralag for Indiana. He wiilrematn until after the el: ton. Tus FoLLowine Promotions In the Census E. L. Weaver, George patiing, and J. C. House, R. Douglass, from $20; J.D. Strong, from $520 to $65, and $ Jackson, from messenger to tallyist. Office have been made: K hley, J. B. DURING THE WEEK ended to-day $873,000 In National Bank notes were rece at the ‘Treasury for redemption; for the correspondinz week of last year this recelpt amounted to F195,000, ‘Tne Natio~at Goarp or HeaLtTH have subd- ary of the Treasury for transmission to Congress. | After announcing their opinion of the unsant- tar, he eordition of Baltimore, the report deals iniy with the differences between the Louts- | Jana state board of health and the natluaat board. The expens of the board SS0, have been no up to Sepiem- 10, Of Witch yy the board and uihern states, Among t 2 Ineluded for pay of ra quarantine on thi for Ship Island quarant the Havana yellow feve: are among the amount arong te states: Ai: THE YANTIC arrived at Norfolk last evento: Naval ORDERs.—Lieut. D. H. Mahan from ts Independence and ordered to the tion per steamer isth ot November. C. Fremont from light house duty, tothe Shenandoah. Paymaster George Coc from duty as inspector of provistons Mare Island, aid ordered to settle account P. d Assistant Engin the Passaic, and orde havy yard. Passed Howell from the Mare 1: on the Ranger. AGenT BERRY’ + department CHIcaGo, ILL, Oct. 22—Adwant Washtgton, D. C.: Gen. Pope forw lowlng, dated 20th inst., from Maj. “ Lient, General: Your telegram of 19th, yeying the President's instrucitoas, recelved at ip.m. Agent Berry haz submitted to arrest by the U.S. marshal U. S. district atvor: how here, and will leave in the moratng wit cut requiring escort from me. Neither Ag Berry nor officers want military escort, and prefer not to have 1 Capt. Stille, De. Rowan and I have been summoned as witnesses, both by the state and federal authorities, and have been ordered to obey Doth subpoenas, and lea to-morrow. Thus far the military are entirely clear of any complications In any way. Allis quiet and peaceable The Indians have co: senied to Berry's absence, with the promlse his return in two weeks. THS PRESIDENT and party arrived at Madeira Cal, yesterday evening from thetr trip to the Yosemite, which was accomplished In fou days. The members of the party exp themselves as delighted with the excursion They left last evening by spectal tratn on th Southern Pacitic, for Los Angelos, whence they go east, making Connection with the Atent ‘Topeka and Santa Fe road. ARMY ORDERS.—y direction of the Secretary of War, a board of fs of the corps of enyi neers, to consist of Col. Henry W. Benham, Z. B. Tower, Lieut with a view of engineers w Os H. P, Hexp, Ligut, Edward M Lient. Frederick A. Mahan, Fir . Hinman, Second Lieut. Geo, Me rby, Second Lieut. Jas. L. Lusk, S2cond Lieut. Frederic V. Abbot and Second Lieut. | Thos. L. Casey, jr. FOREIGN LEITERS.—The Postmaster Generel issued the following order to-day. ‘“Letiers from a foreign country addressed to a person @ post ofice fn the United States, may, where the proof of id=ntity | Is conclusive and the purpose such as weuld = justify a resort to a reserve power, never to be exereised except In an emergency which admis of no other remedy, be raed to the country of pilcation of the writer, approved e stal administration of tha country, and transmiited by it, suc approval beliit understood cases to involve tic mption ‘h countries of ort- g of ites for — damag>; that may arise out of such returns. Before ac ing Upon such request postmasiers In the Unl- ied States urvst submit the same to the Post- master ¢ T his authority Teturns to tbe head of the postal depart t approving the application. Lect. Arthur A. Boyd, U.S. N., has resigned, to take effect Jan, Ist, 1831, and his resiguation has been accept: vat.—Senator and Mrs. Morrill ar- ‘w York from their European tour yesterday.—Gen. F. Walker, the superin tendent of the census, expects to leave he Ubis evening for Connecticut, to remain u aiter the presidential election.—Bishop S' son has returned to bis home tn Pailtadelphta, after an absence of four months, in greatly tm roved health.——Assistant Postmaster General Brady fs in New York.—Another section of the Vanderbilt family returned from Europe yesterday.—Judge Bartley, of this city, 13 Making speeches for the democracy in Now Yerk and New Jersey.—So deeply tntereste1 Js Gen. McDowell in Gen. Garfield’s sucesss,that he went trom California to New York expressly to vote for him for President on the 2d of N» vember.——Mrs_ Abraham Lincoln, who has been in Europe for some ttme past, will sill for home next month. Her health ‘is extremely Fer. and she will probably restde with her so. ‘obert hereatter.—Dr. R. A. Bacon has re- turned from summering in Vermont consider- ably improved in health. THE WEEKLY Stax for this week Isnow ready. It contains eight pages of reading matter, cov- ering every varlety of subject, storie, sketches, peetry. news and ip, complete record of Tmarrisges aud deaths, all the local and lave Telegraph Dews, Seut postpaid, for three mont for fifty cents. Single cuptes ‘in wrappers, v2 cents. on a warrant lssaed by Lawrence, of the supreme court, for the putting up asa margin 2900 '¥ $1,000 Erte bonds, aud he al- Livermore sold him out witho-it botice 6r authority. Batl was fixed at $30,009, but was reduced to $15,000, which Was taratshed. N.Y. Sun, Oot, 2 BECAUSE ils Teacnex Caen [Hut A SNEAK. In Cneinnatl, Geo. Goben, 14 years old, a pupil in the toarth iotermediate school. shot. hims It Wednesday in the school house with a 22 calibre Pistol, the Dall entering bis left breast and passing through the lung. He had been ri. Inatded by Principal Sands, for truancy. [le fay the principal cailed him @ sneak, and thit Was more than he could stand. The wound is not necessarily fatal. ‘Total registration for three days in New York city 157,S63; total for three days last year 132,971. During a 1 m in Danville Ky., last night. pol ieerhan Jon Hamers was shot in the back and killed. portance of the Chicago Arrest. A GANG OF U. 8. BOND COUNTERFITERS DIB- COVERED—THREE MORE ARRESTS. ‘The arrest of Doyle, 11 Chicago, with a lot ct boutis In his vatise has culminated as the secret service force expected. He has been engaged in the counterfeiting business extensively. The arrest has also been the means, a3 was ex- pected, of unearthing and grabotaga gang of dangerous counterfeiters, The gang were no’, ver, suspected of counterfeiting bonds, ¥ were only known to be engaged In coun- terteiting notes. The discovery of the counter- feit_ bonds {3 a complete surpris® to the secret service. I 1s not thought that any of the bords have been passed upon the pudlic. MORE ARRESTS. Yesterday afternoon, at half past 5 o'clock, Chief Brcoks, of the secret service, received a Gispatch announcing the arrest of E. W. Spen- cer astas Bil Brockway and Charles H. Siith, both iesidents of Brooklyn, New York. At a later hour the same officer’ announced to the chief the arrest of a man whose name 1s sup- posed to be Jcseph Owens. The houses of these parties were thoroughly searched. but Lothing was found to indicate the business Litherto engaged in by them. These arrests Were predicated upon the intimate relations Whieb seemed to have existed between the ar- and Doyle, who ts now to custot, Their movements had been snch indicate what bustuess relations taey bore toeach other. By the ADMISSION OF SMITH since his arrest Ip is now Known that Doyle and Brockway were joint owners of the counterfeit plates upon which have been printed the various sues of the $100. nati notes Which have Ueeu so extensi late@, Smith states that be engra plates and Gelivered them to B: also confesses that he engraved t n have been printed counterte S. conpon bonds of the tsi livered these plates to Brockway. st ago. He says t cannot be adoubs abo. bonds tound ti: the possession of Doyle wiea arrestcd in Chicago. ‘They are not stolen or altered bonds, but purely counterteit. Smith adniits that twas of the countert were put upon the mai ter ot alarge nun vhich were accepted bx the governme at before their true character was dis- th's should settls the long-mooted question as to whether the plates trom which the 7-30 counterfelts w printed were the Impressions obtalaed from ti kenine plates tn the possesston of the goveri m Smith states positively that he engrar these counterfeit plates and delivered them to Brockway. THE not. ye ) COUNTERFEIT PLATES a. have Charles Ulrich Smith states that the last c national bank notes engra the Vittsburgh National 8. Ww noterfelt plate tor by him wason K of Commerce, {the 7-3) bond plate, ¢ Lnofthe bast sktll, 1 Ie Te 5 conn $100 compoand later 50 legal tender note, He 1s a native not an eagrayer. $a printer in a Dank i tot of the unsigned ni E ‘or this he served five years tn Sing penitentiary, commencing fn 1555 He was ggain arrested in November, 1567, by Mood, then ehiet of the secret service. He was released, belbg granted Immunity by Wood, ou condition that he give up the plate upon wiite 1 the 7-30 bonds were counterfelted. He did no", the plate, only an electrotype of it. Th= only thing found in his house when arreste i Was a lot of correspondence with notorious people. t, t a as engaged English peop! rs old, mediucn helgat. very ordinary looking. It 1s sald born and raised {n Columblavilte, Colum bla county. New York, and ts a machinists b trai He spent a portion of lis life in Cup. as an_engiteer on a sugar plantation. Soo atts: his return to the states he became engast counterfeiting for which crime he was arrest A press and other counterfelttag material was found in his home. A tew years ago he mar. ricd a rich widow with one dat But jiitle is known of the cs Smith beyond what he coufesses to bi would be exceedingly injudicious to pt account of the means by which this dings gang of counterfeiters has been scooped, bat is not Improper to state that th: worked, from thelt incept‘o 2 elty: Hon, Marshatt Jern, New York city: The New York Tw// publishes what purports to b> the fac shnilie of a letter alleged to have bee: written by Gen. Garfleld to one H.L, Morey on th: Ci inese question, together with the envelope ta Which tt should Have been enclosed. That the whole thing Js a manufactured, bold and villtar ovs fraud the following facts will fatri: shi ‘o such mancelling stamp as 1: the envelope was in us: ington post office on the dot January, the date the letter was claim to have been Mailed. An entire new set of c. celing stainps were placed In use in this olfic - on the 13th of April, The Truti tac stmite 18 very good representation of the new stamp, Du {15 totally unlike the one in use In this ofl on the “#d of January, the old stamp dei mace of rubber and the new one of steel, aus very ublike in their ar 0°) ‘This shows conclusively that the whole tat a uit A ed forgery, for which the al saouid D. B. Atsd Washiogton, D. Political Notes. v. Drew, of Vlorlda, who ts fa the city if state Wor 2 colonized voters and sor to it that thelr votes were not cast next Tues- day week. fs In the city. To. Gepartment, and fignt lia sald that in the quadrilat for the Tennessee governorship that , the republican candidate, had agvery ow of being elected. He thinks the r publicans wil} galn a Congressman fn the state. Mr. James G. Baln, who was ranting for Congress ia the second’ (Norfoli:) Virgiuiy dis- trict as an independent democrat, has witn- drawn. Col. I. H. Fisher, rep., bas been nominated for Congress In the tenth Pennsylvania distri ‘ine following congressional nominations w made last night in Brooklyn, N. Y.: repu’ can, second district, Daniel 0: 3 demo. cratle, third district, Charles E. Edgar. The Tammany congressional convention of the eleventh «istricu nominated James W. Gerard for Congress. The alleged discovery has been made in Ten- nessee that a secret understanding or agree- Ment has been entered into tetween the repudi- aulonists and the republicans, whereby the Tormer are to vote directly for Garfleld and Hawkins (republican candidate for governor). in consideration of which Wilson (repudiattonist candidate for governor), is to have the U. S. Senatorsh!p {f the republicans can carry the kt islature. ‘The democrats claim that this. als covery has virtually broken up the repudiation- ist organization, and insures the election of a democratic governor and legislature. A MURDERER CaprurgD.—Luke Walton, who Murdered bis daughter, in River Falls, Wis., September 29, has captured, and is now in jail at Ellsworth. He was discovered in a hay- ‘by two boys, and immediately made tor the woods, but the citizens turned out and cap- tured him. He confeases killing his cauzhter, nd until arrested. supposed he had killed both of them. The yore although terribty ‘alton says he did the "Ata sae Wa mi - id two weeks in. 4 ier the Rivet ou & strawstack and und went Paso, where since Claims not to betnsane,-° O38 HE was PLAYING WITH 4 PrsroL.—' mapn, 15 years of xT a in drug store al York. Tht a ine shot E The Reform School, ANNUAL REPORT OF PRSSIDZNT FALLS. Mr. A. J. Falls, presideat of the Board or ‘Trustees of the Reform School, to-day made his annual report to the Attorney General” He re- | ports great progress tn the school. Ip is more effective than ever before, and the deport near abd progress of the boys im the scaool are greatly Improved. At the close of the last tise ut Year 157 boys remaiued in the schoot, “1: were committed during the year 63, making the whole humber under care and tastraction 224 Of this number 65 were discharged owt their good conduct, and 8 are absent witt ort leave. The number absent withont leave ts 0.1: small percentage, takiag Into consideration that Dut iiitie restraint is placed upsa tie freedom aud liberty of the boys. ‘There aren meas of detalnifig them except the kiadac: they receive from the officers. There are nelther wails, locks nor bolts, It 1s not strange Chat a@tLong so many boys there should be some re: less and dissaustied spirits. During the year .9 were committed by the president oc the board Of trustees, 7 by the SupremeVourt of the Dis- tictand 34 by the Poltce Court. Tue scaool has been in existence about 14 years. During that time it has received 653 boys. Of that larg- number but five deaths have occurred. On» was drowned aud one was sick when recelved DIPROVEMENTS. Preparations are made for gardening upon a more extensive scale than’ heretotore. ‘Tae school bas been abundantly supplied with-—alt Vegetables and frults that are reqatred. Tots has been the me of ccoaomy to the tastita. tion. Two large bathing pools have been ball: inthe basement of the’ buildings where tie boys can disport themselves the year roun1 A laundry, oue of the tmprovemanis most sred, has been ied, ‘The enitre washii 1 How be done in one day with not more t ee OF Tour 10 attend to the machinery. and filing yp hental and coum: ed all the shade tre ‘The barn bas b en re Dlacksmiih shop has been erected. now does its own blacksintinin money. Large and haproved been put in the pul r Major Morgan TraBtel nk u appotatment or commissions: nd r The scuo under authority of the act of Congress has used The sum of $5,560 due them by the Jay Cooke « Co. trustees to purchase the remainder of the er’ farm, Tals Jand adjoins th rt of the origin: _ atly needed. It The appr pha e \. tation Of $25,000 fos the maintenance of the school nas beea’ inade quate, aud a deticieney will have to be asked of Congress. early v . ‘ditional apppropriation of 6.000 over the sum of last sent fiscal year. Th 1 urer’s Te were $17.92 A great, ippiied is new baild. . ‘The school has been iiled to tes utmos: acity, aud ove hundred applicants tor ad- ton had to be refused. SMALL BOYS IN JAH. WHO OUGHT NOT TO BE THERE. Ata recent visit to the jail Mr. Falls found {nearcerated therein, for petty offences, owing to the inability of the scuool for want of room to accommouate them, 14 little boys, ranging in ages fron Sto 16 years. Owing to their sur- roundings and associations the future of most of them can be read readily. Instead of becom- ing a credit to the community and themse! he states, that many of thein will become burden to the country, and must be supporce at its expense in jalls and penitenuaries. He finds that boys’ once commited to jail where they come in contact with old yeteraus Jn crime, soon become contaminated and raj Gescerd the steep incline of vice and crim: He asks “Is ts not the duty of the governme: to prevent, as far as {U can, this evil, and ts 1h government not (0a great extent responsib:« for neglecting todo so waen Ic has the remedy within its power?” He says that ap oauce of preventative ts worth a pound of care, and aside from the moral effect to Og attatned that asa matter of co!lars and“cents tt 1 ehcuper to prevent thaa pualsh erin» ut In this District there 1s a large class o boys, white and black, without visible means Of support, WLO find ’a precarious Iying by begging or worse. They shoud be cared fo, abd should the school be arged many of matched as a brand frou: al cluizens. says futher that the able row to accommodate abyut although even tit capacity, and were the doubie, or even t et cared for; that Wis w: he believ Hie F ool ty 170 bays wads tix enlarged MESHED nt 1s $0 seciously tet ina he cannot d factliite and could be eding $3,000, and ag compared with the It is, therefore, earnestly Will make the ‘necessary Uthat the outlay 1s util good that will tolfoy hoped that Congress appropriation. THE PROPER WORKSHOPS, which are much needed, could be erected and tools aud machinery purchased for $2,500, whic 1 Would materially lessen the expenses. ‘A pa~ oi the Peter farm wili be planted in willow and brooin corn and@ the boys learnt the trade «tf manutacturing articles of those materials. T bulidings should be at once painted on the oa'- side to preserve them. Additional fencing 13 alsc needed. The boys have behaved well. ‘Taey had an excursion down the river, the expens:s of which was defrayed by the trustees an: . Feople. Except a few sits. there has been no sickness in rlutendent of the scaovl erms Of pralse, REPORT OF ARCUITECT CLUS: Adolph Cluss, the engineer and architeet-tn- chiet of the reconstruction of the Pateat O11 bas, through Commissioner of Pat trausmitted his report to tae Secretary of the Interlor, Hesays: The north wing 13 in readi- hess to receive the flre-proot model cases. After reviewing the work under each separaie c9: r the fron work, cut stone and bric< work; copper roofing, glass and glazing: woul work, plastering, ornamental patating, &2., te hows the appropriation for the recoa- nm to have been expended as follos elevator and preparing for repairing and dismantling roof, $168, hoisting removing — rubbis! &e, S77 Preparing main * floor, ie, $16, ‘0; granite and marble cut- ting, $4,303.25; Iron work of roof and galleries, $50,589.62; miscellaneous iron work, derric': work, fron ceiling, roofs of portico3 and stair- case, walks and railing around skylights, sash and frames, between skyvlights, tron doors $15, 08 iron work of interior finish, $30,089.s4° hardware, $391.40; tron ridge ventilator and casings, $2,041 fire-proot concrete floors, $11,143.43; concreting of roofs, $3,! ; COppe: roofing, $18,429.87; drainage, gas and water sup- Ply, $1,217.10, &c., &e, The total amount ex- pone Was $244,920.48. ‘To enable the work to Hnished up thoroughly Mr. Clus3 recom- Tends an additional appropriation of $5,915. Inconcludivg the report says: “It woud te a neglect if attention would not de called again to the strange condition of the building and roof of the south wing of the Puteat Omice. The stately main portico ts a mere Under box overhead. The wooden frame of the main roof though saved from destruction by the fury of the fire through the exertions of we firemen is charred to a considerable extent anda spark may set it on fire. The leaky coverlog of the Toot isin large sections temporarily patchea wu.) with tin. This Is certainly a case wailed d-- mands prompt attention. ‘The 1isk 13 too di - Proportionate to the value and importance ui the bullding with its valuable reejrd3.” A WraLtny Maxriep Lapy ELorgs with A temporar rial, brick work mate for conc! RIDING ‘fEaCHER.— For some time pas. unc aristocratic nelghborhood of Central Park has been ag vith excitement over the elopament of @ well known society woman with a ridiaz master attached to the Fitth Avenue Kidiog Academy, No. 9 east 58th street. The lady 11 question 1s Mrs. Jennie Ward, granddaughter of the late Admiral DeGrass, once commander ofthe French naval forcea. Her friends say that she is dashing in appearance, of msdium eight, with bewitching eyes and jet black hair. Piesumed that sbe is worth in her own Hght about $100,000, ‘The man with whom she eloped is Frederick Keighley, who for nine months prior to the 25th of August taught the art of equestrianism in the Avenue Riding Academy. He is about 35 years of age, just one Totus stocking? feet aug caines the map of n his 8 feet, and carries the map land on his face. He 18 ¥ersation. For his services as ridtog master he the muniticent salary of $65 per months Star, 20th, if : Gen. Haekell, of the salvation army, almost geatroyed. ‘hip vsetuiness x Mayde\d, Ky. &y forge: was raying fecven:s @ blessing on Pahwcabe arval towne z Telegrams to The Star. | LATEST POLITICAL NEWS. No Fusion in Indiana. The New York Muddle. Those Florida Dispatches. INTERNATIONAL REGATTA. RUSSIA’S SHORT GRAIN CROP THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. NO FUSION IN INDEANA, Three Electoral ‘Fickets to be Voted ‘OF. [Specia? Dispatch 1o The Star.} New Yous, Oct. 23.—A special dispatch from Indianapolis says the democrats have abdan- doned all attempts to secure a fuston with the greenbackers on the electoral ticket in that Stute. The vote will be cast, therefore, for three electoral uckets. NEW YORK ERIS AFTERNOON, J uddle —Esti- md New Jer- : x States by a Handsome Wajority. [Special Dispatch to The Star.J New York, Oct, 23.—The nomination of Mr. Dowd for mayor i5 well received by the repub- licans, but the fact that he isa stalwart has re- sulted in driving from him all the expect a Gemocratic strength that for several days has been expected. ~ This, notwithstanding the earbess of election day, leaves the Germaus aud Irish democrats, besides many independ-- ents, tu position of nursing complaints that ar veiy Havie i t through w of a third it candid. Want to vot scock, Dut have ta in local afiairs with the regular d-inocratle neiimation of Grace for mayor. T are therefore snubbed by the regular democratic aplvation, ald cannot now participate tn the benefits that would accrue to political workers from Grace’s election. ‘The republic. Who could not otherwise ¢iect Dowd, enc0% this disaffection, In the bope that a third cah- Gidate would detract sufficiently from Grace's strength to elect Dowd. ‘The position of local political affairs now Is that the lodependent. democrats seem determ- ined to make a new Ucket. A reason additional to the opposition to Grace is that Truax, the democratic nominee for judge. has already been handicapped by a terribiy bad record unat will undoubtedly defeat bimand will also carry thousends of votes from Grace. No steps have ntaken tu this matter beyond au ear- _ cussion, which promises to assume tan- shape. Estimates from both pa ae ore coma fa rapidly to both political headqu Ts. Tae canvass of the democrats In regard to New York state predicts for thein a majo: ft S,KO ths, side or Harlem river, and allows the repubil- cans 50,000 majority in the rematnder of ine state, The repubiican canvass give the d>mo- crats 75,000 up to Harlem river and gives the republicans in remainder of the state from 110,000 to 120,000 majority. ‘Thus the repubit cans Claim 35.000 to 49,000 majority, while th democrats claim 20,000 in the state. Ros: Conkling cliims 50,060. New Jersey 13 also heard frofh. The canvass ‘there ts based principaliy on Essex and Hudson counties, which offset each other; the remain. der of state being close, and e: ing asmall majority. In & give the republicans majority the vote at the last charter eleciton; republicans claim that county by 5.000, bszans at tbe charter election they lost over 2.000 Ge: man votes by their objection to a local issue. In Hudson the democrats claim 6.000, and re- pubiicans give them 3,500. Kach party, there- fore, Claims New Jersey by about 5,000 ma- jority. ‘The democratic canvass gives the republicans three Congressmen, but claim the state for Hanecck. The republican canvass claim; a!l sex LLe Jemocra - based on al. 'e Superintendent Walling has tssued a severe order to the police force against the colonization of voters in this city. NEW YORK NEWSPAPER VIEWS What the “Herald,” +1 World’? and **fribune Sa About the Heathen Chinee Let- he “Elerald’s*’? Democratic mate Of York State. [Special Dispaten to The Star.) New York, Oct. 23.—The Herald calls upon Gen. Garfield to make a frank and explicit de- nial of the alieged Chinese letter in his own name, if he did not write it, and says If he did witte it he is not fit to be President. The Heraid publishes to-day the “inside” democratic —_ calculation to the counties in New York state in whi they expect gains and those in which they cede losses as compared with the presidential vote of New York in 1 ‘This estimate gives rats by about 25,000 ma- jority. in comparing the esmat> wiih that of the republicans it pudlished a fe days ago, says the rival estimates differ in th circumstance that the republican leaders make a specific and plausible statement of the reasons on which their expectation is founded, wht! the authors of the democratic estimate furatsa mere figures without reasons, The democratic leaders, that paper says, seem to take no ac- count of the obstacles that Ile in their path: the fact that the republicans are in ssession of the state government; that tLe Freaiana election has sone adverse to them, while in 186 they carried it; that the tai agitation and Gen. Hancock's thdisereet letvers have injured them; and that John Kelly's s° lection of &@ candidate for mayor 13 dis- Jupting the democratic party of the city. The Ties, treatin upon the evidences of ta: alleged Garfield Chinese letter, being a clans fugery, says: is signed ‘J. A. Galfield” which 15 not Garfield; and, although purport to be written at the House of Represeniatt does not have the Congressional stamp upon it. and ts inclosed in an envelope which is fatally defective, so far as dimensions are concerned, 68 an Imitation of the official envelope used by the members of Congress, This dlaphanou fergery, moreover, bears internal evidence o: the ignorance of its inventor. voe3 anybody suppose that Gen. Garfield does not know how to spell ‘companies?’ And yet this democratic forger makes the mistake of putting ‘companys’ to the credit of one of the best educated men in the United States” The Tribune says that in three different ways (not specified) the forgery of a letter from Gar- eld 1s so clumsy that 1t instantly exposed {teelt. ‘The World has a dispateh from Utica that a shoemaker there says that a man named Morey was employed in 18iS by the shoe manu- facturers of Lynn in their attempt to break up the trades-. ton of thelr workmen, The Sun has made no reference so far to the Chinese letter, perhaps for the reason that it appeared in the 7ruth, a paper fercely hostile to Dana, MADRID’S GREESING TO THE EEN. Scene in the Cathedral—The Great Crowds in the Streets—Etc. {Special Dispatch to The Ecening Siar and New York Evening Telegram.) Paxis, Oct. 23, P. M. Our Madrid correspondent telegraphed late last night that Queen Christina’s first appear- ance in the streets of Madrid since her confine- ment was the cause seat eet and strat elaborate demonstration int section interest. It ing. Tbe cathedral was filled by the best society of terior was ‘Madrid and the official world. The int ade and the choir was splendidly iuminated eed the De wi or un foates the Bishops, y priests a the the choir. The little infant M g was office morait sometime erisearsarn on ares ‘Worth of stamps. x GEN. MAHONE’S COURSE. The Predicted Result in Virginia— & roner’s Arri: {Specia? Dispatch to The Star. Ricuwonp, Oct. 23.—Gen. V. D. Groner, of Norfolk, chairman of the readjuster executive committee, arrived here this afternoon from New York to meet Gen. Mahone. He says their party wll succeed at the coming election and cast their 11 votes for Hancock in the electorat college; that there will be six readjusters, two republicans and pomiy, one funder electad to Congress fiom Virginia, and that they will n: aud Gen. Mahone will not. go into any de: cratic or republicen caucus in Congress, Dit | will hold themselves aloof to vote a3 the Dest interest of Virginia shall suggest. But upo this point he says he and Gen. Mahone wisn ts be distinctly understood that their electors wii vote for Hancock and English under any ci - cumstances whether they could turn the seates or not. Gen. Groner will co be the nex: nominee for governor of Virginia on the read juster ucket. THOSE FLORIDA DISPATCHES. Application for Injunction Agains the National Democratic Comaait- ww YORK, Oct. 23.—Judc supreme Court Chambers tn! plication of Messrs. Porter, Lowry, Sore Stone, who are the attorneys for the Wi Union Telegraph Company, granted an ord: show cause, re!urnab‘e on the 2th Instant, why injupction should not issue to restrain the dem ocratic Dational comunittee from using or ciren- latirg lithographic copiesof Marshall Jewell's despatches, which were obtained by Ue com mittee through the mistake of the telecraph company, Tue orlgipal application was for a» injuncuion, Which was not granie davit on which the order was obtaived was made by Norvin Green, prestdent of the compar Lawrence, In the morning, 3. Leeds amot ‘Tae were damaged to th $10,000 by fire’ and water last nigh’ ou the building is slight. Ant ne Man Loses $5,500. Metste. Wright, coal dealers on MUlt strect, lost $,500- In cash and securities e2. trusted to Cornelius Costello, a trusted em ployé. On the 9tb instant Costello disappeared, and the following day was arrested in Cam brigge on suspicion that he was drun<. It ap- Pears thet the man 1s ne, and the where- abouts of (he money and securities cannot be ascertalned. L REGATTA. for the American Prizes. Oct. 23.—The Sportsman this morn- he president of the American com- paby which offers the prizes yesterday met in Leidon, Col. A. D. Shaw, U.S. cagsul at Man- chester, and the editor of the Sportsman, v» jake arrangements for the regatta. - The presi- dent stated that as soon as he has viewed the ‘Ti ames course and can hear the opinions of the chief corapetitors for the prizes, steps would be iaken to appoint a committee of manageme, Which will probably be composed representatives Of the United States, Canada, Australia and England, He then decided that the whole of the prize money should be given into the absolute possession of the propricto: of the Sportsman tor distribution among U various competitors. The president satd he hoped the committee would devise a plan for ascer‘aining, by direct trial if possible, those who areentitled to row for the four prizes, and he sincerely wished that the Englis competi- tos Should have every opportunity for demon- strating their ability, as the races must not be confined to any particular class. ‘The president of the American company lnspecied the Taames course to-day. NEWEOU The Contest AND NOTES. Discoveries of Lead and Sr. Jon, N. F., Oct. 23.—News has been re ceived from Cann Islands aud Indian Isiand to the effect that the first named localliy has proven exceedingly rich in copper and the seem > in lead and silver. The capiain who has e amined Indian Isiand asserts that tts ore worth twenty-five pounds per ton, and that it silver per centage is large. It is understood una the value Of the location has beeu settied at tn Posiilve price of 60,000 pound: This Year’s Fisheries. ‘The net results of this year’s tshery for the French on Great Banks will exceed the averag: Nearly ail the vessels engaged have returned St, Pierre, and save a few, have sailed for Freat ports, THE P. £. € VENTION. Finaneial. NEw YorE, Oct. 23,—Keyv. Dr. Shattuck, chatr man of the committee on expenses, presented Teport in the house of deputies of the P. E. con. Yention today tn which he states that the aciual traveling expenses of delegates footed up $30,242 Instead Of $25,000, as previously estimat ed, To pay this amount it would be necessa to assess each communicant 14 cents, and t commiitee presented @ resolution aaking lew to sit during the recess, and to negotlate with railroads thiovgbout the country for reduced | fare. Dr. Schenck offered an ameadment that the cominitiee be fully empowered to make arrangements to meet the expenses of the next general Convention. The resolution as amended was adopied. A resolution was unanimously adopted that the next general convention tn lss3 be held in the ¢ity of Philadelphia. A reso- Jution offered by Kev. Dr. Dix was adopted. calling upon the house of bishops for informa tlon as to whether the ordinaiton of Bishop Riley. of ihe Mexican branch of the Cathot! church, was 1a accord with article 10 of the con stituticn, aid also what crocd and liturgy wer. used in that diocese. ndelphin. Pr 23.—AL an early hour thts morning a fire destroytd a five-story brick building on Canal street. below Thompsoa, oc- cupted by Alexander McConnell, morocco man- ufacturer, and John J. McConnell. manufac turer of cotton and woolen yarns. The 1o3s on stock and machinery was $50,000. Insured tu Spring, Garden, Aetna, and otuer conpantes and $20,C00 on the bullding, covered by insur Verdict for $3,100 Under the Civii Damage Laws. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Oct. 23.—Mary Harring- ton yesterday recelved a verdict uuder the clvii damage law for $3,400 in a suit for $10,009 against Michael McKellop, a liquor dealer of Holyoke, for the loss of her husband, who was killed by Michael O’Nell February 27th, in a drunken row, liquor belng procured in the de- | ghi; mente fendant’s saloon. Vessel Sunk by an Iceberg. Sr. Jonns, N. F., Oct. 23.—The schooner Belle, of Brixham, from Grace Harbor, with a cargo of salt and provisions, bound for Boulster’s Rocks, Labrador, during the dense fog on Sept. 17, struck an iceberg 86 miles southeast of Belle Island. The vessel was a total ik the crew were saved and landed at Deaa Is! Not Gu Kawe ty: Western seconds, PRTERSBURG, VA., Oct. 23.—The jury In the | pole, 111%. Erie, case of Cleophas Rainey, who has been on trial | New York Central, 135%. in the hustings court of unis city the past two days, for the frurder of John Farmer, rendered Th a verdict of “not guilty” at a late hour last ease x night. Fire in a Colliery. OTTSVILLE, Pa., Oct, 23.—The oo. of caren c fas into the Keetey Run colliery, with ‘a failure, and the old method of flooding Eicmsine will now be resorted to. While cleau- To-da) Pruiico, Mp., Oct. 23 —First race, mile for two year olds, was won ‘Thora, but | go Sip uar bok: te 8b dasn of one couples FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ‘Their tase a Loxpor, Oct. 9.—A St. Petersbu! dress among the stu- lion already submitted to the rector for ng tation to the mintster of pubite instrucuon, It demancs the establishment of a speci al student corporation, with the right of making presen. tations to the authorities by deputies; the right of holding periodical meetings; the right of as. sociation for Objects to be submitted to the au- thorities: the tustivution of a court of honor for the purpose of expelling offenders from we | untversity; the right of participating in the de. hiderations of the council of Uhe professors; and | it finally demands that no student shali be sub- | ject to Summary treatment by the potic | ported without the previous cogaira rector, or without having Deen expelled from } the untversity. Serious Failure of} The Nt Petersburg Golos devotes a loag ar- ticle to the subject of Uhe failure of the crops, It says :—The outlook for Russia ts very gloomy, try, whose ordinary 5 a a 5 e ¢ Russian Crops abre comir ng the se. lou: fon of the government, and there ig ho groucd for expeeting a good harvest tn the Tuture. “Thousands of Tasecis deed che efforts to exterminate them, and lie hidden uoder deep Show unt!l spring enables tnem to Tonew thel | work or destruction. | #ussian Pinances—Balance on the Wrong Side. The Golos elves the result of the past financial year, Showing that the expenditure exc sods the estimates by 26 000,000 roubles. ‘The De Cisecy Scanda! Parts, Oc —The attitude of the govern- ment tn regard to the case of General De Cissey 4s calling forth the severest animadverstons. M. nt, A great authority on commissariat questions, bas requested permission to call a public Indfguation meeting on the affal He Will be supported by Deputy Le Faare, called attention in the badget commit | piclous miliary contracts. } Duleigno, Loxpon, Oct. 23 —A dispatch from Constanti- nople tothe Panty Telegraph says: The latest advices state that Riza Pasha has taken meas. ures forthe disarmament of the Albanians in Duleign The rno has to sus- Briush Victory in Basuate Land, Carr TowN, Oct. 232.—The following are the deta 1s of hs Nicht which took place previous to | the relief of Mafet e The Ambuscaded - manry wer c d by a large body of Basutos, who d ood the bills at tall speed. A hand to hand fight ensued. The Basutos armed with Zalus arriving rable loss ce at fall sper well dire he CneMy We LONDON, Oct. & Times Says: member of parliam of other lundiords, have recelved pay fall rents under penalty of D ‘She War in South Afric: A Capetown dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram company says: The enemy are reported to have occupied the country In the rear of the force which relieved Mateteng. ™ an, Sligo and tees uot to shot ae « Lon Dow, Oct. spath to the Toes, in rel aor of Gen. eral Meltkoft’s Intention to retire from the oltice of chief Of the supreme exeentive commission In consequence of court intrigues against hia, concludes as follows: At the ume generally hoped that count Melk at Livadia with the Czar enemies and restore contidenc French Gold for New York, Havse, Oct. 23.—The steamer Frista, from. Hamburg, wh 4 re hence to-day, took out iranes In g > Oct. 3.—The Slandard, in tts fnan- cial article, says: We understand that a total Of £400,000 in gold will be shipped from Havre to-Cay tor America. WALL STREET TO-DAY. An Irregular Stock Market, New York, Oct. 23.—The Post's tinaactal artl- stock exchange markets are oaly active today. The stock market has been irregular and alternately strong and heavy, Delix strong as we write, prices being nearer to tLe highest than the lowest prices, The stocks which have advanced most In the last ten or twelve days are not now bought with thesame confidence a8 a few days ago, the dis- pesition apparently being to take money out of ‘hem and put it in lower priced stocks which It 18 reasoned are yet to have their rise. ‘This, at least, Is the view of the pronouuced bulls. Those thclined to be “bearish” make no «disert ination, but clam that the entire lst 1s sale.” ‘While there 1g more diversity of opinion -han lately re: speculalty widely known railroad bonds also continue very Strong at very full prices. Some of the comparatively bew bonds not yet known by investors generally to be good. and not yet ab- s lutely proved to be, are attracting attention. The rise, mainly in this class of bonds, rauges Ww-oay from aly per cent, the latter Texas, and Pacific firsts, (Kio Grande division.) Brie second consols are features, and have ad- vanced from 937, to 94,. Chesa. & Ohio “BY bonds have advanced trom 7 Central in 5 and Texas seconds fron 67’, 19 6>' ment bonds are 4 lower on bidy tor the 4\'8, 58 and 6's of Isl, ant unchang™d (or the 4s. In the stock market. the shares notably stroag have been Keading, which has aqvanced to 4; Louisville aud Nasbviie 6. from ; Chicago and Alton to 1%% from °°. money market 18 easy at 2i¢93\5 per cont for call loans, 3a4 per cent for time loaus, and 44a 5); for pre commercial paper. — Democratic Workingmen, San Francisco, Oct. 23.—The democratte wing of the workingmen’s party last night withdrew Senator Enos, thelr candidate for Congress, andendorsed Gen. Rosecrans, the democratic candidate. ee Dr. Buchanan’ WILADELY Buchanan, took place to-d and the prisoner nw) Darl, was committed in det The Marke. Oct. 23.—Virwinta sixes, deferred, 733; do. connois, G1; do. second series, 24; do. past du- coupous, go, pew ten-foriies, 40%; % rt a apons, 95% bid x ct. 43.—Cottun unchanged. southern firm; 1.13; do, unchanged. Whes! y—southera red, 1 ;, No. 2 western win! 2.124,; November, 1. ‘Isn! 1. ete 1.15/,82.16 cr southern qd et south ds 56 ‘no mixed, sy ¥254% > November, Oats quiet aud wired, 38 Kye, nowiuslly 1.008 fteady and unchaneed. Provisions Butter steady and unchaused. Exe im pominal—rafined, 12. Sagar quiet—A te, BY, © 1.02. Hay unchanged firm st 28ai9. 9 Petro Coffee firm—13al4 for iF . Whisky steady, 116. Frewhts Liverpool on amar Unehthged. Reccipts—four, 4,100 Parrels. wheat, 168-138 bushide. corn,’ 28688 ¥ . bushels; outs, 3,600 bushels : 500 buiiels. wheat 16,000 bushy corn, 535 Duslels. Faies—wheat, 175,000 bushels; ‘corn, 60,000 bushels NEW YORK, Ost. 93 —Stocks strong and higher. Money: 203. Exchanwo iong, 48136. short se, rnipents quiet and 5 NEW YORK, Oct. 2$.—Fiour dail snd declining. Whest beavy ana half centlower. Oora quiet and need. § 12:30 . m.—Consols, ft Boat 8, ae tr se tic and Gi Veetern - oor vente 50; Atlantic and Great % iew Jersey Oentral con- 4! ; do. second Readius, 20. BEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON. e followin quotations were current in. 13 p. m., a8 reported b; 112%. Se per cents, 110. D ‘cen i ca jereey, Central : a sna Bt ty a4; Ni s pant SLi: eres. ary Jerod To: Kansas. and v, ie téim: ©. O- and 1-0. Pacis 4056, -see- AL COUPLES. ~ train No. 8, of the New York, Lake Erie and Western rail- Port Jervis a few nights tt wa. Ei ad three Compensation second, and Spark ins | Parone. Sheet th ee ee 1X ond race, Breckenridge stakes, two mites, | SeDBerS, the whistle almost ° dead heat betiween Glidela and Greaada. Time, | 4 Galveston darkey has returned = 34334. business trip to the interior of the state very race, one mile and a quarter, won by Qf que Peabo pte” Ra, | Boa ae Mead a a at 217. We poicdonwess A offered me ' 2 de eon coe on Wotecs: oi field I saw for imyselt dat when it was ‘il New York, Oct. 23.—Police Superintendent ed it wouldn't mount to one-third, so I Walling to-aay tssued, a ae necro wig RC force enforce resol jons | foot r was, a retme- orate police to thede- | tic Wasall whatsabedme. I yer all, send {ection and arrest of parties to col- ‘Onize voters. a Naw York, Oct. 23.—The Financial ana Com- meretal Chronicle le, in tts issue of to-day, gives in ond week of the current month of twenty-five aha av — oer ber cen crease in mileage of only cent. ee ee trunk ‘which, according islaiger.” he’ gold. impor fr the weak nd ing exceed $6,000,000,