Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1881, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 1th 8t., by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. to on cent tmonth. Copies count By mali prepuld 50 cents ‘mouth, {Entered at the Post Offic . the Office at Washington, D. C., a8 Tae Weexiy Stan—published on Friday. @. “Six mouth, $1. 10 copies for 315000 mail subscriptions must be paid in advance; Bo Tktes of advertising made Lae stin sprtication. __—_—_—_—_——_—_____ V% 58—N®. 8,824. WASHINGTON D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1881. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. wihern Market Commpeay ofl orthern Market Company’ wil meeting at Daly's Hall, O street, between 6th and streets northwest, WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant, fal Ho are friendly to thie, Market are invited to attend.” EDW. W. DONN, Sy19-2t* OFFICE OF THE CONSOLIDATED RONCES- yalles Silver Mining Co July 1881.—A dividend of $1 on each share of the Capital Stock of ‘this Company will be paid the shareholders July 25th, 188! at the National Bank of the a Washington, D. Stockholders will receive. thelr checks at the ofMce 0 T. & L. H. STEVENS, No. 614 F street northwest, on aid after = dy19-4t ingt. CHARLES §. BRADLEY, Treasurer. this city, has been sepeietee Manager of the Store of this No. 1023 7th street northwest, to date from 18th instant. i a7 jy18-3t TLLE, Secretary. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF unt received from New Yorks newts design and col ved from New York, 7 Have always ou hand a large ste iow GAS FI stock of TUKES, LATROBES AND RANGES. SAM'L 8. SHEDD, 409 9th street northwest. N FIRE INSURANCE | Wasutsortox, D. y 14, 1881. N Directors f this C: y have this day declared & Semi-Annual Disidlend of Fear) Dallas. yee share, Payable at their office, No. 511 7th street northwest, on ‘c. F. M. FAEHTZ, Secretary. (Ee NOTICE OF DissoLvTioy. ‘The Mp gen heretofore existing EO! EF. Me of the city of Washi: HENRY. LiktS. DERISION” BERWAN ing said LIKES, ce the Habilities of the firm of GEO. F. TT and all indebtedness due said firm of GEO & CO. must be paid to LIKES, BERWANGER & C hands and seals of the parties hereto this Sfteanth day of July, 1881. B. BE B. KATZENSTEIN. Until the completion of the new and spacious store, No. 310 7th street, the business of the above-named firm, ‘witl be continued at their old stand, No. 319, southeast corner 7th and D streets, by LIKES, BERWANGER & CO., under the management of the popular clothier, Mr. 8. KATZENSTEIN. you for the kind patronage heretofore ex- soliciting a continuance of same, we are, very respectfully, ES, BERWANGER. Jyl6-61 EIN, Manager. ATTENTI your Carpets leaned E- soti Steamed iu the best taker al Ge Pome (OEKE, No. 801 Market ‘ i Prices, go to SINGLETON & Hi Space. NGS WATE! Deep Rock, Saratoga), iford, ‘Salurian, Michizan,’ Con- gress Water, and Other Natural Waters, freshly received, and for sale'on drauxht at MILBURN'S PHARMACY, mS 1429 Pennsylvania avenue. GAS FIXTURES. E. F. BROOKS, 531 15th street. = LADIES! DO XOU WANT A PURE, BLOOMING COMPLEXION? If s0, a few applications of Hagan’s MAGNOLIA BALM MAGNOLIA BALM MAGNOLIA BALM Will eratify you to your heart's content, It does away with ess, Repsess, Putrces, BLorcues, and all Diseases axp Invi .CTIONS OF THE SKIN. APPEARANCE OF HEAT, | .CITEMENT. Tr Mages 4 Lapy oF Turery Appear put Twenty! And so natural, gradual, and perfect are its effects that to detect its application. | to Washington invent: | With permission to go beyond sea. Leave of | foree of 150 soldiers will be stationed at the | the accident Washington News and Gossip. GoversMeNT Recerrts To-Day.— Internal revenue, $213,706.06; customs, $744,120.87. Secretary Wixpom is expected to return from Deer Park next Wednesday. ASSISTANT SECRETARY BELL, of the Interior Department, leaves to-night for a ten days’ trip East. THere WERE 362 PaTENTS issued by the Pa- tent Office to-day, this being the largest issue in any one week since the Patent Office was es- tablished. Among the number two were issued BY aN ANNOYING typographical error yester- day, Goy. Foster, of Ohio, in his letter to Mr. A. S. Solomons, in the matter of a National Thanks- giving, was made to say “when the committee of Germans confer,” instead of ‘the committee of governors,” as it was written. Army OnrpeRs.—The leave ofabsence on sur- geon’s certificate of disability granted Major I. D. De Russy, 4th infantry, is extended two months on surgeon’s certificate of disability, absence for nine months, to take effect upon the expiration of the extension of sick leave, is granted Major I D. De Russy, 4th infantry. Capt. C. A. H. McCauley, assistant quartermaster, now awaiting orders at Chicago, Ill, will report to the lieutenant general, commanding the mil- itary division of the Missouri, for assignment to duty in that division. Leaye of absence for six months is granted 2d Lieut. C. A. Tingle, 2d ar- tillery. PROTECTION FROM THE OFFICE SEEKERS.—The terrible strain to which the President and the members of the cabinet have been subjected by office seekers will probably lead to the adoption of some rules to which candidates for office will be required to conform, and which will do away with the bore of personal importunities for place. Since the 4th of March the President and Secre- tary Blaine have been constantly harassed by place hunters—in the case of the Secretary of State to such an extent that he has been com- pelled to transact official business at his house instead of at the department. Gey. SuepMan will during his trip west spend a few days with his brother, Senator Sherman, at Manstield, Ohio, and will participate in the approaching soldiers’ reunion at Clyde, Ohio. Mr. Conxnine Packs Ur.—During the recent visit of ex-Senator Conkling to this city all of his personal effects were packed up, and have been shipped to Utica. This indicates that the nator has no idea of spending next winter ashington. THe N selected for the Utes, now in Colorado, is in the vicinity of the junc- tion of the Green and White rivers, Utah. A ageney. Tue Boaxp appointed by the Secretary of the Navy for the examination of candidates for ap- pointment as ciyil engineers in the navy will convene at the Navy department August 10, in- stead of Septem ber 1, as at tirst ordered. Tue New ORLEANS SteamRoaT EXPLosion.— Gen. Dumont has received a report of the local steamboat inspectors at New Orleans in regard to the recent explosion on the steamer John H. Hanna, by which twelve people were injured. ‘fhe report says that the forward flue of the middle boiler d, and that the cause of the inferior boiler plate. OBSERVATIONS IN THE Anc- MeTEoRoLo: Tre Re —Lieut. BR of the U. S. signal corps, sailed yesterday, from SanFran- isco with nine companions, on the chooner Golden Fleece, for Point Barrow, in the Arctic ocean, where he will establisi @ station for meteorological observations. A D.C , March 14, 1881. | rs pie us office, on | or they barred, and | the amounts dist sinonz the other erediters of | fie Company, a provided in the act of February Depositors who have not alreaty received dividends | should immediately forward their books by mail or | express, or throuxh some responsible bank or banker, | sccompnuied with their addres, OX, Commissioner. BOOKS, & ——— QUsbtER READING. Paweett. from the Norse. rant White. Amon Lill: A Gentleman of Leisure: Edvar gore Solbbake: oe Friens, a Due JAMES J. CHAPMAN, Merkorottras Bookstore, ‘911 Pennsylvania aventie. NEw BOOKS. Engiand Without and Within, by Richard Grant White. ‘The Republic of God, by Elisha Mulford- Building Eras, by Horace Bushnell. Commentary on Exodus, by J. G. Murphy, D. D., ‘American edition. ped, by Mation Harland. Mrs. Parloe’s New Cook Book. bar Emperor, by George E) es 3 en, by L. Burnham, WM. BALLANTYNE iyo EW BOOK! se (orrespondence of ‘Talleyrand and Louis XVIII... by Palliat: opames . cid mcd the XVIIL ippleton’s General ( Memeyer's Text Boo vols. Waterinan’s Specitic Perf: Bump’s Federal Proce: lure Wood's Landion? and’ ny musi postpaid. Cards just received. HAY wan & wercn 317 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MODERNIZING DEFECTIVE PLUMBING IN CITY RESIDENCES, AND HAVING A LARGE FORCE OF COMPETENT WOREMEN, ATTEND PROMPTLY ALL JOBBING ORDERS. HW JUST RECEIVED : A Large Assortment of SILVER-PLATED TEA SETS, ICE PITCHERS, BOGERS BROS." KNIVES, FORKS and SPOONS, &e., At Reduced Prices. SAM'L LEWIS’ SONS, Jewelers and Silversmiths, 5 Pennsylvania a Janl2 Quik. RUPPERT, ‘Sos. 40 AND 405 7TH STREET NORTHWEST. JUARTERS FOR THE WHITNEY MEADQUAMIEN'S CAMIAGE COMPANY, the cheapest for beauty, comfort and durability in the market. CHIL- AECHERY_AXD FISHING TACKLES, CROQUET x NNIS, BICYCLES, ASR ELOCIPEDES, WAGUNS- Received alarge szsorusent of Traveling and Lunch BASKETS. ww | for observation, and provisions for three years | Mass., accompanied by Judge Trescott, paying | from the receiving ship St. Louis and placed on | normal,and the’ patient. comfortable and delag phia; Assistant Surgeon E. H. Marsteller from | the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, and ordered to house is ready for the erection of instruments are comprised in the outfit of the expedition. PaYine THe Fismine Ciaims.—Assistant Sec- retary of State Walker Blaine is in Gloucester, out the money received from Great Britain on account of the unlawful interference with Ameri- can fishing fleets in Newfoundland. The sum to be distributed is between $50,000 and $60,000, or a little more than half the amount claimed. Re- imbursements are made for actual expenses in- curred in the fishing trips, with interest, but all constructive losses are ruled out. Tue CorREcTED Ficures show that the total receipts from internal revenue fos the fiscal year ended June 30th were $35,054,000. Potato AND Topacco Crops.—The following reports, showing the condition, acreage, &c., of potatoes and tobacco throughout the country on July 1, have been issued from the Department of Agriculture :—Potatoes—There has been an in- crease of 2 per cent. in the area in potatoes throughout the whole country since 1880. The increase is general in all sections. The states of New York and Michigan report an increase of 5 per cent. each; Missouri, an increase of 6 per cent., and Ohio a decrease of 2 per cent. The ndition of the crop is reported very high; in- sect injuries are reported in many localities, but the damage will be slight. Tobacco—The acre- axe of tobacco is largely in excess of last year, particularly in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky; at, in view of the large decrease in 1880 in these states, owing to scarcity of plants, the area will | not be greater this year than it was in 1879, the year in which the area was given for the census of 1880. The condition of the crop is reported higher than last year in the same time. Naval Orpers.—Lieut. Richard Mitchell to the Wyoming; Master J. F. Parker to the Naval Academy; Surgeon Daniel McMurtrie to the re- ceiving ship St. Louis; Assistant Surgeon T.C. Craig to the receiving ship Colorado; Assistant rzeon J. M. Edgar to the receiving ship St. Louis; Cadet Engineers T.N. Hollis and R. 8. Griffin to examinatiou for promotion. Detached: Passed Assistant Surgeon J. E. Gardner from the navy yard, Norfolk, and placed on waiting | orders; Passed Assistant Surgeoa B. F. Rodgers waiting orders; Assistant Surgeon Clement Bid- dle from the receiving ship St. Louis and or- dered to duty at the Naval Hospital, Philadel- | the navy yard at Norfolk; Cadet Engineers F. M. Bennett and A. M. Hunt from the Tennessee and ordered to hold themselves in readiness for order to the Richmond. NEWS FROM THE ALASKA, IN CaLLao Bay, Perv.—The commanding officer of the U.S. steamer Alaska writes from Callao Bay, Peru, under date of June 23d, that there has been no change in the aspect of affairs there, other than a partial revival of trade—two American vessels and five English ships having arrived with car- goes during the past three weeks. Capt. Belknap states that he proposes to take a short cruise for target and sail practice and deep sea soundings. On the 30th of June the Alaska and the Onward, with HAMS. Ki Majesty the Queen. health of all on board the Alaska good. Naval News.—Rear Admiral Bryson, com- manding the flagship Shenandoah, under date of June 25, reports the health of all on board at that date as good. Rear Admiral Clitz, from Yokohama, Japan, reports under date of June ‘24 the completion of the repairs to the shaft of the U.S. steamer Richmond. Admiral Clitz also reports to the department the death of Lieut H. €. Hunter, of the U.S. steamer Alert, at sea, near Yokuhama, Japan. Rear Admiral George B. Balch assnmed command of the nayal forees THE WHITE HOUSE PATIENT. Everything Favorable To-day. Final Recovery from Yesterday's Slight Relapse, The President had no fever this moyning. The night was passed comfortably. The in- creased fever of last night was due evidently to too much food on the stomach. This morning he was given a lighter breakfast than has been the custom for the past few days. His condition this morning shows improvement. The little rise in anxiety which the symptoms last night induced disappeared altogether this morning and everything was satisfactory. This morn- ing’s bulletin shows that the President’s condi- tion, except the pulse, was normal. Mrs. Gar- field this morning took a long drive with Mrs. Rockwell. She looks exceedingly well. She is apparently herself again. CIRCULAR TO THE CABINET OFFICERS—THE PRES- IDENT BRIGHT AND COMFORTABLE. The following bulletin was sent this morning to the cabinet officers by the President’s private secretary : EXECUTIVEMANSION, July19, 8a.m.—The slightly increased febrile ris¢ which occurred yesterday evening, but which was not due to any unfayor- able change in the condition of the wound, has entirely disappeared this morning, and at’ this hour the President's pulse is 90, with a nominal temperature and respiration. He rested well during the night, at one time sleeping 314 hours without awakening, and is now feeling bright and comfortable. There will be a slight change in his diet, something else being substituted for potatoes and oatmeal, which have been found unsatisfactory. ~ OFFICIAL BULLETIN, 8.30 A. M.—THE PRESIDENT FREE FROM FEVER. EXECUTIVE Mansion, July 19, 8.30 a.m.—The President has passed a very good night, and this morning he is free from fever, and expresses himself as feeling quite comfortable. Pulse 90, temperature 98.5, respiration 18. D. W. Buiss, J. K. Bares, J. J. Woopwarp, Rosert REYBURN. At 2 o’clock this afternoon the President’s pulse was 92, with respiration and temperature normal. He slept more during the day and was comfortable and easy. His appetite continues good and he would eat more if it were given him. There is no sign of fever and its return to-day is not expected. 3 P. M.—NO SIGN OF FEVER. At three o’clock this afternoon the President’s condition was still very favorable. He is having avery comfortable day. There was no sign of fever. The wound discharged copiously to-day. The discharge continues to be healthy. The patient is none the worse to-day from last night's fever. 4 SLIGHT RETURN OF FEVER YESTERDAY. AFTER- NOON. The following was the 7 p.m. bulletin yester- day: “The President had a little more fever this afternoon, which is regarded as merely a tempo- rary fluctuation. At 1 p.m. his pulse was 98, | temperature 98.5, respiration 18. At present his | pulse is 102, temperature 100.7, respiration 21.” About 10 o’clock p.m. the fever was subsiding | and the patient was doing well. His pulse was below 100 again. The President was a little | wearied during the afternoon. The rise of the r is attributed by the physicians to the sensi- of the stomach. The President has en an increased quan f solid food during last three day ttle overtaxed. President had ex- sed a desire to have his beard and hair trimmed and his head rubbed. A barber per- formed the ich, at the time an agreeable ient, wearied him a good deal. LAST NIGHT'S REPORT TO THE CONSULTING SUR. GEONS. The following telegram was sent by the at- tending surgeons to the consulting surgeonslast night: EXECUTIVE MANSION, 7 P. M. To Dr. Frank: H. Hamilton and Dr. D. H. Agnew: Shortly after our dispatch of yesterday the President received a yp teria: injection of one-eighth of a grain of sulphate of morphia. He slept well during the night, and this morn- ing at half-past eizht o'clock had a pulse of 88, temperature 98.4, respiration 18. His day, how- ever, was not quite so comfortable as yesterday. Slight gastric disturbance was noted toward noon, in consequence of which the quantity of nourishment administered was temporarily di- minished. This was followed by rather more afternoon fever than yesterday, but the differ-. ence was not great, and is thought to be merely a temporary fluctuation. At one p.m. his pulse was 98, temperature 98.5, respiration 18; at seven pee pulse 102, temperature 100.7; respiration Dr. Bliss, upon being asked at half-past ten o'clock last night, whether there was anything in the patient's condition to justify uneasiness, replie ‘Nothing whatever. He is doing well. The fever is subsiding. His pulse is below 100 again, and he is sleeping quietly. He became a little overwearied this afternoon, but he will robably be as well again to-morrow morning as e was this.” WHAT DR. BLISS SAYS OF THE LOCATION OF THE BULLET. Dr. Bliss said last evening: “It has been said by persons who have never seen the President since his injury that the bullet probably did not enter the great cavity of the body at all. Our experienge with the drainage tube to-night con- firms our previously expressed judgment that the ball did enter the abdominal cavity and pierce the liver. I believe that it passed through that organ and is lodged in the anterior wall of the abdomen.” THE PRESIDENTS FOOD TO-DAY has been mostly of a liquid character. Dr. Rey- burn told Tug Star reporter that the stomach having been a little out of order it was not thought best to give the patient as much solids as have been administered. The President’s breakfast was made on milk and beef-juice. About noon the President. expressed a desire to have a cup af coffee and some toast. This was prepared, and he ate all that was set before him. At noon there was no fever; on the contrary, the temperature, respiration and pulse were all very well indeed. THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS ON CHURCH AND STATE. The governor of Texas, in responding to the request of Governor Foster to have a day of thanksgiving and Jubilee for the recovery of the President, apologizes for his long delay, and says: “T do not deem it consistent with my position as governor to issue a proclamation directing reli- gious services where church and state are and ought to be kept separate in their functions.” He adds, however, that the people of Texas will pray as devoutly for the recovery of the Presi- dent as any people in the United States. EX-PRESIDENT HAYES, ina letter toa friend in Philadelphia, says: “Pres- ident Garfield gained vastly in popularity and wer for good, and extreme and bitter partisan- inp has, in the Judgment of sound minds, been ignally rebuked by this awful attempt on the President’s life.” mont. Ohio, the ex-President said: ‘If the hor- rible assault upon the President was the insane act of a single cage wade as it cer- tainly Renae to have been, how uiualy the good name of our country would by even a suspicion that it was due in degree to the sel ess or evil passions of faction.” FLOWERS TO THE PRESIDENT. on the Pacifle station last Monday. The U.S. RANGE OF THE The following are the of the ther- 7 dog: it etme Oh deg.< 3 Dugas i Maxitium, 8 deg.; iniii num, @ deg. Z was steaner Wachusett called for Vallejo, Cal., on P peter’ mony esteem and to May Soon cover.” No nemes were atiashod to fas it asa ‘unostentacious testi- amd for this reason it was sentthrough the State department. cines, salves and things. The closet looks now as if somebody had thoroughly mixed the con- tents of three apothecary pore and let them ae mixed. All kinds of bottles and boxes, with some more complex alléged remedies which ape a little mechanism’for their use, ara here. THE APPARATUS FOR RAISING THE PRESIDENT from his bed when it is negessary to dress his wound or change his bedding has been com- pleted. It was tested this afternoon and worked well, raising a 180 pound mau without difficulty. It will be attached to the President’s bed and ready for use to-morrow. COOLNESS BETWEEN THE REFRIGERATING PEOPLE. The doctors had some trouble about who should and who should not attend the Presi- dent. The refrigerating men and those con- nected with the cooling apparatus business for the President's room are now having a some- what similar trouble. There are various claim- ants for the credit of cooling the room, and from the different statements made it is hard to tell for whom the cake should be cut. Mr. R. S. Jennings, of Baltimore, was in Boston when he heard that it was desired that the President's room should be cooled artificially. He tele- graphed to Dr. Bliss and got word to bring his apparatus on. He did go, and soon got the tem- perature of the room under entire control. In the meantime certain government officers had come to the White House to cool it off. They claim that the Jennings process was a failure until they put ina drying and cooling box between the Jennings ement for cooling and dry- ing and the delivery pipe. Without this addi- tion, they say, the Jennings apparatus would be worthless, and that there is no necessity for it. Mr. Jennings’ friends combat this, and say his machine is the only one that has been used for the President's room, (which iscorrect,) and that it works admirably, as Drs. Bliss and Woodward also testify. The larger machine which has been constructed was put up by the government offi- cers. It is used in the corridor upon which the President's door opens. Mr. Jennings’ assistant, Mr. Norton, says that this machine is constructed | upon the Jennings principle, with only a little | change, so that its constructors can say the ar- | rangement is different, and therefore their own. In short, the trouble can best be stated by saying that the government officers hold that theirs is the credit, while Mr. Jennings and his assistants say that the government officers were entirely at sea and could do nothing except upon the Jen- nings principle. A CRAZY SYMPATHIZER WITH GUITEAU. The N.Y. Sun of to-day says:— Policeman Clark, of the steamboat squad, brought before Justice Otterbourg, in the Tombs police court, | yesterday, Alexander Annett, a middle-aged, Tespectably dressed man, whom he had found on pier 41, North river, surrounded by a throng of people, and londly’ justifying Guiteau’s crime. Among other things, Annett declared that he himself had been ruined by the corruptionists of | the republican pa and would himself have shot the President if Guiteau had not done so. Drs. Hardy and Jackson pronounced Annett crazy, and he was sent to Blackwell's Island. Strange Story of the Missing Bullet. FOUND IMBEDDED IN A LUMP OF PUTTY IN A GLAZIER'S “KIT.” The whereabouts of the missing bullet, the first fired by the assassin Guiteau at the Presi- | | dent remained a mystery until yesterday, when a Polish glazier, residing d street northeast, appeared at the Di ney’s office and produced it. It wi be remembered that after tf was definitely as- certained that this ball had gone in a south- easterly direction (passing through one of the doorways of the ladies room at the depot) a thorough, but unavailing search was made for it, and it was thought that it might haye been imbedded in apiece of baggage in the baggage room at the southeast corner of the building. It now appears that at the time of the shvoting Plockechis, the glazier, went in the main room of the depot with his kit—a box containing | some panes of window glass, knives and putty— waiting an opportunity to get a $10 bill changed. He had loosened one strap of his kit and was in the act of loosening the other when he heard the reports of the pistol and three panes of his glass were shattered in the box. He immediately ran away from the building. Last Wednesday, while cleaning his box, he found the bullet im- bedded in a lump of putty, and acting under the advice of friends he yesterday tuok it to the Dis- trict attorney and gave it up. He thinks that this was the first ball, but says the shots were so quickly fired that he is not certain. Plocke- chis speaks but little English and made his statement through an interpreter—Gotleib Prew. The bullet, which is now in the possession of the District Attorney, is a mate to those taken from Guiteau’s pistol: The point is blunted, and one side flattened. Col. Corkhill says there is no reason to doubt the story told by the glazier. NOT YET. Col. Corkhill is preparing this afternoon to escape temporarily from the heat and the re- porters, bya trip to Cape May, whither he will go to-morrow morning. “Before you go, Colonel,” said a Star re- porter, “I suppose you will give the reporters the papers taken from Guiteau when he was ar- rested? “ Well, hardly,” replied the Colonel, and he a the three mystical words, “I should smile.” oe Close Confinement for Guiteau. DISTRICT ATTORNEY CORKHILL TO WARDEN ‘CROCKER. Col. Corkhill, this afternoon, sent the follow- ing to the jail: Gen. J. 8. Crocker, Warden of the U.S. Jail: Sir:—The grand jury haying adjourned until the 12th of September, and it being impossible to ascertain the final results of the attack upon the President, it will be necessary to retain Charles Guiteau in custody for future action by | the authorities. I desire that you place him in one side of the jail, where there are no other prisoners, and where means of escape are im- possible; that he be allowed to see no person whatever; that no conversations be held with him by any of the guards; that he be rigorously excluded from receiving or sending any commu- nication except those delivered or received by my authority. I desire these directions to be rigidly executed. Yours, respectfully, Grorce B. CoRKHILL, U.S. District Attorney, D-C. —___... Complaint of a Nuisance. Editor Star :—In the cause of suffering hu- manity, and as you value the health of our ‘beautiful city,” I appeal to you to enter a pro- test against allowing the existence of that vile nuisance called a concrete factory, now in fall blast, on N. Capitol, between K.and L streets. So foul are the odors from this place as to cause prostrating nausea, and in this intense heat we must close our windows or be poisoned with this disease-breeding atmosphere. Hel and be entitled to ihe See of many ae SUFFERERS. Elbridge G. Lapham. THE PROBABLE SUCCESSOR OF MR. CONKLING. Elbridge G. Lapham, the nominee of the re- publican caucus for the geat in the United States Senate,made vacant by. the resignation of Roscoe Co! if oy late Judge In a 4th of July speech at Fre- | tended aT e° g se as Telegrams to The Star. THE ALBANY DEAD-LOCK. Lapham Still Four Votes Short. BiG FIRE IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. Other Destructive Conflagrations. THE SARATOGA RACES TO-DAY. The Albany Contest. INDECISIVE BALLOT TO-DAY FOLLOWED BY ADJOURNMENT. ALBANY, July 19.—The joint convention met at noon, and voted on the short term vacancy in the U.S. Senate, as follows: Senate—Lapham, 15; Potter, 6; Conkling, 7. Assembly—Lapham, 53: Potter, 39; Conkling, 21; Woodford, 1. Com- bined vote—Lapham, 1; Potter, 45; Conkling, 28: Woodford, 1. Ne to a choice—73. The chair declared that no choice had been made. Speaker Sharpe moved an adjournment; carried. see Sade The Track at Saratoga. THORA WINS THE FIRST RACE TO-DAY. Sanatoca, July 19.—The day is fine, sky clear, and the sun’s warm rays are delightfully tem- pered bya soft breeze from the southward. There is every indication of a great race day, and preparations have been made for the recep- tion of an immense concourse of spectators. Equipages’ of every description make Union avenue, the leading drive to the races, almost. impassable. Two lines of carriages keep rolling up to the main entrances of the grand stand and depositing their living freight. Two tally-ho coaches have been constantly plying between the hotels and race track since 10:30 o'clock. No better track could be wished for. The betting will be very heavy. Inthe first sold Thora brought $500, Brambaletta $50, and Bonnie Lizzie 225. First race, Alabama stakes, 13, miles; Thora first, Bonnie Lizzie second, and Brambaletta third; won by four open lengths, with three lengths between second and third horses. Time 1:5914. Brambaletta showed the way fora furlong ‘after the start, then Thora took the track and won as she pleased. cee ae Very Destructive Fires, CONFLAGRATION IN SYRACUSE—LOSS OF LIFE FEARED AND GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY. Syracuse, N.Y., July 19.—The Weiting Opera Hovse, in the center of this city, one of the best buildings, containing one of the handsomest opera houses in the state, took fire this morning and was destroyed within two hours. It has bgen the most disastrous fire in Syracuse within irty years. ‘The estimated loss is upwards of $300,000. Fully fifty tenants occupied the block, all of whom are losers to a considerable amount. The block was four stories high, covering half an acre; and was valued at $200,000. It was in- sured for $85,000. The other principal losers are as follows: Rosenbloom Bros., shoe dealers, loss $30,000, insurance $22,000; G. W. Ingalls & Co., shoe dealers, loss $85,000, insurance $20,000; Emerson Frissile & Co., hardware, loss $50,000, insurance $40,000; Giles Everson, pi § loss $10,000, no insurance; S. P. Pie crockery, damaged by water and fire, loss | $10,000, insurance covers loss; Charles Shattuck, saloon, loss £4,000, insurance $3 ; Charles J. Powers, drugs, loss $18,000, insurance $13,000; | E. B. Crofut & Co. plements, loss $8,000, & Co. and mai insured. The New York State Banking Com- pany saved its money and papers. Half a dozen persons were more or less seriously injured by falling walls and debris. It is feared that one or two persons perished in the burned buildings. This is'the third time within 25 years that build- ings on this site have been burned. GREAT LUMBER FIRE IN MICHIGAN. East Saginaw, Micu., July 19.—A special from Nestaburg, a small station on the Chicago, Saginaw & St. Louis railway, says the entire western portion of the town, depot buildings, 1,250,000 feet of Iumber, and about 12,000. shingles, were burned at a late hour yesterday afternoon. The insurance cannot be learned, but the loss will reach $40,000. McLain & Sprague, of Toledo, lose 250,000 feet of lumber; M. G. Pratt, 1,000,000 feet of lumber and4,000,000 shingles; J. W. Robinson, a shed and 1,000,000 shingles, and John McRae 1,000,000 shingles. A BLOCK BURNED IN IRVINGTON, N. ¥. IrviNeTON, N. Y., July 19.—At 3 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in Lord & Burn- ham’s horticultural building on A street. The flames spread and the entire block was burned to B street. The losses and insurances are as follows: _W. S. Warman, dwelling and stable, loss $4,500, insurance $2,500; T. W. Cusstield, house and stable, loss $5,600, fully insured; James Anderson, house, loss $3,000, insurance #1,000; James Murkey, house, loss $2,500, in- surance €1,500; Mrs. W. J. Mann, house and stable, loss €3.200, insurance $1,900. In the last-mentioned house was located the Irvington Courier. The stock and fixtures were destroyed, loss $1,000, no insurance. Lord & Burnham's horticultural greenhouse and factory were also burned, loss $20,000, fully insured in the Liver- pool and London and Globe and other compa- nies. A large dome for Jay Gould's greenhouse was in the latter building and was destroyed. The fire was extinguished by 6a.m. In Super- visor Cussfield’s office was a safe containing all the records of the town of Greenburg, which was probably destroyed. ee gD An Ex-Legislator Killed in a Drunken Row. BexninuTon, Vr., July 19.—William O'Brien, of Searsburg, Vt.. died this morning from the effects of injuries received in a drunken alterca- tion last evening near’the notorious Duffy's sa- loon, in Hoosick, N. Y._A fracas occurred, which resulted in O’Brien having two ribs broken, and receiving injuries about the head,which resulted fatally. O’Brien was a prominent man in Sears- burgh, and had represented that town in the Vermont legislature. Recently he became ad- dicted to drink. So far as is known all the par- ties to the crime were drunk. No arrests have been made. AN ae Wall Street To-day. A GOOD OPENING FOR THE BEARS. New York, July 19.—The Post's financial ar- ticle (1:40 p.m. edition) says:—The speculative markets at the stock exchange opened with the bears in apparently complete control, they being favored by another reduction in passenger fares from New York to Chicago to ere seal % price being $8.50,) and by continu zation in the rates for thro than that a 1 is a heavy fell from wasa mem- holder of this alk bf as reall i i FEE i i ti Foreign Events of Interest. STRIKE IN THE ENGLISH IRON DISTRICT. Loxpon, July 19.—The blast farnace men at three of the iron works in the Cleveland district have struck against a reduction of 2¢ per cent in their wages, and twenty-four furnaces are | idle. The stopy of these furnaces will re- duce the total make of pig iron in Cleveland by about 1,708 tons daily, and will throw 4,000 men | out of employment.” If the strike is not settled in a few days. the consequences will be serious, as some of the furnaces will be blown out. “THE REVOLUTIONARY CONGRESS” IN LONDON. A meeting calling itself “The revoln- tionary congress” was held in London last night. Delegates from various s of | Europe and America, re ting the extreme | democratic party identit with Herr Most, the imprisoned socialist, were present. About 700 | attended, mostly workmen. Red flags were dis- played, Mrs. Lecompte, an American lady dele- gate, described the disappointments in’ small | farmers going west, depending on the iMusory promises of an emizrant agent, and how the great capitalists in possession of the railways oppress the laborers and raise the price of food in the seaboard states. Louis Michael the am- nested French communist, then spoke, and male delegates from America, Switzerland, Italy and Germany followed. Prince Krafotine, the Rus- sian socialist, applauded the assassination of several Russian generals. It transpired during the proceedings that the socialist congress pro- hibited at Zurich, is sitting secretly inLondon. | PROPOSED GERMAN CABLE. The Morning Post says: By an arrangement Just concluded between the German Telegraph Company of Berlin and the German Union Tele- | graph Company an independent cable will be laid from Germany to Valencia, and thence to the United States, at a cost of 165,000 pounds. The capital will be raised by an issue of prefer- ence shares, ing five and a half per cent in- | terest. 3 THE IRISH PARTY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. | Lammy, July 19.—The Irish party in the | House of Commons seem not quite so hostile to the commissioners under the land *bill on a second thought as it first appeared to be, though Mr. O'Donnell, who is sometimes more ex. treme than even Parnell, declares all of them unacceptable, and says the home rulers will obstruct the appointing clause. The conserva- tives are not dissatisfied. As Mr. John E. Ver- non, who is the business member, is the confi- dential agent of two conservative peers, it is believed that the appointments will smooth the | way for the bill in the House of Lords. The salaries of the commissioners will be 3,000 pounds each. Sergeant O'Hagan, the judicial member, will haye rank equal to that of a prime judge of the common law division of the high court of justice. ARAB HIGHWAYMEN ROBBING THE BEY OF | TUNIS. | Loxpox, July 19.—A dispatch from Tunis an- nounces that a large body of Arab horsem have audaciously carried off a number of camels belonging to the Bey from a farm close to Tunis, | and a dispatch from Tunis to the Paris Temps says that they also carried off cattle and other | property belonging to an Italian. | HOT DRY WEATHER IN ENGLAND. { Lowpox, July 19.—The weather continues dry and hot, but the heat is not excessive as it was last week. The Morning Post calls attention to Pall Mall and Regent streets, which are choked with dust. The water carts, so active when | needless, have altogether disappeared. The excuse isthe scarcity of water. The Post ad- pumping water out of the Thames. Several private citizens and representatives of business firms complained at a police eourt yesterday against the water companies for shortening or cutting off the supply. The magistrate ad- vised summonses against. the companies, which are heavily liable, and summonses were taken accordingly. | DANGEROUS STATE OF THE FRENCH MONEY MARKET. Lonpon, Jaly 19.—The Pall Mall Gazette this evening, ina leader on the dangerous state of the Freuch money market, says:—For a long time thoughtful men in the city have looked with anxiety toward Paris. They feel that Paris is the weal great money market in the world at the present time, as well as the intensity of the next credit storm.” The Pall Mall Gazette attributes this state of things to the daring and persistent gambling of the past two or three years, and says the time must come when the Tate of money will have advanced to a point which will force the speculators to unload. But all the other great markets are also forced to an | extent never known before. _ It is im) ible for one to relieve the other. Wild buying cannot go on forever without somebody suffering. IRISH GOVERNMENT CHANGES. Loxpox, July 19.—It is reported that Lord | O'Hagan, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, will re- tire and that Right Hon. Hush Law, the | present Attorney General for Ireland, will suc- ceedhim. Mr. Edmund Deamy, member of Par- | liament for Waterford city, will succeed Captain | Nolan, member for Galway county, as the home- | rule whip in the house of commons. SPANISH SUFFERERS IN ORAN. Maprip, July 19.—The governments of France | and Spain have agreed upon a principle for the settlement of the claims of Spanish sufferers in Oran. A commission will be appointed to fix the amounts. DON CARLOS IN LONDON. Don Carlos. the Spanish pretender, who was | recently expelled Londen. ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATE GRECIAN EDITORS. unsuccessft from France, has arrived in Atuens, July 19.—An ful attempt was made last evening to shoot two editors of anti-ministerial papers on the public promen- ade. The perpetrator was arrested, but two supposed accomplices escaped. a, cose ai Stel The Markets. BALTIMORE, Ji 19.—Virginia 6's deferred, 1534; do. consol do. do, a bid BA LTIMO July 19.—Cotton steady—mid- ing, teal Flour firm and fairly active but uw strong and futures hi ‘ant ; do. amber, 1.25al.28; inter red, spot and July, Tabet 254; September, Legal Spee, October a127%. Corn, southern firm but. inactive—sout 3 A 563,856: steamer 10. Oats bignce— mixed, 39440, Rye nominally 80at2. Hay unchanged. visions firm and wi firm—Rio cargoes, ordi Sugar quiet—A soft, 10. WI . Freights jour, | 2.205 6,356, bushels; corn,’ 175.100 bushels: 100 bushels; rye, 200 bushels, Shipments—wheat, 9,000 bushels: ‘corn, 23.236 bushels Sales—wheat, 628,390 bushels; corn, EW. YORK, July 19.—Stocksfirmer, Money, Ba33g. Exe henge Jone. <30i6; hort, W635. Gov- LONDON, July, 19, 0 p.m.—U, 8. bonds, Sa cxtended to 4a, 104 5 a consol ie, 4456; . Becond consols, le New York Central, if." Atlantic and Great secon a Pennsylvania Cen- , 0. New York, Ontario and Pp. m.—Milwaukie and St. Paul hotel at Nimeshew, Butte county, County Assessor McClellan, a ea y morning. Edward Maris and William IcIntosh perished in the flames. A portion of the assessor's accounts were destroyed. $3,000. McClelian’s family escaped with injuries. ee Commutation of Death Sentence. GaLveston, Texas, July 19.—A special to the News from Austin, Texas, says: The governor has commuted the sentence of Wm. Burton, eon- victed of a murder in Parker county, sentenced to be hung July 1 and respited until July 22, im confinement in the penitentiary for life. eat nro dy A Fatal Pall, Custer, Pa., July 19.—Robert B. Pearson, aged 52 years, a broker of New York, visiting . this cit: Ml accidently last e and sus- tained a fracture of the skull from which he died in a few minutes. rR ae een The Ohio Campaizn, WHAT SERGEANT-AT-ARMS THOMPSON SAYS. Sergeant-at-Arms Thompson, who has Just re turned from Ohio, and who wasa delegate at the recent democratic convention, says the fall campaign will bea quiet one, It is Mr. Thomp= Son's opinion that the democratic nominee, Mr. Bookwalter, will prove a strong candidate. He does not predict he will be elected, because the divisions in the republican party in Ohio seem to have been united by reason of the attempt of an assassin to take the President's life. The campaign will hardly open in dead earnest be- fore September. Se PERSONAL.—The following Washingtonians are at Old Sweet Springs: Reginald Fendall and wife, John Seldea, Major Graham, A. Sake and wife—Mrs. A. T. Longley, of Cy Hill, is spending the summer in southern Kan- sas with her daughter, Mrs. S.J. Bascom.— Chief Clerk Marr, of the Pirst Assistant Post- master General's office, has gone with his wife to New Jersey on a brief visit. Mahone, of Virginia, is at Old Pc ——Austin P. Brown and wife J were at the “Mountain Honse,” Cresson Springs.Pa., on the 17th inst.—Admiral Almy and party, consist- ing of Mrs. Almy, his two daughters and Mra. Eversfield, are spending a few weeks at the Logan House, Altoona, Pa.——Mr. Harry Clapp, Mr. Scott Towers, and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Helm were registered at Point Lookout on the 16th. ——The following Washingtonians ane at Reho- both Beach: Mr. W. W. Beveridge and family, Mrs. E.G. Harbaugh and family, Mrs. J. e Thompson and family, Miss Mary McGill, Biss Ella McMahon, Mrs. E. Sutherland aud family, Mr. J.T. Appleberg and wife and their daugiiter, Miss Helene Quertier: Mrs. John C. Fay, Mrs. J Lewis and family, Lieut. Arnold and family, Capt. E. D. Sigsby and family, Mr. 8. W. Ritten: house and family, Mrs. R. G. Peck and family, Mrs. William F. Mattingly, Mr. James H. Ver= millya and wife, Mr. G.C. Wedderburn and far >. Lawrence and wife, Mr. W. W. d family: Mrs. T. Murray, Mra. Bates and wife, U.S.A.; Mrs. J. Wo a A. Fendall, F. F | H. Bates and family, Mrs. G. W. Prentiss, Mis Katie Schmidt, Mr. H. Bartlett, Miss A. McGill, Miss Emlie Mew, George B. Beale and family, Dr. Mackall and family, E. J. Young and family, Mr. D. 8. Stuart and family, Miss Van Swear- inger, E. Armstrong, G. D,’ Hansom, Miss Mid- dieton, Mrs. Milburn, son and daughter, Miss Ella Barrett. Mr. W. F. Clark and wife, George C. Gorham and family, Mrs. Joseph ‘Tyssowskl, Mrs. David Bassett ‘ Wal decker and Gloetzn Alice Johnson, Mi wood. Hon. Sir Colin Campbell, is not the daughter of Vie~ toria Woodhull, but is an Irish heiress of County Clare worth €2,500,000.— lon. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Acricultare, and Assistant Secretary of Stat Hitt, are im New York.— Capt. D. G. McRitchie, U.S.N., is at’ Wisi Maine.—J. C, McKelden is at At- lantic Cit J.—-Mrs. J. M. Whitney Gaithersburg, Md.—H. H. Smith, journal clerk of the H. of R., is at burn, Va.— Mrs. E. A. Trace is at Cape May.—0. C. Wi is at Rock Enon Springs.—Mrs. Rees B. mondson is at Bedford Spriags.— Wm. Rees Pearson is at the Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va. —Mrs. Wm. Paret i hotel, Lake ¢ Snyder's Mills, Chapin: at the Fort W J lenry |. W. Smith is at Judge Paschal is at . Beckwith is at F. B. Brock is at Speaker Randall and e: Pennsylvania, are in the cit Another Case of Alleged Cholera. A special di h to the N.Y. Wortd from Philadelphia July 18, says: Another death from cholera, across the river in New Jersey, has given rise toa fear among physicians that’ the disease may become epidemic if strict attention to sanitary matters is not enforced by the board of health. Rey. Timothy Thorney, azed 81 yeara, died on Sunday after an illness of 11 hours, ac- companied by all the well-known symj true Asiatic cholera. Dr. G. V. > one of the most eminent physicians in Cam- den, and who had experience in the epi- demics of 1849 and 1866, was calied upon to attend the patient on Tuesday morning and was forced to conclude that he was afflicted with something more serious than cholera morbus. “I am not an alarmist,” said the doctor this evening, “and I dislike very much to appear in the light of anything Fe proaching one. But candidly speaking, Mr. Thorney’s case was similar to that of Jas. Dunn, who died a few weeks azo of Asiatic cholera. I fear that both cases were due to atmospheric in- fluences and not to carelessness in diet.” Dr. Marcy, another well known practitioner, was of the opinion ‘that the cases mentioned might be the | ees arg of an epidemic, although he deprecated the idea of spreading such an opin- ion. Mr. Thorney was a well-known and highly respected clergyman in the Methodist Church far the last sixty years. +92 DeatH FROM INHALING CHLORoFror™.—An in- quest was held yesterday by Coroner Herrman Sooo es a ee = a professional nurse, who died on Sunday noon while under the influence of chioroform, Dr. Thomas Cleland, in whose office, at No. 38 Union square, the woman died, testified that he had known her for some time, and that she came to him on Sunday afternoon and asked him to examine her for uterine trouble. He did not want to take the case, but the patient in- sisted, and said she wanted to be put under the influence of chloroform during the ex- amination. He called on Dr. Morris A. Block, of No. 311 east 10th street, to assist him. The woman objected to having a third person present, but the witness refused to administer symptoms immediately followed the inhalation, but after- ward disappeared, and she seemed to be well. Suddenly, however, she collapsed, effort to restore her, died. he had examined her heart pre- vious to administering the anesthetic and found itall right. Dr. Block corroborated Dr, land's testimony as to everything that happened after he was in to assist in ads F