Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1881, Page 1

GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. ewspaper Company, lar. : 8,831. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1881. TWO CENTS. by order of the Presi D. HORIGAN, Ree. ABOARD COASTING CO: Re ‘S- ident. Se cE.—The public are hereby notified having been designated as Purchasing | iY, no bills will be paid save of his €: ade on written President. Sy2i-lw HOR’ aINGTON d ILLI = N. i. MILLER, sas las removed his office to Ro Bui ding, Louisiana avenue, p eS >. PERSONS Brothers, Boot and Pill plesee, rettlé their ac ty Hall as we BTED TO SPEAI re, TH4 Tth etreet, ston Law | Of principal examiner, and first, second and B | mu i 1% retire from the retail shoe bust ‘Our. present 3 eptire, from, the retail #h med rr brenen AMP. B. i and and 3:40 +4, 5 and 0, & ‘The annual meeting of Stockholders ‘Twelve Directors for tl Co Deen ou MONDAY Aa U., OD iN. Y, Au ‘@elock m. and close st 2 3y20-tau2 for al 8s wast 1, 1 o'clock p.m. J. W. Di SLATE } Gust received from New Yor] ‘Haye alwa GAS FIX’ 5 6 da large stock of TURES, LATHOBES AND RANGES. SAM'L 3. SHEDD, gress Water, atu nd for sale on drauzht the election of i be held at the treet, Georxetown, |. Polls open at 13 Pers new in design and colors. 409 9th street northwest. E. F. BROOKS, with Mitchell, Vance & Co.'s and a quarter of mee? mense Stock. duced rates. mi OF THE Cc AVI S10. >MM. NGS AND TRUST oe gobs Ce Company, a= provided in the 5 a other credit of February act ‘Depositors who have not alres y received di should imme: heir books by ie bank th their addres: JNO. JAY KNOX, Comn: AMUSEMENTS. SUMMER GARDE: ‘Re-engegemen nding GEOR BOOKS, & Se OF THE idends 1 on na rewwed Afries 1 Without and Within: R. @ Duett: E. Stuart Phelps. ‘ories: Nora Perry. . by Marion Harland. N “ook Be ree Ebe AND HAVING A LARGE FORCE OF COMPETENT WORKMEN, ATTEND P ALa ; of VER-PLATED TEA SETS, 1 ICE PITCHERS, ces. 1215 Penney! FRUIT JARS! ON FRUIT JARS! “MASONS IMPROVED,” TOPS,” AND THE “GEM.” Pints, Quarts and Half Gellons. 4 IMMENSE LOT JUST RECEIVED. ALSO, SUGARS STILL DOWN! AND WE ARR ON DECK 48 USUAL WITH A LARGE SUPPLY. ELPHONZO YOUNGS, GROCER, 504 9rn STREET, Sand SPOONS, &e., “PORCELAIN LINED GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING. N CITY | the last fe | now, will arrive in this country about the last | world had been | gondly hope. to-nig | would Washington News and Gossip. GovVERNMENT RecerPts To-pay.—Internal rev- enue, $344,947.64; customs, 969,014.11 THe Orrices about the United States Supreme Court at the Capitol will be closed to-morrow on account of the death of Judge Clifford. Con. Burcs, secretary of the U.S. Senate, was pronounced better this morning by his phy- sicians, and it is thought that he is now out of danger. Ex MINISTER CHRISTIAD his friends say of August. ACowretitive Examrvation for the grades third assistant examiners of the Patent office will take place in that office on the 10th, 11th and 12th of next month. Only the lower grade of third assistant examiner is open to outside competition; the other positions are all to be filled from persons employed in the Patent office. Dyrenforth, of the board of appeals: H. Appleton, principal examiner, and Edwards Clarke, of the bnreau of educa~ i xamining board. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Faenen left the city to-day for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. August 10th he will join the cattle commission at Saratoga, where a con- ference will be held. Tue Cnixese Treaties Ratirtep.—A tele- gram has been received at the State department from Mr. Angell, U.S. minister to China, an- nouncing the ratification of the two treaties be- tween the United States and China, which were exchanged at Pel Jul REWARD FOR THE MURDERER OF Deputy Cor- LEcTOR BRayTon.—Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue Noah, at Columbia, 8.C., telegraphs Commissioner Raum that the revenue force under Deputy Byron raided McDow's house on the morning of the 2ist inst., and found it deserted, McDow and family having fled to parts unknown. The revenue party returned to Spartanburg. The deputy reports that his office has no infor- mation to show that any effort has been made on the part of the marshals or deputies to arrest MeDow. Commissioner Raum, in reply to this information, sent the following telegram to Dep- uty Collector Noah :—* Offer three hundred dol- lars reward for the arrest and delivery to United States Marshal Blythe of MeDow, for the murder of Deputy Collector Brayton.” DECISIONS AS TO SALARIES OF GOVERNORS OF Territontes.—Judgze Lawrence, first Comp- troller of the Treasury has decided that an officer of the government whose salary is fixed by statute does not lose his right to any part thereof, should Congress fail to make an appro- ation for any year suflicient to pay it. Any »rtion of such salary left unp for want of sufficient appropriation is to be reported to. the House of Representatives. Section 1845 of the revised statutes fixes the anm lary of the governor of each of the territories at $4, 600 | The appropriation acts for the. fisca d- ing respectively 1879, 80, and “81, ed | for such annual ry only 22,600 and declared | the appropriation to be “in full compe for the service of the fisc .* This the comptroller decides op years st: dered in who served 23 governor of Me: to March 19, 1831, ‘filed an a i rom nd who. on | ount with the first due him of | announced was disallowed. ONAL.—Mrs. H. Seabrook, FE. H. Bond, tiott. George E. Lemon. Dr. Rankin and iamily are at Atlantic ci . Cuthbert and the M s. Pur Sadler and es Cuthbert are Miss Purring- igins are | a: ) and family, Dinwiddy and fa E. Woods and fai Mr. Ashbul Rile Judge French leaves d chueetts and New Hampshire for a trip. Assistant Secretary Upton. who is now en route from London, is ex y next week.— Seliuyler Colfa: He a at Winnipeg Mond: welcomed by a deputagion of Fellows.— Among the late arrivals at Saratoga are Alexan- der Porter Morse and Li It and family, of this city—Mrs. J. acruder, of Wash- ington, is at Newpor E. Jackson is at | Saulsbury, Mda.— Calvert is at | Annie B. Irish is at is at Ocean ¢ Senator Voorhees Upon Guiteau’s Crime. A large meeting of citizens of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was held July 6 to express sympathy | for the President, and Senator Voorhees, of | Indiana, responded to a call, insome eloquent and appropriate remarks. He said the civilized ocked by the dreadful news of Anattempt had been made magistrate of the republic. We that the attempt has ied, and that the President will live. His life s at this time. not only to his nd. personal friends, but to-the | e of the country. It is true | to kill the chie that our no one life its existence or its ultim: e destiny, but there are times and occasiens wh the life of the President is more valuable to ie than under different cireum- ‘ernment would move on r disturbance, yet the fh { the present juncture | pnal calamity of the first mag- n judgeat this distance, | in the blow of ; tly hope that none | Far better that the | ring from the disordered | wrain of a madman than from revenge or guilty | ambition. When warring political factions shail pursue each other with the bullet, and the knife of assassination, then, indeed. will the days of } ic be numbered. Nor is there any- 1 in this. great crime. The men en of the south are to-night praying as | and as universally for the trembling of the President. as their brethren and sis- of the north. May God grant the prayers of all sections and classes and restore him to heaith and strength. ————— District Government Affairs. death of Gen. be a natio w ‘yed the same and driven stakes, and the police are di- rected to clear away all obstructions to it. The Commissione#s have granted permission to the Analostan and Columbia boat clubs to erect a stand, near Easby’s point, on the Poto- mac front, during the Sth and 9th of September, when the boat races come off. The Commissioners have addressed a note to C. M. Matthews, president of the board of school trustees, calling his attention to the fact that the property scone for school purposes in the market house of the northeastern section CHEERING NEWS TO-DAY. THE PRESIDENT BETTER. REGAINING THE LOST GROUND. ——s-—__— ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM THE SICK ROOM. The Gloom of Yesterday Lifted. Last night was a very good one for the Presi- dent. There was no comparison between it and the night before, so much better was last night. The President slept well, and the administration of morphine was in a reduced quantity. Every- thing was bright and cheerful about the White House this morning. Everybody was in the best of spirits. The doctors also partook of the gen- eral sunshine. They acted and spoke most con- fidently. The gloom of yesterday was entirely lifted, and there was not a shadow of fear any- where. While this joy is apparent, it is tem- pered somewhat by the fact that recent relapses in the President’s condition have at times put a wet blanket over the bright hopes and expres- sions of confidence. From all the accounts that come from the sick room, last night was one of the best—if not the very best—that the Presi- dent has passed since he was injured. The fever was very slight, and there was no recurrence of rigor. The bulletin issued this morning was cer- tainly the best that has come from the White House at that hour. It was as follows: Official Bulletin—8 a.m. THE PRESIDENT HAS A GOOD NIGHT'S REST AND 18 IMPROVING THIS MORNING. Executive Mansioy, July 27, 8 a.m. The President slept sweetly last night from about 8 p.m. to 5a.m., with but a single break of short duration at 11 p.m. Since 5 o'clock this morning he has dozed quietly, awakening at intervals. There have been no rigors. He takes his nourishment well, and his general condition isimproving. He expresses himself as feeling better and more rested. Pulse 94, tempera- ture 98.4, respiration 18. D. W. Buss, J. K. Barnes, J. J. Woopwarp, Rost. REYBURN. D. Haves AGNEw. The Doctors all Give Good Reports To-day. Dr. Bliss said that when he came from the White House after the morning examination: “Everything is tiptop.” Dr. Bliss regards the President as now out of danger, barring acci- dents. Dr. Agnew left this morning for Phila- } delphia at 9:30. He felt in the best of spirits as regards the President's condition, and spoke very hopefully of his recovery. Dr. Hamilton is expected to arrive from New York in time for this evening's examination. Dr. Reyburn as he came from the White House this morning said in response to an inquiry: “Everything is all right; the President is doing admirabl: The President this morning expressed himself ling better, and also evinced considerable interest in the preparation of his breakfast. He Was anxious that it should not be delayed un- necessarily. He took for breakfast some milk and runt, beef tea and milk toast. Nothing could be more eacouraging than the condition of affairs this morning. (Unofficial Bulletin—10:45 a.m.) MS THE GOOD NEWS OF A DE- CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. Dr. Boynton just came from the President's chamber and reports the patient in excellent spirits. He says that his undisturbed sleep of last night has greatly rested him and that he has aken of increased nourishment this morning. The favorable change in the Presi- dent's condition is plainly visible on the counte- nances of the immediate attendants of the sick room, who, during the period of the fever which | occurred subsequent to the incision, bore ex- pressions of anxiety and looked generally care- worn. This morning the same persons may be seen about the house bearing cheerful counte- nances and exhibiting an apparent air of gratifi- cation. DR. BO’ MEDICAL EXAMINATION AT NOON. The wound was dressed this morning after the a.m. bulletin was issued. There was a discharge from the wound which was sufficiently full and healthy to be pronounced as satisfactory. Dr. Reyburn said: “There was a very good discharge of matter from the wound.” At noon the at- tending physicians began to assemble at the White House, as it was decided to be advisable that there should be a noon examination. The examination was made, and Dr. Barnes, after it was over, about half-past twelve, said the forth- coming bulletin would be satisfactory. A gentleman who saw Mrs. Garfield this morn- ing found her very cheerful and her hopes un- dashed. She said emphatically that the Presi- dent would recover. Official Bulletin, 12:30 p.m. THE WOUND LOOKS WELL, AND IS DISCHARGING FREEL EXECUTIVE MANsION, 12.30 P.w.—The Presi- dent’s wound was dressed just after the morning bulletin was issued. It looks well, and the pus, which is healthy in character, is discharging freely. Since then he has rested quietly, and takes his nourishment readily and without gas- tric disturbance. At present his pulse is 90, temperature 98.4, respiration 18, (Signed.) D. W. Briss, J. J. Woopwarp, J.K. Barses, Ros’r Reysury. By comparison with the morning bulletin the favorable condition of the President is made the more apparent. There has been no fever and no disturbance of the stomach on account of the nourishment taken. The pulse since the morn- ing bulletin has gone down four beats, and there has been no increase in the temperature and res- piration, they remaining the same. In short, the condition of the President at 12.30 to-day is more than satisfactory. It is reassuring. DR. AGNEW SAID this morning, just before leaving for Philadel- phia, that he was very well satisfled with the President's case. A Cheerful Day at the White House. ALL REPORTS FROM THE SICK ROOM ENCOUR- AGING. After the President's wound was dressed this morning and he had partaken of his breakfast he felt. considerably better. He went to sleep and dozed at restful intervals during the day. Mr. Brown, the President’s private secretary, sent a verbal message around to the members of the Cabinet that the President was doing very well and that every symptom was favorable. Postmaster General James called this morning. ‘When leaving the Cabinet room he said to the reporter: ‘You know I have never lost confi- tothe President, returned this morning from Ocean Grove, where he has been for the past twelve days. He came back to allow Charley Hendley, who is full of malaria, gathered by constant attendance at the White House, to take an outing in order that he may get the miasma out of his system. Unofficial Bulletin—2 P. M. THE PRESIDENT FREE FROM FEVER AND RESTING QUIETLY. The very favorable symptoms noted in the last official bulletin still continue. The President is free from fever and resting quietly. Dr. Agnew returned to Philadelphia to-day, but Dr. Hamil- ton will take his plaee here to-night or to-mor- row morning. The President's pulse, temperature and respi- ration have not gone up this afternoon. The indications are—no examination was made—that his symptoms are a little more favorable at this hour than at the 12 o'clock examination. As the day grows on the cheerfulness around the ite House increases. The semi-regular re- ports from the sick room say that the President is doing very well and that everything continues the most favorable. THAT SENSATIONAL STORY about the President being at one time regarded as about to die, and the Vice sident being on hand with g justice of the Suyieme Court ready to swear in the new President, lacks only one essential element—that of truth. Since the two days immediately succeeding the shot of Guiteau the doctors have never despaired of the Presi- dent’s life, and certainly nothing that indicated the slightest fonndation for the story above men- tioned has ever occurred. _ 3 P.M.—The Crisis Believed to Have Been | Passed. Gen. Swaim said this afternoon that the Presi- dent was apparently no weaker now than he was two or three days before the relapse. At 3| o’clock this afternoon the patient was doing very | well. Dr. Bliss said there was no change since the issuance of the official bulletin at twelve o'clock, and that the condition of the Presdient continued to be as favorable as was indicated by that very satisfactory official promulgation. There had been up to the hour mentioned no fever, nor any appearance of any. It is now thought that the President has passed the most dangerous point of his illness, and that as is usual in the history of such cases there wil be a steady improvement, unchecked except by some unexpected complication that may arise. BUT FEW CALLERS TO-DAY. Hon. Clarkson N. Potter, Hon. John A. Kas- son, Hon. T. 0. Howe, who has just returned from his duties as a member of the international | monetary conference, and Representative Dezen- | dorf were among the callers at the White House to-day. Outside of these and the representa- tives of one or two foreign legations and the members of the Cabinet there were but few callers to-day. Secretary Blaine to Mr. Lowell. PRESIDENTS" CONDITION GREATLY PROVED. The following has been sent by the Secretary of State: Lowell, Minister, London:—At1 o'clock p.m. the President’s condition is greatly improved. Pulse down to 90, temperature and respiration normal, and appetite good. Hissleep last night was very refreshing. Signed.) Braise, Secretary. MRS. GARFIELD NOT ILL. When asked what truth there was in the statement that Mrs. Garfield had suffered ex- tremely from the effects of the strain upon her | mind during the past few days, Dr. Boynton, while admitting that she had been anxious, said there was no foundation whafever for the report which had gone abroad to the effect that she was ill. “In fact,” the doctor con- tinued, “Mrs. Garfield is feeling brighter and j in better spirits this morning taan at any time since she was sick. You may say that she went to ride last evening and retumed feeling re- freshed, and that her husband’s present condition is very encouraging to her.” THE MAN WITH A PATENT SUCTION BOTTLE. There was a man at the White House gates to-day who did not get in. He had a bottle with an arrangement, somewhat complex, at- tached. By the use of this apparatus he was confident that all the pus and all particles of the broken rib could by suction be taken from the President, and that after its application the he would at once begin to recover and rapidly resume his former health. STOCK GAMBLERS PUTTING IN THETR WORK. The wildrumorsof yesterday in regard to the President's condition found their way to New York. In fact, they were inspired from New York and had great effect on the stock market. The wildest sort of stories found their way into New York and the ring in the scheme made big profits by gambling on the President’s chances of life. The White House Patient Last Night. OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE PRESIDENT’S CON- DITION AT 7 P.M. Last evening’s bulletin of the President’s phy- sicians was the first that Dr. Agnew has ever signed. It wasas follows: EXECUTIVE Mansion, July 26, 7 p.m.—The President has done well during the day. At the dressing of his wound after the morning bulle- tin was issued, a capil speculum of the broken rib, about half an inch long, was re- moved; the track of the wound at this point was dilated, and a larger drainage tube in- serted for the purpose of facilitating the dis- charge of pus. ‘Since that time he has had sev- eral quiet naps, has taken more nourishment than on any of the last five days, without gas- tric irritation, and when the wound was dressed this evening the discharge of healthy pus was satisfactorily abundant. At noon his pulse was 106, temperature 98.4, respiration 19. At 7 p. m. pulse 104, temperature 100.7, respiration 22. [Signed] D. Hayes AGNEW, D. W. Buiss, J. K. Barni J. J. Woopwarp, “oper REYBURN. , THE FAVORABLE CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT, which set in after the removal of the bone frag- ment yesterday morning, continued during the day. He rested well. Themembers of the Cabinet called in the evening but left early, on belt assured by the President's Aili that the patient was getting along very well, and that all the conditions were favorable,, At 10 o'clock Dr. Woodward told Secret Kirkwood that the President was better than since last Thurs- day. Jr. Bliss said that the President’s condi- tion was as favorable as could ba: |. New complications might arise, he but he did If, , they did, THE IM- not think they would. If, hi the wound was now under suchpemplete con- trol that the complication could ‘be readily met and han closed earlier led. The White Honse than usual last night, ev. from the sick room being so reassuring. At. half- o'clock the public aes of home early in the evening, that the President’s co dence in the President's recovery. To-day that confidence is greatly increased.” Secretary ‘Windom came to the house shortly afterwards and left saying that from what he learned from the physicians he thought that the President’s of this city is now held lease, which will @& ict assuming all taxes, general and special. The Co: = that if the property is not needed for school poses, they proposeto abandon Opposite Critic Office. | Th condition was more than hopeful. The bulletins by the District under December i: 1882, at | issued last evening and this morning werefuller than their predecessors in consequence of the decision of the physicians in attendance not to the lease ‘as‘un- | say anything individually, but to express then- they ask for suggestions selves more completely in their official promul- gation. Despite that determination everything Guiteau’s Jail Life. SOME POINTS FROM WARDEN CROCKER—HOW THE PRISONER SPENDS HIS TIME—BOOKS THAT HE READS—NO SIGNS OF INSANITY. Attempts are still being made by reporters to | get at Guiteau, and still continue to be unsuc- | cessful. A Star reporter visited the jaii last evening, and not being able to see Guitean, hunted up Gen. Crocker, the warden, who is responsible for the safe keeping of the prisoner. In response to the usual inquiry for some facts about Guiteau’s prison life, the warden said :— “ There's nothing at all to say. There has been no event in his life during the past week that is worthy of mention. He eats, sleeps and walks just like any other prisoner.” “Do many people come to see him ? | “No one has come to see him. From the ¢ was brought here no one has manifested an} friendly interest in him. He doesn't have any friends. His brother-in-law but he did not appear to take any special inter- estinhim. ‘There was no animosity shown, how. ever. If his mother or brother or any of his friends came to see him I'would let them see him—Jjust as I would do in the case of ai prisoner. to se riosity. “Will you let reporters see him?” | “If I should let reporters see him they would | go off and say they had an interview with him Why, in one paper a reporter printed an inter- | view with that gentleman there” continued the | warden, pointing to one of his assistants, “rep- resenting him as saying that Guiteau had tried to bribe him to get him acigar and that he asked | for broiled chicken. The fact is, that that gen- tleman has never seen Guiteau except when he passed through the office, and has never talked to the reporter.” | “Does Guiteau give any trouble?” | “He is as quiet as any prisoner here. He | seems to have made up his mind to patiently await the result.” “The reporters would like to learn what he Says and does,” said Tue Star. “What good would it do,” remarked the warden, “if I should tell the reporters a private conversation I had with him; of what benefit would it be to the public? It might do harm, and it wouidn’t do any good. There are often reasons for not telling everything that a man in his position says. In due time the public will have everything.” ‘ “Would you admit his lawyer to see him ?” “Ifa lawyer came here and asked to see him— | if Guiteau wanted to see him—I would have to let him in.” ** Has he asked to see a lawyer?” | ** He has not asked fora lawyer. He has not asked to see any one. I asked him if he wanted a lawyer. He ‘said ‘No, not at present.’ He | claims to be a lawyer himself. He knows enough not to talk. He is sane enough for that. | He hasn’t even expressed a desire to talk with any one, except Mr. Bailey, the stenographer, | who has been taking his statements; he has Sometimes asked te have him come.” “Would not solitary confinement be apt to make him crazy, if he is not crazy now?” | “There's no. such thing as solitary confine- | ment in this jail. There is separate confinement. | He can hear other prisoners talk and can talk | with them, though he is separated from them. | The guards talk with him on subjects connected with his prison life, but not about the President. Nobody here wants to talk with him about his | y other | The only people who have been here him are those who come out of mere cu- how the President is?” he has any knowledge of the | President's condition.” “Then there is nothing to say about him at . He eats, and walks, and lounges and He reads a good deal. Does he get the newspapers? ” “He has no newspapers. He reads mostly the Bible and serious works.” ‘here's nothing peculiar about him?” I take no stock in his insanit; There | has been nothing in his action here t dicate | it any more than in the conduct of other ¢1 nals. Their thoughts all run in a peeul they are eccentric or erratic. He isan extremist. | do not think he is a man of strong moral con- | viction.” ‘Does he attend to his devotions?” “They say he is a Christian man. I have not heard of his singing or praying.” “According to the letter addressed to you by Col. Corkhill,” said the reporter, “he wanted | you to confine Guiteau in a part ofthe jail where there were no other prisoners—to commit him to solitary confinement? “I think Col. Corkhill’s request and course have been yery proper. To comply with the re- quest made in his letter, required no change at all. He had been kept just as Col. Corknhill re- quested ever since he has been here. As I un- derstand it Col. Corkhill only wanted to prevent his escape, and to prevent him from communicat- ing with outsiders.” “Does he get any letters?” “He does not receive any. He gave an order ou know to Col Corkhill to get his mail. Tfany came for him I don’t know. They do not come here.” “I should like to know what books he reads” said the reporter. “He has had those three, this week” said the Warden, pointing to three books from the jail library which an attendant had jué dumped on atable. ‘‘He has now only the constitution and the Bible.” ‘The reporter before leaving turned over the leaves of the bouks. The titles were ‘From the Clouds to the Mountains,” by Jules Verne, “How She Came into Her Kingdom, a Romance” and “Nine Years among the Convicts; Or Prison Reminiscences, by Eleazer Smith.” HELD For BuRGLARY.—This afternoon in the Police Court two young white men named Wm. Allen and Benjamin Murry, were charged with burglary in breaking into the house of Thomas Brown, at the corner of 14th and Bstreetsnorth- west, on the 18th of this month, and stealing a lot of brass castings, property of Smith Petit and Jos. Dripps. A colored boy named Chas. Harris testified that these men met him on the night of the burglary and asked him if he wanted to make a stake, and promised to psy him if he would watch and tell them if anybody came. He consented, and they went into this foundry, and he fell asleep, and when they came out they had a bag, and he went with them down to the river, and they all got intoa boat, and went to Alexandria at 2 o’clock in the morning, and sold the castings. and Allen gave witness $1. Wm. Ritter testified to hiring these men a boat very late on the night in question. The case was sent to the grand jury, under $500 each, in default of which they were committed. The colored boy Harris was also held as a wit- ness, under bonds. agen Toe WILL OF THE Late ANTHONY BUCHLY was filed late this afternoon. It is quite a long | well to be Telegrams to The Star. A SENSATION IN ALBANY. THE SARATOGA RACES TO-DAY. AN ASSOCIATED PRESS CHANGE. eae A BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL BURNED. ee A PLOT AGAINST THE CZAR’S LIFE. ee ALBANY created here at n attempt had been nell. The i At 11:30 o'¢! stoop of the capitol and was abo building when the superintendent of t ing, Thos. Hyde, noticing ofthe man, who was carrying an « gun on his shoulder, stopp where he Herep! General of nde man was to the the gun up, wher for its posse 3 ) gun proved to be unloaded. evidently not yet recovered from the spree, was lodged i hous a blac! and asked nm Adjutant that the ring that some harm “l, asked for to ofa second district station- Tribes himself as Patrick McLane, mith, of White Hail. MANAGER SIMONTON Ri BY MR. New Yor, July 27. has occupied thi ‘imonton, who agent of the fourteen Years, to-day tendered his resignation, and Mr. James C. Hueston, at present the London a of the association, was appointed to suecee: him. Desire to attend to his private business was the main cause for Mr. nonton severing his connection, and the association, in accepting his resignation at a full meeting to-day, author- ized the executive committee to express their appreciation of his services in the following com- munication : The executive committee of the Associated Press, to whom was intrusted the duty of pre- paring the expression of opinion of the assgcia- tion in rezard to the voluntary retirement of Jas. W. Simonton as general ageni of the association, report as follows: That Mr. Simonton has been the general agent of the association sinc November 5th, 1866, and that in all these s he has discharged the duties of his responsible and arduous work with great fidelity to the sev eral members of the sssociatian, and with eral acceptance to the public. The off! which requires capacity, intezrity and indust and we have never found the general agent wanting in any of the qualities. M: imonton leaves the association of his own free will and not at the request or w any of its members. In accepting his resig ‘our best wishes go with him fe ration to health, for personal happiness and prosperity in all the fature of his life. Signed) Erastcs Brooks, In Behalf of the FE: itive Committee. - The Pennsylvania Railroad. WILL CONTINUE TO SELL TICKETS THE SCALPERS. Pirtapepnta, Jul rectors of the Penn: this pan. The only imp: theconfirmation of th Ss LOW AS R.held nt action atment of D.W.€ of all the lines of murg and Erk The other appoint- ments will be acted upon at the next meeting of the board. The general pa r the Pennsylvania road has not been adi any further change in westbound — passenger r The rebate tickets have been placed in the.hands of an agent vill be used when it is found necessary. The Pennsylvania railroad officials say they Willcontinue to sell tickets as low as the scalpers, and if the other roads in- tend to use the speculators as azeats no such action will be taken by the Peansylvania com- pany. meeting the com —— Foreien Events of Interest. A TEST VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF ¢ PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LAND BILL. Loxpoy, July 27.—In the House of Commons last night on the consideration of clause 7 of the land _ bill, empowering the court to fix fair rents, Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, liberal, moved an amendment confining the benefit of the clause to tenancies valued under a hundred pounds. In suppert of this proposal, which, he said. would only exclude 13,000 tenants, he urged the expediency of not making this exceptional lezis- lation broader than is necessary, and quoted the authority of Lord Carlingford, who was twice chief secretary for Ireland, and of Baron Dowse, baron of the court of exchequer in Ireland, for the proposition that these large tenants are quite able to take care of themsely Mr. Glad- and pointed out that no such recommendation and declared the government would be no party to drawing a distinction which was directly op- posed to the lines upon which the bill was drawn. The amendment was negatived by a vote of 241 to 205. The narrowness of the ma- jority was greeted with loud cheers. Several prominent liberals yoted in the minority, includ- ing Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, Col. Kingscote, Edward Heneage, Thomas Evans, Hon. Mr. Fitzwilliam, Right Hon. Henry Brand, Mr. Da- vies and Mr. Frederick Milbank. The m; 4 was the lowest, with one exception, which the government has secured throughout the discus- sion of the bill. Many of the irish liberal mem- bers were absent from the division. The Times, it. a leader upon the above vote, says it will doubtless encourage the house of loras to insist upon fixing some limit to the operation of provisions intended to protect weak and de- fenceless tenants only. A PLOT AGAINST THE LIFE OF THE CZAR. A dispatch from Berlin to the Times says a letter from Russia states that there have been from St. Petersburg in connection with the dis- covery of another plot against the life of the Czar. An ex-nihilist, who had betrayed his com- panions, has been assassinated in the outskirts of the capital. There have been six arrests in con- document and he Dequeatis a life estate in his roperty, except. his business, to his sister, and The business to his son. He leaves Federal Lodge of Masons (charity fund) and Columbia ee of Odd Felons $10,000 each; ef hes St. jue captured, and there have been many other arrests. 4 pee ot kr Extra Day at Sarat + NOT A BRILLIANT PROGRAM Saratooa, N.Y., July 27.—This is the sixth extra day of the races here. The program is not particularly brilliant, and the attendance does not promise to be very . The weather is delightful, but the track is still in avery heavy picsleradd For the first race Charley Gor- i BE a i : ‘ some of the list “} 4 a ie 7 Be 8 i 7 H 8 8 a A i In Bob J = Us gece | i ze 5 The board of di- | stone energetically opposed the amendment, | had been made by either of the commissioners, | jority | many persons arrested and several expulsions | sequence. An accomplice of Solovieff was also | RURNED. a New Yor, July 27.—A fire broke ont about 3 o'clock this morning at Reach, de- stroying the py eye House, on the Ocean park way, and aleo depot of the New Yerk and Brighton Beach railroad. Corky IsLanp, N.Y. House, destroyed by fire morning, was @ small cheap wooden building. The burned at the same time was the station of the New York and Brighton Beach Railway Company, Sw Gunthera.) This should not be con- founded with the Brighton Beach Hotel erty, as it is situated on Ocean Park w: . mile distant. The total Joss will not exceed ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE FIRE, New Yor, July 27.—Coney Island was Mlum- inated this morning at 8 o'clock by a fire. which | swept away the he nd depot of the New York and Brighton Reach R. R. Co., on the west side of the Ocean Parkway. There were also | several cars and a locomotive burned, causing ® Joss which is estimated at $35,000. "The build- ing which was used as the depot was formerly Deiter's hotel, and was of Gothic style of arc! | tecture, and situated about 400 fect from the ocean concourse. Since i of the railroad company and there were sheds w F of cars. The rallway which, is a short one, and rans from the depot at Ocean Parkway across th dows upon the elevated road to Bath, where passengers transferred to. the boats ron > un New York. The tire this ed in the depot the extensions atus and the * buildings, ashes. morning is said to have or and the flames spread quickly t and sheds. There was no fine E din large ve in line. —~ Increase of Property in Fowa es, lowa,July console, sonponsy, southern’ easier; closing steady —s¢ : Be tirm Be steamer, : st do, mixed, #243; Pennsylvania, a quiet, S3a85, Hay dull—prime to cholee Avania Pro- and Mary: Is ats — visions firm—mees pc shoulders and clear rib sides, f a, clear rib re to Liverpool per ste flour, Is. per barre 48255 short, hy, Gov- 2 duly 2 ar dull heavy, | Wheat feverisi und uasettied. Corn heavy and lower, LONDC for both Central, Dr. Hamilton Hopeful of the President's ual Recove “HEROIC” NE MENT OF THE CASE CITELD, Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, who reached this city ‘day morning from) Washin he thought are the € re in the President's favor,” ically returned. from pouch in connection with the lower mar- win of the broken rib, and which ab pointed outward and backward to the spine, where it une comparatively superficial, and it was the euation of this ve io the pa- tient such immed On exploring the r 1 abscess, how’ the main chana fords, there pus from the main | DR. MAMMOND'S “What do you think, I made by Dr. Hamme that search should have been and its extraction attempted immediately after | the shooting.” | “The conduct of the surgeons who have man- | aged the case from the beginning has been, in | my opinion, correct, case is fully reported, as it may subsequent period, it will bear the tiny of ex~ perts in t it seems to me, has | to have been done, and the geatiemen hay pecial the gray ror of doing w | ought not to be done—an error which it is very difficult to avoid when one by: are & patient whose life is so valuable as the lite of the Presi¢ x TREATMENT UPHE! TH “ But invie | y of the statements that have come from prominent medical authorities, let me ask | you, doctor, whether you would have treated the case in this manner if the t been that of a laborer instead of tt “If it had been t and if further otherwise, (for the p | actual seat of the ball.) than we | the present case bad been undertak that death would still have resulted long before this. | “But is not Longmore, who is quoted by Dr. Hammond as ely directing a search | for the ball and its extraction, a standard au- | thority on the subject of the treatment of gun- shot wounds 7 Yes, but Mr. Longmore should have added, | ‘If it can be done safely,’ and you will, doubt- s ations to these ap- | parently inexorable rules quoted by Dr. Hame mond in other portions of the work.” POSITION OF THE BALL. jo you think is the ball Dector?” a suspicion founded upon a good idence that it the right ‘iliac | region—not far above the right groin and prob- | ably behind the intestines—a situation in which | it is not likely in itself to do serious harm, and from which it may extricate itse is w | the body with much more safety 7 surgeon's knife. Lying where it is supposed to lie it is pretty sure to change its position gradually, and would most likely descend tothe natural outlets—the rectum, vay to the bladder, and after the lapse of months or years were successfully removed therefrom. Still more balls, however, have made their way into the rectum and by stool.” “Do you tl the ball is nearer the anterior surface of or the the body?” “1 it is nearer the front of the body than the posterior surfape.” R * What portion of the body must it presumably have traversed?” ls i Py & 8 e Es f F a i ul | [ be ee i