Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1881, Page 1

e —_—_—_.______.. THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ‘Northwest Corner Peznsylvania Ave. and 11th 8t., by The Evening Star N lewspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. ibecriptions must bo paid in advance; ‘aoprasic.n made known on application. Che Slat. SPECIAL NOTICES CHEAP COAL AND WOOD FOR Ti SON OF 1391 AND, 1882. ROCHDALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY has the best scheme of c2 in the District of Colum very advan! with Coal and Wood. 1882. In addition to this, it has othe contracts with the for Books and an lery f He Groceried and ‘Frovisisns, Plumbing. Gent Garpets, Grocerios and Provisions ine, Gent's Furnishiog Hardware, Hata, Furs, ie = original mem- » for $1, anda yearly subscrip- y ie not runhing any stores, square with the will receive ary Departin * General's Office, 1734 14th street nort! West: J. E. Reynolds, Treasurer's oftice, Treasury North Carotina avenue southeast; Smith Thompson, Adjutant General's office, 1005 E street northwest; J. W. Harsha, ‘Treasurer's office, ‘Treasury. 005 H streel Rorthwest: H. W. Smith, Quartermaster General’ fice, 651 F street southwest; Abner T. Long A Cs northeast nz, 503 4th etreet ry. Fourth An Stet northwest. al HELD AT THE northwest, between ucust 18, at half- of orvanizing a new lace of the Carroll which is about winding up ite af- Committee. als, 16,18 Meeker, Bureau Engravin southeast, and JOHN COO! tor’s office, Treasury, 618 1° ; WILL wilding Associal Buildin Associatio fairs. By order of ae & ©. Depot for Camp at 8:10, i 4:45, 6:05 p.m. Keturning, will leave Camp at 7:21, 8:44 a. m., 3:38, 6:28 p. 1m. Round Trip Tickets, £0 cents. al0-12t Gr! kiven to all depos! man's Savings and lied for the divid ne asainst anid and nis heretofore declared, that all ‘ompany must be presented at, or ined to this office on or before August 21, 1881, or they will be barred, and the amounts distributed among the other ereditors of the company, as provided in the act of February Deposiiers who have uot al- ready received dividends, should immediateiy forward their bocks by mail cr express, or ae some respot sible bank or ker, Seven mer with their address. Depesitors who have received the three dividendsalready jared should not forward their books until a further dividend is declared, of which due notice will be given. 3529-208 JOHN JAY KNOX, Commissioner. NH. MIIER, Se % _attorney-at-La ‘Hae removed his office to Rooms 6 and 8, Gunton Law Building, Louisiana avenue, near City Hall. jy25-3m = LADIES! DOYOU WANT A PURE, BLOOMING COMPLEXION? 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Cireu- IN TRACY, Proprietor. jek isi ‘ORDAN'S W. 5. SPRING: STEPHENSON’s Devor P.O., VIRGINIA. Pamphlets at the Riggs House, Ebbitt House and Star Jell-teeptl E. ©. JORDAN. YOU WANT TO HAVE A JOLLY Ti EG TRIVER SPRINGS. “Youth ne, ain gO ‘erabbing plenty of fruit. Boats and med- attention free. Prettiest pisce on the Po- J Terman $1-25 ber dag: lens than four Eat Coen as Md.” = S| lead & HUTCHINSON, 317 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ‘MODERNIZING DEFECTIVE PLUMBING IN CITY BESIDENCES, AND HAVING A LARGE FORCE OF COMPETENT WORKMEN, ATTEND PROMPTLY ALL JOBBING ORDERS. jani2 fe &CO., ‘1116 Penna. ate. neat Btar fice. NEY STOCK GENTLEMEN'S JACONET SHIRTS AND DRAWERS. ‘THE PRESIDENT BETTER. ~ | sleeping most of the time. st Company, who have uot ap- | Sole Azency for Englikh Bicycles | Any style (either English or Ameri- | WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1881. EXTRA! 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M. THE MORNING BULLETIN FAVORABLE. | PULSE, 110; TEMPERATURE, 98.3. This morning the doctors announce that the | President is much better than he was yesterday. He has had a good night without vomiting. The official bulletin issued by the doctors is as | follows: EXrcvTive MANSION, 8:30 a.m., August 17. The President has passed a tranquil night, He continues to re- | tain the enemata and has not vomited since the | last bulletin. His general eondition appears more hopeful than this time yesterday. Pulse | 110, temperature 98.3, respiration 18. Frank H. Hamreros, J. J. Woopwarp, D. HAYES AGNEW, J. K. Barwes, | D.W. Briss, Rovert REYBURN. | How the Patient Passed the Night. After the issuance of the bulletin of last night ; (printed below), the President did not grow | worse. At midnight, he retained upon his | stomach cracked ice, and Doctor Bliss said that | in the dressing of the wound an area of gran- | ulation was found, whieh was surprising, in | | view of the President's condition. Towards | one o’elock everything about the White House was quiet. Doctor Hamilton arrived at 10 o'clock last night, and is the guest of Attor- ney General MacVeagh: The fact that the Prest- | dent has had no disturbance through the night, | encourages the doctors to say that they hope this day will prove more encouraging than yes- terday. THE SCENES AT THE WHITK HOUSE LAST NIGHT were a repetition of those of the night before. There was, however, a deeper intensity appa- | rent in the gloom and anxiety of members of the Cabinet and other prominent officials within doors, and in the wistfuj watching of the thous- ands of the populace who keep vigil on the pavement in front of the grounds. The same crowd of bureau officers. heads of departments, prominent army and navy men and members of the medical fraternity of Wash- ington, which crowded Secretary Brown’s room Monday night were present there last night. } Out of doors, immediately in front of the | White House, and at every place a bulletin was displayed, the assembled crowds were even less | coniident as they were still more outspoken. The eazernese with which they watched every ap- pearance from the White House, and the earn- | estness with which they plied each fresh arrival | with questions, were as strongly marked last | night as on the night of the shooting. LaST NIGHT'S BULLETIN, as published in our fourth extra at 8 o'clock last evening was as follows : Execetive Maxson, August 16, 6:30 p.m. The President's symptoms are still grave, ye he seems to haye lost no ground during the day. His condition is, on the whole, rather | He has vomited | but once during the afternoon. The enemata are retained. At present his pulse is 120, tem- perature 98.9, respiration 19. D. W. Buss, J. J. Woopwarp, J. K. Barnes, Ropert REYBURN, D. Hayes AGNEW. t a nas ~ Tue MINT INVESTIGATION.—In the mint inves- tigation at San Francisco Monday a telegram | from A. E. Preston, acting director at Washin, | ton, to Director Burchard was read to the effect | that he did not tell Page he was delaying settlement of Dodge's accounts to investigate, but on aceount of the loss ofcertain vonchers by the auditor's clerk; that Page did request h not tosettle the account till an investigation could be had. Page objected to the telezram as evidence, but the matter was allowed to pass. E. O. Serch, adjuster of the accounts of the mint, was examined, and testified that the allowances by Congress for the expenses of the mint have been gradually dvereasing since 1876. Tue Crvisr oF THe Corwin.—The Alaska | Commercial Company's steamer St. Paul, which | arrived at San Francisco Monday morning, brought advices concerning the revenue cutter | Corwin. The sledge party which Capt. Hooper sent out to look for relics from the lost wh: Vigilant and Mount Wollaston fell in wit party of natives about one hundred miles from | Cape Serd: who had in their possession nuinber of articles taken from the wrecks. Th consisted principally of carpenters’ tool: It is supposed the vessel was wrecked as back as 1879. The sledge party, being unable to proceed further westward on account of the | melting of the snow. proceeded to Cape Serdze and were picked up by the Corwin. They trav- | eled in all about 130 or 140 miles. The last intelligence of the cutter’s movements is up to July 9, when she sailed from Norton’s sound to Gorulovil bay, thence to proceed northward to Katzebue sound and Point Barrow to look after revenue matt and then westward to Wrangel | Land before the ice closed in the search for the Jeannette. The mildness of the previous winter and the thinness of the ice encountered by the Corwin gave Capt. Hooper strong hopes of being able to reach and explore that land. a MARYMAN AGAIN IN TROUBLE.—A warrant was issued at the Police Court, yesterday, against Horatio Maryman, the ex-constable, charging him with the larceny of a lot of pictures and several other articlesfrom a colored man, who charges that Maryan came to his house when he was not at home and took the articles away without a writ of restitution. penta baedes Latest Cable News, SECRETARY FORSTER. Loxpon, August 16.—The World to-day says: Mr. Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, will cer- tainly retain his office as long as the coercion bill is in force. He is pre to spend the autumn in Ireland. AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily News says: An American missionary, after an interview with Gen. Ingatieff, minister of the interior, obtained a letter from him permitting the authorities of the Caucasus to grant him facilities for pursuing his labors. REJECTED ON MR. GLADSTONE’S MOTION. Lonpon, August 16.—The amendment of the House of Lords authorizing the land court, if it saw fit to award to a landlord who had bought up the tenant right of a holding compensation out of the price paid when the holding changed hands, which amendment Mr. Gladstone was re- ported yesterday as having assented to, is the same as the Lords’ amendment in regard to Uls- tertenant right custom, and was rejected on Mr. Gladstone's motion. The reporters of the The Yorktown Centennial. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COMING CELEBRATION. ‘The following circular was given to the press yesterday by the Yorktown centennial commis- sion: ‘In response to the general inquiry for informa- tion regarding the arrangements for the coming celebration at Yorktown, Virginia, in October next, the following is published for the informa- tion and guidance of all concerned: Tuesday, October 18th, Wednesday, 19th, Thursday, 20th, and Friday 21st, 1881, have been fixed upon as the days of celebration: a pregram of the ceremonies for each day of whieh will be published in due time. Present advices promise & military representation from nearly every state in the Union—many states sending fuil “ciments—together with the governors of | most of the states, accompanied by their staffs, | and distinguished citizens in large numbers. For the reception and proper comfort. of the lat- | ter, a building is to be erected, the arrangement | of which will be later announced if deemed ne- cessary. It being desirable that all the military organizations should be comfortably established before the ceremonies bezin, so that, so far as possible, confusion may be avoided during the ceremonies, it is urgently requested that all or- ganizations intending to participate arrange to be on the ground not later than Saturday, the 15th October, and notify this office of their in- tention to be present before the 10th September next. To those who report later than the last mentioned date no guarantee of a comfortable camping place can be made. THE ENCAMPMENT. The commission propose to establish a mili- tary camp on the south bank of the York river, near the town of Yorktown, and as nearly as racticable on the ground occupied by the allied ‘oops during the siege of 1781. The camp will field S. Hancock, U. governed, so far as may be practicable, by the’ rules and regulations army. While it is the intention of the com- mission.to furnish tents to ehelter the whole command, it is questionable whether the limited amount of canvas placed at its disposal by the government will meet the demand, owing to the large number expected to participate in the celebration. Organizations. therefore, havin, tents at their disposal, or within their requis A. and will be 8. them. upon this point, in order that those unprovided with shelter may be promptly supplied upon their arrival. Water for drinking and cooking will be pro- vided in reasonable quantities and at as con- venient points as possible. Fuel to a sufficient amount for cooking purposes will be provided the eommisston. The troops from each state will, as far as practicable, be located togethe A post office will be lecated on the grounds, alsoa telezraph office, with connection to all points. The camp will be lighted by night with electric lights, and no effort will be spared to make the encampment as complete and enjo} able as the means and facilities at the command of the commission will permit. . SUBSISTENCE. The commission finds it wholly impracticabie to provide or arrange for the subsistence of the organizations visiting Yorktown. The soldiers of the regulararmy will be provided with the regular ration, and it is recommended that militia organizations, so far as may be possible, come prepared to establish company messes 01 the ground. In sucli event, the more important elements of the ration, such as bread, salt meats, salt, pepper, vinegar, sugar, candles, & should be brought with them, also cooking utensils and — dishes. ation of Yorktown, in the near y f the finest fishing grounds, 0) and market gardens in the country, affords peculiar fa 8 for the abundant supply of edibles of the largest and choicest variety at the most reasonable rates. At the same time no objection exists to the employment of caterers or to special ar- rangements being made with any of the restau- rants or hetels on the grounds to furnish meals | to companies or regiments, providing the meal | hours conform to the regulations of the camp. Caterers who will send their addresses, and th extent of the o manner. HOW TO REACH YORKTOWN. Yorktown is situated on the southbank Of the York river. (York county, Virginia,) about twelve miles from its mouth, about the saine distance from Williamsburg, and twenty-four from Fortress Monroe. There is at present no rail to or near that point, and the probabillty of the Chesapeake and Ohio road, which expecis to Teach Newport News before October, accomp- ishing its project, or, as is further rumored, lay- ing a branch track to Yorktown to accomodate the occasion, is too remote for calculation ina problem that demands certainty as its most important factor. Should this project be accom- plished within areasonable date, the fact will bean nounced from thisofticein time to enable organi- zations to avail themselves of it. The nearest railroad centers are Richmond, Va., Washing- ton; D.C., Baitimore, Md., and Norfolk, Vas and from each of these points water transporta- tion to Yorktown can be procured if arranged for in proper time. Any specific information desired as to routes will be cheerfully furnished. Quartermasters of orgaizations, by placing them: selves in communication with this office, will be | put in poseession of any information regarding railroad and steamboat rates, &c., that may be within its knowledge. « REPORTING. There is ample room for the anchorage of ves- sels of the greatest depth in front of Yorktown, and wharves of sufficient capacity for the land- ing of troops will be provided. All vessels with troops on board, should upon arrival within the harbor, report their arrival at once to the harbor master, who will indicate the place and time of landing. The commanding officer should, after landing, accompanied by his adju- tant and quartermaster, report at once to the general commanding the camp, and until he has received orders to disembark his command no man should be allowed to leave the vessel. Having been assigned its position in the camp, the command will be governed from such mo- ment by the rales and orders laid down by the commanding general for the order and discipline of the camp. The wharves will have a depth of twelve fect at mean low water at their fronts, with an averaze rise of tide of three or four feet, but the keels of transports will probably find fourteen to seventeen feet under them, so rapidly does the water deepen. The wharf accommodation will of necessity be somewhat limited in extent, and no vessel can be allowed to remain at a wharf longer than the time necessary for the landing of personnel and material. “The dis- advantage of postponing an arrival until the morning of the first day of the ceremonies is obvious. It cannot be too strongly urged upon the ad- jutants general of states and the commanding officers of troops intending to partipate in the ceremonies, the eminent propriety of giving no- tice of all arrangements and changes attending their preparations, and of calling for any informa- tion concerning the celebration that may in any manner aid in rendering the occasion worthy the great event it is designed to commemorate. +++ _____ Clinging for Life, A LITTLE CHILD'S GRIP UPON THE COUPLING-PIN OF A LocoMoTivE. About 10 o'clock Sunday morning Mr. Tins- man, the station agent at Slate Hill, on the Erie rail observed an engine by at ahigh eight or ten years of age. Middletown Press house blundered Mr. Gladstone’s statement in the first instance. THE HANLAN ROSS MATCH. Toroyto, Ont.. August 16.—Hanlan last night sent to the editor of the Boston Herald a check for $200 to cover the deposit made by Wallace Ross, for a foyr mile race for $2,000; tl take place on anycourse mutually agreed upon ages No Trovsie at THE Navasoz AGEncy.— Secretary Kirkwood this morning received a telegram from Inspector Haworth, dated at Santa Fe, August 15th, say the Navajoe agency. The s forwarded. Ko says that the little fellow was in an exceedingly [eee position, and should he lose his hold or shaken, would almost certainly have been killed. Mr. Tinsman saw the child’s peril. The engine was then past him and could not be stopped, but with rare of mind, he to the oat ea beak to Jobnaon’s, the next further message Johnson's "be under the command of Majer General Win- | of the | tion, are recommended to bring them with | Early advice should be given this office | j wealthy. Every base passion was quickened to TWO CEN oi ‘OCH; The Whitest Mam tu the Mines.” From the New York Star. Jim Moore was one of the most widely-known characters in the great Carbonate Camp during the winter of '78-9, and his popularity did not wane to any perceptible extent until the first week in March, 1880, when he joined the church, forsook politics, and permitted the democrats to elect a mayor aad two of the six aldermen which comprised the common council of Lead- ville. Colonel Jim was not handsome by any means, but what he lacked in personal appear- pearance was made upfor in greatness and kind- ness of heart. He stood five feet nine inches in bare feet, and in his knee-top patent-leather boots he was a good inch taller. His weight never exceeded one hundred and forty pounds: yet he was an athlete, and boasted of muscles that were as hardas iron. Noone knew his age, but his home had once been in Evansville. Ind., and he was intimately juainted with Frank M. Gilbert, one of the brightest editors of that little Hoosier city, and was never so then he returned their fire. At the ee of hits pistol one went down with a be in the center of his forehead, and the next in- stant his companion was also lying in the snow with a shattered thigh. By this time a dozen men were on the scene, and the remaining two backed off in the direction of the rude Theater Comique, with pistols standing at a full cock. ‘When Mrs. Ray realized that she had been saved, she went down upon her knees to the courageous gambler who had ceme to her rescue. “{ don't know your name,” she cried, in tones of emotion, the tears all the while Lents fenietat contig Uap key, God ‘tices tout | that the prisoner is kept in the south wing. as You are the whitest main the minke! the north wing is reserved for petty criminals, Several citizens assisted Jim in erecting the | {TVing out Jall sentences. | The appearance of lotjumpers’ tent for Mrs. Ray, and then the | {Me,cell fs not at all inviting. | The prisones undertaker was summoned to remove the dead | 2 Tairiength on the cot, whieh ts the ony oa body. The wounded man was conveyed to his | 4 full length on the cot. which is the only piece cabin on Lower Chestnut street, and he was | Of furniture in the narrow apartment. He seems advised to leave the camp a8 soon’ as he could | tolove to take his ease, and has his cot so Henceforth Jim Moore was u ty | Placed that the Nght from the nar. spoken of as “the whitest: man in th lent coreg ates ine aoa ‘The Amassin. HOW GUITEAU LOOKS AND ACTS—TAKING HIS 2 EASE IN BIS CELL. A gentleman who has seen Guitean in his cell, fn there is nothing to distinguish him from other prisoners, except the presence of the guards. One of the jail guards sits near the cell, and a soldier is stationed near by where he can observe the window ef Guiteau’s cell, so as to prevent any communication with the prisoner from the outside, or any attempt on the part of the prisoner to escape that way. The exact loca- tion of the cell is still kept secret by the jail officers. It seems to be well understood, however, \ happy a8 when narrating some bo | wherein Gilbert was one of the principal charac- ters. His forehead was hégh and narrow,: so black that it glittered in the light of ¢ eyes of the color of steel gray. ch | pug, mouth as large as Emily Sol | most as thin as paper, teeth ghastly white, chin aud under ja cheek bones prominent as an Indian's, at | smooth-shaven face was as sallow as though | had wrestled with ‘chills and fever in the lands of Arkansas from the day of his birt By avocation Jim Moore was a found his way to Leadvile in N and took rooms on lower Chestnut stre meats at the Tontine restaurant, and de: in the Texas saloon on Harr in camp no one paid him a and his table was | strangers alone. The second day June the camp bully, charged him with turning and bottom.” Jim was shuffling the ¢u es for a fresh deal, and he pr y Richards dow silver box. When | the bully returned to consciousness he saw that | Jim had procured a fresh box, and was dealing ag coolly as though nothing had occurred. crowd fell back in anticipation of an e: pistol-shots, but Richards remarked that was no hog, knew when he had enongh., and left the i house to spend his money in the little church | saloon. | On the fourth day of Jim’s sojourn in camp a | reckless prospector by the name of Mooney, w! had backed the seven-spot heavily to | the seven lad won, called the M: a tin-horn gambler, and threw his heavy knife across the lay-out. Jim could not wink at such a breach of etiquette, and shot Moon through the heart without rising from his ch | An inquest was held, and as all the gent!emen | present at the time of the shooting pronounced | an act of self-defense Jim was back at the table, | dealing, within a few hours following the tra- gedy. This event sent his stock away above par, and from that day he was recognized on the street by the first gamblers of Colorado. In the meantime a Methodist parson had come to the mines, and_was endeavoring to raise a/ sum of money sufficient to build a place of wor- | ship. Jim called on the parson, extorted a promise from him that he would not play faro, | keno or draw poker, nor be too hard on the sporting men of the camp—and then set about | taking up a collection. He prepared a list, sul scribed #50 by way of a beginning and then ci ted the paper around. the saloons and garm- tables, swearing that any sport who de- | clined to chip in was no friend of Jim Moore's. | The result was that Leadille possessed achurch before Christmas. He attended the dedicatcry | services, led in singing and passed the hat around twice, once before the sermon and once | following ft. On the following Sabbath Jim ‘was not at church, and Inthe afternoon the par son called at the Texas House to inquire if Mr. Moore was indisposed. He found Jim deeling and a throng of miners about the table. foolishness here, parson.” said Jim, sternly, as he paused with his fingers on the soda card. “Certainly not, I shall not interrupt,” replied the reverend gentleman, in an apologetic tone, mut I did not see you at worship this morn- ing.” "Evo." said Jim, slightly mollified, “and I ex- pect your hat came back d—d light. I to come down and take part, but a sucker from Virginia City chanced in, a you know I had to accommodat The sacerdotal laborer took his departure, after declining several invitations to dri gentlemen in the crowd who recognized him. and never again called around to ascert: what cause had detained Jim Moore trom attending morning service. Tt was in these early days that claim and lot Jumping flourished in Leadville. Ifa man, after toiling for weeks or months in a small shaft, | chanced to strike it rich, tidings of his good luck would spread through the eainp like wild-fire. In their greed for carbonates, many men would forget that their once poor companion had delved in the hard stone and firectay until he had fairly won his prize, and their ruling thought was through what ‘agency he could be dispossessed and his paying ‘claim relocated. Claim jumping finally’ became quite a science, and mines had to be guarded night and day. As the price of real estate ad- vanced in the camp, lot jumping became quite fashionable, and as a half-dozen land companies | set up claims to the ownership of every foot of ground between the Arkangas and the First Range on one hand, and California Gulch and Tennessee Park on the other, the only bill of sale recognized as genuine was.a Winchester rifle and a pair of self-cocking revolvers. There was seldom an hour in the day or night that wasnot broken by an exchange of rifle and pistol shots over some disputed mining claim or staked-off lot in the he of the young city. Might in these days made right; there was no law, and an occasional lynching bee only served to incite men on to morecruel and daring ! extremes. The camp at this time contained about 10,000 souls, and when I write that of this number at least two-fifths were gamblers, thieves, highwaymen and assassins, I simply state facts. Men who. endured so many hard- ships and lived upin the heart of the Rocky Mountains, two miles above the level of the sea, forgot all except that they must acquire riches, and it was immaterial to fhem how they became | i] such an extent that the old adage of “honor among thieves” was even forgotten. Now all is changed, and the only monuments to the win- ter, spring and summer of 1879 in Leadville are two well-filled cemeteries, On the corner of Harrison @venue and State street an old withered hag of a washerwoman from Denver, by the name of Ray, had pitched her tent. A dwarfed pine stood about the cen- ter of three lots she had staked off, and this pine was made to do service as a .genter-pole for her canvas mansion. The desirable ioeafion of these lots excited the cupidity of fgar professional lot- Jumpers, and they announced that ‘Mrs. Ray must emigrate.” One February night Jim Moore placed a brother dealer in his chair and walked out on the street for exereise and a breath of the pure cold air which sweepsdown from snow- capped mountain tops. Hehad been dealing steadily for seven hours, and the fumes of liquor and smoke in the gaming room had served to make him weak and dizzy. As he strode up Harrison avenue, in the direction of Capitol Hill, it seemed to him that he: had stepped into another elime. The night was intensely eold, and small ei cles of snow and frost aeeme borne Seas bosom ot the blast which from the west. They came with stinging 5 fierce that the streete were almost Jim Moore paused. The blast had borne to his ears an unusual sound. Mzine street ana, Caraing Wohela a tas tear ine street. an a tiny tor of flame a block below’ A shanty on fire eas his ‘rat thought, but by the time he hronicle office he saw that ives Mi ay fiercely, and its Nght he saw four men and recognized them ‘as lot-jampers. One had choked the old woman, nizh unto death, and his companions stood pistols in hand. to p n | and in accordance the proprietors, publishers, | dared to interfere ae Th ee Me eat ingin ty, | BO. particular nicety about his dress, lying around A few weeks following the destruction of ber | IN lis stocking fect and shirt sleeves without a tent she sold one of the lots for $14,000, and | Collar. sokaeand not Bt with this sum erected commodious buildings oa | Bearauce. He lwoks as thous J neh the Temaining two, which yield a handsome |} ) The wild, haif-erazy look which was My second night in the Carbonate camp a Boticed when he was nd asked if 1 knew Jim Moore. My auswer | [eft him. He talks sia the negative. He remarked that 1 bas nothing of the brass: st ke the acqnaintance of the whitest Of all the priec i re I could hope to euter | tsociety. Westrolled down from jarendon hotel to. the house where Jim sided ove ‘the ney ed nized 8. lout as an assassin. “uncanny” took, there is noth= t se ‘or of the Chronicle.” | an ALLy d’me an instant with his hard, | nd then gave mea bfnd-clasp | ‘yes from its severity. | . Loui ouis,” T answered, as tersely as the | stion had be | en put. h,” was his response, and he went on between cards asking question after question as to people whom he had known in that city. Desirious of gaining his good-will I placed a ten-dollar note on the ace, playing it open. “Please don’t do it.” said he. it breaks me all up to have lay at my table. If you want £50 or $100 take it out of the drawer, but for God's sake don’t play faro! When the Vigilantes were organized against the lee of the mines, who rejoiced in the title of “The Law and Order Abiders,” Jim took no part. “Itain't my funeral,” he exclaimed. I can’t shake,the boys, nor I can’t go back on the good people here. ‘So [ guess I'll take a re- served seat on the fence and pass myself off for a statesman.” The rough element concluded tn November, 1879, that Leadville had no need for newspapers, on a warrant ment from the gov- ernment te the amount of more than $40,000 while he was disbursing offic Service department. It is charg 1879 Capt. Howgate filled out vouchers pur porting to be for tele: hing bills, but which | were fradulent. tim once to jthe amount of $12,600, and at other times for $11,800, for 10, one for €12,100, altogether, 240.500. pecial Agent A. B. Ni comb, who has been working up the case, jit is’ probable many similar amounts wi | discovered, as the investigation covers only a | short time, and is J over. When interviewed o | the captain appeared to ta and said he could easily lain matters w the time came. He was arraigned befc United States Commissioner Graves and waived examination and left for Washington to-night. His wife is with him. He has been at Mount Clemens under treatment for sciatica. At the time of his arrest he " arigus condition. He is a Michigan man, having at one time been postmaster at Rome, before the war. editors and reporters of the three daily papers were ordered out of town. The outlook was de- cidedly unpleasant, for while men felt loth to | desert their property, they knew that their | lives were imperiled by remaining I paida visit | to Jim Moore and briefly explained the situa- tion. “T catch on,” said he, from the fence. I camp until | get re “and I shall slide down | ropose to deal faro in th y to leave, and if any one ith me th circus and menagerie seconds; and they have actus newspaper men out of town?” he half questio “and still they eall themsely rts.” He practiced a new shuffle for a few minutes, Capt. Howgate is stated. allowed to resign about a After the death of self a candidate for the office of chief si It was during the time following Gen. 's death, and before the appointment of his en. Hazen, Capt. Howgate was first | charged with malfeasance in office. These | then, tossing his cards into the drawer, said: | charges were made in newspapers, and were “Go back to the boys and tell them to scribble | said” by Capt. Howgate’s friends at the their lies in peace. 1 shall pay a visit to the Law | time ted by — par- and Oder abiders, and convince them ina very ties who opposed in office few minutes that newspapers are the salvation | in order to deteat his aspir: Shortly af- of this mining camp. terwards, however, the “‘oftic dal” was tacitly confirmed by Capt. Howgate's resigna- tion « Capt. Howgate had charge of the funds of the signal corps for several years, | ing zeneral disbursing and purchasing officer. Itis alleged that he MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS | and charged the amounts upon the books in | various Ways 80 as to elude detection. After | his resignation, it was stated, that an item was | found where several thousands of dollars were | charged as having been paid for special tele- grams, Gen. Drum, then acting as chief signal officer, demanded that the special telegrams | should be produced as vouchers, but they could not be produced. The matter is now in the Is of the Secretary of War. Captain How- acccunts have been thorouziily - and it is stated considerable plain e dence has been collected showing that for sev- | eral yoars the late disbursing officer has beea ed in systematically swindling the govern- At the Department of Justice to-day < could be learned beyond a verifica- tion of the announcement of Captain How- . gate’s arrest. The arrest was made, it | When one of Wall & Witter’s stages capsized} was stated, at the instance of Gen. Ha- a few miles below Leadville, and Rey. Mr.| zen. At the signal office there was also a strong Pickett, wno was riding in the boot with the | disinclination to speak about the matter. Capt. driver, was crushed to death, Jim swore that | Howgate is well known in Washington. He has | “the parson had been a Prince,” and subscribed | been president of the Columbia Boat Club since | liberally toward defraying his funeral. its organization. His Polar expedition enter- But the Saturday night that Jim coneluded to | prises are still fresh in the public mind. He re- | quit deaiing faro and go to preaching will long | sided with his wife and daughter on 14th street, be remembered in Lake coxfhty, Colorado. He | near the Boundary. He was generally reputed | stopped in the middle of the deal and removed | to be wealthy, and had considerable inuney in- | the ee from the box, explaining that all bets | vested in real estate. Here off, that the cases were off, andthat he had} 0 Sistaiete 50 Gas debe dealt his last card. nue, $180,288.37; customs, $768,433.19. “What is the matter, Jim?” cried a dozen in Tue FoLLowinc Commissions to postmasters one rie “Nothing,” b , S hing,” he replied, “only that I have con- eae awh Tron the @ ft R. Shahan Courtney, Preston co., W. Va., eluded that preaching, and not dealing, is my J. H. Poreh Percival, Brunswick co., and P. H. trade. You may call me ‘Jim,’ and the ‘whitest Piedmont, Stapleton Mills, Amherst co., Va. man in the mines,” to-night, ‘but hereafter you must always address me as Mr. Moore.” The proprietor of the house endeayored to - Changes of Stations of Jesuit Fathers. TRANSFERS OF PASTORS, SCHOLASTICS, ETC. The following important changes in the Wash- | { That night the ronghs held a meeting, and | when the whitest man in the mines strode into their midst and took a seat on the platform he was cheered hearti He announced the object of his call brieil d emphatically, and_ swore oles in Posey county that he ould shoot the first man w around a newspaper paper men. He was respected and feared by-all the knaves, and nothin: rt ing the newspaper offices unt! captured Stewart and Frosham and hanged them tothe rafter of a building in course of erection. The newspapers did not hang them,” said | Jim Moore, “it was the Vigilantes. But did not the paperscounsel lynching demanded the leader of the Law and Order hand. What if they did!” was Jim’s reply this a free country, and don’t the Constitution provide for a free press! Of course it does, and | I just feel like shooting some body who wants to insult the Constitution and the American ae.” “Ain't induce Jim to remain, but he was firm in his intention. “You might offer mea thousand a minute,” said he, ‘‘and it would not influencé me in the least. Ihave done aterrible lot of harm guiding | ington and Georgetown branch of the Jesuit the Royal Bengal, and now I intend iodoa pore order are announced: Rev. 8. A. Kelly. 8. J., of erful lot of good. Bar-keeper, drinks for the | St- ors this city, succeeds Rev. A. F. house at my expense.” Ciampi, S. J., as pastor of Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown; Rev. James Noonan, 8. J., of Providence, R. I., takes Father Kelly's place at St. Aloysius. Rev. F. Casey, S. J., assistant tor under Father Kelly, goes to Georgetown lege, as does also Rev. Jas. McHugh, S. J., late of St. Aloysius. Father Casey’ssuccessor is Rev. Patrick Toner, 8. J., of Woodstock. Changes have taken place also in the faculty of Gor College, three of the scholastics—Messrs. Guirk, Brady and Judge—being succeeded by yonng men from Woodstock. Rey. Fathers Jim Moore did some missionary work in Lead- ville. His sermons were always brief but forci- ble, and were interspersed with slang phrases acquired at the gaming table. About the Ist of April, 1880, he set out for Gunnison City, on snow-shoes, saying that he ‘felt called upon to wrestle with the Gunnison heathen.” He did not arrive at Gunnison, nor dd he return to Leadville. His sti disappearance was hepa for until the following July, when lor river Bbove Ruby Cone reaches on Tav- | Forian and O'Connell, the latter lately ordained, deep fissures, they found a human body. It was | Will be among the professors of this institution still frozen, ‘and decomposition had not set in. during the coming echolastic year. m the position of the body they judged that the unfortunate man had accidentally fallen Into ee the fissure. Frank. Pritchard, one of the A MAN SERIOUSLY, PERHAPS FATALLY, INSURED. of prospectors, who had loitered behind testing | * Yesterday a dispute arose at the National the rocks, came up to his companions, cast one | Fair Grounds between two colored men ei glance at the remains, and said, with great emo-| ployed there named Henry Warren and Samuel tion: Anderson, which culminated into an aflray, in body of Jim Moore, “Heavens, boys, this is the which Warren struck Anderson on the head with | the whitest man in the mines! a ber of iron, felling him. He remained in- sensible, lying on a pile of straw for some time, when his —— took a horse and- buggy, — | hastening to Police headq facts to Capt. Vernon, asking that the police | ambniance be sent for his removal to the hos- | pital, which was done. Capt. Vernon alse tele- | to Lieut. Johnson, at the second ia j Ravra Bayarp. Assignment. Gatveston, Tex., August 16.—A. News’ 5 cial from Flatonio, this state, says that W. A. Galctiain &-Co, ofthat place, made an assign ment yesterday for the benefit of their creditors. pet ita Telegrams _ to The Star. The News from the White House, EXCITEMENT AND SYMPATHY IN PHILADELPRTA, emery gh — 16.—The unfavorable Teports of t csident’s condition are creating SS in this city, The latest news the Executive Mansion ts eagerly after, and the spaces in front of the H boards displayed by the various newspapers on ‘Chestnut street are crowded. Expressions of sympathy with the patient are heard upon all sides, and at no tinie since the 24 of July | bas such general interest in President Gi was feverish ail morning, and most stocks at noon show a dectine of one point since yester+ | day's closing prices. > Effect of the Bad News in Wall Street. HEAVY TONE OF THE STOCK MARKET. New York, August 16, 11 a.m.—The alarming news contained in the Washington dispatches, regarding the President's condition, cast a gloom over Wail street, which was reflected in the heavy tone of the stock market | lation opened weak and under a very pressure to sell, the entire tist reco: decline, ranging from 'y to 3 pe Texas Pacific, Louisville & Nashville, Canada Southern, Kansas & Texas, Hannibal & St. Joseph, Read- ing, Union Pacific, Wabash, Pacitic & Nash- ville, and Chattanooga leading the down- ward movement. The Posts financial ar- ticle(1:40 p. m. edition) says: At the Stock Exchange there is s general depression to-day, the immediate cause being the critical condition of Presideut Garfield. Wall street always dis- counts what it considers to be an impending event, and to-day a majority of those speculating have followed the rule. There is nothing new in Trunk Line railroad affairs, but from what we hear there is better reason than there was @ day or two ago for expecting that the five prin- cipal Trunk Lines will succeed in organizing @ “money pool.” What is nc likely to be consamated is a for three years, the division to be on the basis of the last half of the year 1880, the same to be subject to revision at the A S. ben Os, the ot bonds | ed a sharp and hie Central income t . The feverish, the < per cent, et result 5 to 2% have been the and = Nasville, onl stocks, Ulin of the Trunk tin ada Southern, but is only up to the time we write is a decline of stocks per cent. Gould Den The weakest stocks, — Louis Pr and Ric I. hore has been very than at the el erday. The Railroad stocks are dull, as are In the money market the q Hiloans is2\y tod per cent, the bottom nate on stock collateral being 3 per cent joans per cent, and prime to 5 per cent s percent. Th of one per eent betwee months date paper, and reaso the latter extends well into the ne: demand for currency fur the comparative small, for the a full year. interior is reason that the x m and southern country has more ti of its own than in f years, and ts less de dant on eastern loans. The market. for foreign exchange is at hast down to the point at whi idean be profitably imported, and at this point it is weak, so that important gold im- ports ions are to be expected. The weakness is au however, rather to the supply of bills Ast the shipment of securities and shi Je possible by today af than to an increase im OELLENT RACK PROGRAM. Y.. August 16. lent program has brouzht a larze cone: The grand stand presente The sky is overcast, and T is in faultless condi- ace of the day will be the Congress Hotel stakes. to be run in heats of three-quarters f amile. It will, no doubt, be a very interest- ing struggle. Favoritista ix divided equally be- > tween ie Li Knight Templar and Boot- ke i Jack Haverly have beem scratched. In the first race, three-quart the first heat was won by k second and Knight Te 1:15}. The second heat was won by Bonnie Lizde, Bootjack second and Knight Teuplar third. Time, 1:143,. ers wile A Fatal Explosion. QUEBEC, Angust 16.—Intelligence was re ceived late last night by J. U. Gregory, domin- ion agent here of the marine and fisheries, that on Saturday last the fog gun on Bird recks had exploded a stock of powder at that station, de- stroying the sheds and instantly killing Mr. Chiasson, the cooper, and his son and assistant. = Attempt to Wreck an Excursion Train. Gavesrox, Tex.. August 16.—A special to the Nes from San Antonio says: “An unsuc- cessful attempt was made yesterday to wreck an excursion train, having en board 550 mea, women and children, by laying cross tics across the track. The train was going at the rate of 30 miles an hour, and the engine striking the thes threw them from the track in every direction. Five men who were riding on the cow-cateher were badly bruised. Praxkrort, Ky., Au desperado, sict Thomas Brid here at midnight on Sunda: died last evening from the effects of the wound. He was a confirmed inebriate, but entirely harm: less and inoffensive, and gave no provocation whatever for the murderous act. — Increase of Coal Trade. PHULAPEDPHIA, August 16.—The coal tonnage of the Rhiladelphia at Reading Railread Com- pany for the week ending Saturday last amounted to 189,253 tons, an increase of 68,511 tons ascom- pared with the corresponding week last year, Total shipments for year to date, 5,183,704 tons, an increase of 718.565 tons as compared with the corresponding period last year. The Markets. IMORE, August 16.—Virginia 6's, consola, . XX; do. new ten-- 5.00, do. e: Iiio’ brands, Wheat, southern epot and August LitsL MG; September 136 and August, Lal; September. al 25; October, 137 Xal3k; November, 1.40al 40%. Corn, southern scarce and firm; western ‘corn, bushel ige—iong, 481}4; short, 483}. Gov- NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON. The following quotations were current in New