Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1881, Page 1

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Vandalia arrived at the Charlestown (Mass.) navy yard yesterday |afternoon. The Secretary of the Navy is ad- vised by Lieut. R. M.S. Brown, under date of August 20, Yonk N.Y., that the experi- mental board which has some time been en- gaged in testing the Mallory propeller, has com- | pleted that duty, and that the trial has been | entirely satisfacto: TuE PREPARATIONS FOR THE YORKTOWN CEN- TENNIAL are slowly progressing. The apparent lack of enthusiasm at present is due entirely to the President's condition. Should the President die, it is probable that the celebration would be stripped of much of its (ares The monu- ment would be dedicated, but it is probable that much of the program as now arranged would be cut out. When asked to-day what news there was concerning Yorktown, Col. Corbin said: “There's nothing now. Wait till the President gets well, and then there will be something.” Tue Stovx Inprans had an additional talk at the Interior department to-day. White Thun- der, who succeeds Spotted Tail as the chief of the Rosebud agency, at great length set forth the needs of the agency, asking for additional agricultural implements, school advantages, and the proper irrigation of the lands belonging to the tribe. He said there was a disposition of the tribe to further pursue agricultural pursuits. The talk was general, and more of private than public interest. At’ 214 o'clock the Indians again assembled, when White Ghost and Buffalo Ghost made speeches in the same strain as White Thunder. PAYMASTER GENERAL OF THE Navy.—Pay- master General George F. Cutter, U.S. navy, chief of the Pureau of provisions and clothing of the Navy department will, on the 30th inst., reach the age of 62, when, under the naval re- tiring law, he must retire from active service. He will be placed on the retired list, with the relative rank and retired pay of commodore. The question who will be his successor is agitat- ing the pay corps of the navy. Two prominent candidates are Pay Direetors Jas. H. Watmough and Thomas H. Looker. The first will stand at the head of the corps, and the second No.3. Pay Director Doran stands between the two. He is absent from the United States, and as no orders, so far as known, have been issued for his recall, the presumption is that he is out of the race. Among the pay inspectors is T. J. Adams Smith, who is not without strong influence at his back, and is prominently mentioned in connection with those above referred to. He has the dis- advantage of not belonging to the highest grade, and his nomination would probably on that account be sharply opposed by his supe- Tiors in rank. PERSONAL.—Gen. Leslie Coombs, the veteran and well-known Kentucky politician, died yes- terday at his home in Lexington. Rev. J. T. Kelly, of the Fourth Presbyterian church, is at Old Orchard Beach Health Officer Town- | shend was registered in New York yesterday. =—Col. Vedder and daughter have gone to Fortress Monroe. — W. H. Collins, Frank Brown, M. J. Clagett and S. P. Butler are at the Atlantic Hotel, Ocean City.——Wm. H. King has returned from the White Sulphur Springs, where he has been spending some time.—A dispatch from Vienna says Baron Mayr, the Austrian minister here, who is now at home on leave of absence, is about to tender his resignation on account of ill health.— Mr. Rodolphe Claugh- ton, who has been at the White Sulphur Springs lately, leaves town to-morrow for Cornwall-on- | the-Hudson.— Miss B. C. Graves, principal of the Metropolitan Seminary and Kindergarten, has returned with her moter, trom a trip to’ the Miss Bertie Barbour and Miss Ida Car- ter leave town to-day on a visit to friends in New York city.—Dr. Walsh has returned to the city from his summer vacation A son of Ja The Fights With Nana’s Band. OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE ENGAGEMENTS—DE- FEAT OF THE SAVAGES. An official telegram received at the War de- partment from Captain Parker, of the 9th cay- alry, dated Cienego Raneh, Carrizo Canon, N. M.. August 12th, via Secorro, N. MZ August lith, says: “Engaged the hostiles under Nance to-day, for one hour anda half, about twenty- five miles west of Sabinal, with nineteen men of troops. the rest being with Lieutenant Wright and Lieutenant Guilfoyle on trail further west. One man missing and three wounded. My men inflicted an equal loss onthe enemy and held their position within fifty and a hundred yards until the Indians’ fire ceased and they were seen 4 to retire. I fell back to this place slowly with the wounded to meet train on road after march of seventy miles. Request surgeon and sup- plies to meet me at Sabinal. One thousand ra- tions necessary; also, four boxes of ammunition. Think hostiles will cross at mouth of Carrizo creek going east. They have done much dam- age. Am water bound and cannot get my train at Alamosa.” The supplies requested will be forwarded. THE KILLING OF LIEUTENANT SMITH. The following hag also been received from Colonel Hatch, dated Fort Garland, August 20th: “This a.m., August 20, 18831, Lieutenant Smith, who I had pushed out of Cummings’ to head off hostiles, struck the band fifteen miles west. A severe fight fol! Our loss: Lieutenant Smith and four men killed and seven men wounded. George Daily with of citizens joined Smith when in pursuit of Indians. Daily killed. Lieutenant Taylor with 9th ca alry de- tachment and scouts came up after Indians were driven off last night and will take up pursui The Indians were goinz toward Miembres. Or- dered troops yesterday from Bayard and Cum- ren to watch country between Cummings and Ay Lieut. Smith wasa native of Virginia and served THE FIGHT FOR LIFE. THE PRESIDENTS PROGRESS AGAIN A LITTLE BETTER HIS CASE NOT A HOPELESS ONE THERISKS HE HAS YET TO RUN The President was less restless last night than he was the night before. There has been no loss since yesterday, though there has been no gain. The President was annoyed during the night by phlegm in the throat, but there was not neces- sarily as much exertion to lift it. During the night he was given two enemata, and also took some nourishment by the mouth. This morn- ing, in addition to koumiss and milk porridge he was given some of the juice of a steak, and seemed to relish all that was administered to him. Later this morning he was given some beef tea, and retained it on the stomach. The morning dressing showed that the wound was repairing slowly. The swelling of the gland remains about the same. It is confined to the gland itself. The swelling is hard and clearly defined. There are no eyi- dences of its scattering. It cannot now be told whether suppuration will ensue from theswelling, but there are no indications that the treatment administered has had the effect of preventing the act of suppuration. During the forenoon all that could be said of the President was that heis HOLDING HIS OWN. The physicians in attendance say that such is the case, and all persons who have access to the sick room coincide with them. The stomach— the great point to be watched—is in better con- dition this morning than yesterday. The word better should, however, be qualified. The stomach is a little less capricious than yester- day, though it is byno means ina condition that could be wished for. The President’s vital- ity, though considerably exhausted. is not as Teduced as some reports have made it. He has considerable vitality left yet, though he is greatly emaciated and very weak, indeed. The morn- ing bulletin shows no material change in the patient. It is as follows: Oficial Bulletin—8:30 a.m. NO MATERIAL CHANGE. The President slept the greater part of the night, but awoke at frequent intervals. He has taken since last evening alarger quantity of liquid food, by the mouth, than in the corre- sponding hours of any day during the past week. The use of nutrient enemata is continued at longer intervals. The parotid swelling is un- changed. Pulse 100, temperature 98.4, respi- ration 18. D. W. Briss, J. J. Woopwarp, + J. K. Barnes, Rosert REYBURN, D. Hayes Acvew. THE PRESIDENT'S STOMACH ISIN BETTER CONDI- TION TO-DAY as shown by the fact that he asked for the beef extract that was given him this morning before it was thought to administer it to him. He took the extract with relish and retained it without any gastric trouble. He took about six ounces and a half of the extract. DR. AGNEW SAYS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS BET- TER TO-DAY THAN FOR THE PAST THREE pays, Dr. D. Hayes Agnew left the city this morn- ing on the limited express train for Philadel- phia. Dr. Frank H. Hamilton is expected to arrive to-day. Dr. Agnew was asked at the depot as to the condition of the President, and said: ‘He is better this morning than he has been for the last three days.” To the question asto the condition of the pa nt’s stomach he said: “The stomach now retains everything that he takes.” Dr. Agnew’s manner was such as to indicate that while he does not regard the President's case as hopeless, he feels that his condition is extremely precarious. DR. BLISS STILL HOPEFUL. Dr. Bliss this morsing expressed himself as being hopeful. He thought that the President was certainly better to-day than yesterday. No material change either one way or the other is expected during to-day. It is thought that the President will continue to hold his own, though there is a hope expressed that he will slightly improve. Dr. Hamilton will arrive to-night from New York. PEPTONIZED MILK FOR THE PATIENT. About 11 o'clock the President took some pep- tonized milk. There has been no disturbance of the stomach, and everything reported from the sick-room is reassuring. The peptonized milk contains the substance from chickens’ stomachs which, in its natural way, causes their strong digestion. The President's stomach lacking the digestive fluid in such a measure as is satisfac- tory, the pept onized milk is being administered to supply, if possible, the deficiency. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT DELIRIOUS nor has he been. Hp Is like other people who are suffering, upon waking there is a menta] aberration for a few moments. The pain from the swollen gland causes his frequent wakings during the night. When consciousness has re- turned he is for a short time unable to fix every- thing in his mind. He does not know for that time who is by him or what is going on, and when spoken to just after he awakes sometimes does not understand or pay any attention to what is said. That is the extent of his delirium. 11:30 A.M.—THE PATIENT'S CHANCES OF RE- COVERY. The condition of the President has not ma- terially changed since yesterday afternoon, and is yet a subject of grave anxiety. The improved tone of the patient's stomach, which gave some encouragement to his attendants yesterday, is still maintained, and this is the most hopeful feature of the case. He has taken this morning six and a-] ounces of beef juice without nausea or any other symptom of gastric disturb- ance. Upon the continuance far several days at least of this ability to take and assimilate food, and upon the continued absence of f@ther com. plications would seem to rest the patient’s chances of recovery. Ifthe wound continues to do well, if no serious consequences result from the swelling of the parotid glafid, and if the stomach continues to take food enough to make inthe Unionarmy during the war of therebellion. He reached the grade of Lieut. Colonel by brevet for gallant service in the fighting in Georgia. He resigned from the army in 1866, but was re- appointed as a second lieutenant in'1873. eee = District Government Notes, STREET WORK IN GEORGETOWN The District Commissioners yesterday made an order that 3ist_ street, between N and P streets, and as street, between 2sth and soth Georgetown, paved with asphalt blocks. Lieut. F. V. Greene has already written to New York for the blocks, and the work is to be given out by contract. : D., and ees of first diy public schools, referring to a communidation from them of the 22d inst., and notifying them that the Commissioners have proved the recommeneation and are execute the leases, blank forms of which can be obtained from the Commissioners’ office. say: “To rent three additional school rooms an annual rental of $200 in the Lucas buil Pennsylvania good the waste cai by suppuration, there will at least be improvement enough within the next four or five days to carry the patient to a higher piane of vitality, and perhaps to put him on the road, although not on the sure road, to recovery. The continuance of these favorable conditions, however, while universally hoped | for, cannot be confidently predicted. AT NOON TO-DAY there had been nothing new developed in re- gard to the President. No word had come from the sick room except by second hand. The | news received in that way stated that all was going on fairly, and that nothing unusual in the treatment of the patient, or in the progress of the case had appeared. There is anxiety of course Sifting all that is heard from physicians, and from others, in re gard to the President's case, the general result arrived at is that the President hag A CHANCE FOR RECOVERY. ‘That chance ts not as well defined nor as large in proportion as it has been since he received the bullet; but still it ts achance. It is also evident that the full gravity of the situation is not ap- preciated either by the public ag arule or by those who sick-room, dent has never been as bad as has been repre- sented. If, on the other hand, the bulletin is not satisfactory the doctors are said to be over- feeding the patient or doing something else to kill him as quickly as possible. A MARKED IMPROVEMENT DURING THE DAY. Dr. Ellis Bliss said at noon that there had been an improvement during the day in the President's condition. It was an improvement that could be noticed readily. There had been no unusual occurrence in the sick room during the day, he said, and nothing of any interest beyond the regular treatment of the patient had taken place. ‘There had been no disturbance of any kind and not the slizhest retrogressive symptoms. Of the mid-day bulletin, which is issued about an hour after noon, it was known beforehand that it would be favorable and would show that there had been some improve- ment inthe President's condition. This news spread around generally and the bulletin was looked forward to without any foreboding. The following was the midday bulletin. Its favorable character was the subject of much happy comment: Official Bulletin—12:30 p.m. THE CONDITIONS VERY FAVORABLE. EXECUTIVE Mansion, August 23, 12:30 p.m. The President continues to take by the mouth and retain an increased quantity of liquid food. At the morning dressing, the wound looked well and the pus was of healthy character. The mucous accumulations in the back ofthe mouth, on account of the parotid swelling, is less viscid, and now gives but little trouble. At present his pulse is 104; temperature, 98.9; respiration, 18. D. W. BLiss, J. K. Bar: J. J. Woopwarp, Rozert Reysury. COL. CORBIN HAS NO DOUBT OF THE PRESID: RECOVERY. Col. Corbin is one of the most cheerful among the people who are constantly visiting the White House. He tolda Star reporter to-day that the President was steadily gaining ground, and that he had no doubt of his recovery. QUIETNESS PERVADES THE WHITE HOUSE TO-DAY. There were no callers during the morning to speak of. The bulletins were in pretty fair de- mand, but the inquiries for them did not indi- cate any unusual anxiety or excitement on the part of the public. The passer-by stopped at the bulletin tree in front of the White House, and hurriedly scanning it, passed on. There Were never more than three or four people at a time gathered around the gate. The usual rou- tine of the White House went on without inter- Tuption. Tom Pruden was as solemn looking as usual, and Sergeant Dinsmore had not a crank to deal with. The latter was a somewhat un- usual condition of affairs. SECRETARY BLAINE MORE HOPEFUL TO-DAY. The following was sent this afternoon: Lowell, Minister, London: In the last twelve hours since 1 o’clock this morning, the President has swallowed eighteen and ahalf ounces of liquid food. He has had no nausea. The pulse and temperature not es- sentially changed. In the judgment of Iris phy- sicians he has lost nothing aince last dispatch. If there be any change it is for the better. (Signed,) Buatne, Secretary. UP TO TWO O'@LOCK this afternoon the President had taken eighteen ounces of liquid food. The nourishment admin- istered to him has been of a stronger character, including beef tea and peptonized milk. Dr. id that the only result from the increased nent was in the character and tone of the pulse. He said also that the gland swelling was about the same in size and character as yes- terday. He could not tell when suppuration fronethe nd might be expected. It might be three days before there was any change in the swelling. Dr. Bliss expressed himself as being satistied with the progress of the President to- day. ‘The President has slent at intervals during the day, but not for any continuous long time. 2 P.M.—DR. BLISS THINKS THE PRESIDENT IS LITTLE BPTrER. In aninterview with a reporter of the asso- ciated press at 1:30 this afternoon, Dr. Bliss made the following replivs to the questions which were asked him: Tow is the President to-day?” He is doing nicely.” “How much food has he swallowed since morning?” “He has had about elghteen ounces and a-half of liquid nourishment since one o'clock last night, not including the enemata.” What has been the character of the food?” “It has been stronger than yesterda The quantity of beef juice has been largely increased, and peptonized milk has been added to the list.” “Has the stomach seemed to assimilate the fora well and without discomfort?” “Do you notice to-day any evidences of in- creased strength as a result of this fuller and more stimulating diet?” “His pulse is alittle less frequent and its ter is stronger and better. In other re- there is not much change.” hat is the appearance of the inflamed pa- rotid gland to-da “It is still hard to the touch and has not per- ceptibly changed in appearance.” “How long before suppuration will begin, if it begins at all?” “It may be two or three days yet. There is no certainty that the swelling will suppurate.” “Has there been any change in the septic con- dition of the blood?” “I think thge are evidences that the septic condition is passing off.” “Upon the whole, what do you think of the pees condition as compared with yester- jay?” “I think it is a little better. seems to me to be gaining.” AT THREE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON there had been no change in the President’s condition. Compared with the same hour yes- terday, he was slightly better. The day prom- ises to be on the whole favorable. There have been to-day no alarming developments. A TELEGRAM AND A LETTER. A telegram was received at the White House to-day which read just like the patent medicine man. Ataan who has a liquid food for sale, has beén sending it to the White Honse for the use of the President. It has never been used. The telegram was as follows: “Friends are con- stantly asking why Dr. —g liqtid food is not soir President.” A letter from out west House to-day told the Preaemeenae Eee The writer said that he had been couraged. the same way as the The President wounded somewhat in President, and jost in Weight during bis illness all the way down to Seventy pounds, from one hundred and ninety pounds, “and I had the best of medical attendance,"gays the western man. AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR. In reference to the published statement that the mission of Capt. Henry, District marshal, who has gore to Ohio, ig to bring the Presi- dent's two youngest song his aged mother to Washington, Private Le Brown says it Js absurd and false. He ye Capt, Henry turned from his vacation in on his own ac- cord on the occasion of the President’s last re- lapse, leaving: considerable of his business un- transacted, and returned Sunday night to finish teup, He says there is no intention of bri the ident’s mother or his children to ingto. LAST NIGHT'S BULLETIN. retain about twenty ounces cf liquid food to- day; showing a better state of the stomach, but his general condition is serious, if not critical. He is weak, exhausted and emaciated, not weighing over 125 or 130 pounds. His weight when wounded was from 205 to 210 pounds. His failure to regain strength ture which gives special uneas' hension. Bu THE POPE TO THE PRESID The following correspondence by nished from the State department: Rome, August 15. The Hon. James @. Blaine, Secretary of State, Washingt iy Father learned with painful sur- prise and profound sorrow the horrid attempt of which the President of the Re was the victim, so now he is happy to. fe celleney unon the news that his precious 1 now out of dange may grant him a speedy and complete rece of his health and Tong spare him to the benefit of the United States. The undersigned has the honor to join in these sentiments of sincere congratulations and wishes for complete | recovery. L. Carprvat. Jaconryt. Wasnincton, Ancus! To His Eminence L. Cardinal Jacobini, Re Ph convey to his Holiness the s thanks with which this government received the kind expression of his pra i i half of the stricken Pr message was sent, the Pre but net without hope. deep! The Presi a a touched by the pions interest for is recovery shown by all the churches and by none more widely or_more devotedly than by those of the Roman Catholi¢ communion. James G. Bian SPECIAL PRAYERS F Bishop Watterson, of Ohio, ha: “d a pas- toral letter to the Catholic clergy of his diocese directing them to offer special prayers for the suftering President. DR. HAMILTON'S OPINION UNCHANGED. “When are you going back to Washington? inquired a N.Y. Herald reporter of Dr. Frank H. Hamilton last night.“ By arrangement, I shall relieve Dr. Agnew to-morrow (Tuesday) night,” was the reply... Dr. Hamilton expressed himself willing to say that he still entertained an opin- ion that the President will eventually recover. MRS. EDSON STILL HOPES. Dr. Susan Edson, the President's nurse, left the White Honse last night for the first time since Friday night. Being asked what she thought of the President's condition, she replied that she did not think there had been any material change for the past three days. “If anything,” said she, “he is better to-day than yesterday. He looks about the same. He remains the same patient sufferer, and has. notwithstanding all his sufferings, not given up. He says but little, though he pays some attention to what is trans. piring about him. He is thoroughly tired out and weak. To-day he took an ample amount of nourishment, but he did not ask for any of it.” “It is true that he is delirious at times?” “Yes, but not more so than any other patient who has been confined so long to the bed and whose condition is so weak. His mind is not as clear as it was. But what you refer to as deli- riousness is the result of the opiate that has been administered inthe enema. Thi will remedy itself as soon as the nourishment enema is stopped. It is not on account of an} mental weakness, for as soon as effects of the opiate wear off his mind is as strong and as clear as ever.” ‘Has the swelling in the throat reduced any “No, that remains at a standstill. It is very obstinate, but if anything it looks better than it did and gives much less pain. It still affects the so that he cannot open his mouth as free! she wants to. He opened his mouth three- fourths of an inch to-da ver. This was bie than he could possibly do yesterday or Sat- anda? “From now, if al ‘Dr. Bliss thinks that the only thing we have to fear now is from exhaustion. Dr. Agnew con- curs, and I believe all the doctors are of the same opinion. There will have to be some change in the next two or three days.” “Mrs. Garfield still remains at the bedside?” ae i she has not been out of the Mansion since Friday As I was leaving: the room she went to her room for the night. The President had a bad night last night, but I think he will pass a good one to-night. If I did not think so I would not have left.’ “You are still hopeful ?” -“Oh, yes. To-day was by no means as dark as Monday last, when a great many were alarmed. He has a great many chances in his favor, though they are reduced from what they | were some weeks ago. The ordeal that he is passing through now is a severe one, and we who have watched him all along are not dis- heartened at. the prospect.” DR. BOYNTON SAID LAST NIGHT that his attention had been called to the dis- patch (printed below) sent by Secretary Blaine, and, while he had been keenly alive to the dan- gers environing the President, he did not think that his condition at midnight was as desperate as might be inferted from the Secretary's dis- patch. He (the Doctor) was decidedly more hopeful. In regard to ‘the inflamed parotid gland he said that the doctors had not succeeded in scattering the inflammation, and it is now nearly certain that it will suppurate. This will probably be accomplished within the next five or six days. When asked why the bulletins yes- terday were so meager he replied that he did not think the physicians were intentionally depriv- ing the public of any information bearing on the case, even though at times they might be some- what tardy in giving their own convictions in the premises. In conclusion Dr. Boynton said: “Should the worst come to the worst, I doubt very much if Gen. Garfield’s mother will be brought to Washington. It could only result very seriously for her, and would serve no good purpose whatever.” . A QUIET DAY AT THE JAIL, Yesterday was a very quiet day in the jail. Guiteau has shown no unusual excitement since his trouble with McGill, the guard, and has set- tled down again to a quiet life. There was no religious exercises in Jail Sunday, such as are gen- erally held there on the Sabbath, as none of the members of the Y.M.C.A. presented themselves. Among the visitors was Mrs. B. A. Lockwood, who is interested in having the chapel thrown open for religious services every Sunday. ———-- «>. — THE Masons aT YORKTOWN.—The the Grand Lodge of Masons of Virginia (W. B. Isaacs) writes as to the Yorktown celebration that the Grand Lodge of Virginia and its subor- dinates (235 ies. wil EEeoune, say from 3,000 to 5,000; also, the Grand Com- mandery K. T., (15 subordinates) about 800. It is expected that the fourcommanderies of the it source do you expect trouble District and the grand commanderies and subor- Pa Go dinates of the thirteen original states will be present. Sunday, the 18th, is fixed for laying the corner stone of the monument, and will be regarded as the Masonic day. Bapty BEATEN IN A: Bar-Room.—A large crowd of roughs and denizens of the “division,” were attracted to the Police Ceurt to-day by the trial of Geo. Mantz and Jas. Coffee for assault- ” Connors, in ‘streets. ing James, alias ‘Shanty’ bs Mante's) barroom, corner of 11th and C Goesme testified that a few minutes after 12 ht witness, he and some young man named bar-room to a nd will ever pray that God | B: re ncere | of course, | of | 21. Telegrams to The Star. A CAMP NAMED FOR THE PRESIDENT. THE SARATOGA RACES TO-DAY.) —-_-___ RESULTS OF THE FRENCH ELECTIONS eet The French Elections, DEFEATED BONAPARTISTS—TH RE-ELECTED DEPUTI 5 Paris, August 23. the most signifi- features of th mber of dep ns for members of is the defeat of the Among the noted ists who disappear from public life are Mm. Niel Abbatucci Haentjens and the Duke De Padone. The Bonapartist journal Z?Ordre that the elections have been for the con- atives of all shades, a de e long to recover. lent esti the reac chamber will, ¢ after t below a hundred in number." In the dey ment of Lot the two sitting Bonapartists w ted at Cahors in spite ant reception to M. Gambe ailles Min. Pain and Le Pilliter, intransigeants, were mong the candidates of were — elected M. Greppo union), M. ¢ | Aibert the well-known defeated. | note (republican ),and M. | p lett), two in | of the Vosges, and M. Albert alist), in the department of Mor- | following deputies have been re- + DeBaudry d’Asson, legitimate, de- of Vendu; M. Louis Legrand (repub- | tment of the Nor Paris . department of Tarn-et-Garonnis: | ier Montjau (extreme left), depart- | | ment of Drome; M. LaRochefoucauld (legiti- | mist), department of Sarthe; M. Janvier De La Motte (Bonapartist), department of Maine et Loire; M. Naunquet (extreme left), department | of Vaucluse; M. Laroche Joubert (Bonapartist), department of Chasente, and M. Lepere, ex- | minister (republican union), department of | Youne. M. Paul de Cassagnac (Bonapartist), Ge been elected at Mirande, department of ers. elected: partme ican lef Topics of Interest Abroad, SPLICING THE CABLE. Loxpon, August 23.—A dispatch from Pen- zance says the cable construction steamer Fara- day last evening spliced the end of the new cable off Land’s End, and then proceeded laying the mid-ocean section. POLITICAL PRISONERS IN GERMANY. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says :— News has been received here from St. Petersburg | of recent arrests there, including an official of the general staff, who is accused of advising the revolutionists of the precautions which the goy- | ernment has taken. Although the prisons are | filled with persons accused of polifical crimes very few are brought to trial. See eter In Honor of President Garfiel WILKEsparre, Pa., August 23. ment of the third brigade of this cii of unus iit 1 to name the camp in honor of Pres- | ident Garfield. Forty three companies reported for duty this morning, numbering about 2,500 men. oot cages Ex-Senator Conkling's Purchase. ‘ILLE, ONT., August 23.—It is reported | x has purchased Robin- son’s Island, just below Thousand Island Park. ———— Saratoga Races To-day. Saratoca, N. Y., August 23.—The contest for the Relief stal between Crickmore and Thora, has brought a large concourse to the race track to-day. The weather is warm and the track good. Perplex, Patti and Freeman have been seratched in the first race. The first regular race, a three-quarters of a mile dash, was won by Hermit, Neufchatel second and Victim third. Time, 1:15! —— Wall Street To-Day. New York, August 23.—The Post's financial article (1:40 p. m. edition) says: The stock ex- change at first hesitated in its judzment as to the effect on the stock market of Secretary Win- dow’s action, and it was questioned w relief to the money market would be sufficient to overcome even temporarily the disturbing in- fluences of the possible death of the President and of the continuance of the railroad war. But the “short interest” in the market is known to be very large, and one after another of the bears, thinking it prudent to cover, began to buy quietly, with the result, af ter the first half hour, of starting something very much like a stampede to buy stocks, and | the net result, as we write, of the fluctuations is | an advance from yesterday's closing of 1!ga5}¢ | per cent, the latter, however, having been ina pocket. Stocks—Richmond and Allegheny, Mis- | souri Pacific has advanced 43¢; Louisville and Nashville, 334; Union Pacific, 3!<; Northwest, 3s; Milwaukee and St. Paul, Denver and Rio Grande, 34; Del., Lack. and Western, 2%<; Jersey Central, 2'¢; Omaha pref'd, 24g; a Pacific, 23{; Wabash, 214a2%/; Western U Telegraph, 24; Northern Pacific preferred, Colorado Coal, 3 p. cent; Kansas and Texas, 15;, and Illinois Central, 28{. Oregon Navization opened at an advance of 4 percent, and has since fallen 43¢ to 155!g. United States bonds are strong ‘and higher. State bonds are inactive. ‘Railroad bonds are irregular but generally lower. The money market is easier, the call loan quotation to the brokers being 5a6 percent. Prime mercantile paper is 5a6 per cent. ° - BALTIMOR! Re eS The Markets. August 23,—Virginia 6's, consols, do. past due coupons, 92%; do, new ten-- 52; bid 5 BALTIMORE, August 23.—Cotton quiet—mia- dling, 124sa124." Flour quiet and without change. heat, southern firmer; western higher, closing easy—sout red, 1354139; do, amber, 1428 146; No. 1 Maryland, 145, No. 2 western winter red, spot and August, 1.40a1.40%; September, L4 al.4i; October, L44; November, L46xal.47, Corn, southern scarce ant western firm—southern white, Tauid; do. yellow, is west- ern mixed, spot and ‘August, 71 bid: Septem- ber, Tiga October, Tavs, November to; stedmer, 66 asked. Oats steady—southern, seas: and | rn, els; oats, 3,636 bushels. Ship- ts—wheat, none; corn, 37.064 bushels. Sales— wheat, S00 ies bushels; 500) bushels, ugust 12:30 p. m.—Consols, mo. Be bones, Wa Lok wes 1163; 5's 105. New Jersey Central, 121. ae gph age ic ce ‘second Page trustees? ce: | BERT CROSS COMMITTED TO JAu CITY AND DISTRICT. ; —mahenanee Killed by a Falling Embankment. A FATAL ACCIDENT IN SOUTH WASHINGTON Tt PAY—ONE MAN KILLED AND ONE SERIOUSLEE INSURED. ; By the falling of a bank of sand and gravel om the vacant square between L and M and 6th and Tth streets southwest, a little before noon to~ day, a colored man named Frank Turner was ine! stantly killed and another man named Miles! Johnson was severely injured. Coroner son with a Stax reporter investigated the ciret cumstances attending the tragedy she its occurrence. There were five men ortly after, vork in the | bank, which is on a — owned by the Potomac Ferry eruplo All but one of these men were by acontractor named Richard Shelton, other one, Miles Johnson, was at work for Tar- ner getting out gravel. Turner on the 11th June last had his leg troken by the caving tn the same bank, and being lame, was sitting on the edge of the bank directing the work beifig done by Johnson. A workman named Jas. Pare Turner, states that he sald n there,” 1, that to fall as soon as you think it nute the bank cave way, and. mplet a in” at work on the bank imme- diately sprang to work with their spades. John- son was soon disiaterred, he having helped hime self by digging outward with a knife. He was adly bruised. When Turner's ered it was found that the skull nel. His body was removed to his home on L street, between 4%y and 6th south- west. Johnson was taken to his home on 3d shear. Cor ided that rs own carelessness, death accordingly. ! the accident, an ds Mr. but the men b iad bee oved before his al, and his only was to take acole ed woman named Maria Munroe, 7% years old, who had fainted, to her home, on F street, bes 3d and 4'6 streets southwest. The bank dent occurred was about 18 feeb high. —_—— The Death of James Curry. THE CORONER'S INQUEST TO-DAY. A coroner's inquest was held this morning at ith precinet station house over the body Curry, who died yesterday morning at 12th and C streets southeast, as it is supposed from injuries received at the hands of Bert Cross, ina quarrel which took place on the evening of the 12th instant, growing out of an alleged insult Cu had given to his (Cross') wife. The was sum- moned, with John F. 1 foreman. s Hawkins, Edward Brooks, Albert Smith and Ernest S. Beall testitied to seeing Cross beat Curry last Friday week. Cross asked if Ca was the person who had been talking to his wife, and if he had said anything out of the way to her. Mrs. Cross having said “ yes,” Cross struck at Curry and missed him. Then Curry, who was sitting down, got up and Cross strack him. He did not knock him down. they clinched, and Cross struck him in the side, and then he struck him in the face and knocking him down. Cross then struck him near the eye and knocked him down again, and then struck him in the breast. Them the boy Curry said, “That's all right, "mister; that’s all right.” ‘Then Cross asked if he was going to say itagain. Mrs. Cross said, “That will do, Brookie, that will de.” Mr. Somerville, who was outin the yard, called to them and they stopped. This occured about 8 o'clock in the evening. Curry did not try to resist while Cross was beating him. Carry did not seem burt, and soon afterwards walked home. Dr, E. A. Adams testified to the nature of Curry’s final illness. Dr. J. F. Hartigan testified to finding a bruise on the left side and right eye of deceased and that the side of the head was ‘covered with pus. The cause of death was inflammation of membranes ot the brain, which he believed to have been the result of the injuries deceased received. Daniel B. Webster, coloved, testitied to Ourry’s | death at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, August * — y ing, er. and soon the jury ¢ da verdict “that death.was caused from | tothe head received at the hands of 's William Cross on the evening of the 12th instant.” The Visiting Indians, A FRIENDLY POW-WOW AT DR. BLAND'S Horse, Last evening the Indian delegations now in the city made a visit of ceremonions friendship to the residence of Dr. T. A. Bland, 1209 Gstreet, northwest. There were present Ked Cloud, Young: Horse, Captain Sword, White Th st, We-rye an Souix nation, accompanied by Rey. J. P. Williamson, who acted as inter- preter; Elu-Humble and Cohanamba, of ‘the Omahas, Frank LaFlesh, interpreter; Little Chief, of the Cheyennes, with Ben Clark, inter- prete ad Alexander Payes, ohief of the Wine- baso’s, Who talks good English. Speeches were made by Dr. T. A, Bland, MajorCyras, W. Bud Col. W. Coffin, Commissioner McFarland, ot the land office, and Mrs. M. Cora Bland on the part of the pale faces. “These were ief but appropriate responses from Re White Ghost, White Thunder, the two and Frank LaFlesh, the in dian oftice. The affair proved very pleasant, the Indians very decidedly bearing off the palm for eloquence, and also for expressions of ship. White Thunder, who succeeds Spotted Tail, is a fine looking man and quite an orator. He said on being introduced, “It is trae, as my friend Dr. Bland has said, 1 stand in the place ofa great man who has fallen. and having 80 recently assumed hisrobe of office, it does not become me to talk much. I should listen and think that I may become wjse.” Affray Above Georgetown. ASSAULT ON A W NOWN CONTRACTOR. This morning a serious difficulty occurred at Woody's, about 234 miles above Georgetown, om the Little Falls road, in which Mr. J. J. Ship- man, a well-known contractor here, was badly hurt. It appears that Shipman, who lives in Fairfax county, Va., is engaged in an equity suit with Jonathan McGarrity and James McGarrity, — of the same county, the testimony in which is being taken before John N. Oliver—the suit growing out of a contract they had in the west for the government. To-day there was to have been a hearing before the examiner. Jonathan McGarrity with his son-in-law started : ing at Woody's. Shipman the city, sto) came along sul juently with a neighbor named Lydecker,and also stopped at Wood: It is all that Shipman saying something about settling the case, the elder Mc. went to him, saying: “I'm going to. settle with you now; I'll take your life,” and drawing aknife.cut at Mr. Shipman no less than ten times, but fortunately only cut through the clothing; and younger McG. went to his father's assistance, giving Mr. 8 several blows with a stone, knocking him senseless. Mr. Ship- man was it into town and taken to the National Hi where he is attended by Dr. B aa | R. 8. L, Walsh. —- The German Orphan Asylum. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. The following is a list of recent contributions made for the benefit of the German Orphan A\ lum established across the Eastern Branch. is fast becoming a flourishing institut: but. Sy ee eee im- ements to accommodations necessary i A fair is to be hetd in Decem- ber next for the of aiding it: M. Kratt, €5; Dr. J. Walter, $5; W. Ock- |. Kandler, stadt, #5; J. Kaiser, @5; G. Breltbarth, $5; Fred. Laudgraff, $5; William Kettler, $5, ‘Scha- Charles Gi Imhof, ‘os Louis Keitier, #5: G. Hi $5; H. Alschs Oriental for the o1