Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1881, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ‘Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave, and 11th 8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Com EB GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. Tee EvENtxe Sran is served to subscribers in the ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per Week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter, 2 fants each. By mail—postare preyaid—50 cents a month, ‘One year, $6; six months, $3. [Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. Becond-clase mail matter. } THe Weexty Stan—pubtished on Friday— Che a ening Star. . ‘ op’ or $15; 20 mera Six months, $1; 10 copies for $ 2 ant mail BO paper sent | Rates of ad V% 58—N®: 8,855. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881. TWO CENTS. ___SPECIAL NOTICES.___| Washington News and Gossip. [CS Conconay GaLueny oF ant. = Tn consequence & member of the Closed to the pu af order of the Government Receipts To-pay.—Internal rey- enue, $301,944.42; customs, #1,096,280.98. ; EXBRCISING THE MARIN Secretary Hunt has issued an order directing the commanding officers of vessels coming into any of our ports where there are marine barracks to land their Cee Pe DE “TO RE | marines and have them exercised in company TRIS E goods pledwed with the Iste firmof J.M.& R. | wi guard on shore twice a week. i please call at 1007 7th strect northwest. eee cs Ixpian CouNctLs aT THE INTERIOR DEPART- ‘T To-pay.—A morning and afternoon coun- | cil was had by Secretary Kirkwood and Com- ioner of Indian Afairs Price with the visit- ¢ Sioux Indians to-day. n at 10 o'clock and the afternoon at 2 lared a divi- ck, which was in progress when our report his Bank, and | closed. The statements of the Indian chief were sai °F | with respect to the wants of their agencies, and has already appeared in short, want to be ‘ather will help them the good road. Secretary Kirkwood has is copper-colored protezés that the policy of the government is to aid rather than oppress the red man, to encourage him to enter the paths of civilizatio Cart. HowGarte’ “WM. MACLEOD, Curator. REMOVED FROM niwest. Office H = street to 601 to9am., 1to2 > DISTRICT 2 RAL SOCIET: held WEDNESDAY F man Hall AM CAD Comptroller of the Curr ten per cent a mere repetition of whi in Tue Srax. The Ind good Indians if the Gr se.—As stated in THE Star, the investigation into the accounts of Capt. H. W. Howgate, late disbursing officer of the signal corps, is being continued, and it is reported the amount of his alleged delinquency | is cradually swelling. It now reaches in the ag- gregate, it is stated, the sum of $100,000 or thereabouts. No new information has been filed azainst Capt. Howgate, as published. ‘The newspaper men are considerably off about this matter,” said Commissioner Bundy to a Sran reporter this afternoon. “No new infor- mation has been filed against Capt. Howgate and nothing has been done about it. 1 think I would know if he were arrested. I think you haye the bottom of the whole matter now.” Ee orders for drew Gi at; John ¢ 34 Lith street nort er's office, Treasury, 7! mast; Smith Thom) E atreot northwest; J- PosTMASTER GENERAI James believes in postal Treasw: 5 H stree terman Ys of- | telegraphy and postal savings banks. 2 Smith, Quartermaster General eet southwest; Abner T. Lon; : Tue Boarp or Examiners who conducted the recent examination for promotion to the grade artment, 806 A street northeast: A. Meeker, Bureau Eneravine and Printing, 308 of assistant examiners in the Patent Office has ATER (from Arkansas), | not yet examined the papers of the several con- -, 508 4th JOHN COOK, Secretary, Fourth Au fore office, ‘Treasury. th Setreet northwest. als Soins Lick: Beaten eres Mau, Mtickwzan’ Con. | testants. It will be some time yet before a re- jater, and Sther Natural ‘Watery, freshly received, | port is made. 7 618 3 MILBURN’S PHARMAGY, OPENING oF THE LIFE-SavING StaTIoNs.—Or- m5 1429 Pennsylvania avenue. | ders have been given for the naming and open- GAS FIXTURES. ing of the life-saving stations upon the Atlantic TE ¥. BROOKS, with Waitchell, Vance & Co.'s and Gulf coasts for the ensuing season. Ata and of y practical . majority of the stations thé men are to go on Ineet all competition and seiat LOWLSY RATES. fa: | duty September Ist, and at. the remainder Sep pense Stock. Fine selection. Retort Gas Stoves, re- | tember 15th. The stations are to remain open m7 BROOKS, 531 15th street. | and manned until the Ist of May. GoveRNMENT ConTRAcToRS CANNOT SELL = Tueir Conrracts.—The First Contzpller of the =. Treasury to-day decided that @ contract NEY AND COUNSELOR, with the government is sold by the contractor Gunton Building, Room 10. the person buying it has no claim on the United Practice before the Probate Court, and testamentary | States for pay under such contract, as the con- Jaw a specialty. a6-Im "| tract is annulled thereby, for the reason that y H. MILLER, the original contractor does not perform the Pe erect Gao service he contracted to perform, and that. the Building, Lo purchaser of the contract violates’ existing law. in SPORTI Movements oF Navan V .8.—The U.S. 8. ee Standish and Mayflower arrived at Portsmouth, C#® Rvrvenr, Va., yesterday, from Providence, R.I. The for San Francisco yes- » thence will go to'sea. A™s WEBSTER, ATT FOR THE WHITNEY CHIL- | T left Portsmouth, Va., yesterday 'S CARRIAGE COMPANY, afternoon, fer the north. The nderoga_ar- d at Brooklyn, N.Y., yesterday, 38 days from unfort and durability in the the cheapest for beauty market. ARCHERY AND FISHING TACKLES, CROQUET] Mark or Resp a suitable mark of re- AND LAWN TENNIS, BIC Ss, ey VELUCIPEDES, WAGON: spect to the late Mr. George W. Riggs, who was one of the original trustees, and also an active coadjutor of Mr. Corcoran in foundingit, the Cor- = = — jallery of Art was closed to-day, and will PIANOS AND ORGANS. remain closed until after his funeral. Getting (1) ~| A Commxe Hvrricayr.—It is reported to the chief signal officer that a hurricane was central ay night ashort distance northeast of St. . : i mas, West In with maximum hourly RAORDINARY BARGAINS wind velocity of sixty miles, wind backing from northwest to southwest. One vessel was blown stock of NEW PIANOS for | ashore. The information given is insufficient to willsell an elesant lot of tirst-class, | determine the path of the storm center, but. the center will probably move northwestward, and SECOND-HAND PIANOS AT AUCTION PRICES. | Tu Atinnt mete oon eneast Wa eat not be dispiayed at present, the chief _ signal i able to. send Special 1 Atlantic ports, and to caution st possible danger for the next ¢ days from the hurricane. 1 alarge assortment of Traveling and Tamch | SELLING OFF. SIDNEY T. NIMMO’S PIANO WAREROOMS, 433 7vu Sraeer Nonruwest. ‘The Trade specially invited to call. v2 Ar Tux Ixpiay Covxen. yesterday afternoon at the Interior department, after our report closed, a talk was had about the schools at Car- isle and Hampton, and how long the Indian children should remain there. The Seeretary explained that their stay depended upon their brightness and how far they were advanced when they entered. His hope was, at some EWING MACHINES, ¢ time, to have such schools at some of the : 2 — | agencies, where all Indian children could be ADIES CALL AND EXAMINE THE taught the industrial arts. It was decided to — — 7 allow the Sioux, several of whom had children NEW AO. # VICTOR SEWING MACHINE, | at Carlisle, to’ return home by way of the ‘The best and most reliable Machine Ever Manufactured. | school. After the Sioux of the Red Cloud Athas a high arm, runs quiet, lisht and fast, and bean- | aveney had concluded their talk, the Yankton- Semin aprearance. We have also the New Improved | nais Souix said they desired to beheard. Builalo WEED and all the other standard makes. Call at our | Ghost asked that those of his tribe who desired office where you ¢ compare all the different Machines | ¢( go to Crow Creek agency would be allowed end then take your choice and save your mon todoso. The Secretary said if the matter ot OPPENHEIM supplies could be arranged he had no objection. 529 Naw STREET N Nava. Orpers.—Lieut. Wm. Welch from the ms 4323_| receiving ship Colorado, and placed on sick A) Yous hue, a9 nok Bay gue cent gait | Powliattany aud tlesed co ice 1a eae he use, ° Pow i e ve; Chief En- Mi eaiec mune ian Whst you can buy presiee,y | sineer Henry L.- Suyder, from the iinnesota, Jan27 McK and ordered to the Powhattan. The orders of ~ — Chief Engineer Phillip Irish have been so far He! 4280 & wutcnis modiSed that he will take Passage on the Pacific STX: 3 - - mail steamer which sails on e 3 from New 17 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, York, to join the Richmond, instead of going on GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO the Powhattan. : MODERNIZING DEFECTIVE PLUMBING IN cITy| Master AAtsty’s SENTENCE.—Master W. F. RESIDENCE: Halsey was tried before a court-martial at the AND HAVING A LARGE FORCE OF navy yard, Mare Island, oe 25th day ae Puts of July, i881. The court found him guilty of COMPETENT WORKMEN, scandalous conduct, and that, “having, upon his ATTEND PROMPTLY own application, been assigned to duty on board arm 2 the U Rodgers, at the yavy yard, Mare ——___ALE. JOBBING ORDERS. jani2_| island, California, while attach to ‘aid reeset, PCLLETIN ExtRaonvivanyi between the 30th’ of May and the 14th of June, 1881, by the excessive use of intoxicating liquors, he rendered himself unable to perform his Gees} 5 e Have removed to their new Musical Warerooms, 709 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST, in the Sale and And Inducemen pe 0 THE AVENUE CLOTHING HOUSE, duties as an officer of said vessel, thereby neces- i sitating his detachment therefrom and the de- 989 PENNSYLVANIA AvENUR, tail of another officer in his stead.” The court ote pon, sentenced Master W., F. Halsey, Te ee “to suspended from duty for six SEASONABLE GOODS NOW IN STOCK, months on furlough oe and to be reprimanded in general orders by the Secretary of the Navy.” Under this sentence, which is approved, the Secretary of the Navy, in an order of censure, ly state these facts is to con- demn him to the censure of all men.” Army OrpeRs.—The superintendent general recruiting servite will cause seventy-five re- a cruits tobe prepared and forwarded without Pe a a ge Caasimere | Gclay under proper charge to Fort Snelling, fe Suita, Linen Suits, Drap de Etat Suits. YOUTHS’ DEPARTMENT: Rew Novelties daily arriv Minnesota, for assignment to the 18th infantry, Sue CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT: Major Harvey E. Brown, surgeon, will nen ‘The Most Elaborate Display in the city. lieved from duty inthe department of Texas by KILT SUITS A SPECIALTY, the commanding ment. CALL AND EXAMINE. per to New ¥. S27 Prices the lowest. report , upon A. STRAUS, surgeon general. we for four m 1___No. 900 Penneyivania avenue, | take effect October 1, 1981, or as soon fi OME COMFORTS. as his services can be oct EUS on apiece |S SOCTA 5 ST. GEORGE RANGE, PERSONAL.—Ex-Secretary Evarts expects to ‘Azo all Sxst-class Goods, snd aro set, guaranteed to give | sail for Liverpool to-morrow.—B, SAML. 8. SHEDD, m™ The morning session | THE SUFFERING PRESIDENT HIS CONDITION NOT MATERIALLY CHANGED THE INFLAMED GLANDOPENED THE OPERATION ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY Last night was a good one for the President. He slept well during the early part of the eve- ning. At 11 o'clock he was awake from the restful sleep of the earlier hours of the night. remained in that condition until between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning. The dressing of the wound this morning showed it to be in good condition. The discharge and character of the pus was pronounced satisfactory. Dr. Hamil- ton, who arrived from New York last night, was present at the dressing. The morning's bulle} tin was a very good one indeed. It is as fol- lows: Official Bulletin—8:30 a.m. THE SYMPTOMS AS FAVORABLE AS YESTERDAY. EXECUTIVE Mansion, August 24, 8:30 a.m. The President has passed a very good night, awakening at longer intervals than during sev- eral nights past. He continues to take liquid food by the mouth, with more relish and in such quantity that the enemata will be suspended for the present. No change has yet been observed in the parotid swelling. The other symptoms are quite as favorable as yesterday. Pulse, 100; temperature, 98.5; respiration, 17. D. W. Buiss, J. J. Woopwarp, J. K. Barnes, Rosert REYBURN, Frank H. Haminton. LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. The White House was closed early last night. About 10 o'clock the offices were closed and the gas put out. The members of the Cabinet left Just before the lights were extinguished andthe newspaper men dispersed about the same time. This morning there were few callers except about bulletin time, when they came for copies of that document. Secretary Windom, Post- master General James, Deputy Commissioner called during Rogers and Warner M. Bateman the forenoon. ‘THE PRESIDENTS APPETITE GOOD AND EVERYTHING FAVORABLE EXCEPT THE SWOLLEN GLAND. The President this morning asked for food. He was given it and retained it on his stomach. About 3 o’clock this morning he was given five ounces of milk porridge. Again, at 7 o'clock this morning, he was given liquid nourishment by the mouth. Up to 10:12 o’clock he had taken thirteen and a half ounces of nourishment, con- sisting of milk porridge, beef juice and pepton- ized milk. The stomach shows itself to be in an improved condition—slightly improved, but still there is an improvement. There is less trouble to-day in clearing the throat. The mucous mat- ter is given up without any retching, and with apparently a comparatively slight effort on the patient's part. In short, there is t a gen- eral improvement out the swol gland. The condition of the gland causes some anxiety | from the fear of weakening consequent upon suppuration which may set in. THE PRESIDENT'S MIND CLEAR. This morning about three o'clock Dr. Bliss went into the sick room. Dr. Boynton was in attendance upon the President. Touching his forehead with hishand Dr. Bliss inquired: “Have you noticed any disturbance here?” The Presi- dent heard the question and said: “What dis- turbance do you mean?” Dr. Bliss turned the inquiry away by saying, “disturbance of the throat.” Afterwards Dr. Boynton told Dr. Bliss that there had been no mental disturbance. That the President should take Dr. Bliss up so readily when he made his inquiry was a good enough sign that his mind was clear. SIGNS OF SUPPURATION IN THE SWOLLEN GLAND. This afternoon there seems to be no doubt but that the glandular swelling will suppurate. The signs of it noted this morning have become more strongly marked. The softening is increasing and it is eyident that there must be a drainage of accumulated matter from the gland. The doctors do not say when the drainage will com- mence. Dr. Bliss does not fear any very serious results from suppuration. He says that he thinks the accumulation can be drained without causing any great disturbance to the patient or setting him back materially, He thinks that the drainage can be accomplished completely in five days after it commences, and that at the end of that time the swelling with its results will have entirely disappeared. It is evident, however, that there is considerable anxiety in regard to the culmination of the glandular complication and the effects that its suppuration may have on the patient. Dr. Bliss is qnoted on the streets as having tolda friend last night that everything that could be done by human beings had been re- sorted to by the attending surgeons, to scatter the swelling of the President's parotid gland, but it did not appear to yield, and that suppu: ration seemed ‘inevitable. The doctor thought, however, it is said, that the discharge would be comparatively light. 10:20 A.M.—DR. BLISS THINKS THERE 38 A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT. The attendants of the President report this morning that the latter had a very quict, com- fortable night, sleeping. longer at atime than heretofore, and showing less restlessness. Be- foré the morning examination he expressed a desire for food, and Dr. Bliss warmed slightly and gave to him about four ounces of beef ex- tract, which he swallowed with apparent satis- faction. Ina brief interview with a reporter of the Associated Press, after the morning bulletin appeared, Dr. Bliss said that the President had had a ver d night and was doing well. The giantutary evotiag had not, he said, perceptibly changed in appearance since yest y, but he thought it seemed a very little softer to the touch. The wound continued to present a healthy and in every way satisfactory appear- ance. Generally speaking the patient’s condi- tion this forenoon is about the same as last evening. The slight improvement which was then noted is fully maintained, and there has been a little additional gain in the capacity for nourjshment. AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK = there had been no change since the bulletin was issued. The reports. from the sick-room were cheering, and there was no evidence anywhere about the White House that grave apprehension was felt. The only change that was marked in the President’s condition up to noon was in the swollen gland. The swelling was softer than yesterday. The touch it gave was slightly yield- ing instead of the hard resistance which was its unchanged feature yesterday. This softening is a si of suppuration. ,It is n how re fae there’ ill beret ition The rise in temperature and pulse was expected rine the day. The followingwas the midday ‘Official Bulletin—2299 p.m, The President continues to take liquid food by the mouth, as reported in the last bulletin. His temperature has risen slightly since that time; in other respects lis condition is about temperature, 99,2; respiration, 17. J. K. Barnes, Rosert REYBURN, Frank H. HAMILton. SECRETARY WINDOM HOPEFUL. Secretary Windom came to the White House again this afternoon. He stayed some time in the physicians’ room, and apon coming out said that he felt very hopeful. very fair, he said, and tie President was in as good condition as he was this morning. 1:45 p.m.—Satisfactory Operation upon the In- flamed Gland. After the issuance of the noon bulletin all the doctors remained at the White House. Usually one or two of them leave after an examination is made. The stay of the doctors was due to the condition of the swollen parotid gland. found to have such marked evidences of suppur- ation that it was decided :o open it. was used and an incision made by cutting, which liberated a small quantity of pus, The patient did not take any anesthetic. and did not seem much weakened by the operation. immediately afterward went up to 115, but soon receded, and 1s now 104. Dr. Reyburn says that the results are entirely satisfactory, and this in- formation is confirmed by Dr. Hamilton. Dr. Hamilton performed the operation, being invited to do so by the President. The President The opening made was not very large, being about three-eighths of an inch inlength. The amount of pus discharged was two drops about the size ofa pea. No drainage tube was put in, as any matter that may accu- mulate can be readily discharged by finger pres- sure around the incision. It was evident that pus had accumulated, andthe doctors thought it better to cut for it than to allow the matterto search for an outlet elsewhere, probably through theear. The results of the operation will be shown this evening in the bulletin which will be It is thought that there will be some further rise in the temperature and pulse. The President was giver nourishment after the oper- ation and went to sleep. 2:15 P.M.—MORE ABOUT THE OPERATION. As stated in the unofficial bulletin sent at 10:20 this morning the swelling of the President’s pa- rotid gland, although it had not perceptibly changed in appearance since yesterday, seemed a little softer to the touch. A more careful exaxmination, made later in the day, con- vinced the surgeons that pas had already begun to form, and as the patient’s condition was satisfactory it was decided to make an in- cision immediately after the noon examination- The operation was a comparatively trifling one, and was performed by Dr. Hamilton without the use of anwsthetic, local or general, but with antiseptic precautions in the shape of The cut was made and forward of the right ear, in the liberation of “a small quantity of healthy pus, estimated by Dr. Bliss to be about equivalent in the bulk to two medium-sized peas. The patient’s pulse went to 115 immediately after the operation, but soon began to recede, to the point stood when the examination was made for the noon bulletin, viz: is now resting quietly and his general condition is in no respect worse than before the incision It is thought that there will now be no further trouble with the par since if more pus forms it can readily escape through this opening. The patient has swal- lowed to-day about fourteen ounces of liquid food, consisting principally of beef extract, peptonized milk and milk porridge. hour he continues to do well. AT THREE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON: the President was doing well. Nothing to cause apprehension has been developed. The pulse continued at about 104. was getting along nicely. of the early afternoon the day, so far as the days now go, has been a fair one. THE PRESIDENT ANXIOUS TO LEAVE THE CITY. The President continues to be very anxious to get away from the White House. talking about it. Bayfield, Wi Beck, of that democrats st of President Gartield. Senator Beck sa would bea time when love of country s! rise above all party questions. course [ would be in favor of sor Tepublican, say Henry B. Antho Island, forthe position of presid J. J. Woopwarp, Shortly after eleven he again went to sleep, and Everything looked sane Pe the death of i this wou'd be a graceful reco that under the great calamity which had the nation the intensity of party spirit and the eagerness for spoils were for the time forgot- ten.” bore it very well. carbolic acid and resulted is sometim dent’s wou out for that. Dr. Bliss said that he Despite the cutting He is always He wants to go down the river on the Tallapoosa or to Mentor. He never speaks of the Soldiers’ Home. To-day he asked Dr. Bliss if he couid be removed by cold weather. Dr. Bliss told him that he would be removed as soon as his stomach was all right. now,” said the President, “I want to get away. If we can’t go to Mentor I want to go down the river on the Tallapoosa.” SECRETARY BLAINE’S LONDON DISPATCH TO-DAY. The following was sent this afternoon: Lowell, Minister, London: According to the opinion of his physicians, there isno marked change in the President’s condition since last dispatch. half-past one o’clock p.m., there is some indica- tion of an increase of fever, which they say is in part caused by the increased heat of the day. He continues to take liquid food and does not seem troubled by nausea or indigestion. Brarng, Secretary. COMPLIMENTARY TO SECRETARY BROWN. A letter was received to-day at the White House by the President’s private secretary from ‘an individual who does not like what Mr. Brown says about the President’s case. He calls Mr. Brown a “delightful optimist” and advises him to attend school fora time absorb more knowledge. A CABLE DIEPATCH from Frankfort-on-the-Main was received this morning. It contained something about the Queen of Belgium, but beyond that—the German having become so toixed in the transmission of the message—Charley Loeffler, wha does the trans- lation for the house when anything in German comes in, was unable to make anything of it. LAST NIGHT'S BULLETIN. EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 23, 6:30 p. m.— The President has continued totake liquid food by the mouth at regular intervals during the day, and has had no recurrence of gastric disor- der. The parotid swelling remains unchanged. the symptomé‘show some im- provement over his,condition yesterday after- 04, temperature 99.2, jira- “It’s all right ‘At thls hour, physicians know before those bulletins. in order that he may tie coveltn recuperative stored th vigor, and if in the manent that his long one.” is summon in the meantim MR. BLAINE’S TELEGRAM LAST EVENING. Secretary Blaine sent the following cablegram to Minster Lowell last nights The President’s condition is miore encor than it was at this time last several days. somewhat lower. ise and temperature ment ueecon 1 i the regular service ment as compared with it at the samehour yesterday. | at Halifax, Tilinois authorities took meas- ures to secure™is extradition. To such ee issued on the governor general of Can: signature of the President was essential, and the extradition warrant for the arrest of the [heroes priest was the paper signed by the la the ident on the 10th inst. It is now being executed by Mr. Willis, as the messenger of the nation and state, and the return of the convict to his old quarters is expected shortly. SENATOR BECK ON THE COURSE OF THE DEMO- CRATS. A special to the Milwaukee Repulican from i) an interview with with reference to the ¢ e uld take in case of own, . of Rhode ite, and thus a nm or politi r. Arthur. In sucha ic to desire ntingency on of t Reasons for Hope. THE SENIOR CONSULTING SURGEON'S VIEW oF | WT't patch from Se THE Casi From the Philadelphia Press of To-day. . Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, the senior of the con- | S!™pathy sulting sur; M4 the President's be y ton, and after the morning the Executive Mansion for P Press reporter, who fou: lawn of his home at Haverford erday afternoon. the emin ter spirits than at a1 change in the President's condition more than a week ago. He asked what the noon bulletin from the White House had contained, and added that there was at presentvery little to be said in addition to what the attending pi i regularly reported of the resident's c The public, he said, had been lead wit! or two to magnity the new danger the E was in and tofear asuddenchange forthe worse, which the physicians had not looked for. Reply. ing to the assertion of his visitor that many per- sons who held the President's recovery very near at heart had never given up hope until now, Dr. Agnew said it was equally truethat iany people had hardly realized before now that the President was very badly wounded, and that the injury might almost at any time have caused his death. It was only within a short timethat the wound had passed its most aggravated stage, a stage which was inevitably attended with great weak- ness and debility, followed by a period of almost complete prostration. eons, was to have bi de yi seeme he un vorable na day ONLY A QUESTION OF RECUPERATIVE FORCE. “Tt is ne 2 ied surgeon's ssary nourishment. here are no indications of malarial fe “Not any. With particular care I havi st to any de- us, and the “Are there fears of new complications from the swollen tid gland? Dispatches from Washington anticipate another operation. “It may become necessary to open an abscess if the inflammation develops to that point, but it would hardly be caijed an operation. The sore- ness came from the impove the blood, but the danger of the present inflam mation from that cause has been magnified by unofficial dispatches. “Tt has been stated that the President's men- tal faculties have at last succumb assaults of the wound and the failing the system, and that his mind has become par- tially if not wholly obscured. NO MENTAL ABERRATION. Dr. Agnew replied that the patient was very weak and emaciated, but that his mind was juite as clear as it has ever rst to know the result of the physicians’ ination which precedes every bulietla. He talks very little to his attendants, but no one in the sick-room knew better than he on about him. rationally as Dr. that moment. “It has been stated, too, that the attendi: physicians withhold from the public many dan- sorone symptoms which transpire in the sick- Toom ?” “It is not true,” said Dr. Agnew, “that the of his stomach to bring renewed Rank of Army Officers, QUESTION. ‘The Secretary of War having referred to the Attorney General for his opinion, the question of rank between officers of the same grade and date of appointment, upon which a previous opinion had been given by Attorney General Devens, which would reverse the practice of the War department, Attorney mile, icicle phen cetiep bith te Bans ance ed Jack Haver); length and conc! bs that the word ‘appoint- it,” section 1,219, of the Revised Telegrams to The Star. HANCOCK’S PRAISE A CLOUD OF WINGED ANTS MASSACHUSETTS GRE OF ARTHUR | phere was exceedin | considerably he death | ENT AN AMY, ars on his way to conservative hur, and with much | warmth replic pro tem. of id any inducement for | ree | benefitting i people might rely len | contidence. From Foreign Lands, BRITISH SYMPATHIZ! HE PRESIDENT. | To aj and nd him on the sunny ae in bet- | ® Belknap, and the entire fi graph says the body of the : cension from M stantegand who itfully mutilated, near the | | dians are est on Sunday, th has been found fi Lespignette lizithouse. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM'S HE. A Berlin dispatch to the Tire of the Emperor William during the has been not at ail satisfactory. * BERLIN, August 24.—The Emperor is suffering from a cold, and it is feared that he may possi- bly be unable to attend the autumn military ma- President COMPLIMENTARY TO AMERICA. Panis, August 24.—The pref has informed Mr. Morton, United States min- ister here, in a letter which is ve ary to him and the Americans, that the Place de Bitche, where his official residence is situa- ted, has been named the Piace des Etats Unis. tof the Seine ,” said Dr. Agnew, “for a tient so wounded to reach the bottom of the ladder before he begins to ascend it again to the high ground of restored health. complete prostration through which he is pass- ing was complicated by the failure of the stomach. That has been partially restored to strength, and now it is a question of the staying powers of the President and of his recuperative | forces whether he shall advance toward conya- | © lescence.” i “Secretary Blaine, in his official dispatches last night, spoke of the President’s exhausted and emaciated condition, and said plainly that his failure to regain strength wa: ture which gave special nneasir hension. Is this extreme weakn Secretary of State refers to account prolonged solel past ten days ‘That and septicemia. The amputation of a limb is followed by a sort of wound fever, which The Presi- has caused this same coutinued | low fever, which the whole system against and which will decrease if th continues to rec 8 That period of correspondent pr y near being outnuml xtreme left, such ac heaceforth be powerless. Maprrp, August aad appre- | Clections for members of the Cortes which the | ed for and y by the stomachic trouble of the fea- atest returnsof t 2. is yet. Known of a | ultramontanes 6. ig single Carlist suce ess in the elections. ust 24.—The steamer Allemadia, | from Hamburg, has sailed hene: lion franes in specie for New York. BAD CROP REPORTS, Loxpoy, August 24.—Rej with one mil- | ports from various ate that heavy rai have done imme the cut crops have alre Great apprehensions are felt for the harvest in Ireland owing to continuous rain throughout the country. Corn i looked | There are no traces of malaria at | the White House, nor could J find that any one who had ever lived near the Executive Mansion had been affected with it in the past. room is perfectly comfortable and hi temperature may be reduced al gree by the refrigerator appar chamber where the President lies is by far the ey comfortable place that Ihave been in at all.” y begun to sprout. The sick | waged and pota- Ithy. The | DON TIMES’ FINANCIAL ARTICLE. mes in its financial < informed that ¢ is likely to be followed by an in the bank of France rate of di bank has apparent » this morning inst a renewal will depend upon the gold withdrawn fo Although gold the continent it ished condition of icate of American a A Duel to the Death, BOTH PARTICIP a to the Tength of | Ben Blanton, an e: a very desperate man, met Jas. Todd, who b it nst him ina law suit, a him in a shameful man- They separated, each vowing to meet the other for a final settlement. met and both drew their weapons and fired Todd was shot through the heart breast, and the top of Blanton's head was blown j off. Both men were lying dead when discoy- been. He was the tales |in the leading Trunk Line stocks | nothing new in Trunk Line railroad affairs, and | the com vhat was going All that he ~ is spoken as Agnew was himseif talking at —_—_s>—__ z A Farmer Shot. LovisviL.x, Ky., August 24.—Th "i Journal's Nashville special says: Alderian Pitts, a wealthy and higily respected farmer, wassh and instantly killed on his farm, four miles from ford county, on Monday. j the | enable Marfreesboro’, Ruthe ‘An unknown person did the shooting. fet The Princess Louise. QveseEc, August 24.—One of the staff who ac- companied the governor general to the north- west has returned to the citadel, in order, it is said, to prepare for the early return of the Prin- cess Louise, who is expected to arrive in the latter part of September. — Fires and Lass of Life in Texas, GALVESTON, Texas, August 24.—A special to the News from Harrisburg, this state, says: The shops of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad, at this’ place, were destroyed by fire last evening, together with the tools, machinery, three locomotives and a passenger 000; covered by insurance. fire is supposed to have been caused by spon- eous combustion. = special to the Nees from Dangerfield, in this state, says: Nearly all the business portion of this town was destroyed by fire yesterday. 5,000; insurance, £2,000. yesterday's date tose News from ys: Sarah Carruthers, colored, while kindling a fire to-day, upset a coal oil can and was fatally burned. A Determined Suicide. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RE’ from Ennis, state, to the News says :—Jol e fee ay suicide yesterday by and then Blowing his head nearly off with a shot- gun. He leaves a young wife. oe much more than is communi- cated through the bulletins.” From private interviews with the physicians opens at Washington, he said, had gathered hints of @ new complication in the President's illness, as in the case of septicemia, before it had been announced in the bulletins. Correspondents jumped at conclusions. The physicians did not conjecture anything. Septicemia was an- nounced in private dispatches several hours es were indorsed by the “You may say,” concluded Dr. Agnew, “that y No means hopeless; that we do not anticipate any sudden change either for the ‘Worse or better; that our hopes are based on the Wer of the President and the re- | ie end his improvement is convalescence will be a very Dr. lew spoke guardedly and with that re- serve which thedi ed surgeo! from the first, and which ee weight to every encouraging word vouchsafed since his first sum! are dent’s bedside seven weeks ago. He will not return to Wi n until Sati unk anes turday, unless he e. has given so much mons to the Presi- by the attending ‘Physicians Races To-day. August 24.—T9-day’s races THE CONVENTION To-DaY. Woncrster, Mass.. August 24.—The state greenback convention was called to order by Chas. H. Litchman, of Marbichead, chairman ofthe state central committee. Mr. Litchman was elected temporary chairman. He addressed the convention, criticizing tive financial policy of the republican party at the close of the war, and urged organization in every town. John Hawes, of Worcester, was elected permanent chairm The committee on credeatials re- ported 408 delegates, representing 135 wards and towns. —_—~»___. Manitoba Sensations, ° A CLOUD OF WINGED ANTS. Wissirec, MAN., Auzust 23.—The people of Emerson were recently startled by an unusual Phenomena in the shape of clouds of ants flying | in the air from west to east ending for miles around) They were ay ently ordinary Diack ants provided with w During the night myriads of ame to the earth and the st ally black with th Red river was also j covered with a coating of the ants an inch kK. It is supposed that the heavy storms driven them this way. The atmos ty sultry and the fight was y owere the e in which the ante were clouds durian passing over t A BAD Mot ¥ UP WITH NITRO GLY RINE. house of ill-fame at ¥ Brash, a no : he explosion of a bottie : ne, n old man, named Patrick Cross, was RAILROAD MAGNATRS. ce President Oakes, General Manager pt and other magna' Northern by special the that company some leading citizens ed to St. Paul by - Indian Affairs in te INCURSION OF SAVAGES FRO Cutcage, A the 7 Telezr from the come hat t that px driving days “a ti . companies of ¥ dispatched from the fort on the at equest of the Indian agent at old Fort mprising near “gun, 200 men, with on under the command Brien, of the second 5 In- ited at from 1.500 to 2,000 and are chiefly Crees, Pagans and Assiniboines, who are for the most part peaceably disposed, but cannot resist the temptation t and run off ponies on whatever st they may find them. But this raid oss excusable since there is said to be kof game on their own reservation on the north of the line. The scene of operations is the country between the east and west parksof the Milk river to the neighborhood of « rt Beiknap. It is hardly expected that the marauders will make @ stand against Capt. O'Brien ttalion, as he is thought to have a sufficient fc vive thema tively chase and possibly well m tion. Dakota, t ) of Sitthg ¥ Rock arrived at t . agency to-day. The remaining 1,700 will reach here in tiv . > Heavy Forest Fires, Maven Cnvyk, Pa., August 24 fires caused by the wint v Kidder townships alone destroyed. “Hundreds of men are out fight. the fire. > ican Raiiway Subsidies, A special to dated yester= Sullivan company re- Mexican overnment rst installment of ting the first see- as division. The remainder will be paid kly payments each Saturday until disc A subsidy has alxo been paid on the first section of the Matamoras branch of the company. The subsidy on the latter branch .00) per mile and on the Zacatecas branch 0 per mile. the sub tion of th and Killed, August 24.—Kate Arnold, in the Blackstone cotton of the Worcester and esterday, Was struck bya traim and instantly killed. — Peas Wall Street To-Day, New York, August 24. s financial article (1:40. p.m. edit : The stock exe e markets are rat but are . US, « lower for Sis, and otherwise “unchanged. ponds are dull and firm. Railroad bonds irregular, but generally higher,the advance 5 time we write isa net advance « latter Denver and Rio Grande. The ne! 8 ansas and Texas, «in Union Pacith ratral, 2 pe N and Wester Central, Ch Joand Alton and D.L. & W, an m and Quincey and Michigan Cen- ral, a dull. There have be only fract ition of the Presi¢ y than was expected from day's reports; at best, the condition of the President, so far ag speculation goes, is only a pretext. The “short interest” in two or three of ling stocks is large enough to hose stocks to be lent flat. The money market is fairly easy thus far to-day at Sa6 per cent on stocks and 4a5 per cent on bonds, There is little doing in time loans, a prime: mercantile paper is 5a6 per cent. The market for foreign exchange is very dull and only barely steady. ay is better The Markets, BALTIMORE, August 24.—Virgi do, second se1 al2iy.” Flour ste street and western supe 26.25; do. fain 5.00; do. extra, 6.G0a0 Rio brands, 7.50; Patapsc southern firmer; wesicrn a shade bet uiet—southern ‘red, 1351.40 48; No. 1 Maryland, 1463, red. spot and August, 1. 6 . rn imixed, spot MUST, FO: October, i4aiss.;° Novembe «Oats steady—southern, rhite, 55k; do, mixed, 48049. Ry 1 1.10, Hay steady— — to choice ivania and Maryland, oa cher and firm—mess refined, 2%. Butter Isat®, Petrol 7%. Coffee steady and qu to fair, Wyal2'y, Su, ¥, nominally 120, stehmer dulivotton, (si ds Hour, 2s. por 5 gra yts—tlour, bce non "bute: oat Dasheis. Sh Feorn, 1638 bushels, Sales ¢23,492 bushels; corn, 215,4% bushels, NEW YORK, A 4.—Stocks strong. Me 405, Ex a iat Sararoc: Y.. will be well pateee The weather is very track fast. The -first ss one Patti; Explorer and :44. Patti Jed from and fairly entry of the officer Segoe or sul 4S Governmen! ts quiet and unchanged, NEW YORK, August 24.—Flour a shade firmer “Wheat ial cents and en "Sool cee Ss — a