Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1881, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th 8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. ‘Tue EVENING Stax is served to sul in the city by om their own account, at 10 cents per ue yeas, $6 tix mon ‘sata yeeros (Entered at the . C., Tae Weexty Stan—published Friday ‘ix months, $1; 10 coyice for sie; 3) V°% 58—N°: 8,857. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1881. TWO CENTS, SPECIAL NOTICES. _ © 0. ¥.~ OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF IN LODGE, No. 6.—A_ Special 1. ». F. WASHING’ =A. Sp ‘Meeting will be held THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 8 Qelock, for the purpose of makins arrangements to at- tend the funeral of our late brother, Wa. FIRMAGE. It ‘8. T! BOSS, Secretary, DR. J. W. JOYCE, REMOVED FROM 912 I street to 601 E street northwest. Office Hours—8 EXTRA! 12:15 O'CLOCK P. M. to9a.m., lto2p.m., 7 to p.m. 023-6t" (> CHEAP COAL AND Woop FOR THE SEA- SON OF 1881 AND 1882. 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Bold by all Chemists and Druggists. 75 CENTS THE BOX. a19-lawl2w-1p GPECIAL Notice. FOR THE AND Div | impatient. | larger numbers than usual. THE NATION'S PATIENT. HIS CONDITION EXTREMELY CRITICAL. SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT SINCE MORNING. THE ABSCESS IN THE NECK BREAKS, eae Last night was a very bad one for the Presi- dent and a sad one for the other inmates of the White House. It could hardly have been sadder | if the worst had come. Everybody was down- cast. The physicians had no words of encourage- ment for anxious inguirers. During the earlier | part of the night a change in the condition of the swollen gland became apparent. It was iscovered that instead of one accumulation | of pus, matter was collected in at least a half dozen cells. There was evidence, also, that the accumulation of matter in cells was going downward. Great fears were entertained, however, that it would also ascend and reach the brain, as it was found that the swollen gland was what is known as a burrow ing abscess. Such an abscess is a pretty sure sign that there is blood poisoning and of a rather virulent form. The President slept very poorly. He was suffering from mental aberra- tion a great deal of the time; was restless and THE ABSCESS BREAKS INSIDE THE MOUTH. Laterin the night the burrowing abscess broke inside, and pus was discharged through the mouth. All efforts to control the abscess seemed. to avail nothing. The break inside was ad- mitted to be a most dangerous sign. One of the physicians said before it occurred that if such a contingency should arise he did not think the | President could survive. There is no need of con- cealing the fact that the dreaded culmination of the assassin's deed may be looked for at_almost | any hour. Again last nizht the President became anxious and worried on the subject of being re- moved. Mrs. Edson was with him. The Presi- dent said: “Where is Bliss?” ‘In the next | room,” was the reply. Afteran impatient move- | ment the President said: “Go and tell him to come here. Tell him I want to be removed to my own bed. Tell him I want to be removed and put in my own bed. I won't stay here any longer.” After considerable trouble Mrs. Edson quieted him, and he went to sleep for a few min- utes. THIS MORNING the Presideut was resting somewhat easier—a result of the bursting of the gland and the re- lief consequent upon a discharge of pus from the burrowing abscess. His mind wasclearer this morning. Last night he was frequently out of his head and knew nothing that was going on | around him, and recognized no one. Early this morning there was an anxious crowd in front ot the White House. The waiters for bulletins were on hand at the house in much There was a rush for the bulletins when they were distributed, and a scampering away after they had been captured by eager hands. The following was the official bulletin: Official Bulletin—8:30 a.m. EXEcuTive MANsion, August 26. 8:30 a.m. The President slept most of the night, awaken- ing at intervals of half an hour to an hour. On first awakening there was, as there has been for several nights past, some mental confusion, which disappeared when he was fully roused, and occasionally he muttered in his sleep: These symptoms haye abated this morn- ing as on previous days. At present his tem- perature is slightly above tie normal, and his pulse a little more frequent than yesterday morning, Pulse 108; temperature 99.1; res- piration 17. D. W. Briss, J. J. Woopwarp, J. K. Bares, Ronert Reysery, Fra H. Hamitro |THE PRESIDENT WEAKER THAN TERDAY. The best that can be said about the President this morning is that he is not in a dying condi- tion. He is weaker than he was yesterday, and all the symptoms are for the worse rather than the better. He was weaker yesterday than the | day before, and is weaker to-day than he was erday. In other words, the wasting process goingon and has not been checked. The | liquid food which he still takes by the mouth ves not seem to assimilate and build up the ‘tem as it should by enriching the blood. | Sueh recuperative action is necessary, as stated | yesterday, for an improvement of any endurable { character. There now seems to be no doubt | whatever but that BLOOD POISONING | has a firm hold on the President, and it is very doubtful if it can be thrown off or checked, in view of the weakened condition of the patient | and the impoverished state of the blood. Every- thing about the White House to-day was ¢loomy | While hope was not abandoned, it was apparent to the most casual eye that fears of the worst | Were planted in every breast. It was reported that another pus cell in the gland had been cut open after the morning examination, but in- quiry among the doctors elicited only a denial of it. Pus HE WAS YES- | FROM THE ABSCESS ESCAPING THROUGH THE EAR. The pus from the inward break in the gland is | being discharged from the ear instead of through the mouth. It was at first thought. as stated above, that the discharge was from the mouth, but it has been discovered that the matter from ¥ NG ESTABLISHMENT. ‘Will call for and deliver WORK . the - fet, upon receipt of addreae by nai Pr otherwise. = received and returned by inal and express from and toall parts of the county.) aa No. 1068 (OLD 49) JEFFERSON STREET, Nean Bumper, Geoncetown, D. C. OTICE.—HAVING PURCH, ‘THERFORD the STOCK |ASED OF WM. 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The swelling of the gland | has not gone down perceptibl; JUDGE TYNER'S HOPES REVIVE. stayed there for some time, and when leaving | told Tar Star reporter that from all he could learn he felt more hopeful. He thought that | there had certainly been an improvement over the early morning. He was of the opinion that | the natural bursting of the inflamed gland was in itself a god si; Certainly the President had been eased thereby, and was brighter before the discharge commenced. pee ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET were at the White House unusually early to- day. Most of them were accompanied by their wives, and remained in the private part of the house of aud on during the day. None of them an outlet for the accumulated matter, fearing | Judge Tyner, First Assistant Postmaster Gen- | eral, was at the White House this morning. He | issuance of the morning bulletin. The absence of all reference in the bulletin to the gereral condition of the President and to the parotid swelling was at once noticed and commented ‘upon by those waiting for it. Attorney General MacVeagh pronounces the situation extremely critical, and when asked this morning how long he thought this suspense would continue re- plied: “God only knows.” Postmaster General James and Secretary Hunt telegraphed to Thur- low Weed that “4 GLEAM OF HOPE AT 10 A.M. comes from the surgeons. His symptoms are Ro worse, and improvement not impossible.” Dr. Bliss came out of the surgeon’s room about 9:30 this morning and telephoned to his wife that the President was a little better than last night. In reply to interrogations, he said that the President's pulse this morning was less fre- quent, and that the parotid swelling had broken into the right ear and was discharging through that orifice. The patient’s mind was clear, and he conversed rationally with the surgeons about the condition of the inflamedgland. He partook of food, which seemed to be grateful to him, and his general condition appeared to be a little improved. The doctor expressed himself as hopeful that the swollen gland would be relieved by the discharge through the ear, and that he would pull through the day without much change. 10:40 A. M.—THE BREAKING OF THR ABSCESS GIVES THE PATIENT RELIEF. Secretary Kirkwood came out of the Cabinet room a few moments since, and in reply to ques- tions asked by the reporter of the Associated Press gave the following statement of the Presi- dent's case as he understood it this morning : bee § have never thought,” he said, “until last night that the President would die, but the information which we received from the surgeons late in the even- ing was of such a character as to leave very little room for hope. The danger which then seemed most imminent was the danger of the ab- sorption of unhealthy pus from the swollen parotid gland. The mental disturbance and the increased pulse seemed to indicate that this precess of absorp- tion had already begun, and_tiiat it was poison- ing the blood, and thus acting upon the brain and heart.” Taking up a small egg-shaped piece of sponge which lay on the reporter's ta- le, the Secretary continued: “As I understand the case from what the surgeons have told me, the President's right parotid gland is in some respects like this sponge; everywhere through it there are little cells or pockets, in each of which there is an accumulation of pus. The incision which was made day before yester- day pierced one of these pockets and released the pus which that particular one contained, but it did not drain the others, and, in fact, the others could not be effectually drained at this stage of the suppuration by a single in- cision made anywhere. The fear last night Was that the pus retained in these small cavities would become unhealthy, and as I before said, result in acute blood poisoning. Dr. Blisstold us, however, last night just before we went home that he had not given up the hope of a favorable change during the night, and the surgeons think this morning that there has been such a slight change ‘for the better as Doctor Bliss hoped for. The breaking of the suppurating gland into the cavity of the ear will, it is thought, afford more relief than could be given in any other way, and it is therefore regarded as a fa- yorable symptom. The discharge through that channel seems to be free. the pus is thus far of a healthy character, and the patient's mind this morning is clearer than last night, showing that there has been no blood poisoning of con- sequence from the gland as yet. Taking every- thing into consideration, I think there is reason this morning for a little more hope.” A GLIMMER OF HOPE. Attorney General MacVeagh and Postmaster Zeneral James have been most widely divergent in their views for the past three weeks. The Postmaster General has kept up hope and the Attorney General has been the other way. To- day these two gentlemen came nearer being in coincidence with each other than heretofore. They are, in fact, not very far apart in their opinions. The Attorney General, after being told by the physicians about. the bursting of the gland, and being made acquainted with the other features of the case, summarizes in saying: “The situation is very criti- cal.” Postmaster General James, after talking with the surgeons puts the diagnosis of his opinion in the words: ‘Improvement is not im- possible.” The ground upon which the ray of hope which at 12 o'clock has shed its light around the White House has for the corner- stone of its foundation the free and natural sup- puration from the inflamed gland. The relief consequent upon the outflow of the matter which had accumulated is not only perciptible but very marked. There hangs the thread of hope. a THE PATIENT BETTER AT NOON. “The greater the discharge from the gland the better it wiil be,” is what comes from the physi- cians. The discharge from the ear, indueed by the inward bursting of a cell in the swollen gland continues. There has aiso been and still Hamilton the other day. Towards noon the ap- much brighter, and the gloom of the morning was partially lifted. The reports from the sick room gave the glad news that the President was resting a great deal easier, and that he was much relieved. Upon these reports was founded the more cheerful spirit that pervaded the house plication of the many different ones which seem to follow each other in an endless proces- sion. DR. HAMILTON STILL HOPEFUL. Dr. Hamilton says that the President isbetter, and that he still has hope for the patient. THE PRESIDENT’S HOROSCOPE: there is of superstition among the people comes to the surface. The announcement that the President demanded to be taken to his old home | at Mentor was regarded by the superstitious as a very bad sign, for there is a vague notion among them that such wishes always precede death. After the President was shot, THE Star republished an extract Gen. Garfield, as published in March last by “Ruthiel.” At that time the prediction as to the mode of death seemed to have no application tothe President’s wound, but since the danger has been removed to the face it will be read again with interest. and may perhaps strengthen the superstitious in their belief in signs in the sky. The astrologer said: “This being a, nocturnal birth, and the moon being on the cdsp of the ninth house, she was the hyleg, or giver of life. Her position could scarcely have been more unfavorable. | very near the most evil of the unfixed stars, Ca- put Algol, at her full, and nearly in parallel to Mars. These things threaten injuries to the face and eyes and a painful death.” THE TOUCHING AFFECTION BETWEEN THE PRESI- DENT AND HIS MOTHER. Intimate friends ot the President’s household here speak of the affection between the Presi- dent and his mother as something peculiarly | beautiful and touching. The General was but one week installed in the Executive mansion when his venerable mother, who had been pres- ent to welcome him within its threshold, was i i i | were very hopefal, though towards noon they expressed themselves as having regained some confidence since the early part of the day. 10 A. M.—COMMENTING ON THE BULLETIN, ETC, But very little information was obtained di- j rect from the physicians ccncerning the condi- j tion of the President this morning prior to:the. herself taken very ill. The excitement and cere- mony attending even the first few days there was too much for her feeble strength and her prostrated condition. Her condition alarmed the President greatly, and was the first worry that menaced the then envied occupant of the is a discharge from the incision made by Dr. | pearance of things at the White House was | It is not so much any one sympton or mere de-/ velopment that causes anxiety now, as the com- | In times of deep public anxiety, whatever | from the horoscope of | She was | moned, and but little hope expressed that Grandma Garfield would t, She seemed so utterly broken down. the President came up to her behide, with “Well, mother, how do you feel?" she answered: “Jamies, that I fear I woat be long with you.” “Oh, no, mother,” he quistly snd. “it is not as bad as that, cheer up; tit new President can not part with his motherdready.” Very much to her own surprise she ralfed.quickly, and in a few days was talking abart getting out of the atmosphere of the French cooking at the White House and home to he? daughter in Mentor. She used to say that fitcy dishes would not help her any, and if she wgld only get home, why they would give her smething good to eat, and she would soon ge; well again. Home- made bread, made by aiiold near and dear neighbor, was what she itsisted built her up any way before she couldgé away from here to Ohio. The same repugrante to fancy cooking has always been ponies in the President, too. No matter of what the breakfast at the White House might consist, the Presi- dent invariably ate % goodly portion of bacon every morning in the year, and at his dinner apicce of broiled steak would form the chief part of his meat diet. He has always been extrenely methodical about what he ate, and once knowing particular food agreed well with him he did not ask for much variety in meeting a gyod, healthy appetite. Even during the late critcal days the old taste is displayed in the prefereiee he shows for the old-fashioned milk porrilge, prepared by the hands of his wife and dways a relished dish with him. ANOTHER CRANE turned up at the White Honse to-day. He was from Ashtabula, Ohio. Hehad black whiskers, anda plain but neat dregs He wanted to see Mrs. Garfield very badly. He said he had come to bring peace and good wil, and must see Mrs. Garfield. Sergeant Dinsmere sent him down to police headquarters. He was a crank of the gentlest and mildest type. LAST NIGHT'S BULLETIN. EXECUTIVE Mansion, Aurust 25, 6:30 p. m.— There has been little chang? in the President's condition since the noon bulletin was issued. The frequency of his pulseis how the “same as then. His tetnperature hasrisen somewhat, but is not so high as yesterday evening. There has been a slight discharge of ms during the day from the incision in the paretid swelling, but it is not diminishingin size. Ncunfavorable change has been observed in the condition of the wound. He has taken by the mouth a sufficient supply of liquid food. At present lis. pulse is 112, tem- perature 99.8, respiration 19 SECRETARY BLAINE’S DESPONDENT DISPATCH LAST NIGHT. At 9 o'clock last night Secretary Blaine sent the fallowing dispatch to Mitister Lowell: “The President has lost grvund to-day. Some of his symptoms this afternaon and evening are of the gravest character. ‘the condition of the swollen gland and of the pulse and temperature Suggest serious and alarsing complications. His mind at intervals has been somewhat be- clouded and wandering. His strength fails, but he still swallows liquid food of a nourishing character and apparently fligests it. On this one fact rests the hope that is still left of a re- action.” WHAT DR. AGNEW SAID IN PHILADELPHIA. Dr. Agnew returned to Philadelphia from Washington yesterday. He declined to be in- terviewed, but in reply tothe qnestion whether or not it is true that the glandular swelling in the President's throat resulted from the fever produced by septic@mia, an¢ that upon the pa- tient’s power to recuperate fromthe exhaustion produced by the fever would depend his re- covery, the doctor replied: ‘That is the whole case.” He declined to predict what would be the result. WHAT GEN. GRANT SAID LAST NIGHT. Gen. Grant was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night, and said to a reporter that the con- dition of the President was, in his opinion, very critical, and that it was a vpry ominous sign when Dr. Boynton gave up hope. THE SERVICES AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Special prayer meetings have been held every evening during the present week at the Chris- tian church. Last evening short addresses and prayers were made by Rev. Mr. Power, Dr. Butler, Messrs. Garrett. Summey, F. M. Bradley, C. W. Shelton and ex-Governor Arney, of New Mexico. The latter spoke of the President’s constant at- tendance at his church. When the congregation occupied a room in the City Hall, fifteen years since. and afterwards, when they bought their present edifice from the Methodist church south, which moved down to the Mount Vernon Place church. Gen. Garfield, he said, was always a con- stant attendant. Whatever the press of public | duties, even after assuming the presidential | office, he was regularly seen in his place in church. The Vice President's Position. WHAT “AN INTIMATE PERSONAL FRIEND” SAYS. “An intimate personai friend of Vice Presi- dent Arthur” said toa New York Tribune re- porter: “Since the- excitement and agitation over the condition of the President the Cabinet officers at Washington and the Vice Presi- dent and his friends here have had an_opportu- nity to look into the question of inability of the President and need of his successor qualifying promptly in the event of his demise. Whatever conclusion the Cabinet may reach, the counselors of the Vice President have urged that the Cabinet cannot take upon itselfto decide when inability of the President exists, and it is known that Gen. Arthur will not heed any call or suggestion of the Cabi | net as to acting in place of the President. safe to say, also, that while Vice President Arthur will not disregard any request of the Cabinet or of Mr. Blaine as its head to come to Washing- | ton, he is averse to doing so while the President lives. Precedents in likecas how that there is | no absolute need that the Vice President should qualify immediately on the death of the President, and Gen, Arthur beiieyes Yhat there is nothing pressing in national affairs to warrant undue haste on his part in the event of thedeath of President Garfield. It is not true that his per- sonal relations to the President are even un- pleasant, let alone being hostile. During the troubles’ at Washington following the nomina- tion of Senator Robertson as collector of the port, Mr. Arthur was all the time trying to be peacemaker. He ‘abored down to the last mo- ment in trying to bring about some compromise and settlement. Even after the resignations of Senators Conkling and Platt he went personally to General Garfield to see if some way could not be devised by which an honorable settlement could be brought about. When it was finally decided that there was no way open for compro- mise or reconciliation, Gen. Dsthur plainly told the President that he felt bound in honor fo su: | tain his friends, and added: trust, Mr, Presi dent, you will not think that there is anything Brenan’ you in my action.” The President, in | his usual hearty way, took hold of Gen. Arthur | by the shoulders and said: +Personal, my dear fellow, nothing of the sort. I know you have no such petty feeling at ali.” You may be assured that this was about the substance of the | conversation at the interview between the Presi- | dent and Vice-President at their last meeting. ey INCREASE OF WaGes.—The mpniders of Orr, Painter & Co., stove manui of Reading, Pa., who struck for ten per egat advance in | Wages some weeks aco, resumed work yes- | terday, a compromise having, been effected. They Aieheaae ee of five percent now and an additional five per gant o October. The men at B: val sal eels Royer’s Ford, will also day on the same basis. | Tesumeqwerk on Satur- Salis striking Erie RIK: railway switcumen at Hore ie, re sumed work Tuesday st the ALES without xaining any potnt demnnded.> There was no viclence or excitement during the-weck’s strike. Snot Deap.-In Grayton eenaty. “Va, last week, a colored man iiamed Mack Allen at- tempted to commit an cutrageam a little white xirl ten years of ace. He wasefullowed und overtaken by Jerome lasicy ga@-other men of i ‘uckwaltep Cu.’s works, | Rights. LIVELY SCENE AT THE NEW YORK AVENUE JUNCTION. There was an amusing scene yesterday after- noon at the intersection of New York avenue and 15th street. When the W. & G. RR. changed its system of transfers, stationing an agent on the street corner to dispense transfer tickets instead of having the conductors on the cars distribute them, there was a general growl all along the line. The spirit of rebellion against the company’s new rule, which then appeared, again manifested itself yesterday, and gave rise to the amusing scene spoken off. A burly, humored looking man — jumped | off a 14tn-street car, and striding over to an) Avenue car, without getting a transfer, settled himseif complacently to finish his journey. The further proceedings, as related by eye-witnesses, were about as follows: The conductor notified the passenger that he would have to get a trans- fer or pay his fare again. The passenger mildly protested that he could not hunt up the agent and get a transfer; that it was the agent's busi- ness to see that he was provided with a trans- fer, and that the law compelled the company to | carry him over both linesforfivacents. He didnot care to make trouble, but he was a stickler for law. The conductor then communicated to the passenger that he would have to eject him. Dur- ing all this time the car was waiting at the junction. The passenger blandly replied he | hoped he would. In fact, that was just what | he wanted. The happy prospect of a suit for | damages delighted hi The transfer agent, having by this time awakened to a sense of im- pending calamity, came to the car and thrust a | transfer ticket into the man’s hands. The bell strap was pulled, and the car was about to start when the stransfer agent made some. remark about what he would like to do to such a troublesome passenger. The passenger jumped off the car and earnestly ex horted the transfer agent to hurt him. That was what he was longing for. He was dying to have one of the railroad men punch him on the head. The transfer agent prudently refrained from gratifying the gentleman’s wishes. When the | next car came along the passenger climbed aboard, still clutching his transfer. Again the transfer agent made some remark which the passenger did not like, and the latter accommo- datingly disembarked and again begged the agent todo something to him. The agent still refrained from doing any personal injury to the assenger. When the next car came the stub- | orn stickler for the law re-embarked and pro- ceeded on his journey, a large crowd wh assembled to witness ‘the proceedings him friendly adie: Sg District Government Affairs, By order of the Commissioners the District offices were closed to-day at 1 o'clock in order to give all the employés who desired to do soan opportunity to attend the obsequies of George nee The Commissioners will attend in a | ry. VIOLATING WATER LAWS. Inspector Larman, of the water department, has made a report of thirteen merchants and | restaurant men on Louisiana avenue, who let their water spiggots and closets run’ continu- ously. The Registrar states that it is his pur- pose to cut off the water in all such cases of vio- lation of the regulations. persist A ResecreD Lover axp His Pistor.—Yes- terday, in the Police Court, a young man named Robert Branson, of East Washington, was charged with assaulting a young girl named Lizzie Nichols by firing two shots from a pistol ather. Lizzie, who is about 15 years old, tes- tified that she lives at 1208 9th street southeast, and on last Sunday morning Branson, in com- pany with another young man named Joe Day, came to her house, and she had some words with them; and Branson got madandran herout of the house and fired twice at her. On being cross-examined, she said she could not tell why Branson should want to shoot her, unless it was | because she refused to marry him. Annie Smith testified that she is Lizzie’s sister, and saw Bran- son fire the pistol at her, and when she (witness) remonstrated he threatened to shoot her. Bran- son took the stand. and stated that he had been ying his addresses to this young girl for a | par, and he was at her house last Sunday and chased her out of the house, and discharged the | pistol, but did not try to shoot her. He was | committed to jail for 90 days in default of $50. | seesioel wince tide In the Land of Penn. ONE OF THE OLD SETTLEMENTS—RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WYOMING MA‘ To the Editor of Tax Eventxe Srar: NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa., August 23. Ihave been rusticating for some days near this ancient town. whichis one of the oldest settlements in the land of Penn. It was a har- bor of refuge for the survivors of the Wyoming maseacre. who fled to this place on the 34 of July, 1778. Situated as it is at the confluence of the North and West branches of the Susquehanna river, the scenery is of a character to delight the eye of an artist. The Blue Hill, opposite the | town, has often been sketched, and en- graved for illustrations in magazines, and a good view of the country may be had from the cemetery back of the town, in which repose the mortal remains of the cele- brated Dr. Joseph Priestley, who lived here and died in 1804. Many of his descendants reside here still, and in 1874 quite a number of his ad- mirers assembled here to attend the centennial of his discovery of oxygen. Among the local celebrities of the place is a medicinal spring about three miles from town, called Horton Spring. It is warmly commended by some of the medical faculty, and many per- sons think it equal to the Bedford Spring water; but there are no buildings near the spring for the entertainment of visitors. Speaking of the Wyoming massacre reminds me that a large stone ax, evidently of Indian manufacture, was found on a farm near here on the 9th instant. It is 11 inches long, 4 inches | broad, and 2 inches thick, and has quite a sharp | edge. It was probably used for skinning deer | and other animals by the aborigines. Great anxiety is felt here for the recovery of | President Gartield, the democrats feeling as | strongly on the subject as republicans. ‘Tue STAR comes regularly and is read with in- terest as furnishing the latest and most reliable | news in regard to the nation’s sufferer. A.M.G. | i | PEACH CANNING AND THE Snort Cror.—The | failure of the peach crop will have some intlu- | ence upon the canning trade this year. Failure | of the Delaware peach crop and the Eastern Shore means a blow to the canning business, for the reason that the fruit usually produced in that section is specially adapted for canning pur- poses. “In addition tothe canning trade.” say: the Boston Commercial Bulletin, “not a few minor industries will be affected by the failure | of the peninsular peach crop. Baltimore, of course, will feel the effects of the loss of the season's crop more than any other city in the country, as mnillions of dollars are invested in the business there in the shape of. buildings, mna- chinery, &c. The announcement that Boston Will have no peach trains this month currobu- rates the stateinent that the pemmnsular peach | crop is a failure. Probably this section will have limited quantities of the fruit trom south of the Potomac : nd from California. Stati lots | 04 of peaches have made their appearance in onr market.” ae er SO oS EN Wocnpep Liks rue Present. — Martin Cunningham, azed 22, the man who was shot in | abdomen at Washington park, New York, | ‘eeks azo, and whose wound was ip ex- | actly the same place and of the same character as that from which President Garfield is suffer- ing, died Tuesday. An autepsy, which under existing circumstances may ~~ vf more than ary interest, will be made to determine the course taken by the bul Removar, oy New Yors’s Porice Commrs- ‘STONERS.—Maym Grace, of New York, Tuesday removed trom office Police Commissioners: French, Maxon and Nichols, on charges pre- ried axainst them ef failure to keep che streets uf the eity clean, which charges were the subjeet ot @ loug Investigation by his honor, | manifested in regard to it. Telegrams to The Star. News from the Old World. ‘THE DORY BATH CITY. Loxpox, August 25.—The Daily Trleg says: The dory Bath City. which has arrived at Falmouth, lost her only compass overboard a week ago. The crew have not had dry clothes on them since they left America. Their boat is very crank, but they intend to go to Hamburg | and recross the Atlantic in her. ENGLISH CRICKETERS COMI An Enzlish team of cricketers, comprising | eleven professionals and one amatenr, will em- | bark at Liv 1 for America on September 20. | They will probably play only two matches in the | United States, both taking place at Philadel- phia, and will then proceed to Australia. THE LAND BILL IN IRELAND. Lospoy, August 25.—The Times ina leadin article this morning says: Much has naturally been made of the warm approval with which the | veteran Irish patriot, Sir Gavan Duffy, has | greeted the land bill, and it may be fairly ex- pected that his opinion will have considerable weight among the more rational Irishmen. ILLEGAL VOTES FOR GAMBETTA. Paris, August 25.—Za France in its announce’ | ment yesterday that M. nbetta has not been | elected for Charoum, says: The decision of the | prefectoral committee was founded on the fact | that in various sections of the department vot- ing papers were credited to M. Gambetta bear- ing his name, but containing offensive epithets concerning his competitors, which by the terms of the law render the votes void. DRAINING THE-BANK OF TO AMERICA. LAND. Lonpox, August 25, 3 p.m.—The decrease of specie in the Bank of England during the past week amounted to$00,000 pounds. The propo! of reserve to liabilities which last week was 4355 is now 41 11-16. GAMBETTA DEPRECATES A TRIPLE ALLIANCE. A dispatch from Rome it M. Gambetta has | ading statesmen of the | left party in the chamber of deputiesdeprecating | an Italian alliance with Germany and Austria. _ Flight of a Montreal Defaulter. August 25. MosTreat reported that J. | Head, the hts and meas department of this city, has be in a large amount and has United States. It is alleged his subordinates by iseuin in th to ha mn of his friends. Gambling is said | ‘e been the cause of his ruin, iat tered Saratoga Races To-lay. Saratoga, August 25.—To-day’s attendance at the races promises to be above the average. The | | weather is fine and the track in excellent con dition. Checkmate has been scratched for the handicap. The steeple-chase will be the race of the day. and a large amount of enthusiasin is The first race, a three-quarters of a mile dash, was won by Perplex; Balancer second and Col. | Sellers third. Time, 1:16%¢. Perplex got off in the lead, and was never headed. Tuscalusas’ hock opened again during the race. Second race, one and five-eighths miles—Fire- man first. Boulevard second and Cinderella third. Time, 2:55. Third race, one mile, was wor by Fair Count; Little Buttercup second and Jessie K. third. Time, 1:424¢. The steeplechase was the greatest of the kind ever seen in America. The field kept together to the twenty-seventh jump, when old Trouble went into the lead. and won by a length from Franklin. Se The New Mexican Indian Raiders. ESCAPE INTO MEXICO. Cuicaco, August 25.—Brigadier General John Pope telegraphed from Fort Garland, Coloras to General Sheridan's headquarters here terday that the last dispatches from Col. Hatch indicate the escape of the remnant of the Indian | raiders into Mexico, with the troops following | Shours behind. “General Pope says: “It is im- | possible yet to tell what injury was done, as | the newspaper reports are almost altogether | sensational and most of thers baseless. The | Mescaleros, who joined the raiders, have found | the way back to their reservation, singly and in sinall parties, through the mountains, but they | il be hunted out on their reservation as far as possible.” es The New Haven Mystery. New Haven, Conn., August 25.—The perjury | case against Blanche Douglass. an important witness in the Cramer case, was postponed to- day tor two weeks at her request. G.C. Dow has been assigned as her counsel. The jury of the inquest will meet to-morrow. > Wall Street To-day. New Yorke, August 25.—The Posfs financial article (1:40 p.m. edition) says:—The Stock Ex change markets are generally lower than ye ay, the foreign news being ofa disturbing ct rand there being nothing of an assuring ind to counterbalance this, either as respects trunk line railroad affairs or the condi Respecting the President, it is com to be a settled opinion, that as or the cease to have an, cover . his condition — will commercial influence. If, unfortunately, “he should die, — the general judgment is that there mizhit be a tem- porary flutter in the markets. and that “bull: and "in stocks would. ali ry vif it be true that a settlement of jlroad affairs is deferred until the uncertainties respecting the President areat an end. This we give merely for what it is worth, as the tenor of th and getting them to raise the amounts from | brokers and give them im as temporary loans. He is said to be heavily in debt in the |” city. He is well connected and stood very high | informed and’ beliey bulk among the better | ‘The Indian Territory Raiders. GETTING REAPY POR AN INVASION IN OCTORER, Cnicaco, August 25.—A 1 of yesterday's: date to the Tritune, from Wiehita, Kansas, says: ‘A meeting of the Oklahoma Town company was held in this city last eveaing, at which most of the prominent wea cted with the enter- prise were present. The ral discoveries recently made by Capt. Payne were discussed, and 108 pounds of specimens tak: Capt. Payne from the Wichita mountains were ited by him, and were pronounced by co Judges very fine, and ax © Capt. Payne and sxplorings report thi Sill are daily taking out is determined t eral. The company Oklahoma in Octo- rly 10,000, com- y state. Hon. inent aspirant is president of citement- yhe's discoveries.” . Adams county republicans to-day instructed their nomi- nee for the legisiature to vote for McDili for U. ‘5S. Senator. —— Death of Charles Bradley. A dispatch was received this morning from Watkins Glen, N.Y., stati that Mr. Charles Bradley, cashie sof the surance company, of this city, had died sud there of heart disease. Though he had suth somewhat recently from indigestion and trouble with the heart, he was not considered seriously ul, and his death at this time was wholly unex- pected. Mr. Bradley was in the 65th year of his age, and has been the cashier of the Bank of the Republic and otherwise identified with the interests of this city in many for many years. Mr. Bradley the city yesterday morning with his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Healy, of Brooklyn, and . C. Heald, for Watkins’ Li peared quite cheerful and was | and being able to walk to the @& were looking for early tidings of tmprovement. Mr. Bradley was the wining brother of Mr. Josepli H. Bradiey, now 78 years old, and he was born in Georgetown in 1815. For many years he was engaged in the dry goods business on Market Space, but left that business to take the position of president of the old Patriotic Bank. and later became the cashier of the Na- tional Bank of the Republic, which position he held, as stated, at the time of bis death. Mr. Bradley leaves a family of a widow and three sons and four daughters, (two of the latter mar- ried,) and probably as many friends as any man had in Washington. ition to know . His remains will arrive here thisevening. = The Case of Capt. Howgate, OVERNMENT'S ACCOUNT AGAINST HIM—a SUIT ENTERED, AND HIS PROPERTY aT- TACHED. The investigation at the Signal office as to the case of Captain Henry W. Howzate, ited in the making out of the following account against him: Hexny W. Howoarte torus Unirep Saves, DR. fo money utlawfally drawn and obtained by him from the Treasury of the United States on the following checks drawn by him on the Treasurer of the United States and for the f crv, ican Cnion T craph C or of West- Nov. 16, 187 Feb. 15, 1879, check in favor of ern Union Telegraph Co. or bea 12,100 00 Sept. 6, 1879, check in favor of W ern Union Telegraph Co. or be 11,800 00 Sept. 19, 1879, check in favor of L. H. Roge 100.00 Nov. 2 Peters..... wavesdsesiiesesis 1,500.00 Feb. 18, 1880, check in favor of L. H. Rogers & Co. or be: Som 375.00 April 8, 1880, check in favor of W. B. Moses or bearer... strksk 9,200 00 May 24, 1880, check in favor of A. McCullough or bearer: * 5,000 00 June 21, 188), check in favor Tillotson & C 5,481 88 July 26, 1880, check in favor of A. A. McCullough orbearer........... 12,160 20 July 26, 1880, check in favor of L. H. Rogers & Co. or bearer... 9,000,00 August 9, 1880, check in favor of Peters or bearer + 930 00 August 13, 1880, of Norris Peters or bearer. .......... 1,230 00 August 21, 1880, check, in favor of Western Union Telegraph Co. or bearer... ..... . 12,48000 Sept. 1, 1880, check in favor of A. A. McCullough or bearer... special attorney amount of the above account, and filed with it affidavits of A. B. Newcomb and Louis V. Caziare, setting forth that an investigation has for a short time been going on by the govern- ment into the accounts of Capt. Howgate as disbursing officer of the signal ice of the United States army; that such investigation has developed that the defendant has unlawfully drawn from the United States Treasury on checks and appropriated to his own use the sum above mentioned; that it is believed that estization will disclose other lange sums so taken by Howgate, and that he has, with a full knowledge of these facts, and while at this time, left the Distriet, how long he will ve ain, or 1 that Capt. Howgute, be- fore he leit, had intended to dispose of some of his real estate in this District, so as to defeat Just demands against him. A writ 0 chment was issued and placed in the marshal’s han dhe and his deputies at once proceeded to levy on all the real per- sonal property and credits belonging to the de- The statements made that the checks drawn by Howgate were made payable were properly endorsed by the parties incorrect, as the checks themselves, with one or drawn payabi when, if ever, he wil | fendant. | | a In the recorder of d was filed from Henry W. Howsat Howgate, his wife, to James E Robert C. Fox, as trustees, conveying the formed Wail street speculators. _U are 1 lc for the 4's, and 4 lower for r andextended rate bonds are dull and steady. Railread bond: irregular, but generally lower, a notable decline being a drop to 87 from 98, last previous sale, in Iron Mountain 5s. The general decline ranges from 14al per cent. The net re- result of the fluctuations in the stock market is adecline of 1a24¢ per cent, the latter Union Pacific. Denver and Rio Grande is down 1%; Rock Island, 134; Wabash preferred, 1 is souri Pacific, 13¢; Illinois Central, Las Northern Pacific pref d, 1 nd Jersey Central 1 per cent. Among the outside fancies Memphis & Charleston dropped to 71 from 77 at the close yesterda: and is 72 as wewrite. The Trunk Line stoc! continue to be notably steady, and what may be called the leading stocks, although lower, have not shown decided weakness. In the money market 5a6 per cent is the raling quota- tions for call loans, time loans and prime mer- cantile paper. The movement of currency to and from New York is reported to be rather small this week. ae eee The Markets. BALTIMORE, August 25.—Cotton steady —amnid- ding, 1245. Flour firm and without change. Wheat, southern higher and active; western higher, closing quict and casy—southern red, 1.38 following property in trust to secure W. W. McCullough, W. B. Moses and Notiey Anderson, | as sureties on his bond of $40,000 to appear an auswer a charge of embe: ent irom the ‘ed States government: lot 15, Davidson's | sub. 169; lot 7, Kidwell's sub. 217; of lots 205. to | 210, Howgate’s sub. Patterson's sub. sq. 206; | lots 30 to 38, Williards sub. lots sq. 238, and pt. | lot 10, sq. The deed is dated August 20th | (Saturday) last, and was executed before John | J. Linney as notary public, and was this morn- ing at 101g o’elock deposited in the record office, from which hour it is effective. THE MARSHAL CLAIMS PRIORITY. The attachment writ under th by Col. Cook was issued about 445 terday and the various pieces of property stand- ing in the name of Capt. Howgate by 6 o'clock were in the hands of the marshal. It would seem therefore, that the marshal's claims have priorit; Some members of the bar claim that the att ment will not hold unless it can be shown that Capt. Howgate left the city to escape service. NO MORE PROCEEDINGS AT PRESENT. Gen. Hazen said to-day that the seizure of Capt. Howgate’s property probably closed all proceedings him until the trial. He did not think it probable that Capt. Howgate would be rearrested—at least he would not be unless he attempted tc leave the country. The lan- of the bill filed against him was formal, Being necessary to alleze the probability of defendant's making away with his property and al.4z; do, amber, 1.4621.50; No. 2 western winter 14201 42: red, spot and A heise Tai5: me whit poftee quiet Rig care veky ack 130, Feevehts dell and wiianged. Heceipte—four, 152 wheat, 153,975 bushels; corn, 10.914 bushels; oats, ¥ 121,600 corn, 18,065 bushels. Sules—wheat, 891,09 bushel; corn, 301,404 Butter tirin = 19. Petroleum goes, ordinary to fair, 10a12 1, soft, 9%. W jhe neighboriivud, and. whei found him hi Fefined to be taken and pe tot and fred upol The si ot, n the party. im the ie nine ome and sent a load of buckshut body. He died justantly, ‘The cemovais are subject w the approval of the uovernor. ae Roru Ku.i.eo,-Win. 0. See getting out of the reach of the law in get the attachments. VALUE OF THE ATTACHED PROPERTY.