Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1881, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Worthwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. a Eveyino Sra ie ‘week, or 44 cen! served to subscribers in the own account, at 10 cents per Che Evening Star, x 3 AND PA: FRIN EMENTERIE ar NOOT's. on to our astortment of Rich Trim- BILK, CHENINLF, JET, MOIRE ANTIQUE, AN MOURMING FRINGES © PLUSH AND CHE And We will open, on. FUR TRIMMINGS, CONSISTING OF EBF, SILVER AND ILLA ACK OPOSSt N’S DOWN. siete ac Kew im Lace Fic Me hard. l- Teal ea, ofan ond denen’ Vence, Se Sea Boia reg tas chat Zan lanai Cas Hoc LADIES’ KNIT ZEPHYR JACKETS. NOooOoT’sS, 915 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, TRAINING SCHOOL FOR ‘NURSES. Gules % Hand-stitched Boots, #4 Custom-made Boots, $8 Long-legged Boots, $2 Solid Work Boots. $1 Boys Boots. WHITE AND BLACK OPERA SLIPPERS. ‘$3.75 Ladies’ Best French Kid Button. $3.00 The Noblest French Heel Button. ‘£2.00 Pebble Goat and Kid Button. $1.00 Button snd Lace Shoes. 50 cents Solid School Shoes. 80 cents All Leather Infant Button. Wool-lined Cloth Slippers and Shoes. aT L. HEILBRUN’S, No. 402 SEVENTH STREET N.W. Sicx—Tux OLp Woman 1s Wixpow, Because: Ist—You are not deceived there. 24—You buy here only ood Shoes. 34—You find all accommodations. Sth—It is the only People’s Store, where you find goods to suit your taate and pocket. n2-Im BEK TEA. BABPK TES posrrivE CURE MALARIA, CHILLS AND FEVER. 25 CENTS A PACKAGE. FOR SALE <= MoS Sus streak worlweat, JaY GOULD, ‘The Boston Picture Man, of two white men sometime in September, 1880. The arrest was eS a sent to Portland, Oregon, for ere was Te- ported oe contetaplited, attack “on the. hill where the garrison 1s located at Sitka, Dut it was not made, and the report appears have been merely rumor. Preparations to re an attack had been fully carrled out, but no at- tacking Indians appeared. Commander Lull re- commends that the number of men on bis ship be increased by twenty marines and an additional marine officer. A force should be established at Wrangel.to enforce order. Henry Imhoff has been arrested and sent to Washington ‘Territory for trial under the charge of selling intoxicating liquors to the Indians. PersonaL.—On Sunday Gen. Sherman, accom- panied by Gen, Poe and Col. Morrow, will leave for Atlanta, to attend the Cotton Expostittion,— Chief Clerk Brown, of the State department, re- turned yesterday from New York, where he has been with the French and German national guests. —mr. E. P. be Sy of this oy) ue 8. consul at Cork, is expected home in a couple of weeks, on a two. monte Peieave or abeence.--Marquisand, ‘Mar- quise de Rochambeau, of the French Yorktown Visitors, sailed for Europe from New York yester- day.—wMr. A. E. Bateman and family have taken 3] ts at the Portland be 8 winter —— james T. Blackistone, a leading member of the bar Fi ‘St. Mary’s county, who had served in the Mary- land senate and house of delegates, died yesterday in Balttmore.—-Mr. J.C. Hucstot, the manager of the New York Associated eet at the Riggs. —Henry Surepe anak novel urned J." Partelisy te crsee from —— <i rif_eshotot the: a . M. 'T. Partello, , is in the city.——Mr. Robert C. Fox succeeds, ‘his brother-in-law, the late Hon. Win. as Soe a see rer of the Columbian University, 8180, a8 sec- retary and auditor of accounts of the board of di- rectors of the Columbia Tustitution for the Dear and Dumb, at Kendall Green. ment, {tis imperative upon the court to include that in its sentence; but where the statute re~ quires imprisonment atone, the several provisions before referred to place it within the power of the court, at its discretion, to order execution of its sentehce at a plice where labor is exacted as a part of the discipline and treatment of the in- Sutution, or not, as it pleases. ‘Thus, a wider Tange of punishment 1s given, and the courts are left at liberty to graduate their sentences so as to meet the ever varying circumstances of the cases which come before them. Ifthe offense 1s flagran the penttengfary with its diseipline may. be ¢ali into requisition, but if slight, a corresponding pun- ishment may ‘be infiicted within the general range of the law.” It 1s, therefore, quite that the offence described in this information may be punished, or, in other wot is punishable, in the penitentiary. ane the eee ferred to Was in ie ry on the 17th of June, 1870, an act establishing the Police Court of the District of Columbla, with exclusive jurisdiction of all of- fences not deemed capital or otherwise infamous, without exception. It imp! cludes from its Jurisdiction only offences at capital or other- wise Infamceus. If the law had there we Would be referred to the common Jaw to ascertain the jurisdiction of the court, But Congress did not choose to leave the matter thus and indefinite, and proceeded to indicate what, in jeiemees, were misdemeanora: mot deemed in- mous, in this 1: to of = ‘simple assault ment in the penitentiary ee As clearly as language can. aetna aie er does Levit terms, declare ‘but since there are two reference to this must belong to one or ee be gathered then from determine the manner or by no person consuited as to the re- cess of the grand jury. Its movements and in- tentions, If not concealed from me, were unknown. lcited employment by the United st of June last until the present I have devoted most of my time and attention to “tho star route cases,” se as interrupted by the shooting and death of the late President. The labors on my part and those associated with me have been far more arduous than isorcould be ciated by the court. ‘The court then MB. COOK SAYS THE CASES “WILL GO RIGHT ON.” ‘Mr. W. A. Cook, being asked if this would end the star route cases, replied: “No, not by any means. We have the cases, and will go right on.” MAcVEAGH OVERRULED. ATTORNEY GENERAL Wran’ tae Oo Sentweach, By month. Cr es the Goer = 50 cents a mon! One year, $6: six montin ic (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., a8 wecond-class mail matter.} : Tae WEEKLY StaR—published on Friday—$? a year, Zostare prepaid. Six months, $1; 10 copies for $19: 20 = = - 5 OL. ea ‘i , iE m) TNT aera Al mall eutmcrintions must be pald in advance: * 58—N®: 8,924. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1881. TWO CENTS. Rates of advertining made known on application. = =a S : ‘1 ry ofinfamouscrimes” 9 8 © «| . AMUSEMENTS. i Washington News and Gossip, |THE STAR ROUTE INFORMATION. | <7 rig Bak 0. be wondered, at that Iepistation, Telegrams to The Star. =——— = ——— se should classify offences with reference. to. the fo} J ATIONAL THEATER. E ARBITRATION mate nrrers! nestion of infamy, according to the punishment N a av Tikhiun Mat pew rat Ebteret | nue giovortea: conus BO DECISION OF JUDGE COX AGAINST IT. | prescribed tor theni:and as tieaminin the cle: | FAME ELECTION RETURNS t®~ A CHANGE OF BILL. _2s Baptist Church, on’ Arbitrati plicable to Indian » $465,674.59; customs, $763, . ng argument in this case this is the rule in the nN a. AS. ‘The Eminent Prestidigitateur, troubles. Public are invited. 3 _| _W.B. Surg has been appointed internal revenue statutory Jaw of a number of the states. That HERRMANN, [og> THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF COOKERY, | ctorekeepef tor the district of Georgia. DISCHARGE OF THE DEFENDANTS ORDERED. | iting ‘our Polls conre tas impresed teat e: | TRUDE WILL NOT DEFEND GUITEAU. EUROPEAN SPECIALTY COMPANY, 1323 H street northwest, ‘Taw Reapsienie Vicsont Gi Vindia— Come var court, sitting in Geheral Term, on two occ . * ASSISTED BY - ne Tollowe stons . —_. {OSHIN, ‘Will reopen for the winter term on MONDAY, Novem- | misstoner Raum this morning received t} MR. W. A. COOK MAKES MN EXPLANATION, | “Susze cox then citoa the case of United States MELE. ADE TT ace inyanae Joceierss TT '* | or 28 Tae wuperimtendenty Are. 3. S CAMPBELL: | ing dispatch from Collector Brady, at Petersbing, A. Ce Ay ATI vs, ,Ctoss 1. MacArthur, 149, and the ase o:| A CABINET CRISIS IN FRANCE. HE (RMANN’S LATEST SENSATIONS—THE AUTO- | Yerber lth, from l0 aim 10 12, to arrange for casses, | Va.: “We elect state ticket and have both ited States Vs. Buell, do., 02 a prosecuth ZOE, the Skete Artist, WO UESS: ee eames ee ecietaeares” Judge Cox, when the Criming) Court, assembled | be th infamous one and eats Tt seems to me |OF. the Cornet Plaser. 25> A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE REPUBL c ext Sat- | this morning, delivered his opinion upon the | therefore, that the effect of the legislation we have New York. ‘THR GREAT DECAPITATION ACT TONIGHT. _ | ES" CAN CENTHAL COMMITTEE of the Di a ee eee to quash the information filed’ by. the | bees coumideriag’ ie to chaste tae cenes bane | THE REPURLSCAN STATE TICKET RLECTED BY 10,000 Also Howell and Darwin in their woderful Ilnsionary | of Columb i be held in the hall of the National Vet- | urday or Monday. qua ed by charged among the Infamous crimes, and thereys | MAJORITY, EXCEPT HUSTED—-The LEGrsLavtne and Modern Anti-Spiritualistic Entertainment, or Spir | eran Club, ‘New York avenue, THIS EVENING government against Gen. Brafly et. al., charging Seats Selec ser Desert eee ig 2k [ect Lg ‘gualiam Exposed, and Mle Addie in Evoiutions on the | (Thursday). 10th inet at S o'clock. Fullattendance is | ‘Tue SMALL OFFERING OF Bobs Yesterpay re-| SCranncue sSuuee Goh Gy ot, aly Ghee were Ae On | aie — eats entummnens of importance willbe brought te- | celved by the Treasury—#2500—was due to the Tudge Cox sald: “This case has been heard upon | information never could have been Fighttulig Med. | Nat claims the’ elecuon of the replicas etat GRAND FAMILY MATINEE ON SATURDAY. By order of the President. A.M. CLAPP, | fact that those securities were slightly above par, | motion to rescind the order permitting the infor- | Leave ought to have been refused, and the order | ticket, with the exception of Husted for treasurer, Fresenta for the Little Ones. JAMES M. GREGORY. . it_} and the Treasury only offers to redeem uncalled e | giving leave must necessarily be rescinded.” by from 10.000 to 12,000 majority. It gives the sta’ — Monday, Nov. M—BALISBURY'S TEOUBADOURS. | eS crTABLE CO-OPERATIVE HUILDING | bonds at pat and coaued Intron The menkiy.| Mation to be filed. The reasons assigned for the If an information could have been filed at all, it | Senate to the democ. ats by 2 majority and the as- Fors OPERA HOUSE. Ce RR Hon {Subscription books will be | purchase of $2,000,000 was not, therefore, made | Motion are such as itis inststed would have pre- | would be proper for the court to examine the oath | sembly by 2 or 8 majority. ane open, and payment on shares in the THIRD issue of Yesterday, and the money market was not assisted | vailed against the application for leave to file in | accompanytug It to see whether probable cause ts RETURNS FROM SARATOGA COUNTY. ‘NCommeneine THURSDAL. Novenber Toy | 1p wares, Uns banc un Ate November | by tne Triasury aisburscanent of that amount. 1C | the rst instance had the defendants been offered justiy’ any onicer in tsuing. warrants for the | rBAZMTON, N.Y. November 10_—Complete re > Pay Morsmpreey tah wa bby order of the Board of Directors. | Whether, if the offeriuge equal thes amount next Fee ee Te ae te nl erea, Mite | personal arrest of the sorused parties: 1 concetee County ake oT ce Eee = es JOHN JOY EDSON "Neeretary: G1) ith Breer eatin. | Week, the purchase shall be #4,000,000 Instead of Mei Quins OF deep Snteeee ton of this | it to be not only not necessary, but of doubtful eM tatctani ci . EVICTION, weet, over Parker’s Book Store. n8-eod-tl9 beget to make up for the absence of a purchase treat vod wie a preadthot view, a depth ae esearch pipne, ro — ee ; eta * Minnesota. and a force of reasoning, on sides, never : Me heen tae ‘THE BIG REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. ‘As played over 600 nights in England, Ireland, Scotland | §-¢P~ ae fore surpassed in thiscourt. Tshould Be giad in- | MOrmation tu this case has been assatled On| gg PAC Aa COT NN ORT ng trom ‘and the cities of Ameri Postuaster SraTHaM, of Lynchburg, Va., when varlous groundsaffecting Its merits. Tt is clilmed principal —_— DO YOU WANT A PURE, BLOOMING COMPLEXION? Ee b aa = aneclr i deed to do justice to this discusston—the only way that it bles . oe oe ing Its Et < + De offe ed | precine sting about half the votes of the state ‘The present sufferings of Ireland realistically portrayed ie he assumed charge, Saturday, found himseif in 8 | in which itcan be done; that 1s, by a careful re. Dechuse the Ants RlIeL eee Min the “omtielad | £1¥e for governor: Hubbard, (rep.), 34.387; John- - feo, afew applications of Hagan’s peck of trouble, the late assistant postmaster and | view of all the positions maintained and combat- sae De ped Were Within the oMictal | Sin, (dem.). 11,447. Hubbard’s majority will be HAS. E. VERNER, several of the clerks refusing to render him any | ted. But this is a task which would require much | “cretion of the principal defendant, and the | 35 00 or 40,000." And his Excellent Dramatic Company. MAGNOLIA BALM assistance. Jn response to a telegram Postmaster | tine and labor, whereas the view which Ttake ot | ODlY allow ani criminal proceeding against mim |» “ Mississippt. ‘Thrilling and Realistic: MAGNOLIA BALM Or eee ee eee Or ger S Aa Ie ere areeo mee | rama: watch be; ConA GriMinAlly; eoneee a RETURNS FROM WARREN COUNTY. meen dnc dare row each ober. MAGNOLIA BALM Mr. 3° Parish, tohis weet, Pn 2 plgeins the wide tela covered hy thle DELANY deta ana apata Te Tis tree ae | Se eg ee Wednesday. i ate. ae again, ne = 7 y aa ae Sale of seate will bakin on Wee — Wil gratify you to your heart's content. P. 0. D. Nores.—Postmaster General James wil |, “The reasons which must control my. judgment | mation 18 coutradictory and’ the erie alleged Im | own to tte ad weather, bad roads, and the dis aoe STISH COMIC OFERA COMPANY. At does away with Se Tee Wace is ane Se anay even: Cpe eartiaing tus motion Me within-a narrow | cw rare Gants might Inquire) 4nto then | tal comee oibimebate ee meee day, Enough SonieSERS rows TRIGECLE EX Next week he intends to take a short southern Fe cio dont information, althoueh | ¢leney ofan information on an application. for | has been recefyed to insure the reclection of RF. Ree cEANGE AND RIDING SEROOL | | = SAttowness, Reoxrse. Preuss, Buovoams, t-lp for pleasure, and will probably visit Senator | gn'thenemate geet he ea ration, althoush | to ye to mle its probably not very well settled, It] Beck (vp) for sheriff It is thought the county Halk 005 ¥ strech northwest, on a Wisi nee’ ase Tewsacceciie oe soa Bice Mahone....Col, Thompson, superintendent of the ton, would, {authored by Congress, bea | 1iPe perfectly apparent to the Court on inspection | out=Lle Of Vicksburg ines gone for King (rep. for Seniesa 8 Y viceeh moxie se ls a rullway mall ‘service, went to New York Jast | constitatichal and lawful proceeding forthe prese- | SME NO Dunishable offence is hanged It would | governor: (‘The city of Vicksbung 4s democratic fo Preeti nang were re Tx Ovencomrs tHe FLusumD ArPsanaxce or Hear, | night. ution (of offences of the enide of misdemeanor | Proven enue tee OL, Ge Court io retusa, %0 | the state oMicers and tux wat ne SORIA creer FATIGUE AND EXCITEMENT. MARYLAND PosTwasTERS—Tho offictal bonds of | Heute gn ease tee tie, Practice and prece- hand, 2 wrong has been perpetr ited accoring to Hall for rent for evening entertainments. Apply to J. — the following Maryland postmasters, confirmed at | such a proceeding as legal, without express enact- | the 5! Rolle at ¢ ng toad S.SWORMSTEDT, Agent, 929 F street northwest, 08 | Iz Maxes A Lapy oy Tummrx Arrean Bur TWENTE! | 1h, Gacent cecclon ot ne Bee ae tae ae | Suclt 8 Procending as legal, ‘irectly affecting the Hons presen asto the remedy, | LAWYER TRUDE CA SS 2S ite etrects that | CO TeCent Session of the Senate, h Publio Gervicer ani, Gus ancInioemBtG te the have been dis ., 1t would, in tu ESS. [fy SASK eS Meet Bats, And to "tis Implasible fo aesest is application Stone nay eee Post Omice department, and commis. | Federal courts’ corresponds, in my judgment, to | Judsment, be prove: mforademur-| Cprcaco, November 10.—Lawyer Trude, of this E STREET, Jan27-e0 SH ae er eco awale ‘at Port De. | th 8s of Informations whch the attorney gen- | FEE Or motion in arrest, ; i ¥, finds’ that his lezal enzagements here will 5 7.=-ON AND AFTER TO-MORROW, NOVEMBER | posits and Wand. Ham ae Coc cral In England would Mle sua sponte, and would | , Bubtn the light of what pa aan aoe Paci ent his participation in the Guit Orrosrre Goverxsxxt Post OFFice. ee eee eels spats be iled In this count by the aistriet attorney. EPAnlEGWe oon noting remalaa denne GEE eo ee ae een shen! Bo Bes E i iscontix ne y SI “s Vi 1 = i- | Of course the fourth amendment the constitu. | © Lee elas mS TOE ne er who ts considered an {important W by The reglar Concert Beacon having closed, theander- | Jani and lice’ will beat our aii: Wot sen eace Gat Toe tee ee aeaTERDAY.—rresl-| tion imposes the salutary “restriction. that, NO Hts endl Ones eee tein, the Part of the defend- | Scovitle’s, applied to the United States marsh Mened takes pleasure to announce to the public that the | Zire where we will be pleased 10 receive. all ortlera. Heras Ct ee Ue: ORY ONE Sroniny. > | Warrant shall Issue except upon probabie cause, | #u{S end order thelr discharge. sterday, for transportation to Washington, and Fen at teascuable: rates for Halle, Concetta. Treatriel | Telephonie connections. 7 Fifth Avenue Hotel, in New Yor’ city, yesterday, supported by ath or affirmation, ME. COOK EXPLAINS WHY AN INFORMATION Was | Stited that she had no means uy her Own ex- Performances, Lectures, Public Mectings, Receptions, | _ ©! ___ BOOTH, WEMPLE & SMITH. sited by Postinaster General Jumes, Wayne | Tam also Well satisfied that the question whether y XTRAORDINARY | peuses. Mrs, Scoville had spent all her money c. ; 5° EUREKA SPRINGS WATER (from Arkansas), | MacVeagh, Secretary Blaine, ¢ tor Conkling, | an offense is infamous was determined at common also, atid ¥ led with passes for herself and ‘Th connection with the main hall the: large din- | B® summit, Deep Rock, Geyser (Saratoga), Be- | Thurlow Weed, Gen. Grant and Marshall Jewell. | law by the character of the offense, and not by the | Mr. Cook arose and sald: “Ithas been deemed | daughter by er Trude. Arrangements will Dg Dan, eeommodating 250 veople, attached to | weeds, Bine Lick, Beat ical Waters, ream reseed, | THe Presitent wii return to Washington to-night | punishment aBixed to it. And Ido not think that | proper that I shouldmake a staternene tothe one be made for proviiing Mrs, Parker with transpor- ommodion lens rc gress and othe: rreehly receive: to-morrow morning. mmon law a Mracy was an infamous ae * ri tition. Mr. Scoville’s friends hat her men! Fanges and other practical appiiences of the latest im- | Shd for sale’ou drausht at CeO nOEESW MOLE ee a Unless Its object Was to obstruct or cor | 1 Teference to the fact that the ease against Thoa | EWGn, 3 hag always been more or less weak, and “The dimensions of the hall are 27x50 fect, with a reat- MILBURN'S PHARMACY, Tue GaRFieLD MEMORIAL Hosprrat.—The fol- ne course of pubitc justice, We have nothc | J: Brady +t of the carrying of the | Uat the indications of her iussnity, which'hay city of 500 people. The stage, whichisin| m5 1429 Pennsylvania avenue. | Jowti ional subscriptions to the Garfield | ing to do, of course, with the popular sense pf nited 's , ‘ott tO Sante Fe | alw peen kept secret, have been greatly agura- feteeg ensign nl be Sertabiethd'ean be re- (er OAS Fixture 5 Menioris\ HoapitaL neve teen te elved by ‘Treas. | term “int smous,? ’ but only with, ity technieat | Was not pre Mo the grand Jury: Your Longe’ | vated Uy the trouble Int which she was plunged mo) rif so desire s : 2 i 2 ‘t, | SeHse, as determined by the declstons of the courts | decision has been rendered. But it is due to the | by her brother's te ‘New and spacious sitting rooms for ladies are being | E& = ‘ urer Gilfillan : George J. Evans, Mount Pleasant, : vhatever views | Public, tO me as special attorney of the United fitted up with jal care as to neatuess and comfort. E. F. BROOKS, with Mitchell, Vance & Co.'s 8 | OO} 5: Met x i 5 ohelle. 5 Sty rc i 2 Political Crisis in France. : “ and a quarter of a century practical experience. f can | O10, $5; Methodist Episcopal church, Rochelle, be con- | Stites, to my colleagues and associates, and to the olitical Crisis in France. Dee Sarees aS ches paxthclaiete apy Wo Tueet all competition end sedi at LOWEST RATES. Il, $12.42: Christian congregetion, Springfield, | trolled by the li superior officers of the government to state openly | RESIGNATION OF THE CARINET—GAMBETTA TO THE 029-1m ED. ABNER. _ | mense Stock, Fine selection. Metort Gas Stoves, re- | 111” $13: Baptiet church, “Disom, Til, vase saint | feel ompelied wo avoid the seductive’ field, of | and more uly than his been done why “the mon jf FRONT. caninet 2 SS = = os | Om F Goi Lodge No. 1, Order of Sons of Saint | speculation for the nirrower task of Interpreting | common course was not pursued and why an in-| Paris, November 10._~Atter the cabinet counc Ko, 626 OX EXHIBITION go, 626 | “al E. F. BROOKS, 531 15th street. 2 mee ScRRNCaT Page Sew Temple Berith | the Liws which Congress has enacted for our guid- 1st. The attroctous assassi- | to-day Premier Ferry and his colleagues handed Street MARERITELS ) street = Kodesh, Rochester, N’¥., $25. ance here. nation of the President occurred on the morning | their resiznations to. President. Grevy. who. ac- No. 626 E street northwest, one deor from 7th street, ATTORNEYS. “ ‘The 5th article of the amendments to the consti- | Of the 2d of July. On Wedn: night previous, | cepted them. ‘The ministers will remain in charge Choice Oil Paintings, Engravin Ghromos, ete, also = ————— THE U.S. 4GRNcY IN Lonpoy.—A statement of | tution provides that no person. stall be held to an- a nis raid ed Goce oe ie nu of their jet departments mye Sige ap- and Choice st perhanwings, ure . SI 7 oe es ee Sec] mn SLOWS 8 te a capital Hherwise famous crime, louse, In par im the Ing Ol het in refer- wintment of their successors. resident rev) = Frames, Picture Cord and Tassels, Hines, Nails etc .at Ry es ee oaney-av raw, Reruns Dice a teds te Secretary \) macnn shows | Fi aac n a oeeeaneoent ot aAESReRe We a Grand | ence t the star route cases’ Attar tal xplana- | has decided to summon M, Gambetta, with whoin Markriter'e._Terms Cush. Free Art Gullery. "ol ms 342 D Stheer, Geos NotaL amount ae Fee eee aac von tre. { JUEY: except in cases arising in the land and naval {Hon of tis ease he expressed himself fully satls- | he will have an interview this afternoon. ~ WY a = Opposite City Hall. nT-6m he U.S. agency, blished in London for the Ce ed with what had been done, but urged that the | Loxpon, November 10.—A telegram from Paris PICNICS, EXCURSIONS, &e. ~ Cinuance of ‘the five and six per cent bonds at | section 1,019 of the Revised Statutes of the Dis- | cases should be ‘pushed on’ faplily as possible. | stites that the resenation of theater bos tae ——— ae a 5 enna by sea me jeecnpaiieli ts vere triet oF € ue declare t Ei ‘the Police ou ase ee a edie aa en neces- | officially announcs INCLUDING ADMISSION. @é expense, 1h View of the work accomplished, 1s very orl-tnal and exclusive jurisdiction of | Sary_ preparations and present ) —_—___» —_—_ $3.60 $3.60 small, Indeed. 3 o wainst. the ates } a! rand ints, a = = in ee The Turf in England. ERN ey In the District, not deemed capital or otherwise in- 2 ay following the nation and ¢ 4 RACE FOR THE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP. uN CEs ?) SNUS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ROOM 31, LE a eaepenieatleid a oe was Seana Tamous crimes; thit 1s fo fay OF all staple La eal ao qecament that! Loxpox, November 10.—The race for the Liver- SPECIAL TRAIN, VIA. B. & 0. R.R., WITHOUT | He Droit, Building, corner 8th and F streets north- | annual report of rd Auditor Ferriss shows tha «i Datteries and all ofber misdem A. Gartleld assassinated patel als Bie CHANGE. Wott, _,Solifitor and Associate Counsel in Patent Cases. | > 99 cases under the division for the investigation able by imprisonment in the pentten- ¢ Baltinere and Potomac, depot. “All labor ape = s ‘aS, aS a const Ace, SI . ‘ee! = - me THANKSGIVING DAY. of frauds remain for consideration, He thinks ae anxiety: teens Ne TreSent Peesticin: | years-old bay colt Piraeus, The second place w H. MILLER, that In view of all the cireumstances connected : ene Bech 2 | secured by Lord Ellesmere'’s four-vears-old ches Leave B. & 0. Depot at 9 a.m., sharp; return at 10:30 | J Attorney-at-Law, : a : connen brace all the offenses ageinstthe United | Chester A. Arthur, the Attorney General, the Beret ; Further information addresa P. 0. Box 300. Building, Louisiana avenue, near Tse Tess Wy NOG, See Nr ene quid Hot really | of Columbia, and group them tuto two clisses, viz: | Were overcome with griet— zed, Sor- | py iiton's four 2 a6 Evtrectnorinert. | , ' x Geir couection. "A! Gating ‘against die Caited | {hoSe Which ure capital or otherwise Inramous end ppibling were. 1a oe = SSS 4 22-Im 626 E street wee NEW PUBLICATIONS. States growing out of the late war should now be | those wate not capital or otherwise Infamous. ae ere feared, hoped, prayed. The Wall Street To-day. = SSS = bon ee 7 unzed In this information must be | employes engaged 4u the luvestization of the re-| jew yous Novemine 10-—the Peat’ financtal LECTURES “NOVELS JUST OUT IN THE FAMILY | died by the Third Audiwrsomce'ls given. or the other. iis not capital and | cords abd Mles of the Fost Omics department and | ine (ug? November I the frosts Ananctal ——— a | PPE NEY NOVELS IUST OUT IN THE FAMILY u eee ee ee but It must be elther infamous | procurement of witnesses could do iittle effective | arucle (1:40. Dan. edltton) saya: The Stock Hex- ‘ON B. GOUGH Piace;" 21, “+The Squire's Secret;” 22, ‘‘In the | THe Caristtancy Divorce CasE.—Yesterday at- ee rE te foros phe | Consttintion Wiese tance tase rOpHety Cae generally strong. United States bonds are un SCIRCUMST ANCES” Gealeran®” Price five cents each. Sold by allnews- | ternoon in the Chirlstlancy divorce case xamner| Tent of a grand. jury. It the later, the Police | t was only when the fuifeting Preaer? atest Fee ee et hemeay react otre FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, INTERNATIONAL NEWS CO., Loveloy resumed the taking of testimony. Dr. Vie- | Court, has orkcinal and exclusive cognizance of tt, | lingered, and his physicians gave out strong hopes | Tennes Sey aye Se ee gt the Conxrevational cecal comer G and jot st. | sog12 39 una si Be pee ack tor Christlancy, who had testified to certain let- | and it ae only be tried ‘here upon in appeal rom oH We TeCvery, hay te eR ee case wera uid Dona are strong at an advance of ¥al per reserved without ‘at Ellis, ave. = | ters, including those produced in Giro’s testl-| that court. The effect, therefore, of establishing | ac and iuiJy resumed, ‘The delay, ore, | 703 fe , Tickets 50 cts., at Johnson's. under Masonic Temple: = many) pase ‘Gas-examined, and. testified that he | that tits 1s not an intaraone often ets to throw it | Wich occurred In the preparation of the case, | Cent the litter Ble NIE Seed tigen: Peg Fe Tea se th oe ae aaa #25 | Te AYWARD é& HUTCHINSON, Was chrtaln that they were’written by Mrs Chris-| into the Police Court in the tit thstance.” ‘The | after the frst adiournment of the grand jury, wad | NeW Orleans and Pacific first, and International Boos = ne H : {lincy., George Christiancy, son of the ex-minis- | Judge, continuing, sald it has been suggested that | primartiy and chiefly caused by the aggassin’g bul. | Great Northern | 6s | Tn the st ried Hr dlge testiNed that te’ letters were in Mrs | the act estublis hing tne Police Court has been | Jet, Te was inevitable, however, justinable delay. | navanee of tix por cone, Tue stocks which = = chiistiancy’s handwriting. amended so as to cut off the exclusive jurisdiction, suming active nvestiga Side Tries: ies Seeeahileny Ravcention Gee tee FAIRS, FESTIVALS, &« $17 NINTH STREET, See by acts of February, 187, and June 22d, 1874, but | the Increased hopes of the Prestdent’s recovery, | #Side from ti ‘ 5 ———— ss Socotra aceon THE DEMAND For Carp.—Between 5,000 and 6,0¢0 | he did not so under: cand i, aie? among other things done after consultation the | Stwngth have “Paul, “Northwestern, rake Shore, JF *® For sr. JOSEPH'S CHURCH carp are being shipped dally by cers to all parts | .,1h¢ Judge sud that, “ln the revision of 1874, by a | Hon. Benjamin Harris Brewster and Col. George | Jive Gcranal and Westork Union Telegraph. The Sr. JOSEPHS SCHOOL HA\ HAVE AN EXTENSIVE STOCK OF GOODS IN ALL | of the country under the direction of Prof. Baird, | {ietand the CHiusinel Goer age ohare a CTs | Cemsuttationcs connected with the case. General | Spectrities wilch are notable to-day are Blontne = 2 S = e y : . Baird, ) trict and the Criminal Court were shorn of all their | constitations were hi ron. orney, este! : 2A street, between C and D tortbead. THEIR LIN! U.S. fish commissioner. ‘The demand seems to be | local jurisdiction and the most important part of | General had special charge of the arrangements | Myton and Western. St. Paul and Duluth = r referred, and New Albany & Chicago, which 1s T. PATRICK'S CHURCH FAIR, on the Increase sh, WI thelr powers,” Now, It was Intended in the act of | for the removal of the President, and he leit Wash- | Preferred, and New Albany & Chicago, which 1s NS) gated in priv: 1877 Simpy to oe this Tees eee E meee ay nee EN tes pace ba Gotten a declined to 101 from 163%. ‘The money mare ar ——— courts Where they were before’ the re ne si jon whic cht Ww! cold | cet continues sy at 5a6 per cent for FURNACES, RANGES, LATROBE STOVES, MURDER BY A MoonsHINER._—Commissioner Raum | not to disturb the distribution of power and still boty of the “loved chief of the nation.” | Ke = —_ Pr Mooxsnin : i | t p stock collaterals, and $a4 per cent on nape nati z ction among them as it then existed. There is | Visiting Elberon several times, I at length re- | Cllloans on stocl MASONIC TEMPLE, SLATE MANTELS, oe ae ee Ar he espera tn trot Heya Oornines nine Wee Meas REL GOSE OE ie Maree EG ER Ee ee ee nee 23.9" NOVEMBER 2p TO NOVEMBER 121m. GRATES, &o. STG SMC Ge eden ee ae dear slation (of Chat period. | The object of the | September, 40 28 to be here on the re-ssvembling | fitie mercantile pal is a7 per cent. “The U. 8. = = = Selzed a package of Mlicit whisky from W. act of June 22, 1874, I do not understand; but as ft | of the grand jury. I was immediately recall i BOOKS, & Futter, in. Habersham county, In’ my presnce | gives tothe Criminal Court jurisdiction only of | Elberon. With the least possible delay, on the uaa treat cee ee i , &e. . 2 Fetter Loe, ee purpose to put a bullet through | such offences as are not, triable in otaer courts I | 15th of September I hastened back to Washington | Clesring hou iavicnescuamae is aan = * NEW Books ING. AND. MODERNIZING OF DEPEGEIVE | Getic Min 1 hee jue bet a core | do mot peretve how ivean be sald tointertere with | 10 nonce wth the cat. ocaiities one had The Markee . x DERNIZING OF ECTIVE ave cd : as | the Police Court.” 5 ptliled at diffe calities The Markets. vibe a _ < 2 re Iortally wounded him with a double-bar-| "Jt will very justly strike a stranger that legisla- | arrived, and others were prepared to come. On _ santas Pe an Soe eee | aeecias rexrone or ov mustxess. | Reims cih fog aout otek, one | won Lh tines a eb of te ctl | stepmom toe tater waa surat gy | WASHINGTON STOCK XCHANGE. Pe ee Eek ry, fiead.”" Commission Raum has telegrapted ‘Rev. | uls.t0 bettted by a court cfeated only for the | stalsancut, the grand fury. has adjournes United States Ge extended 334. 4 ad. x s rap! - | summary trial of petty offences against. peace and | Attorney General was at Elberon. He could not | U2i cxtended 3 ty ia ei a ME.De $s. Shunk Screg. yas enue’ Agent Chapman toconstilt the istrit attor- | good onier, Is amolnau ana the Huis tu- | have known its purpose, He dia not. It was wit Uaned States ie i japon author of One Sumnmer, $1.25. Our Fam oo Estima Ne . | Rey and take every je step cure the } rally suggeé-ted, how, by this same legislation, he | out Isls concurrence or desire. United States 4 1- § od ‘Songs and Those Who, y, Helen K. Jobn- | oe eta plein coo ce Sener arrest and punishment of Fulle Offence fe chasstfied with, respect to the distinctfon | It was, too, without mine. The fact that I was | United States 4s, 1907, cotinon setts %, pie SGn. By CA. Youne, Inter, Set hes. a = See th betwen infamous and now:sntamous crimes. | | spe tally commissioned fo take charge of the star | Unita States 4x, 1907, reeitared § $i. Mlusion. by dames Selly? ines. Be LOMATIC PRESENTATION.—Mr. West, the new| ‘The judg Wed, at length, the quaction of | route cases was notc'’ us. ‘The commission was sald take Elontomars whee pe ies, $1. y Ws a British minister, promptly after his arrival here | what constitutes an’infamous crime, and, refer- | openly placed on the record of the court. Neither | Perman moat Sie Sapna Seda i Pow House: grees UNIVERSALLY PRESCRIBED BY THE| Mine application tothe Secretary ct State wo ay, | Hine to Die amenduaent we Conse tion wien | fim tke Disk ate ae he Ne ee ee ees ee Eid yearleouna, by ster 2 Go Pema ah FACULTY s 2 rovides that no person shall be held to answer for | Jury or any member of it, or any one else, had I | Waiacstcek 14, 1901, . Austrated, $2.50. ‘Man Jesus, by J. W. Chad- alaxative and refreshing polnta day for him to present his credentials to Peaplt ior other Infamous crime unless upon a pre- | any notice or intitautiondirect or Indirect, of the 1903) currency Wick, $1. “A fine aemcctuiont of § Booms, eal and Caif- Fruit Lozenge, bo eae Bae Cod Se Ce ey eek pcnnnest or aoe of a grand er aes fod a elect Bes a aoe oa ave ee it. Te oe on ee rs FEANCIS B. MOHUN, TAMAR for will probably, however, take place next Saturday. | ,BUt it cannot be success! afonrpnie Orta, Sticlene ee uae ess | sTwent, "fut 1895, coin. FRAN 3 ‘N, i + a = “J+ | the constitutional amendment in question had | was for a sufficient length of time to preyent an ony Fears sane ° 25 ee han nie one special reference to the particular crimes whieh | Indictinent Deng. foumd tm the see oleae eae | Tarts Spat ep fens ee = hemortholds ae, PRESIDENT GARFIELD AND SECRETARY FOLGER. heretofore hadsheen known at common law ascap- | years from the inception of the alleged con- a Gi 8t ALL READING. me : demonstration held in Geneva ital and infamous, and Intended to limit its saie- | spiricy. It thus placed the plea of the statute of — Ceres comet et eee BEL tt Geneva, N--.)| Macae (ties cheats oo Oo | EO ee the accused. ‘The binding, Ancient and Modern.....$12.00 | INDIEN prepared by GRILLON, last aight t0 honor Judge Folser, the new Secre-| tapiishing a criminal code could undoubtediy | question at once arose shall this cece elo oe = Hotes of s Pisniat.. ace Sole proprietor, ry of the Treasury, the Juige read a letter he | maxe an offence capital which not so before, | be left in a position in which it may be by lapse Feeney pp piper thy pr ee <F Pharmacien de Ire clanse de Is ad written vo Gen. Garfield on the 2ist of Feb-| and in such ‘ould there We adoubtof the | of time? An emergency existed; and to prevent inset Sk Canons Cee wed Sleep, illustrated, | ries Faculte de Paris, ruary he declined the Attorney Gen- | right of the accused to invoke this coustitutional | the possible failure of the ease. on secount Sity Gaslight Go. scrip 50 eralship, which had been tendered him. The fol-] guaranty? And if Congress syould choose to re- | of time running against 1 it was insurance Company. 27 rue Rambuteau, Paris, ts + h-50 lowing is an extract from the letter: “Near the | duce an offence before known ag capital to a mis. | determined to file an information. While in some | Maneitar loses Gomneas Cases | GRILLON Tamar—unlike pills and the usual end of our meciing you did honor me by plainly | demeanor free from the taint of infamy, could | places, and to some extent, an unusual remedy or | National Union Tamurance Compan; = ‘aan = purvatives—is agreeable to take offering me the oftice of Attorney General of the | there be a doubt of its exclusion froin the opera- brocerding, tt was regarded as authorized and | AMiniion Insurance Company. ex Othg: 's Opera House. and never produces irritation. United States, coupling Itwith the distinction that | tion of this guaranty? Orcould there be a question | Sanctioned’ by approved practice and high au- Pep ee petomnen sy “yeh JAMES J. CHAPMAN, hey in ie peppening or a oon ER AE oa of the right of sees to nouere: jaime an PS Saas rected Cees Free List. % ; Bold by all Chemists and Druggists. me to take the p tretary of the Treasury. | offence not before so characterized? Clearly not as v! continuous labor and persistent wot Board of Public Works, Green 88... 25 You did not say what that contingency 13. Your | {t seems to me” and led. Under all the circumstances, as pre-| Maronic Hall Bonds. = PTE es 15 CENTS THE BOX. s19-lewl2w-tp_| words to me were, throughout, so noble and so| “atter referring tothe acts of Congress of 18%, | sented to us, nothing else could be done; ho more, | National Theater Bonds, G*PBATH SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS AT HALF P| frank that if you had thought proper that Tshould | art" arch & "186, Judge Cox continued: dine | notes. Te has been said that on thé slightest | Washington Market Co. i tw know you would have named it This thought t information 1s founded upon section 5440 | notice the grand jury could have been reassem- | Inland and Sea Coast. Co. Bon pad PRI IVE REASONS WHY ipo) Washi Brick Machine Co. St CE. F EASON checked me from asking what it was.” On Feb- | of the Revised Statutes, Itself a reproduction of an | bled. But it was adjourned from the 14th of SALTaGuE ees eae Ge, ‘* Tuary 234 ( held acknowledged the receipt | act of Murch 2, 1867, whitch punishes the crime de- | September until October 3, only remaining in BALTIMORE, Novemb = con For a few days longer we will continue to sell a large 5 > P 74; do. second series, 40; do, past due coupons, 943s, IS EVERY ONE’S INTEREST TO BUY of Judge Felzer's de tion from Mentor, 28 fol- | seribed in the information with a penaity of not | session two days, without any arrangement for | 74: 4°. pee poe pier Selection of Sabbath School Library Books at half price. It E'S fy + do. new ties, 48 bid to-day. ‘Agood chance for Mission and Country Schools to get lows: “T seriously regret that you decline the At- | jess than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, and iin- | reassembling. ‘The recess was absolute. Nor had} “WaLTIMORE, November 10.-Cotton steady and oo try eel torney Generalsiip; but, though disappointed 1n | prisonment’not more than two years Zé may de | Lat any time, from any one, even an intimatio ‘et—middiing, 11%. Flour unchanged and dull, Tad Pceoamais BALLANTYNE & SON, == Iny hope that you would accept it, I shall remem- | punisned then with imprisonment for more than | that the grand Jury could be reassembled, I first | Wheat, eouthess western y—southern red, 3 a 2 ber with satisfaction your visit here and the frank- | one year, and the application of the before-men- | heard of it in this room on Monday last. And it | 1.30al" do. 1.4401.48; No. 4 Maryland, ee = Hand-stitched Gaite se a Cee SY Ons Un CON eat tioned legislation to such a case was con-| 1s certain one of its chlet members was out of eat oe ee = @cHOOL BOOKS # ee com sidered by the Supreme Court, in.the cuse | the District of Columbia, perhaps others. The At- : cm amets besser S' oF ins aie Eason Arrarrs ix Atiska—Commander Lull, com-| of Exparte Karstendick, 3 Otto, 396. * * * | torney General and the district attorney, tt seems, ‘ firm—southern white, 70a BOUGHT AND EXCHANGED $2 Nobby English Lace Boots. manding the Wachusett, at Sitka, Alaska, reports | The court held that + the'tanguagé of the statutes | do not agree as to what passed between them. He ‘68; western nixed, spot aud Novem- ar = #1 Stout Working Shoes, to the Navy department, under date of October | 13 certainly sufficlent to author imprisonment | is not in the habit of noticing any statements made ; December, 678a67% ; ‘Jani Soxat0. ANGLIM'S ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSTORE, ia that every ts quiet in the Territory. On ie Al nitent ar at the disc mn of the cour in oe unis ee aad Se y—southern, 48450; Corcorax Burr = sth, _ varine | 12.all cases where the sentenee 1s for a longer | so. But is indisputable that I, the immediat Cash paid forsl PURE GUM BOOTS AND SHOES. Se ee eta Manos term than one Years, dual tn cases! where the | recognized Ioeal tepresentative ot | the ‘United ; E dks i statute makes hard Libor a ‘of the punish- | States and of the Attorney General, was in no » 000 bushels; corn, 354, 500 bushels; corn, 137,. NEW YORK, November quiet. = NEW NORE, November 10.—Fiour dull and un- changed. Wheat Gut aed Megat Tower. -Ooen dul 2 ees ge ee oe ee ae a a jestern first 565 do. weconds, 21. Hortenie Pertificates, |S: fig. Ste New vorks Onto and Western, 906. NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON. Buried Under a House. gris Ky., November ary ae patch trom ‘Clarksville, Tenn., says: About 10 Gelock Tuestay night a trame Duliding fell dowa With a terrible crash, killing and buryin beneath the reins Commodore Fentress, colo his wife November 10.—The board of trade, city council and citizens yesterday jointly ited a committee OF five, to be Known as the jennipen Canal Central Committee, and whose Duniness it is to take steps to assist In secoring on the subject of et el ne SUbJex nnlpen canal, x in Maine. Sma Mr. November 10. prevalence of smallpox in thts c Ue schools have been closnd. Over 3,000 persons have been vaccinated. There have been Aiteem cases, SIX of Which proved fatal eel Secretary Hunt's Tour, Bostox, eeretury Hunt, who t¢ ona tour of inspection in New England,” visited te Charlestown navy yard yesterday morning and spent several hours examining vartous de Partments, He goes to Portsmouth today : =~ Price of Confederate Bonds in Lonien. Lospox, November 10. —Confederate dollar bonds now bring only 12 shils 6d. per 100 pounds. Rifperorn, ‘Owing to the ¥ all of the pube yenne. New Yorke, November 10.—Dispatches to-day ceport that snow ts falling at Cheyenne, —_—_-e-— Society Notes. ‘The new British Minister, Mr. Lionel S Sacke vile West, enjoyed lest evening his first enters tainment since his arrival here, Mr. Drummond, the secretary of the British legation, giving a dine ner party at Wormley’s in hie honor. As, owing to the President's absence, Mr. West has not yes been officially presented to him, it would be con+ trary to diplomatic etiquette for him to accept an invitation from any one save a member of the British Legation, who belongs to the same oficial amily as the minister. The banquet was noticea- Me for theabsence of any thing Ifke ostentatious, Usplay, either in the menu or decorations, it now being considered in England “very bad form” to entertain otherwise. The flowers were very beau- tuful and most tastefully arranged, and the table was lighted by eighteen wax candles, with colored shades, tu handsome gilt candelabra, nine at each end. ‘The dinner canis were plain white, with an artifical rose bud attached to each. There twenty at table after the arrival of General Sherman, who, atthe suggestion of his host, was permitted to come late, he having had a previous chgagement to preside at the Garfield Memorial Hospltal meeting. The others present were:—Mr, Drummond (who sat between Mr. West, the new: minister, and Clef Justice Wal F Leonard Filley, Viscount das Nagueiras, Mr. Jas. Lownd Lord ‘George Montagu, Major Twining, Coun Lippe Welssenfeldt, Mr. Fredk. Adam; Assistant, Secretary Hunter (WhO represented the State de- Partwent on the ¢ Aristarcht Bey, Afle miral Porter, Count Le plain Arthur, of the British legation Story, Mr. Ede gins Thornton, Mr. George Bancroft, and Col, Cutts. The daughter of a New ort millionaire was ein that city the va son of marry y weddings, exhitdtions of gitts, and th as her fancy to ask only her friends, to meet them at the door herself, and sit pwn With them as if t had merely'come in to luncheon, and when the hour me she stood where she happened to be sitting, the bridegroom having been up to that momeut witting with Uhe guests in the room. When the ceremony was over she divided the bouquet of roses at her waist among her girl (riends, cut @ cake, In which was a ring, and went away under @ shower of rice from her friends, who stood in two lines from the door to the carrlaze, Nobody heard anything about preseuts, save oue,—Uhe house she comes back to. Mrs. C. B. Case, whose beautiful residence 1s at the corner of P street and Jowa Circle, will give a. reception to the members of the Juv ATt Soe clety and their parents to-morrow evening, at 7 o'clock. Should it rain then, the reception with take place on Saturday eveutny at the same hour, Secretary Blaine and his son are expected om Friday. Mrs. Blaine and Miss Alice returned several day ——The Spanish minister, Barca, an‘ tractive wife and daught el now at the residence they have l 19th streets, tormerly occupied 1 Jegation. me. Louise de Bilis infnister’s wife has arrived. The and are now occupying Miss Risley-Sewant’s house on Pennsylvania avenue between 2ist and 22.— Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, who were unable owing to her Illness to return last month, as they had lotended doing, have engaged passage for te day, and will sall f'Mrs. Red's atts selatics has left her.— Misses Lizvie and Rachel Sherman have returned from their visit to their sister Mra Thackara, in Philadelphia. The letter and her husband are moving into the house they have leased.— Lieut. D. J. Gibbon and wife have returned from Philadelphia, and are ab their home, 17 Grant Place.—Mr. H. B. the journal clerk of the House, has and recently emoved 10 a residence in Miche ler Row, adjoining Col. Donn Piatt's former dwelling, in which Gen. and Mrs. Paul are now living.—t is rumored that Col. and Mrs. Plat® will Spend a portion of the winter in Washington, Except a brief visit last month, she has not beem here for three years, and her husband has also been long absent. oe ‘The Quartermaster General’s Annual Report. HALL OF RECORDS—THE NEW PENSION OFFICE, ETO. In bis annual report Quartermaster General Meigs renews his recommendation for the erection of a hall of records—a building for the safe keep ing of records of the executive department not im frequent use. He refers to the proposed new butiding for the Pension Office, and says thas owing to a verbal defect in the law ding for the erection of this nit bas Geen and’ st is impossible to begin the ‘work, and he recom mends further tive action, The moneys for the service of his, department, duri amounted to $13,857,187.58, and the ‘were $12,151,891.53, ee balance Chinese Danish > rented the United ——— ee Improvement Claims Rail STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY RIDDLE. Attorney Riddle has furnished to the pistris Commissioners a statement, giving a summ: ry of ‘the advice and action of his Mice upon tye sub sisting claims of the District versus the Washing- Rg ge nies and the Sony nies, for work done under the old board of public. works. The antes, Mr. Riddle says, were obligated by their charters to pave the entire space between two lines drawn along their tracks two feet beyond the outer rafls. In the instances named the board + works was obliged to do the work, erroneously cherzed 6 to the owners of real estate abutting on the various strects and avenues. Upon revision of the assessment the error was correc and the amounts were charged to the rail! companies respectively. ‘There was no law which this charge could be regularly A against the raflroad compantes, nor could certifi- cates of indebtedness be issued against ‘This view was by the House ct com mittee. Being unable to ‘the com into court on an it of facts he had commencea suits against them, which were now pondinz in the Court in General Term. In the act of June 11, 1878, for the permanent form of the Distrit gov- ernment, the law was changed, so that now the cost of such ements may be assessed against and made a Men upon the street railroad property. * —_.__ District Government Affairs, Henry Krause has been appointed an additional patrolman for one year, to do duty between th and ith and H streets and New York avenue, ii i i ! H I H Hi