Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1881, Page 2

iS) {Continued from First Page.) Shaw nse fo have In his office. T haven't seen him Mr. testified to knowing Guiteau in Mr. ce in ISTl. Guiteau, he said, had proposed to him once to go into a fraudu- - by which, through a tricky transfer, they were both to be benefitted; the witness had declined to go into it. CORKRORORATIVE TESTIMONY AS TO GUITEAC'S DEC- LARATION THAT HE WOULD BECOME NOTORIOVS. Mr. Edwards said he overheard the conversa- tion between the prisoner and Mr. Shaw, in whieh the former said he intended to become noterious. He mentioned Lincoln and Booth, and said he would be notorions, too. Mr. Shaw said if he was notorious in that way he would be hung, and the prisoner said that was another thing. CROSS- EXAMINATION HY MR. REED. Mr. Reed, who was sitting behind Mr. Sco- vilie, took up the cross-examination and drove in the questions very rapidiy. The witness having been studies, said-he had been studying several years anil expected to enter the bar in a onths. “They have not the same practice in New York as in Chicago,” remarked the district attorney. “Very replied Mr. Reed. ‘ou may have been admitted in Chicago; 1 Bare no doubt you were.” Mr. Reed referred to Mr. Shaw’s testimony, in which he said that nobody was present when Guitean told him that he intended to imitate Wilkes Booth. The witness ssid Mr. Shaw is apt to get excited when on the witness stand. GUITEAU CONTRADICTS THE WITNESS. The witness being futther questioned regard- ing the “Wilkes Booth” conversation, the pris- oner said: “this whole talk is a pure fiction. his law | 1| never said a word to Edwards or Shaw about Booth. [ never talked to him at ali. The witness said they had not paid much attention to what Guiteau said. because they used to hear very funny conversations from him. Mr. Shaw had said, “No one will bother about what he said. He used to get off things that other people would not think of saying, the witness said, speaking of Guiteau. The pri oner used to tell of the immense losses he had in the Chicago fire: of hig immense business e used to magnify things so ht it very strange. GUITEAU ‘SES THE WITNES “This wl thing is an absolnte lie, men,” said the prisoner. “‘What isthe use of spendi ny more time over it ?” Speaking of the alleged real estate transac- tions referred to by the witness, the prisoner said ‘his is a perfect farce. This man used to be a scrub clerk in Mr. Shaw's office. The idea that I would go and consult a lumpkin like him on real estate busi Itisa great farce and the court ought to kick the man out.” Mr. Reed having sat down, expostujated with the prisoner quietly, when the latter broke out aloud, referring to witness: “You make too much out of him. ¢ hima k and let him go. He says he is no lawyer and hasn't brains enough to be one after ten years’ effort.” Mr. Corkhill having asked the witness if he had ever loaned the prisoner any money— “A man like him loan me money. ha! ha! ha!” Jauched the prisoner, ~a little clerk in a law mee The witness having exhibited a memoradum ima diary to fix a date, the prisoner said: is sometiii subpoenar When the witness left| the stand the prisoner | “Do se, gentlemen of the jury and the | denounced the story told by him as false. you sup court.” be said, “that if I had wanted to kill a great do it. Why didn’t 1 go for General Grant or Conkling or some other man? There’s not one trath in what this man said or what id about that man Booth.” EXPERT WHO THINKS GUITEAU IS SANE. Dr. Seldon H. Taleott, ot Middletown, New York, was then called to the stand. “This man is going to tell whether my free troyed on the 2d of July,” said the prisoner with a sarcastic laugh. The witness said he was medical superintend- imsane at Middletown, New York. He had ex- amined persons who had attempted murder un- der the delusion that they had been instructed te commit a murder by the Lord. The charac- teristies of such cases were great excitability and hallucinations; those whom the witness had examined, announced their murderous inte: tions beforehand. He had never known a case where a prisoner had claimed insanity asa de- fence forcrime. He had examined the prisoner on Nov. 30th, and Dee. 4th, at jail, besides ob- serving | ‘was sane on the 2d of July. “How much do you expect to get for that opinion?” asked the prisoner. ‘You have been lying around here three or four weeks. You ought to get $400 or $500.” The hypothetical question was then pro- pounded to the witness, the reading of the long question being waived. The witness’ reply was that the prisoner was sane. Mr. Seoville objected to the question and the “I don't care if 500 men came here and swore Twas sane on the 2d of Jul wy free agency?” “What is the use of saying that so often?” re- marked the court. “I want to get that down solid,” said the Prisoner. has gone far enough. It ought to be stopped.” “I am my own counsel,” said the prisoner, “and I have as much right to talk as you have.” Mr. Davidze again insisted that the prisoner ‘thoald be kept quiet. “I don’t pretend to say,” said the prisoner to you are. @UITEAU THINKS MR. DAVIDGE MAD BETTER GO HOME. ‘Mr. Davidge still insisting on having the pri- soner kept quiet, the prisoner said tohim: “You ‘@re altogether too talky this morning. You are ‘Worse than a boy with a diarrhea. You had ‘better co home.” ‘Mr. Reed having left the court room, Dr. Tal- | estt was cross-examined by Mr. Scoville. The | ‘witness said insanity always proceeded from a @ixeasedl brain; it was true that the disease | could not always be detected; many insane peo- le had died, and on post-mortem examination Borsizn of disease of the brain could be found. ‘dw answering Mr. Corkhill’'s hypothetical ques- Gon the witness was asked whether he assumed | § the prisoner was honest in his idea that he | Soc wee inspired. “I don't believe he was honestly inspired,” ‘eald the witness. “Was I dishonestly inspired?” asked the “I either was inspired or I wasn’t. is a°matter of fact. The Lord knows | ®. and a great many people ate getting to ‘know it.” i “Do you believe that people ever have Inspi- vation 2” asked Mr. Scoville of the witness. “Not of that character,” replied the wit- | Besa. “That settles you,” said the prisoner. “You ‘had better send in your bill and go home.” ‘The witness said he did not believe that the er was honest in his statement that he was red. court, at 12:30, took a recess for half an i ‘The Afternoon Session. ‘When the court was reconvened at one o'clock ‘She cross-examination of Dr. Talcott was re- i¢ has probabiy made since he was | an I would wait eight or nine years to | m in court. Assuming the testimony | of the prisoner to have been true, so far as he | knew, the witness was of the opinion that he | said the prisoner. | “I don't care a snap. What do they know of | INKS IT TIME TO STOP GUITEAT. | “It seems to me,” said Mr. Davidge, “that | Safficient has been developed to determine the | Prisoner's free agency at the present time. He : Knows enough to behave in court, and this thing | Davidye, “timt I am any more insane now | The Witness—For al! ed perjury. ry The Prisoner—The judge said you ought to be | in state prison. My. Seuville (ang The Prisoner—I we Mr. Seoville—Thi the case. The Prisoner—We w morrow. This is y )—Now, shut up. i will go on. have a new man to- day, Seoville. 18738. committ in reward to the p Did you swear The note of $1.0 . There were ten or, fice. While the vile crime, through a mercifal pro- ence over the nation, reaped discord, unchained no new {| Supreme Court. eleven notes of t mounts. Then again you swore you had not paid it? that question. Mr. Scoville—I have a right to know the fact. The Distriet Attorney—The case may have beeu kicked out ot - The Witness—it was. The District Att —Were you ever con- vieted of perjary ? The Witnes a you were mor- Lity of perju e the record. ness—i have the record here. ere iried for perjury ? T wanted to be tried. ped upon your ewn you weré inistaken you swore to a Ii The Witness—I ys taken in swearing to the wrong note. What I testified to was e actly true in regard to another note of the same amount and same date. Mr. ville—That will do. The district attorney said that he did not de- sire to crose-e pine the with who, however, it. hat in the note case and testified as to one he was testifying as to | ner (contemptucusly, to the district Mr. Scovill The Prisoner—We've got through with you. The Wi —I would like to jain. fam ted th soner. and the district attorney— oville—I object. Mr. The Court—I think we have had enough of | Moins gibe this. Thewitness denied that the judge had, in the | Pees. Apia He ie iy perjury 7 Be Sti " 7 yocate, inst ourt, vilify - Beabed Wat Ne bun anniGritetie LUE Renin | dice the wovctument and its yitnoosa. tee Ces | oneal thts oleae et ee des oe oie | wuage, and act in the most indecent | derstanding! Is this slur to be cast upon the noble | held peace o' | army of advocates and tie profession of law? | the police would notice and abate this nuisance Scovi A I 5 : contempt of court should have been ‘firmly met | Hoping fora favorable recognition of no- | 8. ho} embers would, in Mr. Scoville gave Mr. Shaw notice that he pt of court should have bee mly met Pp ei consideration of that fact, cive their support to He hoped the time wouid come when they could meet in a room of their own large enough to accommodate ail who wished to | attend. In conclusion he read letters of regret | | for non-attendance from Mark Twain, Robert C. Winthrop and W. T. The first toast, | stated that he had authority for that denial. The Prisoner (excitedly, and yet with acon- Vilest temptuous smile on his face)—Shaw’s state- | manner? ment about Booth is the most extraordin: Statement that ever came from a human montii. | TH would call four witzesses to testify in regard to the perju case. The prisoner (still referring to Shaw’s state- ment)—There is not one word of truth in it, and | 3 fone f | you know it too. God Almighty will cu: nu | tty in the permitted license of this trial. ‘The } u | assassin in conducting his own defence really males but one point—witii a lucidity characteristic of the di he incessantly ” The irresponsibility of crime, and the re- | 16: i mL is the one poi for it. I never talked about Bovth to you in my life. You are marked for life. It is the mo: extraordinary lie that ever was concocted. I never mentioned the subject of Booth to Shaw. It is not likely I would wait ten years to. kill some great man. It is the most outrageous | SPO" thing ever concocted by human being. It is a} i lie on its face, and any intelligent man would | Say So. somewhat similar conversation with the pris- ouer. Mr. Scoville—Is it that man Foster? I thought | you would leave him to the last, sothat we could not look into his record. The witness to whom the district attorney alluded was not in attendance. He was not— so the district attorney stated—Mr. Foster, but | one who had heard the prisoner make the state- | | ment in Washington. But he (Corkhill) did not intend to bother the jury with any of those wit- nesses. The court then (at 3 o'clock) adjourned, the 1 {prisoner as he was led out continuing to de- nt of the State Homeopathic Institution for the | aw, and declaring that his testimony grace to the American people. TRIAL NOTES. Congressman Gunter was present this morn- ing. Guitean needs shaving again. There is just of stuble beard on his face to make it ailmeits.arising principally from indigestion con- sequent upon their confinement. His remedy is, plenty of exercise when not on jury duty. Se The Late Mrs. Justice Swayne, To the Editor of Tue Evextne Star: Tur Star of yesterday's date communicates the sad intelligence of the death of the distin- guished lady whose name appears at the com- mencement of this artice. The writer finds an apology (if, indeed, one is needed) for penning | this communication in the fact that he was | hi known to her during the period of his boyhood as well as in the years of mature manhood, and that the family of which she was a member wor- shiped in the church in Virginia which he at- tended. Mr. Swayne and Miss Wager were mar- ried by Rev. Septimus Tustin, then pastor of the Presbyterian church at Charlestown and Har- per’s y, Virginia. Mrs. Swayne brought to the disch: of her duties as the wife of Mr. Noah H. Swayne, then a talented young mem- ber of the legal profession, practicing at Cul- peper Court-House, Virginia, all the elements ot character calculated in great measure to minis- |ter to the success of the subsequently distin guished lawyer and justice of the most renowned tribunal America. She was cordial in man- instructive in conversation, unostentatious | in her life, sincere as a friend, and consistent as a Christian. Mrs. Swayne bas been physically enfeebled by disease for some months, and whilst enjoying the affluence of domestic comforts, yet conscious of a faithful performance, as far as may be, of allthe trusts vonfided to her. At last, “Like a shadow thrown By a swiftly passing cloud, Death fell upon her.” Washington, December 2, 1881. ee ELEcTions oF OFrFicers.—Harmony Lodge,No. 17, F. A. A. M., last evening re-elected the tol- lowing officers; N. C. Martin, W. M.; 0. S. Fir- min, 8. W.: L. H. J. W.; W. A. Yates, Sec.; Jos. Barton, Treas; J.S. Gray (new), tit ler. Proxies—Jos. R. Rose, C. H. Underwood, A. H. Shattuck... ..New Jerusalem Lodge, No.9, F. A. A. M., last evening elected the following officers: W. E. Dennison, W. M.; M. O'Connor, 8. W.: H. Dingman, J. W.; E. H. Chamberlin, R. V. Godman, Treas.; W. S. Thompson, trustee: J. Haywood, tiler. Proxies—A. W. Kelly, E. Lawson, E. Chamberlin. aa Amicus. River Trape.—Harbor Master Sutton reports | arrivals at the river front as follows: Barge Lawrence Dempey, Philips, 273 tons coal ¢or city dealers; barge Agnes Allison, Vita totis coal, same; barge A. B. Burk, Detroy tons coal, same; longboats H. C.F Sally, with cord-wood for Johnson Bros.; pungy Sarah Jane and sloop John Williams, 1,200 bushels oysters, for market; sloop Sarah Jane, pungy Sarah Jane, and scbrs. Octaya, Wm. Tot- ten, Lizzie Regan. United, W. J. Dennis and George W. Ganders, all’ with oysters—4,000 bushels—for market. eg MARRIAGE LICENSES - have been issued as follows: Chas. P. Anderson and Mary A. | Barnes, of Montgomery or Md.; Samuel | Scott and Barbara Johnson; Eldri and Nannie Maria Holmes; Davis Miner and | sumed. The witness said he did not think the | Sarah Alexander; Solomon Burke and Clara Prisoner was trying to deceive him when he vis- | Coleman: Frank Morgan and Elizabeth White, ited him at the jail. He had sometimes though that he exaggerated his natural tendencies to ‘egotism, irritability, and ingratitude in the evurt-room. e wonsistent with either sanity or insanity. ‘The Witness Shaw Again. ‘ADULT. DAY IN COURT YESTERDAY CLOSED WITH AN EXCITING SCENE—MR. SCOVILLE AND GUI- TEAC ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH A WITNESS. ‘The general dullness of the Guiteau trial yes- ‘terday was only redeemed at the very last mo- ‘ment of the session, when there was one of the ‘Most exciting scenes of the trial. The ‘ngs were reported briefly in the second edition ‘of Tue Stax last evening. | both of co.; George Armstrong aud Mar- Daniel T. Wood and Annie R, | | Johnson; Edward Saunders and Alice Coo} Alo; ee Malone Sig py K. ae poe Such e: tions were of Charies count, jd.; Clement - West and | sero ba Sarah A. Lindsley: Wilfred C. Atchison, of Shen- @ndoah county, Va., and Lydia-C. Minnick, of Rockingt: county, Va.; Silas Fox, of Lake garet Haget George, N.Y., and Katie Kallaher, of Richmond, Va. pe mee es Ncad Dexps ix Fer have been filed as follows: E. D. Lou = P geben Ce n. ig ne |: ai . F. leby et al., trustees, to lary EB. iden, a Bee, 373; $2,595. Eliza Barry 2 Hoge and ‘Mary Breen. pt. 31, sq. ‘ormick, pts. ‘ ‘The Avsassin’s Trial. To the Editor of Tux Eventxe Stan: This trial, owing tothe manner in which it fs being conducted, is likely to become in some so on, and I wil) get off | senses, as to consequences, a greater calamity | to the nation than has resulted from the perpe- tration of the hideous crime itself. The universal sympat! | the beloved and lamented Presi What was the perjury allezed to haye been} mon homage paid to his fortitude in all that rhat 1 had given false testimony mastertul stra $1,000, me 1OF | the country SALE OF BOOTH'’S THEATER, and a Half Hour’ Solid Work at} Five Hanared ana Fifty Thousend Dellars Realized for Ove: the Amount Originally RESPONSE TO| the Great Tragedian. SPEAKING ON “THE CIBIZEN’S DUTY TO BB a| From the N. ¥. Herald To-ds: | The massive building on the southeast corner of 6th avenue and 28d street, better known as ambed to the demands of trade and commerce. past this property, having reverted to the estate of Oakes Ames—the gentleman who always placed his money where it could do the most Zood—has been in the market contract was actually signed for its transfer to | Mr. J. Angustus Page, who secured it for #550,~ SOCIETY NOTES. Justice Matthews, of Ohio, has leased ex- Senator Tharman’s house, and with his family, including all three of his daughters, will take possession of it about the end of next week. PILGRIMS’ SONS AT DINNER. PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S GRACEFUL THE TOAST IX HIS HONOR His wife and daughters will receive with Justice , al the residence ofthe latter, New y forthe tragic fate of dent, the com- When was that indictmeaf for perjury? In | . Sun to-day. : At the New England Socicty’s dinner at Del- | Booth’s Theater, has atiast sui Monico’s last night the usual method of arrang- | ing the tables was varied to make more room. The chief table was placed on the south side of the large dining hail, and from it ‘at right angles ran five long tables reaching to the In the center of the chief table was a great bank of roses with the name It wilt probably be remem- bered that the Pilgrim fathers landed in Massa- chusetts 261 years azo. I tables were vases of flower lamps with colored silk shades. ofthe hall was covered with American flags Above was the banner ofthe society. There were a number of elaborate designs in su; among them a grain elevator and an Indian dance, in colors. Two hundred and sixty “Pil- grims” sat Gown to the tables, and ate brayel: p.m. For lack of room 240 oth Pilgrims who had wished to do the same thi had been refused permission. It was the suciety’s seventy-sixth anniversary. President Arthur arrived at the hotel at > unattended. He was met by Mr. Charles B. Stockwell and Mr. Cliauncey M. Depew, and was escorted to the seat of honor at the chief tavle. When he appeared the members of the society rose and cheered. handkerchiefs were waved, and the applause continued until the President bowed and smiled his thanks, On his left sat Vice-Presi- dent M. W. Cooper, who presided over the di Among others present were Chauncey Depew, the Rey. Dr. The death of the wife of Mr. Justice Swayne ‘day was a great shock to the friends of d will cast a tinge of festivities of many yne had been fe for life, united all sections of ad Garleld, dead and entombed, the note? | les encircied by the aureola of vicarious sacri- | households. Although Mrs. Sw: an invalid for several years past, her health had apparently improved lately, and the news of her death was, therefore..all the more startling. Judge Gray, the latest addition to the U ‘® bachelor, and will, it be by far the largest man on the bene! e over six feet in height, and stout in propor- t yester the family in this city. sadness over the holi : } tection of Prov’ The District Attorney—You necd not answer | eee teiitear forces of destruction to their wild work, but Repetaee 1 by ali in its naked truth as the act of one depraved will—and one elietion, God was merciful Then this great country | submerged into depths of sorrow, rose ;the sublime height of self mastery, an | recognizing the magnitude of the crime,. yet protected the criminal under the «gis of *. He has been protected, that he alt with, not according to the just fre | the outraged people, but by process of legal down in cash to vind the contract. The premises | now produce an annual rental of about $42,090. The Booth Theater building has a frontag 187 feet on Wd street and 79 feet on 6t ue, and covers about seven lots in all. | the actor, entered into this enterprise he paid $260,000; exeavations, 260,000; building, $700,000; total, #1,020,000. Thisamount shows the total cost to the eminent actor. but unwise invester, when he sunk his entire tune in that building. The appointment of ex-Senator Howe to be Postmaster Generaliadds another widower to the already long list of unmarried men now in laces here. He has. however, a married daughter, Mrs. Enoch Totten, who resides here, and also a dang! Miss Cecile Hunter, of Savannah; Miss Cludia Money, of Mississippi, and Sallie Clark, pupils of St. Joseph's Academ arrived in Washington yesterday. in during the holidays.——Mr. itor and proprietor of the Norfolk Banner, and his sister; Miss Lillie Ellis, are the guests of Dr. Fenwiek.——Mi: Ellis and Miss Annie’ Martin, of Norfolk, are ¢ the Christmas holidays with Mias Sallie Clarke, 1336 G street. growing ferns, and The south side When Mr. Booth. Naturally in dae course of time, owing to the default in payment of mortyayes, it reverted to the original owners, | and the present sale by the Oakes Ames estate, it their original owners, finishes up the history of Booth’s Theater. A ROMANCE OF REVERSION. The return of this property into the hands of Mr. Page is not without a curious interest. appears that about three months before Mr. Booth was burned out at the Winter Garden Mr. Page had purchased the lots on the corner of 23d streetand 6th avenue from the Livingston He had no immediate use for the property and held it as an investment. fter the fire at the Wiater Garden Mr. Booth it to him and offered for the land $260,000, which was accepted by Mr. Paze. The history of the property since that time is familiar to the mith and Ely intend, if noth- ing happens in the meanwhile, to change the structure into a retail dry goods store after the Ist of May, 1882, when the present lease expires. It is of this trial, now in slow length of pro- This trial, now trans- was the head of the nation uress, we would speak. | piring, because who was murdered, is an | various nations, therefore, assist at it, as spec- tion, through the wretch cally under trial, with the world as judge of ultimate appeal, and history to write the i ions in which the exa i tion is being tes ¢ are weighed, we are found crude, very 5 picture present’ even ‘a skeleton of the hateful facts so far evolved? attorney) good. You may , There sits a judze conceded to be ski | go ho: |. is therefore ‘To the Editor of Tue Rvextne Star: Theattention of the police authorities is called, through the columns of your good paper, to the prevailing nuisances now in this part of the city in full blast, viz: First, the constant blowing of tin trumpets by gangs of boys, white and col- ored, both night and day. Last year, for over one month, at this season, it was the same. The noise is simply horrible, and reflects disgrace on jes. The blowing of horns by street Arabs, which was so hideous, was at once stopped effectually, to the great relief of our citizens, by anotice from our chief of police. be as mereiful now, and give us peace trom this Another great disturbance at the corner of 14th and Pierce Place, and has been continued for many months, is the assembling of a large band of almost grown youths early on inday mornings, whose loud laughter, boister- ous seuffling, and, worse than all, blasphemous oaths, loud and frequent, pollute the air, and so How can any pen. Franklin pe estate for £100,000. y, of Aldrich, of Rhode f Connecticnt; Gov. f Rhode Island; ex-Gov. E. D. Jesup, Wm. Dowd, Isaac Bailey, the Rev. Dr. R. D. Hitchcock, Daniel | Appleton, J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Bliss, Commander Gorringe, Orlando B. Potter, Brayton Ives, Albon P. Man, and Presidents Hurst, Kennedy and Lawrence, of St. George's, St. Andrew’s and St. Nicholas’ societies. At the close of the dinner some of the guests conceived the idea of getting the autograph of President Arthur on the elaborately ornamented menus. The idea spread like wildfire, and in a short time there was a throng of applicants at President Arthar was rd of but one idea—to give the A. H. Littletiel r trial—and this one aim, per- nul its utinost meaning, is allowed to How powerless, how hand that would the scales of justic ion ot the harm to be done | obscure all other issu ad you have been from the start,” interjec- | Wea ae | hold even bala The Witness—After the indictment was pro- | 40 amazing ¢ cared I was approached by both the prosecutor ‘by want of force of character! Re great trial, of transcendent importance in its sinks to the level of a great farce. under the infamous gibbet. | we are told the assassin is of his own counsel. him, in the assumed rdle Bap INVESTMENTS un special from Cumberland, Md., “The collapse of a number of Pennsylvania graveyard insurance companies has developed the fact that the speculative in surance craze affected this locality, and that parties here hold policies to an amount exceed- ing $100,000 on the lives of aged persons in Pennstivania graveyard companies. amount it is certainly known that over $50,000 is held in companies that haye gone under since licies were issued, and the balance are re- led as nearly worthless. held $20,000 in‘one Pennsylvania concern. of his policies for $5,000 was issuedafew months ago, and before he had paid the first assess- ment the aged snbject died. Before he could collect the insurance, however, the company the Presideut’s table. compelled by fatizue to desist Vice President Cooper, at whooccupyhousesnear by. Ihave | _ VI society to order. :30 p.m., called the this for a long time, hoping that This was the first time, he said, that the society had liad the honor to have the eremedy was simple. President of the United States one of its own 5 One speculator : It is nottoo late to exhibi strength. We have all had a surfeit of gentle Let mercy be tempered with justice. There is much that is corrupting to the coun- tice, 1am yours, respectfull: 14TH AND PIERCE N. W. ge Washington Narket Betail Prices, sirloin, 18230c. per Ib.; do porter. the President. ——ae OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ACCIDENT TO THE SESSEE.—The following telegram wy department this morn- from Rear Admiral Wyman at New York. It is dated yesterday afternoon: essee off Ellis’ island in fog struck by steamer Western Texas and very severely damaged. have directed her to go te na) Ellis’ island is in New York harbor. The Tennessee was about to sailon a cruise in the West Indies. She had just come from the dock where she had been repairing for a month. The Western Texas, which ran into her, is a / steamer of 1210 tons, and if she was going at any rate the result must have been serious to “The day we celebrate,” was responded to by the Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, who opened with an allusion which elicited hearty applause. In his further | remarks, alluding to the results of the war, Dr. Hitchcock said that the north was now bounded ulf of Mexico, and the south was The north could President Arthur, FRbrTs.—Oranges, 40250c. per d And whither are we drifting as a Christian | 33%Pe | nation, when an honorable court, listens in si- The district attorney then stated that he | “vce to. thi would call a witness who would testify to a | | bounded by the St. L yard as soon as afford to speak kind] son, Longstreet, and Joe Johnston. ag suffering God ot nat he cup of our iniquities shail again be filled, and we must be punished as a nation? This blasphemy should neyer have been mitted a second time, and the churches 1 | well offer up prayers aski ration of His hoiy name. | the impiety is repeated it is an intolerable front put upon the Great Jehovah. Again—one scene that was allowed to take | |b s. how long before | Mackerel, 25c. per 2c. ; Trout, 12215e. per Ib. ; Bi Cath t Yes, they fought for their | honest interpretation of our common charter. It spiration that ordered the British | int, 5c. perIb.; West- | flag to be saluted at Yorktown, where it was | .- We are the enemies of none. We | __ | are the friends and hel | ident of the United States” was the | next toast, and Pre received with rousing cheers. S_at tue” annually recurring to the Chief Magist s just been proposed, and 1 response to it {f I could r Ts, $6aS9 pe i ) $18 per .doz.; Turtle, 25c.a$1 if God to pardon | Philadelphia Pri TY, 50e. v rk, 40a45e.; Roll, 30: 20¢. ee Great REGATTA FoR PRroressia The London Sportsman, of Wednesday, says that it will probably be able to speedily announce a great regatta for professional oarsinen. This and the competition for the championship, be sufficient to attract man; the best American professionals. —— see horror that never ident Arthur on rising was story of the world has it had : 7 | counterpart. We refer to the ghoulish act of ; Beets, 2 a icles habe rig of hi r mquets of this the assassin, handling the bones of his murdered token OMuayaiE nation the toast which h | I would only make forma | feel that the kindly grecting with which it has | rompted solely by your SPEC wistrate. But I cannot forget thitI amaNew Englander; that! am a member of your society; thatI am a resident of | the city where you have made your home. I must and recognize in your reception the warmth of personal friendship and regard. ‘an only trust myself to say I greet you all and thus to desecrate the great dead. mains should nave been held intact and sacred. out of respect to the nation who had elected UATTERS.—A DRowntnG ovT speci: “Last nisht the Atchi- patch from Pueblo say: son, Topeko and Santa Fe Railroad Company dammed up a mill ditch which runs through Pueblo to drown out the squatters on the rail- road company’s land in the suburbs, ilies of squattersand a score of rightful property owners were thereby compelled to emigrate. The total loss is about $25,000. +92" Laxp Sates IN MARYLAN Scott, of Atchison, Kansas, has purch acres of the “Clay Hope” farm, belonging to W. T. King, of Baltimore, and situated in Ferry Md.. for 26.000. F. J. Cor- nell has sed his farm of 120 acres, in Talbot county, to James L. Hand, of Ohio, for $6,500. and Charles Keilholtz has sold_his farm of 191. acres, in the same county, to W. Mr. Burgdoff, of Washington ci land, near Knowles’ Station, Montgomery county, Md., 112 acres, unimproved, for $23.50 per ‘acre. | ‘Albauzh, manager of the ‘Holiday Street Thea. | telegram from the marshal urging imme- more, has purchased from Mrs. Bi feld. her farm of 199 acres, Montgomery count: $3, onored has been for your Chict ife he ever did ne we happened to ex- | we spoke of the win a manner more | the sculptured statues of our great me: always grasped at the ideal, even whi And was it reserved for him, of fine perceptions, to bear this last, needless, bitter degradation: rly. Townshend, who attends to the heaith of iteau jury, states this morning that the are all in good condition, and he appre- nothing of a serious nature ft their In giving the next toast, “The State of New Mr. Cooper announced that the speaker, . Depew, Was outside and would come in to the sound of music. At this moment a waiter entered who bore a strong resemblance | to Mr. Depew, and his entry created uproarious | Depew himself had gone home. Hawley responded to the toust “Politics,” | change a few words with Quail, per doz., —Mrs. Sue M. need of treati 5c. a75c. enc! 2.50283; Rabbits, $202.50 per doz. ~ ——— Pouce Coprr.—Judge Yesterday after our report clo: charged with burglary. Sherman Edmondston and William Lee, charge: of: highway robbel | tinued. Jno. E. Sutlivan alias J. Edwin, J. Sul envelope for private’ pur- ent of postage; failed to seize it. Neck, Talbot count; ne President caught me duck shooting and | bound me to come here. 1 know too much of pol- ities to respond to such a toast inten minutes. I aun proud of being a politician. ‘The country will not be safe until every American 1s a politician, ‘The caucus {is the source of all political action. It Js nonsense to talk of dispensing with it. No con- trivance can dispe.ise with such a source of har- | mony. The convention is indispensafle. day comes when tuere is no party, then it will be a dead sea, a time of political rottenness. Out of ict of parties comes the ‘The ins are watching the outs, and the outs Ins, and between the two the Interests of the | country are guarded. ‘There can be no republican | government Unless every one takes a part in j generally neglected politics, | usurpers Would come Into power, and the country | gotoruin. Its citizens must govern themselves by being politicians in the true sense. Our gov- ernment fs the nearest to perfection and the most honest that ever existed. The toast “New England Education” was re- dent Carter of Willams Col- He said that the New England education of to-day is based on the ideas of the leading men of the last half century. It was introduced | | by the university-bred men of England who To their influence is due chapters of the scenes of the French revolution, ed out, Satan cracks the | ralizing spectacle seems to € fo amuse men, women and children, and press sends the poison broadcast. But this, forsooth, isno laughing matter before h Heaven, although one ma: it remark of an eminent bat to a friend on leaving the court room, where for | a short time he had been a Jooker-on, that he was in doubt ‘as to how whether the court would convict Guiteau, or Guiteau the court.” MaDELEINE VINTON DAULGREN. sae ee \SWER A CHARGE OF BURGLARY.— Jerry Berry, colored, was charged in the Police Court yesterday with burglariously ing the store of Thomas Meley : Mr. Meley testified that about 4:30 ‘ednesday morning when he came down | Colton; 25 or 15 di to open his store, this man who had entered | the store by prying the store with a pile of shoulders and the money drawer, ready to leave with them. was committed for the action of the grand jury, in default of bonds. _ ae ARGE OF ARSON AGAINST AN OLD Wo- n old colored woman named Kitty Lan- was put on trial in the Police Court yesterday on the charge of arson. hard Martin, of No. 231 44 street southwest, testified that this woman was in her employ as a domestic, and she was discharged last Mon- day morning, and later in the day, when no one was in the house, this woman was seen in the house, and shortly afterwards witness came home and found the mattress of her bed smok- The court said that as no part of the building proper was burned, the charse of arson could not be sustained, and disinissed the case. livan, using offi poses, and to avoid the pay fined $300 or six months; appeal noted. Po.ice Covrt.—Judge Snell. To-day, Wm. Alexander, loud and boisterous | and disorderly conduct on the Avenue; £5 or 15 | days. Georgiana Carter, cursing or swearing on the street; $5 or 7 days. Single, John Diggs, and Cath feited collateral. bar in the county open on S Patrick McGunnell, charged with keep- ing his bar open on Sunday; contin Gollibert, assault on Virginia Gollibert, his wife; Tsonal bonds to keep the peace for six months. Newman, assault with intentto kill Charles ys. Win. Drury, a white was charged with stealing a tin horn, valued at 5 cents, from the store of Harry B. ys. Edward Thompson ‘and | young white me down tothe farm fur 90 days. Jno. ite man, was charged with the sec ond offence of petit larceny, in stealing a yaw! | boat from Jos. Passano, who testified that the young man came to his boat-house, in West Washington, last April, and hired the boat and € Jos. I. Hill testified to the defendant's offering to sell the boat to him. The defendant testified that he hired the boat to go fishing, and had a quart of whisky, and told Mr. Passano that he was too drunk to fish and he wonid go again the next day. and he sold the boat while he was drunk. His apear- pearance corroborated the part of his testimony as to being a fisherman. the case to give opportanity to. prove the prior Henry Kaiser and Fletcher Haw- kins, assault; continued. Alexandria Affairs. Reported for the Evenixe Stan. Tue Court H prevailed here that the city | where God bei has purchased the smile at the in Berry's district, 000. Powell, Wm. | < OHIO OFFICIAL For Fore: istant xecretary of the state board of public works, was arrested yes- terday on the charge of forg' amount of $4,000. it would all end, Sohn W. Fillins Fred W. Newburg, ai ing vouchers to the Faise ELECTION RETURNS. Philadelphia yesterday found true bills of in- dictment against Michael J. Fitzgerald, Joseph F. Paul and Wm. Rose, charging th making afalse return in the twelfth di fourth ward, at the last election. The return sets out that John Donohugh, a candidate for | senator, had received 42 votes, whereas the commonwealth charges that he received 58 and —The grand jury of sponded to by Pres vor open, was in the came to this country. the solidity and worth of Harvard and Yale. Ex-President Carter of the society responded to the toast “The Home and Friends of Our | Early Days.” He said that the Irish are driving | out the Yankee, and in course of time tie land- | ing of the Pilgrims may by a company of Irishmen. +e Brown, assistant boo! Keepsie National bank, who was arrested in Poughkeepsie by a United States deputy mar- shal. was brought before a United States com- missioner yesterday, charged with making false ks ot the bank, one Mercantile Na- bank of New York, sum of $17,266.97, and in another entry with $5,197.17, and on the 29th of June, 188i, with A warrant was also issued for the Ponghkeepsie nk, charging him with embezzlement. ND On10 Rat.Roap AND WESTERN ON TELEGRAPH Co.—A telegram from Pitts- burg. Pa., December 22, Rowe, of the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, to-day filed an affidavit in the United States court, asking that arule be granted to show cause ‘Why an attachment should not be “issued for contempt against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company. that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company was operating a line of telegray of the said railroad, in violat! made with the Western which gives the latter the exclusive privilege of nt one | USing the lines along said railroad for commer- » ‘The court granted the rule asked of | for, and also why John C. Griswold and John Barron should not be attached for contempt. The rule is made returnable for next Tuesday. ———-e-—_____ heyer returned it. of the Pough- have to be celebrated | To the toast “The | States,” Governor Littletield of Rhode Island responded. “‘Our Sister Societies” was responded to by Judge Lawrence of the St. Nicholas society and President Hurst of .St. George's. Mr. Hurst thanked the members for the hearty reception of the allusion to the sa- luting of the English flag at Yorktown. English were beaten and beaten well by the Americans,” he said, “and it served them right. If I had lived then { should have been the big- gest rebel of them all. This is the way that every Englishmarf who has trayeled feels now.” This ended tne speech-making. President | Arthur held a reception in the large parlor and was introduced to the members. MARK TWAIN DECLINES A DINNER. Atthe New York New England dinner last night the following characteristic epistle was re- ceived from Mr. Samuel L. Clemens: i. Secretary New Englan The court continued Lor.—An smmpression bas is entitled to five- county one-sixth only of the ol court house on Columbus street, joint expenditures of the jail are contributed by the city and county in that proportion. has already been mentioned by Tux Star, the property Was given by the United States to the governor of Virginia ‘in trust for the city and county of Alexandria.” There is no suggestion in that deed of gift of anything less than an equality of ownership, and it is underst many in the county claim the exclusive right to the court house and jot on the ground that the city has abandoned them. a decree of court, or, istature to settle the matter. Proposed Sate or Crry Prorerty.—The finance committee and sinking fund commis- sioners of the corporation are considering a pro- posal to sell the $10,000 of stock in the new Mid- y owned by the city, for $7,000. The city of Lynchburg has sold its stock cents on the dollar. This is the amount received by the attorney in exchange for $50,000 preferred stock in the Old Orange and Alexandria railroad com- that remains of some #500,000 the city of Alexandria to railroad enter- ‘THE FasTINe Woman.—Interest in_the fast of Miss Violett continues to increase. This is said to be the 48th day singe she has tasted food. Her mothertold the mayor; ter “would fool the doctors years yet.” The past.few day: | Or no change in her eondition. Tre New Towy.—The attempt to establish a new town of Mount Vernonon the extending from Hunting Creek, andria, to the Prings: including Mount Vesnon, will, it is be abandoned as impracticable, Reporter's Ni sons in the Als An Eyracep Huspanp’s VEN charge ot assault and battery with intent to kill against Wm. Newman, colored, was tried in the Police Court yesterda: dressed mulatto,man named testified that he and ys: Superintendent The complainant, a| ewman lived in the same jouse, No. 5 Goat alley, and on the morning of The affidavit sets forth the 6th of this month he came home from an en- yh along the route ion of a contract jon company in 1864, RTFORD, November 16, 1881. Society of New York: ng” already accepted an invita— tion to a dinner in celebration of the two hundred ind sixty-fist anniversary of the landing figrims, Iam forced to decline the sheer lack of st and went to his room and un- dressed, when Newman's wife. who was up stairs in bed, asked him to bring the lamp into | herroom and che did so, and sat on the side of | her bed and tell asleep across the bed, and was { awakened about an hour afterw: | struck on the head with a large then kicked down stairs by Mr. Newman. He | showed the court several gastly cuts on hishead. | Dr. King testified as to the extent of the wounds He testified that he found him completely saturated with blood, and suffer- ing from five severe cuts on the head, and on making as close an examination as the cireum- stances would admit of he could not tell whether dye Hawking | the skull was fractured or not, It will probably need. *, perhaps, an act of the leg- room. And I do it with also with some d lit up and land on different days; for it Enew any g aut all, they must have known thal | ard by being pitcher, and was rancor against received by Brown. incouventence to people by and by With many thanks for the compliment of the committee’s invitation, Iam truly General Sherman wrote from Washington that he was unable to attend the dinner because he had been away from home a great deal lately, and had admonished him that “ought to stay at home occasionally.” +e A Cange or Highway Ropseny Disurssep.— | ¢, imonston and Wi in the Police Chas. J. Wise, in in that company at 10.000 of stocl Some of the cuts were very deep, and a piece of the pitcher was found in one of the cuts, which witness thought at the time was a piece of the skull. | testified that he is a cook at tie New York ave- nue hotel, and on the night in question he came and on going to his wife’s room he persons there. He then got the pitcher and struck the man on the head two or three times. During the hearing of the testi- urt directed a warrant for simple as- sault to be filed, so that if the intent to kill was not proven it could be disposed of on the other charge. The court said he would take the case under consideration. in the Police Mrs. Sherman | Sherman Edi Lee, colored, i Court to-day, with an old white man, oe life, a H ‘and | ing from him a handkerchief containing Wine teatified that he lives in West W: nd he came over to Washington last W. and lost #5 in pennies tied ercbief, and these men seen hi ferday that her daugh- id_ live for many has shown little wurt to-day, Judge Snell dis- eae ony 3 the case as one of simpie assault, and ne 80 daysin jail; indefault be Tevcsed a fine of. are seveh| of which he Was committed. by if adin ra of whom two are ot wish to 1.0, O'Neal & Co. lier of Ci aria ristmas horns than Washing- ton, or the horn-blowers don’t stop so long on the Virginia side to ake between the é him, and mud, and struck him shot and robbed him. There The Jeannette People. JAMES GORDON BENNY D'SPATOH WE AAR PENT 6.000 ROVHLES TO RUSSIA FOR RELIEP OF THE Parry. On receiving the news of the arrival of Com- mander De Loug at the moath of the Lew river, Mr. Jaw in Paris, sent ti wdon mawtt, who Is now < dispatch te Seere- pt of the first news from my St. Petersburg correspondent about the Jeannette, saying that six thousand roubles were needed, I transferred that sum by tele graph throuzh the Messrs. Ruthchilds to Gen- eral Ignatief’, at St. Petersburg, with a request to draw on me for aay further sume required for the succor and comfort of Captain De Long and his party. Ihave to-day received the fol- towii ram from Gen. ignatieff: ned to Communicate to your eon the news received from Yakutsk, n orders to the governor to take ergetic measures for the rescue of Ked crew, together with auth®rity I necessary expeuses, lor which to relmtvarse him,” t everything possible “san government to dy return of aptain you or the Secretary stions I shall do my I intend to send respondent to meet the party on here. and as it will be some days before ts. 7 af seeure De i e haps you or the Secretary of the yacht wish to take advantage of the op- portunity to send dispate or to forward | Messages from the relatives and friends of the y. My correspondent at St. Petersburg tel- aphs me that the distance by wagon to the nint where the crew now are 1s 4.000 miles, ing for a single traveler provided with papier de t least it the Emperor has t all necessary cloth- id transportation shall service of the Jeannette party, | which gives full ut | sible will be done for th $ | James Gordon Bexxerr.” ACTIVE SEARCH POR TUK MISSI The Secretary of State patch from Mr. Huffman, United States change | @afaires at St. Petersburg, which says: n. Ignatiet! has ordered an active search for the second cutter, and will furnish all the j funds hecessary for the journey to St. Peters- burg. I will communicate with Mr. Melville through Ignatiei as rezards possible measures to find the second cutter.” aS The Baltimore Poctor Arrested in i Chicago. THE CHARGE AGAINST HIM AND HIS STATEMENT OF THE MATTER —HOW HIS ARREST WAS MADE BY DETECTIVES. ; Adispatch was received here yesterday and publisned in Tue Stax, announcing that Dr. Hugh Nelson, of Baltimore, was arrested in Chicago Wednesday night by a private detective, on the charge of malpractice. The Baltimore Amerioan 8a) ‘The police department of this city has been looking for Dr. Hugh Nelson ever since he left Baltimore, on the 30th of last Sep- tember. Dr. Nelson, who had his office at the southeast corner of Fremont and Lombard streets upto the latter part of September,attended ayoung German girl named Emma Hummel, who was then a domestic in a private house on Lombard street. The young woman becoming quite ill, wasremoved to the house of her mother id stepfather, on the Frederick road, a mile from the city limits. On the 17th of last — tember, ‘elson visited his patient at | stepfather's house, and was alone with her in | the room during the visit. The girl after this | Visit became worse. John H. Hummel, a brother of the girl, when hearing of the case. became | Very angry, and at his instance a warrant was | issued at the western police station for the doctor's arrest, on the charge of abortion. The officers, upon searching for Nelson, found that he had left the city. The grand jury. upon having the charge before it, heard’ testimon: from the brother, mother and the girl herself. Dr. Nelson was indicted, and the authorities have been looking for him in vain, until the ispatch from Chicago was received announcing | his arrest. Dr. Nelson came from Virginia, and has been practicing medicine in this city for over ten years.” DETAILS OF THE ARREST. Aspecial dispatch to the American was re. ceived from Chicago last night, which gave the following additional facts regarding the case: Dr. Nelson was arrested by Detective Geo A. Hartman upon a requisition from Governor Ham- ilton, an dwas placed in the county jail to await the arrival of an officer to take him back to Bal- timore. He had been in Chicago some time, and Jacob Frey, deputy marshal of police of Batti- more, opened correspondence with Detective George A. Hartman, of Chicago, and the man was “located.” Two days Ago the detective received diate arrest. Nelson was caught by means of |a drop-etter, and Wednesday night was | taken into custody at the Washington Hotel, corner of West Madison and Canal streets. He was interviewed Wednesday nicht, He answered | the questions put to him without hesitation, | after first having denied that he knew wherefor | he was locked up. The change against him, be said, was for malpractice in the case of Emma Hummel, a young woman whom he had profes- ended, and he claimed to have docu- mentary evidence to prove that the girl's brother had threatened him with indictment in case he did not pay him £150. He denied that he had treated the case unprofessionally, and that there were no evidences that any such treatment had | been used, and emphatically declared that be had left Baltimore only because he knew how hard it was for aman in the practice of medi- | cine to regain his standing in the fi trout even after an accusation of criminality brow, against him had been proven groundless. Nelson had been living part of the time during his stay in Chicago with some male friends who room on Wabash avenue. His wife is now in Baltimore. He does not propose to resort to @ habeas corpus or any dilatory proceedings, but will go with the officer to Baltimore. —a ARRESTED For INSULTING THE SULTAN.—Mr. O'Donovan, the correspondent of the Daily News, who recently arrived in Constanti- nople from Merv, where had been in was arrested and lodged jn the Galata prison on the charge of publicly insulting the Sultan. He ‘was released on ‘ail. A O'Donovan was ar- liberty on bail, although the defence ex; that when the offence was committed Mr. 0'Doa- ovan was under the influence of afever. The trial will be resumed Saturday. ——-~= Five Tuovsaxp Li found in the ———_+e2 A New Powrrica Move in PeNnsrivasia.— The —_ committee of the republicans, appointed Senator Bradford county. Pa., elds secret conference in Philadelphia in 3 i