Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1882, Page 1

‘THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Cernor Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th &t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. TRE Evexixe Stan fs served to enbecribers in the eity by carriers, on their o count, at 10 cents per Week, of 44 cepin jer mots. Copies at the counter, 2 @eut each, BP mall poetare prepaid —60 cents a month, One year, $6; six mouth«, $3. [Evtered at the Port Office st Washington, D. C., as pecciid-cider mail niatter:] og ished on Friday—$2 a year, mlontus, #1, 10 copies for $10;20 Che Vz BI-N® 9,025. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1882. TWO CENTS. AMUSEMENTS | Fors. UNCLE TOMS CABI TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY MATINEE, JAY RIALS GREAT St Oxty Turre Mone P: Hundreds 17 FS. MA wed Away Nightly. ON MONDAY, MARCH 13TH, Return of the Great Mormon Play, 00 WivES. 10) WIVES. t Dramatic Picture of the Age, Mormonism what Veuw York Herald. extinguish | Mechanical | Tabvewx.mi10 N4tionan THEATE EVERY EVE 3 AND SATURDAY MATINEE. AN ARTISTIC SUCCESS. » Elite of the City to Wit- ARY COMEDY, MENT. ness ‘TIN DALY HE PA The Bearly half this season cin Daly" € W. Shannon. E. P. oss in years, as acted < tT, New York, ‘udine Mr. Disb Mr. C. ins Geongine Flaxx, . and Miss Marie Pai wines Manager DAY. March 13, m10 John T. Kaymoud as Fresh, the American. Roles SKATING RINK, NE WRK AVENUE, Between 15th and lath streets. BATURDAY AFTERNOO: MARCH lita, SPECIAL MATINEE, Wir Music, AT and Gentlemen wishing to LEARN TO SKATE procure Com Cards for a new | (Clase, to begin NY. It Caritar THE peciaity Artists, the great Dancers, and the greatest of Comedians. Artiste. 30 | (Friday), at SPECIAL NOTICES. 2 SEVENTH OF THE COURSE Free Medical Lectures, given by the Y.M.C. ir chapel, 504 E street, occurs THIS EVENING, “Mental OF EVM TABER JOHNSON will speak of cS ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. The Lake Enstis Orange Grove Company, just or- ganized, have a few shares of stock yet undisposed of. Books dpen for subscription. This company require no advance payment, only $5 per month for a limited time. \No investment si*er ad better, or that gives "of such large revurns for the capital investod. ce. H. F. SMITH, street northeast. asmiran Call at ¢ mi0- oe, malke . F street, near 9th northwest, TC 0 o'clock pm. The general pu {nvited.” Christian peo of ev y denomination 2 iG quested to assist. Workers rally’ FS? MASTER BUILDERS N ae wirned meeting of the Master Builders will be held. at Toumey's Ha and E streets, SAT- URDAY, March 11, at lock p.m. A full attendance is re mportant business m eeicated as mires your considerstion: haste WM. H. JOHNSON, Chairm: THOS. J. KING, Secretary. PLATS DISINF! - ODoRL PROMPT AND CHEAP, Quart botties, 50 cts. MILBURN'S PHARMACY, 1429 Pennsylvania avenue. s CTANT AND DEODOR- m6 (cor DR. GEO. wi ty (Late of Rick N [c=_WOULD YOU BE FREE FROM CATARRH, eS Hay Fever and Cold in Head? Try ELYS CREAM PALM. It ts curing hund:eds of chronic cases. Pric rents. Apply into nostrils with little finger. T have been a sufferer for years with Catarrh, and under a phyeician’s treatment for over a year. Fl T have been troubled with Catarrh for fifteen yoars. ¥lys' Cream Balm has opeucd my nostrils and reduced the inflammation. My eyes are improving, so that I can stand strong light, which I have not been able to do for years. NATHANIEL FEGLEY, with E. F. Montz, Merchant, Wilkesbarre, Pa. ELYS’ CREAM BALM COMPANY, Owero, New York. HIBITION 1 62 No. 626 zt AND SALE AT oF treet. MARKEITER’S, Street Ro. 626 E street northwest, one door from 7th street, Choice Oil Paintings, Engravings, Chromos, ete. also | and Choice Stock of Paperhansings; Picture Freres, Peture Cord and Tassels, Rinses, Nails, ete.,.at ‘Terms Cash. Free Art Gallery. rkriter’s. ais LECTURES pArtor LECTURES. MR. JOHN ALBEE Will read four lectures on (1) Chaucer, (2 and 3) Anglo a Met in. Parlors o w'B. Stockham, 945 K street wari weet, oh the ENINGS OF MARCH 15, 18, 22 AND 25, Kk. Course tick: for sale at BRAD. chet I ake M* FRANK H. CUSHING ‘Will deliver s Lecture on “EXPERIENCES AMONG THE PUEBLO INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO,” In the Lecture Room of the National Museum, on FRIDAY EVENING, THE 10TH INST., At 8 O'clock. aeonen free, and Ladies ‘invited to attend. A dele; tin fh and Gentlemen are copdi- ition of Zuni and Moqui Indians will be pres- ii costume. m9-21 SEWING MACHIN LAries wnt: or rent UERBACH’s, make their selection out of ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS. Rig call particular attention to the QUEEN. the very muproved, ated iudcine by ite us success, fhe very beet ever hada. Examine the QUEEN before Begin any otter. Sie ais ar parr deyartment is comple nt. mente. “All work warranted” in ©. AUERBACH, Cor. 7th and H streccta, SRext door to Auerbach’e gent's furnishing au ist Sore, _ 7° THE PUBLI Do not purchase a Sewine Machine before you have and examined the very latest improved aud Dest jJachmme in the world. THE ELDREDGE SEWING MACHINE Ie the best, because it has lees parts than any other,and Bo springs: all ports and case hardened and nade table set screw, it is self-threading, and so sim- ie that a child can. it. We have also the new SN VICTOR MACHINE and the new WEED, at OPPENMEIMER’S, 528 9th street northwest, St. Cloud Building. Machines Reuted and Repaired. Bazar Paver Fas! ms Vv 7E HAV SAY—THE NEW WILSO TI SEWING MACHINE ‘Will commend itself Lesice all others, van be Loucht @u eney monthly payments. Call and see them at the sla WM. STIEBELING, near Corcoran Art Gallery. Sewing Machine should not her extablishinent uy make rented at $2.50 per me vepsirine a epecial tz PE DON'T MAKE MUCH NOISE ABOUT IT, ¥V But Keep the Finest Assortment of SEWING MACHINES, if well for the least money, of any house in Washing- Renting and Repairing a specialty. 3a18 9th wt ATTORNEYS. ME srarr, & TW nay THOMAS. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, 916 F street northwest. AW LAW, Buiftings 60, Corcora: Practices in II the Courts. N, Bie Attorne: Lay Booms 6 sn Guntou Law Building, 123 ___ #72 Louisisna avenue. benefitof creditors, and thesettlement of BAYLES BROWN, ATTOKNEY-AT-LA «For the past 14 years Rewister in Bankrnptcy for ‘of perscns deceased. Oilice in Gunton Build- img, Louisiana avenue. Jalé-3in ), vee sbecial attention to Collections, Assisn. R. _PROPOSALS. = = = — EALED PROPOSALS FGR THE PRIVILEGES of the Club House on the grounds of the National Association. ruta April I t November Int, 1682, rer Lewis. Schnee © Cece tan ee ee wer SELOCK Me THE PIETEENTH INSTANT "ue Club House ‘o be open to members of the Jockey ‘only during the rubbing meetings isco tne ths Resmwurent snd Cleat Pilla sat ae peivitones will be received sopersialy oe Sanh ‘Association reserves to iteelf the right to reject any @ all bide. 0-40 JAS. 8. EDWARDS, President. SUBSISTENCE STORES. Ef ‘or winter wheat. to contain more and to be free from Samples of the articles proposed to be delivered Prewbraltieg with the Samples of four to marked “Sprig” or "Winter. as tie case inay be. }Arwanp & HUTCHINSON, 327 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, BRANCH CORNER EIGHTEENTH AND P STREETS, DUPUNT CIRCLE. FLUMNING, FULNACES, RANGES MANTELS, &e. + tr all these Hues. n ELECTION—COLUMBIA RAIL s .—The annual election for Di- Fosfor of the COLUMBIA EAILWAY COMPANY will hours of 12 and 2 o'¢lock W. H. CLAGETT, ‘Secretary. be held at the Board of Trade Rooms, T' 14th of March, between the NNUAL MEETING OF THESTOCK: OF ‘THE NATIONAL LIFE I PANY OF THE UNITED STA’ y for the election of Directors of said com- pany forthe ensving year, will be held at the office of the company, 401 street northwest, corner of D strect, on TUESDAY, March 14, 1882, at'l0 o'clock a, m., mi-td J. H. NITCHIE, Secreta tt, FURNISH INDUSTRIES, NOT ALMS. = nevolent citizens of the District of Columbia who approve of the practical methods cf the Associated arities are uryently requested to give orders for muking Fine and Plain Ladies and Gentlemen's Unders wear, Children’s Clothing, Household Sewing, Knitting, Embroidery, Domestic Service, Washing by the hour or day, or any’ work s woman can do, to the Woman's Mosk Derartment of Associated Charities, 1418, F SAMUEL KEI DEY Goons, 930 7th street northwest. New French and Scotch Ginghams, just opened; ‘bost qualities at low prices. Silks, Sating, and ithadames, extra good valnes. (cer SAL 8. SHEDD, 409 9tu StReET NomTHwest. PLUMBING, FURNACES, RANGES, ,JINNING, MANTELS AND GAS FIXTURES. Jobbing in all of the above Branches. §2-Estiwares Fuastaep ror New Wore. {8 E. F. BROOKS, 5 ‘orcoran 5 Agency for Mitchell, Vance & Co., New York. Immiense stock. Low prices. Fancy Campey hades. Portable Gas Lights, &c., &e. jal6 531 15th street. JAMES H. McGILI,, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN BUILDING SUPPLIES, 1421 New York avenue, near the Treasury Department, Washincron, D. Bartlett, Hayward & D.C. Co.'s Architectural Iron Work. Ma- and Portland Cement, &e. 413-3, (ee Pustic vor m 1339 axp 1341 F Street—Jan, 3, 1882. OP chesehully recommend Bi Tron Bitters as th chee: recommen rown’s Iron rs as the best preparation ever brought before the public. W. H. KENEOSTER. Office of Edmonston & Co., Fine Shoes, [Brown’s Iron Bitters is an invaluable etrengthener for the nerves, muscles, and digestive organs, producing strength and appetite.) ml0 PPP A OT A II g8SS5g PoP AA OL aa 8 PPP AA L AA It 'SSSg P AAA L AAA IT 8, 3 P A ALLLLA 4 I *sss' RRR OO Y Ya 1 RRO OY ¥ sa RRRO O YY AA L R ROO ¥ AMAL ,, R ROO ¥ A ATUL 1107-1119 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE axD 401-403 TWELFTH STREET NORTHWEST. STILL FURTHER REDUCTION IN KID GLOVES. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY THEM. 3-BUTTON PALAIS ROYAL KID GLOVES. ‘Te Former Price, $1.35. 4-BUTTON PALAIS ROYAL KID GLOVES. ‘Te Usually Sold for $1.50, 6-BUTTON PALAIS ROYAL KID GLOVES.. $1.00 Worth $1.75. During the past few days we have made Sweeping Reductions in ALL our Departments, to make room for our GRAND OPENING OF SPRING GOODS, DUE NOTICE OF WHICH WILL BE GIVEN. PPP ze | pereas bak Tes FEMALE SA Ht S88 Po & ALLILA AH Sggs8 00 ¥ RRP Y ¥ AE E'RS 8 RAE m2 R ROO Y¥ A ALLLL.. ENTIMEDER. <, per bottle, Genuine BARKS EY SUGAR, for Coughs and Colds. GERMAN STRENGTHENING POROUS: eh We. eG —— SALAD OIL, (im- At a. M ‘RiOGZEWSET'S. PHARMACY, 23 425 9th street northwest. Fo BREAKFAST! CHOCOLATE MENIER, SOLD EVERY WHERE. PARIS AND LONDON. New Youu Deror: 286 GREENWICH STREET. T-tokin Washington News and Gossip. eee bean es Des GOVERNMENT RECEIFTS To-pay.—Internal rev- enue, $399,103.26; customs, $791,344.38, NATIONAL Bank Nores received to-day for re- demption, $343,000. ALL THE Memens of the Cabinet were present at the meeting to-day, Important matters were dis- cussed, Comtna Bonn Catt. —The Secretary of the Treasury will on Tuesday issue the 108th call for the continued 6's, amounting to $15,000,000. ‘THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CoMMITTEE 1s now complete with the exception of flve designa- tions. Early next week the committee will hold @ meeting to elect a chairman and secretary. REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN NO BETTER.—There 1s fo change in the cordition of Representative Allen, of Missouri, to-day. He 1s stili very s! W. C. Hint, of this city, was one of the pur- chasers of the public lands near Toledo, Ohio, at the sale yesterday in the office of the Commis- ‘sioner of the General Land office AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House this morning were Senators Kellogg, Sawyer, Davis IiL, Platt and McMillan, and Represontatives Mc! Kinley, Robinson, 0. . Ford, Mo., Converse, Jacobs, Darrell, Aldrich and Davis. THe OMITTED Worps.—By mistake the telegram of March 3, from Secretary Frelinghuysen to Min- ister Lowell, was given to the New York Associa~ ted Press with the words “for the deed” omitted. ‘The dispatch, as sent and as published here in THE Srak of March 3, ts correct, and reads: “The feel- ing of indignation sor te aced, and thankfulness for the Queen’s safety, 1s deep and universal.” tached from the hydrograplue office, and placed on waiting orders. Chief Engineer Wm. J. Lam- din has reported his return home, having been de- tached from the Shenandoah on the 18th January, and placed on sick leave. Naval Constructor Rob- ert M. Steele, from the navy yard, Pensacola, Fl: and ordered to duty at the Portsmouth navy yard Assistant Naval Constructor Win. H. Varney, from the Norfolk navy yard, and ordered to duty at the Pensacola navy yard. Tag JEANNETTE SEARCH.—James Gordon Ben- nett has sent the following dispatch from Paris to Secretary Hunt: “My correspondent intends leav. ing Irkutsk at once for Lena mouths, and tele- raphs that It would be of great advantage in fol- lowing up search If Noros could be ordered to accompany him. He says Harber will get there Wo late to reach the Léna delta on sleds, Will You Kindly send the necessary permission for Noros.” Philip Louls Noros was a seaman on board the Jeannette, and was one of the men with Lieut, Daneniower.” Scerctary Hunt to-day tele- graphed to Lieut. Danenhower to allow Novos to go with the ¥. ¥. Heraid correspondent. JupcE PORTER AND THE GUITEAU Brus. oF Ex- ceprions.—Judge Porter, of New York, arrived this morning and spent some time in examining the bill of exceptions in the case of Guiteau, in the office of the district attorzey. Judge Porter states that althouzh the exceptions are quite lengthy, their setuement will be comparatively easy, and will require but a few days. THE REPORTED SUICIDE ON THE STEAMER TEN- NESSEE.—The Navy department has received no Oficlal information of the death of Richard 8. Fay, treasurer of the Middlesex mills, and a very rich man, reported to have taken place on board the steamer ‘Tennessee. She ison the way from Fortress Monroe to New Orleans, where she will be due to-morrow. Mr. Fay is known to have been @ passenger on her, and the report of his death ts yenerally credited. A telegram yesterday re- rted the Tennessee as having passed Key West. ‘he sulcide, If such 1t was, must have taken place between there and New Orleans. One of the offi- Gers on the vessel was a life-long friend of Mr. Fay, and upon reaching the South Pass he proba- bly telegraphed at once to friends in Boston. ‘Tue WasuINcroN BRANCH of the naval Institute held a meeting at the Navy department last even- ing, at which an interesting paper was read by Lieut. John H. Moore on “Our merchant marine, the causes of its decline, and the means to be taken for Its revival.” Many naval officers were Present. PROMOTIONS IN THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.—The Secretary of the Treasury yester- day afternoon appointed Thos. J. Sullivan to be assistant chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, vice D. W. Wilson, resigned. win Lamasure was appointed accountant of the bureau, to succeed Mr. Sullivan. Capt. Burrill has been promoted to succeed Mr. Lamagure. Mr. Win. I. Sherwood, who was an applicaiit for the position of assistant chief, retains his place, with Additional duties and aa increase of compensation. THERE will be a number of promotions made in the pension office, but not before the 1st of April. Gen. ROSECRANS when asked about the letter of Gen. Garfield, published in yesterday’s Star, de- ngunced it as a mixture of untruths and misrepre- sentations, and said he tntended to write and find out whe ther it was genuine or not. If it was gen- ulne, he sald, it was a plece of the blackest trea ery toone who had given the writer the fullest proofs of his confidence. Tse Fuirren Court-Martat Recorp, with Judge Advocate General Swalin’s report, has been submitted to the Secretary of War. The case now oes to the President, and the general impression Is that the sentence of dismissal will be mitigated to some lighter punishment. ai PERSONAL.—Mr. Preston, the Haytien minister, has returned from New York——Ex-Senator Bore- manand Special Agent Shallcross, of West Vir- ginla,are at the National.—Representative Jones, of New Jersey, has gone home for a visit of a few days — Commodore Wells, commanding the navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H., isin town.—Mr. and Mrs 1. Noot, of Washington, were registered at the office of the New York Herald in Paris yester- day.— Senator Ferry has returned to the city. General Sherman crdssed the Mexican border yes- terday, on the new railroad bridge over the Rio Grande at Laredo. —Ex-Senator Barnum isat the Arlington.—A farewell reception will be given by the officers of the Brooklyn navy yard on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 21st instant, to Rear- Admiral Cooper, who 1% about to take colamand af the North Atlantic squadron, ‘The Star Koute and Straw Hond Cases, BAIL IN THE CASE OF RX-SENATOR DORSEY, MESSRS, CABELL, MINER RERDELL AND OTHERS. ‘This morning, in the Criminal Court, Judge ‘Wylie, in the case of Samuel G. Cabell, Indicted in the straw bond cases, for conspiracy and perjury, Mr. Samuel Bacon entered on the bond in $5,000. In the cases of John R. Miner, perjury and con- Sprracy, in which bail was fixed at $5.000; certified ehecks {n that amount were deposited unt) Thurs- day next; when a bona fide bond will be ‘Mr, Hine, in Suggesting this course,remarkea that they had ‘expected to have the bondsmen present to- Gay, but this morning he had discovered that thelr property was not unencumbered, At 10:30 o'clock to-day District Attorney Cork- hill, with Special Attorney Bliss, came into court, and soon afterwards M. (. Rerdell, Mr. T. J. Brady, Col. R. G. Ingersoll, A. B. Williams, and others came in. Mr. Bitss sald that Stephen W. Dorsey, John W. Dorsey, and M. C. Rerdell are indicted for conspir- acy, and he would agk $10,000 in the case of each of the Dorseys, and in the case of Rerdell, who was a clerk, and an active one, he would ask $5,000. Mr. i Ul said they were content to leave the “Juage Wylle thought that the amount suggested was very moderate, and would fix the ball at that amount, Mr. Ingersoll said that Mr. John W. Dot had been’ communicated with, and was now in New Mexico, but he would be here as soon as he could t here. S‘ux-Senator Dorsey here came tn with Mr. J. W. Pemphrey as surety, and he was accepted. From the Cincinnati Commercial. ‘There ig. woe among the Congressmen who have been asserting substantially that star route ing is synonymous with patriotism, and that noth- ing would ever come of the disturbance. Attorney General Brewster 1s a man who cannot be tam- ered with, and there Is trouble ahead. ‘The New ork Tinea = tersely: * ey and _consp! to defraud are at the bottom of the whole business of the star route tnieves. The petitions for an expedition of mail service were fraudulent, and the affidavits forth the additional expense of expedition were sworn to falsely. Persons em nares in the Post Office department contribut cir quota to the crimes committed by making false entries and in- dorsements, and by issuing orders for the pi cos the government by means of pret = = See ee AnoTHER LEsson.—James Scott alias Scott Thos. was convicted in the Criminal Court ppm ar geod (a coll of for seni he protested g that he had served h term in speal- AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY. BUSINESS IN BOTH HOUSES THE FLOOD SUFFERERS—MORMON MEMO- RIALS—THE ALASKA DELEGATE—MAT- TERS OF DISTRICT INTEREST, ETO. Senate To-day. At the hour of assembling not more than half a dozen Senators were present, only a bare quorum was obtained during the early part of the morning hour. ‘The chair submitted the response of the Secre- tary of War to the resolution calling fot infor- mation as to the additionat works necessary at the falls of the Ohio river to complete the im- provements thereof in a manner to serve the in- terests of the commerce of that river. Mr. Brown presented a memorial from mer- chants, bankers and other prominent citizens of Atlanta, Georgia, for an adequate appropriation for the Improvement of the harbor of Savannah. He briefly urged the commercial importance of that port, and its natural advantages as an outlet for the products of the south and West. He gave notice of a bill appropriating the amount asked for this year to continue the linprovements. Mr. Morgan, from the commitwe on fdreign re- lations, reported a concurrétt resolution request- ing the President to bring to the attention of the overnment of Nicaragua the necessity of arrang- ing by a convention for the final settlement of all > ie n Tagua, and claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Nicaragua. The reso- lution Was adopted, after an explanation by Mr. Morgan, in reply to Mr. Morrill, that the amount clainis in favor of citizens of te United States Tanged from. $3,000,000 t2 ,000,000, and that the lution did ney cover the counter Clatms of citl- ns of Nicaragua. RELIEK.OF FLOOD SUFFERERS, Mr. Vest offered'a resolution directing ti tary of War to use steamers and other longing to or now employed by the government on the Mississipp!_ and its tributaries, in the trans- portation and distribution of the rations and sup- piles furnished to the sufferers by the recent over- How, and providing for the necessary expense thereof. Mr. Vest explained that there was a dim- culty in getting the supplies to points in the inte- Fior remote from Memphis and points on the Mist sissipp!, and that smail boats were required for thts purpose. Hundreds of te sufferers were on the point of starvation, and the people of the west and southwest were 'generousiy responding tor their relief. ‘The object how was to render cer- taln boats under control of the government eng!- neer corps available. Mr. Cockrell had read a telegram from the Mer- chants’ Exchange of St. Lous, urging that the as- sistance of the government be continued in_ view of the dis-ouraging reports received trom the in- undated districts, “The resolution passed. Mr. Dawes reported back the fortification appro- priation bill without amendinent Bills Were introduced :—By Mr. Platt—To the pay of oficers of me navy. * Providing for the purchase of Forbes’ historical art collection. —(Appropriating $50,000 therefor). By Mr. Brown ~Appropriating $350,000 for the im- rovement of the harbor ofSavannah. By Mr. Voorhees—To aid in the construction @f the Dela- ware and Maryland ship canal, and to secyre to all vesse!5 of the United States service for alftime the Tight of naVigallon through sald canal free of tolls and charges. THE ALCOHOLIC TRAFFIC COMMISSION BILL. The bill for a commission on the alcoholic liquor trafic, which again came uz on the calen- ualize By Mr. Hoar dar, Was discussed upon pending amendments. Mr. Bayard said the suppresston of pure alcohosi¢ stimulants would increase the use of optates und arugs: that such had been the experience of the medical profession, He movedan amendment to Include an inquiry on this point faumong the others tobe assigned to the commission. Belng inter- Tupted by the expiration of his five minutes, he in- sisted that the question was too large to be con- sidered under the five minute rule, House of Representatives. Mr. Reed asked in the House to-day that the Geneva award bill be made a special order for the third Tuesday in March. Mr. Hutchins objected. Mr.Crapo presented resolutions of land league and Irish-American societies of Massachusetts asking Congress to take steps for the protection of Amer- lean citizens abroad. Referred. THE DELEGATE FROM ALASKA. Mr. Thompson (Iowa) presented the minority re- Port of the committee on elections on the case of M.D. Ball. Ordered printed. (The report, which is signed by Messrs. Thomp- son (Iowa), Paul, Miller, Atherton and Jones (Tex:is), declares that Mr. Bull fs entitled to 1 seat in the 47th Congress as a delegate from Alaska.) THE MORMON PETITIONS. ‘The Speaker laidpbefore the House tour memo- Tials from citizens of Utah Territory, (one from 10,966 young ladies, one from 13,035 young men, ‘one from 15,000 women and one from 12,378 men) for a suspension of further action on’ all bills Telating to Utah, and forthe appofatinent of a commission of honorable and unprejudiced men and women, to inqutre into and determine upon the state of affairs In that Territory. Mr. Camp suggested, ironically, that the names of the signers be read. The memorials were ordered printed in the Record and referred. Mr. Lacey presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, asking for the passige of the “Edmunds” antl-polygamy bill. Referred. Mr. Hiscock, chairman of the committee on ap- propriations, reported a joint resolution making an appropriation of $10,000, to be immediately available, to enable the Ngit-house board to meet the extraordinary expenses cons flood in the Mississippi river. Pa THE PRIVATE Cif te juent on the ‘The House, at 12:55, went t&to the committee of the whole (Mr. Davis in the ir) on the private calendar. The first bill on the calendar was one for the re- Met of Charles P. Cheutean, and gave rise to some discussion, pending which the committee rose in- formally, and the House Biagseed, the Senate joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to use government vessels for the transportation and istribution of rations furnished by the United States to the sufferers by the Mississippi overtlow. ‘The com mittee then resumed its session. The District in Congress, It can be set down definitely that the House committee on the District of Columbia will not give its assent to the incorporation of any new street railroad compantea, The board authorized by the House to report upon the adaptability of ihe school buildings in the District is to meet on Monday next to prepare a report. NATIONAL GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT ILLUMINATING COMPANY. ‘The bill to incorporate the National Gas and Electric Light Mluminating Company of the Dis- trict of Columbia, introdueedin the House by Mr. McMillin to-day, names as#mcorporators, William Mayse, James L. Barbour, Jace®C. Hieston, John P. Hamlin, Frank Hume, ‘Sam@el M. Smithers, J. J. Dule, H. E. Packer, J. GC. Her¥, George H. Bard- well, Henry E. Oliver, Henty G. Lewis, Lee Cran. dall, John W. Drew, Robeft Boya, and R. H. Dar. by. The capital stock is not to exceed $800,000, in shares of $100. The bill empowers the company to manufacture, make, andi sell “gas to be made of Coal, oll, tar, peat, pitch, tarpemtine, or other ma- terial, or by any other under it ent process, oF electric’ ligne from electricity, oF iti aut Cwaathgee tat ae eC town, OF the streets thereof, any bufidi manufactories, or houses thereim contained situate, and to lay pipes und eonduits, or erect poles or stands, for the e pa of conducting ‘wires underground, bes, boxes, pipesfor conduits, im or-undeg any of the streets, svenuee) and alk Sr) said cities of sald company wil so conduct te x Ras, and conduct the electric wires ver street, or i , or any public over, or under or grounds of the ict, ag not: to injure private opens or create a nuisance} howe the said pipes and condi proved methods for cond pipes ng or under any street or alley, shall be laid Subject to such conditions and in compliance with such regulations as the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, or their Jegal successors, may from time to time prescribe, stons of the laws providing for the same; and when completed sald assessments may be ‘paid, without penalties or interest to be charged there” on: Provided, that said payments are made within thirty days from the completion of such improve- ments, Capitol Notes. ‘The house committe: on the judictary to-day discussed, without conclusion, the Diil Miroduced ta the House by Mr. Helton, defining the duties of the reporter of tue Supreme Court of the United States, fixing hts salary at $4,000, and providing for the publication and distribution of his reports. The House committee on elections did not meet to-day. The next meeting will be on Monday next. ‘The House committee on pensions to-day further heard Commissioner Dudley in explanation of the amount of money which {t wili probably require t Pension the survivors of the Mexican and Indian wars. The House committee on post ofees and post roads to-day azreed to report to the House favor ably the biil diresting the Postmaster General to Teadjust the salaries of certain postmasters in ac- cordance With the provision of section eight of the act of June 12th, 1866. The House yesterday afternoon passed the agri- culturai appropriation DiL Gen, Hazen and other officers of the signal yesterday, in favor of what fs know as the “two captains’ » bill, and giving in detail the operations of the signal corps, abd what {s needed to advance its interests. soon as the agricultural appropriation bill 1s sed Of Mr. Heed will endeavor to get action © report of the committce of rules, recom. mending important changes in the existing sys tem, and which also provide for destgnated a: for ’ the consideration of District of Columbia business. RESTORATION OF CAPTAIN CORBIN RECOMMENDED. Representative Morse, {rom the committee on naval affairs, made a favorable report yesterday upon the bill to restore to the active list of the navy Thomas G. Corbin, now tired list. The bil provides that lis name beylaced on the navy register next after I Adiniral J. W. A. Nicholson, and that he shall re ceive the difference in pay from the date of his re tirement, December 12, 1! to the dite of his restoration, which 1s named tween that‘of a captain on admiral on waiting orders ps THE CHILI-PERUYIAN INVESTIGATION. At the meeting of the House committee on for- eign affatrs this morning it was deciled to conduct the investigation of the Chili-Peravian corre- spondence with open doors, The sub-committ In charge of the investization will hold a. mecti this afternoon for the purpose of examining s eral clerks of the State department in regard to the letters which are missing irom the official files, Although Mr. Shepherd, who has been sub- parnaed to appear berore the coininittee, has assed for more time, he is expected to arrive here to- morrow. The committee to-day devoted the greater part of its session to hearing Capt. Phelps, who appeared before it for the purpose of explain= Ing certain detatls connected with the proposed Nicaraguan canal project, and to answer such questions as the mombers saw fit to ask. ‘Tue committee took no action on the matter. THE APPROPRIATION BILLS. The House is making rapid progress with the appropriation bjlis. Five of the important ones have already been passed. Next week it is the intention to report the army bill. The Senate, however, has not yet acted on any of the appro- priation bilis except the immediate deficiency bili, whieh fs a law. THE ANTI-CHINESE BILL AS IT PASSED THE SEN ATR. ‘The Senate,yesterday,by a vote of 29 to 75,passed the Chinese immigration bill. Mr. Davis, of Illi- nols, and Mr. Brown (democrat) of Geonsla, were captain on the re- halt among those who voted in the negative.” The Dill a8 passed provides that from and after the expiration of ninety days after the Passage of the act and until the expiration of wenty years after Its passage the coming of Chinese ‘laborers to the United States shail be ended and prescribes a penalty of imprison- ment nef exceeding one year and a fine of now more than $500 x2inst the master of any vessel wo brings any Chin=sé laborers to this country during tat period. It further provides that the ses of Chinese excepted by the treaty from sich prohibition, such as merchants, teaghers, students, travelers, diplomatic agents,ahd Chinese laborers, who were in the United States on the 17th Of November, 1880. shall be required, as a con- dition for thelr adiuission, to prod assDOrts from the government of China personally identl- fying them and showing that they individually belonged to one of the permitted classes, which Passport must havebeen indorsed by the diplomatic Tepresentative of the United States in Clina,or by the United States consul at the port of departure. It also provides elaborate machinery for carrying out the purport of the act, and additional sections prokibit the admission of Chinese to citizenship y any United States or state court, and construes the words “Chinese labor” to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed tn mining, ‘THE PUBLIC HEALTH. ‘Tne House committee on public health had un- der consideration yesterday Representative King’s bill “to prevent the introduction of contagious oF infections diseases into the United States.” Dr. ‘Turner, of the National Board of Health, addressed the committee on the subject of ube sanitary con- dition of the country and explained the workings of our quarantine system and the measures which should be adopted to prevent the spread of con- tagious diseases brought from foreign countries upon emigrant vessels. alent cordon >So Cart. Lee's Rerort on THE Froops.—Capt. J. M. Lee, of the ninth infantry, who was sent to Memphis by Gen. Beckwith to inquire into the con- dition of the overflowed districts, has reported by telegraph to the Secretary of that all the counties of Mississippl, from the state line below Memphis to Vicksburg, on the river, and ten couu- es Immediately back of them are wholly or par- tally submerged. ‘The water coming through the broken levees flows back again into the Mississipp1 through the channel of the Yazoo. The lowest estimate places the number of the destitute at 18,000, but there are overflowed counties trom which no reports have yet been received. From Tunica county down to Greenville a large number of people are living on the levees. Capt. Lee thinks that the destitute must be subsisted for at least thirty days, and that 260,000 rations will be required. The rations should consist of meat and cornmeal ‘The distribution as conducted by the state commisstoner, Gen. Hemingway, is reported to be judicious and effective. AMY OnpERs.—Second Lieut. John J. Brereton 24th infantry, now at Paterson, New Jersey, will repair to Jefferson barracks, Missouri, to ac- company a detachment of recruits to the depart- ment of the Missouri Leave granted Captain Frederick Mears, 9th infantry, department of the Platte, is extended five months. First Lieutenant Theophilus W. Morrison, 16th infantry, will be re- Meved by the chief signal officer of the’army from duty at Fort Myer, Virginia, and 13 also re lieved asa member of the general court-martial, and will jot bis proper station, | “dhe superinten- dent mounted iting service Will cause sixty recruits to be prepared and forwarded under proper charge to Fort D. A. Russell, Wy. | ‘ng Territory, for assignment to the 3d cavalry. :...~lal orders, directing Second Lieutenant Lea Febiger, 23d in tantry, to proceed to Jefferson barracks, Missourt, and report to the superintendent mounted recrult- ing service to accompany a detachment of recraits for the 4th cavalry to Sante Fe, New Mexico, is re- Yoked. The order discharging Captain Patrick Phelan, 18th New York cavairy, is amended so as to omit the words “to date July 291, 1864.” ‘The leave granted First Lieutenant, Wingeld & Eager- ly, 7th cavalry, isextended three months. Leave uit further orders on account, of sickness 1s ptain John Livers military storekeeper, I. 8. army. Major Henry B. Reese, paymaster U. 8. army, now on sick leave of absence in this city, will to Galveston, Texas, and report by letter to the commanding general ‘dey nt of ‘Texas for duty, during the absence from that do- parte! 01 lajor James: asson. ymaster, on leave. Major Reese, on Being rel from this duty, wil repair to his home (Lancaster,Ohia.) Leave for four m with permissio yond sea, is granted Major Jemes fe W: taster, U.S Army. The stati ¥. Funt, 4th infantry, upon District Government Affairs. Police department ts making arrange- untform ready for the policemen by the Ist of May next. The parties arrested by Special License Agent Raff, for selling mattresses, as commercial brokers, without license, have concluted to take out their licenses and thus quash the Warrants. ‘The Commisstoners have notitied the owner of the rented school bullding, at the corner of 22d street and Pennsyivanta avenue, of the condition of the Duliding, and stating Chat unless the defects therein complained of be remedied at once, tie Commissioners will have the work done and the cost deducted from the rent, or they will vacate the building. Lieut. F. ¥. Greene has autho of gas lamps as follows avenue and Virginia avenue soul New Jersey avenue and K streets corner New Jersey avenue and L st yne corner 6th and E streets wortheas 11th and Boundary street northwest =) Street, between H and I streets 1 J. a the erection New Jersey one on least. Teprese: WAS De! ang ralin the Commissioners tounge th stricting that road, and prevail on. Stoners to make a favorable report ¢ Building permits issued by Inspe Adam L. Rose, repair brick “100s <e.7 $250. John M. Wilson, repair b street, between L and M Ta two-story dwellin hh streets southwest Q erect a three-story dwetiiue and tween D and E sts,; $5,000, Mrs. B ropatr brick, $¢9 100 St. new.; $1,000, build addition to brick, Corner 17th $1,000. t72n, empl 18 busily e = ‘tor Entwisie: Win, Galt, and Pennsyl- vania ave. nw oMice of the 1 in making the inspect Ings Of Uh ittee of safety school and for th Sto be made in ‘econstruction of the Jefferson builiing frou id plans. committee of safety yesterday made an ofticlal ex atton of the District government building, on 43 street, us to its safety for Ue pur- for which it is used. ‘oners have given authority to Mr. W. A. Wimsatt, the purchaser of the fish wharf 11 this city to make any regulations ay to the ing of fish necessary to the healt and cleanliness ‘of the pt In answer to a request of persons who own Io at 14th and 8 streets for repairs, the Commis sioners say “the whole of the west side of Mth Street 1s ia the sme condition ing can be Gone With ft until tt 1s properly |. This ought be done as soon as tue new appropriauion 4s avitlable about July Ist. In reply to a petition for a brick sidewalk and gutter on Park street, Mt I'l c sioners inform’ the ps ave not the necessary funds tor Ue cost. In reply to a request that more Ivtmp posts and lamps be erected on Frederick, between Prospect and Bridge streets, West Washington, the Col Inissioners state that they decline vo erect: more Junps on that street at present =The application of the janitors of the public School buildings to the District Commissioners for an increase Of pay has becn before the District Auditor for consideration, and has now been referred by the Commissioners to the Public School Trustees for report. Mr. W. O. Roome, in charge of revision of special assessments, has compirted the revision of Une following assessments: Alleys in squares 70, 86, 425, 421,308, 278, 234, 142 and 225, THE DEMAND FOR SHADE TREES. Tn reply to a communication from Dr. A. P. don aski~” that shade trees be planted on 19th Street €a nded, from Boundary strect to Columbia road n.w., the Commissioners state that the appll- cation for trees within the city limits are already more than can be planted during the present year. The District has never planted trees outside the city iuits, although it has furnished the trees to partics Who plant them at their own expense. BAD BOYS. The District Commissioners have addressed a leer to Major Brock, of the police, stating that U.e Commissioners have observed that there are in {ae District a number of vagrant and idle boys of vender years, who will neither go to school nor Worx, but who gain a subsistence by begs other unlawful methods,and another more mature class also growing up in idleness and ignora! e young lives, without the care of parents suardians, must be supervised by the authorities, and the Major is requested to Instruct. his oftlvers to arrest all such boys and present them to the Police Court: on the charge of idleness, vicious- ness, or Vagrancy, as the case may be. They add: “The Reform School has more room now for 50 to 7 boys, and the sooner the classes referred to are looked After the better {t will be for them and the community.” GAS LIGHTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS. ‘The Commissioners have sent a note to Mr. G. ¥. AtLee, clerk to committee on supplies and accounts, board of public school trustees, in reply to a letter from him inclosing bills of the Washington Gas Company for December and January, and request- ing examination Into the cause of the seemingly excessive charges for gas consumed in the Force and Lincoln school buildings. The Commissioners inclose a copy of a report of the superintendent of lamps, Which states that he has made a carefu exaunthation of the buildings; that in the Forc the waste is at the burners—a common lamp burner 45 mm use when there should be a check burner, In the Lincoln, the Janitor lives in the butiding, which accounts for the Large bills, He finds no exvessivy waste of gas in either butting. He recommends that the Durners be changed in the two buildings. AN ANCIENT MAP DISCOVERED. District Surveyor, Wm. Forsyth, has discovered, among te old District archives in his“aice, a Map 'iscript map, made in 1792, showing the bound- ary lines between the states of Virginia,(now Wes Virginia) Maryland and Pennsylvania. ‘The si is about twenty Inches by four feet. It show Braddock’s road, on his march to Fort Duquesne, from Fort Cumberland, on the Potomac river, to Red Stone. Fort, on the Monzalla river, and the point where Lord Fairfax fixed a stone at the head of the Potomac river In making the survey for the boundary “line; Braddock’s grave, in Pennsylva- nia, near the Maryland line, at Big Meadows, and many other interesting places. The map was made by Lawrence Brenzel, jr. and is an interestin; relic of the olden time. Mr. Forsyth yesterday suggested to the District Commissioners that they. notify the governors of West Virginia, Marvland and Pennsylvania of the existence of Uiis map, a8 it nay be important in fixing state lines. rindinet nd Shoo Regulating the Chicago Wheat Trade. Cuicago, March 10.—The board of directors of the board of trade yesterday fixed the price of April wheat for marginal purposes at $1.22, and adopted a resolution “that the board construe Uh object of the rules under which these proceedings are had to be to secure full protection to both buyer and seller, rather than to undertake to de- termine actual Values for final settlement. With this view, and not desiring to be misunde the board decides that members, under the rules, shall have a right to call for margins on contracts for No. 2 spring wheat for delivery in April on a basis of $1.22 aS the value of No. 2 spring wheat for Telegrams to The Star. —— THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE 0-DAY. a QUEEN VICTORIA'S ASSATLANT, THE EUROPEAN WAR RUMORR, - _—— CASE OF GEN. CURTIS POSTPONED, — O14 World News. MACLEAN CHARGEL WITH TUM TREASON. Wixne March 10.—Maclean, the Que Ase saflant, peen CoMMMiLLed for trial ow Use cht of high'tre se Maclean arraigned today, sald he would reserve his celence. He declined to crome ex: he witnesses His interests were watched. by a solicitor. ‘The ev lence was merely a repette wh concerning Nis ate Ne IL overwh that "his pi- Of what ts alres when Le fired for the struck her Majesty. MR PARNELI. NOT PUNISHED BY SOLITART COM PINEMENT, arch 10.—The Daty Ne sou charged him with Stuucgle a Letter out of y LANCASMIKE SPINNE OLDHAM, Mateh 10. -At yostemtay’s t master spinners 3 was Ukely that t Lancashire would te aly the Indian import duties will ha production. ting ofthe IL Was Stoted that 1% movement t “a. 7 an ta DEATH OF LORD ROMARTRS. The Loxpox, Mare 10. Ath ts announced of Lord Robirtes, T! nm Of Lis son to the Litle creates a Vacancy in the House of Commons for East Cornwall, ANOTURR SPEECH RY GEN. SKORELEFP. Loxpos, Mary Stende wn addres that th he say A Berlin dispatch to the ooral Skobeleft has deliver®d number of Russt best Rustin is Uy an Who with blow empire which aaust bs and iron. vd tounded an stroyed by Russian blood A SOCIALIST FRAUD, Dr. Edward Nathan Gentz, the socialist, who was Teceutly arrested charged on an extradition Warrant with alle treud within the jurisdiction of the heriand: overninent, has s commit. ted for trial with a view to bis extradition. It is alleged that the prisoner while residing In Rotters dam obtatned 29,00) fotins by means of advertise: ments in Germuby. - The European War Reports, A REASSURING DISPATCH FKOM LONDON, Lowpon, March 19.—A dispatch this morning’s Stancend sx nding European war tele ng the American markets. here to Speech e: “1 nee are ‘There is nothiag ustify Such Teports, Gen, Skobe used Uncasiness by slirecting alten Um tothe pointsof differ isting between the Aust hd Russian polictes, and this has given occasion for Various somewhat Sensational tele. grams from the continental capitals and from the as Uke report inthe Times the apprehenstons of war at Constantinople. Bus sped since tae speech of n. Skobelef pointing to the Hkelthood of a die turbance. On ‘the contrary, there ar signs of subshlence of the tension to Which the speech gave rise, One of these ts the tmpend ment of an Austrian ambassid of Count Kalnocksky at St. another the announcement Uh: Grand Duke Vienna, coupled with 2 seintof tria that he ts intrusted with any miss! considering the unclouded relations t and Russta, such ts required. The prompe the Servian kingdom by Austria is cozsiderd to show that the Austrians have sitisfactory sgsurances that King not Inclined to faver pcns! ened —— Tho principal danger of complications between Russta, and Austria, as explained by “O, K.,” In a recent letter from Moscow, would arise from Austria be- comng embroiled with Montenegro and Servia, The possibility of such an embroliment is ing less, as, notwithstanding the conflicting counts, the Austrians appear to be getting the bet ter of the insurrection by a system of combined movements, ‘The taking of UDIL is one of these, means of Which Lroops, starting respectively from. Casteinuvo and Cattaro, are bering in the Cri- yester concerning felt by the palace part there Is no new the ladimer will shortly pass uu ‘ussiam ¥ ns, cutting them of on one side trom the Montenegrin fronUer, and on the otber from Herze govina. Shortly before midnight yesterday two men entered the liundry of Kee, placed a noose around his neck, and marginal purposes only.” This action is import- ant, as defining the scope of a Tule about which there has been much cavil and bad blood. a Charge of Defranding an Estate. REQUISITION FOR THE ARREST OF A NEW YORK LAW- YER AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. PHILaDELratrA, Pa., March 10.—A requisition has been Issued by’ Governor Hoyt for the arrest of Henry Thompson and George M. Lynch, residents of New York, who are charged with defraud the estate of ‘the late Alfred Vezin, the Frankto1 hosiery manufacturer. given him to convey to Peter Hevener. Lynch is in the eoige | business °nd is Thompson's brother-in- W. of them came here last June, and, it 1s alleged, tocheat Mrs. Bella Vezin. True and was shou ruled to give shother sureey, bat tie 14 be ve r zi Court said that there had been but one required in sirchzied him. The Chinaman resizting, his a% sallanks qqublied lm with a revolver, finicting. probably fatal wounds, and Wen robbed him $100. The robbers escaped. Severe Snow Storm in I Davesront, Iowa, March 10.—The se storm of the Winter prevailed yesterday; fully six Inches Of snow fell and drifted badly. The Murderer of Mrs. Bell Arrested. SALEM, MAss., March 10.—Detective Weldon, im company with the man Baker, who saw Uhe mure derer of Mi Bell, visited Salem today, and idem tified a lodger who put up at tue police station last night as the men wanted, and tok him to Boston on the noon train, He registered undertae name of Edwards. > Pieces by Nitro Glyce= rine. Vicrorta, B. C., March 10.—A terrible explosion of nitro glycerine occurred yesterday on tue Yale A Man Blown to Savona Failroad. A man nained Hugh Craig went into a tunnel Where Uke explosives Were stored to get a Tuse. Suddenly a tremendous explosion shook the ground for miles. Craig was biown to pieces, ‘Thomas Williams, who was standing 150 Joun Lawson and steam tt York With four scows a! ne In tow, WosoM Kace Point last night When the scows Broke nd the dredging” machine, on which were ten, sank. The captain of the tow boat made every effort Lo rescue Ute men, but could not do 80 on account of the roughness OF the sea. He them, came at once Lo town and made known the condl= tion of affairs. A whole boat was manned apd proceeded to the spol and succeeded in rescuing the whole party. IC ts suid that the scows are going to picces this morning. a Baltimore Conterence M1. E. Church, THE PROCEEDINGS IN BALTIMORE TO-DAY. BALTIMORE, March 10.—The Baltimore confer ence of the “Methodist. Episcopal church held 14s third day's session to-day, Bishop Wiley preside ing. Opening religious exercises were conducted by Rev. C. N. Richardson, of Washington. Reva, RM. Lipscomb, W. f. D. Clemm, John H. Dashe tell, G. V. Leach and W. C, Grittith were appointed a@comuittee W consider THE QUESTION OF MOKMON POLYGAMY, which the bishop remarked was @ question thas required prompt and Vigorous action. An Was presented (rom an adjourned mong he quarterly conference of Methodist scopal church at Towsontown, which was referred to ® Comunitice. Kew. |W. D, Edwards (chairman, Charles M. McEliresh, A. M. Courtenay, and G. ¥. Leach were appointed’ a committee to inquire into the condilion and wants of American seamen, aaa Teport to this conference. REPORT ON THE CUMBERLAND Rev. L. ‘T. Widerman, Cumberland district, av clency In salaries Nas been reduced from 83 to 10 Booed 80 per cont. and an average of hearty 60 par ‘duced cent., and an average cent made “in” all” the benevolent