Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1882, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 1ith 8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. Tre Fvexine Stan js served to mbscribera tn t m their own account, at 10 cents per per month. Copies at the counter, 2 il—postage prepaid—50 cente # month, months, $3. Eater at the Pont “Oftice at Washington, D. C., aa seccnd-claes mail matt biished on Friday—$2 a thm, $1. 10 copies for $19:30 ‘Tre Wrexty Sts eqyrepald. Sx ui beerintions must be paid tn advance; OF. Che Vv 60—N® 9,118. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1882. uening Star, TWO CENTS. RCIAL NOTICE nd eneral taxes due prior to ateix per cent. in redue secamments and cau naw ke pe md payur the lan |W Annes 24 434 atreet, Wasuinerox, July 10, 1882, ECIAL NOTICE. ‘ars waiting at the crossings of the Bal- ypoliten Branch at st and H streets north: (6g REPORT OF THE CONDITION v =F oF THE FARMERS’ & MECHANICS’ BANK, AT GEORGETOWN, IN THE DISTRICT OF CO- LUMBIA, NATIONAL Mt) At the Clove of Business Juzy 1, 1882. 2 peases and tyxes paid. Cheeks and other cash items . Bille of otter Banks. Fractional paper curreicy, edetmption fund with t Per cent of circulation). Total... LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in Surplus fund... National bank notes outstanding. Dividends unpaid...... S Individual deposits subject to Due to other National Bauks. Due to state ‘and bankers Total ... Washington News and Gossip. GovERNMENT Reczre7y To-pay.—Internal reve- nue, $231,981.96; ust 3, $758, 78. NATIONAL BANK NorEs received to-day for re- demption, $482,000. ‘THe MARRIAGE of Mr. Frank H. Cushing, the ethnologist, and Miss Emma Magill, was solemn- ted last evening at the residence of the bride’s Invuser, MTS, axill, No. 1927 Q gtreet. ‘The wedding was private. After the ceremony Mr. and irs. Cushing left on an eastward tour. They will return here about the last of July, and soon afterwards start for Zuni, where Mr. Cush- ing will continue his ethnological researches. On Hts way Home.—A telegram received at the avy department from Lieut, RM. G. Brown, N., States that he fs invallded and 1s on nls way home. Lieut. Brown was attached to the Lancaster, flagship of the European squadron, and had his breast bone severely Injured while at alta. Mr. PAUL Stropacn, of Alabama, called upon the President this morning and handed him a copy of resolutions passed by the republicans of Montgomery, Ala., endorsing the present udminis- tration and commending to the country as worthy in every way to recetve two years hence a renewed expression Its confidence. Terk Has Been Some Compiarnt on the part of pensioners on account of the delay in the pay- ment of pensions, but the payment has not entirely ceased, as shown by the fact that on Saturday last the Secretary of the Interior signed requisitions for tweive millions of pension money. AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day were Secretary Lincoln, Senators Cameron, Win- dom, Davis of IIL, Ingalls and Lamar, Representa- tives Darrell, McCoid, Henderson, Shallenberger, Strait, Belford, Prescott, Steele,’ Bisbee, Urner, ry Dawes, LeFevre, Butterworth, and Wise o1 Mr. Epucyp J. Morvatt, of Albany, N. Y., has resigned a clerkship inthe State department to accept a position as special agent of the Agricul- tural department at London, where he will also azsume the duttes of deputy consul general. To Bg Lar Un—Secretary Chandler has issued a general order that “after the 1st of August next the New Hampshire, the Minnesota, the Alarm, and the Intrepid will not be considered as in com- mission for sea service.” ‘THE War IN Eoypt.—The State department has been officially advised by the American vice con- District of Columbia, County of Washi q I, W. LAIKD. Ju, Cushicr of te we- nanied bank. do sclemuly swear that the above state- ment is true to the best of my Knowledce and belief. ¥. LAIRD, Jn., Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of uly, 1882. Correct—Attest: L. 8. FREY, Notary Public. { Directors. opposite, in the Louisiana ayenuc, and a give secial attention to the examination of titles, ab- stracts and conveyancine. si JAMES §. EDWARDS, JOB BARNARD. TON C. BARNARD. 8 3510-36 POLITAN RAIL- 27, 1382, that the annual meeting of im of Seve Directors of the this office on WEDNESDAY, Polie will be open from 2to 4 THOMPBON, President. Fy. Je27-co8t Washington City, D. = OFFICE t& HOAD OF THE ME’ COMPANY, JUN: Notice is_héreby given’ Stockholders for the El SAML 8. SHEDD, 409 92m Steer Nonruwesr. Baad a ct G) M. ZYPP! “S moved to F t. between M and specialty in stampimg, ubtoidery, hair dyeinz and Kinds of hair work ¢ Je LAND der for ir mothe, at DR Pennsyivan’ sul general at Alexandria of the commencement of hostilities there. The Navy department has also information upon the subject. SECRETARY FoLgeR Has APPOINTED a com- mittee consisting of Hon. W. W. Crapo, M. C., Messrs. Frank T. Freeman, of the Interior depart- ment, and E. B. Daskam, H. M. Ewing, J. H. Lich- Iter, W. W. Eldridge, W. H. Earle and Jno. R. White, of the Treasury department, to examine the work executed by the printing press now in Operation in the bureau of engraving and print- ing, known as the Homer Lee press, ana report in Fegard to the excellence of the impressions made by It, and whether they reach such a standard as to justify the printing of U. 8. notes and bank notes, bonds and the plate impressions necessary. tothe production of checks and drafts and in- ternal revenue stamps. The committve 13 further instructed to report whether it will be for the interest of the goverament to discontinue in Whole or in part the use of the hand presses in use in that bureau. The committee will hold their first meeting in the office of chief clerk of the eas department at ten o'clock on the 13th stant. OF INTEREST TO PENSIONERS.—The Commissioner of Penstons has decided that hereatter all claims for pension arising under section 4718 R. 8. will be settled in his office, to determine the amovnt of Pension due and to whom it shall be pald In cases of widows and children of deceased penstouers, a3 well asin cases of relmbursement to those who Bore the expenses of last siekness and burial of lecedent. ‘Tor PownaTan Loszs ax Ancuor—Captain E. ©. Matthews, commanding the Powhatan, with a section of dry dock in tow, reports to the Navy department the arrival of vessel at Key West, Florida, on the 4th of July, having lost an anchor off Reedy Island, Delaware. Captain Matthews would sail from Pensacola after having coaled at Key West. Tre Boaxp for the revision of the allowance tables, to which Commodore F. A. Roe and Cap- tain Andrew W. Johnson were attached, has been dissolved, and they have been placed on waiting orders. > GLEN FLORA AND BETHESDA WA’ FRESH FROM THE SPRING. W. C. MILBURN, Paarmactsr, 1429 Pennsylvania avenue. ERS cas &S SAMUEL = Goons, 930 7th street northwest. New French and Scotch Ginghams, just opened; best (@islities at low prices. puis Satins, and Rhadames, extra good valuca, fla= STEAM COOKERS. GAS STOVES AND RUBBER HOSE. Wali and examine at 532 15th street. F. F. BROOKS, Fine Gas Fixtures, Ke, EYS. W, ® ternary, i o ATTORNEY at naw. |, Corcoran Building, _Practices in all the Courts. Noi. MILLER, N Attorney-at-Law, ° Rooms? snd 4 Gunton Law Building, 472 Louinisna avenue. aco _ATTOR LD, ‘Wasps, Sir John Lubbock. he Air, by John Tyndal. 5 It Means and How to Avoid It, by tier of the Air, Uy ohn Tyndall, F-R.S., Bees and Waspa. by Sir John Lubbock: ri Appleton’s Summer Kesorte, 5) cents; ¥ Woolton, $1.25; f nd Kesidence, new edition, thor Charles Nordhoff, $2. Dickens, 1, 75 cents. A Paladin of Finance, i. PP ith 'Ginx's Baby,” 1 hans 8. Ward Jenikty athor of Name Series," 2 White Mor Ilustrated, : mLLaine, by Rein THE FovrtH at Hoxotviv—Late advices trom | the Sandwich Islands say that the anniversary of American independence was to be generally and elaborately observed at Honolulu. A meeting of resident and visiting Americans had been con- Yened at the call of Minister Comly, when com- lete arrangements for the happy event was made. Something over $1,509 was raised at once for suit- able demonstrations in the way of decorations, fireworks, etc., and the intention was to make every citizen of the United States feel as if he was at home on that festive'occasion. THE TRAINING Suirs—Commodore 8. B. Luce, commanding the training squadron, reports to the Navy department from Brest, France, that the Portsmouth and Saratoga arrived at thas port on the 2ist June, having sailed from Spithead, Eng- land, on the 16th June, NAVAL ORpERs.—Captain Joseph Fyffe ordered to command the Pensacola, Pacifi¢ station, per steamer 20th instant. Chief Engineer William J. Lamadin to special duty at the tron works at Ches- ter, Pa., 15th instant. Cadet Engineer Clarence C. Willis to the Kearsarge. Cadet Engineer George B. Ferguson to the Alliance. Cadet Engineer Roo- ert W. Gatewood to the Kearsarge. Chief Engi- neer David B. McComb detached from the navy Yard Portsmouth, N. H., and placed o: waiting orders. Chief Engineer Benjamin ¥. Garvin from special duty at Chester, Pa., on the 13th instant and ordered to the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard. Assistant Engineer W. M. Parks from the Alliance ard placed on waiting orders. Passed Assistant Surgeon Clement Bid from the naval hospital, Philadelphia, and ordered to the naval academy. Assistant ineer Clarence A. Carr from the Kearsarge and placed on waiting orders. The orders of Passed Assistant Surgeon D. M. Guiteras to the naval academy have been revoked and he i Re Ce on duty at the Philadelphia naval jospital ‘Tae Reason Wuy.—The reason that the Inte- rior department does not close at 8 o'clock during the summer 15 because the’heads of the various divisions, after conference with the Secretary of the Interior, informed him that it would be im- ble to keep the regular work up if the depart- ment was closed at that hour. Personal.—Chiet Justice Waite, Justice Miller, and Senator Sawyer were registered in New York last evening.—Mrs. Senator Hale has gone from Ellsworth to Mount Desert.—Mr. and Mra. Lewis J. Davis have gone to the Warm Springs of Vir- ginta for a stay of several weeks TT. B. Sanders, of the Treasury, Is at Old Orchard Beach.—Jus- Uce Matthews, of the Supreme Court, visited the Portsmouth, N. H. yard yesterday, and was received with a salute of seventeen guns —c. W. sbury Park.——Senator Bay- ds, hath the Yellowstone Park after the adjournment of | Congress. —Ex-Representative Morrell, ot Penn- | Sylvania is at the Riggs—Zate advices from | Nantucket say that Mr. Harry K. Willard, of the | Columbia Tusurance Company, who has been so | seriously 11 for a long time, is Faploty, {improving | in_heaith, and hopes are now entertained of his early and’ complete recovery.—E. C, Carrington, | ff, 4nd family, ot Washington, are at the Atlanti¢ Hotel, Ovean City, Md. jovernor Fletcher, of Missouri, {s at the Ebbitt.—Ex-Judge Advocate z, ; General Dunn ts at Prince Edward's Island for the f Re lventurers, Fi My I yle; $1. Among the (Yo N, Heinsbure; $1 ‘Oxicood's Poe beautiful assortment of me, F Anew Stationery’ aiid Paney Gouts WM. it. MOERI ss vania avenue, SIG Washington, "D. C. SWEET HOME, A PAMPHLET OF vautes, sanitay Numbing, od for gra- iatiog wives Valtmaide taforsiapions of eat. Fhe, Sanitary Fuictncet ayes “Et sey clar and sensible epitome of ): f plimbing sud house drain- } and manitary. engi wish t exprese veges, sound and vatuable Lsct ealeaiy aap tat our stares—3i 7 treet, pa icitatou NT 9th sicect, 1730 Pa a: HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON. § “NW-WAND CLOTHING Bo P highest caus prices paid. Als, Fag te "Cali or cdarea Waren, bor rela Aten Le F. | spending the p { | heated term.—Mrs. Col Tooker, Mrs. Commo- dore F' dore Hisk and Master James Hooker have returned rom ed Sulphur Springs, where they have been t few weeks, and left this morn- | ihg for Brattleboro’, Vt, where they will stay dur- | ing tie remaining” summer months,—Dr. War- j Wick Evans sprained his ankle quite seriously yes- erday tn alighting from his carriage,——Architect | Clark, of the Capitol, who has been Seriously fl, is | how mueh better. Nominations To-Day. ‘The lresident sent the foltowing nominations to the Senate to-day: | __Bawin Niggins, collector customs, district of St. Johns, Fla. | Frederick ‘F. Dubois, marshal of United Stat Lapittont | of Idaho. Het Jo: W. Robbins, of Mlinois, survey 1 sistant Secretary of State. o ‘The contract tor building the Dew school build- Ing to be erected 3 at Howard nil has been to-day awarded to Mr. C. Thomas, at his bid of In continuation of the Departmental the War and Interior ent Satay couse at iien Sh ae Radel WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING. Senate Proceedings To-day. Mr. Morrill,from the finance committee, reported favorably in the Senate to-day the Senate bill repealing so much of section 3,885, of the Revised Statutes, as imposes a charge upon export staiaps on tobacco. Placed on the calendar. Mr, Groome, from the committee on pensions, reported a bill to prevent the payment of double pensions. He said the attention of the com- mittee had been eaijed this morning to a2 opinion given by Attorney General in tus case of General Burnett, to the effect that a pensioner on the roll is entitied when a special act 13 passed for his benefit to re- ceive the pension under the act and also his pen- sion under the general law, even though {t 1s expressly provided that the former shall be in lew of the latter. The urpose of the bill reported by the committee was to correct this, and its prompt passage was regarded as a matter of extreme urgency. Epon the suggestion of Mr. Ingalls, the opinion of the Attorney General was ordered to be insert- ed in the Record for general {nformation, and the bill went to the calendar. A resolution offered by Mr. Van Wyck, directing: the Secretary of the Interior to withhold action in payment of a double pension to Gen. Burnett until the bill just reported 1s acted upon, was read and laid over. ‘The conference report on the bank charter ex- tenston bill was presented and agreed to. LIVELY DISCUSSION ON A RESOLUTION TO MEET AT 11 A.M. Mr. Garland offered a resolution to require the Senate to meet at 11 a.m., instead of 12 noon, each day. The resolution was opposed by members of the committee on appropriations, on the ground that to meet at 11 o'clock would exclude the members of that committee from deliberation in the Senate proceedings, in order to get its work done; that ae committee ought to have the forenoons for its work, Mr. Ingalls sald it was an extraordinary com- mentary upon this Congress that itsat from De- cember to the last of June and then had to con- tinue the appropriations by reSolutions because the ordinary work of the session was not done. He thought the appropriations committee was asking toomuch. If the business of the calendar was to be done the Senate would have to get to work even without the members of the committee on appropriations, if that were necessary. Mr. Beck said the appropriations committee had kept up {ts work and that it could not prevent the Tepublican caucus of the House from holding back appropriation bills. Mr. Beck maintained that the Senate would save time and facilitate work by continulng its hour of meeting at noon and giving the appropriations committee all of each forenoon. for its work. Mr. Windom endorsed what Mr. Beck had sald, and declared further that the-appropriations com- mittee was resolved that 1t would not again work all of every night, as well as day, at the end of a session in order to get ready for adjournment, Mr. Allison, chairman of the ‘appropriations com- mittee, promised that the work of that. commit- {ee should be pushed forward as rapidly as possl- le. On motion of Mr. Morrill, consideration of the resolution was postponed until next Monday. THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. The consideration of the river and harbor bill was resumed, and Mr. Harrison advocated an amendment striking out the $300,000 appropriated for the reservoirs at the headwaters of the Missis~ sippl river and inserting $50,000 for continuing ob- servations and surveys for the reservoirs, House of Representatives. THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. Immediately after the reading of the journal, the House went into committee of the whole (Mr. Kasson in the chair) on the sundry civil appropria- tion DILL ‘The portion of the bill relating to the survey of the public lands beig under consideration, Mr. Anderson offered an amendment providing “that in the event of the repayment to the United States oi moneys advanced and expended by it in sur- veying and selecting public lands granted to cer- tain ratiroad compantes under ‘an act to afd in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean,’ ete, approved July 1st, 1862, and the act amendatory thereof, approved ‘July 24, 1862, the sums so paid into the Treasury shal, without further appropri- ation, be used for surveying the public lands; and In this latter event the sum of $400,000 herefn ap- propriated shall be diminished bythe aggregate sum So patd Into the Treasury and so for the pub- llc survey.” It provides, further, that the Kansas Pacific railway company,or {ts assigns, shail forth- with pay into the Treasury of the United States all the cost, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, of surveying, setecting and conveying public lands granted to it by said acts, and sit. uated either In the state of Kansas or in legally organized counties of the state of Colorado, and upon which such costs shall not have been aiready pald. And in the event that any such costs shail Temain unpaid on the 1st day of October. 1882, the Attorney General of the United States 1s hereby Authorized and directed to institute forthwith in the name of the United States of America, in the clreult court of the United States, for the district in which the tract or parcels of lund are situated, upon which such costs remain unpaid, any and all proceedings agatnst sald company or'party in in- erest that he may deem necessary and proper,and that can be maintained to secure the prompt pay- ment of such unpatd costs, aud of the further cost of all such legal proceedtu; After a long discnssion the amendment was Tuled out upon a point of order raised by Mr. Hazleton. Mr. Atkins offered an amendment reducing the Price to be pald for the survey ot the pubitc lands to $8 per Inear mile for stundard and meander Mnes, $6 for township, and $4 for section lines, Alter discussion the amendment was lost. Mr Holman offered an amendment providing that no publie lands which are adapted to aure culture shall be surveyed, except such as shall be from time to time required for actual settlement under the provisions of the homestead laws. Re- Mr. Brents, of Washington Territory, offered an amendment increasing trom $400,000 fo $800.000 the pe for surveying the public lands, Re- Mr. Page moved to strike out the legislation in the bill relative to surveys, and to insert a proviso that hereafter all agricultural lands of the United States remaining Unsold at the passage of this act shall be disposed of only under the provisions of the homestead and timber culture acts. Ruled out on point of order. The District in Congress, Mr. Neal, chairman of the District committee, Says he does not expect any more meetings of the District committee during this sesston. THE POTOMAC FLATS AMENDMENT. When the river and harbor bill comes back to the House with the Senate amendment thereto the bill will go to the commerce committee, which will no doubt recommend non-concurrence in the pocagpie) ‘and the bill will then go to a confer- ence committee. The exhaustive debate on the subject in the Senate andthe overwhelming vote by which the amendment was adopted Will, of course, have its weight in the House. THE GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL After opposition the bili was passed in the House yesterday to authorize the transfer of the prop- erty of the National Soldters’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home to the Garfield Memorial Ht It em- [Sayfa the trustees of the National Soldters’ and alors’ Orphan Home of this District to transfer and convey all the real, personal, and mixed, of the Home e Garfield Memortat’ Hos- Pital, Which is em) ered to sell and convey the same and apply the proceeds to the object for which it was tncory ‘ated; provided, that the ac shall not be construed to fakke tne urtea seats Mable in any way on behalf of said transfer or in the change of trust. Capitol Notes, A CAUCUS OF THE REPUBLICANS Of the House will be held as soon as the sundry Civil bill ts disposed of. It 1s not now believed that any more election cases will be brought up this Session, because the republicans are not able to Secure and hold a quorum of their own members, THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTER agreed to-day to report to the Senate the House Dill to relieve exporters of tobacco from paying the cost of the export stamos now required by law; algo to report the knit goods bill, with technical amendment, rendered necessary bys typographical error in'the House print of the Dill which Was not discovered until after the bill had the House. The committee also adopted An amendment to the internal revenue Dill, ch: ing the date from May, 1883, to ry when the provisions: of ‘the bill relating to the Stamp taxes on bank checks, orders, Youchers, matches and other articles embraced 10 ect Schedule A, shall go into eff THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. ‘Yesterday the House, in committee of the whole, further considered the sundry civil appropriation bill after the report in Tue Star closed. On mo- tion of Mr. Schultz, the provision was struck from the bill whieh provides that the managers of nal Home for Disabled ‘ apply excess above $ monthly of the of all Inmates of the home to the support of the home. On motion of Mr. Hiscock, the provision THE STAR ROUTE TRIAT. Proceedings in the Criminal Ceurt To- day. When the Criminal Gourt assembled this morn- ing Mr. Bliss was about to proceed with the evi- dence on route No. 40,104, from Mineral Park to Ploche, Arizona, when Mr. Witson arose and called the court to direct Mr. Bliss to permit the defence to Bee the papers which were produced in court Yesterday with reference tothe route. Mr. Wilson Sai he had spent all the morning at the Post Office department LOOKING FOR THEPAPERS, and found that Mr. Bliss-had not returned them to the department. “My time,” said Mr. Wilson, “Is perhaps not worth as mucl as his, but it is worth as much to me. Now I hope the court will do some- thing to enable us to get-at these papers. We are put off until the testimong c! and then here ‘We are, the next morning, mnable to get them.’, Mr. Buss sald that he had sent the papers to the department last evening, but there was no one there to receive them; the papers, however, had been returned this morning, The delay last’ eve- ning had been caused by a mistake of a clerk, who took the wrong package.ot papers, Mr. Wilson urged that ga injustice was done to the defence by having to'walt upon the conveni- ence of Mr. Bliss. = THE COURT HELD that as Mr. Bliss wa responsible for the papers to the department he shculd return them to the de- Partment, where the defence could inspect them. He checked further diseussion on the matter. A POSTMASTER ON THE STAND. Mr. Bliss haying sutmitted further record evi- dence concerning route 40,104, Wm. M. Krider, |-postmaster at Mineral Park, was called. Mr. Krider was questioned as to the operation of the mail route, and ilentifed the signatures on two petitions for increase on the route as those of Penons residing at Sigial, a point on the Mineral ‘ark and Ehrenberg rotte, and not on route 40,104. Mr. Wilson, on cross-¢xamination, brought out the fact that Ward, Nerada, where the letter of Mr. Bean was dated, wis 100 miles from the route. The witness was questioned with the view of showing that Signal, where the petitions were signed, rece!ved_a portion of its mall through the Mineral Park office, but the witness said that 80 far as he couid recollect no letter for Signal ever passed through his office Mr. Callahan, of the centract office, Post OMce epee was called for the purpose of identi- Papers, a ty! ROUTE 44,160, After the mail bills, cord of production and other papers on the route Had been presented, Mr. Bilss called up route 44,80 from Canyon City to Camp McDermott, Oregos. John M. Peck was the contractor. The route was orignally let for $2,880, the conditions being one trip a week on a schedule of 130 hours. In August, 1880, the route was in- creased to four trips a week and the contractor al- lowed $28,666 per annum, Mr. Coon, of the contract of and Mr. Wood- Ward, post office inspector, were examined as to papers respecting the roite. Geo. B. Spencer was called and did not answer., Mr. Bliss said if he did not appear in due tine He would ask for an attachment. He was infgrmed that after being ere tebe Spencer bad left the city and gone esi Mr. Bliss then proceed to read the various Tecords concerning the mute. APTER THE NQON RECESS, Mr. Bliss continued to ofer petitions and applica- tions for Increasing the service on route 44,160 for some time. James F. Browne, of Fort McDermott, who car- Fed the matt on the route 4rom January 16, 1879, to August, 1880, was called 1g. witness. “He' carried the mail over half the route as a sub-contractor under Mr, Vaile. The witwess testifed to having circulated petitions for an increase at the request Of Mr. Miner. ‘The witnesatestitied at some length to the preparation and cirepiation of the petitions. One of these petitions was fe one on which Post- eee Hall, at Canyon City, testified his name had been forged. ‘ NOTES, After THE Srar’s report of the star route trial closed yesterday, Mr. Bitsy continued to submit Papers respecting route 40,304. A letter dated August 25th, 1879, written by Horace D. Bean (since deceased), 2 lawyer at Ploche, to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen- ral, was read, which stated that the number of letters that passed over the route elther way was on at, average of less than six per day, and that the officials there didn’t know why the ‘route was established, unless it was to enrich persons imme- diately concerned. The witness, Spencer, for whom Mr. Bliss inti- mated his intention this morning of taking out an attachment 1s ex-Senator Spencer, of Alabama, whose testimony 1s wanting regarding the Oregon routes. He has been in the city and disappeared, Mr. Merrick, in conversation at noon, expressed the intention of the prosecution to make a vigor- ous effort to obtain the ex-Sexator’s presence. Mr. Merrick said to-day that the reports that the new evidence to be presented to the grand jury implicated three Senators was incorrect. It affected only one Senatar, he said. eee ale ice ts The River Flats Improvement. POINTS IN YESTERDAY'S DEBATE IN THE SENATE— ARGUMENTS OF MESSRS, CONGER AND WILLLIAMS. During the debate in the Senate yesterday on the amendment to the river and harbor Dill ap- Propriating $500,000 for improvement of the Po- tomac river, (which amentment was adopted, as stated in THE SraR last evening), Mr. Con- ger said the government had been expend- ing money for years for iredging the channel here, and he had found with surprise that the material dredged from the Washington cban. nel was carried down to a side channel about the long bridge, and there Joaded on cars to be re- moved. A board of engineers was ordered to look into that and ascertain why &% Was necessary to go to the expense of carrying the material fifteen or twenty miles after it hed been dredged out, when it was needed to fill lowgrounds right here at the city. He sald it was admitted that the very material which was carried away at so” much expense could be used profitably for filling the low grounds right here at the city. Col. Abert and Maja@ Twining had given clear and explicit testimony as to the improve Ment of the Potomac channelhere, and, in addi- tion to thetr testimony, many sanitary experts were examined as to the effectof the improvement upon the general health, He maintained that the projected work was of primary benefit to the channel, and that Mr. Vest had examined wit- nesses before the committee on that point. The Plan would enable the deposits now carried away to at heavy expense be employed in filling. He- explained the proposed im- provement as contemplated in the plan, and said ever} who understood ‘ybody anything of the sanitary condition here must ad- mit that this work should have been begun long ago, and should now be begun and completed as. soon a8 possible. He maintained that it wasa prover subject for the river and harbor bIlL He oped the amendment would be adopted. He had no objection to Mr. Garland’s amendment, though he did not regard 1t as necessary. The govern- ment clearly Owned the land proposed to be im- ved. Parties had sought to obtain a patent to he bottoms because they were alleged to be wild Jand or accrued land made ty deposits. ‘The gov- vernment had contrel of the land in the Dis- trict. uf Columbia. On application of the Claimants a survey was ‘but no patent is- Mr. Ransom t a patent nad Recri corrected by saying a p: Mr. Conger said then it iad since been declared invalid, because there was no law applying to wild land tn the District ag there ts in the terrl- tories. He would preter an appropriation of a million do!iars. ‘The Realchot every resident and every visitor to Wasi depends upon remov- jog the Mith ‘and stench aecumulated on th flats. ‘The hoi immediate border of the flats had a People who owned ths land had left it 8 uninpabltable- It was like held that the pro- tn_the int deposits year! at the cost of much mnt tem doin; iggle for life, gt luences of the flats, and there ne iL throb of jo: ata, 2 ere Wak a goiversal throb of joy in the hearts of the people General Garfield was remov dto Lo! and the manded thar. Congress de- “gemove this stand- race trom the pital. He would refer to vote for the ppropriation in a ump, but would take this as aieginning. ‘MR. WILLIAMS AMONISHED that Mr. Vest, usually so should stick at technicalities to oppose an ration for such a great river asthe tional capital It isa; @ great harbor. e enough to float “Whe Case of Sergt. Mason. THE FORTHCOMING REPORT OF JUDGE ADVOCATE GEN- ERAL SWAIM. Judge Advocate General Swatm returned to the city last eventng from Capon Springs, West Va. His report on the brief of Mr. Bigelow regarding the Sergt. Mason case {s finished, and will be sub- mitted to the Secretary of War in a day or two. In hls report Gen, Swaim takes the same view of the case reached in his first report, after a careful and thorough consideration, 1n effect that Mason was unjustly sentenced, in that the assault with which he was charged was a physieal impossibility; that the positions of the Wo men and the sur- | foundings were such as to make the charge wholly ‘invalid. ‘This, Gen. Swaim contends, is the main int at issue, and which ig yet to be determined by the President. He claims that the case was brought before the Supreme Court on questions of law which were wholly foreign to the case. The question of au- thority In ordering the military to the jallis one of jurisdiction, which has not been settled. Al- though everyone acknowleages that the end was & good one, there {Ss no doubt as to the means em- ployed to gain that end. While in this one case the result was most satisfactory, yet if the au- thority should be used In this case'Why not in any other ————— Hush for Government Clerkships. RAID OF OFFICE-SEEKERS ON THE INTERIOR DEPART- MENT. ; ‘The prospect of the creation of 800 odd places in the Interior department by the passage of the legislative bill has attracted a horde of office-seek- ers. Secretary Teller uniformly refuses to give any applicants for places a personal interview, and they are directed ta fle their applications and papers.’ The number of these applications now on 1s estimated to be something like 4,000 to fill a few more than 800 places. ‘The applicants, how- ever, besiege the Pension office, and those with Congressional influence have filed no application atall. The appointments are all to be made by the Secretary of the Faterlor, but of course the wishes of the commisstoner of pensions will be considered. The appointments, to a certain ex- tent, will be apportioned among Members of Con- gress, and as soon as the ill is passed 1t will not e long before all the places are filled. When a large number of appointments were made in the Pension office last_year a great outcry was made against Secretary Kirkwood because he appointed new men instead of promoting the old clerks. The reason of it was that it was not considered that length of service carried with it the neces- sary qualifications, and the new men were ap- inted to positions where ability was requt he same rule Will be observed this year to a large extent F The Egyptian Army. ITS ORGANIZATION OPEN TO AMEKICAN OFFICERS. From the N. ¥. Herald To-day. The Egyptian army in conflict with the British fleet to-day, was organized by American officers, and as far as it has any efficiency it 1s their crea- tion. These officers—some 25 in number—went to Eaypt tn 1807, nearly all broken in fortune and filled with high hopes in their new employment. It was through Gen. Thaddeus P. Mott, and son of Dr. Valentine Mott, who had made his way to Constantinople and there married a Greek lady, that these gentlemen were induced to enter the service of the Khedive. Gen. Mott served in Italy, and afterward rose to the rank of brigadier gen- eral in the federal army during the late clyil war. ‘The best Known of these Americans was Gen. Charles P. Stone, who almost immediately became chief of staff, and soon after firmly established himself in a Post similar In power and authority to thatof Gen. Von Moltke toward the Germanarmics. It was not long before the American officers began to feel hostile pressure from two quarters—one from the American Consul General, Col. George H. Butler, and from the English influences prevailing in Calro and Alexandria. Then followed some personal encounters and general bickering dis- graceful to all concerned, und as a body among the Christian colonies of those two cities these entlemen soon lost any collective standing. In- Gividually, however, they. were soldiers of estab Ushed reputation, the larger proportion being from the confederate ‘army, and they have nearly all led very adventurous 'careers, both before and after leaving the Egyptian Service. The most prominent confederate wa3 Col, Charles Rhett, chief of staff to Gen. en Johnston during the civil war. When Col. Rhett went to Egypt he was very auch disinclined to adopt the habits of te military tn matters of costume,and in fact had no sympathy with. the country ‘at all, and was quite outspoken in his views. From this circum- Stance he was never given an important command, but, like many others, was given lis pay regular- ly, according to contract, Which was an inflexible instrument. He was seized with paralysis while on a visit to Europe, dying suddenly. He was the most popular of all the American ofticers in Egypt. t ‘Au OMeer of no tess note was Loring Pasha,who in 1849 performed the most dificult and painstak- inz march known fn American military annals. He conducted a regiment supplied with artillery across the Rocky mountains to Oregon—a five months’ tramp. -He subsequently engaged in the Mexican war, leaving an arm on the field, but when the civil war came he cast his fortunes with the gouth. When he left Egypt, where he was com- mandant of Alexandria—the important post to- day—the Khedive gave him $50,000, which, it is un- derstood, has almost melted away in disastrous speculation. {t was Gen. Loring who constructed almost all of the Important defescesot Alexandria, commanded the disastrous expedition against Abyssinia, and whose hand is visible In the mili- tary organization as it exists to-day. He is living in this city, engaged upon a book recounting the riences of his life. ire career of Gen. Chas. P. Stone is well known to all army officers, and had he remained tn his original position on the army list there is scarcely an officer tn the active service that would now rank him. He was, however, at the Instance of the late Senator Sumner, sent 'to Fort Lafayette on charges of treasonabie conduct at the battle of Ball's Bluff, and was subsequently dismissed. This event nearly upset his reason; but he rallied, be- came a mining engineer, and finally accepted the position at the head of the Ezyptian staff which e still holds. His conductin Egypt has been both highly praised and severely criticised. One thing is certain. He 1s about the only American officer who was able to hold his 9 Place against all intrigue, first with Ismail Pasha, the deposed khedive, an then with hisson Tewntk, hissuccessor. Gen. Stone hot only undertook to organize the present army, to revolutionize the rotten methods he found in vozue, but he set on foot a comprehensive system of central African exploration, under Col. €. C. Long. Sparrow Purdy and Majors Mason, Prout and Dye. - The officers now remaining at the scene of conflict are Gen. Stone, Col. C. C. Long (not in the army) and Major Mason. Sparrow Purdy ts dead. Among those no longer living, are Col. Jenifer, the inventor of the Jenifer saddle; Gen. Sibley, the inventor of the Sibley tent; Gen: Ray- nolds, Col. Frank Raynolds, Major Hunt and Col. Campbell, all ex-confederate officers. Gen. R. E. Colston, who made a journey of 1,700 miles ‘on a litter from Equatorial Africa to tie Nile, is now engaged as a military instructor at an academy on Washington Heights. Col. Wood is living quietly in Norfolk. Itis hardly probable that any of the American officers will participate in the sti ‘le with the exception of General Stone, and it extremely doubtful if he will be permitted to retain any im- portant command if a religious war grows out of whe present situation. Few of the officers now live to see the fruit of theirlabors. There is a very large number of Americans and officers everywhere who will watch the result of the fighting as an evidence of what our military taskmasterscan do with African ma- The British Fleet. ‘The squadron in the Mediterranean, the most powerful, as well as the most numerous, of any fleets abroad, comprises six iron-clads—namely, the-Alexandra, flying the flag of the vice admiral commanding in chief on the station, an Vessel of 9,492 tonsyilspiacement, armed with two 25-ton and ten 18-ton s bemealighoesl er hull protected by armor 18% inches thick at the it vital parts of vessel, and carrying a crew of 671 and men; the Infiexible, of 11,500 tong displace- ment, with four 80-ton guns, armor #4 inches thick a crew of 849 officers and men; the Temé- raire, of 8,412 tons displacement, with four %-ton an ee eee ge are 3ae inches thie and a crew Pas ein, oi tare a armored with 18%-inch fron ‘pi and carrying oMcers and men; the Telegrams to The Star. WAR IN EGYPT! ALEXANDRIA UNDER FIRE. PROGRESS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. FOUR FORTS AND A MAGAZINE. BLOWN UP. THE BRITISH FLEET UHHARMED. FORTY BRITONS WOUNDED; NONE KILLED. LATEST NEWS FROM THE STRIKERS. THE WAR IN EGYPT OPENED, British Bombardment of the Alexan- dria Fortifications. Lonpox, July 11.—The correspondent of the Standard, on board the Invincible, telegraphs as follows: “ALEXANDRIA, July 11— dra, Sultan an ‘D opened the fire upon the fortifications. “The Sat once replied, but their shots at first fell short of the ships. The rest Of the fleet then joined in and the action be- came general, Atter twenty minutes’ cannonade Livo Of the forts ceased firing. ‘The ships as far as can be perceived have not suffered any damage.” Turkey Will Not Send Treops te Egypt. Panis, July 11.—The Turktsh minister has oM- clally informed M. De Freycinet that Turkey will not send troops to Egypt Two Hours’ Heavy Firing—A Fort Blewn Up. Loxpon, July 11.—The Standard’s correspondent on the Invincible telegraphs the following: “ ALEXANDRIA, July 11, 9:10 a.m.—The attack on the forts has now been Kept up two hours, Smoke hangs over the city along the line of the shore batteries and among the ships, and it is difficult to sce what damage has been done. It_is certain, however, that the enemy has suffered very heavily. Fort Marsa El Kanat has been blown up. The fire from the other batteries and forts is The top e tower of Fort Pharos has been carried away. and many guns have been dismounted on that and other forts. The flag of the Geneva red cross is ying over the hospital in the city. The Dutch and Greek flags are holsted over their respective consulates. At the beginning of the bombard- ment Immense excitement was visible. Crowds of People were seen wending their Way toward the alace. The streets are now deserted, the people aving fled or taken refuge iucellars. There are no signs Of a surrender 80 far. The Forts Grad y Being Silenced. A telegram from the Eastern Telegraph com- Pany’s steamer Chiltern, sent 11:15 this am, says the bombardment still continues. The forts are gradually being silenced. The Ras-Ei-Tin forts 40 a. m.—The Alexan- are suffering severely from the heavy and dias. trous fire of the ships Alexandra, Superb and Temeraire. ‘The Suez Canal Closed. Lo xpox, July 11.—A dispatch to Lloyds from Port Said states that the British consul there by order of Admiral Seymour has stopped ships from enter ing the Suez canal. Admiral Seymour’s Dispatch About the Sombardment. Admiral Seymour telegraphs as follows: “The ships opened fire at7 o'clock this morning. The Teturn fire from tie forts was weak and ineffec- tive. Anexplosion tn Fort Marsa El Kanat had occurred by 8 o'clock. ‘The ships engaged are the Inflextble, Temeraire, Penelope, Superb, Sultan, Invincible, Aletandra,and Monarch.” ‘The Porte’s View of It, CONSTANTINOPLE, July 11.—Lord Dufferin, the British ambassador, the porte on Monday of Admiral Seymour’s intention to bombard the Alex andrian forts if Arabl Pacha remained obdu- rate. on the same evening telegraphed Musurus Pacha, its ambassador at London, that such an act would constitute a grave infraction of the sovereign rights of the sultan and that lt ex- pected the Britisn government to order Admiral Seymour to abstain. A Magazine Biown Up. Loxpox, July 11, 1 p.m.—A dispatch just re- ceived from Alexandria says that the magazine at Fort Ada has been blown up. Protest Against the Action of the Brit- ish Consul. Paris, July 11.—The agent of the Suez canal telegra phs M. De Lesseps that he had written to the na val commanders protesting against the action of the British consul at PortSaid, in pre- venti g vessels entering the canal asa Violation of its neutrality, and declaring that the company will hold the British government responsible. The whole staff of the canal remain at thelr ‘The Occupation of Port Said. Lonpon, July 11.—A private telegram from Port Said states that the French consul has ordered the embarkation of French subjects. The occupation of Port Said is expected to take place to-day. Position of the British Ships. Lowpen, Julf 11.—The Times, in its third edi- tion, publishes a dispatch from’ Alexandria as fol- lows: The armored ships are in the following po- sitions: The Alexandria, Sultan, and Superb, are under way onaline northeast by east, and from fifteen to nineteen hundred yards northwest of the Ennostus Point lighthouse. The Inflexible 1s in the Corvette pags, the narrowest channel lead- ing into the harbor, and 3,700 yards north by west from the Masse fort. The Temeraire is in the cen- tral channel, 3,500 yards north to northwest of the Masse fort, and the Penelope, Invincible and Mon- arch are 1,000 to 1,300 yards to the northwest of the Masse fort. The unarmored ships are under way, working their guns to the best advantage. The torpedo depot ship Hecla has arrived. Fort Ada, the magazine in which has been blown up, 18 loca- Se the vice regal palace outside of the A Vote of Credit. Lonpon, July 11.—In the house of commons this afternoon Mr. Childers, the secretary of war, re- a Lord Stanley, said that he did not ex- ordinary expenditui be exceeded; though, of course, It sitive opsatiaus were proceeded with a Vote of credit would be necessary. Four Forts Blown Up. Lowpon, July 11—8:30 p.m.—An Alexandria dis- patch to the Central News says the fire of the fleet commands the railway to Cairo. Up to noon four forts in all were blown up. No casualties to the fleet are discernible. ‘The Action Over for the Day. FORTY ENGLISH WOUNDED; NONE KILLED. ALExXawpriA, July 11, 650 p.m.—The action is tnished for the day. The casualtieson the Eng- lsh side amount to forty wounded, and none killed, ——>__. Alleged Frandulcnt Sonds. DECISION OF JUDGE WALLACE. New York, July 11.—In the sult of the board of chosen freeholders of oh of N. Jy of New Yorks brougut to compel the defendant, to nde now the gave & latnant. Victims of the Toy Pistols. Norrmeaston, Mass., July 11.—A' oe ecinnee ae Can ae a jaw; rat ie seriously ill; and ae — om, aged fourteen was years, Severely. All were ‘wounded in the hand with toy pistols. Poem, RL, July ha nnonet case of Tailway association, ‘De advanced five pounds, cents per persed alegre The Cumberiand ‘incre’ Strike. INDICATIONS OF TROURLE ANEAD—118 SPECIAL FO= Spectal dimpatoh to the EvExixe Sran. CUMBERLAND, Md, July 11.—The swearing Inotits railroad and mining police yesterday for the pro- ‘tection of the rty of all the mining compa Taga bere 2 an indication that forbearance will n€ old intners must get out of el 2 companies Rosse occupants, ‘hat the police will protect the new and that either the off hands that tse Want must go to work Very soon, or thelr places: by others, and they will be out for Ten boats left by canal yesterday, will be Ml - Suicide awyer. Newanx, N. J., July 11.—Philip F. Umbechieder, A Young Germas' lawyer. shot and killed’ nite last night. The cause for the act !s not knowa. ~ The Chicago Strike Troubles. PREPARATIONS TO START THE TRON ‘MILLS WITH §Ome UNION MEN. Sovrn Cmicago, Iu, July 11,—Everytht quiet at the milis of tive ‘Calumet tron “and Meat company this morning, althongh large crowds are gathered around the depot awaiting the arr Val Of the trains. Preparations are being made to ‘start up three of sixteen tu with non-union men. The officers of the company are here, and there ts a large force of police on hand. About 80 spectai police: ve been sworn in. The anton men Say that they will not make any (rouble. > ‘The New York Freight 1: ors’ Strike New York, July 11.—The condition of the treigh® coon on Rerye the same as Fes 3 np that Uhey are Posing of the tre! ormerly, and that th Almost is fest coming skilled at the work. bus atv rapidly be Sulpping was light this morning. © different German leties are engaged in visiting the different plers, persuading their te wecountrymen from Worklug against the strikers. —_— A Thieving Rank Janitor. Euizanen For the past year 1 State bank Im rt in amounts sly rested on eee: Suspicion ui minor dlerks, who were dischang the missing toney could be fou the paying U enious arra: ja T accidentally discovered an tte ment « neariy $2,000. rested, and he confesssl his guilt. a The Sprague Pro; 3 Provmence, II, July lin tee supreme court to-day, in the se against Wilboursfackson: € Co., adjudged in contempt for not bidding at Che attempted auction sale ot the Sprague property the amount they agreed to bid, Im court, the Tee Spondents formally refused to obey the ‘order of the court to pay to trustee Chaffee $7,500 to reim- burse him for losses sustained through vhelr fail ure to bid. The court thereupon decided to enforces @ statutory penalty for contempt, and a writ of tachment will be issued upon further order of the court. ——_»—__ The Iron Moulderw Convention, New York, July 11.—The tron moulcers come Unued theirconvention to-day in Brooklyn. Mayor Low made an address of welcome to them. There Was @ large attendance of the de! ponents DoS to be Serenade’. Iv 11.—A public serenaae will De tendered Roscoe Conkling at bis residence tals evening, and a speech Is expected, Funeral. New Yor«, July 11.—The funeral of the late Adolphus F. Carter, an old and well-known mere chant of this city, who died st Staunton, Va, while on his way home from the Hot Springs, Ark, took place to-day from his late residence, Storm in Ohio, Manisrra, O., July 11.—A storm passed over this region last night with heavy rain and wind aa@ much lightning. Two barns were struck and de- stroyed, and one farmer lost four cows ign ning. Tain-fall Was an inch and is all broken down. sige Deaths in New York from the Heat. New Yor«, July 11.—There were reported, noon to-day, nine deaths of young children from the excessive heat. Seven cases of sunstroke were Teported up to the same hour. Educational Conventions. Saratooa, N. Y., July 11.—The American Instte {ute of Instruction and the National Educational ; Association opened their annual sessions this morning. The associations were welcomed by brief addresses by R. J. Milligan, president of the village, and Jonn Foley, president of the board of education, to which ses were made by W. | A. Mowry, of Providence, president of the Ameri~ | can Institute of Instruction, and G. J. Orr, of Ate Janta, president of the National Educational As soctation. After the appointment of committees President Mowry gave the annual address,the sub- ject being: What schools will do for the. le opened by quoting a saying @f Col. Loc! Georgia, the well-known plant? at the Atlante, exposition last fall,that he had learned th: intelli perso! id pick ago thatan intelligent n Wi more cotton and do it better than an’ Cone. Then he proceeded to tell some things that education and educated men had accomplished. John W. Dickinson. secretary of the Massachusetts board of education, read a paper on the limit of oral in- struction. —--—- ~— ‘The Weather in Washington. THE HEATED TERM TEMPERED BY 4 SHOWER AND REFRESHING BREEZES. ‘This morning the weather promised to be ® con- Unuation of the heatof yesterday, with several degrees in advance. At 7am. the thermometer registered 78, and by 9 o'clock the mercury was steadily mounting up to the nineties A light breeze, however, sprang eh modified heat of the sun, A UM eter, Which was hung in adrug store along: the avenue where It was exposed to the heat from the pavement, at 1 o'clock registered 100, but anotuer thermometer that was properly ‘shaded, showed that the temperature was only 88. The light rain that fell about that Ume served to clear the atu and was followed by a strong coal that made life a little more endurable. There has been no reason W com- plain of the heat thus far this season, as it has been unusually moderate. 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