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( — THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Ferthwest Cerner Penasylvania Avo. and 11th &t.,s7 The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. Te FrExiee San is served to mbscribers tn tho ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, cr44cents per mouth. Copies at the counter, 2 fertreach. By mall p-etace prevaid—60 cents a mouth, 1¢ veer, 96; Fix montha, (Entered at the Post ( fecond-clane mail matter. 6 ‘Tar Wrexiy Stsn—pulviehed on Friday—$? 9 vear, Pestegeprepatd. Six months, $1, 10 copies for $13;20 Ser ies 20 $00. 282, Mi ail rotecrintions must be paid in advance: «paper sent loryer than is patd for. Blten of advertiing made Enown on apritcation. fice at Washington, D. C., 23 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE STAR Axrverwents—Ist paze. ATTORNEYS— Ist p. AUCTION SALE: Booxs, &c.—6t Boaxpixe Burisess € —4th pars. Cry Irests— Sth paze. Thy Rear Drarns— 8th par TATE—4th para TAL 6th é LY SUPPLiEs—6th prey, Fox Kewt (Rooms) Fox Rext (Houses! For Rest (Miscellancous)—tth pyrex Fon Sate (Mi pH pag Feu Sere He pare, GExTLEwEN's Rovsrrvesiarsc Lapies’ ¢ 3th Lost axp Fouxp 40) Mangiaces sth Mosry ro Loas Mepicar, &e.—6th Fensoxai—ith p Prorrsstoxat—tth “Praxon « Raroans Eprctat Noricks—Ist ong Srrctarries—sth ‘THe Tuapes—6th page. SPECIAL NOTICES. cer Ru ISSUE OF subscription hocks are ue of stocz, pay ment: nmence November, Morth'y pays $1,000 is art Af this date = homes. pa; Information wi ceived bs — aville, 342 D st. nw. Printing office, th st. mw. TP st. now. Bureau of Engraving. n share. in full. nd subscription re- snd Md. ave. aw. atioual Metropolitan Bank. » Ricks & Co. e, Bank of Washington. Herron, Star office. EF, 4888s mesic navy, +e Ju8-712 E street. First appeara NEW YoRK of the COMPANY. Director. can be had at Ab- SesatS o'clock. — 025-4 TERTAINM 7.1.0. 0. F., will give a ment at Odd Fe Choir of Christ's Church. Committee: K. E “s les B, Givens and Frankl Fidler. . oi Z NAétiosat th TO-NIGHT AT 8 a RICE Ss ug © New cig gk Operatic € Rr Pr P R K I = 1 8 Pre-ented by an s Ez Lene ty D COMPANY, £ P . t P a inveteperred A BH -MELANGE OF MIRTH AND MELODY. K 5 Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. ¥ MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, Daly's New York T Company ip om MANKIND. NE* THEATER Comigue. MONDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1982, McINTYRE & HEATH'S FAMOUS COMBINATION. McINTYRE & NEATH, PAULINE BATCHELI LAISCELI THE YoU 30-"THE NECROMANCE! GRAND CONCERT | o23-4t* amon JOCKEY CLUB. 1882. FALL MEETING. FUESDAY, OCTOBER 1. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. FIVE RACES EACH DAY, One of which WILL 2 EEPLECHASE. Improper choracters will positively be excluded. ‘Trains leave the Batimore and Ohio railroad depot for the track at 9 ant 10 am, 92:50 and 1-50 p.m. mination of the races. Bound-trip tickets, 10 cents. m., 12:10, aud will be in waiting at the ter- ‘The first rice will be started promptly at 1 o'clock. oie aw Ro. 626; ON EXHIBITION 626 Ez t AND SALE AT E Street. MARKEITER Street Ke. 626 F street northwest, one docr from 7th street, CBoice © = omyy to gpe st CS ba ee 5 1 Choice Stock ot Pupechansin cturs ame ure Cord and ls, Rings, Nails, ete. at ‘Terms Caxh ree Art Olt _ATTOR FITZGERALD, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W. P @0, Corcoran Building, fees in all the Courts. 3 Attorney-at-Law, Rooms ? aud 4 Gunton Law Building, 472 Loutsisna avenue. JAPANESE GOODS J JAY GOULD, 421 9ra STREET, BETWE! 6 D © aud Este, one square from ‘Ivania avenue. ia "igmieene Fane ‘Dace pene ee <. Also, new Xmas Cards, Scrap Pictures, ete. of HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON. pening Star. GTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1882. THE STAR ROUTE BRIBERY. TWO CENTS. Assessments in this District. INTERESTING FACTS FROM THE ASSESSOR'S REPORT. ‘The annual report of the asseszor, to which a brief allusion was made in yesterday’s STAR: shows the kinds of LICENSES ISSUED and the amounts realized from each class, as fol- lows: Apothecaries, $487.01; auctioneers, $1,576.26; ‘book agents, $250.93; banks and bankers, $290.42; brewers, $125; Dill posters, $20; billiard tables, $1,307.58; bar rooms, $51,190.44; commercial agents, merchants, $2,085.05 “Washington News and Gossip. Governwent REcEIPts To-pay.—Internal reve- ; customs, $900,680.30 Telegrams ‘to The Star. BIA HORTI- The regular monthly Warrants for Arrest of Accused Par- ar Payne in Castody—Frank Thomas F. Foote, and F. C. Shaw Out of Town. or CULTURAL SOCIETY, tehld THIS (\ fail. 11th street northwest, at 8 o'clock: nue, $339,531.91 Tue NATIONAL Bank demption to-day amount to $122,000. Arrcrxtep.—Secretary Lincoln has appointed outh Carolina, to a $1,200 neral’s office, Ep.—The Prestlent has Simpson postiaster at Socorrcy 3, Vice E.L. Laphain who was dismissed for PHILADELPHIA'S CELEBRATION. HUGHES AHEAD IN Notes received for re- CHAS. A. BALL, Secretary. ->° DR. HODGERIN, D i Removed to 140 u's Christian Asscciation Inilding Yesterday afternoon warrants Were issued by the Police Court for the arrest of Frank H. Fall, Thos. S. Foote, Arthur Payne and F.C. Shaw on the charge of attempting corruptly to influence Jurors in the case of the Dorseys, Brady et al.— the star route conspiracy case. The warrants Were placed In the hands of Marshal Henry about 4 <o’clock p. m., who immediately gave them to his officers to serve them. FALL OUT OF TOWN. Tt was ascertaieed that Mr. Fall leftithis city yesterday afternoon on the friends say that it is only a business trip, and not because of any apprehended prosecution. ed, will be here again not later than ‘to-morrow. ARREST OF PAYNE. Payne was arrested last night by Perry Carson. } Payne having heard that Carson wanted to see him started out to look him up and*to surrender THE WALK, Frank C. Martin, of HORSE RACES IN ENGLAND TO-DAY. appointed Pedro A. silé dealers in liquors, $10,823.10: . $120; dealers In junk, $1,820; dealers $90.85; entertainments, circuses, and ‘vehicles for hire, $1,433.20; insurance companies and agents telligence oMces, $11.67 etiarers Of & photographers, $2,000 ; patent agents, $14 THE SULTAN STOPS ARABI'S TRIAL, in old barrels, SUAL REPORT OF THE MONEY-ORDER OFFICE, P.O. D.—Dr. McDonald, the chief of the money iy submitted his anny ere were 449 new off and one alse ‘Of1LS, $465,039.25. . Victoria ani nd thé system was adopted t. The report rec Which would lessen the fon of postal notes In sums THE SOUTH AMERICAN MUDDLE. a The Bi-Centennial, “TRADES DAY” AT THE POULADELPHIA CELEBRATION —THOUSANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE IN LINE. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25.—F ted to make “Trades day the group of bi-centenntal fet The city was, as swathed in flags, buntings and: forming the route of Were packed with spectators, and although this 2%; peddlers, ;_ pawnbroker's, produce dealers im dealers at large, Teal estate agents, luring the year, T of 9 percent. restaurants, $3,258. @ weather contribu RELATION TO LIQUOR LICENSES “Bat-room lee the report state: isstied to the num ber of 528, from Nov. 1, 1881, to this date (Sept. 5), and 26 applications have been rejected during the same time. A large majority of the latter have Immediate! oale iquor license parties continue to not be detected. ied scale of fe und the ado: under $ at a fee of .. WALTER 8. COX, President. srereens. The the. procession | Rec aran ate A BoarD oF OFFicens of the corps of engineers, to ewton, Lteut. B. Comstock, 18 con- ork city for the examtna- Damrell, with a view WHEREABOUTS OF FOOTE AND SHAW. pote has not been in town for several days, being now a resident of said to be out of town also, THE WARRANTS $s to the effect that Fall em+ ployed Foote ani Payne to influence Willian K. Brown (who makes, the affidavit on wileh the warrants for arrest 6f Fail, Foote and P: based) to vote for the acquital of defend ints offering him $2,500; endeavoring to procur, greement to at effect, AW, WhO Was one Of the jurors £ the last term of tue court, 8 to the effet thit approiched Mr. Don!phia ken out whole. Sonstitution of the Nation members can i 2] C.D. MURKAY, Sec’; ‘a stand still, : $ @ mystic tableau | procession and the reception atthe academy, | with minor features, forms the distinct feature of part of the celebration, formed on north strect at 9 a. m. and coumtermarched south on Broad street to Lombard, thence back tnto Chestnut street and over the foute traversed by yesterday's procession. There were twelve divis- fons in the procession. The head of the Mne made a good impression everywhere along the route, the first section of | the division being formed by workmen of the Pennsylvania railroad company to the number of 1,00, of whom 1,000 were from the Altoona sh and i80 from the shops near Jersey Clty. workmen were uniformed In blue suits, with brass | buttons, and were divided into sectic which Was designated by a handsome silk banner back with the monogram P.R. R.,” and on the front with the name of.the trades represented. First. came the machinists, with the bla makers, wheel-inoulders, upholsterers, painters, all sturdy, sinewy, intelligent- looking men,’ who not only looked well, but marched like veterans. division was a magnificent reallstic oll paint- Tepresenting a locomotive and train of | Susquehanna Pennsvivania ratiroad bridge. nll by the drink, vet they e: r-room Heense {3 $100 the wholesale Mquor Itcense 1s $25 per annum. The U.S. revenue law reverses this, compelling the wholesale dealer to pay the larg and the bar-room the Teast, or $25. of Wholesale dealers who now pay a Mquor license Uthat the large number of these sell by the drink, and still a larger number If the law was similar to the U. 8. law which authorizes the confiscation of liquor whenever it 1s found sale when no Ilcense can be shown, it would greatly add to and prevent fraud upon the reve- T think it would be for the best. interests of the District If all Mquor dealers should pay the ume license and begipon the same footing, mak- ng It obligatory upon each dealer to sate majorities as now required by applicants for bar-room licenses before entering upon business REAL ESTATE. Of the assessment branch he gives a statement of the assessed value of the real estate of the Dis- trict of Columbla on June 30, 1881, after the cor- Tection of the tax books, as follow Washington—Taxable, $78, Columbia property of $1,294,38 Abboit, avd Lieut, Col. C: stituted to meet In New tion of Captiin Andrew N, promotion in the corps ot ening sembled as soon after November 6, 1852, as practicable, are based on affid: The number Ansty Oxpens.—Leave for one year, on surgeon's 1s 451, and it 15 Dellev: certitleate of disability, with perm tue departinent of the ‘Missouri, Is granted First Phos. B. Briggs, 14th in months, from October 1, 18: te of Qisability, 1s granted Keeler, 18th infantry. ‘The lei Alfred’ ©. Sharpe, 24d intantry, is extended four ission to lexve sell without any Ieense. stores or places of signature to an i warrant against 8 surgeon's cer- apt. Birney B. of First Lieut. ‘payers of the District will t: |, One Of the jurors In ite caseanct offered to bribe hiin by tie offer of $290 to vote for the ucquital of the Dor- alling on him several Limes and making tie proposition. PAYNE'S BAIL FIXED AT $2,000, Perry Carson,of the marshat’s office, in custody last night, and brought him into the Police Court about 11 o'clock thts surrendered him to the court authorities. ©. Clugett appeared as counsel for the Prosecuting Attorney Moore called Judze artention to the case, and stated that the prisoaer Was charged with attempting to Influence a mem- ber of the “so-called” star route jury. ry cases were in the hands of es Attorney Wells. » Who would coine Into court day for trial In View of the fact that the offense 13 ible by imprisonment for one year anda 1¢ Of $1 009, he would ask that the s sarance before this court. ‘The court tixed the ball at $2,000, and the de ant took seat inside the bar,and s being a misde: the Police Court. s reporter, afler Ue court adjourned, ihat he quainted with Brown, but dent avainst hin, iiding Association | 4th annual | f The acting Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Joslyn, has requested the Attor- ney General to make a motion In the U. Supreme Court to ms in Louisiana amounting t in sugar cultivation belonging to the hie! ate Join Siidell, ing stuce 1897 in the y } frou and after the uret day of Novenbe said tax is due November 1, 1882, the id tax before the first will have a deduction of five (5) inscribed on. of the company, | of the Hou- miths, Ddoiler- 1 to the members to | uch of the firet half of said t as shell not be paid dur. per cent. will be a y of each succeeding month thereafter until the same is paid, or otherwise proceeded with as es a like penalty for non-paym ie May 1, 1883, if not paid w Commissioners of the D. C. JOHN F. COOK, Collector Taxes District of Columbi: es due Novem morning, and &c., following, enaity of “two ( At the head of the exeinpt frou tax- ; property of the United States, « t EY rable” $2 260,919 rty of deorgetown—Taxable,” $5 266,913; property ot District of Columbia, 118.8 on tion, $349,152; property of United States, $72,427; xble at $1.50, $4,471,865; taxable at rict of Columbia, THE NAVAL Apvisory Boanp met at the Navy department to-day, and organized with Commo- dore R. W. Shuieldt as president and Lieutenant Etward Very as teipora: arranged to hold dally additional plans have been referred to the board Joseph Humphrie: lowering apparat 2 rifle breech loading ord Next followed es3 company, ‘ing the contrast presented by an old negro pushing an old style hand cart, and the handsome double team wagons now used by the company the idea being to show the developni hess of the company, which beg: an and push cartin 1840. In th> Baluwin Locomo- isplay there were 2,000 men in line, divided into sections as ir the case of the Penu- 1a railroad representation. a representation of the primitive locomouve, built by the company in 1832, and one of the last engines turned out of their shops, and a banner inscribed “Established in_ 1831—4,450 locomotives constructed to 1882.” Company had tn its turn out an ol Connestoga exempt from taxa Special United st confer with Mr. Well $1, $2,053,891; “property of Dis $37,999; exempt from taxation, $878,550; pI of ‘United States, $3,162,205;" wtal, Making a total in the District of Col Amount taxable—Washington city, beheld on WEDNESDAY manding the ‘husett, reports to tie Navy department, under date of Esquimalt, B.C., Octo- NIN In the line was th street north ent for a bonds- ‘The books are now open for taking shares of the See- i NEW BUILDINGS. To this add the value of new imprOvements not d, $2,641,350, after deducting those which have been demolished, $146,950. In Washington, $84 houses, $2, 40 houses, $56,200; in county, 103" hou total, $2,493,400; mnakt ber 11th, that the Adams arr Alaska, on the 24th of Sep Wachusett left that place Sitka, where arrangements were transfer of the government property and the affairs of the territory of Alas! r of the Adams. Qat Fort Wrangel, é ited LO. AST R iation has been exceptionally prosperous surplus over and above Annual Report, Keport shows that we «ive advances on easier ger interest to sharehollers than ‘ort and a copy of the Constitn- named officers: C. C. ar, having a lance heretofore asse: ed tue char, Payne has retained Mr. H.C.Clagett as his coun- now ready for distst made for the 2,500; in’Georgetown, to the comimand- ‘The Adams arrive1 a tober Ist, and on the 31 formally relieved t, and the latter vessel leit Sitka that day for Mare fsland. Nor To Succi | terms end pay a MANIA THEATER ‘COMEDY | most other Ascociat $85,7 Ing at present, $92,802,895, TOTAL OF TAXABLE REAL ESTATE. The alterations of tax-books and consequent changes of property from exempt to taxable, and vice versa, reduces the above amount $269,230, ble real estate THE PUNISHMENT for the offense is imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, ora fine of not more than $1,000, the modern vehicles now used in the business. The Wannamaker employes and representatives of the development of Wannamaker & Co.’s busl- | ness from a very humble begiuning to the present Ume formed the entire second div was formed exclusively of manufacturers’ dis- plays, and the remaining divis tives of all sorts of trades and occupations. whole the demonstration W ing, particularly in the numerous contrasts that pre shown between tie primitive my: mn any of the followin BED MR. Husseit. — Secretary Payne was committed in default of bonds. sed value of t. in the District on the 30th of June, NAL PROPERTY TAX. ment for 1883 on pet ons of representa- not a word of truth {n the reports that he 4s to succeed Mr. Hubbell in the management of the Congressional comimilive. jot present at the dinner given by Seer tevening, at whieh It has lly consented to become nk H. Fall is a lawyer of thts city, and member of the bar about three years. His employment by the Department of Justice was of obtaining information concern- ing Juror Brown’s eqnduct in another case. Ac- cording to the affidavit of Thomas R Foote, Fall y him (Foote) $2,500 In case the de- fendants were convicted. : he ts a middle-aged col‘ved man, and 5 E street, in South Washington, Al's assistants, R. Foote 1s now living at 17 Murray fle swears that he w: employ of Fall, but that he conspired jurors Brown and Martin, at he took a written agree- ledying the payment of er his or Martin's vote He states that “the a: S unique anil interest~ sonal property 13 $9,028,812; tax at $1.501s $135,132.18, For the amount of arrears of this, as well as real e to refer to the coliector’s report, Who'ls now doing lls utmost to colle these taxes, with the ald of the assistant Inspec- tor of licenses. This tax secms to be obnoxtous to as they agree that the burden {s un- y people making proper return, whe: @ large majority make none at all, an e assessor to surmise that all thelr’ per- sonal property 1s in non-taxable bonds or stocks. can rarely ever be reached, unless the owner chooses to inake a return, as 2 large number of them are payable to unknown partles, and transferred purposely with the view of avolding the tax. A large amount of tdle cash is now held by citt- zens, Who would lend itat the low rate of 5 per cent upon real estate, If they were not afraid of ¥ per cent tax on deeds of trust, and they sonably complain that foreign capital has this advantage over theirs, as It pays no tax here. * * * He shows that in the $ er stated that wraviug and Printi | mittee considering M: for the purpo roducts of trade in this city from thirty to one undred years ago, and the resources and results of trade in the present day. “5 The Philadelphia Explosion. LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. been stated that he virt the nominal head of th Tae Curtis PoutticaL eatled for argument In the U. yesterday afternoon, eral Smith, of counsel f argument with hich the petition a in employe of the estate taxes, I beg I te Wan SSESSMENT CASE Was Suprome Court. ant Attorney Gen- r the petitioner, opened AL TON. . ures will be delivered MON- INGS at T o'clock at the w York avenue northwest, Taursday eyening st PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25.—The following ts a com- plete list of the kiil-d_and wounded by the explo- St night, as record olice autaorities: Killed—Mrs. David at 42d and Woodland avenue, struck on the head by a 39-pound plece of fron, a part of the exploding mortar; Join Cannon, 60 years of age, residence unknown, also iit on the head with a plece of the mortar and died within a few min- | utes; the colored baby of Margaret Collins, struck | on its head while in its mother’s a rms, residence 514 north 19th street. ‘The police declare that they have no knowledge of tuls fatality, | number of persons assert that they were ey death, Wounted—Mrs. years old, residence 435 Gold street, both legs frac” >rea internal Injuries, tu Mrs. Kate Borden, breast by flying fron, at hospital, and. seriously od 35, lives at 2411 Meredith yulder 2nd injured so that lits arm had to be amputated at the hospital, probably fataily injured; Wi. Love, aged 2, re- 1042 Stokes street, lez fractured, taken | Dorotha L. Miller, 7 years old, living 1023 street, struck on "the lead, taken to hos- Ital, and will die; James Chambers, aged 26, I ing 1247 north 26th street, struck on the hi taken home, not dangerously hurt. sion at Fairmount ed Of trust notes mow undergoing impr! cont 1 to corrupt ent of the United Sta’ ern district. of New York, rend conviction under an nploye of the U: THE MOST OPSTINATE CA tarrh and Hay Fever are cured by the use of Cream Balm, the ouly agreeable rewedy. Price ted States, With having re- purposes from other of the goverument contrary to the stat- A writof habeus corpus fs asked for to relieve iin from this tinprisoninent, and bring his case before tht PC. Shaw 18 a resident of Washing. | the original panel out of which rsof the siar route jury was tempting to corrupt Juror Edward D. Donlphan to vote for the acquittal of Apply into nostrils with little finger. 1c CATARRH.—I have suffered for years from eid sen chawzed with cCatarrh. Six wecks ago I was induced to try Relief was instantaneous, and con- alted inau almost complete cure. 8. Bookkeeper, Ot Athens Steamboat Co. Ince this tax was ted the assessment has dwindled down from $f7,239.051 in 1878 to $9,666,272 in 1882; and says “Ul great decrease ts almost the intangible property,” and for the current year the decrease will be even greater, as hardly any “intangible property 13 returned.” subject’ hasbeen thoroughly favestigated by a number of leading tax-pi consideration, perfected a license and tax bill, which was submitted to the stoners for thetr investigation, in mlght be transmitted to Congress. * OF NEW ASSESSMENTS A new assessment of real estate for the coming year would secm to be a necessity in order to equalize values, which have greatly increase. In the northwestern part of the elty and decreased in as well as in many portions since the last general assessment nee, twenty squares between 15th and 2ist and M and P streets northwest are now assessed at an avera; square foot, and {t 1s well valus would exceed $1.30, ‘This average 18 calcu- from recent actual sales. a careful estimate I think that upon a new assessment the northwestern section will averaze ; Southwest, or South Was northeast section, 10 cents, a1 or Capitol Hill ana court for review. heeses to the child! renment Sollcitor General Pulltips in behalf of the United ng about half an hour the solic: general closed his argument and the court ad- Elys’ Cream Balm. tue? use has res Brown’s Affidavit Against Payne. entirely due to nto the hospital, will dle: his wife, struck ¥., December 27, County of Washington, y of October, A. D. one thousand elicit hundred and elghty-two, personally came before me, Wiillum B. Suell, judge of the Police Columbia, William K, Brown, who, being duly sworn according to law, ay that on the Ist day of July, county aforesafd, one Arthur ayne did’ corruptly endeavor to tfluenct complainant in the diseharge of is duty as a petlt 1e-ted, empanelled, and Bworn to try an tssue joined in the Supreme Court of the DI3- trict of Columbia, holding a criminal term, held Hovsk ComMIrrres To MEET BEFORE THE Cos- GRESSIONAL Szssio.—The committee of ways and means of the House of Representatives will meet in this elty on the 20th of November, which will be two weeks in advance of the meeting of Con- sign to sub-committees, to be 2p- I subjects with referen ed by that time the tari commis: Will have submitted a partial Teport. yO 28d of November it Is expected the committee on. Appropriations will mect to consider three,at lexst, of the regular appropriation bills inadvance of the estimates of the ments are being made slowly, and {t is believed. It will be the end of November before all are ready. He says this hurt; Albert Siller, aj We hear from many who are using ELYS' CREAM street, struck on the BALM for Catarrh, Cold in Head, & cures effected, and offer it to our customers as the best remedy for its purposes in use. DyKiman & Morr, Druxgists, Catskill, N.Y. yers, who, after much court of the Distr doth declare and order that it A. D. 1882, at the = to the tariff. ELYS' CREAM BALM COMPANY, THIS IS TO GIVE NOTIC seriber, of the District of Colutabia, hat upreme Court of the District of C pecial term for Orphan's Court busi entry on the personal extate of Unfortunate Peru. DISTRACTED CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. Panama, Oct. 25.—News from Peru 1s unsatis- ‘he Montoneros continue their raids on friend and foe, and the Chilians continue to cap- j ture them and to hang and shoot them In dozens. The so-called leading politiclans hang bac! Garcla Calderon, who, through the intercession of Mr. Logan, has liad an opportunity offered him to how refuses to concede the Chillan de- mands which have of late been wonderfubly mode- Tated. The Chiltan offer to assume the settlement ms has brought into the fleld a figure at the The condition of affairs has at ht to the front a man who will speak lesias, formerly minister of war, of Plerola, then captured by the Chillars, then Te- Jeased on parole, which he broke, and lately com- mander in the north, has called a congress of the seven northern departments in order to determine if peace should not be made. he has issued he urges the necessity for peace, and concludes by one of the most truthful statements any public man has ever yet had to make to his fellow countrymen. Atter h the course he has ich have brought about of the country, he says: “Under present circum- | stances all who wish to impose thelr fdeas on the country by force are traitors, as also are who seek to take advantage National misery to preserve wer, in order to continue their horrible work of spiring party hatreds and keepig in power at the expense of the blood of the people. and truly be united for once. throw aside miserabie party passion and endeavor to save our country from a common danger. ublic men of Peru have brought about her ruin the public. A :o-called States of America. and Joun R. Miner, John M. Peck, Stephen W. Dorsey, Harvey M. Vaile, Monttord C. Rerdell, Thos. J. Brady and W. H. Turner, woich theu on trial before the sald_ court, and there corruptly, wickedly and and for the purpose of so corruptly ng the action of com; In said catise, offer to pay to th stim of $2,500 In consideration of his vote as a juror on the trial of said cause, and upon the verdict to | rendered therein, and then and there did nant for his signature an agreement in writing, in words and figures fol- lowing: “This agreement, entered into the 2d day of duly, A. D., the first part, and W. Brown, of the second part witnesseth that for and in consideration of his vote Star route cause the party of the first part party of the second part twenty-five hundred dollars.” thereby that this com corruptly vote on said verdict, according to the ‘son whose name was to be inserted out regard to the evidence in said ald Arthur Payne, thereby cor- ruptly,wickedly aud unlawfully, intending and de- justand lawful trial of the said issue, and a true verdict therein by the jury afore- sald selected, empannelled and sworn as aforesald to well and truly try the said dict to render therein, against the form of the statute in such case’ made and provided, and against the peace and government of the United Wu. K. Brown. Sworn to and subscribed the twent Deputy clerk Police Court, D.C. the east and southeast, of Georgetown, s r All person’ havinie @ value of 33 cents per hereby warned toexhibit the same, with the vou Saree ARCHITECT MULLETT’S CLAIM. nown that the present Architect A. B. Mullett a few days ago tende his resignation of superintendent for the construc- Uon of public bulldings at $ York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati, claiming he had never been removed as sup tect of the Treasury. At the Tl ment, however, M fe Supervising and did the law, be exchuite sted to present accounts at once. and this 16th day of Octot . Louts, Chicago, ington, 10 cents; southeast section, avy Yard, 9 cents per square foot; giving an increase of taxable property in the while itis believed that county the depreciation in the one section will be offset by the gain in the ARREARS OF TAXES, BTC. He submits that some form of a bill should be pre~ sented to Congress that would effectually close up allarrears of taxes; and with that viewI have Prepared a form for your consideration, cerhlng new District oMices the assessor quotes ort for 1880 as to the danger of a fire Is of the office in its present exposed ee District Government Affairs. ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS. General Butler, attorney for Colonel Samuel Strong, appeared’ before the Commissioners yes- terday and advocated the submission of hts case to arbitration. He proposes to select twelve promi- nent names and allow the Comunisstouers to select one or three of the names Commissioners select twelve equally prominent ntlemen and he will name three of them as a ard of arbitration. Colonel Cuppy made an argument before the Commisstoners th the case of the Odorless Exca- vating Company vs. Draney, the garbage con- vising archi- sury depart Mullett’s connection’ as super- aus not been recognized since luilett’s action 1s regurded as a pre. : xurd making a claim for compen- sation from 1877 up to the date of his resignation. of all foreign host of claimants. Dreyfus head of the list. tender to the com; amade direct with the State Commitee by which the members of this Association "ure transpor.ation at reduced rates, by mak- on to the Politieal Cominit - Chatrman Political ( FICE OF COLLECTOR OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Wasnrvoron, Oct. 11, 1882. The attention of taxpayers is czlle vongress, approved July 12, y their propgrty from payment of 6 per city ‘alone of $35,587, in Georgetown and t Navar. Nores.—The north Atlantic squadron now at Philadelphia, will leave on the 28th instant The Juniata will be p»t in ew York on Monday next. will iola the Asiatle squadron in Chinese waters. for Hampton Roads. In a proclamation commission at {nant should piteous, though the recent en- 88 wish of the pe: therein, and wi cause, he, the PERSONAL.—Col. William Wall, formerly of this city, 1s In town on a brief visit from New York, where he is now located as president of the United cotton seed cleaning company.—Hon. Courtlandt Parker, of New Jerse lington.— Coinmander Robley D. E Ebbitt—Col. Geo. H. Elliott, of the engincer corps, will leave for his new post of duty at New- Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral Benjamin expects his family to arrive this describing at len; and the events w! niu interest pe= annum sin arrears on the Ist day of July, 1879, special asseaxmients a ovided saad p the Dy siring to hinder went is m:de on or before he penalties and 10 per cent interest, with other costs, 3 this privilewe is not avai. ed of before the By onder of the Cominissionere. JOHN F. COOK, Collector of Taxes, D'c. 2g? FURNISH INDUSTRIES, ST nevoleat citizens of tea platen of teks eal methods of the Aksociated ecquested to giv Piain Lidies and Gentle: hold Sewing, Knitting, E: tic Service, Washing by the MENT of Fitth Subdivision D street northwest. @ and a true ver- their criminal port, RI, on Frid or he ts willing that the The Coming Session of Congress. BILLS OF GENERAL AND LOCAL INTEREST ON THE CAL~ of October, 1882, yy constantly deceiving honor is spoken of which impedes any arrangement by ceding territory. An not to cede that piece of territory, which repre- gold, the source of all our past corruption, we allow the enemy’s flag to fly from Turabez on the north to the Loa on the south, our homes to be burned and our hearths desecrated, our temples profaned and our mothers, daughters and sisters to be insulted.” These expressions, Promotions in the The following promotions were made in the cen= Sus Office to-day: George W. Riehards, of Ohio, appointed chief clerk at $2,000, by promotion from nems Office. The last session of Congress left a well-burdened calendar, and if nothing else Is done at the coming session it could not be disposed of by a great deal Among the more important of a public nature are: the bill to admit the territory of Dakota asa state in the Union; to authorize the construction of new vessels of war for the havy; (o establish postal sivings banks; to sus- pend the Issue of silver certificates; to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. ‘There are on the House calendar about twenty bills for public bulld- ings in various sections of the country. THE BILLS OF DISTRICT INTEREST unacted upon at the last session are as follows: for the purchase of ground and the erection thereon of a hall of records; to reclaim all the out- standing certificates against the District of Co- Jumbia, issued by acts of the legislative assembly ; ide for an improved system of indexing the land records; to provide for the collection of arrears of taxes; to establish a municipal code; for the assessment and collection of taxes in the for the relief of oceupying claimants in the District; to punish the selling and advertising of lotvery Uckets; prescribing regulations for the Soldiers’ Home, hour or day. or any wi MAN'S WORK DEPA | Associated Charities, open from 8 a.m. to 6 p sents a handtul of TAXES ON FARMING PROPERTY. The Commissioners have issued an order, in ac- cordance with acts of Co. that “a tax be, and 13 hereby, levied of $ dollars of real estate not upon real property held exclusively for agricultural urposes without the limits of the cities of Wash- igton and Georgetown, and so designated by the assessor in his annual report, the rate of which shall be $1 on every one hundred dolla ing to the cash valuation thereof. The of Said tax shall be due and payable on the ist of 1882, and the second half on the ist of THE 8 STREET IMPROVEMENT. In response to the request of Mr. William Brewer for turther consideration of the petition presented Street between Sixteenth and surge; plans, “directsd a ren 65 rt submitted by Lieu- more than halt. From $1,400 to $1,800—Eiwin B, Smith, of Mass. #1,600—Jaines H, Clear, Md.; Ore on, D.C., and Frank R. Williams, ,000—Howard French, N. C., and From $1,200 to $1,400—James E. Bangs, D. C. Charles A. Davis, 8. C. W. Harry Oleott, D. C.; Al- Arnim E. Sherman, W.V: and Miss Mary M. McKins- ‘rom $1,000 to $1,200—John I. Brown, D. thur T. Lovell, From $1,400 to lando C. Ketcham La. From $1,200 to Harry King. D. C. on every one hundred empted by law, except coming from such a distin. guished source, will be greeted with a storm of Opprobrium by the political traders, THE BOLIVIAN TROUBLES, ‘The Bolivian congress By some political maneuveri have been formed, each head presi- dent, in the absence of the president, and as the matter has to be settled by congress, members are amusing themselves by abusing ore another, Campero has the army with him, and will proba- SAM'L S. SHEDD, 409 Seu Staexr Nontuwese. = co. 8. Boudinot, D. C. is splitin two factions, MBING and TINNING. ‘two executives Jobbing promptly done. og GAS FIXTURES. ‘Phoinas J. Walker, Mi x 3 631 15rm Srneer, Full assortment Mitchell, Vance & Co.'s Goods. Cor- coran Building. W. WAYLAND WILSON'S I the best powder for ro: mphor, for mot pr SAMUEL Ere, , Mass. ; "Miss Sarah V. Browne Minnie F. Hoyt, Conn.; Mrs. Minnis. A. Reed, Mass; Mrs. Marlo F. Sylvster, by bim for gradi Seventeenth stret ete., the Commissioners have be sent embodying the re tenant Greene, to the effect that Col provided only for Mili er cubic yards, the object being to take advan- perce lent ‘be anxious to dis- Mass, and: Wm. rbaugh, Md., and Edward N. Brown, N.¥., and 909—John M. McKinney, D. C., rs! Maden rs. Madge McKee, D._C.: Miss Over, D. C.; Miss Cornelia Scott, N. E Torry, Mass, and Miss Catharine J. From $120 to $840—Miss Della ©, Condron, Miss Irene & Fuller, ches, and refined Guri Wis Drug Store, corn Front $900 to $1,200 -Louls J, Ha Je y eee He low grounds at Frank I. Wood, B. C. From $900 to $1, and Miss Lucy H. From $840 to $900— Miss Mattie J. e of earth that pose of In building TAXES. Mr, John F. Cook, the District tax collector, has received the duplicate of assessments of the taxes 1888, and will be ready 930 7th street northwest. New French ant Scotch Giuwhaias, Just opened, best qualities at low prices. Rilks Satins, and Hhsdames, extra good values. « Doctoring” Quotations for a Broker's A TELEGRAPHER AND TWO CLERKS ARRESTED. Detectives McEifresh and Miller took into cus- tody this morning three young men named Jas. B, Kirchner, Stephen M. Chase and A. M. Roone on a warrant, sworn out by Andrew Hazelhurst, charg- ing them with conspiracy to steal from the firm of which he is a member. re taken Lr ae day’s business was through, and ted to jail, in cerns of bonds, for a Kirchner was a telegray Chase were clerks in the Brother on the avenue, above for the year endii eS GLEN FLORA AND BETHESDA WATERS FRESH FROM THE SPRING. W. C. MILBURN, Pranusctsr, 1429 Pennsyivania avenue. FFNE Books FOR THE LIBRARY. BOBERT BEALL, BOOKSELLER, 495 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Wa 3. Foley, D. Cs is3 Octavia Garesche, D. C.: bert, D.C.; Miss Mary aie Geo. L Frank Hunt, D. the 1st day of December, 1882, will have a deduc- tion of five per cent thereon. PERMITS issued by Inspector Entwisle: J. N. Harbour, erect & two-story dwel ad 3 SE= TE prisoners we! SWEET , A PAMPHLET OF after the INSTALLATION OF Rev. Di ‘stallation services of Rev. the New York avenue ch: ing and were witnessed by ‘Dr, Sunderland presided, to the pastor- to the people was deli as aN liara’s hotel.” ‘Tue Stak afew days ago Mesers, er discovered that. the operator and the Se President Roberts, and about twent cers and directors oc the Pennsytvants arrived at ;Chicago yesterday: As stated Hazelhurst & Broth fine books to the attention of lovers of f nl . a of ook ger ‘upon street, 1730 Petroet, Sa Saar fs ‘The New York Walking Match. BUGUES STILL aneal Morning the score at 9 o'clock stood as follows:— = ie m4; ba ad = 200; ' taxerald, £67; Noremac, 262; Herty, 94; ! 218; Panchot, 218, THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK SCORR. ‘The 11 o'clock score is as follows: I} 26. 2; Hazael, 295. = Lane 5: Hart, 1 rald, foremac, 272; Herty, 265. 3 Sei; Pancton sa. : ee THR NOON ROORR. Hughes 801 miles,4 laps: Rowell 292 mi lans; Hart, 280 miles; Herty 270 miles, 8 lapse Panchot 2&4 miles, 7 laps: Hezael 300 miles: raid 281 miles, 7 laps; Noremac £77 miles, 2 Laps; int 233 miles, 3 laps. SCORE 1 P.M, jughes 302 miles; Hazael 30) miles; Rowell 298 miles; Fitzgerald $85 miles, 6 laps; Noremac 28 miles, lap; Hart 280 miles; erty 275 miles, 1 lap; Vint 235 miles, 4 laps; Panchot 229 ralles, 6 laps. 2 P.M. SCORE, Hughes, 306 miles; Hazael, 305 miles; Rowel 800 tntles; Fitzgerald, 291 miles; N miles; Hart, 384 miles: Herty, 278 intles; miles; Panchot, 234 1 scipesiesro Racing in THR RACK FOR THE CAMEKIDGESHIRE STAKER Lonpon, Oct. 2. -e for the Cambridges Postponed from yesters form, took place at the ng to-day. Tt was td bay filly Hack- ar-old. brown colt a, and Lord Calthorpe’s ta third ! won by Mr. R. Peck’s four- ness Mr, dardine’s threr-y Shrewsbury came tn sec: year-old bay filly ness won by thre who was four le There Were 31 starters, Includinc eres Ne year-old chestnut horse Wal ne’s four-ye stnut colt and tour-yea' mt Bookma Lorillard’s three Mr. Lefevre’s four Mr-Crawfurd’s fly Prince Soitikotl’s four-year-olc Mr. Leopolt De Rothschila’s thiree-y« DUE Miley Nellie, Mr. W. S. Crawtar oll chestnut ti webury, r-old brown filly G the start was 7 to 1 9 against Sirewsbury Wo Lagainst Sachen just Tristan, 11 to 1 against Buchanan, 25 to 1 against Scobell, 38 to 1 Nelile, 2 to 1 ag: Dw Falkirk, 20 t¢ in, Don Ful: in the betting. RACE FOR THE CRITERION NURSERY STAKES, The race for the Criterion Nursery stakes (handicap) for two-year-olds was won by Lond Hartington’s chestnut colt Corunna, with Lord "3 Fleur d’ Orange second, and Cant. stnut fly Blue Rock third, Bight Ss ‘he betting against Corunna at the start Was 6to1. He won by a neck. There were three lengths between the second and third horses, THE CHEV STAKES, The race for the Cheveley stakes for two-year- olts was won by Mr. Beauchamps chestnut colt Pastry Cook; Count Festelic’s chestnut colt Fred Was Second, 'and Mr. G. G. Stead’s chestnut colt Splendor Unird. ‘Ten horses ran, including Mr. J. R. Keene’s chestnut colt Bluegrass. age Foreign News by Cable To-day. ARCTIC EXPLORATION, Hasmvne, Oct. 25.—The Germania, which satled last summer for Cumberland sound with the Ger- man Arctic expedition, has returned here. The construction of a statfon at Kingawa has been completed, and several houses have been pullt. Everything 1s ready tor the exploration. LOW UP A FRENCH RECRUITING OFFICR, retin at S74 ‘enusta, 14 up the recruiting A TOTAL WRECK. Grimsby, ENG., Oct. 25.—Burk Frisk, from Chate ham, N. B. for this port, has been driven asuore near Easdén and totally wrecked. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, Dvxwan, Oct. 25.—The Transvaal Is at war with Mapoch, a native ehiet who b Mampoer, the murderer of the Kaffir chief Secocoent. G8 AGAINGE ch the Exchange Telegraph company from Cairo says It ts rumored. the Sultan ‘has ordered the proceedings inst Arabi Pasha to be stopped. QUICK TRANSIT, Pants, Oct. 25.—The Telegraph says: M. De Les Seps has been studytug a scheme which ts intended to shorten the voyage between Europe and the far East through the Suez ca days. IN PARLIAMENT TO-DAY, Loxpox, Oct. 25.—In the house of commons this afternoon the speaker read a letter from J) Lawson announclig the release from Jatl of Mr. Dwyer Gray. The lener was referred to the com Gray's case. The debate on the cloture question was resumed. Sir Henry D. Wolff, conservative, moved an amendment pro- Viding for the exclusion of the chairman when the house ts in committee from the power which the rule proposes to confer on the speaker, Mr. Gin@= stone opposed the amendment. ARABS ARRESTED IN ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 25.—Many arrests were made last evening of Arabs who Were creating a disturbe ance in the native quarter. Suicide. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25.—James Farhurst, aged uilted sutcide this morning by hahge selt to the cellar door at his home, No. Gaul street. = THE FEDERATION OF Lanon a THe Woman's delegation trom the Woman's Na+ Labor League, consisting of Pres ident Smith Svcretary Butler, were guests of the Fodera- Uon of Labor organization atthe meeting of the latter last evening, and resolutions commending the Woman ation. Labor League were adopted, with an Invitation to the latter to send delegates to the Federation of Labor, OBSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALKS.—Horace 8. Johne son and F. M. Lutz, trunk and harness dealers on the avenue, vetween 434 and 61 streets, Were before Judge Snell Wis morning charged with placing their wares more than four feet. from tho bullding line. The testimony showed that there is considerable rivalry between merchants in this Vicinity about the Use of the sidewalk, and when a merchant uses a few more inches tian the law allows a coiplatnt is made to the police. Lieut, Kelly stated that the unpleasantness that exists between merchants on the avenue makes a great deal of unnecessary trouble for the police. The court Imposed a fine of $3 each, - = Stare AssoctaTions —At a meeting of Colorado republicans last evening a Ueinporary organiza Uon was effected by elecung . B, Stiles ax prest- dent and W. W. Orrich as secretary....Ata meet Ing of tue Virzinta coalition assoclation last even- ing, the consolidation of the two Virginia assoclas tions heretofore existing was effected, and the fol- lowing oflicers were elected: L. E. Payne, dent; P. P. Finigan, secretary; W. E. SUth, assis. | tant recording secretary; 7! Brame, first vice president; H. Cox, second vice president; G. R. C. nillips, treasurer; John A. Stokes, sengeant-at- arms. ———— Alexandria Affai Reported for Tue Eventxe Stan. GReaT Fats Manvracturtne Company. — The | spectal meeting of stockholders of the Gre Falls janufacturing company yesterday resulted ine Teorganization of the colapany and the adoption of resolutions tending towards the development of the company and the ulllization of Its water | power and privileges at an early day. ‘The follow- were elected directors:—Benjamin F. Butler, jam E. Chandler, John Cassels, O. D. Barrett, Prentiss Webster, John Trimble, Randall t —The regular meeting of the city council held 1a at Was attended by the presidents and Aldermen Smoot, Moore, Strauss, and Councilmen Moore, Herbert, Lambert, Rice, McLean, Walls, Sweeny and Peake. ‘The al were without a quorum, and the council ha’ suspended the reading of the minutes adjourned unul to-night. POLITICAL SPEAKING.—Armory hall was crowded last night to hear John E. Massey, candidate for Congress at lange. Mr. Geo. MushUack, president of the Young Men’s Democratic club, presided and introduced tie orator, and the leading conserva- lives of the town were upon the plattorm. Mr. Massey opened with a deprecation of the greed for office, and quoted Senator Hoar as saying that It had how grown into the principle of most par- Usans to hold that the offices of the government were to be used to perpetuate party rule and secure Shem Cee favor of Fesentinents Of the in wer. To this he professed his opposition. proceea {ing to discuss state politics, he contended Gen. Mahone had used the offices of the state to build up a party organization. He canvassed the recent measures of the readjuster party and St political events in tiie. state for several years of political events in this jor se: past He Was iste ued to with great attention and often applaut ‘CounTe—The Alexandria county court, Judge Sangster, began Its session here yesterday after= noon. The case of Frank Carter, of Washi bring! material ‘upon the Samuel ind drunk, was ordered to be his sober senses.

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