Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1882, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. — TUESDAY. D the 19.. 1882—DOUBLE SHEET. CITY AND DISTRICT. Political pesteneaen SUPREME COURT THE v. evaris ned in yesterday's STAR that 1 was rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in the c N. M. Curtis, who, while a special agent of the Treas purp from the 1 of th ontributions for pe mployes of the tilure to ine ut of th utions nder sud kuly be mace te te thy a political privile i earmpaicns be mae t Curtis astody 1 the southern di aesti Justice read a dissentin DECISION IN THE CASS—CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE was whether the act of Angust Chiet Justice Waite art, sustaining | He cited a | t the having the | e supposed | $ of the par-| + in public em- | e in autnority | income to tne da refusal men out of the ser- opinion, In THE MATRIMONAL FRAUDS, ANSUBANCE Postmaster General Hewe Making Active War on Them. HUSDREDS OF THEM IN OPERATION IN THE SOUTH. Postmaster General Howe last Saturday toox | steps to break up the numerous swindling con- | cers Known as “Matrimonial” and “Natal” In- surance associations still flourishing in seve- | Tal southern states, Many of these bogus concerns are already dying out through their own rottenness, and the Postmaster Gene- ral’s order, prohibiting the delivery of money orders and registered letters to the persons conducting them, will prove the faishing stroke to those still remaining in ope- |fation. The growth of this fraud was some- | thing wonderfal. Six or eight months ago there were but very few of these associations in ex- istence, and two months ago, when the matri- ial insurance frenzy was at its heiht, they uid be numbered by the hundreds. ‘The first lerprise of the sort was started in Tennessee, the mover M ippi and Texas. Texas seems aken the lead, as seventy-two 1 reported to the Post Office in full blast within the bor- while Tennessee had but ippi nine and Arkansas THE PROMOTE: OF THE SWINDLE lthe mails extensively for the purpose of collecting initiation tees and In sending remit- tances to be vies—for they baited the | credutous b; £ promised benefits on the start—but the fraudulent character of the busi- artinent, and the Postmaster General has det break it up. It is thought that RAL MILLION DOLLARS Pe ‘ted from the people of the . 2 large portion of which has found its Way into the pockets of the enterprising pro- j 3 and couductors of these concerns. qe R NAMES. Some of the charter nanes taken by these | Associations are extremely characteristic and unique to say the le: There is In the inter- dicted list at the Post Office department the “Maid of Athens” Marriage Union, of Athens, : the “Bon Ton” C: melation, of Longvi As and Natal” Gift Society of Browns- as. ONE OF THE CIRCULARS. Below, is printed a copy of the circular issued by one of the recently organized associations at Greneda, Miss. It is similar to many others received at the Post OMice department, and fairly outlinesthe basis of operations and method which he took the ground that Congress bad no | by whieh the gullibility of southern male and constitut an employe of th If with others for the pro: cal « rivate approve of er thought had dey his ina of one ¢ net. had over — An Appeal for © Bricn. ON OF O'BRIEN—WHAT HIS TTY SET FORTH IN THEIR PRAYE! GOVERNOR CORNELL. case, in the court of general sessi bor in Sing prison, The relatives and friends of O'Brien in this city have been especially active in forwarding petitions to the governor, Having obtained the farce number of well-known cit- The petition of O'Brien's two brothers signatures of 2 Tzews. I and two sisters sets forth the following: ‘James O Brien w y of January, 1560. a he three years f his brothers and sis! ma was but sixteen years o! whe, owing to their pres stru for an honorable — subsistence, were not able to give him watelfulness and = guidance so needed in childhood tn larg ing of the late Presidential cle word froma man in Cumberland, Md., O'Neil. w naintance he had mad: informing him of employm cinity. information w: i, he told citi vote, offered it to him. t.and on arriving there w: u Birming! n. Was going to get him work. saloon. under the infly make rt Lindsay sed and know Robert Lind=ay and did not mal power to enact a law forbidding | government to associate him- ion of the politi- tained, or to make means as he Brailey said he did not iments, but he the prese rived tepped the limits Y LETTER CASE AGAIN—A PETITION FOR ot of New York ‘a pardon for James pleaded guilty in the Morey letter November II, 1880, and was sen- ns, New York city in April 1881, to eight years hard la- born in the eity of Wash- He was «the watchful care of a as but five, leaving him but a (the ~ necessities and hat much . On the even- ion he received eeding employment | in good faith me of his ac- nem a resident of Cam- ad provided a ticket to zo there He accepted the informed by ma police He stopped During nee of 0 by his name was id he did not want to get ale marriageable adults is made to turn dis- honest dollars into the pockets of the unprin- cipled schemers who conduct these associa- tie “THE DAILY KING MARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF GRENADA, MI PPL"? “A benevolent association, organized and | chartered under the laws of the state of Missis- sippi. Rete Any citizen of Grenada. le “Certificate Jertificates will be issued in the sum of five thousand dollars only. No member- ship fee. “Assessments:—Wheneyer necessary for the payment of marriage claims, assessments will be made on the entire membership. Said assess- ment shall be only $27.50. Twenty-five dollars | to be used only for the payment ot claims, and the $2.50 will be passed to expense fund. Pay- able in twenty days. “Membership:—Any person may become a member of this association by making proper application and paying one advance assessment. “Security Fund:—Sald tund shall be created by reserving ten per cent of cach beneit for purpose of paying future marriage beneilts. f ‘its:—One day, $25; five days, 50, and thus to maturity of led, it does not exceed $5,000. Said member marrying, however, agrees and contracts with this association to receive one assessment in fall satisfaction of all claims against the association. “Cash Payment:—Ten per cent of each claim will be paid In cash upon receipt of satisfactory proof of marriage, residue in 30 aays. “Join at once. Twenty-five dollars a day isa new feature, and one that every one sliould avail theraselyes of. L. L. Braynum, Secretary and Treasurer.” In explanation of the new feature of this con- cern, outlined in the “Table of Benefits,” it may be said that the association promises to pay ‘25 per day from the date of entering the asso- ation to the day of marriage, as an endow- ment fund, to members contemplating matri- mony; provided, how levied npon al! members {s sufficient to meet the claim—which in no event is to exceed —otherwise the beneficiary agrees to accept the proceeds of one assessment in pay- ment of his claim agalust the association. The impracticability of successfully carrying on such an endowment scheme—that is, with success to the beneficiaries—is apparent at a gl nee. An effort is made, however, on the start, to pay the rst few claimants; but assess- ments are levied so thick and fast on the other Temaining unmarried members that many un- able to pay them lose their membership under the rigid by-laws, which call for prompt pay- ment ‘of assessments. The membership soon dwindles to nothing, but a snug sum of money. which is never paid to beneficiaries, In any trouble. They importuned him and said | ¢Ventually accumulates and finds its way Into he would sot have to do anything but “show | te pockets of the managersof the association. Rimseif bert Linds ” lilieaeiaeeanees — id to New York and back and He final; was introduced by O'Neil toa man was there In search of Linds: e him the m The Truth in New York ei he was ke ance antil he was to perjure hi fessed to p y. and he would have agreed to go to New York a od the whole transaction and y. This man this side until he entered the office of and trom that time put | elt. ® amends for Amusements, &c. Forp’s Orera Hovse.—The lovers of genuine fan should zo to Ford’s and see Barry and Fay in their side-splitting comedy, “The irish Aris- It is not much of ‘a play, but it gives pportunity for these excellent comedians now the h humor in its native freshness, Muldoon’s Picnic” is capital. They are very well supported. Matinees will be given to- morrow and on Saturday. NatiovaL TREATER.—A good sized audience t viserpnepes ak aay : ; gathered at the National last night to see Mr. crime ‘bas ijured ‘no ong: fe ecey" Gimseas | Thotas Keene's performance. of ‘Hicker Hi; sincerely regret and are mor. | Lis conception of the part though rather broad. at his > wanton “uharenteg UO%e| was very well recelved. and he was called borers fthe law. Froin the ti time of bi H Ther vnth and the tem the case. pse of five months at his rec of eight ye prison, and especially Pileated in the case were reles S. S. Morey. was eq of the brothe from the private secretary of ( senting that the term of the cov. an investication of the case. trial before the Pe ng anold colored w rot 3 pian stat n, when the defen started off. when she 24 at the Center market. 3 tn jail te hen by some of the parties inter ¢ <0 of Fisk, & FP Jer Brothers of this elty. which art in General Term a few we: at the opinion of th Be, deci delivered yesterday. fring inet lest och = to restrain the manufacture fs by have been prepared in nearly ati of the invention was Tepresented here by B. F. Watson and David A. | W.0.G. Burr. of New York, and R. Coyle of this city, | Commandery for one and the defendants Messrs. Abraham Meyer of this oity, and J. P. Fitch of New York. | Jones and I. 3 ee ukely the decision of the court will be an-/in respect to the memory of the late “ Christmas. Eaglestoa. It ie Bounced after rdnessof an eath and insult to the ¢ of his plead tence. which friends were | acquitted his | , ore | ce to bring to the mercy of the court on ac- stions sur- We were astounded after ny & Sen- * hard labor in Sing Sing so when all the others im- ‘dd, one of whom, ally guiity in every par- of O'Brten has recetved a Cornell rnor is so xpired that he will be unable to give A young mu- Isaae Thompson Was put on * Court this morning for man named Martha The old ed that she had just laid her money it snatched it and ‘ht him and took it ‘om him. ‘The court seutenced him tosix Tur Patext Scary Casr.—It was expected d in the patent against Hol- was argued court would have This ts probably the heaviest case on the calendar of the court the resent term, nine days having been consumed in the argu.nent, the reading of the record, &c., ving the hearing the case was illustrated erons drawings of the Claudent scarf, uintitfs claim to be the owners of the pat- erts for the searf and that defendants have in- the patent, and the plaintiffs ask an In- nd sale of respondents. This is regarded 98 a test case, and It -is understood that since the bill was fied here some three years ago proofs ‘ger cities and tewns In the country, and that other | mander,Dr.S. A. suits will follow after the decision is announced | de inthe court here. Messrs. Hollander Brothers claim that the Invention which plaintiffs ¢laim Laps ‘was not a new one; In other words, that their | Treasurer, Lady Emma McKim; Herald, Samuei The plaintiffs were | Mahoney; W. I. ¢. Lady Martha ie ones; the curtain after several acts. The support was fair, Miss Annie Warren Story playing Anne very acceptably. Miss Story’smany friends are delighted to be able to welcome her on a Washington staxe again. To-night the admirers of Mr. Keene will have an opportunity of seeing Lim in a work of a different: type—‘Richelieu.” Tester Comigcve.—Ninon Duclos’ blondes, he Little Four Combination, the Kennedy Brothers, and numerous other attractions de- light large andiences at the Comique. On Fri- | day Manager Snelbaker will have a compliment- ary benefit. Tue Rotter Skating Rrvx is open Monday, ‘dnesday and Friday nights from 8 to 10 o'clock, and on Saturday afternoons. Lixco.N Hai..—Prof. Raymond Lee New- comb, the naturalist of the late Jeannette ex- pedition, will lecture here this evening on “Where we went, what we did and what we saw.” The lecture will be illustrated witn forty stereopticon views. : ConaneGaTionaL Cuvrcu.— Rey. De Witt ‘almadze will leeture here to-morrow evening on “The Bright side of Things.” ——————— Tuk Scnpay Scuoor UNon.—At a meeting of the Sunday School Union, heldin the ¥.M.C.A. rooms, last evening, Miss Florie Pike, of the Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday sehool, read a paper entitled “Helps to the Study of the Bible; Their Use and Abuse,” and the topic afterward informally discussed by the members present. The pro- im for the approaching institute, commencing january 8, 1883, was presented. gee RaILRoap Promorioxs.—On the 1st of Jan- uary next Mr. George C. Wilkins, who for sev- eral years has been the superintendent of the Northern Central, Baltimore and Potomac, and Alexandria railroads, with Rest oaiers at Bal- timore, will take the position of general g agent with the supervision of the business of the Pennsylvania railroad at Baltimore. Mr. H. W. Kapp, trainmaster at Baltimore, will succeed Mr. kins as superintendent of the Baltimore division, and Mr. Charies S. Bell, assistant trainmaster, will succeed Mr. Kapp as train- master. es Tue ORveR oF THE GoLDEN Cross.—Ata stated meeting of St. John’s O. G. C., held last were elected for the the: me Noble Com- H. McKim; Noble Vice Comman- — M. Dobson; Isaac Rec- oble Keeper of ei Bat |. A. Dobson; Financial Keeper of Records, Burroughs; tor ns ives to Grand , S. A. H. McKim and &/Emins Mekim; T: J. H. Searles, A. H. Rector. nt soon developed in Arkansas, | was soon discovered and reported to the | ‘rmined to do what lies in his power to | ver, that one assessment | Commandery, No. 32, U. following officers- Mr. ise? Address. HE CONTENDS THAT BRADY KAN THE STAR SER- VICE IN THE INTEREST OF CONTRACTORS. After THE Stan report of the proceedings In the star ronte trial closed yesterday Mr. Bliss continued his address to the Jury until the ad- journment of the court. The next route taken up by him was No. 38156, from Silverton to Par- Tott City, carried up from $1,488 to $16,512, a fictitious addition of ten miles having added $2,000 to the amount annually taken from the Treasury. The contractor got of the total sum $11,500 net annually, As for the expedition for which this large amount was paid no time was gained in forwarding the through mail, the mail having to lie over night at each terminus, On this route, when a Senator, acting upon the petitions ot the people of Silverton, requested that the expedited schedule be restored to the old time, the recommendation was ignored. They would find that a Senator was all power- ful when asking an increase, but when he asked for a retrenchment, which would cut down the Teceipts of th@contractors, his recommendation was ignored. The fast schedule was continued not for the benefit of the people but tor the benefit of these contractors. Mr. Bliss next called attention to route 38140, from Trinidad to Madison—a route on which the government was compelled to pay a large amount of money on account of alteration in the direction of the ronte—useless for any pur- pose, except to ada to the profits of the con- tractors. On this route, after Brady left office, Mr. Rerdel! wrote to the sub-contractor that the investigation being made by the department WOULD AMOUNT TO NOTHING, as it was simply a repetition of the investiga- tion made by Congress a year before. Mr. Bliss said that he thought that by this time Mr. Rer- detl had changed his mind, and concluded that the investigation amounted to something more than the Congressional’ investigation. The route originally Jet at $333 was carried up to $4,200.25, of which amount the contractor In Washington cleared $2,402.25. The next route was No. 38134, from Pueblo to Rosita, which was run up from $388 to 38,148; the next, route No. 40113, from Los Alamos te Wilcox, by way of Clifton, In the desert region of Arizona, which was run up from $1,568 to $27,913.59, under the pretense of expedition and increase. ' Route No. 44140, trom Eugene City to Bridge Creek. Oregon, was for $2,468, and | run up to $21,460.89, of which amount the con- tractor mm Washington realized $14,060.89. It was true of seventy miles of that route that there was not a soul residing on It, and there was not evenaroad. One day the entire matl consisted of ONE POSTAL CARD AND ONE LETTER. Mr. Bliss next considered route 44160, from Canyon City to Fort McDermott, let for $2,288. The service should have commenced on the Ist of July, 1878, but it did not commence until the following December. However, twelve days before the service had actually begun, Brady stepped in and made an order for expedition and increase, allowing $21,500—this being done before @ particle of mail had been carried on the route. Of this sum the contractor received a protit of $11,500. In the following August the route was again expedited and increased, and run up to $50,166.66, of which amount the sub- contractor received but $20,000. The remaining =30.000 went to the contractors, except such part as went into the pockets of Thos. J. Brady. A letter from the officers at Camp Harney, in September or October, 1880, complaining that the mail did not arrive, was placed in a Jacket and used by Brady as one of the papers on which he ordered the extraordinary expedition. On this route petitions were prepared by John R. Miner. The first name on a petition which the jury would see was that of the postmaster at Canyon City, who would swear that the SIGNATURE WAS A FORGERY. They would show, he believed, that the forgery was committed by John R. Miner. The four other names on the same sheet were those of Persons whom no one on the route ever heard of. ‘Then there was pasted ona list of names which had been detached from another petition. These names were those of persons living in Utah. a thousand miles away from the route. Mr. Henkle interrupted to call attention to the fact that the petition did not set forth that the signers were residents of Oregon. Mr. Bliss said he would give them the benefit of that. That, however, did not justity Brady in using such a forgery for the basis of an order taking thousands of dollars from the freasury. It was on this route, also, that Miner had writ- ten to his agent to buy up a certain postmaster who insisted on complaining to the department. The next route taken up was No. 44115, from The Dalles to Baker City, which was in- creased and expedited from $8,288 to $72,520. There were only three settlements on the route. Route No. 35051, from Bismarck to Ft. Keogh, was tun up by various means from $2,350 to 370,000. On this route the contractors spent 36,600 for building stations before any order was made, which indicated that they had reason to expect the expedition. On that route J. W. Dorsey wanted the sub-contractor to have his men sign a petition, representing that they lived at a supposititious settlement, near the route, and ask for an extenston of the route to that place. The sub-contractor, however, was too honest, and declined to do what was asked. Mr. Bliss having referred to Geu. Miles’ letters to the department respecting this rou! Mr. Henkle asked why he dida’t tell wha! Gen. Sherman said about it. WHAT GEN. SHERMAN SAID. “General Sherman,” said Mr. Bliss, ‘said no- thing about expedition. He said that what the army wanted was increase in trips and not ex- pedition.” “Why don’t you keep quiet,” said Mr. Mer- rick to Mr. Henkle; “do these facts disturb you?” “T want the truth,” said Mr. Henkle. “T am giving the truth,” said Mr. Bliss. “You remind me of the sailor who said he pre- ferred a particular kind of religious service because he had a chance to jaw back.” The next route was No. 46247, from Redding to Alturas, California, let origivally for $5,958, The sub-contractor was paid when’ the original contract was made more than $2,000 more than the contractor received. One trip was added before the service began and the service was expedited within six months to $35,925. By subsequent changes the contractors cleared $41,916 a year, while the sub-contractor received $23,000. Brady was paying this large sum of money for expedition when, as a matter of tact, the mail was carried In the first place at a faster rate that the expe- dited schedule called for. Route No. 46132, from Julian to Colton, Cali- fornia, was let originally for $1,188. The peti- tions on this route asked for a schedule‘of 36 hours, yet, disrearding these petitions, Brady gave schedule of 26 hours, adding $8,910 to the cost. In the order the *26hours” was undoubt- edly written originally “36 hours,” and it had been changed to 26. At this point the court adjourned until to-day. : see ca A Marrrep Woman's Ricuts rm Covet.— Yesterday, in the Circuit Court, in the case of White et al. agt. Hilton—action of ejectment from pr€mises on 11th and K streets southeast— after the testimony of plaintiff was given, the defense made the point that one of the plaintiffs was a married woman; that her hus! was not Joined in the suit, and, as the cause of action accrued before the passage of the married wo- man’s act, the plaintiffs could not recover. This point was sustained by the court, and a verdict was rendered for defendant. —.—__. River Trape.—Harbormaster Sutton rts arrivals at the river front to-day as follows: Schr. River Queen, Wilson, 140,000 feet lum ber, Johnson & Wimsatt; ‘sloop Sarah Jane, George, 500 bushels oysters, market; schr. Oc- tavia, Simms, 500 bushels oysters, market; schr. Rising Sun, Dunnington, cord wood, market; sehr. H. C. 'y, Harris, cord wood tor H. L. Biscoe; schr. Ada Lee, Davis, cord wood, same; schr. Mary C. Cramer, Moore, cord wood, mar- ket. a Large Fossil Bones and Petrified Logs. ‘From the Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. * A gentleman, who is exploring the wilds of Montana and Idaho, writes that not far from Custer’s battle-ground, on the Little Horn Fiver, is a place where are to be found regular drifts of petrified wood and bones of extinct District daterests in Comgress, THE PROPOSED SENAPE AMENDMEST TO THE TAX s BILL. Senator Harfis yesterday (as stated in Tae Star last evening) submitted an amendment to House bill No. 6929 to provide for the collection of taxes In this Distriet. Inoffering the amend- ment Mr. Harris sait he submitted it at the re- quest of a prominent:member of the District bar, but he didn’t know that he could support the amendmenfi* The’amendment ts as follows: “Where, during the~ period of twenty-one consecutive yedts ntxt preceding the applica- tion hereinafter authorized, the taxes upon any lot or parcel of land in the District shall have been paid by a person or persons or corporation now Claiming title thereto, or by the gra tore of such present claimant or claimants from whom he or they cerive titté through a regular chain of conveyances purporting to convey a title in fee simple, and where, during said period of twenty-one years there has been no possession of said premises adverse to said claimant or his grantors, and no adverse claim asserted to the same through any judicial proceeding or through any recorded instrament or conveyance, such claimant or claimants may file a petition in the Supreme Court of the District setting forth the above facts, and praying for a decree con- firming the title to the said premises to him or thei Sec. —. Upon the filing of said petition the court shall direct a notice to be published in some one or more newspapers in the city of Washington tor a period of not lessthan . which notice shall state generally the tacts set forth in the petition, and the prayer thereof,and shall require all persons having any claim to saidpremises adverse to the petitioner to appear upon a certain day and shows cause why the prayers of the petitioner should not be granted. If on or before the day fixed by the notice any adverse claimant shall appear, the court shall direct. that proper pleadings _ shall be prepared by the petitioner as_plaintitt and by the claimant or clalmants as defendants, and the issues thus raised shall be tried and Judgment rendered as in other suits at law or equity, as the case may be. If no adverse claimant shall appear on or before sald day, the court shall then proceed to take proof of the facts set forth in the petition, and if the peti- tioner shall by evidence establish such facts to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall thereupon make a decree declaring the title to said premises to bein the petitioner or peti- tioners, and such decree shall be conclusive of title in fee simple in the petitioner or petitioners as against all persons not claiming under him or them, or under his or her grantors.” —__—_——_-e-_____ ‘The Working People. CONTEMPLATED CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. A telegram to the New York Herald from Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 17, says: It is now pro- posed to organize co-operative associations among the Knights of Labor, and the plan, as already mapped out, is giving promise of suc- cess. In speaking of this plan the projector of it says: ‘The contributions to the fund for this co-operative assembly will be anything from fitty cents upward. At the end of the first year nothing will be done. Before then the money received will becounted and the amount invested in some enterprise until the year is up. All contributions will be promptly deposited in bank after every weekly meeting by the trustees, and each man’s Interest ‘shall be gauged by the amount he has deposited. The reason why it would not be best to invest our accumulated capital until the end of the year Is to give the members time to get schooled in co- operation. able to see whether the plan will be successful. If we get encouragement the assembly will take the necessary steps for its incorporation under the laws of the state, 80 that we can du business as a corporate body and on business principles. If it be a failure—a contingency not at all appre- hended now—tlie money in hand will be refuad- ed to the depositors. There is not a man in the order but is satistled to let any money rest in the hands of flye trustees appointed by the as- sembly without the indorsemenis of the courts and without giving bonds. The business to be engaged in must be determined by the assembly. It might be a store or perhaps a manufactory of some kind. The charter comesfrom the general assembly, but the by-laws requiring members to pay into the co-operative fund, as well as keep uptheir assembly dues, will need the approval of the grand master workman in order to give them the force of law, This approval will not be dificult to get. The aim is to make money. It may be’ decided after organization to add other beneficial features, as relief funds. We willalso go on the granger plan of making con- tracts for coal, provisions and other necessaries of life. We will not undersell other dealers should we start a store. Members, of course, will buy at reduced rates. It will be anew thing—nelthera trade nor mixed assembly. In times of strikes {t will not be affected, as the men striking will compose but a very small por- tion of the entire chapter. We will spread it all over the country.” THE CHURCH AND THE STRIKERS. Atelegram to the New York Herald from Montreal, Quebev, Dec. 17, says: The strike and the lockout ofthe six thousand or seyen thousand hands of the boot and shoe manufac- turers has become so serious as to call forth the interterence of the Catholic clergy. To-day a “mandement” was read in all the Catholic churches denouncing the strikers’ interference with the employment of labor as an outrage subversive of morality, injurious to commerce, and productive of.general misery to the work- man. Mur. Fayre advises the strikers to seek immediate interviews with their empleyers and come totheir terms. Considering that the man- ufacturers locked out over six thousand men because a score had gone on strike, the bishop's action is considered remarkably autocratic. It will, however, probably end the strile. NOTES. The glass-blowers’ strike is agitating South Baltimore. At a meeting of the Labor and Trades Assem- bly in Chicago on Sunday, a petition was or- id tu be sent to Gen. Logan and Congress- Da urging a speedy settlement in Congress of the tax question, as the present un- certainty in regard to the tobacco trade causes the continued idleness of a large number of workmen. Notice was given yesterday at the Phoenix company’s iron works, Phoenixville, Pa., that on and after January, puddiers would be paid $4 per ton, and ail’ other wages reduced 7 per cent. A meeting of blast furnace men was held at Pittsburg yesterday, to consider the project of a Mutual Protective association. After di = sion another meeting was called for the 27th inst. The situation at Singer & Nimick’s steel mill. Pittsburg, where a reduction of wages was or- dered yesterday, is unchanged. The men were at work as usual, and say they will not strike, but will await the action of the Amaigamated association, man eS Fatal Collisien of Bailroad Trains TWO MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED. A telegram from Cincinnati last night says: The east-bouind ‘passenger express train on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis road, leay- ing there at 8 o'clock, collided with the limited express due there o'clock, but which was three hours late, 1 o’clock, near King station, 30 miles from that city. The loss of life and the extent of the damage are not yet fully known. A telegram to the postal department there says that W. W. Wharton, the postal cierk on the east-bourd train was instantly kilied, and that a mantnamed McMahon, on the same train, was injured) -Postal clerks Hanover, Hollingshead and Goebels, on the west bound train, were alsovinjured. One engineer is re- ported to have been killed. An Arabic Manvscrirt of the year 1365, from which Herr Gildemeister has translated several extracts for the Gottingen Society of Sciences, affords an interesting peep at. matters among the Arabiansof those times. Theauthor with the ships of the Mediter- ranean, Ocean and Red Sea, and of the Nile and other rivers. Inter alia, he de- scribes a mariner’s compass; and this is note- worthy, inasmuch as only one description of the instrument inan Arabian work has hitherto been known (it is of date 124%.) The following isacurious picture; “A ship [of the Indian '] carries Leshemerd four divers, whose only duty is when the water risesin the ship to smear themselves with sesame oil, stop their with wax, and, while the ship is sailing, jump into the sea. Each has two eon- nected with a thin line; one of these he fixes in the wood of the ship and with the other he dives. ies swims lil Gbps a ee bead the water, uses only his ear. ere he hears the tricking of water he stope-.with wax where there are ‘sto At the end of six months we will be | AUCTION SALES. _AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. _FUTURE DAYS" W288 scmepere, HOS. J. FISHER & ©O., Auctioneers. SALE OF VALUADLE REAL ESTATE. In pursuance of a decree of the -upreme Court of, the District of Columbia, in Equity, Cause: Nee entitied Robert B. Potter v-. Fleanor Roberts © et al.,T shail sell on DECEMBER NINE- EENTH, 1 front of the premises, at FOUR OCK P.M., at public suction, to the - Dwelling and parcel cf land in the city of rington, D. C., Known as number 2009 I street tamper, dnd mere perticularly described as follows: piece, parcel or lot of land situate, and being in. the city of Waa ict. of, Columbia, and dis- GA, of oriciual lots numbered three (3), four 4) in square pambered reventy-elscht (7 Tecord:d in the office of the sui yeyor of the ssid city, and contained within the follow- ing metes and bownds:—Beg.nning at a point on Lst-eet iwhty-three (83) feet nine athwest corner of said square, lune of I street twenty: hence norta one hund ani eleven (111) feet eleven (11) inches to an al thence southeasterly along the line of the said alle: seven (37) feet pix (6) inches; thence son our (54) feet to the point of begimning, being mveyed to Clarkson Nott Petter by Bure: tinguished as lot 1 (20) inekes ; level id reccirded in Libe 1 the insprovements :hereo ‘The terms of sale are: One-third of the purchase moncy in cash, and the bslance in one and two. Years in equal instalimenta, with futerest the credit port the pu property sold, with the ing the whole purchase money tu cash. a7-d&ae JAMES LOWNDES, Trustea. FHS. E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Aucticneer, TRUSTEES' SALE OF FIRST-CLASS PROPERTY AT SOUTHWEST Cr COND AND MAK CK PD kine’ addition to Georgetown. fri ‘ne towether 140 feet on 2d gtreet, and 150 feet on Marke: street, im Georze- town, D. C., w.th the improvements, consisting of a fine double brick Dwellins, &c. Tern: ne-third of the purchase money in the residue in two equal instalments st ne and two years from day of sale with interest, secure! to the sat- isfaction of tha Trustees, or all cash ut ‘he option of the purchase: terms are not compied with within iea days fron sale the ' resell the ro ty on five s' notice in the Evening Star atrck and cost of defaulting pr posit of $100 waive Bede Ma con) eyancing aud recording att Hs MAHL( A’ ah and JOH THOS. E. WAGGAMA fF- IN CONSEQUEX of the weather the al DAY, DECEMBER NINETPENTH, hour'and piece. By order of the trusts. MAMLON ASAFOLD,} di4-dte JOHN F. HANNA, § ‘Trustees. THIS EVENING VV ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, GRAND CHRISTMAS SALE. FINE TRIPLE SILVER PLATED WARE, ROGERS’ TABLE CUTLERY, MANTEL CLOCKS, BRONZES AND ORNA- MENTS, BY ORDER TAUNTON SILVER PLATE CO., ar STORE CORNER 10ra AND D STREETS, (Facing Penneylvania avenue, ) comMENCING TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER TWELFTH, AT TEN A. M., RESUMING AT TWO AND SEVEN AND A HALF O'CLOCK P. M., And continue from aay to: any, eatil the entire stock is ‘cloeed ont. The stock will include New and Beautiful Goods in Fryer Center Pieces, Pruit Dishes, yen ‘Toilet’ Sets, Urns, © Vises, Bi rt CARVED _ HANDLE NIVES, FORKS, ELLs, A Choice Axsurtment of MANTEL CLOCKS, BRONZES AND ORNAMENTS. The salesroom has been fitted up especially for the display of these elezant zoods, well heated for the com- fort of visitors. Chairs will be furnished the ladies, who are respectfully invited. ‘The goods will be guaranteed in every respect as rep- resented, and our instructions are most positive to sell the entire stock without reserve. Out of town purchasers can have goods carefully packed. a9-10t ———w OLEY, Auctioneer, At the National Loan Office, 1007 7th street, commen- cing MONDAY, DECEMBER FOUKTH, 1°82, at SIX O'CLUCK P.M, a larze and varied aksortment of un- redvemed pladzes, most of which are ax good as uew, suitable for Holiday Presents, consisting of Diamonds, Gold snd Silver Watches, Key’ and stem-win ers, Vest Chains, Ladies’ © kiaces, Lockets, Braos- lets, Studs, Sleeve-buttona, 500 Kings of various kinds, sets Jewelry, olid Silver and Plated Ware, Sewing Mas chines, Hides, Drawing Instruments, Books, Mirrors, Revolvers Musical Instrements, Ladies’ Coat, Gente’ y 3 id Cloaka, Seal Skin ing, Shawls an . icles too numerous to mention. ‘The sule will continue until all are disposed of. Parties having articles on doposit will please take notice, a8 every article will be sold withou reserve, By order tional Luan Office, 1007 Tth street. a2-d&ds OLEY, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE OF FORFEITED PLEDGES. il for F. Selinger, at 737 7th street northwast, if IUURSDAY, NOVEMBER THIRTIETH, EN P.M. ‘This pals will consist of — A large line or Ladies’ and Geut's 8 ld Gold Wat and Stem ‘#, Cameo and Solid Gold Sets o ' Jewelry, Solid Gio! 1 Gent's and Ladiew Chains, es’ and Gent's Gold Kings of all description, and Sel Silver, and in all one of the largest stock of Jewelry ever offered at p ic. anction. Also, a a Bre line of custom-inade Overccate, Ulsters, Suita an Pants; Ladies’ Dreeses and Siik Dress Patterns; Shawls, Clo:ks, Bibles, Books, Toole, Boots and Shoes, Spreads, Blankets, Carp.ts, Trunks, inne Evenings at 7 p.m. until every lot is gold. Persons hol ‘ing tickets on which the time has expired Will please take notice, F. SELINGER, Broker. FOLEY, Auctioneer. n23-4w NHOMAS DOWLING, OUTHWEST COR. OF 11TH ST. AND PA. AVE. SALE EXTRAORDINARY or RICH, RARE AND COSTLY DIAMONDS AND OTHER GEMS. ALSO, BRIC-A-BRAC, ANTIQUES, ARTICLES OF VIRTU, &o, &e., &o.. ke. consisting of superb Diamonde, Kubics, peace Ous ‘Pearl: rece d Ae igs, Studs, tines, Sear Pina, chet, Bracelets "eter: alan extea fine line ws, Water Colurs, Cut Glass, Placques, China, French Glock, Bron: Rare Stuffe, together with « choice lot of Di ds a onds and solid Silver goods, re- ihe articles will be on exhilgtion the day before sale; are all of superior quality, ‘warranted ag repre- sented. dl4-5t ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, USTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY ON D STREET, BETWEEN FIRST AND BECO? STREETS "NORTHWEST, BEING NUMB ON’ HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN D STRYET. By virtue of a deed of trust bearing dat- the 2 ot Auguste AD. 1819, and recorded ik iver fe se- TR y of Al trict of Columbia, anc 1 ion 1e cared tone fhe undersigned Trustee wit il st The TWENTY-SECONI> pay OF DECEMBb A D, 1982, at FOUR O'C:.OCK P. » Lot lettered in Wallach’s subdivision of lot three, tc., in square: - Lered five hunired and eeveuty-three, with at oe rovements. ‘Thia lot is improved by a comfortable Tiree-story Brick Dwellings ie \e of street and is convenient to the Capitol and ‘Band station. WM. B. woopwar LEROY M. TAYLOR, } Trustees. IANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED ANY UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE ON fo AND fe BETWEEN AND G STREETS NORTHEAST. rg.decree of the ‘Court of the Dis., Now? 47, wheres coun” Seach the Gtty of Souplainart ana Job ‘Ebert et al. are defendants, the ee, for sale, at public suction, in ro CLOGEP. twelve ( Fess oi tnches each Tot feet offs a12-d&ds front of the Rated TH ihe follows ered ae 985, fronting on Lath sana Se, Bt ewalvs i) ead ANSON BROS., Auctioneers, THURSD. ECEMBER TWENTY-FIRST, A. Or rx “RK a= at the anction roome of D. 1882, at ONE of Dunéanson corner of Sth and D streets north- weet, Iwill ell, at fubiic auction, to the highest bid- ler. - AYS. (000 of Manone Fall Stock (certificate No. 49), = = SS Site of Ausccetis and Poeanase tives ts ote yeh F ‘Compan’. ENDAYS, for Mattox and Upper § Sharee of Meiropalitan Raliroed Comnenr. Sad tacgrmedints lendinens ete ait 10 Shores Mayfield Brownstone Co., of Virginia. FRIDA\S, for Upper De 41 Unetarian Chu: tor 25. $1,000 Bond of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. a18-4 Executor of John Pundy, deceased. iCANSON BROS., Auctioneess. CATALOGUE AND P. Steamers AR! end scret whert nef tj ave Nloeaua ™. ; connect with H. & OR. Rat © teaontinte Nandings: -returaing’ eatin 3 THURSDAY, for Currioman, Nomini, Bar and intermdiate landt™ FRIDAYS. “On SATURDAYS, for aritown, and intermediate EMPTORY SALE oF OIL PAINTINGS, THE WORKS OF CHARLES ARMOR, m at 10 clock & in. ; Feturming Teaches z MATTAN hart every SUNDA Y, at seven o'clock a. m. rater pring at landtines in No “ Toemdaye, Aatt COMMENCING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, WE WILL SELL, WITHIN OUR AUCTION ROOMS, 9ru AND D SYRERTS NORTHWEST, A LARGE AND VARIED COLLSCTION OF OIL PAIN SINGS, Handsomely framed aud pleasing subjects, many of | Which are original and rome copies of bixh-price pxint- if our rin jor. ‘They should be seen tot Will be on exhibition on Wedaesday auction reoins. Sexis provided at sale, and catalogues can be obtained | of the Auct:cne.rs. dls-4t DUNCANSON BROS. T. COLDWELL, aucuonee: and ang Wednesiays ‘*up,” Monday, Wedneslay and Fiday aiternoona, dor information apply w appre and Thi Jorsey City, Px street, Ju ESDAY for Rotterdam FRAME P SIDE 1 TWO-STO TH. EASY sr WEEN L AND M NTH Bel TO AND FROM BOSTON AND BALTIMORE, LIVERPOOL, QUE ‘TOWN, GLASGOW, LONDONDERRY and GALWAY, we certificates for Fricndsand Relatives — antry, toany railroad station or steam ‘Lhe only Hne takinge direct from Galway. raIneTs are unamrpaased for safety and ted uy with all improvements couducts thecomfort of paswncers, — Cabin, $0, $70 and Intermetiate, $40. TARR, lowest rates, Li 7th at. of C there in ¥ Lot numbered «1 red and sixty |, Prepata pau | fr and paral ie or corner of a: wy WoL | ty-nine (79) feet au. two and one-half (2') inches, to he point oi beyinnins; together with all the imyrove- : One-third (32) fn cach: balance 'n three(3)«qnal nit, in «ix (6), twelve (12) and eht . With interest at six (6) annam, ed by dead of trust upo property sold: oF at purchaser's option. Dejioait of $100. Te- quired st time of sale, and all conve Ing to be at purchaser's cost. 7 ni GeRMA : the Truster re- 7 I roperty at the risk snd cost ter five (5) days’ advertise Pied with in seven (7) days serve the right to resell the of defaulting purchaser, aif ment. BRAINARD H. WARNER,? 7, _d9-eokds HENRY F. BAUER, 5 for freight or —_— i &. 2 Bowling Green! New Fork? 4 a. VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON SEVENTH | & Gd., 925 Peuusyivaala avenue northwest STREET, GEORGETOWN, AT AUCTION. Washineton. virtue of a deed of trust, dated the 4th day of, a ye iter, A.D. 1980, aud recorded is Liber Wo. AMBURG LINE. et H ae nn WEEELY LINE OF STFA! one of the Land Kecords for MERS LEAVING SEW YORK EVERY THURSDAR ‘The ste this company wili sail E' URDAY from Bremen pier, foot of 3d streat, ate of rarmage: From New York to Haves | Southampton and Bremen, first cabin, $100; cabin, $60; steerage, $30; prepaid rte bia, and at the reqnest of the par- the’ undersigned Trustees wil! ell i front of the premirex, on TURS- me AT NOON, AY. TWEN XTH DAY OF DEC EMBE! et pe, Bez at, FOUR ‘O'CLOCK PMA the” fol Sees ENGLAND, FRAAUE AND GERMAN. lowing-described real esta’ tuate in Georse- G Fassage apply to t Ct) Wits Parts of Lowe uumbered Ot and wy oR. RICHARD £c0., in Beatty and Hawkins’ auended addition to Generai Passenger Georgetown, beginning for the at a point on the south sid» of 7th street, distent seventy-five (75) feet West from the southwest corner of the intersection of ith and Fred: ri line of 7th street twenty-five feet, or lesa, to of the lot heretofore ‘conveyed by ‘Thomas Brown, deceeaed, to Tomes Calhoun, deceused: thence south, ‘with said east line one hundred and fifty. feet; thence east twenty-five fect, more or less, and thence South with the division ling separating said part from the caste:n part of said first mentioned lot oxe-hundred y fort tothe place of beginning, improved by a well mz. ms: Oue-third cash, balance in six and twelve months, with interest, and secured by a deed of trust Or to PERCY G. SMITH, 2:51, and 619 Peonsy:vanta avenua, Send for “Tourist Gazette Cexary LINE THF CUNARD BETW N CALLING AT FROM PIER 40. Mea. 13 bi ou the propecty sold. A depost of $100 will be required | Seyth Wet, 20 Doe: | Cat Yen, at time of sale, and all conveyancing at purchaser's AND EVERY WEDNESDAY £ROM DE) cos’. If terms of sale are not complied with ‘OF PawaaGr: i, five days from dey of aale the Trustees reserve the Ticht to rescii the property at the risk and cost of the default purchis er. faulting _ cas Be cea WM. a6 MAYHEW PLa rpuomas DOWLING, Auctioneer. TE $60, $80 and $100 for passenger t low at very low off arere chase rate, ‘Queeistown and : = ‘Throuch bills of Jaden given for Siew Havre, Autwerp aud other pura. on the Conlisaat a for ireight aed poomeepety ot the Compeayeaihi! or fret au ang | o: ‘7th strest, Washington | -. COS Tth street, Freeragr erpool and lowest rate VALUABrE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON JEFFFR- BON STREET, GEORGETOWN, D.C., AT AUC- ay virtue of adeed of trust, dated March 7th, A.D. 1874, and duly recorded in Liber No. 746, folio 101, Oue of the land re-ords forthe D'striet of Columbia, aud est of the parties wecnred thereby, the {ul eel at pubic auction, im front ON WEDN | SDAY, TWENLY- MBER, 1883, AT FOUR the followinw described real estate rere rn, D.C., and known a part of lot numbered 63 in old Georgetown, which is included within the following mvtes and bounds: inning forthe same at the end of two hundred and Linety-nine (299) teet on the west side of Jeflerson street, drawn north from the north side of Waier street 4 Bowling Green, or IS BIGELOW & - TO! 7 JANNEY CO) oR! STEEL SCHEDULE TO TAKE SUNDA aud run west paralel with Water street one hundred o 5 4 and t yefive (125) feet to an alley, then south thi : 3 Cincinnati and St. Louis ret Gee ‘two (3: ore Or lese to alot hervtof. re conveyed by r ‘Louiai W.H. Dor-ey to Walter Smith, then with said let east and paralel with the first line to Jetfer-o: in joott City als \—BALTIMORE EXPRESS. straight line to the placeot begiu: €:50—Ba timore, Annapolis aud Way ( ure, Winchester. Hagerstown abd Way, 1745—BAL 10 i a two-story brick house and a two-stor ose. 3 wD Fach house and lot attachod thereto will be wold sepa Cae BALTIMORE EXPiCEsS, ratel a not Heck Siationa. ‘Terms: $500 eoch: balance in 6 and 12 monthe, with | 8:10—PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND BOSTON interest, and we-ured by a drod of trast on the property PRESS. Pani to New York. sold. A deposit of $75 will be required on each house | 8:40—Staunton and Valley F and lot soldat tue of eaie “Ail osvepancing er erstown and at Pott ior 19:08 Daitimore, Hystuvilie and” Laurel Stops at Beltevi and Dos On Bamdaye ntoye wea : § udaye atone fase oh BALTIMORE exh ‘atope at 110:15—Pittaburg, Chicago, Cinet at and St. Lowa. a tenga, Cineinni an purchaser's cost; and if the terins of gule are ot com- plied with in five days the Trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaultit purchaser. aa) 5 WM. D. CASEIN, WAL. A: GORDOM. } Trustecs, a16-a&kas caro, ‘ \WHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. 10—Baitimore, Ellicott City, An q 5—On Sunday only tor Ba timore awe | VALUABLE FARM, CO! NG ABOUT WN) )—BALTIMORE EXPRESS. TY-SEVEN ACRES, Ct TABLE D +3—BALTIMORE EXPRE! IN ALL NiCESSARY OUTBUILDIN d—Aiutinore, Philadel AT AUCTION ‘TO CLOSE AN ESTATE. At my auction moms on THURSDAY, DECEM- BER TWENTY-ONE, 1882, at 1WELVE G'CLK. T shall sell the Dundas Farm, containing about 97 Sono ana ee eee ee a — jadeusburse uniles from the Center’ Market an x re from Brooks’ station, meso ee aa eth ms Sunday to 7 pro a 12-room née Dwelling Tenant House an @ $ heooeary qutbuildines; vine streatus of matene Con Wed vie Re Be athe le be subd:vided into desirable building lots for suburban | ¢.o5 fi rar inesce eed Wa ee residences. A vood chance for capitalists. 700—Baltunore and W! A. | 7-30—BALTI ‘Terms easy and made known on duy of sale. ee W. W. DANCAHOWER & SOX, ai6-5t ‘Real Estate Brokers, For Other Auctions See sth Page. PROFESSIONAL. IFT i $10, THE 1 Boxwood Peace xs Field arlopera. HEMPLER'S (The Optician) , 453 Pennss Ivanie ayeuue, ‘48 ADIES, L OH WHAT A MISTAKE Lo suffer with Bunions, when by calling on Mrs. Dr. Semmes, ‘Chiropodist, you caa have them permancatly oun Mrs. Semmes is here by request of some of the elite of Washington, New York and Boston, who haye been said cities. Mrs. Semmes has Sleeping Ci “incinnati, St. and Sicar chasarceee need Peed STATIONS. 2 . Yoniy. Other trains daily, except Sundag aly nday only nl 619 : rn ss All traine from Wabbi Forfuriher informaauen apply at tie Walt ices, Washington Station, & checked and i re GREAT ‘SYLVANTA ROUTR TO THE NORTH, WEST AND 80! . DOUBLE TRACK. SPLENDID STEEL RAILS. MAGNIFICENT £ IN EFFECT NOVEMBIE Sim, Tnarxs LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM STATION, oF 'OLLOWR:— For Piteours of Pi At treated at her office in had fifteen years of succeasfial [prac Reliable testimoniais of extraon had at offi 1, cor. E and 13th streets ni Office house 9 d.m. to § p.m., or lacer by ment. poe fy om a eee ‘and the W. ‘caso Paice Sie, Sain at a.m aly : to Cinque as a cee ea te ie 1d the West $ AND LOTOMAC RATLRO pt Saturday, with Palecs Gen daiena. p Washiugt u a ‘or Williamsport, Lock Haven, and Elmira, at9.30a.— tabs ae For New York and tue East, £00 a.m., 10:30, C2 ato 2 jm On duty ee : E daily, ‘Sunday. Al SY FEET, Frc. — DAILY WALKS IN pen air and sun thorsugh! and Dr. WHITES’ twenty- sucessful practice in Washington, D. C.. enables Tequisite trestment for Bard ani Soft Corns, Bunions, Cwub and Inverted Nails, Frost Bite, Vaseulur Excres- cences, ete., etc. Refers to the eminent physi- cians snd 8. His Chi ial estabiixnment, 1416 Feun. ave., opp. Willard’s Hotel, is patronized by the elite of the ‘word. Office hours 8 a.m. to6 p.m. (Sundays 10 a.m. tol p.m.) Office fee $i per visit.n28 D™ STARR PARSONS, DENTIST. 439 9TH STREET NORTHWEST. Office hours 9m. to 5 p.m. ‘Teeth extracted out pain. De SOs, Galvanic ana Flectro V: etic ent, &e, jours from -__06-Sm* ish movements, 9am. toT p.m. 1527 F street nortwest. IPHE, UNDERSIGNED HAS | RUSUMED is ice hours in Washington, at 1209 Pennsylvania sxenne every Wednesday, fro‘ 1 to 4 p.m. GEO. REULING, - in charge of Eyeand Err Infirmary, Baltimore, 03-3. RK. RANDALL PARSON 428 7th street northw: a Pittebui BAL with. nls DICAL ELECTRICIAN, Sweed- i 5 FoFoen Gra Ling 6:40am, and6:60 pom. ForAnnapois, 6-40.m. and 4:40 p.m. daily, EXANDEIA AND AWRY AND ALEXANDER AND 6 S, Dewrisr, over Bailantyne’s Rook Gas iiven day "or Store. night. kk. KLOEBER, DENTIST, Vitalized tay Seu, for traction of Teoti DERICKSBU RAILROAD painless ex- T. M. TALBOTT, DENTIST, No. 437 ity fi Ez ‘tn. Disc Hoody inasstou ST rer eot. All work war RTIFICIAL TEETH MADE BEFORE AND IN- AY