Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1885, Page 1

t THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, | AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Eecthwest Corner Pernsylvazia Ave, and Ltn C:,, by The Evening Siar Newspaper Company, | GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't SING STAR w eerved to subscribers tn the at 10 ccuts pee the counter, Sen’ each postage prepaid—GU cents & cue yeak, SU: Six Mouths, So. Fntered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.,a8 eckouticlass mail ‘uniter; ‘Tue Wrrkty Stan—pmbitehed on pestaze prepald. Sti i 0 ‘Ail mail subscriptions must he pald in advance: | no paper sent longer than {1 paid for Rates of advertising made known on application. Frifiay—$1 a ce: Che Evening Star, Vor 66—No 9,993. WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1885. . TWO CENTS. AMUSEMENT: | PRICES. pores — stu TONIGHT... : FRA DIAVOLO. With its Great Cust of Characters. SATURDAY MATINEE-CHIMPSOF NORMANDY SATURDAY 4 AVINEE CHIME SOF NOUMANDY SATURDAY NIGHT-SEGUIN NIGHT. BOHEMIAN Git, IL, TROVATORE. ‘A Most Brilliant Eusemi 250r50c. 25 oF See Uskum. Ivanla avenue, near 11th stree:, Return of the Favorites. The justly Celebrated Actress, ARNE WALKER. And her Splewdi atte y Afterncon aud Nght te great Comedy Drama Cs £ JOSCA MB, Mr. Lv WALKE Taste hero, ie reat moral AR ROOM, bd ‘uti J Washington, Admision to all only 10.ceuts lox office open all day’ foe sate of seats SPIRITUALISTS HAV rina este tate THAIS EVE UGirs Gis my3 COMIC OPERA, MONDAY, MAY 11, th Straass’ Beautiful Opera, enein Dw Lange, Alexander Clark, Wo West, J.T id other favor will he presented Wi the same = costumes, scenery aad | properties a> ADMISSIC F THE HOUSE Y-FIVE CE Oreties Orchestra Circle may be resorved for Sule of reserved seats ~ contining 12 admissions $2 acing | nission m6 DAY. Muy the Take the yur and St Nan THE SPRING » TUESDAY, MAY 12, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, THUESDAY, MAY 14, FRIDAY. MAY 15. ar. Jockey Crean Tl <G WILL BE HELD FIVE RACES EACH DAY. ALL THE FIRST-CLASS HORSES! ‘The first race will be started at 3 o'clock each day. 10, snd 3:05 pan, and Will be in Walting whes CARS RESERVED FOR LADIES, IMPROPER CHARACTERS WILL BEEXCLUDED. Stockholders of the National Fair_Aswciation can in Admision Tickets from GEORGE I ce Pit, 471 Pennsylvauia ove. myst LBAUGH'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1835. Flval Coneert season of IMS4-5 of the CHORAL. SOCIETY, Assisted by MISS AG ut Mr. WHITNEY Reserved orchestra circle, 73 ‘ And ¥& general aitaission, U cenis, Box sheet openat Drovp’s, $25. Pennsylva: MURSDAY, Apri 30. apes: ERZOGS MC Late Liscul > all corner 9b and Dats nw. Coolest and Best Ventil EVERY APTERNO ‘Conan COOL BUKE ed Theater in the City. SAND NIGH AND VARIETY COM THA G, Wag: 200. Ab; Lawns, WHY SUPFER LoxcER wits 1 FEET, S1TOES. madety hand aneasure for $3 in style you desire. i We make for vou th siyles of § 5OShoes for ladies and bey will wear. Every pair warranted. ey mensure, We | GEO. W. 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ComMANDER Kane EXoNERATED.—The re- cord ofa court of Inquiry, appointed by Ad- miral Jouett, to examine the conduct of Com- mander Kane, of the Galena, at the destruction Aspinwall, has been recolved at the Navy ment.’ ‘The court entirely exonerated ander Kane from all suspicion of ne- glect of duty. i HOLDER'S TICKETS F the National Fulr Grounds, may be obtalnga GEO. KO REPETTL Sec Of Weller & Repetii, 471 Pennsylvania av mys-St > THE COMME oe ON 7 EON TRA SCHOOL FoR NURSES ve held MO? May 14th, at bale University > SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING u SERIAL SAVINGS AND’ BUILDING ASsocrA+ ‘Tho “Serial” will hold, whieh the Secrotary and T: auusual reports wnd the first meeting for the payment 9f dues it the 25th lasue. shares si each, ithe no Duck dues, on WEDNESDAY, 13TH INST, In Hall GLO 7th st. u.t., at 8 OCLOCK P.M Officers to serve the ensuing year will be elected, together w transaction. of wach other husit come beorethe meeting. 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ISITORS AND « BUILDING AND HARDWOOD LUMBER. WM. McLEAN & SON _13th and B streets northwest. 2== MRS, BROWN ‘COLORED, Cee a ee he haghiy ecmimendea seat cated Electric’ and Steuut Latha, Also, Treatment.a: 503 Missourl hve in i <— & LEWIS, THE ‘known Sign Painter ani Cos D street northwest. “Telephone iders promptly attended to. (3. SUEDD- PLUMBING, FURNACES, BA ESTIMA’ GAS FIXTURES, SLA mh3i WELL NORTUWEST, mbit ae> EF. ukooxs, CESS PANGPURDSEs xv onvawesrs Largest Stuck of GAS FINTURES, & ANAUGUIA110N GLOSS on wand Cull 4 maul. aud exe EF. BROOKS, Cy BEL 1th st, Te Cosreseranixe Borprxo, CALL ON HAYWARD & NUTCHINSON, 424 Oth Street For skillful Plambing and Furnace Work, and exam- tue thelr Wood Mantels, Tiles and Fireplace Fittings, and you will fiud theirstock extensive und artistically selected and arranged, with prices much lest than New York. G. . Kuss, TAILon, 414 Orn Sraeet x Sanescers Arrieta STONE PAVING CO, Oflice—1418 New York Avenue. Artistic and fine work {n cement « specialty. Our skiiled workmen lay the following j avement SCHILLENGER PATENT (BEST), ARTIFICIAL STONE, ASPUALTUM, PARAGON, GRANOLITHIC, NEUCHATEL, MASTIC. Kitchens. Sidewalks, Stables, Cellars laid with neat- ness and PROMPIUE On C. McKIBBIN, Presiten _Tetephone call 407-2. myosin Dovorass. ‘We have 100 Dosen LADIES BALBRIGGAN HOSE, sizes $ to Olp, our regular 47c. Hose, which wo ‘south of New York. Also, 2 Full Line of IMPORTED MILLINERY NOVELTIES. to which ahe invites special attention. p20 shall sel for 37%ge. por pair; three palr for G1 or $2 per box. DovGLass, ALLERS to-day were Representatives Ellis, Butterworth, Ryan and Manning, Slocum and delegation, and Cole, with Gov. Henry Lloyd, of Maryland; M. F. Morris. G. E, Hamilton, G. Ia, Parris, NewYork; My. Theo. J. Ee K. Toole and Wm! Wallace, Montana: E. W. Oyster, Pres. Federa- tion of labor untons; P,P. Breen. PJ. Jouchim- sen, New York; Geo, Ticknor Curtis, Wm. A, Boyd, New York; Siegiried Gruner, president New York cotton exchange; Chas. P. Palmer, im. Woodward, Jr New York, and Dorsey ingett. GEN. BeNsaMIN RUNKLE has been restored to the pension rolls with the rank of major. He Was placed on the retired list of the army some years ago by order of President Grant, but the Court of Claims decided that this action was ilicgal. The pension has now been restored to Tux EXtTRApition Parens for Maxwell, the murderer of Preller, at St. Louis, are all ready except the insertion of the name of the officer who is to be sent for Maxwell, Detective Tracy, of St. Louis, will probably be senton this mise At the state department the autborities apprehension of Maxweil’s e3- the Britis officials will co- in having Maxwell kept se- eure und returned to his ‘ountry for trial. DEATH oF A Posrmasrer.—The Postmaster General has been informed of the death to-day of Postmaster Knickerbocker, at Aurora, [ls, joucm.—The Secre- tary of the Interior has reecived a letter from Capt. Couch, chief of the Oklahoma boomers, in which he asserts that the eattle men aro still in possession of the choicest lands in the Okla- homa country SEconp Lirur, Enoch H. Crowder, 8th cav- alry, is detailed as professor of military science and tactics at the University of the state of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., to take effect July Ist, 1885, relieving 1st ‘Lieut. John J. Haden, Sth infauiry, Who, upon being so relieved, will pro- ceed to join his compan, THe SALE oF THE NIAGARA To BE INQUIRED InTo.—The old naval vessel Niagara was sold at auction on ihe Gth Inst, at Boston, for $12,500, The Secretary of the Navy Is under the impression that the highest price possible Was not obtulned for Ube vessel, and has there- fore dizecied that she be net turhed over to her purchasers until the matter is looked Into, THE PENSACOLA IN Goop Conprtroy.—The naval board of Inspection returned this morn- ing from Norfolk, having made an Inspection ofthe U.S. 8, Pensacola. They report her to be in excellent condition for the trip to the Medi- terranean, Tue Presipent’s New CaRRIaGE.—Mr. 8. , Keyes, the teniur member of the New York firm of A.S, Flandreau & Co., carriage manu- cturers, yesterday turned over to President Cleveland the new carriage and burness made for him. The carriuge ts u modest but hand- some landeau, the style most preferred by the President. It 1 avery plain,three-gluss landean, with no lettering on'It. The harness ls rubber covered, und wuld tobe of the best workmun- ship. The new turnout, drawn by the hand xome pais of mahogany Bays, will make a fine appearance, THE FOLLOWING-NAMED O#FIcens, whose troops and companies haye been ordered from Fart Leavenworth, Icangas, wlll remain on duty at the school of application for infantry and cavalry ot that post until June 20, 1855, when they will be relieved from duty there by tue commanding olticer of the school, aud will pro- ceed to join their respective troops aud conmpa- nies: Ist Licut. John C. Dent, 20th iniantry; zd Lieut. James D. Mann, 71b cavalry; 24 Lieut Tienry A. Greene, 20th infantry; 2d Lieut. John \. Johusion, sth cavalry, and Yd Lieut. John Morrison, 20th Infantry Tux FoLLowine TRANSFERS of army pay- mnasters are ordered: Major Churles I. Wilson, from the department of the east to the depart- ment of the Platte; Major Culver C. Suiffen, from the department’ of the Platte to the de: partment of the east MY ORDERS.—Th ‘€ of absence on sur- geons' certificate of disxbility granted Col. Cu: vier Grover, let months 2 surgeons’ certificate of disabll- Cupt. John G. Bourke, 3d cavalry, upon completion of bis present tour of suse ‘tion, will, tu aecordance with his own request, be re? lieved fromm duty In the deparunent of Arizona and will join is troop. ‘The azmy retiring board at Ornaha, s dissolved, To ne Sr. ep Ar WasiHINGTON Bar- —rirst Lieut. G. A. Thurston, 1st Lieut. tterlee, aud 2d Lieut. Louis Osthel 3d artiilery,have beea transferred from y M to battery A, June 1s, and will join ir battery at Wash! aurracks, where it Will be stationed, R 1GNEp.—The Postmaster General has re- d the resignation of Horace M. Cake, a post office Inspector, ‘THE PRestpgNr has notified the Atlanta dele gation that he cannot attend the commercial convention there ConsuL Meisrs's Divonrce.—Mrs. J. Ernest Meiere obtulned yesterday trom the court In Centreville, Maryland, a deeree of divoree @ vinculo matrimenii teem her husband, Dr. J, Ernest M recently appointed consul to: ki, Japan. “The wife's Was based on the ground of the hus- Mrs. Meiere {3 a daughter of , Of the coniederate Sir. nud Mrs, have not lived tu- fora uumber of ye Dr. Meiere has eon u resident of Leadville, Vol, for some thne past, Ir Is Revonrep at Santiago that Senor Joa- quin Godoy, Chillan minister to the United States, has been presented witha letter of re- {irerient. State department officiais have no knowledge of the reported recall of Minister Godoy. It is stated there thathe left New Yor a few days ago for Saa Francisco, Intending to go thence to Chill on a ieave of absence, and his reported recall is not credited, PexsonaL.—Hon, John Lynch and wife, of Maine, and ex-Senator and Mrs, Robertson, of South Carolina, are atthe Hami!ton.—Sena- for Warner Miller und Senor Becerra, Colom- bian Minisicr to Wesbington, were ve'sistered iu New York last_ night———Ex-Representative Hopkins, of Pittsourg, is im.the clty—senor Godoy, the Cnilian Minister here, is ia Chleago for a Visitor a few days, on his way ty. Callior- nia.— Delegate Ourey, of Arizona, is at the Metropolitan.—Ex-Assistant Attorney Gen- eral MeCummon bus removed bis family to At lantic City, w remain until the 20th of this month.— senator Jones, of Florida, is in towa. — Senator Keana and iden, of West Vir- giniu; ex-Congressinen Singleton and Repre- sentative Townshend, of Iiinots, are amond the late arrivals of prominent democrats, The District Appointments, THE PRESIDENT NOT YET READY To CONSIDER THEM, Mr. Dorsey Clagett had an Interview with the President this morning, and subsequently stated that he drew the inference from what the President said that he would be unable to Consider. the matter of District appointments unul after the present rush of business, whlch is likely to continue some tne, is over. sedate Sak In the Intercst of Reform. EMPLOYES OF THE LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY YARD WHO HAVE HAD NOTHING 70 DO FOR TWO YEARS DISCHARGED, Secretary Whitney to-day ordered the dis- change of the following employes at the League Island (Philadelphia) navy yard: Clement King, timber measurer; James Spear, master shipwright; A. J. Keyser, master joiner; J. M. Davis, master tiuplater; ‘A. B. Dobler, master plumber; A. J. Palmer, niaster painter; J. K. ‘itcher, master boatbulider; @. A. Gray, inanter gqulker, and D. Mabon, inastr shipleeper. ‘These men have been diteharged, tt (s sald, 1b the interest of reform. They Luvo'been Kept at the yard and upon the rolls singe July 1, 1383, uotwithstanding the order of the then Secretary of tho Navy the ‘A. peculiar feature of thelr employment ts that there has been nothing for thei to do for nearly two ears, All the men have doneduring that ume, tis siated at the department, has been to dis: cuss politics und draw their pay. : Office inspectors. eaterday arresto Al otdtek cx forbmout ‘Va, onan ri uf at eee ae seer aeaeee Bae alry, 1s further extended | IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS. Miulsters to Russin. Switseriond and fay The Prosident to-day appointed George V. N. Lothroy , of Michigan, tobe envoy extraordinary and minister piempotentiary of the United States to Russia; Boyd Winchester, of K tucky, to be minister resideht and consul gen- 1 the United States to Switzerland; John . Thompson, of New York, to _be minister resident und consul generalof the United States to Haye) Ton. Geo, V N. Lathrop, a] inted minister to Russia in Diesen lace of Gen. Lawton, declined, is about sixty yearsofage, He stands at the hvad of the Michigan bar, und is described by those who know him as an’accomplished and courtly gentleman. Though he has never held public pifice, Mr. Loturop is well equipped for the du- {les of his position by reason of bis learning and pls thorough knowledge of men. Said a prom- {nent Michigan democrat to-day: “This 18 the best diplomatic appointment yet made by the administration, and It will give great satisfac tlon to tho people of Michigan, republicans as Well as democrats.” Mr. Lothrop was a class- mate at Yale of Senator Evarts, Bir. Boyd Winchester was recentty appointed U.S. consul at Nice. ie declined on account ofthe small salary, it being but $1,500 per year. | The annual'salary ofthe new pasition Is Dr. John E, W. Thompson (colored), appointed minister resident and consul general of the United States to Hayti, is a native of Brooklyn, and is at presont.a resident of New York cit He tsa fades of the medical department of Yale colleze. After leaving Yale he puraued his medical studies in Paris, where he “ame proficient in the French language, which knowl edge will be of great service to him, as the Hay- tiens speak Freneh. Dr. Thompson fs a young man, id was highly recommended for the ot y the faculty of Yale, as well as by many lending citizens f New York state. Dr. Thomp- son Is said to have always been a democrat. ¥ een The Hlinots Election Surprise. VIEWS OF REPRESENTATIVE TOWNSHEND, * The unexpected turn of the tide in the Illinois Senatorial contest caused by the election of a republican member of the legislature in place of Shaw, deceased, was the almost universal topie of discussion in political circles to-day. ‘There are quite a number of Ilinois democrats here, and they are campelied to admit that the sopeile ne Outgeneraled them one ely resentative Towushend, who bas just ar- rived from Lliinois, says the republicans, under the pretense that they were not king a can- Vass, quietly notified “all their voters to turn out.’ The democrats, supposing they had a walk-over, took things easily. -As li was the busy planting season many of ‘them did not go to the poils. ‘No, sir,” added Col. Townshend, in reply to a question, “the result does not indi: | cate any disatisfactidn with the administra lon, for there is no such dissatisfaction amon the democrats, Aimong our people the admii istration grows stronger every day. It is popu- Jar, and its course is heartily endorsed. If there is any gruinbling that there is too much delay in filling offices it is not among the democrats of Diinsis.” Mr. Van Pelt, of Chicago, a leading democrat. of that city, also saye that the unexpected dem- ocratic defeat cannot be traced to any feeling of coolness towards the administration, Most of the Illinois democrats here, among them Mr. Townshend, think that the senator- ship ls not yei lost wo the democrat. They be- lieve that there are several republicans iu the legislature who will not consent to support Gen, Logan, But some of tae shrewdest give up the fight. Contracis for Naval Supplies. THE SMITH COURT OF INQUIRY TO EXTEND ITS INVESTIGATION. Mr. W.F.Stidham, of the fourth auditor's Gffice, was befare the Smith court of inquiry yesterday and testified that vouchers for sup- plies of beef and pork, under contract with A. P. Brown, amounting toa great many thousand dollars, were suspended against the pay offi. cers, Pay Directors Washington, A. H. Gilman and Pay Ivapector T. T. Caswell, who made the payments, by the fourth uuditor because they were not ing to the tergns of the contract, there being no logal authority for the extension or enlargement of the contrat, und in sume tn- stances the wuppllos furnis! Were for the fiscal ¥eire Gocaetary ot te ‘Atreeted th: e a at the dgtion of teat of laqeiry be seated so as to investigate and report te facts and el cumstances connected with any contract for or purchase of supplies for the navy. made by the present payimaster general during bis occu- pane of the office. The court will include in she report its conclusions, and siate what, if any, culpability attaches to any person or per- sons in the serVice of the United States govern- ment. MR, BROWN EXPLAINS, Mr. Austin P. Brown, the contractor for the supplies in question, appeared as a witness to- day, and testified that he was induced to bid for contracts in the full of 1882 for beef and pork beiow the muriet, price becauge be foro- saw that the prices would be apt to fall before the dates for fuliilling the contracts, and the votutions of the commercial bulletin showed that his bid was wike. Me road und submitted a letter to this efvct which he had prepared with the intention of sending to the Secretary of the Navy a an explanation of the original charges of collusion us contained in the New York World, in case he was not called as a Wit- ness before the court, Mr. Brown's letter was avery long one. He appealed to the Sceretary tn’ defense of bis good name, which had been assalled, offerin all hiv books and papers for inspection, an claiming that there was nothing to iide {n his | dealings with the government fur the past fit | teen years. The court adjourned until to-morrow to give Pay Director Thos. H. Looker, a member of the ab opportunity to turn over the navy pay Gi here to Pay Davetor Murray, Who Will ve Ais tem porai ‘+e ELIZA MILES’ W1.1.—The will of the late Eliza Miles was died ‘today. She loaves her Aunt Hager Randall her proporty (part lot 7, square 419,)In fee, a life tuterest tn the res dence to her husband, I. IH. Miles, and on his death to her hter, Julia Edwards, and granddanglter, Julia ‘Thornton, as joint ten- Suts, and names Henry Balley as exceutor, ASALE OF Proparty.—Mr. Harvey L. Page has sold to Mr. R. C. Fox, for $21,500, the house onthe north side of R street, between 2ist and Mai husetts avenue; also, two lots southeast comner ofS and 19th streets, fronting 44 feet on 191 eS AN Ixportanr Case Drcrpep—To-day, in the Clreult Court, Judge Cox, an important case was decided, that of the ayainst Currie B.” Evans, administratrix of JolnO, Evans, The latter was, with Thos. L. Hume, a surety on the pond of ‘George D. Ben- jamin, disbursing agent for the State, War and Navy ‘department, for $50,000. “Benjamin was also employed on a salary of $2,000 por year Inthe office of the englicer ib churge of ublic buildings and grounds. He aecounted fur the public money as disbursing officer but deducted iis commission as fixed by law and agreed upon by tbe Secretary of War, and took gredit for it, This the first controller of the ‘Treasury disallowed on the ground that Benja- min was receiving a salary under the other aj polutment. Judge Cox held that the statute in question did not apply and the surcwes could not be held if it dic SS CHARGED WITH STEALING PROVISIONS FROM A Horst.—For some time past the proprietor Of the Riggs house, has beeu ralssing hams and other articles from ‘his storeroom, and_ reported the fact to the police. Detcetives Raff and Block were assigned to work up the case, and yesterday they arrested Richard Williains, a &@ colored lsborer, and Isaac Thomas,’ a colored waiter, both’employed at the hotel,’ on acharge of stéaling the articles, and George Wallace, a countryman, who hauls gur- bao” from “the hotel; ‘om. a. chat ot receiving the stolen property. The oifi- era recovered 178 pounds of ham. In the Police Uourt this morning the prisoners were charged as above stated and the cases were con- tinued one week. ee The Army of the Potomac Reunion. IT CLOSES AT BALTIMORE WITH A PARADE AND A BANQUET. Owing toa heavy rainfall in Baltimore yes- torday orders were given postponing the parade of the Veterans of the Army of the Potomac, Later the rain closed, and gt three o'clock the procession moved. .Fufly five thousand men were in line, Including Lee camp of confederate soldiers from Ricamond. The threo brigades inthe ‘were commanded r Re oa ae form und Colonel H. P. Underhill. In the frst by ing of thabighe fanery a (ape eens a bat fees ena als, lee a yesh : Cadet reunion closed The wis cbil or cute, ‘sane ar and children of striking stone in ts Pa., scriondly. injured | SERS Serres ————se_—____ Ei i tronk 1 at‘une Union depot nited States | THE. WALES COURT-MARTIAL. Opening Proceedings To-day. DR. WALES CHALLENGES A MEMBER OF THE COURT—THE CHALLENGE NOT SUSTAINED—A PLEA ADDRESSED TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE count. The court-martial convened to try Medical Director Philip 8. Wales, U. 8. N.,ex-sungeon general of the navy,on a charge of neglect of duty and culpable Ine Mclency, assembled at 10 o'clock this morning at’ the Navy department, Medical Birector Taylor, whose absence yester- day caused an early adjournment, was present and took his seat. The record of the several days’ meetings, pending the determination of the proceedings before the Supreme Court, were read, together with the order detailing Commo- dore Queen as a member of the court jn place of Commodore Young, who Is 111. MEDICAL DIRECTOR SUDDARDS CHALLENGED, The first order of the day was the challenging of individual members of the court. Dr. Wales, Who was pregent with his counsel, Messrs. Jere Whitcon ake Fh Sands, challenged Medical Direetor Jumes Suddards.” The grounds of the challenge, as read by Mr, Sands, were that Med- seal Director Suddards entertained feelings of Personal hostility towards the accused occn- sloned by the official acts of the accused while surgeon general In not detailing Suddards as medical director in eharge ofthe New York naval hospital, Dr. Suddards stated that he had no fecling of Personal hostility towards Dr. Wales, though it Was true that he had complained of Dr. Wales’ official conduct as showing partiality. If Dr, Wales thought his interests would be impaired by his remaining asa member of the court, he would be gratified by being excused from service on the court. He had never, he said, expressed any opinion as to Dr. Wales’ guilt or Annocenee, und thought he could try the case without prejudice. The court was then cicared for deliberation, and when It was reopened the decision of the court was gnnounced to the effect that the ob- Jection to Dr. Suddards was not sustained. ‘The defense having annowaced that they had no further challenges, the president of the court, Rear Admiral Simpson, adininistered the oath to the judge advocate, Lieut. Lemly. Lieut. Lemley, in turn, swore the members of the nd the stehographer, and the court was formally organized fot business. The ac cused walved the reading of the charg ment of about si: vasdertanded on tency and neglect of Dr. THE CHANGES ANDTHE PLEA, ‘The court held, however, that it was necessary to read the charges, but not the specifications, which are sixty-four in number. The frst charge was “culj in the per- formance of duty,” and was supported by sixty- The second chatze w three specifications. of duty,” under which one specitica- “neglee! tion appeared. ‘The accused, when a upon to plead, presented, through’ M p in bar addressed w the jurisdiction of the court This plea set forth substantlally.the sate view of the case as was presented in the habeas cor- pus proceedings; that the offenses alleged were hot punishable by such a court, but were com- mitted by the accused in bts capacity us a civil officer—the chief of a burewu of one of the exec utive departments, In supportof this plea eop- iex of the bricis submitted by the deiense to the Supreme Court in the habeas corpus prow ings were distributed among the members ¢ the court. Mr. Sands then proceeded to argue the plea, After the noon recess, when Mr. Sands had concluded his argument, Mr. Blair, tieassociate ofthe Judge ndvocato, raised the potnt that Dr. Wales hed never tuken the oath of olfice as sur- geon general, and proposed to offer testlinony to show that he had not, Mr. Wilson combatted this a8 a most extraor- dinary proposition, contending that such a claim destroyed all'the record produced here by the government in support of charges against Dr. Wales as surgeon general ee The Unlicensed Liquor Trafic. THE JUDGE MORALIZES ON THE EVILS OF THE : TRAFFIC, BUT THE JURY FINDS A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY, : In the Criminal Court this morning the case of Casper Hefbort, eharged with keeptngan.un; Meensed bar, was given tothe jury. Thecourt, in charging the jury, said he could see nothing worse in a mixed population than free whicky It is not satiafactory thay testimony of the kind presented by the DistriGt should be resorted to. f, however, the lation of the law, he has not mie room to com- Plain, for he has contributed to reducing the witnesses in respectability. ‘They ure not the most credible, but what better cau be procured? ‘The Jury fouind a verdict of not guil gulcbakes The Real Estate Agents. JUDGE COX DECIDES THAT THE TAX ON THEIR COMMISSIONS 18 LEGAL. To-day, in the Cireuit Court, Judge Cox ren- dered a decision in tue case of the District agt ‘Thos. E. Waggaman and others In favor of the plaintiff on an agreed statement of fa This was atest case as to the lability of the agents under a bond given by the real estate age make promptund correct returns of sales, ac. ‘The court held that the bond was properly given #0 far us the District tx concerned, al though It embraced other matters than. t contemplated by the siutute. 1 thut the license tax of one per cent of the. eom- missions recelved by the agent was not Inthe nature of an income tax aud Inquistor properly the subject of legislation by the "D {rict legislature under the powers granted it ‘This tax will therctore be exacted. paket Ropnix THE LAWYERS—A pretended book agent from waltimory bas been tn this city for some days past sollelting orders from lawyers for books. He is sald to have managed to carry of law bcoks from the oflees of several mem- bers ofthe bar. He was, last night. arrested by Detective Block and locked up. “At the station he gave bis name ay James J. Jackson, and co:- fessed stealing books from a number of lawyers, most or which have been recovered, ———— NELLIE Grnsox ADMITTED TO Bart.—To-dny in the Criminal Court Nelile Gibson, charged under the act for the protection of children with harboring a girl of 14 years ina house of prostitution, was brought up from. fait and ad- taltted to bail—James H. Johnson golng on the nd. ————— Affairs in West Washington. A PASTORAL CaLt. AccertEp.—The Revk Samuel H. Grimiths, of West Virginia, has ac- pled selon from. eee PE, engi to become its pastorand wil! enter upon hisduties onar before Sunday, May 24th. BLecriox or Orriczes.—The Fourteenth Building Association held its annual election last night at Goddard's hall, The old officers were re-clected as follows: W. H. Claubaugh, resident; Ferd. King, secretary, and R. E Frey, treasurer; James Goddard, Thos, Knowles, D. F.’Robinaon, John Wagner and 8. T. How. ard, directors. * PAYING CANAL SALARTES—The canal pay boat, with Prosident Baughman and. Pay master Gambrill, arrived at Cumberland, Md. lnst evening, having left here Monday, an pele off the employes along the entire line for ihe mouth or December fast. The Deceiber roll amounted to about $1,000. TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION ov WATER AT JA-M.—Groat Falls, temperature, 62; condition, $0! rocelving reservolr, temperature, 64; condi: Hon at north connection, 38; south connection, 36; distributingreservolr,ten.perature,62; condi nat Influeat gate house, 36; eflluens gate ve, SU. fag Ude tp the river w-~day at Pam, low tide at 11:30 p.m, M : Alexandria Affairs. Reported for Tue EVENING STAR. ‘THE Coury Court HoUsE.—The court house of Alexandria county, now ‘under the hands Siworkmen for improvement, ix looking much fresher and neater ithas'done for several Years past. ‘The whole work hns been done Under the supervision of Clerk Austin, without @Xpense to the county funds, as the ‘old iron, brick, stone, etc, found the court house has been sold for enough to pay the costofail work o fur done. Nores.—The Washington, Western and Ohio failroad company will heldiss annual meeting here on the 27th tiwt.——M. J. Waterman has declined the office of, magistrate to which he ‘was nominated atthe lute peimary.—Stur are iow appearing in.the river near this place. Acandidate for mayor and an ex-member of council had a personal difficaliy yesterday evening on King street. —— ee __ THe Wesxuy Reroxt on Gex. GRANT'S Cask—Dr. George F, Shoady will say in the Ate er dur ing the past ‘condition of Gen, (Baas agree, i; that his appetite is man charged Is cullty of a vio | Telegrams ‘to The Star. UNEASINESS IN LONDON. a GERMANY’S DOUBTFUL ATTITUDE. Se Re Will The Russians Seize Herat? A Congressman’s Wife and a Burglar DELAYING THE ILLINOIS COUNT. oe OKLAHOMA BOOMERS TO TRY IT AGAIN. Sn SEES THE GOSSIP OF LONDON TO-DAY. A Growing Feeling of Distrust Regard- ing the Anglo-Russian Negotiations. LORD DUFFERIN IN HARMONY WITH GLAD STONE OWING TO A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN INDIA'S ENTHUSIASM POR ENGLAND—RUSSIA THOUGHT TO SECRETLY CONTEMPLATE THE SEIZURE OF HERAT—THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST GLADSTONE. Special Cable Dispatch to Tak EVENING STAR. Loxpox, May 8.—The rumors of threatening clouds on the peace horizon mentioned in yer terday’s dispatch are confirmed by the pessi- mistic tone of the continental authorities this morning. Much of this fs apparently of German origin, still there is nudeuiably a growing feel- Ang here of something wrong. This is expressed in the papers, bat more clearly and generally in Private conversation, but it is difficult to 1x definitely just where the trouble exists and pre- cisely the hature of THE INDIAN AND HOME GOVERNMENTS AT ONE. It_was again reported last night that Lord Dufferin had resigned. This is certainly un- Indian and the greed on the y of a breathing space, this is stated to be that Eugiand’s India is found not to be so strong as was an. Ucipated. The native press ist thusiastie in Eng! position in tier force is insut This exe plains why men and material are still being dispatched tn haste to India. I understand that ¢ astro: GEN txtone hus pay se for peace. RAL BELEN THAT RUSSIA WILL SEIZE HERAT. The trans-Caspian railway, rapidly. Rails live from Askah pe ud and He rs in reserve showing is advancing purchased for the hyen route to the The government org: ethat Russia will under- lierat. Nobody elso in The Russ press dis kind, You d to Sari rat belleves this, repudiate anythin, wiil thus understand the ge Timex’ statement. th pression Is growing througho present reprieve will not tong defer the evi GRAMAMWS K TACK There ts the strongest 1 Gen. Graam's recent evidently a distinet bi Europe that the governmen: promise of no more offonsive movements in the Soudan, Tho spectal patches confirm the statements of ubout the British forces destroying wells. Tcan, thats note ts about to be forwarded to Gladstone, ‘signed by guns eminent humunt- larians. protesting against the outrage, an esting an immediate inquiry. a THE GROWING UNPOPULARITY O¥ THE GLAD STONE MINISTRY. Concerning the ominous clotids that hover about the Gladstone ministry, I can speak with some confidence. There 1s severe disapproval ofthe government's policy tu the Soudan, a dis- this is gaining great strength on all sides,’ T! conservatives are becomige strouger and: moe Sigorous under Churehitl @leadership, aud they will take advantage of thi above when the at- tack on the ministry Is next week on the Budget. Every effort will be strained to make this attack the most formidable yot. London isalready riled with appeals t6_work!ng men to~ ia gdur 1d" to the meat- ing in Trafalgar squere t@ proiest against the beer and spirit duty. already been twice def local taxation question, issuing ur, member to be ‘he government bas ed on @ vote on the ‘he conservatives a: t suMMOngex to every country presout. Hence aserious deteat for the gover: at is nop improbubie. It is unnecesta: 0 point out the influence of this on foreign aGairs. Russia Will Not Bind Merscif Not to Occupy Herat. Hovse oF Commoxs, 5 p.m.—T have unques- tonabie authority for stating that Russia has categorically declined any treaty binding her not fo advance on Herat. —— RUMORS OF A RUSSIAN ADVANCE. tinental Conters Still Skeptical Re- garding the Anglo-Russian Arrange- ment—Uneertainty as to the Atutude of Germany. Loxpox, May 8.—Rumorsare current in Paris ofa steady end continned Russian advance in Afghanistan, but ft is impossible to trace them to any authentic sourec have probably originated from the news of the Russian occu- pation of Penjdet GERMANY'S DOUBTYUL ATTITUDE. The oMicial news agency in Paris, which is posed to represent the Views of the French cabinet, publishes a London dispatch dwelling on the ‘fact that throughout the dispute Ger: many has given no indication of the attitude she ds toaxsume regarding the contro- The dispatch way 1 the German ap ssador in London still holds as pessiinistie a «of the situation as when everything looked perate, and that the English ‘officials still ar that Germany in ward England and 5 The Times continues ‘The announce- wsburz (sical Messen is e led to have a reassuri effect ax tein the first intimation by Russia that she wil send a commission to. meet ¢ inh com mission. The cost of the Russian way from. Askabad to Merv ts estin ed to reach 16,000 Toubles per Verst, exclusive of rails or rolling stock. LORD DUFFERIN HAS NOT RESIGNED. ‘The report B blished in Morning Post to day that Earl butferin had resigned his position as viceroy of India ts pronoun by govern- ment officials to be utterly antrus PLEASED AT LUMSDEX'S RECALI. St, PETEESRUNG, May 8—The Moscow Gazette, with reference to the submission of the Alghan frontier dificulty to arbitration, says: Tt was only possible to permit the correctness of our action to be certified by a third ‘ty. Such a course as this Is not arbitration, in aus proper sense of the term, but simply a fespect- able means of terminathig: the incident. The Novor Vremya and the Novosti express great pleasure that Sir Peter Lumsden, who, they say, made all the mischief, has been recailed to London. —————— ‘Mrs, Bynum’s Thrilling Adventure. THE WIFE OF THE INDIANA CONGRESSMAN HAS A TEKKIRLE EXPERIENCE WITH A Lan. INDIANAPOLIS, May 8.—Mrs. W. D. Bynum, wife of Congressman Bynnm, hud @ thrilling experience with u burgiar at her readence last night, Mr. Bynum fs absent at Washington, and the family at home includes Mra. Bynuni and two children and a domestic. Mrs. Bynum was awakened by the of a dark lantern in her iace, and as she half arose in her fright, & gruff’ voice demanded: “Have you any money in the house?” She answered that she hada small amount, whereupon she was or ynum had no other ment jn the St. I ( oy i ri i Hf i THE COUNT POSTPONED. fer Irregularities im fourth Iilinels Senatorial jon. SPRINGFIELD, ILt., May 8.—A private mes- sage from Virginia, Til., says that all arrange- acd oes _ eeaner ine ° Inty Vote today, but that State: fiart (dem) has arrived there, and that afer be had consulted with the —— ‘clerk it has been given out that the canvass will be for seven days, “in order to ascertain if there were ‘any Irregularities,” and that all the other clerks: in the district had consented to the postpone ment. ‘Senator Rinehart had a consultation with « nurnber of ‘democratic members of the legisla ture before leaving Springticld, ‘The Boomers Not Yet Crashed. CONTEMPLATING ANOTHER BREAK FOR OKLA (OMA IN ABOUT SIXTY DAYS. CALDWELL, KAS. May 8.—Capt. Couch has arrived here with twelve teams and about 150 boomers, and eight or ten more teams arrived Unis morning during a snow-storm. Capt. Couch: said: “There are about 250 of the boomers here how. and there are about, forty teams ox ina few days with about 150 more, making » total of some 400 boomers.” He says they in- fend making this thelr permanent hoadquar- ters inthe future tor their supplies, starting Polat and taking in new members. |The thinks nabout sixty days they will make another al tempt to gain possession of the forbidden lands, Life in Dakota. AMON TAKES PART IN A FAMILY QUARREL AND MAKE THINGS VERY LX. Mrreneis, Dakota, May 8.—A’ family fond, properly between a man named Olson and bis Wite, originating away Back In Sweden long broken out afresh at their home near 4 the two sons Gog yp gd walnst the fathe made it uncom fortably hot for him. ‘The neighbors took up the old man’s casc, put In bit crops and ae manded that the boys give up team of oxen ciaimed by both parties. The seus refusing to comply, a masked mobof about ten men en- tered the Olson rsidence Wednesday maltreated the old lady, presented the elder son with a caltt of tar and turkey feathers, drags ‘over the prairie, lashed to the rear en: ber wagon, and tened the second son so badly that he had fled from the nelgh- borhood. He has been found twenty miles tant, haif naked and insane. Officers from the clly are on the track of the persons who com- posed the mob. ~— Not Vet Notified of Hi POSTMASTER PALMER SAYS HE Has HAD NO CHANCE TO ANSWER THE CHARGES AGAINST aM. Cutcago, May 8,—Postmaster Palmer, of this city, hax not yet received al notification of hissuspension and the appl tment of Mr. Judd #5 his sug Mr. Palmer says itis 6n wae aga <f bent oF a nt public office and re tove him without giving lim an opportuni to defend Oil expressed confidence That the Senate will call for the charges and gi¥e hime achance either to refute or acknowledge them. News. ARKET. race for ‘the 1,000 to It Was Won by the Duke of Westminster's Fare= well, Mr, T. Jenning’s Jane second and the Duke of Portiand’s Satchel third, There were RACING AT N Loxnox, May 8.—The . Mareh &.—Messrs. Kegan, Paul, Freneh & Co, will publish Gen. Gordon's diaries a few weeks. “They will be odited by Gor- don's cousin, Mr. Egmont Hake. They will oo cupy a single volume, which will be embellished Wilh maps and a portrait of the hero. — A Wronged Woman's Vengeance. HEINE WEALTHY SEDUCEE TOPOVERTE AND SENDING HIM TO THE PENITENTIARY. IxpEreENDENCE, Mo., May &-At a spec session of the criminal court of this county, John A. Wheeler was yesterday sentenced two years in the penttentiary for the seduction of Ida W. Wheeler, under promise of marriage, The trial was had three weeks ince, but & mo on for a new trial was overruled and sentengs at last passed. An endeavor will be made to carry the cane to th court, The stand= ing Of the partics to the sult, who live m Kane fas City, have made itoneof note. It is the | first sentence ever passed upon a seducer in this connty. The woman seemed determined to pursue her xeducer to the utmost, She has @ Judgment in'the cireatt ‘court anda len on the estate of his father for $20,000, and besides has | gotten him to the door of the ponttenth die offered her a goodly amount to marry hit attet | the verdict was rendered, but she would not we= | cept. Whocler is of a prominent famliy of Case county, and besides the dish of wentence be, once wealth chant of Kansas City, will now stricken, ~—— Taken Back to Chicago. New Yorx, May §—Augustino Gtrardi, charged with Being one of the two murderers Wao packed the body of their victim tn a trunk aud sent it from Chicago to Pittsburg, wassent back to Chicago this morning in change of omficer, having been positively identified Smaatsr es the man who cnecwed trunk containing the body to Pi A Pranght of Carbolic Aci, THE WIFE OF 4 CHICAGO MERCHANT WHO RB CENTLY DISAPPEARED COMMITS SUTCIDE, CHiCAGo, May 8.—Early this moruing Mra, Ellen V. Libby, wife of Charles A. Libby, disappeared #0 inysteriously about a week died trom theeflectsofa drawghtot cabolie neta She expired almost instantly after drinking the deadly flutd. Since her husband's dis Pearance Mrs, Libby hax been very desponden wad. there 1s uo doubt that she intended suicide, To-day was the anniversary of her marriage. = Continuing Werk on His Book. NO APPARENT CHANGE: IN GEN, GRANT'S COM> m aie be poverty DITION. New York, May §.—Gen. Grant went to sleep betwen 11 and 12 oelock last 1 Darin the night he took nourishment tw. He between 7 and 8 o'clock essed about notes. his book today, From Wall Street To-day. New Yor, May ®.—The stock market opened ver ive and irrecular this morning, and has continued feverish and active for halfa dozen Slocks throughout the first hour. ‘The New York Central was the leading weak stock, fol- lowed ta respectiul distance hy Lake Shore, The strongest stock on the list has been the Northwestern, which bax advanced over 1 per cent, with Si. Paul also strong. The Gould g but quiet. The principal this morni Leon in the North . St. Paul, New York Central, Lake Union Pacific. New York Central was As de as high for other stocks are he market 1s more quiet total sales for the first hour stocks eoutinue str dealt ‘The Roys in Gray. THEIR CALL ON THE PRESIDENT THIS AFTER day viewing the sights of the city. Thy Louse. during the day at the White tion here, con y Looke, a disti confederate They wore a uniiorm of con committee composed of Dr. D. Robert 1. Flemiag and Mr. H. M. Bennett met the menibers of the y Brig. ¢ wen to the "boy ray : jotel, many of the members of the G. A. BR. being present. The encampment will leave for Richmond at 4:45 p. When the Preside coated Kee Representative Geo, D. Wise, of Virginia, stated to him that shaking he wasconfronted confederate veterans, belonging to U encampment of Richmond. ther had cor fe to pay. their respects to him as citizens, “Why glad to see them,” replied the President. ral J. R. Cook, who was in command, was then introduced to the Presi- dent, who gave him a cordial greeting. The memiber of the encampment then shook the President by the hand and filed out. They were accompanied by Col. Robert Fleming, of Wash- ington, who gavethem a» complimentary bam quit at the National this afternvon. — News Briefs. ‘The fourth annual congress of worki clubs of the United States convened in ‘Stephen A. Douglas have begua, ‘courts for the recovery of Which is now ‘@ judgment of ‘s med’ in Wisconsin ‘and Town Weancaday y reudered a decision in tne cans of Fray- hands of the i a nag Svuicipe or A Gre, Deserrep Br Hen —In Baie eee Hi id