Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1885, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Eoerthwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and litn St, by The Evening Siar Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. THe Ferstye Stars served to sub efty hy carrier nt. at 10 cents per Week. or tic. ai the counter 2 cents oh bi prepaid—S0 cents a mihers in the Che vening Star. Month: one year, SH six wontie [Entered ai the: Post Onice at Washington, D. Cas weconid nail waiter. | ue Wrekiy Stax _pnbihed on Friday—$l a yéir, pos ena niths, 50 cents. 62 Atl wail! subscriptions met he paid. it advanes for. eee Vox 66-No. 10,009. wn on application. WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1885. TWO CENTS. NOTICES, ME PERS Ne I GoversMENT RECEIPTS To-pAy.—lInternal Chee revenue, $325,848; customs, $748,245. Fst.n.w. Friends _ — AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day were Attorney General Garland, Senators Vor- hees, Van Wyck and McPherson, and ex-Sena- tor Tipton, Representatives Lawler, MeAdoo, Py and Hon, Lewis Cochran, N. J; Bar: bour, Dibble and Henley, Delegate ‘Toole, Gen. Rosecrans and) W. A. 0.’ Hegeman, New York; eves OF our co ns Will des buried rat scnvie B. €, Hob a and J. Arbeely, of Dama: Syria; J.B. Altgeld, Chicago! S| Joaquin Millér, Capt! RL. He Sher- Com. on De ands. Philadelphia; Capt. 4 - ee = i. H. Hald EESIGNED PIANO AXD s “ snietS will cust, thelr respective Valentine, Ne houses at SiX OCLOCK FP. M.during the months of | West Steever. Sie, JOY SHE AUR oy CE COMMITTEE AT We GME committee of the Senate nae subject of interstate outinued their meeting in Boston terday, examining several witnesses, Clatin of ERustees Gr <ery | Lon MONDAY ie Young Men's Christian | The committee di Parker house apon eve. bet Lath and iSih sts. | invitat ercial ciub, and. to-da LEWIS CLEPHANE, Se visited bh. joston this evening f commltt tilude!phi will leave = THE HESstaN FLY CH oT. GARDEN HOSE, uny length, Prof, Riley, entox department ot 3AS ST all siz ‘all ure, has receiv ‘ and examine. = Vinseet, Which ssian Oy, and the that the Insect lias made its w: slope. A Parntorie V GAS FIXTURES, & rge for hanging. to the Pacific LOWEST PRICES. Plumbing, Repairs, &c. TERAN.—Mr. Snyder, of New York, a disabled veteran, has renounced his penston of $1,000 per annum on the ground that the government has paid him enough. EF. BROOKS, my27 1 15th st ASSOCIATION PEARODY GEOF es CIVIL SERVICE IN LTIMORE Post canmuat ineome, | OFFICE.—Mr. Dorman B. n, of the civil direction of thé | service bourd, yesterday went over to Balti- more and held a conference with Mr. Veazey, the new postmaster, and Col. Adreon, the pres. ent postmaster. Mf Eaton went to Balthinore for the purpose of answering inquiries of both Mr. V Adreonas to the scope of the civil Service hiv, and, as Mr. Eaton py ferred to give his answers ¥ ly. he te! hed both gentlemen to meet Him at the Hice. Mr. Eaton, while expressing no de- pinion in some of the cases submitted, will take the matters under advisement. After dining with Mr. Veazey at the Merchants’ elub From re: May, 1885, my26-5t ‘Treasurer, ASP OF HOPE RECNIO® | Mr. Eaton returned to this ¢ AY. Ma raG OFFIC Gove M 'T PRINTING OFFICE SUPPLIF: drill, Music dialiy invited. [ke MSTH str EQUITABLE oxen led by Pro’ Bids were opened at the Government printing office yesterday for material and supplies for proposals the next fiseal year, were received, coveri rate items. Only two of these were fective. The work of scheduling the bids is now | going on and will probably take until Monday Seventy-sin ig _estim: The first p: the office of the secretary daily from 5:30 a m. to 4: next. 2 ee {ONTHLY PAYMENTS ARES250PERSHARE. | AN EXpeprtion AFTER THE OctopUs.—The ae U. S. fish commission steamer Albatross arrived at Skinner's shipyard, Baltimore, yes- terday, where she will remain four day repainted. Then she will sail away on her sum- mer cruise, Her first duty will be to search for tile fish east of the Chesapeake capes, ‘The Al- batross will then sail for the Grand Banks, where an effort will be made to capture a com: plete specimen of the mammoth octopus, HRs, Of 19th st ae he a AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIP OF THE DOLPHIN. The dispatch boat Dolphin made an experi- EF. M. JACKSON, Clerk. (Re SCE OF COPARTNERSTIP. mental trip from New York to New Lon- —so We. the niersigned, having formed a Co-| don yesterday. She was in charge of Capt, partuersh: der the fine pame of Hetcuxs & | James Lewis and Chief Engineers Faran and nge anid Latrobe work in all their branches, | Marley. Mr, W. J. peock, of the Roach works, and Chief Engineer Marley, U. $ were on board, They report that the trip was tical experi reasonable prices. DUS Fist we we guara HUICHINS Mr. Roach, and that it was satis! made the required fifteen knots an hour, with- out extraexertion, and ranas high as sixteen knots. An official trial trip will be made to- morrow. The Dolphin left New London for New York this morning. The New York Heraid Says the trip was not altogether a success, as the Dolphin, in backing out of the dock at New York, at 5 alm., ran into the Savannah ste: Cienfuegos, crushing in that v tory. no wish to in away mnsult her will therefore avail themselves of the opportunity at once, Sw at 1910 11th st ow RATION DAY RE Baked Beans, Sandwiches, © Cream, Cake and other re ments will be served. as hus been the cust Past.on SATURDAY, 30th instant, Decoration Day my: EFRESHME: Fruit, snd Evening, in the chapel of the Whitney Avenue | after running two blocks further, ran upon © Enice _sision, non Mehiungy avenues tending te | Net and winon ie for tinea howe and Ceeued for past fa y to triends and | Of by two tugs. Oe Sar Say Sx petronaes the present Year| pe ccowar._Caph ii E. Hoxie, now stationed at Montgomery, Ala, is in the city fora few days, staying at 208 New Jersey avenue south- east. —Ex-Senator McDonald was registered in New York last night.—Dr. Stewart B,Muneas- ter will leave early in June, fora four months’ to Europe. Ex-Senator Cowan, of Penn- confined to his bed at Greensburg, —George C. Gorham, jr., Ww: assenger by the overland train to atrive in “ranciseo last Wednesday.—Col. W. H. Sta- eton, of the Denver News, is in towh.—Rev. or, Domer leaves to-morrow morning for Har- burg to attend the meeting of the general Lutheran synod.—FEarl Bill, a well, know: Ohio journ: olitician, and former partner of the late Gov. Cooke, of this city, died andusky yesterday, aged 72.—Hon.'S. B, Elkins and fami nt through last evening on their way to Deer Park, for the summer.—E, B. Eshelman, editor ‘or Akron, Ohio, Times, is at the Ebbitt—Ex Governor Shepherd confidently expects to ar- rive in Washington someday between the 4th and 15th of July.—Mr. and Mrs. E. F. An- drews, of this city, sailed from New York for XESt | TAXES!— THERE | grounds for believing that | nd Lien Certificates ain, by concerted | Parties interestes } Of the special Tax | tion, Wo FP MATTIESLY and GH. Lek. | | : JAMES McKENZIE, Secretary. Room 1, th st. m8 1 .W im and 1206 D st. n.w., bruuds of Imported CULMBACH, ‘Ald ERLANGER. ‘Orders t for the tuilow KAISER, ilies supplied. Jed. THis HARRIS MOUSE STORE 2 corner Vermont ave. and < known as the Arlington due previous to July 1, 1882, can be paid t by culling on WILLIAM DICKSO. Abe steamer Eide: public dinner will be Boyd Winchester, minister to Switzerlan Louisville, on Frida: the District of Columbia, year's graduating class at West Point, Joseph . Kuhn, of Kansas, being first—=Mr. C. P. Kimball, U.S. Consul'to Stuttgart, sailed from. New York yesterday for his post of duty. iven , in meeting of , for the election of ors, Will be held ut this office on MON- Ist, 1555. en at 11 am. and close at 1 p. ist ; ROPLE CORSON & MACARTNEY, Bakers, Glover Building, 1419 F st, Washinton, D.C. Deposit Accounts, subject to check at sight, received from Firms. Corporations and Individuals. Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds, West Shores and all Stocks and Honds listed on the New York and Philadel- hia Stoek Exchanges bought and sold on commission. Boston orders execuied. Aluerican Bell Telephone Stock deait District of C Is of all denominations on Band for sale. Stuck and Bonds of all local street Rail- Toads, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Companies Bought and'sotd. E Direct wire fom our office to Why Consul Mackey Shot an Editor. ‘The State department has received @ report from Mr. Osborn, minister to Brazil, in regard to the arrest and imprisonment of Beckford Mackey, U.S. consul at Rio Grande de Seul, the son of Mr. T. J. Mackey, of this city. Consul Mackey has also written an account of his im- prisonment to friends in this city. Mr. Mackey says he had been assailed in a newspaper there by aman named Amorim in a most insulting ew York, Philadel- sto apyo | manner. On April 14 he was confronted by = 7 TORS axp | Smorim with an uplifted stick. Mackey struc ee MEAT EATON OF VISITORS AND | ‘Amorim, who then drew pistol, but before he ¥, the new and popular brain and Newe tomis | could tire Mackey shot him twice, wounding him slightly. Mackey then surrendered himself police. Subsequently Amorim, at the <Q of a band of ruifians, attempted to capture ey from the police, but Mackey wi ended by the German eofsul and a num izens.” His action is justified by ail the for- elgn consuls there, and many leading citizens have tendered him aid, His trial will take place next week, eS eee: Dr. Gross’ Letters, HIS HOUSEKEEPER CHARGED WITH PEERING INTO THEM UNLAWFULLY, Emma G. C. Abbott, who has been employed by Dr. George Gross for some time as house- keeper, was placed on trialin the Police Court this morning, charged under section 3892 of and Safeguard against Malaria, For sale areated bY the glass or 1 tutes by W. C. MILBUE Ventor aud Manulacturer, 1439 Peunsylvanis ave api (ee te eR. f EUILDING AND HARDWOOD LU ER WM. McLEAN & SON, mhal Sth and B streets northwest. | the Revised Statutes with intercepting a letter ORS Brows cororep) addressed to Dr. Gross. Dr. J. S. Palmer, of Sek Rite ide een Virginia, testified that ne addressed a letter to 8 | Dr. Gross In November last, inviting him to — lecture in Leesburg and other places, and re- it nee ceived a reply from the defendant, which was Ds Vp homn Bipot aD | nm which, she gave herself an excellent s pone call, Soo rou | character and stated that she could marry Giross if she wanted to, Dr. Gross testified that he gave her permission to take his letters from the box, but not toopen the letter He said that he received the letter, but did not remem- ber how. The case dismissed. wee Prof. Marini’s May Festival, ‘The twenty-sixth annual floral May festival and ball by Prof. L. G. Marini took place last evening, and the spacious hall on E street was. filled with the juvenile participants and thelr parents and friends. The grand entree was made about 9 o'clock and the procession of pu- pils presented a beautiful and attractive pic- ture. Itsappreach was announced by the her- ald, Master Ralph R. Upton, Miss Helen An- derson was the queen of Lene Miss Etta Kogers: the queen of the fairies and Miss Dora Sheariss the queen of flowers, The maids of honor were Misses May Freeman, Lottie Plain, Marie Mat- tingly, Katie E. Rogers, Anna Davidge and Emma King, and the crown-bearers Misses Edith Adams, Josie Foertsch and Mary Adams. Miss Blanche Meding was Lady Hope, Masters Clarence and Walker Ergood were the es, and the seasons were represented as tol- fows:" Spring, Miss Susie Plaine sumuner, Miss Nina Cabell; autumn, Miss Annie Hoge, and Winter, Miss Belle Valentine, ‘The ceremony of crowning the queens an interesting one, all the speeches being well delivered, while the floral display was quite extensive.’ After the grand march and queen's set a program of six- teen fancy dances was excellently executed, the principal numbers being by ‘Master and Miss Millet, Misses Jennie Schwickardi, Hallie Medti Julia Edwards, ich Smith, Alice Hall, Soran and Slevin. The queen's ‘set at the close of the grand march was composed of Ralph R, Upton, Frank Rives, Beverly Sener, Alfred S. Willson, F. W. Mullett, T. A. Mullett, ING. ROBES, Gas FIXTURES, SU kr 409 NINTH STRE! -f NORTHWEST. mhl4 HE Hess Ree WHICH WE SELL*FOR $1.25 IS THE BEST REEL IN THE MARKET. WHY PAY MORE MONEY FOR LESS VALUE? WEARE SELLING HOSE AS LOW ASANY ONE. E VASES FOR CE: RIES AND PARKINGS, OUR GAS STOVE TRADE IS LARGE, aS WE HAVE THE BEST STOVE. HAYWARD & HUTCHINSO: 424 9TH STREET = reterox W& Furtcum TURE, CARPETS, BEDDING AND UPHOL- STERY GOODS. s W MATTING, BABY CARRIAGES, LOOSE COVERS FOR FURNITURE, ETC, ETC. Remember, we gmarantee prices to be always the lowest. 415 Tru Srexer NorTuwesr. my9 Lave, Arresrios: LatksT PAKISIAN MODES IN HAIR GOODS MLLE M. J PRANDI, 1300 F Sraexr. POMPADOUR BANGS. SHINGLED BANGS | J. W. Anderson, Ferdinand King, Walter Wy- s iN, ‘Albert Shillington, Howard Hodge, BE, {enmap ile aap tne rafprion eta gwd Coulson, ‘The May Pole dance introduced some new and effective features, and the twining of the pole with the ly-colored ribbons was suc- cessiully accomplished, ‘The approval of every feature of the exercises was manifested by the emphatic applause of the audience. The floor was given up to the adults about 11 o'clock. The Retired yas flly aunt tony herewtors ven by L, ain ni Ol ps children attested the excellence of ‘their G. T. Keex TAILOR, 16 Oru braze Bremen to-day on the North German Lloyd | —Wnm. E, Craighiil, of | stands third in'the | | and be | | Whitney. N,, | hot made by the government, but by order of | She | | sel's stern, and, | Washington | the | APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT List of the Lucky Ones Named To-day. ‘The President to-day made the following ap- pointments Edmund G. Ross, of New Mexico, to be gover- nor of New Mexico. Marls Taylor, of Dakota, surveyor genefal of Dakota. To be registers of land office—Wm. E.Russell, of La., at Natchitoches, La.; Robert C. MeFar- land at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Downer T. Bram- bie at Watertown, Dakota, To be receivers of public money—Mark W. Sheafe at Watertown, kota: Matthew H, arquette, Mich: Henry ©. Bran- stettarat Boise City, Idaho; H. M. Bickel at Larned, Kansas. Edward Campbell, jr., marshal of U, S., south- ern district of Lowa. ‘de joseph I mission € idney, Ohio, vice Mr Cochran, commissic pired; Anderson, C. H., South Carolina, Ponicuciey (aot Keller as stuted yeste suspended; “I y. Draminond ¢ . Ganong, suspended; Fort. Atkinson, Wis- consin. W. I viee J. W. Dickman, suspended MEMORIAL DAY. The Exercises at the Various Ceme- teries Next Saturday. The members of the Department of the Poto- mac, G. A. R., have been very energetic in pre- paring for the Decoration day exercises next Saturday. The committees In charge of the exercises at the various cemeteries are as follow: eentive—Chairman, Brooks; Messrs. Cam- erow, Gunning, Weaver, Urell, Hopkins, That- cher, Husted, Smith, Pip Moore, Shorter, Buteher, Cornish, Dowd, Prentice, Knoel Faunce, Sherwood, O'Riley, Joachum, Blake- lock, MeNoni Ingram, White, Huntoon, Renells, Fleetwood, Holkind, Van Doren, Hiteh? cock and Emory. Reception committee—N, M. Brooks (chair- man), J. B. Bur dehn Cameron, A.J. G aver, M.S. H H. M. Shorter, J. Faunce, J. H, Joacham, C, MH. In, vell, W. T. Van Doren, PF. H. Sp Hawkes, A. H. G. Richardson, G. Harrison Dingman, C. E. Royce, Wm. S.S. Burdette and D. 8, Alexandér. Finance . E, Faunce (chairman), Messrs, Hopkins, |, Leonard, Emmons; Finn, Harmon, Stephenson, Riley, Holmes, King, Swander, Martin, Dowd, Fleet Wood, Car: son, Donahue, P rosvenor, Jami sou, John Johnson, y. Gratty, Weaver, Merrill, Elliott, Sattes, Partridge, i bin, Hunter, Sullivan, Rochier, Tyler, Jordan, Goodno, Knockey, White, Hughes, Thatcher, Vedder, Connor, Raimberg, Thomas Johnson’ Webster, Chase, S.A, Jolinson, Caimes and THE EXERCISES AT ART ‘ON. The following is the official program of the at the national cemetery at Arlington: ‘ational salute at 12m. by a detachment of U. signal corps, under command of Lieut. J. A. Swift, signal corps; music by the marine band, Mr. J. P. Sousa, conductor; vocal music, under the direction of Prof. JB. Tipton. omic the day, T. R, Turnbull, Post 3. Decoration of the graves, The procession, consisting of the committee, the invited guests, members of the G. AJR.,ex-soldiers and sailors, and the orphan. children, in which the publie are invited to t join, will form at 12 m., in front of the Arling ton mansion, h the Marine band. ‘The procession will then mareh to the tomb of t “Unknown,” where, halting, the band will play adirge, alter which the march will be contin- ued by the main road to the cemetery, w the procession will separate and proceed with the decoration of the graves. The Ma during the ceremonits of decoration, will r¢ der appropriate selections, Atter the deco tion of the grayes the procession will again ne band, | THE DOME NOT IN DANGER. What Architect Clark Says About It. HIS REFERENCE TO THE CHARGES AGAINST HIS FTECT’S OFFICE, The architect of the Capitol, Mr. Clark, ex- plained toa Srar reporter last night how utter- ly absurd was the = the Capitol was in danger of destruction from the rusting of the iron frame work that supports it. He says that there is some rust at the seams of the iron, where the plates are Joined together, but that it is no more than what will be noticed in the joints of an irou vessel after a cruise, and amounts to simply nothing. It is impossible, he says, to get paint to stick to iron as it doe: to wood, and the cold of winter and heat ¢ summer will contract and expand the iron enough for the pressure on the ed joints to rub the paint off and the rus There is a little space left at the jo nts to allow for expansion and contraction. “In the summer he heat ofthe sun expands the icon so as to s the edges close together, and the pressure ks the paint off, Then in the winter when , the dampness get w little rast to form, sins Way aflocts the stability of t a thing thatean’t be p: insiznif the Joints are widest 0; the iron and ea eal ueture, It is is rendered paint. T Mr.) wal of th the di na he expects it to be don wriation becomes available n July. With relation to th management of the stone-cutters, & charges made against his architect's office by th » HOW being Inve: tigated, Mr. ‘Cla ome delice: Speaking, bUUhs says he expects to answ their yc ~ He thinks it will be vi the accusers are prompted by othe n interest in the pub- ie welfare when sented for inv believes, is the out: t the © the charges pre- ion, The whole attair, he wth of dissatisfaction on the part of som persons who wanted to get control or th work, ‘ause the stone work Was contracted tor per bid and the desire of certain individuals to champion the person who would like to Capitol. wuse of a © urchitect of the — GEN. BUTLER’S DAM CLAIM. The Suit of the So-Called Great Falls Manutacturing Company — Against Government Officials and Water Works Contractors. The case ofthe Great Falls M company against Attorney Gene sretary Endicott, Major Lydecker, and George B.and $.N. Chittenden, con- tractors, building the extended dam at Great Falls, will be called in the U.S. cireuit court at Baltimore to-morrow n. Butler, ex-Secretary Robeson and ©. D, Barrett are counsel for the Great Falls company. This isthe same old fight thathas been carried on ever since the inception of the District water works system. The Great Falls manufacturing company, of which Gen, Butler is president (and as nobody else ever appears in it, her be the whole company), hits tried various devices to get large sums of money from the government for water rights, alleged to be owned by the company. AS far back us 1858 the company managed to a verdict of $150.000 against the goverr ment forthe diversion of so much water as uid be required to supply the projected ueduct. That verdict was set aside by the nvernment. Next aboard of commissioners de several awards, each upon a separate isasto what the goverhment might want. after fighting and litigating for years, the company got an award from the courts a Yearor soago of $15,692,.which was settled. Now Gen. Butler wants more money from the ernment because of the extension of the water Snow being made, “The act providing for extension described how the dam should wed, and also provided tor the condem- ot any land or other ri held by par- pufacturing 1 Garland, the services will be held. recto Foe : & Serviees at the amphitheater: "% Music| !le,neW works. Now Gen, Butler complains ‘Nearer My God to Calling the assembly Commander N. M. Br the arms of Jesus,” Marine band. tion, Re Jobn Chester,D. D. 5. “Iu Peace the: sweetly Sleep.” Orpheus club. 6, Poem, composed by Hon. George M. Drake, of Tennes: hee,” Marine band. 2 > order, Department s. 3. Music—“safe in 4. Invoca- see, Prof. B.C. 7. “The Soldiers Rest,” Orpheu 8. Oration, Hon. S. S. Burdett. 9. over with Blossoms these Com- rades of Ours,” Orpheus club. 10. Benediction, Rey, Tenjamin Swallow, department chaplain. | 11. Musie—“aid | Hundred, Messrs, ‘Tomplains, Upsh: ewart, Goines, Brod Layton, Nalle and Piuinmer, Mr. C. H. Ingram, chairman of the committee on decoration and grounds, has issued an ad- to the public soliciting contributions of flowers to be on me rial day. Decorations will be received at Masonic tem- ple on the 29th inst., and until 9 a. m.of the 30th inst. CEREMONIES AT SOLDIERS’ HOME, ETC. The program for the exercises at the Soldiers’ Home, to be under the direction of Mr. J. H. Joachum, has been completed. The veterans of the home, under command of Gen. Hunt, the garrison of Washington, and all visitors’ will assemble at the speakers’ stand, near the en- trance of the cemetery, at ten o'clock. The order of exercises will be as follows: National lute, by garrison of Washington; music, by United 8 wrlillery band; calling the’ as- mrade Joachum:invocation, ‘d; vocal music, Orpheus glee club; reading of original poem, Comrade J. vocal music, Orpheus glee lub; ora- tion, Edward Sayre Gearharb, of Danville, P: vocal music, Orpheus glee club; benediction, Rev. W. A. Leonard; decoration of graves with flowers by the inmates of the home, assisted by the committee and visitors, ‘The decorating committee ts composed of Gens. H. G. Gibson, H. J. Hunt, Col. R. N. Batchelder, Sergeants P. Durkin and Dennis Kerr, Win, Hart, Mrs. J. H. Joachum, Misses iva McKean, Gertie G. Joachum, Eliza, Me- Kean, Mrs. E. M. Riehardson, Mrs. $. B. Edson, C. A. Burghardt, Miss Annie "Piatt, Mrs. M. M! Husband, Sergeants Jas. O'Brien, A. P. Di 5 Ed. Alexander, C. F. Gillis, Comrades W, 0! Drew, P. H. Weber, A, H. G. Richardson and Mathias Giynn. At the Congressional cemetery there will be an oration by Key. Samuel Kramer, and a poem read by Mis, E, M. Tru eek ci The Hall Memorial Exercises. THE NEW WING OF THE WASHINGTON CITY OR- PHAN ASYLUM FORMALLY DEDICATED. The fragrance of climatis pervaded the parlor of the Washington City Orphan Asylum yesterday afternoon, where a num- ber of ladies and gentlemen had met to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of the late Dr. John C. Hall. Through his generous remembrance of the institution in his will, the wing, which has recently been erected along S street, was made possible, and so the observance of the anniversary of his death took the form of exercises dedicatory of this new addition to the asylum building. As those who are interested in this deserving charity, came into the parlor yesterday, they were impressed wich the beauty of the flowers, which we rranged with great taste in ditfer- ent parts of the hall. The long table in the ter ofthe room had a large mass of flowers, and behind this sat Mr. W. W. Corcoran, who. presided. ‘The high back of the chair, which arose above the white locks crowning the head of the venerable philanthropist, was circled with beautiful roses. In the wall at the rear was a stone tablet, and on its face a brass plate bearing the words, “In memory o¢ my mother. Join C, Hall.” Above this me- morial stone hung an oil painting, showing the placid features and kindly face of Mrs, Laurie the mother of Dr, Hail, Tn a niche in the wall at the end of the room stood a bust of Dr. Hall, executed in white marble. It wassurrounded with lovely flowers, and upon the Ifead rested a crown of laurel. At the opposite end of the room, oceup: ying 2 corresponding niche, was a white marble bust of Mr. Corcoran, The exer- cises yesterday were brief, and were begun with prayer by Rev. Mr. Wynkoop. R. Hoss Perry, esq., followed with ‘a graceful tribute to the life and character of the deceas 2d benefac- tor of the institution, the interest of which was inereased by a pleasant vein of personal remi- niscence which pervaded the paper. He Was followed in remarks by Judge Wm. M. Merrick and President “J.C. Wel- ling, of the Columbian “University. Mr. Jehn C. Harkness, @ member of the board of directors, and a life-long friend of Dr. Hall, said a few words and then read an Interesting sketch of the history of the asylum. re priate music was very sweetly rende: ya choir of the young girls of the institution, who were assisted by Mr, G. A. Prevost and’ Miss Daniels. The exercises were brought to a close with prayer by Rev. Dr. Cuthbert. Upon invi- tation of the lady managers the visitors were invited to walk through the building, which has been erected about two years. pEnisicanted Mn dasa OpiUm’s RELIGIOUS PREPARATION FoR DeatH.—Rev. Father Ahern, who preached the sermon at the funeral of Robert E. Odlum, says tot he has learned that Prof. Odlum got away from Paul Boyton and the others who were in- terested with Lim in the jump from the Brook- lyn bridge for a couple.of hours on the morning he made his Jump. These two er een hee been permed, Odium R nt fy Cau wureh, where he prepared his death, which followed so soon after, | that the Attornes i General and Secretary of War, who were thorized to secure title, did hot Carry out the law. He alleges that for the mpany he made severi pose of the company: ernment, but these proposi: answer from the Attorney tary of War beyond the statement by them that the Great Falls company did not own any Water rights there whatever. Gen. Butler com- plains that the d by the gov- ernment has ps great industry. his company contem ; that the course of the government 1 the title to the property and prevented the company from selling land and Water privileges, and hie sues in the United States cireuit court of M land to remove ons received no eneral and Seere- cloud on the title, and for an injunction to re- | strain the government officers and agents from upying the premises at Great Falls and pre- vent theifrom building any structure there. ~~ +00 The Lutheran Immigration Society. PREVENTION OF THE IMPORTATION OF MORMON RECRUITS RECOMMENDED, At the session of the Lutheran Immigrant Missionary society yesterday an interesting uper was read by Prof. S. M. Hill, of Wahoo, Neb., on Mormonism, He stated that the an- nual Immigration of Mormons is about as fol- lows: Denmark, 500 to 600; Sweden, 300 to 400; Norway, 100; Switzerland, including Ger- min_and Austrian ports, 300’ to 400. ‘There are as many from England, Scotland and Wales as all the other European countries together. He thought the best action to be taken in re- gard to immigration was to stop Mormon re- eruits from coming to this country. The closing session was held last evening, and addresses were made by Rey. J.J. Youns, of Richmond, Ind.; Rev. C. Huber, English corresponding secretary of the society ‘and pres ident of the Nebraska synod, and Rev. Mr, Klotz, secretary of the board of home missions, ae Revelations of the Microscope. DR. TAYLOR'S RECENTLY DISCOVERED BUTTER ‘TEST. The Washington Microscopical soctety held their semi-monthly meeting at Dr. Schaeffer's office, on F street, last evening. Dr. Thomas ‘aylor, microscopist of the Department of agriculture, read a paper on the “Crytals of Animal and Vegetable Fats,” and exhibited the revolving cross of St. Andrew on the fatty lobular érystals of butter, a recent discovery of his own. This cross, which Is seen with the aid of the microscope and polarized light, Dr. Tay- lor finds only on the butter fats, erystals of but- ter substitutes being all of stellar form. Dr. Taylor has discovered a number of reilable tests tor oleomargarine, which he is preparin, for publication, ‘and which, when published, will be of great Denefit to the dairy Interests. aaa eee Nellie Canfield’s Sad Story. HER MOTHER'S ARRIVAL AT HER BEDSIDE— FORMER SUPPOSED ATTEMPTS TO TAKE HER OWN LIF Mrs, E. 'T. Canfield, of this city, arrived early yesterday at the bedside of her daughter Nel- lie, who shot herseif Monday at Mrs, DeWitt’s seminary, at Belleville, N. J.,as stated in yes terday’s STAR, Miss Canfield was still in a critical condition last night. She is, according to Dr. D. M. Skinner, of Belleville, possessed of nderful recuperative powers, as she seemed. quite us strong yesterday gs on Monday night. ‘The bullet entered the left®ide and lodged near the apex of the heart, Dr, Skinner entertains no hope of her recovery, and expressed surprise that she was stillalive. Upon regaining con- <ciousness on Monday she expressed a desire to see a priest. She professed to be a Roman Catholic, though her mother is a Protestant. In compliance with her desire the Rev. Father Dornin, of St. Peter’s church, Belleville, admin- istered 'the rites of the church to the dying. Nellie was conscious when her mother arrived from Washington yesterday morning, She greeted her calmly and cheerfully, and said she felt happier than she had been for years. She Assured her mother that she did not knowingly intend to kill herself; taat it was all over before she was conscious of her action, She had been suffering from @ complication of diseases tor four years, and upon her admission to Mrs. De- Witt's seminary, in September, was physically weak and mentally unsettled’ The pain she suffered was at times so great that the girl seemed to be demented, Much suffering devel- gped a sulcidal mania. Two years ago, while at home, it is stated, she was found handling a pistol’ in a suspicious manner, Not many months later she wandered from ‘home, and for three days her friends were unabie to find any trace of her, Finally she was discovered at the Academy of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, in this city, She had strayed into the building, arid was unable to give a connected account of herself. Last Sunday night she was with the other students when they ascended to the roof of the seminary at Belleville. It was found ne- cessary to take her from the roof, as her actions plainly showed that she contennplat jump m to the semi- ad and entertaining. When end comes her will be taken to Springfiel her er’s birthplace. a DESTROYED BY FiRE.—Last night * resi- dence of Col. V: Sellers, in Fairfax Bee Va, near Lewinsville, together with the barn and several outbuildings, was destroyed by @ fire su) to have been of incendiary origin. The loas is about $2,000; uninsured, mot satement that the dome of icant, and in no | rs. is in good condition, but the inside needs | which | POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT. Two Hundred and Three Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty-Nine. THE @OMPILATION OF THE POLICE CENSUS COMPLETED—A CREDITABLE INCREASE SIN 1580. to The Star. IN THEINTEREST OF PEACE Telegrams LORD ROSEBERY’S MISSION, The compilation and revision of the census of the District, upon which the police have es a engaged since the middle of April, was com- pleted last night by the property clerk, Mr. ANOTHER TENEMENT HOUSE HORROR. Sylvester and his clerks. The figures finally = approved do not differ much from those gleaned by THE Star from the unrevised returns. The MORE INDIANS ON TH E WAR PATH. | total population is shown to be 203,459, a gain <= of 25,835 over the population in 1880, when | 4 DESTRUOTIVE FIRE IN NEW ¥ORK. the United States census was taken. There has ae cs been an increase of 18,265 white and 7,570 colored persons, and 11,870 males HOLIDAY TALK IN LONDON. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW YORK. A Large Farnitare Factory Bureed, Causing Lowes of Several Hundred Thousand Dollars. New York, May 27.—The vast furniture fac- tory of H. Herman Bros., at Mangin and Tomp- kins streets, was discovered to be on fire at 3:30 O'clock this morning. It ts a five-story brick building, and occupies the whole block, front ing 200 eet on Delancey and 150 fect on the other streets. It was the old building occupied by the Singer sewing machine and was saturated with oil. The whole building is sur- rounded by miserable tenement occu pled bs the poorest classes in the city. The re was intensely hot, and nearly a hundred families were driven from their homes. They Tushed out in their night clothes and were com- Pelled to camp on the river side, where Uhey shivered in the chilly winds of morning. At 4 o'clock the whole building was in flames, and there was no hope of saving any of property, and the firemen dirceted their efforts to making the iiserable peuple as comfortable as possible. At 4:30, 8m. elarms were sent Sout for u whole surrounding neighborhood would be de- extra engines, and it looked as though stroyed. At kK aiarms were still being Sent out for ex . The reason the flames spread so rapidly was on account of the oll in the floors, Th tory was filled with e loss Will This is the busy season of th: nd the Joss will be sul! heavier for the company for Unis reason, Over three hundred men Will be thrown out of wor furniture, and at ts estimated that U amount to more than $1,000,000. streets at e, and th 30 am, were crowded with test excitement. prevailed lghberhood, as everybody In the sur- tenement houses Was moving furni+ King to eeape from the Names, Which were fast uding fn all directions, Supt. Pinnon, of the factory, sald ft was im: possible to say where the fire’ orrinated, but it was bel that it nad started in the engine- | sles. The tollowing shows the population by |p inets: ee ” | The Ministry Trying to Reconcile Its cinet—Birt! 291; colored, Dissensions During the Recess. THE MEMR LY SCATTERED JUST ; total, | NOW, HOW BEKY'S MISSION 4 WOKING OVER precinct—Rirth ; colored, xT PARLIAMED te, over sixteen, 12 bred, ove 15,548; fe >4: tinder sixte under six le, 17,034; tot je Dispateh to THe EVENING Sra, oN, May 27.—There is no doubt that the is turning this unusually long Whit- suntide holiday to the best account in making precinct ( 209; color eorzetown)—Rirths, white, 112; w sixteen, 7. . over mute, have definite decisions to present pulation in 1580, ent meets. Lord Rosebery’s visit ey A vurse of the hizhest importan especially because of its unoflicial cb It will be remembered that Lord Rosebery’s relations with Mr. Gladstone are of the most imite and personal kind, It used to be said at the Exyptian war was hatehed in his pai Perhips now he may be the agent of Eu- ropean peace. precinct—Lirths, white, 11; white, over < 1; colored, 4,145; male, 11 racte een, 5. 0; fernale, 14 _ white, 107 teen, ; total, th precine: whit under six- 6.138; total, SCATTERED CABINET. thi and ston is i opening a politieal club. north of Tre tharles DINK xthprecinet—Births, white, 198: colored, | Dublin, conferring with Earl. Spencer. 144; white, over sixteen, 11,356; und sixteen, | Errington is there also, tryiug to carry out th 4,151: colored, over sixteen, 4.492: under six: Vvernment's scheme to p! male 9,594; Temale, 12,497 total, | against the nationalists Jarchbishop. Mr. Chamberlain is in Paris,” It enth precinet—Dirths, white, 409; colered, | Would be strange if the ministry did not find | white, over sixteen, 17,544; under six: | grounds for decisive action. M. ters of 7.839; colored, over sixteen, 5,244: under | information are sure to be brought bac 207; male, 15,823; female, 17,511; | all these sources. Mr. Gladstone ouly rests. He B34, is almost ill at Hawarden, THE NEXT PARLIAM The members of parliament are busy every- | where tining the local political situation with a view to finding secure seats at the next election. Fi white, 408; colored, White, over sixteen, 15,370; under sixteen 7,865: colored, over sixteen, under six teen, 3.771; male, 16, 33,296. é ‘The totals show that the are 92,027 white 6y 244 white un- 53 colored over 16, and 24,535 col 6; 95,448 malesand 103,011 fe in the District. ESTING FACTS BROUGHT OUT BY THE | CENSUS. | ‘The census has brought out a number of in- | teresting facts in regard to the city and the in- stitutions. One fact developed is that the law requiring a return tobe made to the health | office of the births is not complied with, T | returns made by the police show that from Ji last to April 16th of this year there were 3. births, while the office Was only humber t also explains why it has lately be¢n so difficult to estimate the Votes in this parfiament, the members knowing they hy voting as they pleased. The coming ises to be the most interesting in any in recent time mitle I | Navajos and Utes Preparing to Join | Geronimo—More Murders Reported. kt, COL., in the workh ast census 191, The 2.'S, juil are 204. and the ‘priso- a well and Peterie ranche, in the workhouse 170, making the total | Ob Sanday afiernoon they number of prisoners in-the District 374. At | the census in 1880 there were 381. | THE SUBURBAN VILLAGES. | The population of some of the little towns on the outskirts of the city show an increase in the suburban population. Anacostia has 981 resi- dents; Hillsdale, 1,543; Garfield, 49; Lincolns- +105; Bunville, 87; Ivy City, 53; Prospect | » Clitton, 15; Yale, 11; Marshal, 12; Mt. | t village, 546; Bright wood, 104; Le Droit | Park, 250, ila river, and aaries Btev- yy and Ingersoll | nd, son of Ju fton and found about si and, living between Gr The bodies we north of Grafton, When discovered thes still warm. Moreland had been shot several times, and when found was lying on his back, with an iron rod driven through his head into the ground. Frank Adams, son of George wranchmnan residing near Fairview, is to have been kil . His hat was found near the bodies of Stevenson and More- land. AVAJOS, UTFS AND PIUTES IN WAR PAINT. A special from Winslow, Arizona, says: About ii avajos, Utes and armed and with Hardy’s Monday PUBLIC INSTITUTIO The population of the various institutions, | public and private, in the District are as fol- lows: German Orphan Asylum, —; St. John’s Orphanage, ‘jutes, all thoroughly at paint on, camped ht It is reported v | Marine hospi Providence hospital, 227: | vicinity. Col. Biddle, with a battalion of the | Convent of Visi-| they are making arations to join Geron: | tation, 84; Loutse Home, 47; Govern- | mos band of Apaches, ) | Insane Hospital, 1/180; '’ House of | Later information from the front indicates | Merey, 10; St, Ann's Infant Asylum, 137; | that the hostiles areon Diamond creek, north- | Rose “Industrial Home, 54; Colaumbii | east of Fort Bayard, in the Black mountains, | hospital, 22; United States Marine barra@ks, 88; | Col. Morrow and a number of scouts are in that righ the entire avatlahle force of the fire partnent Was summoned, ft was two hours . re fairly under contre flercely In the rulns yet, | but all danger of their furtherspread has passed. The factory, a tiv butiding, Is a total loss. “Mr, Herrman estimates his loss at about $250,000, which is covered by insuranc inalarze number of com ihe the building, that ts own | estim: surer S300 y insure Aen Were ¢ ory, und lose all th tools, the aggregate value of which is abou 20,000, and on these eare only scattered sums of Insurance. workten Will be thrown outef employ- by fire. More or less damage wi pining butidines. The factory ilar to root with dry lumber, d readily, giv the work of th difficult and arduous. Ti ment It was almost tn bie to pass Within a block. The occupants of mpkins et tenements fled in confus nd we rshaled ina place of safety by the pe cing with them what they could of their The tenements caught fire r saved only by great | exertion firemen. About two ake out a wall of the dwelling house 35 Tompkins str whed and occupied by | Richard Her stashed in the upper Stories. It was $4,000 worth. | Another falling wall »: A the boiler shop: | of Philip Hoterhauser, Tompkins street, and did $5,000. damuge nu houses that adjoined the Mangin stree re or less dam: ¥ are all dwelling va wing Machine company h, with its machinery, 1, uses. The Singe whed the buildin, is Valued at over —— A Dranken Man’s Fatal Freak. KILLED BY HIS SON WHOM HE ORDERED TO s00T A CUP FROM His HEAD, SPRINGFIELD,MAss.,May 27.—Willie Prentiss shot his father dead last night at Orange. The father, while in a drunken ft, ordered his sop to shoot at a cup which he held’on his head. = The Drew Trial. NMENT STILL OFFERING TESTIMONY, This morning, in the Criminal Court, Judge MacArthur, the trial of J. W. Drew, charged with presenting fraudulent vouchers in the bureau of medicine an@ surgery, was resumed. Pay Director Thos. H. Looker and Pay In- spector Richard Washington testified to the official title of the navy pay office. Dr. Van Keypen restimed the stand and test! fied as to aconversation he had with Mr. Drew in regard to the 31,500 vouch On cross-e: amination witness’ said Drew claimed that he had simply got back what the government owed him. F. C, Guseking, teller of the Central National bank, was called, The defense objected to his testimony. The government said that the «that Drew follo by Carriga ki transac r cover, custom as to mak its. The witness said 4 found no dey corresponding in amounts or dates wt | bills. its the Jos.W.Howard identified the writing inthe bi apanying one of the Vouchers as Mr, THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE CLOSED, This closed the government's ea | St. Vincent’ Academy of the | Heart of Mary, 82;St. Dominic's cony Washington City Orphan | ; Women | 6th cavalry, 1s near Hillsboro, and Lieut, Davis, ent, 8; | WiL60 White Mountain Apache scouts,is on the ylum, 113; Childs | trail of the hostiles. Christian Home, | 4 staGk PROBAELY CAPTURED BY GERONIMO. 62: Free ;_ Reform School, , ARIZONA, May 171; Columbia for th af | Deming says thirty "Indi (and Dumb, 143; § Hom. y heading for Me Howard | University, 100; Wayla | In close pursuit. The bodies of five Americans inary, 37; Home ‘Industrial School, | who were killed by I us were found at Blue | There are “in Georgetown twenty-one people | river on Monday. stage which rans be- | who are 80 years of age, and there’ is ored Woman who is over 100 years of age. The proportion of colored people to whites in | the District is about 50 per cent, but the iu- | crease of the colored population, as *shown b: this census, as compared with the increase the whites, is not 50 per cent. a is Sea The Telegraph Pole Case. MANY 7TH STREET BUSINESS MEN EQUITY COURT TO-DAY, In the Equity Court room this morning, be. fore Judge Hagner, the case of R. C. Hewett etal. agt. the Western Union Telegraph com- pany and the District of Columbia, rule toshow cause why an injunction should not be granted restraining the erection of telegraph poles and wires by defendants on 7th street, between K and Boundary streets northwest, was heard. one col- | tween Eagle and the Gratton mining camp in the Black range, has not been heard from, and jit is thought it has beem captured by the Iu- dians, — COLLAPSE OF A TENEMENT. | Jersey City This Time the Scene of the Disaster—Four Children Killed and | Ten Persons Injured. | Jensey Crry, N. J., May 27.—The three-story frame tenement house, No. 76 Colgate street, collapsed this morning. Five families occupied the premises, including 27 persons, Four were killed. Barney, Nellie and Mary Anderson, aged 9 and 7 years and 3 months, respectively, were all smothered in bed. Michael Webb, aged 15 years, had his head crushed. John n tH 4 | Coyne, aged 39, an insurance cgent, was badly Messrs. W. A. Cook, Osear Nauck, H. E. Davis | {njured. Nine other persons were hart more or and W.C. Stone appeared for the complainants; | jess Seriously; were cared for by neighbors. The J. Hubley Ashton tor the telegraph company, | building was known to be insecure, It was to and Mx Riddle for the District. There is | have been repaired next week. Fortunately no present a large number of the property holders | gires broke out in the rain ‘and business men of north 7th Street interested | “ ‘The firemen and police engaged inthe work in the case. of clearing away the debris. An immense The District filed a demurrer reciting that the | crowd is collected at the scene. bill does not set out such acase as to entitle | ‘The Sollowing is a list of the injured. Most of them to relief. them were able to walk about after being taken | The telegraph company file objections to | from ihe ruins: Mary Webb, crushed inter- | granting an injunction, raising the points | nally, besides bruises on the head and arms; that the object of this bill is to restrain what it | Sarai Webb, her daughter, bruises on the face. is pretended will be a public nuisance, and that | chest and body. Her left arm was almost the bill discloses no such special and irrepar- | broken in‘an effort to drag it trom under a tall- able injury to complainants as entities them to ing beam. John Coyne sustained such severe the interposition of acourt of equity; that the | internal injuries that he was taken tothe city ownership of tho streets of Washington is | hospital; Patrick Coyne, aged 16, narrowly es- vested unconditionally in the United States; | caped having both lezs broken. He sustained that Congress, by the act of July 24, 1866, ex: | several scalp braises. Julia Coyne, 9 years; pressly authorized the Western Union ‘fele- | Mary Coyne, 12 years, about the lace and head: graph company to construct its lines of tele- | Bridget Coyne, 33 years, body bruised; Mary graph over and along the streets of Washing- | Ann MeGurty, 22 years, about the body; Lizzie ton; that, the Commissioners of the District | H. McCoyne, $3 years, ‘about the back; Mary must be deemed to have the power to license | Anderson, 12 years, head and arms. and permit the company, to reasonably use a ———-——— portion ofthe highway for its poles, and that Gen. Grant Sleeps Little. there is nothing io warrant the belief that the | sis waKEFULNESS NOT DUE T0 PAIN, HOWEVER. telegraph line in question would be any such | “Naw York: May ‘Ithink father did not obstruction as could be treated as @ nuisance in | sleep more than three or four hours last night,” the public street, said Col. Fred. Grant thismorning, “but I think fhe company also filed an affidavit of Morell | his siceplessness was owing. to Ms having hid Marean, manager, setting forth the acceptance | so much sleep Sunday and Monday wishte He of the provisions of the act of July 24th, 1866, | Yas not. kept awake by pain, for he was Very that in compliance with the desire of the Com: | Quiet and comfortable ail might.” missioners to lay their wires underground the pceeineicla Western Union arranged to try the experiment La Libertad Threatened. and made application to lay underground aes ‘ y May it THE SALVADORIAN INSURGENTS CONCENTRAT- wires, and about the 18th of May it com- fa Son ae SSE ee menced to erect the line of poles on 7th street tors s veep Fe : leg | LA LIBERTAD, May 27.—The Salvadorian TRO Ee ea eee en cuales the poles | cocomament is oonocucrating’n msllltary tienen The thea tere nants Broperty, but on | fis place, Gousiructing earthworks ana com, the street, but so us not to interfere with the use | Pam puacs, CGnetiucling earthwo peng One REL Ee o nk Bee kn Conn | peed of Indinge, ate conneniraling it lasraes | eee EAC oe eo orn eirect: bat it i800 | hein hate. An altuck on Le Libertad as treet | ger practicable even for the wires it carries, | Ohad. "Thora is ie no Antero eee ee from the fact that the trees have Erown up inte wepecl on this coast, aud foreigners are oon. the wires and prevent their working; and it is Pastly sauph wat ned: =i claimed by the authorities that the wires injure | 4¥e2Uy muc' > the trees. To concentrate the wires now on General Foreign News. 10th and 12th strects would treble the wires on un ii ale cticabh RUMORED FAILURE OF ROSEBERY’S MISSION. € Gth street line, and would be impracticable, il ere ype on as the new wires would have to go below those rt now there, and the company therefore decided | that the mission of the Eurl of Roseberry to Ber- it best to abandon the 6th street line and go to | lin resulted in fuilure. 7th street. By this plan, with less than one mile of new pole line within the city limits, the company propose to dispose with about eleven IN THE Millions of Young Grasshoppers. CHICAGO, May 27,—A tel from Denver Reuben Howard, for the defendant, testified ) that he had repeatedly delivered goods from | Drew's store to the bureau. Heary E, Barrett, clerk at Drew's, testified to | goods irequently t nt trom Ub the bureau in 1553. re on written orders received from C | he had frequently tilled such orders, After recess, the desense called Harry W, Sess- | ford, clerk in Mr. Drew's store, who testified that when Drew's store was rebuilt the old bovks and papers were soid to a ju A DAY FIXED FOR THE WHITAKER TRIAL Granville A. Whitaker, indicted in five cases | for presenting fraudulent claimson the bureau | of medicine and surgery, was arraigned to-day | and pleaded not guilty. Mr. Mattingly asked that the case be set for trialon June 23d, aud after some discussion Uhat date was fixe -s00 THE New Warre House Cook.—Chef For tin’s successor as cook at the White House is Katharine Keeuan, a young Irish woman from Albany, who bas been employed at the White House Since President Cleveland has been there . NAVAL OrpExs.—Lieut. William M. Irwin, ordered to duty in the equipment department at the Washington navy yard; Chief Engineer F. A. Wilson,ordered to special duty at Butta June ist.; Surg¢on orge A. Brigh detached from the naval academy, aud ordered wo the Constellation, Nor CHovexa.—Th: is intormed ¢! Mariue hospital bureau hat the uileged cases of cholera at the Grosse "Isle, Quebeg, quarantine are pot. cases of cholera, Mr. Wa. H, Lex, the eldest son of Gen, — E. Lee, calied on Secretary Lamar te ay. Way THEY WERE Bounxcep.—The postmaster at Fort Atkinson, Wis., M. H. Ganong, was re- moved for cifensive partisanship, aad J. W. Dickman, at Celina, Ohio, t the postal runds i : A CORRECTION, in the & —An error occurred yesterday nouncement of the sale of the valuable residence ropes 1116 Vermont avenue, to James E. Fitch and Robert C, Fox, for $15,000. It appears tyat the owner of the’ property in guestion | negotiated | through Fitch, Fox Brown a loan of $15,000, ‘The property is held by the owner at $30,000, Ouricers oF Laws’ SEMINARY.—The annual election of officers of the Laws semi took lace to-d. at No. 1103 F street northwest. ‘he follo’ ng. were elected officers for the en- suing year: Rev. RS. 1 Ww. J. Waiker, vice presiden’ and Rey, Henry Scott, secretary Alexandria Affairs. Reported for Tux EVENING STAR. City Councti..—The two boards of the city counell met last nigat. Curb was ordered to be setat the property of Michael Iago on Dukeand Patrick streets. The application of D. G. Wat- kins for reduction of taxes was referred. Bills £ W.S. Houzh, $5.50; J. W. Hall, $12, and M. P. Vincent, 310.30, were referred.” An ‘applica tion of W: P. Graves for the cleaning of Tan- house drain, $10 was appropriated. It was vordered that $350 be appropriated in ald of the Maryland Ferry company. An order was by the council ior the paving of Cameron Columbus streets, near Christ church, but the aldermen referred the matter. The of Mf. Vaccan for a reduction of taxes was re ferred to the committee on finance, and an miles of pole line and about 200 miles of tele- says millions of young grasshoppers are report- ph wire. He says the company has deposited | ed Goming out of the sandy soilon the south 1,000 as a guarantee for the removal; that the | side of the Arkansas river, above Pueblo, de- Underground wires will cost not less than | vouring early vegetables and tender shrubs, $20,000, and that the line is experimental in | Their appearance {s suid to be similar to that of the present state of the art of subterraneous in- 1872, when they were swept east by Winds and sulation for electric conductors. Even if they | consumed an immense amount of growing Rodi ar right at ed ae Ceca tere if per. crops in Kansas. will continue to worl e completion of the ee Farmer Vandeveir's Hard Luck. le line on 7th street, he says, Is a necessary Kansas City, Mo., May 27.—A Times Little part of the whole plan. Mr. Riddle, for the District, anrued the de-| Rock, Atk., special says: Four raasked men to the house of Theodore Vandeveir, a murrer, claiming that the Commissioners had | went not in any way exceeded their powers. jarmer in Butier county, Mo., last Sunday Tae ‘ht, and seized his two hired men and com- ied Vandevelr to give up $2,000 in currency house. then Affairs in West Washington. DEATH.—Mr. John Trammell, 63 years of age, and who has been lock-tender and jevel walker ain eed on the cat fF @ number of years past, ” which the bers escaped with their iy. rh a ad Per hp Re TO CHANGE oF Maiuer Day.—On snd after robbed, losing in all about $10,000, june the market day Wail er Drovers’ fest will be on Thersdass, ‘ From Wall Strest To-day. Grain REcetpTs.—Canal boat Loudon ar-| NEw Yorx, ay 27.—The stock market was rived with 4,000 bushels of corn; canal boat | weak at the opening this morning, first prices Seneca arrived with 2,000 bushels of corn, and pete AS decline of % to % per cent, with ¢anal boat H. M. Talbot arrived with 1,000 and Nashville down \y per cent, but bushels of Wheat for Hartley Bros. This is’ the | Facile Mail and Western Cnion ed recei| corn season. early there was @ furtber Oierne 70 THE Raw. the decline led Union which Georgetown Helgi, Io neatponed next elearday, e' plication of W. H. Price for a month's the corporation aitorney. The board of men refused to concur 1) granting Mr. W. D. portion of the street with bay windows, &c. committee of conference was asked council, and after conference the commit ported that the aldermen would mever consent to the leave, and advised that council concur, ‘This was refused—6 to 6—and the subject was Jaid aside and the board adjourned. Cincurr Court.—The circuit court for the county still continues its session. The occupied with civil cases. Hon. J. wallfied yesterday afternoon as children oi James A. Garfeid, to the tion of some land near run, which belongs to the President's ‘TO-MORROW'S A the ree