Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1886, Page 1

Ry Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Avs, and Lith St, by The Evening Stat Newspaper Company, S. H. EAUFFMANN, Pres’t. ‘Tae Evexrxe Stim is served to subseribers in the citys carriers on their own socount at Tecra toe Beek. or dic yer inouth. “Copies at tha counters | Gents cach By nail postage prepaid SO cents month: one year. $6. «az lnontha, #2 [Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. Cas Felame mail matter) = Yue Wrextr Sran—publiched on Friday—$] = Sear. postage prepaid. Six mothe, 50 cena Che Lrening Star. Vo. 69—No. 10,474. WASHINGTON, D.C. , FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1886. TWO .CENTS, | SPECIAL NOTICES. Washington News and Gossip. $27 All mail subscriptions inust he paid in advance; no paper seat longer than is paid for Rates of advertising made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICES. cK— 5, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding a Special Teru: in Equity, The United States of America ve Mantis F=Moamis The object of the bill cf somblaint. ta this. case, ° ‘complain which is fled under the Act of Congress enti pet to ‘gr protecting the interents ot the fates ip the Botomac Shiver Flata approved Angast 3. T886, je to eatabliah and make clear tie and title of the United States to the land and ‘mr cusaps of the Secretary ct War, ia the bill iteelf is described fi.bejas inclaed’ within the folowing metes and ‘Berinning at the southeast corner of the known as square south of twelve (12), of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and running thenes slong the east line of said square, being the West line of twentv-sizth (26) street, one Sixteen and six.tenths (116.6) feet, to” the line of ths Ghenapeake and Chin” Cahal bank: thente’ along the anal bank, yoraliel to nd about ten (10) feet south- * or xyeammor south forty-nine meee: fiftecs, minutes east (S. 48615" E> eleven hun sents tur anal three tentha (1174 “thence ‘long said canal bank. hort ten (10) fect southwest of anid tow of syeamore trees, somth sixty-five dewrees, thirty-seven miuntes fant (8 a0 377 B),. thiee hundred, sixty three id dour-tenths (36%'4) feet to stake: thence along said canal bank, parallel to and about ten ZO) feet southwest of” maid Tow of sycamore. trees, south sixty-four degrees, eight minutes est (S. 64° OS! E.), nix hundred and sixty (660.0) feet toa stake, thenes “along said canal. hank, parallel to and about ten (10) feet south of said row of sycamore frees, “north eihty-eicht dewrees. three minutes fast (NL SN? 0 five-tenths (1300.5 canal bank, parallel to and atout said row of sycamore trees, £0; Ewenty-seven ininuies enst (8 dred, seventy-cight and nin southwest Une of Vin teenth (17th and Bighter alone the woluthiwest ine cf sixtystwo and five-tenths ME'sovopeeenth [thy street thence alone suid erst fine of Seventeenth (i7th) street. being the west line ip cigtt hundred. “hirty two Wwe-tenths (N25) feet toa stake, thence along the crest gf the bank formate the soutivwesteris boundary of Reservation three (3), known a3 Monu- mevt Gzounds, in s southeasterly direction about twenty-three hundred and forty-five (2345.0) feet to the intersect’ 1 of the easterly line of Fifteenth (sth) Street with the northeasterly line of Water stree ‘comer of square two bund: the northeast ine of aqnare two jetbtetec hundred, nino” ad van i. ten (10) feet south of tive grees th 1Nth) street west, thence said avenue five hundred, ) feet to the’ east line and thirty three (233) Tine of Wa er street in the south Dundred sud thirty-three (2:33) and crossing Four- teenth (14th) street and Maryland avenue in the pro- Jongation of that Ime eight hundred, nine SE ee Cy ae a Thence with the shore of the Potomac Wepre Teedanat®s ae ae Senees ex erly of the Arsenal Grounds; thence along the east side of PS re ie Foc Olesen Pont thence acroae ‘the main channel of the Potomac River | Westen ieee NSS went eo talent thence along the west side of the Vincinia channel eoeeeieneree clement to wace rs tis oe ee ae (N_ 79° 00 E.): thence across said chan- ge ee ee ee ee a whart —_ ene 275.9) feet to the south- ine OF atl satan ope ‘ninety ‘and five-tenths (100.5) feet to the southeast corner cf sail square, the place of bein Darin referred fo in the forexong description | Magnetic), abd upon motion of Augustus S. | insrton, Attorney of the Uuited States for the District of Colunibis: solicitor for, the complainant, nd agreeably to the provisions of said Act of Cou: | ‘within the said metes and hounds or in any part thereof | i they are hereby cited. and seqnined to appear in fis Court on or before the thin day of Sunnary’ Ink? | foanewer the ball of complain i this casey and tse | fortha'd maintain any five, tithe, interest OF ea that an, such persons or corporations may have in the retin sod hat any pets oF corfomnton fin to Efpear aid litwate Mer her or its claim on or before Bini ast mentioned dy shail be deemed forever barred | Frum setting wp or maintaiuinganp risk tle, ater | Orclain i the premises: revekied that a cog’ of this ghler sll te Inverted: gy an aivertigenent in the wton, in this ively, beginning on ‘CHARLES P. JAMES, a eS TH! Bene S REET Tes Maina se 3 's ARM AC 7 ans} ¥ Dottles or om drangat with soda water. CIRCULATING LIBRARY, 149 BENN- SRS 3 mich 1622 14th st. pw. Mrs. LUCY LeU Mrs. EL NATION, OF and Horsford’s Acid icient Brain and Nerve ‘MIL- in CHRISTMAS PR! MEN. Aga DOZ FINESHIRTS TO ORDER AGE Varese that we can make a better SHIRT for rhc meee speon’s Shirt Factory. n30-1lm » REMOVAL. —MR. JOHN E. REUBSAM, NOTA ME Oe BBE raed haciremeartees ferese fae steereae We can the PRIC! city. Successor to Thom | Bos TON will posse ite seacieas ae HT | at the room of the First MES. EB STEVENS, OF WILMING- ton, Del, will address the ‘Woman's Foren Minsioriary societies of Union Church, 20th eat Pennsylvania avenue. Ladies of all denominations and the public —_——- are invited to attend THIS EVENING at 7: ae THE TRUSTEES OF THE WASHINGTON i <¥ BRICK MACHINE COMPANY have de- clared’s semiannual dividend of} per cent-on the @=>, DIVORCE REFORM—A PUBLIC MEET. ing in the interests of Divorce Reforn will be held in the Cot tional Church, corner 10th and G sts. n.w., on MONDAY EVENING, December I: 7.30 o'clock, und ance of the'D. C. at jer the auspices of ‘the Pastors’ All Secretary of the § speak "The publ f Rev. Samuel W; Dike, of Vermont ticnal Divoree Reform ited. 0-2" we SEW OPENING OF A FIRST-CLASS MEAT and Provision Market at 334 Pa. ave. n.W. Meats and Provisions at the lowest market prices. ‘H. OPP! MER, 410-6" ‘334 Pa. ave. nw. ENE. @=>, ALL POLICY HOLDERS OF THE NA-| “Stional Life and Maturity, Association of ashington. D. C., are requested lejer’s Hall, corue> of 7th aud on MONDAY EVENING, 133th inst., at 7 p.m, to hear the report of the comunittee. Every member is requested to bring his October re- ceipt with him to gain admittance, ‘A. E. L. KEESE, _a10-3t «Chairman. g=> REMOVAL ON ACCOUNT OF FIRE IN LINCOLN HALL BUILDING. A. S. PRATT & SONS, Insurance and Real Estate Avents, are now located at 420 9th street n.w., second floor. Telephone, 57-3. Insurance, Fire, Life and Marine. Loans on Real Estate. _Real Estate for sale and exchange, <> a10-6t PERSONS WISHING TO RENT PEWS OR sittings in Ascension P. E. Church, corner d Mass. ave., will please apply to A. 8. 20 Sth st. n.w., second story, over Purcells ‘or on Sundays to the ushers at the church. de10-1w Sg NOMANS EXCHANGE 120 FATE. Fath, special Uaplay of CAKE mud FANCY NORE ana ath, of CARE and FANCY W for Christnias. 4 ne EAN GO NORMEN at Kain nagituen, SUNDAG, 3 16th ry ai ISTMAS PRESENT OF APPLE- CXYCLOPEDIA is the most useful resent you can inake your family. especially if you ave children going to school. It gives them & hig] education. Jamen Parton, the celebrated historian and biographer, says: “In every house where there is placed asot of Appleton’s Cyclopedia it is like sending the whole family to college.” Il the volumes cau’ be obtained at once, on. easy payments, by addressing Box 120, Star office. a914t <g> AS THE LAW FORBIDS UNNECESSARY E~ openings in the etreets after November 1st, notice ia given that no permite can be lasted Sor the purpose of taking up any pavement or excavating in any street, avenue or alley in the city of Washington, except for mec Tepairs to sewer, water, OF gas bipes until the Ist day of March. 1S87-° iy order of the Engineer Cominiasioner, D.C. THOS. W. SYMONs, 49-6 a _ Capt. of Engineers, Be= ST PAYS SHALT THOU LABOUR, AND SS do ail thy work. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. adm to keep it holy, LAW URS. No. 13, third ate. ow. THR HOWARD UNIVERSITY EVENING, the 9th inst. or May's Building, corner 0} For Sale. About 1000 pounds of Nonpareil and about 800 pounds of Agate Type, lately in use on this paper. The face of both fonts is desirable, they are in good condition, and capable of excellent service for two or three years ona paper of moderate circulation. Will capital stock of the company payable DECEMBER 90, RG, to the stocuhotders of ‘record DECEMBER 28, | be sold cheap in bulk. on which date the stock books of the company will be closed and remain cl itil after the annual elec- | Address flon on JANUARY 10, 188 it ‘Tae EVENING Stan NewsParer Co., Wasnrxarox, D.C. ‘THE SUPPLEMENT OF THR EVENING StaR to-day contains: Old Yaro’s Story, Visiting Grand Army Men, An Accident to Senator Chas, W. Jones, The Columbus Labor Convention, How Wabash was Plundered, A Half Million for Harvard, Tele- graphic Dispatches, etc. ‘The advertisements are Classified as follows: Auction Sales, Educational, Ladies’ Goods, House-furnishings, Books, Family Supplies, Wood and Coal, Yrofessional, Attorneys, Pianos and Organs, Sewing Machines, Gentlemen's Goods, Financial, Medical, Railroads, Potomac River Boats, Steamers, Dentistry, Specialties, The Trades, Undertakers, Goverswest Receters To-pay.—Internal reve- Ue, $346,583; customs, $456,410. A Postmaster aT Takowa.—Isaac L. ‘Thomas has been appointed postmaster at Takoma Park, a settlement of Washington people on the Metropol- itan branen of the B. and ©. ratiroads se ‘TH INDIAN WAREHOUSR QUESTION.—The com- missioner of Indian affairs, Mr. Atkins, to-day heard arguments by gentlemen representing St. Joseph, Mo., Leavenworth, Ka insas, and Rock Island, 11, in favor of the removal of the Indian warehouse from New York city to these places. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.—The civil service commission will hold a special technical examina- ton of males on Wednesday, the 15th inst., to fill asingle vacancy in the Navy department. and to create a register of eligibles from which to fill any future vacancies of the same character. The fol- Jowing Will be among the subjects embraced in ‘the examination: Naval routine; nautical nomen- elature; forms of official correspondence: naval Inaterial and naval evolutions, An examination in photography will be held y photography eld atan early date for NavAaL ORDERS.—Passed Assistant Paymaster John N. Speed ordered to duty on the coast sur- yey, 31st inst. Passed Assistant Paymaster L. A. Yorke to examination for promotion. Pay In- Spector John H. Stevenson as a member of the Raval examining board. Capt. Richard L. Law detached from command of League Island’ navy Yard 12 inst., and placed on the retired lst. Passed Assistant Paymaster J. R. Stanton from coas: survey ist inst., and ordered to settle accounts and walt orders, Asststant Paymaster E. B. Webster from duty at the National museum and ordered to the inspection department, Mare Island, Cal. January 3ist. Lieut. A. Dunlap or- dered to duty at the Washington navy yard Jan- uary 3d. Lieut. Wm. P. Elliot to spectal duty bureau of navigation. Lieut. Com, F. Mecurley detached from the Franklin 3ist inst., and placed on waiting orders. A Woxpenrut Discoveny.—TI see it stated that an official in the Post OMice department has dis- covered a law which forbids the advance of public SALL PROPERTY hese men of Geo ES nperative Builinw Asso. | GAS WORKS vRENCE PAT- ‘Hemenway, President: H. C. Perey. Vice Ellinger, Jr. Secretary; Louis F. ‘Treasurer: Hon. Eppa on, and Hou! wdler, Attorueys. Olfice: 3 and 5 Corcoran WN. D. C., Dec. Sth, 1886. ake ‘any statement re- garding the financial condition of this Company, ex- — GREAT REDUCTION IN_ CHEST PRO- TECTORS. : styles and sizes, at about half ‘Chamois ‘Chamois Veets very low. 8 Pharmacy, 17-8 ae cor. 11th. ‘Wasirxatox, D.C. | er a our place of ‘business, 403th street nw, belie en. Barely destroyed by tie tireof December 3ikwe wish to ae tht he Daatuees wil be contineed with am ee re new stock as Root! as We call prccure a xu Place, of which due notice will be given, Until sues fae our Docks wilt te open for ths witiement of ac- counts and curcustomerscan be supplied, with aly. thing they may deairy in the line of Wall Paper, Win 1014 Fat ‘he will be pleased instruction to all Testoration of heal ip the use of his inventions for the thealth ne2-1m* << W. M. POINDEXTER & 00, ARCHITECTS, Removel to 1505 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Arlington Insurance Company's Building. 218-1m dow SI at 1113 F st. ow. with the same romptness as heretofore shown. Than ung You for pact favors aud hoping to merit » am continuance of the saine in the future, ‘Most truly yours, JAMES B. HENDERSON, ‘Manager for _a6-6¢ HENDERSON. i, SEAS Ot Be Teed ye ae, OCT foundat 40s bah ats ommediately Sopowtte. Soibe SAMUEL 8. SHEDD, —a=> SPECIAL NOTICE. GeO, W. LINKINS, Estate in all parts of the District for sale. Whose ‘place of business in the Lincoln Hall build- ing, wag destroyed by the fire Sunday morning, is temporarily located at 438 9th st. n.w., where heis prepared to promptly attend to orders for Plumbing, Gas-fitting, Heating and Tinning. a6. Renting aud Collecting of Kent a specialty. joney to Loan on approved real estate security. n2v-Lit = BER! oF oLuM D. C., Deceraber 61 Mine at “Ale OAR. cent 0 ‘CAB. Ok, © YOUR RENE! * WHEE PISE, Pab-ive GA. PIN an BOARDS, ING, xe ES, | Doors, ers DS, _ MOULDINGS, &e., delivery and correct Count, At lowest prices. “Prompt Nat yara of eouecesaeeemena | o SS Gea W Conscm. Jno. W. Marantaey, See ek CORSON & MACARTNEY, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds, Devesite. Exchange. “Loans. Collections, Railroad Stocks and Bonds, and all securities list Exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Bosto: Std 'Balmore’veusheana sold” pene | ‘A ‘made of Investment ties. District rand all Loca! ‘and Tele- Bonds and ait Loca! Katlread, Gas, Insurance American Beil Telephone Stock boughtand sold. su7 Bass Axpmoxs, BRASS FENDERS, BRASS FIRE SETS, PORTABLE GRATES. a. HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, 26 424 9th street. Taz Proor Or Tae Povo. Electric Hair Restorer is the only reliable root and herb tonic in existence free from lead, sulphur or grease. Is now for sale by all first-class druggists gen- erally. For two years the public of this and other ities bas anked t2 Save the Hair Restores put we public will be able to purthase without the neces. Sity of a month's treatment. Wholesale and retail at ‘the perlors of Mrs. Dr. J. SEMMES, Dermatologist, 15 Penneylvanta ave. next door to Palais Koyal. ion fee. freated ingly or” by. the month Shampouing and Haireutting. oc 30-3 Over Tux. At $25 we sell as good Overcoats as any one eed wear,while $15 to $20 is the popularrange Of prices for genteel and serviceable garments, “hardpan.” We have Overcoats as low as 88, <a>, OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE 1N- | SURANCE COMPANY OF THE, DISTRICT BIA, No O02 Pe. ave. nw. Washinton, '886.—Policy holders are hereby | notified to renew their insurance on or before the last | n December, 1886. for the vear 1887. ‘of interest on ali reuews\s will be one (1) F cent on the premium notes. PLEASE ATTEND i VALS BEFORE THE LAST FEW ‘S, AND THUS AVOID THE CROWD, J. WESLEY BOTELER, Secretary. "ASHINGTON, D.C. Dec. 4, 1886. = 3 ckueT NORTHWEST. ‘The partnership existing under the frm” name of Dopsox & Duezre, doing business as Real Ex tate and Insurance Brokers at the above number, ‘was dissolved this day by mutual consent, Mr, Dodson retiring from the Arn. 3. MeL. DODSON. W. RILEY DEEBLE, Wasnrxatox, D. C.. Dec. 4, 1856. Having purchased the interest of “Mr. Jxo. MeL. ovsow in the above firm, the business will hereafter be conducted at the above number by the undendgued, Mito wishes to express his thane for the patron: ‘and asks 4 continuance of the W. RILEY DEEBLE. =>, AMERICA FOR AMERICANS” — “OUR Se ricte"Ancae the Nations Ace. Dp OE Newman's Thaukexiving Sermon. Pubhehed. by. bi Congrewation. “For sue by C. C. PURSELL, 418 Sih st Fe 5, Jonns © MoKNIGHT, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, 1416 F Sr. N.W., WasursoT0™, D.C. E_JOHN ELLIS, JOHN JOHNS and DAVID A. MCKNIGHT have asacclated themselves towether {(6F the practice of Law before the Ce the iti Sediment ant Oaeme reece MEET department ¢ xcept for services rendered, said a chief clerk cf one of the uptown depart Clation on FAIDAY, the 10%; instant at 7:30 eelock ei enmcied = 2 | ments to-day toa Stax reporter. “Iv4s too. bath? tanec nin Feference to the interwets of | ne continued, “that the official did nornake ste | dissovery sooner, f he law was passed in 1823, ind has been the guidance of disbursing officers in, all the executive departments ever sinew.” ARMY “OxDERS.—Surgeon B. F. Pope, relieved from duty in the office of the surgeon-general and ordered to duty as.recorder of the medical exam- ining board in New York. First Lteut. F, E. Hob Ordnance department, or lered from Philadelphie to Johnstown, Pa., ot) public business connected cepting the officers of the Company, by order of ‘the | with the Ordnance department. Assistants Soe oof i re Pe oS geon Chas. C. arrows, granted two months leave, said stock, ONTMCt Prevents SG TERE SY Of | Capt. Ino. T , 10th cavalry, granted six nid stoe eee President, | Months leave fordisabilliy. Leave of Second Lieut, Chas. L, Steele, 18th infantry, extended on has. 1. Stee ry, led one month Frepritck Hoer, who resigned his clerkship in ‘the gedtogical survey, has been appointed private Secretary to Capt. Cushing, of the Ethnological bureau, and will accompany that official to Arizona. A Nava Exwaxixe BoaRp consisting of Pay Director Richard Washington, Pay Inspector Jno. H. Stevenson and Paymaster E. W. Whitehouse, with Passed Assistant Paymaster W. W. Galt re- corder, has been ordered to meet at the Navy de- partment next Tuesday for the examination of Assistant Paymaster L. A. Yorke for pro- motion. * A.Navat Court MantiaL has been ordered to meet at Norfolk, December 13th, for the trial of certain enlisted men. ‘The detail for the court 1s as follows: Commander P. H. Cooper. Lieut. Com- mander E. J. Houston, Lieuts. R. M. G, Brown and T.G, C. Salter, Ensign A. W. Grant and. First Lieut. “Richard Wallach, United States Marine Corps, with First Lieut.” L. W. 8. Waller, United States Marine Corps, as judge advocate. A Srarvrory Boanp or ScrvEy has been ordered on the U.S. S. Kearsarge, at Portsmouth, (N. H.) navy yard. The board consists of Capt. Robert F. Bradford, Naval Constructor Thomas E. Webb and Naval Constructor W. L. Mintonye. ‘This board will report thé condition of the hull of the vessel and whether it can be repaired under exis and “pal ler existing ‘Tae INTERIOR DEPARTMENT has recelved word of the death of Benjomin T. Ledbetter, the surve! general of Loutstan: a ‘TEEMER'S SHELL.—The collector of customs at New York has been instructed to admit the shell of John Teemer, the oarsman, free of duty, if sat! fled that it 1s of domestic ina utacture. gs Tae U.S. 8. Dolphin, with Aduiral Jouett and the board of naval inspection, arrived at Fort Monroe from Norfolk last night. She will make a trial trip outside to-day, and test her new guns, Prrsonat.—Senator Fair 1s not likely to reach Washington until after the holidays. His secre- tary, Mr. F. Z. Maguire, has returned to the city, and is at the Senator's residence, 1116 Virginia avenue. George Place, of New York, J. Crisp, Of Boston, W. H. and B.’F. Harper, of” Cincinnadl, Win. ¢ Stravebridge, of Fiiladéipiia, & M, Hard: man, of Harrisburg, W. P. Clough, of St. Paul Hd. Meateer, of Penustivaniee ave atthe wee -br. Thomas Taylor, of the Agricultural Depart. ment, has been confitied to *his room for a week past the result” of a severe ‘cold. ——Ferand Fere, of New York, 1s at Wormley's—— EQUITABLE ‘TIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. ASSETS OCTOBER, 188¢ 1.576.268. esr res Monthly peymente gs ‘81,000 advanced on exe the 12th issue of S30 gw $:30"pe ma: tion, F Pamphlets Cas | the object and advantages of tee agen FA COREE JOUN JOY EDSON, Secretary. > Preggent, ==>, STOCKNOLD Es SEETING—A MEET: Ee hacen manny NOLAND Bsa. marke torn of Middleburg Fendon county. ck tm. on SATURDAY sity oe ane § varices” CHAS. P. JANNEY, Secretary. ~ bet 30. seb a1-co5t z IN THE SUPREME ¢ + Tine? OF COLUMBIA, oe Holdings Special Term ag. Diatici Courtot the United In the Matter of Condernuation of Land for a Congres- sional Library.—No. 333. Upon consideration of the petition of Matthew G. Emery and Seymour W. Tullock, trustees for lasbelle agin, lamin fhe sum of twenty-three thousand en hundred and forty-six dolars wad eleven. cen (923,746.11), agemed by. the jury herein as the value Qf parcels Nos 10. 11 13, square No. sewen hun that we are not ashamed to offer a man who aust make every dollar count, and cares noth- ing for mere show. Our cheapest coats are Ronest through aud through. and customers have the privilege not of exchange only, but of returning goodsand recetving their money back. - BORGE SPRANSY, (O&s PRICE CLOTHIEE AND TAILon, 507 SEVENTH STREET 7 ‘Opp. U. 8. Post Office. evar 52 ad 935 AED WINTER, 86 4X87. a GLovEs! and Lamb Skin and Gloves and Other 3. TREL, avente. Seediand’ dhirty-one ¢ (3), spdubolsletered “ie ei thot est day of December, AD. ardon proctors for the ered by age Court that Jolin Kimball us in Fiojoban, or thet permis iwersely to, itty nour We Palla, ten fr show cause on or before t ENT iF DECEMBER. A. D. 1880, why the ot Toney ‘therein prayed. Provided ood published every day Sunday excepted for ten dogs Boiur tothe ad ixieenth day cf December. soins 5 paps ‘Cashes F saves Natice, Atrue copy. Test— J. MEK IT MEIGS, Jes Anatatant, OS BE Tot INO. MORAN, Consul General, Williams lett Washin to-day to return to his at Havana fg ¥. See Cie NOS a4 Washington , Bishop. o mn, Louis Kwpsch, William H. H. Beet C, Dent, Ambrose L. ‘Ranney, A. C. chi and Christian A. Herter of New York, F. A.J. McNutt of Richmond, Charles Bonhaling of Newark, and William H. Reynolds of London, are at the Arlington.—Postimaster General Vilas, As- ‘sistant Postmaster General Hazen, Senators Sabin. and MePherson, and Representative Gilfillan, were tered in New York last night.— Mr. Walter Paris returned to Washington this morning, after a stay of several mouths in Eng- land.—Representative Ballentine, Chas. L. Web. ster of New York, Geo. W. Baxter of ‘Wyoming, ex-] resentative Pound of Wisconsin, Geo. Hunt of 8 leld, IL, and Jos. H. ¢ of Boston are at the Ebbvitt.—E. B. Elimaker of Lancaster, Pa., J. Webb Seainan of London, R. E. Queen of Sah Francisco, W. D. Curtis and Geo. -C. Curtis of Lenox, D.T. Hi. ‘Doyle and ©. A.” shoup of St. Josep, Mo, Thos, Paton, A” A’ Renton, FB. Stearns, H, J. Anderson and 7. J. Early of New York, on W.d. Young, of Sidney, Aust la, are at Promotions in the Treasury Depart- ment. C. J. Stoddard, clerk of class 4 in the office of the controller of the currency, has been promoted to be assistant bookkeeper at a salary of $2,000 a Zeer, but will remain 1m charge of insolvent and uquiduting banks. | Other, promotions im that Ice have been made as follows: John A. He- Drew, from class 3 to class 4; Z. W. Denham, from ¢lass’3 to class 4, and A. M. Weeeler, trom élass 2 to class 3; d. K.'Miller, from class 1'to class 2; F. ‘Widdows, class 900 to’class 1. “These i. the controller says, Were all made for speciall meritorious service. —___ Filling of Babeock Lake. ‘TH® CONTRACT NOT YET AWARDED. ‘The contract for filling Babcock lake has not been awarded, as the bids were of such a charac. ter as to require careful consideration by Col. Casey, to Whom they have been forwarded in New York. There were only four bids, and the lowest formal bid was that of John Lyons, of funds, thus preventing the payment of salartes 9 | eX AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY. SHORT SESSION OF THE HOUSE. BepresentativeDowdney’s Death Announced COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ETC. a aes MATTERS OF DISTRICT INTEREST, —— House of Representatives. THE DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE DOWDNEY AN- NOUNCED. In his prayer this morning, the chaplain re- ferred to the death of Representative Dowdney, of New York, and said: “Again this House has been stricken by the hand of death, and another seat 18 Made vacant. Console and comfort the wife and children thus rendered desolate, widowed and orphaned. Be Thou the stay and cheer of them in this sudden and awful calamity.” After the reading of the journal, Mr. Campbell N.Y.) announced’ with sorrow and at the death of bis colleague, and offered resolutions ex- pressive of the regret with which the announce- Ment of the death had been received by the House and providing for a joint committee of the Senate and House to attend the funeral. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the House, as a mark of respect to the memory of ‘the deceased, at 12:20 adjourned until to-morrow. THE TARIFF BILL. ‘To be Called Up im the House Next Week. HOPES OF THE REFORMERS—WHAT REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON SAYS—“THE TARIFF MUST BE REDUCED.” Mr. Morrison has decided to call up the tariff Dill in the House the latter part of next week. ‘The tariff reformers are confident now that they will be able to get the matter up for consideration, and many declare their bellet that there will be tariff legislation of some sort this session. ‘They are prepared to make a hard fight and to take advantage of every circumstance in thefr favor. It Is generally considered that Mr. Randall has Placed himself at a great disadvantage by the in- troduction of hisbill last session. By so doing he committed himself to the acknowledgment that a revision of the tariff is necessary, and he cannot with consistency refuse to consider the question. The tariff reformers will make the best of this advantage. ‘They urge, too, that no man in the House disputes that the revenues of the govern- ment should be reduced, and that they can no longer refuse to attempt the reduction. The op- Ponents of the Morrison bill are invited to con- sider the proposition in a spirit of fairness, and to amend the bill in any way they have the power to do that may please them, Many republicans, it 15 bell are dis- posed todo this. Mr. Hiscock and others, of the Tepublican leaders, would favor taking question and fighting the Morrison proposition with a substitute taking the tax off tobacco and fruit brandies, and placing sugar on the free list. Such a proposition would, it 18 believed, get the votes of the Virgina, North Carolina and South varolina delegations. ‘This plan would undoubt- edly be followed by the protectionists, were 1t not for the fact that th the tariff reformers. By a count of noses they have found that they would be hopelessly divided upon any proposition to take the tax off tobacco | and brandies, "Nor has any other proposttion been. Suggested upom which the republicans unite as a party. Upon these circumstances the tariff re- Tormers rely for suceess When they get thie matter fairly before the House and come to vote directly upon any proposition. "They think that qut of the division and chaos they will get some sort of re- duction of the tari that will not be altogether unacceptable. ) Representative Anderson, of Ohio, told a STAR reporter to-day that he had been ‘talking with many members of the House, and was satistied that the tariff could get consideration thissession. ‘The tariff must be reduced. All the members, le says, acknowledge that, and they cannot give any | excuse for farther delay. Just to look at the figures and see how the surplus 1s piling up, and how it must increase when all the bonds that’ may be redecined, shows that tis robbery; he ways, 10 allow the revenue to-go on accuniulating, ‘the House must get together In some way and stop it. For his part he Was ready to let every penny of duty be Knocked off Onto wool. the detriment of everything mutual concessions. A middie course must’ be taken and the duties reduced. Protectionists, he sald, Were willing to take the duty off sugar, the | only industry of the south, but would not let go | one of their any hoids. For his part he would iet Wool go. “I will,” he ‘said, “vote for a bill to reduce the tariff thirty milifon.” ‘The Senate District Committee. ‘THEIR FIRST MERTING—THE STRAM HEAT AND POWER COMPANY AND THE STRERTS, ETC. The Senate District committee held their first meeting of the session to-day, and by invitation the Commissioners were present to discuss District matters. ‘The recommendations of the Commis- stoners, embodied in their last report, were talked | over at some length. The question as to whogave | wer company | {o cut trenches in the streets was brought up. The | explained | permission to the steatn heat and. Commissioners, in response to inquiries, that such permission as had been given to that company to occupy the streets was conferred by their predecessors, the board presided over by Mr. Edmonds; that when they (the present Commis- sioner aksumed office they found upon the ree. ords a permit for the steam heat and power com- pany Uo lay certain pipes and erect a centralsta- Uon. The committee unanimously decided to frame and report a bill which will in the most rigid terms absolutely prohibit the use of the streets in this city and West Washing- ton for any steam or horse car line, water, gas, heating orother eompany; by telegraph, telephone | orelectric light companlés or any organization, except upon specific authority from Congress. ‘The Cominissioners stated that they do not clan to have any power under existing law to authorize the use or occupancy of the streets by corpora- Uons or for any purpose of gain or profit, and that they would favor the enactinent of a law forbid- ding any such use or occupancy, ance of the authority of Cony plained that the steam heat and power company 1s composed of citizens of Washington, who, pre- Sumably to escape local taxation and other tabiii- tes, organized in West Virginia instead of in the District. did not take up any pending ‘The committee legislation. ‘THE PRICE OF GAS IN WEST WASHINGTON. ‘Messrs. Ingalls and Harris were appointed a sub- committee to inquire, under the Van Wyck resolu- ton, into the price of gain Georgetown and the advisability of requiring a reduction. The sub- Senta As earanr a es wi ce wn gas com| will be examined, = ‘THR VACANCY IN THE COMMITTER. ‘There has been no selection made yet of suc- cessor for the late Senator Pike on the District committee, but the matter will probably be left to the chairman, Senator I to select a Senator ‘Who will be i accord with the committee on lead- ing local matters and who will take an interest in District affairs, HOPES OF DISTRICT LEGISLATION. Col, Ludlow, speaking to a Star reporter, sald he took a hopeful view of the chances for District legislation by the present Congress. ‘There were, he said, many bills of general interest which had ‘one house at the last session and awaited hte tea Mime mee cases considered’ and it Would require Yery little time to dispose of them. BOOK-MAKING AND POOL-SELLING. and all One of the measures of local interest 5 of gambling in’ the Distrlet. Sena e Bikckburn, o€ the District committee has the na, ae rete, ‘because he ts n¢ Willing to injure the Jockey club. He _ the tigaas ot tne ‘operution, he ould noe pms Co ketene tn pool- ‘City itis ind ‘The Sundry Civil Bill, ITEMS OF DISTRICT INTEREST. ‘The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported ‘to the House just before adjdhrnment. ‘The mat- ters of interest to citizens ef the District of Co- Jumbia are: For buildings and grounds in..Wash. ‘ington, $66,300; $2,100 more than for the current ‘up the | y are as far from united as are | Tt must come off | somewhere, and if everybody tried to 100k out for | every little interest in his particular locality, to | else, there Would | never be anything doné. ‘There mist, he said, be | tmates; lighting White House gro 000: signal Service th expens $787,143, over thirty- Sentacd EUR a ee ae. Nothing fs given for the signal service building, and nothing for the army medical museum abd brary. No appropriation is made for the Wash- ington aqueduct. For the Washington court- house wy ik Riven for ees at ei }; for ion of FS eet i Gartleld hospital, $7,500; geological survey, $467,- 700; homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, $1,650,- 536; era for insane, $216,368; Howard unl- Other feet of interest here are: For Interior department’ bullding, $5,780; international ex- peice, ere Ege eg of, 5, $300; ice, ent of miscellaneous. expense of $50,607 fe. saving Service, $961,800; National museum, $157,- 500; naval opcerval tory (350,000 mere appropriated for this object in naval appropriation for 1887); public. printing, $2,005,000; records of the rebel: Lon € 000; irs Of water pipes and fire plugs, Nothing 1s given for the Reform school of the istrict of Combi, Department of Agriculture and Labor. A DEBATE IN THE HOUSE ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE PENDING BILL. After the passage of the electoral count bill yesterday afternoon the House took up Mr. Hatch’s bill toestablish a department of agriculture and labor. Messrs, Hatch, and Weaver (lowa) sup- ported the bill, and Messrs. Breckenridge (ATK.), Gibson (W. Va.) and Tucker opposed it. Mr. Hatch defended the measure against the charge that it was unconstitutional He said there was no constitutional objection to the crea- tion of a secretary of the army, who had control ofa little top-heavy army of 28,000 men, nor to the appointment of a secretary of the navy totake charge of alittle fleet which might be hidden aWay between Washington and the mouth of the Potomac river; It was perfectly constitutional to erect a department of interior and let a few Indians be represented in the Cabinet, but the at, agricultural interest of the country must be instilted on this floor by the remark that it would be unconstitutional to create a department of ag- rieulture, and that the bureau of agriculture was merely a bureau for the distribution of pump- kin seeds, ‘The 30,000,000 of farmers did not in- tend that the department of agriculture should be blotted out of the statute books of the United States, Mr. Tucker spoke of his having been twitted with always drawing the constitution on the House. He said he knew of no higher function that ‘a representative of the people could have than to defend the constitution of the United States even against the proclamation of 30,000,000 of farmers demanding votes, He would not vote for the bill although $0,000,000 farmers demanded It, because he believed ‘that 1ts whole tendency was uncon- stitutional, ‘The gentleman from Missouri said, “We havea War department yet we cannot have an agricultural representative in the Cabinet.” Had the gentleman ever read the constitution? Not lately, he thought. [Laughter.] The power ‘was expressly given to the federal government to ralse and support armies and to declare and carry onwar. The power was given to raise and main- tain a navy. ‘The power was given to establish postoftices and postroads. The power was given tolay and collect taxes. ‘That was the reason there was a Treasury department. ‘The govern- ment Was charged with the regulation of foreign affairs, and therefore there was a State depart ment. ' The Interor department was a proper one Decatise copyrights, pensions, patents and the con- trol of the Indians’ came within the power of the government. Congress hada right to regulate commerce, but only interstate commerce and com- merce with the Indian tribes; nothing else. What did this bill do? It regulated agriculture. But agriculture was netther interstate nor foreign, and could not come under the commerce clause, ' The constitution gave Congress no power over agricul- ture. ‘The Interstate Commerce Bill. mat ‘The conference committee on the interstate com- merce bill reached an agreement upon every point ‘under consideration, as stated in yesterday's STAR, On Monday next the substitute for the House and Senate bills agreed upon by the committee will prohably ve reported. ‘The substitute embraces all the principal pro- visions of the Cullom bill in relation to the commts- ston. That much was conceded by the House conferees, and, in return, the Senate conferees as- sented to a provision to permit Shippers wo institute suits in their own behalf, with a roviso that such suits must be brought Feaetediat, St, eytite ales hibits Ing by rail com} es, feat that tne House conferees contended for. In rela- tion to the long and short haul the substitute pro- hibits any railroad company from charging more for a short than a long haul over any one railroad, going in the same direction and under substanti- ally similar circumstances and conditions, the shorter being included in the longer distance, with a proviso that in special cases, upon application by any rallroad company, and after due investiga- tion, the commission may relieve the raflroad from the operation of this general rule. This pro- viso is a sort of safety valve in case it shall prove, as some apprehend, that this feature of the act shall increase through rates instead of decreasing rates for short distances or local traffic. In re- gard to publishing rates the substitute requires thateach railroad shall publish its own rates and shall also file with the commission any ant all agreements with other companies as to through rates. The commission 1s authorized to make them public. Kech railroad must'keep its rates ateach and every station for public inspection. ‘The act is made to apply to the transportation of passen- gers or freight by railroad, ce peEey, by railroad and partly by water, when both systems are un- der the same controi, and" the term railroad is to include all Of the road proper, the bridges, ferries, etc., used In the transportation Of freight and pas- sengers in the United States, f Capitol Topics. Sa ‘The death of Representative Dowdney, which Was announced to-day, swells to twelve the death- list of the Forty-ninth Congress, It 1s as follows Vice President Hendricks, and Senators Miller, of Caltfornia, and Pike, of New: Hampshire; Kepre- sentatives Elwood, of Illinois; Rankin, of 'Wisco1 , of Loulstana; Beach, Arnot and Dowd- ney, of New York; Price, of Wisconsin; Cole, of Maryland, and Duncan, of Pennsylvania, ‘The House committee on public buildings to- day directed favorable reports to be made to the House on the bills making appropriations for the reconstruction of the custom houses at Eastport, ‘Me,, and Charleston, 8. C. — The Senate was not in session to-day. 1 Congressmen who have been looking over the field to determine the chances of passing the bankruptcy bill at this sessiog have concluded ‘that the prospects are very discouraging. Mr. W. E. Spencer, journal clerk of the Senate. has been suffering from a severe attack of asthma, ‘but 1s expected to recover soon. Representative Swinburne has notified ees gentative-elect U. T. Kane, from the 19th New York district, that he will contest his seat in the Fiftteth Congress, aaa Death of Representative Dowdney. Representative Abraham Dowdney, of the ‘twelfth district of New York, died at his residence in Madison avenue, New “York city, at eight o'clock this morning. He was stricken with apo- plexy while entering his home last night. He was Dorn inmIreland in 1840, but was educated in this country and served as a captain in the union army during the late war. butider and contractor, trust in New York city, he hel general government until elected to the Forty- ninth Congress. He declined a nomination for re- election. ‘The Speaker this afternoon aj the following committee to attend the funeral: ‘Messrs. Cam] ‘Viele, Merriman and Muller, of ‘New York; O'Neth, o: Aissourt; Scranton, of Penn- sylvania, and Brady, of Virginia. ee THE ELECTORAL COUNT BILL, Its Provisions as It Passed the House, The electoral count bill as passed by the House yesterday directs that the electors of each state Shall meet and give their votes on the second Monday in January following their appointment. Section 2 provides that if any state shall have Provided by laws, enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of electors, for its final deter- mination of any controversy concerning the’ ap- Pointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by Judicial or other methods or procedures, and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed forthe meet- ing of the electors, such determination shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes s0 far as the it of tsar appt ty aokaeunment gt the Section $ prescribes the manner in which the electoral vote of each state shall be certified and communicated to the Secretary of State at Wash- ington. ibes the meeting of the Senate Section 4 and House in the hall of the House on the second Wednesday in February succeeding the meeting of the electors. After providing for the appoint. ment of tellers and the readit by them of the certificates and papers purporting to be certifi. cates of the electoral votes, the bill continues: “And the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules in this act provided, the result of the same shall be deli tothe President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the ‘vote, which announcement shall be deemed sufficient: declagation of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice-President of the United States, and, to- gether with the list of the votes, be entered on'the Journals of the two houses. Upon such reading of any stich certificate or paper, the President, of the ‘Senate shall call for objections, it any. Every ob- Jection shall be made in writing and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the round thereof, and shall be signed by’ at least one Senator and one member of the House of ‘Representatives before the same shall be recelved. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a state shall have been received and read, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision, and the Speaker of the House of Repre- Sentativ@s shall in like manner submit such ob- Jections to the House of Representatives for its de- cision; and no electoral vote or votes which shall have been regularly given by electors whose ap- pointment shall have been certified according to the third section of this act from any state from which but one return has been received shall be rejected, ‘If more than one return or paper pure porting to be a return from a state shall have been Tecelved by the President of the Senate, those votes, and those only, shall be counted, which shall have been regularly given by the electors who are shown by the determination mentioned in sec- Uon 2 of this act to have been appointed, it the determination in said section provided for shall have been made, or by such succes- ‘sors or substitutes, in case of a vacancy in the board of electors 30 ascertained, as have been ap- pointed. to fill such vacancy in le provided by ‘the laws of the state; but in case there shall arise ‘the question of which of two or more of such state authorities determining what electors have been appointed, as mentioned in section two of this act, is the lawful tribunal of such state, the votes regularly given of those electors, and those only, of such state shall be counted whose utle as elec- tors, and those only, of such state shall be counted whose title as electors the two houses, acting separatively, shall concurrently decide ‘is sup- ported by the'deciston of such state so authorized yy 1ts*laws; and in such case of more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a state, if there shall have no such determination of the question in the state aforesaid, than those ‘votes, and those only, shall be entered which were cast by electors whose appointment shall have been duly certifled under the seal of the state by the executive thereof in accordance with the laws of the state, unless the two hon-»s, acting separately, shall concurrently decide such Votes not to bé the lawful votes of the legally. appointed electors of such state. When the two houses have voted they shall immediately meet again, and the presiding officer shall then an- nounce the decision of the questions submitted. No Fotes or papers from any other state shall be ‘acted upon until the objections previou: to the votes or papers from any state shall have been Mnally disposed of, Section 5 gives the President of the Senate power to preserve order. ction 6 limits to two hours the debate which shall be had on any question after the two houses shall have separated. 2 Section 7 provides that the joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the gount of electoral olpesnall ae. Pa deen completed before the fifth calendar day after the first. meet- ing of the two houses, no further recess shall be cen by either house, ‘THE MATERIAL DIFFERENCES between the Senate bill and the amended form passed by the House are that in the fourth section, where the Senate bill provides that the electoral Yote of a state shall not be thrown out except by the affirmative vote of both, the exception 18 stricken out, 80 that the provision 1s that no elec- toral vote or votes of any state from which butone ‘awful return has been made shall be rejected, ‘The bill as passed by the Senate provided also that Where there Was tore than one return from the state, and no tribunal established in the state to deca tne question between, the. contesting elect- ors, only those votes should be counted which the two Houses, acting separately, should concur in deciding were the lawful votes’ of the state. ‘The House amended this so as to make 1t read that Whose votes only shall be counted which were cast by electors whose appointment shall have been duly certified under the seal of the state, by the executive thereof, in accordance with the ‘laws of the state,unless the two houses, acting separately, shatl concurrently dBcide such votes not to be the lawful votes of the legally appointed electors of such state. The clause directing the President of the Senate to announce the name of the-person elected President was stricken out, so as to make him announce merely the state of the vote. = as For Srrtktna a Woman Wrra a Brick.—In the Police Court to-day Edward Parker, colored, 18 Years old, was charged with striking Mra. Elizabeth Beach on the head with a brick on the 12th of August last. The trouble grew out of the purchase ofa cigaretie by Parker from Andrew Beach, cor- ner of New Jersey avenue and L street. Parker was ejected by Beach, and when he got outside threw a brick fh’ the store window which struck Mrs, Beach in the Knocking her in- sensible. ‘The Judge gave him the extent of the law, 364 days 1n j: oe Affairs in West Washington. Masonic ELEcTiox.—The following ofticers of Slocted inst might? Wat, kh ©. Gruigs Wo WB Easton; J.Wy F. 3, Te 3 secretary, J.P. . ‘Tent Wallace; treagurer, 8. C. Palmer. DeatH OF AN AGED Lapy.—Mrs. Catharine J. ‘Thecker died at her: cane Bo 1127 29th: on Wednesday night ‘The deceased 3 afternoon, terment 16 ‘year of her age. ‘Was all old and esteemed resident of ‘The funeral will take place to-morrow at 30" from her lateresidence. In- ING APTRAY. OM CEMETERY HEL. Yr = nt Cemetery bill was crowded with including @ number of made | The Star. THE CAMPBELL DIVORCE SUIT. Telegrams to Opening of the Co-respondents’ Cases. A NEGRO HANGED IN ST. LOUIS. RAILROAD SWITCHMEN ON A STRIKE. Gladstone Against the Anti-rent Oampaign THE CO-RESPONDENTS HEARD FROM. Gen, Butler's and Dr. Bird’s Lawyers Denounce Lord Colin’s Witnesses. Loxpox, Dec. 10.—On the resumption of the Campbell dtvorve case to-day Mr. Murphy, counsel for Gen. Butler, defended his client against the okey ‘that he had been criminally intimate with Lady Colin Campbell. He said thatGe Jer had visited Lady Colin but once. That April 13th, when there was not a single I : iumpropHtety either by act or word. He de- nounced the witnesses who had testified for the defense, and declared that perjury was rife and stalking abroad. Counsel for Dr. Bird then spoke in his defense. He said the charges which had been brought against his client tncluced adultery 4 and concealing a mtscarriage. If the Dr. Bird's c1 destroyed. He ‘deciared that it was monstrous ‘that such charges should have been made on such flimsy evidence as the defense had offered. —— THE ANTI-RENT CAMPAIGN. Mr. Gladstone Said Not to Approve of It. Lonpox, Dec. 10.—The Glasgow Mail says it Is authorized to state that Mr. Gladstone does not approve the antt-rent campaign inal ted by the National League in Treland eo Fire in a Tobacco Factory. Boston, Dec. 10.—The tobacco factory of G. M. Mason & Co., in the upper part of a lange building on Milk street, wag damaged by fire this morning to the extent of about $6,000, insufted. The losses ‘to other occupants of the building will reach $2,000. ‘Owing to the proximity of oll and junk stores, at one time, a serious fire was threatened. ——— Attacking M. Goblet. THE FRENCH RADICAL PRESS SAYS ME WILL BE A SECOND FREYCINET Panis, Dec. 10.—The Radical press denounce M. Goblet, ‘and declare that in his position of prime ministér he will be a second edition of M. de Frey- clnet. “They prophesy the early fall of bis mints- —.—___ A Disabled Schooner. DAMAGED WBILE GOING FROM GEORGETOWN, D. C., TO NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.—A tel received at ‘the maritime exchange states that the schooner Mair and Cranmer, of Phillan, from Georgetown, D. C., for New York, with a cargo of coal, Was an choréd off Wateh-Apsigne, Va., vestenday, with rudder gone, and had telegraphed for assistance, It | 4s probable that this 1s the vessel which was in | distress on Tuesday, to whose assistance the boav’s | crew of the steamer Knickerbocker had gone when their boat capsized and five men were drowned. The eaptain of the Knickerbocker pen ls “ar- rival in New York, reported the disdfled schooner as the Mary D. Craume ‘ =e Hanian Sails for Home. HIS MATCH WITH BEACH WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE. Loxpox, Dec. 10.—Edward Hanlan, the oarsiman, safls for Canada vo-lay. Being asked when iis match with Beach on the Nepean river, New South Wales, would be rowed, he said.he preferred that At should take place in June. The stakes would be $5,000 a side, and Beach would allow hin ex- rm —— Foul Play Feared. Oxt., Dec: 10.—A letter reoelved here states that J. W. a nent orangeman ofthis ciey, whtie tn Puy had @ quarrel with a Chitago nati since ’which Ume Mr. Brown has and it is feared that he has met with foul play. Se Street Car Passengers im Peril. A. CAR DASHES DOWN A BILL AND TUMBLES OVER AN EMBANKMENT. Crxcnatatt, Dec. 10.—An exciting streetcar ac- cident with & marvelous escape for a. dozen sengers occurred late last night on the Walnut Hills cable line. A car ascel Gfibert_ avenue Ill stopped nearthe summit to let, off a pas. Brake and grip towork, and the car ran backward with frighful velocity a quarter of a mile to a curve, where it left the track and plunged down an embankment. All on board, ex- cept a baby, were more or less” bruised and ’ cut, Dut very strangely no broken bones or other serious injuries resulted. ‘The car was ruined. Western Raiiread Changes. Curcago, Dec. 10.—A special from Springfte Til, says: 'D.L, Wing, the president of the St Louis and’ Chicago’ rallrond, has information denying the sale of the road.’ Mr. Hollins, who controls the road, says the official announcement Will be made immediately that Wing 1s made jent of the entire Ine of the St. Louts and Ehicago extension trom St. Louis to Springfield and of the Chicago and St. Louis from Chicago to Peoria. ‘The portion of the line now under con- | struction between Springtield and Litchfield will be dnished before the end of the month. ‘The por- | ton -between Unis city and Peoria will not ve Mnished until the middle of the sutamer, but work 4s progressing upon It, 2. Cars Overturned and Burned. NARROW ESCAPE FROM A SERIOUS DISASTER IN WIS- ‘CONSIN. Carcaco, Dec. 10.—The train over the Wisconsin Central railroad which should have arrived in this city at 12:55 yesterday afternoon, did not come in until Go'clock in the evening. Passengers on it told of a wreck at 6:261n the morning between Neenal and Oshkosh, Wis, in which several, per. ‘sons were injured, aud at least two badly score and burned. The train left Minneapolis at 7235 Wednesday evening, and when on the down grade near Neenah the rails on a curve spread, throwing three or four cars from the track, Which were capsized. Two of them caught fir,.and it was th difticulty, 11s sald, that some of, the passen- gers were extricated in time to save their lives. cathe wai sea Western t Hintes, vised yesterday that the ‘of the ral nts of the southern Kansas roads oo) ‘ordered the immediate rates to the latest [- ith Privilege of reverting to the the ‘arbit # proper arrangements had been perfect ‘seem. to be much pleased it that has been waged, on thst trailic ‘year come to an @ year past has.com A Gang of Counterfeiters Captured. FOUR MEN AND TWO WOMEN ARRESTED FOR MAKING ‘SPURIOUS COL. for more nest of counterfeiters and arrested six of the gang four men and two women. The went Ballard county, it 1s, said, trom Alt about if i i i i i i i i He j tl er i £ 3 ial i Ri fe i | i i i il i i 4 i i : | | { a & 8 i i i | | i if i ti i i | i i i FY al at ii eoswiatantt Saar i it ton | it, reputation and position, would be | Too MUCH WORK For THE PAY. Another Strike of Switchmen on the Missourt Pacific. Dextsox, TEXAS, Dec. 10.—At 9 o'clock last night the Missourt Pacific switchmen at this place ‘Struck ina body. The grievance was too much work forthe pay. The men called on Mr. Gold- man, division superintendent, in the morning and asked for an Increase of Wages fo the same amount asgiven by the other roads of the system, and gave him until 9 p, m. to decide. As no reply was ven at the time specified, they quit. Ail isor- deriyand quiet. Some of the Conductors have been asked to do the Work, but none have done so yet. Thirteen Life-Snvers Drowned. Loxpox, Dec, 10.—A life-boat has been wrecked at Southport While endeavoring to relleve a dis ‘essed Vessel and thirteen persons drowned. — Accident to President Bartlett. Haxoven, N. H., Dec. 10.—President Bartlett, of Dartmouth’ college, wet With am accident Inst night, f! lus right arm between the elbow and the shoulder. He will probably be confined to his house for some t scene to Fire in a Monastery. PIvTseRe, Bec, 10.—A Loretts, Pa,, special says One Wing of St. Francis College and honastery was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $25,000; fully insured. —-—__. Execution in St. Louis. ROBERT GRATER, COLORED, HANGRD FOR THE MUR DER OF BERRY RVANS. ‘Sr. Lovts, Dec. 10.—Robert Grayer, was Grayer retired at o'clock last night and until 5 tuis morning, when he partook of a hearty breakfast. At 6 ovlock the @eath Warrant was Tead to hlin in his cell and at 6:30 o'clock he was marched to the scaffold in the jail yard, accom. panied by two deputies and followed by a crowd Of about 150, who had been admitted to the jail on Tickets issued by the sheriff. Grayer bore Up nobly under the ordeat, and when asked if he had anything to say stepped to the edge of the scaffold and in a clear Voice said: “I wish you all ‘Then, retreating to the trap, he stood firmiy while the cap and noose were adjusted, rhe trap Was spring, and in twelve minutes er Was pronounced dead, having expired With rely a struggle. ‘The crime tor which Grayer towday paid the penalty was the murder of Berry Evans, also colored, committed July 6, 1883. The night previous Evans severely puntshed | Gra jainate and fellow-eme | ploye ih a live ‘The next morning | taunted Gray W his discomnture of t seizing a wagon stake, dealt, Ww UPON the head from which he died, four days later. fat ae enters From Wall Street To-day, New York, Dec. 10. stock market opened | somewhat. tereguiar, but gencrall strong. this | morning. The gatus over last pay 7] ranged from ', to per cent, while Richmond and | West Point showed an exceptional advance of 1 | percent. Tue avantage was not" maintatned { however, for the market became heavy in the early trading, and declines from opening prices: Tanging up to's, per cent were made, ‘There Was some show of activity at the Opening, but the market soon became quiet and at times even dull, Another period of weakness followed, and North- Western preferred showed a loss Of 1%; Loulsvilio and Nashville, 14, and Lackawanna 1:' East Ten- nessee first, 13, aid Tennessee seconds, i. At TL o'clock the market 1s moderately active and heavy to Weak. canipsatipe-it A Twenty-five Per Cent Reduction. Loxpox, Dec. 10.—The Duke of Manchester ane nounces ‘a permanent reduction of twenty-five per cent in the rents on all his estates in Ireland, ——— The Affairs of Wabash. CHIcAGo, Dec, 10.—Henry Crawford, as attorney for certain bondholders of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railway, in accordance with the opinion given by Judge Gresham, has taken prelli action in the U.S. ciredii court at Springfel looking to a settlement tor the non. ondholagrs. ite vi of the Winter Crops. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTCRE. The December returns of average turin prices, by counties, show a material reduction, as com- pared with values of the crops of 1885, in Wheat, rye and barley, Corn has madean advance neanly equivalent to the percentage of reduction im quantity, and oats, in sympathy with corn rather than with the small grains used averages a slightly hig) ‘The farm value of cor 1n December of last ye cent higher than U for the pre Ir 33 cents per bushel It ts now 37 cents, one Top of IBN. “The avers 3, and for, . Phas’ ts tu Nebrask: and ObIO, and si | and Missourl. “The average is 56 in New York, 47 im Pennsylvania and 45 in Virginia, two cents lower tn each than last year, Pric states soutu and west of Nort higher than iast year—an ti | due to the disast ious drough | ‘The average December price of wheat 1s69cents, a reduction of eight cents from the average value Of the last crop and four and @ half cents above Ihe price ip 1884. ‘The average In New York is cents, 12 cents lower than last vear: sy vanla, 88, 13 cents lower, ‘The reduction 1s still greater i Several western states. There is little iecline in the southern states, In some of which prices are higher than last year, The averageia California ts'73 cents, ‘The average value Of oats 1s 29.9 cents, against 28.5 last December. Rye averages 53.1, against 57.9 last year. Barley, 53.cents; last year, 5&3, Buckwheat, 54.4; a reduction of 1.5 cents per bushel. Potatoes, 46 cents: one cent higher than in December of last year. ‘The value of hay aver ages nearly §8 per ton. mie) sorbose vce Clearing off the Snow. ONE-THIRD OF THE FUND ALREADY EXPERDED, It took one hundred and fifty-five men two and a-quarter days to remove the recent heavy fall of snow from the sidewalks aud paths in charge of the office of public buildings and grounds at an expense of $408. The distance to be cleaned after every snow storm is about 17 miles and the ama about 30acres, ‘The funds available for this pur- pose during the winter amount to ouly §1,200, and Esnetiind of Uwe amount has teen wend tthe first half of the first month of winter, 1 18 prob. able that the sidewalks Will have to’look to the sun to clean thein later in the season, After every Tall of snow laborers are notified to report at. Line coln and Lafayette squaresjand about 150 wen are selected and distributed to’ the different sections of the city under foremen, where they are sub> divided into squads of five dnd set to work. _— STOLEN CaRreT.—Saturday night about 9 o'clock OMvcers Kendall and Fenton arrested Tsaac Mere gen, colored, for being drunk and disorderly. He had'a bund of carpet under ts arm at the ‘tune and the officers had some trouble in getting him tothe station, They had arrested him before, but Unis was the first Une he had ever resisted. Mon. day Tsaac Was tried in the Police Court and was sent down for45 days, The next day the officers discovered that the € Bro, corner of 7b and L streets sou us been Broken into ‘Saturday ni a quanuty of carpet. The officers went to the hous o n’s mother, in Springtnan’s alley, und re= red the carpet, when was 1dentined by Mt portion Of the carpet Which had bee stolen. ‘The officers found Mrs. Jamima in the house and took her with the carpet to the Iu the cotton: Carolina are rease of eleven cents fourta precinct stat‘ou. This ‘th the Po- lice Court she was charged with being a character, When arraigued she she bad the carpet in her house, ai to give bonds or serve 90 days on the farm. ne A BAD Gaxo oF Covonsy Bova This, mornt tn th Court, Sheppard Goodall, Joun Heh and Joun Wouderss the colored Gop arremed at Henry Hutchinson's louse, No. 1034 New Jersey Brak ore in the dock charged with being suse Sn n Ke Pop Simpson and Skidmor> was given vo show yutation of the DOYS, Who thieves, and each swore he had victed of - The records were produged. ind they showed’ we conviction of Goodall and Wonderiy on ch: ‘claimed iat he Was not tne ‘The judge they did, and sald he thought ecul Lavenger came into court, Snell Bis attention to the case, and hoped Mr. Lavender woul in und if he finds that the buy Were the persons hervtotore ‘Unat proceedings for perjury with pe instituted, Dr. Wooprow REMOvED.—A from Co- lumbia, December 9tu, says: The evan- geltcal controversy Presby- terian church for three. and been 90 Gnas tous to the Columbla seminary bas Deen ended so far as Dr. Woodrow's quested Dr. Wi havural selence in connection Dr, Woodrow politely, decilned to do So, where: upon the formally reamoved him by Geotaring: Pits action “as final and. as the , yy i i ti poe 8 FF il if i !