Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1888, Page 5

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A big can- non on the hill above the city waked many early in the morning, and na regular can- nonading during the whole day. Early trains brought the people in from neighboring places in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Vir- inia,uniformed clubs being present from Pitts- Burg. ee Oe Steubenville, Martin's points, ‘boeides sanmber of local orgactay” ints, a num Kone. The crowds lined the streets on which the procession had been advertised to move and gave hearty Wepepo to the various clubs and cheered lustily at sight of Judge Thurman. In the bandana uniforms and umbrellas were prominent. The Allegheny cit) | gations escorted a mammoth rooster and others carried big Benn of President Cleveland, and Judge urman. It took forty-five min- utes for the procession to pass a This afternoon the orators are holding forth on stands in the open air, the fine weather a — ible. To-night Judge Thurman ak in the Rink, w! a torchlight procession fills the street, * Alleged Dynamiters Discharged. NO EVIDENCE TO HOLD THE MEN ARRESTED DURING THE CHICAGO STRIKE. Cxicaco, Oct. 30.—Justice Hamb morning discharged the alleged he con- | spirators, Kaseberg. Thompson, icholson ‘and | Magee, who were charged wit yna- mite on the street car tracks durin the strike, The justice held that the evi did not warrant him in holding the men, Blew his Brains Out in Court. Sr. Louis. Oct. 30.—A special to the Post- Dispatch from Kansas City says: A sensation was created in the Criminal Court room this morning by the suicide of Jack File: & deputy marshal, who drew a revolver and blew his brains out while court was in session. No cause iven point. this ——>___ The Steamer Saginaw Raised. New York, Oct. 30.—The steamer W, of the Clyde Steamship Company, which sank ather dock yesterday, has been raised. The only damage sustained was to the cargo, which was injured about $2,000. oie cos os Five Stores Burned. SkowneEcay, Mz., Oct. 30.—Fire at Athens this morning, at about 10 o'clock, destroyed five stores, including Wade & Ware's new three- story block. in which wasa public hall, also Odd Fellows Hall. C. F. Davison’s large stock of goods is a total loss; also the ice fix- tures. The goods in four of the stores were mostly saved in a damaged condition. Five families were burned out. The loss on building is $15,000; merchandise, estimated at $10,000. —s Death Ends a Gambler’s Spree. St. Louts, Oct. 30.—A special to the Post- Despatch from Gainesville, Tex., says that at | Ardmore last night D. L. Wood, & rofessional | gambler. got drunk and terrorized the town | with his revolver. This morning he was found on the Santa Fe railroad track fatally mangled. He had evidently fallen there in a drunken stupor. i alle: Sentenced to be Hanged. Irmaca, N. Y.. Oct. 30.—Richard Barber, who was convicted last week of murder in the first degree for killing Ann Mason, in March, was sentenced to-day to be hanged December 18. His counsel moved for a new trial, which was denied. Barber received his sentence un- moved, nes The Flames Spreading. THREE HUNDRED HOUSES HAVE BEBN DESTROYED AT HUENFELD, GERMANY. Berry, Oct. 30.—The great fire at Huenfeld SCOTT'S scoTT’s PALATABLE. SCOTTS EASILY DIGESTED. scoTT’s SCOTT'S THREE TIMES AS scoTT’S EFFECTUAL SCOTT'S AS THE PLAIN OIL. scoTT’s scoITs THE BEST REMEDY scorTs FOR— scoTT’s scoTT’s COUGHS, COLDS, scoTT’s BRONCHITIS, scoTT’s SCOTT'S WASTING DISEASES, scoTT’s EMACIATION. scoTTs sScOoTT’S SCROFULA, scoTT’s RICKETS. scorT’s EMULSION scorrs CONSUMPTION. EMULSION. wed E G. DAVIS, 719 MARKET SPACE. ‘This is the time of the year that Ladies are interested t= TRIMMINGS. As is our custom we are prepared to ‘show you the best line to be found in the city. 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Paint Mirrors. li auew Rogers Groag, aod all tbe others in stock, #9 816 CHESTNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA ‘0 BUFFET (OUT A NOPRISE VER PRT EET POT Se of exquisite flavor, — 2 p— La ‘profession for ite “Waen tg wes eis, wo gure het Casters, ‘When she was a child, she ried for continues to spread. Three hundred houses, including public buildings, have been con- sumed. Military and thirty fire brigades are fighting the flames. Da lie an Declines to Make the Race. THE UNION LABOR NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR OF ‘MISSOURI WITHDRAWS. Sr. Loris, Oct. 30.—William H. Blake, nomi- nee of the union labor party for governor of Missouri, has senta letter to the executive com- mittee of that party declining to make the race. The committee is now in session considerin; what is best to do under the circumstances. It is freely claimed that Mr. Blake’s withdrawal means coalition between the union labor and republican parties in the state. pe baasir dh ites FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The New York Stock Market. The following are the opening and closing prices of | back now, wing the New York Stock Market, as reported by special wire to Corson and Macartuey’ L410 F ateser? Name | 0. | ©. | 0. | c .. B& Can. South. Cen. Ni & W, pref) 5134! 51) Son, 0x4 Nor Bee Bina! dig on. ¥ 138% Do. Bb" 17k oR W's $8. | $28 18° Ore. Trans....| 2046) 20% gon ee: Mal) 30") ose Be beam | Ea 3 115% Rich. Par --"| 35%) 32% 11g Rock I 06% 1068, 10384 St. Paul. 65 "| 66s 80 Do., 107 {ook bf tro L 108 103 109% Wabaal 1 page ia | 8) fee 74 West. Union.:| 8435; 843g —— The Washington Stock Exchange. folk changes from sterday’s quotation: on the Washinstton Stock ae are het 7 4 bi U. 8 43s, 1sOL, aaked i 1 ked. i ee Mi ia BES Washington and nystown 110 bide Maire m, Gass 40% Bid, 12 wake. “iScot L ‘ashiny % fown Gas, $4 vidas saked Aremene Insurance, 87 ce. 5 In. rae Ta 6 ti bid, 83 asked. Board of Public Works green _—- Hall bon 104 bid, 108 asked. Was Market stock, 1 bid. Washington Brick Machine, 190 bid. Natio: Metropolitan Bank. 196 bid, 210'asked. Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank Cig ge 163 bid. Citizens’ National Bank, 12534 bid. Second National Bank, 1 bid. 131 asl yee Estate Title Insurance 117 bid, Fe Foes parivents Telephone Co. 40 asked. W: Co. bonds, 124 bid, 9 8 4 #3 2 3 4 t Co. asked. National Bank of the Revchiie’ 16x BIEL, Mutts go Gros gan 3 = 7 206 bid, 220 asked. Frankli * Se Reet asked. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Oct, 30.— consols, ten-fortion, 88 Bids Baltimons ‘Ohio sige KOaS6: Northern Central, 7 saked: Wi and Baltimore firsts, solidated gas bonds, 109 ;'do. ; hee BALTIMORE, Oct. 30.—Cotton. dull- Flour, quiet, ‘but vey sendy $i ung tices Wheat “go . quiet zi 113a115: western, quict and” rather easioe 3 Winter ‘red THE CLOSING WEEK. Campaigners Getting Down to Hard Work. POLITICIANS ON SURE AS TO THE RESULT OF THEIR LABORS. There are enthusiastic democrats, some of them in high political position, and generally more or less shrewd in political affairs, who express in good faith the conviction that Cleve- land may carry Michigan, California and Iowa or Illinois. No such sanguine hopes are enter- tained by the democratic managers of the cam- paign. The campaign as conducted from Mr. Brice’s committee is laid out in old lines as far as locality is concerned. All the energies of the committee are directed upon New York, Indiana and Connecticut, with NEW YORK AS THE CENTRAL POINT. Whatever work more hopeful partisans may do in the West is not discouraged by the committee, but they do not er yiece it at all in figuring sul inj rr ome ‘of ‘the ‘members Of the national cemmittee think they see where they might have done something in Michigan and Iowa, but at the time they were too much occupied with their fears fgr New York to ad- mit of their entering seriously into such ven- e missi: work. Itis epee be- lieved by the ardent Administration men that they make immense gains in the popular vote for Cleveland in states where the re- a majorities have always been very . How large these gains may be cannot be estimated. fact the belief in them is founded on THEORY AND SPECULATION most largely, the assumption being upon the general belief that many republicans in that region are tariff reformers, This field gives fie partisan than to the practical ‘old-time pole tie tl to the practical old-time poli- ticians who handle ay, make deals, and figure out their results from what they have in sight. Many of the men who regard this cam- paign as an intellectual struggle are in Michi- and other Western states. Those who think fis a campaign of politics and business turn to New York, and that is where the fight is raging —that is where the hardest battle of the con- test will be fought to a close. The reports brought to Washington through various pri- vate sources indicate that neither pi will stop Lo meaghre their acts when party ad- en at stake. Both committees are get- DANGEROUSLY IN EARNEST as the campaign warms up, and it seems likely that expediencies will be resorted to that will bring them into sharp contact. It is thought hardly likely that the campaign will close in perfect good feeling, and a vote as close as that in 1834 would be regarded with some ap- prehension. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AT DEMOCRATIO HEAD- QUARTERS. Men who are pretty close to Messrs, Gorman and Brice insist thut they are earnest in their expressions of confidence, and thut they really feel satisfied that Cleveland cannot be beaten. This confidence does not extend to all the dem- ocrats about headquarters, however. Though the complaints that used to be heard from democrats early in the Administra- tion have been mostly __ silenced, there certainly are still disgruntled democrats, and some of them right about the New York headquarters, who privately circulate significant hints to the effect that things do not look so entirely bright for Mr. Cleveland after ‘They are men who have never been en- tirely friendly toward Mr. Cleveland, but who have been concealing their ammosity of late, A number of them are known to be giving somewhat the same support to the ticket that the New York Sun indulges in. They are not leading men at all, but they are supposed to be workers in the cause. NO HOPE OF HARMONY IN NEW YORK CITY. It is the general impression of politicians now that nothing whatever can be done to lessen the feeling of antogonism between the factions of the local New York democracy. The feeling between Tammany and the County Democracy is very bitter and not getting any less so as the campaign progresses, and the republicans are hopeful of gaining a Represen- tative or two in the House out of the contest. REPRESENTATIVE MERRIMAN’S REMARKS. A Star reporter met Representative Merri- man on the street to-day. He has not been in New York for three or four days, and is ap- parently not taking any special interest in the campaign. In answer to inquiries as to the state of affairs in New York, he said: “Oh, Cleveland ought to carry the state. I don’t know much about it. I have not been there for several days. The factions are hav- ing some trouble. I guess it will come out all right. Idon’t know just what they are going todo I don’t think there will be any trading to hurt.” TREASURER HYATT HOPEFUL OF HOLDING coN- NECTICUT. Treasurer Hyatt, who has just returned from Connecticut, told a Star reporter to-day that the well-informed politicians he had happened to meet during his visit had assured him that, while the democrats might lose in some direc- tions, they would make gains in others, so that in the end they would hold the state by a little better majority than formerly. GOOD RACING. Resuming the Sports at Ivy City To-day. PLEASANT WEATHER AND GOOD ATTENDANCE— TARAGON AND BRADFORD EASY WINNERS IN THE FIRST EVENTS—HOW THE BETTING WENT. The National Jockey Club certainly has every reason to congratulate itself upon the post- ponement which brought the races over until to-day. The weather, while, perhaps, a trifle cool, was otherwise all that could be de- sired. The track, which on Sunday was a perfect sea of mud, was to-day, to the surprise of every one really good, although a trifle lumpy and damp in spots. To-morrow, however, if it aoes not rain in the meantime, it will be fast, and, as the card for to-morrow is a particularly strong one, includ- inga a the attendance is sure to be —— the contests interesting. The at- tendance to-day was quite satisfactory and the betting was brisk. It was not thought that there would be many eo cag 48 owners were nearly all more than wi juarters of a mile, scratched, The follow- its and eys, ran: ittlefields); Bradford, 121 ay, Wahoo, i apa ; ); Uintah, 90 ia start was: ford 10-1 straight, 4-1 place; 6-1 straight, 3-1 place; Camoyees 10-1 straight, 4-1 place; well 30-1 straight, Wabbo 1b ree egal pee ned f 3; Um #| straight, 16-5 plage; Nintalt 100 straight, 50-1 t the start the favorite, Bradford, took Pir rena to the it of his Sin with Brittanic second. At the juarters Cambyses into second aS BAD TUNNEL WORK. The Military Court of Inquiry Taking Testimony. THOMAS LUCAS THE FIRST WITNESS—HIS sUS- PICIONS AROUSED BY FAST WORK—TOO MUCH DONE TO BE WELL DOXE—HOW HIS REMON- STRANCE WAS MET—THREATS TO THROW HIM ovr. ‘The fifth day's work of the military court of inquiry, in session at the War Department, to investigate the equeduct-tunnel frauds, was begun promptly at 10 o'clock this morning. All the members of the court were present, and the sofa on the side of the room was filled with witnesses who had been summoned to ap- pear. THOMAS LUCAS THE FIRST WITNESS. Thomas Lucas was first sworn by the re- corder and took a seat at the end of the long table, opposite the president of the court. home and William Kendall and Super- intendent Clark were asked to retire into the room beyond the office of the chief clerk di the examination of the other witnesses. fore Lucas’ exami- nation was be; Lawyer Perry arrived with a note-book, but explained to the recorder that in view of the court's decision on his motion of Friday he wes present only as a kv geeers Lucas’ affidavit was produced, and at the same time Lieut. Townsend, in full uniform, entered and took a seat with the other witnesses. Lu- cas then acknowledged that he was the author of the affidavit that had been read before the court, LUCAS TELLS WHAT HE KNOWS OF THE TUNNEL LINING. Gen. Ruger asked the witness to give an ac- count of the method of the construction of the lining of the tunnel. He said he began work in November, 1887, on the lining of the shaft at the east end under the first contract. After that he was set to work on the lining of the tunnel, which was to be lined only in places where there was bad ground. In this work dry peeking ey ee ithout Feo All the work under the contract was packing except in the shaft, THE WORK UNDER THE FIRST TWO CONTRACTS. Lucas’ testimony did not develop any bad conditions in the work under either of the first two contracts. In some places the work under thegecond contract, under his inspection, was neglected. He made a stir about it among the workmen, and they began to use more mortar. He made no reports to Kirlin, the chief in- spector, under the second contract, as the work seemed to be going on smoothly. As far as he saw the work about the keying was done well. He did not know of any cavities in his work, but it had been said that there were such, although he had never seen any of them, WORK UNDER THE LAST CONTRACT. General Ruger then brought the witness down to the time to which his affidavit refers, the work under the last contract. Lucas testi- fied that he began work may 15, 1888, in a sec- tion about 1,300 feet east of the Rock Creek shaft, remaining there until the retaining walls were under way. On the 19th of May, being relieved by Inspector McNamara, he was sent to the Champlain avenue heading. The work in this portion was done entirely according to specifications, The bricks, mortar; and work- manship were all good; the stone packing was in cement and properly done. He found that the work under the night inspector, O’Brien, was greater than under him (Lucas), although O’Brien had a smaller force and less time. O’Brien was put on because not enough work was bein dea under Lucas, O’Brien in- spected the packing from the haunches up. he brick-work was driven much faster than the packing. The keying and packing over the key was done at night. Lucas’ work finally be- came so pressing that he had an additional in- spector (Woodward) appointed. Finally HE BEGAN TO SUSPECT that the work was being pushed faster than it should, and got a man at the cement house to drop a brick every time a barrel of cement went down the shaft. In the morning there were six bricks, and he found by measurement that 40 yards of masonry had been laid. It had the appearance of being good, solid work. On discovering this Lucas made an open protest, and when Palmer, the sub-contractor, came up the workmen told him and he became very angry. When Kirlin came around Palmer went to meet him and told him what had hap- pened. Kirlin then took Lucas up the tunnel and had a long conversation about the matter, Lucas telling him that he was satisfied that the work was being badly done. Kirlin then told him that all he had to do was to look after his own work. On the Saturday night following Kirlin asked him to go down into the tunnel to look at O'Brien's work. He did so and saw two men standing on the bay and throwing stones into the space above the keying. He made a remonstrance and the workmen said that they would do the same thing if Kirlin were there. O'BRIEN THREATENED TO THROW LUCAS OUT OF THE TUNNEL by the neck, and Lucas left the place. The next morning he found the work all keyed up. On Monday he told Kirlin about it, and the lat- ter ignored it. Palmer tolé Lucas that Kirlin had sent’him down that night to let him see that the work was good. To do the work prop- erly aman could do 7 cubic yards ina night. Two men could work at one time, so that 14 yards was the limit of good work that could be done in a night. Lucas said that he did not report to Lieut. Townsend until after his discharge. Kirlin was making the only reports on the entire lin- ing. Had witness thought that Rirlin was not giving true reports of the work he would have reported to the lieutenant himself before he did. He thought that about 500 feet in the Howard University heading is bad. LUCAS NEVER EMPLOYED AS AN INSPECTOR BE- FORE. Col. Hodges then asked the witness a few questions, eliciting the fact that Lucas did not have the specifications for the second contract, Col. Craighill found that the witness had never acted as inspector on any other Government work, or on any other tunnel. He was first employed by Capt. Symons at $75 a month, which he had afterward received. He worked nine hours a day, from 7:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. In his section there was all day work except when O’Brien relieved him, which occurred at 5 or 5:30. He did not know when O’Brien quit. The work was stopped when he came in the morning. Hedid not direct O’Brien in any way, as they were equals, THE BAD WORK BEGAN at the haunches of the arch, a haunch being about sixteen courses up the arch. Lucas had two gangs, one on the lining, spread over about D.C., TUESD 30 feet, and the other about 200 feet away, working on the retaining walls, He went back and forth from one to the other, staying some- times half an hour with each; was never absent a whole day—the greatest time that he was ab- sent was half a day, when he went to the How- ard University heading to set profiles. Hecon- ee the work to be under sufiicient inspec- ion, 48 TO THE MORTAR, The mortar was mixed ontop. It was Kir- lin’s duty to test the cement, which was put into paper bags and sent to the aqueduct office. The mortar was fairly in the tunnel. It was sent down mixed, and water was added below. The sand used was good, sharp, clean sand, Some that he had seen did not come up to the standard, but not enough so to make acomplaint about. The water was put into the mixture below. A _— of his work has been si de gab not seen the mortar came out sajiaet eld be lett the work on the Oth of Inet ugust; he supposed that rid of hia teseuse'he wanted proper wack me. z ‘CROSS-EXAMINED, ‘ ‘The court then turned the witness over to Lieut. Townsend for cross-eramination. About the Fe hntd fact elicited was that Lucas did one night's Jess than one arch, 14 feet 4 court, the tow bad work done in O'Brien's erytes but never He stopped work in September last was no work to do, as the brick- had caught up to the excavators, LIEUT. TOWNSEND EXAMINES THE WITNESS. Lieut. Townsend then tried his hand, and discovered that the witness first made com- —— that bad work was done in September, ut had made no statement to that effect pre- viously to any person in the Government em- ng Upon a direct question he said that 6 received a letter from Lieut. Town- send, which he read. dated September 8, dall to int out to the writer the bad spots in the lining of the tunnel. To this let- ter he had replied, through his attorney, that he would make such a statement to any strictly disinterested party appointed to inves- tigate the work. Witness never received any directions from either the contractors or the sub-contractors as to the way work had been done. The contractors had ‘no forman, in fact there seemed to be no one taking any particu- lar interest in the work. The sub-contractor himself was the only man there to oversee the work. Witness was supposed to do a certain amount of work in a day, but during the absence of the sub-contractor he could loaf. UNDER LUCAS’ INSPECTON, Under the preceding contract vacant spaces were left over the key of the arch in the Champlain avenue shaft under Lucas’ in- spection, O’Brien generally sat on the acea at the springing line and/ was present most of the time, but not con- stantly. Witness was in Topeka just before coming here, and came at the urgent summons of Palmer, the sub-contractor, who sent a letter and a telegram. HOW THE ENGINEERS WERE HOOD-WINKED. On redirect examination the witness testified that there were some cavities over the arch 10 feet high. The bad work was concealed whenever the engineer came. The work- men were notified that the engineer was coming by ‘the inspector, who was told by Kirlin. Fully two hours’ notice was given. Holes were eft in almost every other arch, sometimes being left on each one in succession, Such a hole as that he previously described—20 feet long—could not be covered up in two hours. As soon as Kendall received word of the engineer’s approach he continued work as before. The only time that O’Brien told the packers to do good work was when Lieut. Townsend was com- ing, then each stone was laid in cement. Witness never assisted in concealing any bad work from the engineers. chief inspector got on the platform but once or twice. He could have discovered the cavities if he wanted to. There was no effort to conceal the bad work. from him under the present contract; greater activity was shown under the preceding con- tract. No brick masonry or bulkheads were ever built above the arch, LUCAS RECALLED, Inspector Lucas was recalled. He did not know how bad work could have been done un- der his inspection except during his absence. It was not possible for the packers to omit any considerable number of centers without Lucas’ knowledge. He did uot know of any spaces being left. It was possible for much bad work to be done during his absence; he had sometimes thought that bad work was being done, but he was not altogether sure. He sometimes detected workingmen try- ing to cover little holes when the eng neer came, but did not think the matter important enough to speak to Lieut, Townsend about. “Have Lever ordered any work done under you to be torn down?” asked Lieut Townsend. “No, sir;” was the reply. “Have 1 ever objected to any work under you?” “I don’t remember that you have.” “Have I ever called your attention to any bad work?” “No, I don’t remember of such a case.” At 2:15 the court adjourned to meet at 11 o'clock to-morrow, when the contracts and specifications will be examined. Among the spectators during the day were ms jor Lydecker, Gen. Rucker, and Gen. Mac- eely. Shee Se, THE SACK LE SENSATION. AStatement Expected this Afternoon.’ It is expected that a statement with relation to the Lord Sackville matter will be given to the Press at 4 o'clock. Meanwhile absolute silence on the subject has been maintained by the State Deparment. The matter was talked over between the President and Secretary Bayard at the White House for « long time to-day, but not one word as to what had been decided upon, or what had been heard from Minister Pheips, would be disclosed, WHAT Is IT? Vague Rumors of a Coming Political Sensation. The air is full of vague rumors this after- noon of some surprisingly clever political moves to be made, or some startling information to be divulged. Just what is at the bottom of it no one seems able to say, nor to give any sub- stantial reason for the reports. The Cabinet had a long session to-day, and it is presumed that the fisheries and other im- ortant matters were discussed, Reports that e President contemplates issuing a proclama- tion enforcing the retaliation act of 1887 with- out waiting for further provocation from Canada, is not credited, though it is more than probable that any provocation would call for prompt action, 2 It is reported that there is to be a sensa- tional statement made public by democrats, brag the loyalty of the republican candi- ite for Vice-President, — A Wicked Woman Physician. CONVICTED OF CAUSING THE DEATH OF AGIRL BY A CRIMINAL OPERATION, El Shea while performing a criminal ration upon her, to three years in the house of correction, one of solitary confinement, and a fine of @600 and costs. This is the maxi- mux penalty, ——.___ A ene Flies to Canada. Burvato, N. Y., Oct. 30.—Hei F. Abers, a coal and lumber dealer of this city, has gone’to under a cloud, hay obtained money f ———____ Who is Murchison ? FORTHER SPECULATION 48 TO THE AUTHOR OF THE at ne DAL eis a circumstantial dispatch about the Sackville letter from Los Angeles, It says that the trap wag aid, by & group, of Pomona republicans rth Jo . Moses Brent, the defendant, took the to-day. Hos stated that he was 19 years of and was employed at Child's brick-yard; he knew Parker and Sadie Adams. While ker was at sea he (witness) went with and on er’s return from said he had been. informed that witness keeping his woman and threat kill him. Parker said to him the night be that Thomas had told him about witness the girl going ther, amd said that if didn't keep out of the way he would kill him. On New Year's eve on witness and he ran away. ker threatened him he gave up ing | with the girl. On the hight of the homicide he | went out to Skelly’s at 9 o'clock. Geo. | Thomas called him out, and he walked out with | him. When they reached the corner of the fence | Parker ran out and said: “You— of a—, | T’ve been to see Sadie about you, and the only Way we can settle it is to fight, and the one | who whips she'll marry.” A girl called witness from across the street, and he answered, when Parker said: “If you move a step, I’ll cut your d— heart out,” drawing something out of his pocket, which witness thought was a case fe. Witness picked up a piece of brick, and Parker advanced on him, when he (witness) threw the brick, but it missed, and that when Parker was advano- ing on him he struck him with a brick. He threw it believing that he was in danger of his life. Parker was so close on him that witness could not get away. The other Pare. meeene | Thomas and Ned Gordon—were then urging Parker to “Go ahead and give it to him as you | said you would do.” When witness struck | Parker he knocked him over the bank. Saw Sadie Adams afterward and told her of the difficulty, and she asked him to go home with | her, but he refused, fearing that he would be struck with a stone. Witness did not learn how bad Tobe was hurt till Monday morning, and he then went to the station and gave himself | aH ‘WAITING FOR A VERDICT. The judge charged the jury, explaining the | definitions of murder, manslaughter, and justi- | fiable homicide, and they retired at 2.50 o'clock. District Government A@airs. PAVING OF NEW YORK AVENUE. The Commissioners have notified the Eck- ington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad through their president, Mr. George Truesdell, that as they intend to pave New York avenue, between ith street and New Jersey avenue, they desire to know the wishes of the ey respecting the paving of that portion of said highway lying between the track of the road. NO LAW IN THE CASE. The Commissioners have lately received a Petition from the butter dealers in the western market calling their attention to the occupancy of a stall by Mr. L. Eiker for the sale of butter in defiance of their late orders, The petition- ers add that they consider the use of such stall 4s a violation of the rights and privileges pur- chased by them from the District of Columbia. The matter was referred to the police with in- structions to enforce the law, but nothing was | done with Mr. Eiker, as there was no law under | which he could be convicted. The matter has been referred to Attorney Riddle for report. EXTENSION OF CONNECTICUT AVENUE. The Commissioners have received a protest from the attorney for Max Lansburgh against the opening of Columbia road or Connecticut avenue extended through the property of Mr. Lansburgh, that does not contemplate a rec- ompense to him in money for the damages that | would thereby be intlicted on his property. Any entrance on this land, the protest con- tinues, will be resisted according to law. THE LIQUOR LICENSE WAR has opened in earnest, and upward of a hun- | dred protests have been filed with the Com- | missioners against the issuance of the greater | part of the six hundred and twenty-six appli- cations that have been received "Pp to the present time. The Commissioners have had two clerks detailed on the work of classifying, and now all the applications for licenses ina | certain square are connected together, oo Moore was busy with the Commissioners thi morning going over the applications and pre- paring them for the final action by the board, which takes place in a few days, BUILDING PERMITS were issued to-day as follows: Edward Woltz, four brick dwellings, from 1252 to 1258 2d street southeast, $3,500; Charles Dietz, one brick dwelling, at 9 C street northwest, $2,800; Chas. J. Noble, one frame gga on the 7th street | road, $800; C. R. Cook, one bri and F streets northwest, $100. MISCELLANEOUS, Auditor Petty is confined to his home by a severe case of pleurisy. > Importing a Doctor. NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN BY THE GARFIELD HOSPITAL BOARD, No action has been taken yet by the board of managers of the Garfield Hospital on account | of the complaint referred to recently in Tue Star that the employment of Dr. Hutton, a citizen of Canada, as resident physician, was contrary to the law forbidding the importe- tion of labor, Dr. Hutton is expected here in a few days to assume the duties | of the position to which he has been elected by the board. A Srar reporter was informed to-day oie member of the board that it was not likely any further action would be taken unless occasion arose, such as an attempt to have the board indicted for violating the law. He did not think the law would hold in this case. i rls : | Fit on EE ant Local Notes. An exemplified copy of the will of Chas. T. Pierson, of Rockland County, N. ¥., has been filed here. Frank Nolan was drunk and disorderly near ‘7th street and Pennsylvania avenue to-day, and = —— arrested — awe the arrival of the trol wagon nearly a ousand persons had collected. ~~ See Saag eee Tae Present to-day requested Commo- dore Harmony to take immediate steps to res- cue the whalers now imprisoned in the ice in Arctic regions on the Pacific coast. Bonps Accerrep.—The Secretary of the Treasury this afternoon accepted $286,000 bonds as follows: 43¢ per cents $150,000, $3,000, 100,006, $6,000, $20, 00, all ‘at 10834; 43¢ per cent coupon, $4,000, $8,000, at 10834. RANGE OF THE were the readings at the Signal Office to-day ‘ re the . a.m., 47; 2 p.m., 55; maximum, 55; minimum, 48, —S—— ii i e 3 | District | Acity ick office, at 14th | €9 59, Eee EE i ? 3 z & , providing all the accom: ut encroaching u) high point, two wide avenues there are many things to commend it. courts and District government offices be near together and all the branches vernment would be centered : oye be, and usually 4 the “4 lor assemblages, The wi: front of the court-house and the wide evemens and streets make this an excellent place for forming parades or for out-door ond Mr. Larner said that he expected that fF i otek fel | sentatives of the Committee of One Hi | and the District Commissioners improvements, erally satisfactory. Speak: vision of the city, the echokale was just about what he would have recommended, ex- cept that he would have included Vermont avenue from § street to the Boundary. THE COMING PRIZE FIGHT. Duffy and McMillan Weighed--The Gon- test to Take Place Before To-mor- row. Among the sporting fraternity of Washing- ton the chief topic of interest for several weeks past has been the prize fight between McMillan, of Washington, and Duffy, of Bos- ton. After the fight between McMillan and Lally, which was reported in Tux Stam at the time, there was talk of another battle between the two men. But later on McMillan and Lally combined forces, and it was determined to challenge Duffy, who claimed to be the light-weight champion. Finally negotiations were entered upon and terms were made. It was agreed that the fight should take place in the vicinity of Washington within six weeks, and the for- feits were put up. Since the articles were signed McMillan has been in training at Holta- man’s, on the —— side of the Potomac above Washington, with Lally, his late antagonist. as trainer. Duffy has also been in diligent train- ing. He arrived in Washington several days ago, and to-day the two men were weighed. MeMillan weighed 14234 pounds, and Duffy 137 unds. They were weighed in presence of eir backers and trainers. Under the terms of agreement they are to fight at 140 pounds each, give and take 2 pounds. THEY FIGHT TO-NIGHT. The fight is to take place to-night or early to-morrow morning within a few miles of Wash- ington. It is to be with skin-tight gloves, and already a good many bets have been made on the result. Duffy is accompanied by a crowd of Boston friends who are backing him heavily, while the Washington people generally’ seem to be backing McMillan. The general public is not to be permitted to witness the fight. Tickets are sold an@ each purchaser is advised where and what time to catch the train or boat for the fight. roe who have seen both the men predict that it will be a hotly contested and bloody fight. ad —____ Sales of Real Estate. Mina J. Little has bought for @14,200 of @ W. Cochran sub 76, sq. 242, 22 by an average depth of 9% feet, on the east side of 14th street, between N street and Rhode Island avenue northwest. Oliver H. Reed has bought for $4,550 of Chas. W. Zeiber, sub. 33, sq. 507, 1644 by 90 feet, on south side of Rhode Island avenue, between New Jersey avenue and Boun street northwest. B. F. Queen has bought of W. P. Bradley for $4,300, lot 22 and part 21, square 733, 19 by 1193¢ feet, and small strip ad- — on C street, “between ist and 2d south- eas! Thomas G. Hensey has recently made the fol- lowing sales of real estate: House No. 2208 12th street northwest; lot 199, square 271, to W. R. Soddard, for €2,500; house No. 418 ‘Ist street northwest, lot 39, square 571, for $8,300; house No. 204 F street northeast, lot 90, square 753, to David Parker; lot 24, block 20, Meridian Hill, to A. M. Rogers and P. H. McCartley, W. C. Duval bas sold to Hannah Davall o two-story and basement brick dwelling, corner 34 and E strocts northeast, in square 780, for The Security Investment Co. has sold to Dr, Wilcox, U. 8. A.. lots 8 and 9, block 30, Brook- land, for $750 cash. O. F. Presbrey has —— of F. M. Green for $5,250 lot 17, block 9, and lot 18, block 17, Me- ridian Hill. Thos. A. Mitchell has bought of 8. D. Webb for $34,500 part lot 20, square 79, 433¢ by 70 feet, west side 2ist street, between G and H streets northwest, 19, equare 20 by 98 feet 83¢ inches on F betwees 6th sod | 7th ‘streets northwest; parts 150 and 151 B. & H.'s add. to Washington, 25 feet on 33d street, and house 1306 on 3d street southeast. T. A. Mitchell has bought of 8. D. Webb for 5,500 sub lot 109. block 29, C.’s sub lot 118, L.'s sub Long Meadows, lots 9 to 11 Whitestown, lot 47 K.’s sub, and 108 Waggaman's sub Long Mead- ows. Emily N. McGuire has bought for €21,000 of Christopher E. Hawley part jot $1, square 187, 2,656 square fect. To Open the Night Schools. The school board will to-night order the opening of night schools as soon after the ist of November as possible. The appropriation for night schools this year is $5,000, the same as last year. Out of this sum last year ten night schools were maintained, six white and four colored. Superintendent Powell if the funds will admit, to open a Et cohol in a central location of a higher than the —___ Marziace Licrnses.—Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to Ed- mond a Pettus and Lelia Belle Sto both of Richmond, Va; Jas. L. Collins and Annie O. Halloran. i ga t. L Washington, Da iie aes Galleber, formerly af Vissi: a ue Teaidence of e280 [weet tuass at Lhe ot Bight x orthe Fath eduees lt, at 8 0 Meine na ne Suit wie Ye Thomas Bectresen. i