Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1889, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Gorer Peansyivania Ave. and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, & BH. KAUFFMANN, Pres’ - ——— ‘Tne Evewrwe Stax is served to subscribers in she city by carrera, on their own acconnt, at 10 cents per week. or d4c. per month. Copies at the counter, 2 cents exch. By ms ~ A pad—S0 cents s month, one year, #6. six months, $.!. (Ftered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C, ae cond class mail iaatter | jertising made known on application. ening Star, WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1889. SPECIAL NOTICES. _ <qa>, THE MEMBERS OF LEBAN: re SPECIAL NOTICE S. ap i i ae ROCHDALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. t 7 o'clock fraterually invited to be are informed that th @ <=, WE Wish To Bop cartels thanks to T their sy inrethy whi iu our late beres of F, Gollink, ofurmerly lived at 1: THE MOl YERS, ATTENTION <q => STOCKHOLDERS: br be in possession of the new card and list or they will not be recognized. Apply at ouce at the resi- the coming races of Csshi-room, Tre’y. c—<— oF eau Stat. 4th Aud. office. ott will retire. - Partners in Washington ouly. GL. 0. Very respectfuily, “Treasury Dept. w p ELL LOB ITT, having associated with him Mr. TOT T (sonof the late Mr. Jobu E will continu « Preasury Dept, under the firm name of w Aber. ‘apea-1ut - P piace for MEETING OF wental Hall, 13% Pa. ave. u. w.,at7:30 p.m., April . tm 3 JAS. We MaRS 3 AND_EL SIAN BATH finest this side of New York. Sunday) for Ladies and Gentle- beneficial this time EGANT TURKISH ar YG STN. men. of year. Nigh ECIAL ton,C to Brightwood avemie, the Com siovers of the District of Columbia have had the rou Jat thereof prepared and filed in thi In compliance with nw notice is hereby i roposed opening of the hizhway aforesaid, the p rr ea New "Bridw WIS J. COLLIE Prop handsome tor hit apzo-Im* FOUR N DING WILL NEED _ Boe OCH NEW be GAS FIXTUR n EY, CHAS. W. RAY of the District of Columbia, pot th iis hereoy itidett K, President. Call on CHA: New Goods Guaranteed, and properly hung.ap?0-3m => S. 5. SHEDD & BRO. ally im A the La ND SETTEES. ECONOMY GAS RANGES FOR SUMMER COOKING. + ut, showing full fare paid coming here, iiust be sigued by me to secure one-third rates return: W. D. CABELL, Chairman, ap20 Vth st. nw. 3. reat. .UMNI ANY $ D ids of the University of Virginia are ex- i meeting at Unb’ ON LODGE, . M..are requested to attend = ion of the lodge on WEDNESDAY . Brethren present. D. G. DIXON. Secretary. EXPRESS OUR MOST dhe feieads and ae BOOKS AND STATIONERY... ment, (the equested to attend the next reg- KIDAY, APR. Fair Association may obtain their tickets for | pHUCATIONAL. Room 1, So7A THOMPSON, Treasurer, oom 1, No. 6 Penns’ ia ave. D _ap23-3t Central National Bank Bulldiag. To our correspondents—The co} itherto 0. Dept. gxisting having been, dissolved ‘oy tne death of Me. h Aud. office, john Elliott, we beg to announce that ou a 2 . 56 Wail street, New York city, will be discontinued | FOR RE: from and after May 1, 1889. FOR that date, at hig own request, Mr. Alexander | pop @ business will be carried on by the remaining | FOR SALE (Lots), LS. May 1, 1889, Mr. ALEXANDER | HOUSEFU From and after May ae elliott» winess at No, 6 Wall street, New York, | LADIE: TH EPUB- | MARRIAG: lican Association will be held at Monn- e is sons Who have objections to present thereto are n to attend at this office at 12 o'clock im. on TH, ARTIST. tio in Washington. Call and see speci- ments taken if de until 8 p.m, apd TAXES DUE PRIOK can be settied =- > GENERA ~ Ts » fro ‘or monthly p: ith and Mass. ave. Oj AT A DISCOUNT, ALLEN C. CLARK, a __ 605 Gee A505 FoR nese, CITY OR COUNTRY. W. G. METZEROTT & CO, 1110 Fst. nw + APRIL 1 F st. n. we goods for the Summer months. imost easy to endure Cheviet Shirts for outing and tennis is now as attrac. tive as it has ever been. We have paid especial atten: tion to Windsor scarfs and washabl: of wide stripes and silk sashes to match lend a beauti pS-tu,law WASHIN GTON of the the day’ of ele FRANCIS B.MOHUN, See'y__ and choice goods; these we will tell you about later, ee CAUTION ¥F. GRAVELY & SUNS’ FINEST CHEWING TOBACCO IS STAMPED ON EACH PLUG, SEVEN ‘TIMES, H. F. WOODARD & €0., SHIRT MAKERS, 15th and F sés. now. VINDICATED. WASHING 10K, 4 ie between Mr. into the newspapers, ie Just as it occurrred. “B. F. GRAVELY SUPERIOR.” ALI. OTHERS A MR. BANK! TATIONS. apd- A AND KEY WEST ecial axent for investi wars, IVE BULLDIN S WN, D.C. vase This is what occurred, My en suow to the Secretary of Interior tha: ucter that Mr. Lee repreaente: . ter is pure ws that nly vindicated by men iu the Republican i {it} EDWARD <q=> THIS WEEK ONLY. 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Tue sbortest and best route to the I ity track is then: rth by lad property Washington 12th stree th th extended, thro sak y Grocer for WILSON WHISKY. THE ULMAN GOLDSBOROUGH CO, . Itisonly s walk from H street to | ; track over a brie sidewalk, aud for parties driving: Distillers, there isaconerete pavement to 12th and H streets | apé-tomy4 Baltimore Ma. | portheast, and # smooth, wide aud level road frou ___ | there to Ivy City. c apze-6t_ — eee Bae 1 | => DISSOLUTI SOPARTNERSHIP. _.,3 . ‘The partnership heretof: e existing between Richard | maior and Yu H. Willet and Frank Libbey, trading as WILLET & ae LIBBEY, Lumber Merchants. is this day dissolved by anc wautual ebusent, Mr. KH. Wallet retiring from the and de * rin, — Bi Buildine). R. H. WILLET, — FRANK LIBBEY. ~q=> KINGSLEY Biv'S CREAMERY Co. ts ELL YOU THT BUTTER, BUTTERM BEST MILK, CREAM, ILK AND COLTAGE E &c stand, © wetuber of the wld firm), Wm. M. K & MILLER. due the old firia ar payable to ua. Ce ~ FRANK LIBBEY, ur wavous = Le w M. BITrl t postble cur weg. BENJ. MILLEE. Beme on them, Be: the present we | sand none can EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F ST, ASSETS, $1,044,781.37. Pp in. We want tu gain cun- ‘by our deeds more than by words. ixsue. Subseri Office of the A: st ptions soca yinents sex J. OF H UTCHINSON, IMPORTER. RICH MILLINERY, HATS AND BONNETS. $2.50 per share. nefits, &e., will be furnished - 318 13th st, p. Hand N. H. H. Twombly... Lawrence Garduer.... Dr. Geo. W. Fisher Si General's ; urgeou r Hou, Ellis Spear, Solicitor of Patents, Equitable Bd a. Thos. B. Cruse, jts,-Lumber Dealer, Sth ste cor Mane, ‘The largest aud Guest assortment of Flowers ever we or eee tee he OELiited CHILDREN’S HATS. Lace Wraps in all Walking Jacket. Very latest novelties in Parasols. ape 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. PAIS WRAPS. Jet Wraps. The London lew Ger Tar Bese THESONCUKD HARNESS. i 3k: See ‘Secretary, NO. JOY EDSON, Secret _ Office hours, # to 4:50 pan. daily. + Hooe r - Gas Office, 10th ire, 1343s F st. n. LUTZ & BRO, 497 Peun. ave., sdjoiuing National Hotel. Trunks avd Satchels uf best makes at low prices, aia See, BEY FOUR COAL, CORE AND wood Rakeleee ih JOHNSON BROTHERS, £ ARR GOING TO SET THE TOWN wILp | thé leading firm in the Dietric __0p16-Om_ With vur Kemneuts: $10 00y worth Just iv from BRP los ees MAN'S DOU- CoMBANATION, 1 mye . KALE 241 aud 1243 Lith st ne. E Jou drive out to the races, you will need the uly as guballvied. Dy ‘ompany, direct to Ivy Free-hand sired, Ist* <g> WE NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO When hot weather is on us you will need light weights of Underwear and Hosiery, and such other thin goods as make summer Our assortment of Flannel and weckwear. Blazers | buyer writes from London he has secured many new Tim etter of endorsement for it A JANES. 8 by H street cars or herdics to 1th sireet east, aud ‘The above business will be continued at the old | W er Oth st. and New York ave, by Ry | Grady of inger uu Miller, under the firm naine of LIBBEY. LEK. We assume wil liabilities p OF STOCK. (THE 17TH.) Subscription Books are open for shares in the 17th and Payimeuts can be made at the on daity from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. plain the object of the Association, upon, we Drugs E: ts. e P 30i9 N u.w. F. Fuller Disbursing Oiticer, Aw'l, Dept. fred. Wy. Pratt..Fire aud Life lus. Avt., Sun Building. Howard ave., Mt. Pleasant. Endow't Life,419 10th n.w. 's Office. "w. | which communication can be had ‘sik: | tain ‘and setistac- ~_ apls-lw —_<> FOR BRIGHT, QUICK FIRE AND ¢ | BS CEES TULL ey astinwien Gan tint | Cotarginy's Coke Seats pang Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements, AMUSEMENTS ... Pace 8 ATTORN' Pare 7 AUCTION SALES. Pace 6 BOARDING. Page 3 Page 6 BUSINESS CHANCES. --Page 2 Page 6 Page 8 Paxe 3 Page 3 Page 5 : Page 7 ¢ GOODS .. --Page 7 Page 3 and 6 Page 8 Page 7 Page 7 Page 2 2 an T (MIscELLANgov: RENT (Srapies). SALE (Hovs: INSUR. * GOOD: LOCAL MENTIO: LOST AND FOUND. MEDICAL... N AD ON AS AVANT ad Gs wo OF ADE PEELPEEREROET ET avery POTOMAC RIVER BOA PIANOS AND ORGA: ate 6 Paxe 6 Page 6 Page 6 Page 1 Page 2 Page 6 -D (Country Boarv) Page 2 D (HELP), Puse 2 D (Houses), Page 2 TED (Lots)... Page 2 D (SITUATIONS)... - Page 2 WANTED (Misceutax Pago 2 Wouv AND COAL. Page 7 Government Receipts To-pay.—Internal rey- nue, $27! 78,448; evstoms, $624,753. To-Day'’s Boxp Orreninos aggregated $265.- 000, as follows: Registered 43 $1,000 at 129, $1.500 at 129; 3500 at 130; registered 42/8 $12, 000 at 108, and $250,000 at 108, Tne Commanpaxt of the marine corps has been requested to detail a guard for duty on the Kearsarge, to replace the guard of the Talla- poosa, which is performing temporary duty on the Kearsarge, Parents have been issued to the citizens of the District as follows: John H. Howlett, sur- veyor’s corner stake: John McFarlane, hy- draulie dredging machine; John W. Osborne, printing machine, Postace Stamp Ac: ‘Thomas A. H. Hay, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed postage- stamp agent in New York city ata salary of ‘acob H. Dimmick removed. Mr. »mber of a large dry goods firm in He was in the same class in col- 1 ison, and was also asso- assay office at Helena, lege with Russe! ciated with him in the Mont. Tue Ivrerstate Commence Cosnmsston have notified ali the principal railroads of the coun- try over which oil is shipped that they are likely to be affected by the questions presented the complaint of G orge Rice against the i, Washington and Baltimore railroad nd that such of them as desire to intervene or be heard in these proceedings Will be furnished a copy of Rice’s complaint, Army REetinemeNr axp Promotions.—Col. David L. Magruder, surgeon, was to-day placed on the retired list of the army, having reached the age of sixty-four ye This will. cause the promotion of Lieut.-Col. Edw. P. Vollum to be colonel, Major Webster Wa: n to be lieutenant-colonel. Capt. J. Victor De Hanne to be major, First Lieut. Chas, B, Ewing (now on daty at the barracks here) to be captain, and will leave a vacancy in the list of assistant surgeons with the rank of first lieutenant to be filled by the President by appointment from civil life. Yommander Wm. H. Bransford and Chief NavaL Oxpexs.—Licut. Parke: Surgeon J. F. ieut. L. K. Reynolds ordered, as in- speetor of steel. at Pittsburg. Asst. Surg. Stitt ordered to temporary duty in the f medicine and surgery. “Lieut. Wal- . Cowles detached from ihe Washington y-yard and ordered to the Kearsarge, Lieut. H. W. Harrison detached as steel ine spector at Pittsburg and ordered to the Iro- quois, Ma: Lieut. Jesse M, Roper detached from the naval ac th inst., and ordered | to torpedo instruction, May 1. Lieut. James | M. Oliver di d from the naval ordnance proving 9th inst., and ordered to tor- Chas, | pedo instruction, May i, Lieut, A. | Clarke detached from the Independence and |ordered to the Iroquois, Ensign Wm. B. Fletcher detached from steel inspection duty at Pittsburg, May 12, and ordered to the Iro- quois. Asst. Surg. Geo. B, Wilson detached from the Mare Island naval hospital May 17, and ordered to the Iroquois, Passed-Asst. Eng. Jno. L. Hannum detached from the Nor- | folk navy-vard, May 5, and ordered to the Iro- quois, May 15, Personat.—The Vice-President and Mrs. Morton, Edw. B, Hilton, A. W, Wilkinson, and Jos, Mattison of New York, and J. L. Keck of Philade eg are at the Normandie.—Wm. H. Tweddell of South Orang: N. J., J. E. Tucker of Jacksonville, Fla., N. P, Hill of Denver, A. L. Ordeau of Duluth, Minn., W. E. Woodwell of Pittsburg, and Aug. $. Junod of New York are at the Arlington.——Lawrence Maxwell of | Cincinnati is at Welcker’s,—Chas. G. Curtis and H. Jones of New York and D. W. Morey of Philadelphia are at Wormley’s. W. C. Fessenden of Boston, J. Casper ‘and M. eland, 8, F, Crosman of Swamp- scott, Mass., B. M. Long of Cordova, Ala., and ‘fT. M. B. Cross of New York, are at Willard’s, ——C. R. Palmer of New York, James White and Hon. H. Glenn, jr., of Buffalo, are at the Arno.——John P, Wells, W, H. Jaques, L. 8. Howland and L. M. Salmois of New York, R. W. Simmons of New Orleans, and D, Martin of Philadelphia, are at the Riggs.——Chas, G. Burke and C. Y. Schuyler of New York, B. Stocker of the army, Creighton Churchill of the navy. J. G. Price of Denver, Ira C. Kilburn and J. W. Hawk of Newark, Chas. G. Goff of Clarkesburg, Va., and F, R. Morgan, jr., of Ohio, are at the Ebbitt. No More Troops Needed at Oklahoma. Gen. Geo, Crook, commanding the depart- ment of the Missouri, has transmitted to the War department the report of Gen. Merritt, at Ok- | lahoma station, that he will probably need no more troops, as he is sure the show of force will prevent trouble. He is also of the opinion that the newspaper stories are, and probably will continue to be, exaggerated. He reports much confusion on the line of the railroad, but says he has established a line of couriers be- tween Oklahoma station and Fort — by cer- Interior Department Changes. Adolph Erdman, of Missouri, a $1,600 clerk in the pension office, has resigned, Schuyler Duryee will enter upon his duties as chief clerk of the Patent office on May 1, Su the Gas Com for $10,000 ing the emapeny $10, In Circuit Court, division 2, Justice Mont- gomery, the case of Edwin J. Ryan against the Washington Gaslight company is on trial— Messrs. Campbell Carrington and Irving Will- iamson for the tiff and H. R. Webb and E. Davis for the defendant. The plain- tiff claims $10,000 damages, alleging that by reason of his falling over « gas-box in front of No. 813 @ street northwest, on September 25, 1887, his right arm was so es as to weaken itand render him incapable of learning the trade of plate printer, which accident, he ea ans ped due to the negligence of the de- 1 fe t, and not because of any carelessness on his part, THE NATIONAL GUARD. Gen. Ordway’s Order Reorganizing the Different Companies, &c. Gen. Albert Ordway to-day issued an impor- tant order, general order number 9, which recognizes the National Guard of the District in a very complete manner. In the first place the following changes in the designations of the battalions are ordered: The first battalion to retain its present designation; the second battalion changed to the fourth; the third bat- | talion changed to the fifth; the fourth bat- | talion changed to the second; the sixth bat- talion changed to the seventh; and the seventh battalion changed to the eighth. Company A, of the existing second battalion, will be divided into four companies, and trans- ferred to constitute the third battalion. Com- ny B, of the existing third battalion, is trans- ferred to be company A of the new fourth battalion. Company D, of the existing third battalion, is changed to company B of the new fifth battalion. Companies nd C, of the ex- isting second battalion. will be disbanded, Companies C and D, of the existing sixth battalion, will be consolidated with companies and of the same battalion, so that the new seventh battalion will consist of two companies. Companies B and D of the existing seventh battalion will be consolidated with companies A and C of the same, and the designation of company C is changed’ to com- pany B, so that the new eighth battalion will consist of two companies, ‘The company now known as the Washington Rifles is assigned as company D, fifth battalion. The sixth Gattalion will be organized to con- sist exclusively of companies formed in the exe- cutive departments, The company known as the Post-Office and Interior Guards will be as- signed as company A, and that now known as the Treasury Guards is assigned as company of the sixth. The first, second and third battalions will constitute the first regiment. The fourth, fifth and sixth battalions will constitute the second regiment, while the seventh and eighth bat- talions will remain as separate battalions, The annual muster rolls, to be made on April 30, will be in accordance with the new organi- zation and designations AN ILLEGAL PRACTICE. Notification Sent to Assistant Assessor ‘Wm. Morgan by the Commissioners. The Commissioners were recently notified that aclerk in the assessor's office was in the habit of receiving money in pay- ment of tax certificates. The mat- ter was investigated and it became known that Mr. Wm. Morgan, the assistant assessor was the clerk referred to, and that the money he had been in the habit of receiving was that accruing from the payment of collection certificates of unpaid taxes. Thi money Mr. Morgan kept until several dollars had accumulated, when he turned it over to the collector of taxes, The certificates in question cost 50 cents each and were prepared under the supervision of Mr. Morgan. Ws ‘This practice was in violation of la the Commissioners’ order of March 30, 1836, which provided that no District ofticer other than the collector of taxes was permitted to accept money due the District on any account. ‘To-day the following letter was e SENT TO MR. MORGAN. “It has come to the knowledge of the Com- missioners that you have been in the habit of receiving the fees charged for collection certificates of — unpaid taxes. Iam directed by the Commissioners to notify you that such practice must cease at once, and to instruct you to immediately trans- fer to the collector of taxes, with a satisfactory statement thereof, all moneys that have been received by you on said account, and not here- tofore deposited with the collector.” INVESTIGATION. A letter was also sent to Assessor Williams with instructions to investigate and report. This was done to-day.the assessor replying that it was a practice originating with the passage of the act providing for the issue of the rtifi- cates. He said that there was no authority or r n for continuing the practice, but on the contrary it was unlawful, Mr. Morgan, when questioned by a Srar reporter, said that there was nothing wrong in his accounts. It was a custom that had been in vogue since 1879, and he did not know it was a violation of lw and of — ae RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. It May Not Come Under Civil-Service Rules on May 1. It is probable that the President will b asked to extend the time when the ci rules will apply to the railway mail service. Under the present order after May 1 all ap- pointments to the service must be made through the civil-service commission and under its regulations. More than three-fourths of the employes were removed during the past administration and their places supplied by others, A large proportion of the men re- moved are valuable employes, and as fast as practicable they are being restored to their old places, but all the changes of this character will not be made before the Ist of May, for lack of time. After that date a large number of the former employes will be excluded from rein- statement, as they have been more than a year out of the service. “For this reason it is di #ble to extend the time when the civil-service rules will go into effe Ls FIGHTING MEDICAL STUDENTS. One of them Struck with a Piece of Iron and Badly Hurt. Last night there was a lively time at the medical department of the National university, corner of 8th and K streets northwest. The ex- amination of the students was in progress and it is said that one of them was accused of steal- ing notes, From this a dispute arose and fin- ally there was a lively scrimmage in which it is alleged that Charles H. English was struck with a piece of iron and badly hurt. Subse- quently, English went before Jussice Wilson and swore out a warrant charging Dr. John A. Daly with assault. The warrant charges that: “John A. Daly, witha certain blunt instrument which the said Daly, in his hands, then and there had and held, did make an assault upon him, Charles H. English, with the intent then and there feloniously, wilfully and of his mal- ice aforethought, to kill and murder him, said Charles H. English.” Harry Cockerille and Drs. Jesse B. Rutherford and Kalopinski are named on the warrant as witnesses. The war- rant was served by Policeman Barney. In the Police Court this morning, the case was con- tinued indefinitely on account of the injuries sustained by Dr. English. ph ear oe 2 The way to advertise is to put your announcement where it will be seen by the people you want to reach. THE Stan reaches everybody in Washington, and all advertise- tisements in its columns are regularly and carefully read by all members of the house- hold. ———+e+___ The Death Record. During the twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day deaths were reported to the health office as follows: John R. Mediey, white, 30 years; Susana F. Kee, white, 72 years; Mar- garet L. Meinekhein, white, 3 years; Olevia Bradley, colored, 11 years; Thos. Webb, col- ored, 5 months; Thos. Alexander, col months; Bongias Banks, colored,’ 2 — John W. Hall, colored: 2 months; Mury Bow- man, colored, 20 years; Herbert Bradford, col- ored, 1 year; Bessie Wright, colored, 1 year. Marataoe Licenses.—] been issued by the clerk bry reteyeg rhe] B ee New York city, and Dorothy W. Phillips; Paul P. Demarzo and Mary E. Swart- zenbach; Wm. Newland and Avgusta Mann, pode ochre TWO CENTS. Telegrams to The Star. WAS THE DANMARK UNSEAWORTHY? The Startling Story of a Passenger. —— STRANGE SIGHTS IN OKLAHOMA A CITY MADE IN AN AFTERNOON. SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST U. 8 OFFICIALS. Another Negro Lynched in Virginia. Se THE DANMARK’S MACHINERY. A Report that it was Known to be in Bad Shape Before She Sailed. New York, April 23.—Those of the Dan- mark’s passengers who were shipped via Penn- sylvania railroad from Philadelphia for New York, sixty odd, after midnight last night, ar- rived here in due time this morning. They were not required to pass through Castle Gar- den for inspection, the authorities at Philadel- phia having made ‘all necessary examinations. Most of the passengers who came here de parted for their homes, or the homes of their friends in this city, Brooklyn and vicinity. A few whose destinations were elsewhere were taken tothe hotel Danmark at No. 84 Green- wich street, IMPORTANT STATEMENT OF A PASSENGER. Olaf Wiegiun was one of the few English- speaking people im the party. He is a florist, and has been in America before. In conversa- tion with a reporter this morning he made a statement which has not yet appeared in print in connection with the casualty, He was told that his remarks were very important and detrimental to the steamship company, but he adhered to his statement. e said that before the accident occurred—the date he could not recall, but thought it was the Ist or 2d of April—one of the Norwegian immigrants told him that he had overheard a conversation im the officers’ quarters. One of the ship's officers had said to the others in the apartment that he thought the vessel would never reach New York. HER MACHINERY WAS IN BAD ORDER and had not received the care it should have received before the steamer sailed. Her pumps were broken, and, in case of an acci- dent, would be found of little service in throw- ing out the sea. ‘I’m afraid the Danmark,” the officer is reported to have said, ‘will meet the fate of the Geiser.” The Geiser was a vessel of the same line sunk off Nov otia by a collision with the Thing- | valla about a year ago. TWO SLIGHT FIRES ON THE DANMARK. Wieglund further said that the vessel's coal- boxes were on fire on two occasions before her machinery gave out. The first fire occurred about 1 o'clock on the night of the 29th of March and the second about 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon of the following day. The passe gers heard of both fires, and showed more un- easiness over the comparatively slightaccidents than when the vessel became. totally disabled. Wiegiund was loud in his praise of the captain and crew of the steamer Missouri which res- cued the Daninark’s passengers, BALTIMORE WILL HONOR CAPT, MURRELL. Batrmwore, April 23.—Arrangements have been made by Baker, Whitely & Co., the gen- eral agents of the Atlantic transport line. which owns the Missouri, and a number of prominent citizens to give a reception to Capt. Hamilton Murrell, of the Missouri, the rescuer of the passengers of the Danmark on his arrival at this city. Tugs have been chartered and a | distinguished party will go down the bay to meet him. reach ‘The Missouri is expected to Baltimore on Friday or saturday next. LYNCHIN: Swift Vengeance Overtakes the Colored Assailant of a Young Lady. VIRGINIA. a Special Dispatch to THE NG STAR. Lyxcugpere, Va., April 23.—A special re- ceived here this morning from Halifax Court- House reports the lynching last night at that | place of a negro, charged with an atroucious | assault upon a young lady of that village. The ult was committed yesterday and vengeance followed quickly. —>—_—_— THE GOSSIP OF LONDON. Curiosity to See Boulanger—John Ifor- ley and the Eight-Hour Day. Special Cable Dispatch to Tae EVENING Star. | Lowpos, April 23.—Lord Randolph Church- ill’s letter to Chamberlain portends future trouble in the unionist camp. Boulanger is expected to-night from Ostend. Curiosity is the predominant feeling toward him here. The team-car men’s strike in Vienna and Minneapolis are watched with keen interest ere. John Morley spoke last night sympathet- ically of the cight-hours day if achieved by the union and not by legislation. ‘The holiday averse suspended business and politics. Aaa Caird’s new novel appears on Thurs- ys THE NEW YORK’S HOMELESS. Gov. Hill Vetoes the Bill Intended to Save the Polo Grounds. New Yor, April 23,—The New York Base Ball club is homeless. Gov. Hill to-day vetoed the bill, recently passed by the legislature, to prevent the cutting of streets through the Polo grounds. The struggle between the property-holders in the vicinity of the Polo grounds and the friends of base ball has been going on for about two years and the lovers of sport have so far been able to prevent the cutting up of the grounds of the New York club, but the action of the governor to-day ends the struggle, and the property- holders are finally victorious. The managers of the New York club felt sure that they could prevent the destruction of their grounds, and accordingly have made no arrangements looking toward new grounds. They have the choice between Staten Island and the Jersey flats, gat ne TR BURNED BY LEGITIME. The Haytian Town of Petite Revere Reported Destroyed. New Yorx, April 23.—Capt. Miller, of the steamer Caroline Miller, which arrived this morning from Cape Haytien, reports that the forces of Legitime burned and destroyed the town of Petite Revere on the 7th inst. Pe 8. tt and Peck! of the U. Perecight ples of a were Passengers on the Caroline ro GALA DAY AT ANNAPOLIS. Weather Lovely, the City Crowded and the Trades Display a Success. handsomely decorated, and the streets are crowded with strangers. All classes of Ravel Aosdoeny ahd Gee Men band javi the formed two of 1 veeutifal dioel of the occasion. There will be a display of fire- EVERY MAN HIS OWN MOSES. How Boomers Rushed Wildly to Take Possession of the Promised Land, Ow Tur Ortawoma Bocnpary, April 23.— Lieut. Foster, who started the pilgrims Satur- day coming via the Arkansas City trail, esti- mates that at least 4,000 outtits and 10,000 peo- ple ranged along the border of his trail, started at the sound of the bugle. Lieut. Waite, nephew of the late Chief Justice Waite, started those entering at the Caldwell trail, and Col. Ware started those on the Hunnewell trail, he being in charge of this territory. Capt. Hays started those entering by the Black Bear trail, It seems likely a fairy story. but there is scarcely a doubt that from 20,000 or 30,000 entered by these trails, while the six trains that came in from Arkansas City to Guthrie brought at least 6,000 people. The wagon road runs within 100 yards cf the all the way. The Cimarron ford, on the Cimarron or Little Arkansas river, is just three-fourths of a mile from where the railroad crosses that stream, near the old site of Camp Russell. All along the route were to be seen deer, antelope, prairie chickens and quail, Two deer were within 10 rods of the train and at least 50 shots were fired at them from the car Windows and roof without effect. ‘THE MAD RUSH FOR CLAIMS. When the train crossed the last stream, Cot- tonwood creek, just before entering Guthrie, the passengers began jumping off and rushing up hill on the east side of the track toward the land office, where a town site is to be laid out. One fellow became so excited that he jumped through a car window, When the train stopped at Guthrie station fhere was an indiscriminate rush, men and boys running over each other to get to the land office first or squat on a claim, THE SCARCITY OF WATER will cause suffering until wells are dug. unless the water in Cottonwood creek can be filtered. An enterprising real-estate man had a carryall at the depot when the train arrived and offered to carry people to his lots over on the east side and sell lots ata doliar apiece. The crowd around the land office is too great to be numbered, and those who did not get in to file | their claims last night slept where they were in the line, to be on hand this morning. Two miles each way from Guthrie station town sites are staked off, and there was nota section between there and Alfred that did not have one or more quarter sections staked off. PEOPLE HERE ARE DUMBFOUNDED, and look at the vast muititude crowding into the country in silent wonder, Returning on the | train hundreds of prairie schooners were passed still winding their way to the promised land. As Guthrie was found aiready staked out when the first train got there, some ugly rumors were at once started reflecting on the United States officers and the officials of the Santa Fe road. Itisclaimed that the directors’ car of that road has been at Guthrie for several day and they, as well as the government officials, connived with men hiding in the brush on the west bottom, shielding them from the scrutiny of the soldi that those officials on both sides BAD THE TOWN ALL LAID ovT quietly and had an understanding with these brush-hiders, so they all rushed in and staked j off claims before any train arrived, although | the regular train from the south, which arrived about 12:45 p. m.. wa boomers. When it reached E) it laid there until 5, when a party of sur- | veyors got off. said to be railroad men. When | people at Edmunds saw this they rushed out and began staking off claims also. Persons who arrived on the r r train from the south say that hundreds of claims were staked out at Guthrie when they got there. A sixty-room | hotel will be shipped from Kansas City and | ready for business at Guthrie by Saturday. ——s LIKE A FAIRY CITY. How Guthrie Gained a Population of 15,000 in An Afternoon. Arkansas Crry, Kan.. April 23.—Fifteen thou- sand home-seekers are camped on the grassy upland of Guthrie, the pioneer city of Okla- | homa. Their camp-fires gieam in the darkness and their tents loom athwart the sky like an | wilderness, where the an’ jack rabbit flapped its ee AN ELECTION. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock the first munt- cipal election occurred. The election notice appeared im the Oklahoma Meraid, a daily paper published at Guthrie on the first day of ite existence. A council was elected at the same time. Nearly tn thousand votes were polled, as there sre about that many men in Guthrie with the intention of becoming citizens. The leading candidates for mayor were Adjutant Reice, of Niinois; Wm. Constantine, of a. Obio, and T. L. Sumner, of City. The bank of Oklahoma opened for business at Guthrie yesterday with a capital stock of 850,000. W. Levy, the Wichita banker, is dent: Geo. W. Robinson, the banker of nd Hon. Horace Speed. of Indianap- olis, directors, on ae The new city is footed with business cards of all descriptions, representing every trade and business, every profession and every occupation imaginable. A mass of mail is exe — to reach the Guthrie post-office every Y. It is now being run by a postal clerk de- tailed for that purpose, but Mr. Flinn, of Kiowa, Kansas, lat appointed postmaster, will take charge in a day or two, OFFICIALS ABUSE THEIR POWER. Accused of Using Their OMces to He legally Grab Land in Oklahoma. Curcaao, April 23.—A special to the News from Gutherie says: When the first train ar- rived here the town site had been selected for us. It was on the east side of the track, and already the wooden land-oftice and one hundred tents were standing,while twice as many more town lots were staked out. A rude post-oftice was opened, alanch tent was going at full blast, and two meetings looking to organization had been held. Three or four bundred men had done all this and they had been on the sported the aan ing- nae scene two or three day They pre- tended to have complied with the iaw and declared that they did not take up their lots until 12 o'clock. They had no right, by the special laws under which Okla- homa was opened, to be in the territory at ail until noon yesterday. Ona side track stood a Santa Fe directors’ car. In it were Judge Guthrie, for whom the town is named: Judge Foster, the U.S. mar- shal. and other officers of the Federal court at Wichita, and some Topeka men. They had mu there ostensibly upon government busi- ness, but really to secure town lots, which they did in wholesale quantity. There were five hundred deputy marshals on hand, and each had lot. Not only is this true, but the same crowd, having its eyeson a fine piece of bot- tom land lying across the track from the town, have been, in the most open mockery of jus- tice, scouring the brush for boomers that they might occupy it themselves, Whether the judges are parties to the schemes of their To- peka guests, who are more or less directiy con- nected with Santa Fe is, of course, not known, Laying Out the New City. Gvrunie, Oxo.. April 23.—In detiance of the fact that no town was supposed to exist “until noon yesterday, the several hundred interlopers held an organization meeting at Wo'clock. H. A. Pierce. one of the Topeka crowd, secured the presidency, but when he tried to foist his plat upon the meeting he was beaten amid the cries: “Down the Topeka outfit.” The rail- Way runs southwesterly past the town, and it was proposed to lay out the streets on direct angles with the track, but a plat with north and south and east and west sections was adopted. This was proposed by Geo. H. Clayton, of Ar- kansas, brother of Congressman Powell Cli ton and twin of the lately assassinated congres- sional candidate. It was decided that a town lot shall be 30 by 140 feet and that the streets shall be 80 feet wide, except two 100 feet inter- secting avenues, which were named respec- tively Munford avenue, for Dec. Munford, of Kansas City, and Harrison avenue, for the President, FORTY CLAIMANTS FOR ONE SECTION. Mesnwhile the whole town as home- steaded repeatedly, Forty jons under this right of public domain were filed ct the land office, and some very beautifully cated lawsuits will follow. It look that those who were there : authorized bour and who grabbed the land for the corporation that backs them, should be dis- possessed, and the whole town-site placed in the fair and even reach of js almost certain, howeve at pres- tige—tor is going to Guth- rie—there can never be a town of any impor- tance there, The surrounding country is stere ile, and with the exception of small picces of bottom land.can grow nothing but. buffalo grass and cactus, The adjacent stream small and alkaline, and well-water deep and scarce, The temperature bounds from blight- ing cold to withering heat, and there are jor periods of drought ‘and irregular occasions Hoods and hurricanes. THOUSANDS OF UNSHELTERED MUST SUFFER. As the sun went down, little tents and um sheltered men dotted the region over an area large enough for an exstern metropolis, There is covering for about 1,000 persous on a liberal estimate, and the nights. the roasting compli- ly fair my in bivouac. Guthrie, hitherto an invig- ant station in a wild and uninhabited | country, remote from civilization, has now a population of more than 15,000. All this was | gained in an afternoon. | When the first train arrived at Guthrie from Arkansas City the embryo streets and lots of the new city had already been laid out by en- terprising citizens who had bs early on the | | scene. Hardly had the cars slowed down at the station when EAGER MEN LEAPED FROM THE CAR WINDOWS, slipped from the roof of the coaches, and | poured out of the doors in streams. Ina minute the slope leading up from the station was black with men rushing head-long. cager for the coveted town lots, In two minutes not one of the men who had filled the train was left with- in speaking distance of the railway. By the time this crowd had reached the = of the Slopenear the land office, men who had been running parallel lines for streets and driven in stukes for town lots were well on their way along the level strip of land east of the land offie. The crowd then rushed eastward ata trem endous rate: AN IMPROMPTU BANK. The men who brought along a muslin sign bearing’ the words ‘Bank ot Guthrie” were compell ed to take up a lot one mile back of the station. The next train from Arkansas City | brought a thousand home-seekets about five minutes lvter. The men in this train burried across the prairie like an army charging the wing of th’enemy. They spread out north and ett ities (eek: spades atid stakes, and began with wonderful energy the location of lots and streets, The third. fourth, fifth and sixth trains from Arkansas City swelled the number to as many thousands. When the seventh and eighth truins came in later in the after- noon the crowd had overflowed all bounds. On the east the streets and town lots had been extended fully 2 miles; on the north amile and a half and on the south neariy mile, No attempt had been made to lay outa town on the west side of the track. This west land had been all filed on for homesteads. Almost with the first rush of homeseekers days, are acutely chilly. W er it rains or not. great suffering must be endured by the thousauds of unsheltered. Arkansas City is filled up with great crowde from northern trains that will descend upea Guthrie in the morning. A break out of here will be sure to be the event of the next few days, as there are many thousands more her than can be supplied with food and shelter, Meanwhile the rush continues and the excite: ment is at a very high pitch, THE NEW BRITISH MINISTER. He Leaves New York for Washington this Morning. New Youx April 23.—Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new British minister, who arrived here om Sunday last, started this morning for Washing- ton with his secretar anaes WANTS NO SPECIAL HONORS, Mr. Cleveland Desires to be a Paying Member of the Menhattan Club. New York, April Ex-President Cleve- land has written a letter to the Manhattan club, of this city, in reply to its action in electing him a life member, and expressing his own de- sire to become one of its regular members. He says: “The kindly feeling manifested is espec- ially gratifying. and yet I am determined to ask of them, who have been so kind, to give further proof of their consideration by permit- ting me to become an every-day, paying, ordi- nary member of the club. In other words, I should be glad to surrender my ex-presidential life membership. I understand, of course, that I must run sere rps of an election, =< opportunity is afforded, my intentions, form! when I took my residence here, will be carried out.” The governors of the club will comply with Mr. Cleveland's request. wade cond Confesses to Stealing a Ballot Box. Lrrrte Rock, Ar«., April 23.—Warren Taylor, arrested for interfering with the congressional vote at Plummerville, has made a confession, from the cars. the homeseekers who had started across the Oklahoma north line at noon in wagons and on horse began to pour into the new city. Their horses were reeking wet from the hot and furious drive. They took sion of such town lots in the future 0) ora ——— as they could lay claimto. Mean- wi THE LAND OFFICE WAS BESIEGED by an eager and determined crowd of men waiting to file claims upon homesteads, As the afternoon wore on this crowd grew larger until at closing time it reached in line far down the street toward the i Business in the land office went rather slowly. The register and receiver did the best could, but the pressure upon them was mendous, ‘The men who were waiting to file claims were forced into line two abreast. Dealers in real estate began business before 2 o'clock in the afternoon. One enterprising dealer had as a background for the safe action of business a stock of rifles which cs k He says that A. C. Wells, A. H. rrell, J. 8, Woods, Deputy Shenff’ Bentley and carried off a ballot box and burned it. —— Defaulter Foster in Mexico. New Yorx, April 23.—Information has been received here that Wm. R. Foster, the abscond- ing attorney for the trustees of the produce ex- change gratuity fund, is in Mexico. Fy fled remy yo in ember inet, after do- eo gratuity fund of $168,000. He cannot be extradited irom Mexico. SS A Defaulter for $12,000. Dexver, Cox., April 23.—A special to the Republican from Durango states that T. F. Bur- gess, the treasurer at that place, is a defaulter Et * i | Bi g ¥, 3 i i i i a I i HH i i : ‘3 HU Be i i It E i F i