Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1889, Page 5

Tax Worst Cova Is relieved by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. But don’t delay till the bronchial tubes are in- flamed and the lungs congested. Prompt use rapidcure, L. D. Bixley, of Bartonville, ‘Writes: “Four years ago I took s severe cold, which was followed by a terrible cough. I Was confined to my bed about four montha, ‘My physician finally said I was in Consumption, - and that he could not help me, One of my Beighbors advised me to try Ayer's Cherry Pec- toral. Idi so, and was well before I had fin- ished taking the first bottle. Ever since then ‘my health has been zood.” AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL, Prepared by Dr. J. ©. Ayer & Co, Lowell, Mass. -"asieemeeee Price, $1; six bottles, 85. = WONDERFUL CARLSBAD SPRINGS. ‘t the Ninth International Medical Congress, Dr. A. L.A Toboldt, of the University of Pennsylvania, read ‘hreemneh improved, and one not treated long enough. Aes castdbed tre oni Unoydec form), fe on — a eS, and Diuretic. It clears the 0, spumeaetip ection: Tuogeacios " to take and pet it jon. gent Pibsud of the carlsbad Shctbee © exported ts round Bottles, Each bottle th @ ight blue paper car- jad bas tho sighative “EISNER & MENDLE- GON G0.," solo agents, 6 Barclay street, New Yerk, ‘every bot One bogtle mailed a receipt of Gne Dalla. Dr. Toboldt's lectures free upon spplicatict. aul-m,wat EMULSION OF COD LIVER OIL WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES. It is used and endorsed by physicians because it the best. It is Palatable as Milk. It is three times as efficacious as plain Cod Liver Ou. It is far superior to all other so-called Emulsions. It is @ perfect Emulsion, does not separate or change. It is wonderful as a Flesh Producer. It is the best remedy for Consumption, Scrofula, Bronchitis, Wasting Diseases, Chronic Coughs and Cod, uae Sold by all Druggists. alo SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, N. ¥. c PURGATIVE PILLS DO MORE good, but a large amount of that. Only one pill a dose, J. C. Horcussos, IMPORTER, RICH MILLINERY. Alarge and beautiful assortment of trimmed Hats and Bonnets in medium and rich goods. Latest im- portations received each Week. Fine English Straws at $1.50. Frenck Straws at 50c. Russian Hair Bonnets, $1.50. Chip Hats at $1.25. FLOWERS. ew lots opened each day. WRAPS AND JACKETS MARKED DOWN. ‘This is a «rand opportunity to purchase desirable garments at the lowest price. FOSTER KID GLOVES. my4 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. Seasovanre Taste Scrrrzes - ar ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY'S. MAPLE SUGAR—One ton direct from Vermont. ‘New and absolutely pure. MAPLE SYRUP—Pure Vermont; gal. cans, MAPLE SYRUP—MeMechen’s quart bottles, 39¢. TABLE OfL—Italian and French, The best brands known to the trade. Price mod- erate. STAWBERRIES—Choicest varieties received. fresh every morning. BOSTON POTATO CHIPS—Superior quality, fresh from the oven every day. MANDHELING JAVA—Is the highest grade grown ou earth. We offer the genuine arti- cle roasted fresh every day. FLOUR—Don't forget our special bargain at $6.508 Darrel. Also, examine our entire list of brands and prices before buying. 1t will pay you. ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY, ap24 428 Ninth st. ; am pa TION iE HEART. NERVOUSNESS, realign aervous headache, cold bands and feet pain in the back, relieved by Carter's Little Liver Fills. PUBLIC PRINTER PALMER. He Takes Charge of the Government Printing Office To-Day. This morning Public Printer Palmer took charge of the great government workshop out in that portion of the city which among type setters is known as “the swamp.” The new official was not ostentatious in as- suming control. He walked quietly into the government printing office and at once busied himself in securing as much information as he needed to carry him along for a few hours. While he was doing this his beheaded predecessor was, in conjunction with his brother (the late chief clerk), reviewing a fare- well parade of such of the employes as felt in- 2d EDITION. Lael eras to TS THE PANAMA CANAL. Colambian Papers Hope for Assistance from the United States. Paxama, May 4.—Columbian interior papers have been publishing extensive articles re- specting the probability of assistance being obtained in the United States for the|clined to say “good bye.” About 9 completion of the canal, and they are|o’clock each assistant foreman noti- almost unanimous in exprossing the opinion | fied the employes in his divisi ion that the public printer wanted to shake hands with as many as could be mustered in the document room. About half the people on the -roll onded, and at noon the last one said uu. The Messre. Benedict then en- tered an office buggy and drove away. ‘ME, PALMER'S FIRST OFFICIAL ACTION. Public Printer Palmer's first official action ‘was to appoint Wm. H. Collins as chief book- keeper, vice F. V. Booth, resigned, and En. Wilber chief time clerk in place of Jas, Teale, resigned. Then he gave himself up to visitors, and, although they were quite numerous, the: were far less so than when Mr. Rounds too! charge of the office. “I really cannot say who will be chief clerk,” said Mr. Palmer to a Srar reporter. “I am considering the matter carefully but I have not arrived at a decision. Of course there will be many changes in the force but I shall move slowly.” THE FIRST CONGRSSIONAL CALLER was Representative Peters, of Kansas, known to the office-seeking tribe as ‘“The-man-who-is- never-too-late-and-who-never-gets-left.” Mr. Peters had a constituent to plead for and is safe to say that that man’s appointment is as good as made. @ THE JUENEMANN TRAGEDY, A Remark in a Street-Car that a Young Man Named Payne Heard. that “‘it is absolutely requisite not to withdraw from the United States, but rather to take ad- vantage of its immense power and gigantic in- fluence to conclude, with its assistance, the perforation of the isthmus, to trade and advance under its shadow, and always to re- member that the road for the future advance- ment of Spanish America does not lie in the direction of Europe, but in the direction of the star of the north.’ aad: POST-OFFICE CLERKS ARRESTED. Too Anxious to Find the Civil Service Examination Questions. Boston, Mass., May 13.—Linus E. Clarke and Edward A. Palmer, employes of the Boston post-office, who were = ar- rested on Saturday charged with opening a ‘kage addressed to others, ap- | Sacer fot Loy United States Commissioner jailett this morning and had their eases continued. Mr. Clarke had charge of the money-order department. He has been in the department since 1883, and was appointed superintendent Ma; 3, 1887. He is married and has several children. Palmer is a clerk and was appointed in November, 1887. He is asingle man. Both, it is said, were anxious to secure positions as post-office inspectors, and intended to enter the civil ser- vice examinations going on to-day. It is estimated that they had been on the look- out for some time for the package of ques- tions to be used at the examination. Without any supposition, however, as to their inten- tions, it is claimed by those who arrested the Gabriel B. Payne, a young man who was under arrest at the Police Court to-day, said toaSrar reporter that a day or two after the — la men, that they had a package before them | filled ‘near “de” ange gtreat which they had _ opened. It had by some unknown raffians, as the coroner's contained several hundred slips of paper with questions upon them, but they were not the questions that concerned them. The other papers the men wanted came in the next mail. a His Body Found in the Ruins. Lowe Isuaxp Crry, N. Y., May 13.—The black- ened and charred remains of Chas. Meyer, store- keeper and night watchman in the storehouse of the Long Island railroad company, which was burned last night, were found this morn- ing in the ruins. Itis thought that he went into the cellar with a lighted lamp, which exploded and set fire to the oil and inflammable material stored there. Meyer was forty-three years old, He had one child. ——_e__ .Bishop, the Mind Reader, Dead. New York, May 13.—Washington Irving Bishop, the mind reader, died at 34 West 26th street shortly after noon to-day. The cause of the death was hysterical cata- lepsy. ed Gillig and the Booth-Barrett Profits. New York, May 13.—The suit of Henry F. Giilig, manager of the late American exchange in Europe, brought to secure a share in the profits of the Booth-Barrett combination, was submitted to-day in the supreme court and the decision was reserved. Mr. Gillig claims that in consideration of advances made by the exchange Lawrence Barrett agreed to give him ashare of his income. Mr. Barrett says the account has been closed. 7, decided, he was on an H street car when e heard a man say: “T can put my hands on the two men who killed Juenemann.” Payne says that he reported the fact to the lice and told them that he could find out who the man was that made the statement, but he heard nothing more about the matter. —_—.___ A District Case. In the United States Supreme Court to-day an opinion was rendered by Justice Gray in the case of the District of Columbia against Thos, W. Cornell. Certain bonds of the District had been cancelled. A dishonest man got posses- sion of some of them, removed the cancellation stamp, and sold the bonds. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Court of Claims, and decided that the District could not be held re- sponsible for the dishonesty of the man who removed the stamp. The Myra Clark Gaines Case. The Supreme Court of the United States to- day rendered a decision inone branch of the celebrated Myra Clark Gaines litigation, A suit was brought by Mrs. Gaines some years ago for an amount approximating 2,000,000, the income drawn by the city of New Orleans from the property willed for by her father, the title to which was for a long time in dispute, and for about $460,000 interest on this income. On the death of Mrs. Gaines in 1887 the prosecution of this suit was continued by her heirs. A judg- ment was expected more than two years ago, but the decision of the court has been delayed. The court to-day affirmed the judgment of the lower court as far as it related to the income from the improved property, $576,777 and in- terest, but disallowed that part of the judg- ment awarding $1,348,000 for revenue on the unimproved propert: gectunz:tn Sawer An Expensive Amusement. Provipesce, R.I., May 13.—Mr. J. W. Mc- Crillis, proprietor of the Evening Dispatch, an- nounces its suspension, as he finds the paper too expensive as an amusement and unprofita- ble as aninvestment. The last uumber of the paper appeared on Saturday. ———_ Maryland Jockey Club Election. Battimore, May 13.—The semi-annual meet- ing of the Maryland Jockey club was held this afternoon. The old board of directors, with ex-Goy. Bowie as president, was re-elected. Gov. Bowie's statement shows that the spring meeting at Pimlico was a financial fail- ure. It was due, hesaid, to the fact that meets were held at the same time at several tracks in the north and other sections. The re- ceipts from bookmakers’ privileges last week were $4,200 against $12,000 last spring, and there were similar deficiencies from other Is THe habeas corpus case of Alezan Swain, brought up from the United States district court of Colorado, the United States Supreme Court decided that the proceedings in contempt were properly brought, and that the applicant for relief must serve out his term of one year in the county jail. In the Equity Court Judge Cox made a decree to-day awarding an injunction in the case of Charles B. Young against the District of Columbia, restraining the sale of property -nci¢ on the west side of 14th street, between 1 and sources. The eS ee ee Ages cx; | Katreets northwest, and declaring the prop- it is used for educational purposes, ——__—— A Priest Committed to Jalil. Ratezten, N. C., May 13.—Father J. J. Boyle, the Catholic priest arrested last Saturday on a charge of rape, was to-day arraigned, bound over to court, and committed to jail. An immense concourse of people gathered to hear the§ preliminary trial, and an extra posse of twenty pollce was sworn in, The affair has created the greatest sensation ever known matter was referred to the executive commit- tee. who will decide whether the clyb will ex- ist as a social club merely, or maintain the rac- ing feature. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The New York Stock Market. ‘The following are the opening and cloni Prices of ‘Sew York Stock ‘Market, as reported by special wire to Corson and Macartney, 1419 F street. A BIG SALE OF CLOTHING At 912 F street. ‘The stock must be sold. Every dollar's worth con- verted into cash, bo matter what the loss may. be. Men's Suits, guaran’ all wool, $4.83, or return the same and get yourcash. Men's Suits of all-wool material, $5.65, worth #14, or return it and get the thousand other suits will be sold at the samc low figures re Prince "utaws; Sock Suits at $11.75 worth #25. oy fuits almost given away. $1.37 buys an all-wool Suit. 62 a perfect wem. me bs Quite, from 14 to 18 years, 82.75, $3, 83.50 and $4 en" trong Working Pants, 8:3c. : Pine Dress Panta, @1.23.81.50, #1. 75,82, 82.50 and ‘Come st once to this fearful slaughter sale of Cloth- must be sold in eighteen days. 912 F ST. N. W., Six Doors from 9thst. mhl-3m y "T'xaveuixe Goons At Bortou Paices N LEATHER CLUB SATCHELS. bag ss as is Y o.im ‘and kinds at prices guaranteed the low- va take, guaranteed better in qual- ~ Trunks aud Bage re- ‘Call and be convinced. JAMES 8. TOPHAM, 1231 Pennsylvania avenue nw. ALP USUAL PRICES—PINE DERBY HATS. ‘Dunlop and Knox styles, all colors: $1 to $1.50: made . Straw Hats Loe. to 81. AMERICAN HAT Co., 209 Pa. ave., opposite Botanical Gardens. _ myo 1m? F Srazer Cars Stone Dinner Sate $9.06. worth 925.00. 30 Pea. Dec. Dinner Sets wo! 5.00. 56 Pes, $2.95, worth $4.30. Beis Deo Cine Shanty worth $25.00. 10 Pea. Dee. Chamber sets $1.95. worth 83,00. 12 Pea. Dee. Chamber Sets $4.48, worth 66.00. 2 ol Tumblers, a, cts. each. es, Je. each. Fine Vinegars, Sc. lane Berry Seta, 22c., worth 350. —s $ Poot Best Clothes Bars, 65c., worth 81.00. Lacider. Be. $1.25. ise EASE! | CAMALIER, 1020 F ot. a.w. Wy ee = Soares LITTLE gently stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels, but do not purge. They are sure to please. Try them. ABNING! Poxps Exrnacr 18 USED IN THE HOUSE- HOLD OF EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. SUBDUES INFLAMMA- TION. CONTROLS HEM- ORRHAGES. INVALUA- BLE FOR BURNS, * WOUNDS, BRUISES, Paln DisaP here. 0} c —-——_ How John Bright Changed. From the London Daily News. All who have seen much of Mr. Bright in re- cent years must have been strongly conscious of | 44 | 447g f....| 58%) 58% 96. | 96 . Bie bax ps &% G82 | the remarkable softening and mellowing of his 4 | character which accompanied the advance of 5 age. Always a delightful companion with those 38" 38 | whom he knew or whom he had any reason to 44%, 44%, | esteem, he was in his earlier years somewhat un- ct aa 28, Ce ad pcre rag tenor apt to look upon strangers : ‘| Sos) 8224 | who sought to interview him with suspicion. Do. 085110 | Doubtless this wasin part due to his experience SF 9H8101% | in the days when he was so hotly abused nto G1) 618 | by @ certain section of London society and Ws 14%) 1 the London press, and when a Newcastle BEacl B¥_ | journalist went so far as to suggest, in an- ticipation of a visit which he was about to pay to Alnwick, that it would be well if some Northumbrian farmer wero to horsewhip him ee Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 13.—Cotton quiet—middling, 11%;. Flour quiet and steady. Wheat—southern, | Publicly. He was very apt to resent attempts firm; Fults, 85496; Longberry, 90a96; western, | made by mere self-seekers to force themselves dull; No. 2 winter red spot, 87; May. 87; June, | upon his notice, and no blandishments of flat- 85; July, 82a82y; August, 833 bid. ern, quiet and rather easier: white. 4243; yel- low, 42a43: western, firm: mixed spot, 42%042%; May, 4250427): June, 42424: July.’ 42ya42i¢: steamer, 41a41}4. Oats, steady—southern and Pennsylvania, Sai}; western white, 32ad3i4; western mixed, 29a:s1: graded No. 2 white, Rye, quiet, 54055. Hay quiet — prime to choice timothy, 15.00a15.50. Provisions qulet and steady. Butter easy—creamery, i8ai9. Eggs, easy, a Petroleum, dull—refined, 6.75. Coffee, firm —Kio cargoes fair, 18%. Sugar, steady—A’ soft, 83; copper, barely steady; refined, 12 cents for ingots. Whisky steady, 110. Freights to Liver- steamer, quiet—cotton, 28 cents per 100 3d.’ Cork for ord tery which might be used on such occasions balay effect upon him. Indeed, his plainness of speech was sometimes disconcerting to those whom he addressed. ‘Go away, sir; you are drunk,” were the words in which he once re- sponded to the maudlin attempts of a certain politician of dubious fame to express his admi- ration of his character and achievements. But all through his life, and more especially in re- cent years, he was quick to sympathize with the young, eager to respond to those who were pa tom for ends which he believed to be worthy and noble, and ever ready to draw from the vast stores of his own knowledge and ex rience for the benefit of others. Since withdrawal from Mr. Gladstone's government in 1882 he has been enjoying a kind of Indian summer of existence, a season made all the more pleasant to him by the contrast it afforded to the somewhat stormy heyday of his political career, It has been delightful during this pe- riod of calm and repose to come in contact with him. Ex-Congressman Lyman K. Bass, once a law partner of Grover Cleveland, at Buffalo, died of heart failure at the Buckingham hotel, in New York ane on Saturday afternoon. Dr. Frank L. Vincent, one of the faculty of the Clifton Springs, N. Y., sanitarium, acci- dentally met his death at his office yesterday while experimenting, it is thought, with the tripod for nervous diseases, on. Henry A. Foster died at his home in Rome, N. Y., Saturday, in his nineticth year. He was the senior ex-United States Senator, having been appointed in 1844, one year pool per nds: grain, Gal.a38.9d. 11,000 bushels; corn, 42,000 bush BALTIMORE, May 13.—V: 36a 38%; do. threes. 67a67%; Baltimore and Ohio nati, Ws n ore 3 do. "seconds, 4; consolidated gas bo 11330115; do. stock, 43%. Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, May 13 (closing).—Wheat—May, 84; June, 83; July, 79%; August, 76%. Corn tites, 34x; June, 34; July, 34%; Al Oat May, bt June, 23; July, IL; June, 11 july, 12.02%; Au; rt Lard'— ‘June, 7 6. ugust, ort ribs — May dune, 6.05; July, 6.10; August, 6.1734. Denon, Hones sone ‘The Republicans of the Middletown district, Frederick county, Md., will hold an election ‘May 26 for a postmaster. he trustees of the Jefferson medical col of Philadelphia have elected Dr. Hunter els. 35; ts 23. Pork — May. Guire, of Richmond, professor of surgery. before Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania. Saturday ning while Mrs, Wm. Blanken-| The American exhibit at the Paris exhibition ship was w: across a railroad bridge near | compares unfavorably with those of other Char! her little child, | countries, from an artistic point of view, but is eight months old, by accident she let the littie | far ahead in practical machinery. At ttstown, Pa., lightning struck Amms & Co,’s oil well No. 5 Saturday night and two of the workmen were Sesto Aan ye Several citizens of Seattle, W. T., will under- take to make a Fourth of July display from the top of Mount Rainier, 10,000 feet level of the sea. will pass the night on the , and burn a large quantity of red fire at 11 o'clock. ‘iene sip At Lendiges foe a e on Alabama and Great Southern road, jumped the track Saturday and fell down a 15-foot em- t. Four men were and one “htly in} annual regatta of the amateur oarsmen ai De bale oh Funan, Ny eee oe ne’ distance of some thirty feet, to the ground. It lived but a short time. ‘The three-ton boat Liberdade, in which Capt. Joshua Slocum, with his wife and two children, left ila, Brazil, on June 24 last, ani recently stopped here, arrived at Staten Island Saturday evening. ‘The Scotch-Irish congress in Columbia, Tenn., closed Saturday. henner a made a speech, declarin; rebuilding of the south from the rufas of the war was due Scotch-Irish. bg hn on the anniversary of his accession The report that a band of Kurds recently a Sars authorities to be en- THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., AT THE WHITE HOUSE. The Presidential Party Expected at any Moment. The offices at the White House have been denuded of their carpets and now look cool in The matting was new last year, cloth is venerable and much worn. The cleaning process has been gone through in the remo as well, and when the it re turns he will hardly know the place. Everything was quiet at the mansion to-day. A few visitors came who expected to see the President at the regular Monday's public re- ception. e politicians worked the departments and will be at the White House to-morrow. The President's return may be at any time now. He was expected at about 3 o'clock, but at that hour had not put in an gegen Miss Grettie Holliday, formerly of In olis, and f me years past issionaty In Porsia, is a guest at the White House, —_——— THE PRESIDENT HOME AGAIN. Arrival of the Despatch and its Dis- tinguished Passengers. The Despatch with the President and party on board arrived at the navy-yard at 3:30 this afternoon, ON TRIAL FOR WIFE MURDER. The Story of the Crime of Benjamin Hawkins Retold in Court. In the Criminal Court, Judge Bradley, the case of Benjamin Hawkins, indicted for the murder of his wife, Cora Hawkins, by stabbing her in the breast on the 14th of March last, was called to-day—Mr. Lipscomb prosecuting and Messrs. W. Meyer Lewin and C. A. Elliot for the defendant. The homicide took place in an alley opening ort Virginia avenue, between 8d and 414 streets, It isalleged that the parties had not been living peacefully together, and the deceased on the night mentioned left her home to attend a parlor social, and that the ac- cused, finding her at the social, also became jealous, and meeting her in the alley inflicted the fatal wound, The attempt to secure a jury from the regu- lar panel was unsuccessful and a recess was taken till 1:30 o’clock, and twenty names were drawn of persons to be summoned for that hour, but the oil- office- THE JURY COMPLETE, At 1:30 o'clock a number of the talesmen re- ported and the jury was completed as follows: W. G. Fearing, Robert H. Mitchell, Louis ©. Kengla, Marian H. Keys, M. G. Lepley, James K. Forrest, Weston B, Turner, James L. Car- bury, Alex. Campbell, Louis M. K. Turner, Austin Fickling and Robert E. Joyce. THE TESTIMONY. After a brief opening by the counsel, Wm. Chunp, colored, testified that deceased was re- lated to him—‘“‘a sister by my mother.” She was married to defendant five or six years ago, and separated from him till April of last year, and then moved to his house, The defendant called there several times, and on the night of the murder said “T left your sister and I regret it,” adding that it would all come right inaday or two. He asked where Cora was, and witness told him she had gone to Kate’s (on Virginia ave- nue, between $d and 414 streets). On cross-examination witness said that de- ceased had no home but his house (K street, between Delaware avenue and Ist street) after she came; but she went out nearly every day. Hawkins that nigh t appeared to be sober. Catherine Wells, sister of the deceased, testi- fied that the parties had been married about four years, aud they separated in April, 1883, The deceased came to her house about 7:30 o’clock and went away again; there was a parlor social in progress to which deceased was in- vited, but defendant was not. When defendant came the deceased was out. He did not take part in the dancing, and when Cora came in and saw him she walked over to him. It was somewhere near 10 o'clock when she returned. After the: talked awhile they went out, and about a haif hour afterward the news came that she was dead. On cross-examination witness said she did not know where her sister was when defendant called. He (defendant) was not intoxicated and showed no anger, and they left the house together. Chas. Walker was tiers at the time; did not know that his sister and Chas. Walker were intimate. Walker stayed at the house all night. Redirect—Walker had a room at the house, Recross-examination—Hawkins came to the house about 12 or 1 o'clock and asked deceased why she had not met him, and said he would be there that night and asked her if she would be there. She replied she would be there or at home. Dr. C. Winters testified that the wound was a stab over the heart, cutting the aorta, causing death in probably three minutes, Howard Hall testified that he attended the social, and after a waltz he went out with his partner to take a walk, when he saw the body of the woman lying in the alley. On cross-ex- amination witness said that Hawkins came to the door and called his wife. He did not come in, ge THE NATIONAL GUARD. Proposed Camp of Instruction at Fort Foote or Fort Washington. Gen. Ordway and a number of officers of the District national guard will go down the river to-morrow afternoon on the Bartholdi for the purpose of examining the feasibility of establishing a camp of instruction for the National Guard at Fort Foote or Fort Washington. hey will visit both places. This is inf view of the pro- vision in the Di ict militia act for an annual camp of instruction. The details for the en- campment are as yet somewhat hazy, but it is thought that tho entire guard will go down, camp as a brigade, under the command of Gen. Ordway, and remain for six days or a week. Lieut. Constantine Chase, third artillery, is icici © the proposition of the Acting Secretary of War to detail him as adjutant-gen- eral of the District militia, FOR ASSAULTING AN OFFICER, Judge Miller Fines Two Men Fifty Dol- lars Each, Yesterday afternoon there was a lively row near 5th and I streets northeast. Policeman Cutter made an arrest and several men inter- fered and attempted to rescue the prisoner. The officer drew his revolver, but as there were a number of persons standing about the street he did not use it, Policemen Work and Wanneil came to his aid and G. B. Payne, Charles Conroy, Charles Burkhart, H. Nitzy and Thomas Murphy were placed under arrest. In the Police Court to-day Murphy and Burkhart were fined $10each for disorderly conduct and Nitzy, forfeited collateral. Payne and Conway were then charged with assaulting the officer in their attempt to rescue one of the other prisoners. In disposing of the case Judge Miller said that the defendants must be taught that the law m ist be obeyed, He imy 8 fine of $50 PERS ae tr A party of northern capitalists have pur- chased a tract of land comprising 30,000 acres in Norfolk, Currituck and Camden counties, Ya., and will build a town at Moyock on the Norfolk Southern road and start factories, saw mills and brick yards. - Wreckers of ‘the Reading railroad Friday night fastened cables-to a bridge near New Ringgold, which the Lehigh Valley had erected over their tracks; a team of locomotives was attached, the bridge pulled down, and timbers scattered along the line. ‘ The walking contest at Madison Square _ den, New York, closed Saturday ht, eo amount to be divided among the contestants who exceeded 500 miles is $2,456.50, of which Herty, the winner (550 miles), gets 40 per cent; Cartwright, 18; Noremac, 15; Hegelman Hughes, 8; Golden, 5, and Smith, 2. At Raleigh, N. C., J. J. Boyle, a Catholic Krrested. Seturdayy night a young arrest yar for rape on & young woman who is the sn ist of the church, At Scranton. Pa., it was oy gla night that every coal breaker fit to work in the Lackawanna Wyoming valleys would go te presideney of ‘William has issued » prociamation st | line. GENERAL TWIGGS’ SWORDS. The Case Decided by the Court of Claims To-day. The Court of Claims to-day rendered a deci- sion im the celebrated case between A. C Myers and Rowena Guedella, inter- contestant claimants for the possession of the three swords of the late Gen. David E. Twiggs, now on deposit in the bureau of engraving and printing The court decided in favor of Myers, representing the heirs of Gen. as executor of his estate, holding that transmission of the swords to Mrs. Guedella, when Gen. left New Orleans, was a mere deposit, and not a ee of —-. Mr. Myers will pls enabled to take the custody of swords from the the Secret of the Treasury. seh WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. DiswisseD THE Ciarm.—The Court of Claims to-day dismissed the claim of Pay Inspector Chas. A. Davis, retired, for the difference be- tween the pay of pay inspector and pay director in the navy. He was examined for promotion and was retired instead. Sxxor Zecanra, Peruvian minister, has re- moved to 1213 Connecticut avenue. Tae Court or Crarms to-day dismissed the petition of Kinkaid and Sussman, claimants for compensation for vot eager confiscated by the government in a, Secretary Noste has received a telegram from Inspector Pickler, at Guthrie, Oklahoma, saying that the recent order of the department, concerning the sale of town lots, has been very beneficial in results, and has inspired confi- dence among the people. Secretary Wrxpom will go to Baltimore to- night to attend a banquet to be given in his honor by ex-Senator H. G. Davis, of West Vir- ginia. President Thompson, of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, and other railroad men, are to be present. Tantrr Heaninos at THE TaEAsvny.—There will be a hearing to-morrow before Secre- tary Windom and ex-Secretary Tichenor of persons interested in the change of the tariff on mahogany boards. Wednes- day there will be a hearing on the = of lead-ore tariff. The 0; lead ore claim that this comes into the country mixed with silver ore in lar; thus escapes a tariff to the mestic trade. Two New Baxks.—The controller of the cur- rency has authorized the organization of the First National bank of Goldendale, Washington territory, “a 850,000, J. G. Maddock, presi- dent and F. W. Patterson, cashier; also of the Anderson Couaty National bank of Garnett, Kas., capital $50,000, John Hall, president, and J. H. Beatly, cashier, JupcE Batcuencar, the first assistant secre- tary of the Treasury, has leased from Col. “it tae chief clerk of the Court of Claims, his house on Dupont circle, for the summer. r quantities, and letriment of the do- Counting the Cash. Treasurer Huston, having taken the oath of office Saturday afternoon, began work this morning. The count of cash was begun Saturday evening in order to give the cash-room means to run through to-day, and this morning work was started in the examination of the great de- posits that, as announced in Saturday's Sra, amounts to over $191,000,000. Mr. Hyatt was in New York to-day receipting for the transfer of the sub-treasury from himself, as the repre- sentative of the interests of Judge McCue’s bondsmen, to Mrs, Roberts, He will return here to-night or to-morrow. The Sioux Reservation Squatters. Secretary Noble has directed that a prompt and thorough investigation be made of the published report that settlers are now unlawfully entering the Sioux reser- vation in anticipation of a favorable result of the pending negotiations for a cession to the United States of a part of the Sioux lands, The law respecting the occupation of these lands by unauthorized persons is plain ‘and explicit, and the Secretary expresses his urpose to enforce it promptly and vigorously if ocaasion requires it. Validity of the Scott Exclusion Act. The Supreme Court to-day affirmed the validity of the law excluding Chinese laborers, known as the Scott excision act. The National Guard on Decoration Day. General Ordway has issued the following order to the District national guard for Deco- ration Day: I. The national guard will assemble on Thurs- day, the 30th instant, for parade at 10 o'clock a.m., a8 follows: “ The general staff, signal company, ambulance company, band and drum corps, on the west side of i3th street, with the right resting at F street. The first regiment, on the west side of 13th street, facing east, with its right resting mid- way between F and G streets. ‘he second regiment, on the north side of G street, facing south, with its right resting at 13th street. The seventh battalion, on the west side of 12th street, facmg east, with its right resting at G street. The eighth battalion, on the east side of 12th street, facing west, with its right resting at G street. nae: The light battery, on G street, with its right at 13th street. The cavalry troop, on G street, on the left of the light battery. IL. The following details for provost guard duty will be made: First regiment, one corporal, and seven privates; second regiment, one cor- poral and seven privates; seventh battalion, one corporal and three privates. These details will assemble on the right of their respective com- mands, and await instructions from the officer of the day. Til. Capt. Frank Aldrich, aide-de-camp, is hereby detailed as an officer of the day for the 30th instant. IV. All commanding officers will assemble at these headquarters on Saturday, the 25th it stant, at 8 o’clock p.m., to receive detailed in- structions for the parade. To Assess with a Horse and Carriage. At the assessor's office a Star reporter was informed that it was necessary to make an ap- pointment of a sub-assessor in place of Mr. Ives, who is missing, in order to have the work completed in time. The new sub-assessor, Mr. Nash, will have to begin all over again, as he cannot incorporate Mr. Ivey’s work in his own. He has only until the first Monday in June in which to complete the work. He will have to go through his district with much expedition, and in order to facilitate his labors the authorities will provide him with s horse and carriage. At Mr. Ivey's house to-day a Star reporter could get no farther information than that Mr. Ivey had been sick, His wife declined, as she said, to have her private affairs discussed in public. —— as Real Estate Matters. Elizabeth H. Schenck has bought for $7,000 of T. E. Waggaman, subs 38 to 41, square 358, each 11.55 front on Vermont avenue, between V and W streets northwest. Joseph B. Foraker has bought of H.8. Bundy, | for $4,000, subs 247 and 248, square 675. by 80 feet = K, between North Gapitol and Ist streets northeast, John Donnell has bought for $4,250, of W. Danenhower 4 and 5, square 755, fronting 20 feet on E, tween 2d and 3d streets north- east. — Raxoz or THE THERMOMETER.—The follow- were the readings at the signal office to- y: 8a.m., 63; 2p.m., 76; maximum, 2 p.ms 75; minimum, 2 p.m., 62. Still in the Firm. A Norwich, Conn., special to the New York World says: “N, O. Barker, of Lebanon, has just received his commission as postmaster for that place, vice Frank P. Fowler, removed.” Under ‘this apparently unimportant bit of the pase pemmat cod, Sutera location of fhe it fature ee eas coo re i Hi E A DEPRAVED NEGRO. A CONVENTION OF SURGEONS. Judge Miller Regrets that the Law is | Annual Meeting of the American Surgi« Not Severe in his James Sears, the negro who created some ex- citement in East Washington Saturday after- noon, as published in Tux Stan of that day, was arraigned in the Police Court this after- noon. There were three charges against the prisoner. He was first charged with exposing himself to Mrs. Fidy Dewy. He plead not guilty. Mrs. Dewy gave testimony as to his twice committing the offense charged. The next case was for an alleged indecent assault on Mi. Ella Steinmeier, whose husband is bar-tender at tae Washington brewery, on E street. She was near the brewery when the negro accosted her and asked her for a piece of bread. She refused; whereupon he exposed we Mrs. Steinmeier made an outcry, and he raised his hand threateningly, but did not strike her. Other witnesses testified to seeing the defendant have a stone in his hand Just before he met Mrs, Steinmeier. When he rators in | raised his hand to Mrs. Steinmeier he advanced see steps towards her. ms @ next case against the prisoner was a charge of assault with intent to rape. Mrs. Clara Hazel appeared as complainant. She testified that was standi: near her front a - a southeast, Saturday morn- ing, when risoner came . eX) himself, and +4 grabbed her Ming oe Poiied away from him and went in the house. Policeman Slack testified to the arrest and statement made by the prisoner. REMARKS OF THE JUDGE, “In the first case,” said Judge Miller, “you are fined $100. The law only gives me author- ity to send you down for ninely days, I wish the law was different. If I had the power I would send you where you would not repeat the offense for sometime. In the second case the evidence does not sustain the clftrge and it is dismissed. In the third case you can give $5,000 bail for the action of the grand jury. prisoner was committed. peter DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS ALONG ROCK CREEK. Capt. Symons to-day addressed a letter to Major Raymond relative to the needs of a pub- lic avenue or road along Rock creek. He says that in considering the plan of the extension of the city into the county this feature should not be overlooked. Such anavenue, he says, is re- quired, not only that it may be utilized for pleasure driving through the most beautiful and interesting portion of the District, but for business purposes, which render desirable a roadway of the least possible grade. He re- commends that in all future subdivisions of roperty lying along Rock creek, avenues shall required along both banks of the creck, each of which shall be not less than 120 feet wide, and shall, in all cases, extend to the creek banks, The matter will be discussed in board seesion to-day. PURCHASE OF A SCHOOL SITE. The Commissioners to-day purchased for $11,750 a parcel of ground in square 276 for a school site. The lot begins at the northeast corner of lot 112, and runs along 12th street 90 feet. HANCOCK CIRCLE. There was a clause in the last District appro- priation bill authorizing the Commissioners to condemn a sufficient amount of ground at the intersection of 16th and U streets and New Hampshire avenue for the pi of con- structing a circular reservation, the same to be called Hancock circle, provided that the ground be acquired otherwise than at public expense. Capt. Symons to-day, in a letter to Major Ray- mond, called his attention to the clause. He says thathe has had several interviews with people interested in this circle, and learns that no money can be secured to pay for the con- demnation of and at this point. He says that in view of this there are two alternatives—one being to abandon the project, the other to con- struct as large a circle as possible out of the land at the intersection of the streets. Such a plan, if wage ey would make a circle 95 feet in diameter. The matter will be considered by the board. PRODUCE DEALERS MUST BE LICENSED. Assessor Williams has written to the Com- missioners calling their attention to the falling off of revenue from licenses of produce deal- ers. He shows, by a table, that in 1888, $700 was realized. while the amount thus far re- ceived for 1889 is only #295. He says that he does not believe there has been any reduction in the number of those engaged in these pur- suits, bat in fact, thinks the number has in- creased since last year. His office, he con- tinues, has but one employe, whose duty it is too look after this matter, and while he de- votes his whole time to its requirements he cannot accomplish the enforcement of the license collections alone. He suggests as a meens of accomplishing this end that the police be instructed while on duty to see that every peddler and produce dealer they meet has alicense for the current year, and if he has not, give him a reasonable time to procure one, and, in the event of his failure so to do, prosecute him as the law directs. The Com- missioners co-operate with the assessor, and will give the police orders accordingly. FOOD INSPECTIONS AND CONDEMNATIONS, Last week the food inspectors of the health department condemned 702 pounds of beef, 3876 pounds of mutton, 200 pounds of veal, 423 pounds of pork, 153 bunches of fish, 4 earp and 1 bushel of chestuute. Mr. Gwynne Harris, in- spector of marine products, made the follow- ing inspections during the week: 966,500 her- ring, 61,485 shad, 5,226 bunches of fish, 66 carp, 26 sturgeon, 159,000 chums, 26.400 crabs, 1 sea turtle and 1,100 bushels of oysters. Condemna- tions were made us follows: 10,500 herring, 42 shad, 663 bunches of fish, 2,100 clams, 4,600 crabs, MISCELLANEOTS, On and after to-day, members of field parties in the engineer department are required to reportat the office at 8:30a.m, wont ae The Death Record. During the forty-eight hours ending at noon to-day deaths were reported to the health of- fice as follows: Catherine Young, white, 70 ears; Louisa Folks, white, 50 years; George i Barker, white, 60 years; V.L Beil, white, 49 years; James E. Smit white, 35 ears; Phillip A. Bohrer, white, 5 months; Eliza A. Goodwin, white, 64 years; Florence Devangen, white, 2 months; Mary H. Farns- worth, white, 1 year; Edward Fitzki, white, 63 years; Margaret Whelby, white, 6 years; Eugene Jackson, colored, 7 days; William G. Stewart, colored, 10 months; Amelia Craig, colored, 75 years; N. D. Hall, colored, 8 years: Percy Allen, colored, 7 months; Charles a, colored, years; Clarence Murray, colored, 2 months; Jessie Jones, colored, 11 months; Lucy Young, colored, 21 years; John F, Williams, white, 2 days; Mary E.’ Robinson, white, 24 years; Lillie B. Miller, white, 18 ears; Mary A. Connolly, white, 58 years; Sarah McDaniel, white, 65 years; Iola Mulloy, white, 9 years. —_—+-—— Transfers ot Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: J. L. Schaffer to Mary Virginia Hazen, sub 15, 8q. 596; $3,500. B, F. Leighton et al. to Nannie E. Michael, lot 8, bik. 11, Brookland; $600. Jas, McKnight to B. F. Leighton, pt. 2, q. 790; 3,000. B. F. Leighton to Jebeone Melsigh, same ; $3,000, W. 8. Cox to Allen Clark rubs Hd. 115, 121, 132 and 12394. 711; £2,304, W. 8. Vernon to Seward Beall, lot 20, bik. 23, Brookland; $562.50. 8 E. Douglas et |. 78; ". tele Lat end 142; aq. 623; 81,650. Minister Reid Interviewed. ‘The New York Herald's cable special, after describing the landing of Minister Whitelaw Reid in France and his journey to Paris, gives the following brief interview: “Practical; I am looking about for a Drother-in-aw came frm Lom tH 1 | i i iG i i i if | Incurables. | dered, and the young men who assume female cal Association to Begin To-morrow. The annual meeting of the American surgical association will begin in the army medical museum in this city to-morrow. Tne meeting will continue three days, two sessions being held each day, one at 10 a m and one at? P.m. Wednesday evening a reception will be given the members at the home of Dr. J. Ford Thompson, on 17th street. At the session to-morrow the president's address will be delivered, and papers will be read by Dra M. H. Richardson, of Boston; J. Collins War- ren, Boston, and J. Ewing Mears, of Philadel- phir. Wednesday papers will be presented by Drs. C. H. Mastin, Mobile; David W. Cheever, Boston; L. McLane Tiffany, University of Maryland, and J. M. Barton, of Philadelphia, The papers announced for Thursday are by Drs. Theo, A. McGraw, Detroit; L. A. Stimson, New York; John Hornans, Boston; Stephen H. Weeks, Portland, Me.; L. C. Lane, San cisco; Randolph Winslow. Baltimore; Herman Mynter, Buffalo; A. J. Cabot, Boston; Lewis 8. her, Brooklyn; N. Brace Carson, St. Louis, and Dudley P. Allen, Cleveland. "Many dis- finguished surgeons are announced to take in the discussions. The list includes Drs. F. & Cennis, York; P. 8. Conner, Cincinnati; B. A. Watson, Jersey City; a T. Bull, New i ayes Agnew, Phila- delphia; J. Collins Warren, Boston; A. Vander- veer, Albany; J. W. S. Gouley, New York: De Forest Willard, gy oy Chas. T. Parker, i ; Wm. T. Bull, New York; KR. A. Kin- loch, Charleston; W. H. Carmalt, New Haven; D. W. Yandell, Louisville; C. B. Nancrede, Philadelphia, and T. F. Prewitt, St. Louis, The Officers of the association are as follows: Presi- dent, David W. Cheever, Boston; vice-+ ~ dents, T. G. Richardson, New Orleans; John B. Roberts, Philadelphia; secretary, J. R. Weist, Philadelphia; treasurer, Phineas &. Conner, Cincinnati; recorder, J. Ewing Mears, Rich- mond, Ind.; council, John 8. ng U.S.A; L. McLane Tiffany, Baltimore; W. F. Peck, Davenport, Iowa; chairman of committee of arrangements, John 8. Billings, U. 8. A. — Police Raids on Disreputable Houses. The officers of the first precinct raided two alleged disreputable houses in Baptist alley last night and arrested Charlotte Williams and | Annie Chinn, the alleged proprictors, and also several persons in the houses, who were held ag witnesses, To-day in the Dolice Court one case was continued, and the other defendant gave bonds to leave the house. —_——- College Stndents as Actors. The Columbia College dramatic club of New | York rendered the original burlesque of “Wm, Penn, or the Quaker and the Komany Rye,” very creditably at the National Rifles hall, Sat- urday evening, for the bencfit of the Home for All of the parts were well ren- roles ‘did some unusually good work. The audience was a very fashionable one, includ many notable people. Nearly all were in full evening dress, _— @ No city in the world is so thoroughly covered by the circulation of a single news- paper as is the city of Washington by that of Tux Evexrxo Stan. It reaches all readers in the city and vicinity. Jt swears to its circula~ tion, No other Washington paper has yet done this. —— ee Robberies Reported. The following robberies have been reported to the police: By Edward Hopkins, corner 12th and U streets, the larceny of a silver watch from a building where he was working; by William C. Vierbrichen, No. 1602 7th street, the larceny of some underwear from in front of his store; by C. Brashears, No. 930 C street, that some- time between Saturday night and this morning his store was forced open and robbed of $50 in money and some postage stamps; by C. F. Wilkins, No. 921 Louisiana avenue, that his store was forced open sometime between Sat- urday night and this morning and robbed of 50 cents; by Harry F. Frost, the theft of a coat; b Miss Ella Leonard, No. 913 G street, the pubs ing from her house of a pair of gold mounted opera glasses; by Martin Schneider, No. 1100 8th street southeast, the larceny from in front of his house Saturday of seven spring chickens; by Mrs. Margaret Callahan, No. 925 22d street northwest, a pair of gold mounted opera lasses, stolen yesterday afternoon; by Thomas rtin, Essex court, the theft of a coat, = pecearest Marriace Licenses.—Marriage licenses have been issued to John W. Street and Beulah B. Lipscomb, both of Bath county, Va.; Joseph D, Ferry and Mary A. Driscoll; Burl Hill an@ Martha Bruce; Francis Marshall and Susaa Coons; John Wesley Curry and Georgeana Chambers. nee The officers of the German war-ship Nixe at tended a hop at the Norfolk navy-yard Satur- day, and will give a return ball on board next ang The Nixe goes to Boston the Ist of june. The alumni of the University of Virginia are endeavoring to raise the necessary money with which to place in the chapel at the university a memorial window to the memory of Professor Gessner Harrison. DIED. BOWDEN. On May 12, 1889, ROSA LEE, be- loved daughter of Mary E.,’ and the late Lemudl G. Bowden, aged 18 years, 7 mouths and 70 days. Funeral will take place from the residence grandfather, Johnson Sands, northwest, Tuesday, Ma! of the family are invi of her 1203, Seventh street 14, at 3 o'clock p.m. Friends ‘to attend. * CONNOLLY. Suddenly on the morning of May 1 88Y, at her residence, 1068 Thirty-first Y ‘as! w Sire, ‘MARY A. CONNOLLI, widow of inten. s Ws jate John Counolly, in the the ‘fifty eighth year of her at 9 o'clock. mans ot Trinity church iiciatzves and iriends ae fue Vited to atten * “Asleep in Jesus.” Funeral will take place from his late residence,3006 M street northwest, Wednesday, May 15, at 3 o'clock nds and relatives invited toatiend. (Phila- ia papers please copy. = HALL. May 13, 1889, at 3 o'clock, m., MARTH. J., widow of late John P. Hail. ‘Funeral from her la 71 H street sonth- Best, Wednesday afternoon, st o-clock.Melatives a family respectfully mvited oq McFARLAND. Sunday. May 12, 1889, at 2.18 p, B,, PANKERS, infant duushter of Thoiuas D. and te residence, ‘ aged five mouths aud twenty-two