Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1889, Page 6

a AMERICANS ALL. THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND TTS MEMBERS. —_—.—__ Sketches of Some of the Leading Dele- gates—Distinguished Men from South and Central America Engaged in the Conference—The Representa- tives of the United States in the Gathering. —-+_—_ Shaped like s Greek cross is the table, or the combiuation of tables, at which sit the delegates to the international American con- ference, now in session at the Wallach house in this city, Viewed from an outer room the scene during one of the meetings is decidedly inter- esting. Each delegute has in front of him the stationery which he is supposed to need, and asaresult the crimson-hued cloth is littered with inkstands, pens, pencils, erasers, rubber bands, paper kuives and such like bric-a-brac. At the extreme northern end of the cross, and separated from it by a narrow aisle, is the table behind phich the president of the conference or the Qecsident pro tem. sits, Like all the other articles of furniture in the conference room this is of oak and it is laden with station- ery of the same character as that spread before the delegates. A call bell and an ivory-headed gavel mark the difference, however, and give the table an air of authority. his air of authority is more marked when Secretary Blaine presides, for, while he is courteous and suave. he is also president. In spite of the fact that windows are numerous but a smal! quantity of daylight enters the suite of rooms which the conference regards as exclusively its own, so the gas is lit in two or three of the crystal chandeliers and the reflections and re-reflections from huge mirrors impart briiliancy of appearance to a gathering composed of men whese mental lus- ter is unquestioned. ‘The conference is made up of thoroughly rep- resentative men. Below will be found bir graphical sketches of some of the leading dele- gates, DR. HORACIO GUZMAN. There will be no more usefully active mem- ber of the conference than the brainy and affable Dr. Horacio Guzman, who represents Nicaragua in that body and in the United States generally, Dr. Guzman was born in Granada, Nicaragua, in 1851, and received his earlier edu- nu in this country t Leicester academy, Massachusetts. Here he mastered the intri f the English lai d when that b Pdone he went to Philx- Px. Iphia a there studied natural} sciences, chemistry, &e. DR. HORACIO GUZMAN. A similar line of +t was taken up in Paris, and when it| had been completed Dr. Guzman returaed | to Philadelphia and sted himself to medic He graduated from Jefferson medical college and soon after graduating he married Miss Ewing, a young lady whose relatives and antecedents were very distinguished. Dr. Guz- men has been the Nicaraguan minister to the United States nearly two and a half years, and | when he accepted the appointment he left an enormous medical practice, for he is regarded as one of the mo Latin Americ: Guzman in the N waterway he Las iuterested is Dr. and for this meas much, if not more, States on the Halifax fishery commission and was one of plenipotentiaries to China to re- Vine the treat between that country and the United States. Secretary Evarts gave him the mission to continue and conclude the negotia- tions with the Colombian minister and the tocol in reference to the United States on e Isthmus of Panama. In that same year, 1881, he was appointed special Cea! the belligerents in South America (Peru, and Bolivia), and in 1882, with Gen. Grant, a pleni- tentiary to negotiate a commercial treaty With Mexico, Mr Trescott is deservedly popu lar and has a large circle of friends in this city and is regarded as an absolute authority on all diplomatic questions. He has written exten- sively on matters of state, CHAS, R. FLINT. Bright, active, pleasing in manner, but a business man throughout—a- typical North American—is United States delegate Charles e Ranlett Flint, who was bornin Thomaston, Me., in 1850. While a boy he moved to New York and there received a scien- tific education at the Polytechnic. In 1868 be entered business and three years later he was a partner in the firm of Gilchrist, Flint & Co. of New York,since which HM)" time he has been in the 4 active administration of business with Brazil and the Spanish - American CHAS, R. FLINT. states, amounting to from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 annually. He is at present a member of the firm of Flint & Co., in association with his father and brother, which firm is engaged in the general South American commission ‘business, importing rubber, hides, wool and other South Amer- ican products, and in shipping provis- ions and other manufactured roducts from the United States. They are also large owners of tonnage, the ship building business having been established by the senior partner in 1540. Mr. Flint was appointed consul of Chili to New York by Senor Jose Alfonso, at present the head of the Chilian delegation to the congress, then minister of foreign affairs of Chili, Mr, Flint held that position from 1876 until 1879, during considerable of which time, in the absence of the charge d’affairs, he was entrusted with the archives and business of the legation, In 1335 he was appointed consul of Nicaragua, and, in the absence of the charge daffairs, represented that government in ne- gotiations with the parties who are now the concessionaires of the Nicaragua canal. Mr, Flint has been most active, as president of the United States electric lighting company, in furthering the development of the present per- fected system of incandescent lighting. He is National Bank of the Repub- S | a director of the N. lic of New York, of the United States and Brazil steamship company, and of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad company. His politi- cal affiliations are democratic. DR. CLIMACO CALDERON. ‘ Pleasant, smiling and chatty is Dr. Climaco Calderon, who was born in the department of Boyaca, republic of Colombia, thirty-seven years ago. He was ed- neated in the city of Bogota, the nutional capital.and when twenty f he entered polit- life and was suc- ively judge of the cireuit court, assembly- man, chief justice of the court of appeals of the state of Boyaca, di reetor of publi tion of the s: justice of the coart of the supreme nation, secretary of the interior under President Nunez and attorney general,DR. CLIMACO CALDERON. In 1884 he was appointed by President Nunez, then in his second term of office, consul gen- eral to the United States, which position he still holds. He has written upon political and than any other living mun. From the begin- ning he has not allowed his patriotic sense to be obscured by any considerations of tempor- afy advantage; he always insisted on the canal being ry way American and he never for a moment countenaced t of European interferer.ce or support. which sees the co tion of the ci a great day for ster Guzman, It is rather an extraordinary thing for a doctor of medicine to become prominent in politics, but it came about very easily in Dr. Guzman's case, for his father, Don Fernando Guzman—the founder of the liberties of the country—is still alive, al- though seventy-seven years of age. so his son naturally driftedanto public life. Dr. Guzman is very much interested in the conference and economical subjects for several Colombian pe: riodicals, and he edited a newspaper in 18%3- He is a great student of international law. of political economy and of the jurisprudence of is own country, CLEMENT STUDEBAKER. Clement Studebaker, one of the United States delegates to the International American con- ference, is the president of the Studebaker 5 Brothers’ manufactur- ing company of South Bend.ind,, makers of all classes of road vehicles for pleasure or business, He was born near Get- tysburg. Pa, and is its program, and when the results are summed up it will be found that he has done his share of the work. DON 3 IMO ZELAYA. Don Jeronimo the minister plenipo- tentiary and delegate to the conference from Honduras. was born in Honduras in He completed his law studies in the Univer- sity of Guatemala and atonce returned to his own country, where his rofessional ability and jonorable character soon procured him a high standing among his countrymen. For nearly twenty years Dr. Z ¥ Zelaya held thé appoint- % ment of judge of the supreme court and his mame bas been con- $i} nected several times /' with the promotion of public an —* in- DON JERONIMO ZELAYA. struction in the University of Tegucigalpa. During the last fifteen years Senor 3 fas rendered many important services to his gov- _ ernment. In 1875 he was appointed a mem- ber of the commission on maticn of the legal codes of Honduras, and the work he did in that line still lives, Even since then Senor Zelaya has been a constant coworker with the govern- ment—as minister of state and envoy extraor- dinary to the several states of Central America. On account of Senor Zelaya’s abil a Writer he has repeatedly been entrusted with the direction of official periodical publications, and his sound writings and progressive politi- cal views have attracted the attention of those who dwell far outside the limits of his own country. His southern home is one of the most beautiful and picturesque in all Hondu- ras. Itis but a few yards away from the palace of the president. ‘The doctor has a wife and a family of daughters and here,as in his native land, he isa great favorite with the ladies, M. ROLET PERAZA. N. Bolet Peraza was born in Caracas, the eapital of the republic of Venezuela, and after receiving a most thorough education took part in the liberal move- ments which made the republic a federal one. sis a general in the Venezuelan army, has been a congressman for eizht years and tary of state, and hus a reputation which is more than national. Delegate Bolet Peraza is one of the great ora- tors of his country and through his popular lit- rary efforts his name isa household word in Venezuela, Within the week Delegate notified of hk niment as DOLET PERAZA. Venezuelan minister to this country. For some time past he has la- Dored in the newspaper Md ist New York, his endeavors being directed to bringing about closer relations between the United States and x fifty-eight years of age. His father was a black- smith aud wagon maker. He removed with his family to Ashland, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch “worked out” on a farm, attending school winters until old cnough n_ he was taught the craft of his father in the original Studebaker shop at Ashland, a log building which is still stand- ing. ClemStudebaker removed to South Bend, Ind., in the fall of 1850. He taught school the tirst winter and then engaged with a threshing machine factory, leaving that work to start in business at the forge with his older brother, Heury, in 1852. on a cash capital of 268, Later Henry retired from the business, and in succes- sion J. M., Peter E. and F. Studebaker were added to the compan; 8 quartet remained unbroken until December 17, when J. F., the younger member, died. Their business has for some years been the largest of its kind in the world. Mr. Studebaker was one of the commission- ers from the United States to the Paris exposi- tion in 1878, and from Indiana to the cotton ex- position at New Orleans, He was also a dele- ate from his district to the national repub- 1ean convention in 1830 and a delegate-at- large from his state to the convention which nomineted President Harrison. Mr. Studebaker has always interested him- self deeply in church matters, He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has twice been a lay delegate to the general con- ference, for several years a member of the book committee of the church and a trustee of DePauw university. CLEMENT STUDEBAKER, to learn a trade, w! DR. FERNANDEZ CRUZ. Dr. Fernando Cruz, one of the quietest but brainiest men in the conference, was born in the city of Guatemala, the capital of the re- public of that name, in the year 1845, Tn that mala, His choice of professions was the law and this he was so suc- cessful in that the de- gree of doctor of laws was speedily earned. Afterward he was pro- fessor of law in the uni- versity of St, Charles and when that institu- tion became disinte- grated Dr. Cruz still re- DR. FERNANDEZ CRUZ, tained his connection with the law school. In 1880 he was appointed minister of the interior and later was honored by being made minister of foreign affairs, Last June Dr. Cruz was ap- pointed envoy extraordinary and minister plen- ipotentiary to the United States and with that commission came credentials as delegate to the conference. ‘The highest offices in the Guate- malan judiciary have been in the possession of Dr. Cruz and he has filled them all with per- fect impartiality and satisfaction. He has written voluminously of the laws of Guatemala and his work on ‘Institutions of National Law” is a standard. Minister Cruz is one of the most thoroughly accomplished scholars and the southern republics. He married the daugh- ter of Gen. J. G. Monagas, the Lincoln of Ven- ezuela. WILLIAM HENRY TRESCOTT. Bat few men, if any, are better known in the diplomatic circles of this country than William Henry Trescott. one of the United States dele- tes to the conference. je was born in Charles- ton, 8.C., November 10, 1822, and graduated from the College of Charleston in 1540. He studied law and in 1843 was admitted to the bar. Mr. Trescott’s first experience in the pub- lie service was as secre- retary to the United States legation in Lon don in 1862 In 1860 he % was assistant secretary of state, but when South Carolina declared itself out of the Union he re- signed and went home. From 1862 to 1866 he wasa member of the state legislature, was on the staff of Gen. B.S. Ripley, and afterward & member of the executive council. After per- forming numerous im t services for his state during the rebeilion he was sent, at the close of the war, to this city to represent South Carolina with regard to the questions which arose under the reconstruction acts, Mr. Tres- ott was eppointed counsel for the United WM. M. TRESCOTT. linguists that can be found in the conference, DR. CARLOS MARTINEZ SILVA. Of more massive physical frame than any other member of the conference and possessed of avery decided individuality is Dr. Carlos ar Martinez Silva of the Colombian delegation, Dr. Silva was born in the Department of San- tander, Republic of Coiombia, forty - two Years ago, His father, who died while the con- ference was on its re- cently closed tox as a lawyer, a distin court of Colombia, Dr. Silva received the di- Yrioma of doctor of jaws from the Univer- sity of Bogota and de- voted himself to pro- DR. SILVA. ——- and to let- tera. He founded and direc in Bogota a political and literary review, El Rej Colombiano, which ‘stands publication of its kind in South America, has published various didactic works, them being a ‘Treatise on Judicial “Compendium of Ancient Hi and “Compendium of Goograyhent Whee and teen, The edition of “International Law” of Andres Bello, recently issued in Madrid, contains an appendix of “Notes and Commentaries” by Dr. Silva, who has likewise just published an extensive ane of Don Fernandez Mad- rid—a work Poot Rageeiees = prize in the open com: ions in Bogota ‘Carthagens. In Colom! pede been be soaker st congress, direc e college of Rosario, por sheng public instruction, and when ay pointed to fill the honorable position of gate to the conference was secretary of the treasury. He is a corresponding member of the royal academy of Spain. soe FREDERICK CITY AND COUNTY. A Chapter of Accidents—Avenged His Sister—Wedding Belle—Local News, Correspondence of Tur EVENING Stan. Faeprnicx, Mp., November 22. When Edward Freed, a groceryman, called at the house of Henry Perkins, in Schleyville, suburb of this city, yesterday there was no response to his knock and finding the door un- locked he walked in and found Perkins and his wife and child in bed in an unconscious state from the effects of gas from a coal stove. A physician was summoned and late last night the sufferers had recovered. Henry Russman of Garfield, this county, wen' to Funkstown, just over the Washington county line, yesterday and finding his brother-in-law, John Ogle, gave him a beating, seriously in- juring him about the head. Before commit- ting the assault Russman inquired of # magis- trate how much such a venture would be likel; to cost and when told $500 said he was satisfie After the assault he escaped arrest by return to this county. Ogle and his wife recently se rated and Russman’s object was to avenge his sister and bring her home. Frederick Shipley was accidentally thrown from a wagon near Petersville yesterday and seriously injured about the head.—Geo. T. Gaither, jr., while at work with a circular saw at Unionville, this county, yesterday had his leg broken by the fragment of a jack that had urst, ‘The wedding of Miss Sophie E. Claggett, daughter of Samuel Claggett, esq., of Peters- ville, and Mr. Garrett Crampton of Washing- ton, D.! which took place Tuesday in St. Mark's P.E. church at Petersville, was an inter- esting event, ‘The ushers were Mr. West Clag- gett, brother of the bride; Mr. Charles T. Hil- leary of Petersville, Mr. Lynn De Lachmutt of Washington and Mr, ‘I. Coke Chambers of Dela- ware, te § the ceremony the bride and groom stood beneath an arch of flowers, from which was suspended a horse shoe of white chrysanthemums. The bride wore an imported gown of dark green serge with hat to match, Mr. and Mrs, Crampton will reside in George- town after an extenied northern tour, Mr, John I, Long of Jefferson and Miss Em- ma V. Sevchrist of near Middletown, were mar- ried at the home of the bride Wednesday even- ing, Rev. T. F. Huffmeier officiating, ‘They went to Washington ona wedding tour. —Miss Flora A.Snyder and Mr. Sam! Grubbs, the latter of Ohio, and the former daughter of Mr. Moses H, Snyder of Myersville, were married last night in the Lutheran church at the above place, Rev. A. M. Smith officiating. The commissions of the recently elected county commissioner, sheriff and surveyor were received yesterday from Gov. Jackson. Pind will take the oath of office on Decem- er 2, Mr. Charles J, Lewis, formerly of Frederick, has been elected director of a bank at Claren- don, Tex. Mr. and Mrs, E. E. Delachmutt and Miss Lucie Ramsburg have returned from a visit to Washington.— Mr. A. B. Carty, recently ap- pointed to a position in the government print- lng office, has removed his family to Washing- ton,—RKev. Martin C. Rice of Washington has been visiting his mother at Jefferson, F.M. ——— THE BRANCHVILLE TRAGEDY. ‘ells How the Kill- mpathy for Him. The Aged Prisoner ing Came About— Correspondence of THe EVENING STAR, Urrer Martzono’, Mp., November 22. John O. Ball, who was brought here Sunday evening and put in jail for the killing of Lewis Robinson, colored, at Branchville, Prince George's county, on the morning of that day, being interviewed yesterday by your corre- spondent, gave the following account of the homicide: “On Sunday morning about one hour before day I was awakened by a knock- ing at my door. Supposing Robinson was cold I let him in, On enter- ing he said, ‘Where is your rifle? ‘Oh!’ said I, ‘itis around here somewhere.’ I then took a seat on my bed. Asking again for my rifle and receiving no reply he blew out the lamp and pred around the room im quest of the weapon until he came near the table where I had lett an old bowie knife, used for splittin, kindling wood. Taking thishe went out an after whetting it on a stone he passed around the house once or twice and again approached the door. Thinking his mtentions were by no means friendly I told him to leave me, but in- stead he came nearer the door, brandishing his knife. Ithen grabbed up an old Colt’s revol- ver lying near and said, ‘If you move another step I wiil shoot you as sure as there's a God in heaven.’ By this time he was within 6 feet of me, and believing my life in danger I hastily fired the revolver. Quickly placiug both hands over his heart he stumbled and fell. Seeing he was badly injured I called my nearest neighbor. Mr. McDonald, and asked him to go for Mr. Pinkney A. Scaggs. The former returned, saying Mr. Scaggs was not yet up. Short! after he went a second time, returning wit! Mr. Scaggs, but by this time the man was dead, baving lived about half an hour after the shoot- ing without speaking. We then went before Justice Whelan and I was sent here. Had I al- lowed Robinson to enter my door after securing the knife lam sure he would have killed me, He tried to break into my house two weeks be- fore, wishing to get possession of the house and caring little how he disposed of me. His idea in walking around the house was only to see if any one was near to witness the deed.” The prisoner, a native of this county, is sev- enty-five years old, is a pensioner of the Mexi- can war and was severcly wounded at Vera Cruz. He is tall, but much bent with age and is unable to walk without crutches, owing to a railroad accident two years ago in which his lett leg was injured, Robinson alias Smith alias Thomas alias Jones bore a bad reputa- tion, being well known to the sheriff and jail- ers of this county and to the police officials of Washington, Public sentiment is entirely with the prisoner and an effort will be made to se- cure bail, ——— A LIFE-LONG RAILROAD PASS. An Interesting Question in Railroad Law Argued in Maryland. A Westminster, Md., dispatch to the Balti- more American gives an account of a case of great interest on trial in the circuit court for Carroll county. It is an action on covenant and for damages by Mr. Edward Lynch of Westminster against the Western Maryland railroad, In June, 1871, the railroad company contracted in writing to give to Mr. Lynch, his heirs and assigns, afree pass forever on all trains of the said company, the consideration for which grant was a water right and privi- lege to enter upon the lands of Mr. Lynch, ad- joining this city, for the purpose of maintain- ing the same. Upon this pass Mr. Lynch has claimed, and, until March, 1888, exercised the right to travel, not only on trains running on the main line of the Western Maryland railroad company, but on the trains on all roads operated by the company. In March, 1883, a conductor in the employ of the company, on the Baltimore and Cumberland Valley railroad, ejected Mr. Lynch trom his train, and he brought the suit now pending to enforce the contract and recover damages for injury and wrong claimed to have been done him by the refusal of the company to pass him on trains other than those running ou the main line be- tween Baltimore and Williamsport, Md, The company resists the suit upon the theory that the contract extends only tothe maia line, The language of the contract is peculiar in specifying “the trains of the company,” in- sf nae railroad itself{—a very nice Uistino- tion, ————-cee-______ Mrs. Mackay’s Wonderful Parrot. Mrs. Mackay, the ‘Bonanza Queen,” has, writes the London correspondent of the Man- chester Courier, provided during her absence wonderful green parrot, which attracts hundreds of people evs day to hear him the policeroan ‘had man ple to move on, “Move City Streets Miles Beyond the Present City Limits. WHERE FORTY-SECOND STREET CAN BE FOUXD IX ‘THE SUBURES—MAKING THE PLAN OF THE CITY ‘THE PLAN OF THE COUNTRI—OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST. At the present rate of progress it will not be long before Washington will compete with New York and Chicago in the growth of its suburbs, While Washington in its numbered streets has not reached the hundreds and be- yond, yet it is making that way at a much more rapid gait than is generally supposed. As the new subdivisions of land in the suburbs are laid off the city streets, both as to width and direc- tion, are laid off, and when the official street namer is called to perform his Cuties in the vicinity of Tenleytown, Brightwood or out be- yond the Eastern branch, he has to search out the high numbers in order to meet the demand. An illustration of this may be found in the plate which Herman K. Viele, the civil engineer, is pre- Hedge J of the land lying on each side of ie Tenleytown road between ex-President Cleveland's house and the one formerly occu- pied by ex-Secretary Whitney. The land on the west side is known as Gleneilon and is where the Country club house Is located, On the east side of the road is a large tract of land known as Richmond Park. Both of these tracts were Inid out before the passage of the law of Au- gust 27, 1888, which requires all subdivisions of land to be made in contormity with the plan of the city. Mr. Goldsborough and the other owners of the property, foreseeing that under the operation of this law streets the same width as those in the city would be the rule and not the ex- ception in the suburbs, decided to have the entire property subdivided again. This is being done by Mr. Viele, who finds that the north and south street the farthest to the west that will pass through this property is 42d street. So this street will be duly laid out and hereafter Washington may boast the proud dis- tinction of having a 42d street. In order to pro- vide names for the cast and west streeta the of- ficials at_ the District office are obliged to en- gge in geographical researches. The rule adopted in regard to naming these streets is to use the names of American cities in alphabetical order. Forexample, the lettered streets stop with W street. Then the next street is Albany, the next Baltimore, the next Cincinnati and so on down to Joliet and beyond. By the time the streets are extended out to Brightwood the al- phabet, used in this way, will probubly become exhausted, ALONG MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE EXTENDED. It is probable that some may suppose that this arrangement is merely fanciful, based upon a possible future need. It, however, may be seen very fully carried out in the great | Pee which has recently been prepared of the land lying on each side of Massachusetts avenue from Rock creek to the Tenleytown road. There are 230 acres in this property, which is owned by what is known as the Thompson syndicate. With the exception of the new naval observatory property, through which it is proposed to extend Massachusetts avenue, this tract includes nearly all the land bordering on the proposed avenue between the two points named. Massachusetts avenue to the full extent of its width of 160 feet is laid down, andso are the streets following the same lines and width as the streets in the city. ‘There are forty-seven squares or blocks in this great subdivision and, three circles, | Thirty-seventh street 18 the extreme western street, and the extreme northern street is Joliet. is system of strect extension brings the city streets up to the Tenleytown road and to the north of the, property ucross the Woodley lane road connection will be made with the new subdivision of Richmond Park, so that practically the extension of city streets when the work is completed will reach as far in that direction as the Loughborough road, CITY STREETS IN THE SUBURBS, Within the past year there has been a great change in the ideas about the proper width of streets, Formerly it was thought a street fifty feet in width was sufficient, while sixty feet was magnificent, Now ninety-foot streets are the rule, and while the owners of property are obliged to give up a good proportion of their land to the public and so have less to sell, yet it is maintained by those who have had experience that the loss in the quantity of land is more than made by the increased | price which cun be obtained for the lots. It is hot probable that this change of opinion woulfl have taken place in so short a time if it had not been for the law which prohibits the recording of any subdivision in the surveyor's oilice unless it is mude in conformity with the plan of the city. The Commissioners refuse to recognize any other subdivision, the streets cannot be accepted as public streets and no im- rovements can be made at public expense. Vhile this law i capable of a slight evasion by recording the subdivision with the recorder of deeds, yet it has been found by experience in several instances that such evasion operated as acloud upon the property and interfered with the ready sale of tis lot, There, have even been cases where a subdivision has been made contrary to the law and the property placed on the market without being recorded in the sur- veyor's office. But in every instance such Prop- erty has tinally been withdrawn and newly sul divided in conformity with the plan of the city, the owners finding that it was the only way to make the lots marketable, MERIDIAN HILL PROPERTY, One of the largest transuctions in suburban property recently made was the sale of the block of ground on the east side of 16th street ad- joining Boundary street. It was sold to a syn- dicate for $190,000, which is at the rate of nearly $1 per square foot, As far as known it is the intention of this syndicate to hold the roperty as an investment. The late owner, Uie'Baward C. Dean, purchased the Property about four years ago for 61,000. He has, how- ever, Sane ¢ pended a large sum of money in bringing the ground down to grade and the improvement, as well as the erection by ex- Senator Henderson of a fine stone residence on the opposite side of 16th street, has had the effect a adding tothe value of the property. The ground hasa generous frontage on 16th and 15th streets extended and on Boundary and Prospect streets, Those interested in pro} erty in what is known as the Meridian Hill sul division, of which this block is a part, are of the opinion that in the event that the exposition is held in this city Meridian Hill would be a ood place to locate the buildings. ‘The one fceaved and ten acres included in this sub- division, they say, are practically unimproved and the necessary ground could be obtained ats comparatively small outlay of money. THE ASSESSMENT OF TAXES. People have been paying their taxes during the present month and growling at the size of the bills, as all good citizens have the privilege of doing under such circumstances. The usual semi-annual discontent of the tax payers has a keener edge just at present for the reason that they are finding out the increase made by the recent assessment, The talk that was heard during the summer about the irregularities and the injustice of the assessment has been re- vived. One indignant tax payer, while looking over his tax bills and comparing them with last year, reached the conclusion that the chief objection to the present system was the employment of men as assessors whose knowledge of property values was limited. “Instead of paying assessors $5 a day,” he said, ‘they ought to be paid $25 per day and the services of the best real estate ex- perts in the city secured. I believe that they could do the work in a third of the time that is usually Bing ane and in this way the expense would not be much more than under the pres- ent system. There is no doubt that the valua- tions made by competent men wonld be more aa al.” gig N : THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SA generally satisfactory than those made by men whose knowfdge of property values is very slight. I hope that the next assessment will be made in a more intelligent manner.” —_—>__ Burled by Indjans. Four of the bodies which were discovered by workmen digging a cellar Tuesday, about s mile from Pierre, South Dakota, have been identified by the authorities at Fort Bennett. The names are Lieutenant Edward Donnelly, privates 8. 8, Forman and Peter Mc- Niney and Corporal Swingler. It is now certain that they were frozen in the great storm of January 12, and afterward found and buried by ——+e+_____ The total vote of Virginia, two counties esti- mated, was 290,618, cratic candidate for attorney 166,978, and W. 8. Lurty, DECLARATION OF WAR: A Survey of the Posi- eee eee considerations and Marine In- surance during war. DoveLas Owes, Bar- Tister at Law, author of Marine Notes and Clauses. London: Stevens & Sons. STANDISH OF STANDISH. A Story of the Pil- ims. By JaNk G. AUSTIX, author of “A iameless Nobleman,” ‘Nantucket Scraps,” etc., ete. Boston: Mifiin & Co. Houghton, A SUMMER IN A CANON. A California Story. Kate Dovdlas WIGGIN, author of “The ’ Christmas Carol,” etc. Boston: Hough- ton, Mifflin & Co. Washington: Kobert Beall THE SCIENCE OF THE CHRIST. An Advanced Statement of Christian nee; with an Inter- pretation of Genesis. By UrstLa N. GEsTE- FELD. Chicago: Published by the Author. OSBORNE OF ARROCHAR. By Auanpa Dova- Las, author of “Heroes of the Crusades,” “Lost in @ Great City,” etc., etc. Boston: Lee &Shepard. Washington: Brentano's. COAL AND COAL MINES. By Ho! GREENE. With Miustrations from Drawings by the author. Bos on: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Washington: Robert Beall. MARIE BASHKIRTSEFF: The Journal of a Young Artist. 1800-1884. ‘Translated by Mary J. Ser rano. Illustrated. New York: Cassell & Co. Washington: Brentano's. THE LOST INCA. A Tale of Discovery in the Vale of Inti-Mayu. By the INcA-PANCHO- OzoLLo. New York: Cassell & Co. Washing- ton: Brentano's. THE AWAKENING OF MARY FENWICK. A Novel. By Bgatxice Waitsy. (Town and Country Library, No. 42.) New York: D. Ap- pleton & Co. THE LITTLE PEOPLE'S CALENDAR. New White & Allen. Washington: J.J. Decks THE LOSS OF THE MANHATTAN. Twenty of Her Crew Probably Found a Watery Grave. York: er. It was the three-masted schooner Van Name that picked up Capt. Jennings and fourteen of the crew of the Manhattan. The Van Name took thera to New London, where the revenue cutter Dexter met the schooner and took off the shipwrecked men. The fol- lowing are the names of the crew who were rescued by the Van Name: Captain N. H. Jen- nings, First Officer Charles Davis, Second Officer Orlof Nelson, Steward Joseph Garcia, Quartermaster Fred Olson, Oiler Henry Volt- lander, Seamen Andrew Anderson, John Nelson, Henry Walling and Thomas Pritchard, Officers’ Messmate James Bamm, Wm. Sharp, & waiter, and V, Gorris, cook, Chief Engineer Hayden died on the Van Name from injuries received in the collision. The Manhattan had on board a cargo of merchandise, The vessel's crew numbered thirty-two. She also carried three steerage passengers, The names of only afew of the crew are known by the Old Dominion people. The manager of the com- pany said that the vessels on his line exchange crews at the end of each trip, and it was im- possible to state which of the employes of the company were on board the Manhattan. The Manhattan was valued at $150,000 aud there was no insurance on her. CAPT, JENNINGS’ STORY, Capt. Jennings speaks very strongly about the action of the officers of the schooner which collided with the Manhattan in abandoning them, According to the story told by Capt. Jennings the Mauhattan was bound from New York for West Point, Va. Wednesday moruing at 5 o'clock, when off Fenwick Island light, on | the coast of Maryland, she was run into by an unknown four-masted schooner. The Manhat- tan began to fill rapidly and the captain gave orders to have the boats lowered. Four had been manned when the steamer sank. Those who remained of the crew managed to cling to a life raft, but were separated from the small boats during the night. They have not yet been heard trom and are thought to be lost. ‘The sea was very rough Thureday, and it was only by the hardest work that the boats were kept together. In the morning the Van Name hove insight and the men in the boats raised a greatshout. Capt. Jenuings says that when the Manhattan and the unknown schooner came together aman jumped from the latter on tothe steamer, but immediately after dis- appeared without saying a word to any one. © may be with the rest of the crew on the life raft, WHAT THE CAPTAIN OF THE SCHOONER SAYS, ‘The schooner Agnes Manning, Capt. Birdsall, is supposed to have been'the vessel with which the Manhattan was in collision. She arrived at Philadelphia Lone in tow of a tug boat with her bowsprit and jib-boom smashed and her stern started. She was leaking badly and reported a seaman, known only as Ham, as missing. Captain Birdsall reported that he was run into early Wednesday morning by an un- known steamer, which went about without en- deavoring to ascertain the extent of the schoon- er’s injuries. The morning was a little hazy, but bright enough to see some distance uhead, and the collision, Captain Birdsall claims, was due to negligence of those or board the steamer. Captain Birdsall had all the customary lights burning. and showed a light forward when he saw the steamer approaching. She paid uo at- tention to the shouts of Cuptain Birdsall's men, but ran into the schooner nearly at full speed. ‘Then she went on without stopping. At first it was thought the schooner was going to sink, but the constant use of the pumps kept ber free until the tug Ivanhoe got her in tow and brought her into fresh water. She will have to discharge her cargo for repairs. The Manhattan was built by John Roach & Sons, at Chester, for the Old Dominion steam- ship company and was Inunched in the fall of 1879. She was at once ne on the line be- tween New York, Norfolk and Richmond, Va., in which service she has been continued with- out interruption for the past ten years, She was a schooner-rigged iron propeller of 1,155 tons aud bad an average speed of twelve knots au hour. She was 243 ieet long over all, thirty- five feet three inches in breadth of beam and twenty feet in depth of hold. She was pro- polled by a pair of compound engines, which took steam from two boilers at eighty-nine- pounds pressure to the square inch. The Manbattan left New York at 3:35 p.m. on Wednesday last for West Point with three pas- sengers—Wm. Walker, Jas, ©. Tobin, Wm, Vaughn—and a crew of thirty-two in all. She carried a miscellaneous cargo, the value of which is not kuown and which is small, The Manhattan is valued at $125,000 und was partly insured. The officers of the Manhattan were N. H. Jenney, captain; J. P. M. Davis, first offi- cer; Peter Nelson, second officer; C, F. Hayden, chief engineer; C. Charlton, first assistant en- gineer; D. F, Slocum, second assistant engi- neer; C. W. Cose, purser; J. Garcia, steward; Mrs.'A. Gray, stewardess, wt eee BOILED TO DEATH. One Baltimore Butcher Throws An- other Into a Vat of Bolling Water. Henry Brunier and Jobn Fisher, employes at John Weitzel’s butchery establishment in Bal- timore got into a quarrel over a trifling matter yesterday, and later began to fight. They clinched and threw each other around the slaughter house, to the amusement of the other employes, for some time. Fisher, who was older aud stronger than Brunier, had the advantage all the time. but the latter stuck to him and the two fought like bull dogs, Fisher managed to get the boy near a vat of boiling water which is used to take bristles off of hogs and pushed him in, The boy's body from his neck to his knees was scalded in a most horrible manner. The lad’s brought the other workemen to the an was soon pulled out and a doctor summoned. He was sent to the Maryland ae hospi- tal and suffered intense agony until he died. Both men had been friends up to the time of the fight, and lived at Mr. Weitzel’s, Fisher was arrested. —_————+oe—__—_ Mr. Cleveland Decides a Law Suit. Ex-President Cleveland, the referee in the Phelps in 1884 and the price at which he ac- counted for them to Pi with Multin and Griftin, Phelj terday, in which he orders Macment of Phelps for about $33,000. The tried before Mr. Cleveland fast summer, and was finally submitted to him in October. In his report the referee finds with the plaint every question of fact involved in the case, to allow Venner to retain any i account of his having violated his agent of filed his report ys, yes- nt in favor tiff w ie commis- sions to which he otherwise Kaba ea werner we fe ee The Imperial Pension List Will be Kept Up. the provisional government and an been issued that they be paid out of revenues, A decree will be issued shortly making numerous changes in the personnel of the government office holders and naming the officials who have been appointed to succeed those who will be removed. The greater num- | ber of officials who served under the emperor | have announced their allegiance to the new government. An ovation was given to the ministers of Uruguay and the Argentine Re- public Thursday night upon their recognition of the republic. THINES THE UNITED STATES DID IT. Monsignor Lacerda, an eminent French prel- | ate in Paris, who is well acquainted with Bra- | zil, thinks that the United States had mach to | do with the revolution and the dismissal of | Dom Pedro, Naturally, denials of this extra- | ordinary view of the situation have fallen thick upon the head of the ecclesiastic, for, strange as it may seem, serious contradictio | of his statements is wot regarded in Paris as ab surd. 200 THE NEW YORK TRAGEDY. Story of Ha h Southworth, Who Shot and Killed Her Betrayer. Hannah Southworth, who shot Stephen L. Pettus, secretary aud treasurer of the Brooklyn | elevated railroad and member of the firm of Pollock, Pettus & Co,, tobacco and cotton brokers at 54 Broad street, a man of wealth and influence, in the streets of New York yester- day, was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1859. Her | father, E. J. Martin, was a man of wealth and | standing, acoffee broker for most of his life. Her mother was a Miss Bartley of the well- | known Kentucky family of that name, Hannah | was sent to the Convent Villa Marie, in Mon- | treal, where she graduated with high honors. | She married Frederick Southworth, the son lof a Geneva banker, who died several years ago. After the death of her father she and her mother went to Brooklyn, | where one of her brothers, Willam Li. Martin, | lived, Mrs. Martin and her daughter went to live at the Pierrepont house. Mrs. Martin had money enough to pay the expenses of both and they were abie to drese in good style, but not | to live extravagantly. She was introduced to | Pettus by an acquaintance, who had been led astray by him and had placed herself so in his eed that at his bidding she was compelied to ring Mrs. Southworth to him and to assist him in numbering her also among his victims. A WICKED PLOT. The plot, according to Mrs, Southworth, reached a climax some three or four years ago, | when, through the representations of this woman she accompanied Mr. Pettus toa matinee, and, being left alone with him after it was over, was induced to go to a private house near by on the pretext that he wished to take her to call upon a lady who wasa friend of his, They were ushered into a parlor, where, to Mrs. | Southworth’s surprise, they were met by a col- | ored man with the air of a waiter, from whom | Mr. Pettus ordered a bottle of wine. Mrs. | Southworth being frightened at her surround- | ings, demanded an explanation and was reas- | sured by Mr. Pettus, In the meantime she was | urged to take a glass of champagne, which she did. having been accustomed from childhood to the use of wine upon proper occasions, In a few moments she lost consciousness and knew nothing more of her surroundings until the fol- lowing morning, when she waked up finding herself in bed in this strange house, with no one about her, with no one within call whom she had ever known. She soon discovered that she had been abandoned to make her way home Nery recovering consciousness as best cou! HIDING THE SCANDAL. Overwhelmed with shame she returned home and, giving some excuse as best she could to her family for her absence, she attempted to conceal her disgrace by keeping it secret. In the course of a few weeks, however, she dis- covered that some one must be taken into her confidence. She says that she appealed to Pettus to assist her, and that at bis suggestion she left the city and went to asmall town where by his procurement an operation was r- formed that left her permanently injured. After her return to this city she says she in- sisted that Pettus should provide means for her to live in retirement away from ber — whom she had disgraced. He refused to do so, and finally, becoming tired of her impor- tunities, tried,to get rid of her by telling mutual friends that she was trying to black him. In desperation she besought him at his office and on the street to help her, Last spring she was arrested for assaulting Pettus on the street with her umbrella. ‘ihe woman has brooded on her wrongs unt] she-is nearly a maniac, ‘The dead man was niarried, but had no chil- dren. His wife, who was a Miss Pollard, is an invalid. The assassination was all the talk at the cotton exchange and among the tobacco dealers this morning. The news became known at once inthe exchange and caused great ex- citement. Mr. Pettus was alwaysa prominent figure on the floor and his transactions and those of his firm were customarily large. He was one of the most energetic of the traders, and was well known by ali the members, many of whom expressed great sorrow at his un- timely taking off. A Louisville, Ky., eax arya says: Mrs. South- worth, as one of her ‘tives expressed it, was always “a little giddy.” For this reason, per- haps, in spite of her excellent family connec- tions, she was not a society leader, She has five brothers, who supported her. Edward is general freight agent of the Southera Pacific railroad at San Francisco; Bartley is a member of the firmuf Lee & Martin, builders and con- tractors in Brooklyn; George 18 a prominent New York business man, and Charles and Aris- ted are wealthy ranchmen in California. Pet- tus had just finished building a $25,000 resi- dence at Clarkesville, and intended to live there a portion of his time hereafter. Why He Killed Himself. R. H. Payne, the young business man of St. Louis who shot and killed himself in a hotel in Jersey City Octover 10, was supposed to be worth $100,000. and he was ad- ministrator of the Payne estate, valued at 75,000. The heirs of this estate are five minor children, cousins of the administrator. It was discovered soon after his death that Mr Payne had lost his own property in speculation and was heavily indebted to various local banks, Thursday the discovery was made that the en- tire estate of the minor children had been wrecked and wiped out. Payne, by a series of forgerics and misrepresentations, had quietly secured possession of nearly $50,000 worth of real estate belonging to the heirs and sold it. ‘The remainder of the estate, consisting of se- curities, was lost with the rest. Payne lost €40,000 in an opera glass venture, —_cor—_____ A Sad Story. At Sioux City E. Perry has gone raving crazy under very #94 circumstances. Thurs- day was to have been his wedding day, but after working hard for several years the home he had bought was foreclosed upon in conse- quence of the rascality of a fellow surveyor who had been sent to Minneapolis for the wages of en 4 anda whole party of railroad surveyors, The fellow got the cash—€10,000— and ran off with it. Perry returned to Sioux City penniless and without hope of saving his home from the hands of the m . Sunday evening he was at the home of his betrothed. His misfor- tune preyed wy his mind and in the he hoped day set for his w: be was carried away rav- ing to the asylum at Clari POWDER ‘This =m = ey XK, at ‘THE ARLINGTON (PARLOR B, MONDAY, TURSDAY ané WEDNEDAY, November 25, 26 and 27. MESSRS, BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE of Philade! jtus, Jewelers, Silversmiths and Stationers, ‘Will make « display of samples of Wedding, Recep- tion, Banquet, Ball and Party Invitations, Ment Cards, Tea Cards, Plate Cards, Correspondence Papers, Address Headings, Visiting Cards and every variety of Fine Stationery; also Pocket Boouks, Card Cases, (Cigar and Cigarette Cases, Portfolios, ete, ‘The choice of the entire stock will be shown, from which orders for Christmas Goods may be given, ar PARLOR EB, THE ARLINGTON, WASHING ON, D.G, NOVEMBER 25, 26 AND 27. LADIES PARTICULARLY INVITED. | (PACOMA, WASHING LON TaaKET nt be placed bere fo as $t tro to BU percent Ine ‘There are bo surer or saier iny BETHELL, McMANUS & GILLESPIE, 3m_ Ublmwan Market Block, Taooma, W. Ao W. COKSON. JNO. W MACARTNEY Member . 2. Stock CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 14191 ST! yw, Bankers aud Dealers 1u Goverument Bonde Deposits. Exchan Railrosd Stocks and Be © the Exchanges ot New ) tne baltimore toug lt abd seid A specialty wade of uvestment securities, District Ponds and all Local Katlroaa, Gas, lusurance and Lei © Stock dealt in, aan Bell Lelep GOODs. Ts"! PRONTSIIt dain combing, ‘M. J. PRANDI, ™. OMlrs. Harrison's), importer of Fine Freuck Mair Goods, Hairdrpssing. _ Bled _ Shampooing. ME. BRADLEY, MODISTE, FORMERLY OF AME New York, wintios to eaten | lauies tor aberul pats | Pertect fit, MLL 1329 F st. n. 1880-v0. +1 He cE 2S CEPTION GOWNS Arrkk THE LALLST MODE ‘MISS J. BOGGESS, nll-2w* 1446 Q at ow, SST CLASS MODIST!, 604 11/H Si, Opposite Boston House Aiding Habits aud Eveui tuade from #6 up. be qt. BOSI’S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, IN CHARGE of the Disters of Charity, G st. bet. it. resswaking, Maliiwery aud Freuch Couking Premb Home-wade Cakes always % ook ate JLB, PARASOL, or Dolls, SLEMAN PAVOKS, 32 Napkins, Loys, New ares, Games, Studies, Gold Pais hy Making Puper Flowers, Go au Lauterus, &. * Droamea. Street Costumes 1 Ht oe26-001 hed 2 id 3. SAX GOULD, ADIES WISHING FINE LACES DONE UP IN First-class French style call at the oaly shed place iu the city, Mine. VALMUNI"B, 713. st uw, Pine Lace Curtaiuss specialty. sonable, SUASKIN GARMENTS DYED AND ALTERED into Newost Stylce, New Seal Garments made to order JS8ES CUNNINGHAM, Practical Pure Fiera, 1510 Sth st.nw., between Nand 0. seli-tun KENCH DYEING. SCOURING AND DKY CLEAN- ING ESTABLISHMENT, 1205 New York ave. uust-cluse aud Gents work of every fy wet apd ven bon. Piekh, Vel ADD AND CAROLINE Like, tormery with A Fischer ahd Maison Yriese, Faria ADGA BSR sD CLEANING ESTAB LISHMENT AND DYE WOKKS, WUb Get. nw. Lauier’ aud Genie te’ Garments of all kinds cit thout being rij ped. ies Lveniug Dresses ity. “LMirty-iive Yearw’ experieuce Prices ouerate. Guour cuiled tur aud deliv; sit LE-WOUL GALMLNIS, MADE UP OR RIPPED, dyed eyuvd mourning 4. FISCHER, BOG #t aw, a4 FAMILY SUPPLIES. = Roussos & Hexoersox, FANE GKOCeKLES, PROVISIONS AND TABLE LUXURIES, Having located at 1406 Pst. n.w. we would be glad to ser our iriends aud the public geuerally, Setusiac- thou Kuaranteed, prices sow and firet-clans ur isked, Give Us acall aud salsty yourself, p¥O-lum 1 Have Jusr Ovexen. AT 922 LOUISIANA AVE. ¥.W., An Entire New Stock of Groceries, which we intend Beliiux at the Lowest Pussivie Prices tor oust, Just received two car jude ot Chuice Burbauk Pots toes, which we will veil for Goc. per Vumbel We also wish Lo call special attention to our Java and Mocha Coffee, roasted daily. A Duperior arucie of un- cowred Japah—Ovioux, Eigluch .steakfast abd Gua- powcer leas at juced Prices. All Sugars at Cost. Pine Creaunery butter Speciaity, Have also just received acar isd of FP. M. Walker's Superiative our, which we guarantee to be the Finest ip the city. In couuection with the above we bandie Fresh Meats and Vegetables ot ail kinds Special care given ty We Hilling of orders received by duall or telephoue, Prompi delivery ¥. M. WA! 91m JARLY ROSE POTATOES, Full Cream Cheese, loc. lv. New Prunes, Sc. iy Pui ime Furcixn aud Domestic Dried Fruit, alsoe full line of Groceries very low. . A. POO! pen HOTELS. L NOTICE-HOTEL LEKUNSWICK, BOR- Heresiter this Hivtes will be kept butt’ on the Plaue, nib-ot BAKALS & DUNKLEL, Proprietor. a PEM tou. Uropean aud Aiwerican tv N HOTEL, 455 aud 487 Pennsylvanie ave. wit, Se. tu 1.00 per day; por week, $1.50 to $10, deard and Livou, 8O Wo @1U per week. 0c: rr ACK HAKKIS,” 405 an bpecialty- Rreakinat, Bin pa Le, eee ae = = : por and Cigars, JOM He HAKIIS, Frop. ocl7-2m OTEL WEBSTLK, 513 157 ST. N.W. ok 2 FUnS stagen interest, Arlungwou 230 pau. J. A. DeWsi 1, Prop, velo-dus TH ST. NW. above Feuua ave ‘Bue. D- EBBITT HOUSE WASHINGTON, D. G ‘Open For Circulars, etc., WALTER AIKEN, Proprietor, nl6-skw3m Banuiton, Bermuda. HE LURAY CAVERNS ARE OPEN THE YEAR round, and visitors can always * Ss os. SO, Proprietor. PROFESSIONAL,