Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1893, Page 9

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Corps of tem trained teachers. Location ceatral in demand. THE BERKELEY SCHOOL, _ 1788-1 ST. N.W., CHAS “W. FISHER, B.S., Prepai for. West Point, Ammapeiia ires young men r ‘est Point, na pol and for all colleges and universities, Arrange- ments may be made for private leasous in all branches in the afternoon or evening. oc23-tr A DUEL NOT FOUGHT. Representative Davis’ Recollections of Shields and Lincoln, WHY SHIELDS SENT A CHALLENGE. Lincoln Enraged Him by Some Satirical Publications. A COMEDY IN REAL LIFE. Written for The Evening Star. ‘The arrival of the statue of Gen. Shields in Statuary Hail, and its position not far from that of Lincoln, has given rise to a thousand memories among the men who knew the parties in the early days of Illi- nois. As a lad in his teena knows men it was my fortune to know James Shields and Abraham Lincoln in the thirties, when they both were on the uphill side of life, when most of their loves, aspirations and ambi- tons were yet to be fulfilled. In view of the coming event of the un- veiling of the statue of Gen. Shields—the warrior, statésman and jurist—it may be matter of interest to relate some comic events in his early history, which will not be mentioned during the unveiling ceremo- nies. What I shall say were mattets of common chat around the firesides in the forties, and have since become matters of record by Mr. Lincoln’s old friend and partner, the early days. I will follow Herndon’s narrative, making the story as short as possible. Mr. Lincoln called the affair I refer to “My scrape with Shields.” Hern- don say: “James Shields, a ‘gallant, hot-headed bachelor from Tyrone county, Ireland,’ and a man of inordinate vanity, had been elect- ed auditor of state. Encouraged somewhat by the prominence the office gave him, he at once assumed a conspicuous position in the society of Springfield. He was extreme- ly sensitive by nature, but exposed himself | to merciless ridicule by attempting to e: tablish his supremacy as a beau among the ladies. Blind to his defects, and very pro- nounced in support of every act of the democratic party, he made himself the target for all the bitterness and ridicule of the day. It happened that the financial re- sources of the state, owing to the collapse of the great internal improvement system, were exceedingly limited, and people were growing restless under what they deemed excessive taxation. The state officers were —— ee COLUMBIA ert ELOCUTION AND Act TALLY HO COACH LINE DAILY.10 A.M, 2 P.Mu | “Gug “ELRANORE, EB POOL Re meered NS AO from S11 18th st.—Arlington, Cabin 3. Bo and all | Gosles and others, 300 Fon oe ta of interesi. “‘Totp, 80 to TSe. “Finest ‘Tally | Seud for cataloxae. e08-3m* —e on carth._So_care to Ariington._ocld-2m* | WASHINGTON FEMALE SEMINARY, is30-dsTit STEAMER MACALESTER st. 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Boarding pupils limited, se2-4m* ART STUDIO—LESSONS GIVEN IN OIL, CHINA, Pastel, Crayon and Charcval, by 2 young lady who has bevy teaching art in Centenary Female College, Cleveland, Tenn., for the last three years. ‘Terms moderate. per: traits. Hours from 1 to 4 p.m. Also night cla: 1p drawing. 434 Gth st. a. o18-Im* PRIVATE INSTRUCTION BY TIC OF SPECIALISTS, holding degrees from the lead- tng American and European talversiti AF. CRAVEN, Ph. D., Columbian U KINDERGARTEN AND SCH Ol beth Peabody Kindergarten Normal Orders ‘taken for Races. WaSB!NGTON JOCKEY CLUB. RACE COUBSE aT BENNIVG’S. 18 DaYw BRACING. COMMENCING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, CONTINTTS@ EVERX DAY TO DECEMBER 13. SIX RACES EACH DaY. STEEPLECHASES AND HURDLE RACES First Race at 2 pm. Admission te Grouads and Grant Sad, $1. La- ies, S00. ‘Trains leave station 6th and B streets northwest Wt 11:00, 12:30 and 1:20 p.m,returming immediately etter races. Fare. 25 cents round trip. Objectionable characters excluded. 3 FOU UWAWLEY, A. G. RJ. Philadeipuia THE HOUSE IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCULN DIED, GUS 10th st. wow cortains vver 2,500 relics of Mr. colin, Bost of them trom the “Homestead” af ig i except Surday, $12 aad 1-4. Tues | $10 pax gp VR Es 26am ining School, 1918 Sunderland place (O si.n.w.), i fall und winter sessions October 2.1508, au8l-tr ‘MISS AMY C. LEAVITT, 1121 VERMONT AVE. N.W. PIANO AND HARMONY. we21-tf LESSONS ON THE JANKO KEYBOARD, NOW OPEN, ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE—NINTH SEASON. Day classes—Antique, portralt colors and women's lite. ironies classes—Antique and men's life. ‘or cifculars send to o8 808 17th st. nw. 4 GRADUATE OF HARVARD “ANNEX, erperience im teaching, wishes to secure young Indies as private pupils, in college pre- ratory and other branches; references. Ad- M., Star office. a3-6t* MISS HALSTEAD'S PRIVATE SCHOOL, 1429 20th st.. cor. of P st. n. A. das scbool for children and older girls. i Applications tay be made at the school rooms atly from 9 till 1 o'clock. 11m | MISS SCHMITT’S PRIVATE SCHOOL, 453 G N.W. Faults arten, AD- r, h, Articulation, Speech, | Culture. Coach. nL ive to h advanced. 611 I st LADY JUST FROM F rivate lessons in Fr reginners as Well a: Bw ing in ofl, wate ings. Address = | pursuing |. Princeton, pkins, ° Massachu- Institute of Lafayette and dents are receivel at any time and fitted “lasses. | THOMAS W. SIDWELL, Principal. | MIS} ALICE E BURBAGE, 469 1 St. NW. =a raduate yal Conservatory of Lelpatg. Teacher of pix, saltst — ‘eacher Bway ad counterpoint. aoe-im* | MRS. L. 0. jand BI company F in Friday’s game has been se- | MENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL lected allows: Brock, left end; Bow- | For both sexes, st. man, left tac Meiggs, left guard; Gib- bs © primary de . are happy students, Course of instruction equals that of any business college in Washington; terms lower. Princtpal has been well-kuown, reliable and successful Washington educator for’ 17 years. Foll business course, day or night, $25 a year. Bookkeeping, arithmetic, spelling,” grammar, tet- ter writing, ‘penmanship, typewriting, shortband. jomas and positions for graduates. Central lo- cation. rienced teachers, Send for, announce: for ment. 8. . FLYNN, Princtpal. ae ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1812 MASS. AVE A day school for young ladies and little girls. The course of study embraces all the branches of @ practical education. au31-6m TALBOTT WILL REOPEN FREN( ‘CH and English school for Young ladies and chil- dren, October 4, at 937 “Culture classes adults.” we29-3m" MISS C. MATILDA MINKE, 312 DELAWARE AVE. 2. gtaduate of the New Eng. Conservatory of Music, Boston, Organist and Experienced Teacher of Piano and Harmony. ocld- Woob’s COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, 407 Capitol st.; ninth year devoted to ‘the education of Soung en and women for business life Terms reasonable and situations furnished charge. Send for 82-page catalogue. GUNST! INSTITUTE, 226 and P st. n.w. Boarding and Day Schoi for Girls, ocl3-2m Mr. and Mos. B. R. MASON. Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, oc30 Mr, and M.a W. D. CABELL, Principals. LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 14th st. nw. Branchea ip all American and European Principal cities. New term begims now. OLNEY INSTITUTE, 1827 I st. Lee pa, Mra. M; s srry and Bebool for You Ladies and pitts iris. Miss \ if octob MASON DORSEY, MISS LAURA LED DORSBY, Principals. Day = 2 A. PEL (FROM PARIS), VRENCH eet See teeage ee Ten years of uaccessful teaci ITUTE, CONCORDVILLE, Pa, $192 per year; a successful schovl; one of the best to infuse with energy and to wake up boys to the duties of life; boys under 13 years, $162. J. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), A.M., Principal. _38-W,8,midm* - ee ST. GEORGE'S HALL. FOR BOYS, ST. GEORGE'S, Md., Prof. J. C. KINEAR, A’M., Prin.; 18th year; college or business life; unex: advan- celled tages; home comforts; reasonable terms. oci1-2m* HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Prof. Johnson of the light house board delivered a very Interesting lecture to the pupils of the Night High School Monday night on “Light Houses and Light House Service.” The assignment of military instructors at the separate schools Monday afternoon was as follows: Major Ross at the Busi- ne Col. Reichelderfer at the Central, Col. Skinner at the Eastern and Lieut. Col. Adams at the Western. At a meeting of the leaders of the Central ness foot ball teams it was de- cided that the game between those two teams shall not be played off this week, as several of the boys who received in- | juri in the last game have not entirely recovered. Some day next week will be selected, but which day is not definitely settled upon. The foot ball team which will represent son, center; McKeldin, right guard; Floyd, right tackle; Murray, right end; ‘Hillyer, quarter and ‘captain; Yount, left half; Mc- Kunley, right half, and Fugitt, full back. oe Archbishop Kain’s Tin The rumors of the serious illness of Arch- bishop Kain of West Virginia are somewhat exaggerated. He is confined to the episco- pal residence at Wheeling suffering from a severe attack of grip, but no serious re- sults are to be apprehended. Gen, Shields. all democrats, and during the summer they issued an order declining to receive any more state bank notes or bills in payment of taxes. This made the taxpayers’ bur- dens greater than ever, as much of this paper remained outstanding in the hands of the people. The order met with opposition from every quarter—the whigs, of course, losing no opportunity to make it as odious as possible It was perfectly natural, there- fore, that such an ardent whig as Lincoin should join in the popular denunciation. Through the columns of the Springfield Journal, of which he had the undisputed use, he determined to encourage the oppo- sition by the use of his pen. No object seemed to merit more ridicule and carica- ture than the conspicuous figure of the auditor of state. At this time Lincoln was enjoying stolen conferences under the hos- pitable roof of Mrs. Francis, with Mary Todd and her friend, Julia M. Jayne. These two young ladies, to whom he confided his purpose, encouraged it and offered to lend their aid. Rebecca’s Letters, “Here he caught the idea of puncturing Shields. The thing took shape in an article published in the Journal, purporting to have come from @ poor widow, who, with her pockets full of state bank paper, was still unable to obtain the coveted receipt for her taxes.” This letter was written by Lincoln August 27, 1842, signed “Rebecca 4 will quote snatches from it, as follow: “Yesterday afternoon 1 hurried through cleaning up the dinner dishes and stepped over to neighbor S—— to see if his wife Peggy was as well as mout be expected, and hear what they called the baby. Well, when I got there and just turned round the cor- ner of his log cabin, there he was, setting on the doorstep reading a newspaper. ‘How are you, Jeff,’ says I. He sorter started when he heard me, for he hadn’t seen me before. ‘Why,’ sa: he, ‘I’m mad as the devil, Aunt Becca!’ ‘What about?’ says 1; ‘ain't its hair the right color? None of that nonsense, Jeff; there ain't an honester wo- man in the Lost Townships than—’ ‘Than who” says he; ‘what in the mischief are you about? I began to see 1 was running the wrong trail, and so says 1, ‘Oh, nothing; 1 guess I was mistaken little, that’s a But what is it you're mad about?’ ‘Why, says he, ‘I've been tugging ever since harvest getting out wheat and hauling it to the river to raise state bank paper enough to pay my tax this year and a little school debt I owe; and now, just as I've got it, here I open this infernal Extra Register, ex- pecting to find it full of ‘Glorious Demo- cratic Victories’ and ‘High Comb’d Cock: when, lo and behold! I find a@ set of fello’ calling themselves officers of the state, ha forbidden the tax collectors and school commissioners to receive state paper at all; and so here it ig dead on my hands. I don’t now believe all the plunder I've got will fetch ready cash enough to pay my taxes and that school debt.’ I was a good deal thunderstruck myself, for that was the first time I had heard of the proclamation, and my old man was pretty much in the same fix with Jeff. We both stood a mo- ment staring at one another without know- ing what to say. At last, says I, ‘Mr. S—, let me look at that paper.”” He handed tt to me when I read the proclamation over. “Well, but Shields is the auditor of this loco—I_ mean this democratic state.’ ‘So he is, and Tyler appointed him to office.’ ‘Tyler appointed him?” ‘Yes (if you must chaw it over), Tyler appointed him; or, if It wasn’t him, ft was old Granny Harrison, and that’s all one. I tell you, Aunt ’Becca, there’s no mistake about his belng a whig. Why, his very looks shows it; everything about him shows it; if I was deaf and blind I could tell him by the smell. I seed him when I was down in Springfield last winter. They had a sort of gatherin’ there one night among the grandees they called a fair. All the gals about town was there and all the handsome widows and married women, finickin’ about trying to look like gals, tied as tight in the middle, and puffed out at both ends, like bundles of fodder that hadn't been stacked yet, but wanted stack- in’ pretty bad. And then they had tables all argund the house kivered over with caps and pin cushions and ten thousand such little knick-knacks, tryin’ to sell ‘em to the fellows that were bowin’ and scrapin’ and kungerin’ about ‘em. They wouldn't no democrats in for fear they'd disgust the ladies, or scare the liule girls or dirty the floor. f looked in at the window, and there was this same fellow Shields floaun’ | about in the air, without heft or earthly | substance, just like a lock of cat fur where cats had been fighting. He was paying his money to this one, and that one, and Vother oue, and sufierin’ great joss because it wasn’t silver instead of state paper; and the sweet distress he seemed to be in—his very features, in the ecsiauc agony of his soul spoke audibly and distincuy, “Dear giris, 1t 1s distressing, but 1 cannot marry jyou all. Too weli 1 know how much you | suiier; but, do remember, it is not my faull that 1 am so handsome and interesting.” | As this last was expressed by a most ex- | quisite contortion of nis face, he seized huld of one of their hands, and squeezed, and held on to it about a quarter of an hour. ‘Oh, my good fellow!’ says 1 to myselt, ‘if that was one of our gals in the Lost ‘fown- ships, the way you'd get a brass pin let into you would be about up to the head.’ He a democrat! Fiddiesticks! 1 tell you, Aunt ’Becca, he’s a whig, and no mistake; nobody but a whig coula make such a con- ceity gunce of himselt.’ ‘Well,’ says 1, ‘may- be he is, but, it he is, I'm mistaken the ‘MATTERS ‘MR. OLNEY REPORTS. | Some Important Topics Discussed by the Attorney General. OF LOCAL INTEREST. Misapprehension as to the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. ‘SUPREME COURT ARREARS. Attorney General Olney submitted his |rightfully interpreted. The result is | parently in line with previous decisions \like cases, and in view of the successful ts- sue of the revolutionary movement, must be regarded rather as fortunate than other The Anti-Trust Law. |_A chapter of the report is devoted to the Sherman anti-trust law. The Attorney Gen- eral says: There has been, and probably still = widespread impression that the alm and ef- fect of this statute are to prohibit and pre- vent those aggregations of capital which are so common at the present day an@ which are sometimes on so large @ scale as to practically control all the branches of an extensive industry. It would not be use- ful, even if it were possible, to ascertam the precise purposes of the framers of the statue. Numerous suits under the statute, have already been brought—others ay bee and it is manifest that questions of such gravity, both in themselves and in respect of the pecuniary interests involved, not to rest for their final determi! wise. Herndon, whom I well knew in| worse sort. Maybe so; maybe so; but, if 1 am, 1'll suffer by it; Li be a democrat if it turns out that Shields is a whig, consid- erin’ you shall be a whig if he turns out a democrat.’ "” The next letter was written by Miss Mary Todd, atterward Mrs. Lincoin, and Miss Julia’ M. Jayne, afterwards Mrs. Lyman ‘Trumbull, 1 quote the letter entire as fol- low: 8: LOST TOWNSHIPS, September 8, 1842. “Dear Mr, Printer: I was a-staudin’ at the spring yesterday a-washin’ out butter, when 1 seed Jim Snooks a-ridin’ up toward the house for very life, when, jist as 1 was a-wonderin’ what on airth was the matter with him, he stops suddenly, and ses he, “Aunt ‘Becca, here’s somethin’ for you;” and with that he hands out your letter. Well, you see, 1 steps out toward him, not thinkin’ that 1 had both hands full of butter, and seein’ 1 could not take the letter, you know, with- out greasin’ it, I ses, “Jim, jist you open it and read it for me.” Well, Jim opens it and reads it, and, would you believe it, Mr. Editor, 1 was so completely dumfound- ed and turned into stone that there I stood in the sun a-workin’ the butter, and it a- runnin’ on the ground, while he read the letter, that I never thunk what I was about till the hull on't run melted on the | ground and was lost. Now, sir, it's not for the butter, nor the price of the butter, but, the Lord have mussy on us, I wouldn't have sich another fright for a whole firkin of it. Why, when I found out that it was the man what Jeff seed down to the fair that had demanded the author of my let- ters, threatenin’ to take personal satisfac- |tion of the writer, I was so skart that I tho't I should quili-wheel right where I was. You say that Mr. S— is offended at being compared to cat's fur, and is as mad as a March hare (that ain't fur), because I told about the squeezin’. Now I | you to tell Mr. S— that, rather than fight, I'll make any apology, and if he wants personal satisfaction let him only come here jand he may squeeze my hand as hard as |1 squeezed the butter, and if that ain't per- senal satisfaction I can only say that he is |the fust man that was not satisfied with | crease of 221 cases, | Squeezin’ my hand. If this should not an-| ‘The two cases of greatest consequence to swer, there is one thing more that I would |the government decided by the ‘Supreme rather do than get a lickin’. I nave long | Court during the past year were. what are expected to die a widow, but as Mr. S— / known as the “Chinese exclusion” case and is rather good looking than otherwise, I|the “hat trimmings” case. The latter in- must say that I do not care if we compro- | volved no legal principle of special moment, mise the matter by—really, Mr. Printer, I| put its decision adversely to the govern- can’t help blushin’—but I—it must come|ment makes it Hable to pecuniary claims out—I—but widowed modesty—well, if I variousiy estimated as amounting to from must I must — wouldn't he—maybe he'd | $10,000,000 to $30,000,000. The Chinese ex- sorter let the old grudge drap if I was to | clusion case, on the other hand, brought in- consent to be—be—h-i-s w-i-f-e? I know |to debate a question of constitutional law he's @ fightin’ man, and would rather fight | second to none in gravity and in the far- than eat, but isn’t marryin’ better than | Teaching results dependent upon its deter- fightin’. though it does, sometimes Tun into | mination. it? Ani ion’t think, upon the whole, 5 s. that I'd be sich a bad match, neither; I'm Cireult = aveeete > not over sixty, and am jist four feet three | The Attoyney General says aue- in my bare feet, and not much more around | cessful work of these courts, especially in and for color, I wouldn’t turn | the relief given by them to the crowded oe Benn atte bP ge in ‘regalia! es | docket of the Supreme Court, is demonstrat- ships. Bu er all, may! 'm countin’ if, my chickins before they are hatched, and | © bY @ statement of thelr practical opera dreamin’ of matrimonial bliss when the only | tions. During the last fiscal year there was alternative reserved for me may bea lickin’. |docketed in these courts a total of 704 Jeff tells me the way these fire eaters do is | cases; during the same period S42 cases to give the challenged party choice of weap- | were disposed of, leaving 481 cases pending, of which 171 have been argued and are | awaiting decision, and that during the same ons, &c., which, bein’ the case, I'll tell you in confidence that I never fights with any- period of the cases disposed of only 29 were | first annual report to Congress today, giv- | ing a complete review of the operations | the judiciary and the Department of Justice during the past fiscal year. The volume of the business of the federal courts is largely and rapidly increasing. | The number of crimiral prosecutions pend- jing in the circuit and district courts of the | United States on July 1, 1893, was 0,385, as against 8,808 pending in the same courts July 1, 1885, while the expenses of the | United States courts (exclusive of judges’ | salaries) incurred and paid in the fiscal year 1893 were $4,528,676, as against $2,874,733 incurred and paid for the like expenses in | the fiscal year 1885. The aggregate amount of the judgments |rendered in favor of the United States in _ civil suits during the last year was $285,054, and the amount actually collected on these judgments was $90,837, while $29,200 was ob- | tained during the year on judgments ren- dered in former years for the United States, and $68,923 was otherwise realized in civil suits, The aggregate amount of fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed during the year in| criminal prosecutions was $768,921, and the amount of these fines, forfeitures and | penalties collected during the year was $134,131, while $13,123 was realized on fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed in former years, sioners; legislation fixing degrees of the crime of mumer within federal Jurisdiction; authorizing writs of error on behalf of the is rendered against the sufficiency of an in- dictment t gr against the government upon any othef question arising before actual trial, and lmiting the right of review in cases of felony punishable only by fine and imprisonment to the circuit court of ap- peals, The report contains the following items of special local interest: Girls’ Reform School. The Girls’ Reform School of the District of Columbia, incorporated by act of Con- gress approved July 9, 1888, is now in prac- tical operation, The building constructed under the act of Congress approved July 14, 1882, was finished about November 1, 18us, and was formally opened for the reception of inmates November 6 The school will accommodate twenty-nine giris. Since its opening three have been sen- tenced to the school by the Police Court of the District of Columbia, and its capacity will probably be soon exhausted. The urgent need of an institution of the sort, of one, indeed, with much more ex- tensivé accommodations, is shown by the fact that during the*fiscal year ending June 30, 18¥3, 1,284 women have been arrested in the District of Columbia, of whom 106 were under the age of sixteen and 1,088 were between the ages of sixteen and twen- ty-one years. During the same period 3¥7 girls under the agé of twenty years ha’ been sent to the workhouse and Zw men, of whose age no record is Kept, to The Supreme Court. The Attorney General says it is gratify- ing to state that the Supreme Court is mak- ing reasonable progress in overcoming the arrears of business, which, until the estab- lishment of the circuit courts of appeals, | Steadily increased from year to year. The docket at the close of the last term, |as compared with the docket at the close of the term next preceding, shows a de gF Reform School. The report of the board of trustees tains the following, brief summary history of the school from its down to the present time: of the organization of the twenty-five years ago, to the fiscal year of 1883 there had 1,798 boys. At the commencems last fiscal year there were 208 school and 81 were received durit making a total number for t 28¥. Of those received during were committed by the police cot the criminal courts of the Dis! umbia, 17 by the president of trustees, and 13 by United States outside of the District of Columbia. were discharged during the year by board of trustees 67 boys; by order of 2; by expiration of sentence (United courts), 9; pardoned by the President of United States,1; absent without leave, 5; by death, 1; number remaining at the close of the last fiscal year, 204 The attention of Congress is particularly directed to the iki ij i £ & i ral EERE ghee i ah i thing but broomsticks or hot water or a shovelful of coals or some such thing; the former of which, being something like a shillalah, may not be very objectionable to him. I will give him choice, however, in one thing, and that is, whether, when we | fight, I shall wear breeches or he petticoats, for I presume that change is sufficient to place us on an @Juality. Yours, ete., Rebecca —— P. 8, Jist say to your friend, if he con- cludes to marry rather than fight, I shall only enforce one condition, that fs, if he should ever happen to gallant any young gals home of nights from our house, he must not squeeze their hands. Not content with this the young ladies fell into poetry, from which I select the fol- lowing: “Ye Jew's-harps awake! The Auditor's won. Rebecca, the widow, has gained Erin's son: The pride of the north from Emerald Isle Has been wooed and won by a woman's smile. The combat’s relinquished, old loves all for- ot: got: To the widow he’s bound. Oh, bright be his lot! In the smiles of the conquest so lately achieved.” |appealed to the Supreme Court | United States. The Attorney General refers in this con- nection to the Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia and says that the court organized May 1, 1893, as soon as practic- able thereafter entered upon its duties, and [has since continued in the discharge of the \same to the great satisfaction of the bar and the litigants interested. The report of the clerk shows that 275 cases have been entered in court, of which 10 are appeals from the commissioner of paten hat 139 cases have been finally adjudicated,of which 5 are patent appeals, and that thus there jremair. undisposed of 136 cases in all, of which 5 are patent appeals. The Court of Claims. The report of the assistant attorney gen- eral having charge of the business of the |government in the Court of Claims—other \than that pertaining to Indian depreda- | Uons—discloses the existence of a large vol- |ume of business. § : eli eis of that notice many boys are reluctantly committed by the courts to the jail or the workhouse. Of almost equal im) ce is the appeal of the superintendent that by | proper legislation and adequate tions provision be made for advanced Ime Struction in the more useful branches of mechanical industry. The District Jail. | While 674 cases, other than Indian depre-| “I am obliged,” he says, “to repeat the dation cases, have been disposed of, and| recommendation made by several of my jonly 873 cases commenced, the latter com- | predecessors, that this institution shoula be jprise individual and separate claims, more | placed under the management of some one [not require strictly professional trenemene | eatery. The Attorney General being re: Jor strictly judicial consideration, and in sue Salt aa 40 mapargeor nc cement on : their examination and settlement are ren- wraps Dinse. He st once Cemented of ths edibtr laived greatly maven burdenusmp an tar come: | hallavell Uhak he Ghaueh Rane control of the of the Journal, Mr. Simeon Francis, the |and to the Department of Justice. and more | institution in order that this duty may be name of the writer of the letters, intimating |costly, both to the government and to the , , } Properly and thoroughly performed. In no that the editor would “tell or fight.” Lin- | claimants, than is apparently necessary. other way, indeed, can the regulations coln, learning the situation, at once assumed War Claims. which may be prescribed by him concern- the responsibilty for the letters. Then came! The so-called Bowman act cases, which|ing the cost of conducting it be properly @ correspondence involving the names of are mainly for the recovery of compense-|#‘Tied out and enforced. In this connec- = 3 2 BES taken by th | Uon attention is again invited to the letter Many Guataseen Whe Baws since become [oe for peeeey Ses Ue We aney Ger l or aces a te Been tee justices of the historic, such as John J. Hardin, R. W. |ing the civil war, present an accumulated | Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, English, John D, Whiteside, Wm. Lee p. | Volume of business sufficient to fully oc-|in regard to the annoyances occurring by Ewing, T. M. Hope, A. T. Bledsoe, Wm. |cupy the time and industry of the court, emptor the divided yy ee Butler and_B. H. Merryman, besides the |and to fully exhaust the appropriations, if | 7 een court an ¢ Department principals—Shields and Lincoln. The first |the present scele ts not enlarged, for sev-| °%, Justice. and asking to be relieved from result was a quasi challenge (subject to re- all part in the management of the institu- vision of his friends) by Shields, and a provi- |€7@! years to come. The rate at which they|tion. * * © sional acceptance by Lincoln, on the follow- |can be tried and disposed of must rest with! In many ways the jail ts an admirable in- ing terms: Congress. stitution, but several alterations and im- 1st. Weapons: Cavairy broadswords of provements are greatly needed. A separate the largest size, precisely equal in all re- building, or wing, for female prisoners is spects, and such as now used by the cav- imperatively required. The grounds about alry company at Jacksonville. the building are not inclosed, and it is ‘4 Shields’ Challenge. As may be readily imagined, this corres- pondence worked the tinder and passions of the high-sfrung Irishman into a fearful French Spolia i During the past year but 40 of these cases have been decided by the court, with the (“Sggregate allowance of $141,008, bringing the total allowance in these cases up to (33,382,291, of which Congress, in March, 1891, appropriated $1,304,095. There re- |main, therefore, judgments aggregating $2,078,196 unappropriated for, and 4,569 cases |pending, embodying claims estimated by the assistant attorney who has had special charge of these cases at about $87,000,000. ‘The comparatively small number of these cases disposed of during the past year is | nature of # bill in equity, brought under @ jexplained by the fact that the failure of | SPecial statute, to determine the title to « Congress to appropriate for the judgments | tract of land in the District known as the suite at ee oe of time than ipaes rendered caused the court to doubt | Potomac flats. The United States attorney lay evening at 5 o'clock. the advisability of obstructing oth strict reports that taking ath Fince: Within ditse miles of Alten, |ness tn ender te of more ef ths par ceeds pebalf of all cadens one on the opposite side of the river, the par. |class of case: ticular ra to be eran on wd you. # m Depredations. so that the case is ripe for hearing. A Any preliminary details coming within the rious question has arisen, ho’ above rules, you are at liberty to make at| The report of the assistant attorney gen- eat hsrar ds your discretion; but you are in no case to /eral having in charge Indian depredation een ry of the District swerve from these rules, or to pass beyond claims shows that between November 1./ has been transferred to the their limits.”” is92, and November 15, 1888, 1,286 acti | 1382, \ lons | peals for the District by force con, Coe eee Shiba ory eh de teas | Were commenced in the Court of Claims, in| of February 9, 1893, providing fi ‘as fonows: which damages an claimed amounting in ee aa herons a on “SPRINGFIELD, Oct. 5, 1842. | the aggregate to $5,059,267; that during the | Sus#es' naar thed spent, Speed: You have heard of my duel |eame period jodgments were rendered in 4ig| Dropriste legislations mode of settlement with Shields, and I have now to inform |cases, in which the total amount claimed expense, and which I have, therefor, ne Was $1,786,791; that of these judgments 202| hesftation in approving. i he claimants, and gave a recov- you that the dueling business still rages in of vay yesterday Shiclds pend Campus this city. Day before yesterday Shicld: ‘ Metsepeiitan Maiivend ©: _ 506, as against $814,081 claimed; judgments, the amount claimed challenged Butler, who accepted, proposed cing $872,709.91, 214 were for the 2a. Position: A plank ten feet long, and difficult to prevent communication from nine to twelve inches broad, fo be outside with the inmates. A wall should firmly fixed on the ground as the lines be- be built around the grounds, so that they tween us, which neither is to pass his foot can be utilized for many purposes, besides over upon forfeit of his life. Next a line affording an opportunity for the prisoners drawn on the ground on either side of said to exercise and obtain fresh air. 1 earnest- plank and parallel with it, each at the dis- tance of the whole length of the sword, and three feet additional from the plank; and the passing of his own such line by elther party during the fight shall be deemed a surrender of the contest. 3d. Time: On Thursday evening at 5 o'clock, if you can get it so; but in no case ly recommend that an appropriation be made for these purposes.” Potomac Fiats Litigation. “This lUtigation relates to a suit in the z L i | He ins g § fighting next morning at sunrise in Bob Allen’s meadow, 100 yards distance, with therein Bie ease pM rary eat om nd eae defendant; and that the total amount re-| based upon the act of Congress ef March said ‘no,’ beca of the ‘law. niet | Covern = be - duel No. 2. Yesterday Whiteside chose to covered upon this class of claims during the | 3, 1891, and upon a direction to that effect period in question has been consMerably less than one-third of the total amount claimed. Court of Private Land Clatms. The report of the United States attorney Tully sets forth the condition of the bus!- |ness of this court, the principal feature of which ts the large number of suits that have recently been initiated. The Itata cases were finally disposed of im the Circuit Court of Appeals by a decree panne en ae against the government, founded on the| Sid Francis, a commission men and Proposition that on the evidence before the | brother of ex-Gov. D. F. Francia died Mon- court there had been no violation of the | day at St. Louls of pnoumonia, aged thirty- [Reutrality laws of the United States as| six, | therein contained, and the other based up- on the legislation of Congress requiring a change in motive power from horse power to electricity or cable. In the case first mentioned a hearing has been had, judg- ment given for the defendant and an ap- peal taken to the Court of Appeals; in the other, in which the information has been demurred to, no hearing has yet been had.” consider himself insulted by Dr. Merryman, so sent him a kind of quasi-challenge, in viting him to meet him at the Pla House, in St. Louis, on the next Fri settle their difficulty. Merryman made me his friend, and sent Whiteside a note. quiring to’ know if he meant his note as a challenge, and, if so, that he would, accord- ing to the law in such case made and pro- vided, prescribe to the terms of the mect- ing. Whiteside returned for answer that if Merryman would meet him at the Planters’ House, as desired, he would challenge him. (Continued on Twelfth Page.)