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The News. National Capital.

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Day
28
Month
September
Year
1883
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Public Domain
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Bonds ro.duoed up to September 20, &19,31O,45O Walsh's suit against Brady of Star out.e notorlety, has been transferred to the New York eourts. Chinese sailors are not allowed to land in the United States. Under the law they are classed with other Chinese laborera. Issue of standard silver dollars for the week ending September 22, $558,499 ; the correeponding period last year, $483,498. Secretary Folger has rendered a decisión rfgarding the tarifl on charcoal iron and round iron, which is adverse to the manufacturera in both casee. Secretary Chandler has signified hi rendnees to help the destitute on the naval reservation at Pensocola, but expects some help to be given by inhabitants of the state and citv. Tho domand made upon the postoffice lepartment ior the new two cent stamps is 60 sreat that contractors are unable to supply them, although 1,500,000 of the new stamps are l?sued daily. The exchange of the lOth Lnfantry stat.ioned on the lakes wlth the 21st infantry stationed at Vancouver, will not be made. The expense ot transfer is too great to justify the change. Lieut. Col. A. W. Evans has been placed upon the retired list of the army, having been found by the retiring board incapacitatcd for active services. ThiB retirement fllls the laat vacancy whleh existed in the 400 of the retired list. The secret service división of the treasury department has recevred from Boston one of the $5 notes of the Irkh repnblic previously reportedin circulation here. It is said by treasury experts) be a fair counterfeit of ünited States treasury notes. Mahone, of Virginia, continúes to f bleed govcrnment emplojes in the Oíd E ion. He has levicd upon the employés of the Norinlk navy yard three times within a year, each igaessment beingfWe per cent. The civil service commiseion will look into the matter. Supervising Architect Hill has written i a lengthy deiense of his case. He takes for bis i tcxt "thit the committee's conclusions were not justifled by either the law or the evidence," and a paiue-taking document of more length than merit is the result. The president of the New Urleans national bank has been in Washington interviewing Secretary Folger to see if something conld not be done by wiiieh the order of Postmaster General Gresham denylng him the priviledge of the mail, could not be set aslde. Secreta'ry Folger informed the bank president that he (Folger) had no jurisdiction in the matter, and tbat it was a queetion which the postofflce department alone could deelde. Gen. Sherman has tíxed upon the lst of November as the date upon which he will turn over his command to Gen. Sheridan and practically retire to cWil Ufe, although he will not be placed on the retired list of the army LntilFebruaryS. Maj Gen. Pope, now com,.,!_„ j + nf tïip Missouri, win jrcbably succeed Gen. Sheridan in the comnand of the military división oí the Missouri, í-hieh includes besides the department of Missouri, the departments of Dakota, Texas and the Platte. The following named persons have applications on file at the treasury department for the position oí supervising architect to succeed Mr. Hffl: E. E. Myers, Detroit, Mich., recommended by the Michigan eongressional delecation; John Frazer, Washington, re.-oramended by Senators Cameron of Pennsylvania and Van Wyck ol Nebraska; Gordon R. Cumminga of Philadelphia and John R. Low of Washington. The last named is at present 1h charge ol the draftsmen's división of the architect's office. The postmnster at New Orleans bas notified tne postoüicc au' hcrlties in Washington that he has been ordered by the state court to deliver the mail matter addressed to the íew Orleans nutional bank, intended lor tne , ottcry company, and has asked for WruHl lons as to what he shall do. He has been L rected to obey the order until it should be 1 ; 7erBed or modified, and to consult witta the , United States district attorneyatNew Orleans. , The latter official has been directed totake the , necetnry eteps for the removal oL the case , from the state court tothe federal court, an,l to move at once lor the dissolution of the injunction. öEN ERAL. H'KMS. The Indians in Arizona are still on I ,n war path. Pmf. Swiftof Rochester, N. Y., has SlBcovered another cornet. Five men were drowned in the cave ( of a. mine at Wilkesbarre, Penn. The first through train between i land, Malne and Portland, Üregon startcd on the 17tb inst. Railroad cars were nm over the BrooMyn bridge for the flrst time, on the 24th I of September. The ill-feeling botween the whites and black in Craig county, Texas, contlnueB, and a reign of terror prevalía. The governor of Connecticut offers a 1 reward of $1,500 for the arrest and convlction of the murdcrer of Rose Clark. Several outlaw fugitivo slaves have urtved in Boston, who teil horrible Ules of the crsel treatment to whlch bondsmen are subjected on the islands. From observations made in the far I west the director of the mint ihinks the yield of gold this year will be slightly lees than last and of 6ilver slightly more. Consul General Stutton. of Matamoras bas sent to the Btate department a communicatinncounsellingchiefly how best to supply the deraand for cattle for the ranches of the I western states. It is rumored in San Francisco tkat 1 President Villard of the Northern Pacific ha I bought connecting Unes so th&t he has diré ine f rom Puget Sound nearly to San Luego, southern California. Jndge ï'ield, of the United States court, sitting at San Francisco, holds that Chinese bom at Hong Kong come under the same category as other Chinese in the operatlon of the restrietion act. One of the largest seizures of smuggled goods made in some time was made at New York the other day. The value of the goods taken amounted to $50,000. Two of the smugglers were dressmakers. Tho large steam barge Oakland from Bay City to Erie, lumber laden, fouadered off Conneaut, O. The vessel had been preyiously abandoned by all but f our of the crew, who are believed to have been drowned. An attompt was made to tako thelifo )f the British Consul in New York the other lay. The crank with murderous intentions iras at once arrested and taken to the Toombs, rehere he gave the name of John A. Feenev. He Is undoubtedly insane. It is stated that the Czarina lately detected one of the Imperial Chamberlains in the act of placing a Nihllistic document in her apartment and he, fearing th; consequences committed suicide. The mthorities endeavored to prevent the f act f rom being made public. The secretary of state of North CaroUna, and the private secretary of the governor of the Palmetto state, had a little difflculty the other day, and proceeded to settle the matter by a hand-to-hand flght. Alter they werepretty well pumelled, his excellency appeared upon the scène, and separated them. Hon. Wm. Smith, provincial prime minister of Canada, predicts that the United States cannotlong continue undivided, and saj-s that ere long the day will come when it must all go to pieecs. He further staten that British Columbia wtll be very glad to annex that section of us which is her natural neighbor. After a conference with the officials f the Houston & Texas railroad, leadlng Neroes of the Lone Star State.have withdrawn al iiits against the Central road, and further uits aro öiscouraeed. The raüroad company rin at once put on separate and exclusive acommodations for colored people. The storm on the lakes for the past ewdays was one oí the most serere espcrlenc¦d in" many years. Incalculable damage was lone to shipping oí all description, Imt 10 f ar as learned no Uves were lost. At Buffao N T., the water rose so high as to put out fee fires in the shops aad furnacee adjacent to ;he creek. entaillng heavy loss. Senator Vest and Delégate Maginnis irrived in Fort Benton irom Blackfoot agency, where they held a satisíactory councll with the Peeans, who agreed to cede to the government a large tract of land on the eastern side of their reservation. The chief will ask the government to givethemcattleand farming lmplements, as they have been starving since the buffalo dlsappeared. The Massacliusetts Coramissioners 01 Immigration report that 39,000 immigrante lai ded at Boston from August 3, 1883, to June 30 1883 Of this numbcr eeventeen were lunatíc idiota or persons unable to take care of themselvcs. The Commissioncrs 6ay the worst classof paupers they are caüed upon to proyide for, come through Canada, and additionallegislationis aeked to prevent such an influx. The boiler of an engine running saws at the bridge being constructed over Red rlyer for the Vickaburg, Shreveport and Pacific railroadat Shreyeport, La., exploded wlth te. rible force, killing five and wounding five who wereatworkasnight force. A boy name Wiüie Watts was tlie ouly persoa on the boa at the time of the explosión who escaped un hurt. Heart-rending news comos from Guavmas, Mexico. The yellow feyer is increasing, and owing to the absence of rain and the filthy condition of the streets, there is no hopeofabatement. From 10 to 30 cases are reported daily. Men go about the city picking up the dead as they would garbage. Ia mauy cases lt is known that peopïe have been buried I M Ker, the Chicago bank clerk, who abseondcd with about $50,000 in funds belonglngto Preston Kean & (Jo., oí that city, and who was recently taken on board of an American man-of-war In Peru, and brought to this country, was arraigned for trial the other day He claimed that he was not lezally arrestedbutwas kidnaped, and a stay of proceedings has been g.anted until the judge settles the question. A largo number of Government records were lost in the fireby which the Olympia, I Washington Territory, land office was destroyed on the 14th. Over 100.000 pages of records belongtng to the Surveyor-General's office and a large number of plats were consumed. The original papers or certifled copie, howcver,are none the archieves of the General Land office, md copieo will b= made to supply the uiymp.. jfficc The Commissioner of the Land Office xoreeses the opinión that tnfn work wlll relulrcthc ernployment of a laW number of clerks for at least one year. At the eoroner's inquest at Stratforü in the Rose Clark Ambler case Prof. White of Yalc college whomade a microECopic examinaon of Lewia' carriagc robe, tcstified that he found a fmall spot of blood. The corpuscles mielit be ttaosc ol human blood but ccrtamly I notof cattle, horse, sneep or swine, but miKht be dog or rabbit. He ale" examlned a ehlrt beloning to Lcwis, on the bosom of wolch was a Btatn of blood mixed with saliva. He also found blood on a stick found in Lewia' barn. Tïetook back to New Haven a cusnion Ine to LcwlB1 carriage f cxamination. Tbc testlmony points strongly to Lewis as themurderer but no arresta have been made. A decisión has been rendered at Chicago in tbe case of Frederlck Ker, who absconded to Peru wlth Í50,COO worth oí securities .belonginR to Preston, KeaQ & Co's baDk. Ker made appHcation for reléase írom arrest on the ground tbat he waskidnapped from Peru and theretore not properly or legaUy under arrest, the decisión of OudgeMcAUister remanda Ker to custody. The gist of the decisión is that it proper xvrits Lfarrestwereissuedbyacourt having jurisdictionof the crime those wrIU are operatire no matter how the prisoner was brought within the terrltory of the court's jurisdiction. Tht lease will Ko to the supreme court.' Hon. Fred Douglass was chosen President of the convention of colored men at Louisvillc, and it issaid thatnever since he became a free man has he feit prouder than on the morning of the eecond day of the convention when he walked up to the prcsident's chair. The hall in which the c ,nvcntion was held, was densely packed with white and black, who had eome to hear the most celebrated colorcd rnan tntheworld. In a speech burning with the flreof eloquence he passed rapidly in review the days when the epectre of slavery haunted the land, with all its attendant horrors, to the better and brighter days which brought them freedom, edacation and enfranehisement, and placed them in a positiou when they could enjoy and appreciate the beucflceut rays of the Sun of Righteousness, ango forward, unsbackled, in the race for higher and nobler things. He set f orth in glowing terms the object of the conveution, which is to eecure the social and political equality of the people. In scathing language bc intimated that the RepublicM party had not livcd up to lts platform principies, and should be abandond by colored men. Hls speech is pronounced onc of the grandest I'hiUipics of modern times,rand was adopted as the appeal of the convention to üongress. Between one and two o ciook ou u afternoon of September 30, a shock -as feit throughout Pittsburg, süaking manv buildings to the foundations, smashiug Windows and terribly frlghtening residents of the south side, whó rushed f rom their housesinto the street in error. Immediately after the shock au alarm of flre was truck, and up&n investisatlon it was found that the large boilers in the flanglng deartment of the 81ia;o iron works had explod ed'withfearful violence, scattering the flying fragments in cvery direction, setting flre to the Lake Erie rallroaü shops and a immber oL dwelliug houses in the vieinity. News of the disaster spread like wild lire, nd soon thousatids of pcople were on the way to the scène of destructiou. Uponarrival tlicre a fearful sight met their gaze. The boiler dartmeut, a Kriek structure, was a complete wreek, as were also a number of passender and freight cars and the master nicchanics' shope of the Like Eric railroad, while a row oL dffcllings on the opposite sido of the street were in flames. Men, women, and children were running about wringing their hands and calling for frieuds, wuo they supposed were either killed or wounded. In the ruins of tte flanging department, scattered around, were the dead aad dying, some with arms and legs off, somc disügured almost e yond rceognition, and othnrs oufferinj; from ainf ui burns and scalds. By this time the pclicehadarrivedinforceand the work of removing the killed and in jured from the ruins wasbegun. It was found that at the time of th? explosión twenty men were at work. Of these nine were reported all right, three were . killed and eisht badly iujured, four fatally while fourehildren of Charles Douglass, who lived across the way, were also badly hurt. ¦ ' OTHEB LANUS. O'Donnell is now being tried for tbo nurder oL Carey. A little difficulty is experiencecl iti sc;uring consul for O'Donnell. The Egyptian government is making iomc telling cflortsto suppresa the slave traUe. Freneh journals are "huffy" because Alfonso of Spain aeeep'.ed the colouelcy of fa, Gtrmin regiment. Fifteen ruinera wcre killed by an ex plosión of firedamp ia a mine in tbc town ol Unna Wcstplialla. ïrom indirect Éouroes it is lcarned that two Amerlcansoi one of the Arctic expeditions have died at Bmitli's Sound. Henry M. Stanley, the Africau explorer, urges that Great Britain proelaim a protectorate over the Coneo county. At the recent session of t:.e British association for the advanceinent of ecieucc the free tradc lawi were strongly denounced, and return to protective tarifl advocated. A railway train from Paris for OonBtantinople was thrown from the track near Vercisrova. Several carriages were dcmollshed and raanv persons killed and wouuded. Missionary Shaw, who was insulted by the Frcnch in Madagascar, has reached England. He has beeD advieed to briug sult tor damages agaiust theFiench government. Important informaüon has jtwt been received from Proi. Nordenekjold's Greenland expedition, showing that they had penctrated furthcr than any previous company, and that important kuowledge had bcongained concern ing the Arctic región. Something akiu to a revoluüon has made its appearance at the imperial palace of Pekinanillsbackcdby a popular democetra tion. Tue people demand that the smprees, who doee r.ot seem to be cnergetic enough to Buit the popular dcmand, shall abdícate in favor of Prince Tun, unclc of the emperor. An explosión in the arsenal at Woolwlch, nearLondon, the other dav, made matteM vt ry lively for stveral hour?. The building was wcll stocked Wit rockcts flUed with destructive missies, which flew in all dircctions, many of them being projected a distance of five mUcs. Two persons were kiUcd by the explosión. It is stated that O'Donnell has expresscd hls disgust at the fact that there hare I been no steps taken In Englacd to procure tUBCta for his defense. He is reportcd as saylS bltterly, "U's üke them Dublin Inshmen." He sald also, if neceseary, L20,000 could be collected within a week to save the life of the man who comm'tted the most popular murder since the shooang of Constable Talbot. A Halifax dispatch says: The bark Brttannia was lost on Sibie Island and the captaln's wife, tliree chlldren and eight of the crew were drowned, ineludtng the flrst and eecond mates. The captaiu and the remaimng three seamen arrivcd In New Field. The sur vlrors were threo days on the wreek wheu rescued. Tbey had attempted to reach the shor on a raft wuen a beavy sea swept them a!l off, including the captain' s rife and three children The three saiiors saved and the captain were able to reaeh the raft again, the latter carrying with him two ef his children.but thev died shortly after, The cornet disooTerua a KW days ago is as far bcyond the sun as the sun is from us.

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