Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-02

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chair, and ". +. Hlll, seeretarv-
The Chair annOuE ced the death o. one of their
| most este emed members. Mr. San lel Espey.
/ VINO aslfsey all knew very well had worked hard
| and honestly with tee club Tor Municipal re-
| ioim. The Corporation vas in debt to him for
| labor performed to tie extent of sac which he
was unable to Obtain, and in ooIsec uence his
! circumstances had bS come very much embar-
! raised. Mrs. Espey had repeatedly called upon
| Mr.. Bowen during ar. Espey's sickness for
soIRe portion of this bill but he had e0Gy turned
her away without AM aid The Chair then
offered resolutions OF Eespeet to the 4nemory of
the deceased, and OF sympathy for his bereaved
family. which were adopted.
| motion wRs made fer the appointing Mt of a
committee 70 wait on Mayor Bowen and urge
him to extent relief to the family the eeeased
by paying the -Jnl they hold against the corpo-
ration, but the Chair said it would be of u Use
] as the ease had frequently came TO the Majors
attention, and tie motion vas withdrawn.
line Caair stated that ten out of the fifteen
I commissioners OF election Tor the Fourth " ard
| had addressed a letter TO Navor Bowen repre-
senting that the places for he ling the polls y
hot suitable for the purpose, and asking him to
treated Their comm unicati0E with conte mpt-
not even replying to it. Voices" Wen settle
Mr.. A. Watson said that five hundred men and
one hundred carts cORld be at cnce put to work
IN cleaning out the canal, from the Navy ard
20 GeorgetoWn, and in digging new canal from
James creek 70 the Arsenal, IL Mr.. Emery is
elected Mayor. Four hundred men could be
employed TO good advantage in wheeling the
Ihuu anu Sduu from the canal. between Mary
land avenue and the Navy Yard, ard from nth
street, TO Geergetown, while horses ana carts
would be in great demand for the same
purpose in csrting ava the mud into
the White lot, waere it is all needed to
raise those grounds TO their proper grade.
The canal in its present coni ION is a disgusting
nuisance, cessPoOl for che whole city. Creating
an lntolerable stencil and feyef-laden miasma
Tor squares on either side, and i'm hot we ather
nHght cause pestilence. 1t has cen one OF the
iesln pretSXts for the agitation &c remove the
Ne INN
under consideration by the Senate and unless
action IL at once taken by the city, Con gress
may bestow it upon company. All reform
IIpuohcahs are IN favor OF cleaning out this
pace. AND Mr.. Emery had recently offered
DILL in the Board OF Aldermen
accompanied with speech in favor OF dig
gmg W ont Tor navigation purposes On the
contrary. 1t is well known that Mayor Bowen
mas used his influence against any IMPROVEMENT
IN this direction, and even when a bill was
passed for bridge across the canal at Virginia
avenue, he vetoed il, declaring 'that not one
Dollar should be expended on the canal with
ms consent If again elected, this nuisance
VIII remain untouched for two wears longer
IHR STAR, Republican, and even the Chronicle
are IN favor Of this Improvement, yet for two
years Bowen has stupidity opposed it.
.eme laoorers' come citizens, come one, and
TO help bury Bowen down in the filthy ca
nawl!"
, Messrs. Waldron and b. Severance addressed
the meeting on the subject of the election
urging the claims OF MIR. Emery for election to
the AayOralty. Messrs. W. Murdoch, Charles
Stewart and Others also addressed the meeting
In favor OF Nj. q. Emery, after which stems
were taken To prevent the intimidatiOnof voters
by the City Hall ring at the polls on election
day, and the mt cling adjourned with three
rousing cheers for Emery.
MORE OF BowEN's ILLEGAL VoTERs-Yes-
terday, Sergeant Pool and officer Beall arrest
ed Frederick Stewart, Lucius HarkOm and DO
Rolls, c9lored men. at the Frcedmen's Hospital,
on inc charge OF illegal registration, aud jus
tice wal dismissed the second, reserved his de-
ciSlon IN the case of the last named, and held
the former for a hearing. IL is said that these
raIues were brought in by Tom Bowie aud
DICK Smith, and one insisted that he had no
right 10 re gistcr, but was threatened by Bowie
anu tearing that lie would do him injury he
registered.
John L. Mitchell, colored. was arrested yes
terday for Illegal registration, bv Off Ger SksIIv
Justice Clark dismissed the case this beipg The
wIong John 7. Mitchell.
Reuben Nelson. cOlored, aged 10 wears wac
Yesterday arrested for illegal registration, bv |
yfhcer Skelly, sixth precinct, and Srrairuaf he
lore Justice Clark this morning. After par |
,ttI eEtM.I.iton the case Was postponed till 10 |
CLOCK on Saturday next, the accused entering |
sarety IN the sum Of 800 for his appearance.
ON missioner Atkinson was again up to-day |
70 answer The charge Of having procured VIM
NC auley TO illegally register, and the prose !
JuuhS witness not being present the case was |
Ills missed. "
Nr- y II: Mil.gI q feared ipr the prosecution I
: .tw moments after with the witnesses, and the |
case having been dismissed. a new All tlayit WAS |
issued TOR AtkinsOn's Tc,rFest.
The case OF Thomas Bowie, charged with |
illegal registration va next called. Messrs. !
Booker, Donohc, ana Crossman OF the Board of |
Registration were sworn, but neither were able |
TO TESTIFY to seeing him register. The defence |
waived any further examination, and Bowie |
was held 20 bail for court in 500 Mr.. Andrew
Gleason continuing his hail. |
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Row AT THE SEVENTH WARD Bowen Met |
M y ahOuf OfTlppE a "A
meeting at Island Hall, Councilman 10. Wi.
liams, while making speech, denouncing
everybody that opposed the City Hall ring,
made some statements inimical TO the character
OF George w. HattOn, when a colored man
named Daniel Turner called him a liar, where
UIon the Williams gang made rush for Turner
with sticks. canes. razors and other weapons,
him to beat a haSty retreat down the
steps, and in defence of himself, il is charged
drew razor anu cut coiored man named
Robert Ousley across the arm, making severe
wound The crowd rushed for the door and
Turner made his escape with others from the
hall, just as the police were going up the steps
they Eot knowing vino TO arrest Of the crowd
passing out. Turner is a barber, and viii no
doubt be arrested, he being well-known.
Detective McDevtt took the case in hand,
and by noon arrested Daniel Turner As the
party who did the cutting. He is held at head
quarters for hearing.
ARRIVAL OF "RKD CLOUD" AND Party
The chiefs, warriors and head men OF cred
Clouds, band Of Ogallalla Sioux arrived here
Yesterday, accompanied by General John T..
Smith, U. $. A; G. B. Bandais, of St. Louis;
Colonel w. u. Tullock, Of Fort Laramie, and
John Richard. The following prominent In
dians compose the delegation: "Red Cloud"
Red Dog, Brave Bear, Little Bear, Yellow Bear,
Setting Bear, Bearskin, Black Hawk Long
Wolf, Sword-afraid The one-that-runs- through,
Red Fly, Rock Bear, he Crow, Living Bear and
Red Shirt. In addition 10 these the following
sluaws accompany the delegation: White Grow,
Rather, Thunder Skin, Sans-Arc Woman and
the WOrld-Looker. In a few days there will be
a grand council. cred Cloud and band are
arrayed in thorough Indian costumes, and the
squaws are becomingly attired in short dresses,
made Of red blankets, ornamented with beads
and feathers
ANOTHER CHARGE or ILLEGAL REGIsrRA-
TIoN-The City .Strreyor Arrested-This morn
ing Detective Bigley served a warrant on Mr..
r. ii. DOnegan, the City Surveyor, charging
him with illegal registration, on the oath OF
Mr.. Benz amin Severson, and he was held in his
own recognizance to appear Tomorrow. The
affidavit of Mr.. Severson sets forth that the re-
cord OF the court shows that no Patrick II. Dom
egan has been natur allied, and only one Patrick
DOnegan has obtained papers, and in his case
the first papers were issued three years before
+. II. Donegan declared himself a British SUBJ
ject, and asked the protection OF the British le-
CATION; and this fact would have nulfihed any
previous application for citizenship. Mr. Done