Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-16
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HeNDA f--....-....-. October rs, 1871.
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Contributions for the Chicago Suffer
era
The Baltimore and ohio Railroad Companv
has I aced al the disposal OF the Chicago relief
committee two freight cars for the transporta-
ton Of articles Of clothing, &c. intended for
the relief of the sufferers. They will leave to-
morrow morning. Associations or individuals
who desire TO send pae kages should notify MesSrs
klibourn y Latta, who will furnish transtorta-
ton 20 the depot Collections for the benefit OF
the sufferers were taken up in all the churches
yesterday, and large sum realized. Between
nVe ana SIX hundred dollars was netted by the
concert of the Choral Society at Lincoln Hail
on saturday evening. The MetrOpolitap NJ
nhurch mas contributed Al 600 in clothing alone
Inc schcot children have raised besides a large
amount OF clothing, about 81 800 in money The
Subsistence Bureau, War DEPARTMENT has con
tTlbuted $40. The proceeds of a trip of the
steamer ArTOw to Mount Vernon TODAY will he
gwen Tor the relief of Chicago. j. NJ. McNeiIl
president of the Illinois Association and Josenb
=. Wiswall, Of the dry goods firm of Yates &
nl."a.l, .tn street, started yesterday for Chi
eago, having In charge thirty-seven boxes of
ciothing, contributed by the public schools of
thls city. and nearly as many contributed by our
elI,.eDs through the association. The amount
eohtrlbnted by the clerks of the Second Audi
tor once, in behalf of the Chicago sufferers,
up 10 Saturday night. amounted to 500.
4. COIun bia Ty geographical Union. No. 1O1, tI-day
forwarded, by Adams Express, for the relic. o.
Ihelr suffering brethren OF Chicago, tie sum of
A telegram was received az miInighs last
night by Rev. Geo. A. Hall, secret..ry of the
Young Mems Christian Assoc alton rom ID l.
Wood, president OF the RELIEF department OF the
Young Mems Christian ISOLATION of that city
say ing, =. Send all your supplies M once tn me-,
IL Is hoped the Young Mems Christian As Ocia-
flOn viii be able to send 81 GO in currency this
evening.
W ELL-KNOwN SwINDLER GETS ONE Hun
DRIED DOLLARS OF GEN. HOwARD's CAsH.-On
Friday last, fellow giving his name as o. o.
Clarke, representing himself to be a correspond
ent OF the Cincinnati Commercial, and bearing
letters probably fOrged) from Senator Morton
and several western members of Congress
called upon Gen. q. o. Howard and told him a
pitiful tale, to the effect that his son had been
burned out in Chicago and had telegraphed him
10 cone ON immediately, which he earnestly de-
sIed 70 90, but had no ready money with him.
although he was a man of property and hai
funds in the Mechanics Bank of ST Ioais, of
winch MS eldest son is cashier, and so forth and
so forth. knowing the General to be a beneyo-
lent gentle man, he said, he had called upon him
Tor the loan Of 500 for a few days: or in case
ne .ad not that amount to spare, he would be
content With the endorsement of his draft on
The bark referred to. Notwithstanding the fact
that the plausible Clarke has hitherto figured in
the newspapers hereabout as confidence ope-
razor, Gen. Howard inclined his ear to the piti-
fnl story and gave the narrator a letter to Col,
faton OF the Freedman's Savings Bank telling
him to cash Clarke's draft in case the latter
Bank Of ST. Louis, saying that he had deposits
there. The telegram was loon forthcOming of
course, and Clarke received his s1O0 and de-
parted Later in the day Gen. Howard telc-
grsPhed to the Mechanics Bank and received a
reply to the effect that Clarke had no deposits in
maj institution. The detectives are on the track
OF the swlndler, who, ii will be remembered
was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary
some time since for swindling the banking house
OF Jay Cooke & Co.
ROMANTIC WILL CAsE-Th, cortu,, r.
tafe-TO-day, in the Special Term Judge WyIie
heard The case Of the viii Of Sophia A. Coltman
Inc Facts In the case are about as follows: The
testatrix died about a year since leaving consid-
cradle property, mostly in bonds and Rev. j. q.
Butter and A Noerr were named as executors,
10 whom testamentary letters were issued by the
Orphans Court, they giving bond in the snm OF
$1,000 BY this will she made various beouests
Mr. Buffers children, Mr.. Brewer and Others
tn ~ IN LOT shares, and it is claimed that she
te1t 500 only TO the children of her daughterin
Gei many. Anew days after the will had been
MED, one Ernest Brasse presented a petition 10
me court praying that the probate be set aside
ahd Ihe letters revoked, claiming to have mar
rled her IN Hamburg, and that as no notice had
been given him he had a right to ask that the
probate be revoked and the question sent TO a
jury lie also charged that she eloped from him
with Ccltman and came to this country taking
win her 900 thalers of his money, and that on
ms coming to this city and promising not to
mo Re these facts public she promised to make
provision for him and see him comfortsbIe in
NE oid age. The executors admit the former
marriage, but claim, as he had himself told par
sn es that they had been divorced, he is estopped
from making any claim to the estate. The conn
sci argued that under the act of April 10 Issg
she had right - dispose OF her property by will
a IaIee amount OF testimony was taken in this
case by Colonel Webster, Register OF Wills and
read in the court to-day. Messrs Riddle and
miller appear for the executors and Messrs
Gull, HOban, and f. l. Schmidt for Brasse.
IMPORTANT TO PRoPERTY-HoLpERs.-A a
meeting OF the Eoard of Public Works on Sat
nItay, II was ordered that no contractor or other
perscn shall have the right to remove anv old
crrbs or bricks where special improvements are
going on Superintendents will see that this
order Is enforced, and will keep an exact ac-
count OF the old material and its condition when
taken up, crediting it, at the engineers yalua-
tlon, 10 the lot from which IL was taken They
viii make daily report of the quantity and
an OF Sueh material to the executive Office.
All material ut u be used again will be relaid
u RESET and the expense of rcfaying or resettiny
charged ID the lot upon which the work Is done
" men water, gas, and sewer services are broken
by contractors, the superintendent will have
them repaired at once, and charge the cost
thereof against said contractors.
hessrs Ssul and Smith, of the "parking com-
ti,, nq were authorized to purchase guam
MY OF trees for the establishment of the city.
,--l nc contract for sewering street northwest
rom 18th to 9Th street, was awarded to Brennan
&" sehoyer' not sehafeI, as published.
RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE CHILDREN OF
Wednesday last the subject of
the teachers and pupils making a donation Of
money AM, elothinc for the relief OF the Chicago
school children, was brought To ..-r houce OF the
Trustees, and Mr.. j. o. Wilson, the Super .en-
dent, on that day visited many of the schools,
and asked the cooperation of the teachers and
pupils On Thursday and Friday they were all
busy, and the quantity Of clothing and money
which was brought was very large. Saturday
the clothing was sent from the several districts
to the Miller Building, on II street, near eth,
where Nessrs- Woodward, French, Hart, and
Mcclellan, OF the trustees, principals Mckee
and Gage. and the German teacher, Selke, with
a number of teachers and larger pupils sorted,
packed and boxed, and shipped it to the Board
of Education OF Chicago. The contributions of
the schools will exceed 81. $50. over $40 from
each school, and the clothing filed forty large
packing boxes.
The REORGANIZATION Of the Boardof Public
WORKS, on the basis published in the STAR a few
days since, has been nearly completed. The
several bureaus no longer exist. Mr.. A. r.
Shepherd, the vice president and executive
officer of the board, has gone u work energeti-
cally and systematically, and he and his col
leagues are doing all they can to push forward
necessary work. and at the same time reduce
the force Of clerks. superintendent, &c. 10 the
smallest number consistent with the proper and
prompt transaction of the great amount of busI-
ness which comes before the board No sine
cures will be tolerated. Dir. Shepherd can be
a "a 3.fffa r.