Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-20


PARIS, wednesday afternoon, April 19-The
commune has suppressed the newspapers Opia-
''". sa.t5Tdlsr C'ocae. Sotr and Ben Tublje. The
recent elections are declared valid by the com
name. There was a panic at an OUTPOST OF the
national guard yesterday. The men were
rallied With difficulty.
4 Royal visit.
ST. PETERS EURG. April 1g-The Prince I'M
penal OF Germany Is expected here soon.
sharp. aud sIOody engagements.
PARIS, April ls-In the affair at Asnie-es
guards retreated INSIDE the Porte, crying "AH
II lOst' The people charged the nationals
with cowardlce, aud hot dght ensued between
the civil and D-'tary adherents of the com
mUne. LevalleTs presents a horrible spectacle
The nationals are carOUs,ng. and the wOlnded
are wing IN me streets grolnlng 10 is curious
that TIE government did not follow up the at
tack they must have succeeded, Is At NeuiIly.
"A body Of gems d'armes have been eutreprhSd
eight DAYS, and IN spite OF the whitening ire,
still EO'd out. The news Of the reverse az As
nIereS yesterday caused great excitement in
Paris. An EnyiiShman, in a restaurant near
the lnvalides, was grossly insulted for not bear
boErg ST HOnOTe. The communists are digging
trenches N front OF Fort Vauvres, and the gov,
eInmeLt troops are doing the same on the oPpo-
Last night shells were falling in the Rue des
Iernes. bloody combat has been raging at
Neuihy since O'c'Ock in the morning. The
cCmmandant OF the 2jlst battalion of nationals
was killed The cOmmandant of the artillery
"a- denounced and arrested as traitor. The
nationals are now retreatiDg in large numbers
They set nre 10 large number of houses in
Neuilly, and the Inhabitants hidden in the
were banned TO death. A correspondence avs
that while lodging under the ire OF bulie,si,
The boulevard lnkeTmsn At Neuily he stoppet,
Ter an instant In a doorway, WHARF he heard
some one sObbing IN the cellar underneath. He
looked IN and saw a woman and two children
atIaid 70 Eur, having been there since yester-
DAY. The inhabitants OF Neuilly petitiOped for
An srmiSuee to remove the women and chill
dIeD, 6nt CIuseset reused the favor.
Versailles ON Fire.
"A Al nunoer OF houses in Versailles, struck by
Running Away from Paris.
NEkSAILLESs April io--fOrty thousand gov
eminent troops are in the woods at st. Cloud,
and lO,OOO are quaTtered at BOnguval. The
communists are firing on Pubeaux. and doing
great damage The roadTo ST. Denis is crowded
With people leaving Paris, the advantages for
dolng 30 being greater than was expected.
DambrOwski Under Fire.
enc Tell on DambroWski's hOEss yesterday.
lie and STAFF officer were in bed, but neither
Soaring the Ambassadors.
learn the reason OF the Versailles govern
ment bombarding the Champs Eiysees is to
refuge into Versailles.
Paris as q Camp.
PARIS, ApIil ~, eveniDg.-A cannonala has
been mingled with the IRE Of the mIuaiueuses
and nasketry all day at Csurbevere Porte
Maillot, PuteauS. Asnieres, and Leyallois. The
Ir0n-elal nj vans are operating actively
bsIIIcs1es ana Ienches are IN course OF con-
stTuctIoI inside Of Paris.
The Rere1t newspaper denies that tho Yer
ssllles forces are masters of the bridge crossing
the Seine 4 en- AsDieTes TO Chehy.
The concentration OF loops for the army of
The Assembly continues.
The Arch Of triumph BATTERED Down.
LoADCS, April - "A special dispatch TO the
destroyed by the fire CT the batteries OF the Yer
sailles army.
Two guns were Captured by the Versailles
troops IN the battle at AsHisres on the /. tn
A reinforcement Of 1000 len from the army
OF the ASsf mbly, under eOumsuI of Ducrot is
expected 81 Asnieres
More of Thier's BrasslpS.
NEEsAiLLEs, AYrIl GA Circular =, been
kettd tN ihle-s announcing the capture % As
LISISs- ne s'SeTtS that II Il the kew 10 CoyrNe-
10 t,,i. ieI, afo says the insurgent losses il,
-~S L4ht al A-niere- were Tery heavy
Turkey Tag tO Aggrayate the HuS
sian Lar.
LONDON, April 20.-A Morning P6ss Snacial 1
'-pafch from COnstantinOple says the Porte |
intends senu,,.s ID Se non ci"l uset 70 cruise
IL the Black Sea
Paris BIOckadeo.
lOHpOs, april 2l--Advicss from Versailles |
ts-day report that lighting still continues at 4
AsnieIes, where the insurgents are making 4
bloOdv attempts 10 regain their lost position. |
The Versailles troops have succeeded in OBJ |
tanning possession OF AsDieres and found that |
the suburbs have suffered severely from the |
pillage and mar suding OF the insurgent troops.
articles OF wearing apparel. An endeavor was
made by DOmbrowski 20 rally the nationals, but
10 resulted in a failure. One of the officers OF
his staff has been arrested on suspicion of
treachery. The Versailles troops show no sign
of wavering. and keep the advantageous posi-
ton they have secured with calmness and deter.
mipation- All the railroads are now commanded
by Versailles troops, and the insurgents will be
unable to receive supplies OF provisions from
outside the city.
The h knights Of PythIas Muddle.
PHILADELPHIA, April 40.-The Supreme
Lodge OF the Knights of Pythias continued the
debate regarding the claims OF the two Grand
Lodges OF Maryland During the afternoon
session, Mr.. Davies, Of K. l., presented series
OF resolutions suggesting the proprety OF an
nulling everything that had been done in Mary
fanc. He proposed 10 call a convention of all
the Past Chancell0rs of that State, in good
staDdiDgs who had taken the -. b. N. to insti
tute new Grand lodge. The resolutions were
tabled by vote OF IS to II. The question of
the admission OF representatives from Mary.