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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-06
PROPOSALS FOR IRON PIPES FOR
STREET BRIDGE
fFick OF ENGINEER OF PUBLIC WORKS,
D'SfT'et Of Csig',sbia,


DsSfrfcf Of C6faylsbia. y
WASHINGTON, ID. G., September 4, lS-l \
Sealed Proposals will be received bV the Baari OF
PnhliS Works of the District ofColumbia until IL m
Tuesday, Sept. l2lh, for fu rnishing. delivering
snd putine mp three hundred neal feet So q Iron
sever flpes, OF twenty inches inside diameter. for
the drops ofthe new bridge over Rock Creek At the
foot Of street, Wac ellington, D. and West stu Get
0eorretown, C. also for furnishing, delivering and
setting the apron stones. &C., required for the same
fIans ana specihestions showing the work may be
seen al the Office Il the Engineer.
Proposals must include all the materials and work
work. -
Each bidder will be required before presenting his
bid TO deposit with the Collector Of city Of Wash
ington to the credit Of the Board Of Public Works
the sum Of i've hundred dollars. SsDO,D taking
receipt therefor, as guarantee that ne win enter
into anc carry out the contract, If awarded 10 him.
in accordance with his bid. The money - deposited
will be refunded 10 the unsuccessful bidder after the
award Of the contract, and 10 the contractor after
the completion Of the work.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids, or 20 accept any portion thereof IL deemed 10y
them 20 the interest Of the District 70 do so
Proposals should be Endorsed Proposals for Iron
Pipes" and addressed TO the Treasurer Of the
Board Of Public Works, District Of Columbia"
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SUGARS.
TEAS.

As viii be seen By the above list our stock COM
prises sixteen different varieties, of which we have
q large supply now on hand, and are constantly re.
cevng fresh Invoices and facilities for obtain
Ing and receiving the same such as that we have
hestancy In asserting that we are able to compete
fully with any house this side OF New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-06
RoARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,

u DiSfrtef of COiEnbia,
WASHINGTON, August 81, 1Sl.
Proposals win be received at the Office OF the
Board Of Public Works until II m. SATURDAY,
september ., s7l, for furnishing ami delivering al
such place and time, the Seventh street roai as
may be hereafter designated by the engineer Of the
Board OF Public Works 80 0ooD SIXTY THOUSAND
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids offered.
Endorse proposals % Proposals for Furnishing
COCO Hard Brick" and direct Treasurer Board OF
Public Works. gei--t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-06
FEVER AND AGUE,

FEVER AND AGUE cured for fifty cents. There
Is not remedial agent in this world that will cure
Fever and Aeue, and all other MalariOus, Bilons,
Scarlet. Typhoid, YELLOW, and other Fevers aided
by RAILWAYS PILLS. so quick as RAILWAYS
READY RELIEF. Fifty cents per bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-06

by VIM. L. WALL Il CO., Auctioneers,
H Original Horse and Carriage Bazaar,
No. IS Louisiana av. :, between 9th and 10th sts
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-24
THE SUFFERING IN FRANCE.
The Supply to Land at Once-Chicago,s Gift.
additional subscriptions.

u
Additional subscriptions.
Yesterday morning the work of re6tting the
relief ship Supply at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
was completed and the ship hauled out to a
pier to receive her stores. The alterations made
include the removal of the bulkheads, by which
much additional room is gained, so that now
her stowage capacity is equal, it is estimated, to
about 40OU barrels.
She will carry a crew of eighty-three men be-
sides the officers. Comfortable quarters have
been provided for the officers and those who
may be sent by the Chamber of Commerce Com
mttee to superntend the distribution of food
The work of taking in the ships supplies will be
completed to-day, and tomorrow morning
everything will be in readiness to load the relief
stores for France. These, it is understood, will
consist of flour, beef, beans, peas, etc.
Messrs. Charles IL. Marshall, Charles Lanier,
and Anson Phelps Stokes, the chairman, trea-
surer and secretary respectively of the Chamber
of Commerce committee, yesterday afternoon
proceeded to the New York Produce Exchange
and purchased twenty-five hundred barrels of
flour, which, with the goods now in the storage
warehouse stores, will be loaded on the Supply
as far as she may be able to carry them, after
which a second vessel, either furnished by the
Government or chartered, will be provided.
The Supply will be loaded with all possible
despatch and, it is believed she will be able
to sail on Wednesday next or possibly sooner.
1t is probable that the distribution of the food
will be supervised by at least two mem
bers of the committee cooperating with the
London Relief committee, who also represent
JDe new 1Ork ODaulDer Oh commerce. Inc
names of these agents are Benjamin Moran, j.
s. Morgan, Hugh McCulloch, and Russell
Sturgis.
Mr.. James Fl. Bowen, representing the Exc
cutlve Committee of the Chicago Producers
French Aid Organization, waited upon the New
York committee and notified them that Chicago
would send at once two thousand barrels of -four
as her present quota of aid for the sufferers.
Among the other contributions received were
one hundred and fifty barrels of -four by the
Harlem Railroad, from D. @. Brainard, "acting
deacon of one family" Mount Lebanon.
Total amount received by the Chamber of
Commerce Committee, $90,530 a. by Produce
Exchange Committee, $15O45; grand total,
$105 1854.
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and dignity Of an honorable profession than
the examples above mentioned would seem TO
indicate is certain, and il must be apparent to
these gentlemen that the time has arrived
when some action is needed on the part of
the respectable members of the legal profess
sion to check spirit of corruption which
certainly tends to destroy their influence. If
the David Dudley Field and Sharswood theory
of legal responsibilities is once admitted, the
legal profession will become the scourge of
society, and lawyers nothing more than the
aiders and abettors of criminals
of every description. Too many of
them are so now, but happily the individuals
who prosecute their infamous trade, under the
appropriate name of ''Quarter Sessions shy
sters," have no standing among respectable
men either in the legal profession or out of
it. But if the ideas of Judge Sharswood
with regard to the responsibilities and duties
of lawyers are sound, why should not the
''sbysters," who live on the misery of the
wretches who fall into the clutches
of the law for all manner of petty
offenses, be as we'll entitled to
the honored name of gentlemen as those
practitioners who believe that society has
some claims on them which are superior to
those of their clients? The members of the
bar and the students of law of Baltimore re-
Gently adopted means to elevate the standard
of legal requirements, and to discountenance
all conduct in the profession which shall tend
to degrade it from it's honorable character
and to make it the resort of unscrupulous
practitioners rather than Of high-toned and
honorable gentlemen. The influences which
this action of the Baltimore bar is intended
to counteract are at work in this city, and il
is plainly the duty of those lawyers who have
characters. to lose to make their influence,
both as citizens and members of the bar,
felt more strongly than it is at present in
favor of justice, honor, and morality as rules
of action for the government of the legal pro-
fession.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-24

penny is appropriated to the improvement
of League Island or to the removal
of the Navy Yard from its present
location. The Mayor has ably shown that the
dilatory policy inflicts double wrong upon
Philadelphia. It breaks the implied contract
under which the Government received as
free gift the best naval site in the world, and
arrests the course of municipal improvement
alike in League Island and in the region of
the existing Navy Yard. The aggravation of
this wrongis increased by the fact that il would
cost the nation little or nothing to right it,
and to take proper care of its own interests
while guarding ours; for the money that
would accrue from sale of the old Navy
Yard would go far to fit up the new one. If
navy yards of any description are to be main
tanned, no more appropriate and useful place
for such establishments than League Island
could be obtained. 1t would answer all re-
quirements, and especially those arising from
the substitution of iron steamships for modern
sailing vessels; and it would, at the same
time, afford splendid facilities for
the establishment of a school of naval en-
cheering, where the future engineers of the
navy could be properly instructed in their
arduous duties. At League Island the veteran
iron-clads can be safely harbored; new vessels
can be built speedily and economically facili-
ties can be provided for creating at short
notice, whenever a great exigency arises, a
formidable feet; and engineers could be care
fully taught all that appertains to the con-
struction and safe running of Government
vessels of war. Under this system the coun-
try would not be obliged to tremble for the
safety of its steamers every time they ven-
tured out of sight of land.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-24
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1871.

T THE EVENING TELEGRAPH, from
Its original establishment, has been in the
receipt of telegraphic news from the New
York Associated Press, which consists OF
the Tribune, Times, Herald, World,
San, TonyNaI of Commerce, EVsHing Post,
Commercial Advey7iscy, and E0eHing Ex-
6yxss. The success which has attended
our enterprise is, in itself, sufficient evil
dence of the freshness, fullness, and relia-
bility of the news which we have received
from this source. Last March we entered
into special contract by which THE
EVENING TELEGRAPH has the exclvSiVe
use of the news furnished in the afternoon
by the Associated Press to its own members,
the North Ame,fcan, Inquirer, Ledger,
Press, Age, Record, and German Democrat,
of this city, and the leading journals of the
East, North, West and South; and hereafter
THE TELEGRAPH will be the ony evening
6a1ey Pa6liSAed in this city in which the
afternoon dispatches of the Associated
Press will appear.
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LEAGUE ISLAND.

The message sent by Mayor Fox to City
Councils yesterday, complaining of the dilatory
action of the National Government in regard
to League Island, should command national
as well as municipal attention. tits amazing
that Philadelphia should be treated with so
little courtesy and attention by Congress, and
that such niggardly spirit should uniformly
be displayed when appropriations in which
she is interested come up for consideration.
BY hard fight the magnificent sum of
$4,000 has been secured for the COM
pletion Of the Appraisers Stores
in this city, in bill which
grants $5oo,0O0 to New York post Office that
is to cost nearly $4,000, OO0, and $500, 600 to
q Boston post Office, but TO us not single
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-24
RELIEF FOR THE EUROPEAN SUE
FERERS

RELIEF FOX THE EUROPEAN SUF-
FERERS
The thousands of suffering people whose
homes have been desolated and whose means
of subsistence have been destroyed by the
fearful conflict that has been raging in
France for the past six months, have claims
upon the practical sympathies of rich and
prosperous nation such as ours is which
cannot be ignored. We live so near the time
of great war which brought desolation to
multitude of homes in our own land, that we
can we'll understand what war really is and it
needs no argument to prove that far as
the conflict between France and Germany is
concerned, at least-the greatest sufferers are
those who are the least responsible for the
causes which produced them. Some of the
fairest portions of France have been overrun
by cOntending armies, the homes of the pea
SAINTS have been destroyed, their
farms and vineyards laid waste, and
now the probable approach of peace
finds multitude of men, women, and chill
dren without shelter and without food, or the
means of obtaining it. The winter has been
one of great severity, and the sufferings of
these poor people must be incalculable and
although the best that other nations can do
to help them will go but a small way towards
repairing their losses, or placing them in
positions of even partial comfort, still some
thing can be done to relieve their immediate
wants. Anything that is done must be done
at once, and We sincerely hope that the citi-
Zens of Philadelphia, who have never before
been behindhand in good work like this,
will endeavor to rival those of New York,
Boston, and other places in the extent and
value of their contributions.
vessel has been furnished by the Gov
ernment, and this city has been designated
as one of the places at which she
will stop to receive goods and provi-
sions. The Pennsylvania Central and the
Camden and Amboy Railroads have generously
offered to give free transportation to goods
consigned for the benefit of the sufferers by
the war in Europe to the Relief Committee in
this city, and not only our citizens but
the entire people of the State shou' d give
freely of their abundance to relieve the bitter
distress that has been caused by the war.
This is a matter that is not in the remotest
degree connected with politics, and those who
are sble to give should not allow their SYM
pathies on one side or the other to interfere
with their generous impulses. Both in New
York and Boston much enthusiasm has been
manifested on this subject, aud the coutribu-
tions made have been most generous. Phi
ladelphia certainly win not be behind her
sister cities in such good work as this.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-24

CT The earliest regular edition Of The
EVENING TELEaRAPH goes to press at u
o'clock, and the subsequent regular editions
at 2a, 81, and Al. Whenever there is i'm
portant news of the progress of the Euro
pean war, extra editions will be issued after
this hour, and before the regular time for the
early edition.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-24
EDOOATIONAL.
II ARVA RID UNIV RSITY
CAMBRIDGE, MASS,
Comprises the following Departments:-

Harvard College, the University Lectures Divinity
School, Law School, Me1Ical School, Dental School
Lawrence Scientific School, School OF Mining and
Practical Geology, Bussey Institution "a School of
Agriculture and Horticulture), Botanic Garden, AS
tronUmcal Observatory, Museum OF Comparative
Zoology, Peabody Museum OF Archaeology, Episcopal
Theological School
The next academic year begins on September 2s,
1871.
The trst examination for admission to Harvard
College will begin June 80, at A. NJ. The second
examination for admission to Harvard College aad
the examinations for admission TO the Scientific
and Mining Schools, will begin Sept mber 2s. The
requisites for admission 10 the College have been
changed this year. There is now a mathe natIcsl
Alternative for portion OF the cassics circular
describing the new requisites and recent examina-
ton papers viii he mailed on application
UNIV ERSITY LECTURES.-Thirty- three courses
in ls707l, OF which twenty begin In the week Feb
rusry 1919. These lectures intended or grsdu-
ates of colleges, teachers aid other competent
adults (men or women). circular describing them
will be mailed n abplication.
THE LAW SCHOOL has been reorganized this
year. IL has seven ms m ctors, and a library OF
$1,000 volumes circular explains the new course
study the requisites for the de lree md the cost
OF attending the 81 hool. The second half of the
year begins February 49,
For catalogues circulars. or information, ad-
dress j. W. HARRIS.
263m Secretary.
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hardly lees beneficial to the Haytien than to the
Dominican people.
This benefit would arise first from the example
which would doubtless be afforded of we'll regu-
lated orderly and prosperous State the great need
of that part of the world, and which IL has yet
never seen; second and more direct benefit would
arise from the equitable establishment of boun-
dary line between the French speaking and the
Spanish speaking nations upon that island and its
guarantee by strong power.
This would end the exhausting border warfare
which has been one the greatest curses of Hayti,
es well as San Domingo, and would enable both to
devote their energies thenceforward to the educa-
tion of their people and the development of their
resources,
Respectfully submitted. b. +. WADE,
ANDREW ID. WHITE.
s. G.. HOWE.
TO the President of the United States.
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To the President of the United States. mA'
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-05
An Explosion in Paris-Fearrul Scenes.

The loss of life by the explosion OF
the cartridge factory In Avenue Rapp,
near the Champs de Mars, was mainly
of women and children. The conclusion
was felt throughout the city and caused
great CONSERVATION, as it was uncertain
what had occurred. Thousands OF peo-
pie rushed in the direction in which an
immense column of white smoke was
seen, and it seemed as if the wholepopu
lation was in the streets. Amusement,
terror and curiosity were depicted on
the countenances OF all. Thousands
were met on the road leading from the
Champ de Mars rushing away like mad
with children and valuables, or helping
to remove the wounded At the head OF
Avenue Rapp terrible scene was pre-
sented. Houses were burning, and there
was an incessant rattle of exploding
cartridges. A brilliant blaze shot up,
there was heard the report OF an explo-
sion, which shook the factory to its very
base, and it became fearful mass of
fire and smoke. Hundreds OF thousands
OF cartridges, cracking and rafting one
after another, mingled with the shrieks
of the wounded, frightened the people
terribly. Nearly all the women, child
rem and men employed in the factory
were either killed or fearfully wounded.
Mutilated forms of humanity were on
every side, groaning and writhing in
agony. Across the great Esplanade des
1nvalides, and up and down the neigh
boring streets ran the terror-stricken
multitude, shrieking the names of child.
rem, mothers, wives and sisters. Aged
women, %ringing their hands in despair
at the uncertainty of the situation OF
kindred, increased the terror which
everywhere prevailed. For distance
OF several hundred yards were heads and
limbs, and mutlated trunks OF the kill
ed. To one body chung the scorched
fragments of hoop-skirt, and on the
remaining finger of one hand was the
wedding ring. Higher up the street was
mass of human debris. One body was
scarcely more than mass OF pulp black
ened with powder. A force OF 63O
cavalry was ordered to drive back the
crowd, as it was feared the other maya
zines in the neighborhood would take
fire, the firemen being unable to arrest
the progress Of the flames. All traffic
on the bridge was stopped, and panic
OF the troops was feared. ..r
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-05
The Great Pigeon Roost.

Last week Gen. Henry Harnden visit
ed the pigeon-roost near Kilbourn City,
and spent several days there, and from
him we gather some facts that may be
OF interest to sportsmen about here.
The roost commences about FIVE miles
from Kilbourn City, is eight or ten miles
wide, and extends as far north as Grand
Rapids, in Portage county, about forty
or forty-five miles. The General says
the soil is poor, sandy and scrubby. The
pigeons have literally taken possession
of the woods, and their nests are to be
seen on every tree. On one tree he
counted forty-six nests, and thinks there
must have been at least hundred on
some OF the larger ones. The ground
is covered with dead birds. The woods
are full OF Indians, hunters and trap
pers from all over the country-some
are there Just for the sport OF the thing,
and some gathering them and sending
them to the large cities for sporting clubs,
to the markets, etc. The pigeons have
attracted considerable wild game, and
numerous wolves and foxes have been
seeu anu hllleu. lueEe are oIu tIupptls
upthere who make pigeon-hunting bus
mess, and follow all the roosts. The
General camped one night in the woods
in the midst of the pigeons, and says
they fluttered around and were not quiet
until near morning. In the woods the
birds do not fly in fiocks, as Is generally
supposed, but are scattered, and fly in
and out more like mosquitoes, so that it
is very hard, although there seems to be.
millions of pigeons around, to kill large
numbers at one shot All the pigeons
killed dropped with their crops filled
with wheat, oats, and pigeon grass.
When the young are about two weeks
old, the old ones fill their crops with
food and desert them. The roost seems
to be extending towards the north, and
many prophesy that the pigeons will
soon take their departure for Michigan.
1t will pay the sportsman to visit this
great pigeon-roost.- Wisconsin, paper.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-05
Matters in and about Paris.

A circular from President Theirs Off
cially confirms the entrance of the troops
into Paris. 1t says: 1.-The gate of
st. Cloud having been battered down,
Gen Douai rushed in. Gems. L'Admir-
ault and Clinchamps are preparing TO
follow" Douai's men hold their posi-
tons inside the st. Cloud Gate, where
they have cut the telegraph wires COM
municating with other portions of the
e,.csiate. A flag Of truce was hoisted at
the Auteuil Gate. Two regiments en-
tered there and proceeded beyond the
viaduct of the Circular Railway, meet
ing with feeble resistance. Gen. Cissey
reports that Malnkoff and Fort Mon
trouge have been abandoned by the in
surgents, and will soon be occupied by
his command, but the batteries on the
ramparts opposite are still firing. There
is panic in Paris. 1t is said that Pyat,
Grousset and other leaders have disap-
peared.