Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-18

Mr.. GIeen.-His opinion about the BoarI %
Public Works.
Mr.. EIdridce.-That is general. What par
ticular point do you want 10 contradict?
Mr.. Green.-We will show that he united with
us on Capitol Hill 10 take East Capitol street
out of the hands OF the Board of Public Works
and appoint commission 10 have charge OF the
Improvement.
MIR. Williams-I do not think a memorial
which is An unsworn statement can be admit
ted.
Mr.. Cotton to Mr.. Green Did you ask Mr..
Morris If he signed that petition ?
Mr.. Green.-No. sir.
Mr. Cotton.-Then he has not denied sign
hight?
The committee decided the memorial was not
admissible.
Mr.. Green.-I want to put in evidence the bin
offered in the Senate by Mr.. Cole to change tht
name of East Capitol street TO Lincoln avenue.
ana appointing commission, consisting OF Hal
bert +. Paine, y. G.. Ordway, Nathan Sargent.
George Nj. Oyster and +. 5. Frederick to i'm
prove il.
Mr. Eldridge.-weIl 1 don't think that is evil
drrce. What bearing on this case does it have
so far as proof is concerned?
Mr.. Green.-It shows that the citizens wan
that street taken out Of the hands OF the BOARD
of Public Works
Mr.. Eldrige.-well, you can prove that by the
citizens.
Mr. LhaRdler-The petition shows nothing
Mr.. Morris was probably dissatisfied with the
work on East Capitol street, where he owns
house, land wanted il improved in speciaI
manner. / admit his signature TO the petit
ton.
Adjourned until tomorrow morning at Il
O'Clock.
MT r. H. Ryon. who was in the room. said
after the adjournment of the committee, that he
had signed that petition. but it was with the un-
Outstanding that the name of the street was to
be changed only; it was not his desire 10 have
the Improvement of IL taken from the Board o.
Public Works, and when he signed the petition
he did rot know any thing of that kind was in it
American SCANDAL IN PARIs.-Americar
circles In Paris were excited towards the end o.
February by the following bit of scandal:--A
very well known citizen of New York, famou>
Tor the fortune he has made by the sale of pat
emf medicines, was i'm Paris with his wife. They
had been there for some time. He is extremely
addicted to gambling; his trip abroad is said t.
have been undertaken chiefly to break him from
this vice, which is making serious inroads or
his fortune. He returned to his room in Paris
one morning about O'Clock. His wife was moi
IN their lodgings, but he knew where she was TO
be found, so he went to the house of a Mrs
b, and found that lady, his wife and two
men busily engaged in playing cards. The New
iofker new Into towering rage, and upbraideC
his wife in the most Incorporate language
Early the next morning the outraged wife OBJ
tanned the certificates OF two or three French
physicians. who had never seen her husband
voachlng that he was insane and should he
placed in lunatic asylum. Armed with these
me went TO Mr.. Washburne, and through hi>
Intervention made the police arrest her hus-
oand and lodge him in madhouse. Mean
while Mr.. Washburne grew uneasy at tn,
thonght OF the responsibility he had assumed.
and the next day sent an American doctor to see
Lis iHcarceTated countryman. This doctor M
once discovered that his couDtryman was sane
and he was liberated.
The AMERICAN MURDERER in london. vii
nan nam Shester Minor, the young physician who
is under indictment Tor shooting a man on the
open highway, has been subject to enough
mental hallucination to establish his INSANITY in
any American court. The evidence OF this has
beth educed, not by cunning devices of thu
counsel for the defence, but in the ordinary
course OF Judicial examination, for Minor re-
fuses to have counsel Of any kind. Though Mr.
de tracey Gould, an American lawyer, and Mr.
Joshua Num-, our vice Consul General, were in
attendance at the examination, he declined tbei,
assistance, exhibiting the utmost GOODNESS in
witnesses brought forward. The superintendent
OF the London detective police, Frederick VIII
hanson, testified that he had known the prisone,
several months, and thought he was subject Z.
mental delusiOIs, he had frequently com
planned to him OF being prosecuted by person,
intending to take his life. Among other things
i r oam 1hat some invisible person frequent
~ came INTO his room at night and put poisor
in his mouth; be attributed pain felt in tn
morning to this cause. By request of the Com
missioner OF Police. letters have been sent Z,
the prisoners relatives in America. MINOR ha
been committed Tor trial at the Old Bailey.
TIE MORMON CoNFLIcT.-A grand mas
meeting was held at Salt Lake City on Satur.la,
night, TO protest to Congress against the admis
SION Gi inc terrSSr II as state The han wa,
Judge Gilchrist and others made speeches
which were received with enthusiasm i'm optO
s,tlcn 10 the Mormon movement. Itw resolved
that two ladies be sent as a committee to Wash
lngton to work against the scheme by revealing
the inner life of the Mormons, their policy an
designs. Also, that MOrmons should not 90 10
the polls at the election on the constitution. A.
the mass OF the population being aliens or non
voters, they would swamp the legal vote, and
that the fight should be made in Congress The
meeting called upon business men to Ieaput
themselves against the payment of taxes unit
the Mormon officials make a financial exhibit
Inc citizens want to know where the funds 90
whether for the church or the state. Vast sum
have already been absorbed, and no accoupt
given.
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