Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-18
pf.,rtes Government Affairs


msnt on Ith street, between aud G streets
north -. has been notified tnst IL needs re-
Vsirs and has been directed to have il placed in
Mr.. Clinton Vermllion, inspector OF seam
rollers Tor the District OF COlum Sia. has been
rected by the Commissioners TO examins the
steam tOiieIs used in the school buildings for
feating pun loses, ss 8 preeaution against the
occurrence 81 acC;Cents.
TRANSPORTATION OF PRISONERS.
The District Commissioners have accented
: the proposition made by Maj. Richards to trans
port the prisoners from the Police court 70 the
WoTkhouse for $500 per annum in the black
mara. This duty has hitherto been faithfully
performed by Mr.. Thomas Young, special po-
l cemsn- Some two years since the present
mode Of Transporting prisoners from the station
was adopted hy the Police Commissioners.
The black maria was made at the ex-
pense of the United States, for the purpose,
and proposals. were advertised for furnishing
hor &c aud q driver 10 do the work. The work
was awarded 20 Major Richards at Al, 500 per
further bids advertised, and the duty of carry
ing the prisoners 70 the workhouse has been
given TO Mr.. YouDg, who has furnished his own
horses and wagon for the purpose. The change,
IL il said, has been made on the score of
CoFFrNs FOR PAUPERs.
A communication from Mr.. Jos. F. HOdgsOn,
iDt6DSeBt TO the Washington asylum, was re-
ceivsd by COmmis,i Iner Ketchsm to-day, in
relation to the making of collins for deceased
paUIes. The price heretofore paid under COT
tract was - 70 each for all Sizes AMI sir. Hodg-
son reports that he has tested the cost By work
! ing w athoussDd feet of lumber. and finds the
'tusl cost 10 lie Sl.t3 each for adults, besides
gttlGg cut some ten cOtfi Us for chilGren.
THK AvKSUR PAVEMENT.
superintendent q. ". Cunningham with a
small force FL latOrers is employed In repairing
the wood pavement on Pennsyly lnia avenue,
between lst and 18Th streets, which his nearly
worn out in some places. lie finds the decay
commences from the top and works downward.
The bottom portions of the blocks remain
generally sound.
THR 17TH STREET WHARF CAsE-TEe District
# CO1HatJid IS. LOrd-Y esterday afternoon the
case of the District of Columbia against John
h. Lord (ejectment case to recover possession OF
before Justice Shea, and removed was heard by
Justice Walter-Genersl Birney for the District
aud Mr.. Eugene CaruSi for defendant. The evil
dence for the plaintiff was to the effect that
under the administration of Mayor Bowen he
rented the property for two years from George
h Hatton as commissioner of the canal. The
defendant claimed that he had 8 right to the
premises under a contract with the Board of
Public Works, and he showed that he had
lease with the board, but il was not executed Ii
was shown by the plaintiff that the Board
OF Public Works in May, 1872, CALLED for propo-
sails for renting the wharf Tor two years,
which was opened on May 18th, and that the
defendant presented a bid the next day to paw
$500 annually for the same, and th at the de-
fendant subsequently made a proposition 20
lease the same for i've years, and in lieu of rent
to put on the place 5000 worth of improve
ments. This proposition, defendant claimed,
was accepted by the board, and that he had
already expended some S1,700 or 81 500 in i'm
proving the property, fully one-haIf being for
dredging The plaintiff argued that the board
had 10 power TO make such bargain, and if
they had exercised IL, having called for bids, il
was cut Of their power to receive bids after the
day appointed for the opening. Justice Walter
sustained the point and gave Judgment for
plaintiff. The defendant entered an appeal.
EvEEING CLAssEs.-It will be seen by refer
ence 10 our advertising columns that an excel
lent opportunity il offered for parties desiring
10 employ their evenings profitably in the study
OF the English branches, the Classics, French
the rooms OF the Young Mems Christian AsSOcia-
ti0n. Excellent instructors and trst-cliss
advantages are thus offered at exceedingly low
rates. 1t would be of advantage to many in our
city 10 avail themselves of this opportunity.
The classes in Photography and Vocal Music
commence this week, theothers next week.
TIE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT
Washington Council, No. |, .. L. A. NJ, Wash
ington, D. G., sends its pledge Of S25 10 the c)n-
tDgent fund for completing the Washington
Monument. Next
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING CAsR-The re-
cent killing OF Mrs. Wagner on the outskirts OF
Chicago Is one of the most rem arkable that ever
deted police investigation. While standing a.
the front door OF her daughters house, in broad
daylight, she was struck by a bullet, which
passed entirely through her body and then
through a fence paling She died in fifteen
minutes after receiving the wound. In front Of
in sight save snail boy tending some c0ws.
When this boy heard OF the killing of Mrs. Way
ner, be reported that he had seen two policemen
pTGctcIng Ptstol-1ring, the mark being the
wooden striDger of the railroad track over a
ditch. When hunted up the policemen ac-
knowledged that they had been firing, and that
one OF the balls missed the target. the pistols
they used were small pocket revOtyers. AMI, as
the bah that killed Mrs. Wagner cauuot be
found, no comparison OF IL can be made with
the calIher u the weapons, An extraOrdiuary
fact connected With the Gaze is that the police
men were Geo feet from the door in which the
woman wss standing when shot, which seems
TO render IL wholly improbable that they are
responsible for her DEATH IL is doubtful
whether pocket pistol can carry bali that
distance at an elevation, and, before it can be
even presumed that these officers are guilty, Il
will have TO be proved by actual experiment
that that particular revolver can throw q ball
the distance mentioned with force enough to 20
through human body and board fence.
SLNeULAR Loss AND RECOVERY OF 10000
IN BANK NOTES.-The London Standard OF
September 9Th says: "The city police authOri-
ties have during the past day or two been ac-
lively engaged upon singular case of loss of
Bank OF England notes to the extent OF Go 900
which II was supposed had been stolen in the
heart OF the city on Tuesday last. 1t appears
that on the afternoon Of that day a Young man
clerk in the Chartered Mercantile Bank OF
India, London, and China, was sent from the
Offices of that bank to the London JOint-stock
Bank with check of exchange, and he received
IN return for II ten IL 900 bank notes in paw
ment From the latter bank he was proceed
ing 10 the Bank of England for the purpose of
getting the notes exchanged into other notes of
a less amount and as he was entering the court
yard Of the bank, he found that the parcel of
notes which he had placed previously in his
breast pocket wac gone. information was at
once given 10 the police, snd the payment of
the notes was stopped, aud a reward Of fIOO
Was offered for their recovery. The packet
containing the notes was, il has since been as
eertsined, picked up by a person residing at
BriGton, who was passing the bank at the time
they were lost, and they have since been re-
turned TO the bank authorities. The lucky
finder at once advertised that he had picked
up the parcel, and the police have thus been
saved much trouble ia the matter"
TIE AUSTRIAN POLAR EXPRDITIoN-Posi-
ton u TIE Ne"{y-dtscorered Ldnd-SHFerihqs Of
he Cree a. tsY ABANDONING he TeqetLOf Accord
ing to accounts contained in the London Jour
nas OF September 5, the Austrian North Pole
expedition was frozen IN at the north point of
Nova Zembla in August, 1872, aud was driven
In nOTthwesterly direction with the ice. The
crew worked i've months in vain during the
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