Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16


s.n asked him 90 20 and marry the girl or settle
if NJ, be thought he meant % msrrY her OF nav
q .os OF 20. She never implicated Messrs.
Howell. Dunn or Jewell In the case. She never
made a stateneut implicAting any one Who wss
comnuuicsnt IN any christian church. She
sskld him abOut a raise of salary, aud he told
her tie trustees could bot aft0rd it, bat he made
A. his mind 10 compensate her, snd ~ he could
jewe'ry.
Afer some further testimony the preshv.erv
No,ei % allow the reporters % be present While
al The testimony was taken, aud 60 exclude
them While counsel summed up, and 20 have A
committee prepare statement OF their declson
with tie reasons for IL, ~ the close. The next
meeting Will DC held on Monday. The pubue
VAL lie eNoludtd-N I. RspUblie, lea.
Tax INFANoUs FAIsEHoop which Savs the
lhfe Edwin NJ stanton committed sue de a
asain on its travels through our exchanges
Z he Boston Herald this time rev res she sfsry
snd eiyet n tsutEeniicity by asserting N a. sonce
Ur twice IN his contributions % periodical iite-
rature within late yesrs, the Hon. Jeremiah :
- LaSk 80, hss linied mysieriously that The death
oi ne Secretary OF War was not wholly attrih-
utstle 10 the natural course OF ciseasc 4" There
l. not WoId a. truth In this. Judge Black not
.S l,',l s, s'e,.d az anything OF the sort, but
hss sssured tie writer ~ this, on more than
ere occasion, that Mr. stanton died from e.
hauston, after leaving the overwork OF his
department. and that the story OF the suicide
yes without foundation. Mrs. Harrison an esfi-
nabie lady, the common friend ct Sir. stanton
sno Judge Black, was A. the hoase og tie Sec
ithsA " LcN lt lle1s aflA assisted the family u
prel srirR the body Tor its LAST rtpose. Her
testimony isevidence that cannot ne imneached
The cruel report originated is tie over sensi-
tvcnoss Of the late Mrs. stanton. H4V,uy besD
once terribly shocII', ON entering ne 7dSstb
chan Her OF a dear 'hiil, q see the roach han8-
Ing 81 the believed o., y by the uude rf al-gr ne
vowed never again to permit one near her 70 bs
approached by strangers after death AID -
the family, assisted bv Surgeon Geugr-1 Rarnes
tie clergy man and Mrs. Harrison, alone cam
near the body of the great War Secretary pre-
in HrH
MTs- Surrsu upon tie scafi0id, for which An
Grew JOhnsCn was alone responsible. 90 1shgekAF
sshin gion city that this story OF the suicide
Lad readily POINT and circulation " "a fiuse who
VIII believe Mr.. stanton WAS responsible. The
fact is, Andrew johnson ordered aud orgapIzad
the court that tired hrs. Surratt, and then. de
regarding the petition sent him by some OF tue
ohceTs u the court, he directed tie hanging -
&c done within tSenty-fO hours, whIle the
sLTlsks OF The asonized daughter we're ringing
M his ears. To say that be WAS controlled b.
Messrs. stanton and King is 20 pronounce tho
man an tmbeclle. We bad the honor OF Mr.
Stan'ons frlendship' and saw him frequently
atter ne retired from Office, and he was 20 III
so evidently dying, that 1T any tine his death
might have been announced, a. II ,yas AZ last
without exciting o,ber feeling in us thau one OF
soIfoN. Lying upon n sofa or in bed he
nTeathed With iticulty and spoke "a Whispers
Ienderly attached % his friends and family he
elEI 70 NE With that tenscity or will aud hlga
courage Tor which be Was - famous. A. To-
the femorse 50 daTkly painted, We doubt whe-
ther De could feel What the word is said by poets
10 meah.-AAe capital
THB GREAT ForR-MILE RACE ~ Carrpop-
ElA.-The great tour mlle-hezt running race,
Cor purse Of fS25 600 Ia gold, given nv tee Pa,
cine Jockey Cub, took place in San FrancIsco
on Saturday. The race was open 90 an horses
In the world. ard the purse was the largest ever
given IN the | uitCd SfOtes. First hOrre receives
sie'ug'i second, s. 900; third, 81 OO1: and the
Icnrth. $500. The following horses were en-.
tered; I1ad Stevens, Joe Daniels Katie Pease
Henry, Book Hooking, Hardwood. ard Alpha
On the hTst beat the horses got OF well "a Dtefhar
Ihad Stevens led for the first three miles.
closely followed by Katie Pease, who went 10
the front or the last mile and won the heat Joe
bahlels coming ln second, and Tlaf Stevens.
who was held IN, third, four leu gths behind tie
winner. Alpha WAS withdrawn after the heat
having gone lame. II was also reported that
1had Stevens was lame. Time. : a.. Xvben
the bell was rung for the second heat the pools
so!d 81 s-lloD on Katie PeasC. 500 on Thad
Steuens, With Joe Daniels the third choice.
Il Ms heat and the race was won by Katie Peass
Henry second, Hardwood third. and Thad Ste-
Fens feuFth. Hook Hooking and Joe DAulpls
were discsnced, and the latter 4 ssid % have
broken Gown. he other horses barely saved
Their distance. Time, 7:36
How john JACOB AsroR Dos BrsrNEss-
Ihe We8lthiest men in New York hold the
tends OF Jhe city. They appear in person %
lOOk alJcr their interests. ON the street and
among the great commercial houses IN terest IL
received, money deposited, heavy bills and
drafts cOlled by BOYS, who get 50 ana - a week
tor their work: But the heavy men OF the city
Jacob AstOr in tie Controller Office the 0ther
oay-a modest, quiet, unassuming man, careful
OF his words as he is OF bis dollars. A huge fell
lUWi over SIX feet high; massive in size: rel
hair; heavy, pblegmatc ,gGerman la look; with
a ToIderous tread that made the Chandeliers
jingle as be walket along; aud withal Q has
uec3Ced SoCp. lie cane In and did not even
speak. de nodded "HOw-GO -you-do95' The
clerk gave Kim look OF subdued recognition.
dsrted on for big book, opened il, pointed his
niger 10 the place Of signature. The million
a nh fs
ought 70 be, took the check, bowed and passed
OFT. The only WORD he uttered in the room vas
in reply 10 a statement by a visitOr. Very
pleasant weather, MIR. AstOr." VERY" be
was lh the city hall about three miuutes. Ths
transaction inyelevd milliOns.-Nel- York Letter.
THE QUAKER PoRK-DEALKR OF NEW YORK.
In little underground room. near Becker
hall isile west OF Broadway, is the Well-knOwa
pork establishment OF TilestOn, the Quaker.
He has been forty years in that one place, and
ali the while dealing IN one 8rticle-uiR pork.
corn FED. His speeialties are saussges and
miniature chop steaks. When he does not re-
ceiye the article he wants, he will not buy any
thing. Often when his customers call for goods
be has none. 1t is considered grest favor 70
get bis chops and things. lie divides What he
makes among his customers. The aristocracy
OF New Nork and all up and down the river
psTonize him. It If no uncommon thing TO see
the coaches Of AstOr, Livingston, TAYLOR ana
other wealthy people in front OF the old Qua
ker's door. The room IL without ornament. and
almost without furniture, but il is spink-sps7k
Quaker does all his work himself; will trust
nobody and has smassed fOrtDe.-['' BlrJsigh's''
Nelg York Letter.
THK BOY OF THR PERIOD has no end of trou-
Die over Thomas Jefferson, Joe Jefferson aud
ana Jefferson Davis, and naturally cOnfOunds
the eN.COnfederate eX-presideut with Rip Van
Ninkle, who only woke mp twenty years behind
hand, while lie pTOfessed 70 be quite AZ a lOsa
whether the third President was the author OF
the historic declaration or that Other pO,,als-
phrase, MAY You live long and prosper" just
so Is IL WitE the WebEters-Daniel the professor.
and the spellist. But the hardest luck that has
befallen public speaker a. the hands OF the
printers devil overlook Ex-Governor Stockton,
OF New jersey, when he cOanseled the demo
erats 70 return IN the hour Of triumph 20 the
principles OF Jefferson" anc the imp OF the
ink roller added the word "DavLs."-BostOn
TrORgcTIpt.
SUNDAY EVENING SACRED CONCERTS, with
IN 'appari" and the shadow song and the
Iannhauser overture as features Of worship,
having been DatuTaiZed in Our TnOral New