Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-15
GEORG ETOW N.

SUDDEN DEATH.-Coroner Hartigan yes
terday held a post norton examination
upon the body OF James Montague, colOre /,
who died suddenly at his residence, on Mar
ket street, on Saturday evening and, being
SATISFIED that the cause Ofdeath was apOplexy.
inquest.
Nor MUCH OF A DELUGE-Though the
river is little swollen to-day, with con-
sions Of damaging freshet. Dispatches
from the signal service observer at Harper s
Ferry represent the water as falling slowly.
The published statements about II 1Od excite
ment here are all evolved from the inner
consciousness of reporters, who, it is safe TO
say, were NOT at church yesterday, and did
not refuse numerous Invitations to take q
drink.
FRESH FISH In considerable quantities are
now arriving daily from the lower Potomac
landings. Perch are selling at Is cents per
punch, and rock and herring at 40 cents per
THE FUNERAL of Pay Director w. b.
Boggs, L. 5. N, who died here ON the 18th in
SIane' IN she siatythifd year OF his age, took
(P. E.) Church. and was largely at
tended by the officers of the army and
navy: and other friends; The religious
Williams, rector of the church, and the re-
mains, encased in handsome casket, on
which were numerous floral tributes and
an American nag, were borne to Oak
Hlli cemetery, where the interment was
made. by eight marines of the receiving
ship Relief Captain John L. Davis, DIR.
maxwell, DIR. Maulsby, Chief Engineer
Wood, DIR. McNairy and Mr.. Walter S. Cox
acted as pall-bearers.
SEE NOTICE of meeting In Society Hall to-
OF the order of United American Mechanics
Detective Roach and Officer Mccullough. of
the third Brooklyn precinct, yesterday went
to the Eastern Hotel, at No. South street,
New York, and arrested John H. Belts, the
a q G<.f hsasz
to the death of Miss Antoinette Fenner who
DIED from malpractice on last Sunday even
ing, at the residence Of the parents, No. IS
President street Previous to her decease
Miss Fenner had been very intimate with
Belts, who frequently visited her at her
nome. The police profess to be in possession
taxing on OF the young woman. The accused
protests his entire innocence of the charge.
he has wife and family, Coroner Simms
forenoon in his office in the county court
house. AT ten o'clock last night the Detec-
tive Roach arrested DR.. Cyrus II. Estes, at
me, f,esldence, NO. q Van Brunt street, on
cerned in causing the death of Miss Fenner
by malpractice. The doctor was locked nm
AT the Butler street police station.-M r
THE GERM THEORY OF DIsEAsE.-A dis
iingu1shed leader of medical thought i'm New
YORK, In public address recently observed.
II there was zone direction in which progress
rs now SO marked as to constitute q dominant
feature or the present state OF medicine and
70 embrace new medical idea, it is the
origin and propagation Of disease by indie
pendent organic germs" No late physioloe-
lcai investigation has been SO proniisingfy
pushed, and none has offered SO many lines
OF solution for the mysterious epidemfcs
which from time immem0ral have affiicfed
man and beast. The atmosphere is loaded
With matter which. however invisible 10 the
naked eye, needs only to be sifted In strong
beam of artificial light to reyal countless
particles. each of which may afford a niins
Tor poisonous infusorfa. With greater ner
lecuon IN optical apparatus this fact vii,
yet be made more startlineIv ar |
parent. But, whatever science NAV unnnask |
however alarming 1t m ~ be, the progress of |
al remedial and curative processes can univ
'e advanced oy such qnstinted analysis.
FRINGE BIsMARCK.-l.ate adyices from En-
,ope state the following Prince RjsmarcE,s
'ieepiessness having agsin Increased. his nhv-
iclans SO earnestly insisted upon the neces.
ny OF temporary relaxation from work
nat Ine question of his resigning one or sew |
al vi MS many functions was seriously dis
ome duties being TO harmonize the policv of
ne various Prussian ministers when he has
70 real control over them the Emperor r.
Ieviate MS burden, has ordered that min 4
,,Iefs intending to introduce measures into
armament shall be bound to take the opir~
% OF the entire cabinet before the bills Are |
LIVE, and not afterward, as has llitherfo
M III sne case 1t seems certain that this |
mafkabie stride in the direction of comsfi- |
llonallsm win so sensfbly reduce the iahors
. .ne chancellor as to cause him to retain
- pIesent position until the summer when |
- state OF his health will have to Re con
'fen ss 20 the possibility Of his going on, ri