Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-29

vi course, IL WOMB not nave done well
! 10 put us ali together in my own room-the
second floor, back-because IL was there that
colonel Blood had to sleep; hence she
takes us another flight further up. and
deposits us, with cake and wine, in the room
which was occupied by my father and mother;
or, perhaps, into the front room which was
occupied by my sister and her children. IL
seems to me, Lucy, that you had better have
left us down In the parlor, where you ha Us
so nicely the first night. or did YOU happen to
remember, after keeping US there the first
night, that the sofa lounge had been removed,
or that II had changed its form into a COM
mon sofa, upon which mattresses and bel
clothes were impossible. The night OF the
4th OF July, 1872, slept in the seco id-story
BACK room as 1 always did I'm that house.
with Colonel Blood, and not with Theodore
Hilton. We had no spare rooms in the house;
every one was occupied by members of INV
own and sisters families and were So usei
every night. Mr.. Tilton was never i'm the
rooms above the second floor hut once, and
.nat was IN the day time, almost the first
tlme lac was ever there, when / took him all
through the house to satisfy him that the
stories I'm circulation that kept "A gorgeous
improper house were false. hut he freauentIy
went up the stairs with me 10 the roof of Tho
house to enjoy the starlight and cool breeze
ana pleasant summer evenings.
"AhoRoUS CHANCES AND TENDER EM-
BRACES"
Furthermore, / wish To say that Mr.. Tilton
never cOnVersed with me abodt the scandal
IN the pre- sence Of any third parties nor did
any thITd parties ever converse with me in
the presence of Mr.. Tilton-by third parties
meaning persons outside of Miss CIaffiu.
colonel blood and myself. Tie testimony
that has been given To that effect bN two gen
tlemel as erroneous, they probably having
cOHfOunded conversations had with me with
conversations when Mr.. Tilton was present.
sui 4 cannot imagine how such an error
could have been so made, the same as was
probably the error of the two gentlemen who
saw Mr.. Tllton with me in the International
procession in honor of ROSsel. Mr.. Tilton
neither walked by me nor rode with me that
day. nor with Miss Claflin. So We see how
easily people may be mi sta ken about things
IN which they have an interest. and we ought
not 10 be surprised that great many per
sons make slight mistakes in so important
a case as this one, where the most powerful
Of interests are combined To support "A man
IN way and with an earuestsess that no
other person III the country could have com
inandea. Nevertheless il seems to me that "A
c;lse-compelled To resort to these altRrna-
uNes, TO supposed "amorOuS glances and
"tenGer embraces and ''preparat ions for re-
tlring at night in places and I'm ways in
which none but fools would indulge-rcsort
10 these say because they would be imDoS-
sihle OF observation where and when they
might occur with people having their senses
is IN an emergency.
VICTORIA c. WoODHUIL.
No. 20 Broad street, New York. March -. 1876
ANOTHER ARREST IN THE PENSION
FRAUD CASE-The Cumberland News OF
Saturday says: Martin Smith vas yeSter-
day arrested by Deputy Sheriff James Reid
or warrant issued out OF the United States
dlstrlct court at Baltimore, upon the charge
Oh being implicated in the frauds upon the
PENSION bureau, mentioned in these columns
few days since. Smith who is a canal
boatman, was arrested on his boat. When
the deputy sheriff went 10 the door of the
cabin he saw with Smith another man that
he thought and Smith afterward acknowl-
edged was Barney McQuaid, who was ar
rested on Monday last, but when the officer
was admitted McQuaid was not TO be seen
ne having hid himself for reasons OF his own.
On the way 10 Jail Smith asked to be allowed
10 90 into the office of w. NJ. Price, esq. who
he wished to retain as counsel. Mr.. Price
was not in. and Smith sat down TO write a
note to him, but when the officers attention
was turned another way for an instant. he
sprang up and rushed out of the back door
me officer following as quickly as possible.
back yards Smith sought refuge i'm the resi-
Gence of Mr.. George Long, where he was re-
captured, and safely lodged in jail. He will
be taken TO baltimore this morning.
A BEAUTIFUL WoMAN's POWER OVER 4
BROOKLYN JURY.-Mrs. MaryJ Conk,in OF
1872 Willoughby street, pretty faced woman.
yesterday before Judge Gilbert. in the Brook
Ign supreme court sued the Brooklyn Cross
Town Railroad Company for $4,000 damages
TO her health from an accident in which she
was hurt, on the evening of October g, 1873
She was crossing the street to her house, aud
as she reached the middle of the railroad
track she felt an attack of ver;io., aud seeing
car coming started bc.vn and fell over the
track. The horse Of the ear yeered one side
and she was saved from his hoofS. but the
wheel OF the car struck her Just above the
right hip. and she was pushed over twenty
feet along the track before il. She suffered
from the shock, and was six months recover
ing. She told her testimony with a sparkle
and NiYacity that won the jury, and she made
her beauty speak for her. Three or four of
the Jurymen the nearest TO the plaintiff by
nots and demonstrations expressed their
favor for the young woman, and General
SlOcum suggested 10 his lawyer to have the
court take notice of the improperly. but
nothlng was done. The verdict gave Mr.
Conklin Sl,0C0.-N j. san. 2s'h.
ton Globe publishes the official list of all the
items of expense incurred in the funeral OBJ
seequies of the late Charles Sumner, and
charged TO the state of Massachusetts some
OF which seem queer. to say the least For
floral decorations. Ass; entertainment OF
guests. S2,0a; carriage hire. SI.S0S; use of
saddle horses, SO; musical Scry ices of Clara
Louise Kellogg and Adelaide Phillips 500
each; editorial services on memorial volume
$1,000. The grand total footS up so ,2J0.io.
When these funeral hOnors were paid they
were represented as the Outgushing of the
peoples sorrow, but the sequel shows that
while some may have given expression TO
genuine, heartfelt sorrow. many Others made
1t the occasion for putting money i'm their
purses.
GCILLoTINED BY AN ELEyAToR.-Ric
ard Finlay. messenger boy of the A ssocia-
ted Press: was instantly killed yesterday az
ternoon in the Western Union Telegraph
building. At half-past 1 O'Clock he went TO
the entrance III the third story of the elevator
and thrust bis head through the opening at
~ tAS NooI W lOoh uOWkl 10 the base
ment. The car, which was rapidly ,IescanT
ing, struck the boys head at the base of The
skull and cut of his head above the ears and
eyebrows. lie was 10 years old and lived in
EAST letn street, near LIST avenue He had
oeen In the employ Of the Associated Press
only short tme,-N y S,0: 26th.
LAWLEssNEss IN MISsoCRI.-The court
house at Galena, stone county. No. was
robbed of several Grim nal indictments one
night last Week, and the sheriff, i'm attempt
lhg TO arrest the parties supposed TO have
Deen connected with the affair, was con-
lronted by an organized force, and after sew
eral shots had been fret and one man was
killed he was compelled 10 retreat At last
accounts the sheriff, with posse of thirty
five men, occupied one bank OF the river and
his opponents the other, and a collision was
momentarily expected.
FRISCO'S SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL
The investigation in the school board scan
dial at san Francisco has developed the fact
that teachers position were regularly sold,
at prices ranging from SIPS TO $40. by a coll
Ored waiter in the Cosmopolitan Hotel
Young ladies DESTROYS of positions went 10