Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-23

cevts per month, e1-S0 fq cgec Hscsths, " B
for SIR month";
I'm b. The poper b nos IN u'ry cdse seya by
sl1iR unless the money therefor accompanies TIE
orde7.
The determined and probably successful
effort 20 murder a merchant in New York
yesterday by a burglar who had entered his
premises, following close upon a similar case
in Brooklyn, should adnonish ali persons of
The darger OF interviewing that class of GRIM
Irals without well loaded shotgun or re-
Volyer 10 fall back upon, or rather to begin
with = stranger found upon the locked-up
premises Of another should be shot down
upon tie instant, without waiting for expIa-
nation OF Farley. A seconds delay gives the
burglar all the opportunity he wants. and
from that moment the life OF the innocent
citizen is In jeopardy. The thief goes armed
ready and determined to kill If necessary to
carry out his purpose or TO prevent capture.
TIE only chance, therefore, that the person
deprecated upon has to save either his prop-
erty or his life is 10 get the first fire. And
this lie should get quickly as possible
availing himself meantime of every attain
able advantage in his favor. We don't know
whether This is the stature law upon the sub
jet Of burglary or not, but il is clearly the
law of representation; and we think IL is
will see that il doesn't go hard with a citizen
who not only protects himself but the whole
community by acting upon 1t.
And now steps TO the front Mr.. Jos. w.
Dwyer, Of Ohio, who also fires or an open
letter at Mr.. William Welsh, OF Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Dwyer says briefly that Mr..
Welsh's statement, in his letter To Professor
Marsh, that an attorney of A. III. Wilder had
testified before legislative committee that
he had drawn transfer from Wilder to
Dwyer for one-fifth Of a large purchase of
timber is ''one Of the many falSehoods set
afiOat 10y that malicious liar" w. w: that
no such transfer was ever made to him by
Wilder or any other person; that he has no
knowledge OF any such transfer 10 any other
person; and, finally, that no such testimony
was ever given before legislative commit
tee. Nh. Dwyer naively adds, In conclu-
sion that sit seems 'quixOtic' Tor merchant
OF fifty years standing, who secures his
claims against customers in Cuba by taking
mortgages upon their SlTres. to be whining aud
lying about the wrongs upon the poor
Indian" 1t is beginning to LOOK as though
Mr.. Welsh will be sorry by and by that
"open letters" Were ever invented.
AT last, according 70 the theatrical papers
of New York, the country is TO have that
long looked for and often-promised essential
10 our national happiness,-a first-class
American drama. II is written by Mr..
Woolf and is TO be brought out by Florence,
the Irish comedian, In New York, next week.
IL is entitled 1.-The Almighty Dollar" and
the scenes, We are Informed, are laid in and
around Washin gton, while the plot and in
terest OF the play turn on the characters and
financial and social intrigues which are said
TO abound at the national capital. We learn,
further, that its author is a Boston Journal
list, who gave up his profession to become
leader Of an orchestra; that he has never
before written play; and that, so far as
any one here knows, he has never been il
Washington for any length of time, if it all,
and is therefore impartially unacquainced
with the city, Its peculiar people, and its
striking characteristics. In view of these
facts We Go not see why the new drama
should not be a great success.
According 10 the representations OF prom
irent North Carolinian, row in Washington,
the balance Of power as regards the coming
constitutional convention ia his state is con-
centered on one man, a DR.. Ransom of Tyrell
county. IL appears that the death OF Hon,
VIM A. Graham, who was elected q demo-
cratic member Of the convention, makes the
delegates elected stand, politically, fifty
eight democrats. ffty-eight republicans and
three Independents. or the latter one will
probably vote with the democrats and one
with the republicans. The other one, DR..
Ransom, Is said TO be slippery fellow, and
II is doubtful which way he viii vote, al
though ne was elected IN opposition TO the
regular democratic nominee. Should the
democrats have majority, they will go on
and make new constitution, or at least ma
terialIy amend the present one, but should
the republicans capture Ransom, they will
undoubtedly adjourn the convention sine die.
"Seefng IS believing" and If Kelley, the
new motor man, viii DO as he promises, the
world Will soon be able 10 Judge OF the valid
ity or his claim. u g now stated that a sta
tonary engine Will be completed within
three or four weeks, when a private exhibi-
ton Will be given 10 members of the press at
Mr.. keelsy's residence. The machine, Il is
reported, = low under perfect control and
while an Immense power can be generated
IN an instant, yet such improvements have
been made as TO allow the engineer 20 so
manipulate 10 as 10 reiuce the pressure from
fifteen thousand pounds To the square inch
-Ovn 70 zero. Impressed, "a tie community
generally -, thar Mr.. Kelley is n humoug or
AZ enthusiast, X Will require pretty strong
violence 10 bring about "a change OF opinion.
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Tie investigation into the cause of the
=aths OF a number OF patients at the insane
ylUn al St. Loais has resulted in n verdict
IL The lame attaches 20 the nurses who
.4ve OveTlQSes or the sedative mixture pre-
'rloed by the physician in charge. The doc
~ has been severely censured for the mix
lure IN question, but the verdict OF the coro-
ner's Jury would seem TO relieve him from
blame The nurses, who probably found the
patients troublesome, evidently went on the
principe tnat II q little of the medicine
would do good, a double quantity woald be
twice rs efhcacious. At any rate they quiet
ed the patients very efectually.
According To the developments male in
another column, IL seems that the crime of
false PRESERVATION and perjury has been added
to tie offence committed against society in
the release Of Snyder. the burglar, the par
ticulars OF which were made known in Sat-
ur6ay's STAR IL Is due To the community
that the authorities should at once bring 10