Evening star., 1877-12-14
District Government Affairs.

4 delegation. headed by Il. T. Washington
aS attorney. waited on the District CommiS-
SlGnrTS Today tn protest against the use of the
Cd Unitarian church for Police Court. The
argument used was that it would he unjust 10
the property owners, iniuring their real estate.
&c. They ask a suspension of action until Il
memorial can be gotten up against il.
PLENTY OF MEN TO FILL THE VACANCY
The applications for the position of Water
Registrar continue to pour in. The Commits
SionerS state thai they were be>eiged at their
residences last night until a late hour aud this
morning before they rose from their beds. All
the morning. and up To y O'Clock. at which
tmued to arrive, pressing the claims oi their
ltVorIte candidates; A'"..6np those who have
ihta papers s.Iongly backed up. are the follow
.oNi"-: Robert Bah. Major j. V: W. Nandcn-
nhg Thomas [. Coz and John f. Cox, tboth
Of Georgetown.D VIM. Dickson. Ghauncey
III. Snow. Robert II. Ryon. Geo. \. Caswell. Mr..
Church. Thomas l.. Tuloch- Geore \. Bother.
ard Others. About one hundred verbal appli-
cations have been made. or notice given of
intention To file them. Ii Is underder>tood
That Il >trGn@ effort will he made by members
OF Congress I" urge the appointment of Gen.
.'aneS TiltOn. civil engineer. Among others
WHO are named aS applicants are DIR. T.. NJ
Chaplin. Thomas NJ. Shepherd, Vim. Dixon.
Clarcnce Nj. Barton. and John III. Crane. The
appointment will not be made until To morrow
Alemperance organization last night endorsed
Capt. }. {. Wall for the vacancy.
\ kEsTUCKY TRAGEDY-Deputy United
States Marshal Ellis has for some lime been
tying TO capture Tom Moore. noted Moon
sinner and desperadO of Casey county. Ky
We're riding along the mountain road miles
south of Liberty, Moore stepped out from be-
hind the bushes in front of the party. Ellis de-
manded his surrender. and Moore responded
with a shot from his pistol. The shot entered
Elliss side and ranged upward through the
shoulder: Ellis almost at the same instant fired
from his horse down on Moore, who retreated
hack into the bu>ees. Monday morning Moore,
with pistol in hand, wis found lying dead ten
PAGES from where the encounter had taken
place. His wound was Identical with the shot
of his victim the direction of the ball being re-
versed. Ellis died on Monday evening.
THE TWEED RING DIsGORGING.-The sum
of s2.l550D, or therebouis. has been recovered
from the members of the Tweed ring. and all
the important the important thieves except
| Tweed and Connolly appear now To have en-
tered into alncabe relations with the city,
| their creditor. Connolly has confessed iudg
mcnt for SOD,0D, and can pay Sl0lG0. and
10y the end of the month probably Tweed will
| lie confessed debtor 10 The city for some hing
| like S20.OM,tU0 He can raise pretty nearly
s1:CCo All the peopie-eNcept onr legal
friend Swceny--arc ready to testify To a great
deal of rascalitN which they have carried on
among themselves That is io say the city has
recovered and can Recover S2.310t0 and no
end oi testimony.-lN. y. Worid
Losses BY THE LATE BATTLES IN TURKEY
The Russian losses in the battle preceding the
fall of Fleyna are reported at 10 officers and
lS2 men killed. and - officers and l.2p7 men
wounded. The Turks lost i.0G killed and
wounded. The prisoners include 10 Pashas
rs stan officers, 1000 officers. $1,000 infantry
and l,2Wcavalry. Seventy seven cannon We're
taken There Il a rUlmOr of another victory for
The Russians near Elena; with the capture of
l2.U00 prisoners. The ambassadors of the for
eign powers at Constantinople are having fire.
quent interviews. The Russians design To
cross the Balkans in force before opening nego-
tiatiOnS. and il they are successful. the result
will be communicated to the signatory powers.
ANOTHER BABY SHOW COLLAPsE.-To the
credit OF the good taste and jud glnent of the
people. he it said, the baby show speculations
are cOllapsng i'm all directions. and tine pros
pect now is that they will soon cease to be
heard of in any direction. The latest collapse
announced is that of The Brooklyn ba by show
which was to have been carried on until New
Years day but which came to ridiculous
signed for the collapse by the manager WAS
the absence of promised reinfOrcements from
the nurseries of the City of Churches and the
failure to obtain remuneratiye audiences.
ANOTHER CREMATION CASE. DIR. Juliu,
Hoffman has been summoned before the New
York board of health to explain his conduct i'm
adv Iising the cremation of the still born infant
Of Ms. Hart, Of that city. Acting on the adj
Wee of DIR. Hoffman the father of the infant
crrinated The baby The doctor saws he adj
'ised the cremation ON sanitary grounds.
THE AID OF THE TELEPHONE is being Sc
cuied In Jersey City in connection with the
courts. telegraph wire is being laid from
the Hudson county court house to the telegraph
Office ill OntgOmefy street, and a telephone
VIII bc attached to each end, whereby lawyers
can communicate with each other rapidly be-
tween tEeir Offices and the courthouse
THEY VIEW WITH ALARN"-About five
thousand people assembled i'm the Tabernacle
in Chicago Last night and passed resolutions
denouncing tile decentralization of silver as an
act done cOyertly in the interests of the bond
holders and demanding the repeal of the law
They also view with alarm the attitude of
he PRESIDENT on the financial question"
The ST. Louis CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDs.-Au
the suits against government employees at st.
with the custom house building contracts
there, have been dismissed, except those of
IhOs. Welsh, superintendent Of construction,
and VIM: n. Patrick, formerly assistant su-