Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-19
Nr. Slaushtcr's Troubles.
HE SHADOWS HIS WIFE AND BURSTS N VF
HER AT DINNER WITH LOUIS JAMES, n
ACTOR.

HE SHADOWS HIS WIFE AND BURSTS II I-FDH
her AT DINNER WITH LOUIS JAMES, THE
ACTOR.
A telegram from Boston to the y. Y. Sun
SayS:-Tlc Latest Hub sensation is The quarrel
between Marie Wainwright, now playing the
part Of -N0depc LORsRc, in The ENiirS" at
the Boston IheateT, and her husband, Harry
Slaughter of New York, son of Thomas
Slaughter, the cotton merchant. Some three
weeks aSo there were such difficulties between
Mr.. and Mrs. Slaughter that temporary Sepa-
ration was agreed upon. and he returned To
New York under promise of an absence of six
weeks. On Saturday night last, however. ho
returned To Boston and registered at Inc
United States Hotel under the name
of John Burke. ON Sunday morning he
called upon Coioucl Thomas T.. Richard
son. the dramatic agent, apparently IN
great excitement and distress, and asked tho
agent to accompany him in a caTiase drive.
MI: Slaughter mounted the box. in disguise,
and seated the colonel and The driver inside.
They drove 10 The yicinityo OF Burroughs place,
where Mrs. Slaughter boarded. and soon saw
carriage dive up, into which Mrs Slaughter
stepped and WAS driven TO The Evans house,
the husbands team following "a a distance.
There Mr.. Louis James, whose role Ot De
LuSSicreS heads the cast Of The ENilpS,p
Joined the lady. and the drive was continued
To Il he CharlestUwn nayy-yard, When a call was
made on Commodore Parker. the command
ant, relat i've of Miss WAINWRIGHT. VINO WAS tho
daughter Ol the late Commodore Wainwright,
OF The I. ;. navy. The party remained an
hour and WAS then driven to Winter St, BuSt on.
Soon after the husband aSeertained thai his
wife and her escort had ordered dinner in ono
OF the private dining rooms i'm the third story
OF oDer> place, and entered the room with
out ceremony. Mrs. Slaughter was seated at
me Table with Mr. James. She had laid aside
her hat and clock. To her greeting he replied
10y asking if that was the proper place for 4
wife and mother Oh Sunday afternoon and
qenanded The immediate withdrawal of Mr..
James. The husband and wife INDUCED i'm
some Scathing sarcasm until they We're inter-
rupted by Richardson. Presently MesSrS Rich
ardson and James stepped down TO the office.
- hn Sfaf.a a
Slaughter,D his wife had asked sneeringly
what he had discovered, 10 which he replied:
Not enough 10 justify me in killing him, and
am glad am not compelled To use This wpa-
pom taking from his pocket 4 revolver Hs
then left at once, and Col Richardson accom-
pahled The lady 10 her home. Mrs. Slaughter
says that Commodore Parker is relative: She
wished to call on him, and had no other good
opportunity. Mr.. James accompanied her
simply as an escort. Whenthey returned il was
loo late Tor dinner at her private boarding
house, and lie proposed to her 10 dine with
him. Both were strangers in Boston, and he
asked The driver to take them TO a proper
place.
The Baltimore Gazette i'm copying the above
says: The MANY friends of Mr.. James in this
city do not credit this report i'm 50 far as it
casts a reflection on his character: aud they
assert that Mr.. Slaughter while in this civ
last autumn, was Oh several occasions so
much under the influence of liquor as TO lbs
uhaple 10 escort ms wife TO the Opera House"
CoNFIRMATIoNs.-The Senate in executive
session confirmed the following nominations:
Geo. +. Foster To be L s. marshal for the dis
trict of Vermont. Collectors OF cuStoms-Au-
gustuS Putnam for the district of Middletown
Conn; Jas. X. JOlley for the district of Teche'
La. L .S. .attorneyS-LanSfOrd J.. Lewis for the
eastern district of Virginia: Calvin g. Child
for the district of Connecticut.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant Commander
VIM M. Foiger ordered to ordnance duty at
tee Washington, lSt February Lieutenant G.
NJ. Anthony TO examination for promotion.
Iaymaster A w. Bacon as paymaSter Of tha
washington navy yard, 10th February and or
dered TO settle accounts. Lieut. Charles p
ohaW, from the POwhatan and placed Oh walt
ing orders.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-
day were Secretary Schurz, General Tyner,
Justice Swayne, Senators Mcdonald, Davis
mlL), COnOver, Paddock and Saunders, and
Representatives Neal, LOring, Bayne, Mackey
and Gardener.
The CUBAN WAR.-A report that an armis-
tice had been concluded in Cuba between the
Spaniards and the patriots is officially denied,
but suspension of h0stilitieS has been or
dered in a small part OF the small district OF
CanaSue!, Ia receive oyertures from the re-
mainlng members OF the Cuban congress and
their principal chiefrains who have taken
refuge there.
MURDER WILL OUT. - About eighteen
months ago Mrs. Dilks, a housekeeper for
John ltoyd. a farmer living near Pennsyille,
New Jersey, was murdered and her body
mutilated. A colorado man i'm the emyloy of
MIR. Lloyd has been arrested on evidence re-
Gently discovered, and will be tried at the
April term.
Loss BY THE PITTsBURG RIoTs.-Tbe conn
ty comptroller of Allegheny county, pa
makes the following estimate OF the loss by the
pEnseTfv TlGIs sfIlc'E pfIyafe property mixed
strictly railroad property, 81, l,l50,GO0; total,
CAPTAIN LEMUEL MITCHELL still holds conf
mahd OF the Mamie Merryman, and the state
hshery board seems TO be unable 10 take thd
SesSel from him. Conroy, the wounded dred-
ger, IS Still liying.-l Baltimore American.