Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-06
THE EXCURSION TO oCHEsTER.-This morning
there was perfect jam at the Baltimore and
POTOMAC depot. ON the occasion Of the starting

THE EXCURSION TO OCHEsTER.-This morning
there was perfect jam at the Baltimore and
Potomac depot. on the occasion OF the starting
OF the excursion party to Chester. Pa, to wit
Of Para. at John ROach's ship yard, which is
intended for the Brazilian line. There were
in the party President Hayes, accompanied by
Thompson, Navy McCrary, War and Schurz
Interior with their families ;AttOrney General
Devens; Senior Don Garcia, the Argentine
lillian minister; SenOr Don Dardon. minister
of Guatemala; Mr.. Preston, minister from
Hayti: Jushie Yoshida Kiyonari, japanese
faires Of Mexico senor Don Machain' minister nj .
minister: Mi. Nicholas shiskin, Rus
m9n,stsr sian mlnlster Senor DON Dalla C9s:a
Mantilla, minister from Spain, with
;a large number of Senator'S and Representa-
rives IN Congress, goyernment officials,
all about 500 persons. So great was the crowd
that it was thought advisable that some of the
excursiOnists should take the limited train
train, three parlOr cars and private car The
special excursion train was of two sections,
the first composed of the fine Pullman cars
private car q, of the Vandafia line; the latter
occupied by Secretary Thompson and some of
HI, his friends, leaving at $3.50: The second see
ger ears, and left at 9:4O a. m The party was
in charge of Mr.. Tisdale, Mr. Roach's agent,
and at Baltimore was reinforced by 2
number of invited guests from that city.
The Washingtonians willreturn this evening
AMERICAN TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA
In response to the trade circular of the De-
partment of State. the consul at Cape Town
writes that i'm his opinion the establishment of
sample depot at that place, under competent
management would open up a profitable
market to the special productions of the
United States. The prospect that Southern
Africa will soon be under white domination
from Cape Point to the ZambeSi is attracting
commercial attention to so vast field of profit
and enterprise. There is not a mandatory
OF any kind in the Cape COl0ny-eyerything is
imported.
THE WYOMING sailed from New York at one
O'Clock this afternoon for the Paris exhibition
having been completely repaired.
THE TRAMP IN AUSTRALIA recent dis
patch from Consul General Post, at Vienna.
contains some pertinent remarks on the
tramp whose ubiquity has been so prominent
sign OF hard times in Europe as well as in
the United States. There as here, the fever
Gus manufacturing impetus which eliminated
IN 1913 drew workers from the fields to the
CltleS. Once habtuated to the life of towns
the subsequent depression which resulted
from over production, has OF led the idle art
isan TO return TO his native farms and :o, :iat,,,
pursuits, Dlit, ike Tie transatlantic brother
ne has become a tramp, wandering restlesSly
from place to place in search OF work and
food. The Austrian law, however, does not
permit the tramp TO beg where and when his
fancy or needs suggest, but promptly inter
yenes to transport the able bodied mendicant
back to his native village, there to resume his
primitive occupation of agriculture. In this
way the cities are relieved from the burden of
supporting floating. pauper population no.
born within their limits.
j. MADISON WELLS, of Louisiana. is i'll the
city. He has notified the Philadelphia Times
OF his intention to bring a suit against that
journal for defamation of character contained
in leader i'll which there was summary of
his offenses, other than POLITICAL against the
laws of Louisiana, and Satirically suggesting
that insanity is the only defense that would
cover his Vagaries. Among other things laid
to his account was disreputable mule trans
action. Mr.. Wells says this report comes
from the fruitful imagination of the progeny
of harlOt, and it would seem that those en-
gagged in their reproduction are but worthy
scionS, nurtured in similar bed OF infamy."