Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-15
THE EVENING STAR.
DAY. January Is, 1879.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion of Yesterdays Proceedings.


Conclusion of Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.-After our report closed
Mr.. Dennis introduced a bill referring TO the
Court OF Claims for adjudication the claim OF
John III. Sothron, OF Maryland
The Senate then, at O'Clock. went into exec
utiNe session, and when the doors were re-
opened at Bis p. IN. adjourned.
HOUSE.-After our report closed
The Mexican pension bill was further con-
Sidered
MIR. Harrison offered an amendment providing
!hat no pension Shall be paid to any survivor or
the Mexican or Greek Or other Indian wars until
ne Shall have arrived at the age OF sixty years.
unless from disease or other intrmity he is
unable to earn his living by manual labor.
MT Goode moved TO embrace in the benefits
OF the bill the officers and priyateS OF the marine
service. Adopted.
Mr.. Sinnickson offered an amendment grant
ing pensions 10 soldiers who served sixty DAYS
in the military ana naval service of the limited
states In the war OF is6i Tor the suppression OF
the rebellion
The amendment was rocked wifi, laugktar
on the republican side
Mr. Williams moved to amend the amendment
SO as 10 Include the survivors OF the ore ron and
aShlngtoh Indian wars in lS:,5-'6 Ai0n,ed
On standing vote on Mr. Stnnfckson'S amend
h'eht the ayes were 81 and the noes 20, and on
fote bS teliefs the amendment was agreed to:
ayes &C. noes 81. ~
Tie adoption OF the amendment WAS received
with applause on the republican side.
Ny; hewitt (Ala> moved 10 strike out of the
bill the portion granting pensions to tbp snr-
'tvoIS or the Indian wars, and also the amend
ment Just adopted on motion or Wr SinninI'.nU
Tie committee without further action arose
ON Ih0llon OF Mr.. Cook, the commit eo on an
preparations was Instructed to make an anna
rIlation TO the widow OF the late Julian iiari
ridge 81 an amount equal TO the remainder Of
MS salary az a member Of the Forthwith on
gfeSs. The same instructions were GIVEN in
regard 10 the widow of Hon. \. S. Williams of
Michigan. VI
MI Willis from the COMMITTEES IN n,,.,,,o,,
and labor reported back the bin 10 reStrint
Shlhese immigration, and leave was given the
committee TO report the bill back on the 2sIh
instant. " -''i'
The House then, at il5 adjourned.
40 BoGARnts AGAINST CARVER Matched to !sh>o-
2oooo Class Eats Within SiN DAYS for $40 oio n
Sde.-Capt A. II. BogarduS ana Dr. " H. car.
yer nave made arrangements for a ShoOtin,r
match, ana are to break 2oooo glass balls
within space Of six days. the match to he Shor
between Sept. and Dec. 81 OF this year for moi
less than Slc,0oo side. B0garduS is 10 use shot
guns, and Dr.. Carver has the choice of either
sPOlgun or rtie. but Is 10 continue to use
throughout the match the weapon he begins
with. The balls to he sprung from two Bogar-
aus traps fifteen yards rise. Both barrels OF
! he shotgun may be used. and both balls may
be sprung in the air at the choice OF the MARKS
man IL Carver chooses the shotgun, he is to
shoot under the same conditions II he makes
c1olCe OF me rlfle, the balls are TO be thrown i'll
tie air either by hand or trap. Each Larksman
10 lC all his own gun as he shoots Winner to
take stakes and gate money. The match is
open to all corners under the above conditions
g But | will bet $500" Capt Bogardus sad.
that there viii be no comers.' Ilr Carer is
packed by ". II. iiuntly OF England, who has
hIn under contract to exhibit lii various parts
OF Europe. This" Dr. Carver explained. IS
The reason why the contract is deferred until
heXt fall" Capt. BogarduS is his own hacker
bolh men are confident OF wiunng.-LNT.su Sun,
1Ih.
DECIDING BETWEEN THREE WIyES-At Provi-
dehce, X. l.. IN the municipal court last week
upon fetltlon Tor the appointment OF an ad-
nintstrator Oh the estate OF the late Thomas s
carpenter, the horse-trainer. claims were set
Up In behalf OF three wives The court decided
III favor of Mrs. Irene d. CARPENTER now living
IN Woodstock Conn. who held certificate OF
marriage she was married at Concord, \. H.,
ia lHG6. Another woman, Mary Z. Carpenter.
VINO HNeq WITH Carpenter as houSekeeper.
tiaiifS 10 nave been married in New York but
say The clergyman ret aimed the certificate 4
Calm was set up OF Il still earlier marriage the
ifuit OF WEich was son, Whose residence is
unknown. IT is not known whether the matter
viii be further contested.
LOVE AND STRYCHNiNE IN RoMF-Alexan5ier
totiClfDi. a young physician. expected 20 marry
Il rich WIDOW, countess Angela Spano MaSSaIa
On christmas eve. the Two went TO Rome to-
-ether from NeSsar, where the Countess had
property. At the station she saw a gent lanan
whom she called uncle This Uncle babe her
cave The doctors arm and take his. She did
30. and the uncle and niece went together to
The Minerva Hotel. This seems TO have turned
The doctors mind. He went home in u dark
mood, He sent FOR his landlady whom he had
KNOWN for years, and told the story OF his love
and III sudden end Toward four in the morn
hg she was awakened by loud ringing OF the
doctors bell. she rushed to his room and found
hihl roaming q lie mouth; He died two hours
alter. He had taken strychnine. on the table
heIe was letter for the Countess.
TIRE HOLE IN BRIGGS PoCKET.-Robert Briggs
VINO recently resigned from the MorrSania
teanboat line to marry an heireSs in Troy.
came 10 tlllS city on saturday to meet his Old
friends. He happened to enter bar room OBJ
Foslte the Third Avenue railroad depot in Iar-
EN-, ana treated his acquaintanceS several
INES. When he started TO go he missed $500,
and he accused Felix McCloSkey OF taking II.
IN the Harlem police station the money was
otnd in one OF the legs OF Briggs boots, having
slipped down from his pocket Briggs was fined
by Justice BiXby yesterday for disorderly con-
duct.-IN. Y. San, 18th.
MILLIONAIRE HERDIC MIssING.-Some time
ago Peter Herdtc, the bankrupt millionaire of
Wiiliamsport, Pa, was arrested aud taken be-
fore an alderman, who held him In 5000 bail
i0r a fraud upon the Columbia National bank
or Lancaster county, Pa. To avoid trial Herdic
has fefgned sickness, but last week he was
again arrested for fraud at the instance of Rey-
nolds Brothers, bankers. OF Bellefonte, Pa. On
TINS charge he gave bail in $1,000, and then
started for parts unknown. His wife says he
mas gone to florida for his health but as the
otIer creditors were about to begin criminal
proceedings, it is strongly surmised in Allen
town that Peter has gone for good
SAD AND STRANGE CASUALTY occurred last
saturday TOUR miles below Davenport. Iowa
me victim was young man, the only son OF a
respectable farmer named John Baumier He
was engaged in hauling rOtted straw from the
barnyard TO the field. A pile that had accumu-
lated overturned the sled. causing the entire
load 10 Tall upon Baumer, burying him cont
pietely.' Death enSued from Suffocation within
hve minutes, the body being found By the father
shorty after. The horses had not moved
TWO GIRLS DROwNED-At New Brunswick
N d., sunday evening, three girls, between ~
and II years OF age, ventured upon the ice COW
ef1ng the canal. They fell through an air hole
ana Two OF them, the daughter OF Christopher
Mitchell and the daughter OF Jacob Elder. were
drowned. The other girl saved her life by
cllnSing to a cake of ice for several minutes
until She was rescued
SAVING THREE CHILDREN.-At Elizabeth n
D., August CRUDE, member of a fire company.
entered burning dwelling house and rescued
three Children Sunday night. CRUDE was walk
ing along the road through Crawford at about
midnight, and he saw the large house owned
and occupied by Mr.. Nieke on fire. He burst
onen the doors and rescued the children who
were ia a room together, almost suffocated
ALASKA'S FIRST HANGIEG.-!N Fort Wranpel
on the evening of the 18th inst. John Boyd shof
and instantly killed Thomas O'Brien in Daick
erS saloon, and at9li on the morning of the 10th
inst the presence inward of Sno JrdianC