Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-13

the City again during the campaign. The Sec
lelary was at his desk in the department to.
Gay: In reply to THE STAR reporter, he said
tnaI everything 10 jked very favorable for the
republican party in the coming contest and he
was sa,lsfed that Garfield would be elected In
Indlana was going. the Secretary said:-"The
con,est In Indiana Is very close one 1t is my
1ai ltnpfession' noWever that the state will GER
fanny give republican majority In the coming
elections"
1ORK.-lt mas transp1red that members of the
Chinese embassy, who arrived in New York
about six weeks ago on business have met
With such insults at the hand of the New York
raoble that they have determined, when their
business is finished, to betake themselves home
as quickly as possible. The embassy consists of
taries, Messrs. Ho Shen Chi, Chang Ian Pin and
Yin, with Capt. Felix March, retired British Of
fcer, who acts as English corresponding secre-
tary t and and general adv adviser. and It was stated
sulate in that city. 1t is said that from the
moment OF their arrival the members of the
embassy have not been able to walk the streets,
their appearance being the signal for the gath
er1ng of mob Of disorderly persons, who hoot
and jeer them, fling offensive materials at
them and pluck them by their queus. Even at
were not free from unruly characters, who con-
gregated In front and p0ked ribald jests at the
CeieStfalS. On one occasion, While taking q
and very bev Ga mds
their escape, and the matter was reported to
Ch.ef or Police Walling, who promised to pre-
vent the recurrence Of these proceedings and
afford them protection in future.
DFJARNETTE SENTENCED TO BE HANGED.-In
the corporation court at Danville. Va, Satur-
cay, motion for new trial In the case of
James Thomas Dtjarnette, for the murder OF his
sister, was Oyerruled. The case will 90 to the
court OF appeals on lengthy bill of exceptions
10 the rulings OF the lower court. It is alleged
that one OF The jurors was incompetent because
OF mental alteration during the TRIAL. After
the motion for new trial was overruled the
court sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on
october 20 next
DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIaEs.-Passengers to
81. John. n. B., By the Boston steamer report
that serious forest fires are raging On the island
OF Grand Manan. One passenger states that
DARK Harbor, one OF the best timbered districts
Dit AXIS niles in length can be seen through the
forest. The fire is reported to have crossed the
entire Island on the eastern part. 1t is also
reported that number OF dwellings and other
valuable property nave been destroyed.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN VERMONT OVER ALL
25,uoo.-Ihe following compilation, made from
election returns forwarded by the town clerks
aid telegraph managers of 240 towns In Yer
mont, give FarnhaH, rep, Al, SOC; Phelps, dem,
,249; Heath: greenback ,49s; scattering, is.
ty over ALL 25O4!; increased republican majority
over 1916, l,344 increased republican vote over
iour years ago $780, Increased democratic vote
toWn nS is as follows: First district Joyce Is Gal:
Randall, dem, 6.75S; Martin, greenback, 1862:
Joyce's plurality, s,ss3; majority, s,121. Second
6G94. Mead. fusion. 337; scattering. 81; Tyler.s
plurality. 9,239; majority, SSH. Third district,
Grout. rep, II s1ss; Currier, dem 6,13l; Tasbel,
1,y, 6,o57; majority, 4,2s4. The town OF Belvl-
deIe noG yet reported. Its vote In 1876 was,
FAN banks rep, 80: Bingham, sc. Democrats
greent ackers 2.
BIRTH OF Princess OF sPA1N.-A dispatch
from Madrid says:-"The princess was born az
about O'Clock Saturday night. According to
ancient etiquette the minister's marshals gran
dees and diplomats awaited the event in the
an e. The duke Of Sexto grand
aIter sh Tt the e klng brought put the infant and
justice crew up the deed attesting the birth"
A dispatch TO the London Standard from Mad
rid says:-The infant will be christened Mer.
cedes and about a dozen other names. The
n Dlrth was announced to the city by artillery.
The christening will take place on the 14th in
slant. Ex-Queen Isabella will be one OF the
sponsors: The Madrid correspondent of the
LoLdon Times says the popular demonstration
over the bilt OF an heir to the throne IS COM
paratlVely Slight. because Of the sex of the
child. The public buildings are Illuminated,
but the concourse on the streets is small.
THEFT OF STATE PAPERS FROM THE FRENCH
WAR OFFICE.-A Paris telegram says:-The
affair OF the abstraction OF state papers from
tions OF a scandal. M. de Woestyne of the
GdutOjs. who was examined before the 1uge
dinstructiOn, maintains that the German gov
ernment has for a long time been getting secret
Information from the French war Office. Gen.
erals Fare and De Ctsely. together with several
other officers and Nine. Jung, have been sub
penaed by Woestyne to give evidence in sup
port Of his allegations.
BICYCLE WHEELS FOR CARRIAGEs.-That the
elastic, spr1Dgy wheels of the bicycle pattern
may be advantageously used on carriages Is a
new idea, and is likely to be accepted as a good
one. Ex-President Bishop, OF the Consolidated
road, is the first to test the idea practically,
and yesterda, drove around Bridgeport with
tull set OF these wheels They were light
strong. and on rough pavements, or even on
ordinary roads, proved to be superior to the
the ordinary bicycle style, of less diameter OF
cOulse. and having hollow hub fitted to Slip
On an ordinary carriage axle. Made OF Steel
ntckel-llated, and with rubber tire, they cost
about third more than the best wooden
wheels, but are more durable and easier for
Iiding.-Hartford (Conn.) conrant, Sept.7.
A MATRIMONIAL QUESTION BEFORE A CANADA
SYNOD.-At Montreal, in the provincial synod
now no" La session there, a canon sent down from
church is adverse to legalizlng marriage with
dead wife's sister or dead brothers wife, and
calling upon the lower house to sign and for
NdIu pStielOu pdTlldlueuU dRdluSt SlcQ a
measure. was discussed at much length and
finally agreed to by an overwhelming majority.
Hon. GUsTAvUs A. HENRY, of Tennessee, died
on Friday last aged IS years. He was known as
the Eagle Orator." and besides being In the
TIE nneSsee legislature was also in the cOnfeder-
ate senate, and was the trusted friend OF Jeffer-
son Davis.
POTATO BUGs.-Last Monday there was such
swain OF potato bugs on the rails OF the Con-
necticut liver railroad between South Ferry and
HOlycke, Mass. that 1t was with difficulty the
locomotive could draw the train through them
The crushed insects made the rails very siippe-
ry, causing the Wheels of the engine to slide,
TIE CALIFORNIA GOLD WATER MAN A FRAUD.
The dispatch from San Francisco announcing
that gold had been discovered In large GUAM
titles In water flowing from hot springs, In Cal
lstoga, CAL, furnishes the text for an art Gle in
to-day's Chicago Tribune, recalling the clever
way In Which the same person salted
his Arkansas gold mine Ia 1SI7-TS with
gold nlling and chloride Of gold.
His property at that time was an old si!-
yer mine known as the kellogg, about eight
miles north of Little Rock. He Succeeded in in
teresting capitalists In Chicago and Cleveland in
what he claimed was the biggest gold find of
the age. An examination OF the mine by ex-
peTts IN the interest OF some suspicious investors
revealed the fraud, and the enterprising
speculator has not been before the public Until
ne appears In California with his gold water
scheme
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