Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-23
Washington News and Gossip.

AN AFFLICTED FAMILY.-The family Of Col
John VI. Bacon. aide-de-camp on Gen. Sherman $
staff, has been sorcly afflicted i'll the past few
days. Mrs. Bacon. with her two Children John
about five years old. an;l Sherman. one year old
mas been spending the summer at Saratoga for
her own health. On the Sth of September John
dled OF Group. and the parents took the body for
lnterlnent to their own home Frankfort Ky.
Yesterday the telegraph announced the DEATH
10y cholera intantum. OF Sherman Bacon at Frank
fort Thus have their parents been stript of their
only children, and in the midst of the national
gloom their many personal friends in Washing
ton cannot fail to share the grief which bows the
heads OF their parents 1T the loss of their pre-
clous children, whose love for them amounted
to doatry.
THE FOLLOWING is list of the successful can
didates for cadet engineer at the Naval Academy:
H. A. Bisppam. Pennsylvania; II. s. Boyd
Maryland; }. I. Bootes. Delaware; V. o. Chase.
louisiana; W. ". Culver. Illinois: J. NJ. Da-
SHELL Maryland; A. C. Dffenbach, Pennsylvania
ID. Il. Evans Massachusetts; I. C. FentOn, Penn
syvania: W. w. Joynes. G. w. Kline. New
Jersey: w. G. Miller, Virginia; W. Mckay
Pennsylvania; f. NJ. Mccormick Virginia; H.
r. Winford. New Jersey; J. F. McCusker
Maryland: A. Rust. w Shields. Virginia: w
Stebbins. Maryland; c. s. Stansworth. J. G.
I Il Delaware: D. W: TAYLOR; Virginia; p
PERsoNAL-The following committee from
the New York stock exchange have arrived in
Washington to attend the funeral and have
been assigned place in the line:-F. n. Law
renee, vice president; Brayton Ives. S. W. White
Il. l.. Haght. J. ID. Smith, d. L. WOrden. f. A.
Drake. A. Wolff ir., r. G.. Murphy, s. j. Har-
riott, J. " B. Bouveir. w. l.. Strong The COM
mittee had an interview with President Arthur
to-day.-Mayor Prince and Messrs. Hugh
OBrien Geo. Curtis, Andrew j. Bailey, Henry
Parkman, F. w. Pray. A. II. Peters and w. H.
Lee. of Boston. are at WOrmley' Mar
shall Jewell, chairman of the national republican
committee, is at the ArlingtOn.-Cyrus w.
Field, Senator Malone. Hon. Elisha II. Allen.
chief justice of the Hawaiian Islands; Senior Don
temala: Senator Warner Miller OF NY; Collec-
tor Robertson, of NY, and Representative
Hitchcock, of NY. are at the Arlington
Hon. J. s. Robinson. of Ohio; Representative J.
H. Brewer and eX-ReDresentative John Hill, of
n. j.: Senator Mitchell. of Pa. and Senator S. j.
r. Mcmillan, of Mimi, are at the Ebbitt.-Hon.
John A. kassOn, Congressman Perry Belmont
of NY; Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, USA.:
Representative McLane of Md, and Senator
Morrill,, of VT, are at WOrmley s Congress
man Thos: NJ. Bayne c. c. Jadwin and Charles
ONeil. OF Pa; ex-senator Hamlin. of Me-; Hon.
Ben La Fcvre. of Ohio; Senator Sewell, OF NJ.
Hon. Joseph r. Hawley and Congressman Buck
Of Conn; Gov. Hoyt, of Pa, and Justice Samuel
F. Miller. OF the Supreme Court, are at the Riggs
House.
Wall Street To-Day.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-The Posts financial
article lao pm. editiOn) says: There is an ac-
tive speculative movement on foot in Phiadel-
phia and Reading railroad stock. and the price
OF the latter has advanced to % against 81, the
lowest price yesterday. There is much talk
about the movement. and various theories are cur
rent: Its known that the largest buyer has been
leading Broad street firm, which has many large
customers. and among them VIM. II. Vanderbilt
1t is therefore natural enough that the latter
gentleman should be credited with being the
principal buyer. In behalf of the theory that
he is such buyer, it is said that when the Deia
aware, Lackawarlna and Western extension to
Buffalo is completed, his roads. the New York
Central and western connections, will lose an
important coal tonnage which they now have.
and that with the Reading under his control this
loss can be fully made up. Also. that the
possession OF the Reading would give him
hold in the system of roads in the state of
Pennsylvania which would enable him to
treat more advantageOuslv for himself
with the Pennsylvania railroad company i'm any
differences which may arise in coming years
These are the main reasons put forth why Mr.
Vanderbilt should now be seeking control of the
Reading. Aside from the exceptional movement
in Reading. the general stock market has not
been particularly active to-day United States
bonds are Is higher for the extended. which is
otherwise unchanged State bonds have
been strong for Arkansas seyens issued to the
railroads. Railroad bonds are generally lower
The general stock market opened feyerish
and weak for the trunk lines on the report that
the conference of the trunk line railroad repre-
sentatives had adjourned without progress
toward settlement. Later it became known
that the matter had been deferred until next
week, and that the prospects Of a settlement
then are regarded as good, and steadier tone
was developed in the market. The whole
list in the second hour had become
strong. and prices by noon had advanced,
exclusive hs ,tt We of Reading 4al15 per cent,
and Central Pacific advanced per cent each,
Jersey Central 4. and Missouri Pacific Lake
Shore and &: G. c. Il |. q each Since noon the
market has been very quiet, and prices have lost
part of this advance. The net result of the
IL per cent over yesterdays closing In the
money market Sac per cent is the quotation for
call loans. Time loans are nominal, and prime
mercantile paper is 51aa619 per cent.
The Courts.
POLICE COURT-Tu0e Smell
To-day. Sarah Johnson alias SEanklin and
Mile Hunter. loud and bOisterous and disor
DERBY conduct: IS or Is days each. Basic Tay-
lOr. do; forfeited collateral. Joseph Thomas.
profanity; SIS or days. William f. Carr. do,
81 or days. William s. Williams, disturbing
the quiet of West Washington by cursing and
oWSuliHS. % VI Z LAHUTcW nephew. for
feited collateral Frank Goodrich, Henry Scott,
Fred. Butler, Henry Denton, Joseph Boyd.
Thomas Cooper, David Twine and Thomas Ma
son. all hackmen at the hack stand at the corner
OF 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue, were
charged with creating and maintaining nuis-
ance injurious to health in throwing and placing
and allowing to remain on said street certain
stable manure and other offensive substances.
The case was continued for further evidence.
The republican state convention of Wisconsin
yesterday nominated General M. Rusk for gov
ernor on the sixth formal ballot. He received
1874 votes.
Thomas YOst, of Locustdale, and Geo. Ken
ney, of Philadelphia, were killed in a railway ac-
cident near LOcustdale, Pa, yesterday.
Governor Hamilton, of Maryland, has respited
the execution Of Felix Munsp0wer, which was
to take place at Frederick. Nd, to-day, until
November.
4 locomotive, hauling train between Ghetto
pah and Parsons, Kan, on the Missouri Pacific
road, exploded yesterday with great force, kill
ing the fireman and wreckng the engine and
ten or dozen cars.