Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-17
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AN EXTENSIVE LAND SwINDLE.
LONDON TIMES ON Mr. BLAINE
VIENNA fHEATER FIRE INVESTIGATION.

VIENNA THEAfER FIRE INVESTIGATION.
| News from Other Lands.
OWNER OF THE SLAVE pBow CAPTURED.
| LONDON. December IA dispatch from Zan-
| Zibar, received at the admiralty announces the
capture of the owner of the slave Dhow i'm the
encounter with which Captain Brownrigg of
| the British man-of-war London, was killed on
| the Sd inst.
| FATAL DAM DISASTER.
ALGIERs, December 17.-Dams. near Algiers,
on the Oran railway, have burst. and the line is
| hooded. Many lives have been lost by the inun-
dation. Several vessels in the coastiug trade
fOundered.
| VIENNA VICTIMS OF POLICE STUPIDITY.
VIENNA, December 17.-The Official report Of
the board of works on the Ring Theater disaster
says: The chief engineer asked two policemen
at the main entrance of the Ring Theater
| whether there was anybody Within and received
! the reply that the whole audience had left
| safely. This statement apparently con-
| nrIned by the fact that no persons were seen at
the entrances of the building. The men Of the
fire brigade subsequently made their way to the
galleries but the air was suffocating; it was i'm
possible to penetrate the passages as the torches
went out for want of oxygen and the firemen
were unable to breathe. The report expresses
the conviction that the audience died speedily
from suffOcation
| ANOTHER BALLOON AT SEA.
MADRID, December IA customs officer near
| Santander reports that he saw last night bal
loon proceeding in the direction of Bilbao.
THE OVERDUE STEAMER CITY OF LONDON.
LONDON, December 17.-Sixty guineas pre-
MUM was paid yesterday on the overdue steamer
City of London, from London, November 13 for
New York
!. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Ne,cs
says Lieut. Lullier and Ammestich (commu-
nlsts) Waylaid NJ. TibOur. nephew of the muir
dered archbishop of Paris, and struck him.
! Lieut.. I.ullier threatened to murder NJ. Tibour
| If he refused to fight with him.
AN AMERICAN HEBREW ORDERED OUT OF ST.
| PETERSBURG.
LONDON, December 1.-THE Berlin corre-
spOndent of the Times saws: An American
Jew at st, Petersburg performing in circus,
has received orders to quit the capital simply
on account Of protesting the Hebrew faith. He
| has protested"
| THE LONDON TINES STILL HARPING ON THE
MONROE DOCTRINE.
LONDON December 1.-THE Times i'm it's
| leading article this morning on Mr.. Blaine's
dispatches. already quoted from, after saying
| that 1.-The letter of the law is on the side of
England" continues as follows: THE country
| which seeks to set it aside may fairly ask to
propose some equivalent. II international good
faith is to count for nothing, with what show of
reason can England be required to allow the
American control and in war and peace alike to
be commanded by American guns. Mr.. Blaine
! must remember that freedom of passage be
| tween the two oceans can in no possible event
become an exclusively American right. The
whole world has an interest in the maintenance
OF the free use of great highways"
| An s. sExtensive and Peculiar, Land
| Svindle.
| ST. PAUL, December 1.-THE DispGtch con-
| tains some Interesting facts concerning an ex-
| tensve and peculiar land swindle. which Is
being perpetrated in Dakota Just south of the
Manitoba line. by parties residing In Emerson.
| Manitoba. 1t appears that these Canadians
have, by misrepresentation, entered lands in
Dakota and are cultivatng these lands at the
same time that they are retaining their resi-
dence in Manitoba and their allegiance as sub
jects of Queen Victoria In nearly every case
| they have avoided filing valid declaration Of
intention to become citizens of the United
| States. The business and social standing of
some of the parties engaged in the swindle is
| such as to create surprise that they should be
found in it. Being citizens of another country
they are beyond the jurisdiction Of the u. s.
courts.
Twelve Priests Ordained.
TROY. n. Y. December 1.-THE rite of Ortiin-
ation was administered at st. JOsephs Seminary
(Roman Catholic) to-day by the bishop of Al
baly. Twelve priests were ordained.
Sdp1tO1 NOteS 1OsD6Ys
APPOINTMENTS ON THE HOUSE sIDE-THE HOUSE
COMMITTEEs--BTI.Ls BY THE THOUSAND.
The following appointments were made under
the doorkeeper Of the House to-day: Oscar X.
Rogers. messenger; Fernando Page, laborer in
folding room; Edward T. Benton, page; Ezra
MOrehouse messenger.
Vim. S. Burgess was to-day appointed mes
senger in the post Office of the House.
Speaker Keifer will announce his committees
on Tuesday next.
John Fitzpatrick was to-day appointed
Dove: and Milo r. Adams, vice voorhees,, re-
signed.
Col C. s. Perry, of Wabash. Ind. has been
appointed q 81 600 messenger at the House Of
Representatives. To accept this place he will
resign as the mayor of Wabash, which Office is
now held by him.
Sydney NJ Robinson. late sergeant-at- arms of
the New York legislature. has been appointed
chief clerk of the House document room, vice
Payne, removed.
Since the opening Of the present session OF
Congress 592 bills and Is joint resolutions have
been introduced in the Senate; 1.6l3 bills have
been introduced in the House, and the call of
states is only down to Pennsylvania.
The late employees under the doOrkeeper of
the House, Gen. Charles W. Field, this after
noon presented him with an elegant gold watch,
for his uniform kindness to them while their
superior officer.
Fifteen OI the IdpitOi pOICeiucu nave Deen
removed, including Freeman. who charged his
wife with attempting to poison him thdrugged
cofee.
The Family Plan in the Home school. |
THE FIRST COTTAGE COMPLETED BY THE CON- |
TRACTOR. |
In May last THE STAR gave an account of the |
building of cottage on the grounds of the In |
dustral Home School, above Georgetown, the |
purpose of the managers being to inaugurate
system of rearing and educating the boy in |
mates upon the family plan; in other words to
divide the boys into family circles, with a cot
tage for each and separate culinary and house
hold appliances for living. II Is thought this
system will tend more towards the desired re-
fning influences than the old system Of having
q common stock and outfit for all. This build
ing has now been completed by the contractor,
Mr. Columbus Thomas and fully meets the ex-
pectations of the managers. The size is AZ feet
square, two stories and basement high. and 1t
contains eight large rooms. besides bathroom.
dormitories and a full veranda. 10 feet wide, and
running across the entire south front. An at
tractive feature is q lookout on the apex Of the
roof, reached by stairway from inside and trap
door. This lookout fs ten feet square. With