Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-19

Belen, in which the enemy. commanded by
Mana, were repulsed. They are fleeing south
wardly. Lieut.. Guilfoyle. of Baltimore, with 40
men, is on their trail An engagement % miles
west of Sobinot. on the 12th ult is reported.
with the loss Of one man killed. one missing and
three wounded. After the fight, the Apaches
moved east ward, and are expected to cross the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee road at Cariso
creek.
The Anti-Monopoly Conference.
OFFICERS ELECTED AND ADDRESS ADOPTED BY
THE GATHERING AT UTICA
The Anti-Monopoly Conference met Yesterday
at Utica, N. Y. About fifty delegates We're
present. Hon. L. f. Chittenden was made tenn
porary chairman. The report of the committee
on permanent organization, which was adopted.
constituted Gen. Alex. s. Devine. of Chemunr.
president, and provided long list of vice presi-
dents. At the evening session a letter was re-
ceived from Ex-Governor Seymour. regretting
his inability to address the convention because
OF poor health. A long address was presented
and adopted, setting forth the enormous growth
OF railroad interests in wealth and power much
OF the wealth gained by corrupt practices of
STOCK watering and oppressive tariffs and used
10 corrupt legislation for the perpetuaton of
their grip upon the industry of the country The
New York state senate is described as being the
creatures of the railroads. and many of its men,
bers are denounced by name as being entirely
the property of or largely influenced i'm their
votes by interests identified more or less with
the railroads. The address says: 'When public
sentiment looks upon buying an election crime,
ana professional lobbyists like A. ID. Barber and
Edwards-who, together with Senator Sessions
are now under indictment for bribery during
the late senatorial contest-are regarded as
social pariahs, to be avoided by all decent citi-
zens, it is probable that fewer senators like Mr.
Sessions will be seen at Albany, and representa-
tives like Messrs. Hustled and Alyord will cease
TO be leaders i'm the assembly"
Mr.. CONKLINa AGAIN IN PoLITICs.-A New
York letter says ut is expected that thecall for
republican state convention will be issued
next week There is a strong pressure from the
stalwarts TO that effect. The friends Of Mr..
Conkling reiterate that he will be delegate,
and that 1t is more than probable he will even be
called to preside. They claim also that he con-
trois the New York delegation eighty i'm num-
Der, but this is probably an extravaganza The
authorizing faction find themselves in a some
what embarrassing position i'm connection with
the Presidents illness. If they could only be
assured what the result of that would be, they
would have no difficulty in trimming their sails
accordingly. As it is, they are afraid of show
Ing their hands in too marked manner against
the ex-primate, whose star, in the event of the
Presidents decease, they half suspect would be
once more in the ascendant; and yet, as they are
on the record as administration or anti
Conkling men, it will not do, as matter of self
interest, to betray any hesitation in living up to
that record. The facile character of the average
New York politician has always been proverbial.
The nice calculations to which he thus resorts
when the lOaves and fishes are at stake, would
do no discredit to Chinese juggler or the three.
card monte men at COney Island"
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DIRECT To YORKTOwN.-Mr Smith. the gen.
eral manager of the Chesapeake g. Ohio rail-
road. says that the road to Yorktown will be
completed in time to carry passengers to the
centennial. All Of the bridges and nearly all
OF the heavy work on the line have already
been completed or soon will be. The road will
be finished, Mr.. Smith says, to Newport News
at the same time. Cars will be run through
from Louisville and Cincinnati direct to York
town. For some time serious doubts have been
entertained about the ability Of the road to
complete the new lines in time for the centen-
tlal, but Mr.. Smith is now satisfied that there
Will be no obstacle in the way Of accomplishing
that object. This will tend to make the celebra-
ton a greater success, and was really the great
est drawback to the project anticipated.
TRAIN RoBBER SHOT BY A COLoRED SOLDIER
A special of Tuesdays date to the Inter OCEAN.
from Topeka, Kan, says: The Santa Fee passen,
ger train that arrived here at 9 pm to-day
brought intelligence to headquarters that a gang
OF train-rObbers had boarded the smoking car
last night, just after dark. at Grenada, Col
They blew out the lights and commenced going
through the passengers for their money. A col
ored United States soldier in the car refused to
give up $500 that he had and was shot by one
of the outlaws. In turn the soldier shot one Of
the latter and killed him. This frightened the
others, and they left without any booty.
A SHOCKING DOUBLE MURDER-A special from
Fort Smith 81" A letter received here to-
day by US. Marshal Dill, from Waldron. gives
the following particulars of horrible double
murder in the ChOctaw nation, few miles west
of that place On Friday night VIM. Massingale
was guest at the house Of John Stewart. who
was to remain there all night About o'clock
James Hobbs, white man. and Ed FulsOm. a
ChOctaw, came to Stewards house and shot him
seven times. Massingale started to run, when
one of the assassins shot him in the back. killing
him instantly. They then beat him on the head
until it was horribly crushed and mutilated."
THE VICTIM OF AN ATROCIOUs OUTRAGE.-A
special from Pekin. ILL.,, says that the boy who
was tied to the track and run over on the
indianapolis. Burlington and Western railway
has since died. A man has been arrested on
suspicion of having committed the outrage.
A GAME OF CARDS AND MURDER.-A tele-
gram from st. Louis. August IL. SAYS: Two
negroes, ]. c. Clarke and Henry Wise got into
a row over a game Of cards yesterday. Wise
plunged knife into Clarkes abdomen. in
fiicting wound from which he died thisafter-
noon. Clarke was advancing on Wise with an
uplifted chair to strike him, when he was
stabbed.
THEY WANT The SABBATH OBsERvED.-At
st. John, New-RrunSWick, the Evangelical
Alliance has appointed acOmmittee to wait upon
the Mayor and urge him to close the tobacco
stores on Sundays.
A BALTIMORE POLICE BOARD SENsATION.-The
following was issued by the board Of police COM
missiOners yesterday: 'Mr. Marriott Boswell.
clerk to the board of police commissioners, was
yesterday dismissed from his position. A few
days ago the treasurer Of the board. General
James r. Herbert, became acquainted with the
fact that Mr.. Boswell had been ordering cloth
from Sullivan. Vail & Co., Of New York, with
out the knOwlefh e Of or order Of the board. He
was immediatel summoned before the commits
sioners, and acknowledged the fact, giving a
the only excuse for his acts his pecuniary en-
barrassments. 1t appeared from his statements
that the purchases had been made few pieces