Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-03

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THE CONTRACT for furnishing stationary to
the House of Representatives was awarde1 to-
day to George Mcdonald & Co., of Philadelphia.
A DELEGATION representing the wool manu-
fecturers called On the President this morning
to say good bye and thank him for the interest,"
he bad manifested in the question which had
bten presented TO the Secretary OF the Treas
uTy for consideration.
AMONG THE CALLERS al the White House to-
day were Senators Htl. Blair and Harris, Rep
resentatives Thomas, Morton and Russell o.
Mass, Gen. Wager STayne. W. L. Clarke. e l.
ward Meigs Smith, n. w. Goodhue, ". Z
TAFT, Henry Ward Beecher. Porter Shelinn,S
S: Blackford, John I. Gibson, Col. E. q. Rapp.
OF West Va.
A CoLoRED DELEGATION was at the White
House yesterday, representing the Virginia
Republican Association, and composed of
Messrs. c. F. Butler, Edward Brockenbrough.
j. r. Drew and Scott Wood. Their object was
to present petition asking that Mr. John A.
Moss be restored to his position In the Capitol
Illegally removed by Librarian Spoford, be-
cause, as they allege, he refused to allow a
democratic employe of the library to remove
portrait OF President Garfield from his (MossO
desk during the excitement OF the last cam
paign.
bad lost one or more limbs In the war, called On
the President yesterday and presented petit
tson asking the strict enforcement of sections
1852, 1854 and 1856 OF the revised statutes
ard section three Of the revised statutes at
large, relating TO the civil service proyidiag In
the matter OF federal appointments that prefer
ence be given to honOTably discharged Soldiers
and sailors. The President said that he was
heartily In sympathy with the delegation In
that matter, and SO far as he was concarnet
would see that In cases OF equal competency
preference would always be given to the dis
abled veterans.
NOT WLsHINGToN'S BIRTHPLACE.-Senator Ma
hone ana Gel. Clttcher, q citizen of Westmore-
land county, Va, called upon Secretary Blaine
this morning and laid before him letter from
Mrs. Washington, a descendant Of George Wash
lDgton. TEiS lacy, a-reSidtnG or WesJmorel2ad
county, writes that the spot selected By eg-
Secretary Evarts for the monument to mark
Washington'3 birthplace is not the proper loc al
1ty; that she knows the exact SPOT where the
old house in which Washington was born stood,
ard 1t is some distance from the point selected
for the monument.
NEW ALLOTMENT FOR T. S. CIRCUITS BY TIE
SUPREME CoURT.-The Supreme Court Of the
United States yesterday passed an order that, it
appearing to the court that new allotment of
the Chief Justice and Associate Justices OF this
court among the circuits now existing by law is
required ald is expedient, by reason of the pro-
tracted disability OF Nh Justice Clifford and the
resignation OF Mr. Justice Swayne, that the FOL
lowing allotment be made-Ftrst circuit. Mr..
Justice Harlan: Maine. New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts ard Rhode Island. Second circuit,
MI Justice Hunt: Vermont. Conn ecticut and
New York, except the city. Thtrd circuit. Mr..
Justice Bradley: New wJersey, Pennsylvania aud
Waite: Maryland. West Virginia, North Caro-.
lima and South Carolina. Fifth circuit, Mr..
Justice Woods: Georgia, Florida, Alabama MIS-
Mr. Justice Bradley: OHIO, Michigan, Kentucky
and Tennessee. Seventh circuit, Mr. Justice
Harlan: Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Eighth
circuit, MIR Justice Miller: Minnesota Missouri
Kansas, Arkansas and Nebraska. Ninth cir
cult, Mir. Justice Field: California, Oregon and
Nevada. The court subsequently adjourned Tor
The present term. 1t viii meet again o. The
second Monday OF October.
GONE TO RTCHMoND-The Duke of S1therlaad
and other distinguished Englishmen wno C .ms
10 this country on railroad business and havJ
guests of Tie Pennsylvania Il r. Co., left ne B
< p. depot this morning at 9:l5 for Eiclm nd
Va. They were accompanied by Mr. G. c. Wil-
k'ns, superintendent; Mr.. K. II. Soule, suoefin.
tendent motive power; and Mr.. j. K. Sh4r0 81
OF the b & p. and A. q L. railroads. The e ain
wes one Of the finest which ever Jeff here,
drawn by engines 9. In charge OF Jerry Sweeney.
hined, Paman m Paises SIS a and sdofTs prstaeat dent
Roberts special car {l2o) The train was under
the conductorship OF Chas. S. Miles, with Mr..
manner OF running ana working trains VIII be
fully explained to the visitors, who are ex-
pected to return to tbs c..y 70 morrow.
SUICIDE AND LIFE INsURANCE-In a case
against the New York Life Insurance Com oany,
in suit brought to recover two policies OF
insurance for S. coo each On Jhe life OF James A.
Bangs, OF Minnesota, payable to bis son, and
payment OF which was resisted by the New
York LIE Insurance Company on the grouod
that the insured took out the policies With the
intention or defTaudlng the company out OF
$4,000 by committing suicide; that this tnten-
ton was known to his wife and son and was IN
pursuance OF deliberate conspiracy gotten up
by the three together previous TO the husbands
oeatb. and that the latter died from dose OF
strychnlIe taken with suicidal intent the
delivered yesterday, holds that such dreadful
crimes as those charged by the insurance CON-
pany can only be credible when supported by
the strongest evidence; that in the present
case There is no such evidence. The insurance
company must pay the loss with cost.
TIE SPRAGUE ESTATE CAsE.-In the Z. s. Su-
prene Court yesterday, the decision was an
nounced In the case OF VIM. S. Hoyt, appellant
VS.. Annasa Sprague ct al. and No. SIS. Charles
g. Francklyn eI al, appellants, VS.. Amasa
OF the United States for the district of Rhode
Island. The object OF these suits WAS to es-
tablish lien trust In favor OF the appellants as
property Of the A. & w. Sprague manufacturing
company, now in the hands OF an assignee.
Each Of the appellants claimed one twenty
fourth OF the whole property. which was the
amount OF their respective interests In the
property OF the former firm OF A. & w. Sprague
Which was transferred to the corporation In
1865, while the appellants were infants. and In
fraud, as Is alleged, Of their rights. This court
holds that the appellants came into the courts
too late to obtain relief even II they could have
justly complained OF the conversion OF their
property into the stock Of the corporation.
Decision affirmed
PKRsoNAL.-Yesterday the Duke OF Suther-
land and his party, accompanied by Secretary
Blaine, called on the President, who went
down stairs to the Blue Parlor to see them.
The Interview was brief and somewhat IN
lormaL-A. w. Francisco, OF the OHIO Stnce
Journal, Is at the Ebb.tt-Gen. G. G. Augur
has been asked to give the annual Grafton at
West Point this year.-Mr. E. II. Miller has
gone to Boston, and Will probably spend some
time sketching In New England before he re-
turns TO Washington advices from
Archbishop Purcell, at the Ursuline convent,
In Brown county, Ohio, report him as falling
rapidly, with little hope Of living more than .
few days longer.-S. Applegate, OF Washing
ton was among the overland passengers west
ward to arrive In San Francisco last Friday
Commissioner Price OF the Indian Office has
gone to New York. - Ex-senator Hamlin
went to two balls at Bangor last week,
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