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


and is about eight inches square. being pune
| tured by twelve tubes for holding the cables,
two pneumatic tubes. fifty-four ordinary telc-
graph wires and two electric light wires. The
Insulating substance is protected by a covering
OF artlflcial stone. similar to that used i'm max
ing block pavement. This covering is two and
a-half inches thick, and is mpervous to heat
and dampness, as it is an insulating substance
| also. The latter has been tested to the tenn
| perature as low as two degrees below zero and
was not affected byft. 1t is intended to lay the
conduit in continuous mass without joints.
| In laying it the sheet iron tubes. about one inch
| In diameter, are placed in the frame and the in
suiating material poured around it. The bot
tom and sides of artificial stone having been put
down. the tubes remain in and the wires will be
drawn through by pneumatic pressure.
To ASsassinate Washington.
A CONSPIRACY THAT WAS DETECTED AND FRUS-
TRATED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1916.
An attempt made to assaSSnate Gen. Wash
lnston in n. Y. city in 1ss.6 is described as fol-
lows by James Thacher, Massachusetts, sur
geon in the Continental army. in "A Military
Journal During the American Revolutionary
| War. under date of Sept. TO- 11e6:
II nave omitted to record the following Incl
dents till l could ascertain the particulars of
the reports: We learn by accounts from New
York that some time since & plot of most afro
! c0us nature was detected in that CITY, A gang
| Oh Tories had associated for the purpose of
joining the British army. aud had concerted
plan. it is said. TO assassinate his Excellency
Gen. Washington. and some other officers and
While our army We're engaged with the enemy
to blow up our magazines. dc. The mayor of
the city, and an arn0rer who was engaged i'm
making rifles for the Tories. and several others
We're taken into custody and committed toclOse
prison. The Mayor. on examination confessed
tnat Se received money from Coy. TryOn 10 nav
the armOrer for the rifles. Two of his Excel
| lencys guards were confederates and a third
to whom the seer was confided. honestly dis
| closed the information. Several of these mis-
| creantS Were tried and convicted and two or
| three were executed
/ foot note of this account quotes as follows
from one of David Ramsay's histories ''Gov
| TryOn had suborned the then Mayor of New
York to assist the royal forces On their arrival
in that city, and Gen. Washington was to be
assassnated This detestable design was rem
dered abortive by apprehending Thomas
Hickey. one of Gen. Washington's life-guard
MEN, who was engaged in the conspiracy and
had engaged others: this false miscreant was
tried by court martial on the 2Sth of June.
found guilty. and was executed the same day.
amid the curses OF the American army"
| ACCIDENTAI.-I.ittle LOtte to her friend. II
have so many cares. Yesterday little baby
| sister arrived and papa is on journey. 1t was
| but piece of luck that mamma was at home to
| take care of it,
THE SPRAGUE ESTATE.-Bills have been filed
in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island pray
ing that S. E. Chaffee. trustee of the Sprague
| estate be enjOined from selling the Quidnick
| Company stock as advertised or any of the prop
erty of the A. * W. Sprague Manufacturing Com
pany and that he be required TO render an ac-
count OF the financial condition of the Quidnick
Company. A telegram from Baltic. Conn.,, says:
| "OrderS have been received in the mammoth
| Sprague mill. of the A. & W. Sprague Manufac-
turing company. from Providence directing
| Superintendent Goodwin to run out the stock
| on hand Immediately and stop the wheels. The
mill consequently shut down. and it is not
known when work will be resumed. The most
intense excitement prevails here as there are
several thousand employees thrown out of work
Many are already leaving the place"
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEArH-Two children
were burned to death at Aurora NY Thurs
day, while trying to light fire in stove with
| kerosene.
| DEATH OF A SOLDIER IN THREE VARS
Gen. Robert Patterson died at his residence in
Philadelphia last evening. in his S9th year He
had been suffering for over two weeks from
| Bright s disease OF the kidneys and fatty de-
generation Of the heart Gen. Patterson
| was born in County Tyrone. Ireland Jan
uary Eth. 1872 He came while young to the
United States. received a collegiate education,
ana early manifested military predictions. He
entered the army and was captain of the sd
infantry. April 1914. Returning to commercial
lie. he became largely engagetfin manufactures
anu owned several mills. At the beginning of
| the Mexican war. in 1916. he was made major
general OF volunteers. He commanded his divi-
sion at Cerro Gordo, led the cavalry and adj
vanced brigades in pursuit, and the next
morning captured Jaapa, receiving the
thanks of Gen. Scott. He commanded the
three-months' Pennsylvania volunteers in
department, composed of the states
OF PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware, Maryland, and the
District OF Columbia. and crossed the Potomac
June ID at Willlamsport. When Gen. Mcdowell
advanced into Virginia Patterson was instructed
| 10 remain at Winchester to hold in check the
force of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston His failure to
90 TINS, IN consequence Of which Johnston REIN
forced Beauregard at Manassas July 81 1861.
| exposed MIN to severe military criticism and he
| left the service July 81 1851. He published i'm
1863 "a Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley
Oh the shenandoah in 1861. in vndcatiOn of his
conduct He was considered brave and good
soldier notwithstanding whatever error he may
nave committed in that campaign. He was also
qualities and he had host of friends among
military officers. Gen. Grant was always great
admifer of Gen. Patterson.
| mellow SAID TO HAVE "GONE WEST"-A
correspondent of the Charleston (S.C.) Ne,cs
says ne has been informed, upon good authority.
| mat mellow, the murderer of BraytOn. left
South Carolina for the west two days after the
killing. 1t is stated that he spent the night
| with relative In Oconee. near the Tugaoo
river, and left early in the morning for the west
| i1C vas tfdSeltlig Ill Il DtiSs.N III company WITH
another man. McDow's relatives in that section
circulated the report that he was barricaded in
! his dwelling in Pckens. One thing II certain a
man answering to McDow's description passed
| through OcCnee going westward at the time and
in the manner above indicated, and there is little
doubt that he was the man.
COI.ORED MAN SHOT DEAD.--James Ross
white, shot and killed William JONES' colored. at
Nashville, Tenn, yesterday. Ross had hit q col
ored boy in the back with stone. Jones sub
lsequently went to Ross house and desired to
know why he had acted so toward the boy
Ross asked him what he had to do with It. and
ran into his house, got pistol and shot Jones
dead.
STABBED TO THE HEARTs--A special dispatch
from Bonneville, Mo-, says that in q difficulty
between Phineas sSiiby. FIRST mate: Of the steamer
Mnttie Bell and a negro 1lBckh hand. unknown, ct
Kockport, Friday, the latte, killed the former bF