Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-07
The Refugees in Turkey.

n correspondent sends the FOL.
lowing: turkey is about to share with the
United States the honor OF providing an asylum
for the Jewish fug!tiyeS from Russian and ROu.
renee Oliphant and Mr. James AlexanderNthe
Moses and the Aaron OF the situation-are now
here, and several hundred half naked and starv-
Ing men, women and children, forming the adj
vance guard OF the exodus. have already arrived
in Constantinople This morning visited these
the Jewish quarter OF Balata, on the Golden Horn.
Most OF them have escaped from the deyastations
OF Balta and Elizabethgrad Their wan. terror
eloquently than words. About half OF them were
women and children and orphans. An unusually
large proportion OF the women Were far advanced
in pregnancy and nearly all were accompanied by
children or the most tender ages. All the emf
grants with whom spoke expressed their 10Y az
getting out OF Rus ia and declared that they had
lett behind them thousands OF their co-religonists
whose only immediate object in life was 20 get
out OF Russia, no matter how, even II they Enew
that they must die OF want in any other country.
general influx OF Jewish refugees in Constants
nople would involve the greater misery and suf-
fering where there is already great prvation and
want among the poorer classes or the regular In
habitants. Such an influx is, however, deemed
Inevitable, and the only hope is that the general
stampede toward Constantinople can be retarded
for few months, when preparations OF some kind
can be made To lessen the suffering In the mean
time the Jews already arrived are provided with
food bv means or local subscriptions, and the
Mansion House committee has been applied 10 for
FUNDS. Besides an exodus from Russia we are
threatened with an exodus from Roumania
TALK IN MARYLAND ABOUT THE CANAL PREsr-
DENCY.-The gossip I'm Maryland about the action
of the directors OF the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
I'm their election OF Mr. Farnands as president is
still rife, and both parties are endeayoring to
square themselves with the unexpectek turn given
70 AFFAIRS Mr.. Farnandts, the newly elected pres
1dent on being questioned by newspaper cor
respondent at his home I'm Belair replied that he
in the newspapers, and until ofcial notice is re-
ce1ved he thought 1t would be improper TO say
what course he would pursue. His friends express
their gratif1cation with his election. The friends
or Gov. Hamilton are OF the opinion that Mr.. Far
nandi5 will not accept the place, and they think
his election was a last resort 20 continue Mr. Cor
man in the canal Some consider that the fight OF
Monday dissolved the mythical illusions TO an al
man. and ali such differences were for the benefit
OF ex-Gov WHITES campaign On his part, MI.
White says MT. Farnandis is agentleman OF honor,
integrity and intelligence, but his habits OF life
entirely in opposition TO the drudgery, exposure
and labor OF The canal. and would be very much
surprised IL he accepted the position.
DANGEROUS CoUNrERFEITERs ARR KsrEp IN KAN
sAs.-An extensive counterfeitfng case has been
unearthed I'm Kirwin, Kansas. George +. Best, ar.
rested for passing counterfeit money, and i.t from
Boston, lived In dugout on an aieiliy-acre home
stead, twenty miles GGf1h OF there The sheriff
searched the house and found his ''pal,n named
Hudson. a complete set OF dies, and quantity OF
unfinished counterfeit coin I'm different parts OF
the house. Best proposes 10 turn states evidence.
intimating that he has accomplices In the east
who are interested with him in this business He
has been successfully "shoving the queer" I'm the
country towns for two weeks past Both he and
Hudson hint strongly OF their connection with
gangs operating from St Louis, Chicago, and New
York. Many Kansas towns have been worked for
the past six months. and among the counterfeits
thousands OF small coins are In circulation The
case eXciteS much attention, as IL is believed the
fountain head was struck In the arrest or Best and
Hudson.
Is He IssANE7-Edwln c. woodbury., confined
as a lunatc for over two years, was about 10 be
discharged as sane yesterday by the New York
supreme court chambers, when he objected.
claiming that his case should be tried by a jury.
He AYERS that he was a successful mechanic, and
that he read the Bible and found that charity
he began ~ giving away his property ana for doing
this he was incarcerated as a lunatic. His case
will be considered by a sherin's jury.
The NEW EPISCOPAL CHURCH of St Johns, &C
In the entire state, was Dedicated yesterday With
appropriate ceremonies, and In the presence OF an
rise Of people Tns WI were
Drs- Geo Leeds, j. Z Gramfner, c. W. Rankin, and
bard, Of Winchester, Va; Dougias OF Trinity
church, New York; Rich, OF Baltimore county.
fngie, OF Frederick, Nd Mott, Of Mount savage;
Roller, OF Martinsburg, W. Va Hall, OF Chambers
burg, Pa. Meade, OF Charlestown, W. Va, and Ed-
spire, beautiful, ad durable structure, rising to
the height OF ll6 feet was erected by MI. c. Q.
memory Of his S wife. Il 1s. $4,000 'ai'm0'e'
wbtes.. mas formed a subject for investigation BY
medical men for some time past was the theme
upon which DR.. Wesley Miller read an essay BE-
fore the New York Academy OF Sciences on Mon
day evening The essayist referred TO the recent
researches OF DIR. Koch, OF the imperial health de-
partment OF Berlin, who had found by microscopic
examination that the diseased organs OF consump-
tive men and animals were infested with parasites
By transferring the diseased matter 70 healthy
animals he reproduced the disease Hence he
claimed that by incubation, through a series o.
OF the bovine, means may be found 70
check the spread OF consumption by vaccination
similar to that now employed In checking smalh
pox.
W. B. Meeker Co., stock brokers at Broad
street. New York, notified the Stock Exchange at
~ O'Clock yesterday. OF OF their inability TO meet
their engagements This was an entire surprise,
and for . few minutes there was good deal OF ex.
element IN and about the stock Exchange.
The New YORK zstbsne pu01l1hes gtatement
change have expelled W. J. Hutchins0A, Of tho
nm OF Kennedy = HltcA1nscn. on changes q