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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09
THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.


Mr. Geo. ( Waring, OF Newport, In his report
upon the sanitary condition OF the White House,
submitted to the bolrd OF army engineers In New
York, recommends two very radical changes In
the character OF the building.
j. The entire abandonment o: the basement OF
The building as living rooms for servants ana the
conversion OF the large ce.nmoiiOus attic into
dormttorieS.
. The house stands near the summit OF gently
Siopi1g nil, OF Walch the soil is o. an extremely
porous character. lt is beyond question that from
Tue leakage OF the fountain basin and of the water
plnt-S, drains and sewers by which the house is
surrounded, the S0il under the building l. In a
STATE oil more or less complete saturltion-a sltu-
ration not entirely due To clean water. Some OF
thsoutfr drains, and especially the main sewer
under the center OF the building have been leaking
foul matters for many Years This heavy
saturated soil bears not only the found ltion walls
o. the building, but the very floor itself OF the
basement story It is recon- nenled as a most i'm
port3nt sanitary measure that the whole strur-
tare be supporter on piers ana gF3inai arches OF
the pest con ,tracton. TO secure q cumnIefe Sepa-
ration between the ground and the build ne. 1t
Wouiu be an advantage tf this construction could
be eXtended To include the areas at the north side
ana the ends or the house. In addition to the
sanitary condition OF the Executive Mansion ITSELF
ana oi Its immediate drainage work. the problem is
complicated by external condiHOnS OF a serious
character, the most important OF which is the con-
dtIon OF the ktdwrll dttS; and the second is the
low and saturated condition OF much OF the city
lying south OF Pennsylvania avenue, and OF the
lower part OF the hill on which the Executive
Mans on stands. The third defect Is that the
dfan ige irom the higher part OF the city has be-
come converted into a flow OF foul sewage,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

fkRklBlE DEST1TCTIoS OF FLOOD srFFFRHRs
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, March q.-M. e. Harris who
was sent down TO Dcsha county by Gov. Churchill
70 AID in distributing government supplies 20 pCf-
sons rehdered destitute by the overflow returned
.tSteruaS. In an interview with n rCpoltnr M
sald that along The river front OF Desha county
lWtnles IN lengrh, the destitution Il beyond de-
scripton. The water has reached an unnr,sre-
athted height scarcely a farm hcuSe or residence
on the bottom has escaped the inundation. TIE
people nave been compelled 10 build ialSN doors in
their houses or 10 seek safety on higher lands
where, In rudely constructed camps OF brush
olghS aud cane they SIT and wait Tor starvation
ana death. Is Is appalling, and without govern
ment AID, liberaily and quickly bestowed, there is
no teltlng where " VIII Cnd. Many persons have
oten feeding on the carcaSSas OF drowned cattle
PERSONAL Investigation, aS well as the assurances
OF respectable gentlemen, convinced Mr.. Harris
that not less than 60 families averagnC ,,ix per
sons to each, I'm DeSh3 county alone. ara deren-
uehl upon the charity OF the government. He be-
HNcd II 10 be no 'laggrr3tipn 10 place gross num-
Dr, olh ANA young. ~ 35o1 The indie al inns point
10 "A long continuance OF the overflow the most
Sshgniae hardly daring g hope for It's subsistence
before May.
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Affairs in West Washinrtoa.

THE POTOMAC CoMPANY's INSURANCE ON TpR Jrr
fERSos iIE school Br!LpiNG-At Regular tneetin OF
the board Oh directors OF the Potomac Insurance
Company yesterday afternoon the sacrei.ry was
aire,tel to pay the loss on the jefferson school
Commissioners that it would have been p1ld q, r.
ler had the proof OF loss been sent sooner A
cneck LOT tne amount was sent to the Commits
SiOnarS yesterday.
TIE FIRE ALARM BELL-The vestrymen OF St
johns church u. E) Yesterday notified TIE
SUPERINTENDENT Oh the fire alarm telegraph
70 remove the wires connecting the bell Oh that
church with the fire alarm.
CANAL IhPRovEMENrs-Fourte locks, seven on
the Georgetown division and seven on the Cu;nber-
End dlv.Sion, have been heightened from 100 to
2C0 feet in the clear. The locks are l6 feet wide
ana 10 feet dep The work has been one of con-
Siderable difficulty. Excavation had first t. be
made in mud and water to solid ground when n
foundation of small stone and gravel was put in
and covered with timber. Tie sides were cribbed
entrance Is twenty-four feet long, and the cribbe
sides eight feet high. the bottom teinr Dayrd
There were AGO perch OF stone and 10000 feet OF
lumber USED IN the new part OF each lock. The
gaze dividing the old portion from the new will be
retained, to be used in case but canal boat is
passing through at one time. The other locks on
the nrst or Cumberland division are near comple-
tion, and IL Is expected to turn on water in this
division 10y the 18th inst. The Borden and Central
Goa! comnan1es are now loading boats at C,imber-
iand, and the American company is about to begin
In order to be ready when navigation is opened
quite so far advanced but will be all ready by the
25th inst ~ ~
AS heretofore stated the water will be drawn off
the Ge0rgetoWn level OF the canal Saturday night
next, ana il is expected will be let In again on the
saturday night following. The coal men fear some
delay In the coal shipments by canal by reason Of
the action or The companies with reference to the
miners. They hope Tor the best, however and
think az most the trouble will be OF short dura-
tion the impression is pretty general that a
strike will be the result, and that it will be mat
ter OF endurance between the miners and their EN-.
ployerS.
VAcc1NAT1oN.-Dr. suter, the physician to the
poor in this place. is kept pretty busy In the after
noon In vaccinating the school children
HIGH TIDE.-March 10, II :l9 a NJ; IL rs p. m.
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Reported for THE EVENING STAR
THE DUPLICATE COUP0N.-The duplicate coupon
mentioned in THE STAR, has led to an investiga-
ton Of the matter, which will be determined to-
day. The two coupons OF the same bond, both
marked rs" reads one "Jan'y 1882 and the other
"Ju'y 1882" and they purport TO come from the
same 81 GOO bond which belongs to Mr.. Huntley,
OF Washington. count by Deputy Auditor Iden-
sen made this morning shows that there are IS
$1,000 city bonds, and that counting this coupon
there sc coupons. 1t is not unlikely July coupon
has been cut off by mistake, but the July COUPONS
have July, and not "Juy" upon them.
CORPORATION CoURT.-The March term Of the
corporation court closed yesterday afternoon at 5
oc:ock. No issues We're tried during the term.
The next term. which will be one OF the most In
teresting quarterly courts OF the year, will be
opened on the first Monday in April.
REFORTER'S NOTES.-Offieer John IaWler is in a
critical condition with pEeumOnia.-Rev. Father
Clarke, Sd, formerly OF Georgetown, is now
drawing large congregations by his sermons at
st. Mary's church Wednesday evenings
Virginia conference OF the N. E church in now in
session at Manassas, 8 miles above here, and is
attended by members OF that church here--The
m. r. church here Is represented by Rev. Mr..
Treadway and lay delegate Pettitt at the confer
ence now In session in Baltimore, and the NJ. z
church south by Rev. Mr. Kern and others at the
conference in session at Frederick sburg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09
District Government AfSa irS.

The total mortality In the District OF Columbia
Tor the week ending Saturday. March 4, 1882 was
luz, being more than FOR the week preceding or
at the rate OF q. a per 600 per annuIn.
THE WASHINGTON AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD COM
PANY BILL.
The District Commissioners to-day sent reply
10 Hon. Ii. S. Neal, chairman OF the House COM
mittee for the District OF Columbia stating that In
the case OF II. r.. bin 2,935 .sTo authorize the
washington and Atlantic Railroad Company TO
extend a railroad into and within the District of
Columbia" the Commissioners have the honor TO
report that the company have not as yet furnished
any surveys OF the line proposed, and they uhe
Comm!S>l3nerS) are therefore not informed as To
the details OF the proposed line SO far as the part
or The line which lies in the county is concerned
tnlS may not be necessary, but as the road pro-
poses TO oc upy the entire front OF Georgetown
and OF Washington, as far To the east as the foot OF
l1th street, the company should be required TO pr
snt detailed plans before any action l. taken upon
tier charter. The Commissioners further think
tndt the time OF beginning work upon the road as
defined in Sec 8, should not be longer than one
year. IL Is possible that any steam railway ope-
rated in the valley OF Rock Creek may interfere
with the National Observatory, and the Conmis-
S3nerS recommend that proper advice be taken as
u such probable eifect. TIE company has not
presented any evidence 10 its blty TO construct
tie proposed road, and the CommiSSi ionerS are not
advised as to tie standing and responsibility Of
the lncOrporators. They return the BILL
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DEPARTURE OF MR.. sC0yILLE-DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CoRKHIIL ON THE BILL or EXCEPTIONS.
Mr.. Scovlle left for Chicago last night, with tho
understanding that he would return here next
Thursday, to finally settle the bill OF exceptions
In the Guiteau case.
District Attorney CorkhDl finished the examina.
ton OF the exceptions to-day. "a large portion OF
them." he said to q STAR reporter, "refers 20 tho
medical testimony. have gone over these excep.
tions very carefully with DR. Gray. IL II remark
able fact" observed Mr. CorkhiI, "tbat there ls no
exception TO any part OF Dr. Gray's testimony.
None could be TAKEN"
"Oo the exceptions amount to anything?" asked
the reporter.
"The exceptions in my Judgment" replied tho
district attorney, ado not constitute any error In
the world. Tomorrow Judge Porter. Mr.. Davidgo
and myself Will go over them again finally, to deter
mine upon the character OF them. IL there is dif-
ference OF opinion between counsel for the govern
ment and Mr. Scoye, ft win be lett for the court 20
settle. Probably the exceptions will be argued in
the General Term some time In April expect 70
ask the court TO set them specially for argumene
some time in April"
"Then would the execution have TO be pat.
poned7"
sNo.n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

A Will. CAsE.-To-day, IN the Circuit Court
Judge MacArthurl. the case OF Brown agt. Curtin
and Messrs. Donohue and f. Bean for defendant.
This Is q case originating In the Probate Court to
determine the validity or paper purporting to be
the VIII OF the late Patrick Brown, made on Sep
tember Sd, 1SS1-the issues sent here to be tried
being, first, whether the paper in question Is the
Jast VIII; second. whether the teStatOr was of
sound and dispOstng mind and memory capable OF
executing valid deed or contract; and third,
whether at the time OF executing the paper he
was not unduly Influenced by one Margaret Gro
min, beneficiary under the will The plaintiff is
the only son OF deceased, and was left in the will
but So and the DEFENDANT is the executor, Marga-
ret Cr0nln, the principal beneficiary. being n
niece The son, who came home few days be-
fore the fathers death, fsglsIUns
Of the will. nle6 q caveat raistnS the ISSUES
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Wariike News by Cable.
IMPENDING CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND AUS

LONDON, March "A Constantfnople dispatch to
the Times says it Is feared In official circles tlat
war between Russia and Austria Is inevitable. The
question OF calling out the reserves is being ser
ously discussed. IL has at least been decided in
principle that some preparatory measures should
be taken. The exaggerated apprehensions OF the
palace party cause them 70 look fayorably on Q
Impeachment with Austria.
AN ALLEGED PRUSSIAN SPY ARRESTED IN FRANCE.
PARIs March S.-The Paris announces that q
Pru5San spy has been arrested at the railway Sta-
tion of Brotteaux, suburbs OF Lyons. A numbcr
OF maps and plans vi defensive works Were found
In his luggage. He stated that he WAS captain
IN the German army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

DEEDS IN FEE have been recorded as follows:-
H. j. Frost TO L. Schmidtmann, lot 49, So 5l7 g. leo
]. b. Tree ct al to Lambert Tree equal quarter OF
south half 8, 50. 3sS; 81 500 A. Hyde ct al, trus-
tees, to w. ". Corc0ran, lot s, SO, IS; g.. Il. s.
Page TO George Lethrop Bradley, suit. q, q. ~;
$.,6o0 Johanna Blaney TO Brt1get Doherty, east
part IL, 50. 500; ts00l 10 A. l. Merrimon ct al,
trustees, to w. Il SAeeaaakef, pau @ BealtS Addis
ti0n TO GeOrgetOWns fa,00l
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Affairs i'm Teyos


SHOOTING scRAPE-BEApTIFUI snow.
GAtN ESToS, March "a Special dlS,latrh from
Enc,nlS. TO the NtrS, says difficulty occurred as
fpTl EWcl last saturday, In which a prominent
Stothh4h. named Bur,e, seized pistol and rushed
upon an Old man nam 4 Stuart, VINO was "A cripple
In the confusion tAst followed BURKE was Shot
MORALLY from behind by some person Hnh nown.
special dispatch to the Mars, from Dtiias saws
lew nakes OF SNOW lell there ycStPrday. -Four
,hch, , c[ snow are reported 10y passen GERS from
bCNOnd Fort Worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09
Bu,ines~ Failure i'm arkau.,s.

FINE BLUFF, ARK, March 9-An assignment has
been made by Austin Atkinson a Co. general
merchants. Their liabilities are $4,000. and Their
assets IN goods ana accounts $f0Ge9. The princi-
pal creditors OF the firIn are Al. a {. Newman of
New orleans. $4,000; Cans Arnold & Co. OF Phila-
deiphia. $1,000; Bamberger. Bloom & Co. OF Louis
York, 81, ,eoo and Ely Walker & Co., St Louis ssS3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09
Philadelphia De.ec.iye Corp. Abolished

PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-By order OF Mayor
King The entire detective department OF Philadei-
pnla was abolished this morning. All the detae-
yves except Levy were notified that their r'Signa.
tons would be accepted to-day Detectives Lew.
callahan and Uunser VIII be retained as special
Officers Chief Detective Tryon and others cCBl.
pl1in that they have not been afforded a hearing
by which they could have thoroughly Viniicaied
themselves from the charges publicly made.
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kilograms to The Star.
METHoDIsTs IN COUNCIL.
PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.
A SPECK OF WAR In EUROPE.
The Body FOuu<,

PEORIA, ia, March e-The remains OF John
Glover, who was buried 10 the depth OF five fcot NV
The cavlng In OF cesspool in which he WAS work.
ing were reached after worknen had been engagpd
over twenty-tour hours In removing the earth
The body was found IN a sitting posture The
coroner's jury found that GloyVr's death was the
result OF his careiessnesS in not properly curbiny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09
Lynch Law ia New WeSjco.


IH"Eh fhIsUNhhs HANUED BY A MOB AND TWO
REA1EN.
ALBUQUERQUE. " NJ, March e.-At Los Iunas
yesterday, Charles Shelton, John Redmond and
Harry French were taken from 1aii and hanged IN
an adjacent tree 10y M ISkcd men shelton MUIR
dcred Foreman WOsirun last fail: Redmond Killed
James Mcpermott in January last, at Gallon. on
the Atlantic and Pacilc Railway. French M az
sampson, was one OF a band of desperldocs who
Killed Deputy Sheriff jones' at Cranes The mob
also TOOK Two negroes from the lall, beat them un-
lnefcltuliy, and then turned them loose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

About O'Clock yesterday afternoon Joseph
Grinder, an employe OF the Baltimore and Poto-
mac Rlfiroad Company, while engaged Ia coup
ling cars on eth street. near Maine avenue, had hlo
side badly crushed By the cars closing on him He
Wss removed 10 his house. corner OF ID and q
streets, whore DR.. Ford Thompson rendered surYt.
cal aid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
were Senator Lapham, Representatives Wads-
worth, Reid, Hardenbergh, Luna, Heilman Jor-
genSen, Petttgrew, Butterw0rth and Houk, and Col
Rail-. OF ALASKA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

THE Secretary OF the Treasury has directed a
suspension OF the collection of taxes-amounting
to about s5O0,C00-due on Reading railroad pay
certificates"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

CHTIIAN BRAG.-A translation has been made, at
the Navy department, of extracts from Gillian
papers, which speak In anything but compliment
airy terms of the United States A cartoon, in one
OF the papers, represents the q. s. navy as an old
tub, blown high in the air by the Chilian navy,
with the remark, "We can beat the Yankees every
time,' or words to that effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve
nue., $SS1, ,7S370; customs, $es4,07s29.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELs.-The Alert left
Hong Kong on the 10th Of January, anchored at
Saigon, China, on the 22d and left for Bankok on
the 25th. The Swatara left Kobe on the 10th OF
FEBRUARY ana arrived at Yokohama on the 12th
captain Woodward, of the Yantic, reports his ar
rival at Pensacola on the 5th instant. After re-
ceiving coal and provisions the Yant1c Will con-
Clnue her cruise along the Mexican coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

GEN. THOMAS j. BRADY is a member OF the re
ception committee for the complimentary recep-
tion rendered the Indiana congressional delega-
tion tonight by the Indiana republican club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

GOVERNMENT MECHANICS AFyER THEIR BACK
ment In the navy yards and np public buildtngA
etc. whose representatives called upon the Presi
dent yesterday, requesting him to enforce the
that having had to work ten hours per day six
months IN the year, when Congress has decided
tnat eight hours is q days work. the government
ployes OF the navy yard in this city state that Gen.
Butter has consented to pfose tt their claims for
the claims to collect Papers have bsen opened
In the hye bureaus OF the yarl and nearly all the
1n0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-09

MIDsHIPMAN F. W. Kellogg, serving On board the
Portsmouth, has been ordered before the examin.
ing board at the navy yard for examination fol
navy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-14
PILES! PILES! PILES
A Sure Cure Found at Last! No
One Need Suffer!

a sure Cure for Blind, Bleeding,
Itching and liberated Piles has
been discovered by DR.. William, IAN
Indian Remedy, called DR.. VIII
liam's Indian Ointment. A single
box has cured the worst chronic
cases of % or thirty years standing.
No one need suffer five minutes
after applyingt wonderful sooth-
ing medicine. | lions, instruments.
and electuaries 40 more harm than
good. Williams O. ltment absorbs
the tumors, allays the intense itch
ing, particularly at night after get
ting warm IN Ded),acts as a poultice,
gives instant relief, and is prepared
only for Piles, itching of the private
parts, and for nothing else
Read what the Hon. J. NJ. Coffin
berry, of Cleveland, says about DR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment: |
have used scores of Pile Cures, and
it affords me pleasure to say I have
never found anything which gave
such immediate and permanent re-
lief as DR.. Williams Indian Oint-
ment.
For sale by all druggists OF mailed
on receipt of price, Sl.0O.
HENRY & Co., PRoP'Rs,
Cleveland, D.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-14

raj marriage it was natural, and in
accordance with the law of God.
The Legislature of Utah had fire.
quently been solicited to interfere
with this law of God; but it
dared not do it, for they had
sworn to do nothing in opposition to
the Constitution of the United
States, and to interfere with Gods
ordinance in this matter would be
to violate their oaths. The princi-
pie was established by the Lord
and it would never be oYertnrown.
any more than baptism and the
other ordinances would be over
thrown. The Saints should have
no fear, except the fear that they
might disobey and betray the Lord.
The choir sang an anthem, and
Elder George Reynolds pronounced
the benediction.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
Twill cure your cold.

An exchange says: The Republican
disasters in Ohio, Kansas, Iowa and
Indiana, can be traced directly to pro-
hibition crankism; but who can say
that the same thing was not the cause
Of every other state except New York
and Pennsylvania, and even in those
states, to a great extent? Remember
that Senator Plumb of Kansas, in q
fit of cheap demagogism, offered res
olution in Congress in favor of nation
al prohibition. This was warning that
the whole country was in danger of
being afflicted with the Kansas bad
disorder, and the people, thinking
prevention better than cure, swamped
the party that fostered and encour-
aged the nuisance. The republican
party will now have all it can do to
get on its feet again, and will quit
fooling with crankism for some time
to come.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

A Rock creek, Klickitat county, farmer
has raised 300 turkeys this fall for market
The city marshal of Walla Walla is or.
dering suspicious characters to leave town.
Fall crops in the vicinity of Wallula look
exceedingly well, grain being ten inches
high.
The Walla Walla police made forty ar
rests during October, and $493.75 in fines
and costs was levied.
Three Indians attempting to rob Wm.
Masterson near Walla Walla recently he
fired upon them, killing q son Of Chief Lolo,
one of the Snake Indians.
Heavy building operations are in progress
in the upper Columbia basin, nearly every
hamlet having frem two to hundred houses
in course of erection.
Mr.. w. H. Winser, chief of the bureau of
information of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, is now making q tour of the sound
in company with Baron Won Schilling, q
railroad engineer in Germany.
Mr.. G. H. Foster is now cutting timber
on section near Bush prairie, Thurston
county, where many trees are felled capa-
BILE of afordiug single logs scaling 5000 feet
of lumber.
Fabulous tales are told of the fertility of
the soil in Whatcom county. A resident
whose veracity appears undoubtsd, states
that one clover field which was cut three
times during the past season, produced in all
IL tons Of hay, aud that q field of potatoes
yielded on an average 700 bushels per acre.
The British ship Pleiades. which left Ia
coma in August for Valparaiso, Chill, lum-
Der laden, has not been heard from since.
It ia feared that she was disabled in the
same storm experienced by the Hope, that
was obliged to put into Honolulu for re-
pairs.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
NOTICE.
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office,
Vancouver. w. T.. Nov. %, 1882.
Complaint having been entered at this Of
fee by Peter Donnelly against Olof Rondoll.
for abandoning his Homestead Entry No.
2266, dated Dec. %, 1877, upon the south u Of
south east u, Sec 9, Town north. Range
east, In Skamsnla county, W. T., with view
to the cancellation OF said entry; the said
this Office on the Doth day OF December, 1882,
at O'Clock p. NJ, to respond and furnish tcs-
timony concerning said alleged abandonment
FRED w. Sparkling, Register.
30nov5 8. w. BROWN, Receiver.