Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-03
 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.


 one of the trustees.
 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
 The Work of Congress -- Appropriation
 Work Nearly DoDe--The Garfield Me-
 moriaI ChUrch-Other Matters,
 WASHINGTON, July 2.-It is expected the House will lnish its work or all the appro- priations this week except so far as relates to action upon the Senate's amendments To morrow will be individual suspension day." and il is expected a large number If bills will be passed under suspension of the rules. Mir. Bingha will try to secure final action on the bill adjusting the salaries of letter car riers. Tuesday and Wednesday will be de- voted to discussion of the naval appropria- ton bill. The sundry civil appropriation bill will probably be disposed of by the end of this week. Earnest efforts are being made to secure 8 reduction of the tax on sugar be- fore adjournment circular will tomorrow be placed on the desk of each member setting forth that sugar is an article of prime neces- sity to everyone; that the present tax IS ex- ! cessive, onerous, unnecessary and leads to adulteration that it is not necessary either l for the protection of the Louisiana planters l or revenue, and that @ reduction would be | felt in every household. - ] After the House yesterday discussed the naval 1 appropriation bill the Speaker pressnteda mes- l sage from the President, returning without his l approval the bill to regulate the carriage of i passengers by cc4 While expressing azse~-.~- 1 tire sS mpathy with the objects of the bill he l points out three serious defects in 1t. The l first is the of the words "uppermost l d. cks " ignoring entirely all reference to the l IL m s-I. oI1 4l~1 | modern vessels are provided. The second is l the requirement. of seven clear feet of height | between decks, and the third Is the require l ment of list of passengers being furnished | before the vessel clears. This would be i'm l practicable in the case of steamers where new l passengers coming on board up to the
 last moment. The practical result of the law l would be to subject all ocean steamers to 1 great losses and to restrict immigration. A | good bill of the same character correctly | phrased would receive his prompt assent as 8 | public necessity and blessing
 | The public debt statement shows a reduc-
 tion for the month of $12. 56O, 696. 70 and for
 the year of $l51 ,6S4, ,351. 26.
 The Repu6Licah, of this city, says that 8
 resident of Washington visited Captain How l gate last Sunday in Syracuse, to arrange with | him about foreclosing certain mortgages up- | on property in this city and in Maryland. in l which the fugitive has an interest This | gentleman said that Howgate after escaping | from the bailiff at his house, went to the Riggs
 House, hired carriage there, and drove to a | private house, where he remained several l days He then went to New York on the night of April 21. remained there till May ! go, then went to Troy, and reached Syracuse
 we' k ago. He added that the fugitive was
 not in straitened circumstances, but was en- toying all the comforts of life, and could not
 be found til the day of his trial, when he
 would appear and answer to the charges now
 pending against him.
 Guiteau's DIshonored Grave-The As
 sassin Buried in the Jail Corrtdor-A
 Funeral Without Show or Ceremony. WASHINGTON, July 2.-According to tn
 law, the disposition of criminals bodies il
 the District lies with the warden, and so i, l accordance with the determination of War
 den Crocker, arrived at after conference
 with John w. Guiteau and Rev. Mir. Hicks
 the remains of President Gardeld's assassin ) were inferred yesterday afternoon in tn
 northeast corridor of the jail. John W. Gui teau feared that they would not escape tn , ''body snatchers'' if they were buried else where, while Mrs. Scoville, the only othe
 near relative, was unable to bear the expeese 1 of sepulture. The corridor in which Guitea was buried is upon the opposite side of tn 
 l hanged, and from the window of the cell i ' which he was confined one can look dow : upon his grave. The brick flooring re :, moved yesterday morning and grave fee @ deep was dug. At four o'clock in the after
 noon the coffin containing the body C l Charles J. Guiteau was borne from the chaI @ el upon the shoulders of six of the jail prii f oners, and without any service c r | ceremony whatever lowered II s to this grave and buried from sigh
 | T~h l. w. Guiteau, Dr. Hicks, Warden Crocker an 1t son, Mir. Wright, the undertaken; Mr. Wart Q the engineer of the jail; Deputy Wards r. Russ, Captain Crocker and the six prisoner ). who acted as pail bearers The coffin WE @ closed Friday evening, and no one has sine IS been permitted to the remains. Mir le Scoville, accompanied by Miss Chevallier le arrived at the jail shortly before o'cloe l. and importuned the warden to be allowed a. see the remains and witness their buria ,f General Crocker, however, remained firm re his determination not to accede to her r le quest, and after a few minutes she retur nc ,h to the city, leaving number of flow as pieces which she had brought with her al of which she expected to place upon the gray
 As the body was being taken down the stel
 leading from the chapel to the cent
 rotunda of the building the mourners- n, rather witnesses-stood near to the do at leading to the northeast rotunda and as ~ was taken down the flight of steps leadii "' from the rotunda to the brick floor of u es corridor they silently filed in behind the co at vict pail bearers. Arrived at the grave u Ie little procession halted, Warden Crocker loo O ing inquiringly first toward Dr. Hicks al ' then to John w. Guiteau. "All right" sa he the latter, with the same imperturbable col D. posture that he has exhibited all through t ,is ordeal of the past three days, and the cof ,, was at once lowered to it's place. After t A ear ad been replaced and the top of t at gravx7 levelIed of John w. Guiteau stepp sn forward and placed at it's head 8 crown ,d white imnhorteles. Not word was spoke . not tear was shed. An outcast from hum sympathy when living, Guiteau had found OK unwept sepa palture iii an unmarked grave
 Rev. Mir. Hicks preached to-day on sh subject of the pardoning power of Chri IS and said Christ able afqd willing to p nd don even the greatest of criminals--~W Wh lg- he did not mention the mas
 in or speak directly of the event
 he it was clear that the whole discS
 1t, to them. He said, among othefy