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Is There No ReHaeGYl

10 tne Editor OF HE EVENING STAR:
Knowing your sentiments in regard to the treat
ment OF burglars l, as one Of much-abused and
long suffering community ask If nothing can be
done for its protection? In THE STAR of Friday
last is an account Of the trial, and conviction at
the Police Court, OF man named McGill, for bur
glary and assault with intent to kill, aggravated
by "a previous conviction and penltentiary SEN
tence." This McGn, it appears from the testimony
broke into the dwelling house of a Mrs Laid, in
Georgetown. opened no fewer than fifteen lock-
last places, appropriated the articles of value
therein, ransacked the whole house, and upon
being confronted on the stairway with his
booty on his person. added to the above crimes
coWardy assault with violence and at the point
or the pistol on defencelesS lady! And the SEN
tence imposed upon this convicted house breaker
cowardly assailant OF an unprotected lady, and
Wou!d-be murderer, was what? Seventeen months
and tWenty-n!ne days Imprisonment with an adj
ditional tnree months should the stolen property
above sentence likely to have preventive effect
on the large force of burglars now at large, and
daily and nightly engaged on their employment in
this city, or the contrary? Can no law be found
in this District to equivalently meet and punish
such crimes as the above, or is the vigilance COM
mittee to be the ultimate redress?
In Philadelphia lately, when a thief was cap
tured In the bedroom Of one OF our distinguished
French visitors and turned to the authorities
6y that courageous gentlemen, he wos at once in
dicted by the grand jury, tried convicted and SEN
fenced to III l remember rightly ten years in the
penitentiary, and all this on the next day after
the offense was committed, and for a crime by
many degrees less heinOuS than that perpetrated
by Mc(iill. Oh, for a week, day, an hour Of
Ph m law in this afflicted District!
capture OF criminals find 1t matter OF great diff
Guilty to obtain convictions from lack OF Sufficiently
strong evidence, but in the above case have
the conviction OF notorious burglar upon the
cleanest and strongest evidence, with the above
result. Comment is Superfuous; but oh! kind
STAR raise your voice and enfeavOr to help us to
an outraged community.
January q, 1882 A VICTIM.
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Ex-Minisfer Christiancy,s Grievance.
MORE ABOUT HIS CONFIDENTIAL LETTER TO sEcErARy


DETROIT, MICH, February 4-The Free Press Of
this morning contains a letter from eN-Ministsr
ChrlStiaRcy. of Peru, replying To some editorial
comments OF that paper on the recently published
diplomatic correspondence between the United
states and Peru After referring to editorial
comments in various papers Judge ChriStianCy
proceeds to say: "FirSt, then. never. ~ far as
recollect or believe wrote dispatch while minis
ter TO Peru. to Mr. Blaine rs Secretary OF Stte con-
tanning any o. the words or statements quoted I'm
your editorial OF to-day, or in Your former editorial
upon the same subject, or in the Chic ago Tribune,
above referred TO. dispatches as used in refer
ence To communications from public ministers 10
the secretary OF STATE or from htm 10 SUI minis
tcrS, mean formal C1i ial communications waich
are numbered In regular series and recorded I'm
the legation or State department from which they
are written. \ discreet Secretary Of state, when
any art OF the dispatch is called for for pubca-
ton, Is always supposed To exercise a sound dis
erection in Withholding from publication such dis
patches or parts OF them. the publication OF which
might be detrimentll 10 the public interest. Now
lne l4ct that man is a public minister Of the
l. s does not diyeSt him Of the right which
any other man his OF writing confidential letter
70 the man who happens IN be Secretary NJ State.
With these views concluded 10 write Mr. Blaine a
private letter, stating many things which did not
think proper for a dispatch. and to make sure az
having III treated as private and confidential. did
not address it To him Off tally. but simply 10 Hon.
Jas. @. Blaine. personally II was markej at the
top personal and confidential and near the close
said this letter must be treated as perfectly con-
fiIentfal for your own eye and that OF the Presi-
dent alone did not even copy il in the records of
tne legation, yet find that portions OF that letter
have been published, how or by whose authority I
40 not Know, some correctly and some incorrectly"
Noting some or the errors he complains that the
quotations from the letter make false implications
as 10 his views, especially with regard the pro-
tsctorate over Peru. Taken in connection with
the rest OF The letter. he says ii would seem he
only stating what he thought, and still thinks,
would be the result if one OF these courses dnter-
Vention or prOtectOrate) should not be taken, and
TO be adopted,
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Terrible Disaster In Virginia.


telegram from Coaifield,va., February 8, says:
An explosion occurred at Grove shaft OF the MidlO-
THAN coal mines, one and a half miles from here,
about O'Clock to-day. Thirty-two men were
caught in the shaft AMI there is little or no hope
that any oil them will be gotten out alive The gas
testers went down nearly to the bottom Of the pit
OF the smoke and gas,which was sufrocatng. They
report the pit afire. but viii try again in the morn
Ing to reach the uniOrtunateS. News OF the diSaS-
Ter rapidly spread, and soon a crowd had gathered
at the SHAFT, and the scene WAS most distress
ing, as nearly every one had some rela-
I've i've OF Trend among tae, buried miners
The cause OF the disaster is not positively known
Some attribute 1t to gas, others say the boiler in
the pit exploded. GeOrgelM. BoddS, the Superin-
tendent. states that the gas testers made an exam
1nation this morning and reported that there was
no gas TO burn. There is no doubt. however, that
those net killed by the explosion be sufOcated
with black damp and smoke, with which the pit is
trate. The shaft In which the explosion occurred
is nearly 600 feet deep, runDingrabOut three-quar-
tiers OF a mile In n lateral direction.
Infeo attempts were made by the Superinten.
dents, two brave miners, to est fblish cOmmuniea-
lion W th the doomed men, but without success
Insy tfied 70 unite the signa3 cord, which was
broken about AGO feet from the surface, but were
driven back by carbcnic acids gas. In despair
ABOUT O'Clock, all hope was abandoned. When
the men descended beyond 400 rect they listened
1or any sound, but all was silent as the grave
1Wehty-iour or Che thlrty.twO unfortunate men
were married. Soon their wives and children were
assembled around the mouth OF the AWFUL tomb
further Efforts to reach the bottom OF the mine had
10 DC abandoned, as there was danger OF a general
connagraton from the nres OF the engine boilers
Delow, II ventilation Was restored.
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The EsariseSS.

BALTIMORE. February 4.--yirginia ss deferred
1916 do. consols. 81: do. pas. due coupons, Ga do
new ten forties 80. bid day.
BALIlnORE. February Cotton quiet-n,id-
ding. lEs. Flour a,iet aud unchanged. Wheat
closed hsmer.s2nthsrn red 5saI 80; DO: amber. 43
winter red spot sssl ssk February. ssal .s9
March, III :sal42; April. IA . bid; May, i.45is.
Corn southern them quiet western hrmer but inactive
spet .Ssss'eaes'a March ess,;o; April 7Iea;2 May.
southern. sOa52; western white. 5la52 do. MIXED 5oa
81 Pennsy ivania. 5Oa52. Rye quiet 35a98 Has un
changed and duh. Provisions unchanged Butter
hrm-western packed, 1Sa44: roll. 25a30. Eggs firm
23a27; lined, lca20. Petroleum unchanged. Coffee
quiet Rio ear.soes ordinary to fair ssfass.. Sugar
quiet soft, 9s Whisky steady, l. 70. Frei,.hts to
Liverpool PER steamer unch.nged. Receiptsenour.
2 BIZ barrels wheat B. $40 busheI- corn bushels
oats. 2. 666 bushels, rye. nome Shipments wheat
13 OU0 bushels; corn, ). 00 bushels. Sales-wbeat
443, 900 bushels conn., 81. 100 bushels.
kxehanseoiong 1885,. do short. 49,. state bonds
new YORK, February Flour dun and weak.
Wheat heavy and iias. cent lower. Corn dull and a
shade easier. Pork dull and weak l7.OOs1s.2 rs Lard
LONDON. February :, 1890 p.m.-u. S. bonds.
AS, llts.. Atlantic and Great Western frat mortgage
trustees certificates 45l4 New Jersey Central first
rIortgage tonds. ZIG. Erie Ala. New York Central
i34la. Reading, 32i..
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The American Victorious.

SIUssUN WINS THE GKEAT BILLIARD MATCH.
SlossOn won the billiard match which terminated
In Paris, last night, he making a total of 3OO0
points Vignauxs total count was 1853
The attendance last evening Was gerry large.
At the commencement OF the play last evening
Vignaux declared that II he lost he would demand
revenge in an eight days game OF 1900 points.
SlossonsS average last night was thirty-tWo and
VignauxS twenty-stX. The enthusiasm shown
over the result: Is indescribable. There were re-
peated cries OF "Vive Slosson." The following
cablegram was posted at IL o'clock last night in
the billiard saloon OF George f. Sosson, In New
York. "Slosson wins the match with V1gnaux by
4o7 points, The saloon was crowded with eager
read cheer upon cheer was given for the Amer
lean victor
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The Courts.

COURT IN GENERAL TERN.
thursday, Block act Smith et al; arguments
concluded and cause submitted. Major agt Con.
ley; reading OF record commenced.
Yesterday. NaIlor agt. Comfy; hearing resumed.
Shiles ast. Wheeler; dismissed by order Of Shiles.
CIRCUIT CoURT-.JUdGe MocAy1h,u.
Thursday, Sayles agG Columbia Railroad Com.
pany; settled. stafford agt Lake; settled. Belt
agt Cocker; settled. Linger agt. DUNCAN; set
tied, each side 10 pay fits own costs Goodhart agt
De Wandelear; verdict for plaintiff Wilson agt
Bulloch ct al. (; verdict for plaintiff for s29l.19
Yesterday, Louisiana State Lottery company
agt. Clark; settled. Parker agt. Abner; on cal
endar. O'Neal agt Rollins; OF suggestion OF bank
ruptcy OF defendant suit ahated. United States
agt. Stirling & BaIlock; defendants called, and
judgment 81 600 and costs. Augherton agt. Deggs;
attachment quashed. Weaver agt Robinson
Bros: suit abate1. Hume agt. Thyson; suit 81
agreement Mcknight sgt Newhouse: plaintiff
called and suit dismissed. Clark agt feabower:
stricken from calendar. Adjourned till Monday.
EQUITY CoURr-Jndm Wyite.
Thursday, Soteld0 agt. Lyon; Petition OF Charles
ID. Bali denied. kropp agt kropp; divorce
granted.
EorIFY CoURT-yudge Vide
Yesterday, Boteler agt. Boteier; Testimony o.
dered taken before w. Fl. Harrison, examiner.
Wheeler agt Wheeler; appearance OF absent Dc.
fendaat rtiered. carmedy agt Fowler; Jude.
meDt again.t defendants for Sl3&M Page aG&
Burnss. &c. t:tsSa11ut.oa OF fund ordered Deacon
egt Mason: decree f0r foreclosure granted No.
toa agt Newrar: decres win. mat granted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-04

would have voted for the regular candidate sooner
nad they received the concessions they demanded.
they have posed as anti-monopolists simply as
something to justify their position. In which re-
spect they do not differ from other alleged reform
ers OF abuses AS regards republicans it is thought
had they been In position to do it.
ODDS AND ENDS
The Greek play OF Edfpms Tbyannas, which has
been at Booths since Monday, Will be presented
for the last time tomorrow evening.
"Has it proved a success?" Mr.. Frohrnan one of
the managers, was asked.
eyes, 1t has been all we expected. 1t was very
successful In Boston, although we had great deal
WAS it as well received here as there?"
sBetter. The theater has been filled every
night"
"Then 1t has proven theatrical success?"
III mas been more OF an artistic success than we
hoped: and 1t has been also financial success. -
VIII you take 1t anywhere elSe?''
NO this will end it. But such things are bene-
neal 10 the stage, and expect to bring out some
thing OF similar character next season."
Slosson's billiard room In 23d street has been an
attraction to billiard players and sporting men
SINCE the opening of the contest between S1osSon
ana V1gnaux at Paris When the returns were re-
ceFed last evening there were several hundred
men In the rooms. Others came and went several
high run made bV oo na Was recorded her Sa
loud applause, and also when the total for the
game thus far. The average play last night Of
30 A. by Vignaux is said to be the highest average
he has ever had; SoSSon's average was rs These
figures affected the betting very materially. In
the early part OF the evening s100 to $50 was offered
In favor OF SlosSon after the returns We're received
$1CO to $50 was offered.
1t would surprise outsiders to know the extent OF
tne interest manifested by the OF the best cir
cleS in New York in the forthcoming prize fight be-
tween Ryan and Sullivan. number of prominent
club men have organized an excursion to New Or
leans In order to see the fight. OstenSibly
they go for trip in the south, but in reality they
nave put their money up and want to see the mill.
Boston backs Sullivan heavily, but the New York
10 yN,rtn i'm
with confidence, because every one believes that
Paddy Ryan will either come off victor or stay
IN the ring till he IS killed. He never gives In.
Both men are In good condition now and the fight
promises to be memorable one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-04
Wall Street ye-day.

NEW YORK. February 4.-Tne Posts financial
article q 10 p. "A. edition> says: The Stock Ey-
ciiahge lnirketS are less active than YESTERDAY
United st teS ben is d lower for The EXTENDED
o., and otherwise unchanged. Railroad bonds are
steady 10 strong The net result OF Jc flGgtu fons
IN the market for speculative SHAFTS is decline OF
18al21 good part OF which has occurred in the
last houf. the marhet at one time III the morning
having been strong. Money on cYll is sac per cent
on stocks ana e.i3 per cent nited States bonds
Time money stocks il i'll active request at per
cent. Prime mercantile paper is sac per cent
The market for foreign exchange is dull ,,s usual
on Saturday. Posted Rates for prime bankers
sterling are UNCHANGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-04

THE ACCOUNTS OF A. NJ. GIBSON AND ". A..
Cook for services In the star route cases have been
sent to the Treasury department from the De-
partment OF Justice. They are approved by the
OF the Treasury, to whom the accounts
have gone, now has them under consideration.
In regard to Col. ". A. Cooks account, there
seems to be no difficulty in its being audited and
passed. In regard to A. M. Gfbscns account,
ther are several questions which viii have to be
settled before its gets through. Among them is
the point whether, as has been stated, Gibson has
received compensation for the same services from
the Post once department. II he has 1t would
bar his claim, under the revised statutes, for com
pensattOn from the Department OF Justice. An
other point Is, whether Gibson has ever been an
attorney regularly admitted 20 the bar The latter
y only minor point but Is aE1nea In the nnal al,
1ldecafaon a hi accounts under The Ian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-04

ANOTHER BABY ELEPHANr.-P. T. Barnum has
added another elephant to his already large stock
birth to female baby elephant st eight O'Clock
Thursday evening. Its weight is f0rty-five pounds
The other baby elephant weighed one hundred and
doing well -
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The Bllrned.Out Schools.
SHALL THEY GO?


The trustees of our schools will have difficulty
In providing Immediately suitable, or in fact any,
accommodations for the seventeen hundred or
more pupils turned into the streets by this fire
The trustees will, proba bly,, On Monday night
meet and endeavor to devise some means OF con-
nung these pupils in school but the outlook is not
promising. In South Washington, division No 4
of the public schools, the want OF additional
school room has been seriously felt since the open-
ing OF the schools last September. The sub board
OIL TINS dlVlslOn,-MeSSrS. Lloyd and Pearson
made great efforts at that time to procure able
rooms for their crowded schools. The four third
placed or hall time, and have been So contip Mt
much to the detrinent of those schools All the
four hrst-grade schools have been over-crowded,
as high as seventy in some cases being allotted to
single room Possibly the first story OF the JET
ferSOn ma be made sufficiently strong TO permit
tempors ~ roofing, and, II that is the case,
twelve schools may be continued for the
present In that building. Across the way from
the Jefferson Is Island hall; that may possibly be
put IN cond1Cl0n to accommodate rNur or SIX
schools A room or two may be had in the Pres
Dyterian church. On 9th street, near the Jefferson
The armory building, on the mall between 9th and
mO1ate eight or ten schools In the Friends
meeting house on II street. between 18th ana
there is furniture there suitable for An eighth
grade or grammar school.
OuSly oppose the erection OF any school building
on the site OF the jefferson long as the machtne
shops and locomotive houses or tie Pennsy lvania
twenty or thirty trains that daily pass the
schools continue to annoy and frequently entirely
suspend school operations on the site of the JefYer-
SON There are four or five tracks in front OF the
building, and new siding has just been added for
the accommodation OF Adams Express Company
Trains are halted and unloaded in close vicinity to
this now very Objectionable site for a school
building.
The Jefferson school Building Imsur>
aAces
The Jefferson school building was insured for
$4,000 and the furniture for s. 500 making s555OO
altogether, in the following companies: Franklin
Insurance Co and Firemen's Insurance Co., both
Of this city, for 5000 each; Hamburg Bremen
Fire Insurance Co, 5000 and g, $50 The furni-
ture; Hanover Fire Insurance Co., Bremen, s. 80
on furniture and S 600 on building; The Liverpool
q London Globe Insurance Co., SO, COO; Northern
Insurance Co. OF New York, 5000; Niagara Fire
Insurance Co.. 5000; the Potomac Insurance Co.,
OF Georgetown n, IS ,00O and the North German Fire
Insurance Co., OF Hamburg, for s 000 These COM
panieS are all reputable companies, and will be
notified by the District authorities to-day.
4l6d = hill fort divorce from chaa. Taylor, aiieG-
t1g n0n1uRport and adultery q his part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-04
Foreign Affairs.
The Kidnapped College Students,

ITHACA, n Y. February 4.-''he freshman sup
per last night was success. despite the efforts of
the So2hoGOreS TO Interfere with it, The kdnap-
ped freshmen Fulmer and Prescott were released
from durance about O'Clock this morning, too
late, OF course FOR the supper IL is asserted th1t
they haa been locked up in house Oh HeUst.s
street.
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LADIES' GOODS.
MRS. SELMA RUPERT.


COS 9th street. opposite Patent Office.
Complete stock of ZEPHYRS. CREWEL and GER
MANTOWN WOOL, ART FMBROIDERIES. and all
material for Fancy Needleworh.
Large assortment of LACES. LACE GOODS, RUFF
PINGS. HOSIERY, GLOVES, PRINCES and TRIM
MINGS.
STAMPING promptly executed. f2-3m
MISS ANNIE X. HUMPHREY,
430 TENTH STREET NORTHWEST,
MAKES CORSETS TO ORDER
in every style and material and guarantees perfect fit
and comfort.
She is sole agent for PATENT ''HERCULES' SUP
pORTlNG and for other invaluable Corsets including
the Patent Shoulder Brace and all Dress Reform Goods
Her own make ONE DOLLAR CORSET cannot be
Surpassed Eer stock of French Corsets is complete
and she has full assortment OF Ladies and Genteens
Furnishings at lowest prices
N.B--Freneh. German and Spanish spoken. f2-6t
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THE NEW YORK rock MARKER

The following are The oDening and closing gf1s =
OF the New York mock Mdfle; today. As req rss 4
10y special Wire 10 ILL., ii. Dodge, 55g 18TH street:
ODei.ilty. CloSiftg.Tlh
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The Virginia Wine Disaster.

RICHMOND, VA, February 4.-The Information re-
ceived here this morning from the Midlothian
mine disaster is OF most diScouraging nature.
There Is no earthly hope that any OF the entombad
are now alive. Every effort is being made TO enter
the pit but 1t VIII be impossible 10 reach the point
where the men were, for days, and perhaps weeks.
The explosion destroyed ali the apparatus, includ-
ing that used for ventilation, ana this VIII have TO
be replaced before successful operations can BE- re-
Sumed. As may be supposed, this frightful calam-
ity has cast the deepest gloom over the
village Of Midlothian. where most of the miners
nave Their homes The majority CT the yictiiaS
were married men, and Ia many cases their iami-
lies are lett without support and dependent upon
cnarty. VIM. III. Marshall, the "Dottom boss. y
was the son OF an old English miner, brought here
10y the English company operating the mines ii ty
years ago. He was aged 10. and had a vie and
lCur children. James f. Hall. the deputy bottom
bosS. was native OF Chesterfield county, ana was
ahout 40 years OF age The two JeHettS were
young men. and sons OF English miners Joseph
Cournicw was OF Welsh extraction. His father
was Killed in an explosion in The same shaft IN
1876 John Norris. aged 20. was the son OF a blind
EhSIishhaii' VINO lost his eyes III the pits.
The Body 0f Another Victim Found
New YORK, February About II O'Clock an
other body WAS found in the ruins OF tie Nassau
street fire. II lay Ike the other, near the Times
building and was lying facegdownward. II WAS
apparently OF larger stature taan the first body
found. IL was unrecognzable, but is supposed 10
be the body Of a man, probably one OF the en-
Royes OF the n Y. O1Serrer Office, who is missing.
THIS body was also removed TO the morgue after
being viewed by the coroner.
Sentenced.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., February 4.-Michael Camp
bell, who was convicted OF killing bis wife. WAS to-
day sentenced to years in the state prison.
Spread Of Smallpox i'm Virginia.
PETERSBURG, VA. February 4-Smallpox has
broken out in a thickly settled section of Notto-
way county, in this state. A hospital has been
established for the accommodation OF the patients.
Foreign Affairs.
THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, February 4.-The Empress of Austria
mas arrived at Dover, and viii proceed ~
Cheshire.
THE EGYPTIAN CABINET CRISIS.
CAIRO, February 4-Afternoon.-A ministry has
not yet been formed.