Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-31
Condensed Locals,

MI w y Snort has received. from Boston, @
beautifully engrUSSei memoriam from DeNoiay
Commindery. Knights Tenplar, of that city, with
regard To the death OF the late President Garfield
with Request that he present the same TO Column
hi.t CO!iiulaidtry No. ,. OF this city.
The meeting OF the WOmenS Evangelical Union
Temperance Association. held at the Dashaway
Reform tiGb room, last evening, was addressed by
MIS- ChalnberS. MeSSTs- Boyd, Lee, Hall, SOmer-
Vile and others.
house 10y Judge Smell Tor 30 days in default OF $40
line, for making an Indecent exposure OF himself
Oh south Carolina avenue southeast, sunday after
neon.
The board of directors Of the National Fair
Association last night instructed the committee on
exhibitions 10 report, at the next meeting, as TO
dates and details o! arrangements OF the annual
fair To be- held In the fail.
The National Rifles gave an exhibition drill in
front OF the Arltpgton Hotai Yesterday arfernoon
Afterwards they marched 10 the b. d z. depot.
Where they rendered warm welcome to private
r. j. L&uritZCn, on his return from Europe, ana
escoriing HIM to Amans, entertained him at a
I'M collation..
The Court in General Term and The Equity Court
meet Tomorrow.
Mr. Holmes E. O1iey had fall last night and
broke his leg.
Jackson Yates was excused as Juror in the
Criminal Court yesterday, and +. y. DOoley. = ID.
CastieInan, Isaac Fadg-tt and John A. Prescott
were summoned anu accepted as jurors-thus COM
The merchants of this city are preparing me-
mortal. very nnerously signed, protesting against
the repeal of she present law ulatng the licens-
Ing OF commercial brokers' so as to reduce the
license tax from 300 10 f25 non-resdents Of the
s.
ihe TAX Is now uniform on residents and non-resi-
dents alike.
Officer Howell, of the the first police precinct,
states that In the arrest OF the two colored youths
who escaped from the reform school. and the
ARRAY which followed between one of the boys
and NJ. Parker, reported in Yesterday STAR
he pio"elp did nome of the shooting, as he had no
pistol.
TIE KEPoRTED COALITION BETWEEN THE CANAL
COMPANY AND TIE B. o. COMPANY TO DELAY
TIE w0Rk-WHAT SENATOR GORMAN SAYS
THERE l. NOTHING THE REPORT-THE WORK
TO BE FINISHED IN SEASON FOR BUSINESS
The following, in the Washington correspon-
dence Of The Baltimore Anericon yesterday created
Some disluietude i'll business circles in Washing
ton and Georgetown yesterday:
"A petition has been prepared and signed by the
terland coal regions sIr,sei 10 the pred r aud IN
rotor OF the Chesapeake ard ONO caral pr.Vig hat
iii tire eSteIsve work - he undertaken the canal
eGgshen locks Sc hs, the Wcrk Be ' SO arrlnr.
That NO more locks he torn than be completed by
was forwarded 10 President German lay. i he rea
,is work has b. projected ard til humber Of worR
hie etis e ~ reIreSentAiises OF the coal ecmpa
ihrdurhoHt the e IeBh - m 70 ca ,eJr on ,he i6fks
the work OF lnxthelin will be beun Under the cir
SStance- u : clearly apparent that the locks viii not
he completed until the far advanced and
the Of co by the boats during that portion
81 th. ear when 1t Is most protab both the boat
tssre H. Of r%arss no gr2uI as yet to accuse the
of
things strongly suggests that coalition has been
ono raosd cohTaSS for the se eat ts RE and md
latter IN moving coal from the Cumberland fields
STAR reporter was dispatched TO Senator Cor
with this extract, 10 inquire as 10 what foun-
dalton existed for it After reading the extract
Senator GOTmaP replied:
There Is no s6<,h petition. or If there IS, / have
never heard OF IT, There Is not the slightest fOun-
ddtlon In the wOnd for the statement and some
Nan has been drawing very freely upon his inagl-
LatlOD."
"But. senator as ed the reporter. show about
the work on the canal? Is that progressing salts
Idctory?"
SsnltOr Garman-ssI have had charge O, the
Canal Tor ten years and have never failed 10 get all
repairs finished In time for the opening of navga-
tion All the repairs are necessarily made when
the water Is out Even In the winter OF ISL when
thf canal was torn all To pieces and everybody
said II was Impossible 10 get Il in shape in time for
business, We did Il, and the worn then was incom-
pdTably heavier than that now in hand
StaT-"AS To the inSinDatl0n Of a coalition with
thu h. and o. railroad, what OF that?"
Senator Gorman-"lt is simply prepOsterous.
too absurd 10 talk about. The r. and o. railroad
his nothing whatever 10 do with the canal. have
ho doubt that our PREPARATIONS To give increased
ldciillIeS OF transportation ut reduced rates
IioqDles the railroad company considerably. But
VI have nothing 10 do with that
STAR-"Ihe tuoinuatI9n Il that the railroad had
out OF the way rival
senator Gornan-.'Tnat Is absurd. II is orr
interest To DE- ready Tor work when navigation
opens, and W. AaNe never failed yet As / nave
ssdd, the Wh0ie story is a fabrication entirely
There - absolutely no basis whatever for it. Can
say any MOTc !'
The LATEST SUFFRAGE NOyENENT-Nr A. NJ
tlapp. president oi TIE republican central COM
mlttee, has designated five members To act with
those previously appointed TO visit Congress and
tIe President IN behalf OF suffrage. The commit
Tee as constituted consists or J. w Buker j. VI
Gregory, = :. SsrOut, G. b. PuryiS Matthew Trim,
Die, John r. Cook. James NcS4bb. IT. T. y Julien
D. II smith ans George Holmes. The same COM
Mittee Nil wait on the President and present ire
views OF tic committee To District ConImis-
SlOucrS-
NERDI'T AGAINST A TELEGRAPH COePsSY-Yes-
tSTday. In the Circuit Court. the case OF Edw rti
Hayes against the Western Union Telegraph Com
pdny Was heard ON appeal, and vercsct was given
TOT plaintiff Tor $40 and costs The facts are stated
70 De that on December 5, 1881 Hayes sent from
NayeTly, Ohio. frst-claSs telegram and paid SC
cents. 10 his wife, 35 Pennsy lvania avenue IL
read as follOws:-.Sent 25 Send all letters "a
Chillicothe- Am We'll Nedn He arrived in Chill.
Ncdthe and inquired for his letters but found none
feenhg alarmed, he took train and came To Wash
ington ana found that his irSt-ciasS telegram had
between Wayeriy and Columbus, been Changed
INTO half-rate or night dispatch. His wife re.
celSfng this kind OF telegram did lot hurry her.
sell, and the letter did not arrive. Suit was en-
tered before A. G. Richards for $40, and Judgment
was rendered for <a2 and costs From this iud0.
msnt the company appealed. and the Jury as
Cyav q sftnff <,xe en-