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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-14
FIGHTING THE NAVY.

tlOaIlNG 4dE NAV
There is not milder looking man in
the senate than Mr.. Rollins, of New Hamp-
shire, and vet he has undertaken to fight
the entire navy of the United States. He
has secured an ally, Mr.. VIM. E. Chandler,
who is supposed to DE ruler of Uncle Sans
"navee," but that is a point yet to be de-
cided. The two gentlemen from New
Hampshire have undertaken g herculean
task. A few days ago Mr.. Rollins offered
an amendment to the naval appropriation
bill, directing the president to appoint a
board of naval officers to scrutinize the navy
list and select therefrom the following
officers to remain on the active list: 6.rear
admirals, 10 commodores, "a lieutenants,
20 masters, 70 ensigns, 66 pay officers of
all grades, 145 engineers of all grades, all
other officers of the navy to be considered
as supernumerary with leave of absence
pay and no promotion. subsequently
Mr. Rollins wrote Secretary Chandler for
his views on this amendment, and the sec
rotary will il day or so make reply OK
pressing his substantial approval of Mr..
Rollins amendment, but suggesting some
changes. Mr.. Rollins scheme
would put in the supernumerary
list sos officers, and putting
these On the leave of absence pay roll
would save annually 100000. The score
tary thinks the list should be made up a
little differently, mora officers of some
grades and fewer officers of others being
put on the supernumerary list. For ex-
ample, the ungodly Mr.. Rollins was fer
putting twenty-fou chaplains on this list,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-14
MARSHALL JEWELS SUCCESSOR.
A BANKRUPT BILL.

The president pro TEN to-day
laid before the senate the memorial
of the commercial exchange. OF
Chicago asking for the immediate passage
of fair, just, and equitable bankrupt bill
and one that will be efficient and economi.
Cal in its workings. If congress shall neg.
Isct to pass bankrupt law before ad
journment the exchange will regard it as 6
seriOuS OmmisSiOn of duty.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-14

better than the present ridiculous 81 week fee
from traffic which abstracts more than sixteen
millions year from the earnings of our people,
three-fourths of which is profit. A 500 license
will yield the city treasury over million instead
of the pitiable $175 900 collected last year, and
it will abolish some 1900 or 300 of the worst
rum-holes IN this doggery cursed city.
We are fully satisfied from long obser
vation, that all efforts at prohibition are
harmful. The one-idea theory of manag-
ing the affairs of the community has never
succeeded, and never will. There must be
something broader, some method that COM
mends itself to the best common sense of
community.
Yesterday the Minnesota legislature re-
ceived quite bulk of petitions asking
prohibitory action, and there are
more to follow. We have to say
here and now that the Legislature should
not expend moment of time in the un-
dertaking to perfect any scheme of prohi-
bition. Let the Legislature address its
legislation to the .perfecting of better
license system than the one we have, if
possible. Under a proper license system
Minnesota can be banner temperance
state, but under prohibition the blight of
free rum will prove the only sequel.
National Republican., 1883-05-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
MR.. eREENER REPLIES TO MR.. DOUGLASS.
10 hs Editor.


SIR: Thanks for Mr. Douglass letter and
particularly for the postscript which he
evidently did not intend to have published.
doubt IL the distinguished recorder will
bless you. You have done the colored people,
however, signal service. Tho extracts show
two Douglasses, which some Of us have long
known-the one velevety, deprecatory, apol-
gectic--the other insinuating, suggestive,
damning with shrug, an elevated eyebrow
or look of caution. But for your fair
ness in publishing both these excerpts,
should never have known Mr..
Douglass referred to me. | do not know that
| am acquainted with al" never saw l.. g
letter until it appeared in THE REPUBLICAN.
did not inspire IL, as some persons, who
shall be nameless, "inspire" malicious libels
in their dirty organs. l resent tho imputa-
to the level of some of those he has gathered
about him in his call for a convention and
write anything l was ashamed to put my
name to-
This is an unfortunate week for Mr.. Doug
lass, for the Hon. George Williams
shows him, to say tho least, quibbling
and ambiguous in his criticisms on that
cords" himself in his platitudinous
letter Of the eighteenth instant. In the sixty
odd lines Of his letter Mr. Douglass refers to
me only by implication but in his nineteen
line postscript intended only for the editors
eye | am in seven timesl
think, now, Mr.. d. ought to have con-
vention, without it the Douglass triloRy
would DC incomplete, the banquet, the cman-
cipation celebration, the convention! Really,
since recall, Mr.. Douglass has had rare en-
periencc in the convention business and ''or-
gan" line. There is quite chapter here OF
unwritten history, upon which some light
might be thrown. Had Mr. ID. read us" letter
he would have seen that he says. 81 have re-
ceived agood many letters omplimenting Prof
Greener for sounding the alarm, and warming
the colorcd voters of this country o. the sna Q
that they were about to fall into" MIR. Eu.
itor, "L" has not, imagine, received hail
the letters and papers l have-not one op.
posed, but all in favor of my views.
l have sounded the alarm, and have done
my duty. Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart
may bark. RICHARD 4. GREENER.
National Republican., 1883-05-22

enough" those paragraphs had been manufac-
tured. Rerdell crossed himself at every turn.
He had sworn that Torrey handed him the
books. and that he carried OF tho journal.
Later on he would show why he did not take
tho ledger. Rerdell had his philosophy. He
swore that he had q conversation with Torrey
because he knew that Torrey was away out
on the bosom of the Atlantic. But the defense
had telegraphed Torrey, and he had come back
in time TO contradict Rerdell. Now, why had
Rerdell sworn that he did not take the
ledger There was moro in that shirt story
than people imagined. He had a shirt folded
up in paper, when he met James, to his sur
prise. The package was too small for two
books so he said he had one-tho journal.
He told James that he was afraid to show IL
because fellow was looking. SO the shirt,
in conscious innocence reposed unseen.
Uaughter.) If Rordell had only said that he
put the book in his carpet sack, 1t could never
have been disproved. But he said that he
carried it under his arm and Chase An
drews swore that he rode with him in the
next seat of the Pullman car, and that he did
not have It.
With keen irony Mr.. Ingersoll continued
his review of Rerdell's testimony. He denied
that the celebrated red book ever existed, and
pointed to RerdelPs conflicting statements
upon that subject as contained in his atfidavits
Rerdell let IL hang in woodshed for year
and half, or until Dorsey threatened to
prosecute him for perjury in swearing that
he Dorsey was innocent That was enough
to arouse any mans indignation. Why didn't
he stay with the governments Because they
would not give him his price they did not
think he had the evidence. Then he
sneaked back, and sought protection
from tho man he had sought to be-
tray. Dorsey did not need him,
he needed Dorsey. The jury had seen him
sitting here from day to day with beaming
face listening to Messrs. Ker and Bliss, when
they were trying TO show what great rascal
he was. But he shrank away covered with
the shame of innocence when Mr.. Wilson at
tempted to shelter him to show that his plea
of guilty was false. He did not want that.
He wished it understood that he was guilty,
and it was the proudest moment of his life.
Mr.. Ingersoll endeavored at some length to
demonstrate that Rerdell had produced a
private book of his own and foisted it OFF as
one of Dorsey's books. He then took up the
evidence of the witness Gibbs and said that
he had mistaken imagination for memory.
He had acknowledged that Rerdell refreshed
his memory in regard to tho Smith and Jones
entries.
Rerdell had mixed up the court and counsel
upon the number of his books, and how many
times they had been copied. Out Of his
imagination he (Mr. IngersolD had manu-
facturcd carpet sack, and when he asked
Rerdell IL he had not carried the four books
to New York in carpet sack he said yes.
He jumped at that carpet bag like trout at
fly, yet not word had been said about II
up to that time.
heavy thunder storm rendered the court
cessitated at this point in Mr.. Ingersolls ad
draga
National Republican., 1883-05-22
DECORATION DAY.
The Services Mt Arlington and Elsewhere
Tho Grand Army Arrangements Conn

The Services Mt Arlington and Elsewhere
Tho Grand Army Arrangements COM
ploted.
The executive committee on memorial ser
vices met last evening" Comdr. Burdett in the
chair and Comrade John Cameron secretary.
Comrade G.. NJ. Hustead, chairman of the
decoration committee, submitted designs for
decoration OF the "Tomb of the Unknown"
and the amphitheater at Arlington and the
various statues throughout the city. These
designs were approved by the general COM
mittee
A letter was read from Hon. Lewis Nc
Kenzie of Alexandria, Va, relative to deco
rating the graves in the soldiers cemetery
near that city, and a thousand flags were do
mated for that purpose. Comrade Il. NJ.
Truell reported progress in regard to the
services at soldiers home. Comrades s. s.
Burdette, Charles Il. Joyce, and ID. s. Alex
ander were appointed committee to wait on
the President, to request that members of the
Grand Army and others who desire to partici-
pate in the services on memorial day, and
are employed in the departments, be excused
on that day. s. A. Virgins will read poem
for Morton and Sumner posts in the colored
cemetery at Arlington.
The following programme has been ar
ranged Tor dec0raJ0n uay: Inc posts OIL tne
Grand Army will form ON north side of l.
street, with right resting on east side of
Seventh street. They will take the position
assigned at 9:45 o'clock a. M, and be in readi-
ness to move at 10 a. m. sharp, in the follow
ing order:
Marine band; department Grand Army Of
the Republic; Union Veteran corps. Capt
S. Thomson, commanding; department COM
mander aud staff; past department comman
ders; John A. Rawlins post, No. 1, d. oCon-
nor, commander; post No. 2 drum corps /;
Kit Carson post, No. 9, Gilbert M. Hustled,
commander Lincoln post, No. 3, W. A. Moore,
commander; o. p. Morton post, No. A, George
D. Graham, commander marine drum corps;
George G. Meade post, No. 5, M. A. Dillon,
commander; John f. Reynolds post, No. 6,
Z. McSweeny, commander; James A. Gar
field post, No. z, Ii. III. Brewer, commander (;
Burnside post, No. 8, d. s. Alexander, COM
mander; Charles Sumner post, No. 8, W. H..
Mills, commander.
The line of march will be from the place of
rendezvous, down Seventh street, thence along
the north side of Pennsylvania avenue to
Fifteenth street up Fifteenth street to Penn
sylvania avenue, and again west on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Bridge street, Georgetown,
to the aqueduct bridge.
National Republican., 1883-05-22
MORE OF THE METER METHOD
A Prominent CIothier Finds That Failure
TO Use Gas Doubles His Bills.

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And now comes prominent clothier of
this city with his grievance against the gas
company, making about the seven thou-
sandth citizen of Washington who has made.
just complaint.
In April, 1882, last year, this gentlemans
bill for gas was 1920. For the past six
months he has had an electric light and
thereby dispensed with twenty-seven gas
Jets. His bill for April of this year was
$6240. The clothiers OF this city some four
years ago entered into q compact with each
other to close at s o'clock sharp every night
but Saturday, when they keep open till 1880.
This compact they have steadily kept. 1t
will be thus seen that the amount of gas
burned has been pretty steady in volume, not
subject TO fluctuations. And yet, even with
twenty seven jets less than last year, his bill
was very near double this April what it was
during the same month of 1882.
Indignant at the barefaced robbery the gen.
tleman in question engaged Mr.. Shedd, the
plumber, to examine his pipes to see If pos
sibly the fault was there. The plumber re-
ported that the pipes were in good condition;
no more gas leaking from them than in
any other case of good pipes. The company
was then notified that the bill was considered
unjust 80 they sent and took out the meter
to test it, They soon returned IL, with note
certifying that it was correct and the charges
Just. The gentleman then paid the bill un-
der protest, denouncing the charge as gross
extortion. He has strong idea of suing the
company for their charges, being informed by
his lawyer that he has a perfectly good case.
As an indication that the company thought
their charges were the grossest extortion they
made the usual discount on the payment yes
terday of the bill, an action they have never
done before when the time allowed for dis
count had passed.
National Republican., 1883-05-22
WHO Is IIEs
An Army oHcer's scandaIous Doings.

Commercial Advertiser.
A scandal involving the integrity of woll
known army officer who has been stationed
in Washington for many years has furnished
no end of gossip in army circles for several
days past but singular to say has not found
its way into the newspapers.
Quite recently this officer was ordered away
from Washington 10 join his regiment in the
field, at his own request, as stated in the Off
cial orders. The fact then came to light that
he had sold his pay accounts to no less than
three or four banking concerns which make a
practice of discounting army officers pay at
good round rate of interest The persons
holding the vouchers come together after the
discovery and formed syndicate and agreed
not 10 take any steps to have the officer court
martialed, but to pool their accounts and
draw his pay each month and divide it up
pro rata. To prefer charges or to give pub
iicity to the matter would lead TO a court
martial and the loss Of all tho money ad-
vanced, so the holders of the officers paper
concluded TO let the officer go unpunished II
they could secure themselves, and this they
are now trying to do.
1t appears also that tho same officer has
borrowed money from brother officers, in
some instances pledging personal property,
and then going and selling the property out
right to other persons. Although the officer
has drawn large pay for upward of ten years,
he has run deeply into debt, and hagrantly
violated the army regulations and rendered
himself liable to court martial and dismissal
from the service. 1t Is difficult to see how he
is TO avoid exposure, especially as his trans
actions are now well known to large num-
Der of army officers, including Gen. Sherman
and Secretary Lincoln.
National Republican., 1883-05-22
WEST WASHINGTON.

During the fishing season q report concern
ing the condition of the Potomac river water
will be published each day, as furnished by
the Washington aqueduct office, Georgetown,
using the following scale of measurement:
Very turbid, 0 to 8 turbid, 8 to 15 slightly
turbid, 10 to %; clear % to SO. Condition Of
the water Monday, May 81, at all points. SO.
AS the merchants of this place are depend
ent on the Rockville road for much of their
business, they will be glad to hear that
proposition is now on foot, which, ifexecuted,
will cause this road to be put and kept in ex-
cellent order. The present company own
ing tho road, the par value of
from the state of Maryland charter for a
new company with twenty thousand dollars
stock, the company agreeing to put in their
road for five thousand dollars in stock of the
new company They believe that the re-
mainder Of the stock (by the aid of the two
ffths which the commissioners of Montgom-
cry county are authorized to take), will
readily be subscribed for by the citizens of
this place and the adjoining country, and
after congress shall have made an appropria-
tion for putting in order the portion of the
road within the district limits recently pur-
chased, this important and greatly used
thoroughfare will be one Of the finest leading
into the district.
The services of the pump doctor are sadly
needed for the pumps at the corners of Thirty
sixth and o streets and Thirty-seventh and o
streets.
Many new members were initiated in the
order at the meeting last night Of American
Guard council, No. l, o. u. A. NJ.
At the Dashaway club meeting last night
the large audience present was entertained by
addresses from Messrs. McGowan, Craig, and
Belt; recitations by Mr.. Mace, aud singing by
Misses Beall and Cathill, Messrs. Noyes and
Robinson.
Interesting meetings were held last night
by Covenant lodge, No. 49, l. o. o. F., aud
Heber tent, No. 10, l. o. r.
National Republican., 1883-05-22
A BOY OF Seventeen Suicides.

TRENTON, N. j., May 2l.-A special dis
patch to the Trenton Times from Jamesburg
states that an inmate of the reform school,
who went under the name of Alphonso Lin.
den, committed suicide yesterday afternoon
Tho boy, whose ago was II years, was very
refractory, and II was found necessary ia
punish him by Incarceration in cell. When
one of the officers of the institution went to
the cell on Sunday afternoon no found the
boys corpse suspended by knotted handker-
chief, which he had employed as a means OF
self.destruction. But little Is known concern.
ing the boy, except that he came to this coun.
gave the officers of the reform school a great
deal of trouble
National Republican., 1883-05-22
The TewIssbury Investigator.

Boston, May 2l,-At the Tewksbury in
vestigation to-day the defense introduced evil
donce to weaken the character of Cornelius
O'Brien and Mrs. Powers, the previous wit
nesses for the governor. O'Brien had been
convicted of eleven oflcnses. Testimony was
given by Miss Locke, keeper of the baggage
room at Tewksbury to tho effect that no
clothing of the inmates had been misappro-
priated by the Marshes or any one else.
After testimony by Joseph Howard,
French joe" who had care of the baggage
room, denying the previous statements as to
the i'll treatment Of the inmates and showing
that he had not taken advantage of the privi-
lego of his position, the investigation ad-
iourned.
National Republican., 1883-05-22

50 per day. As there are some fifteen or
twenty large schooners now awaiting cargoes
at tho various wharves great Inconvenience
will he felt if the strike continues. Some
10000 tons Of coal were to have been shipped
this week for New England cities, but the
transportation is now indefinitely postponed.
The strike is said to have been caused by a
white laborer named William Whalen who is
reported to have had conference with the
men on Saturday after work. The strikers
are all orderly, and show no disposition to be
unrulyi They claim, however, that they arc
underpaid
coal, arrived yesterday. Owing to the strike
of the laborers, no boats were unloaded con-
sequently none left here on their return trip.
National Republican., 1883-05-22
ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA.
The Dome OF the Capitol Presents n spion-
did Spectacle During Thunder Shower
Saved by n Rubber Coat.


Saved by Rubber Coat.
The storm which passed over Washington
yesterday afternoon was accompanied by an
intense electrical manifestation. About 3;15
p. m, tho atmosphere was rendered
very dark by the somberness of its clouds
aud the heavy falling rain that dashed down
ward in slanting sheets. A burst of hail
came with the rain, and the wind blew with
great force, uprooting number of young
trees in different parts of tho city, The
lightning struck in several places, among
others, one of the old trees in the capitol
grounds on the main roadway from the
avenue TO the capitol. Tho tree was shivered
and blackcned. A beautiful and sublime
spectacle was afforded by tho electrical flashes
around the dOmo of the capitol, which latter
threw of the tightening as an umbrella sheds
the rain. The storm passed eastwardly and
southwardly, and it is probable did somo
damage on the lower Potomac.
There Is one man ii Washington who thinks
rubber overcoat is d better electrical safe
guard than feather bed. During the thun-
der storm yesterday afternoon Mr.. &. f.
Sutherland was standing near one OF the
instruments in the Office of the Local Tclo-
graph and Messenger company conversing
with the manager, Mr.. J. Emmner jr Sud
denly vivid flash of lightning entered the
house and struck the instrument, thence
leaped along the wires to the back Of Mr.
Sutherland and was there discharged with u
terrific report. For second the gentleman
was enveloped i'll a wreath of fiery glow.
There were eight persons in tho room and
each one got sound shaking up" but was
otherwise unhurt. The escape of the whole
party from death seems u special providence.
National Republican., 1883-05-22
Our Reporters Vacation Notes.

During his rambles this season, our Mr. NJ.
has taken upon himself tho task of satisfying
our numerous readers that whatever goods are
manufactured in our goodly city of Roger
Williams, are of as high grade, and as fine
in quality as can be produced in any spot on
the globe. Especially is this so when tho
skilled Pharmacist Of many years expert
ence resolves to extract from the finest botan-
ical specimens of tho vegetable world the
most potent cure for some special disease. In
proof of his assertion that Providence r. l.,
affords the best, he relates an interview with
an acquaintance given him while sojourning
temporarily at her residence. She says,
About q year ago / suffered severely from
Rheumatism in my limbs, and Neuralgia in
the head, which l endured two or three
months with as much patience as possible
being under the treatment of an excellent
doctor, and trying many kinds of medicine
without any marked effect At last medi-
cal friend advised me to try Hunts Remedy
because he attributed my severe suffering to
| the bad condition of my kidneys, which
were not performing their proper functions
and commenced taking 1t, and in few days
the neuralgia had departed, my headache had
entirely disappeared, and the swelling in my
| limbs and joints had gone, and have not a
| touch of it since More recently / was
| troubled with impurity Of the blood, which
tshowed itself in severe eruptions on my face.
I again resorted to Hunts Remedy, and after
taking 1t a short timo was completely cured
Of that complaint. Hunts Remedy has
proved very beneficial to me in attacks of
sick headache, which it always alleviates,
and notice the improvement as soou as l
take the Remedy. This Remedy has strength
ening elements, for it has made me feel much
stronger, and has been very beneficial to my
| general health most heartily recommend
It to all sufferers like myself. Mrs. l.. G..
Tanner, No. 1856 Pearl street."
National Republican., 1883-05-22
On m Strike.

Yesterday morning tho carmen and shovel
ers employed by Mr.. Ray for delivering the
coal of the Maryland Coal company and those
employed by Mr.. Agnew for delivering to
vessels the coal of the Georges Creek and
Glen Avon companies, struck for an advance
of five cents. They are now receiving forty
five cents per barge for unloading coal. The
derrick mon who get fifty-hve cents expressed
themselves willing TO keep working. 1t is
thought that the strike may become general
which Will cause a complete stoppage of coal
operations on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
The amount Of pay forty-ive cents psr barge,
was agreed 10 by all the eonpanie at the be-
ginning of the season, AIessrs. Agnew and
Ray contend that tho sum paid Is ample, aud