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National Republican., 1883-01-18
THE ARMY NURSES.
Meeting OF the Associntion-Whnt the
Nurses NVnnt-Thc Garfield Hospital.


Nurses want-Thc Garfield Hospital.
The regular meeting of the Army Nurses
association was held Tuesday evening at No.
0i4 l. street northwest, with u good attend
ancc. The voice of the meeting was emphatic
in sustaining the statement made by The RE-
PUBLICAN reporter regarding an interview
with some of the members recently, as adverse
to the establishment of any nurses home" !"
through congressional appropriation. The
only congressional provision for II home
(Which would seem to satisfy the feelings of
real army nurscs) would be one which would
entitlc them to q home-if such became neccs-
sarN TO any of its mombers-at any of the
soldiers homes" which are already estab-
lished, by which such generous provision has
already been made by government for dis
ablcd soldiers, both volunteers and regulars.
The executive committee desire to correct
the impression that all but four of the local
nurses association are in government employ,
and those four seeking it. out of a member
ship OF between thirty and forty less than half
are in government employ, and Of the bal
ance only five are at present seeking such cm-
plOyment.
The nurses association have thought of
| trying to make one other provision forsuch as
might be in Washington, and that is when
the Garfield hospital shall be completed, by
| the efforts and through the friends of the
! Army Nurses association to seek to furnish
one ward therein to be called the army
nurses ward" its members to have the pref
erence in occupancy when needed provided
no school of medicine is excluded and all
/ schools are provided
National Republican., 1883-01-18
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Current transactions ut the Various Dis
triCt Offices.


Commissioner West was not at the district
buildings yesterday, being unable to leave his
room, but he hopes to be out to-day or to-
morrow.
Major Brock is not able to leave his room
as yet, although his condition is isdccidedly inn
proved.
The work of erecting the building for dis
trict uses throughout the city and on the
streets and roads is generally suspended on
account of the weather.
Many of the real estate agents against whom
the special license agent sworn out warrants
have paid the license and the cases will be
nollc prosecuted.
The commissioners are daily in receipt of
numerous anonymous communications com
planning of the negligence or failure of per-
sons who are owners or agents of vacant lots
and fail to remove the snow OH the sidewalks
bordering on the same. The law applicable
to such cases is section Is, page IS, of Wcbbs
digest, as follows Tenants and occupants,
and in case there are no tenants or occupants,
the owners or any person having care of any
building, bordering OH any street, open space
or public reservation in this city, where there
is any footway or sidewalk, shall cause the
snow to be removed thcrcfrOm under the
regulations The inspector of buildings has
directed that all impending business he dis
posed of SO that work provided for in the
district appropriation bill can ba taken up
The new bill provides that work on buildings
shall be begun by Oct. l and finished by
Jan. /, in lieu of the old bill, which set the
time for beginning Oct. l and TO be finished
by the following July, which is II great i'm
| nrOyCmcnt
National Republican., 1883-01-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
LET THE SOLDIERS WIDOWS HAVE MORE
PENSION.
To tJe IIfaor

LET THE SOLDIERS WIDOWS HAVE MORE
PENSION.
To The Editor
While the proposition is being urged to in
crease the pension of those soldiers who are
disabled by the loss of an eye or limb,
already several times but none too often
increased would it not be well to similarly
consider the claims of soldiers widows for
increase of pension. As the law stands the
widows of noncommssioned officers and
privates receive only SO month,
while those of commissioned officers are aris'
tocratically pensioned in accordance with
the rank of their deceased husbands. Again,
the widow of the manned or crippled
soldier whose pension has been increased
because of disabilities which shortened his
life by many years-is instantly, upon his
death, deprived of his pension and the beg
carly stipend of 500 per unnum, the countrys
estimate of n husbands worth, substituted
therefor. Such belittling of wifo's claims,
aud such dishonoring of them, is n disgrace to
tho nation that processes to revere the men,
ory of its heroes, and u rcproach to the man.
hood that gives utterance to its laws. II any
of its widows are entitled to generous
consideration, surely it should be those whose
husbands bore the proof of their patriotism
and courage in their Scared bodies ana DIS
membered limbs rather than of these cpaulet-
ted heroes, whose rank in many cases bet0kenS
only the favor of the appointing power, and
whose post of duty was more often i'll
the sheltered rear as u statuesquc onlooker
of the terrible strife from which the former
emerged torn, mutilated, and manned, than
as II participant therein. Beside the widows
of disabled soldiers there is also another class
of women, for whom some better provision
should be made, and these are the
now aged and, with but rare cxcep-
tions, needy and infrm women, whose only
sons, going forth to battle for their country,
were either slain or cruelty disabled. Does
| SOC Il year compensate any one of these for
| the loss she sustained in the son in whom her
love and pride was centcred, or does IL bring
| to her any measure of those comforts with
which his fllial care would have surrounded
! her declining years? Let the pension that the
| disabled soldier died possessed of or entitled
! to 20 to his widow without diminution, and
let every mother who has lost the supporting
arm of an only son be generously provided
for. No amount of pension can console
either for the ruin of early hopes and
bright dreams or compensate them for tho
years of heart desolation in which their tears
have paid daily tribute to the memory OF
their dead, nor for the wasted health which
| the wearing toll of constant and patient
nursing has brought to many of them, but 1t
will tighten their burdens little, and more
| than all it will be some consolement to them
| to feel that the weeds which indicates their
woe isnot also sign of their degradation.
| SOLDIERS WIDOW.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
LICENSE IN THE DISTRICT.
Petition Tor u General License Law-Ob-
Jections TO the Neal Bill.

Considerable opposition among merchants
and taxpayers has developed against the Neal
license bill, and Il petition is now in circula-
tion in favor of II general license law, applica-
BILE to all branches of business property sub
iect to license. The objections to the Neal
bill are us stated in the petition, that "the
BILL in its present shape, is vague in its phrase
ology and unequal in its bearings upon the
business communities. For instance, the tax
on apothecarics Is removed and yet they are
allowed, under the terms of the act, to become,
to all intents and purposes, bar rooms, the
license on which we believe is so high as to en-
congratulations ratherthan compliance with
the terms oflaw. Hacks, cabs, carts, dmys, and
other vehicles used upon our pavements arc
taxed, while the street railway companies are
practically exempted. Commercial agents are
exempt trom any tax whatever, We believe
that the representatives OF various CONNER
cial houses should be made to share with us
the burdens of taxation, Commission houses
are exempt from license, while thousands of
dollars worth ofuntaXed goods are annually
consigned to them for sale in this district.
Insurance companies are exempt, thus OPEN
ing the door TO unsound companies to flood
the community with their worthless policies
Section 20 is vague and unsatisfactory. In
fact, we believe the whole bill to be infinitely
worse than the present license law and, as a
source of revenue, will prove failure.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
RAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT MEN.
Proceedings ofYcsteriny's session-Ohicers
Elected and Other Business Transacted.


Elected and Other business Transacted.
The Southern Railway and Steamboat asso-
citation resumed its session at the Metropolitan
h otol yesterday morning. Tho executive
committee, composed of the general managers
of the companies embraced in the association
did not agree upon their report on revision of
the bylaws and articles of agreement until
last night, and the association consequently
transacted no business until that report was in
except the election of officers. Hon. Joseph Il.
Brown was reelected president; Virgil Pow
ers, general commissioner; c. A. Sindall
secretary; II. II. Carter, arbitrator and L. T..
Walker, auditor.
At o o'clock last night the executive COM
mittce took into consideration the revision of
the bylaws and regulations, but made no
changes in the general principles of those
regulations. The executive committee reap
pointed the old rate committee that has served
for the past four years, and its mcmbcrs-W.
Ii. Stanford, Sol Haas, II. A. Anderson, G. a..
Whitehead, 5. b. Pickens, j. NJ. Brown, j. M.
Culp l.. p. Wilson, and the chairman, Virgil
Powers, who, by virtue Of his position as
general commissioner, is chairman of all
the committees--will meet to-day to dis
cuss the condition of rates. They will re-
main in session until they decide upon this
question. The executive committee and the
association adjourned after 10 last night until
next October, when their session will be held
ut Atlanta, Ga.
The Richmond aud Danville railway, the
East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia rail
way, and the Norfolk and Western railway
became members of the association yesterday
In addition to the members already announced
there were present IL. Collberan, Chattanooga
Tenn; Theodore &. Eyer, New York; John
Scott and w. Dunston, Cincinnati; b. ]
Fitch and j. Il. Kenly, Richmond, Va; NJ. Il
Turk, Atlanta, Ga; w. L. Bond, Wilmington
n. O.; and l.. p. Wilson, Cincinnati.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
Robert coIiysr To-HIorrow Night.

One of the most interesting occupants of the
lecture platform is tho Rev. Robert Collyer,
who will deliver the next lecture in the lyceum
course at the Congregational church to-mor-
row night, His subject will be, From the
Anvil to the Pulpit" and the lecturer will be
to a certain extent autobiographical. 1t is an
old lecture but good one.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
An Active Marriage Market.

Marriage licenses have been issued to Will
lam II. Madden, Salem Mass, and Sarah Jane
Tarlton, Washington George p. HoslSinson
and Ella p. Gibbons, West Washington (;
Thomas Il. Benson and Julia Il, Murphy,
Montgomery county, Md; Frank G, Sparshott
Georgetown, ID. c., and Cornelia A. Garrett,
Fauquier county, Va; Elias Sherwood and
Sallie Mayhugh, West Washington William
IL. Lee and Adele Washington Henry Blond
helm and Adeline Breslower, William Wood
ward and Mary Graves, William II, Gibson
and Emma Crutchct, Louis II. Schneider and
Emma Adele Brooks, Joseph @. Rumsey and
Matte Reed, Valentine b. GOusha and Eliza
S. Crawford, Samuel Il. Newton and Aida
Steele, all of this city.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
The House i'm NVhioh Lincoln Died.

The house committee on public buildings
and grounds yesterday adopted the report of
the subcommittee recommending the purchase
of the house In Washington in which pres-
dent Lincoln died. The committee will re-
port bill authorizing the secretary of the in
terror to purchase it at cost not exceeding
$4,000.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
Thcntre ConinMe.

Next week the attraction at the Theater
Comique will be the beautiful epuestrienne
"Mazeppa,"
National Republican., 1883-01-18
A Happy NIarring &c.

One of those happy events of the season, by
which two hearts are made to beat as one"
occurred last evening at No. 1927 Eighth
street northwest, the residence of Mr., William
A. Beall, of the bureau of engraving and
printing, occasioned by the marriage of Miss
Libbie Murphey, daughter of Charles
Murphcy, esq, of Carksburg, Nd, to Mr.,
Thomas Benson, wealthy and promising
young farmer of Montgomery county. The
wedding was quite one, only few intimate
friends witnessing the ceremony, which was
solemnized by the Rev. $, X, Cox, of the Mt,
Vernon NJ. Il. church. The fair young bride
was beautifully and becomingly attired in
travelling costume, and, after receiving the
congratulations and best wishes Of assembled
friends, the happy couple took the late train
for their future home.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
LOCAL MENTION.
MIR. wSI. KEMP,

7iO Tenth street southeast, says: 1T
took Browns Iron Bitters when my
lung was affected and gained
strength and appetite"
National Republican., 1883-01-18
"AIderncy DnIry Vvnron..v

Fresh Alderney butter churned every morning.
and delivered in 1Slb "Ward" prints, AT 65G, per To-
Also cottage cheese, &c. per ball; butternilk. &C
per quart. and sweet milk DC. per quart
National Republican., 1883-01-18
zssposT.oFFICE NOTICE.


Foreign mails for the week ending JANUARY 20
will close at this Office n5 follows:
I'll URSDAN. AT W3O u. m. for Ireland, per steam
ship City of Paris, via Queenstown etters for urtnt
Britain and other European countries must be ut
rected per City of Paris mt ll.0 q, M for tu-
rope. per steamship WielHnd, via Plymouth, aher'
bourg. and Hamburg at 1870 p. NJ. for Cuba Porto
Hico, and Mexico, per steamship City OF PueDla'
via Havana. - s
SATURl lAY.-At 10 a. III. for Venezuela and Gu
racoa per steamship Valencia; at 10 a. m. for AS.
pinwal and South Pacific. per steamship CITY OF
Para; at II Il. M. for Germany Sc., per steamship
NeCkar via southampton and Bremen Qetters Tor
Great Britain and other European countries must
be directed "per Neclnr") ut 1880 a, M for Eu-
rope, per steamship Germanic via Queenstown
ueters for Germany &c, must be directed per
Germanc'O; ut p. III. for Scotland direct, per
steamship Ethiopia, via Glasgow (lctters must be
directed" per Ethiopla'D; at y. M for Belgium
direct, per steamship Rhynland, via Antwerpi At
l;SD p. M. for Cuba and Porto Rico. per steamship
niagara via Havana. .,
SUNDAY.-At 1880 p. IN. for Honduras and Living
ston, per steamship Wauderer, viaNew Orleans
Mails for China and Japan, per steamship Oceanic
via san Francisco, close January ~23 ut y. III.
Mails for Australia, New Zealand. Sandwich and
Fiji Islands. per steamship Guy OF New York, via
san Francisco close February 20 at p. m,
+The schedule of closes of Trans'Pacnc malls Is NJ;
ranged on the basis of an uninterrupted overland
transit to San Francisco Malls from the Eastarrivtng
time at San Francisco on the day OF sailing OF
steamers are dispatched the same dAy.
HENRY q. PEARSON Postmaster.
pOsTOFFICT, NEW YORK. Jan. II, 1888,
National Republican., 1883-01-18

THE highest cash prices paid for dresses and
gents cIothing, watches, jewelry, &c. Call on or
address Herzog. S0S Ninth street. near Pennsyl.
Yania avenue.
National Republican., 1883-01-18

e~1l5DoFFICE GEORGES CREEK COAL AND
RSS IRON COMPANY,
BALTIMORE, Jan, IL, 1883.
general meeting Of stockholders OF this compay
will be held az their office, No lialto Building
Baltimore, SATURDAY, February g. from IL TO
o'clock. for election OF nine directors.
ial3ItS CHAS. w. MILLAR, Treasurer.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
Eiro.

CATON.-on January II, 1888, at 1l:c0 a. M, after a
ong and painful illness, which he bore with Chris.
lian tortitude, EMANUEL ID. CATION, aged ~ year..
MUELLER.-Tuesdaym morning at o'clock after
a lingering illness, CATHERINE MUELLER, beloved
wife. mother, and grandmother
All friends and relatives respectfully invited 70
attend her funeral Thursday morning AZ 10 O'Clock
National Republican., 1883-01-18
M15ps AGENTS OF THE
DUNLAP new YORK HATS.
wAsu1NaroS, January /, 1888.

WASHINGTON, January l. lss3
A CARD:
The SILK FELT and OPERA HATS, manufnctur'
ed by MESSRS. DUNLAP & CO., of New York, and
bearing their trade mark, will hereafter be sold In
this city by ourselves exclusively
As the productions of MESSRS. DUNLAP & CO. in
HEAD GEAR have been the acknowledged andlead-
ing styles in New York and Washington for the past
twelve years. and being the original introducers OF
the novelties of this celebrated firm, assure the
patrons fthe Dunlap Hat and the public that full
line of SILK. OPERA, STIFF and SOFT FELT
HATS will always be supplied by us as soon rs issued
in New York. Respectfully,
wILLETT a. RUOFF.
Sole agents for the
D u N T. "a 2 Il "A i,
ia4lm oO5 PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
National Republican., 1883-01-18
SpttinI Ilotitrs.

n~S5ys THE WEST WASHINGTON CONSERY.
k-9 atory Of Music, J. r. Caultield. musical di-
rector, principal No 1927 hirtyrs street, one door
above The postoillcc. Pupils received At any time.
II. u. COOKE, President.
j. S. BARBARiS, Secretary. Jal3n
n~S5yS DIR. II. o. CANDEE, Vitapathc Physician.
~ employ all the vast health resources OF
Nature, scientifically applied through vital medicine
Food, water, air, heat, light, electricity and vital
magnetism, ] treat all difficulties - HemOrrhoids,
malaria, all blood diseases, &c Consultation free.
OCI3-IutN
National Republican., 1883-01-18
a. ARMsTRONG.

40 West Fortysecond street. New York; Travers
Block, Newport, r. l.;
Will open ut her parors, 1907 street,
Opposite Riggs House,
THURSDAY, JANUARY H.
For tho season. with an elegant assortment OF inn
ported costumes, flowers, wraps, &C. -
jail-1et
National Republican., 1883-01-18

nS55@ HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES, sPEcI-
my27 COUGHLIN'S
National Republican., 1883-01-18

n<SJyeSANFoRD'S.W WEI DE MEYERS. SAGES,
w. Hartley's, and other catnrrh cures at
ocI CGUGHLIN'S DRUG STORE
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-10-29
The South American Trade.


The Sunday Times says the South American
lumber trade at this port is growing rapidly.
There are at this time nine vessels loading at
this pert for River La Plate. Six of these yes
sells are American, and will carry in the aggre-
gate 100000 feet of lumber. To load these
vessels not less than sixty mon are employed,
under the direction of Capt. James P. Began,
the chief stevedore in the South American
business. This immense business is carried on
by four firms, Messrs. r. Lewis & Co., W. &
G. r. Millker, Frank Dudley and S. G. Dyer
& Co., and much of the lumber is shipped here
oven the Portland & Oodensburg road. Be-
sides the nine vessels mentioned above, W. &
@. r. Milliken have just loaded and despatch
ed the John johnson and Matte W. Atwood.
and chartered the bark Herbert G. Hall, while
s. G. Dyer & Co., have dispatched the brig
J. H. Lane and chartered the bark Levanter,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-10-29

Base Ball.
Saturdays games resulted as follows:
Greenleafs 20, Rattlers 1.
Young Favorites 2, Young Mystics 0.
Tho Norway Burglary.

The particulars in relation to the robbery of
the safe by burglars, in the Grand Trunk rail-
way depot, briefly reported by telegraph Satur-
day, have been received. The thieves broke
in the freight house at South Paris and got an
iron bar, which they brought to and left at
Norway. They forced the knob, and thus
made room for powder. They got about $40,
the agent, Mr.. Waters, having fortunately
taken out $500 in the evening and taken it to
his house. Books, papers and tickets were
scattered over the floor of the office One
check was left on the floor. A number of sus-
picions characters had been seen around the
station for the past few days. The station was
entered in much the same manner last spring.
The robbers forced the window with jimmy.
The room is o small one with bay window.
The desk is against the window. The bur-
glars pulled the safe out from the wall, tipped
it over on some blocks that they evidently
brought with them, and by means of pinch
bar used on railroads for pulling spikes from
the rails pulled the knob out, and into the
hole thus made poured the powder. The safe
door was blown open and the inner door pried
open. The explosion was severe and COM
pletely shattered the safe front. Those who
have seen the Office think the windows must
have been open or the glass would have been
blown out The safe was rifled and tickets
were strewn over the floor. The exact money
taken was four ten dollar gold pieces and the
rest, to the amount of $67, in small bills and
silver. The thieves also took small morocco
case, filled with cards, with the name of the
station agent. P. d. Watkins. Owing to the
rush of business during the day, Mr.. Watkins
had not made his usual daily remittance. The
amount was $3.50 up TO Thursday noon. Thurs
day noon Mr.. Watkins made up his accounts
and balanced the books. He left the money
in the safe, but went back and took it out In
the evening".
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-10-29
1.-THE EAGRE."
Can She Be the Wreck OFF Port olydes

Anxiety is felt regarding the safety Of the
U. 8. Coast Survey schooner "Eaere., I,ieut.
Commander Head, U. s. N, commanding.
capt. Y. A. Abbey, of the revenue steamer
woodbury. having been telegraphed regarding
her, and asked if he thinks the wreck with
mastheads above the water off the sontbaast
breaker (Metinic) can be the Eagre, replied
that ne last saw her off White Head, at 1.30
P. NJ OF the 22d inst, standing Southwesterlv.
with light Easterly wind. This would place
her about fifteen miles from where the wreck
alluded to lies, and as the Eagre is a remarka-
bly, fast vessel (she was the Yacht Mohawk
which capsized and drowned her owner Com,
modore Garner, in New York harbor. 1915
1t would seem as though she must have got
well to the Westward of it before niehtfall.
And again, the breaker lies miles out of the
general course OF vessels passing out by White
Head. 1t is, OF course, possible that the Eagre
may have hauled up to pass out close to the
Westward of Metinic Island, in order to bring
the light breeze more abeam and get to sea the
sooner, aud that she may have met with disas-
ter in so doing. That seems the only wav in
which to connect her with the wreck alluded
to. The weather remained good until wednes-
day. the 24th, and even If the Eagrs was
wrecked of the Southeast breaker, she had ex-
cellent boats, and her crew must have been
saved and heard from long since.
The Eagre is superb vessel, and cost $780,
700 when bnilt by Commodore Garner, and
was afterwards sold to the government for
$4,000. She is about 800 tons burden. Lieut.,
Commander Head is Portland boy; son OF
DR.. Head, FORMERLY a we'll known Portland
dentist The vessel formed part of the force
under command Of Major Charles Fl. Boyd, of
this city, the past summer.