Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-03
News by Telegraph | FROM ALL QUARTERS l NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. IA Means of Scattering
 Small Postal Notes. THE PLOTS E0F THE DYNAMlTERS. A New Job for the Irish Police. THE ERUPTlONs IN JAVA. A Warning to United States
 Vessels.
THE PLOTS i0F THE DYNAMlTERs.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

l The Volcanic Eruption i'm the Bay O1 l Sanda-NIerchant Vessels to be Warned. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The Navigation Blu reau of the Navy department has no other detailed information respecting the volcanic eruption in the Straits of Sunda than has 1 reached Washington through the newspapers. 1 The despatches to the Netherlands legation merely confirm the news of the. violent vol canic eruptions. The object in ;sending in- structions to the United'States steamers En- terprise and Juniata at Singapore. where it is
 expected both vessels will receive the tele- grams in day or two, is to warn the mer-
 chant vessels en voyage to the East Indies via Cape of Good Hope not to trust to the Straits of Sunda, which is the great passage channel between the Indian Ocean and the China Sea, and through which four-ffths of the American and European commerce must pass
 There are now on the way to the East h. dies, via Sunda Straits, a number of Ameri- can merchant vessels whose course must lead them through the straits. The first informa- tion they will get of this great volcanic erup- fion will be from the Enterprise and Juniata. and, being warned in time, will avoid the dangers into which, were it not for such timely warning, they must inevitably be plunged.
 But the presence of the enterprise will be more than of a warning character. She is fully equipped with deep sea sounding appar stus and at the earliest moment the Juniata and Enterprise will proceed to make deep sea soundings and chanRel surveys to determine whether 8 navigable passage still exists at the northeast end of the island.
 A Romantic Rufcide-The Traces Left Be- hind Him. WAsH1NGToN, Sept. 2.-John Connolly, a night watchman ct the Treasury department, committed suicide in the cellar of the Treas ury sometime between the hours of o'clock Saturday afternoon and 12 last night. Con- nelly was on duty in the basement of the
 north wing of the building. He went to his post at o'clock yesterday afternoon. A few minutes before midnight Henry Martin went to relieve him. Martin did not find him at l the point at which they usually relieve each
 other and blew his call several times. Re- ceiving no answer he instituted search.
 Seeing ight burning in the coal vault directly under the north front of the build ing Martin entered and found Conuelly 1 lying upon a coal pile with 8 bullet through his brain. He had removed his coat and vest and his shirt was covered with blood. Across his breast was pinned an internal rev euue blank upon which was written in dis
 jointed hand his dying statement In one corner of the sheet he referred to his wife in
 shocking manner, in another corner he accused Captain Cobaugh of the treasury l watch of being the cause of his disturb ance. On another portion of the sheet the
 following was addressed to Chief Clerk Webster:
 s.Dear Colonel-Provide fer my poor daughters and my spirit will bless you."
 Further down on the sheet was written: 'sFolger-Do not at your peril interfere with Web ster.
 (Signed) JOHN CoNNELLY. Treasury Watch." Connolly was between forty-1ve and fifty years of age. He leaves wife and several children, living at No. 1, 724 l. street, N. W. He has been watchman at the Treasury for over twenty years.