Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-09
Tive Girls RDlSOnnd.


About IL o'clock Saturday Kate ana Mary Mar
kin, two little girls, and years Old respectively
while visiting Michael Long, 3s5 G street south
west, We're taken suddenly Ill Drs. Hammatt and
Fenwfck were called in and rendered medical aid,
but Katie, the youngest, died a few minutes after
They arrived The other, 1t is thought, may re-
cover They ate sausage for dinner, and it Is
thought that the sausage contained some poison
Gus substance,
DEATH OF AN OLD TELEGRAPHER-John Edgar
Clark, one OF the Oldest and most fdvorably known
telegraphers In this country died this morning at
Atlantic City. N j., whittier he had gone hoping to
regain his health. His ailment was nervous ex-
haustlon, superinduced by hardwork during the
Press Association. Mr. Clarke was brother of
Col W. H. Clarke, manager OF the Baltimore and
Oalo telegraph company in this city, and was
military service during the rebellion and had
worked In nearly every prominent clice In this
country. His Wholesouled, generous and genial
nature made him fayO:ite every where, and it Ia
believed that he had not an enemy in the world.
TIE AGREEMENT WITH CHIEF. .MosEs-The agree
ment between Chief Moses and the Indians OF the
Colv!ie reservation and the Secretary OF the In:e-
rior was signed to-day. The. terms OF this agree
ment was published in Saturdays STAR, but some
modihcationS have since been made which allow
Chet Moses LOCO annually. instead Of 5000, ana
$1,000 to builda house s1U0 per year is also allowed
to Tonusket. Susopkin to-day complained that
the Indian agent on the Colvlile reservation did
WHY THE WAR DEPARTMENT TAKES CHARGE OF
THE CAPTURED APACHEs.-Secretary Teller said to-
day, In response to an inquiry, that the arrange
ment In regard to the care of the Apache Indians
was made for the reason that the War department
has sufficient money to keep them, while the In
terOr department has not. The proposition came
from himself, and has no connection with any
policy looking TO the transfer OF LLe care OF all the
Indians to the War department..
ATTORNEY GENERALS OPINION ON THE TEA CUES
TIoN.-The Attorney General has given an opinion
to the Secretary OF the Treasury that 1t was not
the intention OF the act OF March 2. leS3 entitled
IAN act TO prevent the importation OF adulterated
and spurious teas" to create new office to meet
the requirement OK the act that all teas entered
for importation shall be examined before passing
from the control OF the customs authorities
The Attorney General says he does not think it
admissible to deduce the power to appoint a new
class or 0f11cers from the power given the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, In case he should not deem
1t proper or expedient that the officers named in
the NTH section should act as examiners OF teas
to direct ''otherwise" 1t appears to the Attorney
General that what Congress meant by the words
sunless the Secretary of the Treasury shall other
wise direct" was that the Secretary should have
the power to devolve the duty OF examining teas
On other officers Of the revenue than those desg-
mated by the act The power to create Offices and
where the law can have due effect without IT. In
his opinion the term "examinef," used In sections
2. and 4, meant any oflcer authorized by the 9Th
secCiOn 10 act In that character and nothing more
He Is also OF opinion that the term appraisers"
used In the act does not embrace assistant ap-
the law calling for this enlarged sense OF the Tor
mer term.