Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-30

SOUTHERN POLITICIANS WHO MET THERE LAST
NIGHT-wHAT COLLECTOR BRADY SAYS ABOUT IT.
A STAR reporter met Collector Brady, OF Viz
gtn!a. at the Arlington this morning end asked
him about the reported conference Of prominent
southern politicians at the Arlington yesterday.
'Oh! that was oil mistake about our having a
meeting yesterday" was the reply. mo such
thing occurred. Last evening. however, q num-
ber OF Us met in Gen. Mahons's parlor and had
pleasant social talk, and as You can't get gentle
hlen together nowadays without the subject Of
politics being introduced, our conversation took
that direction. There were present-let me Soc
Gen. Malone, Gen. Longstreet, Gen. Chalmers,
myself. don't think
GEN. MALONE AND GEN. LoNesFRKEF
had met since the war, and they were anxious to
see each other. Nearly an hour and a half was
occupied with relating personal "reminiscences OF
war times Some OF Us fought on different SIDES
and our comparison OF recOllecuonS was very In
teresting."
ORGANIZATION AGAINST THE DEMOCRACY
"But you sail that the meeting took q political
turn, colonel" said the reporter; show about
that7n
eyes, and have no objection to stating that
the result was general desire to organize and
conso olidate the Independent and disanected fac
tions in the south. with view OF being able to do
good work in "a as against the bourbon demo-
Gratis, for the beneft OF the republican party; at
least that was my idea. We have assurances that
South Carolina, and numbers Of other such men
are heartily in favor OF such plan and will lend
1t their personal assistance"
WAS any particular course decided upon, Or did
you make arrangements for a future conferehce7"
asked the reporter.
GEN. MALONE THE ENa1NEBR OF THE NEW novR-
MENT.
'Neither." was the reply. "our meeting was
mainly accidental, and the conference, as 1 have
said, OF general nature. OF course we look upoa
Gen. Malone, who has been SO successful in Vir-
ginia, as the best lifted to engineer any such
take viii uadousedy Be endorsed AND the rest
VIII 1aii into line: But as yet the plan has taken
no definite shape"
Yellow Fever.
THREE NEW CASES AND ONE DEArH-THE SHIP
ISLAND QUARANTINE STATION, ETC.
Commodore English, Acting Secretary of the
Lieutenant Commander Welch at Pensacola, dat-d
yesterday:-"Three new cases-servant OF DR..
Owens, Freddie owens and one hospital attend
ant-and one death already reported.
+ The surgeon general OF the marine hospital ser
vice has received a report from DR.. Finney, in
charge OF the Ship Island Quarantine station,
quarantine there, from which nineteen cases OF
yellow fever were taken. Ali OF these cases were
brought from Vera Cruz
The surgeon general has also been Informed that
the American hrg II little NJ Balm. which left Ha-
vana on the 24th instant for Boston, had case of
yellow fever On board. The vessel was d1sinfected
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT PAY FOR FOOD FOR DEs-
STITUTE CITIZENS.
Continuous applications have been made to the
marine hospital service for food for the destitute
citizens On the naval reserve at Pensacola Fla.
Senator Call has recently made such request.
The treasury department holds, however, that
the m funds OF the appropriation for the prevention
or epidemlcS can not hs expended for that pur-
pose, and the State OF Florida must care It's own
destitute OF else make public appeal for aid.
Tidal Waves on the Pacific Coast.
PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE VOLCANIC AGITATION IN
JAVA.
The following telegram has been received by
the superintendent OF the coast and geodetic sur
vey from Prot. George Davidson, assistant:
''SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, August 2e.-Earthquake
waves commenced on Sancelto tide gauge at one
O'Clock on the morning Of August 9th. They had
increased in height and were still exhibited yes
terday. Height OF waves one foot, and time about
forty minutes between creStS." !"
The remarkable dist urbances noted above were
probably caused by the same earthquake and tidal
wave that destroyed AMER and other towns in
occurrence on the 23l OF December, 1854. when the
town OF Stmoda, in Japan, WAS destroyed and q
Russian frfgate in tue hirbor OverWhelm ID. The
waves were recorded on the three coast survey
LurbanceS OF like character were also recorded on
these gauges In August, 1868, when q succession
OF terrible earthquake waves broke upon tho coast
OF Peru. destroying towns and landing U. g. War
vessel bigh and dry. The Fate at which such
waves move across the ocean and also the average
depth OF the ocean may ba computed from the tide
gauge records referred to.
The HILL COMMITTEES AGAIN AT 1.-THE Hill
investigation committee yesterday gave Mr. Hay
ward, OF the firm OF Bartlett, Hayward & Co.,
hearing in regard to the heating apparatus In the
Chicago custom hOu e. No new or import INT
faH no f<an o1r,