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GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
Women in the Civil Service-A Question fo
the Commissioners.

Women in the Civil Service-A Question for
the Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Attention has re-
Gently been drawn to the fact that the new
civil service law is silent as to any distinction
to be made between male and female appli-
cants for places in the executive departments,
and the problem of reconciling this state of
affairs with the present practice in most of
the departments, of giving male applicants
for office the preference in appointments. is
now subject OF consideration by the civil
service reform commissioners. The ules to
be drawn up by the commission will, il is
understood, contain some provision bearing
upon the questiin, the commission being
cognizant of the necessities of the pu bl ic
service and the opposition ON the part of
heads of the departments to any large in
crease in tine number of female clerks
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Compromise Rejected.

union men representing former employees of
the Vulcan Steel-works, of South st. Louis
held conference with John E. Fry, general
superintendent of the works, this afternoon,
and made formal offer to resume work at a
reduction of 39A per cent. in wages. Mr..
Fry said he would be glad to give work to as
many of the old men as there was work for,
but absolutely refused to treat with them as
Union men, and reiterated the determination
of the Vulcan Company not to employ any
members of the Amalgamated Association.
This settles the matter on the part of the
company The men will hold meeting CO.
morrow but there is no likelihood they will
withdraw from the union
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THE SICK MEN.
Secretary Foiger Still Quite nl-The Health
of the President


WASHINGTON, March 24-Secretary Folger
continues under the weather. and is still un-
able to attend to his official duties The
latest complication which has set in to fur
ther aggravate his other ills is erysipelas
He now feels that he will not be able to be at
the head of the Treasury Department for
some time, and within few days either John
G. New or Assistant Secretary French will be
designated to act as Secretary of the Treas
ury. The Critic gives currency to "a report
that Secretary Folger's sickness has now as
sumed the shape of erysipelas of the face and
head, and that his condition is considered
dangerous While it cannot be denied that
the condition of the secretary is much worse
than his friends would have the public be-
lieve, the aforementioned report cannot be
verified tonight. Officials in the Treasury
Department who hear from Secretary Folger
daily, say they have no information which
would warrant the statement that Mr.. Folger
is suffering from the disease alluded to. They
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do not deny, however, that the Secretary is
much prostrated and his system generally
disorganized.
The President is still in wretched health
1t is notable that this winter at Washington
has been an extraordinary one for bad colds
den changes. The President has a bad at
tack of catarrh, and suffers constantly with
it. After he entertans ex-President Diaz, OF
Mexico, on Tuesday next he will take his
trip South, and Folger will accompany him.
The remainder of the cabinet have far
health. Frelinghuysen takes things easy and
permits nothing to worry him. Brewster
is occasionally under the weather, but Chand-
Ter, Lincoln and Teller all keep in good
health
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Chicago Republican Nominations.

CHICAGO, March 24.-The Republican city
convention this afternoon nominated Judge
Eugene Carey for mayor. r. T. Crane has
Withdrawn as the Independent candidate
and Carey will receive the support of the In
dependents
Emil Detch was nominated for city clerk
Both Carey and Dietch are Republicans in
dorsed by Independents; Without touching
upon the questions OF high liquor license,
the remainder of the ticket was turned over
to the committee of conference with the In
dependents, and the convention adjourned
The conference committee met later and
completed the ticket by the nomination OF
Dennis OConnor for treasurer, and B. F.
Nicholson for city attorney, both Democrats
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JOHN HOWARD PAYNE.
Arrival of the Remains in Washington
Interment at Oak Hill.

Arrival OF the Rema1nS IN WaSh1nStOn-
Interment at Oak Hill.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The remains of
John Howard Payne, author of Home,
Sweet Home" arrived in this city this morn
ing. The undertaken, with the assistance OF
railroad employees, lifted out the coffin, which
was inclosed in a wedge-shaped, foreign-look-
ing box of wood, heavily bound at the sides
and corners with strips of wrought iron. On
each side were three iron ,ihandles, The box
was covered with black pail and draped
with the American flag. 1t was borne at
once to hearse, followed by w. w. Cor
coran, c. NJ. Matthews and Lieutenant
Nicholson, and taking a carriage the party
accompanied the remains to Oak Hill and
saw them placed in the chapel. The coffin
will be exposed to view in the chapel, and
will probably remain there for some days
before being removed to the vault 1t is
sail the lawn facing the entrance is being
thought of as lthe place of interment. A
monument at this point would be very con-
SpicuOuS,
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Not Yet Settled.

CHICAGO, March 24.-The report from
Pittsburg that the differences between the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association and
employers in the Fourth district, embracing
Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri, had been
adjusted on a basis of reduction of 33% per
gent, seems without foundation. 1t prob
ably grew out of the agreement between the
Joliet Iron and Steel Company and its men,
reported last night. The manager of the
North Chicago rolling-mllls said he had
heard nothing of it. He said further his
company even at that reduction would not
start up the old mill. The mill at South
Chicago could supply all demands.
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Generals IngaIls Iand Ekln to Be Retired.

Generals ingalls, land Ekin to BE Retired.
WASHINGTON, March Quartermaster-
General Rufus ingalls,, U. S. A, will be
placed on the retired list, Aug. %, under the
requirements of the sixty-seven-year act, and
be followed on Aug. 81 by Colonel James A.
Ekin, assistant quartermaster-general. 1t
is not known who will succeed the former,
but if one of the assistant quartermaster-
generals-Halabird, Tompkins or Saxton-
is promoted, the two retirements will pro-
mote Lieutenant-Colonel S. D. Bingham and
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander ]. Perry to
assistant quartermaster-general, with a rank
OF colon ell and major, ]. NJ. Moore and Major
Benjaman r, Card to deputy quartermas ster-
generals, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel
and captain John H. Belcher and Captain
Ezra B. Kirk to quartermaster, with the rank
OF major.
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VIII Come Ont as Twins.

Washington Special to Courier-Jo Journal.
General Walker, Superintendent of the
Census, has gone to Boston on an indefinite
absence and Assistant Superintendent Sea-
ton is still absent in search of his mind. In
the meantime the Census Bureau is running
itself, which means that the affairs of the de-
partment are in a demoralized condition,
and the prospect is slim for a completion of
the census report of 1880. When Congress
was in session General Walker rushed
around frantically, promising that ne would
remain here and devote his entire time to
the census work
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Burning of the Williams Sewing Machine
Works.

MONTREAL March 25.-The Williams sew
ing machine factory burned last night. Be.
ing situated outside the city limits, water
supply could not be had, and the labor OF
the fire brigade was of no service, and the
vast factory with its new machinery was de-
stroyed. Loss estimated at $500 600 or $780,
D00. The establishment was the largest of
the kind in Canada. 1t was built by COM
pany of which the late Sir Hugh Allen was
president and in which position his son
succeeded him. Two hundred and fifty
mechanics will be idle until the premises are
rebuilt. The insurance is placed in all the
principal English and Canadian offices, and
will nearly cover the loss.
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A Dishonest Postmaster.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 25.-The Ga
Eette's Batesville, Ark, special says: Post
master w. ]. Pearson has bean arrested and
his securities have taken charge of the office
He is charged with unlawfully OBTAINING a
registered package. 1t seems that irregulari
ties have bren going on at this office for some
stime. Recent developments show that sew.
eral registered packages have been rifed
here. Steps are being taken by the depart
ment to ascertain the guilty party. Pearson
has attempted to shift the responsibility up
on his deputy, the Two only having access tc
the office, but the evidence seems to turn in
the other direction"
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w HEN
CLOTHING STORE.
WORK AND WAGES.
Strike Compromised and Work Resumed in
q Large Mill

TRENTON, N. j., March PA few weeks
1go the puddlers in Cooper, Hewitt & Co. IS
rolling-mill had submitted to them an alter
native OF a reduction of wages from $4 ton
to $3.50, or temporary shut down Of the
mill. The latter alternative was accepted
and 1000 men are thrown out of work. Early
this week the rail department again opened,
and this gave employment to between two
and three hundred. Yesterday Superintend-
ent Stokes called the puddlers together, and,
after free interchange of views, they agreed
to accept a compromise and resume work at
1915 a ton. The furnaces will be lighted up
Monday, and the whole mill be again in op-
Grafton Monday next. A reduction of 10
per cent. will be made in wages of rolling
mill employees at Trenton iron-works, where
$50 are employed
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The Story of the Escape from England
of Ex-Treasurer Egan.
How the Attitude of the American Press Is
Regarded in England-Foreign News
and Notes of All Kinds.
IRISH AFFAIRS.
'No. 1" Said to BE Lurking in Mexico-The
Armagh Case.

Armagh case.
LONDON March 24-The Pail Mall Ga
zette's Dublin correspondent says the person
referred to as mo. II by James Carey. in
his testimony at the hearing of the assassina-
tion prisoners, is known to be in Mexico, be-
yond the reach of the English authorities.
The Times points out that the jury which
yesterday, at Belfast, rendered a verdict of
guilty upon Nugent and twelve other mem
bers of the Armagh Assassination Society,
who were charged with conspiracy to muir
der, accepted as authentic a diary kept by
the plotters, in which it was recorded that
man had sworn, at the request of the Land
League, to kill a landlord named Brooke
The Times says the evidence on the part of
the government, adduced at the trial, GER
tainly lends force to the governments rep
resentations at Washington with regard to
hostile speeches and writings of Irish-Ameri-
cans.
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Sheridan as an Accomplice.

New YoRK, March 24.-G. W. Smalley's
cable letter to the Tribune says:
THE trial and conviction of the Patriotic
Brotherhood at Belfast once more identifies
Patrick ]. Sheridan as an accomplice in the
outrage, and supplies fresh link between
the Land League and organized crime; the
record of the proceedings of the brotherhood
containing the entry, that at the request of
the Land League, conveyed through Thomas
Murphy were specially sworn to kill Mr.
Brooke
American dispatches say that kilograms
from London last week allege that u general
panic was produced by the Charles street
explosion. 1 could not then and cannot now
discover any indication of panic in Parlia-
ment in the press, in the people one meets,
or anywhere else Reasonable precautions
do not denote a panic. The police have
no intention OF relaxing them. The public
buildings arsenal and dockya rds are better
plosions are numerous, but the police are
either incredulous or keep their knowledge
to themselves. The reported discharge of
Irish workmen, because they are Irish, is
true i'll some instances. but is promptly dis
countenanced by the English public.
'The general zone of the respectable
American press in reference to the outrages
is considered here as worthy of America,
but there is undeniably an increasing dis
position in England TO regard with wonder
the liberation, in the United States OF the
open advocacy of murder and the destruc-
ton of cities. This feeling is plainly ex-
pressed in high quarters, but ministers being
aware of executive interference under Amer
lean laws address no representations to the
American government except in the friend
Gact cririt ~
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POLITICAL.
Meeting ofthe Sub Committee of the National
Union League.

PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-The sub-com-
mttee of the executive committee of the
National Union League met this afternoon
in the Continental Hotel. The conference
was attended by representative men in the
Republican party, the object being to further
the movement for securing unity of senti-
ment in the ranks of the party. Generel j.
s. Negley of Pittsburg, presided. Among
others present were Thomas G. Baker, Of
New York, secretary; General Grosvenor. of
Ohio, and c. f. Scott of West Virginia. The
question: of holding meetings in the South,
to be addressed by Northern speakers, was
discussed and decided. They will hold the
first meeting in Atlanta, Ga, in the early fall
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Mr.. Foleer Slightly Better,

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Secretary Folger's
physician reports, at late hour tonight,
that the condition of his patient is improved.
1t is true that the Secretary is suffering from
erysipelas in the face and head, brought on
by severe cold. The disease is aggravated by
lowered vitality and the impoverished condi-
ton of his blood, due to overwork and want
of proper nutrition, but it is not thought
there is as yet any reasons for especial appre-
hension
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TUNIs, Jan. 5, 1888.
My Dear Mr.. Brown:

TUNIs, Jan. 5, 1S83
My Dear Mr.. Brown
Learning that the body of John Howard
Payne author of "Home Sweet Home" was TO
b. eXhumated from its grave in Tuuis aud sent to
America at the expense of w. w. Corcorau. Esq,
OF Washington, and learning, too, that probably
not any American would be present. l resolved
to take over to Tunis and if possible, get
there in time to witness the disinterment
| This morning at II NJ. the eXhumation took
place in the presence of about twenty persons, n
few being Tunisians attracted to the spot
through curiosity, the others being laborers en-
ployed and few gentlemen acting as witnesses
| at the request of Mr.. Reade l also signed the
paper as witness that the exhumation took
| pace az stated. There were two persons present
| who were also at the funeral and intermeDt of
| layne, i. G. NJ. Piassani and dragoman.
The coffin was badly decayed. and was kept
hnb eFe-ything relating To 6he remains was
| scrnpulousy and reverently preserved and
handled. There was little else than the black
ened skeleton left. Traces of the coloners
uniform in which Payne was buried were
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gold lace and "a few but
tons. / asked for button, which was given me
and which inclose to you. Mr.. Reade also re-
| tains button. L likewise incOse twig from
the large "pepper tree" that is growing at the
| head Of the now empty grave, this twig having
| fallen on the coffin, from which TOOK it,
AT O'Clock, after the body had been put in its
lead coffin and soldered, and then into its hard
wood coffin, and then its outer box, 1t was
brought to the little Protestant church, where 1t
will rest tonight under guard aud tomorrow
morning be taken TO vessel leaving for Mar
seilles in the afternoon.
| 1 will add that 1 tried unsuccessfully, to pro-
cure a band to play Payne's immortal song as
his remains should leave the marina of Tunis,
but not any could play "Home, Sweet Home,'
although l had the words and notes with me.
| However. the body was brought into the
chapel an English captain, Bridger, played a
dirge on the little American organ there after
which Mrs Worthington sang "Home, Sweet
Home" very sweetly, and then we all came
away, leaving the poor body lying under the
memorial window in the chancel, which few
| large-hearted Engshmea mad put in there in
tender and gracious memory of one they loved
and honored not alone for his authorship of the
most touching of all songs, but for the half mel
anchOly and wholly beautiful character of the
man himself.
If You care to show this letter to Mr.. Corcoran
You can do so, giving him the pepper branch 1t
strikes me that Americans cannot too warmly
thank and honor Mr.. COrcoran for this most
thoughtful and patriotic deed of his. That
Payne should at last sleep in the land of his own
sweet home must be gratifying thought to all
mis- countrymen. Faithfully yours,
JOHN WORTHINGTON.
Sevellon A. Brown, Esq, chief clerk Depart
meut of State,
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Electioneering EXTRAORDINARY.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, March 25.-Much ex-
element was occasioned, tonight, by the
distribution in church vestibules of circulars
alleging great corruption in town affairs, and
giving reasons why the board of selectmen
should not be reelected The circular pre-
sents list of names of proprietors of bagnios
and unlicensed liquor saloons, with the sum
of money each pays monthly to the poll ce
for hush-m9ney, aud calls upon the citizens
to arouse and 0Verturn the ring.
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WASHINGTON, March 24,-General Hazen
and his friends appear to be doing what they
can to prevent the appointment of board
of inquiry to investigate the signal office.
The Critic to-day quotes a prominent army
officer as saying; you see, a court of inquiry
is entirely different from court martial.
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An officer can decline to sit on court of in
quiry, while in a court-martial case be is
bound to serve Now, l know that General
Sherman has asked several officers to serve
on a court of inquiry to investigate the
charges against Hazen, and they have, to
man. declined on the same grounds that
would refuse-that the charges against Hazen
are largely superficial and are made by en-
vious persons"
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LOUISVILLE, March A.-An informal meet
ing of Main-street merchants was held to-
day with view to the nomination of Mayor
Charles D. Jacob for governor. A formal
meeting with the same object in view will
held some time next week. Jacob is serving
his third term as mayor.
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Rhode Island Democrats.

providence, March 24.--The straight Dem
ocrats of Rhode Island resolved to put a
State ticket into the field. They will nomi-
nate Charles r. Cutler for governor; Horace
A. Kimball for rlieutenant-governor William
J. Mills, secretary of state; Oscar Lapham,
attorney-general; Thomas A. Reynolds, gem
eral treasurer
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David Davis and His Bride,

ATLANTA, March "a David Davis and his
wife arrived in this city to-day. In the
afternoon Mr. David drove around the city
until next Tuesday
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Manner in Which Ex-Treasurer Egan Got
Out of England.


Dublin Letter in London Times.
Mr.. Egan was unhappy. The police had a
watch upon his house. and he saw that all
his movements were closely observed, not,
however, it would seem, as closely as they
ought to have been. He succeeded in eluding
the vigilance of the detectives and effecting
his escape by a stratagem which, though not
entitled to the merit of novelty, was cleverly
carried out. He was seized with illness.
There was nothing remarkable in the coin
cidence that he should be i'll at such q time
The climate is treacherous, and even if the
weather were all that could be desired, there
was enough to affect his health in the irrita
ton caused by the gross insult offered to
high spirited Irishman'' in the sending OF
police to watch him. Much sympathy was
expressed for him when it became known
that he was i'll. There must be
something very serious, his friends
remarked, for the blinds were
drawn down closely upon the windows; the
house was still as the grave, and the doctor
and priest were frequently observed going
in The doctor was his friend, DR.. Kenny,
who was ever ready to prescribe fox a patriot
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but because he believed his answers might
be twisted and contorted to his prejudice
and appear to criminate him.
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He VIII Resign.

AsBURY PARK, N. j., March N.-The post
masters at Asbury Park and Ocean GrQYe
hays receiyed notice from the Postoffice De-
partnent that owing to the .aack Ia; Of necessary
appropriation they will receive no allowance
for clerk hire this year. Last year the Asbury
Park Office paid the government ST. 900, while
the salary is $780, The postmaster will
resign unless the decision is reversed
THE best periodical for ladies' to take monthly
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PARNELL AND HIS PLANS.
Object of the hecent Visit OF the A@i
tator to the French Capital.

"A series OF Extraordinary Misrepresenta-
tions for the Purpose of Embroiling
England and France in War
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WHEN INDICATIONS.
MONDAY Colder and partly cloudy
weather, with rain or snow.
SOFT ROLL
SACK SUITS

Will be the most popular style
for young and middle aged
mems spring and summer every
day business wear. We have
these styles in mems and
youths sizes, made from the
handsomest shades and pat
terms of Globe mills and other
popular mills makes of mater
ials. They equal in all re-
spects the finest of merchant
tailor make, and sell for half
the money.