Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-04
CITY AND DISTRICT
"sa| Sftss:zEArED THE LIFE saw.
INC SERVICE
Various Claimants,
TIE FaCTS IN THE CASH.

CITY paper n wing sketch Of the lives and
puoiIc services OF the various candidates for the
speakershr says Of III. Cox: 1T was he who
originated and carried through the bill es.ab-
Hshing the LIFE SAVING service Gov Newell
OF Washington Territory. formerly represen-
tatlYe IN Congress from New jersey in q recent
message to the territorial legislature. claims
the honor of having, by his individual and m
aided efforts. inaugurated the life saving SER
vice OF the United States. and in sn,port OF bis
cIa'hi refers 10 h:s Efforts in this behalf as a
member OF the House of Representatives i'm 1S49
Inc governor Claims that while the whole credit
OF lnau@uratin9 the life saving service of the
ohIted States Is due to his individual, and I'M
AGED efforts. his services have been entirely
ignored; that hc has never received any credit
III ahS oiiciai reports on the subject; by the
press oil the country or from any of the inter-
ests specially benefited thereby What will the
governor now 81 VErn he finds that all of his
own exclusive ti'ui:Icr is now being stolen by
ana Tor the beEciii - the lively and genial mem
Der from New Iorn
The fact isthc credit OF originating. inaugural
ing or organizing tie life saving service of the
United states belongs neither to Gov. Newell
nor to Representative Cox.
The records OF Congress show that m to 1873
neither of those gentlemen did ANYTHING more
than to secure appropriations for the service on
the coasts OF New Jersey and Long Island where
stations had already been established The
Efforts OF Gov Newell secured an appropri alton
oil Slo-U0 for the New Jersey coast In an eo-
quent speech On the subject he nortrayed the
advantages OF the service in rescuing life and
saving property, and defended his constituents
against the charges which had been made
against them OF decOying vessels for the pur-
pose of wreckn1 them.
lie inauguration of the life saving service in
the United States is due to the
HUMANE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
which society was originally formed in 11Sfj and
incorporated in 119i. Its lend and design was
declared in its charter to be for the receiving
of persons who meet with such accidents as to
produce In them the appearance of death and
tor prOmotin" the cause Of humanity by pur-
suing s'ch means from time to time as shall
nave for Their object the preservation of human
HE ana the alienation of its miSeries'
The efforts of tbs benevolent society was.
from time to time. aided By appropriations from
the National Treasury. which, up to 1870
amounted in the aggregate to S35 600 In the
mean time certain stations had been established
on the coast of Massachusetts. New Jersey and
New York 10y aid of Congressional apprO-
priatiOnS and the supervision of these stations
was placed i'll charge OF the revenue marine
bureau of the Treasury department, but the
support derived from the government was so
meager and OF such uncertain tenure that they
were of little benefit for the purpose for which
they were designed. The first attempt to
organize this service and give it efficiency was
successfully made by the present head of the
bureau,
MR.. s. j. KIMBALI,
on his appointment under Secretary Boutwell,,
as chief OF the bureau of revenue marine and to
the executive ability and zeal of that officer is
mainly due the remarkable success of the life
saving service of the United States. which is to-
day acknowledged to be superior to that of any
other country. The legislation which made the
lie saving service national institution and
which resulted in establishing the bureau hav-
nG special charge of its administration was
inaugurated by
MR.. LYNCH.
Of Maine, during the third session OF the Forty
second Congress. rs will be shown by an ex-
animation OF the records Of Congress Decem-
Der y, - Con. Globe. p. S2), Mr.. Lync! in
troduced a bill establishing life saving stations
on the coast of New England Virginia and
North Carolina which bill was referred to the
committee of commerce, of which he was a
member. was reported back by him January %
(btOOt i"4 anu niitty passed with an amend
lnent. which was Made on his motion providing
i"ran examination under direction of the Sec
r"tary o: the Treasury. of the ,rl.Ole .'sea and
tdEf cOCSt OF The thite,f States, with 4 view to
the establishment of living saving stations. and
directing the Secretary to report at the next
session OF Congress. the locations recommended
10r the establishment of such stations and the
cost thereof The report of the Secretary was
nade To the next Congress and appropriations
made IN accordance Herewith. February H.
13. Mr.. Lynch introduced resolution inquir-
Ing into the eXDediency of connecting by tele-
graph the light house life saving and signal sta
tionS of the United States. which result ed in an
appropriation during the same session to carry
out this object.
THE GOOD WORK DONE.
The results which nave been ACCOMPLISHED
lll.lrf
said, mainly due to the efficient head of the
bureau. who is a gentleman of untiring energy.
of great executive ability and enthusiastically
devoted to his work "a work as noble as any
ever engaged i'm by man.
The report of the operations of the bureau for
the last fiscal year shows the whole number of
stations to be 1874. of which 149 were on the At
lantic. 81 on the lakes, Z on the Pacific and one
on the falls of the Ohio at Louisville, Nv. Num-
Der who received succor at stations ,65l,
aDd of these 1879 days in the aggregate. The
estimated value of vessels Involved in these
disasters was IS s25; of carsOes, 50 .O75. 615
total. S1176.5 $40 OF this amount $500 500
was saved, and 1864, 40 was lost The num-
Der of vessels totally lost was IS. In addition
there have been 1l6 disasters TO smaller crafts
such sail boats. row boats etc, on which
We're PA persons. 24O OF whom were saved and
4 lost. Total number Of disasters. 4l6; total
value OF property involved, S7.242 12O; total
value saved, S5,6T 200; total value lost 81. ST.
020; total number of persons involved 4 O:G
total number saved, 4.0l1; total number lost 49,
Trapped by nn Amateur.
4 NEGRO CLaIH:ING TO HAIL FROM WASHINGTON
ARRESTED IN NEW YORK FOR MURDER.
John Boston, alias John Watkins, colOred, who
was arrested in New York Saturday on suspicion of
being the murderer OF Phoebe Paullin, of Orange
n. j., claims 20 have lived in Washington and to
have relations here. The arrest was the Outgrowth
OF piece of amateur detective WORK on the part of
a New Yorker, which is thus described by the New
YORK Herald of yesterday:
Thomas +. Reilly, who lives at the Broadway
street and Broadway about half-past three o'clock
yesterday morning. when negro entered, called
FOR glass OF beer. drank IL, and sank drowsi!y
81 chair. The mans appearance excited the atten-
lion or Hr- l.cilIy, who presently said TO him,
"HEerc do yOu come frOm?n
''Whar do j come from? ~ repeated the negro,
Starting up Then he replied, hesitatingly, "FrOm
-fr0n-ThOmpSGn street"
.'.NonSenoe, ~ retorIed Reilly; 's1hOmpSOn street
negroes don't come 10 Broadway To drink" Then
his eye fell the Negroes hat, Travelled his
clothing and rested or his enormous broganS. The
hat was of soft felt and peaked, such a as is
dusty and travel stained, and his shoes Were
splaShed with red mud. 'Jprsey mud beyond
doubt" thought Reilly, and the suspicion which
had flashed through his mind became conviction
"That is the man who killed Phoebe Paullin."
Then he spoke again TO the negro In the same
tone as before: ..When did you leave Newark"
II amt been in Newark, boss replied the negro.