Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-31


JUSTICE HARLAN's dissenting opinion In the civil
rights cases has not yet been filed.
ADMIRAL PORTER will return to Washington to-
morrow afternoon.
TIE NAVAL MEDICAL SoCIETY.-The sixteenth
regular meeting OF the Naval Medical Society will
be held at the Museum of Hygiene tomorrow even
1ng The following papers are announced: Notes
an instance Of defective plumbing. by DR.. ! II. Kid,
der u. S. N; yellow fever at Pensacola Fla, by DR..
.. NJ Gulteras, U. S. N; dsinfectants, by DIR. A.
fore ARM by Dr. j. C.WtSe, Z. S. n; double aneur-
ism OF arch OF the aorta, by Dr. j. H. Bryan,U. S. n
NAVAL ORDERs.-Captain John Irvine ordered to
continue on temporary duty as captain of the navy
yard, Mare Island, Cal, until Captain McNatr re-
ports on the 9th November, then to consider him.
self detached and placed on waiting orders; Com
modore Thomas Pattison to examination for pro-
motion.
THE DEFICIENCY IN POSTAL REyENUEs.-The ca.
tfmated amount Of postal revenues for the fiscal
year, beginning July 1st next, including $43OOOO
estimated receipts from the money y-OrCer business
Is s47 7lo4.07s. The estimated expenditure for the
cheney in revenue of s2o5S,111 In his message to
Congress- recommending the reduction OF the letter
rate TO cents the President expressed the opinion
That the reduction would cause a deficiency Of
$3000O0O In the first year, and the official estimate
above given shows his estimate to have been within
SAL 600.
A BOGUS Post OFFICE INsPEcToR.-The inspectors
Office, Post Office department, is informed that
some unknown man is representing himself as w.
T. Henderson, post Office inspector In Montana and
collecting money from pOStmaSters, &C.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS held session
yesterday, but nothing OF public interest DONE
Alr Eaton, speaking to STAR reporter concerning
the revision OF the civil service rules, said that
some changes would be made before long but that
netps me- Wns od NOT at as yet yet to state what their
important changes would be made.
Mr.. N. W. FITZGERALD denies that he has CLOSED
his pension Office, as stated In the New York Times
OF this morning. He says he is doing no new busi-
ness pending final action on his case, as that would
SUBJECT him TO legal penalties. The Office is open
and the routine business transacted usual. He
SAID he expected TO be reinStated in practice to-
morrow. Yesterday he made Il few remarks to his
employees, which, he says were reported In the New
York Times substantially as made
CouRT-MART1AL TO TRY CHIEF ENGINEER VIII
L1AMsoN.-A court-martial for the trial of Chief
Engineer Thorn Williamson, on charges of extrava-
gance and msmanagement in connection with the
repairs OF the United States tug Pinta at Norfolk
navy yard, was ordered yesterday afternoon to
meet at tne washington navy yard, November 5th.
The detail for the court is as follows ComnodOres
". q. temple, w. Il. Truxtun and j. f. JOuett,
Chief Engineer Theodore Teller, Capts. W. W.
queen and +. j. johnson, Chief Engineer D. b. Ma
como, Capt. g. Ii. Perkins, Chief Engineer E. D.
Roble, with Lieut. S. c. Lemly as Judge advocate,
CHARGED TIrH VIOLATING THE POLITICAL ASSESS
MENTs ACT.-This morning Detective Block arrested
Lew L. Tate, postal clerk, at the Washington city
post Office, on the charge OF violating the political
assessments act In collecting IS TO aid the CAMPAIGN
fund of James Gleason, a fellOw-clerk He was
taken to the Police Court and gave bonds for a
hearing on Saturday.
PERsoNAI--Mr. Joseph Arthur, representing the
"bunch OF Keys" Company, is stopping at the
National Hotel.-Leut. Very ana Naval Chaplain
Hayward sailed from New York for Havre today
Mrs I. Fl. Tilton and son, OF Washington, were
passengers by the overland train to arrive at San
!, FranfsSo nc Wol;, last TuesdayGol George Warng
Brooayn, n y, is visiting Mrs Josiah Bellows, Of
No q II street est.-Ex- Representative
Miss Julia Carroll has gone to New York on a short
vls1t-The Rev. Dr. Rankin OF this city, Is attend
ing the American Missionary Associations meeting
III New York. and presides the exercises in the
aosence OF the president, William. B. Washburn.
kiihOurn's Dinners in Jail.
HE is CRoss-ExAMINED ON THE SUBJECT
Ihe cr0ss-examinatiOn OF Hallet Kilbourn, COM
pa1nant In the suit against eX-Sergeant- alarms
Jonn G thompson, for $350,0O0 damages for false
imprisonment, was begun this morning, when the
Circuit Court met, by Mr.. Jere Wilson Of consul for
defense. The morning was spent in questioning
Mr k1lDourn as to the circumstances attending his
imprisonment
Mr. Corkhlll examined the witness to show the
amount OF the bills contracted for the sustenance Of
Mr. k1lbOurn while prisoner OF state These item
lied statements showed that the meals and acces-
sores cost all the way from Sc to $35.
DINNER WHICH COST S34.55
Mr kilbourn said he knew nothing about the
items OF the bill; he supposed Congress was going
to pay that After reading the bill for one dinner,
costing 1885, Mr.. KtlbOurn was asked If his dinner
had cost that much.
II shouldn't wOnder," said MIR. Kilbourn: 81 had
distinguished visitors there, and entertained them
as guests OF the nation"
when Mr.. COrkhill had read for ten minutes or
more the ltemZed statement OF Caterer Freund's
amount, Senator voorhees, objected, because he
coulu nOG see the use or 1t. "lt seems to be
PLEASURE FOR Mr.. CORKHILL,"
said the Senator, "to read about good things to
eat"
Mr.. Corkhill said he thought 1t was proper to
put before the jury the quality of the fare on
which the witness was living While lang,shing in
prison. "It is complete answer" said Mr. Cork
hlii, ito Tottens opening speech, and perhaps the
only answer that Will be made to it."
HALF DOZEN RAW FOR SENATOR yoORHEEs
AS Mr.. Corkhiii was allowed to proceed Senator
voorhees, took up his hat with gesture of disgust
remarking as he left the court room, ~ will 20 out
and take half dozen raw myself" After this
branch OF the examination was closed recess was
taken.
AFTER THE RECESS
Mr.. Wilson continued the crOssexamination. The
witness said that several times during his 1mprisOn-
ment the officer in charge OF him permitted him to
go out with him to walk for exercise. He walked
to the navy yard once and another time nearly to
the Capitol The night before the petition of habeas
corpus was heard he went out in a carriage to his
home and remained away from the jail about three
hours.
The metropolitan Bank Robbery.
LITTLE HORACE TO APPEAR AS A WITNESS IN THE
EX-DETECTIvE CASES.
The arrival OF Horace Hogan in this city, as stated
In yesterdays STAR is an important event for the
government in the ex-detective cases now in pro-
gress Of trial. Hogan has been confined In the
Eastern penitentiary OF Pennsylvania, and was
pardoned out by Gov Pattison, on the representa-
tlons OF the citizens committee Of Philadelphia and
others He is now in poor health, and expresses
the determination to lead better life in the futupe
He Will appear as a witness in the case in which
the three exdetectives, Miller, McElfresh and NC
Dewitt, and also Finder, were indicted for COM
Pllclty IN the Metropolitan bank robbery. "Lttle
Horace" as he Is known, believed to have been
member OF the gang that robbed the Government