Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-21
On Top OF the Monument.

On Top OF the Monument.
WORKING on The DERRICK By ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The workmen on the Washington monument to.
day are engaged In hosting and placing In position
the long and heavy spars which VIII form the
pedestal OF the derrick. The tmbers are eight In
number, and owing to the difficulties Of working In
the narrow space OF the monument and the neces-
sy OF having the timoers perfectly fast in position
this morning, and It may not be finished before
dark tonight In the latter case the electric lights
on the Treasury department and Smithsonian
building Will oe foc used on the monument, so that
the work will not be Interrupted The experiment
OF throwing the light from those two points upon
the Top OF the monument was successfully tired
The work which was begun at five O'Clock this
morning must be completed before 1t IS LEFT by the
There are eight timbers, II by to be put in place
and braced Six OF these were up by two O'Clock
to-day, and two more and tue cap had then to be
ADJUSTED II the work Is not done by SundOwn this
evening the men willhave to work by electric light
The ''Independent'' Deserts Cleveland.
1T ADVOCATES HIS FORCED OR VOLUNTARY WITH
DRAWAL FROM THE CANVASS
MI. Bowen's religious weekly, the IN. Y.) Inde
pendent, which warmly supported Cleveland until
the publication Of the scandal story, commissioned
Dr.. K1ns!ey Twtning, one OF its stan, go to Buf
falo and make the necessary investigation. He
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parts OF the charge were true. In the current
ISSUE which came out to-day, the Independent
takes back every word 1t said In praise OF Cleve-
land, declines to support him any longer, and de-
clares that his election would be disgrace to the
nation. 1t says:
"The conditions have wholly changed since the
independent conference. Then we were ready with
real enthusiasm to support the tried and as we
lnen OelleFea, honest refOrmer Grover Cleveland.
NOW, without one word in derogation OF his record
as governor OF this state, our enthusiasm Is wiped
out Dy the discovery OF the acknowledged and
awful facts We hence desire to have all our
readers plainly understand once for ALL that what
ever has been said In the editorial columns OF the
Independent favorable to the election OF Governor
Cleveland was said prior to the recent sickening
which have justly shocked tie moral sense OF all
pure and rgnt-minded people. The attempt now
our opinion, disgrace the party which nominated
him, and the Whole nation. II he should be elected.
We VIII have no hand or voice In helping on this
matter let the consequences be what they may,
and will not advise the readers of the Iadependem
to smother conscience and disgrace themselves by
engaging directly or indirectly in any such move
ment We are now In serious difficulty as nation
IN regarc TO the unchecked progress OF Mormon
Ism; and shall we now, in the face Of threatening
evils and perils, plunged into deeper gulf by any
seeming indifference as to the prtrate Character OF
one who has been nominated to tll the highest
Office 9f1ce in In the e,It OF the peope2 We say No!
thousand times No! Governor Cleveland should
positively decline to be a candidate and withdraw
Immediately from the canvass, AMI be compelled
ae So " y M Tine party Which nG
Should then rcconvene and select new ticket that
VIII wi command the hearty support OF the people OF
all parties.
SEVEN BOYS PROBABLY DRowSED.-Last Tuesday
night seven boys started from Lake Side, Wayne
county, n. Y, for Oak Orchard four miles east In
Doat, and they have not been heard from since.
dispatches have been sent to Canada with little
probability OF finding them They were In light
yacht called the Ripple, which has probably been
overturned In a gale.
A CHILD KILLED By DRINKING TURPENr1NE.-Eva
A., seventeen-months-ol daughter OF Robert
Armstrong died at Wilmington, Del, Tuesday night
from the effects OF drinking quantity Of turpen-
tine The Child was in charge OF its four -year-old
Becoming thirsty it asked for drink Of water and
Its brother, in mistake, gave 1t teacup half filled
With turpentine: The child drank small portion
OF the liquid and eat some bread which had been
dipped into it, and TWO hours afterward it died In
great agony.
Lancaster. enjoys the notorety of being the first
female ever conv1ci ed in Pennsylvania OF horse
steallng. She Is a hne-looking young woman. and,
made clean breast OF the theft Her story was
mat sne was going home one night In company
with o son OF Abe Buzzard, the outlaw and he told
her to steal the team She did so, drove the team
to her home, several miles distant, and it was re-
covered there the morning after the theft She was
solitary confinement
TIE ALLEGED JEANETTE RELrcs.-Louis Noros, Of
the Jeannette expedition, says, in regard to the
finding OF the clothing supposed to have belonged
to some OF the Jeanette crew, none OF the party
were left behind but all left In the boat, and no
skin in the party left In the cache on the Sbe-
r1an coast He thinks the articles II genuine, were
taken from the cache by natives
PATRICK KEARNEY DIsCHARGD.-In the habeas
corpus case OF Patrick Kearney an assisted immt-
grant, who arrived In New York from Ireland July
h fC oy,A nni