Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-11

neral took place to-day.
EX-CdNGREssMAN SMALLs NOMINATED.-A private
dispatch from Sumter, S. c., received this morning.
states that eX-COnsresslnan Smalls was unanl-
mousy nominated at the congressional convention
held yesterday, to succeed the late Z. w. NJ.
Mackey.
THE CHILDRENs HosPITAL-At a meeting of the
directors OF this Institution, held at the hospital
building last evening. Dr. ID. II. Hagner WAS elected
to fill the vacancy in the board caused by the death
OF DIR. johnson Eliot, and Mr.. X. Ross Perry 10 I'LL
that OccasiOned 10y the resignation OF Mr.. Charles
NJ. Matthews Mr. Reginald Fen,ian rendered his
resignation as secretary OF the board. which Was
regrefully accepted, and Mr.. j. H. Sayille who has
heretofore done long and good service in that DO
sitlon, was unanimously chosen TO ill the vacancy
PERsoNAI--Major A. Edwards, OF the Fargo
Times. is in town, staying at the Arlington
Representative j. S. Wise has been visiting rela-
tives in Delaware.-CarinalM McClOskey-s seventy
fourth birthday was honored yesterday In New
York by many of his friends.-Gen. S. W. Craw-
ford is at the Rggs.-EX-Secretary Robeson has
gone TO his home in New Jersey TO vote today
Lieut. +. .. c. Ord is at the EbD;tt.-Willlam H.
Hurlbert, formerly editor OF the New York Herald
was best man at the recent marriage In Paris OF
Mr.. W. Ii. Russell. the famous English war CORE
spondent-l- Z Chittenden, formerly register of
the treasury; ex-senator COnover and W. +. BloX-
ham, OF Florida. are at the Rggs.-D. p. Morgan.
tage OF John n. A. Griswold at Newport for the
summer.-L ID. ThOman, OF the civ-service CON-
mission, arrived In town this morning. and is stay
ing at Nillarda-MiSS " Whitney. the Boston sculp-
tor, Is engaged on a bust of Ellen Terry.-Senator
PenjletOn has leased his cottage at Newport for the
coming summer to William N. Kingsland, OF New
fork.-Co- W. F. Shafer, OF New York, is In
town.
The LasAcr Resolution.
ACTION OF THE HOUSE YEsTERDAY-MR. HIsCOCK,s
RESOLUTIONS
The President transmitted to the House yester-
day afternoon the LaSker resolution returned
through the German minister by Prince Bismarck
together with the official correspondence relating
thereto.
The other papers ACCOMPANYING these are the let
ter 10 Minister Sargent transmitting the House
OlutOnS and fnStrUcting him to present them TO the
president OF the reichstag and TO Lasker's family
and the kilograms passing between Minister Sar-
gent and the State department concerning Bis
marcks action, together with a report OF the con-
VerSat10n between Mr.. FrelinghuySen and the Ger
man minister when the latter handed Bismarck's
reply to the department.
ACTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES YES
TERDAY.
when the Presidents message transmitting these
papers was announced the House was engaged in
considering District bills, but Mr.. Hiscock asked
that this business be suspended for while that
the message, the character OF which vas generally
known, might be laid before the House. This was
done by unanimous consent, and, after reading the
Presidents message, which simply informed them
OF OIL the % natIre OF The inciosed documents Mr. His
referred 10 the foreign Affairs committee: Whereas
1t has come to the knowledge OF the House that a
communication from IL to the parliament OF the
German empire, entirely friendly in its INTENT re-
spectful its character and sent through the regu
Lar channels OF international communication has
been arbitrarily Intercepted and returned by per-
son who now holds the position OF chancellor OF the
German empire: Therefore, be it
Resolved, That this House cannot but express
surprise and regret that 1t should be, tempo
rarily, within the power Of single too powerful
subject to interfere with such simple, natural and
spontaneous expression OF kindly feeling between
two great nations and thus to detract from the
position and prestige OF the crown on one hand and
from the rights OF the manufactures Of the people on
the other
ResOired, That this House does hereby rciterate
the expression OF sincere regret at the death OF Ed
ward Lasker and its sympathy with the parliament
OF the German empire, OF which, for many years,
he was distinguished member.
Chas c. Claus, who died in Baltimore yesterday,
weighed 40 pounds at the time Of his death