Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-04

600 10 aid the government In carrying on the war
several brutal assaults are reported TO have been
committed by the officers ~ the American ship
tndannied. at Hong Hong. upon the crew. The
American consul Was Obliged TO discharge all the
officers. except the captain. rom the ship
The red sunsets have again made their appear.
ance.
The first telephone line ever constructed tu Janau
Is now being built In Toxic.
Insanity Of a New.paper md Ma~..
zine Writer.
LOUISVILLE. KY, December &-Rufus T. Child
ress. well-known poetcal contributor 20 the
daily press and the magazines. was reported last
night TO be insane by ms wife. who had 20 send for
apouceman to protect her rrom the violence OF her
husband, who lmagtnes he is bewitched- Family
troubles are said 10 have brought on his insanity.
Murder Mystery i'm Maryland.
CAMBRIDGE, Mn, December a-The house OF Caleb
Hurley, in the southwestern section OF Dorchester
county. was burned yesterday morning In the
ruins was found the body OF Hurley but no part OF
the head could be discovered, and there is A sus-
plcon OF iou play. Hurley was a small farmer, and
on the preceding night was at store In the neigh
oOrhood, where he displayed some silver coin An
investigation Will be made at once.
Serious Charge Against N Minister.
LAWRENCE, kAs.. December 4.-Rev b. r. Bates
presiding elder of the Eastern Kansas district OF
the African Methodist Episcopal church. was ar
rested last night, charged with bastardy The
complaint was made by Carrie Anderson, aged "a
years, ana member OF his church.
The ScOurge i'm Eastern Keurucky.
FOUR HUNDRED DEATHS IN rHREk COUNTER
LOUISVILLE, KY, December a.-The correspond
ent OF the Courier-yo,andl sent a dispatch last
night from Mt. Pleasant, Harlan county, XIV sta
ting that the Scourge IA eastern Kentucky is fully
az frlghtfu as had been intimated IN prev1ous dis
palches In Harlan county there have been 300
ueaths since the latter part OF August, most or
them from fiuN. The correspondent estimates that
La three Kentucky counties he has yisited-Harian,
BEL and knoX-the total number OF deaths is 400
He thinks that the disease has been more deadly In
the virginia counties 10 the east and one or two
kentucky counties north OF the district named.
rue correspondent Is now on his way 10 Letcher
county, KY where the disease Is reported as sweep
Ing away whole families at a time.
Scandal in n Lunatic Asylum.
QUEBEC. December 4.-The excitement on the
subject of the mismanagement OF the lunatlc asy-
Iuin Oh thiS province Is intensified to-day by the
nouncement that an unfortunate girl a patient in
the BEAUFORT sylum, came 10 her death there very
trasicaliy, In giving birth TO a child yesterday.
Mother MandeIbaum RUNE AWAY.
New YORK, December 4.-when the names OF
Frederfka Mandelbaum, her son Julius Mandel.
baum, and her clerk. Herman Stroude who have
been indicted for receiving stolen goods, were
called In court to-day the parties made response.
Inc bonds OF the parties were declared forfeited
and bench warrants were issued for their arrest.
Mrs Mandelbaum had given bail for sI4.oOO her
son JULIUS 5000 and Stroude $1,000. The district
attorney In conversation afterwards said Mrs
MaDdel6aum had not been seen since last Friday.
He supposed the parties had all gone to Canada
Blind Man TO be Hanged.
OTTAWA, ONT, December Cook Teets viii be
executed at owen Sound tomorrow. IL is alto
gether unlikely that the pr1vy council will inter-
fere with the carrying out OF the sentence Tho
condemned man, who is totally blind, was con-
Vcted OF poisoning his wife I'm the township OF Ar
temesia year ago. He committed the crime In
order 10 realize on a life insurance policy.
Fire In Baltimore.
STREET CAR STABLES, CARS AND HORSES BURNED
BALTIMORE. Nd. December AT 40 this morn
ing IRE broke out In the stables or the Baltimore
and Halls springs passenger railway company nc
barley Park in the extreme northeastern part or
this city, which completely destroyed the large
building, together with the company's cars and
nfty-one horses. The flames started In the hay
loft and spread so rapidly that only seventeen or
the horses could be taken out and only one car
was removed, so the company is without rolling
STOCK The damage is estimated at $4,000 with
$1,000 Insurance. The iire was incendiary.
Three Men Drowned.
RoNDoUT, n. Y, December 4.-This morning
while Jno. Tully Anthony Brockley and Geo.
Bush were daring eacn other TO go on the thin ice
OF Gross pond In this city, the Ice broke and three
lads were drowned.
Another Cut i'm Railroad Rares.
NEW YORK, December 4.-The New York Central
Detroit TO s.. This done to. meet the last cut
made by the West Shore road.
From Wall Street To-day.
NEW YORK. Wall Street, Decenber4 IL am
The stock market opened strong and prices TO
"a per cent higher; New York Central and Pacific
leading the advance. Subsequently Missouri Pa
cine fell on from 94ls 10 92A, and the whole list
declined In sympathy.
Telegraphic Briefs.
j. j. Ingalls, farmer living near Dresden, Ohio
has lost thirteen head OF cattle from a disease
supposed to be pleuro-pneumonia- The cattle came
from Chicago last spring.
Seven men have been arrested at Mt Sterling,