Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-07
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITOL.
The SemAse.

AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITOL.
The senate.
tcoSrISrRp PROM fux FIRST Rprrroxl
some twenty minutes before three Mr. HdDmHe
arose IN his seat and read his farewell addres and
~ Quarter 10 three he declared the senate Cd
lourhed without day.
The House.
tcoSriSrgp PROM rHR FIRST rprrroxl
Al O'Clock Mt. Randall announced that the co,n
, nilI.ee appointed 10 walt upon the Prsident had
p ,r,SSflnea That duty. ana the President had DO
Aui tncr COMMUNICATION 10 M axe 10 the House
IN CHI. AGO on "IhroKrAST BUSINESS
Al The recreation OF q call OF the House VIVA
INDUCED in, the doors were closed and excuse
were made for absentees. the favorite excuse
vnslel ICING that gentlemen were In Chicago Ion
:, Finally. on motion OF Mr. Young lTenn.,. the
noust excused al the democratic members who
nominating man for the presidency. VINO would
V ga lne republican candidate But even the can
1ld not consume the time fast enough and the
naius vi lhe CLOCK We're advanced ten minutes
ADJOURNED WITHOUT ply.
Then the Speaker pro tesn., wishing 90 each ana
every member safe return 70 his home, declared
the House adjourned without day. tApplausel
leaVe-taking followed, and the hall Was soon De.
serted.
District I'm Congress.
MEASURES WHICH F,TLsp TO rass prVrSo ruv
SESSION JUST ESDEp.
vi District legislation many important bills GO
over. The free bridge bill stops in the House rom
mittee. The hin 10 prohibit taking rsh IN the Pa,
tomac, within District lines with scines. etc went
back 10 the House with a Senate arnenan,.n,
otner bills failed. as follows: TO rerulare hsr
iooins. establishing police regulations: regulating
licensees 70 define routes Of steam railroads. 10 tax
national banks; 10 extend the Jurisdiction az n,s-
uc.s OF the peace; relating 10 acknoy le,igments OF
cuhieyanoes OF land relating 10 convey ances and
ihe VI tsa. estate To amend The act Tor
TO authorize suits for damage IN
case OF death by wrongful acts HIIong The I'm.
following-Toe establish system ~ seSers..e sns
appropriating 10000 therefor; 10 anspd The
IneShailes Hen law 80 as 70 give mechanics and
oh oi $4,000 Tor Tie river front Improvement also
went through
Capitol Topics.
REJECTED NOMINATION.
The Senate this afternoon rejected the nomina.
ton of Henry C. Bnrond,of Alabama, 10 be register
OF the land ONCE at Huntsville, Ala
MR. RANDALL GOING TO CHICAGO
MT Randall VIII leave for Chicago this evening
and hopes to get there IN time 20 participate an the
Formulation 81 the platform Mr. Carlisle. Il Is un-
Gerstooa VIII have great deal 70 90 with draw
Ing UP The platform.
MINOR NOTES
In the House Yesterday Mr Hiscock CNew York;
onered highly complimentary resolution Of
mari,,on., sita is Carlisle which Was carried
Mr.. Carlisle replied In happy manner.
Not Asfatic Cholera.
A STORY POUNDED UPON CASE OF CHOLERA noRBrs
Some excitement was caused this morning hy n
published statement in a morning PC ger that DR..
Is. H. Adams had pronounced the malady with
which Hugh Foster, one Of his patients, living on
Rhode Island avenue, near 9Th street, was suffer-
Ing TO be Asiatic cholera Another c lse Of a man
who was taken suddenly 81 on the street ana
treated by DR. Adams, was also Represented Is hay-
Ing been pronounced a case OF cholera A STAR
reporter today Investigated The cases with Health
ohcer Tow nshend no testified that the cases were
OF ordinary character. DR. Adams when seen by a
STAR reporter expressed much indignation at the
publication Il saw no reporter a. aiL.'' said Dr.
Ing Tor ne. He may have talked with my brother
who Is not physician and knows nothing about
aSint a enoefs' ana between them they made up
an uein LOT ire newspaper The case of Foster WAS
case OF cholera morbus simply, and he Is out to-
cay: The other Case was a case OF epilepsy The
puuncation has placed me In rather embarrassing
position and wish you would deny the story en-
phatically.r
A BOARD OF OFFICERS or the corps OF engineers,
TO consist OF Lieut.. Col. Orlando NJ Poe, Major
Alexander Mackenzie, Major Charles J. Allen. VIII
assemble a. Duluth, Minnesota, upon the cau OF
the senior member, 10 consider and report upon
certain questions, provided IA section S ~ the
act OF Congress approved February 20, 1873 ito
authorize the Northern Pacific railroad CON pa,y 10
construct aud maintain bridge across the ST
Louis river"
Affairs I'm West W shtnQtOu.
A CHrRcH DEDIcATEp.-Jhe Zion A. VI r.
church, 29Jh street. neal Dumsarton street. was
dedicated yesterday morning by Bishop T. O. An
drews, assisted 10y Rev. A. Dennis, pastor NJ the
church; Rev. K II. Ebert, Rev. Ii. Brown presiding
elder OF the Washington Ill trict and Rev. Mr. Alex
ander, OF the First Baptist church.
I'VE CATHOLIC UNION have completed arrange
lnentS with the superintendent OF the b. & Z. X IL.
10 nave The Long bridge Draw open TO morrow
ehelins 80 as 10 have their eXcurs.oDsts landed at
High street wharf.
CoNDITIos OF THE WATER Ar u-t.reet
Fails 8 receiving reservoir, north connection. 10;
south Connection % distributing reservoir, lnruenJ
Sp'enouSe, ;; enluent gateht' Ise B. Low Tide IA
'he n'er to-day at ) P. m: high tide, 10 D. N
News Briefs.
An American college OF musicians has been
organized In Cleveland. with officers from different
sections OF the country.
Harry Stroebel and Maurice b. Jamison two
young men residing In Baltimore, We're drowned In
pa, river; Baltimore county, Md, on Saturday
In his sermon yesterday Rev. Henry Ward
Seecher referring 10 en- cation, said all the beliefs
OF English and oerman speaking people were vio-
lated 10y the idea OF such disposition OF bodies
The South Congrega tionaI church, at Hartford
Conn, Was badly Injured 10y fire this morning.
The sianese embassy sailed for Europe In the
steamer Alaska. OF the Guion line. saturday They
VIII probably return 10 this country before going
home, probably year hence.
There were fifteen deaths from cholera YESTERDAY
at Aarseilles, four at Toulon, and two cases &c
SaluLzo, one OF which ended fatally.
FelN Marie Victor Masse, the celebrated CON-
works, is dead.
A light is daily expected In the Choctaw nation.
on account OF the troubles which originated IN the
REFUSAL Of certain property owners " pay the per-
nit tax.
sarah Bernhardts appearance as Lodv Macbeth
In LONDON has provoked much adverse criticism.
How BIGANIsr EscAPEp.-A dispatch from
Richfield Springs, New York. q few DAYS ego an
nounced the suicide by drowning OF Geo. Croker
young farmer, on account OF disputes with his
father-in-law. II is now reported that Croker did
not drown himself, but hired q companion 70 row
him across the lake at that place and to return
ana start q story OF Crocker's having comm. tted
suicide. The reason for Crocker's conduct Il said
10 he that he is q bigamist, and took this method
TO escape Imprisonment
AN ARISToCRATIC SCoCSDRKI--Lord St Leonard.
who was recently convicted OF an outrageous as
Sault on Emma Cole, female servant In houea
where he was visitor, was released from the Old
Bailey prison. In London, on Saturday by Judge
who thought he had been punished enough The
released lord Immediately went 10 O low public
house In the neighborho0d, where be called for q
pot OF beer and Clay pipe. Then he sat In the
public tap-room for hours guiding beer and put
ting out vile tobacco smoke and viler profanity.
He roundy damned the Judges. jury and ali en-
gagged la the trial, and the obscene epithets with
which he described the victim OF his assault were
such as TO disgust even the taproom loafefA
DIED.
AMMEN. At "Ammendsler Prince GeorRe county
Nd on July 5, 1884 Mrs. ZOE AMMEN. wife Of Adj