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

LONDON, March Sin the house OF lords to-day,
Ear Granville. foreign secretary OF state, in reply
the reports OF the immediate withdrawal OF the
Br1t1sh troops from the Soudan were absolutely un-
true. This statement was received with loud
Escaped Through an 1s.Inch Wall.
P1TTsBuRG, PA, March s.-John L. Campbell, Of
clarion county, undergoing two years sentence
In the Allegheny county workhouse. escaped last
night by digging through an 1s-inch brick wall
A Lacrosse Team to Sail for England.
PRINCETON, n. J.. March "A lacrosse team is to
Oe sent 70 England and Ireland. upon invitation,
and VIII sail May 7th. 1t Will consist OF fourteen
PLAYERS selected from the most prominent amateur
and college clubs In the United States
Six Million i'm Double Eagles With.
drawn from the Treasury.
NEW YORK. March g. Wall street, 1:5O p m.-The
today were $4,000. Total since February slst
Held for Trial.
JERSEY CRY, n. j., March 3-Francis J. Smith,
city treasurer Of Bayonne, was to-day held in
$4,000 for trial on the charge OF embezzlement
The spinner., Strike.
NEW BEDFORD MASS, March 3.-The Grinnen
Mills, the spinners OF which struck last week,
started up this morning. but only one spinner pre-
and other mills in this city are all running, and
will furnish the Grnnell corporation with Milling
VuIu LILO ldUOE LIUuDl6S are S6ICl6O.
Heroic Telegrapher.
AN OPERATOR WHO WOULD NOT suRRRNDER-A
SMALL sK1RXIsR IN THE WAR BETWEEN TWO CON-
PHILADELPHIA, March IA controversy between
the e Baltimore and Ohio and Western Union Tele-
80 street. eliminated to-day In the forcble election
OF the Western Union operator. The contest has
ONCE. which is merely q fenced-of corner OF a
brokers' office, was used by the Western Union
w %t5ous rental IT. is said and subject
Ohio company recently obtained a lease OF the
once from the tenants Of the building. but the
western Union OPERATOR acting under Instructions,
He remained there for thirty six hours without food
or light, until relieved by another man, who
and the key held by the brokers. The matter came
to climax this afternoon by the Baltimore and
OHIO company sending force OF men to the place,
VINO eJected the operator, threw the Office fixtures
into the street and took charge.
Besides being forcibly elected from the ONCE, the
Western Union operator, William Conn, was ar
forcibe entry, he having entered the place in an
Irregular way to relieve the operator who had
watch there on Friday and Saturday.
Destructive Fire in Pennsylvania.
FREEPoRT, Pa, March 3.-The large Touring
-four, several hundred bushels OF grain and the
firms books, were burned Saturday night Loss
$4,000.
Disappeared with $4,000.
ST. LOUIS March 3-Prentiss Teller, money clerk
OF the Pacific Express company here, disappeared
yesterday taking with him two val1SeS full Of
money packages; she total amount being very nearly
$4,000. The theft was committed In colluson with
a stranger. Detectives have been put on their
track, but have learned nothing as yet.
Cheese Made Mostly Of Lard.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Before the legislative in
vestigattng committee to-day DR.. Martin, state
chemist, testified that the cheese made in one fac
tory, in Chester. Orange county, was composed Of
IS per cent lard to 25 per cent butter. The lard
was OF the kind known as deodOriZed. DR.. Love
testified that Of thirty samples OF alleged pure but
ter which he bought only six were genuine butter,
the majority being OF fat colored and favored by
fOrein substances