Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-11
To Leave GsrfieidS Tomb Unguarded.

To Leave GsrfieIds Tomb Unsuarded.
| Cleveland Letter to the Philadelphia Times.
| From private sources at Washington 1t is
| learned that the soldiers on guard at Garfields
| tomb are TO be removed on January 1 next. The
| tomb has now been guarded by the military for
| four years. The detachment of soldiers which
/ was ordered 10 mount guard on the iron gates
and prevent a dcspoiment which was never
threatened and never really feared is still there.
1 Nightly the sentinel strides back and FORTH a
| Curiosity 10 screech owls in the trees and
| fatal and unnecessary warning To the agents Oh
medical colleges whose scientific research taxes
| no thought of dead Presidents. Not long ago q
story was in circulation that one of the soldiers
| on guard in Lake View cemetery had become
| insane and had been sent to the government
| asylum at washington. The story has never
| been verified and ut the tomb nothing can be
| learned OF the affair, which is clouded in
| mystery.
| Awaiting the construction of the Garfield
| monument, the remains of Ohio's favorite son
| rest in the ochofeld vault, half a mile from the
| site selected tor the monument. Garfield's
coffin is in plain sight OF all who pass along the
| principal roadway of the cemetery. The casket
| rests about two feet from the floor. presenting
! a side view to the outside world. Loopcd and
| tas>eed drapery of a brownsh color conceals
| the framework or trestieS or whatever may
| support the cisllet. vase of living flowers is
| placed the floor between the gateway and
the drapery just described, and there Is barely
| room for it, Another bunch OF flowers is placed
| on the coffin directly over the dead Presidents
| folded arms. A low temporary wire fence in
closes a space of about ten feet in front of the
vault, and outside of this the sOldier-sentine,
| in a new uniform, with shoes polished, white
gloves on his hands, and his gun with fixed
bayonet at fright shoulder shiIt,' PAGES with
steady and unremittns tread and with a fixed
observance of all military rules.
Gen. LenSstreet Asks to be Sued.
An Atlanta, Ca, dispatch says: When Gen.
Longstreet went out of office United States
marshal for the northern district of Georgia his
office had earned So6, 900. while the govern
m which
pay for the work This left balance of S2l 900
in favor of Gen. Longstreet and his deputies,
which he has been unable since to collect. The
Department of Justice has scaled this balance
down to $4,000, which ii offers to nay when
ever Gen. Lon9street repays 81 ,S39, which 1T
claims rom him. The deputies TO whom most
OF this money was due have been cii:norouS
tor its payment, being in needy circumstances.
Gen iongstTeet, having failed 10 induce the
government To pay him. offered TO iore:,o That
portion OF it which stood 10 his Individual ac-
count. This, too, was declined, To-day Gen.
Iongstrcet forwarded TO Attorney General Gar
land a letter in which, after recitng the above
facts. he requested that suit be brought against
him or his Official bond, in order that the merit
OF his claim may be tested.
REV. Mr.. Ross ONCE IN BALTINORE.-The
Rev. W. Stewart Ross, the. clergyman who Is
under arrest at Plymouth, England, for connec-
ton with the Joy scapdai, visited America in
1888 as secretary of The Irish society. He pre-
sented tie object of the society TO Episcopal
congregations in various cities, and went To
Baltimore. remaining there for three months.
He OtIciated at Ascension church during the
summer vacation of its rector and was noted
for his piety and auSterity. This Is about the
time that he is alleged 10 have run oil with Mrs
JOY, and il is believed now in Baltimore that
she was there with nam.
AN ACTRESSES PITIFUL DEATH In Mar
settles, France. the other night Mile. NinOy. a
young and beautiful actress, acquitted herself
badly on the stage that the audience Missed
her. She wept and pleaded for indulgence, pro-
testing that She was very ILL. She was hoOted
oil the stage. She went straight home, where
she was found dead in bed next morning, having
died during the night from the effects Of the i'll
ness OF which she had complained. The story
OF the poor girls misfortune caused a sensation
in Marselles the next day.
WHY WYOMING BRAVES ARE FIGHTING
Word comes from Lander. Wyo, that the
ShO>hOne Indians are having n desperate sec
tional fight. Last week one of the tribal chief
tains discovered that one of his braves was in
innate with his wife, to get even the chief
killed fine horse belonging to his wife's lover.
The latter then killed the chiefs war-charger.
Other tepeeS now took the matter up. and soon
two factions were in the field. A desperate en-
counter took place. in which one Indian was
killed and another mortally wounded. The au-
thorties succeeded in putting stop to active
hostiiites fol time, but the feeling is bitter
y PREACHER CHARGED WITH FORGERY
An Elmira, n. Y, special Nov. Z, says: Last
night officers armed with i've warrants went in
search OF the Rev K. ID. Phillips, OF Branchfort,
Yates county, on charges of forgery. Phillips,
un1l the conference OF the Methodist church
recently held at Penn Yam. was pastor OF the
Methodist church at BranchfOrt, and after con-
siderable gossip he was tried by the conference
for the forgery OF his father-n-laws name to II
note on Baidwins Bank at Penn Yam. Phillips
was suspended from the ministry for one year
and his iather-in-law made the forgery good.
This was supposed to be the extent of Phillips
forgery unfit yesterday, when other paper ON
which he had drawn the money came due and
1t was discovered that the minister had made
paper for and drawn about 81 900, principally
from Baldwins bank in Penn Yan. Phillips
was arrested last night and gave bail to appear
before the grand jury.
FIVE CHILDREN AT A BIRTH.-A Toledo dis |
patch states that several days ago the wife of
Wilhelm Freund, farmer, near Holgate, |
Henry county, Ohio, gave birth to five boys, |
all of whom are well formed and alive. Mrs.
nineteen years of married life has given birth |
TO twenty-One children, eighteen of whom are |
ages over year. The mother is described as a |
comedy German woman, and tine father is short |
and solid. but not portiy. This happy couple |
live on a small farm, which the husband tills |
with the assistance OF his numerous progeny |
Some OF the children were born in the bayfield, |
where the mother was at work.
TRIED MINISTER FOR WORKING SUNDAY |
A special from Fayetteville, Ark, says: zone !
of the most interesting cases that has for |
some time been tried in the circuit court was |
disposed of yesterday morning. \ minister OF |
with Sabbath breaking by labnring on that |
day. The jury were out only five minutes and |
argued strictly on constitutional grounds and |
will likely so to the supreme Court of the |
United States.'
AN ACTOR ARRESTED FOR SwINDLING.-An |
Easton, Pa, special says: byron Douglass" |
one of the men arrested and put in Jail here for |
conspiracy To defraud, in violation of the act of
the legislature fOrbidding the offer OF gifts an
inducement for the purchase OF any article, |
proves 10 be Max Rosenberg, of Philadelphia. |
Douglass is his stage name. He has been in |
prison several times. He has had considerable |
experience an actor, and at the time of his |
arrest had letters showing that he has recently |
been negotiating with Edwin Booth for posi- |
ton. He and his partner swindled 500 people |
in Reading and as many more in Wikesbarre |
before they were arrested.
years ago it was believed that wild cats were |
trouble for poultry and sheep raisers. They are |
are said 10 be of enormous size. In East Lyme |
they dart up the trees about the farm houses at |
night, snatch u fat turkey and make Off with it |
easily. In BOZrah, the other day, big cat |
killed full-grOwn sheep and had partly eaten |
~ before the farmer could get his gun. Hunt |
ing parties frequently get ON the track OF the |
animals, but have not got q shot at one yet. |
Last year several wild cats were killed in East
Lyme and on the western border of Salem.
MONSIGNOR CAPEL'S MARROW EsCAPE-Mon- |
slshor lapel had a narrow escape from serious
Injury at Monterey, Cal, some days since. He
mad driven on To the wharf in a One-hOrse buggy
and was attempting To ride over &c hawser at
tached to the steamship Los Angeles, which
was lying slack at the time, but at the same mo-