Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-16
Death or Mr.. Edward Pierrepont.

of the imprisoned miners are In dreadful sus-
pense.
Death OF Mr. Edward PierrepOnt.
ROME. April 16.-Mr. Edward Pierrepont, the
left in charge OF affairs by Mr. Astor, and who
had been Ill some weeks, is dead.
The ssIIeating. Of Grain.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION BY A CHICAGO COURT.
CHICAGO, April 16.-Judge Smith has de-
cided in the case OF Everingham q Co. against
Vincent q Co. very important point, one that
is new in board of trade litigation here. In
1882 Everngham d. Co. bought a warehouse
receipt for 5000 bushels of No spring wheat
from Eggleston & Co. and presented the receipt
TO the warehouse men, Vincent & Co., who had
their elevator TO deliver the grain TO certain
cars. When 900 bushels had been unloaded
the inspector found signs OF heating on the
grain and refused TO pass it, Under the law
warehousemen are not responsible for heating
if they show that they have exercised proper
care in keeping the grain In good condition.
The court held that the receipts are negotiable,
that all necessary precautions had been taken
to prevent heating, and that the defendants
were not responsible for not having posted"
the grain upon suspicion OF It's heating, as f6
might have injured the property unnecessarily.
Judgment was rendered for the defendants.
Many Persons Bitten by q Mad Dog.
MILWAUKEE Wis, April 16.-A mad dog in
the northwestern part OF the city last evening
caused great excitement An effort 10 run down
and kill him was not successful until twelve
children and one man had been bitten.
Resuming Work at the Reduction.
COLUMBUS, o., April 16-The 800 miners
who went out at Coshocton last week, because
OF a reduction of ten cents per ton for mining,
went to work yesterday at the reduced price.
From Wall street To-day.
NEW YORK, April 16.-The stock market
was weak at the opening this morning and In q
cent lower than they closed last evening, from
which there were further declines of IA TO As per
cent, while Pacific Mail declined Ia TO BIS,
nm Ilplr aD-nFa l. Tn n.ftn
stocks were Pacific Mail, Union Pacific, Wes-
tern Union and Lackawanna. Some business
atively steady. Loaning rates are easy except
for Delaware and Hudson, for which 1-32 was
paid for use Erie seconds loaned at 1-12sa
some improvement In prices, a considerable
portion of which was lost again In the first hour.
AT IL O'Clock prices are generally near the low
est of the morning. The total sales for the first
hour were 1860 shares against "a, 600 shares
yesterday.
The Students Must Attend Prayers.
HARVARD oyERsEERs REPORT ADVERSELY OK
THE UNDERGRADUATES PETITION.
BOSTON, April 16.-The committee of Harvard
college overseers, 10 which was referred the Pc
tition of the undergraduates asking that attend
ance at morning prayers be made voluntary
with students over the age of 21 years, and OPP
tional with the parents or guardians of Others,
has presented an adverse report. The commit
tee recommend the continuance of the service
under the present arrangement on the grounds
that the college can i'll afford the loss OF reputa-
all the literary institutions in New England To
abandon religious observances. There is an in
trinsic fitness in devotional services in educa-
tional institutions. Abolish the daily devo-
tional services, and you have the college at all
other points admirably endowed and efficient,
but without any recognition of the department
which should hold the supreme place tn educs-
tion.
Tracking the 50. Louis Murderer.
THAT MAXWELL TOOK PASSAGE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR NEW ZEALAND.
w. Lees has discovered that Lennox Maxwell,
who is alleged TO have murdered Arthur Prel.
ler in St Louis on April 9th, recently arrived
in this city. Maxwell purchased his ticket In
ST. Louis, signing his name III. NJ. Brooks.
When he arrived here ne registered at the
be a French army officer. When spoken TO in
French he replied In English. On Sunday last
City f of sydney. for Auckland. New Zealand and
signed his name as DAugier. cable dis
patch will be sent to Auckland for his arrest,
Alameda to Honolulu, SO that In the event OF
his stopping there-that place being a calling
hended The police, however, think that he
will change his course at Honolulu, and take
passage for China or Japan by some sailing yes
be lost After Maxwell left St. Louis and had
changed cars this side of La Junta II was no
watch from his pocket and tried to wind IL by
using the heel Of his knife handle. Failing in
this, he asked several passengers IL they had
while he was at the Palace Hotel he was unable
to open the trunks he had with him, and sent
for a locksmith, saying he had lost his keys.
After the trunks were opened a large quantity
OF burned papers was found in a CRATE In tho
room. These may have been Prelers letters
and papers. most important fact discovered
Is that the baggage checks delivered by Maxwell
under his alias Of pAugier to the Pacific Trans
fer company of this city correspond with the
numbers issued at st. Louis by the 81. Louis and
San Francisco railroad TO Hugh NJ. Brooks. The
numbers are 2,0O6, 2,O69 and 2,046.
To Fight Against Riel.
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SENDING Rns
CRUIrs THROUGH THE UNITED STATES.
KINGSTON, ONT, April 16.-The government
Is sending men TO serve on the mounted police
force in the northwest through the United
States. Yesterday % men with 40 horses
passed here. One Of the men was Hon. .. II.
Lambert. the youngest son of the Earl of Cavan.
Fifty Thousand rounds OF ammunition wer0
sent to Point Lewis to-day. Col. Millgan says
there are about 200 pensioners In this district,
and that 900 or 600 OF these are yet quite active
and dt for service should they be called out.
Bishop Twfgg's COad1ut0r.
PTTTsBURG, April 16-Infomation has been
received in this city from Rome that the Rev,
Father Phelan vicar general Of this diocese.
has been appointed coadjutor TO Bishop Twigg,
who has been i'll for several years. II is under.
stood that Bishop Twigg has forwarded his re-
signation owing TO physical disability. In that
event Father Phelan win be In charge OF the
consolidated dioceses Of Pittsburg and An.
gheny.