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District Government Affairs.

AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
A large pond of water and mud at the inter-
section Of Delaware avenue and I'd and
streets southwest, which has been standing
nuisance for more than twenty years, and in
school house, Is now being filled up by gang
of thirty men from the workhouse under the
superintendent OF Mr.. Burrows.
OFFERING REWARDS FOR THEIR CAPTURE.
dent of the Washington asylum, has addressed
a note to Mr.. ]. X. Sharp, train master Balti-
mission a and authority Of the Commissioners miss p he
desires to make such arrangements with the
watchman stationed near the east end Of the
railroad bridge crossing the Eastern Branch of
the Potomac, or any fiagman or watchman
employed by the watchman in that vicinity,
as will lead to the detention of any of the pris-
oners of the workhouse attempting to escape on
the bridge. He offers 81 for the capture and re-
turn of every such prisoner.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: Patrick Cronin,
erect q twO-stOry and cellar dwelling corner Sd
and H streets southwest; 81, 200. John Cum
berland & Son, erect a boat house south of w ater
repair frame stable in county; $500. A. 6:
Healon, erect q threestory and basement
2 fs s9 s9ss
o three-story and basement dwelling r. between
18th and 10th streets; $4,000. J, w. Tyler,
ner list and L streets northwest; $1,000. Ed
ward Kane, repair brick 124 4th str, street @ north tn
0laud dNcAucs YSoO.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A communication ffom Mr.. VIM. B. Webb, at
torney for Walter Hawkes., concerning what is
ss soo sy
account of purchase money.
Mr. Edward Middleton asks that public
hydrant be placed at the corner of A and 18th
streets southeast, as most of the residents are
not able to introduce water into their houses,
but are willing to share the expense OF public
hydrant. ::
George +. Graham, Of the ST. Cloud building,
claims that he is not q real estate agent, and
rected not to take any action in his case until
he satisfies himself as to the correctness Of the
statement made.
Messrs. Hayward & Hutchinson state that
Mr.. Tyler proposes to erect seven small houses
on square $50, and they ask permission to run
small IN inch water pipe from LIST street
along public alley in the rear of these houses
for the service Of q hydrant in each yard.
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blunt, DAK., March 3o-The disappearance
oi Forest q. Small, a lawyer OF Harold, fifteen
miles east OF here, solved this morning by
the arrest of James III. Bell, also lawyer. OF the
same place. Tor numbering him last December.
small had sued Bell as the climax OF a series OF
quarreis, and started for Blunt that day 90 try
the case. Bell also started, accompanied by
Ferdinand Bennett, but neither appeared at the
suit. Next day Bell paid half the costs, saying
he had settled with small. Small has never
been seen since. HIS horse was discovered I'm
the eastern part OF the territory, and Bennett
was found In the vicinity and arrested. He
confessed the crime. implicated Bell, and dis
closed where the body OF small could be found
Bell and Bennett are In iail
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II lt Cholera?

DISEASE STONGLY RESEMBLING THE PEsrI.
LENCE PREVAILING IN A SPANISH PROVINCE.
MADRID, March 3O.-A disease closely resem-
bling cholera has caused many deaths at San
have died within twenty-four hours Of collie.
with choleraic symptoms. A report has spread
among the Nalencians that the province is
threatened with q return Of the cholera epi-
demic, which would complete the ruin caused
by the earthquakes. The people are panic
stricken.
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CrTY OF MEXICO, March 30-The troops are
being drilled daily and the government is maxi
ing Preparations to enable IL II necessary to
maintain its position aeainst President Barrios
BY force Of arms
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The Inauguration Ceremonies.

The committee of fifty (the general commit
tee), appointed by the national democratic COM
mitee, will convene this evening at $780, at
headquarters, 1417 street, to hear and deter
mine upon the final report of VIM. NJ. Calf,
esq, chairman of the executive committee.
The report of Mr.. Gait, it is understood, is full
entire working of the committee and its SUBJ
committees from organization down to the
present time.
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FAILuRE OF EDWARD FIcK.-Today the as
avenue, to C. 8. Moore for the benefit OF his
creditors was placed on record. He appends .
schedule OF assets footing $1O,178 and divides
his creditors into two ciasses-F. K. Ward,
$400. and II. A. 6eligson, 1884. "a, to be paid
I'm full, and torty-seven others, whose accounts
foot up e4,691es, TO be paid pro rata.
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Affairs i'm West Washington.

THE FUNERAL Of Mrs. Richard L. Cropley
took place on Saturday afternoon, from her
late residence, on street. A large throng of
relatives and friends followed the remains to
Oak Hill cemetery, where they were inferred.
Six brothers-in-law Of the deceased acted as
pall-bearers. Rev. DIR. Stuart, of Christ p. Z.
church, officiated.
QUARTERLY REPoRr.-The quarterly report
of this police precinct, commencing January
1st to April 1st, shows that in the neighbor-
hood of 26O arrests were made during that
time which is a falling off in the number of ar
rests made in the previous quarter, which was
over 600. The present quarter has been unusu-
sually quiet.
CoNDITIoN OF WATER AT Z OcLocK.-Great
Falls-Temperature, y; condition, 3s; receiv-
ing reservoir, temperature, 40; condition at
distributing reservoir, temperature, 40; condi-
tion at infiuent gate house. Is; efiuent gate
house, 8.
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A NEW THEORY OF GEN. GRANTS DTsEAsA
Tuesday DIR. Frank Abbott, Gen. Grants dem
tist, will cali attention to the probable share tho
generals neglected teeth had I'm causing tho
Sth of November last year, DIR. Abbott &c.
moved the upper right molar from Gen.Grants
mouth, which had been causing him mucn
pain. On the 18th DIR. Abbott removed tho
second and third upper right molars. All these
teeth were badly decayed, coated with tartar
and had been forced threeeighths Of an inch
down from their original positions. The gum
around the teeth were highly infiamed. In
concluding Dr. Abbott says: "If We take Into
consideration the highly infiamed condition Of
that region Of his mouth 1.-The rough surfaces OF
broken teeth, and the tartar covering them,
against which that side of the tongue was
almost constantly rubbing I would ask If am
not Justified i'm concluding that the disease
from which the general is now suffering has nos
had sufficient cause for its development In the
constant irrItants here described"
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The PhflIips-Shober Homicide.

CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL COURT
This morning in the Criminal Court, Judge
Macarthur, the trial OF w. III. Phillips for man.
slaughter, I'm causing the death OF James r.
Shober by shooting him on October 18th last,
adjourned from Friday, was resumed. District
Attorney Worthington began the argument to
the jury.
The counsel for defendant, Mr.. Campbell Car
rington and Senator Butler argued that the
case was one of self-defense, and Mr.. Worthing-
ton, for the government, was making the clos
ing address, when the court adjourned TIL to-
morrow.
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For several nights the family OF w. d. Hoyt,
Cleveland, Ohio, have been annoyed by man
looking In the windowa. When the man ap-
peared Saturday night Mr.. Hoyt shot him
through the heart. He was IN unknown mu-
The advance of the British forces nom suAkaa
to Tamai Wju be mode on Wednesday.
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District Exnenditures.


TAXES COLLECTED AND AMOUNTS EXPENDED
ON STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THE WATER
SUPPLY DURING TEN YEARS-INFoRMATIoN
SENT TO THE SENATE.
The reply, in part, of the District Commits
sioners to the Senate resolution Of June oath,
1884, calling for detailed statements Of the ag-
gregate collections from ia axation, the aggregate
expenditures for street Improvements, coIlec-
tions ana disbursements on account of the
water fund, ETC., from 1875 to 1884, inclusive,
road taxation, the reply states that only a very
small portion Of these assessments have been
paid, but suits have been instituted to enforce
their collection as follows: Against the Wash
ington and Georgetown railroad, suit entered
November 1880. on trial March 27th, 1854,
Sal 500 and costs-claim for interest being dis.
allowed. Against the Metropolitan Railroad
company, suit entered November 9TH, 1880.
Verdict for the District for sI4s ,507. 90 and
costs, claim for interest being disallowed. Both
of these cases have been carried up on
appeal by the railroad companies. Suit
was also instituted against the Column
b,. bia Railroad aia company. November Z, 1880,
parking, from 1879 to 1854, were as follows: @
1s7s 1s7s7 s4ss$s stSs 1885 is7las ssl
1ss2ss s s44a 1ssss4 ses sS12ss912
S1O1 ,291.O4 was expended for pavement on
Pennsylvania avenue by special act of Congress
@ the period e @ named Were expendeS
for filling grounds south of the Capitol and this
is not included in the regular expenditures
above. The expenditures for the water depart
336.6S; 1s77-7S, S62.624.22; 1s7s-79, ss2,-
$50. .OS; 1S79-9O, 81 90, ,33S. Is; 1SSO-S1, S14O-
1904; 1ss1-s2, SOL ,4926s; 1sS2-s3, S11O,-
41s. So; 1sS3s4, S1O7 .Os. The collections
for the water department. from 1875 TO 1854:
From November, 1875 to November, 1876,
SOS. 5000 1850, sss.S5S0S 1880,
19s 1sssa nssSss ssss ss 11sss
$139,173.65. Taxes for the fiscal years ending
June 80, 1878, to June 80, 1884, inclusive
collected during the year ending June 80, 1884,
June 80, 1888, 81 ASS, ,O96.64; for 1882, 81, -
312, ,7s1 81; for 1881. 81, ,473, ,4sO.41; for 1885,
81, ,439. .372.9O; for 1879, 81 ,196, 12267; for
sy 1ss is Sr af as 1s
OF. From 1875 to 1884 taxes and penalties
for the fiscal year of 1872 and 1873 were col
lected as follows: For 1872, S31, ,539.63; for
1873, S162, 2,O1S.12. From 1873 to 1884 taxes
and interest collected on account of arrears of
corporation" amounted to S115,6 &c. The
grand total ofall these collections of taxes and
penalties from 1875 to 1854 amounted to S15,
charged in the revision Of special assessments
against the several street railroad companies
for pavement of carria2eway, none OF which
has been paid: Columbia company, $11.257.27;
Connecticut avenue and Park railroad COM
pany OF their successors, Sc, 6,665.56; MetrOpoli-
tan company, S161 ,622.95; Washington and
Georgetown company, $50 426. is: total, $685.
assessments for paving Pennsylvania avenue
and other streets against the companies are as
follows: Washington and Georgetown company,
S7e:7 Metropolitan company, ss9.s4;
pany, $40; total. S7S09.26.
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TROUBLE ABOUT PAYING FOR DRruxs.-In
the Police Court this morning =. L. Carter was
charged with hitting JAS Brennan with brick
in O dispute about the payment for drinks BE
was fined $40 or 60 days. A similar charge was
brought against ]. ]. Johnson in another case,
but pending an examination Of the condition OF
Richard Moten, the victim, now in the hospital,
the prisoner was held under bonds Of $500 for
Q hearing on Wednesday.
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cr,.,. Imminent .s Paris.


INEVITABLE.
LONDON. March 30.-The Paris correspondent
OF the Tunes considers the fall OF the French
cabinet as near and irrevocsble. and says it Is
impossible to form AN idea OF the confusion It's
faI viii entail. Nobody, in the excitement OF
the moment, is able to predict who Prime Min
lister Ferrys successor will be. The opposition
appear To be inclined 70 insist that an account
shall be given OF what they describe q viola
ton OF the constitution In that war has been
made without parliRment's having been asked
10 authorize such action.
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plexity, rregularty onportabilty (onIy pounds),
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Copying solicited al the Office, 1921 + street
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Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, $653, 3,4s2; customs, S522,356.
CAPT. MILLER, commanding the Marion, re
ports by cable the arrival of that vessel at Glib
raltar, March 80. All well.
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DECLINES TO REVOKE THE ORDERs.-Secre.
tary Whitney has declined to revoke the orders
issued by Secretary Chandler, which send Rear
Admiral Earl English and the flagship Lancas-
ter to he South American station, as well as all
other requests OF a similar nature. In making
the decision Secretary Whitney issued a notice
in which he says: "It is palpably unfair to my
predecessor In office for me to pretend to re-
view, and it is impossible, in point of fact for
me to know the causes which induced his or.
do
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FALLEN FROM GRAcE.-For the past two
weeks the Salvation Army has been doing .
brisk business i'm Newburyport, Mass, and
many converts have been made. Among the
bravest soldiers OF the army have been Ser.
geant Charles f. Merrill and his wife. "Hallo-
lujah Lizzie.n Saturday they were arraigned in
the municipal court, charged with the larceny
of clothing from their captains residence The
evidence was so strong against them that they
both pleaded guilty and the Sergeant was fined
$15 and costs, and his wife $40 and costs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-30

Mr.. DALLAS AND HIS SUCcEssoR.-Major r.
j. Dallas the chief OF the dead letter Office this
morning sent his resignation to the Postmaster
General. The letter from Postmaster General
Villas accepting the resignation was very COM
plimentary. Mr. Dallas is going to Topeka,
Kansas, to engage in the practice OF law. and
insisted upon the acceptance of his resignation.
The resignation of Mr.. Dallas goes into effect
April Both, at which time Mr.. j. B. Baird, who
has been selected for the position, will assume
charge Of the Office. Mr.. Baird is a man about
thirty-five years OF age. and has been adjutant
OF the state OF Georgia and in charge Of the
public works. He is a distant relative Of Sena-
tor Colquitt, and was appointed on the recon-.
mendation of that gentleman and ex-Senatoa
Gordon, besides the entire Georgia delegation.
ALL "BosH."-Public Printer Rounds says
that the report that he is thinking OF starting
new weekly paper her, when he is displaced
from his present position is ''all bosh; the worst
kind of bosh."
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LOUIS RIEL's REBELLIoN.-The excitement
I'm the northwest and in ottawa over the rebel.
lion In the Saskatchewan district has increased,
On the 27th Fort Carleton was evacuated and
burned by the Canadian forces, who retired to
Prince Albert, feeling that they could not de-
fend both places against the rebels. A scout
who witnessed the fight on Thursday and was
afterward in Riels camp telegraphs that forty
rebels were killed in the engagement and
twenty-three wounded. Among the killed
were q number of Montana cowboys, who, IL In
believed, brought the cannon which the rebels
possess TO Duck Lake. Three of Riel's trusted
emissaries are also reported among the killed.
Riel has established himself in a rendezvous
four mi les southwest of Duck Lake.
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department from Dalgar, Sengal, west coast
Africa, March Goth, that he will leave on the
31st for the Congo river
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GENERAL GRANTS CONDITION,
A Reassuring Medical Report Dis.
credited by Later Alarming Rurnors.

NEW YORK, March 30.-General Grant was
astir at $50 O'Clock this morning, when he
breakfasted, and at IL o'clock the following
bulletin was procured from DIR. Douglas: 'The
general was visited at 1 1 p. IN. by Drs. Shrady
and Douglas. The afternoon had been a quiet
one, with periods of slumber alternately upon
the bed and upon the easy chair. As the time
of the night visit arrived the general became
ceding evening might be renewed, and re-
quested that DR.. Douglas be sent for. The ap-
prehensions were allayed by the employment of
the same means as on the night before with sue
cess but the general preferred to remain in his
chair SO as to avoid the possibility of their re-
currence from a recumbent position. The
throat was attended to again at a. m., and the
general had altogether a comparatively COM
Portable night, taking his food and medicine as
usual and having no renewal OF his difficulty
in breathing. He has taken his usual break
fast, and is now quiet and free IRON pain. DIR.
Douglas remained with him I'm his room during
the night. but was not called upon for special
service after a. m"
ALARMING RUMoRS ON THE sTREETS.
There is good ground for belief that the actual
condition of Gen. Grant this morning is worse
than is indicted by the bulletin just sent out
At II m. tn, ,eneral, who had been sitting and
reclining In his easy chair, was lifted by his
servant Harrison and placed upon his bed,
where he is now resting. At 1910 pm. Mark
Twain, who is interested in the firm which is
publishing Gen. Grants book, called at the
house in a coupe. He alghted from the car
riage and was met at the foot of the steps by
Harrison, who told him of the generals condi-
ton. Twain did not enter the house.
There is q rumor on the streets now that DR..
Douglas states that Gen. Grant cannot live "a
hours.
The Mexican Congress Reassembling.
CITY OF MEXICO, March 3O.-The members of
the chamber of deputies were yesterday de-
clared installed, and committees were named
to advise the president and senate that the
opening session of the chamber would be held
on April 1St.
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Observation-Disclosures Arthur, Senator
Cameron. Marshal McMichael and party ar.
rived at Fortress Monroe yesterday morning.
Mr.. Simon Cameron, ex-senator Davis p. T. =
Barnum and Mr.. George Jones are also there.
Senators Stanford and Spooner were regis
tered in New York last night.
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THE MORAL EFFECT OF AN AMERICAN WAR
VEssEL.-Commander Ludlow, of the Quinne-
baug, has reported to the Navy department his
arrival at Constantinople, Turkey, the 10Th
inst. He says: General Wallace requested
me to remain here for the present. Iunder-
stand that some of the points at issue between
MIN and the Turkish government are now under
discussion, and that the moral effects produced
by the presence Of an American man-of-war at
this point, and at this time, is likely to be of
some benefit to our government"
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GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.--The new rail-
road commissioner, is a brotherin-law to the
Hon. Robert NJ. McLane, the new minister to
France. The brothers-in-law were both West
Point cadets, and are about the same age. Mrs.
Louis McIane, who after filling senatorial cabi-
net and diplomatic positions was president of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in its early
days, when it was struggling for the right of
way to the Ohio river through either Pennsyl-
yania or Virginia.
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CHIEF ENGINEER PHILIP INCH has been de-
tached from special duty in the bureau of steam
engineering, and ordered as member of the
board of inspection April 1, to relieve Chief En-
gineer James A. Thompson.
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CALLED on THE PREsIDEyT.-Among the
Presidents callers to-day were Senators Vance,
Bowen, Blackburn, Gibson and Dolph; Repre-
sentatives Tucker, Dougherty, Cox, OF North
Carolina; Murtin, Taylor. OF Tennessee: Hender
son, OF North Carolina; Neal, OF Tennessee Min.
lister $. =. Cox, Mr.. Miller, commissioner OF in-
ternal reeenue Mr.. Neal, solicitor of the Treas.
ury: Postmaster General Villas; Rear Admiral
Carter, Mayor Grace, of New York: Judge Truax,
of New York, and Judge Fishblate, OF North
Carolina.
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THE RESIGNATION OF the U. U.Sdefaulting Mar
shal Hughes, of Richmond, who was arrested in
Texas is in the hands of the President, but has
not been accepted. His apparent discrepancy
is $4,000.
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SOUTH AMERICAN CoMMERcE.-It is under
stood that DIR. De Meza, of this city, who has
authority from the people of Colombia to nego-
tiate valuable concessions in that country has
submitted a proposition in writing to President
Cleveland by which the United States could
American states now possessed by European
-
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WANTS TO READ THE FINDINGs.-Judge
Mackey, counsel for General Hazen, has re-
quested the War department to furnish him
with copy of the findings of the court martial
before they are submitted to the President for
his approval, and that in making this request
Judge Mackey asserts that an accused officer
has an unquestionable legal right to submit an
argument to the reviewing authority against
an adverse finding
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EX-PRESIDENT ARTHUR, accompanied by
Senator Cameron, Marshal and Mrs. McMichael
and Miss Wallach, left Washington by the Bal
timOre and Ohio railroad at 4:3O o'clock Satur-
day afternoon for Fortress Monroe. A large
number of iriendS gathered at the railroad sta
ton to see the party of.
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CHIEF CRoNIN SHoCKED-A fire occurred On
the roof of the Boston Store, on Market Space.
next to Saks' new building, on Saturday night.
Chief Cronin was going about the roof with q
brass lantern in his hand, when his lantern
came in contact with a small wire attached 10
the main wire of the electric lighting company.
The shock knocked the chief about two or three
feet, and had il not been for some fremen
standing near he would have been precipitated
TO the ground, four stories below. The fremen
caught hold of him and saved him from falling
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THE RESCUED AMERICAN WoRKMEN.-Com-
mander Wiltse, of the Swatara, has forwarded
report to the Navy department, through Ad-
miral Jouett, of his visit to Livingston, Guate-
mala, to rescue distressed American wOrkmen
In that vicinity. Seventy-eight were found in
need OF medical treatment and were taken ON
fll-treatment and non-payment of wages by the
contractors of the railroad being constructed.
The contractors denied the allegations. Com
mander Wiltse is Of the opinion that there were
grounds for complaint on both sides. The chief
navigator of the road informed him that every
thing would be done in Behalf of the workmen.
A better hospital is soon to be constructed for
sick workmen. If they are not likely to recover
they Will be sent to New Orleans at the COM
pany'S expense
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COMMANDER A. G. KELLOGG who is still in
this city, has been granted six months addi-
fional
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COVERED INTO THE TREAsURY.-The disburs-
Ing officer Of the Department of Justice has
covered into the U. s. Treasury S65S.47, being
the amount realized from the sale of the horses
and carriages of the department.