Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-11

Heras Prepariag for . Siege.
A letter nom Herat dated July 30 last state
that the Herates are buying and storing larrt
quantities OF grain. IL also says that q 900
men are engaged constantly In the work OF re-
barring the forts and erecting great bastions.
The writer ASSERTS that there 10 great enthu-
re.oIa, among ., the si, liz and
sscks The Afghan boundary commission are
nine miles west OF Herat, buying mules and
ing: The Russian railway 10 this place will be
completed by October l. The ofhciais are
the en s,nss sss so
s nn nave died nom the eeots OF the climate
CARPENTER MAkrs REsrrrur,oN rbomas
NJ Sarpenter, Of Richmond, who robbed Mr..
able bond, ned to osnsd snS s en-
returned, has restored 20 the owner an or the
stolen securities Besides ths s 9e e sa o. sne
money returned 70 powney by Carpenter here
Ss is., ne na sy ~ tina. ss1eman deed
Indemnify MT. powney for all OF the money
stolen nom him by Carpenter.
Nh. vAUeHAN's hoRRrBLk DxAru-A ~.n
known dealer I'm books named Daniel Vanshsn
DodeetoWn croesps Of the os ses.eIfday on The
New Jersey, In scranton, Pa. He was stsndine
on the track in the act OF giving a receipt TO
was struck by the engine OF a:passing train and
carried some distance on the COW catcher aflel
which he feu under the wheels and WAS Instant
ly crushed TO death. His head and both leSs
were cut or Mr.. Vaughan was formerly prom.
inent i'm the labor movement and enjoyed the
confidence and respect OF bis fellowmen.
A YOU'VE GIRLS BETRAYAL AND SUICIDE
os SnS lives
Rochester, n. Y, went 10 her room last Saturday
afternoon, saying she was not feeling well.
died In few minutes. She was an unusually
pretty girl. Her father was formerly proml-
nent citizen, and at one time candidats tor
port. The girl has been employed In picture
frame factory as bookkeeper. She made the
working in The same place. They have beer,
been Objectionable to the girls family. and Car
RE had been told 10 cease meeting him, but she
refused TO do So Her family say that he be-
trayed her, and assign this as the reason Of her
girls suicide and called at the house. schaeffef
attacked him fercely, and upbraided him
being the cause of the girls death. He then
him, whereupon Forrest lied
TRYING TO PROVE RIEL INsANE.-A m Getting
In Riel's interest was held AT Lschine, Canada,
last night, which was addressed by Messrs
anS oth ana m =, OF parliament
which is being signed there, prays for q sum-
cient respite 70 enable Riel's case to be carried
that the jury's recommendation TO mercy was
because OF doubt in their minds as TO his san
ny, ana says, In conclusion, that the rebellion
piece OF folly, and asks for the issuance of a
medical commission TO investigate bis mental
condition.
He CARRIED A NEEDLE THROUGH LrrE.-
Kelly Bonnel, the well-known billiardist, died
IiS hi. aessh ThsS
years ago, when he was an infant, his mother
missed a needle. The doctors said that il had
entered the chflds body and would come out
some day. An hour before his death he COM
planned Of an itching sensation I'm his shoulder
and q few minutes later the long-missing needle
A HORSE THIEF HANGED TO TREE.-Cyrus
over Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, was lodged
In jail at Laramie City, Wyoming, Sunday
evening, having been arrested at Bear River a
Collins Col, for safe keeping and trial, and, lest
an attempt should be made to lynch him. IL was
AccardinsIy be as mn m1 out at once;
and started across the country 70 Red Buftes, a
station ten miles distant, where he was 70 be
carried by rail TO Cheyenne and Fort Collins.
At Fort Sanders, an abandoned military reser-
walton two miles from town. party OF masked
him to a tree Partridge was the leader OF a
notorious gang OF thieves who have eluded the
officers Of the law, and was run down through
the efforts OF the wyoming Stock Association.
DEATH Of PHILApELPHIA MILLIONAIRE.
Moro Phillips, well-known Philadelphia mer-
Bright's disease. He was really Philip Chariot.
sky Moro, born in Warsaw, Poland, about
tionalist, and when young man took q promi-
nent part In one of the numerous uprisings
against Russia. The revolution failed and the
mulated large fortune. Among his most val
liable possessions were q copper mine in Michi-
Of his friends estimate his fortune '' M
$1o,OO0,0OO.
BETTER HOUSES FOR THE LONDON PooR.-Sir
Richard A. Cross, British home secretary yes.
terday afternoon moved in the House of Com
mons the second reading OF the bill for the
housing of the poor, and stated that the object
OF the measure was to prevent the overcrowding
OF people In dwellings, and also the overcrowd-
Ing of houses within particular areas. He added
that the government intended to place the great
prisons of the metropolis outside London and
utilize their present sites for the construction
thereon of artisans dwellings. sir Charles
Dixie spoke In the debate and was received with
cheers. The bill passed its second reading.
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THE CoLoRED PEOPLE AND GEN. GRANT,
At the large meeting Of the colored citizens and
soldiers Of Richmond, Va, last Saturday In
memory OF Gen. Grant, two of the prominent
whom they regard as the man who freed them
from slavery, as almost q personal loss. With
out him to see TO II that their liberties hereto
fore guaranteed by his victories In the field, and
secured, while yet living, by his influence they
said that they would have to rely upon the bal
lot box which Grant gave them to maintain
their rights in politics and religion. They re-
ferred TO the fact that the privileges enjoyed by
their race in the offices of the government were
being taken from them, and that the admins
tration OF the laws had passed into hands that
would not treat SO kindly as did Gen. Grant
5000, 600 people OF this country.
GARDNER-KEALEY. At St Peters church An
gust 10th, 1885. by Rev. Father OSullivan c. CIIN.
TON GARDNER to ANNIE r KEALEY both a
Washington. ID. G. No cards
COLLINS. Entered into rest on the morpins nj
August IL, 1885. ALICE MAUDE, daughter on -.
becca and the late John Collins Ia her twentieth
Funeral from st. James church. Eighth street -
tween and northeast, Thursday, August l3 a 81
M. Relatives and friends respectfully invited
COOLEY. Al the residence Of her pareuts, n
North Capitol 81 rect on Thursday, August 0th l6d
Of scarlet fever, JESSIE WYNONA COOLEY danek
ter Of VIM II and Maria E Cooley, aged ave yea
and six months.
DONOHUE On August 11th 1885, at g. Am.
KATIE DONOHUE, infant daughter Of james ~
Wargret Donohue. aged four months.
Funeral from parents residence, No. 720 ID streo2
northeast, Ct pm, "wednesday. August II. Friends