Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

yesterday afternoon, by a vote OF i3o 60 al, re-
women the right of municipal Suffrage
- Slosson is the favorite among betling men in
New York in the match 10 occur tonight be-
Paddy Ryan was granted n saloon license I'm
New York yesterday, the excise commissioners
voting two 10 one.
Regrets Her Hasty Marriage.
A WEALTHY READING LADY WANTS DIVORCE
FROM HER NEW YORK HUSBAND.
a special to the New York World from Read
Ing, Pa. May 4, says: In court here to-day Mrs
Caiharine Newman applied for divorce from
her husband Francis Newman, alias Frank
Hardyman. This is the sequel 10 a very hassy
marriage which took place in this city about
Tour months ago. The woman's name was Miss
.atharine hsopp, and She is the only daughter
OF one OF Readings solid business men, retired
merchant worth $3.50, 900. She Is about thirty
Years old and OF plump figure. Her husband
served term of five years i'm jail here ON the
the public highway. When he was released
he went 10 New \ ork and came back solne
months ago well dressed and evidently well-toN
90. He gave out his name "a Francis Newman
lie met Miss klopp and She was very fayorably
impressed with his many agreeable manners
ana his stories of fashionable life among the
eilte in the large cities. The result was that
while the snowfiakeS were falling the two made
journey 10 the parsonage OF one of the heading
city pastors, who made them man and wife
The woman at once went back'to her fathers
mouse. and few days thereafter'began 10 regret
I
lawyer was employed and suit for divorce
was brought. IL is not yet known whether New
man, alias Hardyman, will contest the applica-
ton. In her petition the wife saws thai She
never lived with him as his vile nor cohabi-
tated with him.
MoRMoNs IN NORTH CARoIINA.-The Nor
mons have effected Judgment In Rutherford
county, \. c., and are doing missionary work in
Surrey county. They have quite following i'm
the latter county, and have been holding a con-
ference at their church near PILOT mountain
president a. he 4 - flad
only 10 years old. and is a most eloquent
preacher. There Were fifteen ministers present
at the conference. There are about two hun
ored attendants on this churdh. 1t WAS an
nounced That any persons deslrous of joining
move TO Utah, would be assisted 10y the church
TO make that journey: There have been 40
plural marriages as Yet in Surrey.
Col. Offers BRILLIANT FNPIoIrs.-A mail
courier who arrived last night AZ Saskatchewan
Landing, Northwest Territory from Hattl,iord
brought the following dispatch, dated Nav ~
"A flying column OF 300 men from Battleford
had an engagement with Poundmaker's force
OF 600 Indians at his reserve, lasting from : a
M 10 noon yesterday. Tie troops lost eight
killed and had twelve wounded. The Indian
loss is estimated at fifty. Col. otter covered
seventy miles, fought the battle and returned
inside OF thirty hour"
GEN. GRANT WRITES TWELVE PAGES HIM.
sELF.-General Grant treated his friends and
household to another surprise yesterday by the
marked change i'm his condition from
Monday. DIR. Douglas said last night, at is
simply wonderful" No one seems more sur
prised Than the doctors: The general worked
on his book for several hours, and actually
wrote twelve pages of the manuscript himself
The swelling i'm the jaw is less marked. and his
gehefai condition better thanthe previous day.
SHE Din NOT ELoPE WITH THE NEGRO
Quite sensation was created month ago by
the supposed elopement of Mrs Annie Stein
liede, wife of a prominent Memphis physician,
with colored servant ofthe family. Detectives
at Chicago have never ceaSedtb Toe ON the watch
for her, and yesterday afternoon VIM. Pinker-
ton, of the Pnkerton acknowledgements received
a letter from Dr. Stcinriede, isgging him TO md
his wife. Shortly afterwards Mr. Pinkerton
happened To be in the city detective depart
nent oil the city hall, wheh'a handsome but
careworn woman entere,t6hnd asked TO be
shown detective. To Mr. PlnHerton she eN-
planned that she was Mrs. Steinriede; that she
was destitute and wished to give herself up.
She said she had not been unfaithiul to her
husband, but LETT him because of his cruelty to-
ward her, and in st. Louis came across "A former
colored servant by accident, which meeting she
supposed gave rise 10 the elopement story.
Coming to Chicago, she had been obliged 10
work since as an ordinary domestic.
'MoRAL LEPRosY" THE Result OF LAX
DIVORCE LAws.-In speaking of the diocesan
convention, in Philadelphia. yesterday on the
subject OF our lax divorce laws Bishop Stevens
said: "A community whose social life il Initiated
by such legal privileges 10 break asunder the
bonds of matrimony and reform them with
new partners will soon show a moral leprosy
that wiz make il loathsome and unclean in the
sight oil God and man; here is something
shown of this 'moral leprosy" In the revela-
lions concerning the private detectives who
serve the divorce lawyers.
THE FLORIDA ELECTIoN.-In the state elec-
ton in Florida yesterday to choose del, gates Ia
the constitutional convention little interest was
manifested. About one-thrd Of the full vote
was poled. The republicans elect their ticket
In Duyall, Leon, and other republican strong.
holds, and the democrats carry all the demo
cratic counties as far as heard from. The slight
returns received indicate that the democrats
will have a small majority in the convention.
o.
TIRELY-Gen. Grant has written a letter to
Charles L. Webster q Co in which he contra
diets the story that the work upon his new
book is the work of Gen. Adam Badeau, and
says: "The composition is entirely my own" 20
Runaway ACCIDENT AND MARRIAGE.-Sam-
uel NJ. Roosevelt, of New Brighton, :. l., who
was in Baltimore Monday for the purpose OF be-
ing married to Mrs. Boylston, daughter of the
late ;. NJ. Shoemaker, took ride in Druid Hail
park Monday evening with the Rev. DIR. EccleS-
ton. The horse ran away and Mr.. Roosevelt
rendered unconscious lie was removed To "A
drug store, where he was restored after which
he was taken TO the residence OF, Mrs. Boylston,
where the marriage was solemnized. Ills inju.
ries are not serious.
MARY ANDERSON AND LORD HARrINGroS,
cable dispatch in the New York Sun to-day
says: Miss sIary Andeuon was entertained at
luncheon to-day by Lord and Lady Granville at
their town house i'm Carlton House Terrace
Among the company were Lord and Lady
Spencer and Lord harrington, the secretary Tor
war. The gossips are suggesting that the latter
and Miss Anderson are splend!dly matched.
He is not yet %, and will some day inherit the
vast estates OF his father, the duke OF Devon
shire; but, though gallant, he is a confirmed old
bachelor, and there is doubtless as little basis
for the present gossip as for the many previous
rumors of Miss Andereons matrimonial inten-
tions.
A DINNER TO MINISTER PHKLPs.-A CON-
plmentary dinner rendered TO Edwin ].
Phelps, minister to England, by Cyrls w. Field,
at the Iatters residence, in New York, last
night. Flfteel covers were laid. The menu
was elaborate in the extreme. Ex-President
Chester a. Arthur was unable to attend, his
physician declining TO permit him 10 go out.
Among those present were Hon. W. n. Evarts,
Hon. John Bigelow, Hon. VIM. Dorsheimer and
President Porter. of Yale college. The minister