Evening star., 1886-11-24

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THE DIsr8lGr EsTInArEs.
Sent BY the Treessry O0cials % sse
Heuse Appropriated Csoaissss -
s0eislly.
The Secretary of the Treasury has sent the
District estimates, 80 submitted by the Com
missioners to the department. % the House APP
preparation committee unonhoially, With the
them anti sn1s the oomMissioners ] comply With the
law by submitting the estimates In detail
MAssAcMUsErrs AvExUE ExrEH.
SI0N.
fAe J0ry % CenAenassieu Resars Q
Serdics sf "Ns Dsaass."
To-day at IL O'Clock the following jurors
summoned by the marshal TO condemn the
right OF way for the Massachusetts, avenue ex-
tension, met al Boundary street and Massachu-
sets avenue: Fred X. McGuire, Theodore Sbek-
els GEORGE 7. Dunlop. samuel Norment Thos.
4 Luttrell, c. c. nuncanson and w. W. Bur.
aeue There WAS only the interest OF Caroline
DE r. Loveti, a minor heir, TO be condemn ned,
M aiter being shown over the land the jurors
aakea aan over the question of benefits and dam
Dement'S would he more than any damage, and
returned verdict no damage.
Mrs.. Jones' Treubsea.
WANTS AN INJUNCTION AGAINST HER HUSBAND.
Today Mr.. Moulton, for Catherine NJ. b
Jones, filed bin tor an injunction against VIM.
Jones. Ihey were married I'm Baltimore April
", 1876, her maiden name being Bates. She
states that she owns farm In her own right,
ana before marriage she executed q contract
with him that the iarm was TO continue In her
possession, and she charges that defendant has
so,ateo TINS contract by taking OF the mules
BEEN nods arnn tani Tor about eight years be has
cruelty, and for three years past by means OF
threats, &c, has forced from her large sums Of
debauchery, and he has in no way contribuied
70 ner support She charges that on the 10Th OF
november he extorted 500 from her, has taken
dueted himself i'm such way that she is afraid
OF him, and has been obliged to leave him. and
sue ASKS an Injunction 10 restrain him iron
lurtheF Interfering With her property.
4 Lady Drops Dead.
Mrs. Lizzie h. sherman arrived az the Balti.
more and Ohio depot this morning from Toledo
ohio, ana was about To enter a carriage when
she dropped dead. Her body WAS removed 70
py the coroner who gave "A certificate of death
from heart disease. Mrs sherman WAS accom-.
panied by q nurse and small child.
Alexandria AMnirA.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR
THE DOUBLE TRACK QUEsTIoN.-The moyo.
shcht tOT u OouOle railway Track on Union
street was switched od 10 siding Ia the city
council last night, and will remain there for st
least two weeks. The application came Into
land CO., and was endorsed Ia writing by near
~ all the merchants on Union street and many
property holders there. In that board there
seemed to be no objection % doubling the
track as one track has existed FOR over so yeafs
The object OF opposing aldermen seemed only
eit,zens. An amendment was agreed 70 Tor
bidding the railroad company from charging tor
trackage or Tor hauling cars on Union street.
would be special sufferer. Alderman Marbury
actsn. clause Of the bil len is M repeal in sSe
unanimously and was carried 10 the lower bos rd
where IL votes was by charter required Tor its
posed, but Mr.. Goodrich ANNOUNCED " that TIE
bill was evidently IN an incomplete condition
and could not get 10 votes out q the thirtsen
sou, Snowden, Fisher, Whiting, French, Harri-
son, Uhler, Pullman. and Peake aud Eichbene-
10 Nays.Moore. ioocrich aud Strider, e.
sideration and the bIif was laid on the table.
STREET MIsFITs.-1he subject of mistakes In
Ing last night, and he addressed the members
OF the two boards that gathered In joint conven-
tion to hear him. He represented that all the
building lines on Oronoko Pendleton, Wythe
and Madison streets, between Washington and
Columbia streets, were out OF place. and urged
That readjusiment be made before more lots
the convention and the boards Afterwards o..
ferred the matter.
NorEs;-Tne city Superintendent Of public
schools. In an address 10 the people Of Alexan-
dria, urges Taxpayers 10 pay, ut least one
fourth of their taxes ia currency instead Of
coupons. Otherwise, he says, there is danger That
the public schools may close next Febrll.,ry'--
The grocery finn of Gregory d o. 0'Brien, on King
near Lee street, has made an assignmenL-
Columbia engine house last night and consid.
cred the rules for Its goyernment.-The cor
poration court has been engaged to-day IN the
trial OF Richard Lewis, charged with outrage
The pay OF the gas house EN- ployes has been In
creased from S4s 10 $50 per month";. ivy.
man has been sent to jail ior fifteen days by
Judge Chichester for stealing plow from JObp
S: Birch.-New gas lamps Vim ct once Sc
placed on Commerce street At It's Intersection
with Payne street and on Fairfax at Is c.oss.
fngs with Gihbon and Franklin streets.
SUIT TO SET ASIDE pEkps on TRusr.-To.
day bill in equity was filed ty ii. B. Moultoo.
for Lewis Cook, against Frank Waters aud 9th.
ers TO set aside Certain deeds OF trust and Tor
he sale o. real estate The bin states thai Jas
BY some one Decemher Il, ssa, before q. II,
Ball, notary public and acknowledged q deed
debtedness TO @. A. Leeman; aud that Feb
ington and made another trist deed TO SECURE
sub lot 80, SO. IIO-was ad veriised Cor sale. Hs
also asks The sale OF the property.
The PATESr OFFICE CoUPox CONSPIRACY
CAsE.-Ihe trial of the case OF Ludwell Gunnell
aud John H. Adriaans. for conspiracy in regard
TO coupons of the Patent Office, was resumed In
the Criminal Court to-day.
Mr.. PeWderly and che TarlG.
He ANoWS HIMSELF a PR0HIBIToRY PRofHO.
TIoNIsT
Mr. P0wderly, general master workman Of
the Knights OF Labor. Is said 10 have written
the following letter 10 Mr.. Edward II.
Ammidoun, president of the Protective
Tariff League, on July ~, 1850. 81 am
not only a protectionist, but a prohibitory one,
never have and never will purchase any thing
that is made across the water; my advice On
workingmen Is to do the same. Ii that is done
you can abolish all tariff laws. 1 have great
deal of fault 10 lind with many high tariff men,
who preach protection but never practice It. ex-
cept SO lar as IL relates 20 that line Of goods they
themselves manufacture. Outside Of their own
goods they will hunt for the imported article
and thereby take u step toward reducing che
wages OF the American workingmen. 1 have no
use Tor the imported article, whether IL comes
in the shape OF manufactured goods the men
who have been hired 10 come across the water
and take the places OF other meu who are but
asking Tor . little Of the protection they have
been voting Tor. IL unfortunately ha py1ens that
some Of our most ardent protectionistS are pro-
tectionists only for themselves. This question,
however, is of such maxnitude that cannot at.
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