Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-08

niue, S243, 800; customs 1929
to-day authorized the Madison National bank, O.
Madison, Dakota, to begin business with a capita
| Of $4,000. f'''-
RELEASED FROM BOND.-The Treasury depart
ment has authorized the release from bond OF the
| historical painting of "Chrtstopher Columbus or
the Eve OF Starting on His Voyage OF Discovery,
recently imported at New York and since pur
CHASED by Mr.. NJ. K. Jessup and presented to the
metropolitan Museum Of Art.
CANDY FOR PRIsoNER.-The collector OF customs
| at New York has been authorized to allow free
entry OF certain school books and candy imported
ana intended for Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias Walter a
aSn dSsnnoH maven, now in Jail at st. Louis on a
charge OF the murder OF Preler The candy was
sent TO him by his mother in England.
GIVING UP His LIBERTY FOR BACK PAY.-Wm
knapp deserted from the first United States cav.
airy during the war, while on duty at New Or
1eans tad ne eiuded arrest and some years ago set
Cled with his family at GrOvetOwn, Ind It re.
Gently occurred to him that he could obtain back
pay, anu ne wrote to this city detailing the cir.
chat he could get no back pay until the taint OF
desertion was removed. He accordingly decided
10 90 10 chicago and surrender himself, believing
owing to the length OF time which has elapsed
since MS deSertiOn He walked into the cavalry
1 1recruIting once tnere last week and gave himself
up IN the county jail he awaits the action OF the
war department..
Army LEAvEs.-The leave~of Lieut.. Col. D. w
Flagler, ordnance department, has been extended
Two months for disability. The leave OF First
Lieut.. VIM. CrOzer ordnance department. has
oeen extended until January 1, 1887.
"THE KING OF BELGIANs. by Charles Mali, consul.
against the keeper Of the Common Jail, of Hudson
county, New jersey such is the title OF an inter.
est1ng and unusual case which came up for argu-
mPnf Cfafo CIV
day ana out OF which an Information controversy
on small scale has arisen. On the Belgian steam
snip, N0ordiand when at her dock at Jersey City,
there was tight resulting in murder, two sail.
0rs, who witnessed the affair, were arrested and
imprisoned In the Jersey City Jail by the police
authorities. Their release was immediateiy de-
manded by the Belgian Consul acting under in
structlOns from this government, on the ground
tnat the crime was committed within the Kingdom
OF belgium and that, under the laws OF nations
ana the treaties between Belgium and the United
safes, he, the CONSUL had sole authority in the
@ premises: Upon the demand being refused, the
consul sued out a writ of habeaS CORPUS but IT
being dismissed by the United States Circuit
court II was carried to the United States Supreme
Court by appeal.
COURT OF CLAIMS AwARDs.-The Court of Claims
mas reported to Congress in favor of the following
claimants In the French spoliation cases: c. F.
- Aaams' ans administrator for P. T. Brooks,
H0lSrook HSlR fsf
sa%as aahsiiatdT fol cay 6oMs sSp Ha1Sg HBag
5000; S: B. Carey, administrator for
3 Holl1ngswOrth, $5,96O.5O; StObel & Brown. ad-
minlstratOr for I. Stewart, $3.50; T. Cushing ad-
mlnlstratOr for NJ. Watson, 1856, and WIN. Sot-
uer, administrator for N. Fellows, 81 ,OOO
PERsoNAL--H. F. Wilson, OF Cheltenham. Eng
land, Is Of WOrmley's.-Wm. A. Penn OF Rhode
Island, James b. Dick and James ". Rtdeway of
Bruokiyn, Chas. Il. Raymond, j. P. Burlick and
steele Mackaye OF New York, Peter G. Straub of
Buffalo, Thomas Shirley OF Chicago, A. w. Fuller
OF Albany, and A. A. Pope OF Cleveland are at the
Arl1ngton:-W. J. Dale Jr., Of Boston, Dallas
Sanders OF Philadelphia, E. H. Cook OF New YORK
ex-Representattve Sweat OF Maine, and Lieut.
y MGR W1nSlOw are at WelckerS-Richar(i
heWlns, WIN. Gregg, w. B. Whitney and John
Ienney OF Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs Thomas II.
B. Sleeman OF England, T.. E. Layman, Walter
Burnham, Chas. g. Curtis, John Duffy and John
Sheehan, OF New York. and j. E. SCHUYLER and
John Franklin OF Cincinnati are at the Rigos-
representative w. H. WadswOrth, j. b. Woodford
StaHer 81 worcester Mass John searles, r, Ernest
New YORK, w. 8. Locke OF Boston, E. r. Brainerd
OF Chicago, E. w. Maybr1ght OF Denver, VIM. Muir
OF Philadelphia, S. T. Bowen OF Indianapolis and
Gr1mshall OF Jersey City, are at WilfardS
u. +. Osburn OF New York, H. A. DitsOn. G. Fl
Pray, W: LilestOn and j. P. Egan of Boston. John
", MQnday OF Chicago j. H. MITCHELL OF Philadel
Rnlas surgeon Bailey and Engineer Wood are at
Ine eE0oltt-Senator Camden and Col John HaV
OF washington were registered in New York last