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Resignation of a Well-Known Division Chief. LOCAL PATENTS ISSUED. Ex-Assistant Secretary Jenks at the Interior Department. GENERAL AND PERSONAL. Inspecting Vermont -The Secretary of War has detailed First Lieutenant William H.

Coffin, Fifth Artillery, to visit Burlington, Vermont, August 94-8, to inspect and report upon the Vermont troops to be in camp there. The Now Postal The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has prepared a design for the new postal cards which the Postmaster-General has approved. They are to be printed in black on white paper, with a head of Jefferson on the upper third and are an improvement on those now in 1150. N' Army Retirements. -Colonel Joseph B.

Brown, surgeon, U. 8. Army, was placed on retired list yestarday, on reaching y-four years of age. First Lieutenant William A. Denwiddie, Second Cavalry, WaS retired to-day for disability, and Ordnance Sergeant Jacob Schwartz is retired at his own request, having served over thirty years.

District Patents to residents of this city were issued as follows: Amos Hadley, to Robert H. Hazard, stopper fastener; George Mellhenny, gas-retort furnace; G. W. Morse, cartridge-resizing instrument; EdF. Murdock, file-box; Edwin A.

Newman, anti-freezing apparatus for water pipes; Paris 11. Wheeler, photographic bolder. White House Callers, -The President's callers to-day included Speaker Carlisle, Senators Gorman, Sawyer, Miller, Hampton, Call and Sabin, Hon. A. G.

Thurman, Representatives Lawler, Cox, Outhwaite, Sowden, Swope, Wilson, Randall, Springer, Turner, Warner of Ohio, Toole, Blount, Dot gherty, Herbert, Guenther, Heard and Winane, Commander Edward E. Stone, U. S. Navy; Father De Laury, Ohio, and Commodore Durant of Charges of Partisanship. Charges have been filed at the Postofice Department against A.

A. Sparks, postmaster at Mount Vernon, Ind. Mr. Sparks is a Republican, and is accused of being an offensive partisan, using his office to further his political ends, and making it a sort of political headquarters. Similar charges against a number of other Indiana Republican postmasters have also been made.

The Postmaster-General will have them looked into. Ex-Secretary Jenks in the City.Judge Jenks, ex-Assistant Secretary of the Interior, arrived in the city to-day and will return to Pennsylvania day after to-morrow. He called at the Interior Department this afternoon, where everybody was glad to see him. His name has been connected with the Solicitor-Generalship, and he told TIE CRITIC reporter that there was not the least foundation for it. He will continue to manage the estate of a deceased friend, to take charge of which he resigned.

Resignation of a Division Chief. -Mr. Smith D. formerly Presidential appointment clerk of the Postofice Department, and late of the Stamp Division of that Department, to-day resigned his position. Mr.

Fry is an old newspaper man, and resigns to go back to journalism. He was au efficient officer, and is an excellent newspaper man. He will remain in the city as the correspondent of the St. Paul Globe, the Duluth News, the a a a Sioux City Journal, and a number of newspapers 1 in Dakota. Postoffice Department Statistics.The ennual report of Edwin C.

Fowler, Chief of the Appointment Division of the Postoffice Department, for the fiscal year ended June 30, shows that the number of postoflices established during the year was 8,482, postoffices an increase June 30, of 1886, whole number number of Presidential office 2,265, increase during the year 32; number of fourth-class offices 51,340, increase during the year total number of appointments made during the year 22,747, increase during the year 13,200. There are eight in the District of Columbia. The Northwest Indian Commission. -Mr. Charles F.

Larrabee of the Indian Office will leave the city to-morrow morn1ng for St. Paul. He will be joined on the way by Major Wright of Tennessee, and in St. Paul they will meet Whipple. Then the commission recently pointed by the President to treat with the Indians in Dakota, Montana, Washington Territory, Idaho and Oregon will be complete, and will proceed to carry out its instructions.

If successful, one great result of the work of the commission will be the throwing open to public settlement of a large amount of rich and valuable land, for which the Indians will of course be fully compensated. Navy George, C. Lieutenant Reiter, to the Waldemer torpedo D. Rose, station, to the receiving ship Independence, Mare Island Navs-Yard; Chief Engineer Charles E. De Valin, to the Washington Navy- Yard, August 10, and Assistant Surgeon Frank J.

B. Cordeiro, to the Minnesota at New York; Lieutenant E. D. Taussig, detached from the Coast Survey steamer McArthur, and placed on waiting orders, Lieutenant B. T.

Walling, a from a the Coast Survey; Kafer, from duty at the Navy Department passed Assistant a Engineer John 0. July 31 and granted two months' leave; Assistant Engineer E. 0'C. Acker, from the Navy Department August 1 and to duty at the Vanderbilt University, Tenn. Dr.

Pavy's Arctic papers which Mrs. Octave Pavy (one of the persons claiming to be the widow of Dr. Pavy of the Greely expediton) claims were given by General Hazen to a New York lawyer, were sent from the Signal at Office In April last to Arthur Furber, Nos. 208 and 205 Broadway, Now York city, upon that gentleman's demand that the papers be turned over to Mrs. Pavy.

Mr. Furber claimed to be the attorney of Mrs. Pavy and threatened to enter suit to enforce compliance with his demand, and the papers were sent in a sealed package to Mrs. Pavy in caro of Furber. The attorney has not since been communicated with by the Signal Corps oficials in regard to the matter, and nothing is known by them of any claim made by Furber, except the 08- sertion of Mrs.

Pavy to that effect. Minor and Personal. The Preeident has approved the Naval Appropriation bill. Colonel Lamont bas gone to his home in Courtland County, Now York, for a few days. The bill to grant leave of absence to Bureau of Engraving and Printing employes is likely to become a law.

The President has declined to grant pardon to Captain William Watts of a THE WASHINGTON ORITIO. WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1886. PRICE TWO CENTS. "That article in last night's Currie expressing the President's alleged intention of remaining at the Executive Mansion to receive and consider the bills passed by Congress instead of going to the Capitol during its closing hours and signing or objecting to measures rushed through at that time, is the correct position for the Executive to take," remarked an ex-Cabinet Minister of a previous administration to THE CRITIC this morning.

"How was it in your time?" "The President followed custom that had grown up in the dave of his predecessors, and always went to the President's room, adjoining the Senate chamber, and, surrounded by his Cabinet, he examined as well as he could in the rush the numerous bills submitted for Executive "Did he have proper time to give the ncts of Congress consideration?" "No, he did The bills which pertained to the different branches of the executive departments he referred to then Cabinet Ministers respectively cursory examination and then neted upon their suggestions. There always much confusion and rushing in with fresh bills hastily grossed on parchment, in many instances the engrossing ink not dry. Often the hands of the clocks in the Senate and House were turned back from the time fixed for adjournment in order to give the engrossing clerks an opportunity, to catch up with their work President to attach his "Did the President generally approve the bills thus hastily submitted "As a general rule did: and while he never thought he was giving the measures the consideration and examination that a strict construction of his executive duties demanded, lie was usually so anxious for Congress to get away that he attached his approval and thrust the responsiBility of the hasty legislation upon "There Were some exceptions, of "Rarely; but I remember an instance on one occasion, in which, among the larger number of bills submitted for my hasty examination pertaining to the department which I represented in the Cabinet, was measure in which I thought I 'detected a grievous objection and so reported to the President, and, of course, he did not attach his approval. But it turned out, when too late for correction, that in the rush, for want of proper time, to duly examine the measure, I committed a serious blunder; the bill was all right and should have been approved. My error was excused as one quite likely to happen in the rush and confusion, but it worried and mortified me a good deal.

My mistake was rectified, however, at the next session of Congress. But I emphatically repeat that President Cleveland's alleged position in this matter is entirely correct, and such will be the judgment of the THE PRESIDENT'S PLANS His Alleged Position Regarding the Bills to be Acted On. CLOSING HOURS OF CONGRESS Statement of an Ex Cabinet Minister of a Previous Administration. AT THE SUMMER RESORTS. Washington People Who Have Left the City for Recreation.

Miss Beulah Parson is at Asbury Park with the family of Mr. W. S. Thompson. Captain and Mrs.

Warren C. Beach are at Richfield Springs, where there is quite a colony of army people. Brigadier-General Samuel W. Crawford, U.S. Army, was in Philadelphia last night on his way to Atlantic City.

Robert Beall, is at Congress Hall, Cape May, a and is astonishing the people there by his feats in swordsmanship. Mrs. Loyall Farragut, the daughter-in-law of the great Admiral, is one of the guests at the Tunnicliffe, Richfield Springs. General Thomas L. Crittenden, U.

S. Army, and Mrs. Crittenden left here this morning on their way to Long Branch. Dr. Ruth of the Navy and his mother are making a tour of the northern summer resorts and will be gone until the first of September.

Lieutenant Abraham E. Culver, U.S. Navy, who has just returned from 8 leave in France, is at the Spring House, Richfield Springs. Mrs. John P.

Stockton and Miss Stockton, wife and daughter of ex-Senator Stockton of New Jersey, are at the Spring House, Richfield Springs. Mr. T. HI. S.

Hammersley, formerly of Washington, is at Cape May. He is now editor and proprietor of the United Service Magazine, at New York. Justice and Mrs. Miller are at the Hotel Kaaterskill in the Catskills. Miss Lucy Corkhill is with them.

Next week they will visit their daughter, Mra, Touzalin, at her summer residence at Milton, near Boston. Among the Washington people at Richfield Springs are Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W. Kingsley and family, Mrs.

Thomas, Misses Maggie Jackson, A. Greer, Maggie Kelley, Josie Kelley, Fanny Kelley, Mollie Baldwin and M. E. MeCeney. Among the army people at Richfield Springs who are well known hore are Gen.

Richard H. Jackson and his son and Lieut. J. Escourt Sawyer, Fifth Artillery, with Miss Daisy and Master Arthur Sawyer, from New York Harbor. They are all at the Tunnteliffe cottage.

Washington people registered at Cape May Sunday were as follows: L. Williams, J. Macauley, F. Hodges, C. Eckhart, F.

Gerger and son, G. Nixon, W. Wine, J. Trumble, C. Nichols, S.

Berryman, E. Ohmsted, P. Keen, Mr. McCracken, Miss Edmondson and Miss Pettibone. Mr.

John W. McQuiggan, the chief englneer of the county farm, has been granted thirty days leave of absence, which he will spend with his wife on the coast of Maine. As this is Mac's first leave since his appointment he is making extensive preparations for a elege among the tinny residents of that locality. A thoroughly enjoyable evening was spent by all who attended the full dress hop at Colonial Beach Friday, Music was furnished by Professor Pistorio's orchestra and the terpischorean art indulged in till a late hour. Among the large number present were Mrs.

Judge Willougbby, Mrs. Birmingham, Mrs. Gilt, Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs.

J. T. Given, Mrs. MoGowan, Mrs. Hammond; Misses Phelps, Milbury, Rutter, Champlia, Henderson, Hammond, Willoughby, Gensler, Evans, Martin, Yates, Stewart, McGowan; Messrs.

Thompson, Strouse, Horton, Oulahan, Benton, Brackett, Cossin, Patterson, Decker, Harper, French, Sherman, Skinner, Steele, Cropley, Wood, William and Westle Willoughby, Avery, Drawn and Hammond. The Court of Appeals at Saratoga to a journed decision to day in to the October appeal 4 of without ex-Alderman coming Jaehne. THE CRITIC. An Independent Newspaper, devoted to the pubiteation of the news of the day fu its brightest, best and most Intoresting shape, with promptness, accuracy and 111 partiality, Only 35 eta. a month delivered by carriers, or 40 eta.

by mail. NO. 5,604. Maine vessel, convicted at San Francisco of brutality to his crew. Secretary Lamar, "who will make a tour of the various Indian agencies next month, will be accompanied by his son, L.

Q. C. Lamar, and probably by Commissioner Atkins. The Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds is preparing to have the entire outside of the White House painted, including the front door, porticos, railings, lampposts, etc. MEN AND THINGS ABOUT TOWN.

reach his office unmolested." "I am about as high as I can get," said street, in front of the National Theatre, was a lake of mud and water last evening about the hour for the curtain to rise, and some of the lovers of "Falka" who braved the storm had a hard time to get from the cars to the theatre door. A bridge was improvised, however, and passengers crossed safely in most instances, but a number of ludicrous mishaps occurred, which were duly appreciated by the statuary on the sidewalk. One brave young gallant tucked his best girl under nis arm, although she was arrayed in some lovely white, diaphanous fabric, with an abundance of lace insertings and bows, and bore her triumphantly up the steps nmid 1 the shouts of the bystanders. Whether the young man enjoyed the performance or not is conjectural, for he waded in the flood up to his knees. Another incident had very comical ending.

A young gentleman in full evening suit was accompanied by a sparkling brunette ablaze with diamonds, which glittered atnid The young lady was safely across the bridge profusion of black "lace on dress and head. and waiting on the steps for her escort when the young men who were manipulating the structure movedit a little too soon. There was a gasp of despair, a splash in the water and a very much bedraggled, damp dude was hauled home in a herdic for repairs. The latest intelligence from Secretary Manning is to the effect that he is steadily improving. Considerable stress has been laid upon the fact that the Secretary induced his recent attack by lack of exercise and by persisting in riding to the department daily.

A friend of the Secretary said to-day that for many years past Mr. Manning bad been troubled with a weak ankle, which prevented him from walking a great deal. "Besides," continued the gentleman in question, "it may not be erally known, but Secretary Manning was being continually annoyed and stopped on the streets by office-seekers. Few mornings passed soon after he came to Washington that he was not thus bothered, and in selfdefense he took his carriage in order to Mr. James Talbott, as he looked out of his airy perch in the Washington Monument, "and I don't think the Civil-Service Commission will have any applicants for my place.

It is a pretty long walk up here every morning. This iron floor is 550 feet above high water mark, and my only companion is this pipe, which I bought four months ago when I was first stationed here. There is an average of about 100 visitors to the summit of the monument every day, and about one-third are women. The bravest yet was one of the fair sex, who hobbled all the way up the long flight of stairs on her crutches. When she reached the top there was a man complaining how tired he was, and how much he dreaded the return trip.

But when he saw that woman he stiffened himself up, and even quit wiping, the perspiration off his face. It plucky and no mistake, for there are some very dark places, and a slip might have proved fatal." Quite a weird spectacle is daily presented by the fantastic creations on the walls of the interior of the shaft, caused by the canales in the hands of venturesome climbers. Few persons who go over to the monument think to provide themselves with a lantern, and the watchmen are consequently drafted upon for a small piece of candle out of their allowance. "One thing I want to call your attention to, Mr. President," said a heavily-bearded, well-dressed man yesterday afternoon in the East Room, "is the appropriation for a public building at Vicksburg.

Please don't veto that, no matter what else suffers." There was a smile on the President's face as the gentleman supplemented his remark by introducing his wife as one interested in the same matter. "'You are looking splendid," said an old Buffalonian as he grasped the President by the hand, and as he left he could not refrain from slapping the President on the right shoulder and wishing him good luck and another term. This familiarity was not resented and the President's dignity was only disturbed for a second. man carrying a tired baby, the latter fast asleep, was among the callers, and the line was stopped by the infant's mother, who put its hand in that of the Chief Magistrate'e. An old colored man was the last caller, and as he shook hands and salaamed mighty low he said, "Boss, I'm eighty-fo'." "You must have behaved yourself very well, then," said the President, and there was a beautiful show of ivories and whites of eyes as the old man left the room.

Our able diplomatic representative at Switzerland, Mr. Boyd Winchester, has won the confidence of the Government of that ancient Republic. It is not stated whether Mr. Winchester stood "pot" or how many cards he drew in getting together the hand upon which he made this great winning. A Japanese Prince Coming.

Sadanaru Fusthime, one the hereditary princes of Japan, will come to Washington in a few days prior to sailing for home on August 11. Prince Sadanaru left Japan a year ago for a tour of the world. He has visited Russia, Italy, Germany, France and England. At St. Petersburg the Japan minister joined the party, and is on his way home with a six months' leave of absence.

The Prince is 38 years old and does not speak English. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been granted to Frank B. Winter, and Minna O. Sparks; Wm.

M. Melntosh and Annie Smith; George Newton and Lavinia Green, both of Statford County, John E. Love of Charles County, and Clara I. Medley of Prince George's County, James Ridley and Nettie Henry; Wm. Marshall and Sarah Taylor; Richard Edmonson and Sarah Grant; John Young and Mary Smith; R.

Ernest Hutton of New York and Annie M. Foster; James M. Lipscomb and Rosetta Baugan, both of Richmond, H. Allen Ison of Oakland, and Josie I. Cheesman of Pennsylvania; Charles T.

Williams and Josie E. Driscol. The Permanent Exposition. Owing to the session of the Senate last evening, it was impossible to hold the conference arranged between the Joint Library Committee and the Board of Promotion of the Permanent Exposition at Willard's. Mr.

Anderson, the secretary, has received encouraging responses from thirty-eight States and Territories. He has just received from Minister Soteldo of the Venezuelan Legation a note expressing his hearty sympathy with the undertaking. Pollee and Fire Districts. Major of Police Walker states that he will put the new system of police and fire preeinets in operation of August. The precinets of both departments will conform, and the boundaries police procincts in several cases will be changed and a redistribution of the men will be neces- sury.

Editor Cutting Released. NEW YORK, July Nogales special says: "The trouble at El Paso del Norte has undoubtedly been amicably settled, The Supreme Judge of Chihuahua has ordered the arrest and confinement of Editor Medina and the release of Editor Cutting." IN CONGRESS TO-DAY. The Surplus Resolution, as Modified by the Senate, TO BE CALLED UP TO-MORROW. The Hennepin Canal Scheme Gets Black Eye in the House. ALSO, THE POTOMAC FLATS.

Reports were made upon several pension bills to-day, recommending their passage over the President's veto, and Mr. Blair gave notice that he would ask action on these vetoed bills Thurs day, after the morning hour. At 11:45 the Senate went into an ecutive session, and, as yesterday, the galleries, corridors, committee-rooms and offices were cleared. The House. In the House to-day Mr.

Willis reported a continued disagreement from the Conference Committee on the River and Harbor bill and then offered a resolution instructing the conferees to strike out the item for the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal. Mr. Moffatt of Michigan strongly opposed the resolution. The resolution was agreed to--yeas, 109: nays 63. Mr.

Willis then offered a resolution instructing the conferees to insist upon striking out the Senate amendment making appropriation for the Hennepin canal. The resolution Springer and Henderson, and sup: opposed by. Messrs. Neece, ported by Messrs. Hatch, McMillin and Ontes.

Mr. Willis appealed to the friends of rivers and harbors not to engraft the canal proposition upon the bill, as it might prove destructive to the whole bill. The resolution was adoptedyeas, 189; nays, 112. The conferees were further instructed to insist upon striking out the amendment making an appropriation for the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship canals, and the House then insisted on its disagreement to the Senate amendments. Mr.

Hiscock offered a resolution directing the conferees to insist upon striking out of the bill the Senate amendment providing for the ment of the Mississippi River from the head of the passes to the mouth of the Ohio River. The effect of this action, Mr. Hiscock said, would be to leave the House provision still in conference. The amendment which he proposed to strike out re-established the Mississippi River Commission and contained some vicious legislation. The House by a vote of 107 to 70 instructed conferees to resist the Potomac flats amendment.

Harbor After bill the disposing House of the resumed River consid- and eration of the Northern Pacific Forfeiture bill. THE SURPLUS RESOLUTION, The Senate Finance Committee to-day, by a vote of five to four, reported the Morrieon surplus resolution with an added provision to the effect that no call shall be made until a sum equal to the amount, called has accumulated above the reserve; that the Secretary of the Treasury may retain a working balance of $20,000,000, and that he may suspend the provisions of this resolution when emergency requires. The vote was Senators Sherman, Allison, Aldrich, Miller and McPherson in affirmative: Senator Beck, Vance, Harris and Jones in the negative, and Senators Morrill and Voorhees paired. The resolution amended was reported to the Senate by Mr. Allison, and Mr.

Beck gave notice that the minority adhered to the text of the House resolution. The resolution will probably come up to-morrow, provoke an extended discussion and puss. The resolution, as it is modifled. does not restrict the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury and is little more than an expression of opinion as to the proper policy of debt payment. THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.

The House Appropriations Committee non-concurs in all but twenty of the two hundred amendments to the Sundry Civil bill made by the Senate. Not one of the numerous amendments of local interest to this city is concurred in. The silver certificate amendment 1S accepted with a verbal amendment. COLLECTOR IANION'S REJECTION. Thomas Hanlon, nominated to be Collector of the Seventh Indiana Internal Revenue District, has been rejected by a tie vote of the Senate.

CONFIRMATIONS. The Senate has confirmed George C. Munson to be mint assayer at Denver; R. L. Upshaw of Texas to be Indian agent at Tongue River, Montana; L.

F. Spencer of New York to be Indian agent at Rosebud, Dakota, and J. C. Williams, United States Attorney Eastern District Tennessee. MORRIS THOMAS CONFIRMED.

The Senate in executive session to confirmed the long-debated nomination of Morris Thomas of Baltimore a8 Indian inspector. THE MATTHEWS' NOMINATION. It is thought probable that the nomination of Mr. Matthews for Recorder of the District of Columbia will be considered during the pending executive session of the Senate. ADJOURNMENT.

Although to-morrow is the day fixed by the House resolution for the adjournment of Congress, the Senate Appropriations Committee has taken no action on the subject and will not until it has acted upon the appropriation bills. Mr. Allison, however, believes that Monday will be the date of adjournment. Capitol Notes. The House Commerce Committee to-day adjourned until December.

The Senate last evening passed a number of public building and private pension bills. The Senate to-day concurred in a House amendment reducing the pension of Wm. Squire from $50 to $45 a month. Senator Mahone to-day reported the bill Increasing to $650,000 the limit of cost of the public building at Minneapolis. The Defcieney Appropriation bill, 08 passed by the Senate, shows an increase of $1,802,195 over the aggregate appropriation made by the House bill, making the total for deficiencies $7,807,158.

The House Appropriations Committee last night considered the Sundry Civil bill as amended by the Senate and decided to nonconcur so as to secure a conference and mutual oxplanations. The committee will pursue the same course in reference to the General Deficiency bill. When the General Deficiency bill was completed in Committee of the Whole and brought before the Senate, Mr. Sherman moved reconsideration of the previous tion in regard to the water-works and had the matter so amended obviate interference with the progress na.to of work. The other amendments were reaffirmed and the bill was passed.

The House Ways and Means Committee to-day autborized Mr. Hewitt to report as a separate bill the clauses of his portion of the Morrison Tariff bill which relate to the bonded warehouse system. The Senate in executive session yesterday agreed upon a large number of confirmations, Including J. S. Hagar, collector of customs, and Israel Lawton, superintendent of the mint at San Francisco.

A long discussion occurred over the nomination of Thomas Hanlon 88 collector of internal revenue of the Seventh Indiana district, but no action was taken. A caucus of Republican Senators was held in the Senate Judielary Committee-room last evening to discuss the Morrison surplus resolution. Senator Allison presented a substitute providing that the minimum reserve be placed at $110,000,000, and the maximum at $130,000,000, and allowing the Secretary of the Treasury discretion to 5118- pend the law in case of emergency. The matter was left to the Finance Committee. WHAT THEY SAY OF US.

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PERSONAL MENTION. Washington People, Visitors and Others Well Known Here. -MISS KELLOGG, "our Clara Louise," is at the Hotel Continental, Paris. -MRS. JAMES BROWN POTTER is receiving a great deal of attention in London.

-Mrs. WYNNE AND MISS JOYNES of Washington were registered at the Hotel Normandie, Paris, last week. -REPRESENTATIVE WHITING of Massachusetts and Captain James B. Eads are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York. -MR.

GEORGE NEWTON and Miss Lou Cox, both of Stafford County, were married by Rev. Dr. Sunderland at the Hotel Brunswick this morning. -MR. FRANK H.

COON of the FarmerTrucker and Commercial of Norfolk, was in the eity to-day. He left this afterpoon for Falls Church on business connected with his paper. -DR. J. B.

COLEGROVE will sail for Europe the 4th of August. He will visit Paris, Berlin and Stockholm during his absence of three months. He goes on bustness and for his health, which for some time has been much impaired. --MR. RICHARD NIXON has arrived in Washington as the permanent representative of the New Orleans TimesHe has long been connected with the press of New Orleans, and it is understood will take a special interest in the Permanent Exposition project.

-MISS ANNIE MEYERS, formerly of Manager Fort's company at Albaugh's, la singing the part of Yum Yum at the Academy of Music in Baltimore. Miss Virginia Evans is Kutisha, and George Deabam, Ko Ko. Miss Meyers' success is gratifying to her many friends in this city, -GENERAL JOIN M. CORSE of Boston is at Atlanta, the guest of Joseph M. Brown, General Passenger Agent of the Western and Atlantic road.

He has with him an artist who will paint the war scenes participated in by the General during the campaign by special contract for his employer's personal gratification. Congressional Points. Congressman Beach is reported to be improving at his home at Cornwall, New York. The Republican nomination in the Eighth Ohio District is said to lie between 0X- Speaker Keira and Lieutenant-Governor Kennedy, The Democratic convention to nominate a successor to Senator-elect Daniel of Virginia will be held at Lynchburg August 25. The Lynchburg delegates are in favor of Major P.

J. Otey. The Result of the Coroner's Inquest Into Last Night's Murder. Early last night James Holmes, col- CARTER HELD. ored, who boards with Thomas Carter, also colored, entered the room where the latter and his wife were sitting and demanded from the woman the loan of an umbrella which she had just borrowed from a barber on Seventh street.

The woman refused to lend it to him at the instance of her husband. This angered Holmes, and he turned on Carter, saying: "What have you got to do with it? I'll knock you in the head," at the same time picking up a chair and striking Carter 011 the head, knocking him down. He then jumped upon Carter and began beating him. As Carter went down he dragged the supper-table and its contents with him. A large carving knife fell on the floor near him, and picking this up, he made a lunge nt his assailant, who was on top of him beating him.

Just then George Pinckney and Fred. Tyler rushed in and dragged Holmes off the old man. Blood was gushing from a wound in Holmes' breast as he staggered out of the door and rushed along street towards Seventh, where Cassard's drug. store is located. At the threshold he fell senseless.

He was carried into the drugstore and medical aid rendered by Dr. William I. Tyler, who found a deep gash over an inch long on the right side of the man's chest below the shoulder blade, which had been made by a knife. an artery being severed. Despite all efforts made to save him the man died in about twenty minutes.

Carter was arrested and Holmes' body removed to the station-house. Carter is 70 years old and bore a good character, being known as an honest and industrious old man. Holmes is said to have been rather a bad fellow. was 28 years old and a member of Company Washington Cadet Corps. Coroner Patterson impanelled the following jury to hold an inquest this morning at the Sixth Precinct Station: A.

E. L. Keese, foreman; A. A. loft, John C.

Bosse, John Foreman, Jacob Loefler, Jacob Koeble. Martha Carter testified: "Last night, du during the first shower, I went out for some meat, and borrowed an umbrella from Henry Carter. When I returned Holmes came in and wanted to borrow the umbrella, and I refused to lend it to him, and from that Holmes and Carter began to quarrel and fight, each striking with chairs. Then I fainted, and remember nothing more." George Pinckney testified: "I was in the house when they first began to dispute about the umbrella. I separated them once and went up stairs, and had hardly got there before I heard scream.

Looking out the window I saw Holmes going away, with his hand to his breast." Frederick Tyler testified: "I heard the fighting in Carter's house and ran over there. I found Carter on the floor, with Holmes on top. Carter had a knife in his hand. I pulled Holmes off, and he started for the drugstore." Several other witnesses were examined, giving unimportant testimony. Carter claims to have done the cutting with a but no case-knife could be case found, but up-stairs in Carter's house was found a pocket knife, identified as Carter's, covered with blood.

Dr. Tyler, who held the topsy, said that the incision in the artery fitted the point of this knife. The jury rendered verdict that the deceased came to his death from a wound inflicted with a knife in the the grand jury. THE LIBRARY SITE. The Appraisers Visit the Premises this Morning.

hands of Thomas Carter. Carter was committed to jail to await the action of The second jury impanelled to demn squares 729, 781 for the Congressional Library site, whose names have been printed in THE CRITIC, accompanied by District Attorney Worthington and Marshal Wilson, visited the premises to-day and inspected all of square 729, with the exception of one lot. There was a large crowd present, including the owners and their attorneys. They will return to row and continue their inspection of the premises. Four more owners decided to- day to accept the award of the first jury.

They were Sarah Burnett, National Life Insurance Co. (N. G. Ordway), Z. Tobriner, M.

G. Emery and Tullock, $3,365.15. This makes an aggregate of $286,697.87 accepted to date. The first money paid out of the appropriation was paid to-day to the National Metropolitan Ins. $3,220.08.

DISTRICT GOVERNMENT NEWS. Matters Occupying the Attention of the Commissioners. Major Walker recommends that John Jenkins be appointed a messenger in his oflice in place of D. B. Johnson, the present incumbent.

The Emmer Improved Telephone Company has offered to furnish the District with telephone Instruments $35 per month, or to sell the 'phones outright for $100 apiece. George Z. Colleson, E. Chapman and E. L.

Harlaugh, inspectors and measurers of lumber, report that they inspected and measured 13,932,002 feet of lumber during the last flecal year. Messrs. Barbour Hamilton and others have petitioned the Commissioners to improve the north side of Virginia avenue, from Four-and-a-halt to South Capitol streets; Canal street, between street and South Capitol street; street, from Fourand-a-half to South Capitol streets; Delaware avenue, from street to street, Building permits have been granted to Frank Davidson to erect three dwellings on Twelfth street, between and streets, to cost Mrs. Mary L. Brooke, erect a frame dwelling on the Tennallytown Road, Mrs.

W. B. Downing, erect 0 dwelling corner of Maple and Larch streets, Le Droit Park, F. Davidson, erect four dwellings in alley in rear of Twelfth street, between and streets, Herdie Company, build a 2-story addition to stable corner of Tenth and streets, $0,000. The Building Inspector's office this mornIng experienced another field day, in the issuing of permits for new houses.

Thomas E. Waggaman took out a permit for the erection of a block of eleven two-story and basement brick dwellings at Twenty-second and I streets. The entire cost will aggregate $30,000. W. H.

Holmes and A. 0. Peale will erect a three-story dwelling on Stoughton street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, Mount Pleasant, Thomas E. Waggaman, erect three dwellings on Twenty-fourth street, between I and streets, John Kelly, erect a dwelling on between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, to cost C. Kennedy, erect a warehouse corner of New Jersey avenue and street, to cost John F.

Waggaman, erect two frame dwellings on Prospect Hill, $700. Governor Marmaduke of Missouri refuses to interfere in the case of murderer Smith of Gallatin, and ho will drop August 6. THE BRAZILIAN PRINCE Narrowly Escapes Being Blown Up by Dynamite. joke. Racing at Saratoga.

NEW York, July 97. -As the Brazilian Prince and a party of prominent New Yorkers were returning from Coney Island on the steamer Sylvan Stream last night an employe of the boat found in the cabin a contrivance resembling a bottle with a lighted fuse attached. He nt once threw it overboard. The affair caused great excite: ment on board. The manager the steambont line had, during the day, received a note signed order of the Social Revolution Committee," declaring that if the company carried out their intention of entertaining the prince and other "representatives of tyranny" there would be The officials regard both the threatening letter and the bomb as a huge SARATOGA, July The Weather this morning was clear and cool.

The track was heavy from recent rains and the time WaS expected to be slow. Considerable disappointment was expressed because Miss Woodford and Troubadour were scratched from the Excelsior Sweepstakes. "Lucky" Baldwin evidently wanted to make a sure thing. for at the last moment almost he put in Sliver Cloud with Miller 118 jock. Volante won with ease, white Toe Cotton was badly beaten.

Lizzie Krepps' defeat in the first race was a great surprise. McLaughlin, on Agnes, snatched victory almost at the wire. The chances of Jim Douglass, just before the second race started, were not thought to be good, and the book-makers LAVe 6 to 1 against him straight and even for place Test and Fletch Taylor were much fueled by the talent. The mutuels paid $91.40 on Douglass. First race, Flash Stakes, one-half mile, for 2-year-olde, Agues first, Krepps second, Prodigal third; time, 507s.

Mutuels paid, $17.40. Second race, purse $400, alt ages, 4 mile, Douglass first, Harefoot second, Taylor third; time, 1:16. Mutuels paid $21.40. Third race, Excelsior Sweepstakes, all ages, 11 miles, Volante first, O' Fallon ond, Silver Cloud third; time, 2:134. Mutuels paid $6.10.

Fourth race, purse $500, all ages, one mile, five hundred yards-Richmond first, Elkwood second, Hidalgo third; time, 2:161. Mutuels paid $19. Fifth race-selling purse, $400; one mile. Zamara first, Boreas second, Islette third; time, Mutuels paid $10.20 Excited Connelimen at Erie. ERIE, July 27.

-The Select Counell of this city held one of the stormiest 508- alone last night ever known in the history of the city. The mayor had vetoed many jobs which would have practically given away rights of immense importance to the city. He was present at the meeting. In the midst of a dispute over a veto regarding the appoiniment of a street superintendent, and perceiving that it would not be sustained, the mayor handed in his res. ignation, to take effect at once.

It Was promptly accepted, and the balloting for a successor resulted in the choice of a Democratic County Committee chairman named Melsener. There was great excitement during the proceedings. A Horrible Georgia Story. SAVANNAl, July -A horrible re- by law. Killed by Lightning.

port from the lower end of Tatuall County has juet reached the city. A negro woman, engaged to prepare a dinner for colored plenic, murdered a young child, which had been left in her charge, cooked half the remains and served it to the people. The other half of the remains were found salted down in a barrel. The negroes became perfectly frenzied on making the discovery and seized the woman and burned her at the stake. The report appears to be authentic.

Mocialists Tried in Berlin. BERLIN, July The trial of the Socfalist Deputies began at Freiburg, Saxony, yesterday. They were charged with having organized and maintained a secret society whose object was to frustrate the operation of the laws. In their defense they deny that secret societies exist in connection with the Social Democratic party, the organization of which, they claim, is similar to that of other political parties. Eggs Full of Whisky.

BOSTON, July accident to a truck on Tremont street yesterday led to the discovery that the vehicle was laden with porcelain eggs instead of the genuine produet of the hen. Further investigation revealed the fact that the "eggs" were hollow and contained whisky. They were consigned to hotel-keepers at Newport and Narragansett Pier, where liquor selling is forbidden PITTSBURG, July yesterday's severe storm a number of persons in the country were injured and two killed by lightning. One of the victims was Porter Purviance, 18 years old, who had taken shelter under a tree at Leechville. The other was a young, lady residing at Beaver Falls.

Her name is not learned. An Extensive Embezzler. PHILADELPHIA, July warrant for the arrest of William P. Pierson, the cashier and chief bookkeeper of the American Baptist Publication Society of this city for embezzling $00,000 has been issued by Magistrate Lennon. IN THE CORRIDORS.

Gossip About Prominent Arrivals at the Hotels. Justice Charles Donohue of the Supreme Court of New York is at the Riggs House. J. C. Pollard and W.

C. Pollard and Mrs. J. P. Wilbur are at Willard's from Trenton, N.

J. John K. Childrey, a prominent tobacconist of Richmond, is at the Metropolitan. A. Newberry and A.

M. Carson of Spokane Falls, Vashington Territory, are registered at the Riggs House. Hon. B. T.

Walling of Ohio, who formerly gave tone to the House of Representatives, is resting comfortably at the Ebbitt House. Hon. Byron Andrews, who has charge in New York of the interests of the National Tribune of this city, is ut the Riggs for day or two. Jolm W. Reilly, Chicago; E.

Quinn, Toledo: W. 0. McDowell and wife, Richmond; E. F. Shipley and wife, Baltimore, and G.

W. West, Balleton, N. are at Willards. Major McKinley, representative from the Canton District of Ohio, returned to the Ebbitt yesterday morning from Alliance, where he went to deliver an address at Mount Union College. General Thomas O.

Eckert, ex-Assistant Secretary of War, arrived at the Ebbitt Saturday to attend the funeral yesterday of his brother-in-law, Captain Leonard Whitney, and left yesterday evening for Columbus, Obie, with the remains. Mr. Peter D. Etue, the business manager of the Kansas City Live Stock Indicator, who is at the St. James Hotel, served during the war in the Fourteenth and Eighteenth New York Cavalry regiments, and during the Red River campaign was an orderly for General Emory.

General Thomas L. Rosser of Virginia, who has been located in Minnesota for half A dozen years past, gaining the multitude of sheckels he knows how generously a8 well as judielously to dispense, is located at the Arlington for a few days. He was one of the gallant "light riders" of the Confederacy, was in the storm in the Valley of Virginia In 1804, GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Col. Bolton of the Chicago Postoffice Arrested.

EDITOR CUTTING RELEASED. An American Arrested in Denmark for Talking Too Freely. LORD CHURCHILL PROMOTED Narrow Escape from Death of the Brazilian Prince. Cresco, July arrest of Colonel Bolton, chief of division of second class mail matter, and Chief Weigher Stuart yesterday for embezzling $1,080, Government funds, is the leading sensation of the day. Colonel Bolton denies the charge, and Stuart is defiant and will say nothing.

The postoflice inspectors continued their examination of the books this morning, and succeeded in turning up an additional deficit of 8171. Colonel Bolton'8 office hag- been turned over to the inspectors and Second Assistant Weigher Reynolds placed in charge of it." Chief Wotzher Stuart was released this morning, the Ion. Robert T. Lincoln furnishing the 85,000 bond. It is thought at the Postoffice Department here that the embezzlement will reach about $40,000.

Fierce Might Between Convicts. GALENA, July Jo Daviess County jail in this city was the scene Sunday of terrible encounter between two prisoners, John Peterson, a Swede, of Galena, and of Hanover, who is awalting trial for attempted murder by stabbing. The trouble was over a woman, a Mra. Zoclers, who arrested some time ago, fu company with Peterson, for improper conduct. Cole got his antagonist down ned lit off one of his fingers, and also bit a great piece of flesh from his aide.

Peterson'8 for help brought the sheriff and jailer to the spot just in time to save the man's 118 Cole, with a grip upon his throat, lit nearly strangled him to death. Resistance to Cattlemen. DECATUR, July parties st in from the Chico country It is learned that there are ten organized squads of men, with their leaders, the whole of them under the command of one man. They have procured arms and ammunition, and say they are determined to resist the encroachments of the reported cattle drift to pasture. It is thought here that the reports have been greatly exaggerated, but it is known tirat there are a large number of cattle in the drift coming from the dry and parched West.

A Father's Brutal Treatment. GALENA, July Wiseman, a farmer of Hanover, this county, assaulted his son, 19 years old, last Saturday, kicking and pounding him in a terrible manner. On Sunday the boy died, as was alleged at the coroner's inquest, from the effects of the brutal treatment he had received. Wiseman was arrested at the instance of the coroner and brought to this city yesterday for examination before a justice, who committed him to jatl on the charge of murder in the first degree. An American Arrested in Denmark.

MILWAUKEE, July A reaches here that Albert Hanson, son of Dr. M. P. Hanson of this city, has been arrested in Denmark for expressing radical opinions concerning the Danish Government. Young Hanson, who is but 94 years of age, went to Iceland nearly two years ago as a newspaper correspondent.

Last spring he left Iceland and went to Copenbagen, where he was the guest of Minister Anderson. Texas Fever Among Cattle. BOZEMAN, July fever has broken out among a lot of graded cattle brought here by J. F. Carlin from Kansas City.

Already twenty one head have died, and many more deaths are expected. The heard bas been quarantined. Stockmen fear that the disease will spread as the drove of 35,000 head of cattle from which this lot caught the fever at Missouri Valley, Iowa, is now being driven into the Territories. French Canadians Excited. MONTREAL, July has been caused among the French Canadians by the speech of Secretary of State Chapleau to the English electors of Chambly, He said he had been offered by Mercier, speaking for Laurier and the other French Canadian leaders, the premiership and large amounts of money if he would put himself at the head of that faction.

A Druggist's Fatal Error. CLEVELAND, July Andrew Bertali and her three young children yesterday swallowed a mixture of arsenic and sugar of milk, the having been given in place of cream arsenic. through a druggist's error. Mrs. Bertali and her BULL Joseph, aged 10, will die.

The two other children may recover. No Democratic Convention. NEw YoRK, July O'Brien of the Democratic State Committee says he has replies from nearly all the members of the committee giving their views as to a State convention and nine-tenths are adverse to holding one. He thinks this setLles the question. Lord Churchila Promotion.

LONDON, July Randolph Churchill has accepted the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and will also be the leader of the Conservative party in the House of Commons, supplanting Sir Michael Hicks-Beach in both capacities. A Mysterious Assault, NEW ORLEANS, July Shaw, formerly a leading Republican politician and now a prominent lawyer here, was mysteriously assaulted yesterday. He was found lying on Al room covered with wounds, apparently, inflicted by hammer which lay him. Detectives think there is a woman in the case. Cooper Graham's Imitators.

BUFFALO, N. July Potts and George Hazlitt, coopers, and friends of Graham, have built a large cask, in which they intend to go through the whirlpool rapids. WEATHER INDICATIONS. For District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia local rains, followed by fair weather; variable winds; slightly warmer. For Wednesday, slightly warmer, generally fair weather is indicated for the Middie Atlantic States.

Thermometer Readings. Thermometer readings for July 27, 1886: 3 a. 7 a. 11 a. July 20: Mean temperature, maximum, minimum, 689; mean relative humidity, 84; total precipitation, 9.05 Inches..