Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-01
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

washington news and dosslp.
INTERVAL RzTESUEs-The receipts from this
,oGrce to-day were Stss, 1859.
Invalid PENSIONERS. whose certificates do
rot state Specifically that biennial examinati1us
are ret required, must be examined before the
instaluglt Of pension due September 18th can
he paid. except such rs lave certificates is.u I'll
since 4.h March, ISIS
TIE KENTUCKY KU-KLUx-The United
States Attorney at Louisville, Nv, has for
warJed tv mail to the Attorney-General, re-
port on the ku-klux in Kentucky, confirming
the published reports, and saying that the worst
has not been tod
TIE TE-AsURY PROGRAMME FOR SOFTEN
BTE.-The Secretary Of the Treasury has di-
Teeted the Assis, ant Treaurer at New York that
be NAV. during the month OF September, sell
one and half millions OF gold on each Thurs
dav, and buy One-half a million of bonds on the
third "Wednesday. In all, sell six millions of
gold, and buy One-hat million OF bonds.
A NEW LEGATION BUILDING.-Baron Schlo-
ger, the German minister, who has returned
from visit 20 the fatherlapd, brings the news
that the German government is going to follow
the example Of other foreign legations here in
Washington, and that next year a building for
the legation wiz be erected. Plans of beauti-
full structure have already been prepared at
Berlin, and If il were not too late they would be
carried out this year. The present site will be
retained.
POSTAL STATIONS INSTEAD OF Posr-OF-
FIcEs.-The Postmaster General to-day issued
an order disseminating the post-Offices at Will
liamsburg and GreenpOint, New York, and
making them stations within the limits of the
Brooklyn office. He also ordered the establish
ment of another station, to be called Brevoort,
and has allowed the postmaster of Brooklyn
additional letter carriers to extend the free
delivery service over the entire territory now
within the Jurisdiction of his office.
NAVAL oRDERs.-Chief Engineer j. Q. A.
Zelgler ordered to duty as inspector of coal at
Philadelphia. Gunner VIM. A. Terrier ordered
to the Narragansett, Magdalen Bay, Mexico.
Chief Engineer Edward b. Latch detached
from the Congress, European squadron, and
ordered TO return home. Chief Engineer j. NJ
Whitaker detached from duty as Inspector of
coal at Philadelphia, and ordered to the Con-
gress, European station. Chief Engineer J. NJ.
Thompson detached from the Richmond and
ordered 20 the Omaha, South Pacific station.
TIE QUESTION has been presented to the
Treasury department whether British Column
bia Is entitled TO the benefits of the Washington
treaty between Great Britain and the United
States, so far as the exemption from duty of
Ish and hsh oil, the product of that province, is
concerned The department has decided that
as British C0lum5ia was not part of the Domin-
ION of Canada when the treaty was signed, that
province derives no advantages under or by vir-
tue of said treaty.
THE JAPANESE STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTRY
RECALLED HONE.-A New York dispatch an
nOunces that the japanese government has or
dered that all the students sent out BY that gov
eminent, now studying in Europe and America,
shall be returned home. Their number is about
six hundred, and this order is said TO be due to
the fact that on their return students are una
bic TO bear a satisfactory examination. This is
attributed TO want of knowledge of the Ian
guage in which they study, and no students will
hereafter he sent abroad until they can pass a
rigid examination in English, French and Ger
man.
PRRsONAL-The friends of Walt Whitman
will be glad to learn that he is steadily improv-
ing in health, his case having recently taken q
more favorable turn. The wife of Mr.
Gideon Wellts, eX-Secretary of the Navy, fel
from the steps of the piazza of the Cliff House
at Newport, on Wednesday last. receiving a
fracture Of the left arm, a dislocation of the
the face. General Phil. Sheridan, who
arrived at Montreal last Friday, was given quite
an enthusiastic reception, and left there Satur-
day morning hOmeward bound. DIR. Jos
Taber johnson, late of Howard University. and
wife, have returned from tour to the White
mountains.
The WEATHER IN AUGUsT.-The meteoro-
logical summary OF the signal office for the
month of August, just closed, shows: Mean ba-
rometer for the month, 3O.O51-highest average
on the 5th, S02I1, and lowest on the 18th, SO;
mean temperature tor the month, 74o.9-highest
average on the eth, Slo.S, and lowest on the
c4th, go; fetal rainfall 6.S3 inches the heaviest
rains being on the 18th, % inches, the 18th one
inch, and the 10Th 10 inches; highest barome-
ter, 30-3OI, lowest, 29155; highest temperature,
eso, lowest, Sc; prevailing wind, northerly,
greatest velocity. l6 miles; total number Of
Compdrdtire Teppsrafures and Rainfall.