Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-02

INTERNAL RRvEnUE.-The receipts from his
source to- day were SEP, PSI.
TTE UTAH CONTESTED ELECTION CASE was
az ain befOr, the House Comm ttee on Elections
to-day. Gen. II. +. Paine made an argument
in hfhsr o. MIR. C1unon, the sitting delegate.
He will conclude ." n"rro~.
THE STRAKOsCH OPERA TROUPE, with Mil
son and the rest, is ID be here on the sth, aud
will bring out Bor Gorani, Faust, and the new
OF era Of Aldo. Seats are In demand at Metzs-
Iott's.
SURGEON MAXWELL, q retired officer Of the
navy, WAS before the House Naval Committee
TO day to ssk for the increase Of the paw OF re-
tired surgeons. The committee agreed - re-
port fayOTably p bill Tor the relief OF Cap ain
Beaumont, OF the navy.
TIE President called an extra session OF
the Cabinet 20 day, which was attended bv all
the members. The reason therefor was that
IN President intends to leave Washington to-
m rrow. the regular day for the Cabinet sss-
SOD, on brief visit TO New York. The extra
sssiOn had no other significance.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lleut. Commander Feed
erick PieTsOn has been detached from the
Brooklyn and ordered to return to Washin ton
and report TO the bureau of ordnance for duty
Lie ut. Commander Edw'd y. Kellogg has hsen
detached from the Ssugus and ordered to the
Brooklyn as executive.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN THE DrsrRIcr-
The sub committee of the House Committee on
the District of Columbia, Hon. j. X. Loft aud,
chairman, have fixed Monday, at 1890 "A. m. II
he the District pastors aud the chief OF poiics
UpOn the Lawrence and Munroe bills relating
to liquor traffic in the District.
MINT DROPs.-The director of the nint re.
ports the coinage at Philadelphia, San Francis
co, ard Carson, exclusive of minor coins and
Gold, SIZE 400, trade dollars, 1902 900; subsdi-
AIRY silver coins Si21 ,0Sj; total, 81 SIS 49,. or
this amount. the mint AT San francisco CO. ued
over s. 100000 in gold, and $3.50, 900 in trade
dollars. The orders from Japan and China for
the trade dollar are still increasing, ana the
minis are Kept 5usily employed in supplying the
demand.
PERsOSAL.-Vice President Wilson il at the
CspitOl daily, but is not yet we'll enough to re-
sumo his duties as Pr siJent or the Senate.
Col. Robert NJ. douglass, United States
marshal tor North Carolina, is in the city. ...-
Don Adolto lbaueZ has been appoin' ed NJ mis-
ter 10 Washington from Chill. '..'R AUS
Mead, late United States consul at Corinto
Nicaragua. died on board the steamer Hon.
dqras Of San Jose de Gsutarnala on the 18th
ultimO.
TIE DEFICIENCY Built was expa ,ted
that the House Appropriations Committee
would be prepared to report the deficiency bill
matters came up. and the bill will not be re-
ported before to morrow or next dav Post
master General CreswelI and First Assist Ant
Postmaster General Marshall were before the
committee to suggest an item of SIS 600 for
printing so 600 copies of a new post offic di.ec-
tory. EK- Gov. Cooke anil several trustees of
the reform school of the District were before
the committee TO ask that an item of about
$4,000 ON account OF the school be inserted Ia
tue bill. The estimated deficiency when This
matter was last before the committee was
committee u n ri ar
on either of the above matters.
In THE HOWARD Cot RT OF INQUIRY yesser-
day, the testimony or the clerks in the Second
Auditors Office was continued as to the m Al ner
OF discussing money under the Freedm ans
Bureau. MIR. Sims, the chief OF one of the 81 Vi
lions IN the Auditors office, stated that he did
not think General Howard could have known
Of. or rectifed the mistakes of other disbursiug
ofneers, for which he was held responsible The
Judge advocate made an argument favoring a
motion that there be submitted to a reading IN :.
opinions OF the Third Auditor and Second 4 IN
troiler as part Of his argument, wherein these
Cmcials decided that accounts could not be
opened except when errors or frauds yer.
show n, and even then il was customary 10 start
supplementary accounts. The motion was To
have ,everal missioners appointed by the
department commissioners to visit claim ,nts
who have made complaint, and take testi m INV
court, this TO be done in ia cases presented
General Howard, by counsel, said that no man
in any court could be condemned by the aifi-
davit of a complainant. The motion of the
Judge advocate was then amended, to take full
testimony in each case.