Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-05

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DELICATE MCCORMICK. of Arizona, gave
his annual dinner to the territorial delegates
last evening at his residence, on 18th street.
NoNISATIoNs.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day: Chas
ID. Howard, to be surveyor of customs, district
of Pennsylvania, and E. B. weaks, to be post
master at Winona, Miss.
THIS is the reprehensibIe way the Boston Pos,
states it: "There is much hesviness Of heart
among the female clerks in Washington, who
are threatened with an increase of the number
OF hours of labor"
BILLS SIGNEp.-The President has signed the
act for the relief of Thomas HiIhouse, Assist
ant Treasurer of the United States in New
York, also the act authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to discontinue the use of the
cutter Relief as a revenue cutter, and to use
said vessel as boarding station.
GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS U. P. r. R.-The
President yesterday appointed the following
government directors in the Union Pacifc rail-
road: James f. Wilson, Iowa; j. III. Willard,
Nebraska; John G. s. Harrison, Indiana; John
A. Tlbbetts, Connecticut; Francis HI. Brewer,
New York-all for one year from March 18th,
1874.
A SOLDIER MURDERED BY INDIANs.-A dis
patch from Acting Indian Agent Arthur Mof-
fatt, dated "Grand River Agency, Standing
Stone, ID. T., and addressed to "Hon. f. p.
Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs" saws:
22d OF February, by party of Minneconjon's
Sioux, from Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agen-
cies. Indians here all quiet.
DISTRICT AFFAIRS IN CoNeRRss-The
House Committee on the District of Columbia
held their regular weekly meeting this morn
ing, and considered several measures, but came
to no conclusion on any. The most important
zrha loot Cd kHA N..&.1
Hoar relative to the payment of teachers and
Mr.. Chipman's bill asking for aid from the gem
ersl government in support of the public
schools of the District. The committee adj
tOurned TO meet at 2:30 p. m, when Governor
Shepherd and the superintendent of tn public
schools were 70 appear before the committee to
give INFORMATION relative to the public schools.
THE PACIFIC MAIL SUBsIDY-The House
Committee on Appropriations had before them
to-day Judge Edwards Pierrepoint, of New
York, and Mr.. Scott, one of the directors of the
Pacihc mail steamship company, in reference
to the law of 1872 providing for an increase of
subsidy to the company carrying the L. S. mails
between San Francisco and China and Japan,
on account Of the alleged failure of the company
TO fully carry out the terms of their contract
that the increase be covered into the Treasury.
Ihey appeared to protest against such action
The committee reached no conclusion.
The BILLS heretofore introduced in the House.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad company to con-
s'ruct a lateral railroad within the District,
also to authorize said company to construct a
branch and TO change the location of its road
the Senate and referred to the District Com
M; ttee. The bill giving the approval and sane
t1oD OF Congress to the route and ter mini of the
Anaeostla and Potomac River railroad, and to
regulate its construction and operat ion, was
introduced by Mr.. Sprague and referred to the
District Committee. This bill has been re-
ported In the House from the House District
Committee, and was by the former referred TO
the Committee of the Whole on the State OF
the Union.
THR SENATE Committee on Commerce, at a
meeting this morning, agreed to recommend
the passage of bill allowing aliens who have
declared the intention of becoming citizens TO
lie employed as engineers or pilots Of steam
to American citizens. The bill to provide a
uniform registry, by the creation of national
board OF survey and registr alton, was taken up
ard acted on adversely. The committee also
discussed the bill which proposes to extend to
all inland steamboats, the provisions and lmita-
lions Of the act Of March 8, 1851, entitled can
other purposes" Senator Bogy, who intro.
duced the bill, appeared, together with a st.
Louis representative of the steamboat inter
ests, in advocacy of the proposition, but the
committee took no action on IT,
CIVIL SERVICE REYoRM.-The House Com
meeting this morning and directed Mr.. Wood
ford to report the following substitute for Mr..
Merriam's bill, introduced January 18th last
'to prevent officers of the United States receiy-
ing or being paid any money beyond their fixed
the United States shall directly or indirectlyre-
ceive or be paid to or for his own use or benefit
any money or property whatever of the United
States except salary, to be fixed by law and
that no public property shall be used BY Off
Gals for private purposes 2. That the act
shall not be so construed as to prevent his paw
ment from the Treasury of all actual and ne
cessary travelling expenses of the United States
f'eials when performing the legitimate All;
necessary duties pertaining to their ofices -
his bill aboisbes mileage in case of all off GERS
gress. WI
THE GOVERNMENT PKIsTINe HOUSE PRICES
First Assistant Postmaster General Marshall
was before the House Committee on Appro-
pristions to-day toimeet the officials of the Gov
ernwent Printing Office with reference to the
charges recently made against the government
printer Of charging exorbitant prices for work
sentiDg the Government Printing Office, Mr.
Clapp, son Of Hon. A. NJ. Clapp, government
printer, who Is ILL., Mr.. Bryan, foreman of the
cry, all OF whom explained the cost of the work
done At the ONCE, and the reasons for the high
charges made; These gentlemen admitted that
ment were well founded for the reason that
until recently the Office has been RUNNING on
tne oid rates for printing used before Mr.. Clapp
lame INTO once. They claimed, however that
taxing everything In consideration their prices
are very reasonable. The committee directed
Mr.. CIapp TO prepare detailed written state
ment covering all the points.
MR.. DAWES SALARY BILL.-Mr. Dawes, hill
liking the salaries Of certain officers was con-
sidered by the Committee on Reform in the
Civil Service to-day. The committee agreed
70 report the following substitute: "That from
and after Jan. l. 1874, the salaries OF the Assist
ant Secretaries of the Treasury, State, and In
terror Departments shall be IS 500; the salaries
OF me Director of the Mint and the Super yising
Archltect OF the Treasury shall be SIS 900 each;
ne salaries OF the Auditors, Solicitors, Register
commissioner Of Customs, Commissioner of In
nan Ansirs, the Commissioner of the General
Land Ofhee. the Commissioner OF Pensions, the
ASSISTANT Postmasters General. the Superin-
Senuent OF the Money-order System, and the
SuPerintendent OF Foreign Mails 81 600 each:
me salaries OF the Chief OF the Bureau of Sta,
ustcs and the Chief Medical Officer of the pan
SONS Buresu, 80, 500 each" The COMMITTEES
have considerably reduced the figures in MT
Dawes bill, but the salaries agreed nnon ar I
generally higher than At present.
The Iowa LIQUOR LAW IN THE SupRrxv