Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-24


CUSTOMS REvENUE.-The receipts to-day
were SIT, ,61994.
SECRETARY ROBEsoN returned to Wash
ingtOn this morning.
ExPREsIDENT JOHNSON (Senator-elect
from TerneSsee) is expected to arrive here
tonight.
SECOND LIEUT.. c. GEDDEs SMITH, 23d
infantry. died February IS, 1915, at Fort d.
n. Russell, Wyoming territory.
AT THE WHITE HOUsE-Sccretary Fish
and Senators Sargent and Dorsey and Rep
resentatives Harmer and Speaker Blaine had
audience with the Pre- 5ident this morning.
THERE HAS BETN ISSUED, under the new
currency bill, SI.O00,000 national bank cur
Tency, which will necessitate the retirement
of S960,000 in legal tenders on The 1st of
March.
NAVAL ORDERs.-I.ieut. Geo. \. BickneH.
detached from the Worcester and ordered TO
return home and wait orders. Ensign G. G.
Hanus, from the Worcester and ordered to
duty on the coast survey.
NONuNATIONs.-The President yesterday
forwarded to the Senate the nomination of
John Bruce to be United States district judge
for Alabama; also, the nominations of a
number of pOstmaSterS
will be oOmplimented this evening at Will
lard's hall with an audience composed of the
elite of literary circles. All vino have heard
her SOul-StirTing recitaiS are loud in their en-
cOmjumS.
\ NAVAL OFFICER called al the Navy de-
paTtment this morning who hal not been in
that building before for twenty-six years.
He is the only officer in fine service known to
have been guilty of sacrificing the ineStima-
WASHINGTON a
once year when within reach.
IMPORTANT NoNINATIoN-The President
sent 10 the Senate to-day the nomination oc
Harvey Jewell 10 be a Judge of the court OF
commissioners of Ala bama claims. Judge
Jewell is a brother of the Postmaster Gen
eral, and was formerly speaker OF the Massa-
chusetts house of representatives.
THE COLORED CADET TROUBLE AT
ANNAPOLIs.-The cOmmandant of the
Naval academy at Annapolis, some DAYS
ago caused the fOurth-claSs midshipmen TO
be confined TO their quarters for mOlesting
cOlOTed Midshipman Baker and gave them
notice that their liberty would not be restored
until each member of the class gave written
assurance that he would not interfere with
nor mOlest his colOred classmate Fifteen
members of the class have given this aSsUr-
ance, but the remainder of the class. number
ing about 100, still hold Out.-WdshiaJtOh
CUJ. " y. Post.
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS at a caucus
meeting this morning decided that immedi-
ately after the passage of the pending bill for
the admission Of Colorado as a state, they
will take up and pass bill for the admission
Cf New Mexico. Iii believed if there is time
the Senate will pass both these bills.
Although there is apparently no good reason
fCf party division on either of these bills IL
is believed the democrats will vote pretty
soiiif,: asalnst them, fearing that should
fSaHJ ,;ass~ tho ie--slatures OF the new states
Will teIaci ren1T7icap Senator's. a few re-
publican Senators will probably vG' asS,DS.
the admission Of both Colorado and ->eF
Mexico.
SMUGGLED FINERY-The recent discove-
ries of custom house officers in New York in
regard TO fashionable smuggling promise 10
cause a fiuttering in select circles here, GER
tain trunks which have arrived during the
past few weeks by foreign steamers having
been marked and followed to various deSti-
TatiOuS. The late arrest Of a prominent
dTessmaker in New York and the exposure
of some OF her fashionable customers for
Smuggled goods were among the results Of
this movement. For a few days past detec-
lives have been visiting various receptions
here and taking notes. Last night, at the
Presidents reception and several other places
OF amusement they obtained information
which il is likely VIII be before the public in
a Few days.
wary HAPPY."-Fay, writing 10 the
COUjcT-Jol7150 rom Washington, is remind
IC0efdl
Last winter he was making cali upon n
foreign lady, who had learned 10 say in very
good English, Wary happy, vary General
Sherman had a fall just as he aSceuded the
steps OF her residence. A. soon as the first
greeting was over, General Sherman told
now he had hrrt himself just outside OF her
GoOr. The lady smiled sweetly and gracious
~ said, Wary happy, vary happy. TIE
blufT soldier stared and said, .D-n IT, is the
woman a fool, or is she crazy" "Nary hap
py, vary happy, was the stil smiling re-
SpOnSe TO his last remark. The general ab-
fuptly left, and the lady wondered why she
had failed to interest him sufficiently 10 in-
duce him TO prolong his CALL
THENEw UNITED STATES SENATE. which
goes into Office March 4th and meets in spe-
ciaI session at the Capitol March 5th, con-
Sists of seventy-three members, there being
one vacancy, that in Louisiana. The new
Senate contains II regular republicans and
independent republicans-BOOth of Califor-
MIA, ChTiStiancy OF Michigan, and Angus
cameron OF Wisconsin, democrats and 1
Independent demOcTat-Andrew JOInSon, of
IenneSsee--andO one liberal Iican-Ham-
lltOn, Of Texas. Compared with the present
Senate, there are eight less republicans and
seven more democrats. The regular Fepubli-
cans in the present Senate have % majority
over all Others combined, whilst in the new
Senate they will have nine majority. The
republicans and Independent republican,
combined will have IS majority over all 9th
erS IN the new Senate.
DANGEROUS CoUNrERFE1rs PRINTED
FROM THE ORIGINAL PLATES OF THE
NEW YORK BANK NOTE COMPANIES.-
That il is not safe thing to have the note
printing of the gov Vernment done outside of
Washington by the New York bank note
companies is shown by the following tele-
gram from Portland, Me, February 21 in
the New York Tribl1le. ''COnSi berable un-
eaSineSs exists over the discovery of some
counterfeit bonds of the Leeds and Farming
ton railroad. Investigation shows that the
cOunterfeits must have been printed from
the original plates, the signatures of the Off
GERS only being counterfeited. These, with
the exception of the treaSurer's, are pro-
nounced to be excellent About -, 900 have
thus far been discovered, but il cannot be as-
iimated set how many of the bonds are
afiOat. The genuine were printed by the Con-
tinental Bank Note Company Of New York
\ FEW WEEKS SINCE Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe came as a missionary TO Washington
TO organize a literary club here. Some un-
grateful Washingtonians have had the bad
taste 10 say that if having had as winter
residents for several years writers of the
standing of Grace Greenwood, Mrs. Harriet
Prescott Spofiord, Gail Hamilton, Mrs. Mary
Clemmer, Mrs. Dalgren, and some others o
scarcely less note, the ladies Of Washington
mad not seen MT to organize literary club IL
Scarcely N ha taAE q