Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-30
EVENING STAR
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
ALL THE MEMBERS of the Cabinet were
present at the meeting to-day.
THE AMOUNT of national bank note cur
rency received at the Treasury To- day aggre-
gated s25OI4OO.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, S25j, les. As; total for the month,
s9,4s9 955.57; customs to-day, si3I S37 05; total
for the month, S11.Oi0, 2S7.s5
POSTAGE on single letters between the
United States and Japan, on and after
January 1st, will be reduced from fifteen to
twelve cents.
On AND AFTER To- MORROW December ~
the office hours OF the several government
departments will be from a. m. to 1 p. NJ,
instead OF from . a. m. until p. m.
PATENTS, &C. were issued for the week
ending to-day az follows:-Patents, 225; re-
issues, 10; designs, o; trade marks, Is; labels,
IA.
THE U. S. SUPREME COURT.-During the
past twelve months the Supreme Court has
disposed of 325 cases by decision or dismissal.
At this time $40 cases remain on the docket
undispOSed of.
- u
A, has been retired at his own request, and
Assistant Advocate General VIM. Mckee
Dunn has been appointed in his stead TO take
effect December 1st
THE PRESIDENCY OF HOWARD UNIvER-
sITY-COmmissioner Smith, of the Indian
bureau, has been informally requested to
accept the presidency of Howard University,
but has not yet determined what he will do
I'm case the offer is formally made him by the
board OF trustees.
WEIGHING THE MAILs-To-msrrow the
mails dispatched on the following roads will
be simultaneously weighed for sixty days:
New York Central and Hudson River rail-
road; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern:
Pennsylvania; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
chicago; Erie, and the Baltimore and Ohio.
ARMY ORDERs-The leave of absence
granted ID Lieutenant Henry II. Wright, 9th
cavalry, (Fort Clark, Texas,) is extended
three months. Sergeant joseph E. Ratclid
ordnance department, U. 8. A, now on duty
ia the Office, Will be discharged the service of
tie United States, TO date December 1, 1915.
NAVAL GAzETTE.-O Ordered: Lieut.. John
j. Brice to the Naval Observatory, on the 1st
December; Ensign Rogers Il. Gait to the
Powhatan; Carpenter John Macfarlane to
receiving ship New Hampshire. Detached:
Carpenter Joseph O. Myers from the Iecsiv-
ing ship New Hampshire aud placed on wait
ing orders.
THE FOLLOWING INTERNAL REVENUE
APPOINTMENTS were mad e to-day:
GoutGerS.-Henry Brockman ,Ephraim Nor
gan, Chas c. Marshall, George w, Buckler,
and Sherwood b. Markley, first district Of
OHIO; Frank Huesley, seventh district OF In
diana.
SfoTekeepes-F. NJ. Rice and Jos. NJ. Wal
lace for the first district of California.
AROUND THE woRLD.-Several months
ago ex-Secretary Richardson, now Judge
of the Court Of Claims, started with his
family westward On a tour OF the world. He
expected TO be back by the LIST of NOvem Der,
but up to this time his associates on the
bench have not heard q word from him since
he LETT. although the newspapers mention his
arrival in China early In the summer
months.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER SMITH To sue.
CEED A. s. Fl. WHITF.-SecretaTy Chandler
has requested Commissioner Smith, as soon
as he is relieved of the duties of commits
siOner of Indian affairs, to accept the post
OF chief OF the Indian division OF the Secre-
removed. The commissioner has expressed
his willingness to discharge the duties of the
position until new apr ointment is made.
THE POLAR WAvE.-Reports of various
temperatures were received at the signal
office in this city this a. m. from the follow
ing named stations:-Albany, n. Y, 5 de-
grees; Boston. 2; Burlington, VT, 10; East
port, Me-, 10; Father Point, Canada, 8; Kings
ton, Canada, -; Malone, n. Y, 10; Montreal,
Canada, II; Mt. Washington, N. H, "a; Port
land, Me-, 1; QueHec, Canada, Is; Ottawa,
Canada, 20; Totonto, Canada, l. All below
geo. Minimum temperature at the signal
office in this city, 16 degrees below zero.
PERsoNAL.-Major Ben. Perley Poore, who
has been summering at his famous "Irdian
HilP' estate, near Newburyport, has re-
turned to Washington for the session. He
will soon move from bis present office, corner
lxyQn q
where Mr.. COrcoran Is about to build,) to
No. 1898 + street. 1.-The now widely
known Detroit Free Press will have as repre-
gress Mr.. III. II. Smith, the clerk of the
Committee on Claims OF the FOrty-second
and War Claims of the Forty-fourth Con-
gress Mr.. Smith will share an Office with
Mr.. Frank Scott, of the Journal OF Commerce,
No. 1914 street. The Free Press will be the
only Michigan paper represented here, aud
tiers. '"'Hons. III. II. Starkweather, Conn:
Philip Cook, w. f. Smith and VIM. A.
Mcdonald, Ga; NJ. L. Townsend and wife,
N. "; Morton Maginnis and wife, Montana;
l.. l.. Ainsworth, Iowa, and James Wilson,
Iowa, are at Wizards. .'.-Col. j. I'll. Pat
terson, OF Monmouth, N. j., who will be
presented by the delegation from that state
as candidate for Sergeant farms, is at
the Ebbitt House. Hon. John Morrissey,
OF New York, and Mayor Wickham, of New
York city, are expected to arrive at the
Arlington this evening. .".Daniel Flanna-
gan. editor of the Urbana linton Democrat, is
dt the OF. JdIn6s.
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF THE
CITY Posi- OFFICE.-A commission, COM
posed OF three special agents OF the Post Of
fee department, recently inrostIsated the
mode of doing business In all of the larger
post CHIces, with view of increasing the
efficiency of the general service. In the case
OF the Washington city post Office, the COM
mission recommended certain changes cal
culated, in their opinion. to promote the eff
1cl6HCy OF the Office. and stated that thew
believed the present force of employees UNI
necessarily large. Judge Edmunds, city
postmaster, takes the view, and with much
reason, that while he might perhaps dispense
with the services OF few of his employees,
the Washington city post Office is an excep-
tional ole In several respects, and actually
requires larger force than any other of its
size In the union. This being the seat of gov.
eminent, an immense amount of official
matter nom the departments passes through
the Washington Office. Congress is here 1--WE
or SIX months in the year, and during this
period the amount Of mail matter, letters,
newspapers, public documents, &C. is yery
largely Increased. The postmaster here is