Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-07
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

" o0hAhS lou NOWo ouu NOSoips
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY--Inter-
nal revenue, 1906, 1915 customs, s4S3 ,Oi2 6i
THE AMOUNT OF national bank notes re-
ceived at the Treasury to-day for redemption
:. egated $3.50 ,477.
DISPATCHES received at the Navy depart
ment this morning from the Asiatic station
report the health of the officers and crews on
that station good.
THE REPORT that the Institute Canadian
has been in correspondence with the Navy
department with reference 20 the most ef
fcient explosive to be placed in GuioOrd's
grave is officially cOntradicted.
THE REsIGNATIoN of Indian Agent Sa-
willie, of the Red Cloud agency. was accepted
by Gen. COwen, acting Secretary of the Inte-
riOr, yesterday. Il is underst tool that its ac-
cepiaI ce was in accordance with DR.. Sa-
VIlleS desire.
THE PRESIDENT, in his speech TO the
school children at the Omaha High School
said: Il am pleased to stand beneath the
shadow of this building, which is so well
calculated to prepare you for useful occupa-
tons and honorable stations in life. His
Honor tthe Mayor has said that am in IA
vOrOf free SPEECH, and therefore i want other
people to do the talking"
ANOTHER PLANET DIsCovERED-Prof
Henry, of the Smithsonian Institution, re-
ceived a cable telegram at II o'clock to-day
from Prof Forster of the Berlin Observa-
tory, Announcing the discovery by PerrOtin
OF "a new planet of the twelfth magnitude in
Right Ascension 23h. min; south declina-
ton deg. 30 min. with a daily motion south
of four degrees.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT is made of lengthy
review Of Sherman's Memoirs, made ND
chiefly from the official records of the War
department. 10 will make a volume as large
a. one OF Sherman'S- Free access TO the Of
fetal file for the purpose OF making this com
pilatiOn was given at the War department
to the author. 1t is by Gen. Boynton.
PERSONALITIES Winnie Reams statue,
the West, has been awarded the first pre-
MUM on statuary at the st. Louis exhibit
ton. Miss Addie Randall of this CITY
who has been studying in New York for
three years, is singing as the meZzO- soprano
star III the Titiens concerts in Boston and
New York.
COMMISSIONERS DUELL, of the Patent
office, was again beset by a crowd of eager
office seekers TO day. Most of them were
ladies, who wept copiOusly when politely in
formed that there we're no vacancies. 1t is
safe TO estimate that two or three hundred
people seeking Office have called upon him
since MOhCay.
THE WITHDRAWAL OF United States bonds
deposited with the Treasury 10 secure ma
tiOnal bank note circulation for the fifteen
months ending September last announced 70
S11.6oO.Oo0. Ofthis amount New York with
drew 600, Illinois, II. so 900; Mi Ssouri
~5.225 O0O; the remainder being nearly evenly
distributed among the several states.
A GOOD SHowING.-The forthcoming an
nual report of the Commissioner of Patents
will show the receipts from all sources for
the fiscal year which ended June 3Oth last to
BE- 49,, 2S5.S1 and the expenditures SOS "a s.:
excess OF receipts over the expenditures
SO 4l1.52 The number o. applications for
patents were II ,iS9; patents issued, Including
reissues and designs, 1920.
CALIFORNIA IHDIANs DIsPosEssED.-
The Indian agent at the Mission agency,
Los Angeles, California, writes the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs, to say that the
IemeCula Rnmales, long occupied by the
Iem' Gala Indians, recently obtained a writ
O'eJectment, and that 800 Of the latter have
been thrust from their homes and are in
destitute and deplorable condition. He asks
the Commissioner for instructions.
THE MARRIAGE OF Arthur NJ. Dodge, of
New York, 10 Josephine W. Jewell, daugh-
ter OF the Postmaster General, took place
last evening at Hartford, Conn. After the
ceremony at the church a reception was
given Them at the residence OF Postmaster
General Jewell, for which about two thous-
ard invitations had been issued. There was
rich display of presents. The house was
crowded with invited guests among whom
were Secretary Bristow, Attorney General
PlerrepOnt, Hon. John Jay, Samuel Bowles
General Hawley, Governor Ingersoll and
many others.
NAVAL ORDERs-Lieutenant Charles E
Callahan, ordered TO the receiving ship Pc
tomac, at Philadelphia, 18th inst. Midship-
man Ridgeley Hunt, to the Swatara at New
fOr k Commander Francis NJ. Bunce, de-
tached from duty as lighthouse inspector
nn ING nHrNn
Commander Edward Hooker, from duty at
the naval station, League Island, and or
dered to special light house duty. Lieuten-
ant b. s. Richards. from the Tuscarora, and
ordered to the Benicia. Mates Samuel Gee
aid j. NJ. Creighton, from the Triana on the
50th ult, and ordered TO temporary duty on
board the Fortune, LIST inst.
THE PUEBLO INDIANS, from New Mexico,
who arrived yesterday, had another Inter
view with the Commissioner of Indian AT
fairs to-day, Mr.. Amado Chaves, OF the Gen
eral Land once, acting az interpreter. The
Indians explained that the Mexicans are
encrOaching on their lands more and mos
every year, and said that they would like TO
have them driven out of their villages. The
Commissioner, after making the necessary
Inquiries as 10 the validity OF the grants IN
der which they hold their lands, expressed
the opinion that the in'erlopers should be
dispOssessed, if necessary ny the military
The COS ference was in progress when our re-
port closed.
a CIVIL RIGHTS DECIsION.-The United
States Supreme Court gave judgment In the
Lucy Armstrong murder case in Kentucky,
which was taken TO the United States Cir
cult Court OF the district under the civil
rights bill of 1896, the murdered woman and
Two Of the witnesses having been negroes
and as such debarred the right TO testify in
the courts OF the state Of Kentucky. The
decision of the Supreme Court is that the
case does not come within the provisions of
civil rights act, and that the Circuit
Court had not Jurisdiction of the crime of
murder committed in the district OF Ken
lucky, merely because two persons who wit
eSsed the murder were citizens OF the A fri
cor race, and for that reason incompetent by
he aw OF Kentucky 10 testify in the courts
that state.
ARMY ORDERs.-First Lieut.. B. ID. Greene,
corps OF engineers, has been relieved from
duty as a member of the general court mar
tai appointed TO meet at Willetts Point,
New York barber, and First Lieut.. Edgar
W. Bass, engineer corps, has been detached
for that duty in his place. Lieut.. Col. John
g Mason haa