Evening star., 1877-12-05
Estimates Of District Interest.

lIlC VI pibplldllDtlS required
the fiscal year ending June 30th, ls79. issued
by the Secretary Of the Treasury, contains be-
sides the items mentioned in yesterdays STAR
the following amounts; SalarieS-Board OF
Health. SJ4.y3U; amount appropriated for the
year ending next June, $lN2D Expenses
Board OF Health, Sls, l25; amount Appropriated
Tor the present year, same item. Si4ln. Courts
in the District of Columbla-SaiaricS of chief
justice and associate justices, S2n501. Support
ot National Home Tor disabled volunteer sol
dlerS, SSS,5l1.SO; amount appropriated pres
ent year, SSS1;Uh Current expenses Co
lumbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
S5l,VD; amount appropriated for present year.
s4s,tGO. support of Freedman'S Hospital and
Asylum. Si3,OI5; amount appropriated present
year, S395OU. Current expenses National Sol
dierS' and Sailors Orphans Home. $1,000
Smithsonian lnstitution-PreServatiO Of col
lectlonS, S3a,UJU; amount appropriated present
year, slsCcN. Distribution OF duplicates. 5000.
Preservation of cOlectiOnS-ArmOry building
$50. Current expenses Reform School, Dis
trlct OF Columbia $1,000; amount appropri-
ated present year. sl0,W0 Metropolitan po-
lice, Gl92.0; amount appropriated present
year, $4,000 support OF convictS transferred
from District Of Columbia. $500. Permanent
annual appropriations Smithsonian lnStitu-
tiOe to pay for erection of buildings and eX
penses thereof, being per cent. on bequeSt of
James SmlthSon. S39,Un Soldiers Home
$1,000; amount appropriated present fiscal
year, Sl33,aSl5
THE PARIS EXPOSITION BIIL.-The House
committee on foreign affairs to-day agreed to
all Of the amendments made by the Senate TO
the Paris exposition bill, and directed Gov.
Swami, chairman if he obtained the floor to
move concurrence therein under the opera
tlon OF the previous question.
THE COLORADO COSTEsT-The House CON-
mittee on elections met this morning To hear
the reports of various members on the Colo
RADIO election contest. Three reports were
submitted, one that Patterson, democrat was
IA A fDh h. q hat III ..I
publican, was elected, and a third signed by
MT Cox, OF Ohio, that there had been no legal
election. The committee meets at ten Clock
tomorrow to take final vote.
THE EsTELLE.-The messenger of the De
partment OF Justice who was recently sent TO
Newport to investigate the character of the
Estelle. detained there on suspicion of being
connected with the Cuban rebellion, has made
his report, but its contents have not yet been
made public. No orders have. as vet. been
issued for the release of that vessel. Whether
she Is still detained Oh suspicion, as We'll as
because the formation of her boiler is not i'm
accordance with the requirements of law, as
IS now given out, is not definitely known.
FRAGMENTARY GREENBACKs.-The U. s.
Treasurer is advised of constantly increasing
attempts by persons in various sections of the
country to cheat the government and inno-
cent PARTIES by practicing what is know as the
p!ecing process, whereby a given number of
currency notes of like denomination are cut
in pieces and so pasted together as to give an
increased number. They generally take ten
notes, and by cutting and adroit piecing make
eleven, thereby gaining one at the expense OF
the other ten. OF course the diminished get
INTO the hands Of innocent holders and when
sent TO the department for redemption, they
are at once detected by the Treasury experts
and thrown out. and in nine cases out of ten
an innocent holder is the sufferer The regu-
latiOnS for redeemng mutiated currency do
not admit of the redemption of any less than a
single part of a note containing at least one
half Of the original.
GEN. TERRY's REPORT OF the Sitting Bull
commission set forth i'm detail all the circum-
stances in connection with their visit to Sit
ting Bulls encampment announces that the
object for which they were sent was not sue
cess1ul, and. recognizing the fact that the
chief IS likely to remain on Canadian soil, re-
cOmmendS that his internment shall be
effected as matter of security to the border
The report set forth that 50 long as he is on the
border he will be continual menace to the
frontier, cooperating with predatory bands.
encouraging incursiOns In the white settle
menfs and be disturbing element generally.
Gen. Terry particularly points out the neces-
sity for having him promptly removed. This
VIII be the subject Of diplomatic cOrrespOn-
dence between the State department and the
Canadian authorities, and the latter will un-
doubtedly require Sitting Bull and his follow
ers to locate at a considerable distance from
our line.