Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-26

The PRESIDENT had two hours consul
Ia ion vi Vice President Wheeler at the
Riggs louise last evening
NEARLY ONE HALF of the Senate at
| tended the great fonT-ni!e heat race al Bal.
umore to-day.
JHY GOULD prolonged his stay in Wash
! lhEton one day longer than he intended, be
cause, as he said, the climate was too delici-
| oos to be parted from
| THE ENGLISH MISSION will rot be flIed
| uatil after tie November elections aud il is
now said that neither Simon Cam ron nor
any other Pennsylvanian VIII he appoint ed q.
| THE BALTIMORE DELEGATIONS again in
Nade WRshiaet0n. Now that many of them
| have tbeii offices they are here to see that
! the senate lad 7isGs and consents" to theig
remaining.
| The WORMLEY HOTEL BILL Tor the en-
| teTtaiHmett Of Stan'y Matthews mas been
| forwarded from Detroit, Michigan, aud is
| now IN the hands Of gentleman ia this city.
! 1t Will De published ga a Gay or Two,
Mr. Il. MosEs, private secretary to Mr..
| Ferry, President pro tentpOre of the Senate
| dUril the last session of Congress, has been
| appointed clerk 10 the Senate committee on
post offices and post roads.
among THE CALLERS al the White House
| to-day Were Justice Strong, Senators ALI
| son, and Representatives, Gardner, Garfield,
| Ward, Upton. Cannon, Ellis, MoCook, Hart
! B,nedlct, iownshend and Young.
AN ABSURD RUMoR TO tie eirec. that &c
| rotary Schurz intended reSigniDg his posi-
| ton, and that Gov. Bagey, of Wisconsin,
| had been selected as his successor, was cir
| culated last evening. Ii was also said that
| Secretary schurz would tender his resign n
| tion lot the purpose OF accepting the nissioa
| TO England.
| THE REPUBLICAN, SENATORS have not
| Yet held their caucus To decide upon the
| organization OF d majority OF the committee
| investigate and inquire into the subject of
| elections OF President and Vice President of
| the United states. Ii Is more than probable
| however that the committee w Ii consist of
| Senator's Edmunds, Con king, Judge Davis
| ard Stanley Matthews.
| j. MADISON WELLS. of returning hoard
| noioriety, is here with reference to his salary
as surveyor of the port az New Orleans The
| law allows him fees, bat not 10 exceed : |, O0l
| per anru 4. The trouble is that the fees OF
| the oIfce do not amount To S4,0G0, and Wells
| wants 10 have the law construed 10 M an
| that he il entitled to II 900 as "A salary Wlen
| the lees do not aggregate that sum.
| NAVAL ORDERS Pay Inspector Edward
| May, as Inspector Of provisions and clothing
| At the Portsmouth navy yard, ". II Nov.
| 10th; Pay Director &. J. Emery, as purchas
| iug psymdsteT at the Boston station, Nov. |:
! Prot. Henry ID Todd 10 duty under Prof. >.
| Newcomoe, superintendent OF the Nautical
| Almanac; Paymaster q. +. Thornton, de
| tacb6d a. purchasing paym2ster at Boston,
| Nov. lst, ard ordered TO s2.l= account; Pay
| master Charles +. Guild, rs Inspector 81 20
/ vlsio. and clOiEILg al Port s'nOu'h. =. RI.
| Nov 80 and ordered 20 settle accounts.
PERs ONAL The talk now is that Gen
erll Alpheus z. Williams, of M.cbigar,
4 4 q If ft,. Z -.
| committee. '.'-R 4. Hitt, secretary OF la-
| gallon, Paris, * in the city, aud Gale
| upon Secretary Evarls to-day. He wall sal
| Il. morrow Tor Europe. &C. NJ. Walker
| esq., formerly FIILh Auditor OF the Treasury
now editor of the Indiana polls Journal, is ! D
NE CITY. &c. Is Ferrin, mine host OF tae
| Nesimirster Ho 81, New York, watch Cnas.
| Dickens pronounced the nobel hosei OF A me-
| RIGA, il al he Riggs House. with his wife
.''' A j. keiiar, OF the Memphis Il dapche.
is AT The Ebbi [.
| INCREASE OF ILLICIT LIQUOR OPERA
TIoNs, where indictments have been pending
three years and have not been prosecuted 10
Judgment, or TO sale OF the disillery, the
Secretary of the Treasury has decided THAT il
| the suits are idle and the prosecutions useful
| only TO give officers fees and not intended
| seriously to be prosecuted, they should have
been discontinued long ago The defendants
| bad proposCt TO compromise the cases by
| the Payment Of 5000 The Secretary says:
| That 10 compound felODies and Violations
OF law like these for $1,000 wOuli be TO
| abanCon The principle upon which all Grim
| inal laws rest.' The proposition was per-
emploiliy refused.
STANLEY MATTHEW'S HOTEL BILL
Cove amor Mccormick, who, as secretary OF
the Republican National Committee, was
familiar with all The facts, says that The
statement regarding the Hon. STANLEY Mat
thews, bill at Wormlcy's, as given in yester-
days STAR is correct. He adds that mas
much as Mr.. Matthews and his associat as
were 10 maze no cnarge for their legal Ser
| vices before the Electoral Commission the
| National Comm ittee desired To give them
good hotel accommodations, and that Mr..
Matthews had gone to another hotel, but
went 10 Wormley's by direct request of me
committee, as rooms mad been engaged there
| for him aud his family.
GLAD TO GET Rid OF SITTING BULL
is said that the President and Secretary of
! War are lot much displcaSed over The failure
| OF the commits on 10 treat with Sitting Bull.
| The truth is, that ii was moi so much an Oh
| ject To conciliate Sitting Ball as II was 10
| satlsfy tne Dominion authorities. who had
| requested the Secretary of War to endeavOr
TO coax him over the border. The result has
OF course convinced the Canadians that this
| government did what IL could in honor to
placa'e the "big Irjun." The commission,
so far as the dominion governments work
| IN the matter was concerned, was q failure;
| tut as far as the United states is concerned
was great success, because this government
cont hanEef for Sitting Bull at any price.
TEE PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION left
| last night for their homes rather disgruntled
| over their interview with President Hayes,
| They represented to the President that there
! was feeling OF apathy among the republi-
cans OF the state, aud indicated that IL the
| civil service order was to hang as Damo-
| clan sword over the Office holders that the
| state could hardly be carried for the repubII-
can party. President Hayes informed the
| delegation that he did not propose TO either
| modify Or rescind the order. When the dele
| Cation withdrew from the White House q
| quiet curbstone caucps was held and IL was
unanimously decided 10 invite Senator Conk-
| ling TO come into Pennsylvania and soeak
committee waited upon the Senator aud
| made Known to him the wishes of the dele
| gationi but he declined on The ground tia
| his Tosi OF duty now was in his seat in the
| Senate.
| SILVER CoINAGE.-Respec.ing the ord or
recently issued intermitting the receipts at
the mirts Of deposits of silver for coinage
| INTO trade dollars, the director OF the mint
| states that the only export demand for trade
| dollars at present Is al San Francisco, where
| prCbaoly SIS 600 900 per month are required
kr IT,.