Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-03
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


| GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY.-Internal
| Revenue. s66S, $40; customs, $l7l, ,OS7.36.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO the tour per cent. loan to-
| day $4,000.
SENATOR GORDON, of Georgia, will speak in
| the Senate on Monday, in favor of the repeal
| OF the resumption act.
THOMAS S. House has been commissioned
| as collector of customs for the district of st.
| Augustine, Fla.
| COLLECTOR SMITH, OF New Orleans, was at
| the Treasury to-day and called on Secretary
Sherman and Assistant Secretary Hawley.
AN INVITATION DECLINED Representa-
tive O'Neill last night invited President Hayes
| to visit Philadelphia on the 10th instant, to be
| present at the anniversary of the opening of
! the permanent exhibition in that city. The in
| VitatiOn was declined.
| APPROyED.-The President today approved
the act authorizing the President to make cer-
tain negotiations with the Indians in.the state
OF Colorado.
A CAUCUS OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS was
held at the Capitol to-day. The caucus went
into session at noon, and at 2:30 p. m, had not
adjourned. There IS much reticence among
Senators as to the Object of the caucus. 1t is
said, however, that it is held for interchange
OF opinion on the subject of the next campaign,
the methods to be pursued in raising money to
defray the expenses thereof. and what support
the party can expect from the administration
PAWN NGOLD.-Collectors of internal revenue
| in different parts of the country report nume-
rous instances where parties, in paying their
| internal revenue taxes, have settled their
accounts with the government III gold.
AGAINST THE ASSERTION that the President
| will send in the name of Ex-Governor Fenton
for of
| tiOns is placed the positive assertion from a
! usually Well-lntOrmed source that Senator
| COnkIing and Mr.. FentOn have formed
| combination to manage the custom house
| patronage, &c, mutually.
THE MCGARRAHAN CAsE.-Mr. Shaw, of
| counsel for McGarrahan, began his argument
| in behalf Of the claimant before the committee
| on public lands of the Senate to-day. Counsel
| on both sides will make the final arguments
| in the case to-day and next week.
TIE TARIFF BILL-It is the intention of
| Fernando Wood to call up the tariff bill as
| soon as the legislative appropriation bill now
| pending in the House is disposed Of Mem
| bGrS think there will be weeks general de-
! Late on the bill, when it will either be killed
! by striking out the enacting clause or be
| postponed until next December, which means
| about the same thing.
THE JAPANESE INDEMNITY FUND.-The Sen
ate committee on the judiciary this morning
| directed Senator Wallace to prepare a bill
| looking to the return of the balance of the un-
| expended Japanese indemnity fund to Japan.
| SECRETARY THOMPSON, with the naval com
mittee of the two houses of Congress and
| other members. will make trip to Norfolk
| next week if the arrangements can be perfect
| ed. They will go on the TalapOOSa, now at
! the navy yard here.
| TIE JAPANESE INDEMNITY FUND-The
| Senate committee on foreign relations today
| instructed Mr. Wallace to draw up a bill for
| the return OF the balance of the japanese in
| demnity fund.
| DURING THE DEBATE to-day Oh the item in
the legislative bill making appropriations for
! the Agricultural department. Mr. Durham. a
member of the committee on appropriations,
| denounced Gen. LIE Due, the Commissioner as
| an arrant humbug
| GREENBACKS.-The Assistant Treasurer at
| New York has in the past few days paid out
| some s15, 200 in silver for greenbacks. Every
dollar of this has been returned to him in pay
ment OF customs duties. By the silver bill the
new silver dollar was made receivable for dIl-
| ties, but greenbacks are not SO receivable.
| Greenbacks, however, are thus virtually made
receivable for customs duties to the amount of
| silver issued for them, which tends to make
them still nearer gold.
INDIAN OPPOSITION TO TERRITORIAL
| GOVERNMENT. - The Senate committee on
1 ".
| of the affairs of the Indian Territory under the
| Voorhees, resolution. d. M. Harkins, delegate
| OF the ChOctaw nation. said that his people are
opposed in toto to territorial form of govern
| ment. The officials of the railroad companies
| in the territory have told the Indians that if
they held title to their lands in Severaty, their
rights would be more secure, but the inteli-
| gent Indians know this statement to be un-
| true. Rev. Mr.. DObsOn, a Cherokee minister
! by marriage to the daughter of John Ross
chief of the nation, testified that the people of
| form of
| government
ALLEN EvARTs MUCH BETTER.-Assistant
Secretary Seward received a telegram rom
| the Secretary of State this morning saying
| that Mr.. Allen EvartS is much better. Mr.
| EVartS will return to Washington tomorrow
| morning.
| OUR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH COREA
The Senate committee on foreign relations had
under consideration today proposition to
establish official and trade relations with the
| island Of COrea. The proposed plan is to send
| an American commissioner to the island for
| the purpose OF aScertaining what concessions
the authorities there are willing to make and
to report on the desirability of establishing an
| American consulate on the island. The mat
| ter, after much discussion, was referred to
| Senator Hamlin, and he will report ON the
| subject to the committee next Tuesday.
| MINISTER SEWARD TO HAVE CHANCE TO
| EXPLAIN-A telegram was sent from the
| State Department yesterday, to Mr.. George
| Seward, U. s. Minister at Pekin giving him
| leave of absence to come to Washington and
| appear before the committee on expenditures
| in the State department. The recent dis
| closures before the committee rendered an
| explanation from Mr.. Seward in person inn
| perative.
In FAVOR OF INVESTIGATING THE PREsIDEN.
TIAL ELECTIoN.-During Wednesday nights
session of the House of Representatives for
general debate only, Mr.. Lockwood. of New
| York, advocated the passage of the Kimmell
bill to investigate the late presidential elec-
ton, based on the Blair resolution. He could
not subscribe to the policy of some democrats
| that 1t was better to let the matter stand as it
was, and said that, if Congress failed to inves-
| u5ate ii, 1T would become party to the fraud
This is the first speech delivered on the sub
| lect.
| SILTER.-PerSons who apply for silver dol.
lars in exchange for United States notes will
be required to pay freight charges on the sill
| yer The department pays charges on subsid-
larry c0in but not on the silver dollars.
THE SIGNAL SERVICE. Representative
Clark, of New Jersey, of the House military
committee, to whom was referred resolution
OF January last charging the signal service
with inefflciency and extravaganza of mana ge-
| ment, and directing an inquiry whether this
service could not be consolidated with the