Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-02
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-lnternal
evenue, $3.50, ,950.S6: customs, 1896, 1925.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-lnternal
revenue, $3.50, ,950s6; customs, s496, 1925.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to
day amounted to s337,75O.
SECRETARY EvART5 left last evening with
the President, Mrs. Hayes and Burchard
Hayes, for New York.
YELLOW FEVER vEsTIGATIoN-Prof 8.
M. Bemiss, M. D., of New Orleans, Jerome
Cochran, M. D., of Mobile and DR.. E. Lloyd
Howard. of Baltimore, appointed by Dr.. Wood
yestigate the causes OF the yellow fever, fever " with
the view OF preventing such deplorable vista.
t1ons OF the epidemic in the futnre, expect to
organize in New Orleans on Saturday next.
Dr.. Bemis is there already.
CoUNTERFEITERs ARREsTED.-A telegram
to the secret service division of the Treasury
announces to day the arrest at Eskridge, Kan,
OF Charles FL. Earl, T.. T.. Earl, w. II. Earl and
Daniel Pratt, for counterfeiting.
4 SCHOOL GIRL INNoCENTLY BErRAYs HER
FATHER.-In report to headquarters in this
city, secret service operative in the West
makes mention OF a case in which a little girl
unWittingly caused the arrest of her father
Tor cOunterfeiting On her way to school a
few mornings ago she stopped at a confec-
toners to buy five cents worth of candy. She
handed the proprietor nickel. He examined
ii al Il said he did not think it was good. "Oh,
i know iC is She exclaimed, innOcently, I" be-
cause papa made it. Papa makes lots Just
like that"
Mr. REED AND THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
Secretary Sehurz has not yet given his official
decision on the opinion of Assistant Sacre
tary Bell that MIR. W. b. Reed is still mem
Der of the Board OF Fire Commissioners. 1t
is not likely that Mr. Reed will claim his seat
as member of tie Board until the Depart
ment decides the question of his right to do so.
ONE RESULT of the fact becoming generally
known throughout the country that the Mexi-
can and trade dollars are only worth their
bullion weight, is the reception of large
number of letters at the office of the director
OF the mint. These letters not only make in
quiry about the trade and Mexican dollars,
but concerning every other coin in the cOun-
try. The western people especially seem to
be afraid that the silver coins are not worth
anything, and are greatly exercised over it,.
One man goes so far as to want to know if the
standard silver dollar is legal tender and
what provision Congress has made for its re-
demptiOn.
SPECIAL AGENT M. A. CARTER, who died yes.
terday afternoon at Mississippi City from yel
low fever, was buried last night at O'Clock
near HandSboro' Miss. Deputy Marshal Pos
ethWaite, requests the Land Office to send
either MIR. Wue scher, Carriers iclerk, or himself
erty and Col. Carter's personal effects. He
adds: I'VE both have authority now, and dis
agree on several points" A dispatch has
thwaite directing him to take charge of all
government property and papers relating to
government business which Col. Carter had in
forming him tbat Mrs. Carter would advise as
to who should take care OF the personal
effects.
SECRETARY SCHURz has received large
number OF urgent requests from republicans
to repeat his Cincinnati speech in PennSylva-
mia, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York and
other states.
ON ACCOUNT OF THE YELLOW FENER-Ir-
formation has been received at the Genera
Land Office that the land Office at Jackson,
Miss, closed Sept. Y, 1873, on account of the
reappearance OF the yellow fever.
SMALL Poz IN RIO DE JANEIRo.-The con-
sui general OF the United States at Rio de
J5ECirO, reports to the Department of STATE
under date Of Sept. 4, that the small pox which
has recently appeared in that city has assumed
such proportions as to Justly the fears OF il
Of august lts deaths occurred from the dis
ease, and 81 deaths during the first three days
OF September. These deaths do not incud }
which is outside the city limits, and to which
many patients are sent. Fears are also enter
tanned that yellow fever will be prevalent at
Rio during the coming summer.
ARMY ORDERS Lieut.. Col. Alexander
Chambers, 2lst infantry, is relieved from re-
cruiting service and granted a delay of thirty
days, at the expiration of which he will pro-
ceed to join his regiment. Leave of absence
Tor one year on surgeons certificate of diSa-
biity is granted Major George A. Gordon, 5th
cavalry, with permission to leave the depart.
ment of the Platte.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Cadet Midshipman Wilson
L. Todd is ordered to- the Richmond, at Boston,
Mass, 2lSt October. Assistant Engineer T. F.
Burgdorf is detached from the SWatara and
ordered to duty in the Bureau of Steam En-
gineering.