Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-28
THE EVENING STAR.
DOU BILE S III z 4 Il.
Washington News and Gossip.


Washington News and Gossip.
G0vERSMENT RECEIPTS sTo-Dsy.-Tnternai rev.
enue, SZ0S, S,0ts q; customs. $3.50, ,7;:J37.
At THE WHITE House. - Representatives
Scheicher, Phillips, Kansas: ex-Gov Burbank
and ex-Marshal 1'tkin. called Oh the Presiden
to-day.
PFRsoNAL.-Ex-Gov. Hahn, Of Louisiana, who
has been in the city for the past week or two,
left this morning for New Orleans. Assist-
ant Secretary of State Seward returned TO the
city last evening.
TIE PRESIDENT and Mrs HAYES. Vice prpsi-
dent Wheeler, Secretary Evarts, and Genera
sherman viii leave here On the $50 limited ex-
press train next Monday morning for New
York. That evening they will attend the
annual meeting of the New York Historical
Society. The party expects to return TO the
city the following day.
EXCITEMENT AT THE PATENT OFFICE-About
one hundred patent attorneys waited upon Com
missioner Paire this afternoon to demonstrate
against q recent erder abolishing the sO-called
attorneys Room" OF the Office. Arguments
were made by COlOner Alexander. OF Alexander
q Mason; colonel Dyer. Nj. Louis BaggeT, $.
NJ Smith and Others, pointing out the import
aHce OF maintaining this room in the view of
tie facilities and great saving Of time afforded
thereby 10 the Office itself even more than to
Tie attorneys. II the Old rule in eN1'ni1jng and
amending cases should bs TeeSta OiShed, viz:
examining the files in the examiners rooms. a
very large proportion OF the timC Of the officials
VIII necessarily be taken Up b. interviews with
attorneys and inventors. Who under the pres
eEt system. attend TO their business in the at
t0TGeyS room without any Inconvenience 10 the
examiners. The commissioner listened attpn-
lively, and promised to give The matter careful
consideration before taking any definite steps
III the matter.
THE FOLLOWING REDUCTION In the force OF en-
piOyCcs in the Boston cuStOm-hoUse has bhen
made by the Treasury department, to tata
effect January 1St: TO be dsIniSScd-0nc 81, 800.
one 81 .200, and one $500 clerk: one clerk and
stoTehceper 81 ,4n0, and one labOrer
COMMISSIONS SIGNED.-The President to-day
signed the following commiSSlons:-Wili
Thompson, Washington, D. c.. to be consul for
the United States, at southampton: John s
NOsby. at Hong Kong; Harris j. Heap, at Con-
stantinOnlC: Geo. W. Fish, at IuniS; j. L. FriS-
bee. at Rio Grande; Andrew cove, at Pernaan-
buCO; \. j. Cassett. at TampIcO; Eugine j. Bah.
at PeSth. and J. c. White, to be secretary. OF
the legation at Brazil.
no FLAGS TO LoAN.-The Navy department
is overrun with applications for the loan OF flags
to he used at balls, parties church fairs, &C
\ knowledge of the following order issued By
secretary Thompson viii prevent good deal
OF trouble on all sides: In consequence of the
representations by the bureau of navigation of
lOaniDg Of flags, none will be loaned fn the
future without a written order of the depart
ment. The department will contine itself, in
giving orders for this purpose. to occasions OF
national celebrations and TO others OF general
interest to the public.
1HE TEN y EAR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA {BowEN)
BONDS, which mature January 1st next will be
cancelled as fast as presented to the L. s.
Treasurer, on and after January 1st next He
Will pay the principal OF the District securities
or this class with the accrued interest Persons
holding the bonds may send them to Treas
uIer GIll1lian, who, after satisfactory eXami-
nation, W1ilreturn checks for the amount which
they represent. The ten-year Bowen Bond was
authorized By act of Congress, July 2Ith, 1865
III Is a coupon currency bond, and bears six per
cent. interest. Its principal Is S319.00 The
money for retiring the bond is advanced to the
District commissioners by the government In
accordance with the act OF Congress passed q
few days ago. By this same act bonds bearing
an Interest OF not more than six per cent are to
be Issued. From the proceeds OF the sale OF
these new bonds the District Commissioners are
10 reimburse the government for the amount
advanced to retire the Bowen bonds.
WE UNDERSTAND that the issue of the Ara,y
and Nauy formal for the present week has been
delayed by reason OF preparations necessary for
its prompt and regular publication hereafter.
THE INTERNATIONAL POSTAL CARD CHESS
TOURNEy.-One of the games in the series be-
tween J. r. Stranger, of North Mouton, Eng
land, and I. P. Bull, OF the Detroit (Mich.> Free
Press, has been declared draw. Score: Amer
lca Is; Great Britain, Is; drawn, 3.
THE ARMY REORGANIZATION B1LL-Gen. Ban
ming feels confident that the army bill reported
from the joint army commission, will become a
law. He thinks it will be amended In some de-
tails, which the lawyers i'm Congress claim to
be unconstitutional, but that the spirit OF the
bill will be preserved.
SFrRFT.By SHFRM.S ON Rrrrupr,ou Tho
statement has been repeatedly published that a
combination had been formed In Wall street to
bull the price OF gold after January fst next,
and thereby make an effort to interfere with
resumption. Secretary sherman said to-day,
concerning this report, that he did not believe
that any such combination had been formed:
that if it had been. he had not heard OF IL. save
through newspaper reports, and, even though
such was the fact, he did not see how it could
successfully hamper the Treasury in its re-
sumption plan.
TIE H0T SPRINGS OMIsSIoN-The committee
which has been making an investigation into
the omission Of the Hot Springs clause from the
sundry civil appropriation bill. have closed
taking testimony, and Will make a report as
soon as Congress meets. Senator ConOVer will
he eXonorated and released from the false POSI-
lion IN which he was placed before the public
by the Treasury secret service bureau, aid the
question as TO how the clause was omitted will
still remain secret, as the committee will re-
them 10 any conclusion on that subject.
CALIFORNIA COUNTERFEITER ARRESTED
The secret service Is informed of the arrest at
1Teka, Cal, yesterday, OF VIM. Bowman by an
operative of the service. Bowman is charged
with manufacturing and passing counterfeit
coin half dollars
SIGNAL SERVICE UNIFORAS.-By direction OF
the secretary of War, the uniform and dress of
officers OF the signal corps will be the same as
that for the Chief signal officer, the usual dis
unctlon being made for the grades. The dis
tfnctiye insignia on the cap and Shoulder-knOt
VIII be according 10 the pattern deposited i'm
the Chief signal Office.
NEWSPAPER PROOF.-It is understood that
senator Thurman, who has been called upon
by the Blaine investigating committee to pre-
sent any proof OF his allegation OF election
lraudS In the north, win as rejoinder invite
te committees attention to the campaign
squ10S OF the Boston Globe which was the
organ OF Gen. Butler in his recent MassacbIl-
SettS canvass, and which frequently made the
assertion, which was not challenged that the
employees OF the mills in various portions of the
state were given the ultimatum to either vote
against Gen. Butler or leave their employment
NAVAL ORDERS.-Lieut. F. A. Miller from the
Portsmouth and ordered to Washington, d. c.:
Lieut.. AN .Thackara to instruction in ordnance
at the navy yard, this city.
DIPLOMATIC SALARIEs.-Representati Sim