Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-02

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SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted to s4s.5OO.
SECRETARY EyARTs left this morning for New
York, to stay until after the elections.
SECRETARY THOMSON has gone to his birth
place in Virginia to spend the Sabbath.
AT THE WHITE HousE-Postmaster General
Key, ex-senator Wright, of Iowa, and Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury Hawley called on the
President to-day.
Mr.. A. d. HAZEy, the Third Assistant Post
master General, left the city last night, to be
absent about week. In the absence of Mr.. w
NJ. MOI ton. bis chief cle"k, who is detained from
his duties by sickness, Mr.. III. ID. Norton. chic
OF the finance division. Will act act as chief clerk
in addition to his regular duties.
THE NUMBER OF CLERKS in the departments
who have gone home TO vote is quite small in
comparison with the number which went away
years ago in as exciting a campaign as next
tributable to the fact that money is not as easy
as 1t was some years ago. and partly to the fact
that the usual suasion exercised by the admin
istration toward the clerks is missing.
THE COMMISSION which is investigating the
question Of the advisability OF the transfer of
the Indian bureau 10 the War department will
hold a session in this city about the middle of
OF report to be made 10 Congress.
PERSONAL.-SenatOr Sargent, who returned
to the city eight or ten days since, is lying very
i'll OF malarial fever at his Residence corner of
Connecticut avenue and De Sales street. ....
Hon. Eppa HuntOn, NJ G.. OF Virginia, has en-
tirely recovered from his recent illness. go.
Henry ii. Smith. journal clerk of the House of
Representatives. and ". K. Creary. postmaster
OF the Senate, have gone 10 Michigan 10 vote.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has gone to Pennsyl-
vania 10 visit Senator Don Cameron. The Sec
retary will make financial speech i'll Harris
burg Tonight.
ENFORCING THE [. =. ELECTION IAws.-The
Attorney General has authorized L. s. marshalS
10 employ deputies 10 aid i'll the enforcement of
the L. s. election laws on Tuesday next. This
and the Attorney Generals letter to the dist rict
attorneys of South Carolina, Alabama and Lou
fSlana, directing them TO cause the arrest and
bring TO trial persons guilty of violating the t.
=. laws governing elections. are believed to in
clude all action taken or TO be taken by the gov
ernment concerning the contest next Tuesday.
MISSIsSIrIANs IN TowN.-Representat SIN
gletOn. Col. VIM. ii. McCardle. Judge H. II
chalmers, Col. J. II. Hamilton, J. Fl. Odeneal
and Marion Smith, esq, all of Mississippi. called
at the state department today to secure il
possible, tie sending of some of the fOreign-cOn-
tlibuted money for the relief OF the yellow fever
sufferers TO their state. They found that the
secretary was ont OF the city. They afterwards
called ON Secretary McCrary to pay their re-
SpeCIS TO him.
ALL THE CONTRACTS were awarded at the p. o.
department to-day in the miscellaneous let
tings" for service on 81 routes in Il states and
territories This service is mainly made uD of
new routes. the remainder being routes which
were not awarded at the last regular letting on
account OF lnfOrmalitieS.
THE L. :. S. WYOMING, ROW lying at the navy
yard this city, is ready TO sail for the Mediter-
ranPan to join the European squadron. She
Will sail the first good tide, perhaps tomorrow
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE vii
close its office Oh street TWO or three day
after the November elections. The officers 0
the committee say that never in their recollec
tfon has campaign been conducted with S ,
little money. This because they have moi been
as much in funds as during previous campaigns
They have assessed government EMPLOYEES bl
one per cent, whereas they were formerly called
on for two per cent. of their salaries. When
assessed they were notified that their con-
tr1butions would be entirely voluntary, the Off
GERS say: and when they did not respond they
were again notified. With but few exception
all called on have responded. If others OF til .
party had done quarter so well as the Office
holders. there would have been no complaint OF
want OF funds. Though if was not so stated il is
generally understood that during the campaign
the department clerks have been called Oh twice
for one per cent. Of their salaries, and some of
them three times.
WORK FOR THE COMING SESSION OF CONGRESS
The House committee on appropriations will, it
is thought, have the army the navy. the Post
office, the Military academy, pension and forti-
fcation appropriation bills ready to submit to
the House when 1t meets in December. The
committee is called TO meet i'm this city on the
18th instant. Ii is thought too. that the censl1S
committee will also, early in December, report
bill providing machinery for taking the next
census. The ways and means committee will
not tinker with the tariff this winter, as Hon.
Fernando Wood. the chairman of the commit
tee, has, in public letter witten by himself
Indicated that he thOugh, it ineXpedient 10 agi-
tate the question Of IL revision of the tariff at
the present time.
REPORTS OF THE RESIGNATION of COL Vail
general superintendent of the Railway mail
service, and Of its acceptance by The postmaster
general are premature. Col. Vail has not yet
resigned and. OF course, his resignation has not
been accepted. Matters stand now exactly as
they have Tor the last or5 months Col Vail
came 10 the conclusion some time ago that he
would be compelled to resign. but has been in
dtlCed by the Postmaster General 10 hold on to
the position mp 10 the present Ii Is not likely
that he will carry his determination OF with
drawing from Office into effect before his annual
report is handed in. and perhaps not until after
the assembling u Congress.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Surgeon c. H. Burbank. 10
the navy yard, Portsmouth. " H., 3Oth inst
surgeon {. j. 5. Wells. To The navy yard, WASH
lngton, d. C., Soth inst. Medical InspectorC j.
CleDorne. from the navy yard, Portsmouth,
\. H., 3oth inst, and placed on waiting orders
surgeon Adrian Hudson, from the navy yard
Washington, D. C.. and placed on waiting
orders: Passed Assistant Surgeon B. s. Mac!,e
ffom The training ship Saratoga, on her depart
ure from Philadelphia, and placed on waiting
orders. Assistant Surgeons Ernest Nortieet
Frank Anderson, Edward II. Green, d. o. Lewis,
CLas. 1 Hlooett, George t. LippencOtl, r. H.
McCa1y. 7. a. Lowering. Robert Whiting and
Charles II. III. Hall. from the naval hospital
New York, and ordered TO Washington for ey-
animation.
OUR EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT IN PAHIs-Dr
fhllpIlck, ncharge OF the American educational
tAnlDil at PariS. states that it secured l21
awards, Including % gold and ~ silver medals
Inc governmental exhibit forwarded by the
bureau on education was awarded three gold
medals from three different jurieS The French
government has instructed NJ. Bulsson to Or
game a bureau OF education Of the model OF RI o
United States, and he is collecting appliance,
from the American display in the Paris eyposi