Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-06
THE EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip,
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue, $50, 2,4li.06; customs, $3ilN25.75.


new man took charge OF the entrance.
SMALL BILLS. - Complaint is frequently
made of late about the want of small bills.
Treasurer Gilfllan saws he issues bills of small
denominations in exchange for larger ones at
dny time when 1t is so desired, and pays ali
drafts in bills of any denomination asked for
A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION will shortly
be held in this city to fill three vacancies in
assistant paymasterships in the navy. There
are now forty applicants for permits to com
pete in the examination.
MosT OF the prominent officials who did not
go on the postal Cuban expedition have hied
them to Chester.
GEN. SHIELDS AGE.-A STAR reporter, in
the matter of the age of Gen. Shields, of Mis-
souri,, who was a candidate to succeed Door
keeper Polk. added more years to his life than
he has yet attained The reporter was miSin-
formed, as Gen. Shields, it appears. has Just
turned sixty-seven. and it speaks well for him
that his opponents should be forced to misrep-
resent his age in order to make point against
him, for that is the most serious allegation
brought forward TO defeat his election.
THE PARTY FROM THE TREASURY that went
10 Chester this morning were Assistant Secre-
Tetary French. Commissioner Raum. Appoint
ment Clerk Smith, Chief of the Customs Di-
vision James, Deputy Controller LangwOrthy,
and Chief Clerk Upton.
PERsONAL.-Gen. Selden Connor, Governor
of Maine, arrivedin in this city yesterday, and is
at the residence of his father-in-law, John
Bailey, esq, SO 18th street northwest. '''' Mrs.
Elizabeth Thompson, of New York, who pre-
Sented Carpenters picture to Congress. is re-
ported to be in Boston investigating the sub
ject of technical education, with view of de-
voting part of her large fortune to the estdb-
liShmGnt OF technical schools.
THE NEXT DooRKEEPER OF THE House.
1pmnpr9tip Of ha pf
Representatives met in caucus last evening
for the purpose of nominating dOorkeeper.
which position was made vacant by the re
mOval of Mr. Polk. Gen. Chas. W. Field, of
the vote being as follows: Gen. C. W. Fled,
Ga, 50; Gen Shields Mo-, 20: Harry Mccoy.
MG., iSS; Walter H, French, Mass, I; W. X.
Pendeton, W. Va, 2. Total rvr4 rnolled: ll6.
at West Point in the year 1919, served in the
confederate army under Gen. Lee, and soon
after the close of the war entered the army of
the ;, ,khediye OF Egypt, where he remained
until 1917, when he returned to the United
States. His political disabilities were re-
moved about two months ago.
THE PoLIcEMEN's TWENTY PER CEST.-The
Senate committee on claims have decided IA
vOrably on the bill introduced by Senator Den
mis- giving to the members of the Metropoli-
tan police force of the District the 20 per cent.
additional compensation authorized to be paid
resolution of Congress of February q, 1851
The bill of course only applies to such as were
members OF the force at the date Of the pas
sage OF the resolution.
SIR EDWARD THORNTON, the British MINIS
ter, has officially expressed to the Secretary of
State the high sense the Queens government
entertains OF the honor done the Canadian
government, and her majeSty'S representative
by the courtesy shown Lord Dufferin, the GOV
ernOr- general of Canada, by the President on
the occasion OF his recent visit to this city,
ANDERSON TO BE VINDICATED-J Madison
Wells, who represents the interests of Ander-
son here, asks for the iatter's appointment to
the New Orleans cOllectorship, on the ground
tnat Such appointment is necessary to his COM
pete ylndlcatlOn. 1t is stated that the PreS-
dent will appoint him for this reason. although
believing he will be rejected. After such re-
lection, outsiders have kindly arranged that
Packard shall be nominated for the place.
SECRETARY AND MRS. EvARTs left this city
last evening for Omaha to meet their son, Viii
liam, who has been residing in China for
some years, but recently returned to Southern
California for the benefit of his health, and is
now on his way to Washington. They left
In consequence OF a telegram received by the
Secretary announcing the serious illness of
their son.
AN EXHAUSTED APPROPRIATION.-The Post
Office department appropriation for printing
is exhausted, and the public printer has sent
word that he cannot fill any more of the de-
partment's orders. This is very serious mat
ter. The immense registered letter business
will be brought almost to a standstill, the
mOney-order system will be affected, and the
general business OF the department will be
EMBARRASSED. Under the same appropriation
facing slips for the use of railway post offices
are prepared. This work must now be done
by each office separately, at about double the
usual cost. The printing. of advertisements
lrtctn ole
be delayed. To show the extent Of the bus-
\ ness esss zs1 suspended it may be mentioned that
ed by the p. o. blank agency in the month of
February. and in the same time nearly three
million facing slips were prepared. This eX-
ha9stion OF the appropriation was foreseen,
hclency bill by which it is proposed to apprO-
PIlale s5o,CO TO carry on the operations of this
praneh OF the postal service. But as the bill
mas not passed, the public must suffer incOn-
yenlence, and the department must be embar-
raSsed In some of its most important workings
The acting chief clerk of the department has
Deen Oe1Ofe the chairman of the conference
committee on the deficiency bill, and it is
likely that the passage of the bill will be at
tempted next week.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. A. j. IyerSOn. to the
POwhatan, at Norfolk Ensign e. H. Arnsden.
to the coast survey: Assistant Engineer Henry
Herwig, to temporary duty in bureau of steam
englneering; Lieutenant c. McAnthOny, from
thO Il ohudtdu, duu SEduJeu SIX lnOntQS leave
with permission to leave the United States:
Cadet Engineer w. B. Boggs has reported his
return home, having been detached from the
Adams on the 2lst ultimO, and has been placed
on waiting orders.
INDIAN PRISONERS RELEAsED.-At the re-
quest Of the Indian Office the Secretary of
War has ordered the release of the Cheyenne
and other Indians imprisoned at st. Angus
tine, Fla. These Indians have been confined
Tor several years During that time three of
their chiefs have died. 1t was held that their
long Imprisonment was sufficient punishment
1or their crimes. They will be sent to Fort
Sill, Indian territory.
PINCHBACK AND THE PREsIDENT--Ina an in
terview with the President, x.Goy Pinch
back, who IS now here, said that Louisiana
now has the best governor of any within his
recollection, and the people are better salts
fed with the condition Of affairs though thev
complain OF hard times. The only thing Of
which Mr.. Pinchbaek complains is that a few
eOlored children, nearly white, in the public
schools in New Orleans have been required to
leave them. They should, he says, have been
permitted to remain until faded out by the in
crease OF years. His own children were in
cluded in the number removed by the school
authorities.
CARD FROM EX-DooRKEEPER POLK
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