Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-18
THE EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY.-InternaI
revenue, s'Co.96l.5o: customs. s25l.12o.lo.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan TO-
Gay amounted to sl.l3o,4oo
SENATOR EpMuNDs, of Vermont, another
leader Of the republican party, who hiss been
opposed 10 the course OF the President, had
a long conversation with the latter at the
Nhlte House to-day.
SECRETARY SCHURZ left Washington on Satuf-
day evening for st. Louis. He expects TO be
here again next Thursday morning.
PRESIDENTIAL AFroINTHEsTs-The President
to-day made the following appointments: NJ.
E. N. Howell, to be principal clerk Of the public
lands in the general land Office. vice Mordecai
MCbley. resigned, and Walter r. Irwin to be
principal clerk In the private land Office, Vice
JOS. nj. Armstrong appointed chief clerk Of the
general land Office. Both these appointments
take effect December 1St next.
REPRESENTATIVE LUTTRELL, of California,
called on secretary Thompson to-day. 4 STAR
reporter asked Mr.. Luttren how his state was
going in the next election. Democratic most
assiiredly." was the reply. 8 She will certainly
be democratic: she could not from the present
outlook so any other way.
IMFoKTAET LAND DEcISIoN-The Secretary
of the Interior las made decision in the case
which has been for several years before the de-
partment, respecting the conflicting RIGHTS Of
The central Branch Union Pacific company ana
the Kansas Pacific Company to land situated
within the overlapping limits OF the two roads
Aster rehearsing the action OF his predecessors
N Tie Qideient phases Of the case, the Secre-
tary gives opinion that the patent executed
March 80. $50. il favor Il the Central RranrIl
/. =. r. Il. for a3 ha acres OF the sN,lrei land
was rightly cancelled b. his predecessor since
II lacked one requisite OF transfer OF tile,
VIZ: acceptance by the grantee. Decision IS
made. therefore. with tie view that
That Tie status Gt TIE lands in question T. the
sane as il 70 attempt 10 convey The title had
been made. ard the case ii ROW 70 be al iiI1i-
ca1cd. The Secretary decides tiat the disJy.a..
idLda aAai! cL;,ia Jointly 10 The t7;o roads the
giants Az con,einG@"Gne0uS in their origin ana
the El-Ei nT one company as respects the u..nf
does not depend upon priority OF location o.
construction. He subject OF the approval
OF isis Of lands enuriag 70 railroad compilations
under tie PROVISIONS Of ihe granting act OF J.l!v
!. iSt2. "l!i. however, be reserved ioT future
consideration.
THE CHINESE MINISTER and his associate
Yung Wing. last saturday paid friendly yi,:..
TO Colonel Bee, recently appointed bv the Chi
nese government its consul at san Francisco
SfVeial ladies and gentlemen were present in
Guiding General lIeintzleinan and family. and
Mr.. Kennedy and daughter. They were all
served with tea % Mrs. Bee. The minister
seems very afniabIe Old gentleman and pIeas-
2ntly conversed with the company through
the steaGfast friend of the Chinese on the PAL
nc coast, and his appointment is looked llpOn
with favor by those having commercial business
Win the people OF tie Celestial empire.
LcRp sALisBURyS REPLY to Secretary Evarts'
dispatch on the Halifax fisheries award IS in
effect declnation on the part OF the British
government to consider the question as to
whether The award was excessive OF not The
award, he claims. was made by the commission
a1ter exhaustive examination OF the subject
ahd must DE regarded as final. The British gov
eminent could not reopen the question OF dam
ages and act upon it inteigently without max
lh3 the same thorough examination OF the eyI-
dence that was made by the commission. nor
cUula tLey act III the capacity OF a nigh c0uf-
OF aprealS in any case, because they were in
TACT lltlSaht5 themselves. The other question
Incidentally raised. OF the competency OF a ma
Jor,ty OF an international commission to max
such an award. Lord Salisbury examines az
hauStlvely. and decides thar the weight on an
thorty IaYofo the affirmative side o. Tie cues
ton.
PROFESSOR F. V HAYDEN sHD MAJOR 7. ",
POWELL. ia Charge OF the UDitei States slr-
VeyS in the west, have reported 10 the Secretary
OF the Interior. The former says. The re-
suits OF the seasons iabor5. though j short one.
have been on the whole very satiSf t.;a,y
ABOUT l2,HJG square miles OF very difficult c1un-
try were surveyed, much OF il III minute detal
ana a mass or observation secured for the
wei tMeiith annual report which win make it OF
more general interest and value than any OF the
preceding The surveys We're located in p0r-
t1OnS of Wyoming and Montana territories. The
Yellowstone park and the Wind river range
OF mountains came within the territory c1y
cred. The estimate for the next fiscal year Is
S,5,eee TEe topographic and geologic work
under MAJOR Powell has been prosecuted south
and east of the Colorado river The elevated
plateats south OF The Grand Canon of the Col
orado and the p,ateauS and valleys stretching
10 the eastward are embraced in the region sur
Eeyed Little irlfgable but extensive grazing
lands nave been discovered. Much chronological
material has been collected. A map OF the
United states intended to represent the distri-
butlon OF the various tribes OF Indians when
they were nrst discovered by Europeans is
nearly completed.
ANNUAL REPORT OF TIE COMMISSIONER OF
EDuCAT1oN-The Commissioner OF Education
reports 10 the Secretary of the Interior in
creased attention TO the collection OF statistics
and increased use 10y the public OF the facrs
thus collected. \ special report on Indian elu-
cation from The 10th century to the present
time, and statement OF The amount OF lands
and money hitherto granted by the general
government to the several states for Lae benefit
o1 education, and the amount realized by each
state from its educational land grants are in
course OF preparation by the bureau Refer
ence is made to the interruption OF work calSad
ny removal TO new quarters. It is stated that
!he rooms now assigned Din the Wright build
ing though inadequate afford some additional
advantages. The library consisting of 1O.Oll
volumes volumes and 25Ooo pamphlets has more COM
Sitlon though the section of education Occupied
only $50 square feet, l2l premiums were awarded
II, or 0le-SlXth OF the whole number awarded
United states exhibitors. Twenty-Seyen were
gold medals OF which three went to the Bureau
OF Education. The effects OF the yellow fever
ON education in the South are touched upon.
correspondence has been begun with a yiewto
relieving the overcrowded orphan asylums by
the reception OF portion OF their inmates into
institutions Tor destitute children in other parts
OF the country. The commissioner urges an in
creased appropriation, and that Congress devise
some plan for the aid or education throughout
the country.
The SARATOGA TRAINING SHIP arrived in Ra1-
tmore last night. Commander Robly D. Evans.
her commander, and Lieut.. Max Wood. her
navigator, came to Washington this morning
on Vlsit. The Saratoga will remain in Balti.
more most OF the winter, and Capt. Evans will
recruit ooys for training on his vessel.
YELLOW FEVER STORY CONTRAp1CrEp.-Dr'
Jas. ID. Gait, health officer at Norfolk, Va. an
n0unceS that no such persons as BENJAMIN
Wo0ley, stated to have died OF yellow fever ar
Long Branch, N j., and his son, JOS WoOley
said TO have died in Norfolk Of the same dis
ease, have ever lived In Norfolk. and that there
mas not Deen case Of yellow fever there this
year.
THE ANTICIPATED STRIKE of the Pittsburp
Pa.( glaSSbiOwerS took place at the close Of
work Saturday evening, and fifteen hundred
men left the works, declaring they would NOT
n hot