Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-25
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to.
day amounted to $4,000.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue s3025l6.l3: customs. s475, ,6Oss4.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Secretary Sher-
man, Secretary McCrary, Secretary Sehurz,
Attorney General Devens and acting P. NJ G
Tyner called on the President to-day.
THE PRESIDENT, Mrs. Hayes, Miss Fannie
Hayes, Burchard. Rutherford Platt, Scott
Hayes and Mr.. Crump returned 10 the city
Ire Fretident greatly enjoyed @ his trip a and Ss IS
much graIified at the r. ception accorded him
at all points along the route.
ORDER SUsPENDED-Tte Secretary of War
has suspended his order for the issue OF forty
thousand additional rationS to yellow fever
sufferers; IN consequence OF receiving infor-
nation that the Howard association OF New
Orleans has s26O,0G0 on hand, and that they are
not in need OF funds there.
District Commissioner Thos.
B. Bryan and family Rave returned to the city
after few weeks absencc-himGelf at Chi
cagO on private business, and his family at
Cape May.
DIsCONTINUANCE OF MAIL SERvICE.-In.
formation has been received at the Post Office
department that mail trains between Chatta-
DOoga and Meridian have discontinued
weekly or Oftener as occasion requires. One
railroad post Office service between Dalton
and Chattanooga has discontinued.
SUICIDE OF TREASURY CLERK.-An Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Jersey Shore, Pa,
dated yesterday, says: II X. Kluckhlhn,
who committed suicide here today, left the
sum of SSo, with q note requesting that the
expenses of his funeral be paid therefrom,
New York" Mr.. Kuckhuhn " was 1iis a I si, $50 90
clerk in the Office of the First Controller, rrea-
su1y department. He Was appointed in April,
n native Prussia
raise regiment in New York for the late war.
He afterwards served on the staff of the regi
ment of which Max Weber was colonel. Afttr
the wax he was given place in the War de-
partment, and subsequently one III the Trea-
sury. With bis family, consisting of a wife
and four small Children, he resided at 1903 z
street northwest. His temperament was very
peculiar and his mind somewhat deranged.
He labored under the Authorization that there
was conspiraCy in the office 10 have him dis
charged. which he feared would, with outside
influence, be successful He was continually
talking about this. and asking piteOuslv what
would become OF his poor wife and four little
ones. A little over two months ago he was
glven leave OF aoSen.e, with the hope thai by
rest his mind would recover its balance At
the expiration OF his leave he returned to his
desk no better. He found himself incapab'e
OF doing any work other than copying. This
and the old dread OF a conspiracy against him
preyed on bis mind. Aoout ten days ago he
York. The next and only thing heard of him
was the telegram announcing his suicide by
drowning. he was until a short time since an
excellent man, and was we'll liked by ali in his
Office.
The THEATER.-It is but sheer Justice to
Manager Ford to bear the fullest testimony to
the great excellence of his present dramatic
company. The production of ShakSpeares
King John" will compare favOrabyin artistic
effect with that of Henry the 9th by the com
pany from Booths Theatre. Between the two
stars, Bangs and RignO,d, MANY fire Judges
"a pf a aOrn
1son rests with the former; Mr. Keene is un-
QueStionably the best SLakspearian actor ia
any STOCK company n the country; Miss Va
ders, who perSon&ted Queen Constance, shares
with MeSsrS Bangs and Keene, IL indeed sh
does not SurpaSs them, in passionate power
and equally as well sustained her difficult parj
IN the play; Miss Adelaide Detchou was sur
prise in her delight III rendition of Prince Ar
thur; it was a picture of dramatic beauty
thronghouf, and through it she stands in the
front rank OF Mr.. FOTd's brilliant company
we regret to say that the business of the
Iheater IS not at all adequate to the attraction
or or equal to its expenses. The people of Wash
company. They have it now, with star OF n {,
mean magnitude; and the only thing lackin
IS public appreciation. We trust it will not b
said hereafter that. such a company is too
good or too expensive for Washington It
should be remembered that since the com
ment OF the present season the prices of ad-
MISSION to all parts OF the house have been re-
duced.
NAONIu6N OF NAVAL fESSELS.-lQ6 U ..
steamer Lackawanna was put in commission
at the Mare Island navy yard, September 9th ::
the POwhattan, flagship of Rear Admiral
Howell, sailed from New York yesterday for
fortsmOnth, n; IL. the tug Fortune left same
DAY f9r Norfolk: the Plymouth sailed from
New YORK on the 23d instant for Portland,
Maine. All OF these three vessels anchored at
SANDY Hook to await fair weather, as there
was heavy wind from south and east, and the
storm signal was flying.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant Frank COURTS
is ordered to the navy yard, Mare Island, Cal.
ifornia; IL Master Nathan Sargent, to the. Navy
structlOn in ordinances Passed Assistant Engi.
neer John Pemberton, to duty ON the coast
survey Commander H. L.. Howison is de-
Constellation, on the 30th inst, and ordered to
duty at the Navy Yard, Washington, lst OctO-
PEI. per. as i@nspeetor @ Of ordnance; Lieutenant
Lieutenants VIM. II. Emery and r. K. Derby
Masters Geo. L. Dyer, Il; 0; Rittenhouse and
A. Ward, Ensign A: 9. Hodgson, Paymaster
latlon, on the 3Gth inst, and ordered to duty at
the Naval Academy 1st October; Lieutenant
Commander Allen D. Brown, from the com
the 5Oth INST, and ordered to duty at the Naval
Academy lst October; Lieutenant John G.
SGeg gtn and Passed Pas Assistant Engineers Robert
practice steamer Mayfiywer, on the 3Oth inst.
and ordered to duty at the Naval Academy on
Gne ISL OF OctoDer; PaSSed Assistant Engineer
I. Cook, from the navy yard, Norfolk, and or
dered to the MOntauk, at Washington Passed
AS sstant Engineer VIM. 8. Moore from the
coast survey steamer Blake, on her arrival at
Washington, and ordered to the training ship
Minnesota; Assistant Engineer VIM. 81. Nau
man, from the training ship Minnesota, on the
reporting OF his relief, and placed on waiting
orders.
A CRUISE IN THE PACIFIC.-The following
Is an abstract of an interesting official nara
tive by Commander Fred Rodgers, u. S. navy.
received to-day by the Bureau of NAVIGATION.
giving an account Of the passage of the q. s.
steamer Adams from Panama to the Samoan
group. The Adams left Panama on Nav 10th.
1878, shaping her course to cross the EQUATOR
eastward OF the Galapagos Islands. and
passed the line in SSo So west On June 9th
sighted Hoods Island; afterwards Washing
ton, Dominica and Nukahiva Islands of the
Marquesas group. June 10th, anchored in
Nukahlva to obtain fresh provisions and
water. This place was found 10 be in
charee OF d French naval lieutenant, wit
a force OF about five gendarmes and a com.
pahy OF native police. All the trading is
done by white residents, and fair beef, excel
lent mutton and plenty of fruit can be obtained,
Dut scarcely any vegetables The number OF
natives ABOUT the town OF Nukahiva are es.i.
mated su, at l5o with about Is whites: Upon til
Whoie Island there are perhaps 400, and 2,5OJ
IN the entire MarqueSas group. They hava
Iost most OF tnelr native characteristics and
are 100 weak in number to give any trouble
Very lew OF taem came near The ship and their
canoes are inferior and small in number TIL,
French fn ho1 Of