Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-07

SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted to $l06,250.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Representativ
| JOrgensen and White were among the callers
at the White House to-day.
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BILL was
| again discussed at length in the House of Rep
resentatives to-day, as will be seen by our re :
ufar Congressional report, and passed. The
debate Yesterday will be found on the third
| page OF this paper.
AUDITOR OF PACIFIC RAILROAD AC-
CoUNTs.-NIr. Thurman introduced in the Sen
ate today bill to alter and amend the laws
| relative to the filing of reports of Pacific rail
| road companies. In brief the bill provides for
the creation of the Office of auditor of Pacific
| railroad accounts at a salary of $500 per an
| mum. The auditors Office is connected with
| the Interior department, who, with bOOkkeep
| ers and clerks, shall audit the Pacific cOmpa.
| nleS accounts annually.
SPEAKER RANDALL's UNDIMMED PROS
| PECTs.-Speaker Randall passed Sunday in his
district in Philadelphia. He converSed with
many of his constituents, and as a result of
| his inquiries feels confident that he will Sc
| cure denomination. There IS no foundation
| for the stores that an arrangement is being
| made TO retire Mr.. Randall to the SeclusiOn Of
| private life at the next convention of the dem
ocrats of the Sd Pennsylvania district Wash-
| tngtOn Special ". Y. World.
| CHANGES AT THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD,
Chief Engineer Phillip Inch has been Ordered
| to experimental duty at the Washington navy
| yard: Lieut.. Charles Z. Shaw from ordnance
duty at the Washington navy yard and granted
| SIX months leave of absence, with permission
| to leave the United States.
GENERAL SMITH last evening rendered his
| resignation as appointment clerk of the
| Treasury department to Secretary Sherman
| who accepted it before he left for Cleveland
Mr. Smlth then turned over his Office to Mr.
Vance, the new appointee, who has qualified
General Smith will be assigned to an ARMY
p'ymaster's duty in San Francisco.
THE MEXICAN BORDER TRoUBLEs.-The
| President has directed Gen. Sherman to pre-
serve order on the Mexican border as far as
| possible, making, however, the movements
and actions OF his troops SubServient to inter-
national laws
GONE TO THE MISUNDERSTANDING and
Mrs Sherman, Gen. Sherman and his daugh
ter, Miss Ella Sherman, Mrs. Audenreid wife
The city last evening for Cleveland, Ohio, to
attend the Cameron-Sherman wedding.
THEU S. BOARD OF TRADE.-The executive
committee of the United States Board of Trade
met this morning at ten o'clock at Wizards
| hotel The session lasted two hours. Com
munlcat0nS were received from all parts of
the United States. A general discussion was
rating the board, and several subcommittee
were appointed. Among the members present
were E. T. D9rr, of Buffalo, vice president of
the National Board Of Trade, in the chair S.
+. COvingtOn, of Cincinnati, vice president
OF the National Board; Representative Carter
II. Harrison, OF Illinois; j. B. Montgomery OF
Portland, Oregon: Thomas WinsOr. of New
York: Gov. A. p. X. Stafford, of Arizona: and
q: W. {. Clarke, secretary Of the U. S. Board
of Trade.
| 1T IS THE IMPRESSION AT THE CAPITOI TO-
day that the resolution of investigation of the
Florida election will not be offered before
IhGrsday: Those who are in communication
with MI. IIlden have not yet received nstruc-
t!Ons that it is time TO make an advance. Nor
rlsOn, OF Illinois, who has great deal of sold
sense, says that the only good he can see
vi Which viii come out Of the Investigation will
democrats into Tiiden and anti-Tden fac.
tiOnS. At the meeting of the House judiciary
committee held this morning no allusiOn was
made TO the subject of an investigation.
AN ORDER issued from the Navy department
to-day detaches Commodore Foxhall A. Par
ker from the command OF the Boston navy
yard and orders him to duty as superintend-
ent Of the Naval Academy 1st of July next.
He will relieve Rear Admiral c. r. P. Rodg-
erS, who, as heretofore stated in THE STAR.
will command the consolidated Pacific sta,
tiOn.
RAILROADS THROUGH FORT YUMA.-The
Senate committee on military affairs heard
arguments to oday from Railroad Managers c.
?. Huntington, of the Southern Pacific, and
Railroads. Both Huntington and Brown
spoke in behalf of their respective roads to
reservation at Fort Yuma. The arguments
Will be concluded at another meeting of the
committee.
| SENATORS COnkling, Gordon, and Ex-Sena.
tor Matt. Carpenter held a short but apDar.
emily cordial love-feast on the floor of the Sen
ate today.
THE FOUR PER CENT. LOAN.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury invites subscriptions to
the four per cent. loan upon the same terms as
offered to the public in July, 1877.
DISTRIBUTION OF DoCUMENTs.-A bill has
been agreed to by the committee on education
library throughout the United States of one
copy of every document published for distri.
button by Congress.
CALLING IN THE 52Us.-Secretary Sherman
| yesterday afternoon issued call for the re-
demption OF $4,000 $40 bonds, on account
81 stpbscriptions SUBS to The The per cent loan Of 1907
and $2UO,OOOregistered.
SEWARD AND BRADFoRD.-The House COM
mlttee on expenditures in the Department of
State have, as is well known, been inyestigat-
|
=. seward, late consul general to China and
MI. Bradford, consular clerk at Shanghae.
Inc suD,commlttee, to whom was referred the
case OF Mr.. Bradford, has made report to the
| full committee sustaining the various charges
preferred against that gentleman.
A BILL TO RESTRICT CHINESE IMMIGRA.
TIoN.-The House committee on education
and labor has agreed upon a bill as substitute
for the several pending bills ITO restrict the
| immigration OF Chinese to the United States =
| The bill makes 1t a miSdemeanOr for a master
OF any vessel to take on board at any fOreitn
port whatever any number exceeding fifteen
| chinese passengers, whether male or female.
with the intent to bring such passengers to the
| United States, and provides that the act shall
take effect from and after January l, 1879 and
that the master of any vessel violating the pro
visions OF this act shall be liable to fine of
| $lOO eacn on every Chinaman in excess of fit.
teen so transported. -
! MORE RUSSIAN SHIPS CoMING-The British
legation here is apprised of the dispatch to
American waters of three additional Russian
steamships filled with Russian officers and
sailors. '''-"
The SENATE COMMITTEE on Foreign Rela.
floDs agreed to-day to report concurrent res
| olutlon requesting the President to omen ne
| gotiat1OnS with the governments of China and
| Great Britain. with a view to restricting Chi
| neSe immigration to this country The con,