Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-23
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

aSninStOn news du0 d0SSip'
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sIo-DAY-Internal rev.
e1Ee. 500, ,o45.J.; customs s2I6,4as.23.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS meets on Monday next
at y o-ciVcs, al which time it is expected that
the Hon. N'm II. Hunt of Louisiana, recently
appointed to succeed Judge PECK, resigned, VII
take EIS seat.
SECRETARY EvARTs viii eat his Thanksgiving
turkey with his family at Windsor. Vt pro-
vided his duties Fiil permit. Il he goes he VIII
on his return be accompanied by Mis-. EvartS.
10 remain for the winter
No EXTRA SESSIOS.-CharInan Atkins. CT the
House committee on appropriations says that
he does not think there VIII b. any necessity
for an extra session Of Congress. 81 far as the
appropriation bills are concerned, be is OF the
opinion that ti.ey viii all be reported to the
House by the last week in January. He 1DeS
not think that the democrats viii do anything
10 force an eXtTi, session solely for the purpose
OF gaining control OF a few petty Offices in the
Senate. and mas 10 apprehension that any at
on their part viii necesSitate an extra session.
HANkSGIy1NG.-The employees of the govern
ment departments wiz ue paid eff on the a,tn
instant. the day preceding Thanks giving. in
order that they Iiay buy their turkeys. The
departments viii he closed at Noon Ga the 2,Ch
instant.
THE ESTIMATES oy APPROPRIATIONS for the
several departments have not yet bean handed
in in detail TO the House committee on Gppfo-
pliatiOnS Usually The book OF estimates IS
completed by this time, but this year II is some
what behind. and may not b. ready until The end
OF NEXT week. Meanwhile the aDrrO3ratiDn
committee have been furnished with fnaEg Of
tie adEanc" sheets. ana their ldp9TS Will no. be
delayed o.; the delay III preparing the estimates
in book form.
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF the House
held long session to-day. The estimates, rs
far Us received. we're careful,E gone over. Next
week the several approximation bills VIII Da re-
1erledto suD-c0nmitt"eS.
THE REAL OBJECT Of Collector Merritt's visit
10 this city is said 10 be for the purpose Of az
ranging for certain changes III the clerical force
of Tie New York custom house. which il is con
templated making on the Il proXin0.
TRANSFER OF TIE INDIAN BuRzAU-Thn
Joint congressional commission to inquire into
the feasibility Of transferring the Indian bureau
10 the War department will meet at the Capitnl
neNt Monday. They viii hear further te ;fi-
mopy and prepare bills for adoption and get to
WCrk on their reports. Since the adjournment
OF congress the commission has Travelled over
12.ot0 miles. examined about $50 witnesses and
taken piles Of testimony from army Officers
Indian agents, railroad men. ana Others who
We're acquainted with Indian affairs, Some OF
!ne ne.nrefs OF The commission are III favor OF
transferring .he Indian bureau to The the War
department, some are opposed 10 il. and some
are on the fence. 1t is not likely that there win
6e unanimlty in the report OF the commission
INelf WOrk Will nevertheless be useful to Con-
gless III making up its mind on this subject.
PEKsoNAL.-Mr. :. II. Kaufman sails for
Eurtpe to-day in the steamer Britannia, OF The
"hlte star iine. Mrs. senator voorhees, and
Miss voorhees, ere at the National. Major
Thomas TOWles, the printing clerk Of the House
ol representatives arrived in the city TO-
day. Mr. J. j. COREY. Of Shanghai. is
AZ the Eebit1 house. lie comes here 10 testify
oefore congressman Springer'S committees
which Il investigating the Official acts of Minis
Ter seward. lion. II. NJ. WatterSon of
Tenn IS at The Ebbitt house. -. Hon. stanley
Matthews. 0f Ohio. is a. lis residence, No i4GJ
r street. -. Hon. Thomas Turner. Vi g., 0.
Kentucky is at the Riggs house - col. stein
met. the neWly-elected controller OF the city O
y: :coElyn Is iii the city. Hon Thorn IS /.
Young and Major Butferwof;l, VI. C.,s-..;et.
from the Cincinnati ,OhiO) district. left her
TINS morning 10 attend Il dinner gwen D. IN ,
~! mon Le2Ste it c.0b CT Philadelphia in t.a
the New Orleans Time. is in the city Hon
y. { Humphreys, OF tie DistricG Supreme
Court. has changed his CHARTERS 10 the D1Inhlr-
Ton, Ia. avenue. between 9Th and 15h streets
Senator Lamar. Of Miss. is at the .Ie,r0po!!-
tan.
Mr. BIssELI. IN The law Office OF the Post Of
iice department, was to-day instructed by the
Postmaster General to proceed TO New London.
conn, and examine into the Tubs Mower con
troVelSy.
lHk SUGAR toL0RING FRAuDs.-Nr. sherman
said to-day that the Baltimore sugar case set
tied the fact that these Demerara sugars were
artiticially col0red TO defraud the revenue and
therefore were properly seized, but that the
deiendants We're not proven to have known
this fraud ana therefore not technically rliIIv
under the anti-nOity act. II they or any others
import any more OF these sugars they cannot
pretend ignorance, and next tine viii not get
on SO easily; he said lie had not yet received
The official decision or the finding OF the Jury,
but. II as reported. he would direct every cargo
on similar sugars hereafter arriving, to be held
untli M the duties are paid upon the grade at
which they would be rated without the arti-
ficial Coloring. II is difficult TO prove guilty
knowledge, as against the importers bu. il viii
De easy enough 10 prove the case against the
sugar. He hoped Congress would relieve the
department Of the difficulty. bit ii not, he
would break ZIP this fraud.
CURIOSITY IN FINANCIAL HISTORY has
turned up in the Office OF the Dist rict Sinking
Fund. There are several District bonds retira-
ble at the will of the District government.
IheSe are known as pleasure bonds 4
pleasure bond OF the corporation OF Georgetown
bearing an Interest OF six per cent, was discov-
ereu leW days since TO have On its certificates
OF stock nothing 10 show when il was iSelad
An investigation was commenced Nobody who
was ever connected with the sinking fund or
District finances in any way conld he fnnnd
that had any idea when the bond was issued. nr
why it was that there was no date on its cer.iti
Gates Of stock. The Oldest inhabitants knew
nothing about il. Finally, the archives of the
ol!y nan Were invaded. After long search a
"strb-boOk" of the bond was found. The port
not torn off in Issuing the stock was found to
bear date OF 1916: Another queer thing in con
necuon with this bono is the fact that though
the principal OF the debt is Sl7So00, bearing IL
teTeSt OF SIX per cent, and being retirable at
pleasure, the bonds have never been taken up.
Ihey have been allowed 20 run so long that in
teTcSt on them has been Oaid 10 afo,1f fo,,.
times The amount OF the principal.
The Fishery Dispute.
STATUS OF TIE QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.