Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-29
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THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

11lG ~ LIN lNG OlAk.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY-Internal rev
enue, s201 ,tI5: customs. 1868 35457.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. refundinp
celuHcates to-day amounted to S7S1, 400, the
largest subscription for any day yet. The to-
tal supsci1{ lions to date amount 10 So 911 7ao.
IHE VETO MESSAGE OF THE President was
| delivered In the House Immediately after the
| prayer by the chaplain, but was not opened by
sb; SPEAKER Randall, nor re d, owing to the fact
ihat lne House adjourned after the reading of
the Journal. cut OF respect to the memory of the
iate congressman Clark, of Iowa.
AT THE CABINET MEETING this afternoon the
request OF the Louisiana and other Mississippi
valley shippers of grain and breadstuffs gen.
erally abroad was considered and discussed.
Ihe request is that the federal authorities inter-
by Governor Nichols they e have 1sDs,e made eon,
tracts for shipping their supplies abroad, in
eludn1g endon1lg Havana, France and Spain. Their
VeSselS atop at Havana in fulfillment of
tnelr contracts. Upon return Gov Nichols
regulations re, !. require thirty days quarantine
THIS THIS virtually inures to their disadvantage and
loss There has been much complaint. The
cabinet decided that as the subject of national
quarantine was now before Congress no action
on their part was advisable. Secretary Sher-
going OIL more rapidly than could be desired
getting into the hands Of bankers and specu-
iatols principally. There was no law, however,
TO prevent this, and the cabinet concurred with
him that they should be allowed to 90 out as
rapidly as possible.
SUDDEN DEATH OF CoNaREssMAN-Renr
sentative Rush Clark, whose serious Illness was
mentioned In yesterdays STAR, died at his quar-
tiers In the National Hotel yesterday evening
MI: Clark on saturday occupied his usual seat
ID the House OF Representatives He was taken
SICK at 8 O'Clock Yesterday morning with an at
tack OF meningitis, and although prompt med
lcal aid was summoned, died in the afternoon.
as slated. he was born In Bedford county, Pa.
studied law and was admitted to Dracttce al,
Iowa City In 1853, was member of the general
assembly OF Iowa, 1sSo-6 serving the two last
OF the governor OF Iowa in 1861 and '62. aiding
in the organization Of volunteers from Iowa:
was elected to the Forty fifth Congress. and
was re, elected to the Forty Congress as a
me formal announcement of the death of
Representative Clark was made in the House
To-Day BY his colleague, Mr.. Price The re-
Iowa under the following Congressional escort.
appointed by Speaker Randall:-Messrs. Price
OF iowa, reagan Of Texas, Hatch CT Missouri
Minnesota, and Cook of Georgia owing to the
wishes OF Mrs. Clark, there will be no funeral
services In the House Of Representatives. The
draped In black TO- day.
BILL FOR NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE PoToMAc.
The House committee on the District OF Colun-
Ola yesterday perfected bill for the erection
or new bridge across the Potomac with q s,f
nclent draw to admit the passage of vessels. II
VII! connect the Virginia shore and GEORGETOWN
at High street. The bill appropriates Sl4OOa0
lor Tie construction OF the bridge.
AMONG RECENT ARRIVALS at the Dead Letter
office are four Florida oranges, piece of wed
oing cake, and Bologna sausage.
The LIST of new money order Offices to 90
into operation July 1st Is in course of prepara.
ton at the Post Office department. work on
the new postal code is also progressing satisfac-
torily.
PERsoNAL.-President White, of Cornell uni
versity, the new minister to Berlin, is at the
arlington. .Ex-District Commissioner Den
sail for Europe on Thursday, In The White Star
steamer Adriatic, In company witt Mrs. Secre-
fary nSs1,1n SHERMAN an no Dr. Thomas E. Jenkins Of
sioner from Kentucky to the Paris Exposition.
died at his home last week. DIR. jenkins was
pre- preparing report upon chemicals, as shown at
In collecting material. His unfinished reDort
VIII be put In able hands for completion.
Ex- Governor Stafford. OF Arizona. and wife. were
ente ftained at lunch to-day, by Ex-Governor
Kentucky, win leave here tor his home TO-
night to assist his brother In his canvass for the
Kentucky democracy. -. Governor Garceion.
OF Maine, was on the floor of the House to-day
and received marked attention.
THE CABINET AND THE VETo-There was a
quiet meeting of the Cabinet last evening. The
veto message was read and approved: and 1t
was decided that 1t should be sent to the House
to-day.
THE RRFUND1NG CERTIFICATES Secretary
Shermans circular, issued yesterday, has not
onset the banks nor decreased their efforts to
secure refunding certificates. They had as
many men In line to-day as usual The local
sales OF certificates at the Treasury to-day
amounted to between seventy-five and eighty
thousand dollars.
GOING TO EURoPE.-Mrs Sherman, the wife of
Secretary Sherman, and her daughter, Miss
Mamie. will sail from New York next Thursday
also be in the party. Secretary Sherman leaves
for New York tomorrow, to see them of.
DIvIDEND.-The Controller OF the Cur
rency has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. to
the creditors OF the German-American Ma
tlonal Bank, payable on and after the lst of
May.
TIRE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS as examiners
OF pension claims have been made as the result
Of the recent competitive examination, In
IL.
Selke, Geo. w. Richards, Ambrose E. RoWell,
Marshall II. Parks, Henry Rogers TheO-
dore Smith, Angus A. Macdonald, Charles T.
Widstrand, Fred. NJ Tryon, A. S. Taber, Thos.
S. Bell, PTentiss NJ. CLARK, Robert II. Hark-
ness, Nathaniel e. Robinson, French Lugen-
beeI, Edwin w. S. Moore, Thos j. Goodwin,
Thos. d. Hedaway, Clarence F. Barrett, Thos'
j. Reed, ID. A. Mcknight, ThOs. S. Hursey, Dem
his NJ. Kerr, Mason P. Adams and Chas. Reed.
NAVAL LORDERs.-Ensfgns Il. c. Gearing, A. E,
Culver, w. j. Chambers and C. T. Pond to the
Marion, at Norfolk, Va.
SHIPwRECK-Mr. Mclean, consul at Nassau
reports to the Department OF State the loss OF
the American brigantine, Isaac Carver, of
Bucksport, Maine on a voyage from Cuba to
the Delaware breakwater, laden with molasses.
The crew were saved.
"A Correction
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 29th, 1879.
Editor Erening sta,:-In your paper of yester-
day is an article headed "Another Speck Of
War;" which SO far is it relates to myself, Is
wholly and totally untrue. There is and has
been 10 misunderstanding or unkind feeling
existing between Gen. Bragg and myself. l
have certainly never tnterfered in the remotest
degree with his appointment OF Clerk OF the
committee Of which he has charge, except per-