Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-27
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-Internal rev.
nue., $1sS, ,e33.47; customs. s4O5, 1894.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent refunding
certificates to-day amounted to 3,34o $50; total
to date, $29, SIS, ,490.
REPRESENTATIVE CLoUGH, OF the Ohio House
OF Delegates, is in the city, to urge Senator
ThOrman to announce himself candidate for
tne gubernatorial nomination at the hands Of
CneOhiO democrats.
AT 11E WHITE EHoUsE.-Senators Logan. Jones
tFla. }, aII Representatives Miller, Chittenden,
day. VIZ 'AS 'N'i"oh' W.
THE DAY OF ArJOURNMENT-The WAYS ard
means means commlatee today agreed to report Mr.,
MootS IesoluIion' king date of adjournme. t
REPRESENTATIVE j. k.NDo1Pu TrcKRR of
va, was on the hoor OF the 1ouse TODAY. For
some days he has been In He1tinooro ;rdo, LUl
going treatment for his lmpaires evesi9ht
EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER Of To o,,o ao,
egation in Congress, except Mr.. Mo,roe ho.
gone to Cincinnati to attend the repu,Iioon
convention, which meets in that city to-sH"rll
row. oi
THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE to-day re-
sumed consideration Of Mr.. Voorhees, bill
which proposes to authorize allowances for
accidents during their transportation from
distillery warehouses for expOrtation Secre-
ta1y sherman, by invitation, appeared before
ine f6iS ano sapressea ms views concern;
that Its enactment would tend to induce care
lessneSS on the part OF manufacturers and
shippers, and result In "allowances" to an
amount am that would in the aggregate apprecta-
bly, diminish the government revenue. He also
cOnteDded that the existing law works well
arc aHoros American manufacturers Of alcohol,
ssanss foreign ss e%s So tnsf Raeteffen s6ere
is no need, in this point of view,
of any additional legislation for theirf
benz benefit: The bill was laid over for fur
and against 1t will meanwhile be printed The
House ''free coinage silver bill" remained on
the table OF the Senate at the adjournment yes
terday, and consequently was not before the
committee for action: There is no probability
OF special meeting being called to consider it
this week: The next regular meeting will be
held June third.
MONEY FOR ARREARS OF PENsIONs.-It has
been discovered that the Treasury department
will be enabled to furnish more money for the
payment Of arrears of pensions than it had at
first anticipated. The amount which could be
provided up to the first OF July was estimated
at s2,5O0,000. acquisitions for 81, 500, 900 have
already been paid, the last one, for over half q
May %, 1898 claims have been settled, repre-
senting 81 935, ,059.77. OF these, 322 Claims rep
resentiDg $2O4;042.21 have been settled at Wash
tngtOn.
THE CHEYENNE DELEGATION had its final In
terview with the Secretary of the Interior TO-
day. They are to remain on their present re-
servation, but are to receive wagons cattle and
Increased educational facilities.
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMs-Question on the
subject having arisen, the Postmaster General,
In letter to the Acting First Assistant Post
master General, gives it as his opinion that
Wnen men al an onlcer OF the government sends tele
ernmeDt, the person so addressed becomes by
tnat very TACT, and for the time being, an agent
OF tne government. In like manner, when
person not tn the government service addresses
telegram to an officer Of the government upon
government business, he is for the time being
ana SO far as the business Is concerned, an agent
or the government. In both cases the kilograms
must be transmitted at government rates by
the telegraph companies, whose rates are annu-
ally fixed by the Postmaster General, under the
s a 81 e But
ernment business, and at the request of the
agent OF the company the officer sending or re.
ceiving them should certify to their character
AT THE CABINET MEETING this afternoon, At
torney General Devens submitted an opinion on
another point OF the Eads 1etty work. 1t was
that Capt. Eads was entitled to receive pay for
channel, notwithstanding the fact that the the
channel may subsequently have filled. In ac-
cordance with this decision Captain Eads
will probably draw the 100000 due him
The Attorney General also made known his
decision In the celebrated Pryor H. Coleman
Tennessee case. During the war Coleman
teaced to death by court-martial His case
was appealed through the supreme court of the
state to the o: 8. Supreme Court, which sus-
ta1ned the courtmartial decision. The After
ney General held that under the law Coleman
should be turned over to the military to have
his sentence executed, but recommended that
in view OF the long time that has elapsed since
the murder, and the turbulent condition Of
affairs when the murder was committed that
his sentence be commuted. This viii be the
final result OF the case.
HON. A. II. STEPHENS, who has been quite Ill
at the National hotel, in answer to an inquiry
at 219 O'Clock day as to his condition said 81
feel much better to-day"
THE NAME of the New York war democrat to
whom Secretary Sherman wrote letter of re-
cent date, indicating that he was an asplrant
for presidential honors, is John B. Haskin, of
kins was member OF the Thirty-f1fth or Thir-
ty-sixth Congress. Mr.. Hasl1n has been written
10 oy friends here to print the letter in full as
1neIe .as ls gooa aeal OF curiosity to know what
was embraced between the asterlsks.
1Hh DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS will not hold a
caucus, 1t is said, until after the veto of the
legislative bill is received. Meanwhile, the
impression IS decided that Congress will not
adjourn until the Warner silver bill Is disposed
OF In the Senate, and many democrats say,
moreover, that the appropriation bills Will not
again De sent to the President in any shape
until the silver bill is acted upon.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE is as
slgned the floor OF the House at O'Clock to-
MORROW, at Which time the effort will be made
10 pass the Dill comforting authority on the
Dlstrlct commissions to regulate the water tax
rates. 0
COMMANDER X. w. MEADE commanding the
Vandalla, reports to the Navy department.
under date OF the 18th inst, that he intended
ieaVlng AspinWall on the following day for Port
Royal, 5. e., taking Key West and possibly
havana en- route. The health OF all on board
cOnlinues s good. Affairs on the isthmu5 are
perfectly quiet
GENERAL SHERMAN is down, In a number OF
newspapers, for two addresses this year, hnr
VIII deliver neither. Gen. Pope will deliver the
address at West Point to which Gen. Sherman
M Mas Nen kindly assigned by these papers.
nc VIII attend the examination exercises at
WesI folnt, but Will make no address After
tnat event he will go to Detroit. Mich, but
there. 'i'o ""~''