Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-13
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RsoE1PTs sTo-DAY.-Internalr rev.
nue., t4s2, 2s2 IS; customs, s3s6,ss6.43.
ARMY ORDERs.-1he leave Of Col, J. Il. King,
9TH Infantry, is further extended one week.
Leave for four months is granted 1st Lieutenant
A. w Nodger, 5th artillery: Leave for one
month on. account OF sickness is granted ID
Lieut.. Archie Gibson, I'd cavalry.
NAVAL ORpERs-Commander A. P. COOK.
from the command OF the receiving ship st.
Louis. 18th inst, and ordered to duty as In
yara. Master l.. L. Reamey, t. duty at the
photographic Office, Oct. 1st. Mfdshipmen A.
F. Fechteler and FL. c. Wakenshaw, - the
Shenandoah. Passed Assistant Paymaster j.
Addtcks, from the Alert to the AShuelOt, re'teV-
ing Passed Assistant PaymaSter c. II. Thomn-
son, who will return home Via Europa. Pass
Assistant Paymaster J. N. Steel, from the Sara
toga to the naval station at New London, Conn,
relieving Assist ant PaymaSter C. J. Lewis, who
will take his place on the Saratoga.
ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the Mississippi
river commission First Lieut.. Smith S. Leach,
corps of engineers Q. s. A., heretofore detailed
as secretary OF the commission, has. by direc-
tion OF Secretary McCrary been also designated
as d1sbuI sing officer OF the commission.
SECRETARY MCCRARy AND JUDGE ADVOCATE
GENERAL DUNN, returned last evening from
their trip to Pennsylvania. Mr.. Keim, whose
guests they were, will return next Monday.
BAD NEWS FOR THOSE WHO TAKE "PEAcH
AND HONEY" IN "THE1RN."-Col. Gray, collec-
tor of the 4th North Carolina district, tele-
graphs to Commissioner Raum to-day that the
fruit crop In that section this year is an entire
failure. In consequence OF this but little peach
brandy will be manufactured, and as q g..
quence whisky Will take its place. For these
a fVYnr re
operations by the mOOnshiners in the manufac-
ture OF Illicit whisky.
Is Mr.. REED A FIRE CoMMIssIONER-A Co.
nundrum Which Will Soon Be Acted Upon at the
Treasury Department. - The controversy be-
tween the Interior department and District
commissioners In the matter Of the fire COM
missioners Is assuming new phase. Secretary
SchurZ has appointed VIM. B. Reed one OF the
members of the Board Of Fire Commissioners to
represent the government, as the last appro-
pilation bill prescribed; ard the District Com
schurz's appointee. The Secretary has notified
the accounting officers OF the Treasury Of Mr.
Reed! Reeds appointment under the act men
legally a member OF the board OF commits
siOners. The next step In the controversy
VIII be the application OF Mr. Reed for
that application, on the ground taken by them
well-known grounds-that Mr.. Reeds appoint
luCuC 10 uUt lcSdl. IL hctu SuOulO g0L on
the board, somebody would nave to go on it.
When the District Commissioners accounts go
to the Treasury for auditing, the claim OF Mr..
Reed will be presented ana considered, under
the position assumed by the Secretary OF the
Interior. The Treasury has been informally
ADVISED OF this programme, but no Official pre-
sentat,on OF the case has been made to General
Reynolds. When the question arises In connec-
ton with the next settlement of the fire CON-
missioners' accounts it will go to First Comp
troller Porter for decision. That decision win
QFr1 nnf
FINANCIAL PABULUM.-The following are
the securities OF national banks In the Treas
ury: e. s. bonds, for circulation, Sept 49, 1879,
uon week ending Sept 49, 1879, s., ,35o, 300; U. s.
bonds held for circulation, withdrawn week
ending Sept. 1s, 1879, $3.50, 900.
iELL0W FEVER STATISTICS AND COMPARISONS,
The national board OF health announces for the
week that "the comparative difference between
the epidemic OF 1875 and 1879 becomes more and
more marked as the le.son advances. Du. ing
cases at the chief centels, and but one local
outbreak beyord their limits. The work OF
cleansing, dtsinfect1On and isolation Is pressed
with still more ylgor at all infected places" A
table prepared by the board shows that while
for the current week this year there have been
two new cases at New Orleans and no deaths,
there was during the same week lest year 1928
time the comparative record is 145 cases and -
deaths against 6s7 deaths. The only point st
Mh1ch fever Is repOl ted now Is Buntyn Station,
Tennessee, where the cases have been to the
deaths 2. Last year the fever was killing right
and LETT at fifteen places.
TEE DISTRICT WoRKINGMKN's CLAIMS TO BIZ
PA1D-The claims of workingmen under the
old board OF public works, which have been al
lowed by the 1st comptroller, will be paid at the
Treasury next Monday. This Is in accordance
with the act OF Congress apprOpriating SIS, 900
ior the purpose OF such payment. Alarge num-
Der OF claims were thrown out because
they did not come within the pro-
visions of the appropriation bill, which
excludes claims for work under contractors
who had not been paid pIlor ~ June 23d, 1874.
The amount to be paid out next Monday VIII
not foot up anywhere near the amount appro-
pr1ated. The number OF claims allowed is be.
tween four and five hundred, representing
amounts ranging from 81 90 to upwards OF $500
WASHINGTON DISPATCH TO the n Y. Herald
says: GA personal friend Of Mr. Charles Foster
who has just returned from visit OF several
weeks In Ohio, says that Mr. Foster told him
that the only hope the republicans had of car
ry1ng Ohio was In unceaS1ng effort to the day
OF election, and that over confidence in the
stiehgth OF the party was to be feared more
take this view and warning them against relax
Ing their labOrS. He saw Congressman Hurd
who said he was going to make some speeches
Tor Gen. Ewing, but he never did anything that
gave him SO little satisfaction as his labor In