Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-02
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-Internal rev.
nue., 37,O66.s1; customs s612, ,9sss6.
REVENUE SEIZURES IN GEORGIA,-Collector
Clark, in telegram to-day from Atlanta. Ga. .,
to commissioner Raum, says: Seized from 18th
to 30th ultimo ten distilleries three head stock.
iln InIee wagons, twenty gallons spirits, eight
Stills and three thousand gallons beer
PERsoNAL.-Surrogate Calvin, of New York
City, to Whome the Vanderbilt will case gave a
national reputation, was in the members gal
lery OF the Senate today, with his young bride.
antagonist OF Blue Jeans Williams in the last
Siection 1or governor, was on the floor Of the
Senate to- day.
GENERAL CHALMERS OMRIBUs PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD BILL, providing for the completion of nine
roads, was introduced into the Senate to-day so
that 1t is pending in both Houses.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. refunding
certificates to-day amounted to $511,s7O: the
local sales at the Treasury were to-day about
100000.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MINES AND
MINING met to-day, and after considering the
subject very generally, it was determined that
the matter should be thoroughly looked into
with view OF preparing maps and statistics,
showing the vast importance of the business
and in order that this may be done, the com.
mittee will ask permission to employ special
clerk.
GOVERNOR DENN1soN, ex-District Commits
sloner, who has been spending few days in
this city; leaves for his home at Columbus
Ohio, this evening. He made brief visit to the
Columbia buildings this afternoon.
AGREEMENT WITH THE UTEs.-Copies in du-
plicate OF a supplemental agreement with the
Utes, signed by the Commissioner of Indian
affairs and by the head men of the Tabeuuache
Yumpa, Grand River and Unitah band of In
dlans, located at Los Pinos agency, Colorado,
Tor the REIMBURSEMENT OF land belonging to the
INDIANS, known as Uncompahgre Park, in con-
sideration OF the payment of s1O,O 900, have been
forwarded to the President with the end to OBJ
tain the approval OF Congress.
THE House COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES to-
day, after some discussion on the various
measures before them, appointed sub commit
tees to consider the bills which have been
referred to them during the present session and
report thereon at a future meeting. The most
important bills referred were those providing
1Or carrying out OF Indian treaties, for the adj
mission OF the state OF Washington into the
Oklohoma, and another, which provides that
the proceeds of certain internal revenue COL
lections shall be set aside for the erection of a
pen1tent1ary in the territory of Dakota.
GOBBLING Up THE CERTIFICATEs-The Treas
ury department tries to keep few from gob-
bling up all the certificates. There is no stop
ping such schemes, as those of the banks who
nave their employees fall in line buy their hun
dred dollars worth OF certificates and then stem
to the other end OF the line and keep it up. But
some OF the attempts to secure certificates are
so bold faced that stop has been put to them
For instance, there was man at the Treasury
today who came with six colored men hired
Ior the DAY. He put them in line and stood at
tne tellers wicket. AS they neared the teller
ne would give each OF them sufficient to buy
500 IN certificates. AS soon as they made the
purchase be grabbed the certificates from their
hands. This way OF doing things was little
and put out.
REFRIGERAr1Ne SHIP BOARD. = Secretary
Thompson to-day designated the following
board OF naval officers to examine, consider and
report upon the various plans submitted to the
National Board OF Health for the construction
OF the refr1gerating ship for which Congress
slonal provision has been made:-Chief EngI-
neer David Smith, Passed Assistant Engineer
w. A. II. Allen, and Naval Constructor W. L.
MintOmge. The board will assemble tmmedi
ately, and get to work at the headquarters OF
the National Board Of Health on street.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant Commander F.
N. Green, from the photographic Office and Or
dered as chief OF the expedition to measure
Geographically differences OF longitude between
s1on na1a ana qro porteayn9 Lieut. Commander C.
dered to duty on the expedition with Lieut..
Commander Green. Ensigns II. F. Reich, s. j.
i,' Brown' Il; T. Mayor ana c. F. Pond, to coast
ler, from duty In the bureau Of provisions and
clothing, Navy department, and ordered as dis
6ursing onleer OF the expedition under Lieut..
r. Il. McCarty, from the st. Louis and granted
six months leave.
NOMINATIONS To-DAY.-The President sent the
following nominations to the Senate to day.
Theo. L. Poole, to be pension agent at Canaan
da1gua, N. Y; Stafford G. Cleveland, postmas-
Ter at Penn Yam; n: Y; Second Lieutenant A.
G: McComb, 4th infantry, to be 2d lieutenant
Sth Sd1 cavalry; .. s; a; Naval promotions
Hord, to be medical directors: Surgeons Henry
c. Nelson and Somerset Robinson, to be medI
brennan and James A Hawke to hs s,,rssc M: e.
Claude Fl. Russell, OF Georgia, to be asslstanf
surgeon, U. s. N.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent refundtno
certificates to-day amounted to SSH, 1,s7O. The
total subscriptions to date foot up s., 1896, 100.
THE TRADE OF BRAZn.-A despatch from our
legation at Rio de Janelro to the Department of
State offers some suggestions regarding our
trade with Brazil. What is needed most there
are strong ffusiness houses of undoubted finan-
clal character. The present attempts to Sc
cure trade to the United States seem failures A
mere agency and sample business viii not an
swer the purpose. An American bank with a
capital OF one million Of dollars, or more would
succeed While one OF small capital would fail
The capital OF the Bank of Brazil is sixteen mil
lions, the English Bank two millions the Com.
merc1al Bank six millions, and still the com
plant OF Brazil is Lack of money.
PROF. j. II. CoMsroCK, Of Cornell University.
has accepted the position OF entomologist of the
Department OF Agriculture.
TRADE OF SIERRA LRoNE.-The Secretary OF
the Navy furnishes the Department of State
with copy of report by Paymaster Thomson
on the subject OF Sierra Leone commerce.
Cotton Is raised to only small extent. The
experiment OF raising coffee is not encouraging:
the plant runs too much to bash Fruit OF ali
KINDS Is plentiful and cheap. United States
tinctfve coins were once furnished TO the colony
by England. but are now seldom seem The