Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-04
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue s145, 1882; customs, s54as s64.s2.
CoUNTERFErTER ARREsTED.-An agent of the
secret service division telegraphs the arrest at
Kansas City, NO., of Silas Mclean for manufac
turing and dealing In counterfeit coin.
THE INTRODUCTION OF CATTLE from Canaia TO
the United States will be prohibited from Isl o
December next.
REAR ADMIRAL r. P. RODGERS in a communi-
cation dated Sept. Goth, on board the flagship
Pensacola, reports to Secretary Thompson the
arrival of the Pensacola at Coqumbo ''On our
way thither we visited the ports OF Mollendo,
africa, 1quique, MescilloneS de Bolivia, Anto-
fagasta, and Caldera. 1t is my intention after
Coquimbo, to go to Valparaiso, arriving there
early In october"
MOURNING FOR THE DEATH OF SENATOR CHAN
DLER.-In accordance with the Presidents order
all the departments will be closed tomorrow,
tho dav of tho f6-,eral of the late Senator Chan
der die ' Tbe headn,lart.- - Of the republican cam
paign committee has been t.'rapeq IN mourning;
Senator Chandler is very pleasantly remembered
by the attaches of the committee.
PRoMoTIoNs.-The President has designated b.
c. clayton as second lieutenant Iii the revenue
marine service and John {. Mitchell as captain
in the same service.
THE PRESIDENT HAS APPOINTED John j. KILN
a boatswaln in the navy.
GERMAN EMIGRATIoN.-The United States con-
sui at Bremen reports to the Department of
State the emigration from that port during the
last three months September go 1879 to have
been 7.5Gs-adultS 5,S43 children 1894, infants
41a. The increase over the same quarter Of last
year is S93.
PERsoNAI.-The Baltimore Gazette denies that
it's managing editor, MI. Cockerill, is to leave
that paper to go West. Baron Mayr.
Minister from Austria Hungary to the United
States. has rented the house recently occupied
by MI Gustin, of the Executive Mansion, cor
ner OF Connecticut avenue and street. I'D.
II. Witt the artist is in town for few days to
add the finishing touches to his portrait of JUS
tice Miller. IA lady, Miss Dalst, editor and
proprietor of the Circleville Herald, is candi-
date for clerkship in the Ohio senate. ....Wil-
liam E. Chandler Is still detained at Salt Lake
City by the sickness of his eldest son, who has
been sick there with typhoid fever for three
months, and is yet in a very critical condition.
Ex-Governor Claf1in, of Massachusetts,, will
keep house in Washington this winter: ...:G Gen.
T. T. Crittenden and L. p. Wright of Washing
ton, were registered in Philadelphia last even
ing. ....Senator Lamar'S mother, a venerable
woman of seventy-Seyen years, died at her home
In Vineyllle, Ga, few days ago.
Z. S. BONDS REDEEMED.-During the month Of
october there were redeemed in called bonds
sc, ,593, 800, of the proceeds of which, amounting
to SC, 70s, I9443. there was paid by checks
S5,1T3, ,2s9.I7, and by credit in loan account
s.. $50. .504.70.
THE CABINET MEETING To-DAY.-Attorney
General Devens was absent from the Cabinet
meeting this afternoon. No business of public
interest was transacted. Secretary Sherman
read to the Cabinet statement showing the
financial condition of the Treasury. There was
also some discussion concerning the estimates
for the next fiscal year.
THE DEATH Of Major General Joseph Hooker,
q. S. army, retired, which took place at Garden
City, Long Island, on the s1st ultimo, is an
nounced to the army in general order No. 9s to-
day, which says: t'In announcing the deceaSe Of
this gallant veteran, hOnored with thanks OF
Congress for ''skill, energy. and endurance" the
General takes occasion to recall to the memory
Of the army the distinguished services rendered
by General Hooker through the war with Mexico
as well as in the late war. His gallantry in the
former gave promise OF that superior courage,
vigOr and skill in action which has since Char
acterized him. 1t Is not necessary here to mar
rate his achievements they are matters OF
familiar history, and his Sodefly deeds may
well excite the admiration and emulation OF his
surviving comrades In honor OF his memory.
the commanding general Military Division Of
the Atlantic will cause minute-gunS to be fired
at Fort Columbus and the flag to be displayed
at half-Stah during the funeral ceremonies in
New York City. The like hOnOrS will be paid a
Newport Barracks. Kentucky. on the day Of in
tired list are requested to wear the usual badge
OF mourning for thirty days"
NAVAL ORDRRs-Lieut. Commander j. B.
Coghlan is ordered to the receiving ship Inde-
pendence, at the navy yard, Mare Island, Cali
forn1a, as executive. Passed Assistant Surgeon
j. c. Wise, to the receiving ship Franklin, on
the arrival at Norfolk of the TallapooSa. Passed
connected with the National Board OF Health,
and ordered to the Nautical School-ship st.
MaryS, at New York. Passed Assistant Surgeon
j. r. Waggener, from the Nautical Schoolship
dered to the receiving ship Wabash, at Boston.
Assistant Surgeon C. w. Deane, from the re-
ceiving ship Wabash, at Boston, and placed on
waiting orders Assistant Surgeon G. j. Nourse,
from the receiving ship Franklin, and ordered to
the Tallapoosa, on her arrival at Norfolk.
BEER IN BAvARIA.-Mr. Wilson, U. s. Consul
at Nuremburg, in dispatch to the Department
of State transmits the annual report of the COM
merce and trade of that district. In the matter
of crops Bavaria seems to have suffered less
than some other countries from bad weather.
OF hops, the chief staple product OF the king
dom, there will be only a half CROP We're it not
for the hops exported from the United States to
England, higher prices might be expected.
Nuremburg is the great hop center OF the world.
The consumption OF hops Is increasing enor-
mously throughout the civilized countries of the
globe. Beer became an article of export from
Bavaria in 1894. Its manufactured is under strict
surveillance of the government in all its details.
Its ingredients are specified in the statutes, and
it must be pure and healthy. This is all I'M
portant, it is among the chief articles Of diet
with the poor. The average quantity of beer
drank In Bavaria, annually, by each person. is
stated at 147H gallons.
THE TREASURY BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND
PRINTING will be kept in operation tomorrow
for those who are willing to work. because of
the great pressure for U. S. notes of small de-
nominations.
A HALF-MILIION TO HARvARD.-The Boston
Journal says that Walter Hastings, recently
deceased, left the bulk of his fortune, after the
deceaSe of his wife, to Harvard College. 1t is
estimated to amount to 100000, which is the
1orCr o1-ap do tofh ho