Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-28
THE EVENING STAR.
DOUBLE SHEET.

Il
DOUBLE SHEET.
Washington News and Gossip.
Gov ERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-1nternalr rev.
enue, $40, ,OO36O; customs, 81, ,294, ,s93,1s. The
customs keep booming.
THE PRICE Of the double sheet STAR is the
same as the single sheet-two cents-and the
postage is but one cent to any part of the United
States
AMONG THE WHITE HOUSE CALLERS to-day were
Senators Dawes and Paddock, and Representa-
tives Mckinley, Haskell, Forsyth, Gunter, Ma.
Field.
NOMINATION REJECTED.-The Senate yeSter
day rejected the nomination of Benjamin c.
White, to be supervisor of census Of I'd district
OF Louisiana.
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.-It is learned to-
day that the Senate in executive session, yes
terday, confirmed the nomination OF Rowland
E. Trowbridge, of Mich, as commissioner OF
Indian affatis. 1t was reported back to the
Senate vest orday afternoon by GOV. COKE,
chairman of the Indian affairs committee With
a favorable recommendation and by unnan1-
movs consent was confirmed INN" "diately, but
oW Ing to an jnadvertonc of one OF the eXecl-
tive clerks of The Senate the action in this case
was not communicated to the press.
A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION will be held 10
this city in May next to fill six or seven vacan-
cfes in the grade Of cadet in the revenue marine
service. There are a large number OF candi-
dates. An examination Will also be held about
the same time to fill vacancies in the grade Oh
assistant engineer in the same service.
PERsoNA1-Jesse NJ. sarvis, who was called
hi, Foft
returned to the city to-day.-Dr. Verdi, wfo
yet able to leave bis shouse.-Senator sharon,
Secretary Burch, and Representatives Ewing,
Miller. and Washburn were registered 10 a New
wife of Chief Justice Prince, of New Mexico,
died on Thur1day at Santa Fe.-Rev. Phillips
Brooks, of Boston, is now considering whether
PENNSYLVANIA university, lately, resigned by
Prof. Sttlle and declined by Prof. Fairman
Rogers.-De Young, the shooting editor of the
San Francisco Choa.ee is I'M in Philadephiia @
turned to the city to-day from Chicago.
THE STAR SERVICE observation-disclosures
Wallace, Beck and Booth, as subcommittee
of the Senate committee on appropriations TO-
day heard Postmaster General Key, Assistant
Postmaster General Brady and Monroe Sauls-
bury, prominent western mail contractor, on
the subject Of the star service deficiency. Cen
erals Key and Brady argued that the amount
propoged by the House bill should be increased
TO ST. 700, 600. and that its restrictive provtsos
should be stricken out in order to maintain
cluding all increases of the numbers of trips
and all eXpediting Of the service ordered during
the last and the current fiscal years. The
wess2, ,OOO, 900, but three hundred thousand dol
lars of this sum was requested for the pur-
pose of putting on additional service
during the remainder OF the current fiscal year,
which dpnll fmpDf fOnppr cOnfpmDlatpS
The statements made to-day, including answers
to large number Of detailed questions pro-
and laid before the iull committee at meeting
to be held on Monday, when action may be ex-
pected upon the whole subject.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL SUsPENDs HIS
ORDER AGAINST DAUPHIN.-Postmaster General
Key has issued the following ORDER" On the
18th day of November, 1879, 1 issued an order
addressed to you, fOrbiddtng the payment of any
postal to NJ A DaBhn or
Office box 692 and 392, Broadway, N. Y, and Or
deTing the return Of all the registered letters
addressed to them to the postmasters at whose
offices they were mailed. This party having
brought suit against me to enjoin the perform
ance Of this order, and having appealed the
same to the Supreme Court of the United States,
and having this day presented the certificate
of the governor and state officers Of the state OF
Louisiana that he has complied with all the
legal requirements Of that state, and other ev-
Z,
submitted to me, that said NJ. A. Dauphin is en-
gagged in conducting a scheme or device for OBJ
tanning money through the mails by means Of
tions and promises, I hereby authorize and d.
rect the suspension of said order of November
49, 1S79 so far as it relates to said Dauphiu, un-
til the case shall have been heard and deter
mined by the Supreme Court Of the United
States"
THERE WILL BE NO WAR WITH THE UTEs in
n no of
least it is well understood in military circles
that such is the case. 1t is stated, on good all-
thOr1ty, that word has been sent to the officers
In Colorado and New Mexico, who have been
they need not go further in the prosecution
OF the preliminary details. Stores have been
moved and accumulated at advantageous points,
and troops have been located for ''ready." 1t
has been repeatedly announced, by authority,
that II the Ute murderers were not delivered up
for punishment that the whole affair would be
turned over to the army. Three of the Utes whe
are charged with participating in the Meeker
massacre have been given up. and two of them
arrived here this morning. The other, Doug
lass, is prisoner at Fort LeavenWOrth. 1t Is
who arrived here to-day, will be sent to Fortress
Monroe. They cannot be punished beyond con-
flnement. There is no law, as pointed out In
THE 1dr S STAs at he beginning q OF she
under which they can be punished. The crime
was committed on an Indian reservation, out.
SlQe tn6 JURISDICTION OF the COLORADO courts or
the United States courts. The delivery of the
three prisoners referred to is all that Will
be accomplished in the direction OF pun
jshment, 1t Is not the policy Of the
Interior department to have war with the In
dians; In fact, it has all along been the object
CT Secretary Sehurz to avoid war If possible.
In the delivery of The three prisoners there is
an opportunity Of avoiding the turning of the
whole matter over to the army From the in
structions sent out by the War department 1t is
evident that 1t will not assume the aggressive
under the decision of the administration aud
particularly of the War department. The arri-
val of the Ute prisoners here and the confine-
ment Of Douglass at Fort Leavenworth and the
future transportation of the TWO prisoners here
to Fortress Monroe winds up the whole matter
OF Furnishing Utes on account of the Meeker
massacre and their recent outbreak. 1t is known
that the question is now practically disposed of.
The House Committees To-day.
The committee rooms upon the House side
were quite deserted to-day, the majority Of the
members being averse to holding meetings tc-
day on the grounds that for the past two weeks
Their time has been continuously employed
upon committee work to the neglect OF their
correspondence and business in the depart
ments. But three committees were In session.