Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-08

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HERoIsM sMREwARDED.-Among the nominations
confirmed by the Senate yesterday was that OF
Capt Dodge, of the 9th cavalry, to be pay
master, with rank of major, as reward for his
heroic conduct in reScuing, with his company OF
colored troops, the command of Capt. Payne,
when the latter was besieged by the Utes last
fall. This promotion is made in accordanc
with a voluntary promise given by Secretary
McCrary to Capt. Dodge at the time.
A BOARD OF SURVEY, consisting of Col. D. II
Rueker, assistant quartermaster general, .. S.
A., and 1st Lieut.. H. d. Borup, ordnance depart
ment, has been ordered to assemble at the Phil
adelphia depot quartermaSter'S department on
the 9th inst. to investigate and fix the RESPONSE
bility for the deficiency of certain quarter
masters stores.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant E. D. F. Heald
to duty at the Naval Academy. 18th inst. AS
sstant Paymaster A. K. Michler, to the train
ing ship Portsmouth at Washington, relieving
Paymaster j. w. Jordan who is ordered to set
tie his accounts The Navy department has
directed Passed Assistant Surgeon P. Fltzsm-
MONS on duty at the naval hospital, Yokohama
Japan, to report in addition to his present du-
ties to the American consul at Kanagawa for
duty under the act of June I'd, 1918, to prevent
the introduction of contagious or infectious
diseases.
CHARLES MANN, OF Baltimore county, Mary
land, has been appointed doorkeeper of the re-
uyeS.
GEN. GARFIELD, who next Tuesday will be
formally elected TO succeed Allen G. Thurman
in the United States Senate was in his seat in
The House today and received the warm con-
gratulations of his fellow-members.
THE "STAR" MAIL SERVICE DEFIcIENCY.-The
House to-day adopted resolution directing the
committee on appropriations to investigate the
deficiency in the appropriation for the g STAR
mail route service.
WHITE HOUSE CALLERS.-SenatorS Mcmillan,
Pendleton, Blair, Ingalls, and Carpenter, and
Representatives Butterworth, Updegraff, God
schalk,. .Coffroth, Camp. Hotk, Loring, Ander-
son, Pound, McCoid, Norcross and Field called
on the President to-day.
A CANDIDATE FOR GovERNoR.-It is authorita-
lively announced that Hon. John B. Hawley
assistant secretary OF the Treasury, will be a
candidate before the next republican state con-
yention of Illinois for nomination for governor
Two MORE NoTARIEs.-The President has ap-
pointed Frank t. Lodge and Albion X. Paris
notaries public for the District of Columbia.
THE SENATE MILITARY COMMITTEE will hold a
final meeting tomorrow to dispose OF the mill
tary nominations before it,
THE OPPOSITION to the confirmation OF Capt
Barrett, L. s. N, as commodore, has been with
drawn and he will he favorably reported to the
Senate. Capt. Thompson headed the opposition
TO Barrett.
GEN. MILES, the Indian fighter, arrived in this
city this morning. He will leave tonight or to-
morrow for New York, and from there 60 to
Fort keogh. He says that he does not antici-
pate any trouble with the Indians on the south
ern frontier. Those on the other side are under
admirable discipline, and he thinks he will be
able to take care OF those who are south of the
line or may come south.
Mr. JOHN B. HUssEY, of North Carolina, has
been appointed librarian of the House OF Repre-
SentatiyeS.
SENATOR SHARON was in his seat in the Senate
yesterday.
A BILL passed by the House Of Representa-
tives yesterday provides that when the claimant
of land patent is not a resident OF the land
district the necessary application and affidavits
may be made by his authorized agent; also, that
the period within which the work is required to
be done annually on all unpatented mineral
claims shall commence on the 1st of January
succeeding the date OF the location OF the claim
and that this section shall apply to all claims
since the 10th Of May, 1872.
AN AMERICAN IMPRISONED IN PERU AS Chill
IAN SPY.-Advices have been received at the
Navy department from Iquique, Peru, stating
that an American citizen named F. L. Gordon,
since June last, has been received on board the
U. S. S. Alaska. Gordon was arrested on a
charge OF being Gillian spy and held close
prisoner by order OF the President of Peru. The
circumstances connected with the release of
Gordon are reported by the commander Of the
L. s. S. Alaska as follows: Learning that he
was almost in a state of starvation, called on
Colonel Rios, commanding the city, for the pur-
pose OF requesting permission to send a sup
ply of provisions to the prison for the use of
Gordon. TO my great surprise, Col. Rios said
Ia hIi % hon ~
vessel. accepted the proposition and Gordon
was delivered to me by Col. Rios
COMBINATIONS. - The Senate, in executive
session yesterday, confirmed the nominations
of owen n. Denny, of oregon, to be consul gen.
eral at Shanghai, and Durham j. Grain, OF New
York, at Milan.
THE INGALLS, lSyESTIGATION-ThP TyyPJrdnls
PTOdHced.-The Senate committee OF privileges
and elections yesterday resumed consideration
of the Ingalls, case. Mr.. E. L. Smith, the West
ern Union telegraph manager at Topeka, Kan,
appeared before the committee, and in accord
ance with instructions from the company's
officials expressed his willingness TO and did
surrender the dispatches called for In the order
as modified by the committee at its last meet
ing. The dispatches surrendered by Mr. Smith
are those which were sent from and received at
Topeka, KAN, by certain persons named in the
election in Kansas. Mr.. Smith was accom-
panied by Mr.. John /. Thompson, the COM
pany's counsel, who filed protest against the
right OF the committee to any dispatches and
particularly sucn as are not shown to be mate
rial to the subject under investigation. The
protest stated that none OF the dispatches sur
rendered TO the committee related to bribery or
corruption, with the possible exception of one
or two, and that these did not appear to refer
10 brtbery-they were simply uninrelliglble.
Mr.. Thompson stated that the telegraph COM
pany yielded to the demand OF the committee,
as modified at their last meeting-because
they were unwilling to subject their man.
ager to imprisonment and the Indictment.
and punishment provided by act OF Con-
gfeSS. in cases where witnesses refuse
10 testify before committees OF Congress.
Ine committee then adopted resolutions declar-
ing that telesraphic messages were not privi-
g degea oy law from production on proper pro-
persons ana papers, and that orders for the pro-
ducflon OF such documents ought 10 be so rep,l
lated as TO protect the privacy OF communica
tionS not relating to the matter under jnyesfj
CATION. Mr.. Thompson stated that the comnanv
is only sOlicitouS to protect the rights Of the
community. The committee subsequently di.
rected Mr.. Smith, on behalf of the Western
Union Company, TO produce some additional
dispatches mentioned In the original order but
which were not in Mr.. Smiths possession to-
day.
THE House COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS
discussed at some length this morning the re-
quest of the Post Offlce department, for an ap-
preparation of s2,0O0,000 to cover increased ex-
penses OF the star service, and decided TO re
port at once TO the House a resolution authori-
Zng lne committee to institute an Investigation