Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-26
TIE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-1nterna! rev.
enue, s6S9, 1889; customs, s1I2 sSo.39.
THE RKsr1r OF the competitive examinations
for promotions in the Patent OU,ce Will not be
made public for severai uays.
Hon. HORACE MAYNARD, the new postmaster.
general, is expected to arrive here and assume
The duties of the once early next week.
NAVAL ORDERS-L1eut. Commander Charles
P. Schmidt, to command the Ajax; Gunner
John Russell, from the naval magazine, Wash
ington, d. c., and placed on waiting orders
DEMOCRATIC CHEADouARTsRs.-Thede democratic
Congressional committee have leased the resi-
dence 1905 street NV, fer political headquar-
ters- The house Will be handsomely furnished
Throughout, and banner, bearing the portraits
Of Hancock and English, will be hung across
the street. The committee expect TO get In
their new quarters about the first of August
THE Ute CONFESSIONAL dispatch from Los
Pinos says that the Ute commission met again
Saturday, and the treaty was discussed by sec
tions. That pertaining to lands In severalty
was objected TO. The UteS do not fayOrably en-
tertafn the severing OF tribal relations and set
tling down on 100 acres Of land. They want
reSeTV at1OnS as heretofore, and the boundaries
OF the same established before a treaty Is
signed. One Indian speaker denOuncing the
treaty, OuEay replied, assuring them that It was
the best arrangement that could be made under
existing circumstances, and informed the In
dian that if he did not like it he had better join
some other tribe.
CENSrs GAINS IN YIRGINIA-The census re-
pert for the second supervisors district in Viz
ginia- twenty counties, shows a total popula-
tfon Of 406, 149, about one-fourth the population
or the state Included in the district are Peters
burg, population q ,s52; Lynchburg. l6,O12; Dan
vile, T,45S; Manchester, 6,0S6. PittSylvania
county has population OF 50 999. The census
shows heavy gains In the past few years.
No YELLOW FEVER AT MEMPHIs-A report
having been published that cholera prevailed at
Memphis, Tenu., DR.. Turner, secretary of the
national board Of health, yesterday addressed
the Memphis local board OF health, concerning
the truthrulness OF the report Dr. Thornton'S 5
reply states that there is no truth whatever In
the report, and that Memphis at this time Is
unusually healthy.
VELOCITY OF LIGHT.-Prof. Newcomb is en-
gagged at Fort Whipple experimenting with the
velocity of light. The distinctive feature OF his
method is four-sided revolving mirror erected
| upon iron pillars. The mirror revOlveS at from
| $50 TO $50 revolutions per second. The light re-
fected from an ordinary mirror outside is forced
| mirror and is reflected across the Potomac rlves
| distance OF two miles, where 1t strikes mirror
| on observatory Hill. IL is rejected back again,
| telescope attached to graduated scale. By
| this means the exact time Is easily secured, and
arrangements are being made by which the
tance. The new station will be located near the
| Governments Insane Asylum.
| AN EXM. C.'s ULTRA MoRALIrY.-William
| Peter Sprague, an Ohio member of Congress,
! who served In the 42d and 4Sd Congress, voted
| against the salary grab and at the time wrote q
letter scorning to touch the unclean thing"
Snoseeqoendy d H nus CONSTITUENTS ADVISED MIN to
prominent agricultural societies In the state.
| This he declined to do, because there was horse
racing attached to such societies and he did not
| care Ito encourage such w1ckednesS." Think
| Ing the matter forgotten, Sprague on the oath
| OF June last drew the money from the Treasury
department in five drafts and now has it In his
| possession.
| COL DANIEL MCCLURE, assistant paymaster
general, is relieved from duty In the department
| OF the Missouri, and ordered to this city to re-
| port In person for duty to the paymaster gen.
| eral OF the army.
THE SIX VACANCIES OF second Heutenants In
the army have been agreed upon. The states
receiving these appointments are Pennsylvania,
connecticut. Maryland, South Carolina, Mis-
souri, and Delaware. The names OF the ap-
po1ntees are as yet withheld.
M. BLANCHET, the celebrated french engineer
and protector OF one OF the prominent schemes
OF an inter-oceanic CANAL through Nicaragua
was entertained by social breakfast at Per-
rearas hotel this morning. Several of our
| French citizens were present, and number of
brief speeches on the subject OF the great inter-
Lvered by Hon. Michel Vidal, ex-member OF
Congress from Louisiana; Major Mallet, Mr..
| PeTreard and others. to which Mr.. Blanchet
| replied. MI. Blanchet leaves Washington this
evening en- route for Europe.
CADET ENGINEER LLEwELLBN FAIRFAX WHIT
TIE, of Va, son of Bishop Whittle, of Rich
| mond, whose death at the L. S. naval hospital
was mentioned In Saturdays STAR, was In his
21st year, and it is stated died from the effects
| OF an accident at the machine shops In Aunap-
| lis some weeks ago.
PERSONAL---VERY. General Sherman has re-
turned TO the city with her family.-General
Henkle was at Coney Island, with hts bride, on
Saturday.-Mr. de Soto OF the Spanish lega-
ton, Mrs. Judge Ferriss, Mrs. Alexander Bruen
| and daughter, Judge and Mrs. Macarthur and
Col. and Mrs. McCauley are at Saratoga.-Mr.
and Mrs l. B. Linton have gone to Long Island
ana and ocean ye~Gommissioner Ls Duo, OF
last accounts.--Mrs. FttZhugh Coyle has gone
TO Oakland.-Mrs Olive Logan Skies. the bril-
ilant nam European correspondent, Is at the Arlng-
from business at White Sulphur Springs
Secretary Arthur OF the British legation is in
Miss Upshur and Miss Edwards OF Washington
are among the late arrivals at Newport.-Mr
| and Mrs. L. W. Sinsabaugh have gone to
| GAINESVILLE, Ohio, TO help celebrate the golden
| wedding anniversary OF Mrs. SIS parents, Mr.
| and Mrs. John Stevens, OF that place. which
| occurred on Friday laSt.-Dr. Toner goes to
| western Pennsylvania tomorrow, on a ten
day visit to his brother at the old family home
stead.-Mr. and Mrs. r. T. Merrick and family
| nave left their summer residence in Howard
! county and gone TO Mount Desert.-Mr. Drum
/ mond and Mr. Adam of the British legation
ana MIS- Adam have LETT Newport for Mount
| Desert Admiral SelfTidge Dr. Marmion and
| VIE, seIgeant-at-Arms Thompson, w. II. Bar
| haId and wife, Commissioner Twinfng and wife.
| george L. Jones and T. G. Hopkins were regis
tered In Philadelphia last evening.
| HON. %: IT, ACKLEN MAKING A LIVELY CAM
| PAlGS IN LOUISIANA dispatch from VermII
| lionVllle, La, says: "a mass meeting was held
| here Saturday relative to congressional district
| matters. Hon. X. 5. Perry, OF Iberia in address
| ing the meeting, argued In favor OF the rnDIlari
| ty OF the Late convention Daring his rema rLs
| he was frequently interrupted by the Hon 7 II
| Acklen, who finally characterized some rem srES
OF the speaker as unqualihedly false. Perry re-
| piled in still Severer terms when Acklen ruShed
| forward and attempted to strike him. A regular
Sfamrede ensued. A motion to adjourn Reino
declared carried, Acklen rallied his foIlowerS
and they proceeded TO elect delegates TO the
district nominating convention. Acklen claims
that the action OF the delegates from the third
congressional district TO the late state conven-
ton In nominating Ballou as the democratic
candldate for Congress was Irregular. The con.
| test In This district