Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-19
THE EVENING STAR.
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Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAy.-Internal rev.
enue. s3I3, 13; customs, Sl92, ,5ll97.
THE TREASURY now holds S35s. .sO4, ,O5O In L.
S. bonds 10 secure national bank circulation.
During the week ending to day g, 1894 500 In
oonds were deposited on this account and
81, 800 Withdrawn.
WHITE HOUSE CALLERS s-Congressmen Rich
ardson, Burrows, Russell, Claflln and Bingham
called Oh the President to- day.
THE LIST OF RESIDENCES OF Senators and Rep
resentatives In Congress, In The STAR to-day, is
corrected up TO this evening.
THE following internal revenue storekeeper
and gaugers were appointed to-day: S. A
SweariDger, I'd district of Georgia; j. w. Ed
ridge, Cd district OF Alabama, and Harold
Hayes, 9th district OF North Carolina j.. w.
Hawkes. was today appointed inspector OF TO-
bacco, snuff, and cigars for the 81 internal rev
enue district OF Virginia.
In TOwN.-vice President elect Chester A.
Arthur arrived On the Washington night train
from New York this morning and took a carriage
Ior senator Conklngs quarters. 704 14th street.
He subsequently visited the Capitol and reached
the Senate just after 1t adjourned,
REPRESENTATIVE WALBRlDGE A. FIELD; Of
Massachusetts. who has been appointed to a
JudgeshiO 10 that state, left last night to as
sumo the position. His seat In the House VIII
remain vacant for the remainder of this ses-
sion.
The ALTITCDINoUS GOoSE.--Senator Conkling
has returned to Washington. O. course he
Keeps his own secrets with reference to his
Mentor trip, but he seems to be In exceedingly
good spirits. Representative Morton had an
Inn "a nfprp
EXCEPT THE DISTRICT BILL there are no serious
differences between the two houses on any
appropriation bill. The Senate amendment to
the legislative bill to increase the clerical force
OF the pension bureau will be resisted by the
House. but 1t is not believed 1t will materially
delay the bill. The legislation is now in a
shape that assures It's being disposed OF by the
4th OF March.
CoNFIRMAT1oNs.-The Senate, In executive ses-
sion, yesterday confirmed the following noml-
nations :-Regsters of land offices-Mark S.
Blunt. at Pueblo, Col; Jonathan M. Howe, Lew
lston, !. T.; Chas. II. Priest, Evanston Wy. T.
Ii. MasteD. Cohoes, N. Y; r. G. Pettibone Os-
densburg, N. Y; Mary FL. Headley, Minersville.
"a; W: Il. kennon, Columbus Miss: C. b.
Vile, H.; j. E. Johnston, Warsaw, ILL.,; A. A.
Deering, Boone, Iowa; FL. C. COolbaugh Ham
burg, Iowa; Irving ". Card, Mason City, Iowa;
Leonard IssI Wilson, Marshall. Mo-: BENJAMIN En-
media, Cal; VIM. j. Bryan, Brennan, Texas;
and John Eddengs, Vancouver, w. 7.
A CAUCUS OF REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES
was held last night to discuss the policy to be
pursued in reference to the pending apportion-
ment bill. A majority Of those present seemed
10 favor 3l9 as the most equitable number that
could be selected, although some of the western
members favored 322. y was finally decided to
py1fI
meantime to effect an understanding with
Representative Cox not to press a vote upon
the OIL until next week, but to let the appro-
priatfOn bills have precedence. as otherwise
the republicans would abstain from voting
bii. '>~A 'A' 4l'' ""n Ne07''"'' u pass the
THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES -
The census official has issued bulletin giving
the following Information in regard to the
total population of the country: Males
$40 bS2; females. "A, 632, 2S4; natives OF the
United states 43 475, 500; foreign born, 6zI ,SG5
whites, a, ,4O4 S1,; cOlOre0, 6,5IT 15l; In tianS
and half breeds not In tribal relations on
reservations under the care OF the government,
90, 122; Chinese los, ,d63: other Asiatics 2j5 The
number OF cOlored persons to each 1901
whites is II, ,153, against ID 52S In 1870: the mum
Ger OF females to every 100, 900 males Is 81. .519
against 97,SO1 In 1870: the number OF foreign
oorn persons 10 every 100000 natives is Is, ,359,
against IL, SIS In 1870.
THE NEW PER CENT. BoNDs.-It was i'm.
possible for the Treasury department officials
to take any very definite step toward the
preparation OF funding bond until the bill
was passed. Anticipating, however, that re-
funo1Dg measure would pass this session they
nave caused the paper for printing the bonds
to be manufactured This is the fibre paper
cur1ties- In ordering this paper 1t was thought
there would be twenty coupons on the bonds OF
that class. AS, however, the bond will be a
< 1N
length OF paper for each bond Will therefore be
coupons. The width will not, however,
printed from the same plate sf as the c coupoa On
bonds, leaving Off the coupons, OF course. The
chief OF the Bureau or Engraving and Printing
mas prepared rough draft for the plate, bu,
the design has not been decided upon. With
the paper manufactured it will not take much
time for the Treasury to get ready to issue tn
new 6oonds; There being no coupons on The
be no trouble about printing them from the
paper already prepared.
PERsoNAL,-Whitelsw Read, by invitation of
the city authorities, delivered the address on
the opening, last Wednesday evening, of the
new Opera House at Xenia, OHIO. hts old home,
and the place where he made his first venture In
Journalism. General Garfield has niece who
Is studying medicine In BOStOn.-EX-Reprp-
sentative Ashley, of Ohio,-one OF the Old
Guaro,-1s in ntown.-EX-COmptroll Kelly, OF
New YORK. contradicts the story that he is to
be In ashlngton to see President Garfield in.
auguIated. He is to be here on the 2Sth inst,
and II was thought he would remain over the
4th OF March, but he has probably been blufIed
into abandoning the idea-The Alb any Eren-
tng Journal thinks that Clarence seward, of
New York, will probably be nomina' ID Justice
Of the United States Supreme Court on the re-
urement OF Justice Ward Hunt.-EK-S Senator
Cameron sailed from Fernandina for Cuba last
Wednesday.-Mr. Rufus E. Shapley, of Phila.
delphia, is the author OF the '.Solid Tor Mulhoo-
ley" the late popular satirical brochure on mu-
niclpal m1sIule.-Dana travels with private
secretary and interpreter (courier?) who is
styled, or claims to be, a MarQuis-Hon G.
W. Wltherspoon, who Is contesting the right of
Col. Davidson to represent the 1sr district of
Florida In the 41th Congress- is In town.
LAND LEAGUE REFUGEES IN BALTIMoRE.-The
ship Peter Young. which arrived yesterday from
Londonderry. brought to this port two stow
aways, Daniel Okane and John Burke. These
TWO men had crept into the hold of the vessel
as she lay at the wharf at Londonderry, and
were not discovered until the W. 10