Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-19

VoL: 58-Noe..: 1924.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TODAY Internal
revenue, 1918, 7o6O6; customs, s744, ,120.s7.
SECRETARY WINDOW is expected to return
from Deer Park next Wednesday.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BELL, of the Interior
DEPARTMENT, leaves tonight for ten days trip
East.
THERE WERE 362 PATENTS issued by the Pa
tent Office TODAY, this being the largest issue in
any one week since the Patent Office was es-
tablished. Among the number two were issued
to Washington inventors,
By AN ANNOYING typographical error yester-
day. Gov. Foster of Ohio, in his letter to Mr.. A.
s. SOlOmOns, in the matter of a National Thanks
giving, was made to say ''when the committee
of Germans confer" instead of 1.-The committee
of governors" as it was written.
ARMY ORDERs.-The leave of fabsence on sur
geon's certificate of disability granted Major 1.
ID. De Russy, 4th infantry is extended two
months on surgeons certificate of disability,
absence for nine months. to take effect upon the
expiration OF the extension of sick leave, is
granted Major ID. De Russy 4th infantry. Capt
u A ii. McCauley, assistant quartermaster,
now awaiting orders at Chicago, ILL.,, will report
to the lieutenant general. commanding the mil
ltary division of the Missouri, for assignment to
duty in that division. Leave of absence for six
months is granted I'd Lieut.. c. A. Tingle, Cd ar
tillery.
PROTEfvTION CpOu THE CrrrCpc Tho
terrible strain to which the President and the
members of the cabinet have been subjected by
office seekers will probably lead to the adoption
OF some rules to which candidates for office will
oe required to conform, and which will do away
with the bore of personal opportunities for place.
Since the 4th Of March the President and Secre-
tary Blaine have been constantly harassed by
place hunters-in the case of the Secretary of
State to such an extent that he has been COM
PEELED to transact official business at his house
instead of at the department.
GEN. SHERMAN will during his trip west spend
a few days with his brother Senator Sherman.
at Mansfield, Ohio, and will participate in the
approaching soldiers reunion at Clyde, Ohio.
Mr.. CONKLING PACKS UP.-Durng the recent
visit of ex-senator Conklng to this city all of
his personal effects were packed up, and have
been shipped to Utica This indicates that the
ex-senator has no idea of spending next winter
in Washington.
THE NEW RESERVATION selected for the Utes,
now in Colorado, is in the vicinity of the Juno
ton OF the Green and White rivers. Utah. A
force of 15O soldiers will be stationed at the
agency.
THE BOARD appoint ed by the Secretary of the
Navy for the examn alton of candidates for ap-
pointment as civil engineers in the navy will
convene at the Navy department August 10, in
stead OF Septem Der 1, as at first ordered.
THE NEW ORLEANS STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION
Gen. Dumont has r. received a report of the local
steamboat ins pectors at New Orleans in regard
to the recent explosion on the steamer John H.
Hanna, by which twelve people were injured
The report says that the forward fiue of the
middle boiler collapsed and that the cause of
the accident was the inferior boiler plate.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE ARC
TIC REGION.-Lieut. Ray, of the U. S. signal
corps, sailed yesterday, from SanFran-
cisco with nine companions, on the
schooner Golden Fleece. for Point Barrow,
in the Arctic ocean. where he will establish
a station for meteorological observations. A
house is ready for the erection of instruments
for observation, and provisions for three wears
are comprised in the outfit of the expedition.
PAYING THE FISHING CLAIMs.-Assistant Sec
retary of State Walker Blaine is in Gloucester.
Mass, accompanied by Judge Trescott, paying
out the money received from Great Britain on
account OF the unlawful interference with Ameri-
can fishing fleets in Newfoundland. The sum to
be distributed is between $50, 600 and $50 COO or
little more than half the amount claimed Re-
Endorsements are made for actual expenses in
CURED in the fishing trips. with interest but all
constructive losses are ruled out.
THE CORRECTED FIGURES show that the total
receipts from internal revenue foy the fiscal wear
ended June 3Oth were S35, ,054, 600.
POTATO AND TOBACCO CROPs.-The following.
reports, showing the condition, acreage, &C., of
potatoes and tobacco throughout the country on
July 1, have been issued from the Department of
Agriculture e:-POtatoes-There has been an in
crease of per cent. in the area in potatoes
throughout the whole country since 1880. The
increase is general in all sections. The states of
New York and Michigan report an increase of 5
per cent. each; Missouri, an increase of per
cent. and Ohio a decrease Of 2 per cent The
OF the crop is reported very high: in
sect Injuries are reported in many localities but
the damage will be slight. TObaccO-The acre
age of tobacco is largely in excess of last year,
particularly in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky:
but, in view of the large decrease in 1880 i'm these
states, owing to scarcity of plants the area will
not be greater this year than it was in 1879. the
year In Which the area was given for the census
of 1880 The condition of the crop is reported
higher than last year in the same time.
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NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. Richard Mitchell to
the Wyoming Master ]. F. Parker to the Naval
Academy; Surgeon Daniel McMurtrie to the re-
ceiyins ship st. Louis; Assistant Surgeon 7. C.
Craig to the receiving ship Colorado; Assistant
Surgeon j. NJ. Edgar to the receiving shin St
Louis; Cadet Engineers t. N. Hollis and Il. s.
Griffin to examination for promotion Detached:
Passed Assistant Surgeon j. E. Gardner from
the navy yard, Norfolk, and placed on waiting
orders; Passed Assistant Surgeon B. F. Rodgers
from the receiving ship st. Louis and placed on
waiting orders; Assistant Surgeon Clement Bid
die from the receiving ship st. Louis and or
dered to duty at the Naval Hospital Philadel-
phia; Assistant Surgeon E. H. Marsteller from
the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, and ordered to
the navy yard at Norfolk; Cadet Engineers F. NJ
Bennett and A. NJ. Hunt from the Tennessee and
ordered to hold themselves in readiness for order
to the Richmond.
NEWS FROM THE ALASKA, IN CALLAO BAY.
PERU.-The commanding officer of the US.
steamer Alaska writes from Calao Bay Peru.
under date of June 23d, that there has been no
change in the aspect of affairs there. other than