Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-11


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To DAY.-Internal rev
enue, s227, 1903: customs. $4S1, 1882.
WHITE HOUSE CAILERs.--Senator Brown and
representatives. Deering. ShaIlenberger. Dick.
kelley, Pound and Hawley called On the Pres
fdent to day.
WHERE ARE You, DAN?--The NeT York SIN
made the statement that Daniel O'Reilly, the
Brooklyn member. had not been in his seat this
session. Yesterday he made q personal ex-
PLANTATION, saying he had not been absent day.
Ohelliy said he wouldn't have noticed the mat.
ter but for the fact that his wife cut the state
nent nom the newspaper, and wrote, Where
are you, Dan?"
THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE has now found
new objection to apprOpriatlng the million
and quarter for the Improvement OF the Po-
tomac flats. 1t Is now urged that there is
dispute as to the title of some reclaimed land,
Tied by the courts.
BIDS for supplying the Government Printing
ONCE With paper were opened by the congress
siOnai printing committee to-day. There were
q bids. from New York. Philadelphia, Balti-
more and New England and the prices are
about the same as were made last year. The
awards will not be made for some days.
A DELEGATION OF DIsrIILsRs were heard by
the ways and means committee to-day. They
charge that vinegar manufacturers are making
whisky and avoiding the payment of the tax
They want the vinegar section of the Carlisle
internal revenue bill repeated or storekeepers
10 be put In vinegar factories to have surveil-
lance over the product.
THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF the
House today gave free discussion to the SUBJ
ject OF the enforcement Of the Monroe doctrine
Arguments were made by Mr.. Rice editor OF
the North inteTtcdn Ref'el-. and Mr.. Segman,
OF New YORK There were also present Capt.
Eads, Capt. Phelps. Admiral Ammen and the
N1carauguan minister. The latter was an at
tentive listener but took no part otherwise.
STATE PoPULATIcNs.-The census Office an
nounces the following populations Alabama
Males 622 652; females, 6o9. .692 native 252 694;
foreign, $3.50: whites, 66 ,9s6; coiored, 6uO :35s:
total, 1.262, Sf4. Arkansas - Males, 4l6 ;sS5
females. $50 Isl; native, 1872 269; foreign 10 295;
whites. 5?l,6ll; colored. 2l0953; total, SOP, 564
North Caroitna-MaieS, 6SS, 16i; females I'll S36;
native. l.39G.322; foreign, sos: whites, SCI ,t6
colored, 5$2, ,53S; total, 100000.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Captain F. NJ. Ramsay, to
command the Trenton European station: Lieut..
{. T. FOrse. Masters j. b. Milton, F. II. Le-
favor, C.. F. Emmerick and W. p. Ray. Enslgns
J. N. Helm and g. N. Stoney and Mldshipnen
j. II. GlennoD, j. f. Mcdonald and G. Fl. Stat
Assistant Surgeon II. L. Law, to the League
Island navy yard; Assistant Engineer j. d.
Sloan, TO the Portsmouth, n. 81. navy ward:
Assistant Engineer Walter shewell to special
ph1a; Commander j. w. Phillips, to command
the Ranger; Lieut.. Frank Courts. as executive
officer OF the Ranger: Master j. L. Hunsicker,
from the Quinnebaug, and ordered home:
Passed Assistant Surgeon C. Fl. Il. Hail. to the
Ranger; Passed Assistant Surgeon II. NJ. Mar.
lid, from the League Island navy yard, and
from san Francisco: Passed Assistant Surgeon
&. A. Siegfried, from the Alert, and ordered
nome. With permission TO travel. via Europe:
Passed Assistant Surgeon r. q. McCarJy, from
tne Norfolk navy yard, and ordered to the
RENDEZVOUS, at San Francisco; Chief Engineer
L. j. Allen has returned from the South Allan
tic station. and Is placed On waiting orders:
Chief Engineer g. p. Hunt, Passed Assistant
Engineer c. p. Howell Cadet Engineers j NJ c.
Ptckerell and FL. s. E,seffer, and Boat swain
Thomas Savage. TO the Ranger; Assistant En-
gineer G.. ID. Strickland. from special duty al
Philadelphia, and ordered to the Ranger.
THs FOLLOWING internal revenue appoint
ments were made to-day: John B. Horton and
II. D. Spradling, storekeepers and gaugers, s5h
district OF Kentucky: James K. Walker do
eth district OF Kentucky. and John W. Swayae
ard Robert w. CaIl1n, storekeeper5 5th district
OF Kentucky.
THE FLORIDA SENAT0RoHIP.-The Florida
legislature vii, TO- night commence balloting in
caucus, for United States Senator to succeed
Senator Jones' There is no doubt that Senator
Jones will be reelected He to-day received a
number of kilograms from his friends saying
that he would be renominated by the caucus
without any opposition to speak OF. Senator
Jones is In the city, preferring not to oe
present ard take part In any canvass for re-
election.
THERE ARE YET SIX VACANCIES In the retired
list OF the army. 1t Is understood that these
vacancies, or most of them Will be filled be-
fore the expiration OF the term of the present
administration. Promotions conSequen upon
them Will have to be made. There are plenty
OF officers eligible to retirement. In fac there
are many more pegs than there are holes to
which creates great interest In army circles.
The men eligible to retirement are very anxious
and those who may possibly be promoted by
such retirement are eager.
THE COSTS in the case OF Mcbride against
SchurZ In the Supreme Court, previously taxed
against the secretary and reinitted, have bean
again taxed against him.
TELEGRAPHIc FEAT.-The use Of coles In
transmitting press news by telegraph bids fair
| to revolutioniZe the business few months
since the Cincinnati Goze,te made a test of the
Phillips code, which has been In use for several
| years, and sent matter at the rate of 3, l2s
words an hour. Skilled operators were en-
| ployed. who had long been familiar with this
| code. Since then the Gazette mas had a code OF
its own prepared by its correspondent here
differing materially from the others, and last
operator who had given 1t less than weeks
study, and the rate attained was 3, 1S5 words an
hour. In shorter test running less than an
hour. the speed attained was ut the rate OF 5000
words.
THB BILL TO RETIRE GEN. GRANT.-At q
meeting of the Senate committee on mit lry
affairs this morning Senator Logan called UP
the bill introduced Dy him and referred to the
committee yesterday TO place Gen. Grant upon
the retired list with the rank and full paw OF
General or the Arlny, aud au uhoriZing the Pres
ident 10 assign him TO active duty In case OF
emergency. Senator Logan and his repu Olican
colleagues urged immediate favorable action
upon the measure, but after warm discussion
It was determined by majority vote to post
pore It's further consideration until the next
weekly meeting.
PERSONAL. - Ex- Secretary Fish has Deen
| unanimously renoninaJed for the presidency OF
| the New York Union League Club, and Secre-
tary Evarts as one-o OF its vice presidents
\ Mr. d. X. q. Hassard the musical critic OF the
| Tribune, is SO out OF health that he has been
obliged TO 60 south for milder climate.-A.
| j. Cassstt, vice president of the Pennsylvania
RAILROAD IS at the ArlingtOD.--The Banks Club,
which IS not quite so personal, but sounds much
ike gambling game. Gen. Banks Is unw'il-
| ing 10 serve as its president this year.--Ex-
get from his plantation million pounds OF
sugar this year There does not seem TO be
any foundation for the statement recently pub
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