Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-23
Washington News and Gossip.
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THE HowaATE CAsE-Just before the Criminal
Court adjourned yesterday afternoon Captain II.
w. -Howgate was arraigned and pleaded s'nOt
guilty. to the recent additional Indictments found
against him. 1t required nearly half an hour to
read the indictments. Mr. Wilson OF counsel for
defendant, called up the subject of bail, but the
government not being ready 1t was agreed that the
application should be heard tomorrow morning at
half-past nine O'Clock.
MARSHAL CRITTENDEN, OF Kentucky, who has
Just been again reappointed by Chief Justice
waite Is In the city arranging about his bona.
GETTING READY FOR THE SEssIoN.-The mourning
which was placed in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives On the occasion Of President Gar
held'S death, h been removed. To-day Workmen
are about completing the laying OF very hand
some pea-green Wilton carpet The elevator is
stll In an unfinished state, but VIII be conpieteu
next week. In many OF the committee rooms new
carpets are being put down; also in the reporters
gallery.
IT IS THE IMPRESSION that the President will Sc
lect the successor OF Mr.. Marble as Commissioner
OF Patents from some one Of the present corps OF
examiners.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. Commander c. E. Clark,
and Assistant Paymasters r. j. Lewis and c. w.
Lttlefeld, to examination for promotion; Lieut..
W. II. Emory to special duty at Washington, ID. c.;
Cadet Engineer f. j. Schill, to the kearsage; As
s1stant Engineer W. L. Cathcart, to special duty
at Philadelphia; Lieut.. Commander W. s. Dana,
has returned from duty on the Shenandoah and is
placed on waiting orders: Assistant Paymaster
John Corwine, has returned from the Pacific sta
ton, and is ordered to settle accounts and then
wait orders.
No SIGNS OF IT.-Nothing has been heard at the
Department Of Justice which would indicate that
Attorney General, or ex-AttOrney General Mac
veagh intends to return to that department.
ADULTERATED BEER-Commissioner Raum has
received a curious anonymous communication
postmarked Cincinnati, giving jumbled mass Of
figures, purporting to bear On the glucose beer
question. The person sending it figures out the
cost OF genuine beer and shows by comparison
that the run of beer put upon the market is OF a
greatly interior character, and that adulteratiOn
of the foamy lager is the rule in Cincinnati. He
does not make his figures clear, but evidently
knows something OF the subject that he is writing
upon. Since Commissioner Raum announced that
he intended to make an investigation of the quality
offers from different parts of the country from peo
pie who propose to prove aduteration OF beer II
they are paid for 1mparting their information.
NAVAL CHANGEs.-Lieut Charles II. Stockton
and Midshipman Simon Cook, ordered to examina-
ton for promotion; Passed Assistant Surgeon L.
G. Henneberger to the naval hospital, Washing
ton; Capt Philip c. Johnson detached from the
command OF the New Hampshire. and ordered as
CHIEF signal officer OF the navy, 18th instant;
Passed Assistant Surgeon Henry g. Boyer, from
the naval naval hospital, washington, and ordered to
the naval hospital, New York; Assistant Surgeon
Francis L. Nash, from the naval hospital, New
York, and granted three months leave.
PRIVATE ADvICEs have been received here this
afternoon stating that there were no United States
bonds offered for sale in New York to-day under
Secretary FogerS recent order Up to 12 80 p. m.
no official adyices were received It the Treasury
department.
THE TREASURY SECRET SERvICE-In his annual
report Chief Brooks the secret service says that
the total number Of arrests by the operatives (and
by local authorities for which contingent reward
was paid from the appropriation for the SubsiSt-
ence OF the seryice) was 297. One hundred and
forty-five of these arrests were ON account of
passing counterfeit money" SO OF the persons
guilty; q were acquitted; % were indicted and
are awaiting trial; "a are awaiting action Of the
grand jury; 81 were discharged by United
States commissioners, and the remainder were in
dicted. and are awaiting sentence, etc.
THE LATE CAPT. HERNDoN.-In allusion to the
fact that President Arthur'S wife, who died about
two years ago. was daughter of Capt. Herndon,
it has been stated in one more papers that Capt
Herndon lost his life by the sinking OF the steam
ship San Francisco on the Pacific Ocean. This is
an error. Capt HerndOn was in command OF the
Central America, which was wrecked with 626 per-
sons on board, between New York and Havana, in
fearful storm, and after almost superhuman ef-
down with nearly five hundred souls on board,
among them the heroic commander, who
stood at his post to the last. He succeeded in
saving all the women and children who were in
great peril conveyed to the Norwegian barque
Ellen, which came to their relief, and a few other
passengers were afterwards picked up by other
vessels Capt Thomas w. Badger, of Baltimore,
one OF the rescued, said: "Capt Herndon behaved
noby throughout, and was standing near me, on
the hurricane deck, when she {the Ship went
down. He sank, however, to rise no more, leaving
a name to be hOnored among the heroes of the
sea-