Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-30


revenue, S499, ,275; customs. S739, ,3SS.3S.
COMMISSIONER of Indian Affairs Price has gone
to his home in Iowa for few days.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MACVEAGH has recovered
his recent temporary indisposition, and will be
In his office on Monday.
THE TREASURY now holds 1851 ,S73, 600 in U.
s. bonds to secure national bank circulation.
o. s. bonds deposited on this account, week end
ing to-day, 81 9S9 300 and withdrawn 81, 800 200
DURING THE WEEK ending to-day 81, ,335, 600
in national bank notes were received at the
Treasury for redemption as against S945, 600 for
the corresponding week of last year.
A LARGE DELEGATION OF INDIANS from the
tribes of the northwest will arrive here on the
18th of August to consult with the department
about the division Of lands in severalty and
other questions Of interest to the tribes. The
delegation will consist of Standing Bear, and
two other POnca chiefs, from Dakota, Little
Chief, and two other Cheyennes and Arrapa-
hoes, several chiefs from Standing Rock agency.
three chiefs from Pine Ridge agency, Spotted
Tail, and Young Man-Afraid-of- -his- Horses, Bed
Cloud, and two other crows from Red Bud
agency, three ON ahas, and three WinnebagOes.
ARREST OF COUNTERREIrER--The secret
service agent at Denver, Col, telegraphs to
headquarters in this city the arrest there yester
day Of Dennis Shea for passing counterfeit $50
note on the Third National Bank of Buffalo,
N. Y.
ACTING ASSISTANT SURGEON II. NJ. DEEBLE,
US. army, has been ordered from this city to
Fort Smelling, Minnesota, to report in person to
the commanding general department of Dakota
for assignment to duty.
NEW COAMANDER OF THE MARINE BARRACKS.
Captain r. s. COllum, U. 8. M. c., has been de-
tached from the command of the marine bar
racks at Washington. He will be relieved by
Capt. II. A. Bartlett, who is in command of the
marine guard Of the Minnesota. Capt. COllum
will remain member of the board of inspection.
MINISTER WHITES RBsIGNATIoN.-As stated in
THE STAR some time ago, Minister White. at
Berlin, has resigned. The resignation takes
effect August 18th. Mr.. White will resume his
duties at Cornell.
SURRENDERED.-Commissi Raum to-day
received the following dispatch from Deputy
Collector Noah at Columbia, SCI Gassaway.
one of McDow's confederates, surrendered him
self this morning. Deputy Collector Jillsen car
ried him to Greenville."
HAM WHITE, notorious highway rObber who
was once convicted of rObbingt the United States
President Hayes. has been arrested in Colorado
for his old trick of mail robbery and will be
tried there.
REPORTED RECALL OF THE CHINESE MINIS
is reported in diplomatic circles that
Chin Ian Pin and Yung Wing, the Chinese min
listers. have been or are to be recalled It is said
that the recall is not because of any national or
question, but that the Chinese
government intends to do away with the custom
of having two ministers in each embassy that
the government did not want to show any par
tiality for either of the ministers here and both
have been recalled with the purpose Of sending
new man. At the embassy they are very reti-
cent about the matter.
PRICES OF SILVER BULLION Too HIGH-The
Treasury department did not this month pur-
chase the full amOunt-S2. 600 OOO-Of silver
bullion for coming into silver dollars as the law
requires This is the third or fourth time that
the department. since the passage of the silver
bill, has not complied with the strict letter of
the law. The reason of the apparent remissness
is to be found in the prices set upon their
bullion by the dealers. In many cases such
high figure per ounce was asked that the gov |
by paying it, could not advantageous
ly coin it and put it in circulation Therefore. |
the full amount was not purchased.
The LETTER THREATENING SECRETARY VIM
the Treasury department to-day. He saw Sec
retary Window and told him that the letter |
which threatened the Secretary's lfe if Lam
phere was not removed. was not written by him. |
He said he would not shoot any man for an |
office. He also said that he was convinced that |
the alleged threatening letter was got up and |
written inside the Treasury department. While |
Bissell was in the Secretary's room quite a |
crowd of clerks gathered in the corridor in that
vicinity. When he came out he said:-..Thev |
must think l am penny show" The secret |
service men are inquiring into the case and the
indications point to an early arrest of Bissell on
the charge of sending threatening matter through
the mails. Bissell was formerly special agent
of the department.
The SILVER DOLLAR BOOM.-Superintende
Davis, of the New Orleans mint. reports to the
Treasury department that he will during the
of the cotton and sugar cane crop
put out from New Orleans between eight and
ten millions of standard silver dollars. The an
nual bO ON of the silver dollar is about to re-
commence. to be followed inevitably by back
ward flow Of the coin into the Treasury vaults
FINAL ACTION IN WHIrTAKER's CASE DELAYED
BY GUITEAUs CRIME.-Guiteau will be respon-
sible for pOstpOning final decision of the Whit
taker case. The voluminous record of the court
martial has to be gone over by General Swain
and reported upon to the President General
until after the President is out of danger There
will thus necessarily be long delay even before
the case is ready to be given to the President
OF course there will be more delay before the
President can act upon it. In the meantime
Whitaker will remain in the army as cadet.
though it is almost an open secret that the YER
dict of the court-martial is that he should be
dismissed the service.
Nor THE WAR CORREsPONDENT.-Captain Ran
dOlph Carpenter, who was fatally shot on the
night of the 25th inst, during the confusion of
fire at Poncha Springs, Colorado, by J. P. True,
the owner of a bank. who supposed the fire was
part Of a plan to plunder was not the war cor
respondent of the New York Herald with the
Army of the Potomac. as enormously published.
The Herald army correspondent was Mr.. Samuel
Carpenter, of this city, for some time connected
with The STAR and who died several years ago
of consumption. in Minnesota. whittier he had
gone for the benefit of his health.
PERsONAL.-SenatOr Butler is in the city, for
short stay, stopping at the Metropolitan
Mr.. Corcoran was registered in New York last
evening-Hon. N. GOff. jr., ex-Secretary of
the Navy, is at Clarksburg West Va his home.
Prof E. NJ. Gallaudet is at Royalton, Vt
Gen. Chas. Ewing is at Mamaroneck NY
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