Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-20
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WASHINGTON News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, $264, ,563 81 customs, $613, ,911O8.

enue, $264, ,563. 81; customs, 13,911.0a.
REPORT OF TIE COMMISSIONER OF RAIL
ROADs.-The report of Hon. Joseph X. Mccain
mon, commissioner of railroads, has just been
received by the Secretary of the Interior. The
commissioner criticises severely the faulty con-
structiOn of many Of the bridges. and says CON-
paratively few of them are supplied with proper
safeguards against accident. In conclusion, the
attention Of Congress is invited to the fact that
there is no uniform system OF railroad signals in
use, which is a source Of confusion, and should
De remedied by appropriate legislation.
NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN NAVAL STATION.
The Navy department has received advices from
the European station as follows: The Lancaster,
flagship, arrived at Villefranche on the oath OF
November from New York. She will remain at
Vlllefranche until necessary repairs which will
occupy three or four weeks are completed The
Nipsc was December 1st on her way to AlcXan-
dfia, Egypt. The Galena was at Villefranche.
The QuinnebOugh has returned to Villefranche
from Marseilles where she was upwards of two
months repairing. The vessels of the squadron
Will visit eastern ports in succession until affairs
are more settled.
Our SQUADRON IN AsIATIC WArERs.-Ad-
vices received at the Navy department from
Yokohama, under date of November 24th, state
that the MonOcacy and Swatara are at that port.
The AshuelOt left Nagasaki for Tientsin, OctO-
Der 11th. The Alert left Kobe November 14th
for Nagasaki. The Palos was at Hong Kong.
The measurement of longitude has been com.
pleted between Hong Kong. Canton and Manila.
The work of measurement between Hong Kong
Singapore and Saigon, was to be begun at
once.
MARINE CORPS ORDERs.-Lcave for 80 days
from to-day is granted Major &. p. Houston.
1st Lieutenant Richard Wallach. to the marine
barracks at Norfolk upon the expiration of his
present leave of absence.
IMMIGRATION DURING THE MONTH OF NovEM-
BER.-The chief of the bureau of statistics re-
ports that during the month of November there
arrived in the customs districts of Baltimore
Boston. Detroit. Huron, Minnesota. New Or
leans. New York Passamaquody, Philadelphia,
and San Francisco 56 ZIG passengers of whom
81 $50 were immigrants. 3,267 citizens of the
United States returned from abroad. and / 1868
aliens not intending to remain in the United
States. OF this total number of immigrants
there arrived from England and Wales 5,S23;
Ireland. 3.2S4; Scotland. $50; Austria, 454:
Belgium. 59 Denmark. 314; France. 500; Ger
many, 16.9CO; Hungary. 593; Italy. 2,97S; Meth
erlands, 35S: Norway, 1884 Poland, 2223 Rus
sia. 1,72l: Sweden. 2S10; Switzerland 45: Do
minion Of Canada. S.S07: China. ALL, and from
all other countries. 22S. In November, $780, the
total number of immigrants was 1893; during
the five months ended November. 1881. 29l ,3IS,
and during the same period in $780, 254 262.
THE NEW JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.-
The nomination of Horace Gray chief justice of
the supreme court of Massachusetts,. as sue
cessor to the late Justice Clifford in the Supreme
Court OF the United States is received with
much satisfaction i'm Boston. Judge Gray is
about fifty-twO years old and unmarried. He
graduated from Harvard college at the age of
civ ,lul
and atterward took a regular course in the
Harvard law school and read law with the
present Judge Lowell He was admitted to the
bar in February, 1851. His first official position
was that Of reporter of decisions of the supreme
court of Massachusetts,. which he held from 1854
to 1861. when he resigned. He was appointed
associate justice of the supreme court in 1864
and gradually rose, until, upon the death of
Justice Chapman in 1878. he was appointed his
successor. In early manhood he attended as
delegate the first state convention of the free
soil party. and was actively associated with
Charles Sumner. c. F. Adams. Henry wilson
S c. Phillips. J. q. Palfrey. and other promi-
nent men in that movement.
WHITE House CALLERs.--In cOnseq Of
the Cabinet meeting at the White House to-
day the President received very few callers
Among them were the following: Senators
Mitchell, Allison. Lapham, Cameron Pa). Lo-
sentatives Hardenbergh. Deering. Updegraff
UOwa). Shelenberger. Burrows (Mo), Bayne.
GOdshalk, Urner, Cannon Qll.) Converse, Da-
Wis Oil }, and Aldrich, Mckinley, Leedom and
Errett
GENERAL AND MRS. GRANT will pay President
Arthur visit at the White House in about q
month.
COLLECTOR OF CHICAGO.-Jesse Spalding will.
10 nd hn D;,,<o A..
port of Chicago to succeed VIM. Henry Smith
whose name was withdrawn from the contest
some days ago. Senator Logan does not, how
ever, favor SpaldinS, and it may be that he NAV
induce the appointment of another man to sue
ceed Mr.. Smith.
The CABINET MEETING TO-DAY.-Secretary
Frelinghuysen attended his first Cabinet meet
ing this afternoon. All the members except the
Attorney General were present The Depart
ment OF Justice was not represented at Cabinet
meeting.
INTERNAL REVENUE APPOINTNENTs.-The
following have been appointed internal reve-
nue. stOrekeepers and gaugers for the 9th dis
trict of North Carolina: ]. C. Collathan. G. N.
Setter, A. j. Hand, H. H. Hail. J. p Murphy,
and &. F. Flowers. j. c. Park has been ap-
pointed stOrekeeper for the Sth district of Ken
lucky; c. H. Draper, gauger for the 22d district
vi ANcW OIh. anu d. SoullI H6uScr the
9Th district Of Kentucky.
BRIGHT DIMES WANTED FOR BANGLES
There is heavy run upon the Treasury for
new ten cent pieces. All Of the coins of that
in the Treasury have been
once in circulation. They are not
bright and perfectly new" as the people
who want them call for. The demand
for the ten cent coin at it's brilliant stage il due
alone to the bangle that some ladies wear upon
their wrists. The average young man wants
to string lot of bangles around his girls wrist
as q sort of Christmas gage ddmo,r. To that
ambition is alone to be attributed the present
rush for new ten cent pieces which the Treasury
cannot supply because it has none on hand
LIFE INSURANCE DECISION IN THE U. s. ST.
PREME COURT.-A decision was rendered by the
United States Supreme Court yesterday in the
case of Ruth f. Thompson VS.. the Knicker-
booker Life Insurance COmpany-a case pre-
senting again the question of forfeiture for
nOn-payment of premium. The Court holds,
first, that failure to pay premium punctually
when due fOrfeits the policy; second, that If the
company accepts note in part payment of the
premium. with the express stipulation that the
note shall be paid at maturity upon penalty of
forfeiture, the penalty must be enforced; third,
that sickness or incapacity is not valid excuse
for non-payment; fourth, that the company is
not bound to give the insured notice of the ma
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