Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-22
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTO-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, S422, $3.50; customs, s736, ,49l.s6.
WHITE House CALLERs.-P. NJ. G. James.
General sturgs and Hon. Henry watterson
called at the White House to-day to inquire
about the President. Collector Badger, of
Louisiana, also called at the White House this
afternoon. A big demijOhn of mineral water
from Boston was received at the White House
this afternoon for the President.
GENERAL DUMONT, supervising inspector of
steamboats,. has gone to New York on official
business. He will be absent about a week.
Ex-AUDIToR MCGREw. although somewhat
better this morning, is by no means out of dan
ger. This morning he could articulate sOme
and gave indications of Improvement.
SECRETARY KIRKwOOD will remain in the city
all summer. taking an occasional sail down the
Potomac on yacht. The Secretary is fond of
the Potomac.
Mr.. FRANCK LIE FLEsCH, the full blooded IN
dian. who is cOpyist in the Indian Bureau. is re-
ported to be making good progress in his duties.
and is giving satisfaction to his chief-cvized
Chief, of course.
ARMY ORDERs-Second Lieut. Allen R. Jor-
dan, Sd cavalry. having reported to the Adju-
tant General of the Army, in compliance with
special orders, will return to his station (Fort
Washakie. WyOming) Brevet Brigadier Gen.
H. j. Hunt. U: S. Army, having completed the
business for which he was ordered by telegraph
to this city. will return to his station (NewpOrt
Barracks, Kentucky
OUTSTANDING u. S. BONDs-According to
report made to-day by RObt. P. Porter, special
agent of the Census Office. at the date nearest
the census year, June So 1880, there were
bonds. These bonds were of the following
issues: per cent, $52S. 1O0, $50; ~ per cent,
SIT, ,2SO. 500; 5 per cent. 1894 44O, 500; per
cent. S1sO, ,926. 200; total, 81, ,173 749 $50 The
per cent bonds were all made payable in
ten large cities. These registered bonds
were found to be owned as follows In
dividual holders and corporations, s649 99O, 400;
foreign holders, S27, ,894, $50; national banks.
Co secure circulation, (s319, ,937, 800; six
per per cen cent, payable in ten large cities)
the 6 per cents, the foreign holders and the
banks there are S644 ,99O, 400 of 4, ~ and per
cent bonds to be distributed throughout the
country. Of the total number of holders (73. 114)
AZ, 262 are males. %, S25 females, and 1897 are
corporations: and of the amount held the males
own 1897 1S5, 500. the females $50. 1853 $50. and
the corporations S227. .451 $50. The average per
capita for the male holders is $7741 "a. for the
female holders $3,OS1 10. for the corporations
Sl4S, ,953.2O and for both sexes and the corpora
tiOns SS,S21.O.
JUSTICE CLIFFORD, OF THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT, DYING.-A dispatch to the
Portland (Me.) Press from Cornish, timed D.
m. yesterday, from DR.. Swasey, assistant of JUS
tce Clitford's physician, says: "Judge Clifford is
fast sinking. His cerebral trouble has assumed
a fatal type and he probably cannot survive
more than few hOurSn
THE ATLANTA COTToN ExPOsIT1ON.-Mr. J. C.
kimball, vice president of the Atlanta cotton ex-
position, was in the city yesterday in the in
terest of that enterprise. He called at the
White House, and invited the Presidents pri-
yafe secretary to be present at the exposition
regretting that the President would be unable
to attend. He stated that Atlanta was the very
first city where public meeting to denOunce
the attempted assassination was held. Mr..
kimball has just returned from Cincinnati, Buff
falO, Rochester and Cleveland. He met the
boards of trade of these cities, and received as
surances that they would be fully represented at
the exposition. He also received subscriptions
to the capital stock Of the exposition. Mr. KIM
balls chief business here was with the Treasury
department in regard to the customs regula-
tiOns for foreign goods entered at the exhibi-
tiOn. He completed arrangements with Acting
Secretary French by which all goods for the ex-
position not sold in this country will be admitted
free Of duty. All obstacles to the exhibition of
foreign goods under the same conditions and
regulations as If they were in bonded warehouses
were removed.
LOUISIANA POLITICIANS IN TOwN-Judge Par
dee, Collector Badger and Senator Kellogg. all
OF Louisiana, have suddenly appeared in WASH
ingtOn. They happened here together without
any concerted movement. Itappears that there
s dlnerence as to who shall run the appoint
ment machine in Louisiana and these three are
sOrter watching one another.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Capt. Bancroft Gherardi to
special duty to expedite the fitting out of the
Lancaster; Lieut.. Commander Casper F. Good
rich, do; Paymaster A. F. kenney to the Ten
Atlantic station; Elect Paymaster James Hoy
from the Tennessee and ordered to settle ac-
counts.
SECRETARY WINDOW returned from Deer Park
to-day. and was at his desk in the Treasury de-
partment.
ARMY ORDERs.-SecOnd Lieut.. Allen R. Jor-
dan, Sd cavalry, having reported to the Adju-
tant general of the army, in compliance with
special orders, will return to his station (FOrt
Washakie, WyOming.) Brevet Brigadier Cen
erai h. ). Hunt, U. s. army, having completed
the business for which he was ordered by tele-
graph to this city, will return to his station
(NewpOrt Barracks Kentucky)
NEEDED EXTENSION OF THE YOsE MITE VAL
LEY REsERyATION.-The Commissioner of the
General Land office has reported favOrably upon
the request of the Yosemite commission and
the governor of California, to the effect that the
Yosemite Valley reservation be increased to in
clude several hundred square miles of the ada
cent mountains. To do this the land must first
be ceded conditiOnally to the state 1t is claimed
that 1.-The cessiOn will preserves grand specimen
of the prmeval forest including two groves of
the gigantic Sequoias. bring the two existing
grants together. and ensure the protection of
the whole against vandalism and destructive
fires. as a valuable pleasure resort and SANTA
rum for all time"
PERsONAL.-Miss G. H. Welch. Of Washington
is at the New Windsor College resort, Md
Robert Beall is at the White Sulphur Harry
X. Cofey, Of Washington. is at the Mountain
House, CressOn, Pa.-Chas. f. Thompson is
at Marshall Hall-A T. Brian is at the Attain
tic hotel, Cape May.-Mrs. NJ. C. Danforth is
at Ocean Grove.-W. w. Burdette is at " Ater-
Vile. Md.-G. A. Rock is at Lakewood. N.
IT. B. Sanders is at Old Orchard Maine
Col r. G.. Rutherford is at Doubling Gap.-
Mrs. John Davis is at North Hampton, N. II