Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-06

o'clock p. M. in the rotunda of the Capitol to
proceed in body to visit the President.
| THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE come in very
slowly although the special session is but a few
days Off Among other arrivals last night were
! Senators Lamar and Vest. Senator Beck is ex-
! pected here on Friday and Senator Voorhees, on
Saturday morning.
| ACTING p NJ G-Second Assistant POstmas-
ter General Elmer has returned. and in the alb
scence of the Postmaster General is acting in
that capacity.
1T IS PRETTY CERTAIN that Mr. j. S. Brown.
who was private secretary to President Garfield,
will be retained in that capacity by President
Arthur. There is no announcement officially to
this effect, but all things tend that way.
FIRST LIEUT.. GEORGE BATES, USING, now
in this city has been ordered to report for duty
at the Annapolis Barracks On the 18th inst.
STEALING PUB. Docs. FROM THE DEPART
MENTs.-The following notice was to-day placed
on the reporters table at the Navy Department.
''The chief clerk of the Navy department re-
quests the cooperation Of the reporters of the
press In ascertaining who removed and carried
off from the reporters desk on the 5th inst. four
or five pages of an original dispatch received
from Commander Lull, of the U. S. steamer
Wachusett. concerning affairs in Alaska.
(Signed), JOHN W. HOGG." This was bold
theft. (which no newspaper man of standing
would be guilty. The reporters whose duty call
them to the Navy department have pretty ac-
curately ascertained who the thief is. 1t is
awaited before any action is taken. to see whether
the stolen files of the Navy de artment will be
returned. If they are not regained the depart
ment will have to write to Commander Lull to
send on duplicate of the stolen report Steal
ing Of this kind has been going on for some time.
Men too lazy to copy and too incompetent to
make sensible abstract of official papers to
which they are given access have i'm some cases
stolen the whole outfit. 1t is about time that
decent newspaper men should see that there is
halt called. Such thefts are punishable by law.
THE STEAMBOAT MEN.-At yesterdays session
of the National Board OF Steam Navigation, at
the Ebbitt house. a resolution was adopted re-
commencing to Congress to provide such rates
of compensation to the officers and crews of the
U. s. Life Saving service as shall insure to it
the retention of first-class men. At the evening
session Gen. Negley, of Pittsburg. made an
euiOgisfic address on the late President. A
resolution was adopted providing for the ap-
pOintment of a committee of five to encourage
and foster any enterprise or any legislation that
may point towards the formation of line of
American steamships between New York and
Liverpool. The board resolved to meet in ST.
Louis next October. The board reassembled
this morning at 10 o'clock, and after dispOsing
of considerable routine business adjourned at II
O'Clock. and proceeded in a body to Senator
Jones' residence, where they were received by
President Arthur. The board went into bust
ness session again this afternoon. Their ses-
sions will probably continue over tomorrow.
GuITEAU's COUNSEL GONE TO NEW YORK.
Yesterday afternoon, on motion of Col Corkhill.
Mr.. George Scoville. of the Chicago bar, was ad-
mitted to the bar. Mr.. ScOvie is the brother
in law of the assassin Guteau and will defend
him. He left this city last evening for New
York.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR KIRKwOOD and
General Peter F. Bacon, of this city, are perhaps
the only two men now living here who turned
out in the procession which welcomed our
former distinguished French visitOr-General
Lafayette-tO Washington On the 18TH day of
October, 1924. They were then schoolmates,
about eleven years of age each, in John Nc
Leod's seminary, the pupils of which school par
ticipated in the ceremonies Of that brilliant day
in the early annals of the federal metropolis, and
they both expect to join in the welcome to our
French visitors next week.
THE PRESIDENT remained quietly ON Capitol
Hill to-day. memoranda order was made to
Secretary Hunt to detail upon his return an Of
iicer of the navy as instructor at the university
OF Ohio at Columbus. Early this morning the
members of the national board of steam naviga-
tiOn. who are holding its session in this city, called
in body. Gen. Butler also called and was ac-
corded lengthy interview. Subsequently Sen
atOrs Pugh and Morgan and District ATTORNEY
Corkhiil, were among the callers. The Presi-
dent is in excellent health.
SILVER CERTIFICATES Nor IN FAVOR IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.-Even at this late day the people of
South Carolina will not take as current money
the silver certificate Treasurer Gilfillan TO-DAY
received letter from the president 0f one of the
banks in that state setting forthSf saying
that he had lot of the certificatesdh hand. He
asked II he could pay them out on the checks of
United States disbursing officers. Thetreasurer
replied that the standard silver dollar, which is
| a full legal tender, could be offered and people
who preferred the certificates could take them
instead saying that. in his experience he found
that the certificates were usually preferred to the
coin. 1t is a somewhat remarkable fact that
South Carolina is the only state where the silver
certificate does not pass current. 1t is redeema-
BILE, presentation. in silver dollars which are
themselves full legal tender. 1t takes a good
while for things to be understood all around.
PERsONAL-Gen. and Mrs. Dent, who have
been spending the summer on I street. are about
to leave for st. Augustine. Fla, which has been
their home for two or three years-Mr and
Mrs. Washington Mel Lean Of Cincinnati are at the
Rggs.-SenatOr Saunders, who is now here.
does not expect his family before December. His
wife and daughter are now in COlOradO.-Mr.
John Flagg made a brief visit to the city this
Richard Spofford, of Massachusetts,. is in New
York; he will probably visit Washington this
winter. His health is greatly improved.-Mr
| and Mrs. Hannegan have engaged and are Occu-
pying rooms in the acknowledgements
| and Mrs. Ray of New Hampshire, will be pleas
antly located at 1901 Massachusetts, avenue
during the coming winter.-Mrs DIR. Hilgard,
who has been visiting her relatives, Prof and
Mrs. Hilgard. returns to New York to-day
Mr.. E. f. Andrews has rented Mr.. GOOdfellOw's
house on 18th street, near Dupont circle, and
ne and his wife will reside there In future -
"idoWers will be in the ascendancy in Washing
ton this season, as the President is a widOwer
the new British minister is also, and so is Mr.
Alien, the Hawaiian minister, now the dean of
| the diplomatic corps. There are also several
Widowers in each house of Congress. Among
the Senatorial widowers are Anthony David
Davis; and Jones. of Florida Senator Ferry is
bachelor.-Wiley Britton, of the War depart-
ment, has returned to the city from Boston.
where he has been spending his annual leave
and completing his Memoirs Of the Rebellion ON
the Border, 1S63."-King Kalakaua reached
Chicago yesterday morning, and Left for Omaha
at tnoon.-Assistant Secretary of State Robert
r. Hit, Walker Blame, of Maine; William =
Chandler, of New Hampshire; Senator Morrtii
/ of n. dp,jr novyiI