Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-16

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev
enue, $403. 625.73; customs, 1852, 936 So

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS 10-DAY.-1nternal rev
enue, $4O3. 1913; customs, 1862 936. So
TREASURY DEcs1oN.-Solicitor Raynor. of the
Treasury, has decided that While the law provides
for the Withholding the pay Of civil officer, who
is In DEBT TO tie government, 1t does not apply to
an innocent surety The question arose in the
case OF the appraiser of merchandise at New Or
leans, who is the surety for defaulting collector
| OF internal revenue.
NAVAL ORbERs.-Comma nder B. F. Day, to duty
as inspector OF the sth lighthouse district, reev
Ing Commander A. s. Barker, who viii settle ac-
counts and await further orders. Lieutenant Com
ni a X r. Leary, to the Vandalia as executive
oicer. Midshipman W. r. Rush to the Passafc.
, Ensign y. T. Emmons and Passed Assistant Pay
master q. II. Read to examination for promotion,
PayInaster +. H. Swami, as a member OF the
board OF examiners. Ensign r. T. Mulligan, to the
navy yard, New York. Mfdshipman c. S. Ripley
and Assistant Engineer S. H. Leonard, Jr., to the
Brooklyn. Commander E. P. Lull, who has been
detached from the command of the Wachusetts,
is placed on waiting orders. Commander Albert
s. Barker, from duty as Inspector of the Sth light
house district, and ordered to settle accounts
US. Fish commission. Ensfgns B. 4. Walling and
A. W. Dodd, to the Ranger, at Acapulco, Mexico.
GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Treasurer Gilfllan has received the following sub
scriptionS to the Garfield Memorial Hospital
Christ church, $3.50; A. w. Y, 81; Second Con-
gregatiOnal church, New London, Conn.,. 500 43;
Trinity church, Wrentham, Mass, $3.50; Evangel-
rem church, York. Pa, SIP; ST. Johns church,
Sandy Hook, Conn.,, $3.50
SECRETARY KIRKwooD ON THE INDIAN QUESTION
In the forthcoming annual report OF the Secretary
OF the Interior much space is devoted to the dis
cussion of the Indian question" in the course of
Which Secretary ktrkWOOd strongly recommends
that liberal provision be made by Congress for
teaching the Indian youth our language; that upon
the existing reservations be greatly reduced; that
on such reservations as are not well adapted to
farming without irrigation efforts be made to teach
the Indians to become herdSmen instead OF endeav-
Oring TO try to make them farmers; that the In
dams titles to the reduced reservations be indivd
ual1zed and thoroughly protected by laws, and
couraged to abandon their tribal relations by set
ting up experimental forms OF local government
among them as nearly alike as may be to the SyS-
TEN or county government prevailing In the states
or territories in which the reservations respec-
lively located.
MIR. AND MRS. RICHARD GURNEY, who recently
arrived in this country from England, are in this
city. Mr.. Quincy is grandson OF the great English
philanthropist OF that name, and Mrs. Quincy Is
granddaughter of Sir William Buxton, the we'll
known English liberaliSt. To-day they visited the
Sumner school, in company with friends, to wit
ness the practical working or our common school
system and the progress made in the education of
the coOIed race in this country, Subjecttn which
tney Cake great interest.
PROTECTION AGAINST IMPORTATION OF CONTAGIOUS
DIsEAsEs.-The annual report Of the National
Board OF Health says that ON account of the re-
str1ctions placed upon the resources OF the board
Dy Congress 1t Is impossible to make effective ar
rangementS for the prevention OF the introduction
OF infectious fevers through the ports on the At
lantic and Gulf coasts south OF Baltimore. He
thinks that the Baltimore authorities would be
glad to avail themselves of a refuge station at
Hampton Roads to which they may send injected
vessels He says it might also be desirable to es-
tabltSh such station at the Delaware Break
water, for the protection of Wilmington and Phia-
delphfa. He regards the quarantine arrangements
M,
the introduction OF contagious diseases through the
northern ports The expenditures Of the board
during the fiscal year were $164,9e9
Observation-Disclosures Raum will leave In a
day or two to visit, upon invitation, the cotton ex
position at Atanta.-Ex-SenatOrC Onkling ap-
In New York city.-Capt A. E. Lee, late U. S.
consul at Frankfort, is now the leading editorial
writer on the ohio State Jo,n'nat-Col Inger-
soil, between featuring, writing for the North
american Reriear, and attorney In the star route
getting to be about the best advertised man
In the country.-EX-SenatOr Thurman intends to
resume the practice of law at his old home, Column
bus, OhiO.--Dr. John Hall, the famous Presby-
derian divine, had his no, nose broken by falling
evening. -Rev. Elisha p. Phelps, formerly pre-
siding elder Of Washington District, NJ E. church,
s Mns nde 70 see par OF sga rev Gays
missioner Dennson is quite i'll a. his home in Col
umbus, Ohio-Mr. Charles Croker has given
income of which endowment fund is to be APP
piled to original research in the far west-Rep-
resentative and Mrs. Cox expected to sail for
home from Liverpool yesterday Georgia papers
report that the health Of Senator Hill, or that
state, is much better, with every reason to hope
celebrated his eighty-fOurth birthday yesterday.
-Ex-Representative Rice, Of Ohio, is in town.
printer and also writer OF some reputation, died
In Louisville last Sunday.-Gen. Sherman made
speech at the Atlanta exposition re-
Wheeler will visit California before lOng.-Herr
Won SchlOZer, the German minister here, and
Senator Hill, OF Georgia, were registered in New
York last NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. Ii. Stephens,
OF Georgia, is expected to arrive here on the $50
O'Clock train tonight.