Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-05
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-Internalrev
enue, S492, ,535.05; customs, $771 ,49S.U.
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF STEAM NAVIGATION
convened in annual session at the Ebbitt House
this afternoon-President, Capt. E. Gould, OF
st. Louis.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD's FATAL WOUND.-In the
grand jury room. when the case of Guteau was
being considered. the wound Of President Gar
field and the course of the ball were fully ex-
planned by DR.. ID. s. Lamb, by the aid Of fine
cOlOred diagram of a section of the human body,
also portion of the lumbar vertebrR and small
ribs of a skeleton from the Medical Museum,
with the points marked with blue pencil where
the ball struck where it shattered the rib, and
where it entered and made it's exit from the
spinal column.
THE SENATE CAUCUSES. The democratic
Senators will meet in conference at the Capitol,
Friday afternoon, in response to a written invita-
tiOn of the caucus chairman, Mr.. Pendleton. 1t
is believed that they will hold their regular
caucus at 10 am next Saturday, the same hour
as the republicans, with the view of bringing
both parties together in an agreement for the
organization of the Senate.
ALASKA WANTS TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
Under date of September Sth Commander Lull
commanding the Wachusetts at Sitka, reports
to the Navy department that all is quiet in the
territory of Alaska. Nothing but the absolute pro-
hibitiOn of the sale Of mOlasses and cheap sugar,
from which the natives manufacture the vile
rum in use by them, will prevent the brOils and
fighting amongst themselves that every now and
then break out in different parts of the country.
Small disturbances among the Indians at differ
ent points in the territory have been adjusted.
A convention was held at Rockwell August IL.
at which an urgent appeal was made to the
President of the United States and to Congress
to establish civil government for the territory
OF Alaska. An election was held on the 5th in
slant to choose a delegate to present the resO-
lutiOns at the next session of Congress. Ex-
Collector Ball was chosen as delegate.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been made
in the Patent Office after competitive examina-
tiOn:-SecOnd Assistant Examiner Eugene B.
Clark, to be first assistant examiner. vice T. C.
Brecht. resigned Third Assistant Examiner Geo.
F. Wingate, to be second assistant examiner,
vice Henry l.. Smith, resigned; Third Assistant
Examiner Paul Arnold, to be second assistant
examiner, vice Eugene B. Clark promoted;
Thomas G. Steward, OF Kendall, ILL.,. to be APP
pointed third assistant examiner, vice Wingate,
promoted, and Miss Amelia Tyler of Nebraska.
to be appointed third assistant examiner vice
Arnold promoted.
AN INVENTION TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF
VEssELs.-Ensign U. s. Hogg, u S. n, son Of
the chief clerk of the Navy department, has de-
vised an invention to readily and accurately de-
termlne the speed of vessel moving through
the water regardless of the time, position of the
vessel or condition of the water. This is effected
by means OF a device for creating a vacuum in a
pipe extending to such distance from the YES
sci as to be outside of the body of water affected
a nR nntC N-<A ian<i
with an indicating device upon the vessel SO
graduated as to show the extent of the vacuum
and consequently the speed at which the vessel
is moving through the water. A patent for this
invention is now being applied for. 1t has been
tried on the Alarm and reported effective.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
UPTON will not, it is stated, enter any proceed
ings against the Sunday Gazette for the publica-
tiOn made by that paper, and referred to in The
STAR last night. The statement published by
that paper, his friends cay, is wholly incorrect
The chief charge against Mr.. Upton contained
in it is that he Over-rode decision of the first
controller in a McEwen Indian claim for
ZOO. and "whacked up with the party In
terested. There has been no such claim before
the department, it is asserted. The Assistant
Secretary nor any one else could override the
first controller, even if such a claim had been
passed upon by him. The decision of the latter
officer is fixed by statute as final and subject to
nObOdy's revision.
JUMPED THEIR BAH..-InformatiOn has been
received by Commissioner Raum that w. H.
Winstead and N. N. Tuck, of Greenville. South
Carolina, who are under charge for violating the
internal revenue laws, have jumped their bail.
Both of them are prominent citizens of the dis
trict in which they have resided. Both were
formerly officers of the internal revenue service
Tuck is sheriff of Person county, A short time
nr HON aoll lod
siOner Raum and tried to arrange compromise
in the suits pending. The Commissioner told
them that he would compromise the suits if the
defendants would pay SS, 600 each and all costs
much satisfaction to be gotten out of the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue. Finding the
law swOOping down upon them, they have fed
and forfeited their bail. Commissioner Raum
to-day authorized the offering of reward of
$3.50 each for the arrest and delivery to the
u U.S. marshal of Winstead and Tuck.
The LARGEST DAYS SALE EVER MADE OF
REVENUE STAMPs.-Returns made up in the
internal revenue bureau to-day show that a
larger number of stamps were issued YESTERDAY
than on any day previous in the history Of the
government. There were sent out Yesterday
4S9 packages of internal revenue stamps. filling
l25 mail pouches. The total number of these
stamps is IL, 229 POI, representing face value
of So 1894 ,247.3O. Most of these stamps were
for use in the tobacco trade The present boom
is attributed to the fact that the tobacco crOp
of this year is short. and there is a probability
of corner in it being attempted. All whole
sale dealers want to have their goods properly
stamped in case the corner shall develop.
THE WHITE HOUsE.-Eugene, Of President
Arthur's household, was at the White House to-
day. All of the employees there remain On duty
in anticipation of any orders that the President
may give. This afternoon Mr.. Brown went to
Senator Jones residence to pay his respects to
President Arthur. There is no public business
transacted at the White House now
Mr.. o. l.. Pruden, assistant secretary to the
President, is at home sick with malaria. He has
been laid up several days, and to-day is not any
better.
PERsONAL.-Gen. James 8. Negley of Pitts
burg is at the Ebbitt.-Naval Constructors
TichbbOrne and Wilson are at Wiliards-
Ex-Governor Shepherd. will it is expected, make
a short business visit to Washington and New
York in January-HOn. Lionel Sackville
West. British minister to the United States. will
sail from Liverpool to Philadelphia, by the
steamer Indiana. October 22-The Garfield
boys have returned to Williams college. but
Harry is not well enough to resume his stndes