Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-06
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Internal reve-
nue., $495, $685. 80; customs, $767, 1850.
REAR-ADMIRAL NICHOLSON will be relieved from
the command OF the European station In March
next, when he will be placed on the retired list,
and Commodore Baldwin, now on duty with the
hghC mousse board, Will succeed to that command.
Mr.. F. McNERHANY has been appointed to q
clerksh1p In the Quartermaster Generals Office.
made vacant by the death OF Gen. G. T.. Thomas
This Is an excellent appointment.
GovERNoR-ELEcT BUTLER Dimes wITH THE PREs1-
Butler, Mr.. nj. w. Cooper, OF New York. and Prl-
vate Secretary Phillips at dinner last evening at
the Soldiers Home.
THE POSTAGE on the double-sheet STAR Is two
cents The Post Ofice department requests per-
sons sending newspapers by mail to write their
names and addresses On the wrappers.
WHITE HOUSE CALLERs-Among those who saw
the President to-day were Senators Mcmillan,
Sewell, Harrison. Blair and Miller of New York:
Speaker Keifer, Represent atives Van Horn, Pound,
Fisher, Ketcham, Kelley. Speer, Page, Lacey. An.
dersOn Hardenburg, Reed, Post, Van Arnum,
townsend, Dunnell, Gibson, Paul, Robinson and
Urner
The FOLLOWING BID for terra Gotta work was
received at Gen. Meigs' office on Monday last 1t
appears that 1t came as registered letter on the
1st OF December. The notice OF its reception at
the Quartermaster Generals office. and did not
reach Gen. Meigs until Monday morning. There
fore To- the bid, which arrived In proper time in
Washington, was not received and read at the
opening OF bids on Saturday, December I'd: Bos-
ton Terra Gotta Co, for terra Gotta, according to
specifications and drawings s16O3S The bid sue
gests many other applications OF terra Gotta in the
new Pension building, which offered for $l6 342
additional
THE VACANT ARMY PAYMAsTERsHIP.-Who will
be appointed to the vacant paymastership in the
army Is matter Of considerable speculation In
army circles just now. The name most promi-
the appointment Is that Of Lieut. Alexander Rod
gers OF the 4th cavalry, son OF Admiral Rodgers.
II this appointment IS made it Will create good
zeal or Ill feeling In the army. The officers don't
squirm as much when civilian is given pay
mastership as when a young lieutenant jumps
over the heads OF his seniors to position Of major
Then 1t hurts.
THE UTAH COMMISSION, in its report to the Sec
retary OF the Interior, recommends that marri-
age law be enacted by Congress declaring all future
marriages void unless witnessed by certain desIg-
mated persons and registered in specific public
ofilces. Female suffrage is regarded by the COM
mission as an obstacle in the way of the efforts
for the suppression OF polygamy.
THE ANNUAL OPENING OF BIDS to furnish the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing with supplies
needed in its work took place at that bureau to-
day at noon. There were 145 bids received, ana
schedules covering 455 different articles. II will
take some time to tabulate and compare the diff
ferent bids on all the articles. This work has been
placed In the hands Of committee and Will be
completed as soon as practicable. Notices Will be
and sue e a a dfdng fa @
interest are Cumberland coal and ice and on the
former former MT John Miller, at s494 per ton, is the
lowest bidder, and On Ice the lowest bidder, the
knickerbocker Ice Company, at 39hc per 100
pounds.
WHY Col. LAIDLEY ASKED TO BE RETIRED
The retirement OF Col. Theodore 7. s. Ladey,
which was announced yesterday, was caused by a
feud OF several years standing between that officer
anu Gen, Benet chief OF ordnance. The ill-feeling
began Wnen.Gen. Benet WAS promoted to be CHIEF
or ordnance. Col Laidley was seven years his
senior, and naturally fell sghted when his Junior
In experience was made his superior in authority
The official relations between the two officers did
not Improve with time, and only short time ago
Gen. Benet exercised his authority by causing the
Watertown arsenal, near Boston, and having him
assigned to the command OF the insignificant
plccatnny powder depot Here his principal duty
would De 10 see that the men rolled the powder
oaTfeis around to keep the powder from caking.
Coi; Laidley was powerless to help matters, and
rather than be SO humbled he demanded 10 be re.
tlred, having served over forty years
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ensign David Daniels. ordered
Surgeon L. q. Henneberger, to duty at the museum
OF hygiene, at Washington, D. c. Passed Assistant
Surgeon j. H. Gaines. to duty at the naval hospi-
tai, Washington. Cadet Engineer Edward H. s.
Srrl6ner, to examination Tor promotion. Cadet
Engineer Harold P. Norton, to special duty CON
neeted with the advisory board. Commander Jas
d. Graham; detached from command OF the Pas
sale and placed on waiting orders. Commander
henry L. johnson, from command OF the Nam
and Papsed EEL on fro waiting orders Lieu
Lieut.. Frank Curtis, from the Montauk,
ana d. o. ordered d. to equipment duty at the
the Passaic, and ordered to the receiving ship
Franklin: Master Luclen Young, from the Mon
taus; Ia and an. ordered to the Kearsarge. Mldshipman
w. g. Richardson, from the Montauk, and ordered
to the receiving ship Wabash. Passed Assistant
Paymaster Q. c. Tiffany, from the Passaic, and
sistant Paymaster Jno. S. Carpenter, from the
ant Paymaster Geo. W. Simpson, from the Nan
Lieut.. s. P. Comley, Masters NJ. l. Wood and F. Il.
aylsr, ass,s;o, Asslstant surgeon Craig, Passed
Engineer F. ". Bartlett and Naval Cadets r H
Conant and WmP. Creighton, from the Nantucket
ana a, placed on waiting orders. Lieut.. Eiward A.
NJ Edgar, Passed Assistant Engineer John A.
Tobin. Assistant Engineer H. E. Prick and Naval
Cadets H. G.. Leopold and O. c. Gsantner, from the
MOntauk aQd placed on waiting orders. Master ~
X. Usher. Ensign H. NJ. Hodges, Passed Assistant
Surgeon Howard Smith, Assistant Engineer J. p.
anu naval CdQeDS u. IL. Matthews and
JAS NJ Fits, from the PasSaic and placed on
waiting orders.
THE PURITAN SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED-Secre-
tary Chandler received a telegram this morning
from Mr.. John Roach, at Chester Pa, stating that
the Puritan was successfully launched there at
O'clock to-day.
EX-SENATOR CoNKLING made an argument be-
fore the U.S. Supreme Court. late yesterday after
noon, IN favor OF the Cook county National Bank
of Chicago, in a suit against receiver who ap-
piled the assets OF the bank to meet an indebted
ness to the United States. The court room was
crowded. The Senator Is quite gray. though
otherwise looks as vigorous as OF yore. Although
almost within the shadow of the Senate chamber
he dll not visit 1t, nor has he since he lett 1t.
THE VOTE OF Mr. JUSTICE MATTHEWS was the
casting one in the consultation OF the United States
supreme Court judges which gave to the heirs Of
Gen. Lee the famous Arlington property.
PERsONAI.-Ex-Secretary Evarts and ex-Gov.
McCook, of Colorado, are at Wormleys.-Repre
sentatives Belmont and LeFevre were in, New
York last night Crosby, OF Montana, and
John f. Smythe, OF Albany, are ut the Arlington.
H. c. Ford and wife, OF Santa Barbara, Cal,
are In the city, guests OF DR.. Edison, 1908 street
-Representatives COX, Dugro and Hewitt went
over to New York yesterday to attend the recep-
tion given to GovernOr-elect Cleveland by the
Manhattan Club last evening ROhona