Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-07
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPrs To-pAY.-Internal reve-
| nue., 1892 95!.57: customs s., ,G3s,s9983.
The TREASURY DEPARTMENT yesterday pur-
chased 56S coo ounces OF fine silver Tor the various
tnintS.
GOLD BULLION OF the vliuc OF s16,7S5, ,os374 was
transferred from the New YORK assay Office to the
Philadelphia mint for coinage during the month
o. June.
-.
NATIONAL BASzs.-The Controller of the Cur
| rency has called for report showing the condi-
ton OF the national banks at the close of business
on Saturday, the 1st OF July.
| THE Controller OF the Currency has authorized
the Lincoln ,,atjonal Bank, OF Lincoln, NeD., to
commence business with capital OF Sioo,COO.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
were Senators Kellogg, Miller (Cll) and Jones and
Representatives. Anderson, Aldrch, Burrows, Bis
bee, Hill, Valentine, Belford and Speer.
Ex-AuDIToK t'PAEsos") MASSEY, of Virginia,
was at the Capitol to-day. He said he was In the
field for CGngressman-at-large TO stay and seemed
TO reg ara his Chance OF eie2ton as encouraging.
APPRovED-The President has approved the act
in regard to n monumental column to commence
rate the battle OF Monmouth.
CADET ENGINEERS l. d. Miner and W. II. Alder
ton.
THE CONTRACT for furnishing parquetry floor for
the north wing of the State. War, and Navy de-
parment building has been awarded to Goorkock
d Co, of New York,
W. F. HORTON has been appointed to a $1,000
clerhship in the Surgeon Generals office
THE BOARD of commissioners OF Alabama
claims will meet in & short time and proceed to
business The President has rendered to ex-Sen-
ator CresWel the position OF counsel for the gov
ernmcnt before Tie cOlml SSlOn, ana Mr.. CreSWeil
has accepted.
SECOND LIEUT.. F. E. Hobbs, I'd artillery, has been
ordered to report in person to the chief of ord
nance for temporary special duty In his Office.
AN ORDNANCE DEroT is established by the
chief of ordnance at Fort Lowell, Arizona, and the
arsenal at Fort Union, New Mexico, Is abolished,
by order OF Gen. Shcrlnln
YELLOW FEyER.-AGvices to the National Board
| of Health from New Orleans state that no case
OF yellow fever and no doubtful or suspicious
has occurred in the city since the one reported
case o. June 25th.
OUR AsIATIC FLEET.-Raar Admiral John NJ. B.
| CltZ, |. s n, commanding tae Asittic station,
| reports under date of June g. from Kobe, Japan,
that the flagship Richmond, Captain Joseph s.
! Sker:ett, would leave Kobe for NaCaSaki June s
| or 0. The AShGelOt, Commander Horace E. Mui-
Ian, would leave Kobe, June Z, for Yokohama, act
| ing as CONVOY 10 the Alert Commander Lewis
k"mpn The latter vessel w0ult probably be
| docked at IOMO,aN and examined, ami 90 from
there TO Yokohama, where all transfers of sick and
Alert would proceed to the Mare Island navy yard,
California. The MonOc1cy, Commander Charles
; cotton, would remain there for the time being
Inc SWdtara, Commander Phillip II. CO5peT,Wh.ch
lett ChefoO May s, returned TO Nagasaki. June 4,
having conveyed Commodore Robert ". Shufeldt
2MHO was Ihen at NdgaSdkD TO and from COrea
Inc faIOS, Lieutenant Commander George ID. B.
Glidden, still at Kobe. The health OF officers
and men OF the squadron rcinained generally good.
SECRETARY FOLGER SAID LAST NIGH that there
has been nothing developed as far as he knows in
the $1,000 bond plate Investigation afecti NJ Col.
Irish, Chief OF the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing In any Way, and that the copy or the
genuine pl1te said TO have been made, but as
nrinly denied, was made, IL made at all, several
years before Col Irish took charge. The reports
ABOUT a change have caused considerable uneas-
ness IN the printing bureau. where there are
| nearly 1000 persons employed.
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Secretary
| Chandler ana one Or two other members of the
Cabinet, contemplated going to Fortress Monroe
| to-morrOw'On the Despatch, but as that vessel
| VIII not be ready the trip has been abandoned.
| THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS
for furnishing supplies &c, for the Treasury de-
partment for the ensuing fiscal year:-For miScel-
| laneOus suppnes-E- J. Brooke Co., New York.
! and j. w BOteler & Son, L. d. Gilman, Daniel G.
| Hatch Co.. II. X. HelphenStine, III. Hoander,
Jas b. Lambie: Martin & Butler, JAS. Ii. McGill,N.
Son, b. W. Reeds Sons, n. A Poole c Co., JAS l.
Savage, Schiller q Stevens, Simpson d. Cay j. j.
Stott and Cromwell, all OF Washington. For lum-
ber-Wiett Libby, J. ID. Ktch and Geo. A. She
! han. For fOrage-R. c. Hewett. For dry goods
L9nshurgh & Bro, W. b. Moses & Son and Chas.
W. Hayes. For northumberland G. Hatch. W.B.
Williams, W. b. Moses 6 Son and Cnas. w. Hayes.
MOyFxPSTs or Naval VrSSp1s Tho Iroouotc
has been ordered to Panama. The Navy depart
ment is informed OF the arrival OF the Enterprise
| at the New York navy yard. The POwhatan and
Talapoosa have left Key West for Pensacola, Fla.
PREDICTIONS BY Hon. JERE. S. BLACK-Hon
| Jere S. Black was interviewed in Chicago yester-
day on the political outlook and predicted that
the democrats would nominate Hancock for Presi-
dent and the republicans Blaine He thought that
Mr. Pattison would be the next governor or Penn
| sylTania.
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AND THE OKLA
HOMA ISvADER--The statement has been tele-
| graphed east that Capt Payne, of Oklahoma fame
intended TO make another raid In the Indian terri
tory, and that the Secretary OF the Interior had
promised to protect him. Secretary Teller, when
his attention was called to the matter by a STAR
| reporter this morning, said that he had made no
! out III very summary way.
PERSONAL---VERY. Justice Waite is In New York.
| The only daughter OF Representative Skinner
died at WatertOwn, NY, on Tuesday, of diphthe-
| ria.-Mr Nathaniel Paige, OF Washington was
registered at the Office OF the New York He7ad in
| Paris yeSterday.-Mr. E. V. Smalley, the we'll
known correspondent, has arrived at Walla Waila,
| WI, having crossed overland via the proposed
route OF the Northern Pacific railroad.-Airs F.
| A. Ashford, Mrs. Edward Temple, Mr.. Edison Lowe
| Mr.. Thomas Johnston and MISS Virginia GemmiIi
| are among the late arrivals at Rock Enon Springs
i-RegiSter OF Wills RamSden has been called to
Chatauqua by the critical condition OF his brother
who II Is feared Will not recover from the injuries
| sustained by being gored by bull some time ago
THE wife and children OF Representative
Turner OF Kentucky, LETT this afternoon for Mount