Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-10
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. RANDALL'g ONLY HOPE In The Caucus Of His.
 Party. YELLOW FEVER IN THE SOUTH. Several Cases Reported On
 Incoming Vessels. THE HARVEST OF DEATH IN EGYPT. l A Slight Decrease In Cholera
 Mortality.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

RandalT's Chance for speaker-His Only
 Hope 1n the Democratic Caucus-The
 Whtskey Export QuesttOn-A Vessels
 Matters.
 WASHINGTON, July 9.-Some Republican and Independent newspapers are discussing the possibility of Mir. Randalls election as Speaker by Republican votes. MT. Randall differs. from a majority of his party as to the tariff, but he has always been the strongest advocate of party discipline, and has never organized bolt. Inasmuch as the Speaker of the next House will be unquestionably the nominee of the Democratic caucus, it is diff cult to see how Republicans, even if they were so disposed, will have an opportunity of voting for him. Republicans do not cast votes in Democratic caucus. If MT. Ran dall should secure his party caucus nomina- ton, as much opposition as there would be from large minority, it is almost certain that that minority would not bolt his nom- ination. Should they do so, any candidate that they might select would be very cer- tain not to receive any Republican votes.
 The Hill investigation this morning was devoted to the introduction of testimony to show that the supervising architect had un- lawfully paid Bartlett and Robbins for work which had not been advertised. Consid era bIe feeling manifested on both sides of the proceeding
 Commissioner Evans declines for prudential reasons to make public the report of Collec- tor Slack of Boston, who investigated the charges against Revenue Agent Horton of that city.
 Surgeon General Hamilton of the marine hospital service to-day received a telegram from E. A. Griffin, quarantine officer at Pas caqualia, Miss, in which it is stated that he found the Norwegian bark Vega, from Vera Cruz, with yellow fever on board. The ves- sel was bound for the Ship Island quarantine station and ran aground. She was pulled of and lowed to Ship Island leaking badly. Only three of the crew are able to perform duty and assistance was needed. The bills of health of the two infected vessels at the Pensacola quarantine station have also been received and on the Goldbringer one sailor had died of the fever and another is in the hospital The captain had suspicious fever before leaving Vera Cruz, but is now better although somewhat weak. On the bark Wigdoms Venner and another of the crew had been seized by the fever since the death of the captain, Jacobson, at sea. Health re- ports from Matamoras, Mexico, and Browns vile, Texas, show that no cases of yellow fever exist at those ports or at any other port in the United States outside of quaran- tine No other vessels from Vera Cruz have arrived at ports on the gulf coast other than those quarantined at Pensacola, and if no ad- ditienal importations are made it is believed that no danger need be apprehended.
 Postmaster General Gresham to-day sent an official copy of his lottery decision to the postmasters at New York and New Orleans. Colonel Moulton, counsel of the Louisiana company, has submitted the question as to whether the decision would apply to him should he open an office in this city as agent. In regard to the money order business of the country Dr. McDonald, the superintendent, any any appreoiable effect on the post al revenues. Calculating that $70O,oO0 of money orders passed through the mails each month payable to the Louisiana Lottery company, the fees on which would be about g., 900 per month, the loss per year to the government would be about $24, GOO. The aggregate money order business last year was $12O, 1000, ,OOO, so that the prohibition placed on the Louisiana lottery would only decrease the gross amount of orders handled by about one and one-half millions. No clerks at any of the money order offices will be discharged in consequence of the recent order.
 The representatives of the distilling inter- est will not rest on the opinion of the Attor- ney General. The revenue bureau is report ed as considering the opinion not as any instruction to that bureau with regard to withdrawals of spirits from bond and their exportation, because the opinion was based upon hypothetical statement, while the bureau itself deals only with facts. There have been some intimations that, notwith- standing this opinion of the Attor- ney- General, the internal revenue bureau will be compelled to permit the spir- it's to be exported on the declaration of the exporter as to his intentions, and that cer- A~s, Sa, k,- "a exporters intend to evade the law. The whiskey men will probably decide upon definite policy in the course of few days. General Raum and other counsel of the Whiskey association have, it is said, notified their clients that the opinion of the Attor- ney General will not interfere with the ex- portation of whiskey to Bermuda.
 A comparative statement of customs and internal revenue receipts prepared at the Treasury department for the last week of the fiscal year ending June 30th and the first week of the present fiscal year shows an ex- cess in receipts for the first seven days in July over the last seven days of June of SIP, 769.
 Chief Moses and other Indians of the Columbia and OolvilIe reservations to-day signed an agreement which is with few ex- captions identical with that published in these dispatches on Saturday. Chief Moses is to have $1 1000 to build 8 house and $7 ,000 annually instead of $500 to Tonasket's $1O0 annually.
 Secretary Teller said to day that the senti- ment to the effect that the turning over of the Apache Indians to the control of the War department was but an entering wedge for the transfer in the future of all Indians to the War department was without founda- ton and only existed in imagination.
 John E. Clarke, one of the oldest and most favorabIy known telegTaphers in this coun- try. died this morning of nervous exhaustion at Atlantic City where he had gone hoping to regain his health. His remains will be brought to Washington and inferred in Oak Hill cemetery.
 The question of petitioning Congress to restore the right of suffrage in this district is being agitated by the local press. Interviews had tonight with twenty leading colored men disclosed a unanimous sentiment in favor of