The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
WASHINGTON.
News Gathered About the CapitaI
City.

News Gathered About the Capital
City.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE Co.
rean embassy left Washington this
morning for New York, accompanied
by John Davis, first assistant .secre-
tary of state, and Lieutenant Mason
and Ensign Foulk, of the navy, They
will be presented t0 the president IN
New York before continuing their
Jouflsy to Boston.
Secretary Li1co.n, Secretary Chan
dler and Commodore English held a
consultation this morning for TIE
purpose of discussing the question of
attempting relief to the Greely party
this fall: After the conference Secre-
tary Chandler sent word to DR.. Bes-
sells, the. well-known Artic explorer,
ifiiit be Vas asked to confer with him
on the project.
The number of standard dollars IS
sued during the week ending Septem-
Der Is amounted to $fS0,99S, against
$4,000 for the same week last year.
Representative Wiess, of the Beer
Brewers Association, made an argu-
ment before the commissioner of in
ternal revenue this nerping in favor
of the suspension of operations of his
recent order in regard to bottling beer
directly from the cask. The commits
sioner withheld his decision.
The Massachusetts commissioners
of emigration report $4,000 emigrants
landed at Boston from August 30,
1882, to June 30, 1888; of this number
Seventeen were lunaties and idiots, or
PERSONS unable TO take care OF thenl-
selves. The commissioners say the
worst class of paupers they arc called
upon to provide for come through
Canada, and additional legislation
is asked to prevent such influx.
Surgeon General Hammond, of the
marine hospital service, received let
fer Yesterday from Deputy Collector
Cusha1h, of Yuma, September 8th,
transmitted by j. S. Clark. special
deputy collector at Ell Paso, Texas; TO
whom it was directed, in which the
former says there are conflicting ac-
counts of the prevalence of yellow fever
and black Yemit at Mazatlan and
Guayamas; Mexico; but he (the deputy
cOllector) has direct information of
death from black vomit at Guaymas
by a gentlenien who has just arrived
there by steamer from Mazatlan; and
that he intercepted letter from a
railroad man who runs to and from
Guaymas, stating that the people are
dying at that place at the rate of from
three to six day of that and other
fever. In the letter transmitting this
Gotiimunication Special Collector
Clark urges the taking of steps to
prevent the spread of fever to the
United States. He says the railroad
from Guayamas enters Arizona Ter
ritory at Fo5alss. 81,
Upon receipt of these letters DR..
Hammond teIegraphed Deputy Col
lector Bunnelly at Yuma for further
Information to-day. He received the
f6li0wing dispatch. Accounts are
conflicting concerning the true char
acter Of the diseased hut they are at
tended with fatal conditions. The
latest news indicates increasing nor
tality."
WAsH1NGToN, Sept. f5.-By order
of the second assistant postmaster
genefal, TO take effect September 80,
the star route from Niobara to Fort
Randall, Dakota, has been discJnttn-
ued. J. K. Miner was the lowest bid
der for supplying the service on this
route and was awarded the contract,
which was afterwards annulled be-
ca1se Of technical imperfections. The
reasons given at th8 postofice depart
ment for the abolition, Of THIS route is
that since the date of advertising for
proposals the railroad system in that
section has been extended so greatly
that the, necessity for star route SER
vice no longer exists.
By direction of The president. Cadet.
Beebee, of the fourth class, United
States Military academy, has been dis
missed from the service for hazing.
The report of the committee ap-
pointed by the secretary to
Investigate the charges against Super
vising Architect Hill, was given out
for publication to-day. Some of the
findings of the committee are severe
on Hill; and his resignation is freely
talked of.
The secretary-treasurer will pr0ba-
bly, make another bond call Monday or
Thursday. It is thought the amount
will be $15,OO0,000. -:-s--
Secretaries Chandler and Lincoln
were in consultation to-day in refer
ence to sending relief to the Greeley
party. 1t is impossible, at this writ
ing, to state positively what conclu-
sion was reached. but it is under
stood that information has been
received that the Greeley party is
supplied with provisions sufficient to
sustain them for over year yet; and
there is, consequently, no necessity for
stating the relief expedition this fan.
WAsHING Ten, Sept. 18.-Mr. Tar
bIe, collector of customs at Pensacola,
had an interview with the secretary y
of the treasury to-day, and made Il
formal request in behalf of the Flori-
da state board of health and the citi-
zens of Woolsley and Warrenville; on
the navy reservation, for assistance in
supplying the poor of these settle
ments with rations during the preva-
Ience of yellow fever. The secretary
replied that there was no fund at his
disposal with which to purchase ra-
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