Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-29
Washington News and Gossip

Washington News and Gossip
THERE ARE 1913 new advertisements in TIE STAR
to-day.
| GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve-
nue., $432. 5040S customs. ssss5lS09.
THE United States training ships Portsmouth,
Commander Wise, and Saratoga, Commodore Tay-
| lor. Will leave early next week for Newburg, N.
Y, where the apprentice boys and marines are
| to participate In the centennial parade at that
place.
AN UNEASY CoNsC IENCE.-The following unique
epistle was received at the Treasury department
| to-day in an envelope postmarked "Logansville,
Wis.,:
"FIrst AUDITOR o. S. Treasury, Washington, DC:
II Bought 2H lbs. Of leaf tobacco for own use
| In account Of strength q Sam Is rich, but
Caesar ought to have his Due"
Eighteen cents In postage stamps were enclosed
Ia the letter.
INTEREST CHEcKs-4s.154 checks, aggregating
in value s5794,721, and representing the interest
due on October 1st on registered U. 8. per cent
consols Of 1907 will be mailed from the Treasury
department to-day.
GEN. HUNTS SUCCESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE SoUTH-The Secretary OF War says that no
| one will be appointed to succeed Gen. Hunt in
command Of the department of the south for some
time to come, as there Is no Omcer OF suitable
rank available for that duty at present The bust.
ness Of the department will be conducted under
direction of Major General Hancock. An officer
| viii be ordered there when the changes incident
| to General Sherman's retirement are made.
TIE CONTRACT for the manufacture OF one of
Yates heavy ri1ed cannon for experimental use
| by the ordnance bureau of the army has been
awarded to the South Boston iron company.
YELLOW FEvER.-The Secretary Of the Navy has
received a telegram from Commandant Welch, of
| the Pensacola navy yard, dated the 18th instant,
as follows: "Two cases of yellow fever, one of
Which at died today not having been found until
THE o. 8. s. TALLAPoosA will leave the Wash
1ngton navy yard Wednesday next with stores for
the northern yards. No one has yet been selected
| as Capt Kellogg's successor in the command Of
this vessel
CONGRESSIONAL FLArs.-A gentleman protesting
to represent New York capitalists has been making
! inquiries concerning the Carroll row and other
adjacent property on Capitol Hill fronting the
Capitol grounds with the view OF purchasing a
site for the erection Of large fats or apartment
building, for the use Of Congressman and others
OIL ON THE wArERs-The report Of B. g. Spar
row, superintendent of the second life saving dis
trict, under whose direction experiments have re-
Gently been made in the use of Oil for calming
rough sea, has been presented to the president OF
the th board 1 on lfe saving appliances ana by him
saving service. After recitng the experiments he
says: 1.-THE majority OF the printed statements
mariners who have used it, furnish conclusive evi-
dence that in deep water Oil has calming effect
upon rough sea, but the conclusion deduced from
Our experiments Is that Oil exertS no influence
upon sea that breaks on the shore. The result
when an tnrolling, undulating wave from the
ocean throws thousands OF tons OF water upon the
shore cannot be prevented by thin film OF OIL"
THE CRUISE OF THE LooKoUT.-The United States
fish commission steamer Lookout, Capt. William
Ham1pn. arrfVp0 at aft horc cr1nn.
mcr cruise on the coast Of the eastern states The
principal work performed by the Lookout was
among the menhaden fisheries. between the east
end OF Long Island and Block Island. The Look
out Will leave Baltimore on Monday for the oyster
farms at st. Jeromes bay, St Marys county The
Chesapeake until she driven out BY fae lee when
her work will probably be transferred to southern
waters.
THE CoREAN AMBASSADORS are expected to arrive
In Washington this afternoon on the limited ex-
press from New York. They will be accompanied
navy, and will occupy, as before, the whole Of the
johnson house, adjoining the Arlington. 1t is
bly, until after the return Of the President. r WV
COMMISSIONS were issued to-day to r. T. Bentley.
Sandy Spring. Md; w. r. Meade, Plue1rass, Va.
Mary c. Holiday, Holiday, Va
INCREASED POSTAL REcEIpTs.-The sixth audi
tor has prepared statement showing the gross
receipts OF the Post Office department for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1883. The gross reve-
nue. was 81, ,827, ,473S9 which shows an increase
over last year OF s. 1862 15679 The value OF post
age stamps sold was S42 923 SOL SO, increase Of
So, ,39O24488 The value Of the stamps sold for the
quarter ending June 80, 1884, was $40 5S2 21228 an
increase over the corresponding quarter last year
THE CASE OF LIEUT.. RoBERTsoN.-Tne sentence
OF the court martial In the case of 2d Lieut. Rob-
ertson was, as has been stated, suspension for
short time, not over year. The court found 1t
Robertson not guilty of the ofrense charged, con-
guilty OF conduct prejudIclai to GOOD order and
military discipline, under the sxty-second article
| Of war. Judge Advocate General Swain, in his
the court was not Justified, under the evidence, in
bringing In verdict of guilty OF violating the
the findings OF the court be disapproved No fur
ther action will be taken in this case until the re-
turn OF the President
NAVAL LORDERs.-Commander George B. White
| ordered to duty as lighthouse inspector OF the
fourth district; Commander Frederick Rogers, de-
| tached from duty as lighthouse Inspector, and
ordered to command the receiving slip Independ-
ence; Capt c. s. Norton detached from the Inde-
| pendence and placed on waiting Orders Ensign P.
J; Werlich, ordered to the Colorado; Lieut. W. A.
Marshall, ordered to the navy yard, Portsmouth,
n. H.; Ensign F. w. Coffin, detached from the
Minnesota and ordered to the Trenton: Ensign
Ross, detached from the navy yard. New York. and
| ordered TO the naval academy; Ensign John Glib
son, ordered to duty in the photographic Office.
| DIPLOMATIC NoTEs.-Most Of the foreign repre-
sentatives will be back in Washington by Monday
next Lieut. Mclean, q. s. A., has arrived In
| Vienna. having been appointed military attache
| OF the American legation in that city-Mr. Frank
Mason, United States consul at Bale, who has
been In this country on leave of abxence, has re-
| turned and resumed hts duties.-Hon. A.A. Sar-
| gent, American minister to Germany is in Paris
with his family. and will be absent from Berlin
| until the middle of October.-Hon. J. r. Lowell,
our representative at the Court OF St James, has
left London for tour OF the continent with dis
| tngushed party OF friends.-Hon VIM II. Hunt,
American minister to Russia, who has been visit
| Ing Carlsbad with his family, started fortnight
ago TO return to St Petersburg. Della
Vale. charge d'affaires Of the italian legation,
Washington, has been among the many members
OF the diplomatic corps in New York this week.
Hon. w. w. Thomas, American minister to
Sweden, since his arrival In that country has been
| fairly overwhelmed with courtes1es from the gov
ernment of1cials-Mr. Vanderveldt, chancellor
OF the Belgian legation. London, has as bis guest
Mr. Bret Harte, formerly American consul at Glas-
gov. for whom he is said to have formed very
| strong atJachment-M. de Struye Russian min
lister, who is now at P1ttsneld Mass, viii return
to washington In about a fortnight; also, Vis-
count de Nogueiras, the minister OF Portugal
| who has been spending the summer at the same
place.-HOn. LIP Morton our minister to France,
Is expected to return to Paris the last of the pres