Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-27
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAy.-Internal reve-
| nue., 9,695; customs, s557s32
SECRETARY FoLGER slept well last night and
awoke this morning much relieved. His appetite
| is improving. He ate his breakfast this morning
with unusual relish. The Inflammation of his
head and scalp continues to subsde, and his gem
eral symptoms are more favorable than for several
days past
GOLD, SILVER AND NOTES.-The statement of the
O. s. Treasurer shows gold, silver and @. s. notes
in the Treasury to-day, as follows Gold coin and
bullion, SlS3. .604 1856; silver dollars and bullion,
$1O6, 800 1876; fractional silver coin, S27 5471S;
United States notes, s4402052s; total 1862 379 S2s
Certificates outstanding: Gold, $4O $50 22O; silver,
| s1ooal,0 04o; currency, s9,s4o,OOO
PRoMoT1oNs.-The death of Major Franklin Har-
| wood, corps OF engineers, which occurred in Bos-
ton, on Sunday night, mentioned in yesterdays
STAR, will cause the following promotions in the
| engineer corps: Capt Lewis c. Overman to be
major, 1st Lieut. Carl F. Palfrey to be captain and
2d lieutenant. James G. Warren to be 1st lieu
tenant
Ex-PREsIDENT DIAz.-Tne U. s. S. Despatch has
been placed at the disposal Of the Secretary Of
State for the purpose OF taking ex-President Diaz
| and his party down to Mount Vernon on Thurs
day.
GONE TO MISUNDERSTANDING Lincoln and
Bay, Wis. to attend the funeral Of Postmaster
/ General Howe
| GEN. DIAz PRESENTED TO THE PRFs1DENr-Ex-
| President Diaz and suite were formally presented
to the President at half-past eleven o'clock to-day
! In the blue parlor at the White House. r,he vis-
tors were accompanied by General Foster and
| Minister Romero. Mr.. Brown, chief clerk of the
State department, was also In the party.
| AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
| War Ca1 uau u,lov- Va,, Wrr-c1-
| and ex-senator Saunders. and Representatives
Belmont, Raymond. Crowley and Holton.
| PATENT EXAMINERS REs1GN-Walter e. Knight
| and E. M. Bentley, second assistant examiners in
| the Patent Off1ce, have resigned, and are going
into business In New York as electrical engineers
| AMERICAN BONDED WHISKY IN CANADA-Judge
| French who is acting as Secretary Of the Treas
| ury, has addressed letter to the Secretary Of
State on the subject OF the proposed modification
OF Canadian regulations In regard to the impOrta-
| t1On OF bonded whisky from the United States
| Mr. French says that the commissioner of internal
the right Of exportation into Canada Without nav %
| ment OF tax was one guaranteed by law and not
subject to the discretion OF the Treasury depart
| ment, that department would have no objections
| to such notifications of Canadian regulations as
would permit the importation into their dominion
Of whisky In packages OF 20 gallons and upwards
| The Secretary OF State is requested to commun1-
cate these views to the Canadian government.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS are now en-
gagged in the preparation of rules for the guidance
| OF the commission in conducting competitive ex-
| aminatlons. These will be ready to be subm Cted
| to the President for approval on Thursday or Fri
day. Until they shall have been thus approved
the commissioners decline to indicate their pur-
| port. One OF the commissioners said to-day that
in drafting tho rules they had no precedent for the
government OF the commission, which indicates a
| departure from the rules which governed the Old
commission.
| THE CONTRACT for furnishing the cut-stone
| work for entrances to the new Pension building
| has been awarded to Messrs. Middleton, Lane L.
| Co., OF this city, for 81 ,9i9.
THE WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY Su1T.-The
argument in the suit of the District OF Columbia
| versus the Washington Market Company, was
| commenced in the United States supreme court
yesterday by H. E. Davis for plaintiff in error, and
continued by William Birney and B. F. Butler for
defendant in error, and A. g. Riddle for plaintiff
| In error.
PETITIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE EIaHT-EOUR
| LAw.-Petitions have been filed with the Presi-
dent and the Secretary Of War by laborers on the
| washington monument and the public buildings
| and grounds asking for the enforcement Of the
| eight-hour law as construed by the Secretary OF
plane as other employees of the government. The
| President has referred the matter to Secretary
| Lincoln, who has 1T under consideration.
PATENTS were issued to-day as follows:-John
D. Bangert, Baltimore, Nd, machine for mixing
| and arating flour; Edward E Bawsel, assignor to
W, w. Choate, Washington. pole changer for tele-
boring bit: Edward j. Desmedt, Washington, two
patents for manufacture of Portland cement Geo.
". Evans, Baltimore, milk and cream can; Henry
F.. Hayden, Washington, four patents for gene
! rator for hydro-carbon vapor or gas, for appa
fs5as hans ,p9 59r gfneratng gas from
for generator for hydocarbon vapor or gas and for
gas furnace; James B. Pelton, Frederick county.
Ma, grain elevator: Philip Prado Baltimore pho
Chan NTocl,
ington, sash cord guide; Chas. W. Stickney, WASH
ington, ellipsograph; Parker Fl. Sweet, jr., WASH
assignee Of one-half to Fl. McNeill, Washington
galley type lock; Charles H. Bambach, Baltimore,
neck yoke
ADEN1A1.-In answer to an assertion that Judge
Thoman, one OF the civil service commissioners,
owns the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator and is re-
sponsibe for recent editorial in that journal Sc
verely condemning the action of Il convention of
labOrlng men, held at Arbe1ter hall, Cincinnati on
| the 18th instant. and st1gmatizing them as "com-
munists because they refused to endorse the civil
service law, Judge Thoman makes the following
statement: "S1nce the Goth day Of August, 1882,
have had no connection with the Youngstown Yin
transferred all my right title and interest to Dr.
Patton. OF Newark. who has been, to my personal
tne soe owner and editor since that
sentiment for any paper since that time. think
am so well known to the iaboring men Of Ohio
that they will not believe that would be guilty
OF insulting their manhood by extensively condemn
ing their action or questioning their right to ex-
| to editorials which have written, and speeches.
have made, in their behalf upon all Just measures
that nave been advocated by them, to fully sus-
tain me in what here say"
THE LATE POSTMASTER GENERAL HowE-A no.
tice, signed by F. N. Bassett, JAS h. Mari, Owen
Riley, Madison Davis, D. Haynes j. s. Crawford
and N. G. summerfeld. was circulated in the poet
once department to-day, stating that in order
I 1nat the clerks and employees Of the department
form OF suitable resolutions to the end that the
bereaved family and Judge Howe's friends NAV be
assured OF the sympathy for them and the admIra-
tlon 1or him entertained by his late subordfnates
IS deemed proper to request the employees of the
fost once department to meet in the record hail
oi 'ne auoltor's ohce at O'Clock this afternoon.
PERsoNAI--Ex-SurgeoL General Barnes was
little better this morning than yesterday. He