Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-15

D. c.. THURSDAY.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-1nternal
| revenue, $4l0, ,4S1.s2; customs, &63S, ,a03. 9a
THE MALAaAsY ENvoYs left here this morning
| for New York, accompanied BY Chief Clerk Brown,
| OF the State department.
Mr. WALTER p PHILLIPS Washington agent OF
| the United Press Association, was yesterday ap-
pointed general business manager OF that associa
ton, with headquarters in New York. He left for
New York last evening, but Will return here in a
IeW days In order to settle business matters here.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ensign j. Fl. l. Holcombe has
been detached from duty as assistant astronomer
to the transit OF Venus party, and has been Or
dered to the o. S. S. Nipsic.
THE Q. 8. s JAMESTOWN arrived at Martinique
on the 18th instant All well on board.
| THE DEMAND FOR COPIES OF the new tariff bill
| comes from all sections Of the country In q
| great number OF cases the copies allowed each
senator and Representative are mailed IN bulk to
| their respective homes to be by them distributed
| COMPLAINT having been made on the part of the
| Chippewa Indians or the Red Lake Reservation,
Mimi, that the whites were stealing their timber,
Agent Lusz informs the Indian Commissioner to-
day that there are three logging camps on the
reservation, but these are managed by the Indians.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
| were Sena tors Hill and Sabin, Representatives
| Peele and Henderson, OF Illinois, and ex-senator
| Mitchell, Judge Dana, OF Oregon, and Assistant
| Secretary New.
| COMMISSIONS were issued to-day to c. W. Orri-
son, postmaster at Mount Gilead, Va, and to j. B.
Douglass at RuckeTsville, Va.
GOLD, SILVER AND NOTES.-The statement Of the
u S. Treasurer shows gold. silver and Z. s. notes
In the Treasury today as follows: Gold coin and
bullion. $179, ,sl7; silver dollars and bullion,
slo5 e52: fractional silver con s27,69O9sO: U.
notes, s46 aO6, 247 total $3.50 1854 1896 Certificates
outstanding Gold, $408 ,790 silver, s69 146 $50;
| currency, slo,asO,COO
CIVIL RIGHTS CAsEs.-Before the United States
supreme Court adjourns for the spring term it is
expected that decisions will be made In one or
| Two OF the several important civil rights cases
now pending.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS IN THE REVENUE MARINE
SERvIcE.-The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
tailed board OF revenue marine officers to exam
IN that service as follows: Consulting Engineer
CHARLES II. Emery, OF New York; Chief Engineer
Ballat, and Chief Engineer Charles H. Ball. The
BOARD VIII meet at the Treasury department on
the Goth Instant
HOPES For HIS REcovERY-The condition of Mr.
Hayward M. Hutchinson is so much improved to-
day that his friends have strong hopes OF his re-
covery. Mr. II. has not Brights disease but was
taken GOWN with congestion Of the kidneys. By
careful treatment and nursing he has passed out
OF the most dangerous stageo OF the attack and Is
uolng much better now than his friends yesterday
had hoped for.
SPECIAL CoUNsEI--The Attorney General has ap-
pointed John S. Wise, of Virginia, special counsel
to assist in the prosecution OF the Virginia cleo
tlOn cases.
IHE NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH.-No provision
IS made In the sundry civil appropriation bill for
the continuance OF the national board OF health.
The President OF the United States however in
cred to use 600 In preventing and suppressng
the same, and maintaining Quarantine at points
OF danger.
THE CONGRESSIONAL JOINT COMMITTEE on the
library, OF the part OF the Senate, was empowered
by legislative enactment to sit during the recess
gay, purchase from the Marquis de Rochambeau
tne military papers, maps and letter books of the
Count de Rochambeau for which an appropria-
tlon OF $4,000 was made.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE HOUSE LIBRARY.-At an
early day the architect OF the Capitol will begin
the work OF converting the rooms which adtoin
the Old hall OF the House OF Representatives lex
cept the document and stationery rooms) and the
space over the entablature OF the cOOnnade at the
south end OF the hail. to the use of the House
library ms Is rendered necessary because OF its
crowded condition
COMMISSIONS were issued to-day to postmasters
as follows: S. NJ. Larkns, Marksville Station, Va.
X. A. THOMPSON, Sylvatus, Va; w. A. Peterson,
Md.
MAJOR SIMON SNYDER, 11th infantry, frecently
promoted from captain, 5th Infantry, is relieved
from duty on recruiting SERVICE and will report in
person to the commanding general department OF
Dakota for assignment to station.
STATE CLAIMS TO PUBLIC LANDS GRANTED TO
RAILROA ADs.-A brief has been filed by Ex-Governor
Crawford, as agent OF the state of Kansas, with
the Secretary OF the Interior in favor OF restoring
to the state lands now held by the Atchison, To-
peha and Santa Fe railroad In excess OF the grants
to which they are by law entitled. This case win
days The counsel for the state says If this claim
Is adjusted s1 under the rule laid down by the su-
w BE- IN a M the
thousand and million acres Under any circum-
stance 1t Is thought that the state is entitled to
decision OF this question may lead to the adjust
ment OF land grants similarly held by other rail-
roads.
THE WEEKLY STAR for this week Is now ready
for mailing; price. three cents per copy. 1t Is a
large, eight-page paper, OF ffty-slx columns, cut,
pasted ana folded, and will be sent anywhere In
the United States and Canada, postpaid, for one
dollar year.
PERsoNAL-Senator Anthony has gone to Fort
ress Monroe.-Mr. R. DOyly Carte and Miss
Helen Lenoir. OF English opera management fame,
are at the EbbttI--Co John Hancock, VIM.
Hart and James w. Shea, OF Washington, were reg
istered In Jacksonville on Tuesday Poore
has written for the April Century paper on the
"Captol at Washington" containing many rem
iniscences OF events that have taken place within
It's walls as Wen as history of the building to be
fully illustrated. the will OF a Boston lady,
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs Lucy Stone Black
wen VIII receive twenty thousand dollars each as
representative women suffragiSta Senator
Beck and wife left to-day for Jacksonville where
they Will remain several weeks
The Civil Service Commission.
WHAT JUDGE TH0MAN SAYS ABOUT ITS PRELIMINARY
WORK.
Judge L d. Thoman, of the civil service commits