Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-27

Hut, .Sooo3al 10, customs, Stto.:iS.il.
RfsiGSEp.-D;strict Attorney Guthrldge, OF the
eastern district of Texas, has handed in his resg-
nation, TO take effect Immediately, to Special
Agent N1egand. who has been investigating the
Houyh assassination and other matters in that
district
ANUMBER OF NAVAL CADET:-siX or seven-are
reported to be "n quarantinen on board the
practice ship Constellation, awaiting investiga-
tion Tor "hazlng'' On shipooard.
REsIGSEp.-J. B. Church, examiner OF interfer-
ences patent Office, has resigned, his resignation
to take effect to-day.
No YELLOW FEVER AT AsPINwALL.-In response
to request for information the u. s. vice consul
at Aspinwall telegraphs TO the State department
That there Is no yellow fever or any other epidemic
at That port, and the sanitary condition Is good.
GENERAL SHERMAN has telegraphed, announcing
the safe arrival OF himself and party at Vancouver
barracks. Washington Territory, and stating that
they would leave this morning Tor San Francisco
POSTMASTER RENovED.-Ex-GGv. Benjamin
Conl"y postmaster at Atlanta, Ga, and five
attaches OF the post Office, have been removed.
The. removal was wholly unexpected by the
public The cause is said TO be general dissat-
isfaction: Special Agent Camp has taken charge
of the Office, by instructions OF the Post Office
department.
PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL BOARD OF INsrEc-
ordered to temporary duty as president OF the
naval board of inspection, it is the general i'm
preston among naval Officers that the appoint
ment will be permanent one. He has IN ,te a
long ana strong fight for the position, not desiring
to command the Mare Island navy yard, to which
DUTY there was every probability of his being as
inspection beard. He has brought great influence
to bear ior the position and, as stated, will proba
bly, retain II.
ALLEGED SwfEDLrNG OF THE GOVERNMENT BY
RAvENUE OrFICERS.-The commissioner of inter-
nal revenue has issued instructions to Revenue
Agent Powell, at Raleigh, n c., to Investigate the
report that several of the revenue officers in the
upper part Of South Carolina have been system
aticaIly swindiing the government for some time.
1t Is charGs that the officers In question hire per-
they capture the material In the night time and
obtain the government reward of $50 for such
se;znre The same material is then put up IN an
other part OF the state and seized again It is al
legged that only a fcwof the stills captured In the
mountains OF South Carolina have really been used
for illicit distilling
STORAGE OF BOOKS IN TIE GALLERY OF STATuARY
HAIL--The necessity for room in the Congress
sonal library has forced Mr. Spofford to adopt
another expedicnt for the storage OF such books
as are less frequently called for. The gallery
around the Cid hall OF the House has been filed
with shelving, and these are filled With books
public documents. but so concealed as not 10 be a
blemish to the hall and its surroundings. Now,
however, the entire wall back of the sem-clrculr
gallery IS hidden from view by ShelVn, ten feet
high, which viii afford space enough for few
thousand volumes. This pine shelving Is the
most conspicuous part OF statu,ry hall, and
art. viii 10y no means add to the beauty
OF the place Utilizing the unoccupied gal
lefy in this way may make the next Congress real
1Ze the Importance OF speedily prOviiiDg cOmmo-
diOuS quarters for the tens of thousands or books
now actually Inaccessible for Want OF proper
space.
WASHINGTON ScIENr1srs.-The following Wash
ingtonians We're registered at Minneapolis during
the recent session OF the American Association for
the Advancement OF Science recently held there:
c. V. Riley, o. It. Mason. Mr.. and Mrs J. R East
man, c: W. sml y, R. W. Smiley, E. P. Howland.
r 9oT ~ W and J. Mrs FrsSv n Mr H9s ona
George Vascy, Mr: and Mrs. J. r. Dodge, j. W.
GnSerng IL w. Wy Wiley Among the newly
lm, DR.. George vasey. Among the newly-elec;ed
nd4ss n"n john Dr EATON Pre Bns T. a FX as} e
Mr. W. H. Holmes. Mr. c. W. Smiley, Mr.. w. Up
ton. During the meeting Prof: j. r. Eastman was
general secretary and Prof. O. r. Mason vice presi-
dent OF the section OF anthropology. At the Phila
delphia meeting. to be held In August 1884, Hon.
!,n,, 1ohn ton WIN be vice president and Mr. W. H.
science ana Mr.. c. w. Smiley secretary Of the Sec
tiOn OF anthrOpolOgy.
PERsoNAI.-Count L!ppe- Neissenfeld, OF the
Austrian legation, and ex-senator Yulee were reg
stered In New York last evening.--Chief Clerk
Whitney, OF the Bureau OF Statistics left Satur.
day evening for months vacation among the
northern r Nn de re,o and the lakes and noun
Pa:-Mrs. c. $. Whitman is at Orkney Springs,
OF Washington Deputy Controller OF OF
Currency gnr.d win take va
Mrs. S. c. Reid left last evening for Federal Iill,
Ky, whittier she was called to attend the obse-
Who died suddenly on the asrh nt.-Mrs.
1weedale, wife OF the Chief Clerk OF the War de-
nartment, has gone from Asbury Park to Bristol.
Mrs. c. b. Jewell are at Montro5e, Pa, where
they snend portion OF nearly every summer
c. V. Riley and j. Stanley Brown. WI Of Of Washington,
were registered in Chicago on Saturday.-Mrs.
Louise Pollock has returned to the city.-Judge
Hoa iley, democratic candidate for the governor
ship OF Ohio, has been suffering for week past
from severe attack OF malarial fever-Miss
with friends In upper Maryland.-Mrs Lawrence,
vile OF the First Controller. has arrived at lie
iontaine, Ohio. from Saratoga. Their daughter
Rev. Dr. DOmer, OF this city, officiated last week
at the laying OF the corner stone OF the new
raerS chofca o 1n az
evening for a months absence. which he will
spend with his family in Nebraska. Dakota and
from Long 1sland.-Col. Thompson. superin-
tendent Of the railway mail service, returned to
the city yto-day.--Ex-District Attorney Wells, Of
this city, IS one OF the champion croQuet players
at SlratOga-AmOng the visitors at Nantasket
Beach last week We're Mrs. j. w. and Miss Ida
Thompson, Mrs. NJ G. Emery and daughter Gen
and Mrs S. S. Henklc, Joseph Tabor johnson, and
Il A. Bacon, OF Washington.
I'm the Yellowstone Park.
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY ON THEIR TRAVELS
THE KIDNAPPING STORY.
In dispatch from Camp Logan, Yellowstone
park, dated August %, where the President and
his party were camping, it was stated that the
night before the coolest the party had yet ex-
perlenced, the Thermometer marking twenty de-