Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-08

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Washington News and Gossin
| GOVERNMENT REcEIPrs To-DAv.-Internal reve.
nue., sl6o ,s56.2l; customs. s6o6.U7.s1.
VIM. N. Heaggerty an assistant inspector OF steam
| vessels Tor the district of New York.
DURING THE PAST session OF Congress the Prest
dent approved three hundred and seventy bills and
vetoed one-the F1tz John Porter bill Seven bills
became laws without the Presidents signature and
SIN paSSed within the last en- days OF the session
failed OF becoming laws because they were not
signed and returned to Congress before adjourn.
ment
LIEUT.. Col NATHANIEL. H. MCLEAN, o. 8. A., re-
tired, died In Cincinnati Saturday.
INDIANS IN WANT OF FooD.-Agent Llewellyn, OF
the Mescalero Indian agency, New Mexico reports
that the rations are exhausted and the Indians will
leave their reservations and make trouble with the
cattle men If supplies are not furnished.
NOT ENoUGH.-Ihe officials OF the Post ONCE de-
partment say that the $4,000 appropriated in the
sundry civil bill to pay substitutes for letter
Iers on on their fifteen days leave Of absence Is
oy no meaus adequate. They say 1t will not cover
The expenses for more than seven days.
OF the Treasury department has received advtces
that new counterfeit SO silver certificate has ap-
peared In the west.
The NAVAL BOARD OF INSPECTION made q salts
factory inspection OF the Wyandotte at the Wash.
1ngton navy yard. The board has gone to Norfolk
TO make an Inspection OF the U. 8. receiving ship
Franklin.
NEW OFFICES CREATED By CoNGREss.-The pres
ent Congress has created quite number OF new
officials. Besides the commission to secure more
Intimate relations between this country and Gen.
tral and South America, bureau OF animal indus
Try, bureau OF labor statistics, burea or navi-
CATION, and commission to inquire into the signal
service, @ coast survey, etc. have been established
Ie latter Is tue only body to consist OF Congress-
men.
TuR DAMAGED SwATARA-The U. g. 8. Swatara,
Which, while at anchor in New York bay last FRI
day afternoon, was run into by the Cunard steanl-
ship Auran1a, had large hole cut In her bow A
Doard or survey, appointed by Commodore File
brown by direction OF the Secretary OF the Navy,
$500 ~
suance OF provision Of the legislative, judicial and
executive appropriation bill, reducing the number
or internal revenue agents from thirty five to
twenty; the commissioner OF internal revenue has Or
A. j. McKusick. California; Thomas Powers, North
carolina; John Young, Tennessee John NJ. Burns,
Kentucky; y; J, B. McCoz, Wisconsin,; James A. Ray,
ner, Virginia; John NJ. Raum. Illinois; j. T. Wilson,
Virginia; Jasper Packard Indiana; W. L HOLSTER,
minnesota; James Larkin, New Hampshire; A.
NJ. Crane, California; j. L. Irumbull, Indiana
CoNFIRMArIoNs BY THE SENArE.-The Senate in
executive session yesterday confirmed the follow
Ing combinations: Garland c. Broadhead, OF Mis-
souri, William j. Broatch, OF Nebraska, and Majors.
Charles X. Suter, Alexander Mackenzie and Oswald
H. Ernst. corps OF engineers, q. s. A., to be MEN,
bers OF the Missouri river commission. Jarvis
Patten, OF Maine, to be commissioner Of vtgatiOn
Major William H. Johnston, paymaster, to be
deputy paymaster general, Y: s. A., with the rank
OF lieutenant colonel. William Nj. Redpath. Of
Indiana, to be Indian agent ut the Quapaw agency,
Indian territory. [The nomination Of Thomas H.
Reeves for this Office was WITHDRAWN
SIX BILLS THE PRESIDENT DID NOT SIGN.-Six bills
passed by Congress during the last days Of the
session failed to become laws by reason Of the
withholding of the Presidents approval They
bodied feature OF the Fitz John Porter bill, which
LED to the veto OF that measure namely, the Great
Ing Of an Office by Congress to be Hlled by the
person named in the measure. They were as fol-
lows: For the relief OF Gen. VIM. W. Avenll, 1or
the relief OF Benjamin F. Pope for the reinstate-
ment OF John NJ. Quackenbush as commander in
the navy, and authorizing the appointment and re-
tlrement or Samuel Kramer as chaplain In the
navy. The other two measures were: bill for
the relief OF George P Webster. late QuartermaSter,
and bill for the relief OF Joseph F. Wilson, OF
Peoria, Ill. directing the commissioner OF the gen.
eral land ONCE TO issue patents Ior eighty acres Of
land In lieu OF a like amount or which Wilson was
dispoSsessed by decree OF the United States
courts
NAVAL ORDERs.-Commander George Dewey, Or
dered to temporary duty at the Navy department,
LIST OF August; Ensign Geo. r. Clark, to the Michi-
gan, l4th inst; Ensigns W. r. NJ. Field and w. l.
Howard, How to the Alarm; Assistant Engineer Cor
detached from the Saratoga, l2lh inst, md placed
on waiting orders; Lieut.. E. X. Moore, from the
naval observatory and ordered to the Saratoga;
Lieut.. Jno I. Sullivan. from command Of the coast
survey steamer Endeavor and placed on sick leave
Assistant Engineer II. f. Rhoades, granted three
months leave. with permission to 60 abroad.
THE NAVY DEPARrysrr INvEsrIoArloN-The
board OF naval officers investigating the Navy de-
partment frauds to-day examined Commodore
Earl English chief OF the bureau OF equipment
ana recruiting in regard to the condition OF the
counts In his bureau and the methods Of doing
business.
THE NEW MINISTER FROM ECuApoR.-senor An
tonic rlores, minister from Ecuador to the United
States. was presented to the President to-day by
the Secretary OF sta e. Senor Flores has twice
before represented his country at Washington
THE SPRINGER COMMITTEE REPoRTa-There will
be two reports upon the Investigations of the
Springer committee. One upon the expenditures
eI the
mn and Crisp will prepare the former and Mr.
Springer the latter. They have six months to
complete their work.
SEVEN HUNDRED APPLICANTS FOR THREE
PLAcEs-The new legislative bill provides for three
additional watchmen In the State, War and Navy
department building, and great pressure has been
brought TO bear upon CHIEF Engineer Snyder. the
superintendent OF the building, for the positions
About seven hundred applications have already
been filed
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
were Senators Allison, Miller, HILL Palmer, Van
Wyck, Cameron tWls.), Sawyer, Manderson and
Cullom, Representatives Tucker, Waite, Horr,
Henry, Henley. Brewer (N.Y.) and Kellogg.
WORK RESUMED AT THE NAVY YARD.-Work at
the Washington navy yard was resumed yesterday
afternoon, after half days suspension. 1t IS not
known that any of the other yards shut down work
on account OF the failure OF Congress to provide
available funds Commodore Semmes not receiv-
Ing any instructions from the Secretary OF the
Navy on the point, interpreted the law literally
and stopped work when there was no money to pay
for 1t.
MARINE BANK DIvIDEND.-The controller of the
currency will probably declare dividend Of Is per
cent In favor OF the creditors OF the Marine national
bank OF New York within the next ten days
THE NEW SOLICITOR OF THE TREAsURY-Mr
Henry Neal the new solicitor of the Treasury for
mally entered on the discharge CT his duties todayl
One OF his first acts was to direct that suits be in
siltuted IN about hfty cases, which have been pend
Ing IN the Office since the death OF Judge Raynor.