Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-16

I'ry, mas oe en- called to McGrawville, n. Y, by
! the illness of his children.
HE THINKS HIS TURN Has CoME-Repre-
sentative Lawler, of Chicago, is In the city
again. this time to urge the appointment OF
Ghiat i. Healey as collector Of customs for
nave We been made without consulting the wishes
u tne Two members from the city, and Mr..
LAWYER thinks his turn has come.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Senators Mcpherson, Dolph, with A.
Naltner, of Oregon, and Call; Representatives
d,a1oon. Lawler, Foran, lands. ONeill, FELTON,
ana Boyle; the commissioner of agriculture,
NaIOr Joseph b. Campbell, 4th artillery; 3. v.
Nues =. NJ. Haines, speaker of the Illinois leg
Washington.
COL T. F. BARR, the Secretary OF Wars mill
itary secretary. has returned. He will be re-
lieyed from duty here in a few days, and will
PROBABLY be sent to Fort Smelling.
COMMODORE SCHLEY, chief Of the bureau of
equipment and recruiting, Navy department.,
leaves today for New England for a short va
cation. While absent he will review the train
ing squadron at Newport, r. I.
ALLEGED FALSE PRESERVATION OF Gov
ERNMENT OFF1CIAL.-J. E. Jacobs, special
agent of the Pension Office, arrested M. Link,
yesterday at Cold Harbor, Hanover county,
employe of the Department of the interior, and
demanding money from an applicant for a PEN
missioner Peasants at Richmond, Va, for a
hearing. but by advice of counsel waved exami-
nation and was held in $500 bail to await the
action OF the grand jury.
REPRESENTATIVE RANDALL, according to
the report of an interview with him, published
in the Philadelphia Press, event on to assert
practically that he would not be a candidate
for the speakership OF the next House."
How RURAL PosrMAsrRs INCREASE THEIR
Observation-Disclosures ]. w. Flagg, OF Ellis
WORTH Mass, has been recommended for re-
nova! for mailing circulars at his office that
should have been mailed at Boston, thus In
number OF stamps cancelled. The post ofdce in
spectors' investigations have revealed the fact
that there are persons in the large cities who
make business OF furnishing and addressing
great quantities of circulars for firms free Of
cost. upon the payment of one-cent postage
upon each circular. They take these circulars
to small village post Office and stipulate with
the postmaster Tor a STARE in lis commissions,
and this share, it seems is large enough to
make the business lucrative.
COMMISSIONERS THoMANs INDIANA Bonds
Judge Thoman, who is in Helena, Mont, said
yesterday in relation to his transactions in In
diana township bonds that he got them in the
way of legitimate business from A. e. Davis, of
Chicago his personal friend, aud added: 81 be-
long 10 no syndicate. l have no interest in q
paint manufacturing establishment with Mr..
MINING INTERESTS IN ALASKA-Lieut. Com
mander H. E. Nichols, commanding the O. s.
S. Pinta, in a dispatch to the Navy department
dated Sitka, Alaska, August 18th. reports that
the ships. during the summer, visited nearly
all the principal villages in southeastern Alaska
He says that he was told that Winchester rifles
were sold by traders to the indians The first
shipment of bullion from DOUGLASS island was
made in July. After twenty-five days work, as
he was informed, $95, 900 was shipped to San
Francisco. 1t is estimated that 1 500 Indians
were congregated at Juneau, having come from
almost every villagein southeast Alaska. They
worked In the mines and In cutting wood, aud
many OF them accumulated q good--dlsaavO of
money, which they seemed to keep. .E6Of
the miners who were taken by the PM1Vln
May to Chilcoot, to 60 to the Yukon riveH had
returned. They reported that as far as they
river mines (erroneOusly called Juno in pre-
vious reports) had not turned out as expected,
though few miners were at work still. Some
quartz mining was going on at Silver bay, near
Sitka.