Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-11
Washington News and Gossip.

washington NEWS and GOSSIP.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TODAY Internal
revenue, S264, JIG; customs, $500, 800.
THE TRIAL OF THE DoLPH1N.-Officers of the
naval advisory board, who were present at the
trial trip of the new dispatch boat Dolphin yes
terday, report that the trial was in every re-
spect satisfactory. The course was on the
sound, from Execution rock to Middle Ground
light, a distance of 307s miles. The run up was
made with the wind abeam and the tide against
her at the rate of 10 $40 knots per hour She
made the return trip, with wind dead ahead, at
the rate OF 14.43 knots per hour. making an
average of 15 Ito knots. She was constructed
to make Is knots Her trial trip having proved
successful, she will be turned over to the gov
ernment, And the final payment made to her
builders.
FoURSUICIDEs IN ONE FAMILY-Col Mayo,
who killed himself yesterday in Virginia, was a
member of the Forty eighth Congress from the
first Virginia district, and was unseated and the
seat awarded to Garrison. Col. Mayo was elect
ed as readjuSter. After his election to Con-
gress, and before the meeting of that body, word
came to Washington that Mayo had committed
sulcloe on Potomac river steamer, but 1T
proved to be his father who had taken his life.
brother and a sister of the late Congressman
also committed suicide, making four OF the i'm
mediate family who have taken their own lives
EX-SECRETARY FRELINGHUYsEN and wife
and Miss Frelinghuysen left Washington at
IL o'clock to-day in special car for Newark,
n. j. Mr.. Frelinghuysens departure from the
city was occasioned by slight indisposition. He
desires to rest for time at his own home.
Should his health permit, he will return to
Washington for short visit in about two
weeks.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Commander Henry G. Tay-
lor will be detached from special duty at New
York, April 18th, and ordered to serve as a
member of the board of inspection and survey.
Passed Assistant En- ineer Warner B. Bayley
will be detached from special duty at the Navy
department. the 18th inst, and ordered to the
Pensacola the 25th inst.
CoUNTERFEITING COPPER CENTs.-Speci-
mems of counterfeit one cent pieces have been
received at the Treasury department from the
New York sub-treasury with the information
that this class of counterfeiting is very extern
sive, and innumerable spurious coins are in cir
culation. While the fraud does not appear
very important, yet it Is quite profitable to the
counterfciters when the coins are made in large
quantities. They are darker in color than the
genuine coins, containing no alloy, and being
weigh As grains. and from a pound of copper
about a hundred and forty counterfeit coins can
be made of that weight, with profit OF about
seventy-five cents to the manufacturer.
EXAMINATION FOR A MEDICAL REVIEWERS
PLACE.-A civil service examination for medi-
cal reviewers for the Pension office will be held
at the civil service rooms Tuesday, March 81.
AS this examination is special persons who
have already passed the common clerical eX-
animation may apply for this. The technical
branches included in this examination VIII be
anatomy and physiology. chemistry and ma
terra medica, general pathology and theory
and practice, surgery, hygiene and medical
Jurisprudence.
THE ARTISTS OF ITALY will send deputatiOn
to this city to endeavor to have the tariff on
foreign works of art changed. The deputatiOn
contains two American artists.
PROTECTION ASKED FOR THE MONUMENT AT
YoRKTOwN.-COl VIM. p. Craghill has adj
dressed letter to the War department asking
hat ho do f,bY
tect the granite monument erected under his
supervision by the United States at Yorktown,
VA, which is being mutilated by relic hunters.
THE PRESIDENT CALLS ON MR.. CoRCoRAN.-
The President, accompanied by Mr.. r. T. Mer
rick, last evening made social call upon Mr..
w. w. COrcOran. The latter has been slightly
lndispOsed for several days.
THE KILBoURN JUDGMENT.-A warrant for a
little over S21 900 will be issued to Mr. Hallet
Kilbourn in day or two, the matter having
beer referred by Assistant Secretary Coon yes
terday to the first auditor for approval. The
warrant was yesterday signed in favor of John
e. Thompson for $4,000. the amount appropri-
ated to- reimburse him for expenses of defending
the suit brought by Mr.. Kilbourn.
PENSION FRAUDs.-For the past two months
agents from the Pension office here have been
engaged at the agency in Philadelphia making
a thorough examination of the twenty thous
and and odd claims that are on the list there
and have discovered that fraudulent claims
amounting to at least 500, 900 have been paid.
The examination is still in progress. and the
loss may possibly exceed the amount named
above. One of the clerks of Gen. Sickel, the
late pension agent, has already been convicted
and sentenced to four years Imprisonment, and
another is under indictment for trial.
COPIES OF THE STAR of February 81 and
March 8, and 8, in wrappers, duly stamped,
containing the full reports of the monument
celebration and the Inauguration ceremonies
and the ball, can be had at the counting room
in any quantity. Price two cents-nOt inclu-
ding postage.
CAPT. GEORGE BROWN is in the city, and it is
generally understood that he will be made chief
of the bureau of yards and docks of the Navy
department, as announced in THE STAR. He is
an intimate friend OF Secretary Whitney.
EXAMINING BoARD.-The Secretary of the
Treasury has appointed Surgeons Bailhache,
Purviance and Austin a board to examine APP
plicants for appointment as assistant surgeons
in the marine hospital service. The board will
meet in this city on the 23d inst
PERsoNALs-Secretary Lamar has taken a
suite of rooms at the "Club Flats" an apart
ment house adjoining the Metropolitan club
building, on II street-W. n. Haldeman. of the
Louisville Con1Ter-JoWndl, Richard Smith, of
the Cincinnati CommerciM gazette. Gen. and
Mrs. 0. o. Howard. Col. and Mrs Geo l.. An
drews, Representative Pusey, of iowa, Thomas
Sherlock, of Cincinnati Hon. d. p. Dyer, of st.
Louis. and Capt r Fl. bowling, of Toledo, are
was lately detached from service at baltimore
and ordered to sea on the flagship Pensacola |
was the recipient of a banquet in Baltimore last
night.-Mme J. p Palmer was registered in
New york yesterday.-Gen. j. c. Black, the
new Commissioner of Pensions, arrived in the
city this morning. and is staying at Will
lards. Col. l.. NJ. Dayton, of Cincinnati,
formerly on Gen. SheImans staff, is at the
Ebbitt. Admiral Jouett, commanding the
north Atlantic squadron, is in the city from
New Orleans.
At the White House To-day.
ABOUT THE USUAL RUSH OF yISITORS-NEw
RULES FOR THEIR RECEPTION.
There was about the usual rush of visitors to
the White House to-day. The President arose
early, and at once batook himself to the con-
sideration of his mail, which was unusually
large. As one of the clerks at the White House
put il. "PresiC ent Cleveland receives as many
letters n day as ex-Presidcnt Arthur received in
q week. 1t is n fair inference that many of
the letters relate To appointments TO office. The.
President ran hufredly through his mail, in
which duty he had the assistance OF Private
Secretary Lamont, and then began the recep-
ton OF visitors many of whom had been in
waiting some time.
Among callers were congressional delegations
RON Kentucky. Illinois. Iowa, North Carolina
and Florida. MIR. Justice Harlan, Mr.. Foster