Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-25
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY-lnterna
revenue, $679, ,456: customs. S673, ,7O2.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY-lnternal
revenue, S679,456; customs, S673,7O2.
SECRETARY ENDICoTT. accompanied by his
| wife and daughter, Adjutant General Drum,
Col lBarr and Private Secretary Sweet, returned
| to washington last evening from an extended
tour of inspection which included Fort Leaven-
worth, Omaha, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Chicago.
LIEUT. 7. B. NJ. MASON has withdrawn his
| resignation from the navy.
ARMY ORDERs.-Leave for two months is
granted Capt. William A.Elderkin, ,commissary
| of subsistence, U. s. army. Leave for four
m months, nt, from July l, 1855, with permission to
go beyond sea, is granted I'd Lieut.. Joseph S.
foweli, signal corps, U. $. army.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FA1RCH1Lp is acting
| as Secretary of the Treasury to-day in the alb
sence of Secretary Manning, who has gone to
New York on private business.
INSPECTORS OF STEAM VEssELS.-The Secre-
tary OF the Treasury has appointed James Nc
| Causland, Patrick w. Riley and Carl f. Rou-
drup to be assistant inspectors of steam vessels
Tor the district of New York.
THE AGRICULTURAL LCoNvENTIoN.-The COM
missioner of agriculture has sent out circulars
announcing that July Sth is the date finally de-
termined upon for the convention of Agricultural
coieges ana experiment stations.
DE AHNA's ACCOUNTS PASSED The commits
soner OF the land office has passed the accounts
of Special Agent De Alma, allowing items az.
gregating $475 and disallowing S25. 1t was
the discussion of these accounts that led to the
electment of the special agent from the commits
slonerS Office recently, and the subsequent
proceedings in the police court.
INDIANS CANNOT HOLD OFF, CE-There are
| about seventy-five post offices in the Indian
territory, and some of them have Indian post
masters. The question of the eligibility of ar
Indian to hold such an office having arisen,
torney General, who has rendered an opinion
that an Indian is not eligible as long as his
tribal relation to the government is preserved
SUCCESSFUL NAVAL ACADEMY CANDIDATES.
Seventy-fve applicants for naval cadetships
entered the May examination, which began at
the the naval ava, academy on the 18th inst, and of
| successful: w. ID. Macdougall, H. L. Wood
ward, ward, s. F. kittele, j.; W; Clinton and F. N.
hume, 81; Chacc and b. f. Neumann, New Jer-
sey; ": W. Phelps, NJ. s. Guest, Maryland; II.
Emerson, Kansas sr L. 4. i Kailer H. G. Miord' Hori'
illinois; George II. Rock, b. II. Fuller. c. w.
Potter, Michigan; j. b: Patton South Carolina:
bama; p. NJ. Kennedy Pennsylvania; b. f.
Thomas: Tennessee; Edward Gaines. Missouri;
J. a. Woodworth, Massachusetts; ID. Caffrey,
Louisiana; +. b. Anderson, Kentucky.
LIE FIGHT OVER the cOllcctOrShip OF
Charleston. S. c., continues with Increased bit
terness and threatens Il personal rapture be
tween the friends of Captain Walker, one OF the
candidates. and Senator Butler. Captain Wal
ker and Captain Inglesby called at the White
House to-day To file ls.pers to show that the
Senator's opposition to Captain Walker is on
account OF personal matter.
THE CONDITION OF THE ALERT WHEN
TURNED OVER TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Before the Arctic steamer Alert left New Yor,
for Halifax to be turned over to the English
authorities orders were issued to have her p,.t
III thorough repair, and the report from Hall
| fax Of her bad condtion-s;,lty boilers and
rusty machinery-iS received with surpri-e at
the Navy department. Cnief Engineer Loring
attributes the reported bad condition OF her
machinery to the necessary wear anu tear of
the voyage. Tie vessel, it is said. was built
as to cause considerable trouble in keeping her
machinery i'll clean condition on account OF
the dust from her ashes and coal bin. This was
a source OF considerable annoyance during tie
Greedy relief expedition. The naval officers in
whose charge the vessel sent TO HALIFAX did
| not have All opportunity To clean her machn-
cry before she was turned over to the English
authorities.
THE SCANDAL AHol.r THE PURCHASE OF
NAVAL SUPPLIES AT CALLAO.-It is said that
upon Admiral UpShur return from the Pacific
squadron he Will satisl slactOrily explain the re-
ports that he compelled paynlaSters to purchase
supplies rom other than the lowest bidders.
The explanation which is credited by naval OF
1icials i that five ship chambers at Cali:to made
IL III naval the
very nigh. Finally one OF them broke and
agreed To furnish supplies ut the market rates
lhercupon Admiral lshur directed that pur-
chases be made from that firm. subsequently
he went to sea and the other firms in self de-
tensc lowered their prices even below those OF
the firm that broke the corner. Admiral
Upshur's order was still valid, and purchases
were made in accordance with it, which gave
| rise to the charges that he had directed pur-
chaseS to be made from firm which was not
the lowest bidder.
Mp
delegation of Hebrews, from the eighth as
sembly district of New York, arrived in the
city to-day to make arrangements with Hon. $
:. Cox to attend dinner to be given in his
honor by his Hebrew constituents before his de-
ptrture ior turkey. They intend to give him
grand banquet, after the Jewish style, at Chick
ering hall, at such time as may be convenient
for him to accept. On his departure they will
present him with aQuantity OF motZen un-
| leavened bread, according to the Jewish tradi-
tiOns and customs
PERsoNAL.-Miss Cleveland and her guest,
Miss Nelson, occupied the presidential pew at
the First Presbyterian church yesterday, and
listened to u sermon by Rev. Henry NJ. Storrs,
Of Orange, \. J.-Senator sherman is visiting
i.ter, and ex-Representative Thompson, of
day.-Mrs. Thomas and Frank B. Kerr, of
Washington. were passengers by the central
day.-EN-Representativ Lawrence T.
Neal, of Ohio, and Willi:tm Calhoun, of New
1Ofk arg registered at The EDDltt@SenatOr
Hoar Is to deliver the address ut the opening
session of the New England Woman Suffrage
Associations meeting in Boston this evening.
Nh. Harrison Ph@bus.. proprietor of the
Hygeia Hotel at Old Point, is at the Ebbitt for
| a stay of a few days.-Mrs. NJ. l.. Elliot, C. S.
Elliot and II: r. Elliot, of Washington, were
| registered in Rome on the 9th inst.-Mrs. NJ
William has returned to the city from the
south, in greatly improved health, and is stay
| ing at Welcker's.-Mr. and Mrs. r. b. Clarke
and r. b. Clarke, jr of Washington, were
| registered in London on the 9th inst-Mrs
| VIM. r. Lee, Miss Ada Lee Taylor, Miss Annie
Christian z. II. Bergheimer and A. Leslie Lvn-
ham, of Richmond. are in town for stay of
few days-George IL. Hoffman, of Phi ladel-
phia. and j. W. Sweeney, OF Cincinnati, ut
the Riggs.-Brother Azirias, of Ellicott City,
Ebbitt.-Dr. VIM. B. Hidden, of Baltimore,
| and l.. Murray Ferris, of New York, are at Will
| lard Sturgeon General Hamilton, of the
| Marine hospital service, has returned from
Chicago.
| HarmOniziuS the New York De.
mOcracy.
| WHAT IS EXPECTED OF SECRETARIES MANNING
| AND WHITNEY.
| 1t is thought that Secretaries Whitney and
| Manning dnrinp their Stav in Now Work will