Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-28
Washington News and Gossip.

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| GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-lnternal
revenue, $141,37 customs, S663,923.
| GEN. HAzEN GOING TO EURoPE.-Gen. Hazen
| will leave here tomorrow for New York. He
| will sail on Thursday for Europe, to be absent
| until October During his absence Capt Francis
d. Jones will be acting chief signal officer.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Naval Cadets A. Rust and
| w. W. Gilmer, J. E. Shindal and A. Burnstine,
| ORDER d to the Tennessee. Assistant Engineer
| +. II. Bailey, ordered to duty at Cornell univer-
| sity, Ithaca, n. v, August 10th. Lieut. C. G.
| Cornwell, detached from the naval observatory
| and ordered to duty in the bureau of naviga-
| tion.
| THE U. S. S. JUNIATA arrived at Singapore
come by way of Zanzibar, ComOrro Islands,
| Madagascar and Cape of Good Hope.
| THE ALABAMA CLAIMS COURT-In accord
ance with the request of counsel for the United
! States recently referred to in THE STAR, the
| court of commissioners of Alabama claims has
| ordered that on and after October 5th all cases
| remaining on the docket, untried and not here
tofore dismissed, shall be called and finally dis
posed OF in their numerical order, commenc-
| ing with the first untried case. The court will
take a recess tomorrow until October.
MIR. CALHoUN's TwENrY-DoLLAn PER
| DIEM-1t is said that the navy pay officer who
pays Mr.. Calhoun, of New York, his $50 per
day and expenses for conducting the investiga-
ton OF the accounts of the Navy department
bureaus will meet with difficulty in getting his
accounts settled at the Treasury department.
He is paid from a $15O,OOO innd which was
appropriated for the purpose of conducting
professional eStigatiOnS-meaning, it is said,
Investigations by naval officers in the line OF
| duty. Secretary Whitney holds that this fund
Is at his disposal for just such an investigation
| as is being conducted. AS to the amount of
compensation, the Secretary says that Mr.. Cal
houn has received $40 for his services from pri-
vate firms, and he does not regard the salary AS
| excessive.
| WORTHLESS SORGHUM SEED.-The commits
sioner of agriculture has received a number of
| reports to theeffect that the sorghum seed dis
tributed for this years planting failed to grow.
steps were taken to have samples of the seed
he Sn narnea denu ,etea m m the gardens
| 1ntendent of gardens, etc. to-day reports the re-
| suit as follows: "After several tests of the
| its vegetable qualities, find that about ten per
cent of it will grow. Decidedly it is unfit for
| distribution"
| ADMIRAL JoUETT, who has been In command
| OF the forces on and about the Isthmus of
Panama, returned to Washington yesterday,
| and will join his vessel, the Tennessee at New
| York, and proceed with her to the north where
all the vessels Of the North Atlantic station will
| be collected.
Col. THOs. F. BARR, judge advocate and
| military secretary to the Secretary of War; who
| has been on duty at the War department for
numbef of years, has asked to be relieved from
that duty. 1t is understood that the office of
military secretary will not be again filled.
| ADAM KRAMER, who was the messenger to
Gen. Sherman at army headquarters and later
| to Gen. Sheridan, was buried yesterday at ST.
Mary's cemetery by Post No. Z, 6. A. r.
| DETENTION OF Ex-MINIsTER PHELPS RE-
MAINs.-Lieut Nye, naval attache of the u S.
| legation at Lima, Peru accompanied ex-Minis-
| ter Phelps on a visit to the mountains when he
| Tarfa he f.lta tfnr daat cf
Capt. Phelps, Secretary Whitney directed Lieut..
Nye to accompany the remains home. A cable
| gram received from Minister Buck to-day states
| that Lieut.. Nye is ILL., and the time for his de-
parture with Capt. Phelps remains Is uncertain
| 1t is presumed that Lieut.. Nye also contracted
| the fever.
REDUCTION OF ExPENEEs-Upon the recon-
| mendation of Mr.. Beattie, surveyor of the port
| of New York, orders have been issued by Secre-
tary Manning which will bring about q reduc-
tion of about 30 per cent in the expenses rc:l-
| ming the barge office, and more than so per
cent in the expenses OF the force there assigned
10 Tue unloading OF baggage. The savings are
To be effected by the dismissal of supertuouS
| employees, by reducing the salaries of others,
| and by consolidation of offices SO that one em-
| ploye will be able to perform the duties which
are now assigned to two or more.
| GEN. RosECRANs AND DEMOCRATIC SOLDIERS
| OF THE UNIoN.-Some days ago the Grand
| Army of the Republic addressed communica-
ton to Gen. ROSecr:tns, register of the Treasury
| requesting that he would use his influence to
secure the retention of ex-CniO soldiers in the
| government service, and procure the appoint
| ment of such soldiers in places to be filed In
reply to this communication Gen. Rosecrans
| stated that he would use his influence in behalf
| OF the retention and appointment OF democratic
| soldiers OF the Union army, and this response
has elected numerous letters to Gen. ROsecrans
approving the sentiments he uttered and urg-
| ing him to use his influence in behalf of ex-
| Union democratic soldiers.
THE SMITH CoURr-MARr1AL-The court
martial for the trial of Paymaster General
Smith, of the navy, met at 1890 this morning
In the first place some papers from the audi
| tors office were presented, and then Pay Drec-
tor LOCKER was called. He identified the letter
heretofore published Ill The STAR, refusing
payment of Il voucher i'm favor of Austin 2.
| Brown. The prosecution called upon the wit
ness to testify as TO the causes of his refusal to
pay the voucher sent him by Paymaster General
voucher called for payment for supplies tor one
| year out of another years appropriation, and
h he was IS not wiiln; s to pG pay it, it that he referred
| him to urge the payment of the voucher. A
| controversy arose between counsel to the
| rightof the prosecution tO ask the witness to
describe Gen. Smiths manner in insisting that
! this claim should be paid, and pending the
argument the court adjourned.
| THE QUESTION OF INDIAN LAND LEASES
| BEFORE THE CABINET AGAIN.-At the regular
cabinet meeting to-day the question of nodi-
fication of the Presidents proclamation order
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| was under consideration. The cattle men have
! made a strong appeal that they shall be
| allowed hundred days in which to remove
instead of forty days as directed by the Presi-
| dents proclamation The records show that
the cattle men paid the Indians upwards OF
| S2OU,O last year under the leasing system.
The recent report of the bureau Of statistics on
| the range and rancho cattle traffic says: During
| the year SSi the following amounts were paid
to the different tribes of the Indian Territory
by individuals and corporations for the privi-
| lege Of grazing cattle: Cheyennes and Arapa-
hoes, $77,351; POncas, Sl.7OO; OtOes, So, 100;
| Pawnees, 81, 500; Sac and Fox, 81 900; Osages
S13, 100; Quapaws, $4,000; kiowas, 81 ,OSO
Total, S1O1, ,s01. In addition to this the Cher
okecs have received 100000 for grazing on
the lands known as the Cherokee strip or out
let
PERsoNAL.-Col. Switzler, chief of the bu-
| reau of statistics, has returned to the city from
10 two weeks visit to Missouri, and was at his
desk to-day.-Rev. j. D. Roland, pastor of ST.
Matthews; Rev. F. J: Tewcs, pastor of st.
| Mary's; Dr. McArdle, Mr.. and Mrs j. +. and
| Miss Rodgers, Mr.. and Mrs. B. II. Collins and
John c. Bullitt, OF Washington, were passen-
gers by the steamer sailing this morning from
Baltimore for Halifax and Liverpool.-Mr.
| and Mrs. j. w. Mccartney left this morning for
| Cape May, where they will stay for some time