Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-22

SECRETARY WHITNEY is not expected to re-
turn before the 2sth OF July
1T IS SAID that charges are to be preferred
against the management of the government in
sane asylum in a day or two. The charges are
to be submitted to Secretary Lamar through
the jackson Democratic club.
MR.. RoAcH's PAYMENTS on THE NEW CRU1s.
ERs.-The contracts for the construction Of the
Despatch and the cruisers Chicago Boston and
Atalanta Involved a sum OF So, ,44O, 900. Ofthis
amount $2OOO,OOO has already been paid Mr.
instalments, as the construction OF the vessels
progressed. 1t will be seen, therefore, that Mr..
hoach 10 mad received by far the greater part of
the money Tor the construction of the vessels.
THE GOVERNMENTS GOLD RESERVE SUI
FICIENT.-TreasurerJ Jordan said yesterday that
the Treasury balance shows such an increase in
the gold reserve that he did not think it possi-
BILE there was any danger of gold going to a pre-
MUM: He states that the balance would prOlia-
bly, satisfy those who were boarding gold: that
there Is no prospect OF any profit out of that
speculation.
SENIOR ROMERO, the Me xican minister char
acterizes as preposterous the recently published
story that the Mexican government proposed
selling part of it's territory to the United States.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Secretary Bayard, Controller MAYNARD,
Senators Mcpherson, Ransom and Call, Repre-
sentatives Pindar. Richardson, Clardy, Glover.
nG ana Lowry
tor of the mint; Albert Query, Baltimore:
Gen. I: $. West, c. w. Lautenbach, Philadel-
Paul Bouchc, New York; Judge tathran. Chi,
cago; Judge j. w. Mcdonald. of Kansas; Alex-
ander McCue, Rev. VIM. I<eegan and j. King
Goodrich, OF the Smithsonian Institution.
NAVAL NOTES.-The Navy department is in
formed that the Marion arrived at Hong Kong
| to- L. i
ceed from Key West to Hampton Roads.
! NAVAL ORDERs.-Assistant Paymaster l.. c.
Kerr has been ordered to duty in the office of
inspector of provisions ana clothing at tie New
! York navy yard; Assistant Engineer IA. NJ.
Hunt ordered TO duty as professor of nlerhar-
ic..i eng ineering in the Michigan miiit:lr. acad
| envy.
| CHOLERA INCUBATION DANGEROUS AND
| UsI.LEss-Co John W. Foster, United States
minister to spain, has transmitted to THE state
departmental report made to him by H. de- la
Gianja, Il physician Oh Boston, II The cholera
| in :. ain and tnc pretended prophylactc anti
! chc!craic inOcuatiDns OF Dir. Ferrun.'' DR. Ii,
G,Hnla accompanied the medical commission
| which was recently sent to N:tlcnciui by he
t Spanish government to investigate tlv, condi
ton Of the choler:! epidemic which is prevailing
! in that province and 30 report upon thcpficacy
ofthe new system ofinoculatior practicdd by DR..
ferran. Or. La Gilnj:. concludes that lle anti
| choieraic inocul;tions of Dr. Fcrran are not
only useless as Il preventive measure; tut dam
Yer0uS, ana adds: II, Is my opinion that Fer
rams pfOphy1a of the cholera will be rs short
! lired. and will f:.f int" rs much d> credit a.
the treatm mt of cancer by the Use OF condurars
-, H. d-s.-fcred some years ;iIJ Dy one ofCt.
f! 'hy.icia.S.
PERsONAl--COl. J. c. Smith and wife, and
| Gen. John F. Farnsworth and wifeI left this
morning for Cottage City. Mar,lIa'S Vineyard.
/ where thy will remain during the heated
| '"r!n.--ScnHtOr Eustis, of Louisiana. who has
osen i'll EUROPE inr some We :, viii sail for
| hone on Saturday.--it $ said that cN-Prcsi-
dcnt Ar!hurS face has lost its sworn cXrreS-
sion and is as brown as i. berry. Item. Benet
| was registered in New York last night
| Baron 'On Steiiberg OF the German l-gatiOn
| ana Nj. W. T. Berry, Of Washington, are in
Newport.-iir. Ii. II. smith, Journal clerk of
| the II ,use o. Representatives, aac family arc
| ut Long B,a i.2n.--tien. HaZel will sail for
| Europe on tle iuth inst He expects to be gone
! until October.