Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-28

URSDAY, MAY %, ]
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TopAY.-Internal
revenue, S335,656; customs, s513,O5s.
SECRETARY MANNING returned to the city
last night, and was surrounded by a crowd of
visitors in his office this morning.
THE RESIGNATION of Lieut. T. B. NJ. Mason
from the nayy ss has been accepted to take effect
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Senator Mcpherson, Representatives Nc
Adoo. Eden, Henley, LIE Fevre, Green and Ran
dali, Judge Thoman, Mr.. Williamson Bacon,
York; VIM. N. Gwin, California; Robt. 8. Green,
Elizabeth, N. Y; Col. Roger Jones, Coroner
Ferdinand Levy, New York.
THE WALES sCoURT-MARTIAL.-The surgeons
formerly in charge of the naval hospitals at
Washington, Mare Island and Chelsea and of
the naval dispensary at Washington, were ex-
amined by the Wales court-martial this fore
noon with regard to certain vouchers for pay
ments m for medienes and other supplies alleged
that the supplies in question were never de-
livered.
BIDS were opened at the War department
yesterday for miscellaneous supplies for the
War department for the coming fiscal year.
Among the bidders were: VIM. b. Moses & Son,
Gilman, Robt. Boyd, III. H. Hempler. julius
Lansburgh. w. S. Thompson Geo. Ryneal, jr.,
NJ. W. Beveridge, w. H. Butler J. b. Lam6ie,
X. Goldschmid, Barbour & Hamilton, Peterson
Ghllds, r. A. schneider, j. w. Boteler Il Son,
| of Washington.
ARMY ORDERs.-The leave of First Lieut.
Charles A. johnson is extended two months.
First Lieut.. John H. H. Peshine, 18th infantry,
will report in person to the superintendent
general recruiting service, New York city, for
temporary duty at David's Island. The leave
granted First Lieut.. John McMartin, 25th in
1antry, is extended two months. Leave for
two months and twenty days is granted Second
Lieut.. Lester w. Cornish, 5th cavalry.
A FALLING OFF IN GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.
The collections of internal revenue for the first
ten months of the fiscal year ending June 3Oth,
1855, foot up 500, 164,417. Collections during
ended June &c. iss4, were e 500 90 2o2 S.i so2 de- de-
crease, 81 ,O37 ,SS5 The main falling OFF was in
sae IN cSiieetonS S from spirits, which decreased
1855, were S1,141 ,S32 less than during the
same month of SS4.
RESIGNED.-Col A. Loudon Snowden, super
intendent of the mint in Philadelphia, has for
warded his resignation to President Cleveland,
to take effect June 80.
THE FIRST MEETING of the Notifications
board to consider the necessities of the sea-
coast defenses. of which the Secretary of War is
president, has been called for Wednesday next
at the War department.. The board will then
decide upon program of work.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Iieut. 5. c. Paine, detached
from the Dolphin and ordered to the coast sur
vey; Lieut.. I. A. Lyons, from duty in the bureau
of navigation, and placed waiting orders;
LleutS. James c. Cresop and James III. Bal, from
the naval academy, 5th of June and ordered to
the Mohican 10th of June: Lieut.. I. S: Phelps,
from the Mohican, and ordered to the Hartford;
Medical Director \: c. Gorgas, from the naval
hospital, Chelsea, Mass, 18th of June, and Or
dere4 to duty president of the naval medical
board at Philadelphia; Medical Director $. f.
Coues, from duty as president of the naval
medical board, and ordered to duty in charge of
the naval hospital at Chelsea. Mass.
ABLE TO HANDLE THE EAPACHEs.-Adjutant
General Drum has received a telegram from
Gen. Bradley saying that he would need no
additional troops to settle the Indian distur-
Dances unless additional outbreaks should
occur.
is. VESSELS ORDERED FROM Asp1NwALL-
Secretary Whitney has ordered the United
States vessels at Aspinwall, with the exception
of the Tennessee, to proceed to Key West and
await further orders. Admiral Jouett is in
Structed to remain with the Tennessee for the
present to watch American interests on the
Isthmus.
MORE "OFFENSIVE PARTISANS' REMOVED
VIM. T. Ford, of the District of Columbia, chief
of the record division of the Pension office;
Nathan b. Prentice. of Wisconsin, a 81 400 clerk
in the southern division; John =. Pollock, of
Pennsylvania, s 200 clerk in the same divi-
sion, and Benjamin +. Hawkes., of Ohio, a
,,dn elern IN the me western division We're re-
They were granted leave of absence untilthe
10th of June with pay.
Col. ROBERT HUNTERS NEW OFFICE-Sec-
retary Lamar has appointed Robert Hunter, of
Winchester, Va, to be chief of the division of
accounts of the general land office, vice Mr..
Donnely, resigned. His appointment was
made without civil service examination, Secre-
tary Lamar not regarding chiefs of divisions as
coming under the civil service law. His salary
is 81 800.
LIEUT.. DE FREES FATAL SHor-A dispatch
from Fort Keogh, Montana, says news has
reached there of the accidental killing of SOL
dier of the 1st cavalry at Fort Custer, NJ. T. by
Lieut.. De Frees, of the 5th infantry. Lieut.: De
man, without displaying the danger signal.
walked from behind the bullet proof butt in
front of the @ target % just as De Frees pulled the
soldiers head. No blame is attached to Lieut..
De Frees.
Presentation. and Mrs. Horatio King
leave tomorrow morning for their summer resi-
dence at West Newton, Acknowledgements
tative Eden, of Illinois, is at the Metropolitan.
oath of June.-Senator salisbury is at Will
lard's.-Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New
YORK ITtOUHe, mas gone TO California IN Especial
car.-Justice Matthews and family will spend
the summer at Ashevile, n. C-Mrs Blair
wife of the Senator from New Hampshire, left
for her home in Manchester this afternoon.-
Among the summer dwellers at Lynn, Mass
will be Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett and Mrs
+. w. Lander, of this city.-Mr. Engine Schuy-
last night.-Dr. Dudley Morgan, son of Dr.
James E. Morgan, of this city, sailed for Europe
to-day. He graduated with honors from the
Georgetown Medical college this spring, and
will spend year or two in the hospitals OF Paris
and Vienna before beginning practice here
Representative Stahlnecker, of New York, and
Libbey, of Virginia. are at the Ebbitt.-Rep<-
resentatives Hemphill, of South Carolina, and
Skinner, of North Carolina, are at the Metro
politan.
The Polluted Water.
MAJOR LYDECKERS REPORT NOT TO BE MADE
PUBLIC AT PRESENT-HE RECOMMENDS RENE.
DIAL MEASURES.
The report of Major Lydecker upon the al
legged pollution of the reservoir at Great Falls
was submitted to the Secretary of War yester-
day afternoon by the chief of engineers. The
Secretary declines to make its contents public
at present. It isunderstood that the Secretary
intends to consider the matter very carefully,
having in view some radical changes in connec-
ton with the water supply, to which Major Ly-
deckers report is merely preliminary. Major
Lydecker's report is avery extensive document,
illustrated with diagrams. It's exact contents
are not known. but 1t is understood that while
Major Lydecker does not consider that the