Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-29

MAY 20, Is
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, 1897 JOG; customs, S6es,s5s.
THE MEscALERo INDIANS, Agent Leweliyn
iinf,r..ns the Indian bureau, will not join the
hostileS.
SUICIDE og PosTNAsTEn-The Post Office
department was to-day informed that William
c. Smith. the postmaster ut Holden, Mo-, COM
mltted suicide this morning. His accounts are
$500 short
GENERAL SHERIDAN is again on duty at
army headquarters He called upon the Presi-
dent to-day.
ARMY ORDERS.-Major Richard II. Jackson,
5th artillery, will visit the camp of the New
Hampshire National Guard, at Concord, New
Hampshire during the period of its annual en-
purpose OF inspecting the troops taking part in
the encampment. Leave for six months, on
surgeons s!, certificate OF disability Is granted
| infantry.
A NEWLY APPOINTED POSTMASTER RE-
oUEsrED TO RESIGN Postmaster General Villas
.'esterday requested the resignation of j. L.
Meade, who was recently appointed postmaster
at Hazlehurst, Copiah county, Mississippi The
General is that since the appointment of Mr.
Meade 1t has come to the knowledge Of Mr.
Villas that Mr.. Meade presided over meeting
November elections in 1888, at which resolu-
tions were adopted iustifying the killing Of
Matthews, the republican postmaster of HaZle-
| hurst, by a man named Wheeler, on election
day.
APPOINTED DToPoGRAPHER.-Mr.J John d. At
kins, Of Tennessee, was yesterday appointed to-
pographer In the geological survey. He is q
relative of the commissioner of Indian AFFAIRS
and has previously occupied similar position.
THE CABINET AND THE New ORLEANS EXPO
sITIoN.-The question of authorizing a continu-
| ance Of the Worlds Exposition at New Orleans
| was again considered at the cabinet meeting
sent by the President to Senator Gibson later
in the day, stating that the cabinet are unani-
mousfy of opinion that there is no warrant of
would be inexpedicnt on other grounds.
eral, has been relieved from duty in the adju-
tant generals office at the War department. and
ordered to report for duty at the headquarters
OF the department Of the East, July l.
THE CROWDED CAPITOL. LIBRARy-Four ad-
ditional crypts, making nine in all, have re-
Gently been fitted up beneath the rotunda Of
the Capitol and assigned by Architect Clark to
Librarian Spotford for the use of the Congress
sional library.
THE U. S. TREASURER to-day mailed Il, ,OO6
checks, a.gregating $2,237 600, in payment of
the interest due june 1st on U. S. registered
412 per cent bonds of the funded loan Of 1891.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Senator Saulbury, ex-senator Slater, Rep
Gesentatives Wood. Ditble, Barbour Mills and
kle1ner, eX-Representative Hurd, r. f. Court.
ney, ]. a. Ensiow, Mayor Radike OF Kankakee
H.; Pay Inspector Cosby and ex-senator Nc
FRANCIS JOSEPH, of North Carolina, has
been appointed u laborer in the payInaster gen.
erals office, War department.
A SUCCESSFUL TRIP OF THE DoLpH1N.-The
dispatch boat Dolphin started on her fourth
trial trip on Long Island sound yesterday
| morning, with John Roach, members of the ad-
visofy board the special examining committee
Chief Engineers kiersted, Thompson and Perry,
and Lieuts T. {. McLane and G. w. MentZ Of
the United States navy. ON board. The trip
began lIter leaving Execution rock. Here the
speed Of the engiises, which had worked
| scattered themselves over the vessel and
watched closely every motion of the machinery.
At the end of the SIX hours the steamer had
Travelled ninety-three nautical miles-an aver
age of 1o12 knots an hour. To develop this
speed. the engine had consumed %, $40 pounds
OF coal or at the rate OF forty five tons in twenty
four hours. Captain Belknap. president OF the
board appointed To examine the Dolphin, in
telegram to the Secretary of the Navy to-day,
factory, and that the requirements of the con-
tract Tor the vessel were complied with.
MONEY ORDER CLERKS AND THE CIVIL SER
vICE.-Having received a decision from the
civil service commission that the position of
three clerks in the money order office of the
Baltimore post Office could he filled without
examination, Postmaster Veazcy yesterday
notified the present incumbents that their SER
vices were no longer needed.
No MONEY TO PAY COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS.
The Secretary of the Treasury has notified the
| collectors of customs that the appropriation for
the expenses OF collecting the revenue will be
exhausted By the May payments and that they
will have to wait toc another appropriation to
pay them for further services.
THE INDIAN OUTBREAK Due TO WHISKY
From correspondence transmitted by the War
department to the Indian bureau, it appears
that the Apache Indian outbreak was caused
by whisky. The Indians manufactured large
quantities of "tiswin' and became intoX icatcd.
Known: that punishment would follow this
iniractlon of the rules, they abandoned the re-
serVatlon and went on the war path.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS THoNAx
leaves tonight on an official visit to the Pitts
burg, Cleveland, Chicago and Indianapolis post
offices. He will return by Friday OF next week.
THE PRESIDENTS VISIT TO New York
The President will leave Washington for New
York this evening, accompanied by Secretaries
Endicott, Whitney and Lamar and Postmaster
General Villas. He will be the guest of Secre-
tary Whitney, and it is stated, goes only for the
purpose of being present at the Decoration day
ceremonies. 1t is stated authoritatively ut the
White House that the report that the President
Intends meeting the representatives Of the
various political factions of New York state
with Il view OF fixing up matters while in New
York tomorrow, is erroneous. There is no
political significance attached to the Presidents
trip, from which he expects to obtain q little
rest and recreation.
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES in stations and
duties of officers of the medical department
are ordered: Major Albert Hartsuff, surgeon,
relieved from duty in the department Of Mis-
sOarf, and will report to the commanding gene
raj department OF the east for assignment to
duty; Major Harvey L. Brown, surgeon, will be
relieved from duty In the department. of the
east, and will report to the commanding general
department of the Missouri for assignment to
duty; Capt. VIM. r. Hall, assistant surgeon,
will report to the commanding officer WiIlets
Point, n y, for temporary duty at that post
when his services shall no longer be needed
there he Will rejOin his proper station, Davids'
Island, New York harbor.
PERsoNAL.-General and Mrs. Sheridan re-
turned to the city from their western tour last
evening.-Senator, Mrs. and Miss Edmunds;
Horace Helyar. OF the British legation; Hiram
Il. Mitchell and j. William Henry, of Washing
Justice Miller and family will spend the
| summer at Block Island.-Mrs. c. j. Hillyer,
| accompanied by her daughter, expects to sail
for Europe the 9th Of ST Of