Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-20
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue, &3l6, S8S: customs, S131 ,4O2.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s316,sss; customs s131,4O2.
To TAKE POSSESSION AT OSCE.-Acting Sec
retary Fairchild to-day telcgraphed 70 MT.
Brooks, the newly appointed assistant treasu-
rer at San Francisco, to take possession OF the
sub-treasury there at once He had previously
instructed Mr.. V. P. Snyder, chief clerk on Tue
United States treasurer's office, to superintend
thecount of the moneys and securities In the SUD
treasury incident to the formal transfer ofthe
ONCE to the new assistant treasurer. MIR. Sny der
- now In San Francisco, and VIII conducL uLe
count according to law, and without reference
10 the individual wishes of the outgoing or IN.
coming assistant treasurer.
DELINQUENT PosTMAsTERs TO BE DISMISSED
AT ONCE.-Chiefs Of the money-order Office and
the finance division, and the chief special agent
OF the Post Office department., have been In
Structed to call the immediate attention OF the
POSTMASTER General or the First Assistant Post
master General to all cases OF delinquency In
money matters on the part of postmasters
which may come to their notice by the reports
OF special agents or otherwise. A special jacket
OF "melon-colored" paper Is to be prepared for
saen cases the color being designed ned, to call
the mass OF papers which reach the desks OF
the Postmaster General and his assistants.
heretofore cases OF this kind have been allowed
10 take the routine course, going with other
correspondence to the correspondent clerks
office, and as result many postmasters who
have failed to keep up their deposits have been
able to retain their offices after their Delinquent
cies have been reported upon.
LIEUT.. DAYS SUcCEss.-Official information
has been received at the War department, con-
firming the news published in THE STAR con-
corning the wounding of Chief Geronimo. the
capture of his son, and the killing of Chief Mana
Dy Lieut.. Days force.
A PACKAGE, containing $500, 900 in gold ar
rived in New York Tuesday from the sub-treas-
ury Mt California by Wail. About S11 100000
in gold has thus far been sent to New York from
san francisco by mail.
INSPECTION OF INDIAN SCHooIs.-Mr. John
II. Oberly, the new superintendent of Indian
schools, has made a report to the Secretary of
the Interior in relation to the condition of the
Chil"cco Indian industrial school, located in
the indian Territory, and the Haskell institute,
AT Lawrence, Kansas. AT the ChiiOccO school,
the report states, there are 116 pupils. They
Superintendent Oberly says they are over
worked. The male pupils are taught farm work
anu the females are taught general hOuseworll,
sewing, cooking. etc. Superintendent Oberly
speaks in the highest terms of the Haskell
institute, where, he says the pupils are rapidly
acquiring ,9 knowledge. OF the Enslish language,
ana are doing as well in their industrial and
mechanical training rs in their studies
NOT SAFE PLACE FOR EMBEzzI1NG Posi-.
MAsrERs.-Judge Crease, Of the supreme court
of British Columbia, in his opinion surrender
ing Postmaster Hibbs to the United States
authorities for enlightenment under the extra
u
Importance, because the complaint is for an
offense which has no exact parallel I'm the his
tory of eXtradit1On cases, and the danger that
would arise Of repetition should it not prove to
be an extraditable Otfense. That will be easily
understood when it is considered that there
are some 10000 postmasters having the same
facilities as the prisoner in the issuance of
money orders in the United States, and If one
such can, with impunity, unblushingiy confess
500, 900 in three days and then avoid all pun,
ishment by merely skipping across an imagin-
airy boundary line, it is mere rule OF three
to even few of that great army of postmasters
might dO.'
PERsoNAL.-Mr. Malcolm Hay, late First AS
sistant Postmaster General. is reported to be
dying at Cresson Springs, Pa.-Major Charles
T. Yoder has rented a cottage at MI. Pleasant
spending August at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie. with
her aunt, the wife of Judge Benz. Foraker. OF
Ohio.--Sliss. Annie f. Looms. Mrs. Louisa
Sue g. Hickey are at the Windsor sulphur
Springs. Md.-Amons the recent arrivals ut
Roc Rock Enon Springs are the following from
Or. Bullock and son, F. j. Lavender. E. ".
Finch, Samuel D. Triinble, J: P. Lothrop, VIM
Murray Lockwood, {, o. Lavender +. ". Stock a:s,
ard, the Misses Myers and Hon. John Nj. Har-
Ian, Justice US. supreme Court.-Mr Joseph
and Wv. Dedrieh, of Washington, were reg,
istered in st. Louis on Tuesday.--Ex-Secre-
tary Window and Count and Countess OAR
schot, of the Belgian Legation, at Saratoga
Gen. Horace Boughton is critically i'll at his
home on I'd street: --Mr. q: 6. Staples, proprie-
tor Of Wizards hotel, and H. K B1rrili. of
Washington were registered in Chicago Tues
day:-Representatives Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania, and Cultivate, OF Ohio Senator Eustis,
Eaton were registered in New York last night
-Raron Won AIvensleben, the German Min
day.-Mrs. Chapman, the wife of Rev W. II.
Chapman, who has been extremely i'll of
typhoid fever. is slightly better.-senor Rom
Smith, of Washington, are at Newport.-HCn
Henry Watterson, OF Louisville, and Hon. B: B.
Smaliey Of Vermont tt,a are at the Ebb,tMr
Messrs. A. L. Knight and w. Percy Tilghman,
Of Erceldonnc. Fla, are in the city on a short
waukee last night for q three weeks hunting
and fishing trip in the wilds of Northern Wis
eonsn;E Daniel McEarian has gone to
Deer Park.-Mr. ThOs. D. Sherman is at North
port camp grounds. Me.-Mr. +. NJ. Detweiler
has returned from Cape May.-Miss Sallie
at Newport are visiting Mrs. W. c. Wood. Of
Washington, ut her cottage on Prudence Island,
Naragansett Bay.-Mss Florence Harmon and
Island to spend flew weeks--Mr. w. w. Met
calf left Washington yesterday on q trip to
Niagara Falls and the west---Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior jerks will return Saturday
The Coast Survey investigation.
To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
In your issue of 9Th instant you give what
purpOrts to be an extract from my testimony
beforeith committee investigating the coast
and geodetic survey. In relation to DR.. Craig's
trip to England and the continent there occurs
the sentence: "In fact, he had Just been mar
ried, and IL seemed to have been q bridal tour"
II this sentence occurs In my affidavit will
have it stricken out. A reference to the records
in the office of the clerk of the District court
shows that DIR. Thomas Craig married in
this city about year before sailing for Europe.
ALEXANDER s. CHRISTIE
Washington, August 20, 1855.
Alleged Pension Frauds.
SENSATIONAL STATEMENTS IN REGARD TO THE
PENSION ROLLS.