Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-07
Washington News and GOSSIP

Washington News and Gossip
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, $2S1 $40; customs, s527, ,12S.
HALTNoRrH DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY.-The
Secretary Of War has approved the recommends
ton Of Gen. Hazen. and an order has been issued
from the War department diScharging Otto Halt
north from the signal service for rifing Lieutenant
Greelys private papers
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
were Senator's Miller, Cal, ingalls,, Sewel Plumb,
Mcmillan and Miller, n. Y, Representatives E. B.
Taylor, Thomas Hill, CHara, Weaver, Valentine,
Morse Ochtltree, Rogers, Ark, Je1ordS and Davis,
and Mr. Everett Frazar, the Corean consul general
at New York.
THE PRESIDENT GOING TO NEW ORLEANS IN FEB
RUARY-Mr F. C. Morehead, president of the Ma
tional Cotton Planters Association, called on the
President yesterday with Senator Gibson and In
ytted him to attend the opening of the Universal
Cotton convention to be held at New orleans under
the auspices OF the National Cotton Planters AssO-
ciation, February 10th. AS this date for visiting
the New orleans Exposition was more suitable
than the earlier one selected the President accepted
the invitation and said he would attend unless Off
cial duties should intervene to prevent his going
President Robert Garrett, Of the Baltimore and
OHIO road, has rendered him his private cars for
the use Of his party, with such special railway IA
c1l1tieS as may be needed.
AN INTERESTING CASE IN THE U. 8. SUPREME
CoURT.-An interesting and novel case was before
the U. s. Supreme Court for argument yesterday,
upon the application OF Gen. Clinton B. Fisk for
writ OF ha6eas corpus to relieve him from the GUS
tody or the Marshal Of the T. S. Circuit Court Of
southern district or New York city. Gen. Fisk was
sued In the New York state courts by Francis A.
Fogg. to recover the sum Of s63 ESQ., which paid
LOT the purchase OF certain mining stock, and
which, it IS alleged, were false and fraudulent
Gen. FISK refused to answer certain questions, re-
qulred In the state courts, and was placed in
Tempt and upon appeal to tue United States court,
the state court decision was sustained. The appeal
to the Supreme Court is to determine the question
OF whether the T. s. courts shall continue in force
the rules OF the state court, for which appeal is
taken.
THR WORLDS FAIR IN THE CITY OF MEXICO.-The
Department OF State is informed Of the formation
OF Mexican company which has entered into a
contract with the government Of Mexico for the
establishment OF permanent worlds exhibition at
tne city OF Mexico for the exhibition OF all products
of foreign industry The company intends to open
agencies In New York and Paris for the display OF
the varied Mexican products where all information
relative TO the proposed exhibition may be obtained.
According to the contract merchandise, machinery,
manufactured articles and samples OF all kinds,
introduced into Mexico for exhibition, to pay
no duties with the exception or the package duty,
provided they are not sold, and they may be freely
Le-eXpOrted at any time within year from the
date OF their introduction.
SPANISH SwINDLE.-The Department Of State
again gives information OF system OF swindiing
in certain parts OF Spain which finds its readiest
victims among citizens OF the United States The
fraud, as successfully practiced, is as follows: A
family in America receives letter from Centa
Which sets forth that the writer IS cure OF one OF
the Spanish churches that he had attended gen.
eral In his last moments confined in prison, who
was near relative of the family addressed; tnaU
lie was entrusted with the guardianship OF q child
and large property. which secreted to prevent
conflscaton. sufficient money TO send the child to
! the United states Is asked. The cure always i'm
no
spanish priest 1t is expedicnt that he should not
De known; that his promise 10 the departed alone
Many Victims IL is learned. leave once Tor Spain
and soon find themselves penniless there.
PERsoNAL-General Butler arrived In the city
last ntght-Prof Chickering, OF the National
! Deaf and Dumb College, delivered a lecture last
evening in Baltimore 'The Weather."-Capt
Of MIS- Gen stevens ao1s hyer m Pscs lhe
Representative Jordan and daughter, j. w. Bow
man and J: W. Stewart of Washington, were regis
tered in Cincinnati yesterday.-Mr. George Au-
gustus Sala. the English journalist and lecturer,
arrived in New York from Liverpool yesterday
NJ p Handy, OF the Philadelphia Ne,cs, is In town.
No Entangling Alliances With Foreign
Powers.
DEMOCRATIC CoNGREssMEN ALARMED AT THE COURSE
OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CONGO CONFER
ENCE.
The resolutions offered in the House Monday by
MeSsrS- Herbert. OF Alabama, and Belmont of
New York. calling upon the President to define the
position Of this government with relation to the
Congo conference is the result OF feeling among
some OF the leading members Of the House that
the part we are taking in that conference likely to
greatly embarrass in the future The reports from
Europe show that Mr.. kaS5On. by the Introduction
OF the proposition that the proposed plan of gov
ernment include not only the Congo basin but all
the valleys OF the tributaries OF the Congo and
surrounding region. and that the nations taking
part In the conference pledge themselves not TO
make war upon each other or upon the natives. has
m m q
ence
NEW DEPARTURE IN OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
Some OF the Congressman have become alarmed
at this, as they say 1t is departure from the policy
which has he'd here since the foundation Of the
government not to enter into any entanglng alli-
anceS With foreign governments They say It looks
as If the foreign powers were holding this out as
bait to induce this government to commit itself
and recognize the "cOege OF nations" so that all
Europe can demand 10 ba recognized in the settle
ment OF all questions growing cut OF the Panama
canal and the Nicaragua treaty 1t Is believed that
France and England VIII demand that all matters
growing out OF these questions shall be settled by
arbitration. and having made the departure this
government can do nothing but allow Their claim.
or repudiate the action OF the State department in
this instance The latter course would be part,cu-
larry dangerous in our present defenseleSS con-
| ditiOn,-wthOut fOrtiflcations and without navy
and the former would mean decision against us.
| REPRESENTATIVE BELMONT DOES NOT WANT THE NEW
PRESIDENT TO BE EMBARRASSED.
Representative Belmont. in speaking OF the Congo
| resolution introduced by him. said that from va
rious indications it seemed as II the present ad-
| ministration had entered into policy somewhat
novel for the United States in Joining openly in a
purely European question. He expressed the opin-
| ion that the Importance OF an answer complying
with the requests contained in the resolution con-
sisted in the fact that certain democrats in CON
gress were determined that far is possible the
administration OF Mr. Cleveland should not be sub
Jected to any embarraSsnents by the new CONNER
clal treaties. from which his administration could
find no escape, but also that it Is essential II any
new line OF policy IN respect to the African conti-
nent has been outlined by the present administra-
tlon Congress should be fully Informed as TO its
motives and It's present results before the 4th OF
next March.
| FRANCE OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN NEUTRALIzA-
| TION SCHEME.
Cable dispatches last night state that France
| alone OF the great powers continue to oppose the
American scheme for the naturalization OF the
| Congo territory, which England and Germany spe-
ctally DESIRE but will accede to the scheme * the
boundaries favored by France are adopted A dis
patch from Berlin last night says "The American
government has instructed Mr.. KaSsOn to persevere
| diligently in uphOlding the American scheme"
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| Democratic Opposition to the CONNER.
| cial Treaties.