Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-20

'HINGTON, D. c., M
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Internal
revenue, s61s, 1885, customs, s5s9,5e1.
ENSIGN R. P. ScHwERIN has been ordered to
1ne Alert, which will leave New York for St.
Johns, on Wednesday.
THE PRESIDENT, Miss Cleveland and Miss
Van Vetchten attended the First Presbyterian
church yesterday morning and listened to a
sermon by DR.. Sunderland.
REs1GNED.-PostmasterM McCleary, of Pitts
burg, whose term would not expire for nine
months, has resigned.
THE ST. LOUIS TRAGEDY.-Circuit Attorney
Clover, of st. Louis, has written letter to the
British legation here detailing the facts as they
are known of the Preller murder, and asking If
tne British government will defray the expense
Oh bringing Maxwell back to this country.
SECRETARY BAYARD AND REGISTER BRUCE
A statement was recently published that while
D. h Bruce, register OF the Treasury, was in the
united States Senate, Secretary Bayard would
h0ld no intercourse with him because he is q
the statement to be untrue, and Register Bruce
mas telegraphed j. A. Emerson cOlored Jour-
tns,, nallst IN IN New York: "There was no issue be-
tween MIR. Bayard and myself, nor has he ever
treated me with unkindness."
Col. LAMONT INDIsPosED.-Col. Lamont, the
Presidents private secretary was taken ill with
Slight bilious attack yesterday evening, and
is confined to his room at the Arlington, Dr.
ROBERT Reyburn, who is attending him. saws
that he will probably be out again in day or
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
Drar
Lane, Senators Morrill,, Vest, Ransom, Vance
Miller (N.Y.), Jones (Fla.), Morgan. Representa-
tives Gibson, Bragg, Rankin, Wait, Matson,
King and Cole, Col. Chas. Chaille Long, the
J. J. Bullock, Mrs. Ward b. Burnett, ]. S. Hen.
erickson (Chicago), C.M. Briggs (Buffalo), James
Day, A. C.. Bradford (Col.), B. F. Montgomery
villel. Jefferson Reynolds Las Vegas, n. NJ,
and Geo. c. Min, the tragedan.
RESIGNATION OF COLLECTOR BARKER-The
President has received the resignation of Mr.. P
D. Barker as collector Ofinternal revenue for the
district of Alabama. to take effect on the ap-
pointment and qualification of his successor
Mr. barker resigns to go into private business.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ANDREW J. IvER-
SON has been ordered to duty at the naval asy-
lum, Philadelphia.
GOLD MEDAL FOR "ONE-EARED BILL
Lieut.. Schuetze has received from the State de-
partment handsome gold medal to be presen-
ted by the President to the native who was in
strumental in saving the lives Of Engineer
Melville and his boats crew after the loss of the
Jeannefte. The medal is to be inscribed with
the name OF the recipient, which is "Vasilli
Bobrowsky,' alias Vasilli Koolgioort, which
means One-eared Bill.
THE PRESIDENT TO RESIDE AT SOLDIERS
HOME THIS SUMMERTIME President will take
up his summer residence at Soldiers Home
early next month, occupying the cottage which
has been set apart for a number of years for the
use OF the President. By residing there he will
have much more time to himself and will be
able to take exercise He is a great walker but
he Is prevented from taking his customary
walk by want of time and an unwillingness
to attract public attention by appearing on the
street. The executive mansion at Albany is
was accustomed to walk the distance three or
four times day. Since he has been at the
White House he has taken a daily ride, but he
walk. Nevertheless, the President is looking
remarkably WE'LL Miss Cleveland will reside
with him at Soldiers Home.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR SIGNAL SERVICE
MEN.-A signal service order has been issued to
the effect that employees of the service eshall only
be entitled to twenty days leave of absence this
sundays during SIX months. previous to the
leave. who will be allowed thirty days leave
and those who worked on half the holidays and
sundays during that period, who will be allowed
twenty-five days. The order includes all the
employees of the service according to its word
ing. but it is understood that it will only apply
to enlisted men in the service, as the civilians
are Var department clerks, coming within the
provisions of the law regulating clerical leaves
of absence.
PERsoNAL-Vice President Hendricks denies
the story that he is going or has any thought of
going to Europe this ssummer.-Naval Surgeon
Gihon. of this city, lectured in Philadelphia
night on Sanitary ignorance among
the high and low S-MayOr {1raca nf
York city, with Archbishop Daley, attended
high mass at st. Aloysus' church yesterday.-
G. II. Lester. of Washington, were registered in
Jacksonville on day.-Ex.Represent-
alive All Bragg, of Wisconsin, is at the Ebbitt-
taken charge of the Washington bureau Of the
Indianapolis Seniinel.-Ex-ioverno Foster. of
Eaton and Gen John ?tFsGs Of
Washington: were registered in New York last
night:-..C. L. MacArthur, of the Troy Budget,
A. Maurice Low and wife, of New York, are
visiting Mrs. Baden. Prospect cottage, George
town.-senators Allison, Spooner and Teller
were registered in Chicago on Friday.-Repre-
Morrison is in town, staying as usual,
at Milard's.-Dr. ]. NJ. Toner left yesterday
for Florida, on his way to New Orleans, where
he Will attend the meeting of the American
Medical Association next Week.-Mrs. Van
Nechten, Miss Cievelands guest, terminated
visit Mrs @ as the 1s,idence WI, n
Mrs. Fitzhugh Coyle, for IL few days before
to Albany.-MrS. ''StOneWall" Jack
son and her daughter, Miss Julia Jackson, spent
the day in the city yesterday, and left for New
York this morning.
Evening Reception at the White House
The President will give an evening reception
for the general public at the Executive Man.
sion tomorrow, Tuesday evening, from nine
o'clock to eleven. Guests will enter the White
House by the temporary bridge east of the
main north entrance; access through the south
balcony being reserved as usual for the diplo-
matte corps.
The Breeze Over MOrgan's Appoint.
ment.
STRONG DEMOCRATIC ENDORSEMENTS OF
BLAINE MAN FOR CONSUL GENERAL.
The revelations in the New York EUenino
Post concerning James NJ. Morgan, of South
Carolina who was appointed consul general at
British Australia Saturday, was surprise to
gan was an ardent Blaine man and published q
pamphlet in New York during the campaign,
advocating Blaine on account of his foreign
policy. Nothing was known of this when the
appointment was made. The appointment
was made at the instance of Mr.. Dawson, pro-
prietor OF the Charleston Neos and Courier, who
asked it as special favor and said it was the
only thing he had to ask Of the administration.
Besides this, Mr.. Morgan papers were signed
by Senators Butler and Hampton, of South Car
olina, and German, of Maryland; Hon. II. T.
ator Butler said to q STAR reporter that he had
always known Morgan as democrat and was
greatly surprised to find that he had written in
favor of Blaine 1t is not likely that the discovery