Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-17
Washington News and Gossip.

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| GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS Today Internal
revenue, STAG, ,s44; customs. S5S2, ,90S.
! NAVAL ORDERs-Lieut. w. w. Wood ordered
| to duty in the equipment department Wash
| ington navy yard. Assistant Postmaster NJ. r..
| sc.
| A NAVAL RETIRING BOARD has been ap-
pointed to meet at the Navy department Feb
| ruary 25 for the examination of Lieut.. r. II.
| Mclean for retirement. The board Is composed
| OF Rear Admiral ]. II. Worden, Capt. A. w.
Weaver, Medical Director J. NJ. Browne, Medi-
| cal Inspector David Kindleberger and Com
mander A. II. Mccormick.
| THE PRESIDENT has approved the act pro-
vfding for the issue of duplicate checks by dis
| pursang ofhcers and agents of the United states.
Mr.. PERALrA, the new minister from Costa
| Rica. was officially presented to the President
to-day by the Secretary of State. The usual
iormailties took place.
LOCAL INSPECTORS OF INDIAN SCHOOLS
With view to promoting the efficiency of the
| Indian industrial schools, the Secretary of the
| Interior has ordered that in future they shall
be regularly inspected by boards of visitors
composed Of residents of the vicinity, who shall
serve without pay and make recommendations
| and suggestions to the department looking to
the Improvement of the system.
THE AMERICAN LEGATION IN CoREA-The
| Navy department is INFORMED unQef GATE OF
Seoul Corea, December 26th, that Ensign Geo.
| c. Foulk has been left in charge of the United
States legation at that city acting minister
and that the foreign office of the Corean govern
ment mas been so notified. Ensign BernadOu
remains with him.
PATENT has been issued to Frederick D.
Owen for decreasing the frictional resistance of
vessels, and to Geo. w. Zeigler for adjustable
dumping device.
| D1soRDERLY INDIANS ARRESTED. Agent
| Armstrong, of the Crow Indian agency Mon
tana, having reported to the Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs that three Indians, named Spot
ted Horse, Bear Wolf and Deaf Bull were tur-
| hu!ent and dangerous, the Secretary of the In
| terror has ordered their arrest and confinement
The agent states that the Indians named have
caused all the trouble that has arisen for the
last year upon the reservation, and have per-
| sOnally assaulted him.
OUR VESSELS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.-Dis-
| patches by mail have been received from Rear
Admiral Upshur, commanding the Pacific
squadron, dated Valparaiso, January Sth, in
Which he gives an account of affairs at the port
since his arrival, November 2Sth, and says
that liz his intercourse with the authorities of
shlll he has been most cordially received by Of
he says, to visit the Easter and Pitcairn
Islands for purpose of obtaining chronological
Information desired by the national museum
and proceed thence to Tahiti, Sandwich islands,
arriving in San Francisco in May if possible
The Shenandoah has been detained at Moendo
guano belonging to Grace & Co., which has been
raaan rahen by the Caceres party but having since
received assurances that there would be no
further trouble the Shenandoah has been
ordered to cruise southwark.
PAY INSPECTOR Arthur ]. Pritchard, U. s. n,
for the past three years in charge of naval pay
Office in Baltimore, was yesterday relieved by
Pay Inspector Frank C. Cosby, o. S. N, late
inspector OF provisions at the navy yard in this
city. MIR. Pritchard has been ordered to place
himself in readiness for sea- and it is presumed
he will be ordered to the Pensacola, now fitting
out at Norfolk.
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY has
| ordered the suspension of the coinage of one
and five cent coins until further notice.
Two HOLIDAYs.-All the executive depart
ments will be closed on the 21st and Odd insts
on the first named dat date because of the Wash
named date because it is a legal holiday.
CAPT. DOUGLAS NJ. SCOTT, 1st infantry, now
on leave of absence in this city, will report to
the superintendent general recruiting service
TO conduct the first detachment of recruits that
may be sent to the Department of Arizona.
SECOND LIEUT.. WIN. NJ. WRIGHT, I'd infan-
try company @, recently appointed, will re-
port to the superintendent general recruiting
service, New York city, for temporary duty at
Davids' Island New York Harbor and to ac-
company the first detachment of recruits sent
to the Department of the Columbia.
WHITE House CALLERs-Senators Hill and
Sawyer, Representatives Brainard and Nutting
and Collector Spalding, of Chicago, were among
the White House callers to-day.
A NEW PENSION DECIs1ON.-Assistant Secre-
tary Joslyn, of the Interior department., has
sustained the appeal of Capt. William Hargrove
against the decision of the Pension Office which
rejected his claim. Capt. HargrOve, while on
his way in an ambulance to a reception given ty
i Gen oS SStGneman, on July 4th, 1868, was thrown
and injured. Mr.. JOslyn decides that he was in
the line OF duty at the time Of the accident, and
that ,anywa being staff officer, he was always
on duty. The Assistant Secretary rules that
| any soldier, whether officer or private, who en-
cages in recreation, joins social gatherings, re-
liSlous meetings. or any innocent amusement,
and is going to or from them, with the assent
of his superior officer, does not thereby place
himself outside the line ofduty.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE TREASURY SERVICE
Charles III. Applegarth has been appointed
assistant keeper of the lighthouse on Choptank
river, Nd, vice George Smith, deceased; Messrs.
w. F. Milliken, Thomas Lombard and Joseph
Manley appointed a commission to select q site
for the new public building at Augusta, Me-;
Mr.. William Gurley appointed a member of the
\: y; in place Of NJ. g. ": Tillinghast, who Is
stOrekeeper and gauger in the internal revenue
service. The commissions of the following
SsoFekseRerS r gt ana gaugers nave been revoked:
kash, T. p. Cardwell, 6. w. Carson and r. S.
Brown.
THE WOMEN'S SILK CULTURE ASSOCIATION
The managers OF the WOmen's Silk Culture
| Association of the United States announce that
unless Commissioner of Agriculture Loring
comes to their aid with the S15, 900 appropri.
ated by Congress for the advancement of the
| siIk-grOwing industry they will be compelled to
abandon their work.
| Observation-Disclosures Evarts, who ex.
poets to arrive here on the Sd of March, has
| secured quarters at MISUNDERSTANDING
Cannon and ex-Controller Knox were guests of
the Merchants Club of Boston at their dinner
| on Saturday.--Representat elect Hayden,
| of Massachusetts,, and Mrs. Hayden are at
| Wormley 's-Senators German and Jones of
| Florida were registered in New York last
| eyening.-Brick Pomeroy is in town-Ex-
| Senator and Mrs. Hamlin, during their stav
| here, are the guests of Mr.. Gardiner G. Hubbard
1923 Connecticut avenue.-RailrOad Commits
| siOner Thompson went over to PHILADELPHIA
yesterday.-POice Commissioner French of
New York, and ex-senator Chaffee of Colorado
| are at Welcker's.-The Philadelphia friends
| of John Russell Young, minister to China ex-
| whether he be removed or not.-Adjutant
| General Drum was on duty at the War depart
ment to-day.
| Cleveland and the Currency Problems.
DISSATISFIED WESTERN DEMOCRATs-rHE SILL
YER QUESTION AND POSSIBLE EXTRA SES-
SION.
Western members Of Congress say it looks
| now as If the wishes and interests of the west
| would not be taken into consideration in the
| construction Of Mr. CleyelandS cahiDaf opd