Evening star., 1885-11-17
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
avenue, $145, 5,455; customs S631 .S51.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue $145, ,455; customs, S631 ,s51.
MRS. STUART. wife of Hon. A. n. H. Stuart,
MEMBER OF the Peabody board and Secretary of
tne interior under President Fillmore, died last
nlgnt OF consumption.
ACIvIL SERVICE EXAMINATION will he held
III .ne baltlmore custom house tomorrow of
candidates for positions in the customs service
mere mere are nearly 100 applications on file, of
five for day inspectors five for weig1ers and
1wsnty 1--WE, Ior night inspectors, with few gaugers
iHE CABINET MEETING To-DAY.-Attorney
General Garland was the only member of the
cabinet absent from the regular cabinet meet
ing to-day.
NOT THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.-The PhiIa-
delphia papers OF this morning stated that
fostmaster General Villas was in that CITY look.
ing INTO The matter of the selection of q new
postmaster 1t was not the Postmaster General
Ph;,ads,, ph; ms Irother Mr.. Levi Villas, whom the
: : inuduSLpnla reporters located at one of the
hoteis tnere The Postmaster General has not
| been out of the city. He was at his desk to.
day. "' az Ia" oesA W.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. James H. Sears or
dered TO the naval observatory 1st December
Ensign John L. Purcell to the receiving ship
|
detached from the Vermont Both instant and
| ordered to settle accounts and wait orders Paw
Mas.er MAS. ~. n Whitehouse detached from the
view York navy yard 3Oth instant and ordered
W tne Vermont; also to continue in present du-
Ties In the bureau of provisions and clothing.
| RAILROAD INDEMNITY LANDs.-Assistant
| secretary jerks to-day heard an appeal in the
case OF Guilford and Miller agt. the Northern
racilic railroad company. The case involved
| the right of the company to withdraw indem.
| II granted frOIn Tn,
| iand grants TO railroads it has been the custom
lor Inc government to grant certain sections
| company for any lands within the prescribed
gran, which were, for any reasons, withheld
indemnity lands. The Northern Pacific with
drew certain of it's indemnity lands from settle
ment, ana the withdrawal was contested by
Gulliord and Miller. Commissioner Sparks de-
clded IN favor of the latter, and the company
appealed. The hearing was going on to-day.
FIRST. LIEUT.. WIN. II. HAMMER, Goth inf:an.
try, and First Lieut.. George F.. Cooke, 18th in
fantry, have been ordered to report for duty at
the Leavenworth, Kan, military prison.
FIRST LIEUT.. GEO. X. SPENCER, 10th inf;an-
try, having been found by a retiring board in
capacitated for active service, has been granted
leave OF absence until further orders.
CHANCE MEETING OF THE TARIFF AND
ANTI-TAR1FF CHAMPIoNs.-Ex-Speake RAN
dali and Representative Morrison met yester-
day in the Office of First Assistant Postmaster
General stevenson. Col Morrison advanced at
once to meet his late antagonist on the tariff
question and they shook hands cordially, in
quired about each others health, ETC., and
ciatted in way TO dispel any idea Of personal
1ll-feeling between them.
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
HUNTER.-Mr. William Hunter Second Assis-
tant Secretary of State, is lying dangerously
| i'll at his home in West Washington. and it is
feared will not live through the week Hekept
at his post until his failing powers attracted
the attention OF Secretary Bayard, who insisted
that he should take a leave and submit to med
ical treatment. 1t was discovered that he had
been in the habit of rising at five o'clock in the
morning and taking the train for Baltimore
ing in time to be at his desk promptly at nine
O'Clock Secretary Bayard induced him to alb
ment at his home. Mr. Hunter is eighty years
old, and is the oldest official in continuous SER
vice In the government. having begun his SER
vice as clerk at 5000 May %, 1929. Mr.. Hun
| ter Is suffering from fistula, and is reported
somewhat better to-day. he resides in George
| town with his TIVE granddanghters- -daughters
| of Mrs. JONES' of Cumberland who died six or
eight years ago. He Is a widOwer, his wife hay-
Ing died only few years ago. He has one
daughter living, the widow of DIR. Stansbury.
ENFORCING THE TREASURY RULEs.-Chief
| Clerk Youmans, of the Treasury department,
has called the attention of the employees parti-
uations, which provide that all delinquencies
| in not promptly attending at the morning hour
or not continuing diligently employed during
business hours will be daily reported, and that
employees should not receive visits, read news
papers or smoke during business hours. These
| rules have been partially disregarded for some
| tardy clerks last Friday was the commence
| ment Of a plan to rigidly enforce them. The
ready to distribute to deinquents, which state
in effect that violations fthe rules unless salts
| There were 235 Treasury clerk whose names
were reported as being late at their desks last
Friday morning. On Saturday there were
| twenty-five late and yesterday only seven.
| PERsoNAL-senator Platt, of Connecticut,
and Gen. A. G. McCook, of New York,
are at the Arlington.-Rev. Father Chap
| peile, of this city, has gone with Archbishop
Cofiey and T. 3. Ferguson, Of Washington, % Were re-
IN New at last
juba. the newly-appo:nted Brazilian minister at
Washington accompanied by his wife, arrived
city.--Repre.entatiye kean, of New Jersey,
and Jacob Hess, Of New York, are at Worm.
ieys-Mr Mr. and Mrs: ". L. Moore, Of Wash
day.-Representative Weiiborn and family, of
Texas, and Representative Crisp. of Georgia, are
Maryland. is at the Natfonai.wMiss Pf%s PhGsbe @
Couzns: of st. Louis, who has been seriously
IL, is able ct to be about again. A; Cooper and
| were registered in Memphis on Sunday
epresentative:elect Campbell of New York,
| WIZ SuCCCcuS 11OD .. >. COX, Is at tQe AIRING.
ton. accompanied by T. ]. Carleton, John W.
| Murray and John COllins.-Governor-ele
| Lee, OF Virginia. and Courtland H. Smith, of
| Alexandra, nave accepted an invitation to
meet Gov. Hill at a dinner soon to be given by
the Union Club in New York.-Mme. Henri
| GreV1lle, the Well-known French novelist, ac-
cOmpanied by her husband, arrived in New
YORK yesterday.@Judge Thoman has decided
to accept the offer of a position as manager of a
| New YORK non-explOsive boiler company
Minister COx's Republican Secretary.
WHAT ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE PoR-
| TER SAYS ABOUT IT.
Gen. Porter, first assistant secretary of state
in speaking to q STAR reporter about the severe
democratic criticism because of the appoint
ment OF DR.. Lee, a republican, as secretary of
the legation at Constantinople, said that "the
appointment to such a position is always made
at the suggestion of the minister at the post
| and no questions are asked. In this instance
| Minister Cox sent letter to the department
| requesting the appointment of DR.. Lee, and
giving his name and address. His request was
| complied with without hesitancy and without
making any inquiries as to his political or social
standing. A minister is conceded to have the
| right to name his secretary, just as a general
| has to select the members of his staff. If Mr.
| Cox desired a republican secretary there was
| no reason for denying him that privilege"
The Republican Senators.
| TO HOLD A CAUCUS TO DECIDE UPON THEIR
COURSE IN REFERENCE TO CONFIRMING AP-
POINTMENTS.