Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-30
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY.-Internal
revenue, S164 ,311: customs, $533,775.
DEFICIT IN POSTAL REvKNUK.-The receipts
Of the Post Office department for the fiscal year,
ending today, will show estimated deficit of
between three and four millions, which Is due
to the.reduction in the rate of postage.
CANADA WILLING TO LEARN.-Mr. Youngs,
q general purchasing agent for the Canadian
government, was at the Post Office department
to-day and inquired into the methods employed
IN making contracts and securing supplies. He
was also at the Treasury department on the
same business. He had heard that the Post
master General had been enabled to secure
paper at greatly reduced rates, and his govern
ment wishes to profit from the same methods.
Busy TIMES AT THE ETREAsURY DEPARTMENT.
All was hustle and business in the Treasury de-
partment to-day. The Secretary did not re-
ceive as many visitors yesterday, but the
crowd was correspondingly great in the ap-
pointment ,nnt ,s clerks room. There every one Is
machinery of the department to tit the provi-
sons of the appropriation bill for the new fiscal
great deal of work, the bill is quite different
from that of the last one, and involves gen.
eral adjustment OF the force with differences of
assignment and designation. 1t will take prob
ably three or four days to get this Strengthened
out ana general sweep to-day would be prac-
tically impossible, as they have about as much
as they can do just now without introducing
any new complications.
CHOLERA CAUSES A CHANGE OF PROGRAM
Commander Terry, commanding the training
squadron, reports to the Navy department from
Lisbon, on the 10th inst, that in consequence
OF the increase Of cholera in Spanish ports he
direct from Lisbon to Madeira, ana will sail
rom the latter port about July 18th for the
United States. This will bring the vessels home
earlier than was anticipated. Commander
Terry intends to enter the port of New London
for mails, and then cruise and exercise in Long
Island sound until the time appointed for reach
Ing Newport.
POPULAR DErus1oN.-It is commonly be-
lieved that the century plant blooms only once
in hundred years, but this is not true, as
specimen of the agare Henderson, rar. Meri-
cana, a native of Central America. fifteen years
old, Is now in blossom in the rotunda of the
OF visitors to that institution. A long flower
stalk shoots up from the center of the plant, and
atta1ns Its growth in about eight weeks, during
which time the flower cluster is developed with
stalk eight or ten feet high. There nu-
merous oftshoots from the side, near the top,
covered with long trumpet-shaped blossoms
somewhat resembling the flower of Yucca or
Spanish bayOnet. This century plant will prob
ably be in bloom for about two weeks.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Senators Voorhees, and Beck, Col. DENLY,
the new minister to China; Representatives
Morrison, Hill, Lefevre and Mahoney; w. r.
kenney, Louisville; Rev. ChaS. Andrews, Christ
church, Washington; Gen. Thomas A. Davies
New York; Everett Frazar, the Corean consul
general at New York, and Robert Vane, John
r. Herrell, E. E. Barnet and N. S. Lincoln, of
Washington.
GOVERNMENT USE OF THE ETELEGRAPH-The
Secretary of the Navy has issueda circular call
ing the attention of all officials connected with
the Navy department.. and of officers of the
naval service to the regulations regarding the
use of the telegraph, and directing that the tel
egraph should not be resOrted to unnecessarily
at the public expense, nor when communica-
ton by mail would answer all purposes. 1t is
observed that In many instances no care is
taken TO reduce the message to its lowest, clear
ly ineligible limits, and much unnecessary
verbiage is used. Telegrams strictly personal
or for the convenience or in the interests of the
sender must not be transmitted at govern
ment expense This regulation is not intended
to forbid the use OF the telegraph in announcing
the arrival, departure or movements Ofvessels,
or to communicate to the department infor-
nation which it should possess as early as pos
sible.
Miss SWEET LIKELY TO REMAIN.-When
Miss Sweet, the pension agent at Chicago, was
asked to resign some months ago she was told
that she could have until June 3Oth to serd in
her resignation. This time Xpires to-day but it is
stated that no further steps will be taken in the
matter, and that it is probable that Miss Sweet
will serve out the remaining year OF the term
for which She was appointed.
THE Courier ttes Etats- Unis of yesterdays
date quotes from the National of the 10th of
June, that it is certain that NJ. Bouree, for
merly envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary at Pekin, will be provided with an
important diplomatic post abroad. This post,
the National Is assured, is the legation at Wash
Roustan, has desired for some time to return
to France and that his wish will be granted
before long.
THE NEW MEDICAL MUSEUM BU1LD1NG-t
is expected that the plans for the new national
medical museum building, to be erected in the
southeast corner of the Smithsonian grounds
will be completed and submitted to the board
of commissioners for approval next week.
INTEREST CHECKS MA1LED.-The United
States Treasurer to-day mailed "a, 1873 checks
in payment of S7,953,319 interest due July
1st on United States registered per cent con-
soils of 1907, and on bonds issued to Pacific
railway companies.
REAR ADMIRAL FRANKLIN has forwarded to
the Navy department the reports of Capt.
Dewey and Lieut.. Drake, who made an effort
to destroy the bark Bertha Bahlrue, of Barth,
Germany. discovered May 25th, in latitude
bark endangered navigation. 1t was thought
that the vessel was SO disintegrated that She
will speedily 60 to pieces and disapper.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut John Rich and Lieut.
Gunior grade) o. E. Lasher, ordered to examna-
tion for promotion; Assistant Engineer F. H.
Eldridge, detached from duty at the Ohio uni
versity, Columbus, 3Oth instant, and ordered to
hold himself in readiness for sea service; Assis-
tant Engineer c. A. Carr, from duty at the
stevens institute, Hoboken, n. Y. 3Oth instant,
and ordered to hold himself in readiness for sea
service; Passed Assistant Engineer Robert
Crawford, from duty ut the Spring Garden insti-
tute, Philadelphia, 3Oth instant, and ordered to
hold himself in readiness for sea service: Naval
Constructor w. +. Mintoyne, from the New
York navy yard, 3Oth instant and ordered to
duty at the Portsmouth, n. H., navy yard, 1st
of July; Naval Constructor Thomas L. Webb,
from the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard, and
placed on waiting orders.
RETIREMENT AND PRoMoTIONs.-Col. Henry
B. Clitz will be placed on the retired list of the
army from the first of July by his own request.
His retirement will cause the following promo
tions: Lieut.. Col. Henry Douglass, 18th infant
ry, to be colonel, 10th infantry Major Isaac ID,
DeRussy, 4th infantry, to be lieutenant colonel,
14th infantry; Capt. Jacob F Kent, Sd infantry,
krause. Sd infantryy to be captain, and I'd
Lieut.. F. p. Avery, Sd infantry, to be first lieu
tenant.
PERSONALITIES President Hendricks and
party occupied q box at the initial performance
of the summer opera season in the Virginia
Opera garden at Atlantic City last night
Among the passengers who arrived in New
York on the Etruria yesterday was Senator
Henry b. Payne of Ohio who had completed q
pleasant SiX-weeks' taunt to Europe and
France.-SenatOr Blair, of New Hampshire
Rear Admirals Temple and Taylor, U. s. N,
wRepresentative W L. wilson is seriousig so nii III
at his residence in Charlestown, West Va@P
y. BeshOp and family, Florida; Gen. Eppa