Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-07
Washington News and Gossip.

| UOu IGWS dul 0UOOlUs
GOVERNMENT RECErPTs To-DAY-Internal
revenue, 74,136: customs. s519.539.
| COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ATKINS
| has gone to his home in Tennessee. and during
| his absence Assistant Commissioner Upshaw
will act.
THE U. s. 8. LANCASTER is expected to reach
Rio de JaneirO about August goth, from st.
Helena.
CARE OF YELLOWSTONE PARK.-The Secre-
tary of War will detail an army officer and a
number of soldiers for the care of the Yellow
stone National park. Congress failed to pro-
vlde pay for the superintendent and his ten
assistants.
THE GALENA SAILS UNDER SEALED Or
DERs.-A dispatch from Portland, Me-, says
that at 10 a. m. yesterday the U. s. s. Galena
sailed from there under sealed orders. She is
provisioned for an extended cruise.
GEN. HAZEN will start next week on an in
spection trip in the west He will be absent
some time, and will return by way of the Isth-
mus of Panama.
A NAVAL COURT OF INQUIRY has been Or
dered to meet at the New York navy yard, on
Monday. to investigate allegations OF mscon-
duct against Lieutenants o. c. Bergman and
:. W. Quackenbush. The court will consist of
oommoaores con no II; B. RobeSon son and NicoIi LUDLOW
Lieutenant j. j. Hunker, judge advocate.
CHIEF CLERK TwEEDALE has been desfg-
mated to sign the mail of the Secretary of War
during his absence. He is expected to return
on Monday.
GEN. FITz JOHN PORTER RETIRED.-The fol-
lowing order was issued d the War Depart
ment to-day: "By direction of the President,
Fftz John Porter, having been appointed a
act OF Congress, approved July 1, 1886, is here
by placed on the retired list of the army, in
that grade, as of this date, in pursuance of the
authority conferred by the said act, and at his
own request
THE RECORD of the present Congress fills
$500 printed pages, not including the indexes
and the appendix. This exceeds by about 500
PAGES the record of any preceding session of
Congress.
DEATH OF GEN. ROBERT ALLEN.-Col. Robert
Allen, q. s. A, a breveted major general during
the war for his services in the quartermaster
generals department, and who was retired
March 21st, 1873, after more than forty years
continuous service. has died in Geneva He be-
came assistant quartermaster general in 1886,
with the rank of colonel.
THE EOLEoMARGARINE LAw.-Nothing hasyet
been done at the Treasury department towards
carrying out the provisions of the oleomarga-
rlne act, but as ninety days are allowed in
which to make al; preliminary arrangements,
great care will be exercised in perfecting the
machinery for enforcing the law.
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Secretary
Endicott. Mr. Bissell and Col. Lamont, left the
Il. and p. depot at ten O'Clock last night in
President Roberts private car for New York to
attend the funeral OF Mr.. Tilden this morning
The stay in New York will be very brief.
A QUESTION HAS ARISEN as to the authority
OF the first controller to direct settlement of
counts in the general land office the same as in
the offices OF the first and fifth auditors, and
the hrst controller has just rendered a long
opinion Insisting upon the authority under sec
tion 271 Revised Statutes The first controller
received a number of complaints about the non-
settlement OF accounts in the general land
Once, but the question arose in regard to the
settlement OF the accounts OF DOwney q Grant,
deputy surveyors. The controller requested
Commissioner Sparks to state the accounts
otherwise he would have to exercise his author.
lily and make peremptory demand for the
settlement. Commissioner Sparks replied at
length, questioning the authority of the first
controller to make any such demand. Hence,
Judge Durhams carefully prepared opinion
to maintain his position, and demands i'm
mediate settlement OF the delayed accounts.
NAVAL LORDERs.-Commander Yates Sterling
from command OF the Iroquois on the reporting
of his relief. and ordered home and report ar
rival. Passed Assistant Surgeon c. W. Rush
from the Franklin and ordered to the Pinta at
Sitka Alaska. Passed Assistant Surgeon VIM
u. q. Wilson, from the Pinta when relieved
and ordered home to await orders.
THOSE who leave the city during the summer
can have THE STAR mailed to them for any
length of time and the address changed as often
desired. The subscription must be Invariably
paid i'll advance.
The MARINE BAND CoNCERT.-The program
| for the Marine Band concert at the White
House grounds this evening is as follows: