Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-03

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PAGES 3 AND OF To-DAYs STAR contain Women
In Council Great Fossil Forests, Henry George and
Dr. McGlynn Out, Training Eyes and Hands in
&C. i"P.A' "'>ne''
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve-
nue., s421, 7OSI2; customs, $500 There
was no report OF customs receipts from New York.
The NoNoNGAHELA sailed yesterday from Co
quimbo for Payta.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS TODAY were
senators Paddock and Kenna, Representatives
Campoell, with Col John w. Harper; Smith, with
Shhs. NJ. strauss, superintendent public tnstruc-
1lo9 I,,9 arizona; McSnane, Thompson Call, with
Judge Porter (Ar1z); Cox, Morgan and McCreary,
ana ex-Secretary McCuliOch.
DEL EGATIoN OF EIGHT INDIANS called on the
PRESIDENT to-day and asked him to postpone action
In the allotment OF their lands They represented
the kiowa. Comanche, Creek and Cadow tribes.
Iney said that they were not yet ready for any al
lOtments, and the President told them that he
would take no steps until he had investigated the
matter. The party, in charge Of j. ii. Given leave
Tonight for their homes
CHANGES IN Cash IN THE TREASURY AND IN CIRCU
LATIoN.-A statement prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that there was o net decrease
Ot Si,ol Az In the circulation during the month
Oh January, and net Increase OF Sl3.S71 745 In
the amount or money and bullion in the Treasury
Inc total circulation February l is stated at
$I,3S29S1, ,421, and the total cash dncludiDg bull
ionl In the Treasury at 1892 76i 72G The decrease
In circulation was principally In gold and silver
Ger.incates. and the principal increase in the
IIeasury nOldlngs was In standard silver dollars
goid coin, United States notes. and national bank
notes. ~
GEN. B. F. KELLEY, OF the Pension Office who
was injured on the 18th OF January by fall from
an F-Street car, was hurt mucn worse than was at
nrst supposed. He IS still confined TO his bed and
MS iriehds are anxious about his condition.
AGAINST AMERICAN PoRK.-The State Depart
ment has received a communication from United
states Consul Elfwing, at Stockholm, announcing
that the Swedish government has deciai ed against
the importation OF American pork unless IL is well
salted, adding that this action is caused by a
this country.
DEATH OF CHIEF CLERK DUKE.-Mr Thos. Duke,
the chief clerk Of the Judge-Advocate Generals
Office, who was stricken with paralysis Tuesday
night while attending a meeting OF a Good Tenn
plars lodge, died at o'clock this morning at his
residence, 14o3 Corcoran street. The funeral will
De held ut 30 pm. sunday at the late home of
the deceased with Masonic services. Mr. Duke
was born In Brooklyn nfty-three years ago. lie
entered the Union Army in 1861 and served as a
private until 1864, when he entered the Judge-Ad-
yOcate Generals department as general-serylce
clerk. In 1874 he was made chief clerk and has
held that position continuously ever since, with
the exception OF an interval OF about two wears
and halr he Was graduate OF the Georgetown
Law school, having been admitted to the district
bar In 1877. lie was a member OF New Jerusalem
Lodge anu also OF Mount Vernon Chapter. his
associate clerks speak OF him with the highest es-
TEEN.
MEXICAN INDEANITY.-The Department ofState
having received the twelfth instalment OF Mexican
indemnity, announces that It is now prepared to
distribute II among the parties interested.
WIRES IN THE WEST INDIEs.-The State Depart.
ment has been Informed by Consul Atwood that
the cable to connect San Domingo with Curacao
Is now being laid, and that other lines will con-
meet Puerto Plata with Santiago de Cuba Land
lines connecting Puerto Plata, Santiago and the
Inland towns with San Domingo will be Completed
In few weeks.
INTERNAL REVENUE APPoINTMENTs-The Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to-day appointed william s.
Alexander 10 be storekeeper and gauger at Shelby
n c., and Louis +. Seeberger to be storekeeper at
Terra Haute, Ind.
TAXING THE OATH OF OFFIcE-About noon to-
day Chief Justice Bingham and Justice Mont.
gomery having received their commissions (the
Senate having confirmed their noIninations) each
y, 'a tnein LOOK tne th OF ONCE at the hands or
Justice Cox in the consultation room at the court
house.
injured portion OF the Atlanta's bottom has been
received az the Navy Department The indenta-
t1onS are worst on the starDoard side and vary in
depth from half an inch to two-and-a-haf inches
The bottom plates are bent into q wavy line and
look. as an oficer expressed 1t, "ke the ribs OF
starved dog" AL OF the dents are about at the
turn OF the bilge; several similar bulges occur
along the cardboard strakes. The engineer Officers
who examined the propeller, with Instructions to
report whether or not 1t IS absolutely necessary
for the ship TO have a new screw before going TO
sea, say that IL is not absolutely" necessary al
though twenty-three inches are gone from one OF
the blades, and the Others are slightly cracked.
An Oiilcer said this morning that ship could go
10 sea with but one sound blade. The vessel win
be scraped and painted and fitted for sea. 1t Is
probable that her propeller will not be replaced.
HIS CONSCIENCE TROUBLED HM-The Secretary
OF the Treasury has received letter dated Fitch
burg Mass, enclosing ascent silver piece to be
placed TO the credit OF the conscience fund. The
letter says: ''TO whom It may concern: Once upon
time, some thirty years ago, In spirit Of evil
even at the time knew Better took ia upoD ge
TO obliterate the cancelng marks Of a Scent post
age stamp and use II again. And though no mortal
all the while Under the Mosaic dispensation a
retention OF one-fifth was deemed requisite to
satisfy the claims OF justice In the case Of trespass
SO here: one-hfth OF i've Is one, and one to fve
makes six. Al per cent q sum Is doubled In
about sixteen years, and this then amounted to
Now, TO give the Government the benefit OF the
fraction, enclosed 25 cents"
(Signed) LOYAL CITIZEN.
PERsoNAI--Gov E. G. Ross Of New Mexico is
suffering from an attack OF Rheumatism at No.
1899 X street northwest-C. F. Spalding and
sydney Williams OF Chicago, Hiram Hitchcock,
Chasl p Daily, and H. A. Alexander of New York,
T. ]. Ashfied OF Brooklyn, and Geo. Straut Jr. OF
San Francisco are at the Arlington.-Senator
Jones OF Nevada was In New York last night.
D. p. Griswold, j. A. Woods, and Geo. BenJa-
min OF New York, and A. l. Woolf OF st. Louis are
at Welker's--Mr. Jefferson Springsteen, who
has been spending the winter with his son. AbraIn
springsteen returned TO his home in Indianapolis
yesterday.---supt. John G. Parke OF the West
Point Academy, ". 8 d. Pendleton OF West Wiz.
gInia, and Jacob Rich OF Dubuque, Iowa, are at
Wormley'a-Geo II. Keyser OF Pittsburg, and
N. X. King OF Kansas City are at the st. Jamesl
w. II. Robertson OF Yarmouth, N. s., @. w,
Delamater OF Meadyille, Pa, 4 C. Shafer OF Chi
cago, L N. Godfrey OF Boston, and c. $. Beardsley
and VIM. Wood OF New York are at W;llard'a-
Thos. H. Dudley or Camden, n. j., G. N. Allen oi
Auburn, N. Y, w. W. Massey OF New York, and j.
N. Taylor OF Pittsburg are at the Riggx-E. A.
Ingalls, Of Boston, C. II. Mcclellan OF the Marine
corps, Miss Hattie Gon, sister OF Representative
Con, and Dr.. J. J. Miller OF Wisconsin are at the
EbbfL.