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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
STILL IN THE DARK.
No Estimate AS to the Extent of the
Income Tax Returns.

No Estimate AS to the Extent of the
Income Tax Returns.
Commissioner Miller and his associates
in the internal revenue are still in the dark
as to the extent of the income tax returns.
At any rate they positively decline to give
any information on that subject. 1t is said
that the main cause of this reticence is the
great number Of errors made by the col
lectors in their telegraphc reports since
Monday last. Some of these reports con-
tained only the number of returns received
last Monday, while others included all that
had been received from the beginning. A
number of them included in their figures all
returns, including those below the $4,000
exemption, while others excluded returns
on which no tax is payable. Who is blam
able for this state of things is not stated,
but the result is that from what has been
received no intelligent estimate can yet be
given of the number amount Of the re-
turns filed with the collectors. 1t Is un-
doubtedly true that a large percentage of
the number of persons subject to the law
have made no return at all, and in conse-
Quence the officials see ahead of them
vast amount of litigation and trouble. Most
of the internal revenue collectors have in
comes in excess of the $4,000 mark, their
federal salary alone being $500, yet in
several instances the collectors entirely
overlooked their own obligations in the
matter and failed to make the prescribed
return. These delinquents will consequently
be put to the necessity of enforcing the 30
supposed that in their anxiety to see that
other people compiled with the law they
forgot their personal obligations in the
same direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18

Capt. ]. E. Ayres. ordnance department,
is on visit to the city.
Col. Henry L. Abbott and Maj. NJ B.
Adams of the corps of engineers are in the
Secretary Gresham has Cancelled his en-
gagement to deliver an address at Galena,
ILL.,, the 9th instant, Grants birthday.
Mr.. c. H. Rudolph is registered at the
Wiltshire Hotel, Atlantic City, having gone
there for the benefit of his health.
First Lieut.. ]. B. Bachelor, twenty
fourth infantry, is in the city on sick
leave.
Lieut.. ]. N. Jordan of the Vesuvius is in
the city on leave of absence.
Lieut.. ]. A. Dapray, twenty-third infan-
try. is in the city on his way TO his post in
Texas.
Col Royal T. Frank, first artillery, and
Maj. F. H. Phirps, ordnance department
are in the city in attendance OH the ses-
sions of the board OF ordnance fortitica-
tions.
Admiral Ramsay, chief of the bureau of
navigation, has gone to Fort Monroe for
a few days.
Mr. X. NJ Lands. private secretary to
Secretary Gresham, has gone to Chicago
on business.
Col C. NJ Comstoek, retired, is on a
visit to this city.
Rev. pr. Cyrus Hamlin, the weli-known
missionary, and Mrs. Hamln are at La
Fetra's Hotel for short stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
THE BRITISH SEALING CLAIMS.
Senator Morgan Believes the Claims
Are UnfOunded and Wrong.

Senator Morgan was asked today for an
expression regarding the report cabled
from London that Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British ambassador, had forwarded to
his government full statement of the
facts in the matter of the payment of dam
ages by this government for the seizure of
British vessels, and replied that he was
perfectly willing tc have the question in
vestigated. Il have" he said. such conf
dence in the fairness and good judgment of
the British house of commons that 1 feel
that nothing can be lost by it's going into
the matter at length. l am very confident
that an inquiry into the merits of the
claims, even outside of the Paris award,
will convince any one that the claims are
entirely unfounded, extortionate and
wrong"
There is reason for believing that when
this question of payment of the damages
shall again come before Congress the op-
ponents of payment will make the point
that the claims are barred from considera-
ton by the terms of the Paris award.
A member of the Senate who has given
considerable attention to the seal ques-
ton in all it's bearings said in discussing
the proposal to pay these damage claims
1.-The principles raised by the Bering sea
award destroy the claims of Great Britain
to damages for the seizure of any ships
which before the date of the award were
found fishing within sixty miles of the
PribyIof Islands or in Bering sea, with
guns, explosives or nets, or after the 1st
of May to the 1st Of August in the Pa
cfic ocean north of 35 degrees north lati-
tude. Both governments are he added,
bound to accept the enunciation as made
by the Paris commission against the
measure OF their rights and duties on this
subject as applicable not merely since
the making of the award, but before. 1t
was the just and equitable duty of Great
Britain before the award was made to do
just what the award required of that
country toward the United States"
When Senator Morgan's attention was
called to this view of the question he de-
cir ed on account of his connection with
the Paris tribunal and with the Senate to
discuss 1t, saying it would be improper for
him at this time to do SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
DEPRIVED OF THE MAILS.
A Post Office Order Against the Ma
tiOnal Seed Company.

A Post Office Order Against the Ma
tiOnal Seed Company.
Postmaster General Wilson has issued an
order forbddiEg the use of the mails to the
National Seed Company of this city and B.
F. Humphrey, the manager of that con-
cern. THIS is the concern which was de-
tected week ago in carrying on an alleged
fraudulent business through the mails by a
scheme which post office officials said very
closely resembied a lottery. By means of
advertisements distant from Washington,
thousands of people were induced to send
in orders for packet of seeds, which the
coEcern offered for A cents. holding out
he inducemert that every 93th and Tooth
cruers should receive prizes, the former of
s. in gold, and the latter So
The concern had an office at DIS F street,
on the second floor, room IL, where two
girl typewritors and a young man we. e
kept busy opening the letters and sending
cut the paltry quantity of seed which was
sent in order to go through the motions of
keeping a contract. 1t was alleged that the
concern paid no prizes whatever, from first
to last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
CATCHING STAMP COUNTERFEITERS.
Arrests Made by the United States
Secret Service.

CHICAGO, April 1S.-United States secret
service men have arrested c. o. Jones,
newspaper artist of this city, for alleged
completely in counterfeiting the two-cent
stamp. Another man was also taken into
custody, but his identity was not revealed.
At o'clock this morning Mr.. Jones was
closeted with Captain Porter and Inspector
Stuart Just exactly what he divulged Is
rot known, but more arrests in Chicago
and other cities are expected. The officers
are confident that they are on the right
trail, and they will soon have the entire
gang in custody.
The counterfeits We're discovered through
collectors. The philatelic press took the
azines got into spirited row over the
exact difference between the ''rarities,' as
they call the counterfeits. and the genuine.
ulators were offering as high as 81 and So
for the counterfeits.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 1S-It has just
been made public that George Morrison,
one of the counterfeiters of the two-cent
postage stamps, was arrested in the Gin
cinnati post office on Tuesday on a decoy
letter. He had sent to the Chicago Tribune
from Cincinnati an advertisement Offering
to sell $125 worth of stamps for 500, and
directing answers to be sent to George
Morrison, Monterey, Mexico. The Tribune
refused the advertisement and turned over
his letter to the United States authorities.
Thus trap was laid for his arrest. The
officers are reticent on the matter, hoping
thereby to capture Morrison's accomplices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
missionaries Cannot Return.

In the correspondence between the United
States and Spain last year is the history
Of the negotiations which, after years, re-
suited in the payment of an indemnity of
s17.5OO as indemnity for the expulsion from
the Caroline Islands by Spain of the
American missionaries. 1t appears also
that Immediately upon receiving the in
demnity United States Minister Taylor, un-
der instructions from the State Depart
ment, began to press the demand that the
missionaries be allowed to return to the
Carolines. He represented that the gov
ernor of the islands was willing to permit
this upon the assent of the Spanish gov
ernmeat, but the latter, after denying that
that official had any authority to convey
the assurance, announced on September IS
last that the conditions in the Carolines
had undergone no change as would war;
rant the return of the Methodists, and
therefore refused permission for their re-
turn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
LADY soMERsErs CARD.
Her Reply to the Allegations Made
Against Her by Mr. Hicks.

The Associated Press today received the
following card from Lady Henry Somerset
the well-known temperance advocate:
"REIGATE. England.-My attention has
been called to the utterly unfounded
charges made against me by Mr.. Hicks
a few weeks since on the eve Of my sail
ing for home.
II do not consider that 1t is necessary
for me to enter into any detailed refuta-
tion of these accusation frequently re-
iterated by the enemies of reforms with
which my name has come to be associated;
but If anyrof my American friends desire
to ascertain the position occupy with re-
gard to the management of my London
property, will they do me the favor to seek
for information from the housing commit
tee of the London. county council? The
Ignorance of Mr. Hicks concerning the laws
of England entailed property must be his
about my country estates. 1 have legal
information that his attack Is libelous,
but If all the libels against reformers were
brought before the courts we should have
but little time for more useful occupa-
tions.
Ny experience OF the fairness of the
American press makes me confident that
this communication will be widely circu-
lated as an act of justice to one who has
received so many tokens of good will from
the home folk Of America, and who has al
ways written and spoken rs friend and
not critic of the newer England across
the water"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
Uncertainty Of the Presidents Action
on Gen. McCook's Retirement.
MAY net APPOINT 4 MAJOR GENERAL
Those Who Stand the Best Chance
of Advancement.
COL. WILSON SPOKEN OF

Maj. Gen. McCook commanding the De-
partment of Colorado, with headquarters
at Denver, will be placed on the retired list
of the army next Monday, on account Of
age. His retirement will create a vacancy
in the list of major generals. and in case
1t is filled by the promotion Of brigadier
general, two vacancies will then exist in
that grade, the vacancy caused by the pro-
motion Of Brig. Gen. Ruger in February
last not having been filled. The failure to
fill this vacancy is due to the fact that all
the commands commensurate with that
rank are filled. A command will be va
Gated, however, by the retirement of Gen.
McCook.
The Situation Complicated.
The situation is somewhat complicated
and the army gossips are all at sea in the
matter. 1t is possible that the President
may decide to leave the prospective major
generalship untitled and simply make pro-
vision for the vacant command by the pro-
motion Of q colonel of the line to the grade
of brigadier general. That would fill all
the department commands and leave a
vacant major generalship and vacant
brigadier generalship.
1t is not generally believed in military
circles that such Is the Presidents purpose:
If 1t shall prove SO there will be general
the impression prevails that a brigadier
general will be advanced to the grade of
major general and that a colonel will be
made brigader general. These two pro-
motions can be made without increasing
the present number of general officers.
Gen. Merritts Chances.
Gen. Merritt, the senior brigadier, Is said
to stand the best chance of being the next
major general, and Col. Bliss of the in
fentry the best prospects of being the next
brigadier general. The last named promo
ticn, however is regarded as less probable
than the other, for the reason that the list
of eligibles fer the brigadier generalship is
much greater and the competition Is de-
cidedly more active.
The latest gossip couples the name of Col.
j. NJ. Wilson of the corps of engineers with
the vacancy Of brigadier general of the line.
He stapds among the first six In the list of
colonies In relative rank, and has longer to
serve than all the present general officers,
SO that in the event Of his appointment as
q brigadier he would stand and excellent
chance of eventually reaching the grade of
commander-in-chief,a an office higher than
it Is possible for him to reach in the corps
of engineers. The general expectation is
that Col. Craigliill will be appointed chief
of engineers the retirement of Gen.
Casey next month.
1t is expected that the President will act
promptly in the matter of Gen. McCook s
retirement, and that the consequent pro-
motions will be made early next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
GEN. LEES APPOINTMENT
Thought to Be a Clever Stroke on the
Presidents Part.
Benefits to Accrue to Sound Money
Wide Personal Influence.

Some Virginia politicians are gossiping
about the appointment Of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee to be collector of internal revenue, and
profess to see in his selection an effort on
the part of the President to counteract the
influence in Virginia politics of the free
silver democrats of that state. It is claimed
that a majority of the Virginia delegation
have a pronounced leaning toward free sill
yer, and that the sound money men have
watched the growth of this sentiment with
uneasness. hoping for an opportunity to
check it.
A Clever Stroke.
The gossips say that the appointment of
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was clever stroke on
the part of the President, and that the ben
efits which he believed may accrue to
sound money principles by that move are
likely to follow. 1t Is said that Gen. Lee
wields considerable influence personally In
the rank and file of the democracy of his
state, and that this personal influence IS
now to be heightened and increased by the
political power placed in his hands through
the appointment. AS collector he will have
the selection Of large number of deputies,
and will be in a position to make his per-
sonality felt in the portion of the state
lying under his official jurisdiction.
To Come Out for Sound Money.
The politicians profess to believe that
Gen. Lee will soon come out boldly on a
sound money basis. They base this belief
on the allegation that his selection was
made for this purpose. They say that at
time when the Virginia congressional
delegation were exerting might and main
to come to an agreement upon some candi-
date for the place whose name was to be
presented to the President Mr. Cleveland
calmly ignored them and announced his
own selection. In this particular case it
is said, the President could take such a
course with impunity, on account of Gen.
Lees prominence in the state and his posi-
ion in democratic politics of the old
dominion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
THE NICARAGUA DISPUTE
Uncertain of Great Britain's Action on the
Arbitration Proposition.
The, President Believed to Take Too
British Embassy Here.

The impression is growing here that
President Zelaya of Nicaragua has taken
too optimistic a view Of the state of the
relations between Great Britain and his
own country in assuming that the former
has decided to desist from carrying out
her ultimatum to Nicaragua, and that she
has agreed to allow the claim for in
demnity to go to arbitration. It is regard
ed as significant fact here that Earl
Kimberly. the British foreign minister, has
just returned suddenly to London, and it
Is believed that the true explanation of
the delay in action is to be found in the
fact that none of the subordinates IN the
British foreign Office felt like assuming
the responsibility for action in the alb
sence of Earl Kimberly. 1t is also be-
lieved that President Zelaya is in exactly
the same position as the officials in Wash
ington in not having been acquainted as
yet with the nature OF the answer the
British government has determined upon
to the response made by Nicaragua to the
ultimatum. ..l
Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan minister,
has not heard from his government as to
Great Britain's purpose, but he is hourly
expecting an answer to his cable inquiry.
From the delay in answering, he believes
the Nicaraguan government is as yet un-
informed as to the latest phases of the sit
uation, and Is probably in communication
with its representative at London.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas-
Sador, received no advices on the subject
today. He called at the State Department,
as it was diplomatic day, but 1t is said to
have had no connection with the Nicaragua
question.
While there is an absence of official in
formation, the diplomatic officials regard
1t as settled that Great Britain will pro-
ceed to enforce her claim against Mica :
ragua by moderate but firm means. The
impression also prevails that with parlia-
ment in session the government would not
risk an appeal to that body by moderating
or yielding to the proposals Of a minor
debt, and it is said that if Great Britain
yielded in this case to compromise of the
debt it would SO encourage the evasion of
these demands for reparation that ten. war
ships would be necessary to enforce them
next year, whereas three viii suffice now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
AN ABDUCTED CHILD.
Contention of the United States as to
Its Restoration.

There is long chapter in the diplomatic
correspondence of last year just published
relative to the case of the child, Constance
Madeline His, who was abducted by her
father after being divorced from her mother
in the United States AS was shown at the
time, the United States made a strong eff
fcrt to secure the return of the child to her
mother, but the government of Switzerland,
where the child had been carried by her
father, finally refused to permit this. The
State Department by no means. however,
accepted the Swiss contention of the right
of abduction of a person from America
even by father. and at the close of the
volume strong instructions had been sent
to United States Minister Broa dhead not
to permit the case to stand. as 1t might in
future be cited as precedent against the
United States. He was therefore instructed
to demand such action en- the part of the
Swiss government as would comport with
the dignity and sove. eighty of the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
PHOTOGRAPHIC BULLETIN BARRED.
Publications Including PhotoEraphs
Classified ns FOurth-Class Matter.

The Post Office Department has made a
ruling excluding from the mails as second
class matter Anthony's Photographic Bull
letin, of which Prof. Charles F. Chandler
the noted chemist, is editor. The Bulletin
is a magazine which incluoes with each
number, as frontispiece, photograph
mounted on stiff cardboard. Photographs
thus mounted are under the rules fourth
class matter, on which the rate is l cent
an ounce or 16 cents a pound, instead of 1
cent pound, as on second-class matter
The Bulletin will have to be sent out by
express or pay 16 cents postage per pound
Celebrities is included in the order
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
FUNERAL OF JAMES w. SCOTT.
Services mt st. James Episcopal
Church Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 1S.-The funeral services
of the late James w. Scott, proprietor
of the Chicago Evening Post and Times
Herald, were held In st. James Episcopal
Church at IL o'clock today. The funeral
was one of the largest in attendance ever
held in Chicago.
Tie streets in tie vicinity of the church
were thronged lcng before the hour for the
services arrived. Vice President Stevenson
was present, escorted by the judges of the
city, all of the courts having adjourned.
All of the principal clubs of the city sent
representatives, and the floral offerings
were profuse. At the church the full Epis-
copal funeral service was rendered by Rec
tor L. NJ. Stiles. and the address was de-
livered by Rev. Dr. Frank Gunsaulus, presi-
dent of the Armour Institute.
The burial at Graceland cemetery was
private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
Ships to Pas. in the Night.

Secretary Carlisle, it is stated, this
afternoon will Issue a circular to collectors
of customs at ports of entry instructing
them to permit all incoming ocean steam
ships arriving after sundown to discharge
their passengers and baggage without de-
lay. The small amount of additional ex-
pense incurred will be borne by the gov
ernment. This settles the question of per-
mitting ships to pass in the night up to
their piers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18

1t Promises to BE a Sensational Scs.
sion.

1t Promises to BE ensatiOnal Scs-
sion.
OTTAWA. Ont, April 1S.-What promises
to be sensational session of parliament
was opened today by the governor general
reading his speech from the throne in
usual form. 1t deplored the death of Sir
John Thompson; told of correspondence
with regard to the French treaty. and ad-
that the suggestions of colonial conference
in the matter of preferential trade rela-
tions with other colonies had been favor
ably entertained by England, and con-
graduated Canada on the unmistakable
signs of returning prosperity.
OF Newfoundland, Lord Aberdeen said:
"It will be the subject of general congratu-
lations if the negotiations now pending re-
suit in the admission with the confedera-
tion of that island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
China and Japan Must Consider the
Treaty of Peace.
APPREHENSION REGARDING THELATFER
The Emperor Of the Former Has
Indicated His Position.
ADVICES RECEIVED HERE

BERLIN. April 1s-A dispatch received
here from Toxic says that in addition to
the places mentioned in previous dispatches,
the japanese are to retain possession Of
Wei-Hai-Wei as a guarantee of the pay
ment of the war indemnity.
The North German Gazette says that the
German demands for placing the CONNER
eial relations between Germany and Japan
upon new footing have been formulated
In accord with the decisions of the advisory
customs board, and will Immediately be
presented to Japan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18

Commissioner Watson of the newly ap-
pointed municipal civil service commits
sion of New York city is in this city for
the purpose of studying the methods of
the United States civil service commits
sion, with the expectation of applying them
in New York. There are said to be about
Il, 5,000 positions in New York city that ul-
timately will be controlled by the COM
mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-18
HAS HOPES FOR BUCHANAN.
His Lawyer Hears From the British
Ambassadors.

SING SING, n. Y, April 1S.-Lawyer
Gibbons has not yet given up hope of saw
ing Buchanan. He has notified the con-
demned man that he will go to Albany this
evening and apply 10 Gov. Morton for a rec
prieve of thirty Gays, SO as to allow the
British ambassador at Washington to
properly present the case to the British au-
thorities and to President Cleveland. Law
yer Gibbons has received a promise from
the British ambassador that If Il is found
that Buchanan has not had q fair trial un-
der the Laws of this country, the British
government will ask that he be accorded
such trial before he Is executed.