Show CAt11TA w CRT FEE Washington 2The attorney general has given a decision in favor of Gen Hazen as against Gen Sherman Sher-man conceding to the officers of the signal corps the army statue under lawThe The national board of health says to health and quarantine officers All vessels from ports liable to in fectious or contagious diseases especially es-pecially those in which yellow fever prevails or is likely to occur should be subjected to the most rigid examination ex-amination and be regarded as suspended sus-pended vessels unless provided with a bill of health Upward of 62000000 of 5 per cent registered bonds were received at the treasury department for re demption Col Clark special attorney for government this afternoon entered a civil suit against Capt H W Howgate to recover 8101257 Writs of attachment were issued and placed in the hands of the marshal for his deputies to seize all the real and personal per-sonal property belonging to the defendant The suit is based upon affidavits by A B Newcomb and Louis Y Caziari They state the investigation has developed that the defendant has unlawfully drawn upon the United States treasury on checks and appropriated to his own use the sum mentioned They believe be-lieve further investigation will disclose dis-close further large sums taken by Howgate that he has with the full knowledge of the facts and while the investigation is still going on suddenly and without declaring his business or the reason for leaving left the District without indicating how long he will remain or if he ever will return They believe How gate intended to dispose of his real estate in the District so as to defeat the just demands made against him Checks on which money was unlawfully unlaw-fully drawn are on orders of the American Union Telegraph Company Com-pany Western Union Telegraph Company L H itogers Co N Peters W B Moses A A McCul lough L L G Tillotson and the dates run from November 16 1878 to September l 1SSO In the Christiancy divorce suit today the druggist and specialist Ambrose Folliett was crossexam ined but nothing pertinent to the case elicited I |