Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-29

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, sS59, ,051.90; customs, $3.50, ,5S0.4S.
TREASURER GILFILLAN left the City to-day for
Connecticut TO vote next Tuesday.
NEARLY ALL THE CLERKS who vote mex
Tuesday have left the city. They leave the
departments sadly deserted. Hardly anybody
is left In the Treasury except the female EN-
ployeS Who cannot vote. The department Is a
diy deserted as on half holiday. TIE Nav
shows the least depreciation 10 numbers O
any department, but there are many vacan
d6ShS there.
SECRETARY SCHURz left the city this afternoon
for Philadelphia. He will delivera soeech In
that city tonight, and will return to Washing.
ton TOMORROW.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF the appointment di
vision OF the Post Office department shows that
the number Of post Offices In the United States
June 30 was AZ 9S9. an increase of 2134 during
the year. OF the postmasterS ,76l are appoin-
tees OF the President. The remaining Al, ,22S OF
fees are flied by the Postmaster General Be-
sides these there are IL 400 persons throughout
the country who perform service by authority
OF the postmaster General
TBs~ DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND
THE CBfEESE LETTER.-The democratic central
committee Of this District yesterday notified the
publisher OF the N. Y. Truth that they had In
their possession number OF cancelled STAMPED
Postmaster Afnger's published statement, aad
| they would be forwarded If necessary. The fol-
| Lowing telegram was received IN reply this
| morning:
NEW YORK. Oct 29.h. 1889.
| Hllidn Dickson, Chairman D,ntoeru.tc Cra,rd!
Thanks. Don't think they will be needed
| Have caSt-tron proof already.
j. HART, Publisher ''Tu,h..
ARMY ORDERs-The following changes In the
stations and duties OF acting signal Officers are
| made: First Lieut. Charles 4. Booth, 13t infan-
| try. now at san Diego, Cal, will assume charge
| OF the construction and operation OF the United
@ states S military telegraph line in Washington
/ and Idaho territories, relieving 1st Lieut.. VIM.
| E. Birkhlmer, Sd artillery. Lieut.. Booth viii
establish his office and station at Dayton. Lieut..
/ BirkfAner upon being relieved by Lieut. B1otb
| viii report IN person without delay to the act
ing Chief signal officer OF the army In this city.
| BY direction OF the Secretary OF war, the fol
l2~lDg changes In the stations and duties of
| officers or the medical department are made:
| surgeon John Moore Is relieved from duty with
| the medical examining board In New York city,
70 taae enecI Noyemoer l, 1850, and VIII report
/ 70 the commanding general department OF Co.
| lumpia for duty as medical director OF that de
! pal tnent, relieving Surgeon L. l. Bailey. WAC
| viii proceed TO Wilmington, Del, and report d
| letter TO the surgeon general. Assistant SUI
| geon w. W. Wood Will report, at the expiration
OF bis present leave OF absence, to the copma nd
ment TO temporary duty. TIE leave granted lst
| Lieut.. E. b. Rheem, 21st infantry, Is further eX
| tended six months.
| TIE Chinese LEGATION.-The Chinese Minis
| ter, Chin Ian Pin has rented the house OF ex-
GOV. Shepherd on street. and he will return
| IN few days and occupy it with numerous
suite. He arrived in New York from Madrid
| last June on his way TO Peru, With which
1 country he Is instructed to open diplomatic
| relations, but on account OF the war between
Peru and Chill he has decided to spend the
I winter In Washington. In his suite are two
| secretaries, t"O interpreters, and several
attaches Nearly all or them VIII proceed To
| Peru III the spring IL peace is restored. Mt
Yung Wing, the assistant minister. aud Mr..
Bartlett, the American secretary, viii continue
| to reside where they did last winter.
NEWS FROM OUR SOUTH AMERICAN SQUADRON
! Captain Lewis, commanding the SHENANDOAH.
reports to the Navy department from Rio
| JeLeiIo that On the morning OF September 19th
! James Grady, fiTSt-Class fireman, fell overheard
| in that harbOr. knot and hall current wa;
| fast taking him astern. William Morse sea-
/ man, jumped overheard TO the rescue. Anolhe
| seaman. John Smith, followed. Grady was
| sustained by them until bOat when wa.
| being rapidly lowered, reached them. Grady
was half drowned. but was TeSuScitareG whaa
brought on board. The Shenandoah, If the
health OF Rio Janeiro continues as It as at the
| latest adviceS-OGtooer 4th-would remain there
| until the middle or latter part OF the month
| On her way south she would devote nine days
| In locating the ''Medeirar Rock of the exist
/ ence CT which however there is considerable
| dJubt. She would next go to .'St. Catherine"
| foT the purpose OF exercising the crew. and
doing some work on the outside hanking. She
will then go to Monte-yider where the Marion
! viii await her arrival From the latest adyicas
all were well On the Marion. The health on the
| shenandoah continues good.
! PERsoNAL.-Baron Arenos, Brazilian envoy
| extraordinary and member OF the court shortly
10 sit here 10 arbitrate Franco American claims
| is at Wormiey's.-Mrs. Abraham Lincoll. who
I arrived from Europe on Wednesday. Is quite III
IN New York. She will go TO Springfield. Ill, as
| soon as she RECEIVERS sufficiently. Burdette
| OF the burlington Hd'CIeye, is residing tempo
| rar1ly in Philadelphia, where his wife Is receiy-
| ing treatment for inflammatory rheumatism
DECISION AS TO TEs STATUS OF U. s. SCPsavr-
! sOI:s OF ELECT10SS-In the case OF United STAT es
supervisor Fred. Geisler OF Chicago, who WAS
arrested at place OF registration by Chicago
/ city policeman, waS before Judge DTummond
| OF the United States circuit court In that clry
| yesterday morning. Judge Drummond reserved
| his decision as 10 the fact whether the supervi-
was arrested until next Saturday, when the
! Case Will be fully argued before him. He laid
| down he law on the general subject involved,
| however, and then released s3eisler without
bail He held that the United States laws ap-
| pointing and regulating the action OF Supervi-
sOTs az an election for Representatives in Con-
greSS are ia full force and binding upon all state
! ard city officials, 10 matter whether such elec-
ton be held under the state laws or not; that a
| supervisor in discharging hts duties under those
laws cannot be interfered with by any state Or
city officer, and that IL a supervisor should be
so arrested while in the performance as he
claimed, CT his duties under those laws, then
| the federal courts had the right TO inquire into
| the facts and pass Judgment upon them. Much
interest Is manifested In this decision, as IL Is
considered test which will determine the
status OF the supervisors in the coming election
IN Chicago.
| POLITICAL SHOOTING IN CONNECrCUT.-AS a re-
publican torchlfght procession was passing the
corner OF Oak and Dwight streets. In New Haven,
Conn.,, last evening, a number OF boys Standi NJ
on the pavement blew tin horns at the process
sionists- ThlS so enraged one OF the members
| or colored company from Hartford that he
| struck one of the boys in the face with a torch
| whereupon the boys took TO their heels. Several
OF the colored men pursued the boys, and one
OF them, a Hartford negro, whose name has not
| yet been learned. fired pistol into the crowd
| The ball struck all inofe0sive spectator named
| Peter Sweeny, passing through his groin. He
! fell, and was set upon and severely beaten his
| jaw being broken. The doctor In ATTENDANCE
says Sweeny will die, as his wounds are fatal.
| Sweery being an Irish democrat. and his as
! sailents being colored men, there Is much ex.
| element over the matter.
| ESCAPED PRONUNCIATION A. Tabor and
George NcCarty, ''GruSted men" in the Rho1G
| lslaLd peDitenttary, at Providence, eSca PED
| Wednesday night by scaling the wall.