Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-18

enue, sSss, 1892; customs. s669, 4s471.
THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS as internal
revenue storekeepers have been made:-W. F.
Wa1dner, Sd district OF Maryland; g. Fl. Dob
yeIs. ith district Kentucky, and j. t. O'Brian,
stu Kentucky district
FIVE LOST AND TWO SAVED.-The signal corps
Station at Grand Haven reports schooner Gre
NADIA went ashore at Muskegan at $50 p. m.
sunday, and i've men were lost and two saved.
TEE CANDIDATES who recently passed sue
cessful examination for appointments In the
regular army watch the movements Of the
President with exceeding interest. They can
not get their commissions until he returns,
and cannot get their pay until they get their
commissions
SECRETARY SCHURz left this morning for New
ark, New jersey, where he Is to speak tonight.
He viii be absent week, and viii also speak
III New England.
WHAT SECRETARY THOMPSON SAYs.-seore-
tary Thompson was at his big desk at the Navy
department to-day. He is looking very we'll in
deed. In reply to THE STAR reporters inquiry
as TO what he thought OF Indiana the secretary
sad 81 think We carried it Farther, we viii
carry Ii ia November and by an increased ma
jority. The elections last Tuesday settled the
presidential contest There IS not the slightest
doubt OF Gen. Gar!ield'5 election in November
next The secretary VIII go back to Indiana
to cast Lis vote en- the second day Of November.
SECRETARY SHERMAN returned to the city this
morning, and viii be serenaded this evening.
THE STATEMENT IN TIE STAR On Friday attrlb-
uted to Hon. Rober, McLane of Maryland to the
effect that he had given up all hope OF electiag
Hancock, appears to be unfounded; While other
portions or the conversation. also attributed 20
lin AID Judge Richardson. were misund3r-
stocd. and therefore unintehtioaaliy .nisrepre-
Sented.
POSTMASTER GENERAL MAYNARD left Wash
ington on Saturday night for q visit to Tennes-
see. First Assistant Tyner VIII act as Postmas-
ter General during his absence. Second As5iS-
TAFT Postmaster General Brady returned from
Indiana Saturday.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DECISION OF SECRETARY
SCHURz.-Ihe Secretary of the Interior has rem
dered decision involving large pecuniary in
terests In the case OF the Western railroad of
minnesota. now operated and controlled by the
Northern Pacific railroad company in regard 10
tie claim OF that company for lands under the
indemnity grant to the state OF Minnesota OF
the acts OF March 3. 1867, March 8. 1865. and the
various anendafOry statutes. This decision.
which also bears directly upon the similar
claims OF the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad, and probably upon those OF several
other western companies, Is favorable to the
claims. 1t Is to the effect, first, that such in
dennity can only be taken tor lands located ii
places along the respective lines of the road
granting acts, as conrradlstinguished from
grants of quantity to the amount or any desig-
mated number Of sections per mile for the entire
length OF road. Second. that indemnity Is pro
yidtd for all lands sold Or pre-e.npted prior -
the date of definite location OF the respective
lines, whether so disposed or before or after the
passage II the granting acts, but that lands
reserved by competent authority before the data
or the grants are altogether excepted out or
their operation. ara cin neither be taken as
Indemnity nor InGGe the basis of such indern-
within
limits.
RECRUITS FOR THE WEsr-The superintendent
general recruiting service has been ordered to
forward sixty recruits to Fort Snelling Mtan
where they Will be reported On arrival 10 IL,
commanding general department OF DAKOTA 10.
ASST bmenL as fellows Thirty TO the 81 In
taniTy; thirty to the 5th infantry.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. ]. 3. Collins to the
receiving ship Franklin. Lieut.. J. F. Merry hiss
returned home, having been detached from the
onward On the 18th ultlgno, and las been placed
On Eating orders.
THE NAVAL REvIEw.-Whlle he has not de-
nltely settled the date for the naval review a
Hampton Roads. Secretary Thompson has
pretty well decided that 1t shall come of on2
week from tomorrow.
CONGRESSMAN HILLS NAP ELECTION NIGHF.-
Congressman W. d. Hill, of Ohio, is In the city.
He took On active part in the democratic car
yas IL Obo and is one who still believes, despite
the Indiana set back, that Hancock can be
elected. MI. Eli met Secretary Sherman a day
Or Two before the OHIO election, aud they eX-
changed views as to how the result wsuld be
Mr.. blu told Secrt tlry Sherman that he believed
Ohio would go republican by about 5000 ma
Jority. TIE Secretary told Mr.. Hill he believer
the majority would be 5000 at least. On cleo
ton night. Mr.. Hi say2 he went TO bed at eight
O'Clock, worn out by Tue fatigues II tae cam
pa.gp. Invoke up" said he ''ag four O'Clock In
the molliirg: looked at my watch, and then
"Why?" quOth THE STAR man.
"Wby?" said Hill. "Pl tell you why. If We
had won the boys never would have let me slept
unIls four O'Clock ia the morning. They would
have been down to nay house long before taat
hour TO have given me the news"
Mr: Eli repeats the Oft told tale OF how Ohio
v as lost, and GScrbeS it to an importation OF
foreign voters and corrupt use OF money On
the part OF the opposition.
MARINE CORPS COURTS MARrIAL-The pre-
ceedings, findings aid sentences of the general
court-martial in the cases OF Private5 William
X Little ard Angelo Joseph, and CORPORAL Fer
dtnanG Witte, L. s. Marine Corps. are approved
| at the Navy Department. The prison at the
Marie barracks, Boston, Mass, IS DESIGNATED
as the place for the execution OF 50 nluc1 OF the
| sentences in the cases Of PriVates William r.
| Little and Angelo Joseph, as relate to cOnfine-
ment, the first for six months, the latter for ten
| months, then both to De dishonorably dts
| charged. Upon the recommendation to elem
| ency by members OF the court, the term OF Con
! HEeIent ana loss or pay III the case OF Corporal
| Ferdinand WitJe are RENTED, and ne will be
| restored TO duty as a private in the Marine
| Corps. Tie proceedings, findings and sentence
OF the general court martial In The case Of PIT
| yate Charles N. Crosby, .. S. Marine Corps, are
| apI roved, and the sentence Will be duly ex-
| eCuIed. The prison at the Marine barracks,
| Brooklyn, New York, is designated as the place
| for confinement FOR two years, and then he
| Will be disLonorably discharged.
| PKRsoNAL.-Col Hay, Assistant Secretary OF
| State, was registered in New York Saturday
| evening.-W. III. Edwards, o. S. Consul at St.
| Pet eTsburg, is at the Riggs, and Chester n.
| Klum, Of st. Louis Is at Willard s.-George
| Wilkes, formerly editor OF the Spirit Of The
| Times, returned TO New York last Saturday,
| after residence Of several years In Paris
| Capt. Isaiah Rynders, an Old time force In New
York politics, is seriously Ill with paralysis at
his home In New Jersey.-Henry W. Thomp.
son and Charles Thompson, who went to In-
diana to vote last week, returned to the city
| Yesterday With their father, Secretary Thomp.
| sOD.-MrS. Scott-Sddons arrived at QUEBEC
from England last Saturday.-Ex-Congres
| man Eugene Hale denies the report that he Is
gong TO move from Maine to Michigan.
| Sitting Bulbs Program.
Sitting Bull, according to the report of one
OF General Terry's scouts, just received at the
war Department has proposed to his followers
l Cnal lney make four separate CircuitOuS marches