Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-21
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RKCEIPTs sTo.DAY.-InternaI rev.
enue, s4l4, Is; customs, s595, 5,464.42.
1T IS PRETTY SAFE to say that the coming
chief signal officer to succeed Gen. Myer is
either Gen. Miles or Gen. hazen.
Col. BENJAMIN, Assistant Adjutant General,
will leave tomorrow night for New York where
he will spend two or three weeks before leav1n :
for his post at Prescott, department of Arizona,
to which he has been recently ordered.
CAUTIoNARY SIGNALS. Gen. Drum, acting
chief signal officer, has authorized the display
OF cautionary signals at Fort Monroe, Va, and
Manistee, Michigan.
THE NEW DANISH MINISTER to the United
States, Carl Steen-Anderaon Bile, is a Journal
t.t, and edited for some years the leading liberal
newspaper of Denmark. He left his newspaper
TO go into parliament in 1872, and his appOfur-
ment as minister to the United States, quite out
SIDE the strict rule OF diplomatic promotion
which prevails in that Kingdom. is quite a com
pl1meht. He is familiar with the question of
cattle expectation to England, which is Of in-
poftance to American as well as to Danish far
merS.
PRELIMINARY PRACTICE FOR THE NAVAL RE-
vIRw.-Rear Admiral Wyman, commanding the
North Atlantic fleet, is keeping the officers and
the crews OF the vessels now In Hampton Roads
fully occupied and getting them In readiness
1or the nava! review. Tuesday night at halt
past eleven O'Clock gun was fired from the
flagship Tennessee, which is the signal for all
hands on deck. The Constitution was the first
to respond, the Portsmouth next followed In
quick succession by the other six vessels of the
fleet, while the crews came tumbltng on deck
as Ii second confederate Merrtmac had got
loose among them. Yesterday afternoon the
crews were all mustered for drill, which took
place In the fort. The Marines some 300 strong
under command Of Capt. Webster, were brought
ashore In steam launches, together with the
wharf, leading the procession. The sailors and
boys, some 1920 in number, followed In row.
boats, bringing with them a dozen howitzers
and Calling guns; There were some SO large
rOWboatS IN the line, which was formed some
distance from the shore, and at a. signal they
all advance with rush, as IL charging an
eneinys works. On landing the brigade was
formed, with Capt. S. B. Luce. OF the Minnesota,
10 command, and marched into the fort. where
an iour was spent In company and battalion
drill.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ensign Henry Morrill,, for
examination for promotion; Pay Inspector Ru-
fuS Parks, to the Pensacola and as feet pay
master Of the Pacific station. relieving Pay In
spector Casper Schenck, who Is ordered home
to settle accounts: Passed Assistant Engineer
j, +: Kelly, to the New York navy yard Master
T. Ii. Crosby, from the Franklin, aud ordered
TO the Despatch; Paymaster A. d. Bache. from
the Michigan, November 1St, and ordered 10
settle accounts.
ARMY ORDEEs.-1st Lieut.. w. H. LOW. E.,
goth infantry, will proceed to join his proper
station. The order directing 1St Lieut. G. c.
Doane, I'd cavalry, ON the expiration OF hi,
present leave OF absence to report In person 10
the adJutant general OF the army In this city, is
AMENDED to direct him to report by letter to the
a01utant general. Leave granted 1st Lieut. S.
X. Mabon, 10th infantry, is still further ex-
tended enc year an occount OF sickness.
Sons OF ARMY OFFICERS las MILITARY CA
DETs.-It turns out that the statement that
Judge Advocate General Dunn has rendered a
decision to the effect that no Sous OF army Off.
GERS can be admitted to West Point" and that
'.srmy officers cannot acquire a bona fcte resi-
deGce as required by law" (aS basis for ap-
pointment to the military academy is eTroae-
Gus. He has simply given an opinion upon
Spec1hc case referred to him, that no ''mere
constructive residence" Will answer the require
ment of section 1915 Of the Revised Statutes
which provides that all West Point cadet ap
ponies m ices except the ten appointed at large 6y
the President, "Snall be aetna! residents OF the
congressional OF territorial districts or OF the
District OF Columbia, respectively, from which
they purport to be appointed"
man CT the democratic congressional commit
tee has telegraphed instructions here to have
printed and circulated the numerous petitions
which were presented at the last session of Con.
gress, signed by manufacturers all over the
country, praying for the passage of the Eaton
bill providing for the appointment of a com
mission TO take into consideration the subject
OF tariff revision.
REPUBLICAN POSSIBILITIES IN NORTH CARO-
turned to the city to- day from North Carolina,
where he went two weeks ago In company with
one OF the officials of the Second Controllers
Office to look up some lands belonging to the
government. From what he heard and saw in
The state Mr. Whelpley thinks there is a very
good chance Of the republicans carrying the
state In November.
PERsoNAL-Ex- Secretary Bristow is at the
r ggs:-P IT. Barnum is candidate for the
state senate in Connecticut. He is believed to
have good shoW.-Capt. j. S. Bradford, OF the
US. coast and geodetic survey, and family, have
returned to the city for the season, and are at
their residence on Ii street.-AsSociate JUS
tlce Field, Capt. Il. W. Howgate and Stil5on
NeW qa were IN
New York, is at Willards.-Hon. George Ban
croft the historian, will leave Newport for
Washington tomorrow or next day.-Dr.
Tanner proposes fOrty-day'S competitive fast
In London, with believers In malt and spurious
liquors, he to use water alone and they to SUBJ
sist On their own chosen beverage, and see What
the result will be.
TIE WEEKLY STAR for this week Is now ready.
1t contains eight pages OF reading alter, COY
ering every variety OF subject, stories sketches,
poetry. news and gossip, complete record of
marriages. and deaths, all the local and late
telegraph news Sent postpaid. for three months,
for fifty cents. Single copies In wrappers, five
cents.
Political Notes.
The following additional congressional nomi
nations have been made Peter FL. Van Auken,
Gem., 26Ih New York; e. Kirk Hart. dem., 3lst
New York; VIM. E. Robinson, dem, I'd New
York.
Congressman Beale, of Va, passed through
the city to-day. He does not think the read
justers in Virginia can possibly carry more than
two congressional districts, and he does not
concede them even two, but thtaks they have
only chance for two.
Truth, the new democratic paper in New
York, demands the withdrawal of Mr. Grace as
Tie candidate OF that party for mayor of the
city because, as 1t alleges, his running viii cost