Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-19

| THE TALLAPOosA left the League Island navy
yard at $50 to-day for New York.
THE following was issued from the War de-
partment to-day: To correct certain msappre-
tensions existing as to the meaning of general
orders (No. Al lis ordered-The servicerifi and
| ammunition will be used i'm department division
| and army contests. ''Marksman's rifles" will
| only be issued as prizes three to each division
team annually and three to the army team every
| alternate year No ''marksman's rifles" have
! yet been made or issued. 'Marksmans rif1ese'
| when issued as prizes may be admitted i'm con-
tests. as they will be suited to the service am
| munition The lOng-range rifles are not marks
mans rifles" and will be used for experimental
purposes, but not in department. division or
| army teams.
How THE NEWS WAS RECEvED-The very I'M
favorable news from the President to-day cast
Gloom over all the departments, and. i'm fact.
o,.. the entire city. The feeling after the news
that the President had had another rigor was
received, was one of general dependency. In
| the reduced state OF the President the impress
sion is that he cannot withstand another relapse
| and the public mind is almost prepared for the
worst news.
I THE PENSACOLA arrived at Panama midnight
of the 4th. having touched at Acapulco for coal.
The Richmond had not arrived and is not to be
! expected at Panama before the Goth The Off
GERS and men on the Pensacola are WELL
WORKMEN at the National Museum building
| are engaged in laying the border of the thing in
| some of the unfinished rooms These border
| tiles have just been received from the manufac-
| turers.
ARMY ORDERS-The superintendent mounted
recruiting service will forward so recruits to
| Fort Smelling, Mimi. for assignment to the I'd
| cavalry. Leave for eight months is granted
| Captain Stephen G. Whipple. 1st cavalry
Leave for one year. from September /, 1881,
! is granted Capt. Thos Drury. I'd infantry
! On the mutual application of the officers con-
/ cerned, the following transfers i'm the 9th cav
airy are made: Second Lieut.. Benjamin H. Chez
| yer. Jr from Troop G to Troop b: Second Lieut..
Albert s. Bailey. from Troop to Troop G.
| Chaplain Geo. W. Collier. U.S.A., is assigned to
| duty at Columbus barracks. Ohio until October
! 81. 1881. Leave for one year, with permission
to 60 beyond the sea. is granted First Lieut.
Geo. E. Sage, 9Th artillery.
SENATOR HILLS CoNDIrIoN.-Information re-
ceived here. in regard to the condition of SEN
atOr B. H. Hill. is to the effect that while the
recent and second operation performed in Phlla-
delphia for an affection of the tongue was tenn
! porarily relief, and satisfactory in its imme-
date results, there has since been change for
the worse. There is danger that the Senator
VIII lose the power of speech.
Incl hoSiSiANI OStMASIER GENERAL
TYNER has gone to Indiana for several weeks.
| and Second Assistant Postmaster General Elmer
is now in charge of the department
THE OMNIBUS "SEvEN."-PeOple who have
watched the Presidents case closely calculated
that yesterday the nth day of his suffering.
and it was a crisis day.
AN ELECTRICAL MISUNDERSTANDING Com
missioner Raums absence one of the electric
cure men was put on the list to pay taxes as a
medlcus. He came on to Washington last
night with his whole apparatus and lots OF
pamphlets To-day he converted Commissioner
Raum's room into an electrical laboratory and
explained about his patent. He made all sorts
OF electrical experiments and tests, with view
to showing that he should not be taxed. The
electricity man also put in a word that he wanted
to try his electrical apparatus on the President.
PosTMAsTERs COMMISSIONED - Commissions
were sent to-day to the following postmasters at
the places named: H. C. Williamson. Wise
Courthouse, Wise county, and J. H. Dickinson,
Bickleys Mills, Russell county. Virginia: ID.
Goode. Newfound. Wyoming county, West Vir-
ginia.
NINE TILL FOUR AGAN.-On and after Mon
day next the Interior department will resume
its former hours of business. opening at a. m.
and closing at p. m. instead of closing at three
O'Clock. as now. except on Saturdays The de-
partment will close at p. IN. on Saturdays.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Mrs. W. R. Holloway. of In
dianapolis, sister of Mrs. Senator Morton. and
the wife of Col. W. R. Holloway, who is well
known in Washington. died this morning at her
home of typhoid fever. She was very estima-
BILE lady, and during the latter years of Senator
Morton's life she was a frequent visitor in this
city, where she had a large circle of friends Her
death was very sudden.
THE EVANS INvEsTIGATIoN.-Thes solicitors
office of the Treasury department did not to-day
continue the investigation of the charges against
Major Evans, of the collection division of the
Slxth Auditors office. mentioned in The STAR
last evening. No witnesses appeared. Notices
were to-day sent out to several other people
VINO are expected to appear Monday to give
tner testimony. In that wav the investiga-
tlon Will progress-three or four witnesses
being examined daily until the. list is closed.
There is an evident reluctance on the part of
people VINO know to appear and testify. It was
stated in THE STAR yesterday that the charges
against Evans, preferred by Mr.. Lazenby in
GUIDED the little episode with the sister-in-law
ofaprominent post office oflicial and certain other
Irregularities The Irregularities are, it is learned
TO be comprised in the specifications of drunk
enness and the disclosure to parties that they
might become attorneys for postmasters of the
amount due those officials
PERSONAL---VERY.. Mr.. Shipper, pastor of All
Souls church, has returned to the city.-The |
following Washingtonians were at the q. s. |
Hotel. Saratoga, September 15 Judge Miller, q. |
SS. Court, and Mrs. Miller; Mrs. Franck TAYLOR: |
Major .. M. Taylor. U.S.A., and wife; JOS. G. |
c. Kennedy and wife: Gen. w. NJ Dunn, U.S.A.. |
and daughter, Mrs. Morrison; Gen. Schenck and |
three daughters, F. B. Mcclure and wife,
Right Rev. Bishop Keane was in the city last |
evening, much improved in health. He left for |
Richmond last night.-Mrs Gen. Mcclure re- |
turned from Kentucky yesterday Assistant |
Postmaster General A. D. Hazen, Commodore |
Temple, Rear Admiral John ]. Almy. Can't. T. |
0. Selfridge and Pay Inspector F. c. Cosby u. |
S.N, are in New YOrk.-Bishop Wightman of |
the ME-. Church South, is in improving health. |
DR.. Lugenbeers Challenge.
Yesterday afternoon ex-senator Christiancy, |
who had received note from DR.. French Lugen-
beel, (the brother of Mrs. Christiancy,) asking |
meeting In Virginia, within twenty miles Of
Washington, procured a warrant against DR.. Luz
genbeel from the Police Court. The bailif Of |
the court, F. C.. Revells was handed this war
rant, and at once started to serve it, but soon
learned that DR.. Lugenbeel had In the morning
left for his home In Virginia.
Mrs Christiancy when informed yesterday of |