Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-14
Promotions in thc Navy DepartIn enf.

Promotions la thc Navy Depart nl enfs
The following temporary clerks In the Navy de-
partment have been put upon the permanent roll:
Secretary's oflce-J. Fl. Kirkwood y. II. Hanty
ana j. Deb. Higgins, si,s3a; lno E. Turdean AMI
Rufus Prentice. 81 600: JAS. NJ. Waters and w. f.
Thomas, assistant messengers Department build
iny-W. B. Darrell, assistant conductor Of eleva-
tor; Fl. o, French, carnenter J. Il. Harrison, CAP
tain Of watch, and j. H. R2nlsirg. assistant cap
tain of watch. Judge Advocace Generai's Office
Halleck Donoho; Bureau OF Equipment and Re-
cruiting, Frank A. Wilson; steam engineering.
= Durant, sl,oO0 provisions and clothing, W S.
Gibson, 81. 800 bureau OF navigation. H. W. Wells.
2d class clerk; signal Office .JEo. IL Brooks, 81 300
Retiring and examining t0ird, JAS. c. Dultn, I'd
class clerk; board or Inspection, b. b. Porter, 9i
class clerk. Ten employees in the Nautical Almanac
twenty-four In the hydrosraphic Office, and nine
in the Naval Observatory.
F. F. Waterman has been promoted from Il ,OG0
elerkShp In the Secret tryS Office to 81 is00 and j.
II. HOagiand, in bureau OF steam engineering,
| from $1,000 to 200.
THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IN TENNEssEE.-One Of
| the leading democratic Congressman from Ten
nessee says he thinks the democrats of that state
really stand In more danger OF losing the leglsa-
| ture than their state ticket. He says the state
credit democrats, who bolted the convention are
putting legislative candidates in the field against
the regular democrats, and that this will divide
the party vote in some or its strongest counties,
and possibly let enough republicans in to control
the legislature and elect United States senator.
CO..: CO.. John n, BrownloW Is o: the opinion that the
publican Congressional nomination between rep
| resentate Houk and Mr.. Rule will probably result
in split, AMI that both men will run. This would
be likely he thinks, to give the democrats the dis
trict.
THE ARREST OF MEANr.-Acting Secretary OF
State Davis has been in communication with Min
lister Lowell ct London in reference to the case Of
Stephen j. Meany of New YORK who was arrested
at Ennis. Ireland for alleged violation OF the re-
preston act. Secretary Davis teegraphed to Min
lister Lowell to give the case his Immediate atten-
tion and to Investigate and report to the depart
! ment. An answer was received from Minister
Lowell Saturday stating that the foreign office
his no official Information on the subject, but that
he understood that Meany had been released.
Secretary Davis thereupOn telegraphei to Minister
Lowell TO get exact Information as to whether Mr.
Meany is free or not.
p. S.-The State department to-day received a
cable message from Minister Lowell cOnfirmin g
the Information OF Mr.. Meally's release.
THE ORDERS FOR PUBLIC PRINTING now at the
government printing Office will test all the re-
sources OF that establishment in order to fill them
during the recess Of Congress. The printing of
the census publications alone Is an enormous job.
There Will De over thirty volumes comprising about
1S coo pages Of the same size rs the ConUpSsional
Record This will be the largest single work ever
turned out. Besides this the bound volume of the
Congressional Record for the recent session must
be turned out, and this is no small job. The Rec
ora has grown rapidly in size Of late. The custom
in the House OF giving leave to pint speeches not
delivered SwellS the Record considerably. There
were so many speeches OF this kind put in during
the closing hours OF the session that it has re-
Qured the issuance OF Record Caily since ad-
journment until yesterday to get them out The
public printer viii soon add to the machinery a
line printing machine OF Hoes for bookwork.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC cRAILRoAD.-Ex-Senator
Conkling was at the Interior Department to-day on
business as attorney Of the Northern Pacific rail-
road. That road has now completed a section,
ana the necessary papers appertaining to that
fact were filed at the department. In accordance
with the law the President viii now appoint
commission OF six to examine the new part OF the
road completed. There are 200 miles east of the
mountains and about so west, which are to be eX-
alnined, and three OF the commission will take one
part and the other three the other part. The
disturb the title OF the road in the lands given by
the government. and the department intends to
carry out existing laws
PERsoNAL--Ex-SenatorC Conkltng arrived in the
city this morning-OScar Wilde is fond cat
fish, and he says he likes their looks, tOo-Mr
Sanders w. Johnston and his sister, Miss Eliza
beth Bryant Johnston, leave the city Tomorrow, to
attend the sessions Of the American Society for the
Advancement OF Science, shortly to be held In
Montreal after which they Will make an extended
tour through Canada and the northern States-
Lieut. Danenhower Is visiting at Chadd's Ford, near
Philadelphia: Butler sailed away from
Halifax Tor the Gulf OF ST. Lawrence, with party
oefriendS on board his yacht last tThurSday.-Mrs
s. II. Kauffmann who has been spending some
join in observing the 9ad birthday anniversary OF
her husbands father, occurring today, after
which she Will go to CreSSon, for short stay
Senator and Mrs Conger are at Fortress Monroe.
Mr.. s. G. Kinsley, manager OF the National
Theater, has returned to the city, much improved
by his summer vacation. and ready for the fall
season, which opens on the 4th OF Septomber.-
Mr.. Delavan w. Gee, private secretary to Repre-
sentative Belford. has gone to Ocean Grove.-Mr
leaves tomorrow with his family for New Oxford,
Pa, where they will spend some tlme.-Miss
Kate Monroe left to-day for Atlantic Cty.-Miss
Emma James, the we'll known correspondent, has
gone to Saratoga and the CatskllS, for a vacation
OF some length-U. s. Treasurer G1fllan has
ohe 80 VIII M9nrGs r for few
row, where he will spend about mOnth.-Mr
B. W. Hanna, stenographer to Secretary Chandler,
Montgomery Blair and wife and Miss Blair are at
Narragansett Pier.--Col. T. L. Casey has gone
to the White mountains.
SERIOUSLY INJURED BY FALL FROM A SCAFFoLD
About 1918 o'clock to-day William Marriott, q
white man, about thirty-tive years old, while en-
gagged in making repairs at the Army Medical
Museum, slipped and fell from a ladder a distance
OF about s5 feet, sustaining compound fracture
or the lett arm, and otherwise injuring himself.
Of1cer Herbert had him removed to the Emer-
gency hospital, where DR.. ParsOn rendered medi-
cal aid and pronounced his wounds OF a serious
natAre. He Was afterwards removed to his home
on Montgomery, between Bridge and Olive streets,
West Washington.
SENT TO JAIL FOR STEALING,-Robert Allen and
manuel Holmes. two old coiored men, were before
Judge Smell Saturday on the charge OF stealing a
the residence OF Mr.. Alexander Goul. Policeman
Breen or the fifth precinct, testified to recovering
the stolen goods from secondhand store on D
street, and to arresting the prisoners for the
ceny. George Goldberg, the secondhand dealer,
testified to buying the tools from the prisoners for
$l.75 They Were both committed to Jail for three
months
More War Department Promotions, Ap-
pointments, dkc.
The following changes has been made in the
clerical force OF the War Department., additional
to those published in Saturdays STAR: Ordnance
Bureau-E A. Skillman ana A. w. Pentland. pro-
NOTED to class three; 8. c. Hull and L. j. Bryant.
to class two; r. L. Waller. n. F. J. Brown, r. A.
Foster. s. NJ. Barker, s. l. Clarke, s. E. Culverwell,
): NJ. W1neberger, T. @. LeckrOn,J s. Pierce, Ma
than HaZen, J. c. Wnn, j. I. wilkins, G. II. In
graham, Jr., w. H. Smiley, ]. E. McLeran, G. A.
Thacker, r. M. Taylor, j. 8. NJ. Neil Russell West,
and Martin Durnall, to class one. Engineers Bu-
reau- II. B. King and Il. E Randall, promoted to
class two; NJ W: saxton, J. g. Price, August
Schauster, J: D. Schmidt, P. NJ. Hough, Albert
Grimes and II: E. Smith, to class one. Paymaster's
Generals Omce-W. II. Harrison, promoted to
class three. Commissary Generals Onice-D. w.
Haught0n, Joseph BlackwOod, j. B. X. Elliott and
Peter Meagher, promoted to class one. Inspector
Generaps Omce-CharleS w. Green, to class one.
Judge Advocate Generals ONCE Thomas Duke, to
| class three. c. A. Fleetwood, promoted to class
one and transferred tho Adfuta Mt Generals Of