Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-15

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NAVAL NEWS FROM NORFo-.2-t'o,n,nr rl9Te na--o
reports ID the Navy department that the Talia-
pooS eft the No;f0l, navy Yard Tor Annapolis yes
teriay afternoon. He also reports that he sent the
tug Snovdrop t. assist the locai engines at the
fire at the freight house OF the Norfolk and West
eIn Railroad company.
SECRETARY CHANDLER is expected to return to
Washington tomorrow.
COMMISSIONER EATON says that the opinton or the
Attorney General, relating to the classification OF
clerks under the civil service law which was pub
lished in yesterdays STAR, is substantially In ac-
cord with the truction already placed upon the
law by the cOmIaiSSiOn and by which they have
been governed III their action
THE CASE OF CAPT j. P. WAIkER-The army re-
tiring board, appointed to examine Capt John F.
Walker Sd cavalry, met at the government hospital
for the insane to-day and proceeded to examine
Capt Walker.
NAVAL ORDERS-PaSSei Assistant Engineer A. b.
Bates has been ordered to the Vandllta: Chaplain
W. o. HOlway has been detached from training
ship New Hampshire and ordered to the Trenton.
REsIGNEp-Iieut.- Commander George Talcott, on
duty as executive officer OF the Shenandoah, has
resigned from the navy, to go into business His
resignation was to-day accepted, to take effect at
once.
REDEMPTION OF STAMPS ON CHECKs-The COM
missioner of Internal revenue has issued a circular
stating that since July 31st over two thousand
packages Of stamps imprinted on checks have been
received for redemption and cancellation nOtwtil-
standing the circular Of July 10th last Informing,
the public that stamps imprinted on checks sub
Seqient 10 July 31st, 1883, would not be cancelled
after redeinpton and The checks returned to their
owners. The circular says that the eases on hand
VIII be treated in one Of the following methods,
according to the option of the owner: l. Claims
viii be acted on as soon as reached. and If allowed
stamps Will be destroyed. 2. Stamps viii be re-
turned to claimants free of charge the claims to
be considered as withdrawn. 3 Cases Will be laid
aside until Congress conveneS and, II an apprO-
pr1ation + made for the purpose, the stamps, II
deemed. viii he cancelled and the blanks returned
to their OWNERS
GOOD DEEDS REwARDED-The President has,
through the Department OF State, pTfScntct. gold
watch and chain, valued at $l20, to Wm j. Newton,
master OF the British steamship Commander, in
recognition OF the humane asst stance given by him
fire at sea, July 12 1888. lie has also presented
OF the Haytien bark letttia, for his humanity In
rescuing the shipwreckel crew of the schooner JAS
Bliss, OF Belfast, Me-, at sea, April l6, 1883.
DECREASE OF IaMIGRATIoN.-The report OF the
bureau OF statistics shows that during October
there arrived at our principal ports 4s s65 im1nt-
grants, and for the same month OF the preceding
year there arrived 61 ,329 immigrants. For the ten
months ended Ocoer31, 1854, the arrivals numbered
5olG37, and for the same period of 1882, 66s,C15.
REMAINS OF THE JEANETTE PARTY-A letter
from Lieut.. Harbcr, who has charge OF the trans
p0rtatlon Of the remains of the Jeanette party to
this country. dated YakutSk, August 81, 1883, was
received at the Navy department yesterday. A
pocket Knife marked 81 O. \. Zeigler, Ga chief en-
g1neer OF the navy and spoon, both found on the
route taken by Lieut. Com. De Long, were brought
and turned to Lieut.. Harber, as 1t is evident
they We're lost by De Longs party. Lieut. H:,rber
s h h9H havng o aieG from m dis
On my way north stopped at kirnlSck, visited his
Erlve and left Instructions to have it suitably
marked"
THE NEW TINE AT TIE CITY Posi- OFF1cE--Aftcr
consultation with superintendent Thompson. Of the
railway mail service, Postmaster Conger has issued
Instructions which Will make the local time OF the
arrival and departure Of mails at the Washington
City Post Office and branch stations, correspond
with the new standard time
SUPERINTENDENTs OF NATIONAL CEMETERIES
The following changes In the stations OF super1n-
tendents OF the national cemeteries have been Or
dered:-Superlntendent Benjamin +. Baker. ordered
cemetery at Annapolis, Nd, relieving Superinten-
dent X. c. Taylor, .whO will assume charge OF the
dent on a' t@fo Ma Go
merford Will assume charge OF the Chalmette ma
tional cemetery, near New Orleans, relieving SUI
perintendent a. J. BirtIsal Superintendent Birds
all Will assume charge OF the national cemetery at
Gettysburg, Pa, relieving superintendent N. g.
Wilson. who will proceed to vicksburg Miss, and
assume charge OF the national cemetery at that
place.
WAR DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONS-A. B. Clements,
OF Brooklyn, has been promoted from the position OF
a cOpylst in the Judge Advocate Generals Office,
War department, to a 81 200 position in the Quar-
teTnaSter Generals office. lie was certified by the
to duty as cOpyist In view OF this promotion the
Secretary OF War viii withdraw from the civil ser
vice commission requistlon for Il 200 clerk, and
substitute one for cOpyist
Several vacancies exist In the 81 200 grade OF the
Adtutant Generals Office. All the efficient clerks
OF lower grade have already been promoted, and
there is some doubt as to whether these vacancies
can be filled by the promotion OF clerks appointed
to the 81 eco grade under the civil service rules, but
VINO nave not served the probationary period. or
whether the Secretary OF War will have to make
reQuisltOn the civil service commission for 81 200
clerks. la all probability the promotions will be
made.
DOUBTFUL CHINESE IMNIGRANTs WITH CERTIFI-
cATEs.-Sccletary Foger was yesterday informed
by an agent OF the Pacific Mail steamship COM
pany that number OF Chinese were day or two
ago brought into the port OF San Francisco by the
steamer City OF Peking, and that although they
were provided with the certificate required by law
the collector Of customs refused to allow them TO
land. The Secretary teegraphed to the collector
for an explanation. He also wrote him In effect
pect fraud or imposition he shall make rigid
investigation, and refuse permission to the paSsen
ana the parties feeling aggriesed because OF such
refusal can have the correctness Of the action OF the
customs officers decided In the courts by writ OF
habeaS corpus.
COL ". T. Colby, OF the Pension office, has been
transferred to New York as supervising special ex-
aminer OF the district embracing Vermont, part Of
New York and part OF Massachusetts, Col. Colby
mas many friends In Washington who regret his de-
ptrture to another field of duty.
THE WEEKLY STAR for this week Is now ready
for mailing: price, three cents per copy. 1t is a
large, elght-page paper, OF tfty-sX columns, cut
pasted ana folded, and will he sent anywhere in
The United States and Canada, postpaid, for one
dollar year.
PERsONAL-Gov. n. G. Ordway, Of Dakota, is at
the Riggs-Senator Ingalls, family arrived in
town this morning, and Will be located fOl the
winter at No. street northwest. Mr.. Ingalls,
VIII be here In about two weeks s-RepreSentativeS
CaDell, or Virginia, and Young, OF Tennessee, and
ex-RepreSentat1ve SimOntOn are at the MetrOpOli-
tan.--At the session OF the National Health ASSO-
clatlon In Detroit yesterday Navy Medical Director
G1hon read paper on "V1ta statistics as Sanitary
Monitors" Ors."-Representativ Coz, of New York,
arrived III town last evening, and Is for the present,
at Wizards.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. - Marriage licenses have
been Issued by the clerk of tile court as follows:
PnGn1x Bartlett and Jennie s. Matthews; Richard
b brown and Belle +. Webster, both OF T. g. county,
Md; Abraham RidOut and Lucinda W1nnS; James
W. Str1ngfelloW and Eliza Francis Bowers, both OF
Culpeper, Va; Chas. Brooks and Jennie Chase;
Christopher G. Kyle and Mary II. Spaulding; Lu-
N MaR Mt h M A1nxyn