Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

THE ADMINISTRATIONS OUT OF TowN.-Washing-
ton IS at present practically deserted by tne ad-
ministration, and the departments are all in
charge OF the assistants TO the Cabinet officers.
The President is In New York, accompanied by
secretary FOlger, Postmaster General and Mrs.
Gresham, Attorney General and Mrs Brewster,
and Secretary and Mrs. Chandler. Secretary FIRE.
linghuysen Is still at his home In Newark, Nj,
where he has been for some time. Secretary Lin
CON d mas gone to Lake Erie for short vacation.
visit the Indian school there.
IT Is Now THOUGHT that Commodore DeKrafrt,
who was strong applicant for the position OF
c0minandant OF the Washington navy yard, will
De ordered TO command the Mare Island (Cal)
navy yard.
THE NEW CHINESE CONSUL in New York city Is
| named Ow Yang Ming. The consulate Will open
on June 10, and Will be located at 95 Clinton place
Mr.. Ow will have a Chinese and an English secre-
| tary.
CHIEF MosEs.-Col. Wheaton, commanding OF
Vancouver Barracks, w. T., informs the Indian
Commissioner, under date OF May 18th, that after
thorough investigation he Is convinced that II
Chief Moses Is permitted to go to Washington that
the Indians LarsOpkin and KOnasket representing
ne dTng m should also be to
Ing On strip OF land cut OF from Moses reserva-
ton are of all Indians the most interested in the
OF his former influence with the better class OF In
dians and Is now the leader of the renegades The
come east with Moses
BIDS FOR ENGRAv1NG.-A committee consisting Of
Dr. Mcdonald, chief of the money order office; NJ
L. Harrison, inspector OF money orders; Thos. B.
Graham. chief OF the postage stamp division,
opened the bids to-day for engraving the new
postal note. The following were the bidders:
ColumDla Bank Note Company OF this city, Amert-
can Bank Note Company and Homer Lee Bank
Note Company OF New York. the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. The award Will be made In
afew days.
THE NAVAL ACADEMY ExAM1NAT1oNs.-Fr Frank NJ.
Russell, OF Pennsylvania; Walters. Burke, Illinois;
Wm II. Williams, Alabama; James N. Alexander
Missouri, and Archibald H. Davis, OF North Caro-
INA, have passed a successful examination as
naval cadets in addition to those heretofore pub
LSneu 1ne cadet engineers OF the class of 1881
have received their orders tC report for final ex-
animation next week at the Naval Academy, in
accordance With the views OF Secretary Chandler
THAT the Late decision in their case does not affect
their status as cadet engineers Those OF the class
who were on the China station have not yet ar
rived.
COL FREY, the Swiss minister, left this morning
on visit OF two or three months to Switzerland.
He Will stop day or two In Philadelphia, and
Will sail on Saturday He carries over with him
from the Swiss residents OF Washing ton-Messrs.
kneeS1, Reichenbach, and others-an elegant
as a present to the National Schuetzen vereln. OF
Switzerland, to be shot for at their annual feste
Quite delegation @ OF Col Frey,s friends were
him OH.
The PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK.-The President
and party arrived at Jersey City late last night,
and II was not until quarter to 12 that the dis
tingushed guest of the New York and Brooklyn
ordge trustees and his suite reached the Fifth
There was no formal reception at Jersey CITY.
secretary Foiger did not accept the hospltatiss
at at tine tine put went to his iaore
party have no concerted program. 1t was satd
they would devote to-day to social pleasures In
the city.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Assstant Engineer c. A. E.
King ordered to the Alliance; Chaplain s. D.
Boron to the training ship Mime sofa; Assistant
Engineer Reynold T. Hall detached from the ALI
ance, and placed On waiting orders.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT is informed that the
vessels of the north Atlantic squadron ha We
arrived OH the New York battery, to assist In the
ceremonies OF the opening of the Brooklyn bridge.
THE PRACTICE SHIP DALE sailed from Norfolk
yesterday for Annapolis, commanded by Lieut..
Alfred Reynolds, with 96 seamen on board.
PERsoNAL-Senator voorhees, is in town, at the
Portland.-Ar!starchi Bey, the retiring Turkish
minister, leaves Washington to-day for New York.
-..-Representative Davis, of Illinois, Was In the
city yesterday, leaving for Massachusetts last
evening, to return here toward the close OF the
we E~Ex-Ssnator Hamlin is giving his valua-
Delegate Luna, OF New Mexico, is at the National
Three United States Senators met by chance
few days since at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco:
MesSrs Mes Miller, OF New York: Jones. OF Nevada,
and Edmunds, OF VermOnt.-Mrs. Robert Ander-
son and Miss Anderson, who had purposed leaving
for New York Tuesday, have been prevailed upon
6y Cen Sherman to remain till after Decoration
Day, to attend the services at the Soldiers Home
OF which institution the lamented hero or Fort
sumter was one OF the originators.-Represen
tative Guenther OF Wisconsin, sails for Europe to-
day.-Ex-Senator Window is in New YORK;
~ Vt n Vnr annt
Riggs.-senator Rigs -, Edmunds pays taxes on s75 900
WORTH OF personal prOperty.-President Garrett
OF the B&O.RR., expects to sal! for Europe on
Saturday.-Mr Charles Gibson. OF Missouri who
was recently decorated by the Emperor Franz
Joseph as an Austrian knight commander, is at
the Arlington, having come from ST. Louis to pay
his respects and express his thanks In person to
the Austrian minister, Baron Won Schaener, for
the distinction thus conferred.-Representat
Crapo, or Massachusetts, who has been very Ill at
Wormley's. is still feeling much better.
The Star Route Trial.
Mr. INGERSOLL BURIES RERDELL RHETORICALIY
Mr.. 1ngersoll continued his speech to the fury
In the star route case this morning. He concluded
In the first hour his review Of Rerdels testimony
quoting authorities to show what little weight