Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-08
LIEUT.. Col NATHANIEL ii. MCLEAN, L. s. A., re
tired died in Cincinnati Saturday.

s.gned and returned TO Congress before adjourn
ment-
LIEUT., Col. NATHANIEL ii. MCLEAN, L. s. A., re-
tired, died in Cincinnati saturday.
INDIANS IN WANT OF FoOD.-Agent Llewellyn, OF
the Mescalero Indian agency, New Mexico. reports
that the rations exhausted and the Indians will
leave their reservations ana make trouble with the
cattle men if supplies are not furnished.
Nor ENoUGH.-Ihe officials OF the Post ONCE de-
partment say that the $4,000 appropriated In the
sundry civil bill TO pay substitutes for etter-car-
by no means adequate. They say IL Will not cover
The EXPENSES Tor more than seven days
New COUNTERFEIT The secret service division
OF the Treasury department has received ady1ces
that new counterfeit $40 silver certificate has ap-
peared Ia the west
THE NAVAL BOARD OF INSPECTION made q salts
factory inspection or the Wyanjotte at the WASH
ingtun navy yard. The board has gone TO Norfolk
10 make an Inspection OF the L. $. receiving ship
Franklin.
NEW OFFICES CREATED BY CoSGREss.-The pres
ent Congress has created quite a number OF new
officials. Besides the commission to secure more
Intimate relations between this country and Gen.
tral and south America, bureau OF animal indus
Try. bureau OF Labor statistics. bureau of navi-
cation, and commission TO inquire into the signal
service, coast survey. etc, have been established
Tie latter is tue only body 10 consist OF Congress
men.
THE DAMAGED SwarARA.-The L. s. s. Swatara.
which, while at anchor in New York bay last FIJI
day afternoon, was run into by the Cunard steam
ship Aurania, had a large hole cut In her bow. A
board OF survey. appointed by Commodore File
brown 10y direction OF The Secretary or the Navy,
HIS IS iniated the damage 10 the SwaJara at
$500
INTERNAL REvESUE AGENTS DrsNrssED-In pur-
Suance OF provision of the legislative, judicial and
executive appropriation bill, reducing the number
OF Internal revenue agents from thirty-f1ve to
twenty, thecommissioner OF internal revenue has Or
dIed the discharge OF The following named agents.
A. j. Nckusick. California; Thomas Powers, North
Carolina: Jonn Young. tennessee: John NJ. Burns
Kentucky; j. IL. McCoz, Wisconsin; James A. hay,
Kentucky: c. b. Harrison, tennessee; Jacob wag-
ner. Virginia: John VI. kaJun. Illinois; j. 4. Wilson,
Virginia; Jasper Packard. Indiana; W. l. HOLSTER,
Minnesota; James f. L rSin. New Hampshire; A.
NJ Crane, California; j. L. 1rumbull, Indiana
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SENATE.-The senate IN
executive session yesterday confirmed the Hollow
ing combinations: Garland c. Broadhead. OF Mis-
souri,; William J. Broatch. or Nebraska and Majors
Charles X Suter. Alexander Mackenzie and oswald
ii. Ernst, corps of engineers, L. - A., 10 be men,
bers OF the Missouri river commission. Jarvis
Patlen, OF Maine. 10 be commissioner of n yigation
Mayor William III. Johnston. paymaster. TO be
deputy paymasler general, L. :. A, with the rank
OF lieutenant colonel. William NJ Redpath, OF
Indiana. ID be Indian agent II the Quapaw agency,
Indian territory. THE nomination OF Thomas Ii.
Reeves for This Office was withdrawnl
SIX BILLS THE President DID NOT SIGS.-Six bills
passed by Congress during the last ten days OF the
session failed TO become laws by reason OF the
withholding OF the Presidents approval They
were all private relief bills. -Four OF them EN-
bodied feature or the FltZ John Porter Ill., which
led To the veto OF that measure, namely the
ing OF an Office 10y Congress to be filled by the
person named In the measure. They were as fol-
lows: For the relief OF Gen. VIM. W Aver1ll. Tor
the relief OF Benjamin r. Pope for the reinstate-
ment or John NJ Quackenbush as commander In
tirement OF samuel Kramer as chaplain in the
navy The Gher two treasures were: A bill for
the relief OF George =. Webster late Quarermaster,
and a bill tor The relief OF Joseph +. Wilson, Of
Peoria, IL. directing the commissioner OF the gen.
land In lieu u a like amount OF which Wilson was
dgspossessed by decree OF the United States
courts
NAVAL OR ERs.-Commander George Dewey, or
dered TO temporary duty at the Navy department,
LIST OF August; Ensign Gee. X. Clark. TO the Michi-
gan. I4th inst; Ensigns W. r. NJ. Feld ana W. L
Howard, 10 Die Alarm; Assistant Engineer Cor
deiro, to the 3ew Hampshire; kieuL A b. speyen,
detached froIA the Saratoga, leth inst, md placed
on waiting orders; Lieut. 4. h Moore. from the
naval observatory and ordered 70 the Saratoga;
Lieut. Jno. I. Sullivan from command Of the coast
survey steamer Endeavor and placed on sick leave;
Assistant Engineer r. T. Rhoades. granted three
months leave, with permission TO go abroad
The NAVY DEPARTMENT ISyEsrisArroS.-Ths
board OF naval officers investigating the Navy de-
partment frauds to-day examined Commodore
Earl English, chief OF the bureau OF equipment
and recruiting IN regard 20 the condition OF the
counts In his bureau and the methods Of doing
business
The NEW MINISTER FROM EcuADoA-Senor Al
tonic rlores, minister from Ecuador 70 the United
States was presented to the President to-day by
the secretary OF stare. Senior Flores has twice
before represented his country at Washington.
TIE SPRINGER COMMITTEE REroHra-There win
be two reports upon the Investigations OF the
Springer committee. One upon the expenditures
In the Department OF Justice proper and the other
upon the star route expenditures Messrx Hemp
hill and Crisp Will prepare the former and Nj.
Springer the latter They have uix months 70
complete their work.
sEvEE HUNDRED Arp1acAxrs. pua rurxr
PLAcES-The new Legislative bll provtdss nor thres
additional watchmen In the state, War and Navy
department building, and great pressure has been
brought 70 bear upon Cher Englneer snyder, the
superintendent OF the building, for The poaafiouA
About seven hundred applications have alEOalW
foa