The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-11-18
WASHINGTON.
Civil Service Examination.


| WASHINGTON, Nov. 17-In view of the fact
! tnat as civil service examinations become bet
| ter and better known they attract more and
| more applicants, the commission has found it
useful, after consultation with the President,
| 10 adopt the following regulation, which will
| explain to applicants why they may not re-
celve early notice to appear and be examined:
In order to avoid the examination of a number of
| applicants greatly in excess Of the needs of the
service and avoid the imposition Of useless labor on
| the boards of examiners whenever there shall be
od tho register OF any State or territory more
sons of either sex of any grade or class than are
| likely 60 be required for certifcaton during the
next Elk months, no more applicants Of that sex and
grade or class will be examined for that State or
territory till such excess has ceased, unless other
wise ordered by the commission.
Estimated Cost of the Twelve New
Cruisers.
The naval advisory board recommended to
tne secretary OF the navy thai the navy be in
creased by twelve new cruisers, which are to
De provided for in the appropriations for the
fiscal year ending Jane 80, 1886. The secre-
tary directed the chiefs of the bureaus of con-
struct1on and repair, OF ordinance, OF steam
engineering, and of equipment and recruiting
10 submit estimates OF the expenses to be in
Cured by their respective bureaus in COM
plsting these vessels. Theg hage made their
reports TO the secretary. with estimates, as fol-
lows: Construction, $4, 4,16l coo; engineering,
Sz 52l0O0; armament $2,001, ,918, aDd equip
ment, $3.50. COO. Total estimate cost. SO 443
948.
The Navy and she New wAdnainistration.
The prospect of Democratic admipistra-
ucp naturally calls forth less comment in the
army and navy than in other branch of the
government. Naval officers in particular act
as II they care very little who is President, so
long as the navy Is given show. By CONVEX
sing With number OF naval officers OF promi-
neucs Washington Star reporter learned
that there is feeling OF Satisfaction with the
sapproaching change, for it is firmly believed
ia naval circ es that Cleveland as President
VIII 40 all IN his power TO build up the navy.
win Democratic House to back his efforts
H. this respect they lsok for boom in naval
affairs generally.
President Arfiurs Coming M esssae.
La regard to the statements that are being
printed, purporting to be what the President
Will say in his next message to Congress- an
the tariff and other public questions, it can be
stated on reliable authority that the President
mas not yet prepared any of the important
parts OF bis message 1t is thought, however,
that the President will even take stronger
grounds for revenue reform than he did in his
hrst message to Congress. He will also renaw
his recommendations, based on the late Secre-
tary Folger's report, In favor of reducing the
sufpius very considerably. Some think that
ne VIII go SO far as to urge that the raw
material shall be admitted duty ir;a He is
understood to have recently stated that he
thought such message would noi only be of
benefit TO the American manufacturer but
would Do OF decided advantage to the Ameri-
can consumer, a class that the President thinks
should be remembered in legislation.
Anxious TO See the show.
Applications have already been rece,ved in
large numbers for rooms for the coming in
suguratioB. The proprIe.or of one hotel saws
that he has received requests for tns accom-
modation OF two Thousand people, and he ia
receiving letters for rooms to the amount of
two hundreda day. The hotel keepers haye
estimated that at least one hundred and fifty
Thousand visitors will be hero March 4th
The Immigration Act.
y Mr Darius Lyman, Chief of the Division Of
Mercantile Marine, Treasury Department. has
6een specially detained to visit the ports of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more tot binvestigate the operstions of the inn
migrati on act Of August, 1882, and to suggest
sucn Changes and improvements as may seem
to be necessary to correct existing evils in the
service.
ASeperf OF Patent CoamissiOner Butter
worth.
In his annual report to the Secretary of the
interior, Commissioner of Patents Benjamin
Butterworth submits the following statement.
Ihe number of applications for patents receiy-
ed is 81, ,2O4; number of applications for design
patents received, 1922; number of applications
Tor Reissue OF patents received, 244; number
OF applications for registration of trademarks,
l,VlI; number OF applications for registration
OF labels. 975. Total, SO 822 Number of CO.
voats uied, z.lfz; number OF patents granted, |
including Reissues aid designs, % 822; mum. |
Der of trademarks registered, 903 number of |
labels registered S33; total, "a 558. Number |
OF patents withheld for non-payment of final |
ICES, "A 6l3; number of patents expired, 10, ,230.
Receipts from all sources 81 l45 433 an IN |
crease OF $49,548 over the preceding year. Ex- |
penditures Excluding printing! were 1901 Alb, |
leaving surplus OF $244 019
UndeIivered letters.
The rule governing the disposition Of unde- |
llvered letters sent from hotels has been here |
tofore to send them to the dead letter office re- |
gardiess OF the printed request to return to the |
hotel. This rule was today amended by Post |
master General Hatton as follows: "Unolain-
ed letters inclosed in envelopes upon which |
hotel cards are printed should not be returned |
to the mailing Office unless such enyalopes |
have written or printed thereon. the words |
return to" in addition to the hotel card. |
Proprietors OF hotels should omit the usual re-
torn requests from the envelopes supplied to |
guests, and guests using such envelopes should |
De Careful to designate what disposition should |
Do made OF the letters sent by them in case tbey
cannot be delivered"
Fac.s and Rnmors.
The President was obliged to dAcline an in
vitation to banquet to be given by the New
York chamber of commerce tomorrow evening
owing TO the press OF official business.
Levi P. Morton, United States minister to
France, sails for Europe tomorrow. He con-
eiders II proper to return to Paris as quickly as
possible in order to minister in person to the
wants OF Americans residing there during the
present cholera epidemic.
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