Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-29

SECRETARY WHITNEY returned from New
York to-day.
REsIGNATIoNs.-Edward L. Boardman, Of
Ohio and Joseph L. Atkins, of Georgia. special
examiners in the Pension office, and Randolph
G. Getchell, of Massachusetts,, second class
clerk, have'resigned.
PAYMENT FOR THE FLAGs.-Mr. Dorsey Cla-
gett, secretary of the executive committee of
inaugural ceremonies, toe day deposited in the
Treasury to the credit of the United States
from the bureau of navigation, Navy depart
ment, and used for decorative purposes on in
auguratiOn day, and which subsequently were
not found.
NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE PICTURE
The men in the signal office who subscribed for
proposed portrait of Gen. Garfield by Hun
tington for that Office have been informed by
the chief signal officer that the necessary
amOnt $500 has not been raised and there is
little little probability that it will be- It is possible
another artist for q less price, and the SUBJ
scribers, if willing, are requested to authorize
the use OF their subscriptions for that purpose
DrsAPPo1NTED.-The Secretary Of the Navy
did not visit the League Island navy yard yes
terday, as was expected. The officers there ex-
pected him and waited for two hours in all the
discomfort of full dress, but he did not come.
LONG HOURS FOR THE SIGNAL SERVICE MEN.
General Hazen has issued an order to the men OF
the signal corps, fixing the hours of duty here
after from $50 till p This order applies to the
civilian clerical force as we'll as to the enlisted
men of the corps. He has also ordered that
regular drills of the men in the signal corps be
held twice a week. One-half Of the force will
drill on Tuesdays and the other half on Fridays.
There is much bemoaning of their fate among
the men in consequence of these orders.
men over there in the signal corps have to
stand more 'hazin' than the cadets at the Naval
academy"
CHIEF OF THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.-Mr ].
B. Baird, Of Georgia, the new chief of the dead
letter office, will enter upon his duties on Fri
day, May 1st. He has been in the city for some
days iamiliariZing himself with the work of the
Office.
CUTTING Down THE B1LL.-In accordance
with decision of Controller Durham, items to
the account of $4,000 have been disallowed in
the amount of William Murhead, chief SUPER
visor of elections in Jersey City.
IN REPLY to Gen. Lawton's reiterated de-
clination of the Russian mission, the President
wrote him on the 22d inst, sincerely regret
ting his determination SO unselfishly formed
and patriotically expressed.
DEAD MEN DRAWING PENsIoNs-The COM
missioner of pensions has directed the suspen-
sion at the Philadelphia agency of 1O2 pensions
which have been drawn, although the pension
who remarked in 1881, but who have con-
tinued to draw pensions ever since. The COM
missioner has addressed a communication to
the Attorney General requesting him to bring
suits against the pension agent and his bonds
men for the moneys so uniawfully disbursed.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PREsIDENT.-T The
President appointed the following internal reve-
nue. collectors yesterday afternoon: Cornelius
Voorhis for the fourth district Of Missouri, vice
David A; Stewart, resigned; John Whiteaker,
Tor hn iofV az M Nnn1 1otv ~ .of
wright, suspended: d. Frank Bradley, for the
district of South Carolina, vice Ellery NJ. Bray
ton sqGpended Hambleton shegperd for the
suspended. He also appointed John Hobson to
be collector OF customs for the district of Ore
gon, In the state of Oregon.
ILLEGAL FENCING OF PUBLIC LANDs.-The
commissioner of the land office has decided,
under the act Of Congress of February last that
in cases Of illegal inclosurc of the public lands
a district attorney, upon Identification of the
lands with reasonable certainty, might with
out resort to survey, institute proceedings
against the parties, and that the evidence upon
which the suit was brought was sufficient to de-
termine the action of the court This action
was made necessary from the fact that the
as fast as a survey was made, would
move their fences, neceSsitating another sur
vey.
GEN. GEORGE r. SNowDsN, of Philadelphia, an
nOunces that he is a candidate for superintend-
ent Of the mint In that city, in place of Col. A.
LoudOn Snowden, and has forwarded his papers
to this city.
PERsoNAL.-A telegram from Hon. r. w.
of Illinois. announces that he will
be in Washington next Sunday. His family
are still -Ex-Representative Stevens
and wife have left for their homo in New York
They will make a trip this summer to Oregon
and Caltfornia.-Mr.R Roessle, OF the Arlington,
who returned from Albany after spending ten
days there with his wife and father, both of
whom are seriously ill, was recalled by tele-
gram Monday, his wife having been taken sud-
denly worse, and on Tuesday she was not ex-
peoted to live.-HOn. JnO. Keenan, Chas. III.
Judson, Fl. J. Beattie and E. Ellery Anderson,
of New York, and A. NJ. Kelley, Of Richmond,
Va, at the Ebbitt-A dispatch from
Aiken, S. c., says Assistant Postmaster General
to return to his post at Washington early in
May.-Senator Edmunds, with his wife and
daughter, was in New York last night Mr.
Lewis ]. Davis and wife, after an extended trip
through the south. have returned to their home
in this city.-Representa Randall re-
turned to-day from Philadelphia. where he
was called last week by the sudden death of
his brOther-CommodOre Schey left for New
port this morning, where he will inspect the
training squadron before it enters upon the
summer cruise.
Hopes to Settle the Panama Difficulty.
Admiral Jouett telegraphs the Navy depart
ment from Aspinwall that he will go to Panama
to-day, and that he hopes to peaceably settle
the difficulty in that city.
Postage Stamps Bids.
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