Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-31


AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Senators Call and CoIquitt; Representa-
tives LIE Fevre, Ward, Srriggs, Weaver, King
| and Grover; JnO. X. Mead Cal; Robert Christy,
l. 7: Hughes, of Arizona; ohn Foley, Cal; M.
~, -; pau. Alaska; Jno. W. Fox, n. T., and Con-
Mr.. JOHN TwEEDALE, chief clerk OF the War
department., has gone to the seashore for a short
ing chief clerk.
| DEATH OF LIEUT.. NYE AT LIMA.-Secretary
Bayard received cablegram last evening an
nouncing the death at Lima, Peru, of Lieut. H.
| z. T. Nye, naval attache of the American lega-
United states with the remains of ex-Minister
| Phelps, July 11th, but before that date he be-
came i'll and died yesterday. No particulars
| have been received. 1t Is assumed, however,
| THAT his sickness was the same that of Cap
tain Phelps, as he was with him on the visit to
The Secretary OF the Navy has directed the com
| mander of the US. S. Shenandoah, at CallaO, to
bring the remains of Captain Phelps and Lieut..
| Nye In that vessel to Panama, where they will
| probably be transferred to Il steamer of the
Pacific Mail company and conveyed to the
| United States.
| ARMY OEDERs.-Leave of absence for three
months on surgeons certificate OF disability is
granted First Lieut.. George L. Converse, jr., Sd
| cavalry. First Lieut.. Edward J. McClernand
"a cavalry, will report to Brig. Gen. John Glib
bon. u ;: army, commanding the department
| OF the Columbia, tor duty as aide-1e-camp
| Is directed to report to the commanding general
| department of the Missouri for assignment to a
station. Capt: George E. Pond. assistant quar-
| termaster, will report in person to the COM
| manding general department of the Missouri
for duty as post quartermaster at Fort Riley,
| Kansas.
Mr.. JOHN CADwALADER, who succeeds ex-
| Gov. Hartranft collector of customs at the
| port of Philadelphia, is son of the late Judge
/ n1pFn
cult judge of eastern Pennsylvania He is
| forty-two years of age, q lawyer of recognized
standing and an active democrat.
NEW RULES IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
| The following circular has been issued by the
| Secretary of War: "NO articles of any kind
! whatever will be thrown from the windows of
| the War department building. Any person
violating this rule will be reported for such
action as may be deemed necessary. Ink bot
| ties and other articles which, if broken, might
| deface the building nsu,t not be placed on the
window sills, and nothing will be placed in the
| transoms which will obscure the light in the
during office hours Is strictly prohibited. Clerks
in charge of rooms will be held responsible that
this circular Is risidiy observed"
CoNsULs WHO WILL BE RETAINED IN THE
SERvICE-The President has decided to retain
| the following United States consuls on account
of their excellent records: j. A. Stewart, at
Antwerp, Belgium; II. J. Sprague (who las
| been at his post since 1S4s), 1T Gibraltar r. S
Chiffon, at GOOderich, Canada: Oscar Malmros
| southampton; r. ]. Stevens formerly clerk
iouse apRropriatsonS comllitteeJ, At Victoria,
b C.; Philip ca. oil, at Pale, mo, Italy; Il. o.
Williams consul general, at Havana, and Z. c.
Ford commercial agent. at Sajua la Grande.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT paid Mr.. Roach by the
Navy department from 1862 to date is S1O.
333,626. -. ~ =.
AGAINST TIE REoPESIxG or CLA1Ms--Ihe
Secretary OF the Treasury has issued an order
that hereafter no application for the reopening
OF claims and accounts against the United
accounting officer and a final decision rendered
thereon will be en- tertained by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
MADAME KUKI. the wife of the Japanese min
lister in Washington, has been slowly recover
ng her strength since the birth of son in May
last but unfortunately a sudden and serious
attack last evening has again prOstrated her SO
that Inc time Of her setting out for Block
Island wLich had been fixed OF this morning
! Il necessarily postponed. 1t is hoped however,
that she will soon recover her strength and be
able to join her friends at the sea-bTsrd.
CANDIDATES For THE NAVAL ACADEMY
The following candidates for admission to the
Naval academy have been designated to appear
for exainination on September I: V. ]. Bowers,
second Michigan district. by Hon. T. c. Garlic.
ton, and George X. Marco, first Massachusetts
district, by Hon. II. T. Davis. Reuben H. Tison
has been designated as an alternate to NJ B.
Carolina district.
MONEY FOR PAYMENT OF FRASco-AurR,.
CAN CLAIAs.-The Secretary of state to-
day received from the French government
1859 francs, being the amount awarded by
the Franco.American claims commission to
American claimants against the French gov
ernment in March last. There were nineteen
claims presented, but oil but two were either
disalloWed or dismissed for want of jurisdic-
ton. VIM. {. Tripler and Thos Mason were
each awarded 6,529.57 francs. The claim of
the former was for the steamer Anahuac, taken
by Admiral Buotte of Acapulco March eth.
1864. and the whole amount claimed was
1852 francs, with interest at per cent.
Masson's claim was for the Anahuac and Te-
ress;, seized by Admiral BuOtte March 9Th
1864, OF Acapulco, and was for IS, 81 francs
With interest at per cent.
INVESTIGATING THE CUSTOMS SERVICE
Treasury special agents Tichenor and Tinele,
who were detailed by Secretary Manning 10 as-
sist Mr.. H. w. Combs special commission In
Ynr siix S OF the cH:tom service In New
TO investigate the charge ofeeneral looseness in
undervalaation possible. Rigid examination
OF the fitness Of the Of1cials will be had and an
effort will be made to find out II the employees
made them subordinate to their attendance
upon ward political meetings. All the offensive
crease OF the prO-forma invoice system Will be
thoroughly investigated. Another important
duty OF the two visiting special agents in con-
junction with Mr.. Combs will be an effort to
| make the classification of goods uniform at the
ports Of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
classified and pay different rates OF duty at
these ports through the errors OF appraisers
| secretary Manning has received many COM
| plants from merchants as to the different ru-
lings. and Is anxious to establish q fixed stand
ard II possible. Mr.. TichenOr defined his and
Mr.. Tingles position in the matter as sort of
consulting engineers to Commissioner Combs
LETTERS TO BE RECORDED BY TYPE-WRITERs
| Upon the recommendation Of Mr.. Calhoun, the
accounting expert, who has been investigating
the books Of the Navy department, the work Of
recording letters In the Office OF the Secretary
| OF the Navy Is to be done hereafter5 by type
| writ rs instead OF by hand. By this means the
| work can be performed much more rapidly and
satisfactorily and by smaller force Of clerks
| Instead Of copying into large record books, the
| letters VIII be printed upon loose paper, which
| Will be bound Into books afterwards. It is not
| thought that any dismissals will result from
| the change.
| PERsoNAL-Indian Commissioner Atkins has
| gone to his home in Tennessee for few weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Barrett. Of Washington,
| were registered In st. Louis on Wednesday,
General Hazen, chief signal officer, sailed from
] New YORK for Liverpool on Thursday, to be alb
sent until OctOber-Mr. and Mrs. n. D. Barr
left this morning for York Beach, where they
Will spend some time.-SenatOr Butler, Of
South Carolina; Justice Bradley, Of the supreme
Court, and General Benet were registered in
| New York last night.-Mr. Walker Fearn, the
| mia, and Servia, is In New York, whence he will
1 aRtl with his family 6or EurOr,e tO-mOrrOw-