Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-18

corps, is responsible.
COMPLAINTS have been filed with Assistant
Postmaster General Stevenson that the delivery
of mailsfbetween Washington, Philadelphia and
Jersey City is uncertain and irregular
THE NAVAL RETIRING BOARD has been re-
organized as follows: Rear Admiral John l..
Worden, Capt. A. w. Weaver Medical Direc-
tors Thomas J. Turner and VIM. T. Hord, and
Capt r. w. Meade. The board as reorganized
will meet at the Navy department ON Friday.
CoNsULs LIKELY TO BE RETAINED.-Thef fol-
lowing is list of consuls who regarded as
safe from removal during good behavior, in
| addition to the list previously published: Ed
ward l.. Baker, Buenos Ayres; Felix A. Mat
thews. Tangiers; John II. Stewart, Antwerp;
Thomas Adamson, Panama; Frank H. Mason,
Marseiles; Geo. w. Roosevelt, Bordeaux; Dor
ence Atwater, Tahiti, Society Islands; VIM. c.
feldt, Germany; James H. Smith, Mayence,
Germany; VIM. E. Grnnell, Bradford, England;
Jones, Cardiff, Wales; Howard Fox, Falmouth,
Mamros, Leith Adoiph &. stader, Singapore;
Knight, st. Helena; Gelderoy W. Griffin. sgd
neg; r. J. Stevens. Victoria; Philip Carroll,
leo; Ramon O. Williams, Havana; VIM. T. Rice
Horgen, Switzerland.
GAMBLING ARMY OFFICERS REBUKED.-In
o A L
first lieutenant, 10th infantry, who was sem
fenced to forfeit S75 per month for six months
ior playing poker with gamblers and not paying
his debts Gen: : Stanley, the department com
| PEELED to differ with the court upon the finding
on the charge of conduct unbecOming an officer
and gentleman. He believes that the findings
upon the specifications fully sustain the charge
At this very time every orderly community in
the state OF Texas has arrayed itself against the
gambler and the law of the land relegates him
| to the jals of the country or forces him into
Punishment from the commonwealth If the
association of an officer of the United states
| army with common gamblers. hobnobbing with
them, squabbling about money lost to them, be
not conduct unbecomng an officer and gem
the spirit of morals upon this frontier, or the
people of Texas must be sadly mistaken in their
code Of ethics"
THE PENSION OFFICE AND DEsERTERS.-Com-
| missioner of Pensions Black states in regard to
| mis- recent ruling, which refuses to allow appli-
cations for pension In cases where the records of
| the War department showed that the appl-
cant was q deserter; that 1t will tend to expe-
dite business, as the adjutant general has
shown his willingness TO remove from his re-
| cord all charges of desertion which have been
| found to be merely technical, and, in several
instances, this has been done Immediately on
proper presentation Of the cases by the Pension
office. 1t is believed that the charges of deser-
| ton, where such are technical, will be removed
without any delay.
-
The commissioner of Indian affairs. Mr.. Atkins
received yesterday the following dispatch from
| the agent at the Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency
| in the Indian Territory, "All Of the cattle OF
| the reservation. Thousands of cattle have been
turned loose In Oklahoma to Craze. One hun
dred and twenty boomers have been arrested
and brought to Fort Reno within the last ten
days, and the troops are still out"
BONDS AND DETACHED COUPONS First Con-
troIler Durham has made a decision that the
Secretary of the Treasury has no legal authority
| to pay for coupons which have been detached
| from an interest-bearing bond which may have
| been lost or defaced. He holds that coupons
bond or coupon is lost or defaced, without the
| fault Of the owner, the Secretary of the Treas
ury can cause duplicates to issue, but cannot do
this In the case OF detached coupons
TREASURY BUREAUS LOOKING FOR QUART
ERS OUTSIDE THE TREASURY BUILDING.-It is
| proposed to put the marine hospital bureau, the
bureau OF statistics OF the Treasury de-. depart.
ment in one building. A committee composed
| OF Supervising Architect Bell, DIR. Hamilton,
Mr.. Kimball, superintendent of the life saving
| service; Superintendent Thorn. of the coast
Of statistics, has been appointed to inspect the
| large building at the corner of 18th street End
| Pennsylvania avenue, recently vacated by the
pension office, to see If 1t is suitable for the pur
pose.
acknowledgements Ryan, of Kan
| sas, Taulbee, of Kentucky, and Mason, of Mis-
souri,, are at the National.--Mr. Samuel B.
Milton. of the prosperous Redfeld (Dakota)
Journal, is visiting his old Washington home.-
| P. H. Hill, OF Washington, was in Chicago on
Richmond county, n. Y. is at the Risgs-Rep.
resentaiiye Martin and family. of Alabama, are
z. the "Alabamma2is 80 street
| toned ut Newport, was married in San Francisco
yesterday to Miss Lulu Lake, daughter OF Benja.
Jersey y at
| NJ. Ziebach, a prominent democratic candidate
forth for the goyernorship of Dakota, is at the Ma,
Spain, is at wormiey's.- Father Sui
Ivan. Of Wheeling, West Virginia, is at
cent. lately removed by the President from
the New Mexican bench, was married at Spring
field H, last evening to Miss Miss Mary Lee Ridge,
Adjutant General stonehouse, OF New York.
who Is i'll at the Ebbitt, arrived there this
Institute. Kansas Colonef and Mrs. Mark
land have returned e the city and are q their
Ghas. Siedler and wife, of New York, are at the
Ebbitt.-L: q. Washington, one of the govern
branch Of the Northern Pacific r. r., has re-
Yuiee are at wor9iey' s.@John B. Reed and
this morning.SJudge Garnet and. William
y. Peters. of Norfolk, are at the st. james,
T. r. Best, Of Macon, Ga, is at the National.
| The Fort Myer Court-MIartial.
MEN TRIED FOR AN oFFENsE NOT SPECIFIED
IN THE ARMY REGuLATfoNs.
is said that the investigation by the In
| spect0r general OF the circumstances attending
the recent Fort Myer court-martiai win show
that the reason given for the court-maItial Of
the eighteen men, viz: Cbss6intn0 in sending 9
petition ofcomplaint to their superior officer
was not sumcient cause for c0urtmarttals IS
| sucn an onense does not come within the pro-
Visions OF the army regulations.
The supreme court al Il1innis haa afi3rmkd the
decsion OF the lower court In the 6ase OF Jos. G.
mackln, sentenced 10 five years Ia the peniten.
i uafy lor perjury In connecticut With the Chicago
eioctaon frauds last year. Mackin viii now have
so selVe ms term, unless the govern0r anter.
Seres, which u not ct I'll likely.