Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-16
Washington News and Gossip.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, $16s, lat; customs, s946,O57.
REsIGNATIoN.-Mr. q. w. Cady, Of New
YORK, second assistant examiner in the Patent
Office, has resigned.
AN EXAMINATION of candidates for appoint-
ment as postofiice inspectors is in progress to-
gay at the civil service rooms. There are about
90 candidates.
The FRENCH SPoLIATIoN CLAIMS. -On the
Isl OF March the Court of Claims will enter
upon the French spoliation claims amounting,
II Is estimated, to about $12, OOO,OOO.
Col. ORLANDO B. WILCOX, who is an appli.
cant for promotion to a brigadier generalship,
saw the President to-day.
PATENTS IssUED.-Patents were issued to-day
to citizens of the District as follows: M. C.
Meigs, crayon or pencil holder; Sumner Tain
aaa1xliiary governing spring for time pieces;
Lnos. ". Worrall, type writing machine; Fred
re RICK Beg and E: +. Heunsch, two-wheeled cab;
CnlcheSter A. Bell, four patents, as follows: jet
mlcrophone or apparatus for transmitting
sound by means Of Jets, telephone TRANSMITTED,
transmitter for electric telephone lines and
method of and apparatus tor transmitting, re-
producing and recording speech.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Senators Voorhees,. accompanied by ex-
Senator Mcdonald; Wilson, George and Nor
gam gan, Eepresentatives Laftoon, Halsell. Fred
e @iG scott Maybury, with ex-senator Bald
Findlay, Perkins, Henderson IN. C). Green
and Stone; Celestini Baecher, of Buffalo; Geo.
a. Post, Pa. Judge H. w. BOokstaver of New
Jersey; james h. Cox, Auburn, N. Y.
HIS REQUEST FOR AN INVESTIGATION Nor
GRANTED.-Rear Admiral English, who re-
Gently returned from the command of the
South Atlantic squadron in anticipation of his
retirement, requested the Secretary of the Navy
10 appoint Il board of naval officers TO investi-
gate his administration of the bureau of equip
ment and recruiting, of which he was chief be-
lore going to sea, and also the causes which led
TO TO- ms being relieved by Secretary Chandler
from command of the European squadron and
sent to the South Atlantic squadron. Secretary
Whitney has decided that he cannot grant the
request. He told Admiral English yesterday
that there was no official record upon which to
base SUCH an investigation
SPECIAL ATTORNEY.-Louis E. Phillips, of
Washington. d. c., has been appointed special
attorney for the United States to act under the
Department of Justice, in relation TO the acts
OF Congress of June %, 1892, and March 23,
1887.
CHINA TO CLAIM INDEMNITY.-The Chinese
minister called at the State department yester-
day and laid before Secretary Bayard number
or kilograms received by him from California To
the effect that there is apparently a concerted
movement to drive out the Chinese from all the
towns and cities OF California, except San Fran
cisco, ana that the governor OF the state and the
sherifts of the various counties show no DISPOSE
ton to protect the Chinese. 1t is understood
that 1t Is the minister's intention to invoke the
protection OF the genera! government, and to
lay the foundation Tor a claim of money indem-
nifty similar 10 the claims that have been adj
Vanced by the United States in q large number
OF eases and paid by China as indemnity for in
Juries sustained by American citizens in that
empire.
RETIREMENT OF ARMY oFFIcERs.-By direc-
ton ofthe President the following army retir-
ing board has been ordered t. convene at
Omaha, Neb.: Rrigadier General O. o. Howard
Col. ThOS. A McPariin, surgeon, and Majors
Samuel Breek, assistant adjutant general, j. NJ.
Brown surgeon, and r. H. Hall. I'D infantry
BY direction of the President Capt. Gustavts
Nal0is, 9th cavalry, has been ordered before the
board for examination for retirement. Post
Chaplain Moses NJ. Adams has been placed upon
1886.
AN INDIGNAN DELEG ALTON OF WoMEN,-A
delegation OF the Womaf's Industrial League
called at the White House yesterday afternoon
P ebsn nn,sa tie President SATURDAY.
meet and shake hands with them in the east
room a. his general reception. The members OF
the delegation declined 10 90 in the east room
claiming that their appointment was to have
an interview with the President, and not to
shake hands with him. They left the White
Smith, who acted as spokesman, said they had
a Smber of matters to call to the attention of
manner
the towel-washing contracts were given out at
the departments, TO the injury of poor working
women.
PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL ExPoSITIoN-
Mr.. Hamilton s. Wicks, of Kansas City, who
was one of the organizers of the National Min
ing exposition at Denver, is in the city for the
purpose of pushing movement to hold grand
international exposition i'll this city in 1892
to celebrate the tour hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of America.
VIRGINIA PosTMAsTERs. The following
fourth-class postmasters have been appointed
in Virginia: w. c. Craig, Deerfield, Augusta
county; Mrs. NJ. II. Sanders, Glendale, Smyth
county; d. +. Price, MandOta, Washington
county; Giles Gum, Monmouth, Rockbridge
county; H. w. Snidon, Pembroke, Giles coun-
bourne Medley, Tunnel, Scott county: r. f.
Taylor at New Kent, c: H., New Kent COUNTY.
PERsONAL.-Lieut. Greedy delivered lecture
before the Maryland Historical Society in Bal
Bay Expedition. MIR D. e. McMonage, of
Thomas Taylor, of Washington, was in stLoui:
Ne,os, is in town.~senators stanford 'I and
Fair, Justice Stanley Matthew'S and Senior
Peralta, the Costa Rican minister, were in New
Albany, Miss Ada c. Sweet, ex-pension aeento
Chicago, and Mrs. Perkins, Miss Saxton, Mrs
fSOOeTtS ana Mrs. SOutnWlck, OF Cleveland. are
at the Rggs.-Mr. Nathaniel Paige, of wash
ington, was registered in Paris yesterday.-
Geo. Alfred Townsend and wife, Pay Director
Potter and Col. C. w. Moulton and wife of New
York, Rev. Sidney Corbet and family, of Phila-
delphia' Mr. 8; N: Stevenson and family. Of
and wife, of Cleveland, and w. H. seymour of
Sarit st. Marie, are at the Ebbitt:--Col. A.
sunday.--C. H. Mckibben, Of Omaha, j. s.
Emery, Of Lawrence, Kansas, w. NJ Brinken-
ho1, OF Auburn, and g. w. McGaffey, wife and
daughter, Of Philadelphia, are at the National
w. X. Brock and wife, of Toronto F. W.
Lewis, of New York, and s. Wolf, OF Philadel-
phia, are at the Metropolitan.
Nominations Withdraw.
THE ARMY PROMOTIONS OWING TO THE RE-
TIREMENT OF COL. HATCH.
The following army nominations, made on the
9Th inst, have been withdrawn by the Presi-
dent: Lieut.. Col. Nelson b. Sweitzer to be COL
onel; Major Lewis Merrill to be lieutenant COL
onel; Capt. Edward ]. Spaulding to be major:
LIST Lieut.. Colon Augur to be captain, and I'd
Lieut.. Alonzo L. O'Brien to be first lieutenant.
The action of the President in Withdrawing the
batch OF nominations OF army officers for pro-
motion, owing to the retirement of Col Hatch
9Th cavalry, practically settles n very i'm nor.