Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-03

ARMY ORDERS.--The general courts martial
at Jefferson barracks, Mo-, Columbus barracks
Ohio, and Davids Island. New York harbor
have been dissolved, and the following courts
ordered to take their place on the 9Th of May:
AZ jefferson barracks, Major John X. Migner
Attn cavalry; Captains Adam Cramer, 9Th cav
airy; Robert H. Montgomery, 9TH cavalry, and
Samuel NJ. Swigert, I'd cavalry; LIST Lieuts. G.
+. Nj. Sibiey, I'd cavalry, and Philip 2. Powell,
9th cavalry; with list Lieut.. H. D. Huntington,
Ta a eavairy uage ady4eate At Columbus bar
s. p. JOcelyn, Dist infantry; Capt. d. l.. Cali
man, 1st infantry; Capt A. H. Young, assist
ant Quartermaster; LIST Lieut. R. p Brown 4 tn
infantry; 1st Lieut.. Alexander Ogle, nth in
family, and LIST Lieut.. L. w. Morrison, 10th in
fantry, judge advocate.
THE BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MIS-
sIoNS. at a recent meeting, unanimously
adopted resolutions cougratulating the Hon.
John II. Oberly upon his recent advancement
by the President from the position of superin-
tendent of Indian schools in the Department OF
the Interior to the civil service commission,
but expressing their profound regret that he
d das peen taken nom great ana impora;nt
zatlon, for which he had proven himself SO
emlnently qualified"
SECRETARY MANNING. accompanied by Mrs.
Manning and his sister, Miss Manning, took a
long drive yesterday. During the afternoon
and evening he received large number OF
callers, among them being the President, Col.
Lamont, Secretaries Lamar and Whitney, AS
slstant Secretary Fairchild, his private secre-
tary. Mr.. Brennan, Senator Call and Mr.. Ban
croft, the historian.
WHEN BARON VoN SCHAEFFER left Wash
ington, ostensibly on leave, he sold out COM
pletely, and the inference has been all along
that Austria would not be represented at Wash
lngton as long as the United States refused to
send Il minister to Vienna because of the Kelley
iiIair III Baron Schaeffer or any other official
is to come here from Vienna no intimation of
IL has reached the State department..
The THIRTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the
New York Press association will be held in this
city May 10Th, 18th and 14;h The headquarters
OF the members of the association will be at
W lizard hotel. and a business meeting will be
held in Willard hall Visits to points OF interest
IN ana about Washington, and receptions by
President Cleveland and Senator Warner Miller
Will form part of the program.
VITAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Secretary of the Interior has received from
DR.. John $. Billings a report on the mortality
and vitality statistics of the United States as
returned for the tenth census June I, 1880.
The total population in 1850 was 5O,155, 1913,
an increase In ten years of IL ,59I ,412. AS
Stunning 2.S12,19l of that increase were due to
Immigration, the mean annual increase due to
the excess OF births over deaths would be
SIS,522. The annual blrth-rate is given at SO
per Thousand. The United States, as a whole,
had comparatively low death-rate and a high
birth-rate, the death-rate having been higher in
the colored than the white population. Con-
sumption claimed the most victims, number
taole Is given OF fifty cities, with the highest
death-rate from each cause per 10000.