Evening star., 1886-11-05
Washington News and Gossin.

The SUPPLEMENT OF The EVENING STAR To-
DAY contains an account OF the blowing up of
the Old oaks on Meridian hill to make way for
the extension Of the city, the undecided cleo
ton contests, changes in the Episcopal prayer
oook, wicked Great Britain. teiegraphic dis
patches, etc. The advertisements are classified
as follows: Auction Sales, Proposals, Dry
foods. Ladies' Goods, Professional, House
furnishings, Sewing Machines, Attorneys,
Family Supplies, Pianos and Organs, Books,
Wood and Coal, Gentlemen's Goods, Financial,
Medical, Dentistry, The Trades, Railroads,
Potomac River Boats, Steamers, Specialties,
Undertakers.
SECRETARY WHITNEY returned to Washing
ton last evening.
The JAPANESE PRINCE KAMATsU will not
arrive In Washington until next Sunday or
Monday.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. F. Mark TO duty in
the Office OF the judge advocate general. Passed
Assistant Engineer Robert Crawford to duty at
the navy yard, Mare Island. California. Leave
ior six months has been granted Assistant Pay
master W. B. Wilcox.
TESTING THE STEEL BREECH-LoADING RI
FLEs.-The prescribed statutory Ballistic tests
OF the naval 6-inch and S-inch steel breecll-
loading rifles intended for the new cruisers took
place before the board yesterday at the
\
Ihe S-inch gun tested was the piece recently
erroneously reported as having burst The
feet per second, with less than 6 tons pressure.
The rapidity OF fire obtained during ten rounds
was somewhat remarkable, being for the S-inch
gun 10 minutes and for the 6-inch gun IL min
uteS. A number OF officers and civilians were
present at the tests.
BACK FROM THE ELECTIoN.-The officials
from the Post Office department, Postmaster
General Villas, Assistant Attorney General
Bryant and Chief Clerk Nash, who went to
their homes in Wisconsin to vote, have all re-
turned and were at their desks to-day. They
did not expect to effect u revolution in the
politics of the state wnen they went, and con-
sequently they do not ieel responsible for the
result. As one OF them remarked 10 STAR re-
porter, at has taken Christianity good many
centuries to gain even its present fOothoid in
the world, and 1t is always thus in the dissent
natlOn OF true principles, whether in church or
state"
A DYNAMITE GUN NCRU1sER.-William Cramp
q Sons have made arrangements to construct
ior the government a dynamite gun cruiser
which will be capable OF making twenty knots
an hour and of firing 200 pound dynamite
not more than ss5oooo This % is net, h SoWever. W vs
Iy Contract with the government. The Secre-
'ary vi the Navy is authorized by Congress to
and the arrangement with Cramp L. Sons is
made by that company.
CALLED ON THE PREs1DENr.-Secretary
Bayard, Secretary Whitney, Assistant Secre-
tary Thompson, second Controller Maynard
ond Father Chappele called on the President
to-day.
DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH DELEGATES
Gen. w. B. Hazen entertained Col. Laussedot,
OF the French delegates, at dinner last evening.
All the other visitors left the city In the after
noon Count de Lesseps will stop over in Pnila-
delphla for some days before going to New York.
SENATOR KENNA chairman of tho denocro,;c
congressional committee, who has been in West
Virginia during the late canvass will return to
Washington next week. His family are here at
their residence.
FAST MAILS TO THE w EST INDIEs.-The con-
tract for the tri-weeKly mail service between
this country and the West Indies was made last
August. 1t went into operation last Tuesday.
"A vest India fast mail will leave New York at
am, making Tampa, Fla, in lorty-one hours.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN A. ANDEsoN, of the
fifth Kansas district, telegraphed this morning
to Hon. samuel j. Crawford, of this CITY, as fol-
lows: my plurality six thousand. Majority
three thousand"
REPRESENTATIVES SH1vELY. OF the thirteenth
Indiana, telegraphs the democratic congress
sional committee that his majority is l,O10.
A WASHINGTON MAN FOR LIEUTENANT Gov
ERNOR.-The lieutenant governor elect in Indi-
ana, Col. Robert s. Robertson, Is lawyer of
acknowledged ability and standing in Fort
Wayne, TO which place he moved from this city
in the spring OF 1867. He Is about iorty-seven
years OF age, native of Washington county,
New York, where, in the fall OF 1861, after
having been admitted to the bar, he entered
the 93d regiment New York volunteers as a
first sergeant, under the command OF Col John
;. CROKER. In the spring oil 1851 he was first
lieutenant In that regiment, detailed as an AIDE
to Gen. Nelson A. Miles. and in that capacity
was severely wounded through the abdomen
In battle at TolOpOtomy creek. He was pro-
moted to a captaincy and brevetted colonel Ior
his bravery. In the spring OF 1865 he settled In
this city, and became member OF the law firm
Ol CrOcker, Robertson d. Bralnhall. (his com.
rades III the army. During his residence in
Fort wayne he has neld tine Office OF city al tor
ney, and has been a republican candidate iOr
state senator, and, in 1876, was that ticket
with Senator HarrisOn-Luen the nominee Ior
governor-as candidate for the Office 10 wnicn
he has now been elected.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELs.-Rear Ad-
miral Davis, commanding the u. S. vessels on
the Asiatic station, has reported to the Navy
department, under date OF Chefoo, China, Sept.
21th, the following mOvementSo o. tue SQUADRON:
The Marion (1agshIp) has been at anchor Oft
ChefOO, awaiting the arrival OF the Ossipee. Sne
was expected to leave for Nagasaki, Japan The
kodate, Japan, September 24Lh. the Osspee
arrived at Yokohama September 10th and at
ChelOO september 9th. She was expected to
go TO ChemulpO and then rejOin the flagship at
NagaSaki, Japan. The MonOcacy was relieved
by The Palos > ptember 3D. and is probably at
the officers and men was excellent. Cholera has
almost entirely disappeared from the ports on
the station.