Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-25

Secretary Whitney told STAR reporter to-day
that he had not purchased q diamond necklace
for his wife, as reported for forty thousand dol
lars, or for twenty, ten, five or two thousand
dollars.
ARMY ORDERs.-First Lieut.. Thomas M.
Woodruff, 5th infantry, acting signal officer,
has been ordered from this city to Spuyten
Duyvii, N. Y, and thence to Pittsburg, Pa, on
public business under special instructions from
the chief signal officer, and on completion of
The leave of First Lieut.. c. w. Harold, Sd
artillery, has been extended six months on &C
count Of sickness: Captain Michael Cooneyy,
Kas., has been ordered to Nashville, Tenn, and
report by letter to the superintendent mounted
recruiting service at st. Louis, Mo-, for assign
ment to the charge of recruiting rendezvous.
Forty-eight recruits have been ordered to be
forwarded TO the department OF Texas for as
segment to the 10th infantry.
THE U. SIS. Brooklyn left the Pensacola navy
yard Saturday for Key West.
CALLED ON THE PREsIDENT-Secretary
Whitney and the commissioner of internal
revenue called upon the PRESIDENT to-day.
THE DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE RANKIN.
Representative Rankin, of Wisconsin, who has
for a long time been suffering from Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys, died at his residence, 1927
street, yesterday afternoon. Although his
health was seriously impaired while he was a
member of the House in the Forty-eighth Con-
gress, his constituents reelected him. Before
the FOrty-ninth Congress met he was SO i'll it
was thought he would not live to reach WASH
ington, but with wonderful energy he took the
long journey and appeared one day in the
House and took the oath. He was not at the
Capitol more than once afterwards. He was
very popular. both in his western home and
among his colleagues i'll the House. He was
ffty-two years old, served in the Union army
during the late war and was for eleven years q
member of the Wisconsin legislature The body
Will be taken west tomorrow morning. A con-
gressionai committee under charge of the SER
at will ,,f,
DYING AT HIS PosT.-Albert Lybrook of
Richmond, Ind, confirmed as consul at Algiers,
is dying OF consumption at his post.
COMMISSIONER EAToNs REsIGNATIoN.-
Dorman b. Eaton, civil service commissioner,
has sent to the President letter rendering his
resignation of the office of civil service commits
soner to take effect on the 9th day of March
next. He says: my acceptance OF the office, as
you are well aware, was accompanied with the
declaration that could not consent to hold it
longer than my services might be useful in con-
nection with the preparation of the annual re-
port OF the commission, the giving OF any infor-
nation which Congress might require and the
new commissioners in becoming familiar with
their duties The political question which
seems to have been raised over my nomination
and which did not allow earlier offer of my
resignation, makes ii proper tor me to say that
when you nominated me you well knew the
can party, / had been from its origin, in
every sense that l was republican when
| appointed commissioner either by President
Grant or by President Arthur"
PERSONAL. - Thomas Mast, of New
York; \. F. Seeberger, the new collector of
the port of Chicago, and Henry E. Abbey, of
New York, are at the Arliugton.-Ex-Post-
master General Hatton, OF Chicago, was regis
| tered in New York last night:-tx-Gov. Price,
| of New Jersey, is at Willard s.-Ex-Gov. Fos-
| ter, of Ohio; ex-senator Mcdonald, of Indiana,
| and Mr.. John c. New, are at the Riggs.-Mr
| and Mrs. John A. Hademan, OF Washington,
were in ST. Augustine on Friday.-W. S.
| Temple. of Elizabeth City, n c., well known
| inventor, is in the city.-Senators Jones, Of
Nevada, Plumb and Spooner, and Mr.. de
| Reuterskiold, the Swedish Minister, went over
| to New York on Satruday.--Mr. Walter Paris
has returned from Florida, where he has been
on a sketching tour for the past three weeks
-Kepresentative Ward, Of PENNSYLVANIA,
| Capt. Arthur Daunt, England, and Theo. Bene-
diet Lyman, of Ashevilie, N. C., son of Bishop
Lyman. are at the Riggs.-Eppa Hunton, Rep
| resentative Golf and wife and 5. Il. Beckwith,
of Elizabeth n. j., at the Ebbitt.-Mlle.
Rhea, j. w. Morrissey, George L. Norton, j. NJ.
| Van Note, +. Weber, OF New York; Fl. l.. Chand-
Ter, of Wilmington; l.. IL. Tower and wife, of
| Omaha; +. III. Maclliin and wife, of London, and
| Blind Tom are at Wizards.