Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-06
Washington News and Gossip.


today contains the prices for which owners Of
the library site property are willing to sell and
the assessed value of the lots the eight hour
meetings in this city last night; the western
riots; Powderly on strikes; base ball notes; tele
graphic dispatches, etc. The advertisements
are classified as follows: Auction Sales,
Proposals. Educational, Ladies' Goods, Hotels,
Dry Goods, Houseiurnishings, Sewing Ma
chimes, Gentemens Goods, Books, Family
Supplies, Dentistry, Professional, Wood and
Goa, The Trades, Pianos and Organs, At
torneys, Specialties, Medical, Financial, Poto-
mac River Boats, Steamers, Railroads,
Undertakers
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, $40, 3O1; customs $443.115.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS was considering yes
terday number of French spoliation claims,
involving the rights OF underwriters and in
surers. Mr.. Earle continued his argument this
morning, and was followed by Mr.. Lewis, of
Philadelphia. Col. Ben. Wilson will! be heard
again for the United States and Mr.. Shella-
barger will reply for the claimants. Col. Wilson
has demurred generally and also moved to
strike out some evidence. The questions raised
are very interesting.
Posr OFFICE CHANGEs.-Wm. T. Henderson,
of Baltimore, division post office inspector has
resigned, and Wallace P. Ryon, of Pennsylva-
mia, OF the same service, has been promoted to
the vacancy. Thos. f.. Newlove, clerk in the
ST.
Mo-, has resigned.
DEATH OF JUDGE GRAY.-Judge Alexander
I. Gray, formerly pardon clerk Department of
Justice, died this morning at his residence, on
COrcoran street.
u. s. 8. PowHArAN arrived at New York yes
terday from Key West.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN AUSTRALIA.
The Department of State has been notified that
an international exhibition will be opened in
June 1887 at Adelaide South Australia. AS the
trade between America andAustralia is already
considerable and constantly increasing the
managers OF the exhibition are anxious that
the manufacturers of thi, country should De
largely represented in the exhibition as a
means of increasing commerce between the
two countries.
BOARD OF ARMY AND NAVY OFFIcERs-The
Secretaries of War and of the Navy have APP
pointed the following board of officers to ap-
praise the damages tor the use and occupation
by the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad COM
pany of the right of way across the grounds Of
the naval asylum and arsenal at Philadelphia:
Lieut. COL X. M. Batchelder and Lieut. Col. NJ.
and Gap dspSS OF he nsvy
A NEW YORK CONscIENcE.-The Acting Sec
rotary of the Treasury has received conscience
contribution from a resident of New York in
certificate numbered "a $685." the receipt of
which the sender says he wants to be publicly
acknowledged before he Will SEND the other
half of the certificate.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Capt. 8. L. Breese, ordered
to hold himself in readiness for sea service;
Cadet Engineer ]. E. Bryan, to duty in the
draughting room, bureau of steam engineering;
Lieut.. Commander Louis Kingsley, detached
from duty at torpedo station at Newport and
placed on waiting orders; Lieut.. Chapman G.
Todd, from the Washington navy yard and Or
dered to duty at the naval academy; Ensign S.
Dana Greene, from duty at the torpedo station,
n n mn q in hinaC fore
service.
ARMY Observation-Disclosures Sergeant Patrick
King, Sergeant John De Wagner, second artil-
lery, Sergeant John CarmOdy, fifth artillery,
and Private John Feeny, company c. eighth in
;funtry, retired; COL JAS c. breckenridge inspe.-
/, tor general, detailed to Inspect damaged cloth
ling, Sc, at Chicago, TOR which Capt. A. q. Hen
nisee, eighth cavalry, is responsible.
PERsoNAL.-JOhn A. Logan, jr, son of Senator
Logan, has enlisted as private in the First In
| fantry, Illinois National Guard, at Chicago
Gen. Arthur was not so we'll yesterday.-J. H.
Fletcher, of Brooklyn, Carroll Armstrong of
Arkansas and p. E. Rodgers, of Milwaukee,
are ut the Metropolitan.-T.J j. Van Alstyne
and Alden Chester, of Albany, and John p Lin
ton, OF JohnstoWn, Pa, are at the National.-
Gen. Mcclure. U. S. a., Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Luch,
of Pittsburg, and j. G.. Crawford OF Brooklyn,
are mt the Ebbitt.-M. F. Dwyer, OF Brooklyn
j. 0. Armour, of Chicago, III. II. Warner and
family, OF Rochester, L. X. Church., of Huron,
Oak, VIM. ID. Kelley, of Elmira, n. Y, NJ
Pickett, of Cory, Pa, Appleby Johnson, A.
B. Hart and MIR. Viasor, Of New York, II. w.
Knight, of Chicago, and P. Cunningham, of
New Bedford, are at Wizards.