Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-17
District Government Affairs.

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No complication has arisen as has been re-
ported, In District financial affairs, in conse-
Quence OF the order relieving Engineer Commits
holds the same powers rs heretofore held by
him until he is actually relieved by his successor
IL there Is any question as To his powers il is for
the treasury department to raise il when the
requisition of the Commissioners sc MT Yesterday
to that department come to be considered by
the secretary: The Commissioners have writ
ten no ietter 10 secretary Endicott requesting
him to explain In writing mis- intentions in the
matter.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The health officer reports the number of deaths
As; cOlored, SO. Death rate per 4 900 per an-
num-white, 1e.41; colored. 27.13: total popu-
Fl over so years. "a of the deaths occurred in
hospitals and public institutions The princi-
pal causes OF death were-Consumption, 30;
malarial fever, 1; pneumonia, 5; bronchitis, ?;
puerperal diseases, q whooping cough 1. Births
reRorsedmis white males 20 white females, II
reported-13 white. Still-births reported-6
white, colored..
RECORDS OF SURVEYS.
Morris Keim, $40 5th street northeast, sends
ietter 10 the commissioners, stating that con-
sloerlng the Office of surveyor, ID. c. an office of
puOilc record, he suggests that proper meas
s 1re s may be taken by legislation or otherwise,
record OF al surveys. official as well as those
ordered individually, In order to guard against
VII uPeAolS oEiOcTy ana cdreieSSneSS.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued oy Inspector Entwisle: Geo. /. Hail. erect
three two-story dwellings, 10th, between ID and
= streets southwest $4,000. Mrs. H. 8: Chap
between 18th and 14th streets northwest:
$4,000. I. d. Blakisiee, repair dwelling, 1919
b street southwest; 5000.
. MISCELLANEOUS.
Messrs. Nicholas Watkins ct al, in a COM
munication to the District Commissioners, call
attention to the condition OF the carriageway
streets northwest, and ask that the former be
and renewed.
The Commissioners have designated School
Janitor William r. Shield as inspector of public
school buildings and janitors until otherwise
ordered, without additional compensation.
The commissioners have decided to pave
street, between 10th and 18th, with concrete.
This will make a continuous asphalt pavement
on street, from North Capitol to 18th street
west
A New CHIEF BA1LIFF.-Mr. Robert Willett
has been appointed by Marshal Wilson the
chief bailif OF his office in place OF Col. J. G.
Lee, resigned. MIR. Willett is quite an AGO uisi-
ton to the office, having general acquaintance
especially with the business men of the Dis
trict, and for some years past has been engaged
under Mr.. b. u. keyser In settling the affairs
Of the German-American bank.
MIR. NICHOLAS G. SANDERsoN, an old resi-
dent of this city, died this morning, aged sixty.
nine years. His funeral will take place Friday
morning from the residence of his son, Mr.. j.
w. Sanderson, 63S A street southeast.
FoURTH-CLAss PosrMAsTERs were appointed
to-day in Virginia as follows: Z. Lawrence
Mann, Annandale, Fairfax county; A. ]. Tay-
lor, Ash Grove, Fairfax county; w. c. Talley,
Averell, Micklenburg county; r. NJ. Gardner,
Christiansburg, Montgomery county; Barlow
Cooper, Taylorstown, Loudoun county.
HAzERs DISMISSED FROM ANNAPoLIs.-The
Secretary of the Navy to-day dismissed from
the naval academy Naval Cadets Glen Waters,
of Georgia; BENZ. Steber, of New York; III. L.
Gueydan, of Texas; and w. I. Gillespie, OF Vir-
g1nia, who were cOurt-martialed for hazing
Naval Cadet briggs in January last
A Handsome Draft For Parnell.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March IA committee
of the Hibernian Society to-day sent to Mr..