The Portland daily press., 1886-08-17

he was going to start. Major Walker knows
when he is really going to leave, and will
have policemen and detectives on duty"
After getting the President secretly to the
depot, the railroad authorities will relieve
the Washington police and place the excur-
sionist in presidential car, which arrived
in Washington tonight. This car is describ-
ed as a mahogany palace, 70 feet long, mount
ed on IL paper wheels of the latest pattern.
It is the private ear belonging to the Presi-
dent of the Delaware & Hudson Company,
and is entirely unlike any of the palace cars
usually seen. The berths stand on end, and
look like paneled mirrors between the win
dows. At touch they swing out like do ors,
and lie down in luxurious fashion. In o
large, spacious bedroom is brass bedstead,
the presidential couch. 1t is made up across
the car. There are three bedrooms alt0geth-
er, and several closets. The saloon contains
easy extension chairs of soft green leather,
and telescope dining table that expands
from two legs and board to huge piece of
furniture, II feet long. There ale in the car
besides pantry, a kitchen, an ice house
and heating apparatus. The wine cellar
attachment was stocked yesterday, and the
larder was filled with delicacies.
Capt. Norton's Life Boat.
A life-boat has recently been on exhibition
at the nauy yard in this city, which has at
tracted the attention of nautical men. Inc
boat is the invention of Capt. Francis l.:
Norton, former sea captain, who brought it
to this city for the purpose OF showing II 70
the life-saving service, and having it adopted
by that bureau fer work at the stations on
the lakes and along the seacoast. The prln-
ciples upon which the boat is built are ap-
piicable to any size of craft, and bid fair to
revolutionize marine architecture, as they
render a vessel practically non-capsizable
and non-Sinkable by an ordinary tempest OF
collision The craft has stood serles n GI
Europe when he perfected his invention, and
the first trials were held in Germany before
a board of naval officers. On one side OF
26-feet boat was laid 2240 pounds of lead, the
water then barely washing the gunwale.
added weight made no perceptlble diner
ence. Other tests were made in stormy
weather ON the North. Sea, off Wlihelm,s
Haven, and the results were so satisfactory
that the German life-saving service is now
using the Norton system. At the navy yard
in this city the life boat was recently tested
at the order of Secretary Whitney ny a
board of naval officers, consisting, OF Com
mander Crowninshield, Commander Sands
and Naval Constructor Hichborn, and IN
their report they admit all the claims of the
inventor.
Rebuked in His Own House.
Significance is attached to the Democratic
primary elections which have just been held
in Delaware. Mr.. Bayard's friends con-
trolled the State government and the legls,,
lature when the President made Mr.. Bayard
his Premier. The salisbury or anti -Bayard
wing of the party has swept everything be-
fore it in the recent primaries.
Secretary Bayard Angry.
The Baltimore Sun continues to publish
hysterical complaints of alleged Republican
treachery in the Mexican matter. In an ap-
parently communicated washington uos-
patch it says this morning:
"Secretary Bayard and the officials of his de-
partment bitterly complain OF the treatment re-
ceived A section of the Revised Statutes torblds
any citizen of the United States from holding COM
muncation with foreign country when engaged
in a controversy with this government for the
purpose is os veil e and former
officials of this government are open to this
charge. The Secretary deeply regrets that there
were men who claim to be Americans, ana yet
are guilty of such conduct
Conjecture is at a loss to indicate the ex-
official referred to. Ex-MlnlSter Foster, a
known friend of Mexico, is rusticating, and
has not been near Washington since the dis
turbance originated Ex-Assistant Secreta-
ry of State Hit, who defeated the resolu-
tions which Mr. Bayard desired passed by
the House. is man OF such wealth and es
tablished reputation that any imputation
that Mexican gold" had been offered him
would be laughed at by all parties alike, but
the constant repetition of those apparently
inspired inuendoes excltes much curiosity as
to their meaning
The Civil Service Rules.
ITnon the advice of the Civil Service Com
mission, President Cleveland has amended
rule 9 Of the amended civil service rules to
read as follows: All applications for regu-
lar and competitive examinations for admlS-
sion to classified civil service, must pc made
/ on blank forms to be preserved by the COM
missioners. The requests for blank forms
of application for competitive examination
for admission to the classified civil service
and all applications for such examination
shall be made:
lst-If for the classified departmental SER
vice, to the United States Civil Service Com
mission at Washington, ID. e.
2d--H for classified customs service to the
civil service board of examiners for customs
districts in which persons design to be ex-
amined wishes to enter the customs service.
3d-If for classified postal service to civil
service board of examiners for the post office
at which the person designs to be examined,
wishes to enter the postal service requests
for blank forms of application to the Gus
toms and postal boards of examiners must
he made in writing by persons who design
examination, and such blank forms shall not
be furnished to any other person.
4tb-The Commission, in submitting THIS
rule as amended gave the President reasons
for advising the amendment, among which
was that under the rule as at present there
were many Irregularities in the manner OF
making applications which will be impossi-
| bic uIQer C16 dllcIutu Iulo'
The New Democratic Campaign
Handbook.
The new Democratic campaign handbook
| will be sent to the printer the coming week
| Chairman Kenna is expected here TUESDAY
| or Wednesday to go over the manuscript
| with Phil Thompson, the assistant secretary
Of the committee, to decide finally what a1
| shall and what shall not compose the vol
! ume. Mr.. Thompson has been doing a good
| deal of work in the preparation of this book.
| An edition of 10000 is to be printed and such
| further number as the necessities OF the
| campaign and the financial condition OF the
! committee will warrant. 1t is generally
| understood that both committees will run on
| very short allowances, as fal as money is
| concerned.
Various Matters.
Secretary Whitney left this afternoon fo1
| Lenox. Mass, to be absent several weeks.
| Commodore Walker is acting as Secretary Of
| the navy.