Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-19


been placed on the retired list of the army.
Panama for Acapulco.
THE U. s. TRAINING SQUADRON sailed from
st. Kits, March 9, for Martinique.
GEN. BENET, chief OF ordnance, will be Acting
Secretary of War during the absence of Secre-
tary Endicott called to Salem. Mass. by the
death of his stepmother.
THE NEW CoMMANDANr OF Fort MYER-
Major James Biddle, 9Th cavalry, who was some
time ago ordered to this city, arrived here yes
terday and reported to the adjutant general.
orders were issued from the War department
assigning him to immediate duty as command
ant OF Fort Myer.
THE ALBATROss AT NAssAU-Advices via
Jacksonville, Fla, announce the arrival of
United States fish commission steamer Alba
tross at Nassau, Bahamas, on the 18th ms tant.
All WELL She will probably reach Key West,
Fla, about 25th of March, and leave there the
"a OF April on her way home.
A DELEGATION FROM THE BALTIMORE BAR
association, headed by E. Otis Hinkley, presi-
dent of the association, called upon the Presi-
dent this morning and presented resolutions
J: F. c. Talbot for district attorney and of ]. J..
fenton for U. S. marshal of Maryland.
Col. P1NKNEY LUGENBEEL DEAD.-Col. Pink
ney Lugenbeel, U. S. A., retired, died in Detroit
last night. He entered the military academy
IN 1885 and served with distinction in the
mexican war and the rebellion. He was re-
tired February 6, 1882.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS To-Day
were Senator Mcpherson, with U. s. District
Attorney Keashey, of New Jersey; Payne,
Jackson, Hale, Conger. with Gov. Alger, of
Mich. and Beck; Representatives Frederick,
Syringe snI Wait, Henderson, ~, storm, Har-
and Dingley, Assistant Secretary Porter and
friends, ". E. Wallace, OF Pa, son Of ex-ssena-
and Fl. 4. Yange, of Kansas, L. D. N. Sweat, OF
Maine, VIM. Bryson, of Pa, Gov. J. A. Weston,
of n. IL, Judge Charles Il. Bartlett, of Man
Col. Bisbee, Geo. Fred Williams, S. Wilson Wade,
editor of the Wyoming county Times, Warsaw,
NY, and Capt. and Mrs. W. Stokes Boyu.
TRICHINosIs IN GERMANY.-The Secretary
of State has received communication from
the U. s. consul general at Berlin, in which he
states that within The last few weeks not less
than thirty to forty cases Of trichinosis have
been discovered in Zuttichan, a town in Silesia
and vicinity. Similar cases. the consul general
says, are reported from time to time from
theory which led to the prohibition of Ameri.
can hog products has received set back by
FACTS which cannot be denied. Mention is
made of the great sensation created in COM
mercal circles at Berlin, caused by the bill
lately introduced in the e. ). Senate, the fate
OF which the manufacturers and exporters of
Berlin look upon with no little degree OF
anxiety.
EXTRA HOURS IN THE Posi- OFFICE DEPART
MENT.-The clerks in the appointment division
OF the First Assistant Postmaster Generals
Office have been working until ) o'clock every
day since the 4th of March year ago and for
the first three months of that time they gene
rally remained at their desks and work ed until
nine and ten O'Clock. The great pressure
OF work arising from the numerous changes in
the fifty thousand post offices made these extra
hours necessary and, recognizing the necessity,
there have been no complaints made. The
work, however, is now SO well in hand that q
return TO the old hours is now under considera-
ton. Both Col. Stevenson, the First Assistant,
ana Mr.. Fowler the head OF the appointment
division, are anxious to relieve the clerks from
their extra hours, which is imposed without ex-
ira pay, and it is probable that by the first of
the month the 5-O'clock order will be re-
scinded.
NEW VIRGINIA PosTMAsTERs.-The follow
ing fourth-class postmasters were to-day APP
pointed in Virginia: B. s. Price, Bent Mount,
Roanoke county; NJ. P. Du Val, Centralia, Ches-
terrified county; T. F. Cooke, Enfield, King
field county,, H. s. Hackley, Gaines Cross
Roads Rappahannock county; H. A. Deitrick,
Peach Grove, Rockingham county; Hattie e..