Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-18

PORTSMOUTH, va, yesterday.
PROMOTIONS IN THE TREAsURY.-W. A. Wild
ney has been promoted from fourth class clerk,
in the Office of the superintendent of the Treas
ury building, to be principal bookkeeper at
1,9OO. j. A. Towner has been promoted from
storekeeper, at 1900, to be a fourth class
clerk.
THANKS FROM FLoRIDA.-Surgeon-Gen
Hamilton has received a letter from Gov. Perry,
of Florida. assuring him of his grateful appre-
citation of the consideration shown by the Pres
ident and the Treasury department to Florida
in her troubles from the yellow fever scourge,
and especially OF his appreciation of DR.. Ham
ilton's labors i'm behalf of the people and his
present efforts to thoroughly disinfect Jackson
vile. He concludes: Il shall feel greatly re-
heyed If know that your department is Civ
ing Its attention to every place in which there
Is suspicion of infection. and trust you will
continue your good work until you are satisfied
no germs Of the disease are left in the state"
THE FOLLOWING FoURTH-cLAss PosT-OFFIcEs
will be raised to the presidential on the LIST of
January next: Bayou Sara, La; Ironwood,
Mich; Newaygo, Mich; Wadsworth, Ohio.
CONTRACT AwARDED.-CoI John NJ. Wilson.
commissioner of public buildings and grounds,
has awarded to Atchison & Barnes the con-
tract for furnishing 1000 cubic yards of un-
screened gravel for use at reservation II (Gar-
field park at 20 cents cubic yard.
CONVICTED OF PERJURY IN PENsIoy CASE
The commissioner of pensions has been adj
vised that James Kelley. alias kelley, the
Rake" on the 11th inst. pleaded guilty in the
q. s. court at Toledo, Ohio, to a charge of
fraudulently attempting to obtain pension by
the false personation of John Kelley, of COM
pany G, fourteenth Ohio volunteer infantry,
and on the 18th inst ne was tried and convicted
for perjury in the same claim.
The DEAD-LErTER SALE yesterday was con-
tinued until about $3.50 o'clock, when package
number 1,235, containing two childs collars, a
cheap necktie, an old silk handkerchief, &c.
went sailing over the heads of the crowd, and
the auctioneer turned the belt off his voice and
stopped selling. He began again at 10 this
morning before his usual audience the first
package being 1885, holding pack of playing
cards, cheap penknife, cheap fnger-ring,
tObacco-box, &c.
COMMERCIAL ExPERrs.-The Secretary of the
Treasury has appointed I. D. Thacher, Topeka.
Kan; Robt. W. Furnas, Brownsville, Neb., and
Irwin Switzler, Columbia, NO., as experts to
report to the bureau of statistics information
for their respective states regarding their in
dustriai and commercial interests Experts
for other states and territories will be ap-
pointed at an early day.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE have been granted as fol-
lows: Capt. John c. Mallery, corps of engin-
GERS, twenty dayss Capt. VIM. F. Carter, as
sistant surgeon, five months extension; First
Lieut.. John Garland, sixth infantry, six
months.
INTERNAL REVENUE MISUNDERSTANDING Sec
retary of the Treasury has appointed the fol-
lou OF
Black, at Dardanelle, Ark; Louis Levi, at
Louisville, Ky. Charles j. Cecil, at Cecilian,
KY; John W. Dickson, at Wartrace, Tenn. I:
Henry NJ. Browmel, at baltimore; Martin w.
King, at Mt, Sterling, Ky.
AN ARMY RETIRING BoARD.-The President
has appointed the following as members Of an
army retiring board to convene at VAN
couver barracks, Washington territory, for
the examination Of such officers as
may be ordered before it,:
Brig. Gen. John Gibbon, Col. VIM. P. Carlin,
fonrth iofantro; Col. Thos. M. Anderson, four-
teenth infantry; Lieut.-Col. Chas. T. Alexan-
sistant surgeon; Col David R. Clendenin, sec
ond cavalry, will be the first officer examined
by the board.
A BoAnD to consist of Lieut.. Col. Francis
H. Parker, Ordnance Department.; First
Lieut.. ]. Walker Benet, Ordnance Department;
Mr. j. E. Howard, civil engineer, on duty in
the ordnance department, has been appointed
10 meet Mt Philadelphia, Penn, on December
10, to examine and report upon the Richie
screw-power testing machines.
The Republican Caucus.
no HOLIDAY REcRss or THE sKxArK-rwo srs-
sIoNs DAILY ON THE rARIrr BILL.
The republican senatorial caucus this morn
ing decided that the Senate shall continue in