Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-21
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


Cuba, announces to the State Department that
t1ago and St Nicholas Mole, Hayti, connecting
by land tines with san Dominica.
THE STATE DxrARTxENr has received program
OF an international exhibition OF poultry and oes
to be held at Rome on the 10th Of next month.
JASPER N. MORRISON, Of Missouri, was to-day
appointed chief clerk Of the bureau OF military
justice, Judge Advocate Generals once.
WILL Nor ORDER COURT MARrTAI--Assastans
Adj.-Gen. Kelton has, by direction Of the Score.
tary of War, written to James W. 0faydon, late
lieutenant U.sN, refusing to osde. court martial
linski on charge OF conduct unbecoming
an offlcer and a gentleman. The specinca.
made by the assr sr during
lecture on his dynamite gun, delivered February
TO- concerning the GraydOn experiments, were
false and misleading.
The RAILROAD STRIKE AND THE MAIIs.--Mr. Nash,
the general superintendent Of the railway service,
has returned from Chicago, where he went to rep.
resent the Post-Onlce Department at the time
when the mail service was threatened to be inter.
rupted by the strike OF the locomotive engineers
He says that the mails are being carried without
was anticipated. Both parties, the engineers and
the companies, are willing to haul matl-cars. MI.
Nash says that an unsettled feeling still prevails
and fears are entertained by those well informed
In regard to the situation that the strike may ex-
tend to other roads and systems ana pass beyond
conservative control.
Army ORDERs-Sixty recruits have been Or
dered to the 9Th cavalry. and twenty to the
4th cavalry. Thirty colored recruits or.
dered to the Department Of the Platte.
Capt; Henry J. Nowlan. 9TH cavalry, granted i've
days extension OF leave. First Lieut. James w.
return to bis station S SAN Carlos, Aris ~
capt Jas ss, G. Worthington. assistant surgeon
granted -FOUR months leave. Capt. Marlborough
leave.
PERsoNAL--Gov. Rush and j. E. II. Craig Of
Wisconsin, E. d. Keyes Of Rutland, VT, Geo. C.
Roberts OF New York, Chas. 4. Hall Of Syracuse
II; G; Grey OF Chicago D. Whitney, Jr., OF Detroit
w. u Wlndraus Of Boston, j. NJ. Vasquez OF Chilli
ana BlSnop Riley OF Mexico are at the Ebbltt--
Baron Won Zedtwitz, OF the German legation, and
Senator-elect Barbour OF Virginia were in New
n n0rk last NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Geo. c: Ca
Dell OF virginia Is at the NatiOnaL.-H. b. Lint
ner OF Cambridge, Mass, Frank B. Lawton Of
providence, X l., Jno. L. Hill OF Philadelphia, c.
y. Howard, A. b: Cleveland, and Y. s. Haskell Of
New YORK, and X. b. Brigham of Boston are at
Willard's-T. T. Hamilton OF Saratoga springs,
Jno +. King OF Albany, Royal W. Turner OF RAN
J: s. Moore, and J. II. Fisher OF New York, and T..
H. Lowrey OF Brooklyn are at the Arlington.-T.
W: Bracher, A. w Hoyt, A. P. Ketchum. and Lo-
phia, and N. Storey OF Boston are at Wormley's.
Emile NJ Blum, American delegate to the Bar
ceona exposition, n. s. D: Pendleton OF Berkeley
Addison Conkling Of New York, J. Snowden Bell Of
Pittsburg, Col. +. L. ORelley OF Woonsocket r. l.,
w. b. o. Peabody OF Boston, and Hon. SaInl. r.
Honey OF Newport, R l., are at welcker's--D. l..
jackson, D. II. Dugan, and ]. E Hicks OF New
York, w. M. Harrington Of San Francisco, X b.
Fort OF Chicago, W. b. Gill OF Philadelphia RObt.
Wallace OF Ayr, Scotland, and stanton j. Peele Of
Indianapolis are at the RigR&-O. w. cheney OF
Buffalo. John B. Bell of Allegheny City, Robt. A.
Little OF Detroit, andl Jesse Arthur Of Newport,
KY, are at the st. James.