Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-19

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| PAGES 8 AND OF To-pAY's STAR CoNrArN
Omcial Correspondence About the Chinese Treaty
| TWO Victories for the Washington Club; two
country Homes near this City; Trying to Get Motol
keeiy In jail; Rescued from the Grave; Unhappy
Authors Wives; Telegraphic News, &C.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve
nue., $1s9, ,s37; customs, s995, ,376.
To PROTECT AMERICAN INTERKsTs-The Secre
tary OF the Navy has telegraphed Rear Admira
Kimberly, commanding the Pacific station, who Il
now at San Francisco, to send one Of the vessels
o, o1 MS squadron to the Samoan Islands for suct
| OF American interests. The United states steam
shlps Alert, vandalia, and Adams are now cruising
| In the vicinity OF the Hawaiian Islands, and one
OF these Will be sent to Samoa at once
] THE MONITORS IN THE JAMES RrvER.-Prepara.
lions are being made for the removal Of the sever
monitors now In the James River at City Point
| up to within 3 miles OF Richmond. This is to be
done for several reasons principally to get them
nearer 10 city where provisions can be easily OBJ
place They are single turreted and have been al
CITY Point for number OF years. Their names
are are the Ajax, Canonicus, Mahopac, Manhattan,
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS TO-DAY were
Senators Mcpherson, with Col. Dudley Sampson
and MISS Sampson and Hon. and Mra FerraI, Of
New jersey. and Cockrell; Representatives stone,
Wilson (Minn.l Butterwortn, Springer Lee Baker.
Hooker and French, with Miss French and Miss
Ford, Connecticut, and Assistant Postmaster
General Knott
NAVAL OBDRRs-Lieut r. A. Crosby ordered to
the Richmond. Ensign J. l. Payne detached
lrom tne Atlanta and granted one years furlough.
THE CRUISER BOSTON NEAKLY FN1sHEp.-The Blu.
reau OF Steam Engineering will have finished the
final work on the new cruiser Boston In about a
week, ana she Will then be practically completed.
This work consists Of merely small odd jobs
THE U. S. s. DOLPHIN, now at Mare Island, Cal.
win be given about $500 worth Of repairs by the
steam Engineering Bureau
REsIGNED.-Mr. H. p. Jewell, clerk OF class 81 600.
War Department, has resigned to accept an ap-
pointment as fourth assistant examiner In the
Patent ONCE.
The PARIS ExPosITIoN.-The Commissioner OF
Agriculture to-day sent out, through the COM
mercial boards OF all the meat-packing centers,
invitations TO every meat-packing and canning
tive meet him at the Grand Pacific Hotel Chicago
october 8, TO confer relative 10 the meat exhibit
10 DC made at the forthcoming Paris exposition.
CHASTITY sErTING-A sword presented to the
late Gen. John w. Davidson by the Iowa cavalry
that served under him during the war has been
Army Medical Museum. 1t has been placed with
the sash accompanying II, in q case with the
skeleton OF a cavalrymen. The skeleton has its
hllt and scabbard are Ornamented with diamonds
The swordand its scab0ard cost $1,000.
SUP ERvIsING INSPECTOR GENERAL DuxoNr re.
turned to the city last night from an ofciai tour
through the lake cities.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURY is acting
as Attorney General in the absence OF both Mr..
Garland and Mr.. jerks.
DIED IN PHIIADzLPHIA-The Light House Board
has been informed Of the death, on the 18TH inst.
OF Mr.. G. Caster Smith at Philadelphia, aged
eighty-two years. He has been in the employ OF
Service for nifty years. and from 1862 to 1S7O acted
as engineer in chargeof the fourth district
BELGIAN Convict NOT rALLowKD TO LAND.-The
Treasury Department, to-day informed by the
commissioners OF immigration of New York city
that they discovered Q Belgian convict named
Aurans %Sen .v!S Ss~ x.pe Ss
returned 70 BsisiSm On The AuIsniss AIss. 10 VIII 0s
Mrs. CIsvelanA AasaAsss The Reass.
sHs DRIVES PEE PRssIDkxr HON. 10 OAK vuw IN A
DUoaY.
MA Cleveland drove her husband, the President
home to Oak View from the White House in q
buggy last evening, and the sight attracted atten-
tion all along the route. They LEFT tie White
House about O'Clock and went By the way OF
pennsylvania avenue through West Washington.
The buggy In which the President and wife were
drawn by well-fed looking big horse was an un-
preCentious vehicle, and with q scat quite high
nand, looked very pretty In q light summer COS
tune OF white material with q blue ngure In it.
turned up In the back and thrown back In a nerii
gent way on her forehead. The President clothed
IN dark cutaway suit and q black derby nat
hlgh crowned, with tight rolling rim, sat with
hands on his knees and seemed to be In thought
full mood.
Society Notes.
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