Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-10


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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY.-Internal rev.
enue, S42S, ,22S; customs, s553,O73
The BOND OFFERINGS today aggregated s124,-
$50, as follows: per cents, registcred-S5O,O 900
at 1913 and interest, ss, 900 at 1913 fat. ~ per
cents. registered-S5OO 900 at 1861 and interest,
sl,l5O at lO5A, s15, 200 at 1O5sl.
DISTRICT INvENToRs.-John H. White of
this city was today awarded patent for q
match machine and James NJ. Miller for q by
draulic dredging machine.
NEW CAPTAIN OF THE WATcH-Capt n. B.
Littlefeld. captain of the watch at the govern
ment printing Office, has resigned, and Capt. H.
b. Marston OF Colorado has been appointed to
the position.
PENSIONS have been granted to residents Of
the District Of Columbia as follows: Original
Invalid, Theodore G. Otis; increase, Chas B.
Chroniger.
SENATOR WALcorr Of Colorado called on the
Secretary Of the Interior today.
The CorToN CRoP.-The cotton report of the
statistician of the Department Of Agriculture
Tor September represents the crop as compare
lively late. Too abundant moisture ia peper-
ally reported. The general average of coudi-
tion Is e6.6, against 1913 last month and 83.8 in
September of last year.
lHE CoLoRED CADET APPOINTED SECOND
LIEuTENAST.-CadetC Chas. Young, graduate of
the military academy, has been appointed an
additional second lieutenant, tenth cavalry. He
Is the colored cadet who failed last June in
mathematics and was given a chance to make
good his deficiency during the summer.
The CRUISER BALTIMoRE-Steam is now be-
ing raised on the cruiser Baltimore at Cramps
ship yard, at Philadelphia, and tommorrow
morning at 10 o'clock she will 90 to sea with
the official trial board for the purpose of max
Ing her test run. She will be gone, it is ex-
pected, three or four days.
ARMY ORDERs.-Capt Jno. w. Benn, fifteenth
infantry, having been found incapacitated for
active service, has been granted leave of ab-
sence until further orders. Maj. Alfred E.
Bates, paymaster. has been granted one
months extension Of leave. Capt Philip L.
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months additional sick leave.
To BE RELIEVED AT HIS Own RrouEsr.-The
Secretary Of the Navy has decided to grant the
request Of Capt Robert A. Bradford, command
ing the Portsmouth, NH, navy yard to be
relieved from that duty October !. His success
sor has not yet been selected
SUCCEEDS Col. WILSON IN THE LIGHT HOUSE
BoARD.-The President today designated Col.
VIM. p. Craighill Of the engineer corps to be
member Of the light house board to fill the
vacancy caused by the transfer of Col Wilson
from this city to West Point Col Craighill is
improvements from Maryland south to the
gulf, With his headquarters at Baltimore.
MORE NAVAL CApETs-The following addi-
tional candidates have been admitted as cadets
at the naval academy: G. E. Fitch Of Illinois,
A. A. Pratt OF Illinois. L. +. James of South
Carolina, W. T. Crosby OF Connecticut. y. q.
Iaitei OF Tennessee, Graham Sloan Of Penn VI
yania, Edgar Richmond Of California, John L.
Stitch Of New York, l.. G. Asbury of Louisiana.
=. Z. Hooker OF Tennessee, H. L. Dalling OF
Texas, j. H. Morris Of Missouri.
10 lest THE OBSERVATORY CRMENr.-The
Secretary Of the Navy has selected E. O. Maxim.
civil engineer of the Washington navy yard. as
an expert to test the 2, 800 barrels OF condemned
cement In controversy between the con- ntractors,
Mclaughlin d Co.. and William H. Grant as
sistant architect Of the new naval observatory.
1t will require, it is stated, seven days to make
these tests. II the tests come up to the re-
quirements the contractors will be able to re-
sumo operations. Ii not it will take them
about thirty days TO get new supply.
AFRAID OF TIE INTERNATIONAL AMERrcAN
CoSsREss.-Ths State department has received
numerous clippings from foreign newspapers,
forwarded by United States consuis, all of the
same tenor and against the international Amer
ican congress which is TO meet in this city next
month. These journals profess to see in the
congress q well-directed effort to divert trade
from Europe and general menace to European
Industries.