Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-15
Washington Notes.
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TBy telegraph 10 the Dispstch.l
WASHINGTON. Nay a. Bond offerings to-
day Sf43.0 49, 1t 10S aud S1.000,0G0 As at
l30. Tue 4t's were accepted aud The As re-
iected.
The President to-dsy appointed the fol-
lowing postmasters: George B. Randolph.
Apulston, Ala. vice 4. l.. Tyler, commits
sion expired; Earl f. Doud, Sheffield, Ala,
office having become presidential; jefferson
J. Sims, oxford. Ala, office having become
presidential; William A. Albright, Dur
ham. n. C., vice j. II. Allen, removed;
James A. Goddard. Morristown, Tenn, wee
5. w. Shields. resigned.
At meeting OF the authorities OF the
Navy Department to-day the subject OF
names for the proposed new naval vessels
was discussed at some length, butno conclu-
sion was reached, except that the names
Minneapolis, Detroit, and Cleveland will not
be selected The Naval Board OF Design has
completed the plans Tor 2,OOO-ton gunboat
which will soon be published and is now
hard at work upon the details OF the con-
struction OF the Thomas ship. This vessel
will mark departure in the practice OF
naval designing, as Der general plan was
originated outside OF the Navy Department
by Representative Thomas. member OF the
Naval Committee Of the last House OF Rep
reSentstives. Much work remains 10 be
done upon the plans by the department,
however, as the details must be supplied and
the working drawings made to carry out the
original ldes. The vessel is TO be OF modi-
fed monitor type and her peculiarities will
be in her heavy ordnance, great defensive
mower, snd ability to make long cruises with
her ample coal capacity, differing In this last
respect from the old monitor type.
Postmaster Van Cott, Of New York, was
at The Post-Ofic Department to-day ana
conferred with Postmaster-General wanna
maker and First Assistant Clarkson relative
10 the needs OF bis office and the means to
be adopted 10 improve The efficiency OF the
service. He asked torSn increase OF $3.50
600 I'm the amount available for carrier and
clerical force Of his office.
The clerks who were detailed from the
General Lsnd-Oiice TO go 10 Oklahoma TO
assist the land officials at the Guthrie ana
King Fisher laud-oflices returned to WASH
ineton to-day. They state that at hing
Fisher about 500 entries bad been made mp
10 last Friday, and at Guthrie about l'OOO
had been made. The total number OF quar-
Ter sections in the Territory open TO settle.
ment Is 10. 900, hence less than one fifth OF
the whole has been flied npon. The force OF
clerks now employed at the two lSnd-ofiices
is helieyed 10 be sufficient to keep Up the
current work. Many OF the settlers, It is
soid. have gone 10 their former homes TO
settle their private affairs, and will return
next fail 10 complete their entries and eStal-
lish themselves permanently IN TOE new
TERRITORY. The scarcity OF water has been
70 some extent overcome by digging webs.
The official report Of the robbery OF Pay
master Wham reached the War Department
today. IL confirms the accounts contaioed
IN the press dispatches but adds nothing to
them. -,
The Preslden; to-day appointed John +.
plumner. OF New York, George Il. Leigh
ION. of st. Louis; Jesse Spaldlng, OF CHI
cago. and Rufus II. Bullock, OF Atlanta, to
be Government directors OF The Union Paci-
nc Railroad Company.