Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-26

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY - Internal
revenue, $685., 2,O07; customs, 1886, ,166.
APPOINTED CADETS AT WEST Po1NT.-Joseph
Mayse, Summit, Miss; John 8. Battle, Warren
ton, N. O.; Norman s. Thrasher, Dayton N. Y,
and X 8. Tuck, Bingham school. N. c., alter
nate, have been appointed cadets at the mill
tary academy.
SToREKEEPERs AND GAuoERs.-The Secretary
OF the Treasury has appointed the following
storekeepers and gaugers: George W. Garner,
at Fairbush, KY; Samuel L. Tudor, at Irvine,
ky.; and Hugh Elliott. at Cincinnati, Ohio.
RETIREMENT AND PRoMorIoN.-Capt. VIM.
Badger, sixth infantry, was to-day placed on
the retired list of the army, having been found
incapacitated for active duty by retiring
board. His retirement will cause the promo
tlon to be captain of First Lieut.. John Garland,
the Oldest first Lieutenant of infantry in the
army, who has nearly reached the age of retire.
ment.
The BOND OFFERINGS to-day aggregated
S56,O00, as follows: Registered AIS, $4,000
at 1895, and $4,000 at lO9.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Passed Assistant Engineer
Jno. W. Gardner, ordered to appear before the
retiring board. Ensign B. C. Dent ordered, to
examination for promotion.
THE SHANGHAI TAEL.-Acting Secretary
Thompson has instructed customs officers that
| the value Of the Shanghai tael is to be esti-,
mated at S1.005 in the liquidation of entries
and importations from and after this date.
SroREKEEpERs AND GAuaERs APpo1Nrxp.-
The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed
the following storekeepers and gaugers: Geo.
w. Garner, at Fairbush. KY; Samuel L. Tudor,
at Irvine, KY, and Hugh Elliott at Cincinnati.
MAJOR GEORGE B. DAVIS, judge-advocate,
has been assigned to duty at the War depart
ment until further orders.
ARMY LEAvEs.-Assistant Surgeon Curtis E.
Price, two months extension; Deputy Quarter
master General JAS NJ. Moore, ten days extern
| sion; Major Michael P. Small, commissary of
subsistence, granted two months extension.
A CONTRACT AwARDEp.-The Secretary of
War has awarded to the Midvale steel COM
pany the contract for furnishing forgings for
the l2-inch type gun at 40 cents pound, to be
delivered in twenty-nine weeks.
A BOARD OF SURVEY, to consist Of Deputy
Quartermaster- General NJ L Ludington. Capt.
Theo F. Forbes fifth infantry, and First Lieut..
George A. Dodd, third cavalry, has been or
dered to meet at Philadelphia to examine
| stores at the general depot there.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day
were Senators Jones (Ark, and Bate, Repre-
sentatives Rogers, Outhwaite, Wheeler, Nor
| row with J. Fl. Taylor, Call Breckinridge
(Ky }, and Grimes, and Assistant Commissioner
| Anderson, with ex-Gov. Stone, Iowa.
PERsoNAL.-Col. C. Lewis Test of Pennsyl-
vania and Maj. Harry Robinson of New Jersey,
who have been guests of Mr.. E. A. McIntire
for several days, leave for their homes to-
| night.-C. C. McCabe and VIM. Phillips of
| New York and E. p Kicker of Maine are at the
Riggs.-L. Wagner of New York and c.
Shaffer of Philadelphia are at willard's.-
David X. Watson of Columbus, Ohio, J. P. GAL
loway of Colorado. and Arthur Hill of Michi-
gan are at the Ebbitt.
PRoMoTIoN.-S. N. Mcmillan, of Iowa, has
been promoted from 81 900 to- 81 200 in the
money-order Office.
INSPECTOR GENERAL JONES DEATH. - The
wife, daughter and sister-in-law of Col Roger
Jones, inspector-general, who died at Fortress
Monroe this morning, were with him at the
time of his death. They will leave there To-
night for Washington with the remains. The
| funeral will take place on Monday from st.
Johns church. Col. Jones has been suffering
| for years. His death is the second in the in
spector-generars department within a few
| months. and will cause the promotion of Lieut.
Col. Robert P. Hughes to be colonel and Major
| Geo. Burton to be heutenant-colonel
The ADAMS AT HoNoLULU.-The Secretary Of
the Navy has received dispatch from Com
mander Graham, commanding the q. s. s.
Alert, dated Honolulu. Jan. 4, announcing the
arrival of the U. =. 8. Adams twenty-six days
| from Samoa, and stating that after coaling and
| receiving mail due on the 9th inst the Adams
would sail for Mare Island, Cal. He said that
| he had transferred all hospital patients and
men whose time will expire during the next