Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-27


and lawns there will be no concert 1t the White
House grounds this afternoon.
THr MONUMENT ELEvAron.-Ino order 70 make
some necessary repairs 10 the machinery, the
elevator at the monument viii not be In opera
tion on Monday. July %.
SECRETARY wNpoM viii leave Washington
this afternoon at o'clock for Deer Park
To-pAH's BOND Offers aggregated sl0s, 900 az
follows: Registered a, ESQ, 900 at 1883; $4,000
at 12s. Coupon 4I<s, $4,000 at l06K. Registered
AS, ss7.oOo at lOsX; $4,000 at iOsX.
INTERNAL REVENUE APronnExrs-The
Secretary Of the Treasury has appointed the
following storekeepers and gaugers: James II.
Betts, at Nicholasville, KY; Leslie O. Jones. at
butier, KY; Jas. +. Saunders, at Walton, Ky;
Anthony Staubley, at Martinsburg, w. Va; N.
u. wainscott,at Richmond, Va.
PUSHING THE Work on THE GALxxA.-Secre-
tary Tracy has sent orders to New York TO push
ahead the repairs to the q. s. s. Galena in
order to have her In readiness for sea in case
OF need that might arise TO send her to Hayti.
II she should go it will be to relieve the Ossipee
which has now been on Haytian duty for sew
eral months.
SECRETARY TRACT will lease this afternoon TO
visit his family at Babylon, Long Island. He
VIII return to Washington Tuesday.
LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY YARp.-The following
officers have been appointed q board to pre-
pare plans and estimates for the Improvement
OF League Island navy yard, to meet August 6
at the yard: Capts. Z. E. Potter, N. Ii. Far
quhar. and VIM Whitehead, Civil Engineers
n. I. Endicott and r E. Peary.
The BOARD for the examination of candidates
IN int plan$ a<,f,,
at the War department yesterday and examined
one applicant The board viii meet whenever
q candidate presents himself.
TROOPS NEEDED AGAINST BAD IspIANs.-R.
A. N. Harvey, the chairman of citizens COM
mittee in Stevens county, Dakota, has sent q
telegram to the Indian commissioner, request
ing that company Of soldiers be sent to guard
their property, as the Indians attached TO
the Colville agency have burnt 8 square miles
OF hay lands and have threatened the lives of
the settlers. The dispatch had the endorse
ment of the Indian agent. 1t was referred to
the War department.
POSTMASTER GENERAL .WAxAMAKER left the
city this morning for Cape May. He will re-
turn Monday evening.
The POSTAL SERVICE IN CHrcAeo.-A COM
mission, consisting of First Assistant Post
,.
postmaster at Milwaukee; j. +. Bates, SUPER
intendent Of the free delivery system; Albert
II. Scott, chief of the salary and allowance
division, Post Office department, and j. E.
Stuart, chief division inspector at Chicago has
been appointed by the Postmaster General
The commission have been instructed to
examine the postal service in Chicago and to
receive and consider recommendations for its
reorganization. The members will leave for
Chicago next week.
CARPET CONTRACTS AwARDEp-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has awarded the following
contracts for supplying carpets for public
buildings for the coming year: For Brussels
carpets and borders, John II. Pray, Sons & Co.
of Boston and Rowland A. Robbins of New
York bid the same-S1.021 per yard for carpet
and SO cents per yard for border-and the con-
tract will be divided between them. For Lowell
Wilton carpets, W. B. Moses q Son of Wash
ington and Rowland A. Robbins bid the same
80 per yard for carpet and S1.55 for border.
As but o small quantity Of this carpet will be
needed the contract was not divided but
awarded to w. B. Moses Son. Rowland A.
Robbins was awarded the contract for carpet
Lining at ss.7o per bale of 200 yards.
AFFAIRS IN HAYTL-The State department
has received advices from our Representative
in Hayti up to the 18th instant, but they contain
nothing new. Minister Thompson makes no al
fusion in his communication to the request OF
Legitime that he CThompson) use his good
offices with Hippolyte TO bring about a cessa-
ton Of hostilities, which leads the department
officials to infer either that Mr.. Thompson de-
clined to act, or that nothing came Of his eff
forts with Hlppolyte.
The EMBLEMs OF NoURNrsa that have beer
| displayed at the War department for thirty
| days, in honor of the memory of the late
simon Cameron, will be removed Monday.
No DEsaUE FEVER AT GAINEsvILLE.-A dis.
patch was received at the marine hospital bu.
reau to-day from DR.. J. L. Posey, at Gaines.
| vile, Fla, in which he says that there is nc
dengue fever at that place He adds that there
have been some cases of typhoid and typo
malarial fever.
A TIMBER AGENT FOR ALAsKA.-Charles Gee
who is prominent in Virginia politics, has beer
| appointed timber agent and has been instructed
| to 60 TO Alaska and cooperate with the United
States district attorney there in the suppression
of timber frauds. Mr.. Gee is a supporter OF
| Gen. Malone.
| VIRGINIA PosrMAsTERs.-The following
fourth-class postmasters have been appointed