Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13

MlcnlSan mas Deen prOmOteu TO clerksnlp OF
$1,000 in the Office of the second assistant post
master general.
The INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION has
sent out circulars to general managers of rail-
roads and organizations Of railway employees,
asking for information concerning insurance
funds, technical education to trainmen for the
railroad service, apprenticeship, &c.
TEACHERS N INDIAN ScHooLs.-Indian Com
missioner Morgan has issued circular to ap-
plicants for teachers positions in the Indian
schools, informing them that it is the purpose
of the Office to appoint no person as a teacher
In the Indian school service who would not be
able to secure similar position in the best
schools for white children IN the community in
which he resides.
ARMY ORDERs.-Lieut. Col. Anthony Heger,
surgeon, and Capts. John O. Skinner and JAS
c. Merrill, assistant surgeons, have been ap-
pointed board to examine candidates for ad-
mission to West Point. They will meet at the
academy August 25. Six months leave of abb
sence, with permission to leave the division Of
the Pacific, has been granted Capt. John b.
herr, sixth cavalry. Leave for one month is
granted Second Lieut. Godfrey H. Macdonald,
sixth cavalry, and for two months Second
Lieut.. VIM d. McAnaney, ninth cavalry. Capt
John W. Summerhoyes, assistant quartermas-
as disbursing quartermaster and for the settle
ment OF railway and telegraph accounts.
SUMMER WORK FOR GOVERNMENT Printers
Employees of the government printing Office do
not realize how much they have been benefited
by the immense amount of summer work given
them on account of contested election cases.
Up to date over 10, 600 pages of testimony have
been put into type and printed. There are yet
half dozen cases to hear from. some of them
quite extensive.
They ARE INDIGNANT AT HIS APPOINTMENT
Chas. W. WEIGH of Maryland, who was dis
charged from his position as assistant foreman
of binding by Public Printer Palmer, has been
given position as a binder. Republicans in
the office are extremely indignant at Mr..
Welch's return even to a minor position.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut Commander John P.
Merritt has been ordered to the naval academy:
Lieut.. Frank II. Holmes. to equipment duty at
Boston. Goth instant; Ensign VIM. A. p. Muir,
to the Yantic; Sailmaker VIM. Redstone, to the
Mare Island navy yard, California. Lieut. Ed
win E. Wright has been detached from the Al
lance and ordered to the Yantic; Sailmaker
John Roddy, from the Mare Island navy yard
and ordered to the receiving ship Independ-
ence.
NEw NATIONAL BANK.-The controller of
the currency has authorized the organization OF
the First national bank of Ainsworth Neb
capital S50,0 f. B. Tiffany, presidents; @. s.
Alton, cashier, and Of the State national bank
Of Frankfort. Ky, Fayette Hewitt, president;
Chas. E. Hoge, cashier.
A PRESENT FOR THE MEssENaER.-Lewis
Thompson one of Secretary WINDOWS messen-
gers, has received sum of money presented
from the employees Of the engraving division,
bureau OF engraving and printing, where he
was formerly messenger, a token of the
esteem in which they held hAs faithful services.
The CHICAGO AND THE BosroN.-The cruiser
Chicago, which went on the dry dock in New
York yesterday to have her bottom scraped and
painted, came off this morning, the Job having
proved to be lighter than was expected. To-
morrow morning the Boston will take the place
vacated by the Chicago, when it will be known
! how much she was damaged.
PrRsoSAL--M. L. Read of New York, T. Mil
liam of Havana, J. Lynch cot Georgis, A.
Knapp and G. Dillum Of Macon, Ga, aud G. B.
Garfield OF Brooklyn are at the Ebbitt. Il.
Dodd OF New Jersey, L. Connell, ]. rox and J.
NJ Wilson Of New York are at the Riggs.
| Longley and q. Flynn of New York, A r. Hart
| and W. b. Taylor Of Omaha and A. Allern OF
Ohio are at the Arhngton.-Geo.R r. Watkins
Of Philadelphia. Pa, and s. p. Matthews OF
| Hereford, Md, are at the Hotel Johnson
N. Shelton, wife and son Of Omaha, A. ]. McIn.
tosh of New York, Chas N. Cox Of Brooklyn
! H. J. Thompson Of Kansas, A. E. Leven worth
and wife of Castleton, Vt, andjpr. /. j. Patter-
son Of Pittsburg, Pa, are at the St. James-
| w. s. Whitman Of Ironton Ohio, s. T. J, Byam
OF Trenton, Nj. r. Il. Odell Of Minneapolis
and ]. Z. Cross, w. s. Nichols and Albert Levy
| of New York are at Willard's
The Irving Park Camp Meeting.
Quite large crowd Of people from Washing.
| ton and Baltimore attended the camp meeting
] at Irving Park last evening. The feature OF
| the meeting was the address Of Prof James M