Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-10

which meets there to-day.
TEE Tue FORTUNE has been ordered to pro-
ceed from Norfolk to Washington with freight.
BACK FROM DovER.-Capt. Isaac Bassett and
Messrs. B. II. Shivers, Geo. II. Boyd, Cliff.
Warden, and W. r. Reynolds, of the Senate,
who acted as guard of honor to the remains of
their late associate, James /. Christie. returned
here to-day from their sad journey to Dover.
n. H., where the funeral took place yesterday.
THE PENSACOLA ALL RIGHr.-The command
ant Of the Norfolk navy-yard has reported to
Secretary Tracy that the Pensacola is foated
and has not been strained. The accident will
not cause over a weeks delay in the work of
repairing. The report was received at the de-
partment in answer to telegram of inquiry
from Secretary Tracy, who had heard rumor
that the vessel was seriously injured and that
the sinking might easily have been prevented
by stopping the valve holes.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR ALBERT l.. GIHoN who is
now on duty at the Brooklyn naval hospital,
has been in the city for day or two. He came
on as the custodian of couple of insane pa
tients for the government asylum and will
leave for his post tonight or tomorrow.
MACHINES FROM CANADA MUsT PAY DUTY.-The
Secretary of the Treasury recently received
letter from resident of Canada saying that he
proposes to remove to the United States and
asking if certain machines for making jackets
now used by him in Canada will be admitted
free of duty as tools of trade" In reply he
was informed that free entry of tools of trade.
&C. as provided for in the tariff act does not
extend to machinery and other articles i'm
ported for use in any manufacturing establish
ment," and consequently his inquiry must be
answered in the negative. He was further in
formed that the machines would be entitled to
Ga 4
provided they were manufactured in this coun-
try and are in substantially the same condition
as when exported.
WHEREABOUTS OF NAVAL VEssELs-The
L. S. S. Kearsarge is expected to reach New
York within the next two or three days, the
Brooklyn, that has been sailing home from
Japan for several months, will arrive about the
18th. and the Essex homeward bound from
China by way of the Mediterranean sea, is due
about tine 1st of May.
AN IMPORTED LACE-woRKER Nor ALLOWED
TO LAND.-Secretary Window has approved the
action of the collector of customs at New York
in refusing to allow the landing of a Swiss emil
grant who came to this country an embroid-
erer in response to an advertisement inserted
in a Swiss newspaper by Fl. Bornemann, Of the
Newark Embroidery Works The emigrant had
paid his own passage-money, and the only con-
tract he had was letter from the agent of
Bornemann stating that he had engaged him.
SUGAR FROM SoRGHUM.-Prof. Wiley, of the
Agricultural department, has completed his
report upon the experiments made by the de-
partment in the manufacture of sugar from
sorghum. and concludes that the manufacture
on a small scale is commercially successful.
PERsoNAL-H L. Townsend and Harvey
Tomlinson of Brooklyn, H. T. Morris of Pitts
burg, Frank P. Ward of Boston, Geo. F. Small
of Philadelphia, and L. A. Cairns of Troy are
at Wlllard's.--H. Exstein of Buffalo, ]. L
Howe, ]. Richards, B. B. Taggart, VIM. Cum
ningham and Julius Bien Of New York, s.
Story, NJ. p, Sunderland, England. and T. W.
Stevers of Albany are at the Arlington.-J.
q. Foumade, A. b. Trout, d. L. Floyd and VIM
Cooper of New York, Stockton Bate Jerome
| Carly and Albert A. Keen of Philadelphia, and
]. Ii. Broom of Boston are at welcker's.-
Charles Theo. Russell, jr., and r. F. Loung Of
Boston, s. L. NJ. Barlow of New York, Angus
tine Smythe of Charleston, s. c., and c. II.
Read, jr., of Richmond, are at Wormley'S-
Mr.. Sam Carey and John B. Rogen Of New
| OF Chicago, H. ID. Brooks of New Orleans, DR.
Y. Chalmey Fulton of Philadelphia, E. L.
johnson of Wisconsin, Chas. d. Apehurch of
Raleigh, N. c., and H. NJ. Chase of Walla-
Wala, are at the Ebbitt-G. c. Thomas Of
New York, E. X. Donohue of Cincinnati, Daniel
Coolidge Of Philadelphia, A. b. Trail Of Fred
erick, Nd, B. N. Farren of Philadelphia, Ed
ward Long of Boston, Theo Kerr OF Denver,
Col, and A. P. Tuition, Of Downingtown, are
at the Riggs.-Mrs. BENZ. F. Tracy of Brook
lyn, Y. Duddney Of Portland, Me-, and J. G.
CONVERGE of Boston, Mass, are at the Arno.-
John A. Merritt Of Lockport, N. Y, Robert
Williams of Eaton, Ohio, and Chas. Lynch Of
Detroit, are at the st. James.-L. lick Of
Denver, G.. A. Lathrop Of Richmond, and ]. P.
Brinton Of Philadelphia, are at the Metropol-
itan.-Benjamin A. Richmond Of Cumber-
land, James Hemphill Of Pittsburg, and H. c.
tional.-Robert Batcheller, Jacob P. Bates
and wife, and Geo. F. Vince and wife, of Bos-
ton, j. F. Cake Of Cape May, N. j., Smedley
Darlington of West Chester, Pa, Judge VIM. II.
Arnoux OF New York, VIM. G. Wallace Of Brook
| lyn, N. Y, and Jos. @. Platt of Waterford, N.
Y, eat the Normandie. n Lockwood Of
New yA-k is at l42l X street.