The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-25
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.


W,.ut>eroF. ID. g.. October IL
Tho ,nnnal rpport of General pumont
.,,n.r,i-ine einSpcctor--oneral of. steam YES
snl-. for the pasi fiscal year. WAS made pup
lie today. An interesting portion oi 'eii'-
raj Dumoni'- report j. devoted 10 the III.
crease in the number Of steam vessels ana
the extension OF the work of this bureau ol
the Treasury Department during the Pas'
fifteen years.
During lhp fifteen years. Beginning = :"
and ouiing with the present year. the nhm
bor .f steam vessels in the United states
has increased from 3.>>j. IN lS'', to q, - ia
l>>9. or gain of - per cent.
The oain in licensed officers during thc
same period il M per cent. or irom li,'il
I'm ls,j to 81 .622 ia l,'9.
ACCIDENT, TO srEAM VESSELS.
During tine past fiscal year there were
.'hirfy-two accident, from various cau-. to
.toain vessels. resulting in loss OF three
hundred and one lives. Oi thus number
niuofv-fwo we're passengers and TWO nun
drod and nine were oliiccls or per~Nll- 'iil-
plO,ed on the steamers.
. II rs estimated that nllly 5jn,ooo,Mo pas
-enecr. were carried on th' steam Vessels
81 the country during tho year. Tie loss Oh
life ON steam vessels. win 80 Per cent
more steamers IN the service. was hut three
llflNUlNl iilU NI' lN0t f''i ~ "-tf''
hundred and seven IN lo''.
POSTAGE sTANP CONTACT AWNhpfp.
PoStma,tor-Gcnoral Wanamaker has
awarded ihe contract Diminishing adhesive
postage stamps for the four years lc-lhhihS
on iho l-t of January next, to the American
Rank \nta COMPANY. Of New York. the
lowest bidder. Moi-or. Of Philadelphia. nay
failed 10 comply with his proposal me
f..ff. Rt
size. stamps lOiug about Onc-cighih small
CA than those in present Use. The DESIGNS
Will bee changed ~ conform 90 the reduction
| u size of the stamps and new ehgfaNlil-s
will bee made throughout. The new con-
tract also calls tor some changes IN the col
nrs The onc-cent stamp Will continue io
Ice priuird i'm blue. The tWO-ccnt stamp
now printed in green. will be- printed ia
bright caminp. and changes will be- made
i'm some Of the other denom.nat oh@.
YELLOW FEVER IL Brazil.
Admiral titles. i'm command of the -outl
/ American station. has N,i,irn - the Navy
| Department. Stain. that feport7 oi the mos
reli,hln character received 10y HIM. 20 Ia
show that yellow fever }, bfe1kins "li III III
NH mort, in Brazil. beside, Rio Janeiro
Refining this early in tho season, peioi'
the advent OF h0i weather. ibis would hdi.
cate the admiral 50. o. that TIE season VIII
be an unusually sicklN one.
un strongly urges that. unies, cifcuh
Stance, should agi-c rendering the presence
lof 81 ,r.,.l necessary. no vessel 10 visit th'
injected ports Of Brazil this year. lie iur
thrr suggests that all stores for hi- ~iailoi
De- sent Tor the present 10 MoNie,i ido, where
the Richmond Is located
fNrFnN ,riON A. MAXINE CoNrERtN't
~uper, i-ing ~pec.or-',enerli James
pumout. af tho request OF Rear Admifi
Franklin. president Of the lnicrnaiiona
Marine Conference. through the secretary
Of state has been directed to attend IN,
dali, meetings Of the conference as an ad
,i,ory member Of the United states dele
gates.
IoiEgn-ctAss PO,IMAsiERS.
The following named fOurih-cla-s post
masters. among others. were appointed 10
dly. Virginia T.. :. Fitzpatrick. ai No.
ter. ". 4. Hubbard al Rice Depot Nuru
s Carolina i. VI. Cpnno,n al Cove. Mr-
Juda Da,i, ai f.,-t iap9rt. Jc-,c >. fal
mcr at Eva. Thoma, H. Burwell al hl'
trcH }. y. kenry at Lewiston, MIS- >u>al
Melton at oak spring, William Hlher a
south Castor. Alfred Frank, at Wake.
CAPITAL NOTES.
, ! The President to-da, appointed Aimed J
Hurk. of GEORGIA. niied states marsha
for Northern district 0i neoigia. and Albcl
F. VI. Lea, ot Mississippi. Emitted states atto
. iney hir the southern district ot Mississippi