Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-03

from this position upon the advent of the Cleve-
land administration. He then settled in Buff
falo, n. Y. and engaged in the practice of the
law. During the recent campaign he assisted
IN attending to the correspondence of Mr.. Har-
rlson, and was frequently spoken of in connec-
ton with the Office of private secretary to the
President.
SECRETARY TRACY returned to the city last
night and was at his desk this morning.
Our OF COMMISsIoN.-Orders have been
given by the Navy department to put the
Brooklyn and Essex, at New York, out of COM
mission.
To-DAY's BOND OFFERINGS aggregated s210.-
00O,as follows: Registered 415's. $4,000. S55,-
600, $4,000 at 1Os 800 900, at lO7, ex. interest
1885. All the offers were accepted except the
500, 600 at 107 ex interest
MILITARY CADETS APPoIN rED.-Wm. Alvord
Ferrell, of Henderson, Tex, and Gordon Gra-
ham Heiner. of Kittanning Pa, have been ap-
pointed by the President as cadets to the mill
tary academy.
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE DIsTRICT.-The
Court of Claims has given judgment in favor of
Matthew j. Laughlen against the District of
Columbia, on a claim under an old contract in
the sum Of S22.2 .246. This amount was awarded
upon the report of tho referee in the case and
an agreement between the parties.
SECRETARY WINDOW IND1sPosED-Secretary
Window was indisposed to-day al result of
his experience in New York, and did not go to
the department, nor did he attend the regular
cabinet meeting this afternoon. He expects,
however, to be able to resume his official du-
ties tomorrow. Assistant Secretary Batcheller
acted as Secretary of the Treasury to-day.
The MAILS IN OKLAHOMA Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker has given authority to the
postmaster at Guthrie, Oklahoma territory, to
deliver mail received at his office which is ad-
dressed to persons at other points in the terri
tory where there are at present no post-offices.
The postmaster at Arkansas City is directed to
send mail for points in Oklahoma to Guthrie.
A CHIEF CLERK APPoINTED.-Col. William J.
Pollock, of Kansas, was to-day appointed chief
clerk of the second assistant postmaster-gen-
erals Office. vice James I. Briscoe, of Mary
land resigned. Col Pollock was formerly
clerk of the supreme court eff Illinois. and was
also superintendent OF the Indians in Kansas.
SUPERINTENDENT OF MAus.-A. Bogardus. of
Rochester. n. Y. has been appointed superin-
tendent of mails at that city.
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.-The resignation of
J. l.. Woodbridge. as chief of the division of sup
pleS Ill the Post-Otice department, has been
accepted, to take effect June2.
PERsoSALs.-J. S. Green. Denver: Jas. Ham
mond, l.. p. Fanner. New York; Gardner Cha
pin, Boston; c. c. MenZies, Cincinnati; Frank
]. Mead. Minneapolis. and w. 2. Sheldon. Nal
dcn Mass. are at Wizards. .-Chas. Often
heimer and Albert Brown of New York are at
Wclcker's.--W II. Baincs, Boston and J.
Bull of New York are at Wnrmley's.-S. ID.
Freshman, New York; H. ". Raymond, Phila-
delphia; Arthur Dxwell. PhiIadelphia; G. T.
Cooley and wife. jersey City ARE at the Arno.-I
Il. Y. Warren, j. J. Denant and Smith O'Brien
of New York, \. NJ Shoot of Tennessee. S. NJ
Fane of Toledo. Ohio, and Alex. Belfomore of
Philadelphia, are at the Riggs.-JOhn Cum
ming. G. w. Cook of New York, John c. Taylor
of Hartford, Conn. Ed. T. Buchanan of Brock
lyn. A. l.. DeGrotf OF New Jersey. I. G. Cald-
well of Cincinnati, Geo. b. Wright of Column
bus, Gen. John A. Fraser of Texas c. s. Isttey
of U. s. A.. GOV. J. L. Foraker of Ohio, l.. c.
>DcGress of Texas and John X. Hallock of Erie.
are at the Ebbitt. ID. Locke and
Geo. 5. Gatchell of Buffalo, Adam Meter. j.
Chas. Davis of New York. Alvin Saunders of
Omaha, Geo. H. Russell of Detroit j. s. Lieux
of 1T. Coupee, L., and John c. Hen
derSon of Tallahassee. are at the Arlington
A. Pope, general freight agent Norfolk and
Western railroad. .. Herman Royer, general
passenger agent Shenandoah Valley railroad,
L. 5. Grover, Joshua Cole. &. o. Breed. Lynn.
Asa L. Newhall, mayor of Lynn, J. B. Badger.
Boston. Mass, state committee on education.
A. b. McCrcery, city. John Bright Stevens and
wife, New York, J. {. Anderson and wife,
Englewood. n j.. $. NJ Williams. Roselle n
j., Major Wm. Il. Appleton. New York, are at
the Normandie. .---Ihos. Darlington of New
York W. q. White and wife of Pennsylvania.
Hon. W. ID. Owen OF Indiana. J. Taylor of New
York and J. Il. Timberlake of Michigan are at
the st. James.--Rcy. Sam Small of Atlanta. !
Ga. arrived i'll the city yesterday morning and
went to Baltimore i'll the afternoon. He
expects to return to-day. While III the city lie
will stop at the ctrOpolitan.-Hon.G G. ".
Mcconnell of Angola, Ind. c. S. Harrell of
Bainbridge, Ga. and p. Ottinger of Quincy.
Fla, are at the Natioual--Wm. loungbloOd
OF Birmingham. Ala, and J. W. Barker of
Nashville are at the Metropolitan.---J. J. Nc
Dewitt, publisher of the Home RuLr, is seri-
ously ill at the Providence hospital.
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