Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-05

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS .ToDAY.-Internal
revenue, S436, 1884; customs, S91l,SS4.
SECRETARY BLAINE having recovered from
his recent attack of lumbago, resumed his
duties at the State department today,
NAVAL ORDERS. s.--Assistant Engineer W. D.
Day ordered as inspector of steel at Pittsburg,
relieving Assistant Engineer Solon Arnold, who
Is ordered to the Baltimore. Boatswain A.
Mack ordered to appear before the retiring
board.
ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR DAVID w.
TAYLOR has been detached from the Cramps
ship building works at Philadelphia and or
dered to report to Commodore Sicard, in this
city, as recorder of the board organized for the
purpose OF having general super vision of the
new ships Of the navy.
A BOARD OF MEDICAL OFFICERS, to consist of
Lieut. Col. Anthony Heger, surgeon; Major
Robert II. White, surgeon, and Major Washing
ton Matthews, surgeon. has been ordered to as
semble at the army medical dispensary building
i'll this city December to examine into and re-
port upon the physical condition of First Lieut..
Chas. p. Elliott, fourth cavalry.
CADETS have been appointed to the United
States military academy follows: V. b.
Newell, Somerset, eleventh district Of Ken
tucky; R. Bruce Urquhart. South Bend, thir-
teenth Indiana; Robert Sewell Camden, first
New Jersey, and Rogers L. Gardner Worces-
ter tenth Massachusetts, with Stewart A. Nc
Comber, Southbridge, as alternate.
THE PAN-AMERIoAN CONGRESS yesterday
finished consideration of the rules governing
their proceedings.
HoN. COLUMBUS DELANo, president of the
wool growers convention, delivered his annual
address at its meeting yesterday. urging pro-
lection to the wool industry OF the country by
legislation which will secure control of the
home market to American producers.
The BROOKLYN TO BE CoNDEMNED.-The
board of survey on the U.S.S. Brooklyn, now at
Norfolk, Va, has reported to the Navy depart
ment that she cannot be repaired within the 20
per cent limit, and Secretary Tracy having ap-
proved the report the vessel will therefore be
condemned and appraised for sale.
INCREASED INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS
The aggregated collections of internal revenue
for the first four months of the current fiscal
year, as reported by Internal Revenue Commits.
sioner Mason, amounts to SAC, 734, $50, as against
S42 743,9o5 for the corresponding months of
last year. The increase III collection of spirits
is -, 39S 100 and of tobacco @957,5 The col
than for October, 1888.
A SPLENDID EpITIoN.-One of the best and
most valuable editions of The WEEKLY STAR
ever published is issued today. 1t embraces il.
its contents the message of the President in full
text, report OF the District Commissioners in
full, Secretary Windows highly important re-
port of Treasury affairs, the important features
OF the reports of the Secretaries of War and
the Navy, the caucus meetings of the demo-
cratic and republican parties, the nomination
and election OF Mr. Reed to the speakership
and the organization of the Fiftieth Congress,
election of officers and proceedings to date. In
addition there Il much other matter of general
and local interest and the usual amount of
miscellaneous literary matter. Altogether il
is "a most valuable number and worth presery-
ing for future use and reference. Copies
wrapped for mailing can be had at the business
counter at cents each. The WEEKLY STAR
will be sent one year, post paid for 81, or to-
gether with The Home Magazine, conducted by
Mrs. Jno. A. Logan one year (price so cents)
for S1.l0, both post paid.
PERsoNAL-Appointmen Clerk T. e. Byrnes
OF the Treasury department has been called
home to Minnesota by the sickness of his
| mother.-Paymaster Caspar Schenck, USN.,
and family and Congressman Joseph L. Wash
| ington of Tennessee and family are at the Hotel
| Buckingham and Mrs. T. Mcintosh
| Stewart and Chas. Emery Smith of Philadel-
of New York are at the Normandie, e. L.
Kenny and wife of Halifax, N. s., are at the
| Hotel Arno.-Harry A. Lee and wife of New
| York and E. r. Carey of Philadelphia, Pa, are
at the Johnson. c. Borton OF Sioux Fails,
| OAK, Bishop TALBOT and wife of New York and
| B. +. Ellis of Waitham, Mass. are at the St.
| James.--D. L. Sasseen of Chicago and j. H.
| Darlington of New York are at Willard's.-R
| A. Terry Of st. Louis and r. G. Evans member
| of republican national committee for Minne-
| sofa, are at the Ebbitt--M. G. Adler Of New
York is at the Riggs.
The Children's Christmas Club.
The ladies Of the childrens Christmas club
held meeting in the parlors of the Ebbitt
house today to organize and begin prepara-
! tions for their Christmas entertainment.
At meeting Of the vestry Of Grace Pc.
church, southwest, held last night, hand
| some gold watch voted to Miss Kate Dur
fee for her faithful work during their late
| fair. Miss Durfee declined to accept any re-
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