Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-17

next Tuesday evening from 8 to II o'clock. The
invitations that were issued to the reception
before Lent will hold good on this occasion.
NAVAL ORpERs.-Lieut H. o. Rittenhouse
has been detached from the Naval Academy
and granted three months sick leave. Assis-
tant Engineer Andrew NJ Hunt has been de-
tached from duty as steel inspector at Pitts
burg. Pa. and ordered to duty as member Of
the steel inspection board.
REVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Green
field has been appointed storekeeper and
gauger in the sixth district Of Indiana and n.
q. Todd in the eighth district of Kentucky.
The PRESIDENTS CALLERS this morning in.
ciuded Senators Mitchell, Chandler, Hiscock.
Aldrich and Dixon, Representatives Taylor
Kerr and Bergen, Gen. Clarkson about thirty
young ladies from Staunton, Va, and Repre-
sentatives Kilgore and Abbott with about twenty
young ladies from Texas.
AcTs APPRovED.-The President has approved
the act for public building at Houston. Tex:
the act providing for an assistant general
superintendent and chief clerk railway mail
service; the act granting an increase of pension
to Gen. Horace Boughton. and the act to cor
rect the patent to John Seehler to certain lands
in Colorado.
HOSPITAL APPEAL REJECTED.
Secretary Tichenor has rejected the appea! of
the treasurer of the John ssHopkins Hospital
from the decision of the collector of customs at
Baltimore assessing duty at the rate of 31z cents
per square yard on certain cotton goods re-
turned by the United States appraiser as
bleached countable cottons not exceeding 100
threads to the square inch.
BIcycLR DEcIsIoN.-The Treasury Depart
ment has decided that bicycle gearings or
chains are entitled to entry under the tariff
provision for chains of all kind This action is
taken npon the advice OF the Attorney General
and upon the understanding that these gear
ings are chains within the definition Of lex
icographers and within the commercial mean
ing OF the term. These articles have hereto
fore been classified manufactures of metal
| at much higher rate of duty.
WAR VEssEL For ALAsKA.-The Navy de-
partment is informed that it will take at least
| twelve weeks to put the U.S.S. Alert, now at the
Mare Island navy yard, in condition for sea-
service. 1t was proposed that the Alert should
be sent to Alaskan waters during the coming
summer to assist the revenue steamers in polio
ing those waters and preventing as far as pos
sibie, the depreciation Of the seal fisheries but
in view of the extensive repairs required to fit
her out, it is likely that the project will have TO
| be abandoned.
THE CURRENT NUMBER OF The WEEKLY STAR,
| issued today, might be appropriately called the
| are its contents. Its range of general foreign,
domestic and local news together with its COM
| pilation of selected miscellaneous matter is
unusually wide, making it valuable and inter
esting issue, especially for Washingtonians to
| send to out-of- town friends. The WEEKLY SfAa
is unsurpassed as a family journal, costing only
- year, or, with the Home journal. 81 10.
| Samples of either or both of which will be
sent free upon application.
PERSONAL. II. Clay Evans Of
| Tennessee left the city yesterday afternoon for
| Old Point Comfort, after a three weeks attack
| Of low malarial fever, which has left him in a
| very weak condition.-Frank w. Mack of the
New York Office of the Associated Press is in
the city. He will accompany the International
American Conference on its southern tour--
| Edw. +. Caldwell OF Brooklyn, Robt NJ. Hooper
| of Paris. France, Charles A. Terry of Pitts
burg and J: II. Kernochaw, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eredk Potter and D. Frank Hooper of
Gov. D. T. Bigss of Delaware, John L Blair of
| Blairstown, Nj, ]. c. Chew Of New York, Vic
| tor Herbert, Col Hauser and Leopold Lichten-
berg Of New York and Jesse Watson and wife
OF New York are at Willards.-Geo.. Fuller of
San Diego, CAL, A. G. Chase Of Syracuse, NY,
Z. p. Merritt and Henry A. Clapp Of Boston,
| X. Il. Walsh OF Brooklyn, A. J. Drexel. Geo
W. Childs Saml W. Bell, Dallas Sanders and
Vim. V. Mexican Of Philadelphia are at the Ar
.ington.--Alman Hall of Toledo, w. T. Wick
ham, Virginia railroad man, Vim. d. Barnum
OF Brooklyn, F. B. Greene of Philadelphia,
| Gov. Leon Abbott Of New Jersey and Lieut.
s. r. H. Tompkins, {. s. A.. are at the Ebbitt.--
| Paymaster John f. Tarben and Lieut.. John F.
Merry, U.S.N., John s. KoOntz OF Toledo, Gen
Francis A. Walker of Boston, superintendent
| of the census Of 1880 and member Of the board
Of regents Of the Smithsonian Institution, d. R.
Anthony, editor OF the Leavenworth Times
and Leo w, Long Of Wilkesbarre are at the
Riggs.--M. I. Eichelberger of York. Pa, A.
H. Hersey ard wife and G. B. Billiard OF Bos-
ton. ]. C. Sibley Of Buffalo and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. ]. Powell OF Brooklyn are at the Arno.---
c. o. Brown of Worcester and +. L. Pope of
New York are at wormley's.---Henry Heutz
OF New York, Comte. Huilier OF Bordeaux,
France, Henry L. waldo Of New Mexico, DIR.
c. p. Lindsey and Chas. !. johnson of New
Haven are at Welckers.--John Hyland and
j. d. Morey OF Danvilie. N. Y, Thos. g. Stod-
dard Of Boston and J. Rice Smith of Augusta,
i (sa ara ar the Tapoas