Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-08


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The STAR OUT OF TowN.-THE EVENING STAR
will be sent by mail to any address in the
United States or Canada for such period as may
be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month.
GS But all such orders must be accompanied
by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, az
no accounts are kept with mail subscrip-
tions.- -
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-Day - Internal
revenue, $475, 429; customs S726,675
Mr.. SEvELLoN A. BRowN, chief clerk Of the
State Department, has gone to New York to
spend his summer vacation. He will be absent
for about month, during which time MIR.
Cridler will act as chiet clerk.
LIFE-SAvINa STATIoN.-Bids were opened at
the Treasury Department today for the re-
building of the Cold Spring life-saving station
near Cape May NJ. Isaac +. Rotan was the
lowest bidder afS1S, 400.
The CONCORD READY FOR TRIAI.-The Navy
Depar rtment has been informed by N. J. Pal
mer, jr., d Co. of the Quintard Iron Works,
contractors for the new naval gunboats Con-
cord and Bennington, that the former vessel
Will be given preliminary steam trial at Ches-
ter, Pa, next Monday.
THE WORLDS FAIR COMMISSION
Matthews Of the Treasury Department has rem
dered an opinion in which he holds the world q
faIr commission are entitled to use the tele-
graph connection with public business at gov
ernment rates; also that alternate worlds fair
commissioners are not entitled to allowance
for at enhance on official meetings of the COM
mission unless their principals are unable to
attend.
Nor YET OPEN FOR SETTLEMENr.-Land Com
missioner Croft has issued circular for the
guidance of local land officers in disposing Of
the lands in Wisconsin and Minnesota which
Congress approved June 80, 1890. This act au-
thorlzes the President to cause certain lands
Withdrawn for reservoir purposes to be restored
and subject to entry under the homestead laws
The commissioner states that no entry for set
tlement will be allowed until after December
20, 1890.
CALLED ON THE PREsIDENr.-Among the
Presidents callers today we're Senator Platt
Representatives Henderson, Struble, Lacey,
Sawyer, Dunnell, Gear, Lawler, Cannon, Wad-
dell, EOrney. Crisp, Herbert, Wilson of West
Virginia, Grosvenor, Kennedy, Boothman, Bur-
ton and Conger with Miss Baldwin of Des
Moines, Iowa, and Gen. U. b. Wilcox. gov
ernor of the soldiers home, with Mr.. Henry
Z. Stuart of Denver.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Commander James G.
Green, ordered to duty connected with the
sixth light house district September /, and as
inspector of that district September TO- En-
sign Geo. W. Kline. ordered to duty as inspec-
tor at the Homestead Steel Works August 49,
Chaplain Donald McLaren ordered to the re-
ceiving ship Vermont 10th instant. relieving
Chaplain Chas. ii. Parks, who is detached and
ordered to the Philadelphia. Chaplain Jno
X. Lewis, ordered to the Mare Island yard
~ ptember g. Lieut.. Commander VIM T.
SwInburne. detached from the Naval Academy
18th instant and ordered to the Boston 4Ist
instant. relieving Lieut.. Wainwright Kellogg,
PERsoSAL-Mr and Mrs. d. F. Freeze and
John NJ Scott of Lexington, KY. j. W. Noble
of San Francisco. Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Clarke of
Chicago Mr. f. C. Pack of Boston. DELEGATE
to the photographers convention. accompanied
by his wife, G. X. Evans of Chattanooga and
Geo. H. Hastings. first vice president of the
Photographers Association, and wife, of Bos-
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. ii. Legendre of New
Orleans are at the Ebbtt House se-Mr. and
Mrs. Jnmes II. English, jr.. accompanied by
their daughters, Misses Emile and Jennie
English, and ii. L. English of Atlanta. b. l..
Wood, jr,. A. ID. Neeld, Wharton Nc
knight and S. C. Weiskopf. all of Pitts
burg, Mr. and Mrs. d. P. West
OF Montgomery and Amas A. Thorton Of New
York are spending few days at Willard's.-
j. McLain Read of Cumberland, Z. Ii. AckIev
OF New York and Messrs. l.. ID. York and Fred
Bishop OF Portsmouth are at the Hotel Randall.
!. y. Harvey OF Boston, Daniel Coolidge of
Johnstown, J. Il. Hissem of Londonville, Ohio
and Miss J. +. Whiting of New York are regis
tered at the Rggs.-George Welton Fishbnck
and VIM. II. Appleton of New York and Jos.
w. Waters Of Canton, Mass, are at Welcker's.
Judge John II. Rice and George Cook of
New York, Z. II. &. Armstrong of Valparaiso,
Chilli, S. G. LOOMS of New Haven
and +. B. Swayne of Toledo
are staying at the Shoreham. Messrs. Jno.
J. Seattey and John Fegan have gone on an
extended trip north, including New York,
Roston and Niagara Fa!s.-J. w. Bowie is
spending his vacation at Gaithersburg, Md
Col. NJ. =. Handy of Philadelphia is at Cham
berlin's s.--Dr. Chas. Wadstein Of Cambridge,
England, DIR. Il. +. Brown of PhiladelphIa
and Mrs. II. Waldstein OF New York are at the
Normandie.--D. ID. Wheeler of New York.
Gen. J. n. Knapp of Auburn, Mr.. and Mrs. +.
NJ Robertson OF Charleston, Mrs. Rodgers of
Charleston and Adam Vanderbilt of New York
are at the Arlington.-C. H. McCord
OF New York and Mr.. and Mrs.
John II. Armitage of Buffalo are
spending few days at the Arno.-W L.
Pinkham and Chas. +. Pidgin Of the state
census bureau of Boston, are at the Hamilton
House-James A. Alexander of Portland,
Me-. and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Wolcott of Boston
are at the Lsngham.-H. NJ Rhoads of Den
yer, NJ. NJ. Knapp. Frank W. Pickerell and +.
q. Lange of Chicago, G. N. Thompson of New
York, II. Ii. Kavenagh Of san Francisco and A
i. Allen Brown of jamestown are at the st.
James.-W. H. Baker Of Pittsburg and H. W.
Beavers of Tarpon Springs, Fla, are at the
Hotel johnson.
Thousands Of patriotic residents Of Wdshington
haze enrolled themselves against iegaii,fng man.
slaughter. as Is proposed by the Atksssos btll u