Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-19


CoNscIESCE.-A Washington man sent IS
bill to the Secretary of the Treasury today but
neglected to sign his name
PAYING FOR THE New OBsERvAroRY.-Bll
for the thirteenth payment. SIP, S25, on the
new naval observatory were approved today
by the Secretary of the Naty. There now re-
mann eleven payments. They are being made
at the rate OF one every twenty days
GOVERNMENT ACTUARY-Prof William Few
smith of New Jersey has been appointed gov
ernment actuary of the Treasury Department.
Ii place OF j. c. Mccoy. who has been trans
ferred to the Office of the supervising architect
NAVAL ORDERs.-COmmander Allan d. Brown
and Ensign b. C. Dent ordered to appear be-
fore the retiring board Ensign John H. Fill
more ordered TO examination for promotion.
DIsMIssED.-Public Printer Palmer has re-
moved from the pleasures and profits of office
Assistant Foreman III. F. J. Drake who for the
past seven years has been i'll charge of the
second division of the document room.
PENSIONS FOR DISTRICT PEoPLE.-Pensions
have been granted to residents of the District
of Columbia follows: Increase, Dennis Will
son. James Roach (AnacOstia); Thornton
Smith. James Ford Gottlieb Splitter alias Gott-
fried Drummer and Allen d. Albert widows.
&C., Mary, widow of Henry Taffe Especial act)
An EXAMINATION will be held at the rooms of
the civil service commission on Saturday. Nav
"A, commencing at am. to fill vacancy in
the position OF stenOgrapher and teegrapher i'll
the Department of Justice.
The MICHIGAN TO Go TO CLEvELASp.-The
U.S.S. Michigan will be ordered to proceed to
Cleveland, Ohio, in time to participate In the
celebration on the occasion of the unveiling of
the new Garfield monument on the Both of
May.
MCCALLA MAY BE JUMPED.-Naval Com
mander Allan d. Brown has been ordered to ex-
animation for retirement. on account of dis
ability. If he should be retired as he prob
ably will be. a commander will be Jumped over
the head of Commander McCalla. who will thus
experience the sensation of standing still while
the procession moves on. as part of the pen
atty he is paving. The man who will 90 over
his head is Commander French E. Chadwick,
commanding the Yorktown.
DELEGATES TO THE MEDICAL CoSGREss-Sur-
geons Chas. Ii. Alden and John S. Billings Of
the army have been detailed by Secretary Proc
tor as delegates to the International Medical
Congress that Is to meet i'll Berlin in August
next. After the adjournment of the congress
surgeon Billings viii make special tour OF in
vestlgatiOn into Great Britain, France Italy
Germany, Belgium. Holland and elsewhere in
Europe under instructions from the surgeon
general OF the army.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE INsTEAp.-It seems as
though the War Department were trife pre-
mature IN the case OF Second Lieut. BENJAMIN
NJ. Purssell, signal corps, who was recently
oruered TO his home TO await retirement upon
tue result OF the findings of a retiring board
An oruer mas now been issued revoking the
liLs' one ana granting Lieut. Purssell leave of
absence lor one month to date from Nav G.
The second order officially apolopizes nv stat
ing that the other had been issued under a
iniS"pprehenslon OF the facts in the case.
AN OFFICE IN SEARCH OF A MAN.-The civil
service commission will hold an exonira,;o,
for the position of expert in heating and yepti-
lation III the supervising architects office when
ever there are any applicants for the place As
yet there have been no applications at all, The
position only pays "a day aud the incumbent
must be an expert in the business knowI
edge OF architecture and architectural drawino
is also essential, and it would now seem thai
men with all the necessary qualifications can
command higher salary i'll other offices than
the government is willing to pay.
The BEKDAS FIRE ARMS COMPANY CLAIM
In the Court of Claims this morning a memo-
randum was handed down ordering the case of
the Berdan Fire Arms Company remanded to
| the general docket for further hearings. This
claim Is for large sum, and is based on the
alleged unlawful use by the government OF GER
tain devices for breech-loading rifles owned by
the company. The court wants to hear ar
guments upon the question of whether the
government is liable upon the theory OF an i'm
piled contract to compensate the plaintiffs for
the ejector device in use upon the Springfield
gun, and also upon the following question: In
case the first question is answered in the af-
frmative what should be the measure of
recovery.