Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-04


PROMOTIONS IN THE NAvY.-By the death of
Capt. Robert Boyd last week in New York the
following promotions will occur in the navy:
| Commander E. {. Merriman to be captain:
Lieut. Commander George G.. Ritter TO be
commander; Lieut. +. NJ SymOnds 10 be lieu
tenant commander; Lieut. (juulor grade) Cliff
for" Bousn. to be lieutenant. aud Ensign
Thomas ". Ryan, to be lieutenant tiunior
grade)
PERsoNAL.-Capt. L. o. Parker Of Florida.
accompanied ''g his wife and sons. Leo and
William, and daughter, Grace, Webster
Flanagan of TeE-s, Mr. and Mrs. W. X. Briggs
| OF Memphis. EDWIN L. Smith OF Chicago, NJ. a
Anderson of the U.S.S. Alert. g. W. Andrews
and Clarence Heritage of New York are spend
| ing few days at the Ebbitt House-Gen,
". S. Rosecr.ns returned to the city last night
and is at Wiilards.-Mr. and Mrs. d. A.
| Hail and daughter. Miss L. Hall and
Miss G. johnson OF San Fran
cisco. Jerome i. Niles of wiilsboro Pa, and }.
Byrne of Pittsburg are at Wlllard's.--
| VIM. L. Kellogg OF New York is staying at the
Hotel Eandall---Andrew Wheeler OF Phila-
delphia ami JOS ID. Weeks of Pittsbury are
registered at the Riggs House, X. Bucch-
| Ter OF Leesburg and G. Z. Gordon of Chicago
one of the worlds fair commissioners, are
with of New Jersey has changed his
| quarters and is at Welcker's-T M
| Bakewell OF Pittsburg is at Wormlevs-
Ex-Controller of the Currency Trenholm
Adrian Gajarda and G. H. Armstrong of VAL
paraisa, Chill; George Cook OF New York. j.
| II. Winsiow of Philadelphia Max E, Schmidt
| OF Chicago are at the ShOreham, m,-Charles 4
/ Nunes, United States consular agent at Fal-
mouth, has changed his quarters and is at the
Snorsnam.ImG y. % Wheeler, president of the
| at hamberlin's.--Claade Fitzpatrick of
st. Louis aud James II. Carpenter OF Reading.
Pa, are at the Normande.- Representative
j. J. Belden of New York has returned to
| the city. aud is at the Arlington--C. ID. Mann
and Z. NJ. Faulkner Of Kingston, Ohio, are at
tile Hotel Arno.--Hon. N. Dingley Of Maine
| has returned to the city and is at the Hamilton
House.--H. W. Happy and Chas F. Lowell
have returned to the city, aud are at the Lang
ham.-W. +. Wakeman OF New York, F. l..
| Sanford Of Boston are quartered at the Lang
ham.--Henry Baker OF Philadelphia and VIM.
NJ. Hunt of Frederick. Nd. ARE at the Ere donia.
Mrs James A. Farley, Louis b. Farley and
". II; Ruth Of MOnigomery, Ala, and james
poiitan.--H. b. Hunt of Cleveland, Emil
Seitz OF Troy and c. kirke Eddy Of Saginaw.
Mich, are at the National--James L. Barns
of Hot Springs, Joseph A. schoaeld Of War
OF Kyle, Tex, w. Il Conway Of Louisville.
William Mulherin Of Augusta, Ga, Mr. and
Mrs Thomas A. Pratt Of St Augustine,
George A. Keppler Of Norwich, o. T. Merkle
Of Paris, \: I. Knott OF Chicago and Charles
p. Morris of Brooklyn are at the St James-
II. II. Nichols Of the city post office has re-
turned from Penn Yam, N. T.. where he spent
couple of weeks with his reiatives.-Mr. k
s. Smith Of this city has returned from
Florida, where he has been engaged a. 3
special agent of the Census Bureau.-
Civil Engineer MenocaI, U.S.N., who is In
charge OF the Nicaragua Canal Company's
work. lett New York yesterday for the scene Of
operations, taking with him a corps of assist
ants. including civil engineers and telegraph
operators A. Ralph johnson,
Richard A. johnson and Clarence Z. Young
have returned from trip down the Chesa peake
bay and up the Great Choptank river, aud are
loud in their praise of the general hospitality
| OF the Eastern shore people,. Z. iinsley,
RicLmond, Va, IL ~ the Hotel johnson.