Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-16

tne DrltisH vessel avon. now delayed at the
Chandeleur quarantine station. He has also
received report from a special agent sent to
Merida lucatan, to investigate its sanitary
condition that twelve cases .of yellow fever
have occurred there, and that there are fears
of an epidemic.
The PACIFIC RAILRoADs.-W. NJ Thompson,
the bookkeeper of the Office of the commits
sioner OF railroads. started west Saturday to
make the annual examination of the books and
accounts or the subsidized Pacific railroads He
was accompanied by the assistant okkeeper,
+. +. Storm, and George W. Evans the dis
bursting clerk of the Interior Department who
has been detailed to assist in the examination
The commissioner of railroads will make an in
specton of the Northern Pacific road, leaving
this city about August /.
CHANGES AMONG THE GUNNERs-Changes
have been ordered among the gunners OF the
| navy as follows: H. r. Jewell, detached from
the New Hampshire July /. and ordered to
duty at the naval magazine at Mare Island
Cal, relieving VIM. A. Ferrier, detached and
placed on waiting orders. George A. Albro,
| detached from the ST. Louis 2Oth instant. and
ordered to the Pensacola July l, relieving John
Gaskins. detached and ordered to the New
Hampshire.
PERsoNAL.-A. c. Wigsins Of Boston, P. II.
| Griffin of Buffalo, L. Blankenbon of Los Ange-
| les, Cal, Hon. Rodney Wallace and wife of
| Fitchburg, Mass, and A. g. Webster and wife
| of Boston are at the Normandie.-Ernest
Smithe, Mason Young, Mrs. Edward c. Dom
| nelly and Miss Donnelly of New York, j. K
bert Mccullough Of Cincinnati, ex-senator
J. Z. Mcdonald of Indiana, Stanley
Reynolds of Rochester. N. Y, L. HI.
Walker and wife OF PEORIA ILL.,, J. Brown of
New York, and ID. G. Amber and wife of Jackson
vile, Fla, are at the Riggs House.-H. Nc
| wifi Il
W. I. Vandercook and wife, and party of tour
lists from Santa Barbara, Cal, are at the Arno.
--Nlr. and Mrs g. E. Meissner of st. Louis
are area at Welcker's.-vMr John R. Nugent; Jacob
Of Brooklyn. are at Chamberlin's.-J NJ.
| Oakley of Chicago, John c. Orrick of st. Louis
and W. X. Schiller and wife of Milwaukee are
| at the Shoreham.---W. s. Calhoun of Chicago
b T. Nelson of Minneapolis, c. !. de sola and
NJ. Urbay are at Wizards. R. Evans and
wife, ]. II. Turner aud wife of Pittsburg, b.
W. Duke OF Louisville, Ky, Z. b. Stahl-
man, prominent southern railroad man,
W. = whittorne of Tennessee. w.
Antonio, Tex, b. d. Hall of Lockport N. Y,
Geo. +. Tiiden of Boston and r. H. Banning
of New York are at the Ebbitt House. Mr..
| w. W. Burhans Of the United Press has re-
turned from Kimball. Tenn.-A. b. Pengnet
of st. Louis, W. q. Patterson and wife of Bos-
ton, W. c. johnson and j. X. Johnson of Louis
vile, Ky, W. NJ. Black and son of St. Angus
tine, Fla, Chas. J. Tyler Of Boston, Mass, J..
W. Sewail of Chicago, j. X. Ross and wife of
Chicago and C. II. Black and wife of Lincoln.
HI. are at the st. James.---H. C. Ashton, j.
b. Tucker and Hon Geo. b. Evans are at the
Langham.--E. L. Barclay and ID. ii. Eiker
left yesterday for a week or ten days bass fish-
ing at Point OF Rocks w. H. Elliot man
ager Of the New Castle Und.) Courier who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. Conner. at 22l
II street northeast. will leave tomorrow morn
ing for Philadelphia, New York, Newport and
| Boston.