Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-24


INCREASED INTERNAL REVENUE REcE1prs-.
The total collections of internal revenue for
the first nine months of the fiscal year ending
June 80 1890. were S100, 943. .226. being an in,
crease Of 81, ,5O4 719 over the collections during
the corresponding period Of the previous fiscal
year.
This INDICATES A Bio POSTAL BusINEss-
Last year some 500 1000, 900 stamped envelopes
and stamped newspaper wrappers we're used BY
the people OF this country. The Postmaster
General has asked for proposals for furnishing
the supply needed for the next year The con-
tract for last year involved an expenditure of
$500. 900.
PENSIONS FOR DISTRICT PEopLE.-Pensions
have been granted to residents Of the District
of Columbia as follows: Original invalid
stephen Fritz and William II. Gray (Soldiers'
Home); increase-John Power Soldiers
Home) and Benjamin Collins; reissue and
increase -JosephW. Burkart. deceased: widow
Mary NJ E., widow of Philip Pollard.
Work AT THE GuS FOUNDRY at the navy
yard is progressing at more rapid rate than
ever before. The facilities of the establish
ment are such and the system is 80 efficient
that the work is often delayed by the fact that
The steel manufacturers are unable to furnish
material fast enough. Steps have been taken
to hurry the Bethlehem ana Midvaie steel
amount of work on hand at the yard that
should be finished at once
The WRoSG MAN HIr--Assistant Secretary
Bussey has rendered decision in the case Of
William Willitred, sixth Illinois cavalry, in
which he rules that this soldier is entitled to a
pension for disability incurred in the following
manner: After the first days battle at Nash
vile. December Is, 1864, the regiment to which
the claimant belonged was camped in line OF
battle. The claimant was engaged in taking
| care Of some horses, when a soldier from
another company. mistaking him for a soldier
with whom he had had some difficulty ap-
preached from behind and dealt the claimant
a blow on the head with stick of wood knock
| ing him insensibe. From this injury the
claimant never fully recovered
An UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF LOCAL AND CURRENT
! CAPITAL NEWS appears in today's number of
| The WEEKLY STAR, though without detriment
| to its regular complement of general news and
miscellaneous matter. 1t is an issue that COM
mends itself both as family journal and as a
| desirable paper for Washing tOnians to send to
Out-of-town friends either in single copies or by
| the year. Single copies can be had wrapped
| ready for mailing at the business counter at 8
cents each. The price by the year is 81, with
handsome pocket dictionary free to every an
| nual subscriber. Combinations with books and
other PAPERS by which prices are reduced fur
nished upon application.
PERsoNAL--Dr. VIM. Woodruff and W. F.
Woodruff of Connecticut f. X. Root and H. NJ
Clark of Hartford, Richard Bayne of Colusa
Cal, q. C. Fiejel OF New York AMI J. Il. Judson
| OF Arlington are az the Normandie. MIR.
James Metcalf. the editor of the Forum, is in
| the city visiting among his many friends
here.--Jefferson Patten of New York is at the
johnson. f. Grail Of Fort Wayne. G. c.
| WoolwOrth OF Albany, Bartlett Loomis of
Hartford $. Weis OF New Orleans and ID. Dem
| crest of Newark are at Wilard's.--H. Clay
Evans of Tennessee. T. W. Barber. U.SA., Of
| st. Paul. Geo. Hunt OF Springfield ILL.,, s. Cohn
and b. Cohn Of New York George p. Savage Of
| Cromwell, Conn.,, J. Felix Smith Of Richmond
| and W. r. Wightman of Providence are at the
Ebbitt.--James Mcknight of St. Paul, F. L.
Camp of Pittsburg, Gen. Thomas W. Chace of
! Providence, DIR. n. L. Chace OF Newport, Geo.
Shaw, E. o. Holmes and w. NJ. D. Lee of Bos-
| ton, W. ]. Coyle Of Brooklyn, ex-senator
Joseph E. Mcdonald Of Indiana and H. Roeckl
of Munich are at the Riggs. y H. Winslow
OF Philadelphia and Z. Ridgley Goodwin of
Baltimore are at Chamberlin's. s.--Richard j.
Meehan and wife and H. W. Bond, wife and
daughter of Brooklyn, J. H. Wales of Boston
and VIM. Dyer, wife and Miss Gray of South
| Weymouth, Mass, are at the Arno.-R H.
Lewis and wife OF Raleigh, A. Il. Morrow Of
San Francisco, Benjamin s. Lowell, s. s..
White and Mrs. r. +. White OF Boston, C. C..
Goodrich Of Hartford and John NJ Forbes and
w. p. Thompson of New York are at the Ar
lington.--T. c. Murrill Of Helena, Mont, and
s c. Lane and wife Of Minneapolis are at the
National B. Kemp of Roanoke, NJ.
j. Mccormack Of Phiiadelphia and H. Buzby
OF South Bend, Ind, are at the Metropoli-
Patterson and family Of New York, H. B. Sud-
low and wife OF Rock Island, J. H. Culver Of
San Francisco aud H. A. West Of Louisville are
at the St James,. --.,.. .-.