Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-16


SECRETARY PRocroR will make an official
visit OF inspection to the military stations at
Willets Point, Sandy Hook, and Forts Hamil-
ton and WadswOrth early next week. Senator
Plumb will probably accompany him.
The TURRErED MONITOR PuRITAS.-work
will be begun on the completion of the turreted
monitor Puritan as soon as she comes out of
the new dry dock at Brooklyn with a new coat
or paint on her bottom. She
has her machinery in her already.
but lacks her belt of armor. which is now being
made at the Bethlehem iron works. The tur-
rets are yet to be constructed, and there 10 al
together work enough to be done to occupy
fully two and one-half years.
CHINESE IN THE CENsUs-The Secretary of
State has been informed that the Chinese
minister has sent instructions to the consul
general of China in San Francisco to issue a
proclamation in the Chinese language explain
ing the objects of the United States census
and advising the Chinese to give freely the in
formation for which the enumerators NAV call
This will facilitate the work of the enumerators
in the Chinese districts where the inhabitants
are very suspicious of such yisitations as those
they would receive from the agents of the gov
ernment.
OKLAHOMA OFFICIALS COMMISSIONED
y
Senate as governor of the new territory Of Ok
lahoma, and Robert Martin. the new secretary,
received their commissions yesterday at the
Interior Department. and later took the pre-
scribed oath Of Office before one of the justices
of the United States Supreme Court. They will
proceed at once to Oklahoma to organize the
new territorial government.
GoING WEsT.-Lieut Col. Thos F. Barr Judge
advocate Is department, Lieut. Col. Il. n Batch
elder quartermaster department, and Col II.
II. Hall, sixth infantry. who form tine board of
visitors to the Fort Leavenworth military
prison, start tomorrow for their semi-annual
inspection tour They will be gone about a
week.
PERsoNAL.-F. d. Harmofld of New York and
G. r. Blodgett and +. o. Blackwell of Boston
are latest arrivals at Chamberlain s.-Chas. s.
Burton of Chicago. s. Perry Pollock of st.
Louis, II. s. Goodwin and F. Kendall of
Boston. p. Bryant OF Hartford and H. s. LAUDER
of Philadelphia are at the st. james,
Irving Vermilya. w. II. Bufort Otto VESSEL
John ]. Fallon and Vim. Hoffman of New York,
WIN. J. Meade of Tacoma. Wash. John A.
Watson OF st. Joe. Mich, and Lyman b. Goff
of Pawtuckett. RI, are at the Riggs.-W. E.
Hughes of Texas, John ID. Williams and ].
of New York., A. NJ: Longfellow OF
Cambridge, and d. H. Chamberlin of
New York are at Wormley's.~
Edward Mullen of Trenton. N. j., John J.
Kennedy of New York, James Jourdan of
Brooklyn. Moses Morse of Pittsfeld. Mass.
f. V. McCandless and Mr. and Mrs. A. X.
Nimick of Pittsburg Miss Juliet Coburn of
Skowhegan. Me-. and Albert q. Buzby and Miss
Buzby of New York are Arno arrivals.-
Owen Osborne. Robert W. Scott and Edward
Powell of the Manufacturers Club OF Philadel-
phia Alex. Christie of New York, b. b. Odell
of Newburgh. n. Y; b. f. Geutsch of Buffalo,
A. Schwartz of New Orleans and Mr.
and Mrs. J. W.. Tabor of Port
land, Me-. are at the Arinston.-
A. Talkenan and DIR. VIM. r. Webb and wife of
Philadelphia. S. II. Warwick of Chicago j. NJ.
Kelley of New Orleans, JOS Ii. Kennard
Henry Goldsmith and W. c. Socherty of New
York are at Willard's. s.---W. J. Seweli and Geo.
ID. Willis of Trenton, NJ Geo. f. Dun
can of Maine, Chas. E. Flandrau and
wife of New York, Robert X. Nc
Nulty and family OF PHILADELPHIA,
W. A. Russell of Massachusetts. EN-
mons Blaine and wife Of Baltimore.
j. r. Anderson of Knoxville, Iowa; II. NJ Claph
of Philadelphia and +. n Martin of New York
are at the Langham.--Mr.J James 4. Small of
9ll street left the city this morning for Red
Sulphur Springs, WA. where he will remain
during the summer months.--Hon. John H.
Rice, Hon. J. II. Manly, W. X Ryan and Arthur
Bornwell of Charleston. $. c., James r. Boyce
OF New York. +. A. Corbn of Philadelphia,
Geo. Iilden of Boston. p. E. Frank, U.S.A., are
at tho Fbbitf