Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-16

AAustrdteo SATURDAY STAR Will De a MODEL.
MILITARY CADETS APPoINTED.-Cadets have
been appointed to the West Point military
academy as follows: Willie A. Pratt, tenth dis
trict, Virginia; Jas. NJ. Taliafero. alternate
Ceiwyn L. Hampton, ninth district. Ohio; AL
fred Mex. Shevlin, fourth district Massachu-
sets; Samuel G. Creden, alternate John War
rem Joyes. third district, California, and Jos.
A. Kelly, fourth district, New York.
GERoNIMo's BAND.-Secretary Proctor has
received letter from Capt. R. H. Pratt, tenth
cavalry, superintendent of the Indian school al
Carlisle, Pa, warmly commencing the Secre-
tarys plan for the transfer of Geronimo's band
of Apaches to the Fort Sill reservation. He
says that he regards this place as eminently
suited for the purpose.
THANKING THE PREsIDENr-The entire re-
publican delegation in Congress from Missouri
called ON the President this morning and
thanked him for his appointment of the st.
Louis postmaster yesterday.
VIRGINIA PosTMAsrERs.-I W. Baker has
been appointed postmaster at Flatwoods, Scott
county, Va, and H. H. Rivercomb at Williams
vile, Bath county, Va.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS this morn
ing were the Attorney General, the Secretary
of War, Senators Washburn and Wilson md },
Representatives Sawyer, Smith (Ariz }, Carter
Walker (AIass.), Randall (Mass) and Wilson
(Wash. j. ex-senator Clayton and Judge Howell
ark, Col Fitzgerald (Phila.), Capt. Renni-
son and MIR. Wills, Norristown, Pa.
The WASHINGTON MAIL DESTROYED
nation has been received that the mail for the
Pacific coast via the Union Pacific road, that
left Washington on the eveninglof January 6,
was totally destroyed by the burning of the
mail car at Sydney Neb., on January9.
PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY.-Secretary Proc
tor has issued set Of regulations governing
the promotion of non-commissioned officers to
the grade of second lieutenant under the terms
of the act of June 18, 1873 The examination
for such promotion must be confined to un-
married non-commissioned officers between the
ages of twenty-one and twenty-nine years. in
elusive, and will embrace the following sub
jects: Reading, writing, arithmetic, English
grammar, geography, history and the cOnstitu-
ton of the United States. No candidate will
be passed who shall not have attained q gen.
eral average of at least 70 per cent.
INCREASED POSTAL RECEIpTs-The gross
postal receipts during the quarter ended De-
cember 81. 1889, were S6,278,618, as against
S5,692,O62 for the corresponding quarter OF
1888.
PERsONAL.-Ex-Gov. Foraker Of Ohio ar
rived in the city yesterday and is stopping al
the Arno.--Maj. Stofer, the well-known Wash
ington correspondent, is laid up with the grip
at his home, Culpeper, Va.-Mr. s. W. Wood
ward is in Boston. MIR. J. r. Little has re-
turned from New York.-Chas H. Cramp OF
Philadelphia, j. II. Dulles of Princeton, NJ,
VIM. Dulles. jr., w. w. Heroy and wife, Miss
Heroy and N. w. Kiddle of New York are at the
Normandie.-Mr. Il. d. Britton, late manager
of the Bjou theater in this city, who recently
suffered slight stroke of paralysis in Louis
vile, Ky., is his feet again and likely to stay
there.-Mr. Harry Z. Rickard, editor and
proprietor of the "illiamsport, Md. Transcript
was recent guest of the Washington cor.
respondent of the Transcript. Mr.. J. A.
Hawkenof 719 9Th street, northwest.-J
N. Sharp of Statesville, N. c., Hon
A G. Smith and w. b. Burnett of Gin.
cinnati, and ]. w. Bennett of Lowell, are
at the Ebbitt.-T. NJ. Earle Of Mexico. J.
Sullivan of Cincinnati, L. A. Holt, T. Ball and
]. Hasyen of New York are at Willards.--A
G. Beiford of Brooklyn and Nj. H. Patten Of
Boston are at the Riggs.-Mr. Ogden Collie,
and family and Henry G. Olds of New York are
at the Arno.--L. Maxwell and wife and j. Nj,
and family Of NewYork are at the st. James,
J.Lowrie,Beil, the general superintendent Of the
railway mail Office, is absent ON an official triI
through the southwestern section Of the country