Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-18


Department is informed that First Lieut. John
N. Rhodes of the revenue marine service died
at Algiers, La, Wednesday evening. Mr..
Rhodes had been in the service for seventeen
years and he received the thanks of Congress
and the Secretary of the Treasury and was ad-
vanced by the President twenty-one numbers
for particularly gallant conduct at the wreck
OF the steamer City of Columbia off Gay Head,
Mass, in January, 1884.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. Chas H. Stevenson of the
United States fish commission left today to as
sumo charge of the work of the commission in
the New England states, with. th..headquarters at
Gloucester and Boston.-s; NJ: Henkle and
Joseph MCGEE of New York. Hon. A. NJ.
Jones. leading politician of Illinois. Prof
G. W. AthertOn of the State College
OF Pennsy lvania, Prof. Henry E. Alvord
OF the Maryland Agricultural College, ii. A.
Matthewson, a commercial traveller from Con-
necticut, G. c. Graham and daughter of Gin
cinnati and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Pendleton Of
Glnsgow,Va., are at the Ebbitt House-F. r.
Bender Of Albany, MY, Geo. l.. King Of Pitts
burg, W. o. Smith, W. L. Bridgman of Chicago
I. J. Sinclair, W. c. Lockerty and j. Tahi of
New York, E. Van Olinder, justice of the peace
of West Troy and Jno. W. Perry of Brooklyn are
at Willards.-Mr. Fred Brennan and Mr. Ed
ward Burkhead have gone to Boyd's Station to
spend the summer.-John A. Wiedersheim.
patent attorney, and Robert Alton Of Philadel-
Ball banker Mr. bsnver Hughes
his wife, and W. Ashman and p. LIE
Gros Of Baltimore are at the Hotel Randall
Chas W. Dabney of Knoxville and H. +. Hall
OF Orean are at the Riggs House. and
Mrs. II. II. Brandt of Boston, l.. +. GOlding of
New York and E. H. Wells of Pittsburg and C.
L. Gordon, one of the worlds fair commits
sioners, OF Chicago, are at Welcker's-
Quartermaster Gen. II. N. Batchelder, U.SN,
has changed his quarters and Is staying at the
Shoreham.--R. 5. Culbreth Of Baltimore and
William Bispham. Chas. A. Jenney and H. s.
Van Duzen OF New York are the Shoreham.-
Chss. L. Dawson of jefferson, w. Va,
and Edward II. Stevens of Phil
adelphia are at Chamberlin's =
Mr. W. Brooke Darrell of the bureau of engi-
neering has returned to the city much I'M
proved in his health.--F. Franck of New
York is at the Normandie. Hon. John NJ.
Thurston of Omaha. j. NJ. Comstock OF New
York, II. Parsons of Hoosick Falls. NY, w. E.
Bailey Of Seattle and ]. G.. Farnsworth of
Albany are at the Arlington.--Mr. and Mrs.
c. q. Fischer and children of Marion, Ohio,
and Joseph Morris of Lima, Ohio are at the
Hamilton House-w. I. Loumeister of New
York and W. w. Evans of Boston arc at the
Langham.-J. Corn Of Covington. Ky., G. s..
Miller of Hartford, IL. A. Palmer of Erie, Pa,
J. NJ. Warther of Chicago, l. c. Escobar and A,
Ferrer Of Havana, Cuba, G. A. Genochio and
family of Marshall, KY, Mr.. and Mrs. W. J..
Murphy of Fort Smith, Ark. and j. S. Vowles
of Jefferson City, No., are at the ST. James.
DIR. H. ]. Penrod has resigned his cierkship in
the weather bureau to accept the position of
editor Of The Rank and File. an army and navy
newspaper, to be devoted to the interests of
| enlisted men of the military service-Dr. l..
S. Nicholson is summering at Thousand Islands.
St Lawrence river.