The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-12
ANOTHER SPOIIS RUSH
WIN THE OPENING or
THE EXTRA SESSION.
chief. IN the Departments Already Pre-
pairing for the Rush when o"nsre"
Opens-wssbington News
T,xys BUREAU, RArLTY BUILDING.
WASHINGTON. July II. 1893 }

ANDIlINA M'AN N'
.x,ra session OF Congress, next month";
vas shown this morning by a remark
made by one Of the chief officers OF an
,mnorfant department. The Offices In ali
., the public buildings are very hand
somely c~arpeted for the winter months
but at the approach Of a warm wave III
Tho spring Brussels gives way 10 |aHto"
,os,ting or stained floors. In the vihSc
,nenttoned. which Is where most Oh nc
once-seekers have % 60 tnS o""'s
- not been made so far this summer
!" ,,,t-e one OF tine female clerks
e,orloyed there. who reads thc theihioh"-
-. .,d feels each change OF a degree
~ frarflon thereof which that lhstId-
80 REGISTERS. asked when the carpet
xVould be- taken up. The cnIeI az ""0V
,enIled about "a week before tohsIess
begins its session. and when pushed lOI
ria reason why the change Woulu 10.
be made until ina time. said he ala not
care 10 have it worn out 10y 'He GU"
gressmen and ofIce-seekers'
Aprrros of this change In the depart
mn1te n may he noted that the White
House has undergone ITS summer i"e'"
,,ornhosls. which was begun IN the lower
n~ortion OF the house soon after the pun
IL functions in connection with the re-
oeption OF the lnfanta Eulaile. An i
The furniture and gas fixtures are IN d
chrysaIlstic stage. being ehshlOuueN !"
iLght brown linen covers, while the Only
coyerincs on the floors are Hhoieu"'9
and mattinss. The elect, WAhe Io'
uretty. is cool. Since the absence OF '"e
fresident the air OF the White House
- had "A decidedly panty odor. a force
of painters and decorators beng ehbae'
~ uniting things in prcscntable shhpe
for The winter entertainments whlch VIII
he given. No radical changes ia decoid-
lions will be- made, and those VINO "iV
acouainted with IL as II has Deeh WIZ
have no trouble in recognizing IL as IL
will he. o,d
Superintendent Of Public Buildings ana
parks Wilson. in his last report ""S
opeued up AGAIN the mooted question OF
.aD,oyipg me executive offices away from
the living quarters OF the lI's'I'"t o..
his family. and makes a suggestion that
81 he taken 10 he War. State and Navy
h%uilding or that an annex be butt on
,no preseut site Of the White House con-
servatories. To do his will require an
annronriation which the next Congress
may see ht 10 make.
Secretary Herbert has changed ms
mind fn regard to the time or ms oilciai
,nsnection OF the Norfolk navy-yard,
which NE HdU OilEAAA'ig
,,ake next Monday. He will not now
make IL until his return from the North
cen Yards. which will be about the nrst
week I'm August. By that slime the ne"
cnnmandant Of the yard, Commodore
George Brown. will have taken charge.
he having notified the department that
he will report at the yard wednesday
the 2sth Of July. It may be that Secre-
tarv Herbert desires 10 inspect the yard
u1Ger its new commandant, who Will In
all probability, hold that position during
the remainder of the time the secretary
Is I'm office. To Commodore Brown is due
much Of the Importance 10 when IN
ta.e years the Norfolk yard has grown
and he IS extremely popular with every
one I'm that section OF the state. Ihe
return OF the Comm odore and his charm
ing wife. who holds the same popularity
socially as does her husband ofiicially,
win no doubt be a signal for some public
functions, at which they will be the
guests Of honor.
Reginning with this fiscal year the con
tract foi printing the Patent Gazette
was given 20 a new firm. Ever since
there has been a delay in getting II
out. as the firm was not fully equipped
for such an increase OF work. Therefore,
the list has not Of late as usual been
given out on Tuesdays. The new CON
tractors are increasing their plant, and in
a short while will get out the Gazette
promptly. For this week 1t will be
ready tomorrow.
In the Treasury Department to-day
friends filed for II. Jordan an application
for the position Of superintendent OF
construction of the new Go eminent build
ing at Stauntcn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otway S. Allen and Mr..
j. r. MacmurdO are I'm Washington, reg
istered al the Metropolitan Hotel.
Mr.. L. G. DonOhue Of Chesapeake City,
MIR. +. +. Causey Of Hampton and Mr..
Edmund %Strudwick Of Norfolk are among
recent Virginia arrivals.
Mr.. George Swisher. of Charlotte: r.. G.
Rogers and +. X. Ellington. OF Raleigh,
are North Carolinians who have recently
arrived here.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
Maxwell appointed 90 fourth-class post
masters to-day. Of which &C were to fill
vacancies caused by removals. There was
only one appointment for N"irginia-James
DOyce at Claremont, Surry county, vice
Ellen Farrell. removed.
The name OF the postohice Rickleys
Mills. Russell county. has been changed
90 Buckley Nil. and Edgar G.. Buckley
commissioned as postmaster.
Virginia fourth-class postmasters have
been commissioned TO date from the ttn
ns follows: Edward r.. H.. Daughtrey.
Carrsville. Pierce X. Farley. Emporia;
George NJ. Eegleston. Hampden-Sidney;
James =. Gibbon, Meadow Station; Jessie
D. Campbell. Midvale; William Il.
Branch. Toano.
The appointments OF f~ourth-class post
masters for North Carolina to-day were
"a follows: Dudley, Wayne county, l. w.
Hatch. vice. Mary Baker, resigned; Gold
stone. Chatham county. 7. n. Womble,
vice n. +. Barber. removed; Mebane.
Alamance county. T. Il. Thompson. vice
S. A. White, removed; Newport. Carteret
county. l.. n. Hardy. vice Cicero Mann.
removed: Tilery. Halifax county. J. NJ.
Tilery. vice J. NJ. pittman. resigned.
Fourth-class postmasters in North Car
DINA have been commissioned from the
7th follows: jamie Nick. Harrington.
Cameron: LeviO H.. J. Hauscr, Cherry
VILE; Frank n. Graham. China Grove;
Nell u. Mcdonald. Hamlet; David Nor
ton. Highlands; J. Allen Holt. Oak Ridge;
Albert ID. Phillips. Richmond; Lorenzo
j. Shelton. Saratoga; Columbus NJ. Mills,
Tryon.
star postal service routes In North Caro-
liza have been established AS follows:
Talbot, by Fillmore. to Wilson and back.
twice a week. From August 1. 1898.
Carson to Bandy and back, twice a
week. From August LIST.
oxford. by Culbreth. Berea and Sunset.
90 oxford and back, six times a week.
From August LIST.
Montland TO Highgate and back, twice
a week. From August LIST.
Algicrs 10 Lamar and back. twice a