The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-27
Unexpected Turn in the Chicago
Lake Front Cases.
NEW CHEF CLERK COMING
Edward NJ. Dawson to succeed En-
nett Womack in the Interior De-
tors Ordered to Be Removed Rear
Admiral SicaTd's New station.

volving property valued at $15,O0O,GOO
OH the lake front of Chicago was resumed
before Commissioner Hermann this rom
ing.
The surprise Of the day came when few
minutes after 1 O'Clock one of the attorneys
for the scrip holders arose and informed
Commissioner Hermann that his clients
were ready to lest their case. This an
nuuncement was a shock, but came only
after several Knockout blows had been
dealt the scrip people,
When Commissioner Hermann took his
seatth moTninghe announced thathecould
not sustain the motion made yesterday by
the scrip holders to require the contestants
to exhibit a chain Of title to the land.
This decision was blow TO the scrip
holders. This was their star point and they
expected to he sustained. Then they made
another motion to dismiss the contests un
the ground that they We're not properly
verified and upon the further ground that
they Were not substantiated by affidavitS
as required by the rules Of practice.
Commissioner Hermann promptly over
ruled this motion.
The scrip people then moved for con
tinuance Of the case pending the bill in
equity before the courts Of Illinois in
volying title TO the tracts. This motion
was not sustained. 1t was then agreed to
submit the case upon the briefs already
filed, and upon the affIdayits which will
be subsequently, placed before the com
missioner 1t is believed that a decision
in this case will not be reached for several
weeks.
Edward VI. Dawson, Of Maryland, viii
be appointed chief clerk Of the Interior
Department about May 1 to succeed En-
nett Womack, OF Georgia, who Will be re-
turned to the office Of the Assistant At
torney General. from which office he was
promoted To the chief clerkship OF the de-
partrnent by Hoke Smith MIR Dawson
was appointed to the Government service
August %. 1865. and made chief clerk Of
the department April u, 1889. He was
removed by Hoke Smith and succeeded by
Capt. Hassler Mr.. HasSler was later a:1-
pointed receiver of public moneys at Enid,
Okla. He was succeeded by Josephns Dan
ieIs. Of North CaruHna, who resigned to
take charge Of the Raleigh Observer
Judge Womack was then chosen from the
Law Division tn be chief clerk There has
been n rr.e. n of the conduct Of the
orfl,a aaa e WOmack, and The per-
..uaf la. isting between Womack
.e6 se,r.lerr EH are cordial Tie sal
arF ~ au.. .. $2,75O, and the sal
a5t r ,iU "f.. which Judge Womack
-llu IS
- uage before going away left
orders to remove nine special agents who
have been acting as Chinese Inspectors.
Today the order was enforced, aud they
were discharged. The men are:
L. BODY, of Michigan; \. J Kennary,
of Michigan; j. s Neal, Of Indiana; j. c.
Benton, Of Illinois, Richard W. Ccal, of
Kentucky. Edward Shaw, If Washington,
d. c. K. A kelner, Of Washington. d. C;
W. II. Chamberlain, special customs en-
ploye at the Suspension Bridge, Y. Y;
and T. F FaTweIl, from the same lJcati IN.
Orders have been issued by the Navy
Depag trncnt as follows Rear Admiral NJ.
SiC4rd. detached from the command OF
the New York navyyard May and ordered
to the command OF the North Atlantic
station, to succeed Rear Admiral Bunce;
Commander G. W. Pigman, detached from
ordnance instruction at the Washin ston
navy yard and ordered to Newport News
as Inspector of ordnance; Lieut.. \. c.
Hudgson, detached from the Alert TO ap-
pear before the retiring board at Mare
Island May 3. and TO wait orders; chief
A H Able, detached from League Island
yard May l and ordered to Philadelphia
as member Of the naval engineering exam
ming board; Chief Engineer L. W. Robert
son, ordered to League Island May l Lieut..
II
York May / and ordered home to wait ~
ders; Lieut.. Commander j. D. Kelley, de
tachpd from the Texas May 3 and home on
one months leave; Lieut.. Commander d.
Delehanty, ordered to the Texas as ex-
eCutive officer May 8; Lieut.. w f. Fullam,
detached from the Raleigh April 2S and
ordered to the Amphitrite the same day;
Carpenter K NJ A Mahoney. ordered be-
fore the retiring board at Washington, D.
c., May 3.
When Secretary Gage returns from New
York, he will have presented to him for
his consideration, among other applications
for public office, the foil lowing, which were
filed today:
e X Hart, Philadelphia, Pa, to be as
sistantsecretary of the Treasury, tosuCceed
Mr. Wike, at Washington, ID c.; W. c. Kin
sello, New Orleans, La, to be cOineT in the
mint at New Orleans, La; II. De B. Clay,
Newport News, Va, to be collector of
customs at Newport News, Va; 2. n
Shubert, Council Bluffs, Iowa, to be surveyor
OF customs 1T Council Bluffs, Iowa; NJ
Bovd, Brownsville, Tenn, to be surveyor of
customs at Memphis, Tenn; Ferd. Samuel,
New orleans, La, to be assistant ap-
praiser of customs at New Orleans, La;
j. C. Waller, san Francisco, Cal to be ex-
aInineT of drugs at San Francisco, Cal;
J. S. Shaw, Montgomery, Ala, to be COM
missioner general immigration at Wash
ington, ID. c.; q. Freund, New York city,
to be commissioner of immigration at New
York city.
Leonard II Mangum, of Arkansas, a
watchnan in the Interior Department, was
dismissed today. He was appointed from
the First Congressional district OF Arkan-
sas August 1871 S93. He was a Democrat
Under the first Cleveland administration
Mr. Mangum was chief of division in the
Treasury Department.
Thomas C. Rye, OF Tennessee, retiring
chief Of the mail division of the Pension
Bureau, was presented with a silver serv-
ice by the employees of that division at
the close OF office hours yesterday. Act
ne Chief z. II Stevens made the speech OF
presentation.
Leave of absence for three months, with
permission to go abroad, has been rantedt to
Mai. Gen. Wesley Merritt, commanding
the Department Of the East. In his appli-
cation for leave to the War Department
Gen Merritt stated that he desired to go
to Europe for a short vacation. The au-
thorities say it is possible that Gen Merritt