The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-22
REMOVED BY SECRETARY
Four Southern Men Discharged
From Interior Department.
NEW CONSULAR OFFICERS
Two Appointed by the President.
Commissioner Butterworth Pro-
nulgates New Rules-Assistaut
Secretary of War MeikieJohn
Takes the Oath of Office.

Congressman Wilson, of Brooklyn, a mem
Der OF the House Naval Committee, called
today at the Navy Department to see Sec
retary Long When informed of the ao-
sence from the city of the Secretary, Mr..
Wilson lert large bundle OF papers FOR his
inspection when he returns. The doCu-
nlents contain the reasons why an inveS-
tiga,ion or the condition Of the brooklyn
navy yard should be made, and also eyi-
dcnce to support the charges that have
lseen made against the yard.
The army OF would-be officehoIderS is
Increasing, and the list of thousands Uf
applications for appointment on file at the
7reasury building received today the fol-
lowing additional names:
Samuel A Pearce, Columbia, s. c., TO
be Auditor for the War Department at
Washington, u C; W r. Hinkley, Bristol,
Conn, to be deputy auditor Tor the Interior
department, at Washington, ID. c.; j.
Crawford, Washington, ID. c., 10 be dep
uty auditor for the Postoffice Department
at Washington. ID. c.; John F. Horr, Key
Key West, Fla; G. A. Carney, Findlay,
ONO, to he collector of customs at To-
ledo, Ohio: C. b Thibaut, New Orleans, u
he appraiser OF customs at New Orleans;
C F. Pearson, Portland, Greg, TO be APP
praiser of castOms at Portland; Meyer Her
man. New Orleans, to be examiner OF
drugs at Sew Orleans; W c. MCClintOck,
Philadelphia, and George w. Ewing, Phila-
ID.
delphia; Al. C Heath, Nestonia, Mich, to
be collector Of internal revenue at Detroit.
President MCKinle ytoday appWntedSpen
Ger Pcttis Gracey, OF Massachusetts, mar
shal OF the American consular court 1T
Fuctan. China, and William TSeay Laisuna.
Interpreter at the consulate at Chin-Kiaag,
China. The appointments Go not require
confirmation by the Senate.
Assistant Secretary Of War Meikle5oha
took the oath of office this morning and
afterwards received the officers and heads
of the bureaus. When this ceremony was
over the Assistant Secretary devoted the
greater portion Of his time to his accumu-
lated mail and 20 posting himself in the
routine Of his office.
Benjamin Butterworth, Commi sSi oner
Of Patents has already begun to undo the
rules promulgated by the late Commits
sioner Of Patents, John s. Seymour.
Commissioner Butterworth today an
nounced that rule 80, OF the rules Of prac.
tice, contained in the edition Of February
9, 1897, is amended by emitting the fol-
lowing words: Except when an uneX-
pired patent is involved, in which case
the patentee win be the senior party, or,
If there be more than one patent involved,
the patentee filing first viii be senior
This is d change Of much interest 10
the patent attorneys Throughout the cOun-
try, and is one that was much sought after
10y attorneys even before the close Of the
admin stration Of Mr.. Seymour. This
alteration in order No. 80 was approved
at noon today by Secretary Bliss
Acting Secretary Roosevelt today re-
ceived many callers who visited him 10
offer coBgratula tons for his unexpected
promotion, after being Assistant Secre-
tary hut two days. Among the visitors
were Mayor Scheiren. Of Brooklyn; Sena-
tor Davis, Senator Perkins, c. b. 0rcUtt,
president Of the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing and Drydock Company; Mr.. Myren-
dorff Gf New York; Congressman Wright,
Congressman bolivar and Congressman
Ketchum.
Secretary Bliss discharged four watch
men froB the service of the Department |
OF the Interior today. Every man who has
teen dropped from the rolls thus far halls |
from the South, and some OF those dis |
charged were not appointed under the
last administration to take the places |
vacated t,y eX-Union soldiers. The watch |
men dropped today are: John b. Hinnant |
North Carolina: Irwin c. McRae, Alabama;
James H. Wright, Virginia, and /. n. |
Chapman, Missouri. Hinnant was not ap- |
pointed in the place of Union soldier, |
l.ut in that OF q citizen from Pennsylvania |
named Graham
No cause for the dismissal OF these men |
Is given out 10y the Dempartment. Secretary |
Bliss alleging that it might be offensive |
70 them should their names be printed. |
Several Of the men dismissed are men |
whose families are dependant for living |
upon the ST2e per year paid watchnan. |
TEey are protected, il is supposed, 10y the |
civil service act. as extended Toy the or1er |
of PreSid.Rt Cleveland.
Ekery ma Or woman in the Department /
OF the Interior who halls from a Southern /
state, whether he or she is alleged to be |
protected by the civil service law or not, /
feels uneasy.
one Of the men discharged today has |
but cne arm. Another who was discharged /
yesterday is practically destitute, though /
every cent OF his salary has been used in
the actual living expenses Of his family of
little children, and to ease the last hours /
OF a dying, consumphve-stricken wife.
Fourth a ssistant p Postmaster General Bris-
tow is one Of the hardest working and the
hardest worked man in the PoSt0fiiCe De-
partment He works while the nidnightoil
lurns, and sometimes till the rooster crows.
The pressure Of people WHO come TO talk
about postoffices is so great through.