The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-09
GRAIN To Be SENT TO INDIA
Secretary Long Orders the Char
tering of a Vessel.
CRAFT ALREADY OFFERED
Major Bracket Accepts appoint
ment as Aide-de-Camp at Grant
Tomb Ceremonies Henry u. Pot
ter Reinstated as Chief OF Division
in the General Land Office.

| lefinS thefe, secretary Long mas lsSueu ?n
order directing the pay officer at New York
20 charter suitable vessel. This is made
necessary, for the Government is not in
possession of vessel adapted 10 the pur-
pose which can be used immediately The
| pay officer VIII advertise for bids to fur
Bish a suitable vessel. subject however, TO
the inspection and approval of-the comnlan-
| dant Z the New York Navy Yard
Concerning this project, letters have
been received from ID. b. Dearborn, 22
Beaver street, New York, acting for Ar
thur Sewall, OF Bath, Me, recent Demo-
cratic candidate for Vice President. Dres-
| sci, Rauschenberg & Co, II South Gary
| street Baltimore, and the American Steel
Barge Company, SO Wall street, New York.
| The time cannot now be named when
| the employment of the vessel TO be char
| tered will begin, Ger the cargo is not
| collected.
Major Fred Brackett, Chief of the ap-
pointment division OF the Treasury De-
partment, has been rendered the appoint
| nlent OF aide-de-camp to Grand Marshal
| Greenville NJ. Dodge, at the dedication OF
the Grant tomb April 27. The major Will
accept the appointment.
| Secretary Gage had submitted to him
| today for consideration list of applica-
| tons FROM appointment TO office in the
| Treasury Department follows
| $ b. Chittenden, Brooklyn, n Y, to be
| naval officer at New York city; G. NJ.
/ Thomas, Vanceburg, KY, to be commits
| sioner of internal revenue at Washington,
! d. C: W W Scott Halle tsville, Tex, to
| be collector of customs at Corpus Christi,
Tex; c. H Aiaris, Brownsville, Tex, to
! be collector of customs at Browns Tille,
| Tex Andrew Fyfe, Grand Rapids, Mich,
/ to be surveyor of customs atGrand Rapids;
| w K Lawler. san Francisco, TO he sur
veyor of customs at san Francisco; j. 5
| Toney, New Orleans, to be appraiser OF
| merchandise at New Orleans; +. +. fos-
| ter, Cincinnati, 10 be appraiser OF merehau-
disc at Cincinnati: Eber Ward, Detroit, TO
| be appraiser Of merchandise at Detroit;
J. n RoUseI, New orleans, TO be exam
| iner Of drugs at New orleans; r. d. Noble,
! Cleveland to be collector OF internal rev
enue at Cleveland; NJ. Mas, Austin, Tex,
to be collector of internal revenue at Aus
in: H. 7. Devoe. Kansas City, Mo, Ia be
! collector of internal revenue at Kansas
! City.
| Inc Naval Department today issued the
! following order: Past Assistant Surgeon
! E T. stone. detached froA Indiana April
| I2 ordered To the Bennington; Lieut.. c.
| H Harlow, detached from the Library and
ordered TO Bureau of Equipment; Mate K.
| Robinson, detached from naval station at
| Newport News. tn appear Before the re-
tirIng boar at Washington, d. c., and then
home: Payinaster ) Rand, detached from
! the CoIunltia May 15 Paymaster j. A.
| King. detached from Port Royal April 80,
| ordered home TO settle accounts. and TO
| Columbia May 10 Passed Assistant Pay
| master II A. Dent, ordered Ia the Marble
| head April 3; Capt. A. S. Crowninshield,
detached from the Maine and ordered TO the
department; Capt c. ID. Sigsbee, order to
| command Nonadnock revoked, to command
Maine. April 10.
| Important changes, embracing two re-
| inst atements, two dismissals, and one re
| duction. were made in the General Land
| office today.
| Henry u. Potter, Of Ohio, an ex-Cnion
/ soldier, was reinStated as chief Of the di-
vision of mineral claims, vice John
Wright, of Wisconsin, dismissed.
Capt George Reiway, of Ohio, an ex-
| Union soldier, was TeinStateda as chief OF the
division Of accounts, vice william c. Braly,
reduced to 81 500 cIerkship, vice Paul
| S Black, of Georgia, dismissed
The department has authoritatively an
nounced that il intends to restore those
| Union veterans, who it maintains were I'M
Justly and Illegally dismissed under the
administration of Hoke Smith. Henry q.
/ Potter was appointed to a clerkShip in
the Department of the Interior July 10,
/ 1870; was made acting chief of the di-
vision Of mineral claims in 1889, and pro-
| NOTED to be chief OF that division in 1890.
He continued in this office till his resigna-
| ton was called for by Commissioner Lam
| oreux, on April IL, 1898. He was sue
ceeied by John F. Wright, who was a
personal friend To Judge Lamoreux
| Wright came from the outside, chiefs of
division not then being under the pro-
| lection of the civil service law. IL is I'M
dersteod at the department, though it
was not officially ANNOUNCED. that charges
of favoritism and neglect Of duty were filed
against Wright. The salary of the chief
| of the mineral claims division is $1,000.
Capt George Redway. who has bril-
| liant wa record, was appointed chief clerk
or the Land office September %, 1889,
from California. Two years later he was
transferred to he chief of the division of
J -
nation was called for by Commissioner Lam
oreux, on April II, 1898. He was sue
ceeded by William C. Braly, Of Arkansas,
who was appointed to a departmental
clerkship April 2, 1885. and made chief
of the division of accounts April IL, 1893.
The salary OF this office is $4,000.
Paul S Black who was today discharged
To give wayto Braly, reduced, W as appointed
from Georgia June Is, 1893. Up to noon
the Secretary of the Interior had filed
no charges against him with the Civil Serv-
ice Commission, hut it is understood that
this will he done.
Third Assistant Secretary of State Cridler
was sworn into office this morning. He
at once took a seat at his desk and began
an inspection of the business in his de-
partment.
Torpedo boat No. 4, being built at Balti
more, has been named the Rodgers, in |
honor of Commodore John Rodgers. The
torpedo boat No. 8, being constructed at
Seattle has been christened Rowan, in
honor of Vice Admiral Rowan.
Common Story.