The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-27
From Washington.

The Senate confirmed the nominations of
Henry G. Hall as minister resident to the
Central American States; Thomas Anderson,
of Pennsylvania, as consul at Panama; G.
C. Andrews, of st. Paul, Mimi, as consul at
Rio de Janeiro; George E. Bullock, of Indiana,
as consul at Annaberg, Germany; George
Nancy of Tennessee, as minister and consul
general to Bolivia; William t. Scruggs, of
Georgia, as minister to United States of Co.
lombia.
The reception given the other evening by
the President to the diplomatic corps, senators
and members, with the ladies of their families,
was largely attended.
THE President has sent q message to Congress
recommending an appropriation of $4,000, 900
for restoring the Mississippi river levees
Following is schedule of the larger claims
passed and allowances made by the Houeo
committee appointed to audit the expenses of
the sickness and funeral Of the late President
Garfield: Allowances to Mrs. Lucretia Il.
Garfield Qess the amount paid the late Presi-
dent on account Of his salary, $50, 000 Dr. b.
W. Bliss, s25, 1000; DR., D. II. Agnew, 45, 900;
DR.. +. H. Hamilton, s15,g.0; DR.. Robcrt Rey-
burn, 10000; DR.. S. M. Doynton, SO, 900; DIR.
Susan Edison, $10 900; William j. G. dmp (stew-
srl) $4,000; R. S. Jennings (for cooling ap-
paratus), $1,000; navy department expenses,
81 225.4O; navy department, expenses Of ma
rine band, s527 William R. Speare (under-
taker) $1,835.5O; @. A. Benedict (cofiin, etc. },
:88750; the Independent Ice company,
s1516.92; G. l. Jones, board carriages, etc.,
at Elboron, 81, ,09225. To the employees of the
executive mansion during the illness of Presi-
dent Garfield the committee allowed additional
pay, ranging from s12O to 1915 each.
Orders have been given by the secretary OF
The navy to equip and send out the United
States steamer Iroqouis, lying at the ATaire
Island navy yard, California, to the rescue of
the Rodgers, shipwrecked in the Polar regions
while searching for the Jeanette.
The Senate confirmed the nominations Of
Theodore Canisius, of Illinois, to be Unitel
States consul at Apia and Joseph f. Swords, OF
tho District Of Columbia, to be United States
consul at Trinidad.
FCRTHER nominations by the President:
Alonzo Taft, .of Ohio, TO be envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary to Austria
William L. Dayton, OF New Jersey, to be min
'S|Ci ioSiueut W tAo NeIusIIduuS
Fish, of New York, to be minister resident
TO Belgium; John P. Francis, of New York,
10 be charge dafsires to Portugal; ].
p. Wickersham, OF Pennsylvania, to be
charge d'affaires TO Denmark; Adam Badeau,
Of New York, to be consul-general at
Havana; Harry L. Slaght, Of New York. to be
consul at Prescott Judge Taft is well-known
as President Grants attorney general; Nicholas
Fish as son Of Hamilton Fish, President
Granite secretary, and formerly minister res
dent in Switzerland; John NJ. Francis az for
many years editor Of the Troy Times, and for
meriy minister to Greece, and Adam Badeau
as General Grants biographer and formerly
consuI-general III london.
II has been decided not to send the United
states steamer Iroquois to the relief of tho
slnpwreGked officers and crew of the Rodgers
at Tiapka, Russia, as was at first intended, but
instead to use the revenue steamer Oorwin for
tnaS purpose.
The case of HaiIet Kilbourn against ]. G.
Thompson, ex-sereeant-at-arms of the House
Representatives, for damages claimed TO have
been incurred by defendant arresting him
lKilbourn) in 1876 and taking him to the iail,
where he was confined for forty-ive days and
released under writ of habeas corpus, re-
suited in verdict for the plaintiff for 100000.