Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-07
WASHINGTON,
Il BRIEF RECORD OF YESTERD4Y,S
DOINGS 1T THE C4PfTdE,
The Jeanette In1uiry--The Trial of Fore
man Dickson, of the Star Route jury
Nominations by the President,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The president en-
tertalned Governor elect Butler at dinner
at the Soldiers home last evening.
Rear Admiral Nicholson will be relieved
OF command of the European station in
March next by Commodore Baldwin. Mich
olson will probably be retired in March.
The panel of petit jurors for service in
the star route trial is not yet complete; the
court adjourned
The select committee on civil service re-
form met this morning and decided to
bring in new bill Tuesday next. It will
probably include provisions for a proba-
tionary appointment of clerks in the civil
service, and fixed term of Office of four or
six years, with prohibition of removals
except for cause, and after allowing the
clerk an opportunity to be heard before a
special tribunal.
In the Jeanette court to-day Ninder-
man continued his narrative of the forced
march of himself and Neros, beginning
with the events of Oct. Is. 1881. The
story was particularly entertaining, espe-
call the part referring to tbs manner in
which the men cut out pieces of the seats
of their sealskin pants and roasted them
for food.
In the case of John Hitz, late Swiss
consul and president of the Washington
German National bank when it failed,
under Indictment for fraud in connection
with the settlement of the affairs of the
bank, Judge Wylie this morning decided
that Hitz is not exempt from the trial for
the ofense. The trial will consequently
begin soon.
Nominations sent to the senate by the
president to-day: Geo. E. Warning, Jr., of
Rhode Island, to be member OF the national
board of health. Indian agent c.
Cornell, Ohio, Unatilla agency, Oregon;
M. Riordan, Arizona, Navajo agency, New
Mexico: Jno. Clark Michigan, Colorado
River agency, Arizona; A. q. jackson,
Nebraska, Pima agency, Arizona; Briga-
der General John Pope to be
major general; Col. Ronald S. Mackenzie,
Fourth cavalry, to be brigadier general;
Maj. VIM. A. Rucker, postmaster, to be
lieutenant colonel and deputy postmaster
general; Maj. Geo. B. Elliott, corps of en-
gineers, to be lieutenant colonel Of en-
gineers; Commodore Earl English, to be
chief of the bureau of equipment and re-
cruiting department of the navy. Also a
large number of army promotions.
Henry FL. Morgan, Louisiana, secretary
of legatio of the United States at Mexi-
c., John W. Gorden, CALIFORNIA, register
of land Office at Shasta; Frank G. Ward,
California, receiver of public moneys at
Susanville; Chas. Luse, INDIANA, register
of the land Office at Deadwood
The president approved the report of
the government commissioners, accepting
the newly completed section of the North
ern Pacific railway. comprising 400 miles
in Montana territory, and including the
bridge across the Missouri river.
A telegram from New Orleans was pre-
sented to the president by Representative
Gibson, bearing the signature of merchants
and citizens expressing appreciation of
the kindly spirit displayed by the presi-
dent in his annual message relative to the
Mississippi river improvement, and thank
ing him for his wise and statesmanlike
views.