The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-30
NATIONAL NEWS NOTES.
DEMOCRATIC PRIZE PACKAGES.
A Good Day for Appointments and Some
Entertaining Personal Sketches
Nebraska's villainous Free
Grass Nabobs-General
Additional Appointments.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-The presi-
dent made the following appointments
to-day:
Charles l.. Scott, of Alabama, minister
resident and consul-general to Vene-
zuela.
Wsrren Green, of Kentucky, consul
general at Kanazawa, Japan.
John ID. Bacon, OF South Carolina,
charge d'aifairs to Paraguay and Uru-
quay.
TO be United States consuls:
Berthold Greenebaum, of California,
at Apia.
Albert Looming Of New York, at Bre-
men.
Joseph 3. Hughes, of Ohio, at Birm-
ingham, England.
olulu.
Victor A. Sartori, Of Pennsylvania, at
Leghorn.
Robert e, Withers, Of Virginia, at
Hong Kong.
The president to-day appointed John
ii. Williams, Of Indiana, to be third
auditor OF the treasury department., vice
". W, Keightley, whose resignation has
peen accepted, to take effect on the Both
inst.
w. II. Faulkner,of the Indian service.
has been appointed special agent otthe
interior department to conduct the re-.
moYal of the Nez Perces Indians from
the Indian Territory to idaho and
Washington territories.
In view OF the excellent records and
distinguished services of the following
consols the president decided to-day
that they shall be retained:
w. f. Grinnell, at Bradford, England.
Lytle L. Adams, at Geneva.
Samuel W. Dabney, at Fayal.
Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson qualified
at the state department to-day as min
lister resident and consul-general to Den
mark and will soon sail for Copenhagen.
Charles l.. Scott, of Alabama, who was
To-day appointed minister to Venezu-
Ia, is son OF the late Robert g. Scott,
Virginia, formerly minister to Brazil.
was born in 1877 and was member
ihe thirty-ttth and thirty-siXth con-
.ess from California. Subsequently
de removed to Alabama and served in
the confederate army as major. He
lsa lawyer by profession, but of late
years has been editing a Democratic
paper at Camden, Alabama.
John G. Bacon, OF South Carolins, ap-
pointed as charged affairs to Paraguay
and Uruguay, is a lawyer, Is so years OF
age, son-in-law of Governor Pickens
and consequently brother-in-law
of Sena or Butler. He has served as
district Judge, and was secretary of the
United States legation at st. Peters
burg when Gov. Plckens was minister.
Warren Green, of Kentucky, the new
consul general tor Kanagawa, Japan, is
son of DR.. Norvin Green, president OF
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany. He is president of the louisville
Board of Trade.
Robert Il. Wtthers, of Virginia, who
succeeds Gen. John S. Mosby, as consul
general at Hong Kong, il 90 years OF
age, q physician, practiced till Virginia
passed the ordinance of secession, when
he entered the confederate army and
served in the field as colonel until
disabled by numerous wounds. After
the war he edited the Lynchburg News
was elected lieutenant-governor In 1877
and United States senator in 1875. He
served in the senate till 1881.
Albert Looming, of New York, who
goes to Bremen as consul, Is engaged in
the real estate business, and owns cat
tie rancho in Texas. He was born II
this county, Of German parentage.
John i. Williams, who was to-day ap
pointed third auditor of the treasury
department, is a resident of Lafayette
Indiana, and is the editor and proprie
tor OF the Courier-News, pub
lished in that city. He is about
So years of age and has alway
been Democrat, but has never
held public office. He was a candidate
for congressman at-large from his state
in 1880, but was defeated. In 1876 hi
was an elector-at-large from Indiana or
the Tilden-Hendrick ticket.
GEN. SHERIDAN.
Gen. Sheridan expects TO leave Wash
ington in few days on AN inspection
tour of military posts Of the west.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Owing to light receipts and heavy
disbursements during the presen
month the public debt statement To bt
issued on the LIST proximo will show
slight ii any, reduction.