Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.
.,rsd Resignation Of Assistant
pm. General Hay.
LIMOS MAN GETS TIE PLACE.
.,,s Dsnials Current on the Rssigna-
=, and AppOinimsut---Plaess Filled
Yesterday,
,nn WILL NOT BE RECALLED.

rr.,y,xcroy. July 2.-It is stated on the
minority this afternoon, that First As.
-. Postmaster General Malcom Hay
.,,rsd on account Of i'll health. The
has been rendered to and accepted BY
Hon A. z. Stevenson, of Bloomington,
The official announcement Of the
S,,,ss is expected this afternoon or to-
- The new First Assistant POST
:s,r General is said to be an able man,
] !, s..nember of Congress and graduate
4 [Csu.er College, Danville, Va.
Ll.,sr dispatch says that the rumor that
\, Bsv has resigned has been current for
-rsSsys. A gentleman who is in g posi-
:, % know declares the rumor is without
s.,3,,;ga. At the White House and at
!. P,s,cl.ce Department it is stated they
S,oz nothing Of the resignation.
Nav Denies the Rumo-.
Us, assistant Postmaster General Hay
-. s,rscked day before yesterday with g
"T.-s chill, and has been confined to his
.on since the evening Of that day. he is
.-proyipg ard hopes to be at his desk
,,5in within two or three days. His sb.
,s,rs rom the Department has revived the
nor that he has resigned. This, Mr.
g,v ssvs is not true. There is good rea-
~; fcr believing, however, that under the
,iyice Of his physicians he seriously thinks
4 rsigDir, snd that he probably will re-
Eyn 81 a very early date.
J'ssrh ". Howell, of New Jersey, AS
Srsnt Chiei Clerk Of the Pension ORce,
l., resigned.
Appointments.
John D Biddis, of Milford, Pa, was to-
hy sproin'ed chief of a division in the
lp:erbsl Reyenue office, vice A. L. Arm
strong resigned, and assigned to duty to as
AZ he Solicitor of Internal Revenue.
TIE President late yesterday appointed
Wn. Uorsheimer to be United States At
i,-nev fer the Southern district Of New
Yors. srd Martin T. Mcmahon to be United
States Marshal for the same district.
Messrs. J. B. Moore, of Delaware, j. VIII
pa BayaId. of Pennsylvania, and julius
TsyOr, Of Virginia, have been appointed to
slerkships in the department of State.
these gentlemen passed Civil Service ex-
sninstions satisfactorily standing at the
Est Of over 80 applicants. Mr. Bsysrd is q
distant relative of Secretary Bsyard, but
VS. unknown by that official until after he
lad passed his examination. he is recent
graduate Of Princeton and stood FIRST in the
examination Of applicants for State depart
nsnt vacancies.
Mr. Taylor has been professor of lsu-
gusges In the University Of Virginia.
The President to day appointed Joseph
S Gillepsie Surveyor Of Customs, at Chatta-
H5Ogs, Tenn.
KeIIar Appointed.
Secretary Manning learned the facts in
tie kellar case only this morning. He at
once sent for Kellsr, appointed him to q
clsrkship and set him at work. kellsr is
tie Ohio man who, having been certified by
The Civil Service Commission, was refused
bis appointment by First Auditor Cheno-
Eith on the ground that he was diststeful to
Warner and other Democrats
% his home district.
Some Foreign Sits.
Tie following appointments were made
ly the President this afternoon: Darius b.
i-g-shsm, Of Maine, TO be Consul of United
y.s,es at Csdiz; James Tenuer Lee, Of
MARYLAND, 10 be Secretary of Legation of
be United States to Austris-Hungsry;
Nathan B. Gstchel to be Appraiser of
in the District Of Buffalo
,reek, n. Y.
Kelly VIII Not be Recalled.
1t is understood that Mr. Kelley, recently
pointed United States minister to Austria,
30 Appointment has caused considerable
Cuueut, will not BE- recalled. He will 90
D Vienna. aud should the Austrian govern
lect refuse 10 receive him, it Is intended
at the United States government will re-
n in unrsDressnted at the Vienna court
I is held that Mr.. Kelley is a capable man
I'd in every way fitted to Eli the position to
'hich he has been assigned. When he was
PPOinted United States minister to Italy, |
z vas endorsed by the entire congressional |
segstiOn Of Virginia and was confirmed |
the senate. The Italian govern
tent It is understood, made |
lGuiry Of this Government whether or not !
i. Kelley had giveI utteIance in any pub |
c speech in 1871 to sentiments 10 opposi- |
on to the occupation of Rome by Victor
manuel The former Government after |
ards, 1t is said, protested against his sp |
ointment and Mr.. Kelley resigned his |
onmission. IL is held that the Austrian
government has no ground to complain OF
Z. hel.ey present appointment.
V-es'iOn has been raised whether or not
SsS Uncomplmentsry TO Austria to send
II Ee!ty 20 Vienna after he had been re-
'ctsd oy Italy. Il is arserted that the ap'
ointment was not uneouphmentsry and
ae case Of Mr.. Kssson, who was nominated
z the Spanish mission and objected to by
pam, but afterwards sent to Austria, where
{ was received, is cited in support of the
Ateuel, that 10 disrespect was offered
Austria by sending Mr.. Kelley there.
Some years subsequently and until very
gently Ar. Kssson served as United
Yates N.L!ster st Berlin.
Reform CroppioE Up.
OI June 20;h. at the close of business in
'e dsad Letter office in charge of the new
0Psrn'eL3ent j 3. Baird, every brauch
"a "a Subdivision was up with It's work, q
,a'e Of a,iGirs that has not occurred for
lany years. Tse ordinary dead letters are
0S passed and returned on the third
!s!' lae degree Of CELEBRITY in the disPosi.
.Va O dead letters has not yet been reached
: any other country in the postal union
10 has never before reached in this eoun-
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