The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-10
NEWS NOTES.
MORE APPOINTMENTS REPORTED
An Important Promotion In the Treasury
Fight in the Land Of
lce-The President - West
Point Tourists, Etc.
General Washington News,
WEST POINT VISITORS.

WEST EOANt NlSlIOhbs
WASHINGTON, May 9.--The president
to-day appointed the following board Of
visitors TO the United States military
academy; Hon. John Bigelow, OF New
York; Charles r. Codm an, of Msssachu.
sets; Gen. t'itzhUgh Lee, of Virginia;
Hon, George Hoadly, Of Ohio; James G.
Tappan, OF Arkansas; Prof. Edwin $,
Holden, Of Wisconsin, and Gsorge l..
Miller, Of Nebraska.
NEW rBNsIoN OFFICIAL.
The president to-day appointed Lewis
20. Bartlett, of Binghamptop, New
York, to 10 second deputy commits
sioner of pensions, vice N. z. Lover
Idge, resigned.
THE PRESIDENT DEC LINES.
The president declines the invitation
of the Georgia delegate9 to visit Atlanta
during tho session of the Commercial
convention, the Latter part OF the pres
ent month. The president says official
duties will not permit him to le&Va
Washington.
ICLEVELAND ANB THE CoNFEDERATEs,
| The Robert u. Lee camp OF CCueder
ate veterans, of Richmond, Virginia, 10
the number OF 10, paid their respects TO
| The president yesterday. The men wore
Confederate gray Representative
! Wise introduced then. IL am GLAD 10
see them," said tue president.
DIR. GRAVES PROMOTED.
/ Secretary Manning Today requested
! the resignation of Col. r.. y. Burial,
chef of the bureau Of engraving and
printing. y, A Graves, assistant treas
ur0r OF the United States, has b6ou APP
pointed to i'll the vacancy. M. Graves
entered the treasury department in 1886
as 81 200 clerk. lie has served as
chief clerk ~ the department, aC
superintendent OF the National bank
| redemption agency and o assistant
treasurer. No was also c1ie gG-
aminer of the c.yil serYial commission
under President Grant, ard ir 1877 WA
IS uemb Der of tho cOmmis ion appointed
TO reOrganiZe the bureau OF engraving
aud printing. BY this. REORGANIZATION
the expenses Of The bureau were de
creased 10 the extent OF several hunireJ
thousand dollars. The appointment is
a promotion Tor Mr.. Graves, the SALARY
being 5000 more per year than that o
assisJaDr treasurer. He voted for Mr.
Cleveland. The bureau OF engraving
and printing has about 1,2O
employees, but u Of whom came under
the PROVISIONS Of the civil service law
These are appointed by tho chief of tn
bureau.
The president this afternoon an
pointed Arthur D. Bissojl, oi Nov York
TO DO collector of customs for the dis
tricJ OF Buffalo creek, New York A, NJ
Kuhn, OF Indiana, TO DO surveyor o
customs for the port of Indianapolis, anC
Hamilton @. Jones, of North Carolina
to be United States district attorney 10
the western district Of North Carolina.
The president, sc late hour thi
afternoon, made the following appoint
ments;
! William A, Sesy, of Louisiana, TO b
minister resident and GonsuI-general o
the United States to Bolivia.
To be consul-General OF the Unite
States: Ephreim Il. Wing, OF MissouJ
at the City OF Mexico.
Ii. Clay Armstrong, Of Alabama,
Rio dc JauOirO.
Ts 10 consuls ofthe United States
Gustave Locke, of New Hampshire, g
Sherbrook Canada
Peter Staub, Of Tennessee, at So
Gale.
Henry NJ. Klein, of Pennsylvania, a
ChsrlOJtetown, Pei.
John ii. Strong, of New Xork, Il
BelleVillo Canada.
Alexander Bertrand, of New York, a
st. Johns, Quebec.
Low M. Minnie, of Michigan, at POI
Larnia.
John II. Oberly, of Illinois, TO be In
dian schoOl superintendent, vice JAIME
III, haworth, deceased.