Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-31
present officers. John Kelly Will head 'he
| list of Sachems, as usual.

present officers. John Kelly Will head 'he
list of Sachems, as usual.
Further Appointments by the PRESIDENT
w,su,SeroS March 30th.-The Presi-
don't today semi to the Senate the follow- !
mo nominations; For Consuls General OF
the limited States Thomas u W. amer, OF
Connecticut, to London; FREDERICK Lame,
of MARYLAND, to Berlin. Ministers resident
of the United States |. Bell, Jr.. OF Rhode
u 500 o, 70 the Netherlands; Rufus Magec
Of Indiana, to Sweden and Norway. Min
| ;stars Resident and Consuls-General of the
i1nitad States Edward Parke Curtis Lewis,
/ New Jersey to Portugal; RasmuS b. An
derSo7a. Wisconsin, to Denmark. Consuls
of the United States: A. Halter Gross,
PENNSYLVANIA, to Athens, Greece; Evan p.
| Howell, Georgia, to Manchester, England.
Envoy Extraordinary and Ministers Pleni
potentiary of United States; Thomas ].
Jarvis, North Carolina, to Brazil Alexan-
der L. Lawton, Georgia, to Russia An
thony NJ. Kelly, Virginia, tc Italy. Minis
ter Resident of the United States, Geo. w
/ Merrill, of Nevada, to Hawaiian Islands;
| Consul General of the United States, Sd
mund Jussen. of Illinois, to Vienna Alex
| McCue, of New York, Solicitor of the Treas
urv: Joseph E. Johnston, Virginia, Com
missioner of Railroads. Lewis Mul@en, OF
New York, Appraiser of District OF New
York city; Captain Vim. J. VGlkmar,
Fifth Cavalry, Major and Assistant Adju-
tant- General; Captain George II. Barton,
Twenty first Infantry, Major and Inspector
General. There were also number OF ap-
pointments to miner Postoffices in Illinois
and Colorado, and District Revenue Col
rectors in Indiana, Texas, Ohio and the
South
The Sex: Appointees.
WASHINGTON, March 30th.-Jussen, of
Illinois, who was appointed Consul-General
at Vienna, is a brother-in-laW of Carl
Schurz.
George W. Merrill, of Nevada, nominated
as Minister Resident at the Hawaiian
Islands, is a lawyer by profession, but is
now private secretary OF Senator Fair. He
is we'll known here, and generally es-
teemed.
Thomas G. Waller, nominated as Consul
General at London, is well known as ex-
Governor of Connecticut.
Frederick Lame, of Maryland, nominee
for the Berlin Consu-Generalship, is editor
and Baltimore correspondent of a German
Democratic paper.
A. NJ. Kelly, nominated for Minister to
Italy, is lawyer in successful practice III
Richmond, Va. He has been Mayor of that
city, and was for several years Chairman OF
the Democratic FunderS' Committee, taking
an active and prominent part in the contest
against the BeadjuSters, and is also well
known as one of the counsel for Virginia
bondhOlders III their prolonged litigations.
Edward Parke Curtis Lewis, nominated
for the mission to Portugal, is resident of
Hoboken, New Jersey He is said to be
distantly related to Senator Bayard, and
has been a member of the Legislature. He
was in the Confederate army, and is u SON
in-law of Edwin \. Stevens, of Stevens
Battery fame.
isaac Bell, Jr, nominated to be Minister
to the Netherlands, is wealthy citizen of
Newport Rhode Island, a prominent
| Democrat, and has several times been 4
Democratic candidate for Governor. He is
a brother-in-law of James Gordon Bennett.
He was the Democratic candidate tor the
| United States Senate at the last Senatorial
election.
Rufus Magee, of Indiana, nominated
Minister TO Sweden and Norway, is a resi-
dent of Logansport, a lawyer and State
Senator. He is friend Of ex-senator
Mcdonald, whom he recently accompanied
to this city.
Rasnus Il. Anderson. of Wisconsin,
nominated as Minister Resident to Den
mark, is an eminent Scandinavian scholar
and author of Il number of books upon
Scandinavian folklore and mythology. He
is a Professor in the Wisconsin University,
and well known.
Alexander X. IawtOn. nominated for the
Mission to Russia, is prominent lawyer
of Savannah Ga. He was educated at West
Point, served III the army a number of
years, resigned, studied law in Savannah
and engaged i'll the practice of his profession
there. When the civil war broke out he
IL Ed pps,,
adier-General and subsequently sbecame
Quarter1naster-G General Of the Confederacy.
at the close of the war he returned TO his
practice at Savannah.
Thomas J. Jarvis, nominated for Minister
to Brazil, served in the Confederate army,
/ and was Governor of North Carolina six
years.
Mcclellan Refuses to Go to Russia.
WASHINGTON, March 30th,-On Thursday
last Secretary Bayard sent a message to
General Mcclellan, asking him to take the
Russian mission. So many of our CONNER
cha! interests would be involved in the
event of war between England and Russia
that the Importance ofthis post is just now
much increased, but General Mcclellan
: promptly replied by telegraph that he could
not accept. 1t is explained that his business
interests in New York would not permit
him to leave the country except at great
personal sacrifice.
Punished for " Boltins.''
WASHINGTON, March 30th.-The appoint
ment of VIM. Caldwell as Surveyor Of the
Port of Cincinnati is claimed as a victory
for the Payne-McIean faction, he having
been Endorsed strongly by Senator Payne
| who is said To have personally
: urged his nomination His most
formidable competitor for the place was
Theodore Cook, who was Pendleton man
1 in the Senatorial contest a year ago, and
) who led the bolt against Mclean on the
t legislative ticket for hamilton county in
the State compajgn Of 1888, when members
OF the Legislature which chose Mr. Payne
5 were elected. Although Mr.. Cook has beer
) lifelong Democrat and an effective work
CT for that party, his action in boiling the
ticket in 1888 was used against him by the
PAYNE men in the contest for the Surveyor
ship.
J Chance for Contest in the Senate.
WAsHINGroY, March 30th.-Lewis Ne
5 Mullen, nominated for Appraiser of the
| Tort of New y ork, is at present employed
J in the Appraisers Office there as examiner
5 in the hardware division. He is a Demo
crat, and one of the Oldest employees in the
department, having served continuously in
the Appraisers office for about twenty
lhrec years. Inc nomination Is regarded
good one, and rs strictly in accordance with
civil service reform principles. The Treas
ury Department officials hesitate to express
e any opinion in regard to the reasons for the
, removal Of Ketchum. whose place McMul-
len IS TO take. There are, they say, nc
charges against him, and he has not, as faI
! as they know, done anything TO render
himself obnoxious 10 the present Admins
} tration. II is intimated tonight that there
| is likely to be a contest in the Senate ove1
! this nomination, unless it can be shown
/ that ketchum was removed for cause.
Cleveland and Ills Successor as Governor.
WASHINGTON, March 30th-The only
= nomination among the Postmasters that
attracted special attention was that oil
t Erastus f. Babcock to be Postmaster OF
g Elmira, New York That city is the home
of Lieutenant-Governor Hill, of New York
VINO became Governor when Cleveland re-
signed. Hill recommended a man named
, Nouman for the Postotlice. The fact that
: the President refused 10 nominate the
!. Governors man is regarded as an indica,
ton that the influence of the Administers
ton will be thrown against Hill in the
= fight ii is expected he will make in the
next Democratic nomination for Governor
; of the State.
Good News for the Railway Postal Clerks