The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-30
MORE APPOINTMENTS.
One Minister and Half Dozen Minor Of
fciaIs Named by the President.

One Minister and Half q Dozen Minor Or
fciaIs Named by the President.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The President made
the following appointments to-day:
Charles s. Scott, of Alabama, minister resi-
dent and consulgeneral of the United States to
Venezuela
Warren Green, of Kentucky, consul general at
KaAsgawa, Japan
John D. Bacon, of South Carolina, charge
d'affaiies to Paraguay and Uruguay
To DO United States consus: Berthold Green
baum. of California, at Apia; Albert Seeming of
New York. at Bremen Joseph B. Hughes of
Ohio at Birmingham, England; John IL. Put
nam, of Ohio, at Homo lulu; Victor A. Sarteri, OF
Pennsylvania, at Leghorn; Robert K. Withers,
of Virginia, at Hong Kong.
Charles l.. Scott, of Alabama, who was to-day
appointed minister to Venezuela, is a son of the
late Robert Scott, of Virginia, formerly minister
at Brazil He is a lawyer by profession, but of
late years has been editing Democratic paper
at Camden, Ala. His appointment was recon-
mended by the entire Alabama delegation.
John C. Bacon, of South Carolina, appointed
rs charge de affaires to Paraguay, ia a lawyer,
City years of age, son-inlaw of Governor
Piekens, and consequently brother-in-law of
Senator Butler He has served as district
judge and was secretary of the United States
legation at st. Petersburg when Governor Pick
ems was minister. His appointment was request
ed by all the members of the congressional dele
cation from South Carolina
Warren Green, OF Kentucky, the new consul
general for Kanaghway, japan, is a brother of
DR.. Green, president of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. He is about forty years of age
and is now president of the Louisville Board of
Trade.
Robert E. Withers of Virginia, who succeeds
General Mosby az consul at Hong Kong, is sixty
three years of age, and was physician by pro-
fession and practice until Virginia passed the
ordinance of secession, when he entered the con-
federate army a major. He was soon ad-
vanced to colonel, and served in that rank to the
close of the war. He served in the State Senate
until 1881.
Albert Laening, of New York, who goes to
Bremen as consul, is engaged in the real estate
business, owns a cattle ranch in Texas, and is
highly recommended by German merchants of
New York city. He was born in this country,
of German parentage.
B. Greenbaum, of San Francisco who is made
consul at Apia, was appointed, it is understood,
on the recommendation of Justice Field.s
Victor a. Sarton the new consul to Leghorn,
is native of Philadelphia of Italian descent;
ne is highly recommended by his fellow citizens,
and is not known in politics.
Jos. B. Hughes, of Hamilton, O., the newly
appointed consul for Birmingham, is Endorsed by
the usually divergent factions Of the Ohio De-
mocracv, Messrs Pendleton, Payne. Thurman
and Hoadly uniting in his recommendation.
J. III. Putnam, of Chillicothe, o., who goes to
Honolulu as consul, has served in both branches
of the Legislature, was Governor Aliens private
secretary, and is q prominent politician and
editor. He edited the Ohio Statesman, and
afterwards owned the Columbus Times. He has
been popularity known as Senator Pendleton's
right hand man.
John s. Williams who was to-day appointed
Third Auditor of the Treasury Department. is a
resident of Lafayette, Ind. and is editor and
proprietor of the Sunday Times, published in
that city. He is about fifty five years of age.
and has always been Democrat He was CEN
didate for congressman at-large from his State.
in 1880, but was defeated. In 1876 he WAS elect
or-at-large from Indiana, on the Tilden and
Hendricks ticket. His application for one of the
treasury auditorships was Endorsed by the Indi
ana congressional delegation, and by ex- Senator
McDonald