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YESTERDAYS APPOINTMENTS.
Bayless W. Hanna Named as HIinister-Resi
dent TO Persia

Bayless W. Hanna Named Minister Resi-
dent to Persia.
WASHINGTON, April 18--The President to-day
made the following appointments
To be Ministers resident and Consuls- general
William d. Blatham, of Florida, to Bolivia
Bayless W. Hanna, of Indiana to Persia; Walker
Fearn of Louisiana, to Roumania, Servia and
Greece.
To be Consuls of the United States--Jamcs
Murray, of New York, at St John, N. b.; Boyd
Winchester of Kentucky. at Nice, France;
Charles p. Kimball. of Illinois, at Stuttgart.
Germany.
Bayless w Hanna who has been nominated
minister to Persia was born in Troy o., March
IA, 1880. His father. James Hanna, twin
brother of Robert Hanna, immigrated to this
country from county Monaghan. Ireland. They
were Scotch Irish. In 1886 the father of Bay
less moved to Charlottesville, Ind. He was n
merchant and one of the founders of Wabash
College, at which institution Bayless was edu-
Gated. In 1852 Mr.. Hanna entered the law Office
of Hon. Joseph l.. Mcdonald. at Charlottesville
and afterwards pursued his studies under the
direction of Wilson & Mcdonald His health
falling, he went TO Natchez, Miss, where he fin
ished his studies under Hon. Josiah Wikin-
son. In 1855 he returned to Indiana, and in 1856
was elected prosecuting attorney In the Craw-
louisville district On Oct O. 1853. he married
Oakalla Reed, daughter of Dr. Ezra Reed, of
Terre Haute. In 1862 he elected to the In
dian Legislature, where his record was that Oh
an opponent Of war measures and an obstruction
list Of Governor Mortons policy. In 1864 he was
elected to the State Senate and in 1870 was cleo
ted Attorney general of Indiana. In 49, he was
made one of the Democratic senatorial electors
In 1876 he was one of the delegates for the State
at large to tho Democratic National convention
at ST Louis.
The following is from Representative Men of
Indiana" Mr.. Hanna is fine specimen of phys
ical and intellectual manhood. His massive head
crowned with dark, flowing locks, and lighted by
keen, expressive eyes, sits upon tall and we'll
proportioned figure. He impresses the most
casual observer with sense of power and rare
intelligence On the rostrum Mr.. Hanna is seen
at his best. There when aroused by his theme
his face lights up with the fires of intellect
while the earnestness engendered by the depth
of his own feelings impresses all who hear him
with the sincerity Of his convictions and the
magnetism of his manner keeps an audience
hanging on his words. His gestures are grace
full and repfete with power and mean
ing; not an atom of oratorcal
effort is wasted; every movement tells and every
rhetorical resource is husbandeG and used only
when most effective. His bursts of invectiye
are grand, majestic. almost TERRIBLE his speeches
at all times bear evidence of the most refined
culture and chasteness of thought, and not in
his widest denunclatory harangues has he ever
descended to coarseneSs. Those who
read the signs of the times are convinced that
If life and health are spared an important niche
in the gallery of national fame awaits him
For several months previous to the late presi-
dental election he was the editor of the Craw-
louisville Review Before his last removal to
Charlottesville he WAS for number of years a
resident Of Terre Haute