The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-30
LCIRYELA
NoM1NAr1oNs MApE YksTERpAa
By the pr..idsat for pfsaniasat Position
Abroad-prisf sketches of the Men Ap.
poiated-atost Of Them Have Com
fsdsra.s Rseords-Nsus Notes.

WAsHiSGToS, d. O., April 9.-Chas
L. Scott, Of Alabama, whowas to-day ap
pointed Minister to Venezuela, Is q Sol
Of the late Robt G. Scott, Of Virginia
formerly Minister to Brazil. He was berr
in 1897, educated at the William and
Mary College; studied law, and went tc
California In 1919 and was a member o.
the Thirty.tifth and Thiry-sixth Congress
from that State. Subsequently he re,
moved to Alabama and served in the Con
federate army as q Major. Heis alawyer
by profession, but Of late years has been
editing a Democratic paper at Camden,
Alabama. His appointment was recon,
mended blythe entire Alabama delegation.
John @. Bacon, OF South Carolina, ap.
pointed rs Charge D'Atfairs to Paraguay
and Uruguay, Is Q lawyer, fifty years oi
age, d son.in-law Of Governor Pickins, 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
Pickins was Minister. His appointment
was requested by Ill the members OF the
Congressional delegation from South Car
olina.
Warren Green, Of Kentucky, the new
Consul General to Kanagawa, Japan, is q
son OF DR.. Noryin Green, President Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. He
Is about 40 years Of age, and Is now presi,
dent Of the Louisville Board OF Trade,
Robert Z. Tithers, of Virginia, who sue
eeeds General Moshy as Consul at Hong
Kong, is G3 years Of age, q physician by
profession, and practiced until Virginia
passed the ordinance OF secession, when
he entered the Confederate army as q
Major. He wassoon promoted 10 be Colo
mel and served in the field until disabled
by numerous wounds. After the war he
edited the Lynchburg Ntirs; was elected
Lieutenant Governor in 1873 and United
States Senator In 1875. He served in the
Senate until 1881.
Albert Looming, OF New York, WHO goes
TO Bremen % Consul, Is engaged In the
real estate business; owns cattle ranch
in Texas and is highly recommended by
German merchants and bankers OF New
York city. He was born in this country,
OF German parentaae,
.Barthold Greenbaum, OF San Francisco,
who is made Consul at Apia, Is q German
merchant appointed, 1t Is Understood, on
the recommendation of Justice Field.
Victor A. Sartori, the new Consul for
I.eghorn, is q native OF Philadelphia, OF
ItaliaB deseandents, highly recommended
by his fellow citizens and not known in
politics.
Joseph B. Hughes, OF Hamilton, O., the
newly appointed Consul for Birmingham.
is endorsed BY the usual divergent factions
Of the Ohio Democracy, Messrs. Pepdleton,
Payne, Thurman and Hoadly uniting in
his recommendation. He Is at present
Auditor Of Butler county.
!, John II. Putnam, OF ,Chillicothe, Ohio,
who goes to Honolulu as Consul, has
Rarved In both branches Of the Legisia-
tqre, was Governor lien q private seere..
tary, and isIa prominent politician and
editor. He edited the Ohio Statesman and
afterwards owned the Columbus Times.
He has been popnlaray known as Senator
Pendietonis hight hand man.
John S. Williams. who vas appolnted
Third Auditor Of the Treasury De;
partment, is q resident Of Lafayette, Ind,
and ID! editor and proprietor Of the Go.riea,
published in that city, Heis about55 years
OF age and has always been Democrat.
ewas candidate for Congressman. at
large in, 1880, but was defeated. InlS76
he was elector-at-large from Indiana on
the 1ilden and HeHdfcks ticket. His
application was endorsed by the Indiana
Congressional delegation, and by ex.sena-