The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-07
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General yVashington News.

WASHINGTON, May l. - Mr.. j. B
Baird, of Georgia, to-day received
his appointment as superin-
Office ed and " Immediately entered
upon the discharge of his duties.
dispatch was received this afternoon at
the II avy department from Commander
McCalla, from Panama, stating that
everything continues quiet and the peo-
pie generally we'll satisfied. The health
OF the force remains good.
Late this afternoon the president
made the following appointment:
Thos. M. Ferriall, to be collector OF In
ternai revenue for the first district OF
New Jersey, vice VIM. p. Tatem sus-
pended.
Sprinelle Baden, to be asssyer at the
United States assay office, Boise City,
Idaho, vice Norman z. Camp sus-
pended.
George Hayes, to be supervising in
spector of steam vessels for the fifth dis
trict, vice Mark d. Flower suspended.
The appointment made of George
y. Clarke, of Missouri, and
William King, OF Georgia,
to he internal revenue agents vice
A. H Clark, of Kentucky, and Il. j.
took effect TO day.
Il. f. Hale, appointed consul at Man
chester, is q native OF North Carolina,
about 40 years of age, and is the editor of
the Fayetteville IN. c. Observer. He
has always been working Democrat;
was a delegate TO the national Demo-
cratic convention last year, and sup
ported tho Democratic ticket strongly in
his newspaper during the presidential
campaign. lie applied for third
class mission, and was endorsed by
the entire North Carolina delegation.
The reduction of the force at the Phil
adelphia mint was based on instruc-
tions from the secretary of the treasury,
through the director OF the mint, calling
on officers in charge OF al mlntS ana as
say offices to reduce their expenses To
tho lowest possible limit compatible
with efficient service. The superin-
tendent OF tho New York assay office
and tho superintendent of the mint at
New Orleans have reported that the
present force employed in their
offices cannot be reduced with
out injury to current business.
The reduction at the Philadelphia
was made pos 3ible by the suspension OF
the coinage OF miners coin. A similar
large reduction of force has been made
at Carson City, Nevada, where coinage
operations have been temporarily sus-
pended AT tle suggestion OF the SUI
perintendent Of The San francisco mint
The force employed there has been put
on half time. Minor changes have been
m ade at othey mints.
The secrets ~ of the treasury to-day
received from a western bank two 81 600
7 per cent 30 ear notes of 1885, which
are believed It the department TO be
counterfeits.
The secretary of the treasury to-day
appointed William f. Switzerler, OF
Missouri, to Ia chief clerk of the bureau
of statistics, " ice M. Wnitney,o of Maine,
removed. d 10 also ordered the removal
of Special Agent e. Chamberlain, one
OF the reasons alleged for his removal
appointed from Virginia and voted in
Maryland.
Hon. John Goode, of Virginia, who
was to-day appointed solicitor general
of the United States, is a native of Vir-
ginia, is Sc years of age, and was adj
mitted to the bar in 1851. In the same
year he was elected q member OF the
Virginia Legislature, and in 1861 was
u member OF the Virginia convention
which adopted the ordinance OF seces-
sion. He was member of the confed-
crate congress during the war, and was
a representative from Virginia in the
forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth
congresses. He was a member Of the
electoral college in 1852 and 1856, and
was a delegate to the National Demo-
cratic convention in 1868, and a member
of the Democratic executive committee
from 1868 to 1876.
William M. Merrick, of Maryland,
who was to-day appointed associate
Justice Of the supreme court OF the Dis
trict of Colulnbia, is one of family Of
prominent lawyers. His father, Will
liam d. Merrick, was one OF
the most prominent lawyers
of Maryland, and was
United States senator from that
state from 1885 to 1915. One of his
brothers, Richard L. Merrick, OF this
city, has a national reputation and his
youngest brother, George c., is prom
Inent lawyer of Prince George county,
He himself began the .pfac-
lice Of law in this city in lS4l and WAS
appointed by, President Pieroet
associate justice Of the old circuit court
If the District OF Columbia. This cour,
vasa polished by ACT OF congress In 1858,
md Judge Merrick resumed the prac.
ice OF law in Maryland. In 1911
l0 was elected TO congress- from the
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