The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-02
The Wv Diplomates.
ALEYANpER r. LAYTON

WASHINGTON, March 80 -AleXander
r, Lawton, nom mated for mission t.
Russia, is prominent lawyer at Savan'
nah. He was educated at West Point,
served III the army a number OF wears,
resigned, studied law at savannah ana
engaged in the practice of his profession
there. When tho civil war broke CUT
he entered the confederate service as
brigadier. general, and subsequently De-
came sJer-gsneral OF the con-
federacy. AT the close of tho war he re,
turned to practice at Savannah ana
soon after was appointed attorney for
the Central railroad and Banking com
pany, Of Georgia. He is described as
lawyer of distinction, gentleman oil
quiet and ailable manners, the posses
sor of considerable wealth. and about 6O
years of age.
a. NJ. KELLEY,
nominated as minister to Italy, is
lawyer in successful practice at Rich
mond, Virginia. He has been mayor or
that place; was for several years CHAR
man of the Democratic funders com
mittee, taking active and prominent
part in the contest against the READ,
iusters. and is also we'll known as one OF
the counsel for tho Virginia bohohoiu-
ers in their prolonged litigation.
EDWARD PARKER CURTIS LEWIS,
nominee for the mission to Portugal, is
a resident OF Brooklyn, New York. lie
is said to be dlstantly related to Score
tary Bayard, and has been member oil
the legislature, q presidential elector
and member of the state Democratic
! committee.
ISAAC BELL, JR.,
nominated as minister to the Neither
lands, is q welthy citizen of Newport,
Rhode Island, and a prominent Demo-
crat, and has several times been the
! Democratic candidate for governor, ana
he is a brother-in-law to James GORDON
Bennett. He was the Democratic candi-
date for United States senator at the
last senatorial election.
RUFUS MAGEE,
of Indiana, nominated as minister TO
Sweden and Norway, is resident OF
! Logansport, q lawyer and state sena-
! tor, q man Of local prominence as an
active politician, aud the especial friend
of ex-senator Mcdonald, whom he &C
companied recently to this city.
| RASMUS d. ANDERSON,
of Wisconsin, nominated as minister
resident to Denmark, is a Scandinavian
scholar, and is the author of number
of books upon Scandinavian folk lore
and mythology. He is a professor in
Wisconsin university, and well known
among literary men,,
He is man of wide influence among
| tle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES III pLiO ~ ~
States, and q prominent defender OF me
American school system against those
who desire to substitute for it the sys-
tenn of sectarian schools. He has al
ways taken deep interest in the
promotion of Scandinavian immigration
to this country. He is not only a fine
Latin and Greek scholar, but knows
the German, tho French, the Hunga-
rian anc all the Scandinavian LANGUAGES.
The nomination is generally regarded
as an extremely good one.
THOMAS NJ. WALLER,
nominated as consul-general at London,
is well known as the ex-governor OF
Connecticut.
FREDERICK RAINEs,
of MARYLAND, the nominee for the Ber-
lin CONSUL generalship, is an editor in
Baltimore, and the correspondent OF
German Democratic paper.
EDMUND JUSSEN.
of Illinois, nominated as consul-general
to Vienna, is leading member OF
prominent firm of German. Americans
In Chicago. Ho has been somewhat
prominent in politics in that state.
EVAN j. HOWELL,
of Georgia, nominated as consul al
Manchest r, is one of the editors and
proprietors of the Atlanta Constitution
and man of high standing.
A. HALLER GROSS,
of Pennsylvania, the nominee as con,
sui to Athens, is the son OF the eminen,
) surgeon. He has been locally promi.
nent in Philadelphia as a Democrat ano
was recently member Of the city
r council.
GEORGE w. MERIT,
? of Nevada, nominated as minister resi-
dent to the Hawaiian Islands, is law
yer by profession, but is now private
Secretary to Senator Fair. He is well
known here and generally esteemed.
, THOMAS j. JARVIS,
nominated as minister to Brazil, served
in the confederate army and was gov
ernor of North Carolina for six years.
, LEWIS M'MULLEN,
I nominated appraiser for the port OF New
York, is at present employed IL
the appraisers Office there as thu
examiner on hardware. He is Demo
,, Graf and one of the oldes
employees in the department, having
served continuously in the appraiser
office about % years. The nomination
! is regarded as good one and strictly II
accordance with the civil service reform
principles. Treasury department. OF
iicias hesitate to express any opiniol
, in regard to the reasons for the re
movai of Mr.. Ketchum, who's
place McMullen is to take
There are, they say, no charge
against him, and he has no
. as far as they know. done anything Z
, render himself obnoxious to tn
present administration. 1t
intimated that there is likely to be
| contest IA, the senate over the uOmina