Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-31
NOMINATIONS
Sent to the Senate Yesterday by the
President.
SKETCHES OF PRINCIPLE NOMINEES
The lOhgest List Of Nominations Sent Il
Yet-.-Ministers, Consuls, Post
mosters, ETC.. Etc.
MeRAws NAME NOT YET SENT IN

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The President
sent the following nomination to the Ser
ate to-day:
To be Consuls General
Thomas N. Waller, Of Connecticut, at
London.
Frederick Raine, Of Maryland, a: Berlin
To be Ministers Resident:
Isaac Bell, Jr., OF Rhode Island, to the
Netherlands. g,
Rufus Magee, ofIndiana, to Sweden and
Norway.
To be Ministers Resident and Consuls
General
Edward Parke Curtis Lewis, Of New Jer'
sey, to Portugal
Rasmus B. Anderson, Of Wisconsin, to
Denmark.
To be Consul:
A Haller Gross OF Pennsylvania, at
Athens, Greece.
Alexander McCue, Of New York, to be
Solicitor of the Treasury.
David Lettle, of North Carolina, Marshall
United States, Western district OF North
Carolina.
Postmasters-Myron II. Peck, Jr., Bata-
via, n. \.
Erastus F. Babcock, Elmira, N. 7.
Michael J Dougherty, GalesburE, IL.
WILDER +. Horn, Idaho Springs, Col.
Paleman Wiley, Central City, Colorado.
Ansel Watrous, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Andrew D. Morgan, lion, n. 7.
Captain Wm. J. Voikman, Fifth Cavalry,
IN he Major and Assistant Adiutant Gen
erai.
Captain Geo. H. Burton, 2lst Infantry to
be Major and Inspector General
Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia, to be
Commissioner of Railroads.
Lewis Muller, OF New York, Appraiser in
the District of New York.
VIM. Caldwell, of Ohio, Surveyor Of Gus
toms, Port of Cincinnati.
Clement Dowd, of North Carolina, Collec-
tor Internal Revenue, Sixth district North
Carolina.
John o. Henderson, of Indiana, Collector
Internal Revenue, Eleventh district of In
diana.
Brown, Shipley & Co. ,ofLondon, England,
to be special fiscal agents of the Navy De.
partment.
To be envoys extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary: Thomas j. Jarvis, Of North
Carolina, TO Brazil.
Alexander R. Lawton, OF Georgia, to
Russia.
Anthony NJ Kelley, Of Virginia, to
Italy.
To be Minister resident: George W.
Merrill, OF Nevada, TO the Hawaiian Is
lands.
To be Consul-General: Edmund Jussen,
of Illinois, at Vienna Austria.
To be Consul: Evan P. Howell, Of
Georgia, at Manchester, England.
To be collectors OF Internal Revenue:
Nathan Gregg, of Tennessee; I'd district
Of Tennessee.
Isham G. Searcy, of Texas; Sd district
Of Texas.
The Senate.
Immediately after the reading Of the
journal to-day, Mr. Edmunds moved that
the Senate proceed 10 the consideration Of
Executive business. Mr.. Van Wyck hoped
the motion would be withheld long enough
to permit his making report from his COM
mittee. (The report is the resolution which
proposes 10 rescind all resolutions passei
since March 4th, making provisions for
special clerks of committees during the
recess
Mr.. Edmunds declined to withhold his
motion, and at 1903 the doors were closed
and the Senate proceeded with the consid.
Grafton of the executive business The
session was very brief-nothing being done
beyond the confirmation Of few nomina.
lions. At 1920 the doors were reopened
ard the Senate adjourned until tomorrow.
Confirmed.
In executive session to-day the Senate
confirmed the following nominations: Post
masters-W. T. Inglehart, Annapolis, Md;
Frederick G. Kendrick, Mount Clemns,
Mich; Aquilla Johns, Sr.. indianapolis,
Ind; Mrs. Lizzie 81. Ficklin, Charleston,
Ill; Claibour Bowman, Yazoo City, Miss;
Warren S. Barrows, Hinsdale, n. H.; Sam
uel n. Cobb, Hanover, n. H.; Edwin c.
Fletcher, Camden, Maine; Samuel ]. Ger
rish, Portsmouth, n. H.. VIM. +. Kennedy,
Taunton, Mass; Nicolas Hathaway, Fall
River, Mass Orson G. Couch, Amherst
Mass VIM. Burns Plymouth, Mass; Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Herbert, Newberry C. H., S.
C. Donald J. Aud, Sumter c. H., S. c.:
n. c. Ridenour, Iowa.
The Vice President has appointed Mr..
Sewell of New jersey, in place Of Mr. But
Ter, on the special committee to investigate
the iron and steel interests