Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-31
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Ministers resident and %consuls general of
tho United States: Edward Park Curtis
Lewis, New Jersey, to Portugal; Rasmus b.
Anderson, Wisconsin. to Denmark.
Consuls of the United States: A. Halter |
Gross, Pennsylvania to Athens, Greece;
Evan p. Howell, Georgia, to Manchester,
England.
Envoys extraordinary and ministers pleni.
potentiary of the United States: Thomas j.
Jarvis, North Carolina, t, Brazil; Alexander
Reyley, Virginia, to Italy,
Minister resident of tho United States
Geo. w. Morrill,, Nevada, to Hawaiian
Islands.
Consul general of the United States: Ed.
mund Jussen, Illinois, to Vienna.
Brown Sh'pley Il Co., London, England,
special fiscal agents of the navy Department..
Gregg, Tennessee, for the second district of
Tennes see; Isham G. Leary, Texas, third dis.
trict of Texas
Alexander McCue, New York, solicitor of
the treasury.
David Settle, North Carolina, marshal of
the United States for the western district of
North Carolina.
Joseph +. Johnston, Virginia. commits.
sioner of railroads.
Lewis Mullen, New York, appraiser of the
district of New York City.
Wm. Caldwell, Ohio, surveyor of customs,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Clement Dowd, North Carolina, collector
of internal revenue, south district Of North
Carolina.
John o. Henderson. Indiana, collector of
intern Il revenue eleventh district of Indi ma.
Captain VIM. j. ValkInar, Fifth cavalry,
major and assistant adjutant general; Captain
Glib Burton, Twenty-frst infantry, major
and Inspector general
Postmasters: Michael G. Doughsrty G ales-
burg, Ill.,; Wilbur +. Horn. Idaho Springs,
Colorado; Ansel Watrous, Fort Collins, Col
orado.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-After reading
the journal the senate went into executive
session. When the doors opened adjourned.
COMBINATIONS.
Observation-Disclosures j. Kendrick,
Mount Clemens, Mich; Aquilla Jones, Indi-
annapolis; Mrs. Lizzie II. Ficklin, Charleston,
ILL.,. Claibone Bown an, Yazoo City, Miss;
N. G, Ridenour, Clarinda, Iowa.
ALEXANDER r. LAYTON,
nominated for mission to Russia is q promi-
neut lawyer of Savannah, he was educated at
West Point, served in the army q number If
years and resigned, studied law at Savannah,
and i, now engaged there in the pracC'co of
MS prOIes6lOu. Wnen Inc CIVIL war DrORe OUT
he entered the confederate service as q brig i'd
ier-general, became qusrtermaster of the con-
federacy. AT the close OF the war he returned
| to the practice of his profession at Savannah
and soon after was appointed attorney for the
Central Railroad and Banking company, of
Georgia. He is described as o lawyer of dis
t~inction, q gentleman, and Of affable manners.
II N. KELLY
nominated minister to Italy is q lawyer in
successful practice ut Richmond, Va, has
been mayor ef that city, was for several years
chairman of the democratic funder's commit
tee, taking an active and prominent part
against the read listers, and is also well known
as one of the counsel for the Virginia bond
holders in their prolonged litigation.
EDwARD A r CURTIS LEWIS,
nominee for the mission to Portugal, is a resi-
| dent of Hoboken, N, j. He is said to be a
distant relative Of Secretary Bayard, and has
been a member of the l. gislature.
He was in the confederate army and is a
son in-law of Edwin Stevens, of Stevens bat
tery fame.
ISAAC BELL, JR.,
nominated minister to the Netherlands, is a
wealthy citizen of Newport, r. l., o promi.
nent democrat and has several times been a
democratic candidate for governor. He is
brother .in.law TO j ame Gordon Bennett.
RuFAs M'GEE,
of Indiana, nominated minister to Sweden
and Norway, is a resident of Logansport, Is a
lawyer and state senator, an active politician
and a close political friend of ex-senator Nc.
Donald.
ERASMUS B. ANDERSON,
of Wisconsin, nominated minister resident at
Denmark, Is an eminent scandinavian scholar
and is the author of a number of books on
scandinavian folk lore and myth Ilogy. He Is
q professor IN a Wisconsin university, and
well known among literary men.
He is a man of wide influence among the
Scand 'navians in the United States and a
prominent defender of the American school
system against those who desire to substitute
for 1t II BY stem OF sectarian schools. He has
always taken q deep interest in the promotion
of Scandinavian immigration to this country.
he Is not only q fine Latin ard Greek scholar
but knows German, French, Hungarian and
all the scandinavian languages. The nom
~ination is generally regarded as an extremely
good one.
THOMAS N. WALLER,
nominated as consul-peneral at London, is
well known as ex-governor of Connecticut.
FREDERICK RANE,
of Maryland, nominee for the Berlin consul
generalship, is an editor and Baltimore CORE
spondent OF the German democratic paper.
EDMUND GUssoN,
OF Illinois, nominated consul-general t.
Vienna, Is the leading member of q prominent
firm of Germsn-Americans in Chicago. He
has been somewhat prominent in the politics
Of the state, and is a brother, in. law to Carl
Schurtz.
4. s. HOWELL,
of Georgia, nominated consul at Manchester,
is one of the editors and proprietors of the At.
lsnta Constitution, and a man of high stand
ing,
THE SENTENCE OF II HAzEH COURT MARITAL
IS simply q r%eprimand and yet not approved
by the president.
THOMAS J. JARVIS,
nominated minister to Brazil, served in the
confederate army and was governor of North
Carolina six years.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
WASHINGTON, March 30.--The supreme
court has rendered a decision in an Interesting
original action entitled OK parte, in the mat
ter OF james Il. Wilson. This was sn appli
cation for a rrit of hsbeas corpus to release Q
prisoner confined in the Detroit house of cor.
~rection under sentence from the United Slater
district court Of Arkansas. He was tried and
found guilty upon information which con
tanned "a count under the revised stat
ute For having in his posse ssion with frau
ulent intent an oblig ,tion engraved and
printed after the similitude of an Interest,"
bearing coupon bond of the United States. )
The question raised by the petition for tn,
habeas corpus Is whether the petitioner wa,
guilty OF an Infamous crime" within the mean,
J lug OF the fifth amendment to the federal con,
! stiIution. which provides that mo person
Stall be held to ans wer for q capital cl
otherwise Infamous crime, unless OIL
the presentment or indictment of the