, 1888-02-02
TBLEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ST, PAUL CARNIVAL.

ST Paul, Jan. 25.-The hotels are
full for the opening of the third
winter carnival here this afternoon,
and fine weather and an elaborate
program is prepared. The outlook
for the ten days folic is favorable.
The preparations are much better or
ganiZed than at any previous open
ing. The palace was finished Satur-
day and everything else is ready.
The palace stands in Central Park
and occupies space of 200 square
feet and rises to a height of 130 feet
In It's construction upward of 10000,
600 pounds of ice have been used.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The Presi-
dent today sent the following nom-
inations to the senate: Receivers of
public money, Robert Kennedy, at
Shasta, Cal; j. T. Linthicum, Sacra>
mento, Cal; Lewis c. Granger,
Marysville, Cal, John j. Orr, of
Kentucky, at Buffalo, Wyoming Ter
ritory- To be register of land office;
Jared A. Van Auken, Central City,
Col; E. y. Miller, Visalia, Cal, II.
w. Pitten, Los Angeles, Cal. Ed =
ward Eels, agent for the Indians of
the Nisqually and Skokomish reser-
vations, in Washington Territory
James P. Roosevelt. of New York, to
be secretary of the legation Of the
United States at Vienna.
DEFALcATIoN OF MANITOBA GOVERNMENT.
WINNIPEG, Jan. pa dispatch
says: The defalcation of the Mar
quarry government will prove much
beyond what was first limited at
Already Premier Greenway has dis
covered a deficit of over S50O,000.
The investigation revealed that for
the sixteen months ending January,
1887, not single entry has been
made in the cash book Of the provin-
cial treasurer. On the first of Janu-
airy the cash deficit and the issue of
provincial bonds amounted to over
S475,000 In addition there are q
large number of floating debts, say,
S250,000 The subsidy received early
in January has been spent with the
exception of $4,000. One of the last
acts of the Harrison ministery was to
pay themselves and most of the cival
servants, salaries up to February 1st.
Greenway intends to get some con-
tractor to finish the Red River rail
road outside of the government
CONFIRMATION OF PRESIDENTIAL AP-
PoINTMENTs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The senate
today confirmed the following nom
nations: ]. r. Hosmer, Of New
York. to he secretary of the legation
to the Central American States; g. G..
Long, of New York, to be secretary
of the legation at Corea; G. II. Way,
of Georgia, to be consul general at
St Petersburg; H. Abraham, to be
collector of customs at Willamette,
Oregon; FL. S. Lobbock, of California,
to be inspector of steam vessels for
the first district; R. L Bowie, to be
special examiner of drugs at San
Francisco. Receivers of public
moneys: g. w. Parks, at Salt Lake
City; G. y. Stockslager, at Haily,
Idaho. Receivers of land Offices: Z.
Burgess, at Prescott, Arizona terri
tory; H. r. Pendery, at Leadville,
Colorado; E. p. Tanner, at Gunnison,
Colorado; S. d. Eneers. at Concor-
dia, Kansas; II. A. Yonge, at Kirwin,
Kansas, NJ. Montgomery, at Chad
ron, Nebraska; j. III. Walker, at
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 25.-The House pass.
ed the Mcmillan stock bill today,
which prohibits cattle from running
at large. The House the adjourned
until &30 p. m.
The Council disposed of quite a
number of unimportant measures.