The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-28
WASHINGTON.
Still Another Batch of Appoint
ments-A Vast Horde of
Office Seekers.
Window and the President Over.
run With Hungry Appl1-
cants-Capital Items.
NOMINATIONS,

Frederick d. Grant, of New York, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary to Austria Hungary.
John @. New, of Indiana, consul general
at London.
% Paul Fricks, of Texas, United States
marshal for the western district of Texas.
Seiigman Bros, at London, Eng,
special foreign agents of the navy depart
ment at London.
Passed Assistant Engineer David Jones
to be chief engineer.
Passed Assistant Engineer James II.
Chasm, to be chief engineer.
Assistant Engineer Reynold Hall, to be
passed assistant engineer.
Assistant Engineer Ira A. Hollis, to be
passed assistant engineer.
Lieutenant Frank F. Fletcher, junior
grade, Lieutenant Alexander Sharp, Junior
grade, to be lieutenants.
Lieutenant Harry p. Horsley, to be
junior lieutenant.
Ensign J.P. Werlich, to be lieutenant
of the junior grade.
Ensign Simon Cox, to be lieutenant of
the junior grade.
John F. Fillmore, to be lieutenant of the
junior grade.
Edward Rhodes Stills, of South Caro-
lima, assistant surgeon in the navy.
The nominations made to-day were re-
ferred in brief executive session to ap-
propriate committees, but no further con-
firmations were made.
Paul Fricke, nominated to the marshal
ship for the western district of Texas, is .,
native of BRENNAN, Washington county,
Tex, of about 38 years of age. He has
been engaged in the cotton business of
| the state for upwards of twenty years.
Mr.Fricke took a prominent part in assist
| ing the senate committee on privileges
and elections in the last congress in it's
| investigation into the election outrages in
Washington county, Tex. He has always
BEEN republican.
| Miles @. Moore, of Walla Walls, w. T.,
to be governor of Washington Territory
Oliver @. White, of Dayton, W. T., to be
secretary of Washington Territory.
Henry N. Blaine, of Montana, to be
chief justice of the supreme court of
Montana.
John d. Fleming, of Colorado, to be
United States attorney for the district of
| Colorado.
Also about dozen postmasters.
COMBINATIONS.
| WASHINGTON, March 2O.--In executiv,
the following nominations
John w. Mason, of West Virginia, com
missioner of internal revenue.
VIM. l.. Dunla, marshal of Indiana.
John S. Burton, marshal for the north
ern district of Mississippi.
W. Budd Deacon, marshal of Ney
Jersey.
j. Granville Leach, appraiser of mer
chandise at Philadelphia.
John f. Ward, appraiser of merohan
disc at Willamette, Ore.
Charles r. Mitchell, of Connecticut
commissioner of patents. And the fol
lowing postmasters:
Joseph @. Bartlett, Lake city; Joseph '
Campbell, Norman, MINI; Robert S
Bowman, Bar Wick, Penn.
SWORN IN.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-Ohief Clerl
Tweedale of the war department thi
morning administered the oath of ofio
to Mr.. Thomas the newly appointe
minister to Norway and Sweden. MI
Thomas will sail for Stockholm May 1.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Business wa
unusually brisk at the White House tC
day. There we're more visitors there o
business than on any previous day of til
present administration. Delegations fror
Washington formed the major portion {
the crowd. One of these, composed {
colored men headed by Fred Dougla
recommended the appointment of 81
Representative Hazleton as a commit
sioner of the District of Columbia. Al
other colored delegation secured an aud
, ence with the president, and asked for th
appointment of Perry Carson as reoordt
of deeds in Washington.
Secretaries Blaine aud Window wei
among the presidents earliest callers.
Senator Hiscock accompanied by Nj
Hamilton Harris and Judge DeCaper,
, Albany, had an interview with the pres
J dent about noon.
a A public reception was held in the ca
, room at 10 O'Clock.
{ PosTMAsTER-GE ENERAL wANAMAKER.
r WASHINGTON, March 21.--Postmaste
Q general Wanamaker to-day issued an o
der directing all clerks in the Office of Il
first assistant postmaster-general, al
such as may be required from other b
reau departments until otherwise ordere
a to begin work at $50 o'clock a.
# instead of 8 O'Clock as heretofor
:. and remain at their desks until 6 o'clo,
p. IN. in. tead of 4 O'Clock. This increal
of hours is made for the purpose of faci
:. tating the dispatch of applications al
Il the preparation of papers for action
> the Office of the first assistant postmaste
4 general The clerks in the dead letter O
= flee are also required to work from $3.50
q m. until p. m. until the work now
arrears in that division is brought up.
r A WARMING TO THE BOOMERS.
/ WASHINGTON, March 21.-The followil
g telegram was sent at 4:45 this afternoo
r. Commanding General Division of t
'e Missouri, Chicago: The act of congre
10 approved March 2, 1889, provides, in 81
ID stance, that no person shall be permit
" to enter upon and occupy the land
Gently ceded to the United States by
Greek and Seminole Indians until sa
lands are open for settlement by proclan
tion of the president, and no person v
a. lsting this provision shall ever be p
mitted to enter upon said lands or acqu