The National tribune., 1889-03-21
VISIT or MRs. TURNER.

auxiliary to the Department OF the Potomac
last Wednesday evening, and expressed consld-
cradle satisfaction with the result of her In
spection, and predicts much good for the ensu-
ing year.
The ladies of the WR.C. were much pleased
with Mrs. Turner. and showed her great deal
Of attention. Mrs. 0dell, President of the
Potomac Corps, gave charming luncheon IN
her honor, a5 which were the following ladies'
all prominently identified with the work: Mrs.
Prentiss Hiss Matthews, Mrs. Barnett, of Cleye-
land: Mrs. John Campbell, Miss Cora Curry,
Mrs. Paige and Mrs. Robert Ferree.
AN APPOINTMENT FOR MAI. RoCKwooD.
Maj. S. s. lockwood, of Wisconsin, was APP
pointed Chief Clerk of the Department of Agri
culture on Friday last by Secretary Rusk. Maj
lockwood entered the service as a Second Lieu
tenant OF the 18th Wis. in 1861; was promoted
Captain and Commissary of Subsistence in No
vember, 1862, and served faithfully until mus
tered out Oct 9, 1865. Since the war he has
been Professor of Mathematics at the State
Normal School at Whitewater, Wis, Assistant
Superintendent Of Public Instruction OF Wis
c0nsin and oflate years has been the editor the
Daily State GGzette which IS published at Portage
City, Wis. The Major will make good officer.
CHAT ABOUT PEOPLE.
Secretary Tracey was one Of the famous
" 1906" Grant delegates.
Postmaster General Wanamaker was the first
to q responsible position III his business.
At the caucus Of the Republican Senators last
week it was discussed whether the President
pro TEN should hold for the entire Congress, or
merely during the term in which he was
elected 1t was decided that Senator ingalls,
should act as President of the Senate when
/ Vice President Morton was absent during the
entire life of the 51st Congress.
Despite the inordinatc worry OF his first
week as Postmaster General, MIR. Wanamaker
appeared in his accustomed place in church in
Philadelphia last Sunday morning, looking as if
he were at peace with God and his fellowmen.
He conducted the Bethany Sunday-school in the
afternoon, taught his Bible Glass; was present
| at vesper er-meeting, and was back at his
desk in Washington Monday morning refresh
ed and strengthened for another week of
Wrestle with the oiice-seekers.
After this representative Lucius B. Caswell,
of Wisconsin, viii probably hide his money in
the toe OF his shoe or the lining of his hat
when he seeks his yirtuous couch. lie has
been in the habit of slipping it under the edge
of the carpet in his sleeping-room at $40
! Twelfth street. Last Sunday morning he was
so preoccupied with schemes to secure good
| places for his Badger constituents, that he hur-
| ried away from his rooms and forgot that he
| had left SInf in the accustomed place of con-
cealmeut. By and by the inulatto chambermaid
/ who 81 dOes-up" his room began sweeping. She
! found a bulge under the carpet and then the
money. She was not long afterward in finding
her mulatto lover, who has wild ambition to
/ be cowboy. He and she at once set about
making preparations for establishing their mi
/ grafton to the neighborhood of the Tooth Me-
ridian. They had already invested $29 of the
| money i'll an outfit suitable for their change of
/ life, when the police swOoped down upon them,
| recovered the remainder of the cash, took the
| goods back to the stores from which they had
been purchased, the money was refunded, and
| mr. Caswell was financially whole again and
somewhat richer by experience.
Senator Chace, OF Rhode Island, startled his
colleagues last week by the announcement of
/ his resignation, on account Of ill-health. lie
| is past So wealthy manufacturer, and vic
| tim OF dyspepsia. He is the only Quaker who
! ever sat in the Senate and is generally popu-
! lar He has gentle, kindly ways, invariably
says "thee" and Chou" in addressing any
one; when he leaves his wife in the street in
variahly kisses her affectionately Representa-
| tive Spooner, ex-Gov. Wetmore and Gov. Taft
are mentioned as his successor.
VETERANS IN THE CITY.
Jerome S. Mosely, Co. A, 10Th N. Y, Root
/ Post, No. Isl, Syracuse, y. Y. Comrade Mosely
| is manufacturer and the inventor Of numer
| Gus useful devices.
Secretary Tracy is very successful breeder
OF fast trotters. and his farm at Alpalachin,
! Tioga Co., n. Y, has high reputation among
| stockmen. He believes this business incon-
sistent with his new position, and will shortly
| sell his whole stock at auction.
NEW APPoINTEEs.
The following persons were nominated by
the President and confirmed by the Senate
! during the past week:
Eugene Schuyler, of New York, to be Assist
ant Secretary of State.
Walker Blaine, of Maine, to be Examiner of
Claims for the Department of State.
Cyrus Bussey, of New York city, to be As
sistant Secretary of the Interior. Gen. BusSey
entered the Army early in 1851 as the Colonel
Of the Sd Iowa Cav. and served with his regi-
ment in the Southwest until April, 1864, when
promoted Brigadier- General. He did excel
lent service until the close of the war.
Arthur c. Mellette, of Dakota, to be Gov
ernor of Dakota.
Luther b. Richardson, of Dakota, to be Sec
rotary of Dakota.
Cornelius H. Hanford, of Washington Ter
ritory, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Of Washington Territory.
George Ii. Irwin, of Montana Territory, to
be Marshal of the Territory OF Montana.
Smiley w. Chambers of Indiana, to be Attor-
ney Of the United States fo= the District of In
diana.
Albert G. Porter, of Indiana, to be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary OF
the United States to Italy.
John A. EYander of Illinois, to be Minister
Resident and Consul General of the United
States to Denmark.
George S. Bachelor, of New York, to be AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury.
James S. Clarkson, of Iowa, TO be First As
sistant Postmaster General
Lewis Wolfey, of Tucson, A. T., to be Gov
ernor of Arizona.
Rathbone Gardner, of Rhode Island, to be
Attorney of the United States for the District
of Rhode Island.
William l.. Dunlap, of Indiana, to be Mar
shal Of the United States for the District OF
Indiana.
jeremiah Sullivan, of Montana, to be Col
lector of Customs for the District of Montana
and Idaho, in the Territories of Montana and
Idaho.
John A. Kasson, of Iowa; William Walter
; Phelps, of New Jersey, and George H. Bates
of Delaware to be Commissioners to represent
the United States at the conference to be held
IN Berlin, concerning affairs in the Samoan
! Islands.
Ebert D. Weed, of Montana to be Attorney
of the United States fof the Territory of Mon
tana.
q William w Thomas, jr., ofATaine, to be Envoy
: Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary OF
the United States to Sweden and Norway.
Samuel L. Thayer, of Minnesota, to be Envoy
f Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Of
the United States to the Netherlands
, Smith a. Whitfield of Ohio, to be Second
+. | A poStn1lster- re- unra! Mr. Ubft6aId