The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

be held accountable for opinions ex.
pressed in the heat of campaigns, but
few could hope to pass unscathed into
the golden realm of official holding.
Sherman desiring to respond TO the
remarks made against Halstead, the
senate adjourned until II o'clock to-
morrow, leaving the question still
pending on motion to reconsider yeSter-
days vote of rejection.
During the afternoon a motion was
entered by Plumb to reconsider the
vote by which the nomination of Lewis
Wolfly to be governor of Arizona was
confirmed. 1t IS said that additional
charges have been preferred against
him relating to his actions while reve-
nue. officer on the Mississippi river some
years ago.
| UNDER THE WRONG NAME.
WASHINGTON, March. 30 Hon.
Z. L. Walrond, of Osborne, Kansas,
the newly appointed attorney for the
district of the Indian Territory,
| arrived in this city to-day. His
nomination and confirmation were
made in the name of Zachariah t.
Walroud, but as his name is Zachary
7. Walrond the error will have to be
| corrected. The action of the senate
in confirming him will have to be re-
considered and the appointment
withdrawn. The name will then be
corrected and again sent to the senate
| and confirmed. The matter will be
called up tomorrow and the correc-
tion made as required by law. MI.
WalrOnd says he was named after
Zachary Taylor, and he prefers to OBJ
serve the photography of that states
man and president. The correction
will occasion but little delay, and
Mr.. Walrond expects to leave to-
Nation, where the new court is to
meet on the first Monday in April.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, March, 29.-The
president sent the following nomina-
tions to the senate to-day:
Robert Adams, Jr., of Pennsylvania.
to be envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary of the United
| States to Brazil.
Lansing B. Misner. of California, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States to
| the Central American States.
VIM. l.. Scruggs, of Georgia, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
| ipotentiary of the United States to
| Venezuela.
VIM. o. Bradley. of Kentucky, to be
minister resident and consul general of
the United States to Corea.
George b. Furgeson. of Maine, to be
collector of customs for the district OF
Belfast. Maine.
George Chandler, of Kansas, to be
first assistant secretary of the interior
Geo. L. Shoup, of Idaho, to be secre
tary of Idaho.
Jacob V. Admire, of Kansas, to be
receiver of public moneys at King
Fisher stage station, Indian Territory
Jacob &. Roberts, of Nebraska, to De
register of the land Office at King Fisher
stage station, Indian Territory.
. A. Darnell, of Georgia, to be United
States Attorney for the northern dis
trict of Georgia.
VIM. S. Upton, of Tennessee, to b.
United States marshal for the easter
district of Tennessee.
OTHER NOTES.
WHY GEN. POWELL LAUGHS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81
General Powell, of Belleville. is no
grieving over his failure to secure thu
pension commissionership. Nor is h
trying to get anything else. He re
spends with laugh to those who offe
to condole with him, and if the com
forters are intimate enough TO be let in
to the knowledge of his private affair
the general tells them why he feel
good in spite of his failure to get Office
While the contest was pending, tel
days ago, Gen. Powell met Commits
sioner Black, and the latter. after look
ing at the formers sightless eye AM
talking about his scars. said:
Powell, what pension are you draw
ing?''
The general replied that he wa
getting $12 month.
There is something wrong abou
. that" said the commissioner. Don
You know your rating ought to
higher than that under the increase
which the laws have allowed for sue
injurieSY'
: General Powell replied that he ha
been granted the pension good man
years ago and had not paid any partic
ular attention to the changes in thu
} laws.
II know you ought to be getting
more,' said the commissioner. ''ant
I'll have the matter looked up"
General Black acted Immediately
and found that not only was Genera
) Powell entitled to double the amour
he had been drawing, but that Their
was large amount of arrearages. TIL
case was put through the usual rou
tine, and the day Corporal Tanner wa
appointed commissioner of pension
General Powell received from Genera
Black draft for So, 600, his back pen
sion money.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-It is re
ported and believed in well informe,
circles that the German government
has requested that Correspondent
Klein, who left Samoa immediatel
, after the killing of the German sailor
! and came to San Francisco, be arrests
and returned to Apia to be tried befOr
the American mot Germany consula
] court for murderous assault. It is NO
known here whether Klein is an Amer
lean citizen or not, but that is not re
garded as material.
The date of the beginning of the pro
posed investigation of the physical con
dition and prospects of the Union an
Central Pacific railroads leased line
and branches by a special committe
of the senate has been postponed.
had been intended to meet in Chicago
April 6. to start the next day and spen
about six weeks on the trip, but the in
: ability of Senator Hiscock to get ava
has led to a change of the date of meet
ing to October.
George Chandler, nominated to b
first assistant secretary of the interior
is about forty-eight years of age AM
has been a resident of Kansas 70
twenty years. He is at present judg
of the state court comprising the cir
cult of independence, his home; it
the only public office he ever had. HI
/, is a gentleman of high character
irreproachable life and great attain
ments in his profession. He was SUI
ported by the Kansas senators an
representatives and came to Washing