Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-04-18
OUR NATIONS CAPITOL.
WHAT is BEING AND WHAT HAS
BEEN DONE In WASHINGTON,
Movements of our Country's CeIebfk
tfss.-C0ngressi0nal and Other
Matters.
CONGRESS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. anu VtucE
Matters.
CONGRESS.
The President sent the following NOM
nations to the Senate on Wednesday:
John Wicks of Wisconsin, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotcn-
tiary OF the United States to Peru;
George B. Loring, of Massachusetts, to-
be minister resident and consul general
of the United States to Portugal; Robert
T. Lincoln, of Illinois, to be envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of
the United States to Great Britain; Mu-
rat Halstead, of Ohio, to be envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of
the United States to Germany; Allan
Thorndyke Rice, of New York, to be en-
voy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tertiary of the United States to Russia;
Patrick Egan, of Nebraska, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States to Chill;
Thomas Ryan, of Kansas, TO be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States to Mexico:
Marion Erwin, of Georgia, to be United
States attorney for the southern district
of Georgia; Tyre Glenn, of North
Carolina, to be United States marshal for
the western district of North Caro-
lima; Andrew d. Cowles, post
master at Statesville, N. c.; Tyre
Glenn, nominated to be. marshal
for the western district of North Carroll
ma, is a native of Mamma, Yadkin coun-
ty, and was chief clerk in the collectors
Office at Greenville, under the last Re-
publican administration. He is broth
er-in-law of Judge Thomas Settle, Of
Florida. Marion Erwin, nominated Uni
ted States attorney for the southern dis
trict of Georgia, is we'll known young
lawyer, of Macon, Ga, and brother-in-
law of Col. Evan P. Howell He was
clerk of the United States district court
at Savannah for four years, and was
United States commissioner at the same
time. He graduated from the University
of Georgia in 1875. His appointment
was recommended by Representative
Brewer and other Republicans.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate by the President on Tuesday,
were the following: Robert Y. Bell, of
Maryland, to be assistant commissioner
of Indian affairs; Charles w. Jones,
postmaster, NIartinsville, Va; Francis
E. Warren, of Wyoming territory, to be
governor of Wyoming territory; Benia-
min F. White, of Dillon, Montana, to be
governor of Montana; Oscar M. Spell
man, of Arkansas, to be marshal OF the
United States for the eastern district of
Arkansas; Charles G. Walters, of Ar
kansas, United States attorney for the
eastern district of Arkansas The Sen
ate, in executive session, confirmed the
following nominations: Zacariah Walt
hon, to be United States attorney to the
Indian territory; Thomas B. Movies, to
be United States marshal for Indian ter
ritory; James NJ. Shackleford, to be
judge of the Indian territory courts;
James Tanner, to be commissioner of
PENSIONS; Seligman Bros, to be fiscal
agents of the naval department at Lon
don; and a number of postmasters.
among them, George L. Baram, at Suf-
folk, Va.
NOTES
Mrs. Harrison has discharged every
colored servant in the White House, and
replaced them with white people.
Reports to the navy department from
Capt. Schoonmaker, commanding the
warship Vaudalia, and Commander Mul-
lam commanding the Nipsic, both at
Apia, Samoa, confirm the Geographic re
ports to the Associated Press.
Gen. Longstreet, who has been quite
sick for some days, left for home on
Tuesday. The generals condition is
more serious than his friends are willing
to believe. A few days ago he con-
tracted a severe cold, occasioned by hav-
ing his hair cut.
A courtmartial was convened at the
War Department on Monday morning
for the trial of Maj. G. j. Lydecker,
corps OF engineers, on charges arising
out OF the failure of the aqueduct tun-
mel. The charges have six specifications
which set out the faulty work in the
tunnel and failure of defendant to exer-
else due care in the superintendent.
The Secretary of War has prescribed
regulations governing the issue of arms
for military instructions at colleges, un-
der which each college or university
where an army officer is stationed, will be
allowed two 3-inch rifled guns Of wrought
iron, valued at $3.50 each, two carriages
and appurtenances, $50 Springfield cadet
rifles and corresponding number of
bayonet scabbards and appendices.
Collections of internal revenue for the
first eight months of the fiscal year,
ending June 80, 1888, were $S3, 364, eli;
an increase of So, SOB, 744 over collec-
tions for the corresponding period Of the
last fiscal year. The collections were as