Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-11
70 THE LAND OF CHOP STICKS.
Colonel Fred Grant Wants The
Chinese Mission.
BISMARCK AGAINST THE FIELD.
Phelps VIII Take Ben Butler and
Several Others Along How
Harrison Spent the Sab
bath Day.
WASHINGTON BUREtU.THE OMAHA BEE,
513 FOURTEENTH STREE.

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513 FOURTEENTH STREET,
WAsulNGroS, ID. c., March TO- J
II is generally conceded that Colonel Fred
Grant will bc minister to China. A delega-
tion headed by George w. Childs, A. j.
Drcxel and Postmaster General Wanamaker,
asked the president to make this appoint
ment and he intmated to them that he
would do so.
THE BISMARCK CONFERENCE.
There is an impression prevailing that ex-
Minister kasson will be sent to Berlin with
William Walter Phelps and perhaps General
Benjamin +. Butler also, to talk over the
Samoan affairs with Bismarck. 1t has not
yet been decided who will go, but these are
the gentlemen most likely to be selected.
There is no restriction upon the president in
this matter. Germany has agreed to n con
ference and congress has appropriated 5000,
600 for the purpose of paying expenses. The
president may send one man or dozen, and
the case is such u serious one, involving so
much of Importance, that it is hardly proba-
BILE that one person will be entrusted with
the negotiations. EX-Consul Sewall, whom
Secretary Bayard removed for telling state
secrets to republican senators, and Gustavus
Coward, of Illinois, who made the treaty
with Samoa under the Hays administration,
may also be sent along to post the commits
sioners as TO the facts in the case, of which
they have more knowledge than anyone else,
and the embassy will then be equal to any
emergency. Nothing can be found out at
the state department concerning the inten-
tions of the government in this matter, but
MIR. Blame has given his entire leisure to the
Samoan difficulties since he was sworn in
THE PRESIDENTS SABBATH.
The president has had an easy, quiet, rest
full day, and no man felt gladder 20 have the
Sabbath come. He has laid down strict
rule which is to be adhered to during the ad.
minstraton, that there shall be no Sunday
work done ut the white house, and that no
official matters shall be brought to his atten-
ton unless they are OF the most impe rative
importance The Fourth commandment will
he kent IL has not Dppn for and tho
new president was determined to get a
straight start yesterday. Breakfast was
later than usual 1t was not until half past
9 O'Clock that the family were down, and it
was time to get ready for church at once
When the family worship was over. they all
attended the new church of the Covenant
and made a large party, the President and
Mrs. Harrison, Russell Harrison and his
wife, Mr.. Mckee and his wife, Miss Mckee,
of Indianapolis, Miss Newcomer and MISS
Constance, of Peru, Ind, who are guests at
the executive mansion. The four first named
were escorted to the pew which DR.. Scott
selected for the president at the letting some
weeks ago, while the rest of the party were
scattered around wherever they could find
vacant seats in the neighborhood. The crowd
at the church was large, as it was expected
the presidential party would attend there,
and DR.. Hamlh offered an earnest prayer
that those who had come into the sanctuary
from motives Of curiosity might not go away
without feeling the effect OF the divine grace.
Having got the sinners cornered, as it were,
he went for them in the most business like
manner, and he prayed for the president too,
asking that the Divine hand might guide him
through his responsibilities and Divine wis
dom inspire all his acts. 1t occurred to me
that the president might not feel very much
fattered by the amount of attention he re-
ceived in the good PASTORS prayer, and that
he must have felt relieved that there was no
reference to him in the sermon, which was
preached from John 14:9, "He that hath seen
Nc, has seen the Father also" noticed.
too, the earnestness with which he Joined in
the singing Of the opening hymn, which was
most appropriate to his case, and there wasn't
doubt that he sang from the heart. The
crowd stayed by to watch the presidential
blocked the aisles, but the objects OF so much
interest did not seem to mind 1t much, but
shook hands with number of old friends
and talked as they went slowly down the
aisle, just as if they were ordinary people,
TO CONFIRM NOMINATIONS.
There is TO be a cabinet meeting early to-
morrow morning TO get ready some nomna-
tlons to be sent to the senate at IL o'clock.
Several ii have already been decided I'd upon and
others will be before noon. The first to
be sent up are those of James III. Huston of
Indiana, to be treasurer of the United
States, and George c. Tichnor, to be assist
ant secretary of the treasury. Mr.. Huston
is a citizen of Indiana and the chairman of
the republican committee of that state. He
is not recommended by anybody in particu-
lar, although there was a great deal of pres
sure III MS DtndlI Dy UHe lUuldflH DOHIli'lunS
for place In the cabinet. MIR. TIchnor is in
doubt whether he comes from Iowa or lll-
nois. He is really from the former state,
but on the blue book is credited to the latter
His appointment is n case of the fittest man
for the Office, without political backing or
application for the appointment. do not
believe Mr.. Tichnor has asked for the place
nor that any one has asked it for him. He
was simply suggested, and accepted without
debate Everybody but the Illinois ofice-
seekers commend the appointment, and they
refuse to do so only because it will weaken
their chances for getting other places sought.
But the president is understood to have said
that MIR. Tchnor's appointment shall not be
charged to Illinois or TO any other state. The
Office Of second assistant secretary is to 60
10 New York state. Mr. Coon, who form
erly exercised its duties most acceptably,
and Is doubtless us well equipped tor that
place as MIR. Tichnor is for the other, would
get it II Mr., Window could have his
way, because Mr.. Window has known nm
ror twenty years or more and understands
exactly what sort of chap he is, but IL
would not do TO appoint two men on their
merits exclusively, ana particularly the first
two that are appointed The trouble Is that
recommended by the politicians of illinois,
Senator Hiscock, ex-senator Platt Warner
Miller and others are said to object To his
selection. They have nothing against him
except that he is not politician, and there
are politicians who must be taken care Of
So they have recommended Colonel Bachelor
for the office.
NEBRASKA PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
j. w. Modistt, Aida; H.. l.. Whtcomb,
Arlington; Isabella Reynolds, Arcadia; Har-
vey Said, Anselmo; Matthew Farren,
Beemer; j. +, Fannon, Clearwater; John
Brdenbaugh, Coleridge; Samuel Atkinson,
Cozad; A. r. Hasson. Dodge; James Purcell,
Elm Creek j. A. Wood, Ewing; j. w. Berry,
Gibbon; J. S. Parados, Hemingford; }. A.
Bennett Herman; j. X, Kelsey, Hoover; w,
g, Hecker, HOOPER; Reading Asher, lnman;
Gerald Dillpn .InrKsnn. (,nnrpp A Smith.
Long Pine; 4. II. Reasoncr, Lltchheld; w.
ID. Smith, Lyons; Oscar Babcock, North
Loup; Zura Chamberlain, Overton; j. l..
Stevens, Plainvew; II. Il. Black, Pender;
William Sherman, Sargent; f. $. Windsor
Sartoris; }. q, Saunders, Walnut Grove;
c, +. Gunter, Wakefield; w. J. Laferty,
Wisner.
vASDERyooRr KNOCKED OUT.
Although General Paul VaudervoOrt has
been making hard fight for superintendent
OF the railway mail service, IL is believed
that he is knocked out. The papers filed IN
the department. upon which his removal from
the offce of the district superintendent In