Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-05
Who They Are.
A Brief Reference to the Late AP-
p0intees for Stations Abroad.


Robert Todd Lincoln, who has been
nominated to be minister to Eng
land, is As years OF age, and is the son
of Abraiian Lincoln. He graduated
from Harvard College, served through
Grants Virginia campaign as captain,
practiced law in Chicago, and became
Secretary OF War under President Gar
field, remaining in that post under
President Arthur. Since his retire.
ment in 1885 he has been practicing
law in Chicago.
Allen Thorndyke Rice, who has
been nominated to be minister to
Russia, was born in Massachusetts.
He is graduate Of Oxford University,
England, and since 1876 has been edi-
tor and proprietor of the North Ameri-
can Reriew. He also holds control
ing interest in a prominent Parisian
newspaper, LIE Matin, and las contrib-
uted largely to literature, whilt taking
an active part 10 politics.
George Bailey Loring, of M.ssa-
chusetts, is best known beau of his
connection with the Department of
Ag'iculture, of which he was Com
missioner from 1881 to 1885. He is
y years OF sge and is a Harvard grad
uate. Loring has been long IN public
life, beginning as surgeon OF the
Marine Hospital at Chelsea in 1S43,
and at other times being a postmaster,
cenieanial commissioner and congress
man.
Thomas Ryan, OF Kansas, who has
been named as minister to Mexico, is
n native of New York, where he was
born in 1887. He served during the
war "a volunteer, Was severely
wounded and emerged as captain in
1861. Since that time he has he'd
various legal positions in Kansas AMI
has been u representative in Congress
in six successive Congresses.
Murat Hal.tead, nominated for Uni
ted States minister to Germany, was
born in 1929, at r 'ss, Butler county,
Ohio, and spent his minority on a
farm. At the age of Is he began writ
ing for the newspapers, at first con-
tributing the lighter class Of romances.
In 1851 he flushed his schooling at
the Farmers College, near Cincinnati,
and then did local newspaper reporting
for several Cincinnati papers. In
1853 he became manager of a depart
ment on the Cincinnati Commercial,
and the following year he acquired u
small interest in the paper. When
the Commercial combined with the
Gazette, the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette Immediately became the recog-
nized organ 0f the Ohio Republicans.
Mr.. Halstead has a ipe presence, gen.
ial mann, rs and immense energy.
Patrick E.gan. nominee for minis
ter to Chill, has for many ye.rs been
well known as leader of the Irish
people. He was born in Ballymshan
county Longford, Ireland, in l841
When quite young he went in to the
grain business. His business relations
brought him int contact with the
great masses. and be very early dis
played deep interest in the IIisf
cause. Becoming an active member
of the Advanced National party, he
took part in the revolutionary move
ment, which eliminated in the at.
tempted insurrection of 1867, He was
one Of the organizers and members ol
the Home Rule League, formed in
1871. When Davitt in 1879 started
his Land League movement, Eagan
together with Joseph Biggar and vii
lian O'Su'livan, member OF Parlia'
ment, became trustees of the league in
propagating its principles and siding
the evictcd tenants in 1880, led to th2
pre- secution of Parpell, Dillon, Sexton
Eagan and others. The prosecution
failing to secure conviction, the Eng
lish government suspended the opera
tions of the heabus corpus act, and
also devised the scheme to seizs the
funds of the league. At the urgent
request of the leaders OF the movement
Egan went to France in order to pro
tect the money intrus.ed to his care
and also to act as an intermediary be
tween the branches of the league in
America and Australia, and the Ma
tiOnal leaguers in Ireland and Eng
land. He returned to his native coun.
try, but on account Of the fearful op
pre-. son ard unfair treatment on the
part of the government of great Britain
he, in 1883 came TO America and went
to live in Nebra>k,, where he has since
resided. He has been engaged in the
grain trade while in this country
Egan is still live worker in the Irish
cause, and has confidence in its leaders
in the old country.
John Hicks, who will 60 t6
Peru as minister OF the Uni
ted States, is a native of America, A
years of age. He comes from Oshkosh
the home of Senator Sawyer, and il
the proprietor and editor of the Osh
kosh northeastern. He has several
times been elected president of the
Wisconsin State Press Association, but
has never before held public Office.