Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30

to feel proud of his appointment
as he was vigorously opposed9 D.
w. McClung, of Ohio, to be Col
lector of internal revenue for the
First (Cincinnati) district of Ohio;
John r. Lynch, ex-congressman
from the "shoestring" district of
Mississippi, to be Fourth Auditor
of the Treasury (Mr. Lynch is the
second colored man to be honored
by Presidential appointment;)
L. w. Habercom, of the District
Of Columbia, to be Fifth Auditor
Of the Treasury (Mr. Habercom
has for many years been the
Washington correspondent of
several prominent German news
papers and during the last
campaign he was in charge of all
the political documents, printed in
German, that the republican nat
ional committee sent out;) Solo
mon Hirsh, of Oregon to be Min
lister to Turkey; c. E. Carr, of
Illinois to be Minister to Denmark
Editor Haskell of the Minneapo-
lis Tribune tried hard to get this
appointment, and it is believed
world have succeeded but for the
editorial insult to Mrs. Cleveland
which he printed several years ago
in that paper) H. w. Severance
of California, to be Consul-gener-
al at Honolulu; John Janett Of
Pennsylvania to be u. S. Consul
at Birmingham, England (Mr.
Janett is we'll known throughout
the country on account OF his
prominence in labor circles, being
secretary of the largest associa-
ton of metal workers in the
country. His appointment is a
deserved recognition of his ser
vices in the last campaign) Thos.
H. Sherman, of the District of
Columbia to be U. S. Consul at
Liverpool (Mr. Sherman has been
Mr.. Blaine's private secretary
since 1869 J, w. Savage of
Nebraska, John F. Plummer of
New York, Geo. E. Lighton of
Missouri, Jesse Spaulding of
Illinois, and R. b. Bullock of
Georgia, to be Government direct
ors of the Union Pacific Railway
company; Ex-senator Saunders of
Nebraska, to be a member of the
Utah board Of registration and
election, and S. c. Wright Of
Nevada to be superintendent of the
| u. S. Mint at Carson City.
Mrs. Harrison is making prep
arationS to move into a cottage at
Deer Park Maryland, for the sum-
mer. The President will remain
at the White House during the
most of the summer, joining the
family at Deer Park every Satur-
day afternoon and remaining with
them until Monday or Tuesnay.
Secretary Proctor has gone to
West Point to select sites for sew
eral new buildings provided for at
the last session of Congress.
Before returning he will pay a
hurried visit to his home in Yer
mont.
The sudden death of Allen
Thorndyke Rice last week made
a vacancy in the Russian mission.
The President is certainly a
fortunate man. He has appointed
two Commissioners for the Dis
trict of Columbia, one democrat
and republican, and not single
objection has been raised to either.
This is something which never
happened in Washington before.
The Attorney General has
received the report of the special
agents sent to Oklahoma to inves-
tigate the frauds alleged to have
been perpetrated by deputy y. S.
Marshal; 1t will not be made
public just now but | understand
that it exonerates Marshal Needles
and shows Marshal Jones and his
deputies to have been guilty. The
information gathered by the spec
! ial AGENTS will be used TO deDriys,