Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-30
Washington Letter.
(From oui Regular Correspondent
Washington. Nav, Is 1889.

menlS nave lncfedSeu. III tuel Will
only keep away from the White House
the President will have an opportunity
to look over the papers filed by the
applicants and decide upon the proper
men to be appointed. Among the more
prominent appointments since my last
letter are the following:
Chas Swayne, of Florida, to be U. ).
Judge forthenorthern district of Florida.
CThis appointment was particularly
pleasing to Florida republicans here,
because it had been rumored that the
President had decided TO give the place
to a man from another statel; w. ID.
Lee, of New Mexico, TO be associate
Justice of the supreme court of New
Mexico; j. NJ Whitcher. of Nevada, to
be U. s. attorney for Nevada; j. c.
Murphy, of Dakota, to be U. S. attorney
for Dakota; X. l.. Walker, of Kansas,
to be L. S. Marshal for Kansas, (Mr.
Walker was appointed to succeed Mar
shall Jones, who was summarily re-
moved for misconduct in office at the
time Of the opening of the Oklahoma
country; Jacob Yoes, of Arkansas, to
be u. S. Marshal for the Western dis
trict of Arkansas; Amor Smith, DR.,
to be Surveyor of customs for the port
of CINCINNATI Ohio. (This gentleman
has right to feel proud of his appoint
ment as he was vigorously opposed);
ID. w. McClung, of Ohio, 10 be collector
of internal revenue for the hrst (Cin-
cinnatI district Of Ohio; John K. Lynch;
ex-congressman from the ''shoestrng
district of Mississippi, to be Fourth
Auditor of the Treasury, (Mr. Lynch
is the second colored man 10 be honored
by Presidential appointmenD; 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 newspapers
and during the last campaign he was in
charge of all the political documents,
printed in German, that the republican
national committee sent out); Solomon
Hirsh, of Oregon,to be Minister to Tur-
KEY; c. Z. Carr, of Illinois, to be Min
lister to Denmark editor Haskell, of
the Minneapolis Tribune tried hard to
get this appointment, and it is believed
would have succeeded but for the
editorial insult TO Mrs. Cleveland which
he printed several wears ago in that
paper); IL. w. Severance, of California,
to be Consul general at Honolulu; John
Janette of Pennsylvania, to be u. 5.
Consul at Birmingham, England (Mr.
jeanette is well known throughout
the country on account of his proml-
nence in labor circles, being secretary
of the largest association of metal
workers in the country. His appoint
ment is q deserved recognition of his
services in the last campaign); Thos IL.
sherman, of the District of Columbia.
to be L. S. Consul at Liverpool (Mr.
Sherman has been Mr. Blaine's private
secretary since 1862 j. W Savage,
of Nebraska, John +. Plummer. of
New York, Geo L. LEIGHTON, of Missouri,
Jesse Spaulding, of Illinois, and X. B.
Bullock, of Georgia, to be Government
directors of the Union Pacific Railway
company; Ex-senator Saunders, of Me-
braska, to be member of the Utah
board Of registration and election, and
S. G. Wright, of Nevada, TO be super
intendcut Of the &. s. Mint at Carson
CITY
Mrs. Harrison is making preparations
to move into cottage at Deer Park,
Maryland, for the summer The Presi-
dent will remain ut the White House
during most of the summer, join
inc the family at Deer Park every Sat-
urday afternoon and remaining with
them until Monday OF Tuesday.
Secretary Proctor has gone to West
Point to select sites for several new
buildings provided for at the last ses-
sion of Congress. Before returning he
will pay hurried visit to his home in
Vermont
The sudden death of Allen Thorndyke
Rice last week makes a vacancy in the
Russian mission.
The President is certainly fortunate
man. lie has appointed two Commits
soners for the District of Columbia,
one democrat and one republican, and
not single objection has been raised
10 either. This is something which
never happened il Washington before.
The Attorney General has received
the report Of the special agents sent to
Oklahoma to investigate the frauds
alleged TO have been perpetrated by
deputy u. S. Marshals. 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 special agents will be
used to deprive the rascals of tho claims
fraudulently obtained.
Secretary Blaine has issued invita-
lions for a dinner to be given in honor
of the new British Minister Sir Julian
PauncefOrte.
During the week ending Saturday
the Treasury paid out S1l, $4,000 on
account of pensions.
The President is looking much better
since his return from his three days
vacation last week.
HOW TO USE AN uNLoADED PISTOL.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazett: Fool |
ish persons who playfully point pistols
at the heads Of others-often with fatal
results-should know that the mere act |
Of pointing such weapons is unlawful. |
But if they would first take the precau-
ton to point and snap the pistols at
their own heads, to reinforce with