The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-21
WASHINGTON ASTIR.
Nominations and Combinations
Biographical Sketches.
COLONEL FRED. GETS THERE.
The Reason Why Whitelaw Reid Did Not Go to
England---A Real Live Hoosier's
Appointment.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-There were un.
usually large numbers of callers at the
White House this morning, including Sena-
tors Mitchell and Dolph A public recep-
ton was held this afternoon.
He MIGHT DIsTRURB THE TORIES.
1t is learned that the nomination of
Whitelaw Ried as minister to France was
entirely unsolicited, either by himself or his
trends. It has been the intention of the
President ever since the election to tender
him some important appointment, and this,
it is understood would have been the mis-
sion to England, but for the impression that
the earnest advocacy of home rule for Ire
land by the Tribune might render the rela
lions of Reid with the Tory government
and Lord Salisbury less cordial than would
be desirable.
HE SAID GOODBYE.
Joseph Miller, commissioner of internal
revenue, to-day took formal leave of the
employees of his bureau. His successor,
John W. Mason, has received his commits
sion and will tomorrow enter npon the
discharge of his official duties.
YOU'LL FIND NO CHANGE.
Secretary Windon is said to be authority
for the statement that there will be no
changes in the office of the United States
treasury now held by Mr.. Hyatt before the
end Of the fiscal year, June 80. 1t is under
stood that Joseph n. Huston, Of Indiana,
has been promised the Office when 1t
becomes vacant.
WORD ABOUT THE COLONEL.
Frederick D. Grant, who to-day was
nominated to be minister to Austria-Hun-
gary, is thirty-nine years of age, and the
Oldest son of the late General Grant. He
accompanied his father during the war in
five battles before he was thirteen years
old. He was lieutenant of the Fourth
cavalry when he resigned from the army
in 1876, having seen much of active service
in Indian campaigns.
EWhile in the service he married Miss Ida
Honore. daughter of an old citizen of Chi
cago. They have two children, one boy
and one girl Since General Grants death
Colonel Grant has lived with his mother
and cared for her estate.
NATIVE HoosIER.
John Chalfant New of Indiana, who was
nominated to be cOnsul-general to London,
is fifty years of age. He is a native Hoosier
and graduate of Bethany college, Va. He
served during the war as quartermaster-
general for the state of1Indiana and before
that time had been clerk of Marien county.
Since his resignation of the Office of treas
urer of the United States i'll 1884 he has
been actively engaged in politics, being at
present Il member of the Republican ma
tional committee and eX-chairman of the
Republican state committee OF Indiana. In
1881 he became proprietor of the Indianapo-
lis Journal and has conducted the affairs of
that newspaper up to the present time.
TIE NOMINATIONS.
The nominations made to-day were re
ferred in executive session to appropriate
committees.
The President sent the following nomina-
lions to the Senate: Fred d. Grant, New
York, minister to Austria-Hungary; John
c.. New, Indiana, consul-general at London
Selegman brothers, special fiscal agents
of the navy department at London; Past
Assistant Engineer David Jones to be chief
engineer: Past Assistant Engineer James
H eastman to be chief engineer; Assistant
Engineer Reynold L. Hall to be past assistant
engineer; Assistant Engineer Ira n.
Hollis to be past assistant engineer; Lieu
tenant Frank F. Fletcher, junior grade, to
be lieutenant; Lieutenant Alex Sharp,
Junior grade, to be lieutenant; Harry H.
Yosley, junior grade, to be lieutenant;
Ensign p. ]. Wirlich, to be lieutenant,
junior grade; Ensign Simon Cook, to be
lieutenant junior grade; Ensign John H.
Fillmore, to be lieutenant junior grade;
Edward Rhodes Still, to be assistant
surgeon in the navy.
THESE wERB CONFIRMED.
In executive session, this afternoon, the
Senate confirmed the following nomina-
tions: John w. Mason, commissioner in
ternal revenue; John H. Ward, appraiser
of merchandise at Willamette Oregon
Charles E. Mitchell, Connecticut, commits
sioner of patents.