The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-05-30

| favor of raising the rates. He believes that
this country cannot do too much for the men
who gave it everything. He has resumed his
! residence at Charlottesville.
NEW APPoINTEEs.
The President appointed William r. Day, of
Ohio to be District Judge for the Northern
! District Of Ohio.
| B. F. Gilkersou, of Pennsylvania was APP
| pointed Second Comptroller of the Treasury.
| Mr.. Gilkerson has been backed by Senator
Quay for several places before this, but did not
/ succeed in securing them. he is a lawyer of
well-known ability in Pennsylvania.
$. B. Holiday was appointed Commissioner
OF Customs, Treasury Department. he resides
/ in Erie. Pa.
/ David Martin was appointed Collector of In
| ternal Revenue for the District of Philadelphia.
! he is prominent politician in Philadelphia,
! and at present holds the position of Merchant
/ Appraiser Of that port.
Ahial Lathrop was appointed District Attor-
1 ney for the Southern District of South Caro-
| lima. He has lived in the State for Ii years.
Joseph n. STRIPPING who was appointed Dis
| trict Attorney for the Northern District OF
/ Florida, is native Of that State, and lives at
1 Live Oak
I J. r. Mizell was appointed United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Florida.
/ lie is also native of the State, and resides at
/ Winter Park. He was in the Confederate army.
IL. r. Jelfords who was appointed District
Attorney for Arizona, lives in Tucson. he is
q leading lawyer, and has been Attorney for
/ Pima County for five years He is son of
Judge Jefords who was a Member of Congress
1 from Mississippi several years ago.
c. p. Hitch was appointed Marshal for the
J Southern District of Illinois. He is resident
of Paris. III.
Edward R. Gunby was appointed Collector of
! Customs at Tampa, Fla. He has long been
resident of that place.
4 air,fa TuS
{ Of the Territory Of Utah. he formerly held
/ the same position.
/ John w Heron, of Ohio, was appointed
/ United States Attorney for the Southern Dis
( trict of Ohio. He is prominent lawyer OF
| Cincinnati.
Samuel J. Ruby, of Iowa, to be United States
( Consul at Belfast, Ireland.
/ Hiram Smith, ir.. of Cameron, Mo-, TO be
/ First Deputy Commissioner of Pensions. Com
rade Smith is a one-armed soldier who served
/ during the late war with the LIST Vt. Art. he
/ has a good record, but never reached the grade
of commissioned officer. He went West after
the war and has lived in Missouri most of the
time since. lie has been Department. Com
mander Of the GAR. of Missouri He is about
/ 80 years of age.
Benjamin N. Thomas, of Santa Fe, \. NJ, to
be Secretary of New Mexico.
Robert 5. Anderson, of Baker City, Ore, to
be a Commissioner in and for the District of
] Alaska, TO reside at Oonalaska.
Hal J. Cole, of Spokane Falls. Wn T., to be
Agent for the Indians of the Colyille Agency,
! in Washington Territory.
To be Registers at Land Offices: Alexander
/ Lynch, of Florida. at Gainesville, Fla; Dorus
! N. Fox, of Des Moines, Iowa, at Des Noines,
Iowa; John NJ. Hodge, of Abilene, Kan, at
Salina, Kan; John L. Apperson, of Oregon
City, Ore, at Oregon City, Ore; Patrick Ra-
! leigh, Of Little Rock, Ark, at Little Rock,
] Arl-- Hayiaa of ArizO at TueSnn
Ariz.
To be Receivers of Public Moneys: Volney
! J. Shipman, of Florida, at Gainesville, Fla;
john V. Scott, of California at Shasta, Cal.
ADJ'T-GEN. DRUM RETIREs.
Gen. Richard c. Drum, Adjutant- General of
the Army, was retired on Tuesday last, he haV-
ing reached the age prescribed by the law.
| Gen. Drum is the only officer of the Army that
ever filed the position of Adiutant-G General who
was not West Point graduate. He entered
the service as a private in Co. K, 1st Pa, Dec.
/ I6, 1876; was appointed a Second Lieutenant,
/ 9th U. ). Inf pril 8, 1877; was transferred to
/ the 4th Art. in 1913; was appointed Captain
and Assistant Acknowledgement in 1861; pro-
/ NOTED Major and Assistant Adiutant- General
1 in August, 1861; Northumberland and As
| sistant Anjutaut-General in July, 1862; Col
onel and Assistant Adjutant-General in 1869,
aud Brigadier-General and Acknowledgement
in June, 1850. He has been faithful officer.
FLAG PRESENTATION.
Twenty survivors of the Philadelphia Bril-
gade came to Washington last Monday TO meet
committee of IA members of Piekett's Di-
vision, TO whom they presented a handsome
| silk United States flag. Capt John E. Riley
69th Pa, made the presentation speech, which
was responded to by Col. r. B. Berkely. Post
master General Wanamaker and Commissioner
of Pensions Tanner also made brief speeches.
a banquet followed the speech making.
VETERANS IN THE CITY.
Past Inspector General Ira III. Hedges,
Haver5traw, n. Y. COmrade Hedges left a
lawyers Office, where he was preparing for the
bar, TO enlist in the 95th n. Y, in which ne
served till the close of the war without taking
a furlongh. His good conduct brought him a
Sergeantcy as early as the Peninsular campaign,
and his Colonel sent his name, with that of two
other Sergeants to Albany for commissions as
Second Lieutenants. But the Governor of New
York then was Horatio Seymour, a thorough
going politician, who pushed politics into
1 everything. He had men of his own political
faith whom he wanted to give commissions to,
and so Hedges and his deserving comrades We're
disappointed in the interest of political heelers.
In their anger they agreed with each other to
never accept a commission, and they faithfully
adhered to this discrimination, though they
were several times offered promotion. Hedges
came home Sergeant Major of his regiment. He
has been very successful financially since the
war, and is one of the leading citizens of the
fonrishing city of Hayerstraw. He is Presi-
dent Of National Bank, owner of extensive
brickyards, large salt well, ETC., and with all
: these absorbing interests he still finds Oppor.
, tunity to devote great deal of time and effect
t I i've work TO the Grand Army of the Republic
2 He has filled all the offices in his Post was
: Commander of the Department of New York
, and Inspector-Genera on the Staff of Com
mander-in- Chief Rea. He attends all the De
! partment and National Encampments, and
{ takes an active share in their proceedings.
5 CHAT ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, the noted TEN
! perance lecturer, is working hard to secure thu
appointment of her husband as Register of tn,
: / Treasury, the place now held By Gen. Rose
Grams. BE is also supported by the Iowa del
egation. and by the Republican Prohibitionists
Senator Quay denies with emphasis and par
ticularity that he has ever been snubbed b,
G the President. "On the contrary. quite tn
u reverse" His meetings with the Chief Exeeu
: tive have always been very cordial and pleas
b ant.
d Mrs. Harrison will spend the greater part o
: the warm weather at Deer Park, where Mrs
}. Mckee will take her children early mex
= month.
S Mrs Thomas Wanamaker has returned t
e Philadelphia, and viii not return here unit
e the Autumn, when her mother-in-law will b
# back from Europe, and the Inequalities of tn
d Wanamaker home will really begin.
l. Formidable War Vessel.