Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
WhitelaW Reid Made Minis
ter to France.
FRED GRANT PROVIDED FOR
sympathy With Ireland Will Not
Do in the Minister at the
Court of st. James.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

| Associateu Press Utspatches 10 tne HERALD ]
WASHINGTON, March 20-There was
an unusually large number of callers at
the White House this morning, includ-
ing Senators Mitchell and Dolph. A
public reception was held this afternoon.
MORE NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-The Presi-
dent sent the following nominations to
the Senate Frederick d. Grant, New
{ York, Minister to Austria Hungary !;
John G. New, Indiana, Consul-General
at London; Seligman Brothers, Special
Fiscal Agents for the Navy Department
at London Passed Assistant Engineer
David Jones, to be a Chief Engineer; I;
| Passed Assistant Engineer James III.
Chosman, to be Chief Engineer; Assist
ant Engine er Reynold L. Hall, to be
Passed Assistant Engineer; Assistant En-
gineer Ira N. Hollis, to be Passed Assist
ant Engineer; Lieutenant Frank F.
Fletcher, Junior Grade, to be Lieutenant; /;
Lieutenant Alexander Sharp, to be Jun
ior Grade Lieutenant; Lieutenant Harry
II. Hosley, to be Junior Grade Lieuten-
ant; Ensign H. ]. Werlich, to be Lieu
tenant, Junior Grade; Ensign Simon
| Cook, to be Lieutenant, Junior Grade !;
Ensign John H. Fillmore, to be Lieuten-
ant, Junior Grade; Edward Rhodes
Stitt, to be Assistant Surgeon in the
Navy.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
| In executive session this afternoon the
Senate confirmed the following nomina-
tions: John W. Mason, Virginia, Com
IN issioner of Internal Revenue; John P.
w ard, Appraiser of Merchandise at Will
lamette, Oregon; Charles f. Mitchell, !,
| Connecticut, Commissioner of Patents.
They were referred in executive session
to the appropriate committees.
While the Senate was sitting with
closed doors, Butler offered series of
resolutions, which went over till to-mor-
row, declaring that the tenure OF
president pro tempore does not expire at
The meeting OF Congress after recess, the
Vice-President having appeared to take
the chair; that the presence of the
| Vice-President does not have the effect
to vacate the office of president pro tenn
pore; that the office OF president pro
tempore shall be held at the pleasure Of
the Senate.
IL Wd5 bllcO tllG lSUL VI lACpS-
ing be O'Clock. Adjourned.
SKETCHES OF NOMINEES.
Frederick D. Grant, who was to-day
nominated TO be Minister to Austria
Hungary, is 80 years of age, and the eld-
est son OF General Grant. He accom-
panied his father during the war, and
was in five battles before he was 13
years old. He was Lieutenant OF the
| Fourth Cavalry when he resigned from
the army in 1876, having seen much ac-
| tive service in Indian campaigns. While
in the service he married Miss Ida Hon
ore, daughter of an old citizen of
| Chicago, and has two children, a boy
and girl. Since General Grants death,
Colonel Grant has resided with mis-
mother, and cared for her estate.
| John Chalfant New, of Indiana, who
is nominated to be Consul General to
London, is so years of age. He is a
native Hoosier, and graduate of Beth
any College, Va. He served during the
war rs QuartermasterG General for the
State of Indiana, and before that time
had been Clerk of Marion county. Since
his resignation OF the Office of Treasurer
of the United States, in 1884, he has
been actively engaged in politics, being,
at present, member of the Republican
National Committee, and ex-Chairman
of the Republican State Committee of
Indiana. In 1881 he became proprietor
of the Indianapolis Journal, and has con-
Quoted the affairs of that newspaper up
to the present time.
| wHITELAw REID's MISSION.
1t is learned that the nomination OF
Reid as Minister to France was entirely
unsolicited, either by him or his friends.
1t has been the intention of the Presi-
dent, ever since his election, TO tender him
some important appointment, and this,
it was understood, would be the mission
to England, but for the impression that
the earnest advocacy of Home Rule for
Ireland, by the tribune. would render
the relations of Reid with the Tory Gov
ernment of Lord Salisbury less cordial
than would be desired.
| OFFICIAL MOVEMENTS.
joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, to-day took formal leave
of the employees of his bureau. His sue
cessor, John W. Mason, has received his
commission and will tomorrow enter
upon the discharge OF his official duties.
Secretary Window is said to be author
| ity for the statement that there will be
no changes in the Office of the United
States Trersurer, now held by Mr.. Hyatt,
before the end of the present fiscal year,
June 30th. 1t is understood that Joseph
N. Huston of Indiana, has been promised
the Office when it becomes vacant.
| DEFECTIVE BENDING ROLLS.
1t has been discovered that the large
16-foot bending rolls supplied to the Nor
folk Navy-yard for use in the construc.
tion of the Texas, do not meet the re-
quirements of the contract, in that the
rolls are made to be adjusted by hand
power instead of by steam power. The
contractors are now altering them to
make them conform to the terms of the
contract. After the rolls were purchased
it was also found that their capacity was
limited to 16 foot plates, while the bot
tom plates of the Texas are twenty feet
in length. This mistake was made in
the Norfolk Navy-yard, but it will not
materially delay the construction of the
vessel, as the rolls can be used for a large
range of work, and new 20-foot rolls can
be procured by the time they are needed
which will be six months hence.
THE STARVING CHINESE.
The United States Consul General at
Shanghai has informed the State Depart
ment, at the request of the Shanghai
Committee of the North China Relief