Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-05-30

WA>HiNGIoN, l.. C., May %, S.
The President HAS mad fewer onicc-scck
iuL calu.r, ut iatr ana a. q natural con>r-
qGvnrr thr number Of appointments has
hyrl Increased If they VIII only keep
AWay from the White House the President
wIIl hatc An opportunity 70 look over thr
ptl,.- l4rtI uA 'lnt applicants ana urcluc
upon THE proper men to be appointed
Among the more prominent appointments
since my last letter are the following
tha> Nwayuc, of Florida. to DC T.. )
judge for the northern district of Florida.
Tins appointment was particularly pleas
M To Florida republicans here, because it
had been rumorrd that the President had
dcci''cI to give the place 10 man from an
other State W d. Lee, of New Mexico.
10 ho associate justice of the supreme
court Of New Mexico; j. VI. WhitcheT Of
Nevada, to be L : attorney for Nevada !;
!. q Murphy, of Dakota. to be L. ). at
tuluey fer Dakota; X. L.. Walker, of Kan
,a> ID ~ | $ Marshal for Kansas
MI Walker wa, appointed 10 succeed
Marshal Jones. who was >ummarliy rtmoy-
", tDr m ~condurt in Office at the time of
the opening OF the oklahoma country ia
con lut>, of Arkansas, to be t ). Mar
~hal for THE western district Of Arkansas !;
Amor Smith ,lr to be surveyor Of Gus
toms for the port of Cincinnati, Ohio,
This gentleman has right To feel proud
of hl> appointment H. he was vigorously
opposed f.; y. " McClung, of Ohio 10 he
collector of internal revenue for the first
Cincinnati district of OHIO; John X.
Lynch. eX-cougrr>sman from the shoe
string district of Mississippi, to toe fourth
auditor of the treasury, Mr.. Lynch is
the second colorcd man to be honuTcd by Il
Presidential appolntmcnt) l.. W. Haber-
com, OF the District of Columbia tO bc
ifth auditor Of the treasury, Mr.. llaber-
com has for many Years been the Wash
iugton correspondent Of several prominent
German newspapers and during the last
campaign he Wa~ ID charge of all the pO-
litical documents, printed in German, that
the republican national committee sent
ont solomon Hir>h, Of oregon, to be
minister 10 Turkey; C. +. Carr Of Illinois.
to ~ minister to Denmark Editor Has
Aru ~ the Minneapolis Iribtt,r tried hard
to .ct this apPointm, mt, and it is believed
would have succeeded but for the editorial
insult to Mrs Gle, Gland which he printed
several years ago in that paper1 IL. W.
Severance, of California, to be Consul
general at Honolulu; John Janctt of Penn
>Nlyania to be t. $ Consul at Birming-
ham England Mr.. Ianctt is we'll known
throughout the country on account of his
prominence in labor circles. being Stcrt-
tarv of the largest association of metal
workers in the country His appoint
mcnt i a deserved recognition of his ser
vices in the las campaign;) Thos ii.
sherman, Of the District of Columbia, to
be U :. consul at Liverpool, Mr.. Shcr-
man has been Mr.. Blaine's private >ecre-
tary since 1862 y j, W. Savage, of Nebras-
ka John +. Plummer, Of New York, Geo.
+. Lighton, OF Missouri, Jesse Spalding,
of Illinois and X. b. Bullock, of Georgia,
to be Government directors of the Union
Pacific Railway Company; Ex-senator
Saunders, of Nebraska. to be member OF
the | tab board of registration and cleo
ton and ) c. Wright, of Nevada, to be su-
pcrinteudent of the |. ). Mint at Carson
City.
Mrs Harrison is making preparations to
move into a cottage at Deer Park, Mary
land, for the summer. The President will
remain at the White House during the
most of the summer, joining the family at
Deer Park every Saturday afternoon aud
remaining with them until Monday or
| Tuesday
Secretary Proctor has gone to West
Point to select sites for several new build
Congress. Before returning he will pay
hurried visit to his home in Vermont.
The sudden death of Allen Thorndyke
Rice last week makes vacancy in the Rus
sian mission.
The President is certainly fortunate
man. He has appointed two commissions
ers for the District of Columbia, one demo-
crat and one 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
reports of the special agents sent to Okla
! homa to investigate the frauds alleged to
have been perpetrated by deputy I. >
Marshals 1t will not be made public now,
| but understand that it eXonerates Mar
shall Needles and shows Marshal Jones ana
his deputies to have been guilty. The IN
| formation gathered by the special agents
will be used to deprive the rascals OF the
claims fraudulently obtained.
Secretary Blaine has issued invitations
| for dinner to be given in honor of the
new British Minister, Sir Julian Paunce
| forte.
During the week ending Saturday the
treasury paid out Sll ,3S0,00 on accoun
of pensions.
The President is looking much bette
since his return from his three days vaca
tion last week.