Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-24
Written and Compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, May 20, 1889.

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here, because it had been rumOred
that the President had decided tC
give the place to man from an
other State); w. d. Lee, Of New
Mexico, to b,e associate justice Of
the supreme court of New Mexico
j. NJ. Whitcher, OF Nevada, to be
United States attorney for Nevada;
J. c. Murphy, of Dakota, to be
United States attorney for Dakota
r. L, Walker, of Kansas, to be
United States marshal for Kansas
Mr.. Walker was appointed to sue.
coed marshal Jones, who was
summarily removed for misconduct
in office at the time OF the
opening of the Oklahoma
country; Jacob Yoes, OF Arkan-
sas, to be United States marshal
for the western district of Arkan-
sas 4; Amor Smith, Jr., to be Sur
yeyor OF customs for the port OF
Cincinnati, Ohio, this gentleman
has a right to feel proud OF his
appointment as he was vigorously
opposed; D. w. McClung, of
OHIO, to be Collector of internal
revenue for the First (Cinclnnati)
district of Ohio; John r. Lynch,
ex congressman from the "shoe-
string district Ut MISSISSIPPI, to be
Fourth Auditor Of the Treasury,
(Mr. Lynch IS the second cOlored
man to be honored by a Presi'
dental appointment, L. w. Hab-
Groom, of the District of Columbia,
to be Fifth Auditor of the Treas
ury (Mr. Habercom has for many
years been the Washington cor
respondent 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 Hlrsh, OF Oregon, to be
Minister to Turkey; G. E. Carr, OF
Illinois, to be Minister to Denmark
Editor Haskell of the Minneapolis
Tribune tried hard to get this ap.
pointment, and it is believed would
have succeeded but for the edito-
rial insult to Mrs. Cleveland which
be printed several years ago in that
paper; II. W. Severance, of Cal
ifornia, TO be Consul. general at
Honolulu John Janet, Of Penn
sylYania, to be United States Con-
sui at Birmingham, England (Mr.
Janet is we'll known throughout the
country on account Of his proml-
nence IN labor circles, being secre-
tary of the largest association OF
metal workers IN the country. His
is a deserved recOg-
milton of his services in the last
campaign; Thomas Ii. Sherman,
of the District of Columbia, to be
United States Consul at Liverpool
{ Mr.. Sherman has been Mr.. Blaine's
private secretary since 1869 j.
W. Savage, of Nebraska, John +.
Plummer, of New York, George 4.
Llghton, of Missouri, Jesse Spald-
ing, of Illinois, and Il. B. Bullock,
of Georgia, to be Government dl.
rectors of the Union Pacific Rail-
way company Ex-senator Ssun-
ders, of Nebraska, TO be a member
Of the Utah board of registration
and election, and s. G. Wright, of
to be superintendent of
the United States Mint at Carson
city.
Mrs. Harrison is making prepa-
rations to move into a cottage at
Deer Park, Maryland, for the sum-
mer. The President will remain
at the White House during the
most of the summer, joining the
family at Deer Park every Satur'
day afternoon and remaining with
them until Monday or Tuesday.
Secretary Proctor mas gone to
West Point 70 select sites for sew
eral new buildings provided tor at
the last session of Congress. Be-
fore returning he will pay q bur
RED visit to his home IN Vermont.
The sudden death of Allen Thorn.
lyke Rice last week makes a va
cancy in the Russian mission.
The President is certainly for
.unate man. He has appointed
-wO Commissioners for the District
Of Columbia, one Democrat and one
Republican, aud not a single OBJ
ection has been raised to either.
This is something which never hap
)ened in Washington before.
The Attorney General has re-
,elved the report of the special
gents sent to Oklahoma to inves-
igate the frauds alleged to have
,een perpetrated by deputy United
States Marshals. II will not be
made public just now, but / IN
Ierstand that it exOnerates Mar
hal Needles aud shows Marshal
Zones and his deputies to have |
,een guilty. The information gath
red by the special agents will be
Ised to deprive the racsals Of the
.laims fraudulently obtained.
Secretary Blaine has issued in
IItations for a dinner to be given
n honor of the new British Minis
er, Sir Julian Pannceforte.
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