Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-07-11

that was no amusement for us, and the
best way for any one to learn about a pas
sage around Cape Horn is to make it.
c. A. NJ.
From our regular Correspondent.)
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, July /, 1889.
The President intended to have
gone to Cape May for the purpose
of bringing Mrs. Harrison and the chill
| dren back to Washington, but the great
| press of business consequent upon the
! closing Of the fiscal year deprived him Of
that pleasure. He took time however to
run over to Baltimore to meet them Satur
day afternoon. The president is going
| TO Woodstock, Conn. to take part IN a
| big Fourth of July celebration.
| Among the recent important appoint
| ments were the following Frederick Doug
| lass of the District of Columbia. To be min
| lister to Hayti W M Meredith, of Illinois to
| be superintendent of the bureau of engray
| M and printing (The appointment Of
| Capt. Meredith caused no surprise. No
| one else had been mentioned for the posi-
| tion y Daniel S. Randall of Indiana to be
! L. ). marshal for the District of Columbia.
| The closencSs Of the personal relations be-
| tween MI Randall and the President
makes II generally supposed that the mar
| shal viii resume the social duties at the
| white House which were ALWAYS perform
rd by that Official except under the Hayes
and Cleveland administrations when they
were delegated To mn army oiiicer;) X. ii
Hunter. to hc collector of internal revenue
fourteenth district New York John G.
Watts. cf Virginia, 10 hc L. $. marshal
for the western district Of Virginia MIR
Watts wa~ endorsed by ex-senator Ma
hone :. \ Connolly, Of Illinois. to be
t $. attorney for the southern district of
/ Illinois. lie was removed from the same
/ office by Cleveland y William Walter
Phelps, of New Jersey 10 IT, minister 10
Germany. Thi~ position was given Mr.
Phelps q recognition Of the able man
ncr in which be- conducted the American
side of the Samoan commission, which re-
Gently finished ts Sittings at Berlinl and
the following T. $ con~uls f. G. Goodc-
nough, Of Me, to St Stephens, New
Brunswick y. X. Hubbard of Mass to
AnuaherG Germany; H. NJ Starkloft. of
Mo. To Bremen; W T, Gunncll, Of New
-
hcth. Of Conn. To Bradford, England and
K. " Turner Of Kansas 10 st. John, I
New Brunswick.
Secretary Tracy has shaken up the dry
bones in the navy department by an order
reorganiliug and nproving the methods /
of doing business
TX xGov Hartrauft of Pennsylvania and
EN-Gov. Fa.rchild Of Wisconsin. met the
other members Of the Cherokee indian
Commission here to-day After receiving
their Instructions they viii proceed to In
dian Territory
Az least two prominent republican mem
hcrs of the United States Senate viii re-
tir" At the close NJ their present terms
allulc 10 senator Cameron Of pennsrlya- \
nj and senator Blair Of New Hampshire, .
both Of whom have stated positively that
they would not again bc candidates. 1t /.
has long been known here that senator .
Cameron remained iu the Senate solely 10
Difference to his fathers wishes. but Stna,
tor Blair has never intimated until very
recently that he would not remain In the
senate a. long the republicans Of New
Hampshire chose to send him.
The President has greatly pleased the
temperance people by issuing an order pro
hbitng the sale of intoxicating liquor, in
tn" camp grounds Of the District Of Co
lumhia militia, during the annual cncamp
mcut shortly % take place
am informed py an official close to
member Of the cabintt that within thirty 4
days from to-day II will be hard to fiud
democratic Official in Washington outside
Of the classified service. He says the dem
ocratic chiefs Of divisions and others have
been allowed to remain In Office up to the
present time simply as a matter of con
vcnience in closing up the affairs of
the fiscal year, but that from to
day the first Of the new fiscal year the re-
publican administration will really date .
us beginning. He called my attention 70
the fact that sixth auditor Coulter had al
ready begun the good work by demanding !
the designations of the deputy auditor, /
chief clerk and eight chiefs OF divisions
all democrats.
Some important New York appointments .
are daily expected. Last week Vicc-Pres-
ident Morton, Senator Hiscock. Chauncey .
Depew, Representative Farquhar. and >cy
eral other prominent New York rcpubl-
cans were over here to tx up things. They /
are entirely harmonious now, having com
promised what little difference there was.
An investigation is likely to be made in
regard to charges made against certain L.
5. commissioners and marshals in Alabama
of making cases without sufficient cause
for the purpose of getting the fees Incl
dental to the arrest and examination of /
parties charged with violation Of the in
ternal revenue laws
1t is something out of the common for |
an Englishman, and the British minister |
at that, to attend Fourth of July cele- |
bration in this country, but Sir Julian |
Paunceforte will 90 with the President, |
Mrs. Harrison and secretaries Tracy and |
Noble to Woodstock. The party leave |
tomorrow evening and expect 20 return |
Friday.
The war department was closed Satur-
day on account of the funeral of the late
ex-senator Cameron of Pennsylvania.
Judge Foster of the Maine Supreme
Court and Herrick G. Davis, that humor-
ous guardian Of the mortality Office at