Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-12

", H. MeGinniss OF Ohio has been APP
pointed en- Asdstant superintendent of the
railway mail service and assigned to duty in
the office Of the second assistant postmaster
general.
A reverend gentleman by the name Of Den
mis- from Dayton, o., has been a persistent
applicant for the post of consul to Jerusalem
and had his papers indorsed by number of
leading Ohio politicians. The point was
urged In the Rev Mr.. Dennis behalf that in
asmuch as he was a converted Hebrew 1t
was particularly desirous that he should be
sent to the Holy Land to convert other Jews.
Mr. Blaine sent for the papers and after an
examination of the contents turned MIR.
d nnis down viii the Endorsement, 'As the
state department is not an evangelical insti-
tuition the points herein made why this APP
pointment should be made are not well
taken.n
LIewellyn G.. Estes of North Carolina has
been appointed an assistant superintendent
of railway mail service and assigned to duty
in the office Of the first assistant postmaster
general
The season is far enough advanced to make
a forecast of tle plans of the cab net people
for the summer p7sSible. The president, it
is expected, will go once a week to Deer Park
In the Alleghanies on the Baltimore & Ohio
railway, as it has been his custom for some
| years. Vice President Morton will accom-
pany his family to "Elerslie,n and will re.
! turn in the autumn to take possession of the
house which he has recently purchased of
Prof. Bell and greatly altered. The
fam lies of the cabinet, save Mrs. Window,
| who Is accustomed to Washington summers
will re urn to their homes.
The United States will early in the coming
summer have q new minister from China.
His name is Tsui Kook Yam. He is a man of
scholarly attainments and holds high rank
as a member of the Imperial academy at
Pekin. The present minister, Chang Yen
Hoon, will not leave America until his sue
cessor arrives. He will return to China by
way Of Europe.
The commission appointed to recommend q
suitable site for navy yard on the Pacific
coast, north of California, have reported in
favor of site on Puget Sound Just below
Seattle. Directly opposite to the point Sc
lected for the navy yard the Bethlehem Iron
works Of Bethl hem, Penn, will erect large
steel plant
Wou Kang Pei, formerly of the Chinese
embassy at Wa hingtOn, a lvocates the ex-
pulsi n of every American in the service of
China as q reprisal for the exclusion Of
Cinnamon from America. In a m mortal on
the subject he ref rs with contempt to the
| American navy, which he declares would be
powerless in an aggressive movement
James l. Christie acting assistant door
keeper of the senate, died in Washington,
April G. His death adds another name to the
long list of victims of inauguration weather,
for his friends saw that from the cold con-
trected during the open air ceremonies of
that day he never fully recovered, He was
In attendance upon the senate when it ad-
iourned sine die April 2 and took to his bed
on the following dav, suffering from a con-
gestion of the lungs, which led to his death.
Mr, Christie was Born in Dover N. H., and
came to Washington 2S years ago, when he
femained on the floor in various capacities
ever since.
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