Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-17
THE NEW CIRCUIT JUDGES Nominations Sent in by the
 President Yesterday. SNOW BLOCKADE IN THE WEST. CrueItieS Practiced by the
 Slave Hunters. CHANGES IN THE WEATHER SERVICE. Wreck of an Express Train in Ohio.
CHANGES IN THE WEATHER SERVICE,
NEW CIRCUIT JUDGES.

Appointments Made In Six of the Seven Circuits - udge Shfpman
 NOminated-WhO the Men Are. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The president sent to the senate the following nomina- tions:
 To be United States circuit judges, as provided by section 1, chapter 517 United States statutes at large:
 William L. Putnam of Maine for the First judicial circuit.
 Nathaniel Shipman of Connecticut for the Second circut.
 George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania, Third circuit.
 Nathan Golf of West Virginia, Fourth circuit.
 William H. Taft of Ohio, Sixth circuit
 William A. Woods of Indiana, Seventh circuit.
 States district judge for the district of Alaska.
 William Le Baron Putnam was born in Bath Me-, in 1885, and educated at Bow doin. He was admitted to the bar at Portland in 1858, and was mayor of the city in 1868. In 1883 he declined the ap- pointment of judge of the supreme court of Maine. In 1887 he was one of the com missioners appointed by President Cleve- land to negotiate with Great Britain con- corning the rights of American fishermen in Canadian and Newfoundland waters. MT. Putnam is one of the best known dem ocrats in New England.
 Nathaniel Shipman was born in Connec- ticut, was admitted to the bar, and held many local positions in Hartford before he was appointed United States judge for the District of Connecticut in 1873. Judge Shipman is a republican.
 George M. Dallas is the nephew of the late George Mifflin Wallis. He is mem- Der of the Philadelphia bar and the part ner of George A. Crawford of that city. Mr. Dallas is a democrat, and has never held public office. He is about fifty years of age.
 Nathan Golf, jr., was born at Clarks- burg, Va, on the 9th of February. 1S43, was educated at the Virginia academy, Georgetown college and the University of the City of New York, was admitted to the bar in 1865, and in 1867 was elected a member of the West Virginia legislature. In 1868 he was made United States district attorney for the district of West Virginia, which position he held until January, 1881, when he was appointed secretary of the navy by President Hayes. In March of the same year President Gar field reappointed him district attorney for West Virginia, but he resigned the posi- tion in 1882. MT. Golf served in the Union | army during the war. In 1870 and 1874 he ran for congress on the republican ticket and was defeated. He was also de- feated as candidate for governor of West Virginia in 1870, but was elected mem Der of the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congresses.
 William Howard Taft is the son of the late Attorney General Taft. He was grad uated from Yale. college in 1878, and l studied law in Cincinnati, now he is solicitor general in the department of jus tice at Washington, where he is recognized as one of the ablest and brightest of the | government attorneys. He represented | the government in the recent argument be- | fore the United States supreme court on the constitutionality of the new tariff act. | William A. Woods is at present U. S district judge for the district of Indiana He is warm personal friend of the presi dent,