The morning call., 1891-12-17
NEW CIRCUIT JUDGES
The President Makes Several
Nominations.
Confirmation by The Senate Of a Number
Of Executive Appointments.
Improvements in the Weather Bureau Pre-
dlctions-The New Committee on
RuleS-0cean Mail Contracts.
ereeial to THE MORNING CAL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations to be United States Circuit
Judges as provided by Section /, Chapter
OF, United States Statutes at Large:
William L. Putnam of Maine for the First
Judicial Circuit
Nathaniel Shipman Of Connecticut for the
Second Judicial District.
George NJ. Dallas of Pennsylvania for the
Third Judicial District.
Nathan Golf of West Virginia for the
Fourth Judicial District
William Il. Taft of Ohio for the Fifth Ju-
dicial District
William A. Woods Of Indiana for the Sew
enth Judicial District.
Warren Trultt of Oregon United States
District Judge for the District of Alaska.
WHO THE APPoINTEEs ARE.
Mr. Putnam is prominent Democrat and
lawyer of Portland, Me, and is about
SO years of age. For three years ne was
Mayor OF Portland and was the Democratic
candidate for Governor three years ago.
Putnam's appointment was not requested by
any of the Maine delegates in Congress and
he was not candidate Tor the Office, having
given his aid in behalf of the Republican
candidate from Maine for the judgeship
Nathan S. Shipman is at present the
United States Judge for the District of Con-
necticut, the office he has held since 1873.
George NJ. Dallas comes OF the historic
Dallas family, being nephew of Vice
President Dallas. He is a Democrat. and
here tofore has held no public office. He is
native OF Pennsylvania. and has been one
oil Pennsylvania leading citizens for some
years.
w. A. Woods is at present the United
States Judge for the District of Indiana.
He Is warm personal friend of the Presi-
dent.
Nathan Goff was Secretary of the Navy
under President Hayes. He was member
OF the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and FIftieth
Congresses.
I. William H. Taft is the present Solicitor
General of the United States. He is but "a
years of age, and one of the most popular
and able officials in public life.
Inquiry was made this morning of SEN
ator why the United States Circuit Judge to
succeed Lorenzo Sawyer was not appointed
to-day along with the other judicial appoint
ments. The answer was made that the
President was waiting till Senator Stanford
arrived. There is good reason to believe
that Judge Spencer of San Jose will be ap-
ator Allen of Washington will not receive
the other Judgeship
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
The Senate to-day in executive session
made these coutrmations of appointments
by the President: Lorenzo Crounse of
Nebraska as Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury; William ID. Owen of Indiana,
Superintendent of Immigration. Collectors
of Customs-Webster Flanagan at Paso
del Norte Texas; Henry z. Osborne at
Wilmington. Cal Edwin I. Ii Itch of Ore
gon for the District of Alaska.
POstmasters: CalifOrnia-C. c. Balknap
at P0rtersyile, W. j. B!gerstaff at Lake
port, j. c. Bull at Arcita, Charles II. Gray
at San Leandro, G. w. Hemenways a.
Winters, G. Il. Kernaghan at Pasadena, J.
ii. Smith at San Jacinto, +. p Weinnan at
Benicia, y. c. Whims at Esconddo, o. E.
Moors at Sisson; Idaho-W. Z. Wheeler at
Idaho Falls, Ii. l.. Swift at Wallace; Mon
tana-S. A. Beasley at Great Falls; Nevada
C. W. Rutherford at Winnemucca.
INDIAN LANDS OF WYOMING.
An interview with j. d. Woodruff of
Lander, Wy0., Chairman of the ShoShone
and Arapahoe Indian Commission, has been
published, in which he stated that he is on
his way tU Washington to oppose ratifca-
tlon OF the treaty negotiated by q majority
OF tnat commission, on the ground that the
price paid was more the lands are worth.
c. H. MerrilIat, who was one of the majority
OF the commission, said, in an interview to-
day, that the commission had secured more
than half of the reservation of these Indians
in Wyoming. The amount ceded is esti-
mated at 10000 acres, out Of 2000,O 900 be-
longing to the Indians, and the commission
paid about 55 cents per acre. The lands are
we'll watered by the Wind River and the
Big Horn, with their tributaries. Good
timber Is found in the northern and western
portions. and there are indications Of min
erals. In Wyoming the Wind River country
is regarded as one of the favored portions
of the State. "Mr. Woodruff is disappoint-
ed" said Merrllat, because the Indians
absolutely refused to accept the offer he
made OF 100000 for only about $1,000
acres Of land additional near the town
of Lander. The majority of the COM
mission, in disregard of Woodruff's advice,
not to make treaty unless the Indians
would sell this southern strip made treaty
to buy the northern and eastern portions OF
the reservation and thereby secure all the
lands the Indians will part with at the pres
ent time. That WOOdrutf'S opposition arises
solely from his failure to get this southern
tract even for so much as 81 66 per acre, is
evidenced by the record of the first council
when he himself made proposition to pay
the indians the same amount OF money the
commission afterward agreed for the identi-
Cal land secured"
NOT AN INDIAN.
Assistant Attorney General Shields of the
Interior Department has decided that Jane
Wadron, who is daughter of a white
father and half-bood Indian mother was
born citizen of the United States. and that
her claim that she is an Indian by virtue of
being born of an Indian mother capnot be
allowed; neither can she longer be permit
ted to draw rations and annuities, nor re-
ceiye lands In ssveralty. 1t is said at the
Indian Bareau that this practically decides
about 1000 similar cases in all parts of the
West
THE LATIN-AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
President Harrison to-day sent to the
Senate letter from the Secretary of State
lncloslng copy of the first annual report of
Director Curtis of the Bureau of American
Republics. 1t says: 1.-The immense number
OF applications received tor information
about the North American countries give
ample evidence of the awakened interest in
commerce and the conditions Of the neigh
boring countries, that Is encouraging to
those endeav0riug to promote social and
commercial relations with the American re-
puoilcs. The report refers to the rapidly
increasing export trade to the Central and
South American republics, and says: Many
United States manufacturers, who never at
tempted to sell merchandise in the southern
continent, are now sending agents into
those markets to introduce their goods. The
merchants OF Mexico and Central and South
America, who heretofore purchased in
Europe exclusively, are now coming to the
United States, and invariably discover that
need Of better quality and ut no greater
cost The recently negotiated reciprocity
arrangements. 1t is said, also afford them op-
portunities that are beginning to be under
stood and appreciated.
EXHIBITS FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.
The report refers to the work undertaken
by the bureau of interesting the Govern
ments and people Of the Latin-American
States in the Worlds Fair. The invitation
extending to them to participate has been
cordially accepted by every republic and
colony, and tae appropriations made to pay
the expenses of representation there exceed
In the aggregate S2.00o,00o more than has
been provided tor the same purpose by the
States Of the United States except H.
inois. Tue companies operating lines of
steamships between the United States and
the Latin American States have joined
heartily In the euteulrIse and have made
generous concessions. The bureau has been
enabled to prepare for exhibition at Chicago,
historical collection illustrating the dis