Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-19
SHANNON WINS.
The Arizona Applicant Knocks the
Internal Revenue Collector
ship-Official Gossip.

Charles M. Shannon, of Arizona, was
to-day appointed U. S. internal revenue
collector for the district of New Mexico
and Arizona.
This information comes to the NEW
MEXICAN in the shape of a special tele-
gram received this noon from Washing
ton.
Tho news will create something of q
sensation in New Mexico Notwithstanding
it was not wholly unexpected. In re-
ality, it is another clean Knockout for
the so-called territorial Office brokerage
triumyirate, which had endorsed and
urged the appointment of Mr.. B. Selig-
man, of this city. The latter and his
friends have all along been most conf
dent Of securing the plum, but it seems that
whereas New Mexico had half dozen
striving to secure the place Arizona came
up united on one man and got away with
the snap. The New Mexican candidates
for the position were B. Seligman and j.
W. Schofeld, of Santa Fe; M. s. Hart, of
Las Vegas; S. Neustadt, of Albuquerque,
and j. p. McGrorty, of Deming.
As to the successful candidate, it may
truthfully be said that he has good quail
fcations for the Office and host of
friends all over New Mexico and Arizona
to congratulate him. He formerly re-
sided at Silver City and was engaged in
ranching, mining and later in the news
paper business. Some five years ago he
took up his home in the Arizona mining
! town of Clifton and at the recent session
of the Arizona Legislature served as
councilman from his district. Mr.. Shan
non is native of Missouri and is about
3S years of ago. He will undoubtedly
continue to make Santa Fe headquarters
for the Office of internal revenue collector
an seven-tenths of the business In the dis
| trict originates in New Mexico,
oFTIoIAL GOSSIP.
Simon Bibo, at Bernalillo, and d. A.
Nichols, at Hilsboro, has been appointed
| postmasters.
Capt. John Il. Bulls, Oath infantry, ap-
pointed in charge of the Jicarilla Apache
and Pueblo Indians, is very favorably
known to old residents in Santa Fe. He
will make Santa Fe his headquarters and
from this point look after the Jicarillas in
Rio Arriba county and the twenty-nine
different Pueblo Indian tribes.
Mr., Theo Huston, who has been ap-
pointed to succeed Gen. Sampson as
consul at Juarez, has arrived with his
family and taken apartments at the
Lindell hotel, Mr.. Huston has many
friends in Ell Paso to welcome him. He
will take charge of the American consul
ate in Juarez about the 10th of next
month and assume the duties Of tho Of
fce.--El Paso Tribune.
Judge A. A. Chaplin, of Indiana, repre-
senting the U. s. attorney general in
looking after Indian depreciation claims,
came up from the south last night. He
goes to Espanola tomorrow to investi-
gate certain claims of residents of that
locality, thence to Las Vegas, leaving for
Washington about the last of the month.
Capt. Levi F. Burnett, 9TH infantry,
who succeeds Col. Richard Hudson In
charge of the Mescalero Apache Indians
In Lincoln county, is, native of New
York and entered the army as private
in company A, Saith N. Y, volunteer in.
fantry August 1G, 1862. He has fine
record rs soldier and has Held the rank
of captain since April 1889.