Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-03
PROSPECTS OF OFFICE SEEKERS.
since Grover Has Returned 1t Is Expected
He Wn Get Down TO Business and Re
member West Virginia.
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since Grover Has Returned It Is EApectou
He VIII Get Down go Business and ne
member West Virginia.
Special 1sle0rGm 10 the Rs0sst>r'
WASHINGTON, D. c., May2.-Senator
Faulkner returned to Washington tnls
afternoon and is in hopes OF securing
the appointment of q new Marshal ana
District Attorney for West Virginia De-
fore the end Of the week. 1t is unoer-
stood that the appointment Of collec-
tor of Internal Revenue will not be
made until later, as Mr.. Giikeson,
who is slated for the place.
does not care TO enter on the
discharge of its duties until the begin
ming of the new fiscal year, on the nrst
of July. Owing to the nature OF the
business of the office OF revenue col
lector, it will be more satisfactory all
aronnd to have the new incumbent take
hold at the beginning of the fiscal year.
Senator Faulkner expects TO see the
President regarding the West virginia
appointments tomorrow.
General Watts, candidate for District
Attorney, came to town to-day ana Is
hopeful that when he goes back TO
West Virginia he will have his commits
sion in his pocket.
Congressman Capehart got here to-
day, and was at the department seeing
what he could do for his constituents
who want Office.
Mr.. F. G.. Parke, of Marion county,
West Virginia, will be appointed an
Examiner of Contests in the Land OT'
fee. Under Cleveland's former admin
lstration Mr.. Parke was Principal Clerk
of Public Lands in the Land once.
During the Campaign last fall he had
charge OF the Third district Congress
sional headquarters at Hinton.
The following West Virginia pensions
have been issund:
Origiual-Simeon M. Taylor. Joseph
w. Glvens, Geo. Wheatley, Bryson
Dunn.
Additional-Isaac j. Lewis, Major E.
Terrell, Washington ]. Millennax, Geo.
w. West.
Increase-Wm. T. Hilkey, John Mil
Ter, Benz. F. Shivley, Lawrence Blaney,
d. FL. Miller, Daniel c. Bowlen, Mar
cellus Stalnaker, Simeon l.. Payne,
Chas. H. Elliott, Ross Elder, Robert
Rea.
Reissue and Supplemental-Elihu
Brown, Amos d. Childers, James X.
swami Robert Daulton, Herman ID.
Holley, Clark Westfall, John Justice,
John Marshall
Original Widows, etc.-Rachel M.
Fox, Rose Sweeny, Sarah A. Smith,
Nancy ]. Fletcher, Mary. Vansidale,
Sarah Main, Nancy Matheny (mother);
Elizabeth Gerber, Barbara Cook, Reoec-
ca Myers, minor OF VIM. A. Sweeney,
Nancy NJ. Newhouse, Sarah E. Moore.
Annie Knight, Nancy Slagle, minors OF
Joshua Luzader, Elizabeth Dorsey.
The following postmasters were
amounted to-day in West Virginia; At
Bergoo, Webster county, H. S. Hamrick;
Bridgeport, Harrison county, Q. A. W..
Sheehy. in place of w. j. Carpenter, re-
moved; Cannellton, Kanawha county,
Patrick Beirne. in place of Henry Davis,
removed; Coffman, Greenbrier county,
H |. Coffman, in place of l.. l.. Coffman,
esigned; Concord Church, Mercer county,
j. p. Campbelll in place OF j. f. Holroyd,
removed; Friendly, Tyler county, Hugh
Thornton, in place OF j. l.. Sweeny, fe-
moved Grapevine, Summers county, M.
Kirk. in place of T. M. Surbaugh, resigned;
McClumas. Greenbrier county, G. L. Nc
Clung, in place of S. F. Doss, resigned; at
Ralph, Webster county, S. r. Johnes, In
place of 1. L. Gregory, resigned; Benlcks
valley, Greenbrier county, II. c. Nicholas,
in place of H. Q. Nicholas, resigned; Sa-
lem, Harrison county, f. M. Swiger, In
place of Henry Hawker, removed; Second
Greek, Monroe county. W. l.. Amonett, In
place of B. Vanstavern, resigned; Spring
Hill, Kanawha county, A w. FOX, In
place of j. H. Sents, removed; Upper
Glade, Webster county, H. .. Triplett, In
place Of Samuel Given, dead.