Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-01
WHEEIING ". Va. SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL L 1898
BRIGHTEST hR hsTW Great hSS AN@n
gold will be carried by outgoing steamers

BOOMERS WILL HAVE NO ADNANIASE-
II can be stated that no advantage will
be obtained by those who rush upon the
Cherokee Strip before it is legally opened
by executive proclamation. A system IS
being perfected by Secretary smith wnlch
will do away with the priority resulting
from physical seizure.
Assistant Secretary BusseY to-day rem
dered an important decision in the matter
of claim for an increase OF pension on tue
ground of new disabilities, In which ne
overrules the action OF the Commissioner OF
Pensions in allowing an attorneys fee OF
ten dollars. The claim for increase was
made under the act Of June q, lS9O, ana
the Assistant Secretary holds that all sucn
claims should be treated as strictly increase
claims whether new disabilities are claim
ed or not, for which fee Of only two dol
lars can be allowed. 1t is said that prooa-
bly, two thousand claims will be eHecteo
by this decision.
Mr.. John E. Risley, the new Minister 10
Denmark, received his instructions ana ex-
poets to sail for Copenhagen shortly.
The commission of Thomas +. Bayaro as
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-
tentiarv to Great Britain, was signed tnls
afternoon by Secretary Gresham.
AS GOOD AS CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
Secretary Morton, of the Department OF
Agriculture, has devised plan 10 test tue
fitness OF applicants for positions IN the ue
partment that are not governed by civlI
service rules. Each aspiraRt, In ming hls
application, will be required TO answer
certain questions as TO moral ana physlCaI
fitness. and also questions bearing upon the
work he desires TO perform. This will en-
able the Secretary 70 more accurately de-
termine the qualifications OF applicants
and attain a nigh standard Of the work IN
the department.
There seems to be no likelihood OF any.
changes being made among the ofnclals OF
the United States Fish Commission. Thelr
tenure of office in the past has been based
on good conduct. The first TO hold office
was Prof. Baird, who died in 1887. Dur
ing his incumbency no salary was attached
to the position but afterwards such pro-
vision was made. and after orleI occu-
pancy of the Office by Prof. Goode, Goui-
missioner Mcdonald was appointed fls1
Commissioner by President Cleveland
Srring his first term as the first salaried
commissioner. .,
Secretary Morton has appointed hve
State agents in the Department OF Agrl-
culture to take effect April l. They are
Frank A. Dilabush, Of Illinois, vice >. ~:
Fisher. removed; A. S. J.. Meroer. OF
wyoming. vice T.. A. Slack, removed; G.
7, Frye. of Tennessee, vice I. NJ. Reeves,
re,noyed: L. NJ. Fay. of Wisconsin, vice II:
O. Adams. removed; and Nathan Platt, OF
Delaware, vice Daniel B. Stewart, re-
moved. 60,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Maxwell to-day appointed 1876 fourth class
nostmasters. which involved 80 removals.
The largest number Of appointments was
made in Indiana, where there were 80, In
volving l6 removals; in Missouri there
were 16 appointments and removals; IN
TENNESSEE, 20 appointments and lO remov-
ais; in Vermont, IL appointments ana III re-
movals.
Secretary Carlisle to-day appointed 5:
M. Gaines, his private secretary, chler OF
the mail division, Treasury Department,
at a salary of $500, vice Nichols re-
Two diplomatic appointments are er-
pected to be made shortly. They are: Mr..
Hannis Taylor, Of Mobile, Alabama, to be
Minister to Spain, and Mr.. John Van Alen,
of New York, TO be Minister TO Italy.
These appointments are believed 10 nave
been practically decided upon. Mr.. Iaylor
is a lawyer Of ability and an author OF some
repute. Mr.. Van Allen is man OF great
wealth. He married into the Astor family
and is a gentleman Of culture and renne-
ment
Good Friday was spent quietly at the
White House. The President saw feW
Congressman from 10 TO II o'clock. when the
Cabinet meeting began. Mrs. Cleveland
usually receives on Friday, out she ala not
receive to-day. Instead she went out Tor
an airing in the carriage with her oaoy'