Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-25
VERY OMPLIMENTARY.
The Assistant Attorney GeneralShip
Offered Mr.. Daily.
THE PRESIDENT SENT FOR HIM,
And rendered Him the Position,
Which He will Accept if He
Can Arrange His Business At
fairs at Home to Suit-Collector
Gilkeson Still Undecided About
His Assistants.
Spenal TsIeoran % tas ReaNer.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 24.-Hon.
c. Wood Daily, of Keyser, w. Va, has
been offered the important position OF
Assistant Attorney General OF the
United States by President Cleveland.
Mr.. Daily, tits learned tonight, came
here at the Presidents suggestion q
couple of days ago, and was then ten
dered the place OF assistant to Attorney
General Olney, a position to which there
is attached salary of IS, 600 year.
Mr.. Daily was taken 10 see the Attor-
ney General by Senator Faulkner and
Representative Wilson, and later had a
private talk with Mr.. Olney, which was
very satisfactory to both parties.
Mr.. Daily is now considering the fiat
tering offer which was made TO him,
and little doubt is felt that he will ac-
cept it.
The only obstacle in the way is Mr..
Daiy's present legal engagements in
West Virginia, but it is believed be will
be able to arrange them so that he can
accept the i'm portant post in the Depart
ment of Justice offered him.
Internal Revenue Collector Gilkeson
continued his conferences to-day with
the various gentlemen who are anxious
TO aid him for the next four years In
looking after Uncle Sans interests In
West Virginia.
He was not ready to announce any
appointments tonight and does not ex-
pect to be for some days to come. 1t Is
! understood, however, that the deputy
collector for the Wheeling district will
be Mr.. A. II. Weidebusch.
Ex-Governor Fleming is In the city
tonight on his way from Baltimore
where he went on private business.
PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
The following West Virginia post
masters were appointed to-day: At
Dale Tyler county, Lee Mcintyre, in
place of w. L. Wright, resigned; at
Little's Mill, Tyler county, j. c.
Cooper, in place of d. Il. Peoples, re-
signed; at Lone Tree, Tyler county, A.
j. Farrell, In place of NJ. P. Bonar, re-
signed; at Majorsville, Marshall county,
w. A. Harsh, in place Of j. NJ. Allison,
resigned.
Congressman Capehart. Of the Fourth
district, has secured the appointment OF
Thomas w. Malone, OF Mason county,
as d watchman in the Interior Depart
ment MIR. Capehart is also working
hard at the State Department trying tu
secure the appointment of Mr.. Munich
meyer, of Parkersburg, to a German
consulate, and of ex-senator B. j.
Pritchard as Consul to Nuevo Laredo,
Mexico.
There were many additions to-day to
the contingent of West Virginia in the
city. Notable among the new arrivals
was Col. w. w. Arnett, Of Wheeling.
Some Of the other new arrivals were
G. NJ. Chidester, N. B. Newlan and G,
F. Lynch. Of Weston; II. c. Posten. OF
Fairmont, and j. Lorentz, Of Falls
| Mills.
The President has made the following
appointments: John c. Edwards, OF Hi
nois, to be Deputy Second Auditor OF
Treasury; Samuel Blackwell, OF Ala
bama, to be Third Auditor of Treasury;
Henry C. Stuart, of Colorado, to be Sec
retary Of Legation in Guatemala and
Honduras, and Consul General OF the
United States to Guatemala; Andrew
St. John. OF Pennsylvania, to be Con-
sui of the United States at Batavia,
lava