Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-20
THIRD ASSTP. NJ. GEN.
Mr.. KERR CRklGe'S APPOINTMENT
MADE YESTERDAY.
Bumor that Holmes Conrad VIII he As
sjstant Attorney-G -Generai-Prop
Post-OGicc Changes.
IRON Our Regular Correspondent.

lFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WAsHmG1ov, May 19.--As foreshadowed
/ in last evenings correspondence OF the
/ DrsrArcH the appointment Of Mr.. Kerr
Craige, Of North Carolina. to be Ihrd-As-
sistant Postmaster General was made to-
DAY. The position pays 5000 a year and
the duties ore pleasant. Mr.. Craige u
resident Of Salisbury. and under the first
Cleveland Administration ne was Collector
OF Internal Revenue for the Western
District Of North Carolina. He has been q
member Of the State Legislature and ~ a
gentleman of tho highest standing. He
was. OF course. strongly backed by Repre-
sentative Henderson. for N addition TO
beng prominent Democrat Mr. Craige IS
q friend and ncighbOr of the Congress
man.
senator Ransom said to-day that the OPP
pointment was one OF the best that pOssi-
by could have been made. Mr.. Miller,
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue.
Says that CraIge was one Of the most
efficient AMI active collectors IN tho
service during the last Democratic Admin
istTatIOn.
MrsKope Elias. Of franklin. when he
heard last night that MIR. Cralge had been
selected sent warm cOngratuIatOry tcle-
gram.
GRNTRAL fATIsFACTION.
The time and place for holding the next
State convention IN Virginia gives general
satisfaction mere among visitors from the
Old Dominion.
Farmer Edmunds hustled around about
az lively to-day "a 1t Is possible for q man
who is suffering from rheumatism. lie
was at the departments on the missions
outlined IN yestcrday : DISPATCH a having
brought him 70 the city, and he also did
oil he could III a general way for his con-
sttuents.
Representative Swanson TO-DAY secured
an order for the appointment OF tho fol-
lowing postmasteTs in ms district: George
I. Grigge at Edgway, Henry county;
Mrs. G.. c. POrterhcld at Independence,
Grayson county. They viii take the
places Of Republicans, who have been re-
: moved.
PROSPECTIVE REMOVALS.
Representative O'Ferrall dropped in
another batch Of papers at :he Post-O Office
Department to-day, and has asked tor the
removal of number OF pOstmasters.
Congressman Alexander, Ot North Caro-
lima, hopes 10 soon have q change made III
the Charlotte pOst-oflice. As Is well
known. he has recommended Captain
Tom Robertson, and II Is thought Brady,
the Republican incumbent. will soon
be removed. When Sir. Alexander made
the request the Postmaster General pulled
/ out the Charlotte Obserr0' and exhibited
several marked editorials in which Brother
Caldwell was gong for Mr.. Bssell
rather roughly because of the delay,
but the impression had prevailed III
Charlotte that the Posnaster-Gener erGl
would not heed the charges against Brady.
The fact was the charges which Were
drawn up several weeks ago were, ms
placed. Explanations have followed the
charges are now on file. Mr.. Blssell shows
signs of acting, Mr. Alexander Is energetic,
Captain Robertson Is hopeful, aud when
Mr. Brady hlts the ceiling II Is thought
TutOr Caldwell will rejoice and restore
tn" 0ueue cDrdio' between the Postmaster
General and himself.
PLEA3ANT RUMoR.
A report was floating around o.day that
/ the position OF Assistant Attorney-Gencral
N the Department Of Justice proper had
been practically assigned - MAJOR Holmes
/ Conrad, OF Winchester. he talk WAS
almost entirely among Major Conrad $
! friends. A veTihCatiOn Of the report could
not be had IN official circles. II has been
/ known for some time thaJ the MAJORS
/ friends have been urging ms appointment
to some place. ana he has had several IN
terviews with the President.
/ HE President has all the Information
P ho wants III regard 70 the hye Virginia
Federal places for which the delegation
made recommendations, and II Is thought
he will reach coucluSlon very soon IN
two 0r moro cases.
4 p0st-oiiice To be known as 1errapin,
has been established IN Halifax county,
~ c., with William Nj. Duke rs POstmas-
ter.
APPOINTED.
/ Among fourth-cass postmaSters appoint
| cl to-day were
North Caranna: Marshall. Madison county,
tf,uL
Kqudlcman. Kanaoiph county, j. l.. Bostrk
ttcC .. NJ. hIilikap. IcsiGnel.
Virginia: Aiphin. EocAbr,dRe county, p. ].
Huffman rice j. GoOdnar, removed; C.oyeriaio,
Botetourt county, 4. II, LankfOrd rice NlChola5
flames, removed: toni"ville. shenandoah coun-
b IS, d. HeIstlmgu 'rf Noah toiiman, removed:
/ ,ulks Kun, Rockingham county. ". h. SOuicr
/ noe =. u. Custer, removed; Hamilton, Loudoun
county, G. r. French rcc y. ". Wiley, removed.
Total number of appointments l1-of which
P $40 were 10 iiiI vacancies caused by deaths ana
designations. Al Tor Virginia today were re-
moYala
VIRGINIA VISITORS.
! Colonel Grcuyllle Gaines and Mr. James
( Jetflles, of Marrenton +. T. Jackson, Of
Gate City. and 4. O. Rogers. Of Roanoke,
are among the latest Virginia arrivals.
Mir. John Pau, OF tarr.SunOurg, lS NJ
the Metropolitan.
/ Congressman Woodward of North Caro-
lima, returned to the city to-day.
/. ". Thornton, IT., and wife. of fayette-
| Vile, y. c.. are here.
/ Mr.. George Helms, Of Franklin county,
b Va. - III the city.
/ Not an application from either Virginia
or North Carolina wa, filed at the Treasury
/ to-day.
A GOOD PLACE.
Alexander c. Shaw. OF North Carolina.
was to-day appointed principal examiner
Of land claims at contests III the Interior
Department, ut a salary OF 5000 per year.