Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-08
.APPOINTM ENTS.
Another List of Lucky Ones Fall to
Presidential Piums-NatiOnal
Capital News.

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has announced the following appoint
ments:
Alexander Mcdonald, of Virginia, t.
be envoy extraordinary and ministe
plenipotentiary of the United States t.
Persia; Wallis Jones, of Florida, to b
consul general of the United States a
Rome; Stephen Ronsal, Of Maryland, tt
be secretary of the legation of the Unite'
States to China; to be consul general o
the United States, Alfred D. Jones. o
North Carolina, at Shanghai.
To be consuls of the United States
James B. Taney, of West Virginia, at Bel
fast; Charles T. Lyons, of New York, a
Zanzibar; Harvey johnson, of Georgia
at Antwerp; Benjamin Lenthier, o
Massachusetts, at Sherbrook; Harrison
R. Williams, of Missouri, at San Jose
Costa Rica; Ralph Johnson, Of New
York, at Fort Erie; Henry P. Dubellet
of Texas, at Rheims; James G. Monag
han, of Rhode Island, at Chemhitz
Charles Schaefer, of Kansas, at Verf
Cruz.
William G. Renfrow, of Oklahoma, to
be governor of the territory of Oklahoma
Charles G. Richards, of Utah, to be secre
tary of Utah; Charles M. Brisco, of Ari
zona, to be secretary of Arizona; Walter
G. Wescott, of Colorado, to be receiver OF
public moneys at Del Norte, Colo; D. H
Hall, of Nevada, to be register of the Land
Office at Eureka, Nevada; James w. Dun.
can, of the Indian territory, to be special
agent to make alottments of lands in
severality in the Cherokee outlet tc
seventy-one Cherokee citizens as provid.
ed by act of congress, approved March 8
1898; John Good, of Virginia, to be COM
missioner of the part of the United States
under the treaty for claim commission
concluded between the United States and
Chilli August Z, 1892; ;,Robert B. Bowles, OF
Ohio, to be assistant comptroller of the
treasury.
THE TREASURY.
Washington, May 6.-The gold reserve
in the treasury is now pretty close to
$1oo,oo0,ooo. Offers continue to be made
to the secretary and there is q feeling of
confidence as to the outlook for the i'm
mediate future.
Washington May CT IS rumored that
the president is considering the advisable
ity of calling an extra session of congress
Immediately in view of the bad outlook
in financial affairs. Sec. Carlisle says that
the furry in New York would have no
effect on the treasury. He said the trouble
in New York was due to local causes en-
tirely. Mr.. Carlisle has instructed the
treasurer to issue notes of small denomi-
nations in place of the large ones returned
for reissue because of the increasing de-
mand for small notes from the west and
south.
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
The international monetary conference
which adjourned to re-assemble in Brus-
sells on the 31st of May, will not assemble
on that day. The general feeling was e1-
pressed by the representatives of the
leading powers that the end of May was
not suitable time for Recommending
the labors Of the conference and as the
result of consultation held between the
president, Sec. Gresham and some of the
delegates of the United States, it was de-
tormined to cable the announcement that
the re-assembling of the conference would
be postponed until some time next No
vember.
The announcement of the postpone
ment of the conference is looked upon as
affording another indication of the presi-
dents purpose to call congress into ex-
ira session in the early fall.
WEST POINT VISITORS.
The president has appointed as the
board of visitors to the West Point mill
tary academy; Charles s. Fairchild, New
York; Henry L. Pierce, Massachusetts,;
Frank Thompson, Philadelphia; A. Q.
McClarg, Chicago; John W. Dinsmore,
San Jose, CAL; Edward A. Alderman,
Greenboro, N. G., and John r. Rea, of
Minneapolis.
The congressional members of the
board are Senators Cullom and White,
and Representatives Wheeler, of Alabama;
German, of Michigan, and Bingham, of
Pennsylvania.