Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-01-11
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Nominations Sent to the Scnate-Among
Them Several for North Carolina.


Them Several for North Carolina.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The
President, tosday sent to the Sens
ate the following nominations:
John M. B. Sell, Of Michigan.
Minister Resident and Consul Gen-
eral of the United States to Korea.
United States Marshals-Albert A.
Wilson, for the District of Colu-
mbia; j. V. Guillotine, Eastern Dis.
trict of North Carolina; j n Me-
Kenzie Middle District of Tens
nessee; Samuel A. Merlin, Chief
Justice OF the Supreme Court Of
Utah; A q Curtin Bierer, of Okla
homa. Assistant Associate Justice
OF the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
Collectors Of internal revenue
Joe w Wilson, District of Florida;
Melville Garter, Fifth District OF
North Carolina; Samuel A TONNES,
District Of South Carolina. ol>
lectors Of Customs-John T Leslie,
at Tampa, Fla; Stephen 81 Lane,
Pamlico, N. C.; Wesley G And
rewe, Petersburg. Va, Elijah
Rawles, postmaster at Turboro, N.
@,
Some important assignments of
officers have been made by the
Navy Department. Capt. Mont~
gomery Sicard has been ordered to
command the navy yard and stas
ton at Portsmouth, N II relieving
Capt. Charles G Carpenter, who
is placed on waiting orders. Cons
mander VIM. M Folger, late Chief
Of the Bureau of Naval Ordnance,
has been detached from the Bureau
of Equipment and ordered to COM
mand the Yorktown, now lying at
Callao, Peru. Commander Folger
will sail from New York for Callao
on a passenger steamer January
10th. He will relieve Commander
P F Harrington, who has been
ordered to proceed home, and is
granted leave of absence for one
/ month.
The United States Corvette
Kearsarge sailed from St. Thomas,
West Indies yesterday for Port An
Prince. Havti, to meet Acting
Rear Admiral o F Stanton, the
new commander of the North At,
lantic station. Admiral Stanton
| sailed from New York on January
q. a is due at Port AuPrince
Wednesday: H. will hoist his fl e
on the Kearsarge and will remain
with the vessel until the Brazilian
trouble is over, when he will be
| assigned to the command of the
South Atlantic station from which
be was detached for saluting Ad-
miral Mello.
George Bollinger, another vics
tim Of Ford theatre disaster, died
in this city yesterday. He was not
seriously injured in the collapse
but his lungs became filled witt
mortar dust, which produced con.
sumption, causing death. This
makes the total number of deaths
from this disaster twenty-five.
In his letter to the President
declining to be a candidate for the
position of Collector of Internal Re.
venue for the Western District Of
North Carolina, Hope Elias wrote
that he was unwilling hat his ap.
pointment should be the means Of
sowing discord in the Democratic
party in North Carolina, He re-
gretted that his nomination haG
been a source of that character o.
trouble and was unwilling that biz
appointment should delay or en-
barrass in any way the confirms
ton OF Mr.. Simmons, nominated te
be Collector of the Eastern Dist.
rict, for whom he had the highes,
regard. 1t had been, Mr.. Elias said
his rule through life to subordinate
bis own ambition and interests t.
those of the Democratic party and
he has obeyed that principle. lie
would not, he further said, permit
his appointment to in any way
disturb or embarrass the admins
tration of Mr.. Cle7eland in the
State of North Carolina. In con.
clusion, Mr.. Elias said that he fel,
great gratitude for the honor the
President and conferred upon him
and for his continued confidence
and tor the prompt manner in
which he had renominated him
after the adjournment of the Sen
| ate.