The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-02
TWONEW AMBASSADORS
Andrew D, White for Germany and
William Draper for Italy,
FRED GRANT LAY HAVE OFFICE.

The Son of the Great General Has Becn
offered the Position ofAssistnnt Sec
retary orwar, but May Doclino-Two
Treasury Assistants Named.
Washington, April 2.-The president
yesterday sent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations. Andrew ID. White
of New York, ambassador to Germany:
William Draper Of Massachusetts, ann
bassador to Italy; Chandler Hale of
Maine, secretary of embassy at Rome;
Samuel J.. Garcey of Massachusetts,
consul at Fuchau, China; Anson B.
Johnson of Colorado, consul at Annoy
China; Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio,
commissioner of patents; oliver J..
spauldlng Of Michigan, assistant sec
retary of the treasury; William 3.
Howell of New Jersey, assistant secre-
tary Of the treasury.
Colonel Fred Grant, of New York,
the eldest son of President Grant, was
yesterday rendered the position of as
sistant secretary of war by President
Mckinley and has the question of his
acceptance under advisement Colonel
Grant was summoned to Washington
by Mr.. Mckinley for the express pur-
pose Of allowing the president in person
TO make the tender 1t was entirely
unsolicited by Colonel Grant, and came
in the nature of a surprise to him.
Colonel Grant at first was disposed to
decline the honor explaining that he
was comfortably situated i'm New York
as police commissioner and he was in
clined to think that a transfer of his
residence here would involve too much
At the request of both the president
and Secretary Alger he decided to
withhold his final decision for day or
two, and then left to visit his mother,
who resides in this city.
The congressional contingent at the
White House yesterday was unusually
large. one Of the things developed by
the visit of a delegation was that Pres
ident Mckinley has practically decided
to appoint DR. w. w. Thomas, of
Maine, minister to Norway and Sweden.
Dr. Thomas was minister to the Swed-
ish court under the administration of
President Harrison. Ex-Congressman
John NJ. Farquhar, of Buffalo, after
seeing the president, announced conf
IDENTIFY that he would be the next COM
missioner Of navigation.
Andrew d. White was born in New
York in 1882, and was educated at Yale
Germany. He was professor Of his
tory and English literature at the Uni
versity Of Michigan from 1857 to 1862.
He was once a member of the state
senate in New York and in 1871 was
one of the commissioners to San Do
mingo. He has been minister to Rus
sia and Germany, and was one of the
members Of the Venezuelan arbitration
commission. The appointment of Mr.
White is known to be most satisfactory
to Germany, as he made an exceedingly
hattering impression when he was for
merly minister at that court. He is
one of the scholarly men of public life.
General Draper has had a successful
career as a soldier statesman and man
of business He is a native of the old
bay state, and as a beardless youth of
10 entered the army and served
throughout the war Of the Union being
/ promoted successfully from the rank
Of second lieutenant to that of brigadier
! general. After the war he engaged in
| the manufacture of cotton machinery,
and amassed a fortune. He took much
interest in politics as early as 1876,
when he was a delegate to the Cincin-
natl convention. Although a candidate
for the gubernatorial nomination in
1883, he never held public Office until
elected to the Fifty-third congress. His
work in both that and the subsequent
/ congress has been valuable.
! oliver L. Spaulding had an excellent
record as a soldier during the civil
war. After the war he served two
/ terms as secretary of the state of Mich
igan, one term as representative in
congress and several years as special
agent of the treasury department, and
later was a member of the commission
which investigated the sugar trade
with the Sandwich Islands, In 1890
General 5paulding was appointed as
sistant secretary Of the treasury He
is about GA years of age
William Barberie Howell was born In
New Jersey in 1865 In 1882 Mr.. Howell
was appointed by Secretary Folger to
a messengers position in the treasury
department, and was subsequently ap-
pointed to a $500 clerkship in the in
ternal revenue bureau, He was pro-
NOTED through the several grades in
the departmental service, and in Octo-
ber 1891 was appointed a special en-
ploye in the customs service. During
his service IN the department he at
! tended the Columbian law school of
Washington, and was admitted to the
bar in 1891. He has been for ten years
the confidential assistant to the assist
ant secretaries in charge of customs.
Benjamin Butterworth, the new COM
missioner OF patents, is widely known
throughout the country He began his
congressional career as member Of con-
gress from Ohio in 1873, and served un-
til the end Of the Fifty-first congress
In 1888 he was appointed commissioner
Of patents by President Arthur and
served until he resigned to take his
seat in the Fortyzninth congress. Al
the close Of the Fifty-first congress
both Democrats and Republicans urged
him to accept a denomination, but he
declined for business reasons, and ac-
cepted the position of solicitor general
and secretary Of the Worlds Colum-
blan exposition, and went TO Europe as
the president of the commission to in
terest foreign governments 1t is be-
lleved that new department of indus
try and commerce viii be created, ant
that he accepted the commissionershil
TO promote that object.
The sente In executive session yes
terday confirmed Anson b. Johnson
consul at Annoy China; CharlemagnC
Tower, minister to Austria Hungary
William S. Shallenberger, second as
sistant postmaster general; Penrose A
McClain, collector Of internal reveun,