The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-06
APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE.
w. W. Canada of Indiana, Made Con-
sui Mt Vera Cruz-New POstnasters.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Andrew d. Barlow. of Missouri to be
consul general at the City of Mexico. Mex.
Harold S. Van Buren,, of New Jersey, to be
consul at Nice, France; Carl Bailey Hurst
of the District of Columbia now consul at
Prague), to be consul general at Vienna
Austria; Henry n. Morgan. of Louisiana,
to be consul at Horgen, Switzerland; VIII
liam W. Canada, of Indiana, to be consul
at Vera Cruz, Mex; Louis A. Pradt of
Wisconsin, to be assistant attorney gen.
eral; Stephen J. Weeks, of Nebraska, to
be register of the land office at O'Neill,
Postmasters-Oliver c. Gordon, Union
City. Ind; Ira Kidwell, Elwood, Ind. Nor
ris B. Pote New Harmony Ind; John H.
Daugherty. Franklin. Ind.
Lieutenant colonies of the army to be
ccolonels-H. p. Moves. Second Cavalry
Rogers, Second Artillery.
Majors, to be lieutenant colonels-Adna
r. Chaffee. Ninth Cavalry; Michael CoQney,
Fourth Cavalry William l.. Haskin, First
Artillery.
Captains. to be majors-Wiliam c. Fer
bush, Fifth Cavalry; j. A. Augur, Fifth
First Lieutenants, to be captains-H. J..
Goldman, Fifth Cavalry; A; c.. Maccomb,
Fifth Cavalry; c. l.. Best First Artltlery;
II. Liggett. Fifth Infantry.
Andrew D. Barlow the new consul general
to Mexico. is only thirty-three or thirty
four years of age He is a son of S. d..
Barlow, for many years president of the
Iron Mountain Railroad and prominently
connected with the development of the
Southwest. Mr.. NARROW was at one time
connected with the st. Louis postoftice and
is spoken of by his friends at a young
man of excellent attainments and Well quail
flied to perform the duties of the othce
The Senate to-day confirmed the follow
ing nominations: Thornton 5. Howard, to
be register of land office, Des Moines, Ia
Miguel A. Otero, to be Governor of New
Mexico; George H Wallace, to be secre-
to be secretary of Oklahoma; c: H. Akers,
to be secretary of Arizona Territory; RoD-
ert N; Foster to be postmaster at Gill
man. Ill.
The President has appointed about twenty
men minister to Spain, according to the
gossips, but none of the names have gone
to the Senate One aspirant he has not APP
pointed and will not is Herbert Bowen, OF
Brooklyn consul at Barcelona, who has
been pulling hard for the job. The Presi-
dent to-day gave notice that Mr.. BoWeh
| might as well pull out
Representative Lands to-day wired the
Postofice Department his Endorsement of
the application of Louis Il. Bell for post
master at Flora, Carroll county. Mr.. Bell
will be appointed.
The following Indianians have been re-
instated and promoted in the Interior De-
partment; Reinstatements, Pension Office.
Corydon w. Smith. clerk, $1,000; Charles B.
Robbins copyist, $500. Indian office. Isaac
r. Conwell, chief of division, 81 900. Promo
tions, pension office, John G.. Greenwalt,
from 81, 400 to 81 500. Indian office Andrew
Deltz, from N4Oo to 81 600.
Fourth-class Indiana postmasters were
appointed to-day as follows Dubois, Du-
bois county r. Fl. Allen, vice H. P. Du-
dine, removed Granger st. Joseph county,
Frank Randolph, vice F. z. Lowry re
moved; Mill Grove, Blackboard county, w. L.
Roswell, vice w. l.. Hunt removed.
A cablegram from Bangkok says that
the Americans of Siam have signed a
unanimous petition asking President Nc
I<inley to retain John Barre as United
States minister to Siam.
Jacob f. Rauh, of Pennsylvania, to-day
was appointed a medical referee in the
Pension Office at a salary of $4,000 per an
mum, being a promotion from medical eX-
aminer at 81 800. Roger c. Spooner, of Hi
nOis. and James E. Jenkins, of Iowa, were
apnointed special indian agents at $1,000
each.