New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-18
IMPORTANT OFFICES FILLED
NATHAN B. SCOTT NOMINATED FOX CoM-
MISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

W. W. THOMAS. JR.. TO BE MINISTER To N'''""i
AND SWEDEN. AND HAMILTON KING MIN
IsTER TO sIAM-A LONG LIST OF Gun
SULAR AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Washington. Dec. 1.-THE President sent 'iie 'o''
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day
NATHAN B. SCOTT. Of West Virginia. to Dc Co'n'''
OF Internal Revenue. -
WILLIAM W THOMAS; IT, Of Maine 10 ve Of the
United states to Si sweden and Nowa:
HAMILTON king Of Mch h to Hs ss Mn's e ss@
JAMES c. MNALLY Of Pennsylvania to be secTeseay OF
legation and Consul General of the United states al
Bogota. Colombia
EDGAR O. ACHoRN. of Massachusetts. to be Secretary
OF the Legation OF the United States al ~ fe'
JOHN X POLLARD. Of Ohio to be Consui-Generai OF
the United states a, Monterey. Mexico
TO BE CONsULs OF THE UNITED STATES.
GEORGE IL MoULToN. Of Colorado. at Demerara' Brit
Guiana.
ROBERT p. PooIEY Of New-York at st. Helena
LOUIS H. AYME OF Illinois. Guadaloupe West Indies
W. STANLEY HOLLIS. OF Massachusetts, at Lourenzo
Marquee. Africa.
LEVI $ WILLOW Of Illinois at Hankow. China
CHESTER DONALDSON Of New-York. at Mahasua'
Nicaragua.
ROBERT p SKINNER OF Ohio at Marseilles. France
FRANK W MAHIN. Of Iowa. at Rechenberg. Bohemia
MARSHAL HAI4sTEAD. OF New-York. at Birmingham
England.
HARLAN W. BRUSH Of New-York. at Clifton Ontario
CHARLES W. MERRIMAN. of Wisconsin. at Brochviile
DANIEL E. MGINLDY of wisconsin. at Athens
Greece
LEMUEL ". LIVINGSTON. OF Florida. at Cape Hay
ten. Hayti.
c. pILLHEIMER. of Indiana at Zanzibar
LOUIS DEXTER. OF Rhode Island. a, Leeds. England
JOHN PETERSON 81 Minnesota 20 be Collector OF
FOR the District Of Minnesota
JAMES II. COOPER. q New.York. to be Collector oil
Customs FOR the District Of Oswego n y
ALFRED W BROWN. Of Massachusetts. TO be Assistant
and Charlestown. Mass.
ID n Of North Carolina. Col
Icctor OF Internal Revenue for the WITH District OF
North Carolina.
JOHN MEL N California to be third Lieutenant in the
Revenue Cutter Service.
RICHARD LEBEET to be Surveyor General OF Col
Passed Assistant Surgeon FRANCIS W. F. WILDER to
be surgeon.
Paymaster GEORGE II. GRIFFING to be pay In
Assistant Naval Constructors ROBERT sTocKER
FRANK W. HrBBs and ELLIOT SNOW to be naval
constructors.
Also large number Of recess appointments.
william ". Thomas jr, graduated at Bow
don College In 1850. and In 1862 entered the dip.o-
matte service as Vice. Consul General at CONSTANT
nope He was soon afterward transferred as act
Ing consul to Galatz, Moldavia, and received the
thanks OF the Department OF State for his services.
In 1863 he promoted to a consulship at Goth
enburg Sweden. where he remained for two years.
reslgning his commission at the close OF 1855. On
his return to Portland In 1866. he was admitted TO
was appointed commissioner on the settlement Of
the public lands Of Maine and In 1870 returned to
Sweden as State Commissioner OF Immigrat ton.
He recruited a colony OF Swetes. brought them 70
Maine. and established them successfully in a town
named New Sweden In Aroos,ook County. In 1873.
1874 and 1875. He represented Portland In the Maine
Legislature. and In 1875 Speaker OF the House.
In 1873 he served In the State Senate. He a
candidate for the nomination for Governor In the
Republican convention OF 1879 and again in 1882 but
defeated. In 1888 he appointed Minister
to Sweden by President Arthur and In 1889 was re-
appointed BY President Harrison serving until re-
called by President Cleveland In 1894.
Nathan p Scott who appointed Commits
sloner OF Internal Revenue was agreed upon for
the place last spring Senator Elkins, OF West
Virginia, his principal supporter. Mr.. Scott
IS the member OF the Republican National Com
nlittee for West Virginia, and is talked OF as a
candidate for United State Senator.
Hamilton King. the now Minister 10 Siam, is pro-
lessor of Greek at Olivet College. Illinois. He is a
well-known educator. and has spent some years In
Athens In pursuance Of Greek studies
Marshal Ha.stead whom President Mckinley has
appointed Consul at Birmingham England Is the
eldest son Of Murat Halstead. He was graduated
from Princeton In 1896 and since that time has de-
OF years he was the New-York correspondent OF
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette" and later
afterward Joined the stan OF The London Daily
Mail" Mr. Halstead ha, recently given his time to
improved press appliances He is unmarried. and
hts home II Mt No g. West Sixty eighth-st
Edgar q Achorn. who has been apponted secre-
tary OF the United States Legation at ST Peters
burg was born in Newcastle. Lincoln county Me.
In 1853 Mr. Achorn was educated IN the pubic
schools until he entered Lincoln Academy TO pre-
pare FOR Bowdoln College. where he was graduate
In Isl lie al once became principal OF the High
school n, whitman. Mass. and held that place two
years. Al the end Of that time he entered boston
University as a law student He was admitted 10
the bar on June l6. ls4