Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-04
Park CITY POSTMASTER
President Names Robert E, WheniN for the
Position.
NUMEROUS MILITARY NOMINATIONS.


Washington, May 4.-The President
today sent these nominations to the
Senate:
To be major generals
Brigadier General Joseph c. Breckln-
ridge, inspector general U. $ A., Brig.
Gen. Elwell s. Otis, U. $. A., Brig.
Gen. John c. CoppInger, Brig. Gen.
VIM. r. shafter. Brig. Gen. William II.
Graham, Brig. Gen. ]. +. Wade, Brig.
Gen. Henry c. Merriam. James II.
Wilson Of Delaware, Fitzhugh Lee of
Virginia, w. J. sewell of New Jersey
Joseph C. Wheeler OF Alabama.
Colonels TO brlgader generals:
Thomas Henderson, Fourteenth in
fantry; Charles T.. Compton, Fourth
cavalry; Abraham X. Arnold, First
cavalry; John S. Poland. Seventeenth
Infantry; Simon Snyder. Nineteenth
infantry; John C. Bates, Second in
fantry; Andrew G. Burt, Twenty-hfth
infantry: Hamilton Hawkins, Twen-
tieth Infantry; Royal II. Frank. First
infantry; Jacob +. Kent. Twenty
fourth infantry: Samuel S. Sumner,
Sixth cavalry; Francis L. Guenther.
Fourth artillery; Guy V. Henry, Tenth
cavalry; John /. Rodgers. Fifth artil-
lery; Louis II. Carpenter, Fifth caval-
ry; Samuel H. NJ Young. Third cavai-
ry; John NJ. Bacon, Eighth cavalry;
Edward b. Williston, Sixth artillery.
Lieut. colonies to be brigadier gen
erals:
Henry w. Lawton. inspector gen.
eral; Geo. A. Randall, Eighth infantry,
'I'ha0dnrp m "a q let al
general; William Ludlow. corps of en-
gineers; Adna r. Chaffee. Third cavai-
ry; George w. Davis, Fourteenth in
fantIy; Alfred e. Bates. deputy pay
general.
Subsistence Department. - Colone,
Charles Patrick Egan, to be commits
sary general of subsistence, with rank
of brigader general
Lieut.. Col. John Francis, to be assist
ant commissary general of subsistence
with rank of colonel; Major Wells Will
lard, commissary Of subsistence, to be
assistant commissary general of sub
sistence with rank of lieutenant colo
mel; Captain Tasker Howard Bliss. to
be commissary of subsistence with
rank Of major; First Lieutenant John
Little, Fourteenth infantry to be
commissary of subsistence with rank
of captain.
Pay Department-Harry l.. Rogers.
to be paymaster with rank of major.
To be Surveyor of Customs-Wm. l..
kessinger, at Kansas City. Mo.
Joseph p. Woolman, to be marsha,
for the district Of Montana.
James K. Barnes. attorney for the
Western district of Arkansas,
Observation-Disclosures of Daniel
c: Miles, to be agent for Indians of the
cheyenne and Arapahoe agency in
Oklahoma.
POsTMAsTERS.
California--John C. Joy, Salina: Will
liam w. Giddings. Newman Nellie u.
Towne, Orange; William w. Wilson,
Utah-Robert f. wherritt, Park
City
oregon-Allen B., cromsman, Port
land. n
New Mexico-Jacob B. Matthews,
Rosewell Simon Nusbaum, Santa
Fe.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
Naval cadets in navy and marine
corps:
Andrew E. Kalbach of Pennsylvania,
Ralph III. E. Walker. Indiana, Daniel
w. Wurtsbaugh, Texas; Ivan c. Wet
tengel. Colorado; Watt Cluverius Jr.,
Louisiana; Duncan NJ. Wood. Ala
bama; Lehigh c. Palmer, Missouri
Thomas A. Kearney, Missouri; Arthur
NJ. Carhur Jr., Wisconsin, Frank Il.
ut w. KNOX,
Tennessee; Charles e. Giipin, Michi-
gan; Mark s. Ellis, Arkansas; Earl C.
Jessup. Iowa; Henry c. Austin, Ten
nessee; Roland I. Curtin, Pennsyl-
vania, all to be ensigns in the navy to
fill vacancies.
Charles L. Leiper of PENNSYLVANIA,
Gatewood l.. Lincoln, Missouri; Ed
ward T. Fitzgerald, Texas; Albert w.
Marshall, Texas; Charles T.. Burt,
Georgia; Keneth c.. Castleman, Ken
lucky; Geo. Il. Rice. Kentucky; Arthur
Crenshaw, Alabama, all to be assist
ant engineers in the navy to MI
vacancies.
Anon Bronson Jr., Nebraska, to be
second lieutenant In the marine
corps.
Harry II, Balthist. Colorado, to be
assistant paymaster in the navy to fiji
vacancy.
Washington, May 4.--Senator Sewell
declined absolutely to discuss his nom
ination as major general further than
to say that he would not resign his seat
In the Senate and would ask for
leave OF absence. A number of rumors
were in circulation that Senator Sewei