Evening star., 1898-12-15
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
Favorable Action by the Senate OE
Presidential Selections.

IFeSlNtntiHi SelectiohS
The Senate yesterday afternoon confirmed
these nominations:
Nathan o. Murphy; Arizona, to be gov
ernor of Arizona.
Fred Page-Tustin of Roseburg Oregon
commissioner in and for the district of
Alaska, to reside at Wrangell.
Emery F. Sperry of Knoxville, to be pen
sion agent at Des Moines, Iowa.
To be receivers of public moneys-Nich-
olas ]. Trodo of Canton, Ohio; Charles
Marshall, Minnesota: Henry E. Baird, at
Devirs Lake. North Dakota; John Satter-
lund at bismarck. North Dakota; Edward
f. Garrett. at Boise. Idaho; Sarhent 5.
Morton, al an Francisco. California;: Mrs.
Minnie Wi...Arns of Cody, Wyoming, at
Lander, Wyoming.
To be registers of land offices-Eldon II.
Brattain, at Lakevicw, Oregon: Ole Serum
gard, Devils Lake, North Dakota; Myrnn
d. Taylor, st. Cloud, Minnesota; John +.
Squire. Glenwood Springs, Colorado; Aaron
b. Hunt of Alameda. California, at San
Francisco, California; William I. Adams,
To be consus-Alexander Heingartncr of
Ohio, Catania, Italy; John w. Lutz of Ohio,
africa, Chile
To he members of the Industrial commits
sIOn-Thomas W. Phillips of Pennsylvania
Andrew L. Harris of Ohio John l.. Ken
nedy, District Of Columbia; Ellison A Smith
of South Carolina. John NJ. Farquhar OF
New York Michael D. Ratchford of Iu-
diana.
Postmasters-Vermont Barney Cannon,
! il, at Bellows Falls; Rhode Island. Albert
G. Landers, Newport: Pennsylvania John
H. Bishop Millersvlle; Maine, Lewis G.
| FlaSg, Berwick: Arthur I. Brown, Belfast
Iowa, William D. Means, Boone: Fl. w.
Clark, Tabor; Charles f. Carmody, Maple
! ton.
War: COlonels to he brigadier generals
Hamilton S. Hawkins. Jacob F. Kent
Guy V. Henry, William S. Worth.
Lieutenant colonels TO be colonies (cav-
alry)-ThOmas McGregor, Samuel T.. Whit
side.
Lieutenant colonels to be colonies Gn-
fantry)-Edgar r. Kellogg Richard Comba.
Harry c. Egbert. Edwin NJ Coates. George
NJ. Randall. William S. Worth, William NJ.
Wherry. John II. Patterson. Henry b.
Freeman, Clarence NJ. Bailey.
Lieut. Col. Henry ". L.awtnn, to he in
spector general with the rank of colonel.
Lieut. Col Amos r. S. kimball, deputy
quartermaster general. to be assistant
| qGartermaster general with the rank of
colonel.
Corps of Engineers: To be colonel
Lieut.. Col. Samuel NJ. Mansfield; to be
major generaI-Brig. Gen. Jacob +. Kent
Colonels to be brigadier generais-Edward
F. Pearson. William S. Worth, John H.
Page William NJ. Wherry, Harry c. Egg
bert, Evan Miles Henry Carroll. Emerson
II. Liscum, Joseph 7. Haskell. Charles d.
Viele. Aaron S. Dagsett, John H. Patter-
son, Theodore a. Baldwin, Charles A. Whit
tier.
Brigadier generals to be major generals
Samuel b. NJ Young, Thomas M. Anderson
Arthur Macarthur. Francis V. Greene, Will
liam Ludlow, Samuel S. Sumner.
Colonies to be brisadier generals-Samuel
Ovenshine, Charles McC. Reeve, Irving
Hale, Richard Comba John f. Weston
Edgar r. Kellogg
Lieutenant coionels to be brigadier gen
erais-Ezra +. Ewers, Charles + Hum
nhrey, Gilbert S. Carpenter, John W.
Clous.
Navy: Assistant Naval Constructors
homas f. Ruhm, Lawrence Spear and
Frank B. Zahm to be naval constructors;
also number of army and navy promo
tlonS.