The Dolores star., 1904-12-16
LATEST WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Presit'ent's Nominations.

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| A large batch OF nominations were
sent to the Senate by the President on
the 9Th inst. many OF them recess ap-
p0intments. which included four Cabi-
net positions. as follows:
Attorney general, William H. Moody
Of Massachusetts postmaster general.
Robert J. Wynne of Pennsylvania;
secretary Of the navy. Paul Morton of
Illinois; secretary of commerce and la
Dor. Victor J. Metcalf OF California.
Important postonice nominations
sent to the Senate include w. w. Will
cox at New York and John A. Merritt
OF New York at Washington.
Other nominations were as follows:
| Purchasing agent for the Postoffice
Department. William E. Cochran of
Kansas.
Minister resident and consul general,
Thomas c. Dawson OF Iowa to Santo
| Domingo.
Second secretary of the embassy
at st. Petersburg, Russia.
| Third secretary Of the embassy
Francis c. Landon, New York, at Ber-
lin.
| Secretary of legation and consul gen.
eral-Montgomery Schuyler, Jr., of
York. at Bangkok, Siam.
| Secretary Of legation-William Blu
menthal. New York. at Lisbon: Charles
Richardson, Massachusetts,, at Rio de
Janeiro.
Consuls general-Frank Dyer, Ches-
ter. Massachusetts. at Budapest, Hun
gary; Hezekiah Gudger, North Caro-
lima, at Panama: Julius G. Lay, Dis
trict Of Columbia. at Canton. China;
Henry B. Miller, Oregon, at New
Chwang, China; Daniel Meyer. West
Virginia. at Buenos Ayres; Benjamin
II. Ridgeley. Kentucky. Barcelona.
Spain; William E. Wright, Pennsyl-
vania, Munich, Bavaria.
Postmasters Wyoming, Frederick
E. Davis, Wheatland; South Dakota,
Alvah T. Bridgeman, Springfield.
To be Consuls-William E. Alger.
Massachusetts,, at Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras; Leo Bergholz, New York.
at Dawson City, Yukon Territory;
Frank s. Hannah. Illinois, Magdeburg,
| Germany; George H. Moulton, Colo
rado, at Georgetown, Demerara, Gull
nea; Oscar Malmreos, Minneapolis.
Colon. Panama.
Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of the Philippine Islands-Ad-
ans Carson, Virginia.
Royal A. Gunnison. New York, Judge
| Of District Court, district of Alaska.
first division.
Superintendent of the Mint-Frank
| M. Downer, at Denver.
Assayer at the Mint-Arthur H.
| Hodgson, Denver.
Meter and Reflner Of the Mint-Jo-
seph w. Nilsson, Denver.
To be Associate Justice Of the Su-
| preme Court for the Territory of New
Mexico-Edward A. Mann Of New
Mexico.
| To be Chief Justice of the Supreme
| Court of the Territory of Hawaii
Walter F. Frear of Hawaii; to be as
sociate Justices, Alfred 8. Harwelland
Francis M. Hatch Of Hawaii.
To be Judges of the Circuit Court Of
the Territory Of Hawaii-John A.
Matthewman of Hawaii, Third circuit:
| Charles F. Parsons OF Hawaii, Fourth
| circuit; John Hardy Of Hawaii, Fifth
circuit.
United States Attorneys-Henry M.
Hoyt, California, for the district of
Alaska; division No. 2. Norman N.
| Quick, Idaho, district Of Idaho.
| Marshals-Robert G. Rimmon, dis
trict of Nevada.
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
Francis e. Leupp. District Of Columbia.
Governor of Alaka-John G. Brady,
| Alaska.
| Surveyor General Of Alaska-Wil-
liam d. Distin, Illinois.
Agents for the Indians-Samuel Bel
lew, Montana, Flathead agency, Mon
tana; Frank Frantz, Oklahoma, Usage
agency, Oklahoma.
Receivers of Public Moneys-Sidney
R. Delong, at Tucson, Arizona; julius
H. Weiss, at Del Norte, Colorado.
The nominations included large
number Of army promotions. among
which were the following: To be brig
adler generals. Col. Albert Mills, su-
perintendent United States Military
| Academy; Col. Henry c. c. Dun
woody. signal corps; Lieut.. Col. Peter
| I1eary, Jr., artillery corps; Lieut.. Col.
Samuel L. Woodward. Seventh cav
airy; Lieut.. Col. John NICK. Hyde.
deputy quartermaster general; Col.
Oscar F. Long, deputy quartermaster
| general; Maj. Theodore A. Bingham.
corps of engineers; Col. Constant Will
liams, Twenty-sixth infantry.
In the naval promotions the follow
| ing were nominated to be rear admi-
rails:
Capt. William F. Folger, Capt. Fran
els w. Dickins, Capt. George F. e.
| Willie, Capt. Charles H. Davis. Capt.
| Charles J. Train, Capt. George w. Pig
man, Capt. George A. Converse.
At the instance of the Colorado rep
| %ho arpr0priotiop for 10