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Domestic News July 21, 1889

The Indianapolis Journal

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

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On July 20 in Washington, President appointed numerous officials to Treasury, customs, internal revenue, marshal, attorney, and consul positions across US districts and abroad, plus a Census special agent.

Merged-components note: Continuation across pages of presidential appointments list; page 1 ends with consuls list, page 2 continues with Holmes appointment. Label changed from 'story' for page 2 component.

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Yesterday's Appointments.

WASHINGTON, July 20.—The President to-day made the following appointments:

M. M. Hurley, of Indiana, to be Third Auditor of the Treasury.
J. H. Franklin, of Kansas, to be Deputy Second Auditor of the Treasury.
John Fehrenbach, of Ohio, to be supervising inspector of steam vessels for the Seventh district (Cincinnati).
Charles M. Leavy, of California, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of San Francisco, Cal.

To be Collector of Customs—Franklin B. Gross, of Massachusetts, for the district of Barnstable, Mass.; Wm. Gaston Henderson, of Mississippi, for the district of Pearl river, Miss.; N. Wright Cuney, of Texas, for the district of Galveston, Tex.; Henry B. Clay, of Virginia, for the district of Newport News, Va.

To be collectors of internal revenue—James E. Brady, of Virginia, for the Second district of Virginia; P. H. McCaull, of Virginia, for the Eighth district of Virginia; Jos. W. Burke, of Texas, for the Third district of Texas.

James J. Pickerson, of Texas, to be marshal of the United States for the Eastern district of Texas.
Milton C. Elstner, of Louisiana, to be attorney of the United States for the Western district of Louisiana.

To be consuls of the United States—Evans Blake, of Illinois, at Crefeld; Henry C. Fisk, of Vermont, at St. Johns, Que.; Jasper P. Bradley, of West Virginia, at Southampton; Eugene O. Fechet, of Michigan, at Piedras Negras, Mex.; Archibald J. Sampson, of Colorado, at Presidio del Norte; Horace E. Pugh, of Indiana, at New Castle, Eng.

Mr. George K. Holmes, of Great Barrington, Mass., has been appointed by Ind. Superintendent of Census as a special agent to assist in the collection of the statistics of recorded indebtedness and his preliminary work in the South.
Massachusetts. Mr. Holmes has been a newspaper writer for many years, and is also a student of social and economic questions.

What sub-type of article is it?

Appointment

What keywords are associated?

Presidential Appointments Treasury Officials Customs Collectors Internal Revenue Collectors Us Marshals Us Attorneys Us Consuls Census Agent

What entities or persons were involved?

M. M. Hurley J. H. Franklin John Fehrenbach Charles M. Leavy Franklin B. Gross Wm. Gaston Henderson N. Wright Cuney Henry B. Clay James E. Brady P. H. Mccaull Jos. W. Burke James J. Pickerson Milton C. Elstner Evans Blake Henry C. Fisk Jasper P. Bradley Eugene O. Fechet Archibald J. Sampson Horace E. Pugh George K. Holmes

Where did it happen?

Washington

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Primary Location

Washington

Event Date

July 20

Key Persons

M. M. Hurley J. H. Franklin John Fehrenbach Charles M. Leavy Franklin B. Gross Wm. Gaston Henderson N. Wright Cuney Henry B. Clay James E. Brady P. H. Mccaull Jos. W. Burke James J. Pickerson Milton C. Elstner Evans Blake Henry C. Fisk Jasper P. Bradley Eugene O. Fechet Archibald J. Sampson Horace E. Pugh George K. Holmes

Event Details

The President made appointments including: M. M. Hurley of Indiana as Third Auditor of the Treasury; J. H. Franklin of Kansas as Deputy Second Auditor of the Treasury; John Fehrenbach of Ohio as supervising inspector of steam vessels for the Seventh district (Cincinnati); Charles M. Leavy of California as appraiser of merchandise in the district of San Francisco; Collectors of Customs: Franklin B. Gross of Massachusetts for Barnstable, Mass.; Wm. Gaston Henderson of Mississippi for Pearl river, Miss.; N. Wright Cuney of Texas for Galveston, Tex.; Henry B. Clay of Virginia for Newport News, Va.; Collectors of internal revenue: James E. Brady of Virginia for Second district of Virginia; P. H. McCaull of Virginia for Eighth district of Virginia; Jos. W. Burke of Texas for Third district of Texas; James J. Pickerson of Texas as marshal for Eastern district of Texas; Milton C. Elstner of Louisiana as attorney for Western district of Louisiana; Consuls: Evans Blake of Illinois at Crefeld; Henry C. Fisk of Vermont at St. Johns, Que.; Jasper P. Bradley of West Virginia at Southampton; Eugene O. Fechet of Michigan at Piedras Negras, Mex.; Archibald J. Sampson of Colorado at Presidio del Norte; Horace E. Pugh of Indiana at New Castle, Eng. George K. Holmes of Great Barrington, Mass., appointed by Indian Superintendent of Census as special agent for statistics of recorded indebtedness.

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