226 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. DEOEI\IBER 10, of Randolph and State of Indiana. Office became Presidential CONSULS. October 1, 1901. F rancis B. Gessner, of Ohio, to be consul at Zittau , Saxony, Ger­ George B. Roderick1 to be postmaster at Holdenville Creek Nation, Ind. T. Office became Presidential July 1, 1901. ' many. Alfred T. Underhill, to be postmaster at Ocheyedan in the Robert E . Mansfield, of Indiana, to be consul at Valparaiso, county of Osceola and State of Iowa. Office became Presidential Chile. October 1, 1901. Charles H. Egbert, of Illinois, to be consul at Durango, Mexico. Walter R . Rudy, to be postmaster at Mount Airy, in the county Alonzo B. Garrett, of West Virginia, to be consul at Nuevo of Carroll and State of Maryland. Office became Presidential Laredo, Mexico. October 1, 1901. Edward A. Creevey, of Connecticut, to be consul at Glauchau, Richard J. Considine, to be postmaster at East Whitman, in the Germany. county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts. Office became Charles V. Herdliska, of the District of Columbia, to be consul Pre idential July 1, 1901. at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. · Eugene S. Thatcher, to be postmaster at Housatonic, in the W~am B. Sorsby, of Mississippi, to be consul at Kingston, COJl!ltY of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts. Office became J amaiCa. Presidential October 1, 1901. Charles P . H . Nason, of Pennsylvania, to be consul at Grenoble, Henry Converse, to be postmaster at Rutland, in the county of France. Worcester and State of Massachusetts. Office became Presiden­ ;Ethelbert Watts, of Pennsylvania, to be consul at Prague, Aus­ tial October 1, 1901. tna. Henry F. Hosmer, to be postmaster at SouJ..h Lancaster, in the Edwin N. Gunsaulus, of Ohio, to be consul at Toronto, Ontario, county of Worcest er and State of Massachu etts. Office became Canada. Pre idential October 1 1901. William L. Sewell of Ohio, to be consul at Pernambuco Brazil. Ira D. McCullah to be postmaster at :Marionville, in the county Arthur H. Williams, of New Hampshire, to be consul at Sal- of Lawrence and State of Missouri. Office became Presidential tillo, Mexico. • October 1, 1901. Frank R. Mowrer, of Ohio to be consul at Ghent; Belgium. Theodore F . Chamberlain, to be postmaster at Newark Valley George Sawter, of New York, to be consul at Antigua, West in the county of Tioga and State of New York. Office becam~ Indies. Pre idential October 1, 1901. Lewis A. Martin, of West Virginia, to be consul at Ciudad Por­ George W . Hitchcock, to be postmaster at Ripley, m the county fu'io Diaz, Mexico. of Chautauqua and State of New York. Office became Presiden­ William H. Hunt of New York, to be consul at Tamatave, tial October 1, 1901. Madagascar. Nathan Leavitt, to be postmaster at Stamford in the county of George N. Dale, of Vermont, to be consul at Coaticook, Que- Jones and State of Texas. Office became Presidential October 1, bec, Canada. · 1901. George E . Baldwin, of Ohio, to be consul at Nuremberg Ba- William B. Howard, to be postmaster at Sweet Water, in the varia, Gmmany. ' county of Nolan and State of Texas. Office became Presidential Henry B. Miller of Oregon, to be consul at Niuchwang, China. October 1, 1901. Courtlandt K. Bolles, of Pennsylvania, to be consul at Kehl, Archie G. Madson, to be postmaster at Angels Camp, in the Germany. county of Calaveras and State of California, in place of Frank A. George W . Colvig, of Oregon, to be consul at Barranquilla Egan resigned. Colombia. ' Fred G. Havemann, to be postmaster at Salmon, in the county Pietro Cuneo, of Ohio, to be consul at Turin, Italy. of Lemhi and State of Idaho, in place of William H. Andrews, TJ;tomas R. Wallace, of Iowa, to be consul at Crefeld, Germany. resigned. R1chard L. Sprague, of Massachusetts, to be consul at Gibral- James F . Donovan, to be postmaster at Kinmundy in the tar, Spain. · county of Marion and State of Illinois, in place of Daniel Gunn, resigned. INTEROCEANIC C.A.N A.L. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVE...~ . The injunction of secrecy was removed from the convention Edward H. Callister, of Utah, to be collector of internal revenue (Executive AA, Fifty-seventh Congress, first se sion) between for the district of Montana, to succeed Chades M. Webster, re­ the United States and Great Britain, to facilitate the construc­ moved. Mr. Callister is now serving under a temporary commis­ tion of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans sion issued during the recess of the Senate. This nomination is signed at Washington, November 18, 1901. ' made to correct error in the 1·esidence of Mr. Callister, who was nominated on December 5, 1901, a-s of Montana. GENERAL INSPECTOR. SENATE. Washington Haverstick, of Wisconsin, to be general inspector , T UESDAY, December 10, 1901. Treasury Department, in place of Richard 0 . Jeardeau, deceased. Prayer by Rev. !IENRY VAN DYKE, D. D. , LL. D. , of Princeton SOLICITOR OF INTER.'T AL REVENUE. University. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. Albert W. Wishard, of Indiana, to be solicitor of internal rev­ enue, who was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, in REPORT OF BOARD OF ORDNANCE .AND FORTIFICATIONS. the place of George M. Thomas, resigned. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu­ nication from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of .ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF W .AR. the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications covering the period from William Cary Sanger, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary November 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901; which, with the accompany­ of War, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of ing papers, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs the Senate, vice George D. Meiklejohn, resigned. and ordered to be printed. ' GUN TESTS. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu­ Joseph B. Kealing, of Indiana, to be United States attorney for nication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to the district of Indiana, who was appointed during the last recess law the report of the joint board of officers of the Army and of of the Senate, in the place of Albert W . Wishard, resigned. the Navy, appointed to make comparative tests of the destructive energy between the Gathmann torpedo gun, at Sandy Hook, N.J. and the 12-inch Army service rifle; which, with the accompanyin~ CONFIRMATIONS. papers, was refen-ed to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate December 9, 1901. SLOOP HENRIETTA. CO~SULS-GID.~AL. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ James I. McCallum, of the District of Columbia, to be consul­ munication from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans­ general at St. Gall Switzerland. mitting the conclusiQ..ns of fact and of law filed under the act of Oli-ver J . D. Hughes, of Connecticut, lately consul at Coburg, January 25, 1885, in the French spoliation claims relating to the Germany, to be consul-general at Coburg. vessel sloo~ Henrietta, Samuel Wasson, master; which, with the Robert P . Skinner, of Ohio lately consul at Marseilles, France, accompanymg papers, was referred to the Committee on Claims, to be consul-general at Marseilles. and ordered to be printed. 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 227 SPANISH TREATY CLAIMS COMMISSION. the navy-yards of the country; which were referred to the Com­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the mittee on Naval Affairs. Senate, in response to a resolution of the 4th instant, the report of Mr. BEVERIDGE presented petitions of Local Union No. 180, the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission. of Clinton; of Local Union No. 966, of Edwardsport; of the Inter­ Mr. HALE. If it is a report stating the expenditures and the national Brick, Tile, and Ten-a-Cotta Workers' Alliance of Clin­ necessity for an immediate appropriation it should be referred to ton, and of Local Union No. 1671, of Clinton, all of the United the Committee on Appropriations, in order that it may be consid­ Mine Workers of America; of Nelson Post, No. 69, Grand Army ered in connection with the emergency deficiency appropriation of the Republic, of Kendallville, and of Robert Madison and 81 bill. other citizens of Clinton, all in the State of Indiana, praying for The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The report will be referred to the reenactment of the Chinese-exclusion law; which were referred the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Immigration. He also presented petitions of Fremont Goodwine and 16 other PETITIONS AND MEllORI.ALS. citizens of Williamsport, Fred Corey and 17 other citizens of The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a petition of Central Lebanon, W. A. Cox and 97 other citizens of Rockville, C. R. Square Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Central Jones and 161 other citizens of Indianapolis, J. E. Martin and 26 Square, New York, praying for the enactment of legislation to other citizens of Fountain County, Mary A. Braver and 92 other suppress anarchy; which was referred to the Committee on the citizens of Fort Wayne, William F. l'tfiller and 32 other citizens Judiciary. of Richmond, Daniel B. Banta and 75 other citizens of Spencer, He also presented petitions of sundry citizens and religious or­ Grafton Peek and 107 other citizens of Greenwood, and of Mrs. ganizations of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., praying for the C. A. Scarff and 140 other citizens of Hanover, all in the State of adoption of an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit polyg­ Indiana, praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Con­ amy; which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.