Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — AS ENVOYS IN HAVANA. [ARTICLE]

AS ENVOYS IN HAVANA.

Squiers to Be Minister and Brang Consul General. Herbert C. Squiers, first secretary of the legation at Pekin, will be appointed minister to Cuba. The announcement was made at the White House Monday. Gen. Edward S. Bragg of Fond du Lac, Wis., will be appointed consul genera) at Havana. Gen. Bragg is 75 years old. The salary of consul general at Havana is $5,000, but the fees will probably bring the income up to SIO,OOO or $12,000 a year. The president also sent these nominations to the Senate: To be Commissioner of Immigration, Frank P. Sargent of Illinois; to be third secretary of the American embassy at London, Craig W. Wadsworth of New York; to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Arkansas, Frank W. Tucker.