River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-12-02
Washington.

The Secretary of the Treasury announces
that hereafter silver coin will be paid only for
fractional part Of dollar, instead OF sums
not exceeding five dollars.
The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs has
| sent the following telegram to Hayworth, U.
=. Indian agent 1t Fort Sill, Indian Territory
/ Is " no more annuities to the Comanches.
The demand for the five raiders and murder
ers is not RENTED, and II not complied with
in ten days after the receipt OF this dispatch
you will stop their rations entirely, and il
they still refuse they will be handed over 10
! the military Assure the Indians that the
Government is in earnest, and that arrange.
ments are being made to compel the Indians
| to do right.
! The annual report Of the attorney general
viii be in type in few days. II treats pretty
extensively on the ku-klux depredations IN
the South and West, and il recites IN brief the
facts concerning the recent measures for pre-.
venting these unlawful acts. Reference is
made TO the jail, reform school, and the po-
lice department, the last of which but re-
Gently became connected with the department
OF justice.
A REPORT is current in Washington to the
effect that Marshal Serrano will be declared
Martial Dictator in Spain.
THE Superintendent Of the mounted re-
cruiting service is ordered to send all the dis,
possible coored cavalry recruits to Fort
Brown, Texas, for assignment to the 9Th cav
airy.
The trouble with Spain grows more like wal
I IaI Iat
warlike nature, and our government canro
long brook the insults that Spain i, continual
~ offering to our flag, Cabinet meetings are
becoming more frequent, and matters are
coming TO a crisis. The President seems "a
be in earnest in this matter, and in convers
ing upon the subject Of our relations with
Spain, is free from passion, his manner is
calm, but at the same time indicates earnest.
ness, end is evidently in full accord with the
sentiments Of the country. Dispatches have
been received from Madrid, by the Secretary
of State, stating that mob which collected
~ front of the American Legation was
promptly dispersed by the Government.
There is no doubt in Washington, in official
circles that the authorities 1t Madrid are fully
able TO prevent any outbreak. The position
OF Minister Sickles is very uncomfortable, but
it is not believed that violence will be offered,
as Slckles telegraphs that the Spanish officials
are equal to the emergency. Minister Sickes
Is hourly in communication with the State
Department, and his dispatches indicate
very strong feeling against the United States.
second dispatch received at Washington
says that an attempt has been made to assas-
siuate General Sickles, and that he has been
wounded. The report is not credited in Off
clal circles, although outside of ofiicla circles
4 it is generally credited.
Tue Secretary OF state has received the fol-
lowing despatch from our Consul at Havana.
dated Nov 49, The Consulate at Santiago
reports under date eff the 18th, that -he total
number ct executions of persons from the
Nugiuius was fiity.three, and that there had
been no executions since the sth inst. The
statements published here on the 14th re.
spectiag fifty-scven additional executions
prove untrue