Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-17
The New Senate.

| w WASHINGTON, March 9-The can
Gus of Republican Senators, to day, ap
proved the report Of the Committee OF
the Revision Of the Senate Standing
Committees. The following change,
have been made in the Chairmanships
Conkling has the Committee on Com
merce, in place of Chandler; Hamlir
the Postofices and Post Roads, in place
of Ramsey; OgIesby, Of Public Lands
IN place of Sprague; Ingall, of Pen.
slons, in place of Boreman; West of
Railroads, in place of Stewart; Sargent,
OF Mines and Mining, in place of Ham
lln; Boutwell,, of Revision of Laws, 10
place of Conkling; Patterson, of Edu-
cation and Labor, in place of Flanagan;
Clayton, of Civil Service and Retrench-
ment, in place of Wright.
The caucus agreed to give the Dem
ocrats the craftsmanship and MAORI
ty OF the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims Stevenson chairman, in addition
to the two committees heretofore con-
trolled by them, on Private Land Claims,
Thurman chairman, and on Engrossed
Bulls. Some of the standing commit
tees, formerly consisting of seven
members, now have nine, in which the
Democrats have three mem bers, and on
committees of seven they have two
members
The caucus debated the subject of
Sargeant-at Arms, and the name of
Charles Kennedy, of New York, was
pressed to succeed the present incum
bent Mr.. French, who was elected
IN 1860 and had at that time. Ken
nedy as his competitor. At the ad-
Journed meeting On Thursday, this
question will be disposed Of and, also,
whether it is expedient to make other
changes.
After the announcement of the
standing committees in the Senate,
consideration of the resolution for the
admission of Pinchbeck was resumed,
and Mr. Morton continued his argu-
meDt.
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The New BOARD OF REGENTS
| The Governor has appointed General
| Conrad kretz, of Sheboygan, as mem.
Der OF the Board of Regents of the
University, in place of General G. S
Hamilton, whose term of Office had ex-
pired and who had removed from the
Fifth Congressional District This
keeps up the military representation of
the Board, and secures at thet same
time man of high standing and schol-
arly attainments. The otaer appoin-
tees for this year were announced last
month. They are Hon j. G. Gregory
as his own successor for the Second
| Congressional district; Hon. Matt Kee-
nan, Of Milwaukee, for the Fourth dis
trlct, in place Of Hon. J. R Brigham;
and Hon. Thomas D. Steele, of Sparta,
for the Seventh District, in place of
Hon. Angus Cameron. These will all
be recognized as first class appoint
ments. The different creeds and ma
tionalities have now a fair representa-
tion upon the Board and in the Faculty,
which will silence further complaint on
that score. The Executive Committee
of the Board are Regents Van Slyke,
Paul and Gregory.
ROASTED TO DEArH.-At Baldwin,
| Michigan, on the 9th, a shocking ac-
| cldent occurred. Dennis Robinson
stayed at Mr. Trips house last night,
in order to get on the early train for
Barry county, where he was going to
see his two small children. Tripp's
family consisted Of himself. wife and
two children, and his brother. Mrs.
Trip slept below, with one child, and
the three men, above with the other
child. About 5 this morning Robin
son awoke and cried out to the others
that the house was on fire. 1t was
all ablaze inside He ran into the
next room, and one of the Tripp fol-
lowed him to the door, but it was too
hot for him. Trip turned back, tell
ing Robinson he could not get ou t
that way, and closed the door. Tripp
then ran to the window, kicked it out,
and threw the child out, and he and
his brother jumped out. Mrs. Tripp
and the child in the meantime got out
from below all right, but were all SO
frightened they said nothing about
Robinson, supposing he had got out
and gone to some house for clothes
but as he did not appear they began
to search, and found him only when
the house was consumed, burned to
crisp in one corner.
1t is estimated that Western New
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