River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
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Matters Currency Contraction
| Biaine-s Reception TO Freiinghuy-
sen--New Trial Probable for sui
/ teau---Dr Loring's Report.
JUDGE HORACE GRAY. THE NEW SUPREME
COURT JUDGE.
/ WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-Judge Gray,
who was nominated to fill the vacancy
\ on the supreme bench of the United
| States, occasioned by the death of
Justice Nathan Clifford, is at present
the chief Justice of the supreme bench
/ in Massachusetts,, his native state. He
4 is a man not over So years of age, if he
is so old, and was appointed associate
| justice of the court of which he Is now
I chief Justice perhaps fifteen years ago,
receiving his promotion to the latter
place ten or twelve years since. His
immediate predecessor as chief justice
was chief Justice Bigelow, jurist of
wide professional fame. Chief Justice
Bigelow's immediate predecessor was
Joseph Story, who left the posi-
ton, as does Judge Gray, to accept one
on the bench of the supreme court of
| the United States. II is said of Judge
Gray that he studied law with the sole
object of becoming a judge, and that
during all his career he kept that goal
constantly before him. Being man
of large inherited wealth he never
sought practice as a lawyer, and con-
sequently made no grea figure in that
line. He is of the bluest blue Beacon
street blood, of aristocratic tendencies
and associations. Hei a bachelor and
d generous liver In appearance he is
more imposing than any of his new as
sociates, being at least six feet four
inches in height and proportioned &C
cordingly. In distinguished personal
appearance he is compared with
Charles Sumner, whom he is said to re-
semble in many respects. He has al
ways been esteemed as fair conserva-
tive if not a brilliant judge.
NOMINATIONS AND COMBINATIONS.
The president has nominated limo
thy o. Howe, of Wisconsin, as postmas.
ter general.
The president has also nominated
VIM. III. McClearey postmaster at Pitts
burg.
The senate confirmed ex-Sen. Howe
as posmater general, and Judge Cray
associate Justice of the supreme court;
also Thos. G. Acton U. S. treasurer of
New York city.
sHERMAN's sKULKING.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator John
Sherman has fortified himself against
the treasury investigation which is now
pending. The whole affair has been
placed in the hands of the senate APP
preparation committee. The first point
Mr.. Sherman seeks for himself is to
have the investigation conducted with
closed doors. Two members of the
republican branch of the committee
Senators Allison and Logan--are op-
posed to a star-chamber investigation,
and advocate taking all the testimony
in public. Mr.. Allison, the chairman
of the committee, is especially vigor-
Gus in favor of opening the doors.
| Senator Logan also takes the ground
that, if all the charges made against
the management of Mr.. Sherman are
| true. even a portion of them, it will
not do for the republican party to at
tempt to shield the perpetrators of the
wrongs charged. Messrs. Dawes,
Plumb, and Hale represent the old ele-
ment in the republican party that was
| in favor of
WHITEWAsHING ANY POLITICAL CRIMINAL
providing he was member of their
own party organization. Naturally the
| democrats of the committee are sup
posed to be in favor of an open investi-
CATION. Those democratic senators are
Davis of West Virginia, Beck, Ransom,
and Cockeril, making nine members in
all. Davis of West Virginia and Cock
| eril of Missouri are men who can not
be influenced by any of the Sherman
crowd; but it is thought that Beck and
Ransom might be persuaded by the
sherman people TO vote with three of
| the republican members in favor of
closing the doors. Davis has had a
great deal of experience in inyesti-
eating the treasury department. He
understands too well many of Sher-
mans peculiarities, and as he has quite
a deal of influence with Mr. Beck 1t IS
hardly probable that the latter would
dare to vote against opening the doors.
This investigation promises to be
THE POLITICAL SENSATION
of the winter. There is much more in
! it than the mere ordinary investigation
of a department. There is debt to
pay, and presidential candidate to be
disposed Of Mr.. Sherman has made
himself very obnoxious to Mr.. Arthur
and his friends. He made very Bit
ter war upon Gen. Arthur when col
iector of New York. He has stigma
tized Gen. Arthur's management of the
custom house of that city as corrupt
and dishonest. Now the presidents
/ turn has come. Senator Logan, who
| is perhaps mis- most intimate represent
alive in the senate, is the one repub-
lican senator who is most in earnest in
| favor of open investigation, and it is
reasonable to suppose that in this he
represents the presidents wishes.
| When the fact is taken into considera-
ton that the head of the treasury de-
partraent itself is in sympathy with
| this investigation, and that he has al
ready broken up the ring in that de-
partment, it will be seen that the in
vestigation that is to follow will be
| swift, sweeping, and thorough.
THE PLASTIC ART 1T is SUCCESSFULLY
APPLIED TO THE ASSASSIN.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dec. 20-There
was peculiar scene at the jail to-day.
| Clark Mills, the noted sculptor, with
. his son, in accordance with an arrange
| ment made with Mr.. Scoville and Gui-
teau, visited the jail and took plaster
cast of Guiteau's head and face as sue
cessfully as they could have taken it
after death. 1t is understood that the
| object of this is to make number of
casts CT the head to be sold to scientific
| persons or others who may desire them,
in order to raise some money to meet
the actual financial necessities of the
Scoville family and to assist Guiteau In
his defense. Recent discoveries in the
plastic art have made it possible to
take cast of living person without
| any material inconvenience and
WITHOUT INJURY TO THE SKIN OR HAIR.
Guiteau had consented to this in gen.
eral way, but, until Clark Mills arrived,
he did not know that it was necessary
| that his beard should be removed. To
this for time he made strenuous OBJ
iections, insisting that he did not look
50 well any way with his beard of, aud
he was particularly opposed to it for
the reason, he said, that with a smooth
face his nose looked so large. "But,"
said Clark Mills, ga prominent nose is
sign of strong character" After this
piece of flattery, Mr.. Mills found no
difficulty in inducing Guiteau to part
with the scraggy beard, which, since
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