Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-24
From the Capital.

PRESIDENT GARFIELD has appointed J.
Stanley Brown as his private secretary
TwENTY-sIx national banks have re-de-
posted s., 525 900 of United States bonds
as security for circulating notes.
GEN. EDGERToN has accepted the prof
fered appointment of U. S. senator in
place of Senator Window. lately appoint
ed secretary of the treasury.
The colored people of the state of Ohio
are earnestly seeking recognition at the
hands of the administration, in the APP
pointment of Alfred j. Anderson to the
Haytien mission.
The new senator from California, Mr..
Miller, is not only the president of the
Alaska Seal company-he is, also, a model
Christian. He rose at one of the Moody
meetings in Frisco recently, and asked
prayers for himself in his endeavor to
lead Christian life His family dress
in sealskin to the very heels.
THE probabilities are that Gen. Lew
Wallace will be appointed minister to
Peru in place of Christiancy, who will be
permanently retired.
UNTIL the question of an extra session
of congress shall have been settled, Secre-
tary Window declines TO take action as to
the sale of the $l04 100000 of bonds yet
unissued
PRESIDENT GARFIELD has nominated
Sanford 4. Hudson of Wisconsin, to be
associate Justice of the supreme court of
Dakota, and Clark +. Carr to be post
master at Galesburg, Ill.
SENATOR KAHLo, of Logansport, Ind,
has strong hopes of being appointed con-
sul-general to Berlin, the city of his ma
tivity.
THE senate resolutions of coincidence
have been cabled to Minister Foster, at St.
Petersburg, with the request that he trans
nit a copy to the Russian foreign min
lister.
THE political division of the L. s. SEN
ate as it now stands is IS to 80. Vice
President Arthur as president having the
casting vote in tie. will give the repub-
cans the control.
GEN. SHERMAN recommends the retire
ment of Colonies r. l.. Crittenden, of the
18th infantry; Pinkney Lugenbel, of the
LIST infantry, and F, l.. Dent, of the 9TH ar
tillery.
THE name of Major J. w. Powell, of
Illinois, a well-known and very accom-
plshed .atural scientist, has been sent to
the senate Nv lDc pTtsIutHt lOI hlItctoT VI
the United States geological survey.
SECRETARY BLAINE, on receiving intel
ligence of the death of the Gar, cabled
10 the American minister at St. Peters
burg TO express to the royal family the
sympathy of the United States Similar
messages were sent from every court in
Europe.
IT is believed at Washington that the
organization of the senate will be effected
by a compromise. The chairmen of the
two party caucuses held an interview on
yesterday. and the democrats have been
notified to attend another caucus this
morning.
A CAUCUS of democratic senator's a.
Washington resolved to prepare a list of
their members for appointment on COM
mittees in the ratio of four democrats TO
FIVE republicans. 1t is understood that
Bayard, Johnston and Davis, the seniors
in length of service, will be given the
charmanships of the committees on pri-
vate land claims, revolutionary claims,
and engrossed bills.
4 SELECT committee of the house has
been examining the system of awarding
pensions Commissioner Bentley is said
to have admitted that frauds amounting
to over - 100000 annually have been per
petrated. Five hundred pensioners have
been dropped from the rolls In 1873 a
man in Maine, named Prince. was discov-
cred to be drawing payments Tor seven
widows, and was sent to the penitentiary
for ten years.
The three gentlemen appointed as mem
bers of the International monetary com
mission will sail Immediately. Congress,
in the civil service bill, made adequate
provision for the commission, having vot-
ed for a compensation of 5000 each, with
unlimited allowance for expenses. and as
signed a secretary to the commission, with
a compensation Of 5000 and expenses.
Evarts and Thurman are now in the city.
Evarts believes that the conference will
be successful. Opinions are quite gene
rally expressed that the ratio that will be
determined will be l5l or IL of silver to
] of gold
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