Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-12-01
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WASHINGTON

EDGAR NJ. LARBLE, commissioner of
patents, has rendered his resignation.
TEE grand Jury has brought in seven
indictments against Capt. Howgate.
THE removal of Rear Admiral Howell,
on account Of age, promotes Commodore
Beaumont.
j. STANLEY BROWN President Garfeld's
secretary, will engage in business in Wash
lnGton with the banking house of Bate
man & Co.
CYRUS W. FIELD, having placed the
family of the late president above want,
intends to ask congress to increase Mrs.
Lincoln S pension to $1,000 per annum.
WILLIAM JONES, who is supposed to have
attempted to rid the world of Guiteau. Sc
cured bail and rode off on his sorrel
charger. Public sentiment is shown by
contributions to his defense amounting
to 5000.
The chief of the secret service division
of the treasury department recommends
an appropriation of 100000 for next year
that communities may have needed pro-
tectlon against the Ope ations of counter
feiters.
THE official list Of members of the house
of representatives, shows 146 straight re-
pubiIcans, or one one short of a majority
| over all. There is one independent re-
publican, J. Hyatt Smith, OF Brooklyn,
and it is almost certain that five green
hackers and two readjusters Will also
| range themselves with the administration
IN eIecting speaker.
/ SECRETARY FoLGER characterizes as
guess work" reports of contemplated i'm
portant changes in the treasury depart
ment, and says nothing whatever has been
done in the direction of displacing Assist
ant Secretary Upton, now in the west, and
that he (Folger) had no intimation from
Upton that he desired to withdraw from
the department.
THE recent attack on Guiteau's life
caused a swarm of visitors at the District
jail. In the afternoon the crowd became
SO great that the assassin was requested
by the warden to step out into the corri-
dor. The impudCnt wretch gladly COM
piled, and on returning to his cell saluted
the assemblage in military style. AL
! though apparently calm, the guards say
that he is greatly in fear of the events Of
to-day. Most of his time Is spent in read
ing and writing
| The case of Colonel George Cowie, who
was dismissed on the 28th uIt. from the
chief clerkship of the iplomatic and con-
sular bureau of the fifth auditors office,
treasury department, continues to occupy
very considerable attention in both pri-
vate and official circles, and it is init
mated by friends of the Colonel that the
end IS not yet. The Washington papers
announce him as a candidate for the posi-
ton of commissioner of the district, and
say that he will be backed for the place
by the entire Iowa delegation in congress.
Col. Cook says the star-route villains
vii! be pushed vigorously. He says four
important points have been scored thus
far by the government. First, the fail
ure IN the supreme court of the proceed
| ing by information was at least accompa-
MED by the declaration that the crimes
charged against Brady and his fellow-con-
| spirators We're infamous" second. had
| the government failed to secure action By
the grand jury before the expiring of the
statutory limitation, counsel would have
been blamed for not resorting to the more
summary procedure; third, the supreme
courts definition of the offense paved the
way for complaint to the district police
court, over which that court cannot now
claim original and exclusive jurisdiction,
but may proceed by summary process of
arrest after the hearing of evidence will
silence the boasts of the defense that the
government has no case and will have its
effect on the grand jury. before whom the
cases must ultimately be brought.