River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-13
TELEGRAPHIC.
Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WARRINGTON

A. = I6GAN, lineal descendant of the
historic Iedian chief. has been appointed
10 position in the interior department.
BRIG GIN. RANDOLPH b. MARCY, in.
spector general. and Col. Jno b. Barnard.
of the corps of engineers. were placed
upon the retired list by the president, the
retirement 70 date from January 2.
THE five nations of Indians located in
the Indian territory have sent a delegation
10 Washington to protest against the occu-
patton Of Oklahoma by PAYNE anc his
| followers They are well supplied with
money for the employment of counsel,
and they ask to be protected in their oc-
cuyatioI. II lands to which they say they
were forced to remove, and the undisturbed
possession of which was guaranteed to
them by the government.
Mr.. Willis, of Michigan. of the house
Judiciary committee, has the Mormon bill
in charge that proposes to punish and dis
courage NormOnism by DENYING the right
to vote any who practice polygamy. He
saws they hope TO get it reported simply
this congress, in order to place it before
The country. and the next congress will see
the matter dealt with in some way that
shall wipe out this disgrace.
4 PINAL conference was held at the in
terror DEPARTMENT on the 18th inst. with the
Indian delegations, relative to obtaining
right of way through the Sioux reserya-
ton for theChicago and Northwestern and
the Chicago Milwaukee and ST. Paul rail
road. All the Indians agreed to the
terms proposed by the railroads,
and signed an agreement granting
hight OF way. Under It's terms the Sioux
nation will receive s. per acre for every
acre of land taken by the railroads.
Ir appears that Secretary Evarts is re-
Iliy candidate, and that%he thinks he is
an active candidate, for the United States
senate, to succeed Senator Herman.
Friends Of his, of whom Collector Merritt,
of tie New York custom house, is said to
be tie chief are reported as intending to
open a vigorous campaign this week at
Albany in behalf of their favorite. The
New York congressman here consider the
alleged candidacy of Evarts joke, and
assert that he is practically without polit-
zeal influence in the legislature.
1t was stated, prior to the democratic
nomination. that Gov Seymour was
hopeless invalid. and that, if he should be
renofninated. the excitement of the cam
paign would undoubtedly prove fatal to
him. Dispatches now received here from
Utica state shat Gov. Seymour has been
forbidden by lis physicians from speaking
or writing or political or other exciting
topics; that lie is confined to his room, and
permitted TO see no one but members of
his family Tie is said to have been great
" disappointed at the result of the cleo
ton. and particularly AT the fact that Gar
field carried New York.
Ir is estimated that the cost to the coun-
try Of the Arrears of Pension bill, before
its capacity is finally exhausted, even if no
reno, Il Of the. original limitation is made,
will b. about $224 100000. A measure has
already beer introduced in the House Of
Representatives to remove the limitation
fixed by the original act, and to pay to all
applicants whose cases shall be found merit
the arr ears. Blythe terms of the bill no
claimants whose applications have been
made since the first of last July are enti-
tied to arrears of pensions. There are now
pending 1900 original claims which
reached the office since that date, and the
claims are corning in at the rate of about
900 a month.
THE senate has confirmed Matthew r.
Barr as collector o. customs at Erie, Pa. !;
William 4. Stone, United States district
attorney for the western district of Penn
sylvania; William II. Stillwell, Of New
Ork, associate Justice Vi ine supreme
court of Arizona John Hall, United States
marshal western district OF Pennsyl-
vania; Washington f. Piddrick,
Of Pennsylvania, secretary to the
| French-Amerjcan claims commission. To
be United States consuls: James I. DH-
bois, of Pennsylvania, at Aix-la-Chapelle;
Samuel Spackman, of Pennsylvania. at
Munich; II. J. Crouch, of Pennsy lvania,
at St. Helena; &. Henry Horstmann. of
| Pennsy lvauia, at Nuremberg George w.
Roosevelt, of Pennsylvania, at Matanzas.
| Ienry II. Huldekosse, Phil
adelphia; John NJ. Kimsey, Waterloo,
Ind; John NJ McLelland, Marion, Iowa.