Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
TELEGRAPHIC.
Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON

IT is said General Grant has asked the
retention of Major Pruden, one of the
clerks at the executive office.
Ex-senator SPENCER is IN the city. 1t
is claimed he will have good billet in
this city under the new regime.
| THE Mexican government has appoint
ed commissioners to study the basis of a
commercial treaty with the United States.
WALKER BLAINE, son of the sec
retary, has been nominated by
President Arthur to be third assistant sec
retary of state.
TYNRR, the first assistant postmaster
general, has been invited to send in his
resignation. 1t is believed that Frank
Hatton, of Burlington, Iowa, will be his
successor.
6 GENERAL JOHN BEATTY, the leader of
the Ohio stalWarts, is at the National.
lie opposed Governor Fosters election
because of his action in the breaking up
OF the Packard government in Louisiana.
THE extraordinary session Of the senate
called by President Arthur, convened on
the 10th inst, and was called to order by
Secretary Burch. After some filibuster-
ing, Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware was
elected president pro TEN. 1t is probable
the further organization of the senate will
| be lett till the December session.
II is stated that there is some reason to
believe that President Arthur will appoint
Chief Justice Gray, of Massachusetts, to
! the vacancy ia the United States supreme
court caused by the death of Justice Cliff
ford. President Garfield had determined
on the appointment of Judge Gray at the
time be was shot.
FRIENDS of Mr. Crosby, chief clerk of
the war department, will urge congress to
create the office of assistant secretary of
war. The work OF the department is said
to be treble that of the state department,
which is allowed three assistant secre-
taries.
SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, is said to be
backing Paymaster Stevenson for paymas-
ter general. 1t will be remembered that
he lately failed to pass an examination for
promotion, but the president has ordered
a new inquiry, the questions to take only
the customary range.
The first vignette of the late president
which will appear among the treasury IS
sues Will be upon the checks for the per
cent. bonds continued at 81 per cent.
These checks embrace the first issue which
can be utilized for that purpose. In the
postofice department the yignette of the
late president will be placed on the five
cent postage stamp.
self in person, nor his resignation in any
form. He is expectedihere, however, ana
suspicion prevails that many prayers Will
be offered and tears shed before he COM
plies with the request recently made
Frank Hatton is keeping his Hd1CEeye on
the chair about to be vacated, and every
F., body here believes he will get 1t. lie ha'
been a,rampant Conkling man for sone
years, and Mr.. Arthur gave him reITy
cordial recommend to President Gaf!elI'' =
last spring, so it docs not seem poSSiole
that he can fail now.
SENATOR MALONE was arrested at WISH
ington Oct. 18th, on charge of havl1s, az
cepted challenge from General JtodI a.
4 Early. He was conveyed to the r0luonc5 r.1c5
of Police Judge Smell, where x state4 I
that all differences had been frnodi1eq' hnod
and was released on his persc@l ponu ~ - .
later dispatch says: 1t is ,9aerIed r;d;o SLae
his arrest last night was olne l%t IL ~,
ulous performance and . ""9 P,oh, Pn1dnp 80
himself that he mig htJJee put u9der oonoS
~ iloor tba that to the invita-
tion - n t6 frbt fe he light have sufficient
, reply. A.
! ,,,,bIic 70 Tempt no violence on him
~ 80 neooT of being shot dead by United
Sta+oo officlls. There are at present no
, ;nJ;cotior that any attempt will be made
t a. nttanIy Guiteau when he is arraigned
r TU"sbi,,ton is too law-abiding a place
TL"ra .e no strangers here who would be
> s,,onactd of such a purpose, and there
t 49, owhere been any indications Of
;. n;oIo,e. On the days when it was very
nSs;ie that Guiteau might have been ar
6 lied, there were no more than dozel
t. lie around the courthouse, and they
Pc composed Of colored people IooklHa
f. work. -,
Some comment has been made upon tne
L Bppointment of Mr.. James +. Harvey
= the secretary of the democratic congrs
sional committee in 1876, as secretary 1C
the president pro TEN of the senate. Il
has been said that Mr.. Harvey was an u'ra
Bourbon and the regular correspondg!! e ol
! the Neav York Sun. Mr. Harvey is lIfe-
long friend of Senator Davis. lie vas
l bosom friend of Secretary Sewar, anc
t served as minister to Portugal. te letl
Stt 81 'r rennbIican party about tie sam +ime
thet NE Tpdge Davis did, and for the anne
It rnasops sll"s He is not the corresponGe OF
!, .6a SIN though he writes many irial
. t;oIes for II. He was the former Wor
d +bo Patriot here. He Is man 'un-
= ol,ast;oned VI ability and character; His
- confidential relations with cetor
II DaSis 10 make his appointment par'lo''ly
Ill fitting one. -.1 To
to - rr.nrouneemen that General Jas
Ia remain in the cabinet for seN
," m,onths to come and that there waS I !"
lily liOiI; n;b;iitv MIR. MacVeagh might change
le- detarmination to resign his po[tlo.i0'
&c oo,sad considerable comment n9le -
WacVeagh to-day ayerreo .dio+a Inat AZ
IAN -anew his request for the lhiiue Lt +bere
by nointment of his succeSs3eI' e'mr IIv decid
many who hopo he Will MAJ comm
K keep the postmaster eenei"a an,ain
ort, Mr.. James, in agreelns y J,,ty whic
ted that he was performing haor a associ
owed to those who have oeeh % I tbe
san 0GIo g;tb him in the prosecution OF the os
ury ronte mI1 cases. The president Is ues
res- that those who mapped out the lns11 :
tino tit,,s an5 COMPLETED the cases upon
acrion has begun in the crl4lindii III "a
,atlv aStioh aI19id Fn fn;sb their labors. If the
,f,or ,aaos.or General consulted his per
~ wishes and interests he would !eaY'
the cabinet instantly, but he intends 10 II
e, of now untii the iabors of those Win
the he has been associated in The work
-. form are completed. The star roue .
hie spirators are greatly worrled oeca!l )
much James has been asked by the presiio
re re- remain uh'il 'iie cases '''0 >-
more
isfac- FIXES AMI oA0 = 1-.
pistol ovrR thirteen hundred cases of
sanity nox have been reported In Chlca: :
or the Yea Pear of which 40 per cent. proved