River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

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Two moro army officers have been dismissed
he service for duplicating the pay accounts
| Gieutenants n L. Clark Of the Twenty third
| Infantry and J. f. Cummings, Of the Third
| savalry This makes seven officers who have
met with similar disgrace for the same offense.
Combinations; Allen Francis, consul, Port
/ SfanIy and st Thomas, Ontario: Phillip Carroll
| CONSUL Palermo, WILDER Goodspeed United
States marshal, northern district Ohio; Peter
French, New York, collector customs, district
| Alaska; postmaster, W. c. MeNec, Mdntezuma,
Iowa.
gentleman claims to have stood at the
Western Union Office at the capitol for one hour
The other day, and during that time thirty three
congressman sent messages using thirty two
| 1ead-head franks and one paying the
usual tariff That looks encouraging for 8
political telegraph bill
The action Of the Harvard graduates resi-
dent in the Distaic. Of Columbia, in notinviting
| Prof t5reeneh G 6olored professor Of their
| alma mater, to their banquet the other even
ing has stirred up good deal of talk. Score
| larry Lincoln, himself a Hazard alummus, con
| sidered it an inexcusable insult and refused to
| attend
The attorney general has decided that sugars
which remained in bonded warehouses at the
time the new tariff went into effect but which
| had been in bonded warehouses beSond three
| years from the date of importation; are not en-
| titled under the new tariff act to reduction Of
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| expectation.
| The text Of the new commercial convention
between Spain and the United States is identical
With that made public Jan. 3: but Clanscs re-
isting to the abrogation Of tonnage duties on
| vessels sailing from America to Cuba and Por-
| 10 Rico. and the abolition Of the special duty
on live fish imported into Cuba are to be sub
nittcd to the cortes
/ The house committee on postoffices and post
roads agreed to report favorahly the bill amend
| ing the section of the revised statutes ailthor-
zing the postmaster general 70 stop the deliv-
cry of registered mail or money orders to fraud
| ulent lottery companies by striking out the
word fraudulent" thus including all lottery
| companies in its provisions.
| bin has passed the senate committee on
| pOstoffiees and post roads To make all public
| highways post routes. 1t will, if it becomes a
| law, remove the necessity Of passing the spec
ial acts creating post routes, and will simplify
| the establishment of postoffices. New mail
| service can then be granted by the application
to the second assistant postmaster general with
out the aid of congress.
Chairman Cobb. Of the house public lands
committee, saws that, though there may be
| some delay, the committee will report in favor
Of the forfeiture of all the Northern Pacific
| land grant, except the 800 acres already
| patented. In the case of the Atlantic and Pa
cific, having the largest land grant, the forfeit
| ure of the entire grant with the exception OF
959,206 acres, patented before June 50 1885,
will be recommended
1ehn c. New, who has been trying for so long
| TO resign the assistant secretaryship Of the
| treasury department, is finally gratihed, the
| president having on Friday, the 10th, accepted
| the resignation that was rendered nearly q
month ago. Mr. New had hard time trying
to convince the president that he is in earnest
in wanting to get out of an arduous and per-
picking Office Mr.. New is in Indiana, whittier
he went couple of weeks ago.
II
by Congressman Washburn stating that the
public building at st Paul is SO badly over
crowded and public business so greatly emhar-
| rassed that relief must be obtained by transfer
ring some offices from the St Paul building to
the proposed structure in Minneapolis, and re-
questing secretary Folger to order such changes
in the plans for the Minneapolis building as
will accommodate these transfers of depart
ments.
The Proteus court of inquiry has made its
report and finds that while Lieut. Darlington
made an error of judgment in not waiting long
er at Pandora harhor, the surrounding cireum-
stances rendered the error an excusable one
II also awards him just praise for his zeal and
energy, both before the loss of the ship and
also during the retreat Gen. Hazeu, however,
does not get off so easily, as the court goes on
to specify humorous grave errors and omnlls
siOns IN his action
Inspector Gordon, of the interior department,
has been sent to Minnesota to investigate the
condition OF the Mile Laos Indians. The depart
ment has been considering the propriety of re
moving the Indians to White Earth, but they
protest against this. and their representative,
Mr. Robinson, was before tho commissioner OF
Indian affairs in their interests. Gov
Hubbard, Senator Mcmillan and, Capt Blake
~ also called at the department on the 18th in
behalf OF the Indians 1t is proposed to distri-
butte part of this annuity among them in
money, and part in provisions and other nee
essaries of life but the Mile Laos, as other
Indians prefer all in money, and plenty of it.
The president some time ago sent to the SEN
ate the name of William A Hobbs as receiver
of public MONEYS at Taylor's Falls, MINI Gen
Washbufn shortly after requested the presi-
dent to change the nomination, and asked
that Peter H. Stolberg be nominated III his
place The change does not reflect any discre-
dit upon Mr.. Hobbs, but it Is understood, 1t
was made owing to the near relationship of Mr.
| Hobbs to the register at that place. A day or
| two ago an inquiry was made regarding the
confirmation of Mr. Stolberg, when it was
discovered that two nominations for the place
were pending the name of MIR. Hobbs not
having been withdrawn. Mr. Washburn i'm
| mediately directed the attention OF the
president to the fact, and the name of Mr.
| Stolburg viii undoubtedly soon be confirmed
The secretary of the interior has decided to
| recommend that the nomination of Mitchell 70
be register at Duluth be withdrawn, and has
| called upon Hon. knute Nelson to name some
one for appointment in his place Mr. Nelson
| has recommended the appointment of f. e.
Swanstrom of Duluth 1t was very doubtful
whether the nomination of Mitchell could be
confirmed tits said that the charges of fraud
in connection with the presumption law were
not seriously regarded as an objection as they
did not appear to be sustained; but the secre-
tary of the interior says thai his attention
had been called to a series of articles published
| by Mitchell some years ago, attacking Chris
tianity and using the most violent and indecent
| language. These articles were shown to sena-
| tors and they declared Mitchelfs nomination
ought not to be confirmed.
There died at Washington on the l4th, col
ored woman which had obtained national rep
utation owing to her connection as housckeep-
err with the late Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsyl-
vania lydia Smith was the name of the wom-
an who was IN her sixty-ninth year, and a
stroke of apopexv was the immediate cause of
death In 1876 Mrs. Smith left Harrisburg,
Pa and went to Lancaster to keep house for
Mr. Stevens When the ''great commnner, =
two years later was elected to congress, he
brought Mrs Smith to Washington to look af-
ter his affairs. Mr.. Stevens lived in house
on b street adjoining the present Congress
sional or Sanderson's hotel Up TO the date of
Mr.. Stevens death Mrs. Smith directed the
affairs of his establishment and ministered to
his wants She was remembered IN his will
with a bequest of s., GOO i'll cash, certain prop
erty at Lancaster, and several houses here.
Subsequently Mrs. Smith opened q boarding
I house on Newspaper row opposite Wlllards