Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
PERSONAL AND PoLIrIcAL,

AFTER a struggle of four months, during
which time one hundred and twenty bal
lots were cast, General John A. Logan
was reelected United States Senator by
the Illinois Legislature on the 10Th on the
first ballot. The vote was as follows:
Logan, 1903; Tree, &C.; Morrison, 1; Hoxie,
l.; Black, 9, and Schofield, 1. The Speaker
declared Logan elected,i and that gentle.
man returned his thanks to the Legisla.
ture.
THE Michigan House of Representatives
on the 10th adopted a joint resolution to
submit to the r"ople an amendment to the
Constitution removing the restriction upon
suffrage, SO that all persons, male or fe-
male, may have the privilege of voting.
THE usual semi-weekly conference of
Drs. Douglas and Shrady took place on
the afternoon of the Goth at General
Grants house. The throat of the General
was examined, and the doctors found no
marked change. Some part of the SWELL
ing below and behind the ear had subsi-
ded, and less pain was the result. The
General passed a good day.
F. A. SwITzLER, of st. Louis, has been
appointed Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
of the Treasury Department, vice Joseph
Nimmo, Jr., resigned by request.
THE bill to restore the death penalty for
murder was defeated in the Michigan Sen.
ate on the goth.
| FREDERICK T. FREL1NGHUYsEN, Secre-
| tary of State under President Arthur, died
at his residence in Newark, N. j., on the
evening of the Goth, aged sixty eight years.
AT the Commercial Convention in At
lanta, Ga, on the goth resolutions were
adopted that public interests require a
uniform bankruptcy law and that Congress
should pass laws for reciprocity with all
foreign nations.
THE claim was made on the 21st that
Louis Riel is al American citizen, having
taken out naturalization papers in Mon
tana, where he took part in the election of
1882.
JAMES MAXWELL, President of the Na.
tional Bank of West Virginia, dropped
dead in Wheeling on the evening of the
2lst. He was seventy years of age.
In the Commercial Convention at Allan
ia, Ca, on the 21st a resolution that public
interests required a continuation of the
silver coinage was defeated by a heavy
majority.
In the cases of Mackin and Gallagher,
in the Federal Circuit Court of Chicago,
Justice Harlan and Judge Gresham failed
to agree on the 21st, and announced that
the point would be certified under seal to
the United States Supreme Court, and that
a decision would be reached at the October
term, the defendants to be held in $50, 900
each.
A BRoyzE statue of the late General
Frank P. Blair was unveiled on the 21st at
Forest Park, st. Louis, by his daughter,
Mrs. Christine Graham, ten thousand per.
sons witnessing the ceremonies.
DR.. DOUGLAS said on the 22d that Gen.
eral Grant had not felt as well in two
weeks. The doctor attributed the increased
irritation in the throat the previous night
to the result of the air of the park, which
affected the General while driving.
THE extra session of the New York Leg.
i~slature adjourned sine die on the 22d, after
passing a census bill similar to the one
vetoed by the Governor during the regular
session.
No SECRET was being made on the 22d of
the fact that the illness which caused ex.
Secretary Frelinghuysen's death was pri-
marily caused by a large quantity of ac-
onite, which had been mysteriously placed
in the mineral water he used.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has de-.
cided that an Indian is not eligible for q
postmastership. 1t has heretofore been
the custom to appoint Indians to post
offices in Indian Territory. This practice
will henceforth be discontinued.