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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-12

SENATE. Tho remaining committee amend
ments to the river and harbor bill were agreed
to, but it was finally killed by laying on the
table.
great excitement was caused by the on
trance of President Arthur and President
Cleveland.
nouncing the passage of the bill authorizing
the president TO place one person on the retired
list of the army. Applause The bill was read
at length
Tie President pro tenn of the Senate-Mani-
festations of applause are not III order. lhe
clerk read as follows:
To the Senate Of the United States: / nomi-
nate Ulysses s. Grant formerly general com
manding the armies of the United States, TO
be general on the retired list of the army, with
the fill pay Of such rank
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
Tho president pro TEN of the senate then an
uounced That the nomination would be consid-
cred in open session. The question IS. VIII
the senate advise and consent to this appoint
ment? All senators in favor viii say Ia
storm Of ayes.l All opposed no Dead 81
lenee The ayes have IT unanimously. Ihis
announcement was received with thunders OF
applause both on the floor and in the galleries.
| Vice President elect Hendricks, escorted by
| Senators Ednlunds and Hawley, had entered
| the chamber and had been received with APP
plause When quiet prevailed, the presiding
! officer (Mr. Fdmunds) said, 'Ihe chair has the
pleasure Of announcing that the vice president
/ OF the United States is in the senate chamber,
| and if agreeable TO him viii now administer
| b him the oath of office Nr. Hendricks then
| stood up and Mr.. Edmunds admin is tered the
/ oath and after neat address declared the
1 Senate adjourned sine die.
/ HoUsE-The closing up was full of confus-
ion and excitement The passage OF the Grant
bill produced similar scenes to those in the sen
ate The announcement Of the result wal
| hailed with three cheers, and long and contin
ued applause
At ten minutes before IL o'clock according L
/ The hands of the clock, which had been turnet
| back that extent Of time Mr.. Springers chair
1 man of the committee appointed to walt on tn
president announced it had performed its duty
| and the president bad nothing TO communicate
/ Mr. Keller offered the following resolution
| That the thanks OF this congress are hereb.
/ rendered TO the Hon. John g. Carlisle, speaker
| for the courtesy with which lie has treated al
| its members and for the ability and firmnes
with which he has presided over the delbera
tons Of the house during the Forty eighth con
| gress.
vote was taken standing amid loud con
tinued applause. The speaker pro tenn, Mr.
Hatch, tafo) declared tho resolution adopte'
unanimously by 325 representatives OF TN
| Foity eighth congress Mr.. Carlisle MADE
brief reply and declared the house ADJOURNED
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NOTING THE DAY.
Io11rr1cAr1oN IN NEW YORK.

QUALIFICATION IN NEW ISnh-
NEW YORK, Special Telegram. March A.
Nearly all the flags were out here to-day ana ana
there was general recognition OF the
event at Washington. Some OF the
most ardent Democrats Of the stock exchange
blossoned with red roses on their coat lappels,
and there was real circus for about fVe MIN
utes The produce exchange put out their BAN
ner with streamer precisely. at noon, one was
cisplayed from the ASSAY office, but none from
the custom house. The Democratic custom
house brokers had Publication IN the rotunoa
of the custom house. beginning at noon ana
continuing until after o'clock
NOTES OF THE DAY.
The Democratic members of the New YORK
stock and mining exchanges celebrated lnaug-
uration day with unexaInpled enthusiasm
Brokers at the custom house exploded bombs
and cheered and were mildly lectured by Col
Ieetor Robertson for raising disturbance one
broker, addressing sne collector, SAID ne nopeo
he would remain with them as coiiector OF 5ne
port another four years. and this drew Foliey
of cheers from the crowd
In the New York senate Ely made motion
that in view OF the honor conferred upon the
state by the Inauguration, as president, OF their
former governor, the legislature ADJOURN i9f the
day The motion started hot pollblcai as
cussion on the relative merits Of Cleveland and
Blaine. Much wild talk was INDUCED IN, AFTER
which the motion was carried
The Democratic members Of the Wisconsin
legislature and local Democrats held celebra-
tion at Madison last evening. when speecnes
ciorifyfng over the inauguration OF CLEVELAND
were made There was a moderate display o.
fireworks on the street and considerable noise
from the booming Of cannon
The Democrats OF Waterloo and Cedar Falls,
Iowa. celebrated the day by firing saiutes 81
noon banquet was held in the former Guy IN
the evening" which was largely attended. FROM
fnent Democrats Of that section and the state
at large were among the invited guests.
At Winona, yesterday, the Democrats dis
ulayed flags and fred salutes in honor OF Cleve-
lands Inauguration.
ated with flags. A salute OF 100 guns was fired
at noon.
The Darlington Dakl Democrats celebrated
the inauguration with b0nfres and powder.
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Personal Matters.

Owen Brown, the only survivor of
the old John Brown Harpes's Ferry
episode of 1859, lives IN the Jay Cooke
island mansion Gibraltar" Put-iu-B Bay
island. Owen Is now about 90 years
old
The Duke of Wellington was oil 90 in
great danger of being drowned at sea.
1t was bed time when the captain of
the vessel came to him and said: at
will soon be all over with us. Very
well, answered the duke, then shall
not take off my boots"
The discovery has been made recent
" that the Baroness Won Berckefeldt,
niece Of Richard Wagner, the COM
poser, is living in absolute poverty, with
her husband and five small children, in
one room of house on the outskirts of
Chicago.
Despite his failing health, King AL
fonso of Spain persists in devoting his
DAYS to the chase and his nights to So
cial joys, by which course his attend
ants fear he is seriously aggrayating the
maladies that alflict him.
A Chicago baker lighted a fire be-
meath his oven, when he heard the faint
cries of an infant. In the remotest COR
ner of the large oven he discovered "
ing in a basket q male child two weeks
old, which was taken by the police to
the Foundlings' home. Must have been
Matched out by the heat.
The new lord mayor of London is
Alderman Nottage, who was brought
up in the iron business and several
years ago was sheriff of London and
Middlesex. He founded a widely known
artistic establishment, and built the
Orleans Club and other handsome
buildings al Brighton. Like most lord
mayors who, as Macaulay says, though
useful and highly respectable, seldom
belong to princely and well-renowned
commercial houses, the new magistrate
is member of a number OF the munic-
ipal guilds, such as the spectacle max
ers and loriners, and was this year mas
ter of the Carpenters Company.
Old MADEIRA VINE has always been
popular in Washington, especially on
tbe tables of the Justices Of the Supreme
Court. For many years supplies were
obtained from old mercantile houses In
Alexandria, which had made direct i'm
portations prior to the Revolution, and
in November, 1852, many Washington
cellars were replenished at the sale of
the private stock Of the late Josiah Lee,
Of Baltimore. Fifty demijohns Of vari-
Gus brands of Madeira were struck off
at prices ranging from s24 to $40 per
gallon, and one lot commanded SIS 30
per bottle, which, at five bottles to the
gallon, is at the rate of SIT so,
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SENATE-Mr. Sherman explained that the
committee of arrangements appointed by the
senate to take charge of the inaugural ceremo.
MES had not Disseminated against the house
in any way, but in the present instance prece.
dence had been somewhat departed from In IA
vor of the house.
Mr.. Van Wyck satirically said the senate
could not agree to legislative provisions on an
appropriation bill when put ON by the house,
but could itself put on such bill as the Pa
cific Mail subsidy clause when it saw tit
John Roach, Jay Gould and c. 2. Huntington
had been defeated at the other end of the capt.
toll, but had demanded that the senate should
violate its own rules
Nearly the whole day was spent in hurrylng
through the appropriation bills
Mr.. Pendleton offered the following resolu-
ton, for which he asked immediate consider
alton.
Resolved, That the thanks of the senate are
due and hereby rendered to Hon. George +.
Edmund for the courteous, impartial and able
manner ia which he has presided over its de-
liberation and fulfilled the duty of president
pro tenn The resolution was unanimously
cgreed to.
HoUsE.-The speaker laid before the house
a communication from G. H Craig, represent
tatiye of the Fourth Alabama district, stating
that he had forwarded to the governor of thai
state his resignation, to take effect March 3.
last word he would ever say in Washington,
asking the house to make a donation of any
amount to Mrs. Meikeham, granddaughter oil
jefferson, and requested unanimous consent
for the passage of bull making an appropria-
ton for that purpose
Mr. Hammond objected.
The proceedings of the day were without
special interest Nearly all the time was con-
gumed in awaiting reports from conference
committees and appointing such committees.
The fun of the evening was confined to the
WAYS and means committee room, where Mr.
Blackburn was celebrating his last night IN
the house by treating his particular friends
to a musical party, the instrumental portion OF
which was furnished by a party Of Lexington
colored men, while the entire company now
and then Joined in the refrain of some negro
melody, and broke into applause as each all
was completed. Messrs. Curtin, Poland, Robert
son and Money were among the members pres
emf. and Postmaster General Hatton and OK.
Gov. Blackburn we're among the distinguished
guests.
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In his opening prayer this morning Rev.
Henry Ward Be9cher evidently labored I'M
Ter much emotion, and referred to the APP
proach of death for Gen. Grant He said:
Thou hast laid upon our hearts great de
.ire and vehement petition for him that lies
N sickness ard before whom ere long opens
he gate TO let HIM forth from life Thou hast
granted him TO be of great service 10 this day
ind land, and by HIM thou hast borne the
oanner of victory, and thou hast of
darkness wrought light, and out of con-
fusion, order. Thou hast laid upon thy
Iervant a very heavy yoke and bur
Zen, and now through suffering he draws
near to the end thereof God. be gracious TO
him and fill his room with thy divIn Q presence
and give to his soul the consciousness of Gods
forgiving love. May he be patient and gentle,
looking evormore to the better life. May he
endure to the end and rise through the unspeak-
able merits aud grace Of Jesus to the lmmor-
tality Of the blessed MAY all thy servants
remember him who remembered them i'll their
dark days, and grant that his family may be
prepared and blessed for thy will
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The Serious Effects of Newspaper
Pun.

A professor in yassar College tells me that
the managers are really alarmed by the steady
falling off in pupils during the last five years
The number now is only little more than half
that of 1875. t'The cause isn't in any detorla-
ton OF the college itself, said the professor
ssfor it is the same noble school as ever The
trouble is that Yassar has become thing TO
poke fun at Half the new Jokes about girls
are put upon Yassar students Their dongs
are ridiculed, exaggerated, faisined; ana the
very name of yassar is a synonym for feminine
fooiishness. The consequence Is that girls are
beginning to dislike to so there. ! wouldn't
be surprised to see the doors OF the college
shut in Ave years more. The newspaper para
graphers will have done it. New YORK Letter
q Knffaln Exnress
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Opening ofa Reservation in Dakota.

Washington Special: The president has
signed an executive order throwing open to
settlement the greater part of the Winuebago
and Grow Creek reservations, in Dakota. There
are 60 900 acres in the tract and it lies east of
The Missouri river and just south of Pierre.
There are now about 400 Sioux Indians
IN these lands Secretary Teller decided to
open these reservations several weeks ago,
bur held the announcement of the matter
back until it could be seen what would be
done with the presumption repeal in con-
gress The president and Secretary Teller
are committed to the repeal Of the pre-emp-
lion act, and preferred to have the WinnebagO
and Crow creek lands come into the market af-
Yer the repeal should be passed by congress.
In that event it could only be open to home
stead settlement Lately they were satsti-
ID BY influential Western members that there
was no hope for its passage and there was no
secession for delay. The lands thus opened
will be surveyed and put IN the market in the
next sixty days. Delegate ReymoAd Is entitled
10 great credit in securing this decision from
Secretary Teller as the interior department
had repeatedly decided against petitions to have
The lands in question added to the public do
Eain.
Great excitement prevails IN Mitchell, and
al -Oints along the line of the road west 20
.mberlalu, occasioned by the r1mor that tn }
urow Creek reservation was thrC wn open to
settlement by executive order. st the first
ntimatiOn of the news hundreds rushed upon
he reservation as squatters, and it is reported
hat at least 500 claim shantics have been
erected o. the reservation in one day. The
'~~~Cs on the streets and at the land Office put
% in mind of the great excitement during the
big immigration of 1882.
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NC disrlar Of frerorks on the nigh

The display of fireworks on the nigh
of the 4th was never excelled in this
country Among the curious features were
the flight of five thousand rockets st once form
ing vast floral bouquet in the heavens, The
scene of the exhibition was the White House lot
an area OF two or three hundred acres sloping
gently away from the south fronts of the treas
nry executive mantion and state department.
Unconnted crowds began early 10 find their
way toward the spot from every quarter OF the
VltN For an hour or more they waited com
mentine meanwhile upon the singular appear
snce of the monument, hundred rods beyond
the fireworks enclosure The lower third of The
shaft was not visible, but all above was dimly
outlined like a ghost Of itself against the black
sSv. and rejecting 10 its peak rays Of electric
lights in the city half mile away. 1t seemed
enormously higher than 10y daylight and to have
not the slightest relation to terrestrial things.
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PRESIDENT CLEVELilD'S CABINET
Names and Sketches of the Statesmen Sc
Iect "a by the President to Admins tie L
the Departra e. rs
THE CABINET.

Inc Uepartm e1ts.
THE CABINET.
Secretary of state-Thomas F. Baysrd Of Della
ware
Secretary Of the Trcasury-Daniel Manning OF
New York
Secretary of War william O. Endicott of Mas
saehusetts.
Secretary of the Navy William C. whitney OF
New York
Secretary of the Interior IL Q. C. Lamar OF
Mississippi
Postmaster General William F. Villas of Wis
consin
Attorney General-A H Garland of Arkansas
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CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.


pENATE-Aruer business OF un1mportant nature.
the sundry civil appropriation bill was oonsid-
cred. A resolution offered requesting tho
president Of the United States to negotiate " b
foreign powers to secure treaties binding the
nations to open their mnts to the free coinage Of
silver.
The senate committee on appropriations
knocked out of the sundry civil bin the
Minneapolis building appropriation and the
clause fixing the limit of its cost at $500,
600 When the clause was reached in the
senate this afternoon Senator Sabin took up
the cudgel for Mr.. Washburn and saved his
bacon. Beck scored the item numerically,
but the vote was 80 to 20. The appropria-
tions of S75, 600 for Fort Smelling and $40,
900 for San Antonio passed. An appropria-
ton of $250,00 To complete the Deer Lodge
penitentiary in Montana was stricken out by
the committee, and the senate conquered on
the ground that last year Gov Crosby asked
and received 81 5 900, representing that this
sum would finish the building. The Yellow
stone Park appropriation of $40, 600 was
concurred in as 1t came from the honse
The committee inserted in the bill an appro-
priation Of $50 900 to complete the com
mssary depot in ST Paul, and this was con-
CURED in. A protest was made ny Senators
Van Wyck and Harris against paying Charles
H. Reed and G. w Scoville for defending
Guiteau. The items were So 600 for Reed
and s., O0e for Scoville No action was taken
III CpAuinibleS Oh the Wnoiea Dub flSliNc WIS
given that amendments would be offered
when a vote was taken ] he committee
amended the bin TO provide for tie cun5,nu-
ance of the joint commission OF thee sen
ators and three representatives to consider
the present organizations OF the signal serv-
ice. geological, coast and geodetic hydro
graphic departments, provided for last ses-
sion. Power was granted 10 sit during the
recess and report by the third Monday in De-
cember, by bill or otherwise, The present
president of the senate and speaker OF the
house are authorized to I'LL the places of
those whose terms expire with the present
congress.
HoUsE-A resolution was offered refusing to
take part in the Inauguration ceremonies, be-
cause the representatives had not been
assigned their proper place. IL lost. The
house voted notwithstanding Republican fill
clustering, To take up the contested election
case OF Frederick Va. Wilson, Iowa. motion to
Suspend the rules and pass the bankruptcy bill
Yves lost yeas to 1913 nays.
Bota houses were in session far into the night,
their attention being chiefly raid tu reports
from conference committees on disputed points
in appropriation bills Much fllibustering was
resorted 80 by the Republicans in the house
who did not wish the Frederick Wilson case TO
come 3D.
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James Russell-who gave the name Of Ross
when arrested-late bookkeeper for Robinson
& Cary, and formerly employed by Nieols &
Dean of st Paul Some three or four weeks
ago left for new Orleans, his companion being
4 married lady on St Anthony hill, whose hus-
band. il is understood consented to Russell :
escorting his wife 10 the exposition While
Russell was absent Robinson & Cary found a
shortage in his books of slS0 he was arrested
In the German reichstag Bismarck stated
that England had asked Germany's advice re-
garding Egyptian Affairs He replied that, in
his oppinion, 1t would be 10 the interestof Eng
land To establish its influence in Egypt with
the sultan's good will The annexation Of
Egvpt by England would embroil France aud
other countries. Germany would never con-
sent to such annexation, but il was not Ger
Ioany's business 70 interfere
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The Serious Effects of Newspaper
Fun.

A professor in Yassar College tells me that
tho managers are really alarmed by the steady
falling oil in pupils during the last five years.
The number now is onlya little more than half
that Of 1879 The cause isn't in any detoria-
ton OF tie college itself, SAID the professor
'sfor it is the same noble school as ever The
trouble Is that Nassar has become thing 10
poke fun at Hair the new jokes about girls
are put upon Yassar students. Them doiags
are ridiculed, exaggerated, f&isfed; and tie
very name OF Xassar IS synonym for feminine
fooiishuess, TIE consequence Is that girls are
beginning 90 dislike TO g therc. | woUIdIi I
be surprised 10 see the doors OF tho college
shut III five years moro. The newspaper para
graphers will have done it. New York Letter
e Bujalo EXpress-
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WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, March 4.
The president-elect was escorted tmmedi-
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on account Of the slight space that sepa-
rated them Just as one became enthusiast
tic with Garry Owen by the artillery band,
the other distracted with the conspirators'
chorus from Madame Angot" This bother
about the music at the head of the column
had a distressing effect on mettlesome
horse ridden by policeman The horse ev-
identity had a taste for the service, for ne
tried his best 20 keep step with the martial
music. but while his fore feet were pacing
sweatlv to the quick strains or Garry
Owen" his hind legs were broken up by
Madame AngotT and tried hard to dance
the merry measure The effect, viewed
from the rear where the writer marched
along, was father amusing, As the process
sion moved farther down the avenue the
crowds were more dense and the mounted
squad was forced to make repeated charges
TO drive people back TO the curb line s1ngu-
lar thing about these was that fully one
third We're females, not the rough element,
but ladies' As the column reached the navy
monument at the foot of the capitol grounds
considerab bic trouble was had The roadway
to the right was packed with human beings,
who expected that the column would swing.
as heretofore, to the left and pass around
the north 'front.' Of the capitol, but as room
must be made 10 the right around the west
ern base of the grand building, the police
squad had hard time.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, March 4.
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After the usual formal message informing
the senate that he had approved the bill
had been prepared, President Arthur wrote
message nominating I. S Grant to be gen.
eral in the United States army on the retired
list. This message contrary TO all precedent,
was read aloud, and the people again signi-
fed their approval by generous applause.
Then followed a request from President Ed
munds that unanimous consent be given TO
consider the nomination Without reference
to a committee and in open session. The
consent was given, and the nomination was
confirmed unanimously. The applause
which preceded this announcement, gener-
Gus as it had been. was surpassed by that
which followed, and viii stand Tor many
wears TO come as the most remarkable DEM
onstration ever witnessed in the senate
chamber Ladies Joined freely in the APP
plause which continued for several minutes
Haudkerchiefs fiuttered and scarfs were
waved. and even Sheridan and Hancock, I'M
mindful of the presence IN which they sat,
could not remain quiet amid the gen
eral rejoicing, and beat lher knees
with their regulation chapeaux Thus
was the old commander, in the
presence of congress, representatives
Of foreign governments and thousands OF
American people, restored TO the army TO
whose banners he gave many victories, and
whose fame he has made as lasting as time.
lie was graceful act on the part of congress,
and President Arthur deserves special thanks
from the American people for the manner
in which he crowned the dying soldier with
this last but greatest laurel from grateful
and admiFing people The several bones
admitted to the floor of the senate had places
assigned them In front of the selni-circle
of seats. easy sofas and chairs, upholstered
with maroon col0red morocco, were ar
ranged. Two chairs were placed in front or
the clerks desk for the retiring and incom-
ing presidents, and row Of similar chairs IN