River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
FROM WASHINGTON.

The president commissioned L. ii. EuWarus
as postmaster of Waterloo, Iowa
Department employees will hereafter receive
but so per cent of their salaries in silver
Nelson F. Acers was appointed collector of
internal revenue for Kansas, vice John @. Car
penter suspended
Col Harrison Adreon, whose commission as
postmaster at Baltimore expires soon, will
probably be reappointed.
A large number of Michiganders have pc
titioned the legislature to appropriate $4,000
for statue of Gen. Lewis Cass, to be placed
in the capitol at Washington.
The New York World reiterates the story
that the president was shot at while returning
to Washington. 1t says there is an effort to
suppress the facts in the case.
Mr. Nimro was removed from the bureau of
statistics. Among a number of postoffice re-
moyals, the name of Frank W. Palmer ap-
him. ' = ~ -i-'0 '-N : = ''-'
The agricultural department will purchase
this summer silkworm eggs for the distribu-
ton it is proposed to make during the season
of 1886, and so far as practicable Will pur-
chase them from American producers.
The commissioner of pensions says that the
cierkS IN MS department IlOE0 NOIh OulliI6
the month of April than during any other month
since the pension Office has been in existence.
This showing is made by the reports of the
various divisions.
Mr. Nesbitt, chief clerk of the agricultural
department, thinks that the silk industry is des-
tined to spring up among farm women all over
the country and give them that profitable en-
ployment which they lost years ago by the intro
duction of labor-saving machinery
George Vest, Jr., son of the Missouri senator
has been selected by Secretary Bayard to visit
the consulates of the United States in Europe to
ascertain their condition as to efficiency and
requirements, and to make general inspec-
ton of the consular service on that continent
The gold medal of the Military Service insti-
tuition of the United States for the prize essay
of 1884, on 'sThe Necessity for Close Relations
Between the Army and the People, and the
Best Method of Accomplishing the Result, has
been awarded TO Capt q. +. Price, Fifth
). Dudley, Second United States artillery, was
deemed next in order of merit.
Washington Special: Postmaster General
Villas has notified the henderson congress that
they must determine the postmasters of the
fourthclass for their several districts. He finds
many applications endorsed by members for
the same offices. He insists that some one
man must be designated by the member, as he
does not desire to decide between the rival as
pirants. This will give congressman employ
ment for some months to come.
A decision involving the legality of Grim. al
proceedings by information instead of indict-
ment was rendered by the federal supreme
court at Washington in the case Of James s.
Williams petition for writ of habeas corpus.
The opinion holds that a person sentenced to
Imprisonment for an infamous crime without
having been indicted by grand jury, as re-
qured by the fifth amendment of the cOnstl-
tuition, is entitled to be discharged on habeas
corpus.
heavy square box, wrapped in red tape and
securely bound was found in an out of the way
nook of the treasury vault 1t contained bot
ties of diamonds. pearls, ottar of roses and q
lump of gold The articles we're identified as
presents to President Monroe about 1923 from
the japanese government, and stored in the
treasury pending the passage of an act OF con-
gress authorizing their acceptance Congress
took no action and the articles have renamed
i'll the treasury ever since
The examining board for the promotion Of
engineers and the admission of candidates to
the engineers corps of the revenue marine, has
completed its labors. The following named
engineers passed for promotion in the order
named For chief engineer, First Assistant En-
gineers Charles A. Laws and James Ogden; for
| first assistant engineer, Second Assistant En-
gineers Charles +. Coffin. d McFrench, Charles
w Beckwith, Oliver Bremick, James Fitzpat-
rick and Charles W ttBaroo.
Commissioner Coleman, recognizing the im-
portance of the closer and more intimate asso-
citation of different agricultural colleges and
other Industrial and educational institutions
with the department Of agriculture, has called
a convention of representatives of different
agricultural colleges and allied state institu-
tons. One of the topics to be discussed VIII
probably be the feasibility OF making the farms
attached to the colleges the experiment farms
of the department
The subcommittee of the senate Indian COM
mittee will, in short time, start on their pleas
ure iaunt for the summer The members pro-
nose to meet at ST Louis on tn 18th inst
Senator Harrison, with the members attached
to his party will go from st LOUIS to Montana
and Colorado. taking in the Yellowstone and
other points of interest Senator Dawes and
his party viii nominally look into affairs in the
Indian Territory Last year Senator Dawes
had the Yellowstone and Senator Harrison the
indian Territory