River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-26
THE SPEAKERS CHOICE.
Mr. Reed Announces the standing Com
mittees of the Lower Branch of Com

mtttees OF the Lower Branch OF Con-
gress.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-In the House
on Saturday Speaker Reed announced
the remainder of the standing commit
tees. They are as follows, the first
named in each being chairman:
Judiclary-Ezra b. Taylor, o.; Stewart VT
Caswell Wis; Adams, M; Buchanan ~ j.;
Thompson, o.; Mccormick, Pa; Sherman, n.
j.; Reed Ia. Culberson, Tex; Oates, Ala;
Rogers Ark; Wilson, w. Va; Henderson, n.
c.; Stewart, Ga
Banking and Currency Dorsey, Neb. Con
ger Ia; Morrill, Kan; Wilbur, n. Y; Arnold,
II. l.; Walker, Mass; Wright, Pa; Evans,
Tenn; Dargan, n. -; Covert, n. Y. Shiyely,
Ind; Wike, H.; Haynes o.
Coinage. Weights and Measures-C onger, Ia I;
Wickham, o.; Walker, Mass; Carter, Mont;
Comstoek, MINI; Bartine. New; Knapp; N.
y; Taylor. H.; Bland. Mo-; Tracey, ". v;
Mutehler, Pa; Wilcox, Conn; Williams Ill. /;
A. Joseph, N. NJ.
1 Commerce-Baker N. Y; Mason, Ill;
I O'Neill, Pa; Wiehham, o; Brown, Va; Lind
( MINI; Randall Mass; Stockbridge, Jr., Md. !;
Sweeney, Ia; Campbell n. Y; Turner, Ca;
Phelan, Tenn; O'Neall, Ind; Wilkinson, La. !;
Walker, Mo.
Rivers and Harbors- Henderson. ILL.,; Gros
venor, o.; Hermann, Ore; Bowden, Va; Clark,
Wis; Stephenson, Mich; Monitt. n Y. Town
L
Catchings, Miss; Gibson, Md; Stewart, Tex;
Lester Ga; Clarke. Ala
Merchant Marine and Fisheries--J NJ Farqu-
har, n. Y; Hopkins, ILL.,; Dingley, Me. Bling
ham, Pa; Banks Mass: Clark, Wis. :;
/ Wheeler Mich; Ewart, ~ c.; Cummings, ~
Y; Wheeler, Ala; Wise, Va; Dibble, S. c.;
Price, La.
Funston, Kan; COnger, la. /;
/ Pugsley. o.; Allen, Mich. Brosius Pa; Bliss,
/ Mich; Hansbrough, N D.; Hit, Ill; Wilson,
\ Ky; Hatch, Mo-; Stalnecker, n. Y; Morgan,
/ Miss; McClammy, n. c.; Forman. Ill; Brook
/ shire, Ind. A. Joseph. N. NJ.
/ Foreign Affairs-Hitt, H.; Ketcham, n Y. 4;
4 Rockwell, Mass; Morrow, Cal; Dunnell,
/ MINI; Thompson, o.; Scranton, Pa. Coleman,
/ La; McCreary Ky; Hooker, Miss Chapman,
Mich; Fitch, N. Y; Andrew, Mass
/ Military Affairs - Cutcheon, Mich. Rock
I well. Mass; Osborne, Pa; Spooner, X. L.;
4 Williams. o.. Lansing, N. Y; Snider, MINI. (;
4 Kinsey Mo; Spinola, n Y; Wheeler, Ala. /;
I Lanham, Tex; Wise, Va; Robertson, La. (;
T Cary. WY. T.
Naval Anairs-Boutelle, Me-. Lodge, Mass. /;
4 Watson, Pa; Wallace N Y; De Haven, Cal
Dolliver, Ia; Wheeler Mich; Coleman, La.
/ Herbert, Ala; McAdoo. " j.; whitthorne,
/ Tenn; Rusk, Md; Elliott, S. c.
Postoffices and Observation-Disclosures. Pa
Ketcham, n. Y; Hopkins, H.; Gambler Mass.
4 Caldwell, o.; Evans, Tenn; Carter Mont. j.
+ r. Williams ILL.,; Bcckwith N j.. Blount, Ga
X. :
Montgomery, Ky, Turpin, Ala; Game U. T.
Public Lands-Payson, III Turner, Kan.
1 Watson, Pa; Hail. MINI; Lacey, Ia; De
Haven, Cal; Picker, S. D.; Townsend, Col.
Holman, Ind Stone Mo; MeRae, Ark; Stock
dale, Miss; Quinn, n. y; Carey WY. T.
Indian Administrations. Kan; Clifford, S. d. /;
Harmer, Pa; Arnold, r. l.; hoffman, o. /;
Hall, MINI. McCord Wis. Wilson, Wash. /;
Peel, Ark, Allen. Miss; Shively. Ind Skin
ner, n. c.; Hare, Tex; Dubois, l. t.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Ia; Baker, NY; Dor
sey, Neb.; Rife, Pa. Morey, O.. Perkins, Kan. I;
Mute, n. H.; Smith, ILL.,: Springer, Ill. Barnes,
Ga; Kilgore, Tex; Mansur, Mo-; Washington,
! Tenn; Dubois, I. T.
Railways and Canals-McCormick, Pa. /;
Payne, n. Y; Cutcheon, Mich; Caldwell, o. (;
Randall, Mass; Sweeney Ia. Wallace N Y;
Law, Neb; Cobb, Ala; Cate, Ark; Mcclellan,
Ind; Lester, Va; Lester, Ga
Mines and Mining-Carter, Mont Vandevor,
Cal; Gest, Ill; Townsend, Cal Kinsey. Mo. /;
Stephenson, Mich; Stockbridge, Md. +; McCord
Wis; Rowland, N. c.; Whiting, Tich.; Reilly,
Pa. Cooper, Ind Venable, Va; Smith, A. T.
Public Buildings and Grounds Milliken, Me- /;
Lehlbach, n. j.; Van Schaiek, Wis; Darling
ton, Pa; Kerr, Ia. Post, ILL.,; Quackenbush, ".
J.; Clifford, S. D.; Dibble, S. c.; Bankhead
Ala; Abbott, Tex; Clunie, Cal; Lewis, Miss
Pacific Railroad Dalzell Pa; Mason, ILL., !;
Miles, Conn; Mercy o, Raines, N Y; Moore
n. H.. Wallace Mass; Flick, Ia. Craine
Tex; Biggs, Cal; Cooper, Ind; O'Neil, Mass. ;
Reilly Pa.
Levees and improvements of the Mississippi
River-Burrows, Mich; Scull, Pa. Coleman
La. Wilson, Ky; Houk, Tenn. Brewer, n. c. !;
Niedringhaus Mo Beckwith ~ j.: LAWYER
Ill; Stockdale, Miss. Jackson w. Va. Nor
ton, Mo-; Boatner, La.
Observation-Disclosures, Mich; Taylor O.; Nc
Cormick, Pa; McComas, Md; Grout, VT. !;
Sweeney, Ia; Laws, Neb. Cheatham, n. c.. /;
Chanler, Ga. Caruth, Ky; Cobb Ala; Pen.
ington, Del; Geisenhainer, N j.
Labor-Wade, Mo-; Buchanan, N. j.; Far
Quhar, n. Y; Haugen, Wis. Osborne, Pa. !;
Gest, Ill; Cornell, Neb.; Bliss, Mich. Gambler
Ca: Davidson Fla; Catchings Miss; Turner
n. Y; Mutchler, Pa.
Militia-Henderson Ia; Houk, Tenn; Hen
derson, ILL.,; Brewer, Mich; Stivers ". Y;
Brosius, Pa; Kennedy, o.; Kelly, Kan; For
ney. Ala; Seney, o.; Gibson, Md; Blanchard,
La. Stewart. Tex.
Patents-Butterworth, o.; Buchanan N J. !;
Simonds, Conn Peters, Kan. Culbertson, Pa. ;
Niedringhaus, Mo; Belknap, Mich; Evans
Tenn; Tillman, s. c.; Cowles n c.; Buchan-
an, Va. Martin, Tex; Wiley, n. Y.
Invalid Pensions Morrell, Kan; Sawyer, N
Y; Craig, Pa; Mule, n. H.; Belknap, Mich. !;
Flick, Ia; Taylor, Tenn; Wilson, KY; Laws
Neb.; Lane, ILL.,; Hoddnight, KY; Turner Ga. !;
Lewis Miss. Martin, Ind; Yoder Pa.
PensiOns-Delano N. Y; Finley KY; Scull
Pa; Smyser, o.; Van Sehaik, Wis. Randall
Mass. Hill, ILL.,; Brown, Va; Henderson, N.
c.. Martin, Tex; Barwig, Wis; Norton, Mo-;
Barrett, Ind.
Claims-Laidlaw, N. Y; Boothman. o. !;
Cheadle, Ind. Findley, Ky; Ray, Pa;
Ewart, n. c.; Smith. ILL.,; Wilson. Wash. Bur
ton, o.; Masur, Mo-, Bum, n. c.; Pendleton
w. Va. Wilcox, Conn. Carlton, Ga; Dunphy
NY.
War Claims-Thomas. Wis: Grosvenor. o. /:
Brown, n. c.; Gest, Ill; Simonds, Conn. !;
Culbertson, Pa; 'raS lor, Tenn; Dolliver Ia. :;
Stone, Ky; Marsh, Pa. Enloe, Tenn; Spinola
n. Y; Brow ne, Ind
Private Land Claims-CasweIl Wis: Dor
sey, Neb; Wickham, o.; Gear, "a. ; Funston
Kan; Brosius, Pa; Lansing, N Y; Ewart N
C.; Mutchler, Pa; Anderson, w. Va; Mont
gomery KY; Pierce, Tenn; Drummer, Pa. /;
Smith A. II.
r Revision OF Laws-Browne. Ind Finley, KY /;
Yardley, Pa; Quackenbush, N Y; Smyser,
o.; Stewart, Vt; Berger, n. J.; Greenhalge,
Mass. Oates, Ala. Wagner, Wis; Bullock,
Fla, Edmunds, Va; Paynter Ky.
Election Of President and Congress- Lodge,
Mass; Rowell, nL Stewart, VT. Hanger,
Wis. McComas, Md; Henderson, Ia; Frank
Mo-; Smyser, o.; Seney, o.; Buckalew Pa. /;
Hemphill, S. c.; Mccarthy, N Y; Tucker, Va
Eleventh Census-Dunnell Mimi. McKenna
Cal. Taylor, o. Boutelle, Me; Bingham, Pa. !;
Adams, H.; Sherman, n. y; Frank, Mo.
Blount Ca; Holman. Ind. Tillman, S. c.;
Washington, Tenn; Owens, o.
Reform in the Civil Service-Lehlbach, n. J. 4;
Bayne, Pa; Butterworth, o.; Hopkins, III. ;
Greenhalge, Mass. Sanford, NY; Lind, Mimi;
! Stephenson, Mich; Dargan, S. c.; Stone, Mo-;
Anderson, w. Va; Andrew. Mass. Boatner La.
The chairmen of the remaining COM
mittees are as follows:
Private Land Claims Caldwell Wis.
District OF Columbia-Grout, VT
Expenditures State Department-Scr1nton,
Pa.
Treasury Observation-Disclosures, Pa.
War Department-Yardley, Pa.
Navy Observation-Disclosures, ". Y.
Post-Ofice observation-disclosures. n. G.
Interior OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Mass.
Department OF Justice-Sherman, N. Y.
Department OF Observation-Disclosures Wis.
Public Buildings-Flood n. Y.
Library-O'Neill Pa.
Printing-hussel, Conn.
Indian Department Claims-Hermann, Ore.
Ventilation and Acoustics-Haugen, Wis.
Alcoholic Liquor TRAFFIC.. ID. Taylor, o.
Irrigation and Arid Lands--Vandever, Cal
Immigration and Navigation-Owen, Ind.
In addition 10 the above are the following.
previously announced: Elections, Rowell
propriations, Cannon Cll); manufactures,
Kelly pa.
Wife Murder and Suicide.
OwAToNNA. Mimi, Dec. 23.-Christ
Batz shot his wife in the back of the
head Saturday, killing her instantly.
Their little daughter ran to neighbor's