The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-21
UNITED STATES SENATE.



Senatorial term. He was welcomed most
warmly by his brother Senators and by the
officers and employees Of the Senate. His
general appearance gave little or no indication
Of recent illness. Fer over q quarter OF m
hour there was no movement made to proceed
to any kind Of business, nnd then recess was
taken till half.past 1, presumably to await the
presentation Of executive nominations.
On reassembling at 80, the following nomina-
tions were received from tho President: Thomas
w. Palmer. Of Michigan. to be ivoy Extrnordi.
nary and Minister Plenipotentinry OF the
United States to Spain. John +. Swift Of
California, to be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary Of the United States
TO Japan. John d. Washburn, OF Massachu-
setts Minister Resident and Consul General OF
the United States, to Switzerland. George
Tichenor, Of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury, vice Isaac I Maynard, re-
signed. The Senate, on motion Of Mr.. Sher-
man, went into executive session to consider
them. At 40 the doors we're rcopened and the
Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 1a-In tho continued
absence Of the vice.President Mr.. Ingalls,
acted to-day as yesterday, - presiding officer
pro tenn The message Of the President trans
mitting the papers in the case OF Louis Riel
was presented and laid on the table. After
wait Of several minutes, Mr.. Edmunds broke
the stiffness by statement that he had been
requested by Mr. Plat TO say that tho gentle-
men representing both sides Of the chamber
who had in charge recommendations for the
committees Of the Senate would be ready to
call attention to the subject in q very short
time and to ask the Senate to remain
in session or take short recess. No
motion for o recess was made, and the
Senate continued in session without any at
tempt 10 transact business The President
sent tho following nominations to the Senate
to-day: 1nterior-Arthur G. Mellette, Of Wa
tcrtown, Oak, to be Governor OF Dakota Lu-
ther b. Richardson. of Grand Forks, Dak., to
be Secretary Of Dakota. Justice--Cornelius H.
Hanford, Of Washington Territory to be Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of tho Territory
Of Washington. George w. Irwin, Of Montana
to be Marshal OF the United States for the Ter
ritory Of Montana. Smiley U. Chambers. of
Indiana, to be United States attorney for the
district of Indiana.
WASHINGTON, March 13-A resolution au-
thorizing the Committee on Coast Defenses to
sit during the recess and to employ clerk was
introduced and referred to the Committee on
Contingent Expenses A like resolution as to
the Committee on Privileges and Elections
was agreed to. Resolutions offered by Mr.
Stewart for the purchase OF $1,000 00) OF silver
bullion per month for coinage, and by Senators
Gibson and Call for special committees on thet
commercial relations OF the United States with
Mexico and with Cuba and the West India
Islands. was laid on the table for the present.
The Senate then at 1878. proceeded to the
consideration OF executive business At 2:25
the doors were opened and the Senate ad-
1ourned.
WASHINGTON. March A.-In the Senate
to-day, after the reading Of the journal an ex-
ccutive session was ordered. At 1 o'clock a
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nominations by the President were received:
james 8. Clarkson, OF Iowa, to be First Assist
ant Postmaster Gem eraL Lewis Wolfiey, OF
Tucson, Ariz., to be Governor OF Arizona.
Rathbone Gardner, of Rhode Island. to be U.
s. Attorney for the District OF Rhode Island.
VIM. L. Dunlap, OF Indiana, to be u.
8. Marshal for the District Of Indiana. Jere-
miah Sullivan, OF Montana, to be Collector of
Customs for the District Of Montana and Idaho.
John A. Kasson, OF Iowa; VIM. Walter Phelps,
of New Jersey, and Goo. H. Bates, OF Della.
ware, to be commissioners to represent the
United States ut the conference TO be held in
Berlin, concerning affairs In the Samoan
Islands. Ebert D. Weed, Of Montana. to be u.
s. Attorney for tho Territory of Montana In
addition to these o number of nominations for
postmasters and army officers were received.
Adjourned until Monday.
action on the prohibition question.
The estate of the late Isaiah v. Will
Hanson, Of Philadelphia, is valued at
$000O.C0O.
CHRIS BERGER. q prominent grocer,
committed suicide at Neosho, Mo. No
cause assigned.
The President has accepted the resigna-
tion Of General Newberry, postmaster at
Chicago.
JAKE KILRAIN says that he doesn't be-
lleve the fight between Sullivan and him
self will take place.
The dead body of Lena Anderson, a
Chicago domestic, was found In her em-
ployer's kitchen. She committed suicide
because of quarrel with her lover, Ralph
Hines, q clerk.
The price Of coal has been reduced at
New York.
CAPTAIN F. w. DAWSON, of the Charles.
ton Is. C.) News and Courier, was shot
and killed by DR.. 7. B. Mellow.
Ex-PREsIDENr GROVER CLEVELAND has
been elected an active member of the New
York Bar Association.
THE bill granting municipal suffrage to
women was defeated In the Massachusetts,
House Of Reprssontatives-127 to "a -.
WIN. FAIRcLouaH was fatally and Alex
ander Thompson and VIM. Kentz seriously
burned by an explosion Of gas in the mine
Of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, at
Yatesville, Pa
PATRIcK MCMAHON, fireman, was blown
to pieces, and Neill Brown was instantly
killed and Fred Fishback was seriously
scalded by the explosion Of boiler in the
Victoria FIGURING mill, St Louis, early on
the morning of the 10th.
MASKED burglars entered the house of q
farmer named Core, living near Union
town, Pa, and took about $500.
WIN. BURGESS, Gamer, of Mimico,
Canada, has disappeared, leaving liabili-
ties estimated at $4,000.
JOHN GILKNER, conductor, and Benjamin
Walker, fireman, were killed in railroad
wreck at st. Nicholas. Pa.
BEN w. STEWART, Robert Russell,
Palmer johnson and Manning B. Pietz,
expert young thieves, were arrested at
Chicago.
HERBERT MIpDENpoRy, aged sixteen
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