Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The President last week gave audience to a delegation of Dakota citizens who came to protest against the proposed expulsion of the settlers from the Crow Creek Reservation. Mr. Cleveland promised that the settlers would be properly cared for in any event, and that no farther proceedings would be taken by the Government until a thorough investigation of the whole subject had been made. — — Last week President Cleveland gave audience to a committee representing the Grand Army of the Republic, which called at the White House to present an appeal for the retention of old soldiers in the Government service. Mr. Cleveland strongly expressed hia sympathy with the views of the delegation. Gen. Swatm has asked the administration at Washington to review his case, and the Secretary of War has promised to give him a healing. It is said that the President iB disposed to relieve the army in some manner of the embanassment in which it was placed by the sentence of the Swaim courtmartial, which effectively vacated the office of Judge Advocate General and made it impossible- for the President to appoint a successor for a period of twelve years.... The Washington Monument was the other day struck three times by lightning, but received no damage. Gen. G. D. lit g qles has been ordered to duty at San Antonio, Tex., to relieve Gen. Thomas M. Vincent, who has been assigned to duty at Omaha. The order takes effect June 1.