Dodge City times., 1885-10-01
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
4 Summary Of the Daily News.
pERsoNAL AND POLITICAL.

FEhSONAA AND
The President recently ordered the
court-martial which tried and sentenced
Paymaster Smith to reconvene. The
court-martial sentenced Smith to two
years. suspension from service. Surgeon
General Wales had been tried on a sim
liar charge a short time previously and
was sentenced to five years. suspension,
and it was understood the President Gid
not approve Of the Inconsistency Of the
verdicts.
KING HUMBERT, of Italy, recently an
nounced his determination to visit the
cholera stricken districts of Sicily if the
plague continued.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM JONES, of the Life
Boat Service at Racine, Wis, was drowned
recently while out practicing with his crew
under direction of Superintendent Rogers.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS, of the Land Of
flee, has refused to honor surveyors ac-
counts held by Western banks because of
irregularities in land surveys.
UNITED STATES COLLECTOR SNALLEY, of
the Vermont District, has reduced the SAL
aries of a number of Deputy Collectors
5000 year, and the wages of a number
paid by the day from So to s.. The effect
is saving of $1,000 per annum in his dis
trict.
IRA DAVENPORT was nominated for Gov
ernor of New York, in the Republican con-
vention held at Saratoga on the 23d;
Joseph B. Carr, for Lieutenant Governor;
Anson j. Wood, of Franklin, for Secretary
of State; James w. Wadsworth, of Liv-
ingstone, for Comptroller.
COMMODORE ALEXANDER A. SEMMEs,
Commandant of the Washington Navy
Yard, died suddenly at Hamilton, London
County, Va, on the 23d.
CHRISTINE NILSSON recently gave a con-
cert at Stockholm, Sweden. After the
concert a crowd of $4,000 gathered before
the Grand Hotel, to give her an ovation,
and in the fearful crush seventeen persons
lost their lives.
PRINCE JEROME NAPOLEON (Plon Plon)
recently issued manifesto, in which he
says he neither desires the restoration of
the monarchy nor the adoption of Utopian
plans of reform. He will withdraw from
participation in the elections until France
summons a constituent assembly.
THE President has appointed S. NJ. Stock
slayer, of Indiana, to be Assistant Com
missioner of the General Land Office.
GOVERNOR HILL was renominated for
Governor of New York by the Democratic
Convention at Saratoga on the 24th on the
first ballot.
SECRETARY MANNING, in recent letter
to District Attorney Dorsheimer at New
York, requested him to take steps to put
an end to the feeling of customs officials by
passengers on the examination of their
baggage. The feeling was illegal and was
believed to lead to gross frauds on the rev.
enue.
The President has appointed the follow
ing collectors of customs: Charles c.
Sweeney, for the district of Galveston,
Tex: Otto l.. Threlkeld, for the district of
Salura, Tex; j. j. Cook for the district of
Brazos de Santiago, Tex.
In the New York Democratic Conven-
ton at Saratoga, on the 25th, Fred Cook,
of Monroe, was nominated for Secretary of
State; Chaplin for Comptroller; Dennis
O'Brien, present incumbent, for Attorney
General. Hon. r. P. Flower was reported
as having declined the nomination for
Lieutenant Governor.
THE Pope was reported to have agreed
to mediate between Germany and Spain
with regard to the Carolines' question.