The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-04-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND was elected
president of the Eastern Alumni Associa-
tion Of Wells College at the annual meet
ing of the association in New York. She
was graduate of the college.
NJ. FLoQUET succeeded in forming a new
French Cabinet to follow that of Mr..
Tirard, defeated over a constitutional
question having reference to the case OF
| General Boulanger
THE Maryland Legislature has repealed
the charter Of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Employees Relief Association, to take
| effect in one year.
ELECTIONS were held generally through
out Illinois on the Sd, but as rule there
| was no special feature. In Galesburg two
| of the striking engineers of the Burlington
road were elected aldermen and the ticket
favored by the strikers was generally sue
cessful.
THE Ohio Senatorial Committee investi-
eating the charges Of alleged bribery on
the part of certain members, has made a
report completely generating the men,
bers, and the report was adopted.
Ex-ATToRNEY-GENERAL BENJAMIN 81.
BREWSTER died at Philadelphia on the
4th. He was born in Salem County, n.
j., in 1916. From 1868 to 1869 he was At
L
1881 he was chosen by President Arthur to
be Attorney General of the United States,
continuing in this Office for four years. II
was under his administration that the fam
Gus star route trials were brought to their
conclusion.
RETURNS on the 4th indicated the election
of Taft, Repu blican, for Governor of Rhode
Island by 1000 to 1,500 majority The
lot Pon Inv oh
l 500 on the general ticket and the Repub-
licans had a sweeping victory on the Legis-
lature.
UNITED STATES MINISTER PHELPS left
Southampton, Eng, on the 5th for vaca-
ton trip to the United States.
MAJOR GENERAL ALFRED II. TERRY has
been placed on the retired list of the army.
This was in accordance with the report of
the army retiring board, of which Major
General Scho6eld was president.
JACOB SHARP, the Broadway surface rail-
way boodler awaiting a new trial, died at
New York on the 5th.
THERE were reports, well authenticated,
in Berlin on the 5th that Prince Bismarck
had resolved upon resigniDg the Chancel-
lorship, owing to disagreement with the
Emperor, who wanted to marry his daugh-
ter, Princess Victoria, to Prince Alexander
Of Battenburg, late of Bulgaria. The news
of Bismarck's proposed resignation created
great excitement.
President CLEVELAND recently stopped
horse at Oak View which had run away
with its rider, lady in the newspaper
business.
WILLIAM TAYLOR KELLOGG, the last but
one OF the associates of Horace Greeley in
the founding of the Tribune in 1910, died at
Birmingham, Conn, recently, aged seventy
two. He was veteran compositor
THE President has approved the act
granting a pension to Mary s. Logan,
widow Of General John A. Logan, and the
act to increase the pension of Mrs. Apo
lima A. Blair.
The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate Brigadier- Gen.
eral George Crook to be Major-General;
Colonel John R. Brooks, of the Third in
fantry to be Brigadier General.
The Italian Cabinet has decided to stop
military operations in Africa during the
summer. A special colonial corps will re-
main at Massowah and the rest of the
troops will return to Italy.