The Brookhaven leader., 1888-11-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
PERSONAL AND roLrrtcAi.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
AT the White House en- the 9th the Pres
ident and q small party assembled in the
library and received the election news over
. special wire. Besides the President and
Mrs. Cleveland, the White House party in
cluded Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, Mrs.
Dickinson, Mrs. Endicott, Attorney -Gep-
ersl Garland, Representative Breckin-
ridge, ef Kentucky, and Foran, of Ohio,
and Mrs. Lamont, Assistant Secretaries
Maynard and Thompson, Of the treasury,
and Colonel Wilson.
TIE results of the Prussian election in
243 districts are as follows: Conservatives,
81 seats; Free Conservates, Al; Centrists,
~; National Liberal, 48; Freisinniege, 15;
Poles, 7; Danes, 2; Guelphs, 2. All the
Berlin members have been reelected.
THE British Parliament met on the 5th.
THE London Times, commenting on the
Sackville matter, says; "The blue book
confirms our previous opinion. 1t empha.
sizes Lord Sackville's indiscretion." Re-
specting the correspondence between the
Foreign Office and the State Department.
1t says that IL the Government Of the
United States desired to be courteous it
might have telegraphed to Mr.. Phelps, the
American Minister, the details necessary
to an understanding of the case.
Mr.. GLADsToNE in receiving presenta-
tion on behalf OF Birmingham workmen
recently offered to support q practicable
scheme to remove the pecuniary difficulty
in becoming a member of Parliament con-
sistent with absolute independence and
equality between representative working
men in the House of Commons and other
members.
THE Russian Government has notified
the Porte that should the divorce of King
Milan of Servia cause troubles which
would lead to the occupation Of Servia by
Austria, Russia would consider herself re-
leased from her obligation.
THE President has recognized Carlo
Terra as Vice. Consul of Italy at Balti-
more, Md.
THE New York Epening Post places the
next Congress as follows: Senate-Demo-
Gratis, 81; Republicans, 80. House Of Rep
resentatives-Democr 1855; Republicans,
100.
IT is reported in Berlin that the Gear
will visit Germany in the spring
THE betrothal Of the Prince Of Naples
to Prince Clementine, of Belgium, will be
announced shortly.
A GREAT demonstration was held by the
Republicans at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
Sth, to celebrate the victory of General
Harrison.
THE Secretary of War has issued the Of
fetal order placing General Alfred Pleas
anton ON the retired list of the army, his
retirement to date from October % past.
A CABINET meeting was held at Wash
ington on the Sth, all the members being
present except Villas and Dickinson.
EDWARD c. CARDIGAN, member of the
Massachusetts, State Board OF Education
and leading lawyer of Boston, died on a
train near Salida, Col, the other day.
MISS ANNA DICKINSON has sued the Re-
publican National Committee for s., $50,
balance of salary and expenses as cam
paign lecturer.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER PLEASANT
has arrested the city Board of Commits
sioners of Elections of Richmond, Va, for
refusing to allow United States supervisors
to be present at the count of the vote.
THE Premier of Queensland has pro-
tested against the appointment of Gov
ernor Blake, late of Newfoundland.
THE wife of Jay Gould was reported dan
gerously sick on the Sth.
THE returns Of the recent Gubernatorial
election were opened before the Georgia
Legislature on the Sth Governor Gordon
received 122, 1856, with not much more than
400 against him.
w. H. BARNUM, of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, was seriously i'll at his
home at Lime Rock, Conn, on the Sth. His
illness was due to overwork in the late
political canvass.
PREMIER vow MATTNACHT has returned
to Stuttgart from Nice. His interview
with the King of Wurtemburg resulted in
the King acceding to the demand of the
Ministers that all Americans except Jack
son resign from the service of Wurtem-
burg.
SEVENTY thousand followers of Ell Mahdi
attacked the town Of Wadai, west of
Darfour, recently. The garrison repulsed
the assailants and killed 5000, but the
Mahdists reattacked and captured the
town. The Sultan of Wadai fed to
Ghiri.
THE Anti Saloon Republican National
Committee has been called to meet No.
vember 81 in New York City to consider
the future policy.