Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

RUsK delegates to Chicago were elected
by two Wisconsin district conventions on
the Sth.
CAPTAIN ]. W. RowELL, of Bloomington,
Ill, has been nominated for Congress by
the Republicans of the Fourteenth Illinois
district.
Hon. JAMES G. BIRNEY, son of James G.
Birney, candidate for President in 1910
and an ex-Lieutenant Governor of Michl-
gan, died in Bay City on the Sth, aged
seventy.
MUNICIPAL elections in France have re-
suited almost wholly in favor of that part
of the Left which supports the Govern
ment.
A BANQUET was given to ParneI, the
Irish leader, by the Eighty Club at London
on the night of the Sth. A distinguished
company was present
IT is asserted in Washington that there
is movement under way to secure the
nomination at st. Louis of Allan G. Thur
man, of Ohio, as Vice-President on the
ticket with Cleveland.
The differences between the United
States and Moorish Governments have
finally been settled, according to dispatch
from Tangier of the 9th.
GENERAL GEORGE DIBBRELL, for many
years a member of Congress from Tennes-
see, died at Sparta, Tenn, on the 9th.
ALABAMA Democrats renominated Seay
for Governor at Montgomery on the 9th
The ticket was completed as follows: c.
c. Langdon, Secretary of State; John L.
Cobbs, Treasurer; c. D. Hogue, Auditor;
7. n. Mcclellan, Attorney General, and S.
Palmer, Superintendent of Education.
New JERSEY Republicans in convention
at Trenton on the 9Th Endorsed William
Walter Phelps for the Presidential nomi-
nation.
THE Georgia Democratic convention al
Atlanta on the Oh indorsed the Tariff bill
and the Presidents views thereon.
EX-SENATOR THURMAN laughed at the
report that an effort was being made to
nominate him for the Vice Presidency and
refused to talk about it. His son Allan
said that the Judge would not consider
such thing for a moment.
VERMONT Democrats met at Montpelier,
on the 10th. The following STATE tickle
was nominated: For Governor, S. c. Shurt-
left, of Montpelier; Lieutenant Governor.
7. c. O'Sullivan, of Burlington; Ire asurer.
W. E. Peck, Of Barnett; Secretary of State,
DR.. w. B. Mayo, of Northfeld; Auditor
George N. Dearborn, of Corinth. Presi-
were also chosen.
THE First Assistant Postmaster-General,
A. E. Stevenson. has declined being can
didate for the Democratic nomination for
Governor of Illinois.
MICHIGAN Democrats met at Grand Rap
Ids on the 10th and elected delegates to
the National convention. Cleveland's Ad-
mlnlStration Was Endorsed.
THE majority and minority reports on the
Fisheries treaty have been pu blished. The
majority report condemns the President
for withholding information and also the
treaty as a surrender of important privi-
leges TO Great Britain. The minority re-
port takes an opposite view, contending
that the treaty is a fair settlement of a
matter which has been a constant source
of irritation.
s The Emperor of Brazil, who has been
very i'll in Italy, is reported out of danger
JEFFERSON DAVIS will probably attend
the laying of the corner stone of the Con-
federate monument at jackson Miss, May
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Dom PEDRO, Emperor of Brazil. took
relapse at Milan, Italy, on the 1lth and was
again critically sick. He showed symptoms
of neuralgia cerebral congestion.
ARCHBISHOP LYNCH, of the Roman
Catholic Church, died at Toronto, Ont, on
the 18th.