Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERsoNAL AND porrr.cA1.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
| THE Fenians captured the recent Gaelic
Athletic Club meeting in Dublin, and the
Nationalists and priests withdrew and de
clded to hold . separate meeting.
LORD LANsDowNE, Governor General Of
Canada, was painfully hurt about the head
recently at Ottawa, Ont, by fall while
skating.
The funeral Of cx-Secretary Manning
took place from St. Pauls Episcopal
| was attended by President Cleveland and
| guished politicians and citizens.
GOVERNOR JOHN S. MARMADUKE, Of Mis-
souri,, died Of pneumonia at Jefferson City
on the night Of the 18th. He was attacked
with the disease two days previously an
as his system was in weakened condition
he was unable to rally. The Governor was
the son of Governor NJ. NJ Marmaduke, and
was born in Saline County, Mo-, in 1884
He distinguished himself in the ConfeGer-
ate service during the war and was prom
inent Democratic politician OF the State and
Nation.
EDITOR LITTLEroN, of Nashville, Tenn,
who was shot recently by Joseph r. Banks
as the outcome of a Republican quarrel,
died from the effects OF his wounds.
The President and party returned to
Washington on the 18th from attending
the funeral Of ex-Secretary Manning at
Albany. N. Y.
JUDGE RAPALLo, of the New York State
Court Of Appeals, died in New York re-
Gently after long illness.
THE President has signed the commits
sions Of Secretary Fairchild and Ministers
Bayless W. Hanna and Alexander R Law
ton.
ADvICrs rom Auckland, New Zealand,
say that the French have annexed Ralateu.
The native chief refusing to submit, the
gunboat Scorpion bombarded the villages.
GEORGE B. MANsUR, once a noted turf
man and politician Of Chicago. died recent
ly, aged fifty-eight. He managed Dexter
park until 1t closed.
The British Foreign Office has semi
officially announced that Lord Randolph
Churchilrs visit to Russia is outside the
knowledge of the Government.
A DISPATCH from Washington says:
Oklahoma comes to the front this session
with wellknown pertlnacity, and bills have
already been prepared for introduction in
the House and Senate providing for the
speedy opening to settlement Of that Terri
tory. But small portion Of the Indian
Territory will be asked for by the meas
ures offered this session, and no attempt
will be made to open to settlement the tract
known as the Cherokee Strip" or ''Chero-
kee Outlet"
SENATOR SCHULZ, one Of the Oldest set
tiers in the Red river district, has been
appointed Lieutenant Governor Of Mani
toba and Joseph ROyal Governor of the
Northwest Territory.
THE presence Of English and American
men-of-war at Honolulu, it was stated in
private letters, was the only thing that
prevented native uprising in Hawaii.
The Massachusetts, Tariff Reform League
had a meeting and banquet at the Bruins
wick Hotel, Boston, on the 29th. Hon.
James Russell Lowell and other dis
tiguished persons were present. the
speeches were an endorsement of the views
of President Cleveland.
GLADSTONE had an interview with Presi-
dent Carnot, of France, on the Goth.
Mrs. Villas, wife of the Postmaster Gen.
eral, who has been confined to her room
for several weeks with an attack Of ner-
vous prostration, was able to sit up in her
room on the Both and receive Mrs. Cleve-
land.
The Temps, of Paris, publishes an inter-
view with Mr.. Gladstone, in which the ex-
Premier describes the Irish Land Com
missioners' rent reduction as "a tre-
mendous deception" and said he was
thunderstruck at the news. He also said
that the Tory Cabinet, having alienated
the tenants, would now ALLEVIATE the land
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