St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

IaE enlanS captured tn0 recent Gaelll
Athletic Club meeting in Dublin, and the
| Nationallsts 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 ex-Secretary Manning
took place from st. PauIs Episcopal
Church, Albany, N. Y, ON the 9th, and
was attended by President Cleveland and
his Cabinet and by many other distin-
guished politicians and citizens.
GOVERNOR JOHN s. MARMADUKE, of Mis-
souri,, died Of pneumonia at Jefferson City
on the night of the 2Sth. He was attacked
with the disease two days previously an
as his system was in a weakened condition q
he was unable to rally. The Governor was
the son Of Governor M. NJ Marmaduke, and
was born in Saline County, Mo-, in 1884.
He distinguished himself in the Confeder-
ate service during the war and was prom
inent Democratic politician OF the State and
Nation.
EDITOR LITTLEToN, of Nashville, Tenn,
who was shot recently by Joseph r. Banks
as the outcome of Republican quarrel
died from the effects Of his wounds.
The President and party returned to
Washington on the 2Sth 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.
ADvICEs 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 noted turf
man and politician of Chicago, died recent
ly, aged fifty-eight He managed Dexter
park until it closed.
TIE British Foreign Office has semi
officially announced that Lord Randolph
Churchillis visit to Russia is outside the
knowledge Of the Government.
A DISPATCH from Washington says:
Oklahoma comes to the front this session
with wellknoWn pertinacity, 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 meeting and banquet at the Bruins
wick Hotel, Boston, on the 29th. Hon.
James Russell Lowell and other dis
tiguished persons were present. The
OF President Cleveland.
GLADSTONE had an interview with Presi-
dent Carnot, OF France, on the 29th.
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 30th 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
rent reduction as "a tre-
deception" and said he was
at the news He also said
that the Tory Cabinet, having alienated
the tenants, would now ALLEVIATE the land
lords.