Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THERE will be ouly weekly meetings of
! the Presidents Cabinet during the heated
term and these will be on Wednesdays.
The President has appointed Horace A
TAYLOR, OF Wisconsin, to be Commissioner
of Railroads; Thomas c. Mendenhall, of
/ Indiana, to be superintendent of the
| United States coast and geodetic survey;
Henry W. D ederich, of Indiana, to be
Consul of the United States at Leipsic.
PRESIDENT SCoTT, of the Colorado Mid
| land railroad, has rendered his resignation
to take effect on or before July Is. No
cause for his action was known.
WYOMING is moving on toward State
hood. The election Of delegates TO the
constitutional convention resulted in the
| choice of thirty-six Republicans, sixteen
Democrats and three Independents. The
convention will meet September 2. The
desire for State Government is general
TIE French Cabinet has decided to re-
move the remains of Garnet, Marceau and
Baudin from their present resting places
to the Pantheon in Paris. August 4.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS TANNER re-
turned to Washington on the 9Th from an
extended Western trip.
The Prince of Mingrelis, once a candi-
date for the throne of Bulgaria, died re-
Gently in the Caucasus
MAURICE l. FLYNN, the noted New York
City politician, died at Long Branch on
the 9th.
GOVERNOR FIIzHUGH LEE will accept the
superintendency of the Lexington (Va.)
Military Institute, which was offered him
by the board of visitors at their recent
meeting. The Governor is. of course, not
eligible until his term Of Governor expires,
which will be January l, 1890.
The British Columbia Board of Trade
has declared in favor of reciprocity with
the United States.
SAMUEL L. BARLOW. the noted lawyer OF
New York City, died recently at his sum-
mer residence of apoplexv.
ADMIRAL GHERARDI. L. S. ", cables the
Navy Department that all is quiet in
Hayti, Legitime and Hippolyte both being
indisposed to move.
Mrs. TYLER. widow of ex-President
Tyler, died at Richmond, Va, on the 10th.
She was about seventy years of age.
The following Consuls have been ap-
pointed: Emmons Clark, OF New York. at
Havre; Archibald ]. Sampson, of Colo
RADIO, at Acapulco; Roswell g. Horr, of
Michigan, at Valparaiso, and James A
Hartigan. of the District of Columbia, at
Trieste and all other ports in the Austrian
dominions. John J. Chew, of the District
of Columbia has been appointed Secretary
of Legation at Vienna.
The State Department will make no eff
fort to induce the Persian Minister to with
draw his resignation.
LORD CHARLES BERESFoRD has resigned
his seat in the British House of Commons
in order to resume his position as an officer
in the British navy.
Don FERNANDINo CRUZ, the new Guate-
malan Minister to the United States was
formally presented to President Harrison
on the 18th.
SECRETARY OF WAR PROCTOR has been
quite i'll at his home in Rutland, VT, but
is now able to be about again.
HoN. EDMUND RICE, Representative in
the last Congress from the st. Paul dis
trict of Minnesota, died recently at White
Bear, Mimi.
A SENSATIONAL scene occurred in the
French Chamber of Deputies on the 18th,
NJ lie Herisse and N. Laguerre assailing
the Government for the arrests at Angou-
leme. Opposing partisans created disor-
der outside after adjournment.
THE Osservatore Romano SAYS that
should the Pope be forced to exile himself
from Rome he will not ask sovereignty
from any Power, but will request temper
airy hospitality, as he will certainly re-
turn to Rome