The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-07-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THERE will be only 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 G. Mendenhal, of
Indiana, to be superintendent of the
United States coast and geodetic survey;
Henry w. Diederich, 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 %. 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 ,. The
desire for State Government is general
THE French Cabinet has decided to re-
move the remains of Carnot, 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 Mngrelia, once a cand-
date for the throne of Bulgaria, died re-
Gently in the Caucasus.
MAURICE B. FLYNN the noted New York
City politician, died at Long Branch ca
the 9th.
GOVERNOR FITZHUGH 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 /, 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, U. S. n, 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 Consu.s have been ap-
pointed: Emmons Clark, oil New York. at
Havre; Arch bald j. Sampson, of Colo
RADIO, at Aoapulco; Roswell G. Horr OF
Mich gan, at Valparaiso, and James A,
Hartigan, of the b strict of Columbia, at
Trieste and all other ports III the Austrian
| commons. JOhn j. CDeN, Oh the DlSlrlct
of Columbia has been appointed Secretary
of Legation at Vienna.
THE State Depar ment will make no ef-
fort to induce the Persian Minister TO with
draw his signatiOn.
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 llth.
SECRETARY OF WAR PROCTOR has been
quite i'll at his homo in Rutland, VT, but
is now able to be about again.
HoN. EDMUND RICE, Representative in
the last Congress from the st. Paul dis
trct of Mime ,ota, died recently at White
Bear Mimi.
A SENSATIONAL scene occurred in the
French Chamber of Deputies on the 18th,
NJ. lie Herisse and NJ. Laguerre assailng
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 tempor-
ary hospitality, as he will certainly re-
turn to Rome