Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-07-24

CHAIRMAN CANNON, OF the House Com
mittee on Appropriations, denies that
the appropriations for the current fiscal
year will exceed tho revenues. He
claims that the revenues, even with the
Mckinley reductions, will be s57, 497, OOC
above all but the new pension law needs.
CONGRESSMAN HALL. of the Third
Minnesota district has been renomi.
mated by acclamation by the Repub-
licans.
THE President has nominated Allured
B. Nettleton, OF Minnesota, TO be As
sistant Secretary OF the Treasury;
James Russell Solely, of Massachusetts,,
TO be Assistant Secretary OF the Navy.
THE Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has decided that il will issue an
order making reduction in grain rates
from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis-
souri,, TO St. Louis and the Mississippi
river and TO Chicago. Food product
rates east OF tho Mississippi, and not
involved in other suits before the Com
mission are not found to be excessive.
LIEUTENANT DONALDSON, Of the army,
was drowned with a Miss Lottie Spur
geon recently at Santa Ana, Cal The
Lieutenant had rescued two persons
carried out by the current but perished
with the third
WILLIAM HASTINGS, delegate to the
Democratic State convention at Nash
vile. Tenn, from White County, walked
off the second story of the State Capitol.
falling about thirty feet lie was al
most instantly killed
WARREN S. LURrY, United States
marshal for Oklahoma. rendered his
resignation at Washington on tho 18th
and it was promptly accepted
RICHARD CROKER Tammany's chief
sachem, has sailed foz Europe with his
family.
PRESIDENT HARRISON and Private Sec
retary Halford left Washington on the
nth for Cape May for few days
IN the school board election in Salt
Lake City, Utah, the Liberals elected
seven members and the Mormons three.
ADMIRAL HoLTHAM has arrived at
Esquimault, b. c. lie says he has re-
ceived no orders of the warlike nature
in press dispatches.
EUGENE SCHUYLER. the American
Consul-General at Cairo Egypt is
dead.
The Alliance and Labor parties OF
Minnesota have united on a State
ticket with S NJ. Owens editor Of the
Farmers Stock and Home, of Mime
apolis. for Governor.
THE Department Of State has received
a dispatch from the American Minister
at The Hague, stating that the Neither
lands Government has abolished the
tolls on the North sea canal
HoN. JoHN p. BUCHANAN has been
nominated for Governor by the Tennes-
see Farmers Alliance
THE House Committee on Elections
has decided two more contested cases in
favor Of the Republican contestants
They were the Florida case Of Goodrich
vs.. Bullock, decision in favor OF Good
rich, and the West Virginia case Of Nc
Ginnis vs.. Anderson, decision in favor Of
McGinnis
PROF. NORMAN DUNsHEE, Of Drake
University died suddenly recently at
Des Moines, Iowa, from heart disease
He was Garheld's Latin and Greek
tedChtI at DlIam Nolltkt
Miss LILLIAN BLANCHE FEARING, the
only lady in this years graduating class
OF Union College OF law in Chicago, is
entirely blind
JuDGE Powers. Of the Vermont Su-
preine Court retires from the bench 10
accept a nomination 70 Congress.
THK proposition 10 revive the grade
of Lieutenant-General does not meet
with favor in any but military circles
COLONEL T. G. MoRRow. editor Of the
Washington Sunday Gazette, is dead.
LYDIA BECKER leader Of the woman
suffrage movement in England, died in
Geneva recently OF diphfheria
DIR CHRISTIAN HESRY FREDERIcK
PETKRs the famous astronomer. was
found dead In his bed at Clinton. n Y,
recently. He was born In Germany,
September 10. ls12 and was graduated
at the University Of Berlin