The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

HEhSONAL AND BOLtTICAEAs
THE Marquis de Cham brun, legal adj
wiser of the French government in this
country, died recently in New York.
RALPH EAsLEY, late of Hutchinson,
Kan, has accepted an engagement on
the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Ex-CONGREssMAN II. ii. NJ. DAVIDSON
has been appointed United States sena-
tor by the governor of Florida to sue
ceed Call.
THE reported seizure of the island Of
Mitylene by the British turned out to
be an unfounded war scare.
THE arch bishop of Valladolid, Spain,
is dead.
THE president returned to Washing
ton on the 18th.
Mrs. JOHN A. LOGAN was at Detroit
consulting with Gen. Alger concerning
the statue of Gen Logan to be erected
in Washington
IN the state temperance convention
at Topeka, Kan, the resolution con-
demning Gov Humphrey for failing to
properly enforce the prohibitory law
was defeated by large majority.
THE ticket nominated by the New
York democrats is as follows: For gov
ernor, Roswell p. Flower; for lieuten-
ant-governor, William F. Sheehan; for
secretary of State, Frank Rice; for
comptroller, Frank Campbell; for treas
urer, Elliott f. Danforth; for attorney
general, Simon Rosendale; for surveyor
and engineer Martin Schenck.
THE French government has ordered
its minister at Santiago to recognize
the provisional government of Chilli.
A DISPATCH from Buenos Ayres re-
ceived in Paris announces that EXPIRES
ident Balmaceda has arrived at Men
doza, capital of the Argentine province
of that name, not far from the Argen-
tine frontier.
CARDINAL MANNING, of England,
heartily indorses the project for the
worlds trade congress.
THE president has appointed Francis
Hendricks collector of customs for the
port of New York, to succeed ]. S. Fas-
sett, resigned.
In reply to the inquiries made by the
Boston Globe among the delegates to
the republican state convention as to
their preference for president in 1892
431 answers were received. OF these
S72 favored Blaine. A. Harrison, while
Alger had 4 supporters, ex-Speaker
Reed 2, Mckinley ., Lodge l and Fas-
sett |.
COMMANDER A. G. KELLOGG, of the
United States navy. has been removed
to ST. Elizabeth's asylum, suffering
from brain trouble.
PRESIDENT CARNoT and his ministers
of state at Villy-Le-Francois reviewed
the French army, consisting of 110,0 600
men, which since September 10 have
been maneuvering in the east under
General Saussier
NEBRASKA democrats met at Grand
Island on the 18th and nominated
Judge J. II. Brody for member of the
supreme court and E. A. Brogan and s..
F. Hencker for regents of the uni
versity.
LIEUT.. Gov. JONES, of New York, has
bolted the democratic ticket.
THE first cabinet meeting since the
presidents return was held on the 18th.
Secretaries Blaine and Proctor were
absent.
RABBI SAMUEL FREUDEB, of Daven-
port, Ia, has formally renounced
Judaism.
GEN. ISAAC +. QUINBY, classmate
of Gen. Grant at West Point died at
Rochester. N. Y, recently.
THE Chinese government, it is an
nounced, is not aware of the threatened
naval demonstration by the COM
bined fleets of the powers.
THE press of Paris without exception
attacks the emperor of Germany for his
Erfurt speech on Napoleon l.
NJ. RIBOT, French minister of foreign
affairs, has handed to the Chinese
charge d'affaires Il note insisting upon
the urgency of upholding the security
of the lives and property of foreigners
in China.
AN acute crisis prevails in Quebec
over the government scandals. The
guilty parties being mainly French
Canadians has been the cause of in
flaming race passions with English
Canadians, causing bitter auimosity.