The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
An address Of Balmaceda on the re
bellion in Chilli has been published.
The cause Of the war he declares to be
due to the ambition Of his opponents
The cause of the death OF Congress
man Hppk, of Tennessee, was . strong
s0autioT of arsenic which he took In
mistake for other medicine ut . drug
store in Knoxville.
JUDeE McALLIsTER, removed from
the judgeship Of Alaska In President
Cleveland's term. has been refused 70
dress By the United States supreme
court
SENATOR CALL was reelected BY the
Florida legislature in joint session He
received fifty one votes out of the fifty
four present, the anti-Call men ab'
senting themselves.
SENATOR w. NJ. STEWART proposes .
constitutional amendment making the
president eligible for one term only.
Gov. WINAxs, of Michigan. has We
toed Q bill sppropristing $50. 900 for the
entertainment Of the G. A. X. at Detroit
GEN. JAMES g. LONGsTREET is in very
feeble health. He has been SO i'll that
he has given up work on his history OF
the confederate wal. The book is near
" finished and will contain much that
no history has yet published.
The decree granted to Capt OShca
in his suit for divorce from Mrs. Kate
O'Shea six months ago has been made
absolute.
PRESIDENT HARRIsON's speeches made
during his recent southern and western
tour are being prepared for book form.
They will be used as campaign litera-
ture. Each speech will have an intro
duction giving the circumstances of the
visit and the details Of the reception
The German kaiser has te~legraphed
the pope that ne is greatly pleased with
the encyclical on labor. Cardinal Glib
bons has cabled to the pope that it pro-
duced an excellent impression in Amer
lea.
A MONUMENT to the late Gov. Luke S.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, was unveiled
at Frankfort on the 27th.
A QUESTION has been sprung IS to
whether the arrival of foreigners to as
sist in the worlds fair displays is not a
violation of the alien contract labor
law.
The French war ship stationed at the
French shore of Newfoundland has re-
fused to allow American vessels to buy
or take bait The American consul has
telegraphed to MI. Blaine for instruc-
tons
The Ohio farmers convention refused
toindorse the third party idea, contrary
to expectations. The vote stood 81 to 81.
The Marquis di Rudini has had an
important interview with Mr.. Porter,
the United States minister, and the
New Orleans question has assumed a
fresh phase.
NEWS from LourenzO Marquizee,
South Africa, reports another battle
between the British and the Portuguese.
This time the scene of the engagement
was on the banks of the Bembe river.
The British were victorious.
The Prussian authorities have or
dered the strongest measures on the
Posen frontier to keep Poles out of
Germany. The roads at the boundary
are patrolled by troops and the rail-
way are carefully watched.
ARCHBISHOP CROKE is afraid that the
cause of home rule is lost, SO many
friendly persons believing that 1--WE
are at present utterly unfit for home
rule"
JUDGE BRECKINRIDGE, of st. Louis,
an elder and a delegate TO the Presby
terian assembly. suddenly fell dead
while addressing the convention at De
troit, Mich, on the legal aspect Of the
Briggs heresy case. The sad even
caused an immediate adjournment
THE Pennsylvania senate has agreed
to the house amendments to the ballo,
reform bill and the bill now goes to the
governor.
The Canadian senate has passed the
bill renewing modus vivendi for the
fishing season of 1891.
THE ease of Rev. ID. =. Robinson. OF
Knoxville, has been finally decided by
the Southern Presbyterian general MS
sembly standing by the action Of thu
judicial committee in doing nothing
further in the matter.
The statements that q secret CLAUSE
| exists in the commercial treaty with
| the United States relating to Cuba ant
| Porto Rico and that a hitch has oc
Cured is semioficially declared TO bs
/ untrue.
IT is not generally known, but it is
fact nevertheless. that Prof. Briggs
resignation is in the hands of tn,
trustees of Union seminary. II is be
lieved that Prof. Briggs has now under
advisement an invitation to join IN,
faculty Of the Cambridge divinity schoo
connected with Harvard university.
HENRY STRAIN, of South Carolina
the colored messenger in the treas
ury department who was connecte,
with Green II Raum. Jr.. in sccurin,
appointments and promotions in tn
pension Office for pecuniary considera