The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-05-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
dleanea Ry Telegraph ana Nan.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

III CldIk university WOTCeSVCEs NAdtco's
has accepted q call to the head profess
sorShip in the department Of biology in
the university of Chicago.
TUX democrats of the Thirteenth Illi-
nois district unanimously re-nominated
William NJ. Springer for congress.
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN laid the corner
stone Of the Grant monument in New
York. Chauncey NJ. Depew delivered
the oration.
The annual banquet of the Americas
Republican club, of Pittsburgh, in COM
memoration of Gen. Grants birthday, |
was held at the Monongahela house.,
and was one of the most successful ever
given by that organization. Covers
were laid for 400 and every seat was oc-
cupied. Among the prominent guests
were Gov, Mckinley, of Ohio; Gen.
Alger, of Michigan; Judge Thurston, of
Nebraska; Hon. John Dalzen and Hon.
William A. Stone.
THE Illinois democratic convention
made the following nominations: John
P. Altgeld for governor; N Ramsey,
state treasurer. A. E. Stevenson, A. w.
Green, c. e. Crafts, b. 4. Cable, N. e.
Worthington, Walter !. Watson, John
| A. King and S. p Chase were elected
delegates at large
Mn. BLAND has introduced resolu-
ton in the house instructing the COM
nittee on ways and means to report
i,iibffif imposing an income tax sufficient
to meet all the expenditures for pen
sions; and also bill to repeal all taxes
imposed upon currency issued by au-
thority of the states.
A BILL has been reported to the house
appropriating S25, 900 for the erection of
a-4nonument to William Henry Harri-
son, the grandfather of President Har-
rison at North Bend. 0.
HoN. WHITELAw REID presided over
the New York state republican conven-
tion, which indorsed President Harri-
sons administration. Senator Hiscock,
Thomas c. Platt, Chauncey M. Depew
and Warner Miller were elected dele
gates to the Minneapolis convention.
THE following state ticket was nomi-
mated by the Ohio republicans: For
, secretary of state, S. NJ. Taylor; for SUI
preme court judges, William T. Spear
and j. f. Burkett; for supreme court
clerk, Josiah B. Allen; for member Of
| board of public works, E. f. Lybarger
r national convention delegates are viii
{ liam Mckinley, ], b. Foraker, A. w
: Bushnell and Mr.. Kahn.
y MAJ. WILLIAM WARNER, of Kansas
i City, has been nominated by the repub
: licans of Missouri as their candidate fOl
L governor
q NINE. NoRDIcA, the singer, has beer
e badly hurt by being thrown from car
riage in London.
s T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, of Massachu
3 setts, has been nominated to be envo!
a extraordinary and minister plenipoteI
e tiary of the United States to France.
;. ApJUTANr GENERAL KENNEDY, of Col
Is orado, has been elected department com
mander of the Colorado and Wyoming
Grand Army of the Republic.
IS CONGRESSMAN ALIEN, of the house In
g dian committee, declares that the Cher
S, okee strip cannot be opened before mex
S. spring, but that it will be done then.
" THERE was strong suspicion anon
W the officers of the German army sta
c. toned at Halle that the men were bein
or approached by socialists with a view
Of weakening their allegiance to the go7
re ernment and an unexpected search wa
e. made of the barracks. The result verife
th the suspicious, for in the mems quarter
~ there were discovered number of s.
r, oialistic manuscripts setting forth tf
Mt wrongs under which the soldier labor
" and calling upon them to join the socia
nd lists in effecting a reformation of Il
k. body polite.
he THE following is a list of senate
| ,4aA to- ~ Z
re the executive committee of the nation
democratic campaign committee:
C. Butler, of South Carolina; A. II. CC
,as ,as quit, of Georgia; J. S. c. Blackburn,
~ kentucky; J. X. Jones, of Arkansas;
'a' b. Bate, of Tennessee; c. ] Faullxn'
7" y. of Virginia; David Turpie, of Indian
~ ~ Rufus Blodgeft, Of New Jersey; J.
ol Barbour, of Virginia, and r. Q. Mil
", of Texas.
~ SIR ALEXANDER BATEMAN Perrin FL
OIL IER ACLAND HooD is dead.
'eo HENRY NJ. STANLEY has consented
IN stand as candidate in the unionis,t
,ur terest for a seat in the British parl
De- ment at the general elections.
ay' REPRESENTATIVE BAILEY, of Tex
nes has prepared and introduced in
nr' house an amendment to the rules, viii
me- if adopted, viii assure large attel
or once of members at the daily sessions
20 the house and relieve that body fir
ms the embarrassment from which it
her lately suffered. The amendment
rects the sergeant at arms to with
at the end of each month the payio
Is member until he files with the serge'
en-, at arms a statement that he has
II been absent during the preced
IN month
lists UPON invitation of the national del
lme cratic committee the standing conn
nth tee of Washington correspondents h
ray agreed to take charge of the assignm
der of seats to the working representati
md. of newspapers which will be represe
rful ed at the national democratic conv
lich ton to assemble at Chicago June
1ery There will be $50 seats set apart for
the workingmen of the press. These
it is seats will be strictly reserved for d.
The newspapers. In addition to these lib
ces- provision will be made for the couI
ned. press
IS as MusCELLANEOUS.
rery APARrY Of cattlemen from Wyom
1ook hurting cattle thieves in johnson b
II Idaho, the alleged rendezvous fol
'sity horse and cattle thieves for hundred
J the miles, came upon the habitation OF
ld Is partlgs known as Burnett and Spel
Ger and IN their efforts to arrest them,
Burnett and Spencer were killed al
was found that they were in posses
arge OF over fifty stolen horses.
ii "A frrrE Central theater at Philadel