The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PURsONAL AND POLITICAL.

ENGLAND has obtained from Spain
che minimum tariff on British goods
Imported into Spain and her colonies.
WILLIAM j. CAMPBELL Of Illinois, Is
the new chairman of the republican
national committee. President Harri-
son objected TO Gen. J. $. Clarkson,
who, otherwise, would have continued
70 hold the position.
DIR. MARY WALKER wants TO exhibit
her costume at the worlds fair.
THE secretary OF war has recalled
Capt. Borup from France. Borup was
charged with being implicated in sell.
ing military secrets.
ADvIcEs from all parts of England
show that the electoral campaign is
opening amid the greatest excitement.
THE general opinion among members
of the house Of Representatives Is that
business a he closed up and congress
adjourn by July 10 or 90.
A TELEGRAM has been received AZ the
navy department from Capt. johnson,
commanding the y. s. ). Mohican,
dated at Sitka, Alaska, announcing the
seizure of the vessels Kodlack, Lottie
and Jennie for violation of the modus
vivcndi.
REPRESENTATIVE PIERCE, Of Tonnes
see, has introduced In the house u bill
To provide for the free coinage Of silver
bullion into standard silver dollars. IL
IL identical with the silver coinage bill
pending In the senate is modified by
Senator Stewards amendment.
ANEW York morning paper says that
Mr.. Cleveland will select the following
chief officers TO direct his campaign:
Chairman of the national democratic
committee, W. c. Whitney: chairman
of the executive committee, William +.
Harrity, of Pennsylvania; secretary,
George r. Parker, Of New York.
Gov. CHASE was renominated by the
republicans for governor of Indiana on
the first ballot. Theodore Shockney
was nominated for licutenant-gov-
ernor.
SIR WILLIAM AITKEN, the noted sur-
geon and professor Of pathology, died
recently In London.
TnE British parliament has been dis
solved and writs for n new election
issued.
THE state league of republican clubs
met Mt Rochester, n. Y. on the 2sth.
HENRY WELD FULLER, the only broth
er Of Chief Justice Fuller. Of the United
States supreme court, died at the resi-
dencc Of his son In New Rochelle, n. Y.
TIE Parnellitc executive committee
Of Great Britain, while regretting Mr..
Gladstone's ~reticcncc, has issued n for
NAL address advising Irish electors to
support Gladstone's candidates on the
ground that Mr.. Gladstone will then
have no excuse To withhold the details
Of his home rule scheme.
THE president on the Goth sent 70 the
senate the nomination Of John W. Fos'
ter, Of Indiana, To be secretary Of state.
As soon as the announcement was made
to the senate II went into executive ses.
sion and ut once confirmed the nomina,
ton.
THE president has approved the joint
resolution directing the president u
proclaim a general holiday commend
rating the 4OOth anniversary Of the dis
covery of America on October 81, 1892.
THE earl Of Drogheda is dead.
Coz. 7. Il. TROrrER, of the Twenty
fourth infantry, is dead.
Mn. LACEY, comptroller of the our
rency, severed his official connection
with the treasury department on tn,
Goth. He left Washington for Chicag,
to assume his new duties as presiden
OF the Bankers National bank of tina
city.
THE Norwegian cabinet has resigned
THE senate committee on the Colun
bian exposition reported favorably o
the bill In aid Of the worlds Columbia
exposition. The bill Is the same us tina
agreed upon by the house committe
and makes an aggregate appropriatio
of s541,5I including nm issue of 10, 1000
600 silver half dollar souvenir piecea
GES. JOHN BDwELL, Of Californi,
was nominated for president by the pr
hibition convention at Cincinnati: j. ]
Garfield, of Texas, was nominated IL
vice-president.