The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

AANiA I gu u
have formed a flibustering combine in
the house.
The straight-out alliance men in con.
gress will start a newspaper in Wash.
mgton. 1t will be the political organ
of the party.
EX-PREsIDENT PERIoLA, of Peru, has
introduced a quantity of arms into
lquiqui, Chilli, and is hard at work sc.
curing recruits for a revolution as he
intends to try and regain the chssi
magistracy of the. cnantry. Govern.
ment troQpe have been sent from Tacna
to repel O. rebels.
Hon. W. rELAw REID, United States
minister to1rance, returned from Paris
on the stem hip La Champagne on the
Cd. Mr.. Rsi1 had with him the re
ciprocity ano sextfadition treaties be.
tween the On ted states and France.
THE preside ut se1t the following nom
nations to the senate on the 4th: Med
zeal director, yrhn Mills Brown, to be
surgeon genera and chief of the bureau
of medicine AM surgery with the rank
of commodore; JHaaes b. Greer. to be a
real admiral; iClpt.iHenry A. Erbe, to
be commodoress IA o. ,
GEN. W. S. SIHdLEroS died at Balti-
more. Nd. on the 9Th aged So years. In
1865 President. q, rfoln entrusted Gen.
Singleton with al1lssion to Richmond,
whittier he went four times and con-
ferred with LETTERS n Davis and others.
MINISTER EGAN has been granted
leave of absence % visit the United
States and McCreeay will act as charge
d'affaires until the minister returns to
his post at Santiago
Mr.. WHITELAw Rid, recent United
States minister to Fri nee, called on the
president on the 5tk i'll company with
Secretary Blaine. He presented a draft
of the ~extradition treaty concluded
with France and it vii be transmitted
to the senate for action.
AT Kansas City, Nh. % the 9Th the
democratic general ttckct, with the ex-
ception of Michael Ross, candidate for
the upper house, was elected.
The president of VeneErela is doomed,
as it was reported on the 9th that the
rebels were closing in d lfm.
THE British minister called at the
White house on the 6thand had another
conference with the PRECEDENT in regard
to the modus vivendi 30r the coming
scaling season. 1t is u~nierstOOd that q
conclusion in the matter has practically
been reached.
THE Nebraska supreme conrt has re-
fused to grant ex-Gov. Thayers petition
for a ~rehearing of the celebrated guber-
Material case of Boyd VS.. Thayer. This
settles the matter for all ame and Gov.
Boyd's official position is now firmly es-
tablished.
ACLOsE personal friend QfMr. Rayard
has stated that the e~X-secretn9y AZ state
will make the speech putting cleveland
in nomination and will work early and
late Tor the success of his candidatA
The republicans We're successful in
the Rhode Island election and efator
Aldrich, it is thought, will be re-eleeted
by the legislature.
Hon. WILLIAM SALISBURY. chancellor
of the state of Delaware since 1874 and
United States senator from 1865 70 1871,
died at his residence at Dover Onfhe 9Th.
COMPLETE returns of the Rhode i sand
election from all parts of the state sldsv
a total on the state ticket of 54,5zb, an
increase of about 10000 over the largest
vote in the states history. Brown
(rep.) for governor polled : ,46c, Word
well (dem.) 25,416, Gilbert (pro. )1j5eO,
Barton (peo.) 196, and there were Is
scattering votes. These figures show a
plurality of 2,O47 for Brown and ma
jority Of 1S6. Bull and Utter. republic.
an candidates for lieutenant govef1or
and secretary of state, are also elec>1d
by small majorities, but there is 10
election for attorney general and gQn-
eral treasurer. r
THE president has recognized tt
right of Spain to object to the esta6
lishment of a United States consulate
at Ponape. in the Caroline islands. and
has accordingly recalled Mr.. Rand, Wild
was recently appointed consul at that
place. 1t is understood hat the govern
ment will take no further action in the
matter.