Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-05-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND PoLITIcAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE annual banquet of the Americu
Republican club, OF Pittsburgh, in com
memoration of Gen. Grants birthday
was held at the Monongahela house
and was one of the most successful eve
given by that organization. Cover
were laid for 400 and every seat was oc
cupied Among the prominent guest
were Gov. Mckinley, Of Ohio; Gen
Algcr, OF Michigan; Judge Thurston, o
Nebraska; Hon. John Dalzell and Hon
William A. Stone.
THE Illinois democratic convention
made the following nominations: Johr
r. Altgeld, for governor; N. Ramsey
state treasurer. A. f. Stevenson, A. w
Green, G. Il. Crafts, b. Il, Cable, N. Il
Worthington, Walter |. Watson, join
A. King and S. Z. Chase were elected
delegates at large.
Mr. BLAND has introduced resolu
tion in the house instrncting the com
mittee on ways and means to report a
bill 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 monument to William Henry IIarri-
son, the grandfather of President Har-
rison at North Bend, o.
HoN. WHITELAw REID presided over
the New York state republican conven-
ton, which indorsed President IIarri-
sons administration. Senator Hiscock,
Thomas G. Platt, Chauncey M. Dcpew
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. +. Burkett; for supreme court
clerk, Josiah Il. Allen; for member of
board of public works, f. +. Lybarger;
national convention delegates are Will
liam Mckinley, J. B. Foraker, A. w.
Bushnell and Mr.. Kahn.
MAJ. WILLIAM WARNER, of Kansas
City, has been nominated by the repub-
licans of Missouri as their candidate for
governor.
NINE. NoRDIcA, the singer, has been
badly hurt by being thrown from a car
riage in London.
T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, of Massachu-
sets, has been nominated to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary of the United States To France.
ADJUTANT GENERAL KENNEDY, of Col
orado has been elected department com
mander of the Colorado and Wyoming
Grand Army of the Republic.
CONGRESSMAN ALLEN, of the house In
dian committee, declares that the Cher
okee strip cannot be opened before next
spring, but that it win be done then.
THERE was a strong suspicion among
the officers of the German army sta
toned at Halle that the men were being
by socialists with view TO
weakening their allegiance TO the gov
ernment and an unexpected search was
made of the barracks, The resultverified
the suspicious, for In the mems quarters
there were discovered number of So
cialistic manuscripts setting forth the
wrongs under which the soldier labors
and calling upon them to join the social
lists in effecting reformation of the
body polite.
THE following is list of senators
who have been appointed to serve on
the executive committee of the national
democratic campaign committee; NJ.
c. Butler, of South Carolina; A. H. Col
quit, of Georgia; J. S. c. blackburn, of
Kentucky; J. X Jones, of Arkansas; W.
B. Bate, of Tennessee; C. j. Faulkner,
of Virginia; David Turpie, of Indiana;
Rufus Blo1gett of New Jersey; J. S.
of Virginia, and r. Q. Mills,
of Texas.
SIR ALEXANDER BATEMAN PERM Full
LER ACLAND HooD is dead.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY has consented TO
stand as candidate in the unionist in
terest for seat in the British parlia-
ment at the general elections.
REPRESENTATIVE BAILEY, of Texas,
has prepared and introduced in the
house an amendment to the rules, which
if adopted, will assure large attend
ance of members at the daily sessions of
the house and relieve that body from
the embarrassment from which it has
lately suffered. The amendment di-
reefs the sergeant at arms to withhold
at the end of each month the pay of
until he files with the sergeant
at arms a statement that he has not
been absent during . the preceding
month.
UPoN invitation of the national demo-
cratic committee the standing commit
tee of Washington correspondents have
agreed to take charge of the assignment
Of seats TO the working representatives
Of newspapers which will be represent
ed at the national democratic conven-
ton 10 assemble at Chicago June 81.
There will be $50 seats set apart for the
of the press. These $50
seats will be strictly reserved for daily
In addition TO these liberal
provision will be made for the country
press
AUGUSTUS KoUNTZE of the banking
firm of Kountze Bros, died recently at
the Providence hotel in Madi on avenue,
New York, aged65 years Mr.. Kountze
was prominent and successful in finan-
rial affairs in western states and in New
York. The banking house of Kountze
Bros. is the New York correspondent of
many western banks
JUSTICE NJ. V. MONTGOMERY, of Mich
igan, who was appointed by President
Cleveland to the bench of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, re-
signed his position to take effect
October 1, 1892.
A PROCLAMATION of reciprocity with
Honduras has been made public at
THE bureau of American republics
has been informed that after the inau-
yuration of the new president of
Ecuador in June next, Gen. Floris, the
present executive of that country, will
be sent as minister TO the United States
10 remain until the close of the worlds
fair.
MINISTER OF FINANCE MIGUEL, of
Germany, proposes a tax on beer that
causes popular protest
MISCELLANEOUS.
BY a naptha explosion IN New York
aat two women lost their lives. DR.
Patrick Briggs and Mrs. Catherine