The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
THE Jacksonian club. of Omaha, has
engaged rooms for /. 000 members dur
ing the Chicago convention.
The Kentucky democratic convention
to elect delegates to the Chicago con-
vention will be held in Louisville, May
25.
QUEEN VICTORIA has gone to southern
France on a visit.
LORD DUFFERIN, the new British am.
bassador to France, has presented his
credentials to President Carnot- The
ceremony was conducted with great
pomp.
GEO. TREvINo denies the report that
he is a candidate for the presidency of
Mexico. He says he regards the cleo
ton of Senior DiaZ as necessary to the
welfare and prosperity of the country.
IT is reported that the Russian am
bassador at has been instructed
to give the Austrian government assur-
ance that the movement of Russian
troops in Poland arises from the neces-
sity of facilitating the provisioning of
forces and has no hostile meaning.
BRAZILIAN MINISTER MENDONEA de-
clares that Brazil is preparing a grand
worlds fair exhibit, and Caliz Gomez,
the Brazilian composer, proposes to
write an anthem.
Hon. j. 5. GARRISON, eX-poSt-
master general, arrived at Hot Springs,
Ark, on the 22d accompanied by his
wife and c.. F. Meek and Charles Nc
Alter, of New York.
Hon. ROGER Q. MILLS was elected a
senator Of the United States from
Texas, almost unanimously on the 22d.
DR. AGNEw. who attended President
Garfield. at Eiberon. n. j.. is dead.
BRITISH troops have been repulsed
in Senegambia-
THE local option bill has been de-
feated in the Iowa legislature.
THE Wisconsin supreme court has de-
clared the reapportionment bill un-
constitutional.
COUNT ZEDLITZ has refused to with
draw his resignation from the German
cabinet. Chancellor o Caprivi has
not resigned.
COL j. II. EsTELL has resigned his
membership in the national democratic
executive committee in which body he
represented the state of Georgia
NJ. RIBoT. minister of foreign affairs
and NJ. Ricard. minister of justice,
have submitted to the French cabinet
the text of an extradition treaty with
the United States
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the 23d sent
Lord Salisbury's refusal to renew the
modus vivendi to the senate. which
held an executive session or the mat
ter.
Mr. GORDON, of British Columbia,
has given notice of his intention of in.
Producing a bill amending the Chinese
immigration act by increasing the poll
tax on Chinese immigrants from $50 10
500 per head.
HERO BAUER. editor of the Leipsic
Tagesanser. has been expelled from
that country by order of the Saxon
ministry for slandering Minister Schel-
linn. Bauer is a Russian.
The Bishop of Rimouski, Canada,
has cited three priests from the county
of Rimouski to appear before him to
answer to charges of undue influence
in the recent provincial elections.
The chairman of the state executive
committee of the peoples party of Tex
as has issued a call for conventions to
be held in every county throughout
the state to elect delegates to the state
convention at Waco. May 8.
IT is announced that Premier Abbott
of Canada. will be knighted shortly by
Queen Victoria
MINISTER REID made a farewell
speech at a banquet rendered him in
Paris On the oath.
THE Behring sea matter was dis
cussed by the senate committee on for
eign relations on the cath at a special
meeting and it was decided to recon-
mend the ratification of the treaty.
The president on the oath sent to the
senate the following nominations:
Stanton j. Peele, of Indiana, Judge of
the court of claims. vice Glenn v. Sco-
field. retired; United States district
Judges, William X. Townsend, for the
district of Connecticut; John b. Rector,
northern district of Texas; John II.
Baker, district of Indiana; Ellery p.
Ingham, United States attorney. and
Alexander p. Colesberry, marshal for
the eastern district of Pennsylvania.