The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-29
WASHINGTON NOTES.

SECRETARY BLAINE had another at
tack of nausea at the cabinet meeting
on the 10Th, but was soon all right
again.
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's message in
regard to the CHILEAN difficulty will not
be sent to congress yet and may not be
presented until next week. 1t Is re-
ported that conciliatory dispatches have
been received from Chilli and also that
Great Britain has offered to mediate.
MEMBERS of the house are less in
clined toward war with Chilli Sena-
tors PETER and Kyle are also out
spoken in opposition.
SECRETARY and Mrs Blaine on the
evening of the Goth gave dinner in
honor of the president and Mrs. Harri-
son.
REPRESENTATIVE ROGER Q. MILLS. of
Texas, has written letter to Speaker
Crisp resigning his position as chair
man of the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce. he said he
was willing to serve in the ranks but
did not desire a craftsmanship.
THE Woman's Suffrage association
met at Washington on the Goth and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: First honorary presi-
dent Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton; sec
Ond honorary president, Lucy Stone;
active president. Miss Susan B. An
thony; vice-president at large. Rev.
Anna Shaw; first auditor, Harriet 7.
Upton.
SECRETARY RUsK has issued a notice
that splenetic or southern fever exists
among cattle in nearly all of the terri
tory lying south of and including North
Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and
Texas and the Indian territory and es-
tablishing quarantine after February
Is
AFTER hearing a delegation repre-
senting the Woman's Suffrage associa-
ton, the senate select committee on
woman suffrage decided by vote of 8
to to report favorably to the senate
the proposed measure in favor of an
amendment to the constitution giving
the right of suffrage to women
The executive committee of the ma
tional association of democratic clubs
has decided to have the general COM
mittee meet when the national demo-
cratic convention does.
The house ways and means commit
tee have adopted a resolution calling
on the secretary of the treasury to APP
pear before il to furnish information in
reference to the finances of the coun-
try. Chairman Springer said that the
information was desired in order that
scrhf hor
of the governments receipts and expen-
ilitures before taking action with re-
ference e the tariff.
JUSTICE BRADLEY, of the United
States supreme court, who has been
i'll for some time past was reported on
the 21st as sinking rapidly. He was
appointed to the supreme bench in 1870.
Fer nearly three years he has been i'll
and has rarely been able to occupy his
seat.
CHICAGO was selected as the place for
the next democratic convention. Fiji
teen ballots were necessary to deter
mine the result. June 21 was fixed as
the date.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE BRADLEY, of the
United States supreme court, died at
Washington On the 22d. He had been
i'll for some time and his death was not
unexpected
IT was reported on the 22d that Chilli
had asked for six weeks more time in
which to make up her mind.
A WASHINGTON special tt the Chicago
I1ter-Ocoan on the 22d said that an
uitimatum had been sent 20 the CHILEAN
government through Minister Egan.
The dispatch was of a peremptory
character. 1t directed Egan to demand
an answer at once to its demand for an
apology and reparation. The presi-
dents message will be sent to congress
on the 25th. 1t was thought by Wash
ington officials that the events of the
next few hours would determine
whether there would be war or not be-
tween Chill and the United States.