The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-05-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Man.
PERSONAL AND PoL1TIoA1,

PERSONAL AND POLITTCAI.
COMMISSIONERS CARTER, of the general
land office, will probably resign his ofics
about the end of the present fiscal wear
The alliance conference at Birminu.
ham, Ala, formulated an address in
which it is stated that the alliance IL
not in politics and members NAV vote
as they please.
GEORGE w. WINsTEAD is the republic
can nominee for governor of Tennessee
The Wisconsin democrats indorsed
the candidacy of Grover Cleveland for
the democratic nomination and elected
the following delegates at large:
Messrs. Villas, Bragg, Wall and Knight.
The committee on foreign relations
'eported an amendment to the sundrv
civil bill increasing the amount for the
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
act from $4,000 to 100000.
TIE Arkansas prohibition convention
nominated Judge N. J. Nelson, of Rog-
ers, for governor, leaving in the hands
OF the central committee the power and
discretion of nominating candidates for
other state offices.
HERE was an immense crowd at Gle
burne, Tex, recently to hear the Joint
debate between Hon. James S. Hopp.
present governor, and Judge Clark,
Gubernatorial candidate. A portion of
the grand stand fell with a crash, car
fylng down hundreds of men, women
and children. There were two fatalities
and many limbs were broken and peo-
pie seriously injured. Debate was sus-
pended for quite a while, but later on
the programme was carried out.
IHE Wisconsin republicans indorsed
President Harrison.
OWING to grave and seemingly ire
concilable differences of opinion in
regard to matters of administrative i'm
portance, President Adams, of Cornell
university, has sent his resignation to
the board of trustees.
ORsAMUs g. WARREN, senior proprie-
tor OF the Buffalo IN. W Commercial,
died of pneumonia.
THE republicans of Illinois have nomi-
mated the following state ticket: For
governor, Joseph G. Fifer (renomi-
nated); for acknowledgements, Lv-
man b. Ray; for secretary of state, l.
n. Pearson; for auditor of state, C.
w. Fancy; for state treasurer, Henry
L. Hertz; for attorney-general, George
w. Prince
The result of the Kansas republican
convention was: Congressman at large
-George T. Anthony. Delegates at
large-John J. Ingalls,, G. C. James,
Calvin Hood, L. A. Bigger, E. G. Little
and A. b. Ellis Electors-William
Hamilton, Rudolph Hatfield and D. w.
King.
The democrats of Vermont in con-
vention unanimously nominated Brad
ley B. Smalley, of Burlington, for gov
ernor'and George NJ Dearborn for lieu
tenant governor. A national conven-
tion delegation was chosen but not in
6tructed.
THE national republican delegates
from West Virginia were not instructed.
The four at large are c. B. Hart, of the
Wheeling Intelligencer; ex-senator
Thomas e. Davis, Grafton; John D.
Hewitt, Mercer county; John A. Hutch
inson, Parlzersburg.
SENATOR DAVIS presided over the Min
nesota republican state convention.
Ex-Gov. J. S. Pillsbury, F. B. Daugher-
ty, Frank O'Day and Stanford Newell
were elected delegates at large to Min
neapolis Patrick Fox and. F. L. Nc
Ghee were named as presidential cleo
tors at large. The resolutions do not |
instruct.
JAY GOULD was quite i'll in his private
car at Albuquerque, N. NJ, the other
day.
PROF. AUGUST WILHELM HoFFMAN, |
the distinguished German chemist, is |
dead. He was member of many So
cieties, including the Royal society of |
London. He was corresponding mem
Der of the institute of France and an
officer of the French Legion of Honor.