The Red Cloud chief., 1892-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
WILLIAM AsrOR, the multi-millionaire,
of New York, died in Paris the other
day of pleurisy and heart disease super
induced by the scandal in which his
daughter, Mrs j. Coleman Drayton,
figured.
SENATOR MCPHERSON has introduced
an amendment intended to be proposed
to the Springer free wool bill, providing
that after January 1, 1898, all sugars,
tank bottoms, DRAWINGS and sweepings,
syrups or cane juice, melada, concen-
trated melada, concrete and concen-
trated molasses, glucose and grape sugar
shall be admitted free of duty.
Two widely known Chicagoans, Louis
Wahl and II. B. Bryant, died recently.
Mr.. Wahl was a wealthy glue manufac-
turer who has been prominent in poll
tics. and Mr. Bryant was one of the pro-
prietors Of the Bryant & Stratton busi-
ness college.
SECRETARY BLAINE estimates that the
cost to the United States of carrying
out the Behring sea sealeries arbitra-
ton treaty will be $l50,0OO and he,
through the secretary of the treasury
sent to the house of representatives a
request for the appropriation of this
sum.
THE editor of the Moniteur de Rome
is authority for the statement that the
mission to Rome of Archbishop Ireland.
of st. Paul, Minn., has been a complete
success All the questions upon which
his mission had a bearing have been de-
cided in his favor.
c. @. WHITMAN, professor of zoology
in Clark university, Worcester, Mass.
has accepted a call to the head profess
sorship in the department OF biology in
the university of Chicago.
JUDGE GRESHAM. it is reported, will
be asked to accept the peoples party
nomination for president.
THE democrats of the Thirteenth Hi
nois district unanimously re-nominated
William NJ. Springer for congress.
PRESIDENT HARRISON laid the corner
stone of the Grant monument in New
York Chauncey NJ. Depew delivered
the grafton.
THE annual banquet of the Americus
Republican club. of Pittsburgh, in com
memoration of Gen. Grants birthday,
was held at the Monongahela house,
and was one of the most successful ever
given by that organization. Covers
were laid for 400 and every seat was oc-
cupied. Among the prominent guests
We're Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio; Gen.
Alger, of Michigan; Judge ThurstOn, OF
Nebraska; Hon. John Dalzell and Hon.
William A. Stone.
The Illinois democratic convention
made the following nominations: John
p. Altgeld, for governor; n. Ramsey
state treasurer. A. E. Stevenson, A. W.
Green. c. E. Crafts, B. 7. Cable, n. f.
Worthington. Walter I. Watson, John
A. King and S. p. Chase were elected
delegates at large.
Mr.. BLAND has introduced q resOlu
ton in the house instructing 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 u-rency issued by au
thority of the states.
A BILL has been reported to the house
appropriating s2s. 900 for the erection o.
a monument t. William Henry Harri
son, the grandfather of President Har
rison at North Bend, O.
HON. WHITELAw REID presided ovel
the New York state republican conven
ton, which indorsed President Harri
sons administration. Senator Hiscock
Thomas c. Platt, Chauncey NJ. Depev
and Warner Miller were elected dele
gates to the Minneapolis convention
The following state ticket was nomi
mated by the Ohio republicans: Fo
secretary of state, S. NJ. Taylor: for su
preme court judges, William T. Spea
and j. F. Burkett: for supreme cour
clerk, Josiah b. Allen; for member o
board of public works, E. f. Lybarger
national convention delegates are VIII
liam Mckinley, j. B. Foraker, A. w
Bushnell and Mr.. Kahn.
MAJ. WILLIAM WARNER, of Kansa
City, has been nominated by the repub
licans of Missouri as their candidate TO
| governor.
NINE. NORDIcA, the singer, has beel
badly hurt by being thrown from a car
riage in London.
I. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, of Massachu
sets, has been nominated to be envo
extraordinary and minister plenipotel
tiary of the United States to France.
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