Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-03-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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executive committee in which body he
represented the state OF Georgia
NJ RIBoT, minister OF foreign affairs,
aud NJ Ricard. minister Of Justice,
have submitted TO the French ca binet
the text OF an extradition treaty with
the United States
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the esd sent
Lord Salisbury's refusal TO renew the
modus vivendi TO the senate which
hel an executive session on the mat
ter.
Mr. GORDON, OF British Columbia,
has given notice of his intention OF in
Producing bill amending the Chinese
immigration act by increasing the poll
tax on Chinese immigrants from $50 TO
3lO0 per head,
HERR BAUER, editor OF the Leipsic
Tagesanser has been expelled from
that country by order OF the Saxon
ministry for slandering Minister Schel-
liam. Bauer is q Russian.
THE Bishop of Rimouski, Canada,
has cited three priests from the county
of RimouslSi TO appear before him TO
answer TO charges OF undue influence
in the recent provincial elections
THE sixtieth anniversary OF the we'd
ding OF Mr.. Eduard Hanstein and Al
muth M. Hanstein, OF ST Louis. was
celebrated at the residence OF the ven.
cradle couple recently.
THE chairman Of the state executive
committee of the peoples party of Tex
rs 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 $.
IT is announced that Premier Abbott.
of Canada. will be knighted shortly by
Queen Victoria
MINISTER REID made farewell
speech at banquet rendered him in
Paris on the gath.
THE Behring sea matter was dis
cussed by the senate committee on for
eign relations on the gath at a special
meeting and it was decided to recon-
mend the ratification OF tho treaty
THE president on the gath sent to the
senate the following nominations
Stanton j. Peclc, OF lndiana, Judge Of
the court of claims, vice Glenn " SEQ.
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.
lugham. United States attorney, and
Alexander p. Colesberry, marshal for
the eastern district of Pennsylvania
ENGIIsH liberals have assailed Lord
Salisbury's policy in the Behring sea
matter
GERMAN bankers express a disap-
proval of free coinage OF silver.
Ex-SEcRETARY OF STATE BAYARp
proposes to visit ex-P President Cleveland
derstood the conference will be OF
political nature.
The navy department has received
information OF the arrival of the United
States steamship Newark at La
Guayara- She was ordered there TO
look after American interests during
the revolution said to be in progress,
but in the dispatch no reference is
made 10 any trouble
THE Dockery worlds fair investigat-
ing subcommittee OF the house com
mittee on appropriations will not leave
Washington for Chicago sntil after the
silver question is disposed OF in the
house.
Mr.. WHrrELAw REID and Mrs. Reid
were among the passengers on board the
transatlantic steamer La Champagne,
Capt. Boyer, which sailed from Havre
for New York on the 26th.
DIR. MORRISON MUNFoRD, late editor of
the Kansas City Times, died at Kansas
City on the afternoon of the 27th a. 4:20
of pneumonia, after an illness of five
weeks.
VENEZUELA is in state of civil war.
Dictator Palacio imprisoned the mem
bers of the supreme court.
THERE is talk of trying Gen. A. w.
Greeley by court-martial for insubor-
dination.
The will of the late Charles Spurgeon,
the famous preacher, has been offered
for probate II is a simple document,
and in it Mr.. Spurgeon leaves every
thing to his wife, who is made the sole
executrix. The personality is declared
TO amount to ell, l60
TIM lower house OF the Iowa state
legislature on the Goth adopted bill to
make silver dollars legal tender in Iowa,
heading off loan and trust companies
from requiring payments to be made in
gold.