Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-06
OLNEY THE NAN.
Almost Settled That He VIII Be
Secretary of State.
PORTA'S REPLY Unsatisfactory
The Turkish Government does Not Agree
to the Principle OF the Control Of the
Proposed reforms by the
Powers.

WASHINGTON, June Sit Is as good
as settled that Attorney-General 0lney
will be made secretary Of state. In
deed 1t was said last night that Presi-
dent Cleveland has already made the
offer and that II has been accepted,
and the public announcement only
waits the selection Of successor to
Olney. This 1t is confidently stated by
those who have had the presidents
confidence in the past, will be either
Judge peckham or Hornblower, Of New
York. whose rejection by the senate
when appointed by the president to the
supreme bench has not yet been for.
gotten.
Senator Gray made visit to the
white house Yesterday in response to q
telegram from the president who, 1t is
learned, would not hesitate to offer
Mr., Gray place in his cabinet were 1t
not for the fact that his retirement
from the senate would almost certain.
ly result in the election Of republic.
an as his successor. 1t is thought that
up to. this time the president has
not definitely decided upon Mr.. 0lney's
successor. A long list Of names
Is being discussed, but everything in
that connection is purely speculative.
x-Postmaster-G General Don NJ. Dickin'
son, 1t is said, would be very likely Of
appointment II he would accept. A
possibility is Mr.. Holmes Conrad, Of
Virginia, the present solicitor-general.
lie has the reputation Of being q man
of brilliant legal attainments and en-
joys the high regard Of the mem
bers of the United States supreme
court. The fact that Mr.. Conrad comes
from virginia, however, may operate
against his appointment, but in case
he is selected, it Is believed that Mr..
Uhl, the present assistant secretary Of
state, would be a candidate for the va
cant solicitor-generalship. Mr.. Uhl
was candidate for this place at the
time Mr.. Maxwell was appointed, and
1t is believed the change from the de.
partment Of state to that Of justice
would lie most agreeable to him.
pouTEs REPLY UNSATISFACTORY.
CoxsrANrlNopLE. June 1.-The reply
of the Turkish government to the
notes OF the representatives Of Great
Britain, France and Russia In regard
TO The proposed reforms in Armenia
has been delivered to the ENJOYS.
The porte's answer is not sat
isfactory. The Turkish govern
ment does not agree to the principle Of
the control of the proposed reforms by
the powers After receiving the reply
the ENJOYS of the three powers held
meeting, at which they decided to re.
fer the whole matter to their respec-
tive governments,
The position Is serious, as last week
the British embassy informed the porto
that Great Britain had resolved not to
accept any notifications Of the propo-
sitions affecting tho reforms in Ar
menia, and the representatives Of the
other powers have made the same
declaration to the porte, The reply
of the Turkish government causes SUR
prise, and it is thought that such
an answer would not have been given
without encouragement from some
European power But the presence Of
the British Mediterranean squadron,
consisting Of seventeen ships at Bey.
rout points to an agreement between
Great Britain, France and Russia to
force Turkey to comply with the de-
mands Of the powers Consequently
interesting news may shortly be
flashed from Beyrout, Syria, where 1t
is believed the British fleet will be
called upon to support the demands Of
the three powers.