Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-01-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph ana Mail.
PERSONAL AM POLITICAL.


THE London Times says that the
Rothschilds have declined to take any
part Of an issue Of American bonds.
PLAEEs have been prepared at the
bureau of printing and engraving for
the new issue of bonds, but the prcsi-
dent was holding them back to see
what the senate would do with the tar
if and bond bills passed by the house.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the American
Bimetallie league, the National BIZ
metallic union and the National Silver
committee, the three principal silver
organizations in the United States,
have agreed upon a plan for merging
the three organizations into one. The
consolidation villa be known as the
American Bimetallic union. 4 confer
ence of pronounced silver nen will be
held at Washington on January %,
when "a plan of.action will be outlined.
The headquarters will be at 1874 Mon
roe street, Chicago.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his adj
visers, it was learned con the 27th,
were strongly opposed ito the house
bond bill. and this feeling caused Sec
rotary Carlisle to write to Chairman
Dingley on the subject. Aside from
the very important objection that the
bonds are to be redeemed in coin in
stead of gold, as recommended by the
president, it was understood that the
requirement that the bonds be sold by
subscription meets with disapproval.
| The experience of the government, it
was said, with sales by advertisement.
showed the Intellectual character of
&c Of 4o
reserve.
! A New YORK dispatch on the Goth to
the London Daily News said that it
was rumored that the secretary of
state had sent a private telegram to
Lord Salisbury assuring him that the
passage of the Venezuelan boundary
commission bill was not to be con
strued as hostile act.
THE reported important battle be
tween the Spaniards under Campos
and the insurgents at Coliseo planta-
tion in Cuba, does. not appear to have
been very severe engagement The
| fighting took place amid burning cane,
and was of the usual guerrilla nature.
For every insurgent killed at least
1000 shots must have been fred. AS the
insurgents succeeded in accomplishing
their object, holding the Spaniards in
check while the Cuban army pushed
on southwark, the result was really
a Gu ban victory Much anxiety was
felt, at Havana on the near approach
of the insurgents to that place.
THE full extent of Manitoba's reply
to the dominion government on the
separate school question was made
public on the goth. The Manitoba
government positively refused the pro
posal to establish a system of separate
schools in any form.
AasPEcIAL to the New York World
from Washington on the 25th said thai
the president had rendered places or
the Venezuelan commission to Edward
y. Phelps, of Vermont, ex-minister tC
England, and Robert T. Lincoln, OF
illinois, ex-minister to England. Then
acceptance had not been received and
the third place on the commission
would not be filled until Mr.. Phelps
and Mr.. Lincoln accepted.
THE Mexican press gives support to
| president Cleveland, who has become
immensely popular in that country.
One paper declared that he had the
ublic sentiment of all the new world
behind him.