Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-04-11

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL.
s'BRICK'' PoNEBoE, the noted printer
and editor, was reported dying of drop
sy at Blythebourne, L. L, on the I'd
PRESIDENT CREsPo, of Venezuela, has
issued decree directing the erection
of bronze column in honor of the
citizens of the United States who aided
Venezuela IA the first struggle for in
dependence. Venezuela has honored
the United States before by erecting "a
statue of Washington and projecting
another statue to President Monroe
commemorative of the Monroe doc
trine.
w FL. j. TRAYNoR, of Detroit, Mich,
supreme president of the American
Protective association, has issued cir
cular to the order at large upon the
political situation. He declared that
the A. p. A. has a cinch upon the
presidential situation, and presented
an exhaustive plan for the complete
political organization of the order,
from the primaries up.
A DISPATCH to the New York World
on the 9th stated that En- gland had
concluded a treaty of alliance with
Spain.
S. B. ARCHER, of New York, secre-
rotary of the National Tariff Commits
sion league. consulted Detroit conven-
ton promoters on the 5th regarding
holding thernatiotal convention. The
secretary predicted that at least 1000
advocates of the removal of the tariff
question from politics would attend
the convention. Of upwards of 200
commercial bodies in the United States
all but two had appointed delegates
CARDINAL GIBBONS on the 5th at
Baltimore, Md, gave out lengthy APP
peal for arbitration instead of war,
signed by himself and Cardinals
Vaughan, of Westminster, and Logue,
of Ireland. The document was the re-
suit of correspondence upon the sub
iect between Cardinal Gibbons and his
colleagues whose names are affixed to
the appeal, and was issaed on Easter
Sunday because of the appropriateness
of the day.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has written a
letter to Charles r Long, chairman of
the Kentucky democratic central COM
mittee, on the subject of his (Carlisle's)
candidacy for the presidency in which
the secretary said that he was more
concerned about the paruy's platform
on the money question than he was
a bout being a candidate for the presi-
dency, but that he would regard an in
dorsement by Kentucky of his services
with great favor. The Louisville
.Courier-Journal calls on Kentucky to
indorse Secretary Carlisle and nomi-
nate him for the presidency.
Col w. c. P. BRECKINHDGE, of Lex
ington. KY, has decided to run again
for congress. but the ladies were re-
ported as organizing against him be-
cause of the relations which existed
between him and Miss Madeline Pol
lard, on account of which he was beat
en- for reelection to congress two years
ago.
THE information from Indianapolis,
Ind, that thousands of buttons have
been turned out in that town bearing
the words Harrison and Success" has
created a general hum IN political
circles in Washington.
TEE recently published statement
that China had coded Port Arthur to
Russia has been officially deQied.
EVERY democratic primary held in
Massachusetts up to the 9Th has in
strueted the delegates to boom -ex-
Gov William E. Russell for the presi-
dental nomination.
Ex-PREsIDENT HARRISON and Mrs
Mary Lord Dimmick were united in
marriage at New York on the eth. The
ceremony was a very private affair,
only 20 relatives and select friends Of
the bride and groom being present