Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
TIE report Of the commission up.
pointed last January to investigate the
British. vene zuolan boundary dispute
proba bly, will be made to the president
shortly before congress conveucs In
December.
REV. SrASIsLAus KAMIsKI. OF Buffalo
n. Y, was selected for bishop Of the
Polish Roman Catholic church OF
America by the convention at New
York.
w. d. BYSuM, chairman; John p.
Frenzel, treasurer, and c. v. Holman,
chief OF the literary bureau OF the gold
standard democratic committee, form.
ally opened their headquarters at
Chicago on the 95th. As soon as Chair.
man llynum gets business well In
hand he will call meeting OF the ex'
ecutive committee and energetic cam
paigning in the interests OF Palmer
and Buclner will then be commenced.
WILLIAM. BRYAN made two speeches
In Boston on the 35th, one Mt Music
hall and the other on the common, big
audiences being present Mt both places.
Arthur scwall, the democratic nomi'
nee for vice president. wns also present
at the meetings and stated that he was
on the ticket and was in the fight to
stay.
A DELEGATION Of glassworkers from
Marion, Ind, visited Maj. Mckinley at
Canton, O., on the a5th before break.
fast. Then q delegation from Craw-
ford, Pa, which included students
from ALE yheny college, arrived, fol-
lowed by n delegation of farmers from
Wyandotte county, O., and another
delegation Of citizens Of Tiflin aud
Seneca county, o. The last delegation
presented the major with portrait OF
Gen. W. II. Gibson, sent by his widow.
A SPECIAL from Shanghai said that
everywhere through Thibct the revolt
against the Chinese government was
spreading.
TON WATSON. populist candidate for
vice president, has tclegraphcd to the
New York World q review OF the po'
litical situation, In which he said thai
Chairman Jones would make the blum
der OF his life II he listened to the
fusion leaders and believes full popu
list vote can he had for Bryan and
Scwall on the ticket.
A RECENT dispatch from Washington
stated that silver senator, whose
name was not given said that II Nc
Kinlcy was elected the silver forces oi
the senate will not ut the next session
obstruct the passage OF tariff or Other
bill intended to raise the additional
revenue In order to show that neither
under q high tariff nor low tariff
alone can good times be restored.
Miss MARGARET JEFFERSON, daughter
OF the veteran actor. Joseph jefferson,
was united in marriage to Mr.. Gler
McDonough, of New York. at Buzzard'i
lay, Mass. on the 2sth, President anc
Mrs Cleveland being present.
WILLIAM j. BRYAN spoke TO m en-
thusiastic audience In New York OF
the roth. Mr.. Sewall, the vice presi
Dental candidate, also made a few re
marks A feature OF the meeting wal
that every msu who entered the audi
torium was presented with flag
Ex-SEcRErARY WILLIAM CcLLiSi
WHITNEY aud Mrs Edith S. Randolph
were quietly married ut bar liarbor
Me-, on the asth. There were NJ
bridesmaids and no best man.
A DISPATCH from Washington stated
that the conviction was Strengthening
ut the treasury department that tn
problem OF maintaining the gold re
serve was solved for the next admins
tration for at least year, but the rev
enue question was not solved, the re
ceipts having fallen of and the expend
iturcs increased during the past year