Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-12-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

E6hoVNA4 AND fOLkTICAIs
The secretary OF war made public on
the Goth his annual report on the army.
The secretary records his high appre
citation OF the ability OF tho officers and
the patriotism of the privatea The
army consists of Is, 4e8 officers and men,
the effective field strength on October
81 being 2S,3sa. The aggregate ex.
penditurcs for 1896 were sol, soA, 29a
THE general council of the seine
France, has ador..ed a resolution 10
ASK tho go"srnmcnL to convene Euro
Pea" congress 10 arrange for gradual
, disarmament.
A DISPATCH from Washington stated
that ex-Prcsident Harrison may be
ambassador to Great Britain, rs Mr..
Mckinley understood about Mr.. Har.
rison feeling disinclined to enter the
cabinet and will hold open the British
mission and gladly bes,ow IL upon the
cx-presidcnt II he will accept II.
A CoSsrANrISorLE dispatch TO tho
London Daily News on the 2yth said
that fresh massacre with 500 victims
was rumored to have occurred near
DiarbekiN
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND hns purchased
n residence in Princet-r, II. j., and
will make that HIS permanent home
soon after tho expiration OF his term
rs president.
SEcRETARY CARLISLE has dismissed
William r. Morley, engineer OF the
public building ut Denver, Col, for col.
lecting political assessments from gov.
eminent employees in violation Of the
civil service law.
WILLIAM $. FoRAAN, OF Illinois, took
the oath OF office on the eth and rs.
sumed his duties ms commissioner Of
internal revenue.
THE president has appointed John IL
Rogers, Of Arkansas, United States dis
trct judge for the Western district OF
Arkansas
BerRkE COCHRAN made q speech at
New York at the Cuban exercises TO
commemorate the execution Of the
eight medical students by the Spanish
in Havana on Eovcm her ~. 1911. The
orator took the ground that 1t vas the
duty OF this country to stop the mas.
sacrc Of people within sight OF our
shores, and said that II necessary the
Cubans should be allowed to purchase
their freedom from Spain and that the
United States could guarantee The pay
ment OF the bonds
fru,. ,,o,, N ,ial onuu,.......A 1900.
from Canton, o., that President.elect
has named as his private
secretary Charles q. Dawes. Of Evans.
ton. Ill.
TIE annual report OF Daniel N. Nor
gan, treasurer Of the United States,
shows the nct ordinary revenues of the
government during the fiscal year end
cd June &c. 1896, 10 have been sa9G. p18..
200, and the expenditures s552, l79, 4i6,
leaving n deficiency for the year Of
sa5, o03,2ia
REV. NJ. II HILL, was stricken with
paralysis while delivering sermon at
tho Southern Methodist church ut
Ark. on the Goth.
hEoibENi ~ AEhcoN, Va viz L TtuCc-
ton university, hus denied the report
hat President Cleveland was to be-
come dean Of the Princeton law
school.
FiFrf.rwo delegates, representing 10 |
,ities In the central west, wers ut the |
called ut Indianapolis, Ind,
On the lst OF boards OF trade towards
.aliihg action to secure from congress
/ reform Of the present currency and
system. Mr.. John Wilson
'ead paper on the subject, which was
warmly applaudcd. A resolution was
adopted calling for another convention
II commercial bodies ut indianapolis,
nd, on January 8, 1897.
A RECENT visit of Senator Morrill, to
Cleveland resulted In the TN
that II the republicans
eel II necessary to pave the way for
he incoming administration by pass.
ng the Dingley tariff bill President
cleveland will not veto 1t and will per-
nit II to become a law without his sig
Iature.