Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

EEhoONAL AMI fOLhTtCAks
THE Sidney Qll.) grange passed rcse
lutions declaring that the Unite
States should stop the inhuman wal
fare raging in Cuba and appealing I
all farmers organizations TO pass sim
liar resolutions.
EMII.IE CHARLOTTE LANaTRY, know
throughout two hcmisphercs as tn
"Jeisey Lily" ex-English professional
beauty and actress, has secured di
vorce from her English husband, Ed
ward Langtry, In the Lake county, Cal.
court, on the ground Of dcsertion.
STEPHEN Il. MALLORY was elected
United States senator ut Tallahassee
Fla, on the 14th on the 25th ballot
The new senator is the son of the lat,
Stephen II. Mallory, who was elected
United States senator from Florida II
1851 and resigned in 1861, on the seces
sion Of his state.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has under ear
nest consideration the advisability Of
sending message to congress on the
Cuban question, but has not yet come
to decision in the matter. The mes
sage, II 1t goes in, will be entirely pa
cific in terms, and 1t can be stated on
good authority will not be of q war.
like or sensational tenor.
SENATOR-ELEcT MALLORY, of Florida,
dictated his views the other night at
Pensacola and said that he stood
squarely on the Chicago platform and
was in favor Of the free coinage Of sill
yer at the ratio of sixteen to one. He
was also in favor OF giving the su.
prcme court another chance to test the
income tax.
THE porte replied to the note Of the
powers on the 10th and declined to
agree to IN armistice with Greece until
certain conditions were agreed to which
the powers considered exorbitant.
Turkey demanded the annexation Of
Thessaly, an indemnity Of $50, 900, 900
and the abolition of the capitulations.
II was believed in official circles that
the matter would be settled by n Eu-
ropcan conference. 1t was rumored
that King George would abdicate the
throne of Greece and retire to an estate
In Austria.
THE first report of Judge Calhoun,
who was sent TO Cuba by President Nc
kinley, has been given out and he says
that the reports about affairs on the
island being in deplorable state and
that many American citizens were
dying of starvation were by no means
exaggerated.
The monument in memory of George
was unveiled at Phila-
dclphia on the 18th by President Nc.
Kinley with the national salute of 81
guns. An address was made by the
president, who also reviewed the pa
rade. At night parade of wheelmen
took place, 10000 being in line.
THE Turks gave the Greeks crush
ing defeat on the 18th and have occu-
pied Domokos, being now in full pos
session of Thessaly. There was in
tense excitement at Athens on receipt
Of the news, ind plot was said to
have been discovered there to murder
King George and many arrests have
been made.
The president on the 18th nominated
Brig. Gen. Zenas II. Bliss to be major
general and Frank A. Vanderlip, Of
illinois, to be assistant secretary Of
The treasury.
PETITIONS are being circulated among
The business men of New York, Phila-
lelphia and other cities asking for the |
of the United States TO |
bring the Cuban war TO conclusion.
Il was said to be the intention to start |
he movement in all the large cities OF |
he country and when the petitions
ire all filed TO present them TO Prcsi.
lent Mckinley.
THE president sent special message
o congress on the 18th asking for an
appropriation of not less than $50, 200
or the relief of destitute American
itizcps in Cuba.
CARLOS AGUIRRE, who was captured
n wounded condition by the Span
ards in Cuba, was ordered by Capt.
'anas to be tied by the neck with q
opc To the tail of horse and dragged
o the camp of Gen. obriegon. Aguirre
led on the road.
On the 18th orders were telegraphed
rom Constantinople to Edhem Pasha
o cease hostilities and 1t was believed
hat terms of peace would be now
egotiated directly between Turkey
nd Greece.
THE members Of the Cuban junta in
Jew York regard President McKinley's
nessage'as an entering wedge for more
ctive measures.