The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

PERSONAL AsD POLITICAL

PgKsoxAL AND POLITICAL
TIE serni-eer,ennlzI Of TIRE View York
Academy Of Medicine WA celebrated
On the 10Th, President Cleveland max
Ing file principal z65resA
a L0aDOs dispatch of the ziss said
ahat I'm spite Of special 6enizls Il WA
becoming generally known that the
condition Of The czzr's health vas crit
ical and that q regency vzs probable.
GEH. A. J. SMITH died a. 81 Louis on
The 10Th. He was famous zs a com
ruandsr wh0 was never defeated He
drove Gen. Price out Of Missouri and
vaa instrumental in destroying Hoods
army and encOnpassed the surrender
Of Mobile.
Ir was said 20 be uBderstOod among
Massachusetts, republicans In congress
that John d. Ling, ~ the old Bay
state, had been rendered and had ac-
eected the Office of secretary Of the
navy in the incoming administration.
A CHIcASO News Warrington special
on the lat said that special session Of
the senate % meet March or .. iinuie-
diateiy on the Inauguration Of the new
president. was now on the cards. but
the house, IL was believed, would not
meet until March 1s.
CHARLES q. DAWES. of Evanston. Ill.
said On the Lat that tss press report
that he had been rendered and had
accepted the appointment Of comptrcl-
Ter Of the currency was true.
Ex-CosogEssNAS JANIS WILSON, OF
Iowa, has confirmed the report that he
had been rendered the Office Of secre-
tsry Of agriculture In the next admin
btration and that he had accepted
THE position Of commissioner Of pen
sions will be rendered 10 Gen Daniel
y. Sickles. according 10 information
from Canton 10 e member Of congress.
The tariff bill n expected ~ pass the
house and reach the senate by April Is.
A Ngw York World special from
Washington on the I'd said that james
y. Eckels. comptroller Of the currency,
had decided TO retain his Office until
his term Of five years was up In April,
1895.
Ir can be definitely stated that J.
Addison Porter, Of the Hartford Conn. }
Evening Post, will be private secretary
10 President Mckinley. a private tel
rgram from Nr. Porter 10 friend In
New York stated that he had accepted.
WAsBIsoToH gossip on the Sd said
that ex-Congrcssmnn Bcllamy Storcr,
of Cincinnati. would be appointed first
asssstant secretary cf state under the
Mckinley administration.
JbDoE JosKPH McKEssA, Of San
Francisco, has been selected secretary
Of the interior, NO Prcsident-clect Nc
Kinley told a delegation OF Missouri
nns who went 10 Canton, o., on the I'd
10 urge Maj. William Warner, OF Kan
sas City, Mo, for the place.
A WAsHIsGTos dispatch on the 4th
said the understanding among senators
was that the general arbitration treaty
would not come to vote at this scs-
sion OF congress. No one doubts that
IL will be debated, but the opposition
makes no secret OF It's Intention to con-
sumo 80 much time In discussion that
a vote cannot be reached.
The Connecticut legislature voted
down resolution calling upon con-
gress 10 recognize the Independence Of
the Cuban rcpablic.
REV DIR. Jons A. Brooks. we'll
known divine of the Christian church
and prohibitionist candidate for the
vice presidency in 1883, died at Mem
phis, Tenn, on the Sd OF heart failure
superinduced by paralysis.
SECRETARY CoBUgS, of the state board
of agriculture Of Kansas, a Washing
ton dispatch of the 4th said, Is to be
assistant secretary Of agriculture The
plaee will ha farmu1Iv t.u1.raI a an
very soon.
JUDGE II. w. LAMoRgAuX, OF Wiscon-
hin, commissioner Of the general land
Office, stated that he will, on March 4,
send IN his rcsignat ion 10 President
Mckinley. lie has already sent his
family all his personal effects 10 his
home In Wisconsin, and he expects 10
follow them about March 10.