The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PERsoNAL AND poLTrICAI.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
ENeRAvER BARBER, OF the Philadel
phia mint has just made model o.
the bust of Mr.. Mckinley for the pres
idential medal series.
john q. FESSAssy has been promoted
60 the railway mail superintendency
at St Louis.
THE president has given up his pro
posed trip 20 the Utah celebration nj
Salt Lake city In July.
JupeE BorKIN, department com.
mander of the Grand Army of the Re-
public of Kansas, has sent invitations
TO the department commanders of Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska and
Colorado, asking them TO attend the
annua. reunion of the Grand Army
of Kansas at Leavenworth, October IL
to 10.
A STORY was current recently shat
the sugar trust would like to buy Cuba
from the Spaniards on the same plan
as the Hudson Bay company which
England had. Col. John j. McCoolx
was the man credited with the idea.
In regard to the revival of the peri
odical rumor of Queen Victoria's inten-
tion TO abdicate in favor of the prince
of Wales, the Westminster Gazette
says: "When the rumor was circulated
months ago we were informed on the
highest authority that it was un-
founded"
QUEEN VICTORIA started from Wind
sor castle for London at noon on the
2lst for the celebration of her diamond
jubilee. Loyal greetings were extend
ed TO her all along the route, which
was gaily decorated by triumphal
arches, banners and notices. At four
o'clock she received the imperial and
royal envoys in the throne room of
buckingham palace. AT night the
diplomatic and distinguished special
guests were received in the grand
salon.
THE United Confederate Veterans
met In annual reunion at Nash Vile,
Tenn, on the 22d the assemblage be-
ing called to order by Gen. John B.
Gordon. Gen. Reagan delivered the
principal address of the day. At night
a brilliant reception was given by the
Tennessee Daughters of the Confeder-
acy TO the veterans.
CALCULATIONS on the 22d were that
the tariff bill would pass the senate
about July /.
THE general utive board of the
X. of l.. at Washington have adopted
resolution calling upon congress and
the president of the United States to
take action for recognizing the belliger-
ency of the Cuban insurgents and also
recommending that local and district
assemblies of knights adopt the same
resolution when they celebrate the
Fourth of July.
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, despite his
own resolve not to run again, was
unanimously reelected commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate Veter-
ans at Nashville, Tenn, on the 23d.
Atlanta, Ga, was chosen as the place
for the next reunion.
SAMUEL GoMPERs, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Frank Morrison, the secretary of the
organization, went to the white house
recently'and had talk for an hour
with President Mckinley on labor in
terests and labor legislation. Mr.. Nc
kinley fully indorsed trade unions and
said: ~ regard the organization of
labor as the natural and legitimate ef.
fort to secure its rights"
'TnE League of Ohio Valley Bimetal-
lie clubs is the name adopted by rep
resentatives of free silver clubs of
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Vir-
gina which recently met at Cincinnati
and united under one constitution. Of
ticers were elected and Indianapolis
chosen as the next place of meeting.