The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

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10 raise a fund Of $1,000 for the ben
eft of the family of Col J. 4. Fellows
Of New York, who recently died from
a cold caught while stumping the south
for the Palmer and Buckner ticket
The populist editors who believe in
fusion with the democracy and are op
posed 20 Paul vandervoort, met al
Kansas City, Mo-. on the 22d, A. Rozellc
calling the meeting 10 order.
THE annual meeting OF the National
| Reform Press association was called 70
order at Memphis, Tenn. By President
I Paul Vandervoort, of Nebraska. Nearly
every southern an +. western state was
| represented.
THE Paris Gaulois stated on the 22d
| that the powers had entrusted 20 Italy
the authority TO pacify and administer
the affairs Of Crete pending the estab-
/ lishment of constitutional autonomy
/ for the island.
REy. PETER WALLACE died at Chica-
90 recently, aged -. He was for over
40 years a noted Methodist preacher
and raised a company of soldiers in
1861 in Sangamon county, Ill, for the
Seventy-Third regiment. known as the
preacher regiment" all of the officers
of which were clergymen.
The congress of the Daughters of the
Revolution opened at Washington on
the 22d. The president-gcneral, Mrs
Stevenson. wife of the vice president
of the United States, called the meet
ing TO order and her address was re-
sponded 10 by Mrs. Elroy NJ. Avery,
state regent of Ohio.
A CHICAGO NEWS Washington special
on the 22d said that President McKin-
ley was likely TO suspend or revoke the
sweeping civil service order of Presi.
dent Cleveland.
The branch of the National Reform
Press association, which met in Kansas
City, No, gave up all hope of reconcil-
iation with the "middle-of-th the road
wing. which met at Memphis, Tenn,
and have decided TO go it alone. The
result Is the United Reform Press asso-
citation, national in its scope, which,
while IL will not combat the old ". r.
p. A., will have nothing whatever TO
do with IL. j. Il. Sovereign, of Sui
phur Springs, Ark, general master
workman of the Knights of Labor, was
chosen president of the new orgSuiza-
tion.
The New York World published on
the cath letter written by Salvador
Cisneros, president of the provisional
government of the Cubans, and coun-
tersigncd by Gen. Gomez, the insurgent
commander-in-chief, stating thas they
would buy the independence of Cuba
from Spain at reasonable price and
would accept American Intervention,
provided the sovereignty of Cuba be
not infringed upon,
THE silver republicans in the senate
and house at Washington issued an
address To the silver republicans Of the
United States on the 23d urging organ
ization to the end that national con
vention might be called on the none
tary question. A provisional national
committee was called to meet at Chi
cago on June s, 1897, and Charles A.
Towne, OF Minnesota, was named as
chairman of said provisional com
mittee.
SENATOR WoLcorT started from Lon
don on the cath for Liverpool sn route
to the United States. He informed i
reporter that he was well satisfied will
the results of his visit to Europe ant
was very hopeful of being able TO or
ganize an international monetary con
ference.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND issued n proc
lamation on the cath calling for an eX
ira session of the senate on March 4.
RESOLUTION was introduced into
the lower house of the Oklahoma legis
lature calling for convention of al
free silver states at Denver, Col, on
September 10 to discuss IA proposition
to issue state bonds of $40, $50 and S5I
and TO boycott national bank notes
The resolution was referred.
The supreme court of Indiana dc
cided against Helen NJ. Cougar il
her suit against the election Off
GERS TO compel them To receive and
count her ballot In pronouncing the
opinion OF the court, Judge Hackney
said that under the Indiana constitu
tion women cannot vote, and that this
provision of the constitution is not il
| conflict with the constitution of tn,
! United States.
Mr.. THuRBER, secretary to the presi
dent, said on the 25th that President
! Cleveland had not received the resigna
tion of Consul-General Lee, nor had h'
been advised of any such resignation
Mr.. Thurber likewise made an unqual
! flied denial of reports that Gen. lie,
had asked that warships be sent Il
| Cuba.
SOUND money men from many cities
recently gathered at New York To at
tend the conference of the Nationa
Sound Money league. II was proposed
to have an executive committee of q
members and To divide the country in
! TO II districts, at the head of each e
be one OF the vice presidents. Georg,
Z. Leighton, of st. Louis, was elected
president.
| REPRESENTATIVE JONES, OF the Idaho
legislature, has made an affidavit, set
ting forth that he was bribed TO vot,
for Henry Heitield for United States
senator. IL was said afiidavits of 9
similar character have been made by
two other members.
SENIOR DE LONE, the Spanish minister
at Washington, received a ceblegrau
on the 25th stating that the queen re
gent Of Spain had signed the pardon OF
Julio Sanguilly, the American citizer
| imprisoned in Cuba.
MISCELLANEOUS
BICYCLE men OF Butte and othel
! points in Montana have determined Il
| join with Colorado and other far west