The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL Am poIIrICAI.

| PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
CONGRESSMAN DocKERY has framed .
provision in the general appropriation
bill To cut off the 30 days sick leave ot
the clerks in the departments at Wash
ington, as they all have an annual va
cation of 80 days aud all national holi
days besides, and the two annual leaves
Is more than would be allowed in the
business world.
Word was received from Washing
ton by the officers OF the Chicago Busi.
ness league that President Mckinley
would make the proposed department
of commerce the subject of a special
message to congress.
DURING the present session of con-
gress the labor organizations of the
country expect to secure some impor-
tant legislation in the interest OF
wage-earners. They have decided TO
concentrate their influence on the Phil
lips non-partisan commission bill, the
arbitration bill and the contempt of
court bill.
IT Is whispered in select circles in
London and Paris that serious trouble
Boni Castellane over the formers ex-
travagance. Even the vast fortune OF
Jay Gould's daughter. IL is said. is
proving unequal to the drain made
upon II by the financial follies of Count
Boni. The question OF possible sep
aration Is now being discussed by rel
atives and lawyers.
RALPH NJ. EAsLEY, acting as secre-
tary for n large number OF reform and
quasi-political organizations, has is
sued call for a national meeting in
New York, January IS, to push the en-
actment of laws to reform the pres
ent method of primary caucuses.
THE Virginia general assembly on
the 14th reelected John w. Daniel to
the United States senate.
The next annual convention of the
National Republican league will be
held at Omaha, Neb., June l4-16.
THE American Federation of Labor
at its meeting at Nashville, Tenn, on
the i4th adopted resolutions against
the annexation of Hawaii and favor
ing the establishment of postal saw
ings banks.
EVERY business house, the schools
the courthouse and all city offices in
Canton, o., were closed on the l4th in
tribute of respect for Mrs Nancy Alli-
son Mckinley, mother of the president,
the last services for whom were per.
formed in the First Methodist church.
Many notable persons were present
fror, Washington and other places TO
pay their last respects. After the
funeral services the Washington guests
were entertained at dinner by Mrs
George ID. Harter, and at eight o'clock
left on the special train for Washing
ton, the presidents car being attached.
A WASHINGTON special to the New
York Commercial Advertiser said that
II the Hawaiian annexation treaty
failed In the senate there was a plan
on foot To secure the islands by paying
$4,000 900, the amount of the Hawaiian
debt.
The president sent to the senate on
the 10th the name of Joseph McKenna,
to be associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States.
THE nomination of Charles G.. Dawes,
of Illinois, to be comptroller of the
currency, was confirmed by the senate
A TREATY between the United States
and the Seminole nation was concluded
and signed by the Dawes and Seminole
commissioners at Muskogee, l. t., on
the 10th. 1t provides for the allot-
ment OF lands and "a division of its
moneys among the citizens after the
tribal governments are extinguished.
THE Swiss general assembly has
elected Eugene Ruffy to be president
of the confederation. NJ. Mueller was
elected vice president. Both president
and vice president-elect are radicals.