The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
SENATOR WoLCorT started from Lon
don on the gath for Liverpool en- route
to the United States. He informed a
reporter that he was we'll satisfied with
the results of his visit to Europe and
was very hopeful of being able to Or
ganize an international monetary con-
ference.
| THE supreme court of Indiana de
cided against Helen NJ. Cougar in
| 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-
ton women cannot vote, and that this
provision of the constitution is not in
conflict with the constitution of the
United States.
Mr.. THURBER, secretary to the presi
dent, said on the 25th that President
Cleveland had not received the resigna-
ton of Consul-General Lee, nor had he
been advised of any such resignation.
Mr.. Thurber likewise made an unqual-
flied denial of reports that Gen. Lee
had asked that warships be sent to
Cuba.
SOUND money men from many cities
recently gathered at New York to at
tend the conference of the National
Sound Money league. 1t was proposed
to have an executive committee of 81
members and to divide the country in
to II districts, at the head of each to
be one of the vice presidents. George
E. 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 vote
for Henry Heitfield for United States
senator. 1t was said atfidavits of a
similar character have been made by
two other members.
SENIOR DE LONE, the Spanish minister
at Washington, received a ceblegram
on the 25th stating that the queen re-
gent of Spain had signed the pardon of
Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen
imprisoned in Cuba
ADvICEs from Cuba stated that in a
battle at Ceniza the loss of the Spanish
under Gen. Weyler amounted to 500
killed and wounded. In the battles at
.Cabaiguan the Spanish losses were re-
ported to have been equally as large.
RUMORs of a probable war between
Spain and the United States caused
great excitement at Jacksonville, Fla,
and the arrival of the cruiser New
York for coal and the hurried depar-
ture of the Newark and Vesuvius to
join Adm. Bunce's squadron added
strength to the war rumors.
SENATOR SHERMAN has given up the
contest in trying to get the Anglo
American arbitration treaty ratified by
the senate at this session and init
mated that the new president would
urge its ratification at the extra ses-
sion and that he was confident that
the treaty would be agreed to in the
end.
A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
President Cleveland will not nominate
any more postmasters while he is in
office.
THE New York Sun on the Goth said
that Col. John J. McCook had positive
ly declined to enter President Mckin-
ley's cabinet as secretary of the inte-
rior.
THE Louisiana republican state COM
mittee are going to prepare bill to
reduce the congressional representa-
ZION OF the SCa1e One-nal1. because
many voters have been disfranchised
by the election law passed past spring.
THE Venezuelan boundary commits
sion appointed by President Cleveland
has made a voluminous report, but it
lacks interest to the general public.
GOSSIP at Washington increasingly
associates Maj. William Warner, of
Kansas City, Mo-, with cabinet posi-
ton as the rumors of Col. McCooks
declination of place multiply.
a HANDSOME and valuable silver table
service was presented to Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson at Washington on the
evening of the 27th, with an address
carrying the signatures of S. of the 30
senators- Brief addresses were made
by Senators Hoar, Cullom and Black
burn to which the vice president feel
ingly responded.
The Japanese government has de
cided to adopt the gold standard at
ratio of 49, to 1. The new system will
go into operation in October.