The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND roLIrrcAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
GEN. MILES, of the United State,
army, has been notified of the presi
dents approval of his projected visi
TO the seat of war in Europe. He will
leave Washington early in May anC
will be accompanied by Capt NJ. B
Mans, of his personal staff.
SOPHIE BOSWELL was recently crowned
queen of the gypsies of the United
States in an open field near East st
Louis in the presence of several hun
dred gypsies and many visitors.
A DISPATCH on the 27th said that the
most serious feature OF the Greco Turk.
ish emergency was the revolutionary
feeling displayed at Athens. A feel
ing of anger against the palace party
in the conduct of the campaign was in
creasing and arrangements, IL was re-
ported, were being made to enable the
royal family TO leave the country
hastily in case OF necessity.
THEODORE HAvEMEYER, vice presi-
dent OF the American Sugar Refining
Co.. died in New York on the 26th.
CAPT oTTo J. PAUL, formerly of the
Ohio national guard, was said to be
organizing n company ut Dayton, o.,
to go to Greece.
The discomfort in Athens was said
to be growing on the 27th and the
king of Greece will be made the scape-
goat for the defeat of the Greek troops.
Popular feeling was said to point to a
revolution in favor of republic. The
king of Greece was said to be having
hic la In, ,.ly ,,.
he had to quit Greece by abdicating
the throne or being deposed.
THE monument to Gen. Grant was
dedicated at New York on the 27th
President Mckinley made an appro-
pirate address. GEN Porter delivered
the oration and Mayor Strong accept
ed the monument on behalf of the CITY,
The ceremonies were imposing, the
land parade being one of the grandest
military parades ever seen i'm New
York, and the warships in the harbor
fred salutes.
JOHN RAYMOND FRENCH, vice chan
cellor of Syracuse IN. W university,
died in that city. He was ~ years old,
and was regarded as one of the best
mathematicians in America.
j. o. SHACKLEy, who has returned to
Guthrie, Ok, from Cuba, where he
served two years in the insurgent
army, will address public meetings in
Oklahoma and attempt to recruit vol
unteers to aid Cuba.
THE long and bitter contest for the
United States senatorship in success
sion to Mr.. Blackburn was ended at
Frankfort, KY, on the 2Sth when the
republicans of the legislature, in joint
session, elected DR.. w. j. Deboe, pres
cnt state senator who was recently
nominated by the republican caucus.
The Blackburn men refused to vote,
but were unable to break IL quorum.
THE Chicago News said that IL was
common talk in Chicago society circles
that Marshall Field was engaged to
the widow of the late Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan and that the wedding would take
place in the near future.
The election OF Deboe in Kentucky
makes the total membership of the
senate at Washington ss. composed of
43 republicans, 33 democrats and lo
populists and silver republicans. With
Kyle the republicans would have ~, a
tie, and with the vice president, ma
jority of one. IL is believed, however,
that in case party vote was imminent
or probable that an election would oc-
eur in Florida, leaving the senate
standing as before Deboe's election.
ir was reported at the capital that
the republican senators having charge
of the tariff bill have been compelled
to accept an amendment proposed by
Senators Woicott, of Colorado, and
Jones, of Nevada, providing that any
country which shall enter into a BIZ
metallic agreement with the United
States shall be allowed a discount of
Is per cent. of the tariff rates upon the
products sent by any such nation to
this country.
THE queen regent of Spain at cabi-
net meeting at Madrid ON the goth
signed the decree providing for the
application of the agreed upon reforms
for the island of Cuba. Her ma ajestys |
action was due to the receipt of cable |
message from Capt Gen. Weyler an
that the western part OF the
island was pacified.
w. j. CALHOUN, the lawyer of Dan
Vile, H., who has been selected by |
President Mckinley to represent the
United States at the spanish investi-
cation of DR.. Ruiz's death, has accepted
The appointment conditional upon the
health of his wife.
The Greek ministry, headed by Nj.
Delyannis, which was blamed for the |
recent disasters 70 the Greek arms in |
rhessaly, was dismissed by King
George, and Nj. Ralli, called the Gam
BETA of Greece, summoned by the
Sing to form new ministry. This |
quieted the people in Ath.
ms.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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