The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-12-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PEHSoNAb AND fOIiTfCAb.
GEN. wooD has inclosed the "surren-
der tree" under which the Spaniards
consented to the capitulation of Santi-
ago, with n wire fence. He has issued
an order imposing fine of sioO or inn
prisonment for 100 days for mutilation
of the tree.
HENRY A. CHAPLIN, whose wealth was
estimated at $50, 900, 900, died at Niles,
Mich, aged SO.
BARON FERDINAND JAMES DE RoTHs-
CHILD, member of the well-known
wealthy Hebrew family, died in Lon
don on the nth.
A FRANco-GERMAN reconciliation is
the ALA bsorbing topic at Paris.
THE president on the nth reviewed
the troops at Savannah, Ga, took a
trip up the river and attended n
banquet of the chamber of commerce
In the evening. The next day he at
tended church and afterwards visited
the State Agricultural and Mechanical
college (colored) and made an address
to the students He then inspected
the camp of the Seventh army corps
and left at midnight for Macon.
A CANVASS of the house ms to an ex-
ira session disclosed a very strong
sentiment against a meeting of the
next congress before next December.
THE bill authorizing Judge Foster,
of Kansas, to retire on full pay will be
reported TO congress after the holiday
recess. The Kansas delegation at
Washington believe IL will become a
law.
LIEUT.. RICHMOND i. HoBsoN, the
popular hero OF Santiago, was said to
have kissed AT women at Kansas City,
Mo, on the 10th.
EDWARD Balm, president of the Balm
Wagon company, died from heart
trouble at Pasadena, Cal He was
rated as one of the richest men in
Kenosha, Wis.
THE Commercial club OF Kansas City,
Mo, gave banquet on the 10th.
Among those present were Maj Gen.
Chaffee, one of the heroes of Santiago,
and Lieut. Hobson, hero of the Merri-
mac episode. Attorney General Boyle,
of Kansas, spoke TO the toast "Tbe
State of Kansas" and L. c. Krauthoff
for that of 1.-The State OF Missouri"
Gen. Chaffee responded to that OF THE
Fifth Army Corps" and Lieut. Hobson
to that of THE Navy"
THE president on the 10Th had con-
federate badge pinned on to his coat
at Macon, Ga, and wore IL during his
stay in the city. At the review of the
troops the stars and bars and Old
Glory were brought side by side to a
salute In front of Mr. Mckinley. The
president afterwards went to Augusta,
Ga, and reviewed the cavalry aud in
the evening left for Washington.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY and party re-
turned to Washington on the Goth
from their southern trip.
DIR. HAMILTON, formerly surgeon
general OF the United States marine
hospital service, was reported near
death at Elgin, ILL.,, on the Goth.
REPRESENTATIVES, LACEY, of Iowa,
Lands, of Indiana, and Pearce, of Mis-
souri,, left Washington on the goth to
spend the holiday recess of congress in
Cuba and Porto Rico.
GEN. SHAFTER appeared before the
war investigation commission at Wash
ington on the Goth and told the story
of the Santiago expedition. While he
admitted mistakes were MADE, he had
no criticisms bf his plans to make and
would not change them, he said, If the
events had to be gone through again.
A DISPATCH from Cape Haytien re-
ceived at Paris on the Goth stated that
it was rumored that the president of
San Domingo, Ulizes HeureauX, had
been assassinated while attending a
christening incognito. The rumor was
false.
The Kansas legislature convened in
special session on the 2lst
GEN. MILES and Gen. Merritt testi-
fed before the war investigating COM
mission at Washington on the 2lst.
Gen. Miles went into details about the
Santiago and Porto Rican expeditions.
lie complained bitterly of the ''em-
balmed beef furnished to the soldiers.
Gen. Merritt spoke about the Philip
pine expedition, declaring everyth thing
satisfactory.
ETHAN A. HITCHCoCK, of St Louis,
at present ambassador to Russia, was
nominated by the president on the 2lst
for secretary of the interior and the
nomination was confirmed by the sem
ate
The United States will claim no in
demnity for the loss of the Maine, but
will press the claims OF its citizens
against Spain filed prior to February,
1897, although the question arises
whether the many million dollars of
claims against Spain for damage in
Cured in the ten years war will not
prove an entire loss in Spain's bank
rupt condition.
THE Spanish evacuation of Havana
will be completed by January I