The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-08-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph end NAH
pERsoN.L. Ann poIIrIcAI.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
Col JAMES o. BRoADHRAD, minister
to Switzerland under President Cleve-
land, died at ST. Louis. At the break
ing out of the civil war he did much
to preserve Missouri TO the union and
in the summer of 1861 he was appoint
ed provost marshal OF that depart.
ment
THE formal answer Of Spain to the
American terms of peace was pre-
sented at the white house on the 9th
by the French ambassador The cabi.
net held a conference on the matter,
but nothing was made public. The
reply was said TO be "a document
of about /, 200 words and, although II
accepted the terms il was understood
that there were so many conditions
attached that further negotiations will
be necessary.
Gov. BRIGGs, OF North Dakota, died
at Bismarck on the 9Th Of consumption.
The United States government has
magnanimously offered to parole the
l,3OO Spanish naval prisoners taken at
the destruction of Admiral Cervcras
fleet whenever Spain is ready TO re-
patriate them.
A RECENT dispatch from Ponce, Porto
Rico, stated that the advance of Gen.
Miles army continued. Five of the
departments into which the island is
divided are now occupied by the
American army. These departments
are Arecibo, with 1914, s35 inhabitants;
Mayaguez, with 116, 9s9; Ponce, with
TO, l4O; Guayama, with 9s, ,sl4, and
Humacoa, with 50, 25l.
SENATOR JAMES X. JONES. chairman
of the democratic national committee,
in an interview at ST. Paul, Mimi, on
the 9th said: 1--WE shall not need any
new party issues in this country until
the old ones are settled. Silver will
be the issue in 1900"
A NEW military department has been
created by direction of the president
to be known as the department of
Santiago. Maj Gen. Lawton has
been assigned to the command.
NJ. ID. DAVE died at his home near
Beverly, Ky, recently of malarial
fever, aged>Zl years. He was one of
the organizers of the Grange move
ment and was the first grand master
Of the order.
w. c. MARSHALL, of st. Louis, was
nominated by the Missouri state dem
ocratic convention at Springfield, Mo-,
for judge of the supreme court for the
long term and Leroy b. Valiant, of
st. Louis, for Judge of the supreme
court for the short term.
THE preliminary negotiations for
peace between Spain and the United
States advanced long step on the
10th. The French ambassador, acting
Tor Spain, and Secretary Day agreed
upon the terms and reduced them to
the form of protocol. No changes
were made in the conditions originally
offered by the United States and the
protocol only awaited the formal APP
proval of Madrid for a cessation of
hostilities to take place.
GENERAL order was issued from
the navy department at Washington
and telegraphed TO recruiting stations
disseminating all naval enlistments.
This was due to the confidence of the
authorities that active operations
afloat will be practically suspended in
a short time and instead of an in
creased force being required whole
sale discharges will follow
THE American arms sent into Cuba
have been used To good effect by the
Cuban soldiers under Gems Gomez,
Diaz and Rojas and news of Cuban
victories in the western provinces has
reached Key West Fla. The principal
battle was the successful attempt of
Gen. Gomez with 5000 men to force
the trocha between Las Villas and
Camaguey and make his headquarters
with the officers of the government of
the Cuban republic in the latter city.
| THE state democratic convention at
| Springfield Mo, nominated William
/ Darlington, of Greene county, for SUI
perintendent of public schools; viii
liam Il. McCulley, of Macon county,
for railroad commissioner. and Sam h.
| Cook, of Audrain county, for chair
man of the state central committee.
THE administration at Washington
received information on the l2th that
the Madrid government had approved
the peace protocol and that NJ Cam
/ bon, the French ambassador To the
United States, would receive instruc.
! tions to sign the document on behalf
of the Spanish government.
WOLFE CooNE, full blood, and Watt
Duncan, half breed, were nominated
for principal and assistant chiefs of
the Cherokees at Tahlequah, |. Il. The
nominations mean that the full-bloOis
| will bitterly resist any changes pro-
| posed by the United States.
OUR troops under Gen. Schwan had
an engagement with 1900 Spauiards
near Hormigueres, Porto Rico, on the
| llth and inflicted considerable damage
on the enemy. Our loss was two killed
and 10 wounded.
THERE was fight for two hours be-
| fore day break at Cape San Juan, Porto
Rico. Eight hundred Spaniards at.
! tempted To retake the lighthouse,
which was in possession of 40 of our
/ soldiers. We had one man wounded
and the enemy had 100 killed and were
/ forced to retreat.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FIRE destroyed the best portion of
Bismarck, ~ d., on the evening of the
Sth, licking up hundreds of thousands
| OF dollars worth of property.