The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
THE military departments Of Texa.
and Missouri have been abolished and
the departments of the lakes and the
gulf take their place. In the depart
ment OF the Platte. Kansas. Missouri
Iowa. Nebraska. Arkansas. the Indian
territory and Oklahoma are included
with headquarters at Omaha. Neb.
Consul GENERAL LEE notified the
state department at Washington on
the 14ih of the death at Sagua Ia
Grande, Cuba, of the wife of Senator
Thurston. of Nebraska, on board the
yacht Anita Mrs. Thurston was in
excellent health when she left Wash.
ington a short time ago for the trip to
Cuba.
SPAIN has practically given notice
to the United States that she will dis
pute the verdict from the court of in
quiry II il is TO the effect that the
Maine was destroyed by an outside ex-
plosion and that an international board
of inquiry win be demanded.
SESOR BERSABE. the new Spanish
minister at Washington. denied en-
phatieslly on the i4th the report that
a secret agent Of the spanish govern
ment had made overtures for settling
the Cuban trouble, and that Senor
Ceballos, who was said to have made
the overtures- was not entitled to
speak for the Spanish government.
WALTER NELLNAN telegraphed from
Washington to the Chicago Times Her
aid on the i4th that President McKin-
ley had not heard anything about the
report Of the court on the Maine dis
aster nor had any member of that tri-
bunal written line TO the president
or conveyed any information whatever
to him, directly or indirectly. The
members of the presidents cabinet
were also without knowledge OF the
cause of the disaster.
q LEADERS in congress are working
for an early adjournment and May
has been fixed when it viii probably
take place.
THE funeral Of Gen. w. = Rosecrans
occurred at Los Angeles, Cal, on the
10th.
The court of inquiry on the Maine
disaster left Havana on the 18th for
Key West, Fla The greater part of
the investigation that remains will
consist of careful study of the plans
The court could not prophecy as to
when or where its findings would be
promulgated.
NOTHING of special Importance was
developed at the cabinet meeting at
Washington on the 18th. A large part
of the time was consumed in the gem
eral discussion of the measures being
talf To ynlo h.a
footing for defense in case of trouble.
THE news was current in Washing
ton on the 10th that the report of the
naval board of inquiry into the Maine
disaster was expected to reach that
city within day or two.
SPAIN has intimated in friendly
way to the state department at Wash
ington that the presence of large
fleet ut Key West, Fla, and the war
preparations all over the United States
is seriously prejudicial to the policy of
autonomy, approved by both govern
ments, and an indirect encouragement
to the Cuban insurgents The repre-
sentations contained no reference to
the Maine disaster.
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United States was reluctant TO declare
war. This was ascribed partly to the
fact that the Americans dreaded the in
| jury which would result to their com
merce from war and to inability To
defend the cities along the immense
/ coast line from lombard ment by Span
ish warships.
BLANCHE h. Bruce, register of the
treasury, died ON the 18th at Wash
ing of complication of stomach
troubles, aged 50 years. Bruce was
born a slave.
TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, head of the
Cuban junta at New York, issued a
proclamation To the American people,
stating that the Cuban insurgents
could not listen 20 proposals for au-
tonomy; that they wanted absolute in
dependence; that Spain had proven inn
potent to compel them to accept auton-
omy and wanted the aid of the United
States TO force il on them, but rather
than entertain the proposal they would
| fight on, even il American bayonets
were turned against them. They want
| ed Independence or DEATH
SENATOR THUBsToS arrived in Wash
ington ON the nth with the body of
Mrs Thurston, who recently died in
Cuba. The body will be forwarded 10
Omaha, Neb., where interment will
take place
A sEMI-oFFICIAL statement was given
out at Madrid that a demand for in
demnity based on Spanish responsible
! ity for the Maine explosion would be
Indignantly repelled by Spain.
A POLL of congress was made the
other day on the question; Are you in
favor of adjournment before the report
of the Maine disaster is received and
before n settlement of the Cuban ques-
tion is nader with the following re-
suit: Nays, house and senate. 207, yeas,
house and senate, :; non-committal,
house and senate, aS
! MAJ. GEN. NELSON A. MILES, head OF
the United States army, recently made
detailed examination of the fortifica.
! tions on Long Island sound, and he
stated that New York was absolutely
safe from foreign invasion.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| GOV. BARNES, OF Oklahoma. has