The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph ana Mail
PrRsoNAL ANp POLITICAL.

/ Dependency was the cause assigned.
TRg body OF Mrs John VI. Thurston.
wife of the United States senator for
! Nebraska. was followed 10 the grave
/ by tremendous ccncourse of people
at Omaha, Neb.. on the Goth.
/ JERRY SnfrsoN. the populist con-
gresham from Kansas gave out a
statement at Washington on the 18th
I that he did rot believe that there
would be war between this country
and Spain, because Of the influence of
the bondholding class against Il, and
that no matter what government was
set up in Cuba IL will be one that guar
antees the payment Of spanish bonds
issued and based upon Cuban revenues.
THE full findings OF the court OF in
quiry into the Maine disaster were
brought ashore to KEY West. Fla. on
the 2lst and were delivered TO Adm.
Sicard. who Immediately examined
them. The report viii be forwarded
to Washington without loss of time.
extraordinary precautions being taken
to prevent the findings from being
known until the president has re-
viewed them
THE National Business Mems league
has petitioned the United States SEN
ate for tariff commission. The petit
tion was indorsed by the principal
business houses in St Louis Kansas
City. Boston and elsewhere.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MAmx left
Key West, Fla. on tbs 22d en- route to
Washington. taking with him the re-
port of the court OF inquiry into the
Maine disaster. The decision reached
by the court was matter of surmise,
but there was a sentiment prevailing
that the court had been unable to de-
termine definitely the cause Of the ex-
plosion-
THE cabinet meeting at the white
house on the 22d was devoted exclu-
sively to considering the Spanish situ-
alton in general and the forthcoming
eport on the Maine disaster in partlo,-
ular. 1t was settled that the presi-
dent would examine the report for a
few days and then send IL to congress
along with message.
A PETITION was presented TO Secre-
tary Long, of the navy department,
signed by all the Missouri members of
congress, asking that one of the new
battleships to be built by the gov
ernment should be named the Mis-
souri,. The secretary promised to give
IL consideration.
GES. l.. w. Colby. OF Omaha. Neb.,
rendered to President Mckinley 25, 600
American volunteers for service in
Cuba in case of Intervention by this
government and the offer has been re-
ferred to the war department Colby
was several months organizing this
corps and he estimated that it will re-
quire 81, $50, 900 To arm and transport it
to Cuba, of which about s4o0, 900 has
been subscribed.
The republican subcommittee OF the
house committee on banking and cur
rency laid before the full committee a
bill ito provide for strengthening the
! public credit. for the relief of the
United States treasury and for ,the
amendment of the laws relating To ma
tionai banking associations" The
purpose of the bill is to throw upon
the national banks the entire burden
of finding gold for the notes of the
country.
THE feeling was universal through,
out official circles in Washington on
the 23d that the elimination of the
Spanish crisis was near at hand. The
president held earnest conferences with
party leaders of congress and there
was exceptional activity towards
emergency preparations in the war and
navy departments
The navy department at Washing
ton, il was said on the esd, had ar
ranged to withdraw all its naval otii,
GERS at Havana and will probably ar.
range to have the wreck of the i'll,
fated battleship Maine blown up.
TEE president on the 24th named
Judson w. Lyons (colored), of Georgia,
as register of the treasury to succeed
the late Blanche X. Bruce.
CERTAIN conservative senators al
Washington. whose purpose IL is tc
stave off a Cuban crisis, have pre-
sented new plan To the president
They propose that this government
shall do no more at first than to feed
the starving. An appropriation oi
$3.50, 900 is mentioned MS the beginning
for this kind of intervention. The
sum of s., 600, 900 is talked of as likely
dos in Cuba could be restored to their
homes and made self-supporting.
ApvICEs We're received at Washing
ton on the cath that the Spanish tor
pedo iotilla had sailed from the Ca
nary islands for Porto Rico and il wa,
considered by the United States gov
ernment to involve serious possibil
tiles. Naval strategists informed Presi
dent Mckinley that this fleet must no
be allowed TO reach western waters
The situation was considered but tn,
conclusion reached was not known.
CAPT. SAMPSON, of the Iowa, and ais,
of the inquiry board, has been ordere,
To command the North Atlantic fieet
relieving Adm. Sicard, who is i'll.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, in conference,
with some of the house cong ressiona
leaders on the cath, stated emphatical
ly that he would avert war IL possibl,
and expressed his hope that he coul,
do so
MISCELLANEOUS.
A CHICAGO dispatch stated tina
George I. Nicholson had been appointe,
general passenger and traffic manage