The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.


republican ticket Gov. Powers' plu-
ality is about $4,000, a republican de-
crease of II per cent and democratic
gain of six per cent
A LINCOLN, Neb., dispatch said Col.
w. J. Bryan, of the Third Nebraska,
had wired the fusion state committee
that he would not return home In
time to take part in the fall campaign.
News brought from the ste amer Cop
tic on the 18th announced that the ma
tives In the Caroline islands, n Spanish
possession in the Pacific ocean, had
| led n successful revolution against the
| Spanish officers and were now un-
doubtedly in full possession of the
! islands.
IT was given out from a high source
at Washington that the presidents in.
| structions to the five peace commits.
sioners as to the Philippines will be sub
stantially these: The retention of the
island of Luzon, on which the city of
Manila Is situated; equal trade facili.
ties with Spain in the remainder of the
| islands; none of the islands to be dis
posed of to any foreign nation; the
/ severance of ofexisting relations between
| pine group.
THE Spanish chamber of deputies on
the 18th adopted the peace protocol by
n vote of l5i TO as. The senate had al
ready adopted IL, so that it is now in
full force and effect
GEN. LAwToN received n report at
Santiago that Gen. Gomez had ten
dered his resignation as commander
in-chief of the Cuban army, being dis
satisfied with the action of the Cuban
government in yielding control OF the
island to America.
A SPECIAL to the New York Times
from Washington said the president
had offered the post of ambassador to
England TO Senator Hoar and was
anxious to have the senator accept il.
THERE was another uproarious ses-
sion of the Spanish cortes on the 18th.
Count Almenas, referring to his state
mcnt yesterday giving the names of
the generals he recently said ought to
have their sashes tied around their
necks instead of around their waists,
naming Weyler, Blanco and Primo de
Rivera, after which he also included
Admiral Cervera in the category, said
Gen. Linarss was incompetent and
ought to be arraigned.
ARTHUR w. FERGUSON, chief trans
lator of the Bureau of American
Republics, has been selected as inter-
prefer for the peace commission. This
means that all negotiations will be
conducted in English and Spanish in
stead of French, as had been asserted.
w. ID. ByNuM, chairman of the ma
tional gold standard) democratic
party, has resigned. George Foster
Peabody, of New York, was chosen as
his successor.
The Philippine insurgents evacuated
the suburbs of Manila on the l4th.
They did so in n grand march in which
nearly 5000 men took part, carrying
rifles, colors waving, bands playing
and shouting Viva Americanos,"
"Viva Filipinos libres."
SENATOR KYLE, of South Dakota,
was stricken with paralysis in hotel
at Cleveland, o. His condition was Sc
rious, though not necessarily fatal.
GEN SHAFTER's report of the San
tiago campaign was given to the pub
| lie on the I4th.
IT was authoritatively given out at
Washington that Brig. Gen. Otis had
been given plenary powers to deal
with the situation of affairs Mt Ma
nila.
A Madrid dispatch said the queen
regent was paying daily visits to the
sick soldiers who have returned from
the colonies She ordered that the
convalescents be conveyed in the royal
carriages to the Cosa del Campo, in the
royal park, and she was paying from
her own purse for proper food for the
invalids.
A HAVANA dispatch said there was
widespread agitation throughout Cuba
in favor of the absolute independence
of the island.
THE five peace commissioners, Day,
Davis, Frye, Reid and Gray, held a
final conference at the white house on
the 18th and received final instructions
regarding their work in Paris. There
was absolute secrecy regarding the
nature of the instructions. The com.
missioners sailed for Paris on the nth.
GEN. OTIs cabled from Manila on the
18th that the insurgents were with
drawing in response to Americas de-
HdhuA .ANb NOuCteSlOuS "tEt
| the insurgents. General good feeling
prevailed, business was progressing
rapidly and no trouble was antici,
pated.
THE boundary dispute between Chill
and Argentine will be su omitted to the
arbitration of Queen Victoria.
In the Connecticut republican state
convention Gov. Lounsbury was re
nominated by large majority over
his opponent, J. Addison Porter, pri
vate secretary to President Mckinley
A PARIS dispatch on the 18th SAID
the Dreyfus scandal threatened to in
volve France in IA revolution.
IN an interview at Havana Gov. Gen
Blanco talked bitterly of the war tn,
United States had waged against
Spain. He complimented the gallant
behavior of our soldiers, but called
America an arrogant nation and hopeC
she would be punished.
Ar his own urgent request Capt
Robley ID. Evans, of the battleshiI
Iowa, was relieved of command and
was assigned to duty on the naval in
spection board. The new commander
of the Iowa is Capt Silas Terry.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The battleships Iowa and Oregon
will be taken to Honolulu via Cap,
Horn, the "trip requiring about fou,
months. " deemed eNpedient tn,