The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON, Gen. Wade
Gen. Duncan and Lieut. Col Clous
members of the Cuban commission
left New York for Cuba on the bth or
the Resolute to supervise the evacua
tion of the island by the Spaniards.
AZ the convention of the middle-of
the-road populists at Cincinnati on tn,
9th the western and southern dele
gates nominated Wharton Barker, o.
Pennsylvania, for president of ths
United States, and Ignatius Donnelly
OF Minnesota, Tor vice president. The
eastern states were not represented
a long platform was also adopted
There was a bolt in the convention.
Born OF the proposed charter amend
ments, by which Kansas City, Mo,
would have secured home rule for the
police department and freedom from
the powers at jefferson City, were de.
feated at the special election on the 9th.
The Paris Figaro on the 7th said the
cabinet council had unanimously
agreed upon a revision of the Dreyfus
ease and directed the minister of jus.
tice, M. Sarrien, to take the necessary
steps TO that end.
GEN. MILES admitted to an Associ.
tied press reporter the substantial ac.
.uracy of the statements attributed to
aim by the Kansas City Stars CORE.
spondent at Porto Rico and the gen.
'ral gave out for publication a type.
written document concerning the war
With Spain, in which he claims credit
Tor the victory at Santiago and the
iuccessful outcome of the campaign in
Porto Rico.
SECRETARY ALGER has determined to
90 on n tour of inspection of the army
lamps throughout the country.
The political war between the two
factions of the silver republican party
n Colorado resulted on the 9TH in the
death of Charles Harris at Colorado
springs. 1t was the result of an at
tempt by one faction to capture the
opera house which was guarded by
the other faction. In repelling the
attack n volley was fred and Harris
tell with bullet through the abdo.
men and died soon afterwards.
NEWS OF daring plot to assassinate
the czar of Russia at Moscow was re-
ceived in London. The plan was to
let the gas in house escape and then
for the conspirator to light match
and cause an explosion which would
kill the czar while he was passing.
The conspirator, in his agitation,
struck the match too soon and his
mangled body was found among the
ruins. A staff officer and his wife were
also killed, their coachman fatally in.
jured and about 80 other persons were
more or less seriously injured.
SECRETARY ALGER has requested the
president to order n searching inves-
tigation of the war department. In
this request the secretary was Joined
by Adjt Gen. Corbin. The president
has not yet determined whethe he
will grant it or not
AT the Grand Army encampment at
Cincinnati on the Sth Col. James A.
Sexton, of Chicago, was elected com.
mander-in-chief and Philadelphia was
chosen for the next meeting place
TUE correspondent of the Times at
Gambia fully confirms the reports of
most serious events there. He said
that it was feared that only $50 Chris.
tians had been saved out of over 900.
The Turkish troops refused to aid the
British, who, being exceedingly few
in the town, were soon overpowered.