The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-04-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned 3y Telegraph and Mall.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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Washington on the 18th. IL IL said h,
will practice law In New York.
Ir was announced by Chairman San
Cook that Mt the jefferson banquet e
be given In St Louis on or about April
% there will be about :. 900 guests.
GEN. LAwroN's expedition has been
recalled to Manila and all the towns
captured from the Filipinos have been
abandoned. The general stated that
IL would require 100, 900 men to subd nc
the islands lie could fcrce his way
from one end OF the islands to the
other, but leaving garrisons at the
places captured would eat up his
whole force.
AT a meeting Of German A mericans
Mt Chicago on the 18th resolutions
were adopted denouncing In vigorous
language any attempt to interfere with
the good relations existing between
the United States and other nations
by singing out any one power as an
ally. The meeting was protest
against an Anglo o-Amcrican alliance.
A PROMINENT senator from one of
the northwestern states who Is close
to the president Is authority for the
statement that the president will call
the Fifty.sixth congress in extraordi-
nary session at some date prior to
September !, So rs To get the currency
question out OF the way.
THE navy department received dis
patch from Admiral Dewey at Manila,
stating that a party of the Sorktown's
men visited the east coast of Luzon
for the purpose of rcscuing and bring.
ing away "a Spanish force when they
were ambushed by insurgents and II
men OF the party were missing. The
dispatch caused much excitement at
Washington.
ApJr. GEN. CoEBIS said on the 18th
that list of those volunteer rcgi-
ments which would be brought home
from the Philippines would be an.
nounced in n few days. IL was cx-
pccted that some of these organiza-
tions will rc-cnlist for six months and
Gen. Otis has been directed by tclc-
graph to designate the order in which
the others are to be returned to the
United States.
LIEuT SroKELrY MoRGAS. of Admi.
't"'N y lht Wy hbN
been presented with "A beautiful sword
by the citizens of Camden, Ark.
GEN. GoMEZ has determined to an.
nouncc to the people of Cuba his sup.
port of an American protcctoratc un.
til such time as n stable and indcpcnd-
ent government may he founded.
TnE second of the 81 Bryan demo-
cratic dinners was held at New York
on the 10Th. The speakers were Will
liam J. Bryan, DR. McGlynn and 9TH
crs.
TALIArERRo was elected United
State senator on the first ballot ia the
joint assembly ut Tallahassee, Fla. on
the 10Th. The vote was: Taliafcrro, -;
Pasco, 80; Call, q; Clark, |.
TnE Pennsylvania legislature ad.
jourpcd sine die ON the 10th without
having chosen a successor To Senator
,luay. The closing ballot of the scna-
torial deadlock resulted as follows:
Quay, %; jerks, -; Jones, 90. Total.
ai'; necessary to choice. ia.
lr was authoritativcly announced at
New York that Speaker Thomas u.
Reed had accepted the offer to become
n member of the law firm of Simpson.
Thatcher a Barnum. in that city. Mr.
Reed will resign his seat in congress
and remove to New York. Before set
tling down he will make u visi, to
Europe.
BRIG. GEN. CHARLES KISG, who Is
unable to continue in command OF his
brigade on account of sickness, has
been relieved %! further duty in the
Philippine islands and has been or.
dered tn return to the United States
on the first transport sailing from
there for home.
SOOTHING party Of volunteers cn.
conntcrrd 100 Filipinos near Taguig
the other day. They engaged the
arrived. The insurgents
were then speedily rcpulscd. The Fiji
pinos lost 1. killed and a number
wounded. The American loss was
three wounded.
ForRrEEN thousand regulars are Ia
br sent Ia reinforce ten. otis at Manila
as soon as the necessary marine trans
portation can bc provided. II was am
nounccd that the army IN the Philip.
pines will bc increased Ia -. 900 men.
the Filipino rebels abandon
the field ar not.
TDE Mexican senate has unanimous
" adopted III" new rNtradi,ion treaty
with the nii"d States.