Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-03-03
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

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Spain.
The interest bearing National debt
March was 81 ,Oi0, 1875, 27O and the total
debt 81 ,427 ,OO7,9 O4.
Edward p. Thompson, of Indianap-
oils, Ind. has been selected as post
master OF Havana, Cuba.
After March the Senate will be
composed OF So republicans, y demo-
Gratis and eight populists.
The House military affairs committee
has agreed to accept the Senate Army
bill without amendment.
There have already been five chang
es in McKinley's cabinet and he has
only been president two years.
'Carrollton is to have u S25 900 public
building, both Houses of Congress hav-
! ing passed abill 70 that effect.
Congressman McIntire, of Baltimore,
is under arrest for choking a servant
girl, who claimed he owed her SIC.
! Sagasta, the Spanish premier, and
his cabinet have resigned and De Cam
pos has been called to name a cabinet.
The government receipts for Febru
airy were s3S, 100000, gain over the
month OF year ago OF nearly 100000
900.
The bill to make Dewey an admir- a.,
thereby reviving that rank. only needs
the signature OF the president to make
IL law.
At one sitting the House passed 81
bills for public buildings in one horse
towns, carrying an appropriation of
1852, 900.
Gen. Merritt says: 81 found Admiral
Dewey very genial, likeable man,
quiet, modest, shrewd, observant, alert
and tactful."
A Bryan club has been organized at
Perryville and at its meeting on the
18th. Judge r. j. Breckenridge will
deliver an address.
II the outage bill had passed, IL is
said that John B. Thompson, OF Har-
rodsburg, who was the head of the
lobby for it, would have gotten 500, 000
The House removed all possibility OF
an extra session by passing the Senate
Army Reorganization bill. The gener-
al deficiency appropriation was also
passed.
The bill to pay various citizens Of
Kentucky for property taken during
the war by Federal soldiers, which was
vetoed by President Cleveland, was
made a law by the present Congress
Wednesday.
The Nicaraguan bill Is almost the
only important measure before the
present Congress that will not become
law and that is not of nature that
would demand an extra session for its
consideration.
The German government has order
ed the last OF its war ships away from
PHILIPPINE waters and has formally
asked the United States government to
assume the protection Of German in
terests In the island.
Auditor Stone was a willing witness
for Dawson TO show the manifest wrong
perpetrated by the last Legislature in
gerrymandering the district, whica he
says is shown by the data on file In the
Office OF the secretary of State.
Editor Squire Turner, of the Mt
Sterling Sentinel-Democrat, told a
Cincinnati Enquirer man that he is
still satisfied that Senator Goebel will
be nominated and elected with ease.
He will carry that county (Montgom-
ery), in fact, all of the Tenth Congress
sional district.
Lord Herschell, who was Lord Chan
cellor OF Great Britain, and was sent TO
the United States because OF MS emil
nent attachments TO take leading part
, In the negotiations designed TO settle
all existing differences between the
United States and Canada, dropped dead
at Washington.