Show miscellaneous why the president dropped GOT goy baxter 4 1 i I 1 1 EUROPEAN POLITICS ne reported ported great loss of og life through a Collis collision loh at boa I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 cj awra press to the 11 I 1 I 1 A funeral postponed ST louis dec 8 A special to the post dispatch bayis say s IV IV stead an of this city and well known throughout the county was supposed to baye died last sunday evening his ilis bo body d y was laid out and all arrangements range menta ments were made for the funeral which was to have occurred today yesterday however signs of resuscitation became apparent ilis ills its normal color his temperature became and his eyelids opened and shut several time times ho lie was apodca to but gave a no eign sign that be he heard or understood it is thought possible that be he may be brought back to life although the efforts of the physician to accomplished dished 11 that end haye so far failed yn lathe therne meantime antime the funeral has been postponed the wyoming governorship a CHICAGO dec 9 commenting on the appointment of tho moonlight as governor of wyoming a washington correspondent of the daily telegram telegraphs p bb that about six weeks ago G IV baxter was appointed to this place mr air baxter to is a man who graduated at west point in 1876 and after a few years service in the army resigned to go into the ranching business in that Teri territory tory baxter ie is a son of ex governor baxter of arkansas and recently married a daughter e of mr maghee the richest man inan in tennessee baxter was n not 0 t a candidate for the governorship but he became came here on bis bridal trip and was introduced at the I 1 valte house and spent scent several evening evenin kg with M mrs ir a cleveland and impressed abe president so favorably that the latter gaye gave him the appointment but today to day instead of sending baxters Bax tere name to the senate the president nominated thomas moonlight of kansas a professional office holder and politician as moonlight was one of the earliest settler settlers of kansas kausas and as aa an abolitionist fought beside john brown at and geraed through the war in a kansas regiment and was afterward elected secretary of state his appointment a great surprise lo 10 kansas people in washington it was e even yen a greater surprise for the frie friends ads of baxter and they have ben to the white house and ana in the interior department part artmen ment tto to inquire bow how it happened baxter did note eek the office but has not declined and has not been in the city for a few weeks it is claimed he took much trouble to arrange his business affairs so that lie could pen pern form fulin the duties it is said that the reason why gov baxter was not is that he is a large cattle owner and that his sympathies thies are with vii the ranc umeo who are fighting the government on the fencing of public I 1 lands ands lie ile arrived here tonight to protest against his sudden re removal moyal the 7 washington correspondent ascribe ascribes ae as a reason for the presidents appointing a to baxter buxter that baxter himself fenced in government lands the trade doll WASU washington INGTON dec 9 the house committee on pacific railroads held its liral first meeting of the session this morning and instructed chairman throckmorton to call up the pacific railroad funding bill at the earliest opportunity and endeavor to secure its pas A bill introduced by senator sewell today to day clay for the redemption of the trade dollars provides that for a period of six months united states trade dollars if not defaced de faced mutilated or stamped shall be received at their face value in payment of all dues duts of the united states for the same period holders of trade cl dollars ollars on presentation sell sen tation odthe of the same at U S debost tories may receive in exchange a like agiou amount nt in face value in standard sit sils ver dollars or subsidiary cola coin the trade dollars received shall not be reissued i but shall be rc re coined into dangard dan dard dollars A collision lUtion Co lox lopoo i ox dec 9 0 Dis dispatches from brisbane Bris bauo state that the steamers Kielau aara and izelen nicholl have collided off queensland resulting in the drowning of forty two persons the tower powers keply reply dec 9 A majority bority of the powers havo have replied to the portee circular asking advice as to a solution of the bulgarian difficulty the replies are all sit cither either evasive or indefinite some of the rows pow er era aak ask for further explanations and throw ft a new light on the matter Idd aleigh the british ibish hr foreign minister refers the porte to views on the bulgarian situation previously expressed italy a little more explicit alludes to the alleged difficulty the bulgarians must experience in accepting nicholas of min MID gr grelia it is now thought the porte forte w will bellfi 11 1 agest absolution of the difficulty italy refers to |