Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1898 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Miss Aileen O’Donnell was wedded to Viscount de Say ve of France at. Washington, Cardinal Gibbons performing the ceremony. A settlement of the Government’s claim against the Kansas Pacific may be reached without a foreclosure sale. It is believed the Union Pucific reorganization committee will offer the full amount of the Government claim, $6,303,000, in a short time. Enrique Dupuy.de Lome is no longer the Spanish minister to this GovernmentHis recall has been asked for by President McKinley by means of a cable dispatch sent to Minister Woodford at Madrid, and in addition to this Minister Dupuy de Lome has tendered his resignation to his Government. At the Cabinet meeting in Washington it was decided to send two companies of troops to Dyea and SJtiguay, Alaska, immediately for the purpose of preserving order and protecting life and property. Advices to the Government state that the rush to the gold fields has attracted hundreds of the lawless element and that troops are necessary at once to prevent trouble.