The Holly chieftain., 1898-04-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

TIE president on the 29fh named
JudsoH W. Lyons (colorcdl. of Georgia.
a. register Of the treasury 10 succeed
the late Blanche X Bruce.
CERTAIN conservative senators at
Washington. whose purpose rl is to
5tave uff Cuban crisis, have pre-
scnted q new plan to the president.
They propose that this government
shall do no more at first than 10 feed
the starving. An appropriation Of
$3.50, 900 is mentioned as the bpgiuring
FOR this kind of Intervention The
cum pt $1,000, 900 is talked Gi as likely
to be needed before tho rccDuccnlri,.
dos in Cuba could bc restored to their
homes and made seIf-supporting.
GAIT. SAMPSON. OF the Iowa, and als
# the inquiry board. has b-cn ordered
Ia command the North Atlantic feet,
relieving Adm. Sicard, who - .ll.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY. in conference
with some of the house cong rr, ,!onal
lcuGcr- on the 24th, stated cmphatlcal-
ly that be "Ould avert war II possible
aud NPrcs-ed his hope that ice could
do So
TUE Madrid impartial on the 18th
said. The United States was brutallv
furciuc Spain into conflict To send
. inn Maine report TO congress is rquiva-
lent To throwing a torch into barrel
Of gunpowder7
JAMES PAM. an eminent English
novelist and journalist, recently died
in London, aged ~ years He wrote
100 novels, besidez editing Chambers
journal and othn- magazines
EN-SENkTOE TLH,KUrES, of Ken
lucky. suffered a -,ruEv Of paralysis OF
the heart mt Washington on the 25th.
lie had been TO Newport News to at
tend the launching Of The battlcships
the previous day and had arrived in
Washington and .ya- walking from
the boat to his oarriug when he sud
denly became unconscious. Later he
rrgaiucd consciousness and his recUy-
cry was predicted
MAJ. GES. Mills. II discussing the
A mcrican.S Spanish situation, said that
the personnel Of the United States
army was never in a finer condition
than 1t is to-day and, man for man, it
was more than match for any Euro.
Pcan power as regarded personnel,
equipments, discipline and patriotism,
and we had practically the entire ablc.
bodied American male population tc
draw upon to support the regulars, If
necessary.
The Spanish report of the board OF
inquiry into the cause of the wreck of
the Maine, according to Madrid dis
patch of the 2jth, states that it is
scientifically and practically demon
strated that the explosion was inter.
nal
Mrs. JANE WINCHESTER, widow of the
| founder Of the Winchester Repeating
[ Arms company, died at New Haven,
[ Conn, aged 81 years. Her estate was
estimated to be worth $40, 900, 900.
PRESIDENT MCKISLEY and his cabi-
net held two extended sessions on the
| 25th and considered the report of the
court of inquiry into the Maine disas-
| ter in detail. The findings of the
court were that the battleship was
wrecked by an outside explosion, due
| to "A submarine mine, the court being
| unable to fix the responsibility. Min
lister Woodford, at Madrid, was cabled
to notify the Spanish government of
the conclusion arrived at by the court
| JUsr before the Olivette left Havana
| for Key West Fla, on the Goth with
/ Capt Sigsbee on board as n passenger
for home, Consul General Lee, on be.
half of the newspaper men, presented
| the commander of the wrecked battle
ship Maine with n large floral piece in
tended to represent ship The
speeches were short and all persons
present were much affected.
! THE Associated press on the 2Ith
published a complete abstract of the
report of the court of inquiry which
investigated the wreckage of the bat.
tleship Maine, the abstract being OBJ
tanned from the report Itself. The re-
port is made up of eight parts. The
court deduces that mine was ex-
ploded under the ship on the port side.
which caused the explosion OF two
magazines. The Names officers were
held to be entirely blamelcss. The
court also declares that it cannot find
evidence to fix the responsibility.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY on the 2Sth
sent n message to congress summarize
ing the findings in the courts report
on the Maine wreck and stating that
he had directed the findings OF the
court and the views of the United
States government thereon to be com
municated to the British government
He concluded by saying that he dad
not doubt that the sense of Justice of
the Spanish nation would dictate n
course of action suggested by honor
and the friendly relations of the two
governments.
The United States govcrnmcrt has
presented, through Minister Woodford
at Madrid, II carefully prepared note
dealing with the distressing condition
, of affairs in Cuba, and making clear
that this government cannot much
longer withhold such definite action as
I will bring the present struggle and
the suffering it is occasioning to a
close. 1t can be stated positively tina,
the Spanish answer has been made.
CONSUL GENERAL LEE, at Havana,
, was advised by President Mckinley OF
his intention to send message to con-
gress on the 2sth and telling him to
take precautions for protecting the
lives of himself and other Americans
in Cuba in the event of n radical steI
being taken by congress. an outbreak
by the Spaniards being feared.
MIsCELI.ANEoUs.
, TnE agricultural department ha.
just issued an interesting pamphlet on
. the subject of forest growth and sheer
grazing in the Cascade mountains OF
Oregon.