The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-23
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
GEN. CHARLES t. MANDERsoN, of Ne
braska, declined the proffer of place
on the army investigating board.
1T was given out from a high source
at Washington that the presidents in
structions to the five peace commits
sioners as to the Philippines will be sub
stantially these: The retention of the
island of Luzon, on which the city of
Manila is situated; equal trade facili-
ties with Spain in the remainder of the
islands; none of the islands to be dis
posed of to any foreign nation; the
severance of existing relations between
church and state in the entire Philip
pine group.
THE Spanish chamber of deputies on
the 18th adopted the peace protocol by
a vote of 151 to as. The senate had al
ready adopted it, so that it is now in
full force and effect
GEN. LAwToN received a report at
Santiago that Gen. Gomez had ten
dered his resignation as commander
in-chief of the Cuban army, being dis
salts fed with the action of the Cuban
government in yielding control of the
island to America.
A SPECIAL to the New York Times
from Washington said the president
had offered the post of ambassador to
England to Senator Hoar and was
anxious to have the senator accept it.
THERE was another uproarious ses-
sion of the Spanish cortes on the 18th.
Count Almenas, referring to his state
ment yesterday giving the names of
the generals he recently said ought to
have their sashes tied around their
necks instead of around their waists,
naming Weyler, Blanco and Primo de
Rivera, after which he also included
Admiral Cervera in the category, said
Gen. Linares was incompetent and
ought to be arraigned.
ARTHUR w. FERGUso chief trans
lator of the Bureau of American
Repu blics, has been selected as inter
prefer for the peace commission. This
means that all negotiations will be
conducted in English and Spanish in
stead of French, as had been asserted.
w. ID. BYNUM, chairman of the na-
tional gold standard) democratic
party, has resigned. George Foster
Peabody, of New York, was chosen as
his successor.
SENATOR KYLE, of South Dakota,
was stricken with paralysis in a hotel
at Cleveland, o. His condition was Sc
riOus, though not necessarily fatal
GEN. SHAFTER's report of the San
tiago campaign was given to the pub
lie on the 14th.
1T was authoritatively given out at
Washington that Brig. Gen. Otis had
been given plenary powers to deal
with the situation of affairs at Ma
Mia.
A MADRID dispatch said the queen
regent was paying daily visits to the
sick soldiers who have returned from
the colonies She ordered that the
convalescents be conveyed in the royal
carriages to the Cosa del Campo, in the
royal park, and she was paying from
her own purse for proper food for the
invalids.
A HAVANA dispatch said there was
widespread agitation throughout Cuba
in favor of the absolute independence
of the island.
THE five peace commissioners, Day,
Davis, Frye, Reid and Gray, held a
final conference at the white house on
the 18th and received final instructions
regarding their work in Paris There
was absolute secrecy regarding the
nature of the instructions. The COM
missioners sailed for Paris on the 18th.
GEN. OTIS cabled from Manila on the
18th that the insurgents were with
drawing in response to Americas de-
mands- No concessions were granted
the insurgents. General good feeling
prevailed, business was progressing
rapidly and no trouble was antici-
pated.
THE boundary dispute between Chilli
and Argentine will be su omitted to the
arbitration of Queen Victoria.
In the Connecticut republican state
convention Gov. Lounsbury was re-
nominated by a large majority over
his opponent, J. Addison Porter, pri-
vate secretary to President Mckinley.
A PARIS dispatch on the 18th said
the Dreyfus scandal threatened to in
volve France in a revolution.
IN an interview at Havana Gov. Gen.
Blanco talked bitterly of the war the
United States had waged against
Spain. He complimented the gallant
behavior of our soldiers, but called
America an arrogant nation and hoped
she would be punished.
AT his own urgent request Capt
Robley d. Evans, of the battleship
Iowa, was relieved of command and
was assigned to duty on the naval in
spection board. The new commander
of the Iowa is Capt Silas Terry.
A MANILA dispatch on the 10th said
that Isabelle Artacho, former rebel
chief, was leading an army of $4,000
against Aguinaldo. A Jesuit priest
had been shot for persuading rebels to
desert Aguinaldo.
THE Associated press cores pondent
had an interview with Aguinaldo, the
Philippine insurgent leader, at Malo-
los He protested his undying graft
tude to the American troops, but said
they had come to the Philippines only
to fight Spaniards, and as that task
was ended, he expected and wanted
the American troops to evacuate the
island.
The war department received an
other telegram from Gen. Otis on the
10th. He said no further force would
be required at Manila. Military gov
ernment was being gradually per-
fected and large force was policing
and cleaning the city. The monthly
expenses of the Philippines will ag-
gregate $3.50, 900, nearly one-half of
which is required to subsist Is, 600
Spanish prisoners. Tariffs and duties
would almost double former Spanish
duties
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE transmississippi exposition at
Omaha is a success financially. The