Times-promoter., 1898-12-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

1
ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE, of New Or
leans, the lately appointed apostolic
delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico, made
a lengthy visit to the state department
and conferred with Secretary Hay or
the future of the religious holdings Of
those islands. His mission also in
cludes the Philippines and is to pre-
pare the Roman Catholic hierarchy fol
the change incident to the downfall ot
the Spanish sovereignty.
| SENATOR HoAR in a communication
to the Worcester Mass Gazette on the
30th, strongly opposed the acquisition
of the Philippine islands by the United
States.
FINAL returns received from the va
| rious counties on the constitu ton al
| amendment submitted at the recen
election in South Dakota show that
woman suffrage was defeated. by 4,O0s
votes and the South Carolina dispen-
sary system by sos, while the initiative
and referendum carried by majority
of little over 5000
A PLOT to murder Prince Ferdinand,
of Bulgaria, was discovered at Sofia.
The attempt to effect coalition be.
tween the states of Nicaragua, Hon
duras and Salvador, under a common
administration known as the United
States of Central America, has failed.
Gen. Regalado, head of the party in
Salvador against the union, usurped
the presidency and proclaimed himself
chief executive of Salvador and the
federal organizers formally dissolved
the union and the three states have
resumed their respective sovereignty.
The navy department on the 30th
made public a report from Admiral
Sampson covering the operations OF
the United States blockading feet off
Santiago after the destruction of the
Spanish squadron. The admiral scores
Gen. Shafter, of the army, and says he
shirked his duty
IT was stated at Rome that the pope
intends to establish a papal nuncio in
the Philippines and has summoned
Arch bishop Ireland to Rome to offer
him the office.
GEN. BLANCo, the former captain
general of Cuba, left Havana for Spain
on the G0th.
Col. R. T. VAN HORN and his wife
celebrated the golden anniversary of
their marriage at their beautiful home
near Kansas City, Mo-, on the I'd. The
colonel has represented the Kansas
Citv district in n1prracc aud ic on old
time newspaper man.
GEN. MILES has prepared the draft
of a bill providing for regular stand
ing army of 100, 900 men.
A CABLEGRAM on the I'd stated that
the revolution in Salvador was ended.
The recent election in Macon, Ga,
to decide the question of prohibition
was won by the 'antis."
SENATOR EUGENE HALE, of Maine,
has announced his opposition to the
acquisition of the Philippine islands
and will antagonize the peace treaty
on that account.
SECRETARY ALGER made public on
the 2d his annual report concerning
his department. 1t is practically a
history of the Spanish-Amercan war.
All the dispatches sent and received |
by his Office were published and al |
lowed to tell their own story and no.
where did the war secretary show Il
to critcise. An increase
of the army to 100, 900 men was recon-
M. Fl. HANNA saSl in the New York |
chamber of commerce that the outlook
was hopeful for monetary legislation,
as President Mckinley had told him
that every pledge of the republican
party along that line shall be kept.
MISCELLANEOUS.