The Holly chieftain., 1898-01-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
4 SPECIAL to the Chicago Tribune from
Washington on the 9th said that Spain
was considering a formal request to the
United States to use its good offices to
stop the fighting in Cuba, all efforts of
| Spain 10 bring the subordinates of Co
mcZ TO surrender on the basis Of home
| rule having proven futile. The Cuban
| republic, it was said, will insist on
formal recognition before undertaking
any negotiations with the United
| States. There was a belief that the
public announcement of the accept
ince of this country as Il mediator will
.csult in an instant revolution in
| spain.
AT Jackson. Miss, the joint demo
ratio legislative caucus nominated
Congressman II. D. Money to succeed
the late Senator George Us United
States senator from Miss ssippi.
TIE French government received in.
formation that the Bondjos attacked
:hc French Congo post at Yakolc,
Africa, and massacrcd the garrison, to-
yether with Il natives and four won
m. After slaughtcring the soldiers
natives and women the Bond JOS
.oasted their bodies and ate them.
A WAsHTSGToS dispatch said that
Pension Commissioner Evans was re.
.eiving many letters from command
ers Of G. A. L, posts commencing his
stand to bring about certain reforms
in the pension roll.
T'uI lnuiElutivn nf
american Federation of Labor has is
sued an address to congress asking
laws for an eight-hour work day on
public contracts, to stop the indiscrim-
mate use Of writs of injunction, to
lessen the competition of convict labor
and to restrict undesirable immigra-
tion.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
DAWES has appointed John p. Cunning
ham, of Lincoln, Ncb., bank examiner
of Kansas
THE Virginia legislative committee
on courts of justice has recommended
the passage of the bill providing for
whipping posts for criminals.
CHIEF lSrARHECKEE and the Creek
council at Okmulgee, l. T., nave
ignored Secretary Bliss warning and
have appropriated money to pay law
yers to test the constitutionality of
the act of congress abolishing their
tribal courts. They declare that they
will not submit to the law abolishing
their courts until the United States
supreme court says tney must 10 so.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN was the guest OF
honor at the jackson day banquet
given by the democracy of Chicago,
The silver champion denounced Sccrc.
tary Cages policy and said he was
planning to fasten the gold standard
permanently upon the people of the
United States.
JUDGE ALBERT G., BoYNToN, for -
years political editor of the Detroit
lMich.J Free Press, died on the 9th from
kidney trouble.
THE strip counties of Oklahoma have
elected delegations to the kingtsher
statehood convention. Strong resolu-
tions were passed for free homes first
and statehood next
MEMBERS of the family and immcdi-
ate friends of Secretary Alger we're
seriously disturbed about his illness
on the 10th and his physicians feared
that he had typhoid fever.
SENATOR CHANDLER, after n confer
snce with President Mckinley on the
10th on the subject OF bimetallism,
said: ''The president stands firmly in
favor Of international bime tallism as
promised by the st. Louis platform,
He considers the negotiations with the
European powers only temporarily sus.
pended on account OF the peculiar con-
dition of affairs in India and the presi.
dents intention is to again send his
ENJOYS to Europe as soon as the condi-
tions are favorable for continuing
negotiations