The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and NAH
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

/ PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
| IT was said on very good authority
/ that the president had decided on the
men TO be selected for the peace com
| mIssioners. EX-Presideut Harrison is
/ 10 be chairman Of the commission;
/ Senator Cushman X. DAYS, of Mime
/ sofa viii be the seconI member, and
/ Richard Olney, C!eveland's secretary
OF state, is TO be the third member.
As official dispatch from San Juan
de Porto Rico to Mad-ii stated that
/ Col. Sanmartin, who was IN command
Of the Spanish troops at Ponce. was
| court-murtialcd and shot for abandon
| ing the place without resistance.
Lieut. Col Puig, the second in com.
mand, committed suicide.
COuRGEEs reported at Santiago that
Gen. Garcia had captured the town of
Mayari near the north coast Of Cuba,
taking 80 Spanish prisoners.
PRESIDENT MAso, Of the Cuban re-
public. recently sent dispatches to
president Mckinley by George Reno,
un American citizen. A reply was sent
buclS the tenor OF which was kept Sc
bret by the members of the admins
trntion.
THE Americans have taken peaccabIc
/ possession Of the eastern portion of
the island Of Porto Rico. There
scrmed to have been a serious mistake
hs 20 the rendezvous Of the transports,
for no two ships got TO the same place.
Capt. Gen, Mucias, the Spanish com
muuder a. San Juan, has issued a proc
lamat:on and will probably resist to
the utmost. Gen. Miles has changed
his campaign plans on account OF re-
eeiying information that the military
road from Ponce to san Juan has been
mined by the enemy.
The publicity given to the demornl-
iHation of Gen. Skaters army by sick
ness has annoyed the administration
At Washington. II the state of affairs
had been known by Spain a week ago,
officials think, she would most prob
ably have rcfrained from making peace
overturcs.
lr WAS reported, in connection with
the Anglo-AmerIcau movement that
strong endeavors were being made to
get the prince Of Wales to visit the
United States next summer, and it
was added that encouragement has
been given the idea in responsible
quarters.
Col. JAMES o. BBOADHEAD, minister
to Switzerland under President Clcve-
land, died at St Louis. At the break
ing out of the civil war he did much
to preserve Missouri to the union and
in the summer of 1851 he was appoint
u
mcnt
a PARIS dispatch on the 7th stated
that the cX- Empress Eugenic was seri-
ously ill
IT was reported at Washington on
the 9TH that Secret tary Day will at an
early date retire from the office of Sec
retary of state. He will probably be
selected as one of the peace commits
sioners and, after concluding his la.
bors, will resume the practice of law
in Canton, o.
WAsHISGToS dispatches to the Bos.
ton Transcript and the New York Post
stated that there will be demand for
n congressional investigation of Secre-
tary Alger's administration of the war
department
MADRID dlspatch on the Tth stated
that the cabinet council completely
approved the reply to the United
States and accepted the American con-
ditions of peace. The Spanish gov
ernment, it was said, was fully con-
vinced that the note will be salts
factory TO the Washington govern
ment and that suspension of hostili-
ties would be its immediate conse-
quence. The reply was expected to
reach Washington on the Sth.
The reply of the Spanish government
to the peace conditions laid down by
the United States was received by the
French ambassador in Washington on
the Sth, but was not translated from
the cipher in time to be laid before
President Mckinley and his cabinet
that day.
GEN SHAFTER telegraphed the presi-
dent on the sth regarding the publica.
tion of the round robin" signed by
the general officers of his command,
and explained about the sickness
among his troops