The Holly chieftain., 1898-03-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail,
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

treasury, died on the 18th at Wash
ing of complication Of stonT.ch
troubles, aged 81 years. Bruce was
born a slave
TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, head of the
Cuban jRuta at New York, issued n
proclamation TO the American people,
stating that the Cuban insurgents
could not listen to eposal, for au-
touorny; that they wanted absolute in
dependence; that Spain had proven inn
potent TO compel then, TO accept auton-
omg and wanted the aid OF the United
states 70 force il on them, but rather
than entertain the proposai they would
fight on, even il American bayonets
were turned against them. They want
ed independence on death
SENATOR TnURsTpS arrived in Wash
iuEtou on the nth with the body OF
Mrs, Thurston, who recently died IN
Cuba. The body will be forwarded to
Omaha, Ncb., where iutrrment will
take place
a sENl-oTFICIAI. statement was given
out at Madrid that demand for in
dcInuity based on Spanish responsible
ivy for the Maine explosion would be
Indignantly Irpcllcd by Spain.
A roII. Of congress- was made the
other day on the question: Are you in
favor Of adj jourHmrnt before the report
of the Maine disaster is received and
before settlement of the Cuban ques-
tion Is made" with tine following re-
suit: Nays, mouse and senate. 2OT; yeas
house aud senate. :; pn-committal
house and senate. p".
MAJ. GEN, Nelson A MILES. head of
the United Stutrs army, recently made
detailed examination Of the furtIfica-
tions on Long island sound. and he
stated that N,w York was absolutely
safe from foreign INVASION.
j. W BLAkE. chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee of Texas, will
make the race against Gov. Culberson
for United Stutrs senator.
Az air Of 4u,rruec pervadcd the navy
department at Washington on the
18th, due to the approach Of the time
for the report uu the Maine disaster.
A cabinet Office expressed the belief
that the report would require careful
consideration by the president and his
cabinet before being made public.
AT the cabinet meeting at Washing
ton on the 18th almost the entire scs-
sion was consumed in the discussion
OF the Cuban situation, but no plan of
action was definitely decided on pend
ing the arrival Of the report Of the
Maine investigation.
EARNEST o. CIGAMHTRLAIS, managing
editor of the New York Evening World.
has had his reason completely shat
tered through the strain imposed by
the present war excitement
w. d. COLYER. editor of the Durant
q. ~ Times committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart.
Dependency was the cause assigned.
The body Of Mrs John VI. Thurs ton,
wife of the United States senator for
Nebraska, was followed to the grave
by tremendous concourse of people
at Omaha, Neb., on the goth.
JERRY SIMPSON, the populist con
gresham from Kansas, gave out n
statement at Washington on the 10Th
that he did not believe that there
would be war between this country
and Spain, because of the influence of
the bondholding class against it, and
that no matter what government was
set up in Cuba it will be one that guar
antees the payment of Spanish bonds
issued and based upon Cuban revenues
A DISPATCH from Key West, Fla, on
the Goth stated that the court of in
quiry into the Maine disaster was not
then ready to make a report, but the
notion prevailed that a synopsis of the
findings of the court had been sent to
Washington
IT was stated that the war depart
ment proposed to put Gen. Wesley
Merritt in the field to take charge of
the Cuban expedition in the event Of
hostilities with Spain and to place tn,
western division of the national guard
as Gen. Merritt's reserves, holding the
easter n division for coast dcfenses.
The full findings of the court of in.
quiry into the Maine disaster were
brought ashore to Key West, Fla, ON
the 2lst and were delivered to Adm
Sicard, who Immediately examined
them. The report will be forwarded
to Washington without loss of time.
extraordinary precautions being taken
to prevent the findings from being
known until the president has re-
viewed them.
The National business Mems league
has petitioned the United States SEN
ate for tariff commission. The petit
tion was indorsed by the principal
business houses in st Louis, Kansas
City, Boston and elsewhere.