The Holly chieftain., 1898-10-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POIITICAL.

. IuH democratic state convention at
/ syracuse, y. y, on the goth nominated
Augustus Van WyclS, a brother of
/ Greater New Yorll's mayor for gov
rrHor and Elliott Danforth for lieu
tenant governor. The platform at
/ tackled the conduct of the war, but
otherwise confined itself to state is
sues, no mention being made of the
Chicago platform or of the financial
question.
lr was learned on good authority
that Gen. Miles would go before the
! army investigating commission to
testify as to his know edge Of the San
tiago campaign. 1t was also stated
that the commi sion would 20 TO San
ttago to look into Shafter's manage
ment Of the campaign aud Investigate
on the ground all complaints as to the
| alleged mismanugcn IN connection
with the different departments now
under investigat on.
GES. GOMEZ, in an interview at Camp
Rojas, Santa Clara province, Is quoted
as saying that the Cuban insurgents
would disband and apply themselves
to farm labor as soon as the Spanish
ll'DpS tNdCudlei lDH lSlhnl.
Ar meeting OF the New York dem
ocrats favoring the Chicago platform
Henry George, the son of the single
tax advocate, was nominated to head
the Independent democratic ticket for
governor.
toI- JoHN HAY was sworn in as sec
retary of state at the white house on
, the 31th. Justice Harlan, Of the United
States supreme court administe tered
the oath. Mr.. Hay at once took part
in the regular cabinet meeting.
SECRETARY ALGER recently received
a long letter from Gen. Leonard Wood.
military governor of Santiago. 1t pre-
sented viyidly the frightful sanitary
conditions that confronted the Ameri-
can army of occupation after the sur
render of Santiago and how they were
overcome.
TIE general result OF the voting on
the prohibition plebiscite question in
Canada was n comparatively small ma
jority for prohibition, not enough to
influence the government to enact pro-
hibition Legislation.
REAR ADMIRAL. MONTGOMERY STCARU,
chairman of the naval war board, was
| retired from active service on the 30th,
on reaching the age limit.
THOMAS f. BAY X1tp. eS-ambassado1
to Great Britain, was buried at VII.
nington, Del, on the lst Flags were
| at half mast IN the town all day and
business houses were closed. Among
the honorary pallbca-crs were ex-
President Cleveland. Gov. Tunnel. OF
Delaware, and ex-Sccretary OF the
Treasury fairchild.
TIE president has issued an order
! creating the new military department
of Porto Rico, with Maj. Gen. John K.
Brooke in command
The president declared to Repre-.
sentative Cannon, who called at the
white house to secure the dismissal OF
the Third Illinois regiment, that there
would be no more troops mustered out
of the service for the present. The
president also refused Senator Quay's
request to have the Fourteenth Penn
sylvania mustered out.
TnE president has appointed DR.,
David j. Hill, of Rochester, n. Y,
first assistant secretary OF state to sue.
cced John Bassett Moore, resigned.
DIR. Hill is president of the Rochester
university, is a scholarly gentleman
and is particularly known through his
knowledge of international law. lie
accepted the position rendered.
WARRANTS We're issued at Philadel-
phia on the Sd for the arrest of Sena-
tor Quay, his son and several other
persons. They were accused of con-
spiracy to use public moneys for their
own use, the charge growing out of
the failure of the Peoples bank II
was declared to be political move