The Holly chieftain., 1898-05-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

STRICT censorship has been estab-
fshed at Tampa, Fla, aud absolutely
nothing pertaining to military or na.
val movements from that port will be
permitted 70 be sent out 1t was init
mated that this censorship would con.
unued until after the final movement
of troops to Cuba has taken place, it
being the purpose of the government
to keep the Spanish government in ig'
norance so far as possible of our plans
for the invasion of Cuba.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
by which the American newspaper
correspondents, Thrall and Jones, i'm
prisoncd at Havana, will be exchanged
for Col. Cortijo and Surgeon Julian,
the captured Spanish officers now at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga
NEGOTIATIONS looking to the bring
ing about of peace between the United
States and Spain were said to be under
way, according to Paris dispatch,
and the suggested terms will take def
mite form in n short time. 1t was re-
ported that Spain was willing to treat
for peace If she is allowed 10 retain
Porto Eico and the Philippines, allow
ing Cuba to go. 1t was further stated
that should the United States not
agree to peace upon these terms, Spain
would be satisfied with the retention
of the Philippines alone.
CAPT. JACK CAMPBELL, was on tho
10Th selected to succeed Laurence Har
rigan as chief of police of St Louis.
The successful officer has been a mem.
Der Of the force for more than ten
years and once before was chief. He
has brilliant record and his selection
for the positio meets with general ap-
provaL
CONGRESS will not adjourn until the
result of the war with Spain is appar.
ent. ThisIstatement was made on the
authority Of Il man close to the ad.
ministration.
BETWEEN 5000 and 10000 Spanish
troops were said on the Goth to be en-
barking at Barcelona, Spain for the
Philippines
THE president ON the Goth nomi.
mated DIR. Jefferson d. Griffith, of Kan
sas City Mo-, to be chief surgeon ir
the army with rank of major.
The navy department at Washing
ton received news on the Goth that the
Spanish fleet was at Santiago de Cuba,
but a Madrid dispatch at midnight
stated that 1t had left there and gone
somewhere else.
WALTER s BARKEg, who was the
American consul Mt Sagua la Grande,
Cuba, it is understood, is to be com.
missioned as colonel of an immune
regiment to be sent to Cuba with the
first invading party. In addition to
commanding n regiment, Mr. Barker
is to be placed in charge of all the
supplies to be distributed among the
reconcentrados.
EDWARD BELLANY, the author and
humanitarian, died at his home in
Chicopee Falls, Mass, recently. aged 40.
SENIOR CAPDEroS, the minister of the
interior, declared in an interview that
the new Spanish cabinet would prose-
cute the war to the bitter end and pre-
ferred defeat to disgrace.
THE navy department. at Washington
on the 21d denied the truth of the pub
lished statement concerning n naval
engagement off Hayti in which la
ships were said to have been sunk.
KEY WEST special to New York
stated the Cubans were fighting their
way to the coast, where they will join
with our forces of invasion. Three hum
dred Cubans engaged squad of Span
ish cavalry recently 10 miles west of
Matanzas. The battle was fiercely
waged in sight of the ships on the
blockade squadron.
GEN. LACRET, with his battalion OF
Cubans, 5000 stands Of arms, number
of rapid-fre guns, trains of pack mules
and large cargo of assorted ammuni-
tion, has landed from the Florida on
the island of Cuba. A report to this
effect has been received at Washing.
ton. The censorship was so effective
that it was not known for three days
that the Florida had sailed from
Tampa, Fla.