The Holly chieftain., 1898-04-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
iloaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Gov. BLACK on the 8.st sent to the
Sew York Legislature a message rec
pmmeuding that 900. 900 hc apprO
Dr.utcd TO defray the EXPENSES of the
national militia and volunteers OF the
state in case Of war with Spain. As
sen Diymau Nixon introduced bill
'or The purpose and it was passed five
minutes later, and the senate then
promptly passed the bill. and it was
Higred bg COY. Black in less than au
Iour aftrr j. was introduced.
LlEuTESAST COMMANDER MAHIx.
Judge advocate Of the board ofinquiry
Hlo the Maine disaster released from
he oath OF secrecy in relation to the
blowing up Of the batilcship had this
% say at New York thn other day:
We know that the Maine was blown
Up by "a mine o., surely a. physician
tnows a man was poisoned when he
inds him suffering from the effects
|Df poison"
\ pI-rATCu from Madrid on the lst
,tatcd that United STATES Minister
. Woodfprd was making the necessary
. preparations to leave Madrid irnmcdi-
ltcly in the event Of diplomatic rup-
lurc.
/ Two cabinet meetings were held ou
| he lst at the white house on the an
,wer os Spain To- President McKinIcy's
luban propositions Spaiu's answer
Tas considered so unsati sfactory that
= policy was decided upon by the prrsi-
/ lent which was said to be certain to
.ausc wa-.
Tue ,.uban government tmeaning
he present home rule authorities in
'uba and not the iusurgcnts) have ap-
5eaIcd t. the president of the United
states to respect the will of the ma
Iority. The appeal says the ma jority
n Cuba favor home rule under Span.
sh authority; that the insurgents are
II the minority, and that it would be
1 great wickcdness 10 impose upon the
majority a political regime contrary
20 their Will.
a TELEGRAM from Madrid stated that
the pope had accepted the task of
ncdiating between Spain and the
United States, at the suggestion of the
after, both countries accepting his
mediation, but Washington authori-
ties. however, made an official denial
II the report.
THE Hutonomist cabinet at Havana
has addressed an appeal TO the Cuban
insurgents, asking for the arrange
mcut of an armisticc for the purpose
II arriving at terms of peace. The
appeal stated that Spain was willing
to enlarge the present scope of auton-
Jmy.
GEN. WooDFoRD, United States min
lister TO Spain, made a statement at
Madrid to the Associated press that he
was sent to Spain to secure peace in
Cuba and he had never lost faith that
it would be secured. Enough blood
had been shed in Cuba already, he
said, and he could not believe that the
closing hours of the nineteenth CEN
tury would be Redeemed by conflict
between Spain and the United States.
The Washington correspondent OF
the New York Herald on the I'd said
that the state department, believing
that war was coming had directed all
American consuls in Cuba to close their
offices and proceed at once to Havana.
Arrangements have also been made for
their safe conduct to the United States
as soon as it was definitely settled that
hostilities were to commence Minis
ter Woodford and all of our consuls in
Spain have also been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness for a hurried
call,
TnE Washington Post stated on the
9TH that unless Spain, within As hours,
yielded all by surrendering Cuba, war
could not be averted: that the presi.
dent, in his message, made scathing
arraigument of Spain and commented
on the blowing up of the Maine and
held Spain responsible for that disaster
ACCORDING to New York dispatch
Tammany will send 50 regiments to
fight Spain if they are needed.
GREAT BRITAIN has informed Secre.
tary Day that If affairs should take
such a turn that the United States
would deem mediation on the part of
another power advisable, Great Brit.
ain would be gratitied if America would
give her the preference.