The Holly chieftain., 1898-07-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL

URGENT dispatches have been sent
by the authorities at Washington to
Admiral sampson off Santiago de Cuba
10 have the Iowa and Oregon fully
coa.ed and equipped and other vessels
ready for Commodore Wut-Da's squad
ron, 50 that his fleet can start soon to
raid the Spanish coast and carry the
war home to spain.
IHE Iowa prohibition state conycu.
tion al Dcs Moines nominated a com
plete state ticket Delegates from the
W. c. I. L. organization were present
and pledged the ticket their hearty
support
DELEGATES from 20 states met at
Chicago on the Both and formed the
National Order of Mohawks. whose OBJ
Jects are Ito propagate the principles
OF democracy aud support the platform
adopted by the Chicago convention of
1896. J. Il. Sovereign. of sulphur
Springs Ark. former master work.
man Of the knights Of Labor, was
elected grand chief of the new order.
lSTEEcErTED dispatches from Admi.
raj Ccrvcra on the 30th showed n criti-
cal state Of affairs at Santiago. Both
food and ammunition we're reported
10 be getting very short aud the latter
will soon be exhausted.
The war department received the
welcome informant ton on the 3Oth that
military telegraph station had been
established at Saril,a, near Santiago
de Cuba, in the center Of the present
military opera tiIns, and that this line
~ "a, a 4
it connected w.h the French cable
line, thus bring ug Gen. Shafter into
direct communication with Washing.
ton.
Is diplomatic uarters at Washing.
ton on thu Goth d, was stated thnt ul
steps had been 'ascn thus far in the
direction ~ peanc oycrtures from any
quarter and it5yu not likely such over
lures would come, either from one
power or from aDmbinatiou Of pow.
ers, until the m.itary situation ma
or a decided defeat
THE president gncd the bankruptcy
bll. on the afternoon of the lst
t'ES. SIINFTEE had battle with the
Spanish troop on the lst near Santi-
ago. lasting from eight in the morn
ing until sunGowu. The enemy's out
works were carried and they re treated
into the city. The American loss was
heavy, some estimating it at 800 killed
and wounded.
a WASHINGTON special to the Herald
said that Commodore Watsou's orders
direct him to pursue Admiral Cumara's
fleet rc!entlessly. even If it takes him
TO Manila. The spanish ships must be
captured or destroyed.
A uIsTATCH received at Washington
on the 18th stated that the American
troops on the transports conveyed by
the Charleston commenced to disem.
bark at Cavitc, where Admiral Dcwey's
fleet is anchored, on July /. On their
voyage they had taken the Ladrone
islands, belonging to Spain, and made
prisoners the spanish governor and
other officials.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON has duplicated
Admiral Dewey's marvellous perform
ance at Manila. While the American
troops were attacking the outer forti-
tications at Santiago Sampson engaged
the Spanish squadron under Admiral
Ccrvera and destroyed all but one of
the enemy's ships The news came to
Washington on the Sd and was abso-
lutely reliable.
A STATEMENT was made by an official
at Washington that Admiral Dewey
has warned the commanders of the
German warships at Manila against
interference with the war programme
of this government
GEN. SLATER sent dispatch to
Washington on the Sd stating that he
had made 4 demand for the immediate
surrender of Santiago threatening to
lombard the city. He added that he
believed the place would be surren
dered.
A cABLEGRAM from Admiral Dewey
received at the navy department on
the Fourth announced the safe arrival
OF the first fleet of transports, con-
tirmed the report that the Ladroue
islands had been occupied by Ameri
can troops from the transports and
also stated that the Spanish gunboat
Leyte, which ran up river on May l,
the day of the battle, had come out
and surrendered, having on board SO
army and navy officers and 0i men.
A DISPATCH to the Paris Matin stated
that in spite of the bellicosity of the
official utterances of the Spanish pre-.
mier, he was ardently desirous O,
peace and had taken steps to arrange
for n cessation OF hos,ilities.
GEN. SHAFrEB notified the Spanish
general at Santiago de Cuba that he
had better remove the women and
children from the city, as if the place
was not surrendered he would proceed
to lombard it by noon of the 9th.
A DISPATCH was received at Wash.
ington from Admiral Sampson stating
that the fleet under his command of.
fered the nation as Fourth of July
present the destruction of Admiral
Cervera's fleet The Spanish squadron
attempted to escape from the harbor
of Santiago. About 1900 prisoners
were taken, including Admiral Ger
vera. Only one American was killed
and two wounded.
MISCELLANEOUS.
As the result OF long-standing feud,
Amos Lynch and Floyd Della fought n