The Holly chieftain., 1898-10-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Personal AND POLITICAL
Miss VIOLA kATum CLEMoNs, tn,
actress, was married at New York OF
the 18th to Howard Could Il son Of the
late Jay Gould.
THE emperor and cmnress of Ger
many started at nine o'clock on the I2tt
from Berlin on their Journey to tn,
Holy Land. They go direct to Con
stantinople and from thence to Palcs
tine
Gov. LORD appointed 4 committee o
hve weIl-known citizens of Portland
Ore, to collect funds for the purchas,
OF 8 sword to hc presented to Capt
Clark, of the battlcahlp Oregon.
GES Julio a. EocA has been inaugu
rated president of Argentina.
Mrs SHERMAN, wife Of former Secre
rctary Of State John Sherman, suffered
astrokc of paraly~i, on the 18th at her
* street home in Washington and was
in very critical condition. The
stroke affected her entire right side
and ia brief periods If consciousness
She was unable TO speak.
GEN. SHAFTEE was accorded a gen.
cral welcome at the exposition at Oma,
ha, Ncb., on the 18th. Hi, address was
3" discussion of the { ban campaign in
which he declared that the fall Of r.
Cancv practically ended the campaign.
lie cNtolled the virtues OF the volun.
tcere as well as the regulars, asserting
that all did their whole duty.
PRESIDENT NCKINIEY was the guest
of St Louis on the .ith. From the
time of his arrival until he left the
city he was accorded an almost con.
liuuous ovation. lie reviewed the pa
radc and addressed large crowd a,
the Merchants exchange and drove
through the city. At night lie spoke
at the Coliseum and left afterwards
for Terrc iIaute, Ind
lHE police at Alexandria, Egypt,
arrested nine Italian anarchists who
had plotted TO assassinate the emperor
Of Germany on his way to Jerusalem.
4 MILITARY plot against the French
government was discovered in Paris
on the 18th. The Matin said the plot
was only for the purpose of changing
some of the government officials with
out touching the president of the re.
public.
IT was reported at Havana that Gen.
Maxine Gomez, the insurgcnt com
mnnder-in-chief, has been elected
president Of the Cuban government,
but the fact will not be made publ,
for some time. lie had previously de
clincd the nomination, but it was eN.
pected he would now accept it
SWEDISH journals which recently
arrived at Chicago stated that they
had positive evidence that Walter
Wellman, an American explorer, had
found traces of Andree, who started
for the north pole in balloon, in
Franz Joseph Land.
The Twentieth Kansas at San Fran.
cisco has been ordered to get ready tc
go to Manila.
Rev. STErHES kAMISsKf, bishop OF
the Independent Polish Catholic church
Of buffalo, y. y, has been excomnu-
nicated from the Roman Catholic
church by the pope.
THEODORE Cox, member of the New
York stock exchange, offered to bet
$4,000 even money that Roosevelt
would be elected governor of New
York. The news reached the demo,
cratic headquarters and in a short
time the bet was taken by the demo
Gratis and the preliminarics settled
and the money put up
The national peace jubilee was in
auguratcd at Chicago on the night of
the 10th with a union thanksgiving
service at the Auditorium. President
Mckinley attended and listened to ad.
dresses by a Jewish raGAi-sGarhoTic
priest, Il Presby terian clergyman and
a colored orator. The applause for the
president was terrific and he had to
respond to the frantic cheering, al.
though the services were of a religious
character.
Mrs. JOHN SHERMAN was reported
much better on the 10th.
Al Chicago on the 18th the inclem-
ent weather caused the postponement
of the bicycle parade. President Nc.
kinlcy was escorted TO the University
of Chicago by cadets from the Culver
military academy and the degree OF
LII d. was conferred upon him Be.
fore the ceremonies took place Mr.. Nc
kinley mounted a stand with an um.
brella and reviewed long line of stu.
dents An informal reception was
given afterwards at the armory.
AN appeal to Gu ubans for aid to n eedv
insurgents has been made by Gen. Nor