The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Miss FEASCIs T.. WILLARD, president
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
union, died early on the morning of
the 18th at New York She had suf-
fercd for some years from profound
ancmia and a few weeks ago she was
much prostrated and readily took the
grip, which attacked the stomach,
liver, intestines and finally over
whclmed the nerve centers She was
born September IS, 1889
THE resolutions which were adopted
at the session of the National Woman
Suffrage association at Washington on
the 18th demand for women citizens
equality with males in tine exercise of
the elective franchise ask for 10th
amendment to the constitution to
bring this about. demand for mothers
equal custody and control of their
minor children and for wives and
widows an equal use and .nReritapcc
Of property, and ask for IS omen repre-
%entation on boards Of education, pub
lie schools, etc.
ACCORDING to declaration Of the
state department at Washington on
the nth Spain has officially disclaimcd
in a positive manner the reflections
contained in the De Lone letter. and
that Incident is satisfactorily closed.
PEOPLE Of every class in Madrid de
nounccd in the strongest fashion the
lnsiuuation on the part Of the Amcri-
can press that the Spanish nation was
in any way responsible for the Maine
disaster at Havana, which was as
cribcd by the majority tr an accident.
md ltFv a.H e f.F4,
anxious to cmhruiI to-. [ uitcd States
with Spain. should the nitcd State,
government officially rc-ccho the
charges Of the American press 4 dec
Iaration Of war, it wac said. would fol-
low at once wi'huu, t.ttng for further
action from America
Col. EDwAED q. HGowSE, of Aspen.
Col, wired Gov. Adams Offering, in
case of wur with Spain. to furnish
dynamite battery composed OF 100
miners, who have had .ong experience
in handling high explosives
IHE United States government on
the 18th had settled down into "A wait
ing attitude to get the results of the
court Of inquiry appointed by the navy
department to Investigate the cause of
the disaster to the battleship Maine.
The dead scamen were buried in Cuba
and the wounded sent to Key West,
Fla The story that u torpedo hole
was discovered in the bottom of the
Maine was denied by the authorities
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has consented
to deliver an address ut Iowa college.
Grjnurll, la, in June. on the occasion
OF the scmi-centcunial of the institu-
tiou.
SECRETARY LoNG, of the navy depart
ment, made statement on the 18th
denying the warlike rumors floating
round and stating that the disaster to
the battlcship Maine would probably
be found to be an accident. Prcpara-
tlons have been made for court of
inquiry and it will convene at Key
West, Fla. and later on perhaps go to
Havana. Lieut. Blandin denies the
story that sailor saw torpedo APP
proaching the vessel, but the explosion
took place before he could give the
alarm.
THE appointment of Count Cassini as
Russian ambassador to the United
States was gazctted at St Petersburg
on the 18th.
y plSIAlih from ' lDlld- l. .. on the
10Th said that there was much excite
ment in that place over the war scare
and many patriotic Indians were ready
to offer themselves as volunteers in
case of war.
WILLIAM J. SEAMAN, the actor died
on the 10Th at the Bloomingdale in
sane asylum at White Plains, n. y,
where he had long been a patient.
REV. SAM 2. JONES, the evangelist,
returned to his home at Cartcrsville,
Ga, on the 18th from n western lectur-
ing tour and in the evening issued
formal announcement of his candi-
dacy for governor, which has created
a big sensation in Georgia. He has
not yet announced his platform, but it
was said he would oppose especially
Georgias free school system.
THE Cuban insurgents, Washing
ton dispatch stated, will gladly accept
the proposition for suspension OF
hostilities and mediation by the United
States looking to the independence of
the island for financial consideration