The Holly chieftain., 1899-02-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL

IfRsDSAL. AND POLITICAL
GES. MANINo GovEz the commander.
.n-cHief of the Cuban army hss placed
s.mself squarr,y IN position as an
active ally of the United States gov.
eminent in the work Of the reconstruc-
lion of Cuba aud has cabled 70 Presi.
lent Mckinley assurance of his
cooperation in d.abaEdiny the Cuban
army.
THE repu blicaus of The lower house Of
congress held caucus meeting and
passed u resolution 10 appoin; Il mem
bers of the present house who will be
me m Oers of the next con Eress as com.
uIittee TO confer with senator's about
monetary legislation and for them to
submit their recommendations to a re-
publican caucus at the first session OF
the tlfiy-1lNth congress. The caucus
was unanimous that nothing could be
done in financial reform at this late
day Of COagresS.
THE democratic caucus Of the North
Carolina legislature has decided to
submit 70 the voters OF the state, in
August 1900 an amendment to the
constit u tion to limit suffrage. It is
practically the louisiana law and will
irbar bout fuur.i;ths of the negro
sOtc.
TIE cabinet on the Sd had the matter
Of Gen. Miles conduct and utterances
under discussion and while no formal
action was taken there was reason to
believe that court of inquiry will be
ordered.
'CoIS7 HAEyEY, Who has an Office In
Chicago and Is raising a fund TO carry
on thr free silver campaign in 1900,
stated that since October s, when the
scheme began, the subscri ptiOns have
averaged $500 day and are incre asing
JAsnEs y. SEXToY. commandcr-in-
chief Of the q. a. T., died on the 5th
Al Garfield hospital, Washington,
Igcd 55.
ALL who believe in the initiative
and referendum will be entitled to
seats in the national convention OF the
Union Reform party in Cincinnati on
March l.
THE body OF Gen. Garcia, late of the
Cuban army, who recently died at
Washington. was transferred on the
i:h with military houors to the United
States guuboat Nashville, at Fort
Monroe, Va, which will take the
corpse to Cuba.
4 BATTLE occurred at Manila on the
night of the 4lh between the Filipinos
and Americans. There was heavy
fusi lHde on both sides and Admiral
Dcwey's ships bombarded the enemy's
positions, The Americans captured
several OF the Filipinos' positions
and repuised them with great loss.
The American loss was 20 killed and
l95 wounded.
4 SPECIAL from Washington 10 the
Chicago Times. Herald on the 5th stated
that Instructions will be sent TO Gen.
Otis directing him to follow up his re-
cent victory in the Philippine islands
and crush the power of Aguinaldo.
AGoNClLLo, the represen tative Of the
Filipino junta at Washington, has
skipped out OF the United States into
Canada
GEN. OTIs, according to promise,
cabled list of Americans killed and
wounded in the battle at Manila Nc
casualties occurred in the Twentieth
Kansas regiment.
ADMIRAL DEWEY notified the navy
department that he .eized schooner
loaded with arms and ammunition for
the Filipino insurgents Washington
authorities were informed that the
German consul at Hong Hong as con.
cerncd in the sale of arms to the Fill
plnos.
THE estimates on the Sta placed the
Filipino loss at the battle of Manila
at ., 600 dead, $500 wounded and 5000
prisoners
RECENT Chinese advices indicated
that all central China will soon be in.
volvcd in one big anti. foreign rebel.
lion. The success of the brigand
iumnntzc and his followers has caused
the Sc Chuen rebellion to spread into
the Hu Peh and Shan Tuug provinces,
where Catholic missionaries and native
Christians have been massacred. NAL.
treated and robbed. In numerous in.
stances children of native Christians
were torn from their arms and killed
that the foreign devils" religion
might not spread.