The Holly chieftain., 1899-03-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PExsoSALAND POLITICAL

Personal aND POLITICAL
SENATUE KYLE, Of South Dakota
said at Minneapolis, MINI, on the
lG whil. en- route home that President
Mckinley had lately received private
adv,ccs to the effect that the Filipino
republic wa, on its last legs. The sen
ator said he had received this informa
tion from sources very near to the
president
JosEru MEUIlr, the veteran editor
and proprietor OF the Chicago Tribunc,
died at San Antonio, Tex, on the 10th
of heart failure. lie had been in bad
health for some time.
REEJaMly T. HUTCHINSON, better
known a. "uI Hot h,' the former
board OF trade operator at Chicago,
died ot heart failure at the Lakeside
sanituriuu. Lake Geneva, Wis He
was 20 years u-rA
TmE report reached Sau Francisco on
the l7lh that rrlucc-, kaIuInni had
died at Honolulu Of iutlannnatprv rhcu-
mutiAm. In l-H' Queen Liliuukalani,
who WAS then on the throne Of the
Hawaiian islands, proclaimed her heir
apparent.
Tnr queen regent signed n rcaty
of peace brtwrrn spain and the United
States on the nth.
TuE authorities at Washington think
that the end of the war in II" Phil
ippinc islands D., near. having received
a cahlcrram from Gcu Otis on the l7th
giving REASONS for his belief that a
climax may cosue at any hour, The
cablcgram caused a good deal 0f graf
itication AMI vas sent TO President
Mckinley at uumnsyNIlc, Ga
GES. EEooGs has hrrn cahlcd to pro.
cecd to the rNrruiiun OF the order In
Cuba providing for the discharge "t
nil soldiers wnr enlisted in the rcEH.
lar army 4, ,Ur uulnrrul. Of hustillltcs
until the cessation al the war should
they IMPLY for such discharge. lic
will cndpuyur. however. to rc-rEiist a.
many ns possible.
TmE prcsidcn, has become very much
interested in hustuE the troops in tuba,
which are 10 l,. returned to the United
States, hurried uorof the island beior"
there is any danger of infection from
yellow fever. lie la, given positive
ins struciiuns TO The war department on
this subject, md. a. result, the quar-
termnster's department Is making
strenuous effort, to obtain transports
and it is probable that the ~ rcgi.
mrnts Of volunteers will have en-.
barkcd by hDTI! !.
A DISPATCH from Dallas, Tex, said
that Milton Park chairman Of the
populi national organization commit
tee. has issued a manifesto setting forth
the nomination Of l'arkrr and DonucI-
" for president and wee president OF
the United States. lie has appointed
Paul II. Olson. Of ChiI.lcothe, Mo. As
organizer for Kansas, Missouri and
Nrbrnska.
GES. OrIs sent cabIcgram from
Manila to Washington on the I9Ih
stating that the American Eunboats
had the inhabitant, Of Laguna de Bay
at their mercy uud that the Flipino>
attac6cd the Americans near Taguig
but were rcpuI,ci, leaving 200 dead on
the field.
pATMCK WALSH eN-Unitcd States
senator and mayor of Augusta, Ga.
died at his home in that city on the
10Th OF nervous prO>traLIun.
TIE California legislature adjourned
sine die at ll:l5 a. m. on the 10th with
out elccting a United States senator.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY went to Jekyl
island. ia. on the 2Oth.
NEws from Jamaica on the Goth said
that cX-Secrctary John Sherman was
worse and was not likely to recover.
a ROME correspondent on the Goth
stated that the popc's lie was ebbing
AWAY.