The Holly chieftain., 1899-03-17
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Personal. ASD POLITICAL
/ GES. HALE cleared away the Filipino
rebels near h., wing at the water.
work, near Manila On the sth. Tue
guuboat Lavuna dc Bay shelIed the
eucmy's position from the river, Two
Americans were wounded. The enemy's
los, was estimated al 20.
TuE Madrid au,uur.lles have offered
'Aguinaldo Il ransom Of $1,000 for each
otiicer, SlDJ each llr the pr.Fates and
500 for each civ servant held bF the
Filipino rebels Iary have not offered
10 ransom the priests
The peace conference. otherwise the
congress of representatives Of the
powers, called by the czhr to discuss
The possibility Of taking steps toward
a general dIsarmlm"nt, will meet at
The Hague on My J.,
The Utah legislature, which is demo
cratic by large maturity, adjourned
without electing United States SEN
atnr
REV. T. DEWITT TNLNAGE, who for
nearly four vcaro has been pastor OF
the First Presbyterian chu ch of
Washington. sent letter to the scs-
sion of that church rendering his
resignation. He sad he wanted to
devote more time 10 religious journal.
ism and the lecture field
GOV. BAESEs, Of ON,ahoma vetoed
the double stalcboul bill on the ground
OF the great expense Of various elcc
tions and because he believes single
statehood 10 he the ultimate destiny
of the TWO territories
ALTHOUGH the pope was alleged tc
be on the road to recovery 1t was
! learned from prclatc high in Office
at the vatican that the utmost anxiety
continued To prevail among the papal
cntourage concerning the condition OF
the aged poutIff. as he sustained a
shock by his recent operation from
which he may not recover. In one
word Leo MIL is not expected by peo-
pie at Rome to survive much beyond
Easter. If indeed until then.
j. FoST TILLNAS. eX.register OF the
United States treasury, died at his
home near SheibvvIIle, Tenn, on the
10th after brief .lncss.
4 CABLEGRAM received at the war
department dated Manila, March 10,
said that the transport Grant arrived
with troops in good condition. The
Grant carried to Manila the Fourth
infantry and ',ur companies of the
Seventeenth infantry with Gen. Law
ton in command.
The Oklahoma legislature ad djourned
sine die on the llth.
GEN. WHEAToS's brigade advanced
from San Pedro on the l2th towards
Pasiy for the purpose of clearing the
country around there of rebels A
gun boat shclled the Jungle along the
river banks. The rebels were said to
be in full retreat.
GES. MAXINO GOMEZ has been de-
posed from the office of commander-in.
chief of the Cuban army by the Cuban
asse M bly, at Havana With the excep-
ton OF one man all the representa-
tives declared that Gomez was traitor
to his country. There was said to be
feeling OF indignation against the
assembly by q ma iority OF the people
for their action. Gen. Gomez has is
sued farewell address TO the Gu ban
army, acquiescing in the decision of
the assem- bly,.
w. C. JOHNSON, senior vice command.
er.iu-chief of the Grand Army of the
Repub bile, has issued q call for the ex-
ecutlye committee of the national
board of administration to meet at
Philadelphia April !2 to select COM
mander-in-chief to succeed the late
Gen. James A. Sexton.
MARY CHoUTEAU, the widow OF Capt
Pierre NJ. Chouteau. died at her home
in Kansas City, Mo. on the 18th. She
was the oldest member of the family
whose history, perhaps more than that
of any other, is connected with the
early days near the kaw's mouth.
Her maiden name was Mary Polk.
The family in those days was one of
the most known and influential in
western Missouri
The president on the 18th appoin ted
Her Putnam, of Boston, to be IL
brariau of congress
THE American troops in the Phil.
ippines under Gen. Wheaton captured
the city of Pasig on the 18th.
The Delaware legislature adjourned
sine die on the 18th without electing
United States senator to succeed
George NJ. Gray, consequently the
state will be represented in the upper
branch of congress by only one sena.
tor.
THERE was n popular demonstration
at Christiania, Norway. the other
evening against Crown Prince Gustaf
who was recently appointed regent on
account of the illness of his father,
King Oscar II. The prince was return
ing from the military club when he
met crowd of people, who hooted
him, hissed him ana pelted him with
snowballs. The crowd was dispersed
by the police and several arrests wer,