The Holly chieftain., 1899-01-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL

DE. ANDREW J. BLACKWELL, for
'hom the town of blackwell. OK, was
amrd, and one OF the bcst-kuown men
a that part of the country, has died.
lie was 4 familiar figure IN the mining
owns Of southwest Missouri and south
asst Kansas in the carly days
TIE Paris CORES pondeut of the Lon
on Daily Graphic said on the 10Th
hat one OF the pr!nci pal chiefs Of the
artists informed him that everything
vas ready for rising in Spain, that
Jon Carlos was absolutely resolved to
AXE the field and that ali were wait
ng for the signal.
A wARsHIP has been ordered to
amoa on account of the trouble grow
ng out Of the election of a successor
the late King Malietoa A special
ispatCh said that the British and
amer can consu!s were compelled to
orce the doors of the supreme court
Il Apia, Samoa, ir which the German
onsul had established himself, and
Iush him into the street The situa-
ion was reported grave in the islands
md may embroil the United States
md Great Britain with Germany.
GIN. EAGAS was served with legal
ioiice OF the ordering OF court.
nartlal for his trial just before the
lose of Office hours on the 10Th and
lis Office was placed in charge of
lieut. Col, George T. Davis, who had
Dcen on duty there for some time as
.ssistant to the commissary general.
A NAsHINGToS special to the Brook.
yn Eagle SAID that Maj Gen. Nelson
\. Miles. commanding the United
states army, is to be court-martialed
IS soon a. the Eagan court martial
ubmits its findings, provided it is
ound that the uttcrahces OF Gen.
Niles contained any provocation for
he assault made upon him by Gen.
IaCan.
PORTER j MCCuMRER, republican.
Sa5 elected United States senator in
he joint assembly at bismarck. n. D..
TnE Paris Gaulois said there were
umCrs that the court Of cessation will
rider chat Drcyfus be retired by the
cnate sitting as high court
ST. LOUIS Mormons are opposed t.
eating h. II. Roberts in congress
CHEAT BRITAIN has proclaimed a
rotcc;orate over the Soudan portion
II Africa.
JAMES r SCorT. commercial editor
# the Herald at Dubuque, Ia, died on
he 22d, aged 10 years lie was the
ldest newspaper worker in Iowa hav.
ng been employed con tinuously over
wears on the Herald.
IT was reported at Washington that
zen. Engan will plead guilty to the
hargcs Mt his cOurt-mnrtial and say
hat he was so much cxasperated and
mentally distressed by she state cmcn Is
If Gen. Miles and the newspaper criti-
.isms resulting from the "embalmed
,ce~ charges as to be scarcely rcspon-
jble for the language he used and
Vill throw himself on the mercy OF
he court hoping thus that it will
ecommend executive clcmency.
4 MASS meeting was held in New
FORK on the 22i for the purpose Of pro.
esting against the policy of i'm.
IcriaIism and entanpling alliances
With European powers" Resolutions
Eere adopted against the permanent
annexation of the Philippines
speeches were made by cx-Ambassa-
ior Eustis, Samuel Gompers and
I!ourkc Cochran. Letters of sympathy
with the object of the meeting were
'ead from EXPIRES dent Cleveland, vii.
lam j. Bryan and Bishop Po tier
The tilipinos, it was reported, will
hortly liberate the Spanish prisoners
THE Italian government will send p
liplomatIc note to the powers thai
,artici pated in the recent auti-anarch
st conference, inviting them to stat,
definitely their onclusions relative tc
he proposals considered. When the
answers of the powers are received
tally will call n conference of the am
assadors with a view of TAX ing un ted
tction.
GEN. RUSSELL HASTINGS, of North
impton, Mass, has been chosen for
appointment as director OF the bureau
'f American republics. During the
.ivil war he was colonel OF the presi.
tents regiment
The secretary of war has completed
he organization of n colonial commits
ion to undertake the administration
n Washington of all matters in detail
:especting the government of the ter.
'i,ories acquired during the war or oc-
:upied by the United States forces.
The committee will deal with the be
,towal of franchises and concessions,
he distribution of moneys to be spent
| public improvements and all of the
Troublesome issncs that have arisen
and are likely to arise in Cuba, Porte
tico and the Philippines.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CAMP No. 7Sl, United Confederate
'e'erans, of St Louis, has gone on
ecord as being radically opposed tc
'lacing disabled confederate soldiers
the institutions main tanned for
luiOn veterans and thu sipninu ~