The Holly chieftain., 1897-07-23

THE Broadmoor Casino, the famous
Si0o, 900 pleasure resort Of Colorado
,,ssrsings, Col, was burned TO the ground
! on the 18th. There was no wnter avsil-
able and, ten minutes after the flames
had broken out, all hope was given up
of aaving the structure and ekorts were
made to save the hotel adjoininR,
which. by the help Of United States
soldiers In camp there, was successfuL
THE great gold discoveries In Alaska
may seriously complicate the Alasksn
boundary dispute between this country
and Great Britain. As the line has
been tentatively established, Klon-
dyke, where the big find has been
made, is within the Dominion Of Cans
de-, but IL may be that > 4enuite estab-
lishment Of ths bounds! viii bring II
lpartlT. ~ leepk sitA AnsFts.n TER
CoMxAADEn Boofa-TucKEn. of the
Salvation army, has selected southern
Colorado for the location of his first
colony and will secure $1,000 acres OF
land ON which TO locate poor people
from the over-crowded sections Of tho
east and enable them to earn . living.
JIx DAVIS, . cowboy, was struck by
lightning near Leliaetta, ]. T., and he
and his horse were instantly killed.
| A DfsPATcH from Antlers, L T., said
1 that the Choctaw-Ch Chiclasaw union
party proposed to treat with the Dawes
commission. provided the United States
government would buy all Of their
land outright They would then form
colony, go to Mexico, buy land and
have their own laws.
THERE was big bicycle parade at
Chicago on the nth under the auspices
fthe Chicago Evening Journal. Fully
1000 wheelmen were in line and Mayor
Harrison led the parade. being next to
an advance guard of 800 policemen
mounted on wheels.
ALL unions affiliated with the Chica-
60 Federation Of Labor will contribute
to the striking coal miners relief fund.
REV. FATHER BUTLER, Of Chicago.
who was about to be consecrated bishop
" the Concordia, Kan, Roman Catholic
diocese, died in Rome on the 18th.
Aueusr WEHRnEIM, Chicago real
estate man, was robbed by card sharps
Of n, 900 in q brace faro game.
MASKED robbers held mp and robbed
the post Office at the Sac and Fox agen-
| ~ In the Indian territory on the 18th
and got $3.50 in stamps and ssbig batch
Of registered letters and money orders.
TBoUBLE was expected In the Pitts
burgh coal mining district q |, 900 half
starved strikers had determined to
march. on the Cannonsburg mines in
order to get the miners there to quit
work.
FIVE young men ventured out ON the
Piscataquog river near Manchester. N.
e., in an old scow, without oars, de-
pending for the guidance Of the boat
upon board. The men were unable "a
control the old hulk, and In : short time
1t was over the dam and three Of the
occupants werc drowned.
/ A STRONG disposition on the part Of
many subordinate leaders in the insur-
gent army TO end the war by the &c
ceptance of autonomy was reported ii
Washington from Cuba. Gen. Gomez,
personally. clings to the hope Of inde.
pendence, but he il almost alone.
| IT was stated positively that Repre-
sentative McMiIlin will be appointed
to succeed Mr.. Harris in the United
States senate. This, It was said, had
been definitely determined upon among
the leaders in Tennessee and there wa
, general scceptance Of the situation.
| TIE convention Of the Nstional
League Of Republican Clubs iat Detroit
Mich. on the 14th chose Omaha, Neb.,
for the next place OF meeting.
1 A RATE war has been declared be
tween union and non-union insurance
compsnies ~ Chicago which. IT is be.
lieyed, win result In general rcduc
tion in tho cost Of policies on building
and contentA
SroRIEs Of the fabulous riches Of tn,
Cloudyke 'diggings on the Upper Yukol
In Alaska were more than proved TIN,
when 40 miners arrived ut San Fran
cisco with $40 pounds Of gold dust
Most Of the miners were 1t the dig
gings only this single season, snt
nearly all Of them were tenderfeet
THE sultan Of Turkey has issued n
irade .instrncting hts ministers 70 con
clude negotiations with the power
and to sign the preliminaries for peace
THE Empire state express ON tn,
New York Central broke the world
record ON the 18th by making the dis
tance between Syracuse and Buffalo
1885 miles, in>is minutes.
WoRD was received 1t Griffin, Ga.
on the f1th that Oscar Williams, tn,
negro sssailsnt of the six-year.olf
daughter Of State Senator Campbell
had been lynched in . swamp 30 mile,
west Of that place by mob Of 400
msn. who had been chasing him ainc'
the 10th.
A LoNnoS dispatch on ihs 18th ststet
that the United States commissioner,
had been succsssfui and that an inter
! national confidence viii Be summoned
probably to meet in the United States
and Great Britain would participate
All the deleg.tss win be uninstruetet
In regard TO the ratio, although Franc,
favors 1bh TO l.
MAHYsvILLx, Ala. YVES greatly ex
, citsd ON the t4th and trouble betwee,
negroes and whites was anticipated
Sam Mckinney, white man, shot
4 negro farm hand named Jack Names
They had = disagreement and the NJ
frp moved toward the white man will
m AZ elevated aud ready to stsike
Mckinley drew his pistol and shot th
negro doed in his tracks. The negros
Of the neighborhood said they woul'
llynch The white man.
A DIGpArCH from Nashville, Team.
!; lsaid Gov. Taylor would in ali probs
, bility spppint Congressman Bsntol
4 Mclfillan tO suCceed the late Iaham q
II Harris In the United States senate.
Il MAxfho G0AEz has changed rsdioall,
hiA plan Of uaMpAigr In CubA "A lei