The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21


the business men Of New York, Philar
delphia ana other cities aslxinR for the
tnterserence Of the United States to
bring the Cuban war to . conclusion.
1t was said to be the intention to start
the movement in all the large cities Of
the country and when the petitions
are all allied to present them to Presi-
dent Mckinley,
ABOUT 1900 tsilors, men and wom-
en-, in New York aud vicinity refused
to work on the 18th ON account of the
contractors failing to live up to the
agreement they had made q year ago.
OWEN ZEIsLEn outpointed Kid La
vigne at Philadelphia on the 18th in .
six-round go.
MARTIN WIcKs and wife, who live
near Gresham, Wis, left their home TO
look after some.stock that had strayed
away. During their absence forest fires
destroyed their house and three small
children who had been left alone per-
fshed.
LARGE delegations OF Baptist women
from various sections OF the country
arrived at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th
to attend the goth anniversary of the
Baptist Women's Home Mission society.
A STEAM launch, in which were 16
persons seeking q view of the dedica-
tion ceremonies OF the Washington
monument at Philadelphia on the 18th,
became unmanageable, was swept over
the dam at Fairlnount and capsized.
Three women were drowned. The
others were saved.
The monument in memory of George
Washington was unveiled at Philadel-
phia on the 18th by President McKin-
ley with the national salute of FL
guns. An address was made by the
president, who also reviewed the pa
rade. At night parade of wheelmen
took place, 10000 being in line.
A PouenKEEPsIE, N. Y, dispatch said
that Miss Rowena Reed, of Kansas, car
ried off most Of the athletic honors at
the Vassar games, making records in
the hurdle, the running high jump, the
baseball throw, the fence vault and
the broad jump
The porte replied to the note of the
powers On the 18th and declined to
agree to an srmistice with Greece until
certain conditions were agreed to
'"AAASh shC POWCAb CoASAuGECu cAOEU1-
tant- Turkey demanded the annexa-
tion of Thessaly, an indemnity of $780,
000, 900 and the abolition of the capitu-
lations. 1t was believed in official
circles that the matter would be set
tied by European conference It
was rumored that King George would
abdicate the throne of Greece and re-
tire to an estate in Austria. ss 81
FRED HOLMAN was hanged at Pax
ton, ILL.,, on the 14th for the murder OF
Mrs. Weibke Geddes-
|. FIRE broke out in the courthouse at
Lexington, KY, on the 14th and in an
hour nothing remained but walls
Harts beautiful statue, Woman Tri-
urnphant, !" bought BY Isexington wong
en- for 5000. was in the rotunda and
was destroyed. The records were
saved. The courthouse was built ten
years ago at . cost Of 81aO, 900.
STsILA, Neb., was almost totally de-
stroyed by FIRE on the 18th. The lcsa
was about $50, COO
A rERRrsLE railway disaster befell =
Russian military train on the Valka
Jurjev line. Sixteen cars were smashed.
Two officers and nearly 100 soldiers
were killed and 90 others were serious
ly injured.
NINETY earthquake shocks were felt
in South Australia during the three
days preceding the 14th. The disturb
ances were particularly severe at
Kingston, where the buildings were
damaged and some Of the inhabitants
have taken to living in tentsfor safety.
In June :, large party of farmers
from Marshall county, KY, will emit
grate to New Madrid. stoddard and
Dunklin counties, Mo.
EMILE CHARLOTTE LANarRy, known
throughout two hemispheres - the
Jersey Lily" ex-English professional
beauty and actress has secured di-
vorce from her English husband, Ed
ward Langtry, In the Lake county, Cal, !,
court, on the ground of desertion.
AT daybreak on the 18th the bodies
Of Mollie Smith and Amanda Franks,
two negro girls, were found hanging
on trees ON the side OF the road lead
ing from JEFF, Ala, to Huntsville,
Tenn. They had been lynched during
the night. The girls were suspected
of poisoning the family Of Joseph
OKelly at Jeff. Amanda Franks is
said to have made = confession.
THERE WAS perfect fusion Of the sill
yer forces Of Iowa at the meeting at
Des Moines Of the democratic, populist
and silver republican committees and
june 2 was chosen as the date for hold
Ing three separate conventions to nomi.
nate full state ticket
A DISPATCH ON the 18th stated that
rains for IS hours had again flooded
Middlesboro. KY, and thousands Of
acres OF growing corn were under
water. 10
been lynched near Jeh, Ala, the other
night for being implicated in the
wholesale poisoning Of the Kelly FAM
lily. rs &. -
RIcnARD FLICK, Guy Flick and John
Burns were arrested at Deadwood, 8.
d., by Special Officer Wilson, Of the
secret service Of the United States,
charged with mutilsting gold coin.
For the past month that city has been
flooded with lightweight gold coins,
some Of the $50 gold pieces being short
from % to ..
erEPHEx r. MAI.LoHY was elected
United States senator at Tallahassee,
Fla. on the 18th on the 25th ballot.
The new senator is the son Of the late
Stephen B. Mallory, who was elected
United 6tstea eenator from Florida In
1851 and resignsd In 1851, on the seccs-
sion Of his state.
BRADsrRxEr's agency reported 26l
business failures through ghout tho United
States for the week ended the 14th,
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