The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-25

sred the road record for 100 miles from
i:31 to 6:S0:S0. He rode from Denver to
Evans and return, making his ride
actually 10a miles.
4 QUEEN VICTORIA started from Wind
sor castle for London at noon on the
list for the celebration Of her diamond
Jubilee. Loyal greetings were extended
70 her all along the route. which was
banners and notices. At four o'clock
she received the imperial aud royal
.nvoys in the throne room Of Rucking-
nam palace. AT night the diplomatic
and distinguished special guests were
received in the grand salon.
In head-end collision on the Inter
national & Great Northern railway
near Conroc, Tex, three white and
three negro men, tramps, were killed.
Several other persons were more or
less injured. The engine, mail car and
six freight cars We're demolished.
1 DURING an electrical storm lightning
struck and set fire to the natural his
tory building on the ground of the
university of Illinois at Champaign,
ILL.,, and before the flames were got
under control damage estimated at
$50, 900 to SIS. 900 resulted.
RtOrs have broken out in the province
Of Kiang-Si, China, against Foreigners
The English mission at Wa-Chang was
destroyed by mob and Mr. Blandford,
the missionary. and five English women
had to flee for their lives, losing all
their possessions. The rioters also at
tackled the French Catholic mission at
Wa-Chang.
WHILE 240 graduates of the county
schools were on the stage at Ottawa,
ILL.,, for the purpose of having their
photographs taken the structure gave
way and they were precipitated ten
feet to the ground below. Many were
rather severely hurt
MEAN whisky was the cause of excit-
ing riot among negroes at Gadsden,
Ala One man was fatally shot and
several others injured.
/ THE Pickwick hotel and several
buildings adjoining were destroyed by
fire at New Orleans the other morning.
ALI the guests escaped. Loss, SiGO, 600.
A CYCLONE shook up Duncan, Neb.,
on the Goth and number of people
were hurt by flying debris
Two sharp shocks Of earthquake
were felt throughout California on the
1 Goth.
ABOUT, 800 pounds of condemned dy-
Mantle was given to Joseph Foster at
the city dump in Decatur, Ill, and he
was ordered to bury it in the ground
| by the authorities, but instead of do
ing SO he piled the stuff on a heap Of
refuse and set fire to it and there was
q terrible explosion. Chimneys top
pied, ceilings and walls were cracked
and much damage done to buildings,
and suits against the city will prob
ably result
A DISPATCH from Calcutta on the 18th
said that earthquake shocks still con-
tinued to be felt in Assam and that the
ruin in that province was appalling;
that courts, treasures, jails and hos
pitals had collapsed; that crops were
mostly ruined and q number of roads
had been completely demolished.
JACOB GRINER, of Ayresville, O., was
killed by lightning while In his barn
and Peter Tabler was killed by, the
same means while in his house, which
was consumed by fire.
JUDGE WALTER G. OsG, of the com
/ mon pleas bench at Cleveland, O., was
nearly killed on the nth by being
caught on his bicycle between wagon
and motor, He was struck by the
motor and crushed by the lifeguard.
His spine was badly injured
THERE were 228 business failures In
the 18th, according to Bradstrcet's re-
port, against 265 for the corresponding
week last year.
JINMY MICHAEL, the Welshman, beat
Eddy McDuffee on the Charles river
track at Cambridge, Mass, on the 18th
in the hottest 15-mile bicycle race
ever run In America, and at the same
time establishing new 15-mile paced
competition record of 30 minutes 10
seconds.
MORE tea was reported afloat on the
Pacific ocean on the 18th than ever be.
fore at one time, the importers of New
York and other eastern cities having
made large purchases in China and
Japan for immediate delivery and
were having IT hurried across the Pa
cific in order to enter it before the
Dingley bill goes into effect.
| A LITTLE whirlwind the other day In
New Orleans blew the roof OF Of a pub.
lie market, damaged about 80 houses
and spent itself in about six squares.
Nobody was seriouAly hurt.
WHILE bathing in pool near Green
Vile, Tex, Miss Austin, Miss Ida
Schenck and Cashier King, of the
First national bank Of that city. were
drowned.
| The Adirondack exnresa the othey
afternoon struck carriage containing
Samuel Stimson and Miss Shermer-
horn at street crossing in Herkimer,
N. Y, and Stimson was Instantly killed
and Miss Schermerhorn was fatally in
jurcd.
ED KILGoRE, contractor and build
er, was fatally shot by Miss Fanny
jackson and her three brothers at La
donia, Tex, for slandering the young
woman.
A QUANTITY Of powder in building
attached to the plant of the Hazard
Powder Co. at Hazardville, Conn, ex.
| ploded and three men and one horse
were killed. The building was blown
to pieces.
THE American Railway union was
ON the nth adjudged at Chicago by e.
". Dcbs and his followers to be .
corpse, and the social democracy Of
America was launched to take its
| place.
MICHAEL DoxNELLoS, IS years Of age,
= hagman for the Terminal Railroad
sssotsiation 1t St Louis, was struck BY
an engine, receiving injuries which re-
suited IN bis death few hours later.
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