The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-28

WIILlAM DoNAipsoA and his wiAs,
young couple living, nj CArlyles Ill.,
have been Indicted by the grand Jury
under the statute which provides that
6rst cousins shall not marry.
Er.MER C. SArrIJsY, the former CASH
Ter of the wrecked Kansas City Safe
Deposit and Savings bank, was par
doned by Gov. Stephens on the Ssd,
having served about two years Of his
four years sentence. He will make
his permanent home in Chicago.
The big Roseua furnace At New
castle. Pa, exploded on the sSd, send
ing = roluuse Of coke, iron ore and
coal crashing through the roof and
burying aSout 90 men under the debris,
many Of them being seriously injured.
AT the six-day intercity relay bicy-
Gle race at Chicago between Chicago
and New York representatives Chicago
won, the score being: Chicago, a,oas
miles and 8 laps; New York, 3,ol0 miles
and 9 laps Schinneer hung up new
record for an hours riding, making IS
miles and laps, Mccarthy broke the
four>hour competitive record with So
miles and laps and John Lawson in
turn ealipsed the mark with IS miles
and 9 laps
RIcnARD N. ScRuGes, millionaire,
and =. G. Langhorne, his secretary, of
st Louis, were said to have been ar
rested by custom house officers at New
York on the charge Of smuggling.
The veriscope exhibition of the Cor
bett- t-Fitzsimmons fight attrscted an
immense audience to the Academy of
Music at New York on the 22d. On the
whole the pictures must be counted .
success, the sixth and the 14th rounds
being exceptionally clear. The en-
thusiasm among the audience was as
intense as though the actual fight was
in progress.
The steamer Florida, bound from
Chicago to Buffalo, N. Y, with grain
and general merchandise, was sent to
the bottom Of Lake Huron, between
Middle island and Presque isle, by q
collision with the steamer George w.
Roby, during dense fog. The crew
of the Florida were all saved by the
Roby.
The business failures In the United
States for the week ended the 31st
were 245, according to Bradstreet's ne
port, against a16 for the corresponding
week last year.
A CYCLONE passed over the northern
port of Minor county, s. D., the other
night The greatest damage was done
at Carthage. No lives were lost. The
damage was extensive to farm prop-
erty.
THE Arkansas senate passed the
T0v.s >, 40 syr~.,1-v<,<, 4 I,tlI o~l A.,
is now law. The bill provides for a
commission to lay off counties into not
more than IL road districts, TO be ap-
proved by the county court.
A FARMER named Thomas BiddIe, his
wife and three children were cremated
in their house in Tennssses, aesvas the
line from Monticello, Ky. Some tramps
had asked permission to make q fire in
his barn during the nightan Mr.. bid
die had refused their request. some
hours afterwards Biddle7A house
burned down and the family were
roasted. It was supposed the tramps
applied the torch out of revenge.
LUcRErIA BoRaIA, brown colt, four
years old, now holds the worlds record
for four miles. She covered the dis
tance in the wonderful time of 7:L at
San Francisco on the seth and that.
too, in the face of strong wind blow
ing down the back stretch. The record
for four miles against time has stood
for 81 years, having been nade by Ten
Brock, the celebrated distance horse,
on September "a. 1875, At Louisville,
KY. :
People in the lower or ~outheastern
end Of Ell Paso, Tex, on the Goth were
using boats toleave and return to their
homes on account of the rise In the Rio
Grande.
THE afternoon session of the lower
house Of the Illinois legislature On the
goth was marked by q riot among the
Legislators Waste baskets, hooks and
other articles were hurled back and
forth, and Representative Novak, Of
Chicago, made an attack on the speak
er. The trouble was caused BY the
speakers refusal to recognize Norak.
WILLIAM H. PHILLrPs, locomotive
engineer, was almost Instantly killed
in tho presence of his wife at Jeffer-
,sonville, Ind, by being run over By .
baltimore & Ohio train. The engine
struck the wagon he was In and threw
him under the pilot Of the locomotive
and horribly mangled him.
The news of the passage of the Cuban
belligerency resolution by the United
States senate created great interest in
the City Of Mexico, Mex, where anti
Spanish sentiment is strong. The rec
.ognttiOn of Cuban belligerency by the
United States is likely to lead to simi-
lar recognition by the leading Latin
American countries with the exception
of Chill.
Two children Of Ed Driscot, who
liyeson branch OF State creek, near
Pike Hill, KY, were bitten by cop
perhead snake. Their cries attracted
Mrs. Driscot, and in attempting to kill
the reptile she, too. was bitten. All
three died within an hour.
WJNTER wheat millers from all parts
Of the country were In attendance at
the annual convention of the Winter
Wheat Millers league at st. Louis,
over 800 delegates being present
Much secret organisation work in
Eagene v. Debs' plan for the founding
of socialistic cooperative common
wealth has been accomplished. The
industrial army of unemployed men
will lesve. Chicago about June 20. The
line Of march has not been decided
upon, but the final halt may probably
be made In Utah. The problem Of
caring for the army while on it, msrch
was said N have been worked ont SIT |
tafsctorily.
AN armistise between the Turkish |
and Greek troops In Thessaly TO ex.
Tend over : psriod OF II days was form. |