The Holly chieftain., 1897-10-08

SABf ttesgut bf2iu on ire 6e. Louis
q San Rraneisco railroad rot beyond
control while coming down the Boaton
mountain In Arkansas and the entire
train was hurled from the track. Fire
man Mike German. Of Kansas CITY,
jumped aud was instantly killed. Sew
eral others were badly injured. The
freight was nearly all total ioss. Z
THE ststa OF Kansas won evsry Inn
portant point In the Kansas City stock
yards caSc, which was decided by
United States Judge Foster at Topeka,
Kan, ON the 9Th. His decision boiled
down was: Tho lay governing stock
yards charges was regularly passed BY
the Kansas legislature; tho stock ysfds
company II only an incident Of COM
merce and In the absence Of action by
congress IL subject to the state laws;
the charges tixed by the legislature
would give reasonable return on the
capital invested.
Two persous wcre killed and many
others were more or less in3ursd In :
wreck ON the Denver 4 Rio Grande
railroad at Cotopaxi, Col. ON the sd,
caused by the breaking Of . Journal ON
one of the coaches M
PRAIHIE flres devastated the country
around Winnipeg. Man. At Beause-
jour two women and Eve children were
burned 70 death and carcasses Of
horses, cattle and sheep were lying III
around. Many farmers lost everything
and several small villages were practi-
cslly wiped out
A!woxAN and her four children were
found dead by asphyxistion in tho
West Shore hotel, New York, on the
morning Of the lst She had regis
tered the previous night as "Mrs Caro-
line Razinius, West Poipkr The wom-
an, it was thought, had Voluntarily
caused the tragedy. 3sA s.iSs
A DISPATCH TO London from Rome ON
the 1st said that the pope's weakness
was increasing and church dignitsrics
were afraid that he would not rally
from the extreme feebleness he bo-
trayed.
FIRE broke ont early on the 1st At
Willow Springa. 10 miles from Chicago,
and destroyed nearly half the town
and made about 10 families homeless
"A R1cH gold strike has bsen made Oh
Potosi mountain, in Colorado The
vein was said to be wide and continu-
ous and to run Thousands Of dollars to
the ton.
THE 18th annual convention OF the
Missouri Valley Homeopathic Medical
association took place 1t Iowa City, L..
DR. L. c. McElwee, Of st. Lonis, was
elected president for the ensuing year.
A souTHB0UND Rock Island passen-
ger train was held up 1t 1880 .. m. ON
the LIST near Chickasha, /. T., by Eve
masked men. They tried to blow open
the safe in the express car. but failed.
The car. however, was blown TO atoms.
The mail bags were rified and al reg
istered packages taken. The robbers
then lined uR the passengers outside
and took ~ their valusbles. Posaes
3sNNg9Nnkll1 l1u1aaqk11BNIsIg
ATRAIx u Axs Dostoa q Mafne rafl-
road met With IN acesdensS near Md.
ford, Mass., and About 70 passenRors
were moro or less injured.
BosroH kas won kths League pennant
for 1897 In the Nstional Base bali league.
CHARLEs HTPAAtRR, Jr., wealthy
farmer near Newton, Ia, committed
suicide by plunging head first into =
deep we'll His only daughter was to
have been married tho next day.
AT the Crystal palace, London, A. E.
Walters best all the bicycle records
over distances from 81 to 81 mileA He
covered the 81 mile course in 1:o5:i0 Is,
and the a mile course In 3:Q7:4 10 II
TIE Orange Judd Farmer, Of Chicae
go, In its hnal estimate Of the years
wheat crop saaid thss figures based on
actual thfAehin9 returua indicated =
Total yield Of 5ss.oeo, 60 .bnsheis, oi
which 87s. 81, ~ bashels wss wintAr
and ai5, 470, oee tnshSi spring wheat y
I In rase that was witnessed hy 6x.
Zoo people II the Illinois state fair
grounds 1t Spfiugdeld Star Pointer
notjoniy beat Joe Patchep, bpt he also
lowered the worlds pacinr record pre-
viously made BY himself hy half . sec.
oud, mAking > mile IL: 0.o0}< "
JosErH YOU'VE haa just besn placed
under q peace bond IN . Chicago police
court, when he raised phial above
his head and cried, s.f1ere ends my dis
gracew and before he could be pre-
vented he drained the contents, fully
an ounce Of carbolic acid. The suffer-
er was hurried to the county hospital.
Institution.
TsE members Of the National irriR.,
tion congress 1t Lincoln, Neb, got
through with their business on the
soth and adjourned. cheyenns, Wyo., j,
was chosen for the next meeting place.
Many resolutions bearing on subjecta
pertinent to the meeting were paased.
J. e. Chuychill. of Kansas, and Thomas
Knight, Of Missouri, were among those
placed on the netional executive com.
mittee. k fa.tsss
WoRp has been received 1t Rome
that the English-C -Cavendish sporting
expeditionin In East Africa was attacked
by Amharas, who murdered al the
member. Of the expedition, including
20 Ascaris.
FxxD D. wARsEcKE, president Of the
Pecple's bank. Of Kinghsher, Ok, was
found hanging By the neck dead on the
evening Of the 3oth. He occupied the
room in which the suicide was com.
mittsd for sleeping pprposes- War
necke was wealthy and without . fam
lily rs I'll ! \. Ta, & T 81
PAnlF mountain. seven miles from
Greenvillc, O. c., WAS ahAl<en By an
earthquake the other morning. The
guests Of the hotel at tho summit were
arouted BY the rocking Of the building.
AreAIRH nre ragged In Twelve Mile
tske townshih Emmett eounty. la,
and over Il, ,eoo tons Of hay were burned.
SevefSl dweliings,were also destroyed.
ArtSevan p. ~ O the goth The sAw.
mill II NswDsn 4 spsncsr st Ironton.
O.. - dissoversd en Are and bsfbre
the - department reached the scene