The Holly chieftain., 1897-02-19

[. & st. P. railroad, slipped on the icy
ground while coupling cars at Rock
Island, ILL.,, and, was killed by an en-
CINE.
CUBAN sympathizers ut Tacoma.
Wash, recently denounced the Spanish
premier and trailed the Spanish flag in
the mud and then burned it.
ALFRED Son was convicted at Ell
Reno, Ok, of the murder of Fred Hoff-
man, a Wells-Fargo detective, and sem
fenced to 90 years in prison.
THE international chess tournament
at New York between Great Britain
and the United States was won by
Great Britain by score of 81 to AZ.
FIRE broke out in the Roosevelt hos
pital at New York on the 18th and did
$50, 900 damage. Two firemen were
hurt, but the rigid discipline of the
hospital prevented any excitement
among the patients.
THE New York Post denied that there
was any combination between the Car
negie Steel Co. and John ID. Rockefeller
in Regard to iron and said that there
was no foundation whatever for the
report
j. r. SOVEREIGN, grand master X. of
L., has written letter declaring that
secret revolutionary societies, known
as the Iron Brotherhood and Industrial
Army, are being organized in every
part of the country, with their mem
bers leagued together to resort to civil
war as means of obtaining remedies
for the populace which they cannot
secure by the ballot.
Mrs. JANE NUBY, aged 1903 years, was
found frozen to death on the 18th in
her farm dwelling in Arlington town
ship. Mich, where she had lived alone
for 40 years.
A REPORT comes from Salem, Ark,
that an insane man in the asylum in
that city is believed to be George Tay-
lor, the escaped murderer of the Meeks
family of Missouri.
FIRE at an early hour on the 12th
caused loss of 500, 900 in the building
172 and 1I4 Madison street, Chicago.
Schimpferman's wholesale liquor store
and Goster's uniform factory were the
heaviest losers.
JOSEPH HILDEBRANDr died at Chicago
recently from cancer of the throat. He
was formerly farmer near Marysville,
Kan, and his wife poisoned her eight
children and then strangled herself,
on account of her husbands sickness,
only one child surviving
TIE medical institute at Lancaster,
o., burned on the 12th. DR.. julius
Simon, of jackson, w. Va, lost his
life.
PAUL WAGNER and his wife were
found asphyxiated by coal gas at Mil
waukee on the 18th.
TIE national convention of the l.. A.
W.. in session ut Albany, N. Y, elected
Isaac 3. Potter, of New York, for pres
ident.
MORTON SHEPPARD, residing near
Muncie, Ind. had his barn burned
down and 40 tons of hay, rs head OF
sheep and lambs, Is head of hogs, two
mules, 700 bushels of wheat, LOCO bush
els of corn and oats and all his farm
implements burned. The insurance
policies had recently expired.
LINcoLN's birthday on the 18th was
celebrated by republicans with ban
quets at GAINESVILLE, o.. Chicago, In.
dianapolis, Ind. Grand Rapids, Mich,
st. Paul. Mimi. and many other places
throughout the country.
The statement that the capi.
tol at Springfield, H.. is unsafe
badly frightens members of the legis-
lature. Architects have declared that
the foundation is weak and the dome is
likely to fall any moment.
The Pittsburgh and western selling
agencies of the window-glass man
ufacturers will advance prices 81 per
cent. beginning March in the central
and western districts.
GEORGE FowEE. aged 90, son of Squire
Joseph Powee, blew up his fathers
home at Vincennes, Ind, by putting
gunpowder into the stove. The stove
was blown to pieces and the house
shattered, but no one was killed. The
son said he wanted to kill his father
and stepmother.
A COMPLETE canvass of the Ohio as
sembly was made by Joe Smith, the
confidential secretary of the president
elect. The result was that the sup.
porters of National Chairman Hanna
were convinced that if special session
of the assembly is called to elect sue
cessor to Senator Sherman Hanna will
be elected by a large majority.
THE 21st annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, depart
ment of Nebraska, opened at Hastings
on the 10th. Norfolk was chosen as
the place for holding the encampment
of 1898. Senior Vice Commander John
a. Earhardt, of Stanton, was unani-
mously chosen department commander.
The boiler of Wyrick Bros sawnill,
near Magnolia, Ark, exploded and Cal
houn Wyrick, white, and John Lewis,
colored, were killed outright. John
Wyricls. one of the owners, was fatally
scalded and six other mill hands were
seriously injured. The explosion was
due to want of sufficient water in the
boiler.
THE executive committee of the ma
tional reform party has issued a call
for Il state conference at Harrisburg,
Pa. on June 3. 1897, for the purpose OF
uniting all reformers and preparing
plans for the calling of a national con-
ference in 1898. Reformers from all
parts of the United States are invited
to be present and participate III the
conference or send communications.
THE livery stable Of f. NJ. Gilbert,
Jr., and the blacksmith shop adjoining
at Jeffersonville, Ind, were burned.
The contents of the stable were en-.
tirely destroyed and eight horses per.
ished. The lire was supposed to have
been inccndiary.
RUFUS SHARPE, of st. Louis, and
Charlie Turner, of California, met in a
fight to finish at the st. Louis club at
Hot Springs. Ark. LIN to the Goth