The Holly chieftain., 1897-10-29

WILLIAM TuTTLE and his two
uephews. while crossing the Big Four
tracks, IA miles north of Indianapolis
Ind, were struck by freight train
and instantly killed. They were on :
log wagon.
Aunt NANCY DANIELS, a colored
woman, recently died at Sacramento,
Cal., at the age of il9 years. She was
u native of Virginia.
Two hunters. named Andrew John.
son aud Oscar Peterson. were drowned
in the Missouri river near Mandan, N.
d., by their boat capsizing.
FIVE bodies. four OF men and one OF
womau-paupers at the asylum u
Dunning, Ill.-were stolen from the
morgue there by men who forced open
the doors of the building. The bodies
were undoubtedly wanted for medical
use.
FIRE started in livery stable at
Baxter, Ia, the other night and before
IL was controlled almost the entire
business portion of the town had been
destroyed.
ARcHBIsHoP CLEARY, of Kingston,
Ont. has promulgated u mandate for
bidding all Catholics in his diocese
from attending weddings or funeral.
in non-Catholic churches
MASKED robbers dynamited the state
bank at Blairsburg. Ia, at three
o'clock on the morning Of the cath.
blowing out the plate glass window
and badly wrecking the building. They
secured q, 900 worth of securities and
small amount of cash. The explo
sion created such excitement that
when the robbers got outside they mis-.
took one of their number for an Officer
and severely wounded him. He was
captured and was not expected to live.
A TRAIN on the New York Central &
Hudson River railroad was thrown
from the track near Garrisons, N. ",
just before daylight on the cath, caus-
ing the loss Of 2s lives. The retaining
wall along the river had been under.
mined by high water and the weight
of the train caused the track to cave
in, plunging the engine and two
coaches over the embankment.
THREE tons of powder exploded at
the Niacorari mine near Cumpas, Mex,
and 20 persons were killed, many seri-
ously injured and almost every build
ing in the town destroyed.
THE Yale football team beat the In
disns of the Carlisle school-b by score
Of "a to Q at New York on the e3d.
Four unknown men were run down
BY an engine on the Pennsylvania rail-
road near Johnstown, Pa, and ground
to pieces.
KID RYAN and John johnson. col
ored. fought before big crowd at
Reeds Lake. Mich, just before day
light on the 23d. Ryan had the best
OF the fight, but in the 11th round,
while Ryan's hand was on Johnson's
shoulder, the latter knocked Ryan
senseless by a blow on the jaw. The
blow was declared foul and Ryan got
the money.
JOHN MCCREA, farmer near Prince.
ton, Ind. heard noise at his chicken
house, and going out he saw a figure
moving about in the darkness. He
raised his gun and fred and was hor-
ritied to hear his ls-year-old son cry
out in agony. The boy was probably
fatally wounded.
A CALL has been issued by the secre.
tary of the Building Trades council OF
st. Louis for general convention in
that city December 90 of thoroughly
organized and strong councils. Mat.
ters OF especial interest to the build
ing trades will come up at the meet.
ing. "a
The twin sons of the late George NJ.
Pullman, the sleeping car magnate,
have been disinherited, 1t is said. The
story is to the effect that the strokes
Of Mr.. Pullman's pen that made bar.
rier between his sons and his money
were made only ten days before his
death.
The Cherokee full-bloods are bitterly
opposed to the Dawes treaty and are
said to have been secretly arming
themselves and securing large quanti-
ties Of ammunition to resist any at
tempt to change their tribal govern
ment. A prominent man sounded the
note of warning at Fort Smith. Ark,
and said that no immediate outbreak
was anticipated, but good deal de-
pended upon the action OF the coming
council.
A PREMATURE explosion of blast in
q cement quarry at Rosendale. N. Y.
caused the death Of one man and in
aicted probably fatal injuries on three
others.
AT the national session of the Chris.
tian church at Indianapolis, Ind, re-
Gently the statistical report showed
gains for the year as follows: Churches,
se2; communicants. 47,407; Bible
schools, 627; scholars and teachers in
Bible schools, 36,4ls; ministers. 420.
The total number of communicates Is
i.O5l. .O79; the value of church property
is s16, ,5s6, ,677.
AS a result of ill-fceling between
Patrick Coakley, . porter in the jack
son hotel ut Chicago. and Charles Eos.
ter, clerk in the same place, the
former shot and killed the latter. caus-
ing considerable commotion among the
guests Soy
The secretary of Agriculture pro-
poses to consolidate the weather bu-
reau with the crop bureau and operate
them next year In conjunction. He
also proposes to reorganize the crop
reporting bureau and to increase its
efficiency.
The Pittsburg & Gulf met with its
arst serious accident TO q passenger
train on the olst, when the Port Arthur
express. which left Kansas City the
previous night, ran into northbound
freight train which was standing on a
siding 1t Sulphur Springs. Ark. Both
engines were wrecked, and the en-
1ineer, fireman and mail clerk slightly
injured.
CHARLES j. PETERSON, an aeronaut
and hirh diyer iumued from Broollvp