The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-11

destroyed crops of all kinds north a
Rogers, Tex, ON the 7th. At Granger
Bryan FArriS home was blown to
pieces and the members Of his family
were more or less sericusly injured
At Waelder Wayne Miller was struck
by lightning and killed At Holland
two churches were wrecked and sew
eral houses damaged.
THE annual conferences of the Amer
lean Baptist church. otherwise known
as the Dunkards, began ct Frederick,
Md. on the gth. bringing together no
less than 5000 perzons from points out
side of Maryland.
Ir was rumored In San Francisco
that Prof. Dyche, of the Kansas uni
versity, will head . polar expedition to
be fitted out on the Pacific coast this
simmer.
THE officers OF the steamer Hupeb,
which arrived at Vancouver, B. c.. on
the 7th from the Orient, stated that
when in the Philippine islands on their
last trip it was learned that the Span
ish government had captured 90 Roman
Catholic priests, supposed to be in sym
pathy with the rebels, and had roasted
them.
A DISPATCH from Athens on the 7th
said that the Turks were committing
serious excesses in Epirus and the vii
lagos around Larissa, assaulting wom-
en-, defiling churches and pillaging.
MANY of the strikers at Jones &
Laughlin's iron works at Pittsburgh,
Pa, resumed work on the 7th and 1t
was thought all the old men would
soon go back.
Two members Of the French chamber
Of deputies, NJ. Thomson and. N. Mir
man, fought duel the other day grow
ing ont Of an article written by Mir
man attacking Thomson. Mirman was
slightly wounded.
An earthquake shock was expert
enced at Decorah, Ia, soon after day.
light on the 9th.
THERE Vas great excitement at Vi
emma over the news that Emperor
Francis Joseph had had an apoplectic
at, caused by nervousness at the recent
riots in the national Legislature.
THE democratic party will not force
national issues IN the various state
campaigns, and, while repudiation of
the Chicago platform will not be al
lowed, it will not be brought forward
as an issue paramount to anything
else" That is the statement Of Ma
tional Committeeman Frank Campbell,
Of Bath, N. Y.
JOHN NICHOLAS and Ida Sultan got
married on the night Of the 5th ct
Wheeling, w. v. When they ar
rived home q gang Of hoodlums had
collected to charivari them and Frank
Burt fred q gum and it burst and killed
the bride.
SouErY women Of Rockford, Ill, took
charge Of and ran the street :cers Of
that city ON the 5th the OCCASION being
the second annual trolley day Of the
Woman's Union Aid society, Rockford's
greatest charitable organization. Not
an accident occurred to mar the festiv-
tiles, and the aid society's receipts will
not be far from $1,000
DAVID WILSON. colored, was hanged
at Morristown, N. j., for chopping his
wife to death with sn AZ.
THE New York chamber of comnesce
has adopted resolution recognising
.'the Importance Of an early enactment
Of . proper pooling bill, 30 that rail-
FO<A<16 Ao6y C4GIGtDC blS ElKhb WnAGu al
other corporations and citizens enjoy
TO make contracts with each other"
JANIS LEWIS, colorcd. was hanged in
| the jail yard at Fairfax. Va, on the 4th
for an assault on white woman.
CoLUABUs c. RussEI.I, young farmer
near Harrisburg. ILL.,. has been arrest
I'D on the charge Of putting poison in
the coffee, whsreby his moth er-in-law
lost her life and his wife, from whom
he was separated, was made desthly
| sick. 81 81
THE United Ststes troops 81 Fort
Sheridan, Ill, were reported - being
in state Of revolt They marched out
of their mess tents and refused to par
take Of the beef hearts and Mvers,
which they say is the bill of fare ss5
days in the year.
ToN CLARK, . negro. .ex-convict, shot
and killed It Kansas City, Mo-, on the
night Of the 4th Mrs. Elizabeth Hatch,
mortally vounded her daughter, Eliza
beth Williamson, apd slightly wound
ed another woman. The Williamson
girl had refused to live with Clark any
longer and had gone homo to her
mother. All the parties were colored.
A MOB attempted to break into the
jail st UrbAna, o., ON the night Of the
I'd and lynch Click Mitchell, the me-
gro who; had assaulted Ma Eliza
Gaumer. . awhite woman. The negro
| . short time before had been taken to
the courthouse and sentsnced to "a
yearS Imprisonment for the crime.
For two hours the militia fought OF
the angry mob and finally the troops
fred at the crowd. Two citizens were
killed and seven wounded. The ex-
element in the community was intense
and more trouble was expected.
A sEvERE wind and rsinstorm oc-
curred throughout the northern por-
| tion OF Texas ON the 3d. Many resi-
| dences were blown from their founds-
tions In different cities and the ripen-
ing grain and other crops were badly
damaged. IT,, -s.4
The United Confederate Veterans at
Admission, Ala, have. prsrsred N ID.
dress. which will bes sent 70 every
camp in the association, protesting
against inviting q. A. B. men TO their
reunions. The protest il not based on
hatred Of the men who wore the blue,
but because the United Confederate
Organization is bound up In the confed-
erstc idea and union soldiers can have
NO sympathy With the confederates'
offsets.
ArronnkYs for Theodore Durrant,
the cdodemned murderer. spilled y
the United etasss circuit epurt at 9sn
Fraucass6 tx. > writ of sapsrssdtea