The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

Birmingham, Ala, were on fire ON the
14th- The miners were got out safely.
HOWARD A. Scorr was electrocuted
at Sing Sing, N. ", on the 14th for
the murder Of his wife last October.
The current was turned on at 1i:11 q
m. and he was declared dead at l1:1a:3O.
CHARLES REpsoN and William Taylor
were drowned while bathing near St.
Louis.
EDwARD S. EDWARDS, of the Century
Wheelmen OF New York, raised the
American record for "a hours Of road
riding to $40 rs miles yesterday. The
best previous record. 3i4 miles, was
made by Smith, Mt Baltimore, Md:
ALBERT BENSON and Thomas Olson
got into friendly wrestling match in
Brooklyn and Olsen lifted Benson off
breaking his neck.
The breeding stables Of Higgins
Bros. at Missoula, Mont, were burned
by an incepdiary FIRE on the night of
the 14th and FIVE horses, including
Brino Tricks, 2:1SA, one OF the best
known horses in the west, were Gre
mated. Fred Strouser, jockey. also
lost his life in attempting to save the
stock.
WHEN the firemen extinguished fire
at the home of Frank Prestel, a laborer
at Dayton, o., they found the badly
charred bodies of Rosa, aged six, and
Albert aged two years. The children
had played with matches and set Are
to the house.
The Central Labor union, of Toledo,
o., has indorsed the boycott by the
Trades assembly of Kansas City on
the Armour Packing Co. and has ap-
pointed committee to make the boy
cote effective in Toledo.
THE bicycle race at Kansas City, Mo-,
for women-being a race for two hours
each night for six nights--was won
by Lizzie CLAW, Dottie Farnsworth be-
ing second and Ida Mack third. The
distance travelled was a33 miles laps,
Dottie Farnsworth being about three
distance ahead of Ida Mack. Jennie
Brown was fourth with 2S3 miles 1 lap
and Lille Hays fifth with $50 miles 5
laps.
A SEVERE tornado struck Elkins, W.
Va, on the 18th and many buildings
were wrecked or considerably dam
aged by being blown from their foun-
dations.
The Society of Silent Worship has
issued circular from Washington
asking the people of the United States,
Of all parties and religious beliefs, to
join in sympathy with the society and
pray for half hour each evening.
commencing at nine o'clock. that Cuba
may soon be free from the rule of the
Spaniards.
RIcHARDsoN & SONS big mill plant at
Red Oak, /. T., was burned recently,
entailing heavy loss.
TIE Bailey planning mills at Victoria.
Tex, have been destroyed by hrc.
Loss, $40, 900; insurance, 1900.
THE Lutheran synod in session at
Baltimore, Md. on the 18th was offered
IA lots in Omaha, Neb., by DIR. II. w.
Kuhns, of Omaha, for the construction
of an orphans home and ex-Mayor
Schieren, of Omaha, offered to donate
the money for the building. A com
mission was appointed to take the
project under advisement. t'
AN explosion wrecked the Hermes
Fireworks Co.'S establishment at Gin
cinnati, killing one man and injuring
another man and q woman.
AUGUSTINE CHAcoN, sentenced to be
hanged on the 18th of this month for
murder, sawed his way out of the Jail
at Solomonville, Ariz., and escaped.
JAMES NJ. GoRDY was hanged at
Georgetown, Del, on the 11th for the
murderer of his wife. He protested
his innocence on the scaffOld and
scored the newspapers numerically.
as being responsible for the people
thinking SO i'll Of him.
THE blowers and gatherers Of the
Anderson Window-Glass Co.'S four fac
tories at Anderson Ind. struck on the
10th and 1t was feared the trouble
would extend throughout the entire
nation and disorganize the Window
Glass Workers national association.
SIX cars of q freight train were
wrecked on the Cotton Belt railroad
near Stuttgart, Ark, by the burning
out Of culvert and one tramp was
bu rned to death and two injured.
THE executive council of the A. f. of
L. have submitted number of ques-
tions to afiliated unions on the immi-
grafton problem asking them to give
their views thereon.
THOMAS NEAL, living in Chester
county, s. c., drove his wife away from
home In q jealous fit and she
went to live with her grandmother.
Neal afterward went to the place and
broke in the door, split his wife's skull
with an az, killed the grandmother
with the same weapon and shot another
woman who was present. He then
poured oil on the bodies, burned the
house down and escaped.
DR. WoELFERr, the famous German
airship inventor, was testing his air.
ship at Berlin when it caught fire,
while it was 5000 feet high, and the
aeronaut and another man were burned
to death.
A DESPERATE battle took place at
Whiting, Ind, the other day between
eight tramps, who had taken posses
sion OF Michigan Southern freight
house. and two police officers, during
which two of the tramps were wound
ed. The tramps had refused to vacate
the building when requested.
WHILE making test near Washing
ton Of gun-cotton shell, the invention
Of . Chicago man, in . 2o-inch breech-
loading rifle Weighing 1ol, 900 0'pounds.
the cartridge prematurely exploded
and the big gun and carriage were
wrecked and pieces thrown . mile down
the Potomac river. The gun was worth
e25, 900.
THERE were 250 failures in the United
States for the week ended the 11th, ac-
cordin1 70 Bradstreet's report conn