The Holly chieftain., 1897-10-22


nsAp-ESD collision of freight
trains occurred near springdale. Ark,
and two men were killed and FIVE dan
gerously injured. The two engines
and 10 cars we're completely wrecked
and the freight scattered over the
place
OSCAR GARDNER. the Omaha Kid, 4"
knocked out Luke Stevens, of Buffalo,
in the sixth round at Rochester, n. y.
the other night.
AwoMAS and q Chinaman were killed
by an explosion at the Colma (Cal. }
fuse works the other evening.
"PEDDLEB" PALMER, the bantam
weight champion of England, and
Dave Sullivan, OF Boston. competed
for the bantam championship OF the
world at London on the 18th. The
contest was won by Palmer in 20
| rounds
REV. A. b. SIMPSON. of the Christian
/ alliance, stood on the stage OF the
American theater at New York. on the
morning, afternoon and evening of
the nth and prevailed upon his audi
ence to give 5000 for the support of
800 missionaries abroad
A FIRE occurred in the seven-s,ory
factory at 279 and 2sl Spring street,
New York, and before it was con
trolled loss of $500. 900 occurred.
A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was
felt at San Jose, Cal. on the afternoon
of the 18th.
THE town of Windsor, n. s. was
wiped ont by fire on the 18th. Nearly
$500 people were made homeless. The
| disaster was said to be appalling. The
! loss exceeds 81, 900, 600.
THE Commissioner of pensions has
| transmitted his annual report to the
| secretary of the interior. 1t shows
1 that there are 9S3, 62s names on the
! pension roll, an increase over last year
| of 5000.
THE steamer Triton was wrecked off
| the Cuban coast on the 18th. A gun
! boat rescued some of those on board
! and took then to Havana, but it was
| feared that $50 persons were drowned
GEORGE WILLIAMS, farmer, was
shot and killed in drunken row at
dance near Eufaula, |. T. He was
taking no part in the trouble when
| killed.
ALDERMAN J. A. HABERKoRS was
Shot and probably fatally wounded in
a saloon quarrel at Chicago on the 18th.
Two miners were crushed to death
by the falling of the roof of mine at
Crested Butte. Col.
DESTRUCTIVE forest fires were raging
around Coudersport. Pa, on the 18th.
and 20 logging camps were burned and
the occupants had to flee for their lives
and leave everything behind.
TIE convention of the Brotherhood
OF St Andrew opened at Buffalo, n. Y,
with 1000 brotherhood men in attend
ance.
CHARLES GURDEI., colored, re esident
Of Carlyle, H., hiccoughed necessarily
for So hours and died. He virtually
coughed himself to death.
ELI SHAW was taken into custody at
Camden, N. j., on the charge of having
killed his mother and grandmother in
order to inherit their wealth so that
he could get married.
A DISPATCH from Denver, Col. on the
18th said that the first snowstorm of
the season began shortly before mid
night. A heavy fall was reported from
the mountain towns.
THOMAS BoI.TE, negro leader. was
lynchcd at settlement on Bayou
Barataria, La, for running the quar-
antine gauntlet.
AN orchestra at a colored dance at
Chicago refused to play until they
were paid which caused fuss in which
razors were used and six men were
badly slashed.
The American Humane association
which u resolution was passed de-
nouncing DIR. Sanarelli's incubation
of healthy human beings with the
germ culture of yellow fever as legal
lied murder, as many of the unsus-
pecting victims had died with all the
symptoms accompanying the dread
disease.
The body of Albert Hammers, an Of
fetal of the Modern Woodmen. who
disappeared some weeks ago and for
whom all woodmen camps had been
searching, was found in an abandoned
mill. few miles north of Elgin, Ill
He had taken his life.
SECRETARY ALGER has received an
official report about the charge against
Capt. Lowering of having grossly ILL.,
treated Private Hammond at Fort
Sheridan, Chicago. The charge is con-
tirmed in every detail. The report was
taken to President Mckinley and he
suggested that the matter should be
laid before Gen. Miles.
A BIG meeting of full-bloods of the
Cherokee and several other tribes COM
menced at Chelsea, l. T, on the 18th.
The reason of the meeting was to set
tie the question whether they would
emigrate to Mexico or remain and take
the consequences of their tribal gov
ernment being abolished.
CHESTER SHEw, a painter, was paint
ing a telegraph and electric light pole
at St Louis when his right arm came
in contact with q live electric light
wire and for Is minutes he was sus-
pended in midair, and as near eternity
rs he ever will be again and miss MAX
ing the through journey. He was res
cued badly burned by some firemen.
WHILE play was being given at
Robinson's opera house at Cincinnati
on the night of the 18th the plastering
began to fall from the roof, which
caused the people to rush out. In
few minutes the whole roof fell in
Three persons were killed and about
81 injured, some dangerously.
THE annual meeting of the Western
Union Telegraph company was held
on the l3th at New York. Nearly all
the old directors were reelected. Pres
ident Eckert gave the amount of capi-
tai stock outstanding as 1880, 600
The revenues for the year were s2a,-
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