The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-03

AT the session Of The Zionist conrresa
st Basie, switssrland, . programme
ior re-establishing the Jews in Psles-
tine. with publicly recognized riehts
was unanimously adopted.
IN . lire at Venice nine men were
burned to death.
LUTHER BRows, liveryman, died the
otner morning at Ottumwa, Ia, from
the result of an operation. His aged
father then looked at the remains,
walked down to the river and com
initted suicide by drowning.
SIX deputy sheriffs hunting around
for Illicit stills in Pope county, Ark,
were shot to death recently by moon.
| sinners
The bad feeling between whites and
blacks 1t Leonard, Mineral Wells,
High Lake, Cleburne and other places
In Texas is growing in bitterness and
Il engaging the attention Of the state
ofdcials and all the peace officers in
Texas The latest issue Of the Dallas
Express, the leading negro paper Of
the state, advises the blacks to arm
themselves and defend their right to
live and work in Texas
THREE hundred Kiowa Indians as.
sembled 1t their dancing grounds In the
Indian territory several days ago and
began the medicine dance. This prov
ing too tame they began the ghost
dance and got wildly excited. Capt.
Baldwin, the Indian agent, called upon
them to desist and they laughed at
him. Finally with the aid of Indian
police he arrested the whole crowd
and they will be tried at the Indian
court at Anadarko.
The midnight special from st. Louis
to Chicago on the c. & A. was derailed
near Alton, Ill, by spreading rails and
the tender, three baggage cars and
postal car rolled on top Of the engine,
under which Peter Rafferty,. the engi-
neer. was pinned. He was taken out
fatally injured. Several others were
more or less severely hurt.
ABOUT $50 guests at the Minnewa-
wan hotel at Winona, Ind. were taken
sick the other night and some were
reported to be in serious condition.
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some food served at supper.
In free fight At dance at Good
win. Neb., Henry Carpenter, farmer,
was shot through the abdomen by
James Lindsay, bartender, who was
drunk.
AT Nashville, Tenn, Carl French, Of
Indianapolis, Ind, and Miss Helen
Hunter, of Nashville, leaped from q
precipice at Sunset park, falling 100
feet to instant death. They were low
ers and Miss Hunters parents objected
to their marriage.
The g. A. &. encampment at Buffalo,
N. Y, settled down 70 business on the
a1th by finishing MP the election Of
officers and hearing reports Of commit
tees A service pension was recon-
mended to all veterans who had
reached the age of 90 years. The COM
mittee on books urged an improve
mept in those that relate to the war OF
the rebellion and denounced the his
tories used in southern schools. The
encsmpment of 1897 then adjourned.
THE first national convention Of the
American party, new political organ
ization, met at st. Louis on the s6th in
answer to call issued by Col. E. H.
Sellers, Of Detroit, Mich. The plat
form favors the decentralization of gold
and silver and the substitution OF
| treasury notes, the issue Of low rate
intercst-beariug savings certificates
for popular investment, the control Of
all public conveniences by the govern
ment, an income tax law, the election
of president and senators by direct
vote of the people, the initiative and
referendum and the abolishment Of
trusts and monopolics.
JOSEPH FIFE, y negro youth, convict
ed Of attempted assault on Mrs. Marks,
o widow, and who subsequently con-
fessed to two other like crimes, was
hanged in the yard Of the jail at Rich.
mond, Va, on the soth.
THE house of Rev. Elliott w. Brown,
pastor Of the Second Presbyterian
church at Dubuque, Ia, was burglar.
lied the other day. As Mr.. Brown and
family were away the burglar had
plenty Of leisure. He took wash in
the bath room and then donned Mr..
Browns best suit, leaving his rags be
hind. He also had good nights sleep
in the pastors bed
THE boarding house of the Union
Consolidated mine at Weiland, Cal,
was burned to the ground the other
night and Mrs. Craighesd, wife Of the
proprietor, and two Of her grandchil.
dren. aged eight and ten years, per.
i.hed in the flames.
HAIRY G. STONE, the veteran man.
ager Of the Patterson opera house ct
New York, became I'll and was forced
to go to his home on the banks OF the
Psssaic river, and by his opportune
arrival he saved his three daughters
from drowning. The girls had gone
ont for row on the river and the boat
had upset
GEs. AzcARRAaA. the Spanish pre-.
mier, announced at . recent cabinet
Meeting, that the government would
| follow the policy Of the late premier.
| Canovas del Castillo, and it had the
greatest confidence In Gen. Weyler's
management Of snsirs in Cuba.
A SEVERE windstorm struck LAUREL
wood park. sbout - miles west Of Chi
caro. the other afternoon while the
grounds were filled with picnickers At
tending . celebration Of the Catholic
Total Abstinence union and Mrs. Kste
Brown was killed outright and nine
other persons were injured, all Chicago
people.
DnIvEH to despondency by sickncaa
and dresding TO undergo . surgical
| operation Mn. Anna Schleainger, wife
Of prcminent St Louis business man,
committed suicide BY shootfng herself.
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