The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-07

II an attempt should be made to hire
nou-union men to fill the places OF the
strikers general strike of all unions
affiliated with the building trades will
result.
The admirals commanding the fleets
of the foreign powers in Cretan waters
had conference with the insurgent
leaders The Cretans were promised
complete autonomy, but the Cretans
cut the discussion short and reiterated
that their motto remained "annexa-
tion to Greece or death"
JOHN NoLIN, his two little daughters
and another man whose name could not
be learned were drowned in the river
near Gallatin, Tenn, Oh the Sd. The
skif was overturned and the father
| tried to take his children to shore, but
the swift current swept all four Of
them under.
BILL ADLER, who two years ago
killed Postmaster Inspector Jessie Nc
Clure, shot and killed William johnson
at Kansas City, Mo-. on the I'd. The
victim was colored man and the
/ shooting was caused by a quarrel over
a crap game.
A DISPATCH from Jamaica said that
news had been received there of series
of earthquakes throughout the Lee
ward islands that caused the loss of
hundreds of lives and the collapse of
many buildings.
Four wagons loaded with barrels OF
dynamite were recently driven through
the streets of San Salvador in South
| America when an explosion took place
and two blocks of buildings were de-
stroyed and many lives lost.
MORAL reformers in Weston, w. Va,
went to the house of two women whom
they suspected of not being of good
character, broke open the doors and
then stripped them and smeared their
naked bodies with hot tar. One of the
| women will die from the outrage and
the other was reported in serious
| condition.
TwENTY-sIX more anarchists, in ad-
dition to those already sentenced, were
| condemned to death on the 1st for com
| plicity in the bomb outrage at BARGE
Iona, Spain. by which dozen persons
were killed and 80 others injured.
WHOLESALE arrests have been made
of persons at Anderson, Ind, for lille
| y
and other eastern Indiana streams.
AT Sunnyside, Tex, Henry Daniels,
his stepdaughter and little child were
murdered and then burned, together
with the hut in which they lived.
TRIP through every section of the
flooded district at Guthrie, Ok. on the
Goth showed over 100 houses entirely
| gone, three times as many wrecked or
| damaged, a dozen business houses
wrecked and twice as many stocks OF
ssan1l, Inixed- The lAes wax fail i. 2in1.
600. Five hundred people are homeless
and twice as many have lost their
household goods and personal effects.
| The deaths will probably not exceed 20
or 25, as many of those previously re.
ported drowned were afterwards found
in trees or in houses lodged down
stream.
GEORGE LAyIGSE, of Saginaw, Mich,
| is still the lightweight champion of
the world. He fought Ed Connolly, of
st. Johns, N. B., at New York on the
3oth and sent him staggering into his
| corner at the end Of the 1lth round,
hopelessly beaten. They were matched
to fight 25 rounds under 1913 pounds
| weight.
MRS. SHOCK. an aged woman living
at Adonis, W. Va, was tortured by
negro and a white man to make her tell
where her money was. They burned
her feet to crisp with candles, burned
her hair off and roasted one enr. The
| woman will probably die The fiends
secured $500 and escaped.
AT st. Louis information was sworn
- l~,v sa1,- H.11 IL L
ductor of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad, against Assistant General
Manager Allen, of that road. charging
him with blacklisting. Kelly is a
member of the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors and they are backing him in
the suit. 1t is the intention to make
test case and see If the blacklist sys-
TEN cannot be abolished.
NEAR Bloomcr, Ok. Mrs. Martha B.
Pinson has given birth to five children
in one year and all are living. First
came triplets, which are named Faith,
Hope and Charity; and later twins,
named Alpha and Omega.
The rains of ten days past have
quenched the fires in the woods around
Park Falls, Wis One man was fatally
injured by burning tree falling upon
him. Much valuable timber has been
destroyed.
THERE were 244 business failures in
the United States, according to Brad
streets report. for the week ended the
3Oth, against 2j4 for the same week
last year.
THREE steamers landed 800 Irish
girls, most of them between IS and a2
years of age. at Ellis island, n. Y, on
the Goth. Representatives OF Catho-
lie mission looked after them. Many
OF the girls will go west.
HALL WRIGHT and son and another
negro, all prominent colored farmers
of Harrison county, Tex, were re-
Gently ambushed and shot and Wright
and his son were killed and the other
party seriously wounded.
A CHALLENGE has been issued from
Indiana Mineral Springs, Ind, on be-
half of DIR. Tanner, the noted faster,
for a contest with any person fora fast
to finish. each contestant only being
allowed gallon of water per day.
The challenger has put up $4,000.
THE convention Of the National As
sociation OF Railway Postal Clerks will
convene in Philadelphia on June is
next.
THE Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
has posted notices in its foundry de-
partment at Pittsburgh, Pa, announc-
ing q reduction Of wages ranging from
90 to 40 per cent.
A SPECIAL from Newkirk, Ok, on
the Goth said that Ed Newcomb, leader
NJ tho uofad hu nd NJ nufIo ,,,s l,,d t,a,,,