The Holly chieftain., 1897-07-23

THE mission premises Of the Plym-
outh Brethren 1t Wuchen, Chine, were
recently destroyed by . Chinese mob,
who xers incited bs the old story Of
the missionaries stealing children and
killing them-
Ar Columbia, La. Carey Townsend
and Elisha Whittington had . friendly
boxing match for The Amnsement OF
their friends when Wilmington dealt
Townsend : heavy blow over the re-
gion Of the heart and he dropped to
the ground dead. Wilmington was
arrested-
! THE old Cheyenne and Asspshoe
warriors In Ol<lShrms who have more
than one wife -have been assured that
the anti -polygamy Law passed by the
last legislature VIII NOT be enforped
against those Indians who were mar
: ricd according to the tribal 6dstom,
but all marriages contrRcted hereafter
must be strictly in accordance with
the law. This conclusion was reached
st conference held ct Darlington be-
tween the attorncy-gcperal and the
chi efs and representative men Of each
tribe
A DISPATCH from Pittsburgh, Pa, ON
the leth said that It was believed that
the leaders Of the striking coal miners
contemplated calling ON the railway
organizations for assistance.
THOMAS R. TtRLxy. of Memphis, has
been appointed by the governor of
Tennessee to succeed the late Isham
G. Harris as United States senator.
The steamer Renton, recently taken
to Sioux City. Ia, from st. Louis to en-
gage in the upper river traffic, collided
with the combination bridge draw and
sank In shallow water.
A NEGRO preacher named Edmondson
who had assisted Anthony Williams,
the negro murderer who was recently
lynched, to escape for . time-was
caught by 400 pursuers at Florence,
Ala, beaten to death with clubs, his
body riddled with bullets and then
hanged.
CHARLES STEVENS, who had been Inn
prisoned In the mammoth mine near
Phoenix, Aris., since July 4, was res
cued on the evening Of the nth. A
shaft had to be drilled through solid
satfon. Stevens had been without food
and water all tho time.
Mrs. NANcr J. KILLEN was nailed in
her house near Breedon, w. Va, and
the house set ON firc by Hends. She
was burned to death.
FIVE monster farewell rallies on the
18th at Toronto, Ont, closed the great
est convention the Epworth league has
ever had. All Eve meetings were
marked by great outbursts of religious
fervor. ti1
THE American Beptist Missionary:
union and the Anerican Baptist Home
society, with headquarters N NeN
| York. hare wIpSd ost \ 3ck6t
debt Of sase, go BY raising 0v6r ~, 900,
TO which John D. Rockefeller u to add
the same sum
THERE IN . freight war ON between
and Galveston special ON the nth
said that. the new Lone Star line an
nounees that It will carry cotton
fright free It present from Galveston
70 New York.
EMAHuEL RICH, Of tho firm Of Rich
Bros, millionaire dry goods men Of
Atlanta, Ga, was found dead ON the
10th with his throat cut from ear to
ear. He had been victim Of dyspepsia
and complsined that he would sooner
be dead than live In such misery.
IT was reported At Redfeld. g. D.,
that many stockmep in the hill coun-
try in that section hsd been compelled
TO move their cattle to new feeding
grounds on account Of swarms Of gr1ss-
hoppers eating mp the grass on the
ranges
WrrHrN III next ~ days Guthrie,
OklahomS City and 81 Reno. Ok, will
be cpnnec$ed ~ long distance telc-
phone lines. The lines will be extend
cd within the nesr future to connect
with the Ksnsss system. centsrins IN
Wichita. III
TxxBr wsrs s47 business failures
throughput ths United States reported
by Bradstfest's commertial agency for
the week s6ded the 10Th, against 256
for the corfesponding week last year.
IT was statcd on relisble authority
that the powers had fixed the indemy
nifty to be paid TO Turkey by Greeee 1t
n, ,000, 900. and had accepted . compro-
mise giving Turkey more liberal line
Of frontier.
4
Ruhlin, Of Ohio, fought . 2O-round bout
at San Francisco on the 10th. Both
men are remarlxsble for their size snd
Muscular deve1opment Jshlries IL .
man shout - years old, ~ feet iu
height and Il in fine condition It 2l3
| poundA Ruhlin, the Ohio giant, tops
the Californian Just ono inch and
weighs in condition 100 poundA The
pace was terrific for men Of their sin
and wsfght from the start The ref
cree declared the fight draw.
TRExr q CAAwvoRD's oil wells in ELL
| Fork (W. vs-) district took Are fr6a Tho
boiler furnace. The two wells swerv
| producing 800 barrels IN hour, which
burned and hoated down Elk Enrik
-Four bridgst have alresdy burned and
four small towns were threatsnsd.
A REcEfr dispatch from Paris said
thst the govsrnmsnts Of Spain and
Japan have arranged IN ofIensive alli-
ance against ths United GtatAA The
terms Of the understanding, which
l. for the mutual protection Of Cuba
and Hawaii, provide that in the event
| Of IN sctise aggressive movement On
tho part Of the blitsd States tendinx
toward tnterfsfsnoe In cnbnn affairs
or persistence in the annexation Of the
| Hawaiian islands, both Spain and
| Japan shah slmnltSnso sously declare
war against the United States.
TEE Epworth league couvsntiou ~
ksn q Torpnto Ont. On the 1Sth.
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