The Holly chieftain., 1897-04-30

to go to Greece. S
ForR young people were out skiff
riding on the river at Parks Mills. near
Cumberland Falls, KY, and got into
the current and were swept over the
dam and drowned.
An appeal has been sent to Clara
Barton to come to the rescue of starv-
ing pacificos in Cuba, whose condition
is daily growing more heartrending.
Children. are dying in the streets of
Matanzas and babies have been found
dead in the arms of exhausted mothers.
Whole villages of living skeletons in
bark huts are praying for death to re-
lease them from their suffering.
THREE boys, while fishing near Web
ster City, la, gathered some wild pars
nips and ate them. As q result two
were reported dead and the other at
deaths door.
As result of the warning of the
vigilance committee not colored man
is left at the town of Davis, /. T.
A SERIES of cloudbursts and heavy
wind occurred in and around Eufnula,
l. T., on the night of the cath. Farm
houses, fences and crops were washed
away and considerable damage done.
A SEVERE earthquake was felt Mt
Cairo, ILL.,, at ten o'clock on the night
of the a5th. lasting about 20 seconds.
No particular damage was done.
TIE Greek warships bombar6ea San
te Quaranta on the c4th and destroyed
great quantities of Turkish stores and
munitions of war. The Greek army
under Prince Constantine was defeated
at Matt and forced to abandon Tyrna-
vos and Larissa and remove the head
quarters to Pharalos.
OK Beaver creek, about 30 miles from
Pikeville, KY, the home of Tom Dar-
ben, a logging man, was burned and
his wife and four children perished.
Tom Darben was absent in Virginia
The grand jury at Cincinnati re-
turned an Indictment against George
Hobson, county clerk, for embezzle-
ment of $751; 900 and misconductin office.
WHILE Milton Bradbury, living near
CARRIER, Ok, was fighting prairie fire
on his farm his ive-year-old son was
caught in it and was burned to death.
FIVE thousand people saw Jimmy
Barry and Jimmy Anthony, bantam
weights, fight 20 rounds before the Ma
tional Athletic club at San Francisco
on the Esd. The fight was for q g., 600
| purse, 20 per cent. to the winner, ,t
115 pounds. Barry had the best of Il
| all through and after the Goth round
he was declared the bantam champion
of the world.
AT Williamson, IA miles east of Lam
sing, Mich, Mrs. Albert Hovey, aged
32 years, murdered her aged mother
in-law with an ak. She severed the
head from the body and then poured
| oil on the lifeless body and set it on
| fire.
| ACCORDING to Bradstreet's report
there were 216 business failures
throughout the. United States for the
week ended the 2sd, agsinst $40 In the
corresponding week last year.
| Two convicts in San Quentin Call
| prison, w. R. Kelley and Frank Wheel
ock, fought with iute knives on the ssd
before the guards could interfere. Kel-
ley was killed and Wheelock was re-
ported dying. ,N
| LITTLE hope is entertained by west
ern railway managers that the United
States senate will pass the Foraker
pooling bill They admit the senti-
ment of the people In the west is de-
cidedly hostile to legalization of
railroad pools and most of the sena-
tors of the Western states. therefore,
will refuse to vote for Foraleer's bill.
| THE extensive barn of w. C. Law
renee, located at Lexington, Ind. was
consumed by fire. Five hundred bush
els Of grain and many farming implc-
I ket h,x, ,xl <xf
horses perished. slg
A DESPERATE attempt by political
fanatic was made on the 22d to assas-
sinate King Humbert with knife,
but the man was seized by the guards
befose he had done any harm. The
king was on his way to the races.
NANCY MCKINLEY, mother of the
| president, celebrated her 8sth birth
day anniversary at her home ut Canton,
| o., on the 22d. She was in excellent
health. barring slight attacks of rheu-
matism. 500
| OVER ZOO Greeks, ut q mass meeting
| at Chicago the other night, resolved
to do all they could to aid their native
country in the war with Turkey.
| Amid great enthusiasm, 400 of the m
|
to be ready to start for New York with
| in few hours From all sources came
help to pay the passage of the volun-
teers-
A WRECK occurred nine miles north
of Evergreen, Ala, to q passenger
train on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad. Engineer Adams, his Are
| man and two negroes were fatally in
jured and two other negroes, believed
to be tramps, were severely hurt 1t
was thought that four negro tramps,
| who were seen in the neighborhood
shortly before the accident occurred,
removed the rails inst south of the
trestle. The engine, caboose, baggage
and mail cars were completely wrecked.
| Ar the Methodist church at Craw-
fordsville, Ind, the minister, who was
about to marry Henry Humphreys and
Anna Jones, asked, as was customary,
II there was any objection to the mar
riage, when Miss Hattie Chavis leaped
up With an infant in her arms and de-
clared the groom to be the child's
father, but the clergyman ignored her
and rushed the ceremony through.
Later on Miss Chsvis was led OF by
the police as she tried to enter the re-
,cption armed with dagger.
AT An smateur bull fight at Leon,
Mex. two Of the ring men were gored
to death. One Of the bulls also broke
over the bsrricsde and played havoc
with the audience, several persops bc.
Ing wounded.
THRHs negro boys named Baird wers