The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-28

The Chicago Timea-Herald said o.
the Gath that steps looking to the for
nation Of = powerful alliance in oppo-
sition TO the Bell Telephone Go. were
to be taken in Chicago.
Ak explosion occurred ~ Armour l.
Cos pepsin factory 1t Chicago on the
:.ith and the blaze which followed con-
snmcd the building and coasents. Loss,
Ss1, 90.
FssCR workmen were engulfed in
quieksand while digging trench for
wafer mains at Fort Wayne. Ind, and
three were taken out dead and the
other fatally injured
WHILE George Alien, George Warren
and Willie Warrea were crossing the
Hrande river at fraita, Col, in tenn
porary ferryboa1. the cable broke and
all three were drewned.
HIRAM WARREN and wife were killed
and James Warren badly injured by
being struck by Union Pacific train
near Kersey, Col. They were crossing
the track in q wagon.
ONE thousand miners at the Milford,
Fraser & Lehigh coal camps hear
Boone, la, struck on the cath because
of an attempt TO give them IS cents .
ton for mine run coal instead Of 50
cents for screened coal, US has been the
rule. Il.
A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Times on the cath said that the inten-
tions of the sultan were greatly dis
trusted at Athens, and it was believed
that he was avoiding negotiations for
fh rnntrh thsa Lo
wanted Edhem Pasha to march to
Athens.
1T was said the governor OF Nebraska
would call special session of the leg
islature and pass . maximum freight
law that will not embody the defects
of the old law, which it was repdrsted
the supreme court at Washington
would announce to be unconstitutional.
A WORKMAN named Michael Kennedy
was buried under . dect of sand and
clay in a cut being Ding for q railway
at Newcastle, Pa. He was taken out
dead. Another man was terribly
crushed about the shoulders and hips.
In an election riot at Bosnyaczi, Aus
tria, the troops. killed Ia and wounded
30 persons
Two persons were TkiIled;and three
seriously injured in a fire in a building
at 14o West Twenty-Third street, New
York, occupied for both business and
dwelling purposes, panic seizing the
inmates.
Mons LEE, an aeronaut employedw with
q show which was ,exhibiting at Nc
Keesport, Pa, fell from his balloon,
the wind being TOO strong, and was
fatally injured.
THE four sons of George Bearden, a
farmer in Caldwell county, KY, and
Carrie Woods were bitten by q mad
dog and were said to be in a serious
condition. The dog died soon after
biting them.
A cLOUDBuRsr 'st some poinf near
Asotin, Wash, sent wall,of water
down the valley. Stock was drowned,
houses wrecked, bridges washed out
and orchards ruined. SO far as re-
ported no lives were lost
THERE was said to be considerable
excitement In Havana over Washing
ton matters The publication Of the
consular reports has also worried
them, and great many maledictions
have been uttered against the United
States ofieers and Gen. Lee. The
Spanish officials have placed guard
of troops around the American con-
sulate.
By the bursting of u still in McGar-
rity's distillery at Hazelton, Pa, the
proprietor and lsborer were scalded
to death and Mrs.- Mctsarrity was bad
ly burned in trying TO save her hus-
band.
BENIro LorEx, 20 years, paralyzed
and feeble, was hanged in the state
prison at Folsom, Cal, ON the slst for
the murder Of George Washburn. q
neighbor, with whom he ,quarreled
over their water supply ;and shot.
Gov. BLACK, Of New Work, refused
to sign the graduated inheritance tax
bill passed at the recent session of the
Legislature on the ground that the
proposed law wonld hear unequally
upon the taxpayers
E. S. FLnIsCHER, . prominent man in
Pittsburgh, Pa. was robbed Of all
his valuables and then deliberately
thrown over q bridge. He was fOnnd
living short time after the occur
renee, but died on his way to the po-
lice station. No clew to the murder
erA
The Southern hotel At Meridian,
Miss, was damaged s15o, 900 by Gre on
the Goth. The hotel was we'll filed
with guests and panic ensucd, but 50
far as known no lives were lost TIE
fire was miserably managed BY the vol
unteer fremen.
The Oklahoma quarantine hoard has
invited the quarantine boa,d Of Kan
sas and Texas to attend z. meeting to
be held early in June 1t Oklahons
City for the purpose OF reaching an In
terstate quarantine agreement BY
formulating system Of rules by
which cattle can be transported be-
tween the states and the territories
without the tedious formality now ex-
listing.
ALBERT NJ. KING, a l9-year-oldT mes,
senger Of the Bolyston national bank,
1T Boston was reported missing on
tie 10th, with about 100000 in cash
and 900 United States certificate.
King started for the clearing house
and had not been heard Of since.
Dawn Davidson. formerly Of St
Tseais, hunted mp his divorced vile,
the propristrcss Of a restsurltt at
Randsburg, Csl., and, after vain ~
tempt 70 persuade her TO return to
him, shot and killed her. A mob tried
to,lyndh hksA ~ oAacers got him ont
Of the WY.
A vnN In Garksville, Team. have
closed contract BY which they Will
furnish the Italian goysrnmsnt fs, 80