The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-25

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from the Spnniards on the Same plan
- the Hudson bay company which
England had. Col. John ]. ItcCook
was the man credited with the idea.
NEARLY 100 moneyed men scattered
over Illinois have been made defend
ants by the receiver OF the Capital ma
tional bank at Lincoln Neb., in order
to compel them to pay back dividends
which have been unearned.
JuDeE BorKIS. department com
mander OF the Grand Army of the Re
public Of Kansas. has sent invitations
to the department commanders Of Mis-
souri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraslxa and
Colorado. asking them to attend the
annual reunion OF the Grand Army Of
Kansas at Leavenworth, October IL
to 10.
In regard to the revival of the peri
odical rumor of Queen victoria's inten-
tion to abdicate in favor of ,the prince
Of Wales. the Westminster Gazette
says: when the rumor was circulated
months ago we were informed on the
highest authority that it was un-
founded
TEHuANrErEc, Mex, which CON
tanned about $4,000 Inhabitants, was
completely destroyed by an earth
quake recently, SO far as buildings are
concerned, not one remaining stand
ing. The people are living in tents
and in the open air on the outskirts of
the place. The earthquake shocks
still continue to be felt at frequent
intervals and the people are terrified.
- ~ (I,,,-
vile, Ind. the other day from Cincin-
natl to visit Miss Minnie Sampson, his
fiancee, and she was at the depot to
meet him. Henderson jumped from
the train before it stopped and he was
thrown under the wheels His head
was severed before the eyes of the
young lady whose husband he would
have become on July l.
WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, a scboolboy Of
Evergreen, L. l., has been arrested for
wantonly setting fire to Josephine Mil
ler, causing her death.
BIZ q FIRE at the home of Joseph Me-
lenskie near Buffalo, N. ", his Eve
children were SO badly burned that
expected to live.
THE window glass factory at Orestes,
Ind, was burned on the night OF the
Goth. Loss, 100000. Four hundred
men were made idle.
A STATE convention of Kentucky
farmers is called to meet at Lexington
on July to perfect a combination SO
as to hold the wheat crop until higher
prices can be got for that cereal. II
the movement is successful national
convention will be called to form ma
tional farmers trust.
THE creamery proprietors, butter
dealers and dairy farmers of the big
butter producing states are being
formed into an organization to work
for legislation that will prevent the
coloring Of bntterine.
The library building Of the state
university at lows City, Ia, was struck
by lightning on the 10th and destroyed
by fire. Loss, 500, 600; no insurance.
Many of the books cannot be replaced.
A fireman was caught in the building
under falling roof and burned to
death.
AeLUcosE trust has been formed, a
Chicago dispatch stated, that included
every big company in the United States
except two.
JOHN G. FEsxAssY has been promoted
to the railway mail superintendency
at St. Lonis-
ENaRAyEB BARBER, Of the Philadel-
phia mint, has just made a model Of
the bust of Mr.. Mckinley for the pres
idential medal series.
THREE section hands who had quit
the employ Of the Kansas City, Pitts.
burg & Gulf railroad and wene on
their way to Texarkana, Ark, to draw
their pay, went to sleep on the track
near Winthrop, Ark, and were run.
over by freight train. One was
ground to pieces and the others were
not expected to live.
AccORDING TO Detroit, Mich, dis
patch the National Association Of
Burial Case Manufacturers has COL
lapsed, after 20 years existence.
Rev. DR. LORENZO D.. McCABE. for so
years professor in the Wesleyan uni.
versity and an author and theologian
of note in the Methodist church, died
at Delaware, o., on the 18th in his s1st
year.
VIOLENT windstorms passed over q
wide district In Nebraska on the 18th.
At Monroe hardly chimney was left
in the place and many roofs were taken
off.
STEVE O'DoHsELL. the Australian
heavyweight, knocked out Alex Greg
gains, OF San Francisco. In the eighth
round 1t San Francisco ON the Eth.
The 1:2d anniversary of the battle Of
Bunker Hill was observed At Boston on
the nth on . scale surprising by many
degrees that Of former years.
IT was reported that Queen Victoria
was almost blind from the effects Of
cataract of the eyes. 4
'THE suit brought against several
railroads for alleged overcharges by
the Northwestern Iowa Grain Ship
pers' association in the United Slater
court at Dubuque. Ia, ended rather
abruptly, Judge Shiras holding that
the fact that the schedule Of rates had
been published under provisions Of the
interstate commerce law was conclu-,
sive as to their reasonableness The
only remedy for the shippers was to
petition the interstate commerce COM
mission for modi fication of rates
An attempt was recently made to
wreck q Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern passenger train near Salem, Ill.
The track wss piled high with timbers.
One Of tho miscreants was fatally shot
The other day 800 quarrymen struck
at Joliet, Ill. for raise Of IS cents
per day. The quarrymen throughout
the city had been getting rs per day.
The usual increase 70 si:so, generally