The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-04

erected at West Point, N. Y, TO tho
soldiers of the regular army who lost
their lives in the civil war, Justice
Brewer, Of the United States supreme
court, delivered the address Of the day.
DKcoRArroN day was observed in
Kansas City, Mo-, and surrounding
cities in an appropriate manner, the
graves Of the dead veterans in the DIFF
ferent cemeteries being decorated with
flowers and the day given up to parades
by the G. A. T. posts.
An earthquake was felt at Zanes-
vile, o., about one o'clock in the after
noon of the 31st Employees in the
Courier building rushed downstairs,
the vibrations being SO decided. Shocks
were also felt in towns in the Virginias,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia,
and other places.
FIRE broke out in Kings warehouse
at Charlottesville, Va on the 3lst and
y dozen people rushed in to save what
| property they could, when keg OF
powder, exploded. demolishing the
building and catching several persons
under the falling timbers. One man
was killed and several others badly in
jured.
| THE Cheyenne Indians at the Lame
| Deer agency In Montana were said TO
be making threatening demonstrations
against the white settlers and the
ranchmen were anxious to avenge the
murder of sheep herder by the In
dians. Trouble was expected.
| An trade has been communicated to
the representatives of the powers by
which the sultan agrees to an armis.
tice of fortnight beginning May 80.
| DURING a service in the cathedral at
Pisa, Italy, upon the unveiling of an
image to the Virgin candle fell, set
ting fire to the building and causing a
panic. During the rush for the doors
nine persons were killed and 81 others
seriously injured. The FIRE was soon
extinguished, without causing much
damage.
The athletes of the Pennsylvania
university are the Intercollegiate cham
pions for this year as they won the
Intercollegiate associations champion.
ship cup at New York on the o9th.
The score by points was as follows:
Pennsylvania, "a; Yale. 24Il; Harvard,
1854: Princeton, 1915; Georgetown, u;
Boston, 5:-Syracuse. /; Cornell, L; Trim
ity, u; Wesleyan, e.
| In an interview at New York on the
Goth Senator Platt said he believed the
tariff bill would pass before July 1, as
every test vote taken had indicated
the final passage of the measure.
| WHILE a Grand Army post was de-
corating the graves in the cemetery
adjoining St Peters Episcopal church
at Philadelphia a wall upon which a
number of children were climbing to
get view of the ceremonies fell down
and ten of the little ones were severely
injured
WILL LKwls and Wit Bosworth mot
at Salem church at Sweet Hole, Tex,
to observe Decoration day when they
walked short distance away from the
crowd and began emptying their re-
volvers at one another. BY the time
their friends got to them both men
were dead. Bad blood had existed be-
tween them
GEOR6E A. DUEy, who has been CON
nected with the Associated press at
Cincinnati and other places for many
years, was killed the other night by
Policeman Booth at Cincinnati. An
alarm of burglars was given, calling
Booth to the place. Duey was an route
home ut the time and refused to halt,
when the officer shot him dead, mis-
taking him for one of the burglars,
who made their escape
AT Annapolis, Nd, ON the 2sth the
naval cadets defeated the Pennsylva-
mans in two-mile boat race, crossing
the line seven lengths ahead Of the
Quakers, in 15 minutes and ~ seconds,
the Quakers coming in 2s seconds Later
| The tollgate warfare has spread into
Robertson county, Nv. A band of raid
ers the other night swept over the coun-
ty and cut down every tollgate except
those on Falmouth and Walford roads.
The raiders sent note to the county
judge stating they would have their
rights or die.
AN earthquake shock occurred al
Whitehall and other places in New
York about 1918 on the night of the
27th. Dispatches from jefferson and
st. Lawrence counties stated that the
inhabitants were greatly frightened
| and rushed out of their houses in their
night clothes Windows were shaken,
sashes broken and lamps overturned.
THE 6Sth session of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church of North America
| convened in Beaver Falls, Pa, on the
Goth, to continue in session for eight
or ten days. Over 300 delegates were
in attendance, including many minis
ters from Canada
FRED BEEsON, on the ranch of Harry
Morse, at Sunol. CAL, was on an emer-
gency made cook. In looking around
for soda to bake biscuits he picked up a
baking can and used some of the white
powder it contained. The dinner was
served. Beeson soon afterward died,
another man was reported dying and
several others were dangerously i'll.
The white powder was arsenic.
ApvIcEs from Cuba were received by
the junta at Philadelphia on the 26th
TO the effect that Gen. Gomez will tenn.
porarily resign as commander of the
insurgent forces and come to this coun-
try to confer with President Mckinley
on the Cuban situation. During HIS
absence Gen. Garcia will command.
The Joseph Sommer Coal Co. has
notified the men employed in their
bituminous mines at Brazil. Ind, that
they would hereafter be required to
mine coal at A cents per ton, reduc.
tiou OF four cents. The offer was re-
fused, and the miners abandoned the
mine. 1t was thought that other com.
psnies would make like reduction.
JACOB CONRAD, Joseph Bolum and
Carl Eistebcn entered into q contest IA
TO who could drink the most whisky at
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