The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
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THE trial of Arroyo's murderers at
Mexico City, Mex, was finished on the
| I'D and sentence of death was pro-
| nounced on ten of the police officials
who were concerned in the killing of
the man who made an attempt on Pres
ident Diaz's life.
FGRE was reported raging near
Chelsea, |. T., on the 2od doing much
damage to farms and forests. The
farmers were out fighting the flames
THE large department store of D.
LEHMAN < Co at Streator. Ill, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 22d, entailing q
loss of $3.50, 600.
THE Great Scott" furniture store at
Baltimore, Md, was burned and Mrs.
Susan Maxon lost her life. Estimated
loss by fire, si35. 900.
THE tannery at Watsontown, Pa,
one of the largest in the state was
burned to the ground the other night
Loss $50, OOO
REPRESENTATIVES, of the five civilized
tribes of Indians who oppose the ratiti-
cation of the Dawes treaty have re-
turned from an inspection of !, 900, 900
acres of land in the state of Tamaulipas,
.lth- L lN1t y" III .Dttb
with their respective tribes at Atota, /.
T., and make report of their investiga-
tions.
WHILE revival service was being
held at the Methodist church ut Os-
moud, Neb., on the night of the 2lst,
thieves stole 10 of the best horses
hitched outside, together with two
fine buggies. No trace of the thieves
were found although armed posses
secured the country around after them.
THE Georgia Legislature passed the
bill prohibiting football and the bill
has been sent to the governor to be ap-
proved.
HARRY GILMORE, a burglar with 80
confessed robbcries to his credit,
walked into the police station at Dan
bury, Conn, and gave himself up, say
ing that he had been plying his trade
for a month, but was starving with it.
He located the hiding place OF stolen
goods to the police and was held for
trial.
A TRAIN on the Chicago & Indiana
coal railroad loaded with 500 miners
was wrecked near Coal Bluff, Ind,
two cars leaving the track and plung-
ing over an embankment into several
feet of water. Over 20 men were in
jured, three of them fatally.
J. w. HARRIS. editor of the Waco
Times Herald, and W. A. Harris, his
brother, on one side, and Judge q. b.
Gerald, a prominent citizen, fought a
duel to the death on the street at Waco,
Tex, on the 10th. w a. Harris was
shot dead, j. w. Harris wounded IA
tally and Gerald was shot in the side
and may die. The trouble was the
outcome of the mobbing of w. c. Brann,
publisher of the Iconoclast
OSCAR GARDNER, the Omaha Kid, was
defeated at Buffalo. n. Y, on the 18th
by Billy Rotchford, of Chicago. in 20.
round bout
WHILE a travelling doctor named W.
S. llumiston was heating a mixture of
alcohol, turpentine and rosin on
stove at Burnt Hills, y. Y, it cxplod-
ed and four-ycar-old daughter vas
burned to death and another daughter
and a Mrs Brown received injuries
from which they cannot recover. Hum
iston was arrested.
HENRY CLAY JOHNSON, cclored, was
hanged at st. Louis on the 18th for the
murder of William Amend. n newsboy,
whom he shot on the night of August
l, 1896. The murder was the result
of Il game of craps. Amend was not
playing, but johnson. for some un-
known reason, claimed he was cheat
ing and shot him.
THE annual report of. Secretary of
the Interior Bliss was made public on
the 18th. He stated that there were
200, 900 more pension claims awaiting
adjudication and it was estimated that
half of them would be finally ad-
mitted. Speedy action is recommend
ed in securing proper legislation for
the coming i2th census. The Indians
and the Dawes commission, the condi-
tion of Alaska and the Nicaragua ca
nal were also touched upon in the re-
port.
GEORGE BoGAEr, eX.city clerk of Ev-
anston, H., pleaded guilty on the 10Th
to having embezzled funds from that
city amounting to ss, S9i.
A TERRIFIC prairie fire passed through
Lubbuck, Hale and Crosby counties,
Tex, doing great damage to the
ranges. The flames made fire ten
miles wide which travelled at light thing
speed. At least 400 square miles of
territory were burned. Cattle We're
burned to death and north of Emma,
5000 sheep were burned in one flock.
Many farmers lost their winter feed,
fire burning it in the stacks.
MARTIN BARruoLoMY and George
Roehl were fatally injured and Robert
Loren was severely beaten us the re-
suit of an attack of 20 masked men on
the night shift of six miners ut the
Kolb coal pit near Mascoutah, Ill.
WHILE his wife lay asleep beside him
William Orth, at Burlington, Ia, shot
himself in the head. Death was in
Simultaneous. The reason assigned
for the suicide was dependency due
to inability to obtain work.
AT Carrollton, Ala, Leona Barnes
an ls-ycar-old white girl of prepossess-
ing appearance, was convicted on the
charge of miscegenation and was given
a two years term in the penitentiary.
Last March Miss Barnes eloped with
Andy Beard, n negro laborcr on her
fathers farm. The affair created
big sensation and a mob pursued the
couple and overhauled them and Beard
was shot to death in sight of the girl.
A DISPATCH from Poughkeepsie, n.
Y, on the 10Th said that 60 students at
Vassar college were seriously i'll. all
having been taken sick two days pre-.
viously from eating improperly cooked
veal.
The Ohio supreme court has decided
that the Clark law passed by the last