The Holly chieftain., 1897-10-15
. xrcno nn1nrd Rob Garter kIlIeo

\ tAE on the Cedar Falls * Waterloo
Electric railway jumped the track
near Waterloo, la. and rolled down
an embaUkment The - passengers
were badly shaken up and it was
thought one was fatally injured.
TnK Shawnee Indians were holding
d stamp dance near Chelsea. / T., on
the IIth, about 800 being present
The race war in the Alton, H.,
schools broke ont afresh on the nth,
the coIored children with a rush at
one white school ovcrpowered the jaui-
tor, strnch the lady principal and took
their seats The police We're SUN
moned and elected them. Serious
trouble seemed imminent
TmE i emple cup" has again been
won by the baltimore basel ball team.
II they win it again next year it will
be theirs absolutely.
THF National Horseshocrs' Protec-
tive association convened at St Louis
on the ll,h. III cities east of the Mis-
.iSsippi riyr- and - west being repre-
sented.
Is his message to the Creek council
at OkmuIger |. T. Chief Isparhecher
said the allotment Of lands had always
proved disastrous and strongly urged
legal action again,' ratification Of the
Dawes treat
GESERAI MASAGEg DICKINSON, OF the
Mon Pacific railroad. on his return
to Omaha Ncb.. from New York, said
that the reorganization committee
would buy in the road and that :. II.
II Clark would he president
TmF widow Of "BIII Nye. the humor-
ts' has lost all her money in the
wrecked First ua,iona. bank Of Ashe-
Vile y G.. and is not likely to get
dollar Of it
Tmr University Medical college foot
bal. d defeated the Missouri Univer-
,ity II at Kansas City, Mo. ON the 9Th.
The game was a hard fought one, and
the mcdtcs won out only in the last
tyr minutes OF play by scoring Il
touchdown, and carried Of the hOuora
10y score OF ! too
TuE Eustun stockholders Ia the kan
sas CIty Stock Yards company do not
appear 'p be much concert, or 'hc
recent dcrisiuu Of Judge Fostcr Dy.
cause they think it is not good law and
will be reversed on nearly every point
The price Of the stock has not been
materially affected
FIrTY high-cIass horses persisted in
tine stables of the Cheshire Improve
mrut company AT Ero0kl lvn. which was
recently burned. The los, was So. 900.
Tnr comptroller OF the currency has
called for the condition Of the national
banks at the close Of business Octo-
Der >.
GEoHGE MORGAN was hanged at
Omaha Ncb., on the Sth for the murder
Of Ida Gasll.ll. lie died protesting his
innocence.
THE annual report of Surgeon Gen
cral Stcrnbern states that the health
o! the army has been excellent during
1896. The total number OF men eN-
amined for enlistment during the cal
cudar year was Il. $50, of whom s,G5i
were acce pied, 5,i+s were rejected on
primary examination and 557 subse.
Iurntly declined enlistment
COMMISSIONER oP PENSIONS EVANS
has issued the following order: Here
nftcr no attorney shall be permitted
to cXami Ic the reports of examining
surgeons in any pension claim except
upon the personal order of the com
missioner, or one of the deputy com
missioncrs of this bureau The object
Of this order is to stop the growing
custom of searching these reports to
find material for working mp new
claims, largely on the basis of ratings
that have not been allowed.
The Chicago Great Western railway
has prepared a plan to make its en-
ployes stockholders in the company
and President Stickuev has issued a
circular on the subject, inviting the
employees to become joint owners Of
the road.
TnE application for hearing of the
Kansas City stock yards case was ar
gued on the eth before Judge Sanborn,
of the United States circuit court at
ST. Paul, MINI. and the lawyers
agreed upon a stipulation for a hear
ing about October is before Judges
Foster and Thayer and the motion for
u hearing before Judge Sauborn was
withdrawn.
THE bureau Of statistics has issued
the table showing the exports and i'm
ports for August, the first full month
under the new tariff law. These fig
ures show for that month the largest
export of domestic merchandise of any
August in the history Of the govern
ment. The exports were ST9, 400, 46s,
against 800, $50, 9Sl for August, 1896.
AT country dance at Greenville.
Ala. William Ekof shot a man dead
for dancing with his sister and also
killed another man who attempted to
arrest him. lie then escaped, but as
thought to be badly wounded. as sew
eral dancers fired at him while getting
on his horse.
a TUNNEL was being constructed by
the Mexican National railroad near
Monterey when premature explosion
of blast occurred. killing four men
outright and wounding ten others seri.
uuSly.
THE plant of the Zimmerman Pack
ing company at Portland, Ore, was
burned the other day. Besides the de-
struction of the meat in the building
some sheep were also cremated. Loss,
$50 600.
The stables of DIR. W. T. Frady near
Marietta, Ind. were destroyed by fire
the other night and 43 horses in his
care for training and eight of his own
| horses were cremated.
NEAR Sandy Springs, Md, William
| Timmons shot and killed William Hin.
| ton, his father-in-law, inflicted wound
which will probably prove fatal to his
wife and also shot the wife of John
| Hinton, his wife's brother, causing a
serious but not necessarily fatal
wound. The shooting was the result
| of quarrel between Timmons and his