The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-03

vacant ground and the latter tried to
get possession Of it, missiles being
thrown and revolvers fred OF. Rev.
Father Joseph Shields, of St. Mat
thew's church, stepped in between the
combatants and drove the blacks back
~ the point Of = revolver, just as the
police appeared in response to riot
call. Several persons were hurt
PIPE CHrEy, . Pawnee Indian, aged
90. has brought suit At Pawnee, Ok.
for divorce from his wife, Wallasha,
aged 90, charging her with neglecting
his wigwam to run around with corr
tain young braves Of the tribe.
A CATTLE train on tha Clover Leaf
road took fire from . hot box 1t Rus
sinville, Ind, and before tho flames
could be extinguished several cars
were burned and number Of Texas
steers en- route from Kansas City to
Buffalo perished in the flames, The
remainder were turned loose In the
streets of the village. creating . panic
among the Inhabitants.
FOURTEEN labor organizations, in
Guiding Debs' social democracy. sup
plemented by the populists Of Kansas,
were represented at the labor confer
ence at St Louis on the 30th. Many
policies were proposed. but nothing
definite had been settled upon, the
committee on resolutions not having
reported upon plan for action.
An unknown man was shot on the
Skaguay trail in Alaska by a commit
tee of vigilantes and his bones are now
rotting beneath pile OF rocks near
the pass. He had stolen a sack OF -four
TWELVE hundred trousers makers
struck at Philadelphia on the soth for
higher pay.
ELLIorT, the Kansas City crack shot,
won the Dupont trophy at Eau Claire.
Wis, on the asth, beating Charles
Budd. The score was 90 to ". The
shooting Of Elliott was nearly record
Breaker. as he killed 90 birds out Of 100
and his lost bird, the seventh, fell dead
out of bounds, making 9S straight after
losing his seventh.
AT Readville, Masa, the Chicago
pacing stallion, Star Pointer. on the
2sth went full mile in the phenome-
nal time Of 1:5ogl. thus necessitatinR
the setting Of q new limit to the speed
Of light harness horses. The people
who witnessed the performance went
wild over II.
AT the national encampment Of the
G. A. R. at Buffalo, N. Y, ON the Goth,
J. P. 8. Goblin, Of Lebanon. Pa, was
elected commander-in-chief and Gin
cinnati was chosen as the place for the
next meeting.
The strike Of the progressive tailors
at New York has bscn declared Oh, the
| increase Of 1b per cent In wages d..
manded having been conceded by the
employers
Harry FLETCHER and his grandson,
while driving across the railroad track
at tSeatonville, ILL.,, were struck by pas
senger train and both instantly killed.
FIREBUos burned large barn and
all its contents belonging to Van Ad-
Ams. well-to-do farmer living near
Princeton. Ind. They also attempted
to burn tho Adams house.
THE young negro named Bonner.
who was arrested for criminal assault
upon an aged white woman near VIII
helm, Tex, was taken from jail by a
mob of 200 men early the other morn
ing and lynched in the woods. The
negro confessed the crime.
The experiments conducted 1t Fort
Worth, Tex, under the direction OF
DIR. Victor A. Norgaard, chief Of the d.
vision Of animal pathology In the ma
tional bureau, of animal industry, with
view Of Kidding Texas cattle Of the
fever-producinR ticks, have culminated
in success DR.. Norgasrd will in =
D. -Al 4
Of the experiments
MIRA JENNIE LAIRD. of Providence.
r. l., was elected captain commanding
Mt the meeting Of the Ladies' Associa-
tion of Naval Veterans at Buffalo, N.
Y, on the 2sth.
The body Of Thompson Rhodes was
found within the doors Of Mason Bros.
planning mill At Marietta, Ind, where
he had been killed by load of sluga
from spring gun, Axed by the pro
priStor to prevent burglars
AN Omaha, Neb., dispatch on the 25th
stated that all roads were practically
blocked with grain trains moving the
cereal east and railroad men said the
lines could not move the crop even at
that rate for three months.
TIE frat convention Of the Negro In.
terstate FREQ Silver leAguewas called
TO order at Quincy, Ill, ON the a5th,
Among those present were Prof. c. w.
Lear, principal of the Clarksville, Mo.
colorcd school, and Harry R. Graham,
of Kansas City. No, president Of the
Negro Free Silver league Of Missouri
and editor Of the Ksnsas City Rising
Sun.
THERE were 300 delegates present ~
the American Bar associations conven-
tion at Cleveland, O., on the 25th.
President J. M. Woolworth, Of Omaha,
Neb., delivered IN address, reviewing
briefly interesting Laws passed during
the last year In different states.
WHILE working in coal mine nea,
Carlyle, Ill. Fred Hearer. an engineer
was accidentally knocked OF Of an -
cending cage and fell COS feet, meeting
horrible death.
AZ HAWKINS, the widely-knowu
sporting man, was killed ON the 9Bth
at Chicago by the collapse Of folding
bed. he had seated himself on the
edge Of the bed, when II unexpectedly
closed and his neck WAS broken.
JOE WoLcoTr knocked out George
Green In the 18th round the otheI
night altar one Of the fastest fight,
ever seen in San Francisco It wa,
rather one-sided, Wolcott leading IL
every round. S.., i.
Ar the convention Of the Foresteri
Of America Ut Denver, Col. ON the 2Btf
Joshua A. shaw. Of New York, va,
elected supreme chief ranger; r. NJ
McMprtry, Of Lowell, Mass. supreme
| financial secretaYy. and A. HOGAN. ot