The Holly chieftain., 1897-04-23
GENERAL NEWS.

W. A. JONES, of Wisconsin. and Rob
ert v. Bell, OF Maryland, have accepted
the respective offices of commissioner
and assistant commissioner of Indian
affairs. Eea @Ef
A sNowsI.IDE occurred Mt the mines
near Brigham City. Utah, on the 10Th
and three men lost their lives. Two
men were also killed at the mines near
Redcfiff, Col, from the same cause and
it was feared that three other miners
were buried under the avalanche.
THE Australian baseball team nude
its first appearance at San Francisco
in a game and suffered defeat ut the
hands of the Olympics; score, 20 to 0.
The Australians batted and ran bases
we'll, but We're slow in the field. They
also showed lack of knowledge of the
fine points of the game. The Olympic
team was composed of amateurs.
PROVISION rates from Kansas City to
New York were said to be on the
ragged edge on the 10th and little
great row. The rates were thought to
be too high and some Of the roads were
shading them down.
THE pictures of the recent Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight. taken for exhibit
tion with what is called the verascope,
were ready for printing on the 10th.
The picture of the moment in the 14th
round following the knockout blow
was said to be excellent, according to
New York dispatch.
FIRE broke out in the vacant frame
Shumway block in the central portion
Of the business part of Berea, O., on
the 10th, possibly having been started
by incendiaries. In three hours, seven
business places, the city hotel, the Mil
Ter block and 13 other structures were
burned. The loss was $4,000
THE Hamilton syndicate powerhouse
at st. Louis was partially destroyed by
fire the other night. While the loss
was not more than $40, ,00O, about half a
dozen car lines depending upon it
were tied mp.
A coMNrTrEE of the National Reform
Press association appointed ut the
Memphis convention February 22, 1897,
met at Girard, Kan, recently and is
sued q call for national populist con-
vention for the purpose of formulating
plans for the reorganization of the
party. The convention is called to
meet at Nashville, Tenn, July4.
JAMES L. MAFPIT, the actor, known
to theater-goers as the ''lone fisher
man. in "Evangeline,' died recently
in Johns Hopkins hospital at Balti-
more. Md.
THE grand jury in Franklin county,
KY. returned true bill against DIR.
w. Godfrey Hunter, republican nomi-
nee for the United States senate, and
several other prominent politicians.
charging them all with conspiracy to
bribc.
Gov. ADAMS, OF Colorado. has given
out signed statement about women
being eligible for the militia. The
governor quotes the first section OF the
every able-bodied male citizen hut
the printer left out the word male"
In printing it.
CAssINKR ZRGLES. Il monk of the Or
der of Resurrectionists at Chicago. has
invented bullet-proof cloth of silk
and wool, treated chemically. A piece
of the cloth stopped steel jacketed
bullet fred into it from regular
United States rifle at distance of 15O
yards t
POLICEMAN CRAFTS was cleaning his
revolver at Chicago in the presence of
his sweetheart, Miss Lottie E. Jacobs.
when it was discharged and the bullet
entered Miss jacobs left arm near the
elbow, followed the bone upwards and
pierced the heart. She fell to the floor
dead.
DUBLIN, KY, was recently worked
up over the whitecapping OF widow
named Goley by four unknown men.
1t appears that Mrs. Goley has been
conducting herself in a manner not ad-
mired by the community and, re-
.fusing to comply with the request TO
leave, she was taken from her home
at night and given severe whipping.
Z DIR. Luis MoREJA, a prominent ply
.sicisn Of Merida, Mex, claims to have
discovered certain cure for yellow
fever. This cure is In the form Of q
liquid preparation. from the root of q
plant Of that region, and It's efficacy
hns been tested In number OF cases
and proved successful in every case.