The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-26

d inc INA lIlLH1EG lO"GCT tI-. Dad y
lat ColtcwGh station, Is miles from
'.hattaEoora Tenn, killed two white
men and wauU-cd seriously Il no,
fatally, six others After the as D3O-
sion the plan, was destroyed by ire.
THE p.antuf the High Fals suIphlte
Pulp a. Mining company located a,
Pyrtcs, y. ! was destroyed by fire.
The cause was not known. The loss
was plureI a., 500, 900; insurance, $50,
300.
GEORGE Lu}lNG, colorcd, was stabbed
to death at -. Louis the other after.
noon by George Williams, also colored.
and his rival for the affections OF
Mamie Johnston, a colorcd woman
living at 7I1 south Third street
\ n.SrAr,I from Buda prsth to q
London new, agent said that while q
regiment Was crossing Il pOutOon
bridge over the river Ma-os. near
IIDad, the bridge collapsed. Three
hundred men were immersed and il
was feared that 50 were drowned.
IT is estimated that I2j. 900 people
visited the ships of Admiral sampson $
lrrtat Staten island, y. Y, on the glst
\ GEANn war concert for the first
three nights will be one Of the uuu-
aual feature, Of the national G. 4. K.
rncarpmout at Cincinnati on Sept. >
to TO-
4 mAE-rvD collision occurred at
Sharon, Mass, on the y. Y. y. H. Il
II. railroad on the -!stand six persons
were killed and - injured.
iUyuEEDs Of thousands of people
along the bank, of the Hudson river
., New York and thousands of river
"ratt gave an enthusiastic welcome to
Admiral Samp5Dn's .-.t on the Goth.
All along the line from Castle Will
'.am. Governors i>Hu.. where the
first salute was fired. rY Grants tom b.
which marked the b.-.nuiug Of the
return Of the squad, where a ma
tona. sa-ute OF y gun, was fired. the
same enthusiastic v..ramc vas ac-
corded the return. naval heroes.
ar parade of thr .r--c.s occupied
two hours and 80 am .'.,.
= sAlLBoAT on o.-.,, lake. near
Gaylord, Mich, Wa .u.s bya sgualI
ami two persons ",- drowned. A
sunday school p.cu. al- being held.
TuE Northwestern terminal clcva-
tor at Chicago WA tn-,roycd by fire
the other night vl.a..ng loss Of
saID 900.
Ar Friendship, Ga Mrs james Nc
larry and her son No.. murdered by
q negro with an na Sc. .r they were in
their beds The ..aI afterwards
'aught q negro woman ted her to a
tree and mutilatcd h.r .n shocking
manner. She died. l.t NOT unit. She
pua told the murl.r.r'e name. a
'rn"t started after the negro. lie
was caught and proua.r lvnchcd.
a FIRE at Hot Snrngs. Ark. carly
m the Goth destruv,4 the National
lutc., two cottage, the Kentucky
livery stable and the Windsor hotel
and cost at least three human lives.
The fire originated in the National
motel and the guest in the sleeping
apartments found themselves in a
ycrltab!c death trap. the only escape
being by jumping from the windows
ADuIE CHRIsTIAN-E>. q balloon per
former. was killed at Hergcr Beach, y.
T., by the parachute failing to open.
JoHS and Wiley Mattox, brothers,
were overcome by ga, while digging Il
we'll at ChOculocco, Ala, and died.
TRAFFIC officials at Kansas City,
/ Mo, are looking forward to a lively
/ fight between eastern and gulf lines
/ for the new wheat crop, which will
soon be ready to move. The close of
the war with Spain and the reopen
/ ing of steamship service to and from
gulf of Mexico ports has brought
the gulf roads into the field as com
petitors for the grain business, and
! they are making active preparations
/ to handle it
IT has been estimated that there will
be $4,000 applications filed as the out
/ growth of wounds inflicted and dis
ease contracted during the war with
Spain. AT an average of $50 per
month the estimated cost of pensions
will be Sl2, OOO, 900 per annum. Forty
| eight per cent of the claims now on
file are for invalid pensions and 81 per
cent are made by widows and minors
who lost their husbands and fathers
| in the fight for Cuban freedom.
DURING the recent voyage of the
russian convict ship AnCara from
Iicum to Tom, Siberia, 81 out of 500
prisoners were sufrocated from over
srowding.
THE barn Of Peter Fay, tea miles
north of Independence, la, was struck
/ by lightning the other night, Five
sons the oldest being lG, were sleep
| ing in the NOW and were burned to
| ieath.
TIE Second Arkansas regiment
showed mutinous spirit when they
were ordered out to drill on the 10Th,
out the prompt action OF Maj. Stark
| Iuelled it
Four men were killed and We others
uadly injured the other afternoon by
the collapse of cornice on the new
| building in the course of erection at
| i75 and Az North Fifth street, Phila-
lelphia.
a FIERCE fight occurred between the
'oustabouts Of Buffalo Bills show and
700 eXcursionists waiting for their
rains at Kewanee, III. The fight
arose over dispute concerning ten
cent ticket to the concert, one of the
.Xcursionists claiming he had TO pay
twice. After half an hours battle the
showmen proved victorious.
An indianapolis, Ind, dispatch on
the 18th said that Frank p. Sargent
grand master of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen, had officially
notified the order that he would retire
at the end of his term. having been
appointed n member of the industrial
commission by President Mckinley.
JoHN BALE, aged 81 years, of Ash.
land Heights, Montgomery county,
Pa, who recently shot and seriously
wounded Ida Brown, his sweetheart,