The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-16

the payment Of hospital expenses 70
men who are on furlough. but Presi
dent Mckinley has decided that mel
whose condition has required hosPita
treatment will be treated as havin.
surrendered their furloughs and as be
ing in active service
THERE is reason to believe, accord
ing to Washington dispa tch, tina
the Texas has been selected as the fu
ture flagship Of the Asiatic squadron
in place of the olympia
THE secretary of the treasury an
nounced that the actual expenditures
on account OF the war up to August 81
amounted to s1Oj, ,0OO, 900 The aggre
gate of appropriations made for con
ducting the war and available for the
six mon tbs ending December 81 next
amounts in round numbers to $50, 900,
! 600. The appropriations were made
with the expectation, however, that
! the war would continue that length OF
[ time.
| AT Chicago on the 18th all western
/ roads agreed to restoration OF pas.
seuger rates TO go into effect Septem-
Der p This agreement will not in
,terfere with the special reduction
I agreed to BY different roads on ac-
count Of the Omaha exposition.
DR. 5. V. LEECH, who was recently
| required 10 resign as pastor of the
Kansas Avenue Methodist church at
| Atchison, Kan, for kissing a young
woman mem Der of his congregation
and TO- other alleged acts, was rein.
stated by Bishop Fowler, who held
that the action Of the board was not
justitiable under the circumstances
The post-mortrm examination of
the remains of the late empress of
Austria, who was assassinated al
Geneva bv an anarchist, has revealed
that the weapon completely transfixed
the heart, penetrating 8 h inches and
making a wound one-sixth of an inch
vide. The fact that her jesty
walked 80 yards TO the steamer is
ascribed to her remarkable will power
and natural energy.
AT midnight on the Ilth mob OF 4,
men entered the Jail at Liberty, Mo-,
secured benjamin Jones, man 10
years old, and hanged him to the
portico Of the Clay county courthouse.
Jones had criminally assaulted Annie
Mon tgomerv, ten years old.
OVER 1000 deaths have occurred at
Tampico, Mex, from yellow fever and
the number of new cases is increasing
daily.
SECRETARY ALGEE hu, ordered win
ter hospitals built for g. 900 soldiers.
ELIZABETH, wife of Francis Joseph,
emperor of Austria, was assassinated
q i,anapn S,S.ityarlnnE colt
anarchist, who stabbed her with
stiletto The murderer was arrested.
THE officers of the National w. c. I.
L., on behalf of the 300 600 memb bers of
the order in the United States, ad-
dressed a letter to President Mckinley
urging him to have the battleship Hi
nois christened with water instead of
whisky. A similar letter was sent to
Secretary of the Navy Long.
THE Paris Figaro on the 7th said the
cabinet council had unanimously
agreed upon n revision OF the Dreyfus
case and directed the minister of JUS
tice, NJ. Sarrien. to take the necessary
steps to that end.
Ar the meeting of the Ladies of the
q. "A. r at Cincinnati the national
"tS W. pdNty, was
presented by friends with a diamond
set badge, Mrs. Wood, of Kansas, max
ing the presentation speech. The
treasurer's report showed that during
the year ~ circles had been organized,
81 members each, making
total of (, al new members.
The animal report at Cincinnati OF
the national secretary of the Woman's
Relief corps showed an aggregate OF
! ~, 245 members and 3, 254 corps, maxi
ing net gain of 1859 me IN bers and 72
corps during the past year.
The National Editorial association
elected J. b. McCabe. of East Boston,
Mass president and R. NJ. White, of
Mexico, Mo, recording secretary. An
was made for trip to
PARIS in 1899
IN a fit of jealousy and i'll temper
Jesse Badgerow, farmer near Jenni.
son, Mich. fatally stabbed his wife
and her sister. Miss Ayelsworth, then
fled to the woods and escaped capture.
A PIEF occurred at Prescott, Ariz,
the other day which resulted in the
death of two persons and the serious
injury of three others, the victims be-
ing suffocated.
THE heavy iron superstructure of
the new pier so, at the foot of West
Twelfth street n. Y, was blown
down, killing two men and injuring
ten others. There were 90 men at
work on the superstructure when it
fell.
AT the Grand Army encampment at
Cincinnati on the sth Col. James A.
Sexton. of Chicago, was elected com.
mander-in-chief and philadelphia was
chosen for the next meeting place.
JOSEPH LETTER has cleared up his
famous wheat deal at Chicago. Every
creditor has been paid and $4,000, 900
bushels of wheat have been liquidated
since the voluntary assignment nearly
three months ago. To pay these debts
mortgages were placed on Letter real
estate to the amount of SIS. SOC. 900.
THE session of the National Edito-
rial convention at Denver. Col, on the
Sth was devoted to discussion Of the
question of uniform press laws and
plan as outlined in the paper of Azel
f. Hatch, of Chicago, met the indorse.
meut of the members. A standing
committee was appointed to further
the plan of Mr.. Hatch.
A. j.. HAHN, clerk for the Webster
Manufacturing company ut Chicago,
while carrying s62a for the payment
of the firms employees, WAS attacked
by three men OF the Ashland avenue
bridge and robbed. His skull was
fractured and he may die.
THE Arkansas state pension board,
flor "a tod ions Sas sion of hraa xvaalyc