The Holly chieftain., 1898-03-18

the transportation into the state Of
cattle affected with Texas fever and
providing for civil action for dam
ages in case Of the Infraction of the
law.
Is a flood caused by the overflow Of
streams near Fayetteville, Ark, four
persons were drowned. Three Of the
bodies were recovered
I The smallpox epidemic at Middles-
| boro, KY, became so dangerous that
on the 18th the United States govern
I nent sent an army surgeon to take
/ charge % the pest house a. that place.
| The entire community was in state
/ OF alarm.
FOE ten hours Jailer Wells. of the
county Jail at Perry, Ok, lay in a pris.
I 0uer's cell, tied and gagged, while the
prisoners were fleeing from the coun.
I try. Wells went into the corridor Of
. the jail, and no sooner had ne opened
. the door and stepped inside than he
was bound hand and foot and gagged
and thrown into a cell and locked up.
/ WHAT is supposed to have been the
. work of an lnccndiary resulted in the
destruction Of the Hay exchanges
/ big warehouse at Main and North
Market streets, s. Louis. the other
afternoon. The loss on the building
was S2j, DO0 and on stock, $40. 600.
JDHS EARLE, at Dubuque, la. was so
terribly beaten by his stepsons, Charles
and william Redmond, aged 10 and 10
years respectively, that he died soon
after
THE opera house at Oil City. Pa,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, s65. oJO
ROBBERS held up Chicago street car
at lonely spot on Forty-siNth street
and robbed the conductor and passen-
gers Of $40.
ASpEEw SCHUYLER, a tiuaHcia. bro
kcr, fatally shot his wife and then
committed suicide at san Francisco.
| II was believed the trouble was caused
/ by a dispute over business affairs, the
woman having accused him OF appro-
priatiag her property, left her by a
former husband.
IHE first days response on the 18th
TO the Kansas City Stars appeal for
help for tine starving people Of Matan-
zas, Cuba, was gratifying. sl,277.4l in
cash being received, beside tons and
tons Of food and much clothing and
innumerable promises OF further AS.
sIstaHcc.
EAELT in the morning fire was dis
covered in the Bowery mission at New
York. The building contained nearly
| 200 dodgers, most of whom had gone to
sleep Eleven charrcd bodies were
afterwards found By the police. Many
hairbreadth escapes happened, the
awakened inmates being panic
stricken and the firemen had To struE
| gle desperately with some in order L.
save them.
Is the scheduled 2O-round contest at
San Francisco on the Ilth between
Tom Sharley, the sailor pugilist, and
Joe ChoynslIi. Sharkey gave disgrace.
ful exhibition of foul fighting and at
the eighth round, the referee, at the
suggestion of the police. declared the
| fight a draw. Choynski clearly out
pointed Sharkcy in every round and
was only worsted ty Sharkey's wres-
| Ting tactics.
| PrrTsHugGH, Pa, school-children are
| TO pioneer monument movement for
I the sailors of the Maine who are
| buried in Havana. Pennies are to be
contributed by every school and in this
way sufficient funds are to be collected
for the erection of shaft in the Ha-
vana cemetery where the dead lie. 1t
is proposed to have every child in the
| pu ublic schools OF the country contrib
ute one penny for this purpose.
The trustees of the High Street
! Methodist church at Muncie, Ind,
unanimously adopted q resolution re-
qucsting all women to remove their
| hats during service.
An organization to be known as the
| Federation of American Railway En-
ployes was perfected on the 10th at
| Chicago. 1t is intended TO take the
| place of the A. K. T.,
DAS STUART the prize fight promot-
er, has chartered "a steam yacht at
| New York and will start at once for
Key West, Fla. His object is to take
kinetoscope views OF naval battles
should any be forthcoming syndi-
cate is back of Stuart
ALL the street car lines in Saginaw,
| Mich, were tied up on the 18th and
people had to walk in pouring rain.
| The conductors and motormcn went
on n strike for regular hours and pay for
overtime. They had heretofore been
working from = to lG hours day.
The public sympathized with the men.
| \ CLEVELAND. O., paper on the Ilth
said that it could state on good author
| ity that a pig iron trust was practical
| ly assured, the chief promoters being
VI A. Hanna, of Cleveland, and the
Carnegie company, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
| II will include all the furnaces in Ma
honing, Shcnango, northern Ohio and
the Pittsburgh districts
| FIRE which started from an over.
turned pot of molten Stag entirely de-
stroyed the plant of the smclter al
| Deadwood, 5. d.. on the 10th. There
was little fire protection and the build
| ing burned without interruption. The
loss was put at $3.50, 600, with insurance
of Sl0o, 900. -Four hundred men were
thrown out of work.
| A coUSrERFEIrISc plant was discov-
cred in the state prison at Folsom.
Cal, the other day. The work was
done in the engine room by two con-
victs, l.. H. Coync and James Brown.
SO far rs known only niclels were
coined. Many of the bogus coins were
in circulation in Folsom.
THE recruiting officer of the United
States army located in Chicago recent
ly received II telegram from the adju.
tant general at Washington to enlist all
desirable applicants fitted for artil-
lcry, heavy and light. and send them
to Fort Sheridan. Within few hours
after the telegram had been posted on
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