The Holly chieftain., 1898-06-24

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,mokeless powder, was fred by two
men on the night of the 10Th and de-
stroyed. Both got away, hut one was
Snown to be severely burned. The
.om pany had a contract to supply the
government and that was thought to
be the reason its destruction was at
tempted.
A TERRIFIC windstorm struck Mag
ara and Orleans counties, y. Y, the
other day and hundreds of orchards
were destroyed. One woman was ia
tally injured and many barns and out
buildings were wrecked.
A FIRE caused by the explosion of Il
gasoline stove in the restaurant of
Mrs. Mann at Tracey, Cal, destroyed
the entire business portion of the town.
Loss, ss7, 600.
MECHANICS and other employees of
the general shops of the Chicago &
Alton, in Bloomington, H., to the
number of $50, have been dismissed
and it was believed still deeper cut
will soon be made. Some of the dis
charged men had been in the service
40 years. The company has adopted a
policy of retrenchment, rendered
necessary by the falling off OF husi-
ness
As Charles Sargent and his sister
Goidie were crossing the Sangamon
river in buggy near Dawson, Ill, the
horse bee anne frightened, throwing
the girl into the water. Her brother
jumped into the water to rescue her
and they were both drowned.
JonN s. JOHNSON, of Minneapolis.
defeated Karl Kiser, the champion of
Switzerland, in ten-nile paced race
at Woodside park track, in Philadel
phia, in 20 minutes 20 2-5 seconds.
AN A, T. IL S. F. passenger train GO
ing into Denver, Col, the other night
ran into a wagon, containing three
persons, crossing the tracks on Grand
avenue, and Mrs Tony Lendhoff and
! Wolf Fromc were instantly killed and
! l. Wiseman was seriously injured.
| The horse also was killed and the
wagon smashed to kindling wood.
PICNIC party returning from Ben
ton park in a wagon on the night OF
the 10Th collided with street car on
the Southern electric road It st. Louis.
| The following were probably fatally
injured: George Bellenson, partially
paralyzed; julius Bader, wounds in
head. and William Holden. hurt inter
Hally. A number of others sustained
minor injuries
! a TERRIBLE fight occurred on board
n Sunday excursion train returning to
| Weinne, Ark, carrying several hun
drcd half drunken negroes, A diff
Guilty between two women led to a free
| fight, in which so shots were fired and
razors and clubs used freely. Walter
| Allison, Pope Thomas and Mack Irwin
were killed. Two others were thrown
through windows and proba bly, fatally
| in jured and pistol wounds. cuts and
bruises were sustained by an unknown
number.
| A PHILADELPHIA dispatch stated that
| it is the desire of the national relief
commission that the Sunday preceding
the Fourth of July shall be devoted
largely to patriotic services in the va
rious churches of the United States
| II is suggested that at these services
cash collection be taken for the sol
| iiers and sailors and their families.
THE men who murdered and robbed
] Mr.. Garden and his wife and an old
man named Carlee, near Wetumpka,
Ala, We're lynched at nine o'clock on
the 18th. The mob broke into Jail and
secured the prisoners-tive in number
and took them to the scene of the mur.
der Four OF the negroes confessed
and the other told where he had the
money. He was compelled to find it
and in few minutes, near the scene of
the crime, all five were swung up and
their bodies riddled with bullets.
| JUDGE NEWMAN has modified the sen.
tences of several moonshiners in Jail
at Atlanta, Ga, in order that they
may enlist in the army. They will
| join the company of moonshiners be-
ing organized by Capt Yancey Carter,
the noted revenue officer, who says
they are especially adapted to guer-
| rilla warfare.
THE business failures in the United
| States for the week ended the 18th
mum bered 207, according to Brad
streets commercial report, against 2a6
for the corresponding week of last year.
FIRE destroyed the principal bust
ness houses at Grove City, Pa Loss,
| $50. 900.
A COLLISION between Santa Fe pas
senger trains at Conroy, Col, the other
day wrecked several cars and delayed
| traffic ten hours. Express Messenger
| Travis had n leg broken and six pas
scngers were slightly injured.
THE colored Knights of Honor of
the World recently met in biennial
convention at Hot Springs, Ark. Dele
gates from all parts of the country
were in attendance.
The Interstate Grain Dealers asso-
citation met in annual convention in
Omaha, Neb. The association is a
union of the Kansas, Nebraska, west
ern Iowa and northwestern Missouri
grain dealers.
| A SUBCOMMITTEE of the senate COM
mittee on education and labor on the
10Th gave hearing at Washington to
representatives of corporations and
others hich have contracts under the
government and which oppose the ex'
tension of the eight-hour law to con-
tractors under the government
Gov. BuDD. of California, has com
muted the sentence of Trainwrecker
Salter d. Worden to life imprison-
mcnt, a medical board decided that the
convict was insane at the time OF the
great strike Of railway men when he
wrecked the train bearing United
States soldiers, causing the death of
three soldiers and the engineer.
FIRE the other night destroyed some
auxiliary buildings of the Armour
packing plant at Chicago, containing
the tin shop, lithograrhing. boiler and
| tank rooms Loss, 500, 900.