The Holly chieftain., 1898-10-28


the other morn ng, through her cloth
ing catching fire at an open CRATE
WHILE walking on the tracks of the
Denver d Rio Grande railroad at
Leadville, Col Mrs Cornelius Shea
and her daughter Margaret were
struck by passenger train and killed.
MAJ. STARR and Maj BROOKS, after
returning to Santiago from a trip to
Baracoa, Sagua aud other places, re-
ported that there was no destitution
at those places among the Cubans, but
the distribution of free rations was
having a demora.izing effect upon the
people, as they would not go to work,
although the sugar estates and other
industries were IN need of la borcrs-
No freight trains ran on the east
division of the Colorado Midland rail
road on the cath N consequence of
strike Of about 80 men, who all refused
to take out a thrce-engine train from
Colorado Springs, claiming that the
company had agreed not to run any
three-cngine trains. 1t was believed
the trouble would be adjusted.
Two top filters at the furnace of the
Young town (O.) steel company were
sufFocated by gas the other evening.
A DISASTROUS collision of freight
trains occurred at Mulhall, Ok, the
other evening in which five persons
were badly ujured, one OF whom, Fire
man James Monnhau, may die.
The - Bear island Indians that
caused the recent trouble up in Mime
sofa have been sentenced to spend from
- ~
jails and TO pay slO0 fine each.
THE National Council o. Jewish
Women convened at Omaha, Neb., on
the I'D.
PHILADELruIA's peace jubilee began
on the 2Sd with appropriate services in
all churches,
AT Ashpole, y. C., squad of negroes
crept up to the town and shot three
guards. The negroes were afterwards
run down by bloodhounds and cap
tured. 1t was uncertain what their
fate would be.
4 boat containing three duck hunt
ers was overturned on Lake Michigan
and all were drowned.
SERGT. ALLEN, of the Eighth colored
volunteers at Chattanooga, Tenn,
fired on some policemen who were
trying to arrest drunken soldier and
white man, standing close by, was
killed. This started riot Allen was
finally arrested.
4 RACE war was reported near llar-
pcrsville, Scott county, Tenn. One
white deputy was killed and three
wounded and nine negroes were killed
by the posses out after them. The
trouble originated over an attempt to
arrest negro who had had some trou-
bic with his employer
JOHN ALLEN, colOred, was lynched at
Lafayette, Ala, for murder.
CATHERINE DE GRAUGHFT, aged six
years, was run over by cable car a,
| Kansas City, Mo, and instantly killed
while crossing the tracks on her way
to school.
GREAT havoc has been caused by
floods in Fiume, Austria hungary.
TIE Santa Fe railroad, it was re.
| ported at San Francisco, will be ex.
tended to that city.
AT Clairyille, Cal, hotel was burned
and five persons were suffocated tc
death while asleep.
| DR. WILLIAM Z. BEooEs. director OF
the Smith observatory at Geneva, n,
| Y, has discovered me-, comet. Its
| position is right ascension, IA hours, 3;
minutes. declination north 60 degrees
| % minutes. The comets motion is
| sOutheasterly. Its appearance is de
scribed as large, round and bright.
| ACCORDING to decision OF Fedora
| Judge Springer at Muscogee, /. T., il
the case of William Tiger, Creek con
| victcd of murder, there is no court il
| the universe that now has jurisdiction
to impose the sentence of death upor
! him" This peculiar condition of af
fairs was caused by the Curtis bill.
4 SEARCH for the 63S Chinese per
mitted to occupy the villages at tn,
Transmississi ppi exposition at Omaha
Neb.. has disclosed not more than ter
of the number. They were allowed ii
this country on condition that they
returned TO China at the close of tn,
exposition. A hunt will be instituted
for the runaways.
THE torpedo boat Davis, while on it
trial trip in the Column bia river q
miles above Astoria, Ore, had he
boiler tubes burst and eight OF he
crew were badly scalded, seven dying
soon afterward. Excepting for tn,
havoc wrought in the boiler room tn,
boat was uniHjured-
ROBERT SHEREOD and wife, living
near Pembroke, Ky, are both deac
from the effects of having eaten toad
stools by mistake, thinking then
mushrooms. Finding them in tn,
woods, Sherrod had them cooked TO
dinner and soon after eating then
both he and his wife became violcn tll
i'll and soon died in great agony.
ESGINEEg-IS-CHIEF MELVILLE ha
made his annual report to the secre
tary of the navy, in which he notes th'
important lessons, SO far as they re
| spect the machinery of the vessels
which have been taught by the expert
encc in the recent war with Spain.
Miss PEARL NOGAN died at Sharon
Pa, of typhoid fever, contracte,
through eating ice cream at churcl
festival. Twenty others who partool
OF the dellcacy were also i'll.
ELIZA BURRILI., wife of well-to- d
mechanic at Toronto, Ont. became dc
mented and strangled her three chi
dreu. She said she did not want ther
to grow up wicked.
AT the session of the Master Hors
Shoers' National Protective associatio
at Cincinnati the recommen ndation G
President Purcell for nine hours ne
{ day was concurred in.
, REPORTS from all infected points i
J Mississippi on the est showed tina
: the end of yellow fever's reign was @
| hand. II the weather remains cold
j will probably be safe for refugees ,