The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

ward car was teIcscOped-
FIRE destroyed the best portion of
Bismarck, n. D.. on the evening Of the
;th. licking up hundreds OF thousands
of dollars worth Of property.
WHILE officers were conveying a ne
gro to Jail at Griffin, Ga, for an at
tempted assault on girl $50 incensed
:itizens overpowcred them and hanged
The prisoner to i tree and then riddled
ais body with bullets
A COLLISION on the Lorain & Cleve-
and electric railroad occurred - miles
west of Cleveland, u. People were
thrown forward in both cars which
we're stove 10 badly, and about IA of
the passengers were more or less in-
jurcd, though none of them fatally.
The crash came during 4 binding
rainstorm.
W. X. Bishop, a white convict, was
shot by p. Fulgum, guard, for some
act of characterization in brick yard
N Little Rock, Ark. V. A. Potts, an
other guard, afterwards disputed with
Warden Hudson about the shooting
and killed the warden. Fulgum and
Potts were jailed.
The cattle sheds hide house, sausage
room and fertilizer building of the
Dressed Beef and Provision company
at ~. Louis were destroyed by fire the
other afternoon. Loss, SO, OOO fully in
,ured.
4 DISPATCH from Ponce, Porto Rico,
on the 7th stated that a general ad-
vance Of the American force had be-
gun, An official dispatch received at
Madrid. dated the same day, said that
the Americans had seized the customs
house at Fajardo and that an Ameri-
can column had advanced on Guayama
and compelled the Spanish troops TO
Withdraw, II Of the Span!ards being
aillcd.
4 FISHERMAN at Noddy bay, y. F.,
reported that he saw steamer collide
with an iceberg and sink soon after.
lie said that the steamer looked like a
I passenger ship aud he could see the
| people trying to launch boats, but she
sank before they could do anything.
y. T. SCOTT, commissioner of inter-
| nal revenue, stated thht the revenue
/ from the war tax approXimated ST.
/ 900. 600 daily, but that there would be
/ no effort made to have the war reve-
| nue. law repealed at the coming ses-
sion OF congress, even If the war should
| be over, as a bigger naval force and
! larger standing army necessitated the
| expenditure OF millions more than
| formerly by the government
InE rcgimeutal surgeon on duty at
Camp Alger Falls Church, Va, report
ed typhoid fever as being pretty well
| under control at that place.
RGoTISG was resumed by the striking
wood workers at Oshkosh, Wis, on the
5th on account of the sash and door
men trying to run their plants with
nou-union labor. The strikers dubbed
and stoned the workmen trying to
reach the Morgan mill. Policemen
were dispatched to the scene and
fight occurred. The street was finally
cleared at the expense of many broken
heads and a score of arrests, including
nine of the women ringleaders.
ADvICEs have been received at Aus
| tin, Tex, from number of points on
! the Rio Grandc border stating that
| thousands of MeXicans were crossing
| into Texas with their families with
| the view of making that state their
| permanent home. This great influx of
| MeXicans was caused by the law which
recently went into effect in Mexico,
compelling all able-bodied citizens be-
tween the ages of IS and 40 years to
serve five years in the army.
/ The secretary of war has ordered
| Gen. Skaters troops relieved from
further duty in Santiago as fast as
transportation can be provided and
the transfer of Spanish prisoners will
nIr mi of 0f hn
| Five United States volunteer regi-
ments, immunes, have been ordered to
Santiago for garrison duty.
BILLY DELANEY. Jim Jeffries' mana
ger, met Tom oRourke the other aft
an signed articles to fight Jim Corbett
at the Lenox Athletic club, New York,
within three months The articles call
for a 25-round bout for go per cent of
the gross receipts.
INFORMATION has been received at
Washington from London through pri-
vate channels that the Indian mints
are to be reopened to free coinage of
silver at an early date. There was
said to be a strong effort to have the
ratio changed from 16 to 1 to 2o to
and it was asserted that both France
and the United States had evinced a
willingness to assent to the change.
GEN. SHAFTER's army will be loaded
upon transports as rapidly as possible
and taken from Santiago to Mon tauk
point, L. l., where it is hoped they
will be able to recruit their health.
lmmunes will take their place at San
tiago.
A TREMENDOUS sensation has oc-
cnrred in the Sixth Massachusetts reg
iment, which is in Gen. Garrettson's
brigade at Porto Rico. The friction
between the line officers and the Off
GERS of the brigade reached its climax
when Col. Woodward, Lieut. Col. Chat
fin, Maj. Taylor, Chaplain Dousseault
and Capt Goodell, of company X, re.
signed their commissions. BY military
law to resign in face of the enemy
means a court-martial.
THE plant of the Robinson Basket
company at Painesville, o., the largest
in the United States was entirely de-
stroyed by fire on the 7th. Loss, 500, :.
| 900: insurance, S55, 900.
THE 4th was Indian day at the ex.
position at Omaha, Neb. 1t was cele-
brated by the formal opening of the
encampment and n parade and public
exhibition of Indian sports and cos
tunes by 700 Indians, representing 80
western tribes.
w. RASKINGooD and Harry Price, of
Cincinnati. who originated the idea OF
| starting a fund among school children