The Holly chieftain., 1898-03-04

The assistant secretary of the inte-
rlor, Webster Davis, has issued an
order which will result in giving all
soldiers affected by the Bennett deei-
sion a chance to be heard. The cas-
referred to are those claims that were
taken from the files by a board of re
vision which had been allowed under
the act of June ~, 1890, for rc-exami-
nation.
IT has been decided to eNtend the
time in which applications for space at
the Omaha lNeb.J exhibition will be
received until March l5
THE fiye-year.old child of Nlr. Mes
sick, the owner OF u restaurant in
AtoAa. /. T.. was burned to death in
the absence Of its mother. 1t was
supposed that the child played with
matches.
ABOUT 1000 negroes held Il mass
meeting at Chicago on the 2sth to
protest against the recent assassiua-
tion of coIorcd postmaster at Lake
City. 5. c.. and memurialize President
Mex Kinley and congress TO punish the
murderers The resolutions rectted
that steps should be taken to stop
lvnching and protection be afforded to
every citizen regardless of color.
MEs. CELtE WALLACE, the wife Of the
wealthy Chicago lumbcrman, has
added to her magnificent collection of
jewels the second largest diamond in
the Uuited States. The price paid
was s3l 800.
WHILE the tiremen were attempting
TO put out fire Mt Hall Bros labora-
tory at Kalamazoo, Mich. on the Goth
several explosions took place and the
Gremcn on ladders were blown In
very direction. Work OF rescue began
at once and the building was left to
It's doom. Ten men were fOuad dead
aud several other were badly injured,
An omnibus filed with pleasure
seekers while crossing the tracks at
Blue Island, near Chicago, was struck
by a Grand Trunk passenger train and
seven persons were killed and several
others badly injured.
The New England hotel at Cleve-
land, o., was gutted by fire on the
evening of the 2Tth and Il dozen guests
had narrow escapes from death.
OPFICERs FESToS and Carey, OF the
Chicago police force, were fatally shot
by Michael Clark, a maniac, whom they
were trying to arrest
AT Mineral Wells, w. Va, two old
women, Edith and Linda Caplinger,
were burned TO death by their clothes
catching fire.
THE comptroller of the currency has
issued call for a statement Of the
condition of national banks on Febru-
AIRY l3.
THERE was AN epidemic of suicides
in st. Louis. In the AS hours ended on
the 2ith there were nine attempts, all
but one successful.
THE big steel sidewhecl steamer City
Of Erie. the finest OF the steamers on
the great lakes, was launched Mt De-
feet long and will accommodate 45O
passengers.
a CIRCULAR addressed to veterans of
the Atlanta campaign, whether wear
ers of the blue or gray, has been sent
out from St Louis to secure the organ
izutiou of all surviving participants
into society of the Atlanta cam
pHign. The organization will be q
purely social one. and will have for it's
principal object the creation of ma
tional park in and around kenesaw
mountain, where the principal battle
of the campaign was fought
TOMMY RYAN knocked out George
Green in the 18th round at San Fran.
cisco on the 25th before an immense
crowd.
GEORGE HAAS was assisting his
father to load wagon with manure
at Belleville, Ill, when the horses be-
came frightened and he was knocked
down and the heavy wheels passed
over him, killing him instantly.
Two masked men took A. C. Taylor.
president of the bank of Bavard. Neb.
from bed the other night and com
PEELED him to open the safe in the
bank. Only small sum was secured.
The Kentucky house has passed an
ar ti-cigarettc bill. The bill is sweep
ing in its penalties and absolutely pro-
hibits the sale, barter, loan. or use of
cigarettes or cigarette material or even
the possession of the prescribed weed.
A MORTGAGE for sl00, 900, 900 was filed
At Beatrice, Neb., on the cath by the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail
road company to the Central Trust
company of New York and bears three
per cent interest. The instrument
contains over 30, 900 words
A DISPATCH from New York on the
24th said that 1000 residents of that
city and 1900 persons in other parts OF
the country, policv-holders in the
United Life association, which went
into bankruptcy in 1896, have been
levied upon for an assessment, amount.
ing to Slss,000, by the receiver, the in
dividual assessment being as high as
&, 600 in some eases.
AT Garrett, Ind, Fred Simons, aged
90 years. in fit of drunken despond.
ency. killed his two little daughters.
aged two and four years, and then shot
and killed himself with the same re-
volver. Mrs. Simons and son were
calling on q neigh hbor at the time OF
the shooting. 4+l
ANGELO WILL, at Coalburg blocks,
near Youngstown, O., the other night
shot Martha Lawrence, Mrs. Peter
Farando, Joseph Farando and Daniel
Noute, the two latter being fatally
wounded. All the injured persons are
relatives. No motive for the deed was
learned. Farmers We're out with their
guns hunting for Will.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 25th
were ls3, according to Bradstreet's
commercial report, against 25S in the
corresponding week Of last year.
THE Western league baseball mag.
mates, at their recent session in Kansas