The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-09

damaged by fire.
REPRESENTATIVE of the Delaware
Indians in the Indian territory left on
the 9th for Sonora, Old Mexico. with a
view of negotiating for the purchase
of a new home for the tribe.
A HUNDRED girls, inmates of the
Cleveland Female Orphan home at Ner-
| sailles, KY, were in precarious con-
dition on the night of the 5th, having
been poisoned. Physicians thought
they were poisoned from drinking
water standing in lead pipes Some
of them may die through it
THERE Is said to be a great scarcity
of school-teachers in New York city.
THE attorney general of Iowa rem
dered an opinion that the use Of gas
oline for lighting purposes is unlaw-
full in that state.
FILLS Il. CHILDERs. cx-treasurer of
the Creek nation, was convicted at
Muscogee, |. r., of completely in the
Sg3. 900 Creek warrant fraud.
a STEAM pi pc exploded on board the
steamer Alamo, of the Mallory line,
at New York, killing an engineer and
five of the tremen and badly in
juring passenger. a panic followed
the explosion among the passengers
and many jumped to the pier.
CHARLES g. DAWES, comptroller of
the currency, has made his annual re.
. port. lie states that the number of
| national banks in operation on Sep
tenn Der 20, 1895 was less than at any
date since Decem ber 20, 1890, but their
total resources was greater than at
any time during the existence of the
national banking system. The ques-
| tion Of elasticity in bank currency is
discussed and he recommends that
| banks be allowed to issue more notes
in times of emergency under certain
| safeguards.
The massive block OF skyscrapers,
| Nos 25J to 259 broadway, New Iork.
was almost totally destroyed by fire
early on the morning of the 9TH. The
fire began in Rogers, Peet IL Co. S
building, then spread to the Home
Life Insurance company's building,
which was lG stories high, and after
wards TO the Postal Telegraph com
pauy's building, a stories. The loss
| was estimated at over 81. 900, 900.
THIRTY.OSE men started in a six. day
bicycle race in Madison Square garden
at 1905 a. IN. on the 5th.
ISAAC d. SMEAD, at one time one OF
the W ealthiest men OF Toledo, o.. and
known from ocean to ocean as a manu-
facturer of ventilating and heating
apparatus filed a petition in bank
rupicy in the United States court at
Toledo on the lst, placing his liabili-
ties at 5000. 900. SO far as he knows,
with no assets.
LANDSLIDE caused a bad wreck on
the New York, Susqnchanna & West
ern railroad near Smartwood, n. J.
Three trainmen were badly injured
and the road was blocked for hours
THREE men were killed by boiler
explosion in the sawmill of the Colo
RADIO Cooperative company, a social
istic organization near Montrose, Col.
AT special meeting of the South
western Passenger bureau at St Louis.
at which all the roads were repre-.
scented. homeseekers' excursions were
decided upon for the first and third
Tuesdays during January, Febru.
airy and March, 1899, on the same
basis of excursions in effect during
Dece Der. This arrangement carries
with it the use of the Sebastian form
!
made for the meeting of the National
Live Stock association at Denver Col.
January 24-27. 1899; Sebastian form OF
ticket to be used for this occasion also
TIE war department has decided tC
adopt at once the suggestion of Gen
Wood, in command at Santiago. that
the removal of the remains of Ameri-
can soldiers from that section of Cuba
be deferred until February at the ear.
liest. Officials believe they have nc
right to expose to the horrors of the
yellow fever outbreak the large popu,
lation of Santiago and neighboring z
towns from mere sentimental con
side ration.
Mrs WILLIAM MASrELI, who killed
her husband and attempted suicide ir
Alameda. Cal, will recover. She de
clared that they quarreled and that h,
knocked her down before she shot him.
COMPUTATION made at the Yale oh
servatorv at New Haven, Conn.
showed that the new Chase comet was
about 23O, 900, 900 miles away from tn,
earth or about - times as far as the
sun. The time of its perihelion pas
sage is April -, 1899. and it must con
stantly grow brighter until that time
and be visible for several months, pos
siblv to the naked eve.
THE home of Hiram Biggs. a farmer
living near Perry, Ok, caught fire and
Biggs, his wife and three children were
burned to death.
FIRE destroyed eight business houses
at Hamburg, Ark, cntailing loss OF
nearly $40, 600.
The Virden, Ill, grand iury has re
turned ten indictments. involving s.
persons, for the recent riots at that
place. Among those indicted is Gov
Tanner for failure in responding tc
the sheriif's call for military aid tc
suppress the riots.
The National Municipal league
closed its session at indianapolis, Ind.
on the I'd by adopting resolution
favoring competition in asphalt street
paving. Mayor Jones, of Toledo. O.,
spoke against granting franchises tc
individuals or corporations to minister
to city's social necessities and
thought it was wrong in scientific
theory.
COMPLAINT has been made by author.
tiles at Copenhagen, Denmark, of the
unclean condition of the cargoes ot
corn exported to that place by Ameri.
can shippers. Broken grains crushed
and crumbled cob and dust and dir,
in considerable quantities are presen,
: in all consiguments. The impure ex,
ports NAV have the effect of stopping