The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-11

costly machinery in less than half an
/ hour. 1t next attacked the big saw
and planning mill and cabinet shop
/ filed with seasoned lum Der of all
kinds and in a few minutes the whole
interior OF the big brick structure was
a raging furnace. The cause of the
| fire was thought TO have been crossed
electric light wires in the car shop.
Two men attempted 10 cross the
Niagara river at Buffalo, n. Y, in
small boat during gale and both
were drowned.
The supreme court room at the capt.
tol at Washington and the rooms i'm
mediately adjoining it were wrecked
by an explosion of gas on the 6th and
burned by the fire which followed.
The priceless records stored in the
basement were destroyed together
with the valuable library and many
works of art A rough estimate
money can never replace many of the
documents destroyed.
A REIGN of terror was said to exist
in Wilmington. y. C., and Il clash be-
tween the whites and negroes was eX-
pecled at any time. Three hundred
armed negroes paradcd the streets at
midnight on the 9th and the white
men guarded their houses and the
Whining ton light infantry and naval
reserves rendezvoused all night at their
arnories- Street clrs were stoned by
the negroes and vhite people were
compelled to wall the police being
pOwerlcss.
loHS BAnLs and his wife, an aged
,ouplc at MishicotL Wis. were found
hacked to pieces wiki un ak. Robbery
was supposed to have been the motive.
laborcr named Ernest Messman was
arrested on suspicion Of having com
nitted the crime.
a MAN apparently 60 or Gj years of
age, who registered at the jefferson
hotel at Cleveland. o., q day or two
ago as John Jones, Boston, was found
dead in his room. An empty vial and
a note told the story OF a suicide. The
note was as follows: MY name is
Smith; live in Boston. Am out of work;
let the gravedigger do the rest"
THE United States treasurer's report
to the secretary of the treasury for the
past fiscal year states that the net or
iinary revenues OF the government
we're s4O5, ,32l, 335. while the net ordi-
nary expenses Were s443 36S, 5s2. Up to
the close of the fiscal year the increase
| 1f expenditures on account of the war
vas Si3. .Oil, T32 for the war department
| and S2i .262, 43S for the navy depart
ment The expenditures OF the war
! department for the four months of
July, August, September and October
were SlOT, $50, 1858 aud for the war de-
partment s27, 459,577.
The Aorangi arrived at Victoria, B.
| C., from Australia, with latest advices.
A terrible fire broke out in sydney on
| October s. and in Il few hours had de-
stroyed 20 large mills. The fire ragged
through an entire section OF the city
before being extinguished. Fire at
Iiankow, a Chinese river port, de-
stroyed 10000 houses One thousand
Inhabitants were burned to death or
killed by falling buildings The dam.
age was SIS, 900, 900.
Mrs. MARY WEBBLE, residing five
miles south of Vandalia, Ill, recently
gave birth TO triplcts, all girls
THE National Association of Hard
Wood Dealers convened at Cincinnati
On the Sd with about 200 delegates
present The principal proposition
pending was one to establish system
Of uniform inspection and uniform
grades-grades that will be recognized
IN European, as well us all American,
markets.
The Caldwell sisters have given the
Catholic university at Washington
$40, 900 to establish 4 divinity fellow
ship.
A CALL has been issued for national
Christian citizenship convention TO be
held at Washington December l3 to Is
next The subjects to be discussed
are suffrage, bull fights, marriage laws,
sabbath observance, etc, in our new
! colonies.
BUSINESS failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th
numbered 1873, according TO Brad
streets commercial report, against 223
for the corresponding week in last
year.
IN consequence of the reign of terror
prevailing in Spokane, Wash, due to
the nightly hold-ups, the mayor has
issued n proclamation calling upon
every male citizen of good character
to be sworn in as special officer.
Citizens were aroused over the situa-
ton and a vigilance committee was
org ganiZed.
By the explosion of new boiler at
the Oil City pa boiler works two men
were killed, two fatally injured and
| dozen more slightly hurt
AT the Cincinnati Gun club live bird
tournament Fred Gilbert, of Spirit
Lake, Ia, won the silver cup and the
live bird championship of America.
STATES ATTORNEY WIMBlsH has filed
his report with Gov. Gambler at At
lanta on the claim set forth by Georgia
that l,500 square miles of territory
lying in Tennessee and North Caro-
lima belongs to the first named state
He goes over the case as far back as
1882 and says the question is still an
open one and is a matter for the courts
to decide.
The secretary of the interior received
unofficial advices on the Sd that the
Creek Indian nation in the Indian ter.
ritory had ratified the agreement
reached between its commissioners and
the Dawes Indian commission in the
reorganization of the Indian territory.
The Thompson wagon factory at st.
Louis park, suburb of Minneapolis,
Mimi, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$50, OOO
Ton ROBINSON, colored, was given
the death penalty by a jury at Hills
boro' Tex, for assaulting 12-year.old
negro girl.
THE transport Panama, with several