The Holly chieftain., 1898-05-06

feared that other building trades
would be affected
! MoBEETIg, Tex. was almost totally
destroyed by n tornado the other morn
ling. Four people were killed, three
fatally Injured and many painfully
hurt AL county buildings were
wrecked.
THE state department at Washing
ton has learned through its secret
agents that the wreck of the battle
ship Maiue, lying in Havana harbor
has been destroyed by the Spanish au-
! thOrities- II was supposed by officials
Of the administration that this action
on the part of the Spanish authorities
has been taken to prevent raising of
the wreck after the capture OF Havana.
WILL BAYNIfANi. "a bookSeeper, and
Louis Leopold, cigar dealer, were
drowned at the wharf at Paducah,
Ky, recently, and Joe Douglass. their
companion, received painful injuries,
his escape from death being almost
miraculous. The men had started for
a skiff ride, but were sucked under Il
passing steamer by the current
Gov. LEEDY received message from
the war department on the lst that
guns and other equipments could not
be furnished the Kansas volunteers
for at least ten days.
THE farmhouse and outbuildings OF
William Curry near Valparaiso. Neb.,
were demolished by a tornado on the
Goth. Mr.. and Mrs Curry took refuge
in the cellar and were seriously in
iurcd. Some took was killed and many
telegraph poles were blown down.
4 holt of Lightning struck one of
the buildings of the powder company
at Clipper Gap, Placer county, Cal,
causing two explosions One man was
killed.
DISPATCHES on the Ist reported se-
we're storms n Iowa and the Indian
territory on the previous evening. In
Iowa the towns of Primghar, Hart
ley and Curlcw were badly wrecked,
Hartley being almost completely de-
,trovcd. Several people were reported
killed. Macedonia, near Council Bluffs,
was also badly wrecked, but no loss
If life was reported there, Other
places also suffered. Duncan, |. T.,
was nearly wiped out. A child was
killed and ten persons hurt, some
fatally.
\ WAsHINGroN dispatch Of the Goth
stated that the volunteers must learn
to be patient They will not see active
service for months to come. They
must remain in domestic camps while
the regulars pave the way and it is
even possible that not one in ten may
see Cuba. Gen. Miles has carefully
collected statistics from army surgeons
and others and has learned that If the
army is sent to Cuba at least 30 per
cent. of the men will die from fever.
For this reason he has advised against
an immediate campaign.
KID" MCFARLAND and Joe Walcott
fought eight rounds on the 2sth at De-
troit Mich. The result was a draw.
THE large and secure prison at Fort
Adams, r. l., which has been desig-
mated by the war department as one
of the prisons to be used for Spanish
prisoners of war has been thoroughly
overhauled and made ready for use.
The prison behind the ramparts and
swamp is one of the safest in the coun-
try. The Notifications are capable of
holding over 1000 prisoners, the mum.
Der allotted during the late war. Not
once since its construction has o pris-
pncr escaped.
GALESA, Ill, the home of Gen. L. S.
Grant, on the eth celebrated the
seventy-seventh anniversary of the
great leaders birth.
A DISPATCH from Manila on the 27th
said that the Spaniards had captured
the American bark Saranuc, loaded
with 600 tons of coal.
In an explosion at the powder mill
at Dover, n. j.. six men were killed
outright and several seriously injured.
Seven buildings were destroyed. A
cigar started the fire which caused the
explosion.
y SMALL Spanish ship, the Engracia,
captured by the United States gun boat
Newport, off Cabanas, was brought to
Key West, Fla, on the Goth. She had
on board crew of seven men and
cargo of fish. The officers of the New
port said the capture was an impor-
tant one, in view of the fact that the
little vessel was attempting to carry
into Havana news of the movements
of the United States fleet
FIFTEEN freight cars of an extra
train on the Flint Il Pere Marauet
railroad were wrecked in collision at
Flint Mich. Four tran'ps were be.
lieved to have been caught in the
wreck.
THE westbound Southern Pacific
passenger train was taken in charge
by four masked men at Comstocls,
Tex, at midnight on the Goth and two
miles west of the station the express
car and engine were detached and run
a short distance. The robbers wrecked
the through safe and took the entire
money contents. amounting 10 $50. 600
The express car was badly wrecked by
the explosion.
AN official high in the war depart
ment at Washington was authority for
the statement that the volunteers
called for will be held in their state
encampments indefinitely, to be or
ganized and hardened. 1t was init
mated in the same quarter that the
volunteers might not get chance at
Cuba until after the rainy season, IL
at all.
= The board Of supervisors of Frank.
lin county, Ia. adopted a resolution
10 pay each wife or widow dependent
for support upon a husband or son who
enfists in the army the sum of s.
honth, and to each child under lG,
Whose father so enlists, the sum of So.
JoHS AsoUIrH, 70 years old, and his
wife Margaret, 10 years old, were
found dead in bed in their rooms at
Chicago recently. The old couple had
evidently committed suiride by as