The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

TrCat Northern railway because lue
road crosses their reservation and be-
cause the United States marshals ar
rested some Of the Indians for selling
whisky to ,heir tribe. There was said
to be considerable uneasiness among
the white settlers in the neigh bor-
hood.
THE train carrying Sells Bros &
Forepaugh's circus was wrecked at
Wilsondale, W. Va, and James Doyle,
of Philadclp lphia, and Harrison kipps,
OF Virginia were fatally injured.
Pat Forcpaugh was also seriously
hurt. A car of elephants rolled down
an EN- bankmcnt and the animals were
in jured, but none killed.
ADvICEs from Shanghai state that
800 missionaries in central China are
greatly stirred up over the marriage of
Miss johnson, an American missionary,
to a Chinaman whom she had con-
verted.
AT Malone, \. Y, Gordon Williams
was instantly killed by coming in con
tact with live wire and three other
men who went to his assistance were
transfxed in a deadly grasp, but by
great efforts were pulled off.
A DISPATCH to the New York Herald
on the 24th from Manila stated that
the sanitary conditions there were oi
the most menacing character, many OF
the soldiers. both Spanish and Amer.
lean, were suffering from typhoid fever
and dysentery and conditions were
likely to grow worse.
LIEUT. HoRsoS succeeded in floating
the wrecked Spanish warship Maria
Teresa and towing her to Guantanamo
bay amid the blowing Of whistles and
the firing of salutes
FIRE destroyed 4 bakery at Man.
chester, Conn, and two men were
burned to death.
JoIIS PERRY. of Kansas City, Mo-,
has given SIS. 900 to the boy orphans
home in Westport for the purpose of
erecting new building on the tract
now occupied by the home. He has
done this in memory Of his wife and
four children, who were drowned by
the sinking OF the French steamer La
Bourgogue.
THERE were 2,!4i immigrants ad-
mitted at New York on the 2ith.
THE vault of the Bethel (Me.) bank
was recently blown up by robbers
with dynamite.
REPRESENTATIVE COCHRAN, of Mis-
souri,, took to the war department a
large petition asking for the muster
ing out of the Fourth Missouri, now
at Camp Meade. 1t contained the
names of about g5 per cent of the
regiment In addition to the petition
from the men of the regiment, Mr..
Cochran also had petition from IS,
600 citizens of his district, requesting
the mastering out OF the regiment.
| The war department has taken the
matter under advisemcnt
SEVENTY men were entombed in the
Empire coal mine al Brownsville, Pa
on the 23d by an explosion of gas.
Eight miners were taken out dead,
three others were more or less njured
and the balance fortunately escaped
by traversing { miles of underground
passages The scene at the mouth of
the mine was heartrcnding, caused by
the women shrieking and the children
wailing for their loved ones.
ACTING SECRETARY RYAN, of the in.
terror department; W. J. Little, super.
| intendent of the Hot Springs reserva-
tion in Arkansas, and the attorney
general, held a conference in Wash
tngton and discussed the report of VIII
J. Ievely, of Missouri, on the practices
pursued by many of the quack doctors
at the springs, who it was charged,
victimized many of the patients. 1t
was proposed to appoint government
commission to investigate the alleged
abuses
OCTOBER 10 has been agreed on for
Missouri and St Louis day at the
Transmississippi exposition at Omaha,
Neb., with one cent mile from all
points in Missouri.
FOREST fires were raging in the
mountain counties of Colorado on the
25th, the worst sufferers being in
Eagle and Routt counties. Half the
timber in the state was threatened.
The Spanish steamer Carthagenia
collided with the British vessel Rhou-
bina off Cape Villano and the latter
vessel was sunk and the crew drowned,
with the exception of the captain and
one seaman, who were landed at Glib
raltar.
THE new colored Territorial Agri-
cultural and Normal university has
been dedicated. 1t Is a handsome
structure, located at Langston. Ok,
and will give the negroes of the terri
tory every advantage of a higher edu.
cation.
HEAVY storms recently prevailed in
the Baltic sea and 100 fishermen were
drowned between Polangen and Libau,
seaport towns of the province of Cour.
land, Russia.
ABOUT 800 applications for pensions
arising out of the war with Spain have
been filed at the pension office. Com.
missioner Evans will create new di.
vision to adjudicate these claims.
A FOREST fire ragged on the crest OF
Mount Hayden, just south of Ouray.
Col. 1t esembled volcanic eruption,
and the dense smoke rose mile high
and the flames 100 feet. The citizens
of Montrose, 40 miles north, wired to
know il the city was on fire. All OF
the citizens viewed the grand and
wonderful spectacle.
The National Carriage Builders as.
sociation elected officers at its recent
session in St Louis. D. NJ. Perry, of In.
dianapolis, Ind, being chosen presi.
dent and Henry C. Mclean. of vii.
mington, Del, secretary treasurer. l..
+. Tebbetts, of St Louis, was made a
vice president
TWELVE hundred miners quit work
on the Esd in the Dillon and Long Run
mines at bridgeport o., because the
operators would not concede certain
demands of the men.
The National German Baptist asso