The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
Tnr pope at Rome on the 18th created

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New York.
II collision off Friedrisch's haven
between the German steamer ArtushOt
and the British steamer Mauritas the
Artushof was sunk. ten of her crew
being drowned.
AUSTRALIAN aivices said that the OH
GERS OF the British and American war
ships who have been fraternizing dur
ing the recent trouble in Samoa have
decided to erect a joint monument to
the memory OF the EnSliSh-Speaking
men slain in the various engagements.
PETEE BoiLKNEICH was shot and
killed by Charles i-indewald. man of
20 years, at GalesburE, H.. On the 18th,
in a quarrel over some Indebtedness
ESocH EAvANosKIs' young wife and
infant daughter were burned to death
at Pittsburgh. IA, by the explosion of
an oil can. with which the woman at
tempted to start FIRE.
SEyES prostrations from the heat oc-
CURED a; Chicago on the 18th.
THE railroads which do business be-
tween Kansas City and Mississippi river
points have agreed on new grain rate,
which will 90 into effect ON July !.
The rate on corn to points between
Dubuque. la, and south to Memphis
viii be seven cents for 100 pounds and
on wheat nine cents for 100 pounds
The rate at present l. i've cents, both
on corn and wheat
THE second annual conference Of the
Federation of Zoinists opened at Balti-
more, Md, on the 18th. Twenty socie-
ties from as many cities were repre-
sented.
TELEGRArHIc inquiries were recently
sent out by the New York Herald
asking the heads OF state governments
whether they thought the military
force now in the Philippines sufficient
ly strong to crush the inSurrection,
and if not how many soldiers should be
sent. The uniform answer to the first
question was no" Regarding the
second the consensus OF opinion was
that Gen. Otis army should b. in
creased to l0J, 600 men. 50 as to crush
the rebels in one short. sharp cam
paiEn.
Mrs hoHS was cleaning some gar
ments with gasoline at Cleveland. o..
when there was an explosion and the
entire front of the house was blown
ont. Mr. kohn. her husband and child
were dangerously injured and were
taken to the hospital
THE Benbow house at Greensboro,
y. c. was burned. Loss. slOo. coo.
WHILE a party of Is young folks
were bathing at Galveston, Tex, the
other evening the uudercurrent swept
them my .v,I
girls were drowned.
HENRY c PAYNE. of Wisconsin, ma
tional republican committeeman. who
recently attended conference of the
senate finance committee at New York,
made statement to the Milwaukee
journal that, in his opinion. bill will
be formulated Al the coming congress
that will place the United States upon
a gold standard basis
MARCUS DAILY and his associates in
the Anaconda Mining company, of
Montana. have sold their holdings TO
an eastern syndicate, headed by John
d. Rockefeller, for SIS. 600. 600.
GEORGE LAURIE a farmer at Hunt
inVtGn, Ind, was attacked by his bull
and had his life crushed out. His wife,
who went to his assistance. suffered
the same fate
Ar Surrency, Ga, Boy Williams.
negro, was taken from Jail and lynched
for an attempted assault on woman.
Dave Clark. another Surrency negro,
was found dead in the woods with sew
eral holes in his body. He had been
arrested for tryjng TO shoot constable.
THE Spiritual Medium Protective as
ISOLATION met a, Richmond. Ind. re-
Gently. The association was formed
for the purpose of shutting ont false
mediums and it is the intention to
make it national in its scope.
FIFTY guests who attended the we'd
ding of Miss Myrtle McLain and George
]. Prescott, near Robins Ia. were
made seriously i'll by eating pressed
chicken and ice cream. in which there
was ptomaine poisoning.
THE Chicago police are convinced that
the murderers of Martin Meters, the
old miser found s:rangled in his house
some days since. secured abou; $40. 600
as the result of their crime
A PIrrsBUgs & GULF passenger train
was held up by masked men at Shady
Point, near Poteau. /. T. Meager de-
tails received by the general offices at
Kansas City, No, say that the proceeds
of the robbery were s. bill property
of D. r. Patterson, express messenger,
and one registered letter. The passen-
gers were not nolested-
The town of Bracket. about 100
miles west of San Antonio, Tex. was
reported under ten feet of water on
the 18th -Four persons were missing
and were supposed to have been
drowned A waterspout over that
around
OS the river Oder, of the village of