The Holly chieftain., 1899-02-17

JACOB GEEngASoT, night fireman at
the Hunt s,am2.ug works at Cleve-
land, o.. wa found dead in the boiler
room of thc plant early on the 18th,
having been stabbed through the
heart The tlcnry was advanced by
the police tina: Gerbrandt NAV have
been holding clandestine meetings
with womau and that her husband
killed GerbraGit
a HEAVY .rowstorm tied up every
street car ae and made traffic i'm
possible In Washington on the 18th.
All trains were delayed
The steamer william Lawrence,
running between baltimore, Md, and
savannah, g. was reported as being
wrecked off Port Royal, $. c The
crew abandon the vessel in four
boats Three Of the boats had not
been heard from.
THREE faraers-Ben Graves, Alex.
ander Clark and win Johnson-of Col.
Inns coanty, Ten, were found frozen
to death in ravine on their way home
from MeKinneg
EARrHquAKg shocks were percepti.
BILE at Chill cg:ue, O., at $3.50 q. IN OF
the 18th.
A FIRE in one Of the cottages of the
state insane asylum at Yankton, S. D.. ,
on the 1ath caused the loss OF II in
mates confined there.
THE large book and stationery store
of A. C. McC .urg & Co. at Chicago was
totally destroycd by fire on the l2th.
with its stocs OF rare old books and
manuscript, cntajling loss of $780,
600, of whicA s,oo, 900 was on the stock.
FogEsfs n Oyiedo, Spain, were burn
ing on the l2Ih and many villages had
been destroyed, the inhabitants flee
ing for the.r lives Many herds of
cattle had pershcd in the flames.
The Goodvear rubber factory at
Naugatuck, Conn. shut down for an
Indefinite period on the llth, throw.
ing more than 900 persons out o! en-
ployment
a sSowsLIDE occurred at Silver
Plume, near Georgetown, Col, on the
18th, destroylng several miners settle
menta EleYen bodies were taken. out
dead and it was estimated that l3
more were still buried under the piles
OF snow.
CADETS CIIARLEs BAESDER, of Mober-
IL, Mo-, and Fcrnoy e. Lane, of keo-
sauqua, Ia, mem bers of the second
class. sent in their designations apd
suddenly LEFT the military academy at
West Point Their leave taking was
caused by the young men violating
some important rule of the institution.
The Twelfth infantry on the llth left
Jefferson Barracks Mo, for Manila.
ABOUT 900 men were laid off at
packing house at Omaha, Neb,, Oh
the llth to await The return of moder-
ate weather as the recent cold snap
had greatly reduced the receipts of
cattle.
ISAAC NEIrE, a laborer, killed his
wife with an aX at Gladstone, Ill.
JonS WErTu. aged 81 years, carpen-
ter, was found frozen to death in his
sleigh in the suburbs of Buffalo, n. Y,
the other night
ONE thousaud men armed with picks
and shovels started out on the 10th
from Leadvillr. Col, to clear the snow
off from the Denver & Rio Grande
tracks SO that coal might be brought
in to enable the smclters and mines to
continue work or at least to keep the
mine pump in operation. The stop
page of the pumps would be a seri-
GUS blow to LeadgI.le mining interests
and there was only enough coal to last
2i hours.
THERE was an earthquake with pro-
nounced vibrations at Mayfi Ky,
on the morning of the 9th
The San Bruno hotel, an old land
mark near San Francisco was burned
on the goth and the porter of the hotel
perished in the flames.
AN order was issued suspending all
drills and other duties, except those
absolutely necessary, of the Second
Missouri regiment at Albany, Ga The
regiment WILL be mustered out as fol-
lows: February 81, First battalion;
March l. Second battalion; March },
Third battalion.
The heat on the llth knocked out
many more American soldiers at
Manila than did the Filipino bullets.
fully 20 men of the Kansas regiment
being taken to the hospital.
DR.. RoBERr STEWART was found dead
in his room at shippensburg, Pa, the
other morning, having been asphyxi-
ated by illuminating gas Two dogs
in the room were also found dead.
There were two stop.cocks on the gas
feed pipe and it was supposed that in
turning off one the doctor accidentally
turned on the other r
THE governors mansion at Frank
fort, KY. was totally destroyed by fire
on the 10th. The fremen were disa-
bled by the intense cold, to which
trouble was added frozen pipes and
cutting off OF the water supply. Most
OF Gov. BradIey's valuable personally
was saved.
ISHABIrASTs OF Belen, n. NJ, were
much alarmed on accoun: of a series
of earthquake shocks that have oc-
Cured there recently. Many have
taken themselves to prayer and fast.
ing.
AN explosion in the japanning de-
partment OF the Baxter stove works at
Mansfield, o, caused fire with loss
of 100000, with only n fraction as
much insurance. The fire burned with
terrible SEVERITY and within an hour
nothing but the walls remained.
The peach and small fruit crops were
reported rniued and the wheat badly
damaged around Wymore, Neb., as a
result of the recent cold weather.
The national military convention
was organized at Tampa, Fla. on the
9th by the election of the following
officers: President Gen. Daniel But
ter6eld. OF New York; secretary, Capt
]. " Wilson, of Florida.
The three children of Charles Harer-