The Holly chieftain., 1899-02-03


were killed and the rest were more OF
less seriousls II-.i-
The home ". H. Rudolph at Apex
Col, was de,.--7sd y a snowslide anC
the whole ...E g was carried away
The father ,.Tal uself and search
ing party r-,.lei . six-year-old sor
alive. but II r.,Her and two othei
children we. 90. tylnd-
The San E--a1 a0tel, an old land
mark near ~.a r-a1cisco. was burned
on the Goth ..t '-c -1rter of the hote
perished in danes
THE carpe, fan,g-7 Of William Judg,
& Bro, at H..a-e. hia, was guttec
by fire on IL -7.a. Loss estimated
slOO. 900; COZ a-r- aT 1surance.
FoUR mer were radly burned, on,
perhaps fat bv ne explosion of {;
boiler in thc basement of the Chicago
Tri bIne
SIX prison rr, rscapcd from the Jail at
Canton, O., tie u.aer morning by saw.
ing the bar o. 'g.U ow.
The fran a.-'Jn of the Norton
Brewing CO uraaY7 establishment at
Anderson, Ia. aa, burned, causing 4
loss of $500.
IHE repor reached Mount Pleasant
Tex. thatv ..-ar- ad posted notices
In Morris c. u'4 at.ut 30 miles from
there, for tie urr-.rs to leave. and
hreateninp .ra.r f they did not
comply. II SO, stated that the colored
population 'e-e very much excited
and some " r. preparing to leave.
a s resu ~ Inference between
GOV. Gen. I-oga. and Gen. Leonard
Wood, gove eraa- Of the military depart
Incnt OF San ago. the customs rece pts
at Santiago w... not be used in other
provinces, L., w.I be mortgaged 10
defray the cl,i Of works now under
way
ANDREW MuuEr. a desperado of the
Cherokee pa,. .a Killed three men at
Whitefield. I t. the other afternoon.
He is u Chaciaw Iud an with a bad
record. He had an 0.d grudge agains
the men an walked deliberately VI
to them and shot them down in sue,
cession and then escaped.
TIE Chicaro packers, Swift & Co.
and Libby, NcEri. * Libby, as the re.
suit Of the criticism, made against the
fresh meat furnished during the war.
on the eth announced that they would
jointly pay 500 900 to anybody prov
ing that chcmc.ais we're used TO pre-,
serve any beef packed by them.
IScESDAEIEs set fire to the school,
house in Summer City Tenn.
JUDGE E VI IIUguEs. of the Audraiu
county circuit court at Mexico, Mo.
has decided ,cs, case in reference tc
war tax law, declaring it was not the
intention Of congress to require a
stamp upon certificates OF Judicial
| character, because it would be uncon.
| stitutional He said that the states
| did not delegate 70 the federal govern,
mcnt the power Of taxation over its
| officers or courts or any other machin.
cry necessary for the support and main
tenance Of the local state government.
Gov. JONI on the 2Tth sent speci a.
message TO the general assembly a.
Little Rock urging an appropriation
for stamping out smallpox in Arkan
sas.
THE steam canal boat j. c Austir
ran on the rocks of Norwalk, Conn
and sank, together with her consort
the David b Fisk. loaded with coal
Five person lost their lives
Mrs MARY MCINTYRE, u wealthy
widow 10 years old, was found mur
dered in her home at Pana, Ill, on tn,
Goth. Her body had been chopped al
most to pieces and erything of valu,
had been carried away by the mur
dererS
THE American Missionary associa
tion has issued an appeal from New
York TO the Congregational churche
OF the United States to observe Feb
ruary y as Lincoln Sunday.
THE citizens of Asheville, y. C.
were startled by the fearful jar anC
noise Of dynamite explosion that oc
CURED in TIE blacksmith shop of tn,
city quarry, demolishing the shop
killing one person and dangerously
! perhaps fatally, injuring two others
One of the workmen had been directed
by the fore man to thaw some dynamit,
on the smithy forge and the explosion
followed.
WHILE crossing Lake Erie in boa
from an island in the Bass group t,
bury child in Canada the Robson
family y-consisting of father, mother
son and daughter-and a hired maj
were drowned.
REPORTS Of 6S officers, represent tin,
more than a dozen regiments, score
of companics and thousands of sol
diers, were laid before the special in
vestigating commission, at Washing
ton, showing that the beef furnishe,
the soldiers was bad. Corned beef es
capes without great censure, bu
canned roast beef and the so-calle,
fresh beef with which the soldier
were served IS denounced without ex
ception.
THE Commercial hotel at Hillsboro
Tex, was destroyed by fire and tw,
men were cremated 1t was feare,
also that another man was under tn
ruins.
THE National Creamery Buttermak
ers, in convention at Sioux Falls, 5
d., elected w. D. Boardman. of Ne
vada, president and E. Suddendorf, O
Elgin, III secretary. The next con
vention will be held at Lincoln, Neb.
The tbree children of Charles Hager
man were playing on the ice off Well
island, N. Y, in the st. Lawrence rive
when II broke and they fell in. Th
mother rushed to their rescue and tn
whole four lost their lives.
SEIsMc disturbances were very vic
lent in the southern part Of Greece OF
the 9Th. a number of houses fell an,
in many places the inhabitants wer,
panic-stricken.
The welehty mantle Of the gren'
Calvin 8 Brice wealth has fallen upon
the shoulders of young man of as,
who steps into the ranks Of the Amer
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