The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-28

ing world s fair there Is IN slSht-
The steamer Glcuogle crashed into
the steamer City of Kingston of
Browns Point. Wash. on the Esd and
the latter was cut in two. The passen-
gers were saved.
GEN. BROOKE. now governor general
of Cuba, will. it was said, soon request
change of station on account of his
health. t.r
A PUPIL at the Shelbourne school for
boys. located near San Rafael, CAL,
perished in fire which destroyed that
institution on the 23d.
ADMIRAL ScHfEY viii visit Omaha,
Neb., about May as the guest of ex-
Senator Manderson.
The warehouse of the kingman I'm
plement company ut Omaha, Neb., was
totally destroyed by fire. Loss, sl70,-
600; insured.
In house near Mount Carbon mino
at Murphysboro, i'll, two women were
found murdered. The house had been
plundered.
Four men of the Nebraska regiment.
including Col. stotsenbcrg and Lieut..
Sisson, and three men of the Fourth cav
airy We're killed and "a wounded in an
engagement at Quengua, near Malolos-
The Filipinos retreated with small loss.
The engagement developed into a dis
astrous, though successful. fight. The
insurgents had horseshoe trench,
about mile long. encircling n rice field
on the edge of wood. The Americans
retired, carrying their wounded, under
fro with Il h.tt,gr r1nSn1,-
pursued. fog enabling the enemy to
creep up to them.
The national headquarters of the
Grand Army of the Republic have been
established in Cincinnati. business
headquarters and the records will re-
main in Philadelphia,
a TERRIBLE cyclone ravagcd the coast
of Queensland during the month of
March. The official report placed the
loss of life at ~. while 81 vessels, chiefly
engaged in coral fishing. were wrecked
and $1,000, 600 worth of property de-
stroyed. A Japanese steamer which
reached Brisbane reported having
steamed through dead bodies for two
days.
The jury at Philadelphia on the e1st
declared Senator Quay not guilty of
the charge of using the state funds in
the Peoples bank. senator Quay re-
ceived quite an ovation afterwards.
FOURTEEN thousand regulars are to
be sent to reinforce Gen. Otis at Manila
as soon as the necessary marine trans
portation can be provided. 1t was an
uomced that the army in the Philip
pines will be increased to $4,000 men,
whether the Filipino rebels abandon
the field or not
Four men and. a boy lost their lives
by an explosion in a coal mine at Mad
rid, n. NJ, on the 2lst.
THE Mexican senate has unanimously
adopted the new extradition treaty
with the United States.
A LARGE antitrust tobacco factory is
to be started in st. Louis as soon as ar
rangements can be made. 1t will be
one of the largest in the country.
ONE of John b. Glover's dogs went
mad at Dubuque. Ia, the other morn
ing and attacked ex-Alderman Phil
Ryder, as, with his two children. he
was returning home from mass. Mr..
Ryder fought desperate battle with
the brute. He was bitten in three
places iscluding his cheek. The dog,
after biting several other dogs, also u
child. was finally killed.
The board of education of Cleveland,
o., intend to erect and equip factory
from which will be turned ont all the
school furniture needed for the school
buildings in that city. The board be-
lieves large sum can be saved annual
w.
The attorney general of Arkansas
has instituted 36 suits for s., 900 each at
Little Rock against the Connecticut
Fire Insurance company, charging it
with being a member of a combine.
The suits are brought under the new
antitrust law of the state.
A FORCE of 200 Eilipinos attacked the
American outposts near Taguig, but
were routed after two hours fighting,
leaving 12 men killed and several
wounded on the field. A company of
500 rebels was also encountered near
Bocave, but after little sliirmish the
rebels retired in good order. The Amer
leans exhausted their ammunition and
returned 10 their camps.
NEARLY all the 800 employees of the
Illinois iron and bolt works of Carpen-
terville, H., struck the other day over
a reduction in wages and the refusal of
the company to treat with the union.
long tie-up was expected.
THE Trade Bulletin, at Chicago, con-
ceding all damage claims in the states
between the Ohio and Missouri rivers,
estimated on the Goth that the winter
wheat crop promises 1921, ,000, 900 bushels,
or $4,000, 600 bushels less than last year.
The wrecking steamer Rescue is be-
ing fitted out at New York for trip to
Santiago de Cuba to tow the raised
Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes. of Ad-