The Holly chieftain., 1899-03-03

. I'SSct On the ~, CudTptu WIN muF-
der!ng Mrs. Katherine ]. Adams in
New York by means of poison in some
bromo-seltzer sent as q Christmas pres
.nt to Harry C5-nish, athletic director
Of the Knicker7ocl:er club.
THE transpo-t Roanoke sailed from
san Francisco 90 the Goth for Manila
with full careo Of supplies for the
troops.
a TUNNEL on the St. Louis & San
Francisco rai.war at Merrimac High.
lands, l5 mile from St Louis, caved
in on the mig ot the 25th two min
utes after passenger train had passed
through.
AGENT RYAy and Operator Wilson
at Mackinaw ,tation, H., were
KILLED on the 2 Four track near
fremont. Ill Iary were returning
home from fremont on a railway
Talo cipede am we're ran down by
train.
Two ice boa,s collided on the bay
at Hamilton, Oa., and one man was
killed and several others were Sc
vcrely injuret
A CYCLONE passed over Evansville.
Ind, on the gg'h doing much damage.
EEPREsESTR RT.TFs of the Cherokee
Indians of tur Indian territory, it is
said, have pu-r0ased 10000 acres of
land in the ael. valley near Hermo-
s...o, Mex, to .ocate a colony com
posed of men Drrs Of the tribe.
AT three O'Clock on the morning OF
the 24th VIII: was supposed to be an
incend'ary fre was discovered under
the main stairway of the Reinhart
hotel at Rip, o. The flames had
such headway hat two guests of the
hotel were Gu, II from escape by the
siairway and found safety through a
window on the second floor. The fire
spread to two blocks ad joining and
right busine-s houses including the
hotel were ing0 yed in the loss
A BICYCLE race of one mile at Sgd
ney, Austria su which 80 of the fast
est men in tina; sec lion of country took
part, was won by 4 man who went un-
Ter the tape a corpse. Doctors said he
had an attack Of heart failure on the
last lap.
EMPLOYEES Of the Tomas Iron com.
pauy at Allentown, Pa, have had their
WILLIAM REED was hanged in Jersey
Sity, N. j., on The 23d for the murder
IF Andrew Henry in Hoboken last May.
FAMINE in eggs was reported at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 24th and prices
mad advanced from 81 cents to 40 cents
dozen. II. .. Miller quietly started
n to buy eggs In a few days he had
occurred LOCO cases, or 5000 dozen,
Ind had the market cornered. NJ Her
lad previous gone among the poul-
try farms and found that the hens had
been frostbitteu during the blizzard.
As it would take them several weeks
to recuperate Miller said eggs would
be selling at a nickel apiece before
Easter.
AT Coloma, Ind. revivalist named
Swope brought about a remark a BILE
,tate of affairs lie was said to have
exerted hypnotic power, and the re-
suit was a series of astounding ''con.
fessions-" One woman has become in
sane and it was thought two others
will be- One young man confessed"
in public meeting that he had been
the cause OF the ruin and death of two
Fpubk Vo'ilN u AtAA Nhc uiu VI Il
The recent cold spell literally wiped
from the face of the earth whole
lunches of stock horses. Farmers who
went to Hampstead, Tex. recently to
attend district court all reported that
they had never seen such execution
among horse and that prairies every.
where were covered with carcasses.
The building occupied by the Trib-
une Newspaper company at Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, was totally destroyed by
fire on the night of the cath. The fire
started in the job room. Nothing was
saved, mailing lists, files, contracts,
account books, machines, tyne and
everything else being burned. For.
tunatelv no lives were lost
THREE hundred mules (l7 cars) ar
rived at Fort Worth, Tex. the other
day from Anderson, Ala They are
for povernment use and will be sent
to Manila
The business failures in the United
States for the week ended the Gath
numbered 22O, according to Brad
streets commercial report. against 1873
for the corresponding week of last
year.
REPoRTs from Fort Worth, Tex, and
neighboring country showed an alarm
ing situation on the Goth from an epi.
demic OF meningitis. Many sch ools had
been closed on account of the ravages
Of the disease.
THERE is strong probab bility that
this season will see the 5000 or more
masons Of Kansas City. Mo, in a Ma.
sonic temDle built especially for them.
Necotin tions 10 that end are now in
progress
FLOYD MCFARLAND won the 15-mile
indoor bicycle race at the Mechanics
pavilion, San Francisco, defeating
Harry E.kes and breaking two worlds
records The time for ten miles was
1853 and for IL miles 30:a2.
Ara meeting of the broom corn buy.
ers OF central Illinois at Mattoon the
price OF brush was advanced to si5o
per ton an advance of $50 per ton in
the pas four months.
The health department of st. Louis
notes an unusual number OF cases OF
cerebro-Spinal meningitis in that city
During the present month is cases and
ninedeaths have been reported The
puysi. aus can give no reason Tor the
prevnience of the disease.
THE three children of Charles Hager-
man Were playing on the ice off Wells
.slsnd, n Y, in the St Lawrence river
when 1t broke and they fell in. The
nuaper rushed to their rescue and the
whole four lost their lives
TIE San Bruno hotel, an old land.
mark near San Francisco. was burned