The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-19

in Kamchatlta. and Russia is greatly
excited
Four hundred laborers were arrested
at Nicolaieff, Russia, for wrccking the
shops and houses Of Jews. Over 20
Hebrews were killed and injured and
scores of graves of Jews We're desc
Grated.
ACTING under orders from the ma
tional democratic committee. 100 Chi
cago platform democrats met in New
York and took steps to organize tho
city at once and later the state of New
York to defy Talnmany hall. James
Il. Brown said that contesting dele
CATION of Bryan and Chicago platform
men will be sent from that state to the
next national convention.
ARTICLES of Incorporation were re-
Gently filed with the Secretary of state
at Trenton, n. j., by the American
Bicycle company, with an authorized
capital of ss0,OOO,OO0.
AT Hancoclt's Mill, near Mount Yer.
non, Ga, a pistol duel took place be.
tween John Letter on one side and
James Morris and George Mcleod on
the other, in which Letter was killed,
Mcleod mortally wounded and by
stander dangerously hurt.
MUCH excitement was caused at New
York on the 18th by rumor that ex-
President Cleveland had died suddenly
at Middlebass island, in Lake Erie,
where he was on fishing excursion.
The rumor turned out to be false.
THE Manitou Park hotel and casino
at Colorado Springs, Col. which were
to have been opened for the season on
June /, Were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$50, 900.
Tue feed house of the United States
sugar refinery at Waukegan. Ill, was
burned. Loss, $4,000; insured.
GEN. OTIS cabled on the 1+th that
Gen. Lawton had taken IIdofonso and
San Miguel, driving out considerable
force of Filipinos. Aguinaldo had
also expressed wish to send com
mission to Manila for a conference
arranged terms of peace.
REV. DR.. CHARLES A. BgGGs, who
was suspended for hercsy by the Pres
byterian assembly, was ordained a
priest of the Episcopal church by
Bishop Potter at New York on the l4th.
a STREET car at Pittsburgh, Pa, hor
ribly mangled Katie Three, Polish
child, three years old, and while the
body was being taken from under the
car, a big crowd, principally Poles, be-
came 50 incensed that they attacked
the motorman and conductor, with the
intention of lynching them. A squad
of police prevented the lynching, but
riot took place in which several persons
were hurt and five of the ringleaders
were arrested.
HEAVY rains and severe hailstorms
did considerable damage throughout
Nebraska on the 18th and 14th. At
Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and Omaha
many windows were broken by the
hail, some of the stones being Il inches
in diameter.
PROF. ScnURMAS, president of the
United States Philippine commission,
gave n farewell luncheon to Admiral
Dewey on the 14th at Manila.
EX-Gov. ROSWELL z. FLOWER, of New
York, died suddenly at Eastport, l.. l.,
On the 12th. He was taken i'll with a
severe attack of indigestion and heart
failure superyened.
TIE Legislative committee that in
vestigated the industrial school for
girls at Chillicothe, Mo-, showed the
Geed of great changes in the institu-
ton, but declared there was no truth
In the charges of immortality. The dis
charge of Dayman A. c. Vandivcr was
recommended.
THE Legislative committee appointed
to investigate the Fulton (Mo.) insane
asylum submitted a unanimous report
to the house at jefferson City on the
l2th finding DIR. Coombs, the superin-
tendent, guilty of drunkenness and
recommending his removal. The house
adopted the report.
A. RowLE, Il passenger from Califor-
ola on the castbound Union Pacific
overland train, suddenly jumped
through the coach window while the
train was near Chappelle, Neb. The last
seen of him he was running across the
prairie. His family remained at Chap
pelle to search for him. 1t is supposed
that he suddenly became insane.
THE bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
rincknall were found in their rooms at
Auburn, n. V, the other day. The
man was dead without a mark upon
him. The woman was unconscious
with the side of her head battered in
and the brain protruding. She was
taken to the hospital but cannot live 1t
was supposed her husband tried to kill
her with hammer and then committed
suicide by poison.
A CHICAGO dispatch stated that the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy contem-
plated an outright ownership of sew
eral of the most important lines which
are operated by it under leases. The