The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-26

| 1aring 10 m axe an ascension at Oak
land. Cal. the other day but just as he
ordered the man holding the ropes to
-ut loose the balloon caught fire. One
of the men clung to the rope and was
carried so feet into the air. when he
dropped and was picked up uncon.
scious. The blazing balloon continued
upward 1000 feet, when VosIner jumped
with his parachute and reached the
ground uninjured.
A FUND of $50, 900. drawn from a
dividend on 4O6, OBS shares of worlds
fair stock, is to be set aside for ne edy
and suffering members of the various
volunteer regiments of Cook coun ty,
H., who served in Cuba.
| UNDER the direc tion of the United
States geological survey the subject of
water pollution and sewage disposal is
receiving exhaustive investigation.
This inquiry bears close relation to the
! pending questions of Chicago's drain
age scheme.
| W. Il. BALL, well-known newspa-
per man, and his wife were found dead
in bed at Boston in "A room filled with
the fumes of Illuminating gas. De-
spondency on account of ill-health was
given in a note as the reason for the
act.
| SECTION men on the Grand Trunk
railway system struck on the 22d. The
strike affected the system from Sarnia,
Ont. to Portland, Me.
| THE Mexican boil weevil is reported
to have already commenced its depre-
dations. Several farmers brought re-
ports into Beeville, Tex, of their cot
ton being badly damaged by its work.
IL quarrel over game of cards at
Chicago George Allen shot and fatally
wounded Burrel Douglass and his son,
Frank Douglass. Allen also received
two bullet wounds and may die.
REPORT on the plant products OF
the Philippine islands has just been is
sued by the United States agricultural
department.
The American line steamer Paris.
from Southampton and Cherbourg, for
New York. ran ashore at point half
mile from where the wrecked At
lantic transport liner Mohegan lies
! and five miles from Falmouth. Eng.
The captain reported the passengers
and crew all well.
BENJAMIN +. DUKE, Missouri pio-
| neer and one of the men who helped
build up Kansas City Mo-, died at the
latter place on the 2lst.
FIFTEEN culprits were publicly
whipped in the Jail yard at New Castle
Del, on the Goth and then conducted
back to their cells to serve sentences
for petty larceny and other trivial
ntf.nGaE Tho hnaly ~ nanl,
crossed with streaks and raised welts
after he had been whipped by the cat
o'-nine-tails. Among the spectators
were prison officials from Pennsylvania
| The main portion of Dawson City,
Alaslsa- was destroyed by fire the other
day, causing a loss of $4,000, 900. In all
Ill buildings We're burned.
THE cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey on board, left Manila on the
goth on her homeward journey to the
United States.
WILLIAM II. BRUEGMASS, a graduate
of the high school at Kansas City, Mo-.
won the appointment to cadetship at
West Point to be made by Congressman
Cowherd. There were 81 other candi-
dates.
petitioned the governor to call an extra
session of the legislature to repeal the
prize fight law enacted by that body at
its last session.
The representatives of a coal trust in
Pittsburgh, Pa, have been at work in
New Orleans for some weeks and have
secured options on all the coal plants
in that city, with the single exception
of that of G. w. Coyle & Co. and one of
the largest concerns. 1t was said the
trust, which has $50, 900, 900 of money,
| was at work at numerous other points
in the Mississippi valley and proposes
| by next fall to control the coal trade
OF that portion of the United States
| II was announced in special dis
patch from Allahabad, capital of the
northwest provinces of India, that a
serious epidemic of cholera had fol-
lowed in the wake of the plague. At
Kurracheo. the principal seaport town
| of Sinde, there were "a deaths in one
day from cholera.
The Russian council at st. Peters
burg was said to be considering the
question of substituting another PEN
| atty for transportation to the Siberian
mines for criminals and political pris-
| oners.
JoHS F. POTTER, of anti-slavery
fame and former congressman. died
at East Troy, Wis, on the 18th from a
paralytic stroke, aged So years. He
| was one of the founders of the repub-
lican party. In 1860, at the close of an
angry discussion with Roger A. Pryor,
he was challenged to duel by the
latter. Mr.. Potter chose bowie knives
which were promptly objected to by
the other side, and, the matter was