The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05

Judge Ninfrcy to the Indiana ~eforma-
tory for from one To- three years. He
came from one OF the most esteemed
families in the CITY nuc seems to be
degenerate.
WARDSEB, Ida. h.l- been the scene
of the worst riot by striking miners
since the deadly labor war Of 1897.
One man was killed, another was
thought to be mur'ally wounded. and
mining property valued at S25O.0Oo was
destroyed by giant powder and fire.
THE part of south Dakota around
Mount Vernon was covered with
prairie fires on tho aJ,l. \ family Of
four living on tn, Dodge ranch were
trightfully burnri. our fatally. \
great many horse were burned on the
ranch. On an adjoining ranch the
owner lost 1,5OO head Of sheep, while
another lost so head OF cattle. Many
other ranchmcn los, all their buildings.
THREE persons were killed. about a
dozen seriously injured and 80 others
more or less hurt 15 "a train wreck near
Rochester, n. Y. on the @Oth.
AFTER being out over ten hours the
jury in the case o. Mrs. Anna L. George
for the murder u. George d. Saxton
brought in a vcr at Of mot guilty"
at Canton, o., on tire 2Sth. There were
loud cheers as tho .,rk read the words:
Not guilty"
GEN. MACARrW rs division crossed
the Rio Grande ou the 25th and adj.
vanccd on Apalit completely routing
the flower of the Filipino army. The
TOWNS 1F g.,
simultaneously burned and evacuated
by the natives. Twenty prisoners
were captured, il .uding a Spaniard.
The fighting Lasted from noon until
four o'clock. Thr American loss was
one man of thu Montana regiment
killed and three officers and six men
wounded
JOHN b. Ross, OF sharon. Mass, was
shot and instantly killed 10y his wife on
the 2sth. She SAY She acted in self
defense as her husband was choking
her at the time.
SHOCKS of earth.ua'le were felt about
2:l5 p. IN. on the r,h in san Francisco
and other places I'm California.
J. MCD. TRImI f. l.. Martin and
Robert Gillham ar, no longer receivers
for the Kansas C'r. Pittsburg Il Gulf
railroad. Judge Ihaycr and Judge
Philips sitting together on the federal
bench at Kansas CITY, Mo. on the 27th
named Samuel W. Jrdycc. of st. Louis,
and Webster Wit. RS. Of Kansas City, !
to take charge of tar affairs of the road.
OwESsvILLE, IL, was recently much |
excited over what was thought to be a
case of leprosy. 4 thorough invcstiga- |
tion was to be male.
ABOUT 800 houses of the town OF
Gula, in the kombon district of Buda-
pest, Were recently burned. The
charred remains of seven women and
four children were recovered from the
ruins and it was feared that there were
more victims.
CHEEK, l. T., was wiped out by fire
the other night.
PoLITICs gave way to patriotism at
the annual banquet at Pittsburgh. Pa, |
on the 2Tth of the Amcricus Republican |
club in honor Of the birthday of Gen. |
Grant and instead of the names of such |
prominent republican leaders among
the speakers as Mckinley. Harrison, |
Reed and Sherman, the army and navy
had the call and the guests of honor |
were Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Admiral |
Winfield S. Schlry.
A TORNADO struck the neighborhood |
Of Avoca, Ia, on the 3Oth doing con-
siderable damage.
MEETINGS were held in all negro |
churches in Chicago on the 3Oth to pro- |
test against the southern lynchings.
PRESIDENT FROST, of Bcrca college, |
DS..4v
X. d. Pearson, of Chicago, rendering
another gift of $50, 900 to the endow-
ment fund of the Berea college on the
same conditions as the former gift.
This makes SlOO, 900 he has donated to |
this institution. The announcement |
occasioned great rejoicing at Berea, |
the school being treated to a holiday |
and the citizens parading with brass |
band.
THE wheat cropi in Indiana was stated |
to be failure and the work of plowing |
up the fields and replanting them in |
corn was reported to be progressing as
rapidly as possible.
A TERRIFIC rain and windstorm struck |
Ncwtown. Mo-, at $50 p. IN. on the
9th, completely demolishing 81 dwell |
ings, unroohng some and moving |
others from their foundations. Not a |
building was left standing in the
storms path. Eleven people were
killed outright and many others were
more or less injured.
A PARADE by organized labor was
held at New York on the Goth, 25, 1000 |
men being in line. The speeches after
wards bore on the eight-hour system.
Two well-shooters were blown to
fragments and two other men were
badly injured by the explosion Of a
torpedo near Bradford, Pa.
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