The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-02

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that "a tag be wired to each weapon
deposited in the museum of Cuban lib
erty, having written upon it the name,
address and service of the soldier de-
posting it," The league also said that
its members were in favor of Cuba be-
| ing state in the union; no barrier or
tariff or tongue being between her
| people and those of other states in the
United States.
TWENTY-FIVE buildings. comprising
| one-third of the business portion of
| Staples, Mimi, were burned the other
| night. An overturned lamp in tailor
shop started the fire.
c. IL. j. TAYLOR, leading negro,
died at Atlanta. Ga. on the 25th. He
was democra; and held the position
of register of the District of Columbia
| during Cleveland's administration
Taylor formerly resided in Kansas
City, Kan, but of late years has lived
in Baltimore, Md.
AT the democratic banquet at st.
Louis on the 25th there were LAS
seated at the tables. After the tables
were cleared 1000 people took seats
and listened TO the speeches, which
were nearly all leveled against trusts.
including thai of William ]. BRYAN,
who only touched briefly upon the
silver question. but declared it was an
issue that must be met.
Two boys in passing a tent on the
outskirts of Joplin, Mo-, the other day
discovered man on the floor dead.
On bed nearby was the body of
woman with her skull crushed in and
on another bed the dead bodies of
boy of l2 and girl of ten, their heads
also being crushed. Hurrying out of
the tent the boys stumbled over the
headless body of n girl about four years
Df age. The dead mans name was
James f. Moss and it was believed that
he had murdered his wife and children
in tit of despondency.
A FIRE at St. Johns. \. B., burned
over an area Of Is blocks. destroying
$50 houses and making about ZOO per-
sons homeless, mostly laboring people.
The loss was estimated at 100000.
The FarincrS' Review at Chicago on
the 24th published review of winter
wheat prospects, compiled from infor-
nation received from over 500 corre-
spondents in Kansas, Nebraska. Mis-
souri,, Illinois Wisconsin. Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. The
reports in the main showed the winter
wheat to be in rather poor condition.
In Kansas much of the rather limited
area of winter wheat sown was winter
killed. In Missouri the condition is
describ bed as good in the central and
southern portions of the state, but poor
| in the north.
THE United States cruiser Olympia,
| with Admiral Dewey on board, arrived
at Hong Kong on the esd from Manila.
She was saluted by the ships of all ma
tionalities. Admiral Dewey was re-
ceived by a guard of honor of the Royal
Welsh fusiliers when he landed to visit
the governor and the British officials,
| who afterwards returned his visit.
| Admiral Dewey was in bad health.
HURRICANE visited Hastings, Neb.,
on the 25th, demolishing the st. Joseph
& Grand Island railroad sheds and
blowing down 20 houses. No lives were
| lost.
ADvIcEs from Riga, capital of the
Baltic province of Livonia, says that
the Russian soldiers, in suppressing
| the recent rioting between workmen
at that place, killed IL persons and
| wounded 80.
| The circle of German n-American Free
| mason lodges. representing some TO- 900
masons of German birth or parentage,
| held its third ann ual convention at De-
| troit, Mich, on the 25th. The session
was secret.
a TRAIN wreck occurred on the Iowa
Central, five miles north of oskaloosa,
Ia, the other day. The engine and six
cars left the track. The head brake
man. w. S. Chandler, was caught under
| falling cars and badly crushed. He
will die.
THE coal chutes of the Santa Fe road
| ly destroyed by fire the other day.
More than 800 tons of coal and 200
cords of wood were destroyed.
The Ohio Sash and Door company's
big factory at Cleveland, O., was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, 100000. Ten
! tiremen had narrow escape from a
falling wall.
| WILLIAM EVANS, his wife and child,
were killed while out in n carriage near
Gadsden, Ala, by the horses running
away down mountain side.
| A TORNADO struck River Falls, Wis,
on the a6th and barns and small houses
were demolished and several people
We're more or less hurt.
| NEAR Minden, Neb., tornado did
considerable damage on the Goth.
OSE man was instantly killed and
another so badly injured that he died
by the explosion of steam drying cyl
inder in the dyeing and finishing mill
of James Martin & Co. at Philadelphia
Three others were injured, one proba-