The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-07


lington, Va, on the 9Th flags on all
public buildings should be at half
mast and all departments Of the gov
ernment at Warrington closed at
noon.
A CHEYENNE. Vyo., dispatch stated
that contracts h ad been let for the
shipment over the Cheyenne & North.
ern railroad of ] 800 cars of southern
cattle to the RAM Of northern Wyo-
ming and southera Montana
a DISPATCH sta ted that Grant G. Gill
lett, the absorbing Kansas cattle
piunger, had fai ed in his hotel vent ture
at Chihuahua, Grr.
The Nicaragua canal commission
will make its re port April l5
/ The Kansas Cty, Pittsburg & Gulf
railroad went IL 20 the hands of a re-
ceiver at 1890 o C ock on the night of
the list Judge bson, Of the circuit
court in Kansas City, Mo, named as
receivers J. Mel Trimble, counsel, Z
L Martin, vice resident, and Robert
/ Hlllham, genera manager OF the road
/ The receivership was a friendly one
and will favor the reorganization plan
/ now pending.
/ 4 DELEsATIos u Oklahoma Indians,
representing the kiowa, Comanche and
Apache tribes, was at the interior de-
Dartment on tn tst and discussed with
secretary Hit-Hcock the jerome
,reaty," made between these tribes
and the governmsnl in 1892, by which
their lands wou.i be allotted. The
treaty has not been ratified by con-
. nd he, r.l q a..
I hey were assur,d no injustice would
be done to them and they left appar.
emily satisfied
The Touring mill at Pittsfeld. Ill,
has burned. Loss, 500, 900.
/ IL Kansas C,ty, Mo, 3l4 deaths oc-
CURED during March. SO OF them be.
ing caused by pneumonia.
JOE CHoYNsKI the pugilist. New
York dispatch stated, has retired from
the prize ring forever.
The price lis, Of the combined Ken
lucky distillers, Just issued, a Louis
vile dispatch said, has caused furry
among dealers N whisky. Prices OF
some brands ar quoted at an advance
Of 80 per cent and few are held for
almost 100 per cent advance. This
] llIFhuS Nhdt cNtFF uTlnh dL llc DdE " III
advance about five cents
A TRIO of murderers-namcd Rich.
ard Hale and Thomas johnson, white.
and Sam River, colored-were hanged
at Troy, Ala. on the 3lst Tor the brutal
murder of Mrs Meyers and her daugh-
ter-in-iaw, robbery being the motive.
The Burlingion passenger train, due
a. Kansas CITY at 4:O7 p. m, was
wrecked at Parkville. Mo-, on the 3Oth.
II was feared that +. T. Norton, of
Missouri City. would die from his in
| iuries. About ! passengers were more
ur less hurt The wreck was caused
by the sprcading of the rails.
THREE incendiary fires occurred In
Dallas. Tex. on the 3lst
ELISHA SwAS, !9-year-old negro.
was hanged At Bastrop, Tex, for muir
dering his father
A Dig hardwarc house in San Fran.
cisco was burned on the 3lst Loss,
s4OO. 900.
The American Woolen company,
with q capitalization of Sos, 900, 600. has
been incorporated at Trenton, n. J.
A STEAMER plying between South.
ampton, Eng, aud the Channel islam ds
crashed upon the dreaded Casquet
rocks, near Alderney, during fog an
| foundered In ten minutes, her boilers
exploding as she went down. The
women and children were EN- mbarked
in the boats and the captain told the
men to look Out for themselves There
was no panic on board. 1t was be-
licved that about 20 persons were
drowned. The captain perished with
his vessel.
IT was reported on the 3Oth that only
four persons were drowned when the
steamer Rowena Lee sank near Tyler,
Mo.
Two passenger trains on the Belt
line, one from Springfield, H., and
the other out from st. Louis, collided
at Haynes, IL, on the 30th. DIR. L. W.
Porter Of Jerscyville, ILL.,, and bag.
gageman were fatally injured and sew.
eral others severely hurt. The enri-
neers and fremen OF both trains
jumped and esca ped without scratch.
The two trains met with terrific force,
hurting the passengers into heaps and
smashing the cars, which were piled up
NINE persons were severely injured
| III u COliiopH NJ new lOrk between
the ferry boat Pierrepont and the tug
Argus. The ting struck the ferry boat,
cutting into the women's cabin.
A BOX containing $4,000 in confed.
crate money, about $1,000 worth of
gold nuggets and So 900 in gold coin
has been found in cave ut Abbot,
Tex. The fudcrs were men who came
from the City of Mexico with q char,
on which wa marked the location OF
the cave and OF the box.
SIX masked burglars entered the
house Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Crocker
at Denison. O., and bound and gagged
them. Mr.. Crocker was tortured by
putting lighted matches to his feet to
compel him to reveal the hiding place
of his money and Mrs Crocker was
subjected 10 ba-oarous indignities.
The robbers secured only s97.
THE bill putting into effect the
amendmepl to the Texas constitu tion
providing for the pensioning of indi.
gent confederate veterans IVES passed
in tho house at Austin Itcarries with
it an appropriation OF $3.50, 900 per an
mum for passions and provides that nc
pension shall exceed IS per month.
MISS EDITH BOONE, of philadelphia
has brought suit for $4,000 damage.
against frederick R. Farrow, a young
drug clerk. for squeezing her hands SO
violently that the smaller bone in one
Of them wns broken and both hands
were rendered practically useless.
Her doetor says necrosis may neccssi
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