The Holly chieftain., 1905-06-02
CONDENSED 1eLEeRAns

White 6OToe, Yukon Territory. hAS
been destroyed BY IRE.
The President has issued IN order
prohibiting the employment OF coavict
labor on government works.
According to all indications. tAb
will be one Of the biggest outing"
summers experienced by the transport
tation companies in recent yearA
According to the biennial statement
Of President Harper of the University
Of Chicago. the university is nov
worth between $4,000. 900 and SIS. s.000.-
600.
Gen. Aaximo Gomez. the Cuban pa
tri0t. who underwent q serious sur
gical operation recently. is improving
and 1t 10 nov believed that he will re-
cover.
Mrs. Mary A. Lvermore. the we'll
known reformer. died at her home at
Aelrose, Massachusetts,, on the 23d Of
heart trouble. She was eighty -four
yahsB old.
William e. Cramer, edit0r-in-chief OF
the Evening Wisconsin of Milwaukee.
died May goth. from pneumonia. after
IN illness extending over . period Of
two months.
Theodore Ro0seYelt. Jr.. son OF
President Roosevelt, will spend several
weeks In the Yosemite valley this sum-
mer as tho guest Of Stewart Edward
White. the author.
Joseph Je6erson's birthplace, in Phil
adelphia, has been sold at auction for
ts,125. 1t is three and one-half story
stone building at tho southwest corner
of Sixth and Spruce streets.
On May 22d over 400 mules perishsd
in q nrs that destroyed the sales
stables of Maxwell Z Couch and
Sparks Brothers at the National stock
yards in East st. Louis.
1hs medical congress At Havana dis
cussed favorably . resolution suggest
ing the creation Of . branch of the
health department devoted to the ex.
tinction Of infection carrying insects.
More than 500 suits were filed ~
Gently by tie Louisian Purchase Ex.
position Company to collect stock sub,
scriptions aggregating $4,000. Among
the suits was one against former
Mayor Heary Zeigenhein for 5000.
The accident to the German empress.
Augusta Victoria, who fell downstairs
May 21st, while rather more serious
than at first reported, will not have
any serious consequences. The cut ON
her forehead probably will leave .
slight scar.
The trustees Of the Mormon church.
at Salt Lake. have purchased forty
acres of farm land in South Royalton.
Va, where they will erect a monument
shrine and cottage on the site Of the
birthplace Of Joseph Smith, founder Of
their faith.
While catching In . game OF base.
ball in Brooklyn, James Miles. q youth,
was almost instantly killed by Q
pitched bali. Miles wore no mask
while behind the bat. A very fast ball
which he failed to stop struck him
between the eyes.
Madame Dugast, who attempted to
navigate her autoboat Camille in the
race from Algiers to Toulon. has sent
$1,000 to the sailor who Jumped into
the sea from the French cruiser Kles
ber to rescue her during the storm
which scattered the racing boats.
With impressive ceremonies ths
monument erected by the Woodmen of
the World to the memory of Galveston
Wo0dmen who perished In the tidal
wave of 1900 wa& unveiled May 21st at
Lakeview cemetery, Galveston, accord
ing to the ritual of the Wocdmen.
The bureau Of forestry Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture has issued 0
circular announcing that the mature
timber on the national forest reserve
Is to be offered for sale. The super
visor of each forest reserve is autho-
rized to receive applications for the
right to cut timber.
At Natchez, Mississippi, May 18th.
Peter Mathewson, book agent. shot
j and killed A. q Bidwell and Stephen
Jones, fishermen. and fatally wounded
Mrs. Sue Pruett, his mOther-in-law.
The trouble occurred about Mathew,
sons child, whom he claimed had been
abducted by its grandparents.
Three-quarters OF million of people
have already died OF the plague in In
dia this year, according to figures fur
nished by Indian Secretary Brodrick
In the House of Commons. The NOR
tality from January 1st to April LIST
was 461.744, while another 215,s61 sue
cumbed during the four weeks ended
April 29th.
JuU8o NOScIb III Iue Oulteu SldloA
District Court at st. Louis has issued
an order allowing Ng Jung. China
man, convicted and sentenced to ninety
days in the Missouri penitentiary, for
passing a raised $40 bill, to retain his
queue while serving his sentence. Jung
told the Judge that wearing queue
is with him matter Of religion.
The cruiser Reina Mercedes, cap
tured at Santiago during the war with
Spain, sailed from Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, May 21st ror Newport,
Rhode Island, after having been re-
modelled as a receiving ship. The
cruiser has been undergoing repairs for
nearly i've years snd is said now to be
one Of the best equipped receiving
ships in the navy.
In view Of the death recently Of
Judge Amos M. Thayer Of the United
States Circuit Court at st. Louis,
Droofdopt noo0ovoIt hao dac{dod IN