The Holly chieftain., 1912-06-21
GEN ERAL,

GENERAL.
AS result OF rioting among strik-
ers at Perth Amboy, N. j., three peo
pie are dead.
The strike situation in New Jersey
is more serious than it has been since
several thousand factory employees
quit work
The R. G. Dun weekly review of
trade says: Business continues to ex.
pand conservatively with signs OF
more than average activity
Water from the great Hymelia Gre
vase, the worst in the Mississippi
flood district, again is menacing lives
OF inhabitants Of the Des Allemands
section of Louisiana.
A guide belonging to Captain Car
diga's guerilla corps brought into San
tiago. Cuba, recently, several ears cut
from negroes heads. He was arrest
ed and is to be tried by court martial.
About fifty refugees from Cuba who
closed up their business places and
private houses to come to the United
States until the insurrection in the
island is quelled, have arrived in New
York.
Three men met horrible deaths hign
In the air at Elizabeth, N. j., on a
high tension wire of the public SER
vice corporation, and for more than an
hour their smoking bodies remained
swaying above the street until re.
moved by firemen.
Lieut.. Leighton w. Hazelhurst, Sew
enteenth infantry, U. S. A., of Macon,
Ca. and A. l.. Welch of Washington
D. C., were killed at College Park, Md,
when new army aeroplane of the
Wright type in which they were flying
fell to the ground.
Meat prices will never be cheap
again in this country. That is certain. I"
This surprising statement was made
by Joseph G. Curtis of the commission
house of j. G. Curtis & Son, New York.
Mr.. Curtis was well aware that women
meat boycotters have been rioting and
housewives leagues taking other meth
DDS to force the retail dealers to bring
down the price of meat.
Cattle are selling at the highest
price ever recorded in the history OF
the stock yards in Chicago. Predic.
tions among cattle buyers are that Il
the present high prices continue the
consumer will pay considerably more
for his meats. Beef sold at So per
cwt. an increase of $3.50 over the
price of the same grade of cattle, first
class, a year ago.
Conditions in the eastern end of
Cuba indicate that the Washington au
thcrities have no conception OF the
real situation, aside from the bank:
rupt state Of the Havana government
The rural districts are being depopu-
lated of peaceful citizens as rapidly
as the modes of transportation permit,
and devastation Is the chief occupa.
ton of both rebels and guerilla vol
unteers.
Twenty.seven persons are known to
have been killed and many injured by
a storm that passed over central west
Missouri, demolishing buildings, tear
ing down wires leaving the smaller
towns and country homes completely
wrecked Reports indicate that the
storm, after doing many thousands Of
dollars worth of damage in Kansas
City, passed TO the southeast, wreck.
ing all buildings in its path.
Thousands OF citizens In west Texas
are reviying the question OF dividing
the state and making 1t two, or even
three, states. West Texans point out
that conditions there are SO different
from some other parts Of Texas that
division Is reasonable. Climate Is diff.
ferent, products are different, indus
ries are different, needs are different,
they assert, and advocates Of the prof
ect point out that Texas is Of such i'm.
mense size that the division would not
hurt the state.