Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-01-25
LATER NEWS.

Bostley were killed by the fall of an elevator
at the Walter A. Wood Moving Machine
Works at Hoosaic Falls, n. Y. Ahern and
Jansen, the other passengers on the elevator,
were fatally injured.
FIGHT between riotous Hungarian and
Italian miners, near Scranton, Penn, re-
suited in three deaths.
LIEUTENANT CHARLES RICHARDS MILES,
! United States Navy, the young naval officer
who has been very i'll with yellow fever on
board the Yantc in New York Harbor, since
the vessels return from Hayti, is dead.
THE Republican caucus of Massachusetts,
nominated, by reclamation, George. +.
Hoar to succeed himself as United States
Senator. The Democratic caucus nominated
General P. A. Collins.
MISS ADA WALKER teacher in a Spring
field, vt public school, committed suicide
by drowning in the Black River. She was
the daughter of James r. Walker, we'll
known farmer and writer on agricultural
subjects.
IsHAM G. HARRIS was nominated by the
Democratic legislative caucus at Nashville,
| Tenn, to succeed himself as United States
Senator. The nomination is equivalent to
election.
SENATOR HENDERSON has received the
unanimous vote of the Republican caucus Of
Nebraska legislators for United States Sen
ator to succeed himself. The caucus also
resolved to submit the prohibition question
to the popular vote.
GOVERNOR ALVIN P. HOvEY, Of Indiana
was inaugurated at Indianapolis; Joseph w
Fifer took the oath as Governor of Illinois
at Springfield and D. r. Francis was in
augurated as Governor of Missouri.
THE President and Mrs. Cleveland were
entertained by the Secretary Of State and
the Misses Bayard at Cabinet dinner.
THE President has nominated W. B. Webb
to be Commissioner of the District of Column
bia, Thomas c. Anderson, of Iowa, to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Of
Utah, and Henry J. Mum to be Collector of
Customs for the Pamllco District of North
Carolina.
THE Secretary of the Navy has issued in
structions to Rear Admiral Kimberly, COM
manding the Pacific station, to proceed in
the United States ship Trenton to Samoa, for
the purpose Of protecting American interests
on that island
SECRETARY Villas has reported to Con-
gress that a commission, after conference
with the Utes of Southern Colorado, had in
duced the Utes to agree to cede their lands
for new reservation in { tab, to which they
agreed to remove for a per capita payment
of IS ZOO. $50, 900 worth of sheep and $1,000
to each of the five leading chiefs and the
establishment of new agency on the new
reservation. The new reservation will con-
tain 1913, 600 acres
AN earthquake has almost totally de-
stroyed the town of Guanare, Venezuela.
RUSSIA has increased her army by from
80 90 ia 100000 uaara
SENATOR HOAR has been re- elected by the
Massachusetts, Legislature The vote stood:
In the Senate Hoar thirty two, General
Collins, six; in the House, Hoarl71, and Col
Inns fifty six.
SENATOR FRYE, of Maine, has been re-
elected
THREE girls lost their lives at fire in
cigar box factory in Fifth street. New York
city.
UNITED STATES SENATOR CHARLES F.
MANDERSON, of Nebraska, has been re-
elected by the Legislature. He received
vote of l04 to 60
HlTHE Michigan Legislature has elected
James Mcmillan, of Detrojt,as United States
Senator to succeed T. w Palmer.
E. O. WALCOT9, has been elected United
States Senator from Colorado to succeed
Thomas M. Bowen, receiving the solid Re-
publican vote. G. O. Thomas received the
complimentary vote of the Democrats.
WESLEY BARNETT, the notorious half
breed Creek Ind an Desperate, who has been
the terror of Indian Territory for years, has
been killed He was the leader of desperate
band of thieves and outlaws in the Greek
Nation.
THE President has approved the act for
the relief and civilization of the Chippewa
Indians in Minnesota
THE Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Walter c. Newberry to be Postmaster at
Chicago.
PRESIDENT CLEvELANn has transmitted
to both houses of Congress a report from the
Secretary of State. with CORES pondence ex-
%l,o Of ho