Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-05-23
LATER NEWS.

county Mass, was sentenced 20 Two terms
in the State Prison for forgery and embez-
element.
Ex-MAYog RICHARD VAUI, of Phila-
delphia was nominabed Dy the Democrats
to succeed Samuel J. Randall in Congress.
GOVERNOR NICHOLS, of Louisiana, sent to
the Legislature message emphatically pro-
testing against an extension Of the Louisiana
Lottery Companys charter.
THE Rev. James Kerr and his wife were
drowned in Boykin Creek, Sumpter County,
Ala, while on their way to church.
A TERRIFIC hurricane, accompanied by an
extraordinary fall Of rain, swept over Jeffer-
son City, No, and urroofed the State House
besides doing other damage.
GENERAL julius WHITE, United States
ex-Minister to the Argentine Republic died
at his residence in South Evanston, H. of
Cropsy, after protracted illness. General
White was born in Cazenovia, y. Y, Sep
TENDER %, 1913.
Two section men were killed and 4 third
seriously injured by being run down by
special train on the Burlington Road at
Prescott Wis.
train left the track near Clayton, No, and
rolled down an embankment. Richard Jones'
engineer, and Richard Shelcroft, CONDUCTOR
were instantly killed and Arnold Garfield,
fireman, was fatally injured.
THE President approved the act for im'
proving Arkansas Pass Texas.
A CAUCUS Of Democratic Senators was
r. ~, lo(o
Beck as Chairman. Senator Gorman who
has been acting as Chairman in the absence
of Senator Beck, chosen permanent
Chairman without opposition.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT BELL and AS
sistant-General Superintendent Campbell, of
the Railway Mail Service, started from
Washington on a tour of inspection of the
principal railway postoftice lines in the
Southern States, beginning with the Allan
tic coast line.
THE village of Tiefenasten, in the Canton
of Graubunden, Switzerland, has been al
most completely destroyed by fire. Only a
hotel and few houses are left.
The Alexander Prison at Irkutsk Russia,
has been burned, and three convicts per-
ished in the flames.
GENERAL SIR FREDERICK MIDDLETON,
commanding the Canadian Militia, has been
convicted by a committee of members of
Parliament at Ottawa Canada, of lOoting
furs valued at $1,000 or $4,000 in the late
Northwest Rebellion.
HOUSE occupied by a family named
Wynn was burned at Campbellford, Canada.
William Wynn, thirteen years old. and his
grandmother, Mrs, Catherine Soules, were
burned to death The woman was eighty
years old and helpless. The boy lost his life
in attempting to save her.
WILLIAM H. BiGELOw. New England
Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service.
died a few days ago at Waterville Ne. He
was born in 1885.
W. II. VI. SIsTARE, the New York banker,
who failed recently, has been locked up in
Ludlow Street Jail charged with defrauling
a customer, Richard Hecksher, of Pni!adel-
phia, of SIP 900 worth Of stocks and bon Is
ROBERT l.. WALLACE, nephew and pros
pective heir Of John H. Wallace editor anl
proprietor of IVUliuce's UOnthIy and other
publications on trotting matters, has disap-
peared after robbing Mr.. Wallace Of So, 90. |
Patrick HIGGINS del at his home in Eliz-
abeth, N. Y, at the age of 1Ol. Higgins !
was born in Ireland in 1879, anl came to this |
country in 1920. Higgins led an active life
up to within a few years OF his death.
ENGINEER HAGLEGoNG ami Fireman
Kaufman were killed by the explosion OF a
boiler on the Reading road near Shamokin |
Penn. George c. Yeager was, also, fatally |
injured.
WILLIAM STARNICKER was discharged |
from the Pententiary at Empire, Ga, where |
he had served sixteen years of life sentence |
for a murder of which he was innocent.
THE Louisiana Lottery Company has |
doubled its offer to the State, and now offers |
maintaining lottery.
TEN stores were burned at Auburn, Neb |
Loss, $50, OO0
JUDGE CRozIER of the First judicial Dis
trict of Kansas, has decided that the State
Prohi bitory law is unconstitutional.
THE Association of American Physicians
and the American Surgical Association held
their annual meetings in Washington
THE Emin Pasha Expedition into the in
terror of East Africa has met with disaster
in the death of many of its porters. The
total loss of porters by death AMI desertion
amounts to one-quarter of the whole num-
Der engaged to accompany the expedition.
\ DISPATCH from Kotonou, Dahomey, At