The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-08-07
news OF THE WEEK.
THE WORLDS EVENTS GATHERED
IN SMALL COMPASS.
The Latest happenings at Home and Abroad
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ard Readable form.
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| Ar. Carnegie, the American iron king.
h.. given $50. 90 to the town of Ayr, in
| s. nylanh.
| Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks and her
sister and niece have gone to the White
| Mountains.
Tie Office of chief of the foreign mail
The salary is $1,000.
R.v. Hiram Gee, of Ithaca, N. Y, has
given Syracuse University $40, 900 to en-
do an art fellowship.
he Illinois legis' ature passed the
WorlPs Fair constitutional amendment
| by an almost unanimous vote.
Pr sident Harrison has not been regis
t2r.'i und r he election law of Indiana,
| al! l!l,s can not vote this year.
After struggle Of IA weeks the
| strike of the Phiiadel hia cloakmakers
| end,il in victory for the laboring men.
A <. neral strike was ordered in New
York of all workmen employed in pub
lie school buildings, and / 200 men went
| out.
Mrs. y. ii. Palmer, of Philadelphia,
was rescued from dro wing at Atlantic
City By Life Guards Lindsay and Will
lianls.
1t is said that President Palmer, of the
Worlds fair committee, isaroused to the
necessity of no further delay in setting
work in motion.
The squadron of evolution, under Ad-
miral Walker. arrived at New York last
week, and is now anchored off the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The new revenue marine steamer
Winona was launch d by the Pusey Jones
Company, of Wi nington, DEL, on
Tuesday O: last week
The United st IS revenue steamer
Rush boarded tn, Canadian schooner
Ariel in Behring S II and warned her to
keep off tn scaling grounds.
The first patent r.anted by the United
States Government was isueI on July
81. 179) The eve : was scommemorated
at the P..tcnt O.fice last week.
The Patrons Of Industry, Prohibition
lists, and United Labor Party of Michi-
gan have united t. form party that
will put State tex t in the field
Bto''k!yn's pol,u ton. according to
the new census. is o04. 377. In 1890 it
was 566 G63. making tie increase during
the past decade of 237 TIA, or 4195 per
cent.
Rob TT $. Davis, representing the Read
ing Railroad, says the company has dis
posed of its Massac usetts avenue and
ocean front options 1t Atlantic City to
syndicate which ". ii erect large hotel.
Mrs Anna Snuron, of the city of Chi
cago, a German. aged 80, was killed by
lightning Sunday hile sitting at the
window of her house. An examination
of the body disclosed blue mark under
the heart.
Tie bus, of Sidney Lanier, given by
Mr.. Charles Lanier, of New York, to the
city of Macon. Ga, will be unveiled on
October 3. Judge Bleckley, of the Geor-
gia supreme court will make the dedi-
catory address.
President Fitzgerald of the Irish
National League of America has issued
al urgent appeal to all sympathizers
with the cause to r.'neaiately transmit
all available funds 70 the home Office of
| the league in Dublin.
George Francis Train has made ar
rangencnt, with the Tacoma Ledger to
make an attempt to beat the record for
d trip around the world. He will leave
Tacoma August Oh the steamship China,
and calculates that he can make the cir
cult of the globe in 81 days.
1t is admitted that ali the corn crop of
central Kansas is ruined. No matter
how much rain falls hot winds have
blown for lays and stalks are shriveled.
| Only local rains have fallen for over a
month. AID The prairies are so dry that
fires brea: ont daily. The hay crop is
| an entire failure as we'll as the fruit
crop.
The cause of the collision OH the Monon
Railroad Sunday lies in the fact that the
schedule had been changed, and while
| the Chicago l,ound train was running by
the new card, the Louisville bound train
| was running on the old schedule and was
six hours Lite, having been laid out by
| freight wreck.
A World special from Ottawa, Ont,
says: Latest advicas from England in
| reference to the Behring Sea dispute
state that several important modifica-
| tions have been made III the claim set up
by the United States within the past few
| days whic. " ill meet the views of the
| British and Canadian au.horitiei and
hasten settlement of the dispute.
While he town marshal of Ruther-
fordton, n. c., was attempting 10 arrest
| a negro named Mcdowell, Saturday, he
was set upon by mob of over 20 negroes
armed with stones, pistols, and clubs.
The officer was pretty badly used up,
and his prisoner escaped. He fired into
the crowd AMI wounded several OF the
negroes. There is good deal of excite
ment over the affair, and more trouble is
feared.
Peter Letter was found sitting upright
in the rear room of his store in Kansas
City Sunday Afternoon, with bullet
through his head and his face almost en-
tirely eaten by maggots. In a letter to
Herman Sciimid, he notified him of his
intention to commit suicide and ap-
pointed him his executor. Seven thou
sand dollars in United States 4 per cent.
bonds and S752 in gold was found in
jar in Letters cellar. He had no rela-
tives in this country and his money is
all willed to persons Of his name in Ger
many.
| Foreign.
An epidemic OF suicide is raging in the
British army.
There is general manifestation of dis
content throughout the British army.
Having defeated Guatemala Salvador
is now willing TO arbitrate the difficulty.
The Archduchess Valerie, daughther
of Emperor Francis Joseph. of Austria,
was married last week to the Archduke
Francis Salvador
| There is new outbreak Of trouble in