The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-13
THE LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for z Week.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6.-The Queen
OF Sandwich Islands is reported in a
dying condition to-day.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-The wife muir
derer, Osbond's second victim, Burk-
head, died this morning.
New YORK, Oct. 6.-Four persons
were killed this morning OF railroad
accident at Staten Island.
LONDON. Oct. 6.-Wm. II. Smith,
Government leader in House of Com
mons, died this morning.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-The British bark
SantOna has been wrecked at Matanzas.
The captain and fifteen of the crew
were drowned.
LONDON, Oct. John Pope Hen
messy, K. G. NJ. @. and Member of Par
lament for the northern division of
Kilkenny, is dead.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 6.-Jacob
Kuhns, wholesale jeans clothing, has
assigned. Liabilities, $40, 900; assets,
nominally the same.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The steamer La
Touraline, from Havre, brought So
488, 1000, and the steamer Kaiser Will
helm 81, 600, 600 in gold.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 8.-During
the past twenty-fOur hours Gen. Lee
has been able to take light nourishment
and his condition continues to slowly
improve.
STAUNTON, Va, Oct. Sin an inter
view witharepresentative of the Staun-
ton DdiLY NelCS, Ex-Governor Fitzhugh
| Lee said that there was no hope of the
ultimate recovery of Gen. w. H. F.
| Lee.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. General
Lees condition has slightly improved.
He has regained consciousness and is
resting comfortably. Hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery though he is still
critically i'll.
LONDON, Oct. 7.-Parnell died at
Brighton last night. ParnelIs death
was the result Of a chill caught last
week. He took to his bed On Friday
and died at Walsingham Terrace at
II 80 last night.
BEDFORD CITY, Va, Oct. flames
Nance shot and badly wounded Peyton
Fuqua to day. They both live a few
miles east of this place and had a mis-
understanding about pasturing q cow
Nance has been lodged Iii Jail.
New York. Oct. 5.-Four persons
persisted in a Hudson street tenement
fire this morning and one other is
dying, Seven families were in danger,
but all escaped except the family on
the top floor, who were the victims.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. THE
Charleston Daily World, WeeEiy World
and Sunday Budget, published by the
World Budget Company here, have
suspended publication. announcement
made this morning, The World started
four years ago.
A porter attached to the Episcopal
| palace at Trieste found a bumb in one
of the Railways, with a burning fuse
attached. He bravely pulled the fuse
| from the Dumb and extinguished it.
The affair caused a decided dynamite
scare in Trieste.
New YORK, Oct. THE U. S. war
| ship Yorktown will sail at noon today
for Valparaiso. Special orders were
received from Washington at the
Brooklyn navy yard yesterday order
ing the vessel to sail with the greatest
possible dispatch.
CHICAGO, Oct. Ga special dispatch
from Atlanta, Ga, says: A movement
is on foot to buy up all the rice mills
! of the South and throw them into a
pool. The Standard Oil Company and
English capitalists are supposed to be
behind the enterprise.
SUMTER, Oct. 6.-Robert P. Mayes
committed suicide at his home in
Mayesville, S. c., to-day by shooting
himself in the breast. The particulars
have not been obtained, but the cause
of the deed is said to be financial
troubles with New York parties,
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-The Grant monu-
ment was unveiled to-day in the pres
ence of many thousand militia, grizzled
veterans Of the G. A. R., Knights of
Pythias, countless similar organiza-
tions, and citizens. The grafton was
delivered by Gen, Walter Q. Gresham.
READING, Pa, Oct. Rev, Phillip
H. Garrett, a well-known United
Brethren minister, convicted in court
here of fraudulently obtaining $3.50 on
a life insurance policy, was this after
noon sentenced to nj years imprison-
ment. He wept as he was taken to
Jail.
LONDON, Oct. 6.-Terriic gales pre-
vail in the Irish sea, and three wrecks
have already occurred off HOlyhead.
Many exciting scenes have been wit
messed as the life-bOat crews set out in
the midst of mountainous waves to
attempt the rescue of the imperilled
crews of the wrecked vessels.
CAIRO, Oct. 8.-The cotton associa-
ton reports that the recent cold and
fOggy weather, which has prevailed
throughout the cotton growing districts
has seriously affected the crops. The
association estimates that the yield of
cotton will be about 3,74O, 900 cantars,
a cantar being equal to As pounds.
LEXINGTON, Va, Oct. 5.-J6hn Hos
letter, a well-to-do farmer living a few
miles from this city, instantly killed