The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-27

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ton of business in commercial circles.
In Moscow the situation is deplOrable.
UTICA, n. Y. Oct. 1S.-DetectivpS
employed on the American Express
robbery case have found the bonds
stolen from the train and three of the
rings in a ravine four miles from this
city. They were hidden in a seam Of
the rocks near where the rObber was
seen on the day the robbery occurred.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-It is stated on
semi-official authority that important
negotiations are in progress between
England and China, relative to the
Russian aggression in Central Asia and
that understanding IS in course of dis
cusslOn which will pledge England and
China to mutual assistance against
Russia.
LONDON, Oct. 22.-Dispatches from
every part of Great Britain are arriv-
ing here to-day, all telling of thevastly
increasing floods. 1t is feared that the
damage consequent upon the subIner-
sion OF property Will aggregate an
nous sum For a distance of thirty
miles the Thames has overlooked its
banks.
BERLIN, Oct. ia dispatch received
here from BreSlau. capital of Province
OF SlleSla, says that an express train
today came into collision at KOnlfurt,
Silesia, with a shUntIng engine. The
express train was derailed bv the shock.
Official messages state that five per
SONS were killed, and that many were
injured by the collision.
Two cases of manslaughter were set
tied III the Supreme Court in New
Haven, Conn.,. recently by the pay
ment Of $3.50 by each Of the accused
men. One of them was Allen Drew,
who shot and killed Eddie Hatfield on
July 4th, and the other was Frank NJ.
Dugan, who was responsible for the
death Of Josephine Wallace.
ITHACA, n. Y, oct. 18.-A young
woman named LOttie Brock, waitress
in a students boarding club, was found
early this morning below the bridge at
the entrance of the campus Of Cornell
University l n a terrible condition. She
vas badly bruised, her arm was shat
tered and she had sustained spinal in
juries. She is not expected to live.
Thelate Empe: or Frederick William,
had he lived, would have reached the
age Of sixty years yesterday. The an
University was fittingly observed at
Hamburg. The streets were tastcfullv
hung with bunting and appropriate
sermons were preached in the churches.
At the theatre the performances were
graced with special features in keeping
with the occasion.
CITY OF MEXICO Oct. 19.-The re-
vival of bull fighting in the City Of
Mexico commenced yesterday. The
wife of the President at the head and
| II woo n,rori1DA 60, A., I,,oe4 r
lSpaniCh food sufferers. 1t was one of
the greatest spectacles of the Mexican
national sport ever witnessed. Nine
bulls were killed in the course Of the
day and S400, 600 was taken in.
AMEsBURY. Mass. Oct 19-JOhn G.
Whittier, the famous Quaker poet. is
again seriously i'll and even his close
friends are debarred from seeing him,
by order of his doctor. Mr.. Whittier
had beer i'll for a long time, but was
recovering He walked out doors for
the first time Wednesday in many
weeks. He caught cold which settled
on his lungs and he is again confined
to his room.
SEDALIA, Mo, Oct 1S-ThOs. 4. Viii
hanson, to be hanged here Oct 31st,
has made a most startling confession.
NE Is tOIlu0IIlIl6u iOI JIle JIlJIE(tI Oh
Charles and Thomas Moore, father and
son. At the time of his arrest he was
a leader of the Salvation Army and a
prominent character in the religious
world. His confession shows that his
life has been a continuous career of
crime. He is AZ years old.
CHICAGO. Oct. 18-Onehundred and
twenty men employed on the Flee
A:sA- D-S1Js-. - 49,. WI l. MI
grounds quit work yesterday because
their foreman, William Irving, had
been given the alternative to accept a
position at 40 cents an hour or quit, He
has been a great favOrite with the men.
and when one of his employers last
week discharged thirty two men with
out consulting him, and on the ground
that they were "tOO old, -" he protested.
Yesterday he received notice that he
would be superseded by another man,
but mightretain subordinate position.
TExARKANA, Ark, Oct. 18.-Some
time last night eight prisoners confined
in the Bowie county CTexas) iall, at
Ball, the county seat, succeeded in
breaking through the wooden wall and
escaping. Among them are Robert
Scott and Spencer Miles, both self con
fessed murderers. The other prisoners
who escaped Were in for minor offenses
with the exception Of Bud Gibson. col
ored, recently sentenced to two years
in the p~enitentiary, He walked to this
point, a distance of twenty miles.
hunted up the sheriff. surrendered
himself, and notified him of the escape
of the others.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Oct CIV.
T. Robertson. the contractor for the
construction of the Durango extension
of the Mexican international Railroad