The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-18
THE LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for a Week.

SNS
for a Week.
At Cleveland, Ohio. yesterday. Seitz
was nominated for Governor by the
Third Party.
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-The Hass Tin
ware Factory was burned thismOrning.
Loss, hundred thousand.
The reductions in the New York
custom house are to be made at the
expense of Democratic office holders.
WASHINGTON, Aug, S.-Wanamaker
emphatically denies reported resigna-
ton. He says he has no idea of so do
ing.
UTICA, Aug. S.-The Cooper Hotel,
| the largest summer resort inn in this
country, was burned this morning.
House filled with guests. All escaped.
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 8,-The news Of
quadruple l%ynching near Crosby
were arson fiends. Two of them were
women.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-This was the
hottest August 10th in twenty years.
| At noon the thermometer was 80. The
hot weather is causing an increased
mortality.
James Flynn, a yonng man, was
violently taken with hydrOphObia at
Maiden, Mass, Wednesday from a dog
bite received a year ago, and died
Thursday.
New YORK, Aug. S.-Webster, the
slayer of Goodwin, whose case has
created considerable excitement here,
was arraigned this morning. He plead
not guilty.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August 1O.-At
C~hildersburg, Ala, to-day the pulley
of a saw mill burst, instantly killing
jim Pointer and fatally injuring fire
man William Smith.
IRONTON, O.. August 7.-Andrew
Lyons, jeremiah Whalen, Henry jerks
and Stephen Haggerty were killed by
accident in a mine in a remote part of
this county yesterday.
It is estimated that at least 500, 600
will be expended in repairs on the
White House during the Presidents
absence. Most of the money will be
spent OF the public rooms.
Secretary of State Higgins, of Kan
| sas, is out in a letter declaring prohibit
ton a dead issue. Higgins has been
for several years a leader Of the pro
hibition wing of the Republican party.
The National Encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic elected
Capt. John Palmer, Of Albany, n. Y,
to be commandment chief and choose
Washington as the next place of meet
ing.
PARIS, Aug. 7.-RepOrts have reached
herefrom West Africa that NJ. Crampel,
the French explorer, and Arab inter
prefer was murdered by two Senegal
s~harpshOOters at Bangui Post April 9th,
last.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Brig.-G Gen.
AdOlphus w. Greedy, chief signal
officer United States Army, has been
ordered to proceed to Munich, Bavaria,
to attend the Meteorological Con-
ference.
Moscow, August 8.-Infuenza has
again made its appearance in this city
and is attacking people in all classes
Of society. Reports show hat on an
average 500persOns are daily Frustrated
by the disease.
LONDON, Aug. ct is reported II a
letter from Persia that the Shah ordered
| Abdullah Kahn, Governor of Mazen-
deraun, charged with embezzling taxes,
to be boiled alive, and that the sentence
was carried out.
RICHMOND, Va, 1.-THE jury this
morning in the case of DR.. Baker on
trial at Abingdon, Va, charged with
the killing of his wife by poisoning,
brought in a verdict Of guilty of muir
der in the first degree.
LYNCHBURG. Va, Aug. 8.-Hon.
Thomas S. BOcOck died at his home, in
AppOmattOx county, at s o'clock last
night. His end was peaceful and with
out pain. His death had been expected
daily for two weeks or more:
ST. GEORGES, Aug. 8.-Mr. E. D.
Dukes, a young man employed at the
wagon factory Of Messrs. D. D. and
w. M. Dukes, met with a severe acct
dent this morning. He had his left
arm, below the elbow, cut off by a
planning machine.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. S.-The agent
and operator of the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern Railroad, at Fish Dam,
Union county, about forty miles from
this city, committed suicide this after
noon by blowing out his brains with a
shotgun. No particulars obtainable.
ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 1O.-Stephen A.
Ryan, the Atlanta dry goods merchant
who failed for a half million dollars,
and who was sent to Jail by Judge
Gober and is now out on bond pending
a hearing before the Supreme Court,
has offered thirty cents on the dollar
to all his creditors.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. "A rear end col
Iision occurred early this morning on
the Wabash road at Homer, Ill. An
express train, hauling New York and
Boston sleepers east, ran into a freight
train switching, causing heavy dam
age. A tramp named Dan Feely was
killed but no passengers were injured.