The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-11
HI LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for a Week.


for a Week.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3-Mrs. Harrison
passed a bad night and this morning is
no better.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-The Interna
tional Monetary Conference will meet
at Brussels Tuesday Nov. I'd.
Cardinal Gibbons has been invited tc
deliver the closing prayer at the open
ing exercises of the Worlds Fair.
LONDON, Oct. 4-Since noon Lord
Teunyson has been sinking rapidly. 1t
is believed he will die before mid night.
Gen Louis e. Fitzgerald, President
Of the Mercantile Trust Co, has been
made a member of the finance commit
tee Of the Georgia Central.
LONDON, Oct. 4.-The Standards
correspondent at Madrid, says that a
mailman tried to assassinate the cap
tain general Of the city yesterday and
That the latter vas wounded.
HAPEvILLE, Ca, Oct. Our town
Is wild excitement. Last night about
dark, a negro, John McElreath, as
saulted Mr.. Berry Chapman, an old
gentleman of sixty eight years, with a
rock.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3v-Justice Ipgra-
ham IN the court of oyer and termineT
this morning sentenced Burton O..
Webster, the murderer of Charles E.
Goodwin, to the state prison for nine.
teen years.
ALBANY, Oct ga motion to quash
an indictment against Q. F. Peck, State
labor commissioner, was denied and
he will have to answer to criminal
charges. Mr.. Peck is charged with
having burned the records of his office.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Oct. w. w.
Windle rode a bicycle a mile at Ham
den Park this morning with q flying
start in 202 3 5, beating the worlds
record previously held by him in
2 O4 4 5, and Nancy Hanks best record
of 2.O4,
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 1.-The
strike of operators on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
was declared off to day. The company
has agreed to recognize the Order of
Railway photographers and the men will
return to work. Wages will be con-
sidered later.
GALLIPOLIs, Ohio, Oc5 ober 3-Mrs.
James Pike, who lives across the river,
became incensed at a remark made by
her neighbor, Charles Bippers, and
taking a shotgun went to his house
and killed his two children, who we're
playing IN the front yard. She has
been arrested.
PITTsBURG. Pa, Oct 3 Suits against
Fl. @. Prick, Secretary Lovejoy,
Messrs. Leishman, Curry, Potter and
others of the Carnegie company and
Pinkert n detectives go before the
grand jury to morrow. The charges
embrace murder. conspiracy and riot.
Burgess, John McLuckie and Hugh
Ross r the prosecutors.
OMAHA. Neb, Oct. 3-The heaviest
eighG-wheel passenger lOcOmO V In
America has been sent out of the Union
Pacific shops here to pull the fast mail.
With tender coaled up the engine
weighs 11S, 900 pounds. 1t will run 0e-
tween Cheyenne and Laramie ove
the Continental Divide, where a grade
of So feet to the mile has to be sur
mounted.
A special from Knoxville, Tenn
S tys Commissioner Ford denOunces as
| false the story sent out from Nashville
| that Gov. Buchanan vas egged while
speaking at Blountville Monday IN the
interest of his independent candidacy
| for Governor. Commissioner Ford
| was present at the time and says the
Governor was treated with the great
| est kindness.
SIOUX City, Oct. 3.-WIliam Duffy,
better known as Billy the Kid" was
! knocked out at Fashion theatre, last
night, notorious resort in CovingtOn,
Neb.. by Jack Keefe, heavy weight,
| after an easy five round contest and
| died within an hour afterwards. Keefe
and all the seconds are under arrest,
awaiting a decision of the coroner's
jury.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-Acting Com
missioner Wilson, of the internal
revenue bureau, has received a tele
gram from Collector Num-, at Nash
vile, Tenn, informing him of the
killing of Deputy Collector Mather anC
the mortal wounding of Deputy Col
lectors Carwell and Spurrier during
raid on moonshiners near FIlnvllIe
Lincolnton county, Tennessee. Mr.
Wilson conferred with Attorney Gen
eral Miller on the subject to-day and as
a result instructions were photographed
to Marshal Harrison, Collector Num-
and Revenue Agents Chapman anC
Kinsley to procure assistance, and pro
coed at once to the scene of action anC
arrest all persons connected with tn
tragedy.