The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-29
THE LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires-Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for 4 Week.

court house at Yorkville was burned
this morning. No particulars,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov 16 -The
steamer EChelmOld sailed from Fernan-
dina this morning with 10. 600 boxes
oranges for England. 1t is the first
direct shipmenG of Florida fruit ever
made across the water.
The Illinois Steel Company's i'm
menge steel rail plant at South Chicago,
employing about 3 500 ski led and I'M
skilled ~laborers, IS expected to shut
do wn December 5 Uncertainty over
pOssibie changes IN the tariff Is said to
be the primary u
\ Seattle, Washington. telegram
says there il but little if any improve
ment in the food situation In Puget
Sound. There IS almost a complete
blockade of railroad communication
The damage done to railroads and
farms aggregates $500, 600.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 BY the collision
of two heavily laden freight trains on
the Belt Line Railway. near the Archer
avenue crossing of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad, this morning, four
lives were lost and two men were in
jured and may not recover.
BOSTON, Nov. 1.-THE Old Colony
r 4llroad Company has brought suit
against O. S. RAckman for Is cents
The proceeding is a test cas- to deUerm-
inc whether or not a passenger IS com
PEELED to pay his fare when no seating
accOmm DdatiOns are furnished.
NEW YORK, Nov. % -The World
this morning says that e Sinclair,
cashier Of the Armour Packing Com
panv. is missing and the company loses
about $4,000. It Is thought he has
gone to Canada. 1t is believed that
Sinclair spent his money in specuia-
tiOns
NEW YORK, Nov. 2L-The Herazd's
Valparaiso dispatch a V a plot was
discovered last night to burn down
manv prominent houses in San Diego.
sack the MonedO, seize Capt. GOni and
a number of other naval officers, and
inaugurate a revolution. The ring
leaders were arrested.
MARTINsvILLE. Ind, Nov. 23.-The
S ,ldiers' cemetery north of S~tInesvJlle
was found yesterday to be ~ruinOusly
de~secrated. The tombstOnes over sol
diera' graves had been broken to pieces.
Excitement runs high. A rebel dag
was found hOistPd in a cemetery in the
northern part Of the county.
RICHMOND. Va, Nov % An explO-
sion, terrible in its cOnst quences. oc-
Cured this afternoon shortly after 3
o'clock at Mrs McDOugall's boarding
house north Tenth street. The young
and pretty wife of Chas. F Paulhaus
was the victim. and now lies at the city
hospital in a critical condition
DURANT, Mich, Nov. 21.-Herman
| GrenseI, the eight year-Old son of a
prosperous farmer near here, confessed
Yesterday to an attempt to poison his
parents by putting paris green into the
we'll be .ause his father had chastised
him. His parents and two farm hands
are seriously i'll and considerable stock
has died
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov % The big
steel steamer MatOa. which went
agrou d jtst outside of Ashtahul /
harbDr yesterday morning, Is in great
danger. The sea is very high and no
tug can get near her. The crew are on
board. 1t is feared the vessel will
break in two, in which event the crew
will probably be lost.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 22.-Despi ethe
efforts OF the health authorities to
stamp out diphtheria by isolation, the
victims of the disease C ntinue to in
crease. At OOn to day Health Officer
Vale reported 81 new cases in 48 hours.
Last week 1877 cases and 50 deaths were
returned. and within the year there
have been 4 176 cases and 1.241 deaths.
STOCKTON, Cal, Nov. 23-StambouI
trOtted on a kite shaped track to day
in 3 Oh The day was not favorable,
it beng cloudy and cold. and the track
was damp from last nights rain. The
stallion was in good condition and had
it been a been a better day his time
would have been lowered The per
fOrmance makes him king of the trot.
ting turf.
WASHINGTON, Nov. % -Baron vor
Kettller, in charge of German legation
at Washington, has transmitted a let
ter to the State Department enclosing
a report of the German imperial health
commission on cholera. A member OF
this commission is the famous German
doctor, Koch The comm issiOn arrived
1T the conclusion that There is nc
reason for the apprehension which sc
widely prevails that cholera can be
carried by merchandise" z
KINGSTON. N Y, Nov 1.-THE tria
of Matthew 7. Trumpbour, one of the
alleged wreckers of the Ulster Comfy
Savings Institution. was continued to
day Although he is being tried on ar
Indictment CHI Urging him with perjury
in having sworn TO a false statement
sent 10 the State Banking Department
!, on Jan. 81. 1891, it was shown by the
prosecution that there was a shortage
of alb nut SIS. 600 on the depositors
ledger which had o been entered or
the cash book, and that this sum had
been taken in various amounts between
: 1888 and 1891.
WASHOUTS IN THE WEST.
TACOMA, w. T. Nov. % 1t is still