The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-18
THE LATEST NEWS
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for 3 Week.

for 3 Week
ARoNo, Maine, Oct, 1.-THE pulp
mill here was completely wrecked uy
an explosion this morning. Ten per-
sons were reported buried In the ruins
One dead body has already been taken
out.
ADMISSION, Ala, Oct. 11-At the
''cake walk" of the MinneIulu lake
last night a free fight took place, re-
sulting in the death of Henry Adam
sona and John Brooks, and the serious
injury of a half dozen others.
A C~offeyvilIe. Kansas, telegram
says: Emlnitt Dalton was taken to
independence jail by Sheriff Callahan
without objection being raised by the
Emmitt is better and it is now thought
he will recover.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 11-At the
Galloway mines to-day a man named
Dunn and his were q~uarrelling when
Dunn's mother in.law, Mrs. Dali,
stepped in between them. She received
a full load of buck shot in her head,
putting out her eyes and tearing away
part of her face. Dunn escaped.
PETERSBURG, Va Oct. 11.-Geerge
w. COgbll, of the firm of Sommers &
Cogbill, dealers In stoves and tinware,
committed suicide this morning by
cutting his threat with a pocket knife.
He was ffty-six years old, unmarried.
and had carried on business in Peters
burg for more than twenty-five years.
FARGO, N. D., Oct. 11.-Judge John
w. Bennett, of Bottineau, a member
of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee several years and the Chairman
of the Democratic State Convention,
has announced his intention of sup
porting the Republican ticket on &C
count of the Democratic fusion with
the Peoples party.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct 10.-The Demo
Gratis have gone into combination with
the Peoples party On the legislative
candidates, the object being to control
the choice of United States Senator by
the next legislature. They have en-
dorsed each others nominations in
twenty-six cases so far. The legisla-
tive nominations are not all made yet.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 11.-Last night
the fact became public that G. T. Bud
docke, one of the wealthiest grain mer-
chants of this city, had committed
suicide, The family managed to keep
Gu0 d1ldIE S0CE0G uubII ldSG uIRnO, lOuRn
his body was found floating in Clay
berne canal yesterday afternoon. Ex-
cessive drinking is assigned as the
cause.
PTTTsBURG, OctJ11 AT three o'clock
this afternoon the grandjury returned
true bills against members of the Home
stead Advisory Committee charged
with treason. True bills were also re-
turned against Ell. @. Frick, John G.
A. Leishmon, E. T. E. Loveioy, Henry
Currey, superintendent Potter, Otis
Childs and Nevia McConnel-aIl Car.
negie omcials-Henry and Fred Pin
kerton, Capt, Cooper, Fred Premier.
and other Pinkerton detectives charged
with murder and conspiracy.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 10-It is reported
by steamboat men who passed Lower
Peachtree, on the Alabama river Satur-
day night. that the landing was de-
serted. They learned that great excite
ment prevailed in the village because
of trouble between whites and blacks;
that a citizen named johnson and his
daughter had been shot and killed by
the negroes and their bodies cremated
in Johnson's burning house, and that
the whites were all arming and prepar-
ing to fight. There is no Geographic
line to that point and the information
has not been confirmed.