The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-04-13
NEWS NOTES.

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The tobacco factory of Trent &
Watts, at Lynchburg, Va, was de-
stroyed by fire.
Fire at Lexington, Va, destroyed
B. FL. Gorrell's drug store, causing
loss of $4,000.
The Ohio Legislature has passed
bill appropriating 100000 for mon
uments at Chicamauga.
Eighteen small business houses in
Carroilton, Ga, we're destroyed by
an incendiary fire.
Two sons of James Crane, aged
thirteen and seventeen, were killed by
lightning near Danville.
Doe Young, twenty years of age,
was burned to death while fighting
forest fires in Hanover county, Va.
A new bank, to be known as the
Farmers Bank, has been organized
in Martinsville, Va, to succeed The
Henry county bank.
The Nebraska Legislature has pas
sed bill making a reduction of a
bout 80 per cent. in freight rates.
The Governor will sign it.
The corps of cadets of the Virginia
Military Institute will camp on The
Worlds Fair grounds, in Chicago,
from June Ia to July 1.
Arrangements are being made for
the accommodation of two thousand
English mechanics who will visit the
Worlds Fair in body.
Three small children of. Nance,
Cumming. Ga, were burned to death
while the parents we're visiting a
neighbor. The house WIS destroyed
Thomas II. Brown, the centenarian
of Fulton county, N. Y, died at his
home of pneumonia. Mr.. Brown
was one hundred and two year., old.
The New York State Forest Com.
mission has authorjzed the purchase
OF i ,O49 acres 81 forest lands in War
rem county The price to be paid is
Sl5d an acre.
Ex-Premier MERCER, of Quebec,
made a strong argument in favor OF
tie annexation ofCanada to the Uni
ted States, though he prefers abso-
lutte independence.
The ''Negro Press Association of
Virginia was formed 10 Petersburg
by the colored owners and editors of
the twenty two papers published I'M
der their auspices in that State
The Rev. DR.. Thomas Dixon, of
New York, has written a strong let
ter to Governor Flower urging him
to commute the sentence of Carlyle
W. Harris, the alleged wife poisoner.
After a fierce parlia mentary strug-
gle the Illinois State Senate passed
the woman suffrage bill, extending
the elective franchise to women i'll
certain municipal and township cleo
tions.
The thirty-frst anniversary Of
| the battle of Shiloh was celebra ed
at the battlefield, ON the Tennes-
see river. Thousands of Union
at the gathering.
A Joint session OF the Nebraska
Legislature adopted articles of i'm
parchment against Secretary Of
State Allen, Attorney General Hast
ings, Commissioner Humphrey ard
ex-Treasurer Hill.
The dedication Of the new Mormon
Temple at Salt Lake City begun april
| 9th. The ceremonies will continue
fourteen days. The building was
com menced forty years ago, and cost
about $5,OOC.O0O.
George KEENAN,, the Russian travel
er, is opposed to the new treaty with
| Russia now under consideration in
| Washington. He says the extradi-
ton clause would give Russia power
over her subjects in this country.
Mrs. R. w. Mosby was awarded
| So, 500 damages against the EckiDg-
ton Electric Company by a jury in
Washington for injuries sustained in
consequence of having been thrown
on the floor of a car in a collision.
The body of Michael Haley. aged
55 years, who mysteriously disap
| peared on the night of Nov. last,
was found floating in the Erie Canal
The body was badly deconposed
Forty dollars was found on his per-
son.
Mr.. and Frs Asa Barr, of Home
stead. Pa, have been found to be
brother and sister. They were separ.
ated in childhood and adopted by
different persons. Five years ago
they met and were married in PLila-
delphia.
Director General Davis reports that
1927 carloads of exhibits have beer
received at the Worlds Fair, mostly
foreign. The American exhibits art
just beginning to arrive. The pub
fishers of the catalogue have received
the names of %, 900 exhibitors.
/ The gold treatment for drunken
ness has been adopted in the Polio;
Court of ST Lemars, Iowa. For the
second offeI.se OF drunkenness Mayor
Alline gives the prisoner his choice o
ten days on the street with bal
and chain or a course of treatment.
The commission sent by the Lon
don Lancet to examine the water
supply of Chicago has reported tha1
the faults of the supply have beer
magnified, and that there is reason
to hope the Worlds Fair will be car
ried out without an epidemic.
Wm.IR. Shaw, the old and respect
ed cashier of the Lincoln Nationa
Bank, Bath, Me-, has been arrested
on charge of embezzling $12, 100
from the bank. He was one of tn
most prominent men in the town ant
has considerable property. 1t i
supposed the shortage viii amour
to $4,000 more.
4 Elk Gov. David Meriwether. of Ken
lucky, who was the successor O
Henry Clay in the United States Sen
ate, died at his residence, near Louis