The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19

Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
FIR a Week.

New York, Sept. 13-The Montreal
Presbytery has found Prof. Campbell
guilty Of heresy.
LISBON, Sept. 13.-The Portuguese
authorities have declared New York to
be a cholera infected port,
LONDON, Sept. 10 = There was another
death last night from cholera at Port
Grlmsby, end to day another death at
Hull.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 6-Phillip M.
Schelg, paying teller Of the Bank Of
minneapolis, has left the city, and the
bank say they are SIS, 900 or more
short.
FAMINaToN, Ont Sept. 13.-The
steamboat Byron was burned at the
dock here this morning. Capt. Cook
and his pursuer jumped overheard and
were drowned. Two deck hands also
persisted in the flames.
CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 7-E. M. Don
aldson, the Kansas Bank President.
who is now in this country and is
alleged to be a defaulter in the sum of
$500, 600, makes public here a long
statement IN answer to the charges
against him.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 11.-Three
thousand railroad coal miners in the
Plttsburg district struck to day against
the cut of five cents per ton IN the
mining rate. The strike caused a sus-
pension Of work in twenty eight pits.
Everything quiet.
WEST BAY CITY, Mich Sept. 10 "A
fire started at 1 o'clock this morning
in the John WEIGH lumber docks and
spread rapidly. At 1 80 o'clock 1 OOO,-
600 feet of lumber had been DESTROYED,
but a heavy rain had started, and it
was thought the fire vas under control.
The loss will reach 800, 600.
ROME, Sept. IS The Italian Govern
ment has received a dispatch saying
that insurgents have informed foreign
powers that Rio will be bombarded
after nine o'clock this morning. The
forts in the bay will be first attacked
separately, it is believed, and upon the
result the future movements Of the
rebels will be decided.
MONTREAL, Canada, Sept. 10.-An
unknown inCendiary set fire to the
Mount st. Lrawrence College at II
o'clock tonight in the garrett, over
where PA boys were aslepp. All were
gotten out safely through the discipline
III drill before the firemen arrived.
This is the sixth time the building
has been set on fire, the last serious
blaze being exactly n year ago. The
damage is over $50, 900, chiefly by
water.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. THE sheriff
to-day seized the bread and cracker
factory and other property of Bernard
Klotz & Co. Limited, to satisfy judg
ments aggregating "a, 900 in favor OF
J. & NJ. Schwabacher & Co, of this
city. The KlOtz factory had the dis
tinction Of being the only one in the
ISouth not in the Cracker Trust, and
for years past made a tremendous fight
| against that combination, many times
i~refusing tempting offers to enter It's
membership 1t did a big business,
and was rated at considerably over
800, 600.
YoNKERs, N. Y, Sept. 8.-When F,
J. Kaldenberg & Co, the pipe manu-
facturers, made an assignment of theil
business in New York, William P.
Fiero was appointed referee to report
as to the advisability of allowing 6
voluntary liquidation of the affairs Of
the company. A hearing vas held
here to day. Mr.. Kaldenberg testified
that the capital stock of the company
was $500, O(O, of which he held $3.50, 900,
E. Faber, the lead pencil manufactures,
held 600 shares, J. Sigatus 300, E F,
Kaldenberg 500, John Samson 500, and
several others 100 shares or less. The
nominal assets of the company were
$3.50, SOL 70, the actual assets $26S, 054
The liabilities have not been figured
out. The examination will be continued
next Monday.