The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-11-07
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HOUR OF GOING TO PRESS
Brief Mention of Daily Happenings
Throughout the World.

Chicago Thursday and robbed the pas,
/ sengers.
The directors of the Pennsylyanio
railroad declared o semi-annual diyj.
dend Of p per cent.
Charles Wilkinson, q social leader in
Huntington, W. Va, and assistant
cashier of the First National bank. is
charged with stealing $4,000 from tie
| bank.
Two men were killed Thursday and
one man fatally injured by falling
from the seventh story Of building in
St. Louis. A plank in the scafolding
fell.
Mrs Thomas H. Wicks, wife of the
second vice president of the Pullman
Palace Car company, has filed bill
of divorce at Chicago, alleging cruelty.
| She says Wicks has repeatedly beaten,
struck and kicked her.
On account of lack of mucilage on
them the third assistant postmaster
general has ordered the destruction of
thousands of the first issue of postage
stamps turned out by the bureau of
engraving and printing.
The West Winfield bank, at West
Winfield, N. Y, was entered by bur
glars Wednesday night. The outer
door of the safe was blown open, but
the inside safe containing the money
and other securities was not opened.
The loss is less than 81 900.
Twenty boys celebrating halloween
halted in front of Mr.. Haywood's
home in independence, Mo-, at mid
night. Haywood raised a window and
fired both barrels of a shot gun into
the crowd and the result was that five
boys were dangerously wounded.
The United States steamer Petrol
sailed from Nagasaki Wednesday for
Che Foo, leaving no American war8hip
in Japanese waters. The Baltimore
and Charleston, the two largest cruis-
ers of the American squadron, are at
Chemulgo; the Monocacy is at Ten
Tsin and the Concord at Shanghai.
Che Foo, the destination of the Pet
rel, is on the Shantung promontory,
short distance from the great Chinese
arsenal at Wei-hai- Wei.
The board of convict managers Of
Alabama met at Montgomery Thurs
day to determine what course they
should pursue in the matter of renew
ing the convict leases. Bids had been
advertised for and some good offers
were made, but in view Of the fact
that the meeting Of the general assem-
bly, was so close at hand it was con
sidered best to await the action of that
body before any further steps should
be taken by the commission.
The Bissell accommodation train
leaving Pittsburg, Pa, on the Baltl-
more and Ohio at 9 :25 o'clock p. M,
collided with the rear of the Baltimore
express train No. 10, standing on the
main track near Rankin station,
twelve miles out, Thursday night.
Engineer p. G. Brainard, of the accom-
mediation, was instantly killed and his
fireman, Frank Cunningham was, per
haps, fatally injured None of the pas
sengers on either train were injured.
The boiling Nebraska democrats won
q great victory at Omaha Thursday,
and as q result the nominees OF the
convention known as the trump" VIII
appear on the official ballot as straight
democrats. This was the determine
tion of the county clerk and o suit IN
the district court to compel the dong
of this was decided in his favor. Since
the battle ground is Omaha this is re-
garded as a great victory for that eIe-
ment.
A special cabinet council was held
at Paris Thursday to consider the case
Of Captain Albert Dreyfus, who is now
under arrest and confined in the mill
tary prison on a charge of high treason
in having sold information in regard
to the plans Of the frontier fortitica-
lions to agents Of Italian government,
and having also divulged the plans for
modifying the French army IN the
event of war. 1t is the general oPln-
ion that Captain Dreyfus will be shot
after the Formally OF courtmarUlai
has been gone through with.
The case of John Greenough against
the Alabama Great Southern Railroad
company, asking for an injunction to
restrain the company from electin8 as
directors OF said road men who are al
legged to be non-stockhoiders, which
was docheted to come up for hearing
before Judge Bruce, United States
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