Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-02
LATER NEWS.

rejected Governor Werts's proposition for
quo warranto proceedings TO settle the Sen
ate controversy; the Senate ani House will
meet IN joint session on February 6.
WILLIAM T. ZELL. Treasurer of the Lehigh
and Wilkesbgrre Coal Company and OF the
New York Athletic Club. is a fugitive de
faulter, shortage of $40. OO0 or more having
been found in his cash accounts with the coal
| company.
The Hamburg-American Line steamer
Normannia bound for Genoa. returned to the
Port OF New York for repairs, having been
damaged by n tidal wave several of her
crew were injured.
BLIZZARD ragged III Kansas and other
Western States.
Mrs. ANNA LINDGREE was crushed to death
at Chicago. Ill. while struggling for bread
at relief station. Her husband was too
weak to go into the crowI and her children
were starving.
A BAND of train robbers was captured by
police in the Indian Territory one of the
gang was killed and another mortally
wounded.
Tue AIirz and Daniels brothers fought to
the death in Arkansas. OF the four three
were killed.
COMMITTEE resolutions on tho Hawaiian
question favorng strict non intervention
were brought into both Houses.
In response to Il Senate resolution the
Secretary of the Treasury sent to the Senate
+cbOu hat bo
to 1894 the United States has paid for the
prosecution of criminals in the Territory of
Utah the sum of 1925, ,555, which amount
was due the United States from that Terri
tory.
SECRETARY HERBERT approved the recon-
mendation of the National Stability Board
with reference to the IengthenIng of the
gunboats Machias and Castine in order to
relieve tOp-heavness.
PRESIDENT CLEyELAND, accompanied by his
sister Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. and
Private Secretary Thurber, left Washington
for Hartford, Conn. to attend the funeral of
Henry E. Hastings. the Presidents nephew
Mr. Hastings was the son of Mr.. Cleveland's
sister
AT Fredericton. New Brunswick. Judge
Barker sentenced the deaf mute Edward
NJ. Wheary to be hanged on Friday, April
20. for the murder of his sister-in-Iaw, Ber-
tina Wheary,
KAISER WILLIAM has made peace offer
ing to Prince Bismarck in the shape of a
ease of old wine and the ex-ChanceIlor has
promised to personally thank His Majesty
for the gift in Berlin. All Germany reioices
at the reconciliation
LACK of work and scarcity of food are caus-
ing many acts of brigandage i'll Spain
The Brazilian insurgents recaptured Mo
cangue Island, with three small cannon and
130 prisoners The killed and wounded
number fifty. Tho insurgents lost fourteen
killed.
STRIKING employees OF the Bridgeport
(Conn. Traction Company returned to work.
UNION women hat makers of Danbury,
Conn. prevented resumption in four fac
tories by refusing terms the union men ac-
cepted.
Mr. AND Mrs. GUsrAvE T. Tyson and Miss
Minnie Chapman, teachers in tho Sac and
Fox Indian School, at Guthrie, Oklahoma,
were drowned while attempting to ford Deep
Fork Creek.
FIFTY convicts confined in the branch
State prssn at Coal Creek, Tenn, escaped
by crawling through the bars Of the water
gate leading into the stOckade.
The annual Pension bill reported to the
House appropriates $3.50, 900 900.
THE State Department is advised that the
death of United States Consul Meade at San
Domingo was caused by yellow fever.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND returned to Wash
ington from Hartford. Conn. whcre he at
tended his cousins funeral.
THE ship Willie Rosenfeld, at Queenstown.
Ireland, had two OF her crew killed AMI the
captain and eight others badly injured in a
hurricane.
THE gallery of the Ducal riding school OF
CIotha Germany. collapsed during the re-
hearsal for the festival when the new Duke
will make his formal entry into the city.
Four of the persons were killed and twelve
were so seriously injured that they were
thought likely to die.