The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-04
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FOREIGN India imposes duty OF
80 per cent on all woven cotton goods
imported for home consumption. All
warns are empted.-Funeral Of Lord
Leighton, president of the Royal
Academy of London.-The Governor
General of Russian Poland may re-
gn.-Indications of revival of the
revolutionary movement among the
Armenians.
DOMESTIC O'Ferralls father
dead, aged 7S.-Virginia Democratic
committee to meet in Richmond goth
to fix time and place for State conyen-
tion.-Ex-Police Commissioner French
of New York commits suicide by shoot
ing himself. -Wheelocl1 d Co, piano
manufacturers, New York, assign.
Liabilities $255 5,000.-President ". L.
Thompson. of the National Lead Co,
dies in New Iorll.-The Legislative
committee in its investigation of Vir
oinia's Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum
finds another girl who was ruined by
a teacher.-A bill introduced in Nir-
ginia Legislature to re-establish the
whipping post.-Gov. Matthews de-
cides not to call special session of In
diana Legislature for purpose of pass
ing new apportionment law.-John B.
Bonner, of Augusta, Ga, arrested IN
FL PaSo for embezzlement of 200 III
cotton brokerage transactions.-A bill
passed by Kentucky Legislature pro-
hibiting pool-selling.-Tur out that
Lee Sellers who was lynched in Ten
neSSee ten years ago was an innocent
MANA millionaire DIR. Duestrow,
convicted of the murder of his children
in ST. Louis-The Kentucky Legisla
ture again a tie and lively times eN-
pected over the Senatorial election
Wrecking tugs succeed in moving the
ST. Paul twenty-five feet further out
of the sand.--True amount of gold re-
serve 1892. .649.-The mysterious
Fort Thomas murder believed to have
been committed by a jealous husband.
Gen. Harrison writes a letter TO
chairman of Indiana Republican com
mittee declining to become a candidate
for the Presidency. cy.-Congressman
Tazewell Elicit. of Virginia. seriously
i'll with pneumonia.-H. II. Holmes
lawyers argue on the appeal taken
when he was convicted of Pietzel's
murder.-Geo. Mason, distinguished
LAWYER. native of Virginia, dies in
Galveston Tex-Assistant pastor Al
len, of the First Presbyterian church,
Washington, accepts his full years
salary and gets out SO that DIR. Tai
mage may preach twice every Sunday.
A big lumber trust formed on the
Pacific coast-The puddlers' strike at
Hollidaysburg. Pa, ended.--Hays
Smith, of Columbia, Pa, oldest locomo-
tive engineer in United States, dies.
CONGRESS- entire day in the
House devoted to discussion of Dis
trict Of Columbia Enthusiastically
of Navy asks for additional appropria-
tion of $685. 900 to construct and repair
naval yessels.-The Senate substitute
for the bond bill will be beaten by a
large majority in the House.-The
President sends request to Congress
for an appropriation for Italian
victims of the Walsenburg riots in
Colorado.
STATE Judge Clark returns from
Mexico.-The Reynolds tobacco fac
tory at Winston sold for $8,000.-Pris-
oners at Lenoir attempt 10 escape
Steamer Commodore" held at Will
mington for alleged breach of neutral
itv laws. TO be released.-Settle denies
that the negro Corbett is his private
secretary, but there is abundance of
proof TO the contrary. i.
Weeks new book. ''Qakers and Sla-
very" goes to press this week
Thirty young lawyers licensed by the
Supreme court.-A tobacco factory
burned in Winston Loss 10000