Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-09-03
CONDENSED NEWS.
Happenings of Interest all Over the
Continent.

Happenings of Interest all Over tn,
Continent
Winston, N. c., August 90
A colored child, 4 years old
while the parents were away
from home to- day. fell into {
well. It was dead when taker
out.
1Berne, Switzerland, Angus
20.-The Copyright Congress
has passed resolution in favor
of the same copyright protection
being afforded to newspaper
articles as..to other literature.
Mauch Chunk, August 29.-
The shoe factory at Weisseport,
this county, was destroyed by
fire to-day, Nearly two thous-
and dollars worth of finished
goods We're stored in the build
ing. The total loss is estimated
at S12, 600
Raleigh, N. c., August 29.-
Henry M. Cowan, clerk at Dem
ocratic State headquarters, COM
mitted suicide in his loom to
day, by blowing out his brains.
He was for eight years chief
clerk in the State Treasury aud
was a welI-krown Freemason.
His mind was affected.
The Italian Government fas
arranged to send Signor de Mar
tino, a former minister to Brazil,
to demand satisfaction from the
Brazilian Government Of all the
claims made by Italy. Signor de
MARITIME will sail for Rio de la
neiro on board the steel cruiser
Commodore Dewey telegraph>
ed the Secretary of the Navy
from Boston that the official fig
ures show that the Brooklyn
came within fraction OF wins
olug S400, 900 premium by reach
ing twenty two knots speed. She
secures $35O,OOO by exceeding
ner contract speed.
Tie George H. Taylor Com :
pany, Chicago, one of the larg :
est paper houses in the West,
have failed, the First National
Bank taking possession. No
statement has been repaired, but
attorneys for the company esti
mate the liabilities at $l5O,OOO to
$3.50, 900, with assets unknown.
Governor Carr has been noti-
fed that twenty cattle have died
at dairy near Charlotte Of a dis
ease believed TO be anthrax. aud
that the local veterinarians are
unable to stop the disease. The
Cover nor has requested DR.. Sal>
mon, Chief of the United States
Bureau of Animal Industry, to
send experts there Immediately.
Chester August % An un~
known man, middle -aged, was
struck by a north>bound express
on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad tonight
and instantly killed. The man,
who was we'll dressed, was walk
ing across the track at Wilson
street and stepped directly in
front of the train. He is pock~
marked and about 5 it. 10 inches
in height.
Laurel, Del, August 90
While some vehicles were Ieav>
ing Moore's Grove Camp Meet
ing near here. last night, George
Gordy, of Sycamore, who was
driving a rather nettlesome
horse, lost control of the animal,
which dashed off, running into a
deep ditch, upsetting the Cars
riage. Mr.. Gordy and Miss
Sophie Windsor. who Was in the
carriage with him, were both
pllu0u uuuCI TIE WI0Ck0Q Yea
hicle, and the horse in his strug-
giles kicked the young lady, in~
iurlng her, it is thought. fatally.
Baltimore, August 29.-The
Charles Fl. Pearson Fruit Pack
ing Company and the Aughin-
oaugh Canning Company each
made a deed of trust for the
benefit Of creditors to-day. The
trustees gave bond for 5000, 900
in the Pearson Company and $1O,.
200 in the Aughinbaugh Com
pany. Both concerns were con-
lrolled by the same capital, and
the failure of one brought about
the downfall of the other. The
Pearson Packing Company had
one OF the largest plants in the
country and shipped goods to all
parts of the world. The assets
to 100000 and cover all
liabilities