The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The Spanish Cabinet
decides to appoint Gen. Polayieja 10
replace Gen. Campos in Cuba. The sit
uation at Havana is critical.-French
imports for 1895 decreased $4,000, 900
francs and exports increased 100000
900 francs.-M Floquet, prominent
French statesman and formerly Pres
idcnt of the Council of Ministers, is
dying -England's new flying squad
ron assembled at Spithead. It's first
destination will be the Bermudas-
The dispute between Chill and Argen-
tine will probably be peacefully set
tied.
DOBlESTIC-The engagement of eX-
President Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick
announced.-A reporter on Chicago
paper claims the play" Ambition is his
and files as $4,000 damage suit against
Nat Goodwin.-All branches of busi-
ness dull and waiting for settlement
of the financial question.-Battleshi
Indiana now at Fort Monroe.-Elder
David, general merchant at Monroe,
La, makes an assignment. Liabilities
SOC, 0,e00.-Farmers' National Bank ut
Portsmouth, Ohio, suspends.-
gan's free silver conference appoints
an executive committee to carry on
work of organization of friends of the
white metal.-The object of the
Southern Tobacco Manufacturer AS
sociation, organized this week at Dam
vile, and of which Col. j. S. Carr is
presidents to fight the American To-
baceo Company.-The House of Rep
resentatives of the South Carolina leg
islatEre refuses to pass resolution en-
dorsing Cleyeland's Venezuelan mes
sage-Julian and Quinn to meet in El
paso to-day and select referee for the
Maher-Fitzsimmons fight.-No change
in Maryland's Senatorial deadlock
Two people killed and three injured
by locomotive in New York.-Mayor
Smith, OF Charleston, refuses to reap
point Chief Of Police Martin, who has
always upheld dispensary law.--La-
zard Freres will ship S1,o00,0o0 in gold
bars to Europe to-day.-Henry G.
West d CO.. rice and coffee brokers.
New York have assigned. d.-Seyen ne
gro laborers killed in South Carolina
by the falling of a roof of mud-coy-
cred shanty.-A negro, William Green,
arrested near Petersburg, for stealing
diamonds from Mrs. Manson, of New
.-Ex-Congressman Frank Law
Ter, of Chicago, dead.--Pope Leo has
not offered his services, through Car
siinal Satolli, as arbitrator in the Nene-
zueIan controversy. as was reported IN
England. About a year ago he tender
ed his services, but Lord Roseberry de-
clined to accept them.-Mr. Severe
Malett Provost, of the New York bar,
will probably be selected as Secretary
10 the Venezuelan Commission.-A bill
introduced in Virginia Legislature in
cooperating the Tobacco Warehousing
and Trading Company of Richmond,
with capital stock of 100000, and
principal office in Danville.-Thomas
Y. Ponder, convicted OF murder in Sa-
ganDah The first white man con-
yicted of murder in that city in fifteen
wears No white man has been hanged
since the war-Fifteen passengers in
iured, six seriously, by a bad accident
on the Midland Terminal railway, in
Colorado.-Populist National Commit
tee meet in St. Louis, and Butler does
the talking. Three cities, St Louis, In
dianapolis and Milwaukee ask for the
National Convention. The question to
be decided to-day. July 21st practlc-
ally decided upon as the time.
CONGRESS- Psksion Appro-
priation bill passed by the House. No
new amendments allowed.-The Blind
chaplain's prayer for Cuba applauded.
House adjourns until Monday.-The
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
fions adopts Senator Davis resolution
reaffirming the Monroe doctrine.
STATE.-Fourth day of the Bonner
murder trial at Washington, n. c.
Death of DR.. J.. a. Hanks, of Pitts
boro.-Col. j. S. Carr writes friend
that il would be impossible for him to
ACCEPT a nomination for Governor.