The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-01
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

F0REIGN-At the banquet OF the
Non-Conformist Unionists in London
last night Lord Salisbury delivered an
address. in which he declared that ln
the Venezuelan matter he had sup
ported the Monroe doctrine las rule
of policy in the strongest and most
distinct terms"
DOMESTIC.-Two men killed in an
Alabama coal mine by dynamite eX-
plosion.-The South Carolina legisla-
1urc refuses TO pass a law against
carving concealed weapons.-Thc
Bluefield w. Va, lynchers Will be
prosecuted ninth ballot for eena-
tor in Kentucky gives Hunter tRep.)
.G1 votes, necessary to choice 63.-Bos-
ton people making fools of themselves
over refusal of leading hotels IN that
city TO entertain negro preacher
The outlook for good spring trace
promising.-ETearing of case against
SO railroads of Joint Traffic Associa-
ton for forming u trust postponed
for two weeks.-Enormous crowds
greet Liberty Bell on its homeWard
trip.-An old feud between two stock
raisers at Plymouth, Ind, ends in the
death of one of them.--The Standard
Oil Company having been declared
trust, it will be reorganiZed.-Ihe gold
reserve is now $49, 1888, ,456.-Changes to
be made in battleship Texas will add
forty tons weight.-A bill resembling
the Walton law will be reported to
the Virginia legislature will be re-
ported by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of Virginia's Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Asylum now in progress.-Another
fruitless effort to float the St. Paul
Hugh Dempsey released from prison.
Labor leaders making arrangements
for a big demonstration.-Ed
Mcfarland. colored mining engineer,
returns to his native State from
Venezuela TO organize colony to go
to that country to mine for gold
Lloyd B. Montgomery, aged Is, hanged
in Oregon for numbering his parents.
Regular weekly meeting of Nene-
zuelan mmittee.-Annual banquet Of
the Hamilton Club at Chicago, Prof.
Booker Washington of Alabama,
spoke Of Our New Citizens and lion.
VIM II. Skaggs. president of the
Southern and Northwestern Indus
trial Association, on ''The Passing OF
the Solid South. L. Fulford, liquor
dealer, Norfolk, assigns. Liabilities
500, ,O00.--Three persons killed and two
injured by a boiler explosion at Free
port, Ohio.
CONGRESS.-The Senate spends the
day debating the bond silver bill. The
Final vote to be taken on it to-day
at 2 o'cloek-The House devoted its
session to the transaction of routine
Dusiness-The question of censuring
Ambassador Bayard for his speeches
10 be considered in committee to-day.
armenian resolution discussed in
Cabinet meeting Sena-
tors decide to make an effort next
Friday to complete reorganization of
Senate.
STATE.-Ten thousand people greet
Liberty bell at Greensboro.-Tom Set
tie makes a negro from his district his
private Secretary Sheriff. Bell, Uriah
Bell and w. II. Brantley found guilty
of murder in the second degree, for the
killing of j. +. Bonner. The verdict
rendered at 2 o'clock yesterday Rock
ingham Superior Court in session.
Bob Scales gets ten years in the peni-
tentiary for attempted rape.-Winston
beat all previous records in shipment
of manufactured tobacco during the
month of january bill reported
favorably in the House TO erect S10,
900 public building at Elizabeth City.