The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-03-25
Brief Glimpses at
the General News

odGties OI Cne CUBAN leader against
the Spanish
The employees of the Southern
railway in the Manchester shops
have been ordered to work on full
time.
The exports in February show an
increase of $2,O7O,O00 over the ex-
ports of February, 1896, while the
imports show a decrease of S3, ,25O,-
600 over the corresponding period
last year.
The University of Cambridge.
England, conferred the honorary de-
gree of doctor of science upon DR..
Nansen, the Arctic explorer.
La Liberte, Paris newspaper, ad-
vises that European governments
anticipate the Mckinley tariff policy
by reprisals.
Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, lord
justice of appeals and author of
"Kay's Reports" is dead in London.
The London Daily Mail hints at
the insanity of the Emperor William
of Germany.
The Daily Mail, under the caption
"The Transvaal-A Grave Situa-
tion," prints despatch from Cape
Town saying that the British troops
there have been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness for an
emergency.
The Connecticut house has passed
a bill proving punishment for steal
ing electricity, with similar penalties
to those provided for stealing gas.
James B. Ford, of New York,
vice president, says the United States
Rubber Company will reduce the
price on rubber boots and shoes for
the coming year.
The Mississippi river continues to
rise in its lower course. Nearly a
thousand refugees from the flooded
districts have been removed to Mem
phis.
r. L. Lawrence, cashier for a mer-
chant named Stephenson at E berton,
Ga committed suicide because his
employer remarked that he intended
tc introduce new system of book
keeping.
Ambassador Bayard, with his fam
lily, will leave London today for
Paris, where he expects to meet AM
bassador MacVeagh, who is on his
way home to Philadelphia.
W. z. Schreiner, formerly Attor-
ney General of the Cape Colony, told
the Transvaal raid committee in
London yesterday that Cecil Rhode S
could not have stopped DIR. Jameson.
| At Mayor Golfers invitation the
leading officials of the railroads run,
ming into Atlanta will meet in that
city Monday.
| A queer japanese idea is that of
the officers wto served in the war
with China, in petitioning the Gov
ern nment to erect monument to the
memory Of the horses that fell in the
war.
A conference of silver men was
session at Denver, Col, this week.
The meeting was largely for the pur-
pose of talking over and deciding
upon ways and means of continuing
the silver campaign. Senator Jones
made an address, IN which he advo
Gated the distribution Of large quan'
titles Of silver literature, this being
considered the best way to educate
the people on the subject.
The City Council of London, Ont,
has decided to impose a license fee
of 500 on cigarette venders, in the
hope of lessening the cigarette habit
| among the youths of the city.
: 3. o. Flower and G. Selden Smart
editor and business manager of the
Arena magazine, have been honora-
bly, discharged of the charge of falls
pretense.
Considerable weakness has beel
apparent in the silver market re
Gently on heavy liquidation, OWN!
to the sentimental effects Of the eff
3 forts making by the japanese gov
c eminent to adopt the gold standard
:, Driven to desperation by uarre
g with her husband Alice Hilton, a re
p Gently married woman, of Scranton
, Pa, left her home, in the Gree
y Ridge section, walked a mile dow
20 the Delaware & Hudson Railroa
T. track and deliberately threw hersel
h in front of a north bound train las
20 evening. She was dead when picke
!. up.
y Gen. Wade Hampton, of Sout
: Carolina, is dangerously i'll at h
. apartments in the Metropolitan hote
u Washington, and his recovery is re
" garded as doubtful. His health hs
p been failing for several motnhs pas
id and in addition he has sufere
"a greatly from the never-healing woun
" which followed the amputation
his right leg at the close of the wa
The General is now nearly so yea
'p Of age.
ii. The Echo de Paris says Italy is {
- the eve of ce1ing to Great Britai
the Island of Pantellaria, in tt
Mediterranean, in exchange for Il
Island of Perrin, off the Arabs
coast.
The New York Herald corr
o. spondent at Salonica telegraphs tn
the Turkish government has 10(
900 men distributed along the Gre
L frontier.
~ Bourhe Cochran, of New 1or
had an audience with the Pope tt
,ck week.
The wool schedule of the NJ
tariff may be enacted into law as
-, emergency measure to prevent a
N ticipatory importations.
The secretary of the Byron So
ETY. in London has received te
l IS Gram from Athens stating that t