The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-12-02
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WAGES ADVANCED BY THE MISSOURI PACIFIC
Finest Of its Class in the world-Snow
Storm in the West-Ravages of
Fire-Other News Notes.

has been released.
The city council of Opelika will
purchase lot and erect thereon build.
ings for a jail, clerks office, etc.
Pensacola, Fla, had disastrous
fire last week, in which 800, 900 worth
of merchandise and property was des
troyed.
The first snow storm of the season
swept over Wisconsin Thursday night
in the form of blizzard, which lasted
eight hours.
The forty-seven Austrian stave cut
ters, sailed from Baltimore ON the
Lloyd steamer North Star. They
were deported.
George Crawford, of Memphis, a
brakeman on the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley road, was killed Thursday at
Clarksdale, Miss. .h.s
The Naval Trial Board is of the
opinion that the new batlleship Iowa
is as one vessel of her class as the
world has ever seen.
Ten of the Mexicans who partici-
pated in the lynching of Arroyo, who
made an assault on President Diaz,
have been sentenced to death.
Mr.. Ogilvie, the government sur
veyor, just returned from year on
the Yukon, reports in January, 1896,
temperature of 68.1 below zero.
A dispatch from Rome reports that
sanguinary conflict has taken place
between the French and British at
Nikka, in Lagos, Hinterland, Africa.
j. B. Embrey, farmer, was shot
and killed at Mount Sterling, KY, by
his tenant, L. A. Stull. They quar-
relied over division of the tobacco
crop.
The spread of the bubonic plague
shows no signs of abatement at Poo
nah, Surat and elsewhere, in India.
1t has extended to Belgium and Ahme-
daguc.
Walthall Camp, Confederate Vete-
rams, of Meridian, Miss, will exhume
the bodies of number of Confederate
soldiers whose resting place is in an
old common and renter them in the
cemetery.
Governor McLaurin has issued a
proclamation ordering an election in
Quitman county, Mississippi, on Satur-
day, December IS, to fill the vacancy
in the legislature caused by the death
of j. r. Turner.
Fire broke out on the front street of
Erin, Tenn, Thursday, destroying in
one hour $4,000 worth of property.
1t was the second fire to visit the city
within the past few weeks. Only eight
business houses are left standing.
The planning mill of the Providence
Lumber Company, in East Carroll
parish, La, was burned last week,
with million feet of lumber, much of
it quarter sawed Loss only partly
covered by insurance, amount not
stated.
The full-rigged ship Port Patrick OF
the Port Line, Glasgow, Scotland,
Capt. Frank Hand, was almost wholly
destroyed by fire at her dock in the
East river, New York. Her cargo,
valued at about 800, 900, was also de-
stroyed.
Arbuckle and the Havemeyer inter
ests are hammering coffee down at
New York. Rio No. 7 was put down
to cents by the Havemeyer interests
and Arbuckle met the reduction. The
war is on and there is no telling how
low the price may go.
Alexander Brown & Sons, represent
ing syndicate of Baltimore, London,
New York, Philadelphia and Pitts
burg capitalists, have consummated
the purchase of all the stock of the
United Traction company, or Pitts
burg, amounting to $40, 900, 600.
The organization of the Confederate
Veterans Reunion association was
completed at Atlanta Wednesday.
This is to be the active organization
to prepare for the reunion to meet
next year, the date of which is
placed for June 21 and %, the ami
versary OF the battle of Atlanta.
1t was announced Friday that as a
Thanksgiving present President George
Gould, of the Missouri Pacific railroad
stem, advanced the salaries of all
. lployees along the line 10 per cent.
William J. Bryan has given to the
Missouri State university at Columbia
$3.50, which is to be used annually for
awarding prize for the best essay on
the science Of government
Gen eral Weyler has written letter
to friend in Madrid saying he is pre-
pared to support any political leader
''to carry out the political heritage OF
Canovas, adding IF I had been
allowed to remain in Cuba the war
would have been ended in Nav"