The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-09-23
Current Events of the Day Epi-
tOmiZed.
NEGRO POSTMASTER SHOT.
Turkey and Greece to Sign Treaty OF
Peace-Two Texans Shoot and XIII
Each Other-Statue to Canovas to be
Erected by Spain.

Frank Lockrldge accidentally sho,
and killed himself at Spring HILL Ten
nessee.
Professor Andrews has withdrawn
his resignation as president of Brown
University.
General Ignacio Andrade will sue
ceed General Crespo as president of
the Venezuelan republic.
Captain Thomas McDermott has
been nominated by the Republicans
for mayor Of Chattanooga.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Wisconsin Central Friday, resulting in
the death of five persons.
]. II. Loftin, the negro postmaster
| at Hogansville, Ca, was shot Wednes-
day night by unknown parties.
Gaines & Fullers cotton gin, corn
! mill, flour mill and planning mill were
burned last week, with loss of $4,000.
The National Road Parliament met
in Nashville Friday, and selected
Omaha as the next place Of meeting.
Lille Texas Young, 1S years of age,
was found murdered near Salem, Va.
Robert Foulz has been arrested for
the crime.
Paul de Pierre, formerly vice-consul
of the French republic at New Or
I leans, killed himself by inhaling illu-
minating gas.
C. S. Preston, Kansas City drum
mer, was fined heavily last week al
Brunswick, Ga, for refusing to show
his health certificate.
The coal miners strike, as far as
the Pittsburg district Is concerned, is
off, and the $4,000 diggers will resume
work at the 65 cent rate.
A small pox patient, a negro boy,
was placed in the pest house at Co
lumbus, Ga, Friday. This is the only
case Of this disease in this locality.
A statue to Spain's murdered pre-
mier, Canovas del Castillo, is to be sci
up in Madrid, the municipal authori-
ties of that city having just unant'
mously decided to thus honor his
memory.
The long overdue steamer Excelsior
which left st. Michaels, Alaska, fol
, was compelled to put back to Unalas
ka for repairs, arrived Thursday with
sixty-th passengers and about one
million dollars in gold.
1t is understood the fejeral admins
tration will take steps looking to the
apprehension and punishment of the
assailant of Loftn, the co.ored post
master at Hogansville, Ga, who was
shot on Tuesday.
Georgia Republicans say tat it is
, pretty well settled that Gen. Long
street will be appointed railroad com
missioner to succeed General Hamp-
ton some time next month; at aay
rate, by the 1st of November.
The imperial government of Austria
will demand full satisfaction for inju
ries to Austro- Hungarian subjects al
Latimer and the severe punishment OF
those who are culpable in that affair
according to the sentence Of American
tribunals.
DR.. T. B. Carter of Kaufman, Tex
and Charles p. Russell, of Abbott, two
of the most prominent men of that sec
ton. who had hitherto been friends
and business associates, shot and
killed each other at Abbott last Thurs
day.
The Neu Freie Presse says 1t is re-
ported in official circles that the Sui
tan of Turkey and the council of min
isters Of the Ottoman Empire have
accepted the conditions of peace witt
Greece as arranged by the ambassa
doris of the powers, and that d Is eX
pected the preliminaries of the treaty
win be signed on Friday next.
The government at Madrid has re
eaived n cableVram from Captain-Gen