The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-12-09
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
Carefully Collated in Brief and
Pointed Paragraphs.
EURAACE EMPLOYEES WAGES ARE ADVANCED
The Germans Dispatch Artillerymen and
Marines to China-A Family Poisoned
by Drinking Milk-A Bank Closes.
A Passenger Train Wrecked.

Ex-senator Pat Walsh was elected
mayor of Augusta, Ga, Thursday by
a plurality of 824.
DIR. Thomas w. Edwards, the Ameri-
can who died in Paris, left fortune of
perhaps So, 100000.
President Pierola, of Peru, vetoed
the bill recently passed by congress
legalizing non Catholic marriages.
The State Piedmont Bank, of Nor
gantown, N. c., has closed its doors
owing to inability to make collections.
In fire damp explosion at the Fran
kerholz coal mine near Hamburg,
thirty men were killed and fifty in
jured.
The gold output of the Cripple
Creek district in November was
81, $50, 600, the largest in the history
of the camp.
The board of health of Atlanta has
decided that everybody must be vac
cinated who has not already submitted
to the operation.
Seven hundred blast furnace en-
ployes at Sharon and Sharpsville, Pa,
have received an advance in wages of
10 and 20 per cent.
Thursdays condition of the United
States Treasury showed: Available
cash balances, 1920, ,210, 130 /; gold re-
serve, $157 ,396,039
A passenger train on the Chicago
and Erie was wrecked near Lima, o.
1t is reported the engine blew up and
killed three persons.
The German naval department has
sent instructions to Kiel to dispatch
200 artillerymen with field guns and
1000 marines to China.
Jesse Bagley, with his wife and two
children, were poisoned by milk at
their home, near Dover, Tenn, and
none of them are expected to recover.
At Paris Sybil Sanderson, the Amer
lean actress, was received into the
Catholic church two days before she
married Antonio Terry, an immensely
rich Cuban.
Peru is the first of the South Ameri-
can countries to open negotiations with
the United States for a reciprocity
treaty under the provisions of the
Dingley law.
Governor Bloxham, of Florida, has
received letters from several COVER
nors of states saying they will attend
the national fish congress at Tampa
New Years Day.
Fire destroyed the gin house on
Major John M. Billups' plantation,
near Columbus, Miss, and destroyed
twenty-five bales of cotton and 1000
bushels of cotton seed.
At Canton, O., Mrs. Nancy Allison
Mckinley mother of the President,
was stricken with paralysis Thursday,
and it is feared her death is only a
question of short time.
Cuban insurgents entered the town
of Saco, near Baracoa, on the north
east coast of the province OF Santiago
de Cuba, plundered the stores and
machetted about fifty persons.
It is reported that General Pando,
who was placed in charge of the mill
tary operations in Cuba by General
Blanco, has been killed in an engage
ment with the insurgents in Santa
Clara province.
The British steamship Alberta sailed
for Hull from Baltimore with 253,3
bushels of corn, the largest cargo OF
corn ever shipped from that port, and
probably the largest ever shipped from
the limited States.
The president has appointed b. K.
Bruce, of Mississippi, register OF the
treasury. Bruce represented Missls-
sippi in the United Sta es senate IN
reconstruction days. The position to
which he is appointed is one he held
some years ago.
The first snow of the season fell
over Kansas Thursday night, extend
ing over the entire State. The snow
will generally benefit wheat In Cen
tral Kansas wheat goes into the winter
this season in better condition than IN
ten years.
In street duel at Nashville, Ark,
Thursday, DIR. Smith, prominent
physician, was killed, and J. j. Smith
fatally wounded by w. w. Milwee.
The tragedy was the result OF a fued OF
long standing.
At Mouse Creek, Tenn, Frank Sher, !,
man was shot from ambush and 1ei'
dead on the spot. His son, who was
with him, was seriously wounded. Inc
murderers are thought to be relatives
of the murdered man.
The Southern League of Baseball
Clubs was organized in Atlanta Satur-
day afternoon with eight teams as
follows: Savannah, Charleston, Au-
gusta, Columbus, Birmingham, Mont
| eomery, Mobile and New Orleans.