The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-06-10

IeTeU anu tueu CIcduaCeQ Dy rODDerS
ut Sterling, Ill
The Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany has decided to dispense with it's
dog tariff, and hereafter dogs will be
carried in the baggage cars free of
charge.
President Stuyvesant Fish, of the
Illinois Central, says that the dis
ruption of the tariff associations
will force small roads to the wall.
The angry feeling against Ameri-
cans in Cuba is increasing as shown
by the heated utterances of some of
the newspapers of Cuba.
"Little Whirlwind," whose MUIR
der of Sheep-Herder Hoover started
the Indian outbreak in Montana, has
been arrested.
John r. Mclean will be a candi-
date for the United States Senate
from Ohio and will give Hanna a
hard fight. W. G. MacBride, of
Washington, has gone to Ohio to
conduct McLean's campaign.
A sub committee of the Senate
committee on foreign relations had
an officer of the Cuban army before
it yesterday giving a statement of the
situation in Cuba. All members of
the subcommittee refused to say
anything concerning the hearing.
William Claxton, of Campbell
county, Tenn was shot from am
bush and killed by an unknown as
sAssin.
Mining men of E!ko, New, are
exercised over the robbery of $4,000
worth of bullion from the Dexter
mine.
Ten miles Of whales at sea OBJ
structed the progress of the British
steamship Cuban in transatlantic
voyage.
In drunken quarrel at Norwich,
Conn.,, John F. Carroll was fatally
stabbed by his cousin, Henry Car
roll.
Perrin H. Sumner, famous as the
"great identif1er," of New York, has
been sent to prison for six years for
swindling.
Augustus N. Schmittman, an aged
New York merchant, was found
dead with his skull crushed, in a
suburban field.
Hon. W. J. Bryan is said to be
contemplating a trip around the
world, accompanied by Mrs. Bryan.
Hawley Knowlton, "king of gold
brick swindlers," of Seattle, Wash,
was held up and robbed of $1,000
by Anthony Mellon, his partner in
crime
Peter F. Enst, who died recently
at Onancock, Va, left instructions
for a tomb On which is to be in
scribed: ''The Sweet Potato King
Of Accomac."
| The Loyal Legion, at Detroit,
| Mich, agreed to admit to member
ship officers and their sons who had
served in the war, but whose names
are not on the muster roll.
Ex, Presidents Cleveland and Har
risen have been invited to attend a
banquet at the Windsor Hotel, Mon
treal, Can on June 81, in honor of
Queen Victoria's Jubilee
| Venezuela asked Grover Cleveland
to act as her counsel before the
Anglo Venezuelan arbitration tribu.
nal. He declined.
The $4,000 cloakmakers in. New
York decided to go on strike agains
the sweat-shop system June 13, the
opening of the busy season.
W. W, Ross, union organizer oi
Chicago, committed suicide owing
to his inability to secure employ
ment
A Baltimore letter carrier, de-
mented by the death of his wife, XII
ed three of his children and fatal,
shot himself.
Two cannon that were stolen from
West Point have been traced t,
Frankfort. Germany, where they
were shipped after being sold.
The cases of members of tn,
American Tobacco Company accus
ed Of having conspired to corner thu
cigarette market will be called in
| New York next week.
The shortage of Teller VIM. n
Boggs, of the First National Bank
Dover, Del, may exceed $4,000.
The Delaware constitutional con
vention has adjourned sine die.
A thirteen year-old granddaugh
ter Of President Sloan, of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad, lost control of her bicycle
and was drowned in pond ncal
Garrison, N. Y.
i A New York paper announce
that the formation of a pool is con-
templated to corner two thirds of
the whiskey of the country.
Judge Hanna, of the Orphans
Court at Philadelphia, declared the
direct inheritance tax law of Penn
sylvania unconstitutional.
Governor Hastings, of Pennsyl.
vania, has signed bill protecting
employees of corporations in theii
right to belong to labor organiza
tons.
The Sioux indians have refused
to aid the Cheyennes, who are now
on the war path,
The total attendance at the Ten
nessee Centennial Exposition is ex-
pected from present indications tt
exceed two millions.
The labor unions of Lynn, Mass.
have agreed to arbitrate future diff
ferenc2s with the manufacturers.
The Chicago Terminal Transfer
Railroad Company, with a capi cal
stock of 30,OOO,00O has been incor