The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-04-15
Brief Glimpses of
the General News.

rreer, had both his eyes burned out
by his two-and-a half years.old
brother, Russell, who stuck red
hot poker clear into the sockets.
The American Railway Associa-
tlon met at Richmond, Va, yester-
day in annual session, with eighty
roads represented by 125 delegates,
The executive committee reported
that the association embraced 244
companies operating 157,3O6 miles
of railway.
The Ellsworth anti, cartoon bill
has passed the New York senate bv
vote of 35 to IA.
The Republican national leagues
convention will be held at Detroit,
Mich, July 18th, 14th and 18th.
At least 5000 delegates are expect
ed.
The Roumanian cabinet has re-
signed.
W. S. Ball, tax collector of Erie,
Pa, killed himself.
The Globe Savings Bank of Chi.
cago has failed. Eastern stockhold-
ers suffer
W. 0. Leland, a bank president,
has been arrested for criminal mis-
management.
Lieutenant Peary has been or
dered to report at the Mare Island
Navy Yard.
A special dispatch from Redding,
Cal, says that the remains of Capt.
Jacks tribe of Modoc Indians, now
living in Modoc county, in the neigh
borhood of the scenes of Capt Jack s
treachery and Gen. Canby's death in
1872, are now starving. In all there
are about 100 of the tribe left.
Seaman T. Pearsall of East Rock
away, L. l., sent his little boy, a1out
10 years Of age from the dock to the
house to get some tools. He remain
ed longer than Pearsall thought pro
pei, and when the boy returned his
father beat him brutally and finally
threw him into the bay and he came
near drowning.
The Interstate commerce commits
sion has notified most of the roads
making up the joint traffic associa
tion to forward to the commission by
next Saturday full information
about grain shipment, contracts anG
agreement in force from April 1
1896, to March 1, 1897.
Kentucky Populists are in session
at Louisville to formulate platform
and nominate candidate for clerl
of the appellate court. About on
hundred delegates were present ou
of a possible nine hundred, and tn
work of the gathering is very tame.
The powers notified both Greece
and Turkey that the aggressor viii
not be allowed to profit by victory
The flooded districts in the South
raise 100000 bales of cotton, anC
the crop Of 1897 may be cut >tha-
number of bales.
Gen. Sanguily has appeared il
Jacksonville but declines to talk,
A line of march and details fo
the big parade on the occasion of tn
dedication the Grant monumen
are arranged.
| z. T. Lewis, who disappeared from
Urbana, O., two years ago after haV
ing been charged with forgeries tha
amounted to $357,OOO, was arrested
| in Ypsilanti, Mich.
A girl who was graduated from
Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
last year, confessed to making trip
from Boston and robbing the gir
students.
1t seems that Mckinley was th
"advance agent" of sweeping Demo
cratic victories throughout the Yves
and Northwest.-News and Observe
The semi-annual convention c
the National Mule Spinners' Unio
is in session at Boston. Presider
Duggan, of Lowell, presides.
Four weeks have elapsed since til
terrible wreck on the. Evansville an
Terre Haute Railroad, at Whit
River, in which five lives were los
: and not one of the bodies has bee
recovered.
The memory of Frances E. Willal
will be perpetuated in the Nortl
l western University by life size bu
of white marble by dorado Taft.
> The sixty. seventh annual conver
l. ton of the Church of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints closed at Sa
), Lake, Utah, yesterday. The CT
d has been crowded for the past thr
days with members of the churt
d from Utah and adjoining States.
d Fifty Secretaries Of building al
S loan associations, representing tho
sands of depositors and millions
capital, met at the Sherman Hous
i, Chicago, Monday evening. Tn
b gathered to discuss plan whi
= would prevent further defalcatlo
of officers and restore public con
dence in building and loan assoc
tions.
The Congress of Honduras W
authorize Washington CD. Z. sy
- dicate to build traction road frt
Port Puerto to Truaxillo.
Efforts are being made at Norfo
- Va, to have Congress erect mon
l. ment at Hampton Roads to
memory of Commodore Maury.
1t is proposed to develop Canadi
OK trade by placing line of steam
between British Columbia ports a
those of Mexico and Central Am
" lea.
Highbinders in the Chinese gu
ter of San Francisco, CAL, hi
IS levied an assessment of $4,000
the merchants and renewal of F
sonal violence is expected.