The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-12-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

fr~sidens Mckinley gave q dinn~r IN
honor of Prcsidens fgiesiAs cf Costa
ksca Tuesday.
Colonel Rcossvvit was .no~tesad IN
New Lonicn- Conn 90 HE ~ay srou
tsoston to Me- Yort sunday
Two rcpiesin suifs axain,; Cattle kine
Gillette Of Kansas have c~~n ni~d In To-
p<ka They aggregate stsec.
The trial by court martial % Naval
Constructor Hanson began At the
League Island navy yerd Tuesday.
six psrsons we're killed and - ~~re
tnjur~d In an explosion On . river
steamer hear stockton. Cal. sunday.
The Ohio supreme court has affirmed
the decision Of the lower courts In the
Hooking Valley case against Judge
Burke
The viii Of the inventor of the K~-ly
| motor was filed In Philadelphia rhurv-
day. bue n makes no mention ~ the IN
| veEtion-
A special ofacer caught . man In the
| act Of starting . fire In the basement os
John wanamaker's Phiiad-iphia store
Thursday.
The TRIAL OF Mrs.. Margaret Cody. who
II accused of trying Co biaeku.sii o~orse
}. and Helen Gould. Was begun In Al
bany Tuesday.
Ten men are believed TO have been
drowned with foundering targ-s on
Rarnegat. on the New Jersey coast.
during the recent storm.
| Justice Gray on Monday published the
nsS bankruptcy rules formulated ~
the United States supreme court. which
are 20 take effect Jan. :. 1879.
Two iaborers were killed and four Sc
II -. a..a,. 49, A.. = a.
sewer excavation In Berrian avenue.
Kingsbridge. New York. Monday.
Five lives are reported TO have b-~n
lost and many ship~ grounded along
the coast OF Long Island as a result Of
Saturdays and Sundays terrifc storm
The demurrers TO the indictments
against Senator Quay and hts asso-
ciates- were oyerruled I'm Philsd-lphia
Thursday and the trisi set down for
Dec. L.
A soldier and nine other men were ar
rested Sunday In New York on account
Of the death Of Joseph Fitzgerald. who
had been killed In n saloon 10y n blow
on the head.
Senator Piatt has assured President
Mckinley that the selection OF Joseph
II. Choate for ambassador will Ice agree
able to him. and the appointment 10 re-
garded as probable.
II was reported in New York Monday
. that the syndicate headed 10y William
r. Grace was seeking TO obtain control
OF the Maritime Canal company. which
has concessions In Nicaragua
The contract for the building OF n
mile trotting track on a tract Of ground
owned by ex-Corporation Counsel w.
H. Clark near Yonkers. ~. Y. has been
let. and a grand circuit meeting will be
. held on IL next fall.
, Among the gambling houses raidcd In
: New York Thursday night was that o.
Honest" John Kelly. referee In the
Sharkey-Corbett fight. His friends "a,
the raid was for spite on account of hi,
decision in the contest.
a Senator Platt left New York foi
: Washington Friday TO urge. IL is said
. the appointment Of Elihu Root AZ en-
: bassador to Great Britain. IL is sale
. he is ready TO oppose whitelaw Reid
n appointment In the senate.
n Charles w. Couldock. the actor. diet
at his home in New York on Sunday a
( the age Of "a years. In his time he has
q played many parts. having had n sue
=, cessful career covering over half a cen
| tury. He was most widely known Z,
the playgoirz world as Dunstan Kirke
the blind ..iiller. In the stirring Scotcl
drama OF Hazel Kirke."
An attempt to break up the annua
q meeting Of the Eighteenth Ward Re
% publican club at Bricklayers' hall. Il
- Chicago. Tuesday evening resulted Il
- the death OF one Of the attacking part,
ard the wounding OF several Of thos
n who participated In the nght. Charlie
10 Lattimer. a bricklayer. was Instant,
=, killed. The trouble arose over a fac
= tional fight In the election OF officers.
l. The most severe wind and snov
- storm experienced on the Atlanti
y coast since the great bif1xard OF lss
ts occurred on Saturday night and Sun
l. day morning. Railroad traffic and tele
graph communication were almoe
Of completely suspended for "a hours Il
Is the eastern section Of New York. Ne,
20 Jersey and Pennsylvania and through
3, out the New England states. In Ne,
4. York city seven people perished In tn
Of storm. In the various localities ther
r. was a snowfall Of from 10 to 20 inches
and at times the wind reached a veloci
Or ty of so miles an hour. The creates
re damage was to the shipping interest
l. along the New England coast. IL
es estimated that 200 vessels of variou
o. kinds were wrecked or grounded an
I'd that not less than $50 lives were los
e. including about $50 in the wreck Of tn
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