People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1898-01-14


the Swatis in their attack on the Mala-
kand pass. Without serious resistance
he has captured the Tanga and Persai
passes The Afridis have deserted the
Khyber pass.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II. The first
woman in the country to ask for con-
sulship is Mrs. Cora Chaplain Weed of
Muscatine, Ia Her petition, with
about 300 signatures, is now in the
hands Of President Mckinley. She de-
sires to enter the service in Switzerland
or Germany.
CAPE Town. Jan. g. -Lerethodi. the
paramount chief of Basutoland. has at
tackled Maougha with $4,000 men.
Numbers are reported to have been
killed and wounded on both sides. Sew
eral villages have been sacked, the
whole country is in q terment and all
the traders are leaving
Los ANGELES, Jan. 1.-THE orange
crop of southern California, now being
harvested. is in prime condition. AL
though there was an expected fall OF
snow Monday, the fruit was not dam
aged The snow was light and soon
melted. 1t was followed by rain,
which will do much good to growing
crops.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1e.-Mrs. Augusta
Mack, Jointly charged with Martin
Thorne Of the murder Of William Gull
densuppe, q bath rubber at Woodside,
L. l., in June of last year, has been SEN
fenced to 10 years in the state prison at
Auburn. The good time allowance at
tainable would reduce the term to ten
years and five months.
WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 10-Francis
D. Newton, prosperous farmer of
Brookfeld his wife Sarah and their TO-
year old adopted daughter Ethel, were
found murdered in their beds The
crime was discovered by neighbors
whose curiosity was aroused by the low
ing of the unfed cattle. The three had
been killed with an ak
DUNBAR, Pa, Jan. I0.-Anthony Ora
| BILE, a negro desperate, was shot and in
stantly killed at Vanderbilt by William
| Matthews. CRADLE was released from
the penitentiary last week, and upon
his return home found Matthews living
with his wife When CRADLE called at
the house Matthews shot him dead.
| Matthews surrendered and is now In
Jail.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Paris oOrxe-
| ~ nof1
that despite denials. the French gov.
eminent is aware that Captain March
and has occupied Fashoda and IL in
tends to base a claim to possessions of
that region on priority of occupation
The correspondent says, moreover, that
the French government regards this as
the most critical issue in foreign politics.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Jan. g. The
windowglass factories, employing 1900
men, have commenced work. A big fol-
LITIGATION was held and the men danced
until time to go to work. A scarcity of
houses are keeping the families of a
number of the men away, and If $50
houses were erected at once, they would
all be occupied. Hotels and boarding
houses are taxed to their utmost ca.
pacity.
WASHINGTON. Jan. II. - Assistant
Commissioner Greeley of the patent
office has prepared the draft of a bill
which will be introduced in congress
governing the recognition of agents, at
torneys or other persons representing
applicants for patents before the patent
office. 1t gives authority to the COM
missioner of patents to require persons
desiring to practice to show that they
are of good reputation and possessed Of
the requisite qualifications to enable
them to render applicants valuable
service.
CHICAGO, Jan H. Dan A. Stuart has
arrived here from St. Paul, where he
went on fruitless endeavor to induce
Fitzsimmons to enter the ring again
with Oorbett. II said all could say, ~
said Stuart, "and made every induce
ment I could make, but it was all of no
use. FitZsimmons and Julian stood pat
on the issue that Oorbett must first de.
feat Peter Maher. I shall now offer a
purse for Corbett and Maher, but I
shall not hound Corbett into the match.
shall make the offer to him, and he
will, of course, do as he chooses"
LONDON, Jan. ga scandal is agi-
tatng the Roman aristocracy The
celebrated ducal house of Litta- Wis
CONT Arez has renowned its Italian
h. I'LL
ess Rosa Tarsis, a noted beauty, by
whom he had two daughters and some
time afterwards boy. The duke re-
pudiates the boys paternity and accuses
very high person. He has established
the fact i'll the courts that the child is
not his, but, as divorce does not exist in
Italy, the duke has become a French
citizen and has instituted proceedings.
Fort SCOTT, Kan, Jan. Elm the
trial of a foreclosure suit here Judge
Simmons took notice of All appreciation
in gold that might have resulted from
the campaign of 1896 A Populist
farmer protested against foreclosure
alleging that gold payment clause had
been forged in the mortgage The plain
tiff demurred on the ground that the
forgery would not have altered the liza
bility. The court reviewed the money
agitation of the 1895 campaign and
overruled the motion Oh the theory that
the liability might in certain political
events. have been materially altered.
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