The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-12-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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business pcr,son Of Perry. la. Mon.ay. /
doing s-so CO. damage
Former Judge szg- OF the rntt-a 4
States disiric, court dir. At his hone
N Lebanon. q. Tuesday.
Earthquake shocks N~Fc sei; In var.
rus sections % Virginia North Caro-
ina and Tennessee Friday.
Dr. p II. Pierce o, cnrt.tian-hu-< /
Va. Was found dead In the Mofton /
House. New York. Thurraay.
Kansas has been suffering from q 49, ]
we're blizzard. Train service ts 1elay-c i
lnd cattle suffer from the cold
Three Thousand Operators In cotton 1
;nilis IN Augusta. Ca. have quiz woTk
because 90 reduction IN wages.
Heavy rains have qGench.,i t~o
weeks forest nr- In the Indian Terri |
tory. II has done about t-S0.oco dam |
age.
The people OF Olympia. Wash. VIII
present a commemorative tablet To the
flagship olympia 81 Admiral pc~-y'S
fleet.
The Harvard football team defeated the
Yale team In the championship game at
N.G Maven on Saturday by a score os
Il to o.
The Middle Village Methods, Epl~co-'
rai church in Queens. -. Y. celebrated
its one hundred and thirticth annly.rsa-
~ Sunday.
Rev. Dr Parkhur~t assaliesi prcsid~nT
Me cnini-y in hts Thanksgiving day rvr-
mon IN New York. and several persons
left the ohIsch.
A burglar in Jail n; bridegroom. Conn
vowed he would not eat until set at
liberty. Tuesday IA stomach pump WA,
used To feed him.
1. is reported that Is persons who
were shipwrecked at the mouth 81 the
Kusk kahn river. in Alaska. were mur-
dered b. Indians.
The Earl Il Strarnrd, who IL 10 marry
Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate. arrived in New
York "Wednesday. The time of the we'd
ding is not yet made public.
Somewhere between New York and
Lexington. Ky. "A registered letter con
tanning i.o0o has been stolen. Its send
er was J. Madden. the horseman.
one man was killed and three men
| were injured in a collision between a
| freight train and switch engine "A, Wa
terbury. Conn. Wednesday night.
The clipper ship Atlanta. bound from
| Tacoma to Cape Town. went ashore on
the oregon coast on Friday. only tive
| James Kerrigan. who deserted his wifi,
in Brooklyn four years ago. kidnapeG
his young son in that borough sunday
| night, with the aid Of the woman with
| whom he lived.
Ex-Congrcssman William J. white of
Cleveland bought Star Pointer. the
fastest harness horse I'm the world. fOi
sl5.00e at auction In Madison Square
Garden. New York.
Rev. a. c. Dixon. in n sermon at the
| Hanson Place Baptist church. Brook
lyn. Sunday on Higher Critic Myths
| and Moths" attacked the Chicago uni
| vcrsity and the Chautauqua school.
Owing TO n quarrel with his brother
over a little strip Of oyster bed. George
Washington Davis says he is about 10
turn his mother and father out OF the
home which they have occupied in Ga
narsie. n. Y, for 40 years.
Edward q. Assay. who was In former
| days one OF the great criminal lawyers
OF the country. died Thursday In Chi
| cago. He defended the leaders In the
Camp Douglas conspiracy during the
| war and was prominent In the whisky
trials in 1875.
| DIR. Nancy A Guilford. who wa,
brought from London upon the charge
OF numbering Emma GIL last Septem-
ber. was arraigned before a special ses-
sion OF the criminal superior court in
Bridgeport. Conn. Tuesday and ball
fixed at SO. 200.
Samuel J. Gompers. president of tho
American Federation of Labor. had an
interview with President Mckinley
Wednesday for the purpose Of securing
II possible. the presidents Endorsement
| in his message OF labor measures pend.
ing in congress.
The naval court OF inquiry that has
, been investigating the cause of ths
| cruiser Buffalo's detention has absolvec
| Commander Hemphill and Chief Engi.
neer Beig from blame. Three subor
dinate mechanics have been dropped
. from the service.
A band of White Caps at Black Rock
Ark. who had captured n negro sccus
! ed Of stealing. were fired upon by ih'
? mans friends. One member Of tn
, band was killed. another mortaily and
a third dangerously wounded. rae.
, war is threatened
, The Pullman Palace Car company
, through its California attorneys. ma,
, | appeared before the board or raiiroaL
: commissioners and taken exception e
It to make annual reports OF its op
erations in that state.
After a hard struggle for legislatiy,
and executive approval and after vary
ing success In the lower courts the -
called antiscalpers law has been do
clared unconstitutional by the court o
appeals OF the state OF New York an,
Is therefore imperative.
80
: Falls. n. Y, was drowned at pier 6
North river. New York city. Thursday
He was attempting to board the cana
boat Hercules. when he missed his foot
: ing and fell overheard. His body wai
r recovered an hour after the accident.
a The western football championshI,
! goes to Michigan university. On fiel'
that was simply perfect for fast foot
ball and before a crowd OF fully u c0l
the Chicago university eleven wer
beaten by the Michigan team Thurs
day afternoon by a score OF IL to IL.
A letter received from Lieutenan
!. Robert f. Peary by DIR. J. r. Hill o
: Watervilie, Me, states that In all prob
!. ability no message will be received fron
y him for several years. The Hope clear
z ed the icenelds all right. but Lieufenan
. Peary expresses fears the Windwar
may be delayed b. the ice c,cz-ns In.
United States Senator G. s. G1ay. IA
son. Richard =. Quay. and ex-Etat
Treasurer Benjamin J. Haywood wcr
indicted in Phiiadelphia Monday for Al
}. legged conspiracy IN handling the fund
!. of the defunct Peoples bank. The &C
cused were arrested some time ago o.
this charge and placed under. bonds Z
await the action OF the grand jury. Sen
ator Quay insists that there has bee
no conspiracy or misuse Of the fund
OF the bank and that the prosecution |
for political purposes and aimed to Dc
feat hfs reelection TO the United stste
'e senate. while the prosecuting attorne
;e processes TO be able to secure q cor
a | viction-
- In Philadelphia Thursday. on q fiel