The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-06

WIEN GQ8G 80m1F6l came OUT 20 Ills
doom, According to published reports,
the inventor says of his inventions:
War will cease to be possible when
all the world knows to morrow that
the most feeble of the nations can sup.
ply itself Immediately with g Weapon
which will render its coast secure and
it's ports impregnable to the assaults OF
the united ermadas of the world.
Battle ships will cease to be built, and
the mightiest armorclads and the most
tremendous artillery afoat will, be Of
no more use than so much ecTep Ir0p.
And this irresistible power can be K
erted at any distance by an egency OF
SO delicate, so impalpRble g quality
that feel that I am justified in pre-
dieting that the time will cone. in
credible as it may seem, when it can be
called into action by the mere exercise
OF the human will"
Boston, Nov. 3O,-A special to the
Herald from North Truro, says the
steamer Portland, of the Boston and
Portland Steamship Company, plying
between Boston and Portland, was to
tally wrecked at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning off Highland Light and the
entire crew and passengers persisted
within a short distance Of land. a
large quantity Of w%reckage, including
5ruDks and other material, has come
ashor and at dark last night thirty
four bodies had been recovered from
the surf by the life saving crew at
High Head Station. One body was
that OF a woman.
JENNINGS, LA, Dc. 2-The elegant
Sunset Limited trans continental train,
OF the Southern Pacific Yves badly
wsecked at 4 80 yesterday evening TWO
miles west of Sennings on what is
known az Grand Marlas. The train
LETT New Orleans at IL 30 today and
reached Jennings almost on slime. The
train was running 60 miles an hour at
the time of the accident. 1t is imp08-
siDle to tell the exact cause Of the
wreck, bat it is surTnised that an axle
on the locomotive gave way. The
pony trucks left the rails and ran 5000
feet en- the ties. The engineer reversed
his engine, but could not stop the train,
which was under full speed. The en
CINE finally left the track entirely and
plunged down an em0apkment, Ghe
0 onward end dropping emu the engine
turning completely over, where it lies
on it's left side, over halt submerged in
water and mud.
The limited carried 43 passengers,
none Of whom, wonderful TO say, were
injured.
MACON GA November 90 -Rumor
has Teen rife in the city to night that
the negro soldiers of the Third North
Carolina regiment stationed here in
tended to break out of camp and de-
stroy the city, and much uueasinees
has been felt both by citIzsns ana
soldiers.
The excitement among the negro sol
diers was caused by the shooting Of
private Will Kempin, of Company T.
Third North Carolina, by W. S Sim
mons. proprietor Of a saloon. Kempin
is thought to be fatally wounded.
He went to Simmons bar and called
for a drink. On being told that the
bar was for white people only, he be
came enraged and finally abused a
brother Of the proprietor, who struck
nim with a bot5lo. K6mpin went
away, but shortly aftetgard returned
with four or five other negro soldiers
and started towards young Simmons,
calling him a vile name. W. 8. SIM
moos seeing his brother in peril shot
K4npin in the breast.
Toe other negroes ran eff. Simmons
is in jail.
San Francisco Examiner: Most men
would as soon think OF gathering figs
off thistles as wool eff pine trees, yet
that is just what the promoters Of a
new Oregon industry propose to do, Mr..
and Mrs. D. A. Cords are establishing