The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-12-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


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osseoy ssA ysvsssy yssA-
spo1 In the vicinity ef fssa.is a~iay-
"a Trains for - hourp Thursday.
General Lord kiteh~n~r os KA.rsum
has Jeff London on his return To ths,
Sudan
The eovernmcnt has iner~As~d the
force Of inspectors on duty af the Car
negte mills In Homestead. Pa
samoan chiefs have lodged q eas~ai.
which was upheld BY the chief justice.
against the election Of Nataafa as King.
Thomas shark~y and -kid- Moco,
were matched ThursdAy 90 meet In Q
20 round bout on Jan 10 before the
Lenox Athletic club. New York
Two bulldogs fought In . classroom
In Princeton university and trrrincd the
students. who imagined tho beasts ~~r~
mad. They were separated after . blg
rumpua-
The United States br~~ers' eonv~n-
ton met In New York "Wednesday ana
decided To present u memorial u con-
eress praying for repeal Of the war tax
on beer.
II has been decided In Boston that
divers will be employed tn remove bod
It's and personal effects from the wreck
ed steamer Portland ~ the vessel can
be located.
Forty-nve OF the crew OF the aban-
coned steamship Londonian were land
ed at baltimore by the steamer vedA-
! more Friday. The remaining :. were
lost with the ship.
Russell A Alger. Jr.. son Of the s-cre-
tary Of war and manager Of his fathers
pulp company at Grand Mere. Que. was
seriously injured there by being thrown
from his toboggan-
The Paris exposition commission has
received n letter stating that French Of
| dcials decided upon the garden of the
Tulleries as q site for the Lafayette
memorial monument
| William II. Lynn. brother-in in law OF
President Igiesias OF Costa Rica. was
arrested I'm New York and gave e. 500
eaxh bail. suit having been entered
] against him in connection with a rail-
way scheme.
The hat factory OF John w. Green a
Co. one OF the largest In Danbury.
Conn. was completely destroyed by fire
j Thursday night Loss. Sc. 600. insur-
ance. $lol, 600. Four hundred men are
thrown out OF employment.
! Thurlow Weed Barnes has brought
suit against the China American Devei-
opment company OF New York for 81
000. 600. for services rendered In securing
concessions In China said TO be worth
from si2. 100000 to s24. 4.Oco.ccD
! A dock with a burning pile OF 1900
tons OF coal upon IL collapsed at West
Superior. Wis. Wednesday. and four
men were carried down with the mass
One was dug out alive. but the others
are supposed TO have been burned or
J sufYocated.
The jury In the case Of Mrs. Cody, on
trial in Albany for alleged biackmai
Of the heirs OF Jay Gould. failed to
reach a verdict after being out - hours
and was discharged Thursday night
Mrs. Cody was remanded to jail. and q
second trial will be held soon.
/ Mrs. Samuel Colgate Of New York {,
now the bride OF the Earl OF STAFFORD
The marriage. which was celebrated Ia
the chantry OF Grace church. New
York. Tuesday. was exceedingly simple
and quiet. and only a few OF the brides
relatives were present. Rev. DIR. Hunt.
ington ofiiciated.
An exceedingly disastrous fire origi.
mated Sunday night in the 1--WE stor,
building occupied by the clothing firm
of Rogers. Peet & Co. at Broadway and
Warren street. New York. Within ar
hour the building In which IL originated
was a shell. and the flames had spread
to the 16 story Home Life building, ad.
Joining on the south. which was prac.
tically destroyed. though the flames dic
, not reach the lower stories. The Posfa
Telegraph building. adjoining the HON,
Life building, was considerably dam.
aged. all the wires In the operating
room being burned out. The total los,
. is estimated at $1,000. 900. The hremer
were unable to do effective " ork on TIA,
high building.