The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-06
THR LATEST NEWS.
Brief Items Picked Up Here and There
From the Tropics to the Pole Tell
ing of all the Important Events
of the Past Week.

will probably be acquitted.
Governor ElIerbe, Of South Carolina,
died at his home in Marion county
Friday night, of consumption.
The Wisconsin Congressional delega.
ton, which is solidly Republican, hs 5
decided to support General David B.
Henderson, of Iowa, for Speaker Of the
next House. The Ohio delegation will
also support him. His election ia o
sidered certain.
Ex Governor Lowry has announced
himsel a candidate for .. s. Senator,
in Mississippi, and has commenced a
vigorous canvass Of the State. Gov
ernor McLaurin and Congressman Al
len are also candidates, and the fight.
already lively, will get hotter, as ex
Governor 10 very is strong man.
1t is said that Filipino insurgent gen
erals are more depressed by loss OF
arms than of men. Foreigners arrlv-
ing in Manila recently say that ell
cemeteries in outside towns are o
cred with new made graves, and that
a majority Ct Filipino wounded die
because Of lack of hospital facilities,
medicines and doctors. Il is now stated
that Admiral Dawey will arrive at New
York about October 1st, instead OF
July 4ih, as stated before.
Governor General Brooke has a de,
cree ready to be issued, making Cuban
editors and publishers res 9onsIble for
libel. The Spanish law made the writer
of an article alone Responsible: and,
therefore, every Havana editor he's a
hired sui itute paid to sign articles
of a defamatory character. This sub
stitute is usually a long time jail
bird" who, for money enough to
make imprisonment easy, will sign
anything.
The National Afro American Coun
Gil of the United States has issued a
proclamation asking the colorad peo.
pie of this country to observe Friday,
June 2. "a a day Of fGs ing end prayer.
The council alleges many iDjustices to
colored people, and especially recent
instances OF lynch law. The procla
nation appointing the day OF fasting
recites these occurrences, and pleads
God the Father Of Mercies may take
our d~eplorable case IN HIs own hands,
and If vengeance is to be meted out
let Cd Himself repay"
Saws the Raleigh Pcs: Close olsr
vers have learned to regard the posta.
department as one Of the very best
barometers of the condition of bust
ness. The postal business throughout
the country is go heavy that, as hat
lust been announced from Washing
ton. the number OF Ch GERS in which
the salaries of postmasters will be in
creased because Of increased receipts
il greater than at any previous time
in the history Of the government. The
increase the present fiscal year ovel
the pas will reach we'll up into tn
millions of dollar.
Aguinaldo and his Tagal follower
are called FIlipinos" as if they rep
resented the whole Filipino peopl
says an exchange, but there are othe
Filipinos who do not take Aguinaldo'
} view OF matters. There are tribes II
l the north of Luz)n who are old enc
mics of the Tagals, and some OF then
have asked arms that they may hgh
Aguinaldo. Recently the brother G
, the Filipino President Lacson OF tn
, Island Of Negroes went to Hongkon
to buy steamers to develop trade, an
he is reported as saying that the proc
llemation Of the American commli
3 sioners is perfectly satisfactory, an
that "Negros is as loyal as New YORK
Dispatches from the Philippines n
port that natives from San Isidro an
/ San Minguel arriving at Manila ga
6 that a reign of terror prevails sine
the withdrawal Of Americans troE
e those secti IDS. Returning insurgent
wreak vengeance on those who shove
friendship for Americans. They d
e clare thai these are being murdere
daily and their property confscatet
Filipino sympathjz2rs who remain
during American occupancy point oil
| il s7apces of friendliness toward Anne
leans, and on their evidence hose a.
cused are summarily dealt with. The
added that while conditions we're oa
before the American occupation the
are much woree now. 1t is believe
these stories are exaggerated"
: Although the official celebration
1 Queens Vlctoria's birthday did not o
. cur until June 3rd, the British peopI