The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-19
General News.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
The Latest Reliable News From the
Earth's Four Corners Selected
and Condensed for Pro.
gressive Farmer
Readers

&EGSSIVS FARMER
Readers.
Toe next Republican National Con
vention will bs held in Philadelphia,
June 10 1900.
The Executive Committee of the
Anti Trust Conference have decided to
hold an anti trust meeting in Chicago,
February 18Th.
The tmeial figures of the Kentucky
vote fled with with the Secretary OF
State are: Taylor 1913 7I4; G. oebel 191,
331. Taylor's plurality So 2 383.
Goebel will contest Taylor's election.
There is no longer any doubt about the
contest coming before the Kentucky
Legislature. The Democratic commit
tees advise it.
In Porto Rico the Republicans have
carried Ponce by 1 700 majority. Elec
tions were held in seventeen towns
Tne Republicans hold eight with 1900
total plurality. The r apublicans claim
San Juan by a tremendous ms arjty.
A gems raj order has been circulated
by the Southern Railway applicable
only to the South Carolina division
that all employees of the company must
stop using cigarettes or resiC n their po
siti0ns, and that in future no one will
be employed who smoke cigarettes. AS
sistant General Passenger Agent 8. II.
81 ard wick says it may oon be made
applicable to all the different branches
of the road.
General Oils cables as follows:
There is no concentra ted insurgent
force Of importance in Luz0n, north Of
Manila. Southern Luzon will not
offer any serious resistance. Troops
are cooperating in that section. Or.
g~anized rebellion no longer exists and
our troops are actually pursuing RIB
Der bands. All important and threat
ened centers of population in the north
have been occupied"
Governor Poynter. Of Nebraska, has
appointed ex Senator Allen to fill the
senatorial vacancy caused by the death
of Hayward. 1t ia announced that the
appoint ment Of Allen was made certain
by the receipts of q telegram from Viii
liam Jennings Bryan by the Governor,
in which Mr.. Bryan urged that good
faith and partly expediency demanded
Allan's appointment. Eenator Allen
was Populist National Chairman in
1895.
Msj1r March, of the Thirty third
Volun seer Infantsy. reports to General
Young that he has destroyed Aguin
aldo's body guard. In the action in
surgent General Pillar was killed and
General Conception was taken pris
oner. March liberated SIS Spanish
prisoners, including $50, friars. The
American loss was two killed and nine
wounded. Lepanso Province is now
clear OF insurgents, and Agulnaldo is a
fugitive in thu mountains without a
command.
4u0 CJOA0SB guluS al h4Suy a NSyS
says the Western Recorder, is the pro
test of General Menthuen because
some of the Beers used the dum.dum
bullets. In the Peace Conference,
when even Turkey and Japan wished
to forbid the use Of these bullets in war,
England would not agree and her re
fusaI prevented their prohibition. TIE
Beers have no dunn dun bulle;s except
those they have captured from the
English And Kruger has forbidden
their use, though here and there a
B Der running short Of ammunition
may use the bullets he finds On the
the English dead or prisoners.
General Joe Wheeler in a personal
letter to a friend in Washington says
that ''there are more than 20 different
tribes in Luz3n and very few OF
them would submit to Aguinaldo 's
rule. AguinaIdo and his generals
would like TO govern, because it would
give them great power, and many of
his soldiers like the war because for
the first time in th9ir lives they have
authority to carry a gun. Many Of
them ara bandits who rob ~detenceless
people Of their money and sometimes
murder them. II we should withdraw
there Woul / be warefar re aDd anarchy
in the island and the Well to do people
would get soma strong government to
come and take control"
The 10 wer house of tie General AS
sembly of Georgia has adopted the
the folio wing resolution: BE it re-
soIved bv the House. the Senate con