The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-25
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

The New Orleans Board of Health yes
terday reported two new cases of yellow
fever and two deaths.
Six new cases of yellow fever at Key
West. Ella. At Miami, Fla, nineteen
cases in all are reported.
The Vincenzo Flor.o with S92 Italian
immigrants and the Albio with 4S9 ar
rived at New Orleans yesterday.
/ S. O. Jones, section boss, was killed at
Leesburg, Fla. by a train while trying
to rescue a pet dog from danger.
Advices from Hong Korg state That
Consul Wildman at Hong Kong is to be
relieved by Consul Bedloe at Canton, for
cause.
Herr Hopffe. a millionaire treasurer Of
a charitable organization of Saxony, has
been imprisoned for Incorporating the
societys funds.
The new Plant Line Steamship, the
T. b. Plant, was launched at Jackson
willie. Fla. yesterday at the Merritt
Stevens shipyard.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Southern Railway Com
pany in Richmond yesterday the old
board of directors were reelected with
out change.
The passenger elevator i'm the Warren
Springer building at Chicago fell lrom
the sixth floor to the basement yesterday,
killing enc man and fnjuring three, two
of whom will die.
Jim Jet1ord, the young Californian
gsugilist, made his debut at the Broadway
Athletic Club last night and was knock
cd out in the fifth round by Gus Ruhlsn
tie Akron, Ohio, giant.
BY obtaining speed of 81 knots All
hour during several hours trial ut sea
Yesterday, the new torpedo boat Dahl
gren exceeded her contract requirements
and proved herself a very able boat.
At Tampa the street car men of the
Consumers Line have struck. They
claim that the cigar. makers and other
unions will back them with general
boycott. There is no interruption to
, traffic.
Epworth Heights, a grove of fifty
acres of natural woodland situated on q
hill near Ioyeland. Ohio, and used b.
the Methodist church as CAMP meeting
ground, was swept by fire yesterday.
Loss $4,000.
Councilman j. l.. Reilly, of Cleveland,
Ohio who some years ago stopped the
runaway team of Texas farmer named
John Wallace, probably saving the hat
ter's life, has been lebt by Wallace who
has just died, $4,000.
Guatemala has accepted the PROPOSE
ton of the United States to arbitrate
the claim of Mr.. May, of Tennessee.
1t is about S125, 1000, in which sum May
claims he was damaged Through the
action of Guatemala in wrongfully de-
priying him of a railroad concession.
Count Torranaz. Governor of the
Bank Of Spain. has been appointed Min
ister Of Justice, in succession to Senior
Duran, who resigned in consequence OF
the decision of the Government to sus-
pend the constitutional guarantees at
| Barcelona. Martial law has been
gazetted at Barcelona.
Alta Cabinet meeting yesterday it was
/ decided to do nothing to relieve the
money stringency as it is thought that
| the heavy war expenditures will reduce
the surplus in the Treasury soon. Gov
eminent contractors at Key West, hay
! ing discharged, on account of yellow
fever, about 800 negroes, who are now in
destitute circumstances, will be notified
I to re-employ these men.
Governor McLaurinL of Mississippi
today pardoned Charles Summers, ex-
Pinkerton detective, who voluntarily re-
turned to prison several weeks ago, to
serve oIt an uneXpired term for rob
hing the Southern Express Company OF
$1,000. Summers recently returned here
from New York, reimbursed the express
company for the amount stolen, and ten
dpred the State $500 to cover the eX-
pense of hunting for him. He will return
to the Klondike where he made his mon
ey while Il fugitive.
| II is the Willingness to pay a good rem