The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
General News.
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It is reported that Hon. Thomas B.
Reed may remain in Congress, al,
though he has associated himself with
a law firm in New York.
The damage done by the Texas food
10 now placed by E J. Holmes, stats,
teal expert Of the Agricultural De-.
partment at Washington, at 90. Ala 900.
The Democrats of the eighth Missouri
district have nominated Judge D. W.
Shackleford for Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Con-
gresham Bland. Silver was side.
tracked.
Richard Croker, the leader of Tam
many has returned from Europe an
anti-expansionist and a Bryan man.
When he left home he was again Bryan
and in favor Of the retention of the
Philippines.
Eighty four per cent of the entire
State of Idaho is still public land,
amounting to more than "A, 600, 900
acres OF this area it has been esti.
mated by the Government Geological
Survey that z 900, 900 acres can be sue
cessfully irrigated.
Few York World and Associated
Press dispatches say hat three times
in one day last week William Jennings
Bryan indicated to the Iowa Demo,
Gratis that he no longer insist upon
making the silver ratio of Is to 1 the
measure of party fealty.
Aguiualdo has appealed to the Pow
ers for recognition of Filipino indie
pendence," in a document dated from
Tarlac, July q. It has been sent to
all the foreign consuls at Manila, with
the request that it be forwarded to
their respective governments.
An attempt was made at Rennes, on
Aug. Il, to assassinate Maitre Labor,
the chief counsel Of Captain Dreyfus.
He was shot from behind by one of
two men who ley in wait for him as he
was passing from his house to the hall
Of the court martial. The bullet passed
through his back and lodged in the
tissues back Of the lungs. The affair
has created great excitement, and the
session of the court was adjourned.
Latf stnews Is that M Labori will prob.
ably recover from the wound.
The second trial Of Alfred Dreyfus,
on charges of high treason, was begun
at Rennes, Aug z. The prisoner bore
himself with dignity and composure,
and his declarations Of innocence,
under sharp questioning, were intense
ly dramatic. His prompt and coher.
ent replies indicate that his intellect is
unclouded. Great crowds surrounded
the building to catch a glimpse of the
famous prisoner while entering and
leaving the hall. The court held it's
first session, August 8:h, to examine
the secret dos 3ieT, or collection Of doc
uments bearing on the case. The prose.
cution relies largely upon the dossier
and the reason for its secret examin-
alton ia said to be that some Of the
papers involve relations with Germany
and other Powers.
The law requires that railroads pub
Iish their tariff rates and the law is
generally compelled with, says the in
ter ate commerce commission. It is
nevertheless true that while as a gen
eral rule rates are reasonable and not
seriously discriminative, except where
the long and short haul is dieregsrded,
a great part of the competitive busi,
ness is done at present upon secret
rates, which are less than those speCi,
fed in published tariffs. While dis.
ordinations and preferences have been
ostensibly removed or diminished,
they still exist in a most aggravated
form. The roads claim this situation
cannot be charged unless they have
the power to combine and thereby
control the competition which pro
vokes these violations of law. The
commission claims that a large part OF
the railway business is now transacted
upon illegal rates and in certain quar-
ters charging the published rates ia
the exception. When competition has
been effectively crushed out in all lines
Of business, what then7
The Maz9t committee is still ferret
ing out badness in the bad portions or
New York city, remarks the Charlotte
Observer. One of it's detectives spent
a night in the Tenderloin recently,
with his pockets full Of spurious