The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-25
THR LATEST NRWs.
Brief Items Picked Up Here and There
From the Tropics to the Pole Tell
ing of all the Important Events
oF the Past Week.

Ing Of all the Important Events
of the Past Week,
Spain has appointed Duke D'Arcos
minister to the United States.
The current report that negroes and
whites ate together at che recent 81
Bryan-Jefersonian BANQUET in New
York is untrue.
General Joseph Wheeler expects to
be assigned to a command in the Phil
ippines He has determined not to
resign his seat in Congress.
The volunteer troops in the Philip
pines will not be mustered out for the
present, az it is feared that a reduc-
duction Of the force at Manila would
result in disaster.
Washington, April 90 1t is stated
positively at the War Department to
day that the provisional army OF IS, 600
volunteers authorized by the law will
be called out only as a last resort.
The ffty.fourth annual convention
of the Southern Baptist denomination
will begin it's sessions on May 18th
next in the auditorium of the Warren
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Louis.
vile, Ky.
An investigation Of Boss Croker's
political methods is now in progress at
New York City. It shows that New
York Democracy and Pennsylvania
Rspublicanism are equally rotten and
nauseating.
It is announced in Now York that
Speaker Thomas B. Reed has accepted
the offer to become a member of the
law firm of Simpson, Thatcher &
Barnum, Of that city. It is under
stood that Mr.. Reed will resign his seat
in Congress and remove to New York.
The statement has been made that Nj.
Reed is guaranteed a yearly income of
$50, 900 Before settling down he will
make a protracted visit to Europe.
Harrisburg, April 18.-The House to
night adopted both the majority and
the minority reports of the bribery in
vestigation committee, which made it's
report yesterday, and which named
nine persons whom the committee
found guilty of cOrrupt solicitation OF
members of the legislature in connec
ito with the balloting for United States
Senator and the consideration OF the
McCarrell jury call.
A sharp reprimand to the military
censor at Manila was sent by the War
Department, because he allowed the
remarks of Gen. Lswton about 100. 600
men being needed in the Philippines
TO be cabled to this country; it is said
that Gen. Shafter also got a hint from
the same source that he Was doing too
much talking about his belief that it
would be necessary to kill of half OF
the Filipinos before we could keep
peace on the islands.
Congress passed a bill providing
II. That no officer or private shall be
detailed to sell intoxicating drinks, as
q bar tender or otherwise, in any post
exchange or canteen. IL Nor shall
ann other person be required to GuOUed
to sell such liquors in any encamp-
ment or fort or any premises used for
military purposes by the United
States" Secretary Alger, backed up
by Attorney, General Griggs has de-
cided to let liquor be sold by Civilianf
- .~SGa - that nonNnH 0HnVHGn
Fort Worth, Texas, April 2O.-Apro
DOS of the demand on Governor Lind,
of Minnesota, to procure the immedi-
ate discharge of the Minnesota regl
ment in the Philippines, the following
was sent tonight to President McKin
ley: Muster out M~innesota's weak
kneed volunteers. Bucks Rangers
stand ready to take their places i'll the
Philippines. CSigned) A. B. Kelley,
late Captain Go. H, Second Texas Vol
~unteers."
The Lake City jury failed to agree
and the lynching case goes yer tt
next court.
There have been forty nine deaths II
Washington City from cerebro-spina
meningitis since the first day Of last
February. In other words, more
deaths have occurred from this disease
in ten weeks than in the two entire
years of 1897 and 1898. The total fol
the two years was only forty. There
ig no doubt that the situation which
: confronts tie city in regard to th'
prevalence of cerebro spinal meningi
tis is a serious one. The death rate Ii
not only alarmingly high, but is said tt
be far beyond the highest figures evel