The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
General News.
SPARKS FROM The WIRas.
Latest Reliable News From the
Earth's Four Corners Selected
and Condensed for Pro-
gressive Farmer
Readers.

M @~-SS
discovered a chest containg $19 600 in
gold. Many thousands Of treasure
have already been secured during the
progress of the work. Tee wrecking
operations have so far Melted the com
pany $500. COO.
At a conferences OF about twenty
five prominent House Republicans held
at the capital Friday night it was de
cided that the eligibility OF Represen
tative- elect Roberts, OF Utah, 20 occupy
a seat in the House Of representatives
should be Investigated and determined
ard that pending the decision he
should not be permitted to take the
oath OF Office.
Richard Croker, Tammany boss,
says: WIN. J. Bryan will be the
standard bearer of the Democratic
party il the next national campaign.
The fight will be made against trusts
and Imperialism and Mr. Bryan is the
only man to lead such q fi3ht, Tam
many Hall will give him lis heartIest
support, you msy rest assured Of that.
No running mate Cor M. Brysn has
been selected yet. Several names have
been under censidera1ion, but no de-
cision has been arrived at"
The special meeting of the national
committee of the Silver Republican
party, adjourned Wednesday. Areso,
LUTON was unanimously adopted that
a national convention Of the Silver Re
publican party be held, aud the execu
tive committee was instructed to CON
fer with the Democratic and P0pulist
national committees in an efor to Sc
cure if possibls, the holding of all
three national conventions at the same
time and place, and at the earliest prac.
tical date to the end that complete Co
operation Of the reform forces may be
had.
Former Senator Call, Of Florida, has
prepared a statement for presentation
to the Senate committee on privileges
and elections asking that the manner
OF the election of Senator elect Italia
ferro, of florida, be Investigated. He
charges that undue means we're used
to secure Mr.. Taliaferro's election and
asks that he be not seated. He asserts
that the election was due to the unfair
influence OF the Standard Oil Com
pany, which, he say s, used moDey to &C
complish it's purpose. Mr.. Gall also
asks the Industrial Commission to in
vestigate the charges as indicating the
methods Of trusts in politics.
Nearly 50. 600, 900 worth of property
was destroyed by two fires in the heart
of the business section of Philadelphia
Wednesday,. Toe greater OF the two
fires started in the big department
store of Partridge & Richardson, at
the south east corner OF Eighth and
and Hilbert ~streats, the very center OF
the shopping district, at $50 3. M, and
before the flames had been put under
control, they spread to adjoining prop
erty and caused a loss of about 81, 700,
600. While this fire was in progress
and spreading every momenb, another
fire broke out four blocks away. The
loss at this fire is estimated at $11O, 600.
The losses Of the two fires are more
than covered by insurance.
THE shower Of Ieonids will not oc,
cur this season. The brilliant specta-
Gle has been announced one year too
soon" This announcement has just
been mad by DE-. L. J. See, one of the
most advanced astronomers in the
governments service. Bill Arp says
two years too soon. He says: well,
l have been impatiently waiting on
the stars, but do not be ie7e thai this
is the year fer the meteors-my books
do not say SO Humboldt is pretty
high authority, and so is Appleton's
cyclopedia, and both say the periodic
interval is thirty ,fonr years instead of
thirty three. They fell in 1899 and in
1888; there was a partial display in
1867, 80 they will not come again until
1901 year after next"
The Hard Rick bill introduced il the
10 house of the Georgia General
Assembly, for tie purpose of pla sing
such limitations on the negro in that
Sta g as to prac sicalIy disfranchise the
colorsd voter, was overwhelmingly de-
feated Tuesday, the result OF the ballot
being 1877 TO 8 The result was a eur
prise. The Hardwick bill provided that
no person should be competent to vote
unless he was able to read and write
any paragraph of the constitution OF
this State, to understand any para
graph of such constitution end TO give
a reasonable interpretation thereof;