The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
THE LATEST NEWS.
Brief Items Picked Up Here and There
From the Tropics to the Pole Tell
iDg of all the Important Events
of the Past Week


and two years ago was reelected TO
his sixth senatorial term.
Lorenzo Snow, president and head Of
the Mormon church, in U5ah declares
most solemnly that there have been no
plural marriages in Ugah since 1890.
WASHINGTON. D. @ DEC. 3O-Senor
Don Matlas Romero, the Mexican Am
bassador 50 tbe United States, died at
the Embassy here at 40 O'clock this
morning.
A daughter of Gen. Garcia, the
Cuban patriot whose death was an
nouDced in THE PROGRESSIVE FAMER of
December ooh, died last week. S1e
was told of her fathers death.
The population of Dawson City has
decreased to 16. 900, a good meal can
now be had in the city restaurants for
81. There will be no shortage Of food
CHS winter.
One of the most interesting political
run2ora of the year credits Senator
Chandler with favoring Admiral
Dewey as the next Republican can6i
Gate for President.
The House has passed the Philadel
phia exposition bill. It provides for an
exhibition Of American products and
manufactures in Philadelphia in 1899,
and carries an appropriation Of $3.50,
600.
The remains of ex Senator Calvin s.
Brice, who died ia New York a few
days ago. were taken to Lima, O, for
buria', floral tributes estimated to be
worth $40. coo accompanying the re
mains.
New York, Dec. % Mrs. Isabel
Ma!lon, best known by her mems de
plume of Dab" and Ruth Asbmore,
died at her home in this city yesterday.
She was one Of the best known women
writers.
It ia reported that the Iowa Dsmo
Gratis have decided to drop the Is to 1
issue in the next campaign, the party
making the fight on State issues alone,
but others claim that the gold men do
not represent the party.
a circular was issued last week from
the general Offices Of the Seaboard Air
Line in Portsmouth announcing the ap
pointment offs L. Allen, Washington
ticket agent of the system, as general
passenger agent, vice 7. J. Anderson,
resigned.
In order to be prepared for emargen-
cies the Navy Department has decided
to keep on hand nearly half a million
tons of the best steaming coal for the
use of warships. It will be distributed
at American ports and coaliDg stata
tions in the Atlantic and Pacific.
President Mckinley Wednesday ap,
pointed E han a Hitchc -ck, of Mis-
souri,, to be Secretary of the Interior
vice Bliss, resigned, aud the Senate
confirmed the nomination. Hitchcock
is the present ambassador to Russia
AS the Raleigh Post says: There will
be no more Bliss in the cabinet.
Both houses of the Alabama Legiela-
ture have passed a bill providing for
an election in July to select delegates
to a State constitutional convention to
be held next August, and the bill now
awaits the signature of Governor John
sion. 1t is known that he will sign it.
The convention is to deal with the
question OF suffrage.
The conference based upon the dis
armament proposals of Emperor Nicho-
las, has been fix d for ST. Petersburg
about the beginning of May next, prior
to which the Russian Government will
submit officially to the powers a def
mite plan of disarmament in order to
enable them to formulate notifications
or counter suggestions.
STOCKHOLM, Dec 8 1-The expedition
sent ou5 by the Swedish Government
in search of Andree, the Arctic ex
Dlorer, who attempted to reach the
north pole in q balloon, and who has
since been reliably heard from, has re
turned from Northern Siberia, where
months were spent in fruitIess efforts
to learn the fate of Andree and his two
companions.
The Democratic leaders of Congress
have, it ia stated by Mr.. Clark Howell
of the Atlanta Constitution. a member
of the national committee, decided to
ratify the treaty of peace with Spain
and to make the fight against expan.
sion with a resolution declaring it to be
the policy of the United States to give
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