The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
General News.
SPARKS FROM THR WIRES.
The Latest Reliable News From the
Earth's -Four Corners Selected
and Condensed for Pro.

Earth's Four Corners Selected
and Condensed for Pro.
gressive Farmer
Readers
Georgia Populists have declared
against fusion next year.
VIM. J. Bryan announces that he
will speak in the Kentucky campaign
for Blackburn and Goebel.
Ben Thompson, a negro rapist, was
lynched at Alexander, Va Tuesday
night. He vas hanged to an electric
light pole.
Two officers raided a d~isorderly
house in Marion, Va, recently, and
killed the man and his wife who were
running it.
The Italian Minister in Washington
claims to have convincing proof that
the five men lynched in Louisiana were
all Italian citizens.
Mr.. Bcyan spoke to 1000 at C'arin.
da, Iowa, Monday. He discussed the
silver question, expansion, increase of
the army and trusts.
The Russian wheat crop indicates
shortage of from IS, 900, 900 to $780,
600. 900 bushels. compared with last
years production.
Official figures show that 1856 .277
and 116 348 female immigrants arrived
in the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 30th last.
There vas a severe storm early last
week on the Gulf coast of Flori.
da; town of Carrabelle wrecked; tur,
pentiae% interests greatly damaged.
A Luzon soldier writes that the
United States Government is now
offering $50, in Mexican silver to any
Filipino who comes in and lays down
his gun.
Elk Gov. Atkiaeo1, of Georgia, died
Tuesday morning at his home in
Newman, that State. He had been i'll
for some time and death was due to
dysentery.
The first bale of South Carolina new
crop cotton was shipped to Charles
ton 55h by Col. L. W. Youmans, a
prominent farmer Of Fairfax, Barn
we'll county.
The Alabama and Tennessee iron
furnaces turned out for the first half
of the present year 757. 796 tons, 137,
SOS tons more than they turned out or
the corresponding period last year.
The fever outbreak at the National
Soldiers Home, Hampton, Va, is well
urd9r control. There have been very
few cases and no deaths since last week.
1t ia thought it will soon be stamped
out.
Elk GOV. John Gary Evans, OF South
Carolina, says that Bryan will be
nominated by the Democrats by &C,
clamation. He scouts the idea that
the South does not want Bryan and
free silver.
In Toledo, Ohio, IN the evening of
August 18Th, the infdel library of
Marshall WRggoner. formerly a pro.
nounced agnostic, will be publicly
burned. He was recently converted
to Christianity.
Our neighbor, Mexico, is in a war
with the Yaqui Indians. Over 1000
Indians are in the field and their in.
structions are to exterminate the In
dams, who have killed over 100 miners
and as many soldiers.
A sever cyclone passed over por.
tions of Porto Rico and other portions
of the West Indies Tuesday night.
The details of the storm are meRgre,
but it is known that much property
was destroyed ard many people killed.
War Secretary Rcos says with empha,
sis that all possible means will be adop,
ted to give the commanding general in
the Philippines, whoever he may be, the
81, 900 men provided for before his ap-
pointment as Secretary of War, at the
earliest possible moment.
Attorney G sneral Taylor, Of Indiane,
at the request of the State Medical
Board, has delivered an opinion that
1t is illegal for faithcurists, Christian
Scientis g and other unlicensed per
sons who assume the title of doctor, to
minister to the sick, particularly where
a fee is charged.
Carpet dealers have been notified
that after the middle of this month
wholesale prices on all goods of both
home and foreign make will be ad
vanc, d from 10 to 30 per cent. This is
the result of an increase in the price
of woods and demands for higher
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