The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-06
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mas dFtlNea ~ IeIagOa bay.
The Chicago Admiral schleys flag
ship. left Saint Lucia Monday bound for
Bahia.
A German trader was recently killed
and eaten by the cannibals Of the Nd
niralty Islands.
lit is denied that William r. Miller,
head of the Franklin Syndicate. has
been arrested in Montreal or Quebec.
The torpedo boat Bailey was launched
from the yard Of Charles II. Seabury Il
Co, at Morris Heights, ON the Harlem
river yesterday.
The British steamer Spennymoor. Cap
tain Davies, while leaving Feeamp,
England. for Mobile, Ala, ran aground
yesterday.
The caves Trough and Rain Spout
Combination deny that their company is
a trust and that the object of their meet
ing at Cleveland, ONO, IL to raise prices.
/, The Comptroller of the Currency has
statement of their condition at the close
Of business Saturday, December 2.
= w. #. Carter, ex-postmaster at Mel
drim, Ga.. was sent to Jail Yesterday in
default of bond under the charge Of
misapprorriating the funds of the Nj
tional Government.
Cecil Rhodes dispatches intarccp ed
near Kimberley say the Debeers mines
are filing with water ana Chat Mr..
Rhodes estimates the damage At 500
COO per day.
From Constantinople Admiral Four
nier, the commander OF the French Med
iterranean Squadron, has started for
Sebastopol to pay a visit to Athnirl
Tyrtoff, the Russian Minister of the
Navy.
The British second class cruiser .tIe-
thusa has been closely watching the
German Steamer ELLA Woermann, which
sailed from Hamburg, November 18th
for the West Coast Of Africa.
The State Railroad Commission of
Georgia addressed to several railroads
and the Southeastern Freight Assocla-
tion letter protesting against the pro
posed advance of ten per cent in coal
rates.
The rush of bills in the House Of
Representatives Monday was the great
est in the memory of House officials,
the total being S61 bills, public and
private, and thirty resolutions.
The Cabinet meeting yesterday was
largely devoted TO discussion of the
financial conditions in Porto Rico. The
subject will be referred to Congress for
future action.
At Chicago last night a Wabash Rail-
road passenger train struck a Thirty first
street election ear, injuring eleven per
sons and demolishing the car. None Of
those injured will die.
The Board Of Trade of Chicago have
resolution calling on the
commercial exchanges to combine in
putting down the bucket shop system Of
speculation.
At Columbia, s. C.. Governor Me-
Sweeney has offered reward Of $500
for the arrest and conviction of the
Branchville express robbers. The
Southern Express Company has already
offered $500.
Mrs. Sol Van Praag, wife Of well
known politician of Chicago. has been
found guilty Of larceny in stealing, with
the aid Of other women. S1450 from
William G. Duncan, Of Portland, Ore
gon.
Private adyiees received at CONSTANT
nople report that the Kurds have
avenged the recent inenrsion of Russian
Armenians into the Alashgered district,
in Turkish Armenia, by pillaging the
Armenian village Of Kostur and massa-
ering 300 Of its inhabitants.
The American schooner Robert Ruff, |
struck reef near Vera Cruz on the |
coast last week. and was
wrecked. Her captain, Charles w. |
kaeeker. Of New Orleans, was drowned. |
has been learned as to the fate |
Of the rest Of the crew.
Speaker Henderson has not yet defn- |
itely determined when the committees
Of the House will be announced, |
whether before or after the holidays, |
but the expectation is that it will be
Just before the adjournment for Christ
mas.
Admiral Dewey has rented a pew in
the fashionable Saint Johns Episcopal |
Church, Washington, Of which Rev
AIackay Smith is pastor. He has also
been chosen a trustee Of the Episcopal |
Cathedral on the Tennallytown road.
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Secretary Hester of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange makes the actual
average weight of 3,G10,7G6 bales Of the
cotton cop embracing port receipts and
overland for three months ending No
venlber Both, BILL against 520.32
pounds per bale last year. North Caro-
ina's average is J09.73.
Contracts have been executed for ex-