The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
H LATEST NEWS.

THE LATEST NEWS.
A dispatch from Charleston, S @
February 14ih, says: The published
tables showing the temperature OF
Charleston from 1888 to today, the
oldest on this continent, prove that
the record of this morning 6 8 degrees
above zero, is the lowest yer known
here.
The ineffectiveness Of Mauser ri
fes in the hands Of FIlipinos has no.
been better illustrated than last Thurs
day morning when for five hours a
large force Of insurgents, who had adj
vanced in the night from Pateros upon
the position of Kings bridge, kept
peppering away without hitting q sin
gle American. The enemy had evi.
IDENTIFY mistaken the withdrawal of
our troops to their formal position for
retreat. During the fght22 Americans
were overcome by heat. Aud this
while most Americans over here were
overcome by cold.
The funeral procession of General
Garcia last week was marred by 6
row between General Brooke and the
Cuban assembly. The assembly
claimed the right to march in the pro
cession after Brooke, but ahead of his
staff and escort. Brooke, sitter some
wRangling, refused to allow this,
~whereupon the Assembly compelled
General Rodriguez to withdraw his
men from the procession. The popu-
lace became excited and began shout.
ing Cuba Llbre," ''Out with Yam
kees," Viva Aguinaldo," and the
like. The assembly considered their
pride had been wounded and refused
to take part in the ceremonies. Jus
tice Lanuza, who had intended to de.
liver an grafton over the body at the
cemetery, also withdrew from the
ceremony.
The building known as No. % at the
Brooklyn N. Y. Navy Yards, occupied
by the steam engineering department,
vas destroyed by fire February Is IN,
together with its contents, which in
cluded much valuable machinery. The
loss to Uacle Sam is estimated at
one million five hundred thousand dol
lars.
Many valuable models and patterns
of Warships were destroyed, including
those of d Newark, Raleigh, New
Orleans end Atlanta. A coincidence
Of the fire was that a model of the
OattlesnIp Maine, when went down In
Havana harbor a year ago to day was
also desEryed. IT was especially val
ued at this time as it was TO be used
referred 60 Ia last weeks Progressive
Fellx Faure, SIKH President of the
third French Republic, died suddenly
apoplexy at Paris, last Thursday
night. He had been slightly lnGls-
posed for a DAY or two, out dad not
himself really Iii.
News Of Faure's deaUh did not reach
the pubic for more than an nour atGer
lG occurred IG Is Impossible to de
scribe the first effect upon 5ne public
mind. The announcement that Faure
was dead was received with iDcreQu
CONFIRMATION followed s HItJly
and disbeiIef gave way to excitement
almost terror-for the puoIc l8aped TO
the CONCLUSION tina the President was
victim Of an assassin, and a ma
iorIty believed that the dreaded coup
de eGat had fallen.
But the truth OF the matter soon be
came known, and the question then on
every Frencnman's lips was, "Who
will succeed Faure7" 1t now seems
that it will 0e Senator Rousseau.
President Faure was elected to the
Presidency January II, 1895, and was
s. years of age at the time of his death.
Toe report of the commission ap-
pointed by the President to investigate
the conduct Of the War Department
n the war with Spain has been made
public and was a complete review of
the operations Of the army.
The report finds nothing against
but adds:
There was lacking in the general ad
m"inistration of the department that
complete grasp of the situation which
was essential the highest efficiency