The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
General News.
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Taylor, (Rep }, is doubtless elected
Governor of Kentucky.
Prominent Christian Scientists of
Americus, Ga, declare they will go to
jail before submitting to vaccination.
Senator Hoar, in an article written
for the Independent, says that il the
people OF the United States will de-
clare to the Fdipinos that it is not
our intention to subjugate or enslave
them the war can be ended in an hour.
all that is ne3ded is to act toward them
in the spirit of our own D ~,cIaration Of
Independence, he says.
Thirty United States Senators went
out of Office on March 4 1899; thirty
more will go out on March 4. 1901, and
thirty more on March 4. 1908. the mem
bership OF the Senate being ninety. o.
the thirty who went out last March,
fifteen are Democrats, eleven Repub
licans. three silver republicans and one
Populist.
Al last the Samoan question is set
tied, and in a way which is to consid
cradle degree a surprise. The islands
are to be divided between America and
Germany. England yielding her inter
ests for considerations else where. The
United States secures Tutuila with it's
fine harbor of Pago Pago and the adj \
cent email islands, Germany takes
Upolu and Savaii, while England re,
ceives two of the Solomon Islands and
full claim to the Tonga group.
The terms of the will of Cornelius
Vanderbilt have been made public.
The estate is estimated at 81 900 600.
Tue will gives Cornelius Vanderbilt
81 500, 900, his three brothers and sis.
ters 81 500, 900 each, the remainder of
the estate being given to Alfred Gwynn
Vanderbilt. The latter, however,
gives to his brother Cornelius enough
of his inheritance to make the fortune
of Cornelius 90 al to that Of the other
members. Tnis offer has been &C
ceptedy
The prica OF brooms has been
advanced more than fifty per cent.
This action was decided upon at a meet
ing of the National Broom Manufac
tureEs'A Association held last week. This
advance is made necessary, the broom
manufacturers say, by the advance of
broom corn. During the past few
months, most Of the available supply
of broom corn has been taken by the
Union Broom Supply Company of Chi
cago, with the result that the price has
gone from 500 to over 5000 per ton.
Arrangements have been perfected
for a combination of lime manufac
turing concerns in the South. The
new company which is to absorb the
various concerns, will be chartered
under the laws of New Jersey, and
will bekno wn as the Consolidated Lime
Company. It will be in full operation
on January 1, 1900. The details OF cap
italization have not as yet been per-
fected, but the company will have a
capital of about 81 SOC. 900. No bonds
will be issued, the entire capitalization
being divided into common and pre-
ferred stock.
One of the most prominent Democrats
in Ohio is authority for the statement
made to day that a conference is to be
held by the leaders of the Democratic,
Union r form and Socialist Ibor par
ties and the leaders of the Jones cam
paign, seeh ing to bring about a fusion
of those interests. The reason given
for this is that Nash did not have a ma
i0rity of the votes cast in the recent
election for Governor, and it is hoped
il the fusion can be brought about, the
anti imperiaIists can defeat Mckinley
in Ohio in the Presidential election.
While the expected meteoric display
did not present it, elf in America, it
seems to have favored Europe with its
presence. In Russia the display caused
q panic in many places. It vas be
lieved that the end of the world had
coma. Churches were open all night
long and hundre ds of thousands spent
three nights in the open air. fearing
earthquakes and a general cataclysm
There are rumors that in some villages
Russian parents murdered their chill
dren to relieve them from an expected
worse fate. There was a rather bril-
liant meteoric display between 2 and
o,ooL nLu~a5,v noorDiD0 of RorIin