The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-15

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will be candidate for the Senate to
succeed Mr. Vest.
indianapolis will be made the head
quarters of the Middle of the Road Pop
ulist National committee.
A union depot is to be begun within six
weeks at Savannah for the use of the
Seaboard, Southern and Plant lines
Arbitration of the street railway strike
has been proposed to the ST. Louis Transit
Company by the Citizens Arbitration
Committee.
The Republican National committee will
open it's headquarters in the Metropolitan
Life building, No. l. Madison Square New
York, July 25th.
Russian officials at Washington declare
their Governments approval OF Japan's
dispatch of troops to China, and emphati-
cally deny charges of Russian cruelty to
non combatants.
Bryan spent nearly all day yesterday
in disposing of accumulated correspond
ence and for some days it is expected he
will devote himself to preparing drafts
of speeches for the coming campaign.
In the national fete at Paris yesterday
there was a great crush at the Place de
Ia Concord in which many women and
children we're knocked down and it Is
feared that numbers were injured.
At Paris yesterday American athletes
won the only two events decided, viz:
The first heat in the ITO metres hurdles
and places in the other two heats, which
they converted into complete victory in
the final heat, and first and second places
in the 100 metres fiat race.
Allegations were made in the English
Parliament last week that conditions in
London rival anything discovered by the
Lexow and Maet Investigations in New
York-immoral dens, Matchmaking, bril-
berry of the police and nameless vices inn
ported from the Orient
Comptroller General Wright of Geor-
gia, has issued a peremptory order
against the Plant System demanding the
payment of taxes of $4,000 worth of
property in Georgia, which the State
claims the company did not include in
it's recent property returns.
The Republican State Convention of
Kentucky will be held at Louisville next
Tuesday, and the Democratic State Con-
vention at Lexington next Thursday.
Yesterday there were conventions in the
119 counties of Kentucky to select dele
gates to one or both of the State conven-
tions.
The directors of the North German
Lloyd Line Company have decided to
grant the widows and orphans of the vic
Tins who lost their lives at the recent
dock fire in Hoboken an extra allowance,
in addition TO the regular pension grant
ed by the company. According to a promi-
nent official of the company it will cost
the company at least $5,0O0,00O in paying
pensions to the dependents of the VIC
tins.
General Lew Wallace is being urged TO
preside over a meeting of the Natlonal
Anti-Imperialistic League at Indianapolis,
August 18th to 18th, and 1T is believed
he will accept. 1t is said that II the ma
tional leaders of the Democracy have
their way the league will adopt resolu-
lions committing anti -imperialists to the
support of the ticket nominated on the
Democratic National Platform, which en-
bodies the ideas for which the league Is
contending.
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