Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-04-05
GENERAL NEWS.

Now that there is a threat that tie
kissing bug Of last season is to be
outdone by a new and more terrible !
pest, it might be judicious to inquire
what has become of one Richard P.
Hobson.
EX-Vice President Adlai Steven
son Is preparing for a journey to
Hawaii and the Philippines. He
starts out as an anti-imperialist, &C
cording to the Springfield Republi-
can, which is in evident terror lest
he return converted.
Count Castellane's opinion. ex-
pressed after his return to Paris.
that the future of this country is
perilous, would seem to indicate that
he may not have got what he came
over here for, or else that he was
told not to expect any more
DR.. John Guiteras, who was form
erly a professor in the University of
Pennsylvania has been appointed
to the chair of in~ter-tropical pathol-
ogy, which has just been created in
the University of Havana. He is
now studying in Europe.
The court has decided that the
law passed in California by the last
Legislature, requiring all newspaper
articles to be signed by the writer,
is invalid. 1t is the wording of the
law, however, rather than the prin-
cipalinvolved, which has been passed
upon.
In the gossip about new daily pa
pers that are to be started in New
York there is a rumor that one, to
be called the Daily People, will be
the organ of the Socialist-Labor
party. It will start with an assured
circulation of 10000, and will be
under the management of Daniel
De Leon.
Mr.. Drexel Riddle is about to
publish a novel by the Countess de
Chavanne, entitled "Ouirda; or
American Gold Regilding the Cor
onets Of Europe" It will be illus
trated by Ivan P. Thompson, a we'll
known London artist, and is sure to
be one of the sensational social sue
coming year.
OF ten policemen who appeared
as witnesses for the prosecution in
some cases of illegal liquor selling
in New York only n was able to
tell whether the liquid they had
drunk in saloons was beer, weiss
beer, root beer or ginger ale.
Whether the other nine suffered
from lapse of memory or absence of
taste is a disputed question.
The agitation evident in the ranks
1 @e H. 800 " IL
gestion that Erving Winslow shall
go to the Philippines seems to be
due to a fear that he might, after in
forming himself, take the same view
Of the case as that now held by
Bishop Potter. Since Mr.. Winslow
would, however, be convinced against
his will, such a blow is not likely to
fall.
Farmers of Western Kansas are
of old-fashioned canvas covered wag-
ons and drive across the State to the
Democratic convention where they
will camp out. This will not only
serve as a rebuke to the railroads
and furnish an outing for the tillers
of the soil, but will also make easy
auO uuuSuHlly aGUrdcIlV0 Uu0 WOTk OF
the bunco men and fakirs.
Ever since the Prince of Wales
visited Sir Thomas Lipton's new
workingmen's restaurant in London
the regular patrons have been de-
barred from quick and good service
because of the crush of nobility and
society in general, following the
fashion set by the Prince. There is
a growing fear now among the res
taurateurs of the English metro
polls that.H His Highness may take a
notion to fast.
In the interest of better weather.
Chief Moore, of the Washington
Weather Bureau, has issued an order
prohibiting the smoking of cigar
cites by any Of the employees of the
service during Office hours. Since
other methods OF smoking are not
forbidden, there is a disposition on
the part of those affected to rebel
but they are assured it will do nc
good. The reason alleged for the
order is hat cigarette smokers grow
careless and lax.