The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-05
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

4 movement is on foot in Belgium to
ask President Mckinley to mediate be
tween England and the Transvaal.
The steamer Rio Maru was wrecked off
Omai Cape She struck a submerged
rock and soon afterwards foundered
Representative Bingham has intro
luced a joint resolution extending the
thanks of Congress to the tlestroyers OF
Cer7era's fleet.
The Senate Committee Oh Foreign
Relations ordered favorable report
upon the bill creating Il territorial gov
eminent for Hawaii.
At Washington prompt measures are
being taken by the officials to deal
with the bubonic plague in the Philip
pines and to prevent its introduction
into the United States.
Among the bills introduced in the Sen
ate yesterday was one by Mr.. Clay, OF
Georgia, granting Il pension of $50 per
month to Annie E. Brumby, mother Of
Admiral Dewey's flag lieutenant.
1t is known that Senator Beyeridge'S
resolutions ON the Philippines. as it
stands. is as fair an expression as is
possible of the situation of the Republi-
can Senators upon this question.
Representative Quarles. of Virginia.
has introduced resolutions into the
House extending our sympathieS . the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State In
their struggle against a monarchy.
At Paris the High Court condemned
Mn. Buffet and Deroulede TO ten years
banishment; NJ. Guerin to ten years con-
tinement in Il fortified place, and Marquis
de Lur Saluces to ten years Punishment.
Altogether 13 villages i'll the Achal-
kalak district of Russian Tramscaucasa,
have experienced earthquake shocks.
Six of these places have been completely
destroyed and eight hundred dead bodies
have already been rec )yere1.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nominations of Lloyd Wheaton and J. z,
Bates to be Major Generals of yolull-
amt Colonel Arthur Macarthur and
Lieutenant Colonel Williams Ludlow to
be Brigadier Generals.
Since the opening of the new year two
new South Carolina cotton mills have APP
piled for charters, the Dakalb at Cam
den, capital stock 100000, and the
Monaghan at Greenville, 100000. The
Rock Hill Harrow Manufacturing Com
pany $4,000 has also been Incorporated.
With the arrival at Manila of the
transport Grant. which left San Fran
cisco on the Dist ultimo With the Forty
eighth volunteer infantry (colored), Gen
eral Otis will have command OF an effec
tive force of about $4,000 men, and the
entire volunteer strength of 34,O00 meh
will he in the Philippines.
The stockholders of the Norfolk. Vir-
GINA Beach and Southern and the Nor
folk and Southern Railways met in Nor
folk yesterday, but adjourned to meet
there ON the 22nd instant. The meetings
were held to consider whether the latter
should purchase the former. 1t is thought
the deal will be corHsumlnated at the adj
joIIrned meeting.
A woman signing herself Georgia y.
Gaynor had Mr.. Gaynor arraigned i'll
the New York police court yesterday on
the charge of non-support. She alleges
that she was married TO Gaymor thirteen
years ago and that she has children. She
was not in court, not having been notified
of Mr.. Gaynor's arrest Examination
was postponed until January 9th. Gay
nor was released in $1,000 bail He
denies that the woman is his wife.
Yesterday in the trial of Roland +.
Molineux for the murder of Mrs. Kath-
crime J. Adams three of the witnesses
called gave testimony concerning the
sickness of Henry G. Barnet. who died
at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club in
the fall of 1898, and who. the prosecu-
ton claims, was poisoned by cyanide OF
mercury, contained i'll Kutnow powders.
The prosecution introduced the marriage
certificate of Roland b. Molineux and
Blanche Chesebrough, the alleged pur-
pose of offering it being to fix the age
of MolineuX. In one of the letters ask
ing for patent medicine, signed III. c..
Barnet" the writer gave his age. 1t cor
responded with that i'll the certificate bur
did not answer for Barnet. All the tes-
timony today strengthened the Trosecu-
tons case except that Rarnet's attending
physician. while coneeding that there
had been mercurial poisoning insisted
that the cause of death was heart fail
ure following liptheria.