Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-02-22
GENERAL NEWS

The Rev. DR.. Washington Glad
den. of Columbus, Ohio, has con-
sented to become a member of the
City Council of that City.
A bill to punish wife beaters has
failed to pass the Virginia Legisla-
ture for the declared reason that no
such law is needed in that State.
Philadelphia is doing wonderfully
in meeting the demands of the Hon.
Mark Hanna. It has on hand all of
the 100000 fund except $4,000.
Instead of offering rewards for as
sassins who carried Winchesters, re-
wards should be offered for the as
sassins who mailed comic valentines.
Whether he goes as commits
sloner, visitor, or an exhibit, Agui-
naldo's determination to attend the
Paris Exposition will greatly help
that show.
Quay's defeat leaves Pennsyl
vania in a position to send man to
the Senate who would be credit to
the nation-somethlng she has not
done since the war.
The outstanding loans of the Bank
of Spain are S19,7OO,OOO less than
they were year ago. This accounts
for all but paltry 100000 OF the
price we paid for the Philippines.
Charles B. Tifany. of New York.
celebrated his 88th birthday last
Thursday. He was the recipient of
several handsome gifts from the en-
ployes of his famous Establishment.
Senator Hanna wants an elevator
put in the White House. but the
Populists and the silver men will see
in this attempt to surround the
President with elevating influences
only a play to the galleries.
The privilege of running the Amer
ican bar at the Paris Exposition has
been awarded to Major $. P. Gross,
of Lexington, KY, over forty-two
other applicants. Gentlemen will
please not shot at the lights.
Poultney Bigelow thinks the Yam
kee soldier and Tommy Atkins have
much to learn from each other, but
that both should go to school to the
Boer-this, too, after an unusually
long silence on Mr.. Bigelow's part.
The Princess Of Wales has order
ed a complete suit of kharki aud the
use Of the cloth by the London fash
ionables is becoming a fad. The
note paper now most IN demand is of
the same color.
Queen Victoria having opened the
Indian Famine Fund with contri-
button of $4,000 the Maharajah of
Darbhanga followed with a contri-
button of $37,5oo. Lord Cu1zon,
the Viceroy, gave $4,000.
When distinguished English no
bleman asked Am mbassadorChoateth the
other day, ITO what station in your
country does Mr.. Vanderbilt be-
long?" the prompt reply was Ito the
Grand Central Station, New York. )"
+. Andrew Carnegie's reason for Civ
ing his money to establish libraries
rather than for other charitable pur-
poses is because libraries give moth
ing for nothing. In order to get
benefit from them a man must help
himself, must read andstudy."
kid" Mccoy, who forsook pugi-
ism to become a broker not long
since, has already come to the con-
clusion that there is nothing in Wall
street for him and announces his in
tention of returning to the prize
ring.
Ludwig Schmidt and his wife
Louisa are both dead in Bellevue
Hospital. He was 85 years old and
she was only Year younger. They
came to this country more than fifty
years ago aud for the greater part of
this time Schmidt worked at his
trade of cabinetmaker.
The choice of Professor Edward
S. Ames, of Butler College, to be
president of the Kentucky Univer-
sity at Lexingt ton seems to be so ad-
mirable that his election will proba-
bly, take place without bloodshed
and his seating without the use of
the militia Or the invoking of the
courts.
For calling another man a liar
through the telephone citizen of
Boone county, Iowa, had to pay q
fine Of So. This is less than the in
diligence might have cost at closer
range Indeed, the incident may be
cited as illustrating the cheapness OF
the telephone over other methods of
communication.
A party of American arch@olo-
g1sts and tourists are to visit the re-
Gently discovered pyramids and
other prehistoric monuments located