The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
General News.
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Receipts for the Lawton fund have
reached a total of $50 1O1 %
The annual dis, rlbution of seed by
the Ayr cultural department. will be
made shortly The cost to the gov
eminent is $3.50, 600
PresidenG Kruger has offered to
make peace on the condition that Eng
land will pledge herself to let the inter
nal affairs Of the Transvael alone.
Usey Woodson, Democratic National
Committeeman from Kentucky, has
said ID an interview in Chicago that
William GJebel will be seated as Gov
n of Kentucky before February 1
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
has INTRODUCED in the Senate a bill ap
propriating S. 600, 600 for the consUruc
ton of public ROADS in the United
States, the money to be distributed
among the several States in propur.
ton to the mileage Of their roads.
The committee charged with the
work Of providing a home for Genera,
Wade Hampton has bought a building
lot in Columbia, s. O., and Is now
erecting thereon a comfortable home.
The money vas raised by popular sub
scriplion against General Hamptcn's
protest.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL The taking
Of testimony In the charges of bribery
in the election of Senator Clark was
resumed this morning. Several Wit
nesses testified to having been ap-
preached by B!ckfor with eff re- or
money ranging from seven thousand to
fifteen thousand dollars to support
CLARK.
At Manila the bubonic plague is yet
sporadic. There have been six cases
and four deaths. Preparations are be
ing made to establish hospitals and for
dIslnfecting and quaranGining. Toe
plague is dangerous to the over
crowded, n or te0 and unwashed ma
tives and Cinnamon. Americans avoid
ing direcE contact with the disease are
safe.
At a lace ing of the State Central
Committee of the Democratic, Popu-
list and Free Silver Republicans OF
Nebraska recently, it was agre d to
hold all three State Conventions, to
select delegates to the national cOn
vention, at Lincoln, March 10 n. The
Democratic committee was addressed
Oy William Jennings Bryan and at his
suggestion a resolution Of sympathy
with the B07rs was passed.
A London dispatch says: During the
Interlude Of apparent military mac
tivity and Official secrecy, Lord Roberts
amp Lord Kitchener have arrived at
the eeat of war. 1t is assumed here
that their clearer vision, supported by
So, 900 treeh men who ere due to ar
i've In South africa within 80 days,
will alter tae situation and that the
fourth month Of the campaign will
witness The beginning of victories for
the British al M.
The inability Of General Otis to
bring the Filipino 81 to an end has
given rise to the story that hostIltties
are beng prolonged to carry out the
political schemes of the RdminIstra
ton It is charged by Mckinley g enc
mics that the idea is to administer the
crushing blow to Aguina!do during the
heat Of The Pr sldential campaign
thus arousing patriotism to the point
OF voting for Mckinley.
The Western Recorder says: IrfdeIs
have carried tntir point in the Chtca
go public schools in excluding the Re
c~essional The Christian Scientists took
advantage Of the precedent thus estab
lished They have entered their protest
against the study of physiology be-.
cause it teaches there are such things
as pain ard disease, and that is con
trary to their religion. They have a
stronger cases than have the ILfi ieIs,
and to be consistent the school author.
tiles must drop the physiology.
Capt. Leon Hauser and Lieutenants
Eaochs and Bates, with two compa-
MES of the Twenty sixth infantry,
while reconnoitering in the Philippines
recently, found and attacked an rnsur
gent camp. During the fight the
rebels brcuRht out five American
prisoners from the jaiI-three men of
the Ninth end two OF the Twelfth in
fantry and forced them to kneeI IN
front OF q firing party. Two OK the
men were killed at the first volley.
Toe oEhers received awful wounds.