The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-12
General News.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
The Latest Reliable News From the Earth's
-Four Corners Selected and Condensed for
Progressive Farmer Readers.

&NAMOA @CS0S4S'
Stephen Crane, author and war
correspondent, is dead.
Gold Democrats will nominate a
candidate for President.
Montana Senator w. A. Clark gave
his daughter $14, OOo, 900 as a wedding
gift last week.
Utah and Idaho each will send a
woman delegate to the Republican
National Convention.
The end of the Boer war is in sight.
Pretoria, Johannesburg, and all the
most important Boer strongholds
have been captured.
Our troops are still having Skin
mighes with Filipinos. They have
taken a good many prisoners and
secured much ammunition.
Among the nominations make by
the President last week was that of
General Joseph Wheeler as Briga-
der General. General Wheeler's
nomination was at once confirmed
by the Senate.
The New York Democratic con
vention platform declares for Bryan
and ~bimetalism does not reafirm
the Chicago platform, but declares
that the party in the State will sup
port the platform of the Kansas City
Convention.
Gen. Macarthur, in replying to
an inquiry from Secretary Root says
that the records at Manila show that
the number of Filipinos killed since
the war began is 10, 780, wounded
2,104, captured and surrendered TO-
425, prisoners now 1000.
The Connecticut State Democratic
Convention has. unanimously adopted
a platform, naming William Jen-
nings Bryan as it's candidate for
President, instructing the delegates
for Bryan and p1edging support to
the platform of the Kansas City Con-
vention.
Elk Governor w. S. Taylor has
withdrawn from the race for the Re-
publican nomination for Governor
ofIKentucky. He is still in Indiana
and is being much criticised for his
failure to return home and stand
trial on the Indictment against him
for being an accessory to the MUIR
der of Goebel.
Complete returns from % out of
the 80 counties in Oregon, show that
in Mondays election the Republi-
cans carried the head of the ticket by
at least 5000 plurality. The Repub-
licans will control both branches of
the Legislature and will have a ma
jority of twenty two on joint ballot.
The woman suffrage amendment
was defeated.
At Gloucester, Ohio, two hundred
miners were imprisoned early Fri
day morning by an explosion of gas
in mine No. 2, and as many more
were about to enter the mine for
work. It was thought at first that
the loss of life would be very large,
but the work of the rescuers was
carried on so theoretically and sue
cessfully that all were rescued and
saved by night except three.
The ~autocratic government of Rus
STA is at last making d movement for
a~bolishing the exile of political of
tenders to Siberia, which has always
been done by arbitrary power and
without judicial inquiry. This is one
of the most important reforms which
the present car has has ever at
tempted, and if it is carried out in
the spirit which prompted the re-
form, all friends of humanity will
rejoice.
Louis Klopsch, of the New York
Christian Herald, just returned from
a tour of India says: everywhere
I met the most shocking and revolt
ing scenes. The famine camps have
been swept by cholera and smallpox.
Fugitives, scattering in all direc-
tons and stricken in fight, were
found dying in the fields and road
side bitches. The numbers at one
relief station we're increasing at the
rate of 10000 per day"
The Maryland delegation to the
National Democratic Convention at
Kansas City will go without instruc-
tions. It is understood that nc eff
fort will be made to defeat the nom
nation of Vim i BRYAN for the