Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-04-12
NEWS OF THE WORLD.


involving ten thousand people is
threatened in Georgia.
The prospect of canal legislation
during the present session has be-
come exceedingly remote.
All hopes of passing the ship sub
sidy bill at this session of congress
have been abandoned by the friends
of the measure.
Fire at Atlantic City, N. j., de
stroyed twelve hotels and a number
of smaller buildings The loss is
placed at $75O,OOO.
James r. Goddard, the man who
located Booth, assassin of President
Lincoln, died at his home in MARI
borough, Mass, last week.
Lyman J. Gage, former secretary
of the treasury, has been elected
president of the United States Trust
Company, of New York City.
James Wilson was convicted at
Ava, No, of a murder committed
thirty-fve years ago and sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary.
A. T. Patrick, convicted murder
er of Millionaire Rice, was married
in his cell in New York City on the
LIST to Mrs Addie Francis, his form
er landlady.
Cecil Rhodes left fortune Of
$4,000, 900, the bulk of which he
bequeaths to British educational in
stitutions. Oxford and Cambridge
received the largest gifts. A given
number of scholarships to these in
stitutions have been provided for, to
be distributed through competitive
examination in the United States,
Great Britain and Germany.
Powell Clayton, United States
ambassador to Mexico, is the first
person to secure the submission of
case to The Hague arbitration. 1t
is a claim between the Mexican gov
ernment and the Catholic church Of
California as to the liability of the
former for the interest on certain
church lands which the Mexican
government undertook to hold as
trustee for the church. The sum in
yolved is about $1,OO0,000.
The Danish government has de-
nounced as false the charge Of one
Christmas, who alleged that, while
representing the Danish govern
ment in the sale Of the West Indies,
he used the sum of 100000 with
congressman and officials. of this
country as bribe money to consumate
the deal. 1t appears that Christmas
was nothing more nor less than an
adventurer, and had nothing Off
cially whatever to do with the mat
ter.
An explosion of gas occurred in
the Nelson mine at Dayton, Tenn,
igniting the dry coal dust in the
mine and causing a second explo-
sion. Twenty-Five men are known
to have been killed and many more
injured. The bodies of the dead
miners were torn and mangled in
terrible manner The explosion was
caused by defective fuse. In 1889
a similar explosion occurred in this
mine, four men being killed, and
in 1895 an explosion of mine dust
occurred in which twenty-eight men
perished. The last disaster occur
red after the men had quit work,
but all of them had not left the
mine.
Under the name Of the allied peo-
pies party of the United States,
new political organization was form
ed at Louisville last week, composed
of reform elements, opposed to the
democratic and republican parties.
The platform Of the new organiza-
tion embodies the platform adopted
at the conference held in Kansas
City last September, when call for
a convention was issued, Hto unite
reform forces against plutocracy."
1t reafirns the spirit of the decla-
ration of principles adopted at the
national convention Of the peoples
party in st. Louis, Omaha and Gin
cinnati, and the demand for the ini-
tiative and referendum and the gov
ernment ownership of all public |
utilities are the principal planks.
A great sensation was created at
Marion, Ind, by the discovery of an
organized band Of shop lifters com
posed Of some of the best known
women Of the city, most of them
wives Of well to do citizens.
The national spring session Of the
Mexican congress opened on the list
inst. In his message, President
Diaz dwelt at legnth on school re-
form and on the scientific works un-