The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-18
General News.
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The Fats Boiled Down and Presented in
Convenient Form fOS Busy
Readers.
The President did not go to Charles
ton, being kept away by the illness
of his son, who is now, however, out
of danger.
Governor Mcbride of Washington
State has made a new movement in
his val on the railway lobby. He
has announced his intention to dis
miss any State employe who accepts
a pass over a railroad. He declares
he will crush out the lobby.
A bronze medallion memorial of
of the late John Ruskin was unveiled
in Westminster Abbey last week by
Mrs. Arthur Severn, Ruskin's cous
in, in the presence of a distinguished
gathering. The memorial is in the
poets corner, above the Sir Walter
SCOTT memorial and beside the Oliver
Goldsmith medallion.
A favorable report has been au-
thorized by the Senate Commute on
Pensions on Mr.. Pritchard's joint
resolution constituting the pension
law of 1890. The resolution is in
tended to give a pensionable status
TO those who served in the Conted.
crate army and subsequently joined
the United States army who are
now denied the benefits of that
act on the ground that they gave
aid to the rebellion.
The Director of the Census recently
made a statement in regard to the
increase of population of places of
less than 1000 inhabitants, eas and
west of the Mississippi river, show
ing that east of the Mississippi river
such towns had grown more rapidly
IN the last ten years than during the
years 1880 to 1890. A study of the
population changes shows that the
regions which in the previous decade
lost population are now regaining it.
The President has approved, with
one notable exception, all the recon
mendatiOns made by the army breveb
board of which General Macarthur
was president. The exception noted
is the case of Theodore Re, sevelt
who was awarded the brevets OF 10
mel and brigadier general for distin
guished services at San Juan, Santl.
ago. The nominations will be sent
so the Senate this week but the list
will not contain the name of the
President.
A steamship that has just arrived
in Now York broke the record for
having the longest communication
with the land by means of the Mar
conf wireless telegraphy. On Satur-
day, the 1st of February, the steam
ship was at II: 10 p. M, a few miles
off the Lizard. Messages were then
exchanged and the telegraph ing was
kept up until midnight of the fol-
lowing day. The last message was
sent when the Philadelphia was $50
miles from the land. This is the
longest distance in which wireless
communication has over been estab-
lished between vessels and the shore.
We clip this brief report of the
Paterson fire from an exchange: A
cOnfagration exceeding the blaze
which recently wiped out a large
part of Waterbury, c., swept Pat
terson, N. j., Sunday. 1t destroyed
% entire blocks in the business cen
ter at a loss placed at So, 900, 900 by
early estimates. Doubtless final e.
Inmates will out this down consid-
erably. A gale famed the flames
into irresistible fury. Eight
clty building, five churches, six
banks, five club houses, seven office
buildings, n theatre, two newspa
pers, nearly 80 stores and as many
dwellings were destroyed Many
persons were injured, but there ap
pears to have been small loss of
life.
The Youths Companion gives the
information of interest in
connection with our treaty with
purchasing the Danish
West Indies "The treaty transfers
to the United States absolute sever
erelgnty over the islands of ST. Croix
Santa Cruz. St. John and st.
Thomas. The three islands have a
area of 1877 square miles
and a population of $4,000. They lie
not far from Porto Rico, and com