The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
General News.
WHAT THE DISPATCHES TELL.
The Facts Boiled Down and Presented in
Convenient Form for Busy
Readers.

convenient FORM LOT Busy
Readers.
President Roosevelt's son, Theo,
dore, Jr., is seriously i'll with pneu-
monia.
A Madison dispatch announces the
death OF Vioe-Admiral Jose Montaio,
who commanded the Spanish feet at
Manila.
Admiral Sampson was finally re-
tired from active service Sunday,
having reached the age limit that
day. He is gradually getting weaker.
The South Carolina House of Rep
r~esentatives has passed a resolution
appointing a commission to take
steps to establish a State fertilizer
plant, in which the State g phosphate
rock will be used, and to operate the
factory with convict labor.
The Senate passed Tuesday, by a
vote of 80 TO 81, the bill providing
for an increase of 25 per cent. in
the salaries of United States
judges. This will make the salary
of the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States 81, 900,
salaries of the Associate Justice
$12, 500, CirouitsCourt judges 81, 500,
and district judges $3.50 instead of
$4,000.
Under the new Alabama oonstitu-
ton, Monday was the last day in
which voters could enfranchise them
selves by paying poll tax, All that
do not hold receipts cannot vote in
any election in Alabama during the
next year. From reports received
from various parts Of the State it is
estimated that at least twenty per
cent. of the people have disfranchised
themselves by failure to pay this
tax.
The Virginia Constitutional Con
vention is expected to conclude it's
labors about March 1. 1t has been
in session at Richmond since the
middle of last June and has cost the
State 5000, 900. No suffrage clause
has yet been agreed upon, although
many have been presented. 1t is
the purpose of the Democrats
to unite upon a plan, if possible,
which will eliminate the negro from
politics in the Old Dominion.
A bill creating a permanent census
bureau has passed the House. Its
provisions make it the worst blow
aimed at civil service in years. It
has been drafted with the idea of
giving Congressman an opportunity
to provide for their pets now in the
temporary census bureau, to which
position they yer appointed on the
spoils system. The new bill makes
all those in the employ of the pres
emit bureau at the time the law goes
into effect eligible for transfer to
the classified service. This means
that 1000 or more will have prefer
ence over those who head the wait
ing list in the civil service, and also
the civil war Observation-Disclosures.
Much interest attaches to the pro-
posed visit of Miss Alice Roosevelt
to England where she will witness
the coronation of King Edward. She
will go as the guest of Ambassador
and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, but, it is
now expected, will also be accom-
panied by her uncle and aunt, Com
mander and Mrs. COwles. Of course
Miss r ~oosevelt goes abroad in an en-
tirely private capacity and not as
the representative of the United
States or of her distinguished par emit /;
but it is, nevertheless, believed
that her position will be recognized
to an extent that will make her visit
extremely pleasant. The President
has been strongly opposed to having
his daughter go both because OF the
trial it will be to have her absent
from home for so long d tim9 and
because he has feared that her visit
at this time might be construed as
having some official OF political
significance, but, like many men
with young daughters, he has found
it difficult to refuse her petitions, SO
the young lady with the help of her
mother and her aunt has finally Sc
cured the permission.
Little of Importance has trans
PRED at the Capital during the last
few DAYS. In fact, Congress may
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