The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-18
/ Late Nete,s (;
/ In Brief * :
E..N0R MATTERS OF INTEREST Z

Pans OF tue nTsuocA DeHsE aiS
said to have been stolen.
A specia! board has been appointed
To test railroad signaling system.
The proposition Of the annexation
Of the Congo by Belgium was taken
UP.
Governor Hughes OF New York viii
! not. il il declared run again for that
Office.
The King and Queen of England
were enthusiastically received IN Ire
land.
The National Educational Associa-
ton declared itself III favor OF re-
formed spelling.
Senator Iatimcr and Congressman
Burnett are in Berlin studying the
emigration problem.
The National Educational Associa-
ton decided to work in the interest
| Of national university.
Judge Alton y. Parker, Of New
York made an address in support OF
the Conctitution before the North
| Carolina Bar Association.
The feeling in France is one Of
| disappointment with the tariff agree
ment with the United States brought
over by Ambassador .Jusscrand.
Mr.. Bonaparte states that the re-
ownership for the Tobacco Trust Is
only to compel it to comply with tue
| law.
Attorney General Bonaparte points
out the objections that have been
made to the proposed constitution o.
| Oklahoma in its present form.
President James McCrea, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, declared >
cent law was unfair to the public rs
we'll as the railroads.
Col. Charles g. Ayrcs has been or
| dered before a board to examine his
| fitness for retirement from the Unit
ed States Army.
Charles H. Mover, president Of the
| Western Federation of Miners, was
on the stand most of the day in the
| Haywood trial.
Ambassador Aoki denied reports
| that he was to be recalled. and the
japanese Embassy and the State De-
| partment took steps to allay the eX-
| citcment.
Senator McEnery, of Louisiana is
quoted as offering to resign in favor
of JOHN Sharp Williams If the lat
! ter fails of election to the United
States Senate.
Mrs. Preston Gibson daughter Of
Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page and the
late Henry Field of Chicago is to sue
for divorce.
Three men are known to have been
killed and 10 others hurt by the col
| lapse of a concrete wall in Philadel-
| phia.
The Virginia Corporation Commits
| sion of Virginia was notified that the
injunction against the 2-cent rate or
der was in effect.
Max Lansburgh of Baltimore filed
suit at Charleston, W. Va, to re-
cover coal lands in Mcdowell county
valued at $5,000,000.
William D. Haywood on trial Oh
the charge Of numbering former Gov.
ernor Steunenberg went on the stand
in his own defense.
The hearing in the case of the Penn
syvania Railroad Company which IS
fighting the 2-cent rate, began in
Philadelphia.
Ambassador Aoki declares that not
only are the relations betweenthe
ments entirely friendly, but he be-
lieves Japan would cordially receive
any American warships that might
visit its ports.
Acknowledgement Boraparte holds
that the War Department controls the
Conduit road, and that the Glen Ecio
authorities cannot collect fines for
"speeding' on the road.
The London jury i the case Of Mrs
Hancock, wife of Walter Swinburae
Hancock, formerly an Episcopal clcr-
gyman of Chicago, who was suspect
ed of poisoning the woman, render
ed a verdict Of "death from natural
causes.'
Ex-State Senator "Don' P. Hal
sey defeated Senator A. F. Thomas Iii
the Senatorial primary in the Sera-
torlal district composed Of the city of
Lynchburg and Campbell county.
Three men out of seven were drown
ed on. the way to H. Clay Pierce's
yacht III New Yor harbor when one
of the sailors rocked the boat and up
set it.
William L. Outright. of Weston,
". Va, kissed the dead body of his
wife goodbye and went into an add
joining room and killed himself.
Seven Italian mineworkers were
killed by white damp near Halle
town, Pa.
Cedric Colburn the 3-year-old son
Of Mrs. Jessie Colburn formerly Of
Grafton, was killed by the kick of d
horse at Shinnstown, ". Va. He was
a son of Harry Colburn who was kill
ed IN mine explosion at Shaft mine.
near Charleston, ". Va, some
months ago.
The wainwright board recommends
many changes in the course Of study
at the Naval Academy and advocates
the removal of certain preparatory
schools from Annapolis.