The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-01-03
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Congo regions.
Governor Yardaman has gone 10
The scene OF the Mississippi race War.
iinding il impossible 10 get reliable
information a. to what Is going on.
The election of Henry {. Friek TO
the Pennsylvania Railroad director
ate j. regarded a. a step preliminary
10 his assuming the helm.
The State of Minnesota has filed
suit 10 enloin the issue OF $50 ,Ooo,-
900 additional stock by the Great
Northern Railway Company.
The wife of prominent New York
physician was locked up on the
charge of robbing a man on the street
and relatives are yowing vengenee.
Wesley NJ. Oler. president of the
American Ice Company, Is quoted as
saving there will be big crop, but
he cannot hold out any hope of lower
prices.
The passage Of the French Separa-
ton bill is regarded as assured.
District Attorney Jerome : offer TO
take up charges of coercion IN the re-
cent insurance election against Presi-
dent Peabody. of the Mutual Life,
were met by refusal from the secre-
tary of the poliey-holder's committee.
1t is semi-officially announced that
Jules Cambon. the French minister 10
10 faP
rid to the post at Berlin, replacing
NJ. Bihourd, who retires. George
Leygues. former misister of colonies.
will be appointed ambassador to
Madrid.
Jonah II. White, eastern passenger
agent of the Atlantic Coast Lie Kali
road, died at his residence in Londan.
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, famed
throughout the world for her phllan-
thropy, died Sunday aged %.
Honolulu and vicinity experienced
the scverest electrical storm In many
wears. The schooner Lavjnia and
hundreds Of canoes We're wrecked. SO
far as known. no lives were lost.
The London foreign Office amour
ces that Kink Edward has approved
the appointment Of James Bryce as
ambassador to the United States.
Sixteen persons were killed and
more than 30 injured in a collision on
the North British railroad in Scot
land.
Archdukc Leopold. of Austria, who
renowned all of bis titles to marry
an actress. will, it is reported, apply
for divorce because of his wife s
eccentricities.
General Litvinoff. Governor of the
Province of Akmoisk. Asiatic Rus
STA. was assasSlnated.
The principal Of the new Church
. Separation law was adopted by the
French Senate, by large majority.
England and Central Europe is
having perhaps the worst storm in 30
years.
That war in Cuba is probable Is
the statement of an Administration
| official.
The Government has notified Eng
land that the United States will back
up any effort that country may make
| to improve Congo conditions.
Ambassador Durand received re-
markable ovation on the occasion Of
his farewell to Washington.
DR.. Charles l.. Culpepper, of Ports
mouth, committed suicide, giving
poor health as his reason.
The funeral of Bishop A. Coke
Smith will occur in Norfolk.
The father and cousin of Bessie
Chandler. whom young Elan was
forced TO marry, were fined at Clark
csvillc.
Miss Edith White. daughter Of the
4! State Geologist Of West Virginia.
was married in London.
The Association Of Life Insurance
| Presidents has been organized.
Alender J. Cassatt. president Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
died suddenly OF heart disease.
| George W. Perkins. first vice-pres-
ident. and Charles S. Fairchild. a
trustee of the New York life Insur-
ance Company, were indicted by the
grand jlry OH charges Of forgery in
the third degree.
Mrs. Russell Sage gave ont state
ment that she did not intend I'M
mediately to distribute her husband s
vast wealth, nor does she intend to
distribute is promiscuously at all.
Charles f. Murphy showed at the
election of committees that he is still
boss Of Tammany.
Captain Braunswiy, of the steam
er Prinzessin Victoria Luise. which
went ashore at Kingston, Jamaica.
wrote letter before his suicide, tax
ing all the blame on himself.
The assembly of scientific aud his
toric societies in session at Brown
University discussed free trade as q
remedy for trusts, insurance and
other objects.
Three persons were killed and five
wounded during holiday celebrations
near Asheville. \. c.
New York Bank President Dies in