Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-05
1ELEd2APA!C bREV|IIES.
To-Day's Passing Events Boiled
Down For Busy Readers.
(By special wire to THE ARaUs.)

Madrid, Feb. ga child is about
TO be born to King Alyhonse and queen
Gloria. The court physician as
summoned today to Seville, where her
majesty is at present.
New York, Feb. 26.-It was a p ii" BILE
spectacle to-day when Capt. Van
Schaik, of the i'll fated excursion Steam
er General Slocumb" passed within
the gates ofSing Sing Penitentiary t"
10 serve ten years sentence.
Galveston, Texas. February 29.-At
a meeting of the Brewers Association
held here to-day. one million dollars
was pledged to combat prohibition il
the Southern States, especially in AL :
anna, Texas and Mississippi.
Columbus, o., Feb. 27.-State troops
have been rushed 10 a point neal Bnta-
via 10 protect tobacco rover threat
ened by night rid"rs" wI.h fire and
dynamite. Great excitement prevails
throughout the OHIO river district.
Raleigh. Feb. 20 The figures SEM
out yesterday in these dispatches do
not represent the final ;oial cost of the
late railway rate litigation. it seem.
some ~ Eie lawyers, it is learned TO-
day. haze DOT yei been paid in fu'l.
SAN Franrisco, he ,ruary 29.-Ahe
a te4 kDu,-htd ou1 ilv Kelley in he
ss>tFlh r,Ind here last night. In
is.t- Ed, was knock ell down three
fines. AS f,f~t RS he could get up. before
ahe relieve G decided him down ami out
KafsiGb. Feb. 27.--The leigh
Athletic Association today called a
nsnt ing lor March tenth, at Wilson, to
fHrm. Il baseball league for six cities,
Fa~>ftttrllie,, Wilmington Wilson.
y. W B"rn. Rocky Mount, Durham.
Other cities are invited to participate.
Richmond, Feb. 26.-Judge Pritch-
ard has had another conference witt
bis three appointee receivers of the S.
Il. l.. Ra \ Today it is announced
fna4i t!s"r will be no reduction in the
wage of employees on the Seaboard.
The ia t.e WINS out.
Atlanta Ga, Feb. 26.-The nor.
r.d,ral prohibition leaders are not
satisfied Yet and have started a move
M II to graft prohibition into The stale
constitution of Georgia, so that it will
require a two thirds vote to ever re-
move prohibition. The present law is
a statutory one. A vote on amend
meat to the constitution will be the
plan urged now.
San Francisco, February 29.-rhe
new Chinese Minister, who arrived
here last night, to-day said he was no
the bearer OF any appeal of any kind t"
the President of the United States, rel
alive to Manchuria or otherwise. He
declared that Japan is not preparing
for nor seeking war with any nation.
and be doesn't believe a war with the
United States at all probable, as there
rs nothing tor Japan to gain.
Washington, February 29.-Secre-
tary Morrison, ct the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor, does not approve of the
movement for a new political party in
augurated in Cleveland by the United
Trades aud Labor Council. He says
the present policy of the Federation to
Is TO support the candidates of either
party vino are known to be friendly to
the interests of labor, and vice versa,
am that the Federation has no desire
- change that system at present.
cleveland. o.. Feb. GA new po-
lItic:.l party, conceived in opposition
II the present two dominant parties,
an against the recent anti Labor de-
ei>io,ts OF the U. S. Supreme Court.
was Iauncfred here at a meeting OF unit
ed rad-a and labor councils. Resolutions
au sk'tei cali on American Federation
oil i4,fr,r II call a conference or a
1h.s"na! convention in July. Leaders
ctitn the new party can go into the
IA - election with five million voters.
Raleigh, Feb. 26.-Corporation. Com
missioners Mcneil and Rogers and
Lawyer II. G. Guthrie, attorney for the
ssIate in the freight rate discrimination
ease agninst the Norfolk & Western are
in Winston today taxing evidence III
the ease. Winston and D"urhaiI are the
~ rilics chiefly involved ia t'is case.
Tt is not yet learned whether the Inter
state Corporation Commission Will
comply with the request of the North
Carolina Commission to hold hearings
by the National Commissioni in Raleigh,
The North Carolina case will probably
be reached some time next month.
Fayetteville, Feb. 27.-Early this
neutrality-suspicious. day-the vigilance
committee went to the rouse of the
negro ,JOnes. who threatened Deputy