Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-05
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New York, March 2.-Thomas y
Edison continues to improve in til.
huspitai, and his recovery is now as.
sured.
chicago, March 2.-Chief OF Police
Snippey and his son were this mora
ing attacked in their home by unKnowt
and mysterious assassins who serious
lv stabbed the chief, killing his coach
man, and cut to death an unknown Gil
1zen who was attracted to the scene.
Trenton, Nj, March 2-The Ame"i-
ctn Tobacco Company wins its .uit
here in the court Of errors today (which
denied proceedings brought by Rich
nrI Dana of New York to set aside
judgment in Chancery which refused
10 vacate merger OF American Tobacco
Company and Commercial Co.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 2-When John
Olsen's wife gave birth to tripleIs.
eight months ago, it frightened tn
lord and master OF the household 81
bt,iiv that he decamped and has no.
h-+t home since. To-day his wife APP
pral@d TO The police to help her fin
him. as the kids are big eaters and the
la i is getting low.
Washington, March 2-Presideni
Roosevelt today issued a letter to sec
F~farv Root sustaining he latter's ac-
ton in distnissing the charges against
X11..n IX";!4A- -f fI, IItitn6 Sto+nc
tron:t AT Shanghai. China, in which the
president says, "the artempt to have
Iii judge removed was instigated by
sirtnus and criminal classes.'
l'anlrn. Fila. March 2-The entire ex-
sr.ni" northeast section of the city
Property WAS destroy ed NY fire which
fa@e,I un interruptedly from 9 a. IN.
AZ p. III. yesterday. The area burned
powered So acres or eighteen and one
bait city block and three hundred
and eight buildings were destroyed.
with a total loss estimated at $500, 900.
New Y k. March 2-Following the
drop IN yarns and colored goods pro
gress WIS made today by producers
toward protecting themselves and
agreeing to adjust prices. Radical
changes ae expected as the result OF
this rally, through a reduntion in
either production or A cut OF
ten per cent was made several days
g and so far has been maintained.
Chicago. March 2-Detectives IN cit
liens clothes and uniformed policemen
both guarded a number of the Catholic
priests of this city to and from their
churches yesterday by request, AMI
during services officers were on each
altar in the Bohemian and Italian
quarters of Chicago through fear Of
of trouble growing out of the assassi
nation OF Father Heinrich in Denver
and the subsequent denunciation OF
anti c~Iericais, but no arrests were
made.
Richmond, Va, March Boob
Faulkne . a thief, last night fired
into d crowd Of five hundred people
and mortaily wounded w. F. Cauldey
and Miss Mamie Seigle and seriously
wounded several others, who were on
the streets returning from church. The
negro, who is believed crazy, broke
INFO a gunshop and stole a gun and
cartridges and fred 16 shots, without
warming. The police fired five bullets
in the " before captured. A mob
OF a thousand men tried to lynch the
wounded prisoner, but he was landed
in Jail.
Durham, March 2.-Robbers last
night broke into the Southern Railway
station at University, cut into mail
pouches and abstracted everything val
naDle, scattering balance Of the con-
tents on the floor. The station agent
did not discover the robbery till Z
O'Clock this morning, when railway
de tectives were at once placed on the
case. a Der of railway tickets also
were stolen from the office. The store
of Craig & Co., near by, also was en-.
Or d by burglars and h
ca lied off. No arrests up to noon to.
day.