The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-05-19
GENERAL NEWS.

oE@N EIA1L NI VS.
In a mine disaster a. Whi,ehayen.
England. over one hundred miners
Fere entombed and slowly died. The /
nine extended far out under the sea. /
In the 24-hour automobile test |
ace at Brighton Beach. two men
we're killed and two others seriously |
injured In accidents. Several minor
accidents occurred also.
Heavy earthquake shocks are still
,eing felt in Costa Rica. where the
,ity OF Catago was destroyed. as told
,y the press dispatches last week.
Thousands are fleeing the country.
Owing TO the fact that the funeral
Of the late King Edward is TO be
held on May Goth, the execution OF
Walter Ross convicted of murder In
Ottawa, Canada. has been postponed
until the next day,
Chas. r. Heike, the man higher
up" Ia the big sugar frauds against
The Government, has been placed on
trial In the Federal Court at New
York. Several others have already
been sent to prison.
So close was the result Of the first
Tal
and former Governor Broward, of
Florida, for the formers seat in the
United States Senate, that a second
primary Is necessary.
Frank w. Rollins, a former Gov
ernor of New Hampshire. and an
author Of note. was arrested and held
in bail at New York. charged with
to smuggle in dutiable OBJ
jects in violation of the Federal law.
Governor Gillette, of California.
who has been petitioned by the
churches to prevent the Jeffries-
Johnson fight on July 4th, announces
that he cannot do so under the State
laws, so the fight will surely be held.
Refusal of certain of the Pueblo
Indians to obey an order Of the court
caused the fear of an Indian upris-
ing In New Mexico. The territorial
militia was ordered out and for a
time 1t was feared there would be
bloodshed.
The "holy war" In China. which
has caused Europeans and converted
Cinnamon to fee to the coast cities
for protection is growing and the i'm
perial troops are powsrless to stop 1t
Hundreds of Christian Chinese have
been murdered
F.. A. Heinze, the New York bank
er and western mine promoter. wa!
acquitted in the New York courts o.
over-certifying checks in his bank. G
F. Morse, his partner, is in the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta serving fifteel
years for a similar charge.
After ascending to height o
nearly $1,000 feet and being withou
food for hours, A. Holland Forbes
| the aeronaut, and a companion wer
dashed to earth in a balloon nea
Center, KY. They escaped death onl
by a miracle, but both were badl
injured.
Mrs. Philip Gunther, the wife of
wealthy commission broker, of Ne'
| York, caused the arrest Of her hus
band on the charge that ever sine
marriage thirteen years ago he ha
forced her into a life of shame. Cur
ther denied the charge, but was hel
for a hearing.
BY the lack of one vote the Hous
declined to accord the necessaT
two-thirds vote to submit to the se'
eral States of the Union the questio
of changing the date Of the inaug'
ration of President and Vice-Pres
dent from March 4th to the Ia
, Thursday in April.
U. G. Walker, convicted Of wrec
ing the South Cleveland, Ohio, Ban
ling Company, of which he was pre-
: ident, by lending hundreds of tho
sands of dollars to the Werner Coz
pany, of Akron, Ohio, was sentence
to five years in the penitentiary
Judge Ford. Walker will appeal.
John C. Davis, who was convict
at Wilmington, n. c., several yea
. ago of defrauding the people, b
who escaped punishment by being
:, clared insane. is on trial In Washir
ton, d. c.. charged with fleeing pe
= pie out of nearly 100000 by bog
- investments. His defense is again
\, sanity.
vi Monuments were unveiled
n Washington last week to the t
Pole heroes, Pulaski and Koscius
ID ko. who fought for American in
g pendence. President Taft attend
ID both and spoke at the Pulaski
= yelling. The occasion also ser
an for the meeting Of the Polish Natl
he al Congress.
to
he Alabama Democrats Expected to