The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-04-17
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

OkIEF NEWS i EMS.
Pope P.1s ". of Rome. head OF
the Roman Catholic Church. is In a
feeble condition with bronchial troa-
bic from which he may not recover
Postmaster-Genera BurIeson gave
ous 3 statement Monday in which he
stated merit and rot politics would
prevail IN appointments In the post
offce service
II. l.. Gibbs. OF Oriental. Allegheny
County. says the mercury stood At 2s
at that place Wednesday morning
and the ground was covered with a
mantle of snow.
A large chair factory. owned BY a
stock company. was burned AT Wal
kertown near WinstonSalem. Mon
day night. entailing a loss OF Sl5,-
600, with no insurance.
Fire at the Kansas State peniten-
tiary a few days ago destroyed four
buildings, the estimated loss being
100000. Six prisoners and guard
were slightly burned.
Twenty passengers were killed and
forty injured in a wreck on the Mexi-
can Central near Tula, State of Hid
algo. Mexico. The train was ditched
on a curve by the rebel forces.
The political strike in Belgium be
gan quietly Monday and at midnight
il was estimated that 100000 work
men were out in the country. In
dustries are practically paralyzed,
The conference at Chicago on mar
keting and farm credits have appoint
ed committee to go to Washington
and confer with President Wilson as
to some means of ameliorating condi-
tions.
F. NJ. Davis, an aged white man
of Asheville, was instantly killed Fri
day by being struck by a Southern
passenger train a mile east of Bilt-
more The deceased was deaf and it
is presumed that he did not hear the
approaching train.
Melvin Horne, former deputy sher-
if of New Hanover County, wanted
for embezzling $500 of tax money
and for retailing, has returned to
Wilmington and surrendered. He
claims he lost the money. Horne is
in jail in default of $500 bail.
A malarial commission was organ
lied at st. Louis Saturday as a de-
partment of the National Drainage
Congress; Joseph Hyde Pratt, of
Chapel Hill, told the Congress of the
vast possibilities of the reclamation
of swamp lands in North Carolina.
The funeral of j. P. Morgan was
conducted with imposing ceremonies
later laid to rest in the family GENE
terry at Hartford, Conn. The casket
was banked with red roses, which
was the favorite flower of the great
| financier.
| The Greensboro News says W. H
! Tucker, a white man about 35 year.
of age and a painter by trade, wa
| shot from ambush and instantly kill
/ ed, in that city Wednesday night
| Three men, two negroes and on
white, were seen running away sool
after the shot was fired
Proposed anti-Japanese Legislation
in California is giving much concern
at Washington, lest something be un
dertaken that is in violation of treat,
obligations with the japanese nation
The newspapers in Japan are criti
cising this country for allowing Cali
fornia to discriminate against th'
Japanese.
William r. Hearst, owner of tn
New York American, the Atlant
Georgian, and a string of newspaper
over the country, has started a sui
for $4,000 in Greensboro in tn
United States Court for the Wester
District of North Carolina against +
l.. Seely, former owner and publish
er of the Atlanta Georgian. Hears
Alleges that the accounts OF the pape
were larger than represented to him
Mr.. Seely is now living in Asheville.
Brave Guilford Girl Holds Up Burg
lar.