The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-09-26
GENERAL. NEWS ITEMS

rcdc that a majority of the next House
will be Democratic.
1t will take 1000 men. wo,l;;n.,
every day three .Lonths, To clean I'm
GalvcstOns streets
The first snow of the season fc,, !,
Wisconsin September lG, with the thcr-
momctcr 90 above zero.
= The census bureau announces the
population of Augusta, Ca, as 39.4l1
against 33,30G III 1890, an increase 1S:,,
per cent.
= The summer of 1900 has been the
hottest ever known in New York, and
the people of that city had Il regular
plague of mosquitoes.
= John ID. Rockefeller, it is estimated.
makes $lGl,'s3 pcr day. The Odd
cents are not given, but he sncnds
them for crackers and milk, his actual
needs.
While on his death bed General
Edwaru W. Scrrcll, of New York. mar
RED Miss Marion &. Roorbach, who
had been nursing him. whom he WAS
to marry next month.
| Governor Savers, of Texas. saws
that the loss Of life occasioncd by th.
| storm on the Texas coast cannot he less
than 1900 lives and the loss of prom
crty will probably aggregate $a0.on0
600.
= Kansas City has now become the
second flour making city in the Uni
ted States, having turned out SEQ
barrels OF flour in one week This
cripscd all records save those of the
Minneapolis mills.
Charles Is. Stucvcr, of ST. Louis,
is the latest millionaire to distribute
his fortune during his lifetime. lie
has horror of family quarrcls over
wills and has divided his smoney chiefly
among his children.
The amount received by the Unit,
cd States government from the sale OF
postage stamps, 'ctc., for the fiscal
year ending June 30, exceeded S1Os;
100000. This is @l0O00,0OO in excess
ef any previous year.
= Mrs. Florence L. King, who was
the only woman member Of the law
school OF the Ohio Wesleyan univcr-
sity class Of 1890, has Just been admit
ted to practice ut the bar of the Kos
| CluSho, lHu., circuit court.
- John l.. Walker colorcd, who was
consul to Madagascar under President
Harrison, and who IS now in Cuba, has
written home to say that he will sup
port Mr.. Bryan, on the question of i'm
perinlism, and will take the stump for
him.
"A New England company has
turned out an electric car capable OF
making sixty-tive miles an hour. 1t is
to run on the seventeen mile road be-
tween Providence and Fall River, and
Is expected to cover the distance in six
teen minutes.
Prof. McGec, of the Smithsonian
Institute. Washington, thinks that the
site of Galveston should not be used
3 again for populous city. lie says
that the shore of tho gulf on which
Galveston issituated is gradually sink
ing, and that city built there cannot
last long at most.
:, - The annual crop Of mushrooms in
France is valued at S2,O00 1000 and there
arc sixty wholesale firms in Paris deal
ing exclusively in them. In the depart
L
some 5000 caves in which mushrooms
arc grown, and about 300 persons are
employed in their culture,
- Mr.. |. A. IIosmcr, who was presi-
dent of Oahu College in Honolulu for
ten years. has resigned and returned to
this country. lie says that there is
lack of suitable agricultural labor i'll
the HawaiaD Islands, and that 10000
negroes from the Southern States have
been cngegcd to cmigratc and supply
the lack.
Joseph b. Noble, father Of the first
child born of q polygamous marriage
J III the Mormon church, was buried at
Bountiful, Utah, recently. The fun.
cral services were attended by thirty
OF his children, 81 Of his grandchildren.
MI. Noble has six wives, ~ children,
OF whom 33 are living, and 1oi grand
children
- Practically all tho life insurance
held i'll Galveston at the time Of the
storm was carried in thrty-threc COM
panies, one-half Of the total being in
three companies of New York. The
aggregate of the life insurance losses,
it is estimated, approximate SIC, 1000, 900.
The general belief is that the compan-
les will arrange to relieve distress by
making payments promptly.
The president Of the Ohio River
Railroad refused to allow the Bryan
special ear attached to one of his trains
in West Virginia, and forced the Bryan
party to ride in the regular passenger.
1t is said to be bit of spite because of
Bryan's speeches attacking the trusts.
1t is declared that Democrats are in
censed and Republicans disgusted at
this petty revenge by trust magnate,
and that it will carry many votes to
Bryan.
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