The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-11-21
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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Texas.
= Andrew Carnegie is arranging to
give S3,O0o000 to Pennsylvania insti-
tutions.
= Yellow fever is reported at Nat
chez IL Mississippi, but frost will most
likely put IN end to it.
| = Rhode Island will erect monu
ment to commemorate Washington
and bis troops Mt Valley Forge.
= President Mckinley has invited
every member of his present cabinet 10 !
roinnin III office Tor the next term.
1t is estimated that the prohibi-
tion candidate for President pollcd |
about 100000 votes in the United
States.
= The democrats of Kentucky will
try to get possession of Taylor and try
! him for completely in the murder of
Goebel.
= In Ohio John j. Lcntz, the present
Democratic Congressman from the 12th
district, was defeated by majority of
s votes.
! Twenty-Five million dollars more
! will be needed for the maintenance Of
the L. 5. navy in 100l-02 than for
10000.
- Four leading Chinese officials were
put to death OH November 10 under a
sentence imposed by the tribunal of
tho allies
= The republicans have given up tho
fight in Kentucky and will not contest
the election of democratic governor
Beckham.
- Capt. Lawrence NJ. Murray, who
commanded the famous Confederate
cruiser Nashville, died in New York
last week.
- During the fiscal year ending with
October New Jersey gave charters to
81 trusts, with capital aggrcgating
$0OO,OOO,OOO.
= Safes in the postoflicc and in store
of j. +. Black & Co., at Matthews, n.
G., were blown open on November 11th
and nearly $1,000 in cash secured.
- Twenty tons of cotton seed were
last week shipped from Washington,
Georgia, IL D. Elder, of Torrcon,
Mexico, to be used for planting pur-
poses.
Ono day last week negro out
ragged and murdered little white girl
mt Limon, Col. IIo was arrested and
burned to death by party of enraged
citizens.
"GOvernment by injunction" will
certainly disappear when woman suf-
frage obtains. A Wisconsin Judge has
enjOincd q wife from calling her hus-
band names.
= jerry Lynch, aged seventy two,
the last surviving member of the crew
of the Confederate hnttlesh;p A!abauia,
died at his residence in Inman Park,
Atlanta, Ga. He left large estate.
- The steel trust shut down big
factory Mt Mingo Junction, Va, and
starved it's employees into voting for
Mckinley. After the election they
were permitted to 60 back to work at
reduced wages.
The value Of the exports Of cotton
this year have been over sixty million
dollars, which is forty per cent. ahead
of the money value of any crop shipped
previously, the next highest in value
being the big crop of 1903.
A convention between Spain and
the United States has been signed by
which Spain cedes to. the United States
the islands of Cagayan and Sibutu for
100000. These islands were not in
cluded in the treaty of Paris and are
SPANS last possession in Occanica.
In the Northern Presbyterian
Church out of TAI Prcsbytcrics a have
voted against any change in the present
creed, give aplurality against change,
and 23 have voted specifically against
question No 1, making 70. which is q
majority against revision Of the Pres
byteries reported
Last Thursday at Kansas City,
Mo-, the king Of Omaha newsboys and
bootblacks, "Mogy" Bernstein, mar
ried Miss Nellie Suncld, of that city, an
heiress to considerable property. Morgy
began asa bootblaclz, has supported his
brothers and sisters, and is reputcd to
be worth, $4,000.
- The American Rice Distribution
Co., with capital of S15,OOOOO and
with VIM. X. Vanderbilt rs its isresi-
dent, has opened up for business ut
Crowley. La. Thepurposc of the COM
pany will be to buy up the rice crops
for period of years and to control
the sale of rice and it's by-products.
= The wheat crop of Missouri Kan
sas and Oklahoma next year, will be
nearly, if not quite, one million bush
els greater than this years. This is
the estimate Of Kansas City grain buy
ers who have been over the ground,
and have made the estimate of 4.5OO.00O
as the minimum. The present fall has
been exceptionally good for sowing
grain, the history Of western farming.
The ground is III an excellent condi-
tion.
According to the annual depart
mental estimates and reDOrt of State