The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


= An Ohio correspondent believes
that Mckinley will lose his own State.
Gen. Dinz has been reelected
President Of Mexico, which makes his
sixth term.
There is every reason to believe
that Bryan is going tn carry Indiana
this time by good sound safe majority.
Confidential information from
Chicago says Illinois viii go democratic
because of the building strikes and the
unpopular State administration.
"A man in the White Plains hosyi-
tai. New York, was struck by lightning
last July and cannot remember his
name. He does not know who he is,
where he came from or how he got
there.
"A philnntlrOpic crank in Chicago
has built magnificent hospital for
stray cats in the fashionable portion Of
Chicago, anti usks people to send her
their fclines instead Of drowning
them.
Gold has been discovered in Mon
roc county. near Knoxville, Tenn,
which yields S53 to the ton. The strata
| ls said to be very extensive. A local
company will be organized to ueyeloD
the property.
Alta meeting Of the Spanish War
Veterans held in Washington last week,
Gen. Nelson A. Miles was elected Com
manderin- Chief, and Col James II.
Tillman, of Edgeticld, S. c., senior
Vice Commander-in-C Chief.
H. M. Beutell, one of the aldermen
Of Atlanta, Ga, has entered suit in
the Superior Court of Fulton county
for alleged libel against the Atlanta
Constitution for damage to his character
to tho amount of $4,000.
- In n loc nj celebration ut Duxbury,
Mass, recently the state coach of Dan
! iel Webster was brought out and
Joined the parade. 1t was loaned for
the occasion by NJ. Hall, the present
owner and occupant of the Webster
estate
- The Weather Bureaus scientific
report Of the Galveston storm shows
that $685. houses were totally destroy
ed, over G.G00 lives lost and the proper
! ty damage exceeds $3O,OOO,0OO. Tue
highest velocity of tho wind is put at
1870 miles an hour.
! - The estate of the late G. u. Hunt
ington must pay death taxes to the
amount of 100000 to the State of New
York and aii equal amount to the gen-
crGl government under the warrevcnue
act, the Supreme Court having decided
| the inheritance tax to be constitutional.
-S st. Louis is already beginning to
make enthusiastic preparations for the
worlds fair which she expects to hold
in 1908, commemorative Of the centen-
NAL anniversary of the great real cs-
tate transaction made by Mr.. Jefferson
and known as the Louisiana purchase.
Great drovcs of deer arc now
going south from Colorado, sometimes
twenty thousand animals IN one herd.
They sometimes block railroads for
two hours. In the summer they have
been scattered over the table-lands of
R0utt and Rio Dianco counties. AS
winter approaches th' y go south several
hundred miles.
The prize family, for size, in North
Carolina, has just moved to Green's
boro and settled at Proximity. The
family consists Of Il husband, wife
and twenty one children. The head
of the family, A. NJ. Harrington, was,
until recently, widowcr with num-
Der Of children. Hc married widow
with several children, thus gaining the
distinction of being tho head Of the
largest family in the State.
= While no official statement has
been made as to tho amount Of money
received direct by those in charge of
the relief work ut Galveston and Hous-
ton, it is said to aggregate probably
$50O,OOO making a total of about ST.
10000 in cash that has been contri-
buted. In addition to the money
contributions several hundred thous-
ands of dollars of food supplies and
clothing have been contributed.
Trinity College. Methodist in
stitution at Durham, N. c., was last Fri
day the recipient Of a gift Of 100000
from Washington Duke, n wealthy cigar
cite manufacturer. This last gift makes
altogether half Il million dollars given
by Mr.. Duke to this college. In addi-
tion to this. another member of the
Duke family has given the college
$4,000" and q library that will cost
$1,000, now being built by j. b.
Duke.
The Democratic Congressional
committee, with headquarters in Wash
ington, has recently summed up the
situation rs to members of Congress,
ana reach conclusion that they will
have majority of ten in the next
House of Representatives. This csti-
mate comedies loss of three or four
members in Pennsylvania, in which
State the Democrats now have ten