The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-08
GENERAL MEMS Item ).


cities.
The indemnity now asked of China
by the powers nf Europe and America
| Is now about $275. 100000.
Secretary Root has given instrnc-
t.ens s"T ii,c reOurial of tho Confedcr.
ate soldiers in Arlington cemetery.
An almanac pa years old has lust
been sold in Boston for s!55. Ii was
printed for the year 1867 by Samuel
Green in Cambridge.
= David Rankin, the Missouri cattle
king, will plant 1O,00O acres of corn this
year, employing about $50 men and
utilizing 600 horses.
"A good flow of oil has been found
ut Martinville, La. The South is Just
beginning to find out that it is loaded
down with coal. iron and oil
= The Methodist general conference
at New Orleans gave $50, 900 for the
university Mt Soochow. China, in volun-
tary personal donations in collection.
"A thrashing was given Miss Bran
fora Gist, II school teacher ut Chnses,
Md, by Mrs. Jacob Syndcr, whose
daughter had been whipped by tho
| teacher
During the year 1900 more than
100000 Bibles, Testamcmts and por-
tions of tho Scriptures were issued in
England. an increase of nearly GOO, 900
copies over any previous year.
The oil wells of Beaumont, Texas.
have gone deeper and higher grade
of oil found ut n depth of 200 feet.
The yield from we'll is 1000 barrels q
day under the force of tho pumps.
= A school teacher OF Murysville,
o., was indicted by the grand jury for
assault and battery for severely whip
ping boy i'll his school and pleaded
guilty in court, and was fined 500.
"A law college for women, with a
corps Of 18 professors and lecturers
has been opened at Washington. Three
years study in the college will graduate
woman as buchelor Of laws and four
years rs master of laws.
- The newspapers along tho Ohio
are figuring up the flood damages
1t will reach more than n million dol
lars from Pittsburg to Carlo. not TAX
ing into consideration tho sickness and
deaths almost sure to follow.
Upward Of $S,OOO,OOO worth of
bananas from the West Indian and
Central American plantations arc eaten
in the United States every year. The
island OF Jamaica also sends to this
country 1000, 600 lunches annually.
Cuba has population of about 1, :
100000 of whom 10000 are native
whites, 142. 900 foreign whitcs,' 234, 900
pure blood negroes. 2S0,O0O mulattoes
or half breeds and $4,000 Chinese.
More than 90 per cent arc unable TO
read and write.
The latest is clothing trust. Chi
cago manufacturers Of clothing repre-
senting an aggregate capital of from
S15,0OO,00 900 to 100000, 900 met last week
and decided to form an association
which will combine with similar bodies
throughout the United States.
A reporters census of n mile of
residences on Fifth avenue, Now York,
returns total Of fifteen children un-
der the age of 12. IN average of one
child IN three houses On the east
side tho investigator found sixty thrce
children in one tenant house.
= The three hundredth anniversary
of the landing Mt jamestown. Va,
occurs in 1907, and n plan is being form
ed to celebrate the event, John Fisllc,
the historian. heading the movement.
He regards it MS tho most important
date III the history of the New World.
= In II statement given publicity
VIM. j. Bryan says in effect that no
has no intention of seeking n third
nomination for the presidency. Mr..
Bryan's announcement is IN answer to
an article in an Eastern paper, spccu-
lating on his plans as a political leader.
= Tobacco dealers say that tho plan
of raising the weed in the shade is
going to enrich tho planters of Con-
nccticut by millions of dollars. Tho
Government experimental last year
by raising tobacco under n shading
of chccsecloth, and the product was
worth scventy-five cents pound.
This year the farmers will try the
scheme on II large scale.
= The canning industry is of more
value to the state Of Maine than its
bonstcd granite, slate and leo indus
tries combined. In Maryland the can
ming industry is tho largest and mo st
important in tho State, employing
more hands and representing a greater
invested capital than any other indus
trial enterprise. Some figures given
below, from tho Maryland bureau of
statistics. show the extent of the in
dustry. During the year 1900 there
were packed in the State 33. 600, 900 cans
of Tomatoes. 11,400,0O0 cans of corn,
100000 cans of peas, and 100000
cans of peaches.
The governments weekly crop re-
mort iao,in1 lOct yUn,l,nal,- x