The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-23
GENERAL NEWS.

for an appropriation of s99, ,OO0, ,OOU
Tor the navy.
- Vast nickel deposits, the larges,
in the world, have been located in
Southern Oregon.
King Leopold, of Belgium, has
announced that he intends to visit the
United States at an early date.
= The town Of Alba, Tex, was de.
stroyed by an inccndiary fire. A
large quantity of cotton was also burn
ed.
Kansas conyicts earned s:4l ,O0C
for that State last year oycr aud above
the expense of maintaining the pen
itentiary.
w. Nj. Kenyon. of Chicago
drowned himself at Omaha, Neb., and
left note saying he feared the long
cold winter.
= Edwin Lonngecker, aged 2l, q
student in Philadelphia, died Sunday
with broken back, tho result of q
football game.
Pete T. Coglan, paymastcr of the
Virginia iron furnaces, was waylaid
shot and robbed of $4,000 near Mid
dlesborough, Ky.
- Senator Clark, of Montana, has
been reading the predictions Of cold
winter. and gone and bought 5000
acres of coal land.
1t now turns out that the sugar
trust having purchased the entire crop
In Cuba is extremely anxious that
sugar be placed on the free list.
Ho.ry G. West, an engineer on
the Plant system, was waylaid, mur.
dered and robbed at Pala.ka, Fla. He
had just drawn his monthly wages.
~ According. to the estimates re-
ceived at the Department of Agricul-
ture, the wheat crop Of the world for
1901 is larger than it has been for two
years.
Nearly seven thousand doll ars
has been contributed so far to the
Atlanta Journals fund for the erec.
ton OF monument to President Me-
Kinley.
= = The warden of Auburn prison an
nounces that many flowers and much
fruit are being received for assassin
Czolgosz, as well as hundreds Of con-
solatory letters.
5 - All efforts to get in touch with
the brigands who kidnapped Miss
Stone have proven futile. The bri-
gands declare that, if they are pursued.
they will kill their captive.
- Oliver Stevens, Of Boston, has
been the county district attorney for
twenty-seven consecutive years. He
Is Democrat, but has been twice re-.
elected by the Republicans.
~ Hon. Henry Watterson, the dis.
tinguished editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, has announced him
self In an interview, candidate for
governor of Ken cky in 1903.
- According to. 1.-THE bulletin of the
'onsus bureau last week, there are,
now l,S15, ,097 more males than feN
males in the United States. Tk;s
ought to give every girl chance.
johann Most, New York anar.
,hist editor, was found guilty and
sentenced to one year in the peniten-
;iary and to pay 6ne Of $500 for
q seditious article in his
paper.
Louis Hoyt Holmes, of Spring
leid, Mo-, has refused to change his
lame for bequest Of $4,000. He
'ays he was born q Holmes and no
mount OF money can make him any
hing else.
The agricultural department at
Washington has decided to change
he manner Of distribution of seeds.
Hereafter seeds will be sent to locali
les suited to bring about improved
- iAausa. ranks Jonn /. Stewart,
II Sumner County, as its richest man
nd sets his wealth at 50, 900, 900. He
.wns 100 quarter sections Of land.
'wenty years ago he was an Office bow
n Wichita.
An entirely novel feature of the
orth Carolina State Fair will be
eviyal daily in tent holding 500 |
eople.. Evangelist !, Lawrence B. |
ireenwook, of Boston, will conduct |
he services.
n movement is on foot in North |
,arolina, promoted by the tobacco
ealers, to erect a statue to Sir Wal
er Raleigh in Raleigh. Collection
oxes are to be placed in stores where
obacco is sold.
- President Roosevelt. announces
hat he will make no change in the
'eRsion Bureau. Evans is satisfac |.
liy. Senator Frye is mentioned MS
ecretary of State in the event of the
,tirement of Hay.
Eighteen hundred aud seventy
'ur Sunday Schools were organized in
estitute places by the American Sun
ay School Uni5a last year. Besides
lese, 54 were organized and 9,123
,hools we're visited or otheryise aid
4.
= .An Immense potato crop has bee
sised this season by irrigation in tie
tate OF Washington. The quantity
~ avnnrf 10 Ol0n 1