The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-03-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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The Massachusetts Legislature re-
jected tho proposition for extending
tho suffrage to women.
= Seventeen members of the fifty
sixth congress have died and three
have lost their minds.
= There are fewer mortgages on the
Southern farms than in any other sec
ton of the United States.
- At Inc Kansas City stockyards n
Hereford cow was recently sold for
S3,70o. the highest price on record.
= There are n little over 700 cotton
factories in the Southern States. With
in two years there will be more than
1000.
= Tho Delaware Legislature adjourn
ed without elccting United States SEN
ators to fill the two vacancies in the
State.
- A Berlin estimate shows that 254
foreign and 10000 native Christians
were killed in the Boxer troubles in
China
The legislatures in 81 States have
spoken in favor of the election of Unit
ed States Senator'S by direct vote OF
the people.
= Former Senator Roger Q. Mills is
said to be receiving an income Of S15,-
COO month from the oil wells on his
Texas farm.
= COlored women in Kansas have
taken Mrs. Nations occupation from
her. They arc smashing saloons to
beat the band.
= Mrs. Mary A. Wright, member
of the recent legislature of Idaho, has
been unanimoutly elected chief clerk
of the entlegislature.
General Fitzhugh Lee il said to
have expressed his intention to make
his home in tho West, now that he has
been retired from the army.
= The president has 400 applications
for the % vacancies in chaplaincies in
tho U. S. army. The pay is 81 500 will,
an increase each year until it reaches
$2,4OO.
= All American troops will bo with
drawn from China next month, except
Legation guard of 15O men, that will
be kept to protect tho U. s. Minister in
Pekin.
The indications point to the sus-
pension Of two millions of spindles in
the Fall River district. That is thew
will suspend part Of the time 80 as to
curtail the output of the mills.
The demand for postage stamps
during the past three weeks has been
so great as to reduce the reserve in
Washington below the figure fixed by
law. This is held to indicate phenom-
email business activity.
&C. B. Nelson, of Cadillac, Micbi-
gan, carries bullet in his pericradium
which was shot into him in 1896. He
ls hearty and strong and suffers no
pain or Inconvenience from it.
Andrew Carnegie, according to
report. intends to give $22. 900, 900 for
technical school at Pittsburg, Pa. It
is also said that he mas offered 81 ,OO0.-
600 to St Louis for g public library on
conditions similar to his other library
gifts.
The war department is considering
the reduction of the army in tho Phil
ipp:nes owing to the surrenders in
Luzon. The term of service of 10000
troops will expire in the next few
months.
1t isn't safe to offend Uncle Sam.
Chas. E. Howard was arrested in At
lanta few days ago for sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails 13years
ago. Officers have been hunting him
ever since.
Ex-Presidert Harrison would have
been 0o years old if no had lived until
the Goth of August next. Grover Cleve-
land is now the only living ex-Prcsi-
dent, and he was O. years old on Mon
day. March 18th.
The census enumeratOrs in several
districts in Maryland added many
names fraudulently to the census.
They have been discovered and will be
punished, but the figures will have to
go in the official returns.
- Cotton mills in Fall River. Mass..
operating $4,000 spindles, closed down
the 18th to wait for better times.
Others will follow, and it is said there
will soon be two million spindles idle
tn Fall River alone. Is this q, speci-
men of Mckinley prosperity.
After the most interesting of any
bearing held b. fore the Maino Lcgis-
'ature for years the House by the de-
cisive vote of "a to "a refused to rcsub-
NIT to the people of Maine the prohibi-
tory amendment to the Constitution.
1he Senate will concur without debate.
"A bill has been introduced in the
Pennsylvania Legislature which pro-
vides that every qualified voter shall
vote at all primary and general cleo
tions or be subject to fine of $5 or 10
days imprisonment. Sickness or alb
sence from the county are the only ex-
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