The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-24
GENERAL NEWS.

e''e. VIII proDaoiy split ana put out
two tickets.
-. The coming Tamnany platform
Will contain no reference to Bryan or
to the national platform.
Kansas has taken up Kafir corn
as substitute for corn and hay, which
Will be scarce in that country.
- a recen. rain in Southern Cali.
fornia increased the Lompoc valley
mustard crop from three sacks an acre
to thirty sacks.
The Washington legislature re.
Gently closed two days session. pass.
ing among other things a new capital
punishment law.
= Kansas not long ago boasted of
her unprecedented corn crop which is
now being destroyed, in large degree,
By excessive heat.
= Three Of the provisional govern
ments tried in the Philippines have
had to be abandoned and return
made to military rule
- A negro boy house servant in
Newman, Ga, attempted to kill his
employers family by putting rat
poison in the breakfast becfsteaks.
= There was terrible destruction
of life in Northern Java recently by
volcanic eruption. Over 700 natives
and number of Europeans perishe6.
= The western part of Kentucky is
suffering terribly from drouth, having
had no rain for many weeks. The
corn and tobacco crops are practically
burned up.
= The Argentine Republic is the
most progressive country in South
America. Already $4,000. 900 have
been invested in electrical undcrtak-
ings il the republic.
A fungus which gets into cotton
plants from the soil is killing the cot
con in the country round Naldosta,
Ga. 1t is said to stay in the soil and
kill cotton every year
- All told over hundred thousand
little mules have been sent from the
United States to South Africa for the
use of the British forces. They cost
from $50 to 500 apiece.
- At Courtland, Ala, crowd of
negroes lynched negro man who was
charged with killing Sallie Swoopc.
The mob hanged their victim to q tree
and then riddled his body with bullets.
= A fire in Wichita, Kas., tho 10th,
destroyed the packing plant of Dold
& Son, burning four large buildings
and seven million pounds of meat tho
total loss amounting to million dol
lars.
= It is said that there are 800 cases
OF leprosy in the United States. No
section Of the country seems to be alb.
solutely free from it. The special
board OF marine surgeons has so re-
ported.
- Out in Kansas it is said that a
man threw burning cigar stump in
wheat held as he was passing by it.
The wheat took fire and $4,000 acres
were destroyed. The loss was esti-
mated at 300, 900 bushels.
- The National Educational AS
sociaLion, in session at Detroit, Mich
igan, last week reafirmed it's declara-
tion in favor Of a national university
at Washington, to be maintained by
the national government.
= Of the 2,O80,OOO,OOO bushels of
barley produced by the civilized coun-
tries of the world Russia produces by
far the largest amount. Next in order
comes Austria. which is followed by
Germany, the United States, England
and Spain.
- At the naval training station at
Port Royal there are over four hun
tdred and odd uncommonly fine looking
lads recruited from various sections Of
the country, who are undergoing the
preparatory training and discipline for
naval service
- A bulletin issued by the census
Office shows that there has been de-
crease Of the Chinese population in
the United States since 1890 of IT,
CTS, the number now here being So
800. The Japanese increased during
the past ten years from 2,G37 to "a 300.
- Charbon hes killed 20 many
mules and horses in several NIissis-
sippi counties that not enough work
animals are left to finish laying by the
crops. Several negroes have died Of
the disease, and others refuse to work
for fear of contracting the fatal NAL
ady.
AHe ahount OF wages lost day
by the present strike in tho three
trades is estimated at from 5000, 900 |
to $500, 900, or nearly million and a |
half dollars a week. The loss in out
put in the companies, all of whom
have their product sold for months to |
come. cannot be estimated now.
= For seven years unique pigeon
post has been in operation between
Avalon. on Santa Catalina island, and |
Los Angeles, in California, distance |
of about fifty miles. Over twenty
miles of this distance is across the |
Pacific ocean. In the ordinary course
five hours are required between the
two towns, but the pigeons often cover
the distance in less than an hour.
Private messages, business orders,