The Elbert County tribune., 1902-09-18
SHORT rstsoRAMs.

The government unS decided against
the sale OF liquor of any description In
our Samoan possessions.
1t Is now said that the fatal accident
to the Fairs In France was due to n de-
fcctive steering wheel instead OF n coll
lapscd tire
Lord Curzon at Simla recently said
that he had no Intention Of resigring
until the full term OF his vice royalty
had expired
Don Carlos. the Spanish pretender,
has sent letter to the Carlist deputy,
vigorously dcprecating any attempt 1T
rising In the interests OF Carlists.
1t is proposed to make the dinner to
be given to President Roosevelt at the
Mercantile club In st. Louis next Octo-
ber the finest ever served in that city.
A remarkable scene has been wit
messed at Holhorn yinduct station. in
London, when $50 Roman Catholic pill
grims left by special train for Lourdes.
During his visit at Chattanooga, Sep
tember eth. President Roosevelt went
over the battlefields of Chlckamauga.
Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain.
A runaway engine at Oakland. Call
fornla. on the 9th Instant. was side
tracked and made n thirty-foot leap in
to the sea In the presence of thousands
Of people.
Dispatches from Bueno A5res nn-
nouncc the destruction OF the town Of
Bolivar. Argentine Republic, by tor
nado. Fourteen were killed and fifty
were injured.
The foreign minister, NJ. Delcasse.
cnbled to the French embassy at Wash
ington. directing that official to ex-
press his congratulations on President
Rooscvolt's escape from death.
The use OF waters from arsenic
springs that recently broke out pear
AfnpIami. Mexico. Is said to have oc-
casioned the death Of thirty persons
and the serious Illness Of over 400
more.
At shelbyvllle. Kentucky. Fisher
Million, n negro, tried in the County
Court, was found guilty of vagrancy
and sentsnced to be sold into servitudc
for period of twelve months, the
highest penalty.
Information has been received at the
British admiralty of sharp fight In
the Persian gulf between Il boats crew
OF the British gunboat Lapwlng and n
slave schooner. A bluejacket was killed
and several were wounded.
On account Of the lmpossibllity of Sc
curing berths for Manila at an earlier
date, Mgr. Guidl. the apostolic delegate
to the Philippines. will sail from Mar,
sellles. October 1st. and Is due to ar
rive at Manila on November 18th.
During the recent maneuvers near
Tivoli, Italy. military balloon burst
and sixteen soldiers were badly injured
In consequence. Two of the men We're
fatally hurt. The explosion OF the bal
loon Is attributed to intense heat.
The White Star line has ordered an
other steamer to be built by Harland x
Wolff of Belfast, which is to be twenty
feet longer and few feet wider than
the same company's steamer Cedric.
now the largest liner in the world.
General Cronje has stated that dur
ing the war he had lost. from wounds
and disease, twenty relatives. He ex-
pressed himself as prepared. however.
not only to forgive, but MS far as God
had given him the power, to forget.
A new claimant has arisen for the
honor of being selected as the British
terminal port proposed for the new
Canadian service. Active steps are
being taken TO lay the claims of Holly
Head before the proper authorities.
A dispatch from Calcutta says that
an earthquake shock has been felt
throughout the province of Assam and
the Chittagong, division Of Bengal. The
inhabitants were panic-stricken. Terri
BILE convulslons of nature are prophe-
sled.
The Boer generals have issued n
statement declaring there is no truth
in the reports of differences between
themselves and Mr.. Kruger. DIR. Leyds.
and the Boer delegates in Europe. add
ing that their relations with them con
tinue to be most harmonious.
Dispatches from Rome say the Itnl-
ian minister of posts and telegraphs.
Signor Galimberti, is negotiating for
the use OF wireless telegraphy, when
this system becomes practicable, be-
tween Italy, England and the United
States.
While President Roosevelt was at
Ellsworth. Maine, A. L. New of the Pa
cific Wireless Telegraph Company at
Catalina Island. California, sent him a
message of congratulation which pass
ed through the air without wire to the
As first step toward the construc-
tion of New York Chicago boulevard.
William u. Dickinson. treasurer of the
New Automobile club. recently started
on an automobile trip to Chicago. He
will report to tho association after
close inspection of the roads.
At the close of the naval maneuyers
at Pola. Austria. Emperor Francis Jo-
seph amounted Archduke Francis Fer
the heir presumptiye. to be an
admiral. This nomination is believed
to indicate the emperor's intention TO
strengthen the Austrian navy.
Excavations now in progress on the
college campus at Princetown, New
Jersey, have disclosed the old pump
which. in the early COS, was the instrn-