The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-05-14
GENERAL NEWS.

fA'ooy, 1th inst.
= South America contains 30. .0O0..
Bible.
-. . a bill is pending in congress to
admit Arizona. Oklahoma and New
Mexico as states.
The day for the opening OF the
st. Louis Exposition has been changed
from 1903 to 1904.
Several cities in India have been
swept BY a tornado. Over four hmm
dred were killed at Dacca.
- Aboy IL yesrs old has been ar.
rested in Atlanta charged with caus-
ing the death Of child of 6.
- Three tragedies within twenty
four hours in johnson City, Tenn.
stirred that place into fever of ex..
citement.
-Dr B. NJ. Palmer, q noted Pres
byterian divine, was Knocked down bv
trolley car in New Orleans and
seriously hurt.
- President Roosevelt has ordered
courtmartial in the case of Major
Glenn, accused Of using the "water
cure" on Filipinos.
- Eight men lost their lives at
Steelton, Pa, on Tuesday night by
being caught in a pit of melted metal
which had boiled over.
= The price Of silver on the market
today is lower than ever before. The
bullion value of the silver in a dollar
is about 36 or 81 cents.
- Three members Of Congress died
in four days. They were Cummings,
OF New York, Otey, of Virginia and
Salmon, of New Jersey.
= II. A. Barrows, disbursin q
clerk in the census Office at Washing
ton, has been found short 81 400. He
says he speculated with it and lost.
- Congress- will pay the funeral
expenses Of President Nc Kinley. The
amount will be $50, 200 Of which $31, :
600 will go to the doctors.
- The Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph says that John D. Rockefeller
has given $1,000, 900 to the cause of
popular education in the South.
= An attempt at Kansas City to
secure evidence against the beef COM
bine brought out the fact that the
butchers are afraid to testify against
the packers.
= Mrs. Mary Roberts of Paris,
Texas, was convicted ..on Friday of
completely in the murder of her hus-
band year ago and sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary.
- Meat is so scarce in England.
and the price 30 high that there is
fear of ameat famine during the coro-
nation. The American beef trust is
blamed for this condition of affairs.
- In the Western vernacular, the
beef trust "bit OFF more than il could
chaw. The consumption of meats
has fallen off about 81 per cent. since
it went into the wholesale grab busi-
ness.
- H. G. Thurston, of Missouri. is
the tallest Confederate veteran and
perhaps the tallest man in the United
States. Hei is feet and u inches
tall and attracts much attention at the
reunions.
H.G. Squiers, secretary Of the
LEGATION at Pekin, has been selected
by the president to be minister to
Cuba, and Gen. E.. S. Bragg Of Wis
consin. has been selected as sconsul
general at Havana.
- Admiral :. VIM. r. Sampson, re-
tired, died at his home in Washington
on Tuesday, 9Th inst. He had been
in bad health for two years and his
last days were embittered by the con.
troversy over the credit for the San.
tiago victory.
- The number Of Congressional
speeches now being prepared for distri-
button before the election next Novem-
Der breaks all records. There are at
! present in stock, ready for the use of
the campaign committees, 300, ,000, 600
copies OF speeches at this session.
= a life prisoner in the Michigan
penitentiary. after serving eighteen
years, died few days ago. with &c.
600 to his credit, earned by working
over time. It was invested in govern
ment bonds. His heirs haven't put
in their claims yet, but they will be
| heard from.
| - a strange case is that of Mrs.
Mary Elvira Gillespie, who at the age
of "a has just been admitted to hos
pital in Denver. She is the mother
Of thiry-seven children, including
fifteen sets Of twins, but all have
drifted away from her and she knows
not the address Of one Of them.
George Vanderbilt's estate, Bit.
more, Asheville, is to have rival.
Sergins Minkiewines, day laborer,
OF that city has fallen heir to for.
tune Of 90, 600, 600 in Germany. Mink
iewinez promptly raised S100 by Civ
| psctive wealth and left for the o old
country to prove his title to the in.
heritance.
- Thefsmily Of James W. Col.
. few days ago through Attorney J.
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