The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-31
SHORT TELEoRAMs.

sphynx Is rapidly disintegrating.
The Transmississippi Congress Will
meet at Minneapolis August 22nd.
The apple crop Is likely to be poor in
the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic
states.
After August LIST all unused printed
postal cards viii be redeemed at 10
cents hundred.
The Rev. DIR. W. II. MIlburn, the
venerable blind chaplain of the Senate,
Is nearly eighty years old.
Late dispatches state that Count Toll
stoi has SO far recovered that he is able
to write two hours daily
One OF the public Fairgrounds In
Kansas City Is TO be fitted with 4
shower bath for children.
A heavy corn crop Is predicted In Ne
brnskn, Kansns and the greater por-
tion Of Missouri and Illinois.
The censorship over kilograms has
been abolished at Cape Town except in
the case Of press dispatches
The mausoleum In which the body OF
John W. Mackay Will be placed was
completed two yenrs ago at u cost OF
about 100000. ...t-
4 Should the Pope live till 1903 lie will
celebrate his diamond jubilee as n
bishop. his golden jubilee as a cardi-I
nal and mis- silver jubilee as a pope. /,
4 Hnmud Bin Mohnmed Said, Sultan
of Zanzibar. died July 18th. The Sui
tan has ruled since 1896. in which year
he. was placed on the throne by Great
Britain. +
Sir Arthur Lawley, governor OF west
ern Australia, has accepted the lieu
tenant governorship of the Transvaal
colony. lie Will start for South Africa
August 9th. ~
The War Department has been ad-
vised of the sailing of transport Crook
from Manila Juiy.1Tth with 1865 en-
listed men of the Twenty-fifth infant
ry and ten prisoners.
Full returns from the congressional
elections in the new federal Congress
of Mexico show that a large proportion
OF the former members of both houses
have been reelected.
Bolivia has decided TO request the
good offices of the United States to set
tie the Acre question, says Rio de
sJaneiro dispatch. This decision Is
much criticised there.
Applications amounting to more than
100000 marks have been made for the
20,000,OO0 marks bond Issue authorized
by the German Gable Company for the
construction of n second Atlantic ca
bic. frt - +-tgiFt
Emperor William has bought Fran
els b. Biggs' thirty-foot yacht. Uncle
Sam, winner OF the kaiser's gold cup.
His majesty intends TO sail her In the
1903 regattast without competing for
prizes. s3tl n FEY tItkt 4I
Good rains are reported all through
south Arizona counties. The rains
have come just in time to prevent fur
ther losses to cattlemen. The loss al
ready will reach many thousands OF
dollars. Na
Al a recent meeting OF the Saddlery
Mems convention, In Cleveland. the
list of those who can buy goods from
the manufacturers were made out.
The list includes about seventeen
names. srfate<ff 3fe - e--lf 2
Andrew Carnegie has promised to
give Clark University 100000 toward
the S25O,OO0 needed to secure a bequest
of S500O00 under the will of the late
Jonas @. Clark of Worcester. Massa-
chusetts e y M 81 ~ u -
1t is stated that the Asphalt Com
pany of America and the National
Asphalt Company. both of which are
now in the hands OF receivers, will be
merged and reorganized with capital
of S31, 100000. t44 t4tft
A commission appointed to reappor-
tion Oklahoma has announced the to-
tai population of the territory to be
6OO,O00, with one representative for
every 22,OOO people and one senator
for every $4,000.
This seasons salmon pack on the Co
lumbia river so far amounts TO about
115.OO0 cases. The total catch of sal
mon in the Columbia river to date this
year is estimated 20 be the equivalent
of 10000 cases.
The lending members of the Polish
arlstocracy resident In Berlin are qui- ]
etly organizing with the object of re-
fusing all court invitations on account
of Emperor Williams anti-Polish
speech at Marienburg.
A severe typhoon swept over the
southern Philippine Islands June 14th
and 18th. The customs steamer Shear
water was lost Off the island OF Marin
dnque. Nineteen OF her crew, includ-
ing three Americans, were drowned.
An attempt of the Law and Order
League at Nebraska City, Nebraska,
on July 20tli TO stop a Sunday baseball
game resulted in a riot, during which
@. NJ. Shepperd. Methodist minister.
was hit and knocked down by rock
The survivors OF the German steam
ship Primus of Hamburg, which, with
1S5 passengers ON board, wns cut In
two and sunk by the tug Hansa, say
that ninety-six of those who were on
board that vessel at the time of the
disaster are missing.
Charles Sturms. n plumber, who is
unable to get into the Master Plumb
ers' Association of Kansas. or to buy
goods without being a member of the
association, has filed suit at Fort Scott |