The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-24
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Things That We All should Know
Gathered From Our Exchanges.
President Roosevelt spent last Sunday with
General RUSSELL A. Aiger at Detroit.
Five prominent senators visited Oyster Bay
last week TO visit the president at his invi'
tstion.
committee has decided not 70 admit negro
delegations TO the State convention.
The sovereign grand lodge Of Odd Fellows ID
In session at Dea Moines. In. Thirty thous-
and members OF the are In attendance.
Mareopi declares he has solved the prob
lem OF sending wireless messages over o dis
tanoe Of moro than 81 500 miles.
Mrs. Florence Spieer fitzpatrick has been
APPOINTED On one Of the fve trustees TO bniid
and manage the new Carnegie Library st On.
ei6a. N. 7.
Up. Morgan, Senator Hanna and others.
Arc trying 70 raise one million dollars for the
work OF the Episcopal church In the Philip.
pines.
umbia last Thursday from Beaufort. The
commission met for tho purpose ofthe annual
Inspection Of The phosphate territory.
Lord Salisbury In at the present time very
III in Switzerland and In confined 10 his bed.
His health has been gradually falling for
some.
Lieutenant Walther Smell OF the German
arrived In Chfca3o TO take tho position OF acc.
ond viceconnsul ai the German consulate.
Lieut.. Morris, an officer on the warship
Olympia. committed suicide in his state
room. This In the second ofiicer TO commit
suicide on the Olympia.
asnsy % o ORD snS:s s.s,ss sscs
sensation has appeared In New York looking
very haggard and dazed.
The Boer generals and Secretary Chamber.
ernment win stand on its right 70 keep rebel.
toua subjects out Of the realm. but will not
confscate property.
In spite OF all that could DO aaid, Hende.- O
will retire as speaker OF the national house OF
representatives. He will not give mp the
speakerssip until the end ofthe term.
Again II seemed % n the Presidents car.
raige vss fsted. Two little girls had mar.
tho horses attached 70 the presidents carriage.
made for the merging OF the packing house
intereets which begun Rt the South Omaha
packing houses In Omaha. The work In said
70 be well under way.
Preparations are being rapidly completed
for the thirty sixth annual encampment OF
be held this year In the nationa, capital. II
| II understood that this will be one ri the
most soccessful encampments evor held.
The people Of Martinique are not In great
want ~ reported. An agent Of q West In
dian steamahip company declares that the
lower part OF the island is In most flourish
Ing condition.
George Hale, late chief of the Kansas city
flre department has been asked TO 60 70 Lon.
don and reorganixe the fire department there.
Hale has twice taken the Kansas city team
abroad, winning first honors st all tourna-
ment1.
A panic occurred In the Baptist Convention
teen hundred people were in the hall when
the alarm OF Ore was given. The cry of "naht'
vas mistook for "fire" and there was frantic
effort to escape. There were ITO negroes killed
In the mad rush 10 escape.
A conference OF the managers OF the Ger
man and British steamsh Up lines plying be-
tween Europe and South America has begun.
The purpose OF tho con fer ence In TO establish
uniform freight rates In tho South American
trade.
The International Union OF Com mercial
Saturday. There were forty delegates 10 At.
tendance, representing as many cities In the
United states. A constitution similar 10 the
s6Spsd Ts. Ss s. me .hss an or
sanitation OF telegraph operators has been
formed on these lines.
The spread OF cholera inths far East and In
Egypt has caused Surgeon Gen eral Wyman
TO take additional pIecaution TO prevent the
disease from effecting an entrance into the
United States. Quarantine stations on the
Pacific coast have been strengthened, special
provision has been made ~ Honolulu, and
past assistant surgeon has been ordered 10
Egypt for Information.
President Roosevelt is now on one Of the
moat important trips yet undertaken. He
will make speeches at numbers Of towns
where congressional campaigns are wsging.
He viii be among the sugar producers and
died In o most delicate manner. The pres
idsnt will be accompanied by Secretary Shaw
on the greater part OF the Northwestern Trip