The Elbert County tribune., 1902-10-09
SHORT TeLEoRAms.


John ID. Long. ex-secrctary OF the
navy. has been che sen president OF the
board of overseers OF Harvard Uni
yersity.
The Bolivian foreign minister and the
Peruvian plenipotcntiary have signeda
treaty settling the boundary question
between their respective countries.
An official report issued by the min
fster of agriculture ut Buenos Ayres
says the recent rains in the Argentine
Republic have destroyed the crops.
A fire at Stockton, Cal. September
2Sth. destroyed the agricultural pavil
ion and several other buildings, causing
loss of about half a million dollars.
1t is now stated that the bequest to
Princeton Of Miss Mary J. Winthrop OF
N,sw York. which formerly was report
ed to be S5O0,O00, Will amount to ST.
100000.
At a wedding celebration in n barn
at Werba, near Moscow, n fire was
started by a cigarette and over 100 of
the guests were suifocated or burned
TO death.
A lone highwayman held up the
Stites-GranEeyille stage in Idaho coun-
ty, Idaho, few days ago and robbed
six passengers of $3.50 In money and
some Jewelry.
Newspapers In Rome announce that
the grand master of the Italian Free
Mnsons has instructed all the Italian
lodges to open subscriptions In behalf
of the destitute Boers.
The autopsy on the remains of Emile
Zola resulted in an official declaration
that he died from asphyxiatlon chdsed
by carbonic oxide fumes. This puts II
rest the theory OF suicide.
Henry Phipps of New York City was
the donor of the 100000 gift to the
Boer fund recently announced by Cen
er1i Botha, and which was at first
credited by mistake to another party.
MIX has been advanced one-half cent
a quart Mt Wholesale in New York.
This Is the third advance from sum
mer prices, the first having been made
on August 1, and the second on Septcm-
ber /.
Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl of
st. Louis has been appointed chief of
sculpture of the worlds fair. He will
have active direction OF the modelling
OF all sculptural effects Mt the expo
sitIon.
A life size statue OF Louis Kossuth
was unveiled in Cleveland on Septem-
Der 2Sth in the presence of 10000 peo-
pie. There was a street parade OF
6,OOO members of.allled Hungarian so
cleties.
The ratificntions of the treaty (defin-
ing boundaries and limiting armaments
and naval construction between Chile
and the Argentine Republic, We're ex-
changed at Santiago on Tuesday, Sep
tember 23rd.
The Circuit Court at Dendwood,
South Dakota, has sustained the action
of the Pluma school board in refusing
to comply with an order of the Board
of Public Health to enforce vaccina-
ton in the public schools.
There will be no strike of the en-
ployus of the -four mills Of Minneapolis,
for. beginning October 10. the mills of
Minneapolis will be operated on an
eight-hour schedule, and on u wage ba'
sis satisfactory to the men.
The summoning of an automobile
chauffeur in the employ of Premier Bal
four in London before the magistrate
of st. Neoes, for driving a car faster
than twenty-five miles an hour, result
cd in the imposition of fine OF $50.
The London Chronicle gives currency
to a rumor that n movement is on foot
TO make President Roosevelt a colonel
In British line regiment The paper
believes that the matter of precedent
for such action is being inquired into.
1t is reported that the totals of chol-
era cases in the Philippine islands this
season up to September Both are 7O,22
cases and 4S,402 deaths. But the act
ual total of cases is estimated to be
about 100000. with deaths in proper
ton.
Secretary Hay has sent urgent in
structions to all the United States dip
lomatic officers abroad to do everything
within their power to secure displays
at the worlds exposition Mt St Louis
from the countries to which they ars
accredited.
A patent has been secured, says
London dispatch to the New York
Tribune, covering novel engine Tor
marine propulsion. which John Wits,
the inventor, asserts will reduce the
crossing of the Atlantic to at least
three days journey.
According to an announcement by Of
ficials of the Canadian Pacific railway
the first fast steamer of the New Altar
line service from st. Johns, n. b., in
connection with that road was to sail
from Liverpool on November 6. Sail
ings will be weekly.
There We're 1,071 strikes during 1901
in Germany, involving 1,22O persons,
as against 1,4G2 strikes of 29S,S19 per-
sons in 1900. In 200 cases in 1901 the
strikers were successful, in 2s5 cases
they were partially successful and In
5T1 cases they failed.
For the first time in several years q
case OF leprosy was discovered in Belle
yue hospital, New York. recently, the
patient being a Chinaman who has
been In the United States seven years.
He was removed to North Brother ISL
and for isolation and treatment