The Elbert County tribune., 1902-06-26
SHORT rELeeRAms.

Will De sent 10 carry Ni. hiubtf phek
to South Africa.
President Palma Indignantly denies
that General Gomez was brlbed not to
run for the presidency OF Cuba.
1t Is announced nj Madrid that the
Spanish government has decided to APP
point n minister to the Cuban Repub-
lie.
The government printers AT Manila
have petitiobcd that their salaries shall
be paid In gold instead of Mexican sill
yer.
The official count OF the vote in the
Oregon election shows that Chamber
lain. Dcmocrnt, for governor has ma
Jority of 2JG.
Naval Constructor Tiohson has been
given three months leave OF absence
on account of eye trouble and is likely
TO be retired.
unprecedented cold weather for June
is reported from Germany and Aus
tria and cold rains are damaging crops
In many localities
Alexander City. Ala. n place Of 1900
inhabitants, was entirely destroyed by
fire on the 18Th Inst. the loss being es-
| timnted at SI5O.OOO.
Admiral Coghinn has been selected
by Secretary Moody 10 convey the re-
mains OF Lord Pauncefote 10 England
on his flagship Brooklyn,
Swcdcn's latest census records the
lowest death rate yet attained by CIV
illzed nation. During the last ten years
II only averaged iGoi per LOO.
The Cuban Senate has approved the
bill liking President lfalna's salary
at $4,000 year. aud That OF Srior
Estevez. the vice president at $1,000.
The degree OF doctor of jurisprudence
will he conferred upon Grover Cleve-
\ land by the AnguStinian College OF ST
Thomas at villa Nova. Pennsylvnnin.
| There Is no truth In the statement
| published In the United States that an
anarchist plot to nssassinntc Emperor
Frnncis Joseph was discovered In VI
emma.
Two sharp earthquake shocks were
held at Newport. Ore. on The night Of
the I1th Inst. one ut p, ni.. and an
other ut / a M, but no damage Is re-
ported.
by recent agreement all disputes
| that may arise between the team OWL
ers and employees of Chicago aud the
tcansters will DC submitted 10 arbi-
! tratiou
The Priucc OF Wnlcs held a unique
| coronation review on the Horse Guards
parade recently OF i3.OoO boys gathered
from all parts of the kingdom. belong
ing to the boys brigade connected with
the various churches.
| A recent dispatch from Cape Town.
South Africa. says: Unprecedented
snowstorms have swept over the mid
lands. Trains are blockaJed by II six
foot drift Mt Mnntwpoou. The tele-
graph wires are down.
Mary Custis Lee. daughter Of the
late General Robert l.. Lee. wns re-
Gently arrested and niulcied In the sum
! or 81 for riding In the ear set apart
for negroes on the iraIn between Wash.
ington and Alexandria.
The Manila Chamber OF Commerce
has presented to General Cinncc a set
of resolutions expressing The regard
with which General chaff... and the
army In the Philippines are held by the
business men OF Manila.
1t Is said that John Wapamaker.
OF Philadelphia. is trying To bny the
Palmer House property Ia Chicago with
II view TO erecting twenty-story build
Ing and esta ablisbins the largest depart
| nent store In the world.
| faTinS OF NeNgu1 on June !. l'Nbp. ac-
i cording to n census bulletin on agricnl-
ture in that state. numbered 9. .ISI. aud
were valued at SI5.6i5.11O. The gross
farm income In 1899 was 81. tS5. .IG7 and
the gross Income op Investment Is per
| cent.
The tax reformcrs nf Pennsylvania
have organized n tax reform league
aud have started propaganda work to
secure an amendment TO The state con-
stitution niong the lines Of the Austria
lasinn tax amendment soon TO be voted
on in Colorado.
New York TO Chicago 10 nineteen
hours ard fifty-seven minufes-that Is
the record time made by flic new fast
trains put into service by the Lake
Shore and Pennsylvania railroads June
18th. The twcnty-hour schedules over
both were more than equaled.
The Democratic convention in III.
nois adopted a platform that hedges on
the silver question. The resolutions
deplore the death OF William McKin.
ley. our ''much-loved. mourned Prcsi-
dent and OF John +. alrgeld. who
died lighting for human freedom"
In the course OF recent lecture be.
fore the Royal Institution OF Great
Britain. William Mnrconi announced
that he had Invented highly sensitive
| magnetic defecter OF electric waves. by
which II was possible to read about