The Elbert County tribune., 1902-09-11
SHORT TeLEoRAms.

either filter or boil all the water used
In the public school buildings OF Chi
cago.
On Tuesday, September 2nd. senator
Plat OF New York predicted that the
anthracite coal strike would be settled
In two weeks.
In London August Both, II. ,. nd A.
+. 1lsey beat the 1OO-miIe unpaced tan
dem road record for bicycles, covering
the distance In 4:3G:29.
At Chicago, August 30th, A. A, Han
sen completed n ride OF 03iHs miles in
twenty-four hours on a motor bicycle,
making n worlds record.
Should the Pope life till 1903 he win
celebrate his diamond jubilee rs a
nal and his silver Jubilee as pope.
W. X. Vanderbilt. Jr., has aban-
Ioned automoblling, In which he holds
the worlds milo record, because of the
death OF his brothcrin-law, Charles l..
Fair.
A dispatch to the Central News Of
London from Copenhagen says It Is re-
ported that the Czarina has had a mis-
carringc but that her condition is NOS
alarming.
Registration for the new school year
In Greater New York began September
Sd. The total registration. new and
old. Of the Ave boroughs is expected to
reach 100000.
A new comet OF telescope size was
discovered by Professor Perrine of the
Lick observatory on the morning of
September LIST. 1t was In the copstcl-
lation PcrseLs.
Thirteen men were shot and wounded
more or less seriously by Jerry Hunt
cr, n sevcnty-year old E-gro whom they
were trying to arreEt, In New Ycsk on
September End.
The new coast defense monitor Wyo-
ming had her first trial trip at San
Francisco, August 30th. She developed
n speed Of 81 knots, although designed
only for 10 knots.
In bicycle race on the velodrom
track at Hartford. Connecticut, Septcm-
bcr md. Henry Caldwell rode five miles
in seven minutes and twenty-scven sec
onds. which is the worlds record for
that distance.
At Pcapack. New Jersey. August
2sth. more than 1000 people bearing
the name OF Smith sat down TO dinner
on the first day OF the annual reunion
of Smiths. These reunions have been
held since 1876.
Carlisle NJ. Graham swan from the
whirlpool below niagara falls through
the lower rapids to Lewiston on the
afternoon of August 31st. He had
some narrow escapes. but came
through safe and sound.
Both branches of the Cuban congress
have pascsd resolutions ealing fer the
release OF all convicts now conflne@ on
the island of Cuba who fought in the
Cuban army, says Havana dispatch
to the New York Tribune.
An trade as recently agreed upon by
the Sultan of Turkey has been issued.
repeating the exceptional measures
adopted against the Armeninns, II the
Armenian patriarch would guarantee
that no outbreak would follow.
1t is thought by some of the San
Francisco people who are Interested In
the Marcus island deal that the Japan
csc cruiser which went to intercept
Captain Rosehill's expedition from
Honolulu, went to the wrong Island.
Forty per cent. of the entire crop OF
cotton, or 4.15GiOO0 bales. Is retained
for American consumption this year,
take 2,2o0,OOO bales, while 1.S65,O00
bales will be taken by southern mills.
The National Orange home at Hat
boro, twenty miles north of Phlladel-
pbia. has just been dedicated by
Orangemen. The new home is unde-
Eomlnational and will be open to all
orphan children of Protestant parent
age.
The revolutionary movement In favor
of Mohammcd, brother Of the Sultan of
Morocco, Moulal Abdel Aziz, is spread
Ing among the Bcrber tribes. Berbers
recently attacked the town Of Meilne,
but the governor managed TO pacify
the tribesmen.
Claus Spreckles. president Of the
Federal Sugar Refining Company, and
his counsel recently arrived Mt Montre-
nj to organize n Canadian sugar refin-
Ing company with capital of $4,000
900. Papers for the Incorporation were
signed and forwarded to Ottawa.
News recently arrived at Vancouver.
British Columbia, from Skagway, that
the government winter road from
White Horse to Dawson would be
completed about October 1st The
course taken shortens the distance from
White Horse to Dawson by some sixty
miles as compared with the distance
traversed on The Ice trails down the
Yukon river.
Expectation of mn early challenge
from Great Britain for another inter
national yacht race for the America S
sup has stirred up speculation in New
York yachting circles Much secrecy
surrounds the pfsns for the English
challenger. and the intentions of the
New YorF Yacht Club are shrouded in
mystery. There Is much talk OF syn
cate TO build new defender.
English sociologlsts are disturbed by
the vital statistics Just issued, showing
a marked decline in the English birth
rate. London shows a decrease since