The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-23
GENERAL NEWS.

- The riots continue in Chicago
growing out of the recent strike on the
street railway.
- The wages of 80, 900 men in the
Connellsvi!le, Pa, coke regions have
been reduced II per cent.
= The suicide rate in the United
| States has increased in ten years from
IL to IL per 100, ,O0v population.
- In the city election in Boston
the Democrats elected the mayor by
$1,000 majority and also every alder
man.
| w. G. Dean, q young man of
cambridge, Ca, he's invented tele-
graph key which he has sold for $25 900
down and $4,000 year for II years.
= Daniel j. sully, leader of the
bull cc!ton movement, is credited
with having cleared six million dollars
in two days by speculation in spots
and futures.
= Henry Dixon, Of Pittsburg, Pc. !,
described as "a splendid young man, I"
killed himself on Thursday in Macon,
Ca, whore he had been living for the
past two months.
- In one of the congressional dis
trlcta under the new apportionment in
Texas there are fifty-fve counties.
The entire vote Of the district, how
ever, is only $4,000.
- While putting wood in O stove
in her room, the dress of Miss Nettie
Cover, of Atlanta, caught on fire and
she was burned to death. She was
only 16 years Of age.
= New York girls to the number of
1000 employed in the manufacture of
pettiooats have formed union and
demand general crease in wages.
a strike is anticipated.
- Three Americans and seven ma
tives were blown to pieces by the
blast of 46 tons of dynamite in a
quarry near the entrance to Manila
bay in the Philippines.
- The automobile principle has
been applied in Paris to baby car
riages. The nurse sits behind and
regulates the speed, which docs not
exceed moderate figure.
- Great Britain is stirred over the
cotton situation and an imperial grant
in aid of cotton growing in British
and West Africa will be proposed DUR
ing the coming session OF parliament.
AT Brinkley, Ark. Sunday morn
irg white man who had cut police.
man to death was lynohed by mob
composed of less than fifteen people.
The coroner's jury returned the usual
verdict.
- Out in Indiana youth stole a
ham 80 that he would he arrested and
sent 70 jail. He said that he wanted
to break himself Of the habit Of smok-
ing cigarettes and thought this good
way to do it.
A party OF twenty people from
South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan and
Illinois, have bought $4,000 acres OF
grazing land and 48, 900 acres OF tim.
Der land in Puerto Principe province,
Cuba, and moved there.
- Joseph n. Thibadean, eyed 81.
stood in front Of mirror and shot
himself in mis- hotel in Washington
because Of financial straits. He was
o Georgian, but had been ;c one Of
the departments ct Washington.
John Jones and Albert Lewis.
tramps, robbed store at Molino'
Fla, and carried cif the 12-year.old
boy who had been LIFT in charge Of the
store. The men. were captured and
are now in Jail st Persaoola, charged
with robbery apd kidnapping.
- The Supreme Coart OF Nebraska
has decided that dogs are good wit
nesses. Blood hounds had trailed
man from the place where G burglary
was committed to his home where
st9lsn purse was found, and on the
unsworn evidence OF the dogs he nas
found guilty.
The United States grand jury at
Omaha, Neb., he's returned twenty
two indictments in connection with
poBtofice bribery cases and Illegal
fencing Of government lands. The
indictments are against ez.Stste sena.
tors aud other prominent parsons.
There will be other indictments.
- Clarence Lee, . eolored student
Of Harvard university, Cambridge,
Mass, has been arrested on Che
charges Of forgery and theft. Heyob.
tanned 81. 500 from Harvard students
and express companies by forging re.
ceipts and by downright stealing. He
ssys he is from South Carolins and
is . son Of q former colored congress.
man.
-. According TO estimates given by
Q number Of leading dealers $4,000
Ohr!stmas trees will be used in New
York this season. Tho price range
from % cents>to 325. Nearly ell Of
the trees come from the Maine forests.
There 10 good demand also for ever.
green rops and mistletoe and holly.
EHhich 10 being sent to che metropolis
Ia large quantities.