The Elbert County tribune., 1903-10-08
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announced that he will not be a candi-
ua,e Tor United States senator to sue
eeed Senator clapr.
Barney olddeld. in his automobile at,
ulenwood track. Cleveland. Ohio. Sep-
| .emoer 18th. travelled hve miles in
%'s9 20. The worlds record was 4:54.
Emile Berliner. well-known for his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. transmitter. the
| gramophune, and other Inventions, an
plane
Ihe Treasury Department on Sep
temDer 2Sth purchased 100000 ounces
Oh silver at 59A cents per ounce. The
purchase was made for the Philippine
coinage
q. c, Cary OF Wichita wai burned to
death and five others were injured In
n IRE that destroyed the private sani-
tarium of Dr. b. d. Ralph ut Kansas
city. September 18th.
The Holland ministry for foreign af-
fnirs has appointed commission to
take preparatory steps for the construc-
tion OF the permanent arbitration court
building at The Hague.
The British Board OF Agriculture has
! 1ssued an order withdrawing tho pro-
hibition on the landing of animals 9TH
er than swine brought to Great Britain
from the New England states.
Curtis Jett, convicted at Cynthinna.
Kentucky on the third trial, OF tho
murder Of James Cockrill ut jackson.
Kentucky. July 2ist, 1909. has been
sentenced to be hanged December 18th.
John Hays Hammond. the famous
mining expert. who Is professor OF
mining engineering at Yale, Will pre-
sent 10 that institution a metallurgical
Laboratory to cost between 5000 and
$4,000.
A correspondent of the London
Times. writing from Beirut. says moth
ing but the presence of the American
squadron prevented therecentr riot there
from becoming a general massacre OF
Christians.
Twelve hundred schools in Porto
Rico were opened September 2Sth and
10000 pupils were received. Three
times that number OF children were en-
rolled and the struggle for preference
was great,
An increase In wages of 5000 en-
ployes OF the twenty car and locomo-
tive repair shops Of the Chicago q
Northwestern railway has been grant
, ed at an annual expense OF 100000 to
| the company.
The Danish Immigration Society OF
| st. Paul. Minnesota. has bought $1,000
acres Of land ten miles from Sidney,
Nebraska, and will place 2JO families
| of Danish immigrants on 1t to engage
in the dairy business.
While officiating In a post season
game between the American Associa-
! tion and Western League teams at
Kansas City. September 27th, Umpire
Kelley of the Western League had his
shoulder blade broken by foul ball.
w. A. Smith. one of the most promi-
nent men of Butte. Montana. was al
most instantly killed September 26th,
by the overturning of tally-ho in
| which he was riding. The other mem
| bors of the party escaped serious in-
| Jury
both the plague and cholera are rag
| ing at Pei Tang. seaport fifty miles
east of Tien Tsin. China, where 1000
deaths have occurred during the past
two months. The towns OF Nueher.
Taliu and Tien Tsln are not yet af-
iected.
Shamrock l.. the old Americas cup
| challenger. Just sold by Sir Thomas
Upton, after being remodeled by the
American purchaser. will be turned in
to a schooner TO carry scrap metal be-
| tween New York and South American
ports.
| Rev. McLughley. missionary. who
| left Bear river. Lake Winnipeg. with
five Indian children in sailboat en-
route to the Bradon Indian Industrial
School several days ago. is missing and
It is believed the party has been
| drowned.
AT the Empire City track. New York.
| September 25th. the champion gelding.
Major Delmar. tied the worlds trot-
ting record of Lou Dillon by trotting
n mile in two minutes. Only a week
before Major Delmar changed owners
for $4,000.
At a meeting of the aldermen in the
| Guild hall September Goth. Alderman
! Sir John Thomson Richie. brother or
/ the late chancellor of the exchequer.
was elected lord mayor OF London for
the ensuing year. in succession to Sir
Marcus Samuel.
A Southern Railway fast mail train
| jumped from n seyenty-foot trestle.
near Danville. Virginia, September
9th. or the crew OF sixteen men. in
Guiding mail clerk. nine were killed
and seven injured. all Of them danger
ously, II not fatally.
Another speed trial of electric trac-
tion was made September 23rd on the
Zossen military road In Germany,
VIXEN 1OS3s miles were covered in one
hour. On the previous trial. Septem-
ber 10th. an electric car attained
| speed of log 40 miles
Charles Becker. considered the clev-
crest forger in America, is once more
| at liberty. Becker left San Quentin.
/ California. September 2Sth, after serv-
ing seven years for raising Il Sl2 draft
| to S22 900 ON the Crocker- Woolworth