The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-12
SHORT TELEGRAMs.

VI OAlOlu III
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The president has issued proclama-
tion designating Thursday. the 26th of
NoNember. as day OF general thanks
i giving.
Prof Theodor Mommsen. the great
ierman historian, died at Charlotten-
burg November list at the age of
tighiy-six years.
hock Island telegraphers have been
granted strict nine-hour day for all
elnsses and an interest OF from ten TO
Iifteeh per cent. in salaries.
The cities of Whatcom and Fairha-
ven. Washington. have voted to con-
polidate under the name OF Bellingham.
pfter Bellingham bay. on which both
pre situated
The Enid & Anadarko railroad In
Oklahoma with all its stations. rolling
stock and other property, has been sold
10 the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
for sS.672 600
| Baron Nordenskiold has arranged for
n geological and anthropologieal ex,
pedluon TO the frontiers of Peru and
Bolivia. The party starts from Stock
holm January l.
The British embassy at st. Petersburg
Is being renovated for the occupancy OF
King Edward next spring. when the
British monarch is expected to pay his
accession visit to Russia.
Governor Yates of Illinois has ap-
painted i've commissioners to purchase
n statue Of Frances IL. Willard. the
temperance worker. to be erected in
Statuary hall Washington.
The United States Supreme Court
| has advanced the case involving rights
| of freedom in the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations in Indian Territory and set
the hearing for January 25.
The recent Bulgarian elections have
resulted in the return OF LAG supporters
Of the government. nine Democrats.
thirty members Of the Stolloivist party
and four representatives Of other fac
tioas
Sir Edward Egerton, British minis
ter at Athens has been appointed am
bassador at Madrid. in succession to
sir Henry Mortimer Durand. recently
appointed Ambassador to the United
States
Senior Marlscal Mexican minister OF
| foreign affairs. who is now in Germany,
has visited a number of commercial
schools In Berlin and will endeavor to
establish similar schools in Mexico on
his return.
Thomas McCauley. youth OF six
teen had his neck broken in a football
game in New York city n few days ago.
While running with the ball he was
lowned and the whole team piled on
top Of him.
The monthly statement OF the public
! tiebt shows that at the close of business
October 81. 1903. the total debt, less
cash In the treasury. amounted to $92O.-
402 sol. which is an increase for the
month OF $2.G49 ,95G.
The total coinage executed AZ the
mint during October. 1903. was S3.S12.-
go, as follows: Gold. s1.540.000; silver,
81. 1924. 900. In addition to the above
there were coined 1,425, 900 pesos for
shipment to the Philippines.
Hon. John f. Russell. former partner
Of Benjamin Holiday in the old over
land transportation line between the
Missouri river and Salt Lake City and
other stage lines in the territories car
rying United States Eails. died at
Leicester. Massachusetts,. October 18th.
At a recent telegraphers' tournament
4 Williams, Phiadelphian. who sent 500
words OF straight matter in eleven min
utes thirty seconds G. w. Conkling of
New York. was second. sending 500
words In twelve minutes and six sec
onds.
The strike begun by the messengers
OF the Pacific Express Company Octo-
ber 10 for a ten per cent. increase in
I Nt, II
walkout of the employees has been Of
hcially declared off by President Modie.
Of the Brotherhood of Railway Ex-
pressmen.
1t has been estimated by the state
department at Washington that IL may
be long time before United States
/ Minister Beaupre returns TO Panama.
The inference is that the minister will
stay away as a sign of disapproval by
our government of the manner in
which the canal treaty was disposed OF.
A London dispatch says that George
! l.. Watson has declined the commission
Of a prominent Clyde yachtsman TO de-
sign cup challenger. on the ground
that It is hopeless for British or other
challengers to continue to contest for
the trophy under the measurement rule
by which the challengers have been
rated.
Eighty students from McGill univer-
slty. who undertook to celebrate Halo
ween in Longueuil. just across the
river from Montreal. in manner not
appreciated by the citizens, we're driven
into the river. a number being severe
/ ly beaten. About fifty were more or
less injured and several were taken to
the hospital.
Realizing that further curtailmeDt
OF their product is necessary TO restore
the pig iron market to its normal con-
dltIos, representatives of nearly all the
| big pig iron producers in the eastern