The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-14

uc american SOlQlcrS are UylnS
in the Philippine Islands with the
cholera.
New Hampshire will vote on the
question of giving women the ballot in
that State.
The alarming news of coming
whiskey famine is telegraphed from
Kentucky.
- a collision of two railway trains
in Ada. o., caused the death of four
menand injury of fourteen others.
= The United States has let con
tracts for $9,000,O00 worth of war
ships to be ready in forty two months.
= Distress is widespread through
out European Russia and the govern
ment has taken steps to feed the hun
cry.
Two lynchers were released from
the Marshall county, Tenn, Jail on
the night of Jan. 9th by 80 masked
men.
= Three Of the largest coal compa-
MES IN the United States have formed
combination, with o capital of $751;
600, 900.
- Walter Haley, agcd l6, shot and
killed his father at Jackson, Miss,
because the father had punished him
Tor running away.
- a wreck on the Southern railway
in Alabama resulted in the death Of
the engineer and the injuring Of twcn-
ty-seven passengers.
- Fifty-four negroes from Irwin
county, Ca, sailed from New York on
Wednesday for Liberia-32 men, 12
women and 10 children.
- The mayor Of San Juan, L. r.,
has been arrested on the charge Of
embezzling funds belonging to the
city water department.
A disastrous fire occurred in
London, Ont, in factory, caused by
boy dropping lighted match in a
vat Of oil. Loss 100000.
- Congress has been asked by the
Philippine commission to make an
appropriation of So 600, 900 to relieve
the distress of the natives.
= The new Chinese minister to the
United States is to marry cultured
woman, who was educated abroad aud
speaks English and French.
Five lAen entered the First
National bank, of Galesburg, ILL.,, last
Saturday night, gagged the watohman,
blew open the safe and secured $4S, 900
in cash.
Bud and Walter Brewer, bro
thers, of Montgomery county, N. c.,
had fight in which the former was
shot and killed and the latter badly
cut with knife.
- The twelve-year boy Of Jona-
than Manning, of near Patterson, Ca.
having been punished by his father,
committed suicide by blowing the top
of his head off with shotgun.
Nutes johnson, ooloTsdd, was con-
victed in Augusta, Ga, on Wednes-
day of assaulting a white woman and
was 'entenced to be hanged on 9Th
day of February. His trial lasted 30
minutes.
Traffic has been entirely blocked
on the Northern Pacific railroad on
account of high waters. At one place
nearly mile of track is gone and sew
eral trains are at standstill with
their passengers between washouts.
"A locomotive boiler exploded
near Bedford city, Va, Saturday
while the train was running 30 miles
an hour. The fireman was killed and
the engineer seriously hurt. The
passengers were shaken up but not
injured.
- A machine has been tested in
Mississippi which picks 81 per cent of
the open cotton. It also gathers
leaves, stems and trash generally, but
the inventor is sure he can remedy
that. 1t works as we'll at night as in
day time.
= The European powers are about
to get into another Chinese row. They
insist on China paying the indemnity
in gold instead Of silver, which she
has the right to pay in silver under
the agreement. The matter may be
referred to the Hague tribunal.
- Freight rates on nearly all com
modities transported by Western rail-
roads are TO be raised in the next
thirty days, and if the scale at present
contemplated goes into effect the rev.
enues of the roads will be increased
during 1903 by at least 500, ,0OO,O 900.
= The Daughters of the Confed-
eraoy in St. Louis propose to raise
fund for the proper marking of the
graves of 1908 confederate soldiers
who died as prisoners Of war in the
Alton (Mo.) penitentiary. Permis-
sion will be asked for the placing COL
lection boxes for this object in all of
the government buildings at the Lou
isisna Purchase Exposition.
-. James LeGrand. a vounp man ne