The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-11-25
NEWS TERSELY TOLD.

Thirty negroes narrowly escaped
death by flames today in st. Louis by
jumpiCS from a burning building into
tarpaulins hold by fremen.
Marietta, Ca, is getting ready to en-
terrain the North Georgia Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
which meets there Wednesday, Nov.
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Fred Schmidt, a student of Cornell
university, fell from the parallel bars
in the gymnasium today and sustained
injuries that will make him a physical
wreck.
The steamship Sicilian Prince was
still ashore today on the sand bar at
Long Beach, the attempt made at high
tide early today to pull her off being
unsuccessful.
Staunton Military academy at Staun.
ton, Va. was almost entirely destroyed
by fire today. Many of the boys lost
all their belongings. Damage $4,000;
insurance $4,000
A Walla Walla, Wash, firm has re.
ceived an order from a Chinese com.
pany for a number of fruit trees to be
planted in that country. This is the
first order of its kind ever received.
The official canvas of the Florida
vote for president shows the following
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Democratic, 27,O46; Republican, S,314;
Socialist, 1887; Populist, 1905; Pro.
hibitionist, 5.
A bulletin was issued by the Cen.
sus bureau today that in los counties
in Georgia the cotton ginned to Nov.
IA as reported amounted to 1,246, 9s7
running bales this year as against 1922.
664 bales for the same counties last
EsaT.
CORTLAND Benedict, a we'll known
business man and his wife of San Fran.
cisco who were overcome by the fumes
of gas recently were at first reported
to be past recovery, have regained
consciousness with a fair chance of re,
covering.
Mrs ]. o. Rust, widow of the late
John o. Rust, one of the most prOmi.
nent ministers in the south, and who
dieG at Seattle, some months ago, has
been offered and has accepted the pres.
idency of Boscobel Female college, OF
Nashville, Tenn.
Owing to a collision between the
United States collier Abarenda and
the Italian bark Nostra Signora delle
Grazie, the United States cruiser
Olympia has postponed her departure
from Genoa, which was to have taken
place last night.
John NJ. (Bud) Dillon, an old-time
and widely known printer, is dead at
the confederate soldiers home near
Nashville, Tenn, aged II. He was a
friend to Opie Read and the southern
author made use of him as a character
in several Of his books.
The barges Buffalo and Burden,
which broke adrift from the tug LIE
high Sunday night near Boston, Mass
have been found by the tug Is miles
east from Highland Lights. The tug
proceeded with them to Boston. All
on board were well, and the barges had
met with no mishap.
Detectives left Bluefelds, w. Va, to
day for New York, having in charge
Prof. Popen, who will be turned over
to the Austrian consul, charged with
completely in the robbery of the post.
Office at Budapest. POppen was author.
lied to open a bank in Stinega, this
state, when arrested.
Two hundred and f1fty-one Chinese
arrived in San Francisco from the St.
Louis fair today in charge OF an i'm.
migration inspector and a strong
guard. They were Immediately trans.
ferred from Oakland Mole TO the
steamer Coptic, which salts Saturday
for transportation to China.