The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-02-25
COndensedNews

Odell o. chairman Of the republican
national committee to succeed Senator
Hanna.
The Commercial Union Assurance
Company, Limited. Of London, has &C.
quired oil the business Of the Green
wick Insurance Co., whose Baltimore
losses were 100000.
The American says that Rockefeller
interests are buying every share Of
Pennsylvania offered and plan to oust
President Cassatt and obtain practical
control Of Pennsylvania.
The state Of New Jersey may revoke
8, 100 charters owing to the failure to
pay the annual state tax levied upon
the issued capital stock. The arrear-
ages amount to more than $780, 900.
The report that Weary Walker Ken
nedy, the Russian author, Of Memphis,
will hasten to Vladivostok and join the
forces of Count Uoonskinski and Gen.
Cameonof has not been verified
Nashville American.
The New York shipbuilding Co. has
delivered the Mongolia to the Pacific
Mail, being the largest ship so far COM
pleted by an American shipyard. She
is Of $4,000 tons and will ply between
San Francisco and tho orient.
The Russian commissioner general Of
the Worlds Fair has announced that
Russia will not participate, and this
announcement 5has occasioned some
surprise ip st. Louis, because excava.
tions for the Russian building had al
ready been completed.
Adyices to Washington state that the
Russian battleships Ozarevitch and
Retgizan, torpedoed at Port Arthur,
have been Aoated, but will be useless
unless the Russians can get them to
the Vladivostock dry dock, which 10
the only one largo enough to receive
them.
Three American cruisers have gone
to the seat Of war for observation pura
poses. The cruiser New Orleans has
left CayitS for Chsfoo and the cruisers
Frolic and Raleigh are bound for
Shanghai. The ecruiser Tacoma 10 like
| " to be ordered from San Francisco "a
the far east.
The first contract awarded any arch.
itect for the rebuilding Of Baltimore
was awarded to o Newly Ork city firm oi
architects for the construction Of the
new Baltimore stock exchange. The
architect was given six days in which
to draw up plans and last Saturday ths
contracts were let and actual work ol
construction stated on Monday.
Perry 8. Heath, former first assistant
postmAster-g general and secretary Of th'
republican national committee, wired
his resignation Of the latter position h
Acting Chairman Payne, at Washing
ton, as follows: "Dne to the death o
Chairman Hanna, ] tender to youa
resignation As secretary Of the republi
can national committee, effective i'm
mediaiely." Z
Fire has destroyed the buildings o
the Greensboro Female College. Nine
ty pupils and the faculty escaped will
safety, saving most Of their persona
effects. The origin Of the fire was &C
cidental. The loss will total 1926, 900
with an insurance of $4,000. Student
awakened by smoke gave the alarm
Greensboro College, with the exception
of one, is the oldest chartered colleg
for women in the south.
The democratic convention OF th
0 Second senatorial district nominate
John I. Cox as candidate for state sen
ator to succeed himself. The conver
tion instructed for Senator Bate. tn
/. Second fotefial democratic convention
!. nominated Judge s. L. Chestnut, (
d Rogersville, as the democratic cand
y date for foater, to succeed himsel
This convention also instructed Il
Bate for the United States senat
: These districts include Sullivan an
Hawkins counties.
Democratic mass conventions we
held Saturday ih Warren, Grundy
, Jackson and Clay counties TO sele
e delegates to the state convention ar
>. other conventions. There was a spl
: in Warren, the majority selecting del
| gates to the senatorial convention al
l instructing them 10 vote for McMill
I man for senator, Shields. Head ai
/ Morgan were endorsed for delegate
= at-large to the national conyentio
= Enloe was endorsed for railroad col
mission and Mitchell was re.nominat
for representative.
In 6rundy, L. Y. Woodlee, Nom
lin man, was nominated for ths seust
he is in the Warren coanty district.
Jackson county selected delegates
the senatorial aud indicial cohssnti
and decided on o. 8. senatorial p
mary.
Clay county endorsed McMilIin.
At Fayetteville : conference comm
tee TO arrange with Mefshall county
regard to the senatorship was contrC
ed by Bate men.