The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Va.
= All parts of Poland have now
been placed under form of martial
law.
- 1t is estimated that the Panama
canal will cost a quarter OF q billion
dollars.
= The insurrcction in the province
OF Yemen, Arabia, is assuming seri
Gus proportions.
= Meningitis is said to be epidemic
at Statesboro, Ga. Several deaths
have occurred from it.
= There is an unconfrmcd rumor
that Andrew Carnegie has agreed to
give 500, 900 for university in
Pittsburg.
= The property damage to shipping
caused by ice gorges in the Ohio
River during the last three weeks, is
estimated at $75 200.
= Fertilizer manufacturers in Ale
bama fear that they will have to sus-
pend business on account OF the small
purchases Of fertilizers.
= Andrew Carnegie has offered the
University of Virginia a gift of half
million dollars on condition that the
university will raise an equal amount.
= 1t is stated that DR.. w. II. Har-
per, Of the University of Chicago,
will make e complete test of the
value of the X-ray as cure for can
Ger.
= More than one billion pounds Of
coffee, valued at $88.000, 900, came
into the United States last year. prac-
tically all for the use of the people of
the United States.
- The Democrats of Chicago have
nominated Edward L. Dune for
mayor and demand city ownership Of
street railways, gas end electric light
plants and telephone systems.
= Three robbers stopped St.
Louis & San Francisco train near
Mammoth Springs, Ark, and robbed
me express car Of $4,000. Nobody
was hurt. The robbers escaped.
= Col. Charles S. Arnal, one of the
best known insurance men in; the
South and distinguished citizen Of
Atlanta, committed suicide at his res
idence Dy shooting. No reason is
k-own for the act.
= The spirits distilled in the Unit
ed States for the fiscal year amounted
to 141, 100000 gallons, an increase
Of 13,O00,OOO gallons over the pre-
vious year, although the number Of
distilleries diminished 497.
= The engine and tender of pas.
senger train on the Central Of Georgia
railroad plunged through an open
draw bridge into the Chattahoochee
river at Columbia, Ala, killing two
engineers and fireman and several
passengers.
- One of the South American
States has law that taxes all bach
elors. The older they are the more
money they have to give up each yesr.
IF they can prove that they have been
rejected .hree times, however, they
do not have to pay the tax.
- The state bank examiner OF North
Carolina has closed tie Bank Of Fay
etteville, N. G., because OF the dis
oovery Of shortage Of 928, 1000, and
Cashier John e. Haigh and Teller
George Mayrover have been arrest
ed and put under bonds Of $4,000
each.
- According TO the scale Of rates
that went into effect on "Wednesday,
brioklayers in New York city get 40
cents co hour for eight hours. III they
work over eight they get double pay
for each extra hour; 30 that brick
layer by working IL hours day could
make S67.20a week.:
- It is reported from Mobile. Ala,
That authentic information has been
received in that city that oil has been
found in the lower end Of Baldwin
County, Ala. A we'll was sunk / 800
feet and oil was pumped out. New
machinery was ordered. Experts de-
Glare the conditions identified with
those at Jennings, La.
- Ex-Mayor James L.. Cole, of
North Birmingham, Ala, has been
arrested on Indictment charging en-.
bezzlement Of funds amounting to
over $4,000. Il is alleged in the in
diotment that he misappropriated
these funds belonging tothe munici-
pality of North Birmingham. He
made bond immediately.
Two hundred thousand dollars
in ourre acy, a hundred. pounds Of
mail and q thousand and Eve hundred
registered letters were destroyed be-.
tween Cooks Mills aud Eileslie
on the Baltimore s. Oils Riilroad
last Wednesday morning by the burn
ing Of the mail car on train Number 8,
The cas was burned to the trucks be-
fore it could be put out.
- To removing q hill in the eastern
part Of Chattanooga, Tenn., to supply
dirt for the approaches Of q viaduet,
supposed to be the remains Of federal
soldiers. It is the general opinion
that the remains are those Of soldiers
killed in the desperate assaults on
Missionary Ridge aud who we're has.
tily buried 10 trenches, being forgot
ten during the subsequent a severe
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